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Take it easy: Warnings issued for heat, high ozone levels
The National Weather Service and state DEM are advising people to take it easy today because of high temperatures and elevated ozone levels.
With most of Rhode Island under a heat advisory, air quality is likely to fall to unhealthy levels this afternoon and continue that way well into tonight, according to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
The DEM has issued an air quality alert for elevated ground-level ozone concentrations, and says the worst air will be in the southern part of the state, particularly along the coast.
The DEM says, "Ozone is a major component of smog and is formed by the photochemical reaction of pollutants emitted by motor vehicles, industry, and other sources in the presence of elevated temperatures and sunlight."
More:Rain and and excessive humidity leave RIers wondering, 'When will summer beach days start?'
Unhealthy ozone levels can cause health problems, including chest pain, shortness of breath and aggravation of asthma, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health.
Also, with some light smoke from Canadian wildfires moving into the region, fine particle readings are expected to reach moderate levels, the DEM says.
The high temperature in Providence is expected to reach 92 degrees today, and the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory through 8 p.m. Saturday.
"High temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses to occur," the weather service says.
To avoid health problems today, both the weather service and DEM advise people to limit outdoor exercise and avoid strenuous activity and stay in air-conditioning, if possible. Drink plenty of fluids, too.
The DEM says air quality can change throughout the day. For updates, check the website AirNow.gov.
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Search suspended for missing swimmer off Westerly
The Coast Guard, police officers and firefighters were involved in the search for the missing swimmer
The search for the body of a missing swimmer off Westerly has been suspended, according to Westerly Police Chief Paul J. Gingerella.
Public safety officials began searching for the 15-year-old New London, Conn., boy Thursday night and resumed the search Friday morning. He had been swimming at Dune's Park Beach when he went missing. He was at the beach with about a dozen friends and family members.
A high surf advisory was issued Thursday for Rhode Island's coast. Divers searching for the boy had to contend with powerful currents last night and today, Gingerella said.
More:Heat, high surf and flooding: 'Active' weather day expected Thursday - what to know
Police officers, firefighters, the U.S. Coast Guard, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and public safety agencies from most towns in South County helped with the search, Gingerella said.
"It was a multi, multi-jurisdictional effort," he said.
The police were called around 7 p.m. Thursday.
While divers have been pulled from the water, boats will continue checking the area for the boy's body, according to Gingerella.
Gingerella said the Westerly police were contacting police in New London so the child's school could be informed.
The police have not released the boy's name.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Travis County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) says there was "no attacker or malicious intent" behind an early morning alert that led Tesla to evacuate employees from its gigafactory in far southeast Austin Friday.
KVUE Daybreak crews on the scene observed that workers had been evacuated from the building at around 5 a.m. Around that same time, Tesla Road was closed, with backups long the State Highway 130 toll road.
KVUE confirmed that Tesla workers received an email at around 5 a.m. stating, "There is an Active Attacker near column location 35Z at the Giga Factory Texas. Please take cover and stand by for further details."
At 5:17 a.m., Daybreak crews on the scene witnessed police arriving, telling everyone to leave the area immediately. Workers began running away.
The TCSO told KVUE at around 5:40 a.m. that it was in the process of clearing the building and that deputies were not hearing any gunshots. The TCSO reported no casualties and said there was nothing to substantiate evidence of a shooter.
Just after 6 a.m., hundreds of Tesla workers began reentering the building. KVUE confirmed at around 6:20 that workers had been given the all-clear to go back inside.
Tesla workers received an all-clear message that stated in part, "ALL CLEAR has been given. The situation is safe after Law Enforcement conducted a thorough sweep of the area."
As of just after 6 a.m., the exit to get on Tesla Road had also been reopened.
Just after 9 a.m., the TCSO told KVUE, "Our investigation has shown that there was no attacker or malicious intent behind this alert." The agency said it does not plan to provide any additional updates and all further questions regarding the incident will need to be directed toward Tesla.
No additional information is available at this time.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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The mother of the teenager and the wife of the man killed in the Altria Theater shooting came face to face with the suspect charged in their death in court on Friday.
“It just hurt so much to see him smirk,” said Tameeka Jackson-Smith outside the courthouse.
Friday’s hearing was a brief flashpoint in the trial of Amari Pollard, the 19-year-old alleged to be responsible for the mass shooting at the Altria. The shooting left two dead, Shawn Jackson and his step-father, Renzo Smith.
Pollard appeared briefly before a courtroom filled with Jackson's relatives. One public defender in the courtroom commented, “I’ve never seen the court so packed.”
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The city prosecutor on the case, Mike Holloman, requested that Judge Devika E. Davis drop Pollard’s two charges of second-degree murder, which she did. In their place stands one charge of first-degree murder, which was unveiled late Wednesday, as well as a separate firearms charge in circuit court.
Holloman said the single first-degree murder charge might not be the final outcome, as investigators are still collecting evidence to see if they’ll push for another first-degree murder charge. Both carry similar penalties: five to 40 years prison time.
The first-degree murder charge is likely attached to the killing of Jackson, with whom police have said Pollard had an “ongoing dispute,” although Holloman could not confirm that after the trial.
Holloman said remaining charges "remain under investigation.”
“The potential for additional charges is still there,” said Holloman.
A grand jury has upgraded charges for Amari Pollard to include first-degree murder charges.
Outside the John Marshall Courthouse, lawyers for Pollard portrayed the dropped charges as an indication that the Commonwealth didn’t have enough evidence for a first-degree charge for the killing of Smith.
“Fully 50% of the charges against Mr. Pollard were nolle prossed,” said Jason Anthony, Pollard's lawyer. “Nolle prossed” is Latin for not prosecuted, meaning the charges were dropped.
“What we’ve seen the Commonwealth say is that, at this point, there’s not sufficient evidence,” said Anthony.
Anthony also hinted at how he might defend Pollard’s case in court, describing the shooting as “self-defense.”
“It’s about who brought the fight,” said Anthony. “Not who finished it.”
Anthony’s spoke as a group of Jackson’s relatives looked on, some clearly frustrated with his statements to the media.
“How was it self-defense if he shot him in the back?” said Jackson-Smith.
Police have released little information regarding the investigation into the shooting. The shooting occurred as students were leaving the graduation of Huguenot High School. Pollard was not a student there, but Jackson, still in his graduation gown, had just received his diploma.
Five others were shot, and more injured, although none remain in life-threatening condition, police have said.
This week, Jackson-Smith told reporters that Pollard and her son were once friends. She said Pollard’s mother, Ashley, used to come by their house to pick up her son.
“I don’t care what kind of dispute y’all in,” said Jackson-Smith. “No words are ever enough to take someone’s life.”
Photos: Richmond reacts to mass shooting after graduation ceremony
5th District Council member Stephanie Lynch hugs Tameeka Jackson-Smith, the mother of Shawn Jackson and wife of Renzo Smith, on Wednesday at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Richmond.
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8 arrested on suspicion of smuggling recyclables from Arizona to California
Eight family members were charged in Riverside County in connection with an eight-month recycling fraud scheme that involved smuggling recyclables from Arizona to California and defrauding the state's beverage container program of $7.6 million.
According to the California Department of Justice Attorney General's Office, this was done by smuggling over 100 tons of out-of-state materials from Arizona to California for redemption.
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigation Recycle Fraud Team filed multiple charges, against the family members, including recycling fraud, grand theft and conspiracy, according to the AG's office.
The RFT's agents also served search warrants on six locations, which resulted in the seizure of $1,061,499 and the illegally imported beverage containers. All of the family members were then booked at the Riverside County Sherrif's Department Jail, a news release said.
Their identities were not released.
In October 2022, the California Department of Justice investigated a group of recycling centers in Riverside County and found that over eight months, the family members smuggled 178 tons of aluminum cans and plastic bottles from Arizona and delivered them to undocumented lots in Riverside County.
The family members then illegally redeemed $7.6 million in California Redemption Value, according to the news release.
"California's recycling program is funded by consumers, and helps protect our environment and our communities," Bonta said in a statement. "Those who try to undermine its integrity through criminal operations will be held accountable. I am grateful to my team of diligent investigators, and to our partners at CalRecycle, for uncovering this fraud scheme and for working together to protect funds that belong to California consumers who recycle."
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What can you legally recycle if you live in another state?
According to the State of California Department of Justice, there is a limit to how many beverage container materials you can take into California through state lines.
"California's Public Resources Code §14595 outlines requirements for any person importing more than 25 pounds of aluminum, bimetal, or plastic empty beverage container material, or more than 250 pounds of glass empty beverage container material, in a motor vehicle, into California," the Attorney General Press Office of the California Department of Justice said.
The California Beverage Container Program is administered by CalRecycle and the program's CRV fee incentivizes recycling at privately-owned centers with a 5 or 10 cent return on eligible beverage containers. Only material from California is eligible for redemption in this program, according to the news release.
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Salt River Tubing bans marshmallows after finding an 'excess amount'
Ellie Willard
Arizona Republic
After finding an "excess amount" of marshmallows recently, Salt River Tubing officials banned the yummy treats at the river and on transportation services.
On Friday, Salt River Tubing officials posted the announcement on social media citing littering concerns.
"We are doing this in an attempt to protect our tubers from potential littering citations from law enforcement and protect the beautiful area," the post from Salt River Tubing read.
The ban goes into effect Saturday.
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Man rescued after getting stuck in Phoenix chimney was subject of court order
Phoenix fire crews rescued a man stuck in a chimney early Friday morning. The man was the subject of a court order and not supposed to be at the residence, police said.
According to a statement from the Phoenix Fire Department, firefighters responded to a single-story home in the area of 39th Avenue and Camelback Road just after 1 a.m. on Friday for reports of a person trapped in a chimney flue.
Firefighters were called to the scene after Phoenix police responded to the house in regard to a judicial interference call.
Upon arrival, crews found the man, identified as 47-year-old Ervin Ortiz Guzman, trapped in the throat of the chimney above the damper.
After assessing the situation, the decision was made to contact Technical Rescue Teams to utilize their equipment. Once at the scene, teams were able to secure Guzman with a cinch harness and rope system, preventing him from slipping down the chimney any further.
According to Phoenix fire, Guzman was successfully extracted via a wall breach and was transported to the hospital in stable condition.
Phoenix police spokesperson Sgt. Robert Scherer said that Guzman was actually the subject of a court order and not allowed to be at the house. Following his release from the hospital, Guzman will be booked on multiple charges in relation to the incident, Scherer said.
No other information had been released.
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SAN ANTONIO — According to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, officials are seeking information on a missing woman who was last seen on the northeast of San Antonio nearly four months ago.
Aretha Terrese Rhone, 34-years-old, was last seen on April 1 around 8 a.m., according to BCSO.
Rhone is described as 5'6'' and weighs 110 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. BCSO also says she has a tattoo on her right arm that says "Terry" and a birthmark on her leg.
Anyone with information on Aretha's whereabouts is urged to contact the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office at (210) 335-6000 or e-mail missingpersons@bexar.org
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MIDLAND, Mich. (WJRT) - The City of Midland announced that the Currie Parkway Bridge has reopened to eastbound traffic following repairs.
The bridge sustained damage because of an overweight vehicle in Oct. 2021.
The city has also installed a guardrail lane designed to prevent future use by overweight vehicles. According to the city, the lane is the width of a normal traffic lane. It incorporates a slight angle that prevents long commercial vehicles or vehicles pulling trailers from accessing the bridge.
There is also signage containing weight restrictions and restrictions on commercial vehicles and trailers are posted.
The city adds that only non-commercial, standard-weight vehicles should attempt to cross the bridge. Motorists are encouraged to use caution when navigating the new lane.
Motorists will be ticketed if they turn onto Currie Parkway Bridge from Midland. The bridge is only open to eastbound traffic.
For more information, contact Midland City Engineering at (989) 837-3348.
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Dallas Chief of Police Eddie Garcia released body camera video from a shooting involving a police officer that took place near Love Field Tuesday afternoon.
Garcia spoke to the media Tuesday afternoon, sharing what he knew up to this point of the investigation but promising to release more information later in the week.
Garcia said Tuesday police officers working in the northwest part of the city were conducting surveillance on a stolen U-Haul when they saw a man get into the cab. Garcia said the man spotted the officers watching him and rammed the truck into their surveillance vehicle.
After a chase, the man crashed the U-Haul near Love Field Airport and attempted to escape on foot. Garcia said the man turned and fired on the officer and was shot at least once in the leg.
The chief gave an update on the investigation late Friday morning. This story will be updated with more details Friday afternoon.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — After three back-to-back delays, SpaceX plans to try again Friday night to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket.
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The launch was originally set for Tuesday night, then Wednesday night, and then Thursday night and was delayed each time.
Teams are now targeting 11:04 p.m. Friday for the next launch attempt.
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SpaceX says the rocket and its payload are in good working order.
The Falcon Heavy rocket is looking to send a large communication satellite into orbit.
After the launch, SpaceX is also planning to land two of the rocket’s boosters back on the ground at Kennedy Space Center.
People in and around Brevard County may hear sonic booms as the boosters return to Earth.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Drivers are feeling a financial strain as gas prices spiked suddenly in recent days.
In Florida, the average cost for a gallon of gasoline was $3.66 Friday. The price is nearly 20 cents higher than a week earlier and 34 cents more than a month ago.
Brandon Frye was filling up in Orlando when he noticed the increase at the pump.
“They’re inflating all the prices, but then the pay wages are staying the same, so it’s almost like I’m making less money,” Frye said.
The cause of the jump in gasoline prices is attributed to a number of reasons.
The cost of crude oil has risen as OPEC has cut production.
Analysts have also said extreme heat has caused problems with refinery activity and limited supply.
Frye said it’s been a struggle for him with rising rent prices and the cost of inflation. He said he’s looking at making cutbacks in some areas while hoping for a turnaround in gas prices over the next few weeks.
“Gas prices, the cost of food going up. Everything is going up,” Frye said. “I can barely afford a place to rent. It’s ridiculous.”
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The man accused of shooting and killing a Daytona Beach police officer two years ago was in court Friday.
A judge heard several motions in the case of Othal Wallace, who is accused of fatally shooting Officer Jason Raynor in June 2021. His trial is supposed to start Sept. 5.
There were several motions filed ahead of the trial, many of them by Wallace’s defense team as his attorneys try to get some evidence excluded from the trial.
In one motion, attorneys are trying to exclude evidence that Raynor was looking for a stolen car the night he was shot.
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Witnesses from Daytona Beach police testified Friday that Raynor was looking for a stolen gray Honda CRV.
Police say Raynor went up to Wallace, who was in a grey Honda HRV, a different SUV model, to question him. Police say that was also the SUV Wallace fled in after the shooting.
The defense argued against including this information because it has not been proven that the stolen car was initially tied to Wallace. But the state says it’s relevant information due to it being why Raynor approached Wallace in the first place.
Another discussion was about a motion regarding Raynor’s reputation while out on patrol and at work.
The judge in the case is expected to provide a written ruling on both motions later.
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CASSELBERRY, Fla. – A man died after police said his girlfriend’s nephew shot him during an argument at a Casselberry apartment complex on Thursday.
Officers said they responded to Goldelm at Regency Oaks Apartments, located at 104 Monarch Circle, around 11:11 p.m. in reference to a shooting.
“I believe there was just a shooting in my apartment complex,” a neighbor said in a 911 call. “I just heard gunshots, I’m hearing screaming and I’m looking around.”
When police arrived, a resident told them her boyfriend, who lives in the apartment complex with her, and nephew had gotten into a heated argument, the department said.
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According to police, the woman, 32, said her nephew, 22-year-old Joel Thomas Ferrer, was mishandling a gun when 41-year-old David Jackson confronted him. The pair got in a fight and Ferrer fired his gun at Jackson, who was hit several times, before fleeing the scene, officers said.
Jackson was taken to the hospital, where he later died, according to the department.
Police said Ferrer is still at large and considered “armed and dangerous.” There is a warrant out for his arrest and law enforcement is actively searching for him and “strongly encourages Joel to turn himself in, so this incident can be resolved.”
Ferrer faces a second-degree murder charge, according to police.
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A 28-year-old man was punched and robbed near the area of 57th and Judson streets Thursday afternoon, according to the Lincoln Police Department.
Officers were sent to the area at about 4:30 p.m. on a report of an assault. The victim said he was riding his bike near 58th and Gladstone streets when a silver pickup began following him, LPD Capt. Todd Kocian said.
The man said he attempted to get out of the way, but fell off his bicycle. Two men then exited the pickup and punched him several times, took his bicycle and cell phone and then fled the scene, according to Kocian.
Kocian said the items were valued at about $350. The man was transported to a local hospital, where he was treated for a fractured nose and multiple abrasions and contusions before being released.
No arrests have been made and police are still investigating the incident, Kocian said. Police did not have descriptions of the two suspects.
You may not ever be faced with the prospect of a street robbery, but it’s important to know how to act if you ever encounter such a situation. The best way to protect yourself from a street robbery is to reduce your exposure to potentially being victimized.
Most dangerous cities in Nebraska
Dangerous Cities in Nebraska
See how your hometown ranks among the most dangerous cities in Nebraska. Ratings have been determined according to the number of violent crimes per 1,000 people in cities of at least 10,000, with violent crime being classified as murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. The numbers are for 2019, the most recent year for which the FBI provides data.
6. South Sioux City
With 30 violent crimes in 2019 and a population of 12,771 (the smallest on our list), the city in northeast Nebraska had 2.35 violent crimes per 1,000 people.
Photo: An RV park in South Sioux City on the Missouri River.
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5. Scottsbluff
The city of 15,862 had 53 violent crimes for a rate of 3.34 per 1,000 in 2019.
Photo: Gering Police Officer Jordan McBride talks with Scottsbluff Police Officer Michael Modeac as he puts up crime scene tape at the scene of an armed standoff in Scottsbluff in June 2021.
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4. North Platte
With a population of 23,705 and 89 violent crimes, the city had a rate of 3.75 per 1,000.
Photo: Union Pacific train engines line up outside a service building in North Platte.
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3. Lincoln
The Star City had a population of 291,128 with 1,115 violent crimes, a rate of 3.83 per 1,000.
Photo: Police in Lincoln investigate a shooting near the intersection of 14th and E streets in August 2019.
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2. Grand Island
With a population of 51,821 and 236 violent crimes, the largest of the Tri Cities had a 2019 rate of 4.55 per 1,000 people.
Photo: Grand Island police and State Patrol personnel investigate after a body was found in a Grand Island yard in August 2020.
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1. Omaha
In 2019, the state's largest city at 470,481 people had 2,833 violent crimes for a rate of 6.13 per 1,000.
Photo: Omaha police and University Police guard the entrance to the Nebraska Medicine Emergency room after an Omaha police officer was shot at Westroads Mall in March 2021.
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A note about the numbers
With eight violent crimes in 2019, Boys Town topped the state at 13.82 per 1,000 people, which is a misleading stat because it only had a 2019 population of 579.
Photo: The statue at the entrance to Boys Town. It doesn't take much to skew the numbers.
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Why are gas prices increasing in Milwaukee and across Wisconsin?
Wisconsinites saw a spike in gas prices this week as the average price of a regular gallon of gas jumped more than 13 cents, according to the AAA.
The average price of a regular gallon of gas statewide sits at $3.54, which is still less than the national average of $3.73. Here's a look at Friday's price per regular gallon in Wisconsin:
- Current Average: $3.54
- Yesterday Average: $3.50
- Week Ago Average: $3.40
- Month Ago Average: $3.45
- Year Ago Average: $3.97
Why are gas prices going up in Wisconsin?
The primary culprit for the jump in gas prices across the nation is a higher oil price, which recently increased to the mid-$70s per barrel, according to the AAA.
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What's the average price across Wisconsin?
Here's the average price of a regular gallon of gas in cities across Wisconsin, according to AAA.
- Milwaukee: $3.56
- Appleton: $3.49
- Eu Claire: $3.53
- Fond du Lac: $3.46
- Green Bay: $3.52
- Janesville: $3.38
- La Crosse: $3.55
- Madison: $3.46
- Oshkosh: $3.51
- Racine: $3.59
- Sheboygan: $3.48
- Superior: $3.71
- Wausau: $3.60
What's the highest recorded average price?
In Wisconsin, the highest average price of a regular gallon of gas recorded was $4.92 on June 12, 2022.
RELATED:Here are experts' predictions on what 2023 holds for inflation, employment and housing in Wisconsin
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DULUTH — It’s been said that the true meaning of life is planting a tree "under whose shade you do not expect to sit," a hint, of course, that you’ll likely be dead before the tree gets that tall.
But researchers at the University of Minnesota now say you don’t have to wait that long after all.
The university has trademarked a new, rapid-growth tree that not only will shade your lawn and put up a natural fence between you and your neighbor faster than ever before, but a tree that could be a key to cleaning up polluted hot spots, reducing climate change and developing plastics and biofuels from crops other than corn and soybeans.
It’s called InnovaTree and it was unveiled Friday at Hauser’s Superior View Farm just outside Bayfield, the first place the tree is available for the public to buy.
University officials are hoping InnovaTree will become the Honeycrisp of shade trees. Much as university horticulture experts have developed some of the nation’s most successful apple varieties over the last century, researchers at the Natural Resources Research Institute arm of the University of Minnesota Duluth has spent nearly 30 years perfecting the fastest-growing, most disease-resistant poplar in the world.
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How fast? Up to 8 feet in a single Northland growing season, some 64% faster than other hybrid poplars and four times faster than many common landscaping trees. That’s taller than a two-story house in just a few years. It will grow to more than 70 feet tall as a mature tree that can live for an estimated 75 years or more.
“The oldest InnovaTrees now are just 14 years. But its mother is a Minnesota native cottonwood, and those can easily grow for more than 100 years, so we’re expecting a really long-lived tree,” said Jeff Jackson, University of Minnesota Extension outreach educator.
Many uses
Need some quick shade to cool down an urban hot spot amid record-setting heat waves? Rapid-relief erosion control for farm shelter-belts and along streams? Check and check. InnovaTree also is being tested by U.S Forest Service and NRRI scientists for its ability to soak up toxins from polluted hot spots, called phytoremediation, including its ability to absorb sulfate, a byproduct of some mining operations.
Because InnovaTree grows so fast, research shows it can pull toxins out of the ground at a rapid rate. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds and even PCBs and heavy metals can be absorbed and either stored or broken down by the tree’s photosynthesis. And because it absorbs so much water as it grows, InnovaTree is being touted for urban rain gardens where it could slow runoff and help reduce flooding caused by increasing rainstorms.
InnovaTree could even be refined into bioethanol and bio-plastics to replace carbon-spewing fossil fuels. And it could be planted on marginal farmland across the globe to help ease global climate change, absorbing carbon four times faster than a red pine and earning carbon credits for the landowners.
“There’s really nothing else like it anywhere else. Of all the trees they (NRRI staff) worked on over nearly 30 years, this one came out on top,” Jackson said.
InnovaTree is sterile, like a mule, and its seed won’t sprout, so Hauser’s nursery received 25 10-inch cuttings of InnovaTree in 2021 and planted them, with more cuttings from those first trees planted in 2022. This April, Dane Hauser, the fifth-generation owner of the nursery, planted dozens of four-inch InnovaTree cuttings into pots and grew them in a greenhouse. Those cuttings are already 3-5 feet tall and ready for sale.
“For over 20 years, our NRRI team used natural selection and breeding to develop hundreds of poplar varieties in extensively replicated Minnesota and regional field trials,” said Bernard McMahon, NRRI’s now-retired hybrid poplar program tree breeder.
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McMahon and other researchers and University officials were expected to gather at Hauser's on Friday to celebrate the results of their efforts. For each InnovaTree sold, the University of Minnesota will get a royalty, with the money planted back into research.
Changing markets
Jackson was called-in to help market the tree that after its originally intended use cooled.
Pushed by calculations in the 1990s that Minnesota's natural forests might run short of wood if demand from board plants and paper mills continued to expand, NRRI scientists went to work on hybrid poplars that could be grown on marginal farmland and replace fiber from forests.
But as the number of mills in Minnesota shrunk due to global competition, the demand on the state’s forests diminished, too. Attention then turned to growing hybrid poplars for biomass fuel to replace coal and natural gas. But that market, at least in the U.S., also cooled as coal prices plummeted and debate raged over whether burning biomass was truly carbon-neutral or not.
While the focus has shifted to the consumer market for InnovaTree, there are still potentially large-scale applications for carbon capture and fiber, Jackson noted. InnovaTree is being tested in Europe as feedstock for plants that produce oriented strand board, called OSB, because native forest trees in Europe are in high demand, short supply and very expensive. And foresters in eastern Europe are eyeing InnovaTree to help reforest war-torn Ukraine where countless urban and rural trees have been obliterated by bombs and shells.
Until then, though, it will be consumer purchases for landscaping trees that U of M officials hope will make InnovaTree famous.
“There are currently millions of hybrid poplars being sold in the U.S. for landscaping every year, and there’s no reason this tree can’t capture a big part of that market considering how much better it is,” Jackson noted. “This is not a tree that’s intended for natural forests. … But for landscaping and for phytoremediation and fiber, planted in cities and on marginal lands, we think it can have a really big impact.”
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About Innovatree
- A cross between native eastern cottonwood and European black poplar, naturally cross-bred over 25 years until the star of the family emerged.
- Resulted from NRRI research, starting in 1996, on 1,672 hybrid poplar varieties from 115 families in 27 field tests at nine sites in Minnesota and sites in several other states.
- Is not a genetically modified organism but grows from the same, traditional horticulture practices used for apple and other fruit trees. The NRRI established over 45 field sites throughout the Midwest and Northeastern U.S. and has never had an escaped seedling survive outside the planting area.
- Doesn’t sucker and its seeds are infertile, so it won’t become an invasive species problem by spreading into native forests. It’s cottonless, so no fluffy stuff in the springtime.
- Hardiness across zones 3-6 — everywhere from North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin south to Missouri, Kentucky and Kansas.
- Grows best in full sun in well-drained loam, sandy loam, clay loam and light clay soils with annual rainfall above 20 inches.
- Captures an impressive 6.8-8.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide per acre per year.
To buy an InnovaTree
A 3-foot potted InnovaTree is $20.
Visit Hauser’s Superior View Farm, 86565 County Highway J, Bayfield; call 715-779-5404; or visit superiorviewfarm.com . Shipping is available. It’s expected to be available at several other nurseries in the Midwest next spring.
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SAN MARCOS, Texas — The Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) is hosting a back-to-school vaccination fair.
The department will be offering free vaccines under the Texas Vaccines for Children (TVFC) program, which provides low-cost vaccines to eligible children up to the age of 18 who meet the criteria.
“It is very important that students receive their vaccinations in the weeks prior to school starting,” HCLHD Manager Matthew Gonzales said. “Not only does this prepare the students for school, it makes it easier to obtain vaccinations without overwhelming local clinics.”
At the back-to-school fair, parents and students will have the chance to receive free vaccinations under the TVFC program. The program is available to Medicaid participants, those enrolled in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), American Indian or Alaska Native individuals and uninsured or underinsured children. The vaccines provided include varicella, polio, hepatitis A and more.
Parents who are unsure which specific vaccines their children need for the school year can find them listed on their children's school website.
The back-to-school fair will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5, at the HCLHD's new home, located at 101 Thermon Drive in San Marcos.
“We will have various vendors sharing resources and details about their services, similar to the Hays County Summer Health Fair,” Gonzales said. “We will also have games set up for the children to enjoy.”
The HCLHD will continue with free back-to-school vaccines under the TVFC program between Aug. 7 and Aug. 11.
Anyone with any questions can contact Gonzales at 512-214-5918.
Hays CISD's first day of school is Aug. 15.
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THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Almost 6 million Texans, or about 20% of the population, live in an area susceptible to flooding and one-fifth of the state’s land is in a 100-year floodplain, according to first-of-its-kind data gathered as part of a statewide effort to harden Texas against floods and rising sea levels.
The analysis is part of the Texas Water Development Board’s first statewide flood plan, still in development, which the Legislature required in a 2019 law passed in response to Hurricane Harvey. Flood risks in Texas are increasing as climate change brings heavier precipitation, stronger hurricanes and sea level rise and as the state’s population continues to climb.
More than 2.4 million Texans live in areas that have a 1% chance of flooding each year, known as the 100-year floodplain, the analysis found. Another 3.5 million people live in areas with a 0.2% chance of flooding each year, known as the 500-year floodplain.
Roughly 56,000 square miles of Texas now fall within the 100-year floodplain, TWDB staff said in a presentation this week.
It will likely cost Texas tens of billions of dollars to protect people and property from floods. The first projects proposed in the plan add up to $38 billion, including the massive coastal barrier proposal with its “Ike Dike,” a huge gate system proposed for the mouth of Galveston Bay.
“Getting this program up and running is a really big deal,” TWDB Chair Brooke Paup said before the board approved the 15 regional plans, a major step in creating the statewide flood plan. Each region is built around one of the state’s major watersheds.
“I know it’ll truly go so far to save lives and people’s homes,” Paup said.
As climate change worsens, higher global temperatures increase the amount of moisture in the air and thus the risk of extreme rainfall events, the Texas state climatologist and a national climate assessment have found. Heavier precipitation linked to climate change likely increased Hurricane Harvey’s total rainfall by as much as 19%, one study found. Almost 50 inches of rain fell in some areas of Houston during Harvey — the highest rainfall amount in a single storm for any place in the continental U.S.
At the same time, higher global temperatures are melting glaciers, increasing sea levels around the world — including in Texas — and making coastlines more vulnerable to storm surges. Between 2000 and 2019, rising sea levels caused the Texas coastline to retreat about 4 feet per year on average, according to a 2021 University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology report for the Texas General Land Office.
Reem Zoun, director of flood planning at the TWDB, said that to decide how to prevent flooding in Texas, the agency first needed to identify which areas of the state were at the most risk. The analysis identified how many buildings, homes, people, hospitals, roads and agricultural areas are in a floodplain.
The San Jacinto region, which includes Harris County and Galveston, has the most people living in a floodplain: almost 2.5 million people are in a 100- or 500-year floodplain. The Lower Rio Grande region, which spans much of Texas’ southern border and includes the Rio Grande Valley, is next with about 1 million people at risk.
Though floodplains are defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the agency does not map every inch of the U.S. and its maps have long been criticized as out of date and underestimating actual flood risk.
