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WHEATLAND, Calif. — At the site of Recology Ostrom Organics in Wheatland, all the yard and organic food waste from Butte, Colusa, Sacramento, Sutter and Yuba counties is dumped and turned into nutrient-dense compost.
"It started out as banana peels and coffee grounds, eggshells, sticks and leaves," said Robert Reed with Recology.
Several piles of the rich and earthy compost fill 10-15 acres at the facility. It all begins as food going into the green waste bin. Site supervisor David Stroud says they get nearly 230 tons of it every day.
"It goes through a process, takes about 60 days. We grind it, we put it on air, we roll it up, we turn it, and then the final process before we move the material is screening it," said Stroud.
He says microorganisms also play a big role in the composting process.
"Microorganisms actually break down the material that is in the compost so with the food and the water, it feeds them and the air helps it break down the microorganisms, turns it into the compost that we have here," said Stroud.
So why throw food into the organic waste bin instead of the garbage? Well, it's a requirement now in the Sacramento area as of last week.
Additionally, Reed says it pays dividends to the environment by reducing methane emissions, helps farms grow healthier and higher quality foods, and is also one of the most effective ways to help California conserve water amid a worsening drought.
"Good quality compost is a natural sponge. It attracts and retains water," said Reed. "Just the compost we make today in California applied to the land saves 3.7 billion gallons of water a year, so the more we can compost collectively all together, the more we can help farms save water, the more we can help California save water."
After food waste is turned into compost, more than 90% of it goes to farms while the remainder goes to landscaping and supply yards, according to Reed.
"This is a model for the nation, it's a model for the world, we're changing the way the world does garbage," said Reed.
"Be part of the solution, not the problem," said Stroud.
According to the Rodale Institute, farms that use compost can grow up to 40% more food during drought periods. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/organic-waste-composting-facility-in-wheatland/103-a641acab-2b99-449b-83e6-01e6702506bf | 2022-07-08T02:16:08 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/organic-waste-composting-facility-in-wheatland/103-a641acab-2b99-449b-83e6-01e6702506bf |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Visitors to Sacramento’s Crocker Art Museum will get to see an exhibit curated in part by one of America’s greatest painters before his death.
Wayne Thiebaud was already a world-renowned artist before his death on Christmas in 2021. Posthumously, he’s on a trajectory paralleling that of other American masters like Georgia O'Keeffe and Andy Warhol.
Michael Kimmelman, one of the New York Times' best-known art critics, not only covered Wayne’s work, but also became one of his dearest friends.
"You know I just hit it off immediately with Wayne. There was a warmth and a generosity about him, a modesty in a way. But then he had this kind of beautiful, human 'aw shucks' attitude in front of pictures. He would sometimes just stop and say 'Man that's just so delicious,'" said Kimmelman.
Kat Haro, the communications director for the museum, says seeing his work in person is a different experience than seeing a photo of it.
"It’s very different in person, you really get to see the brush work. There’s so many little details and the edges and the backgrounds… they seem really simple but when you get up close in person, there’s so much there to really dive into," she said.
Now through its Aug. 7 closing, you’ll also be able to see the Twinka Thiebaud exhibit.
Wayne’s daughter was one of the most sought after artistic nude models of the 60s and 70s, and in fact was the first full frontal nude to be published in Life Magazine.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — The nostalgic sounds of beeps and buzzes coming from decades-old arcade machines greet ears as people walk down the stairs to an arcade inside downtown Stockton's Courthouse Plaza.
The electronic sound effects are music to the ears of Tony Yadon, the Executive Director of Parents by Choice, a nonprofit dedicated to helping youth in and aging out of the foster care system.
"Let's be honest, this has a lot to do with a walk down memory lane for me," admitted Yadon. "The adults that are down here, we've spent our allowances you know, we spent our weekends at places like this."
But it's not just the sentimental beeping sounds from Pac-Man that makes the Underground Arcade special for Yadon.
The arcade, originally opened by and used exclusively for private events for Parents by Choice in October, offers an advance for some in the game of life through employment.
"It's not necessarily youth from our program. It may be someone that is referred to us that maybe they were in a completely different foster care or transitional living program, but their background is the same," Yadon said. "Those are the ones that we really want to target as employees so that we give them an opportunity should they want to do that."
Much like Parents by Choice's Plaza Perks Coffee Shop, those working at the arcade -- when open for public events and private parties -- are youth aging out of the foster care system.
"Whether it's in our arcade or our coffee shop or our gift shop, when someone has a job that understands a little bit of the road that they've walked and can respond to them with compassion and with gentleness, I think is really gratifying," Yadon said. "It's gratifying to see our staff who are, you know, social workers and clinicians really engage with those youth and support them and mentor."
In late June, the arcade opened for public use by hosting free events and offering a new venue for birthday parties and private functions.
"Most recently, we began marketing it as a place where parents could host a birthday party, someone could have any event," Yadon said. "So that's a way that we can give job opportunities for our older youth that we serve."
It was not surprising to Yadon that people would enjoy hearing about the 1980s to 1990s themed arcade, described as a "trip down memory lane," but the reaction to one of the arcade's Facebook posts advertising the venue for the first time in late June was overwhelming.
"In the first three days of doing that, over 40,000 people viewed that post," Yadon said. "I wasn't expecting that kind of a response, but when you think about it, it's an indication of how much people are looking for positive things and what kind of a need there is for something like this in our community."
Social media aside, Yadon says the reaction from those at the arcade brings new life to the nearly 40-year-old machines and makes opening it up to the public worthwhile.
"Someone was telling me a story of a conversation they were having with a dad who was having supervised contact with his child," Yadon said. "It was his daughter and he said, 'I was having a really hard time engaging with her and I felt like, you know, we're just sitting in a cubicle and it was difficult to be a father and a daughter in a cubicle.'"
According to Yadon, the two walked down the stairs of the Courthouse Plaza and entered the Underground Arcade.
"He says it's changed everything," Yadon said. "That's really why we do all of this: So that families can connect and can do it in a way where it's safe, it's positive."
During public events, such as the upcoming Main Street Market in August, kids and adults alike can use the arcade machines for free. The arcade, its party room, and "Nerf Zone" are also available for private events starting at $150 per hour.
"People can see the kind of value you're placing in them," Yadon said. "That's the way we want our visitors to our space to think as well."
The arcade is only accessible during private and public events, but Yadon says his nonprofit hasn't ruled out opening it up on a daily basis in the future as funding allows.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A death investigation is underway in Centre County following a workplace accident.
According to police, the victim was working at the Days Inn demolition site along South Pugh Street in State College around 4:30 p.m.
That's when the employee fell from an open window.
The victim's name has not been released after the accident.
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NESCOPECK, Pa. — The party is on as the Briggs Farm Blues Festival.
The four-day event is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a full lineup of artists on two stages and 50 acres of camping.
While the crowds gather to enjoy the live music at the blues festival, inflationary pressures have some of the vendors wanting to sing the blues themselves.
Longtime vendor Duane Young has been crafting custom guitars from cigar boxes for years.
"Just always into guitars. I wanted to start building them and kinda just came about doing it this way. Every box has its own unique sound, but other than that it's basically a guitar, it just has less strings," Young, of Bloomsburg, said.
While customers keep coming back for his one-of-a-kind products, rising material costs means he's had to charge more.
"It's definitely affected me. The cost of wood has went up tremendous, but I'm just doing what I can to keep it going," Young said.
You can almost hear the music in Dane Tilghman's every brush stroke.
He offers his own take on classic photographs of famous musicians.
"All the originals are done in acrylic paint. I've been doing this festival for about 20 years," said Tilghman, from Exton.
Tilghman says artwork is often considered to be immune from inflation.
He's raised his prices and seen increased sales, but traveling across the country for festivals, he's still feeling pain at the pump.
"The gas prices have definitely hampered my movements. It definitely cuts into the bottom line, but I pass it on to my friendly customer," he said.
Scranton resident Bob King started making leather wallets, bracelets, and belts in the early 1970s.
Higher prices for raw leather means every item at his table now costs a dollar more.
"We make all of these. These are all done by hand. Each little stamp done by hand, it's not done with a machine. I buy a lot of my raw materials at the beginning of the year all at once and then I make it as I go," King said.
While he's no longer selling full-time and now considers this his hobby, the atmosphere, and the music keep him coming back.
"You meet a lot of interesting people, let me tell you," King added.
Briggs Farm Blues Festival plays on through Sunday.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — An officer is now on administrative leave after killing a 15-year-old suspect Wednesday afternoon.
The teen reportedly had a stolen car and was shot by police when he allegedly went to reach for a gun inside the car.
"You didn’t have to kill him," said the teen's aunt Mary Martinez.
Martinez and other family members said it was her nephew, Juan Carlos Bojorquez, who was killed by police.
The 15-year-old was out in a car with his 16-year-old cousin Elijah Garcia at an apartment complex near 63rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road when police approached the car.
"They hop out and they point their guns and they’re like 'Put your hands up,'" Garcia remembered. "So, me and my cousin look at each other and we put our hands up."
Glendale police said officers, including some undercover, honed in on the car because it was reported stolen earlier that morning.
Police wouldn’t confirm the names of the teens involved because they’re minors, but said the 15-year-old was in the driver’s seat and the 16-year-old was in the passenger seat.
When officers went to apprehend the 15-year-old, police said he reached for a gun in the center of the car. At that point, an undercover officer shot him, ultimately killing the teen.
Elijah Garcia, who is not facing any charges and was released by police, said he saw it differently. Garcia claimed there was a gun in the car, but Juan Carlos wasn't reaching for it. Instead, he was trying to unclip his seatbelt.
"The officer tried to get him and the seatbelt was still on and he was getting pulled out and he got shot," Garcia said. "He didn’t ever grab the gun. He didn’t touch it. "
Alejandro Garcia, Elijah’s brother and Juan Carlos’s older cousin said he saw the same thing from the balcony at the apartment complex.
"He didn’t reach for that gun," Alejandro Garcia stated.
Police said the teen told officers there was a gun in the vehicle before he was shot.
Over email Thursday, Glendale police said their information remained the same - that the suspect was reaching for a weapon.
Glendale police said the officer who killed the teen didn't have a body camera because he was undercover but is working with other videos to try and piece together what happened.
Juan Carlos’s family members said they didn’t know why there was a gun or about the car being stolen, but wish things ended differently. They're planning to get a lawyer and want to see action taken after the officer-involved shooting.
"My nephew was in the wrong with a stolen vehicle," Martinez said. "But c’mon. No one deserves to die like that. Nobody."
Bojorquez's family set up a GoFundMe page to help with funeral expenses.
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PHOENIX — Former Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner reportedly plead guilty to drug charges on Thursday and could face up to 10 years in custody.
Griner was detained in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after vape canisters with cannabis oil allegedly were found in her luggage.
"She drew to the attention of the court that she had committed this act through negligence, unintentionally, " Maria Blagovolina, Griner's lawyer, told NBC this week.
But some local law experts think the basketball star was pushed into a corner.
“I feel like Brittney Griner had no choice. The odds were so stacked against her," said Valena Beety, an ASU law professor.
Nearly 99% of court cases in Russia end in a conviction.
Darius Amiri, chair of the Rose Law Group's immigration department, said the Russian court system heavily favors the prosecution.
"I think the guilty plea is a strategy to get her home faster," Amiri said.
“By pleading guilty at this point, there would be more mercy from the court. She will get a lesser sentence from the court because she would have been found guilty anyway.” Beety said. "I think this could be an opportunity for Russia to look good, to look benevolent, to say we are different than the punitive United States justice system where you incarcerate people for drug offenses, even though they are not."
However, even if Griner does not get leniency, the plea may lead to diplomacy.
"I don’t believe this case will be treated like a normal case," Amiri added.
Amiri said the current international relationships between Russia and the United States may be a major factor. A person guilty of a crime may make it easier to involve Griner in a prisoner exchange.
“It’s a chip that’s being used to gain leverage in a bigger picture element,” Amiri said.
The deputy chief of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Elizabeth Rood, was in court today. She told reporters she handed Griner a letter in court from the White House and that the WNBA star was doing well despite the challenges.
"I would like again to emphasize the commitment of the United States government at the highest levels to bring home safely Ms. Griner and all US citizens wrongfully detained," Rood said.
However, with the guilty plea, Griner's fate is left to the decisions of the court and the international relations between the two world powers.
"She has no control. She’s in a system where she can't even speak the language. Now she has pled guilty and is completely at the mercy of the Russian government and the U.S. government." Beety said.
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Virginia Commonwealth University released a safety alert Thursday morning following a confrontation on West Broad Street that began when a man hit a woman with a café chair, and she responded by firing a gun at him, police said. Residents were asked to temporarily avoid the area and stay in their homes.
Officers were called to the 400 block of West Broad Street in downtown Richmond at 10:23 a.m., Richmond police said. The area is one block east of the intersection of North Belvidere Street and West Broad Street.
An adult female told authorities she was approached by a man she didn’t know as she was leaving a nearby business, police said. The two confronted each other, and the man struck the woman with a café chair. Police did not say what led to the confrontation.
The woman revealed a firearm and shot in the direction of the man, who fled eastbound on Broad. She then entered her vehicle and drove eastbound in the westbound lanes in pursuit.
She made it about four blocks, stopping at North Adams Street. VCU Police, who were alerted by a passerby, detained the woman. Authorities have not charged her, and they haven’t released her name.
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Richmond police later arrested the man they believe started the confrontation. Police arrested Mark Banks, 29, of Richmond, and charged him with malicious wounding. He was not injured.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Residents living in South St. Petersburg are possibly one step closer to affordable housing options.
The St. Petersburg Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) on Tuesday approved recommendations from Mayor Ken Welch's administration for two affordable housing initiatives.
A news release from the city explains the recommendation includes about $5.5 million in funding to help create and preserve 429 affordable units.
Committee members were able to unanimously vote to approve funding up to more than $2 million toward the building of 264 affordable rental residential units. They will be located on a seven-acre lot at 34th Street S. and Fairfield Avenue — the site of the former Tibbets Lumber yard.
Three buildings with 74 one-bedroom, 162 two-bedroom and 28 three-bedroom units will be the project's focus.
Fifty-three of the units will be reserved for people earning at or below 50% of the Area Median Income while 67 units will be reserved for people earning at or below 80 percent AMI and 144 units will be for people at or below 120 percent AMI.
The committee also recommended approval to have the Citrus Grove Apartments redeveloped. The recommendation is for up to more than $1 million to renovate 84 affordable rental units.
Future residents could look forward to improved roofing, windows, paint and repaved parking lots.
"These projects reflect the city's continued focus on affordable housing, and the value of South St. Petersburg CRA funds to support this critical need," Welch said in a statement.
While the plans for more affordable housing in St. Pete have gotten this far, City Council approval is still required for final adoption. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-pete-committee-recommends-approval-affordable-housing/67-27e5a712-fa39-4667-bb84-bcafee75ba0b | 2022-07-08T02:25:43 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-pete-committee-recommends-approval-affordable-housing/67-27e5a712-fa39-4667-bb84-bcafee75ba0b |
HUTTO, Texas — The Hutto City Council voted to hire James Earp as the new city manager following a nationwide search and local input process.
Earp currently serves as the assistant city manager for the City of Kyle and brings more than 16 years of experience. During his time with Kyle, Earp worked in and helped build many city departments, according to a release.
In 2019, Earp was awarded the Public Administrator of the Year award by the American Society of Public Administration. He said he is thrilled to serve Hutto through its own growth and future opportunities.
“Hutto has a rich history and great momentum — not to mention a strong community spirit,” Earp said. “I’m honored to join this incredible community and amazing team. Together, I look forward to building on the City’s strengths as we create the highest quality of life for years to come.”
He is expected to start work at Hutto City Hall on August 3.
The city said the candidate pool included nearly 50 applicants from several states before being narrowed down to four finalists by the city council with the help of SGR consulting.
The final candidates went on community tours followed by receptions with the Hutto community and staff, ending in interviews with the city council that were open to the public.
Mayor Mike Snyder said the selection process ensured the council was able to represent Hutto stakeholders to make the choice. In the coming month, the council will set an annual budget, issue construction bonds and adopt a new long-range comprehensive plan.
“We knew this hiring decision was perhaps the biggest decision we could face as a Council, and it comes at a turning point for the City,” Snyder said. “We were very focused on finding a city manager who aligns with our culture and our pillars— someone who would put roots down and enable our vision to become a reality over time. Thanks to this process and all of the great input we received, we’re confident we made the right choice at the right time for Hutto.”
The mayor said the council was impressed by Earp's longevity with his last employer and his authentic demeanor.
“James has a proven track record of dedication and expertise, with significant experience in land development, financing mechanisms, mentorship and organizational growth,” Snyder said. “Not to mention, he seems to connect and collaborate well with a wide variety of people, which will be important as we take our diverse teams and community to the next level.”
Earp has a Bachelor's degree in business administration/finance, a Bachelor's degree in economics from Tarleton State University, a Master's degree in public administration from the Unversity of Texas at Arlington and a graduate certificate in environmental management from Harvard University.
He is also a certified public manager and a Texas Watershed steward. Earp also serves as the director of the North Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program as well as a CPM instructor at Texas State University.
Earp will take over for Isaac Turner, who served as Hutto interim city manager since January.
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Former Knox County Schools security staff lose appeal of federal wrongful termination suit
It's getting close to the end of the legal line for four former Knox County Schools security staff members who say their boss forced them out in 2016.
Former security captains Daniel Stewart, William Kee and Douglas Ryerkerk, along with former sergeant Davey Sanderson, have been embroiled in litigation since early 2018, when they filed a lawsuit in Knox County Circuit Court alleging they suffered from retaliation by Knox County Schools Security Chief Gus Paidousis.
The state court lawsuit was withdrawn and a new suit was filed in U.S. District Court in September 2018. But missed deadlines eventually scuttled the federal case, leading to the dismissal of every facet of the complaint by the end of 2020.
The four plaintiffs appealed the ruling, to no avail. On Thursday, the appellate court affirmed the earlier judgment, stating, "Plaintiffs' missteps throughout this litigation prevent a federal court from hearing their claims. No doubt that ruling is disappointing. But sometimes, deadlines are deadlines, and plaintiffs have identified no good reason for us to excuse them here."
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There are two possible paths forward: The plaintiffs could file a request for reconsideration or they could file an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The plaintiffs' attorneys did not return calls for comment Thursday. County Deputy Law Director David Wigler declined to comment.
Suit alleged schools security chief conspired with then-Sheriff J.J. Jones
The plaintiffs said they had no history of problems before Paidousis took over the security division in May 2013.
Paidousis and the senior staff began butting heads almost immediately, according to the lawsuit. In December 2015, the captains filed a complaint with the school system's human resources director accusing Paidousis of outbursts, racist remarks and threats against employees.
Within a month, according to the lawsuit, Paidousis met with then-Knox County Sheriff Jimmy "J.J." Jones, who revoked the captains' security bonds allowing them to carry guns at schools and make arrests.
The captains were placed on leave in January 2016 and were served termination notices that June.
Sanderson filed a human resources complaint against Paidousis in December 2016, saying Paidousis ignored him when he reported illegal behavior. According to court documents, Sanderson had reported that security staff had been purchasing moonshine from another security officer at the sheriff's shooting range. By January 2017, his bond was revoked, and he was fired in March of that year.
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An 11-year-old boy was critically injured when he was hit by a driver who fled the scene in West Philadelphia, police said.
The boy was crossing the street on the 4200 block of West Girard Avenue when a man driving a blue Ford F150 pickup hit him, Philadelphia Police Department Officer Eric McLaurin said. Medics rushed the boy to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was in “extremely critical” condition.
The crash happened around 7:46 p.m., police said. The pickup had a Pennsylvania license plate with the number ZTX6169, the PPD said. It was last seen going westbound on Girard Avenue.
The driver was described as a man in his late 60s who was wearing glasses. Anyone with information is asked to contact the PPD. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/boy-11-critically-injured-in-west-philly-hit-and-run/3293519/ | 2022-07-08T02:49:10 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/boy-11-critically-injured-in-west-philly-hit-and-run/3293519/ |
Police have identified a suspect who they believe shot and killed an elderly man who was merely out on a morning walk.
Wagner Tejada-Pena, 24, is wanted for the June 21 killing of Loi Nguyen, who police initially said was 76 but later said was 77 years old. Investigators said Nguyen was out on his routine morning stroll in his Junita Park neighborhood at the time of the shooting.
Police officers responding to a report of a person with a gun found Nguyen in the 4200 block of L Street on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Philadelphia police later released surveillance video of a suspect. The video shows a man in a red hooded sweatshirt following Nguyen. He then flees the scene moments after the shooting.
“Loi was walking down the back driveway, seemingly minding his business with his hands in his pocket,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Frank Venore said. “An individual wearing a red hooded sweatshirt runs directly by him.”
Tejada-Pena is also wanted in connection to an aggravated assault that happened about 15 minutes before the shooting.
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In that assault, Tejada-Pena “for unknown reasons,” pulled a gun on two people on the 1200 block of East Luzerne Street, according to the PPD. Tejada-Pena allegedly pulled the trigger repeatedly, but the gun malfunctioned. The two people then engaged in a physical altercation with Tejada-Pena to try and disarm him, but he ran off with the gun, the PPD said.
Police said Tejada-Pena should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the PPD’s homicide unit at 215-686-3334 or leave an anonymous tip at 215-686-TIPS.
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DALLAS — Dallas is growing at a massive rate. In fact, a new study shows the DFW Metroplex's projected population growth is exceeding that of the entire state of Texas from 2025 to 2050.
With that growth in mind, it's imperative the city builds much more housing. But due to the rapid increase in the cost of homebuying and renting, a large portion of the market may not even be able to buy the homes being built.
Clare Losey, an assistant research economist with the Texas Real Estate Research Center, presented the study to the city's housing and homelessness solutions committee at the end of last month and said housing affordability is the most pressing issue currently facing communities across Texas.
"I know, in the wake of inflation and continued economic hardships, we are seeing hundreds of thousands, millions of households across the US struggling with housing," Losey told committee members. "So, it's only becoming a more salient topic in today's times."
Factors constraining housing affordability in Dallas, she said, include sustained home price appreciation and rent growth as well as a limited supply of homes for sale and apartment units for rent.
