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CAMDEN — An Atlantic City man on Monday pleaded guilty to escaping custody and later defrauding multiple women.
Patrick Giblin, 57, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler in U.S. District Court here to one count of escape from the custody of the Attorney General and one count of wire fraud, U.S. District Attorney Phillip Sellinger said in a news release.
Giblin is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 16, Sellinger said.
According to court documents, Giblin, while being transported from federal prison in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to a facility in Newark, Essex County, escaped custody. Giblin was serving a federal sentence imposed in 2017 for traveling interstate and using an interstate facility to promote unlawful activity in connection with a scheme to defraud multiple women.
Giblin’s 2017 sentence followed an earlier 9-year, 7-month sentence handed down in 2007, in which he was convicted of wire fraud conviction after a similar scheme.
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Giblin was captured in Atlantic City by U.S. Marshals on March 10, 2021.
Court documents also state that between April 2019 and March 2021, while he was in custody, Giblin convinced women to transfer him money through Western Union and MoneyGram. He pursued romantic relationships with the women, adding that he planned to relocate to their area, the documents stated.
For escaping, Giblin faces up to five years in prison and be ordered to pay a maximum $250,000 fine. His wire fraud charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000, Sellinger said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/convict-pleads-guilty-to-escaping-custody-partaking-in-wire-fraud/article_34ddac74-015a-11ed-8fed-47e4394ce89c.html | 2022-07-11T22:08:52 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/convict-pleads-guilty-to-escaping-custody-partaking-in-wire-fraud/article_34ddac74-015a-11ed-8fed-47e4394ce89c.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — State Police are trying to identify a man and woman whom they say are behind a pair of robberies at Atlantic City casinos.
The man is described as Black, about 6-feet tall and has dreadlocks and a stocky build. The woman is described as white with brown hair and glasses, police said.
The man on June 15 forcefully grabbed $15,000 from a casino customer at a slot machine before fleeing in a gray Toyota sedan driven by the woman, police said.
A similar incident happened on Friday, where the man grabbed $12,000 from a slot machine customer before fleeing in the same vehicle with the woman behind the wheel, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sgt. Andrew Merlock or Detective Craig Schultheis, at 609-441-7464. Anonymous tips are welcome. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/duo-sought-for-atlantic-city-casino-robberies/article_8d5f2a9c-0152-11ed-b7d2-c353b8828887.html | 2022-07-11T22:08:58 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/duo-sought-for-atlantic-city-casino-robberies/article_8d5f2a9c-0152-11ed-b7d2-c353b8828887.html |
CAMDEN — A Millville man will spend over 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to selling methamphetamine, U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler ruled Monday.
Joan Benitez, 41, was sentenced to 12 years and seven months and must undergo five years of supervised release, U.S. District Attorney Phillip Sellinger said in a Monday news release.
From Jan. 22-Sept. 9, 2020, Benitez sold crystallized methamphetamine, commonly referred to as “ice”.
Benitez distributed 1.57 kilograms of methamphetamine, according to court records.
Benitez previously pleaded guilty before Kugler to one county of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of the drug. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/millville-man-sentenced-for-meth-distribution/article_0291a026-0156-11ed-ac2d-ffbf86339130.html | 2022-07-11T22:09:05 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/millville-man-sentenced-for-meth-distribution/article_0291a026-0156-11ed-ac2d-ffbf86339130.html |
ATLANTIC CITY – As the months slip by with no visible sign of progress on a planned grocery store for the city, it appears a request for financial guarantees of up to half a million dollars may be holding up the work.
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority last year approved spending $18.5 million to build a supermarket on Baltic Avenue, with a plan to lease the property for a new ShopRite for $1 a year.
Expectations were for fast progress on the work, but so far no progress has been visible.
The first public disclosure of the possibility of a $500,000 incentive for the supermarket chain came on Friday, from Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds, who also said the project is going to cost an additional $8 million over the already-approved $18.5 million.
Reynolds made the comment when discussing efforts to address shoplifting in the resort, an ongoing problem for businesses that has been cited as a big obstacle for bringing a supermarket back to Atlantic City.
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On Monday, a source with the authority, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Shoprite request for CRDA to cover up to $500,000 in possible losses at site has held up the final agreement.
“We’re in lawyer-land now,” the person said on Monday.
Reynolds' bombshell landed at a weekly 3rd Ward meeting organized by City Councilman Kaleem Shabazz, in whose ward the project is planned.
“My frustration is, we need to get started. I have expressed this to the CRDA,” Shabazz said Monday.
If delays continue, the city could soon be looking at an anniversary of the November groundbreaking with no sign of progress. That would be an embarrassment to the city and state government, he said.
Shabazz said that he had not heard those numbers before and was as surprised as anyone, but added that there was clearly something holding up the work.
He said the proposal has almost universal support from his ward and across Atlantic City, as well as the backing of Trenton and the CRDA.
“When there is a delay, there must be some substantive reason,” Shabazz said.
He advocated for pushing forward, despite the additional costs.
“Let’s go. It’s time to start,” Shabazz said.
There was no immediate response to a request for comment from Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, a CRDA board member who has championed the project.
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. did not respond to questions about the possibility of a $500,000 subsidy toward operations or the increasing cost of the project
“Due to worldwide supply chain issues, there’s been a delay in the project," Small said in an emailed reply. "We’re working diligently to ensure construction commences as soon as possible.”
A spokesperson for the CRDA directed any questions about the project to the supermarket chain and there was no response to calls and emails to Village Supermarket, which operates multiple ShopRite locations in New Jersey and has an agreement to operate the Atlantic City store.
The 17-member board of directors, which oversees the authority, has not been updated on the project in several months.
Few people are willing to discuss the matter, at least on the record.
Back in November, gathered under a big tent at the site, state and local officials lauded the project as the end to the city’s status as a food desert. CRDA Chairman Mo Butler said the lack of a full-service grocery store has a detrimental effect on the residents of the city, while Gov. Phil Murphy also praised the efforts.
"Getting this supermarket built is going to mean so much for this community," Murphy said at the time.
The structure, to include more than 44,000 square feet of shopping space at 1801 Baltic Ave., was expected to be completed this year, at least according to statements made at the groundbreaking event last fall. The total project was expected to take 14 months. It is now almost six months since the groundbreaking. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/has-request-for-subsidy-derailed-atlantic-city-supermarket-project/article_f0036b52-014f-11ed-8cda-0f4305dfae5e.html | 2022-07-11T22:09:11 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/has-request-for-subsidy-derailed-atlantic-city-supermarket-project/article_f0036b52-014f-11ed-8cda-0f4305dfae5e.html |
COVID-19 in NJ
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state:
New positive cases: 1,548
New deaths: 1
Total positive cases: 2,155,538
Total number of deaths: 31,022
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,100,066
Rate of transmission: 1.02
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 60,676 cases, 954 deaths, 379,849 doses administered
Cape May: 11,992 cases, 262 deaths, 134,179 doses administered
Cumberland: 35,648 cases, 573 deaths, 186,362 doses administered
Ocean: 148,405 cases, 2,864 deaths, 702,558 doses administered
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Figures as of 5 p.m. July 11
Source: N.J. Department of Health | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-1-548-new-covid-19-cases-1-new-death-rate-of-transmission/article_58a74364-015e-11ed-b716-470cedb761a1.html | 2022-07-11T22:09:17 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-1-548-new-covid-19-cases-1-new-death-rate-of-transmission/article_58a74364-015e-11ed-b716-470cedb761a1.html |
NORTH WILDWOOD — Police are looking for a 16-year-old Pennsylvania girl they say was last seen in the city on Sunday.
Kaylee Mehaffey is white, about 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs about 120 pounds. She has light brown hair and hazel eyes, police said.
Mehaffey, who primarily lives in Harleysville, Montgomery County, has been known to often visit the Wildwoods' Boardwalk.
She was last seen wearing a pink T-shirt that featured a pink-and-blue circle on the back, burgundy shorts, brown sandals and possibly wearing a white ball cap that says "Shippensburg Field Hockey."
Anyone with information on the teen's whereabouts is asked to contact city police dispatch, at (609)-522-2411, or use the TEXT-A-TIP option by texting TIP NWPD, followed by a message, to 888777. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/north-wildwood-police-seek-missing-teen/article_689409bc-015c-11ed-9a81-bb09b58b0e16.html | 2022-07-11T22:09:23 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/north-wildwood-police-seek-missing-teen/article_689409bc-015c-11ed-9a81-bb09b58b0e16.html |
No matter which way you look offshore and inshore, we have a lot happening on the fishing scene this summer.
The big-league big-game Jimmy Johnson Atlantic City Quest for the Ring Championship Fishing Week that launched Monday has added a ton to the local fishing lineup.
Fishing continues to Friday, but the festivities will roll through the weekend.
Weigh-ins are 5 to 9 p.m. at the Sen. Frank S. Farley State Marina and are open to the public, according to tournament director Bric Peeples.
Live running updates of entries can be viewed daily at jjfishweek.catchstat.com. When contacted Monday morning, Peeples reported that a white marlin release already had been registered.
A subsequent early afternoon check showed three tuna on the boat Pari Passau with Chris Jones, Jared Millard and Margo Voliman as the listed anglers.
Other early catches included one blue marlin, one sailfish and two white marlin releases. Daily weigh-in stats won’t be official until the boats get back to the marina.
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Peebles said 83 boats are in the fleet. They had 78 last year.
The purse is listed as a guaranteed $1 million-plus, according to the news release.
Fishing categories, according to Peeples, are white marlin, blue marlin, tuna wahoo and dolphin (mahi).
Inshore action
In addition to that offshore news, we have quite a remarkable variety inshore, in the surf along the beaches and in the inlets and back bays.
And on the Delaware Bay, Cliff Higbee at Higbee’s Marina said he had just certified the biggest cobia ever at his Fortescue tackle shop. It weighed 40.5 pounds and measured 50 1/2 inches.
Tyler Smith caught it while flounder fishing with his dad at Miah Maull Shoal.
Otherwise, out in the bay, Cliff said Monday, that fishers are picking summer flounder, a lot of half-pound to 2-pound bluefish and spot.
Summer flounder are the fan favorite. They are still solid in the back bays and inlets and heading out into ocean. Reports indicate they are liking minnows as bait.
Kingfish have been joined in the surf by spot. As usual, bloodworm is the most popular bait. Sheepshead are biting sand fleas around the rocks and bridges.
Noel Feliciano at One-Stop Bait and Tackle in Atlantic City posted photos online of a 32-inch striped bass and a 24-inch, 4.7-pound weakfish caught in Absecon Inlet.
And just for an interesting contrast at the other end of the fishing spectrum, Stockton University professor Adam Aguiar took 15 grade school students from Principal Academy Charter School in Egg Harbor Township on a tour of the university's science buildings followed by a Zoom presentation on perseverance by educator, author and motivational speaker Jasmyn Wright.
Then they participated in a fishing challenge on Lake Fred in Galloway Township and caught sunnies, catfish and largemouth bass.
Aguiar has a doctorate and is an assistant professor of biology. The recent outing was part of his New Angles for Success program.
He reported that “it was a blast."
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Michael Shepherd is the retired sports editor of The Press. His column appears Mondays online and Tuesdays in print.
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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A Lancaster County movie theater has canceled plans to screen a movie that features some prominent Pennsylvania conservative leaders, including Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Governor Doug Mastriano.
A documentary called “The return of the American patriot: The rise of Pennsylvania” was set to premiere on July 16 at Penn Cinema.
The film is described as “a documentary about the resistance against globalism and tyranny in Pennsylvania.”
However the venue canceled the premiere after backlash from a group called Lancaster Stands Up.
According to a Facebook post, the theater told the organization: “We did have plans with the group, but once we learned of the nationalist populist agenda, we canceled the event.”
Those behind the documentary say this was the product of cancel culture.
“I was taken back by what I saw was a bit of cowardice quite frankly, on the part of the owner. but at a larger level, a more macro level, I mean this is what we’re seeing all the time. I mean, cancel culture is now part of our lexicon. cancel culture is a real issue in our culture today," said Steve Turley, who is one of the producers of the documentary.
But other people believe the business made the right choice -- and that there would have been a backlash no matter what the decision.
“I think that there would’ve been a lot of backlash either way," said Alisha Marie, a Lancaster County resident. "You’re going to get people who are unhappy with the decision that they made. Some people wouldn’t go there because they canceled it. Some people won’t go there because they played it."
From a First Amendment perspective, experts say the theater's ownership has every right to decide what kind of movies they want to show.
“The movie theater is not a government agency, and the first amendment provides people the right to be free from restrictions on their speech when those restrictions are imposed by the government," said Michael Dimino, a law professor at the Widener University Commonwealth Law School. "But the First Amendment provides no right to be free from restrictions imposed by private people or companies, including movie theaters, including employers and including each one of us."
A second venue, the Wyndham Lancaster Resort and Convention Center also canceled plans to host the premiere.
The producer of the documentary says they have a found a new venue where they will be able to show the documentary, and they will be releasing more information as it gets closer to the date. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county-movie-theatre-cancels-movie-that-features-doug-mastriano-documentary-organization-penn-cinema/521-a6bba35e-7e02-4d98-b708-4368d80dc95a | 2022-07-11T22:10:03 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county-movie-theatre-cancels-movie-that-features-doug-mastriano-documentary-organization-penn-cinema/521-a6bba35e-7e02-4d98-b708-4368d80dc95a |
Physician Real Estate Capital Partners brokered a $4.1 million sale-leaseback of an orthopedic medical office building in Merrillville.
An investor acquired the Bone & Joint Specialists orthopedic facility at 9001 Broadway.
Bone & Joint Specialists occupies 100% of the 15,504-square-foot facility, where it has been operating since 2008. It handles the largest percentage of patient volume of the practice's four locations, serving as its headquarters.
PRECAP Managing Principal Scott Niedergang and JDS Real Estate Services represented the seller and the buyer, identified only as "a publicly registered real estate investment trust focused on acquiring a diversified portfolio of health care real estate."
The Bone & Joint Specialists orthopedic facility is located near the 319-bed Methodist Hospitals Southlake Campus. It's also near the Adam Benjamin, Jr. Veterans’ Administration Outpatient Clinic, Neurobehavioral Hospital, Pinnacle Hospital Crown Point and other health care providers.
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“It used to be the case that most institutional health care real estate investors would only pursue assets at a price north of $10 million,” said Niedergang. “High demand for the asset class combined with a lack of quality inventory has influenced buyers to pursue and acquire assets below their historical price thresholds.”
PRECAP handles sale-leaseback and investment sales of medical properties, providing real estate services to doctors, physician groups and investors. It has handled more than $1.1 billion in transactions throughout the United States.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Den Asian Bistro, Bankquet pop-up restaurant, Spenga Fitness Center, Encore Car Wash, Potato Express opening; Consider the Lilies closing
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A new sushi restaurant has rolled into Dyer.
Den Asian Bistro opened Wednesday. The new restaurant is serving authentic pan-Asian cuisine in the former Bin 27 Grille space in the Galleria Buildings on U.S. 30.
The restaurant at 275 Joliet St. specializes in Japanese, Chinese, Thai and Korean. Owner Kevin Goa describes it as Asian fusion.
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'Indoor-outdoor space' with fountain
The expansive menu includes sushi, Pad Thai, ramen, teriyaki, curry, hibachi and wok, featuring entrees like Mongolian beef and Thai garlic shrimp.
"We have a full-service bar, sushi, fresh fish, Japanese, Thai and Korean food," he said. "It's a new combination in this area."
The restaurant has a full sushi bar with sushi rolls, nigiri and sashimi. Rolls include the Godzilla, Chicago, Fire Dragon, Cherry Blossom, Crazy Monkey, Bangkok Coconut and Wild Jalapeno. The T-Rex features tuna, salmon, white tuna, yellowtail, spicy mayo, eel sauce and sweet mango chili.
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'Expansive menu'
The expansive menu includes sushi, Pad Thai, ramen, teriyaki, curry, hibachi and wok, featuring entrees like Mongolian beef and Thai garlic shrimp.
"We have a full-service bar, sushi, fresh fish, Japanese, Thai and Korean food," he said. "It's a new combination in this area."
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Full sushi bar
The restaurant has a full sushi bar with sushi rolls, nigiri and sashimi. Rolls include the Godzilla, Chicago, Fire Dragon, Cherry Blossom, Crazy Monkey, Bangkok Coconut and Wild Jalapeno. The T-Rex features tuna, salmon, white tuna, yellowtail, spicy mayo, eel sauce and sweet mango chili.
The house roll, the Den Roulette, consists of shrimp tempura, avocado, cream cheese, scallop, tobiko, tempura crunch and scallion. The twist is it includes a spicy mystery piece and the person who gets it must take a shot of sake from the plate.
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Full bar
"We created it ourselves," he said. "Our sushi chef did. One piece of the roll has a special flavor."
The full bar includes sake, wine, cocktails, Japanese whiskeys and imported Asian beer.
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Indoor and outdoor seating
Den Asian Bistro sits about 60 people in its 3,000-square-foot space. It also has an outdoor patio.
"There's outdoor seating by a water fountain," he said. "There's a bar and family dining. There's a section where we can open the roof. It's what we call indoor outdoor dining."
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Right by the state line
The restaurant employs about a dozen people. Gao expects it to draw from both Indiana and Illinois since it's so close to the border. He's hoping eventually to open a few more locations in Northwest Indiana.
He describes it as fine dining without high-end prices.
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Open daily
Den Asian Bistro will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 12-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
For more information, visit denasianbistro.com or find the business on Facebook.
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Coming soon
Encore Car Wash is coming soon to Hammond.
The car wash will be located next to the new Culver's near the Cabela's and Super Walmart southwest of the Indianapolis Boulevard exit on Interstate 80/94.
Encore Car Wash is a chain that opened its first location at 16340 S. Lincoln Highway in Plainfield and plans to open in Hammond this fall. It will expand to Westmont and Oak Lawn next year.
"At Encore, we want to change the way you think when you think about a car wash. With a return to good old-fashioned service and all of the most modern technology," the business said on its website. "From our beautiful washes — featuring reclaimed brick from historic buildings in the city of Chicago and exterior murals by various artists — to our state-of-the-art equipment, we aim to make every trip to Encore worth your while. And then some."
For more information, visit encorecarwash.com or email info@encorecarwash.com .
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Pop-up
The Bankquet in downtown Griffith opened a pop-up restaurant on its outdoor patio this summer.
The banquet hall occupies a historic bank building at 101 E. Main St. in Griffith. It hosts weddings, other special events and performances.
The pop-up restaurant offers al fresco dining for dinner and Sunday brunch. The hours and menu vary from week to week. It's served brioche French toast, salads, pizza, charcuterie, farm-raised pulled pork and small plates like spiced corn fritter, baked artisan brie fondue and chicken wings.
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Now open
The Bankquet's pop-up restaurant also has featured live performances from acoustic singer-songwriters.
For more information, call 219-313-2051 or find The Bankquet on Facebook.
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Coming soon
Spenga will soon offer spin, strength and yoga in Valparaiso.
A Spenga Fitness Center is opening for business soon at 91 Silhavy Road in Valparaiso Walk, where it is now taking membership presales.
The Homer Glen-based company aims to "deliver cardiovascular strength and flexibility training through a combination of spin, strength and yoga workouts." Founded in 2015, Inc. magazine ranked it as the 43rd fastest-growing privately owned franchise in the Midwest.
The fitness chain has five locations in Chicagoland. The Valparaiso location is just the second in Indiana after Carmel.