Texas used existing flood data to create the maps that served as a baseline that regions could add to with their own flood hazard maps — if any existed — and supplement with knowledge from local water managers. In regions with very little data, gaps were filled with data from a contracted flood risk modeling data company called Fathom.
Sixty-three of Texas’ 254 counties had no existing flood hazard information prior to the planning effort, according to the TWDB.
In the Canadian-Upper Red region, for example, which includes much of the Panhandle and Wichita Falls, hardly any flood maps existed, while 98% of the Lower Red-Sulphur-Cypress region in the northeast corner of the state had inadequate flood mapping, James Bronikowski, TWDB’s manager for regional flood planning told the board on Tuesday.
The TWDB often functions as a water infrastructure bank and intends to use the planning process to help finance the construction of flood prevention projects with low-cost loans and grants, although the cost of the projects far outweighs the money that’s been dedicated to the agency by lawmakers.
During the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers allocated $625 million to finance flood prevention projects through the Flood Infrastructure Fund. Once the statewide flood plan is finalized, projects will have to be included in the plan in order to access those funds.
Another $550 million of the surplus was allocated to the coastal barrier project that includes the Ike Dike.
Disclosure: The Texas General Land Office has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune's journalism. Find a complete list of them here.
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Did you know it's National Moth Week? The Texas State Parks division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been having some fun, showing off all the moths you can spot in the Lone Star State.
Moths are an indicator species, which means their numbers help determine the health of an ecosystem – and they've been around for more than 190 million years! According to Texas State Parks, that's longer than butterflies, making them "butterflies' cooler older (goth?!) siblings."
But butterflies aren't the only ones who bring beauty to the table. Texas State Parks pointed out that not all moths are dark and dusty.
Moths are also survivors. To avoid being eaten, they've evolved to look like less tasty things, like wasps, tarantulas, praying mantises and even bird droppings.
"Next time ur not feeling yourself, just think of it like an evolutionary adaptation to avoid being eaten," Texas State Parks joked on Twitter. "Ur doing amazing sweetie."
According to the website for National Moth Week, the celebration was started in 2012 by members of the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission, a nonprofit in New Jersey dedicated to environmental education and conservation. The idea "grew out of the popular local moth nights organized by Dave Moskowitz and Liti Haramaty that attracted experienced and novice moth-ers of all ages."
National Moth Week now takes place annually during the last full week and two weekends of July, starting on the next to last Saturday and ending on the last Sunday of the month.
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TEXAS, USA — Editor's note: This story was originally published in the Texas Tribune here. WFAA reached out to U.S. Capitol Police about the potential for an office in Texas. Their response is included in the Tribune story below.
In response to increasing threats against members of Congress, the U.S. Capitol Police is considering opening a regional field office in Texas.
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announced the plans at a joint oversight hearing of the Capitol Police Board, describing a 300% increase in threats to members of Congress over the past seven years.
In addition to an office in Texas, the agency plans to open field offices in Milwaukee and Boston, Manger told the committee Wednesday. A Texas location has not yet been determined, a department spokesperson said.
WFAA reached out to U.S. Capitol Police and were given the following statement:
"USCP is exploring options of opening field offices in regions across the country, to include Texas. This is to ensure our department resources are adequately dispersed to safeguard Members of Congress and to investigate threats when in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. The location and plans for these field offices are still being discussed. These regional locations will have a small number of agents housed in local and state fusion centers and will be investigating threats against Members of Congress."
The Capitol Police department, which is responsible for protecting Congress and its members, opened its first field offices in Florida and California after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. The offices have helped his officers respond to threats more quickly and efficiently, Manger said.
“Due to the increased threat environment, our protective responsibilities have increased, requiring additional protection details, increased coverage of CODELs [official travel by members of Congress] and field hearings, as well as other enhancements to our current protective details,” he said in his written testimony to the committee.
According to the police department, the new offices will “ensure our department resources are adequately dispersed to safeguard Members of Congress and to investigate threats when in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.”
Recent attacks on lawmakers, their families and staffers have made threats more visible.
“We had, tragically, a Senate staffer repeatedly stabbed in broad daylight here in Washington, D.C., just a couple blocks from this hearing room,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said during the hearing, raising concerns about the “explosion of threats of violence against members of both parties.”
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was attacked in their California home last October, and U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building in February.
Manger said his agency is addressing threats by expanding intelligence-gathering operations, increasing the number of investigative agents and working with state and local law enforcement.
“We need to do a better job at protecting members when they’re home, their families,” Manger said. “We’ve got to make sure that we’ve got security measures in place in home district offices, in homes, so that it raises everybody’s level of security.”
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BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) – The Bristol, Virginia City Council has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO).
The city council held a special called meeting Thursday and met in closed session to discuss and consider candidates for the position.
Council member Anthony Farnum made a motion to accept City Manager Randall Eads recommendation for Cameron Phillips to be hired as the new city CFO. The motion was seconded by Bristol Vice Mayor Becky Nave.
The council voted unanimously to hire Phillips. Council member Jake Holmes was not present for the meeting.
Bristol, Virginia Mayor Neal Osborne congratulated Phillips on his new role in a social media post Thursday afternoon.
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — The McKinney Center in Jonesborough is set to host a gospel musical titled “Crowns.”
The musical runs from August 18 – August 20 with a special meet and greet with the cast following the opening show.
Tickets can be purchased here or in person at the Jonesborough Visitors Center.
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The 2023 version of the legendary Harlem Festival of Culture has been canceled due to the excessive heat conditions that have left NYC sweltering for days.
The events were scheduled to kick off on Saturday with concerts on Randall's Island, in addition to events in and around the neighborhood. But organizers put out a message on Friday stating that they had called off the weekend festival.
"After strong consideration to this severe weather impacting New York City, it is with a heavy heart that we have made the tough decision to cancel this weekend's Harlem's Festival of Culture with public safety in mind," read a message posted to the event's Instagram.
The big party — complete with food, sporting events and film screenings — was set to bring the community together and shine a light on one of the most vibrant neighborhoods NYC has to offer. But organizers said they couldn't take the risk of something happening to someone involved.
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"Our primary concern for the Festival was to put on an enjoyable and safe experience for all, and with the current forecast, it does not support a safe festival experience for attendees, workers or partners. While this untimely announcement changes our planned activities, this decision could potentially save lives," a statement from the event's organizer's read.
How can I get a refund?
Organizers instructed those who purchased tickets and packages to visit www.harlemfestivalofculture.com for more information on refunds.
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What is the Harlem Festival of Culture?
A modern version of the original 1969 festival, featured in Quest Love's Oscar-winning documentary "Summer of Soul," was supposed to be coming to New York. The lineup for the Harlem Festival of Culture (HFC) had some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop and R&B, including concert performances from Wyclef Jean, Bell Biv Devoe, and Harlem native Doug E. Fresh.
The cultural celebration was set to feature indoor and outdoor music concerts, moderated panels, film screenings and more.
There was also going to be a reimagined "Mart 125 Marketplace" reminiscent of the original Mart 125, a legendary marketplace for Black-owned businesses. The original is located across the street from the Apollo Theatre, and the marquee can still be seen on 125th Street.
Who was scheduled to perform?
Here's a look at the performers who were going to be performing:
Day 1 — Friday, July 28, 2023:
- Bell Biv Devoe
- Cam'Ron
- Doug E. Fresh
- Mase
- Estelle
- Lumidee
- Max Glazer
- Mr. Killa
- Nadine Sutherland
- Nina Sky
- Rupee
- Serani
- Wayne Wonder, and more
Day 2 — Saturday, July 29, 2023:
- Teyana Taylor
- Jozzy
- Major
- Muni Long
- Tink, and more
Day 3 — Sunday, July 30, 2023:
- Wyclef Jean
- Adam Blackstone
- Coco Jones
- Eric Bellinger
- Fat Joe
- Remy Ma
- Ro James, and more
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What to Know
- The legendary Harlem Festival of Culture is scheduled to kick off on Saturday with concerts on Randall's Island and all kinds of events in and around the neighborhood.
- The big party — complete with food, sporting events and film screenings — comes with a purpose: To bring the community together and shine a light on one of the most vibrant neighborhoods NYC has to offer
- Some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop and R&B are set to take the stage, including concert performances from Wyclef Jean, Bell Biv Devoe, and Harlem native Doug E. Fresh
Harlem will be hopping this weekend — with the 2023 version of the legendary Harlem Festival of Culture scheduled to kick off on Saturday with concerts on Randall's Island and all kinds of events in and around the neighborhood.
The big party — complete with food, sporting events and film screenings — comes with a purpose: To bring the community together and shine a light on one of the most vibrant neighborhoods NYC has to offer.
What is the Harlem Festival of Culture?
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A modern version of the original 1969 festival, featured in Quest Love's Oscar-winning documentary "Summer of Soul," is coming to New York. The Harlem Festival of Culture (HFC) will feature some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop and R&B, including concert performances from Wyclef Jean, Bell Biv Devoe, and Harlem native Doug E. Fresh.
The cultural celebration will feature indoor and outdoor music concerts, moderated panels, film screenings and more.
Festival attendees will also find a reimagined "Mart 125 Marketplace" reminiscent of the original Mart 125. A legendary marketplace for Black-owned businesses. The original is located across the street from the Apollo Theatre.
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The marquee can still be seen on 125th Street.
Who is performing?
Some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop and R&B will be taking the stage at the festival on Randall's Island. Here's a look at the performers:
Day 1 — Friday, July 28, 2023:
- Bell Biv Devoe
- Cam'Ron
- Doug E. Fresh
- Mase
- Estelle
- Lumidee
- Max Glazer
- Mr. Killa
- Nadine Sutherland
- Nina Sky
- Rupee
- Serani
- Wayne Wonder, and more
Day 2 — Saturday, July 29, 2023:
- Teyana Taylor
- Jozzy
- Major
- Muni Long
- Tink, and more
Day 3 — Sundnay, July 30, 2023:
- Wyclef Jean
- Adam Blackstone
- Coco Jones
- Eric Bellinger
- Fat Joe
- Remy Ma
- Ro James, and more
How can I get tickets?
Tickets are available at www.harlemfestivalofculture.com.
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What to Know
- NYC's Summer Streets returns Saturday to Queens (on Vernon Boulevard between 44 Drive and 30 Drive) and Staten Island (on Richmond Terrace between York Avenue and Bard Avenue).
- The biggest-ever version of Summer Streets is taking place this year in all five boroughs -- this after more than 500,000 people took part last year.
- The Summer Streets program runs from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Saturdays in certain locations on a rotating basis.
The biggest-ever version of Summer Streets is set to kick off this year on Saturday — here are the details for what you need to know.
Summer Streets will be held across all five boroughs before the end of the summer, after more than 500,000 people took part last year.
"It's a bold new vision for public space across the city," Mayor Eric Adams said regarding the 20 miles of streets that will form part of the newest iteration of the summer program, which will mark the largest version of the program since it launched in 2008 that closes down streets to provide extra public space for people to play, walk, and bike.
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The Summer Streets for this season are:
Summer Streets: Queens and Staten Island on July 29
- Queens: Vernon Boulevard between 44th Drive and 30th Road
- Staten Island: Richmond Terrace between York Avenue and Bard Avenue
Summer Streets: Manhattan on Aug. 5, 12 & 19
From Brooklyn Bridge to West 125 Street via:
- Lafayette Street and Park Avenue between Brooklyn Bridge and East 109 Street
- East 109 Street between Park Avenue and 5th Avenue
- 5th Avenue between East 109 Street and Central Park North
- Central Park North between 5th Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard between Central Park North and West 125 Street
Summer Streets: Brooklyn on Aug. 26
- Eastern Parkway between Grand Army Plaza and Buffalo Avenue
Summer Streets: The Bronx on Aug. 26
- Grand Concourse between East Tremont Avenue and Mosholu Parkway
The Summer Streets program — which runs from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Saturdays in question — costs $1.5 million to set up and enforce.
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While this year's expansion makes the program the biggest version yet, advocates hope it gets even bigger next summer. And they are noticing some progress: More days — and more roads — where New Yorkers get out of their cars.
“We want people to choose walking biking and public transportation all the time," Jackson Chabot, of Open Plans NY, said.
For more information on Summer Streets, click here.
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FRANKLIN, Ind. — The suspect in an armed robbery at a Franklin gas station has been arrested in Kentucky, according to Franklin police.
Nathaniel Smith, 34, allegedly robbed a Phillips 66 gas station at 400 E. Jefferson Street in Franklin around 11 p.m. on July 27. Police say he allegedly fled the scene in a white Toyota Corolla with an undetermined amount of cash.
Following the alleged robbery, Kentucky State Police located and arrested Smith on unrelated charges. He is currently in custody with the KSP pending formal charges and a return to Indiana.
Franklin police did not release any further information about the incident.
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What to Know
- A 15-year-old swimmer went missing off of the waters of Coney Island Thursday afternoon, police said.
- The teen, who has not yet been identified, was swimming with his 14-year-old brother near 22nd and 23rd streets when they began to struggle in the strong rip current
- One was ultimately rescued, while the other remains missing as an active search for him is underway, police said
A search is ongoing for a teenage boy who went missing while swimming in the waters off Coney Island a day ago, officials said.
The 15-year-old, who has not yet been identified, was swimming with his 14-year-old brother Thursday afternoon near 22nd and 23rd streets when they began to struggle in the strong rip current. People on the beach started to hear screams and realized the swimmers were in trouble. Beachgoers ran to the waves to try to help the struggling swimmers.
Good Samaritans were able to save the younger brother, but were not able to reach the other teen. Witnesses said there were no lifeguards on duty at the time. Others said they told the brothers that if they weren't strong swimmers, they should head to shore due to the stronger-than-usual rip currents.
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"I warn them: If you don’t know how to swim, please go back because the water is very dangerous," said Fernando Aguarto, of Sunset Park. "They just continue jumping and jumping in the water, I said 'Be careful, be careful.'"
Aguarto and two others were the ones who races into the waters to get the boys.
FDNY divers plunged into the Atlantic Ocean waters around 12:45 p.m. The NYPD landed a helicopter on the sand to help with the initial search, as boats circled the water.
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NYC Councilmember Ari Kagan tweeted out that the boys' family lives in a shelter in the Bronx and has close friends in Coney Island. He said the boy who was still missing was presumed dead, and said that the drowning was completely preventable.
Kagan called on the city to hire more lifeguards, as it is currently experiencing its worst shortage on record. Just a third of the number of lifeguards needed to fully staff all 14 miles of public beaches and pools are currently employed.
The NYPD said that the search and recovery efforts are not over.
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CARMEL, Ind. — Lightning is believed to be the cause of a fire at a church in Carmel Friday morning.
The Carmel Fire Department responded to the report of smoke coming from the roof at 3106 East Carmel Drive around 10 a.m.
Firefighters quickly located and contained the fire to one room at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ.
Crews reported the damage in the fire room as significant.
Smoke damage was reported in other parts of the church. No injuries were reported.
Crews marked the fire out around noon.
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Wegmans fans in New York City: Get excited, the newest store is just a few months away from opening.
The beloved grocery store chain announced Thursday that its much-anticipated Manhattan location is set to open at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The 82,000 square-foot store will open in the lower levels of 770 Broadway at the corner of Astor Place and Lafayette Street, in Greenwich Village.
"We know our customers can’t wait to come see what we have in store and our employees have been training, in some cases, for over a year to get ready for this day,” said store manager Matt Dailor. "Wegmans is a celebration of food and people, and we can’t wait to open the doors on October 18 to our community."
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The chain said that it hired more than 600 workers for the new location, inside the historic Wannamaker Building. It will take the place of the former Astor Place Kmart.
The store said that it will offer "made-to-order and packaged Mezze options, inspired by a Mediterranean diet." In addition to grocery options, there will also be "fresh sushi, fresh-made salads, sandwiches, hot sandwiches, soups, pizza, and wings, as well as hot Asian cuisine options."
While the grocery store portion will open in October, an on-site dining room — complete with a sushi bar as well as a champagne and oyster bar, is slated to open some time in the first half of 2024.
Wegmans, which already operates one location in Brooklyn that opened in 2019, consistently lands in industry top-10 lists, including a #2 ranking in a recent Food & Wine's list of America's best grocery stores. It also has been named to Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for 26 years in a row, ranking fourth in 2023.
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KINGMAN, Ariz. — A 16-year-old boy has been taken into custody on suspicion of fatally shooting a 19-year-old Wednesday afternoon near Kingman.
The Mohave County Sheriff's Office said deputies were dispatched at about 3:45 p.m. to the Chaparral Mesa subdivision north of Kingman for reports of a possible shooting. They were later informed that a young man had been taken to the local hospital for a gunshot wound.
The victim, later identified as Anthony Artiglio of Kingman, did not survive his injuries, MCSO said.
A teenage boy who sustained a minor gunshot wound during the incident was later arrested and booked into jail. MCSO said the suspect is expected to be charged as an adult for second-degree murder.
Up to Speed
What is the Valley?:
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.
How big is Maricopa County?:
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
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CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Multiple haystacks near Casa Grande are on fire and may continue burning for the next several days, fire officials warned.
The burning hay was first reported Friday morning near Roughcut Drive and Stampede Way, which is in an area between Eloy and Casa Grande.
The Casa Grande Fire Department said no surrounding buildings are in jeopardy at this time and firefighters are on the scene to monitor the situation.
The four stacks of hay may continue burning for the next several days and residents in the surrounding communities have been advised to keep windows closed and limit HVAC use, according to the Eloy Fire District. Residents with respiratory issues are encouraged to stay indoors.
Haystacks have been known to catch fire through spontaneous combustion if enough moisture builds inside the bale, according to NBC Right Now.
Up to Speed
What is the Valley?:
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.
How big is Maricopa County?:
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
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PHOENIX — Homeless in America's hottest big metro, Stefon James Dewitt Livengood was laid out for days inside his makeshift dwelling, struggling to breath, nauseous and vomiting.
Every day this month, temperatures have soared past 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius).
Livengood said he stopped briefly at a free clinic that took his blood pressure and declared it acceptable. But he received no other medical help for his apparent heat exhaustion, or for the peeling skin on his arms he believes was caused by sun exposure. He is careful when he walks through the sprawling tent city, cognizant that if he falls, the simmering black asphalt could seriously burn his skin.
“If you’re going outside, let somebody know where you’re going so you can be tracked so you don’t pass out out there,” he said. “If you fall out in the heat, you don’t want a third-degree burn from the ground.”
The 38-year-old sleeps in a structure cobbled together with a frame of scavenged wood and metal covered by blue vinyl tarp. The space inside is large enough to stand up and walk around in and features an old recliner and a bicycle Livengood uses less now that he spends more time inside with the sides of his dwelling open.
“Some of the friends that I’ve made down here, they come check on me if they don’t see me moving around," he said.
Homeless people are among those most likely to die in the extreme heat in metro Phoenix. The city is seeing its longest run of consecutive days of 110 Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) ever recorded, clocking 28 in a row as of Thursday, even as the first monsoon storm of the season brought some overnight relief.
“It has been a scary situation this year and it's especially scary for our homeless population,” said Dr. Geoff Comp, an emergency room physician for Valleywise Health in central Phoenix. “They have a more constant exposure to the heat than most of us.”
People living outside are also vulnerable to surface burns from contact with hot metal, concrete or asphalt.
Surgeons at the Arizona Burn Center–Valleywise Health recently warned about burns caused by walking, sitting or falling on outside surfaces reaching up to 180 degrees Fahrenheit (82.2 degrees Celsius). The burn center last year saw 85 people admitted with heat-related surface burns for the months of June through August. Seven died.
Record-high overnight temperatures persisted above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 degrees Celsius) for 16 days straight after finally slipping to 89 Fahrenheit (31.6 Celsius) on Thursday after a storm Wednesday evening kicked up dust, high winds and a bit of rainfall.
If temperatures don't drop sufficiently after the sun sets, it's hard for people's bodies to cool down, health professionals say, especially those who live in flimsy structures without air conditioning or fans.
“People really need a lot of water and a cooling system to recover overnight,” Comp said.
There is no air conditioner, fan or even electricity in Livengood's home, just a little, flat piece of plastic he uses as a hand fan.
Unhoused people accounted for about 40% of the 425 heat-associated deaths tallied last year in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, during its hottest summer on record. More than half of the 425 deaths occurred in July and 80% occurred outdoors.
Maricopa County reported Wednesday that as of July 22, there were 25 heat-associated deaths confirmed this year going back to April 11. Another 249 deaths remain under investigation.
Livengood's shack stands among some 800 people living in tents and other makeshift dwellings outside Arizona’s largest temporary shelter. The tents stand close together on concrete sidewalks, and seem to increase the stifling heat from the encampment called “The Zone.”
But the location is convenient. Nearby agencies provide social services, food and life-saving water, including the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Boys and Girls Club, the YMCA and St. Mary’s Food Bank.
Livengood can get breakfast and lunch with faith-based groups in the area before taking a nap in his recliner.
On some hot days, the local transportation agency Valley Metro send over a couple of empty buses so people can sit for hours in the air conditioning. On other days, Livengood and a few friends walk to a nearby city park and sit in the grass under shade trees outside a public swimming pool.
“It’s a definite part of what keeps everybody safe down here in the ‘The Zone,’” Livengood said, ticking off the things people distribute: hygiene items, sunscreen, lip balm, hats and cooling rags. “A lot of love is given out here.”
Livengood tells of a childhood of trauma and neglect. Born in Phoenix and originally named Jesse James Acosta Jr., Livengood spent much of his early years in public housing in a low-income, largely African American neighborhood of south Phoenix. Both of his parents spent time in prison. His mother struggled with addiction, giving birth to a daughter behind bars, and later slipped into homelessness.
“My childhood has been filled with a lot of memories of being bounced around, never really having anything stable,” Livengood said.
Livengood was adopted at age 12 by a woman named Denise who legally changed his name to the current one. He and the rest of his adoptive family moved to Alaska, where his adoptive mother died in a traffic accident.
Livengood struggled in school and met the mother of his son. He later left behind the woman and their child to return to Phoenix, a decision he regrets.
Back in the desert, Livengood said he is well aware of the dangers from extreme heat from the pamphlets volunteers pass out with bottles of icy water.
“Yeah, it gets really hot out here, guys," he said. "Stay hydrated, drink plenty of water even when you think you’ve had a lot of water. And drink more.”
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Mega Millions jackpot just hit $910 million. What you need to know about buying a ticket
Lottery players looking to be millionaires in Delaware will have their shot with Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing. The jackpot has grown to an estimated $910 million, with a $464 cash option.
Tuesday’s drawings saw white balls 3, 5, 6, 44, and 61, get picked along with 25 in the Mega Ball slot.
If you’re feeling lucky, don't miss the next high-stakes drawing Friday at 11 p.m. Here’s what you need to know.
Can you buy a Mega Millions ticket in Delaware?
Yes. Mega Millions game tickets can be purchased through a Delaware Lottery licensed retailer and players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers.
How much is a Mega Million ticket?
Mega Millions tickets cost $2 per play, according to delottery.com, and for an additional dollar, you can play the Megaplier to multiply non-jackpot winnings.
How much do you win if you have 2 numbers on the Mega Millions?
If you match two Mega Millions numbers, you will walk away with some money, but you won’t win the jackpot. For example, if you match a yellow ball and a white ball, then you win $4 — which can be used to buy two more tickets.
How late can you play Mega Millions in Delaware?
In the First State, you can purchase tickets until 9:59 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. The next drawing is Friday at 11 p.m.
How many numbers do you need to win a mega million?
Players can pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers: five different numbers from the white balls numbered 1-70 and one number from the gold balls numbered 1-25.
A Jackpot can be won by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing. There is a total of nine ways to win a prize, which ranges from Jackpot to $2.
- 5 + 1 = Jackpot.
- 5 + 0 = $1 million.
- 4 + 1 = $10,000.
- 4 + 0 = $500.
- 3 + 1 = $200.
- 3 + 0 = $10.
- 2 + 1= $10.
- 1 + 1 = $4.
- 0 + 1 = $2.
Friday's total Mega Millions jackpot is $910 million. If anybody matches all six numbers in tonight's drawing, winners have two options: receive a lump-sum payout of $464.2 million or opt for 30 years of annuitized payments.
More:Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots rise to $725 million, $560 million. Here's how to play.
Contact local reporter Cameron Goodnight at cgoodnight@delawareonline.com, or by calling or texting 302-324-2208. Follow him on Twitter at @CamGoodnight.
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Tiya Morgan dropped off her son at work last week not knowing she would never see him again.
Now she is making final arrangements to honor Jacob Johnson's life. The 16-year-old's funeral is planned for Saturday. While people memorialize the teen's short life, his suspected killer is in custody at DeKalb County's juvenile detention center.
Morgan said she doesn't want people to remember her son for how his life was taken - she wants people to know the sweet hard-working boy she raised.
“They didn’t just rob him, they robbed the world of my child," Morgan said.
When Morgan sent her son to work on July 15 at a Dekalb County IHOP, she had no idea that her kind, smart and ambitious child would lose his life that day.
Dekalb County Sheriff's Office investigators said Johnson was shot and killed by another teen who knew him.
“There wasn’t no beef. This boy just did not like my son," she said. "My son was only working there for a few months. The news was reporting that this was his first summer job but Jacob has been working since he was 14 years old."
Johnson was one of Morgan's four children.
She said he loved roller skating, had big dreams and wanted to be a lawyer someday— but now she’s planning his homegoing service instead.
Through her grief and anger, she has a message for the community.
“It's not just my child. It other mothers and fathers out there whose children didn’t deserve this," Morgan said.
This grief-stricken mom said she is tired of gun violence in metro Atlanta and is asking parents and kids to love each other instead of turning to irreversible measures. She's also asking parents to step up.
“I need parents to know who have handguns or whose children can get access to handguns, first and foremost with what happened to my son I feel like they should be charged as well," said Morgan.
Johnson's visitation is Friday and his memorial is scheduled for Saturday. Those who would like to contribute to memorial funds can do so here.
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County Council agrees to live stream budget hearings this year
MUNCIE, Ind. − Starting this September, the public will be able to witness county budgeting decisions made by the Delaware County Council without having to attend county budget hearings.
Council voted 6-1 to video stream and record this year's budget hearings. The move follows the Indiana General Assembly passing a state law requiring county council and other public meetings across local government to be live-streamed, recorded and archived for at least 90 days. The law doesn't take effect until July 2025 but the vote at the county council meeting Tuesday means the hearings commencing in September will have a live record that can be reviewed by the public.
Council President Jessica Piper investigated the cost and discussed the matter with Endpoint Creative, a marketing and communications company in Muncie. Endpoint said, according to Piper, that they could handle the streaming 20 hours of budget hearing for about $2,000 and then charge $80 per hour if additional coverage is needed.
The matter became an issue in 2022 as council agreed to ask county commissioners for funding to stream the budget hearings at that time. Then Council President Scott Alexander, who was a candidate for the state senate at the time, asked commissioners for the money to stream hearings but then supported their decision not to provide the funding.
County Council member Ryan Webb, who wanted the hearings streamed, then used his smart phone to try and stream the hearings last year. He was pleased with the vote.
More:New law requires county and city to stream, record and archive public meetings
"Successfully getting the council to livestream the budget meetings is one of my most successful missions accomplished since being elected to the Delaware County Council," Webb said after the the council meeting Tuesday.
Budget hearings are often day-long and controversial as county council goes about debating salaries and other expenditures in an effort to deliver a budget that fits available revenue. In recent years council members have come under intense criticism on social media for issues related to budget discussions.
Piper said she hopes to have a pre-budget hearing in coming weeks ahead of the actual hearings that will commence in September.
Council member Dan Flanagan voted against streaming the hearings, he said, because he had asked people if they would watch hearings and most said they would not.
More:Commissioners not paying to stream county budget hearings that started Wednesday
In other business, the county council nominated six people to join a steering committee to implement the Together DM, the Muncie and Delaware County master plan developed by the Metroplitan Plan Commission last year.
Mitch Isaacs, president of the board of directors for the Muncie Action Plan, asked county council late last month to provide candidates for the committee to help implement the Together DM plan. Council voted to nominate: Steven Brand, Tony Johnson, Joe Russell, Rob Keisling, Jacob Case and Vicki Gasaway.
David Penticuff is a reporter with The Star Press. He can be reached at dpenticuff@gannett.com.
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Fire Up DWNTWN set to erupt Aug. 5
MUNCIE, Ind. − The Muncie street festival, Fire Up DWNTWN, is getting ready to launch on Aug 5.
This year's Fire Up DWNTWN is presented by sponsor Ivy Tech Muncie. Organizers said the event drew more than 11,000 visitors in its first year in 2022.
Cheryl Crowder, event director for Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, said the organizers have worked to bring new events and attractions.
The event site opens at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, outside between Main Street and Canan Commons and High Street to Mulberry Street. Attractions include hot air balloons. There is no entry fee. Two new attractions will be offered: a full-size NASCAR simulator and a virtual reality experience in the E-Motion Matrix Simulator. Those events will be ticketed at $10 each.
Tethered balloon rides will also be available at Canan Commons and The Clubhouse Muncie from 7 to 10 p.m. at $20 per person.
Event parking will be available in the Northwest Bank parking lot at the corner of Mulberry and Charles streets, all Ivy Tech’s lots on Franklin Street, First Merchants Bank parking lot at the corner of Jefferson and Main Street, the city parking garage, and any public City of Muncie lot along High and Mulberry streets.
More:Downtown Development announces new executive director
This year, there’s double the number of vendors, offering a diverse array of crafts, food specials and unique products for visitors to check out. Barbecue ribs, spicy drinks, and a selection of downtown restaurant favorites will be offered from food vendors and local restaurants. Patrons will have the opportunity to explore exclusive specials and engaging activities courtesy of downtown merchants and other vendors.
Families can enjoy The HotSpot Children's Area featuring hot air balloon twinkle baskets with burners, a dunk tank, a children’s train and other interactive activities. Craft vendors, raku pottery, forgers, iron workers and other displays will be available all along the downtown sidewalks.
Live musical performances will be back in Canan Commons, the DJ Stage at 100 Block of Walnut, and the Freaky Tiki Stage outside of Casa Mexican Grill. The Muncie Police and Muncie Firefighters will also return to compete in a rib eating contest, water ball contests, and an MRAP ( Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle pull. Among the competitions will be a spicy pepper eating contest.
