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WATERLOO – The public is invited to join the Waterloo Community Foundation at 11 a.m. Wednesday as we hear from Paul Huting, Mark Kuiper, and Felicia Smith-Nalls about the campaign to transform the city’s two anchor parks: Gates Park and Byrnes Park.
“Windows on Waterloo” is a Zoom educational series offered monthly by the Waterloo Community Foundation. The public may join this free presentation by contacting the Foundation’s Program Manager, Paige Price, at paige.price@wloocommunityfoundation.org.
The vote comes amidst a lawsuit, filed by the club’s former manager, alleging the board did not address employees’ sexual harassment complaints, and tried to defame the ex-manager after firing him.
From historic parades and concerts to family fun, lantern launches and – of course – fireworks, the Cedar Valley is celebrating Independence Day weekend with dozens of activities.
The Rooted Carrot Cooperative Market is a community-owned grocery store that seeks to enhance the health and well-being of the greater Cedar Valley, according to its mission statement.
The request for a Bitcoin mining site in Black Hawk County was stopped in its tracks Tuesday by a vote against the proposal by the Board of Supervisors.
Courier staff headed to Lost Island Themepark Tuesday to check out the rides at the newly opened attraction, each finding their sweet spot in one of its five themed worlds. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/gates-byrnes-parks-topic-of-discussion-wednesday/article_a2b2e0e8-0ea1-5139-8e3a-b4bf2c067d8b.html | 2022-07-05T21:37:46 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/gates-byrnes-parks-topic-of-discussion-wednesday/article_a2b2e0e8-0ea1-5139-8e3a-b4bf2c067d8b.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Wasco County man will spend more than 12 years in prison after a judge sentenced him Tuesday for kidnapping, burglary and failure to perform the duties of a driver.
A jury found Dakota Glenn guilty of those three crimes on June 30.
According to Wasco County District Attorney Matthew Ellis, Glen and another person confronted a man at gunpoint on Feb. 9.
They ransacked the victim’s home and stole some of his possessions. Then, while still threatening the victim with a gun, they forced the victim to accompany them across town. Ellis said Glenn repeatedly threatened the victim and a visitor the victim had inside his home.
After the incident, Glenn traveled to California to elude investigators, the district attorney said. He was arrested in California on a warrant.
At the time, Glenn was on supervised probation for a previous felony charge of failure to perform the duties of a driver. This charge stemmed from a May 2021 incident where he injured another person in a crash and fled the scene.
In his sentencing Tuesday, Judge Janet Stauffer announced Glenn would serve 70 months each for the robbery and kidnapping charges and 13 months for the previous failure to perform the duties of a driver charge.
Of the 153 total months, 140 must be served day for day, with no possibility of “good time,” the district attorney said.
Glen will also be required to complete three years of post-prison supervision after his release.
Stauffer said Glenn had committed a terrifying crime, has repeatedly shown he has no respect for the law and is a danger to the community.
According to Ellis, Glenn had previously been offered rehabilitative services. | https://www.koin.com/local/wasco-county-man-gets-12-year-sentence-for-kidnapping-robbery/ | 2022-07-05T21:39:04 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/wasco-county-man-gets-12-year-sentence-for-kidnapping-robbery/ |
A firefighter was hurt during one of two house fires in Fort Wayne late Monday, the city Fire Department said today.
Firefighters were called to the 1000 block of Blue Stone Court shortly before 11 p.m. and found fire on the back exterior of a two-story home, extending into its attic spaces and roof, the fire department said in a statement.
Crews used multiple hose lines, cut open the roof and pulled down ceilings to gain access to the fire, which was extinguished in about 40 minutes, the statement said. It said a firefighter was injured and taken to a local hospital for treatment.
At about the same time, firefighters said they were called to a home in the 6200 block of Cordova Court, where an attached garage was on fire, and the fire was spreading to the house next door.
Firefighters protected the neighbors' house while attacking the fire in the garage, the statement said. It said the fire was brought under control in about 35 minutes; no one was injured.
The cause of both fires is under investigation. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-firefighter-hurt-in-monday-night-house-fires/article_a81bc672-fc68-11ec-ad26-db3064ec4036.html | 2022-07-05T21:40:18 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-firefighter-hurt-in-monday-night-house-fires/article_a81bc672-fc68-11ec-ad26-db3064ec4036.html |
Fort Wayne police said today they have made an arrest in the Sunday morning stabbing of a man in the 500 block of East Washington Boulevard.
Police said the department's homicide unit, with the assistance of its gang unit, arrested Michael Martin, 58, on a charge of attempted murder.
Police have said a man was found walking around in bloody clothes at Washington Boulevard and Clay Street. Medics took the man to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/fort-wayne-police-make-arrest-in-sunday-stabbing/article_d8d07416-fc72-11ec-b01d-1750606e2ac7.html | 2022-07-05T21:40:24 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/fort-wayne-police-make-arrest-in-sunday-stabbing/article_d8d07416-fc72-11ec-b01d-1750606e2ac7.html |
AMERICUS — Georgia Southwestern State University’s economic impact on the region was $103.2 million in Fiscal Year 2021, up 15 percent from last year at $89 million.
The University System of Georgia and its 26 institutions served as a significant source of stability and played a critical role in the state’s recovery with a $19.3 billion statewide economic impact. While the USG’s overall impact was up 3.8 percent from Fiscal Year 2020, GSW had the largest percentage increase from a single institution in the system.
The new detailed report released by the USG revealed that GSW generated 1,102 full- and part-time jobs.
“Georgia Southwestern is an essential economic powerhouse for the region,” GSW President Neal Weaver said in a news release. “This report illustrates the important connection GSW has with the southwest Georgia region, particularly Americus and Sumter County. By generating jobs, providing a boost to local businesses, and graduating career-ready students, we are proud to play such a significant role in the growth of our regional and state economies.”
The annual study, conducted by the Selig Center for Economic Growth in the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, reported most of GSW’s $103.2 million economic impact consists of personnel and operating expenses, budgeted expenditures and spending by students.
“USG institutions and the system as a whole are key contributors to our state and are an economic engine for communities in every region of Georgia,” USG Chancellor Sonny Perdue said. “That economic impact continues to climb, and we are grateful to Gov. Brian Kemp and the General Assembly for their support of the university system and public higher education as we focus on increasing prosperity for the state and all Georgians.”
The USG’s $19.3 billion total economic impact for Fiscal Year 2021 included $13.1 billion in initial spending by students and by USG’s 26 public colleges and universities on personnel and operating expenses. The remaining $6.2 billion is the multiplier impact of those funds in a local community.
Included in the initial spending by the institutions are rounds of funding from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, which are federal funds allocated by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act that provided emergency grants for post-secondary education.
Of the 152,629 jobs generated by USG institutions, approximately 33 percent of the positions are on-campus jobs and 67 percent are off-campus. The study found that for each job created by a USG institution on its campus, two additional jobs are created in the local community.
The full study with data for all 26 USG institutions is available at https://www.usg.edu/assets/usg/docs/news_files/USG_FY_2021_Economic_Impact.pdf. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/georgia-southwestern-has-103-million-economic-impact/article_e14baed0-f7e5-11ec-bcb8-af3727aac5fc.html | 2022-07-05T21:41:54 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/georgia-southwestern-has-103-million-economic-impact/article_e14baed0-f7e5-11ec-bcb8-af3727aac5fc.html |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Fourth of July weekend has passed, and even though this holiday may be fun to you, it is often a different story for your pet.
Fireworks often scare pets, triggering their fight or flight instincts and causing them to run away. If you lost a pet over the weekend, officials with the City of Plano have some tips for you.
- Visit any shelters and see if they have found your pet. If you live close to the borders of another city, check surrounding cities’ shelters as well.
- Visit City of Plano’s virtual lost and found tool to see if someone else has found your pet
- Contact your local shelter to file a lost pet report
- If your pet was wearing a tag or was implanted with a microchip, call the vet or microchip company
- Search your neighborhood and let your neighbors know that you have lost your pet. Place lost pet flyers and signs around the area, as long as that is permitted by the city/HOA.
- Check local shelters every day
- If you lost a cat, put its litter box outside
For more information, visit City of Plano. | https://cw33.com/news/local/did-you-lose-a-pet-during-fourth-of-july-here-are-some-tips-to-help-you-find-them-from-city-of-plano/ | 2022-07-05T21:46:14 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/did-you-lose-a-pet-during-fourth-of-july-here-are-some-tips-to-help-you-find-them-from-city-of-plano/ |
Voters can cast their ballots for the Aug. 2 primary election starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday as early, in-person voting starts across the state.
The statewide election includes partisan primaries for state House and Senate seats, and state party central committee seats. There are also two area school levies and a city charter amendment in Xenia on local ballots.
Elections officials are predicting miniscule turnout ranging from 5% to 12% in area counties, because many of the statehouse races are not competitive. But elections officials say that doesn’t change much for them.
“It takes just as much effort to put on an election with an 84% turnout as it does with an 8% turnout,” said Brian Sleeth, director of the Warren County Board of Elections and president of the Ohio Association of Election Officials.
Sleeth and other area elections officials held an event at the Montgomery County Board of Elections Tuesday to inform voters about the August election.
Preparing for this election was done on a tight timeline. Statehouse primaries were supposed to be in May with the primary for Ohio governor and U.S. Senate, but the Ohio Redistricting Commission failed to create maps that the Ohio Supreme Court found constitutional. A federal court in May then ordered the state to have the primary in August using unconstitutional maps while they come up with new maps for 2024.
Local elections officials say the $20 million allocated by the General Assembly to help them cover the costs of this unexpected primary appears sufficient to do so, especially as many counties reduced the number of pollworkers to the legally mandated minimum since turnout is expected to be so low.
Officials from Greene and Preble counties noted Tuesday that in their counties the election is competing for attention and workers with their county fairs.
“We had to move our polling location we usually have at the county fairgrounds, and a lot of people who are involved in (the fair) live in our community so we’re losing some pollworkers that we normally have,” Greene County Board of Elections Director Alisha Beeler. “We’re just adjusting as best we can.”
Montgomery County Board of Elections Director Jeff Rezabek said some of the polling locations they usually use are unavailable — a number of churches, for example, are having vacation bible camps — so about 10,000 voters will get postcard notifications that their Election Day polling place has changed.
They encouraged everyone to go on the elections board’s website and double-check their voting location before going out on Election Day.
Or voters can cast ballots early in-person at their board of elections or vote by mail. Requested absentee ballots will start going out in the mail Wednesday. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is noon July 30, though elections officials warn requests should come in before this to allow time for the ballots to travel through the mail.
Here are the competitive races and issues in the Aug. 2 ballot:
House District 55 (Eastern and northern Warren County, including Springboro)
Republican primary
- Thomas Goodwin
- Scott Lipps (Incumbent)
House District 56 (Central and southwest Warren County, including Lebanon and Mason)
Democrat primary
- Joy Bennett
- Sam Cao
Republican primary
- Kathy Grossmann
- Adam Mathews
House District 70 (Western Greene County, including Beavercreek)
Republican primary
- Brian Lampton (Incumbent)
- Katherine Shutte
Issues
- Ross Local School District will ask voters to decide on a 5-year, 7.99-mill, emergency property tax levy.
- Clark-Shawnee Local School District will ask voters to approve a substitute 12.1-mill property tax levy to replace two existing emergency levies.
- The city of Xenia is asking voters to approve amendments to the city charter to clarify rules for city council members and filling vacant seats, adding language that the city must comply with Ohio’s Uniform Tax Levy Law, and specifying that Ohio Ethics Law applies to all city officials and its employees.
Voting dates and times
Early voting weeks one, two and three (Wednesday, July 6 to Friday, July 22): 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays
Week four (Monday, July 25 to Monday, Aug. 1):
- 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, July 25 to Friday, July 29
- 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 30
- 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 31
- 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1.
Election Day, Aug. 2: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Vote by mail: Applications for absentee ballots to be mailed for Aug. 2 election must be received by noon July 30 at your local board of elections. Though this is the deadline set in law, election officials warn that waiting until this deadline may make it hard to vote by mail because of delivery times.
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FORT WORTH (KDAF) — According to a news release from the City of Fort Worth, dry conditions in Fort Worth caused officials to cut Fourth of July celebrations short at Fort Worth Fourth.
City officials say that the fireworks display at Fort Worth Fourth was halted after several grass fires began along the Trinity River.
Officials and the company responsible for the fireworks show made a decision to stop the show out of caution. The remaining fireworks have since been discharged in a safe location.
“The fireworks show at Fort Worth’s Fourth was cut short tonight. We apologize that the show wasn’t able to be completed. Necessary preparations were taken leading up to the event, and as safety is our No. 1 priority, the decision was made to cut the show short at the direction of the Fort Worth Fire Marshal,” Tarrant Regional Water District officials said in a statement on the city’s website.
Fort Worth Fire Department officials were dispatched to about 203 grass fires in the city.
For more information, visit fortworthtexas.gov. | https://cw33.com/news/local/fireworks-displays-in-fort-worths-fourth-celebration-halted-due-to-grass-fires-officials-say/ | 2022-07-05T21:52:03 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/fireworks-displays-in-fort-worths-fourth-celebration-halted-due-to-grass-fires-officials-say/ |
Crime rates in Idaho have been both low and generally stable over the past five years, even in a time of great upheaval with big population influx, a global pandemic, political divisiveness and more. And an Idaho criminal justice expert says that’s good news.
“The big takeaway is I think crime is relatively stable in Idaho,” said Lisa Bostaph, professor of criminal justice at Boise State University, after reviewing the latest annual “Crime in Idaho” report, released on Friday. “I do think we should feel good about the report overall. We’re not seeing any tremendous increase. Unfortunately, we’re also not seeing any tremendous decreases.”
The latest report, which runs down crime statistics reported by Idaho law enforcement agencies for 2021 and compares them to 2020, shows overall crime down, while drug violations were up by 8%.
“I think policing agencies at all levels, local, state and federal, have really been paying a lot of attention and doing a lot of proactive work around drug busts and identification of people who are carrying drugs,” Bostaph said, “especially with the increases in overdoses and also with the issue of fentanyl.”
“I don’t know that it’s an increase in drug usage, or an increase in drug selling,” she said. “We don’t know that. But what we can see from this is that policing agencies at all levels in Idaho have been paying a lot of attention to drugs in our communities.”
Total offenses reported by Idaho law enforcement agencies, which include both violent and non-violent crime, were down by nearly 3% in 2021, and the state’s overall crime rate per 100,000 inhabitants dropped by nearly 4%. Violent crime was down by more than 3%; total crimes against people were down just under 1%; and property crimes were down by more than 11%.
In 2020, the most recent year for which national rankings are available, Idaho had the ninth lowest violent crime rate among the 50 states plus the District of Columbia; in the West, Idaho’s rate was next-to-lowest, with only Wyoming lower.
Bostaph said both geography, as a rural state, and demographics, as a state that’s been attracting lots of older newcomers, play a role in lower crime rates. “People in their early 40s on up, they’re generally at lower risk of crime to begin with,” she said, “both of being a victim of crime and of committing crimes.”
The 2021 Crime in Idaho report showed that sex crimes were up from a year before, with reported rapes increasing nearly 12%, from 651 in 2020 to 728 in 2021. That’s not counting other smaller categories of sex crimes, many of which also showed increases.
Non-consensual sex offenses have been trending slightly upward over the past five years; in 2021, twice as many juvenile victims were reported as adult victims.
Bostaph said reports of sexual violence against children were up nationally in 2021, as the nation came out of the height of the pandemic, which particularly impacted “children who are in precarious safety situations at home.”
“In 2021, they start returning to school,” she said. “Which means that now, maybe they have an outlet to talk to a counselor at school or talk to a school resource officer or a teacher notices something, and we see that jump happening in reported cases. So I think we’re still seeing some of the residual effects of the pandemic.”
Idaho’s overall crime rate per 100,000 population has been dropping every year for the past five years, according to the report. Total offenses reported also have been on a downward trend, despite the state’s big population increases since 2017.
Bostaph cautioned that crime statistics like these don’t tell the full story, because nationally, only about 42% of all crime gets reported to the police. “It’s pretty consistent over time,” she said. “These reports are a reflection of what the current workload is for the criminal justice system, as opposed to how much crime is actually happening.”
Ada County saw a 4% drop in total offenses reported by local law enforcement agencies from 2020 to 2021, but a 2.6% increase in arrests. Canyon County had similar numbers, with a 5.6% drop in total offenses reported but a 1.4% increase in arrests. In both counties, total arrest figures dropped in 2020, likely due to the COVID-19 shutdowns as people stayed at home during the pandemic’s initial spread.
The report showed the state’s police agencies reported 39 murders in 2021, exactly matching 2020’s figure. Ada County had seven of those; Canyon had three.
The top month in 2021 in which crimes occurred was July. Bostaph said nationwide, crime tends to trend upward in the summer. “People are out, they’re out of their homes more, they’re interacting with other people more, and oftentimes they’re in spaces with people they don’t know,” she said. “The more interactions that people have, and the more they have unoccupied dwellings and possessions, the more likely you’ll see crime go up.”
Statewide, the report showed that intimate partner violence was down 1.3% in 2021, while reported violence against children was up nearly 4%.
The most common place for nearly all types of crime to occur in Idaho in 2021 was at a home; the major exception was for drug crimes, which were more likely to be reported on the streets or highways. Bostaph said that’s reflective of traffic stops or pedestrian stops for other offenses that turn up drugs.
“When you look overall, crime is trending downward,” she said. “When you dig a little deeper, you see that violent crime is staying pretty much about the same.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/crime-in-idaho-low-and-stable-despite-population-influx/article_1a3862ba-e974-5418-b497-0d3ea821696a.html | 2022-07-05T21:52:07 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/crime-in-idaho-low-and-stable-despite-population-influx/article_1a3862ba-e974-5418-b497-0d3ea821696a.html |
A wildfire reported off of Talon Lane, near the World Center for Birds of Prey south of Boise, has been fully contained. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) estimates it will be controlled by 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The fire was reported at about 8:17 p.m. Monday night. Smoke was visible for miles.
Boise Fire Department crews and Ada County deputies initially responded to the incident, but the fire burned onto land protected by the BLM and is now under unified command. BLM dispatched four engines and a dozer to the fire.
Boise BLM's Jared Jablonski said that the fire spread to 114 acres and that the cause was shooting-related.
"We also want the public to be aware that even if following the prevention order when shooting, starting a wildfire is still possible," Jablonski said. "Please think twice about shooting on hot, dry and windy days, and always bring water, a fire extinguisher, and a shovel with you."
A fire prevention order was established in April. That order prohibits certain activities on BLM lands, including using fireworks, discharging a firearm using incendiary or tracer rounds, shooting in an area with dry vegetation, using exploding targets and using explosive material.
The order remains in effect until Oct. 20.
National Weather Service Boise temporarily shut down its weather radar due to its proximity to the fire.
At 10:25 p.m. Monday, the BLM reported that the forward momentum of the fire had been knocked down and crews were securing the fire perimeter. The fire was contained at 11:30 p.m.
Crews stayed through the night, mopping up hot spots. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/firefighters-stop-wildfire-near-birds-of-prey-center-blaze-was-shooting-related/article_4cb464c2-c783-5cd0-9b61-6f614192f9d6.html | 2022-07-05T21:52:13 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/firefighters-stop-wildfire-near-birds-of-prey-center-blaze-was-shooting-related/article_4cb464c2-c783-5cd0-9b61-6f614192f9d6.html |
Authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from the Missouri River Correctional Center south of Bismarck about 6:15 a.m. Tuesday.
David Corn, 35, is serving a sentence for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, fleeing a police officer, and unauthorized use of a vehicle, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol. Corn is 6 feet tall, weighs 370 pounds, and has red hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information about Corn’s whereabouts is asked to contact State Radio at 701-328-9921. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/inmate-walks-away-from-mrcc/article_711a837e-fca0-11ec-a42b-af02f9a9ce03.html | 2022-07-05T21:52:53 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/inmate-walks-away-from-mrcc/article_711a837e-fca0-11ec-a42b-af02f9a9ce03.html |
KING COUNTY, Wash — During summer, more people are going out on trials, and with that, an increasing number of cars are getting broken into.
To combat this, Councilmember Reagan Dunn is introducing legislation to place security measures such as security cameras and signages at high-risk parks and trailheads in King County.
The legislation also seeks that the county identifies which trailheads are the ones at higher risk of car break-ins. Dunn is looking for a volunteer-based group to look after the parked cars and report any violations or suspicious activities. Lastly, the legislation wants to reduce the number of cars in parking lots by expanding the Trailhead Connect at the previously identified trailheads.
"Allowing prowlers to continue to wreak havoc on hikers who find their windows smashed and personal items stolen when they return from the trails will only discourage folks from getting outside and enjoying their outdoor community,” Dunn said. “With the large number of car break-ins we’ve seen at public parks and trailheads already this year, it’s time to step up security and protect people’s property and safety.”
Although there's been an increase in police patrols in trailheads as a response, King County Police said they often cannot patrol these areas because they don’t have the staff.