It offers 60-minute workouts that put equal emphasis on cardio, strength and flexibility to attain a high caloric burn and "maximize your results without breaking down your body."
Encouraging members to work smarter not harder, Spenga employs instructors who personalize every workout. It has a 20-20-20 format in which gym-goers complete one segment and move on to the next one.
Workouts include spinning, strength training and medicine balls. It offers multisensory experiences with aromatherapy and DJ-inspired playlists filled with energizing tracks.
The gym's current presale hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday but it will be open longer when it opens for business this fall.
For more information, call 219-767-9375.
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Open
Potato Express has found a permanent home in downtown Hammond.
The restaurant specializing in loaded potatoes first opened in the Hammond Development Corp.'s pop-up cafe space in the former Blue Room Cafe in downtown Hammond.
It now has a permanent home in the former Philly Steaks and Fresh Lemonade at 5252 Hohman Ave.
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Potato-themed menu
The menu includes many specialty spuds topped with pot roast, jerk chicken, Italian beef, alfredo and taco meat as well as toppings like cheese, broccoli, chili, bacon, chicken and steak. The hearty breakfast potato is topped with sausage, turkey ham, hash browns, sausage gravy and egg.
It also has soul bowls, a Thanksgiving Overload feast and sides like greens, mac and cheese, broccoli and red beans and rice.
If you crave even more potatoes, you can get a side of fries, cheese fries, loaded fries or mashed potatoes to go along with your loaded potato.
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All your potato needs
Potato Express offers dine-in, carryout and delivery through DoorDash and GrubHub.
Catering to the work crowd in downtown Hammond, the restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
For more information, call 219-545-5735 or find the business on Facebook.
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Closing
Consider the Lilies Giftery at 8237 Forest Ave. in Munster is shuttering after four years.
Named after the Bible quote "consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin," the boutique gift shop sold handcrafted goods from more than 50 vendors. While it mainly stocked the work of local artisans like Tiddleywink Toffee, the Gourmet Goddess and Mother Wilma's Marshmallow Factory, it also carried products from as far away as Kenya.
"Thanks be to God for the past four years of 'Considering the Lilies' and all his goodness and blessing. We announce with bittersweet emotions that our little shop will be closing. The last six weeks have been a whirlwind as we were approached to sell our property for a new incoming development. After prayer, advice and confirmation, we decided it was best to do so."
A liquidation sale started Friday, with everything initially marked down by 50%. The store stocks a variety of goods from vendors like Flannel Candle Co., Poppies Candles & Gifts and Bird and Bear Dolls.
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Liquidation sale
"Words cannot express our gratitude and thanks to all of you for your support and friendship through these years," the owners posted on Facebook. "A special thank you to all the artisans who made my shop all that it could be with your beautiful handcrafted goods. Thank you, also, to my incredible staff in Jen, Darla, Alex, Mara and Diane and my sisters' cheerleading along the way. Such an amazing gift. Thank you to my family, hubby, kids grandkids, parents, siblings and dear friends for loads of help, affirmation and encouragement continuously through it all."
Munster resident Julie Kapteyn opened the business out of a love pop-up craft and artisan markets like The Fetching Market and a wish there was a permanent brick-and-mortar place she could go to buy handmade goods like jewelry, home decor, handbags candles and leather journals.
She expressed gratitude to all her customers over the years.
"Last but not least, thank you to all the beautiful people of this community and beyond who chose to shop local or small, support local artisans and give me the privilege of serving you in this way," the business posted on Facebook. "You have blessed me beyond words and may our friendship live on."
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NWI Business Ins and Outs: Glorious Coffee and Teas, Jamba, craft brewery and Esca Kitchen open
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NIPSCO plans to expand natural gas facilities in Merrillville and Highland, a project that could temporarily impact users of the Erie Lackawanna Trail.
The Merrillville-based utility, a subsidiary of NiSource, will upgrade the facilities as part of an ongoing effort to modernize its electrical and natural gas distribution system. NIPSCO said the planned construction will enable it to "leverage new tools and technology to improve, modernize and enhance the safe operations of its natural gas system."
The utility plans to install a new launch site in Merrillville and a new receiver site in Highland. NIPSCO said the additions will add a layer of safety by letting it run pipeline inspection and cleaning tools through the system.
The inspection and cleaning tools get inserted at the launcher site and drawn through by magnetism to the receiver site. They watch for any corrosion in the pipeline, letting the utility know when to schedule maintenance work.
“NIPSCO appreciates the collaboration of efforts from the town of Merrillville and the town of Highland as well as the patience of residents while work is being performed," a NIPSCO spokesperson said. "We will continue to work with community officials to minimize impact of this expansion work to residents during construction.”
NIPSCO hired contractor CJ Hughes to do the construction at 91st Avenue west of the Erie Lackawanna Trail at its natural gas facility in Merrillville and north of 45th Street and west of the Erie Lackawanna Trail in Highland.
The construction could affect use of the trail, a former railroad line that stretches from Hammond to Crown Point. NIPSCO is asking trail users to be cautious around the construction and not travel through marked barriers or trail closed signs.
Construction is expected to run through the end of the year.
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Great Lakes steel production rose by 14,000 tons last week, while steel capacity utilization increased, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.
The Purdue University Northwest's Sinai Forum will be headlined by writer Elizabeth Gilbert, "Mythbusters" co-host Adam Savage and Gen. David H. Petraeus this year.
"It is another tale in a long string of betrayals by the company, which now has permanently closed nearly two thirds of the assets it acquired from National Steel along with other acquisitions."
The locally made Ford Explorer SUV posted a 18.7% increase in sales in May as compared to a year ago after months and months of decline brought about by the chip shortage. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/nipsco-expanding-natural-gas-facilities-in-merrillville-and-highland-potentially-disrupting-erie-lackawanna-trail-use/article_0abcb5cf-768b-589a-83c1-0039a919d7e1.html | 2022-07-11T22:11:40 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/nipsco-expanding-natural-gas-facilities-in-merrillville-and-highland-potentially-disrupting-erie-lackawanna-trail-use/article_0abcb5cf-768b-589a-83c1-0039a919d7e1.html |
NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine — Summer is here! If you've been looking for a new cocktail recipe to try out on the deck or patio, check out the Jellyfish.
Misty Coolidge, owner of Maine Mixologist and Coolidge Family Farms, is showing us how.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz White Rum
- 1 oz Blue Curaçao
- 1 oz Cream of Coconut
- 2 oz Pineapple Juice
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients
- Shake
- Rim with Coconut Flakes or top with a wedge of pineapple. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/207-summer-cocktails-the-jellyfish-drink-recipe/97-0bc7299f-4491-4b86-906a-1b8b08252bfd | 2022-07-11T22:16:11 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/207-summer-cocktails-the-jellyfish-drink-recipe/97-0bc7299f-4491-4b86-906a-1b8b08252bfd |
PORTLAND, Maine — When he was 13 years old, Hiroya Tsukamoto started playing the five-string banjo. Not long after, he picked up the guitar.
Changing instruments was a good move, one that took him from Kyoto, Japan, to Boston, where he landed a scholarship at the Berklee College of Music. Since then, he has played around the world with occasional stops in Maine, including time spent in Brunswick to record his latest album.
Describing Tsukamoto’s music is not easy. It's better to listen to him yourself. Watch this video to see a master at work. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/the-exquisite-guitar-playing-of-hiroya-tsukamoto-207-maine/97-c93dd7f6-c383-4d8a-b0c9-dbd2295cb47c | 2022-07-11T22:16:12 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/the-exquisite-guitar-playing-of-hiroya-tsukamoto-207-maine/97-c93dd7f6-c383-4d8a-b0c9-dbd2295cb47c |
SOMERVILLE, Maine — Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash involving one motorcycle on Valley Road in Somerville on Saturday around 11:30 p.m., according to a news release issued by Lt. Brendan W. Kane of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
Michael Hutchins, 47, of Somerville was reportedly traveling southbound on Valley Road operating a 2002 Honda Shadow motorcycle, the release states. While driving southbound, Hutchins' motorcycle veered off the road and struck a grove of small trees.
According to the release, Hutchins died on the scene from his injuries.
The release said the crash took place about 1 mile south of the Route 17 intersection on Valley Road, and that Hutchins was wasn't wearing any protective clothing or a helmet.
Officials are investigating speed and alcohol as causes of the crash, the release said.
During the investigation, Valley Road was closed for about two hours and traffic was directed to alternate routes by the Somerville Fire Department, according to the release.
Kane wrote in the release that anyone who witnessed the event is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office by calling 207-882-7332 or emailing bkane@lincolnso.me. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/one-dead-in-somerville-maine-motorcycle-crash/97-83bb9bde-6deb-4b44-9d33-a9d8af0c06c2 | 2022-07-11T22:16:18 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/one-dead-in-somerville-maine-motorcycle-crash/97-83bb9bde-6deb-4b44-9d33-a9d8af0c06c2 |
WATERLOO — The Cedar Valley Woodworkers will meet Tuesday at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, 225 Commercial St.
The business meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., the speaker will be Eric Sharar talking about topics such as inlays, flags, cutting boards and candle holders. Woodworkers’ guests and those interested in woodworking are welcome to attend.
For more information call club president Stephen Crouse at (319) 230-3447. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-valley-woodworkers-to-meet-tuesday/article_dbce737f-e534-512c-a0eb-4767c62de5c8.html | 2022-07-11T22:16:20 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-valley-woodworkers-to-meet-tuesday/article_dbce737f-e534-512c-a0eb-4767c62de5c8.html |
PORTLAND, Maine — EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above aired April 12, 2022.
Former Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling won his appeal to the Maine Superior Supreme Court Monday, being granted a new trial with one major difference: his trial will have a jury.
Strimling, who served as mayor of Portland from 2015 to 2019, originally appeared in court on April 12 to defend an eviction lawsuit with his attorneys that was brought on by his landlord, Geoffrey Rice.
Strimling was served eviction papers from Rice at the end of August last year, and was told he had until Dec. 1 to be out of his Congress Street apartment.
The former mayor claims the eviction was a retaliation for forming a tenants union, Trelawny Tenants Union, as well as fighting against illegal rent increases.
In Maine, it's illegal for a landlord to retaliate against a tenant, though landlords can, however, evict tenants without citing a reason.
"I'm almost positive it's because of my leadership within the Trelawny Tenants Union," Strimling testified in court.
Rice disagreed in court, saying the eviction wasn't a retaliation and that he didn't have to provide a reason because he's not retaliating. Rice did say, however, that he had "had enough" when Strimling challenged him over a $50 charge for leaving a window open in his apartment.
Cumberland County District Court Judge Susan Oram on April 20 ruled that Rice had possession of Strimling's apartment and that he could evict him.
Strimling's lawyer Scott Dolan told NEWS CENTER Maine in an email on April 21 that he and Strimling planned to file an appeal for a new trial by jury.
"If this ruling is allowed to stand, landlords will now be free to retaliate against the tenant with impunity so long as the landlord has even the flimsiest excuse for doing so," Dolan said in the email.
Back in February of this year, the Portland Rent Board ruled in favor of complaints from the Trelawny Tenants Union saying Rice could no longer charge his tenants for a share of taxes on businesses on the first floor of the building or on his penthouse.
The Portland Rent Board also assessed Rice a fine of $15,000 for violating a rent control ordinance that Strimling had fought for himself, "being a longtime tenant advocate before, during, and after his term in office."
Now, the Maine Superior Court has granted Strimling's appeal, finding that a jury trial is warranted on the following two material questions of fact reported in a news release issued by Dolan Monday:
- Whether landlord Rice scheduled the May 25 meeting where he evicted Strimling in response to correspondence regarding a window fine, or Strimling's participation in Trelawny Tenants Union.
- Whether Strimling's participation in the tenants' union was discussed during said meeting.
"On each point, Justice O'Neil made clear that there is evidence for a jury to find in Strimling's favor, and that finding in favor of Strimling on either question, will lead to a different outcome," Dolan said in the release.
"This ruling confirms exactly what we argued in the appeal, that Mr. Rice's reasons for trying to evict Mayor Strimling are legally questionable at best and that Mr. Strimling has a constitutional right to have a jury decide whether Mr. Rice unlawfully retaliated against Mr. Strimling for his role in the Trelawny Tenants Union," Dolan added in the release.
"Mr. Rice has created a building with unsafe living conditions, he has attempted to impose illegal rent increases, and he has intimidated tenants with fear of eviction," Strimling said in Dolan's release. "In response, we formed a tenants' union which he is trying to break. Forming a tenants' union is the right of every tenant in Maine and we will fight this case until justice is served."
The date for Strimling's new court hearing by jury has not yet been announced. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/former-portland-mayor-strimling-to-get-new-trial-with-jury-to-appeal-eviction/97-087530bb-916f-4a39-803d-aedd8721fa20 | 2022-07-11T22:16:27 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/former-portland-mayor-strimling-to-get-new-trial-with-jury-to-appeal-eviction/97-087530bb-916f-4a39-803d-aedd8721fa20 |
Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI after falsely reporting 2 armed men climbed into truck
A Colorado driver was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence after he called 911 to report two armed men had climbed into his flatbed trailer, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
DPS said authorities found no occupants in his truck after the driver called it in Sunday night in north Phoenix.
Around 9 p.m. the commercial vehicle driver, later identified as Jorge Veleta-Corrales, 22, told DPS dispatchers two men had climbed into his flatbed trailer and were trying to damage the load as well as get into the truck cab while he was driving.
Troopers did a high-risk stop on Interstate 17 near Sonoran Desert Drive. When Veleta-Corrales came out of the truck, he said two men were in the cab armed with a gun and a knife, according to Bart Graves, a DPS spokesperson.
According to officials, Veleta-Corrales' statements changed multiple times and it was unclear if anyone was in the truck, Graves said in a statement.
Authorities called a barricade situation and contacted DPS SWAT. A law enforcement group cleared the vehicle and found no occupants, Graves said.
"There was absolutely no evidence to back up his constantly changing story," Graves said in an emailed statement.
Veleta-Corrales was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, abortion is already illegal in Ohio after six weeks’ gestation. Now Republican legislators have introduced a bill to make abortion illegal from the moment of conception.
The only exception would be for danger to the life of the mother, the same as under the “Heartbeat Bill” which currently bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, a Baptist pastor, on Tuesday filed House Bill 704, dubbed the “Personhood Act.” Thus far it has at least seven Republican cosponsors.
The one-page piece of legislation reads: “The state of Ohio shall recognize the personhood, and protect the constitutional rights, of all unborn human individuals from the moment of conception. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted in any manner that would endanger the life of a mother.”
The bill could ban some forms of contraception, such as the “morning-after pill” which prevents a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterine wall.
Republican legislative leaders, while welcoming the overturn of Roe, have said they’ll likely wait until after the Nov. 8 election to reconvene and consider further abortion legislation.
Other bills are pending such as House Bill 598, sponsored by state Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland; and its Senate counterpart, Senate Bill 123, sponsored by state Sens. Kristina Roegner, R-Hudson, and Sandra O’Brien, R-Ashtabula, which would make it a felony for doctors to perform abortions.
Currently none of those bills include exceptions for rape or incest. Under previous laws, abortion was already illegal in Ohio past 20 weeks’ gestation, or 22 weeks past the woman’s last menstrual period.
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INDIANAPOLIS —
Amazon Prime Day starts at 3 a.m. tomorrow, kicking off a 48-hour spending spree.
Over 30 million items and two million deals are available to Prime members.
The company is known for getting Prime members their packages quickly, but recently they've worked to up the ante — by delivering your package to you the same day you order it.
This is a big to-do on a normal day, but on Prime Day, when hundreds of millions of items are expected to be purchased worldwide, it's quite the feat.
The company plans to pull this off by using new "same-day" facilities located close to the cities they serve, which decreases the distance drivers have to travel to deliver packages to customers.
Customers in 140 metro areas across the globe are eligible for deliveries of select items from same-day facilities in their areas.
The Greenwood same-day facility will pick, pack, and deliver the items hours after an order is placed.
Same-day facilities are compact, allowing for more technological advancements from one location.
In Greenwood, employees go through 100,000 items in inventory daily and have the help of robots moving products across the floor. Once a product is taken off the floor, packers move the packages down the line and a delivery driver is on their way with the order.
"We really focus on the utilization on our AR floor, so those robots work in tandem with our associates just making it a more efficient, safer process for them and letting them work in tandem with them ... it just creates a better associate experience,” said operations manager Andrew VanDenburgh.
Over 600,000 packages were delivered across the U.S. with same-day delivery last year. This will be the first time this form of delivery will be available with the Greenwood facility since it opened in Oct. 2021. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/amazon-prime-day-same-day-delivery-greenwood-facility/531-5821eeb2-b82f-4085-9746-e72d030c1479 | 2022-07-11T22:25:57 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/amazon-prime-day-same-day-delivery-greenwood-facility/531-5821eeb2-b82f-4085-9746-e72d030c1479 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Children playing with a lighter reportedly started a fire that left eight families without a home Monday.
Firefighters responded to an apartment fire in the 3000 block of North Webster Avenue around 3:15 p.m. Monday. That location is just east of the intersection of East 30th Street and North Arlington Avenue.
Crews arrived on scene to find heavy smoke in the two-story building, with residents evacuating the apartment. An adult resident was rescued from the second floor by firefighters using a ground ladder. An animal was also rescued from the second floor.
The fire was marked under control in 20 minutes, but it had spread from a first-floor apartment into the second floor and the attic above the apartments.
Firefighters said five people were checked out for injuries and eight families were displaced from their homes in the apartment building.
Investigators say two children told them they were playing with a lighter and accidentally set their bed on fire. The children were able to evacuate the apartment.
The Red Cross is working with IFD Victims Assistance to find shelter for the families who were forced out by the fire. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/ifd-firefighters-children-playing-with-lighter-started-apartment-fire/531-5d8b3eb5-01c9-4e31-81b8-e0c7ce91f7a3 | 2022-07-11T22:26:03 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/ifd-firefighters-children-playing-with-lighter-started-apartment-fire/531-5d8b3eb5-01c9-4e31-81b8-e0c7ce91f7a3 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Investigators say 33-year old Tiffany Price was walking north along Martin Luther King Jr. Street when a car hit her Friday night. Then another. Both drivers kept going.
While police don't know all the circumstances of what caused that crash, city leaders do know pedestrian crashes and deaths are on the rise.
Near the very spot where Price was hit, the sidewalk along northbound MLK ends. It picks up across the street.
A spokesperson for the Department of Public Works told 13News that area is included in one of DPW's pedestrian crash focus areas. Those are zones in which DPW traffic engineers are taking an extra look at crash data to "determine what might be the most influential pedestrian upgrades for each given intersection."
Several identified crash zones and recommended upgrades in other parts of the city have already gotten funding, and plans are in the works to make the improvements.
A fatality review team also examines the circumstances of each crash to determine what factors may have played a role. Are more sidewalks needed? A traffic light? Members of the team — including someone from DPW, the Department of Metropolitan Development, and bicycle safety advocates — all try to answer those questions.
On Friday, city leaders announced steps to improve pedestrian safety. A $4.5 million project will include new ADA-compliant ramps, sidewalks, crosswalks and street signals.
So far this year, a city spokesperson said 141 pedestrians have been hit by a car in Indianapolis; 15 have died.