"In the midst of all that, we're now seeing rapid rises in mortgage interest rates, which could moderate demand for home ownership, but will affect low-income and minority buyers first," Losey said.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter of 2020 to the end of March this year, home price appreciation measured 14.8%, Losey said -- much higher than it was in the past.
"In the Dallas area, there's just been a vast uptick in home prices, and that's going to push first-time potential homebuyers out first, as well as low-income and minority buyers."
Rent growth in Dallas-Fort Worth averaged about 4.2% from the second quarter of 2020 through the first quarter of this year, she said, which is putting upward pressure on the cost of rent as well as home prices. And in the midst of all of that, there's a limited supply of homes for sale.
Across the board, Losey said the increase in home price appreciation and rent growth has vastly outpaced the increase in median family income, which increased about 3% in 2021, compared to the 19% increase in home price appreciation and the 3.5% increase in rent growth.
A balanced market should have about 6.5 months of home inventory, Losey said. Dallas has less than a month's worth of inventory, with the average home spending about 29 days on the market.
Another factor affecting the market is the increases in cost of construction, which diminish housing affordability as well. The increase in the producer price index has actually outpaced the increase in the consumer price index.
"What that's telling us is that producers, i.e., builders and developers, will likely continue to pass on the increased cost of construction onto homebuyers and renters," Losey said.
Actions proposed by the study include developing affordable homeownership programs like down payment assistance, she added, which is intended to reduce the barriers to homeownership.
These programs, she said, in combination with homeownership counseling, can reduce one of the primary barriers to obtaining ownership -- wealth. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/home-price-appreciation-vastly-outpacing-median-family-income/287-1bf75493-dae6-4a3f-9c12-9cf394da967d | 2022-07-08T02:50:31 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/home-price-appreciation-vastly-outpacing-median-family-income/287-1bf75493-dae6-4a3f-9c12-9cf394da967d |
MONROE COUNTY, Fla — A North Texas woman is recovering after she was bitten on her leg by a shark while diving in the Florida Keys last week, officials say.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reported that the incident happened on Wednesday, June 29, east of Sawyer Key at around 8 p.m.
In its report, the department said the victim, Lindsay Bruns of Flower Mound, Texas, was out on a pontoon boat with her husband, Luke, and their two daughters at the time of the incident. According to the report, the family had stopped to dive in about 10 feet of water.
The department said Bruns had jumped into the water when her husband reported hearing a "huge splash" and then "lots of splashing and water coming over into the vessel."
Bruns' husband said he saw "nothing but blood in the water," the report stated. According to the department, he heard Bruns screaming for help and that he jumped into the water to help get her back onto the boat.
Bruns had a wound on her right leg consistent with a shark attack, according to the department.
Her husband stated he used a rope as a makeshift tourniquet to stop the bleeding while calling for medical assistance. He was asked to bring the boat to a restaurant on the Summerland Key.
Two officers with the FWC responded and helped Bruns park before boarding the pontoon boat.
"She had a half-circle wound on her right leg. It extended from the top of her hip to just above her knee," the officer writing the report said.
Emergency services arrived and transported Bruns to a hospital in Miami by helicopter.
Luke Bruns spoke to ABC affiliate WPLG about the incident and how their daughters witnessed the attack.
"They were bawling. They were screaming, they saw it all. It was very traumatic," Luke Bruns said. "Once we got on the boat going, I told them 'girls, you need to pray for momma.'"
Luke Bruns said his wife is expected to make a full recovery.
"It's a miracle. It's crazy that things like that happen," Luke Bruns said. "It really puts things into perspective for you." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-woman-attacked-shark-florida-keys/287-6ffde682-5898-48f4-a224-e64c28dcd22e | 2022-07-08T02:50:37 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-woman-attacked-shark-florida-keys/287-6ffde682-5898-48f4-a224-e64c28dcd22e |
How much money do you think it would take for someone to live "comfortably" in New York City? As it turns out, some millionaires may not even have enough to hit that level.
According to a survey by financial firm Charles Schwab, New Yorkers believe that an average net worth of $1.4 million is needed for an individual to be "financially comfortable" in the city in 2022.
And to be considered "wealthy" in the city, a whole lot more money is necessary. The survey of 500 area residents found that $3.4 million is considered wealthy in NYC — over a million dollars more than what the national average was found to be.
Both results for New York are the second-highest in the country, with only San Francisco topping the the Big Apple in terms of money needed to be "comfortable" or "wealthy." The Bay Area respondents said that $1.7 million is needed to be "comfortable" and $5.1 million to be considered "wealthy," according to the survey.
The national average for what is considered comfortable was just under three-quarters of a million dollars, while the wealthy level was considered to be $2.2 million. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/1-4-million-average-net-worth-needed-to-be-comfortable-in-nyc-survey-finds/3765885/ | 2022-07-08T02:51:30 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/1-4-million-average-net-worth-needed-to-be-comfortable-in-nyc-survey-finds/3765885/ |
Sandra Lindsay, the New York City nurse who rolled up her sleeve on live television in December 2020 to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine dose pumped into an arm in the United States, received the highest civilian honor the country can bestow.
"I'm incredibly honored," she said. "I never thought this would be in my future."
President Joe Biden presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Lindsay and 16 others on Thursday.
"She poured her heart into helping patients fight for their lives," Biden said during the ceremony in the East Room of the White House. "Doctors nurture, you nurses make people want to live."
Lindsay, a critical care nurse and head of patient care services at Long Island Jewish Medical Center said her journey to getting the prestigious honor all started because she simply raised her hand.
"I said yes, I put my arm up, I was ready," Lindsay said. "I couldn't wait to get that shot in my arm."
That shot she received more than 18 months ago was seen as a sign of hope around a world that had been darkened by COVID-19.
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"I get countless emails and text messages and people see me on the street and coming over to say 'I had made up my mind that I was never going to get vaccinated. And when I saw you on TV and heard you speak, you just inspired me,'" Lindsay said.
Wearing yellow, one of the colors of her native Jamaica, Lindsay has become a tireless advocate for vaccines, mental health and reducing student debt for fellow healthcare workers. After immigrating to the U.S. at age 18, she worked to put herself through nursing school, and she hopes her story will inspire other young women of color.
"I think, you know, representation matters, right? And more black young girls need to see more people like me," she said. "Reminding them that anything is possible."
Those also receiving the honor included gymnast Simone Biles, former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate.
Biden himself is a medal recipient. President Barack Obama honored Biden’s public service as a longtime U.S. senator and vice president by awarding him a Presidential Medal of Freedom in January 2017, a week before they left office.
The honorees who received medals from Biden “have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, dedicated their lives to advocating for the most vulnerable among us, and acted with bravery to drive change in their communities, and across the world, while blazing trails for generations to come," the White House said.
The honor is reserved for people who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values or security of the United States, world peace or other significant societal public or private endeavors, the White House said.
Biles is the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history, winning 32 Olympic and World Championship medals. She is an outspoken advocate on issues that are very personal to her, including athletes’ mental health, children in foster care and sexual assault victims.
McCain, who died of brain cancer in 2018, spent more than five years in captivity in Vietnam while serving in the U.S. Navy. He later represented Arizona in both houses of Congress and was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008. Biden said McCain was a “dear friend” and "a hero.”
The other medal recipients include:
— Denzel Washington. A double Oscar-winning actor, director and producer. He also has a Tony award, two Golden Globes and the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a longtime spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
— Sister Simone Campbell. Campbell is a member of the Sister of Social Service and a former executive director of NETWORK, a Catholic social justice organization. She is an advocate for economic justice, overhauling the U.S. immigration system and health care policy.
— Julieta Garcia. A former president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, Garcia was the first Latina to become a college president, the White House said. She was named one of the nation’s best college presidents by Time magazine.
— Gabrielle Giffords. A former U.S. House member from Arizona, the Democrat founded Giffords, an organization dedicated to ending gun violence. She was shot in the head in January 2011 during a constituent event in Tucson and was gravely wounded.
— Fred Gray. Gray was one of the first Black members of the Alabama Legislature after Reconstruction. He was a prominent civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks, the NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr.
— Steve Jobs. Jobs was the co-founder, chief executive and chair of Apple Inc. He died in 2011.
— Father Alexander Karloutsos. Karloutsos is the assistant to Archbishop Demetrios of America. The White House said Karloutsos has counseled several U.S. presidents.
— Khizr Khan. An immigrant from Pakistan, Khan's Army officer son was killed in Iraq. Khan gained national prominence, and became a target of Donald Trump's wrath, after speaking at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
— Diane Nash. A founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Nash organized some of the most important 20th century civil rights campaigns and worked with King.
— Megan Rapinoe. The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup soccer champion captains the OL Reign in the National Women's Soccer League. She is a prominent advocate for gender pay equality, racial justice and LGBTQI+ rights who has appeared at Biden's White House.
— Alan Simpson. The retired U.S. senator from Wyoming served with Biden and has been a prominent advocate for campaign finance reform, responsible governance and marriage equality.
— Richard Trumka. Trumka had been president of the 12.5 million-member AFL-CIO for more than a decade at the time of his August 2021 death. He was a past president of the United Mine Workers.
— Wilma Vaught. A brigadier general, Vaught is one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history, breaking gender barriers as she has risen through the ranks. When Vaught retired in 1985, she was one of only seven female generals in the Armed Forces.
— Raúl Yzaguirre. A civil rights advocate, Yzaguirre was president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza for 30 years. He served as U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic under Obama. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-nurse-who-got-1st-covid-vaccine-in-u-s-gets-medal-of-freedom-from-president-biden/3765824/ | 2022-07-08T02:51:36 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-nurse-who-got-1st-covid-vaccine-in-u-s-gets-medal-of-freedom-from-president-biden/3765824/ |
BOISE, Idaho — There's no race. In fact, none of it is coordinated.
But pelotons still take shape, and share a trip through nature alongside pedestrians, including along one of the city's gems, the Greenbelt.
“The usage has definitely gone up over the years,” said City of Boise Director of Parks and Recreation Doug Holloway. “But you really are looking at that 90-10 rule, where 90% of the people are following the rules, versus that 10% that may not.
The Greenbelt is governed by common courtesy, but the city has explicitly outlined a few rules.
Fast traffic should pass slow traffic on the left. Slow traffic should keep right. When passing, it’s customary to notify the slower person with a shout or bell ring.
“People are usually pretty respectful and courteous when they use it,” regular Greenbelt user Lindsay Stenshoel said.
This system has served as the backbone of the Greenbelt for decades, but Holloway acknowledges there can be issues.
As electric bikes (e-bikes) and scooters increase I popularity throughout the city, many people are quick to cite the electric users as the 10%.
“Some people have gotten a little fast on the motorized options,” Stenshoel said. “So that’s what I worry about when I’m out with my kids. Making sure they’re safe and not getting clipped [by an e-biker] around a corner.”
All Greenbelt users should adhere to a 20 mile-per-hour speed limit, according to Holloway, but the people breaking that limit come from both sides of the aisle.
“There is a perception out there that because it is motorized, they go a lot faster and they're more out of control. We just ask those that use scooters or e-bikes to follow the same etiquette that we're asking everyone else to follow on the greenbelt. And for the most part, they're doing that,” Holloway said.
The City of Boise even encourages e-bikes to a certain degree. That’s because some people need them to enjoy the Greenbelt as any other would with a regular bike.
Larry Nelson, for example, lives in McCall. He makes the trip to Boise often through the spring and fall months.
“I'm ready for the snow to be gone, and I just want to go on a nice bike ride,” Nelson said.
But at his age - 76 going on 77 – a regular pedal is hard to push. An e-bike gives Nelson the help he needs on inclined paths and trails.
“It's a life saver. I ride every day,” Nelson said. “At my age, I need exercise. What happens if I go to the gym - I'm there for 30 minutes and I’m done. I mean, I might stay and lift a few weights. But if I go out for a bike ride, I might be out for half a day.”
It's important to know, these e-bikes cannot go everywhere in the City of Trees. Several agencies overseeing trails in the foothills still consider e-bikes a ‘motorized vehicle,’ according to Holloway. Therefore, e-bikes are not allowed.
“Which is like saying you can ride any trail that's not fun. Well, I wanted to have fun,” Nelson said.
Nelson can still have his fun in foothills. But he first needs to get a permit with the City of Boise Department of Parks and Recreation. This permit is for an accommodation - whether that be for disability or age.
“We are trying to create a city for everyone, which means inclusions in all the facilities and activities we have. Adding e-bike use to those facilities does help us with meeting that goal of total inclusion. That makes a big difference for those who can go out and enjoy the greenbelt versus those who can't,” Holloway said.
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BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Secretary of State's Office is once again refuting claims of election fraud leveled by Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and CEO, this time regarding the 2022 Idaho Primary election.
Lindell claims Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who received 32% of the vote in the Republican gubernatorial primary, actually defeated Gov. Brad Little, who received 53% of the vote. McGeachin received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, who Lindell claims had the 2020 presidential election stolen from him.
In a video segment shared on social media, Lindell says he has evidence "piled all the way to the sun and back" of election fraud in Idaho and elsewhere. He does not say what the evidence is. As a defense against those who would debunk his claims, Lindell says no judge has looked at or ruled on his evidence, and he says he'll present details at an event in August that he's calling the "Moment of Truth Summit."
"We are not letting this sit idly by," Lindell said. "These (voting) machines will be melted down and used for prison bars, and Idaho's at the front of the line as far as I'm concerned."
Idaho Chief Deputy Secretary of State Chad Houck said he has seen the clip circulating on social media and, as far as he knows, Lindell's claims are baseless. In a phone call with KTVB reporter Andrew Baertlein, Houck added that Lindell has not presented any evidence to the state of Idaho regarding inaccuracies in the 2022 GOP primary election. Houck also said an audit completed in late May, after the primary, found no evidence of any significant errors that could have impacted the outcome of the election.
Lindell also claimed electronic vote tampering occurred in every Idaho county during the 2020 presidential election, an election in which Trump carried the state by a wide margin. When Idaho state officials investigated those Lindell claims, Houck said, "once we had the document in hand, we immediately believed there was something amiss." Specifically, at least seven Idaho counties have no electronic steps in their vote-counting processes.
Idaho does not use the voting machines that have been the focus of unsubstantiated claims of fraud that followed the 2020 election. Every vote is recorded on paper; voters either write an "X" on a hand-counted paper ballot or fill in bubbles on an optical-scan sheet, similar to what has, for decades, been used for many multiple-choice tests in high schools and colleges across the country.
In early 2022, following the state's investigation of Lindell's 2020 claims, Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden sent Lindell a bill for $6,000 and a cease-and-desist letter demanding he remove all false statements about Idaho's elections from his website and to "refrain from making similar statements in the future."
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NAMPA, Idaho — With rapid growth comes congestion to Treasure Valley roads. The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) wants to alleviate some of that traffic in the fast-growing Canyon County.
On Thursday, ITD hosted its second open house at Nampa Christian School for two major construction projects. The transportation department is seeking public feedback before solidifying their design plans.
The two projects are fairly large. One will widen the Interstate 84 Karcher Interchange to make it easier to get on State Highway 55. The second project will widen the State Highway 55 from Farmway Road to Middleton Road.
Idaho Transportation Department spokesperson Jillian Garrigues said the two projects are a long time coming.
"We do have such an increase in traffic and safety issues, safety concerns," Garrigues said. "When you have more people on the road out there, it just causes more dangerous situations behind the wheel."
Not all community members are happy with the project plans. ITD is taking over approximately 20 homes between Farmway and Middleton roads.
Clyde Robinson owns one of those homes. He has spent 17 years fixing it up. Robinson said his family is devastated with the news.
"We get fruit trees growing all over the place, we did a big patio, so we'd have a place to go. You know, all this is going to be gone," Robinson said. "They are going to take it all."
Robinson said his family has until October to find a place to live.
The I-84 Karcher Interchange project will cost $5 million for design and $28 million for construction.
ITD's State Highway 55 project between Farmway and Middleton roads will cost $9 million for design and $122 million for construction.
The State of Idaho is funding the design process through its Leading Idaho initiative. ITD said they are not sure who will fund the construction yet, but it could be a mix of state and federal funding.
Once the design plans are set in stone, construction could start on the Karcher Interchange in early 2023 and from Farmway Road to Middleton Road in 2024.
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Chiquita was named after a banana.
The Labrador retriever was shaped like a banana when she curled up next to her owner, Bill Sheppard, who divided his time between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints off Old North Road and with his dogs in the woods around his home on the outskirts of Providence Village.
Bill had brought Chiquita from Pennsylvania along with Mile-a-Minute, a blind and deaf dog who wasn’t fond of sitting still. She died shortly after Bill’s mother’s death in the early 2000s. He then rescued a Great Pyrenees named Goliath who was known to break through windows to escape.
At 62, Bill loved his dogs. They were his children. Bill’s friends spoke fondly of his love for his dogs and their walking adventures. A gay man who struggled with addiction, he was always scouring the woodlands, exploring dilapidated houses and bringing back trinkets they’d uncover. Sometimes he’d sleep out with the cows and come back the next day covered in chigger bites.
Pat Tune, a friend, claimed Bill “would walk from one end of Texas to another.”
Given his love for his dogs, Bill’s friends were shocked in early 2018 when he failed to return home after an argument with a roommate ended with him taking her car without permission. They found the car a few days later at another friend’s house.
Bill was nowhere to be found.
“He would never leave his dogs,” said Virginia Earnhardt, who lived with Bill for 16 years. “They were his. You never saw somebody as close to their pets as Bill and his dogs, especially with Chiquita. There is no way that he left them.”
Bill’s friends and his brother, Jim Sheppard, who didn’t learn his brother was missing until early fall 2018, said they called Denton police to report him missing. All made a similar claim about what they were told: Bill was homeless and didn’t want to be found.
Jim Sheppard, a 40-year 911 dispatcher in Pennsylvania, said he knew well the criteria for filing a missing person report, one of which is a drug dependency. Yet, when he called to report his older brother missing, he said police told him that since Bill was homeless, they couldn’t enter him into the National Crime Information Center.
“That’s a fallacy,” Sheppard said. “Homeless people can be entered as missing persons.”
Frank Padgett, deputy chief of the Denton Police Department’s criminal investigations bureau, agreed and said the missing person’s report should have been taken. He said police usually receive missing person reports numbering in the double-digits each year.
“Practice is to take those reports and take them all seriously,” Padgett said.
Five months after his friends and family tried to report him missing, Bill’s skeletal remains were found in the 5600 block of East McKinney Street. Seven months later, Denton police sought the public’s help to identify the remains, according to an Oct. 9, 2019, Denton Record-Chronicle report.
Bill’s death investigation is inactive, pending further evidence, according to Denton police.
Now, Jim Sheppard and Bill’s friends are demanding answers. An internal affairs investigation is pending.
“When I did try to report him missing, would my brother’s outcome have been different? No, but it would have sped up the identification,” Sheppard said. “It was over a year when I tried to report it, and they called to tell me he’d been found.”
All the right moves
Bill had always wanted to be a veterinarian. It was a dream he had held since he was 5 years old.
Bill and Jim Sheppard were typical brothers. They grew up together in an Ozzie and Harriet type of family, a household that Bill described to friends more like the Gallaghers from Shameless. In the ’60s and ’70s, they were living the “suburban dream” in the largest pre-planned community in the U.S. on the outskirts of Philadelphia and taking vacations to the Jersey Shore in Ocean City with extended family.
Jean Sheppard was a housewife who worked as a bookkeeper to help support the family. William Sheppard was a machinist at a ball bearing factory. They raised their children in the Lutheran Church.
Jim Sheppard said his older brother Bill was popular at their high school and had grown his hair long and listened to “Woodstock music.” Drugs were naturally the next step.
After high school, an 18-year-old Bill cleaned up and landed at Texas A&M University to study veterinary medicine. He made it two years into the program before he dropped out.
He returned to Philadelphia in the mid-’80s, a couple of years after his father’s death, yet always had a love for Texas. He’d given up on his veterinarian dream — but not on fueling his addiction.
Ten years passed, and Bill had become chronically unemployed, Sheppard said, and had gotten into legal problems, followed by jail time for DUIs and other minor charges, along with a falling-out with Jim over an issue the younger brother didn’t want published. It was serious enough that Bill had asked his brother to take him back to jail.
Jim Sheppard dropped Bill off in front of the jail. It was the last time he’d see him alive.
“If you believe in karma, as soon as I dropped him off, the song [by the Hollies] ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ began playing,” Sheppard said.
The phone call
Twenty years later, Jim Sheppard received the call about his brother that part of him had been expecting yet no doubt had been dreading. He hadn’t seen Bill since dropping him off in front of the jail in the late ’90s. He hadn’t spoken with him since their mother’s death in 2006. They were reconciling until Sheppard asked for half of his mother’s ashes.
Now, Denton police were asking if Bill had had back surgery, Sheppard said.
A survey crew, according to Denton police, had found skeletal remains not far from the Ashli Oaks mobile home park off McKinney Street. They had stumbled upon Bill’s skull. Metal plates were also found among the remains, indicating the person may have had back surgery.
“They thought he may have been there for a while,” Sheppard said.
Denton police don’t have a record of calls to Sheppard, but that doesn’t mean an officer didn’t call him, Padgett said.
Sheppard wasn’t sure if his brother had had back surgery. He knew Bill and their mother had moved to Texas in early 2000 shortly after Bill’s jail stint. A few years after the move, she fell ill and died. She was a heavy smoker, Sheppard said. The family claimed she may have been abused at the nursing home in Denton.
“I started the process of filing a lawsuit shortly after her passing, but everything got so hectic with my personal life that I never followed through,” Sheppard said.
After his mother’s death, Bill fell on hard times. He was working for home health, yet his addiction, Earnhardt said, had kicked into overdrive. He began shooting meth. At the time, he lived next door to Earnhardt. As a home health caretaker, he had taken care of her, and she then invited him into her home so she could care for him.
They lived together for the next 16 years — first in her apartment and then at a mobile home in Ashli Oaks — until a nursing home forced them apart.
“We lost the trailer and everything,” Earnhardt said. “They [the nursing home] wiped me out every month. … It just got really rough.”
Bill, who may have lived off Social Security, found another roommate who, nine months later, got tired of paying all the bills. Bill’s friend Pat Tune persuaded her friend Diane Wynn to let him move in with Wynn at her small home off a dirt road on the outskirts of Providence Village.
