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COLFAX — The Good Ole' Days festival is returning to Colfax for the first time in 30 years Aug. 4-5, and the organizer hopes to make it the "quintessential small town American festival."
The event, which will feature music, food, fireworks, games and a parade of sorts, is an initiative of the Colfax Restoration Project, a community booster group of which Michael Rigsby is president.
"When I was a kid growing up in Colfax, it was every summer they would have a celebration called 'Good Ole' Days.' And as a 10-year-old in Colfax, (Good Ole' Days) might as well have been the Magic Kingdom at Disney World to me, right? It felt that big," Rigsby said. "But right around the time I was 10 or 11, it went away, and they have not had the event in 30 years."
Rigsby studied television and radio at Illinois State University and worked in broadcasting for several years at WMTV-TV in Madison, Wis., and at ISU's TV-10 News.
Rigsby and his wife also started their own dirt track racing company, DirtonDirt, which they sold in 2018. Rigsby now runs the motorsports division for FloSports. He and his wife also own the racetrack in Fairbury, but now he's returning to his hometown roots.
The Restoration Project helps restore old buildings and businesses in Colfax. They recently built and dedicated a brand new $100,000 pavilion on Main Street, which will be used for the festival and a farmers market.
The organization also completely remodeled the Old Town Hall building, which was built in 1911, and Aster+Indigo Candle Co., a boutique that Rigsby said brings a lot of foot traffic to the area.
Those are just three of the biggest projects the group has completed so far, but Rigsby hopes they can keep making improvements over the next 30 years, especially with the help of the Good Ole' Days. The project has raised nearly $200,000 since its start six years ago.
"Every dollar we make we put right back into everything we're doing from the murals we've painted to the buildings we have refurbished. Everything comes in and we put it right back into things," Rigsby said. "I just felt that this event was not only a good way to promote the restoration project, but kind of promote the overall idea of restoring what Colfax once was."
Rigsby added that he believes the event started back in the 1960s. He said when his parents attend Octavia (now Ridgeview) High School in Colfax, they went to Good Ole' Days and their brothers and sisters went, too.
"It was just this thing that lasted forever and ever, and it just felt like some sort of romantic symmetry to bring it back," Rigsby said.
His great-grandfather from five generations back, James W. Wood Anderson, also happens to be the founder of Colfax.
"I don't see the Main Street I grew up with, I don't see that romantic idea of what a small town in America looks like," Rigsby said. "But I knew we could do something. There's so many people in Colfax that are tradespeople and laborers and they have pride in their hometown."
The Good Ole' Days will feature a variety of events. On Friday, Aug. 4, there will be a carnival, 5 to 9 p.m.; music bingo, 6 to 8 p.m.; a home run derby, 7 p.m.; and fireworks, 9:15 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the Octavia Park District and BK Carpentry.
On Saturday, Aug. 5, there will be a 5K fun run, 8 a.m.; a biscuits and gravy breakfast, 8 to 10 a.m. at the Colfax American Legion; a golf cart parade, 10 a.m.; vendors, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; face painting, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Wiffle ball tournament, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; cake/cookie walk, 1 to 3 p.m.; carnival, noon to 4 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m.; food trucks, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and the band Dirty Grass Soul from Charlotte, North Carolina, 8 to 10 p.m. at the new pavilion.
Carnival wristbands are $15 in advance or $20 on the day of the event, and the cover charge for the band is $5.
"Every time I go back to Colfax, …it's like I'm transported back in time," Rigsby said. "I see this young boy or girl and I want them to feel the sense of pride in that place that I do.
"I am very proud to be from there. I think it shaped who I am, who I become," he added. "There's something beautiful about growing up in a small Midwestern town.
"I hope that I can spark that in those young kids I hope that people who used to come to the festival come back and feel that sense of nostalgia and we can build on that."
Rigsby said he hopes to see around 300 to 400 people on Main Street on that Saturday night.
Visit colfaxrestoration.org for more information on the project.
Contact Olivia Jacobs at 309-820-3352. Follow Olivia on Twitter: @olivia___jacobs
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How do you retrieve a special delivery from outer space that has taken almost 7 years and several billion miles to reach you?
Practice, practice, practice.
The University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx team is in full rehearsal mode for the upcoming arrival of samples collected by the spacecraft from the asteroid Bennu in 2020.
In recent months, team members have traveled to various locations across the country for planning sessions, training exercises and procedural reviews ahead of the big event on Sept. 24.
Last month, they were in Colorado. Last week, it was Utah. Next month, it’s back to Colorado and Utah again.
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“We started in earnest about one year ago,” said UA professor Dante Lauretta, who is principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission.
By the time the spacecraft’s sample-return capsule lands roughly two months from now, Lauretta estimates his team will have taken part in almost 30 rehearsals and reviews.
That includes more than a dozen drills to practice tracking the capsule during reentry and descent, safely recovering it from the landing zone in Utah, and preparing it in a clean room for transport to a specially built lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston, where its priceless cargo will be unpacked and examined for the first time.
“I am participating in many of the preparation events,” the UA’s top mission scientist said in an email. “There are too many to take part in (them) all.”
The main event
All of the practice is leading up to this:
At approximately 7:41 a.m. Tucson time on Sept. 24, a UFO-shaped capsule roughly the size of a truck tire is expected to begin its fiery descent through the atmosphere after being jettisoned toward Earth by the passing OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
It should take the capsule about 13 minutes to reach the ground, carried by parachute to a spot somewhere inside a military-controlled, 250-square-mile landing zone at the Utah Test and Training Range, west of Salt Lake City.
Helicopters will speed the recovery team to the landing site, where they will visually inspect the capsule from a safe distance, then take its temperature to make sure it has cooled down enough from the blazing heat of reentry to be handled.
A safety team will plug the capsule’s pressure vents, cap any exposed electrical wires and check for signs of venting gas or other hazards.
Once it’s ready to be moved, team members will lift the roughly 100-pound package into a metal crate, wrap it in protective sheets and sling below one of the helicopters to be flown to a hanger on the range, where a temporary clean room will be set up.
There, the sealed sample container will be carefully removed from its shell of reentry shielding and readied for transport to Houston the next day on a military aircraft.
Everything will be recorded in painstaking detail throughout the process, from the marks left when the capsule hit the ground to samples of the soil and air at the landing site, which will be collected to help identify any contaminants that might have come into contact with the asteroid sample.
The primary objective of OSIRIS-REx is to bring back pristine, 4.5-billion-year-old rocks and dust left over from the formation of the solar system so scientists can use them to unlock new clues about the origin of the planets and life itself.
The primary objective of the capsule recovery operation is to not screw everything up at the last minute by polluting the sample with earthly moisture or microbes.
“Even though we'll be landing in a desert, and even if it is a nominal landing and the capsule looks great, there are still organisms around,” Lauretta explained. “The risk of any of that material contacting the sample is really low, but it is not zero.”
Rocket science
OSIRIS-REx was launched on Sept. 8, 2016, and reached Bennu on Dec. 3, 2018, to begin almost two years of data collection and surveying in search of a safe landing spot.
The SUV-sized probe finally made history on Oct. 20, 2020, when it touched down on the asteroid’s surface for about six seconds to scoop up a cloud of pebbles and dust.
The sample-return capsule is believed to contain at least one full cup of material from Bennu, roughly four times the minimum amount originally sought by the $1 billion space mission.
The precious payload represents the first asteroid samples to be brought back by a U.S. mission — the Japanese space agency has done it twice already — and the largest haul of off-world material collected by NASA since Apollo 17.
The UA’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory leads the OSIRIS-REx science team. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland provides overall mission management and navigation. Lockheed Martin Space built the spacecraft and hosts flight operations at its headquarters just outside of Denver.
All the key players will gather in Utah late next month for the most elaborate rehearsal so far. On Aug. 30, a replica of the sample-return capsule will be dropped from a helicopter flying at 5,000 feet, so the team can test their radar and tracking cameras, then run through the full recovery procedure in the same terrain where the real thing will take place.
UA President Robert Robbins won’t be there for that trial run, but he does plan to travel to Utah for the capsule’s return on Sept. 24.
His role doesn’t require any rehearsing, either. He said he’s going as an awe-struck spectator, there to cheer on the home team.
“I wanted to be there the first time I ever heard about it. The whole engineering and logistics part of this is just amazing,” Robbins said. “First of all, that you could land a spacecraft on an asteroid 300 million miles away with such precision, and then you could actually get a sample, bring it back and drop it at just the right time for it to land in the desert in Utah? I mean, that's really incredible.”
Even an internationally accomplished cardiac surgeon like Robbins can’t help but be impressed by the science behind OSIRIS-REx.
“I used to tell my trainees when we were doing heart surgery, ‘You know, this is not that hard. It's not rocket science,’” the UA president said with a chuckle. “Doing heart surgeries? That's a tap-in birdie compared to this stuff.”
Contact reporter Henry Brean at hbrean@tucson.com or 573-4283. On Twitter: @RefriedBrean
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KLICKITAT COUNTY, Wash. — The Newell Road Fire is burning approximately 6,000 acres in Klickitat County and still growing.
According to Klickitat County Fire District 2, the fire is burning near the town of Bickleton. State fire services have been mobilized.
The Newell Road Fire started on Friday at 3:35 p.m. and is still growing. It is burning in grass, brush and timber. It is threatening homes, farms, wheat fields, solar and wind farms, landfill, and livestock, according to Klickitat Fire.
Level 1 and 3 evacuations are in effect at this time. The fire cause is currently under investigation.
The Red Cross has opened a shelter for evacuees in Klickitat County. People affected by the fire and in need of shelter are encouraged to go to Goldendale Middle School, located at 520 East Collins Street in Goldendale.
Fire evacuation levels
Fires have different levels of severity. In both Washington and Idaho, they can be thought of as READY, SET, GO.
LEVEL 1 - READY
This is the getting ready stage. Conditions could get worse, so you want to have your go bag ready.
LEVEL 2 - SET
This is when you are getting set to leave. Be prepared to leave at a moment's notice.
LEVEL 3 - GO
This is when you need to get out and go now. You are in immediate danger and emergency services may not be able to help at this point.
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DALLAS — The suspect wanted in the kidnapping of a 7-year-old girl that triggered a June AMBER Alert was arrested earlier this month.
Leonard Lamar Neal is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting the young girl. Police say Neal also abducted her brother.
Neal was added to the Texas Department of Public Safety's Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List before he was arrested.
Briana and Kenyatta Jordan told WFAA they spotted Neal getting on a DART bus and immediately called 911.
"I knew if it was him, he needed to get off the streets," Kenyatta Jordan said.
The bus, the couple said, drove away, so they followed until police could catch up and take Neal into custody.
"It was honestly something out of a movie," Briana Jordan told WFAA.
The Jordans said they didn't know there was a reward for information leading to Neal’s arrest. But when friends told them, the parents of six, gearing up for an expensive school year, got excited.
"When we found out there was gonna be a reward, I thought, 'We’ll get the kids' school stuff!'" Briana Jordan said.
"Every dime I get goes towards my babies. Every dime," Kenyatta Jordan added.
But the couple told WFAA Crimestoppers told them they weren't eligible for any of the money because they called 911 first instead of the Crimestoppers hotline.
"If I knew about calling Crimestoppers, I still would’ve called 911 first!" Kenyatta said.
Word of the Jordans' story spread quickly, and soon reached a handful of small business owners who wanted to help.
The owners of Riddell Plumbing, Complete Fire Protection and CC Carpet, plus organizers with non-profit Texas First Responders, pooled together their money and sent the Jordans a $5,000 check.
"These people were heroes," Scott Riddell of Riddell Plumbing said. "A lot of people just stick their head in the sand and ignore things, and what they did was a great deed."
"Somebody has to step up to take care of this family," Cameron Morrison with Complete Fire Protection added.
The gesture brought the Jordans to tears.
"Because [the business owners] had no obligation, whatsoever. They weren’t the ones that said 'We’ll pay you,'" Briana Jordan said.
"I appreciate everything. I appreciate them," Kenyatta Jordan added.
WFAA reached out to Crimestoppers for a statement but as of writing have not heard back.
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DALLAS — Hackers likely accessed city of Dallas employees' benefits information as a result of the ransomware attack that occurred in early May, WFAA has learned.
WFAA obtained a copy of an email sent to city employees from Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax, which stated "some benefits-related information maintained by the City's Human Resources department was accessed by the unauthorized third party responsible for this ransomware incident."
Broadnax did not say in the email how many employees were affected. He also said the City is offering free credit monitoring for employees.
A group called Royal launched a malware attack in early May, which set back operations for about a month.
In late June, Dallas City Council approved a near $4 million deal to ramp up cybersecurity systems already in place. The funding specifically provides the city with a "threat and anomaly detection" system for the Information and Technology Services Department over the span of three years.
"We understand the concern this incident may cause, and please know we are working to provide the necessary resources and support for our employees," Broadnax said in the email.
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MCKINNEY, Texas — A hot air balloon landed on the access road along U.S. Highway 75 in McKinney near Eldorado Parkway on Saturday morning.
Megan Benson sent WFAA video and photos of the hot air balloon as she drove by it. In her first photo, you can see the hot air balloon gracefully floating in the Texas skies. In next, it had landed on the access road, and video captured as Benson drives by shows a few people trying to clear the scene.
WFAA has reached out to the McKinney Police Department for more information.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police say they don't plan to make changes in policies regarding pursuits after the death of two troopers in 2023.
Troopers Aaron Smith, 33, and James Bailey, 50, were both killed in 2023 while deploying stop sticks to slow fleeing drivers.
The above video is a previous 13News report on the death of Trooper Aaron Smith.
13News' Emily Longnecker spoke to ISP Superintendent Doug Carter who was able to confirm that the protocol will not change.
He said at the high level, they will not be making any updates.
"We have a comprehensive training program with stop stick and pursuits," Carter said.
Superintendent Carter said ISP always peer reviews an incident when it involves an officer being killed.
A peer review has not taken place yet and it is unclear when it will happen.
Whenever there's a police chase, Carter said there is oversight throughout the chase and ISP calls off more chases than it keeps going. He did not specify why they decided to continue the chase involving Trooper Aaron Smith.
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EASTLAND COUNTY, Texas — An Eastland County Sheriff's Office deputy was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance Friday night.
According to Eastland County News, at approximately 9 p.m. Friday, deputies responded to a domestic fight in progress at a home on Hwy. 183, between Cisco and Rising Star.
Deputy David Bosecker was the first on scene and was immediately shot at by the suspect. Bosecker was hit and fatally wounded.
Other deputies were able to arrest the suspect before anyone else was injured. The suspect, Cody Douglas Pritchard, was taken to Stephens County Jail and charged with capital murder of a peace officer.
The Texas Rangers are leading the investigation.
Bosecker served in law enforcement for more than 21 years and was a master peace officer. He began his law enforcement career in Wise County as a deputy then transitioning to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. He was also a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game warden and a Comanche Police Department office.
He was an Eastland County deputy, as of 2021, and also worked part-time for the Cisco Police Department as a marine enforcement officer.
Multiple law enforcement agencies and organizations shared condolences on social media Saturday.
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Lane closures ahead for Wichita Falls' busiest street
Major upgrades mean weeks of reduced lanes on Southwest Parkway, the busiest street in the city.
The Texas Department of Transportation is embarking on $5.5 million in upgrades starting Sunday.
The contract calls for milling up the old surface and replacing it with a new stone matrix asphalt that's used on high-volume roads because of its durability.TxDOT said the work will be done from Barnett Road to the Jacksboro Highway overpass and will also include new striping, and buttons. Some sections will get curb, gutter and sidewalk repairs.
The milling and overlay portion of the project will be done between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. to minimize the impact onmotorists. Southwest Parkway will be reduced to one lane in the work area.
The curb, gutter and sidewalk repairs will be done during the day. Traffic will be reduced to two lanes fordaytime work.
The project is expected to take 10 weeks.
"Motorists are reminded to use extreme caution while driving through the work zone even when construction crews are gone. The Move Over Slow Down law is enforceable," TxDOT officials said.
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game denied Colorado Parks and Wildlife's request to use the Gem State as a resource to reintroduce gray wolves back into Colorado.
Fish and Game officially denied the request in consultation with Idaho Gov. Brad Little through a letter addressed to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director Jeff Davis.
"Idaho respects that decisions regarding what's best for the State of Colorado should be made by the people of Colorado," Davis wrote in the letter dated June 6.
Colorado voters approved Proposition 114 in 2020 behind 50.9% support. The measure requires the state to create a plan to reintroduce gray wolves to Colorado by the end of the 2023 calendar year.
KUSA reported Colorado Parks and Wildlife is required to obtain about 30 to 50 wolves over three to five years — the agency made formal requests to multiple states.
"You can't go to the supermarket to buy wolves. So, they're asking other states to basically provide them wolves for their relocation," Fish and Game Public Information Specialist Roger Phillips said. "We know that wolves are polarized throughout the West. We don't really want to further contribute to that polarization."
Since 2014, wolves in Idaho have killed nearly 1,300 livestock from roughly 300 different livestock producers. U.S. Fish and Wildlife reintroduced gray wolves to Idaho in 1995 without state support, according to Phillips. Idaho Fish and Game has learned firsthand how difficult it is to manage a wolf population.
"Wolves that came into Idaho quickly spread into neighboring states, particularly Oregon and Washington, and now they're as far as central California," Phillips said. "So, giving wolves to Colorado isn't necessarily giving wolves to Colorado. They could end up in their neighboring states as well that did not ask for them."
Fourth-generation Coloradoan rancher Janie VanWinkle opposes translocating gray wolves. She runs a 600-head herd.
"Wolf advocates are as passionate about this issue as the livestock producers, the cattlemen and women in Colorado," VanWinkle said. "But that was a couple million people ago that wolves were here, and the landscape is different now."
Idaho's gray wolf population was delisted from the endangered species list in 2015, according to Fish and Game's letter to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. That allows Idaho state agencies, such as Fish and Game, to manage and regulate the population in place of the federal government.
Lawsuits regarding wolves are regular, according to Phillips. Fish and Game is concerned translocating wolves to Colorado could result in a lawsuit that ends with Idaho losing its state control.
"One of the things that litigants frequently asked for is that all wolves throughout the country go under federal protection, which obviously would affect Idaho wolves as well," Phillips said. "So, we kind of don't want to contribute to another situation where, you know, there's a court case that we that we don't have any control over."
Fish and Game announced in May that roughly 1,300 wolves exist in the Gem State; by 2028, the agency wants to reduce the population to 500.
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Idaho’s state fruit isn’t commercially produced, nor are there any domesticated huckleberry varieties available.
Native to the Northwest, huckleberries are mostly harvested from wild plants growing within Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana public lands.
University of Idaho Professor Stephen Cook, head of the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology, has been working to overcome significant hurdles to huckleberry propagation. Cook is in the fourth and final year of USDA-funded research to organically protect greenhouse-raised huckleberry starts from a destructive pest, called the black vine weevil, in addition to studying ways to boost survival when those potted plants are transplanted into residential yards or the wild.
The research team also includes Randall Brooks, a UI Extension forestry professor, and Andrew Nelson, director of the Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery, which is located on the Moscow campus and operated by the College of Natural Resources.
Cook is also leading a second huckleberry project that started in 2022 with funding from a three-year USDA grant. He’ll be testing how the addition of biochar, which is a type of charcoal produced from plant matter, affects huckleberry starts planted in the wild, as well as which pollinating insects are drawn to them.
One of the reasons huckleberries have been so difficult to domesticate is because they are finicky about their growing environment, preferring acidic soils and partial shade. They’re often found in clearings within conifer forests, which have been growing denser due to decades of fire suppression.
“We are starting to see a decline in the stands and the harvest,” Cook said. “Some of that is due to the changing of the forest canopy above them, which may also impact pollinators’ ability to find those plants.”
The Pitkin Forest Nursery, which is Idaho’s state nursery, produces roughly 500 huckleberry plants per year, most of which are purchased directly by homeowners for landscaping. It sustains significant losses in many years to black vine weevils, invaders from Europe that also target many hardwoods, conifers and shrubs propagated at the facility. Weevil larva feed on roots, and greenhouse plants may be unsalvageable by the time they are discovered.
“We’ve had years where we’ve found thousands of them,” Nelson said. “They can easily decimate the crop.”
At the request of regional greenhouse growers, Cook began studying three different organic methods for controlling black vine weevils in the U of I nursery starting in 2020. Treatments of neem oil, which is an insect growth regulator that prevents immature weevils from molting, and a type of fungus that attacks weevils both controlled about 85% of the pests in the pots. Introducing a type of nematode that feeds on weevils was the most effective treatment in his study, controlling about 95% of the weevil population. All three treatments are commercially available.
Simulating varying degrees of weevil damage, Cook and Nelson removed 25%, 50% or 75% of biomass from huckleberry starts and planted them outdoors to assess their health and survival.
Cook and his team have also planted huckleberries both with and without biochar added to the soil at the U of I Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center. Cook hypothesizes that the biochar will lend nutrients and improve soil-moisture retention, boosting survival in a Sandpoint environment with less soil acidity and more direct sunlight than huckleberry bushes can typically endure. They’ll be monitoring survival, plant chemistry and color of the samples.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Appalachian Highlands Celts (AHC) hosted a meet and greet cookout on Saturday at the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site, welcoming anyone in the community who’s interested in Celtic heritage.
President of the group, Larry Rose, told News Channel 11 that many people around here may have Celtic ancestry and just not know it.
“There’s a lot of folks here whose ancestry traces back,” Rose said. “And there’s a lot of folks in this area that may not even realize their ancestry traces back. So we just try to bring that to light and help people learn about their ancestry, grow from that and celebrate it.”
Rose said the AHC’s goal is, of course, to educate, but also embrace the quirks of the heritage. Saturday’s cookout featured numerous Scottish and Irish dishes and members wore their kilts.
“It gives us a chance to reach back and maybe be a little different,” he said. “You know, you don’t see too many people around Johnson City wearing kilts. It’s always interesting simply to reach back in and touch that part of our history. We have folks who choose from this to make a trip to Scotland or Ireland.”