Beginning in the early evening, four hot air balloons will fly over Canan Commons and seven special shaped hot air balloons will inflate in various parking lots and surrounding locations. At dusk, the special shape hot air balloons will perform a 90-minute glow show to music with the event culminating in a blazing fireworks finale.Vicki Veach, Fire Up DWNTWN coordinator, said, “We extend our heartfelt appreciation to our sponsors, whose unwavering belief and support have been instrumental in enabling Fire Up DWNTWN to happen again this year. Their invaluable contributions have allowed us to host this exciting event for the community at no charge for entry.”
Special Shape balloons are sponsored by: 3 Rivers Federal Credit Union, Starocket Media, Intersection, JohnTom’s Barbeque, Wealth Strategies Inc., The Star Press, and Woof Boom Radio.
More:Fire Up DWNTWN seeks volunteers in August
Attraction sponsors are: First Merchants Bank, Busch Light, Nash FM 102.5, The Clubhouse Muncie, Muncie Visitors Bureau, The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County, Lamar Advertising, Ruoff Mortgage, MITS, and Great Grizzly Boomer’s Factory Direct Fireworks. Other generous contributors who donated their resources to make this opportunity possible are the Ball Brothers Foundation, the Sherman and Marjorie Zeigler Foundation, and 1925 Pubhouse.
Veach added, “It has something for everyone, and everyone’s invited. Mark your calendars for August 5 and stay tuned for further updates in the upcoming week. Prepare for a sizzling sensation.”
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Muncie career center to become school for nontraditional learning
MUNCIE, Ind. – The former Muncie Community Schools Career Center will take on a new life, as The Crossing School of Business & Entrepreneurship, according to an announcement Wednesday.
The Crossing, to be located at 2500 North Elgin St., will offer self-paced academics, student-led businesses, job training and character education, the company said.
The state-accredited, faith-based high school is aimed at students who may have struggled with traditional classes. There are nine other high school campuses of The Crossing, according to its website, including schools in Indianapolis, Anderson, Frankfort, Lafayette and Fort Wayne.
The school said in a press release it has Ball State University graduates within its administration and on its board of directors — board member Lyle Fisel, Ball State Class of 1972; Ceo Ryan Hill, Ball State Class of 2007; and founder, Rob Staley, who received his master's in school administration from BSU.
"We’ve worked closely with the Muncie Community School’s board to make this dream come to life," the release stated. "We will have an ongoing enrollment of 40–50 students in our first year, in order to maintain the highest quality services to our students and families."
The Crossing, created in 2003, promises:
- small classes with a teacher-student ratio of 1 to 10, providing additional support to students who struggle in large classes or require more attention.
- faith-based character education
- hands-on approach to job training
"In our job training programs," the release stated, "our students will learn real-world skills that will boost their earning potential. High school graduates earn an average of $260,000 more over their lifetime than those who never finished.
"We offer students the opportunity to participate in hands-on job training through student school-based enterprises, micro-businesses, satellite teams at local businesses, and pre-apprenticeships. Not only will they develop technical abilities, but also 'soft skills' that will make them more valuable to employers. Crossing graduates earn as much or more as their peers after high school."
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FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (WJHL) — Fleming-Neon city officials are in the process of applying for Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) money to help rebuild after floods last year.
A year ago, on July 28, floods swept through Fleming-Neon, destroying buildings, like their library, and businesses. About four houses were lost and luckily, there were no fatalities.
In Fleming-Neon, some businesses have reopened. Their elementary school welcomed students back into the building in January.
The public library remains closed a year after the floods.
“I mean it was just the worst I’d ever seen,” said city mayor, Rick Burke. “It came up quick and it went down quick, but it [did] so much damage during that time.”
Burke became mayor in January.
“A lot of people say, ‘Look what you’re getting into.’ But, I’ve always [given] 110% in anything I do,” said Burke. “I stepped into it wide open and haven’t looked back.”
The city is working with Nesbitt Engineering to apply for FEMA funds, which they hope to put towards city improvement projects.
“We’re asking for several million dollars from FEMA to help Fleming-Neon recover, not only to build back the way it was, to pre-disaster condition, but also to make a more resilient solution going forward,” said Disaster Recovery Program Manager with Nesbitt Engineering, Jon Allen.
These projects include redeveloping the city’s drainage system.
“They used a lot of grinder pumps to get their flow into the system. We feel it would be more efficient to have a gravity-fed system in some of the areas,” said Allen. “Also the sewer plant, it’s got quite a bit of age on it, so we’re wanting to upgrade those processes and devices inside the sewer plant to make it more efficient and also more environmentally friendly.”
A sign showing the water level that day and vacant buildings are a reminder of the damage the floods have done.
The community has put together an event to get together on Friday in their newly built park to remember the floods, a year later.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The annual Tennessee back-to-school sales tax holiday began Friday at 12:01 a.m. and will continue until midnight on Sunday.
State and local sales tax will be suspended across Tennessee on items like clothing and school supplies, including some electronics like personal computers, which will save Tennesseans upward of 10% of their total costs for these necessary items.
Tax-free items during the weekend include:
- General apparel that costs $100 or less per item, such as shirts, pants, socks, shoes, dresses, etc.
- School and art supplies with a purchase price of $100 or less per item, such as binders, backpacks, crayons, paper, pens, pencils, and rulers; and art supplies such as glazes, clay, paints, drawing pads, and artist paintbrushes.
- Computers for personal use with a purchase price of $1,500 or less
- Laptop computers, as well as tablet computers priced at $1,500 or less
Click here for a complete list of tax-free items.
Sales Tax Holiday Alphabetical Directory:
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- Belt Buckles
- Belt buckles sold separately are not exempt
- Belts, tool
- Boots, ski
- Breathing Masks
- Bridal apparel, other than gowns or veils
- Briefcases
C
- Cell Phones, including smartphones
- Clothing Accessories or Equipment
- Incidental items worn on the person or in conjunction with clothing.
- Compact Disks
- Computer storage media
- Computer Software
- Basic computer software purchased with a bundled system is exempt. Individually purchased software and upgraded software purchased with a bundled system is taxable.
- Computer Storage Media
- Computer storage media (diskettes, compact disks), handheld electronic schedulers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), computer printers, and printer supplies (printer paper, printer ink).
- Cosmetics
D
- Diskettes
- Computer storage media
E
- Electronic Readers
- Electronic Schedulers
- School computer supply
- Emblems
- Emblems sold separately are not exempt.
F
- Fabric
- Face Shields
- Fins, swim
G
- Glasses, safety
- Globes
- Gloves, protective or welders’
- Gloves, sports
- Goggles, safety
- Goggles, sports
- Guards, sports hand, elbow, mouth, shin
H
- Hair Notions
- Handbags
- Hard Hats
- Hearing Protectors
- Helmets
J
- Jewelry
- Jump Drives
- Computer storage media
L
- Leased Items
M
- Maps
P
- Paintbrushes, other
- Paintbrushes not used for artwork are taxable.
- Paints, other
- Only acrylic tempora, or oil paints defined as school art
supplies are exempt.
- Only acrylic tempora, or oil paints defined as school art
- Patches
- Patches sold separately are not exempt.
- Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
- School computer supply
- Printer Ink
- School computer supply
- Printer Paper
- School computer supply
- Printer Supplies
- School computer supply
- Printers
- School computer supply
- Protective Equipment
- Items for human wear and designed as protection of the wearer against injury or disease or as protections against damage or injury of other persons or property, but not
suitable for general use.
- Items for human wear and designed as protection of the wearer against injury or disease or as protections against damage or injury of other persons or property, but not
R
- Reference Books
- Reference Maps
- Rented Items
- Respirators, paint or dust
S
- School Computer Supplies
- Computer storage media (diskettes, compact disks), handheld electronic schedulers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), computer printers, and printer supplies (printer paper, printer
ink).
- Computer storage media (diskettes, compact disks), handheld electronic schedulers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), computer printers, and printer supplies (printer paper, printer
- School Instructional Material
- Reference books, and reference maps and globes. Textbooks and workbooks exempt under existing law.
- Sewing Equipment & Supplies
- Sewing Materials
- Materials that become part of clothing are not exempt.
- Shoes, ballet or tap
- Shoes, cleated or spiked
- Shoulder Pads for Dresses,
- Jackets, etc.
- Shoulder Pads, sports
- Skates, roller and ice
- Ski Boots
- Skin Diving Suits
- Smart Phones
- Sport or Recreational Equipment
- Items designed for human use and worn in conjunction with an athletic or recreational activity that are not suitable for general use.
- Sunglasses
T
- Telephones
- Thread
- Thumb Drives
- Tool Belts
- Trade or Business, items used in
U
- Umbrellas
V
- Video Game Consoles
W
- Wallets
- Watches
- Welders’ Gloves
- Wetsuits
Y
- Yarn
Z
- Zippers
Items not included in the tax-free weekend include apparel items priced at more than $100, jewelry, handbags, or sports and recreational equipment. Items that are sold together cannot be split up to stay beneath the $100 maximum. Storage media like flash drives are also not included in the tax-free sale, as are printer supplies, individually purchased software and household appliances.
Items sold online also qualify for the sales tax holiday, according to the state.
Tennesseans will then be able to save money on food items when the three-month-long sales tax holiday begins.
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Armitage Pedestrian Bridge over McKenzie River in Eugene closed July 31 to Aug. 3
Alan Torres
Eugene Register-Guard
The Armitage Pedestrian Bridge over the McKenzie River along Coburg Road between Eugene and Coburg will be closed for repairs beginning at 7 a.m. July 31 until 5 p.m. on Aug. 3.
Traffic on Coburg Road will not be affected, according to Lane County, and there is no alternative pedestrian crossing.
Repairs are being made on the 485-foot long truss bridge's south side supports.
The bridge was originally built for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company over the John Day River then relocated in 1907 over the McKenzie River. It was later converted to a pedestrian and bicycle bridge.
Alan Torres covers local government for the Register-Guard. He can be reached at atorres@gannett.com or on Twitter at @alanfryetorres
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DALLAS (KDAF) – Fever definitely knows how to cater to the Potterheads.
Their new interactive experience Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forrest Experience has sold out shows in October with limited seats in the upcoming months.
“Walk into the depths of a dark forest and discover fantastic beasts and iconic Wizarding World™ moments illuminated like never before,” Fever said via the event’s webpage.
Discover thrilling activities and the infamous drink dessert, Butter Beer! Potter fans will come face to face with magical creatures, wand workshops and delicious food and drinks inspired by the J.K. Rowling classic.
So beware —tickets are selling out quickly due to the obvious excitement! Don’t pass up the opportunity to take part in this enchanted journey. Before they disappear like a cursed wizard, gather your fellow Harry Potter fans and reserve your spots.
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VALPARAISO — A 35-year-old Hobart man was stabbed and beaten to death in June at a public fishing area near Portage during what police said was a sexual encounter arranged on a hookup app.
"The three exited the vehicle and walked along a small dirt path," according to a charging document that had been sealed by a judge until Friday morning.
"Sexual activity was engaged in and during the course of the contact Derek (Hartz) was struck with the brick and stabbed multiple times with the knife."
"Domonic (Brothers) and Jada (Monroe) then left the body of Derek on the path in the wooded area and drove away in his vehicle," police said.
Brothers, 28, of Gary, and Monroe, 28, of Virginia, were later picked up in Ohio and each face criminal counts of murder, murder in perpetration of a robbery and robbery resulting in serious bodily injury in the death of Hartz, according to court records.
Brothers, who also goes by the last name of Weaver, has since been returned to Porter County and appeared Friday morning on the charges before Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer, who lifted the seal on the details of the case.
Brothers, who is being held without bond as a result of the murder charge, questioned having to stay behind bars until his Jan. 8 trial. He was appointed the services of Public Defender Mark Chargualaf.
Police say the mother of Hartz told them she last saw her son playing video games at home around 4:30 a.m. June 13. She woke later to find a note from him advising he took their 2017 Volkswagen Passat to travel to a friend's house.
When she texted him later that morning, she got no immediate response and then a message reading, "I'll be there soon," according to a charging document. The message was sent after his dead body had been found, police said.
"She then admitted she had to cut Randy's legs off because she wasn't able to fit him inside the tote," police said.
The body of Hartz was found around 11 a.m. June 13 at the Chustak Public Fishing Area located at 331 W. County Road 600 North in Portage Township. The area was described by police as a 76-acre public fishing area just off Indiana 149.
The body was found on a small trail on the edge of the site on a deflated air mattress, according to court documents. Hartz had "excessive bleeding" from his skull and was nude from the waist down, officials said.
An autopsy revealed Hartz died as a result of a stab wound that punctured his heart, along with blunt force trauma to his head, police said.
"A knife tip was located embedded into the top of his skull and recovered."
Police said a fanny pack discovered under the body of Hartz contained identification belonging to Monroe. Police then tracked down the victim's phone to the area of Interstate 65 and 61st Avenue in Merrillville, and discovered it contained the Grindr hookup app and messages beginning June 12 with the accused men.
"U wanna have some fun with us?" the accused allegedly wrote to Hartz.
At 9:05 p.m. that same day, Indiana State Police reported pulling over a stolen vehicle at U.S. 12 and County Line Road and identified David Gant as the driver.
Hartz then restarted the conversation early June 13 and left to pick up the two accused men, police said.
Police said they used cell phone information to locate Brothers and Monroe in Ohio. After contacting police there, the men were reportedly located in the Cincinnati area and taken into custody following a chase and crash.
The men admitted to taking part in the sexual encounter with Hartz and said they prepared by placing a butcher knife and landscaping brick in a purse, police said.
Brothers and Monroe said they had been planning to leave the state, but did not have transportation or the funding necessary, according to police.
"It was indicated that prior to Derek's arrival, a 'plan' was developed," a court document says.
The accused said they fled the scene after the death of Hartz and packed to leave the area, but tried to return after discovering the fanny pack and identifications had been left behind.
"They drove back to the scene and observed law enforcement vehicles and immediately left the area," police said.
Anyone in the area of the Chustak Public Fishing Area from 4 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. June 13 is encouraged contact the sheriff's department at 219-477-3140.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
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Two of the Region's most beloved Northwest Indiana-style burger joints were featured on NBC Chicago's Food Guy.
Miner-Dunn at 8940 Indianapolis Blvd in Highland and the Schoops chain were showcased by Steve Dolinsky on the 10 p.m. local news on NBC 5. He listed his five favorite smashburgers in Chicagoland, which were not ranked in any particular order.
"It's the technique of literally smashing the burger on the flattop, resulting in a crispy, lacy edge that adds wonderful texture but maintains that optimal bite ratio I'm always looking for in a sandwich," he said on the show.
Dolinsky shone a spotlight on Miner-Dunn, which started in Hammond in 1932 and later relocated to the boulevard in Highland, where its brightly lit neon sign boasts "Highland's best burger." He described it as a "major smashburger destination."
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"Measured scoops of fresh ground beef, perfectly toasted thin buns and some nice smashing techniques resulting in crisp edges and softer middles," he said. "American cheese, your choice of mayo, ketchup, mustard and pickles and a side of hand-cut fries — this is Midwest nirvana. Don't forget the soft-serve."
He moved on to highlight Schoop's, which has grown to locations across Northwest Indiana. Dolinsky talks about how Curtis Rund used to work at Schoop's before founding The Region in Chicago's Roscoe Village neighborhood. The segment shows how he uses a bricklayer's trowel to flatten a 7-ounce ball of ground beef and work the edges.
"He makes some of the widest and flattest smashburgers around," Dolinsky said.
Dolinsky said smashburgers proved to be a popular subject.
"I've never seen so many people in the studio and control room excited about smashburgers," he said.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Jet's Pizza and vegan restaurant open; Chase Bank closes; Crown Point Toys and Collectibles moves
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NWI Business Ins and Outs: Mi Tierra closing after 22 years; La Carreta, Flako's Tacos, Wendy's, Bulldog Ale House, WhoaZone, The Love of Arts…
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A Charles City man who was facing up to 31 years in prison on drug charges received a suspended sentence Monday.
According to court records, 51-year-old Ramelle Lewis Williams was charged in April with three felony controlled substance violations, failure to affix a drug stamp and unlawful possession of a prescription drug.
Williams pleaded guilty to suspended 10- and five-year sentences for two of the drug charges.
The affidavit states that a search warrant was executed at Williams' residence around 7:15 p.m. April 21. Multiple controlled substances, paraphernalia, and items associated with drug distribution were allegedly seized, including approximately a half ounce of crack cocaine.
Approximately four ounces of marijuana, multiple prescription pill bottles belonging to other people and a 9 mm handgun with ammunition and speed loaders were also seized during the search.
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Williams was ordered to spend three to five years on probation with the Department of Correctional Services.
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
1. West Virginia
2. Montana
3. Ohio
4. Arizona
5. Nevada
6. Wisconsin
7. Pennsylvania
8. Michigan
9. Texas
10. Florida
Analysis: Senate map remains offensive opportunity for Republicans
In a presidential contest cycle, Senate races don’t get the same kind of attention when there’s still a year to go until Election Day. But the start of the second fundraising quarter earlier this month brought a host of new candidate names – some declared and some still biding their time – that will help shape the race for control of the chamber in 2024 and the ultimate power dynamics for whoever is president in 2025.
With more candidates launching their campaigns this month, the prospect of competitive primaries has become more real – especially on the Republican side. That’s especially true in the top three seats most likely to flip, which represent the GOP’s best chances to pick up the one or two seats they’d need to control the chamber, depending on who wins the presidency. (Rankings are based on CNN’s reporting, fundraising figures and historical data about how states and candidates have performed.)
West Virginia’s GOP primary – mainly between the governor and a congressman – was already brewing, but it’s looking even more contentious with outside groups like the Club for Growth’s political arm touting the millions they’re planning to spend. This race will be a marquee battle between the national GOP’s more establishment forces and the conservative outside group. And, as in other races like Montana and Nevada, this one will test the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s new strategy of picking sides in primaries.
It’s impossible to talk about Republican primaries without discussing former President Donald Trump. Ever since 2016, loyalty to him has been a key litmus test for the GOP – often much more than actual conservatism. But adherence to his election conspiracy theories has sometimes hurt Republicans in general elections, with the 2022 midterms being a prime example.
The chairman of the NRSC, Montana Sen. Steve Daines, has endorsed Trump. And for now, at least, the former president appears to be playing along. CNN reported that he’s informed two House Freedom Caucus members whom he’s previously backed – in West Virginia and Montana – that they won’t have his support for the Senate. (In Montana, Rep. Matt Rosendale hasn’t yet announced his campaign but is expected to challenge the NRSC’s preferred candidate.)
This month’s ranking isn’t all about primary drama, however. In Pennsylvania, Republicans breathed a major sigh of relief in May when election denier Doug Mastriano, fresh off his 15-point gubernatorial loss, decided not to run. The expectation that Dave McCormick will get into the race with a clearer lane – and the GOP’s lack of candidates right now in other states – bumps the Keystone State up one spot on this list as slightly more likely to flip.
Overall, the Senate map remains an offensive opportunity for Republicans. Democrats hold seven of the 10 seats most likely to flip next year, an independent holds one and Republicans hold two – a breakdown that’s unlikely to change much, although the order of the ranking will likely evolve in the months to come.
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A Floyd County man accused of sexually abusing a teenager last September has been sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to assault causing bodily injury.
According to court records, 38-year-old Odail Donary Zavala-Ventura was accused of molesting a 16-year-old girl and was facing up to 10 years in prison on a third-degree sexual abuse charge.
Zavala-Ventura pleaded guilty to the lesser charge — a serious misdemeanor — via an Alford plea in June. An Alford plea does not admit guilt, but does admit there is enough evidence to most likely result in a conviction by a jury.
Industries that laid off the most workers in May
Industries that laid off the most workers in January
World economies have been left in disarray after the COVID-19 pandemic shocked supply chains and deeply affected the global workforce. And the U.S. has been no exception.
As financial rescue efforts fade into the background, the U.S. economy is facing dual crises of stubbornly persistent inflation and uncertainty about a looming downturn stemming from central banks' own prescription for combatting inflation—higher interest rates.
Companies spent 2022 pulling back on spending and new hires, moving forward cautiously. Nationwide, about 1.7 million people were laid off or fired in January 2023. That's up about 16% from December 2022 and about 20% from January 2022.
Stacker used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to rank 19 major industries by the number of layoffs they had in January 2023. The analysis uses seasonally adjusted data. Numbers for the month are preliminary and may be updated.
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#18. Mining and logging (tie)
- January 2023 layoffs: 5,000
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: -2,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 0.8% (Rank: #11)
--- Change from prior month: +0.1 percentage points
--- Change from January 2022: -0.4 percentage points
The mining and logging industry includes oil and gas workers as well as workers who cut timber and produce wood for residential construction. The logging industry has faced an unseasonably warm winter in some parts of the U.S. as well as rising costs, which business leaders have cited as the reason for workforce cuts.
The salaries of oil and gas industry CEOs have climbed while they continue to cut their workforce, claiming to Congress at one point last year that record retail gas prices were a result of a labor shortage. The largest companies by market capitalization in the sector have enjoyed record profits in recent years and paid shareholders handsomely.
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#18. Federal government (tie)
- January 2023 layoffs: 5,000
--- Change from prior month: -5,000
--- Change from January 2022: -2,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 0.2% (Rank: #19)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from January 2022: No change
The federal government represents around 6% of all jobs in the country including the military, the departments of labor, education, and justice, and other federal agencies—as well as the U.S. Postal Service. The size of the federal government's payroll has "significantly" decreased over the last 50 years , according to the nonpartisan Brookings Institution.
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#17. Finance and insurance
- January 2023 layoffs: 22,000
--- Change from prior month: +3,000
--- Change from January 2022: +1,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 0.3% (Rank: #18)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: No change
Finance and insurance companies enjoyed an employment boom in recent years, spurred by the onset of the pandemic. Americans cooped up in their apartments and houses leapt at the chance to secure larger homes for themselves at historically low interest rates. In today's higher interest rate environment, these firms may find themselves poorly equipped to keep all of their workers on payroll. On the other hand, Americans have continued to borrow at surprising rates as inflation eats into their bottom lines.
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#16. Educational services
- January 2023 layoffs: 28,000
--- Change from prior month: -1,000
--- Change from January 2022: +4,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 0.7% (Rank: #12)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from January 2022: +0.1 percentage points
The nation's educational services industry comprises elementary and secondary school teachers as well college professors and nontraditional educators like online tutors. Colleges have struggled with a decline in overall enrollment since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and some in the industry fear some institutions may downsize .
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#15. Real estate and rental and leasing
- January 2023 layoffs: 31,000
--- Change from prior month: +13,000
--- Change from January 2022: +19,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 1.3% (Rank: #6)
--- Change from prior month: +0.5 percentage points
--- Change from January 2022: +0.8 percentage points
The real estate industry was among the first to feel the effects of rising interest rates as the Federal Reserve began its attempts to control inflation in 2022. Thousands of real estate agents and brokers have lost their jobs since rates began increasing and inventory has remained squeezed.
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#14. Other services
- January 2023 layoffs: 41,000
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: -18,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 0.7% (Rank: #12)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: -0.4 percentage points
The so-called "other services" category of American industry includes service-oriented jobs that don't fit neatly into any other category. It includes jobs like equipment repair, religious work, and end-of-life care, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics .
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#13. State and local government education
- January 2023 layoffs: 45,000
--- Change from prior month: +8,000
--- Change from January 2022: +13,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 0.4% (Rank: #17)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: +0.1 percentage points
Public school teachers are represented in the state and local government education sector, a field that has struggled to attract and retain teachers over the last decade as public school funding has dried up. Record inflation has made teaching wages close to unlivable in some places as conservative elected officials have slashed public education funding. Public schools may be forced to cut teachers in the event that costs rise to unmanageable levels.
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#11. State and local government, excluding education (tie)
- January 2023 layoffs: 47,000
--- Change from prior month: -3,000
--- Change from January 2022: +12,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 0.5% (Rank: #15)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: +0.1 percentage points
State and local governments feared that the U.S. could face a shortfall of tax revenue when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Record federal rescue funds kept Americans spending, however, and put ample money back into some state tax coffers. Other states are just now feeling tax revenues bounce back, leading to proposals to pass the savings on to voters in the form of tax cuts in some places.
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#11. Information (tie)
- January 2023 layoffs: 47,000
--- Change from prior month: +1,000
--- Change from January 2022: -14,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 1.5% (Rank: #5)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: -0.5 percentage points
The information industry includes those working in media, which took a haircut in 2022 as corporate media outlets cut their head counts, citing uncertainty about the future of the economy. Interest in media, and with it ad dollars, spiked during the Trump administration as Americans tuned into cable news and visited news websites to keep up with two impeachments and near-weekly scandals.
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#10. Nondurable goods manufacturing
- January 2023 layoffs: 55,000
--- Change from prior month: +11,000
--- Change from January 2022: +7,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 1.1% (Rank: #7)
--- Change from prior month: +0.2 percentage points
--- Change from January 2022: +0.1 percentage points
The phrase "nondurable goods" is a fancy way of saying any item you can purchase that will go bad if left on a shelf for too long, or will only provide the consumer with a single use before it's gone. These items include food and cleaning products or even cigarettes. Americans working in nondurable goods manufacturing might work for a food processor like Frito-Lay or a makeup brand.
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#9. Durable goods manufacturing
- January 2023 layoffs: 57,000
--- Change from prior month: +3,000
--- Change from January 2022: -13,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 0.7% (Rank: #12)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: -0.2 percentage points
Durable goods include any item you purchase that gets reused over time and does not expire. These can be plastic storage bins, children's toys, and even technology like smartphones. Manufacturing of durable goods saw a boom in the first two years of the pandemic as consumers spent their incomes on the only things they could safely enjoy from their homes. Some of those manufacturers have had to scale back head counts as consumer demand has dropped off in the goods-producing sector and moved into services.
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#8. Arts, entertainment, and recreation
- January 2023 layoffs: 59,000
--- Change from prior month: +7,000
--- Change from January 2022: -29,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 2.5% (Rank: #1)
--- Change from prior month: +0.3 percentage points
--- Change from January 2022: -1.5 percentage points
The arts and entertainment sector was among the hardest hit in the steep COVID-19 recession of 2020. Public health recommendations meant consumers were extremely wary of businesses like theme parks and airlines, which scaled back or closed operations for a time. The drop-off in demand was particularly difficult for movie theaters as Americans leaned into digital streaming services at home.
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#7. Wholesale trade
- January 2023 layoffs: 62,000
--- Change from prior month: +3,000
--- Change from January 2022: +25,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 1.0% (Rank: #8)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: +0.4 percentage points
Wholesale trade companies are intermediaries that don't necessarily advertise their business to consumers. They operate in the background, buying inventory from manufacturers and reselling it to retailers. An American working in wholesale may be employed by Costco or a medical wholesaler like McKesson.
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#6. Health care and social assistance
- January 2023 layoffs: 112,000
--- Change from prior month: -8,000
--- Change from January 2022: -22,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 0.5% (Rank: #15)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from January 2022: -0.2 percentage points
The health care and social assistance sector is experiencing rising demand for its services as Americans continue to get older and live longer on average. The pandemic exhausted health care workers and accelerated the shift from in-hospital care to home care for elderly patients. While medical care costs have risen with inflation, the health care industry is also at a crisis point trying to attract enough new nurses to care for Americans.
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#5. Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
- January 2023 layoffs: 123,000
--- Change from prior month: +16,000
--- Change from January 2022: +52,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 1.7% (Rank: #4)
--- Change from prior month: +0.2 percentage points
--- Change from January 2022: +0.7 percentage points
The transportation warehousing and utilities industry encompasses the massive supply chain in the U.S., which experienced unending hiccups and shocks throughout the last several years. Freight shipping companies have laid off staff over the last year, citing difficult economic conditions that have tamped down demand.
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#4. Retail trade
- January 2023 layoffs: 137,000
--- Change from prior month: -1,000
--- Change from January 2022: -1,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 0.9% (Rank: #10)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: No change
Retail trade is one of the largest employers in the country and includes employees at companies like Target and Kroger brand grocery stores. Workers in these industries have faced some of the most difficult working conditions as they served customers through the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, companies like Walmart and Nordstrom have announced cuts to their workforces.
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#3. Accommodation and food services
- January 2023 layoffs: 139,000
--- Change from prior month: -2,000
--- Change from January 2022: +20,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 1.0% (Rank: #8)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from January 2022: +0.1 percentage points
The accommodation and food services industry comprises hotels, motels, full-service restaurants, and fast food chains that employ tens of millions of Americans. These leisure services struggled in the first two years of the pandemic as Americans pulled back on activities that they felt could expose them to COVID-19.
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#2. Construction
- January 2023 layoffs: 172,000
--- Change from prior month: +6,000
--- Change from January 2022: +32,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 2.2% (Rank: #3)
--- Change from prior month: +0.1 percentage points
--- Change from January 2022: +0.4 percentage points
The construction industry suffered a crippling pause at the start of the pandemic that resulted in a shock to home inventory. But as the pandemic progressed, so too did new home, multifamily, and commercial construction. With vaccines now widely available, pressure will come from higher interest rates driving down demand for new homes.
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#1. Professional and business services
- January 2023 layoffs: 528,000
--- Change from prior month: +190,000
--- Change from January 2022: +207,000
- January 2023 layoff rate: 2.3% (Rank: #2)
--- Change from prior month: +0.8 percentage points
--- Change from January 2022: +0.9 percentage points
The professional and business services industry comprises attorneys, marketing, accountants, and other professionals who support businesses in mostly white-collar positions. Many of these positions have been safe over the past three years as demand from consumers remained hot and companies seemingly couldn't find enough workers to fill jobs. But interest-rate hikes and bank failures may spell trouble.
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#19. Federal government
- March 2023 layoffs: 6,000
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from March 2022: No change
- March 2023 layoff rate: 0.2% (Rank: #19)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from March 2022: No change
The federal government represents around 6% of all jobs in the country, including the military, the departments of Labor, Education, and Justice, and other federal agencies—as well as the Postal Service. The size of the federal government's payroll has "significantly" decreased over the last 50 years , according to the nonpartisan Brookings Institution.
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#18. Mining and logging
- March 2023 layoffs: 9,000
--- Change from prior month: +2,000
--- Change from March 2022: +5,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 1.4% (Rank: #4)
--- Change from prior month: +0.3 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.8 percentage points
The mining and logging industry includes oil and gas workers and those who cut timber and produce wood for residential construction. The logging industry is emerging from an unseasonably warm winter in some parts of the U.S. in addition to rising costs, which business leaders have cited as the reason for workforce cuts.
