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OREGON, USA — Oregon and Washington are tracking small outbreaks of hMPXV, also known as monkeypox, but health officials warn numbers are likely higher than they appear.
The virus is spread most easily through skin-to-skin contact and sharing of contaminated clothing, and can cause rashes, lesions, strong headache and fever.
More than 7,200 cases were confirmed globally as of Wednesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of the 604 confirmed cases in the U.S., Oregon had three, Washington had seven and California had 117.
"We don't need to be talking about where it came from, because it's here and it's spreading," said Jason Davis, spokesperson for Lane County Health & Human Services in the Eugene/Springfield area.
Lane County is waiting on lab results to confirm two presumptive hMPXV cases. Contact tracing identified about 25 contacts for one of those cases.
Davis said since outbreaks were first reported in Europe several months ago, his team has been focused on outreach and awareness.
"Not only reach people, but make sure we don't have collateral damage in the process," he explained.
About 200,000 people are expected to visit Lane County in coming weeks for the Oregon Country Fair and World Athletics Championships. Davis is working to emphasize hMPXV prevention ahead of those events.
"We've seen pushback from folks [saying], 'not again, this is another scare tactic by public health," Davis said. "We're not saying the sky is falling. In fact, I hope we're being transparent and open about that this is not as contagious as COVID, and it does take that prolonged exposure, especially skin to skin."
Some outlets have reported seemingly disproportionate infection rates among gay and bisexual men, although inconsistent testing around the country makes real numbers difficult to quantify.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) noted a CDC statement released May 18 that said, “anyone can spread monkeypox, regardless of sexual orientation.”
"There is no such thing as a disease that is specific to a certain population," Davis agreed. "And that's the most important message: anybody can get this illness."
The CDC announced Wednesday a partnership with Labcorp, a commercial lab, will help double testing capacity nationwide to 10,000 tests per week. Other commercial labs may soon join that effort as well, the CDC said.
The federal government has ordered delivery of 4 million hMPXV vaccines in 2022 and 2023.
Davis said as of last week, Oregon had about 300 available doses.
"A very precious resource at this point," he said.
In Lane County, vaccines are being held only for people with known exposure and for at-risk groups with other underlying health conditions.
Anyone who exhibits rash and lesions is urged to see a doctor and avoid skin-to-skin contact.
"It's a worldwide issue," Davis said. "It's going to take everybody thinking and knowing how this is spread and how to prevent it."
The Oregon Health Authority plans to host a news conference Thursday to address hMPXV. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-tracing-monkeypox/283-abdff43c-1944-42c3-80c7-301971b8f63b | 2022-07-07T01:02:41 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-tracing-monkeypox/283-abdff43c-1944-42c3-80c7-301971b8f63b |
Richmond police on Wednesday said a tip from a “hero citizen” prevented a mass shooting at the Dogwood Dell Fourth of July celebration on Monday. Two men were arrested and two assault rifles, a handgun and several hundred rounds of ammunition were seized in a South Richmond residence, authorities said.
The announcement came two days after a rooftop gunman opened fire during an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing seven, in a massacre that wounded dozens.
Police in Richmond did not release information about a possible motive in the Dogwood Dell case. Police Chief Gerald Smith during a press conference Wednesday said an officer in the 2nd Precinct received the anonymous tip from a concerned citizen, who overheard a conversation regarding a mass shooting.
Officers and agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigated the information, which led them to a residence in the 3100 block of Columbia Street, Smith said. One of the occupants on Friday allowed police to search the home, where several firearms were found out in the open, police said.
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Police later arrested Julio Alvarado-Dubon, 52, of Richmond, who faces a preliminary charge of being a non-U.S. citizen in possession of a firearm. He is being held at Richmond City Jail without bond.
Police also monitored Alvarado-Dubon’s roommate "very, very closely," Smith said, until obtaining probable cause for an arrest warrant. Rolman Balacarcel, 38, of Richmond, was arrested by Virginia State Police in Charlottesville on Tuesday.
He faces the same preliminary charge as Alvarado-Dubon and is being held in Albemarle County Jail with no bond.
Police spokesperson Tracy Walker said both men are from Guatemala. Initial documents filed in General District Court in Richmond say both Alvarado-Dubon and Balacarcel are not in the U.S. legally. The documents, which say Alvarado-Dubon has an expired visa, did not include any details about the alleged plot.
Court documents note bond was set at $15,000 for Alvarado-Dubon on Wednesday, but it was unclear if he had been released. The documents say he has lived in the Richmond area for three years and works full time in the construction industry. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled in Richmond on Aug. 2. Alvarado-Dubon’s attorney, Jose Aponte, declined to comment Wednesday.
The suspects may face more charges as law enforcement's investigation continues. A Richmond police spokesperson said Homeland Security officials are leading the investigation.
Smith said they’re unsure how the weapons were obtained, but the suspects did say their intent was to "conduct a mass shooting on the Fourth of July."
He credited the officer in the 2nd precinct and the person who provided information with preventing the shooting.
"There is no telling how many lives this hero citizen saved from one phone call," Smith said. "It is the responsibility of law enforcement that if we hear something, that we do something, and that is the message I would like to get out there — that 'see something, say something' works."
‘A constant state of vigilance’
The Dogwell Dell event, which featured music and fireworks, was held despite the threat.
Isaiah Cabino, 23, of Richmond, was at the Dogwood Dell event Monday and said the crowds spanned all the way to the Fan.
Cabino, who was with his partner, said he’s has gotten into the habit of looking for exits and places to hide when going out in public, a routine he said feels common for a generation that's grown up in an era of mass shootings.
And in the wake of a Fourth of July parade shooting in a Chicago suburb, Cabino was already uneasy about Monday night.
"It was a constant state of vigilance," said Cabino, a 23-year-old Richmond resident. "This reality is not OK. You shouldn't have to go to these events with an expectation of potentially being shot ... The sense of inaction by all levels, both the federal and state level, it's something that's not sustainable, especially for kids and folks in my generation."
While music played and people settled into their chairs around 9 p.m. on Monday night, Kristin Dittmann sat with her spouse on the curb of Pump House Drive waiting for the fireworks to begin.
"It was dark and crowded — chaos and terror would have ensued," said Dittmann, 63. "We must now recognize that we're not safe anywhere from gun violence. Guns are everywhere in this country, and what few regulations we have are falling away by the day."
‘Got to stop’
Smith said police “had a very robust plan” for security for Dogwood Dell. He said they also were monitoring The Diamond, which also had fireworks Friday night.
In the Illinois shooting, hundreds were sent fleeing after gunfire erupted in Highland Park. Robert E. Crimo III was charged with seven counts of murder Tuesday.
Two Philadelphia police officers were also wounded during a shooting Monday night during an Independence Day celebration.
In Richmond, a pair of shootings occurred on Independence Day: one incident occurred at a business on Broad Street in which four men and two women were injured. Another person was shot and killed at the City Dogs Restaurant on Main Street the same night.
Smith said the pattern of violence has to end.
"It's just got to stop," said Smith. "You know, I may be the police chief but I'm also a citizen. It's ridiculous. At some point in time, this has got to stop."
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on Wednesday urged citizens, local, state and nationally elected officials to do more to curb gun violence.
"We need more," Stoney said during the press conference. "More policies to keep people safe, so these firearms, these weapons of war don't get in the hands of the wrong people."
When asked if he believes Richmond police have enough resources to continue to prevent tragedies from occurring, Stoney said he and the City Council have taken steps. The city approved an $17 million public safety plan that included pay hikes for police and firefighters and funding for the city's gun buyback program.
Stoney said he's also had conversations with the Commonwealth's Attorney Colette McEachin about how help in this effort, but the justice system is just one piece of the solution.
"We can't just be tough on crime and say investing law enforcement is the only answer, we also have to be tough on the root causes of crime," said Stoney.
Said Stoney: “Whether you’re at home in your cul-de-sac, or in your neighborhood, or in a park, or at a parade, out dining — you have to keep your head on a swivel," Stoney said. “And that’s not the country that I know I desire to live in ... Alvarado-Dubon but those are the facts of the matter at this moment.”
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— Lyndon German (@Lyndon__G) July 6, 2022
I’m at Richmond police HQ where officials will discuss how officers thwarted a potential mass shooting attempt over the Fourth July weekend.
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We must get illegal guns off the streets and have better gun control measures that ban assault rifles. But while @RichmondPolice is on the job we have a lieutenant governor @WinsomeSears posing with an assault rifle in a political ad. This is not the progress that Virginia needs. pic.twitter.com/0b8FxHhzHr
— Michael Jones (@thedrmikejones) July 6, 2022 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mass-shooting-on-the-fourth-of-july-intent-of-richmond-shooting-suspects-police-say/article_d1130562-3161-5b9b-8a37-9f1a3df4bfe3.html | 2022-07-07T01:06:30 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mass-shooting-on-the-fourth-of-july-intent-of-richmond-shooting-suspects-police-say/article_d1130562-3161-5b9b-8a37-9f1a3df4bfe3.html |
TWIN FALLS — Law enforcement stayed busy through the Independence Day holiday but not busier than holidays in years past.
Twin Falls Police Department received 130 calls from midnight to 2 a.m. July 5.
The department received 33 calls for service regarding fireworks or for noise complaints.
Other calls ranged from traffic stops, juvenile incidents, burglary, accidents, and assault to shoplifting, reckless driving and welfare checks.
Police Lt. Craig Stotts said the night was busy but not exceptional for a holiday weekend with great weather.
“It was pretty standard,” Stotts said. “A lot of it, weather had something to do with it as well. We’ve had cold, rainy Fourth of Julys and it’s usually quieter. But it was beautiful this weekend, and we had all kinds of things.”
The department had prepared for the weekend by having additional staffing for special detail for the fireworks display at CSI.
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Stotts said the department was adequately staffed for the weekend.
“We did have the resources we needed, but we did have to use overtime to achieve that,” he said.
The police department has 13 vacancies due to retirements and new positions created by a federal grant. The department will hold a hiring event later this month.
Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office reported a fairly standard Independence Day weekend, with no apparent stand-outs for call volumes or incidents.
The sheriff's office received 53 calls for service, one accident, two non-injury accidents, one response to battery and three calls for fireworks, spokesperson Lori Stewart told the Times-News. On July 3, there were two DUIs.
Jerome Sheriff Oppedyk told the Times-News that activity in Jerome County was steady but not overly busy. He characterized it as a typical holiday weekend.
Twin Falls Animal Shelter and People for Pets reported 27 dogs showed up over the weekend. By Wednesday evening, nine of those had made it back home to their owners. Shelter director Debbie Blackwood said space at the shelter is extremely limited, so those missing a pet should check at the shelter to claim them.
To free up more room at the shelter, People for Pets is hosting a pet sale through July 12. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/4th-of-july-weekend-a-busy-one-for-law-enforcement-but-not-exceptional/article_361d675c-fd7a-11ec-9d60-afefeb0de23e.html | 2022-07-07T01:17:15 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/4th-of-july-weekend-a-busy-one-for-law-enforcement-but-not-exceptional/article_361d675c-fd7a-11ec-9d60-afefeb0de23e.html |
RUPERT — The police department participated in an undercover chat operation June 24-25 that resulted in the arrests of five people, according to a statement released by the agency.
Nine other local and state agencies were involved, the Rupert Police Department said.
Chase Quinton, 24, of Ogden, Utah; William Snyder, 40, of Pocatello; Joel Ramirez, 65, of West Valley, Utah; and Richard Castro, 28, of Hazelton were arrested in Rupert on charges of child enticement or attempted production of child exploitation.
John McCrill, 31, of Twin Falls was arrested July 1 for enticement of a child resulting from the operation in June.
“The operation’s focus was to identify and arrest individuals targeting minor children over the internet for purposes of sexual abuse,” Rupert Police Sgt. Sam Kuoha said.
The chat started prior to the operation as individuals contacted an undercover officer’s profile on social media sites and asked about illegal activity.
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The Rupert Police Department asks anyone with information concerning the abuse of children to report it to law enforcement. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/5-arrested-on-child-internet-sex-charges-in-rupert/article_a785a7ac-fd74-11ec-bdf6-932dd23d9497.html | 2022-07-07T01:17:21 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/5-arrested-on-child-internet-sex-charges-in-rupert/article_a785a7ac-fd74-11ec-bdf6-932dd23d9497.html |
FILER — Justin David Benitez Jr., 27, of Filer passed away June 20, 2022.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, July 9, 2022 at the Filer Baptist Church, 254 Highway 30, Filer, Idaho 83328.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on Justin’s memorial webpage at www.farnsworthmortuary.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/funeral-notices/justin-david-benitez-jr/article_c9720e9f-470c-546e-b9ce-da63a1411d29.html | 2022-07-07T01:17:27 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/funeral-notices/justin-david-benitez-jr/article_c9720e9f-470c-546e-b9ce-da63a1411d29.html |
JEROME — A teenage boy on Tuesday fell from cliffs at Vineyard Lake and was airlifted from the Snake River Canyon rim.
The Jerome County Sheriff's Office received a call at 4 p.m. stating that one in a group of friends had been injured at the lake, Sheriff George Oppedyk told the Times-News on Wednesday.
Vineyard Lake is on remote Bureau of Land Management ground near the east end of Devils Corral in Jerome County.
The boy, 17, was flown to an undisclosed hospital for a possible broken ankle, Oppedyk said.
Two years ago, a high school student from Twin Falls died diving from the cliffs into Vineyard Lake. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/teenager-injured-tuesday-in-a-fall-near-vineyard-lake/article_c7cfad8e-fd6d-11ec-ac94-a74c3a4f462d.html | 2022-07-07T01:17:33 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/teenager-injured-tuesday-in-a-fall-near-vineyard-lake/article_c7cfad8e-fd6d-11ec-ac94-a74c3a4f462d.html |
Police officer, suspect shot in Detroit
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Detroit — A Detroit officer and a suspect have been shot near Joy Road and Marlowe Street in the city, the department said Wednesday night.
"A Detroit Police officer and a suspect have been shot near Joy Rd. and Marlowe St.," police said on the department's Facebook page at about 8 p.m. "Please avoid the area as an investigation is underway."
There was no further information available, it said.
Come back to detroitnews.com for more on this developing story. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/07/06/detroit-police-officer-suspect-shot/7827180001/ | 2022-07-07T01:29:28 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/07/06/detroit-police-officer-suspect-shot/7827180001/ |
SEATTLE — An inquest jury found two Seattle officers were justified in their use of deadly force against Charleena Lyles in 2017.
The jury released its findings July 6 following days of proceedings. King County requires an inquest jury to be convened for every death caused by law enforcement.
The six jurors determined that at least one of the officers did not comply with department policy when it comes to use of weapons such as Tasers. Neither was carrying one at the time of the shooting. However, the jury found a Taser would not have been appropriate use of force for the situation.
On June 18, 2017, Charleena Lyles called 911 asking for help at her north Seattle apartment. There was a caution alert attached to her name due to a previous incident where she threatened law enforcement.
Officers Steven McNew and Jason Anderson arrived at the apartment.
After being let into the apartment to investigate an alleged burglary, the officers said Lyles' demeanor changed. According to information presented to the jury, Lyles threatened the officers with a knife.
The officers ordered Lyles to stand back, which the jury found she initially complied with. The majority of the jury found Lyles then stopped complying with the orders from the officers.
The officers shot Lyles multiple times.
Lyles, who was pregnant, was killed in front of her children.
A police review board previously found the shooting to be justified.
In 2021, the family of Charleena Lyles settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the City of Seattle for $3.5 million. The family maintains that Lyles was going through a mental health crisis and police did not handle it properly.
Lyles was known by Seattle police for having a mental condition and was told by a judge earlier in the year to get a mental health evaluation. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/jury-findings-charleena-lyles-death-inquest/281-7fb8a40c-c18e-451a-9118-bb66b48a38c7 | 2022-07-07T01:30:25 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/jury-findings-charleena-lyles-death-inquest/281-7fb8a40c-c18e-451a-9118-bb66b48a38c7 |
SEATTLE — The Seattle school board will decide whether to approve a $1.6 billion budget for the upcoming school year. The vote is scheduled for Wednesday night.
Seattle Public Schools is already planning for a tighter budget, and enrollment is a big reason why.
The funding the district receives from the state is tied to enrollment, so fewer students mean less money.
Seattle Public Schools put out a warning on its website about the need to make adjustments, noting that it had budgeted for more than 52,000 students last school year, but ended up with about 1,900 fewer students than expected. The difference resulted in the district receiving $28 million less in revenue, the district wrote.
Enrollment continues to drop with 48,748 students expected in the 2022-23 school year.
Enrollment was discussed during the school board’s June 22 meeting.
"I believe it's not that there are kindergarteners out there that aren't enrolling. It's that that city is becoming so unaffordable for families that we don't have new young children, new young families and new children coming into this system because people are moving,” said school board member Liza Rankin during the meeting. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-school-board-budget-2022-2023-school-year/281-1f046298-8b86-45e7-9f24-6c40c0c6070b | 2022-07-07T01:30:31 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-school-board-budget-2022-2023-school-year/281-1f046298-8b86-45e7-9f24-6c40c0c6070b |
ARLINGTON, Wash. — It is a new day for Jake Smith and his mother, Wendy. A new day with a new home, but old memories still linger around their tranquil Arlington property.
In May of 2019, the Smith home burned completely to the ground.
"You know, I try not to think about it," says Jake. "It's just something that will always be there."
The fire is believed to have been caused by a barbeque.
Jake, his mom and her boyfriend were inside. Jake climbed out a second-floor window and came upon the boyfriend.
"At that point I asked him where my mom was. He said they were coming down the stairs and he lost her. She never made it out," recalls Jake. "I went into a panic."
Jake ran back inside the house.
Forced out by flames the first time, he started crawling on his hands and knees, feeling his way along the floorboards through the choking, black smoke until he found his mother unconscious in a closet.
"I didn't have time to think about anything. It's just your mom at that point," Smith said. "As you're crawling you're thinking, 'I gotta get out of here. I gotta get out of here.' But you go a little further and I got lucky."
In fact, luck played another part
Jake had only moved back in with his mom two days earlier because he was remodeling his house.
"There have been so many things that just were a miracle that night that just happened," says Wendy.
For his bravery, Jake is being awarded the prestigious Carnegie Medal, considered North America's highest civilian honor for heroism.
"It's very well deserved," smiles Wendy. "I'm so proud, so proud of him. For him to run inside that burning house is amazing."
It's an honor Jake wishes he never had to win.
While the house has been rebuilt, his mom still suffers the effects of a scorched airway.
She has endured eight surgeries, the last one leading to a heart attack and stroke.
She has a difficult time speaking and breathing and is forced to use a wheelchair.
However, Jake and his mom prefer to focus on the positive.
The bond between mother and son is stronger.
Their love is deeper, forged in a fire that brought them closer together.
"Everybody made it out," says Jake. "You can't get luckier than that. Life happens and you keep on pushing. I'm just glad I still have my mom." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/son-wins-prestigious-carnegie-medal-saving-mom/281-35a9598c-e2fa-49c8-aecd-bbd07c6b2c6d | 2022-07-07T01:30:37 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/son-wins-prestigious-carnegie-medal-saving-mom/281-35a9598c-e2fa-49c8-aecd-bbd07c6b2c6d |
ENUMCLAW, Wash. — Editor's note: The above video on the search for a missing swimmer near the Green River Gorge originally aired June 25, 2022.
The body of a 20-year-old male swimmer missing from the Green River Gorge area since June 25 was recovered Wednesday, the King County Sheriff's Office (KSCO) announced.
KCSO said the Medical Examiner's office would eventually release the identity of the victim and the manner of death.
On the afternoon of June 25, two 20-year-old men were swimming together near the Green River Gorge Resort area when one of them was swept away.
Search and rescue units were dispatched for a water rescue, and Puget Sound Fire shared on social media that seven agencies were among those who responded to the scene.
Firefighters used kayaks and the King County Sheriff's Air Support Unit also provided search assistance from above.
After several hours of searching, a KCSO spokesperson said the man was presumed drowned and the operations were called off.
KCSO cited water levels for the delay in the recovery efforts. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/swimmer-recovered-green-river/281-67d24a17-cfcd-4f54-8bf5-3a4b490dd622 | 2022-07-07T01:30:44 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/swimmer-recovered-green-river/281-67d24a17-cfcd-4f54-8bf5-3a4b490dd622 |
TACOMA, Wash. — Today was supposed to be a celebration for Ezell’s famous Chicken.
Instead, the company's CEO, Lewis Rudd, is explaining the death of a 14-year-old girl to his customers.
“On National Fried Chicken Day, I’m talking about a kid that died, senselessly,” Rudd said.
Police responded to calls of shots fired at 11:35 a.m. Wednesday on the corner of MLK Way and South 19th Street.
They learned that someone shot into a car while it was parked at the corner and stuck the 14-year-old female victim inside the vehicle. Someone then drove the car with the victim inside to the 1900 block of South Ainsworth Avenue.
First responders arrived at the location, but despite medical aid, the victim was pronounced dead.
Rudd has been serving his customers at Ezell’s Famous Chicken since 2011, and still remembers living through this level of violence before.
“To keep the guests coming in and out comfortable, and feeling secure, we hired security, it was that bad,” Rudd recalls. “Then things got better. Now I see the trend going negative again.”
Rudd says in past six weeks, there have been three separate shootings at this corner.
“A guy will be walking across the parking lot, and then another guy will walk in front of him, and then they’ll just have a shootout, right here,” he said.
This incident is Tacoma’s 25th homicide this year. In 2020 and 2021, the annual homicide rate was 32.
Rudd said his heart goes out to the to the family of the victim, and hopes Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore will be able to combat the rising homicide rate. He also believes if the deeper issues aren’t addressed, the violence will only continue.
“I think economics has to do with it, I think education has to do with it, I think lack of opportunities has to do with it, and I think it’s not something that just happened two years ago. This is the result of something that’s been happening for decades,” Rudd added
In the meantime, Rudd said until he can promise his workers they will be secure and safe, he’s closing his restaurant.
“One day, when they’re comfortable coming back and we open up the place again, but until that comfort level is there, that security that they need to feel comfortable coming, we’re going to keep the store closed,” he said.
So far, no arrests have been made, and the Tacoma Police Department is calling on anyone with any information to get in touch with them as soon as possible at CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-222-TIPS. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/shooting-tacoma-leaves-14-year-old-girl-dead/281-39ddd032-8df1-4a6f-82ea-a94fcbe37a31 | 2022-07-07T01:30:50 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/shooting-tacoma-leaves-14-year-old-girl-dead/281-39ddd032-8df1-4a6f-82ea-a94fcbe37a31 |
GARY — A cousin of Gary Mayor Jerome Prince was among three people gunned down early Tuesday during what appears to have been an Independence Day block party in the city.
"Our family is heartbroken and outraged at this loss," Prince said of the death of cousin Marquise Hall, 26, of Lafayette. "Obviously, this hits close to home."
"However, we're also angry and frustrated at the fact we continue to lose Gary residents to needless violence, including young people gunned down before they even reach adulthood," the mayor said. "I never stop thinking about the victims and their families and the incredible losses these senseless deaths leave."
Hall, as well as Laurence Mangum, 25, of Merrillville, and Ashanti Brown, 20, of Olympia Fields, Illinois, were killed, and seven others were sent to the hospital following a shooting reported shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday in the 1900 block of Missouri Street.