Rose said anyone in the area is welcome to join the group, for a ten to fifteen-dollar membership donation each year. He said cookouts like Saturday’s event, however, are free.
“Most of our events are either very low cost or gifts like this today is free. We are a membership organization, but our membership is, you know, ten to $15 a year.”
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Despite being less organized than Friday, the low-pressure area in the tropics called ‘Invest 95-L’ still has a 60% chance of becoming a tropical depression or named system by the end of next week as it approaches the Caribbean.
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Meteorologist George Waldenberger said models indicate a track far to the south.
Still, it’s too early to know where it will go or how organized 95-L will become.
While water temperatures are warm, it may battle the dry Saharan Air for part of its journey.
Read: Showers cool off a hot Saturday
Tropical Storm Don is still way out to sea and moving farther away.
Channel 9 meteorologists will continue monitoring the tropics and provide live updates on Eyewitness News.
Read: Heat advisory issued Saturday for all of Central Florida
Although a little less organized than yesterday, AL95 could still become a tropical depression or even named system by next week as it approaches the Caribbean. pic.twitter.com/vFHBueKNCS
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Seminole County Fire Department responded to a house fire at 5:40 a.m. Saturday morning in Winter Park.
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Firefighters said the structure fire was on New Castle Court.
According to a news release, the occupants were alerted to the fire from smoke alarms, and everyone evacuated safely.
No injuries were reported.
Read: Pregnant woman, unborn child killed in apparent double murder-suicide, sheriff says
According to the Seminole County fire officials the cause of the fire was determined to be electrical.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Although a heat advisory is in place for ultra-hot temperatures and heat indexes well above 100, showers have already popped up in some areas starting to cool things off.
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Meteorologist George Waldenberger said storms will become more widespread, especially at the beaches through the end of the afternoon.
Please take cover from lightning that develops nearby through the evening.
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Read: Heat advisory issued Saturday for all of Central Florida
For Sunday, a few spotty morning showers and an earlier onset of afternoon storms should knock the temperatures down at least a few degrees in many locations.
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ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — On Saturday at Sycamore Shoals State Park, visitors stepped back in time 247 years to see how Independence Day was first celebrated in our area.
Some might think the park is celebrating Independence Day a little late, but Museum Curator Chad Bogart said there’s a perfectly logical and historical reason for the delay in celebration.
“This happens to be a very special militia muster, in that we are anticipating the arrival of the Declaration of Independence,” Bogart said. “And people might say, ‘Well, isn’t this two weeks after the fourth?’ Yes, it certainly is. Word traveled slowly in the 18th century, according to today’s standards. So it might have been a couple of weeks or longer before word from Philadelphia would get this far to the frontier.”
The day was filled with reenactments, demonstrations and competitions featuring people dressed in accurate historical garb.
“Anytime we have a chance to dress out and step back in time and hopefully teach something to somebody, that’s my favorite part of the whole thing,” Bogart said.
Bogart said this event serves as both entertainment and education, and he especially looks forward to the families that visit and gain a new perspective of what life in 1776 was like.
“Just a good way for folks to learn what life was like on the 18th-century frontier and just give them a little bit of different perspective as to what the views of the independence from Great Britain might have been.”
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Shark bite victim's fame has been extensive, but it's not paying his medical bills
Chris Pospisil, the surfer who suffered a serious shark bite off New Smyrna Beach on July 14, has become something of a media sensation.
The 21-year-old Palm Bay college student's story has been on Good Morning America, ABC News, and Fox. It was written about in People magazine, the New York Post, the Mirror, Asian media, and dozens of other publications.
"I honestly do not know how Chris was put all the way to national news, but it was crazy," said Ashley Lumetta, his cousin, in an email to the News-Journal. "I think in total he did 4 or 5 interviews, and a couple of newspapers from around the world reached out."
Lumetta wasn't looking for fame for her cousin. She was looking for financial help. She co-organized a gofundme.com page to help Chris and his mom with medical bills and other expenses.
"I really don't know how or why it had to be such a popular story, we just hoped it would help him raise money. Which, I think it did a little. The media posts at least helped his friends at school and his friends from surfing realize what happened."
Unfortunately, all that attention hasn't translated into the level of help Chris will need. So far the gofundme.com page has raised about $4,400, well short of its $80,000 goal and barely enough to put a dent in expected medical costs.
More:'I never thought it would happen to me': Surfer recounts shark bite in New Smyrna Beach
The bite
Pospisil was sitting on his surfboard in about 4-6 feet of water 500 yards south of the jetty when he was bitten a little over a week ago.
“It came up from underneath the left side of my board and chomped down on my left foot and I was able to see my foot in its mouth as it bit down and pulled me under the water,” Pospisil said told the News-Journal in a previous article.
Pospisil then fought.
“I was just kinda, just blank, it was just immediately like fight or flight and I just kind of I kicked it with my right foot and it let go. I kind of just like surfaced up and immediately just screamed for my friend."
His best friend, Reece Redish, got Pospisil on his board, helped him to shore, and found a lifeguard.
“If he wasn't there, it would have been very bad,” Pospisil said of his friend. ”I don't think I could have gotten into the shore in time.”
The aftermath
Pospisil underwent four hours of surgery. The surgeon said he lost a lot of blood and he had to repair seven tendons. A small artery could not be repaired. The surgeon "even found pieces of the shark's tooth shattered and stuck in his bone," according to one of Lumetta's posts.
On his Instagram page he wrote: "I cannot walk for 6-8 weeks following that I also have 6-8 months of physical therapy before I can get back into the water."
Chris is a senior at the University of Central Florida working on a criminal justice degree. He has been paying for his apartment and schooling working in construction and remodeling. He won't be able to work for months. In addition, his mother is affected as she is helping with the medical costs.
What's next?
Lumetta said the media calls have stopped. Now that the firestorm has subsided, she's had some time to reflect on the coverage. She feels that some of it was a bit much.
"I just think they wanted to exploit the situation, because of shark week," she said.
(Shark Week is a much-hyped week-long series on the Discovery channel. It starts Sunday.)
"We definitely do not agree with how the media was posting Great White shark photos, and exploiting the situation," she wrote. "It is merely that Chris has a long recovery and needs help with paying for the medical costs, PT (physical therapy), and at least 8 months of not being able to work."
As for Chris, she said he's doing well, he's home and still on pain medication and antibiotics and getting a lot of help from his mom, who has had to take over nursing duties.
As for fundraising for Chris? She's going to try it the old-fashioned way.
"I think our next step in our fundraiser will be planning a couple of events and doing some fundraising with local businesses here in Melbourne, who I know personally," she said. (Melbourne is immediately north of Palm Bay.) "My boyfriend's band and some of our friends are all (in) local bands…so we are hoping to put something together here in a few months, maybe after Chris's birthday (which is in September)."
Go here to access Chris's gofundme.com page.
Frank Fernandez contributed to this report.
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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Police are looking for men they say burglarized a house in Greene County.
Emergency crews were initially called to 918 Rolling Meadows Road in Franklin Township on April 11 at 10:08 p.m. After months of investigating, they are asking for the public’s help in finding the people responsible.
According to Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers, the men drove a white Dodge Ram on the property.
The men caused several hundred dollars worth of property damage.
Anyone with information is asked to call PSP Waynesburg at 724-627-6151 or to contact the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers at 1-800-4PA-TIPS. Tips can be made anonymously.
An award could be given to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest of the men involved in the crime.
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PITTSBURGH — A new report says the homicide rate in Pittsburgh has dropped since last year.
The information comes from a study done by the Council on Criminal Justice.
The report says the city’s homicide rate dropped just over 34% in the first half of 2023 compared, to the first half of 2022.
Researchers say other parts of the country are experiencing similar drops.
Homicides appeared to be at a peak during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to information provided by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner, there have been 26 homicides in Pittsburgh this year so far. In 2022, they reported 71 homicides in the city over the course of the year.
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HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — Investigators in Henry County are still trying to piece together the scene of a deadly crash that left two people dead and several hurt on Saturday morning, according to Georgia State Patrol.
It all started around 2:52 a.m.; troopers said Stockbridge Police reached out following a crash involving two cars and a pickup truck on I-75 heading north. All lanes on I-75 northbound in Henry County were closed while officials cleared the crash on Saturday morning.
The entire narrative of what happened is not completely clear, but investigators said they believed that the initial cause of the collision was a mechanical failure in the pickup truck, leading it to hit the jersey barrier. That's when troopers said three passengers inside the truck got out and were hit by a passing vehicle.
Two people, later identified as 49-year-old Angelica Munoz-Luna and 22-year-old Adamaris Castillo, were killed, and the impact caused severe injuries to the third person hit, troopers said. Authorities have identified the occupants of the pickup truck as all being from Garland, Texas.
Troopers said they also believe that the two drivers of the passenger vehicles involved may have been driving under the influence at the time of the crash. The law enforcement department has not made any arrests at this time.
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WASHINGTON D.C., DC — U.S. Representative Lucy McBath is among several lawmakers working to prevent pet food waste and funneling it to shelters that need it most.
Her office announced Wednesday that the congresswoman, alongside Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Young Kim (CA-40), and David Joyce (OH-14) introduced the BARK Act. Bring Animals Relief and Kibble Act is a bipartisan bill that will provide liability protection for pet suppliers that donate food and supplies to animal shelters. Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Sen. Tom Tillis (R-NC) have introduced similar legislation in the U.S. Senate.
Stores discard pet food that is approaching its exploration or "best by" date. However, according to the lawmakers, the food is still safe for pets to consume. The date is a manufacturer's guarantee of freshness - not necessarily an indicator of food safety.
Retailers often choose to not donate surplus food, citing donor liability. Nationwide, animal shelters are struggling with overcrowding and concerns about supplies such as pet food.
In metro Atlanta, DeKalb, Fulton and Clayton shelters have announced overcrowding issues in recent months. Nearly 150 dogs were at risk of being put down simply because one shelter didn't have space.
Feeding all of these animals is another issue.
"The BARK Act could facilitate the recovery of millions of pounds of pet food for animals in need," a news release from McBath's office reads.
The legislation is meant to remove some red tape and funnel food to shelters, removing some of the liability from donors as they may consider donating instead of tossing out food.
Lawmakers hope the BARK Act would mitigate food shortages while simultaneously reducing pet food that goes to waste in landfills each year.
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ATLANTA — Storms swept through metro Atlanta and north Georgia on Thursday evening, bringing with them heavy winds and strong rain, with the onset of the severe weather in many cases happening rapidly over communities.
Damage was reported across the region, with 11Alive seeing reports of a fallen awning at a gas station in Cherokee County, a collapsed wall at a gym in Calhoun and damage to a dock at Lake Lanier among the issues that popped up.
There were also dozens of reports of downed trees and power lines - leaving thousands without power continuing into Friday morning.
We're tracking the power situation as it gets restored across communities in the region.
Georgia Power and EMC outage updates
You can find the Georgia Power outage map here.
As of 1:30 p.m.:
- Fulton County: 938 without power (down from 2,700+)
- DeKalb County: 632 without power (down from 1,100+)
- Cobb County: 160 without power (down from 1,066)
- Gwinnett County: 4,512 without power (down from 5,149)
- Clayton County: 5 without power (down from 1,200+)
- Forsyth County: 6,519 without power (down from 7,117)
- Clarke County: 9,783 without power (down from 13,578)
- Cherokee County: 2,930 without power (down from 3,874)
- Pickens County: 591 without power (down from 785)
- Gordon County: 209 without power (down from 689)
- Murray County: 366 without power (down from 629)
- Barrow County: 1,455 without power (down from 2,321)
- Jackson County: 2,245 without power (down from 3,668)
- Hall County: 1,379 without power (down from 1,403)
- Lumpkin County: 551 without power
You can find the EMC power outage map here (note that it is delineated by region and less detailed than Georgia Power's map):
As of 1:30 p.m.:
- 19,101 outages in metro Atlanta (up from 17,297 to start the day, and up from 15,137 at noon)
- 12,455 outages in north Georgia (down from 13,682)
- 8 outages in northeast Georgia
- 0 outages in west Georgia
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Lightning sparked flames at a condo complex Friday night, officials with DeKalb Fire said.
It happened at the Ramsgate Condominiums at 2825 NE Expressway Access Rd. When firefighters arrived they saw flames. Fire crews were able to get the fire under control.
DeKalb County Fire said there are no known injuries.
11Alive had a crew at the scene, where a crowd was seen gathering outside of the condos. You can see a corner of the roof charred by the lightning strike in the photos below.
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ATLANTA — A large orthopedic practice in Atlanta is notifying patients this week of a data breach. In a letter to patients, Peachtree Orthopedics warns personal information may have been exposed during an incident in April.
11Alive spoke with a former patient of the practice, who wanted to remain anonymous.
"I was very frustrated and it turned into anger," he said. "I got upset, especially when I looked at how long it took for them to notify me that my financial information was out there in the criminal element.”
The letter reads that between April 14 and April 20, an unauthorized party gained access to the company's network, and that information potentially impacted included patients' "address, date of birth, driver's license number, Social Security number, medical treatment/ diagnosis information, treatment cost, financial account information, and health insurance claims/ provider information."
The company states they were made aware of this breach on April 20th, however, letters to patients are dated July 17.
"That's what's so upsetting," the former patient said. "They waited three months to tell their patients that all of our financial and medical information was stolen in a network hack. That is the opposite of good patient care because all of our financial information could have been used by those hackers in those three months without any of our any of their patients knowing anything about it.”
This is the third hack Peachtree Orthopedics has reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the last seven years, according to federal data. According to HHS, this breach is impacting 34,691 patients.
"We all probably know someone in our lives who has had a stolen identity and know how devastating that can be to someone's financial future. If I had known that my financials security would be compromised, I never would have gone there," he added.
Peachtree Orthopedics writes that it has reset passwords and is reviewing its data protection policies.
It also offered patients access to 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity protection services.
"I've already enrolled in the Equifax credit watch program that's recommended in the letter. But that's like putting a band-aid on on a bleeding wound," the former patient added.
The company has nine locations, 10 physical rehabilitation locations, two surgical centers, four MRI facilities, and 35 doctors.
11Alive called, left voicemails, emailed, and reached out to the company on social media, but as of Friday afternoon, there has been no response.
If you were affected, the company advises calling 888-601-3774, or writing to them at 3200 Downwood Circle NW, Suite 700, Atlanta GA 30327.
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ATLANTA — Singer and songwriter Usher is hosting a youth conference in metro Atlanta.
It is at Georgia State University to help uplift underserved youth through education, the singer's team said. It started on Wednesday and ends on Friday.
The singer's non-profit is leading the conference with over 300 students participating in the summit.
It is the sixth annual summit and reportedly the largest youth conference in the Southeast, according to the organization.
"This year, we are re-dedicating ourselves to making a difference in the lives of our students by helping to set the stage for their growth, development and success," the singer said.
The conference promises to give a platform to students that fosters an environment with new opportunities for disrupting their ongoing issues.
Usher's event features special performances from the Atlanta Drumming Academy, a youth voices panel, mental health sessions and more.
The singer will also speak to the students at the event himself.
"Our 2023 Disruptivator Summit is a critical element of our programming this year as we emphasize the power within to inspire our young people to take steps needed to pursue their goals," said Careshia Moore, President and CEO of Usher's New Look.
She added that she is excited to help expose the hundreds of students to GSU's campus.
"We are so excited to welcome the students to the iconic Georgia State University campus, a public institution that consistently ranks in the top two for undergraduate teaching and innovation," Moore added.
For more information about the organization and event, click here.
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ATLANTA — The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated the life and legacy of Rep. John Lewis (1940-2020), an American hero and key figure in some of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement, by issuing a Forever stamp with his portrait.
A dedication ceremony for the stamp was held today at Morehouse College.
News about the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #JohnLewis. Followers of the Postal Service's YouTube page can view the ceremony live at John Lewis Commemorative Forever® Stamp Dedication Ceremony - YouTube. An additional video will be posted two hours after the ceremony providing more information and insights in telling the story of this stamp on the Postal Service's Facebook and Twitter pages at facebook.com/USPS, and twitter.com/usps.
"Look carefully at how the shadow falls on the right side of his face, illuminating the left side, in a way that seems to take the viewer from darkness into the light. A fitting tribute to a man who sought to awaken the conscience of a country," said Ronald A. Stroman, a member of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors and dedicating official for the stamp. "The Postal Service is proud to celebrate Lewis — a national treasure — and to honor his legacy with the tribute of this Forever stamp that is as beautiful visually as was the spirit of the man whose image it bears."
Joining Stroman for the ceremony were mistress of ceremonies Alfre Woodard, activist; Lawrence Edward Carter Sr., professor and founding dean; Martin Luther King, Jr., International Chapel at Morehouse College; John-Miles Lewis, son of John Lewis; Henry M. Goodgame Jr., vice president of external relations and alumni engagement; Linda Earley Chastang, president and chief executive officer of the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation; Michael Collins, chair of the board for the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation; U.S. Raphael Warnock; Peggy Wallace Kennedy, civil rights activist and author; and Bill Campbell, and Shirley Franklin, former mayors of Atlanta.
"As an avid collector, stamps were important to Congressman John Lewis who always made sure he purchased stamps on their first day of issue," said Collins. "We are deeply grateful to the United States Postal Service for recognizing the congressman with this official Forever stamp, a testament to the indomitable spirit and unwavering commitment of a true American hero. The congressman was a treasured civil rights icon and a timeless advocate for justice, equality, and human rights. This commemorative stamp serves as a timeless reminder of his remarkable legacy and the enduring impact of his lifelong dedication to the betterment of our society. May it inspire and encourage all Americans to continue the necessary work and the 'good trouble' of building a more just and inclusive nation."
Also participating in the stamp dedication ceremony were Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir; dancer Logan Byrd; and vocalists Dottie Peoples, Bettie Mae Fikes, and Victory Brinker.
The stamp features a photograph of Lewis taken by Marco Grob for the Aug. 26, 2013, issue of Time Magazine. Lewis's name is at the bottom of the stamp. The words "USA" and "Forever" appear in the stamp's top left corner. Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp.
The John Lewis Forever stamp is available in panes of 15. Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.
USPS Honors Rep. John Lewis With Forever Stamp
Background on John Lewis
A key figure in some of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement, John Lewis was the face of the Nashville Student Movement, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an original Freedom Rider, and one of the keynote speakers at the historic 1963 March on Washington. Even in the face of hatred and violence, Lewis remained resolute in his commitment to what he liked to call "good trouble."
Devoted to equality and justice for all Americans, Lewis spent more than 30 years in the U.S. House of Representatives steadfastly defending and building on key civil rights gains that he helped achieve in the 1960s. He was a staunch and unwavering believer in and advocate for nonviolent protests. The recipient of more than 50 honorary degrees, he was called a "saint" by Time magazine and "the conscience of the Congress" by his colleagues.
He served as executive director of the Voter Education Project; as associate director of ACTION, the federal volunteer agency that oversaw the Peace Corps and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA); and as a member of the Atlanta City Council. He was also the author of several bestselling books, including the "March" comic book series and the inspiring autobiography "Walking With the Wind."
Elected to represent Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986, Lewis garnered the support needed to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1991, sponsored the legislation that created the 54-mile Selma-to-Montgomery National Historic Trail, and worked for more than a decade to establish the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, DC. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama.
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'He lives through us': Navajo family remembers Tempe man killed in Tacoma, Washington, crash
Felix B. Gay wanted to help his community by starting businesses in his hometown
The family of one of six Arizonans who died in a car crash Sunday in Tacoma, Washington, is finding solace in the words he left behind as they gather resources to bring his remains home to the Navajo Nation.
Felix Y. Begay, 25, was traveling with his lifelong friend and fellow Navajo Nation member, Erick Tsosie, 25, when the two Tempe residents were killed. The men and other victims – Cerra Corner, Calsie Sockyma, Lisa Gordon and Javan Runnels – were reportedly heading to dinner after attending an entrepreneurship convention when the crash happened.
Begay’s grief-stricken family discovered his tattered navy blue spiral notebook in their truck’s glove compartment while driving from Tempe to their hometown of Kayenta.
They recall often seeing him writing in the well-worn notebook between breaks during work as a carpenter. Now, amid the tears, they are seeing how the notebook stored his thoughts, ideas and goals.
“My brother’s not gone. He's here. He lives through us and these are his words,” said Begay’s older sister, Phillisa Begay, 31, of Tempe. She added, “Because I read this every day, it gives me the strength to keep moving forward for my family.”
Previously:6 Arizonans were killed in Washington car crash. Here’s what we know
Future plans
Felix Begay had started a 100-item to-do list in the notebook but only reached number 27. The family remembers Begay as humble and selfless and regularly holding an encouraging word for others. The list he had etched out included helping his parents and grandparents to retire and aiding in finding the passion of the children he hoped to one day father.
"I value family, friends, resilience, communication, empathy, respect, unconditional love, honesty, peace, happiness & a beautiful life," read an entry Felix wrote in his notebook.
After completing a year of college, Felix joined their sister, Shanisa, 29, and their father, Felix A. Begay, 53, in a contracting business. He had assured their mother he would return to school but said he enjoyed the work and helping his siblings with rent, utilities, food and other expenses.
“He put his family first,” Phillisa said. “He gave everything to his last cent to family.”
Tsosie and Felix knew each other since childhood, graduating from Kayenta’s Monument Valley High School. The two were part of the vocation-focused Distributive Education Clubs of America student organization. They had traveled to New York and Seattle through the organization.
Tsosie joined the U.S. Marines and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. The friends stayed in touch during Tsosie’s deployment, talking over the phone at all hours and had planned on eventually taking a trip together to that country.
The men yearned for a future of business-building in their community. They wanted to better living conditions there by securing jobs for its residents and creating opportunities for its youth, Phillisa said.
“They both had big plans to make a difference here” in Kayenta, Phillisa said.
GoFundMe to help
Little is known by the family about the trip Felix and Tsosie were taking other than they were joining a group of peers at the convention.
The family has not heard from law enforcement about any criminal charges in the crash, Phillisa said. Their biggest concern currently is to bring Felix to the Navajo Nation. Phillisa said authorities had told her the family would know on Monday about when that could happen.