The legislation will be heard by the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee in the next weeks.
In the meantime, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has a list of tips to keep your car safe while you hike:
- Park in well-illuminated areas
- Do not leave any valuables in your car
- Make sure every door and the trunk are locked
- Report any signs of worrisome behavior
- Be aware of your surroundings
- Store your registration in your trunk or lock box that is attached to your vehicle
- Create a safety circle when you go on a hike such as telling someone where you’ll be and how long you anticipate being gone | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/proposed-legislation-seeks-increase-security-measures-trailheads/281-ad176e73-f729-483f-b690-5d70586cc53d | 2022-07-05T22:02:18 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/proposed-legislation-seeks-increase-security-measures-trailheads/281-ad176e73-f729-483f-b690-5d70586cc53d |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – News Channel 11’s Kelly Grosfield sits down with Kingsport Mayor Pat Shull to discuss his leadership background and ongoing projects throughout the city.
Have a question for the Mayor who represents the city or county where you live in Northeast Tennessee or Southwest Virginia? Email them to KGrosfield@WJHL.com. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/meet-the-mayor-kingsport-mayor-pat-shull/ | 2022-07-05T22:04:41 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/meet-the-mayor-kingsport-mayor-pat-shull/ |
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two suspects in the slaying a year ago of Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries have been arrested overseas, prosecutors in the Netherlands announced Tuesday, a day after the suspected “director” of the shocking killing was detained.
The national prosecutor’s office said a 27-year-old man was arrested on the former Dutch Caribbean colony of Curaçao on Monday and a 26-year-old man was detained in Spain on the same day. Both men are Dutch nationals who will be flown to the Netherlands to face justice.
The two were detained as part of the investigation into the person or people who ordered the killing of De Vries, who was shot at close range on a busy Amsterdam street on July 6 last year. The campaigning journalist died nine days later at the age of 64.
Prosecutors did not give any detail of the identities of the new suspects or their alleged roles in the slaying.
On Monday, prosecutors announced that they had arrested a 27-year-old Polish man suspected of organizing the hit.
Two other suspects — the alleged gunman and getaway driver — have stood trial in Amsterdam on a murder charge. Judges are due to deliver their verdicts on July 14. Prosecutors sought life sentences for both men.
De Vries made his name as a crime journalist. Later in his career, he campaigned tirelessly to resolve cold cases. Before his shooting, De Vries had been an adviser and confidant for a witness in the trial of the alleged leader and other members of a crime gang that police described as an “oiled killing machine.” The witness’s brother and his lawyer both were murdered.
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OLIVIA, Minn. — When a 15-year-old boy came to the Olivia City Council with plans to build his hometown a veterans memorial, Mayor Jon Hawkinson wondered if the lad had bitten off more than he could chew.
Yet, there was something about Dominique Claseman.
“He had architect drawings, he had the space picked out,” the mayor recalls.
And perhaps most importantly, “He knew there would be people in our community who would want to donate to something like this,” the mayor recalls.
Today, no skeptics remain.
On Memorial Day, several hundred people gathered for the dedication of Olivia’s new veterans memorial, completed by Dominique as his Eagle Scout project a few weeks before his 17th birthday.
Ron Kopacek, who headed up the dedication’s honor guard, was amazed as anyone that Dominique pulled it off. “Fifteen years old, sophomore in high school, he's going to raise $12,000 to $15,000 we're thinking, ‘What? Really?’”
Turns out Dominque didn't just raise his starting goal of $12,000 to $15,000.
He collected more than $77,000.
“I question myself on how I even did it sometimes,” Dominque says with a smile.
Dominique hung flyers in businesses, did interviews with the local newspaper and radio station, and set up a table to pitch his project during events at the Olivia American Legion.
As purchases of engraved pavers and other donations exceeded Dominique’s expectations, he expanded his vision of what the memorial could be.
“I wanted to show more appreciation in a bigger way,” says Dominique, who comes from a long line of men who served their country. Among them: Dominique’s father, who wore his Iraq combat boots, at Dominique’s request, to leave 21 foot prints in the memorial’s wet cement.
Mark Jurgensen, who serves as a Boy Scout scoutmaster, isn’t surprised his son saw the project through to its grand conclusion.
“He’s one of them kind of kids that likes to make sure that he doesn’t disappoint anybody, and he strives really hard for that,” Mark says.
On dedication day, a stream of people walked through the memorial, reading the 280 pavers engraved with the names of men and women with Olivia ties who served in the military, some who gave their lives for their country.
The U.S. flag, the Minnesota flag, and the POW flag fluttered over the honored names, a central headstone, black granite benches and bronze statues.
Off to one side of the memorial, Kim Wertish hugged Dominique tightly. “Thank you,” she told him.
Kim’s son James was killed in Iraq on July 16, 2009, with two other members of the Minnesota National Guard, Carlos Wilcox and Dan Drevnick, whose names are also etched in the memorial.
“James has been honored in many cities through connections with the military, and that's dear to us also, but this is our hometown,” Kim says.
Dave Wertish, James’ father, says of Dominique, “He’s got a good heart.”
Dominque also has a knack for raising money.
“This is something special,” says Aaron Russell, a district executive with the Boy Scouts of America. “We were trying to figure out if there’s been in recent memory a project of this scale, especially with the money raised. We couldn’t think or find anything even close to it.”
Aaron smiles, then adds. “I’m an Eagle Scout myself and I raised, maybe $700, $800 for (his project) total, and I thought that was tough at the time. I can’t even imagine.”
The memorial is in Olivia’s Kubesh Park, near the intersection of U.S. Highways 71 and 212.
In early May, Dominique dug a shovel of dirt in a ceremonial groundbreaking, before turning the job over to the contractors he hired.
Dominique hopes his two younger brothers will one day expand the memorial for their own Eagle Scout projects.
Dominique was among the speakers at the dedication.
“The memorial before you is the result of the generosity and support that I, and the veterans of community, have received,” Dominique told the assembled crowd.
Mark Hebig drove two hours to attend the ceremony. His father, Alfred Hebig, served in Korea and is listed on one of the pavers.
“I never knew him very good because he was killed in a car accident when I was 1 year old,” Hebig said, holding back tears. “It’s been a long time, but you still always remember.”
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Unusually high number of firework-related fires reported on Fourth of July in Glendale
Glendale fire crews battled eight fires during Fourth of July celebrations, all believed to be caused by fireworks Monday evening through early Tuesday morning.
Eight is an unusually high number for the Fourth of July celebration period in the city, given there were zero reported fires last year, according to Glendale Fire Department public information officer Ashley Losch.
“This is a marked jump,” Losch said, calling the increase “alarming.”
Losch said it is unclear why there were so many firework-caused fires in Glendale this year compared to last. The exact cause of each fire ranged from flying sparks and improper disposal of fireworks to misuse of fireworks.
There were no reported injuries, which Losch said was “astonishing,” but there was significant damage to property. She said three homes were damaged extensively, while cars and parts of other residences also sustained fire damage. At least two of the fires were due to improper disposal of fireworks after use, according to Losch.
The Phoenix Fire Department also reported multiple exterior fires burning as of Monday evening around 10 p.m.
"Common sense leads us to believe it is likely, but not confirmed, that many of these incidents are a result of residents using fireworks in their Fourth of July celebrations," said public information officer Scott Douglas with the Phoenix Fire Department in an email.
Douglas said the two fires were reported in Phoenix within 30 minutes of each other, one a shed fire and another a debris fire with minimal extension into the home, although the reports did not detail their causes.
Exact causes were not provided.
Firework use is extensively regulated in Arizona due to the state's dry climate. Any fireworks that explode in the air are illegal year-round, while smaller, fountain-like fireworks are legal seasonally, around the Fourth of July, from June 24 to July 6, and during Winter holidays, from Dec. 24 to Jan. 3.
Losch said even though these smaller fireworks will be legal until Wednesday, July 6, “not using fireworks would probably be the best thing (people) can do” given the dry conditions.
However, if residents plan on using them, Losch said to keep children from handling them and to soak them after use in water for at least 24 hours to ensure they have been completely saturated before throwing them in with other trash.
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After a three-day manhunt that ultimately sent investigators to an apartment in northwest Lincoln, police on Tuesday morning arrested the 34-year-old Lincoln man accused of fatally stabbing a 26-year-old man on Friday.
Steven A. Alexander was arrested without incident near 31st Street and Folkways Boulevard, Assistant Police Chief Jason Stille said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon, where he thanked the public for its help in apprehending the man accused of stabbing Austin Gress.
"Multiple tips — some more valuable than others — came in," Stille said alongside Capt. Ben Miller at the police department's headquarters. "It helped us focus our efforts in ... searching different locations, and then based on those tips, it was just kind of a cascading effect.
"The public has a role to play in the safety of the community, just as we do," Stille added. "And when the public is willing to come forward and provide information, this helps us quickly clear cases, and I think that leads to a safer and more secure community."
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Upon his arrest, police booked Alexander at the Lancaster County jail on suspicion of manslaughter, first-degree assault and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony.
Alexander's arrest comes more than three days after "somewhat of a mutual fight" broke out around 9 p.m. Friday between he and Gress near the A’s Stop and Shop at 27th and Dudley streets, Stille said. It's unclear what prompted the dispute, the assistant police chief said.
In court records, police said Gress had been riding a bicycle alongside his dad, 51-year-old William Parrott, in the moments before the attack.
As they approached the convenience store, Parrott told police he lost sight of Gress as he waited for traffic, and as he approached the store, he saw Alexander stabbing his son with a long-blade knife, Lincoln Police Investigator Giselle Hogan said in an arrest affidavit.
Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators showed Alexander chasing Gress as he rode his bike outside the central Lincoln convenience store, Hogan said.
Gress then got off the bike and pushed Alexander to the ground before the 34-year-old stabbed him "two to three times in the upper chest and neck area," Hogan said.
After he was stabbed, Gress fled eastbound as his father approached from the west, Hogan said. Parrott pushed Alexander to the ground before he unsheathed his knife again, causing the 51-year-old to retreat.
Parrott then picked up a metal object and he and Gress chased Alexander, who ran down an alley before fleeing west on Dudley Street, Hogan said in the affidavit.
Gress and his dad then returned to the north side of the convenience store, where the 26-year-old collapsed and was later pronounced dead.
Police haven't recovered the knife Alexander is alleged to have used in the attack, said Stille, who noted the surveillance video shows the 34-year-old holding what appears to be a knife.
Alexander and Gress knew each other before Saturday's attack, though the nature of their relationship remained unclear Tuesday. Stille said the department is still investigating how long the two knew each other and "any issues that may have come up in the recent past."
The stabbing marked the fourth suspected killing in Lincoln this year.
Henry Lee Jones, 57, died May 19 after he was attacked outside his home near 28th and F Streets. Prosecutors charged 32-year-old Derrick Pearson and 31-year-old Briana Jelinek with manslaughter and first-degree assault for their alleged roles in Jones' killing.
Days after Jones' death, 42-year-old Patricio Urias and 26-year-old Zachariah Palomo were shot to death in a duplex near 30th and P Streets. In court records, Lincoln Police investigators said the two men shot each other.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — For all of Billy Bob's Texas' legendary status and history, anyone who's seen a show at the Fort Worth honkytonk likely knows one particular issue with the venue.
Or, rather, two.
Not far from the stage are two large poles that partially obstruct the view of anyone sitting behind them. Unless you're sitting feet from the stage, or directly in the middle of the showroom, you know the poles.
Now, there's good news: They're coming down.
Billy Bob's on Tuesday announced plans for several renovations, most notably the removal of those pesky poles.
Billy Bob's general manager Marty Travis said the venue will also lift a portion of the roof, helping improve viewing and sound quality.
Travis said an "overwhelming" amount of guests have complained about the poles blocking their view from the seats, which can cost a pricy ticket depending on who's performing.
Billy Bob's offers ticketed seating on the main showroom floor and general admission space on the sides of the venue.
Billy Bob's, located in Fort Worth's Stockyards area north of downtown, holds up to 6,000 people and bills itself as the world's largest honkytonk.
The venue has hosted major acts in country music since it opened in 1981, including George Strait, Garth Brooks and George Jones. Billy Bob's, like other music venues, shut down during the initial months of the pandemic, reopening in August 2020.
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SAN ANTONIO — Amber and her husband are still experiencing the emotional trauma of going through with an abortion they wish never had to happen. But they felt it was necessary upon learning of their child’s terminal birth defect. The abortion was not performed in Texas.
“We were really trying for a baby and holding onto a dead baby wasn’t going to get us anywhere,” said Amber, who requested KENS 5 only user her first name due to fear of judgement.
Amber suffers from polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormonal disorder that impacts the ability to become pregnant.
Amber was relieved to learn she was pregnant in the fall of 2021. Over the course of her pregnancy, she experienced multiple bleeding episodes. At one point, she had to be rushed to the hospital because of severe bleeding and a tear in her placenta lining.
The bleeding ceased 11 weeks in, which was accompanied by welcoming news that Amber was expecting a boy she decided to name Michael.
There came a time during the 16th week of pregnancy when Amber met with a high-risk doctor who revealed her child had a lethal birth defect.
“He goes straight for Michael’s head and he says that my baby has anencephaly. He says that my pregnancy is not viable and that it was a lethal pregnancy and that my baby has no brain and no skull,” Amber said.
Amber noted she made the tough decision to seek an abortion 15 seconds after hearing the doctor reveal the diagnosis of Michael’s neural tube defect and zero chance of survival.
“At this point, Texas had started their six-week heart beat bill and there was not many exemptions to the rule,” Amber said.
She heard about abortion clinic options in neighboring Oklahoma. But she would quickly learn how difficult it was to book prompt appointments.
Trust Women is among the handful of abortion clinics in Oklahoma that endured the impacts of SB 8 and surging demand for abortion services from Texas women.
“I called Oklahoma and they were so backed up that they didn’t think it was possible to see me. The soonest appointment they had was late December,” she said.
Amber ended up scheduling an appointment a clinic in Albuquerque, N.M. She was provided medication the day before the abortion to stop Michael’s heartbeat.
October 27 is the day doctors performed the procedure. Amber never got the chance to see Michael but clinicians did provide her with images of his hand and feet prints.
Amber and her husband have since attended counseling sessions, coping through the anxiety and grief of losing Michael, a boy who a doctor said was not capable of living.
“He was traumatized just like me with a baby that we really planned for and that we really wanted. It’s just been really hard for both us,” she said.
Michael’s cremated ashes now rest in an angelic urn with his name inscribed across the base.
Amber had been preparing for a long life with her son.
“All of his clothes is still here, his stuffed animals that we bought. His books, I would read to him a lot. He would kick like crazy,” Amber said.
The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has reignited fear among women nationwide as it relates to abortion access.
Non-profit organizations such as Fund Texas Choice and the Lilith Fund have halted direct financial assistance to clients needing abortion care due to Roe’s reversal and concerns about criminal liability.
“Women who are poor, who are not financially stable aren’t going to have those options. They’re not going to be able to up and say they’ll fly across the country to get an abortion and I feel like this was a hit at women’s bodily autonomy.”
Amber’s chances of getting pregnant initially were already slim due to PCOS, but she worries what will happen if she ends up in a similar situation.
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TEXAS, USA — Note: The following article was originally published by The Texas Tribune.
A school shooting in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The end of a nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to an abortion.
A history-making spring in Texas is laying the groundwork for a contentious final four months in the race to lead the state, where Republican incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott remains the favorite but is confronting his toughest Democratic opponent yet in Beto O’Rourke.
While O’Rourke works to harness the anti-incumbent energy spurred by the seismic events of the past few months, Abbott is banking on a general election centered on stronger issues for him: the economy and the border. But even as the national environment looks bleak for Democrats, O’Rourke has been able to keep the race competitive in Texas — and Abbott’s campaign is not taking any chances.
“People are energized right now, but you know, our job is going to be to keep them that way up until Election Day on Nov. 8,” said Kim Gilby, chair of the Democratic Party in Williamson County, a battleground county north of Austin that in 2018 went for both O’Rourke for U.S. Senate and Abbott for governor. “We can’t just lose sight — there’s so much at stake right now.”
Gilby added she was not worried about O’Rourke’s ability to keep people engaged, calling him the “Energizer bunny” of the campaign trail.
Abbott still carries most of the advantages in the race — money, for one, and a midterm election that is expected to favor Republicans across the country. The governor’s allies argue that voters are more worried about the skyrocketing inflation and illegal immigration — and that O’Rourke cannot separate himself from President Joe Biden, who is very unpopular in Texas.
“First and foremost, those [social] issues won’t overcome the reality of Biden’s economy and when you ask Texans what are their biggest issues, their answers are inflation, the economy and the border,” said Dennis Bonnen, the former Texas House speaker, adding he doesn’t think attitudes in Texas about abortion and guns are enough to move the needle. “Those are issues that have been around forever. The lines have been drawn … and I don’t see significant movement either way.”
Abbott himself has downplayed the political impact of Roe v. Wade getting overturned, arguing that his gubernatorial race in 2014 against then-state Sen. Wendy Davis was a “referendum on the issue of abortion” and he won resoundingly.
To O’Rourke and his supporters, though, this spring has been game-changing. His campaign said it has had 52,000 volunteer shift sign-ups in the five weeks since the Uvalde shooting, a 300% increase over the five weeks prior. After the Roe v. Wade ruling, which came on a Friday, the campaign set out to knock on 30,000 doors over the following weekend and hit 30,279 through 87 separate block walks statewide.
“For us to do that four months away from when this election is decided just shows you how energized the people of Texas are,” O’Rourke said on a Facebook Live afterward.
He also touted a Quinnipiac University poll in mid-June that showed him trailing Abbott by 5 points. The same pollster found O’Rourke behind by 15 points in December.
“The momentum, the speed at which we are catching up and closing the gap, is amazing,” O’Rourke said. “And that was before the Dobbs decision [that overturned Roe v. Wade], that was before it was reinforced that Greg Abbott signed legislation that outlawed abortion in the state of Texas with no exceptions for rape or incest.”
To be sure, O'Rourke has continued to talk about issues that have animated his candidacy from the start — like the 2021 power-grid failure — but the headlines of recent months have given his campaign a new trajectory.
After both the mass shooting in Uvalde and the Supreme Court decision, O’Rourke capitalized by hosting rallies where huge crowds swarmed despite the sweltering weather. And shortly after the shooting, O'Rourke confronted Abbott at a news conference that led to an uproarious scene.
O’Rourke is expected to return to the road with regular events through Election Day after appearing at the state Democratic Party convention later this month in Dallas.
“The wind is blowing our way,” said Cynthia Ginyard, the Democratic Party leader in another battleground county, Fort Bend, in suburban Houston. “We have a little less convincing to do. The state of affairs is helping us do that, and I am very glad that Beto is capitalizing on these current situations.”
One measure of the momentum O’Rourke has received lately could come later this month, when the candidates will have to report their fundraising for the first time since February.
O’Rourke successfully met a goal of raising $4 million online in the final week of the fundraising period, which ended Thursday. But Abbott’s campaign spent recent days rolling out plans for nearly $20 million in ad buys, reminding observers of his towering financial advantage over O’Rourke. As of their last fundraising report in mid-February, Abbott had roughly $50 million cash on hand compared to $7 million for O’Rourke.
Public opinion is generally on O’Rourke’s side when it comes to two major issues that have galvanized Texas Democrats more than ever lately: abortion and guns. Polls regularly show that at least pluralities of Texans want stricter gun laws and oppose totally banning abortion.
But the economy and border have ranked as more important issues for voters, and Abbott has the advantage on them. In the Quinnipiac poll, voters chose the border and economy as the two most urgent issues facing the state, and they said they trusted Abbott more than O’Rourke on them by 15- and 14-percentage-point margins, respectively.
Immigration continues to dominate headlines, and it did so tragically this past week after over 50 migrants died in connection with an abandoned tractor-trailer in San Antonio. Abbott quickly blamed the deaths of Biden and later announced new truck checkpoints, while O’Rourke said the United States needs to “dismantle human smuggling rings and replace them with expanded avenues for legal migration.”
Still, in the Quinnipiac poll, gun policy was a close third among the most urgent issues facing Texans, and Abbott’s advantage there over O’Rourke was a much narrower 4 percentage points. On abortion, voters gave O’Rourke a 2-percentage-point edge.
After a primary season during which Abbott lurched to the right, the governor has done little outwardly to try to win back more moderate voters.
He has, however, tread more lightly on the Roe v. Wade news than some fellow Texas Republicans, who have responded with jubilance — like Attorney General Ken Paxton, who declared the historic day an annual office holiday. Abbott, however, was slow to react when the draft opinion was leaked in April, and when the ruling came out earlier this month, he issued a single mild statement that said the court “correctly overturned” the case.
Whatever the impact of the ruling, his supporters believe the economy will reign supreme in November. Cat Parks, the former vice chair of the Texas GOP, said it will “undoubtedly” be the No. 1 issue in the race, not social issues like abortion.