Merrillville resident Andre P. Cobb said that when he got word his "baby cousin," Mangum, was among those killed, he raced to the site.
"When I got to the scene, I was hoping it was false," Cobb said.
Unfortunately for him, the reports were true and Cobb said late Wednesday morning he was still struggling to accept that fact.
"I just want to know why," he said.
The Lake County/Gary Metro Homicide Unit, which is investigating the shooting, had no updates as of early Wednesday afternoon, according to a spokesperson.
"Public safety remains my top priority," Prince said. "We are committed to doing everything in our power to prevent and reduce gun violence, including investing in anti-violence initiatives that focus on violence intervention and violence prevention for our younger residents."
"These types of investments are critical," he said. "We must continue to act with urgency to find solutions to prevent violence before it happens and to support victims and their families when it does happen. We will continue to do whatever is necessary to reduce violence in our City."
It was Cobb's understanding that his cousin was hanging out that night with childhood friends and that he had not been involved in any gang activity.
Mangum's passion was drumming, and he played regularly at several area churches, including Fresh Oil Ministries in East Chicago, according to Pastor Staci Bennett.
"He was very well known in the church community," she said.
Bennett said she had just seen Mangum at church a couple days before the shooting and was devastated upon hearing he had been killed.
Bennett said Mangum had been part of the church's music ministry for the past three to four years and was an extremely talented drummer.
The death is the first of its type for the church, and Bennett said she faces the challenge of helping shepherd members through their shared grief.
Cobb said his cousin's death is sadly part of a growing dysfunction in this country that transcends demographics such as race, as seen in Monday's mass shooting that left at least seven dead and dozens more injured during an Independence Day celebration in the affluent community of Highland Park, Illinois.
"I think psychologically we are messed up as a nation," he said.
Cobb said the violent death of his cousin has had a tremendous impact on his family.
"You never expect for this to happen in your circle," Cobb said.
Anyone with information about the Gary shooting is urged to contact the Lake County/Gary Metro Homicide Unit at 219-755-3855 or the Crime Tip Line at 866-CRIME-GP.
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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
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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.
Porter/LaPorte County Courts and Social Justice Reporter
Bob is a 23-year veteran of The Times. He covers county government and courts in Porter County, federal courts, police news and regional issues. He also created the Vegan in the Region blog, is an Indiana University grad and lifelong region resident. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/heartbroken-gary-mayors-cousin-among-3-slain-in-fourth-of-july-shooting/article_b87e625a-92a9-567c-b716-919f412a5358.html | 2022-07-07T01:31:30 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/heartbroken-gary-mayors-cousin-among-3-slain-in-fourth-of-july-shooting/article_b87e625a-92a9-567c-b716-919f412a5358.html |
CROWN POINT — A judge reluctantly accepted a plea agreement Wednesday for a man charged in a series of home invasions and a rape in Hammond in late 2019 and early 2020 and sentenced him to 13 years in prison.
Jahmal Sanders, 26, of Hammond, told Lake Criminal Court Judge Salvador Vasquez he accepted responsibility for his crimes and was sorry.
Vasquez said he was troubled because Sanders' plea agreement called for concurrent 13-year terms on one count of rape and one count of burglary, both level 3 felonies.
The counts stemmed from two separate cases, the harm caused was great and consecutive terms would have been appropriate, Vasquez said.
"Concurrent terms is essentially saying, 'Well, you get two for one,'" the judge said. "How is that fair to the victims. To your victims?
"What you did was horrible, without even talking about the burglary case," Vasquez said. "I just think that what you did in this rape case is absolutely pathetic. How can you live with yourself?"
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Vasquez said he understood the need for compromises, but he asked defense attorney Lonnie Randolph II to explain why Sanders' plea deal was "fair enough."
Randolph said Sanders has four children, some of whom attended his sentencing, who will essentially grow up without a father in their lives.
Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Tara Villarreal said several factors resulted in her office's decision to abandon a proposed plea deal calling for a 20-year sentence in favor of the agreement with a 13-year sentence.
Prosecutors were concerned about losing contact with the rape victim and ultimately were unable to reach her regarding Sanders' plea agreement, she said.
Sanders will be required to register as a sex offender for life.
The U.S. attorney's office took over prosecution of one of Sanders' cases. If convicted of being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm and possession of marijuana, he could face additional time in prison, Villarreal said.
Also, state law did not require Sanders' sentences for the rape and burglary counts to run consecutive, she said.
Sanders previously served two different prison sentences for burglary and robbery.
He was sentenced Wednesday for breaking into a woman's home Nov. 5, 2019, in the 7500 block of Magnolia Avenue, pulling her off a bed and punching her in the face before leaving with her jewelry. He also admitted to raping a woman Dec. 30, 2019, after breaking into her home in Hammond.
Vasquez told Sanders he'd known him for a long time because Sanders was 18 years old when he first appeared before the judge.
"It's horrible how you've progressed," Vasquez said. "You really deserve more than 13 years, but I will accept the plea agreement."
Vasquez gave Sanders credit for more than two years in jail before his case was resolved. Sanders must serve at least 75% of his remaining sentence. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-reluctantly-sentences-man-to-13-years-for-rape-burglary/article_422bc819-97fb-5c7b-9510-9e3064ea59e5.html | 2022-07-07T01:31:36 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-reluctantly-sentences-man-to-13-years-for-rape-burglary/article_422bc819-97fb-5c7b-9510-9e3064ea59e5.html |
CROWN POINT — Prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday seeking to dismiss charges against a man accused of shooting three people to death four years ago in Gary because more time is needed for forensic testing of evidence.
Erik P. Long, 43, and Huston J. Bond, 32, of Gary, each were charged in January in connection with the July 2018 shooting deaths of Darius Ross, 28, of Gary; his fiancée, Heather Talley, 27, of Hammond; and the couple's friend Nicholas Edwards, 28, of Gary.
Talley was shot seven times and found dead July 16, 2018, on a roadside in the 2500 block of Central Avenue.
Later that day, Ross' and Edwards' bodies were found in the trunk of Ross' car, which was parked near West Ninth Avenue and Harrison Street. Ross had been shot 12 times, and Edwards suffered eight gunshot wounds.
The state's case against Long was complicated by the death of Bond, who was described by a defense attorney as a heart transplant patient "in rejection mode."
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Bond's death March 20 in the Lake County Jail was ruled natural, according to the Lake County coroner's office.
Prosecutors' theory of the case was based, in part, on a statement given by a man who alleged he learned details of the triple homicide second-hand from Bond during a phone conversation.
The witness told police Bond and Long shot the three people inside a home on Martin Luther King Drive because Bond suspected Edwards robbed him in 2016.
The witness wasn't present at the crime scene, and police did not immediately obtain a search warrant for the home on Martin Luther King Drive because they didn't receive information about that location until they spoke with the witness in May 2021, court records show.
In April 2022, prosecutors charged Bond's cousin, John Michael Turner, 24, of Gary, with one felony count of assisting a criminal. Turner, who pleaded not guilty, is accused of joining Long and Bond after the homicides and helping dispose of the bodies.
Lake County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Barbara McConnell asked Lake Criminal Court Judge Natalie Bokota to dismiss Long's charges without prejudice, which means the case could be refiled at a later date.
"The state of Indiana needs additional time to conduct forensic testing on evidence from this cause," McConnell wrote.
Court records show Bokota is still considering the state's motion for a buccal swab from Turner for DNA analysis. The judge granted the state's motions in March for buccal swabs from Long and Bond.
Police obtained cellphone call and location data, which showed Ross and Talley were communicating with Long and Bond the night they were killed and were in the area of Long’s residence in Gary, according to court documents. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/prosecutors-move-to-dismiss-charges-against-man-accused-of-triple-murder/article_df11573a-92ce-5e9c-b829-cc76d120f8f4.html | 2022-07-07T01:31:42 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/prosecutors-move-to-dismiss-charges-against-man-accused-of-triple-murder/article_df11573a-92ce-5e9c-b829-cc76d120f8f4.html |
A 32-year-old man accused of killing his cellmate at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in 2020 has been found incompetent for trial.
In an order last week, Lancaster County District Judge Lori Maret said, based on evidence presented at a hearing in June, Angelo Bol was not currently mentally competent to stand trial for Kevin Carter's murder.
But she found there is a substantial likelihood that his competency could be restored within the foreseeable future and ordered that he be held at a prison near the Lincoln Regional Center for treatment by staff and doctors there.
She set a review hearing in December.
Bol already is serving a life sentence for a separate man's killing.
On the evening of Nov. 6, 2020, staffers at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln found Carter, 20, on his cell floor unresponsive and covered with a sheet, according to a news release.
Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at about 11 p.m.
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At the time, Corrections Director Scott Frakes called the death "suspicious," but gave no further detail.
A grand jury that reviewed Carter's death later returned a true bill, finding that the evidence presented to it was adequate to justify prosecuting Bol.
Details, including how Carter was killed, haven't yet been released, though the Lancaster County Attorney said a weapon was not involved. Prosecutors sought a protective order on the transcript and exhibits of the grand jury until after the case is tried to protect Bol's right to a fair trial.
By law, the information otherwise would be available to the public.
It wasn't clear how Carter came to be placed in a cell with Bol, who was serving a life sentence for shooting a co-worker, 34-year-old Karel Perez-Almaguer, to death in the Gibbon Packing parking lot Dec. 15, 2014.
Carter was serving a six- to nine-year sentence for terroristic threats and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony for taking part in the beating and stabbing of a man in Douglas County in 2019.
He would have been eligible for parole in less than a year and a half.
His death was the second in three years where an inmate serving a life sentence is alleged to have killed his cellmate in a Nebraska prison. In 2018, Patrick Schroeder was sentenced to death for strangling Terry Berry in his cell at the Tecumseh prison April 15, 2017.
Berry, 22, was two weeks from his release when he died. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-finds-32-year-old-incompetent-to-stand-trial-for-killing-cellmate-at-lincoln-prison/article_d2fc65b3-3b11-5a1b-8f2a-2a88fdd73cb7.html | 2022-07-07T01:34:41 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-finds-32-year-old-incompetent-to-stand-trial-for-killing-cellmate-at-lincoln-prison/article_d2fc65b3-3b11-5a1b-8f2a-2a88fdd73cb7.html |
LAND O' LAKES, Fla. — (Editor's note: The grill in the photo above is a stock photo.)
A man attempting to light a propane grill in Land O' Lakes was injured when it exploded Wednesday evening.
At 7:38 p.m., Pasco Fire Rescue said in a tweet the propane grill exploded in the man's face causing burns to his body.
Firefighters who responded to the home on Calla Lilly Drive in Land O' Lakes called for a medical helicopter transport due to his injuries.
According to the Pasco County Fire and Rescue public information officer, the victim was taken to a hospital in Orlando. The extent of his injuries from the burns and his condition was not made clear. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/propane-grill-explodes-land-o-lakes-man-injured/67-bff56cf0-0a2b-43e7-9c1f-9e1ac8bd8b5e | 2022-07-07T01:36:07 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/propane-grill-explodes-land-o-lakes-man-injured/67-bff56cf0-0a2b-43e7-9c1f-9e1ac8bd8b5e |
TEXAS, USA — As multiple local health agencies increased their COVID-19 community spread level Wednesday, hospitalizations remain relatively low.
Denton County Public Health reported there are currently 25 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the county. There were 19 on Tuesday.
This is now the 123rd consecutive day in which there have been fewer than 30 hospitalizations in the county.
There are currently five ICU beds available in the county's hospitals.
As of Monday, there have been 209,007 people in Denton County who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In all, 200,385 have received their second dose, and 1,150 have received their third dose.
202 new cases in Collin County, state officials say
There were 202 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Collin County on Wednesday, data from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows. There were 141 cases reported on Tuesday.
County health officials do not report daily case count statistics.
The county's current 14-day case count average is 229 cases per day, state data shows.
Collin County health officials also said the county currently has 105 people hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Wednesday.
This is now the fourth consecutive day in which there have been more than 100 hospitalizations in the county.
Dallas County raises risk level to "Yellow"
County officials said that Dallas County has reported a four-day total of 1,181 newly reported cases of COVID-19.
Three deaths were also reported. The Public Health Committee recommended that the risk level raise to yellow based on key metrics.
State hospitalizations above 2,000 for 14th straight day
On Wednesday, state health officials reported there are currently 2,812 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Texas. This is up from 2,652 the previous day.
This is the 14th straight day hospitalizations across the state have remained above 1,000.
The record-high number of hospitalizations happened on Jan. 11, 2021, when there were 14,218 patients in Texas hospitals.
The state currently has a 14-day average of 2,383 hospitalizations.
State officials report 6,353 new cases
State health officials reported 6,353 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. There were 5,586 on Tuesday.
This is now the third straight day in which officials have reported fewer than 7,000 new cases.
The state's current 14-day average is 7,599 new cases per day.
Texas health officials report 400 new cases over last five days in long-term care facilities
There were 400 new COVID-19 cases reported from the past five days in nursing facilities and assisted living facilities Wednesday, state health officials said. That comes out to about 80 per day.
On March 1, 2022, officials removed 1,059 reported cases in these facilities due to a reporting error. Texas Health and Human Services said this on the statistical change:
"A facility made a reporting error and that error has been corrected. As noted in the spreadsheet, data in the report reflect COVID-19 cases in residents and staff at nursing facilities as self-reported by the provider to HHSC. All data in the report are provisional and subject to change."
The record-high single-day report for these Texas facilities happened on Dec. 29, 2020, when officials added 2,859 new cases. They added 1,974 the day before, as well.
The record-high monthly average in January 2022 was 708 cases. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/covid-19-updates-denton-county-reports-25-hospitalizations-july-6-2022/287-a6efda52-e5cc-45f4-a2c4-cc1215c6a03f | 2022-07-07T01:37:39 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/covid-19-updates-denton-county-reports-25-hospitalizations-july-6-2022/287-a6efda52-e5cc-45f4-a2c4-cc1215c6a03f |
DALLAS — Frequent flyers may recognize him. Marco, a Dallas Police K9, has dedicated more than seven years of service at Love Field Airport. He's an explosive detection canine.
On duty, Marco is hyper, with a focused gaze and perked ears. His nose takes him from trash bins to suitcases, covering every corner of the airport.
"The saying that if you can find a job that you love, you never work a day in your life. That's him," said Senior Cpl. Carrol Clore, Marco's handler.
Marco worked his last shift on Wednesday. He's retiring after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. He has multiple tumors in his spleen, and the cancer is inoperable.
"We want him to have the best quality of life he can, and as soon as we determined that's what was going on, he was retired," said Clore.
The partners made one last loop around Dallas Love Field Airport together. Marco said goodbye to all the friends he's made at Southwest Airlines, TSA, and the airport.
As civilian life begins, his partner's title changes to "dad".
Clore said, "He's been a phenomenal dog, phenomenal partners, and he's going to be a phenomenal pet."
There's no estimated time of how long Marco has to live, but Clore said he will be spoiled at home by his family. He's been with Marco every second of every day since he was a puppy, and this last shift was tough for Clore.
Marco's paws treading lightly yet confidently through the airport will be missed by many, but his service will always be remembered. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/k-9-marco-retires-dallas-police-department-terminal-cancer-diagnosis/287-ba14faf8-3b51-4f5e-a7d5-1d04eeff0ffc | 2022-07-07T01:37:46 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/k-9-marco-retires-dallas-police-department-terminal-cancer-diagnosis/287-ba14faf8-3b51-4f5e-a7d5-1d04eeff0ffc |
As inflation keeps getting worse, pawning your prized possessions is a great way to make some quick cash.
Pawn and resale shops in Southwest Florida are reporting a big increase in business as more people are wheeling and dealing to help pay their bills.
The owner of this Judy’s Jewelry and Antique Store says that back in 2010 there was actually a line out the door of people coming inside and selling their valuables. They say they’re starting to see things pick up again.
Brhyde Camron loves to buy antique jewelry that many people are hocking for cash.
“I recently noticed an older lady who was trying to sell some of her gold jewelry for cash,” Camron noticed.
She said all of the jewelry she buys tells a story and the man behind those stories is Sal Lanzieri who owns Judy’s Jewelry and buys the pieces.
Lanzieri showed off a 1920 candlestick telephone without a dial as one of the items that was brought into his store for cash.
“Jewelry, collectibles, military stuff, costume jewelry, watches, coins are all things he purchases from people coming through the doors.
“We look at 100% of the stuff. We’ll make you an offer on usually 90%,” Lanzieri said.
He believes inflation is causing an uptick in business and fears if things don’t improve his store could see a repeat of 2010
He said anyone looking to unload an unwanted item and possibly make a few extra bucks should visit his store along McGregor Boulevard across from the big red Buddah.
“It doesn’t cost anything for us to look at it,” Lanzieri said. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/06/increased-inflation-leads-to-more-pawning/ | 2022-07-07T01:40:05 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/06/increased-inflation-leads-to-more-pawning/ |
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – One Lehigh Acres family sat outside of their home during a firework show on the fourth, only to realize one of the loud booms they heard was a gunshot.
They woke up the next morning to a casing on the ground in their garage and a bullet hole in the wall. It happened near the corner of 17th Street SW.
“The next day, when the sun comes out we see the bullet casing on the floor and that’s when things really became more real,” said Melissa, the homeowner.
She says they were sitting at the top of their driveway when they heard a ricochet type of noise, but they just assumed it was a firework of sorts. The bullet hole they saw the next day was eye level from where they were sitting during the fireworks.
“It makes you appreciate life even more,” said Melissa.
Melissa and her family have lived in Lehigh Acres for nearly 10 years, and have never experienced anything like this.
“You dont know what could have happened, somebody could have been shot or killed,” said Melissa.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is looking into where the bullet came from. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/06/lehigh-acres-family-finds-bullet-in-garage-after-july-4-celebrations/ | 2022-07-07T01:40:11 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/06/lehigh-acres-family-finds-bullet-in-garage-after-july-4-celebrations/ |
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – A ‘rat house’ in Punta Gorda may be getting a face lift soon. City leaders said the rodents are evicted and they’re looking at selling the property on Belaire Court.
Neighbors said it’s been more than a decade since anyone lived in the home. You can still see rat traps and trash close to the front door of the property.
“It’s in this nice residential street. There’s no rats anymore I don’t think but it’s been called the rat house. It’s embarrassing that people say you live on the street where the rat house is?” neighbor Linda Moore said.
Punta Gorda Mayor Lynne Matthews said the city has a clear title to the property now that they obtained through the foreclosure process. She said it took the city a while to reach this step because at one point there was a magistrate for the site who just disappeared.
Now, the city has gotten rid of the rats and cleaned up the exterior of the home. They’re hoping to get their investment back by selling the property located in Punta Gorda Isles.
“Do we want to put it on the market and sell it? Do we want to tear it down? What do we want to do with it?” Those are some of the questions Matthews said faced city council today.
Neighbors like Moore want the place gone.
“Because the property is worth so much money, the land, these properties are going for like $400,000 land only,” she said. “All of us just really think just tear it down, sell the property, have a nice house built there and be done with it.”
A 3-1 vote in city council showed a majority of the members being fed up with putting money into the property. The vote went in favor of finding a selling price for the property as is.
“Obviously, we want as much as we can for it. With the real estate market being what it is right now, I don’t expect it’s going to be on the market very long,” Matthews said.
She pointed out the city did it’s part in fixing the problem, and whether to knock the place down or not should be up to the buyer. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/06/punta-gorda-rat-house-could-be-hitting-the-market-soon/ | 2022-07-07T01:40:17 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/06/punta-gorda-rat-house-could-be-hitting-the-market-soon/ |
Police ask for public help to identify suspect in east Phoenix fatal shooting
Gloria Rebecca Gomez
Arizona Republic
Police are asking for the public's help in investigating the fatal shooting of an east Phoenix man on Tuesday.
According to Phoenix police, around 3:15 a.m., officers responded to a report of a man shot near McDowell Road and 44th Street.
Brandon Badger, 47, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries, police said.
The investigation is ongoing, Phoenix police said, and asked anyone with information to reach out to the department. To remain anonymous, people can call Silent Witness at (480) 948-6377.
Reach criminal justice reporter Gloria Rebecca Gomez at grgomez@gannett.com or on Twitter @glorihuh.
Support Local Journalism. Subscribe to azcentral.com today. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2022/07/06/man-shot-killed-east-phoenix-suspect-still-large/7827123001/ | 2022-07-07T01:40:45 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2022/07/06/man-shot-killed-east-phoenix-suspect-still-large/7827123001/ |
Police identify man found shot, killed after birthday party at Phoenix home
Phoenix police identified 33-year-old Eduardo Cellejas as the man who was found with a gunshot wound in the backyard of a west Phoenix home Sunday morning.
The homeowners, who called in a shooting at around 10:15 a.m. near 71st Avenue and Indian School Road, said they found Cellejas in their backyard that morning after he attended a birthday party at their home the night before, according to a Phoenix Police Department press release.
Cellejas was rushed to the hospital but he later died from his injuries.
According to police, witnesses said a possible suspect left the area before the police were called. As of Wednesday afternoon, Phoenix police have no suspects in custody and are still actively investigating the case.
Reach breaking news reporter Sam Burdette at sburdette@gannett.com or on Twitter @SuperSafetySam
Support local journalism. Subscribe to azcentral.com today. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2022/07/06/police-identify-man-shot-killed-after-birthday-party-phoenix-home/7826636001/ | 2022-07-07T01:40:51 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2022/07/06/police-identify-man-shot-killed-after-birthday-party-phoenix-home/7826636001/ |
Phoenix police arrest man in connection to fatal shooting near 42nd Street, Southern Avenue
A suspect was arrested in connection to the shooting that left one man dead early Saturday morning in south Phoenix.
Lamarjay Freeman, 27, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of shooting and killing 42-year-old Efren Cayeros, Phoenix police said.
According to Phoenix police, officers were called to a home near 42nd Street and Southern Avenue around 4 a.m. where they found Cayeros shot dead in the front yard of his home.
Court documents obtained by The Arizona Republic state that Freeman had been drinking before he shot "unprovoked" at three people sitting in the front yard of a home near 42nd Street and Southern Avenue.
Some of those being shot at returned fire and then fled the area. They have not been contacted by police, according to court documents.
Phoenix police said witnesses told them the suspect fled before police arrived.
After reviewing surveillance footage, police determined Freeman to be the suspect in the shooting and tracked his cell phone to his girlfriend's apartment, court records state.
Police arrested Freeman at the girlfriend's home, where he had stayed for almost three days following the shooting. Court documents state the weapon that was used to kill Cayeros was found inside the home.
Freeman told police that he only remembered drinking and waking up in an unknown yard. His girlfriend told police he called her and asked her to pick him up. When she did, he entered the car and said he shot someone, court records indicate.
He was booked into Maricopa County Jail and faces one count of second-degree murder and one count of discharging a weapon within city limits, court documents state.
His bond was set at $1 million, and his first hearing is set for July 14. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/07/06/police-arrest-man-suspected-shooting-killing-man-south-phoenix/7826494001/ | 2022-07-07T01:40:57 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/07/06/police-arrest-man-suspected-shooting-killing-man-south-phoenix/7826494001/ |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Several members of the Wolf Administration visited with crew members of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps Youth Crew during its first week at Reservoir Park in Harrisburg.
Created under the Wolf administration, the program offers young people the opportunity to serve on a team and complete conservation projects that protect, enhance, and restore Pennsylvania's public lands.