“We just want to bring my brother back so we can lay him to rest here in this community that he loved,” Phillisa said.
A GoFundMe has been set up by the family to pay for that end.
The news over Felix’s death, his sister said, came on their father’s birthday. Felix had called his father the day before, two hours before the crash that took his life.
“I love you, take care of my siblings for me, and I’ll see you on your birthday,” Felix told their father.
Reach breaking news reporter Jose R. Gonzalez at jose.gonzalez@gannett.com or on Twitter @jrgzztx.
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On this sunny afternoon, surrounded by friends, Jacob Balash twirled his rainbow-colored umbrella while taking a selfie.
But when asked about the nation's LGBTQ+ climate, the Spencer resident quickly strikes a serious tone.
"Festivals like this are especially important, given the times," said Balash, 46, a vendor at this weekend's Fort Wayne Pride Festival. He helps organize a similar event in Spencer in October.
"Our visibility is important, to show we're here," he said.
Balash was among almost 200 vendors and the more than 20,000 people estimated at the Pride Festival at Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne.
The two-day event that began Friday featured a parade today. The festival is billed as a celebration of life and touted as a haven for visitors.
Even so, Pride Fest takes place in a nation that seems increasingly intolerant. For example:
• In May, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation requiring that schools inform parents if their child asks for a name or pronoun change at school. Opponents say the law will erode teacher-student trust, while supporters say it empowers parents.
• Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Christian graphic artist in Colorado who now has the right to refuse same-sex couples who want to hire her to create their wedding websites.
• And this week in Fort Wayne, producers of the play "Marian, Or the True Tale of Robin Hood" filed a complaint with the state because Northwest Allen County Schools denied a records request about why the production was blocked at Carroll High School. Instead, students presented the play at Foellinger Theatre in May.
Nikki Fultz is executive director of Fort Wayne Pride. She said there is no doubt recent actions to limit or end LGBTQ+ rights are concerning, but "there are victories" as well.
For instance, last month a federal judge issued an order halting an Indiana ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors from taking effect on July 1.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana won the temporary injunction in its legal challenge of the Republican-backed law, which was enacted this spring amid a national push by GOP-led legislatures to curb LGBTQ+ rights.
The order from U.S. District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon also blocks provisions prohibiting Indiana doctors from communicating with out-of-state physicians about gender-affirming care for their patients younger than 18.
"This is a great time to celebrate our triumphs, although some things have not gone our way," Fultz said.
For Aaron Schneider of South Bend, he is just thankful to have a "safe place" to gather.
The 27-year-old wore multicolored baggy pants and pink lipstick while helping out his sister, who had an artist booth at the festival.
"Her work is best described as stain-glass art on paper," Schneider said. "The people with Fort Wayne Pride really seem to have made it safe here."
Genice Addis, 35, agrees.
She worked a booth for Fort Wayne Women's Rugby in hopes of growing the team while doing a little fundraising as well.
"It's just a good place for people to be who they are," Addis said. "People can just come here and be themselves."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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TRACY, Calif. — Police in Tracy arrested a man accused of killing his own 65-year-old mother Friday.
According to police, officers found the woman dead inside her home in the 1700 block of Thicket Court around 9:30 p.m. Friday. Officers said she was the obvious victim of a homicide.
Investigators identified her son, 26-year-old Spencer Carroll of Tracy, as the suspected killer and arrested him Saturday morning.
Carroll was booked into San Joaquin County Jail on suspicion of homicide. He is expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
People with information on the homicide are asked to contact Detective Brian Azevedo at Brian.Azevedo@TracyPD.com or (209) 831-6534.
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Dr. Keith Humphreys, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, explains the effects of the synthetic opioid on the body, and discusses the signs of a fentanyl overdose
A federal judge sentenced a 52-year-old Lincoln man to prison on Friday for his role in an overdose death linked to tainted cocaine.
Russell Rucks Sr. was sentenced Friday to 26 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and a detectable amount of fentanyl, which resulted in overdoses in 2021 that injured two people and killed one.
Last year, a grand jury indicted Rucks and his son Russell Rucks Jr. — who faces similar charges — alleging they conspired to distribute a mix of cocaine and fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury to two people and the death of a third.
Rucks Jr. is awaiting a trial set for October.
In July 2021, a Lincoln man overdosed on what he believed to be cocaine, prompting first responders to administer Narcan twice, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Prior to the overdose, the man told investigators he had met with Rucks Sr. — from whom he had bought cocaine for about a year — and bought $20 worth of what he believed to be cocaine. Phone records showed communication about the transactions between the two.
Three days later, two men were hospitalized after overdosing at a Lincoln residence, including one who died about a month later.
The surviving victim told investigators the two had pooled together money and bought what they believed to be cocaine from Rucks Sr. Phone messages between the surviving man and Rucks Sr. also confirmed the two arranged to meet the day of the overdoses.
At the residence, drug paraphernalia was seized with lab testing later showing the items contained cocaine and fentanyl.
Rucks Sr. and his son were arrested in August 2021, with a search warrant at their Lincoln residence uncovering 6.8 pounds of cocaine, a scale and $3,950 in cash.
U.S. District Judge John Gerrard also sentenced Rucks to five years on supervised release following his prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.
Rucks Sr. also will have to forfeit more than $5,000 in cash and was ordered to pay $9,700 in restitution to the mother of the man who died.
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A trio of men were robbed at gunpoint in southwest Lincoln on Friday night, according to the Lincoln Police Department.
The robbery occurred at about 11:50 p.m. in 1300 block of Trimble Street near West A Street. One of the victims reported $300 in personal items stolen. No injures were reported.
After being provided with a description of the suspects by witnesses, authorities arrested Shaquille Adams, 28, and Brittney Williams, 22, both of Lincoln.
Adams was arrested on suspicion of robbery, possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person and use of a weapon to commit a felony. Williams was arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting robbery.
LPD's investigation is ongoing.
Top Journal Star photos for July 2023
Workers cut into a water tower next to General Dynamics at 4300 Industrial Ave. on Tuesday in Lincoln.
HAYDEN ROONEY, Journal Star
Thomas Fernandez and his sister, Cora, play on top of a log pile while other attendees to the farm take part in a press conference on Monday at Shadow Brook Farm, where Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and local officials announced a plan to make Lincoln’s food system more resilient.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Carpet Land's Mason Gaines dives to third base during an American Legion A-5 Area Tournament game against UBT on Sunday, July 16, 2023, at Den Hartog Field.
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Nebraska's Jeff Sims signs an autograph for Elliot Christensen of Lincoln, 12, Sunday at Hawks Championship Center.
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Nicole Kolbas poses for a portrait Wednesday at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Eagle. Kolbas is the 2023 Journal Star girls athlete of the year.
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Penny Putney pulls back as Romeo, an alpaca from Lincoln Alpaca Picnics, as he attempts to take a green bean from her during an encounter event on Wednesday at Charles H. Gere Branch Library. Alpacas don't have teeth in the top front of their mouths, which gives them the appearance of having an underbite.
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Grant Schirmer (left), who plays the role of Carl Hanratty, and Bede Fulton, who plays Frank Abagnale Jr., wait for their cue to take the stage during a dress rehearsal for "Catch Me If You Can" on Tuesday at Pinewood Bowl in Lincoln.
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Speed Skaters compete in the Mens 300m race during the NSC 35 ultimate inline skating competition at Speedway Sports Complex on, Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Teams compete in knee deep water at the annual Beat Breast Cancer Mud Volleyball Tournament on Saturday in Prague.
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Marlina Bowdery poses for a photo with pictures of her late son Timothy Montgomery, who also went by the name Timothy Wallace, Friday in Lincoln. She started an online group for grieving mothers after his death.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Reflected in a mirror, Francis Vigan walks on a treadmill with the assistance of physical therapy assistant Wendy Kyser on Friday at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. Vigan, a 34-year-old bodybuilder, has been recovering after a rare spinal cord stroke during a workout paralyzed him from the waist down.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Charlie Musselwhite sings the blues out to the crowd during the ZooFest music festival outside of the Zoo Bar at 136 N 14th St. on Thursday in Lincoln.
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A BNSF train cruises along the tracks past Memorial Stadium as seen from the Haymarket pedestrian bridge on Thursday, July 6, 2023, outside of Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.
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City workers cut into a large tree branch that had fallen due to the storm on July 4th in front of Bethany Christian Church on the corner of N Cotner Blvd. and Aylesworth Ave, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Kids ride specially decorated bikes down South Sixth Street during Seward's 155th annual Fourth of July celebration on Tuesday. The city — known as Nebraska's Fourth of July City — draws thousands to its annual celebration.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Eleven-year-old Beau Taylor of Austin, Texas, tries to blow the biggest bubble at a contest during Seward's 155th annual Fourth of July celebration on Tuesday. He was the winner in the contest.
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Fireworks erupt leaving sparks falling during the firework show at the annual Uncle Sam Jam, Independence Day Celebration at Oak Lake Park on, Monday, July 3, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Steve Novak, lead singer for Soul Dawg performs during the annual Uncle Sam Jam, Independence Day Celebration at Oak Lake Park on, Monday, July 3, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Liam Dotson (left) is lifted out of the water by Brother Paul Holmes during a Jehovah's Witnesses' baptism Saturday in a swimming pool on the floor of Pinnacle Bank Arena. After a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19, more than 5,200 members of the denomination came to Lincoln for their annual convention, which ends Sunday.
HAYDEN ROONEY, Journal Star
The Swiftdogs Zach St. Pierre wears the sorting hat from the Harry Potter series as he celebrates a home run against the Sioux City Explorers on Friday at Haymarket Park. The Lincoln Saltdogs became the "Swiftdogs" for one night, as tickets to a Taylor Swift concert were up for grabs to all ticketholders.
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Zoo Bar owner Pete Watters, who has worked at the club since 1987, said while it became famous for blues, there was always bluegrass, country, reggae and rock ‘n’ roll.
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4 shot near Glendale hotel at Westgate, 3 arrested
An early morning shooting on Saturday in Glendale left four injured and led to the arrest of three.
Around 2:11 a.m., multiple officers were at Westgate Entertainment District in the area of West Glendale Avenue and North 91st Avenue when gunshots were heard in a parking just north of the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa, according to Glendale police. Officers responded and a suspect was seen getting into a vehicle and fleeing, while four gunshot victims were located and taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
The suspect's vehicle was stopped on Loop 101 near Bell Road, police said. The male suspect and two females involved were taken into custody without incident, according to police.
The police provided no other information.
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Police seeks tips on hate-motivated vandalism at off-campus UM fraternity houses
The Ann Arbor Police Department is seeking tips about what it calls "hate motivated" vandalism at two off-campus fraternity houses.
The vandalism at 1928 Geddes Avenue and 800 Oxford Road consisted of spray-painted homophobic and antisemitic symbols, including a swastika at one location, the department tweeted.
"The Ann Arbor Police Department takes hate motivated crimes very seriously. Hate has no place in the City of Ann Arbor," the department said.
In a statement to the campus community, UM President Santa Ono said the university condemned the vandalism.
"These types of incidents are in direct conflict with the university’s deeply held values of respect and inclusion and have no place within our campus community or in the broader Ann Arbor community," Ono said in the statement.
Ono said both houses are vacant for the summer, but students will be living in them in the fall.
Police said the vandalism, which also included broken windows, is believed to have between 5 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday.
The department said it wants to hear from anyone who might have seen anything suspicious or who might have captured suspects on doorbell cameras in that time period.
Those with information about the incident may contact the department's tip line at (734) 794-6939 or email the tip line at tips@a2gov.org.
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An arrest has been made in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old man in South Tucson early Wednesday morning, officials said.
Christopher Rodriguez, 39, was arrested Friday at a home in the 300 block of East Glenn Street where a warrant was served in connection with the slaying of Lionel Mathews, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said.
Rodriguez was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and possession of a weapon as a prohibited person, the department said.
He is being held at the Pima County jail.
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The forces of human-caused climate change triggered temperature spikes in both Tucson and Phoenix on well over half the days since our prolonged, record-setting heat wave began in late June, a science group's analysis found.
At the Star's request, Climate Central used what it calls a Climate Shift Index to indicate how much climate change boosted each day's high, low and average temperatures in both cities from June 1 through Thursday, July 20. It found that since June 25 here and June 26 in Phoenix, the impacts of human-caused climate change triggered by fossil fuel burning and other greenhouse gas emissions began in a mild fashion and intensified through last week.
The analysis comes as the heat wave appears to have hit a peak in the past week. Temperatures have stayed stubbornly high for long enough now that this July could surpass the heat of July and August 2020, which have been Tucson's hottest two months on record, said Aaron Hardin, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Tucson, and Michael Crimmins, a University of Arizona professor and climate scientist.
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Moreover, Climate Central's analysis concluded that despite Phoenix's notoriously scorching temperatures compared to ours, climate change has spiked Tucson's temperatures during this heat wave more than Phoenix's.
In that period, Tucson experienced 10 days in which temperatures topped 110 degrees, while Phoenix had 21 straight days of 110-degree-plus weather — record-setting sprees for both cities.
The capital city's temperatures peaked at 119 degrees for three straight days ending Thursday. Tucson's high temperature topped out at 112 those same days.
But the Climate Central analysis found that Tucson actually had more days in which climate change boosted its temperatures than Phoenix did. The difference in climate change impacts between the cities was particularly pronounced at night, when the Climate Central analysis found the strongest climate change effects overall.
That's even though Phoenix had 11-straight nights ending Thursday when the low temperature never fell below 91; it was 97 on Wednesday night, July 19. Tucson's lows ranged from 78 to 87 on the days when climate change impacts were found.
The key to why Tucson had more days with high rankings on the climate index "is that we’re talking about how unusual a temperature is for that location and how much we can link to climate change (based on climate models and long-term trends)," said Andrew Pershing, Climate Central's vice president for science.
"The simplest explanation is that while Phoenix is hotter, Tucson’s temperatures have been more unusual," Pershing said.
From June 25 through July 20, Tucson’s maximum temperature exceeded its normal high by an average of 7.2 degrees daily. The daily difference in Phoenix averaged 6.7 degrees, Pershing said.
One reason for that could be that in Tucson, average temperatures in July typically decrease more rapidly than they do in Phoenix, which would naturally increase the gaps in the daily differences between current temperatures and normal ones, weather service meteorologist Hardin said. That would happen because Tucson normally gets a lot more monsoon moisture that lowers temperatures than Phoenix typically does, he said.
Also, the most intense area of temperature anomalies in this region has been centered a bit to Tucson's south and east, in Southwest New Mexico, around the Mexican border, Climate Central's Pershing added. Overall, Tucson has tended to be closer to the center of the "heat dome" that's been linked to this heat wave than Phoenix has, Pershing said.
'This is a monster'
"Heat dome" is a commonly used term for a high pressure ridge that traps summertime heat beneath it, said Erinanne Saffell, Arizona's state climatologist. One or more heat domes have been elevating temperatures all over the Southwest and Deep South over the past few weeks.
"It causes heat to build up, and with that heat buildup in the desert, it tends to stay here unless it gets pushed off to the north and east and west," said Dalton Van Stratten, another weather service meteorologist in Tucson. "When the high is directly overhead, especially, and it’s very strong, you get really hot temperatures, a really hot pattern."
Heat domes are common in this area in the summertime but they typically get pushed to the north and east as monsoon storms move in, said several weather experts. In fact, typically, a heat dome paves the way for the monsoon season.
"It's the typical progression of our monsoon ridge. It starts in Mexico in May and June and typically builds north over Tucson in June," said Crimmins, a professor and extension specialist for the University of Arizona's Department of Environmental Science.
If all is going well weather-wise, the heat dome pushes north and east into the Four Corners area by now, allowing monsoons to roll into this region from Mexico, Crimmins said. But this year, it's stuck farther south, centered right now over Central Arizona and wobbling at times towards Southern Arizona, he said.
"They are a normal, natural thing. This one is a little bit more extreme, longer lasting, impacting a lot more people than it normally does," said state climatologist Saffell.
From Climate Central's Pershing's perspective, the current heat dome "is just a super remarkable event — the insistence, the persistence of this. This is a monster — really, really scary."
Climate Central started noticing the heat dome impact in its weather data starting "basically in the middle of June, when we started to see heat in Mexico start to peak," Pershing said. "Then, there was a three-day break. Then, a new pulse came in, even more intense and bigger," he said.
It has covered parts of Mexico, California, Utah and Arizona of late — "the fact that these conditions are sticking around for a week is really remarkable," Pershing said.
Climate Shift Index
Generally, the Climate Shift Index employed by Climate Central examines the difference between a given day's temperature and its 30-year average temperature for the same day, Pershing said.
"The best way to think of it is that we're trying to estimate how frequently our current temperature, which is 1.3 degrees Celsius (1.8 degree Fahrenheit) warmer than pre-industrial temperatures, would occur in the current climate. Then, we compare that with the temperature that would happen without human-caused global warming," Pershing said.
"Think of it as a world without global warming. The last time that happened was around 1900. But we're not literally saying what the frequency would have been in 1900. We're literally trying to say what would happen today without global warming."
The index ranks each day's temperatures analyzed on a scale of 0 to 5.
A zero means that day's temperature had a weak or no link to climate change, Pershing said. A 1 score means that day's temperature is one and one-half times more likely to occur due to climate change. Scores of 2 through 5 mean the day's temperature was 2 to 5 times more likely to occur because of climate change.
Here's how those rankings have played out in Tucson and Phoenix from June 25 through Thursday:
— Tucson had 18 days where daytime high temperatures scored at least 1 on the index, and 23 days whose average and overnight low temperatures warranted at least a 1 ranking.
— Phoenix had 15 days whose high temperatures merited at least a 1 score on the Climate Shift Index. It had 19 days whose overnight low was warm enough to warrant at least a 1 score, and 16 days whose average temperature warranted the 1 score.
— In Tucson, no high daytime temperatures were hot enough to deserve a 5 rating, although July 19th and 20th got 4 rankings. But 13 overnight lows earned a 5 ranking from the climate index, including every night since July 9.
— No daytime high temperatures earned a 5 rating in Phoenix and two days also scored 4's. Ten nighttime low temperatures there got 5 rankings — the last 10 days studied through Thursday.
Big nighttime difference
That nighttime temperatures detected in the two cities during this heat wave were higher compared to normal nighttime temperatures than high temperatures were, compared to normal high temperatures, would come as no surprise to most knowledgeable climate-watchers.
That's because the urban heat island effect — in which the use of concrete and other forms of hard surfaces on buildings, pavement, sidewalks and the like jacks up nighttime temperatures — often has a bigger effect on the climate than global warming, many experts have said.
But in the current heat wave, the way the data has appeared worldwide "makes me feel very confident there is a strong global warming pattern" affecting the greater nighttime temperature differential from the norm compared to those in the daytime, Pershing said.
"We see this nighttime pattern everywhere around the world, especially within 30 degrees latitude of the equator. You’re pretty close to that in Tucson," he said. "You're maybe like 35 degrees. The closer you get to the equator, we get a much stronger climate change signal at nighttime temperatures."
Still, another factor is that the weather signal is quieter at night than during the day, making it easier to pick up the signal of climate change impacts, he said.
During the day, it a cloud passes over, it cools things down. If it's not cloudy, that warms things up. But at night, there's less temperature variability than during the day, he said — "the temperature you get at night is a really good indicator of heat in the system."
Asked if he saw this summer's heat wave occurring more in the future, he first referred a reporter to federal government climate assessment reports, then said, "The short answer is more."
"Every time we look at data for Southwest, especially in the summer, our mouths just hang open," Pershing said. "The trends there are so strong compared to other places we look at around the country. Every summer, we expect a week or more of intense heat (there). Every year, a week stretches into two, then three. That trend has gone on for two or three years. When you see a trend like that, you've got to bet on it continuing."
'Highly credible, science-based'
Kathy Jacobs is a University of Arizona professor of environmental science and director of UA's Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions. While not a climate scientist herself, during the Obama administration she was director of the National Climate Assessment, which analyzed climate change trends across the U.S. She also served on a National Academy of Sciences panel that wrote a 2016 report on the science of attributing extreme weather events to climate change.
On reviewing Climate Central's findings about Tucson and Phoenix temperatures at the Star's request, she said: "I was not previously aware of the Climate Central Climate Shift Index, but I think it is a good communication tool. It is a great way to give people an idea of how much the temperature in a particular day is affected by climate change.
"Not having been involved in creating it, I can only assume that they have used standard statistical processes for attribution, which have been developed over the last two decades. They are a highly credible, science-based group."
"It makes total sense that the index is measuring the influence of climate change against a background of weather data 'pre-climate change,'" Jacobs added. Since Tucson's temperatures are normally lower than Phoenix's, "we can still have significant climate change influence if the actual temperatures are lower."
The UA's Crimmins and State Climatologist Saffell said they couldn't comment on the Climate Shift Index because they lacked time last week to review the detailed methodology used to produce it.
They both said they thought there was a connection between the past months' extreme heat and climate change, but Crimmins' support for that link was far stronger than Saffell's.
"The temperatures observed during this heat wave absolutely have climate change fingerprints on it. If we had a heat wave of this magnitude and pattern 50 years ago, the temperatures wouldn’t reach that level of today's temperatures," Crimmins said.
"The (temperature) values are much higher than you normally see in this kind of weather pattern. That is the temperature trend expressing itself everywhere at once — it's just the overall trend of increasing temperatures in the planet. It makes every heat wave a little bit hotter because of that trend," he added.
There's no doubt that this persistent and strong ridge of high pressure has some impact from a warmer atmosphere, Saffell said. But as for simple temperature anomalies, as documented by Climate Center, "I don't think they can be used exclusively to identify attribution," she said.
She cited a chart, showing maximum June temperature anomalies for Arizona, that showed the unusual temperatures rotated repeatedly between those that were well above normal and well below normal.
"I'd hesitate to identify attributions from this chart," she said.
At the same time, however, Saffell noted that recently published research has attributed a stalled jet stream over Greenland to increased warming at high latitudes on the planet and to a continued reduction in long-term snow cover across North America. The research was published this summer in the journal Nature Communications.