According to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, 133 pedestrians were killed in Indiana last year — up from 87 in 2016. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-indiana-pedestrian-deadly-crashes-on-the-rise/531-97f04b00-e058-4f19-a332-acc896bd26ae | 2022-07-11T22:26:09 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-indiana-pedestrian-deadly-crashes-on-the-rise/531-97f04b00-e058-4f19-a332-acc896bd26ae |
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — A Silver Alert has been declared for a teenager reported missing from Crawfordsville.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department reports 16-year-old Melanie Quigg was last seen in Crawfordsville on Friday, July 8 at 11:30 p.m. She is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance, which led to the declaration of a Silver Alert.
Quigg is described as a 5-foot, 7-inch, 120-pound white female with blonde hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information about Quigg or her location is urged to contact the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department at 765-362-3300 or call 911.
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-missing-16-year-old-crawfordsville-girl-melanie-quigg/531-56052e16-a985-4210-be8b-33f493eb29da | 2022-07-11T22:26:15 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-missing-16-year-old-crawfordsville-girl-melanie-quigg/531-56052e16-a985-4210-be8b-33f493eb29da |
AUSTIN, Texas — A man acquitted by reason of insanity of stabbing his father to death in 2013 who escaped the North Texas State Hospital last month has now been taken into custody in Austin.
According to the Vernon Police Department, Alex Ervin was taken into custody by the Austin Police Department around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday evening.
APD said Ervin was charged with an out-of-county felony.
Ervin has been in a state health institution since 2014. He reportedly escaped from care on June 26. Surveillance footage showed Ervin scaling an 8-foot security fence after he escaped his room.
He was acquitted in the stabbing death in 2013, which he committed while claiming that his father, Ray Ervin, was an impostor. He also claimed to have been a trained member of the CIA on a mission to kill him.
Based on testimony from his brother, it is believed that Ervin attacked their dad with a pipe wrench and a folding knife.
A Travis County jury previously found Ervin, who has autism, not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.
His mother, Leslie Ervin, told KVUE last month she wants answers about how he escaped.
"I need to know what happened, first of all, because it sounds like gross incompetence to me that anyone could leave that facility. Number two, I want to make sure that this does not happen again in the future," Leslie Ervin said.
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services, which runs the hospital Alexander Ervin escaped from, told KVUE it can't comment on this case due to state law and HIPAA.
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Leonard Lightner will step down after just five months as Allentown’s chief operating officer, Mayor Matt Tuerk said Monday.
Lightner, who has worked for the city since 2008, was appointed to the newly created position in February. Reached by phone Monday, he said his “season at the city has come to an end.”
“I wish the city well, I wish the people that are still here and serving the citizens, I wish them well, and I’ll just leave it at that,” Lightner said.
The chief operating officer is a newly created position this year under Tuerk, who took office in January. The position oversees the city’s operational departments, which includes public works, parks and recreation, community and economic development, police and fire.
Tuerk created the position, with city council approval, to foster better collaboration and communications between city departments, he said.
Before becoming COO with its $120,000 salary, Lightner had been the city’s community and economic development director since March 2017. He has previously worked as a housing rehabilitation manager and a risk and safety manager for the city.
“Everyone has different eras, he felt his time at the city of Allentown has come to an end,” Tuerk said. “There are no hard feelings at all. Leonard and I had a very good working relationship during his time as COO.”
Lightner submitted his resignation on July 5 ― his last day with the city is July 21, Tuerk said.
Tuerk said the city will “take its time” to fill the position, because the city is entering its budget season and will prioritize formulating the 2023 budget.
Morning Call reporter Lindsay Weber can be reached at 610-820-6681 and liweber@mcall.com. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown-leonard-lightner-resigns-allentown-city-20220711-ifoykxdtnbawnb3xr42nr7fqgq-story.html | 2022-07-11T22:34:03 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown-leonard-lightner-resigns-allentown-city-20220711-ifoykxdtnbawnb3xr42nr7fqgq-story.html |
A free outdoor concert in one Northampton County community was expected to draw 5,000 people Sunday, but it was one person who drew the most attention.
North Catasauqua police Chief Christopher Wolfer placed a “tactical officer” with a rifle on a nearby rooftop at an Amish Outlaws concert in William J. Albert Memorial Park on Grove Street. He said in a statement Monday that he placed the “tactical officer” on the rooftop as a security measure in light of “numerous active shooting events” nationwide.
A photo of the officer on the rooftop went viral after the website Lehigh Valley With Love shared it and Wolfer felt compelled to explain the decision with a statement Monday.
He said due to a potential crowd of 5,000 people, and in light of recent “numerous active shooting events” nationwide, Wolfer decided to place the officer on a nearby rooftop to conduct “overwatch” during the concert.
Wolfer described the officer as a “highly skilled marksman” who has been trained for such emergency situations. He said the officer wore a vest with “Police” on the front and back.
“At no point during this event did the tactical officer ever point his rifle in the vicinity of the crowd,” Wolfer said. “His rifle was mounted on a tripod and pointed at the roof during the concert.”
Wolfer’s decision to post an officer on a roof elicited comments on social media, with some people wondering what was happening.
The chief, who did not respond to requests for further comment, admitted in his statement that he was told that some people felt uneasy about the officer’s presence. But he felt it was a “necessary addition” to the security measures undertaken for the concert.
“I apologize to those who were offended or felt uneasy,” Wolfer said, “but at the end of the day, my job as Chief of Police is to make sure that everyone in our community is safe.”
Borough Mayor William J. Molchany, who attended the concert hosted by the borough’s recreation committee, said the crowd was estimated at 3,000, about 200 more than the borough’s population.
Molchany said borough council was apprised last month of the added security measures, based on “rumors” of upwards of 5,000 people attending, including people being bused from Philadelphia to the free concert.
“It’s unfortunate that we have to make decisions like this, but you have to protect the community,” Molchany said. He said the borough paid for the group via a Northampton County hotel tax grant.
The Amish Outlaws, according to their website is an American cover band from Lancaster that was formed in 2002 and includes four ex-Amish. The band plays renditions of songs by contemporary composers. They are scheduled to play Musikfest Aug. 10.
Morning Call journalist Anthony Salamone can be reached at asalamone@mcall.com. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-north-catasauqua-concert-police-security-20220711-ryrpmk22w5fmbikmegf3ij6wui-story.html | 2022-07-11T22:34:09 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-north-catasauqua-concert-police-security-20220711-ryrpmk22w5fmbikmegf3ij6wui-story.html |
A driver was killed Saturday night when Tucson police say he was struck by another car while making a left turn from a shopping center onto East Broadway.
The man was driving a Buick sedan when police say he made a left turn to get into the eastbound lanes of East Broadway from El Con shopping center. The Buick was struck by a westbound Kia Soul, Tucson police said in a news release.
The collision killed the driver of the Buick. He has not been identified pending notification of family, police say. The driver of the Kia was hospitalized with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, police said. | https://tucson.com/news/local/1-killed-1-injured-in-midtown-tucson-crash/article_3e8b43a8-015a-11ed-b067-3f8e4f15f7dc.html | 2022-07-11T22:35:22 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/1-killed-1-injured-in-midtown-tucson-crash/article_3e8b43a8-015a-11ed-b067-3f8e4f15f7dc.html |
A 25-year-old man was killed early Monday morning in a single-vehicle crash on the Tucson's southeast side, police say.
Chase Aaron Ortiz was driving a 2006 Toyota Corolla west on East Golf Links Road near South Craycroft Road when he struck the median, Tucson police said in a news release.
The car traveled partially on the median for about a quarter mile before it hit a curb and eventually smashed into a tree.
Ortiz was not wearing a seat belt and the car lacked an operable airbag, police said. He died shortly after arriving at a hospital.
Speeding was a factor in the crash, police said. | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-police-25-year-old-man-killed-in-crash/article_89105a94-015a-11ed-b667-cbac1026fa2e.html | 2022-07-11T22:35:28 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-police-25-year-old-man-killed-in-crash/article_89105a94-015a-11ed-b667-cbac1026fa2e.html |
Ranlo town commissioner resigns over fake Facebook account
A Ranlo town commissioner resigned after he was discovered to have been using a fake Facebook profile to interact with constituents.
Trevor Hay, who was elected to the Ranlo Board of Commissioners in 2021, is alleged to have been using a profile under the name Glen Wright, with the profile picture of a Black man.
"Conservatives love their cancel culture," Hay wrote in one post, according to a screenshot.
Facebook user Billy Robinson said in a message to The Gazette that Hay was using the account to call people “clowns, and other negative names along with memes."
Hay has since deleted both his personal Facebook account and the fake account he was using.
In a written statement to The Gazette, Hay wrote that he deeply regrets making the fake account.
He said that over time, he used multiple names and different photos to interact with the public, names and photos he chose at random "and without any preference to race, gender, or identity so that I could interact with the public anonymously."
"I am aware this was unprofessional and I apologize to those that I have offended and let down with my actions," Hay wrote. "I am proud of the things we have accomplished in Ranlo during my tenure, but I acknowledge that I have made a mistake and that it is best for the people of Ranlo that I resign my seat."
Ranlo Mayor Pro Tem Katie Cordell said that she learned of the allegations against Hay on late Friday afternoon from someone who saw a post on Facebook about it. Hay then confessed, she said.
"And basically, when that happened, I immediately was like, 'OK, well we need to have an investigation. If this is not him we need to figure out who it is,'" she said. "So either we know definitively that it was him, or we can clear his name. But that was before he admitted that it was him."
She said that she was stunned when she learned it was true.
"I thought that he would be a little smarter than that, you know? We're elected to be the voice of the town, and we shouldn't need to create any kind of fake profile or anything to interact with our constituents," Cordell said. "Part of the business of politics is kind of taking what people say and not having to defend yourself against every single little thing, especially when we have a mandate from the people who elected us. I find it really immature and I don't think there are strong enough words for the condemnation that I feel toward it. It's really just unacceptable behavior."
The real Glen Wright, the man whose name and photo Hay was posting under, is chief executive officer of Worth Advisors, which has an office in Charlotte. Wright could not immediately be reached for comment.
Reporter Kara Fohner can be reached at 704-869-1850 or at kfohner@gannett.com. Support local journalism by subscribing here. | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/07/11/ranlo-town-commissioner-resigns-over-fake-facebook-account/10027277002/ | 2022-07-11T22:38:10 | 0 | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/07/11/ranlo-town-commissioner-resigns-over-fake-facebook-account/10027277002/ |
DALLAS — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the state's electric grid, is asking residents and businesses to voluntarily conserve power Monday afternoon and into the evening due to the extreme heat.
ERCOT issued an appeal on Sunday night for energy conservation on Monday, July 11, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
As 2 p.m. arrived Monday, the state's demand for electricity was nearing the power grid's supply, and ERCOT updated its status condition from "green" to "yellow," asking Texans to reduce power use.
ERCOT on Sunday also issued a watch for a "projected reserve capacity shortage" during that timeframe. ERCOT said it does not anticipate system-wide outages.
ERCOT budgets in a "reserve" amount of electricity that it can rely on in case demand exceeds supply.
The six-hour window on Monday with not enough reserve could create an Energy Emergency Alert, ERCOT said, which is a series of emergency procedures the grid operator enacts when operating reserves drop below specified levels. Those procedures are designed to protect the reliability of the electric system as a whole and prevent an uncontrolled system-wide outage, ERCOT said.
This appeal comes during a time that the ERCOT is dealing with a high demand for energy from across the state. On Saturday, the peak demand landed at about 77,532 megawatts. On Friday, which was the hottest day of the year so far, there was an all-time demand record of 78,418 megawatts.
ERCOT said the record demands this summer are due to the triple-digit temperatures across the state.
Using its free app, ERCOT allows you to monitor real-time grid conditions:
ERCOT suggests Texans conserve electricity by raising thermostats to 78 degrees and postponing using large appliances (dishwashers, laundry machines, etc.) during peak afternoon hours. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/texas/ercot-asking-texas-residents-businesses-conserve-power-monday-extreme-heat/287-d5e30072-f35e-45d7-9355-2b9b5b4787c4 | 2022-07-11T22:39:32 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/texas/ercot-asking-texas-residents-businesses-conserve-power-monday-extreme-heat/287-d5e30072-f35e-45d7-9355-2b9b5b4787c4 |
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PEKIN — Tazewell County voters in November will choose the county's next top prosecutor following the resignation of Stewart Umholtz, who currently holds the office.
Umholtz is running unopposed for a circuit judge seat in the same election. He said in a letter to the Tazewell County board that he would resign effective Nov. 30.
Because there are more than 28 months left in Umholtz's term, Illinois law requires the seat to be filled during the general election, Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman said.
Each political party will have the opportunity to "slate" a candidate, with those nominations to be received by Aug. 31, he said. Write-in candidates may submit a "Declaration of Intent" to the clerk's office before Sept. 8.
Umholtz said his time as state's attorney has been focused on integrity.
"Since 1995, I have worked diligently to create a culture of 'Do what is right and do it well," Umholtz wrote in his resignation letter. The sign above his office entrance reads: "The duty of a prosecutor is to seek justice, not merely convict."
Umholtz recommended his chief assistant, Kevin Johnson, to replace him this November. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/tazewell-county-voters-to-choose-next-states-attorney/article_244697f8-014c-11ed-82b4-7fadaff43df3.html | 2022-07-11T22:44:53 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/tazewell-county-voters-to-choose-next-states-attorney/article_244697f8-014c-11ed-82b4-7fadaff43df3.html |
Sometimes the only thing scarier than congressional gridlock is congressional bipartisanship. While the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives carry out critical functions and can be forces for good, they are also chock full of bad ideas, which can be harder to derail when there’s both Republican and Democratic backing.
Congress’ continued anti-tech crusade is a clear example of the misguided, bipartisan adventures that I am referencing, and one measure in particular has enjoyed some momentum. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s, D-Minn., S.2992 — The American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) — passed out of committee by a wide margin and awaits action from the Senate.
Filed in late 2021, Klobuchar’s bill aims to expand the federal government’s anti-trust laws and increase regulation on large tech outfits. “As dominant digital platforms — some of the biggest companies our world has ever seen — increasingly give preference to their own products and services,” Klobuchar announced, “we must put policies in place to ensure small businesses and entrepreneurs still have the opportunity to succeed in the digital marketplace.”
While it is important to foster competition and protect small businesses from unfair practices, the AICOA is critically flawed and would create more problems than solutions. But like many pieces of legislation, the devil is in the details.
For starters, the AICOA is carefully crafted in such a way that it would target only companies that have a market cap of $550 billion and either have 50,000,000 monthly general users or 100,000 business users. This is a legally arbitrary threshold. Why would AICOA be appropriate for businesses with a $550 billion market cap but not for those with a $549 billion market cap? Or any other amount for that matter?
The bill’s authors don’t have a good explanation other than they apparently wanted to ensure that Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta and possibly Microsoft would fall in their crosshairs. However, other smaller — but still massive — companies wouldn’t qualify, like Wal-Mart, Target and Costco.
As drafted, the AICOA would ban particular tech companies from engaging in a host of activities. “These newly illegal business practices include treating one’s own products preferentially to those of competitors on a platform the company owns,” as my colleague Josh Withrow recently wrote.
Well-intentioned or not, the AICOA has raised some alarms. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said, “I worry a lot about the broad scope and the vague language that it contains that I believe would lead to an untold number of unintended and unforeseen consequences, like harming many of the very same consumers that we are trying to protect.”
Even if the AICOA wasn’t drafted to discriminate against large tech companies, its provisions would still be cause for concern. It would prohibit the common business practice of self-preferencing, which means tech giants wouldn’t be able to easily direct consumers to their own products and services.
Amazon wouldn’t be permitted to highlight its Basics products line by ensuring they appeared higher in searches, and they worry that they’d be forced to let other shipping companies fulfill their orders — imacting their two-day Prime shipping. Similarly, Google wouldn’t be able to easily guide consumers to some of its products, like Maps or Gmail, and Apple wouldn’t be allowed to encourage the use of its apps.
The AICOA’s provisions are allegedly designed to encourage competition, which is a noble goal. Yet permitting companies to feature their own products isn’t anti-competitive; it’s smart. Why wouldn’t a company want to promote the sale and use of its own products? That’s how business and competition works.
Nevertheless, if enacted, the AICOA would disrupt vertically integrated business models that save consumers money, making product access and services more difficult. It simultaneously would permit smaller online companies and even large brick and mortar stores to continue self-preferencing practices.
Some Democratic stalwarts have been critical of the proposal.
“The bill causes some very significant security concerns,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said.
In fact, there are fears within the industry that the bill would require online app stores to host unvetted apps, which could result in app stores being flooded with malware — creating a haven for hackers to target unsuspecting consumers.
If the AICOA becomes law, failure to comply with its provisions would become catastrophic — costing companies up to 10% of their domestic revenue as a penalty — for behaving in ways that are legally permissible for smaller companies.
This proposal is just one of the latest salvos in a series of problematic policies targeting large technology companies, which elected officials — Republican and Democrat alike — increasingly view as public enemy No. 1. After years of gridlock, I suppose it is encouraging to see both parties finding common ground. I just wish they’d focus on better policies. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/marc-hyden-bi-partisan-congressional-anti-tech-crusade-continues/article_d50c8b54-0117-11ed-bbd4-8f06fe3f9d99.html | 2022-07-11T22:48:05 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/marc-hyden-bi-partisan-congressional-anti-tech-crusade-continues/article_d50c8b54-0117-11ed-bbd4-8f06fe3f9d99.html |
FAIRFAX, Va. — One of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial served improperly, an attorney for Heard alleged in a recent filing that asked the court to declare a mistrial and order a new trial.
"Newly discovered facts" show Juror No. 15 in the six-week trial was not the individual summoned in April to serve in the case, Heard's attorney wrote in a five-page memo filed Friday in Virginia's Fairfax Circuit Court.
Instead, the filing suggests Juror No. 15 was a younger individual with the same last name who "apparently" lives at the same address.
"As the Court no doubt agrees, it is deeply troubling for an individual not summoned for jury duty nonetheless to appear for jury duty and serve on a jury, especially in a case such as this," the filing said.
Depp sued his ex-wife over a December 2018 op-ed Heard wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse." Much of the testimony focused on whether Heard had been physically and sexually abused, as she claimed. Depp said he never hit Heard and that she was the abuser.
After a televised trial that turned into a spectacle, the jury found in Depp's favor on all three of his claims relating to specific statements in the 2018 piece.
The jury decided Depp should receive $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, but the judge reduced the punitive damages award to $350,000 under a state cap.
Heard has previously said she plans to appeal the verdict.
News of Friday's filing was first reported by Deadline, which posted the document online.
The memo expanded upon earlier post-trial motions filed by Heard's legal team that asked the judge to throw out the verdict against her. Those motions had raised the possibility that one of the jurors may not have been properly vetted by the court.
The latest filing said a "jury panel list" in the case included a person who would have been 77 at the time of the trial. Voter registration information lists two individuals with the same last name "apparently" residing at the same address, said the filing, in which the names were redacted.
"The individual who appeared for jury duty with this name was obviously the younger one. Thus, the 52-year-old ... sitting on the jury for six weeks was never summoned for jury duty on April 11," violating Heard's due process rights, the filing said.
The Associated Press sent emails seeking comment Sunday to a representative for Depp and two of his attorneys. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/amber-heard-attorneys-say-juror-served-improperly-seek-mistrial/65-73a76815-b94f-4645-bea2-33a6bf7d68aa | 2022-07-11T22:50:10 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/amber-heard-attorneys-say-juror-served-improperly-seek-mistrial/65-73a76815-b94f-4645-bea2-33a6bf7d68aa |
SAN DIEGO — A video shot in La Jolla Cove is getting a lot of attention on social media.
It appears to show two large sea lions charging into a crowd of people.