The salaries of oil and gas industry CEOs have climbed while they continue to cut their workforce, claiming to Congress at one point in 2022 that record retail gas prices were a result of a labor shortage. The largest companies by market capitalization in the sector have enjoyed record profits in recent years and paid shareholders handsomely.
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#17. Real estate and rental and leasing
- March 2023 layoffs: 19,000
--- Change from prior month: +1,000
--- Change from March 2022: No change
- March 2023 layoff rate: 0.8% (Rank: #11)
--- Change from prior month: +0.1 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: No change
The real estate industry was among the first to feel the effects of rising interest rates as the Federal Reserve began its attempts to control inflation in 2022. Thousands of real estate agents and brokers have lost their jobs since rates began increasing—and inventory has remained squeezed.
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#16. Educational services
- March 2023 layoffs: 28,000
--- Change from prior month: -4,000
--- Change from March 2022: +6,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 0.7% (Rank: #14)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.1 percentage points
The nation's educational services industry comprises elementary and secondary school teachers, college professors, and nontraditional educators like online tutors. Colleges have struggled with a decline in overall enrollment since the onset of the pandemic, and some in the industry fear institutions may downsize .
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#15. Finance and insurance
- March 2023 layoffs: 31,000
--- Change from prior month: +11,000
--- Change from March 2022: +9,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 0.5% (Rank: #16)
--- Change from prior month: +0.2 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.2 percentage points
Finance and insurance companies enjoyed an employment boom in recent years, spurred by the onset of the pandemic. Americans cooped up in their apartments and houses leaped at the chance to secure larger homes for themselves at historically low interest rates. In today's higher interest rate environment, these firms may be poorly equipped to keep all their workers on the payroll. On the other hand, Americans have continued to borrow at surprising rates as inflation eats into their bottom lines.
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#14. State and local government education
- March 2023 layoffs: 33,000
--- Change from prior month: -3,000
--- Change from March 2022: -6,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 0.3% (Rank: #18)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from March 2022: -0.1 percentage points
Public school teachers are represented in the state and local government education sector, which has struggled to attract and retain teachers over the last decade as public school funding has dried up. Record inflation has made teaching wages nearly unlivable in some places as conservative elected officials have slashed funding. Public schools may be forced to cut teachers if costs increase.
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#13. State and local government, excluding education
- March 2023 layoffs: 34,000
--- Change from prior month: -6,000
--- Change from March 2022: -3,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 0.4% (Rank: #17)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from March 2022: No change
State and local governments feared that the U.S. could face a shortfall of tax revenue when the pandemic began. However, record federal rescue funds kept Americans spending and put ample money back into some state tax coffers. Other states are just now feeling tax revenues bounce back, leading to proposals to pass the savings on to voters via tax cuts in some places.
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#12. Information
- March 2023 layoffs: 38,000
--- Change from prior month: -11,000
--- Change from March 2022: +19,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 1.2% (Rank: #6)
--- Change from prior month: -0.4 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.6 percentage points
The information industry includes those working in media, which took a haircut in 2022 as corporate media outlets slashed their head counts, citing uncertainty about the economy's future. Interest in media—and with it, ad dollars—has not returned to the levels seen during the Trump administration as Americans tuned into cable news and visited news websites to keep up with two impeachments and near-weekly scandals.
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#11. Wholesale trade
- March 2023 layoffs: 47,000
--- Change from prior month: -7,000
--- Change from March 2022: +12,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 0.8% (Rank: #11)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.2 percentage points
Wholesale trade companies are intermediaries that don't necessarily advertise their business to consumers. They operate in the background, buying inventory from manufacturers and reselling it to retailers. An American working in wholesale may be employed by Costco or a medical wholesaler like McKesson.
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#10. Nondurable goods manufacturing
- March 2023 layoffs: 56,000
--- Change from prior month: -5,000
--- Change from March 2022: +5,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 1.1% (Rank: #8)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: No change
The phrase "nondurable goods" is a fancy way of describing any item you can purchase that will go bad if left on a shelf for too long or will only provide the consumer with a single use before it's gone. These items include some foods, cleaning products, and even cigarettes. Americans working in nondurable goods manufacturing might work for a food processor like Frito-Lay or a makeup brand.
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#9. Other services
- March 2023 layoffs: 64,000
--- Change from prior month: +12,000
--- Change from March 2022: +10,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 1.1% (Rank: #8)
--- Change from prior month: +0.2 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.2 percentage points
The so-called "other services" category of American industry includes service-oriented jobs that don't fit neatly into any other category. It includes jobs like equipment repair, religious work, and end-of-life care, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics .
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#8. Durable goods manufacturing
- March 2023 layoffs: 65,000
--- Change from prior month: +12,000
--- Change from March 2022: +15,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 0.8% (Rank: #11)
--- Change from prior month: +0.2 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.2 percentage points
Durable goods include any item you purchase that gets reused over time and does not expire. These can be plastic storage bins, children's toys, and even technology like smartphones. Manufacturing of durable goods saw a boom in the first two years of the pandemic as consumers spent their incomes on the only things they could safely enjoy from their homes. Some manufacturers have since scaled back head counts as consumer demand has dropped off in the goods-producing sector and moved into services.
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#7. Arts, entertainment, and recreation
- March 2023 layoffs: 83,000
--- Change from prior month: +11,000
--- Change from March 2022: +20,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 3.4% (Rank: #2)
--- Change from prior month: +0.4 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.6 percentage points
The arts and entertainment sector was among the hardest hit in the steep COVID-19 recession of 2020. Public health recommendations meant consumers were extremely wary of businesses like theme parks and airlines, which scaled back or closed operations for a time. Some have found recovery slow.
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#6. Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
- March 2023 layoffs: 105,000
--- Change from prior month: -11,000
--- Change from March 2022: +33,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 1.4% (Rank: #4)
--- Change from prior month: -0.2 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.4 percentage points
The transportation warehousing and utilities industry encompasses the massive supply chain in the U.S., which experienced unending hiccups and shocks throughout the last several years. Freight shipping companies have laid off staff over the last year, citing difficult economic conditions that have slowed demand.
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#5. Retail trade
- March 2023 layoffs: 135,000
--- Change from prior month: -21,000
--- Change from March 2022: -10,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 0.9% (Rank: #10)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: No change
Retail trade is one of the largest employers in the country and includes employees at companies like Target and Kroger brand grocery stores. Workers in these industries have faced some of the most difficult working conditions as they served customers through the dangers of the pandemic. In 2023, companies like Walmart and Nordstrom announced cuts to their workforces.
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#4. Health care and social assistance
- March 2023 layoffs: 154,000
--- Change from prior month: +42,000
--- Change from March 2022: +39,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 0.7% (Rank: #14)
--- Change from prior month: +0.2 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.1 percentage points
The health care and social assistance sector is experiencing rising demand for its services as Americans continue to get older and live longer on average. The pandemic exhausted health care workers and accelerated the shift from in-hospital care to home care for elderly patients. While medical care costs have risen with inflation, the health care industry is also at a crisis point trying to attract enough new nurses to care for Americans.
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#3. Accommodation and food services
- March 2023 layoffs: 173,000
--- Change from prior month: +63,000
--- Change from March 2022: +40,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 1.2% (Rank: #6)
--- Change from prior month: +0.4 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.2 percentage points
The accommodation and food services industry comprises hotels, motels, full-service restaurants, and fast-food chains that employ tens of millions of Americans. These leisure services struggled in the first two years of the pandemic as Americans pulled back on activities they felt could expose them to COVID-19 and are adjusting to new economic realities.
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#2. Construction
- March 2023 layoffs: 294,000
--- Change from prior month: +112,000
--- Change from March 2022: +172,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 3.7% (Rank: #1)
--- Change from prior month: +1.4 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +2.1 percentage points
The construction industry suffered a crippling pause at the start of the pandemic that resulted in a shock to home inventory. But as the pandemic progressed, so did new home, multifamily, and commercial construction. Now pressure is coming from higher interest rates driving down demand for new homes.
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#1. Professional and business services
- March 2023 layoffs: 431,000
--- Change from prior month: +49,000
--- Change from March 2022: +42,000
- March 2023 layoff rate: 1.9% (Rank: #3)
--- Change from prior month: +0.2 percentage points
--- Change from March 2022: +0.2 percentage points
The professional and business services industry comprises attorneys, accountants, and other professionals who support businesses in mostly white-collar positions. Many of these positions have been safe over the past three years as demand from consumers remained hot and companies seemingly couldn't find enough workers to fill jobs. But interest rate hikes and bank failures may spell trouble.
Data reporting by Paxtyn Merten. Story editing by Jeff Inglis. Copy editing by Paris Close.
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#18. Federal government (tie)
- April 2023 layoffs: 6,000
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from April 2022: -1,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.2% (Rank: #19)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from April 2022: No change
The federal government represents around 6% of all jobs in the country including the military, the departments of labor, education, and justice, and other federal agencies—as well as the U.S. Postal Service. The size of the federal government's payroll has "significantly" decreased over the last 50 years , according to the nonpartisan Brookings Institution.
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#18. Mining and logging (tie)
- April 2023 layoffs: 6,000
--- Change from prior month: -1,000
--- Change from April 2022: +3,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 1.0% (Rank: #6)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: +0.5 percentage points
The mining and logging industry includes oil and gas workers as well as workers who cut timber and produce wood for residential construction. The logging industry faced an unseasonably warm winter in some parts of the U.S. as well as rising costs, which business leaders have cited as the reason for workforce cuts.
The salaries of oil and gas industry CEOs have climbed while they continue to cut their workforce, claiming to Congress at one point last year that record retail gas prices were a result of a labor shortage. The largest companies by market capitalization in the sector have enjoyed record profits in recent years and paid shareholders handsomely.
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#16. Real estate and rental and leasing (tie)
- April 2023 layoffs: 16,000
--- Change from prior month: -5,000
--- Change from April 2022: -1,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.7% (Rank: #12)
--- Change from prior month: -0.2 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: No change
The real estate industry was among the first to feel the effects of rising interest rates as the Federal Reserve began its attempts to control inflation in 2022. Thousands of real estate agents and brokers have lost their jobs since rates began increasing and inventory has remained squeezed.
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#16. Information (tie)
- April 2023 layoffs: 16,000
--- Change from prior month: -33,000
--- Change from April 2022: -12,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.5% (Rank: #14)
--- Change from prior month: -1.1 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: -0.4 percentage points
The information industry includes those working in media, which took a haircut in 2022 as corporate media outlets cut their head counts, citing uncertainty about the future of the economy. Interest in media, and with it ad dollars, spiked during the Trump administration as Americans tuned into cable news and visited news websites to keep up with two impeachments and near-weekly scandals.
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#15. Educational services
- April 2023 layoffs: 21,000
--- Change from prior month: -11,000
--- Change from April 2022: +5,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.5% (Rank: #14)
--- Change from prior month: -0.3 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: +0.1 percentage points
The nation's educational services industry comprises elementary and secondary school teachers as well college professors and nontraditional educators like online tutors. Colleges have struggled with a decline in overall enrollment since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and some in the industry fear some institutions may downsize .
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#14. Finance and insurance
- April 2023 layoffs: 31,000
--- Change from prior month: -1,000
--- Change from April 2022: +13,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.5% (Rank: #14)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from April 2022: +0.2 percentage points
Finance and insurance companies enjoyed an employment boom in recent years, spurred by the onset of the pandemic. Americans cooped up in their apartments and houses leapt at the chance to secure larger homes for themselves at historically low interest rates. In today's higher interest rate environment, these firms may find themselves poorly equipped to keep all of their workers on payroll. On the other hand, Americans have continued to borrow at surprising rates as inflation eats into their bottom lines.
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#13. State and local government, excluding education
- April 2023 layoffs: 40,000
--- Change from prior month: +2,000
--- Change from April 2022: +4,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.4% (Rank: #17)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from April 2022: No change
State and local governments feared that the U.S. could face a shortfall of tax revenue when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Record federal rescue funds kept Americans spending, however, and put ample money back into some state tax coffers. Other states are just now feeling tax revenues bounce back, leading to proposals to pass the savings on to voters in the form of tax cuts in some places.
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#12. State and local government education
- April 2023 layoffs: 41,000
--- Change from prior month: +3,000
--- Change from April 2022: +10,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.4% (Rank: #17)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from April 2022: +0.1 percentage points
Public school teachers are represented in the state and local government education sector, a field that has struggled to attract and retain teachers over the last decade as public school funding has dried up. Record inflation has made teaching wages close to unlivable in some places as conservative elected officials have slashed public education funding. Public schools may be forced to cut teachers in the event that costs rise to unmanageable levels.
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#11. Wholesale trade
- April 2023 layoffs: 49,000
--- Change from prior month: -1,000
--- Change from April 2022: +6,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.8% (Rank: #10)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from April 2022: +0.1 percentage points
Wholesale trade companies are intermediaries that don't necessarily advertise their business to consumers. They operate in the background, buying inventory from manufacturers and reselling it to retailers. An American working in wholesale may be employed by Costco or a medical wholesaler like McKesson.
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#10. Other services
- April 2023 layoffs: 55,000
--- Change from prior month: -4,000
--- Change from April 2022: -4,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.9% (Rank: #8)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: -0.1 percentage points
The so-called "other services" category of American industry includes service-oriented jobs that don't fit neatly into any other category. It includes jobs like equipment repair, religious work, and end-of-life care, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics .
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#9. Nondurable goods manufacturing
- April 2023 layoffs: 56,000
--- Change from prior month: +4,000
--- Change from April 2022: +4,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 1.2% (Rank: #5)
--- Change from prior month: +0.1 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: +0.1 percentage points
The phrase "nondurable goods" is a fancy way of saying any item you can purchase that will go bad if left on a shelf for too long, or will only provide the consumer with a single use before it's gone. These items include food and cleaning products or even cigarettes. Americans working in nondurable goods manufacturing might work for a food processor like Frito-Lay or a makeup brand.
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#7. Durable goods manufacturing (tie)
- April 2023 layoffs: 64,000
--- Change from prior month: -2,000
--- Change from April 2022: +3,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.8% (Rank: #10)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from April 2022: No change
Durable goods include any item you purchase that gets reused over time and does not expire. These can be plastic storage bins, children's toys, and even technology like smartphones. Manufacturing of durable goods saw a boom in the first two years of the pandemic as consumers spent their incomes on the only things they could safely enjoy from their homes. Some of those manufacturers have had to scale back head counts as consumer demand has dropped off in the goods-producing sector and moved into services.
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#7. Arts, entertainment, and recreation (tie)
- April 2023 layoffs: 64,000
--- Change from prior month: -30,000
--- Change from April 2022: -11,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 2.6% (Rank: #1)
--- Change from prior month: -1.3 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: -0.7 percentage points
The arts and entertainment sector was among the hardest hit in the steep COVID-19 recession of 2020. Public health recommendations meant consumers were extremely wary of businesses like theme parks and airlines, which scaled back or closed operations for a time. The drop-off in demand was particularly difficult for movie theaters as Americans leaned into digital streaming services at home.
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#6. Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
- April 2023 layoffs: 105,000
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from April 2022: +25,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 1.4% (Rank: #4)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from April 2022: +0.3 percentage points
The transportation, warehousing, and utilities industry encompasses the massive supply chain in the U.S., which experienced unending hiccups and shocks throughout the last several years. Freight shipping companies have laid off staff over the last year, citing difficult economic conditions that have tamped down demand.
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#5. Health care and social assistance
- April 2023 layoffs: 123,000
--- Change from prior month: -34,000
--- Change from April 2022: -5,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.6% (Rank: #13)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: No change
The health care and social assistance sector is experiencing rising demand for its services as Americans continue to get older and live longer on average. The pandemic exhausted health care workers and accelerated the shift from in-hospital care to home care for elderly patients. While medical care costs have risen with inflation, the health care industry is also at a crisis point trying to attract enough new nurses to care for Americans.
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#4. Accommodation and food services
- April 2023 layoffs: 126,000
--- Change from prior month: -56,000
--- Change from April 2022: -3,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 0.9% (Rank: #8)
--- Change from prior month: -0.4 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: -0.1 percentage points
The accommodation and food services industry comprises hotels, motels, full-service restaurants, and fast food chains that employ tens of millions of Americans. These leisure services struggled in the first two years of the pandemic as Americans pulled back on activities that they felt could expose them to COVID-19.
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#3. Retail trade
- April 2023 layoffs: 160,000
--- Change from prior month: +26,000
--- Change from April 2022: +33,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 1.0% (Rank: #6)
--- Change from prior month: +0.1 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: +0.2 percentage points
Retail trade is one of the largest employers in the country and includes employees at companies like Target and Kroger brand grocery stores. Workers in these industries have faced some of the most difficult working conditions as they served customers through the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, companies like Walmart and Nordstrom have announced cuts to their workforces.
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#2. Construction
- April 2023 layoffs: 189,000
--- Change from prior month: -113,000
--- Change from April 2022: +81,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 2.4% (Rank: #2)
--- Change from prior month: -1.4 percentage points
--- Change from April 2022: +1.0 percentage points
The construction industry suffered a crippling pause at the start of the pandemic that resulted in a shock to home inventory. But as the pandemic progressed, so too did new home, multifamily, and commercial construction. With vaccines now widely available, pressure will come from higher interest rates driving down demand for new homes.
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#1. Professional and business services
- April 2023 layoffs: 414,000
--- Change from prior month: -9,000
--- Change from April 2022: +89,000
- April 2023 layoff rate: 1.8% (Rank: #3)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from April 2022: +0.3 percentage points
The professional and business services industry comprises attorneys, marketing, accountants, and other professionals who support businesses in mostly white-collar positions. Many of these positions have been safe over the past three years as demand from consumers remained hot and companies seemingly couldn't find enough workers to fill jobs. But interest-rate hikes and bank failures may spell trouble.
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#18. Federal government (tie)
- May 2023 layoffs: 8,000
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from May 2022: -3,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 0.3% (Rank: #19)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from May 2022: -0.1 percentage points
The federal government represents around 6% of all jobs in the country including the military, the departments of labor, education, and justice, and other federal agencies—as well as the U.S. Postal Service. The size of the federal government's payroll has "significantly" decreased over the last 50 years , according to the nonpartisan Brookings Institution.
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#18. Mining and logging (tie)
- May 2023 layoffs: 8,000
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from May 2022: +3,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 1.2% (Rank: #6)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from May 2022: +0.3 percentage points
The mining and logging industry includes oil and gas workers as well as workers who cut timber and produce wood for residential construction. The logging industry faced an unseasonably warm winter in some parts of the U.S. as well as rising costs, which business leaders have cited as the reason for workforce cuts.
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#17. Real estate and rental and leasing
- May 2023 layoffs: 13,000
--- Change from prior month: -2,000
--- Change from May 2022: -1,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 0.5% (Rank: #15)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: -0.1 percentage points
The real estate industry was among the first to feel the effects of rising interest rates as the Federal Reserve began its attempts to control inflation in 2022. Thousands of real estate agents and brokers have lost their jobs since rates began increasing and inventory has remained squeezed.
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#16. Educational services
- May 2023 layoffs: 20,000
--- Change from prior month: -1,000
--- Change from May 2022: -7,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 0.5% (Rank: #15)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from May 2022: -0.2 percentage points
The nation's educational services industry comprises elementary and secondary school teachers as well college professors and nontraditional educators like online tutors. Colleges have struggled with a decline in overall enrollment since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and some in the industry fear some institutions may downsize .
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#15. Information
- May 2023 layoffs: 35,000
--- Change from prior month: +21,000
--- Change from May 2022: +5,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 1.1% (Rank: #8)
--- Change from prior month: +0.6 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: +0.1 percentage points
The information industry includes those working in media, which took a haircut in 2022 as corporate media outlets cut their head counts, citing uncertainty about the future of the economy. Interest in media, and with it ad dollars, spiked during the Trump administration as Americans tuned into cable news and visited news websites to keep up with two impeachments and near-weekly scandals.
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#13. Finance and insurance (tie)
- May 2023 layoffs: 38,000
--- Change from prior month: +10,000
--- Change from May 2022: -8,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 0.6% (Rank: #12)
--- Change from prior month: +0.2 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: -0.1 percentage points
Finance and insurance companies enjoyed an employment boom in recent years, spurred by the onset of the pandemic. Americans cooped up in their apartments and houses leapt at the chance to secure larger homes for themselves at historically low interest rates. In today's higher interest rate environment, these firms may find themselves poorly equipped to keep all of their workers on payroll. On the other hand, Americans have continued to borrow at surprising rates as inflation eats into their bottom lines.
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#13. Other services (tie)
- May 2023 layoffs: 38,000
--- Change from prior month: -15,000
--- Change from May 2022: -33,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 0.6% (Rank: #12)
--- Change from prior month: -0.3 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: -0.6 percentage points
The so-called "other services" category of American industry includes service-oriented jobs that don't fit neatly into any other category. It includes jobs like equipment repair, religious work, and end-of-life care, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics .
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#12. State and local government education
- May 2023 layoffs: 39,000
--- Change from prior month: +1,000
--- Change from May 2022: +6,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 0.4% (Rank: #18)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from May 2022: +0.1 percentage points
Public school teachers are represented in the state and local government education sector, a field that has struggled to attract and retain teachers over the last decade as public school funding has dried up. Record inflation has made teaching wages close to unlivable in some places as conservative elected officials have slashed public education funding. Public schools may be forced to cut teachers in the event that costs rise to unmanageable levels.
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#11. State and local government, excluding education
- May 2023 layoffs: 47,000
--- Change from prior month: -5,000
--- Change from May 2022: +12,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 0.5% (Rank: #15)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: +0.1 percentage points
State and local governments feared that the U.S. could face a shortfall of tax revenue when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Record federal rescue funds kept Americans spending, however, and put ample money back into some state tax coffers. Other states are just now feeling tax revenues bounce back, leading to proposals to pass the savings on to voters in the form of tax cuts in some places.
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#10. Arts, entertainment, and recreation
- May 2023 layoffs: 51,000
--- Change from prior month: -5,000
--- Change from May 2022: -19,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 2.1% (Rank: #1)
--- Change from prior month: -0.2 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: -1.0 percentage points
The arts and entertainment sector was among the hardest hit in the steep COVID-19 recession of 2020. Public health recommendations meant consumers were extremely wary of businesses like theme parks and airlines, which scaled back or closed operations for a time. The drop-off in demand was particularly difficult for movie theaters as Americans leaned into digital streaming services at home.
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#9. Wholesale trade
- May 2023 layoffs: 56,000
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from May 2022: -8,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 0.9% (Rank: #11)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from May 2022: -0.2 percentage points
Wholesale trade companies are intermediaries that don't necessarily advertise their business to consumers. They operate in the background, buying inventory from manufacturers and reselling it to retailers. An American working in wholesale may be employed by Costco or a medical wholesaler like McKesson.
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#8. Nondurable goods manufacturing
- May 2023 layoffs: 61,000
--- Change from prior month: +3,000
--- Change from May 2022: +11,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 1.2% (Rank: #6)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from May 2022: +0.2 percentage points
The phrase "nondurable goods" is a fancy way of saying any item you can purchase that will go bad if left on a shelf for too long, or will only provide the consumer with a single use before it's gone. These items include food and cleaning products or even cigarettes. Americans working in nondurable goods manufacturing might work for a food processor like Frito-Lay or a makeup brand.
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#7. Durable goods manufacturing
- May 2023 layoffs: 79,000
--- Change from prior month: +17,000
--- Change from May 2022: +30,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 1.0% (Rank: #10)
--- Change from prior month: +0.2 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: +0.4 percentage points
Durable goods include any item you purchase that gets reused over time and does not expire. These can be plastic storage bins, children's toys, and even technology like smartphones. Manufacturing of durable goods saw a boom in the first two years of the pandemic as consumers spent their incomes on the only things they could safely enjoy from their homes. Some of those manufacturers have had to scale back head counts as consumer demand has dropped off in the goods-producing sector and moved into services.
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#6. Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
- May 2023 layoffs: 95,000
--- Change from prior month: -10,000
--- Change from May 2022: +23,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 1.3% (Rank: #4)
--- Change from prior month: -0.1 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: +0.3 percentage points
The transportation, warehousing, and utilities industry encompasses the massive supply chain in the U.S., which experienced unending hiccups and shocks throughout the last several years. Freight shipping companies have laid off staff over the last year, citing difficult economic conditions that have tamped down demand.
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#5. Construction
- May 2023 layoffs: 123,000
--- Change from prior month: -71,000
--- Change from May 2022: +23,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 1.5% (Rank: #3)
--- Change from prior month: -0.9 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: +0.2 percentage points
The construction industry suffered a crippling pause at the start of the pandemic that resulted in a shock to home inventory. But as the pandemic progressed, so too did new home, multifamily, and commercial construction. With vaccines now widely available, pressure will come from higher interest rates driving down demand for new homes.
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#4. Health care and social assistance
- May 2023 layoffs: 128,000
--- Change from prior month: -3,000
--- Change from May 2022: -14,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 0.6% (Rank: #12)
--- Change from prior month: No change
--- Change from May 2022: -0.1 percentage points
The health care and social assistance sector is experiencing rising demand for its services as Americans continue to get older and live longer on average. The pandemic exhausted health care workers and accelerated the shift from in-hospital care to home care for elderly patients. While medical care costs have risen with inflation, the health care industry is also at a crisis point trying to attract enough new nurses to care for Americans.
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#3. Accommodation and food services
- May 2023 layoffs: 155,000
--- Change from prior month: +24,000
--- Change from May 2022: +22,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 1.1% (Rank: #8)
--- Change from prior month: +0.2 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: +0.1 percentage points
The accommodation and food services industry comprises hotels, motels, full-service restaurants, and fast food chains that employ tens of millions of Americans. These leisure services struggled in the first two years of the pandemic as Americans pulled back on activities that they felt could expose them to COVID-19.
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#2. Retail trade
- May 2023 layoffs: 253,000
--- Change from prior month: +87,000
--- Change from May 2022: +119,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 1.6% (Rank: #2)
--- Change from prior month: +0.5 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: +0.7 percentage points
Retail trade is one of the largest employers in the country and includes employees at companies like Target and Kroger brand grocery stores. Workers in these industries have faced some of the most difficult working conditions as they served customers through the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, companies like Walmart and Nordstrom have announced cuts to their workforces.
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#1. Professional and business services
- May 2023 layoffs: 308,000
--- Change from prior month: -86,000
--- Change from May 2022: -89,000
- May 2023 layoff rate: 1.3% (Rank: #4)
--- Change from prior month: -0.4 percentage points
--- Change from May 2022: -0.5 percentage points
The professional and business services industry comprises attorneys, marketing, accountants, and other professionals who support businesses in mostly white-collar positions. Many of these positions have been safe over the past three years as demand from consumers remained hot and companies seemingly couldn't find enough workers to fill jobs. But interest-rate hikes and bank failures may spell trouble.
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SPRING HILL, Fla. — A possible multi-state human trafficking case ended in Florida after a 56-year-old man was arrested following an investigation into a juvenile being forced into a sexual contract, the Hernando County Sheriff said Friday.
Sheriff Nienhuis said the case began back in early July with an underage girl from Charlotte County coming into contact with a young woman on a social media site.
Nienhuis said the juvenile had been in communication with the young woman, but also unknowingly with 56-year-old James Houllis.
The sheriff said Houllis had been controlling the conversation through the young woman. The underage girl eventually agreed to take a more than two-hour Uber ride from her Charlotte County home to come live with Houllis and the young woman in Spring Hill.
Before she went to the house, she was sent a “dominant and submissive agreement” by email that said, in part, that she would “always respond to the sexual needs of the Dominant at any time and any manner that he sees fit.” Deputies said the girl did not read the two-page contract but agreed to abide by it.
Deputies said the young woman, Houllis and the underage girl engaged in sexual activities and at times the young woman and underage girl were forced into these sexual acts.
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of the juvenile after receiving a call from the Charlotte County deputies on July 10 about a missing runaway juvenile who might've been in the area.
When Hernando deputies went to a home located on Pinehurst Drive near Newmark Street, they found the juvenile, the young woman and Houllis. The young woman and Houllis reportedly told deputies that they thought the juvenile was 18. The underage girl was taken to a runaway shelter.
The following day on July 11, deputies arrested Houllis and begin their investigation. They learned that Houllis had come from Colorado with the young woman, but had lived in Miami, Hollywood and Hudson before coming to Spring Hill.
Deputies believe that Houllis prostituted the young woman during their stay in Colorado and that he met her when she was underage. Colorado authorities have also begun an investigation into Houllis, Nienhuis said.
The sheriff said that Houllis has a criminal history in California as well. With Houllis having 56 different residences since the 1980s, the sheriff believes there may be more victims.
"It's hard for me to believe he has only had two victims in the last year or two, especially the fact that he was on a dating site, attempting to get other women involved," Nienhuis said in part. "He was looking for the most vulnerable females in our society to take advantage of them."
Houllis has been charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor, obstructing justice, unlawful use of a two-way communication device contributing to the delinquency of a minor, sexual battery and human trafficking.
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MANHEIM, Pa. — Authorities in Lancaster County are investigating after a suspected hit-and-run driver damaged a historic covered bridge in Penn Township.
The damage was noted by a Northern Lancaster County Regional Police officer patrolling the township's side of the bridge, which spans Chiques Creek.
Police contacted the Lancaster County Bridge Team to assess the extent of the damage. Police had no further updates on how badly the bridge has been damaged or an estimate on the cost of fixing it.
An investigation has so far determined the damage was caused by an auto transport vehicle, police said.
The Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge, also known as the Sporting Hill Bridge, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The single-lane, wooden deck covered bridge has a double Burr arch truss design with steel hanger rods. Made from oak planks, the bridge is painted red -- the traditional color of covered bridges in Lancaster County. It spans Chiques Creek at the border of Rapho and Penn townships, located within a quarter mile of Route 772 and 1.4 miles of Route 72.
Anyone with further information that could help identify the involved vehicle and its allegedly negligent operator is asked to contact the NLCRPD at 717-733-0965 or submit a tip online.
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Autism walk, resource fair Aug. 12 at McKinley National Memorial & Museum in Canton
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CANTON − The Autism Society of Greater Akron will hold A Step Into Autism Walk and Family Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 12 at the McKinley National Memorial and Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Dr.
A walk through the park will be at 11 a.m. Register and create a walk team at https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/Canton/StepIntoAutismCanton.