Contact Tony Davis at 520-349-0350 or tdavis@tucson.com. Follow Davis on Twitter@tonydavis987.
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Edith Sayre Auslander, a Tucson native who rose from the local newsroom to the upper echelon of the state’s university system while championing minorities and women in higher education and journalism, died Wednesday of natural causes. She was 83.
As a journalist with the Arizona Daily Star and later a University of Arizona assistant professor of journalism, Auslander mentored numerous journalists at the start and during their careers. She was instrumental in developing national journalism training programs for minorities and was a founding member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in the early 1980s.
And in her positions on the Arizona Board of Regents and as UA vice president and senior associate to the president, she led the establishment of the Commission on the Status of Women in 1991 and was involved in the creation of the Women’s Plaza of Honor on the UA campus which was dedicated in 2005.
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“Her biggest impact right now, when she was president of the Board of Regents, was the creation of the Commission on Women,” said her husband, Steve Auslander, a former editor and local publisher with the Arizona Daily Star. “That was her foremost impact, and the building of the women’s plaza was pretty extraordinary.”
He attributed much of her success and achievements to being “adroit at moving around a bunch of male egos.”
In her career, Auslander garnered numerous awards and recognition for her service and dedication to her community, including Tucson Woman of the Year in 1986 and the Ray Davies Lifetime Humanitarian Achievement Award in 2011. Hispanic Business Magazine named her as one of 100 influential Hispanics. She was a member of the Tucson Junior League.
“Edie was very talented and a trailblazer in many fields, but I knew her best as a fellow journalist. She was an outstanding reporter, editor, and newspaper executive at a time when female journalists were few and far between — and in an era when female Hispanic journalists were even more uncommon,” wrote Frank Sotomayor, referring to Auslander by her nickname.
“She like me and others, saw the scarcity of people of color in journalism who could tell our stories with greater knowledge and sensitivity,” said the Tucson native and former Los Angeles Times journalist.
She was inducted into the Tucson High Badger Hall of Fame, the UA Journalism Hall of Fame, and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame. And in a unique Tucson honor, Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson named Auslander a Doña, a title of respect and distinction.
Edith Auslander was born at the Stork Nest in downtown Tucson to William Frank Sayre and Artemisa Castelan Sayre, on Sept. 3, 1939. Her father, in 1942, was the first Mexican American engineer for Southern Pacific railroad, where he encountered discrimination and violence.
"He used to come home beat up," Auslander recounted in a column by Arizona Daily Star writer Bonnie Henry in 2007.
Auslander graduated from Tucson High School in 1957 and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the UA and in 1975 completed her M.A. degree in journalism. She began her career with Arizona Catholic Lifetime, the publication of the Catholic Diocese of Tucson, first as a reporter, then managing editor. From 1973 to 1981, Auslander worked at the Arizona Daily Star as a features writer, a general assignment reporter, an education reporter, a copy editor, and a section editor at a time when there were few women and even fewer Hispanic women in those roles. She also served as the human relations director at Tucson Newspapers.
In 1977 she joined the UA Journalism Department's faculty. She served as co-director and director of the Editing Program for Minority Journalists, a national training initiative sponsored by the Institute for Journalism Education in Berkeley, California.
Years before she joined the department, former UA journalism professor Jim Johnson, who worked with Auslander, remembers her as a fellow undergrad and reporter for the UA Wildcat, the student publication.
But it was her efforts as a regent that had a critical impact on the department, Johnson said. “When the department was threatened to be shut down, she worked behind the scenes to keep the department open. Many people didn't know that,” he said.
In 1984 former Gov. Bruce Babbitt appointed Auslander to serve an eight-year term on the Arizona Board of Regents.
That is how Paul Allvin, former UA associate vice president for communications, met Auslander. He was a cub reporter for the UA Wildcat and reported on the Board of Regents.
"She was always there to sit and listen, and to explain. Always a teacher," said Allvin, currently a vice president at George Mason University in Virginia. “She helped me be better at my craft. I never forgot that."
Former UA president Peter Likens appointed Auslander as UA vice president and senior associate to the president, a role she continued under former UA president Richard Shelton. Before her appointment, Auslander served as director of development at the UA Alumni Association. She retired from the UA in 2008.
Former YWCA executive director Janet Marcotte said Auslander was a visionary and passionate about serving the community. Auslander’s interests lay in providing support for women, children, and victims of domestic violence, Marcotte said.
“She was an incredibly strong woman. She had a great desire to make our community into a better place,” said Marcotte. She credited Auslander for guiding her to a 25-year career at the YWCA. “What she helped me see was not always to be right but to be practical and forward moving."
Auslander is survived by her husband, Steve, son Gene Armstrong, daughters M.E. Armstrong and Anne Pagel (Ray Pagel), all of Tucson; granddaughters Alexis Pagel and Marisa Pagel, both of Laveen, Arizona; stepsons Jason Auslander of New Castle, Colorado, and Matthew Auslander of Amarillo, Texas; sister Mary Sayre Barrett (Bill Barrett) of Fresno, California, brother Federico Castelan Sayre (Desiree Sayre) of Buena Park, Calif., and two nieces and four nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother John Michael Sayre, all of Tucson.
Visitation will be 4-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at Carrillo's Tucson Mortuary, 204 S. Stone Ave., with rosary at 7 p.m. Funeral mass will be Saturday, Aug. 12, time to be determined, at St. Augustine Cathedral, 192 St. Stone Ave.
Auslander’s care in her final days was provided by Cheryl Seaton, whom the family gives deep gratitude.
Steve Auslander will remember his wife of 46 years as genuinely sincere.
“I’ve seen her at a banquet sit next to a stranger, and by the end they would be the best of friends,” he said. “I saw it happen time and again.
Ernesto “Neto” Portillo is a former Arizona Daily Star columnist. He considers Auslander one of his mentors in his nearly 40-year journalism career.
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VALLEY COUNTY, Idaho — A 53-year-old Boise man was killed after a motorcycle crash down an embankment in Valley County Friday afternoon, Idaho State Police reported.
Police said the man was traveling westbound on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on Warm Lake Road, when he drove off the south shoulder. The driver went down a 150-foot embankment, before coming to a near a creek below the road.
The man died at the scene of the crash. According to Idaho State Police, the crash was found on Warm Lake Road around 2:45 p.m. Friday. The incident happened east of Curtis Creek Road in Valley County.
The crash is under investigation by ISP.
KTVB will provide updates on Friday's crash as they become available.
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Longtime Coeur d’Alene School District physical education teacher Clark Campbell dies following a mountain biking accident on Tuesday.
Coeur d’Alene Schools (CDA Schools) shared a post Saturday morning on their Facebook page sharing the sad news. In the post, they said Campbell, was a physical education teacher and member of the District 271 Family for 33 years.
According to the post, he died on Tuesday, July 18 in a mountain biking accident.
The CDA Schools also shared Campbell was 'An avid outdoorsman and cyclist, and he had a passion for staying active and passed that energy and knowledge along to the kids he taught.
"He brought a level of enthusiasm and commitment to seeing his students challenge themselves, grow, and succeed, which earned him the respect and affection of students, staff, and administrators alike. Clark was recognized by the Coeur d’Alene School District Board of Trustees as Teacher of the Month in February 2019," CDA Schools wrote in the post.
CDA Schools said Campbell started his career with the district in September 1990, teaching kids for 33 years at several elementary schools across the district. Clark had been teaching PE at Dalton and Hayden Meadows elementary schools for the past several years.
Campbell will be missed in the North Idaho community. He left behind a wife and two daughters.
"Clark was a loving husband and father of two daughters. He will be missed by so many inside our district and out. We offer our heartfelt condolences to Clark’s family, friends, and all who knew him," CDA Schools said in the post.
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LEMHI COUNTY, Idaho — Editor's note: The video above this article was published Friday, July 21.
The Hayden Fire in Lemhi County has grown to 3,633 acres, U.S. Forest Service officials reported Saturday morning.
The fire was discovered Wednesday, July 19, in the upper reaches of Hayden Creek. Upon discovery, the fire had already reached 400 acres. By Thursday, it had spread to the Carol, Wade and Paradise Creek drainages, while remaining in the upper reaches of Hayden Creek.
Officials with the Salmon-Challis National Forest said aviation resources were challenged Friday due to poor visibility. However, ground crews identified areas north of the fire for dozer and handlines. Hot and windy weather conditions on Thursday and Friday, as well as the forest terrain, contributed to the fire's behavior and accelerated growth.
The Hayden Fire will likely grow as unseasonably hot conditions are expected through the weekend. Wind gusts are expected to reach up to 25 mph at the ridge tops Saturday, with a chance of rain and thunderstorms in the afternoon. The fire remained uncontained Saturday morning, and the estimated containment date is currently listed as Oct. 1.
Great Basin Team 7, led by Incident Commander Mike Johnston, assumed command of firefighting operations on Saturday morning. A total of 270 personnel are assigned to the Hayden Fire.
The fire area is 33 miles south of Salmon and 18 miles west of Leadore. The cause of the fire has not been determined. It is being fueled by large trees, grass and timber.
On Friday, the Salmon-Challis National Forest implemented a closure as a result of the Hayden Fire. All NFS lands, roads and trails on the Leadore Ranger District are closed within the area shown below:
Crews plan to complete isolated and group tree torching Saturday afternoon. U.S. Forest Service officials said the majority of fire growth occurred to the southwest Friday, into Morse Creek. Firefighters hope to push the fire into natural barriers Saturday with a dozer line south, along the east side of the fire.
Now that ground crews identified areas north of the fire for dozer and handlines, officials will implement the lines Saturday. Crews will also be preparing areas at risk to the south of the fire, including the Morse Creek Campground.
Hayden Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest
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PHOENIX — A federal judge has ruled that an Arizona law limiting how close people can get to recording law enforcement is unconstitutional, citing infringement against a clearly established right to film police doing their jobs.
The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi permanently blocks enforcement of the law that he suspended last year.
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The Republican-backed law was signed by former Republican Gov. Doug Ducey in July 2022 but enthusiasm for the restrictions faded and legislators refused an opportunity to defend the law during an initial court suspension. Republican state Sen. John Kavanagh, who sponsored the measure, has said he was unable to find an outside group to defend the legislation.
The law would have made it illegal to knowingly film police officers 8 feet (2.5 meters) or closer if the officer tells the person to stop. And on private property, an officer who decides that someone is interfering or that the area is unsafe could have ordered the person to stop filming even if the recording was being made with the owner’s permission.
“The law prohibits or chills a substantial amount of First Amendment protected activity and is unnecessary to prevent interference with police officers given other Arizona laws in effect,” Tuchi ruled.
A coalition of media groups (including 12News) and the ACLU successfully sued to block the law. Prominent law enforcement officials refused to defend the law, including former Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich and both the prosecutor and sheriff’s office in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix.
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Bystander cellphone videos are largely credited with revealing police misconduct — such as with the 2020 killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis officers — and reshaping the conversation around police transparency. But Republican Arizona lawmakers initially said the legislation was needed to limit people with cameras who deliberately impede officers.
The Associated Press filed a friend of the court brief urging Tuchi to block the law from being enforced. The AP’s attorneys said that photographers especially could be caught up while covering rallies, where it could limit their ability to capture the full interactions between police and protesters.
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PHOENIX — Twenty-five people have been displaced after an apartment fire Saturday near 27th Avenue and Cactus Road, the Phoenix Fire Department tweeted.
Crews responded just after noon and found flames coming from the second floor of the two-story apartment complex.
The Community Assistance Program was on the scene to offer support. No injuries were reported.
This incident is currently under investigation by the Phoenix Fire Investigation Task Force.
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HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. — For the past five years, Chris Engel has ran one hour for each year of sobriety.
This year, Engel celebrated 31st year with a non-stop run from North Carolina to Harford County.
Saturday marks the end of his journey. In addition to a batch of new runners, all are helping raise money for substance abuse resources.
It's called The Peguine: Move to Recovery. For the two-day event, participants have the option to walk or run a 5K.
Not a runner, there's also live music, yoga by the bay, a cooling station, a photo booth, and food to keep anyone occupied.
The event is organized by Ashley Addiction Treatment, and continues through Sunday.
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Chalk Fest 2023 opened on Saturday at Jerry Smith Farm, 7150 18th St., and brought out the artists, vendors and the public.
Artists signed up in advance to claim an 8-by-8-foot square to create their chalk art over the two-day festival. There is also live music, food, a beer garden and booths offering crafts and other items. Admission is free.
Chalk Fest continues Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the site. Artists will have until noon Sunday to complete their works, and the winner of this year’s competition is to be announced at 4 p.m.
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The Wisconsin Department of Instruction’s estimated aid amounts for Kenosha County area school districts may lead to some tax levy reductions while others are still eying potential referendums.
The estimates, released after the 2023-25 Wisconsin biennium budget was finalized, leave districts with a financial snapshot for their budgeting. Aid estimates will change as districts finish their auditing process.
Locally, common themes area districts identified were changes in low revenue ceiling aid and a $325 per-pupil revenue limit increase.
Some districts, such as Kenosha Unified School District and Salem School District, qualified for the low revenue ceiling increase from $10,000 to $11,000. Others, including Riverview School and Wilmot Union, did not qualify for the low revenue ceiling funding, as they did not pass proposed referendums in April.
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Kenosha Unified
Kenosha Unified is estimated to receive $149,925,254 in state aid, which is a $2,476,637 increase from the $147,448,617 it received last year.
Kenosha Unified’s Chief Financial Officer Tarik Hamdan cautioned, at this point, the estimate means very little to the district.
“It doesn’t mean much,” he said. “We are waiting for that Oct. 15 aid certification. That will be based on all of our audited financial statements and our actual spending from the prior year because state aid for the current year is based on the prior year’s financial information.”
Hamdan said the $325 per-pupil aid increase will help reduce the tax levy, but does not give the district more money to work with.
“That would be within that property tax and state aid mix,” he said. “Let’s just say, hypothetically, that we would get this increase. We’re not adding $2.5 million to the budget, it’s $2.5 million less of the levy that we would need because we’d have more aid.”
Another noteworthy change to the budget, following the recently-passed state budget, is the elimination of Kenosha Unified’s high-poverty aid.
“For a school district like us that was getting over a million dollars worth of high poverty aid, that’s gone,” Hamdan said. “So they reduced the allocation at the state level for high poverty aid and basically shifted it into equalization aid.”
Hamdan said the aid shift was beneficial for districts that were not receiving high poverty aid, because they now get a share of that money, but schools that were receiving high poverty aid will now not receive that aid.
Westosha Central
Westosha Central High School is estimated to receive $4,348,180 in state aid, which is a $896,500 decrease from the $5,244,680 it received last year.
District Administrator John Gendron said the decrease is largely due to the increase in property values, following the close of Pleasant Prairie’s Tax Incremental District No. 10.
Gendron said the state views the district as “property rich” so it will receive less aid. Although a tax levy may increase, there will not be a significant change in the mill rate.
Salem
Salem is estimated to receive $7,829,960 in state aid, which is a $410,258 increase from the $7,419,702 it received last year.
Salem benefited from the change in the low revenue ceiling, which district Executive Director of Business Services Marquez Guzman said was a “big win for us.”
Riverview School
Riverview School is estimated to receive $2,507,921 in state aid, which is a $287,042 decrease from the $2,794,963 it received last year.
Unlike Kenosha Unified and Salem, Riverview will not see the benefits of the low revenue ceiling increase as a result of failing to pass its referendum in April.
New Riverview District Administrator Kim Taylor said the district will likely have to go to referendum again, as it continues to face mounting budget issues.
Wilmot Union
Wilmot Union High School is estimated to receive $2,443,951 in state aid, which is a $186,382 decrease from the $2,630,333 it received last year.
The district did not qualify for the low revenue ceiling increase because its referendum failed in April.
Wilmot’s Business Manager Nicole Massie said the $325 increase in per-pupil revenue aid also did not help the district.
“It won’t increase our revenue,” she said.
Wilmot District Administrator Michael Plourde said the biggest issue facing the district is declining enrollment, which is an issue affecting several districts as birth rates have slowed.
“We’ve already made substantial cuts,” Plourde said, in reference to more than 20 staff cut at the end of the 2022-23 school year. “We’re trying to maintain our programming.”
Wheatland
Wheatland is estimated to receive $3,090,162 in state aid, which is a $439,177 increase from the $2,650,985 it received last year.
Wheatland District Administrator Marty McGinley said the district has a balanced budget, and is “right where we thought it would be.”
“Our budget is in great shape,” he said. “(The aid) has the potential to impact the tax levy and reduce the tax impact for residents. So it’ll either give the board an opportunity to reduce the levy again, or to pay off some additional debt (from a previous operational referendum).”
Bristol
Bristol is estimated to receive $3,393,905 in state aid, which is a $793,895 decrease from the $4,187,800 it received last year.
Brighton
Brighton is estimated to receive $546,021 in state aid, which is a $137,977 increase from the $408,044 it received last year.
Twin Lakes
Twin Lakes is estimated to receive $756,836 in state aid, which is a $133,559 decrease from the $890,395 it received last year.
Randall
Randall is estimated to receive $1,963,583 in state aid, which is a $49,736 decrease from the $2,013,319 it received last year.
Paris
Paris is estimated to receive $54,015 in state aid, which is a $9,532 decrease from the $63,547 it received last year.
Trevor-Wilmot
Trevor-Wilmot is estimated to receive $3,248,873 in state aid, which is a $159,371 increase from the $3,089,502 it received last year.
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Uline will be holding the third of a series of hiring events in Kenosha County early next month, part of efforts to fill 160 positions.
The overnight warehouse hiring event will be on Aug. 2 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Aug. 5 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Pleasant Prairie Distribution Center, 12885 104th St. Previous events for customer service and warehouse positions were held in mid-July.
Open positions include warehouse associate, overnights and warehouse clerks. Overnights with pay start at $29 an hour. Uline is looking to fill 120 warehouse and 40 customer service positions.
Across southeast Wisconsin, the company is filling 460 open positions, ranging from customer service, warehouse and corporate roles.
The shipping, industrial and packaging materials distributor was named to the Forbes annual list of America’s Best Large Employers.
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Gil De Las Alas, Uline’s chief human resources officer, said it was a “tremendous privilege” to be acknowledged by Forbes.
“We’re honored that our employees have once again recognized the high-caliber company culture and work environment that makes Uline a great place to work,” De Las Alas said. “Uline attracts incredibly talented, dedicated employees, and we’re grateful for the growing Uline team that commits daily to the same standards of excellence and quality of service.”
Uline offers numerous benefits and perks to attract and retain staff.
“It’s really no secret that Uline takes care of its employees,” De Las Alas said. “Our industry-leading wages and commitment to helping our people advance their career really motivate employees to work hard and see their future at Uline.”
Forbes created its ranking through an independent survey taken of approximately 45,000 American employees working for companies with more than 1,000 workers in the United States. The anonymous survey asked respondents to rate, on a scale from zero to 10, how likely they would be to recommend their employer to others.
Participants were also asked to rate their employers on criteria including safety of the work environment, competitiveness of compensation and advancement opportunities.
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ARKANSAS, USA — Pine trees have been mysteriously dying across Arkansas and experts aren’t sure why. Specifically, the victim of this aliment is the Arkansas state tree— the loblolly pine.
The normally lush, forest-green pine needles begin turning brown, limbs will fall, and in many cases, these trees die completely after becoming infected.
Dead and drying trees pose a safety hazard and can be costly to cut down. Additionally, this mystery ailment also threatens Arkansas’ $3.6 billion dollar timber industry.
Like a detective sifting through evidence at a crime scene, Dr. Vic Ford, a forester by trade with the University of Arkansas Agriculture Extension Office has a few leads. Though, he and the team of scientists studying the issue readily admit they are far from cracking the case.
“We are detectives. We're trying not to eliminate anything. We're considering all the environmental factors,” Ford explained.
Just like in any other investigation, everyone and everything are considered to be suspects.
At the top of the list includes disease, extreme weather, and chemical agents. Though one leading theory is that no single factor is the culprit, but rather a combination of many.
Some samples sent to laboratories for analysis confirmed the presence of pine needle blight, a pathogen known to affect trees in the southeastern United States. Though, Dr. Ford believes that may be a separate issue from the more widespread issue in Southeast Arkansas, the heart of timberland.
Recent weather extremes may be one of the leading factors that have been putting stress on Arkansas's beloved state tree. For instance, in a matter of months, Arkansas experienced a prolonged flash drought that was immediately followed by record rainfall.
Dr. Ford explained how when this happens trees aren’t able to handle the stress.
“So that puts a tree under stress. And then if something else comes along, that will stress it more, and then if something else happens, then you've got the decline phenomenon," he added. “It's a multiple-factor problem. I think that's probably the best way the best words I could use to describe it. And it's a solvable problem. We've got the right people working on it, we just need some time”
Ford and his colleagues know that good science takes time, though they feel the pressure to solve this mystery as quickly as possible. The price tag for not doing so may be catastrophic.
“It's a big deal,” Ford stressed. “I'm trying to think of the millions of acres we have in Arkansas, about half of Arkansas is forested. The timber industry has a concern and they're looking for answers.”
According to data from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, Arkansas’s thriving timber industry supports 27,000 jobs in the state and is responsible for bringing in $3.6 billion to the state’s economy.
Though finding answers has been just as important to everyday Arkansans, too.
For instance, one Arkansas County woman had over 100 pines succumb to the illness in her front yard. The cost to cut the dead timber was more than $26,000.
In De Witt, a once popular city park is now a tree graveyard full of stumps. City crews were forced to cut dead trees as falling limbs posed a serious safety hazard.
Dr. Ford’s group investigating this pine decline has heavily relied on citizen reports. Since May, these reports have come in from all corners of the state.
If you’ve noticed dead or dying pine trees, you’re encouraged to complete this form provided by the Arkansas Forestry Division.
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CONWAY, Ark. — Friday night was one no parent wants to see — a memory of life in remembrance of their child.
For Deitric Williams Sr. and Nicole Burnett, that's precisely what they did for their 26-year-old son Deitric Williams Jr.