However, Robyn Davidoff, chair of the Sierra Club Seal Society, said that's not what's happening at all.
"This time of year, this is the beginning of mating season for California Sea Lions. The sea lions in the video are two young bulls males. They probably weigh 600 pounds, maybe 500. What they were doing was chasing each other for territory on the beach, they were not chasing the people," said Davidoff. "The people just happen to be in the way."
She points out there are many tourists in La Jolla right now who are not familiar with sea lions.
"They don’t realize they should keep a distance from them. They are wild animals. They are a little bit used to us, but they still are wild. And this time of the year, when they’re talking about mating, thinking about mating, they get a little frisky, people have to get out of the way," she said.
If threatened, she said, they may bite.
Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Davidoff said 50 yards is recommended. However, in a small space like the cove, she believes even 20 feet is reasonable.
She said she would like lifeguards to make an announcement over the PA system, warning people to stay away from the sea lions.
WATCH RELATED: Growing concerns over harassment of sea lions in La Jolla (December 2021) | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/la-jolla-cove-sea-lions-chasing-each-other-charge-tourist-viral-video/509-b3f42cfc-56ec-47ea-8c20-2d4fe6c54654 | 2022-07-11T22:50:16 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/la-jolla-cove-sea-lions-chasing-each-other-charge-tourist-viral-video/509-b3f42cfc-56ec-47ea-8c20-2d4fe6c54654 |
TRI-CITIES, Tenn. (WJHL) – Calls are growing for Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to condemn comments made by an education advisor, the President of Michigan’s Hillsdale College Dr. Larry Arnn.
Video obtained by WTVF in Nashville shows Arnn making disparaging comments at a political event about teachers and public education, while the audience chuckled and the governor said nothing to stand up for teachers.
Gov. Lee partnered with the leader of conservative Hillsdale College to open around 50 charter schools across Tennessee.
Video shows Arnn made controversial statements including the following:
- “The teachers are trained in the dumbest parts of the dumbest colleges in the country.”
- “They are taught that they are going to go and do something to these kids”
- “Do they ever talk about anything except what they are going to do to these kids?”
- “You will see how education destroys generations of people. It’s devastating. It’s like the plague.”
- “Here’s a key thing that we’re going to try to do. We are going to try to demonstrate that you don’t have to be an expert to educate a child because basically anybody can do it.”
When confronted by reporters last week about Arnn’s comments, Lee told reporters: “It was a conversation about the influence of left-leaning activists in the public education system in this state. But I fully support our public schools in this state and our teachers as well.”
However, Lee has not publicly rejected Arnn’s comments that have insulted teachers across the state, only reasserted his support for teachers.
In a July 7 meeting of the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents (TOSS) board, members released a statement expressing how deeply they value Tennessee educators.
“It felt personal. Our teachers have really, over the last couple of years especially, carried such a burden and a load,” Dr. John English, Unicoi County Director of Schools, told News Channel 11 Monday. “It’s not an ‘anybody can do it’ profession, regardless of that comment. Anybody that’s actually in it knows that.”
English and Dr. Mischelle Simcox, Director of Johnson County Schools, are the two TOSS board members from the Tri-Cities.
The board expressed its utmost support and respect for teachers amid the “demoralizing” comments.
“Teaching is not an 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. job. It’s a 24/7 job. We value our teachers. Education is a hard field, I don’t think we get the respect that we deserve sometimes,” Simcox told News Channel 11.
TOSS is made up of every superintendent in Tennessee public schools, with 12 board members who advocate for the needs of school systems statewide.
Arnn’s “dumbest parts of the dumbest colleges” struck Simcox, who defended universities that develop future teachers.
“It is not an easy path to get an education degree,” Simcox said. “You have a lot of classroom work to prepare for, hard classes. Not everyone is meant to be a teacher. You have to have the heart to be a teacher.”
For school leaders, these comments are not just hurtful but concerning.
“Just the fact that he’s advising our governor and this is how he clearly feels about public education and teachers as a whole,” said English.
As Gov. Lee has not directly expressed his rejection of those comments, it leaves superintendents with questions about where he stands.
“I do hope that the governor does not share these same views. I wish something would have been said,” said Simcox.
English added that in light of the controversial statements, it has been encouraging to see how many people have stood up for teachers.
“A whole lot of people have really come to defend teachers and the profession, and I think that’s a positive,” said English.
Dr. Jeff Moorhouse, superintendent of Kingsport City Schools, also released a statement to the media Monday showing his support.
“We cannot state more strongly the profound level of respect, admiration, and appreciation we have for the educators. These women and men have dedicated their lives to providing each and every child the educational opportunities that will ensure lifelong success. They have trained extensively to become highly skilled.”
Jeff Moorhouse, superintendent of Kingsport City Schools
News Channel 11 reached out to the Governor’s office asking for a response to allegations that he has not defended Tennessee teachers against Arnn’s comments. A spokesperson gave this response:
“I will underscore that the Governor speaks for himself, and he has been an outspoken advocate for Tennessee public school teachers. The conversation you referred to was about Left-wing activism. Our support for Tennessee teachers wasn’t up for debate then, and it isn’t now.
Governor Lee has fought for teacher pay raises each year in his term. Under Gov. Lee’s leadership, the future of public education in Tennessee means a new funding formula that closed the bureaucratic loopholes that often prevented raises from making their way to classrooms. With this new education funding formula, our administration is investing an additional $1 billion for Tennessee public schools each year. When it comes to supporting the profession of teaching, Gov. Lee’s Department of Education built a pipeline to encourage public high school students to pursue teaching through the “Grow Your Own” program. This program is now a national model and was the first in the nation to become a federally recognized apprenticeship program.”
Spokesperson, Office of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/superintendents-defend-teachers-call-on-gov-lee-to-reject-advisors-anybody-can-do-it-insults/ | 2022-07-11T22:55:45 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/superintendents-defend-teachers-call-on-gov-lee-to-reject-advisors-anybody-can-do-it-insults/ |
The average price for a gallon of fuel has finally dropped in Virginia after months of record-setting highs.
As of Monday, the national average per gallon of gas is $4.67, 12 cents less than last week and 32 cents less than last month, according to AAA records.
In Virginia, the average price is $4.46, 14 cents fewer compared to last week and 38 cents less than a month ago.
Court records filed so far in the case makes no mention that Dogwood Dell was the intended target of the mass shooting, as police announced last week.
Virginia set a record high for prices several times this year starting in the month of March, back when gas prices around $4.16 shattered the previous record set in 2008 during the Great Recession.
Prices would continue to surge through June, as local gas stations reached highs up to an average of $4.84.
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Despite the steep prices, demand for fuel continued as travels began to return to pre-pandemic routines. For instance, AAA estimates that over that 42 million hit the roads for during the Fourth of July holiday setting a new record.
“Domestic gasoline demand dipped recently, which took some of the pressure off of pump prices. About 80% of stations are now selling regular for under $5 a gallon,” said Andrew Gross, a spokesman with AAA, in a statement last week.
The trend may not last, according to Gross, as July is typically the most demanding month for the U.S. However, if the price for oil continues to decline there's hope fuel prices will continue to drop.
“Usually, more people buying gas would lead to higher pump prices,” said Gross. “But the price for oil, the main ingredient in gasoline, has fallen and is hovering around $100 a barrel. Less expensive oil usually means less expensive gas.”
June fuel sales are about 5% below pre-COVID pandemic 2019 levels and 2.6% below a year ago, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
President Joe Biden in late June asked Congress to suspend the federal gas tax through September. Gov. Glenn Youngkin has also called for lifting the state fuel tax. | https://richmond.com/business/local/fuel-costs-dipped-in-virginia-recently-but-will-it-last/article_c834faec-01a4-5479-9fbf-075cb9e703fe.html | 2022-07-11T22:58:15 | 1 | https://richmond.com/business/local/fuel-costs-dipped-in-virginia-recently-but-will-it-last/article_c834faec-01a4-5479-9fbf-075cb9e703fe.html |
Motorists on Interstate 95 can expect delays near the the Arthur Ashe Boulevard exit as crews respond to a tractor trailer crash this evening.
The Virginia Department of Transportation reported the crash at 4:48 p.m.
The crash occurred near the southbound lanes of I-95 near mile marker 77.6.
The north and south left shoulders are closed as well as the south left and center lanes.
As of 5:30, traffic is backed up nearly 2miles headed in and out of Henrico and Richmond, according to VDOT. | https://richmond.com/news/local/tractor-crash-causes-2-mile-backup-on-i-95-in-richmond-and-henrico/article_e2de61c5-e3a7-52d7-87b9-b150c04a297e.html | 2022-07-11T22:58:21 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/tractor-crash-causes-2-mile-backup-on-i-95-in-richmond-and-henrico/article_e2de61c5-e3a7-52d7-87b9-b150c04a297e.html |
Authorities have identified the three teenage girls killed in a vehicle-obliterating wreck on Staten Island Sunday night, all riding in a Mustang whose driver shouldn't have been behind the wheel.
According to police, the victims who died -- 15-year-old Ashley Rodriguez, and siblings 16-year-old Fernanda and 15-year-old Jesie Gil -- were all passengers in the red Mustang that another 16-year-old was driving when the vehicle and a black SUV collided at Hyland Boulevard and Richard Avenue shortly before 9 p.m.
The teen — who investigators say was speeding — survived the crash which split the Mustang in half. He was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
The 16-year-old's uncle said the families are heartbroken, and his nephew suffered critical injuries and will now live knowing three of his friends will never go home.
Transportation officials say Hyland Boulevard has one of the highest crash rates in New York City. A stretch of the road near Richard Avenue is notorious for crashes and is part of a re-design plan months in the making, the commissioner of the Department of Transportation said Monday.
"It should be a stark reminder that speeding and reckless driving have life threatening consequences for all New Yorkers," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said.
City officials also recognize there were other factors that played into this crash, including speed and lack of seatbelts.
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Driving laws in New York say anyone with a junior learner's permit, which would apply to the driver under age 17, must be accompanied by a guardian or driving instructor between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. unless traveling between work or school.
The 47-year-old man behind the wheel of the black SUV, who is being cited for driving with a suspended license, is expected to survive. Four other passengers riding in the SUV suffered minor injuries. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/3-teens-identified-in-deadly-mustang-splitting-nyc-wreck-involving-16-year-old-driver-ny-only/3769431/ | 2022-07-11T22:59:11 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/3-teens-identified-in-deadly-mustang-splitting-nyc-wreck-involving-16-year-old-driver-ny-only/3769431/ |
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - A fire caused significant damage to Captain Coty's Family Restaurant in Flint Township on Monday afternoon.
The fire was reported at 1252 N. Ballenger Highway just after 3:30 p.m. Firefighters from Flint, Flint Township and several other Genesee County departments were on the scene.
Light smoke could be seen coming from the restaurant at 4 p.m. and most of the flames were knocked down by 4:15 p.m.
Fire officials could not immediately say whether anyone was injured or how the fire started Monday afternoon.
This was the second restaurant fire in Flint Township on Monday. The KFC restaurant at 4427 Corunna Road caught fire around 3:20 a.m., according to Flint Township Fire Chief Brett Beckley.
He said the restaurant was full of smoke and flames when firefighters arrived with a small area of flames showing through the roof. The interior of the restaurant sustained significant damage inside. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/fire-reported-at-captain-cotys-family-restaurant-in-flint-township/article_dc04bc0a-0154-11ed-a2e5-0fa8d6434a9a.html | 2022-07-11T23:09:32 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/fire-reported-at-captain-cotys-family-restaurant-in-flint-township/article_dc04bc0a-0154-11ed-a2e5-0fa8d6434a9a.html |
PRESTONSBURG, KY (WOWK) – One person is seeking medical treatment after a concrete truck crash in Floyd County, Kentucky.
According to officials at the scene, the single-vehicle crash happened around 4:20 p.m. Monday along U.S. 23. Officials say the driver said something mechanical went wrong with the steering, which caused the truck to swerve over the guardrail.
Officials said the driver did not appear to be physically injured at the scene, but was taken to a hospital by car to get checked out.
One lane of the road is closed at this time for the wrecker to get to the truck, but officials say traffic is still running smoothly in the area. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/concrete-truck-crashes-over-guardrail-in-kentucky/ | 2022-07-11T23:15:34 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/concrete-truck-crashes-over-guardrail-in-kentucky/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — After an unknown driver went through the sign of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, church members have only two things in mind: forgiveness and prayers.
On Saturday, approximately around 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., a driver went through the church’s sign located at 1919 Bigley Ave. on Charleston’s West Side.
Canaan Missionary Baptist Church says they are thankful the church itself was not hit and that they forgive the driver. Their full statement is provided below.
“We are thankful that the damage was minimal and [that] they did not strike the church itself. We fully forgive the individual that hit the sign and we are [grateful] to God for his provisions. We pray that the driver did not suffer any injury from the accident.”
Canaan Missionary Baptist Church | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/driver-hits-local-church-sign-church-forgives-unknown-suspect/ | 2022-07-11T23:15:40 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/driver-hits-local-church-sign-church-forgives-unknown-suspect/ |
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — Board member Benjamin Thomas was named as the new Kanawha County Public Library (KCPL) President.
Thomas will serve as the Board of Directors President for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
The KCPL says Thomas, who joined the Board in 2015, will replace President Monica Jaensson, who is leaving the Board after their six-year tenure as President and decade-long work with the KCPL.
They say Thomas has previously been in the First Vice-President and Chairman of the Board’s Building Committee roles.
The Library says the Board’s Building Committee was responsible for funding and most of the planning involved with the new Main Library location in downtown Charleston.
They also announced Stephanie Haden as First-Vice President, Betty King as Second-Vice President and KCPL Director Erika Connelly as Secretary-Treasurer. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/new-kanawha-county-public-library-board-president-named/ | 2022-07-11T23:15:46 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/new-kanawha-county-public-library-board-president-named/ |
RALEIGH — Republican-backed adjustments to North Carolina's budget were signed into law by Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday, ensuring that state workers will get slightly larger pay raises and that construction projects and state reserves will receive billions of dollars more than initially planned.
The signing marks the second year in a row that he's accepted the GOP's comprehensive state government spending plan after vetoing budget bills in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The measure alters the second year of the two-year budget bill that Cooper signed last November.
Cooper said the measure included “critical investments in education, economic development, transportation and the state workforce.”
The Democratic governor had until Monday night — 10 days after the House and Senate gave final legislative approval to their $27.9 billion plan — to sign the bill or veto it, or it otherwise would become law without his signature.
Absent from the enacted measure is any reference to Medicaid expansion, which has been intertwined with Cooper — a big expansion booster — and budget negotiations since 2019. The House and Senate approved separate, competing measures in June that either accepted expansion or laid out a path to expansion, but no compromise was reached.
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“Negotiations are occurring now, and we are closer than ever to agreement on Medicaid expansion, therefore a veto of this budget would be counterproductive," Cooper added.
With more than 30 Democratic lawmakers ultimately voting for the agreement, Cooper faced the pressure of a veto override vote by Republicans later this month that would be successful if as few as five Democrats stuck with them.
“We are pleased Gov. Cooper signed this responsible spending plan into law,” House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger said in a joint statement. “Moving forward, we are committed to working together to improve healthcare access and expand Medicaid, while providing the necessary safeguards to preserve the state’s fiscal strength.”
The measure, which covers the year starting July 1, decides what to do with well over $6 billion in additional revenue collections by mid-2023 above and beyond what had been anticipated when the two-year budget was drawn up.
There are no supplement tax cuts beyond the income tax rate reduction that the two-year budget law already directed occurred this year and next. Republicans portrayed the measure as designed to keep the state on firm financial footing amid inflation and worries about a recession.
The budget law also directs that $193 million in sales tax collections be used to help build transportation projects, rather than go into the state's general fund coffers. The portion of sales tax going to two highway funds would triple by mid-2024.
Not counted among the $27.9 billion is another $7.7 billion in reserves and for items like state government construction and local water and wastewater projects, as well as incentives to attempt to bring more companies to North Carolina. Those funds will help boost the state’s rainy-day reserve to a record $4.7 billion and create a new $1 billion "Stabilization and Inflation Reserve” that could be tapped to address eroding tax collections and rising prices.
The adjustments will increase next year’s 2.5% raise for rank-and-file state employees already in place to 3.5%, while average pay raises for teachers for the upcoming school year will grow from roughly 2.5% to 4.2%, with first-year teachers seeing $37,000 base salaries. Cooper's budget proposal from May had sought slightly higher pay raises for both teachers and workers.
Also included is another $56 million more annually on taxpayer-funded scholarship for children to attend private schools — a program Cooper strongly opposes.
The proposal actually spends $1 billion more on K-12 schools, community colleges and the UNC System compared to last year — or nearly $16.5 billion. But critics of Republican education policy say lawmakers have failed to comply fully with a judge-approved step-by-step plan to address state educational inequities. The state Supreme Court will hear arguments next month on whether courts can transfer money from state coffers to fulfill what is known as the Leandro decision. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/despite-no-medicaid-expansion-cooper-signs-budget-bill-for-second-straight-year/article_518add1e-015b-11ed-a1b4-cf887f9488a6.html | 2022-07-11T23:15:48 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/despite-no-medicaid-expansion-cooper-signs-budget-bill-for-second-straight-year/article_518add1e-015b-11ed-a1b4-cf887f9488a6.html |
HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) – The case for a man accused of murder will be heading to a grand jury.
A pretrial for Kahmal Dillahunty was held today, Monday, July 11, at the Cabell County Courthouse. He is accused in the fatal stabbing of 36-year-old Timothy Stratton at the Sheetz at the corner of 8th St. and 6th Ave in Huntington on Sunday, July 3, 2022.
The victim’s family sat in the courtroom awaiting the magistrate’s decision in the pretrial. They say right now they’re hoping Dillahunty is charged and found guilty of first-degree murder.
The only witness present to speak for the case was Detective Parsons with the Huntington Police Department who described what the scene looked like.
“Right in front of the main entrance of the store there was a large pool of blood with what looked like a beach towel where I guess someone tried to render aid. And there was a shirt that looked like it was cut off,” said Parsons.
13 News also spoke with another witness who says this is nothing new for the area.
“I saw all of the police and things down here. I really didn’t know what happened, but I’m from here. I’m used to stabbings, gun violence, gang violence, so it really didn’t phase me that much,” says Jacob Baldwin, a Huntington resident.
He and other residents in the area say more should be done.
“I was homeless since I was 16-17 – so the tables were a place I would go to cool off and a lot of other homeless people did too. I don’t believe taking the tables out is going to make a difference because it’s still the same people, same area, same violence. All you’re doing is really just making things harder on the customers,” explained Baldwin.
13 News has reached out to Sheetz for a statement in regard to the stabbing and the changes they’ve made and has not received a response. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/sheetz-stabbing-suspects-case-sent-to-grand-jury/ | 2022-07-11T23:15:49 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/sheetz-stabbing-suspects-case-sent-to-grand-jury/ |
Detroit launches initiatives in youth employment program
Detroit — A program for youth job opportunities is adding initiatives and partnerships in Detroit.
Grow Detroit's Youth Talent program provides youths between the ages of 14 and 24 opportunities for summer jobs. More than $13 million will be used to support over 8,000 summer jobs for Detroit youth.
Two initiatives to steer career paths and offer financial literacy include free one-on-one professional counseling on debt, credit and budgeting. Career Pathways Plus, for older youths, helps with permanent employment opportunities, said Misty Evans, director of Grow Detroit's Youth.
The program also is expanding the Industry-Led Training to include social media marketing and digital consumer education.