“I think you’re seeing all of the added energy they’re putting behind it because they don’t have anything else,” Parks said. “They have a president who’s incompetent, they have a gubernatorial candidate who’s aligned themselves with Biden.”
Glenn Hammer, the head of the pro-Abbott Texas Association of Business, said the state’s economy is the “healthiest it’s ever been by really any metric.” TAB, he added, “would love to see a continued focus on the meat-and-potato issues that have made Texas the best place in the world to do business.”
Abbott has big ambitions for November. He not only wants to beat O’Rourke but wants to defeat him by a large enough margin to doom any future political run in Texas. Speaking on the sidelines of the Texas GOP convention earlier this month, Abbott rallied supporters with a call to “beat the hell out of Beto.”
Abbott also wants to win the Hispanic vote, though recent polls have shown O’Rourke still leads with those voters. The Quinnipiac survey gave O’Rourke a 9-percentage-point advantage with Hispanic voters.
The fight for Hispanic voters — especially in South Texas — has only intensified in recent weeks after Republican Mayra Flores flipped a congressional seat in the Rio Grande Valley. O’Rourke largely stayed out of that contest, where the main Democratic candidate, Dan Sanchez, held an election-eve rally with three other statewide candidates.
As part of the almost $20 million in ad buys that Abbott’s campaign has announced, $2.75 million has been dedicated to Hispanic media.
Differences with 2018
The race is shaping up to be different from O’Rourke’s 2018 U.S. Senate race against Sen. Ted Cruz in some key ways. For starters, Abbott’s campaign has proven far more aggressive in working to define O’Rourke than Cruz’s was, pumping out news releases and videos every week loaded with opposition research.
Bonnen said Abbott is “taking nothing for granted” and that the governor’s approach to O’Rourke has been a “night and day” difference with Cruz’s campaign at this point four years ago.
For his part, O’Rourke has openly talked about how he is running this campaign differently from 2018. He has said he is investing more in data; driving a message centered on jobs, schools and health care; sharing more resources with fellow Democratic candidates; and making more of a case against the incumbent.
O’Rourke’s focus on the incumbent this time has especially stood out to his supporters.
“He famously did not draw the contrast with Ted Cruz,” said U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, who recently endorsed O’Rourke as part of a statewide slate. “You can go back and forth about what you think about that strategy. It’s immaterial at this point, really, but in this campaign, he is clearly drawing the contrast on every issue and also being specific on what he would do.”
Democrats believe O’Rourke’s hammering of Abbott is especially helpful due to the governor’s shift to the right over the past two years — a shift that has only been reinforced by the recent headlines on guns and abortion.
“Whatever version of Greg Abbott you voted for previously,” Allred said, “that’s not the version you’re considering on the ballot this November.”
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ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — Police in Lancaster County have charged four suspects with the May 1 burglary of Trop Gun Shop in Elizabethtown.
Naron Wililams, 19, and James T. Scott, 19, and two juvenile suspects, all from the Harrisburg area, have been charged in the alleged burglary, according to Northwest Regional Police.
Police say the suspects, all wearing masks, broke through the front door of the gun store, which is located on the 900 block of North Hanover Street and stole 14 long guns.
It's at least the third time that guns have been stolen from the Elizabethtown-based business since 2016, according to FOX43 news records.
An investigation by NLCPD and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives identified Williams, Scott, and the juveniles as the offenders in this case. All four were taken into custody by Harrisburg City Police and returned to Lancaster County to face charges, according to police.
Williams and Scott are charged with burglary, theft by unlawful taking, criminal conspiracy, and unlawful possession of firearms.
The juvenile offenders were processed on the same offenses and placed in the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center, police say. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/trop-gun-shop-burglary-arrests/521-fc6fd275-2ce1-4e17-9e3a-acc269f8a662 | 2022-07-05T22:26:16 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/trop-gun-shop-burglary-arrests/521-fc6fd275-2ce1-4e17-9e3a-acc269f8a662 |
LEBANON, Pa. — Police in Lebanon have identified "several suspects" in an arson fire that damaged the former Lebanon Catholic High School building early Sunday morning.
The fire occurred at about 3:37 a.m., according to police. Fire crews were able to extinguish the blaze before the building was destroyed.
The building has been unoccupied since the Harrisburg Diocese closed Lebanon Catholic High School and sold the building in April 2020.
Lebanon Police, with assistance from the Pennsylvania Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the cause of the fire, and determined it was set by "several" juvenile suspects.
Police used personal interviews and video released on social media, some of which allegedly depicted the suspects setting a fire inside the building.
The investigation is ongoing anyone with information related to the fire is asked to call the Lebanon City Police Department at 717 272 2054 or Crime Stoppers at 717 270 9800. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lebanon-county/lebanon-catholic-high-school-fire-investigation-suspects-identified/521-b0966ef4-424d-4a29-a5e4-a0542ceb0406 | 2022-07-05T22:26:22 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lebanon-county/lebanon-catholic-high-school-fire-investigation-suspects-identified/521-b0966ef4-424d-4a29-a5e4-a0542ceb0406 |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The American Academy of Pediatrics recently updated their safe infant sleep guidelines. These updates come six years after their latest update in 2016.
Some parents may think that sharing the same bed with your infant is safest, but Driscoll Children's Hospital's injury Prevention Training Coordinator, Karen Beard said there is not a safe way to co-sleep with your baby.
“If they get cold at night, or you think they do then put them in a heavier sleeper, but no pillows, no stuffed animals, no blankets, by themselves flat on their back in a crib," Beard said.
Beard adds that there are some studies that say the use of a pacifier will help decrease the chance SIDS, or 'sudden infant death syndrome' because of the stimulation and the moving of the mouth.
To learn more about this study, click here.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Governor Asa Hutchinson reacted to the record state surplus on Tuesday, and he also announced his intent to call an Extraordinary Session of the Arkansas General Assembly.
“June revenue collection was more than $150 million above forecast, leaving a net surplus for the year in excess of $1.6 billion for the fiscal year. This represents the largest surplus in Arkansas history and demonstrates the state is collecting too much in tax revenue. Our collections are above last year, despite the tax reductions enacted last year. This growth is attributable to the state’s dynamic job creation coming out of the pandemic and increased consumer buying power," said Gov. Hutchinson.
The special session of the General Assembly will happen the week of August 8th and it will be called to try and reduce the rate of tax collection in Arkansas, as well as other items that have not yet been announced. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/little-rock/gov-hutchinson-announces-special-session/91-bc0ecc0d-d524-4004-bd5f-60afe42e9ba5 | 2022-07-05T22:26:50 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/little-rock/gov-hutchinson-announces-special-session/91-bc0ecc0d-d524-4004-bd5f-60afe42e9ba5 |
SARASOTA, Fla. — An ice cream brand in Sarasota has been linked to a Listeria outbreak, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.
People who have any Big Olaf Creamery products in their home are urged by the CDC to throw them away and clean any containers, serving utensils and areas that have possibly been in contact with the company's ice cream. Businesses are also encouraged to do the same.
At least six people who've contracted listeria reported eating Big Olaf Creamery brand ice cream or at locations that may have supplied them, according to the CDC. However, it's still part of an ongoing investigation.
Big Olaf Creamery is reportedly contacting retail locations to stop selling their ice cream products until further notice.
Company officer David Peachey said stores are independently owned, therefore the manufacturer cannot force them to shut down unless there is definitive proof the outbreak is linked to them.
Peachey said he's confident in their product's safety since manufacturers have followed the same health guidelines and complete with routine inspections. However, more health inspections will take place to confirm the possible link.
Peachey recommended stores with the products be shut down for the time being until a confirmation is made.
10 Tampa Bay spoke with one store owner in Sarasota who stated confidence in product safety until there is a definitive relation of the ice cream to listeria.
Listeria, also known as invasive listeriosis, "is most likely to sicken pregnant people and their newborns, adults aged 65 or older and people with weakened immune systems," the CDC stated.
Pregnant people with Listeria symptoms usually experience fatigue, muscle aches and fever. In some cases, the illness may also cause miscarriage, premature delivery, life-threatening infection of the newborn or stillbirth, the CDC says.
Those who are not pregnant may have a headache, stiff neck, loss of balance, convulsions and confusion in addition to muscle aches and fever if they contract Listeria.
The CDC provided other facts about the illness below.
- Symptoms of severe illness usually start within 2 weeks after eating food contaminated with Listeria, but may start as early as the same day or as late as 70 days after.
- Listeria can also cause common food poisoning symptoms, like diarrhea and fever. People who experience these symptoms usually recover without treatment.
- There have been a total of 23 reported illnesses with 22 hospitalizations and one death.
- Listeria has been found in 10 states across the country.
Big Olaf Creamery only sells its ice cream in Florida and currently has seven stores with three in Sarasota and one in Venice and Lakewood Ranch each.
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YORKTOWN, Va. — A Facebook community effort helped connect a message in a bottle back to the Poquoson boy who threw it in the water, 44 years later.
Megan Daliege posted about the mysterious bottle on Independence Day, and it's been shared on Facebook almost 500 times in 24 hours.
"Today we found a message in a bottle off the York River not far from York River State Park1," she wrote. "It was in what I believe to be a late 70’s early 80’s Pepsi bottle and said it was from Poquoson VA. We called the number but it was out of service… we would love to find Kendra or Don Kendra and tell them we found it… do your thing Facebook. (Maybe: Don Kendrick)."
Spoiler alert: Facebook did.
The story started when Brian Daliege and his son were walking along the York River between York River State Park and Camp Peary. They spotted what looked like an antique bottle resting on one of the cliff-like ledges above the water.
"The river comes up and there's a 4-foot drop, and it was on top of that, like a big wave had pushed it up there," Daliege said.
He said his son likes to collect bottles, so they grabbed it, and could tell right away that it was old. They didn't know how old, though.
"I dunked it in the water and cleaned it a little, the threads, and the top finally came off," he said. "Those caps have a little round rubber disk. That was still stuck to the top of the bottle."
There was a message inside, written in large pencil strokes.
"If you find this bottle call 868-7694 Poquoson Va. United Sates [sic] ask for Don Kendrick."
The number didn't lead to a Don, but Megan Daliege's Facebook post took off, with people searching for the author.
"It kind of went from just local people that we're friends with on Facebook to people we've never even heard of before," Brian said.
Soon, they got a comment from a person named Tracy Kendrick, who said this could be from her husband, Don.
Daliege said they're pretty sure he's the boy who tossed this bottle, and three others, into the Poquoson River 44 years ago. He was 12 when he wrote the message.
Daliege said the mystery is solved, and for now, they've got the bottle at their house.
"We've offered it back to Don Kendrick, we haven't heard back yet whether he wants it or not," he said. "It's just a cool story." | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/message-in-a-bottle-york-county-pepsi-bottle/291-fd18117c-bc26-4785-9135-1f81e1b93448 | 2022-07-05T22:27:45 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/message-in-a-bottle-york-county-pepsi-bottle/291-fd18117c-bc26-4785-9135-1f81e1b93448 |
SPICEWOOD, Texas — A golden retriever that went missing from a pet boarding facility was found buried on the property, according to a Tuesday release from the Burnet County Sheriff's Office.
The dog, named Indy, went missing on June 29 while staying at Lucki Dogs Resort in Spicewood. Trapping, Rescue and Pet Recovery Services (TRAPRS) found him buried on the property after trying to help Indy's owners locate him.
The sheriff's office and animal control then reported to the scene. The cause of Indy's death is unknown at this time, and an investigation is underway.
The Burnet County Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information on Indy's death or "direct information about Lucki Dogs Resort" to contact them.
KVUE has been in contact with the resort. This story will be updated once an official statement is received.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – After a few tumultuous years of budget cuts, enrollment shifts, and teacher shortages, two Brevard County School Board members have brought up the possibility that Brevard Public Schools could consolidate its small community schools in the future to tackle the district’s budget woes, according to News 6 partners Florida Today.
School Board Chair Misty Belford and member Katye Campbell brought up the possibility during a candidate debate last week when asked how to tackle BPS’ budget challenges.
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“I really cringe to talk about (consolidating schools), but I think as a community we have to,” Belford said. “We have approximately 20 more schools in Brevard County than Seminole County to serve approximately the same number of students. … Each of those schools costs us approximately $1 million per year to run.”
Campbell agreed.
“If we’re going to make the best use of our dollars, we’re going to have to put every option on the table and if closing a very small community school is best for our budget, then we’re going to have to consider (that),” Campbell said.
BPS spokesman Russell Bruhn said there haven’t been any official talks about consolidating schools, and the district hopes it won’t come to that. But, he cautioned, in the future, if enrollment doesn’t rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic and the district can’t find other solutions, consolidating small schools could be a possibility.
“We’ve cut about $38 million from our budget over the last handful of years and we are dedicated to not cutting programs,” Bruhn said. “And as we look at all the options on the table, year to year, how we manage our facilities is one of those options.”
Brevard has 84 traditional public schools. Many of them have relatively low enrollments; Theodore Roosevelt Elementary in Cocoa Beach is the smallest, tallying 263 students last fall, while Sea Park Elementary in Satellite had 299 and Cape View Elementary had 278. Most of BPS’ elementary schools have only a few hundred students.
Belford said Brevard’s small schools are expensive to run, and fewer, larger schools could save the district money.
Belford said the district has already whittled away much of the fat from the budget and finding solutions to meet needs such as salary raises for employees has become difficult.
“Just to give you some perspective, a 1% raise for employees in our district costs us approximately $5 million,” Belford said. “So can I go in and find $100,000 here and $100,000 there that can be reallocated? Absolutely. But as far as finding enough dollars to make a really significant impact on any of the areas that we’re facing challenges in, not at this point.”
Bruhn said a rebound in enrollment has been slow in coming — and the population growth in Brevard could mean the district never seriously considers closing and consolidating schools. He pointed out that a new middle school is set to be built in Viera, a fast-growing area in Brevard.
“We are excited about the continued growth of the county and the state as people move here. And we’re hopeful that we will continue to see people understand that Brevard Public Schools is objectively the best option for their children when it comes to programs and that our enrollment will continue to climb in the next couple of years,” Bruhn said. “That’s how we would prefer to handle things.”
Both Campbell and Belford said the idea was bound to be unpopular, and that the community would have to have a tough conversation before moving forward.
“Brevard County loves their community schools,” Belford said. “And so that’s not something that I would embark on without a lot of community conversation because I think that we have to make sure that we are embodying the priorities and values of our community as well.” | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/05/could-consolidating-schools-help-brevard-public-schools-budget-challenges/ | 2022-07-05T22:29:18 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/05/could-consolidating-schools-help-brevard-public-schools-budget-challenges/ |
Florida ranked fourth in the country for total reported cases of sexually transmitted diseases in a June study released by Innerbody Research, an organization providing health information and research.
The report, which uses data from the Center for Disease Control to rank states, shows Florida had a total number of 259,033 cases — beaten out only by New York, Texas and California.
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In terms of the highest rates of STDS, Florida ranked a bit lower at No. 7 with 1,355 cases per 100,000 people, below South Carolina, Maryland, New York, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.
The report breaks down those figures into individual diseases, which shows Florida ranks:
- No. 2 for total reported syphilis cases (3,674)
- No. 3 for reported chlamydia cases (100,030)
- No. 4 for reported gonorrhea cases (40,788)
- No. 3 for reported cases of HIV (114,541)
The research group reported earlier this year that Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Miami placed with the top 25 U.S. cities for highest STD rates.
Below those three cities, Gainesville, Pensacola and Orlando placed within the top 50 in the study, and Tampa and Palm Beach placed within the top 100.
According to the study, the COVID-19 pandemic may have increased transmission for STDs, though reported numbers initially fell in 2020 due to quarantine policies, social distancing and reduced screening.
In addition, Innerbody Research states southern states suffer from some of the worst infection rates for STDs, especially so for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
“The south has more people living in poverty and in rural areas, which may make it harder for them to get tested and treated for STDs,” said Ronald Gray, a professor at John Hopkins’ Department of Epidemiology.
The CDC suggested a number of different methods to prevent contracting STDs, including abstinence, vaccines, prophylactics such as condoms, reducing the number of sexual partners and remaining monogamous.
For more information, you can find Innerbody Research’s study for state rankings here and city rankings here.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A medical evaluation by physicians in pulmonary and oncology medicine convinced the Florida Retirement System to approve “line-of-duty” disability retirement benefits for Polk County Fire Rescue paramedic Christina Lambert Pierson just 3 months after sharing her fight for cancer benefits with News 6.
The written decision issued May 24, has given Pierson new hope in her fight for full benefits from the county.
“Thankfully, the right door was finally opened and I can’t be any more grateful for that,” Pierson told News 6. ”We’re getting it more known.”
Pierson who devoted 6 years as a firefighter/paramedic for Polk County was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer on Oct. 3, 2018.
The state law which covers 21 cancers including lung cancer was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis 9 months after her diagnosis.
“At the moment I’m on maintenance chemo,” Pierson told News 6, ‘Basically because my Oncologist is going to find out what’s next.”
When Pierson learned the state law was going into effect she was sure she would be eligible for medical coverage and a one-time benefit of $25,000, but the county argued because the diagnosis came after the law went on the books, Pierson would not be eligible.
Pierson told News 6 “big-name law firms” refused to take her case but Maitland attorney Geoff Bichler never hesitated.
Bichler, a long-time voice for first responders across the country, was surprised at the quick decision by the Florida Retirement System.
“I think it’s going to have an enormous impact on firefighters that become disabled with one of these cancers,” Bichler told News 6. “This is a huge victory.”
The victory is a first step in the legal wrangling for benefits that seem to hinge on the date of Pierson’s diagnosis.
“This is what’s so unique about Christina’s case,” Bichler said, “You had a diagnosis before the law went into effect and then you have the confirmed disability after the law went into effect.”
In a recent Tampa case, Judge Thomas Ramsberger ruled that cancer benefits under the law “are not restricted” if they occurred prior to the effective date of the law.
So far Polk County has refused to change the position but Bichler and Pierson have committed to stay the course.
“I’m not asking for something I don’t deserve,” Pierson told News 6. “I want them to say it (Line of duty disability), I’m not going to stop until they admit it, that’s what I want.” | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/05/polk-county-paramedic-wins-fight-for-cancer-disability-benefits/ | 2022-07-05T22:29:30 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/05/polk-county-paramedic-wins-fight-for-cancer-disability-benefits/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – A woman who lives near Lake Eola, where a scare sent the crowd running in panic during the Fireworks at the Fountain event, found herself helping people hide.
Cassidy Temple says a group of five people came to her door Monday night. She lives more than half a mile away from the lake.
“I could tell something was going on. It wasn’t a typical knock on the door,” said Temple.
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Temple was watching television at the time. She told News 6 she was unaware of the panic that had unfolded minutes before when she answered the door.
“One of them was in bare feet. You could tell that they had been running,” said Temple. “You could tell they were just inherently good kids that were scared. You could see the fear in their eyes.”
The encounter was captured on Temple’s Ring doorbell camera. In the video, you can hear a young woman explaining how they ran as far as they could when they thought shots were fired into the crowd. Orlando Police are investigating what caused the confusion, and say they found no evidence of a shooting in the area.
Temple took the group in and brought them to her backyard where she says they sat for 31 minutes.
“They said, ‘We don’t have anything on us! We’re actually a church group. We are from Missouri, there’s a total of 77 of us here.’”
The group split up in the chaos. The five people who showed up at Temple’s front door were missing their car keys, cell phones and even their shoes.
“I kept insisting that (one of them) could have a pair of flip-flops, and she said, ‘No.’” said Temple. “She said, ‘I ran here in bare feet. I can certainly walk back and find my shoes.’”
Cell phone video taken closer to Lake Eola show people running in a panic. In videos taken from balconies and shared with News 6, the crowd scatters below. Some sought shelter in nearby businesses, condos and apartments.
James Barr, who was visiting with his family from Ocala, says his 13-year-old daughter hid in bushes.
“It was pretty crazy,” said Barr. “It took a really long time for us to find her, so it was a pretty stressful day.”
Cassidy Temple says her street used social media to help reconnect people. Many of them posted on their neighborhood Facebook group to help find missing family members.
“One of our neighbors that we adore, her 7-year-old grandson got separated from their pack and he was missing for about 45 minutes,” said Temple.
Temple knew she had to help.
“Panic kind of breeds that kind of need, and we were just glad we were here,” said Temple. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/05/when-panic-hit-lake-eola-on-july-4-she-opened-her-home-to-help-people-hide/ | 2022-07-05T22:29:36 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/05/when-panic-hit-lake-eola-on-july-4-she-opened-her-home-to-help-people-hide/ |
GENESEE CO. Mich. (WJRT) – It’s the end to a holiday weekend with AAA predicting more than 48 million people across the U.S took a weekend getaway.
With limited to no COVID-19 restrictions, health officials say with each resident returning home they expect a COVID-19 test to follow.
“Naturally, when when more people than usual get together around a holiday weekend, like the one we just had, there's going to be positive cases,” Flint physician Dr. Bobby Mukkamala said. “People that get the sniffles, get the cough don't assume anything until they actually test themselves.”