"I've been sick, hurt, in the hospital, feel like I wanted to die," said Williams, the father of Deitric Williams Jr. "But I've never felt hurt like this."
Deitric Williams Jr. died in Conway police custody on July 17. His parents described him as caring and compassionate.
"He had a big heart, and everybody loved him," said Burnett, the mother of Williams. "He wasn't a troubled child."
Surrounded by friends and family, a balloon release was held in Williams' honor on Gum Street in Conway.
Details about what happened during Williams' arrest are minimal as the Arkansas State Police investigates the incident.
The Conway Police Department responded to a domestic disturbance around 11:44 a.m. on July 17 at the McDonald's on Oak Street when Williams exited his vehicle after allegedly fighting with a woman in the parking lot.
Officers approached Williams and asked for identification, prompting him to search his car. Citing safety concerns, Williams was asked to step out of the vehicle. When he didn't, Conway police pulled him out, which started an on-foot pursuit.
According to a witness video we obtained, Williams ran to Gum Street, where he would eventually be detained behind a residence.
The Conway Police Department said Williams "began to exhibit signs of medical distress" after taking him into custody.
Williams died at a local area hospital around 4:18 p.m.
Officials tell us they've reached out to schedule a time for the family to view the body camera video.
"I have mixed emotions," Burnett said. "I feel like I'm having a nervous breakdown."
The Arkansas Department of Public Safety released a statement Friday that said Williams' autopsy showed "no evidence of life-threatening inflicted injury or internal injury."
The full autopsy report has not been released at this time.
"I know I can't get my son back, but we want justice for him," Williams said.
Although Arkansas State Police said they can't release any information until the investigation is finished, Williams and Burnett are calling for answers.
"We're hurt," Williams said.
But for now, all they can do is remember their son.
"We want answers, and we want justice for him," Burnett said.
We've looked into the use of force and duty to intervene policies for Conway police, and we have them linked here and here.
The investigation into this incident is ongoing. We will update you as soon as more information becomes available.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man who was laying in the road was hit and killed by a driver late Friday night on the west side.
The accident happened around 10 p.m. on North Zarzamora Street near the intersection with Henry Street.
Police said a man was laying down in the left lane of the road when he was hit by a silver 2013 Nissan Altima. The driver of the car did stop to help the man. Sadly, the man died from his injuries at the scene.
The victim has not yet been identified. The driver of the car is not facing any charges at this time.
This is a developing situation and further details will be added as they are received.
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'He made many, many people happy': Fans react to death of Donnie Baker comedian Ron Sexton
Fans of "The Bob & Tom Show" around the country are mourning after the news that Ron Sexton, better known to many as Donnie Baker, Floyd the Trucker and many other characters on the morning show, died at age 52.
Sexton's family announced his death on the official Donnie Baker Facebook page Saturday morning.
"He was Donnie Baker to you, but Ron and Dad to us," the post read in part.
"The Bob & Tom Show" host Tom Griswold released a statement on Twitter Saturday afternoon to express his condolences.
"He made many, many people happy during his more than 20 years with 'The Bob & Tom Show,' and we will remember him with love and gratitude," he said.
Many fans and and fellow comedians across the country took to social media to express their shock and pay tribute to some of Sexton's performances over the years.
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NORMAL — Normal Police are investigating a shots fired incident from Friday night that took place near the businesses located at 616 W. Raab Rd. in Normal.
The incident was reported around 9:30 p.m. Sgt. Rob Cherry confirmed Saturday that law enforcement recovered approximately 15 shell casings of 9 mm ammunition, but he said that there were no injuries reported.
Cherry said the investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information should contact the Normal Police Department at 309-454-9535 or online at bit.ly/normalreporting.
Photos: Emergency crews train on air disaster readiness at Bloomington airport
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BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man was held without bond on domestic violence charges.
Gen H. Bastidas, 36, is charged with two counts of aggravated domestic battery, one involving great bodily harm in which he is accused of kicking and hitting a woman and one involving strangulation.
Prosecutors said the woman was severely injured after Bastidas punched, kicked and cut her and dragged her by the hair, and when he later brought her to a local hospital, Bastidas told medical staff that she had injured herself by falling down a flight of stairs.
Assistant State’s Attorney David Fitt asked Judge Sarah Duffy to hold the defendant without bond pending a risk assessment, in accordance with a state law known as Diane’s Law .
Duffy scheduled a bond review hearing on July 25, during which a judge will review the risk assessment evaluation and determine Bastidas’ bond.
An arraignment was scheduled for July 28.
According to doctors, the heat hypothesis is when people get angrier when the weather is hotter. Studies from the American Psychiatric Association say as weather increases, so does irritability—and the hotter it gets, the more violence and domestic abuse gets reported. The extreme heat can impact your mental health, as well, increasing anxiety, stress and mood disorders.
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Bryant Lewis
Bryant Lewis, 28, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion causing injury, a Class X felony. His next appearance is Dec. 30.
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Derek Roesch
Derek Roesch of Saybrook was charged Thursday, Nov. 10 in McLean County Law and Justice Center with several counts, including:
-Two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, Class 2 felonies
-One count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon while on parole, Class 2 felony
-Two counts of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon, class 2 felonies
-One count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon while on parole, class 2 felony
-Unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver (greater than 2000 grams but less than 5000 grams), a class 1 felony
-Unlawful possession of cannabis (greater than 2000 grams but less than 5000 grams), a class 2 felony
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance, psylocibin less than 15 grams, a class 4 felony
-Unlawful possession of methamphetamine, less than five grams, a class 3 felony.
-Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor
Justin M. Mata
Justin M. Mata, 28, no address given, is charged with possession of less than five grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony, and possession of less than five grams of meth, a Class 3 felony. He was released on a $50,000 personal recognizance bond and his next appearance is Dec. 30.
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Marcus D. Wesley
Marcus D. Wesley, 36, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in a vehicle (Class 4 felony), unlawful possession of cannabis (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Phillip Tinch
Phillip Tinch of Normal was charged Thursday, Nov. 10 at the McLean County Law and Justice Center with several felonies including:
- Five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, more than one but less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine, a Class 1 felony.
-One count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, less than one gram of a substance containing cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
Trisha L. Hanke
Trisha L. Hanke, 36, is charged with theft of over $10,000 (Class 2 felony). Court documents indicate she knowingly took $14,000 belonging to a Love's Travel Stop, in LeRoy, where she was employed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William B. Givens
William B. Givens, 49, no address given, is charged with unlawful possession of five to 15 grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony, possession of less than five grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony, possession of five to 15 grams of meth, a Class 2 felony, and possession of less than five grams of meth, a Class 3 felony. His next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
David L. Oliver
David L. Oliver, 51, of Bloomington, is charged with predatory criminal sexual assault.
Kenneth E. Funk
Kenneth E. Funk, 27, is charged with residential burglary (Class 1 felony) involving an apartment in Lexington on Dec. 31, 2022.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan R. King
Charges have been filed against Jordan R. King, 34, for violation of the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Holly M. Isaacson
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MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth L. Minton
Kenneth L. Minton, 51, is charged with aggravated home repair fraud (Class 2 felony) and theft (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony L. Jackson
Tony L. Jackson, 50, is charged for violation of the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Britley L. Hilger
Britley L. Hilger, 32, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after she supposedly punched a McLean County Detention Facility officer in the chest.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jasmine L. Smith
Jasmine L. Smith, 31, is charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol (Class 2 felony) and five counts of endangering the life or health of a child (Class A misdemeanors).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jackie S. Claypool
Jackie S. Claypool, 46, appeared for a Friday bond court hearing for two new cases which charged her for one count of burglary (Class 2 felony), four counts of forgery (Class 3) and one count of deceptive practices (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noah R. Demuth
Noah R. Demuth, 22, of Evanston, is charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer, a Class 2 felony, aggravated battery in a public way, a Class 3 felony, mob action, a Class 4 felony, and obstructing a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor. His next court date is Feb. 17.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon L. Parsano
Brandon L. Parsano, 39, is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, a Class 2 felony. His next appearance is Feb. 17 for an arraignment.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexander N. Williams
Alexander N. Williams, 24, was charged Feb. 2 with the following:
3 counts of unlawful delivery of cannabis between 30 and 500 grams - Class 3 felonies. 2 counts of armed violence - Class X felonies. 1 count of unlawful possession of cannabis between 2,000 and 5,000 grams with the intent to sell - a Class 1 felony. 1 count of unlawful possession of cannabis between 500 and 2,000 grams with the intent to sell - a Class 2 felony. 3 counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon - Class 3 felonies. 1 count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon - a Class 3 felony 3 counts of violating the Illinois FOID act - Class 3 felonies.
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Carlos Sanchez-Solozarzano
Carlos H. Sanchez-Solozarzano, 22, was charged with 1 count of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony.
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Jaylin S. Bones
Jaylin S. Bones was charged with four counts of first-degree murder stemming from a homicide in Bloomington last year. A McLean County grand jury also returned a bill of indictment charging him with attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan R. King
Jordan R. King, 34, was charged with violating the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act (Class 2 felony) a second time in under a month.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dominique M. Banks
Dominique M. Banks, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery involving strangulation (Class 2 felony). The incident happened in October 2022 and involved one victim.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin T. Daugherty
Austin T. Daugherty, 29, was charged with burglary (Class 2 felony) after he entered an Avis Car Rental, 3201 Cira Drive, in Bloomington, without permission and with the intent to commit theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Sandra M. Lewis
Sandra M. Lewis, 77, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance containing MDMB-4E-PINACA, a synthetic cannabinoid, with the intent to deliver (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samantha E. Morris
Samantha E. Morris, 40, is charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer (Class 2 felony) after supposedly spitting on a Colfax police officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nolan C. Love
Nolan C. Love, 46, appeared in court Friday for a bond review hearing after being charged with aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation (Class 2 felony) on Feb. 26.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nikkita L. Sandefur
Nikkita L. Sandefur, 36, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) containing cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Katlin M.B. Wilson
Katlin M.B. Wilson, 32, is charged with aggravated identity theft (Class 2 felony) after being accused of fraudulently obtaining money exceeding $300 but not exceeding $10,000 from a 60 year old man.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eli C. Garozzo
Eli C. Garozzo, 20, is charged with two counts of home invasion, a Class X felony, two counts of attempted armed robbery, a Class 1 felony, and two counts of residential burglary, a Class 1 felony. His bond was set at $200,000 as a 10% bond, meaning he must pay $20,000 plus fees to be released. His next appearance is an arraignment on April 13.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tysean T. Townsend
Tysean T. Townsend, 35, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), three counts of child abduction, aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer and obstructing justice (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Curtis J. Byrd
Curtis J. Byrd, 31, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felony), two counts of fraud and two counts of financial institution fraud (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noral K. Nelson
Noral K. Nelson, 31, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) after he was arrested in connection to a shooting along the 1500 block of S. Main Street.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles J. Tankson
Charles J. Tankson, 23, was charged with burglary (Class 2 felony), theft and two counts of unlawful use of a debit card (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis, Micah S
Davis was charged with 3 counts of arson, Class 2 felonies, and 3 counts of criminal damage to property, Class 4 felonies.
His next court date is May 5 at 9 a.m.
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Livingston, Joshua D.
Livingston was charged with 2 counts of possessing stolen vehicles, Class 2 felonies, possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony, and criminal damage to government property, a Class 4 felony.
His next court date is May 5 at 9 a.m.
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Kevin L. Ewen
Kevin L. Ewen, 42, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing and was charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony), obstructing a peace officer (Class 4 felony) and two counts of resisting a peace officer (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmanuel K. Mpay
Emmanuel K. Mpay, 23, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing following a grand jury indictment for two counts of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ahmad S. Manns
Ahmad S. Manns, 19, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing and was charged with cannabis trafficking (Class X felony), unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dylan R Mann
Dylan R Mann, 31, appeared Friday in bond court following four grand jury indictments for two separate cases relating to aggravated assault and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony L. Jackson
Tony L. Jackson, 50, was charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), domestic battery, violation of an order of protection and driving while license revoked or suspended (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Linden
William R. Linden, 79, was released Tuesday on felony burglary charges for trying to pass a forged check at Busey Bank.
Zadek U. Moen
Zadek U. Moen, 20, is facing six felony drug charges after being arrested by the Illinois State Police on Thursday.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Zachary T. Willis
Zachary T. Willis, 27, is charged with aggravated domestic battery by strangulation (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery subsequent offense (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cecily M. Sexton
Cecily M. Sexton, 39, was charged with two counts of burglary, a Class 2 felony; one count of forgery, a Class 3 felony; financial institution fraud, a Class 3 felony, and possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tonisha A. Jackson
Tonisha A. Jackson, 27, was charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James A. McConnaughay
James A. McConnaughay, 53, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland. McConnaughay is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica M. Longberry
Jessica M. Longberry, 38, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland. Longberry is charged with burglary (Class 2 felony) and forgery (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Barry D. Guyton
Barry D. Guyton, 26, was charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon (Class 2 felonies) two counts of unlawful possession of 15-100 of cocaine with the intent to deliver with one being a Class X felony and the other being a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Keon E. Spiller
Keon E. Spiller, 22, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland and was charged with attempted escape after his jury trial reached a verdict.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melina Aguilar
Melina Aguilar, 32, was charged with harassment of witnesses (Class 2 felonies) after asking a witness to lie on the record.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos D. Cregan
Carlos D. Cregan, 35, was charged with harassment of witnesses (Class 2 felonies) after asking a witness to lie on the record.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wayne M. Damron
Wayne M. Damron, 52, is charged with one count of violation of the Illinois Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Terrance L. Ford
Terrance L. Ford, 25, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felony) and two counts of retail theft (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stanley M. Miller
Stanley M. Miller, 61, was charged Friday with aggravated driving while under the influence of alcohol (Class X felony) and driving while driver's license revoked (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darryl R. Vinson
Darryl R. Vinson, 60, is charged with violation of the sex offender registration act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jarvis K. Heads
Jarvis K. Heads, 46, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of cocaine between one and 15 grams (Class 1 felony) and three counts of unlawful delivery of cocaine less than one gram (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wesley M. Noonan
According to police, 49-year-old Wesley Noonan of Bloomington was indicted on 59 counts of possession of child pornography (Class 2 felony) on Wednesday related to an investigation by BPD's Cyber Crimes Unit.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brad Carter
Brad Carter was indicted on Wednesday for eight counts of dissemination of child pornography (Class X felony) and 13 counts of possession of child pornography (Class 2 felony).
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Brian K. Burnett
Burnett is charged with one count of aggravated battery with a firearm, a Class X felony, two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, Class 1 felonies, and one count of unlawful use of a firearm by a felon, a Class 2 felony.
The incident in question happened when a drug deal went bad in March 2022 and Burnett shot at the sellers before fleeing.
Burnett is currently in custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections.
His next court date is 1:30 p.m. August 24.
Kenneth D. Downey
Downey is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony, obstructing peace officers, a Class A misdemeanor, and carrying a concealed firearm in a prohibited area, a Class B misdemeanor.
Downey confronted Illinois State Police at the LeRoy Police Station on July 17 with said firearm in his waistband. He was restrained, and then kicked LeRoy Police Chief Jason Williamson.
His bond was set at $150,000 with 10% to apply. His next court date is 10 a.m. July 28
Kenyon J. Bones
Bones is charged with one count of aggravated battery with a firearm, a Class X felony, two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, Class 1 felonies, and one count of unlawful use of a firearm by a felon, a Class 2 felony.
The incident in question happened when a drug deal went bad in March 2022 and Bones shot at the sellers before fleeing.
His bond was set at $500,000 with 10% to apply. His next court date is 9 a.m. July 28
Contact Kelsey Watznauer at (309) 820-3254. Follow her on Twitter: @kwatznauer.
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EUSTIS, Fla. — A big weekend of boat racing, music, food and back-to-school giveaways is coming to Eustis soon.
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The City of Eustis has teamed up with the Southern Outlaw Dragboat Association to bring racing back to Lake Eustis.
“Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s the Eustis race was one of the most anticipated events on the circuit each year. We have a lot of drivers who’ve raced on Lake Eustis previously and many have great memories of this event,” said race organizer Jason Beecher. “Bringing the event back to the City of Eustis has generated a large amount of interest in the outboard drag boat racing community and we’re expecting a very good turnout – 50+ race boats.”
The event will take place at Ferran Park on Saturday and Sunday, July 29-30. Racing will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m. on Sunday, running until approximately 6 p.m. each day.
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City leaders said that due to the racing, the Lakeshore Boat Ramps will be closed Friday through Sunday, July 28-30.
The Eustis Events and Tourism team has paired the event with the annual Back to School Bash on Saturday, July 29, where there will be vendors, food trucks, bounce houses, and more. The city will be distributing 100 backpacks per hour to local school-aged residents from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., while supplies last.
The Eustis Aquatic Center will be open on Saturday, July 29 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free for the day.
One Blood will also be hosting the annual Golden Triangle Battle of the Badges blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 29 on Ferran Park Drive. Residents are encouraged to donate in honor of local first responders who are competing to win the coveted traveling trophy.
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Events and Tourism Manager, Miranda Muir said, “It is going to be an action-packed day in Ferran Park. We are excited to be working with so many community partners to bring yet another great event to Eustis,” said Miranda Muir, Events and Tourism Manager.
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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Whether you wanted to see some farm animals, buy from local artisans or catch some live music, the Cape May County 4-H Fair was the place to be this weekend.
The Cape May County 4-H, part of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development Program, has more than 20 youth clubs, and 170 children are currently involved in the program.
The fair, which is the program's biggest fundraiser, features equestrian and livestock competitions, 74 vendors, live music and family activities from Thursday through Saturday.
"We do it for the kids. We really believe in the program," said Lisa McVey-Fisher, fair manager and a 4-H Foundation director.
"We have all different groups and clubs. A lot of people think it's just horses and livestock, but there's sewing, cooking, art, gardening and more," McVey-Fisher said.
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Eight-year-old Amelia Starnes prepared to compete alongside her horse, Buddy, at the stables.
Starnes said she has been riding since she was 3, and is now part of the Horsin' Around club. Her favorite part of the 4-H fair is "getting to hang out with all the horses," she said.
Eleven-year-old Ryley Yates, a member of the Lambs R Us club, stood inside a pen feeding sheep. Yates said she has to make sure all the animals are safe and taken care of at the fair.
"I love getting to watch the animals grow and playing with them," Yates said.
The vendors at the fair ranged from community groups to crafters.
The Jersey Cape Beekeepers Association showed visitors that bees aren't as scary as they seem by entering a tent filled with bees and holding them in their hands.
"People are fascinated by the bee tent. We like to show them that you don't have to be afraid of bees," said Debbie Morey, a member of the association.
Eleven-year-old Harmony Bennett sold her handmade crystal jewelry at the fair.
"It's always been a hobby. I've always been interested in working with my hands," Bennett said.
Bennett, who is from Florida but stays in Woodbine in the summer, said she sells her jewelry in person and promotes it on social media.
"I just want to show people my small business," Bennett said.
The American Legion Post 239 promoted its programs, which include scholarships for high school students and supporting families in need.
"We are able to talk to a lot of people, and it's amazing. ... We had a young lady come up to us and tell us her grandfather served," said William Eisele Jr., a Vietnam War veteran.
The post held a flag retirement ceremony Saturday. It cut stars out from the flag for people to burn in the ceremony, which Eisele said brings some people closure.
"We do this event so people are aware," Eisele said. "There's good things we're doing."
JJ's Unique Gifts displayed dozens of handmade wooden signs at its tent. Artist Scott Cooper said people often don't believe his art is handmade, so he burns wood live at his tent later in the day.
"My biggest thing is that if I can make you smile, it makes me feel good," Cooper said.
Jen Sawyer Caraballo, coordinator of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension program, showed children how to plant a seed and at her table informed them about where their food comes from.
Caraballo has been the coordinator of the program since 2016 and has participated in the fair since. She said they always like to give out information about the program and do activities with the kids.
"The best part is just seeing the interaction with the kids, and them getting excited about stuff like planting a seed in a Dixie cup," Caraballo said.
A variety of unique activities were there for kids and families, including an inflatable pool with paddle boats, a remote-control monster truck game, and Gellyball, which involves shooting a gel-blaster gun in an obstacle course.
In the Lockwood 4-H Youth Center, projects done by various 4-H clubs were displayed for visitors. Some clubs had tables set up, including the cooking club Kitchen Phanatics and the new Lego club called Get Your Brick On.
The livestock shows included a lamb and hog show, a poultry and waterfowl show, a rabbit show and a goat show. Livestock classes were open to the public over the course of the three days.
Equestrian competitions featuring some of the clubs also were held.
The 4-H club is one of the largest youth organizations, with more than 6 million young people, 538,000 volunteers, and 3,500 staff.
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ODESSA, Texas — According to NewsWest 9 Meteorologist Aurora Murray, a 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit Odessa at about 4:24 a.m. Saturday.
The location was between Loop 338 and Faudree Road, east of the Ratliff Ranch Golf Links.
The Odessa Police Department said Saturday afternoon that no damages have been reported, but we will update you if that changes.
Additionally, a 2.6 magnitude earthquake happened Thursday, not too far from that location.
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MILLVILLE — Two years after a man was shot and killed in Millville, law enforcement has asked for the public's help to identify a possible witness, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said Saturday.
Anthony Taylor was in the area of 3rd and Vine Streets at about 10:56 p.m. on July 22, 2021, when a multi-gun shootout happened, resulting in his death.
The Major Crimes Unit of the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office, along with Millville Police investigated the incident, and learned an individual was seen riding a bike in the area before shots were fired.
Now, on the two-year anniversary of Taylor's death, police are asking for the public's assistance to find the possible witness. The witness may be able to identify persons of interest who were in the area before the shooting occurred.
Anyone with information that could assist with the investigation is asked to contact Detective Harvey Calixto of the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Major Crimes Unit at 856-207-2999, or the Millville Police Department Criminal Investigation Bureau at 856-825-7010. Information can also be provided anonymously by visiting ccpo.tips.