Evans said the new features will advance career opportunities for youths.
"We give them money, but we want to give them the ability to understand what to do with it, to understand debt and credit and how to spend those funds the correct way," Evans said. "We want to vet the kids to get them to understand that this is a permanent employment opportunity for the future."
More than 100 Detroit youths were scheduled to start jobs Monday at multiple city departments and private companies. Since 2015, more than 60,000 young people have been employed through the program.
Mata Clarice, 22, of Detroit grew up in foster care and used Grow Detroit's Youth to find a job
"One of my mentors came to me and told me that this would be a great opportunity because I would be able to take care of my daughter and work from home," she said.
Clarice found a summer job at the call center for Detroit at Work, the city's unemployment agency. She said the program made the job search easy.
"I thank this program because the opportunity for a work-at-home job was easier to get," Clarice said. "If you pick it, you got it, which is awesome."
Mayor Mike Duggan said the programs are a way to give back to youths who were not getting opportunities for summer employment.
"If you lived in the suburbs, you pretty well could find a summer job, but in the city, it was hard to figure out," Duggan said. "If you wanted a summer job, you had to call every individual company and see how to apply and figure it out. And that meant young people in Detroit weren't getting the same chances."
The programs partner with companies that include DTE Energy, Apple, Verizon, General Motors Factory ZERO and J.P. Morgan Chase.
"Our young folk are intellectually gifted and have the skill sets to make meaningful contributions in any profession," said City Councilwoman Mary Waters in a release. "What was missing were opportunities to participate in the workforce."
Factory ZERO executive director Jim Quick said the partnership is a chance for Detroit youths to gain experience in the factory and to help GM produce electrical vehicles.
"It's an understatement to say how grateful we are to partner with the city of Detroit and help this year's GDYT participants experience firsthand the depth of career path's available to them in manufacturing," Quick said. "They can play a real role in putting some of our most exciting EV's on the road."
Quick said tapping the community in the workplace is a goal for GM's future.
"It's important that we do our part to bring everybody along with us. What better way to do that than by engaging the phenomenal talent that our community provides," Quick said.
slewis@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/07/11/summer-jobs-detroit-youth-employment-program/10019597002/ | 2022-07-11T23:23:10 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/07/11/summer-jobs-detroit-youth-employment-program/10019597002/ |
Michigan jobless agency warns claimants not to answer text scam
Michigan jobless claimants shouldn't answer text messages from people claiming to represent the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, state officials warned Monday.
The phishing scheme from an out-of-state phone number is an attempt to steal personal information and money from residents who are out of work and need cash, according to a release from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. The Michigan UIA does not send text messages to claimants seeking information, the department added.
“Bad actors are constantly using sophisticated methods to try to steal the money you deserve,” UIA Director Julia Dale said in a statement. “UIA will not tolerate criminals who try to steal money from hard-working Michiganders. Fighting fraud and providing exemplary customer service are our top priorities. If you suspect anyone of trying to get your personal information or steal your benefits, let us know right away.”
The text message comes from an out-of-state phone number linked to a Texas area code (210) and "provides a link to claim back payments,” according to the agency's press release. “Do not click on the link. Report it as junk or spam and delete the text.”
The texts have contain the following message: “MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: Your back payment deposit of $2,800 is now pending on your profile.” It is followed by a link which will take the recipient to a fake replica of the UIA’s website, according to the agency.
The UIA offers tips to protect your personal information Among them are:
•Scrutinize the web page URL or link that you receive. If it is not an official Michigan.gov website, do not use it.
•If you do not trust a website or information, call UIA’s Customer Service at 1-866-500-0017 to verify what you are seeing.
•You should only link to UIA information or services through gov/UIA.
•Don't provide logins, passwords, banking information or other personal information to texts or emails. The state agency doesn't ask for them.
•If someone calls and you are suspicious about about it, hang up and call UIA at 1-866-500-0017 and request staff to send information through your MiWAM account.
•If you suspect fraud of identity theft, the UIA urges you to report it on their website.
cpeckdimit@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/11/michigan-jobless-agency-warns-claimants-not-answer-text-scam/10031948002/ | 2022-07-11T23:23:16 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/11/michigan-jobless-agency-warns-claimants-not-answer-text-scam/10031948002/ |
ROCK CREEK — A 10-acre fire Saturday in Rock Creek Canyon in the South Hills destroyed structures and dozens of old cars 12 miles south of Hansen.
According to a Facebook post by Rock Creek Fire District, fire departments from Twin Falls, Buhl, Filer, Salmon Tract, Castleford, Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service assisted in containing the fire.
Firefighters from Gooding came to Kimberly to cover the rest of Rock Creek's district while the department was working the fire in the canyon, Rock Creek personnel said.
The Idaho State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the fire. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/fire-destroys-10-acres-in-rock-creek-canyon/article_b98bd900-015f-11ed-8fb3-bb6552b80555.html | 2022-07-11T23:28:51 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/fire-destroys-10-acres-in-rock-creek-canyon/article_b98bd900-015f-11ed-8fb3-bb6552b80555.html |
First case of monkeypox in a Milwaukee resident identified, Health Department says
The first case of monkeypox in a Milwaukee resident was identified Saturday and local health officials expect more cases in the coming weeks.
The person with the newly identified case is isolating and close contacts have been notified, according to a statement from the Milwaukee Health Department.
The discovery of the case — the second in the state — was not a surprise, given the increasing number of cases across the nation, Milwaukee Health Commissioner Kirsten Johnson said in the statement.
The state's first case, in Dane County, was reported July 1.
"While the disease is not easily spread from person to person without direct contact, we anticipate more cases will emerge in the coming weeks," Johnson said. "To control the spread, we encourage residents to be aware of the symptoms, follow prevention recommendations, and seek medical attention when needed."
Still, this is not the same as the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.
People who contract monkeypox generally don't experience symptoms until seven to 14 days after they're infected.
The first symptoms are headache, fever, muscle aches and fatigue, but patients infected with the disease later develop swelling of the lymph nodes and a red rash that produces blisters called pustules.
The pustules caused by monkeypox are small, distinct bumps that may appear similar to those caused by chickenpox, though the two viruses are not related.
Cases that have been recently identified have included symptoms such as skin lesions in the genital, groin, and anal areas that could be confused with rashes caused by herpes, syphilis or other common diseases, according to the Health Department.
Close, often skin-to-skin contact can spread monkeypox, primarily at this point through direct contact with a monkeypox rash, scabs, or body fluids from a person with the illness. It can also be spread by touching objects, fabrics and surfaces after a person with monkeypox or through close respiratory secretions, according to the department.
Ways to prevent the spread of the disease include:
- Avoiding close skin-to-skin contact with a monkeypox rash or scabs, including through kissing, hugging, cuddling or sex.
- Contacting a health care provider as soon as possible after exposure or symptoms develop in order to receive testing and care. Those without a health care provider may contact their local health department for guidance.
- For those with the disease, isolating at home until the rash has fully resolved, scabs have fallen off and a fresh layer of skin has formed.
Most cases have not involved serious illness, and few have required hospitalization. There have been no fatalities from monkeypox in the United States.
Milwaukee County Chief Health Policy Advisor Ben Weston, a leading voice locally throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, noted in a thread on Twitter that the situation with monkeypox is different.
"It is far less transmissible and in the current outbreaks, less deadly," he wrote. "But there is still much we don't know about this disease and why it is spreading so rapidly now."
Monkeypox vaccines are preventative and can be administered to people who have been exposed to confirmed cases. They are not administered once a person develops symptoms, which usually recede within one to two weeks.
Contact Alison Dirr at 414-224-2383 or adirr@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter @AlisonDirr. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/07/11/monkeypox-identified-milwaukee-resident-health-department-says/10033539002/ | 2022-07-11T23:30:22 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/07/11/monkeypox-identified-milwaukee-resident-health-department-says/10033539002/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – A much-anticipated train rolled into Downtown Roanoke from Washington D.C. on Monday and was greeted by city leaders and residents – The arrival marked a new chapter of transportation to and from Roanoke.
“Tourism, people coming to our city, has increased over the years and it’s going to be even more convenient to do so now,” said Mayor Sherman Lea.
The second daily round trip between our nation’s capital and the Star City makes it easier for people to visit Southwest Virginia.
“This is going to be giving new options for people to consider to come in as visitors or residents, and also people looking to move here perhaps, so we’re really excited about this,” said Landon Howard, President of Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge.
Amtrak already ran one trip between cities and will be offering plenty more.
This addition will have departures from Roanoke around 6:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and arrivals around 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
“We knew it was popular and we knew people were using it, especially for business but also for entertainment as well. So this is a big deal for Roanoke, for tourism purposes as well as business purposes,” said Senator John Edwards.
It’s another step in hopes of making the city a destination location.
“The key to building a destination like Virginia’s Blue Ridge is accessibility, this is just one more avenue we have to invite people conveniently and affordably to come in and experience what we have,” Howard said. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/amtrak-adds-additional-round-trip-service-between-roanoke-and-washington-dc/ | 2022-07-11T23:35:17 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/amtrak-adds-additional-round-trip-service-between-roanoke-and-washington-dc/ |
BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – Bedford County Public Schools announced Monday that students can continue to receive free meals during the summer months.
The school system can continue providing meals thanks to USDA extending several nationwide waivers, including the Summer Food Service Program, which went into effect Monday.
The program allows all families to visit one of nine locations in the county and bring home free meals on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Parents or guardians may also pick up a meal for their child without the child being present.
We have the full list of locations here. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/bedford-county-offers-free-meals-for-students-usda-extends-nationwide-program/ | 2022-07-11T23:35:20 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/bedford-county-offers-free-meals-for-students-usda-extends-nationwide-program/ |
BOTETOURT, Va. – The Botetourt County Sheriff’s is giving its patrol cars a new, or rather old, look – They are introducing a new black and white patrol fleet.
The new fleet is different and more recognizable than the brown colors typically associated with a Sheriff’s Department.
Law enforcement is typically thought to be seen in black and white or having black and white vehicles, and Botetourt hopes these new colors will help to stop crime and traffic incidents in the area.
“If you remember watching Andy Griffith back in the day, he had the old black and white Ford Galaxy. So Sheriff Ward wanted to bring back a more traditional color police car,” Major Jeff Boone said. “Even though it’s new here, it’s still traditional but yet it brings a new modern kind of feel to law enforcement.”
Right now, ten of their 50 patrol cars have new colors.
The department plans to replace all patrol cars with this new model soon. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/botetourt-county-sheriffs-office-to-get-new-police-cars/ | 2022-07-11T23:35:26 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/botetourt-county-sheriffs-office-to-get-new-police-cars/ |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Lynchburg is in for a sweet treat.
Crumbl Cookies is set to open soon, according to a sign on the door, in the Hill City.
The dessert shop will be located on Wards Road next to the Mission BBQ in Lynchburg.
The bakery chain is known for its iconic pink to-go boxes and its rotating menu of cookies that changes weekly.
Crumble Cookies anticipates to have the shop open by the fall but has not released an official opening date. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/crumbl-cookies-coming-to-lynchburg/ | 2022-07-11T23:35:32 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/crumbl-cookies-coming-to-lynchburg/ |
CHECK, Va. – Floyd Fest is just weeks away but it is moving to a new home next year, and residents are already voicing their frustrations about the 2023 changes.
Floyd Fest organizers said they are trying to work with the people who will be their new neighbors.
Next year, Floyd Fest will move to a new site off of U.S. 221 in the Check area.
But a few Check residents voiced their disapproval about the tens of thousands of people expected to come to a board of supervisors meeting in late June.
“Because Floyd Fest is coming home to Floyd,” Kirsten Vest said. “No. More like they are wrecking Check.”
Sam Calhoun, the COO of Floyd Fest, said the last thing they want to do is cause problems.
“Our number one job is to keep our patrons safe,” Calhoun said. “And secondary to that is of course we want to be good neighbors.”
The new property owner sent a letter to the residents to introduce themselves.
The letter mentioned that law enforcement agencies and contractors of the festival are working to arrange it properly.
The letter also mentions a list of “steps taken to date,” like environmental due diligence and a list of agencies to acquire permits.
But Dan Vest is worried the area won’t be able to handle the heavy traffic.
“Big City traffic on county roads, noise and crime to checker it does not seem like what someone should be bragging about bringing home,” Vest said.
Calhoun said the festival could bring up to $4 million for the economy, and their plan is to also hire 400 employees, which he hopes to hire from the Floyd County area.
“It will only be around for five days a year of course,” Calhoun said. “We put heads in beds and gas in tanks.”
However, Sean Jackson said he would rather see the 200 acres be used for farming purposes.
“And what’s at stake is nothing less than our future,” Jackson said. “It’s very straightforward, no farms, no food, no future.”
Calhoun told 10 News they still want to work with the residents and are open to answering questions.
The letter also offers the residents free tickets to experience this year’s Floyd Fest in Patrick County and a tour of the new site. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/friction-in-floyd-county-over-new-location-of-floyd-fest/ | 2022-07-11T23:35:39 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/friction-in-floyd-county-over-new-location-of-floyd-fest/ |
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Less than eleven months before the Reedy Creek Improvement District is scheduled to be abolished, there are still no announced plans to replace any of the governmental services the special taxing district currently provides to the Walt Disney World resort property.
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill in April that dissolves the Reedy Creek Improvement District, or RCID, on June 1, 2023.
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RCID, which has similar responsibilities as a county government, provides services such as fire protection, emergency medical services, trash collection, water, sewer, electricity, and road maintenance to about 25,000 acres of property in Orange and Osceola counties. Disney is the primary landowner.
“They do have services. Utilities. We’re going to take care of that,” DeSantis said before signing the bill on April 22. “Don’t worry. We have everything thought out.”
A DeSantis spokesperson later indicated the governor’s office was planning to release more details about the elimination of RCID.
“The plan for Reedy Creek will be shared in the next few weeks,” Press Secretary Christina Pushaw said in a statement shared on Twitter.
About the Reedy Creek special district: Disney will pay its fair share of taxes. Floridians, including residents of Orange and Osceola Counties, will not be on the hook. Do not fall for another partisan political lie being amplified by media.😎
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) April 28, 2022
More to come… pic.twitter.com/B7xpktBYav
Nearly three months later, the governor’s office still has not released that plan.
“We have nothing further to add at this time,” another DeSantis spokesperson said Monday in response to questions from News 6 about the status of the plan. “When we do have more to share, we will make a formal announcement at that time.”
Representatives from RCID and Walt Disney World did not provide any comment for this story.
News 6 submitted a public records request for all written correspondence RCID personnel may have received from the governor’s office related to the dissolution of RCID, including any emails sent to RCID’s administrator.
“(The) Reedy Creek Improvement District has determined that no records exist for this request,” a RCID public records specialist responded.
State Representative Randy Fine, who sponsored a House bill to eliminate RCID, said he has not been briefed on how specific governmental services will be provided to the Disney property after RCID dissolves.
“I have not heard any plan from the governor’s office,” the Republican lawmaker told News 6.
Fine said the Florida legislature could take up additional measures related to RCID when lawmakers return to Tallahassee in March but was unaware of any specific proposals.
Citing Florida law, Fine said RCID’s services could be transferred to Orange and Osceola counties.
“If I was a local government, I’d be thinking about what I’d do,” said Fine.
This week Orange County Commissioners will be discussing the county’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2022-2023. Once approved, it will fund the county government through September 2023, four months after RCID is scheduled to be dissolved.
The proposed budget released by Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings provides no additional funding for governmental services currently provided by RCID.
“We have checked to see if any correspondence has been received from the governor’s office or Reedy Creek,” an Orange County government spokesperson told News 6. “At this time, no information has been received.”
Besides questions about how RCID’s government services on Disney property will be replaced, there is also uncertainty about the district’s approximately $1 billion bond debt.
Orange County tax collector Scott Randolph has previously indicated that county taxpayers may have to absorb that debt when RCID dissolves.
A DeSantis spokesperson disputed that claim Monday, without providing further explanation.
“As always promised, the debts of the Reedy Creek Improvement District will not fall to the local residents,” said Deputy Press Secretary Bryan Griffin.
The Republican-controlled state legislature passed the law abolishing RCID less than two weeks after Disney CEO Bob Chapek publicly denounced Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, known to critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/11/future-of-disneys-reedy-creek-improvement-district-remains-uncertain/ | 2022-07-11T23:35:37 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/11/future-of-disneys-reedy-creek-improvement-district-remains-uncertain/ |
BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – Concerned residents and business owners want to enhance safety on Smith Mountain Lake by turning part of it into a no-wakesurfing zone.
The Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission said they received a first-of-its-kind application for the Merriman Run section of the lake.
Executive Director Kristina Sage said they’re in the early stages of the process and will hold a public meeting on July 19.
“The concern, at this point, is that the region of the lake to which this application applies, is narrow enough that under certain conditions and speeds will pose dangers,” said Sage.
If it is approved by the Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission, Sage said the request will be sent to Virginia’s Division of Wildlife Resources and the U.S. Coast Guard for further consideration. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/part-of-smith-mountain-lake-could-become-a-no-wake-surfing-zone/ | 2022-07-11T23:35:45 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/part-of-smith-mountain-lake-could-become-a-no-wake-surfing-zone/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – An investigation found “no criminal activity” at the source of the July 4 shooting scare at Lake Eola, Orlando police announced Monday.
After collecting more than 100 phone calls, nearly 20 Crimeline tips and hours of video, investigators determined that nothing criminal sparked the chaos that erupted during the Fireworks at the Fountain show on the Fourth of July.
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“We thank our community members for the outpouring of information, videos, and photos facilitated to our detectives during this investigation,” the Orlando Police Department said in a statement.
Police previously said the scare was believed to be caused by someone setting off their own fireworks amid the display at the lake.
Video previously released by Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón showed the Lake Eola pedestrian bridge, moments before people started panicking. At least 12 people were injured running from the scare.
Police still urge anyone with new information in connection with the incident to come forward by calling the department’s non-emergency line at 321-235-5300 or Crimeline to anonymously submit tips at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477) or **TIPS (8477).
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – Some new and exciting changes are coming to Lynchburg’s River Ridge Mall.
Renovations are almost complete and the new West End is ready for retailers to move in.
The West End of the mall will open in the spring.
River Ridge Mall’s owner, Liberty University, bought the mall in 2017 when it needed a lot of work.
“We had roof leaks, two closed department stores, quite a few vacant stores,” Vice President of Real Estate Craig Pettitt said. “It looked like an 80′s mall.”
Pettitt said it’s been quite an undertaking, but they stuck with the motto, “If you build it, they’ll come.”
“A lot of these smaller towns are the ones that have the challenge,” Pettitt added. “We thought it was great for the city and the surrounding area, but also for Liberty University.”
The owners have spent about $80 million in renovations, adding stores, a food court, an aquarium, and more, but the icing on the cake is the West End addition, which was originally set to open in the summer of 2022.
“COVID had a major effect,” Pettitt said. “A lot of national tenants, trying to get their attention on Lynchburg, has been a challenge.”
The West End will be home to eight new stores, restaurants, and entertainment.
Papa Gallo Mexican Restaurant, Duck Donuts, Aerie, Windsor, are among the eight new businesses coming to West End, and more businesses will be announced soon.
“There are not as many stores as there once were and you can buy things online,” Pettitt added. “This needs to be an experiential property and that’s what we’re working toward.”