Participants are also taught about public service, and the program provides job skills and ethics to make the participants better employees in the future.
Over 900 young people have completed the program.
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn, Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) Secretary Jennifer Berrier, Office of Administration (OA) Secretary Michael Newsome and Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams all visited the program Wednesday.
"I am always energized by these visits and enjoy spending time with our future leaders as we are doing today,” said Dunn.
Dunn noted how the program targets underserved communities to increase awareness about conservation and add to the diversity of young people who have an interest in natural resource protection jobs.
“We want the next generation of conservationists to come out of our diverse city,” said Williams. “This program, should we be so fortunate to make it an annual event, will give kids here something to do in the summer when they’re out of the classroom, as a way to put back into the community and make it more beautiful and safer."
Pa. Outdoor Corps members this year are working in more than 100 parks, forests, and communities across the state on projects. These include:
- Trail work
- Habitat enhancement
- Improving park and forest assets such as buildings, drainage structures and landscaped areas
- Tree planting
- Storm damage restoration
- Inventorying trees planted in communities
In 2016, the program launched with just five youth crews. This year there are 23 crews across the commonwealth.
- Thirteen six-week youth (ages 15-18) crews based in: Erie; Greensburg; Harrisburg; Hazleton; Pittsburgh (two crews: community and American Sign Language); Reading; Renovo; Ridgeway; Wellsboro; Wilkes-Barre; Williamsport; and York.
- Ten 10-month young adult (ages 18-25) crews are based in Altoona; Harrisburg; Meadville; Pittsburgh; Saint Mary's; Wilkes Barre; Williamsport; and statewide Natural Resource, Cultural Resource, and Trail crews.
Berrier said the experiences the crews have during their programs will help them throughout the rest of their life
“Outdoor Corps not only gives young people a chance to gain the lifelong skills needed to be successful in their future careers, but it gives them meaningful experiences as they engage with and learn about Pennsylvania’s natural resources,” Berrier said. “Any opportunity for Pennsylvanians to earn while they learn is at the foundation of a successful workforce model."
The corps is managed by DNCR and the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and is supported through funding provided by L&I, as well as philanthropic partners.
For more information about the Pa. Outdoor Corps, visit its website here. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/wolf-administration-harrisburg-pennsylvania-outdoor-corps-youth-crew-reservoir-park-pennsylvania/521-4336dbcc-61e4-4aa3-81e3-44db8fc933ab | 2022-07-07T01:41:56 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/wolf-administration-harrisburg-pennsylvania-outdoor-corps-youth-crew-reservoir-park-pennsylvania/521-4336dbcc-61e4-4aa3-81e3-44db8fc933ab |
PHOENIX — Ballots are being mailed all across the state as voters are set to decide who they want to make it to November's general election.
Already candidates have argued over what Arizonans want, but we decided to go to diners and restaurants to talk with locals about what is most important to them.
We stopped by three locations: Moon Valley Cafe, Joe's Diner, and Jonny's Local Tavern & Cafe.
The issues brought up were diverse and varied.
Different customers brought up voting, water issues, education, the economy, the border, safety, and security.
However, there were two issues brought up more than any other.
First was inflation.
“The biggest thing I'm concerned with is inflation.”
“Economic stability.”
“Breakfast that used to be 4 to 5 dollars is 9 to 10 dollars."
Inflation has skyrocketed in recent months. Every run to the grocery store costs more than it did a year ago. The bottom line, many folks in Arizona want relief from the pain they feel whenever they go to the store or fill up their gas tank.
The second most common issue was education.
“Arizona is one of the worst states for education.”
"It’s hard to focus on that when she doesn’t have a teacher for Spanish class next year."
“They say you can’t fix education by throwing money at it, but at least you can be competitive.”
Arizona is investing more money in education this year. However, most studies find our per-pupil spending is still behind most other states.
But no matter the issue, almost everyone lacked faith that local leaders on either side would get anything done.
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PHOENIX — Editor's Note: The above video is from an earlier broadcast.
Federal authorities have arrested three people for allegedly helping to transport and house undocumented residents in the Valley.
Jesus Gabriel Villela-Duran, 28, and Eleazar Soto-Diaz, 34, are accused of running a residence in Phoenix that was housing dozens of undocumented individuals, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of Arizona.
The two were arrested last week after federal agents executed search warrants at a house and an apartment in the Sundowner complex in Phoenix. Agents allegedly found 79 undocumented non-citizens from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras at the residence.
Seven more undocumented individuals were located inside a nearby vehicle driven by 36-year-old Salvador Lopez-Vargas, who was also arrested.
Prosecutors say the three suspects are facing charges of conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens for profit, a charge that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, or both.
The arrests were the result of a joint task force that attempts to dismantle smuggling and trafficking networks operating in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
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BANGOR, Maine — Owning and operating businesses can be a tough task alone, but when someone actively sabotages your operation, it can become overwhelming.
Bethany Gregory came to Maine this year to open a small café in Bangor called The Maine Market.
Yesterday, when Gregory was showing a future employee the building, she realized that someone had stolen her barbecue smoker – her only way of cooking food for the café.
Gregory says to buy a new smoker would cost more than ten thousand dollars.
Yesterday she took to Facebook, asking for the person who took the smoker to do the right thing and bring it back.
The Bangor Police Department would like to remind the public they have an anonymous tip line if you have any information about the robbery.
Just call 207-947-7384 and select option 3. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor-business-owner-pleads-for-the-safe-return-of-stolen-property-the-maine-market-cafe-smoker/97-80f03078-31b3-4661-b800-3bdac9691f6e | 2022-07-07T01:45:10 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor-business-owner-pleads-for-the-safe-return-of-stolen-property-the-maine-market-cafe-smoker/97-80f03078-31b3-4661-b800-3bdac9691f6e |
ATLANTA — Atlanta council members just passed a resolution in honor of an Atlanta resident who was killed in August of 2021.
Mariam Abdulrab's family proposed "Mariam's Law" after learning the background of her accused killer, Demarcus Brinkley. Court documents claim Brinkley has an extensive history of sexual assault and child molestation against kids ages 5 and 7 in 2012 and 2013. A judge sentenced him to seven years in prison and eight years probation, per court documents.
According to the city's resolution, Brinkley was a registered sex offender who had not received a risk assessment from the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board.
And one August morning last year, Abdulrab was returning home from work when she was kidnapped and found dead nearly an hour later. Abdulrab's younger brother, Ali Abdulrab, previously told 11Alive that their family doesn't want this to happen to anyone else.
"I saw how it’s affecting our family and friends still. It’s heartbreaking, and no other family should have to go through that," he said.
The city's resolution calls on the Georgia General Assembly to change the state law by expanding the requirements for convicted sexual offenders released from incarceration. If the law is passed, newly released offenders would have to wear an electric monitoring system until they have at least been assessed and rated by the SORRB. The monitor will be used to track offenders in hopes of stopping potential crimes.
It will further require offenders to have an identifier of their risk level on their driver's license or state-issued ID.
The Atlanta City Council wanted to "take proactive action to protect citizens from violent sexual predators" by passing a resolution that would better protect Georgians against these types of crimes.
Read more on the resolution here.
News happens fast. Download our 11Alive News app for all the latest breaking updates, and sign up for our Speed Feed newsletter to get a rundown of the latest headlines across north Georgia. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/council-members-pass-resolution-push-state-adopt-mariams-law/85-6128fe6d-76fb-41d8-a189-6a60389efd6e | 2022-07-07T01:45:12 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/council-members-pass-resolution-push-state-adopt-mariams-law/85-6128fe6d-76fb-41d8-a189-6a60389efd6e |
BANGOR, Maine — The city of Bangor announced Wednesday afternoon that the Dakin Pool is set to reopen on July 12 for evening swim hours, according to a press release.
The pool's reopening comes after a necessary closure confirmed in late June due to lifeguard shortages — a small reflection of a state-wide problem.
The Bangor and Brewer Parks and Recreation departments worked together to staff Bangor's Dakin Pool by adding members from the Brewer lifeguard staff to Bangor's existing numbers.
"The collaboration is a great example of the two cities working together to share resources when needed," the release states.
Evening swim hours are scheduled from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday beginning July 12.
Admission costs $0.50 for children 16 and under and $1 for ages 17 and over.
Bangor's second outdoor pool, the Beth Pancoe Municipal Aquatic Center, opened June 27 for afternoon and evening swim hours.
The release states that swim times will remain contingent upon staff availability for both the Dakin and Beth Pancoe pools. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor-pool-reopens-amid-lifeguard-shortage-dakin-pool-brewer-parks-and-recreation/97-8d6532bb-2d54-45e2-9b17-0bdfb51dd2fe | 2022-07-07T01:45:16 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor-pool-reopens-amid-lifeguard-shortage-dakin-pool-brewer-parks-and-recreation/97-8d6532bb-2d54-45e2-9b17-0bdfb51dd2fe |
WOODSTOCK, Ga. — The Bells Ferry Learning Center in Woodstock has managed to stay busy. Its door swings open every few minutes, and parents walk in dropping off their child, or stay for some free food.
That meal, is just one of many ways the child care center has tried to help its parents with soaring costs across the board.
The learning center, just like many other child care centers across the nation, is experiencing inflation in all different directions: from high gas prices for its staff to pricier school supplies.
Georgia Lottery Funded Pre-K Teacher Laura Thompson is an expert when it comes to school supply bargain shopping. She even has a blog about it. She's in charge of buying materials at the center for kindergarteners.
"What I’ve realized going out to the stores, the prices of things have almost doubled," Thompson said. "Kindergarten they ask for specific pencils that are $6 a box. I mean can you believe that? Paying $6 a box for pencils. It’s hitting us in the pocket, absolutely."
Doors at the learning center, which serves children six weeks up until 12 years old, have remained open, in part thanks to the changes happening inside.
“What we’re having to do is really bargain shop: hit those back to school sales," Thompson said.
From shopping smarter, to raising wages, not only are child care centers fighting inflation, they have to fight staff shortages at the same time.
"Inflation has affected our staffing. Personally I live 5 miles away so the price of gas hasn’t really affected me that much in getting back and forth to work but we do have teachers who live in Cumming, we do have teachers that live in Dallas, Paulding County, 30-45 minutes or over an hour to get to us every day so I know they’re hurting the most," she added.
Payroll at the child care center has gone up nearly 8% to help staff deal with soaring gas prices, totaling to $3,500 extra a month.
As a result, the learning center which serves several demographics, including many low-income families, has had to raise its tuition.
“It’s affecting our parents, our students, and our employees," she said.
It’s a similar story nationwide. A study found that last year, nearly 16,000 child care centers closed from December 2019 through March 2021 because of many of these factors.
To help you fight soaring prices, Thompson has some advice: do most of back to school shopping after the school year starts, and always check for coupons online.
"I do recommend when Target, Walmart, Office Max, when they open those composition notebooks for 50 cents go out and buy them, or the packs of glue sticks for 50 cents, go out and buy them. But when it comes to backpacks, I got all of our summer transition program kids their backpacks for 90% off around September and October. I start shopping [those months], paying up to 90% off retail for these school supplies."
Thompson also credits the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning for having initiatives that have helped stuff. She said the agency gave child care workers $2,000 bonuses and $200 to spend in classroom materials.
The Bells Ferry Learning Center has additional locations in Marietta and Cartersville. It is currently hiring teachers and accepting more families. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/inflation-staff-shortages-child-care-centers/85-d05478fc-29c8-496d-b228-46c374446f2d | 2022-07-07T01:45:18 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/inflation-staff-shortages-child-care-centers/85-d05478fc-29c8-496d-b228-46c374446f2d |
BANGOR, Maine — Going to space isn’t cheap, so sometimes a good bottle drive can help with the costs.
For the entire month of July, Bangor's Challenger Learning Center is teaming up with Damon’s Beverage and Redemption in Bangor to raise money for its space education programs.
“It is the first time we have ever done this, and we were really looking for a fun, unique summer fundraiser... this seemed like the perfect place at the perfect time to try this out," Kirsten Hibbard from the Challenger Learning Center said.
Anyone returning bottles can donate their refund to the Challenger Center, and Damon’s will offer an additional donation as a bonus.
“We are going to donate and match 20 percent. It’s a fantastic system that has worked well for a long time," General Manager at Damon's Beverage Dave Makson said.
As a non-profit, the Challenger Center relies on fundraisers like this to offer summer and after school programs.
On July 14, folks from the Challenger Learning Center will be at Damon’s redemption, sorting bottle returns and accepting donations. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/damons-hosts-bottle-drive-to-benefit-the-challenger-learning-center-community-education-fundraising-bangor-maine/97-0bd0e94e-27a6-49e3-a7e2-2da2d4919135 | 2022-07-07T01:45:22 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/damons-hosts-bottle-drive-to-benefit-the-challenger-learning-center-community-education-fundraising-bangor-maine/97-0bd0e94e-27a6-49e3-a7e2-2da2d4919135 |
PORTLAND, Maine — Whether you’re a fifth-generation lobsterman or a jet-setting vacationer, island life in Maine has its perks.
Getting things quickly from the mainland is not one of them.
Before the pandemic, Casco Bay Lines Executive Director Hank Berg said his ferries were moving 500,000 pieces of freight annually to six islands near Portland proper. That number has climbed significantly since then.
Space on ferries is also first-come, first-serve for passengers and items alike, forcing some to be patient while they wait for their things.
"One of the impacts of the pandemic, obviously, was less passengers because everyone stayed at home," Berg explained, as he stood on the ferry pier while more than 100 passengers waited in line for the noon trip. "However, it was an opposite effect on our packages. They actually increased because people had the convenience of shopping online from home."
With people traveling again, business is good for Matthew Tracy, a local wine distributor whose libations make four trips a week on the ferries in the summer. But, over the Fourth of July holiday weekend and on his day off, he himself was not immune from shipping delays.
"I actually went out last week to my brother’s house for some fireworks," Tracy recalled. "I had some stuff put on the freight and it missed the boat that we took, which was the 10 o’clock boat. It then missed the 12 o’clock boat as well, and it didn’t come until the four o’clock boat."
On Peaks Island, Peer Prescott is settling into a busy summer as well. He manages Milly’s Skillet, a food truck stationed feet from the ferry pier, and he has plenty of paying customers. They’re paying more at his window than they would across the bay.
"People are like, 'Eight bucks for fries?! What do you mean?' And it’s like, well, it does cost a little bit more," Prescott shrugged.
Food supplies must be ferried in with the people who will eventually buy from his food truck. The added shipping cost is passed down to Milly's Skillet and then its customers.
Despite the added effort, Prescott said he used to work in basement kitchens off-island and wouldn't trade his island life.
"This view, this breeze, I get to go swimming every day in the Atlantic Ocean," Prescott smiled.
"That seems very worth it to me," he added.
Casco Bay Lines has freight information, including rates, listed on its website.
While shipping is always tricky for island dwellers, for those on the mainland, delays to be seen this winter should be better in most places.
The postal service claimed 94 percent of first-class mail was delivered on time across the U.S. between April and late June. Steve Doherty with USPS said pandemic-induced delays are largely gone, but they still need to fill 57 positions across the state.
Scott Adams, the postal workers union president, agreed that mail distribution is significantly better, but said his colleagues delivering the mail still face low staffing. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/ferries-move-massive-amounts-of-freight-to-island-dwellers-maine/97-46fc107e-2f26-446d-b1d2-f3333dccfa49 | 2022-07-07T01:45:28 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/ferries-move-massive-amounts-of-freight-to-island-dwellers-maine/97-46fc107e-2f26-446d-b1d2-f3333dccfa49 |
PORTLAND, Maine — Five citizen initiatives, among them an $18 minimum wage, met the 1,500 signature threshold to appear on the November ballot, according to city officials.
On July 1, four initiatives from the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America's Livable Portland were certified, according to Jessica Grondin, director of communications & digital services for the City of Portland. A fifth initiative from organizer Scott Ferris was certified on June 17.
The four initiatives certified on July 1 (including a minimum wage increase) are as follows:
If approved, the first initiative would increase the minimum wage in Portland to $18 an hour over three years. It also aims to eliminate the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers over the same three years.
"Tipped workers will then earn $18 an hour plus tips. It also provides an $18 minimum wage for workers currently not receiving the minimum wage, including taxi drivers and other ride-hailing services, personal shoppers, delivery workers, and those doing work for a unit of government. It also creates the Department of Fair Labor Practices to ensure wage and worker safety laws are enforced," the act stated.
If approved, the second initiative would ensure tenants get a 90-day notice for lease termination and/or rent increases. It aims to discourage no-cause evictions by limiting the five-percent rent increase to voluntary turnovers. The act's text also stated it would reduce costs to tenants by restricting deposits to one month of rent, further limiting the amount of standard annual rent increases that landlords are allowed to impose to 70% of CPI, and prohibiting application fees. In addition to all that, it would also set a $25,000 fee for condominium conversions.
"It strengthens protections for tenants who exercise their rights under the ordinance and provides greater clarity and authority to the rent board to ensure landlords receive a fair return on investment and that tenant complaints receive a fair hearing," the act stated.
If approved, the third initiative would restrict all Portland short-term rentals to only those that are owner-occupied, tenant-occupied, or located in two-unit buildings occupied by the owner. It also aims to increase the annual fee for owner-occupied short-term rentals to $250 and non-owner-occupied units to $750, as well as simplify the fee structure.
"The act also requires notifications to all residents within 500 feet of a registered short-term rental, increases penalties for and strengthens enforcement of violations, requires the logging of complaints against short-term rentals, and allows the city to revoke short-term rental registrations," the act stated.
If approved, the fourth initiative would limit the number of passengers who may disembark from cruise ships in Portland to no more than 1,000 people on a given day, in aggregate.
"This ordinance will go into effect in 2025," the act stated.
Wes Pelletier is campaign chair for Maine DSA for A Livable Portland. He provided the following statement in a news release on Tuesday:
"The industry and culture that are causing so many to flock to Portland depends on the labor of the city's vibrant working and renting class. Our communities are being threatened by landlords making record profits off of an affordable housing crisis, wages being outpaced by inflation, and climate change and congestion pulverizing our waterfront. Portland is on a track to become unlivable, but we're organizing to correct that course."
The initiative certified on June 17 is: An Act to Regulate Short Term Rentals in Portland and Prohibit Corporate and Absentee Operation of Short Term Rental Properties.
If approved, it would prohibit corporate owners and non-local operators from registering short-term rentals in the city. It also aims to strengthen tenant protections by prohibiting eviction of tenants for the purpose of immediate conversion to short-term rentals and by prohibiting affordable and workforce housing from being used as short-term rentals.
In addition to that, the initiative increases penalities for disorderly properties and violations of the city's existing short-term rental rules.
Chris Korzen is with the organized effort behind Ferris's initiative. He told NEWS CENTER Maine, "We believe short-term rentals are an important part of the Portland economy. We want to make sure they serve the people of Portland and not corporate and outside interest."
Korzen added, "We believe this is a smart policy that a broad swath of our city's citizens can get behind."
Portland voters will decide on these initiatives in November. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/18-minimum-wage-among-citizen-initiatives-portland-voters-will-decide-on-politics-election/97-3b636a77-b296-4b2e-ad55-9a3158f21580 | 2022-07-07T01:45:34 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/18-minimum-wage-among-citizen-initiatives-portland-voters-will-decide-on-politics-election/97-3b636a77-b296-4b2e-ad55-9a3158f21580 |
MIDLAND, Texas — Since the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, foster care and adoption agencies are expecting more women to look at the option of adoption.
It's something that Jamie Po with Addy's Hope Adoption Agency in Midland is hoping for.
"We do have an infant adoption program and honestly what we hope to see from the overturn is that more women will actually choose adoption," said Po.
At Addy's they say a potential increase in babies being put up for adoption won't be a burden on the adoption process.
"The reality for us is that there are always families out there willing to adopt infants, we never have an issue finding the families. From our perspective, it’s having the infants available for them," said Po.
While the SCOTUS decision may not harm the infant adoption program, that might not be the case for the foster care system.
"If more women are having babies and they’re unable to care for them and they end up in the foster care system then ultimately there would be a domino effect to that," she said.
Lindsey Clark, a Post Adoption Case Manager, said to expect more kids in need of foster care: a demand they may not be able to meet.
"I think ultimately there will be more kiddos that end up in foster care as a result of this decision," said Clark. "Unfortunately, we don’t have enough foster homes now and families willing to adopt from foster care and so it’s just gonna create an unfortunate domino effect if the system gets more overwhelmed, it’s gonna be even more difficult to find foster homes for these kiddos."
Which is why at Addy's, they want mothers to remember that in light of this recent decision, adoption is still a choice.
"I think it’s important for women to know that when it comes to adoption they have a choice and we want to help them make the best choice for their baby because whether we agree with it or we don’t, the reality is we will always honor a mom that is choosing life. As an agency, we will always honor her," said Po. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/adoption-foster-care-system-impact-overturning-roe-v-wade/513-63bc16bd-80ce-4ece-b9f1-700ac88786a5 | 2022-07-07T01:45:51 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/adoption-foster-care-system-impact-overturning-roe-v-wade/513-63bc16bd-80ce-4ece-b9f1-700ac88786a5 |
Tucson police are looking for two vehicles that are believed to be involved in a homicide that happened in an east-side parking lot last month.
A black early 2000s BMW sedan and a 2005-2008 Kia Optima sedan are the vehicles that are believed to be connected to the slaying of Christopher Hart, 37, police said.
On June 22, off duty officers arrived at the Eastpointe Market Place, at 6900 block of East 22nd Street, after they were advised of an assault that happened in the parking lot. Officers found Hart with blunt force trauma and took him to St. Joseph’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead the next day.
Detectives learned there was an argument between Hart and a group of men. A short time later, additional men arrived and reportedly physically assaulted Hart and his friend. The attackers fled prior to police arrival.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.
Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tucson-police-seeking-vehicles-connected-to-homicide/article_b943142a-fd83-11ec-870a-17aefb8165c9.html | 2022-07-07T01:54:21 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tucson-police-seeking-vehicles-connected-to-homicide/article_b943142a-fd83-11ec-870a-17aefb8165c9.html |
ARKANSAS, USA — In order for recreational marijuana in Arkansas to be legalized, the issue has to be on an election ballot. Groups across the state have been trying to get it there by racking up more than 89,000 signatures on a petition by July 8.
Arkansas law says in order to have a constitutional amendment on a ballot, the number of signatures has to be 10% of the votes cast for governor in the most recent election. The deadline to get that amount is four months before the election the issue is to be on.
In the case of recreational marijuana in Arkansas, the requirements include:
- A deadline of July 8, 2022
- At least 89,151 valid signatures
If the secretary of state verifies all the signatures are there, then Arkansans will be able to vote on the issue in November. However, if petitioners are only able to come up with at least 75% of the number of signatures, then they are given an extra 30 days to try to get there.
However, Responsible Growth Arkansas, a group advocating to get recreational marijuana on the ballot, has reported having around 200,000 signatures—twice over the threshold needed.
If recreational marijuana makes it on the 2022 ballot and is passed, it would:
- Legalize marijuana for adults over 21
- Reform existing drug laws in the state
- Dedicate marijuana tax income toward the state court and law enforcement systems
- Remove taxes from Arkansas medical marijuana program
In June, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (ADFA) reported that 102,710 pounds of medical marijuana had been sold so far since 2019.