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BIG SPRING, Texas — Early Saturday morning, there was a large water line break in the area of Wasson and Parkway Road in Big Spring
As a result of the break, water service were turned off at about 1 p.m. today so utility crews can repair the water line.
Citizens in the area will have low to no water pressure while repairs are made.
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Rich Helfant, 66, has been the CEO and director of Lucy the Elephant the last 23 years. But as a kid in 1970, he was there the day she made her famous move. In seventh grade, he sold candy to help save Lucy from the wrecking ball.
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James Brady, 58, of Philadelphia, and daughter Julia Brady, 11. James is a member of the Save Lucy Committee board of directors, and Julia volunteers at the landmark.
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Ian Schwadron, 21, of Avondale, Pennsylvania, gets ready to give a tour inside Lucy the Elephant on Saturday morning.
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Marget Bluefield, 70, of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, left, with her daughters Grace D'Aleo, far right, and Meredith Jones, second from right, and Meredith's husband, Tyler, and their children Millicent, 4, and Garrett, 7 months.
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Jimmy Russo, 6, of Ventnor, grabs as much cash as possible in hopes to win a prize.
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Miles Wexler, 5, takes his shot as older brother Harrison, 8, looks on Saturday. The brothers from Abbington, Pennsylvania, love visiting Lucy the Elephant every summer.
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James Middleman, 2, of San Francisco, sinks a putt.
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Juliette Smith, 4, and sister Lilliana Smith, 10, of Galloway Township, play on Lucy the Elephant's toes Saturday morning.
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Sal McGreevy, 16, of Egg Harbor Township, left, and Ian Schwadron, 21, of Avondale, Pennsylvania, give a 25-minute tour inside Lucy the Elephant's belly on Saturday morning during her 142nd birthday party in Margate.
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Grace D'Aleo, 29, of Virginia, and her mother, Marget Bluefield, 70, of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, have been visiting Lucy the Elephant together for over 20 years.
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Ian Schwadron, 21, of Avondale, Pennsylvania, left, and Sal McGreevy, 16, of Egg Harbor Township, were giving 25-minute tours inside Lucy the Elephant on Saturday morning during her 142nd birthday party in Margate.
MARGATE — Grace D’Aleo and her mom, Marget Bluefield, have made annual trips to Lucy the Elephant for more than 20 years.
Even though D’Aleo now lives in Virginia, she and Bluefield, of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, still go on their annual mother-daughter date to their favorite pachyderm. Bluefield owns a summer home in Avalon, so Lucy became a summertime staple when D’Aleo and her sister, Meredith Jones, were growing up.
That tradition started with the famous “Lucy the Elephant” jingle heard on South Jersey radios for decades.
“We would hear her song on the radio, so we grew up singing the song,” said D’Aleo, 29. “And the first time that song would play on the radio (each visit), we would look at each other and go, ‘When are we going?’”
D’Aleo, Bluefield and Jones’ family, which includes husband Tyler and children Millicent, 4, and Garrett, 7 months, visited Lucy on Saturday morning to celebrate the historic landmark’s Multi-Million Dollar Makeover Birthday Party. Lucy turned 142 years old Thursday.
“Every year, when we come, we read all the wonderful timelines (shown on the tour), like we’re starting all over again,” Bluefield, 70, said while she and Grace stood inside Lucy’s belly.
Lucy’s party was the first held since her 15-month, $2.4 million restoration project was completed and unveiled in December.
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Saturday’s party included an inflatable waterslide and obstacle course, a dry course, mini golf and other carnival-style games. Twenty-five-minute tours — which went up Lucy’s back left leg, through her belly, up to the howdah and back down — ran every 45 minutes all day. They also ran the “Lucy Express,” a trackless train ride that traced Lucy’s move on July 20, 1970, from Cedar Grove Avenue to her current home on Decatur Avenue.
“It’s especially special this year because we hadn’t been able to have a celebration of this magnitude since 2019,” said Rich Helfant, CEO and executive director of Lucy for 23 years. “We were still dealing with COVID (in 2020 and 2021), and last year she was under the scaffolding, so this has been a long time coming, and she’s never looked better in her whole life.”
‘Everyone held their breath’
Lucy’s history includes several owners, a near demolition, many restorations and a landmark designation.
James Lafferty, of Philadelphia, built Lucy, then called Elephant Bazaar, a few blocks down from its current location in 1881. Seven years later, he sold the six-story elephant to Anton Gertzen, who later renamed it Lucy and opened it as a tavern.
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Lucy was nearly torn down and a high-rise condominium built in its place in the 1960s. Edwin and Sylvia Carpenter and other city residents bought Lucy from the Gertzen family for a dollar with the promise to save the building. They formed the Save Lucy Committee in 1969 and did just that.
In 1970, the Gertzen family donated Lucy, which is now owned by the Save Lucy Committee and the city, and it was moved to its current location.
Helfant began working at Lucy in seventh grade, selling candy to help save her from the wrecking ball. He remembers breaking into Lucy before then, when she had been condemned in the 1960s. He was present when Lucy made her famous move that’s still talked about more than half a century later.
“I remember it was a foggy day, and they were questioning whether they could start the move,” Helfant recalled. “But at 9 o’clock, the police cars sounded their sirens, and the truck started its engine. ... When she went off the curb, everyone held their breath because everyone thought when the front wheels went off the curb, she would just collapse. That was how bad she was.
“And I could vividly remember the clouds of dust flying out of her and the pigeons flying out of her and how she moaned and she creaked. Seven hours later, she wound up here.”
After taking four years to be stabilized, Lucy reopened in 1974. Two years later, Lucy was designated a National Historic Landmark.
The latest rehabilitation project originally was expected to cost $1.3 million and take about eight months, Helfant said. But due to a mix of inflation, supply chain issues, increased labor costs and bad weather, the work ended up costing an extra $1.1 million and taking seven additional months.
The project was funded in part by $1.2 million in grants from the Save America’s Treasures program and the New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund, which initially would have covered most costs. Fundraisers, proceeds from ticket sales and tours and a request for donations helped fund the rest.
“There’s a life to this building,” Helfant said. “It’s not just metal and wood. There’s an actual life entity to her that’s inexplainable. It’s just there. Lucy has a life of her own. She is truly more than a building.”
A South Jersey staple
Holly and Chase Wexler, both 39 and from Abington, Pennsylvania, visit Lucy every year with their sons Harrison, 8, and Miles, 5. Chase remembers visiting Lucy as a kid when his grandfather would take him in the summer.
Harrison and Miles said some of their favorite things include going up to the top of Lucy and then seeing the giant peanuts — an elephant’s favorite snack, of course — at the end of the tour.
“I think it’s just the fact there’s a huge elephant at the beach. That’s like the main attraction for them,” Holly said.
Dennis Smith, 46, loves the new look of Lucy. He and his wife grew up in this area so they know the history.
“It’s not just a staple around here,” said Smith, of Galloway Township, who was there with his daughters Lilliana, 10, and Juliette, 4. “It’s a wonderful thing to have, our national monument here.”
Nicole Russo, 37, of Ventnor, had fun watching her son, Jimmy, 6, try his best at the cash grab game. Prizes were available to those who grabbed the most cash throughout the day.
“Lucy is definitely a staple in this area,” Nicole said.
Ian Schwadron, Helfant’s nephew and godson, was running tours throughout the day with Sal McGreevy. A rising senior at Egg Harbor Township High School, McGreevy said the job has helped him become more comfortable speaking to new people. Now, he loves giving tours because he gets to meet people.
“My dad (Cieran) is an Irish immigrant and moved to Margate and lived here a long time, and he would always take me to Lucy because he thought it was funny — not in a make-fun-of-it way,” said McGreevy, 16. “But what I liked about Lucy is it’s a big, giant elephant. It’s so cool.”
Schwadron, who lives in Avondale, Pennsylvania, is in his fourth summer working at Lucy.
“I grew up here as a child and would (appear) on the website when I was a baby when infant T-shirts started coming out, and my brother (Connor) and I represented those shirts,” said Schwadron, 21. “I’m very thankful to have Rich as an uncle and as a family member. Lucy’s a blessing, not just to him but to all of us in our family, and we’re very thankful.”
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Rich Helfant, 66, has been the CEO and director of Lucy the Elephant the last 23 years. But as a kid in 1970, he was there the day she made her famous move. In seventh grade, he sold candy to help save Lucy from the wrecking ball.
James Brady, 58, of Philadelphia, and daughter Julia Brady, 11. James is a member of the Save Lucy Committee board of directors, and Julia volunteers at the landmark.
Marget Bluefield, 70, of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, left, with her daughters Grace D'Aleo, far right, and Meredith Jones, second from right, and Meredith's husband, Tyler, and their children Millicent, 4, and Garrett, 7 months.
Miles Wexler, 5, takes his shot as older brother Harrison, 8, looks on Saturday. The brothers from Abbington, Pennsylvania, love visiting Lucy the Elephant every summer.
Sal McGreevy, 16, of Egg Harbor Township, left, and Ian Schwadron, 21, of Avondale, Pennsylvania, give a 25-minute tour inside Lucy the Elephant's belly on Saturday morning during her 142nd birthday party in Margate.
Grace D'Aleo, 29, of Virginia, and her mother, Marget Bluefield, 70, of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, have been visiting Lucy the Elephant together for over 20 years.
Ian Schwadron, 21, of Avondale, Pennsylvania, left, and Sal McGreevy, 16, of Egg Harbor Township, were giving 25-minute tours inside Lucy the Elephant on Saturday morning during her 142nd birthday party in Margate.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Radio personality and comedian Ron Sexton, best known for voicing “Donnie Baker” on “The Bob & Tom Show,” has died at the age of 52.
Sexton’s family announced his death in a post to his “Donnie Baker” Facebook page on Saturday.
“It is with immense sadness that we let everyone know that Ron Sexton passed away yesterday. He was Donnie Baker to most of you, but Ron and Dad to us,” the post reads. “Please respect our privacy at this time and pray for our family.”
A post on The Bob & Tom Facebook page by the show’s co-star Tom Griswold confirmed Sexton’s passing. Griswold noted that Sexton, a native of Indianapolis, was on a comedy tour in Ohio at the time of his death.
In a now-deleted promotional post published earlier this week on the Dayton Funny Bone Facebook page, the comedy club stated Sexton was scheduled to perform this Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22.
A cause of death has not been shared.
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PETERS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A community in Washington County came together to help families whose homes were destroyed by fire.
The fundraiser was held on Old Farm Road in Cecil Township. Nearly two months after a fire ripped through multiple townhouses. At least five homes were destroyed and 11 others were damaged.
The Cecil Township fire chief said the fire was able to spread from house to house quickly because there were no sprinkler systems in them.
Volunteers organized a spaghetti dinner at Saint Benedict The Abbot Church in Peters Township. They said they were pleasantly surprised at the turnout and impressed by the amount of people helping.
“This has been amazing. The community support has been intense and beautiful. It honestly makes me want to cry,” organizer Lori Marr said.
The community is trying to prove that they will be there to help the families who need help.
“It’s been very emotional. Last night we thought there would be about 10 of us to get everything set up and the cars just kept coming in,” organizer Tammy Kerilla said.
There was not a specific financial goal placed for the event.
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WACO, Texas — The Cameron Park Zoo is mourning the loss of another one of their beloved giraffes, a baby Masai calf named Zuri.
According to a release from the zoo, Zuri died on the morning of July 22.
Zuri's death comes just days after the death of her mother, 10-year-old Penelope, who died on Wednesday, July 19.
The zoo had been hand-rearing Zuri since Penelope's death, and had transitioned her to a milk formula to feed her. The zoo was also having Zuri connect with Jenny, another female giraffe at the zoo who they hoped could be a motherly figure for Zuri.
Zoo officials said they had been monitoring Zuri's development.
A necropsy, an animal autopsy, was performed to determine Zuri's cause of death, according to the zoo, who also said they plan to have an independent review performed. They say it could take several weeks to receive the results of the necropsy.
Zuri was born on Friday, June 23, 2023. The Cameron Park Zoological & Botanical Society hosted a naming contest on Facebook to choose her name.
Zuri was less than a month old.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man who was laying in the road was hit and killed by a driver late Friday night on the west side.
The accident happened around 10 p.m. on North Zarzamora Street near the intersection with Henry Street.
Police said a man was laying down in the left lane of the road when he was hit by a silver 2013 Nissan Altima. The driver of the car did stop to help the man. Sadly, the man died from his injuries at the scene.
The victim has not yet been identified. The driver of the car is not facing any charges at this time.
This is a developing situation and further details will be added as they are received.
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ODESSA, Texas — According to NewsWest 9 Meteorologist Aurora Murray, a 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit Odessa at about 4:24 a.m. Saturday.
The location was between Loop 338 and Faudree Road, east of the Ratliff Ranch Golf Links.
The Odessa Police Department said Saturday afternoon that no damages have been reported, but we will update you if that changes.
Additionally, a 2.6 magnitude earthquake happened Thursday, not too far from that location.
We will continue to update you as we receive more information.
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An Omaha man was robbed at gunpoint in downtown Lincoln early Saturday morning, police say.
The 35-year-old man was walking near 14th and O streets at about 3 a.m. when he was approached by two men between the ages of 18 and 22 years old, police said. One of the men pointed a handgun at him and demanded the man's belongings, which the other man took. About $350 in personal items were taken.
The Omaha man suffered minor injuries in the robbery but was not taken to a hospital, police say.
Police are still looking for suspects in the case. Anyone with information can contact the police at 402-441-6000 or anonymously at Crime Stoppers at 402-475-3600.
Top Journal Star photos for July 2023
Workers cut into a water tower next to General Dynamics at 4300 Industrial Ave. on Tuesday in Lincoln.
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Thomas Fernandez and his sister, Cora, play on top of a log pile while other attendees to the farm take part in a press conference on Monday at Shadow Brook Farm, where Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and local officials announced a plan to make Lincoln’s food system more resilient.
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Carpet Land's Mason Gaines dives to third base during an American Legion A-5 Area Tournament game against UBT on Sunday, July 16, 2023, at Den Hartog Field.
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Nebraska's Jeff Sims signs an autograph for Elliot Christensen of Lincoln, 12, Sunday at Hawks Championship Center.
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Nicole Kolbas poses for a portrait Wednesday at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Eagle. Kolbas is the 2023 Journal Star girls athlete of the year.
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Penny Putney pulls back as Romeo, an alpaca from Lincoln Alpaca Picnics, as he attempts to take a green bean from her during an encounter event on Wednesday at Charles H. Gere Branch Library. Alpacas don't have teeth in the top front of their mouths, which gives them the appearance of having an underbite.
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Grant Schirmer (left), who plays the role of Carl Hanratty, and Bede Fulton, who plays Frank Abagnale Jr., wait for their cue to take the stage during a dress rehearsal for "Catch Me If You Can" on Tuesday at Pinewood Bowl in Lincoln.
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Speed Skaters compete in the Mens 300m race during the NSC 35 ultimate inline skating competition at Speedway Sports Complex on, Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Teams compete in knee deep water at the annual Beat Breast Cancer Mud Volleyball Tournament on Saturday in Prague.
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Marlina Bowdery poses for a photo with pictures of her late son Timothy Montgomery, who also went by the name Timothy Wallace, Friday in Lincoln. She started an online group for grieving mothers after his death.
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Reflected in a mirror, Francis Vigan walks on a treadmill with the assistance of physical therapy assistant Wendy Kyser on Friday at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. Vigan, a 34-year-old bodybuilder, has been recovering after a rare spinal cord stroke during a workout paralyzed him from the waist down.
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Charlie Musselwhite sings the blues out to the crowd during the ZooFest music festival outside of the Zoo Bar at 136 N 14th St. on Thursday in Lincoln.
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A BNSF train cruises along the tracks past Memorial Stadium as seen from the Haymarket pedestrian bridge on Thursday, July 6, 2023, outside of Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.
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City workers cut into a large tree branch that had fallen due to the storm on July 4th in front of Bethany Christian Church on the corner of N Cotner Blvd. and Aylesworth Ave, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Kids ride specially decorated bikes down South Sixth Street during Seward's 155th annual Fourth of July celebration on Tuesday. The city — known as Nebraska's Fourth of July City — draws thousands to its annual celebration.
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Eleven-year-old Beau Taylor of Austin, Texas, tries to blow the biggest bubble at a contest during Seward's 155th annual Fourth of July celebration on Tuesday. He was the winner in the contest.
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Fireworks erupt leaving sparks falling during the firework show at the annual Uncle Sam Jam, Independence Day Celebration at Oak Lake Park on, Monday, July 3, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Steve Novak, lead singer for Soul Dawg performs during the annual Uncle Sam Jam, Independence Day Celebration at Oak Lake Park on, Monday, July 3, 2023, in Lincoln.
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Liam Dotson (left) is lifted out of the water by Brother Paul Holmes during a Jehovah's Witnesses' baptism Saturday in a swimming pool on the floor of Pinnacle Bank Arena. After a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19, more than 5,200 members of the denomination came to Lincoln for their annual convention, which ends Sunday.
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The Swiftdogs Zach St. Pierre wears the sorting hat from the Harry Potter series as he celebrates a home run against the Sioux City Explorers on Friday at Haymarket Park. The Lincoln Saltdogs became the "Swiftdogs" for one night, as tickets to a Taylor Swift concert were up for grabs to all ticketholders.
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Zoo Bar owner Pete Watters, who has worked at the club since 1987, said while it became famous for blues, there was always bluegrass, country, reggae and rock ‘n’ roll.
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BUCKSPORT -- The return of the annual Bucksport Bay Festival brought an estimated 3,000 visitors to Bucksport Saturday.
"We've turned it into a community, family, and everybody event," said Richard Rotella, Bucksport community and economic development director and event organizer.
Rotella says the event has been a staple of summer fun for more than 30 years -- with food, live music, vendors from across the state, and a parade running through the heart of downtown.
Returning visitors shared their thoughts on this year's turnout.
"It seems really busy to me. We've been to it for a lot of years, and it seems crazy down here," said Florida resident Rhea Tankersley, who travels to see the festival each year.
Organizers say they wanted to show locals and tourists alike that Bucksport has something for everyone, which is why they made some changes to this year's celebration.
"The biggest change we made was really making as much stuff free for our community and for guests of our community. We want people to come back here and remember Bucksport," said Rotella.
Boat tours, a free movie showing, and a variety of kids activities were also included at the one-day event.
Vendors say that the festival helps to get the word out about their businesses.
"It gets the word out about what we do -- we have a lot of people get in touch with us later on about online orders and stuff. It's a great community thing to see so many talented people in the area," said Jason Lepper, vendor.
Others spoke about their experience with the festival.
"This is our first time out at the 'Bay-Fest', our first craft fair. It's just so fun getting to talk to all the people and hearing their feedback about our art," said Sydney Eckert, vendor.
Organizers say they hope to make next year's festival as exciting as this one.
"Next year we'll look to do the same -- and maybe add a little bit more," said Rotella.
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PROSPECT -- Mainers took a step back in time this weekend to gain some hands-on learning about the state's history.
Each year, Friends of Fort Knox hosts a reenactment of a Civil War encampment at Fort Knox in Prospect.
The multi-day event features interactive history lessons -- complete with full camps, outfits, and artillery demonstrations.
"What we're doing is preserving the legacy of Mainers and how they had an impact in the Civil War," said Dean Martin, Friends of Fort Knox director.
Reenactors camp on site the night before to set up and get into the spirit of the performance.
"You get to be, kind of, a part of history. You're teaching and passing along a lot of the traditions, and keeping the memory of the old battles alive," said John Fiorella, Civil War reenactor.
In addition to the Civil War Living History Encampment, Friends of Fort Knox will be holding events all summer long. For a complete schedule, visit fortknoxmaine.com.
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The Chimney Fire, which started Wednesday, July 19, near Redington, has burned approximately 1,600 acres and was about 40% contained by Friday afternoon, according to an update from the Coronado National Forest Service.
The wildfire is located on the northeast side of the Santa Catalina mountains.
The Forest Service has ruled the cause of the wildfire to be lightning.
By Friday, shortly before 4 p.m., the wildfire was considered to have stopped its forward progress, the Forest Service said.
According to officials, the fire is not expected to escape its containment lines “under the current foreseeable conditions,” the post said.
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It's one thing to defend your hometown.
That's a natural reaction when outsiders tell the world that the place where you live is becoming unlivable, as national reporters have been saying about Phoenix and Arizona during this heat wave.
It's another thing to say, as state Sen. Justine Wadsack said this week on Twitter, that "This weather is normal."
Wadsack, a Tucson Republican, was one of a series of conservative Arizona critics of the reporting on our heat wave last week. They tried to push back on the idea that Arizona's heat is unusual, that it reflects the globe's warming and requires some sort of action.
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State Rep. Justin Heap, a Republican from Mesa, put it this way on Twitter: "Apparently the national media has decided we are all insufficiently frightened about climate change so it's time to portray normal summer heat as the apocalypse."
Alarmists, he went on, are "trying to frighten us so they can take command of our economy in the name of curbing carbon emission."
The thing is, they're wrong: This weather is not normal. Phoenix broke high-temperature records four days out of six between July 15 and July 20. The city also experienced record high low temperatures — 10 days in a row above 90 degrees, which is more than the seven that Phoenix averages in a year.
In Tucson, the high temperature was a record every day from Sunday through Thursday. That is not normal, especially when it's also happening around the northern hemisphere.
When I pointed out the many records broken to Heap, he responded, "Breaking records is very normal. Weather records are being broken every day somewhere."
Yeah, but they're being broken here, now in bulk. As my colleague Tony Davis reports today, the signals from the warming climate are clear. It's a question of whether we will hear them.
A sense of acceptance
It's possible to dismiss hot weather in Arizona because, of course, Arizona is usually hot in the summers.
When I went out and talked to people living in mobile homes and working outside about 12 days ago, I found a sense of acceptance that this is the way summer in Tucson is, even if it is getting hotter than normal.
At the time, there was a chance the humidity would creep up, clouds would form, and they would cut off the heat wave before it really set in. That didn't happen. Even the day it really rained in Tucson, Monday July 17, we tied the record high temperature of 111 degrees Fahrenheit.