There will also be a park outside of the West End, with plans for movie nights, concerts, and food events. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/river-ridge-mall-announced-new-retailers-coming-in-spring/ | 2022-07-11T23:35:51 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/11/river-ridge-mall-announced-new-retailers-coming-in-spring/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Three men have been arrested after attempting to rob a business in Roanoke on Monday afternoon, according to police.
Roanoke Police reported that they observed an active robbery happening while surveilling the 4600 block of Plantation Road NE.
Around 1:15 p.m., police said they saw three men in masks, at least one of which was armed, get out of a vehicle, run up to the door of the business, and attempt to go inside.
The door was locked and the men could not get inside, so they went back to the vehicle and sped away.
Officers said they followed the vehicle, had additional units respond, and then the men got out of the vehicle in the 3200 block of Forest Hill NW and began to run.
After the chase, authorities sat up a search area and found the three men, all of whom were taken into custody without further incident, according to police.
Police reported that all three men were arrested and were charged as follows:
- 19-year-old Markie J. Hill of Roanoke, charged with two counts of Attempted Robbery
- 30-year-old Benjamin D. Jones of Roanoke, charged with two counts of Attempted Robbery
- 29-year-old Lorenzo L. Carter of Roanoke, charged with two counts of Attempted Robbery
Two other men were questioned as a part of this investigation and released, police said.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Susana Segura noticed an older woman watching the comedy “Superbad” and “laughing up a storm” while eating at a West Side restaurant about to close Sunday night.
Noticing the woman’s sleeping bag and other items strewn about her, Segura asked her if she wanted to go outside.
“I told the lady, ‘I’ve got some water bottles and ice outside. Do you want to go with me? They’re going to close,’” said Segura, who has been passing out ice, water, toiletries and other items to homeless and transient individuals during a summer heat wave.
“She was happy that she was able to sit in the air conditioning for three hours and watch TV. But she didn’t have anywhere to go,” Segura recalled. “And on the way out, when I was helping her pack up her stuff, I saw her get teary-eyed.”
Life on the streets now is especially brutal for San Antonio’s most vulnerable populations, including the homeless and elderly people without air conditioning. The high temperature Monday was expected to top the record set in 1917 of 104 degrees. Today’s projected high, at 105 degrees, could surpass the record set in 1998 at 103.
The city and Bexar County opened a combined 60 cooling centers from 1 to 10 p.m. at least through today. VIA Metropolitan Transit will provide free transportation to people who say they need a ride to a cooling center for as long as the centers remain in operation.
Segura, who runs a small group called Bread and Blankets Mutual Aid that provides food and other basic items to about 80-100 people each weekend, is trying to get the word out to those living on the streets or in camps about the cooling centers.
“Homeless people just do not know that they can get out of this heat,” she said.
Some have too many things to carry and don’t want to risk them being stolen. So the group gives them tarps, sunscreen, bandannas and other items to help them stay comfortable in place.
“I just tell them, ‘Don’t walk too far. Make sure you have water,’” Segura said.
Terri Behling, communications director at Haven for Hope, said the campus staff and outreach team, which talks to people on the streets, has been trained to watch for signs of heat-related illnesses.
“Given the excessive heat, we are really in tune to checking people, making sure there’s no signs of heat exhaustion, heat stroke,” Behling said. “We will bring someone back to our campus if we encounter them on the street, and they’re wanting to go ahead and get some shelter from the heat.”
The campus also accepts donations of bottled water, sports drinks and other items for relief from the heat 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at its donation center at 1 Haven for Hope Way.
University Hospital has seen a slight increase in people checking into the emergency room for heat-related illnesses. In the past week, about two or more people have come in feeling sick from the heat, but most cases have been mild, said Ralph Riviello, the chair of emergency medicine for University Hospital and UT Health San Antonio.
“We rarely have heat stroke, but we do get some mild heat exhaustion,” Riviello said. “We often see people with heat cramps and a fair number of people with what we call heat syncope, which means someone has passed out from the heat and dehydration.”
Because of the heat, the hospital is also expecting to see more people heading to the emergency room this week, but Riviello said there are ways to keep an eye on how someone might be handling the heat.
A person might start to feel fatigued, get a dry mouth and begin sweating profusely — early warning signs that they should head to someplace cooler. Later warning signs could mean headaches, confusion and altogether not sweating anymore.
“People who have to be outdoors or do anything in this weather should wear the proper clothing, take frequent breaks from the heat and always have access to water or electrolyte solutions, such as Gatorade or Powerade,” Riviello said. “The higher the temperature, the most likelihood of getting a heat-related illness.”
Riviello also urged San Antonio residents to never leave a child or pet alone in the car, even for a quick errand, and to check on any neighbors, friends or family who may be having trouble regulating the heat due to medications, lack of air conditioning or other issues that can put them at a higher risk for heat-related illnesses.
With temperatures expected to exceed 100 degrees through the week, the Energy Reliability Council of Texas issued a watch late Sunday for a projected reserve capacity shortage, asking Texans to conserve from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday. CPS Energy Interim CEO Rudy Garza was hopeful there would be no rolling blackouts.
But he said, “it’s going to be tight today.”
“We’re in the thick of some of the hottest temperatures that we’ve seen in San Antonio - ever,” Garza said at a news conference. “We have what we need to serve our customers, and we’re actually sending some back to ERCOT that will help the state manage their need on days like today.”
To help conserve, City Manager Erik Walsh said the city was setting thermostats no lower than 78 degrees in its buildings, shutting down or reducing any “nonessential operational processes,” turning out lights in unoccupied areas and minimizing use of electrical equipment.
Meanwhile, San Antonio Water System turned off pumps that carry recycled wastewater to the San Antonio River Walk, put its headquarters and employee service centers on backup generators and shut down pumps at its desalination plan and underground water storage facility in south Bexar County.
SAWS President & CEO Robert Puente said people might notice a lighter flow in the River Walk, but they would not have diminished water pressure at home.
City Councilman Mario Bravo said the prospect of statewide rolling outages, while unsettling, provides an advantage for CPS Energy and its customers. Although wind energy is lagging, CPS Energy has a diverse portfolio of energy sources that fares well in the summer and will be able to sell its excess energy back to the market at much higher than the normal rate per kilowatt-hour if there are rolling blackouts.
“The more people conserve, the more we can sell on the wholesale market, and the more we can be able to save ratepayers in the long run,” Bravo said.
To avoid blackouts, he supports connecting the Texas grid to the U.S. grid for energy reliability in extreme weather events and streamlining the permitting process for new power plants to help the state keep up with growth.
“The state has proven to us we can’t rely on state policymakers to keep power on during extreme weather events,” Bravo said.
He also advocates for more trees, policies that encourage energy-efficient construction and a proposed ordinance to protect construction and outdoor workers from heat-related illnesses.
Like Bravo, Segura also worries about the “heat island” created by too much asphalt and concrete and too little shade in San Antonio’s urban environment. But she’s especially worried about the homeless and elderly.
“I hope people don’t die in this heat,” she said.
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After the FBI said over the weekend that no “arrest” was made, officials from the Anti-Defamation League and from the Jewish Federation of San Antonio said Monday that a person was “apprehended” in connection with recent threats against a Texas synagogue.
ADL spokesman Jake Hyman said Monday that an individual was apprehended, even though that person may not have been arrested.
He credited the close coordination between the ADL and Federation with local authorities and the FBI, which effectively has mitigated the threat, he said.
Nehemia “Nammie” Ichilov, president and CEO of the Federation, also confirmed that the FBI headed off the incident. Neither Hyman nor Ichilov was able to identify the individual, or where said person was found, deferring requests for information regarding the case itself to the FBI.
The FBI said in a statement Sunday that while no arrest has been made, there is no imminent threat. The FBI continues to work with state and local law enforcement officials to investigate a potential threat targeting an unidentified synagogue in Texas, officials said.
The agency reminded members of the public that if they observe anything suspicious or have information about potential threats to report them to law enforcement, call their local FBI field office, or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.
The threats against Texas’ Jewish community began Friday, Ichilov said, putting everyone on high alert. On Saturday, the Jewish community in San Antonio was notified to be on heightened awareness.
Ichilov said each synagogue adjusted to the threats based on its security plans. Some didn’t have the ability to adjust and had to cancel their celebrations.
Temple Beth-El San Antonio canceled in-person and online Shabbat services in response to the threats.
In a letter from Jerusalem, Senior Rabbi Mara Nathan addressed her congregation, saying she was deeply concerned and saddened to hear that a security threat necessitated that the entire Jewish community alter its celebration of Shabbat.
“While the threat was never directed specifically at Temple Beth-El, they chose in the face of the unknown to take a conservative approach that prioritized the safety of congregants, staff and clergy,” she said.
By Saturday evening, Ichilov said the federation and ADL received notification from FBI that the suspect was apprehended.
“I want to share how thankful we are to our local law enforcement, San Antonio police and the FBI, for being so communicative through the process, helping guide us through the difficult times we experienced,” Ichilov said. “Moments like this allow us to evaluate how we do things and come out stronger on the other side.”
District 9 Councilman Jon Courage said the threats were concerning because of a recent distribution of “hate propaganda” against both Jewish and transgender communities tossed onto the lawns of area neighborhoods.
“They’re very distressing, to myself as a resident and city council member representing the North Central part of town,” he said. “It is so unlike our community — as we live and play together in District 9 — to see hate mail and messages that threaten the safety and well-being of our community.”
Courage himself had just attended a seminar regarding the hate mail and propaganda nationwide only to see such letters pop up here.
“I’ve been reassured that the police department is working with the FBI and other organizations to identify who may be making these threats,” Courage said.
In response to the letters left last week, Courage said he sent out a message to constituents encouraging them not to perpetuate the messages.
He said that people who distribute the letters do so in the middle of the night. Anyone who sees anything may call 311 or the police non-emergency number at (210) 207-7273.
Hyman said the League is also tracking distribution of the hate mail, which he said is done by a national group. He said the fliers were not related to the recent threats made over the weekend.
Hate speech pamphlets often make the rounds in the wake of national headlines, Hyman said. They either blame Jews or other minorities as the reason for said woes.
In 2018, a string of letters spouting a Nazi slogan of “blood and soil” — expressing the desire for a racially pure, Aryan homeleand — was aimed at undocumented immigrants and distributed in Schertz and Cibolo.
That same year, a sign reading “Fake News” was planted at San Antonio’s Holocaust museum in the wake of a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that claimed 11 lives.
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The identities of all 53 people who died in a human-smuggling incident on the Southwest Side were confirmed by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Sixty-four immigrants were found in the sweltering heat of an abandoned tractor-trailer June 27 on Quintana Road. Four people were arrested in connection with the incident in the days that followed.
The county worked with the consulates of Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala over the last two weeks to confirm the names, ages and nationalities of the deceased; the identity of the last potentially confirmed victim was released Monday.
Of the 53 victims, 26 were citizens of Mexico, 21 were citizens of Guatemala, and six were citizens of Honduras.
The youngest of the victims, Pascual Guachiac Sipac, 13, made the journey to the United States with his 14-year-old cousin Juan Tulul Tepaz, another of the deceased. Juan Valeriano Domitilo, a 55-year-old Mexican male, was the oldest of the dead.
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BEAR LAKE, Idaho — Multiple adult Canada geese and their goslings were run over during 4th of July weekend, near the small community of Bloomington in southeast Idaho.
According to Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG), sometime during 4th of July weekend, an individual used a vehicle to run over the geese and their non-flying goslings in three separate locations in Bear Lake County.
At each location, many of the heads were removed from the dead geese and taken from the scene. All of the locations were within a 200-yard stretch of Bloomington Bottoms Road, just one mile before it intersects with Pole Line Road.
IDFG is asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect or gathering additional information about the killings.
Anyone with information is instructed to contact Senior Conservation Officer Kolby White in Montpelier at 208-204-3921, or the Citizens Against Poaching Hotline at 1-800-632-5999. Callers may remain anonymous and a reward will be offered for information that leads to an arrest.
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Lewis University
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — Rachel Fosler of Burlington and Yasir Tahir of Kenosha were named to Lewis University’s dean’s list for receiving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the spring 2022 semester.
Loras College
DUBUQUE — Kevin Kessel of Twin Lakes was named to Loras College’s dean’s list for receiving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the spring 2022 semester.
Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)
MILWAUKEE — The following students were named to the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s (MSOE) dean’s list for receiving at least a 3.2 grade point average or higher during the spring 2022 semester:
BRISTOL: Maxwell Matushek.
BURLINGTON: Allen Johns, Darren Fitch, Jarred Kohout, Joshua Fay, Jack Schoepke, Serra Brehm, Jillian Harkness.
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KENOSHA: Tyler Christensen, Victoria Perez, Evan Williams, Chloe Wallach, Amanda Yackley, Ty Anderson, Ryan Giese, Samuele Dolak, Polina Vyucheiskaia, Sofia Ricker, Nathan Mercado.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE: Paul Rizza, Zachary Barrow, Nicholas Stachura, Jaden Samuels, Kyle Halek.
TREVOR: Connor Rutherford.
TWIN LAKES: Alexander Hyde.
UNION GROVE: Carson Edquist, Carson Meredith.
Northern Illinois University
DEKALB, Ill. — Abigail Lamoreaux and Brock Lampe of Kenosha were named to Northern Illinois University’s dean’s list for receiving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the spring 2022 semester.
The following students graduated with degrees from Northern Illinois University:
KENSOHA: Cristina Bravo, bachelor of arts in world languages and cultures: Spanish and Hispanic studies; Cassandra Epping, master of arts in political science; Natalya Torres, bachelor of science in health sciences — pre-physical therapy.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE: Natalie Polan, master of science in education, sport and exercise psychology.
St. Cloud State University
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Trenten Stueber of Bristol was named to St. Cloud State University’s dean’s list for receiving a grade point average of 3.75 or higher during the spring 2022 semester.
Evan Infante of Kenosha graduated with a bachelor of science degree in manufacturing engineering technology from St. Cloud State University.
Trinity Christian College
PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. — Holly Carter of Bristol has been named to Trinity Christian College’s dean’s list for receiving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the spring 2022 semester.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Kristin Moore of Kenosha graduated with a master of science degree in social work from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
UW-La Crosse
LA CROSSE — The following students were named to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s dean’s list for receiving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the spring 2022 semester:
BRISTOL: Katie Barningham, Maggie Pelli.
KENOSHA: Sarah Ankney, Faith Bergmann, Breigha Boyle, Jocelyn Buchholtz, Aly Droessler, Cassie Kersting, Maddie Kozel, Jeremy Nichols, Katie Ochandategui, Maddi Oplawski, Kylie Rozinski, Austin Ryan, Elliott Sens, Samantha Steinbrenner-Dirr, Nicholas Sutti, Kayla Traxler, Venicio Vasquez, Elise Wember, Jessica Williams, Megan Zeller.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE: Hannah Holm, Haley Howard, Delaney Longrie, Kate Stanard, Grace Van Guyse.
SALEM: Kaitlyn Barker-Boarini.
SILVER LAKE: Rachel Jenkins.
TREVOR: Olivia Hinze, Kylee Plants, Boden Stickels.
TWIN LAKES: Grace Anderson, Yeager Borchert, Gretta Cieslak, Trinity Rausch.
Wartburg College
WAVERLY, Iowa — Emersen Smith of Pleasant Prairie was named to Wartburg College’s dean’s list for receiving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the spring 2022 semester.
Wheaton College
WHEATON, Ill. — The following students were named to Wheaton College’s dean’s list for receiving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the spring 2022 semester:
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OWYHEE COUNTY, Idaho — The Owyhee County Sheriff's Office is asking for assistance to locate a woman that left the Homedale area and has not been seen or heard from since.
Kathy Jo Jones, 63, left "to go to the mountains" on July 8 in her red 2017 RAV4, with the Idaho license plate DBA61. She is described as 5'3, 210 pounds with long brown hair, bangs and blue eyes, according to a press release from Owyhee County.
Jones was last seen wearing a flower print bikini top and black bicycle shorts. Officials say she has physical and mental disabilities that require medication.
She is known to frequent Silver City, Riggins, Council and other areas along the Salmon River.
Those with information are asked to contact the Owyhee County Sheriff's Office at 208-495-1154 extension 2 or a local law enforcement agency.
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The organizers of a new math learning center in Pleasant Prairie plans to introduce just that to the community by hosting a grand opening open house for the new site at noon Tuesday.
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The Mathnasium learning center offers math help from simple addition and subtraction to calculus.
The organizers of a new math learning center in Pleasant Prairie plans to introduce just that to the community by hosting a grand opening open house for the new site at noon Tuesday.
The Mathnasium will serve students in grades 1-12 and teach mathematics from addition and subtraction to calculus.
Mathnasium’s first franchise opened in 2002 and the company now has over 1,000 locations across the globe, with 14 in Wisconsin including the upcoming Pleasant Prairie location.
Maria Norville, Pleasant Prairie Mathnasium franchise owner and center director, said Mathnasium is an “amazing program” that is about ensuring students develop a real understanding of math. At the center, Norville said they build on what the students already know and go from there to fill in the gaps.
“There’s no calculators in the center, so it’s all based on just strategy number sense, and really developing that mathematical fluency of numbers so that they really understand counting, and how that counting will eventually lead to understanding multiplication,” Norville said. “So it’s not just memorizing your multiplication facts from a flashcard, it’s developing to know it, like why is 3 times 4 (equal to) 12?”
When students join Mathnasium, they take verbal and written assessments to determine which level of math they are at, Norville said. From the assessments, Mathnasium instructors create a customized learning plan for the student.
The learning center offers resources both for students struggling in math and those advanced in math, Norville said. With advanced students, she adds “extensions” into the student’s learning plan, which includes more advanced math that students can work on in addition to what they are currently learning in school in order to prepare them for future classes.
“The other day, I had a sixth grade girl and she’s taking high school math already. So I gave her some algebra readiness, a verbal checkup, and then I gave her an Algebra I exam,” Norville said. “She’s way above her grade level and she’s taking these higher classes. So then, within the curriculum … I tested her at a higher level, making sure that she at least had some understanding of algebra, and then I can include extensions in her work.”
Mathnasium is also very “reward-based,” Norville said, so students are encouraged to work hard on their math skills. Students in the program get reward cards that instructors fill out after grading their worksheets. After students earn a certain number of “stars,” they can get rewards ranging from candy and chips to AirPods and gaming systems.
The Mathnasium instructors specialize in math and are all required to pass a math competency test, Norville said. She also makes sure instructors have personalities fit to work with students of all ages.
Mathnasium offers two packages for students, a 7-month program and a 12-month program, at varying prices. Norville said parents also have the option to pay for a single month or 2-month membership for their child, with some additional fees.
Mathnasium of Pleasant Prairie is located at 6935 75th St,, Suite D. It is open Mondays to Thursdays 3-7 p.m. and Sundays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In an opinion delivered Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled in favor of Chrystul Kizer, who in 2018 was accused of killing the man who had been sex trafficking her and other girls.
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BOISE, Idaho —
Warehouse Food Hall held a tour of the new location on 8th street on Monday, before it opens on Tuesday. At over 29,000 square feet, the food hall will include twelve tenant spaces and a common eating area.
The food hall is intended to be an extension of the 8th street dining district with space for 15 food and retail vendors. The Warehouse hopes to connect vendors with Boise residents and visitors.
Waffle Love, Rush Bowls and Neighbor Tim's BBQ are just a few of the vendors slated to appear in the downtown Boise location.
"It's kind of a boom in the food hall space all across the country," Warehouse general manager, Steve Steading previously told KTVB. "It really is an awesome opportunity to bring in local food and beverage operators into a common shared space, to create a community where we have programmed events and activities. It's an all-ages experience."