“Through the first five months of 2022, an average of $741,000 is spent each day across the state’s 38 dispensaries to purchase medical marijuana,” said Scott Hardin, spokesperson for the ADFA.
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BRODHEADSVILLE, Pa. — The search is on in Monroe County for the person who drove off with a tractor worth more than $4,000.
According to troopers, a man stole the lawn tractor from in front of Tractor Supply in Chestnuthill Township over the weekend.
Officers believe he cut through some heavy metal wire and a wheel lock before jumping on the tractor and taking off.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/police-searching-for-tractor-thief-chestnuthill-township-tractor-supply/523-57399553-e0da-4b61-8654-d4aebd51bf9e | 2022-07-07T02:00:02 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/police-searching-for-tractor-thief-chestnuthill-township-tractor-supply/523-57399553-e0da-4b61-8654-d4aebd51bf9e |
TAMAQUA, Pa. — The people of Schuylkill County and surrounding areas have come to know the weekly Hometown Farmers Market in Rush Township as a place to find deals on colorful produce.
"Good prices, produce is good," said Bob Gaffney of Freeland. "You get special deals down here. You always find something, you know."
While the stands still consistently beat the prices at the grocery store, farmers and sellers are feeling the effects of record inflation.
Billy Webber from Bill's Produce said fuel prices have been a killer.
"Something like cherries, coming from the other side of the country, it cost you a dollar a pound just to get them here," Webbers said. "That's before I sell them."
Though they've tried to hold off, Webber said prices at his family's stand have gone up.
"We work on thin margins to begin with, you know," Webbers said. "It's gotta get passed on somewhere."
Jared Stewart from Kenny Stehr & Sons said some farmers can get around raising prices this time of year, relying on their own crops instead of sourcing them from elsewhere, but that doesn't solve every problem.
"We've gotta run tractors, we've gotta pay for fertilizer, so it all adds up," Stewart said.
While stand operators tell us it's still been very busy, they say each customer is picking up far less produce.
Many more are turning to government assistance programs.
"There's a lot more of the farmer's checks, the FMNP vouchers earlier in the year," Stewart said. "Usually people wait until we have a lot more homegrown stuff in, but a lot of people are using them a lot earlier than usual."
You may qualify for Pennsylvania's Farmers Market Nutrition Programs and could take home these healthy foods for free.
You can find more information at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture webpage.
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TIOGA, Pa. — Outrage in Tioga County after the police officer who shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in Cleveland back in 2014 was sworn in as the newest officer in the borough of Tioga.
A protest was held tonight in the borough where demonstrators rallied against the new hire, Timothy Loehmann.
Loehmann was at the center of a national controversy after he shot and killed Tamir Rice.
Officials say he responded to a call of someone waving a gun around and when he arrived, he shot Rice.
Loehmann was never criminally charged but was fired in 2017 for lying on his job application.
"I was under the understanding through our police committee and borough president that they did an extensive background check on him and everything checked out. Everyone they spoke to a clean record. That was my understanding," said David Wilcox, Mayor of Tioga.
Wilcox goes on to say he is not involved in the hiring process, as the borough council is responsible for personnel matters.
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RINDGE — The “Flags for Forgotten Heroes” display to raise awareness around the number of veterans, first responders and active duty members who die of suicide each month is returning to the Cathedral of the Pines this Sunday.
Daniel Colburn, who brought the flag display to the Cathedral of the Pines for the first time last summer, is organizing it again this year, he said Wednesday.
The 30-year-old Fitzwilliam man says that as the son of a Vietnam War veteran, honoring veterans and their sacrifice is his mission in life. Colburn works at Market Basket in Rindge, a town where he often makes his efforts.
He brought the display to the national war memorial last year by reaching out to the Flags for the Forgotten Heroes Project, which works with communities to set up a 30-day display of flags to represent the number of veterans who die of suicide every 30 days.
Last year that number was 22 a day, Colburn said, but it’s gone up this year.
“Last year the suicide rate went up. It went from 22 to 26 a day. That’s for veterans and active duty soldiers,” he said.
Last year that meant a display of 660 flags, but this year that will mean 780 flags.
Additionally, the display will include flags to call attention to the number of first responders who die of suicide each day.
Before the display goes up at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Colburn has organized a ceremony that will take place in the Cathedral’s outdoor sanctuary. The ceremony will include speakers from Gold Star Moms, local police and EMT workers, as well as veterans to speak on the subject of suicide, Colburn said.
Everyone should do their part by educating themselves about depression and post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) and take action, he said.
“My advice is just do your research, look for the symptoms of PTSD and try to encourage that person to get help. If they don’t want to get help I encourage you to call for help. They need an advocate,” he said.
The “Flags for Forgotten Heroes” ceremony will be held at noon on Sunday, with the installation of the flag display beginning at 1 p.m.
Cathedral of the Pines is located at 10 Hale Hill Road in Rindge.
The display will remain up for a month, and will be taken down on Aug. 9.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached at 1-800-273-8255. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. The NAMI Helpline is 800-950-6264. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/flags-for-forgotten-heroes-display-returns-to-rindge/article_be7679d7-6ac1-5e22-95ed-33d3c61ba9cc.html | 2022-07-07T02:02:44 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/flags-for-forgotten-heroes-display-returns-to-rindge/article_be7679d7-6ac1-5e22-95ed-33d3c61ba9cc.html |
CARMICHAEL, Calif. — Robert Jenson's loved ones are mourning after his senseless and tragic death in Carmichael last month.
They say he was funny, enjoyed fishing and hunting, and loved people. They describe him as the type of person who would have given you the shirt off his back.
"Robert enjoyed NASCAR and he was an absolute 49ers fan," said his wife, Adriana Jenson. "People know Robert as somebody with a servant heart — as somebody who was giving and kind."
Robert's mother, Lisa Wiley, says he was staying at her house in Carmichael on the night of June 20 when he decided to walk to a nearby store.
"He left the door unlocked saying he'd be right back and he never came back home," said Wiley.
Robert was hit and killed by a car on his way back around 9:10 p.m. He was walking northbound near the intersection of Fair Oaks Boulevard and El Camino Avenue, according to Adriana. The driver fled the scene.
"In order for us to get closure, we need answers," she said.
Adriana says a witness who pulled over and was with Robert in his final moments described the car involved as a late model white two-door Honda Civic coupe that likely has damage on the front driver's side.
"My husband deserves dignity," she said. "Robert Jenson was very well-loved and cared for, and a lot of lives are devastated by this."
Wiley is demanding accountability from the driver responsible for the death of her son.
"God sees all and you won't get away with this — and we're asking you to please turn yourself in to start your repentance and healing for us so we can have closure for my son and her husband and our family," said Wiley.
CHP told ABC10 the case is still open and under investigation. Anyone with any information is asked to contact CHP North Sacramento. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/family-of-carmichael-hit-and-run-victim-demand-accountability/103-e985f692-2546-4726-a83e-bad7e9faff8d | 2022-07-07T02:10:46 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/family-of-carmichael-hit-and-run-victim-demand-accountability/103-e985f692-2546-4726-a83e-bad7e9faff8d |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — COVID-19 is on the rise again with 38 California counties now seeing a high rate of spread, but what does that mean?
The CDC defines a high community transmission level using three metrics, including: hospitalizations, admissions and staffed beds; and the total number of new cases per 100,000 in the past seven days.
A high community transmission level happens when cases rise past 200 new cases per 100,000 people in a week, or 15% or more inpatient beds in the county are occupied by coronavirus patients.
The system is used as an indicator of potential strain on the system in the event of a COVID-19 surge, according to the CDC. Thirty-eight California counties are facing high transmission rates of coronavirus.
Case and hospitalization rates in Sacramento County and across most of the state appear to be leveling off, according to California public health data.
“The good thing is that many of these infections are mild, so the hospitalizations have been manageable,” said Sacramento County public health officer, Dr. Olivia Kasirye.
Eighty-four percent of Californian’s over the age of five have been vaccinated, according to state data. The higher case rates in combination with lower rates of hospitalizations show interventions are working, said Kasirye.
“But still, for people that do have conditions that put them at risk, they do need to be careful,” said Kasirye.
That means testing, staying up to date on your vaccines and boosters, and continued masking, especially for those most at-risk. At-risk groups include the elderly, those with underlying conditions, and the unvaccinated.
The same group may benefit from new FDA rules announced Wednesday. The new policy will allow pharmacists like Dr. Sonya Frausto at Sacramento’s Ten Acres Pharmacy to test and treat patients on the spot using the anti-viral Paxlovid.
“I think it just allows patients an opportunity to get the care, once again, as quickly as possible,” said Frausto.
While we’ve come a long way in our ability to fight the virus in just two years, many health experts say COVID is likely to be around for the long haul.
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RIO VISTA, Calif. — The bodies of three men who desperately tried to save the life of an eight-year old boy drowning in the Sacramento River near Rio Vista were recovered Tuesday evening.
The men were identified as Edwin Rivas, 57, Danilo Solozano, 40, and Edwin Perez, 22. All were construction workers from Oakland, originally from Guatemala.
The men were part of a group of family and friends fishing along the Sacramento River across from the Brannan Island State Recreation Area Saturday afternoon.
According to a state parks ranger, that's when the boy -- who was wading in the water next to a small beach -- suddenly got pulled away. He wasn't wearing a life jacket.
Juan Cabrera, who was with the men, says one-by-one each man got into the water to try to save the boy. The strong winds and strong current pulled the men under the water.
"And then I tried to fight for my life struggling, too," said Cabrera, "I just grabbed the kid and tried to push away from the water, but when I turn around I can see one guy look at me and disappear. Then I turn around and see my cousin... the same thing, the water dragging him inside. They look at me and I could do nothing."
State Parks Sgt. Cameron Morrison, who assisted in trying to find the men, says the waterways in the Delta can be deceiving.
"Even though the river might look like it's pretty safe, the current is very strong. You just don't see it from the waterway or on the edge of the water, but the current is really moving through there," said Morrison.
He says as the tides come up and go down, it's difficult to judge the direction of the current because the water is so deep. He says in the center part of the river at Brannan Island, it's 40-feet deep with fast moving water and at a high volume.
He adds it's not safe to go swimming there, but people still do it anyway.
"Life's too short. You have to enjoy the life every second. You have to tell somebody 'I love you.' I do something wrong, I'm sorry, and just love people and do the best you can for everybody," said Cabrera.
The 8-year-old boy was unharmed and did not require medical attention. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/three-men-drown-after-trying-to-save-boy-near-brannan-island/103-64d8bda8-0e0f-41c8-b69f-a20b2e32bd93 | 2022-07-07T02:10:54 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/three-men-drown-after-trying-to-save-boy-near-brannan-island/103-64d8bda8-0e0f-41c8-b69f-a20b2e32bd93 |
Police in New Jersey arrested a man accused of shooting and killing a 21-year-old woman after he was ejected from a Philadelphia bar.
Anthony Nelson, 47, was arrested Wednesday in Atlantic City on a warrant for the killing of Jailene Holton, Philadelphia Police Department Sgt. Eric Gripp said. Nelson is awaiting extradition and will be charged with murder and related offenses, Gripp said.
Holton was serving as a sober driver on June 28 while on a night out with friends when a patron angry over not being allowed to use a pool table was thrown out of the bar and opened fire from hundreds of feet away, police said.
The 21-year-old woman died after being shot as the other customer fired at least 15 shots into Philly Bar and Restaurant along Welsh Road in Northeast Philadelphia, according to police.
"She was just a good kid... she was trying to get her life together, you know, and find herself in life," her father Jason Holton told NBC10's Karen Hua. "It just sucks."
Witnesses told police that three men caused a disturbance inside the bar shortly before the shooting and were escorted out of the bar, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
She lost her life "for absolutely nothing," Philadelphia Homicide Lt. Daniel Brooks said.
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At least one witness told police the argument stemmed from usage of a pool table, Brooks said. The eventual shooter claimed he wasn't permitted to use a pool table over his race, but the manager ensured him it was only because a scheduled pool league was using the table.
Bar staff then escorted the irate man from the bar.
"That's when he walked, we believe, to a vehicle that was a black or dark pickup truck and that's when the 15 shots were fired," Small said.
Police and medics found Holton on the floor with a gunshot wound to the head, Small said. Doctors attempted emergency surgery on the woman, but she died at the hospital.
"We don't believe at all that she was the intended target," Small said.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/arrest-made-in-murder-of-woman-in-philly-bar/3292231/ | 2022-07-07T02:12:59 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/arrest-made-in-murder-of-woman-in-philly-bar/3292231/ |
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- Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke is proposing scaling up stop and frisk to combat gun violence.
- In 2011, the ACLU of Pennsylvania reached a settlement with the City of Philadelphia wherein the city’s police department must collect data on stop and frisks.
- A 2020 ACLU report showed that Black people are most likely to be stopped and frisked by the Philadelphia Police Department.
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Philadelphia’s city council president is floating the idea of using the controversial practice of stop and frisk to combat gun violence.
Council president Darrell Clarke said there needs to be a “conversation” about “a couple controversial issues,” including stop and frisk. He also suggested the practice be called something else because “when you reference stop and frisk, it has a negative connotation.”
“At the end of the day there are a lot of citizens on the streets of Philadelphia that talk about, ‘When are we going to look at stop and frisk in a constitutionally enacted way?'” Clark said.
In 2011, the ACLU of Pennsylvania reached a settlement with the City of Philadelphia wherein the city’s police department must collect data on stop and frisks.
A 2020 ACLU report showed that Black people are most likely to be stopped and frisked by the Philadelphia Police Department.
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In a random sample chosen between October and December of 2019, 71% of pedestrians stopped in Philadelphia were Black, the report found. Eighteen percent of those Black people stopped and 39% of those frisked were ‘without reasonable suspicion,’ making them unconstitutional.
“Most alarmingly, the ACLU continues to identify racial disparities among PPD stops and frisks; African Americans comprising 41.55% of Philadelphia but accounting for 70.42% of stops and 80.21% of frisks,” Philadelphia’s Police Advisory Commission noted its November 2020 review of the PPD’s “pedestrian investigations.”
Robert Kane is a professor and department head of criminology and justices studies at Drexel University. He is skeptical of the possibility of stop and frisk being used constitutionally.
“Can you have a stop and frisk crime control policy that is constitutional? It’s hard to know, to be honest with you, because frankly I haven’t seen one yet,” he said.
When asked by NBC10 what would constitute a fair and constitutional stop and frisk policy, Clarke said, “That’s up to everyone involved.”
Despite the doubts, Clarke is not the only council member to promote the policy. Councilman Isaiah Thomas, who led the charge in council for a driving equity bill that puts limits on why police can pull someone over, is also open to the idea.
But state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, who represents a district in North Philadelphia, called it a “really, really bad idea” that will sow distrust among communities.
“We need to be building trust. I think this will degrade trust and this won’t actually solve violent crime that we’re seeing in Philadelphia,” he said.
Meanwhile, when asked about stop and frisk, Mayor Jim Kenney said he has not talked to Clarke about it, but said that he himself is “not willing to bring that back.”
The idea of relying on stop and frisk is just the latest in a series of proposals to curb gun violence in Philadelphia.
Statistics from the Philadelphia Police Department show that as of July 5, there had been at least 268 murders in the city. That figure is slightly down from the 285 murders seen at the same time in 2021, which ended up being the year with the most killings since Philadelphia first began keeping record.
Of this year's killings, at least 244 have been the result of shootings, according to a tally by the city controller's office.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/philly-council-president-floats-using-stop-and-frisk-to-fight-gun-violence/3292244/ | 2022-07-07T02:13:06 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/philly-council-president-floats-using-stop-and-frisk-to-fight-gun-violence/3292244/ |
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Two Des Moines Police Department officers are suing members of Des Moines BLM after a conflict from over two years ago. One of the defendnats is now a member of the Des Moines City Council.
According to a lawsuit filed last week, officers Peter Wilson and Jeffrey George are suing Ward 1 councilmember Indira Sheumaker and five other Des Moines BLM members over "de-arresting" tactics the protestors allegedly employed against them.
The incident took place on July 1, 2020 during a protest at the Iowa State Capitol following the murder of George Floyd. The lawsuit alleges Sheumaker and Clayton Stein put Ofc. George in a chokehold while he was attempting to make an arrest. Eva Lewin, Anna Beghardt, Bradley Penna and Jennifer Erwin are accused of grabbing Ofc. Wilson's arms while he was also attempting an arrest.
The officers' attorney told Local 5 they want to be compensated for the injuries they received.
"This organization purports to be peaceful protests, but they train people to be violent. Their rhetoric is peaceful, but their actions are violent. That's the bottom line. I think that they essentially lied to the public, quite frankly, and they need to be held accountable for that," said Mark Hedberg, attorney for the two officers.
The tactics used by the protestors are referred to as "de-arresting" in the lawsuit. It also alleges Des Moines BLM members were shown videos demonstrating techniques to lift people out of police vans or push over police officers, and that they were trained by martial arts instructors to use violence against police officers.
One defendant told Local 5 she'd never heard of de-arresting before seeing it in the petition, and the accusations do not match up with the organization she knew.
"The organization that fed people through the pandemic, kept people from defaulting on rent and eviction during the pandemic. That's the group I know," said Jennifer Erwin.
In a statement released on July 2, 2020—the day after the incident—Des Moines BLM said:
"One of our organizers was grabbed by officers and our protestors began to de-arrest them. De-arresting a fellow protestor is a non-violent response to what is often a violent act by law enforcement. This is done by pulling protestors away from officers in an attempt to protect them from being pinned down, beaten and ultimately detained by police."
As of Wednesday evening, hearing dates for the case have not been set and no responses to the lawsuit have been posted online.
The Des Moines Police Department as a whole is not affiliated with this lawsuit, only the two named officers are. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/des-moines-police-officers-sue-blm-protestors-indira-sheumaker/524-761deb37-c8ed-4e25-b205-45e875e7a790 | 2022-07-07T02:15:33 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/des-moines-police-officers-sue-blm-protestors-indira-sheumaker/524-761deb37-c8ed-4e25-b205-45e875e7a790 |
GREENSBORO — A police chase on foot ended with the arrest of an armed man who ran into a Lowe's hardware store, sending shoppers fleeing on Wednesday afternoon, according to police and witnesses.
The shocking incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. after a concerned resident called police about a person with a handgun in the area of Utah Place, interim Police Chief Teresa Biffle said during a news conference. The street is just behind the Lowe's store at 2005 E. Cone Blvd.
Biffle said when officers came into contact with the man, he immediately fled and ran into the hardware store.
"Kudos to the Lowe's staff," Biffle said. "They recognized the situation and they took immediate action, started evacuating the customers from the store."
Police secured the area and began "a systematic search," Biffle said. "Fortunately, the subject surrendered and he was taken into custody."
Biffle said the suspect identified himself to police as 23-year-old Rayvon Barrett, but couldn't offer additional information.
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Barrett was charged with possession of firearm by a felon as well as a number of other offenses.
Biffle said she was not aware of any injuries and that there were no shots fired during the incident.
At least 50 officers responded to the scene, she said. "We put a call out when we knew we had a suspect possibly barricaded. We call in our hostage negotiation team, our special response teams and also that we can slow down and have the safest outcome possible."
It was unclear how many people were inside the store at the time of the incident.
Andres Mauro Perez Flores was in the lumber area of the store when he saw an officer running.
"Then he heard somebody yelling like there was somebody with a gun inside," Perez Flores said through cousin Carlos Flores Lopez, who served as an interpreter.
Perez Flores heard a sound, but he couldn't tell if it was a gunshot or if something was dropped somewhere in the store. After that, people started running.
"Then he heard the police ... telling someone not to move," Flores Lopez said on behalf of his cousin.
Ruben Adams of Greensboro was also inside the store when an employee told him to evacuate. Adams said he heard a commotion, with people shuffling around and moving fast, and employees communicating on their store walkie-talkies. He said the employee making his key told him to head for the exits.
The store remained closed for several hours after Barrett was taken into custody.
"It's a traumatic incident for everyone involved," Biffle said. "So (Lowe's is) making sure their employees are fine for the day." | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/traumatic-armed-man-evading-greensboro-police-runs-into-store-scattering-shoppers/article_8f70643e-fd67-11ec-a0d0-6f87d09da75f.html | 2022-07-07T02:17:54 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/traumatic-armed-man-evading-greensboro-police-runs-into-store-scattering-shoppers/article_8f70643e-fd67-11ec-a0d0-6f87d09da75f.html |
WATERLOO -- Waterloo police say one person arrived at Mercy One Waterloo Medical Center with a gunshot wound on Wednesday afternoon.
Police were dispatched to the hospital at 5 p.m. They say a man arrived by a private vehicle with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police do not know where the shooting occurred and are still investigating. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-respond-to-shooting-victim-at-hospital/article_0e5df114-9405-5979-b2b0-1fbcf15203cc.html | 2022-07-07T02:25:30 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-respond-to-shooting-victim-at-hospital/article_0e5df114-9405-5979-b2b0-1fbcf15203cc.html |
The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to announce the opening of weekend day use at Loon Lake Recreation Site. The day use area will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays starting on July 8, 2022.
There is no potable water available onsite. Visitors should bring all the water they will need for their visit, including drinking water. Non-potable water will operate the flush toilets in the day use restrooms. In addition, the beach and swimming area, picnic tables, charcoal grills, boat ramp, and waterfall trail will be open. The entry fee is $5 per vehicle per day.
The water wells and holding tanks are now generating and storing enough non-potable water to operate basic facilities, which allows for a limited opening while the water treatment system is brought online. The BLM is awaiting specialized parts that are necessary to get the system fully operational, and their delivery is delayed due to limited supply. The BLM expects to open for full-week day use and camping in subsequent phases once the system successfully handles increased use and the water passes quality tests.
Overnight camping remains closed. Entering the campground is prohibited to protect public safety while work continues on the water treatment and distribution system.
The BLM will update visitors when additional day use and camping become available, and give as much prior notice as possible for the public to reserve campsites. The BLM does not yet have a projected date when camping will reopen this summer. The BLM will post regular updates at blm.gov/office/coos-bay-district-office and recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234076
Nearby East Shore Campground is open on the shore of Loon Lake, with six campsites available on a first come, first served basis. A valid East Shore camping permit also allows entry for one vehicle to Loon Lake Recreation Site for day use.
Weekend day use marks the first phase of reopening Loon Lake Recreation site since its closure in 2019. Heavy snow that year toppled trees around the site, destroying the potable water treatment system, a restroom in the day use area, and the maintenance shop. The repairs at the site are being partially funded through the Great American Outdoors Act. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/loon-lake-opens-for-weekend-day-use/article_d5c7d412-fd80-11ec-9d5b-1bba1a837801.html | 2022-07-07T02:28:36 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/loon-lake-opens-for-weekend-day-use/article_d5c7d412-fd80-11ec-9d5b-1bba1a837801.html |
Police presence, management to increase around Desert Hope in wake of reported problems
LAS CRUCES - The city is planning to increase police presence and a new property manager wants to better enforce rules and policies at the Desert Hope Apartments after complaints about the condition of the property and the effect it’s had on the surrounding neighborhood.
Desert Hope, a 40-unit permanent supportive housing development for formerly unhoused residents, opened in August 2021 at 1310 Pecos St. As a permanent supportive housing complex, Desert Hope not only provides affordable, often subsidized rents for tenants but also on-site services to assist them with employment, food insecurity and healthcare needs.