Earnhardt said Bill was in a traffic accident before he came to Texas. His injuries required back surgery and metal plates. There’s a more recent photograph of him in a hospital gown awaiting another back surgery. His friends said he began abusing pills after the surgery. Sheppard said Bill had had a fondness for pain pills since high school.
It was one of several issues, he said, to drive a wedge between them.
Two years after Bill moved in with Wynn, Sheppard received a phone call from Wynn, who told him Bill was missing, after Sheppard wrote a social media post in early fall 2018 asking people if they’d seen his brother. At that point, Bill had been missing for several months, and neither Wynn nor Tune knew about his brother.
Wynn told Sheppard she had been in the hospital with pneumonia in early 2018 when Bill asked to use her car. She told him no because he didn’t have a license. He was also known for disappearing with loved ones’ cars without permission for a few days.
Bill didn’t listen.
A few days later, Wynn went with a friend, Tune, to pick her car up from a friend’s at Ashli Oaks. Wynn’s friend, whom neither Tune or Earnhardt knew, had taken the car keys from Bill, who then got angry and took off walking down the street. He planned to walk to his home near Providence Village, where he had left his heart medicine.
Earnhardt said Bill suffered from atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat the Mayo Clinic reports can lead to increased risk for heart failure, stroke or other heart-related complications.
“I kept telling him, ‘Bill, you are going to get out there walking and going to have a heart attack,’” she said.
About six months later, a survey crew discovered Bill’s remains less than a mile from Ashli Oaks. A year would pass before he was identified.
The remains
Three years after Bill’s remains were found, Sheppard is demanding answers. When he initially tried to report that his brother was missing, he said it had taken him a while to process what the Denton police officer had told him about his brother being homeless and not being able to enter him into the NCIC database.
Sheppard said when, in March 2020, he learned they were Bill’s remains, there was “no love lost,” yet he felt someone needed to be held accountable. He compared it to the old Hollies song — “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” — that played on his car stereo when he dropped Bill off in front of the jail.
In late May, Denton police opened an internal affairs investigation, which Padgett said is ongoing.
Sheppard wasn’t the only one who tried to file a missing person’s report. Tune said Wynn, who died nine months ago, had tried to do so also. Tune tried to report it. Earnhardt also tried to report it. All said they were told the same thing: “He wants to be homeless.”
“He wouldn’t leave the dogs,” Tune said.
Earnhardt said when she heard the news, she came to Denton to search for Bill. She went to all his old hangouts, to every person they knew. No one had heard from him. Then, she went to the Police Department. She said she spoke with a detective who repeated the homeless claim and recalled him saying, “They don’t spend resources on cases like that.”
“They were convinced that he had moved on,” Earnhardt said. “Everybody that knew him knew that he wouldn’t leave his dogs. He was going to take care of his babies. That was what they were: his babies.”
Padgett said Denton police couldn’t confirm whether the calls were made to report Bill as a missing person. “That will be part of the internal investigation,” he said. “We will have to look at all the calls during that time frame to determine which might be related to this situation.”
Bill was cremated at the county’s expense. His ashes were sent to a cousin, Andrea Zindel-Smith, who was close with Bill when they were children. She keeps his ashes on a mantle.
“The case should be open,” said Zindel-Smith, a former investigative journalist in Philadelphia. “He wouldn’t just disappear and walk away, and they didn’t start looking for him. That is very vague to me.”
Bill’s friends held a small memorial for him at the Mormon church off Old North Road. The church didn’t return calls seeking comment about Bill.
Sheppard didn’t attend his brother’s memorial but said he did contact the Denton mayor and City Council to file an official complaint.
“Nobody deserves to go that way,” he said. “Regardless of what they may or may not have done or accomplished in life. It’s almost like he didn’t matter.” | https://dentonrc.com/news/local/denton-man-s-family-seeks-answers-three-years-after-his-skeletal-remains-were-identified/article_b48e03fa-aff3-53e8-a6a9-acd0f4fc6d36.html | 2022-07-08T02:54:21 | 1 | https://dentonrc.com/news/local/denton-man-s-family-seeks-answers-three-years-after-his-skeletal-remains-were-identified/article_b48e03fa-aff3-53e8-a6a9-acd0f4fc6d36.html |
Suspect arrested after man is set on fire outside Circle K in Glendale
A man was arrested suspected of lighting another man on fire early Sunday morning at a Circle K in Glendale.
Luciano Simmons was arrested after police say he filled a water bottle with $1 of gasoline and lit Blake Angerer on fire outside of a Circle K near 58th and Olive Avenue.
Court documents obtained by The Arizona Republic state that the Glendale Police Department received a call around 4:30 a.m. about someone on fire at the store. In a 911 call audio released by police, the owner of the store is heard calling for help after a man was set on fire.
Witnesses told police that Simmons was at the bus stop near the Circle K when he came over and purchased gasoline. Another witness told police they saw Simmons pour the gasoline on Angerer and set him on fire with a blue butane torch, documents state.
Surveillance video released by police shows Angerer and another man running in the direction of the store, away from the bus stop. Other footage shows a person running into the store and grabbing gallons of water before Angerer makes his way into the store, half his body covered in flames.
In the 911 call, the owner told the dispatcher that they poured water on Angerer and helped put out the flames.
Angerer was taken to a hospital where he remains.
Documents state a water bottle was recovered at the scene that had a strong scent of gasoline.
After being arrested, Simmons admitted to police that he was at the Circle K and purchased the $1 of gasoline. He did not say more on the matter.
Simmons was booked into Maricopa County Jail and faces charges of aggravated assault.
Reach Breaking News Reporter Jodicee Arianna at Jodicee.Harris@gannett.com. Support local journalism, subscribe to https://www.azcentral.com/. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale-breaking/2022/07/08/man-set-fire-outside-circle-k-glendale-suspect-arrested/10010096002/ | 2022-07-08T02:54:23 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale-breaking/2022/07/08/man-set-fire-outside-circle-k-glendale-suspect-arrested/10010096002/ |
Over 50 firefighters extinguish fire in downtown Phoenix near Fifth Avenue, Adams Street
More than 50 firefighters were needed to extinguish a first-alarm blaze that ignited Thursday at a building near Fifth Avenue and Adams Street in downtown Phoenix.
According to Phoenix fire officials, about 4 p.m. fire crews were sent to the area after receiving reports of a structure fire.
Officials said smoke and flames from the roof of the vacant building were seen when the firefighters arrived at the scene. Supply lines, hose lines and ladder trucks were needed at multiple locations of the building to attack the fire from an elevated position.
Crews were able to control the flames from extending beyond the building and were successful in putting it out. Crews remained at the scene to extinguish any remaining hotspots, Phoenix fire said.
It was not immediately clear the extent of damages to the building.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire was being investigated, according to Phoenix fire.
Reach breaking news reporter Jodicee Arianna at Jodicee.Harris@gannett.com.
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Maricopa County Attorney's Office fires prosecutor involved in charging protestors
April Sponsel, a prosecutor involved in charging 2020 protesters with gang charges, will appeal a June 28 decision by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to officially fire her, Sponsel's attorney said.
Sponsel was part of the county attorney's office First Responders Bureau that wrongfully charged 15 protesters as gang members in 2020.
The County Attorney’s Office created the First Responders Bureau to prosecute cases that involved assaults on police and other first responders.
After public outcry over the gang charges mounted, the County Attorney’s office started an investigation that led to Sponsel being put on administrative leave in March and eventually fired.
The office first moved toward firing Sponsel in a “Notice of Dismissal” dated June 28, where Chief Deputy Paul W. Ahler reinforced some of the points he made in a “pre-termination” letter sent to Sponsel on June 6.
“You wrongfully indicted an innocent person because you presented inaccurate evidence to a grand jury, you failed to review available evidence, and when you were made aware that you may have an innocent person under indictment you did little to ensure that your prosecution was just,” Ahler wrote in the notice.
In August 2021, Sponsel filed a $10 million claim against her employer for defamation and damages.
Her suit claimed that Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel was aware of her actions and used her as a scapegoat to protect her political career once public opinion toward the charges turned sour.
Since Adel’s resignation, Rachel Mitchell, who holds the office until voters choose a new county attorney in a special election, continued the termination process of Sponsel.
Tom Moring, attorney and partner at Jaburg and Wilk, the law firm representing Sponsel, claimed Mitchell is continuing a policy to “pin some unfortunate decisions by the agency on one particular person.”
Mitchell joined four other division chiefs in February who wrote a letter asking for Adell’s resignation after numerous complaints of how she managed the office.
“For [Mitchell] to adopt those same policies and continue the same vendetta because April Sponsel, is at least disappointing, although perhaps not surprising,” Moring said.
For subscribers:Lawsuit says Phoenix PD Chief claimed she wasn't told of gang charges
Counter to what Ahler claimed in his report, the suit claims Sponsel ran her cases with the approval of her supervisors and that she met or exceeded MCAO’s standards.
In a May 2020 employee evaluation, Sherry Leckrone, former chief of the First Responder’s Bureau, wrote, “April is the gold standard in how our bureau’s aims to service our officer/first responder victims. She has developed an amazing network of contacts and a stellar reputation with law enforcement. This is earned respect that stems from April’s constant professionalism.”
Leckrone resigned during the investigation into the bureau.
“This idea that she's suddenly become in their eyes incompetent is belied by decades of accolades and awards,” Moring said.
In response to the notice of dismissal, Sponsel’s lawyers plan to appeal to a merit board about Ahler’s report. If successful, Sponsel's termination would be reviewed.
“We'd like somebody with a fresh take on it, who's not beholden to the office or the office holder, to review the facts," Moring said. "Not just the facts that Mr. Ahler likes, but all of them and review Ms. Sponsel's record, review her career, review, the numerous accolades and promotions that she's received, and ask that board to make an assessment.”
What was in the June 28 notice
In the notice, Ahler claimed that Sponsel violated the Maricopa County Employee Merit System Resolutions sections on incompetency, inefficiency and neglect of duty. The merit system works as a set of guidelines for all employees in the Maricopa County classified service.
While Sponsel was put on leave and her cases were passed to other prosecutors, the office found a “disturbing pattern that [could] not be ignored," Ahler explained in the notice.
He cites the prosecution of the 15 protestors as gang members and four other cases to paint a picture of Sponsel as incompetent and remorseless.
ON BACKGROUND:Maricopa County dismisses all remaining charges against protesters
In all cases, Ahler accuses Sponsel of overcharging defendants, the notice says.
A man who dropped a gun in front of police was charged with pointing it at officers.
Another man was charged with assault with a deadly instrument against an officer when he shoved fencing at an officer's leg.
In the third case, an officer's hand was slightly punctured during a tussle with a suspect. The suspect was charged with a Class 4 felony with mandatory sentencing of ten and half years.
Finally, the report explains that a man was charged with a class 5 felony after swinging his arm at an officer who pushed him back.
Reach crime reporter Miguel Torres at Miguel.Torres@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @MTorresTweet. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/07/07/maricopa-county-attorneys-office-fires-april-sponsel/10007385002/ | 2022-07-08T02:54:35 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/07/07/maricopa-county-attorneys-office-fires-april-sponsel/10007385002/ |
McKee allows solar developers' tax break to become law despite opposition by cities, towns
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Dan McKee, the onetime mayor of Cumberland, has allowed a bill providing a tax break to solar-energy developers to become law without his signature, despite strong opposition from the cities and towns.
In a year in which he vetoed no bills, the solar developers' tax break was one of at least 112 bills – and possibly more, not yet evident online – that McKee allowed to become law without any action on his part.
Others in that category included:
A bill giving cities and towns an opportunity to get waivers to a state law mandating that all "single-user toilet(s)" in public buildings be available for use by persons of any gender and a slew of local bills, including one raising the "affordable housing eligibility-standards for households" on Block Island.
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Asked why Democrat McKee – who often casts himself as a sympathetic advocate for the cities and towns – allowed the solar developer relief bill to automatically become law on the Saturday of the July 4th weekend, his press secretary, Alana O'Hare, said:
"House Bill 8220A was passed by the General Assembly with a veto-proof majority."
She said the fact there were no vetoes at all "is representative of the governor’s strong collaboration with the General Assembly and [its leadership] throughout this legislative session."
Solar developers bill faced defea
The solar developers' bill was at the center of an eleventh-hour rescue effort by Senate leaders on the last day of this year's legislative session.
The short version: The Senate Committee on Housing and Municipal Development defeated the legislation promoted by Green Development, owned by a big political donor, Mark DePasquale, and Revity Energy, a former client of House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, on a 4-to-3 vote.
In the face of this defeat, Senate leaders did a loop-de-loop.
They called a vote on the separate but matching House-passed version of the bill (H8220) by a different committee – the Senate Judiciary Committee. Within hours, it was on its way to 28-to-10 approval by the full Senate and ultimately, the governor.
The thickly worded tax legislation boils down to this: "The real property on which they are located shall not be reclassified, revalued or reassessed due to the presence of renewable energy resources."
As Nicholas L. Nybo, a representative of Revity Energy, explained the intent to legislators: "All assessments on real property with renewable energy resources thereon shall revert to the last assessed value immediately prior to the renewable developer’s acquiring an interest in the real estate."
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The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns tried to head it off, with this argument:
"Large solar installations have been built in many communities, particularly in southern and western Rhode Island because of the availability of open space.
"In those communities, solar projects are taxed like other revenue-generating operations. A tangible tax is applied to the equipment itself – in this case, a standardized amount in most if not all communities – and a real property tax is levied on the land."
A League spokesman told legislators the solar developers' bill would "create preferential tax treatment for ALL renewable energy projects and tax them differently from any other revenue-generating commercial operation,'' pushing those lost revenues onto other taxpayers.
The other side of the argument?
"While Revity has enjoyed great relationships with many cities and towns ... there are municipalities that have imposed drastic mid-cycle re-assessments on real estate developed for renewable energy," Revity's Nybo wrote lawmakers earlier this year.
He cited Hopkinton, as an example.
"Prior to Revity purchasing the property, the assessed value of the property was $305,800. In tax year 2020, after Revity purchased the property and developed (a solar) project, the assessment increased to $1,619,300.
"In tax year 2021, the assessment increased again to $2,969,300. Revity now owes $55,021.13 in property taxes which is on top of the $69,375 in tangible taxes that Revity pays Hopkinton."
"There is no knowing how high this assessment will skyrocket over the next 25 years absent some reform," Nybo wrote in his written testimony.
Bottom line, he said; "The arbitrariness of certain municipalities’ tax assessment practices vis-à-vis renewable energy developers renders these important projects less financially viable."
House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, a lawyer, has in the past represented Revity in some of its past solar developments.
Green Development also sent lawmakers a letter urging support of the bill.
Green was founded by Mark DePasquale, who along with other political contributors who list Green Development as their employer have given more than $92,000 to Rhode Island office-holders and candidates since 2015. That includes $4,300 to McKee.
McKee last year vetoed a bill pushed by a single renewable-energy developer – DePasquale – that could have shifted millions of dollars in the costs of solar and wind projects from developers to ratepayers.
In his first veto message after becoming governor, McKee said: "This bill will have the effect of shifting millions of dollars of costs from developers of renewable energy... to National Grid ratepayers." | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/07/gov-mckee-allows-solar-developers-tax-break-become-law/10006171002/ | 2022-07-08T03:00:14 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/07/gov-mckee-allows-solar-developers-tax-break-become-law/10006171002/ |
TWIN FALLS — A collection of events is lined up at City Park on Friday night to keep the whole family entertained.
Community members are invited to come out to the Back the Blue event at 6 p.m., with family music and entertainment to follow.
Twin Falls County Commissioner Jack Johnson said Back the Blue is a chance for the community to show appreciation for members of law enforcement.
“We want every officer in the country — if they want — to come to that and let our community appreciate them and say, ‘Thank you,’” Johnson said.
Johnson said the law enforcement profession can sometimes suffer from low morale and that community appreciation can give officers a mental boost.
“I did it for 32 years,” Johnson said, “And reading the news stories and things like that, it’s easy to get bogged down in some of the mire. Having our community come out and show that appreciation is hugely beneficial from a mental standpoint.”
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After the ceremony is done, the Heath Clark band will provide entertainment until 8 p.m. Food trucks will be available for anyone looking for a bite to eat.
And, at 9 p.m., the city of Twin Falls is having family movie night, projected at the Bandshell. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/a-chance-to-say-thank-you-at-back-the-blue/article_78d5eba0-fe47-11ec-95ec-5727cdf4898a.html | 2022-07-08T03:00:14 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/a-chance-to-say-thank-you-at-back-the-blue/article_78d5eba0-fe47-11ec-95ec-5727cdf4898a.html |
TWIN FALLS — Citing feedback from the community that was primarily opposed to a proposed wind farm near Hollister, the Board of County Commissioners on Thursday passed a resolution stating they do not support the Salmon Falls Wind Project.
The nonbinding resolution states that the board “believes this project would disturb the rural character of Twin Falls County.”
Commissioner Jack Johnson said the resolution is not bound by law and also added that the measure doesn’t mean commissioners wouldn’t change their minds once more information becomes available.
“The vast majority of folks that we’ve either spoken to or that have reached out to us through email, phone, text — you name it — are not proponents of this project,” Johnson said. “And we have a lot of folks in our community that are pushing us to take some kind of a position on this early on.”
Magic Valley Energy and LS Power have applied for a permit to place as many as 280 wind turbines standing up to 740 feet tall on Bureau of Land Management ground near Hollister. The process leading to the BLM issuing a determination on the Salmon Falls Wind Project could take up to two years. If approved, Magic Valley Energy said the wind farm could become operational by 2026.
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It is the second wind project Magic Valley Energy has proposed for the area, following the Lava Ridge Wind Project in Lincoln, Jerome and Minidoka counties.
The BLM is accepting public comments on the project.
Before voting to approve the resolution, Commissioner Don Hall said that the board would remain open to the possibilities that the environmental impact statement could address concerns about the project regarding sound pollution, visual intrusion, effects on wildlife, groundwater, and grazing rights.
“I think we’ve been very measured, and we’ve looked at this from every angle that we can, and frankly I don’t personally need to wait for an environmental impact study to have an opinion about this,” Hall said.
Hall added that while the commissioners have influence but no authority over public lands.
“We are going to exercise our influence with this resolution to let them know that we have concerns and our community has spoken to us about those concerns,” Hall said.
Commissioner Reinke spoke of concerns he had that the resource management plan needs to be updated, the last time it was updated was 1986. The resource management plan is similar to the comprehensive plan the county creates, he said.
"We have a good sense of where we are this morning," Reinke said. "Our minds are open for us to be able to proceed forward, but I think this is a statement that needs to be made."
The discussion in the commissioner's conference room was heard by a full audience, many of which applauded the board's vote to oppose the project.
Jon McGregor was one of the more than 30 people present for the resolution. McGregor and his family have farmed land near Hollister for three generations. Preliminary design plans for the wind project would place turbines within a mile of his property, where he farms beans, wheat, peas and alfalfa.
“I’m glad to hear it,” McGregor said. “I think they listened to us and I am not a proponent of this whatsoever. Our ground borders where they are going to put them, the closest one will be under a mile and I don’t need that.”
McGregor is part of a citizens' group that recently delivered more than 900 signatures — collected in just four days — against the project.
“For years they said, ‘Idaho’s too beautiful to litter,’” McGregor said. “What’s not littered by wind turbines?”
Magic Valley Energy has estimated the construction of Salmon Falls Wind Project would create 350 jobs and $46 million in tax revenue. The project would generate $2.3 million in tax revenue once operational. The company said $1.9 million of those taxes would go to the county for roads, schools, and emergency response agencies.
The same company behind the Lava Ridge Wind Project spent this week discussing their second proposed wind farm in southern Idaho, the Salmon Falls Wind Project.
Project director Luke Papez responded to the commissioners' resolution with a statement, saying public feedback is important at every step of the lengthy permitting process.
"While it's necessary for leaders to listen to constituents' input, it is also vital to allow for thorough research to provide data," Papez said in the statement. "We are committed to a thorough and thoughtful approach to bringing the Lava Ridge and Salmon Falls Wind Projects to Southern Idaho, working closely with the county Commissioners to ensure they have accurate and transparent information as the Lava Ridge and Salmon Falls Wind Project studies progress."
Hollister Mayor Robyn Grover would like to see the environmental impact study completed before any hard sound decisions are made.
“I have definitely got mixed feelings, and I’ve tried to take one side or another and just go with it, and I just can’t. There’s so many pros, and so many cons,” Grover said. “My heart is split down the middle.”
The project would generate substantial revenue for small rural communities such as Hollister, something Grover said could benefit the town.
“I would love to see what it would bring to Hollister — all the revenue, the taxes — how it could benefit the school and our community," she said. "I think that could be a great thing. “And on the other hand, it’s our way of life out here, taking away from its uniqueness, the environment.” | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/commissioners-oppose-salmon-falls-wind-project/article_7badbec0-fe2e-11ec-a316-372fbeaa8527.html | 2022-07-08T03:00:20 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/commissioners-oppose-salmon-falls-wind-project/article_7badbec0-fe2e-11ec-a316-372fbeaa8527.html |
HUDSON, Maine — As of July 7, AAA puts Maine’s average regular gas price at over $4.90 per gallon. Penobscot County currently stands at $4.94.
Roger’s Market in Hudson is providing locals with a little bit of relief from the high gas prices.
Roger’s Market boasts, from what they can tell, to have the lowest gas prices in Penobscot County.
They are currently selling regular gas at $4.59 cents per gallon. For the locals, that little bit of relief goes a long way.
“With all the driving that I do, putting five dollars a gallon in there, it is just unrealistic," Bangor area real estate agent Kelly Graham said. "We’re glad that we live close by, that we can have, somewhat, affordable gas. More affordable gas, anyway, than all the other places around.”
The owners say deliveries come every two or three days, so the price can change depending on deliveries.