Once the location opens, The Warehouse Food Hall also hopes to have music at the facility, in addition to the different cuisines. Treefort Music Fest will also be a part of the new space.
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The food hall will be opening shortly after BODO Cinema, formerly known as Regal Edwards movie theater, reopens later this year or in early 2023, according to Cinema West which runs The Village in Meridian. The movie theater on West Broad Street between 8th Street and Capitol Boulevard has been closed since the fall of 2020.
"The recent revitalization of Boise's downtown has been exceptional, and we are thrilled to be a part of it by adding an equally cool and hip movie theater to the mix," James Howard of Cinema West previously told KTVB. "We have a proven reputation for bringing an upscale movie-going experience to our guests and can't wait to give Boise's downtown locals and visitors the same opportunity."
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HarborPark Jazz Rhythm & Blues organizers have announced saxophone player and contemporary Jazz pioneer Richard Elliott as the headliner for the 2022 HarborPark Jazz, Rhythm & Blues Festival on Aug. 20.
“We invite everyone to our beautiful Lake Michigan shore for the festival” said Dennis DuChene, president of Visit Kenosha. “We are proud to partner with the Mary Lou & Arthur F. Mahone Fund on an event that draws visitors along with such talented performers to our community and lakefront.”
The festival will be held at HarborPark Celebration Place. Gates will open at noon and the festival kicks off at 12:45 p.m. with the popular “Cooking Studio,” an interactive cooking demonstration with local and regional chefs.
The music starts at 2 p.m. with R&B singer Lady A of Lake County. Later, Chicago’s “The Mike Wheeler Band” will perform its down-home blues and top 40 music.
Featured performer Elliot, 62, is a Scottish-born American saxophonist. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for “Summer Horns” and has been featured on numerous albums, performances and tours.
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In support of the Mahone Funds’ commitment to academic achievement, event organizers partnered with the Milwaukee Steppers and Ballroomers United and Racine’s DSD Steppers to introduce a 90-minute dance segment entitled “Stepping for Academic Excellence.” Chicago DJ Tony Lane will provide a mixture of old school, soul, jazz, and R&B music for the audience to showcase their dance routines and learn the art of Chicago Style Stepping.
“Whether it’s line dancing, ballroom or a stepping dance style, this segment is shaping up to be one of the early highlights for fans to have fun and participate,” said Tim Mahone. “Adding the dance floor provides more comfort and allows everyone to vibe and groove from their beautiful turns to simply gliding across the floor with a level of intimacy and sophistication. We are thrilled to collaborate with both organizations in support of the Mahone Fund Scholarship program.
“DSD Steppers are excited to partner with MSBU to bring the art of stepping to the HarborPark Jazz Rhythm and Blues Festival this year. The stepping community is a family of individuals who are always willing to help support worthy causes. We are thrilled to participate and support a family foundation focused on raising scholarship money for students in the Kenosha community.”, said Sheronda Glass, founder DSD Steppers
“Milwaukee Steppers and Ballroomers United and Stepping with the Stars is pleased to partner with DSD Steppers and the Harbor Park Jazz Rhythm and Blues Festival as it inducts the popular dances, Chicago Style Steppin’ and Detroit Club Style Ballroom into the annual festivities. We look forward to the opportunity to enjoy great live music, dancing and celebrating with people looking to have a great time near and far”, said Lisa Smith McCants and Cynthia, MSBU co-founders.
Patrons will be able to purchase tickets for a 50/50 raffle and participate in a silent auction and “Wine Pull,” giving supporters the opportunity of winning top quality bottles of wines and fun prize packages including, weekend getaways in Chicago, a Milwaukee Bourbon Tasting experience, Great Wolf Lodge waterpark experiences, exquisite dining options at Capital Grille and Bartolottas restaurants along with Packers, Brewers, Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks ticket options just to name a few.
Volunteers for the festival are needed in the following areas: Security, Ticket Admissions, Wine/Beer Garden, I.D. Verification, V.I.P Area, Volunteer Tent, Hospitality, Crowd Control, Stage Crew, Ground Crew (set-up & clean-up). Shifts will be determined by a volunteer’s availability and a four (4) hour minimum is required. Benefits include a volunteer t-shirt, refreshments during the time of your shift and admission to the festival. If you are interested in volunteering, email harborparkjazz@mahonefund.org or write HPJBF Volunteer Recruitment, c/o Kenosha Community Foundation, 600 52nd St., Suite 110, Kenosha, WI 53140.
If interested in registering as a food or corporate vendor contact Michelle Nelson at kkaiser@kenoshafoundation.org. For sponsorship and corporate package information contact Tim Mahone at chairman@mahonefund.org. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/saxophonist-richard-elliott-to-headline-lakefront-music-festival-in-kenosha-on-aug-20/article_e8171cb8-0159-11ed-8db8-f375d8f9c2df.html | 2022-07-11T23:41:48 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/saxophonist-richard-elliott-to-headline-lakefront-music-festival-in-kenosha-on-aug-20/article_e8171cb8-0159-11ed-8db8-f375d8f9c2df.html |
As a young girl, Susy Siel would bring books along with her to Eleuthera, an island in The Bahamas, where she would often read on the beach.
As the daughter of pilots, Siel and her sisters grew up frequently traveling to the island for extended stays.
The retired Kenosha Unified teacher and librarian now opens libraries and helps create greater access to learning opportunities with technology in the same place that was a second home to her as a child.
“You know, I started coming to the Bahamas in the 1960s as a kid,” said Siel, whose parents would drop them off in Gregory Town with a local couple who became their adopted family.
Later in her career in 2000, Siel sought professional opportunities that would eventually lead to tens of thousands of books being delivered to her beloved island home. With the help of other organizations she set up a few libraries, but at the time much of the work was based in teaching and seminars.
“In 2012, I had a couple other like-minded individuals join me and we decided to become a non-profit and incorporate and build on the work that I’d already started,” she said. “And now, we’re 12 libraries into it.”
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Over the past decade, Siel has established libraries for Eleuthera’s 10,000 residents and others on the 110 mile-long island east of Nassau. They are supported by an organization she founded called Freedom to Read Inc., which also reflects the name of the island itself. Named by the country’s first settlers, Eleuthera comes from the Greek word for “freedom.”
A number of challenges
According to Siel, some of the settlements already had what she considered “rooms with books in them.” The dilapidated government-owned buildings had once been “teacher cottages,” typically two to three bedroom homes.
“They called them libraries and there were a couple of those already in existence when I started in 2012, so we actually renovated a lot of those and brought in new collections and computers,” she said.
Some of the buildings were roofless and without windows, doors or floors, she said, describing the challenge to construct and design the space.
Providing new book collections, computers, building renovations and, most importantly, training and cataloging for library staff have transformed the spaces into much-needed educational centers.
“I often say they’re not going to name a library after me because that’s not the goal. The goal is to be able to build leaders in various settlements via literacy development,” she said. “So, if I could build leaders, then they can run their own site.”
Siel said she would then continue to oversee ongoing professional development, manage collections, as well as the library’s online and social media presence.
“I’m very involved even after we set up the library because, to me, the power of the library really begins once we’ve set it up,” she said. “It’s a lot of work to set up and I have lots of volunteers come from Kenosha, all over the United States, actually.”
After 27 years of teaching and being a librarian, Siel is happy to trade in driving in snow opting for water ferry and golf cart commutes for parts of the year. Beyond curating books, she has helped to create careers for Eleutherans, equipping some who only have high school diplomas with the skills of seasoned librarians.
“What they are learning now took me years to learn,” said Siel of the librarians. “Our mission is to change people’s lives through free access to literacy. I want the libraries to be a vibrant, engaging and motivating place for kids to learn and love. I truly value the power of literacy and education in terms of what it can produce for future leaders in The Bahamas.”
Siel and her organization have spent $340,000 to create and improve all 12 library sites on Eleuthera. In addition to local like-minded, non-profit agencies, the libraries benefit from Freedom to Read Inc.’s partnerships with Follett School Solutions of McHenry Ill.; Seacor Island Lines in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and ComputerReach in Pittsburgh.
She also works to secure grants which help offset shipping costs, books and computers, renovations and professional development for the library staff.
Hurricane, pandemic
Siel’s outreach on the island has also extended beyond establishing libraries or educational centers. About three years ago, Siel was in Eleuthera when Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 hurricane, devastated The Bahamas.
Non-profit agencies, hers included, were among those who assisted victims of the hurricane. Siel and several friends were able to set up computer stations with mobile WiFi to identify those who had escaped the storm.
“All of the non-profits here … really were stepping up their game to help fellow Bahamians who were in incredible need,” she said. “We were rescuing people for days. It was really a humbling experience.”
During the pandemic, her job transformed again. In 2020, Siel was supposed to be in Eleuthera for just four months.
“I ended up staying much longer because it wasn’t safe for me to come back to Wisconsin,” she said. “We were way locked down.”
The island was under a curfew, as well.
“We almost actually didn’t make it because of the pandemic. We’re a non-profit and we rely on the generosity of the grassroots movement,” she said.
In September of 2020, Siel, who had permission to travel, said the superintendent of the Royal Bahamian Police agreed she was an essential worker and was allowed to work solo in the libraries. She also made the executive decision to recommend to her board of directors they give away computers intended for library use to families who were in need so their children could participate virtually in school. Siel re-imaged the computers so that students could access a variety of virtual online platforms from Skype to Zoom.
“Our kids here have access to no devices. Some don’t have internet,” she said. “I gave them away to families that were needy … we had a 100 that were brought in and I gave away 60 computers.”
While the organization’s mission is to change lives through free literacy access, Siel said that giving away technology “at that moment that was the right decision.”
“My computers all went to kids who would have really no access to a device and would have been disenfranchised from school altogether,” she said.
Students who needed access to internet could sit right outside the library and use the free WiFi to do their school or homework, according to Siel.
Continues to grow
So far, there are more than 150 computers, and 40,000-plus volumes of books that circulate from the Freedom to Read Inc.’s partner library sites and more computers are expected this year, according to Siel.
Now, with libraries open again, Siel said Freedom to Read Inc. is “uniquely positioned” to meet the community’s needs, as well as, the demands for student learning and plans to help students who may have lost access to learning during the pandemic to enable them to get back on track. Teachers, administrators and tutors all have the opportunity to meet with students to provide enhanced instruction while at the partner libraries.
Siel has also provided training to the island’s Ministry of Education supported library staff developing a model of excellence at each library. In addition to local Eleuthera’s residents, Siel noted many tourists and visitors use the library services and donate books, as well.
Her organization encourages all who appreciate the positive power of a literate society to consider donating at www.freedomtoreadinc.org. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-retired-kenosha-unified-teacher-opens-libraries-expands-access-to-technology-on-bahamian-island/article_358ebc62-f8f9-11ec-a781-9f148653f4a5.html | 2022-07-11T23:41:55 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-retired-kenosha-unified-teacher-opens-libraries-expands-access-to-technology-on-bahamian-island/article_358ebc62-f8f9-11ec-a781-9f148653f4a5.html |
Preliminary state school funding estimates for the 2022-23 academic year indicate Kenosha Unified may be receiving a slight cut in general state school aid.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has released estimates for general school aid each district will receive for the coming year, subject to final budget calculations later this year.
Kenosha Unified School District is estimated to receive $148,259,398 for the upcoming school year based on the budgeted dollars sent in by the district. That is a $651,820 change from last year’s general state aid.
“Any change in state aid, whether it be increase or decrease, doesn’t change the total size of our budget,” said Tarik Hamdan, chief financial officer for the district.
Hamdan said if there is a decrease in the amount of state aid, for example, the district would potentially need to raise its tax levy.
“Now we are in the process of our audit and doing our end of year clean up, and then we will report our actuals to the DPI,” Hamdan said. “Then they recalculate all of that and in October they give us what our official state aid number is.”
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The amount of aid given to schools first goes through the state’s equalization formula, which takes property valuation, enrollment and shared costs into account.
“That’s why they call it Equalization Aid,” Hamdan said. “The concept is to kind of balance out high property value districts with low property value districts to ... try to level the playing field.”
An increase in local property values is part of the reason why Kenosha Unified School District could receive less aid from the state, according to Hamdan.
Hamdan believes the district will receive something close to the estimate.
“I think we might get a little more because we’re not necessarily going to spend all the budget this year,” Hamdan said. “I know our data, but all the other 421 districts, their data is going to also play into the same thing.”
Hamdan reiterated that the amount of aid provided by the state does not increase or decrease the size of the budget in total. “What it will change is the mix of property tax levy and state aid,” Hamdan said
Other area districts
Central High School District of Westosha is estimated to receive $5,307,023 in state aid, which is a $247,234 decrease from the $5,554,257 it received last October. Westosha district administrator John Gendron said the decrease in aid was anticipated, considering the property value per student in the district was increasing. “We’ve planned for it,” Gendron said. “It will not have a significant impact on the school tax levy.”
Wilmot Union High School District is estimated to receive $2,630,333 in state aid, which is $505,307 less than the $3,135,640 it received last October. Nicole Massie, the business manager for Wilmot Union High School District, said the estimated decrease in funding will not affect the school’s programming but the tax levy may increase due to the increase in property value within the district.
Burlington Area School District is estimated to have an increase in state aid. The district is estimated to receive $18,871,979, which is a $407,370 increase from the $18,464,609 it received for the 2021-2022 school year.
Bristol #1 School District is estimated to receive $4,231,141 in state aid, which is a $349,283 increase from the $3,881,858 received in state aid last year.
Brighton School District is estimated to receive $336,337 in state aid, which is a $44,829 increase from the $291,508 the district received in state aid last year.
Paris Consolidated School District is estimated to receive $63,547 in state aid, which is an $11,214 decrease from the $74,761 the district received in state aid last year.
Randall Consolidated School District is estimated to receive $2,214,662 in state aid, which is a $303,425 increase from the $1,911,237 the district received in state aid last year.
Salem School District is estimated to receive $7,483,026 in state aid, which is a $332,047 increase from the $7,150,979 the district received in state aid last year.
Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District is estimated to receive $3,106,251 in state aid, which is a $201,917 decrease from the $3,311,168 the district received in state aid last year.
Twin Lakes School District #4 is estimated to receive $890,396 in state aid, which is $167,907 less than the $1,058,303 the district received in state aid last year.
Wheatland J1 School District is estimated to receive $2,647,224 in state aid, which is a $182,066 more than the $2,465,158 the district received in state aid last year.
Read Across Kenosha March 2 community literacy event
Forest Park Elementary was one of about 40 schools to participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held virtually March 2. Students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade in programs and classrooms across the county, including All Saints Catholic School, Salem Consolidated Grade School, Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha, Salem Grade School, St. Joseph Catholic Academy, Westosha Head Start and multiple Kenosha Unified elementary schools were engaged in the coordinated live virtual event via Zoom. In total, 84 educators registered for the live readings with an estimated 2,000 students tuning in, according to Marisa Markowski, resource development manager for the local United Way. Local leaders, businesses and organizations participated via prerecorded or live virtual readings. Guest readers included Beth Ormseth, Kenosha Unified interim superintendent; Unified School Board President Yolanda Adams; Bryan Albrecht, CEO and president of Gateway Technical College; Zina Haywood, Gateway executive vice president and provost, among others. A total of 17 readers participated.
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Forest Park Read Across America 2022
Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held…
Forest Park Read Across America 2022
Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held…
Forest Park Read Across America 2022
Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held…
Forest Park Read Across America 2022
Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held…
Forest Park Read Across America 2022
Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year’s United Way of Kenosha County’s Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held…
Forest Park Read Across America 2022
Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held…
Forest Park Read Across America 2022
Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held…
Forest Park Read Across America 2022
Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year’s United Way of Kenosha County’s Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held… | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/wisconsin-department-of-public-instruction-releases-kenosha-county-school-district-state-aid-estimates/article_64e37fa2-fd6d-11ec-bbd3-c3777cae21ce.html | 2022-07-11T23:42:01 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/wisconsin-department-of-public-instruction-releases-kenosha-county-school-district-state-aid-estimates/article_64e37fa2-fd6d-11ec-bbd3-c3777cae21ce.html |
Excessive heat warning issued as Arizona sees hottest day of the year at 115 degrees
Haleigh Kochanski
Arizona Republic
Temperatures at Sky Harbor International Airport reached 115 degrees on Monday, the hottest day of the year, according to the National Weather Service in Phoenix.
An excessive heat warning was issued for areas around Phoenix, Flagstaff and Tucson, as well as some areas around southern, eastern and northwestern Arizona on Monday.
Above normal temperatures are likely to continue through the week, with temperature highs likely to top 110 degrees each day.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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The city is planning to bring city code in line with state law when it comes to selling or giving away young pets.
Animal Control has proposed a change to city code to make it clear that it is unlawful to sell or give away a puppy or kitten younger than 8 weeks old.
Steve Beal, the city's Animal Control manager, said the change, "brings our local codes in line with state statute," which does not allow those animals to be sold or given away before they reach that age.
Beal said that there currently is not a problem locally with animals being sold too young, with his office only encountering one or two incidents each year.
"Most people that have dogs and are breeding and selling puppies or kittens -- they follow the law," he said.
Beal's office also is proposing several other updates to city code, including defining the difference between animal "bites" and "attacks."
According to the amended language, a bite is a "wound, puncture, or laceration caused by the animal's teeth breaking the skin," while an attack is defined as "an animal that causes any injury by physical contact; including, but not limited to, a bite that doesn't result in a breakage or puncture of the skin."
He said city code has not previously specifically defined what constitutes a bite or an attack.
"We wanted to be clear that this is what a bite means and this is what an attack means," Beal said.
The council will vote on the proposed changes at next week's meeting.
In other business Monday, the council:
* Voted in favor of an ordinance declaring the city's Aging Partners building at 1005 O St. as surplus property.
Aging Partners is planning to shutter both of its downtown locations — the other is at Ninth and J streets — when it moves to the Victory Park development on the Veterans Administration campus near 70th and O streets, and declaring the building surplus will allow it to be sold.
The three-story O Street building has about 35,000 square feet of space and its assessed value is just more than $1.6 million. Aging Partners Director Randall Jones previously told the Journal Star he believes the building is an attractive prospect for redevelopment because of its location.
* Approved naming the Nature Camp Building in Pioneers Park the Lynn Johnson Education Center.
Johnson, who retired earlier this year after 25 years at the Parks and Recreation Department, including 22 as its director, said it was "a great honor to have this building recognize me."
The building on the west end of the park opened in 2020 — three years after a blaze destroyed its predecessor.
“We literally do have duct tape holding parts of our pool together this year,” City Administrator Stephanie Fisher told the Lancaster County Board last week.
The improvements play into the city’s downtown “principal corridors project,” an ambitious project to revitalize key entryways and streetscapes in the downtown area.
Salary increases for sheriff's deputies and correctional officers — the "domino effect" of the state's pay hikes for its corrections staff — will have a major impact on Lancaster County's budget.
After nearly two years in the position, Soulinnee Phan has been able to make significant changes in the city clerk office, including making it one of the most diverse city government offices.
City leaders officially launched a project to find a second water source for Lincoln, naming an advisory council and contracting with Olsson to analyze the two options identified by the city.
A group of longtime Lincoln advocates disappointed in the City Council's decision to rescind the so-called fairness ordinance plans to launch an initiative to get the question on the November ballot.