Within just a few hours to the start of his day Mukkamala says he’s seen more patients come in experiencing symptoms and testing positive for COVID-19 following the holiday weekend.
Vaccinated or not health officials say there's always a chance with new variants that the virus could spread.
“It's still something that puts them at risk and so that's where I think we are,” he said. “Just being aware of what we could do to other people, even though we may have immunity from vaccination or prior vaccinations or prior infection.”
Chief Epidemiologist with the Genesee County Health Department Danielle Lederer says travelers should take extra precautions after returning home.
“Go ahead and take a COVID-19 test,” she said. “There are resources where they are free at-home testing and are available to be sent to you. We recommend grabbing those and taking a test if you are feeling any new symptoms after travel.”
Although the state has made significant progress on the COVID-19 front, health officials say the virus will continue to be prevalent.
“We're in a much different place than when we were in 2020. We know what works. We know the symptoms, we know we have better treatments and therapies available for people to take. And we just want people to be aware of that and make better choices,” Lederer said. | https://www.abc12.com/coronavirus/local/expert-spike-in-covid-19-cases-likely-after-holiday-weekend/article_121a90d6-fca9-11ec-9edc-930670deb863.html | 2022-07-05T22:35:20 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/coronavirus/local/expert-spike-in-covid-19-cases-likely-after-holiday-weekend/article_121a90d6-fca9-11ec-9edc-930670deb863.html |
Garland police are searching for a missing 83-year-old man who may be in need of medical attention, police say.
In a news release, Garland police said Hernandez was last seen at his home in the 1900 block of Powderhorn Drive.
Police describe him as a Hispanic male, 5-feet 1-inches tall weighing around 110 pounds. He has brown hair, brown eyes and is believed to be wearing a white-colored cowboy hat, a light blue button-up shirt, blue jeans and black shoes.
He should have a wallet and papers identifying both him and his address.
Police say Hernandez suffers from diagnosed medical conditions which require medication and is showing signs of early onset dementia.
If you know the whereabouts of Hernandez or have seen him, you are encouraged to call the Garland Police Department at 972-485-4840. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/83-year-old-man-missing-in-garland/3007520/ | 2022-07-05T22:35:29 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/83-year-old-man-missing-in-garland/3007520/ |
An arrest – even for some of the most minor crimes – can follow people their entire lives and prevent job opportunities, education and housing.
Dallas County is hosting its sixth Expunction Expo, allowing those eligible to have criminal records cleared.
Texas law allows records to be expunged if a person meets certain criteria, but many are often unaware they may be eligible or can not afford to hire an attorney.
The expo is a partnership between the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, District Clerk’s Office, Public Defender’s Office and several volunteer groups offering free legal services.
The program was initially launched by Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson but has continued under current DA John Creuzot. It’s steadily grown to help more than 1,700 people, according to the district attorney’s office.
"There are some people who have nothing whatsoever except this and it’s kind of hanging there, standing there and it’s an impediment to moving on," said Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot.
Those interested must fill out an application online by July 11. Those who meet the criteria will be contacted by Sept. 12. A volunteer attorney will then connect with those eligible to begin the paperwork of filing for an expungement.
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Kristin Salas is with the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program and helps people expunge arrests from their record, which will show up when an employer or landlord does a criminal background check.
"They don't look beyond that one arrest – 'Oh look it got dismissed. They were really innocent in this whole thing' -- so it’s those types of cases that the expunction will actually help," said Salas.
Per Texas statute, individuals who have offenses on their criminal record may qualify for an expunction if any of the following apply.
- You were arrested but a charge was never filed, was no-billed by the grand jury, or was rejected by the District Attorney’s Office.
- Your Felony, Class A misdemeanor, or Class B misdemeanor charge was dismissed without any type of community supervision or probation prior to the dismissal.
- Your Class C misdemeanor was dismissed, or you successfully completed Class C deferred adjudication.
- You were acquitted (found "not guilty") of your charge by a judge, jury, or appellate court.
- You were convicted of a crime but later pardoned by the Texas Governor or the United States President, or you were convicted before 09/01/2021 for Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon under Section 46.02(a) of the Penal Code.
A case is not eligible for an expunction, if:
- It is still pending.
- You were convicted in the case, even if you only paid a fine.
- You received probation, community supervision or offered adjudication for a felony Class A misdemeanor or Class B misdemeanor, even if your case was later dismissed.
- The case you want to be expunged is a felony, and you were arrested for another offense at the same time that resulted in a conviction, probation, community supervision, or deferred adjudication. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-county-hosting-6th-expunction-event-to-clear-criminal-records/3007442/ | 2022-07-05T22:35:37 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-county-hosting-6th-expunction-event-to-clear-criminal-records/3007442/ |
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- The main showroom at Billy Bob's Texas is getting a revamp with two poles being removed and the ceiling heightened.
- Billy Bob’s Texas will not be closed during the renovation.
- Work is expected to take two-and-a-half weeks; concerts will still be held in other parts of the venue.
Renovations are underway at an iconic Fort Worth venue to amplify views and acoustics, according to venue officials.
Billy Bob’s Texas opened in 1981 but its building is far older, first built in 1910, according to Billy Bob’s Texas general manager Marty Travis. On Tuesday, renovation began in the main showroom of the Fort Worth staple.
Two poles are being removed, and the height of the ceiling by its main showroom stage will be increased. Travis said the decision was made after receiving feedback from online surveys sent to ticket holders.
“The overwhelming comments coming back to us are, ‘There’s a pole in our way. I couldn’t see because of the pole,’” he said. “They [poles] are load-bearing, so we went through a lot of structural engineering, a lot of blueprints and plans with the city to make sure that we were safe to pull this project off.”
Travis said the venue began working with the city of Fort Worth and a contractor about six months ago. Billy Bob’s Texas will not be closed during the renovation, which is expected to take two-and-a-half weeks. Concerts will still be held in other parts of the venue, Travis said.
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“No doubt about it. We’re not slowing down. We’re speeding up,” he said. “Today, we are changing our standards. We’re raising our standards up. It’s time to execute to that point.”
Eventually, he said guests will be able to see a 360-degree view of the venue prior to purchasing their tickets online.
“We’re not trying to be deceptive on how we sell tickets. We’re being very clear that if there’s a seat and there’s a pole, either don’t buy it or know what you’re buying before you buy it,” he said. “It’s the world’s largest honkytonk. You can’t limp through it, you know what I’m saying?”
Country artist Randy Rogers has performed at Billy Bob’s Texas more than 30 times in his career and helped with the official announcement Tuesday.
“My parents told me 'If you play at Billy Bob’s, that means you made it.' So, I guess I’ve made it,” Rogers said. “This place to me is a dream come true to play. I get my family, I get my friends, I get the people I grew up around and the people that love me the most come to see me at Billy Bob’s more than any other venue in the United States.”
For the next two weekends, all shows will be performed on the Honky Tonk stage. The first two shows back on the main stage will be July 22 and 23. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/renovations-underway-at-fort-worth-venue-billy-bobs-texas/3007451/ | 2022-07-05T22:35:49 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/renovations-underway-at-fort-worth-venue-billy-bobs-texas/3007451/ |
The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday.
The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby’s natural history auction on July 28, the auction house said.
The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period. It predated its relative the Tyrannosaurus rex by 10 million years.
The specimen being sold was discovered in 2018 in the Judith River Formation near Havre, Montana, Sotheby’s said. It measures nearly 10 feet (3 meters) tall and 22 (6.7 meters) feet long.
All of the other known Gorgosaurus skeletons are in museum collections, making this one the only specimen available for private ownership, the auction house said.
“In my career, I have had the privilege of handling and selling many exceptional and unique objects, but few have the capacity to inspire wonder and capture imaginations quite like this unbelievable Gorgosaurus skeleton,” Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby’s global head of science and popular culture, said.
Sotheby’s presale estimate for the fossil is $5 million to $8 million. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/76-million-year-old-dinosaur-skeleton-to-be-auctioned-in-nyc/3762411/ | 2022-07-05T22:46:24 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/76-million-year-old-dinosaur-skeleton-to-be-auctioned-in-nyc/3762411/ |
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday signed seven new bills into law aimed at curtailing gun violence, including legislation to allow the state attorney general to pursue lawsuits against the firearm industry.
Murphy, a second-term Democrat who’s already signed a number of measures focused on gun violence, invoked the fatal Independence Day shooting in Illinois, as well as recent fatal shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
“In the wake of horrific mass shootings in Highland Park, Illinois, Uvalde Texas, and Buffalo, New York, it is necessary that we take action in order to protect our communities,” Murphy said.
Previewing what could be more legislation to come, he said there’s more work to be done, particularly on how New Jersey will address the Supreme Court striking down its “justifiable need” requirement to carry a handgun. Murphy said after signing the new laws that in response to the court’s expansion of gun rights, he wants to see the Democrat-led Legislature address where handguns can and cannot be carried, as well as expanding the list of people prohibited from carrying.
“This is a huge step forward for commonsense gun safety and for safer communities. But it cannot be our only or last step,” he said.
New Jersey has among the strictest gun laws in the nation, a major factor explaining few cases of firearm-related violence compared with other states, acting attorney general Matt Platkin said.
The bills Murphy signed:
— Authorize the state’s attorney general to bring “public nuisance” claims against gun manufacturers and others who market firearms.
— Require a safety course in order to get a firearm purchaser’s identification card in New Jersey. Training to get a carry permit had already been required.
— Hold those moving from out of state to New Jersey to the permitting requirements residents must follow. That means applying for a purchasers permit within 60 days and registering weapons with law enforcement.
— Require gun sellers to retail so-called microstamping firearms — weapons that imprint each round of ammunition with identifying information once such technology is certified to be available by the state attorney general.
— Require a state registry to track ammunition sales.
— Increase the penalties for people who purchase firearms parts to manufacture weapons without serial numbers from a third-degree crime to a second-degree crime, taking the possible punishments from 3 to 5 years in prison to 5 to 10.
— Ban .50-caliber guns.
Murphy signed the bills alongside public officials in a packed municipal building that was also filled with anti-gun violence activists wearing red “Moms Demand Action” T-shirts.
Second Amendment advocates opposed the legislation, testifying against it in the Legislature, which voted on of the measures the same day the Supreme Court delivered its opinion in the New York case.
“Gov. Murphy’s bill package chooses to target law-abiding gun owners while ignoring criminals and those with dangerous behavioral issues who are responsible for most violence in New Jersey,” said Scott Bach, the executive director of the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs.
Murphy seemed to acknowledge criticism Tuesday that the measures might not prevent gun crime, but said that if they reduce gun-related violence, then they’ll be worth it.
“If by signing these laws today we can improve our batting average, in other words you measure your batting average by fewer gun crimes, fewer fatalities, fewer injuries, more positive street team work, better prosecution — whatever it might be — better holding the manufacturers more accountable. All of that may not move the needle to batting a thousand but it improves our batting average and that’s what we are all in this to do,” he said.
The measures — some of which had been pending for years — sped through the Legislature after the Supreme Court’s ruling last month.
They come more than a year after Murphy had unveiled the latest round of measures aimed at cracking down on gun violence, but legislation he previously sought was not among the new laws the governor signed Tuesday.
A measure requiring guns be kept in safes or lockboxes and legislation upping the age to 21 from 18 to purchase long guns in New Jersey are still pending in the Legislature. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/murphy-signs-7-new-bills-aimed-at-tightening-nj-gun-laws/3762360/ | 2022-07-05T22:46:32 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/murphy-signs-7-new-bills-aimed-at-tightening-nj-gun-laws/3762360/ |
ILION, N.Y. – The New York State Department of Transportation has started installing a pedestrian bridge that will be in place for the next few months as crews replace the Otsego Street bridge over Steele Creek in Ilion.
Installation of a temporary pedestrian bridge to allow for the demolition of the existing structure took place at our Route 51 over Steele Creek Bridge replacement job in Ilion NY yesterday. Motorists are being detoured. Completion is set for late December 2022. pic.twitter.com/te8eQqNviK
— NYSDOT Mohawk Valley (@NYSDOTUtica) July 1, 2022
Otsego Street between Fourth and West streets has been closed since mid-June. The pedestrian bridge and signed detours will be in place until mid-November.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of December. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/nysdot-crews-place-temporary-pedestrian-bridge-over-steele-creek-in-ilion/article_8c5f3f26-fc82-11ec-b4b3-af7737115261.html | 2022-07-05T22:46:46 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/nysdot-crews-place-temporary-pedestrian-bridge-over-steele-creek-in-ilion/article_8c5f3f26-fc82-11ec-b4b3-af7737115261.html |
DPS arrests third human-smuggling suspect in Wichita County
An alleged human-smuggler was arrested Monday for attempting to transport undocumented people to Dallas.
According to allegations made in the arrest affidavit:
On Monday, a DPS trooper stopped a car for speeding on southbound U.S. 287.
The driver was identified as Brandon Ismael Hernandez-Jimenez. He told the trooper the passengers in the car were his friends and they had all been partying at his house in Colorado. He said he was driving them back to Dallas.
Hernandez-Jimenez said he did not know his passengers' names, only their nicknames. The trooper spoke with the passengers and they said they lived in El Paso. They said they were born in Texas but did not had identification,
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When asked where the passengers were from, Hernandez-Jimenez said they were all from Mexico. He said he is from Mexico and they entered the U.S. illegally. He also said his passengers gave him $300 for gas money.
The trooper arrested Hernandez-Jimenez and charged him with smuggling of persons. All four people were released to a Border Patrol Agent.
According to the Wichita County Jail inmate webpage, Hernandez-Jimenez was charged with Smuggling of Persons. His bond was set at $2,500 by a judge. He was also put on an ICE Detainer.
This is the third incident in the Wichita County area in the past week of people arrested by DPS for suspected human smuggling. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/05/dps-arrest-third-human-smuggling-suspect-wichita-county/7812789001/ | 2022-07-05T22:50:57 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/05/dps-arrest-third-human-smuggling-suspect-wichita-county/7812789001/ |
Temperatures to rise as lake levels drop
Weather Service places are in Heat Advisory
No relief is in sight from brutal summer temperatures for the next week. The National Weather Service predicts daytime highs in excess of 100 degrees for the next seven days in the Wichita Falls area.
"Very hot and humid weather will occur at least through this weekend. Triple digit temperatures and heat index values are expected," the NWS said.
No rain is in forecast for the period. The one-tenth inch of precipitation that fell in Wichita Falls Saturday did little to alleviate a drought that has gripped region for months. As of Tuesday, Wichita Falls had received 9.75 inches of rain in 2022, compared to the average of 14.65 inches for this time of year.
The heat and lack of rain is beginning to take a toll on area lakes. All three reservoirs that serve Wichita Falls and most North Texas communities have fallen below 80 percent of capacity.
As of Tuesday, Lake Arrowhead was 79 percent full, Lake Kickapoo had fallen to 70.7 percent and Lake Kemp was at 72.1 percent. If combined lake levels drop to 60 percent, the city of Wichita Falls will begin enacting the first stage of drought contingency plans.
The weather service has placed Wichita Falls in a Heat Advisory for both Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.
The NWS recommendations during a Heat Advisory are:
- Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
- Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances.
- Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening.
- Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
- Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible.
- To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
- Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 911. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/05/temperatures-rise-lake-levels-drop/7810663001/ | 2022-07-05T22:51:03 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/05/temperatures-rise-lake-levels-drop/7810663001/ |
Wichita Falls police respond to hundreds of fireworks calls during the Fourth of July weekend
Wichita Falls police and firefighters were kept busy during the Fourth of July weekend responding to multiple reports of people firing off fireworks.
According to WFPD public information officer Jeff Hughes:
Officers responded to 362 reports of fireworks in the city between July 1 at 5 p.m. and July 5 at 8 a.m. Officers also responded to reports of property damage and fires caused by fireworks.
Hughes said in one incidentofficers went to a report of people shooting fireworks inside a bar on Scott Street Sunday night, but they left before police got there. No one was injured and police were unable to locate them.
Wichita Falls Fire Department fire marshal Cody Melton said the fire department responded to multiple reports of grass and structure fires around the city during the holiday weekend. No major damage was reported. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/05/wf-police-respond-hundreds-fireworks-calls-during-fourth-july-weekend/7813855001/ | 2022-07-05T22:51:09 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/05/wf-police-respond-hundreds-fireworks-calls-during-fourth-july-weekend/7813855001/ |
Costs delay plans for picnic area at Wichita County Sheriff's Office
County Commissioners table proposals for changes at new Law Enforcement Center
Wichita County Commissioners on Tuesday put the brakes on several proposals for additions or changes at the new Law Enforcement Center, including a $68,000 picnic shelter for employees.
The proposal was to construct a covered 20-by-20 foot covered shelter outside the Sheriff's Office portion of the new building that also includes the county jail.
Architect Glenda Ramsey of Harper Perkins said the shelter would give employees a space to get outdoors when the weather was nice.
"I think that's way overpriced. I think it should go out for bids," Commissioner Mickey Fincannon said.
"I'm just shocked at the numbers," Commissioner Barry Mahler said.
"I don't like to pursue it at that price," County Judge Woody Gossom said.
The money for the projects would come from what's left of the $73 million that voters approved in a bond issue, but commissioners were cautious about spending the money.
They shot down a proposal to spend $64,000 on a canopy to be placed over a loading dock at the law enforcement center.
"My two cents worth is that I would not do the walk canopy," Commissioner Mark Beauchamp said.
In the end, commissioners delayed action on the picnic shelter as well as spending $12,000 to reinforce the windows in the lobby area of the LEC building and $21,000 for canopies for some doorways.
Had all the proposals passed, the price tag would have been more than $200,000. Beauchamp said about $650,000 is left from the bond money. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/05/wichita-county-commissioners-halt-plans-picnic-area-sheriffs-office/7811916001/ | 2022-07-05T22:51:15 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/05/wichita-county-commissioners-halt-plans-picnic-area-sheriffs-office/7811916001/ |
HIGH POINT — Authorities have identified the victims in a deadly shooting on Saturday evening.
Jeremiah L. Moore, 19, of Greensboro, succumbed to his injuries at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, High Point police said in a news release. Isaiah H. Wall, 18, of High Point was injured in the shooting and taken to the hospital, police said. His condition was not released.
Police said the incident occurred at about 7 p.m. near the intersection of North Centennial Street and North University Parkway. The gunshot victims then drove to 1232 Eastchester Drive, where police were called.
It's unclear what led to the shooting, which is still under investigation.
Anyone with information about violent crime or illegal activity is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of High Point at 336-889-4000 or download and use the P3 mobile app. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/victims-in-deadly-shooting-identified-by-high-point-police/article_4b3c4d0c-fcac-11ec-82ee-2f15011b93cb.html | 2022-07-05T22:52:54 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/victims-in-deadly-shooting-identified-by-high-point-police/article_4b3c4d0c-fcac-11ec-82ee-2f15011b93cb.html |
CAMDEN — An Atlantic City drug ring member was sentenced Tuesday to more than 10 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
Terryn Kelsey, 32, was one of 22 arrested in connection with the operation, in which investigators found that drugs were being smuggled to Atlantic City from Paterson.
Kelsey previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 1 kilogram of heroin.
He also must undergo five years of supervised release after prison, Sellinger said.
Seventeen other suspects have pleaded guilty in the drug ring, and 15 have been sentenced to terms ranging from eight months in prison to more than 11 years. Charges against four other suspects are pending, Sellinger said in a news release.
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Kelsey and his co-conspirators, along with the group's leader, Khalif Toombs, trafficked heroin throughout a police investigation into their illegal business dealings, Sellinger said. Kelsey, in court, admitted conspiring to traffic 1 to 3 kilograms of heroin and operating Toombs' cellphone as part of the conspiracy, according to court documents.
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The investigation tracked the stamps on packages of heroin distributed by Toombs and others, including, “AK-47,” “Apple,” “Fortnite,” “Rolex,” “Frank Lucas,” “Bentley,” “Pandora” and “9½.”
From Jan. 1, 2017, to June 21, 2019, the stamps accounted for 48 deaths and 84 nonfatal overdoses in New Jersey, Sellinger said.
Toombs, of Egg Harbor Township, was sentenced in federal court to 11 years and three months in prison for his role.
The 2008 Atlantic City High School graduate was a star basketball player and played Division I college basketball at South Carolina State University from 2010 to 2013.
Other people who have pleaded guilty in the drug ring are Tyjuan Demarest, Nasir Brown, Karon Carey, James Blackwell, Philip Surace, David Ramirez, Wilbert Toombs, Quadir Stanley, Dean Johnson, Khalif Davis, Joseph Aversa, Thomas Randall, Mayda Hernandez, Sarah Taliaferro, Wayne Burnside and Blaine Dorsey. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/atlantic-city-man-sentenced-for-role-in-drug-ring/article_3e11605e-fca2-11ec-84d4-07a728fe8c4a.html | 2022-07-05T22:53:16 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/atlantic-city-man-sentenced-for-role-in-drug-ring/article_3e11605e-fca2-11ec-84d4-07a728fe8c4a.html |
Ryan Smith missed a special moment.