Services are provided by the nonprofit Mesilla Valley Community of Hope, which has staff working at the complex to coordinate services.
The complex is owned by the Mesilla Valley Public Housing Authority. The MVPHA is tasked with managing the property, selecting tenants, processing leases and collecting rent.
Property management at Desert Hope has been described as infrequent to nonexistent as of late, according to some tenants and staff there, leading to unsanctioned visitors, unchecked disruptive behavior, litter, drug use and broken gates, bike pump and grill.
People who live or operate businesses near the complex have also spoken out in recent weeks, saying the neighborhood has become less safe since the complex opened. They’ve described aggressive panhandlers, discarded needles, human waste and unhoused people trespassing on properties.
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The MVPHA has denied claims it has poorly managed the property. Though the public housing authority admitted to the Sun-News on June 17 that following the resignation of a staff member assigned to Desert Hope, the agency did not have a permanent staff member there. MVPHA told the newspaper it was working to contract management out to a third party.
The housing authority has since hired JL Gray Company to serve as Desert Hope’s property manager, MVPHA Executive Director Juan Olvera stated.
"With the help of Mesilla Valley Public Housing Authority, we have already cleaned up the property considerably and will continue to keep it clean and sanitary," JL Gray Director of Development Jeff Curry said in a statement Wednesday. "With the help of Community of Hope and other agencies, we will be spending considerable time educating and training the residents on appropriate use of the property. We are enforcing the lease and property rules."
Curry said staff on site are "carefully monitoring the situation."
District 3 City Councilor Becki Graham, who represents the district in which Desert Hope sits, issued a public statement on the situation last week which included steps the city and the organizations involved in the complex are taking to address the issues.
The hiring of a property manager, according to Graham’s statement, will improve “oversight of residents” and allow for better communication with security at the apartments. JL Gray Company's contract began July 1, Graham stated.
Police upping enforcement
Graham attended a public meeting June 15 during which apartment complex neighbors railed against the conditions they say emerged as a result of the complex.
“As I have continued to look into this situation, I’ve learned that the issues are not wholly tied to Desert Hope,” Graham said in her statement. “Many of the issues brought up are associated not with those living at the complex, but to people frequenting the surrounding area.”
The Las Cruces Police Department has reportedly increased the number of community outreach officers in the area, Graham stated. The officers “work with residents, business owners, and vulnerable populations to address the types of problems the neighborhood is experiencing, such as trespassing, littering, and vandalism.”
LCPD will also work with residents and business owners to create a neighborhood watch group, has installed a mounted security camera near the apartments and has discussed possibly adding a police substation to the area.
"The Las Cruces Police Department has offered extra manpower to help us address the current issue of excess guests and uninvited visitors," Curry said in his statement.
Possible partnerships and funding
Mesilla Valley Community of Hope has added a part-time staff member to provide the on-site services offered at Desert Hope, and MVCH’s outreach team will engage with unhoused people around Desert Hope and in the surrounding neighborhoods, Graham's statement read. MVCH’s Mano Y Mano Day Labor Program, recently expanded by the city council, will target Desert Hope for cleanup and maintenance using its new hot spot truck.
“I remain supportive of Desert Hope, and of the housing model it exemplifies,” Graham stated. “Residents of Desert Hope are members of this neighborhood and are key to workable, sustainable solutions.”
Graham also stated the city is working on a plan to spend $1.7 million in federal funds to assist the unhoused, housing insecure and other vulnerable residents with housing assistance and supportive services. The funding is from the American Rescue Plan Act and administered through the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department's HOME Investment Partnerships Program, according to Las Cruces Housing and Neighborhood Services Manager Natalie Green.
The funding can be used for the production and preservation of affordable housing, increasing the availability of non-congregate shelters, rental assistance and supportive, homelessness prevention and housing counseling services, according to HUD.
The District 3 councilor said she plans on holding a meeting in August to evaluate what difference, if any, the changes make.
Michael McDevitt is a city and county government reporter for the Sun-News. He can be reached at 575-202-3205, mmcdevitt@lcsun-news.com or @MikeMcDTweets on Twitter. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2022/07/06/police-presence-management-to-increase-around-desert-hope/65367660007/ | 2022-07-07T02:31:16 | 1 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2022/07/06/police-presence-management-to-increase-around-desert-hope/65367660007/ |
Woman accused in hammer attack won't be jailed while awaiting trial
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LAS CRUCES – A judge released a woman accused of hitting another woman with a claw hammer after he said prosecutors failed to prove the woman should be jailed.
Police accused a 41-year-old woman of one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. After police arrested her on June 30, prosecutors at the 3rd Judicial District Attorney's Office filed a motion requesting a judge keep the woman in jail until her case resolves.
In an affidavit, Sgt. Ricardo Porras of the Las Cruces Police Department wrote that the incident occurred June 29. Porras provided statements from the victim and the 41-year-old woman in his affidavit.
The victim said she and the 41-year-old woman panhandled together before the incident. After collecting money, the victim said the two women returned to a hotel on the 2100 block of West Picacho. The victim told Porras they were staying in the room. She added others frequently came in and out of the room. When the two returned, the 41-year-old woman accused the victim of stealing personal belongings.
According to Porras' affidavit, the 41-year-old woman confirmed to police her allegation that her friend had stolen belongings. The 41-year-old woman told Porras the victim stole money, a lighter, and fentanyl pills. The victim told Porras that the 41-year-old woman pulled out a claw hammer. The victim said the 41-year-old woman struck her twice. The victim said the woman hit her on her left hand and the top of her head.
Porras wrote that the 41-year-old woman admitted to hitting the woman's hand but denied hitting the woman's head. Porras also noted that the victim's injuries were consistent with being struck by a hammer. Porras added that police discovered a claw hammer in the 41-year-old woman's purse when they detained her last week.
After her arrest, prosecutors sought to keep the woman jailed. However, in their pretrial detention motion, prosecutors said evidence suggesting the 41-year-old woman committed the crime was convincing. Specifically, prosecutors pointed out that police discovered the hammer when they detained her.
"Coupled with the allegations in this case, the evidence further demonstrates that the defendant kept the hammer to inflict serious injury to anyone she came into contact with who rubbed her the wrong way," prosecutors wrote in the pretrial detention motion.
Prosecutors also pointed to the woman's living situation as a reason to detain her indefinitely. They said the 41-year-old woman listed a Las Cruces shelter as her current mailing residence. They added that the 41-year-old woman was also unemployed. Lastly, prosecutors said that the 41-year-old woman failed to appear for a hearing five times from 2015 to 2016.
Ultimately, 3rd Judicial District Judge Conrad Perea said in an order that prosecutors did prove the woman was dangerous. However, Perea also found that there were conditions of release that could ensure the 41-year-old woman came to court and mitigate the chance that she might harm others. Perea ordered her not to contact the victim and not to return to the hotel where the incident occurred. In addition, Perea granted the woman an unsecured bond, meaning she'd only have to pay the bond if she violated her release conditions.
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$1 million Powerball ticket purchased in New Mexico
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ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Lottery reports someone purchased a $1 million winning ticket playing Powerball on July 4.
The winning numbers were 15, 16, 24, 31, 56 and Powerball number 4. The $1 million winning ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Powerball number.
All drawing game prizes must be claimed within 90 days from the date of the drawing or the first business day after the 90th day if the Lottery is not open for business, according to a news release asking Lottery players to check their tickets and claim their prize.
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Large Texas abortion provider will relocate to New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE — One of the largest abortion providers in Texas is planning to move its operations to New Mexico and another provider that offers tele-health services related to abortion and reproductive health care is expanding its footprint in the state.
Austin-based Whole Woman’s Health began winding down its Texas operations after a ruling Friday by the Texas Supreme Court forced an end to abortions in that state. Now, the provider wants to establish a new clinic in a New Mexico city near the state line to provide first and second trimester abortions.
Home to a Democratic-led legislature and governor, New Mexico recently took an extra step to protect providers and patients from out-of-state prosecutions. It’s likely to continue to experience a steady influx of people seeking abortions from neighboring states with more restrictive abortion laws.
Whole Woman’s Health has started a fundraising effort to help with the costs of moving equipment and supplies from Texas to New Mexico and for the purchase of a building to serve as its new home.
“With the shuttering of our four Texas clinics, we do not have the financial reserves to open in New Mexico without community support,” Amy Hagstrom Miller, president and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health, said in a statement.
Officials with Mississippi’s only abortion clinic also have plans to relocate to southern New Mexico and the tele-health provider Choix, based in San Francisco, announced Wednesday that it is now licensed to operate in New Mexico and plans to serve all states where abortion care remains legal by the end of 2023.
New Mexico lawmakers last year repealed a dormant 1969 statute that outlawed most abortion procedures as felonies, thus ensuring access to abortion even after the federal court rolled back guarantees.
The state’s largest city, Albuquerque, is home to one of only a few independent clinics in the country that perform abortions in the third trimester without conditions.
An abortion clinic in Santa Teresa is just a mile from the state line with Texas near El Paso.
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Virgin Galactic taps Boeing subsidiary to build motherships
ALBUQUERQUE — Virgin Galactic announced Wednesday that it is partnering with a Boeing subsidiary to manufacture the next generation of the twin-fuselage aircraft used to carry aloft the space tourism company's rocket ship.
Aurora Flight Sciences will build two of the special carrier planes at its facilities in Mississippi and West Virginia. Final assembly still will take place at Virgin Galactic's facility in Mojave, California, with the first mothership produced under the contract expected to enter service in 2025.
Each of the aircraft will be designed to fly up to 200 launches per year.
Virgin Galactic officials said that outsourcing the work will provide access to labor, minimize supply chain disruptions and lead to faster production times. The company has repeatedly pushed back the timeline for launching paying customers, with commercial service now expected in 2023.
Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said the next-generation motherships will be integral to scaling up the company's operations.
“They will be faster to produce, easier to maintain and will allow us to fly substantially more missions each year,” he said in a statement. “Supported by the scale and strength of Boeing, Aurora is the ideal manufacturing partner for us.”
Virgin Galactic had assessed different aerospace manufacturers early in the process, but opted for Aurora in part because of its history of building cutting-edge aircraft. It has designed and built a new aircraft nearly every year for the past three decades.
Virgin Galactic officials also noted Aurora's direct access to Boeing's expertise and other resources.
Aurora and Virgin Galactic have been working for the last several months to develop design specifications as well as workforce and manufacturing requirements.
After reaching nearly 50,000 feet, Virgin Galactic's space plane is released from the carrier aircraft and drops for a moment before igniting its rocket motor. It shuts off once it reaches space, providing passengers with silence, weightlessness and a view of Earth below. The rocket ship then glides back to the spaceport runway.
It's been nearly a year since Virgin Galactic launched founder Richard Branson and five Virgin Galactic employees toward the edge of space as the British entrepreneur raced to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos and his rocket company Blue Origin.
Just weeks after the flight, Virgin Galactic reopened the ticket window, with prices starting at $450,000 a seat. By the fall, the company put off a planned research flight with members of the Italian air force and began scheduled assessments and maintenance of its aircrafts.
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CLARKSVILLE, Ark. — With more and more mass shootings happening across the country a Clarksville business decided to bring in law enforcement to teach active shooter preparedness seminar for their employees.
It was after the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, that owners here at the Clarksville Cinema knew they wanted to offer an active shooter preparedness seminar for their employees.
“With all the stuff going on in the news, especially here lately with all these active shooter events, we wanted to make the employees comfortable that they knew what to do in case there was an active shooter episode,” said Van Hill.
Co-owner Van Hill felt the active shooter preparedness seminar was very informative for him and his employees. He remembers the movie theater shooting that happened in Aurora, Colorado where a dozen people died. The 10-year anniversary of that shooting is later this month.
“You can’t be too aware of things like that. You don’t want to scare anybody, but we want to have them realize it’s a real possibility even though it’s a low probability,” he said.
Corporal Jonia Smith with the Clarksville Police Department led the seminar saying knowing what to do in these situations is extremely important. He says important words to live by in an active shooter situation are avoid, deny, defend and win.
“If you are avoiding the situation, the active shooter, the active killer you aren’t going to get hurt. If you’re denying the situation, you are causing, you are locking the door, you’re not going to get hurt, you are barricaded in the door, you aren’t going to get hurt because he can’t get to you. And the worst-case scenario, defend yourself. You know, don’t fight fair,” said Smith.
Clarksville Police are willing to do the same active shooter preparedness seminars for others in town. They say just call the police department if you are interested.
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FORT SMITH, Ark. — If you have ever come across a hammerhead worm, the sight of it may have resembled something out of a sci-fi movie.
"I did not exactly know what it was. I had never seen anything like this before," said Chanel Driscoll Rosenberg, a Fort Smith resident.
The flatworm gets its name from a hammer-like head. It is a predatory worm, feeding on earthworms, and is invasive.
"It's one of those things that is a menace," says Dr. Vic Ford with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service. "It can harm ecosystems by destroying earthworms in it."
Hammerhead worms are originally from Asia and have found their way to the United States, most likely through the importation of potted plants, root balls, or soil. Here in the Natural State, the worms have settled down for nearly a decade.
Recently, the worm has been spotted in Bentonville and down in Fort Smith in Rosenberg's yard.
"It was after we got a huge rainstorm and they started coming out of the ground," says Rosenberg. "They were out on the concrete trying to find a dry place after the rain."
Not sure of what the creature was, Rosenberg grabbed some gloves and tossed the hammerhead worm into the trash. Using gloves was the right thing to do. Hammerhead worms are covered in slime with a toxin similar to a pufferfish. The concentration is small but can cause a rash to people and discomfort to pets if ingested.
So what can we do to get rid of these worms? The answer is, not much. The worms feed on earthworms which are vital to supporting ecosystems and vegetation growth from the ground up, and insecticides can harm them in the process of trying to fight off hammerhead worms.
But there are some things at home you can use to help get rid of any hammerhead worms you may find.
First, use gloves when handling the worms. Second, do not chop them up. Hammerhead worms have been found to regenerate segments. So cutting one worm into three pieces will triple the number of worms to deal with. Instead, place them in a zip lock bag, freeze them overnight and toss them in the trash the next day. If the thought of having a worm in your freezer isn't ideal, you can also pour salt and/or vinegar on them - the route Rosenberg took.
"In my experience salt, pouring salt on them is the best way to kill them," said Rosenberg.
You can find more information on hammerhead worms and what to do if you see one here.
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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley and state leaders provided information Wednesday about the 170 million injection of cash into the city's pension fund.
In early May, Flint's Chief Financial Officer said the city would continue facing economic distress if the state did not step in and provide money to help meet the rising pension cost.
Mayor Sheldon Neely said that this new aid will ensure city workers will be taken care of when they retire -- and it will correct a long standing failure on behalf of the city.
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SAN ANTONIO — A family on the northwest side is grieving the loss of their house after it went up in flames the night of Fourth of July.
The San Antonio Fire Department suspects fireworks to be the cause of the fire but the Rosales family said they didn't pop any on Monday night. Due to the extensive damage, the family said the City will be demolishing their home soon.
Their next door neighbor's house will also be demolished due to fire damage.
Leticia Rosales said her husband, son and his wife were having a late dinner when they heard an explosion.
"My husband went to the backyard and the whole side of the house was lit, it was on fire," said Leticia Rosales.
The family escaped with their dogs, cars and the clothes on their back. They left behind personal items such as family photos and wedding rings.
As SAFD crews arrived, the family tried using a water hose to suppress the flames. Her son Julian Rosales began spraying the front area of the house while her husband Julio Rosales watered the back.
However, the fire got out of control and Julio said he became trapped in the backyard.
"He jumped the seven foot fence and landed on the knee that he just had surgery on," said Leticia.
Julio said his knee is in pain but he's grateful to be alive.
The family shared new images of damage from the back of the home. The home on the left is their next-door neighbors.
On Monday, SAPD Chief Charles Hood said there were reports of fireworks in the area that night. He also mentioned there were fireworks going off nearby as fire crews arrived on scene.
On Wednesday, a fire department spokesperson said it could take time to determine the cause due to the extensive damage the fire left behind. He said firefighters hope ring video from neighbors will give a better picture of what happened.
The Rosales' suspect the fireworks came from the neighbor, whose house also burned down, but said they'll wait to see what the report from firefighters says.
"We didn’t buy them. We didn’t light them up. We had nothing to do with the fireworks,” said Leticia.
However, the most the department could do is cite the violator based off the city's fireworks ban.
"I'm sure [our neighbor] is feeling just like we are. We send our love to them and prayers," said Leticia.
For now, the family is staying with friends and relying on the help they are getting from their neighbors and strangers. Leticia expressed her gratitude through tears.
"We can't tell you enough how grateful we are. Thank you so much for your support," she said.
A family member has also created a Go Fund Me to raise money for basic needs.
The family hopes insurance can help rebuild their home in the neighborhood. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/as-fireworks-rang-out-local-family-describes-explosion-that-caught-their-house-fire/273-52297dfc-7a97-4069-b0ef-f379561f271c | 2022-07-07T02:51:30 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/as-fireworks-rang-out-local-family-describes-explosion-that-caught-their-house-fire/273-52297dfc-7a97-4069-b0ef-f379561f271c |
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Police Department commemorated two of its officers who saved a woman from a burning vehicle recently on the northwest side.
According to a video posted on the department's Facebook page, Officers Roberto Mireles and Samuel Botello responded to a June 23 crash at St. Cloud and Donaldson where one vehicle was flipped over and on fire.
Officer Botello was the first to arrive on the scene, where he tried to stop the blaze with a fire extinguisher and opened the vehicle's door in order to save a woman trapped inside, according to the post.
Officer Mireles arrived soon after, and help Botello pull the woman out of the vehicle safely, along with the other passengers involved, SAPD says.
Mireles says there were also neighbors who helped extinguish the fire.
"We're here because we want to take care of our community along with everybody else," Officer Mireles said in the video.
Everyone involved in the crash survived.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Fort Wayne family is mourning the death of a father of five who was killed in a fireworks accident on Sunday.
A family representative told WPTA-TV in Fort Wayne 43-year-old Noe Diaz was burned in a "freak accident" July 3 when a firework he was lighting went off early and hit Diaz under the chin.
He later died at the hospital.
Diaz is survived by his wife and four children. The representative for the family said Diaz played on many area soccer teams and was active in the local sports community.
“Noe was a hard worker and always did so to provide for his family and make sure everything was taken care of,” reads a message on a GoFundMe page to help cover Diaz's funeral expenses. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/fort-wayne-family-mourns-death-of-father-noe-diaz-killed-in-fireworks-accident/531-805f9e06-2e4f-46c8-a710-a2a97820aab0 | 2022-07-07T02:55:06 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/fort-wayne-family-mourns-death-of-father-noe-diaz-killed-in-fireworks-accident/531-805f9e06-2e4f-46c8-a710-a2a97820aab0 |
INDIANAPOLIS — The story of a 10-year-old coming to Indiana for an abortion drove pro-choice protesters to the steps of the Indiana Statehouse Wednesday.
Many said they were fearful about the future of legal abortion in Indiana, no matter the circumstances surrounding a pregnancy.
Amid a sea of signs carried by protesters, one seemed to sum up the fears of many in the crowd. It read, “A 10-year-old child was denied an abortion. But it’s about saving kids, right?”
The sign referenced a recent situation where a pregnant 10-year-old from Ohio was reportedly denied an abortion there, just days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
So the child had to travel across state lines to Indiana to get one, after a child abuse doctor in Ohio reached out to doctors here.
“That’s so heartbreaking to think that it forces a 10-year-old child to give birth to another child. How do they expect someone who isn’t even the age of consent, how can they force them to have a child? That’s what I really don’t understand,” said 19-year-old Chloe May, who came to the protest.
“Again, this is not a political issue. Abortion care is health care, and we need to keep it in that arena,” said Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis OB/GYN who helped organize a pro-choice rally for medical professionals last week.
This week, Bernard met with lawmakers and said she plans on testifying during the special session, when legislators are deciding the future of abortion in Indiana.
“It’s important to tell our patients’ stories as much as we can,” said Bernard.
Bernard wouldn’t address published reports that named her as the doctor who provided care to the 10-year-old from Ohio. Bernard did confirm that doctors here are seeing more patients from states where abortion has already been banned or severely restricted.
“We’ve seen an influx in travel, particularly in states that have passed abortion bans like Ohio and Kentucky, and we will continue to do see them until we are not able to anymore,” she said.
Since the story about the 10-year-old from Ohio was first reported, several media outlets have also picked it up, enough that those gathered at Wednesday’s protest said it was one of the reasons they felt so passionate about being there. They stood for hours in 90-degree temperatures to make sure Indiana legislators heard them loud and clear.
“We will not stand down," May said. "They messed with the wrong generation. We will stand up for what’s right and we will stand up for our rights.”
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AUBURNDALE, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff's Office says two people died in a car crash in Auburndale at around 4:07 p.m. Wednesday.
A person driving a van and another on a motorcycle collided on Berkley Road near Berkley Point Boulevard causing the deadly crash, PCSO said in a news release.
The road was reportedly closed throughout the majority of the evening but reopened after around 8 p.m.
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MULBERRY, Fla. — (Editor's note: The photo used above is a file photo.)
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says a man was found dead in a lake near Mulberry at about 4:37 p.m. Wednesday.
Authorities say they received a report of a capsized canoe on the lake before they recovered the man's body.
A total of two men were on the canoe but only one of them was able to swim to safety, the PCSO said in a news release.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/man-dead-canoe-capsizes-mulberry/67-2ad78eef-a966-47db-b8c1-60fd3745c9d3 | 2022-07-07T03:06:43 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/man-dead-canoe-capsizes-mulberry/67-2ad78eef-a966-47db-b8c1-60fd3745c9d3 |
FRISCO, Texas — Alan Castro was excited to finally buy his first brand new car. It was a 2022 Toyota Corolla he had special ordered back when he lived in El Paso. When he moved it up to Frisco, he was excited to take it on long trips.
But recently, Castro has been the target of thieves who have been after his wheels.
"I was like, 'Damn, again?' It happened again. The first time it was on cinder blocks, and the second time it was on jacks," said Castro.
The way he found his vehicle in the parking garage in December of 2021 at his Frisco apartment is the same way he found it on July 1 of this year. He's been a victim twice in six months.
The Frisco Police Department confirmed officers are investigating six reported cases this year alone. The department said the latest cases only involve Toyota Corollas.
Castro is confident there are more than just the six cases and told WFAA he's connected with at least nine people who reached out to him after his social media post describing the incident.
"They can get a set of wheels and tires off a vehicle in 5 to 10 minutes with the right equipment," said Shawn Massoudi, who is with A-1 Rylie Auto Parts, an auto recycling yard in South Dallas.
Massoudi told WFAA that inflation and parts on major backorder has motivated thieves.
It's the reason his yard only deals with auctions, dealerships and wholesalers.
Massoudi told WFAA he knows right away when he's dealing with someone who is not reputable.
"They only want to get paid in cash. They're selling a Corolla wheel worth $120 for $20, these are all those tells," said Massoudi.
Castro told WFAA that one thing that is peculiar is the timing of both times he was hit: it coincided with the time frame his vehicle was sent to a service shop in Plano. Castro said he alerted Frisco police of this, and said one other victim who reached out to him over social media had also just had their car returned from the Plano service location.