“We’ve got a lot of people that struggle and a lot of people on fixed incomes. We’ve got people that have been coming in the store for forty-plus years and we try to do everything we can for them, help them out,” Rick Trench, one of the co-owners of Roger's Market said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lower-gas-prices-found-in-hudson-maine-fuel-penobscot-county/97-cee38744-925b-402c-8f7a-b176d0aefb92 | 2022-07-08T03:10:53 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lower-gas-prices-found-in-hudson-maine-fuel-penobscot-county/97-cee38744-925b-402c-8f7a-b176d0aefb92 |
Worker dies in accident at Gerber Products plant in Fremont
Fremont, Mich. — A worker died in an accident Thursday at a Gerber Products Co. plant in western Michigan, parent company Nestle said.
The employee was working on repairs to a production line when the accident occurred around 2 p.m., the company said.
The worker’s name was not immediately released.
“We are heartbroken to share that one of our employees died in an accident today while conducting repairs on a line in our facility in Fremont, Michigan. We are deeply saddened by this loss and our sympathies are with the employee’s family, friends and colleagues,” Nestle said in a statement.
Nestle said it was investigating and cooperating with authorities. Police are investigating along with the Newaygo County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Fremont Police Department said in a news release.
Operations at the plant have stopped temporarily, the company said.
“We are deeply saddened by this loss and our sympathies are with the employee’s family, friends and colleagues,” Nestle said in a statement.
Support services are being offered to employees, the company said.
The Gerber plant opened in the 1920′s and employs more than 500 people.
Fremont is located about 45 miles (72.4 kilometers) north of Grand Rapids. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/07/worker-dies-accident-gerber-products-plant-fremont/10010513002/ | 2022-07-08T03:11:28 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/07/worker-dies-accident-gerber-products-plant-fremont/10010513002/ |
TEXAS, USA — The Texas Education Agency is requiring new standards for school district exterior doors, and requiring districts to take multiple additional steps by Sept. 1 to improve school safety.
According to a TEA released last week, school districts will be required to:
- Conduct a Summer Targeted Partial Safety Audit (see below)
- Conduct an Exterior Door Safety Audit (see below)
- Convene the LEA’s Safety and Security Committee to review:
- The multi-hazard emergency operations plan (EOP)
- A component of the EOP, the LEA’s active threat plan
- Ensure all campus staff (including substitutes) are trained on their specific LEA and campus safety procedures
- Schedule all mandatory drills for the school year
- Ensure all threat assessment team members are trained
- Review and, if necessary, update access control procedures
- For the new school year, access control procedures must include exterior door sweeps (ensuring doors are closed and locked) at every instructional facility at least once each week while instruction is being conducted.
The Exterior Door Safety Audit has requirements for sturdy center pillars for double doors, reinforced door frames, automatic door closing devices, automatic door locks, emergency opening mechanisms and more.
It will also require districts to upload campus access point maps as part of the audit. The district provided an Excel spreadsheet tool for districts to use.
The TEA release said the measures "will collectively improve the level of safety at all Texas public schools."
The measures are part of the state response to the shooting at Robb Elementary on May 24. The shooter was able to enter the school through a door that was closed but did not lock correctly.
6 News asked the TEA Thursday if there would be any funding available for smaller or rural school districts that didn't have the funds to upgrade old buildings right away. The TEA did not have an official response at that time.
TEA is hosting a Summer 2022 Safety Audits Webinar on July 12 at noon. Register for the Summer Safety Audit Tracker webinar here.
More at KCENtv.com: | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/requiring-districts-to-do-exterior-door-safety-audits-tea/500-d388b03b-98f0-4cb6-9d64-f80ba6f3a4af | 2022-07-08T03:13:20 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/requiring-districts-to-do-exterior-door-safety-audits-tea/500-d388b03b-98f0-4cb6-9d64-f80ba6f3a4af |
ABERDEEN, Wash. — A fire in 2018 forced the Coastal Community Action Program (CCAP) to find a new home.
“It may have been a blessing,” said Craig Dublanko, CEO of the nonprofit that helps the homeless and recently released from custody in Grays Harbor County.
CCAP is renovating the longtime abandoned Bank of America building in downtown Aberdeen, mostly with state and federal funding.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee toured the construction site Thursday.
“This is a place the state, I think, can learn some lessons from,” said Inslee, D-Washington.
The organization is already using existing office space and the homeless can get toiletries and housing vouchers at the drive-through window.
Eric Mix, who was recently released from jail, said the organization helped him find temporary housing and a job.
“If you have no foundation, you have no place to go, no options,” said Mix. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/nonprofit-coastal-community-action-program-new-home-aberdeen/281-03c8e2af-e2a3-4e3f-b033-cffd83990cfd | 2022-07-08T03:13:28 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/nonprofit-coastal-community-action-program-new-home-aberdeen/281-03c8e2af-e2a3-4e3f-b033-cffd83990cfd |
LYNDEN, Wash. — A teenager from Whatcom County has been announced as a state winner for the 14th annual Doodle for Google contest.
The doodle competition is open to students in grades K-12. The contest calls for students to create their own Google Doodle for a chance at scholarships and tech packages for their schools - not to mention the winner will be featured on google.com and seen by billions of people.
In January, Google asked students across the country to submit their ideas for the contest. Each year, the contestants are given a prompt. This year, students were invited to answer the prompt “I care for myself by…” through their art.
Josie Hendricks just finished her freshman year at Lynden Christian High School and turns 16 next week. Josie won the Doodle Google contest in Washington state. She will compete with 53 other state and territory winners for big scholarship money.
Josie said the COVID-19 pandemic gave her time at home to boost her watercolor painting skills. Her inspiration for her art was a happy memory from her grandparents backyard.
“I care for myself … by remembering! The tire swing is just a really fond memory for me and I think about it when I need to forget about present problems,” she said.
Her happy memory caught the attention of the judges, including artist, entrepreneur and activist Selena Gomez. A vote of confidence from a celebrity Josie admires.
“That’s just crazy!” she said.
Josie says her painting was inspired by a school project and it would mean the world to her to share in the winnings. The finalists will be narrowed down to five. The winner will receives $30,000 in scholarship money and a hefty tech package for the school or nonprofit.
“It’s $50,000 for the school, so that would be amazing for everyone and it would be so helpful,” Josie said. “I hope you vote!”
The Doodle for Google voting is live. It is broken up into five grade groups. Josie’s “Tire Swing” falls under the 8-9 category. Voting ends on July 12! | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/teen-wins-washington-state-google-doodle-contest/281-2fdec935-15fa-4a08-aa01-8678c9076fc0 | 2022-07-08T03:13:34 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/teen-wins-washington-state-google-doodle-contest/281-2fdec935-15fa-4a08-aa01-8678c9076fc0 |
GARY — A man was found hiding in an attic and arrested after a standoff with police Thursday in the 5400 block of West Seventh Avenue, an official said.
Gary police were dispatched about 10:15 a.m. to a fast-food restaurant in the 3900 block of Broadway after a woman reported her boyfriend struck her with a weapon and stole her vehicle, Cmdr. Jack Hamady said.
Officers tracked the boyfriend to a residence on Seventh Avenue and located the woman's vehicle in an alleyway, he said.
A K-9 track led police to the residence, and a homeowner told officers the man was inside.
Officers called for a SWAT team, which attempted to negotiate with the man. The man didn't respond, Hamady said.
Police eventually entered the home, found the man in an attic and took him into custody without incident.
The man was wanted on several warrants, including one issued in July 2021 after he was charged in Lake Criminal Court with felony counts of robbery, domestic battery, strangulation and auto theft, police said.
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GARY — Two men were wounded in separate shootings Wednesday in different areas of the city, police said.
A 25-year-old Gary man told police he was standing in the 600 block of Vermont Street about 4:40 p.m. when he was wounded in a drive-by shooting, Cmdr. Jack Hamady said.
The man got a ride to a local hospital, records showed.
About three hours later, a 51-year-old man was shot at least 10 times in the 1400 block of West 13th Avenue, police said.
Before the man was airlifted to a Chicago hospital, he told police he walked outside and someone in a white Chevrolet Cruze began shooting at him.
Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call Detective Sgt. Dan Callahan at 219-881-1210. To remain anonymous, call 866-CRIME-GP. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-shot-at-least-10-times-in-region-drive-by-police-say/article_97d7bf6e-a19a-5f95-9578-88facca6f41e.html | 2022-07-08T03:20:09 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-shot-at-least-10-times-in-region-drive-by-police-say/article_97d7bf6e-a19a-5f95-9578-88facca6f41e.html |
GARY — Police took a person of interest into custody Thursday after determining a bomb threat at several college buildings was unsubstantiated, officials said.
Police from Gary, the Lake County Sheriff's Department and Indiana University Northwest responded about 3:45 p.m. to the 3400 block of Broadway after dispatchers received a 911 call about a man with a gun and bombs.
Officers searched buildings operated by IUN and Ivy Tech Community College and found no threats inside, Gary police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said.
Police traced the 911 call back to person of interest, who was taken into custody in Hammond, he said.
IUN spokeswoman Marisa Villalobos also said officers were on campus and found no threat.
The university anticipated normal operations Friday, she said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Detective Sgt. Douglas Drummond at 219-811-1210. To remain anonymous, call 866-CRIME-GP.
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VALLEY CENTER, Kan. (KSNW) — Valley Center announced it’s working with a local company to develop the state’s first 3D printed home community. It would be the first of its kind in Kansas.
To some, it may feel like we’ve catapulted to the future, but an expert said this technology has been used in Europe for years. CEO of CrainCo3D (CC3D) Eric Ross went overseas to learn the process of 3D home printing. He said many of the construction methods aren’t too different from a traditional home.
“You’ll have the contractor come out level the pad. You’ll have a nice little dirt pad and pour some footings, then we bring in the printing equipment,” said Ross.
Ross claims the machine used by CC3D can print 2,400 square foot structures by layering cement a few inches at a time.
“The actual head that is printing is about a two-inch nozzle connected to a concrete pump and hose that pushes the concrete through that hose, and then a computer program gives it a tool path to tell them where that head needs to be to lay down that beat of concrete,” explained Ross.
After printing all the walls, they set their trusses and install the roof, doors, windows, and interior finishes.
“The 3D printing process kind of takes the place of the framing, drywall, and siding,” Ross continued.
Due to that, the process of building the home is faster.
“We’re projecting to be able to save at least two to four weeks on projects,” added Ross.
Ross said 3D printing is about 10-15% cheaper because of reduced labor costs. Those savings, said builder Bob Cook, can be impactful for many.
“There’s so many people now that are out of the entry-level market just because the cost has gotten so high with the cost of materials and labor. If it gets people into the market and they get a chance to be homeowners and start building some equity, then I’m all for it,” said Cook.
Builder Paul Gray is excited about this new technology.
“That’s the funnest part of this. It’s figuring out a new way to do everything. I mean, I personally like challenges. I picked this business because there’s no part of building that’s easy. Every day is something new,” said Gray. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/will-your-next-home-be-3d-printed/ | 2022-07-08T03:20:27 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/will-your-next-home-be-3d-printed/ |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Dauphin County shopping complex is losing one of its trademark features.
The Chockablock Clock ball machine has been at Strawberry Square in Harrisburg since 1988.
However, the contraption will soon find a new home, complex officials announced Thursday.
Officials say a first-floor stage and performance area will fill the space where the clock currently stands.
"As our tenants have changed over time, we expect the enhanced stage area will be much more welcoming to performers and special events of all types," Owner of Strawberry Square and President of Harristown Enterprises Inc., Brad Jones said.
Above the stage on the first floor, Jones said a cantilevered second-floor conference room and meeting room will overlook Strawberry Square.
"In addition, we will be creating a unique open-air conference and meeting room on the second floor which will enhance our ability to attract professionals, and allow our existing tenants, and others, needing conference space, to use a very special and exciting new place which will showcase this wonderful downtown hub of education and innovation," Jones said.
Jones said the purpose of the project is to serve the different educational, medical and residential facilities that have come to use the area.
The changing needs of the complex weren't the only reason for the break from tradition.
"We will miss the ball machine clock as a long-time feature of Strawberry Square, but our ability to repair and maintain it has become more challenging over the years," Jones said.
Jones says several organizations are looking to give the clock a new home, though the final decision hasn't been made yet.
The complex is looking to start construction around September and hopes to be done by the end of this year. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/harrisburg-strawberry-square-loses-trademark-chockablock-clock-ball-machine/521-1718a12d-24d3-432f-857e-4c4db80e67ad | 2022-07-08T03:20:34 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/harrisburg-strawberry-square-loses-trademark-chockablock-clock-ball-machine/521-1718a12d-24d3-432f-857e-4c4db80e67ad |
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Black Expo's Summer Celebration kicked off Thursday with an ecumenical service at Grace Apostolic Church.
13News anchor Felicia Lawrence sat down with Tanya Mcknzie, IBE's outgoing president and CEO, who said a lot has been planned for the return of their first full-scale in-person event since the pandemic started.
"Next week, we will kick off our business conference with the mayor's breakfast on July 11," Mckinzie said. "We'll have the governor's reception and then we'll go into our education conference - and thank you for being there with us for our education conference - and that will be Wednesday and Thursday. Then, we'll go into our corporate luncheon on Friday."
"Then our exhibition hall, our health fair. A lot of vendors, about 250 inside the convention center. And I don't want to forget our free concert on Friday night at American Legion Mall, featuring Patti LaBelle, Monica and After 7, so a lot going on over that ten day period. On that Sunday, we will culminate the event with our Gospel Explosion inside the Indiana Convention Center," Mckinzie said.
You'll find more information about all the events associated with Summer Celebration here.
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INDIANAPOLIS — 13Sports director Dave Calabro visited Broad Ripple this week, meeting customers at Half Liter BBQ. The assignment was finding people who wanted to talk about the good things going on in their lives, but Dave didn't miss the opportunity to also sample the tasty menu items.
Eddie Sahm delivered a table full of his restaurant's treats.
"This spot does barbecue," Sahm said. "Mixed other stuff, too, but a lot of smoked meats and fun food to eat."
The brisket grilled cheese is a best seller.
"Melted. Smoked brisket, onions. That's our homemade bread," Sahm said.
"You keep talking. I'm gonna eat it," said Dave.
Sahm shared some great news about his family.
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"We have a 5-week-old, soon to be 6 weeks old, baby Leona. We call her Bertie," he said.
A smiling William was excited to share his good news.
"I'll have two years of sobriety on July 15. A lot of gratitude," he said.
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We also met a woman who is about to embark on a new career.
"I was hired to be the head girls basketball coach at Lafayette Jeff High School, so that's exciting."
You can see more of Dave's visit to Half Liter BBQ in the media player above, and check out some previous Good News stories in the links below.
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SAN ANTONIO — As San Antonio prepares for another scorching weekend of afternoon temperatures well over 100 degrees, cooling centers are preparing to open and accommodate residents.
A map of those 57 cooling centers, some of which will open as soon as 7:30 a.m. Friday, can be found here.
A Heat Advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for our region, impacting San Antonio, Uvalde, Hondo, New Braunfels and other nearby communities.
Feels-like temperatures could get as high as 108 on Friday, and authorities are reminding community members to take precautions if they plan to be out in the sun for a prolonged period of time.
Remember these tips ahead of the latest heat wave:
- Limit outdoor activity, and take frequent breaks.
- Drink plenty of water.
- Check in on elderly neighbors and relatives, as well as those with medical conditions.
- Don't leave your child or pet alone in a car.
KENS 5 Weather Chief Bill Taylor also recommends wearing light, breathable clothing. The city, meanwhile, is reminding residents to know the signs differentiating heat stroke from heat exhaustion.
Bexar County remains under a burn ban, given how easy grass fires can spark amid this summer's lingering drought, and CPS Energy says utility customers should remain mindful of their energy consumption and sign up for energy alerts.
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The Flagstaff Star Chasers look pretty good right now.
The summer collegiate wood bat team focuses on development of its players first, as all of the guys aim to improve ahead of their various college baseball seasons. There aren’t set standings or a league championship to contend for at the end of the season, but the Star Chasers have shown real promise in their inaugural season, boasting a record of 13-6 and a current 10-game win streak.
Wednesday night marked the 10th win, a 13-3 run-rule victory in eight innings over the San Francisco Seals to complete a four-game home sweep.
“I think it’s a statement about our team, that we’re here to make an impact,” manager Dave Deutschman said after Wednesday’s game. “Now we’ve got another good, well-known team with the (Bay Area) Force starting Friday, so we have to get ready for that.”
Wednesday’s win came via an RBI single from outfielder Alex Harper in the bottom of the eighth inning. His grounder up the middle passed the shortstop and designated hitter Drew Barragan scored from third to secure the victory without having to play the final frame.
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“I didn’t get a hit all day, so I had to back it up for the boys and get a walk-off,” Harper said.
The final run came from just the last of 23 hits on the night. Flagstaff ran out to a 7-2 lead after three innings and never looked back. Six different players -- outfielder Bubba Akana, third baseman Roberto Garza Nunez, Justin Nielsen, outfielder Taiga Sato, Barragan and catcher Taylor Knight -- all tallied at least three hits, at least one run and one or more RBIs in the game.
It was the type of performance Flagstaff has come to expect offensively in the win streak. The Star Chasers have scored double-digit runs in nine of the past 10 games, with rotating players in the lineup each able to have their own impact.
“We’re clicking,” Harper said. “We’ve had some pitchers go down with injuries and stuff, but the hitters are stepping up and we’re really rolling right now.”
The Star Chasers have, indeed, had some turnover in their pitching ranks. There have been a few new acquisitions midway through the season. One key pitcher who joined recently was Mitchel Mussler, who started 15 games and won 10 for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott.
He pitched five innings in his first start for the Star Chasers on Wednesday, striking out three and giving up three runs.
Dominick Vest chipped in two scoreless innings on the mound for Flagstaff. Grey Olson finished the game with a scoreless eighth.
While runs have seemingly come easy for the Star Chasers since the beginning of the season, the coaching staff has been impressed with the pitching staff’s ability to keep the team in games despite some uncertainty.
“It’s been a lot more work for myself and (general manager) Randy Barber to keep getting some of the new guys in and see what they can do so we can make a game plan around it,” Deutschman said, “But we’ve seen some good innings from them.”
The Star Chasers also believe they are becoming a more cohesive team. They lost three straight games to the Havasu Heat to open the season in June, as many of the players were receiving their uniforms mere moments before their first game.
Now there’s been a few weeks of practicing and playing together to bank some team chemistry. A streak of wins helps with confidence, too.
“I think we’re all just more focused. It’s getting later in the season and we’re all more used to each other so we’re having fun together,” Harper said.
The Star Chasers will host the first of a three-game series against the Force on Friday at Coconino High School. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/star-chasers-rolling-win-10th-straight-wednesday/article_e5bba37e-fe27-11ec-8fc2-53bd7746de82.html | 2022-07-08T03:26:02 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/star-chasers-rolling-win-10th-straight-wednesday/article_e5bba37e-fe27-11ec-8fc2-53bd7746de82.html |
GREENSBORO — MayCay Beeler and her son are in select company. Possibly the most select.
Maybe 12 to 24 people worldwide are considered professional “wing walkers” — those who climb from a plane’s cockpit during flight and move about on the aircraft.
Just a little over two weeks ago, after a year of training and two days after her 67th birthday, Beeler climbed onto the wing of a World War II biplane in flight. Her son, RJ Gritter, was piloting the 1943 Stearman PT-17 as his mother made the attempt.
But as she stood up in the strong winds, Beeler quickly realized that she did not feel secure. She didn’t learn until later that her left foot was not properly in a hold, or indentation, on the trailing edge of the wing.
She crouched on the wing for about five minutes without being tethered or her belt being attached to a stanchion.
Nonetheless, as far as she knows — and she has checked a variety of official sources — they are the only mother-son team to have performed such a maneuver.
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“It was a really cool bonding experience for us,” Beeler said.
You might remember Beeler from her work as a TV personality, co-hosting WFMY’s “PM Magazine” back in the day. She learned to fly for a story in 1983. She maintains licenses as a professional pilot and flight instructor.
Her son’s father is a former chief test pilot for HondaJet.
And Gritter has been flying since Beeler was pregnant with him 31 years ago. He took his first solo flight at age 16.
He’s now an aerospace engineer as well as a commercial and airshow pilot. Weekends find him performing aerobatics for the Flying Circus Airshow in Bealeton, Va.
Looking for a new challenge, Beeler decided that she wanted to try wing walking. But she knew of only two locations that train the public — in the Pacific Northwest and England.
However, the president of the Flying Circus Airshow approved her to train at its facility hours away.
If she passed, she could try wing walking in private, out of the public’s eye.
So for a year, she drove on weekends five hours each way to train at the Flying Circus Airshow.
Wing walker Beth Sommer trained her on a parked plane most of the time.
“If I don’t feel safe for any reason, I’m not going to do it,” Beeler said from the start. “Beth said that you will never be 100% sure when you’re up there.”
For Beeler’s final exam, her son would taxi on the runway and prepare for takeoff with the propeller going. Beeler had to get up on the wing, strap herself in, unstrap herself and climb back into the cockpit. She passed.
On Father’s Day a few weeks ago, Beeler was ready to try the real thing.
Beeler remembers the five- to 10-minute flight from the Flying Circus Airshow to their destination in the sky.
“I’m enjoying the view, and it was gorgeous,” she recalled. “We are in a 1943 airplane, open cockpit. You are one with the Earth and with the sky.”
Her son flew from the back seat.
When they reached about 3,000 feet, he slowed the plane to reduce the wind resistance, she said.
But the air flow was still much stronger than she anticipated, Beeler recalled.
Still, she wasn’t frightened.
“I could have been sitting on the couch in my living room. I could have been in a swimming pool,” she said. “I wasn’t aware of anything else other than the wind and where my hands and feet are supposed to be.”
Beeler said she has never seen wing walkers traversing the top wing. Some walk a little on the lower wing, but she didn’t try that. She planned to belt herself to the stanchion on the top wing.
She pulled her 120-pound frame from the cockpit using wires and grips. But as Beeler stood, she didn’t feel secure enough to belt herself to the stanchion to stand up fully.
The entire flight and maneuver lasted about 20 minutes, with maybe 5 to 10 minutes on the wing.
“In the moment, as she climbed out of the cockpit and onto the wing, it was mostly business as usual,” Gritter said via email. “I focused on flying the airplane, keeping things steady to ease the wingwalk, and she went through the walk just as practiced.
“Once she was safely back in the cockpit, I was proud of her attempt and wise decision to stop when things didn’t feel right.”