This past winter, while coaching the Egg Harbor Township High School indoor track and field team, his son, Clayton, won a street hockey title. Smith had helped coach that team, but was unable to be there for the championship because of his high school duties.
Instead, Smith watched through FaceTime as the team celebrated their Jersey Shore Street Hockey Association title and held up the banner. And that wasn't the only sporting event he missed that his two sons compete in.
"I had to be there instead of the high school level," Smith said.
Smith announced Tuesday on Twitter that he is stepping down as the Eagles' boys indoor and outdoor track and field coach after 12 successful seasons. Smith wanted to spend more time with his family and attend and coach his sons' games.
Smith's sons — Clayton, 7, and Bennett, 6 — play multiple sports, including soccer, flag football, street hockey, basketball and baseball. Smith will also see his wife, Carli, more. EHT has not officially hired a new coach yet, but Smith plans to still help out on occasion.
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"I talked to so many people who have been through it all (coaching at different levels), and you always seem to get the same message," Smith said. "You never get the time back with you kids and all that stuff.
"A lot of people are saying sorry (to hear he is stepping down) and all that, but I am all good," Smith added. "I am happy and I am healthy. I am going to stick to youth coaching for now."
Smith took over the program in 2011. He led the Eagles to the 2013 state Group IV indoor title, six South Jersey Group IV indoor, four outdoor sectional, including this spring, seven straight team Atlantic County Championships and six straight Cape-Atlantic League American Division titles.
Athletic Director Kevin Rutledge just completed his first year at EHT. When he first started, Rutledge leaned on Smith as the longtime track coach not only knew the athletic program well, but Smith understood the community, Rutledge said.
Smith was very dedicated, Rutledge added.
"Obviously, getting to know him closely and getting to know the type of person he is, he's very family-oriented," Rutledge said. "His boys are getting older and he wants to be as good as a coach to them as he has been to the family here at EHT. Anyone can understand and appreciate that.
"We have a lot of respect for the time and effort he has put in here. … It's one of those things where you hate to lose a person of his abilities and talents. But at the end of the day, he will still be around here and helping out the community wherever he can because that is the type of person he is."
After EHT captured the 2019 S.J. Group IV outdoor title, the bus ride back was a great memory, Smith said. EHT had hosted the sectional meet in the past, but it was at Washington Township High School that year. When the bus got near EHT, fire trucks led the way down English Creek Avenue back to the school, like this past spring when the meet was at Buena Regional.
Both celebrations were electric.
But just watching the athletes succeed, smile and be happy and remain healthy were equally as successful and memorable, Smith said. Every winter and spring, EHT would have 80 to 100 boys come out. So, to get to know them all and talk to them was special, Smith said.
Smith embraced the size of the program and will miss being in charge of it and winning championships.
"It was a very tough decision," Smith, 38, said. "Each year you think about it as I am getting a little older with my kids here. But you never want to leave these kids. Like, a junior becoming a senior and all that stuff. You never want to leave this kid or that kid. But, at some point, the decision became easier and easier when it was my kid and being able to see them play.
"That made the decision very easy when it was tough at first."
Even though a decision has not been officially made, there are "exceptional" candidates on the current coaching staff, Rutledge said.
"It's unfortunate that we are losing (Smith), but he is making this decision for his family and we wish him the best moving forward," Rutledge said. "Once an Eagle, always an Eagle." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/ryan-smith-steps-down-as-eht-track-and-field-coach/article_50ae0aa0-fc75-11ec-9565-0b5738c80283.html | 2022-07-05T22:53:22 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/ryan-smith-steps-down-as-eht-track-and-field-coach/article_50ae0aa0-fc75-11ec-9565-0b5738c80283.html |
The City of Kenosha's Public Works director has been tapped to lead Kenosha County's public works department.
County Executive Samantha Kerkman late Tuesday afternoon announced she is appointing Shelly Billingsley to fill the now-vacant position of county Public Works director.
Billingsley is expected to succeed Ray Arbet, who retired July 1. She will begin serving in the position in August on an acting basis, with her appointment pending a confirmation vote by the County Board.
Billingsley is currently the city's Public Works Director, a position she has held since 2013. She began employment with the city nearly 20 years ago as an engineer, working her way up through a variety of positions in the Public Works Department.
“I am very excited to bring Shelly’s knowledge and experience to the county’s Public Works Department,” Kerkman said. “Her history with the city and her knowledge of the community will allow her to truly hit the ground running.”
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Recently, Billingsley was elected vice president of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Public Works Association.
Under her watch as city’s public works director, Kenosha recently received two Project of the Year awards from the APWA, in recognition of the construction of Kenosha Fire Station No. 1 on the site of the former Bain Elementary School and various stormwater improvements.
Billingsley holds a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of WisconsinMilwaukee and a Master of Business Administration from UW-Parkside. She lives in the Town of Paris with her husband and children.
As the county’s Public Works Director, Billingsley will oversee the divisions of Facilities, Highways, Planning and Development, Parks, and Golf.
“I’m excited for the new opportunities here,” Billingsley said. “My background has given me hands-on experience in all facets of municipal government, and I’m looking forward to putting my skills to work for Kenosha County.”
The position was posted publicly following Arbet’s retirement announcement in May, and a series of candidates were interviewed prior to Kerkman’s selection of Billingsley, according to county officials.
WATCH NOW IN PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Paddock Lake celebrates with annual bike and golf cart parade ahead of July 4 holiday
PADDOCK LAKE - Dozens of bike riders young and old, along with golf cart motorists took the streets in procession that lasted just over half an hour Sunday morning in one of many celebrations taking place in Kenosha County over the Fourth of July weekend.
The parade, which began at at McAlonan Park at 248th Avenue between 72nd and 73rd streets, included candy of all kinds tossed from golf carts to younger spectators, who scooped them up by the bag full. The family friendly event has become a community tradition and one which culminated with a free lunch of hot dogs, chips and lemonade at Village Hall, 6969 236th Ave.
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Bike riders young and old take off from McAlonan Park, at 248th Avenue between 72nd and 73rd streets, on Sunday for Paddock Lake’s annual bike…
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Bike riders young and old take off from McAlonan Park on Sunday for Paddock Lake’s annual bike parade, which includes golf carts.
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Paddock Lake’s annual bike parade also included a procession of golf carts whose riders tossed candy to eager onlookers at the event held Sunday.
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Paddock Lake’s annual bike parade also included a procession of golf carts whose riders tossed candy to eager onlookers at the event held Sunday.
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Jacob Sanchez, 12, of Chicago, carried the American flag with him as he rode in the bike parade in Paddock Lake held Sunday ahead of the Indep…
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Bicycle parade participants and spectators gathered at Paddock Lake’s Village Hall following the half-hour procession where they were treated …
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An inflatable bald eagle and Uncle Sam atop a golf cart arrives at the Paddock Lake Village Hall following the annual bike parade held in the …
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Golf cart participants in Paddock Lake’s annual bike parade take off from the event, which ended at the Village Hall, 6969 236th Ave., on Sunday. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/citys-director-tapped-to-head-kenosha-countys-public-works-department-billingsley-to-start-as-acting/article_79ff2f30-fcaf-11ec-a88e-830a8693697e.html | 2022-07-05T22:54:45 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/citys-director-tapped-to-head-kenosha-countys-public-works-department-billingsley-to-start-as-acting/article_79ff2f30-fcaf-11ec-a88e-830a8693697e.html |
CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. — Pulling 700 pounds looks easy when Steven Mann from Clarks Summit is working out at Brown's Gym. He is currently training for his debut at the World Games, an opportunity for athletes across the world to petition sports to be in the next summer Olympics.
"Every four years, this event occurs, and I've tried to make this for the last 12 years. So this time, I was good enough to be invited," Mann said.
While Steve Mann has been preparing specifically for the World Games over the past six months by increasing his workout and eating habits, he said all 31 years of his powerlifting career have prepared him for this moment.
"I got notified about the availability to compete in late November of last year. So basically the last 6 months have been putting all of my time and energy into training. That includes workouts that are four, five hours long," he said.
Only four people from the United States have been invited to the World Games, and Steve Mann is one of the two men and two women representing Team USA.
"I'm seated 12 out of 12, and I'm hoping and shooting not to be 12 out of 12. But it is the top 11 guys in the super heavyweight in drug-tested powerlifting," Mann said.
Despite being the oldest competitor in the heavyweight division at 46 years old, Mann said he's nowhere close to the end of his powerlifting career.
"It's a sport you can do your whole life. Maybe not at the same level, but you can be competitive. You can be competitive with yourself, improve yourself, and I basically got into powerlifting for football. But then when football ends, you ask where do I jump to," Mann said.
Steve Mann left Clarks Summit Tuesday to fly out to Birmingham, Alabama to compete in the World Games this weekend.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — Folks in Lackawanna County are going to have to find a new spot to cool off.
According to the city's parks and recreation director, the pool at Weston Field has an extensive leak.
The pool is several decades old and officials say it's harder and harder to maintain the older equipment.
However, they say repairs are nearly complete, and they hope to have it open in the next two weeks.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Thousands of people are without power after severe thunderstorms rolled through the region.
According to BrightRidge, just over 3,000 of its customers are currently without electricity. The southwest Johnson City area appears to be the hardest hit with 1,441 outages reported. Hundreds are also without power in northwest Johnson City and Jonesborough.
Around 2,600 Appalachian Power customers in Sullivan County are currently without power with many outages reported around Memorial Boulevard, Harr Town Road, and Island Road. Appalachian Power is also reporting another 207 outages in Hawkins County. Outages are also affecting hundreds in Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, Scott, Smyth, and Washington (VA) counties.
Holston Electric in Hawkins County is reporting 91 outages, down from over 300 earlier.
Greeneville Light and Power is reporting 177 outages, also down from over 300 earlier.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/storms-result-in-power-outages-across-the-region/ | 2022-07-05T23:04:46 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/storms-result-in-power-outages-across-the-region/ |
CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. — There is little activity now at the Newton-Ransom Elementary School near since school is out for the summer.
Police believe that is why vandals targeted the school over the weekend.
In pictures posted to Facebook by South Abington Township Police, you can see some of the damage done outside the building.
"On Saturday morning, we were called by a person exercising in the parking lot and saw the damage behind the school," said Officer Anthony Percival, South Abington Township Police. "We came up and noted individuals had pried off screens for the windows in the back of the grade school and entered through the windows."
Officer Percival found more when he went inside.
There were DVDs scattered in the classroom and outside on the ground.
Cords had been pulled from some office equipment.
Police also say two stop signs were pulled out of the ground.
South Abington Township Police believe the vandalism happened sometime after the fireworks display at the school Friday night.
"These grounds were filled with thousands of people. We're guessing the crime occurred when most of the people left because there were a lot of people around and nobody witnessed anything," Officer Percival said. "So we're looking for people to come forward to give us information.
It's unclear the cost of the damages to the Newton-Ransom Elementary School.
Officials from the Abington Heights School District weren't available to comment on the damage, but police say the district hopes to file charges against the people who did it.
If you have information about the vandalism you're asked to call South Abington Township Police (570) 586-2111.
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – As storms pass through the Tri-Cities region Tuesday evening, lanes in separate parts of a Sullivan County highway have been closed.
According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation SmartWay Traffic Map, emergency road work is being done along State Route 126. One area seeing closures is along SR 126 East near Island Road between Kingsport and Blountville. The eastbound lane is closed as of 6:20 p.m.
The second area requiring emergency road work is along SR 126 West at Franklin Drive. The westbound lane is closed as of 6:20 p.m.
Both locations reported the “emergency road work” shortly after 6 p.m.
News Channel 11 had a crew on SR 126 East near Island Road and saw crews assessing the damage.
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PLYMOUTH, Pa. — Messages of love on a piece of plywood are accompanied by balloons, candles, and stuffed animals in a memorial set up for six-year-old Ameliya Witten, who died after breathing in too much smoke when her house caught fire on Palmer Street on Sunday morning.
"I can't imagine the pain of a mother going into that because I have two kids of my own. And I was scared and nervous," neighbor Jessika Figueroa said. "That could have been my kid."
How fast the fire spread was surprising to neighbors and first responders. Firefighters said the home was engulfed in flames when they arrived on the scene, just two minutes after getting the call out.
"Oh my god, it was just so scary to look at. This wasn't like my first experience of actually seeing a fire in person the way it was and it just spread it so fast. No one knew what to do," Figueroa said.
Neighbors on the block said the community is tight-knit. And now, they are collecting donations to try and replace some of the items these families lost. But they lost everything.
"We'll put anything as clothes-wise, toys, kitchen appliances for the victims of the fire," Figueroa said.
The donations are not only for Ameliya's family, whose home was leveled by the flames but are also for the neighbors next door in this double-block home that will have to be torn down.
Figueroa said she is also putting together a collection at the Family Dollar in Plymouth.
"It affects everybody. Honestly, you may not even know the family, you don't even have to know them. It would affect you because it's in your neighborhood," Figueroa said. "It's on your block, it could be down the street from your house, it will still affect you because you walk by it. You see it every day."
Visit the Witten family's GoFundMe here.
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TOBYHANNA, Pa. — The day after Independence Day still brought a good crowd to the beach at Tobyhanna State Park. The Fourth of July weekend saw even bigger crowds, even by holiday standards.
Tobyhanna State Park manager Lee Dillon said "it was an incredibly busy weekend."
"With the beautiful weather Sunday and Monday, the parking lots were close to full, the beach was busy and full. Just a ton of visitors enjoying the park and the outdoor," Dillon said.
With every campsite booked, Dillon and his staff knew that their facilities would be almost at capacity and keeping the grounds clean would need to be at the top of the list.
"Capacity is a difficult thing to quantify," Dillon said. "Unfortunately when you see those really high volume weekends you do see a little bit more of the litter and its disappointing but it's expected. We deal with it as it comes and expect to get it picked up as quickly as possible."
The staff here at Tobyhanna State Park has been working non stop picking up trash, litter and any other debris so that campers and visitors like Ted Largay can enjoy the beauty of the park.
Largay and his wife came from Bangor, Maine to visit Tobyhanna State Park.
"This park in particular we have found absolutely delightful," he said. "And I didn't even know this place existed and that beach is really enticing."
They were impressed by efforts to keep the place clean and are eager to return.
"By the boat landing, there's a lot of cigarette butts over there, but that's all but otherwise pretty good, pretty clean," Largay said. "I give it a nine out of ten."
As the park staff continues cleaning up the last of the holiday weekend trash, the park manager said he appreciates the work done by the staff to keep Tobyhanna State Park looking good.
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MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. — Aspen Faith, 7 months old, is the apple of her parents' eyes. Jennifer Garzelli and Richard Ortlip are counting their blessings since Aspen Faith came home from the hospital three weeks ago.
Aspen was born with a complex heart condition and had been at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia since she was born in November.
"She does still have to have the third surgery which would be the Fontan, or if they're unable to do that because of the leaky valve, they'll reevaluate her again for the heart transplant and see if that would work for her," Garzelli said.
Up until three weeks ago, Garzelli and Ortlip drove to Philadelphia and back several times a week.
"Three hours there with the other three kiddos and then three hours back, depending on how long we stayed there," Garzelli said.
"Each trip running anywhere from $75 to $150. If we make two trips in a week, all of a sudden, instead of making money for our business, we are putting all that money to seeing our daughter," Ortlip said.
That business is New Hope Merchants in Mount Carmel, a shipping store that also sells retail products. The family has not been able to open the store since before Aspen Faith was born. They plan to reopen on Monday.
"I do got good faith that it will be a good idea to help people get the lowest prices, and that's what people are looking for when it comes to e-commerce, just getting a good deal and getting retail therapy," Ortlip said.
If you are interested in helping Aspen Faith and her family, click here.
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SHAMOKIN DAM, Pa. — A man from Snyder County was arraigned on charges of forgery, theft, and abuse of a corpse.
Police say Jose Hernandez-Thurbhus was working as a maintenance man for the Econolodge in Shamokin Dam in 2018.
Police say that was when Hernandez went into a hotel room where someone had just died and stole a man's wallet.
He allegedly racked up a total of nearly $500 in credit card charges.
Hernandez then fled to Puerto Rico.
He was brought back to Shamokin Dam and arraigned.
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SELINSGROVE, Pa. — Someone is wanted for busting into storage units in Snyder County.
The thefts happened in March along Route 522 in Penn Township.
According to the police, the locks on the outside of the units were cut.
In all, more than $1,400 worth of stuff was stolen.
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MIFFLINBURG, Pa. — Even on a rainy day like this one, people still swam at the Mifflinburg Community Pool.
The pool has been a staple in Union County for more than 50 years.
But like other pools in our area, there were talks of this one not opening this season.
"We formed a pool committee essentially and hosted a few meetings at our borough office. It turned out that the pool was a major steadfast for everybody and we're trying to do everything we can to keep it," Mifflinburg Borough Council member Ellie Kreisher said.
A group that played a major role in keeping the Mifflinburg Community Pool open is the Mifflinburg Kiwanis Club.
"Our organization believes that swimming is critical life skill that will carry on for the rest of their lives," Miffilnburg Kiwanis Club President Bradley Moyer said.
The Kiwanis Club is an international organization dedicated to helping children.
One way the Mifflinburg branch did that this year is by sponsoring lifeguard certifications, which cost $365 per person.
The club was able to certify six lifeguards.
In addition to lifeguard certification, the Mifflinburg Kiwanis Club is sponsoring swimming lessons for children in the school district.
Lessons cost $75 per swimmer.
"If their child has completed eight out of the ten classes Kiwanis gives them a $75 cash refund, 100% so in essence their lessons are free," Mifflinburg Kiwanis Club Secretary Sally Rothermel said.
Everything is paid for through the Mifflinburg Kiwanis Club's budget.
"Two main fundraising activities are barbecue chicken during the 4th of July events that happen here at the park, and blueberry sales that we put on, mainly in May and June for delivery in July," Moyer said.
Swimming lessons start July 11 at the Mifflinburg Community Pool.
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ALTAVISTA, Va. – Three members of the Altavista police department, including a rookie officer, jumped into action to revive two men who nearly drowned Monday.
Body camera video captured the moment police responded to a summer celebration turned chaotic.
“There was a lot of screaming, a lot of crying, a lot of pleas for help,” said Officer Jeffrey Williams.
Williams, along with Officer Scott Earhart and Sergeant Larry Rigney, arrived at English Park around 6:45 p.m. for a report of a possible drowning.
They said they found one man in his late teens or early 20s who appeared somewhat responsive.
They also found another man, believed to be in his 30s, who was unconscious.
“The first thought that I had was that the older gentleman was dead. The next thought immediately after that was prayer,” said Williams.
Williams just completed the police academy and started field training on June 20.
He said this was his first major call and training kicked in to save the older victim.
“I was talking to him as I was doing [chest compressions], saying, ‘Come on, man. Come on. You got it. I’m here to help you,” said Williams.
He says he applied about 30 chest compressions, then Rigney found the man’s pulse. They turned the victim on his side until medics arrived.
Earhart tended to the younger victim.
“There was a female that had apparently revived the one [victim] that I was with. She was a combat medic. I don’t have her name, but she did a wonderful job. We stood there and maintained his airway until the EMS arrived on the scene,” said Earhart.
Police say both victims were conscious within 10 minutes.
The younger man was carried by EMS.
As for the man Williams revived, he walked up the embankment and to the ambulance on his own.
“After he was revived, it was a true breath of relief. No pun intended,” said Williams.
“Williams did a remarkable job for just getting out of the academy; and as his field training officer, I’m very proud of him,” said Earhart. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/05/body-cam-video-captures-altavista-police-helping-two-men-from-near-drowning/ | 2022-07-05T23:06:12 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/05/body-cam-video-captures-altavista-police-helping-two-men-from-near-drowning/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – The community is frustrated after the 4th of July celebration at Washington Park left tons of trash to be cleaned up.
Marlene Hamlett was coming back from dropping her granddaughter off at summer school on Tuesday when she saw Washington Park filled with leftover debris and fireworks from Monday’s celebration.
“I’ve lived in Roanoke all my life. I’ve never seen anything like this,” Hamlett said. “I don’t know who did the event. I wasn’t a part of it, I didn’t participate. But they left it a sheer wreck.”
While cleanups are pretty common for the Parks and Recreation Department, Parks Director Cindy McFall said the state of Washington Park was the worst they’ve ever encountered.
“This is not the norm for us. Normal use, and usage, is expected,” McFall said. “This is the worst we’ve seen at Washington Park this morning.”
McFall was appreciative of the community members who came out to help clean up. With the help of the community a full day’s work turned out to last for just a few hours.
“I think that folks are really invested in their neighborhood parks and the parks they use on a regular basis,” McFall said. “The fact that they did come out this morning was very encouraging.”
Earlier this year, basketball courts at Washington Park were dedicated to honor the life of Ricky Wright, and after fresh new pavement, the courts were practically brand new.