It's normal that there would be a hot high-pressure ridge, or "heat dome," over Arizona before the monsoon sets in, but what we're experiencing is abnormal and part of a global pattern, UA Professor of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Christopher Castro told me.
"These big high-pressure domes, these heat domes, are getting larger and more intense," Castro said. "It’s a pattern of intensifying heat waves that we’re seeing all over the world."
A series of them have built up around the northern hemisphere this month, setting records at similar latitudes around the world, on land as well as in the hot North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
"If you’re under an intense high pressure ridge, you’re going to experience a heat wave, but if you’re on either edge of that ridge, you’ll see rainfall, and the rainfall will be more extreme," he said.
As heat spreads, especially near the poles, the melting of ice and warming of oceans may change circulation patterns.
"It makes the jet stream more wavy and (creates) more tendency toward these blocking patterns, where you get the jet stream stuck in one configuration for a period of time."
The scarier thing is, this is just the beginning — we have no idea how much change will happen before the climate stabilizes again and how much damage it will do.
But even as we experience the onset of real climate change, a chorus of gaslighters is trying to stop us from even acknowledging it, let alone doing something about it.
On Fox Business, professional climate-change denier Marc Morano put it this way: "They are weaponizing hot summer, heat waves, to turn it into some kind of climate action."
Disinformation effort
What's really been going on for years is the opposite. A disinformation effort by the fossil-fuel industry has deliberately sowed confusion over climate science. In part as a result, public opinion has become polarized over climate change as with just about every other issue in American society.
The House Oversight Committee revealed the results of an investigation in December, showing that even as the fossil fuel industry discussed oil and natural gas as "bridge fuels" to a renewable future, they were simultaneously planning to sustain production for years in order to maintain profitability.
So now, thanks in part to these industry efforts, when evidence of the climate emergency arises, there is a kneejerk instinct on the political right to deny or rationalize its existence. That's too bad, because you can't address a problem if you don't acknowledge its existence first.
For the sake of Arizona's economy, not to mention the plants and animals, we need our public officials to stop the kneejerk denialism and grapple with the problem.
Sen. Mark Kelly, the Tucson Democrat, tweeted an innocuous statement Friday about the issue.
"Arizonans are used to the heat, but this heat wave has been particularly brutal. That’s why we’re working hard to combat the climate crisis by investing in innovative solutions and building a clean energy economy for the future."
A Kari Lake campaign account (still operating all these months after her loss) responded:
"Mark, we know you're from Texas so you don't really know how the weather works out here. But we live in a desert. It gets hot."
Separately, Wadsack flippantly said via Twitter: "If ya can’t stand the heat in Arizona, you’re welcome to leave."
Wadsack works as a Realtor. Can you imagine the catastrophe in her industry, and our economy, if people start to leave in numbers because of the increasing heat?
Denying the problem only hurts ourselves in the long run.
Tim Steller is an opinion columnist. A 25-year veteran of reporting and editing, he digs into issues and stories that matter in the Tucson area, reports the results and tells you his conclusions. Contact him at tsteller@tucson.com or 520-807-7789. On Twitter: @senyorreporter
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WACO, Texas — The Cameron Park Zoo is mourning the loss of another one of their beloved giraffes, a baby Masai calf named Zuri.
According to a release from the zoo, Zuri died on the morning of July 22.
Zuri's death comes just days after the death of her mother, 10-year-old Penelope, who died on Wednesday, July 19.
The zoo had been hand-rearing Zuri since Penelope's death, and had transitioned her to a milk formula to feed her. The zoo was also having Zuri connect with Jenny, another female giraffe at the zoo who they hoped could be a motherly figure for Zuri.
Zoo officials said they had been monitoring Zuri's development.
A necropsy, an animal autopsy, was performed to determine Zuri's cause of death, according to the zoo, who also said they plan to have an independent review performed. They say it could take several weeks to receive the results of the necropsy.
Zuri was born on Friday, June 23, 2023. The Cameron Park Zoological & Botanical Society hosted a naming contest on Facebook to choose her name.
Zuri was less than a month old.
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AVOCA, Pa. — Dozens of folks on motorcycles took a ride through Luzerne County Saturday, and it wasn't just for fun.
The NEPA Rockers Motorcycle Club held its 14th annual Rockers Roll. The ride went from Avoca to Lake Carey in Wyoming County and back.
After the ride was over, there was a festival at Litzy's Lounge in Avoca.
The ride and festival raise money for Greater Pittston Meals on Wheels.
"As bikers, we love helping the community. We do everything we possibly can for our first responders, our elderly, our group homes, you know, Meals on Wheels. It's a good event, awesome turnout, great ride. We all went through Lake Ariel, it was fabulous, everything went smooth. Great people overall, you know what I mean? We love doing it, we love doing what we do," said Myles Delia, Phantom Cycles owner.
The motorcycle club plans to do it all again next year in Luzerne County.
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TURBOTVILLE, Pa. — Heart and hustle are two words used to describe 11-year-old Hunter Reynolds.
"Hunter was always the first person to show up at practice and the last one to leave; he always right when he got on the field would strap on his cleats and get out there, 'Coach throw me the ball," said Brady Janey, Hunter's coach.
The Warrior Run 5th grader died in a car crash last year, so what better way to honor him than with the game he loved most.
"He had a great passion for football; he loved team sports, being around the community, other kids, the coaches; getting involved anyway he could," said William Reynolds, Hunter's dad.
Hundreds of football players came out to the stadium at Warrior Run High School in Turbotville to take part in the Heartland Youth Football League's Camp, which was renamed to honor Hunter.
"Hunter would have acted like he knew every single kid on this field; he would have been amazed," said Holly Wertz, Hunter's mom.
One of those players running drills on the field was 11-year-old Harrison Marr putting his heart on the field, remembering not only his teammate but also one of his best friends.
"He would always pass me the ball, and he would always be so supportive on the sidelines, and he would always keep everyone's heads up," said Harrison Marr, friend of Hunter.
"You don't realize how much he impacted our schools until I get kids from other schools saying, 'I remember when Hunter did this, or I remember when Hunter did that.' Obviously, his one-handed catch is still popular with Mifflinburg School District, so I was very proud of that," said William.
The camp is a way to raise money for the Hunter's Heart and Hustle Foundation, started in Hunter's memory to support other young athletes.
"That's my mission, to keep Hunter's name alive and to assist other kids; that's what keeps me going right now is to help other kids, and I believe it's important we help with that," said Holly.
The camp also had more than 100 cheerleaders take part in the event in Northumberland County.
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Festival named for Stevie Wonder celebrates community, culture and health
Detroit — Hundreds of attendees gathered Saturday afternoon for a community festival focused on health, wellness and love, named for Motown legend Stevie Wonder.
The Health, Wellness and Love: A Stevie Wonder Tribute festival convened in the parking lot of the College for Creative Studies on the corner of Woodward Avenue and Stevie Wonder Avenue, featuring local vendors, games, workshops on mental health, food trucks and live musical and dance performances, as the sounds of Wonder's extensive track list emanated throughout Detroit's New Center district.
Detroit native Sharon DuMas, 77, the event's organizer and Wonder's first cousin, said the festival was held to celebrate Wonder's legacy, while promoting health, wellness and love throughout Detroit's community.
"When we were disconnected during the pandemic, we didn't have a chance to feel and love on each other," DuMas said. "I wanted our young people, especially, to experience being around mature people, but to also feel the love, because that's what I think they're missing."
The festival was hosted by Full and Fabulous, an organization that facilitates holistic programming and empowerment of women aged 12 to 21, founded by DuMas 41 years ago. Although Wonder didn't attend Saturday's event, DuMas said when she pitched the festival idea to her cousin, he replied to her, "Yes, that's a good idea," giving the festival his stamp of approval.
In 2016, DuMas chaired the Stevie Wonder Tribute Committee to name the street after Wonder, in the area he grew up in.
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“I remember my brother Calvin and I walking on the street eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, (and) me trying to steal cookies when I was supposed to be asleep,” Wonder said during a 2016 question-and-answer session with the media.
Meanwhile, Saturday's event included a mental health summit, where dozens of youth ages 10 to 17 were given tools to address situations in ways the improve mental wellness.
Miracle Nored, a mental health first aid instructor and CEO of Building Beyond Barriers, said making mental health a priority amongst youth helps to reduce suicide statistics and removes the stigma associated with other mental health conditions.
"The more we talk about mental health with our youth, the more we can end the stigma around it," Nored said. "Its about giving them permission (to know) 'its OK not to be OK' and that they don't have to fake it."
Detroiter Preston Beavers, 16, said the session helped him reframe his view on mental health, encouraging him to extend empathy and compassion to himself and his peers going forward.
"We're here today to share love, to love on each other and to bring that back into our families and our communities," DuMas said. "Sometimes, people are not even saying the word 'love' ... we want our young people to understand that there's something behind showing love and promoting good health."
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The third annual Beach Front Arts Fest drew hundreds of music, art and food lovers to a lakefront park Saturday.
The free event, held at Pennoyer Park on Seventh Avenue at 35th Street,, showcased more than a dozen local musicians, performing artists, artisans and food vendors.
The festival was organized by Love Your Community Inc., a nonprofit organization devoted to developing positive, safe and creative spaces and experiences.
Scattered showers and winds didn’t dampen the vibes Saturday afternoon.
The event was organized by millennial volunteers including Kenosha native Kate Shannon.
“It’s been a learning experience but it’s really awesome that the younger generation is able to come in and take over the space and support local businesses, artists and food vendors,” Shannon said.
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“It’s a really great place for new and emerging vendors to come out and meet people and try vending in this area. ... Sometimes this is the first show people are doing.”
Shannon said city officials have been “really supportive” over the years.
“I think they really do love that the younger generation is showing motivation,” Shannon said.
Bryce O’Boyle, of Kenosha, also helped organize the event.
“It’s been really great,” O’Boyle said, adding that by 1 p.m. the festival beat previous attendance records. “The whole idea of this is to create spaces for young and old both. ... When people are just together in the same area people meet, connections happen and the community grows.”
O’Boyle added, “There’s an awesome community here in Kenosha.”
Anna Matson, of Kenosha, was selling her acrylic pour art Saturday. It was her first time at the event.
“It’s a really chill environment,” Matson said. “Since I’m newer to this it helps to see how other people set up their booths so I can figure out how I can set up mine and make it better.”
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ORLANDO, Fla. — ICON Park is bringing up the summer fun spirit with a food festival.
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Sip & Savor - Great American Cookout will take over ICON Park on July 30 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The festival will bring I-Drive chefs, winemakers, spirit crafters, and brew masters together to create a gastronomic experience.
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Guests will get to try tasty bites from these staple restaurants in ICON Park:
- Ole Red
- Uncle Julio’s
- Brother Jimmy’s
- Gordon Ramsay
- Shake Shack
- Sloppy Joe’s
- Buffalo Wild Wings
- Sugar Factory
- Wheelhouse Market
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The event ticket includes 11 dishes (one from each restaurant), beer and wine tasting, samples of seltzers, beers, and admission to The Wheel.
The proceeds of the festival will be donated to Salvation Army.
For more information, click here.
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PITTSBURGH — A WWE legend is coming to Pittsburgh this fall.
The Undertaker will hold a show at the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh as part of his “1 deadMAN show” tour. The show will be held on Nov. 11.
The stop in Pittsburgh is one of six additional shows added to the tour.
Undertaker will tell stories from his career and takes questions from the audience, the WWE says.
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MODESTO, Calif. — A viral video on TikTok has caused concern among construction workers in California's Central Valley.
In the video, content creator Tonya Balch Summers says that two PG&E workers in the valley near Stockton were offered water by a passerby amid hot temperatures.
Balch said that the waters were laced with fentanyl and that one of the workers died at the scene while another was left in critical condition.
She added that the situation was "happening right now" on July 21, 2023, the same day that she uploaded the video, which has since been viewed more than 624,000 times.
The video garnered hundreds of comments including one from a user who wrote, "It happened Wednesday the 19th in Modesto Ca."
A post uploaded Saturday to a Stockton Facebook group also claimed that the incident happened in Modesto within the past week.
Sharon Bear, a public information officer for the Modesto Police Department, told ABC10 Saturday that the department is aware of the rumor and that it is false.
PG&E did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif — It's the end of another weekend which means it's the perfect time to enjoy everything from award-winning concert performers to 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 by 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 Sunday. Remember, the hours are subject to change.
Hours of operation: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Carnival hours: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Kids Park Hours: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
California Professional Chef Challenge Finals
Fairgoers can watch professional chefs use a mystery ingredient to prepare a 3-course meal in front of a panel of judges at the Save Mart California's Kitchen building B from 6 to 8 p.m. Click here to sign up.
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 sampling by Papwa Flavor of Roseville @ Taster's Row
- 10 a.m.: Free Homemade Jams, Jellies, Salts, Sauces and Rubs sampling from Kanning Kathy @ Taster's Row
- 10 a.m.: Flower Arranging Competition @ Cooking Demonstration
10 a.m.: Free Olive Oil sampling from Bondolio Olive Oil @ Taster's Row - 3 p.m.: Free Olive Oil Sampling from UC Davis' Olive Center of Davis @ Taster's Row
Fun for the Family
- 10 a.m.: Fine Arts Awards @ PG&E Center Stage
- 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.: Cavalcade of Horses @ Rodeo Arena
- 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. & 5 p.m.: Camp Smokey Puppet Show!
- 12 p.m., 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.: Tree Circus Stage Show
- 12 p.m.: Zumba With Gloria & Friends @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 2 p.m., 4 p.m. & 6 p.m.: Jack Spareribs Ventriloquist @ Building D
- 2:30 p.m., 4:30 pm. & 6:30 p.m.: JUMP! The Ultimate Dog Show @ Grandstands
- 3 p.m., 6 p.m. & 9 p.m.: Master Hypnotist Tina Marie @ PG&E Center Stage
- 4 p.m. & 7 p.m.: Tanzanite African Acrobats @ PG&E Center Stage
- 4 p.m.: Team Celebracion @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 7 p.m.: Big O Tires Demolition Derby @ Rodeo Arena (General Admission $10)
Concerts
- 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Jimmy Ashley @ the Save Mart Wine Garden
- 11 a.m.: Tina B and the Sacramento Soul Line Dancers @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 1 p.m.: Nuevo Amanecer @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 1 p.m. - 9 p.m.: DJ Rick @ Cool Zone
- 2 p.m., 5 p.m. & 8 p.m.: The Drumheads @ PG&E Center Stage
- 2:30 p.m.: Blue Mountain Tribe @ Sky River Casino Promenade 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 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.: Aaliyah AKA Leileistar @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 5 - 7 p.m.: The Niteliters @ Cantina 1854
- 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.: Victoria Mendoza Folkoric Group @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 6:30 p.m.: DUB:RAE @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 7 - 9 p.m.: David Perez Band @ the Coors Light Blues & Brews Stage
- 7 - 10 p.m.: The Dave Russell Band @ Jack Daniel's Honky Tonk Saloon
- 8 - 10 p.m.: Nzuri Soul Band @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 8 - 10:30 p.m.: Third Eye Blind @ Toyora Concert Series on the Golden 1 Stage
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Citizens for Arkansas Public Education, also known as CAPES, is continuing to collect signatures this weekend to get the Arkansas LEARNS Act on the 2024 ballot for voters.
"This is our big super signing weekend," CAPES Pulaski County Leader Kennedy Kasten said.
In June, the Arkansas LEARNS Act was paused for the second time due to a lawsuit in the Arkansas Supreme Court. The lawsuit argues that the emergency clause attached to the bill was not voted on correctly.
CAPES has been working to get as many signatures as possible before its deadline on July 31. The group has even added several drive-thru petition sites so people can sign from the comfort of their cars.
“We have really pushed our social media this weekend," Kasten said. "We've sent out emails. People have been signing up on our website saying, 'I want to sign. Tell me where I can go.'"
The group is canvassing in a handful of areas this weekend. On Saturday, Kasten and other CAPES volunteers gathered signatures at the Echo Valley Neighborhood Park.
“We need just over 54,000 signatures across the state," Kasten said. "We had to have 3% of the last voting population of the governor's election for a county to count [and] we need 50 counties throughout the state."
According to Kasten, they've reached their goal in Pulaski County.
“We have had great efforts that have really paid off for us," Kasten said. "Now we're just trying to help hit that total number."
Although things are trending up, CAPES isn't slowing down its efforts. The group has volunteers across the state, including Pulaski County, hoping to get more signatures.
“We wanted to meet people where they're at," Kasten said. "Make this super easy and efficient, and simultaneously be in as many places."
Many people were happy to sign, including teacher Katherine Kroeker.
“There are good things about the LEARNS Act," Kroeker said. "But there are, by far, so many things that make it not good... it needs to be brought to people's attention."
Kroeker hopes petitions, like the one she signed with CAPES, will help spread awareness and allow Arkansas voters to decide on the LEARNS Act.
“Now that people are here, and they're saying we don't like this," Koreker said. "People are coming to help us try to take it back. It's encouraging to me."
No matter what the court decides, the LEARNS Act goes back into effect on Aug. 1.
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DULUTH — It's back. Smoke from wildfires in northern Alberta and British Columbia, Canada has moved into the region, prompting the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to issue another air-quality alert for much of central and northern Minnesota.
The alert is in effect from Saturday afternoon until 6 p.m. Monday as fine particle levels are expected to reach levels unhealthy for sensitive groups.
"On Sunday, as the smoke band continues to move across northern Minnesota, additional smoke will reach the ground across northeast and central Minnesota. As daytime heating increases surface temperatures and mixes the atmosphere, elevated smoke will reach the ground around midday," the MPCA said in its alert.
By Monday, the wind direction should change and push the ground-level smoke to the east, leading to improved air quality in central and north central Minnesota. But air quality is expected to remain unhealthy for sensitive groups in Northeast Minnesota on Monday.
People in sensitive groups should reduce outdoor physical activities and take more frequent breaks during the alert, the MPCA said.
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Fine-particle pollution from wildfire smoke can irritate eyes, nose, and throat and cause coughing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness or fatigue. Smoke particles are small enough that they can be breathed deeply into lungs and enter the bloodstream. This can lead to illnesses such as bronchitis or aggravate existing chronic heart and lung diseases, triggering heart palpitations, asthma attacks, heart attacks, and strokes, the MPCA noted.
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A woman was taken to the hospital after a two-car crash in Newton County.
The traffic accident took place at 8:58 p.m. on Friday at the intersection of US 41 and SR 14 by the New County Animal Shelter and short distance south of the North Newton Junior and Senior High School.
Newton County Sheriff's Office Deputies responded to reports of a personal injury crash involving two vehicles.
A Hyundai passenger car driven by a 67-year-old Midlothian, Ill. woman was driving southbound on U.S. 41, according to a police report. A Kia passenger car driven by a 20-year-old Rockford, Ill. man was headed eastbound on CR 100 N.
"The Kia failed to yield the right of way at the intersection causing the Hyundai to strike the driver’s side of the Kia," Newton County Sherriff Shannon Cothran said in a press release. "The female driver of the Hyundai was transported to an area hospital for non-life threatening injuries. The male driver of the Kia was treated on scene for a complaint of pain."
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No one else was in either vehicle.
The Newton County 911 Communications, Newton County EMS, Morocco Fire Department and Indiana State Police assisted with the accident.
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Cooler Air Coming
Inland heat will continue through the weekend with highs for most areas in the 90s-100s. Bradley this Saturday afternoon at 110 degrees! The coastal (inland) valleys will be cooler with the sea breeze keeping temperatures in the 80s, however. At the coast, it will actually be pretty nice with only patchy low clouds/fog and highs in the 60s-70s. The ridge of high pressure responsible for the second round of intense heat will slide east, making way for some cooler air to filter in from the north beginning Sunday. The pattern will shift and a cooling trend will start for the inland area. Next week will be cooler inland.
AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate
**Gale Warning**
...in effect until 9 a.m. Sunday for Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas ...until 3 p.m. Sunday for waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos 10-60 NM.
...northwest winds 15-25 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 6 to 11 feet.
...strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize, damage vessels and reduce visibility. Mariners should alter plans.
**HEAT ADVISORY**
… in effect until 11PM Saturday for interior Monterey & San Benito Counties and the KION coverage area in Santa Clara County.
*High temperatures in the mid-to-upper 90s, up to 110 for areas further inland.
*Above normal temperatures and moderate Heat Risk will increase the potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those working or participating in outdoor activities.
*In addition to the heat, individuals should be mindful of the elevated fire danger over the weekend, especially inland and at higher elevations where there will be little overnight relief from the marine layer.
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.
Overnight: Inland expect mostly clear skies, while along the coast low clouds will fill back into the bay and northern Salinas Valley. Dense fog and maybe drizzle possible by morning. Lows for most locations will be in the 50s, higher elevations will be in the 60s and even low 70s.
Sunday: More sunshine with some high clouds too in spots and heat not as intense inland during the day and at night. High temps will be 3 to 8 degrees cooler. The marine layer will continue with steady temps at the coast.
Monday: A deeper marine layer and low clouds expected at the coast as pattern changes, and inland temps will continue to trend downward so continuing to cool a bit.
Extended:: By Tuesday we may see moisture stream up from the southeast that will lead to possible instability and precipitation for higher elevations but so far looks to stay to our east but watching. Also onshore winds will pick up with gale force gusts over coastal waters. Light southerly swell will persist through next week as well as fog.
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This week's normal temperatures:
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LOW: 54ºF
HIGH: 69ºF
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HIGH: 87ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for July 28th – August 3rd calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal precipitation. Note: Little to no precipitation typically falls this time of year.
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: El Niño Advisory
- Forecast: Moderate to strong El Niño expected this winter.
-Area drought status: Currently drought-free
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SAN ANTONIO — Three people were injured in a shooting overnight at a party in Guadalupe County, according to the Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office.
The incident occurred at 2 a.m. at the 5900 block of FM 117 on Saturday.
Investigators say half a dozen men wearing ski masks, ballistic vests and carrying guns arrived to a party of around 50 to 80 people .