"It sucks when you're working hard to get something better for you, and all of sudden someone comes and takes it," said Castro.
Police told WFAA most all of the cases have happened at apartment complexes. They recommend wheel locks and parking in well lit areas next to cameras. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/frisco-police-investigating-toyota-wheel-thefts/287-005fb628-b12e-4b12-aca6-2d3269371538 | 2022-07-07T03:13:30 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/frisco-police-investigating-toyota-wheel-thefts/287-005fb628-b12e-4b12-aca6-2d3269371538 |
Sidewalks and curbs along a stretch of 14th Street in downtown Lincoln are getting a face-lift, improvements that will be paid for with tax-increment financing from a 14-year-old project.
The City Council recently approved a resolution to expand TIF — a financing tool that allows the future property taxes a redevelopment generates to pay for certain costs — on a project first approved in 2008.
Then, the city authorized $764,000 in TIF for the Lincoln Flats/Bank of the West project to renovate a commercial building at 1314 O St. into a first-floor commercial space and 24 condominiums. Lincoln Flats opened in 2013.
At the time, the city was more conservative in its use of TIF, in part because the city often held the notes on the loans, said Hallie Salem, redevelopment manager for the city’s Urban Development Department.
Changes in the way financing is set up and the way future redevelopments are calculated now allow the developer to take more risk, so urban development directors asked — and the City Council approved — authorizing up to $500,000 in additional TIF.
Council members Richard Meginnis and James Michael Bowers voted against the proposal. Meginnis said he saw the move as a “money grab” by the city for something it didn’t need earlier. He said it didn’t pass the “but for” test — but for the money, the project wouldn’t happen.
Salem said she understood Meginnis’ concerns but said the streetscapes had been identified early on in the Lincoln Flats project, but because the city was trying to be conservative, it cut those improvements from the list of priorities.
Now, the money will be used to upgrade the sidewalk and curbs on the west side of 14th Street along the University Square parking garage. The main floor of the garage was once a drive-thru for Bank of the West, but is now used for parking.
A developer plans to turn that first-floor parking into commercial space, and the city’s sidewalk improvements would go along with that, Salem said.
Other streetscape improvements could be made outside the condominiums along the north side of O Street between 13th and 14th streets, and an alley north of Lincoln Flats.
In broader terms, the improvements play into the city’s downtown “principal corridors project,” an ambitious project to revitalize key entryways and streetscapes in the downtown area. Part of that is creating a music district, which is likely to involve that stretch of 14th Street.
Margaret Reist is a recovering education reporter now writing about local and county government and the people who live in the city where she was born and raised.
Salary increases for sheriff's deputies and correctional officers — the "domino effect" of the state's pay hikes for its corrections staff — will have a major impact on Lancaster County's budget.
After nearly two years in the position, Soulinnee Phan has been able to make significant changes in the city clerk office, including making it one of the most diverse city government offices.
The city plans to begin producing biochar — a charcoal-like substance that enhances soil and helps reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — with a $400,000 Bloomberg Philanthropies matching grant.
City leaders officially launched a project to find a second water source for Lincoln, naming an advisory council and contracting with Olsson to analyze the two options identified by the city.
The Planning Commission voted to recommend a waiver to allow two houses where people recovering from substance abuse live to have up to nine residents, but it voted against a waiver for a similar house where up to 14 people live. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/stretch-of-sidewalks-in-downtown-lincoln-getting-a-face-lift/article_d059db76-d977-5367-a522-2e1350f66935.html | 2022-07-07T03:19:39 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/stretch-of-sidewalks-in-downtown-lincoln-getting-a-face-lift/article_d059db76-d977-5367-a522-2e1350f66935.html |
GARY — A free gas giveaway will be hosted Saturday in Gary by Gary Mayor Jerome Prince and Dr. Willie Wilson, a Chicago-based businessman.
On Wednesday Prince and Wilson announced they will be hosting free gas giveaways in Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland.
The free gas giveaway for Gary will be at the Citgo gas station, at 5390 W. 15th St.
"Between 40-year highs in gas prices and skyrocketing inflation, working class and lower income families need some relief at the pump," Prince said.
Two years ago, Prince and Wilson collaborated to host a face mask giveaway.
“We’re all feeling the pinch at the pump, but it’s especially difficult for people who already are stretched too thin financially,” Prince said. “I’m excited to work with Dr. Wilson again. We worked together in 2020, in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, to give away thousands of face masks. That’s the kind of work that makes a difference in our communities.”
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Wilson, who is running to be mayor of Chicago, has called for a temporary suspension of gas taxes.
“Our residents need and deserve a break from high gas prices, and I’m pleased to offer them a free tank of gas,” Wilson said. “Also, I call on governments to temporarily suspend their gas taxes to help all citizens who are struggling with high fuel and food prices. I’m proud to have partnered with 13 gas stations to provide free gas.”
There will also be a second gas giveaway Saturday at the Amoco gas station at 7201 N. Clark St. in Chicago.
Wilson said he will hold free gas giveaways at 11 other stations throughout Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana, listed on his Facebook page.
For more information, contact Michael Gonzalez, City of Gary communications director, at magonzalez@gary.gov or at 219-617-0796. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/free-gas-giveaway-hosted-in-gary-saturday/article_6ba3d3e4-bc4c-5744-be1b-94c7098c9e75.html | 2022-07-07T03:33:38 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/free-gas-giveaway-hosted-in-gary-saturday/article_6ba3d3e4-bc4c-5744-be1b-94c7098c9e75.html |
MUNSTER — Residents can meet Munster's police dog Vader in the upcoming "Coffee with a Cop" event.
Coffee with a Cop will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Munster Donut, at 8314 Calumet Ave.
The Munster Police Department invited all residents to participate in the monthly meeting. Participants can meet Vader, an officer and check out a police car. There will also be a chance to enter to win gift baskets.
For more information, residents can call 219-836-6639.
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OVIEDO, Fla. – The mayor of Oviedo said Wednesday the city is still looking for ways to fund its next budget.
The Oviedo City Council plans to host a work session Thursday evening to discuss possible options, like incorporating a potential mileage increase, to make up for the city budget’s $3.9 million dollar shortfall.
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“If we want to provide the same level of services we provided last year, the only way we can do that is to collect more money,” Mayor Megan Sladek said.
This comes after Sladek and other city leaders voted to prevent a proposed fire fee from going into effect on Monday.
Sladek said her concern was that owners of large multi-unit properties would have their fees capped at 50 units, even if the property contained more units.
“When you go from $10,600 to $59,000 that doesn’t seem fair. So essentially the proposal was to give them a $50,000 tax break to do a fire fee. That’s what upset people,” Sladek said. “We have never had a fire fee before. In the same way we have a water bill, you have a water fee and a sewer bill with a sewer fee. It would have been a fire fee (in) a similar nature.”
Oviedo residents spoke out about their opposition to the proposed fire fee, claiming the proposal was unfair to single-family homeowners, but Sladek emphasized that something has to be done to compensate for the city budget’s deficiency.
“You collect more money or you cut services. That’s where we are right now,” Sladek said.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A Kingsport lawyer who was indicted on felony charges has been banned from practicing law in Tennessee.
The Tennessee Supreme Court permanently disbarred attorney Jason Ray McLellan effective Wednesday. According to the court’s Board of Professional Responsibility, McLellan consented to his disbarment because he could not successfully defend the accusations made against him.
A Sullivan County grand jury indicted McLellan in December on felony charges of financial exploitation of an elderly or vulnerable person and theft of property, according to court documents. The indictments accuse him of financially exploiting a 78-year-old woman by “making numerous monetary transactions to himself totaling $341,193.23” from an estate without the effective consent of the estate’s representative.
Both charges are Class A felonies.
Court documents show that McLellan was arraigned and pleaded not guilty in January. The status of the case is unclear.
The Board of Professional Responsibility outlined multiple accusations against McLellan in an announcement Wednesday.
“In the pending disciplinary matters, Mr. McLellan misappropriated estate funds in the representation of a client and attempted to conceal the misappropriation, made misrepresentations to a court, engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation, failed to abide by a client’s decision regarding the dismissal of a pending lawsuit, failed to reasonably consult with a client about the means by which the client’s objectives were to be accomplished, and failed to obtain the client’s informed consent before taking action. He also failed to keep client information confidential, failed to withdraw after a conflict of interest developed, allowed a third person to direct his professional judgement, failed to comply with his ethical requirements upon discharge from representation, and failed to comply with the requirements of a suspended attorney. Finally he failed to comply with court orders, and failed to respond to disciplinary complaints.”
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In addition to being disbarred, McLellan was ordered to reimburse the Tennessee Lawyers Fund for Client Protection for any money paid to claimants “for losses caused by one or more of Mr. McLellan’s ethical violations.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/kingsport-attorney-permanently-disbarred/ | 2022-07-07T03:34:59 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/kingsport-attorney-permanently-disbarred/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Northeast Tennessee’s three largest city school districts all posted higher standardized test scores among middle-grade students than Tennessee averages this year, with Johnson City Schools significantly above Kingsport and Bristol in several key metrics.
The region’s two largest county districts also have widely divergent scores, with Washington County’s significantly higher than Sullivan County’s.
Those disparities between Johnson City and the other two districts also show up in the scores of economically disadvantaged students, a group educators were particularly concerned with during and coming out of the pandemic. The same is true of Washington and Sullivan counties.
The data from the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) show 48% of all Johnson City students scored at or above proficiency in seventh-grade math, one closely-tracked category. That compared to 35% for both Bristol and Kingsport in the same category and 31% statewide.
Fourth-grade English/language arts, another key category according to TDOE, also saw Johnson City with the area’s highest at or above proficiency scores. A full 62% of students hit that mark, compared to 48% in Kingsport and 43% in Bristol. The state total was 39%.
“We don’t test a lot but when we do, we use it,” Johnson City Superintendent Steve Barnett said. “We take it seriously and we look at areas that we need to improve.”
The data also show the region following a statewide trend when it comes to how scores compare to pre-pandemic levels. English/language arts scores have generally increased from their 2019 levels, while math scores remain below scores posted in the last year before the pandemic.
Barnett said that’s one reason the system is focusing on math coaches, who help classroom teachers maximize their effectiveness.
“They go in and provide support and strategies and help with the assessment piece as we go through the year to make sure that we’re hitting our targets,” Barnett said.
Statewide, 34% of all students scored at or above “proficiency” levels in two closely tracked categories in 2019 — fourth-grade English/language arts (ELA) and seventh-grade math. No tests were given in 2020 and scores fell in 2021, by just 1% in ELA, to 33%, but by a full 11% in math, down to 23%. This year, the statewide scores were 31% in math and 39% in ELA.
The changes from pre to post-pandemic have been similar at area school districts, with Bristol, Kingsport and Johnson City all posting seventh-grade math results worse than 2019’s and fourth-grade ELA scores better than 2019’s.
Kingsport City Schools’ Andy True said the system saw improvements from 2021 to 2022 but that leaders want to continue assessing the data and making gains. He said enhanced summer learning opportunities in 2021, helped by extra federal funding, were part of the reason the system saw gains from 2021’s scores — including four points in seventh-grade math and a full 10 points in fourth-grade ELA.
“‘What is it that we can learn from this that helps us better meet those continuing needs as we’re moving forward,” True said. “That’s something our staff does and is doing to be able to analyze that so when our kids come back to school this fall, we can have a more targeted approach to where we can make improvements for students.”
Those gains were more mixed among economically disadvantaged students in Kingsport. Fourth-grade ELA proficiency jumped to 32% in Kingsport from about 20% in 2021. Seventh-grade math proficiency was just 11% in the group, though, down slightly from 2021 and way down from its mark of about 25% in 2019.
Johnson City had a much higher success rate among economically disadvantaged students but it, too, had little change in math for that group from 2021 to 2022. Where the overall proficiency total rose from 41% to 48%, economically disadvantaged seventh graders were at 20% proficient, the same as 2021 and down from about 35% in 2019.
Johnson City’s ELA proficiency rose from about 35% to 43% for economically disadvantaged fourth-grade students, a slightly higher gain than the overall Johnson City population’s increase from 55% to 62%. For the last four testing years the city’s economically disadvantaged students have scored better in fourth grade ELA than the overall state average for all students, including non-economically disadvantaged ones.
Barnett said he’s still not satisfied and believes the system can become even more effective at serving lower-income students academically.
“We are going to continue looking at that group, provide additional learning, extending that school day, providing the school buses for elementary school students … where they can stay after school, tutoring, after school work so we can close that gap even further,” Barnett said.
At the county school level, Washington County scored particularly well in seventh-grade math, rebounding from 24% proficiency in 2021 to 43% this year, which is higher than Kingsport and Bristol and not far below Johnson City.
Sullivan County’s seventh grade math proficiency numbers were well below the state average, at 21%. They had dipped to 14% in 2021 and were 22% in 2019. Washington County’s math proficiency was 48% before the pandemic.
“We’re satisfied that we’re closing the gap and showing that growth,” Washington County’s Jarrod Adams said Wednesday. “We expect to do better and honestly we’re implementing plans this summer for how we’re going to address some of our areas – particularly math and science.”
In fourth-grade ELA, Washington County’s 40% proficiency marked a return to its 2019 level after it dropped to 31% in 2021. That was again higher than Sullivan County’s, but not as widely as in math, with 36% of Sullivan County fourth-graders testing proficient.
The gaps held among economically disadvantaged students. Washington County’s fourth-grade ELA proficiency for that group was 31%, compared to 24% for Sullivan County. The difference was even greater in math, with 19% proficiency in Washington County and 11% in Sullivan.
Adams said he’s hopeful the expansion of Coalition for Kids after school programs at Jonesborough and Boones Creek elementaries will benefit efforts to narrow the gap between more and less affluent kids.
“We’ll be offering an intensive after school program for those students where they get a lot of tutoring… as well as some food — they get dinner on their way home and hopefully we see the expected growth for those students and look to expand that program in the future,” Adams said. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tn-student-testing-math-down-english-language-arts-up-compared-to-2019/ | 2022-07-07T03:35:05 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tn-student-testing-math-down-english-language-arts-up-compared-to-2019/ |
Guns and electronic control devices will soon be allowed in most Kenosha County buildings following a County Board decision that repealed a more than decade’s old ban on weapons on their premises.
Following nearly four hours of public comments and deliberations that took place late into Tuesday night, the County Board voted 14-7 to remove the weapons’ restrictions in all county buildings.
Supervisors voting for the repeal were William Grady, Brian Thomas, Zach Rodriguez, Zach Stock, board Chairman Gabe Nudo, Tim Stocker, Dave Geertsen, Amanda Nedweski, Jeff Wamboldt, Brian Bashaw, John Poole, Mark Nordigian, Erin Decker and Aaron Karow. Voting against removing the ban were supervisors Terry Rose, Jeff Gentz, Laura Belsky, Ed Kubicki, Daniel Gaschke, Andy Berg and Monica Yuhas.
While the carrying of concealed weapons will be allowed on county property, the ban will continue to cover the Kenosha County Courthouse, the public safety building, which houses both the sheriff’s department and Kenosha Police Department, jail, detention center, pretrial building and the Molinaro Building, which is part of the civic center campus west of Sheridan Road between 55th and 56th Streets, are already exempted by state law.
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Permitted gun owners, including county employees, won’t immediately be able to bring weapons into county buildings, as the employee handbook must also be revised. According to the resolution for the repeal, the new weapons policy would be expected to take effect within six months of board approval.
2nd Amendment sanctuary
The board also voted 15-6 to declare the county a sanctuary for Second Amendment rights, opposing any state or federal legislation enacted that would infringe residents’ right to bear arms. Voting for the sanctuary legislation were Grady, Thomas, Rodriguez, Stock, Nudo, Stocker, Geertsen, Nedweski, Wamboldt, Yuhas, Bashaw, Pool, Nordigian, Decker and Karow. Voting against were Rose, Gentz, Belsky, Kubicki, Gaschke and Berg.
During deliberations on the gun ban, supervisors considered a number of amendments including one that would have added Human Services to the list of county buildings where the ban currently exists. At earlier committee and County Board meetings, residents and former employees request that the board consider the ban’s extension given the stressful conditions they often face when denying services for which they may not qualify. The amendment failed.
At one point, Supervisor Terry Rose also proposed that the matter be tabled so that additional information could be gathered. Supervisor Ed Kubicki had wondered whether the policy had been vetted by the Finance and Administration Committee, which Rose chairs, given that it would also affect employees who would also be allowed to bring concealed weapons to work. That motion also failed.
At public comments, in which at least two dozen people spoke, 17 opposed the repeal, while six favored lifting the gun ban, an almost mirror opposite reflection of the board’s vote that was to come. The board, which normally allows a maximum of 90 minutes, extended the comment period at least another half hour, allowing a handful of those who were still lined up outside the chamber door prior to initial time limit to speak.
Jodi Muerhoff of Kenosha, who filed an open records request for communications between residents and County Board members on the issue said they reflected a greater than 5:1 ratio opposing lifting the ban.
“At a rate of five to one, the people of our county told you bringing guns into our buildings and parks is a bad policy,” she said.
Peggy Helgeson of Kenosha, also spoke against the repeal.
Helgeson, who said she polled board members via e-mail regarding the issue among others, indicated that most board members did not respond to her request for how they would vote and reminded them that while they are assigned to respective districts, that they also represent all county residents.
“I’m collecting data. Refusing to answer the question of a constituent, that’s data, OK? And this data is going to turn out to be a record of your performance as supervisors. If it was me, I wouldn’t want anyone to think I had something to hide,” she said.
Matt Schuetzner of Pleasant Prairie, who spoke in favor of lifting the gun ban said among the reasons the board should allow weapons was in light of recent events, including the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas that resulted in the deaths of 19 people, mostly children, after police were reportedly ordered not to enter the school building.
Closer to home, Schuetzner said that the night of the August 2020 riots in Kenosha the owner of a Downtown fitness outfit was told to “barricade the door because police would not send help.”
Normally, he said, police response times is four to five minutes for most incidents.
“Personally, I would not want to wait that long just to wait for them to arrive. I can’t imagine what it would be like to see them waiting outside,” he said.
He said county workers should have the right to protect themselves. He also alluded to the previous County Board meeting in which sheriff’s deputies had to restrain a speaker at the podium during public comments on the gun ban issue.
“Unstable, angry people, ready to pick fights … there should be no question whether a citizen may or may not defend their safety, the safety of his family,” he said.
Donald Biehn, a former County Board supervisor, said he was in favor of lifting the ban but was appalled of the lack of decorum that had been displayed among members of the public at the previous meeting.
He said he was disappointed at the partisan politics that have divided the county. He called on the board and the community to work together, as they did during the Chrysler crises of the late 1980s.
“Work together together for the community. That’s what you are when you’re a supervisor and listen to your constituents,” he said. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-board-repeals-weapons-ban-in-kenosha-county-buildings-creates-sanctuary-for-second-amendment/article_0b67be60-fd46-11ec-8e0b-0ba06c73baf3.html | 2022-07-07T03:35:39 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-board-repeals-weapons-ban-in-kenosha-county-buildings-creates-sanctuary-for-second-amendment/article_0b67be60-fd46-11ec-8e0b-0ba06c73baf3.html |
NEWVILLE, Pa. — Residents from Cumberland County and beyond are traveling to North Newtown Township for the 62nd annual Newville Lion's Club Community Fair.
The event hosts a wide variety of entertainment, from activities and games, to an abundance of food.
Upcoming activities at the fair include bingo, a hands-on animal exhibit, rides, and a tractor pull.
"I'm just glad to see people come back and us being able to share and socialize," President of the Newville Lion's Club Cathy Biscuit said. "It's nice to know a lot of people and just keep meeting new people as I go."
The event is free and will run through Saturday, July 9.
The fair runs 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday. On Friday, it runs from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. for a special fireworks display.
"Come on out and try it," Biscuit said. "We're all friendly at Newville and we love everyone."
A daily schedule and details on the event can be found here. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/62nd-annual-lions-community-fair-newville-pennsylvania/521-4f01b8f3-ecfb-4c57-ada9-05a16dac0515 | 2022-07-07T03:38:18 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/62nd-annual-lions-community-fair-newville-pennsylvania/521-4f01b8f3-ecfb-4c57-ada9-05a16dac0515 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Six days past the official deadline, Pennsylvania state lawmakers are still working on a deal to pass a roughly $42 billion budget.
The main sticking point is a problem of riches; lawmakers disagree on how to spend the state’s historic $6.22 billion tax revenue surplus.
Governor Tom Wolf and Democrats are calling for a $1.9 billion spending increase on education programs ranging from Pre-K through college.
Republicans want to save the money to offset potential future budget shortfalls, especially given that the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office predicts the state will take in $5.83 billion less in tax revenue next year.
“We need to position Pennsylvania to manage the economic headwinds before us, create a business climate that helps our employers expand and grow jobs, and provides relief for Pennsylvanians in the form of tax credits and investments,” Senate Republican spokesperson Erica Clayton Wright wrote in a statement.
Another issue has formed around a poison pill amendment to the budget passed by House Republicans, which makes funding for four state-related universities dependent on the University of Pittsburgh stopping all fetal tissue research.
Democrats are pushing to the pass the funding without restrictions.
“The most important thing is the product that is produced, but I would lying if I didn’t say that I am frustrated. This has gone on too long,” said State Rep. Matt Bradford (D-Montgomery), who serves as Democratic Chairman of the House Appropriates Committee. “We wasted the better part of a week with abortion politics and interjecting the funding of Pitt into what should have been pretty much and up-and-down vote to support our state universities.”
In a divided government where the governor is a Democrat and both chambers are controlled by Republicans, a compromise is likely. Republican leaders in both the House and Senate have signaled they’re willing to allocate a portion of Gov. Wolf’s school funding request.
A weeklong delay likely won’t affect state payments, but a longer-term stalemate could. A budget impasse in 2015 led to the short-term closure of some Pre-K programs and state-funded domestic violence shelters.
Leaders in both parties remained tight lipped about negotiation specifics on Wednesday, but said they hoped to pass the budget by Thursday.
“We continue to make steady, positive progress on finalizing the state budget. We anticipate being in a position to complete the legislative process of passing the budget and associated legislation in short order,” House Republican spokesperson Jason Gottesman wrote in a statement. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pennsylvania-no-budget-deadline/521-ce540964-562a-47fa-ab8a-701f403d8855 | 2022-07-07T03:38:24 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pennsylvania-no-budget-deadline/521-ce540964-562a-47fa-ab8a-701f403d8855 |
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — It’s been 10 years since Lake Oswego officially prohibited access to its central lake from city parks, and almost as long since Mark Kramer and Todd Prager filed a lawsuit challenging the ordinance. There’s still no official determination about the rule’s legality, but an upcoming trial might finally provide an answer.
The advisory jury trial scheduled for later this month is the second of two phases in the case and will focus on the ordinance itself. The first phase was argued back in March and focused on the prerequisite question of whether the public has a right to access Oswego Lake under state law.
Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge Ann Lininger largely sided with the plaintiffs in phase one, ruling that the lake is subject to Oregon’s public trust doctrine, which holds that the state is obligated to preserve public access to waterways that were navigable when Oregon achieved statehood in 1859.
The access rule
Lake Oswego passed the ordinance at the heart of the case in 2012, prohibiting anyone from using the city’s three public lakeside parks to enter the lake on foot or launch any watercraft. Kramer and Prager filed their lawsuit later that year against the city and the state.