The story behind the courts, along with new renovations, caused Hamlett to be confused as to how people are treating something with such carelessness.
“In northwest Roanoke, we want better things. We deserve better. But when we get it we must be better caretakers of what we have,” Hamlett said. “The bottom line is I’m pretty upset right now. That someone would have the nerve to come and have an event, not clean up behind themselves and destroy brand new property.”
As of Tuesday morning, there were no apparent damages to the courts.
The Roanoke Parks and Recreation Department is continuing to ask people to clean up after themselves when using one of the parks. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/05/community-outraged-after-washington-park-trashed-during-july-4th-celebration/ | 2022-07-05T23:06:18 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/05/community-outraged-after-washington-park-trashed-during-july-4th-celebration/ |
RICHMOND, Va. – A familiar face from our corner of the Commonwealth will have a seat on Virginia’s Board of Education.
Former Salem City Schools Superintendent Dr. Alan Seibert said he is looking forward to representing the interests of our region.
Seibert currently serves as Constituent Services and Government Relations Officer for Roanoke City Public Schools.
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Seibert’s appointment to the board last week.
Seibert said parents should have choices about their child’s education and he wants to ensure all of those choices offer the best quality.
“People want to do what’s best and they’re driving what’s best based on their own experiences,” said Seibert. “This is a wide, wonderful Commonwealth of Virginia and each region is very unique. You have to be careful that we don’t legislate or create policy, even with good intention, that troubles one part of our commonwealth that is different than others.”
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RUSTBURG, Va. – A man died after he was shot at a Campbell County church on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office.
The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office responded to Saint Pauls Baptist Church on Brookneal Highway for a report of a man lying at the entrance of the parking lot.
When deputies got to the scene, they said they found the man lying on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound.
Authorities said that a motorist reported seeing a black mid-size truck leave the church entrance at the time of the incident.
Campbell County Rescue attempted to save the victim’s life, but they were unsuccessful, the release said.
According to the Sheriff’s Department, the victim was identified as 33-year-old Robert William Staton of Rustburg.
Authorities said the incident is currently being investigated as a homicide.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Investigator L.T. Guthrie at (434) 332-9580. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/05/man-dies-after-being-shot-at-campbell-county-church-authorities-say/ | 2022-07-05T23:06:30 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/05/man-dies-after-being-shot-at-campbell-county-church-authorities-say/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – On Tuesday, the Roanoke City Council discussed crime rates in our area.
Police said that overall crime in Roanoke has dropped in 2020 in their reports, but violent crime has spiked significantly.
Roanoke saw an increase of 16.5% in violent crime, and crime overall dropped 1.8%.
Roanoke City Police Chief Sam Roman presented his department’s annual public safety report to the city council Tuesday.
Homicides, domestic violence - aggravated assault, and car thefts increased from 2020 to 2021.
Aggravated assault, robbery, and larceny incidents decreased. In fact, robbery dropped 20%.
But not all crime decreased, and one increase in crime shocked the city council: a 113% increase in rape.
“The rape is really what disturbs me,” said Councilwoman Stephanie Moon Reynolds.
“It’s never the victim’s fault. It’s the fault of the person who doesn’t accept that no means no,” stated Councilman William Bestpitch.
Chief Roman acknowledged the startling statistics and said there are likely more victims of rape as the crime is severely underreported.
Roman said his department has made changes to combat this crime, like changing who investigates these crimes to hopefully make the reporting process easier for victims.
Roman added his department ranks this effort as high as it does things like gun violence, another violent crime riddling the Roanoke area.
“We’re going to continue to partner and do whatever we can to ensure our victims, whether male or female, feel comfortable coming forward and hold those responsible for the crime accountable,” said Roman.
Northwest Roanoke was hit the hardest by gun violence in 2021: There were 15 homicides in the city and 50 aggravated assaults in which a firearm was used.
187 firearms were reported stolen in 2021, with most reports coming from Southeast and Northwest areas of Roanoke.
Reports said that 93 of the firearms were stolen from vehicles, 38 firearms were stolen during larceny activity, and 18 firearms were stolen during a burglary.
The city’s Rapid Engagement of Support in the Event of Trauma (RESET) team responded 39 times in 2021, according to the report.
Led by Lloyd Merchant, the team has linked 9 families or individuals with counseling and support services.
The Chief says this is a success and most of this work leads to mentorship, especially with youth.
The RESET team is welcoming new volunteers. For more information, click here.
Less violent crimes were reported, too.
In January 2021, the “Hands-Free VA” law went into effect, and a total of 227 tickets were written by RPD officers.
The Roanoke police chief is hoping to beef up his traffic safety officer team and also talked about traffic stops by zones.
“It looks like the number of stops in Northeast (Zone 2) 51% of the time resulted in a ticket. In Southwest (Zone 3), 47% of stops resulted in a ticket. In Southeast (Zone 1), only 36% and Northwest (Zone 4) only 38%,” explained Councilman Bestpitch.
Click here to watch the meeting. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/05/overall-roanoke-crime-dropped-in-2021-but-violent-crime-spiked-16-police/ | 2022-07-05T23:06:36 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/05/overall-roanoke-crime-dropped-in-2021-but-violent-crime-spiked-16-police/ |
Lake and Porter counties' economies rank among the fastest-growing in Indiana, according to a new study.
Lake County placed second statewide in gross domestic product growth from 2020 to 2021, according to a study by the New York City-based personal finance website SmartAsset.
Lake County's GDP grew by $1.3 billion, trailing only Marion County, which saw $2.41 billion GPD growth over the same period.
Indiana's second-most populous county experienced 1.5% business growth and issued 7.1 new building permits per 1,000 homes, the SmartAsset report found. Statewide, Lake County ranked 43rd in business growth, 30th in new building permits and 21st in incoming investment.
Hamilton County ranked third statewide with $961 million GPD growth, Allen fourth with $958 million GPD growth, St. Joseph fifth with $601 million GPD growth, Vanderburgh sixth with $519 million GPD growth, Elkhart seventh with $509 million GPD growth, Tippecanoe eighth with $379 million GDP growth, Porter County ninth with $373 million GPD growth and Hendricks 10th with $348 million GPD growth.
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Allen County is home to Fort Wayne, St. Joseph to South Bend, Vanderburgh to Evansville and Tippecanoe to West Lafayette. Hamilton and Hendricks counties are Indianapolis suburbs.
Porter County experienced 2.8% business growth from 2020 to 2021 and issued 8.4 new building permits per 1,000 homes. Statewide, Porter County ranked 29th in business growth, 20th in business permits and 9th in incoming investment.
LaPorte County ranked 16th in GPD, 77th in business growth, 73rd in new building permits and 75th in incoming investment. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/lake-porter-counties-ranked-among-fastest-growing-economies-in-indiana-study-finds/article_16f29cc1-d6dc-5340-b9f3-8fe51bb5814d.html | 2022-07-05T23:07:23 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/lake-porter-counties-ranked-among-fastest-growing-economies-in-indiana-study-finds/article_16f29cc1-d6dc-5340-b9f3-8fe51bb5814d.html |
MERRILLVILLE — There’s lots of help wanted in Merrillville.
The town has several open positions, many of which are in the Public Works Department.
Steve King, Merrillville’s engineering administrator/public works director, said two people are being interviewed for the available Labor Class One positions, and the department is looking for another four or five people to serve in that role.
“These are full-time positions and decent pay,” Town Council President Rick Bella, D-5th said.
The starting pay is $21.64 an hour, King said.
Town Councilman Richard Hardaway, D-2nd, said public works employees typically work 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday except for the winter and special events.
King said the employees receive full benefits and a paid lunch hour.
King said Merrillville has lost public works employees to the private sector. Although Merrillville offers competitive wages, outside companies are providing signing bonuses and other incentives to lure workers.
Hardaway said the Merrillville Police Department is accepting applications, and the town also has an open code enforcement officer position.
“We’re looking to fill that as quick as we possibly can,” he said.
The hourly rate is about $15.50 an hour for the code enforcement position, Hardaway said.
“And basically that’s Monday through Friday,” he said. “Every once in a while, we ask code enforcement to work some Saturdays.”
Hardaway said Merrillville also is hiring an administrative assistant in the Planning and Building Department, and that job has an annual salary of $43,000.
Town Manager Pat Reardon said Merrillville also has started interviewing individuals for the town’s IT position after Merrillville’s former IT employee resigned. It’s possible Merrillville could outsource the IT position, officials said.
“We hope to have information back to the council soon, given the importance of the position,” Reardon said.
Hardaway said Merrillville also is searching for a part-time site supervisor and a part-time front desk employee to work at the Dean and Barbara White Community Center.
Those interested in available positions in Merrillville can contact the Town Manager’s office at 219-769-5711 for information.
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Councilman Shawn Pettit, D-6th, said the total investment for the initiatives exceeds $130 million. It’s anticipated the projects will create hundreds of jobs in town.
Merrillville Planning and Building Director Sheila Shine said retail and wholesale tobacco products and other general merchandise will be sold at 5480 Broadway, a long-vacant building.
It's common for officers to accrue comp time, vacation hours and overtime throughout their careers, which can result in them “getting paid for, in some cases, months” after they leave Merrillville.
The Town Council will soon meet with the Code Enforcement Department to discuss instances in which existing ordinances aren’t strong enough and issues that aren’t currently covered in town code.
Andrew Germonprez, left and Khalil Buchanan are sworn into the police department by Merrillville Town Court Judge Eugene Velazco in 2021. The department is currently accepting applications. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/help-wanted-in-merrillville/article_c87c2427-dba3-5a90-982d-8257083e1929.html | 2022-07-05T23:07:36 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/help-wanted-in-merrillville/article_c87c2427-dba3-5a90-982d-8257083e1929.html |
The majority of outages resulting from the Monday overnight storms have been repaired as of Tuesday afternoon.
As of 4 p.m., about 500 customers were still without power, down from the 6,000 outages reported as of 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to the NIPSCO website.
The main existing outages are localized in Portage, Hobart, Hammond, Gary and Dyer. Restoration times vary based on location.
"NIPSCO crews are working to assess damage, make necessary repairs and restore power as safely and quickly as possible," the company said in a prepared statement.
About 13,000 customers had reportedly been without power overnight.
Among the harder hit communities across the Region overall included East Chicago, Merrillville, Hammond, Michigan City, Valparaiso and Gary, according to NISPCO's online power outage site.
"We understand that any service outage is an inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding during our assessment and restoration efforts," the company said.
"The forecast for today is predicting potential additional severe storms," according to NIPSCO. "Our crews will continue to be ready to respond to this anticipated weather."
Customers are encouraged to prepare by compiling a storm preparedness kit, which includes essential medicines, non-perishable food, water, flashlights, portable radio, extra batteries and a manual can opener.
Those experiencing a power outage can report it by texting "out" to 444111, visit nipsco.com/outages or download the NIPSCO app.
Customers are encouraged to avoid downed power lines, damaged poles or other hazardous situations.
"Every downed wire should be treated as though it is a live wire," the company said.
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Cedar Lake hosts annual Great Cardboard Boat Race
Cedar Lake hosts annual Great Cardboard Boat Race
Portage marches into Fourth weekend
Portage marches into Fourth weekend
Beach demonstration
NWI Oilmen's Military Appreciation Night
NWI Oilmen's Military Appreciation Night
NWI Oilmen's Military Appreciation Night
Firefighters being honored and their new positions
Firefighters being honored and their new positions
Firefighters being honored and their new positions
Gary firefighters battle a blaze in an abandoned building on Broadway just south of Ridge Road.
Gary firefighters battle a blaze in an abandoned building on Broadway just south of Ridge Road.
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The complex, located west of Indianapolis Boulevard at the northeast corner of Main Street and Prairie Avenue, was originally scheduled to be finished this summer.
The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project urges swimmers to recognize the "flip, float, follow" method after another beachgoer drowned to death at a Lake Michigan beach this past week.
Nearly 6,000 NISPCO customers were still without power early Tuesday morning as a result of strong thunderstorms moving through the area overnight, the company is reporting. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/update-majority-of-power-restored-tuesday-afternoon-with-some-remaining-outages/article_edd4a8ba-7295-5a1b-9230-8e4d09d8878f.html | 2022-07-05T23:07:42 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/update-majority-of-power-restored-tuesday-afternoon-with-some-remaining-outages/article_edd4a8ba-7295-5a1b-9230-8e4d09d8878f.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland balloon artist is about to create some magic in Florida.
Cheryl Skoric from Bouquets & Balloons has been selected to be a part of a team of international balloon professionals to create a giant immersive balloon wonderland that will cover 89 acres.
Over 300,000 balloons will be used for the Give Kids The World Village in Orlando. The event provides an imaginative experience for kids.
The balloon build will start on July 11. Skoric, who will serve as a team captain, and her crew will have four days before the kids show up to create their wonderland. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/portland-artist-selected-to-create-balloon-wonderland-for-kids-in-florida/ | 2022-07-05T23:10:24 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/portland-artist-selected-to-create-balloon-wonderland-for-kids-in-florida/ |
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN) — After a Washington County Sheriff’s Office’s deputy suffered life-threatening injuries during a crash in his patrol car, organizers have put together a blood drive in his honor.
Mike Trotter was extracted from his car by firefighters and paramedics from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue and later taken to the hospital.
When Trotter arrived at the hospital, medical staff began working to save his life, said the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in a statement. Within the first few hours of caring for him, staff used 90 units of blood products on Trotter to help revive him.
“90 units of blood is nearly nine times the amount of blood in the average adult,” WCSO said. “Due to the quick thinking and resilience of all first responders and medical staff, Deputy Trotter survived and began his journey to recovery.”
The statement added, “Deputy Trotter is still severely injured, but he, his family, and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office have organized a blood drive in partnership with Bloodworks Northwest to help give back to others.”
People are invited to participate at any public Bloodworks Northwest location throughout the Pacific Northwest. The Sheriff’s Office suggests scheduling your appointment in advance and says that knowing your donation “will make a difference and could save a life.”
“On the day of your donation, mention Deputy Mike Trotter’s name or share the Donor Code 5453 (Deputy Trotter’s call sign) when you check-in for your appointment,” said the announcement. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/blood-drive-planned-to-honor-washco-deputys-road-to-recovery/ | 2022-07-05T23:10:26 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/blood-drive-planned-to-honor-washco-deputys-road-to-recovery/ |
“We don’t believe what’s on TV ...”
— Twenty-one Pilots
Remember all those nights when we used to — often as families — gather around the television in the evenings to watch classic shows like “Seinfeld,” “Andy Griffith,” “Hill Street Blues,” “MASH,” “The Office,” “Happy Days,” “Bonanza,” “Miami Vice,” “Night Gallery,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Gunsmoke,” “WWE Raw?”
Then, when the pay and premium cable channels decided to start producing their own series — which usually were not exactly family-friendly — we got to see great shows like “The Shield,” “The Wire,” “The Sopranos,” “Six Feet Under,” “Mad Men,” “Dexter.”
Now, when most people sit down to watch TV, this is what happens: Let’s see ... the Braves aren’t playing tonight, so let’s see what’s on ... Nope ... nope ... nope ... nope ... umm, nope, nope, nope, nope ... and on and on and on.
Hell, if it weren’t for “adult cartoons” like “Bob’s Burgers” and “Rick and Morty,” you might surf your way through a couple of hundred channels and find absolutely nothing worth seeing ... unless you’re a fan of all the murder channels, the goings-on of boring and disgusting groups of housewives, “reality” shows that are about as real as the cartoons, or any of a dozen or so cooking shows.
Cable and pay-channel rates keep going up and up, and the quality of what they bring to their customers keeps going down and down and down ... to sub-basement levels. So when you find something — anything — worth watching, it’s a monumental moment.
I’ve discovered such a show, and it’s one of the best shows I’ve seen in a while. I’m only seven episodes into FX’s “The Bear,” and it’s already moved up my list of favorite shows ever and is threatening to break into the Top 15 or so.
It’s that good.
Jeremy Allen White — you’ll remember him as the unforgettable ‘Lip Gallagher in the one-of-its-kind Showtime drama “Shameless” — stars as a super chef, Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, who inherits his brother’s hole-in-the-wall restaurant “Beef” in downtown Chicago when said brother commits suicide. His brother’s best friend, Richie (“Cousin”), played with just the right mix of sleaze and lovability by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, an Eric Clapton in his post-God phase look-alike), bemoans the fact that Bobby left the restaurant to his brother, and he fights changes sought by Carmy.
Sydney Adamu, played by the compelling Ayo Edebiri, seeks a job at Beef because she’d come there with her dad as a child, and pretty soon she’s enlisted to manage the joint, much to the chagrin of Richie and long-time employees like Tina (Lisa Colon-Zayas). And then there’s Carmy’s sister, “Sugar” (Abby Elliott), who because she co-signed with her brother, finds herself beset by the IRS when it’s discovered the older brother had a thing about not doing such paperwork as employee taxes and such.
White is perfect as Carmy, and you see the suffering he endures in trying to turn Beef around in the actor’s baleful blue eyes. Sydney, excellently portrayed by Edebiri, is too impatient to wait for good things to happen, and that both endears her and often enrages Carmy, who learned the culinary arts under the heels of an insufferable head chef at “the best restaurant in the world.” While they succeed at least in cleaning up and getting the restaurant moving in the right direction (even though you can binge-watch all episodes of “The Bear” on Hulu, I try to limit the number of shows so that the series doesn’t end too quickly, and then I’m back to nothing on ... except maybe another of FX’s excellent entertainment extravaganza’s, “The Old Man,” which stars Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow) there is never a dull moment.
From gangsters staking out turf in front of Beef to a power/gas failure to someone shooting out the front window to a backlog of orders that drives everyone frantic thanks to a new system to Richie’s drug dealing in the alley behind the restaurant to those IRS issues ... the excitement never ends.
I probably won’t be able to help myself and I’ll watch the rest of the episodes of “The Bear” in one sitting. It definitely is a great cure for the “there’s-nothing-on” disease that permeates modern-day TV. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-finally-thanks-to-fx-and-hulu-theres-something-worth-watching-on-tv/article_6bb0c760-fc85-11ec-a84d-179525fd92c2.html | 2022-07-05T23:16:23 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-finally-thanks-to-fx-and-hulu-theres-something-worth-watching-on-tv/article_6bb0c760-fc85-11ec-a84d-179525fd92c2.html |
A nearly $6 million project beginning in fiscal year 2023 is set to bring major reconstruction to 1st Street in Ammon.
U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson announced Friday thathe secured over $20.2 million in community projects for Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District, including Ammon’s 1st Street. The projects fall under transportation, housing and urban development; labor, health and human services; and education subcommittee appropriations bills.
Ammon’s 1st Street will receive $5.8 million to make the street safer because it is already operating above its volume-to-capacity ratio, a news release said.
“As Ammon continues to grow, the need for this project is even more pressing. I look forward to the improved safety and convenience this project will bring to the community in years to come,” Simpson said in the release.
The funding will be used to widen 1st Street in Ammon to five lanes, with two lanes in each direction and a center two-way turn lane, the release said. A portion of the street will also be reconstructed to include a curb, gutter and sidewalk. Sand Creek bridge also will be widened to five lanes and will include sidewalks.
In an April 7 letter to Simpson, Ammon Mayor Sean Coletti requested federal funding for 1st Street and wrote the section of 1st Street in need of repairs is essential to the vitality of the city’s regional economy and can’t be reconstructed without assistance from federal funding sources.
“Every citizen in Ammon and north of Ammon is painfully aware of our community growth and its impact on 1st Street. The 1st Street reconstruction project is urgently needed in order to allow for proper traffic and pedestrian flow. I am grateful that Congressman Mike Simpson has made this project a priority — it is hugely important for us,” Coletti said in the release.
Other projects include repairs to the Center Street Railroad Bridge Underpass in Pocatello, building a new YMCA facility in Boise, improving workforce and public safety training facility improvements in Boise, adding a helipad and an ambulance bay to an emergency services building in Shoshone, and a community development project for the Hidden Paradise campground in Fairfield. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/5-8-million-headed-to-ammon-to-reconstruct-1st-street/article_7ceebfe9-f8ff-5639-820e-5eede05e5a7c.html | 2022-07-05T23:20:24 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/5-8-million-headed-to-ammon-to-reconstruct-1st-street/article_7ceebfe9-f8ff-5639-820e-5eede05e5a7c.html |
Calls reporting incidents of hate and bias in Oregon increased significantly in 2021
Calls reporting incidents of hate and bias in Oregon increased significantly in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's third annual statewide Justice Bias Response Hotline report. And federal officials believe those numbers still don't fully depict what is actually happening.
There were 1,683 reports of bias and hate made to the hotline in 2021, a 53% increase compared to 2020 (1,101 reports). Of those 1,683 reports, 59% were classified as bias incidents and 28% as bias crimes.
Oregon's Legislature updated the state's hate and bias crimes laws in 2019. The updated legislation required the establishment of a victim service hotline housed within the state Department of Justice. The statewide Bias Response Hotline launched in January 2020.