Funds raised will support the Autism Society of Greater Akron, which provides local programs that support, educate, and advocate for people and families living with autism. Vendors will also be present sharing resources and information for local families.
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Canton Community Drop In Center's Gold Jacket Youth Rally is Aug. 4
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CANTON − The Community Drop In Center, 1492 Cherry Ave. SE, will hold its 10th annual Gold Jacket Youth Rally at noon Aug. 4.
There will be free refreshments and free entertainment, including bounce houses, water slides, games, face painting, music, dancers, a puppet show and Pro Football Hall of Fame Gold Jacket speakers. Bicycles will be given away (must be present to win).
For more information or to donate a bicycle, call the Drop In Center at 330-456-7692.
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2023 Balloon Classic takes flight: Food, fireworks, music and, of course, hot air balloons
- Nearly 50 hot air balloons will take part in the balloon classic.
- The first flight took place Friday morning in North Canton.
- An estimated 130,000 spectators are expected to view the balloon festivities.
JACKSON TWP. – Balloon pilots, passengers and spectators kicked off the Hall of Fame Enshrinement Balloon Classic at the Kent State University at Stark campus early Friday morning.
For the past two years, the media and sponsor flight was canceled due to weather conditions, but this year, things changed.
As the sun rose, balloonists began preparing for lift off. Hot air balloons slowly launched into the air, soaring above Stark County.
Nearly 50 hot air balloons are registered to take part in this year’s Balloon Classic, which is organized by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Aultman. The festivities began Friday and will continue until Sunday morning.
An estimated 130,000 spectators will view the balloon activities over the weekend as they enjoy food, fireworks, music and other activities.
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Prepare for lift off at the Balloon Classic
Pilots from across the country gathered to fly at the 38th annual festival.
Balloonists traveled from Michigan, West Virginia, North Carolina, Iowa, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Kentucky to share their love of hot air balloons.
The launch zone was located at an open field on the Kent State Stark campus, surrounded by food trucks and sponsor tents.
Balloonists began preparing for flight by unloading balloon parts from the backs of trucks and vans. Baskets were unpacked and quickly attached to “envelopes,” the colorful fabric of the balloons.
Electric fans filled the balloons with air, inflating them to size. Flames from the propane-fueled burners began lifting the weight off the ground.
'Wings Over Wicker' crew takes flight
Luke Russell's "Wings Over Wicker" balloon was blue, decorated with images of a skyline, airplane and cloud.
The Chagrin Falls local had a small but mighty crew to help him lift off: his 63-year-old mother, Marie Russell, and 74-year-old father, Steve Russell.
As it turns out, for the Russells, ballooning is somewhat of a family tradition.
"I've always had a fascination with flying," said Luke Russell, an aircraft mechanic. "It helped that my parents were doing it when I was young."
Steve Russell became a licensed pilot in 1994. He taught Marie how to fly in 1998 and eventually, she taught her son. Luke Russell learned how to operate a hot air balloon when he was just 14 years old.
The now 33-year-old Luke Russell owns multiple hot air balloons, but he said "Wings Over Wicker" is his favorite. He was happy to fly it and kick off the Balloon Classic.
The balloon took flight at approximately 7:35 a.m. and headed northeast.
Steve and Marie Russell quickly loaded into their van. Using a GPS tracker, they followed the balloon as it made its way over North Canton.
Russell maintained the height of the balloon by using heat. To fly at a higher altitude, he released flames from the burner, warming up the balloon. Once the balloon cooled down, it slowly dropped.
"Wings Over Wicker" traveled past The Strip, Price Park and Hoover High School before landing in a small field off Mount Pleasant Road.
Within 10 minutes of landing, a white van arrived on the scene. It was Marie and Steve Russell, ready to recover the hot air balloon.
They deflated the balloon, neatly folded up the envelope and began loading the van. The envelope was stored in the back, while the basket was strapped onto a lift outside the vehicle.
The wind and the weather
The perfect weather conditions are clear skies and a slight breeze.
Luke Russell said the ideal wind speed is 5 to 10 mph. Hot air balloons move with the wind, so no wind means no movement and too much wind makes a balloon difficult to control.
When flying, Luke Russell tries to stay 100 miles from a storm to prevent large gusts from impacting travel.
While the Russells and many other pilots are eager for more flights this weekend, their ability to take off depends on the wind and the weather.
"We are all itching to fly," said Luke Russell.
Contact Abreanna Blose by email at ablose@gannett.com or by phone at 330-580-8513.
What you need to know about the 2023 Balloon Classic
For the 2023 Balloon Classic, admission is free, but parking is $10. Organizers advise attendees to allow extra travel time due to road construction at The Strip.
Here is a schedule of events:
Friday, July 28
- 4 p.m.: Food and vendors open
- 4 to 10 p.m.: Target drop, balloon education area, children’s inflatables area, skydivers, Budweiser Clydesdales appearance (full hitch before balloon launch)
- 6 to 6:30 p.m.: Balloon launch (if weather permits)
- 6:30 p.m.: Live music: Pop Fiction
- 6:30 to 9 p.m.: Tethered balloon rides
- 8:30 p.m.: Live music: New Wave Nation
- 9 p.m.: The Night Glow
Saturday, July 29
- 6:30 to 7:30 a.m.: Balloon launch (if weather permits)
- 8:00 a.m.: Up, Up & Away 5K
- 3 p.m.: Lift off Kick off: Music, DJ, games, giveaways, food vendors, beer sales
- 4 to 10 p.m.: Target drop, balloon education area, children’s inflatables area, skydivers, Budweiser Clydesdales appearance (full hitch before balloon launch)
- 6 to 6:30 p.m.: Balloon launch (if weather permits)
- 6:30 p.m.: Live music: Chris Kraft
- 6:30 to 9 p.m.: Tethered balloon rides
- 8:30 p.m.: Live music: Kolby Oakley
- 10 p.m.: Fireworks
Sunday, July 30
- 6:30 to 7:30 a.m.: Balloon launch and target drop (if weather permits)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Expect delays near Highway 50 and the Interstate 5 interchange as crews address the aftermath of a big rig fire in the area.
The Sacramento Fire Department said a semi-truck full of pallets was on fire with the trailer well involved. According to Caltrans, the the vehicle fire was along Highway 50, just east of the Interstate 5 interchange.
Interstate 5 northbound and southbound to Highway 50 eastbound were temporarily closed but have since been reopened. All lanes of Highway 50 eastbound, west of 15th Street, were temporarily shut down due to the fire, but Caltrans has since reopened two lanes. Lanes #3-#6 are expected to stay closed for around 4 hours.
People are urged to avoid the area.
Sacramento Fire Chief Chris Costamagna said the fire started around 8 a.m. after the driver's tires heated up, burst and caught fire. The fire then spread to the trailer.
Costamagna said crews are expected to be on scene for hours due to the fire. He said people should expect at least a couple of hours of really bad traffic on eastbound Highway 50.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif — A man died after being hit by a car that was leaving Highway 99 in Sacramento.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened as a 2001 Honda was taking the westbound Mack Road off-ramp, just before 3 a.m. Friday.
Police said a man ran in front of the car as it was taking the off-ramp and hit the right side of the car, breaking the windshield and right-side mirror.
The driver called 911, but authorities ultimately pronounced the man dead at the scene.
No identification was found for the man, who is currently listed as a John Doe.
Police said the driver is cooperating with investigators and that drugs and alcohol were not factors in the crash.
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TRACY, Calif. — The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $7.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to go toward the completion of Tracy’s Temporary Emergency Housing Facility.
The City of Tracy said this investment is part of its efforts to provide housing and supportive services to those experiencing homelessness.
These funds are in addition to the Board allocating nearly $3.7 million in ARPA funds for the development and construction costs of the facility in July 2021.
“At the County, we continue to stand in support of our local government jurisdictions’ and organizations’ efforts to address homelessness,” said Robert Rickman, chair of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors.
The housing facility will be located at 370 W. Arbor Avenue providing over 100 beds for unsheltered individuals.
It will also accommodate partners, pets and possessions. Case management and supportive services will be provided.
In August 2022, Tracy City Council implemented interim housing until the opening of the Temporary Emergency Housing Facility. Five modular buildings were placed at the site as construction continues for the shelter. Guests and their pets are currently using the interim housing.
“I am proud that what started many years ago as a grassroots effort to help our most vulnerable in Tracy has brought us here today – 48 unsheltered individuals now have shelter and access to the resources they need,” said Mayor Nancy Young.
The shelter is expected to be completed in four phases and will have congregate housing, single-person dorms and individual module units.
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BLOOMINGTON — Police responded to a crash involving two vehicles Thursday night in east Bloomington.
Bloomington Police Department spokesperson Officer Bryce Janssen said officers were dispatched to the intersection of Airport Road and Lisa Drive at around 10:15 p.m. for reports of a collision involving two cars.
Janssen said one of the drivers sustained minor injuries to the face and hip and was transported to a local hospital.
No other information was available Friday.
A submerged vehicle is pulled from the water in Towanda's Boyd Wesley Park on Monday, May 15.
Photos: 27th annual Glorious Garden Festival takes root in Bloomington-Normal
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Dan Anderson admires some of his succulents, bedded in a repurposed papasan chair, in the tropical garden that he built on his property in Normal. Anderson's garden is featured in the 2023 Glorious Garden Festival.
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Tropical flowers in Dan Anderson's garden in Normal. Anderson is featured in the 2023 Glorious Garden Festival.
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Cactuses in Dan Anderson's tropical garden in Normal. Anderson is featured in the 2023 Glorious Garden Festival.
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Dan Anderson's garden shed in Normal. Anderson's garden is featured in the 2023 Glorious Garden Festival.
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A climbing onion, sequestered to a pot hanging from a tree, in Dan Anderson's tropical garden at his property in Normal. Anderson's garden is featured in the 2023 Glorious Garden Festival.
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Dan Anderson decided to plant a tropical garden in his backyard in Normal, despite the fact that he has to move the majority of his plants indoors for the winter. This is the plumeria plant that is his centerpiece for this year's Glorious Garden Festival.
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Hannah Wright of Bloomington checks out a hollyhock flowering plant on Friday in Sarah's Garden at the David Davis Mansion, 1000 Monroe Drive. The 27th annual Glorious Garden Festival continues from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, featuring garden-inspired art, plants and treasures on the mansion lawn, as well as tours of several offsite gardens. There is no cost to visit the mansion lawn, but tickets for the offsite tours will be available for purchase.
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As part of the Glorious Garden Festival, the Bloomington Public Library has provided a "StoryWalk" depicting "The Honeybee" by Kirsten Hall and Isabelle Arsenault.
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BLOOMINGTON — McLean County prosecutors have upgraded theft and battery charges against a man accused of taking merchandise and striking a person outside a Bloomington grocery store.
Parrish D. Phillips, 61, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing before Judge Scott Black on charges of felony retail theft, battery and burglary.
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According to charging documents, the Bloomington man is accused of hitting and pushing a person June 27 in the parking lot of Hy-Vee, 1403 N. Veterans Parkway in Bloomington. Prosecutors also say he took bottles of alcohol from the store.
Phillips is charged with burglary, a Class 2 felony; aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony; and retail theft, a Class 4 felony. He is also charged with two counts of misdemeanor battery and retail theft.
The State's Attorney's Office initially filed misdemeanor charges July 3 on this matter, and court records state Phillips failed to appear for a July 18 arraignment hearing on those charges.
Black set his bond at $10,000, with 10% apply for release. An arraignment hearing on the new felony matter was scheduled for Friday; his next scheduled appearance was not immediately available.
Newly released federal data indicates that alcohol consumption in the US has increased during the pandemic, with the number of deaths caused by alcohol rising by more than 45%. Between 2018 and 2021, alcohol was the primary cause of death for over 54,000 Americans, causing nearly 17,000 more deaths than just a few years before, in 2018. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism attributes the increase to the stress and isolation brought about by the pandemic, alongside factors including stagnant alcohol taxes, increased marketing to women, and social despair leading to mental health and addiction crises. Apparent consumption of alcohol in the US increased by 6.6% between 2018 and 2021, reaching an average of about 2.8 gallons per person annually.
17 unusual alcohol laws that could get you busted across the world
17 unusual alcohol laws that could get you busted across the world
It's been 90 years since Prohibition was repealed in the United States with the passing of the 21st Amendment in 1933. But even though the law that outlawed alcohol manufacture and sales was ultimately repealed, that doesn't mean the U.S. became a free-for-all when it came to liquor distribution and consumption.
In fact, after the national ban was lifted, each state had its own approach to legalizing the hard stuff—and as a result, there are still lots of laws to keep boozehounds in check throughout the nation.
CheapInsurance.com reviewed legislative statutes of U.S. state liquor laws and scoured news stories from around the world to find some of the weirdest laws related to alcohol that are still enforced today. Some hark back to a more puritanical time of temperance and morality, while others boil down to a public safety issue. Still, others are a bit more baffling and may leave you scratching your head wondering, "Why?"
Read on to learn about 17 of the most unusual reasons you could get nabbed for violating an alcohol law in the United States or around the globe.
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Nudes and booze are a no-no, New York City
Although New York City is known for its nightlife (and its 4 a.m. last call), there's one aspect of its entertainment offerings that restricts alcohol entirely: all-nude strip clubs. Gentlemen's clubs that feature exotic dancers who bare it all aren't eligible for liquor or beer and wine licenses —so selling a bottle of bubbly at one of these clubs could get a proprietor busted.
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Keep the booze away from the communion wine, New York State
In New York, the State Liquor Authority restricts the sale of whiskey, vodka, and other types of liquors within 200 feet of—or even on the same street as—any place of worship. It's called the "200 Foot Law," and it applies to both restaurants and "taverns" (or bars with pub food). Although these establishments can't qualify for a liquor license, they can legally sell beer and wine within close proximity to a church, synagogue, or even a school.
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No hooch on a horse, California
Throughout California, even adults of legal drinking age can't enjoy an adult beverage while galloping down the street. That would be in violation of the state's open container law because horses are considered vehicles under the state vehicle code—which also means you could get busted for a DUI if you're found drunk while behind the reins. And that's not all—you could also get charged with animal cruelty if the horse gets hurt in a drunk-riding accident.
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Perpetual Prohibition, Kansas
The other dry state in the U.S. is Kansas , which never voted to ratify the 21st Amendment in 1933. That means the state never repealed Prohibition—aka the 18th Amendment, which prohibited making, selling, or transporting alcoholic drinks beginning in 1919 (although you could consume them legally). Like Tennessee, the default is "dry," which means serving and selling alcohol is officially outlawed—but individual counties that have approved a 1986 amendment to the state constitution are now allowed to sell and serve adult beverages.
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Mommy-and-me martinis, Ohio
While the state of Ohio does stick to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 , which makes it illegal to purchase or be in possession of alcoholic beverages on your own under the age of 21, there's an interesting exception to the rule. Under-agers can imbibe in public when accompanied by a parent or legal guardian who is "of age" and who provides the drink. They'll just get busted if they try to order for themselves.
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No tippling till the polls close, Alaska
In 2014, South Carolina became the last U.S. state to stop following a pre-Prohibition law that banned alcohol sales on Election Day. But that doesn't mean that every state in the country allows its citizens to booze it up before casting their ballot. In Alaska, a law is still on the books that prohibits the serving or sale of alcoholic beverages until the polls close, which is usually 8 p.m. It's only then that the bars can open—unless it's in a city that's adopted an ordinance that states otherwise.
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Sober for Santa, Allegany County, New York
In Allegany County, a southernmost county of New York adjacent to Pennsylvania, an odd law keeps its fine citizens sober for the coming of Santa Claus. Although grocery and convenience stores can normally sell alcohol until 1 a.m. on weekdays and weekends—and restaurants, bars, and taverns can all serve alcoholic drinks for on-site consumption until 2 a.m.—Christmas Eve is a different story, with an early closing time of 10 p.m. for both .
Any retailer or venue in violation of this deadline could get busted. Still, drinkers have another option: liquor and wine stores, which are exempt for some reason and can stay open at regular hours on the night before Christmas (which means until midnight on weekdays and until 9 p.m. on Sundays).
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Happy hour hindrance, Massachusetts
The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission of Massachusetts has a host of rules under what it calls its "Happy Hour Regulation"—which, as the name suggests, restricts the sale of discounted drinks during certain hours of the day (aka "time-limited drink specials "). In fact, the prices for alcoholic beverages must remain constant for the entirety of a calendar week . That same law , first enacted in 1984 as part of a campaign against DUIs , could get a bar or restaurant busted for selling an entire pitcher of beer or an entire bottle of wine to just one person, too—no matter what time of day or day of the week.
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Straw-sipping at the daiquiri drive-thru, Louisiana
Most U.S. states have laws on the books about not driving while under the influence of alcohol—and not drinking while driving. But in Louisiana, there's a workaround to the "open container" law that's allowed patrons to purchase daiquiris at the drive-thru since 1981: They have to be frozen, and they have to be covered by a lid that's not been pierced by a straw. You could get busted, however, if you try to drink your spirited slushy through that little hole in the top, as none of the contents can be removed from the cup while you're in the car.
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Cold beer crime, Indiana
It's a Class B misdemeanor in Indiana for convenience stores, grocery stores, and drug stores (all considered "beer dealers") to sell beer that's been chilled in any way—a relic from the post-Prohibition "blue laws " that attempted to instill a sense of moderation in those who partake in adult beverages. (Theoretically, selling the beer at room temperature would keep the customer from cracking it open right away and maybe even finishing it on the ride home.)
That makes Indiana the only U.S. state to restrict alcohol sales based on its temperature. Want a cold brewski without getting busted? Head to an Indiana liquor store (where cold carryout is legal) or a local brewery, which can sell its own beer at a drinkable temperature.
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Banned bottomless brunch, Oklahoma
Establishments in Oklahoma are banned from offering alcoholic beverages that are available in truly unlimited quantities —aka "bottomless"—for a single fixed price. Likewise, they can't give away drinks or host BOGO (buy-one-get-one) deals. However, the sky's the limit in terms of the number of drinks that a restaurant or bar can sell to a patron who's paying per serving—that is until they become intoxicated (at which point they can't be served and must leave the premises).
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Wasted while at home, Utah
According to the Utah Department of Public Safety , it's not just public drunkenness that's illegal—you could also get busted for being intoxicated in private, where you might "unreasonably" disturb somebody else. That means it's actually against the law to "get drunk" anywhere in the entire state of Utah—even at home, where you could be charged with a Class C misdemeanor if caught! The definition of "under the influence" is the strictest in the country, too: The blood alcohol content limit for a DUI is just .05% , compared to .08% in all other 49 states and the District of Columbia.
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Hands off the barkeep, Nebraska
Nebraska's Liquor Control Commission explicitly forbids physical touching between customers and staffers at its licensed establishments. In fact, Section 019.01F1 of its Rules and Regulations specifically mentions "any kissing, or any touching of the breast, buttock, or genital areas." The state liquor law therefore forbids consummating your crush on the bartender—or making any sexual contact with dancers at strip clubs .
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Don't bring your cows home drunk, United Kingdom
The United Kingdom's Licensing Act of 1872 —much of which is currently enforced—prohibits being in charge of a cow while drunk . So, if you're planning on getting loaded, make sure you're done driving your cattle before you head to your local pub.
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Whipped for wine consumption, Saudi Arabia
The experts at Fodor's Travel advise that manufacturing, selling, consuming, or even just having alcohol in your possession is an offense punishable by flogging in Saudi Arabia. In fact, according to Amnesty International , flogging is a mandatory punishment for anyone the Saudi religious police force catches drinking alcohol—or even using cooking wine —as it's in violation of Shariah, or Islamic law, to which the kingdom strictly adheres.
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Keep your beer unadulterated, Germany
A "beer purity law" has strictly regulated the ingredients that go into German beer for over 500 years (and counting). It's called "Reinheitsgebot," and it was issued in 1516 to ban using wheat to make beer so its supply could be reserved for bread-making. But the added benefit was that it also protected consumers by preventing brewers from contaminating their lagers with anything nefarious (like hallucinogens) beyond the basic ingredients of water, hops, malted grains, and, as of 1906 , yeast.
Today, the German Brewers Association still uses it as a guideline for making heritage-style beers. But unlike in the 16th century, you won't get your beer confiscated if you don't follow the law to a T.
This story originally appeared on CheapInsurance.com and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.
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BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington teen reported missing last month has been found.
The Bloomington Police Department said Friday that Paiton Van, 16, was located on Thursday.
Van had been reported missing June 25 after an argument with family, and was thought to have run away from home, BPD said in an earlier statement.
If you or someone you know is thinking about running away, please call Project Oz at 309-827-0377 to speak with a crisis counselor about alternatives.
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BLOOMINGTON — The McLean County Fair announced a change in carnival hours for Friday due to a local heat advisory.
The carnival rides will now run from 5 to 11 p.m. instead of starting at 1 p.m.
Weekend carnival rides will still run from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday.
All other Friday activities at the fair will start at their regularly scheduled times. Gates still opened at 7 a.m. and livestock exhibits opened at 8 a.m. Vendors opened at 10 a.m.
The YaBud Music Fest will still begin at 6:45 p.m. Friday.
"Merchant Day" discount coupons for Friday will still be honored this evening, which includes the free admission coupon for 6- to 12-year-olds and a $5 discount for the ride special.
The fair has several air-conditioned buildings that can be accessed each day until 9 p.m.
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BLOOMINGTON — The Bistro's fifth annual Pridefest will be held from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday in downtown Bloomington to celebrate 30 years of pride.
The family-friendly event will feature food, music, performances and several vendors around the museum square.
Staff from the McLean County Museum of History will have a booth on Jefferson Street to collect for their LGBTQIA+ collection. There will also be activities for all ages to express their pride.
Shuga Beatz will perform at 4 p.m., Pride Idol will take place from 6 to 7 p.m., and an outdoor drag show will take place from 7 to 10 p.m.
The museum will be lit up with rainbow colors throughout the weekend in honor of the event.
Outdoor events are free and open to all ages.
Volunteers are still needed for the event. For more information, email bistrobloomington@gmail.com .
Jan Lancaster, owner of The Bistro in downtown Bloomington, discusses the importance of creating a safe space for members of the LGBTQ community to gather.
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For the Longs, golf was a bond to each other and the community
The renamed Mike Long Youth Benefit Golf Tournament is Sept. 16 at Lebanon's Mallard Creek Golf Course and RV Resort.
Mike Long was in the hospital earlier this year, in and out of consciousness for about two weeks, in the late stages of leukemia.
When he was conscious, Long did what he was best at — talking up the golf tournament he and his wife, Jan, founded two decades ago.
"He was trying to get people to donate to the tournament," Jan Long said.
Mike Long died March 7. He was 86.
The tournament has been renamed the Mike Long Youth Benefit Golf Tournament. But the mission to raise money to provide grants and scholarships to students living in the Santiam Canyon remains the same.
"It's still hard, but he was really, really wonderful," Jan Long said. "He really was. He was my best friend. We were married 40 years, and we never once said a swear word to each other in all that time."
From different backgrounds
Mike Long was born in Oregon City and graduated from West Linn High School and Oregon State University. He was in the Air Force as a medic before working for the U.S. Census Bureau.
Jan Long was born and raised in St. Paul, Minn. She also worked for the U.S. Census Bureau, which is where she first met Mike by phone.
She was a single mother of four when she was transferred to the Los Angeles census office. While watching golf on TV with a relative, she asked if they would take her golfing. At 40, she had never played the game.
They played nine holes not long after, and she liked it so much that they played another nine that day. She lived on a budget and had little disposable income. But she had found her passion.
"But my two younger boys, they went with me and two or three of us went over to a little tiny old par 3 every other week when I got paid," Jan said.
Mike took a job at the L.A. office in 1971, but it would be eight years until they went on their first date.
"I had been married before and so had he," Jan said. "We both had such terrible marriages, I think that's why our second marriage was so good."
Though they had been friends and both loved golf, they didn't play golf together until they started dating. Golf was a bond between them.
"We got married in 1982," Jan said. "We left the chapel ... went to the hotel, changed clothes, went right out on the golf course."
Jan and Mike were nearly inseparable. Mike didn't have children from his first marriage and quickly became part of the lives of Jan's children and grandchildren.
In 1984, grandson Richard Ballard came to live with the Longs. So, of course, he had to learn how to play golf.
Richard competed in the same youth golf circuit as Tiger Woods.
In the finals of the 1987 Southern California father-son-tournament, Mike and Richard placed second to Earl and Tiger Woods.
Starting the benefit golf tournament
The Longs started a business, Western Economic Research, and decided they could live anywhere. In 1993, they moved to Mill City to be closer to Long's brother, George.
They got involved in the community, and Mike became a city councilor for about a decade and president of the North Santiam Chamber of Commerce for years. He and Jan were among the founders of the Canyon Senior Center.
And they played golf together nearly every day. They normally played Elkhorn Valley Golf Course in Lyons.
"It was natural up there, and we had the best time," Jan said. "Truthfully, we went up seven days a week. We played 27 to 36 holes every single day."
But Jan wanted to do something for youth and had seen that area teenagers didn't have much to do. Mike said he wanted to start a golf tournament to benefit youth.
The first year, in 2000, about 100 people played in the Youth Benefit Golf Tournament at Elkhorn Valley.
“It really helped, too, that we were at Elkhorn Valley at the time because a lot of people loved that course and that was kind of their main reason for signing up at the tournament, just to play out there,” said Jan's son, Jeff Ballard.
They cleared about $500 and gave out two scholarships to high schools students that year.
But Mike wanted to do more. So he sold sponsorships and got recruited more people to play. He would hit up any business he though might sponsor the tournament.
Many did, including Santiam Hospital and Freres Lumber.
Pretty soon, the tournament was thriving. In a few years, the maximum 144 people participated.
"And that's just it, you do not have to be an ace golfer by any means," said Sandy Lyess, the current chamber president. "It is such a day of fun, absolutely."
To date, the tournament has raised nearly $350,000. The money has gone to fund college scholarships for high school students from Idanha to Stayton. It also funds grants to community organizations that involve youth such as libraries.
This year's charity event
In recent years, the Longs played less golf. They accomplished a lot — like the day in 2010 when they both hit a hole-in-one on hole No. 12 at Elkhorn Valley — and never lost their love for the game. Or their love for the tournament.
The 2023 Mike Long Youth Benefit Golf Tournament will be held Sept. 16 at Mallard Creek Golf Course in Lebanon.
The tournament will include a 4-person scramble with a cart. The format is a shotgun start beginning at 8:30 am. For more information, go to ybgolf.com/
Bill Poehler covers Marion and Polk County for the Statesman Journal. Contact him at bpoehler@StatesmanJournal.com
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What's that going on around the Gold Man at the Oregon State Capitol?
Location: 900 Court St. NE
Description: Crews have started installing scaffolding around the Oregon State Capitol to prep the dome for seismic updates — the latest project in a series of major construction upgrades at the building.
The scaffolding will gradually go up over the next month and will remain in place for a year.
The construction will be some of the more visible work of the multi-year Capitol Accessibility, Maintenance and Safety project. Different phases of the plan will address deficiencies with the Americans with Disabilities Act, improve at-risk mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and address seismic safety concerns.
Much of the work has been done behind the fences and inside the building.
The Legislature approved the $59.9 million first phase of the project in 2016 and it was completed in late 2019. It approved the $70.8 million second phase in 2020.
Phase three of the project was approved by the Legislature in 2022 and will concentrate on the 1938 portion of the Capitol. Total funding for phase three is $375 million.
Project director Jodie Jones said the work on the dome will consist of replacing the observation deck tile, upgrading the anchors that hold the iconic Oregon Pioneer in place, adding shotcrete — a strong vertical concrete — to reinforce the walls and adding 22 new vertical trusses to the drum, or "cake piece."
While base isolation and improvements on the lower level of the building are designed to handle an earthquake by moving with the ground, retrofits on the rotunda dome and Oregon Pioneer are designed to make those portions more rigid and hardy.
"The portion above we want to stiffen so it doesn't fall inward or fall outward," Jones said.
Work was done on the rotunda in 1994 after an earthquake the previous year. Jones said the passage of time, paired with advances in seismic technology, meant the building was due for a safety upgrade.
"It's one more step to ensure that our Capitol building is safe and accessible," she said.
The crane passersby may spot will help take out materials in lieu of risking damage by going through the interior of the building.
Jones said the Oregon Pioneer, known to many as the Gold Man, will remain lit throughout the project. The sculpture went dark briefly in summer 2022 due to the construction, but crews quickly found a way to light the 23-foot-tall, bronze sculpture with gold leaf finish, which was first installed on top of the Capitol in 1938.
Major construction work will continue at the Capitol until the end of 2025.
Source: Capitol Accessibility, Maintenance and Safety Project
Is there something under construction you'd like to tell us about or find out more about? Contact reporter Whitney Woodworth at wmwoodworth@statesmanjournal.com
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For Sarah Pentecost, 29, Richmond’s Manchester neighborhood provides the kind of lifestyle she enjoys — walkability and bikeability.
She lives with her boyfriend and their dogs in an apartment minutes from restaurants and shops, along with parks and nature trails. Downtown Richmond is across one of a handful of bridges over the James River. However, when it’s time for grocery shopping, Pentecost relies on her boyfriend’s car — a vessel they try to limit using — because aside from a few bodegas there are no grocery stores nearby.
“I chose this lifestyle,” she said of living as car-free as possible. “But not everyone is privileged to have someone drive them when they need it.”
Manchester is one of several neighborhoods in Richmond’s South Side where residents have to drive about 10 to 15 minutes in most directions to reach a grocery store. And for those without a car, the trip by bus or bike can take even longer.
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“It can be a challenge for people to carry a lot of things on a bus or if they have to switch buses or walk a mile or so past their bus stop with their groceries,” Pentecost said.
Manchester is one of South Side’s rapidly growing neighborhoods — its development attracted Pentecost to the area.
What was once largely industrial real estate has been transformed into loft apartments. Breweries and restaurants are scattered around, and a bevy of homes sprawls from Manchester into the Blackwell, Oak Grove and Swansboro neighborhoods.
Many of the neighborhoods south of the James River have been historically Black due to restrictive zoning and racial covenants on what properties could be sold in years past. Several South Side neighborhoods were also previously redlined.
This means that when mapping Richmond in the 1930s for part of a Depression-era program to revive the nation’s housing market, appraisers lined Black-populated neighborhoods in red and deemed them “hazardous” areas for home loans. The process further deepened inequalities among Richmond’s neighborhoods.