Almost all other land around the perimeter of the lake is private property, making the rule a de facto ban for anyone who doesn’t have a lakeside home or a deeded access easement recognized by the Lake Oswego Corporation, the waterfront property owner consortium that manages the lake. The Corporation joined the case as a co-defendant.
The lake is naturally occurring and was known as Sucker Lake at the time of Oregon’s founding, which Kramer and Prager argued makes it subject to the public trust doctrine and makes the city’s parks rule illegal, according to a summary in Lininger’s phase one verdict.
But its footprint was later artificially expanded from about 230 acres to about 385 through the addition of a dam at the eastern end, which the Lake Oswego Corporation argued places the modern lake outside the doctrine, according to Lininger’s summary.
The city has argued that the parks weren’t designed with lake access in mind, and allowing access would create safety and liability risks, according to the Portland Tribune.
Kramer and Prager lost in Clackamas County Circuit Court and again in the Oregon Court of Appeals, but they appealed to the Oregon Supreme Court and in 2019 the Court declined to rule on the central question and sent the case back for re-evaluation, landing it back in Clackamas County Circuit Court nearly a decade after it was originally filed.
Phase one
Phase one concluded in April when Lininger ruled that Sucker Lake was navigable at statehood and Oregon therefore owns the lakebed up to the original high-water mark. She also ruled that the public trust doctrine – and the resulting right of public access – expanded along with the lake and applies to the entire modern body of water.
“Oswego Lake consists primarily of title-navigable waters. Despite that, the lake has been functionally privatized,” Lininger wrote. “After statehood, private parties artificially raised the lake level for private benefit… There is no meaningful way to segregate the public trust water from other water in the lake; it intermixes and flows together.”
Any city or state interference with the public right of access must be “objectively reasonable,” she wrote, setting up the criterion that will be used to evaluate the city’s park access ordinance in phase two.
Speaking to KGW on Wednesday, Lake Oswego Corporation general manager Jeff Ward said he was surprised that the doctrine would apply to the whole lake, but said there were additional concerns that could factor into the reasonability of the access restrictions such as water quality and safety issues – particularly regarding interactions between motorized and nonmotorized watercraft.
“Many people who launch, we’ve observed, don’t have the proper safety equipment that’s required on every body of water, and have no idea what the safety rules on the lake are to safely navigate,” he said. “So that would be our main concern as far as people launching. We do have a lake patrol here that has authority over our own people, because they signed something saying they’ll obey the direction of lake patrol, but that doesn’t apply to someone who’s not a member of the Lake Oswego Corporation.”
Kramer did not reply to a request for comment. Prager acknowledged receipt of a request for comment but did not get back to KGW on Wednesday.
Phase two
Lake Oswego released a statement after the ruling reiterating its stance that public access through the parks would be unsafe, but last month the city council voted to begin a review of the park rules relating to lake access. City attorney Jason Loos said the current park rules won’t change during the review, and the city isn’t giving up on defending itself in phase two.
“Frankly, we don’t really know what the [phase one] ruling means, which is why we want to initiate a public process,” he said during the council meeting.
The phase two advisory jury trial is scheduled to begin July 19 and run for two weeks. An initial hearing scheduled for Wednesday was intended to focus on several motions filed by each side about evidence that they requested be excluded from the trial, but it ended up centering on a request by the Lake Oswego Corporation that Lininger recuse herself.
In a letter send to Lininger last week, the corporation wrote that during discovery, it had obtained emails indicating that in 2014 the plaintiffs sought a meeting with Lininger, who at the time was serving as an Oregon State Representative, to lobby for a legislative fix to the lake access dispute.
Lininger declined to recuse herself, according to Ward, and the case’s page in the Clackamas County Circuit Court system still lists her as the judge for the upcoming trial. The hearing for the evidence exclusion motions is now scheduled for Monday.
The trail will wrap up the circuit court proceedings, but it won’t necessarily mark the end of the road for the overall case. The case has been appealed multiple times in the past, and Ward acknowledged the possibility that it could happen again.
“There are many parties involved, so what I will say is there’s a way that this – the final result of the trial could come out that there’s more than one party who may or may not want to appeal. For our part, we’re just keeping all of our options open,” he said. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/trial-will-answer-oswego-lake-access-question/283-ebd5695d-8d11-4703-83b7-66c19d789ccf | 2022-07-07T03:39:12 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/trial-will-answer-oswego-lake-access-question/283-ebd5695d-8d11-4703-83b7-66c19d789ccf |
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A company that has performed appraisals on some of Donald Trump’s most prized properties has been held in contempt of court for missing a deadline to turn over documents in the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into the former president’s business practices.
Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron said late Tuesday that real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield had shown a “willful failure” to comply with Attorney General Letitia James’ subpoenas, which sought records on Trump properties including a suburban Seven Springs Estate, Wall Street office building, Chicago skyscraper and Los Angeles golf course.
Engoron ordered Cushman & Wakefield to pay a fine of $10,000 per day, beginning Thursday, for each day that it fails to fully comply with James’ subpoenas. The same judge recently lifted a contempt order for Trump after a two-month legal fight over his slow response to a subpoena for documents in James’ probe.
Engoron, in a written order posted to the court docket Wednesday morning, appeared incensed that Cushman & Wakefield had asked for him for more time after missing a June 27 deadline that he’d set for the company to turn over subpoenaed documents. The company said last year it would no longer do business with Trump’s company, Trump Organization.
“Cushman & Wakefield has only itself to blame if it chose to treat the looming deadlines cavalierly,” Engoron wrote, noting that each delay only prejudices James’ investigation and, “indirectly, the people of New York State.”
Cushman & Wakefield said it will appeal Engoron’s ruling, which came after months of legal jousting between the company’s lawyers and James’ office.
In a written statement, Cushman & Wakefield said Engoron’s contempt finding “demonstrates a failure to understand the extreme lengths Cushman has gone to comply with the Court’s order.”
“We have gone to great expense and effort to quickly identify, collect, review and produce the massive set of documents requested by (James’ office), and we have now produced over hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and over 650 appraisals since the last subpoena was issued in February 2022,” the company said.
James' subpoenas not only sought records pertaining to Cushman & Wakefield’s work for Trump, but also appraisals the company performed on other properties not owned by Trump. As of February, the company said it had spent more than $500,000 on storing documents sought in James’ investigation.
James, a Democrat, has said her three-year investigation uncovered evidence that Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, misstated the value of assets like skyscrapers and golf courses on financial statements for over a decade.
Trump, a Republican, has denied the allegations. He has said James’ investigation is part of a politically motivated “witch hunt.”
A message seeking comment was left with Trump’s spokesperson.
James’ office pushed for sanctions against Cushman & Wakefield and welcomed the contempt finding.
“Cushman & Wakefield’s work for Donald Trump and the Trump Organization is clearly relevant to our investigation, and we’re pleased that the court has recognized that and taken action to force Cushman to comply with our subpoenas,” James said in a statement. “No person or company, no matter how powerful, is above the law.”
In addition to appraisals, Cushman & Wakefield provided brokerage services for years for Trump and his company, the Trump Organization. James’ office has served multiple subpoenas on the company, including last September and in February.
In addition to information about Trump’s properties, James’ office is also seeking documents pertaining to Cushman & Wakefield’s larger business relationship with the Trump Organization, the attorney general’s office said.
In a separate subpoena battle, Engoron declared Trump in contempt of court on April 25 for being slow to respond to a subpoena issued by James’ office, only lifting the order late last month. Trump paid $110,000 in fines he racked up as a result of the contempt finding.
Trump and his two oldest children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., are scheduled to testify under oath in James’ investigation starting July 15 after the state’s highest court rejected his last-ditch attempt to avoid a subpoena. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/trump-property-appraiser-held-in-contempt-for-missing-deadline-in-ny-civil-probe/3764263/ | 2022-07-07T03:44:39 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/trump-property-appraiser-held-in-contempt-for-missing-deadline-in-ny-civil-probe/3764263/ |
Authorities in South Dakota have arrested escaped inmate David Corn and an Aberdeen woman they say helped an him flee from the Missouri River Correctional Center south of Bismarck.
Emily Margolies, 35, allegedly admitted to police that she picked up Corn at the center Tuesday morning, according to North Dakota Highway Patrol documents.
Burleigh County authorities issued an arrest warrant for Margolies on Wednesday. She was arrested in Aberdeen around midday. Margolies is charged in Burleigh County with felony conspiracy to commit escape and accomplice to escape, court records show.
Corn was located and taken into custody by the Aberdeen Police Department later Wednesday night.
The Patrol during its investigation learned from Dickey County authorities that Corn, from Forbes, was active on Facebook under the name Mitch Connor. He updated his profile picture Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
Corn, 35, is 6 feet tall, weighs 370 pounds, and has red hair and brown eyes. Burleigh County authorities issued an arrest warrant for him on felony charges of conspiracy to commit escape and escape.
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Telephone calls recorded at the center and reviewed by police after Corn left the minimum-security facility showed that he had made arrangements with a woman to be picked up about 6:15 a.m. Tuesday. The woman said she would be driving a white Suburban, the Patrol affidavit states.
Correction center officials notified the Patrol that Corn left the center in a white, early 2000s Suburban with no license plates driven by a female with “very blond long hair.” The vehicle initially didn't attract notice because it resembled other vehicles on the property.
Information on the recorded calls included a phone number that officials confirmed belonged to Margolies, the affidavit states.
Troopers say Corn later used Margolies’ phone to call a known drug dealer in Dickey County.
Corn pleaded guilty in April to fleeing police, drug possession with intent to deliver, and unauthorized use of a vehicle. The charges were filed in Dickey County in November 2021. A judge sentenced him to three years in prison and three years on probation, court records show. He’d been at the center since May 26, had a scheduled good behavior release date of June 1, 2024, and a maximum release date of Nov. 28, 2024, the Patrol document states. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/escaped-mrcc-inmate-taken-into-custody-in-south-dakota/article_d13c1d72-fd76-11ec-b65b-578e4072b015.html | 2022-07-07T03:51:42 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/escaped-mrcc-inmate-taken-into-custody-in-south-dakota/article_d13c1d72-fd76-11ec-b65b-578e4072b015.html |
ALTAVISTA, Va. – Body camera video captured Altavista police and paramedics treating two men from a near-drowning at English Park.
Officer Scott Earhart was there Monday evening, but he says there was another caregiver who was first on the scene.
“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,” said Earhart.
After the original story aired Tuesday, 10 News found the combat medic that saved the victim.
Army veteran Connie Peresada was on a walk with Marine veteran Bob Lyon, when they heard the cries for help.
“A family was having a picnic and we realized something was wrong, so we ran down the embankment,” said Peresada.
Peresada said they found three unconscious men – a teenager and two adults – by the shoreline.
Lyon ran up the embankment to call 911.
Peresada said the family did not know how to perform CPR, so she jumped in to save the teenager.
A language barrier prevented her ability to communicate with the family,
“There was an older family member with a mustache who motioned hand gestures to let him understand [how to perform CPR]. He would mimic [me] and started to do CPR in the correct location,” said Peresada.
The family saved the second victim as emergency crews arrived, then police revived the third unconscious man.
“The timing was there. It was only on God because we were going to stop when we got to the back of the park,” said Lyon.
Lyon and Peresada were at the park to get some fresh air because Lyon underwent heart surgery last week and Peresada is battling stage four cancer.
They work nearby at the National Center for Healthy Veterans and said it was an honor to be a part of the miracle.
“That could’ve been the worst day of their lives, and instead it turned out to be a blessing,” said Lyon. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/07/meet-the-veterans-who-saved-near-drowning-victims-as-altavista-police-arrived-on-scene/ | 2022-07-07T04:00:42 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/07/meet-the-veterans-who-saved-near-drowning-victims-as-altavista-police-arrived-on-scene/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke is known for the wide variety of outdoor recreation it has to offer, like hiking, biking and river sports.
And coming soon, an in-river kayak park.
The kayak park will be located in the Roanoke River by Wasena Park.
It’s very exciting. It’s obviously taken a lot of work from a lot of places so it’s been very gratifying to see it happen. And we are just very proud,” said Marketing Director for City of Roanoke’s Parks and Recreation, Molly Hagan.
It will add challenges for kayakers by introducing features like rocks and more sand to create manmade rapids.
While still offering a leisurely place to enjoy the river, either by floating, swimming or sun tanning.
“It’s going to enhance the river for all types of users. There are going to be natural features that help give rapids for kayakers but you can also float in a tube and enjoy that experience as well. There are also going to be things like large boulders that you can sunbathe on or bring your kids and splash in the shallower parts of the river,” said Hagan.
The new attraction is also expected to bring more visitors to the Roanoke River.
“This is going to be a new reason they’re coming here. And when they come, they stop at gas stations, they book hotel rooms, sometimes they book a kayak rental so this is definitely an economic driver for sure,” said Hagan.
The $2 million project is being funded by the American Rescue Plan Act.
Construction must begin by the latest 2024 and completed by 2026, according to funding requirements. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/07/roanoke-set-to-build-2-million-in-river-kayak-park-near-wasena-park/ | 2022-07-07T04:00:48 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/07/roanoke-set-to-build-2-million-in-river-kayak-park-near-wasena-park/ |
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Midlander Colbie York is applying to occupational therapy graduate schools, and her resume is unique. For the past eight years, she’s been a school mascot, and she wasn’t a gymnast or cheerleader first.
As a freshman at Midland High, she prepared a skit on how to become “Spike,” the bulldog mascot. Painting a pizza box yellow and black and titling it “Mascot Book for Dummies,” she demonstrated her school spirit and how she could invigorate a crowd. For four years, she donned the purple onesie, the padded foam feet, and the 5-pound bulldog head and cavorted through the sports seasons.
Perhaps the fact that her father, Bishop Greene, had been the mascot at Sam Houston State University influenced her, but she said she didn’t make him aware of her tryout until she sent in the paperwork.
She explained, “I was always an extrovert but maybe not as much as you might expect from the mascot. It was a very random thing for me and an outlet for my personality.”
At Midland High, one person served as mascot and a sponsor oversaw her antics along with the cheer team.
As college loomed, Colbie admitted she applied to Baylor University with the idea of trying out for its mascot teams. “Bruiser,” the bear was just getting a sidekick, “Marigold.” Colbie remembers she drove to Waco prom weekend to try out during Baylor’s spring game.
At Baylor, there are four to eight people on each of the two mascot teams. Bruiser and Marigold have their own walk, characteristics, and personalities, she stated. Therefore, one either wore the Bruiser or Marigold costume, and she was a Marigold.
Lest you think this was an ad-lib situation, it was not. At 6 a.m., two or three times per week depending upon the sports season, the two mascot teams met to brainstorm, review Tik Tok and social media and develop their performances. That preparation paid off as Marigold won mascot nationals twice.
Since Marigold was a new addition to the sidelines, her first costume was an old Bruiser suit with long eyelashes and a crown of marigolds added. Eventually, during the four years Colbie wore it, Marigold received a makeover -- a beautiful brown bear suit topped with a line jersey, green tennis skirt and fancy flowered crown. Colbie even received her own suit for safety protocols when COVID-19 became an issue.
During football season, Marigold stirred up the freshman students who traditionally run across the field at the beginning of every game. Throughout the quarters, she and Bruiser (and their two handlers) walked among the crowd, interacting with fans and participating in sponsored events like photos in the President’s Suite. They even attended out-of-town games to rally the crowds.
For basketball, Colbie says Bruiser and Marigold split up, and she attended many in-town women’s games as well as volleyball games. She threw T-shirts into the stands and gave away pizzas to spirited fans. On one occasion each year, she participated in a halftime show with the cheer and dance teams.
Colbie recounts that her freshman year, the football team went 11-1 which gave fans hope. The next year, Baylor won the women’s basketball championship. As Marigold, she attended two football conference championships and went out-of-town three times for basketball playoff games.
When did Colbie study for her kinesiology degree? She says that’s why there were four to eight students on each mascot team. They were divided into squads, so during football games the mascots switched off every quarter. Each squad attended two to three basketball games, and their sponsor kept tabs on members’ attitudes, grades and availability. Colbie estimates she performed at 32 football games, 16 basketball games and 12 volleyball games during her four years as Marigold – the lovable Baylor bear. Colbie said she even was nominated to the Baylor homecoming court.
“The last four years have been amazing,” Colbie said, “and I’ll definitely miss it.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/A-golden-opportunity-MHS-grad-enjoys-four-17288269.php | 2022-07-07T04:07:45 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/A-golden-opportunity-MHS-grad-enjoys-four-17288269.php |
Commercial Real Estate firm Shannon Waltchack acquired a 46,619-square-foot shopping center Borgata Neighborhood Center in Midland – the seventh acquisition in SW’s latest fund, SW Neighborhood Centers II, which is focused on acquiring neighborhood centers in target markets throughout the country, according to a press release.
This is Shannon Waltchack’s first deal in the Lone Star State.
Borgata Neighborhood Center is located at Loop 250 and Holiday Hill Road. The center has 15 retail suites with established, long-term leases in place, the press release stated. The tenants are service-oriented businesses, including restaurant, medical and educational users. The center was built in 2015, allowing for three separate drive-thrus for quick service restaurant tenants. Tenants include Little Woodrow’s, Tea2Go, Jamba Juice, Urban Glo Blow Dry Bar, Texas Sun Winery, CycleBar and Don Tomas Café.
A listing at loopnet.com updated on June 20 showed a sales price of $18.15 million. Shannon Waltchack’s press release didn’t show a purchase price.
“We are excited to add Borgata Neighborhood Center to the SWNC II portfolio. With its great
tenant line-up, strong demographics, and location near a major highway, this center will
continue to serve the Midland community well,” said President and Partner Andrew Patterson in the press release. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Alabama-firm-acquires-NW-Midland-shopping-center-17288042.php | 2022-07-07T04:07:52 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Alabama-firm-acquires-NW-Midland-shopping-center-17288042.php |
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The City of Midland is working on new recycling/large item/yard waste sites to replace the one currently taking in nearly 1,000 tons a year.
Midland’s current recycling situation has residents take objects that can be recycled or other waste to the Citizens Collection Station, 4100 Smith Road, or Butt’s Recycling Center, 26 W. Industrial Loop.
That will change in a little more than a year, according to Jeffrey Ahrlett, director of Solid Waste for the City of Midland. He said the city is currently in the “design phase” for new city stations that will replace the north central Midland location, which is located just north of ClayDesta. Once designs are completed the stations will go out for bid, and construction is expected to take a year.
New facilities are expected to be on the southwest and northeast sides of Midland, Ahrlett said.
Ahrlett said the Citizens Collection Station has served Midland well. More Midlanders were introduced to the station when city recycling operations were consolidated from numerous locations around Midland. Ahrlett said that the amount of recycling dipped to about 50 tons a month when the move to one location took place. However after about six months, numbers started to increase to where it currently stands – 80 tons of month.
When it comes to recycling accepted, the Citizens Collection Station and Butt’s Recycling both take No. 1 and 2 plastics, cardboard and aluminum. The city collection site also takes yard waste, including tree branches, trunks and stumps. The city does its own mulching, which Ahrlett said can cause a “mulch storm,” another reason larger, more isolated areas will be planned.
“It’s not ideal in the middle of town, right around businesses,” Ahrlett said.
In a conversation with the Reporter-Telegram, Ahrlett reiterated that while there are Midlanders who want to see recycling picked up curbside, that would create a few issues like cost and a transition from alley pickup that he said residents of Midland might not be ready for.
There also isn’t a huge demand for the recycling products that the city picks up, he said, with one recycler in Midland.
Ahrlett also said that while the Citizens Collection Station remains open there shouldn’t be any issues with the drilling that is set to take place around Airpark.
Lastly, Ahrlett said that construction debris is not allowed at the collection station. He added there is staff on hand to help answer questions from dropping off the right recycling, large items or yard waste. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/City-working-on-new-recycling-center-sites-17288288.php | 2022-07-07T04:07:58 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/City-working-on-new-recycling-center-sites-17288288.php |
The City of Midland held an ice cream meet-and-greet Wednesday, so residents could meet Ty Coleman, the new Animal Services manager.
Coleman has 10 years of animal services experience, having served in various roles, including kennel technician and field supervisor, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. His most recent role was Animal Services manager for the City of Sherman.
Editor’s Note: Check out a question-and-answer with Coleman in an upcoming edition. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Midlanders-meet-new-Animal-Services-manager-17288163.php | 2022-07-07T04:08:04 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Midlanders-meet-new-Animal-Services-manager-17288163.php |
NANTICOKE, Pa. — A longtime Polka legend from Luzerne County was honored for a very different type of work.
If you're a fan of the Pennsylvania Polka, you probably know John "Stanky" Stankovic.
The Nanticoke native was inducted into the Polka Hall of Fame back in 2019.
But he's also spent the last 60 years as a member of the Nanticoke Fire Department.
Now, he was honored for his dedication.
"I loved doing this and if I felt a little better, I'd still be doing it," Stankovic said. "To be with this company for all those years, it's been a pleasure."
Stanky was given a plaque to commemorate the occasion in Nanticoke.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/polka-legend-honored-by-fire-department-in-luzerne-county-john-stanky-stankovic/523-cdda0ea8-0c19-4afc-a940-1c747d18e823 | 2022-07-07T04:10:38 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/polka-legend-honored-by-fire-department-in-luzerne-county-john-stanky-stankovic/523-cdda0ea8-0c19-4afc-a940-1c747d18e823 |
MAUMELLE, Ark. — Summer has arrived, and it has been in full force. When it's blazing hot outside, most people try to stay indoors. Some people, such as firefighters, cannot though, because their jobs require them to go out and fight the blazes.
The first responders have to wear heavy gear before heading out to the fires. And as you could imagine, things get a bit hot during this time of the year.
Tanner Johnson is a Lieutenant Paramedic for the Maumelle Fire Department.
"We never really fight fire in pretty weather," Johnson said.
He added that beating the heat isn't always an easy task.
During the scorching weather, the Maumelle Fire Department will bring in an extra set of first responders from nearby fire departments so that they have more manpower.
"We try to rotate them through to where we don't overwork out guys and push them into this heatstroke or heat exhaustion symptoms," said Johnson.
They implemented that extra step because first responders oftentimes enter burning buildings and those conditions can be quite extreme.
Johnson said, "It can be upwards of several 100 degrees inside some of these homes and it's hot. You can feel it."
Firefighters are typically dressed head to toe in body gear that can weigh nearly 100 pounds, all while having to work in extreme temperatures.
"A normal layer, full face mask, [and] from there, we wear a jacket that is built out of several layers and then from there, we wear bunker pants," Johnson described.
Water, of course, is something that is very highly used in his job.
"Before going to work, what I really try to do is to hydrate myself before I come in and make sure that I've had the adequate amount of water before I come on duty," Johnson stated.
The extreme temperatures inside a burning structure create challenges.
"You're trying to help their property. I'm not as worried about me in the high heat as I am just getting in and completing the job," Johnson said.
The brave firefighters understand that no matter what the weather is like, the call to an emergency is always one that must be answered.
"Snow to blaze, we're going to be there and we got to be prepared and ready to go," Johnson said.
Johnson also mentioned that when crews get back from a day of helping others, they also get checked out.