A victim or witness of a bias incident or a hate crime can call the hotline to report an incident. From there, they are able to connect with trained staff, apply for emergency financial assistance, or receive a referral to community services or law enforcement.
Who was targeted in 2021?
According to the report, most of the reports made to the hotline involved race-based targeting.
Black and Asian individuals were the most common victims of reported bis incidents, the report said. Black and African-American individuals were the victims in 25% of reported bias incidents and 34% of hate crimes. Asian individuals were the victims in 12% of reported bias incidents and 12% of hate crimes.
Incidents targeting Asian people increased by almost 200% in 2021 and reports of anti-Asian bias crimes increased by 300%.
While the most common race of reported victims was white (41%), only two white victims were allegedly targeted because of their race. Instead, white victims reported being targeted based on sexual orientation (56%), gender identity (28%) and religion (also 28%).
Incidents targeting gender identity increased by 190%, religion (primarily anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim conduct) increased by 175%, disability targeting increased by 220%, and sexual orientation targeting increased by 148%. The report adds that a majority of victims reported were male in 2020 and 2021 (54%) but one in four victims declined to provide their gender in both years, 22% and 25%.
Reports to the hotline spiked in January 2021 after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, in March and early April following the murders of six Asian women in Atlanta, in August with the return to school, and again in December, according to the report.
The highest number of reports came from Multnomah County in 2021 with 489 reports. Clackamas County was second with 247 reports and Marion County was third with 148 reports, a 114% increase in the region.
Few actually convicted of crimes
Statewide data from the national Law Enforcement Data System showed that there were 117 arrests made in 2021 with a charge of Bias Crime in the First Degree or Bias Cime in the Second Degree. It was a 50% increase from 2020, according to the report.
There were 130 cases that included a charge filed of Bias Crime in the First Degree or Bias Crime in the Second Degree. Of those, 20 resulted in a conviction for a bias crime, 11 resulted in all charges dismissed and 14 resulted in a conviction for another charge.
'Extensive underreporting'
Despite the increase in reporting, the Department of Justice believes there is still "extensive underreporting" when comparing the hotline reports to other surveys and estimates.
"However, it is important for the state to collect and analyze quantitative data to understand an issue. This report will provide the quantitative data required for an initial assessment," the report said. "Despite these quantitative data, we cannot lose sight of the qualitative information that individuals share on the hotline and to law enforcement, which speaks to the human lives targeted and the impact of hate and bias."
There is also a notable gap comparing official data to hotline data, the report notes.
Very few counties had zero reports of a bias incident or crime but Oregon’s National Incident-Based Reporting System within the Oregon State Police shows large numbers of counties with no activity. Additional outreach and data collection are necessary, which could include outreach campaigns by the Department of Justice and law enforcement, consultation with tribes, and social media expansion, the report concludes.
“I am very pleased we have been able to step up our civil rights outreach over these past two years including adding hotline advocates and expanding the reach, accessibility and language availability of our Hate and Bias Hotline,” Attorney General Rosenblum said in a release about the report. “While these numbers seem so discouraging, they also remind us of the importance of continuing our work supporting victims and survivors of hate and bias.” | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/oregon/2022/07/05/oregon-marion-county-incidents-hate-bias-spike-black-asian-lgbtq/65367535007/ | 2022-07-05T23:20:28 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/oregon/2022/07/05/oregon-marion-county-incidents-hate-bias-spike-black-asian-lgbtq/65367535007/ |
A girl who died after falling from a float before the start of Mandan's Independence Day parade was a 6-year-old who had recently graduated kindergarten in California.
Mandan police on Tuesday identified the girl as Mabel Askay, of Ventura, California. She was in town visiting relatives.
Askay was riding on the DK Orthodontics float en route to the parade staging area about 9 a.m. Monday. She fell from the trailer on Longspur Trail Southeast and was struck by a tire. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.
"We are heartbroken over this tragic accident," the Askay family said in a statement to the Tribune. "Mabel lit up every room she ever entered, and our world is now dimmer without her. We know she is with Jesus, but we are having a very difficult time saying goodbye. Please keep our family, including Mabel's older siblings, Fletcher and Matilda, in your prayers as we gather our strength to start the process of moving forward."
Authorities were continuing their investigation Tuesday, according to Deputy Chief Lori Flaten. It's not yet clear if any charges are warranted, she said.
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“As long as I’ve been here, 45 years, we’ve had some injuries but nothing major, and no fatalities,” Flaten said of the annual holiday parade that draws hundreds of entrants and thousands of spectators.
The parade went on as scheduled Monday.
A Facebook post by DK Orthodontics thanked people for their messages of concern.
“We will be honoring and showing respect to the family during this unspeakable tragedy by showing them love and support,” the post stated. “The DK family asks for your prayers, support, and privacy for the grieving family.”
A representative of the Mandan Progress Organization, the group that organizes Mandan's Fourth of July events, declined to comment on the death Monday, referring Tribune questions to police.
The Parent Teacher Association at Juanamaria Elementary School in Ventura -- where father Mike Askay is principal -- in a Facebook post offered condolences to the family of Mabel, who the group said had recently been promoted from kindergarten.
"The Askays ask for prayers and good wishes at this time. We also ask that you provide them with the space and privacy they need right now," the PTA said.
Reach Travis Svihovec at 701-250-8260 or Travis.Svihovec@bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/6-year-old-girl-killed-in-mandan-parade-incident-idd-family-float-owner-issue-statements/article_92a1a1d8-fc6b-11ec-8d6f-d3950efd07a1.html | 2022-07-05T23:25:10 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/6-year-old-girl-killed-in-mandan-parade-incident-idd-family-float-owner-issue-statements/article_92a1a1d8-fc6b-11ec-8d6f-d3950efd07a1.html |
TAMPA, Fla. — Derek Stock said his family is taking things day by day after his 11-year-old son Levi was struck by lightning last week.
Levi spent multiple days in the ICU and is now back home continuing to recover. Derek said Levi still has a lot of pain in his legs.
“The strike went through his tailbone and through his right foot," he said.
It all happened on June 30 when the family was on their way back to land after being out fishing. Levi was struck and knocked in the water.
“I saw the strike go through him, and I just jumped in after him," Derek said.
Derek and other nearby boaters were able to pull him ashore. Derek performed CPR until the ambulance arrived.
“I didn’t see his lungs moving, so I kept CPR going. Basically I saw him go into the ambulance not breathing," he said.
During his days at Tampa General Hospital, Levi continued to improve. Derek said he was feeling better and better each day.
“Kind of amazing and then yesterday he was discharged," he said.
Derek said his son doesn't remember the incident. His last memory of that day is fishing and swimming earlier in the afternoon.
One thing Levi does remember is all of the love he has received by family, friends, deputies and hundreds of strangers.
"There has been so many prayers," said Derek. He said their whole family is extremely thankful for everyone who prayed for Levi and supported him during this difficult situation. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/child-recovering-lightning-strike/67-7c58dba4-01a5-428d-b6be-f92912699666 | 2022-07-05T23:34:49 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/child-recovering-lightning-strike/67-7c58dba4-01a5-428d-b6be-f92912699666 |
SARASOTA, Fla. — The widower of a great-grandmother, who used to live in the Sarasota area, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Sarasota-based ice cream manufacturer that the CDC recently announced it was investigating amid a Listeria outbreak.
Mary Billman's husband is suing Big Olaf Creamery, which sells products to Florida ice cream shops, including parlors owned and operated under its own brand name.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the Tampa division of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. It claims Billman was visiting her daughter on Jan. 18 in Florida when she ate ice cream at the Big Olaf Creamery on Bahia Vista Street near Kaufman Avenue in Sarasota. The lawsuit alleges that ice cream was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
By Jan. 25, the lawsuit says Billman had developed gastrointestinal issues, a low-grade fever and a urinary tract infection. On Jan. 27, she was rushed to the hospital with a fever of more than 103 degrees.
"Over the course of the next two days, Mrs. Billman's organs began to shut down due to her septic illness," the lawsuit said. "By the time her family was able to see her again, she was unconscious."
Her family says she never regained consciousness and died on Jan. 29, leaving behind her husband, three daughters, eight grandchildren and four great-grandkids.
The lawsuit accuses Big Olaf Creamery of negligence, arguing Billman's ice cream was contaminated by "a dangerous foodborne pathogen."
In a July 2 food safety alert, the CDC confirmed 22 other people had been hospitalized across 10 states due to the Listeria outbreak. The ice cream is only sold in Florida, and most of the people who have been sickened reported travel to the state shortly before symptoms began.
The CDC said Big Olaf was voluntarily contacting retailers, recommending stores stop selling their ice cream until further notice. Government regulators also urged consumers to throw away any Big Olaf ice cream they might have at home.
An investigation is underway into the Listeria outbreak, though no official recall has been initiated, according to the CDC.
"The FDA is aware of and stands at the ready to assist with the outbreak investigation of Listeria monocytogenes infections being led by Florida state partners," an FDA spokesperson said. "Florida issued an advisory with specific advice for people living in or traveling to Florida."
10 Tampa Bay attempted to reach Big Olaf Creamery on Tuesday in an effort to get a response to the lawsuit. A spokesperson with whom we had previously spoken did not have a voice mail set up. A company voicemail was full, so we couldn't leave a message. An email has not yet been returned.
However, we did hear from Big Olaf Creamery last weekend.
At the time, company officer David Peachey explained that the business' retail locations are independently owned. Thus, he said the ice cream manufacturer cannot force them to stop selling the products unless there is definitive proof that the outbreak is specifically linked to their stores. However, Peachey said it was recommended that stores that sell the products be temporarily shut down until testing can be completed.
At least one Sarasota store that 10 Tampa Bay visited over the weekend was continuing to sell the ice cream.
Peachey told 10 Tampa Bay he was confident that Big Olaf Creamery has followed health guidelines when it comes to manufacturing and added that more inspections were being completed this week.
In a separate statement on social media, Big Olaf Creamery said it had been cooperating with Florida regulators and the FDA. The company said it had been transparent and answered questions from health investigators – adding that the health and wellbeing of the public was the business' "first priority."
However, the brand also made clear that it believes it's too early to draw any conclusions on the source of the Listeria outbreak.
"For now it is only speculation as it is an ongoing investigation, our brand has not been confirmed to be linked to these cases, I am not sure why only Big Olaf is being mentioned and targeted," Big Olaf Creamery wrote Sunday on Facebook. "The original report we got from the Florida Department of Health on Friday July 1st, was that there are 23 cases reported, the first one reported was January 2021. 6 out of the 23 patients mentioned having consumed Big Olaf ice cream, but nothing has been proven."
According to the CDC, Listeria is most likely to cause serious illness in senior citizens, pregnant women, newborns or other people with weakened immune systems. Severe illness is more likely when the bacteria spreads beyond the gut and into other parts of a person's body.
"Symptoms of severe illness usually start within 2 weeks after eating food contaminated with Listeria, but may start as early as the same day or as late as 70 days after," the CDC explains on its website.
The CDC urged people who fit the following criteria and have the below symptoms to call their doctor right away:
- Pregnant women: Fever, fatigue, muscle aches
- People who aren't pregnant: Headaches, stiff necks, confusion, loss of balance, convulsions, fever and muscle aches
In some cases, Listeria can cause symptoms that are similar to ones associated with food poisoning. Click here for frequently asked questions and answers about Listeria. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasota-ice-cream-big-olaf-listeria-lawsuit/67-f1083932-d6aa-4120-843c-daab9678ccff | 2022-07-05T23:34:55 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasota-ice-cream-big-olaf-listeria-lawsuit/67-f1083932-d6aa-4120-843c-daab9678ccff |
SARASOTA, Fla — Every year ahead of July 4th, law enforcement warns people about celebratory gunfire and how dangerous it can be.
A couple in Old Miakka has been left with a mess to clean up after a bullet ripped through a door in their home.
"We have some great neighbors, but somebody wasn't too smart yesterday," said Jim Dole, a long-time homeowner in Old Miakka.
Jim and his wife Sandy said they enjoyed living in their countryside home on Rawls Road and were anticipating a fireworks-filled celebration. However, they got a shattering surprise on the Fourth of July instead.
"Jim walked in after taking the garbage to the curb and asked if everything was all right because there was glass all over the garage floor. So I walked out and that was when we discovered what happened," said Sandy.
The bullet, which has still not been located, made its way into an SUV parked in the garage.
"We noticed a bullet hole and then when we turned and the window on the expedition was blown out and there's glass all inside there," said Jim.
The homeowners said they believe the bullet came from the south side of their property and went through the yellow steel door that leads into the garage. A very small bullet hole can be seen on the door where it made its entry.
"It could have been a party that some people had, it could've been somebody that just decided to do some target practice and I think it was part of the Fourth of July celebration out here early," Jim said.
The couple has filed an incident report with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office and deputies are investigating the case.
The couple also said they were grateful they were at the right place at the right time and were out of harm's way.
"We're very thankful that we weren't in the garage doing something, unloading groceries or in the backyard doing yard work at the time," Sandy said.
"It's a matter of responsibility and not just celebrating and thinking of this as back in the wild west times and shooting off guns everywhere just for the sake of shooting," Jim said.
The Doles said they hope someone will step up and take responsibility for what happened. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/bullet-july-4th-suv/67-892d9ca6-6a1e-4c5d-8d10-fb3469cddb49 | 2022-07-05T23:35:01 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/bullet-july-4th-suv/67-892d9ca6-6a1e-4c5d-8d10-fb3469cddb49 |
This year’s Independence Day was spent differently for Anna Studer. From sunrise to sunset, she spent her Fourth of July prepping ACS Juices and its product for the juice bar’s opening day.
And by Tuesday morning, three quarters of the Studer family stood behind the wooden bar, passing out samples and assisting customers at the register.
ACS Juices is the second vendor, next to True Bakery, to set up shop at the Good Food Hub, Wyoming Food For Thought Project’s commercial kitchen located at 420 W. First Street in downtown Casper. The juice bar plans to operate Tuesdays through Thursdays.
“So all my juices, I choose the ingredients based on what they're good for,” Studer said. “I'm not a nutritionist, but I can just refer them back to what I research. In terms of cucumbers, they’re really good for dehydration. Ginger's good for digestion ... A lot of people buy specific juices for specific needs for their body.”
The bar offers orange juice, lemonade, watermelon, sweet beet, carrot, cold brew, celery, strawberry lemonade and other recipes. Of the lineup of juices sold, sweet green is the best seller, containing spinach, apple and lemon.
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“I love them all like my children,” Studer joked. “No, but really, it's just a great way to get a bunch of veggies in to start my day.”
That was how Studer got her start in juicing, too.
After the birth of her second child, she said she began running and trying to eat healthier. The purchase of a juicer in 2011 also marked the birth of the company’s first juicing recipe, the Strong Green. About six years later, when the family made the move to Casper from Billings, the lack of juiceries in the city was noticeable, she said.
“When we first got here, I kind of got flipped upside down,” Studer said. “I was kind of joking and was feeling sorry for myself and my family, whining about how there’s no juice bars around here. [My husband]'s like, well, why don't you make your own? And I was like, I could never do that.”
But she did. Studer started by purchasing a juicer and turning the basement into a kitchen in 2021. After having her family serve as taste testers for the recipes, the company first began selling their juices at the local farmers market. From there, they began partnering their products with local companies such as Grant Street Grocery, Funky Junk District and Fresh Foods Wyoming.
And five years after her husband Luke Studer’s first suggestion, Anna opened up her own juice bar. Luke stood right alongside her.
“I'm very proud of her,” Luke said. “It's pretty impressive watching her build this business.”
Luke also plays multiple roles in the business, according to Anna. He's a handyman, business consultant and the dishwasher. He occasionally steps behind the register too, but the job of the cashier is best handled by their 12-year-old daughter Delaney Studer.
“I've been doing this since day one,” Delaney said. “It's really fun for me to get to do this ... I would say I’m kind of the most versed in using the register or whatever. Usually when we go to summit markets at David Street, I'm the one that's checking people out.”
Delaney, who starts seventh-grade in the fall, said that working at the juicery isn't just a summer job, but more of a full-time position. She's well acquainted with the regular customers, including some teachers.
The customers are the main focus of the company, Anna said. Ten percent of the profits earned on opening day were given back to the Wyoming Food for Thought Project.
“There's nothing better than having my start like this,” Anna added. “I think that me being here is giving back to them.” | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/acs-juices-open-for-business-in-downtown-casper/article_dbea6ff8-fca4-11ec-a25d-e71b9fe18c79.html | 2022-07-05T23:36:24 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/acs-juices-open-for-business-in-downtown-casper/article_dbea6ff8-fca4-11ec-a25d-e71b9fe18c79.html |
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A Portland, Oregon, coffee chain that opened its first Tucson location just last fall is already planning its fourth and fifth shops locally.
Black Rock Coffee Bar opened in October at 1821 E. Broadway, near Campbell Avenue, and has since opened two drive-thru only locations at 8601 E. Golf Links Road and 2705 E. Valencia Road.
Now the boutique chain has a fourth store under construction at 6393 E. Grant Road, near Wilmot Road, and has signed a lease for a fifth shop on the currently empty lot on the northeast corner of Grant Road and First Avenue.
Jeramy Price, with Volk Co., represented the coffee shop and Dave Carroll, with Romano Real Estate, represented the landlord, Jagor LLLP, in the Grant and First lease.
The new stores on Golf Links and Valencia have both been sold to investors for $1.5 million each.
Black Rock is known for its roasted coffee, smoothies and energy drinks.
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- Villas Las Mandarinas DE LLC bought the 324-unit Cordova Village, 4250 E. 29th St., from Equilibrium Cordova Village LLC for $34 million. Allan Mendelsberg and Conrad Joey Martinez, with Picor, represented both parties.
- Alicia Morgan and Michael Colwell sold the nine-unit apartment complex at 260 E. Wetmore Road to 260 E. Wetmore Road LLC for $1 million. Dave Volk, with Volk Co., represented the sellers. Michael Chapman and Neil David, with NAI Horizon, represented the buyer.
- Broadway Crossing, the shopping center at Broadway and Craycroft Road, added two new tenants. LuxSpace Studios leased 8,400 square feet at the west end for a salon studio and Taichi Bubble Tea leased 1,900 square feet for a ramen, poke and bubble tea shop. The landlord, Larsen Baker, was represented by its brokers Isaac Figueroa and Elaina Elliott.
- Trees R Us leased 3,000 square feet of industrial space at Tucson Industrial Center, 4161 E. Tennessee St., from Tic Tac Properties LLC. Cintya Denisse Angulo Garcia, with Picor, represented the landlord and John Hester Jr., with Goldsmith Real Estate LLC, represented the tenant.
- RestorationHQ, a commercial-only emergency service general contractor, leased 2,500 square feet at 944 W. Grant Road. The company offers emergency response to businesses that have experienced water or fire damage or need mold remediation and bio-cleaning services. They were represented by CBRE.
- The Nest Tucson LLC leased 1,250 square feet at 6370 N. Campbell from HRA Paloma Village LP to open a children's clothing store. Jeramy Price, with Volk Co., represented the tenant.
Information for Tucson Real Estate is compiled from records at the Pima County Recorder's Office and from brokers. Send information to Gabriela Rico, grico@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/oregon-coffee-bar-rapidly-expanding-in-tucson-with-new-shops/article_af64afe2-fbbf-11ec-ad18-c7aecc10869b.html | 2022-07-05T23:55:10 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/oregon-coffee-bar-rapidly-expanding-in-tucson-with-new-shops/article_af64afe2-fbbf-11ec-ad18-c7aecc10869b.html |
COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Two people are in custody after a fight at a Coweta County KFC turned into a chase, authorities said.
Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the restaurant along East Highway 34 by Andrew Bailey Road incident around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The sheriff's office said a deputy already patrolling in the area was responding to the call and noticed a vehicle matching dispatch's description was leaving the KFC as he arrived. When the deputy tried to perform a traffic stop on the vehicle, the driver kept going, according to the sheriff's office.
The Coweta County sheriff's deputy pursued the vehicle into Fayette County where the driver crashed. Two people were taken into custody, according to the Coweta County Sheriff's Office. One of the people inside the vehicle had an active warrant from Atlanta.
Sheriff's investigators are still piecing together the details of what happened and did not share any other information, including the names of those involved. It's also unclear what sparked the fight at the restaurant.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — More than two dozen people hired as summer employees in DeKalb County haven't received a paycheck more than a month after they began working.
The county is now promising those who have completed a necessary hiring process though, will receive their first paycheck by Friday.
At least some of the people were hired to work at the splash pad in the county's Exchange Park.
"It is a really great park, the kids can come, it is free. However, although it is free, the employees would like to get paid," said Marcia Teemer who began working at the splash pad in late May.
Teemer said she took the job to make extra cash to support her family, but so far she hasn't received a single dollar.
"We are headed into the third pay cycle and again no one has been paid," Teemer said. "So you have college students, you have retired people who are working for the summer. The most vulnerable population and they haven't been paid."
Teemer shared with 11Alive e-mails she sent in June to a manager in the county's Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs Department, as well as the county's CEO.