Where low density had also once been an argument against attracting a grocer to South Side neighborhoods, residents and officials think the argument is moot amid Manchester’s growth.
Recent census data shows that the population tripled in Manchester in the past decade.
“I understand the social issues in this country. People didn’t always want to do things that would benefit us,” said area resident Pam Williams, who is Black.
She moved to the area with her husband and sons over a decade ago and has watched Manchester grow.
“There’s diversity of income levels and people and density,” she said. “They can’t say that anymore. This neighborhood is in bloom.”
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City Council president Michael Jones, who represents Richmond's 9th District, thinks it won't be much longer before Manchester gets a grocery store.
“Manchester, they’re gonna get one sooner because of who's moving in there. Other areas … I’ll have hair first,” said Jones, who is bald. “I'm talking about a full, robust Afro before other areas do.”
Manchester’s racial demographic is 45% white residents, followed by 34% Black residents, and then other ethnicities. Much of the population is composed of adults 25 years or older with at least a bachelor’s degree and an annual income per capita of $50,000, according to census data. Over 90% of the residents are considered non-family households, meaning they live alone or with roommates. In other words, most of the neighborhood is composed of young professionals.
Neighborhoods south of Manchester are majority Black, with a range of family and non-family households. Per-capita income drops below what Manchester’s residents earn.
Hamilton Lombard, a demographer at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center, said Manchester is “relatively affluent compared to some nearby neighborhoods where the income per capita is less than half or a third its level — but not nearly as affluent as neighborhoods in western Richmond.”
A 15-minute drive westward along Forest Hill Avenue reveals several shopping centers with grocery stores. Venture north of the James River around Carytown, and there are three grocery stores within a block of each other.
"If you're a family in the Fan or even near West End, you get your pick of the litter," said Robert Kelley, a business professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. "It's all a 5-minute drive from where you live, and a lot of them are walkable."
Back on the South Side, there are bodegas, small markets or dollar stores — all of which technically sell food, but Williams said that’s not good enough.
“Sure, the dollar stores are selling some food items, but it’s not fresh produce or meat. It’s just not the same,” Williams explained.
Nationwide, Dollar General has been on a push to offer produce options in stores with a goal of hitting 5,000 stores by 2024. None of the locations with produce are currently within Richmond's city limits.
If a grocery store does set up shop in or near Manchester, it could serve as a closer destination to other South Side neighborhoods as well.
Kelley said suburban grocery stores typically attract families, which contributes to more sales. A store in Manchester would need to balance the young professional crowd while drawing in families in surrounding areas.
He added that it's a "20-year bet" when companies are deciding where to invest in a store.
Manchester and nearby neighborhoods have work to do to attract a grocer, 1st District City Council member Andreas Addison said. His district is north of the river in Richmond’s West End.
“We've got to work on building up some density,” Addison said.
He added that the city government can help through zoning changes to encourage more development.
It’s why he said he supports rezoning areas along Hull Street, Richmond Highway and parts of Midlothian Turnpike to support mixed-income developments and increased density.
A focus on density, enhanced transit, and mixed-income housing developments along those corridors will “really help drive the ability of attracting not just a grocer,” but other needs as well, like health services and more business growth in the area, Addison said.
A report released this summer through the city’s Office of Equitable Transit and Mobility indicated various transportation needs around Richmond.
It's a common issue in several South Side neighborhoods - infrequent and unreliable bus service, insufficient bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and “disconnected travel nodes,” the report said. The report also noted safety concerns along several corridors where severe accidents have occurred.
Community feedback included in the report also indicated desire for Pulse rapid transit bus lines or increased frequency of existing bus routes.
In fact, GRTC is exploring the possibility of a north-south Pulse bus line to enhance public transportation in the area and region, with the line potentially crossing the James River by using the Route 1 Bridge, the Manchester Bridge, or the Mayo Bridge — all of which cut through or near the Manchester neighborhood.
Addison points to the Pulse rapid transit line on Broad Street that runs from East Richmond westward into Henrico County as an example of success that can be replicated on the South Side. Residential and commercial real estate has continued to thrive along the Pulse line north of the James River, and he’s eager to see how a new Pulse line could build connections in South Side.
As GRTC is planning bus line expansions into Richmond suburbs, it’s also considering a microtransit program where riders can request on-demand shared rides to and from existing bus stops or certain activity centers.
Recent surveys open to residents and conducted by the city indicate support for revitalization of the corridor along the Richmond Highway, pedestrian safety improvements in areas where more people walk, improved sidewalks, shelters at bus stops and a north-south rapid transit bus route.
‘Activity breeds activity’
Tucked between Hull and Bainbridge streets lies the shell of two grocery stores. A parcel on the addresses 2005 Hull St. and 2000 Bainbridge St. was a Siegel’s Grocery Store from the 1950s to the early 1990s, when it became a Community Pride location. Spearheaded by entrepreneur Johnny Johnson, the local grocery chain sought to close gaps in food access around Richmond and Johnson garnered national attention. By the early 2000s, Johnson closed his stores amid financial issues.
The building was acquired by former Live Well Financial CEO Michael Hild and his wife Laura in 2017. Though they began work renovating the old building, they hadn’t decided what to repurpose it into before Hild was sentenced to 44 months in prison in a bond fraud scheme. The semi-restored building sits vacant.
A more recent attempt at bringing a grocery store to the area also remains a question mark, but the property’s owner is hopeful even as he’s putting it on the market.
Brent Graves, principal at construction company Conquest Moncure & Dunn, Inc., has courted a few national chains for a parcel he owns at 201 W. Commerce Road. He said he always thought the site would be ripe for a grocery store.
“Activity breeds activity,” Graves said,
He recently put the 1-acre parcel in Manchester up for sale. Prior to that, he said he’d connected with a few national chains that ultimately didn’t work out, such as Lidl, Publix, and Trader Joe’s.
Divaris Real Estate had been Graves’ contact when attempting to attract the Trader Joe’s. CEO of the company Gerald Divaris explained that “there’s no one size fits all” for clients when considering where to set up shop.
He noted how, like Manchester, Richmond’s Scott’s Addition neighborhood used to be largely industrial. What was once primarily warehouses has been converted into loft apartments, breweries, restaurants and office space. Residents in Scott’s Addition don’t have to travel too far to get to an Aldi and a Whole Foods that have popped up in recent years along Broad Street.
Divaris explained that in neighborhoods where there is less commercial real estate or fewer offices nearby, people who live there may work elsewhere. This contributes to shopping habits.
“Sometimes a community is in a transitory phase and the people who are living there are working somewhere else so their shopping patterns are different. They tend to buy depending on the hours they work and near where they work as opposed to where they live,” Divaris said.
Across the river in Richmond's East End, a locally operated grocery store is working to attract a wide range of customers in a transitory area — which previously lacked a grocery store. Since its 2019 opening, the Market @ 25th has balanced clearing enough of a profit margin to stay open with meeting the needs of its low-income clients.
Chief Operating Officer Jae Scott noted that the shopping patterns are different for those customers because their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are available at the first of each month. That's when about half of the store's customers come through.
Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood contains an array of apartments and homes and a cluster of Richmond's public housing courts are also nearby. The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority has ongoing work to transform public housing units into mixed-income developments and a new program could help public housing residents around the city become homeowners. And — as in Manchester and Scott's Addition - more people are moving into the area.
The store's pricing and staffing has fluctuated over the years as it has established itself in the community. While all customers can benefit from seasonal price freezes on some produce items, customers with SNAP benefits are also eligible for discounts on produce items.
"Our margins are as low as we can make them but we're still nowhere near being hugely profitable," said Steve Markel, who, with his wife, Kathie, financially backed the mixed-use development that houses the store, a culinary school operated by J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, office and retail space, as well as apartments.
Where national grocery chains have been hesitant to enter areas like the East End and South Side, developments like The Market @ 25th can serve existing and future residents, said Markel, chairman of the board of Markel Group.
Back on the South Side, Graves has envisioned his Commerce Road property as a multi-story mixed-use development with apartments and retail space — particularly a grocer. Pending a buyer, its future is unclear.
Graves continues to watch the area evolve — once-empty lots gave rise to new apartments and old industrial buildings were converted to residential or mixed-use. With proximity to employers like CoStar and Truist and interest in bus line expansions, Graves thinks it won't be long before 201 W. Commerce takes shape as something new and a grocer anchors itself in the neighborhood, even if not on his parcel.
“With some of that synergy and activity, I might as well give someone else the opportunity to see what they can pull together in terms of developing the site.”
Growing Community
But some people aren’t waiting for a grocer to come in and close a gap in easier food access — they’re taking matters into their own hands.
Duron Chavis is on a mission to bring more urban agriculture to area residents — particularly Black and brown residents.
“I like to challenge people on the concept of a ‘food desert',” Chavis said. “The crux of that is that there isn't a grocery store. There are other solutions that don't rely on a multinational corporation to come in.”
A big part of that, he says, is urban agriculture and people being able to grow their own food for themselves and their communities.
Twenty years ago, Chavis founded the Happily Natural Day festival to bring together and celebrate Black small business owners and farmers. The project also grew into a network of community gardens and farm space around Richmond, Chesterfield County, and Petersburg under the Happily Natural Day nonprofit umbrella.
“We work to build Black community ownership of their food system,” Chavis said. “So we want to address historical inequities in land ownership, the historical dispossession of Black and brown people from land ownership.”
For example, his Central Virginia Urban Farmer Fellowship trains people to develop their own urban farm businesses.
“Our role in this work is to catalyze Black and brown farmers regionally, to increase access to healthy food — and not wait for corporate multinational companies to plop a grocery store in the middle of South Side and hope that that's the answer to all the problems,” Chavis said.
While an accessible grocery store in the neighborhood can alleviate food access issues, Chavis said that it doesn’t address all of the layers of underinvestment in historically Black areas.
“It doesn't solve the problem of poverty or that Black and brown members have been marginalized into poverty and into all of these other social inequities,” Chavis said. “The only way forward is for those communities to be invested in deliberately and intentionally.”
One of the gardens Chavis oversees is Sankofa Community Orchard off Covington Road in Richmond’s South Side. The 5-acre property grows a variety of fruits and vegetables, hosts various community and educational events, and helps to reduce water runoff into the James River’s Reedy Creek.
It’s one of several community gardens and mutual-aid organizations around the city that work to address food access issues.
Just off Bainbridge Street near Carter Jones Park in Swansboro, a South Side neighborhood near Manchester, lies Fonticello Food Forest. Every Wednesday afternoon, people gather for free produce and other foods between noon and 2 p.m.
Laney Sullivan and Jameson Price, who co-founded Fonticello Food Forest, coordinate with organizations like Feed More, Seasonal Roots, and other businesses to gather food that might otherwise have been wasted.
In some cases, that means grocery stores are offloading an overabundance of certain items or food that might be thrown out due to slight damage or nearing an expiration date. Season Roots, an online farmer’s market, practices zero waste by donating its extra products to groups like Fonticello Food Forest.
“We're working with whatever organizations we need to be able to intercept food waste,” Price said.
While Sullivan said Fonticello Food Forest is at capacity of what it can handle, she hopes the work of various community gardens and groups around Richmond helps fill a crucial need for people to get food.
Other groups host food giveaways, each serving different areas of the city. Food Not Bombs sets up at 4 p.m. on Sundays in Monroe Park. Folks can also find colorful RVA Community Fridges at various locations around the city — often outside of various businesses or churches and Chavis’ Sankofa Community Orchard has one as well.
“There's only a certain number of green spaces allocated for community gardens. Space in this densely populated area is not going to be able to grow enough food to really impact food insecurity,” Sullivan said. “So, I love that we're able to do this free food distribution.”
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Joe Biden headed to Rehoboth Beach Friday, may stay for more than a week
Heads up, Rehoboth Beach − Joe is headed your way.
President Joe Biden, that is. The commander-in-chief is scheduled to arrive at his North Shores home, near Rehoboth Beach, this evening. His public schedule indicates he will depart from Dover at 7 p.m. and is set to arrive at the beach at 7:30. According to a White House press release, he'll stay for the weekend.
If he and his entourage of Secret Service vehicles travel to the beach by car, it will cause traffic delays on Coastal Highway. If they take the Marine One helicopter, it lands in the Gordon's Pond parking lot on the southern end of Cape Henlopen State Park, so portions of that area will temporarily close.
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Flight restrictions suggest he will take the helicopter. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a flight restriction for the Rehoboth Beach area starting at 6:45 p.m. Friday. The restriction lasts through Monday, Aug. 7, at 9:15 p.m., indicating the President could be staying in "The Nation's Summer Capital" for over a week.
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He'll be traveling to Delaware from Maine, where he is discussing "how Bidenomics is driving a manufacturing boom and helping workers and innovators invent and make more in America," according to the White House news release.
More:Your weekend guide to the Delaware beaches. It's going to be a hot one
When in Rehoboth in the past, the president and first lady Jill Biden have bicycled the Gordon's Pond Trail at Cape Henlopen State Park. The president has attended Mass at St. Edmond's Catholic Church on King Charles Avenue and, earlier this month, he caught some sun on the North Shores beach.
If you spot the president or first lady in Rehoboth this weekend, send a tip or, even better, your photos, to smenaught@gannett.com.
Shannon Marvel McNaught reports on Sussex County and beyond. Reach her at smcnaught@gannett.com or on Twitter @MarvelMcNaught
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Dante’s Fire chef-owner Kenneth Foy became only the third Tucson chef to win back-to-back Iron Chef Tucson titles when he defeated Zio Peppe chef-owner Devon Sanner in the 15th annual competition at Casino del Sol on Saturday, July 22.
“We’re really proud of what we did and where we’re at,” Foy said days after he beat first-time competitor Sanner. “We were really worried about the caliber of the competition we had. We gave us a 50-50 chance.”
“It was a great challenge,” Sanner said days after the event, presented by Casino del Sol and coordinated by Arizona Lotus Corp. “I’m proud of my team. Obviously, I wish the results had been different.”
Before a sold-out crowd of 700 in Casino del Sol’s Kitchen Stadium, the chefs had one hour to create four dishes that incorporated a last-minute secret ingredient. They also had to use Blue Moon beer in one dish.
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Foy said he was hoping the secret ingredient would be short ribs, which was on the list alongside celery, eggs and peanut butter. He and Sanner received the list the day before the competition.
But when he saw that pork loin had been added at the last minute to the pantry, Foy said he kinda figured his plans for short ribs were moot.
“As soon as we saw that, we knew we were in a peanut butter fight,” he said.
Sanner also was not expecting peanut butter. He and his team did a couple trial runs the day before and flirted with a peanut butter mole before turning to more Asian influences, including his opening dish, Ugandan peanut soup with ginger and pineapple. The soup, called The Game Changer, had been a hit on the menu of Janos Wilder’s Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails, where Sanner worked for 15 years.
“It was a favorite of mine and it was a crowd favorite. I know that’s a dish that works,” he said. “It’s peanut butter forward so people can appreciate the hidden ingredient, but it has other things going on like chiles and pineapple. That seemed like a great opening shot.”
Foy’s opening dish was his PB&J intermezzo, made with blueberry, peanut butter and semi fredo. He followed it with pan-seared pork loin served with a sweet potato poblano hash and a peanut butter molasses demi-glace, and a peanut butter ale risotto, incorporating the Blue Moon. The risotto included quick tempura shrimp, asparagus and a lobster peanut vinaigrette.
Sanner incorporated Chinkiang black rice vinegar and peanut butter to create a spicy chile and peanut butter dipping sauce for his handcrafted pork gyoza. Peanut butter also was central to his Massaman curry served with sous vide shrimp and coconut rice.
The curry, which is influenced by Asian and Muslim cultures, was infused with Blue Moon beer to add some citrus notes and maltiness, he said.
“The irony of using beer in a Muslim-influenced dish was sort of fun,” he said.
With every dish he plated, Foy said he had no clue how the competition was going.
“We sensed that it was neck and neck and we barely eeked by,” he said. “If I was a betting man, I would say we won by the dessert.”
While Sanner played off the classic PB&J sandwich with his PB&J layer cake — a vanilla sponge cake dressed with a peanut butter mousse and a chocolate mousse then topped with a strawberry compote — Foy reached back 11 years to the early days of Dante’s Fire and crafted a peanut butter mousse with chantilly cream, Bacanora brulee’d pineapple, hard caramel sauce and crushed macadamia nuts and peanuts.
“Luckily, one of the guys had worked at Dante’s quite a while back and when we opened, we had a peanut butter mousse on our menu,” he said.
Sanner said he also had a misstep in his dessert. Someone inadvertently incorporated the gyoza chile peanut butter dipping sauce into the dessert mousse.
“With all the practice runs, we felt pretty confident timewise,” he said, until that final minute when he looked around for the dipping sauce.
“It added an interesting spicy character,” he said with a chuckle. “We wouldn’t have planned it that way, but it worked. ... You cowboy up, adapt and overcome.”
Foy said he is already thinking ahead to 2024 and the chance to become a three-time winner alongside Casino del Sol chef Ryan Clark.
Sanner said he is looking for a rematch with Foy next year.
“I would love a shot at a rematch,” he said. “I think we did a really good job and just came up short.”
Foy and Sanner are planning to celebrate their Iron Chef Tucson experiences in their restaurants with dinners replicating their competition menus.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A home in west Wichita has major damage after a fire early Friday morning. Someone who lives in the home called 911 around 12:30 a.m. and said something possibly exploded, and the house was on fire.
The home is in the 1300 block of N. Murray, near 13th and Tyler.
When the Wichita Fire Department arrived, the two residents were outside, across the street. They said they got out through heavy smoke conditions.
The firefighters saw a lot of flames coming from the roof and the back of the home. They said the fire was on the back deck and had spread inside the home to both the first and second floors and the garage.
Crews began searching the home to make sure no one else was inside, but they had problems because of excessive storage throughout the house. They called for additional fire units to help.
The WFD says the heat and the advanced fire conditions in the home challenged the firefighters. Nearly all the interior ceilings had dropped.
The residents and the firefighters were uninjured.
Investigators are looking for the cause of the fire. There is no word yet on whether there was an explosion.
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It's the last weekend of July. How do you plan to close out the month?
Here's what's going on: backpack giveaways, a festival dedicated to garlic, clothing swaps, live music, artisan markets and the last Night Wings event of the summer. Of course, things can change quickly these days. Check for the latest info before heading out!
Kidz Expo
Arizona Bilingual Newspaper is throwing a Kidz Expo and back-to-school event where up to 2,000 backpacks will be given away. There will also be free books, school supplies, games, raffles and live entertainment.
When: 4-8 p.m. Thursday, July 27
Where: Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave.
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Cost: Free to attend
Visit the event page for more information.
Just Between Friends Back to School Sale
Shop from more than 100,000 items for kids and babies at this consignment sale. Most items are used, or "gently loved," but you may be able to find new items too. Items include clothes, toys, books, games, room decor, sports equipment, electronics, maternity items, baby items and more.
When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 27; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, July 28; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: Former Stein Mart, 4881 N. Stone Ave.
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for shopping. Register for tickets online.
Visit the event page for more information.
Discovery Nights at Children's Museum Tucson
Visit Children's Museum Tucson for a free night of science and art, including story times and pop-up science experiments.
When: 5-7 p.m. Thursdays
Where: Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. Sixth Ave.
Cost: Free to attend
Visit the event page for more information.
Monsoon Madness Plant Sale
Bring home a new plant (or plants, plural) at Tohono Chul's annual Monsoon Madness Plant Sale! Learn about plant care while you're there.
When: 3-9 p.m. Friday, July 28; 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: Tohono Chul, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for shopping
Visit the event page for more information.
Movies at Reid Park
Catch a family-friendly movie in Reid Park thanks to Cox Communications. There will be pre-show entertainment including music, games and prizes. Food trucks will be onsite, too. The movie begins when the sun goes down.
When: 6 p.m. Friday, July 28
Where: Demeester Outdoor Performance Center in Reid Park, 800 S. Concert Place
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for food trucks. Bring chairs or blankets!
Visit the event page for more information.
Summer Night Market
Shop from dozens of local makers when the Summer Night Market takes over the MSA Annex every last Friday of the month through September!
When: 6-10 p.m. Friday, July 28
Where: MSA Annex, 267 S. Avenida del Convento
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for shopping
Visit the event page for more information.
Backpack Giveaway with Lerner and Rowe
Injury attorneys Lerner and Rowe are giving away 750 free backpacks stuffed with school supplies ahead of back-to-school season. K-12 students must be present to get a backpack. The giveaway runs on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.
When: 3 p.m. Friday, July 28
Where: Pima County Fairgrounds, 11300 S. Houghton Road
Cost: Free to attend
Visit the event page for more information.
Listening Party at Revel
Revel Wine Bar is hosting a listening party featuring Prince's greatest hits.
When: 8 p.m. Friday, July 28
Where: Revel Wine Bar, 416 E. Ninth St.
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for wine
Visit the event page for more information.
Free Film Fridays
Catch a poolside movie every Friday at Hotel McCoy! This Friday, catch a screening of "Dirty Dancing."
When: 8-10 p.m. Fridays
Where: Hotel McCoy, 720 W. Silverlake Road
Cost: Free to attend and open to the public. Swimming is for hotel guests only, but day passes for the pool are available for $20.
Visit the event page for more information.
Ride with FUGA
Take a bike ride with organization FUGA, which advocates for mobility, accessibility and representation for Tucson's south-side and west-side communities.
When: 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 28
Where: El Pueblo Center, 101 W. Irvington Road
Cost: Free to attend
Visit the event page for more information.
Cero's Fourth Birthday Party
Zero-waste shop Cero is celebrating its fourth anniversary this Friday! Check out vendors selling art and treats, plus live music from Chelsey Lee Trejo.
When: 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 28
Where: Cero, 160 S. Avenida del Convento
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for shopping
Visit the event page for more information.
'90s Night at Whiskey Roads
Country bar Whiskey Roads is hosting a '90s night. Dress in '90s attire and get a drink for only 90 cents. There will be a contest for Best Dressed too!
When: 4 p.m. Friday, July 28
Where: Whiskey Roads, 2290 W. Ina Road
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for drinks
Visit the event page for more information.
Summer Hair Metal Madness Party
The Dirt, a band from Hollywood, is playing hits from the biggest '80s hair bands, including Def Leppard, Motley Crue and more.
When: 8 p.m. Friday, July 28
Where: Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St.
Cost: $20. This event is for ages 21 and up.
Visit the event page for more information.
Fire Show at Sky Bar
The Cirque Roots Fire Troupe puts on a 20-minute fire show every fourth Friday, right outside of Sky Bar.
When: 8:15-8:45 p.m. Friday, July 28
Where: Sky Bar, 536 N. Fourth Ave.
Cost: Free to attend
Visit the event page for more information.
Art Corner with BICAS
Get free access to recycled bike art parts, tools and other materials and get creative! Once you're finished, you can donate your creation to BICAS or give a suggested donation to the nonprofit, if you're able to. Check in at the front counter before heading to the art area.
When: 4-6 p.m. Fridays
Where: BICAS, 2001 N. Seventh Ave.
Cost: Free to attend, donation suggested
Visit the event page for more information.
Chillin at the Chul
Check out music, spirits and bites at Tohono Chul's summer series. On Saturdays, Tohono Chul has partnered with Children's Museum Oro Valley to provide family-friendly nature play.
When: 5-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Sept. 2
Where: Tohono Chul, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte
Cost: Free to attend
Visit the event page for more information.
Summer Concert Series at Old Tucson
Old Tucson is hosting an outdoor concert series this summer, set to feature tribute bands performing music from artists like Garth Brooks, Journey and Stevie Nicks. Restaurants, bars and shops will also be open.
When: 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 26
Where: Old Tucson, 201 Kinney Road
Cost: $34 for general admission, $80 for VIP
Visit the event page for more information.
Garlic Festival
Celebrate garlic at Mission Garden's upcoming festival! Learn all about garlic and how to grow it in Tucson, plus shop for garlic and enjoy tastings.
When: 8-11 a.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane
Cost: Free to attend, donations accepted
Visit the event page for more information.
Back-to-school Backpack Giveaway
Native Music Coalition is hosting a back-to-school event featuring a backpack giveaway, live entertainment, food, crafts and water activities.
When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 29. Food is from noon to 2 p.m.
Where: San Xavier Rec Center, 8549 S J Mayor Dr.
Cost: Free to attend, bring a towel for water activities!
Visit the event page for more information.
Tucson Trades
Around 100 vendors are set to be at this new indoor market. You'll find baked goods, stickers, ceramics, candles, jewelry and more.
When: 6-10 p.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave.
Cost: Free to attend
Visit the event page for more information.
Skin, Serenity and Self-Love
Local makers The Serene Essentials and Within Skin are teaming up to host a wellness event featuring yoga, vegan comfort food, a sound bath and vendors.
When: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: Coalition Space, 311 E. Seventh St.
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for shopping and food
Visit the event page for more information.
Chicken Poop Bingo
Yes, chicken poop bingo is a real thing. And it's a fundraiser for Tucson Village Farm's camp scholarship fund!
When: 5-7 p.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: Tucson Hop Shop, 3230 N. Dodge Blvd.
Cost: Free to attend, bring cash to play
Visit the event page for more information.
IMPACT Tucson
TUSD kids can visit this back-to-school event on Saturday to get free backpacks, school supplies and clothing. The event also features a kids zone with a dunk tank, obstacle course and games, plus limited barber services for students, dental kits and other community resources.
When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 29. The giveaway and free items are while supplies last.
Where: Palo Verde High School, 1302 S. Avenida Vega
Cost: Free to attend. The giveaway is for TUSD students, but kids not registered in TUSD can still enjoy the kids zone.
Visit the event page for more information.
Summer Safari Nights
Enjoy the cooler nighttime temperatures at Reid Park Zoo's after-hours Summer Safari Nights. Each event will have different themed activities including keeper chats, animal encounters and live music.
When: 6-8 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 12
Where: Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Court
Cost: $10.50 for adults, $6.50 for kids ages 2-14
Visit the event page for more information.
Cool Summer Nights
Enjoy the sights of the Desert Museum at night — in cooler temperatures! Bring a flashlight to walk around and possibly spot a nocturnal animal, touch a stingray and check out themed activities.
When: 6-9 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 26
Where: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road
Cost: $29.95 for adults, $19.95 for kids ages 3-12. $24.95 for Arizona residents.
Visit the event page for more information.
Night Wings at the Pima Air & Space Museum
Catch the sun setting over historical planes during the Pima Air & Space Museum's summer Night Wings event. There will be kids' activities, community booths and scavenger hunts.
When: 5-8 p.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: Pima Air & Space Museum, 6000 E. Valencia Road
Cost: $10 for ages 13 and up, free for ages 12 and under
Visit the event page for more information.
Skate Country Late Skate
Skate Country after hours! The local roller rink is hosting Late Skate, with a modern hip-hop theme, for adults only.
When: 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: Skate Country, 7980 E. 22nd St.
Cost: $15, skate rental included. This event is for ages 18 and up.
Visit the event page for more information.
Style Swap
The Gym of Tucson is hosting a clothing swap this Saturday! Trade gently used clothing that you're no longer into and pick up something new for your closet in exchange. A few vendors will also be at the event, including Tanna's Botannas with spicy candies and Ube Bae with ube-centric desserts.
When: Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: The Gym of Tucson, 4140 W. Ina Road
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for vendors
Visit the event page for more information.
Dry Heat Country Fest
Local country music, including The Steel Sahuaros and Chris Graeber Band, is set to take the Rialto stage this Saturday.
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: The Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St.
Cost: $5
Visit the event page for more information.
Intro to Taiko
Odaiko Sonora is hosting a workshop where you'll learn the basics of taiko, Japanese drumming. All equipment will be provided!
When: 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: Rhythm Industry Performance Factory, 1013 S. Tyndall Ave.
Cost: Free to attend, donations accepted
Visit the event page for more information.
St. Philip's Plaza Market
Visit St. Philip's Plaza to shop from local makers and enjoy live music. While you're there, grab a bite to eat at one of the plaza's several eateries.
When: 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays and Sundays
Where: St. Philip's Plaza, 4280 N. Campbell Ave.
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for shopping and food
Visit the event page for more information.
Magic & Mystery Dinner Theater
Enjoy dinner from Dante's Fire all while watching a magical theatrical performance.
When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 29
Where: Dante's Fire, 2526 E. Grant Road
Cost: $49 without dinner, $79 with dinner
Visit the event page for more information.
Sunday Funday: Live Art and Music by the Pool
Hotel McCoy is throwing a pool party this Sunday, complete with music by DJ Humblelianess. Local artist Lil Desert Doodles will also be around the corner creating a mural in room 106. Check it out while you're there!
When: 4-7 p.m. Sunday, July 30
Where: Hotel McCoy, 720 W. Silverlake Road
Cost: Free to attend. If you're not a hotel guest, you must be age 21 or over to attend. A signed pool waiver and your ID are required to swim. Capacity is limited and is first come, first served.
Visit the event page for more information.
Summer Sunset Pool Party
Watch the sunset from the rooftop pool at Graduate Tucson. While you're there, enjoy drink specials and a set by DJ Jason E.
When: 6-9 p.m. Sunday, July 30
Where: Graduate Tucson, 930 E. Second St.
Cost: $15, buy tickets in advance. This event is for ages 18 and up.
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Clothing and Sewing Swap
If you have clothing, fabric or sewing supplies that you'd like to trade with others in the community, Sunday's your chance. You don't have to bring anything to pick up clothing and supplies for yourself!
When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, July 30
Where: Coalition Space, 311 E. Seventh St.
Cost: Free to attend
Visit the event page for more information.
Cat yoga with Hermitage Shelter
Enjoy a 45-minute yoga flow session at Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter and Sanctuary, followed by cat play!
When: 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 30
Where: Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter and Sanctuary, 5278 E. 21st St.
Cost: $20, RSVP in advance
Visit the event page for more information.
Movies at The Fox
Fox Tucson Theatre is playing a roster of movies this summer, including "The Muppet Movie" this Sunday.
When: 2 p.m. Sunday, July 30
Where: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.
Cost: $2.50 for kids ages 12 and under, $7.50 for adults
Visit the event page for more information.
Sunday Snake & Sip
Head to Cobra Arcade Bar for this monthly market featuring vendors with items like clothes, food and art.
When: 4-11 p.m. Sunday, July 30
Where: Cobra Arcade Bar, 63 E. Congress St.