Officials say the men were allowed to shoot in the back area of the property but later began pointing guns at people. A fight began and gunfire broke out injuring three people, according to deputies.
Officials say the men left the scene in a black SUV and party-goers told deputies the men are from San Antonio.
Two people were treated and released from a local hospital. Another person was transferred to a San Antonio hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
The suspects identities are not known and the investigation is ongoing.
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BLOOMINGTON — Drug charges are pending against a Bloomington woman.
Angela Myrick, 50, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, involving less than 1 gram of cocaine, 1-15 grams of cocaine and an amount of buprenorphine that was not included in court documents.
She also is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance involving less than 15 grams of cocaine.
Myrick was released on a $50,000 personal recognizance bond.
An arraignment was scheduled for July 28.
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LOCKHART, Texas — Connie S. Amaya is a grandmother and retired Lockhart ISD staff member who uses her own retirement money to buy backpacks to give out for free to the community.
“I chose that backpack years ago because I wanted to give them something that was the most expensive, to kind of set up, set them up for the school year for success,” Amaya said.
Amaya started the free backpack drive in Lockhart five years ago as a way to remain connected to the community post-retirement.
Every year, Amaya prepares for the drive months in advance, resulting in her entire house being filled with backpacks.
“Through the year, I just start ordering backpacks and I keep them in a storage room, and so I just keep ordering and keep ordering,” Amaya said.
At around 6 a.m. Saturday, families were already lined up with chairs and umbrellas to wait for the drive, which didn't start until 9 a.m.
“Since early this morning, we've had people lined up all the way down this street behind us... we were so excited. We were just so excited to see so many people, because that's been my goal, to reach as many people in the community, Amaya said.
Amaya does not do this drive alone. Her husband, sister, brother, son, grandson and many more family members all help her put days like these together.
"As the day [gets] closer, we’re all getting excited,” Amaya said.
Amaya also hit a major milestone on Saturday: she handed out her 2,000th backpack.
"It meant that that's how many families we have impacted,” Amaya said. “That's what that number really stands for. That's how many families that we have helped."
This year, in addition to backpacks, Amaya decided to also start giving away supplies. She also handed out free haircut vouchers to help parents with the additional costs of preparing for a new school year.
It’s Amaya’s compassion that keep families coming back year after year.
“I encourage them to go to school every day. I encourage them to be leaders and not followers. I encourage them to make good grades all the time," Amaya said.
Amaya and her family have also gone to Uvalde twice in the past year to hand out backpacks, after that community's recent tragic school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers.
Amaya said she is hopeful that her back-to-school drive will continue to grow and impact even more people in the future.
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SAN ANTONIO — Three people were killed and three others injured in a tragic house fire early Saturday morning on the northeast side of San Antonio.
The fire started around 3 a.m. in a home on Winding Oak Drive near Birch Tree Street.
When fire crews arrived on scene, they could hear people screaming inside the house. They immediately went into a rescue operation and kicked the door down and made their way into the home.
SAFD Fire Chief Charles Hood said two adults and one childe died in the fire. Three others were taken to the hospital.
Chief Hood believes the fire may have started in the garage and spread to the rest of the home. The cause of the fire is not known.
He said in remarks to the media that his crew members will be greatly affected by this incident.
"Members that were here tonight, we will make sure that they get a critical incident stress debrief," Chief Hood said. "It's very challenging to see some of the images and experience what they experienced, bringing out a family of six this evening."
This is a developing story and further details will be added as they are received.
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HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. — Police are investigating the cause of a major two-car crash in Havre de Grace on Saturday.
Authorities responded to the intersection of Chapel Road and Earlton Road for a report of a collision.
Three people were transported to area hospitals. Their condition remains unknown at this time.
Stay tuned to WMAR for more updates.
@MDSP Trooper 1 transporting one patient to Shock Trauma, with two other patients being transported by @HarfordCoDES EMS and @HdGAmbulance. #HavredeGrace #HdG https://t.co/TRWHnwxEPh pic.twitter.com/VJePrf8zs8
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The Eastland County Sheriff's Office is mourning the loss of one of their own, Sheriff's Deputy David Bosecker. Bosecker was responding to a domestic situation Friday night when he was shot and killed.
Deputies with the Eastland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic fight in progress at a residence on Hwy. 183 between Cisco and Rising Star.
According to the Sheriff's officer, Deputy Bosecker was the first to arrive on the scene. Upon arrival, the suspect immediately began shooting and Bosecker was struck and fatally wounded.
Other units arriving were able to apprehend the suspect and no one else was injured. The suspect was taken to Stephens County Jail where he was charged with Capitol Murder.
The department says Deputy Bosecker worked in law enforcement for more than two decades. He began his law enforcement career in Wise County as a deputy then transitioning to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. He was also a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game warden and a Comanche Police Department officer.
Multiple law enforcement agencies and organizations shared condolences on social media Saturday.
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A vision to expand free access to health care in two Fort Worth zip codes is one step closer this weekend after the demolition of a more than 80-year-old theater on Hemphill Street.
Crews from a demolition company started tearing down Berry Theater early Saturday morning to a scattering of onlookers snapping photos in the 3000 block of Hemphill at the intersection with West Berry Street.
The move comes after some in the neighborhood had asked members of the non-profit Mercy Health to perhaps delay demolition to see if another buyer could be located.
The city of Fort Worth issued a demolition permit in June.
According to Historic Fort Worth, the building at 3033 Hemphill had no historic designation, meaning it could be torn down at the discretion of the property owner.
John Roberts, a former chairman and current board member with Historic Fort Worth, watched Saturday as pieces of the theater were knocked down and pushed into the former center of the building in a carefully executed demolition.
“It was a surprise,” Roberts said. “We didn’t think it was coming down that fast.”
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The theater opened in 1940 when neighborhood theaters boomed in North Texas. It became one of the first to show Spanish language films beginning in the early 1960s. But as movie-going habits shifted to multiplex screens, the theater struggled to remain relevant and closed decades ago.
Marcos Perez grew up nearby and came out to watch the demolition, still wondering about a building he had seen his entire life but had little direct experience with.
“Curiosity gets you when you’re a little kid and just trying to imagine what it was like being in there because it was a one-screen theater,” Perez said.
The next chapter for the property should be known soon.
The non-profit Mercy Clinic plans to expand free access to health care in the 76110 and 76104 zip codes. The theater site is in the 76110 zip code.
Aly Leyman, the executive director of Mercy Clinic, told NBC 5 the non-profit gained the building through a donation from a volunteer in 2021.
“We have a plan to go from a 3-room clinic to a 10-room clinic, Leyman said.
Even as he watched the demolition, Perez reflected on what might be next for the growing community and how the space will help address needs that exist today.
“Affordable health care, especially for this community, that’s always a good thing," Perez said.
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Nearly two dozen residents are displaced after a fire broke out in Fort Worth Friday night.
Just after 8 p.m. last night, the Fort Worth Fire Department responded to an apartment fire in the 2800 block of Las Vegas Trail.
According to the department, multiple calls were made to 911 that there was a fire in the building and when crews arrived they saw heavy fire coming from the second floor.
Crews pulled the hose lines to extinguish the fires and searched the apartments for anyone trapped inside. During their search, they located a tiny kitten that was unharmed and reunited the kitten with its owner.
FWFD says the fire was under control in 15 minutes.
In total, 11 adults and five children were displaced. There were no injuries reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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A tactical vehicle crashed Friday at Fort Bliss in Texas, killing a soldier and injuring five others, the base reported.
The accident took place at about 9:30 a.m. in a base training area, authorities said.
The name of the dead soldier, the conditions of the injured and details of the accident weren’t immediately released.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Soldier’s family, friends and colleagues during this difficult time,” Maj. Gen. James P. Isenhower III, senior commander of Fort Bliss and commander of the 1st Armored Division, said in a statement.
Fort Bliss is home to the 1st Armored Division.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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PITTSBURGH — A man accused of hitting a state police car and almost striking a trooper after doing burnouts on the Fort Pitt Bridge is facing charges.
According to court documents, Jason Stotlemyer, 31, was the driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that smashed into a state police vehicle while troopers were responding to reports of around 50 vehicles doing burnouts in the area of the Fort Pitt Bridge.
Police say Stotlemyer hit the passenger side of the vehicle while it was trying to move as two Dodge Chargers began fleeing from the scene. The trooper inside the vehicle stepped out and ordered the driver of the Jeep to stop the vehicle. Stotlemyer, and the passenger inside the vehicle, did not stop and took off toward the city.
Local license plate readers were used to track the Jeep. Court documents say the vehicle was found by South Fayette and Bridgeville Police. They say they observed Stotlemyer backing his car into the driveway at his residence.
Stotlemyer faces charges of aggravated assault, aggravated assault by vehicle, fleeing or attempting to elude police, simple assault, accident involving damage and harassment.
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KECKSBURG, Pa. — The annual Kecksburg UFO Festival is underway.
Fans of all things alien, bizarre and unexplained made their way to Westmoreland County to enjoy the festival.
Stan Gordon, a UFO investigator said the festival commemorates the events of Dec. 9, 1965, when a large fireball was seen in the sky. People in Kecksburg reported that something had cashed in the woods, but it was not found by officials.
“Large crowds already, lot of people sharing their experiences about what they’ve seen in the past and even some people here who were involved in the Kecksburg incident in 1965 and telling us what they remember from that day that it occurred,” Stan Gordon said.
Gordon has written several books on paranormal events that allegedly happened throughout Western Pennsylvania.
Festival attendees posed for photos with a model of the crashed object that is on display near the Kecksburg Fire Station.
The festival continues Sunday and runs from noon until 5 p.m.
Proceeds from the event are given to the fire department.
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The summer series continues on Wednesday, July 26, with the Flagstaff premiere of “The Lady in the Van” at 7:30 p.m. at Theatrikos Theatre Company, which has partnered with the Sedona International Film Festival to bring movies to downtown Flagstaff.
Maggie Smith was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for her lead role in “The Lady in the Van.”
Alan Bennett’s story is based on the true story of Miss Shepherd -- played by Smith. Shepherd is a woman of uncertain origins who “temporarily” parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.
Filmed on the street and in the house where Bennett and Miss Shepherd lived all those years, acclaimed director Nicholas Hytner reunites with iconic writer Bennett to bring this rare and touching portrait to the screen.
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“A fascinating true story. A total delight so rare in movies today. Maggie Smith gives a spectacular performance.” — Rex Reed, New York Observer
“Acting legend Maggie Smith’s tour de force!” — Lou Lumenick, New York Post
“This is one of the best film performances from an actress who’s universally admired.” — Tim Gray, Variety
Tickets are $12 general admission, $9 for Film Festival members and $10 for students. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Tickets can also be ordered in advance online at www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.
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Authorities identify two people who died when their canoe capsized on Lake Macbride Friday
Two people died after a canoe tipped over in Lake Macbride State Park in Solon on Friday afternoon.
Emergency services responded to a call about two people who disappeared underwater after their canoe tipped.
The Johnson County Metro Dive Team recovered the two people using sonar in about 23 feet of water on Friday night. Neither victim wore a life jacket.
Authorities have identified Suad Al Yasiri, 28, and Willie Davis, 23, both of Cedar Rapids, as the victims.
The victims were both transported by the Johnson County Medical Examiner to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for autopsy.
More:Wear a life jacket, don't drink: Tips to keep safe in Iowa's water amid 3 recent deaths
In 2022, there were 28 reports of boating incidents on Iowa waters, according to an Iowa Department of Natural Resources news release. Seventeen involved property damage and four resulted in fatalities. Out of the four deaths, one of them was alcohol-related.
Nixson Benítez is the social media producer at the Des Moines Register. He can be reached at nbenitez@registermedia.com and you can find him on Instagram @nixsonbenitez.
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NAMPA, Idaho — Charrería, a sport similar to what people see at rodeos, is Mexico's national sport. A group training out of Nampa is looking to keep the tradition going in Idaho.
Charros de Idaho is a team that was formed a year ago by Emiliano Luna and Jose Cruz Alfaro to be able to live out a childhood dream.
“This project started with me and my cousin and we've been competing together since we were 15 or 16 years old," Alfaro said.
Luna and Alfaro both grew up in Idaho with a passion and love for the sport, but no place to practice or someone to train them.
"Here, there was no one to teach us and the people that knew how, wanted to be unique," Luna said.
So, they decided to go to the birthplace of charrería and learn under very famous and prominent charros in Mexico to be able to bring that knowledge back to Idaho.
"It is really special. You know, me – that I wasn't even born in Mexico, we're born here in the US – and we still have that in our heart," Alfaro said. "We still try to keep that sport alive.”
Many of the charros that run with this team feel it gives them a chance to not only keep the sport alive, but continue a tradition that has been with them for centuries. The charros also said keeping the tradition strong hasn't been easy.
"Here, no matter how much one wants to make charrería bigger, it is not easy because we have jobs and other responsibilities," Luna said.
Heriberto Haros, a member of Charros de Idaho, said "you have to love" the passion in order to see it grow and thrive.
"You have to have the drive so you can set aside time for it to get this done," Haros said.
The veteran charros hope the sacrifices they have made so far can inspire the next generation of charros and continue to spread the love of charrería.
"I would love to transmit all this to the young people because it is a healthy sport and at the same time, you continue to bring the cultures that we bring from our country," Haros said.
The Charros de Idaho competed in their first state championship in June and placed first in the competition to earn them a spot in the national competition that will be held in San Luis Potosí in August.
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BOISE — The phrase “everyone has a train story” was repeated several times Thursday morning at the Grove Hotel.
Leaders from across the northwest gathered for the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit to discuss, in part, how they can harness the nostalgia many Americans feel for trains to fuel more investment and growth to shape the future of the industry.
Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner spoke to a group Thursday at an event co-hosted by the Pacific Northwest Economic Region about recent historic investments made in passenger rails and opportunities for growth — including in the Boise area.
“I’m here because you’re here,” Gardner said. “Fundamentally, you have created a momentum and a focus around restoring rail service to this incredible region and it has gotten our attention.”
In 2021, Congress approved $66 billion for rail, which will be made available to recipients early through fiscal year 2026. At least $18 billion will be for expanding passenger service to new corridors.
Gardner said Amtrak, which is the national rail operator, received around 10 times the investment it had been receiving in years prior.
“We are gearing up for this opportunity,” he said.
The primary regions Amtrak has targeted for growth are the South, Southeast and Mountain West.
Regional leaders have been rallying around the idea of bringing back passenger service between Boise and Salt Lake City for years.
Elaine Clegg, CEO of Valley Regional Transit and former Boise city councilmember, said that around three years ago, leaders formed the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Working Group to determine interest in the idea. Since then, Clegg said, the group has turned Amtrak and others from skeptics to supporters.
Gardner said that while it’s not up to his agency alone to decide where service can go, Amtrak is very supportive of the re-establishment of the portion of the Pioneer line between Idaho and Utah’s capitals.
The Federal Railroad Administration, which is under the U.S. Department of Transportation, will need to OK the corridor for potential expansion. A decision on whether the process can move forward is expected at the end of this year or early into 2024, Gardner said.
If the administration approves it, more detailed work can be done to study how many riders might travel on the line, how fast the travel time would need to be to meet the demand, and how much work the existing rail needs to accommodate it.
The huge population growth that both Boise and Salt Lake City have experienced in the past two years will be an incentive to add service. Decisions on where rail investments will go aren’t made lightly, Gardner said.
There’s also interest in extending the former Pioneer line to Portland as well, although Congress would need to weigh in on this decision, Gardner said.
“These assets are not 10-year assets, they’re not short-term commitments,” he said. “They’re not things that we do and decide to undo. They’re things that stick around, not for decades, but potentially for centuries.”
An Amtrak tunnel in Baltimore was first built while the 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant, was in office.
The U.S. has the largest rail network in the world, at over 140,000 miles. However, most of the system is used for freight. Gardner bemoaned the fact that passenger service is less than what it was in 1970, despite the country adding around 130 million people in that time.
Improving rail service can help accommodate a growing population, traffic congestion and reduce carbon emissions, he said.
“There’s no way through the climate crisis that doesn’t involve rail doing a whole lot more,” he said. “... We need to do more and we can. We can do that by using the infrastructure we have and upgrading it to support the growth of both passenger and freight.”
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Idaho has a ways to go when it comes back to rebuilding its passenger rail network, especially compared to its neighbors.
As part of the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit, legislative leaders from Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah and Montana discussed opportunities for the region to work together to create more connections between the states as well as the challenges in doing so.
The Gem State currently has no active passenger rail, outside of the Empire Builder route, which travels between Chicago and Seattle and stops in Sandpoint.
“We have a great history of passenger rail, especially through Southern Idaho and up through McCall from here, but there’s a great deficit now for several decades,” said Idaho Rep. Dustin Manwaring, R-Pocatello.
He said there’s “great passion and energy,” but questions about if riders will return if service is restored.
Western Washington and Oregon are served by the Amtrak Cascade Service, which goes from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Eugene, Oregon, as well as the Coast Starlight that goes from Seattle to Los Angeles.
Utah has a commuter system throughout the Wasatch Front, from Provo to Ogden.
“We know, looking forward with our growth, that we cannot build enough roads to meet the needs of our growth,” said Utah Rep. Mike Schultz.
In the 90s, Montana’s Legislature gave counties the ability to create their own rail authorities, and the state is also served by the Empire Builder route.
All of the lawmakers said that finding funding for rail projects is difficult, especially because federal highway funds can’t for rail projects in many cases. There are also issues in some of the states where the available funds compete with other projects, such as those related to electric vehicles.
Manwaring also said Idaho “lost a generation of that knowledge of what rail service in Idaho looks like, so we’re going to have to have some time to build that up.”
In an effort to boost interest in rail service, Washington state implemented a program that allows children under 18 to ride for free.
“We’re all impacted by our experiences that we have when we’re young,” said Washington state Rep. Jake Fey. “But it’s not necessarily happening for young people today to be familiar with rail and what that would offer them.”
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EASTLAND COUNTY, Texas — UPDATE (4:30 p.m. July 22): The Comanche County Sheriff's Office said Deputy David Bosecker's body is being transported to Davis Morris Funeral Home in Brownwood Saturday afternoon.
ORIGINAL STORY (9:21 a.m. July 22): An Eastland County Sheriff's Office deputy was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance Friday night.
According to Eastland County News, at approximately 9 p.m. Friday, deputies responded to a domestic fight in progress at a home on Hwy. 183, between Cisco and Rising Star.
Deputy David Bosecker was the first on scene and was immediately shot at by the suspect. Bosecker was hit and fatally wounded.
Other deputies were able to arrest the suspect before anyone else was injured. The suspect, Cody Douglas Pritchard, was taken to Stephens County Jail and charged with capital murder of a peace officer.
The Texas Rangers are leading the investigation.
Bosecker served in law enforcement for more than 21 years and was a master peace officer. He began his law enforcement career in Wise County as a deputy then transitioning to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. He was also a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game warden and a Comanche Police Department office.
He was an Eastland County deputy, as of 2021, and also worked part-time for the Cisco Police Department as a marine enforcement officer.
Multiple law enforcement agencies and organizations shared condolences on social media Saturday.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the Texas Tribune here.
Lawyers for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton are pushing to disqualify three Democratic state senators as jurors in his upcoming impeachment trial.
Paxton’s lawyers filed a motion Friday that asks Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to disqualify Sens. Nathan Johnson of Dallas, Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio and José Menéndez of San Antonio, arguing they have a proven bias against Paxton.
“Like numerous courts around the country, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has held for almost a century that potential jurors with a bias or prejudice against the accused are disqualified from serving on his jury as a matter of law,” the motion said. “Jurors José Menendez, Roland Gutierrez, and Nathan Johnson have such a bias and have proclaimed it loudly, time and again.”
The motion cites a number of critical public statements that the senators have made about Paxton over the years, including some in recent weeks. For example, it points to an MSNBC interview last month in which Gutierrez, who is also a candidate for U.S. Senate next year, said the evidence the House gathered “could not be refuted.”
“No one who has publicly declared the charges against a defendant irrefutable can even play at impartiality, let alone serve in an impartial manner,” Paxton’s lawyers argued.
The motion also cites a Tuesday tweet from Johnson reacting to news that a pro-Paxton political action committee had recently given $3 million to Patrick, who is presiding over the trial. Johnson called the donation “obscene.”
The tweet not only proved Johnson’s bias but also violated a gag order Patrick had issued the day before, according to Paxton’s lawyers.
The House voted to impeach Paxton in May, accusing him of a yearslong pattern of misconduct and lawbreaking. Most of the articles center on claims from Paxton’s former deputies that he abused his position to help a wealthy Austin businessman and campaign donor, Nate Paul.
Paxton is preparing for trial to begin Sept. 5 in the Senate on whether he should be permanently removed from office.
The Senate already disqualified Republican Sen. Angela Paxton — Ken Paxton’s wife — from voting in the trial when it approved rules for the proceeding last month. The chamber did so with a rule that said the “spouse of a party to the court of impeachment” has a conflict of interest.
“If Senator Paxton may be required to step aside, Senators that have demonstrated a bias or prejudice against the Attorney General must be required to do so as well,” Paxton’s lawyers said.
The impartiality of senators has long been a source of debate given that Paxton is a former senator himself, his wife currently serves in the chamber and they have their own relationships with senators. Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, is even referenced in the articles of impeachment as an unwitting “straw requestor” for an attorney general’s office legal opinion that helped Paul. Hughes has not been disqualified.
Angela Paxton’s disqualification was the subject of a new lawsuit from Houston conservative activist Steve Hotze, a staunch Paxton supporter. Filed in Travis County district court Friday, the lawsuit argues that the trial rules unfairly singled out Angela Paxton because impeachment is an inherently political process, rife with potential conflicts of interest.
“Despite the fact that every senator and the Lieutenant Governor arguably have a conflict ‘personal or private’ interest in the impeachment proceeding and/or biases for or against General Paxton, Rule 31 targets one individual, Senator Angela Paxton, and the voters who live in Senate District 8,” the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit also challenges the sweeping gag order that Patrick issued Monday, saying it violates free-speech rights.
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