In her e-mails, she described the issue and inquired about the status of paychecks for herself and her co-workers.
The first e-mail is dated June 20 and then she followed up on June 23, after receiving no response, according to Teemer.
She said she then received a call from a county manager.
"They let me know that there is a glitch in the system and I told them, 'Okay, cool no problem. We understand there are glitches in the system. However, cut paper checks, and then everybody is fine', they can get it fixed."
Teemer said at one point county officials promised her a paycheck by last Friday. She became even more frustrated when she and her co-workers were asked to repeat a new employee process, that Teemer claims, they had already completed.
"We re-did all of the paperwork, the hiring process, the drug testing. Everything," Teemer said. "Again we were told we were going to get paid on July 1, which was last Friday, again no paychecks."
Tuesday afternoon, DeKalb County sent 11Alive a statement in which it apologized for an inconvenience to the employees.
In the statement, it cited a manager hiring 26 summer employees but failing to make sure each completed the application process.
According to the county, the employees began working and were most likely unaware of there being an issue.
In late June though, the county's Human Resources Department learned of new hires that hadn't completed the application process.
As of Tuesday, a majority of the new hires have had their application process completed and will be paid according to the county by Friday, July 8 at the latest. The remaining employees will be paid once they complete the necessary application process.
Below is the county's full statement:
A midlevel manager in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs hired approximately 26 summer workers but failed to ensure they completed the application process.
On June 28, Human Resources became aware of the unauthorized hires and advised that those with incomplete applications should be sent home immediately and could not be paid until the application process was completed.
As of today, 15 of the 26 individuals have now completed the hiring process and have been cleared to return to work. These employees will be paid via direct deposit or mailed a check no later than July 8.
The applications for the remaining 11 individuals are still pending completion. These individuals will be paid once they complete their applications.
DeKalb County apologizes to the employees for any inconveniences. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/dekalb-county-splash-pad-employees-not-getting-paid/85-41ff978b-c9db-4542-8150-6a568b0fd8e4 | 2022-07-05T23:55:30 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/dekalb-county-splash-pad-employees-not-getting-paid/85-41ff978b-c9db-4542-8150-6a568b0fd8e4 |
COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — As metro Atlanta braces for more potential severe weather this week, some people like Aaron Moen are still cleaning up the damage from storms in days past. Moen lost his childhood home in the Sharpsburg and Newnan area a few days ago after a lightning strike.
"A lightning bolt struck a tree, it went down to the root system and then up the gas meter, and exploded the HVAC system in the attic and engulfed the entire house in flames," Moen said. "Basically, everything was lost.”
Moen said no one was injured. He told 11Alive rescue crews managed to save the family dog, Bella, and no one else was at home at the time.
"All of us were devastated, but now we're picking up the sticks and pieces together and getting through it all," Moen said. "It was definitely a freak accident, but I'm glad nobody was home."
Seemingly every corner of metro Atlanta has been impacted by severe weather. In Cobb County, more than a dozen downed trees and blocked roads made for a busy day of heavy cleanup. Officials said at least seven roads flooded as well.
In DeKalb County, several large trees fell in the North Druid Hills area of Atlanta, causing some damage. However, no injuries were reported. In Fulton County Monday, there were several reports of flooded and impassible roads.
Officials in Sandy Springs and across the metro also blamed severe weather for postponing or canceling fireworks shows on Independence Day.
For Moen, each subsequent lightning strike reminds him of what could happen during severe weather. He said his parents have insurance and are exploring temporary options to live while their home undergoes repairs. The family set up an online fundraiser to assist in their recovery.
"My mom used to always freak out about weather as kids, and I thought she was just being crazy," Moen said. "But now I realize it's a real thing that happens to everyday people." | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/man-loses-childhood-home-lightning-strike/85-521a701c-7c28-441c-91b6-d7d60fdf474e | 2022-07-05T23:55:36 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/man-loses-childhood-home-lightning-strike/85-521a701c-7c28-441c-91b6-d7d60fdf474e |
CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. — The Bartow County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help finding a teenage girl who has been missing for several weeks.
Kaylee Jones, 16, was last seen on June 14 in the area of Whooping Creek Church Road in Carrollton. Detectives with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office are also still investigating what happened to Kaylee. The Bartow County Sheriff said Kaylee may now be in the Cartersville area and still remains missing as of Tuesday morning.
"Investigators have been working diligently around the clock on this case and have been reviewing data collected from Kaylee's electronic devices and have been in contact with those she last had contact with on those devices," the sheriff's office said. "We continue to receive tips and possible sightings and none have been substantiated as of this time."
Kaylee is described as 5-feet 8-inches tall and weighs 135 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Previously, Kaylee's family told the Carroll County Sheriff's Office that they are "very worried" about her.
The sheriff's office previously said it's unknown where she may be headed but she has family in the Tampa, Florida, and Brooksville, Florida, areas. It's also not known what she's wearing but her mother previously told the sheriff's office she may have a dark blue backpack with a horse on the front of it and the word "Mazi" or "Kaylee" on it. She may also be wearing black tennis shoes or converse, her mother previously said.
The sheriff's office said Kaylee does not have a phone or a car. She requires medical care and "could possibly be with someone she met through certain apps online," according to the sheriff's office.
Anyone with information about Kaylee's whereabouts is asked to contact investigator Courtney Short at 770-830-5916 or by email at cshort@carrollsheriff.com. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/missing-teen-kaylee-jones-carroll-county-georgia/85-c2fc9c44-9dce-4e82-8a30-c14f313ee426 | 2022-07-05T23:55:42 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/missing-teen-kaylee-jones-carroll-county-georgia/85-c2fc9c44-9dce-4e82-8a30-c14f313ee426 |
SUWANEE, Ga. — A day care teacher said she was fired after exposing black mold at a center in the metro area.
Maryellen Pate said her termination came the same day the state came in to investigate her claims.
She was caught on camera using her cell phone, which is a violation of the day care policy. However, Pate said she was using her phone's camera to document unsafe conditions.
"I'm not OK with it, it really freaks me out, especially being a mom," said Pate.
She has a 5-month-old daughter and when she saw black mold at the Suwanee Prep School day care, she wanted to protect all of the kids she was caring for.
"Whenever I found all of these safety hazards in the school it just really made me think, 'wow, what if I had my daughter were in here,'" she said.
She only worked at the center for two weeks and said she raised her concerns with other employees who said they saw mold in the dishwasher, the clothes washer, under four sinks, and a cabinet.
"It was the same cabinet that housed their rainboots, which the kids had access to. If you were to take a paper towel and wiped those rainboots, the paper towel came out with mold," she said.
She thought it was bad enough that she took pictures of the mold and filed a report with Bright from the Start, the state agency that licenses day cares in Georgia.
She was fired the same day.
"Cell phone usage on the 17, which the 17 is the same day I took the pictures. When they went back on the cameras to review the day the state came in, they looked back on the camera and saw me taking a picture," she said.
The day care confirmed Pate was fired for using her phone. In a statement, the director said they were aware of the complaint about the mold and said they've fixed it.
"The care and wellbeing of our students and staff is a top priority, as demonstrated by our prompt response," they added in the statement
However, Pate said she wants parents at the day care to know about the potential exposure and wants to see the findings from Bright from the Start.
"They were very concerned. They came in and I filed the report on June 17, they came in on the 23 and she interviewed everyone who was relevant to the case," she said.
Bright from the Start told 11Alive the investigation is still ongoing. The day care had been in good standing with the state before this report. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/suwanee/day-care-worker-termination-claims-black-mold/85-20358359-b7d0-4edd-b3c9-b8b979a3c636 | 2022-07-05T23:55:48 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/suwanee/day-care-worker-termination-claims-black-mold/85-20358359-b7d0-4edd-b3c9-b8b979a3c636 |
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — As the search continues for three missing men at Brannan Island, one of their friends says he’s frustrated and feels there’s no sense of urgency in finding them.
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a call of a possible drowning with three men and a child at the Brannan Island State Recreation Area around 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Deputies were told the child got out of the water and didn’t need medical attention, but the three men were missing after a search of the waterways.
Tedy Salazar, who is friends with the three men, is acting as the spokesperson for their families. He identified the men as: Edwin Rivas, 57; Danilo Solorzano, 40; and Edwin Perez, 22.
Salazar said the trio were from Guatemala and lived in Oakland where they did construction work. He told ABC10 he feels like there isn’t a sense of urgency in finding the men.
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Sometimes, history repeats itself.
Just after midnight on July 4, West Des Moines firefighters were called to an overnight fire at the Valley West Inn. If this all sounds familiar, it should: the same building also caught fire back in October of last year.
Crews responding to the fire found the blaze spreading across the first floor. They also saw a door leading into the building had been forced open. The building was supposed to be vacant ever since it caught fire in October, so that discovery presented some challenges for fire crews.
"There's holes in potentially the ceilings, the floors, the walls, lot of broken glass, and they're things that can hurt people. But any indication that our responders see upon a scene, especially in a vacant building where somebody might be inside, we treat it as if they are inside," said West Des Moines Fire Marshal Mike Whitsell.
The building won't be vacant forever, though.
Greater Des Moines Supportive Housing announced in June they intend to convert the inn to affordable housing, including 144 apartment spaces.
"It's very sturdy, it's been through a lot. But we are planning to kind of take it down to the bones and rebuild," said Emily Osweiler, CEO of Greater Des Moines Supportive Housing.
Osweiler says they are currently still on track with the project. Rehabbing is expected to start late this year and is projected to take about 18 months.
"For a long time, there's just a huge demand for affordable units, units with wraparound supportive services to help people with stability," she said.
The exact cause of the recent fire is still under investigation, but Whitsell told Local 5 it is considered suspicious. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/valley-west-inn-fire-greater-des-moines-supporting-housing-development-plans/524-de54b60b-454e-4d6e-a9ba-f7da72690e10 | 2022-07-06T00:04:19 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/valley-west-inn-fire-greater-des-moines-supporting-housing-development-plans/524-de54b60b-454e-4d6e-a9ba-f7da72690e10 |
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The intense summer heat, came earlier than usual this year. Many North Texas residents are also seeing higher electricity bills.
“There are multiple factors that are adding to every consumer's bill. The way the grid is operated, the way the grid is reimbursing different energy costs. All energy costs are higher: coal, natural gas, renewables, nuclear. All those costs have increased,” said Todd Staples, President of the Texas Oil ad Gas Association.
Staples said supply chain issues also affect this. Agencies that provide help, are seeing the need. At Metrocrest services, which serves Northwest Dallas County, they are seeing an influx.
"We are seeing this year a record increase in utility need. Last year we thought was our biggest year ever, and this year it's 80 percent over already year to date," said Tracy Eubanks, CEO of Metrocrest services.
Metrocrest Services provides people with emergency financial assistance, financial coaching, education and more.
Tim Morstad, Associate State Director of AARP, also encouraged people to take advantage of what is available and said utility bills are up by an average of 70% from a year ago.
“If people can't pay their utility bill right now they need to contact 211 to see what assistance is available in their area because there are additional funds that have flown in from the federal government and as I understand it there are still funds available for those that need it,” said Morstad.
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To find out more about Metrocrest Services, visit its website here. You can also find out what is available to you, by going to findhelp.org. Help is also available at 211. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/local-organizations-see-increased-demand-for-help-with-high-electric-bills/3007599/ | 2022-07-06T00:07:20 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/local-organizations-see-increased-demand-for-help-with-high-electric-bills/3007599/ |
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A non-profit providing needy children with brand-name sneakers started by a pair of Oak Cliff educators is expanding.
Pasos for Oak Cliff is hosting summer sneaker giveaways across the state. They call it the Pasos for Texas Tour.
Dallas geography teacher Jesse Acosta and math tutor Alejandra Zendejas started Pasos for Oak Cliff during the pandemic.
“We started out by just giving out shoes,” said Zendejas.
NBC 5 profiled the effort in 2020.
“The first time that I talked to you it was supposed to be a one-time fundraiser,” said Acosta. “Here we are almost two years later giving out scholarships, doing summer programs and expanding to more of Texas.”
The couple spent part of the day going corresponding with parents over email, asking about their child’s shoe size, picking out a pair and packing them into a red or black backpack with their name.
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The sneakers are donated by the community or purchased by the couple with monetary donations. They’re new or very gently used. Some pairs even cost over $200.
They are sneakers many children can only dream of. Until now.
Each child, kindergarten through 12th grader, on the list to receive a pair of shoes has been referred to Pasos by a teacher, said Acosta.
The non-profit has already handed out 1,500 pairs of shoes, according to Acosta.
Pasos is now taking another step forward with the ‘Pasos for Texas Tour’ the month of July.
“We’re just trying to give back and helping students in Texas,” said Acosta.
The duo will be handing out approximately 100 pairs of sneakers in Austin this weekend.
Zendejas and Acosta are UT-Austin graduates.
They’ll also visit San Antonio, Fort Worth on July 23 and Oak Cliff on July 30.
A self-proclaimed “sneakerhead,” Acosta says he’s found school attendance and success often goes hand in hand with what’s on students’ feet.
He says some kids who cannot afford trendy sneakers, especially teens, are often too embarrassed to go to school, so they don’t show up.
“They’re able to go to school more because they’re in school they’re able to get better grades, they’re getting better grades, they’re just academically better students,” he said. “These shoes are really transforming their education level and it helps with confidence. Who doesn’t love a new pair of shoes?”
Both have stories from little ones they won’t soon forget.
“The little girl said: ‘I finally get some tennis shoes!’ She was wearing snow boots and it’s like 100 degrees outside. I just started crying,” said Zendejas.
Some children write letters to ‘padrinos’ or ‘godparents’ in the program.
“He wrote: ‘Thank you for making my dreams come true. I finally have a pair of Air Forces.’ Before that, he was wearing some construction boots handed down to him,” recalled Acosta.
Zendejas says their effort is only possible with the support of the community.
“This is money we fundraise from the community. It just works that the community allows us to do,” she said.
These educators vow to help more students start school on the right foot.
“I’m proud, but we haven’t done enough and I’m excited about where it’s going,” said Acosta.
The teacher dreams of one day opening his own school.
Pasos for Oak Cliff is always accepting donations of sneakers. The shoes must be new or in near-perfect condition.
However, Pasos will take gently used sneakers with a high-resale value. Acosta and Zendejas will sell them and use the money to buy new shoes or give one child two pairs of shoes: a new pair along with the older, used pair.
Pasos for Oak Cliff is teaming up with Centre sneaker boutique, SoleSavy and Four Corners Brewing for a fundraiser on July 16 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Centre on Mockingbird Lane in Dallas.
Last year’s fundraiser collected 465 pairs of shoes and $11,000 in monetary donations.
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MAINE, USA — One of the biggest challenges facing people in Maine's most rural communities is a lack of accessibility to public transportation. Thanks to a recent grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, an organization in Maine is working to address that issue in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.
The Eastern Maine Development Corporation applied for a grant with the USDOT and received nearly $445,290 to develop two planning studies for each county that will identify transportation issues and possible solutions.
Lee Umphrey, president of EMDC, said they're working to make sure the solutions they develop also reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
"We're going to come up with solutions that are going to connect people in rural Maine to the resources not only in their area, but to the service center down here in Bangor," Umphrey said.
Umphrey said people living far away from cities like Bangor are often far from jobs, healthcare, and other resources. He said the solution is clear. Accessibility needs to be better.
"The problem is folks live far away. And big distances in both northern Penobscot and Piscataquis counties are huge rural areas," Umphrey said.
The first step of the project is partnering with researchers at the University of Maine to conduct a study, identify the issues, and "to come up with solutions that are both climate-friendly and affordable," Umphrey said.
Sue Mackey Andrews, a volunteer with Helping Hands with Heart, a nonprofit based in Piscataquis County, is working with EMDC on this project. She said part of the study will involve a survey for people living in those counties.
"To find out what do people really need, where do they need to go, how best do they need to get there," Andrews said.
Mackey Andrews added another top priority is transportation accessibility for people with disabilities.
"We were talking about maybe having transportation hubs throughout the region where, if people could get to those hubs, they could be transported to other different locations," Mackey Andrews said.
Umphrey said he expects the study to take about a year to wrap up and for solutions to be identified. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/grant-for-nearly-450k-going-to-transportation-studies-in-2-maine-counties/97-89f04f46-5247-4914-b93f-de7ecc59ff23 | 2022-07-06T00:15:01 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/grant-for-nearly-450k-going-to-transportation-studies-in-2-maine-counties/97-89f04f46-5247-4914-b93f-de7ecc59ff23 |
LEBANON, MAINE, Maine — It's hard not to fall in love with Maine's forests.
A hearty few, like Andrew Benson, enjoy seeing it driving sideways at 70 miles per hour.
Benson is an engineer and a rally car driver who built a Frankenstein monster from a Subaru, with parts gathered from a handful of other cars.
"People jump out of planes and do all kinds of other crazy things; I like being threatened by trees," Andrew smiled.
We met the Benson's on a Saturday in early July. They had rented the 4x4 Proving Grounds -- a compound in Lebanon -- for the morning. Andrew's mother and father are about as supportive of their son's hobby as they possibly could be.
His mother, Wendy, chuckled when asked if she approved of the endeavor.
"Oh yeah, mom pays for it," she said, standing outside the massive car transport trailer. The team name, "Lost in Maine Racing," is emblazoned on the side.
Wendy and Andrew explained that Andrew's twin brother was the first to get into the sport. He was active on message boards, using the screenname "Lost in Maine."
When he died recently, the Benson's picked up the rally racing torch and immortalized the name.
There's just enough room in the Subaru for Benson and his co-driver, Zach Stewart. The pair share a vital relationship.
They drive each course and make hand-written notes of every corner they're going to navigate. Then, while going upwards of 100 miles per hour, Stewart calls out what's coming up, how serious the obstacle is, even the surface conditions. It's like a different language.
"It's kind of high-speed GPS directions along with team management stuff behind the scenes," Stewart said, explaining his role.
In addition to race guidance, the co-driver sets the event schedule for each member of the team. But the turn notes are his most crucial task.
"Done effectively, you can drive in complete whiteout conditions and you know the distance between each corner, when the next corner is about to appear, and you can drive blind with good enough notes," Stewart said.
They're about to face their biggest test yet this year: the New England Forest Rally.
The annual race, starting near Sunday River on July 15, attracts the biggest names in the sport, like Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, and David Higgins.
Despite the celebrity turnout, the weekend is completely free to attend. Drivers can often be found lingering in the garage or by their cars, many happy to sign autographs for kids and talk shop with fans.
Andrew and Zach will be defending home turf and seem to have reasonable expectations.
"I'd like to bring it home in one piece this time, but, this car is competitive," Andrew assured. "The last car was- we were putting down second place, third place times once I started feeling the car out."
Benson said the NEFR is a favorite of the drivers, which is why so many A-listers come to compete. The opening stage at Concord Pond, in particular, he said, is legendary. Massive straightaways tempt drivers into a drag race along the area's logging roads.
The cars move so fast, Benson explained. Organizers have to create turns and obstacles to force them to slow down.
And the fan turnout is especially noticeable.
"The crowds that they get on Concord Pond are amazing," Andrew said. "It’s the number one spectator stage for our event and there [are] people from one end to the other. It’s constant. You can hear them screaming over the car, and the car is loud."
Win or lose, the team will be happy to spend another weekend in the woods with their friends. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/meet-a-maine-team-competing-in-the-new-england-forest-rally-outdoors-sports/97-7a681a26-c6cc-4dee-9534-7fcdb5636447 | 2022-07-06T00:15:01 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/meet-a-maine-team-competing-in-the-new-england-forest-rally-outdoors-sports/97-7a681a26-c6cc-4dee-9534-7fcdb5636447 |
BANGOR, Maine — At approximately 2 a.m. Sunday morning, police responded to a missing persons report at a Bangor residence, a news release issued by Bangor Police Department spokesperson Lieutenant Wade Betters states.
Two teenagers, Charity Bell, 17, and Madisyn Trotter, 15, both of Bangor, reportedly left on foot, according to the release.
Bell is described as being 5'7" and 230 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Trotter is described as being 5'1" and 250 pounds with blonde hair (currently dyed black) and green eyes.
The two teens have connections to both the greater Portland and Lake Region areas and are believed to be traveling together, the release says.
Police advise contacting your local law enforcement if you may have information regarding Bell and Trotter's location.
According to the release, the Bangor Police Dept. Criminal Investigation Division is in charge of the case. Any information and/or tips should be sent to Det. Kyle Pelkey at kyle.pelkey@bangormaine.gov.
Bangor PD dispatch can be reached by dialing 207-947-7384. To use the anonymous tip line, select option 3 when prompted after dialing.
No additional information has been released at this time. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/two-bangor-maine-juveniles-reported-missing/97-62e0e1d2-92c1-4bba-8038-f4a53f967342 | 2022-07-06T00:15:02 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/two-bangor-maine-juveniles-reported-missing/97-62e0e1d2-92c1-4bba-8038-f4a53f967342 |
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