Firefighters must go through a protocol and get an infusion of fluids so they are prepared to answer the next bell. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-firefighters-beat-heat/91-f9e725b2-00ba-4bac-bd36-310636d498b0 | 2022-07-07T04:12:04 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-firefighters-beat-heat/91-f9e725b2-00ba-4bac-bd36-310636d498b0 |
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — The West Memphis Three have been fighting back after a judge denied their petition to test new DNA evidence just over two weeks ago.
Damien Echols tweeted that under the law for a process called 'Habeas Corpus' he is within his rights to file for further DNA testing of evidence from the case.
He has once again been in the national spotlight with countless people from around the country that have offered their help.
"Doesn't anyone want to be a hero here? The state can test the evidence whenever they want and they're just not doing it," said Gillian Pensavalle, Echols' friend and the creator of the True Crime Obsessed podcast.
On June 23, the West Memphis Three were in court to petition for newly discovered evidence to be tested for DNA.
Judge Tonya Alexander denied the petition, because she said that a Habeas Corpus petition cannot be filed unless you're being held under the state's custody-- which Echols is not.
But people have said that ruling was incorrect and that under Arkansas law Echols did have the right to file this case.
"Damien's DNA petition should have been granted," said Bob Ruff, creator of Truth and Justice podcast.
Ruff mentioned that one of his listeners researched the law and discovered an additional clause. It said that a convict is able to file a Habeas petition if they allege "actual innocence".
"The fact that he's not in prison should not have been a requirement for Habeas according to Arkansas law," said Ruff.
When we reached out Lonnie Soury, a member of Echols' defense team on the phone, he mentioned that they are in the process of appealing the judge's decision.
"We certainly believe we have every right legally, morally and ethically to have the right to test the DNA," said Soury.
We also reached out to the prosecuting attorney, but have not heard back. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/west-memphis-three-disagree-court-ruling-appeal/91-cd6da799-bbd7-4e03-8a23-644a98c09180 | 2022-07-07T04:12:11 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/west-memphis-three-disagree-court-ruling-appeal/91-cd6da799-bbd7-4e03-8a23-644a98c09180 |
HOMEWOOD, Calif. — Michael Sickle of Sacramento woke up on the Fourth of July like he does every morning, but what happened next was far from ordinary...
“Come to find out a bear had broken into my car. Looked to me like it had gotten stuck in there and freaked out and completely tore apart the interior of my vehicle,” said Sickle.
He and his family were staying at their cabin in Homewood on Lake Tahoe. It's something they’ve done for decades, so they’re no stranger to bear-proofing their belongings.
“We've gotten all the bear box protections, precautions,” explained Sickle. “We always take all the food out of our vehicles… we try to keep our cars completely free of gum, anything, any sort of fragrance. It still never fails. The bears seem like they're getting more confident and less afraid of us."
His sister, Mackenzie Sickle, posted the video to Instagram.
“A lot of people are shocked and asking questions like, 'Oh my gosh, a bear did that?' And it's like, 'Yeah!'" she said.
Her family spotted a big black bear in their neighborhood the day before. Although they don’t know if it was the same one who broke into the truck, it's just one more reminder bears are out and about in Tahoe-area neighborhoods.
“We just want to keep people aware and safety is big when you're in Tahoe,” she said.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) says Tahoe visitors should dispose of garbage properly, using bear-proof bins; never approach a bear; don’t leave food in your vehicle, and do not feed the bears -- it’s actually illegal.
CDFW Supervising Wildlife Biologist Jason Holley said while 2022 is shaping up to be a typical year for bear activity, holiday weekends during the summer are when the department normally sees an uptick in bear activity since more visitors mean more trash for the bears to be attracted to.
“It makes sad evolutionary sense that they’d get their calories for the day in someone’s garbage or kitchen, if left unattended, versus foraging the forest looking for grubs, berries or grasses,” Holley said, adding it usually takes bears hours to forage for their daily calorie need, whereas they can achieve the same goal with one garbage can in a matter of minutes.
The CDFW has a site for bear tips here.
If you’re wondering about the truck, Sickle says it still runs.
“I had to drive it home, which was very loud with the sunroof wide open,” he said.
He has insurance and is in the process of filing a claim. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/bear-rips-interior-of-mans-truck-to-shreds/103-0c8d6ec0-6c98-4494-8dc3-10d4f4f6feaa | 2022-07-07T04:17:39 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/bear-rips-interior-of-mans-truck-to-shreds/103-0c8d6ec0-6c98-4494-8dc3-10d4f4f6feaa |
BOISE, Idaho — Grassroots non-profit Reclaim Idaho delivered around 100,000 signatures to the Idaho Secretary of State's office to get their Quality Education Act on the November ballot.
Individual counties have already verified these signatures, according to Reclaim Idaho Co-Founder Luke Mayville. The Secretary of State's office will review, and confirm, the petition before the Quality Education Act official makes the ballot.
The Quality Education Act aims to collect $323,526,400 annually for Idaho public schools. The initiative would create a new tax bracket for any person earning more than 250-thousand dollars a year, or a married couple earning more than half-a-million dollars.
Each dollar earned above this threshold would be taxed at 10.925%.
"These things need to be funded. Our legislators are not doing what they need to do," Twin Fall second grade teacher Leah Jones said. "This isn't gonna solve all the problems in public schools, but it's a good start because we have been going down since I started."
Leah Jones signed the petition.
She loves her job as a teacher; however, staffing shortages, low wages, and stress to fill in the gaps has overshadowed the classroom moments she cherishes the most.
"I love seeing them grow, I love seeing them learn," Jones said.
However, it's tough to help these kids grow without the necessary resources, according to Jones.
"I won’t leave the state. I'm gonna stay with my family, but I have thought about leaving the profession and going to a different profession, because I'm so tired," Jones said.
Jones is specifically tired of being in last place.
Idaho is dead last in the country for per-student spending, according to a 2021-22 ranking report from the National Education Association. The Gem State spends $8,662 annually per student. Utah is the only other state spending less than $10,000.
"These kids need so much. So much more than what we're doing - than what we can give. We need more help," Jones said.
A chain of matching green-shirt Reclaim Idaho supporters extended their hands to offer that help, hand delivering the 100,000 signatures, in colorful backpacks, to the Secretary of State's office.
The Quality Education Act also increases the corporate tax rate from 6% up to 8%; however, local business owner Gary Multanen still supports the proposed initiative.
Multanen is the chairman of Bestbath in Caldwell. Educated and skilled workers are in high demand, Multanen said. Bestbath is often on the hook to assist entry-level employees finish high school or even consider further education.
"We just have a legislature that is absolutely not doing its job with education," Multanen said. "If you take pride in being last in the nation, then keep that attitude. If you'd like to see Idaho climb up in the ranks, then you need to be willing to pay more taxes, end of story."
An Initiative needs 65,000 valid signatures from registered Idaho voters to get on a ballot. Those signatures also must represent at least 6% of 18 different legislative districts across the state.
An initiative needs 50 percent plus one vote to become state law, and the outcome of this vote could be a deciding factor for Leah Jones and other educators.
"I might be one of those teachers that I've watched leave, that went to college to be a teacher, that loves teaching and working with kids. And I just can't anymore," Jones said. "There will be more like me leaving if nothing changes. And they'll be shorter on teachers. They're already short. It's just not, it's not fair to our students. They deserve quality educators."
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BOISE, Idaho — Most of us have probably drove through a car wash, but have you ever wondered what it would be like to go through one with the top down? One local car wash is giving some people that chance.
On Friday, Blue Bird Express will take eight people through the car wash in a convertible.
“This is one of my crazy ideas that we've kind of brought to reality,“ said John Michael Fery, President and Founder of Blue Bird Express. “I've often wondered, what would it be like to go through the car wash in a convertible? You know, we often get customers joking, what if I leave my windows down? So we said, why not just do it.”
So Fery and his maintenance facilities team found a car, chopped off the top of it and converted it into a convertible. They then turned the opportunity into a raffle. They notified the lucky winners last week.
“That was a pretty funny phone call to make,” Fery said. “It's going to be a safe version, I can promise you that, but it will be a very wet and pretty comical experience.”
But how are they going to do this safely?
“So, everyone will be wearing PPE or protective equipment to make sure that their eyes and ears are nice and safe and then my chemist actually designed a very special batch of chemistry for this. What people don't often know is that there are some products in some shampoos, so these effectively made a carwash shampoo, which we'll be using for all of the chemistry,” Fery said.
He adds, they will be turning off the majority of the high-pressure equipment typically used in car washes to ensure safety.
“But what they can plan on is a lot of foam and a lot of water and it should be entertaining,” Fery said.
The event is happening at 4 p.m. on Friday at their Fairview location (7547 W Fairview Ave, Boise, ID 83704). Fery invited the community to come and out watch.
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See the latest news from around the Treasure Valley and the Gem State in our YouTube playlist: | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/boises-blue-bird-express-selects-people-ride-through-car-wash-convertible/277-79f251be-c219-40bf-b83d-171369750870 | 2022-07-07T04:18:04 | 0 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/boises-blue-bird-express-selects-people-ride-through-car-wash-convertible/277-79f251be-c219-40bf-b83d-171369750870 |
Eleven Indiana food banks, including three serving northeast Indiana, will receive a combined total of $1 million in state money to support efforts in feeding those in need.
Among the food banks receiving money for fiscal year 2023 are Community Harvest Food Bank in Fort Wayne, which will get $101,400; Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central IN, which serves Wabash County, will get $77,500; and Food Bank of Northern Indiana, which serves Kosciusko County, will get $115,000.
The Indiana General Assembly provided the funding as part of its biennial budget. The distribution amounts were determined using the Emergency Food Assistance Program fair share percentages for Indiana, which reports poverty and unemployment levels in each county.
According to Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, nearly 1 in 6 Americans received food assistance from the charitable sector last year.
“Our member food banks continue to see clients in numbers well above 2019 levels,” said Emily Bryant, executive director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, in a statement Wednesday. “New and pressing challenges – including war abroad and inflation and higher costs of food, gas and other necessities – are impacting the ability of individuals and families, especially with lower incomes, to make ends meet. For any Hoosier to be unsure from where their next meal will come is unacceptable.
“We’re grateful for the support of the General Assembly, Lt. Gov. (Suzanne) Crouch and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture for providing additional support to our members to enable them to increase their capacity and ability to serve their communities.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/area-food-banks-get-grants/article_55853d7c-fd70-11ec-9252-33204adb1197.html | 2022-07-07T04:25:59 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/area-food-banks-get-grants/article_55853d7c-fd70-11ec-9252-33204adb1197.html |
A Fort Wayne man accused of trying to run down a police officer with his SUV while leading a high-speed chase from Auburn to Fort Wayne now faces multiple charges.
While allegedly driving toward the New Haven officer at high speed, Mark Eric Lane, 65, was shot at six times Saturday by two New Haven officers.
Pending charges listed against Lane in online court records include three felonies: criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, resisting law enforcement using a vehicle, and resisting law enforcement causing bodily injury. Each felony carries a sentence of six months to two years and six months.
Pending charges also include two misdemeanors: striking a law enforcement animal and resisting law enforcement.
Lane was released from Allen County Jail on his own recognizance Tuesday, online court records said.
On Wednesday, the New Haven Police Department identified the officers involved in the shooting as Sgt. Landon Sell, who’s been with the department five years, and Officer Michael Doughty, who’s been with the department for a year and a half.
Both are on administrative leave, a standard practice when officers are involved in a shooting, New Haven Police Chief Jeff McCracken said.
The department reviewed video from the officers’ body cameras and is investigating. The Indiana State Police are conducting a parallel investigation of the chase. It’s a common practice for state police to conduct a neutral investigation when another agency has used force, especially with a firearm, said Sgt. Brian Walker, a district spokesman for state police.
Lane’s chase started at 6:57 p.m. in DeKalb County near the 332 mile marker of Interstate 69, court records said. An Auburn police officer who contacted Fort Wayne police for help said he tried to stop Lane’s black 2007 Mercedes GL450 for speeding.
Lane allegedly reached 117 mph when he crossed into Allen County around 7 p.m. and was driving at 100 mph after he passed the intersection of State Boulevard and Maysville Road on the east side of Fort Wayne, court records said. Fort Wayne officers had joined the chase.
New Haven police were alerted that Lane was heading their way, driving east on Lake Avenue. Sell and Doughty parked their squads to clear traffic out of the Maplecrest Road and Lake intersection, and Doughty went to look for his stop sticks, devices used to puncture tires and slow vehicles.
About 7:15 p.m., Sell saw Lane’s vehicle coming with Fort Wayne police vehicles in pursuit. Lane stopped the Mercedes abruptly west of the intersection and put his hands in the air, then put the left hand out the window and extend his middle finger at Sell before putting his hands back on the steering wheel, according to court records.
Sell pulled his duty firearm and pointed it at Lane to make a traffic stop. He saw Lane turn the steering wheel toward his direction, heard the vehicle rev and saw the front go up, indicating it was accelerating quickly, documents said.
Doughty heard Sell yell stop and saw Lane accelerate towards Sell, court records said. Sell said he walked backward to his vehicle and was in fear of being pinned between the vehicles. He fired three shots at the vehicle, and Doughty fired three shots as the SUV went past him. None of the bullets hit Lane.
A review of body cam footage upholds the officers’ stories, court documents said.
At 7:17 p.m., Lane pulled into his driveway in the 7500 block of Scarlet Court and left his vehicle. He moved aggressively toward officers, one of the probable cause affidavits in Lane’s files said.
Lane didn’t comply when officers told him to get on the ground. When a K9 officer was let loose to apprehend Lane and bit him, he swung the dog with force, hitting his vehicle with the dog, which dropped to the ground, court documents said.
Lane attempted to get to his home as officers tried to subdue him, and when the dog bit him again, Lane dropped on the K9 officer and put pressure on the dog’s neck, court records said.
While officers tried to arrest Lane, he ripped off one of the body cams while resisting.
Afterward, he was bleeding from injuries and caused at least one officer to bleed from bruises.
After being read his Miranda rights, Lane allegedly said he was aware of being chased but refused to stop because he wasn’t speeding and he didn’t want a citation because his license was suspended. He added that he believed if he fled long enough, police would stop pursuing him.
Lane also faces preliminary charges of disregarding a stop sign, disregarding an official traffic control device, operating with expired plates and speeding – all infractions. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-man-charged-in-high-speed-chase-case-officers-who-shot-at-him-on/article_767db93e-fd7d-11ec-82f5-eb620d61b094.html | 2022-07-07T04:26:00 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-man-charged-in-high-speed-chase-case-officers-who-shot-at-him-on/article_767db93e-fd7d-11ec-82f5-eb620d61b094.html |
Fewer than 1,700 Indiana Michigan Power customers remained without power in the Fort Wayne area as of 9 p.m. following storms Tuesday and early today, the utility reported.
Winds of up to 70 mph in the Fort Wayne area caused trees and limbs to fall, damaging power lines, the statement said. It said the area received 5 to 9 inches of rain in 24 hours, resulting in flooding and standing water. I&M said it had discovered 15 broken or damaged poles and 30 individual spans of wire down.
Restoration may be affected by more rain and storms, traffic issues, flooding and the heat, the statement said.
It said more than 700 workers were working today to restore service. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/i-m-1-700-remain-without-power-in-fort-wayne-area/article_45d0f876-fd39-11ec-8216-6b45f7c93da6.html | 2022-07-07T04:26:02 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/i-m-1-700-remain-without-power-in-fort-wayne-area/article_45d0f876-fd39-11ec-8216-6b45f7c93da6.html |
A group of Democratic legislators gathered Wednesday at the state capitol for the first official day of the special session.
Other than their brief news conference, however, the Statehouse was largely vacant. That’s because Republican leaders decided last week they will not meet until July 25.
The Democratic lawmakers criticized their colleagues across the aisle for the delay, as state Sen. Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, said the GOP “turned tail and ran.”
“For weeks, they’ve whispered behind closed doors, struggling to decide how they can best undermine women’s autonomy and liberty,” Yoder said. “Meanwhile, they hold critical aid for Hoosiers hostage to their unpopular agenda.”
She characterized Republican legislators as “disorganized” and criticized them for waiting to pass Gov. Eric Holcomb’s $225 payment plan.
“If they are still figuring out where they land on restricting abortion and liberty, even after having months of time to plan,” Yoder said, “they could still pass the refund, go into recess, and come back before Aug. 14 to deal with the looming abortion ban.”
State Rep. Cherrish Pryor, D-Indianapolis, also called for the payment plan to be expanded to include more Hoosiers – including people who use Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance.
“No matter your tax status, you pay sales tax at the store and are contributing funds toward Indiana’s excessive surplus,” Pryor said. “The current inflation we’re seeing means that Hoosiers on a fixed income are getting less goods for more money.”
Pryor also said the previous $125 tax refund checks were not sent to young adults listed as dependents during the last tax filing period, including many recent high school and college graduates.
While the Democrats were critical of Republicans’ plans to pass abortion restrictions, they kept most of the focus on that issue in relation to the initial reason for the session – the payment plan. State Sen. Jean Breaux, D-Indianapolis, called it a “bait and switch” by the GOP.
In a statement last week, House Speaker Todd Huston and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said Republicans are “anticipating a multi-week special session” and that they were pushing the session back “due to this extended session and to minimize logistical issues.”
Also, as they have since March, the Democratic lawmakers continued to call for Republicans to suspend the state’s gas tax.
Ultimately, the goal of the news conference was made clear by state Rep. Terri Austin, D-Anderson: they want Hoosiers to see that they’re in Indianapolis and their Republican colleagues won’t be there until July 25.
“We are ready to work for them,” Austin said, “even if our colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle are not.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/democrats-criticize-gop-for-session-delay/article_bd8463bc-fd75-11ec-b72c-27ad82f97875.html | 2022-07-07T04:26:02 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/democrats-criticize-gop-for-session-delay/article_bd8463bc-fd75-11ec-b72c-27ad82f97875.html |
Three Allen County township-level positions will likely flip from red to blue after the local Democratic Party filled multiple ballot openings by Tuesday’s noon deadline.
The Allen County Democratic Party announced the appointments of six candidates.
Two will face Republican opponents in November. Isaac Fincher Jr. is now one of three Democrats running for seats on the Adams Township Board. Three Republicans are also running.
Matthew Booker is running for Aboite Township trustee and will face Republican Kimberly Mills in November.
Another candidate, Matthew Howard, will run unopposed for a seat on the Monroe Township Board — a seat already held by a Democrat.
Three Democrats, though, will run unopposed in the general election for seats currently held by Republicans.
Sara Trovinger will be the Democratic candidate for Eel River Township Trustee, a seat currently held by Selma Hough.
Allen County Democratic Party Chairman Derek Camp said Mary Kate Dohl and Joe Hyndman will also run unopposed for seats on the Eel River and Lafayette Township Boards, respectively.
Camp said the candidates represent the county party’s outreach into communities where Democrats haven’t traditionally done well.
“We noticed that there were a number of positions currently held by Republicans where there were (no candidates) filed. So we made it a point to particularly talk to people in those areas and see if we could get anyone to sign up and be the representative for their community.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-politics/allen-county-democrats-make-ballot-appointments/article_0890adc6-fd7a-11ec-b98e-3b67d685900e.html | 2022-07-07T04:26:02 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-politics/allen-county-democrats-make-ballot-appointments/article_0890adc6-fd7a-11ec-b98e-3b67d685900e.html |
A Fort Wayne Community Schools board member has a suggestion for state leaders when they consider the governor's proposal to send $225 payments to Hoosier taxpayers – direct budget surplus dollars to public schools instead.
Specifically, Julie Hollingsworth suggested the money be used to pay textbook fees for public school students to balance out the benefits participants in the state's school voucher program receive.
She cited data from the 2021-2022 Choice Scholarship Program Report, which shows more than $241 million in vouchers was awarded to 44,376 students. In the previous year, $170 million was awarded to 35,698 participants.
"Not only can private school [students] – 44,000 of them – not only can they get a voucher, but they can also get a $1,000 credit to pay for textbooks," Hollingsworth said at the June 27 school board meeting. "So, those students are getting their textbooks paid on top of tuition. Why not public school parents?"
FWCS' website indicates the 2022-23 book fees for elementary students range from $46.85 for half-day pre-K students to $130.55 for first graders, and there are rates for STEM/STEAM book fees. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math, and STEAM includes art. Fees for middle and high school courses are based on students' schedules.
Indiana legislators are expected to consider the $225 payments during a special session beginning July 25 – the date of FWCS' next board meeting. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-politics/political-notebook/fwcs-board-member-pitches-idea-for-indianas-budget-surplus/article_a8fdba44-fd73-11ec-9b71-b3e46d9aa049.html | 2022-07-07T04:26:19 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-politics/political-notebook/fwcs-board-member-pitches-idea-for-indianas-budget-surplus/article_a8fdba44-fd73-11ec-9b71-b3e46d9aa049.html |
Fort Wayne Community Schools got a $20,000 boost to help students who are Afghan refugees.
The district welcomed about 30 such children from almost a dozen families between November and early May, the board learned last week. Emily Schwartz Keirns, the director of English language learners, doesn’t know how many more the school system might enroll.
“I am not sure if there will still be families from Afghanistan coming,” she said at the June 27 meeting. “We’re anticipating refugee populations may start coming from other parts of the world, like Ukraine and Russia.”
The $20,688 noncompetitive grant from the Indiana Department of Education will support services including interpreters for the students and their families as well as supplemental instructional materials.
The Afghan Refugee School Impact grant is for 2021-22, but Schwartz Keirns assured the board FWCS has until fall 2023 to spend the money. She said it supplements previously awarded funds.
The district’s 2021-22 Refugee Children School Impact grant application was written before FWCS received its first student from Afghanistan, the board was told in January, when it approved application for and acceptance of the funding. The almost $21,550 FWCS received was for 54 refugees, the majority of whom were Burmese.
Board member Noah Smith asked Schwartz Keirns whether FWCS has interpreters for the Afghan refugees.
“That’s been tough,” she said. “That’s something we didn’t have.”
But, Schwartz Keirns said, a volunteer has agreed to help, and the district can use phone interpreting services. She noted Catholic Charities also offers assistance.
Catholic Charities has actively worked with Afghan refugees displaced last year, when the U.S. military exited that country and its government was taken over by the Taliban.
The new regime put the lives of those who assisted Americans at risk. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/grant-supports-afghan-refugees-at-fort-wayne-schools/article_dea5a1d8-fd74-11ec-ba8c-5710b3958c63.html | 2022-07-07T04:26:25 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/grant-supports-afghan-refugees-at-fort-wayne-schools/article_dea5a1d8-fd74-11ec-ba8c-5710b3958c63.html |
A young girl was arrested Wednesday on an attempted murder charge after allegedly shooting another girl.
Fort Wayne police were called at 11 a.m. to 512 Picadilly Circle, near South Hanna and Lafayette streets, because of an unknown problem, and found a juvenile girl in the backyard with life-threatening injuries.
She was taken to a hospital and determined to be in critical condition with a gunshot wound, police said.
The police department’s homicide team began investigating and arrested another juvenile girl at a separate location. She is charged with attempted murder. The girls’ ages weren’t provided by police.
FWPD’s crime scene units and vice and narcotics officers, the Department of Child Services and Allen County prosecutor’s office assisted in the investigation. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/young-girl-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-shooting/article_4d7848a4-fd9d-11ec-b787-47cad7058243.html | 2022-07-07T04:26:31 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/young-girl-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-shooting/article_4d7848a4-fd9d-11ec-b787-47cad7058243.html |
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