Cost: Free to attend, bring money for shopping. This event is for ages 21 and up.
Visit the event page for more information.
Fine Wines for Felines
Enjoy three tastings of Arizona wines, plus hors’ d’oeuvres. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the cats at Pawsitively Cats No-Kill Shelter.
When: 4 p.m. Sunday, July 30
Where: Arizona Wine Collective, 4280 N. Campbell Ave.
Cost: $25
Visit the event page for more information.
Sunset Sundays
Explore the Tucson Botanical Gardens after hours!
When: 6-8 p.m. Sundays through August
Where: Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way
Cost: $15 for adults, $8 for kids ages 4-17
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – A man is dead after an assault on July 12 left him with a blunt force injury.
The following day, July 13, a friend went to the residence of Cedric Orlando Reese in the 4700 block of 5th Avenue Wylam to perform a welfare check. The friend found Reese, 58, unresponsive. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.
An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was due to injuries sustained during the July 12 assault at 5 Way Convenience Store in the 4800 block of 8th Avenue Wylam.
The death is being investigated as a homicide.
On Friday, July 28, Lawanza Dynail McCormick, a 45-year-old male from Bessemer, was identified as the suspect involved in the injury and was arrested. Detectives had obtained a warrant for murder after McCormick was identified by a patrol officer.
McCormick was transported to the Jefferson County Jail where he is being held with no bond.
All questions about the circumstances surrounding Reese’s death should be made to the Birmingham Police Department.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — In a press conference held Friday afternoon, the Hoover Police Department announced that Carlee Russell had been charged with filing a false police report and filing a false statement to law enforcement authorities, a Class A misdemeanor.
The Hoover Police Department (HPD) revealed that Carlee had turned herself in Friday to the Hoover City Police and was released on a $2,000 bond – $1,000 per charge.
“Judging from the amount of phone calls and emails that we have received from all over the country, I know that many are shocked and appalled that Miss Russell is only being charged with two misdemeanors, despite all the panic and disruption her actions caused,” Derzis said. “Let me assure you, I, too, share the same frustration, but existing laws only allow the charges that were filed to be filed.”
Derzis said he will be contacting Alabama legislatures and asking them to look at this law and “urge them to add enhancement to current legislation” for when an individual falsely reports kidnapping or a violent crime.
During the press conference, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said HPD have not uncovered anything about her whereabouts during the 49 hours she was missing, and they have not been able to confirm that she acted alone.
“This story opened wounds for families whose loved ones really were victims of kidnappings, some of which even helped organize searches in hopes that they could find Carlee alive so that her family would not experience the pain and suffering that they felt when their loved ones never returned home,” Derzis said.
This press conference comes days after Russell, 25, admitted to lying about being kidnapped earlier this month. Between July 13 and July 15, the Hoover native was missing.
On Monday, July 24, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis addressed the public in what was HPD’s second press conference since Carlee’s disappearance. There, he read a statement from Russell that had been prepared by her attorney, Emory Anthony, where she admitted that she was not adducted the night of July 13 and that she had not seen a child on I-459.
At 9:30 p.m. July 13, Russell called 911 to report that she saw a toddler on the side of I-459 near Exit 10. When police arrived, she was nowhere to be found. This launched a 49-hour search for Carlee that gained nationwide attention. On July 15, Russell was reported by the Hoover police as having safely returned home.
Four days after her return, parents Talitha Robinson-Russell and Carlos Russell went on the “Today” show where they said they believed their daughter had been kidnapped. That same day, HPD had held a press conference where Derzis recounted what Russell had told police happened to her.
During his recounting, Derzis said Russell reported being kidnapped while she was checking on the child; being made to climb a fence; being kept in a tractor-trailer; being recaptured after an attempted escape; being forced to strip naked; and being fed cheese crackers.
Russell’s search history was also combed through, which a search for the movie “Taken,” a question about Amber alerts and how to take money from a register.
Prior to any charges being brought against her, speculations had circulated on how much money it would cost to cover the efforts that were put into the search for Carlee.
Watch the full press conference at 1 p.m.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Bookmark a place in your weekend calendar to stop by the Orlando Public Library for the half-price book sale.
Half Off Book Sale Weekend at the Friends of the Orange County Library System Inc. bookstore runs Friday through Sunday.
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The library said hundreds of used fiction and nonfiction books, book-related gifts, DVDs, CDs, vinyl and more for half-price.
The sale will take place on the third floor of the Orlando Public Library at 101 E. Central Blvd.
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The sale will run from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 1:30 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — If you like, love, or want some more of Tim McGraw, you’re in luck.
The Grammy award-winning country star announced his Standing Room Only Tour will stop in Orlando next year.
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McGraw will play Orlando’s Amway Center on Saturday, March 16, 2024, for his first solo appearance since 2011. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, Aug. 4 at 10 a.m.
“I always want to deliver the best possible concert I can for the fans,” McGraw said. “We’ve got some really special plans to make this the biggest and the best tour we’ve ever done.”
Read: Bookmark the date: Buy half-priced used books at Orlando Public Library
Tickets are set to start at $35.50.
The tour will feature special guest Carly Pearce.
You can click here to learn more and see the full list of tour dates.
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Some Cave Creek residents without water after storm damages pump; don't wash clothes or dishes, town urges
Cave Creek is asking residents to reduce their water usage following a storm surge that damaged a pump on the town's water pipeline, and some residents are without water or may soon be.
In a statement posted to the town's website, officials stated that customers need to minimize their water usage "as much as possible" until repairs can be completed to bring the reservoirs back to optimum levels. The damaged pump is part of the Central Arizona Project.
According to the statement, the town is currently pumping water at a reduced rate of flow to its water treatment plant.
"Water conservation is needed to preserve water for consumption, drinking, and animals. During this time, avoid washing clothes and dishes. Shut off irrigation, pool filling (turn off pool pump), and avoid any unnecessary water usage at this time," officials said.
An update was posted to the town's website and Facebook page, saying that those within Zone 9 were "likely 100% without water," while those in the Desert Hills Water System could follow suit soon.
There is currently no estimated time on how long the repairs will take to complete, according to the website.
Officials added that updates will be posted to the town's Utility Alert page, which residents can monitor at CaveCreekAZ.gov.
No other information had been released.
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To streamline what local officials call a strained and sometimes disorganized emergency response system, Casper is considering an agreement with the Banner Health-owned Wyoming Medical Center to make the hospital’s private ambulance service the default provider for area 911 medical transport.
Casper Fire-EMS and the hospital both respond now to calls for medical assistance. There isn’t, however, a coordinated process for dividing the work — creating an unnecessary overlap of services.
Wyoming Medical Center and Casper leaders are hopeful the proposed agreement, which outlines a protocol for disentangling and delegating ambulance care, will save time and money for both entities in the long run.
“In my career here, we’ve never had a consistent, solid model of cooperation between Fire and EMS,” Casper Fire Chief Jacob Black told the Casper City Council in a Tuesday work session. “We’ve always worked well together, but this gives us the opportunity to give a better service to the community.”
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And in a sector that’s grappling with high fixed costs and staffing issues, that’s critical, Wyoming Medical Center CEO Lance Porter told the council.
Porter said the state has lost 10 ambulance providers in the past decade, with five shuttering in 2021 alone.
“What we’re trying to do is create an agreement which helps us to protect the ambulance services and the emergency response for Natrona County,” Porter said.
Already, Black said Casper Fire-EMS is struggling to keep up with demand for assistance. About 48% of the time, the department is responding to two or more calls at once, the chief said, and the department is already stretched so thin that the city plans to add 12 new positions over the next couple of years.
The proposed partnership is expected to go before the Casper City Council in the next few weeks for formal consideration.
In addition to having the hospital handle emergency medical calls, it would also handle all routine patient ground transport within the Casper Fire-EMS service area, according to a draft contract presented to the council this week.
The document indicates Casper Fire-EMS would still be involved with more serious emergency calls and incidents involving reports of “multiple injuries.”
The agreement, if adopted as currently written, would also require Wyoming Medical Center to establish a “quality control group” to oversee its partnership with the city.
That group, which would include personnel from both parties, would be tasked with keeping tabs on how patient care, staffing, scheduling, response times and other factors fare under the agreement, according to the draft contract.
At minimum, the quality control group would meet quarterly. The panel, if needed, would be able to make formal recommendations to alter the partnership, though the proposed contract indicates both Casper and Wyoming Medical Center would have to formally agree to any changes.
“I do believe that the evaluation committee and identifying problems is going to be an organic process,” Black told the council.
If both the city and hospital move forward with the agreement but discover it isn’t working out, the document includes a provision that would allow either side to give 30 days notice of intent to call things off.
During Tuesday’s meeting, Councilor Brandy Haskins, who represents Ward 3, brought attention to a provision in the draft contract that said Wyoming Medical Center could have Basic Life Support staff handle non-emergency patient transport calls. (Basic Life Support certification doesn’t give people specialized medical training, but instead equips them with general skills like how to recognize medical emergencies, provide chest compressions and clear obstructed airways.)
Porter said he believes Wyoming Medical Center’s emergency services teams typically send at least one paramedic to non-emergency calls.
The proposed agreement comes as emergency services across Wyoming — particularly in the state’s smaller communities — fight for survival.
Earlier this year, a group of state lawmakers working on health and labor policy looked into ways Wyoming could increase funding for emergency medical services. The committee voted to draft a bill that would have declared emergency medical services as essential and allocated money to support the sector.
The effort, however, lost momentum when the committee voted in June to scrap the proposal.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man was robbed at gunpoint while servicing an ATM on the west side Friday afternoon, according to officials with the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD).
The crime occurred at a Bank of America along the 4800 block of West Commerce Street around 12:30 p.m. Police say three unidentified suspects wearing masks jumped out of a vehicle and approached the worker, demanding money.
They were able to take an unspecified amount of cash before fleeing the scene, police said, adding the suspects threatened the victim with a weapon, though no weapon was seen.
Officials are still searching for the suspects.
This is a developing story.
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DALLAS — A multi-law enforcement collaboration across North Texas resulted in the indictments of over 30 people, with the primary focus being on violent offenders in the Dallas area, officials announced.
The FBI and the Dallas Police Department (DPD) provided an update on recent joint operations and arrests from July on Friday, July 28.
FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Chad Yarbrough hosted a press conference with Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia, Dallas County Sheriff Marion Brown, and Leigha Simonton, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. They shared details of the two-year long investigation that involved intelligence from 200 law enforcement officers at both the state and local levels.
Yarbrough said 15 of the arrests were made on Thursday, July 27. The charges of those accused range from illegal narcotics possession and/or infiltration and distribution, as well as illegal firearm possession/distribution.
Chief Garcia said it's all part of an ongoing violent crime reduction plan, and that jurisdictions at the local, state and federal levels will continue to use joint forces in effort to make Dallas a safer place to live by targeting violent offenders and those linked to organized crime.
During the operation – which involved more than 200 officers and agents from FBI Dallas, the Dallas Police Department, the Dallas Sheriff’s Office, and other local agencies – law enforcement seized more than 540 grams of cocaine, more than 1,100 grams of methamphetamine, more than 150 grams of alprazolam, and more than 7 grams of fentanyl, along with nine firearms and over $10,000 in cash.
The defendants were charged in a 16-count indictment with a variety of gun and drug crimes, including possession with intent to distribute cocaine and felon in possession of firearms. They began making their initial appearances in federal court Friday morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez.
“Prosecuting these worst-of-the-worst offenders not only holds them accountable for past wrongs, but it also prevents them from committing future crimes. It makes our streets safer, and our communities sleep more soundly at night,” U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton said at the FBI press conference Friday morning. “An operation like this takes commitment – commitment of time, commitment of resources, and above all, psychological commitment – knowingly risking one’s own personal safety to ensure the security of the community… This case was almost exactly two years in the making. After yesterday, we’re confident it was worth the effort.”
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said, “I want to thank the FBI Dallas Field Office, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, and the other state and local agencies for their partnerships in this two year-long investigation. It takes all of us to fight and prevent crime and criminal activity. Violent crime continues to trend downward in the city of Dallas and not by accident. It is because of the hard work of the men and women of our agencies, along with our community and city leaders that we see the needle trending down. We are committed to making our neighborhoods safer.”
Those charged include:
- Alicia Slaughter: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute cocaine
- Courtney Smith: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute cocaine
- Edward Williams, aka “Lil ‘E:” conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, convicted felon in possession of a firearm
- Xavier Barnes: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute cocaine
- Jordan Davis: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute cocaine
- Ladarius Holly: convicted felon in possession of a firearm
- Quentavis Zikeiy Hawkins, aka “Luddy:” conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute cocaine
- Lucis Lugo: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute cocaine
- Sebastian Medlock, aka “Blue:” convicted felon in possession of a firearm
- Dmarcus Quartez Roderick Moton, aka “Little Cheese:” conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of an unregistered firearm (Glock switch)
- Christopher Samuel: convicted felon in possession of a firearm
- Perry Taylor: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute cocaine
- Anthony Joe Womack: convicted felon in possession of a firearm
- Davonia Hart: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance
- Brandon Bedford: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, convicted felon in possession of a firearm
Many of the defendants arrested Friday had extensive criminal histories, including assault, aggravated robbery, arson, deadly conduct with a firearm, and manufacture and delivery of controlled substances. Many were also allegedly armed, including one who allegedly carried a Glock switch, a dangerous device that converts a regular semi-automatic weapon into a machinegun capable of continuous fire with a single depression of the trigger.
If convicted, some face as many as 40 years in federal prison.
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NEDERLAND, Texas — A Nederland man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Michael Marroquin, 63, of Nederland, Texas, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with a felony offense of obstruction of an official proceeding.
In addition to the felony, Marroquin is charged with several misdemeanor offenses.
These include entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, entering and remaining on the floor of Congress, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, impeding passage through the Capitol grounds or buildings, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in any of the Capitol buildings.
Marroquin was arrested on July 27, 2023, in Nederland and made his initial appearance today in the Eastern District of Texas.
Marroquin traveled from his home in Texas to Washington, D.C, to attend a rally on Jan. 6, 2021. After the rally, Maroquin marched with others to the U.S. Capitol building and entered around 1:20 p.m. through the Senate wing door According to court documents.
A series of recordings on Marroquin’s phone capture his movements through the Capitol that day. In one recording, as Marroquin approaches the Crypt, he states, “I wanna tell you something. You arrest me, but this is our House! No! You’ll never take our . . . We’re not silent anymore, understand?!”
As the crowd he’s with reaches a line of officers, Marroquin can then be heard yelling, “Keep moving!”
Court documents say that one video on Marroquin’s phone was filmed from directly outside the House Chamber, looking through the broken door and into the faces of law enforcement with their weapons drawn and aimed back at the camera. Marroquin attempts to engage the officer in conversation, eventually shouting, “You’re a traitor!”
Marroquin exited the Capitol building around 2:31 p.m.
This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. Valuable assistance was provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas.
The case is being investigated by the FBI Houston’s Beaumont Resident Agency. Valuable assistance was provided by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, the U.S. Capitol Police, and the Metropolitan Police Department.
In the months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,069 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 350 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with tips can call 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visit tips.fbi.gov.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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TEXAS, USA — Editor's note: This story was originally published in the Texas Tribune here. WFAA reached out to U.S. Capitol Police about the potential for an office in Texas. Their response is included in the Tribune story below.
In response to increasing threats against members of Congress, the U.S. Capitol Police is considering opening a regional field office in Texas.
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announced the plans at a joint oversight hearing of the Capitol Police Board, describing a 300% increase in threats to members of Congress over the past seven years.
In addition to an office in Texas, the agency plans to open field offices in Milwaukee and Boston, Manger told the committee Wednesday. A Texas location has not yet been determined, a department spokesperson said.
WFAA reached out to U.S. Capitol Police and were given the following statement:
"USCP is exploring options of opening field offices in regions across the country, to include Texas. This is to ensure our department resources are adequately dispersed to safeguard Members of Congress and to investigate threats when in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. The location and plans for these field offices are still being discussed. These regional locations will have a small number of agents housed in local and state fusion centers and will be investigating threats against Members of Congress."
The Capitol Police department, which is responsible for protecting Congress and its members, opened its first field offices in Florida and California after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. The offices have helped his officers respond to threats more quickly and efficiently, Manger said.
“Due to the increased threat environment, our protective responsibilities have increased, requiring additional protection details, increased coverage of CODELs [official travel by members of Congress] and field hearings, as well as other enhancements to our current protective details,” he said in his written testimony to the committee.
According to the police department, the new offices will “ensure our department resources are adequately dispersed to safeguard Members of Congress and to investigate threats when in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.”
Recent attacks on lawmakers, their families and staffers have made threats more visible.
“We had, tragically, a Senate staffer repeatedly stabbed in broad daylight here in Washington, D.C., just a couple blocks from this hearing room,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said during the hearing, raising concerns about the “explosion of threats of violence against members of both parties.”
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was attacked in their California home last October, and U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building in February.
Manger said his agency is addressing threats by expanding intelligence-gathering operations, increasing the number of investigative agents and working with state and local law enforcement.
“We need to do a better job at protecting members when they’re home, their families,” Manger said. “We’ve got to make sure that we’ve got security measures in place in home district offices, in homes, so that it raises everybody’s level of security.”
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SEATTLE — Kevin Durant began his professional basketball career in Seattle and would like to one day be responsible in part for bringing the NBA back to the Emerald City.
While speaking at a CNBC event co-hosted by his media company "Boardroom," Durant spoke about his NBA ownership aspirations with Andrew Ross Sorkin. Rumors about Seattle being an NBA expansion city target continue to percolate, and Durant said he would be thrilled to own that new franchise.
"That would be cool for sure. I mean in a perfect world, but I can't be, whatever opportunity comes up, hopefully, I can be part of something special," Durant said on CNBC. "But, yeah, Seattle would be the ideal spot. They deserve to have a team there again and I would love to be a part of the NBA in that fashion."
Durant was drafted No. 2 overall by the Seattle Supersonics in the 2007 NBA Draft and played one season in the city before the team was purchased and relocated to Oklahoma City. Durant, now 34, now is a member of the Phoenix Suns and has at least a few more years of elite play in him.
However, any possible NBA expansion reportedly isn't going to even be broached by the league until a new media rights contract is ratified. Most expectations point to 2025 as the earliest that all could be finalized, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said earlier this month that Seattle is among the options the league likely would consider if it did expand.
Durant did also speak about another potential hold-up on the expansion timeline for Seattle. One or two more franchises in the NBA means the league's revenue is split more ways, decreasing the cash flow of each existing franchise slightly. That being said, both the National Football League (NFL) and National Hockey League (NHL) have expanded to 32 teams and shown a lot of success.
The NHL in particular added franchises in Las Vegas and Seattle within the last decade, which leads many to believe those two cities also are ideal choices for the NBA to expand. Whether they will happen one at a time or two teams at once remains to be seen.
KD is not the only current NBA player expressing a strong interest in owning a franchise following their playing career. LeBron James has been adamant about wanting to own an expansion franchise in Las Vegas when and if the league elects to add a team in Sin City.
Steph Curry recently told Buzzfeed that he also would like to see Seattle get an NBA team once again, as he spent some time in the city as a child while his father, Dell, was playing in the league.
Durant wouldn't be alone in pursuing a potential Seattle franchise. The Oak View Group, which owns Climate Pledge Arena and the Seattle Kraken, also likely would be a possible ownership group for an NBA franchise in the city. The group famously built a locker room in Climate Pledge Arena with NBA specifications, and it will host its second consecutive NBA preseason game in October.
Don't expect it to happen anytime in the next 12 months, but momentum continues to mount for Seattle to once again be home to an NBA franchise.
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Arizona driver in fatal autonomous Uber crash in 2018 pleads guilty, sentenced to probation
The safety driver behind the wheel of an autonomous Uber that hit and killed a pedestrian in 2018 pleaded guilty to one count of endangerment and was sentenced to three years of probation Friday morning.
Rafaela Vasquez, who was working as a test driver for Uber in its self-driving vehicles, was charged in the death of Elaine Herzberg. Herzberg was struck while jaywalking in Tempe on Mill Avenue near Curry Road in 2018.
Police reports from the time allege Vasquez was distracted behind the wheel, streaming the TV show “The Voice” when the collision happened. A report from the National Transportation Safety Board in 2019 determined the driver was mostly to blame for the crash.
However, the report also revealed that Uber had disabled its emergency braking as well as the factory-installed emergency-braking system on the Volvo XC90, in part to reduce the jerkiness of the rides. The vehicle could not anticipate the actions of jaywalkers or slam the brakes, according to the report.
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The fate of Hattiesburg's Locomotive 300 has been decided. What the judge said
An attempt by a Connecticut railroad company to claim a Hattiesburg train engine was derailed after a chancery court judge ruled in the city's favor.
Valley Railroad Co. notified the city in March 2022 that it had purchased the steam engine and was making plans to pick it up and bring it to Connecticut where it would be fully restored and put back into operation.
The city of Hattiesburg immediately filed a lawsuit in an effort to stop Valley Railroad from claiming the locomotive, located outside the Hattiesburg train depot, 308 Newman St.
A year later, 10th Circuit Chancery Judge Chad Smith said the city, which has possessed and maintained the engine since 2000, is the rightful owner.
"The locomotive was a fixture on the property known as the Hattiesburg Depot when the city purchased the Hattiesburg Depot in 2000," Smith wrote in his order. "The city was an innocent purchaser without notice under Mississippi law and took title to the locomotive over all claims by others."
Smith also ruled that any future claims of ownership are barred, so the city will not have to face other legal challenges.
Don't mess with my choo choo:Hattiesburg locomotive at core of legal battle for ownership
At issue was the ownership of the engine. When city officials agreed to purchase the train depot, they believed the engine was housed on the depot property and therefore part of the purchase.
But that was not the case.
The steam engine had been owned by train enthusiast Fred Kepner and his parents, Lucile and Charles Kepner, who purchased it in 1968 for $14,000.
Charles Kepner's estate donated its third of the ownership to the city of Hattiesburg. The ownership of Lucile Kepner's portion was unknown.
Fred Kepner, who had a collection of rail cars and equipment scattered across the country, died in 2021 without a will. His sister, Barbara Sario, sold the collection to the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, who then sold the train engine to Valley.
The train engine, known as Locomotive 300 is an important part of Hattiesburg's history since its entire career, beginning in 1925, was spent in the region, traveling less than 30 miles between the Hub City and Beaumont when the timber industry was booming.
It was in operation until 1960 as part of the Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern Railroad stable. Locomotive 300 was one of the last operational steam engines in the country when it made its final run, according to David Price of Hattiesburg, a train enthusiast and historian.
It is unclear how much Valley paid for the engine or what legal remedy, if any, the company can take to recover the money it invested in the locomotive.
Valley Railroad's attorney for this case, William Pettey, told the Hattiesburg American company president Kevin Dodd had no comment at this time.
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Two of the newest residents of the Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Sasha (left) and Zuri.
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The Lincoln Children's Zoo's new cheetah cubs now have names.
After sorting through more than 500 suggestions solicited from the community, which it had whittled down to four finalists, the Zoo announced Friday that it had finally landed on names for its new pair of cheetah cubs: Sasha and Zuri.
The zoo said in a news release that those names received the most votes out of more than 5,000 cast.
The two cubs, one of the zoo's newest attractions, also had their names announced at the Cheetah Cub Corner exhibit at 11 a.m. on Friday.
Two female cheetah cubs were born at Wildlife Safari in Oregon on May 8 and arrived in Lincoln on June 19 at 6 weeks old.
"Thanks for picking the names I voted!" one user commented on the Zoo's Facebook post. "Anxious and excited to meet them. "
The two cubs were born born at Wildlife Safari in Oregon on May 8 and arrived in Lincoln on June 19 at 6 weeks old.
Sasha is the bigger cub and is lighter in color. Zuri is the smaller of the two cubs and is darker in color. Zoo patrons can see the cubs at 11 a.m. daily during the Zoo’s daily Cheetah Cub Corner located at the Cheetah Chase Theater.
Top Journal Star photos for July 2023
Hayden Coleman successfully pole vaults over the rope during the pole vault event at the Cornhusker State Games Track and Field event at Lincoln High on, Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Lincoln.
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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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DALLAS — It’s a love triangle that ended in the death of James Faith. Nearly three years later, a Dallas County jury has found the suspect, Darrin Lopez, guilty of murder.
On Friday, July 28, after about an hour and 15 minutes of deliberations, the jury unanimously found Lopez guilty for the murder of 49-year-old Jamie Faith, the husband of his high school sweetheart Jennifer Faith.
The jury is now deliberating Lopez's sentence.
On Thursday, Lopez took the stand in his trial, beginning testimony around 12:30 p.m.
Officials said Lopez and Jennifer Faith rekindled a long-distance emotional affair.
On Oct. 9, 2020 around 7:30 a.m., Jennifer and James Faith went for their routine walk with their dog. Near the Faith home on Waverly Drive in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Lopez allegedly shot James seven times, killing him.
Jennifer Faith is already serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to a murder-for-hire charge in federal court.
A criminal jury listened to three days of testimony. The state argued that Jennifer Faith and Lopez were long-lost lovers with violent fantasies, which resulted in the death of James. The defense argued that Jennifer Faith manipulated Lopez, who suffers from a traumatic brain injury and PTSD, and convinced him to kill her husband.
DAY 1
After opening statements on Tuesday, the state began to call witnesses.
Jason Schneider, a friend of James, testified first. He called the victim "Jamie." He said his friend was an American Airlines IT director, who moved to Dallas for a career promotion.
Schneider described, “He’s just a great guy, funny, smart, very intelligent, genuine.” The victim was a Packers fan, a gamer, a traveler and a foodie. His friend said James loved to be with family.
On the morning of Oct. 9, 2020, Schneider said, “Jennifer called me that morning. […] She was hysterical.”
He believed her emotional act. He felt betrayed by Jennifer. “I had no idea she was capable of any of the things I found out,” said Schneider.
A neighbor, Emery Wilson, who lived five doors down from the Faiths, testified that he heard gunshots and screaming. He said he ran outside and saw the alleged shooter, Lopez, wearing a mask and hoodie while holding a gun. The following day, Wilson said Jennifer asked him to accompany her on her morning walks. While he was uneasy about walking after the incident, he said he did his neighborly duty and joined her.
Within two weeks, Wilson testified that he stopped the walks because he felt something wasn’t right. “I was having a lot of mixed feelings,” said Wilson. He said he told Jennifer that he saw the shooter, and her reaction was concerning. “I was quite surprised that she was not remorseful nor showed any form of sadness that I had seen the [shooter], but I couldn’t give any more details.”
Wilson, like Schneider, later discovered Jennifer Faith plotted the death of her husband. He said, “Disappointed that I pretty much wasted my time trying to help someone that was using me.” He continues, “I think more or less, she just used everybody.”
During Wilson’s testimony, surveillance video was shown of the Faiths leaving their house. Another camera captured the sound of multiple gunshots and loud screaming.
Several members of the Dallas Police Department also were called to testify, including homicide detective Chris Walton.
A piece of evidence that was brought up multiple times on Tuesday was the duct tape used to tie Jennifer Faith’s hands together during the shooting. It was staged to make it seem like a robbery, but detectives found it suspicious from the beginning. “The size of the duct tape,” said Walton. “How could this small piece of duct tape tie her down? That was my initial reaction.”
Text messages and other evidence led police to Jennifer Faith and Lopez. Some were shown in the courtroom on the first day of trial, and explained by cell phone experts. An FBI special agent and ATF special agent also took the stand, among other law enforcement officials.
DAY 2
Day 2 of Darrin Lopez’s murder trial began with testimony from two employees with the Dallas County Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences. They went over specifics of the firearms and DNA testing.
Dr. Jessica Dwyer with the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office also testified. She confirmed that Jamie Faith was shot seven times. He suffered three bullets to the head, three to the chest, and one to the groin.
In opening statements from Day 1, the defense attorney said Lopez shot Jamie Faith in the groin as retaliation after thinking he was abusing his wife, Jennifer Faith.
Dallas Police Department Homicide Detective Eric Barnes spent majority of the day on the stand. During this time, hundreds of messages between Jennifer Faith and Darrin Lopez were read. It showed that Lopez initiated the affair, and it escalated quickly.
Messages from Lopez read, “I look forward to rekindling our friendship” or “I know my heart and you still possess it. I love you.” or “I don’t mind sharing you with Jamie.”
Prosecutors say Jennifer Faith pretended to be her husband in emails to Lopez, falsifying abuse and rape. However, Barnes confirms that never happened.
Although there were conversations about sexual assault, other conversations read in court showed Jennifer Faith and Darrin Lopez sent erotic stories and rules to each other.
“He believed earlier in the morning she was being tortured, and later on that afternoon, he is advertising chokers for her," Barnes said.
The defense was able to cross-examine Barnes.
“She didn’t pull the trigger though. Darrin pulled the trigger," Barnes said. “There was 650 miles and 10 hours. That’s plenty of time for him to call the police, have second thoughts. […] His first reaction as to kill him.”
“She’s controlling her side of it. Darrin in control of his own actions,” said Barnes.
DAY 3
On Thursday morning, Juan Sanchez, Lopez's attorney, told the judge that his client will testify. Lopez was sworn in by the judge. This happened before the jury was brought in the room.
The state rested shortly after the jury sat down, and the defense began to make their case.
Jordan Oexman, digital forensics investigator with Blackfish Intelligence, was called as the first witness for the defense. A strangulation photo and phone calls were discussed.
Next, Keith Duncan testified via video call from Arizona. He went to high school with Lopez and Jennifer Faith. He dated Jennifer Faith for around two years starting when he was a junior and she was a sophomore around 1988.
Duncan said, “Almost immediately within our relationship, she started telling me stories about how her ex-boyfriend would rape, molest, abuse her. It wasn’t just a one-time situation. It was an ongoing narrative story.”
Duncan said Faith would later admit she lied about it.
The defense then brought Lopez to the stand.
“I met Jennifer in 1987,” said Lopez. They were both 15. They started dating the summer between junior and senior year of high school when they traveled to Europe for a band trip.
“Our first kiss was the Eiffel Tower, very memorable to me. It’s something that I’ll remember forever,” said Lopez.
A photo from their senior prom was admitted into evidence. Lopez laughed, “That was senior prom picture.”
They also went to college together and continued dating. “I had a calling to start with the military,” he said, around 1993. They broke up and started dating and eventually marrying other people.