When she returned to the ground, Beeler recalled her instructor saying: “You were out of the seat. You were on top of the wing. You wing-walked. You did it.”
The stunt was enough to intrigue the Guinness Book of World Records. Although there is no known record, officials decided that the maneuver is “not competitive enough on a worldwide scale therefore unlikely to ever be broken,” Beeler said. The people behind the Guinness Book like records that can be broken, she added.
As for future wing walks, Beeler said she plans to do it with her son piloting one more time.
“I’m going to stand up and strap myself and ride for awhile,” she said. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/rare-air-greensboro-mom-flies-on-a-planes-wing---with-her-son-as/article_87482f98-f96c-11ec-85e3-4bf5a3e8d018.html | 2022-07-08T03:27:50 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/rare-air-greensboro-mom-flies-on-a-planes-wing---with-her-son-as/article_87482f98-f96c-11ec-85e3-4bf5a3e8d018.html |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Ashe Street Courthouse will soon have a new owner: the City of Johnson City.
The Johnson City Commission on Thursday night approved acquiring the property from Washington County.
Commissioners said the Ashe Steet Courthouse is critical to the $30 million West Walnut Street corridor project. The 1910 courthouse is stated to be renovated and the city is projected to spend $5 million on repairs.
A neighborhood organization has launched an online petition asking the City Commission to keep the projected use of the building transparent and public. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-commission-approves-acquiring-ashe-street-courthouse/ | 2022-07-08T03:38:00 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-commission-approves-acquiring-ashe-street-courthouse/ |
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A busy overpass in North Little Rock has recently gotten some much needed attention.
Lately, city leaders have pushed for federal funding with hopes that they can avoid an infrastructure nightmare.
If you were to look underneath the Main Street Viaduct, the condition that it is in, becomes very apparent.
There are quite a few spots where wiring is exposed and concrete has even fallen onto the train tracks below.
Mayor Terry Hartwick and NLR's chief engineer Chris Wilbourn both said despite its outward appearance, the infrastructure is safe for people to travel everyday.
However, the viaduct cannot be repaired and the structure will need to be replaced.
For people in North Little Rock, the Main Street Viaduct has been a vital route.
"17,000 cars a day going and coming," Hartwick said.
The years haven't exactly been kind to the bridge, and Mayor Hartwick has been among those that have pushed for its replacement.
"I started looking and I started bringing our congressional district down and taking them underneath the bridge," Hartwick stated.
He said that the city has applied for the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant.
The grant could provide a unique opportunity for the DOT to invest in road, rail, transit and port projects that would promise to achieve various national objectives.
Hartwick mentioned that in all, the construction would cost between $30 million to $35 million, and the federal grant would cover about $25 million.
Mayor Hartwick said the city is prepared to pay the remaining amount.
A report by the Federal Highway Administration completed in 2021 listed the bridge as being in "poor" condition.
Wilbourn said he's studied and worked on a replacement bridge for more than five years.
"We've done some preliminary layout work of the bridge," Wilbourn mentioned.
The next step, he added, would be to do design and environmental work.
"The bridge is a historical bridge, so there's a process that you go through on replacement of the historical bridges," Wilbourn said.
One the city's biggest hurdles is the Union Pacific railyard which runs right underneath the viaduct.
"The viaduct bridge crosses all their main lines," Wilbourn said.
North Little Rock is a major hub for the company, so consideration of an "accelerated bridge construction project" is taken into account.
Crews would build the foundation of the new bridge first and add the main portion of the bridge toward the end of the project.
Wilbourn hopes that can be done rather quickly while disruption to the Union Pacific rail traffic is kept as small as possible..
Mayor Hartwick said he is happy that leaders have decided to take action.
"Our city engineers have to make sure things are safe. So we're there every month, watching it [to] make sure it doesn't get any worse," Hartwick said.
Hartwick and Wilbourn mentioned the demolition and construction process of the new Main Street Viaduct won't begin until after the I-30 project that is currently underway, has been completed. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/north-little-rock-construction-new-bridge/91-69459c57-d387-4acb-905a-d7d8451fc70a | 2022-07-08T03:38:31 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/north-little-rock-construction-new-bridge/91-69459c57-d387-4acb-905a-d7d8451fc70a |
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. – Air Conditioning for many in Florida has become a crisis, one that very literally can mean life or death.
In Southwest Florida, it’s pretty much impossible to live without any kind of air conditioning, now as supply chain issues continue to cause problems, it also means people who need AC repairs are having to sweat it out.
“The Crisis has been here since last year, it wasn’t really discovered or talked about ’til this year, and it’s getting worse,” said Chase Joseph Garlinhouse, who runs a small air conditioning repair company out of Bonita Springs.
On Thursday, he showed NBC2 his stockpile of spare air conditioning parts, which he needs now more than ever.
Due to supply chain issues, he says replacement parts like motors and evaporator coils can take weeks to get. Which is an eternity when living without AC.
“Just for instance we had a job last week, I had to tell the lady, its three weeks for the equipment, I called my sales rep every day. Is the equipment in stock? We don’t have anything in Florida.” Garlinghouse said.
With a backlog of clients who need help, he’ll often make quicker fixes with his spare used parts for people in a pinch and on a budget.
“If we have a part here, I’ll tell them, hey this is a used part, but we can get it fixed today.”
Meanwhile, more permanent fixes can take time just to arrive.
“Its unbelievable, when someone calls, we are like doctors at this point.” | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/07/supply-chain-issues-causing-headaches-for-air-conditioning-companies-in-swfl/ | 2022-07-08T03:39:52 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/07/supply-chain-issues-causing-headaches-for-air-conditioning-companies-in-swfl/ |
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Some trees in a NE Cape Coral neighborhood were awkwardly trimmed by LCEC in order to keep branches away from power lines.
Neighbors near Kismet Parkway and Andalusia Boulevard were left speechless when they opened their doors to trees in their yards cut in an L-shape or sliced down the middle.
LCEC said its Vegetation Management program offers free tree trimming in three cases; power outages, customer call-ins, and routine maintenance cycles.
Their crews follow guidelines from the National Arborist Association, which generally advise cutting any branch within 10 feet of a primary power line. Then it’s up to the property owner to manicure whatever remains of the tree.
Some neighbors left with lopsided trees said they were concerned it could topple over onto their home. LCEC recommends hiring a third-party tree trimming service after they’re done.
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SAN DIEGO — Although farm and food production workers were considered essential workers during the pandemic, many of California’s food employers endangered those workers, violating Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 guidelines more often than most industries, a new report said.
The California Institute for Rural Studies’ report said farm and food production employers routinely failed to provide workers with face masks, nor did they enforce physical distancing or notify workers when there were COVID outbreaks at worksites.
The study was based on OSHA inspections from April 2020 through December 2021.
Though farms and food companies had the most violations of all the industries, they had some of the smallest penalties, the report said; the average penalty was $22,473.
Cal/OSHA did not answer CalMatters’ question about the size of the fines. It issued a statement Wednesday saying, “Cal/OSHA recognizes and appreciates the importance of this issue, and is reviewing CIRS’ report and recommendations.”
Dvera Saxton, a researcher with the rural studies institute, said Cal/OSHA cited food production employers four times more than any other California industries during the first year of the pandemic. But food companies utilized the judicial and appeals process to try to reduce their penalties, she said.
“Oftentimes the fines will be reduced or eliminated,” she said. “We know that the food production employers — and the companies they’re producing for — have very powerful legal teams to reduce the fines.”
The companies’ violations often included failure to provide and implement a health and safety system, which is required by a 1991 state law, the study said.
The report describes food production workers as those working in meat packing, dairy operations and agriculture — primarily Black, Latino, and Indigenous people, often undocumented immigrants.
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Among 36 agricultural workplaces that utilize contractors, the report names Brutocao Vineyards. Cal/OSHA fined Brutocao Vineyards $3,710 in September 2020 for allegedly failing to provide face masks for three workers and neglecting to keep workers six feet apart.
Len Brutocao, director of vineyard operations, blamed the violations on the workers.
“We provided the masks, and they just didn’t wear them,” he said in an interview, adding that the company has since increased training and stressed wearing masks.
California’s food and farm employers aren’t very different from similar employers around the country, said Suzanne Adely, co-director of the Los Angeles-based Food Chain Workers Alliance, a national coalition of food workers unions.
The 21.5 million farm and food workers make up the nation’s largest workforce, she said. The lack of COVID protections is just one of their many vulnerabilities.
“Food workers have the lowest median wage than any workforce and are the most food insecure,” Adely said. “They have some of the highest rates of health and safety violations … and high rates of wage theft.”
As the pandemic continues, the report recommends that state leaders and Cal/OSHA officials strengthen paid sick leave protections, increase workplace inspections and ensure that employer health and safety data is more accessible to the public.
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WINTERS, Calif. — The search for a missing teen in Solano County is entering its fifth day after a truck was found in Putah Creek near Winters over the weekend.
Recovery crews have been scouring the area since the crash around midnight Sunday.
Officials say they got to the scene and found a truck in the water and an 18-year-old man clinging to shoreline calling for help. He told officials 18-year-old Eduardo Fierros was still in the truck.
Divers attempted a rescue but couldn’t reach the vehicle. By the time it was pulled out of the water, no one was inside.
"I would honestly consider him almost like a brother to me,” said Pedro Garcia.
Garcia has known the victim for as long as he can remember. They started school together, played soccer through the years, and graduated from Winters High School last month.
Eduaro Fierro, known to loved ones as ‘Efi,’ planned to go to college at Sacramento State and is described as having a positive and energetic soul.
"He was such a caring and loving and loyal person,” said Garcia.
As officials and the tight-knit group of friends continue the search, they've placed a photo on the tree struck in the crash as they hope for answers.
"Efi's the type of person that would never give up and so I have faith and I have hope that he was going to be OK and I still do. That's why I'm coming out here every day looking for him,” said Garcia.
Friends and family members are looking to expand the search area when they gather to look over the weekend.
As for the investigation into the crash, CHP told ABC10 the truck belonged to the father of the survivor, who told police Fierro was driving. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/search-continues-for-solano-county-teen-after-truck-crash/103-a6fafe53-c85c-48ae-94af-51995060151d | 2022-07-08T03:49:48 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/search-continues-for-solano-county-teen-after-truck-crash/103-a6fafe53-c85c-48ae-94af-51995060151d |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Educators at Lake Silver Elementary School are displeased with Principal Sheila Burke after they claimed she used microaggressions and failed to discipline staff members who made racist remarks.
Orange County Public Schools Office of Professional Standards launched an investigation into these claims in February 2022.
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The seven-week investigation closed in March. The office said the case is unconfirmed due to insufficient evidence to support a school board violation.
The decision was not well-received by several staff members, including Shauna Jackson who was a fifth grade teacher at the school.
Jackson resigned from her position in May.
“I don’t want to be a part of that teaching system anymore,” she said.
Jackson said she filed a complaint with the Office of Professional Standards. She said the school principal, Burke, did not properly discipline one of her former colleagues for making racist comments about the students.
Jackson claims one teacher said, “These kids are ghetto, huh?”
After alerting Burke, Jackson said she did not address the “blatantly racist remarks.”
She also claims Burke said, “Those kids will end up in prison. The statistics support that. It is what it is.”
Jackson said she was disgusted by the alleged comments, but not surprised.
“A lot of times when white people see another white person, they feel I will agree with their views,” Jackson said.
The Office of Professional Standards requested evidence and witness statements from other staff members. At least eight other teachers came forward with complaints similar to Jackson’s.
Burke sent a rebuttal to the allegations, saying in part, “She twisted my words,” before further denying the other accusations.
The principal was sent a letter, alerting her to follow guidance regarding the expectations of the district, noting she is not being disciplined.
Jackson said she and the other educators are upset the investigation did not rise to the level of discipline.
“It makes us feel less than, it makes us feel undervalued and it really makes us sad for our kids. We’re not serving our kids. Our kids deserve way better,” Jackson said.
This is not the first time Burke has been at the center of an investigation. A teacher filed a harassment complaint against her when she worked for Azalea Park Elementary in 2018, claiming she caused a hostile work environment.
That case was also closed after not finding Burke in violation of the school code.
Regardless of the findings, Jackson said Burke needs to be removed from the district.
“I encourage you to find another career, Principal Burke, because our kids deserve so much better than you,” Jackson said.
News 6 reporter Treasure Roberts reached out to Burke for comment and did not hear back.
Orange County Public Schools said it does not comment on personnel matters, adding all complaints are investigated by the Office of Professional Standards.
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OVIEDO, Fla. – Oviedo council members called to increase the city tax rate at a work session Thursday evening while discussing its proposed budget.
Assistant City Manager Patrick Kelly said city staff and council members reached the consensus on the proposed budget as officials have been trying to balance the budget.
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“The city will see about $645,000 in increased revenue which would be about $40 a month to the average household,” Kelly said. “We strive to be a full service city, we strive to be fiscally responsible and we strive to be one of the best places where folks can live.”
The city also said Oviedo is no exception when it comes to inflation increases impacting products and services.
“Like everywhere—the grocery store, the gas pump—we are affected by inflation.... It has effected our outlook for the next year,” Kelly said.
The budget also includes several projects, including upgrades to public safety buildings and equipment.
“The city always strives to give their officials, their police, their fire every tool they need to do their job on a daily basis,” Kelly said.
The city said a final mileage rate won’t be established until September, allowing time for public comment.
This comes after members of the public shut down a rate increase proposed by Oviedo city leaders in June which would have added a fire services fee to all units. City officials said this fee would have made up for about $3.9 million of the budget’s deficit.
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BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) – News Channel 11’s Kelly Grosfield sat down with Bristol, Virginia Mayor Anthony Farnum to discuss his leadership background and ongoing projects throughout the city.
Have a question for the Mayor who represents the city or county where you live in Northeast Tennessee or Southwest Virginia? Email them to KGrosfield@WJHL.com. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/meet-the-mayor-bristol-virginia-mayor-anthony-farnum/ | 2022-07-08T04:02:45 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/meet-the-mayor-bristol-virginia-mayor-anthony-farnum/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — City leaders had no comment Thursday evening regarding a lawsuit filed against the city and police department by a former federal investigator.
People gathered inside and outside city hall calling for the suspension of Johnson City Police Chief Karl Turner amid allegations of inconsistent handling of sexual assault cases by the department.
Those allegations were brought to light in a lawsuit filed on June 23 by a former special assistant U.S. attorney, Kat Dahl, hired by JCPD.
In the lawsuit, Dahl alleged she was fired after pushing Turner and the department to investigate a series of alleged serial rapes and sexual assaults tied to a single suspect only identified by the alias “Robert Voe.”
City commissioners met to discuss the lawsuit in a closed-door meeting prior to Thursday night’s regular commission meeting. On Wednesday, City Manager Cathy Ball said the city will request a third-party review of the police department’s actions surrounding the lawsuit.
When asked if any decision was made during Thursday’s meeting, Ball told News Channel 11 that she could not comment on pending litigation.
Vice-Mayor Todd Fowler said the meeting was purely informational and no action was taken.
“It was just an informational meeting for us to know what’s going in the lawsuit,” Fowler said after the meeting.
Several protesters gathered at City Hall to call for a full investigation into allegations the police department mishandled rape cases. They also called for Turner to be suspended.
Victoria Hewlett was among those protesting outside. She called on city leaders to host a town hall to hear community concerns about the content of the lawsuit.
“They should give us a seat at the table and give us a chance to speak because a lot of us knew about this guy [Voe],” Hewlett said.
During the regular commission meeting, the lawsuit did not come up until a citizen named Jeff Clark spoke up during public comment regarding the Ashe Street courthouse. He was interrupted and told that the discussion was limited to the agenda item at hand.
“Our police department with our chief who is-,” Clark said before Fowler stopped his comment.
“Mr. Clark, not that’s not on our agenda, so. We’re only talking about the Ashe Street courthouse and that’s all,” Fowler said.
Clark replied, “I’m talking about the fact that no one’s going to feel safe with a chief who denies rape.”
Ball told Clark and the audience the city was instructed by their attorney to not speak on the pending litigation.
Citizens can sign up to speak during commission meetings, but only on things that are on the agenda.
Notices were posted on City Hall doors about policies on disrupting public meetings.
In response, several inside the commission chambers wore tape across their mouths, some inscribed with the word “RESIGN” in reference to Turner.
Katelyn Yarbrough, one of the protest’s organizers, said the city’s message was clear.
“They want us to be silent. They don’t want us to be here. It’s a culture of sweeping things under the rug,” Yarbrough said.
Before the meeting was adjourned, two commissioners told the audience anyone with questions could contact them via email or cell phone, both available on the city’s website.
Ben Putnam, another protest organizer, said that hasn’t been the case before leaving the meeting.
“My calls and emails weren’t returned. Don’t listen to them. They’re lying to you. We’ll be outside waiting to talk to you,” Putnam said.
No city leaders came out to talk with protesters after the meeting. However, protesters said Thursday night’s meeting was only the beginning of their push against the city and JCPD. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/no-comment-from-city-leaders-on-jcpd-lawsuit/ | 2022-07-08T04:02:51 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/no-comment-from-city-leaders-on-jcpd-lawsuit/ |
MOUNTAIN TOP, Pa. — A group of students from Luzerne County were treated to a victory meal.
A group of students from Crestwood recently won the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals.
The competition is all about creative problem-solving.
Teams work together to solve a long-term problem and present their solution.
After taking home the international title, the owner of Cavanaugh's Grill in Mountain Top wanted to treat the students to a steak dinner, on the house.
"It's unbelievable, it's great. All the work they put in over the last year to do this, the community can't be more proud of them. And obviously a great reflection of the Crestwood School District," said Jim Foley, owner of Cavanaugh's Grille.
The team won a trophy and each got a medal for their creativity and hard work.
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KULPMONT, Pa. — The fire which left three people homeless in Northumberland County was allegedly set intentionally.
That's according to fire officials.
The flames broke out at the home on Lamplight Acres in Kulpmont just after midnight on Monday.
Officials say they found two metal Sterno cans placed on the floor of the garage.
A red plastic gas can was also found at the home and a knob on an electric stove on the second floor was left on.
But investigators say, curiously, personal belongings like pictures were missing from the home.
So far, no charges have been filed in connection with the alleged arson.
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Abril, Trinidad Contreras, 85, housekeeper, June 22, Carrillo’s.
Almquist, Katherine, 92, teacher, June 10, East Lawn.
Aranda, Charlotte E., 82, stock clerk, July 1, Carrillo’s.
Aung, Khin, 85, teacher, June 15, East Lawn.
Berry, Mary, 73, teacher, June 5, East Lawn.
Burr, Susan, 81, bookkeeper, June 7, East Lawn.
Cordova, Mary D., 89, June 18, Carrillo’s.
Devich, Doris, 91, homemaker, May 2, East Lawn.
Drucker, Kenneth, 76, corporate finance, June 15, East Lawn.
Epley, Rachel M., 85, secretary, June 24, Carrillo’s.
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Estavillo, Lily J., 92, homemaker, June 25, Carrillo’s.
Flaherty, Leona, 86, artist, June 10, East Lawn.
Janzen, Veronica, 65, school bus safety instructor, June 26, Oasis Cremation.
Jones, Merle, 102, rocket scientist, May 30, East Lawn.
Kaser, Sandra, 75, teacher, June 4, East Lawn.
Kempin, Donald, 93, aircraft mechanic, June 19, East Lawn.
Krasnick, Richard, 94, mechanic, June 8, East Lawn.
Lepretre, Oliver Louis, infant, June 21, Carrillo’s.
Luna, Juan Manuel, 81, roofer, June 28, Carrillo’s.
Lupu, Alexandria, 94, education administrator, June 29, Carrillo’s.
Medoff, Stuart, 76, physician, June 23, East Lawn.
Noon, Richard Raymond Sr., 92, freight agent, June 24, Carrillo’s.
Norzagaray, Ruth R., 91, homemaker, June 22, Carrillo’s.
Pesqueira, Armida, 88, secretary, June 23, Carrillo’s.
Preciado, Mercedes, 79, homemaker, June 3, East Lawn.
Rorex, Wilma, 97, customer service specialist, June 9, East Lawn.
Sanchez, James, 16, student, June 23, Carrillo’s.
Scott, Joy, 71, appraiser, June 26, Avenidas Cremation.
Tretinik, Muriel, 99, homemaker, June 19, East Lawn.
Van Kirk, Stewart, 72, sheriff, June 15, East Lawn.
Watkins, William, 98, salesman, June 20, East Lawn.
Weller, Deborah, 73, historian, June 20, East Lawn.
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GREENSBORO — Kaleab Kurtz has learned a lot about filmmaking in the last two weeks. And it’s not all about cameras and scripts.
It’s also about tight schedules, delays, the struggles of casting unpaid actors, cutting scenes, equipment breakdowns and how COVID-19 can take an actor out of a production.
“It did teach me to be more prepared and to always walk onto set as if you know something will happen,” Kurtz said as he put finishing touches on a film.
The 18-year-old is one of 10 artists chosen for this year’s Residency at the Hyers in the Greensboro Cultural Center.
Creative Greensboro, the city’s office of arts and culture, runs the program. It provides residencies of up to six weeks for dance, theater, music, film and poetry projects led by Guilford County-based creative individuals and organizations.
The artists receive rent-free access for rehearsals and performances to the Stephen D. Hyers Theatre, an 88-seat venue in the cultural center at 200 N. Davie St.
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They also are offered support with materials, equipment and the marketing of residency activities.
During his residency, Kurtz has been filming around town and in the parking lot of a former Harris Teeter, Christ Lutheran Church and a baseball field. He had planned to finish a short film on teen homelessness in time to show it this weekend.
But delays affected his production schedule. So Kurtz will show two other short films instead that he finished during his two-week residency: “Our Final Moments” and “Michael and Amelia.”
By summer’s end, he said, he will finish and premiere “Life,” the film on teen homelessness.
Kurtz is not homeless himself. He lives with his father, Chris, a church administrator at Christ Lutheran Church who also home-schooled his son.
“I’m so proud of him,” Chris Kurtz said. “Why not support your son’s dream?”
Since age 4, Kaleab has wanted to be a film actor and that remains his primary career goal.
His first role came at age 14 in Atlanta. He told his father that he believed he could appear in “Stranger Things,” the hit series streaming on Netflix.