When he was deployed overseas, Lopez said he had to fill out a card with memories. He picked his story with Jennifer Faith when they traveled to Europe.
“These memories have to be something that is engrained in me. […] They have to be very specific and very meaningful to me to make sure that I remember,” said Lopez.
Lopez goes on to talk about his injury during war. “I was blown up twice by two truck bombs within thirty seconds of each other.” He testified that both trucks were filled with ammonium nitrate.
Lopez said he served five deployments before he was diagnosed with a brain injury. He returned back to the U.S., where his marriage ended.
In March 2020, Lopez said he reconnected with Jennifer Faith in order to thank her. He said, “When I reached out to her, I wanted to thank her and let her know what she did for me for all these years for the 10 years that I was in combat, what she meant with me, and how she helped me through it.”
Lopez said through text messages, phone calls and emails that Jennifer told him that she was being abused by James and “gang raped” by her husband and others. They were lies.
Lopez testified, “Jennifer finally told me, ‘Darrin, if you call the cops, I’m going to deny everything so don’t get them involved and I really don’t want [my daughter] to know anything about this.'”
“It made me sick. I was losing my mind,” said Lopez. “I wasn’t sleeping. It would keep me up.”
Lopez said he believed everything Jennifer was telling him.
Lopez said he made the decision on Oct. 8, 2020, to drive from his home in Tennessee to the Faiths' home Dallas. Jennifer Faith told him the abuse was worse on eventful days, and Oct. 9 marked the Faith’s anniversary.
Lopez testified that he got lost on his way to their house, so he had to turn on his tablet for directions. He stated, “I told her she was not going through another bad weekend ever again. I promised her. So I knew as soon as I hit that 'on' button, most likely, I was going to be caught.”
He described hearing the couple leave their house on Oct. 9, 2020. He recalled, “I fired a total of eight shots. It seemed like only seven hit.”
Lopez admitted in trial that he shot and killed James.
Lopez said, “Jennifer turned me into the monster.”
After more than two hours, the state began their cross-examination on Lopez. “So you’re the victim here is what you’re saying?” asked prosecutor Brandi Mitchell.
“No, I was duped in there, part of it,” responded Lopez. “But I’m not going to say I’m just a total victim. No, ma’am. That would be disrespectful to Mr. Faith.”
The state believes this was all a violent fantasy of Lopez and Jennifer’s affair, as presented during their case. But, the defense is claiming he was manipulated by Jennifer.
On Thursday, after Lopez’s testimony, the defense called Dr. John Fabian, a clinical psychologist, to testify. He discussed Lopez’s post-traumatic stress disorder and Lopez’s actions in relation to his time in the military.
“He was in a bad place,” said Dr. Fabian. He said Lopez latched onto the memories of his high school relationship with Jennifer as a coping mechanism to bring fulfillment.
“He’s not functioning normally,” said Dr. Fabian. “He’s a man on a mission, like he was trained.”
The decision will likely go to the jury by the end of the week.
Stay with WFAA for more updates on the trial this week.
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LAMPASAS, Texas — The City of Lampasas is asking residents to conserve as much water as they can due to the city's water supply being shut off during repairs in Kempner on Friday, July 28.
According to the city, the Kempner Water Supply Corporation isolated the damaged water line in Kempner, and in order to repair it the Lampasas water supply had to be shut off.
As crews work throughout the day to fix this dynamic leak, it could take some time before the water supply is turned back on in Lampasas. According to the city, the water supply should last around 24 hours.
At the time that this article was written, the City of Kempner provided the following update:
"The water loss is proving to be more widespread than anticipated. We will have to turn off the entire system that supplies every single meter in our system in order to get this concrete line repaired quickly. Please bear with us as we facilitate these repairs, we are doing our best. We apologize for any inconvenience. Turn off your water heaters at the breaker."
The City of Lampasas asks that residents continue to observe and abide by the Stage 5 Water Conservation Restrictions.
Residents and businesses are asked to limit all unnecessary use of water including no outdoor watering,
To learn more about these restrictions, please visit here.
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SAN ANTONIO — One person is dead and two others are in the hospital after a shootout in a busy mall parking lot.
A shopper noticed his vehicle was missing early Thursday afternoon, so he tracked it to another side of South Park Mall, officials with the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) said.
Police say two people were inside the stolen vehicle: a man in the driver's seat and a woman in the passengers seat. The owner attempted to order the suspected thieves out at gunpoint.
That’s when the suspected thief in the driver's seat shot the owner, investigators said.
According to SAPD, the owner returned fire, killing the other man and critically injuring the woman.
“Certainly a case of self-defense, is what we have,” McManus said. “We would prefer that they call the police before taking that into your own hands, but he did what he felt he needed to do.”
Based on preliminary information from investigators, defense attorney Nico LaHood says the owner's actions were justified under the Texas Penal Code.
“Citizens have a right to prevent the consequences of a theft," said the former Bexar County district attorney. "In that prevention of consequences, you can use force to prevent a theft. You can use physical force, but the law also says you can display a weapon. That is considered force, but it’s not considered deadly force.
"What made this different," LaHood continues, "was the suspect actually used deadly force against the vehicle owner. At that time, he had the right to use deadly force to prevent his own injury. He should not be facing any charges from this incident."
LaHood says what a person can do and what a person should do are two different matters.
“If you’re asking me my opinion, (people) have lost confidence in some of our institutions, unfortunately,” LaHood said.
“The victim was my brother and there are two sides to every story," Jose Garcia told KENS 5 on the scene. “Whether my brother was wrong or right, he had a gun pointed at him. I guess he took it upon himself to defend himself. The guy who shot him is a vigilante, not a hero. A vehicle is not worth taking someone's life, I don't care what kind of car it is. You don’t take the law into your own hands. Now my mom, my family, we all have to suffer and just deal with it.”
The investigation is ongoing, and SAPD Chief William McManus said it’s unknown at this point if any charges will be filed.
This is a developing story. Check back with KENS5.com for updates.
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SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — At least one person died after a crash on SR 9, just south of Shelbyville, on Friday.
Preliminary information released from the Shelby County Sheriff's Department said they do not know the name of the drivers involved, but believe the crash involved a "work type truck and possibly two larger trucks".
Three vehicles were involved and SR 9 remains closed at this hour.
Authorities did not say when the crash happened.
13News will update this story once more information becomes available.
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INDIANAPOLIS — A child who went missing underwater at a campground in north central Indiana died on Thursday, according to the Howard County Sheriff's Office.
On Thursday around 7:03 p.m., the Howard County 911 Dispatch Center received a report of a juvenile who was missing in the water at the Beaver Point Campground in Windfall.
Around 7:11 pm, deputies arrived and divers reportedly entered the water to search for the child.
The Dive Team arrived and begin searching the water as well, according to the Howard County Sheriff's Office. A diver located the child around 7:52 p.m.
The child was brought to shore and CPR was started. Medical personnel from Community Howard Regional Health and Greentown Fire Rescue began providing medical assistance.
After being transported to Community Howard Regional Health, the child was later pronounced deceased.
No further details were released by the Howard County Sheriff's Office.
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It’s just before six on Wednesday morning. It’s foggy and a bit cool, but once the sun breaks through, the day will be one of the hottest of the week.
That’s why Catrina Bauer of the Lackawanna County Health Department is here, affixing a heat sensor to the inside of the passenger window of an emergency management vehicle. Its antenna shoots up from the top of the window into the air, ready to gather temperature data throughout South Scranton and parts of Taylor.
“Our main goal with this heat study is to get the data that we will collect from all the runs that we do today,” Bauer said. “And to pretty much see where we can provide shelter, cooling stations… to better the community as far as heat that takes effect on our community.”
Bauer and Stacy Atkinson, another health department employee, were one of nine teams tracking the heat throughout Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties on Wednesday. They each patrolled their route three times - at 6 in the morning, 3 in the afternoon and 7 at night.
The local study is part of an effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to identify and address what are known as urban heat islands.
With record-breaking heat waves gripping much of the country and heat advisories issued for Luzerne and Lackawanna counties this week, Bauer says the health impacts of extreme heat have never been more evident.
“Everyone always takes in the effects when they see hurricanes and flooding, but at the end of the day, heat is the number one concern when it comes to our community,” she said.
NOAA reports extreme heat is the number one weather-related cause of death in the U.S. for the last three decades. And, according to U.N. climate scientists, this July is on track to be the hottest month on record worldwide.
Scranton and Wilkes-Barre were among 18 communities participating in this year’s study. Once the data is compiled, the two cities can use it to identify the hottest areas where things like cooling centers could be useful - and apply for grants to make improvements happen.
“I feel like it’s certain areas areas that you are where it’s hotter, certain concrete, certain asphalt where you are,” Bauer said. “Hopefully this study will prove it for us.”
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Record-breaking Grand Haven swimmer gears up to swim Lake Michigan — again
What's the best way to cross Lake Michigan? A Jet ski? Ferry? For Jim "The Shark" Dreyer, it's swimming.
Twenty-five years ago, the Grand Haven resident swam a nearly 65-mile stretch from Manitowoc, Wis. to Ludington, Mich. Now, at almost 60, Dreyer is gearing up to hit the waters of Michigan's third largest lake — again.
"It's full circle for me because this is the 25th anniversary when I first swam across that lake," said Dreyer, who has done multiple record-breaking swims across the Great Lakes. "So, I thought, 'I'm going to make a second crossing.' Only this time, the plan is to do it 25 years later, 25 years older and go 25 miles further — I kind of wanted to raise the bar."
Dreyer is set to hit the lake on Tuesday, 15 days before his 60th birthday. He's calling his journey "The Silver Sequel."
In August 1998, his initial trek across the lake measured at 50 miles in distance, but ended up being 65 miles due to strong cross-currents, said Dreyer, who was 34 at the time.
Since then, he's racked up one swimming feat after another, including becoming the first person to swim across a Great Lake (Lake Erie) in 2000 as part of a triathlon and a solo self-sufficient swim across Lake Superior, swimming for nearly 59 miles for 59 hours and 50 minutes. According to his website, he is the first person to set records swimming across all five Great Lakes and the second to cross all five.
For next week's swim, the distance will be about 82.5 to 90 miles, totaling more than 60 hours of swimming as "currents always add some additional distance," he added.
Dreyer, who will follow a boat during his journey, will be confined to the water for three days, where he'll take in nutrition hourly, consuming a meal replacement drink, electrolyte stamina tablet, a shot of pure honey for blood sugar levels, a shot olive oil for omega-3 fats and pulverized homemade granola through a straw.
Dreyer's journey comes amid the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven. Proceeds from his swim's fundraiser will benefit the Grand Haven and Western Lake Michigan chapters of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Chief Petty Officers Association, according to Dreyer's website.
"For 25 years, I've worked closely with the Coast Guard and they've supported me," Dreyer said. "I could not have been successful without them (after) working on projects like safety swimming videos ... after 25 years with all they've done for me, I wanted to give back."
Active in many sports growing up, Dreyer actually was never a swimmer. In fact, he says he sustains a "life-long fear" of water, following a near-drowning experience at three years old.
Dreyer was rescued from the water by his sister after falling face-down in a body of water near the family's cottage. Years later in 1996, he took his first swim lessons to overcome his fears. The Silver Sequel, he says, will be another challenge to face those fears head-on.
"It's just so liberating to face your fear — and I don't say I've that conquered my fear of water; I still feel it," Dreyer said. "When I start to swim and I look at the sandy bottoms after the first few strokes, I still flashback to when I was three years old. Then, very quickly, as an adult, I snap out of it."
Still, "I haven't conquered it. I've just learned to control it, and that's a very liberating thing," he said.
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State expands quarantine on hemlock tree-killing bug
Two more Michigan counties have been added to the list of places under quarantine for a bug that can kill hemlock trees, state officials said Friday.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said the quarantine for the hemlock woolly adelgid now includes Benzie and Manistee counties. The bug previously has been detected in Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa and Washtenaw counties, the agency said.
"Our goal is to protect the 170 million hemlock trees that live in Michigan’s forests," Mike Philip, director of the department's Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division, said in a statement. "Hopefully, by expanding the quarantine area, we can keep the pest from moving to new areas in the state and slow the spread within the currently infested areas."
Under the quarantine, which goes into effect Tuesday, the department will regulate the movement of certain nursery stock and forest products within and from infested Michigan counties as well as products brought into the state from other states where there are hemlock woolly adelgid infestations.
Trees infested with hemlock woolly adelgid must also be reported to the agency.
The invasive species of insect has long, siphoning mouths that they use to extract sap from hemlock trees, weakening them over time and slowing tree growth. They can potentially kill a tree within 10 years.
"If left unchecked, hemlock woolly adelgid could spread throughout Michigan’s hemlock trees, causing significant losses and affecting the timber and lumber industries, nursery and landscaping industries, the Christmas tree industry, and the tourist industry," Philip said.
Losing hemlock trees could also mean a rise in water temperatures in streams and an increase in soil erosion, he said.
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New video shows a vicious attack on a school crossing guard as she was carjacked in the Bronx, and police are now searching for the suspect.
Video obtained exclusively by NBC New York showed the moment around noon on Monday when the 60-year-old New Yorker was dragged out of her SUV, ripped from behind the wheel and thrown to the ground in Eastchester. Screams could be heard coming from the victim, as she was kicked, punched and left bruised — while her attacker, dressed in white, drove off in her vehicle.
The owner of a business across the street heard the screams and rushed to help the woman.
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"Just instinct. You see someone who is down and out you try to help them up," said Krish Maharaj. "She did have bruises on her legs. The gentlemen did kick her a few times. And she was really shaken up. She lost everything: wallet, phone, keys. She was really down and out...I was telling her just everything was gonna be OK. As bad as it sounds, it is material things and as long as you’re OK. You’re healthy and still safe, that’s most important.”
The store where this video came from is hoping that the images help capture the assailant.
The crossing guard is adored in the Eastchester neighborhood. Police said she was waiting in her SUV and preparing to make sure children from the Rosa Parks Educational Campus on Steenwick Avenue were safe leaving school when she was targeted, beaten and robbed.
"She was always helping people crossing the street. Not only that if you wanted to speak to her. She will listen to you. That’s the kind of people she was. She’ll listen to you and she did more than crossing. She also counseled. She was helping people man," said a local resident.
NBC New York also also obtained exclusive cellphone video showing the alleged attacker sleeping in the bed of a pickup truck just 90 minutes before the attack. Maharaj said the community needs police to make an arrest.
"Absolutely important. There’s a lot of schools nearby. You never want that happening to anyone else, children especially. I hope they find him soon, yeah," said Maharaj.
Police are confident people in the area will recognize the attacker and are asking for help from the community. Anyone with information regarding the attack or the suspect is urged to contact police.
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Tipping in restaurants and salons may be standard to some, but one new study suggests that most Americans have grown old of the social etiquette -- and confused by how much to give.
A recent survey by Bankrate found roughly two-thirds of Americans have a negative view of tipping. Just under half of those who participated believe businesses should pay employees more rather than relying on adding a tip.
1-in-3 people think the tipping culture has become 'out of control' with more shops, food trucks, and even airline counters encouraging customers to tip, based on the results.
"It's kind of pushing you towards what they want you to pay instead of allowing you to give what you want to give or what they feel they deserve," said Isaiah, one of the New Yorkers polled by NBC New York.
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Over 30% of those asked in the study were annoyed by the preprogrammed tip screens on kiosks and tablets after purchasing anything from a full meal to a cup of coffee.
The research shares that women tend to tip more frequently over men, while age plays a role in the tendency. Baby boomers, those ages 59 to 77, tip the most out of all generations followed by millennials and Gen Z tipping the least.
While there is no official guide to tipping culture, certain terms like 'tipflation' and 'guilt tipping' are becoming more frequent as people try to navigate what is considered an appropriate amount to spend.
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"It's like a quiet moment. You're looking at the screen. They're looking at you. They're like, '15, 20, 30,' and I'm like 'alright' -- boom. Let me hit it, so I can just get out of here, but I feel and hope it's going to a good place," said Hector, an NYC native, outside of Rockefeller Center.
Social etiquette for tipping
Calculating the right amount to tip can be confusing, which makes the preset machines helpful, but here are examples of when and how much to tip. The sales tax in New York City is 8.875%.
RESTAURANT
- Tip waitstaff anywhere from 15 to 25% of the total bill. Some eateries pool all tips at the end of the night.
HOTEL
- Tip maids and housekeeping $2 to $5 per day depending on the service requested.
- Porters and bellhops can receive $1 to $2 per bag carried to the room.
SPA, SALON, MASSEUSE
- Tip 15 to 25% of the service done with tipping around $5 for the assistant who washes hair.
FOOD COUNTER, DELI, BODEGA
- Tip 10% of the order, but if it is just a quick grab-and-go item, leaving a dollar works well.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Bloodworks Northwest is urging community members to donate blood as the region’s supply nears emergency-level lows.
Health officials say blood donations decrease during summer as people are out enjoying activities and festivals.
“People aren’t coming out to donate blood because it’s not on their minds and during summer, that’s actually when we see an increase in accidents and traumas that need more blood transfusions,” Lauren Reagan of Bloodworks Northwest said.
The need for more blood donors was exemplified this week in Portland, Reagan said, as Bloodworks Northwest needed to place an emergency shipment order for transfusions and an officer-involved shooting in Tualatin.
“Even on Tuesday, we had to do an emergency blood shipment of O positive from our facility in Renton down to Portland area hospitals because they had three mass transfusion events – which, one in a day is very unlikely, but we had three and two of them are simultaneously happening so, we had to do emergency shipment and that was prior to officer shooting,” Reagan explained.
Bloodworks Northwest has several locations around the Pacific Northwest and is adding a Beaverton location to increase accessibility for donors.
“You never know if they’re going to need one unit or if they’re going to need up to 100. So, we want to make sure our hospital partners have what they need to help save lives,” Reagan said.
“As of right now, we are starting to slip into emergency levels on certain blood types; O negative being your universal, O positive, which is the most common type here in the Pacific Northwest. As we’re forecasting heading into August, it’s not looking great. We have over 2,000 open appointments just at the end of this month,” Reagan said.
“We need about 1,000 donors every single day throughout the Pacific Northwest to keep a stable blood supply. Right now, we need even more to come out, take an hour out of their day, have some snacks with our teams and just donate blood to help save a life.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After a months-long investigation, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said they just seized the largest amount of illegal fentanyl in agency history.
On Tuesday, deputies said they arrested a wanted person in the Goose Hollow neighborhood and upon receiving a search warrant for their car discovered an estimated 138,000 pills worth of fentanyl.
The contents of the car included an estimated 58,000 pills and another 16 pounds of fentanyl powder in gallon-sized bags, as well as scales, a manual pill press, a commercial pill press, $5,000 in cash, and a handgun.
If sold, the fentanyl would be worth an estimated $320,000-400,000, the Sheriff’s Office said.
In 2022, Multnomah OCunty saw the second largest bust during a coordinated traffic stop in Clackamas County where they found 92,000 fentanyl pills among other drugs.
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There have been so many amazing performances so far this year from stars like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Billy Joel but more concerts are coming up over the next few months.
We have all of your concert needs covered, with information about tour dates, venues and where you can buy tickets.
Luke Combs
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Country singer Luke Combs is performing at the Linc in July as part of his upcoming world tour. He will be joined by Riley Green, Lainey Wilson, Flatland Cavalry and Brent Cobb.
When: July 29
Where: Lincoln Financial Field
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Drake & 21 Savage
Hip-hop fans prepare for the iconic rapper Drake to hit the stage at the Wells Fargo Center. He will be joined by rapper 21 Savage.
When: July 31 and Aug. 1
Where: Wells Fargo Center
Tickets: Tickets are available here.
Sam Smith
The 'Stay With Me' singer is coming to the Wells Fargo Center in August for their GLORIA tour.
When: Aug. 2
Where: Wells Fargo Center
Tickets: Tickets are available on the Wells Fargo Center's website.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
"The Boss" made his first stop of the year in Philly in March with one night at the Wells Fargo Center. He is returning in August for two nights at Citizens Bank Park.
When: Aug. 16 and 19
Where: Citizens Bank Park
Tickets: Tickets are available on Citizens Bank Park's website.
Duran Duran
English rock band Duran Duran is stopping in Philly alongside Nile Rodgers & CHIC and Bastille.
When: Sept. 7
Where: Wells Fargo Center
Tickets: Tickets are available on the Wells Fargo Center's website.
Beck and Phoenix
Beck and Phoenix are co-headlining their 19-city Summer Odyssey tour with one night in Philly.
When: Sept. 8
Where: TD Pavilion at the Mann
Tickets: Tickets are available here.
Arctic Monkeys
The English rock band is stopping at the Mann on its 2023 North American tour.
When: Sept. 5
Where: TD Pavilion at the Mann
Tickets: Only verified resale tickets remain on Ticketmaster.
P!NK
P!NK is spending two nights in Philly this September for her Summer Carnival 2023 tour.
When: Sept. 18 and 19
Where: Citizens Bank Park
Tickets: Tickets are available here.
Jonas Brothers
The world-famous trio is back on tour with a stop in Philadelphia for part of their North American tour.
When: Sept. 21
Where: Wells Fargo Center
Tickets: Tickets are available here.
SZA
Grammy Award-winning R&B artist SZA is performing at the Wells Fargo Center, and the venue announced her scheduled performance for March 2 has been rescheduled for September 29.
When: September 26
Where: Wells Fargo Center
Tickets: Tickets are sold out on the Wells Fargo Center's website.
Here's a list of artists that have already visited Philadelphia this year
Muse
English rock band Muse is stopping at the Wells Fargo Center on its Will of the People World Tour where they will be joined by Evanescence.
When: March 19
Where: Wells Fargo Center
Future and Friends
Future is stopping in Philadelphia for his 'One Big Party Tour' with special guests including Don Toliver, G Herbo, Mariah the Scientist and Dess Dior.
When: March 24
Where: Wells Fargo Center
Dru Hill
1990s R&B artist Dru Hill is stopping at the University of Delaware in March for Dru Hill's 25th Anniversary tour. The group will be joined by Next and 112.
When: March 24
Where: The University of Delaware's Bob Carpenter Center
Taylor Swift
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is performing at the Linc for three nights in May as part of The Eras Tour. She will be joined by Phoebe Bridgers, Gracie Abrams and GAYLE.
When: May 12-14
Where: Lincoln Financial Field
The Roots Picnic
The Roots Picnic is back at the Mann in Fairmount Park with headliners including Ms. Lauryn Hill, Usher & The Roots and Lil Uzi Vert.
When: June 2-4
Where: The Mann
Ed Sheeran
English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is performing at the Linc this summer.
When: June 3
Where: Lincoln Financial Field
Bryan Adams with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams is performing at the Wells Fargo Center with special guests Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
When: June 7
Where: Wells Fargo Center
Dead & Company
If you want to catch the Dead one more time, you're in luck. Dead & Company: The Final Tour is coming to Citizens Bank Park this summer.
When: June 15
Where: Citizens Bank Park
Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks
Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks are performing in Philly for their "Two Icons, One Night" tour.
When: June 16
Where: Lincoln Financial Field
Morgan Wallen
Morgan Wallen's One Night At A Time World Tour is stopping at Citizens Bank Park in June.
When: June 17
Where: Citizens Bank Park
Weezer
Weezer is playing TD Pavilion at the Mann in June as part of its Indie Rock Road Trip summer tour.
When: June 27
Where: TD Pavilion at the Mann
James Taylor
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer James Taylor is performing at the Mann this July.
When: July 1
Where: TD Pavilion at the Mann
Beyoncé
Beyoncé is stopping in Philly on the North American leg of her Renaissance World Tour.
When: July 12
Where: Lincoln Financial Field
The Dave Matthews Band
The Dave Matthews Band is making stops at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ and Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, NJ.
When and Where: July 18 at PNC Bank Arts Center and July 21 and 22 at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Phish
Phish's 23-date summer tour includes two nights in Philly at the Mann.
When: July 25 and 26
Where: TD Pavilion at the Mann
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The man who was shot and killed by Boise police has been identified.
Macey Juker, 28, of Boise, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the Ada County Coroner's Office announced Friday. Juker exchanged in gunfire with police Wednesday night in the 700 block of North 20th Street in Boise's North End, according to a BPD news release. Police were dispatched to the location after receiving reports of "a situation involving an armed subject," and, after hearing shots fired, exchanged in gunfire with Juker.
It was the fifth officer-involved shooting in Boise this year, KTVB reported and a Boise Police Department spokesperson confirmed, surpassing last year's total of three. The five police shootings this year match 2021 and 2016 for an eight-year high, according to data the BDP spokesperson provided.
Three people have died in police shootings this year: Juker, Payton Wasson (June 24) and Eli Nash (Jan. 23).
Nash, Wasson and Juker presented weapons before they were shot, according to BPD reports.
"I am seeing an increased frequency with which our officers are encountering people willing to use force, deadly force, or weapons against officers in the course of their duties," Boise Police Chief Ron Winegar told KTVB.
"(Resolving situations) peacefully is always (the) goal," Winegar added. "Unfortunately, there are times like this when there is very little other choice. When you are fired upon with gunfire or you're assaulted with weapons, these incidents become a deadly-force encounter. It's happening all too frequently in our community."
No officers were injured during Wednesday's incident, which is being investigated by the Critical Incident Task Force led by Garden City police.
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Hugh Crawford still sometimes shops on Amazon, even though he’s general manager for the Village at Meridian.
In recent years, headline after headline has captured the downfall of American retail and malls, brought on by changing consumer habits and, in some areas, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
But Crawford believes online and brick-and-mortar shopping can co-exist. And in many ways, the Village at Meridian exemplifies the industry trend of experience-focused areas where people can do more than just shop for apparel. The Village, an outdoor shopping center a few miles from the city’s downtown, offers office space, a show fountain and nearby apartments, among other attractions.
“It’s the experience and the memories that people have made here,” Crawford said. “(Meridian) has proven to be an exceptional market for this kind of development.”
Idaho is an interesting market for malls. The state as a whole only has five malls (classified as large, enclosed shopping centers), according to Emily Arft, a senior associate focusing on mall and retail for Green Street, a real estate research and advisory firm.
The Village at Meridian is more of a “lifestyle center concept,” she said. Department stores used to serve an important role as anchors for a mall, but they are less important now, which is driving more of those concepts.
On Thursday afternoon, sun glinted off rows and rows of cars in the Village parking lot as Melodie Weber sat at a table in the shade.
Weber comes to the Village maybe twice a month. She and her family will do their thing and stop for treats on the way out. She said it’s easier to shop for things like clothing in person, although it’s more convenient to shop online.
“Especially when you have little kids. That way they’re not grabbing at all the stuff or running off in the store, which happened yesterday,” Weber said, to her almost-2-year-old Paisley. She fed part of a cinnamon roll to Paisley while her 5-year-old, Austin, dug into his.
But the best mall in the state is Boise Towne Square, which Green Street classified as an A- mall.
On Thursday, Cecilia Sampouw was waiting for her family outside a store in the mall. Her son needed to grab a baseball card before they returned home from vacation.
They’d gone downtown, but it was hard to find the specific thing he wanted. So a few hours before their flight they headed to Boise Towne Square.
“I think the good thing about malls is you just can find anything,” Sampouw said.
Malls can definitely provide benefits, including being some of the first places parents will let their kids go alone, but there can be too much of a good thing.
“We definitely have too many malls in the U.S.,” Arft said. “We think that if your mall is graded A quality, it will most likely survive. ... If you’re a B mall, it’s a toss up. … C malls … we expect all of those malls to go away over the next 10 to 20 years.”
Typically, every time a mall closes, other malls in the vicinity see an uptick in foot traffic, she said. Two of Idaho’s five malls were given a C rating by Green Street, which could drive more people to Boise if they close.
“If I’m looking at these five malls, does Idaho need all five of them?” Arft said. “No, they can probably survive with two or three.”
Other cities, like San Francisco and New York City, have seen retail suffer as remote work brought on by the pandemic became extremely popular. And areas with more restrictive COVID-19 policies have struggled, Arft said. Idaho didn’t have restrictive COVID-19 policies.
For example, Brookfield Properties recently pulled out of a San Francisco mall along with its business partner Westfield. Brookfield Properties developed the Boise Towne Square mall. Brookfield Properties did not return a request for comment.
But the California tech town has sent plenty of its residents (along with other states) to Idaho in recent years, which Crawford said is part of why Idaho’s mall scene is thriving.
“That’s (growth has) just expanded our market with more customer base … if you’re in California, you’re making a big salary and you’re allowed to work remotely and you can live in Idaho and buy twice the house for half the money, you have a lot of disposable income,” Crawford said. “More people and large disposable income is a good combination.”
This in-migration phenomenon, labeled “equity refugees” by one local business owner, was driven in part by the pandemic. People searched for areas to work remotely with good outdoor areas away from bigger cities and sometimes, for areas with fewer pandemic restrictions.
Boise’s remote location could also be part of why retail works better here.
In contrast to more-populated areas, Amazon Prime does not deliver quite as quickly to Boise.
In a statement, an Amazon spokesperson said delivery promises fluctuate based on factors like transportation capacity in a region and a customer’s location. The same-day delivery network serves over 90 metros, the spokesperson said.
With same-day delivery, some consumers in bigger cities can sometimes get things delivered faster than going to the store.
“Coastal markets, they’re usually more affluent, they might be younger and more tech-savvy and more willing to adapt e-commerce,” Arft said. “... Usually people are going to brick-and-mortar stores when they have a last-minute item that they need to take away that day.”
However, the growth in this market has brought more big retailers to the market, Crawford said.
“Major national retailers first look at major markets, New York, L.A., Chicago,” Crawford said. “And it was hard to get them to understand what Boise and what Idaho had to offer.”
Ultimately, industry analysts and news articles have noted a divide between the good malls and the bad malls. Current markets and consumer behaviors no longer support several mediocre-to-average malls in a market.
“That’s been a longstanding debate if online shopping is going to kill the mall or shopping center,” Crawford said. “It’s proven that it’s not … it’s just balancing out.”
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AUGUSTA- Governor Janet Mills has signed a bill that is aimed at improving school bus safety.
LD62 requires antipinch sensors to be installed in all new school buses starting in 2025.
A student from Auburn and another from Buxton were caught in their school bus doors in 2022, placing them in dangerous situations.
Antipinch sensors can help prevent these types of accidents by stopping doors from closing with a child caught in them.
The bill will take effect in October.
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