He ended up as an extra in the show’s third season.
Kurtz took acting and filmmaking classes at the cultural center. There, he met Todd Fisher, the performing arts coordinator for what is now Creative Greensboro.
Kurtz had not seen teen homelessness in real life, but researched the topic through YouTube videos.
“I saw how people were treating it as nothing,” he said. “I wanted to tackle teen homelessness because these kids don’t know what to do about their life, how to go about their day and worry about how to get food.”
When he was selected for a Residency at the Hyers, he had to cast actors — but didn’t have money to pay them.
Kurtz wrote scripts for the three films he would direct.
He titled one “Our Final Moments.” In the 17-minute film, two best friends have awakened in heavenly surroundings to realize that they have died.
In “Michael and Amelia,” Amelia longs for someone to know that her dream matters. Michael is that someone.
Kurtz often plays main characters in his films, and plays Michael in this one.
“The next time I do a movie, I’m going to get someone else to play the main character, so I can do the behind-the-scenes,” Kurtz said.
For “Life,” Kurtz opted not to cast real-life homeless teens. He said he doesn’t know any.
Instead, he chose mostly people he knew. He wanted to help them add film credits to their resumes.
He cast Rose Whitman as an actress and prop mistress.
Shortly before filming, one actor tested positive for COVID-19 and had to leave.
Kurtz cast eight other people, but they kept dropping out.
He finally cast Jonathan Dauphinais as an actor.
“Now that I know Jonathan is nice and reliable, I will work with him more often,” Kurtz said.
And he recruited John Davenport as cinematographer.
All together, 15 people have worked on the three films, Kurtz said.
The first day of filming, Kurtz’s camera broke. So did his computer.
“But other than that,” Kurtz said, “it’s been smooth.”
The films can be combined into one film or separated into three — depending on what a film festival wants.
Kurtz hopes that they open doors to careers. He appreciates the Residency at the Hyers for the mental space it offers.
“They give me and John a lot of space to come with ideas and do our editing,” Kurtz explained. “It’s been nice having that time to talk and edit and come up with ideas for more shots I can do.”
He hopes the film credits will help Davenport get into UNC School of the Arts, which Whitman will attend.
“The more movies I put under their belts, maybe they can get more of a chance to get hired or maybe they can go to school and it will look good for them,” Kurtz said.
Come August, Kurtz will start online film classes through New York University.
“It’s exciting to see a young artist at the beginning of their journey learning from all the mistakes along with the successes,” Fisher said. “Giving artists like Kaleab the space to explore their craft is one of my favorite parts of the Residency at the Hyers program.” | https://greensboro.com/news/local/the-reel-world-opening-titles-are-rolling-on-this-greensboro-filmmakers-journey/article_956b63a2-f966-11ec-8245-9b60ca6fec64.html | 2022-07-08T04:12:39 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/the-reel-world-opening-titles-are-rolling-on-this-greensboro-filmmakers-journey/article_956b63a2-f966-11ec-8245-9b60ca6fec64.html |
TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. — A 16-year-old girl from Temple Terrace is among a small group of students who recently won one of Apple's most prestigious scholarships for teens this summer.
Lexline Johnson created an app in the Swift Student Challenge. She said before submitting her creation, she didn't expect to be one of the 350 students selected from 40 countries and regions for the 2022 challenge.
"I was honestly surprised," Johnson said, describing how she felt after learning she was a winner.
But her parents and friends knew she had it in her. Johnson explained this was her second time entering the challenge and said her parents probably believed in her more than she believed in herself.
So what did she create?
Johnson is a quantum physics aficionado but knows the subject is not easily understandable. The winning app she created took two weeks to create and navigates quantum physics through everyday terms, "making STEAM topics less intimidating," a press release says.
The app takes the user through an interactive journey of quantum entanglement with illustrations created by Johnson. Creating and coding the app from start to finish, the 16-year-old said the animations are one of the features she's most proud of.
Through the scholarship, winners receive a year of Apple Developer Program membership, WWDC22 outerwear and a customized pin set. Apple developer memberships give access to digital lounges where Apple engineers and designers host Q&As, sessions and presentations.
Johnson is familiar with coding and app creation. She first found an interest in coding her freshman year in high school when she received her first laptop. She's created a matching game in a coding competition and has worked with app development.
The rising senior at the Academy of Holy Names said when she's not winning Apple scholarships, she likes to draw and plays the viola. Her favorite subject in school is math and says she enjoys the logical process.
"There's always something to learn," Johnson said.
For students who are interested, Johnson said her best advice is to "go for it."
While reading books and participating in Stack Overflow can teach you things, she said there's a lot that can be learned from putting your brain to the test of app development and getting your hands dirty.
"Don't be afraid," Johnson said. And added that the app you create doesn't have to be overly complicated.
In the future, she said if she were to expand the demo app she submitted, she'd add more topic discussions to cover a larger field.
Beyond high school, Johnson hopes to study data science and looks forward to a career in machine learning engineering. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/florida-teen-winner-apple-scholarship-swift-student-challenge/67-c5997d77-579a-4575-9456-837ee06a783f | 2022-07-08T04:19:02 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/florida-teen-winner-apple-scholarship-swift-student-challenge/67-c5997d77-579a-4575-9456-837ee06a783f |
CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. – An arrest has been made following the shooting at a church in Campbell County, that resulted in the death of Robert Staton.
The Campbell Couny Sheriff’s Office says after an extensive investigation, they obtained charged on Michael Cerillo of Lexington, North Carolina.
Investigators say Cerillo was charged with second degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and use of a firearm by a convicted felon.
They say Cerillo was taken into custody at his home by the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina without incident. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/08/north-carolina-man-charged-in-shooting-death-of-campbell-county-man/ | 2022-07-08T04:20:31 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/08/north-carolina-man-charged-in-shooting-death-of-campbell-county-man/ |
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — After the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Tarrant County’s COVID-19 community spread is high.
This week, Tarrant County Public Health issued a warning on its Twitter page, encouraging people to wear masks indoors and social distance.
On Thursday, Tarrant County Public Health Director Vinny Taneja told WFAA he recommends taking extra precautions as cases rise.
“After Memorial Day, some activity picked up, and we went from low to medium. Now, after Fourth of July we’ve gone from medium to high,” Taneja said.
On Wednesday, the county reported 774 new positive COVID-19 cases, a major increase from the beginning of June, when the county was averaging around 60 new daily cases.
On Thursday, the county reported 1,851 new COVID-19 cases, but health officials clarified that the number included cases from several previous days.
“That’s a lot of disease activity for one illness,’ Taneja said. “The hospitalizations in the last week or so have been up, and that’s been a trend going on for three to four weeks.”
Taneja urged those who are fully vaccinated to get a booster dose of the vaccine. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county-covid-spread-level-jumps-high-masks-indoors-recommended/287-b4524a44-1183-4211-a3f5-f6c6ba0f3ef2 | 2022-07-08T04:25:03 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county-covid-spread-level-jumps-high-masks-indoors-recommended/287-b4524a44-1183-4211-a3f5-f6c6ba0f3ef2 |
The New Jersey State Police arrested eight suspects who allegedly operated a "horrific" human trafficking ring in which victims were "lured to this country under the promise of a better life.”
Eight people between 28 and 55 years old were arrested and face charges ranging from third-degree maintaining a house of prostitution to first-degree human trafficking and conspiracy.
Detectives led a four-month-long investigation where they discovered that the suspects smuggled female victims and forced them into prostitution, state police said in a news release.
Through their investigation, detectives identified a 43-year-old suspect as the ringleader of the human trafficking network that operated out of a number of residences in Trenton.
Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin commented on the investigation saying, “The trafficking of human beings is horrific, particularly when it involves the sexual exploitation of vulnerable women and girls lured to this country under the promise of a better life.”
Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, said that the investigation shows the department’s dedication to bringing criminals to justice to dismantling “operations that create life-long, damage to victims."
The search began Friday, January 21. State Police Missing Persons and Human Trafficking unit detectives gained information of a minor being trafficked around a Hudson Street property in Trenton.
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Afterward, on the same day, those detectives – along with officials from the state police T.E.A.M.S. Unit, K-9 Unit, Crime Suppression Central Unit, Trenton Police Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement – performed a search with warrant at the Hudson Street property. Those involved in the search found two female victims and arrested two suspects, 39 and 55 years old, both Trenton residents.
One of the victims revealed that she was smuggled from Mexico to Texas under the notion she would be working at a restaurant. However, she was forced into a human sex trafficking operation, eventually being trafficked into New Jersey as a prostitute before being moved to Trenton, the state police said.
On Wednesday, May 11, detectives and other officials executed search warrants for multiple residences in Trenton. Nine more female victims were located, and evidence was found that described a false pretense that they would be smuggled into the United States and be provided actual employment.
Two suspects remain on the loose, while the others are being housed at the Mercer County Jail pending detention hearings, police said.
Anyone who is a victim of human trafficking or knows a victim is encouraged to call the New Jersey State Police at 855-END-NJ-HT. Every tip remains anonymous.
This case is being processed by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. All victims rescued received assistance, state police said. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/from-mexico-to-nj-state-police-dismantle-human-trafficking-ring/3293369/ | 2022-07-08T04:25:03 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/from-mexico-to-nj-state-police-dismantle-human-trafficking-ring/3293369/ |
WASHINGTON D.C., DC — After President Joe Biden awarded him the military’s highest recognition Tuesday, July 5, Cherokee Nation citizen Dwight Birdwell, 74, became the first Native American to receive the Medal of Honor for his heroic service during the Vietnam War.
“Mr. Birdwell is someone I deeply respect, not only for his service to our Tribal Nation, but also for his service to our country,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., who attended the White House Medal of Honor ceremony. “Honoring his heroic deeds and bestowing the Medal of Honor to him is the right thing to do for his valiant actions during the Vietnam War. He is a true Cherokee patriot who put his own life at risk without hesitation and expected no commendation.”
Specialist Five Birdwell was a soldier with Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Calvary, 25th Infantry Division and was present during the Jan. 31, 1968 attack in Saigon.
While under enemy fire, Birdwell’s tank commander was incapacitated and many of the unit’s vehicles were disabled or destroyed. Birdwell, who was wounded, moved the tank commander to safety, took command and continued fighting. Birdwell fought until receiving enemy fire to his face and torso, and when he ran out of ammunition, he remained on the battlefield until reinforcement arrived. Birdwell then aided in evacuating the wounded.
“I’m overwhelmed. Receiving the Medal of Honor is a validation of a long-standing tradition of Cherokee people -- men and women -- serving not only to protect and defend the United States, but the Cherokee people as well,” Birdwell said. “It gives validation to that tradition. It’s not about me; it also brings honor to those I served with who died in battle. It’s as much for them as it is for me. The big thing is that I’m so proud of being a Cherokee citizen and bringing honor to the Cherokee Nation and the Cherokee people.”
Birdwell, who is also s also a recipient of two Silver Stars and a Purple Heart, joins only 3,800 service men and women since the Civil War awarded the Medal of Honor, including a handful of Cherokees, including Jack C. Montgomery and John Noah Reese for their service in World War II.
Birdwell is a former Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Chief Justice and served on the Cherokee Nation’s highest court from 1987 to 1999. Today, he continues to practice law in Oklahoma City.
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A clerk for a New York City bodega was charged with killing a man who attacked him behind the counter, but those who support him say that new surveillance video showing the shocking incident could help the worker be cleared of charges.
Jose Alba remained quiet Thursday as he returned home after being released on bail following almost a week at Riker's Island. His bail was lowered from a quarter of a million dollars down to $50,000. As part of his release, Alba was forced to surrender his passport, remain in the five boroughs and submit to electronic monitoring.
The 61-year-old is facing murder charges after police said he fatally stabbed a man inside a Washington Heights convenience store. There is growing outrage regarding his arrest, however, with many left wondering: Was it murder or self defense?
Surveillance video from inside the Blue Moon Convenience Store on Broadway, near 139th Street, shows 35-year-old Austin Simon storm behind the counter and shove Alba into a wall. Moments later, a fight breaks out, and Alba grabs a knife, stabbing Simon at least three times.
Investigators said the brawl started after Simon's girlfriend tried paying for a bag of chips, but her card was declined.
EMS crews transported Simon to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams, who was among the many who stopped by the bodega throughout the day on Thursday, said that it appeared Alba was acting in self-defense
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"It's time for New Yorkers and Americans to start standing up for people following the law. And that's what I'm going to do," the mayor said on Thursday.
The case has garnered international headlines. Those who knew the store employee said they believe that Alba was simply defending himself.
"To me, I know him personally, he lives in my building. He's the kindest man I ever met, if he says it's self-defense, it is, to me," said Chris Sanchez, who said he's known Alba most of his life. "I would've done the same thing."
In a statement, the Neighborhood Defender Service — which is defending Alba — said that they "continue to investigate this case and gather evidence in Mr. Alba's defense. The video in this case speaks for itself: Mr. Alba was simply doing his job when he was aggressively cornered by a much younger and bigger man."
The next court date is scheduled for July 20. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/murder-or-self-defense-new-video-shows-nyc-bodega-worker-stab-man-inside-nyc-shop/3765929/ | 2022-07-08T04:28:42 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/murder-or-self-defense-new-video-shows-nyc-bodega-worker-stab-man-inside-nyc-shop/3765929/ |
The third week of June was a busy one at North Main Street Elementary School in Pleasantville. Proud parents paraded up the path on Woodland Avenue into school. The Moving On Ceremony for fifth graders going into sixth grade was held June 22, and the Stepping Up Ceremony for kindergarteners moving up to first grade was held June 23.
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The incumbent filing deadline for offices not on the May primary ballot is 5 p.m. July 15.
The deadline for nonincumbents is 5 p.m. Aug. 1. A person is considered an incumbent if they are a current officeholder of any elected office and would like to file for the same office or a different office.
Candidates for the following offices which are located within or partially within Lancaster County must meet these deadlines:
* City of Bennet, mayor and city council wards 1 and 2.
* Boards of trustees for the villages of Davey, Denton, Firth, Hallam, Malcolm, Panama, Raymond, Roca, and Sprague.
* Educational Service Unit 2, District 5 (4-year term); Unit 5, District 5 (4-year term); Unit 6, Districts 5 and 7 (4-year terms).
Candidates for the city of Bennet and the village boards file with the Lancaster County Election Commissioner, 601 N. 46th St.
Candidates for Educational Service Units file with the Elections Division of the Nebraska Secretary of State, 1221 N St.
More information: 402-441-7311.
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Jake Owen performs alongside his band during a performance at the Pinewood Bowl in Pioneers Park on Thursday, June 16, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Nebraska freshman guard Callin Hake gets a high five from head women's basketball coach Amy Williams during practice on Thursday, June 15, 2022, at Hendricks Training Complex. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Former Husker Jordan Larson does a demonstration during a volleyball camp, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at Kinetic Sports Complex. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Carpet Land’s Caden Cetak (left) slides for home as Judds Brothers’ Chase Blanchard tags him out during the annual Mike Peterson/Coach K Legion tournament championship game Sunday, June 11, 2022, at Den Hartog Field. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Union Bank’s Reese Kortum pitches the ball against a Millard North batter during a Mike Peterson/Coach K Legion Tournament game on Friday, June 10, 2022, at Densmore Field. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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A rancher takes a load off while waiting for an auction during the annual Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska at the Cass County Fairgrounds on June 4 in Weeping Water. The annual fundraiser moves around the state, and is held in a new location each year.
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North’s Kamden Dusatko (middle) and his teammates celebrate their win over South in the Shrine Bowl on June 4 at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium in Kearney.
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The CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show has announced major changes to its parking this year at the Dayton International Airport.
The general admission parking lot will now be entirely on the east side of North Dixie Drive, across from the entrance to the air show, and a portion of North Dixie Drive in front of the gateway will be blocked to provide a safer crossing for general admission patrons.
Chalet, Pavilion and Flight Line Hangar ticket holders with P-Lot parking passes will park on the south side of the airport, off West National Road, where shuttle buses will take patrons to their chalets or pavilions. Air show officials said this change is meant to keep shuttle buses out of air show traffic and reduce commute and wait times.
Handicap, VIP, C-Lot and Media parking lots have not changed.
Scott Buchanan, Chairman of the United States Air & Trade Show Board of Trustees, said the changes came after a discussion with city and airport officials to get families to the show grounds as quickly and safely as possible. “As always, we encourage attendees to arrive early to avoid heavy traffic and ensure you don’t miss any part of our air show,” he said.
The 2022 CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger is on July 30-31 at the Dayton International Airport.
General admission parking at the gate is $15 per car and $25 for RVs, buses and other large vehicles, though officials said patrons can save money but buying a parking pass online ahead of time. All other lots require a lot-specific parking pass.
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Detroit has 1st probable monkeypox case, health official says
Detroit has reported its first probable case of monkeypox, the city's top health official announced Thursday night.
The case has been identified by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said Denise Fair Razo, Detroit's chief public health officer, on Twitter.
Other details were not immediately available.
Razo advised residents and medical providers who have questions to call the city's nurse hotline at (313) 876-4444 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or email dhdoutbreak@detroitmi.gov.
The announcement comes more than a week after state health officials said they had identified the first probable monkeypox case in Michigan as officials monitor a global outbreak of the rare disease.
The case involved an Oakland County resident, according to the state health department.
Last week, the department said it had ordered the monkeypox vaccine from the government.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed 700 cases in 35 states across the country through Thursday.
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. It is not related to chickenpox.
The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970, according to the CDC.
Before the 2022 outbreak, nearly all monkeypox cases in people outside of Africa were linked to international travel to countries where the disease commonly occurs or through imported animals, the CDC said.
Symptoms can include fever, headache, muscle aches and backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills, exhaustion and a rash resembling pimples or blisters that appear on the face, inside the mouth as well as other parts of the body, according to the CDC. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/07/07/detroit-has-1st-probable-monkeypox-case-health-official-says/10010980002/ | 2022-07-08T04:51:22 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/07/07/detroit-has-1st-probable-monkeypox-case-health-official-says/10010980002/ |
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TEMPLE, Texas — Home foundation experts are warning homeowners to check their foundation in this drought.
They say any kind of extreme weather can compromise the foundation of a home, and the best way to spot if your foundation is damaged is by evaluating the perimeters.
Check to see if there are cracks in your drywall or brick, and if your entry and back doors are suddenly much harder to open, this could mean there is motion in your foundation.
Jeff Griffith with Centex Foundation Repair said continuously watering the area of ground near the base of your house will help to prevent this.
"A lot of times when we're in restrictive water use or we're in a severe drought that gap will increase and you'll be able to see quite a substantial gap between the soil, the grass and your home," Griffith said.
But if the City of Temple starts asking residents to conserve water in this drought, this could keep people from practicing what Griffith said.
Alex Gibbs, with the City of Temple, said the city is not at that level yet and says residents shouldn't worry about conserving water yet.
Though, the water level in Lake Belton has decreased.
"It's just something that we have to monitor in the event that we were to get to a level where we would have to put something in place," Gibbs said.
Gibbs added that even before a conservation notice is ever put in place, it is good to think of using water like turning your lights off. You should do it every chance you get.
A good place to keep track of the droughts and their severity in Central Texas is with Drought.gov.
Griffith said if this drought continues, and people do have to conserve water, it is a good practice to continuously watch and monitor your foundation.
He noted that not every crack and shift in a foundation means it's time for repair. Sometimes a house just needs to settle.
"About one out of every two houses we look at we recommend no work is needed, just keep an eye on it," he said.
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BOISE, Idaho —
Pam Hemphill is one of 6 Idahoans the federal government has charged with being part of that insurrection storming the capitol on January 6, 2021.
The January 6 committee hearings will continue next Tuesday, July 12, the very same day Hemphill will surrender herself to the federal prison in Dublin, California to serve her 60-day sentence.
Hemphill is a self-proclaimed citizen journalist, meaning she likes to shoot a lot of videos and show them on social media. The kind of stuff news stations don't always have time to report, she said. She has been doing it for years, following around the likes of Ammon Bundy and the people's rights group.
When her family encouraged her to fly to D.C to join the Trump rally on January 6th, despite still recovering from breast cancer surgery, the 69-year-old said she thought, 'oh it will be fun.'
Which she said is how she found herself in the middle of an insurgent mob, not having a lot of fun.
Pam Hemphill: It was more about just wanting to be there and record what's going on, cause I wasn't sure about the stop the steal thing.
Brian Holmes: What do you mean you weren't sure about the stop the steal thing?
Hemphill: Well, there's no evidence, but everybody’s saying they did it. They stole the election, but I gotta see the proof.
Holmes: Who told you this?
Hemphill: Just rumor, just on Facebook and talking to people. They said, 'don't worry Pence has a way to keep him as president' I said, ‘oh, well how's that?'
Holmes: Even though there were so many other venues saying, that's not how this works?
Hemphill: Yeah, I'd heard that, but you didn't know who to listen to, still don't sometimes. I mean who's telling the truth here?
Holmes: On December 28, you posted something on Facebook ‘It's not going to be a fun Trump Rally that is planned for January 6th, it's a war! The fight for America is real, show up, I don't want to hear your excuses! We have no second chances, if millions and I mean millions show up we may have a chance. Find a way!’
Hemphill: Yeah, see I heard one time from a congressman that if one hundred people show up to a rally, they don't listen to you. But if you get millions, they will listen to you. And a war is just a political word, it sounds terrible.
Holmes: That's kind of what happened though.
Hemphill: Yeah, unfortunately. It's terrible. Yeah, in the morning it was nothing, just everybody walking around. There was a big, huge crowd. I couldn't get through because of my stitches, it would be too dangerous for me. So, I just walked around, and people started saying Trump was going to be at the capitol and I thought 'oh, I'll get a chance to meet him, I'll be first' so I could record him, you know. Then I got up front and there's a barrier and there's police officers, and then there was talking and within a minute [a man] starts pushing on the gate and pushing the officers, everybody. I fell and the police officers, they pulled me out of the crowd and put me behind them, so they saved my life that day and I just ran to another officer.
Holmes: Why not just leave?
Hemphill: I wanted to get video. That's pam. It's like bullets coming by, I'll stay there and shoot.
Holmes: From your evidence against you, there was a statement of fact that said, “pam also stated, ‘I think everybody would be happy if we got inside the Capitol and told them how they really felt. Because they're sick and tired of being sick and tired.’ In the same video, Hemphill can be heard telling one man in the crowd, "Let's do this, let's go to the Capitol. We did it in Boise.’"
Hemphill: I said we did this in Boise, and I should have said 'and they went too far.’
Holmes: ‘Let's do this, let's go to the capitol, we did it in Boise?’
Hemphill: Let's go to the capitol? Yeah, with permission, yes.
Holmes: You think all those people had permission, going through barriers, pushing past police officers, is that permission?
Hemphill: No.
Holmes: But then you went inside.
Hemphill: No, what happened there was a police officer at the door. People were coming in and out, and I got this on video. I wanted to get close enough to ask him, 'is this legal, are people coming in and out with permission?' But there's people in front of me and they shoved me. That's when I asked an officer to help me get out because they had already trampled on me on the steps. I cut my knee, broke my glasses, stepped on my head, pulled out my shoulder. So, I asked them to take me out and he did, and that's what I got in trouble for, and I broke the law. I was on the other side, I didn't do it on purpose, it wasn't intent. But they were wrong, we were wrong, that was trespassing.
Holmes: What have you realized since January 6th?
Hemphill: That they're going the wrong direction
Holmes: Who's they?
Hemphill: The right, republicans, they're going the wrong direction.
Holmes: You're not going to jail; you're going to federal prison for 60 days. That's a big deal.
Hemphill: It's going to be hard.
Holmes: Because you wanted to shoot video?
Hemphill: Because I wanted to shoot video.
Holmes: But at the same time, you kind of swallowed the big lie.
Hemphill: I did. I went along with everything I'm hearing yeah. I paid a big price for this.
Holmes: Is there something somebody can learn from your story?
Hemphill: Really get with people who have the right knowledge about what's going on. Don't just listen to social media.
Hemphill told us she was headed in the wrong direction, thanks to following the teachings of Ammon Bundy and his people's rights group. She said she wishes she had surrounded herself with people she trusted, with better knowledge of what is really going on.
Hemphill said she leaves tomorrow and will drive herself to California, and she will continue to receive cancer treatment while she is in prison.
By the way, Hemphill said she has been watching the January 6th committee hearings and believes they are helpful to the country to get to the truth of how and why the attack on the capitol happened.
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BOISE, Idaho — At Faces of Hope in Downtown Boise, staff and volunteers work diligently to care for members of our community that are facing some of their darkest times.
"We help victims that are dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, child abuse, sex trafficking and stalking," said Paige Dinger, the executive director for Faces of Hope. She added their services include helping people with legal, medical and emotional needs while also connecting them to resources around the community.
Last year, the center served about 2,400 men, women and children in the Treasure Valley. According to Dinger, Faces of Hope saw a 28% increase in people using its services over the last year. Last month, they saw 18 new child abuse clients.
"I think what the community needs to know is it does happen- abuse does happen," Dinger said.
That rise reflects problems rippling through the rest of the Gem State.
New data from the Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification's “Crime in Idaho” report for 2021 shows the number of reported rape cases is up 11.83% compared to 2020. Cases of incest are also exponentially higher over the year with an increase of 833.33%.
Both crimes saw an all-time high in 2021 compared to the previous five years. In 2021, rape was the second most reported violent crime case in Idaho.
"Those are startling numbers that are huge figures," Dinger said.
However, Dinger knows many crimes of sexual assault go underreported.
"We know that a lot of people are not contacting police and they're having to deal with the shame and with this guilt," Dinger said.
According to ISP's data, 47.25% of reported cases of rape in 2021 were juveniles. Twenty-four of the 28 people who reported crimes of incest were under the age of 18.
Again, Dinger said that is not the whole picture of what is going on in the state. She said many cases go unreported when children and teens are involved.
"When you're a child and you have to go and tell somebody that you're being abused, there's a lot of grooming that's involved," Dinger said. "That it makes it harder for that child to even feel like it's okay to come forward."
While under-reporting is a problem, it could potentially get worse.
"We've already had people come and have had some big emotions about what's happening in our country right now," Dinger said.
Idaho has a trigger law on the books that would ban abortions except when necessary to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incest. However, those cases have to get reported to the police.
Dinger and the leadership at Faces of Hope are not sure yet what type of impact this may have on the number of incest and rape cases being reported in the future.
"It is really hard to come forward," Dinger said.
She said it's important to remember places, like Faces of Hope, can help. People facing some of the darkest times in their lives do not have to do it alone.
"What I always tell people is, 'If somebody reaches out to you, believe them, be an ambassador, come bring them to Faces,'" Dinger said. "Show them that you're a supportive person, show them that they can trust you and bring them to Faces for help."
Faces of Hope offers help with crisis counseling, forensic exams, medical care from partnerships from St. Luke's and Saint Alphonsus, law enforcement reporting, legal resources, protection orders, safety planning and more.
Dinger urges people to use their free services if anyone is experiencing any type of abuse.
Faces of Hope is open Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. However, the center's Forensic Exams and Law Enforcement is available 24/7 through emergency services. People in need of resources or more information can contact Faces of Hope at (208) 577-4400.
They urge people to call 911 in an emergency.
Faces of Hope also work with other victim service centers around the Treasure Valley, like Advocates Against Family Violence (AAFV) in Caldwell and WCA in Boise. If there is a need and someone can not get through to Faces of Hope, Dinger urges people to contact these resources. For the AAFV's hotline call (208) 459-4779 and WCA's hotline is (208) 343-7025.
She also said people can contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline for assistance at 1-800-799-SAFE.
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LAKE STATION — A person of interest arrested Monday after a fatal shooting was released Wednesday night pending further investigation, police said.
Joshua Alvarez, 19, of Gary, died after he was shot multiple times about 10 p.m. Monday in the 3300 block of Edison Street, according to the Lake County coroner's office and Lake Station police.
Alvarez was pronounced dead at the scene, a coroner's release said.
Police did not release the name of person of interest taken into custody after the shooting.
"Investigators worked tirelessly to gather all information available about this incident within the first 48 hours, exhausting all leads, before the subject would be required to be charged or released," Assistant Police Chief Brian Williams said.
Police presented their case to the Lake County prosecutor's office, and prosecutors and detectives agreed not to file charges at this time, he said. The case will remain open as the investigation continues.
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Arizona lottery numbers, July 7
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These Arizona lotteries were drawn Thursday:
Pick 3
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Triple Twist
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Estimated jackpot: $694,000
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $400 million
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $48 million | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/07/07/arizona-lottery-numbers-july-7/10011063002/ | 2022-07-08T05:04:50 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/07/07/arizona-lottery-numbers-july-7/10011063002/ |
A Fort Wayne police officer arrested in February for punching his then-fiancée twice won’t serve more than the two days he spent in jail, based on his plea and sentencing Thursday.
However, Jordan D. Conn, 30, of Fort Wayne, will also no longer be a Fort Wayne police officer. He resigned June 21, according to the department’s public information officer, Jeremy Webb.
Conn pleaded guilty to both charges against him: felony domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury and misdemeanor domestic battery. He was originally charged with only the misdemeanor. The prosecution added the felony count June 7.
Conn struck the woman early Feb. 5 after a night of drinking, according to the probable cause affidavit.
On Thursday, Allen Superior Magistrate Judge Samuel Kierns sentenced Conn to a year on each count, the time to run concurrently and to be served as probation and with two days’ credit for time he served in the Allen County Jail.
The court also ordered Conn to pay $5,636 in restitution to the woman he punched and to complete a counseling program for batterers.
If Conn successfully meets all the provisions of the plea agreement and commits no new crimes during his year of probation, his conviction for the felony will be dismissed, according to the plea agreement.
The night that Conn battered his then-fiancée, they had gone out for dinner and then to play pool, the woman told police. She said she had about five tequila drinks between 6 p.m. Feb. 4 and midnight and that Conn had at least that many whiskey drinks.
When they prepared to leave, she believed that he’d had too much to drink and shouldn’t drive, according to court documents. She thought she should drive instead.
While Conn was in the driver’s seat, he put their address into his phone, but it wasn’t connected to the vehicle. Her phone was, so she entered the address into it and tossed the phone into his lap.
While he was driving near Interstate 69 and Illinois Road, Conn punched the victim with his closed right fist, hitting her in the left eye, according to the probable cause affidavit. Officers who responded to her 911 call noticed swelling under her left eye.
Conn then threw the woman’s phone at her and hit her in the stomach, the affidavit said. When she threw it back at him, he hit her in the stomach with a closed fist.
She told officers that the immediate pain from the punch to the face was a 10 on the scale of 1 to 10. She was able to slide away during the second punch so, she said, it was a 4 or 5 on that scale, records said.
When she threatened to call 911 after the second punch, Conn dared her to, she told police. She made the call around Indiana 14 and West Hamilton Road, and when they arrived home, he tried to get into his truck but couldn’t because the door was frozen shut, documents said.
Conn then got into his police vehicle, a Ford Explorer, and drove away at high speed, according to documents.
The woman told police they had two previous physical fights, both while he’d been drinking, documents said. Neither Conn or the victim reported those. About a month before the February incident, she said, Conn told her that if she ever called 911, no one would believe her because he’s a cop and she’s dumb.
While responding to the woman’s 911 call, police confiscated Conn’s duty pistol, Taser and radio at the home. They found his police vehicle at a Fort Wayne hotel, although he wasn’t in the hotel or with the vehicle. Officers secured Conn’s weapons in the Ford Explorer and towed the vehicle back to the department.
The police department put Conn on unpaid leave Feb. 10.
Conn started working for the department Aug. 22, 2016, after working for the Lima, Ohio, police department, according to a February email from Webb. According to the Lima police’s human resources department, Conn worked there from July 14, 2014, through Aug. 19, 2016.
Webb said in February that officers who make a lateral move go through an extensive background check.
Conn’s local department record shows one letter of reprimand for missing training on Sept. 9, 2021. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/former-fort-wayne-officer-sentenced-for-domestic-battery/article_d98655c2-fe3b-11ec-98b4-3b4ca7ca1ebe.html | 2022-07-08T05:04:56 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/former-fort-wayne-officer-sentenced-for-domestic-battery/article_d98655c2-fe3b-11ec-98b4-3b4ca7ca1ebe.html |
For the second time in three weeks, Fort Wayne residents are dealing with power outages and storm damage.
Two thunderstorms hit the area Monday and Tuesday, leaving thousands of area residents without power. Indiana Michigan Power said there were still about 500 customers without power as of 11 a.m. Thursday. The utility expected to have all power restored by 11 p.m. Thursday.
Tyler Campbell lost power after the storms and said it took no more than a day for it to be restored. He called I&M to notify the company.
“The storm took down a power line in my backyard,” Campbell said.
Campbell also said a tree branch fell on the barn on his property. He owns Advanced Construction and Repair of Indiana and said he plans to fix the damages himself because he already has the supplies.
In addition to repairing his own property, Campbell has been working for others with damage throughout the community. Since the June 13 derecho, Campbell said he has repaired 40 to 50 homes with storm damage in the Fort Wayne area.
Most of the damage can be attributed to high winds, he said, and the most common issues have been with siding and roofs.
“It takes about one day to fix (each of these homes),” Campbell said. “Sometimes it can be longer, but that’s just because we may have to deal with insurance companies.”
Campbell also said he expects to spend one day completing repairs to his property.
To help residents clean up limbs and branches in their yards or other areas, City Utilities is waiving fees at its Biosolids Facility at 6202 Lake Ave. The facility is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.
The city of Fort Wayne also announced Wednesday that sandbagging materials are available at Johnny Appleseed Park for residents who experienced flooding at home.
The city announced Thursday that all traffic signals are working again. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-area-restores-power-repairs-storm-damage/article_6be1e46e-fe36-11ec-af7f-6fbcf5efd497.html | 2022-07-08T05:05:02 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-area-restores-power-repairs-storm-damage/article_6be1e46e-fe36-11ec-af7f-6fbcf5efd497.html |
Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with five lawmakers including state Rep. Phil GiaQuinta on Friday in Washington D.C.
The Fort Wayne Democrat announced the meeting in a news release Thursday.
Harris will meet with legislators from states expected to call special sessions to pass abortion bans, a list that includes Indiana, Florida, South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana.
Part of the 4 p.m. meeting will be open to the press and will be livestreamed online, according to the release. The conversation will be moderated by Julie Chavez Rodriguez, White House director of Intergovernmental Affairs.
GOP state legislators in Indiana have already called a special session. Although the session officially began Wednesday, Republicans will not meet until July 25, when they are expected to propose abortion restrictions.
“Access to lifesaving health care and abortion are still safe and legal in Indiana,” GiaQuinta said last month after Republicans announced the session, “and House Democrats will fight to ensure Hoosier women continue to have these protections.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/giaquinta-to-meet-with-vp-harris/article_22a97b20-fe56-11ec-afd6-9707cea51e08.html | 2022-07-08T05:05:09 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/giaquinta-to-meet-with-vp-harris/article_22a97b20-fe56-11ec-afd6-9707cea51e08.html |
A Fort Wayne Police Department spokesman said Thursday that a skateboarder who ran into a police vehicle last week was in good condition when taken to a hospital.
The skateboarder complained of pain, however, after the collision, said Sgt. Jeremy Webb.
The incident happened about 10 a.m. June 30 when an officer drove an SUV out of the police headquarters parking lot at 1 E. Main St., using the east side parking ramp that exits onto Clinton Street.
As the officer was edging into the street, someone on a skateboard collided with the officer’s vehicle, Webb stated. The person was transported by Three Rivers Ambulance Authority to a local hospital in good condition.
There was no visible damage to the vehicle, Webb added. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/skateboarder-fort-wayne-police-car-collide/article_0552f08e-fe55-11ec-98c3-f7840eb29256.html | 2022-07-08T05:05:15 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/skateboarder-fort-wayne-police-car-collide/article_0552f08e-fe55-11ec-98c3-f7840eb29256.html |
Three Rivers Festival officials are upgrading security for this year’s celebration in the wake of high-profile violence nationwide.
People entering the festival plaza will have their bags checked and be screened for weapons with a metal detecting wand, according to an announcement from Justin Shurley, the festival’s executive director.
The board of directors decided to increase security because of recent events, the announcement stated.
“The safety of our volunteers and attendees is always going to be paramount,” Board President John Nichter said. “We felt this extra step would be a move in the right direction to add another layer of protection. This is in addition to the robust presence of security and law enforcement officials already working diligently to keep festival attendees safe.”
The Fort Wayne Police Department has used increased security measures at local festivals and events for about five years, Deputy Chief Marty Bender said. “We pay attention to what’s been going on around the world.”
The city places dump trucks and snowplows strategically to stop anyone from driving a vehicle into the crowd or entering festival grounds in a vehicle armed with an explosive device. Entrances are also blocked using orange Jersey barriers filled with water, giving them an unyielding weight of a couple of tons.
“We also have more officers involved,” Bender said. The bomb squad and bomb-sniffing dogs make routine sweeps of festival areas and of parade routes.
Drones are used to spot any “anomalies on rooftops,” he said. The July 4 parade shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, was on a roof.
There are also more officers on quick-response teams, designed to arrive at an area under attack in 30 seconds to a minute.
“We try to make this a normal practice at all events,” Bender said.
The Fort Wayne police haven’t caught anyone doing anything that would jeopardize public safety, he said.
“I hope we don’t have any problems, and I hope all the precautions we took are for naught,” Bender said. But it’s better to err on the side of safety than to live with the idea there was something that could’ve been done and wasn’t, he added.
Bender said festivalgoers should remain alert to anyone behaving suspiciously or anything unusual.
“Enjoy the festival and the parade and everything that goes with it,” Bender said.
But, he added, if something doesn’t look right or feel right, contact the police. That’s why there’s all the extra protection and extra officers, he said.
This is the first year since 2019 that the Steel Dynamics Three Rivers Festival Parade will be part of the festival again.
The parade’s theme is Better Together, and it starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at Rockhill and West Wayne streets. It will march east down Wayne to South Harrison Street, where it will turn left and go to Berry Street, then make a right and go to South Calhoun Street. The parade will go north on Calhoun and end at West Superior Street.
The festival began in the summer of 1969, and the nine-day event is now the second-largest summer festival in Indiana, according to its planners. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/security-to-be-beefed-up-for-three-rivers-fest/article_86dcfd00-fe57-11ec-8dcf-9b9beda841b8.html | 2022-07-08T05:05:21 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/security-to-be-beefed-up-for-three-rivers-fest/article_86dcfd00-fe57-11ec-8dcf-9b9beda841b8.html |
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SAN ANTONIO — After she saw her June electric bill, Amanda Nunez says she unplugged every large appliance in her home.
"Last month was just astronomical," said Nunez, who usually pays around $140 for power each month.
Her most recent bill cost $350.
"I'm not the only one that's feeling it... it takes away from our families," she said. "That's coming out of my family's mouth."
Many San Antonio residents say they paid more for electricity in June than ever before. For most ratepayers, July bills are due in less than two weeks.
Across Texas, consumers are paying more for power. Experts blame skyrocketing natural gas prices.
"We generate, in Texas, about 45 percent of our electricity using natural gas," said Dr. Emily Beagle, an energy research associate the University of Texas. "When those prices go up, we see the impacts of that on electricity bills."
The Henry Hub natural gas benchmark price is up roughly 136 percent compared to June 2021. That means some Texas power companies, including CPS Energy, are paying about twice as much this year to fuel their generation stations.
Russia's assault on Ukraine is to fault, Beagle says.
"Texas is now starting to export record amounts of natural gas to Europe to help them wean off Russian natural gas," she said.
Higher European demand led to increased natural gas prices in Texas, Beagle said. Local power providers have passed their higher costs on to consumers.
Some European nations experienced an energy crisis soon after their governments limited Russian natural gas imports. The United States was initially shielded from the supply crunch, since it produces vast amounts of natural gas domestically.
Beagle says crude oil prices are more tied to the global market than natural gas prices are. That means electricity prices can soar, even as gasoline prices fall from historic highs.
"It's definitely an unprecedented situation in global energy commodity markets," Beagle said.
Energy demand has also spiked in Texas, as residents endure an historically hot summer. That contributes to higher costs, too, she said.
The state's grid manager also now requires more power producers to regularly generate electricity in case of emergencies. In theory, the move creates excess energy that's easily tapped during an emergency.
"The size of that buffer has increased to make sure we don't see potentially damaging blackouts over the course of the summer," Beagle said. "But then you do have to pay for all those plants that are running."
Beagle noted that Texas's solar and wind farms have prevented electricity prices from soaring to crisis levels already reached in Europe. But she added that it's unlikely natural gas prices will fall until conditions overseas change. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/just-astronomical-why-some-electricity-bills-are-higher-than-ever/273-b5b99a64-088b-4559-9ecd-e86d10f07a94 | 2022-07-08T05:17:45 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/just-astronomical-why-some-electricity-bills-are-higher-than-ever/273-b5b99a64-088b-4559-9ecd-e86d10f07a94 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The first affordable housing for seniors in the LGBT community is now open in Sacramento.
The 53-unit complex is in the Lavender Heights neighborhood. It’s one of a few projects focused on LGBT seniors and staff are trained on the social needs of those in the community.
"There are so many of us and it's important to know that when you're going through your life and you're heading towards retirement that you do have this option, and you can be with people that are a lot like you,” said resident Michael Ryan.
The grand opening is scheduled for Friday.
WATCH ALSO: How California can still ban same-sex marriage | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/affordable-housing-for-lgbtq-seniors-sacramento/103-07016c35-8eb3-4362-a602-6283a9e2bc05 | 2022-07-08T05:20:27 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/affordable-housing-for-lgbtq-seniors-sacramento/103-07016c35-8eb3-4362-a602-6283a9e2bc05 |
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HARPSWELL, Maine — Experts say another great white shark has been tracked off the coast of Maine this season.
According to the Sulikowski Shark and Fish Conservation Lab at Arizona State University, a 12-foot adult male white shark they call "Bobby E" was tracked in Casco Bay off of Harpswell and Bailey Island this week.
It is at least the third white shark tracked in Casco Bay during the last month.
"Bobby E" was first tagged off of North Carolina back in March. Dr. James Sulikowski told NEWS CENTER Maine his lab has been tracking it for weeks as it made its way up the East Coast.
In collaboration with the Maine Department of Marine Resources and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, they are working to track sharks in the Gulf of Maine by using a variety of technology, including sonar and GPS devices.
"[This shark] just adds to the bigger picture of what we're trying to really figure out," Sulikowski said. "White sharks have always been here. It's just now we're seeing them more because we've got more protection, we have more eyes in the water, so it's actually a good thing."
While Sulikowski acknowledged many people fear sharks, he said they are an important part of our marine ecosystem and provide balance.
Maine had its first and only recorded deadly shark attack in 2019 not far from where "Bobby E" is being tracked.
Shark attacks are incredibly rare, but Sulikowski said it is important for everyday people and beachgoers to pay attention to flags and signs, avoid areas with high sea populations, and heed lifeguards warnings. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/12-foot-white-shark-tracked-off-maine-coast-third-this-season-tech-science-ocean-wildlife-casco-bay/97-5c944aa5-643f-4526-b1a5-72c15a51d7a7 | 2022-07-08T05:45:03 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/12-foot-white-shark-tracked-off-maine-coast-third-this-season-tech-science-ocean-wildlife-casco-bay/97-5c944aa5-643f-4526-b1a5-72c15a51d7a7 |
RUMFORD, Maine — On the shore above the Androscoggin River, Jim Rimaldo read off the names of more than 70 families, all with roots in Italy, who came to Rumford in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Many of those who moved to the town came directly from Italy, with skills as stone cutters and masons, cobblers, and other useful trades in the then-young and growing mill town.
“Those names on the monument, those are the people that built Rumford, you know?” Mary Puiia LaPointe said, adding that her grandparents' names are also on a monument at Ellis Island.
Keeping that heritage alive and visible is the mission for Jim Rimaldo, who also grew up in Rumford, and whose grandparents also came from the old country.
Rimaldo was a longtime member and president of the Sons of Italy, a social club that existed in Rumford for 107 years, he said, before it finally closed in 2021—the last such club in Maine, he said.
Much of the money from the sale was distributed to local groups and charities, but a potion of it was also used to create the monument honoring Rumford’s Italian families.
“We wanted to put something up [to show] that there were Italians here,” he said. “If the Italians disappeared fifty years from now, nobody will know Italians lived here. So this way with this monument, they will always be here and remembered.”
Those 70-some families were not the majority in Rumford. There were many Franch-Canadian immigrants in the town, too, along with Lithuanians and other ethnic groups, people at the ceremony said.
All shared the hard work of building the paper mill and the many other jobs that needed doing.
But they say the Italian families formed a closely-knit community over multiple generations, living near each other, sharing lives, good and bad times, and enjoying each other’s company, said Carmen Perry, whose great-grandparents were some of the early immigrants.
“Field days, we did everything together. The whole group, Sons of Italy, we did everything together,” Perry said.
She added that the various immigrant groups in town all seemed to get along.
“We all loved each other. It was really a wonderful community.”
But times change and years pass, names change with marriages and children move away. Jim Rimaldo says those factors, along with the closing of the Sons of Italy, have all lessened the strong identity of Rumford’s Italian community.
Erecting the monument means a piece of that identity will always be part of Rumford, the town they worked so hard to build. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/monument-remembers-rumfords-italian-heritage-maine-history-immigration/97-1033488e-0236-4906-a5de-9bd7971d5355 | 2022-07-08T05:45:09 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/monument-remembers-rumfords-italian-heritage-maine-history-immigration/97-1033488e-0236-4906-a5de-9bd7971d5355 |
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Public Health released its 2022 Community Health Assessment, which showed that nearly 50% of people who identify as LGBTQ+ reported not seeking care when having a health problem.
People like Rainey Fraser who is a transgender woman living in Austin said that statistic isn't shocking for people in the LGBTQ+ community.
"I was aware of being trans for years and years and years before I ever even accessed medical care," Fraser said.
Now she works to help others get access to care as a program manager for Texas Health Action's TeleKind. It's a telemedicine sexual health service focused on delivering equitable and affirming sexual health and gender-affirming care across the state.
The 2022 Community Health Assessment released by APH shows the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metropolitan area had the third largest percentage of LGBTQ+ people in the U.S and that 48.6% of LGBTQ+ respondents reported not seeking care when having a health problem.
Fraser said that stigma is one of the biggest reasons it took her years to seek medical care.
"When you understand the conditions around poverty, around discrimination and stigma against members of our community, and for any number of factors, it becomes easier to understand why we have such big issues," Fraser said.
W.H. Harris, a doctor of nursing practice at Texas Health Action's TeleKind, said hateful rhetoric also leads many patients to delay or not seek out care.
"The stigma is there when you're part of the community, especially if you live in an area such as Texas, which is really highly conservative, you don't want to go out to those medical professionals because you don't feel that they're inclusive," Harris said.
There are more barriers than just stigma, according to Harris.
"You put all these little pieces together from just feeling marginalized and stigmatized to just not being able to afford it. Transportation, mental health, these are all aspects that you have to be social determinants of health that are really seen in the community," Harris said.
The issue the LGBTQ+ community is facing when it comes to medical care is not exclusive to Austin. Fraser said it's going to take everyone to work together to change that so everyone can seek access to medical care without any fear.
"Hope isn't about knowing what's going to happen. Hope is about knowing that what you're doing matters because the future is uncertain. So I think what we need is more people to be engaged," Fraser said.
Texas Health Action is a nonprofit that operates Kind Clinic, TeleKind and Waterloo Counseling Center. Below are links to each:
Additional organizations that provide resources to the LGBTQIA+ community are included below:
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Headstones dating back to the 1800s were destroyed at a historic cemetery in Crowley. The organization that oversees its upkeep is asking for help to find the people responsible. They called an emergency meeting Thursday evening to figure out how to fix what’s been damaged.
Board members for the Crowley Cemetery Association said they can’t imagine why someone would do something like this.
“We put a lot of work into the cemetery to make it look like we want it to look,” said board president, Phil Hampton. “And to think that within an hour someone could come in and destroy it the way they did.”
Last week, Crowley Police said vandals entered the Crowley Cemetery off North Hampton Road and destroyed some 88 headstones.
“There’s veterans from every war here,” Hampton said. “There are the majority of mayors. A bunch of the fire chiefs are buried in here.”
The city of Crowley released a statement that reads in part:
“This incident is by far the worst vandalism the CPD has seen in the Crowley Cemetery. Many of the affected headstones are very old dating back to the 1800s, and repairs will be difficult and costly.”
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The damage cuts the community deep. The upkeep and oversight of the cemetery falls squarely on their shoulders.
Preliminary figures show repairs will cost the nonprofit organization upwards of tens of thousands of dollars. They’re confident the community will step up during fundraiser events scheduled for the next couple of months.
To those whose loved ones rest here, Hampton reassures them members of the board are weighing all viable options to restore the headstones.
“All we can say is we’re going to put it back together to the best of our ability, and we’re going to do as much as we can to keep people we don’t want in the cemetery out,” Hampton said.
There’s also a message for those responsible for the destruction.
“I would say I feel sorry for you, and you will meet your judgment day,” said board members James Hotopp. “It’s just sad that they have that lack of respect for those who came before us.”
Anyone with information regarding this vandalism, contact the Crowley Police Department at 817-297-2276 option 1 to speak to an officer, Detective Cranford at 817-297-2276 extension 6301, or Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/board-calls-emergency-meeting-after-vandals-hit-historic-north-texas-cemetery/3009423/ | 2022-07-08T05:51:55 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/board-calls-emergency-meeting-after-vandals-hit-historic-north-texas-cemetery/3009423/ |
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Dallas County’s health department is warning people who visited an Old East Dallas sauna in late June to monitor themselves for monkeypox symptoms after an out-of-state visitor had sexual encounters there while infected with the disease.
The department said Thursday that the infected individual attended Club Dallas in the 2600 block of Swiss Avenue between June 22 and June 25. People who attended the club between that time frame are advised to monitor themselves for symptoms.
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When her air conditioning wasn’t working, a North Texas homeowner said she turned to her home warranty company for help. Then, waited weeks for a resolution.
'IT WAS NOT COOLING AT ALL INSIDE THE HOUSE'
Mary Rivera shared a photo she snapped of the thermostat inside her Fort Worth home, showing an 84-degree temperature reading.
“It was not cooling at all inside the house,” Rivera said.
She contacted her home warranty company, American Home Shield, which sent out an HVAC company.
“The guy wanted $1,600 and I told him you guys need to talk to American Home Shield first,” Rivera recalled.
Rivera said she was following her contract which said it won’t reimburse for services without prior approval.
“I call every day, of course, because I was dying in here. It was too hot for me and every single day, the person will say, 'Ms. Rivera, somebody will call you within 48 hours,'” Rivera told NBC 5 Responds.
After more than two weeks without working air conditioning, Rivera said she paid out-of-pocket to hire another HVAC company. She said it found a part, which was still under the manufacturer’s warranty, and made the repair.
RESOLUTION OFFERED
Rivera emailed NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 and our team contacted American Home Shield.
The company offered to reimburse Rivera $1,456.50 dollars for the repair plus the $100 service fee Rivera paid when the first HVAC company came out.
In an email to NBC 5 Responds, American Home Shield wrote, in part, “We have thoroughly reviewed our actions and interactions related to Ms. Rivera’s service request, and it’s clear that breakdowns in our processes and the lack of timely communication led to unnecessary frustration and a disappointing experience. The situation was further complicated due to the malfunctioning item being covered by a manufacturer’s warranty, as this delayed access to the part and immediate visibility to the costs associated with the HVAC issue.”
American Home Shield also wrote, “We sincerely apologize to Ms. Rivera and her family. Our team takes this matter very seriously and has taken immediate action to address these service gaps with each party involved.”
UNDERSTANDING RESIDENTIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS
Some of you have residential service contracts also known as home warranties, paying a monthly or yearly fee to help cover the cost of repairing big-ticket items in your home when they break down.
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation says consumers should read contracts carefully to understand what the repair process would look like.
“Who will decide which company is going to do the repairs? Will they let you pick the company that you want or do they have specific companies that they want you to use?” said Tela Mange, TDLR spokeswoman.
Also, understand what specific items the residential service contract covers.
Are there limits to the coverage?
Would a pre-existing condition void coverage?
If something can’t be repaired, will the company replace it and who picks the replacement? For example, would a replacement match your other appliances?
How quickly would repairs be made?
For consumers who have questions they can’t resolve on their own, the TDLR has an ombudsman program. Consumers can call the RSC Ombudsman at 512-936-3049.
Back in Fort Worth, Rivera said she has working air conditioning now.
“If I didn't call you guys, nothing will be resolved,” said Rivera.
Rivera said she plans to use the money she would have spent on a home warranty to start her own rainy-day fund to cover future home repairs.
“If you if you add up all the money I spent in three years, I would have saved enough,” Rivera said.
NBC 5 Responds is committed to researching your concerns and recovering your money. Our goal is to get you answers and, if possible, solutions and a resolution. Call us at 844-5RESPND (844-573-7763) or fill out our customer complaint form. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/home-warranty-customer-reports-waiting-weeks-for-air-conditioner-repair/3008993/ | 2022-07-08T05:53:01 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/home-warranty-customer-reports-waiting-weeks-for-air-conditioner-repair/3008993/ |
It's that time of year many North Texans come to expect.
"Definitely dry and tough keeping the grass alive," Lewisville homeowner Anthony Carmona said.
It could become even tougher after the City of Lewisville recently asked people to cut back on watering their lawns.
"It's not a problem to me,” Carmona said. Anything that is going to help the community and help the people, I'm all for that, so that's the main thing for me."
The Upper Trinity Regional Water District provides water to Lewisville and other cities. The executive director says water is available.
"Lake Lewisville is our primary water supply as well as Lake [Jim] Chapman and our overall supply is in the high 90% level going into the summer. So, we have the water," said Larry Patterson, Upper Trinity Regional Water District executive director.
But still, the agency has implemented its Stage 1 Drought Restrictions. This means outdoor watering is limited to two times per week and no watering between 10 a.m and 6 p.m.
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The weather is not the only thing causing the need for restrictions.
"There is a lot of growth in the area as well and we are seeing our demands on the water system be about 15 to 20% above, let's say, a typical summer," Patterson said.
Since the restrictions were announced on June 29, they've seen a 2- to 3% decrease in usage. The goal is to at least reach 5%.
"We want to make sure we have the capability to provide water to all of our customers without any disruptions in supply and we want to not waste water," Patterson said.
Carmona said he'll do his part and he is hoping others will, too.
"We love our yard, and as much as it sucks, kind of cut down on your watering and that sort of thing. Really, just any little thing you can do to help you know," Carmona said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/some-north-texans-urged-to-conserve-and-cut-back-on-water-use/3009168/ | 2022-07-08T05:53:48 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/some-north-texans-urged-to-conserve-and-cut-back-on-water-use/3009168/ |
The suspect in the killing of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in Texas tried to change her appearance and used several aliases as she moved around Costa Rica in an attempt to establish herself as a yoga teacher before she was tracked down by U.S. and local authorities, investigators said Thursday.
Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, had cut and darkened her hair, and had a bandage on her nose and discoloration under her eyes when she was arrested at a beachside hostel on an immigration charge on June 29, Brandon Filla, deputy U.S. Marshal said a news conference to detail the 43-day search for her.
Filla declined to say whether authorities believed Armstrong had some sort of surgery to change her facial features. Filla said Armstrong told investigators when she was arrested that the bandage was for an injury from a surfing accident.
"When she was encountered by uniformed officers in Costa Rica, she didn't give her true identity at first," Filla said. "But when she was taken into custody and questioned, minutes later she confessed to her true identity."
Armstrong had moved around Costa Rica visiting yoga studios and hostels while investigators searched for her, Filla said.
"She took a journey," Filla said. "She was really trying to build something to where she could instruct yoga there in Costa Rica."
Armstrong was taken back to Texas and is now in custody in Travis County, where she is being held on a $3.5 million bond on murder and other charges. Armstrong's attorney, Rick Cofer declined to comment Thursday.
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Wilson, 25, was found dead on May 11, and Austin police on May 19 issued a murder warrant for Armstrong.
Armstrong left Austin for New York shortly after Wilson was killed, then flew from Newark, New Jersey to Costa Rica using the passport of someone "closely associated with her," Filla said, without identifying that person.
Whether that person will face charges will be a matter for federal prosecutors, he said.
Wilson, a competitive gravel and mountain bike racer and Vermont native known as "Mo," had been in Austin for a cycling event. According to an affidavit, Wilson had previously dated Armstrong's boyfriend, cyclist Colin Strickland, who has cooperated with investigators and is not a suspect.
According to the affidavit, Armstrong's SUV was seen on surveillance video outside the home where Wilson was found shot to death. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/cyclist-murder-suspect-moved-around-costa-rica-before-arrest/3009382/ | 2022-07-08T05:53:54 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/cyclist-murder-suspect-moved-around-costa-rica-before-arrest/3009382/ |
ODESSA, Texas —
The Odessa Police Department is investigating a two-vehicle crash that left one person dead.
According to OPD, on Thursday around 6:07 p.m., officers and members of Odessa Fire Rescue responded to a major crash in the 12800 block of E. Highway 191.
Investigation revealed that a white 2003 Mercedes was traveling east in the inside lane.
A beige 2006 Chevrolet Avalanche, driven by 79-year-old Don Bassett, of Midland, was driving in the same direction behind the Mercedes.
Bassett failed to control his speed, causing his Chevrolet to hit the Mercedes. Both vehicles left the roadway and hit the retaining barrier.
The driver of the Mercedes was pronounced dead at Medical Center Hospital. Their name is being withheld until next of kin can be notified.
Bassett’s condition was not made clear at this time. The investigation is ongoing. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/opd-investigates-deadly-crash-on-hwy-191/513-99d1d4de-705f-4996-bb45-813ff0f3710b | 2022-07-08T05:56:03 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/opd-investigates-deadly-crash-on-hwy-191/513-99d1d4de-705f-4996-bb45-813ff0f3710b |
CLEARWATER, Fla. — $400 million of development — decided by 75 words or less.
“This is the public’s money,” councilwoman Kathleen Beckman said. “This is the public’s property.”
Thursday night, Clearwater City Council members had to carefully decide on the language for a potential referendum that would allow the city to move forward with a development agreement to reshape the landscape of downtown.
The city is gearing up to potentially move forward with a $400 million development called “The Bluffs,” which would bring retail stores, apartments and a hotel to the downtown area.
At the special called meeting on Thursday, council members eventually voted and agreed on the specific text for the ballot, as well as alterations to the city charter to present to the public.
One of those changes would allow for a 30-year agreement with developers.
Despite the vote on Thursday, the council will still have to go through a few more steps to decide if it will officially be on your ballot in November.
The first reading of those revisions will be later this month on July 21st.
If it passes a first and second reading, Clearwater neighbors will get to decide for themselves in November. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/400-million-possbile-development-downtown-clearwater/67-39feb12b-f7ac-4bb9-84f9-1cd0f4e1cabe | 2022-07-08T06:07:37 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/400-million-possbile-development-downtown-clearwater/67-39feb12b-f7ac-4bb9-84f9-1cd0f4e1cabe |
LAKELAND, Fla. — A 13-year-old girl from Lakeland is facing charges over her use of a megaphone at an abortion rights rally.
Lillie (Raine) Johnson's arrest was captured on video by her mother and has now been viewed on TikTok nearly 10 million times. It shows two officers walking Lillie away from the rally and placing her in one of their cruisers, before taking her to the department.
Police are overheard in the video telling other protesters she was given warnings ahead of the arrest.
Her mother, Lauren Johnson, told 10 Tampa Bay she believes police were in the wrong.
“How things were handled versus how they could have been handled were very different,” Johnson said.
The lawyer representing the family, David Haas, said Lillie is charged with violating a noise ordinance — but it's still unclear whether it's a city or the new state ordinance.
The City of Lakeland has a noise ordinance, Section 70-47, which prohibits disturbances caused by "amplified human voice."
Regardless of which ordinance is violated, it's a second-degree misdemeanor. The lawyer representing the family says they will fight it.
"We think free speech protects exactly what she was doing," Haas said. "We're going to be examining the constitutionality of the noise ordinance. Pro-choice or pro-life, it doesn’t matter. Ultimately, freedom of speech is at the heart of this case."
Lakeland Police issued a statement after the arrest, which said:
"Since the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, we’ve had hundreds of people peacefully assemble across our City with few isolated incidents. Officers are in attendance to assure a safe and secure environment for those exercising their rights while doing so in accordance with Florida state statutes and city ordinances."
The arrest has not slowed Lillie down, as she was out once again on Thursday, protesting for abortion rights in Lakeland.
“I know that what I’m doing is the right thing and I have the right to protest anything that I would like,” Lillie said. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/lakeland-police-arrest-girl-abortion-rights-protest-using-megaphone/67-50b62e2d-eebf-4a58-9788-91dc30dab5ed | 2022-07-08T06:07:43 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/lakeland-police-arrest-girl-abortion-rights-protest-using-megaphone/67-50b62e2d-eebf-4a58-9788-91dc30dab5ed |
Diane M. (Hutson) Reich
HIGHLAND - Diane M. (Hutson) Reich went to be with the Lord on June 25, 2022.
She is survived by husband, Rob Reich; mother: Dorothy M. Hutson; two daughters: Cynthia M. Walker and Krysta A. Bell; five grandchildren: Michael, Marissa, Malachi, Isaiah, and Samaya.
She was preceded in death by her father, Warren Hutson; brother, Jeffrey Hutson; and son, Bryan Walker.
Diane grew up in Highland, moved West, came back to Highland in June 2017. Diane drove a Semi Truck, she loved outdoors and crafting. She was full of life and had a passion for nature and traveling.
She was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Memorial service on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 9009 Kennedy Ave, Highland, IN. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/diane-m-hutson-reich/article_5419e67a-7ecf-5dab-8992-a3f1a6e52f5f.html | 2022-07-08T06:34:53 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/diane-m-hutson-reich/article_5419e67a-7ecf-5dab-8992-a3f1a6e52f5f.html |
Juan J. "Chichio" Garza
EAST CHICAGO - Juan J. "Chichio" Garza, age 86 of East Chicago, IN passed away Saturday, July 2, 2022. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Raquel (Mendez) Garza; four children: Elsa (Gerardo) Solis, Ana (Guillermo) Briseno, Juan (Erika) Garza and Rachel (Martin) Murillo; 16 grandchildren: Gerardo and Luis Angel (Griselda Gonzalez) Solis, Guillermo, Jr. (Tiffany) Briseno, Anselmo Briseno, Juan Roberto Briseno, Alejandro Briseno and Melisa (Loui Bravo) Briseno, Mark Anthony (Tasha) Garza, Jaime Garza, Linda (Adonis) Munoz, Andrea Garza, Christian Ali Garza and John Garza, Mandy Murillo, Angel Murillo and Angelica Murillo; 25 great-grandchildren; siblings: Laura Beatrice (late Carlos) Diaz, late Alfonso (Martha) Garza, Rosa Maria (late Alfonso) Reyes, Anselmo (Josefina) Garza, Nelly (Carlos), Oscar (Patricia), and Luis (Lourdes); numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, Anselmo and Elsa (Hinojosa) Garza.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 11, 2022 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 3510 Deodar Street, East Chicago IN with Msgr. John J. Siekierski officiating. Burial to follow at St. John Cemetery, Hammond, IN, with American Legion Allied Post #369 Military graveside services. Visitation will be on Sunday, July 10, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at FIFE FUNERAL HOME, 4201 Indianapolis Blvd., East Chicago, IN and on Monday, July 11, 2022 at Church from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the Mass at 10:00 a.m.
Juan retired from L.T.V. Steel Company, he was a U.S. Army Veteran and an avid Chicago Cubs and Monterrey Soccor Team "Tigres" fan.
In lieu of flowers, donations to any Veteran cause would be appreciated. To share an online condolence, logon to www.fifefuneralhome.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/juan-j-chichio-garza/article_ae72bb40-7f7b-550a-9d60-b10387c84ddc.html | 2022-07-08T06:34:54 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/juan-j-chichio-garza/article_ae72bb40-7f7b-550a-9d60-b10387c84ddc.html |
June Marie Slamka
SCHERERVILLE - June "Junie" Marie Slamka (nee Gyurcson), of Schererville, formerly of Hammond Hessville area, passed away July 3, 2022.
Survived by her loving daughter, Cynthia (Daniel) Bertagnolli; two grandsons: Joseph Scott and Brett Bertagnolli; and sister-in-law, Ann Prieboy.
Preceded in death by husband, Joseph "Joe" Slamka; parents: Michael and Mary Gyurcson; special cousins: Joyce Namoff and Louise Kohanyi; several aunts; uncles; nieces; and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church of Dyer and at rest, St. John Cemetery in Hammond, IN.
Friends are invited to visit with June's family only on Saturday form 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at the church.
June was a member of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Hessville.
Some people were put on earth to do great things. But it's the small things that she did that made the world a better place. Her love and companionship were her greatest contributions to this world. Anyone she met was instantaneously her friend and could count on her when needed. June was very artistic and loved to create beautiful and unusual ceramics. Also, many people did not realize she had a beautiful voice, but she was too shy to share it with people outside her family. She was a perfectionist to a fault, with uncanny attention to detail. Her claim to fame was the best yard in Hessville, where she spent countless hours working and maintaining it so it was perfect. She took great pride in the successes of her daughter, Cynthia, who was a nurse and son-in-law, Dan. Most of all, her greatest pride was in her two grandsons, Scott and Brett, which she was greatly responsible in helping them mature into the kind and loving men that they have become. A very special thank you to the Memory Care Unit #2 at Residences at Deer Creek in Schererville that took such wonderful care of June and treated her like one of their family. Everyone at the facility loved their Junebug. And finally, I say to my mother - "I love you forever, like you for always, as long as I'm living, my mommy you'll be". Now go spend some time with your loving Joe and be united with all your family members who preceded you in death.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in June's name to the American Diabetes Association or Leukemia Lymphoma Society. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/june-marie-slamka/article_e15714f4-32e0-58dc-9a97-b4627f5419fc.html | 2022-07-08T06:35:00 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/june-marie-slamka/article_e15714f4-32e0-58dc-9a97-b4627f5419fc.html |
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