The Planning Commission voted to recommend a waiver to allow two houses where people recovering from substance abuse live to have up to nine residents, but it voted against a waiver for a similar house where up to 14 people live. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-updates-code-to-prohibit-selling-of-young-puppies-kitties/article_ad51591d-f81f-5ca1-a020-b9fa8a8887dd.html | 2022-07-11T23:46:16 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-updates-code-to-prohibit-selling-of-young-puppies-kitties/article_ad51591d-f81f-5ca1-a020-b9fa8a8887dd.html |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — An 11-year-old child was shot in the arm by one of their siblings Monday afternoon.
According to the Birmingham Police Department, officers were called to a residence in the 1400 block of 30th Street in Ensley just before 2:30 p.m. Officers found the child suffering from a gunshot wound and transported to Children’s of Alabama Hospital. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
An investigation revealed the 11-year-old was shot accidentally by their sibling. No arrests have been made in this case.
No other information has been released at this time. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/child-accidentally-shot-by-sibling-in-ensley/ | 2022-07-11T23:47:45 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/child-accidentally-shot-by-sibling-in-ensley/ |
Motorists are finally starting to see a little relief at the pump but gas prices remain elevated well above historic averages.
Gas prices have fallen for four straight weeks now, with the average national gas price falling 12.8 cents over the past week to about $4.67 a gallon.
Gas now costs an average of $4.80 a gallon in Lake County, $4.87 a gallon in Porter County, and $4.64 per gallon in LaPorte County, according to GasBuddy.com. As of Thursday, the average price of gas was $4.84 a gallon in Stark County and $4.72 a gallon in Newton County, Jasper County and Pulaski County.
The average price of gas is now $4.67 a gallon nationally, according to AAA. Drivers are paying an average of $4.72 a gallon in Indiana, $5.14 a gallon in Illinois and $4.79 a gallon in Michigan.
AAA reports Indiana and Illinois saw two of the biggest declines in gas prices nationally over the past week: 15 cents per gallon and 17 cents per gallon, respectively.
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“Usually, more people buying gas would lead to higher pump prices,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson. “But the price for oil, the main ingredient in gasoline, has fallen and is hovering around $100 a barrel. Less expensive oil usually means less expensive gas.”
The cost of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate Crude fell $3.40 per barrel to $101.39 over the past week. The cost of Brent crude fell $2.86 to $104.16 per barrel over that period.
The national average of gas is down 34.4 cents as compared to a month ago and $1.54 more than a year ago, according to GasBuddy.com.
“The national average has declined for 27 days straight, or four weeks, the longest decline in average gas prices since the pandemic started in 2020. Average gas prices are down nearly 40 cents, with Americans shelling out $140 million less on gasoline every day than they did a month ago,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “We may see the trend last a fifth week, as long as oil prices remain cooperative and don’t surge beyond $105 per barrel, and as long as refinery production of gasoline remains strong. But we’re not completely out of the woods yet — we could also see a sharp reversal in the decline. There remains the risk of a spike in prices that could send us to new record levels in August, should any disruptions occur. It could be a wild ride, but for now, the plummet at the pump shall continue.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/gas-prices-drop-for-fourth-straight-week-fall-around-calumet-region/article_c034bd6a-705c-53ad-bdfd-7b042906ff6a.html | 2022-07-11T23:51:26 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/gas-prices-drop-for-fourth-straight-week-fall-around-calumet-region/article_c034bd6a-705c-53ad-bdfd-7b042906ff6a.html |
South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO David Uran will give a talk to the Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce next month.
Uran, the former mayor of Crown Point, will address the Chamber of Commerce representing Hammond and Whiting at 12 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Dynasty Hall & Banquet Center, 4125 Calumet Ave. in Hammond. Registration starts at 11 a.m. and lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m.
Members can hear from the new leader of Lake County's tourism agency, which is responsible for bringing visitors, conferences, conventions and sporting events to the South Shore of Lake Michigan. It's estimated the hospitality industry has a $980 million annual economic impact on Indiana's second-most populous county.
Uran is looking to bolster visitation, including by hosting more sporting events like the NSA Girls' Fast-Pitch Softball World Series he brought to Crown Point.
"This is an exciting time for the SSCVA, as they begin 2022 under new leadership, with the former mayor of Crown Point leading the charge after 14 successful years at the helm of the county seat of Lake County," the Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce said in a news release.
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The cost of the general membership luncheon is $30 per person. Advance payment is required. To register or for more information, call 219-931-1000.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Den Asian Bistro, Bankquet pop-up restaurant, Spenga Fitness Center, Encore Car Wash, Potato Express opening; Consider the Lilies closing
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A new sushi restaurant has rolled into Dyer.
Den Asian Bistro opened Wednesday. The new restaurant is serving authentic pan-Asian cuisine in the former Bin 27 Grille space in the Galleria Buildings on U.S. 30.
The restaurant at 275 Joliet St. specializes in Japanese, Chinese, Thai and Korean. Owner Kevin Goa describes it as Asian fusion.
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'Indoor-outdoor space' with fountain
The expansive menu includes sushi, Pad Thai, ramen, teriyaki, curry, hibachi and wok, featuring entrees like Mongolian beef and Thai garlic shrimp.
"We have a full-service bar, sushi, fresh fish, Japanese, Thai and Korean food," he said. "It's a new combination in this area."
The restaurant has a full sushi bar with sushi rolls, nigiri and sashimi. Rolls include the Godzilla, Chicago, Fire Dragon, Cherry Blossom, Crazy Monkey, Bangkok Coconut and Wild Jalapeno. The T-Rex features tuna, salmon, white tuna, yellowtail, spicy mayo, eel sauce and sweet mango chili.
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'Expansive menu'
The expansive menu includes sushi, Pad Thai, ramen, teriyaki, curry, hibachi and wok, featuring entrees like Mongolian beef and Thai garlic shrimp.
"We have a full-service bar, sushi, fresh fish, Japanese, Thai and Korean food," he said. "It's a new combination in this area."
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Full sushi bar
The restaurant has a full sushi bar with sushi rolls, nigiri and sashimi. Rolls include the Godzilla, Chicago, Fire Dragon, Cherry Blossom, Crazy Monkey, Bangkok Coconut and Wild Jalapeno. The T-Rex features tuna, salmon, white tuna, yellowtail, spicy mayo, eel sauce and sweet mango chili.
The house roll, the Den Roulette, consists of shrimp tempura, avocado, cream cheese, scallop, tobiko, tempura crunch and scallion. The twist is it includes a spicy mystery piece and the person who gets it must take a shot of sake from the plate.
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Full bar
"We created it ourselves," he said. "Our sushi chef did. One piece of the roll has a special flavor."
The full bar includes sake, wine, cocktails, Japanese whiskeys and imported Asian beer.
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Indoor and outdoor seating
Den Asian Bistro sits about 60 people in its 3,000-square-foot space. It also has an outdoor patio.
"There's outdoor seating by a water fountain," he said. "There's a bar and family dining. There's a section where we can open the roof. It's what we call indoor outdoor dining."
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Right by the state line
The restaurant employs about a dozen people. Gao expects it to draw from both Indiana and Illinois since it's so close to the border. He's hoping eventually to open a few more locations in Northwest Indiana.
He describes it as fine dining without high-end prices.
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Den Asian Bistro will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 12-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
For more information, visit denasianbistro.com or find the business on Facebook.
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Coming soon
Encore Car Wash is coming soon to Hammond.
The car wash will be located next to the new Culver's near the Cabela's and Super Walmart southwest of the Indianapolis Boulevard exit on Interstate 80/94.
Encore Car Wash is a chain that opened its first location at 16340 S. Lincoln Highway in Plainfield and plans to open in Hammond this fall. It will expand to Westmont and Oak Lawn next year.
"At Encore, we want to change the way you think when you think about a car wash. With a return to good old-fashioned service and all of the most modern technology," the business said on its website. "From our beautiful washes — featuring reclaimed brick from historic buildings in the city of Chicago and exterior murals by various artists — to our state-of-the-art equipment, we aim to make every trip to Encore worth your while. And then some."
For more information, visit encorecarwash.com or email info@encorecarwash.com .
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Pop-up
The Bankquet in downtown Griffith opened a pop-up restaurant on its outdoor patio this summer.
The banquet hall occupies a historic bank building at 101 E. Main St. in Griffith. It hosts weddings, other special events and performances.
The pop-up restaurant offers al fresco dining for dinner and Sunday brunch. The hours and menu vary from week to week. It's served brioche French toast, salads, pizza, charcuterie, farm-raised pulled pork and small plates like spiced corn fritter, baked artisan brie fondue and chicken wings.
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The Bankquet's pop-up restaurant also has featured live performances from acoustic singer-songwriters.
For more information, call 219-313-2051 or find The Bankquet on Facebook.
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Spenga will soon offer spin, strength and yoga in Valparaiso.
A Spenga Fitness Center is opening for business soon at 91 Silhavy Road in Valparaiso Walk, where it is now taking membership presales.
The Homer Glen-based company aims to "deliver cardiovascular strength and flexibility training through a combination of spin, strength and yoga workouts." Founded in 2015, Inc. magazine ranked it as the 43rd fastest-growing privately owned franchise in the Midwest.
The fitness chain has five locations in Chicagoland. The Valparaiso location is just the second in Indiana after Carmel.
It offers 60-minute workouts that put equal emphasis on cardio, strength and flexibility to attain a high caloric burn and "maximize your results without breaking down your body."
Encouraging members to work smarter not harder, Spenga employs instructors who personalize every workout. It has a 20-20-20 format in which gym-goers complete one segment and move on to the next one.
Workouts include spinning, strength training and medicine balls. It offers multisensory experiences with aromatherapy and DJ-inspired playlists filled with energizing tracks.
The gym's current presale hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday but it will be open longer when it opens for business this fall.
For more information, call 219-767-9375.
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Potato Express has found a permanent home in downtown Hammond.
The restaurant specializing in loaded potatoes first opened in the Hammond Development Corp.'s pop-up cafe space in the former Blue Room Cafe in downtown Hammond.
It now has a permanent home in the former Philly Steaks and Fresh Lemonade at 5252 Hohman Ave.
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Potato-themed menu
The menu includes many specialty spuds topped with pot roast, jerk chicken, Italian beef, alfredo and taco meat as well as toppings like cheese, broccoli, chili, bacon, chicken and steak. The hearty breakfast potato is topped with sausage, turkey ham, hash browns, sausage gravy and egg.
It also has soul bowls, a Thanksgiving Overload feast and sides like greens, mac and cheese, broccoli and red beans and rice.
If you crave even more potatoes, you can get a side of fries, cheese fries, loaded fries or mashed potatoes to go along with your loaded potato.
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All your potato needs
Potato Express offers dine-in, carryout and delivery through DoorDash and GrubHub.
Catering to the work crowd in downtown Hammond, the restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
For more information, call 219-545-5735 or find the business on Facebook.
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Closing
Consider the Lilies Giftery at 8237 Forest Ave. in Munster is shuttering after four years.
Named after the Bible quote "consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin," the boutique gift shop sold handcrafted goods from more than 50 vendors. While it mainly stocked the work of local artisans like Tiddleywink Toffee, the Gourmet Goddess and Mother Wilma's Marshmallow Factory, it also carried products from as far away as Kenya.
"Thanks be to God for the past four years of 'Considering the Lilies' and all his goodness and blessing. We announce with bittersweet emotions that our little shop will be closing. The last six weeks have been a whirlwind as we were approached to sell our property for a new incoming development. After prayer, advice and confirmation, we decided it was best to do so."
A liquidation sale started Friday, with everything initially marked down by 50%. The store stocks a variety of goods from vendors like Flannel Candle Co., Poppies Candles & Gifts and Bird and Bear Dolls.
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Liquidation sale
"Words cannot express our gratitude and thanks to all of you for your support and friendship through these years," the owners posted on Facebook. "A special thank you to all the artisans who made my shop all that it could be with your beautiful handcrafted goods. Thank you, also, to my incredible staff in Jen, Darla, Alex, Mara and Diane and my sisters' cheerleading along the way. Such an amazing gift. Thank you to my family, hubby, kids grandkids, parents, siblings and dear friends for loads of help, affirmation and encouragement continuously through it all."
Munster resident Julie Kapteyn opened the business out of a love pop-up craft and artisan markets like The Fetching Market and a wish there was a permanent brick-and-mortar place she could go to buy handmade goods like jewelry, home decor, handbags candles and leather journals.
She expressed gratitude to all her customers over the years.
"Last but not least, thank you to all the beautiful people of this community and beyond who chose to shop local or small, support local artisans and give me the privilege of serving you in this way," the business posted on Facebook. "You have blessed me beyond words and may our friendship live on."
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MERRILLVILLE — TradeWinds opened a new pantry to serve the community.
The food pantry is located at 3218 E. 84th Place, about a half-block east of Colorado Street in Merrillville. It's just south of the TradeWinds East Building.
It serves residents of Lake and Porter counties. They can get food, frozen food and beverages from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the last Thursday of the month.
"For now we are open once per month, the fourth Thursday of the month – may increase to twice," said Lisa Tatina, the director of development and marketing and employment services at TradeWinds. "We served 60 families the first time we were open, which was June 30."
People just need a photo ID and proof of residency like a current piece of mail with a Lake or Porter County address. They should also provide proof their child received free or reduced-price lunch at school or have a referral from a local church.
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"We opened up the pantry because we knew there was a need," she said. "We also distributed to several local churches who had families in need. We are in the process of creating a partnership with Humane Indiana that will allow us to also offer food for pets."
TradeWinds is a full-service agency that provides services to people with special needs, their families and the greater Northwest Indiana communities, including many different employment opportunities that give people with developmental disabilities the chance to work. It was founded in 1967 but got its start as The Lake County Association for Crippled Children when it focused on speech and occupational therapy services.
The service agency now helps everyone from infants to seniors with programs like childcare, summer camps, deaf services, caregiver respite and a Chicago Lighthouse Low Vision Clinic for Northwest Indiana residents.
TradeWinds' goal is to "improve the lifestyle, health, and well-being of those we serve."
It offers many services to adults with developmental or physical disabilities, including employment in packaging, assembly, sewing and other positions. It also offers them employment placement, adult day activities, residential group homes and support living homes.
For more information or to donate, visit tradewindsnwi.org.
To donate, call Tatina at 219-742-9443. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/tradewinds-opens-community-food-pantry/article_472710ac-35fe-5b94-bc6a-d8088b207d69.html | 2022-07-11T23:51:28 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/tradewinds-opens-community-food-pantry/article_472710ac-35fe-5b94-bc6a-d8088b207d69.html |
The 24th annual Longport Women's Lifeguard Invitational will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 33rd Avenue beach in Longport — weather permitting.
The female guards of the South Jersey Lifeguard Chiefs Association will compete in the doubles row, the swim, the paddleboard race, the singles row and the four-person surf dash.
Inclement weather is in the forecast for Tuesday, and the Longport Beach Patrol will make the final decision Tuesday morning on whether to hold the event. If postponed, it would be rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Longport dominated the event last year with 31 points to win the team title. Ventnor finished second with 12 points. Ocean City also had 12 points, but Ventnor took second place on the tiebreaker of a higher finish in the doubles-row.
Wildwood Crest won the team title in 2019. The event wasn't held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Tri-Resort Lifeguard Championships will be held at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday at the 44th Street beach in Sea Isle City. The three competing patrols are Sea Isle City, Wildwood and Upper Township.
The races are the singles row, the paddle relay, the doubles row, the three-person run relay, the swim, the mixed doubles row and the surf dash.
The date of the Ship Bottom Invitational-Jack Donlon Memorial Race has been moved to 6:30 p.m. July 25 at 19th Street beach in Ship Bottom. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/longport-womens-lifeguard-invitational-set-for-tuesday-but-weather-iffy/article_710ea00a-0168-11ed-af15-47647a1a2c7f.html | 2022-07-11T23:52:52 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/longport-womens-lifeguard-invitational-set-for-tuesday-but-weather-iffy/article_710ea00a-0168-11ed-af15-47647a1a2c7f.html |
Fort Wayne residents who have tree debris from the July 5 storm they’d like collected are asked to call 311 by the end of the workday Friday. After residents have called 311 and submitted their addresses, city and contracted crews will collect the debris as soon as possible, according to a news release.
Set the tree debris at the curb. It will take several weeks for all of the debris from the July 5 storm to be collected.
Residents who have the means to transport their tree debris are encouraged to continue using the drop-off sites that have been established:
The City’s Biosolids Facility at 6202 Lake Ave. for tree branches and tree limbs from residential areas. City Utilities is waiving the fees at the Biosolids Facility.
Republic Services is also accepting tree debris at their compost site at the landfill, 6231 MacBeth Rd.
City crews will continue to collect debris in the Waynedale and Aboite areas impacted by the June 27 storm. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-residents-have-until-friday-to-arrange-debris-pickup/article_89f8c65e-0145-11ed-b27d-7f127fdaff0b.html | 2022-07-11T23:53:45 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-residents-have-until-friday-to-arrange-debris-pickup/article_89f8c65e-0145-11ed-b27d-7f127fdaff0b.html |
A nearly $1.2 million grant will help Fort Wayne area educators, career coaches and other professionals develop programs that might encourage more youth to consider jobs in the medical field.
The Region 8 Education Service Center on Monday announced it was awarded a $1,188,950, two-year grant for Explore, Engage and Experience initiatives. The Indiana Department of Education has approved $57 million for what it calls 3E funding.
Those receiving grants exceeding $500,000 include DeKalb County Central United School District, which includes Lutheran Health System as a partner; Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community Schools; and the J. Kruse Education Center, which includes Dekko Foundation and United Way of DeKalb County as partners.
The Central Indiana Educational Service Center received $3.9 million. The Boys & Girls Clubs in Indiana, Inc. received more than $1 million.
The state education department initially announced the grants July 1. The money should help schools and local community partners as they “work to expand students’ access to pathways leading to high-wage, high-demand careers,” a news release said.
The Region 8 Education Center is one of nine such entities in the state. The center’s mission, according to its website, is to help schools meet the ever-changing demands of PreK-12 education in Indiana.
The $1,188,950 grant will help local officials build on a pre-nursing experience program for high school students that received similar funding a few years ago, said a statement from Joshua Wenning, executive director of Region 8.
Key partners involved with the Explore, Engage and Experience grant include Parkview Health, Northeast Indiana Works, Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana, the Questa Foundation, Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast, Accessing Self Knowledge (ASK), the Northeast Indiana Healthcare Consortium, and the K-12 and Career and Technical Education districts in northeast Indiana.
Rick Farrant, communications director for Northeast Indiana Works, said the grant will help address some of the key goals identified by the Northeast Indiana Healthcare Consortium that began convening late last year.
“The healthcare industry in northeast Indiana is experiencing challenges in developing and retaining talent,” Farrant said, “and it is essential that we execute long-term strategies to ensure the sector is adequately staffed for many years to come.”
One of the first steps in implementing the grant will be to conduct an asset and gap analysis of current opportunities and resources for students seeking to pursue careers in the healthcare industry, the news release said. Simultaneously, grant money will be used to expand access to career exploration programs for K-12 students in northeast Indiana through Junior Achievement and ASK. One new experience for 10th grade students will be a JA Industry Your Way - Health Career Exploration Day. The event will connect those students with healthcare professionals through video conferencing in their health classes.
Using the data from the asset/gap analysis, a digital platform will be created to consolidate opportunities and resources for students interested in the healthcare industry. Parents and educators will also be able to access the digital platform to better support students, the release said. Gaps in opportunities and resources will be addressed by encouraging grant partners to develop new connections and opportunities.
The healthcare digital platform will eventually be linked with career awareness campaigns for manufacturing and an overarching initiative called Your Future: Make It Your Own. Northeast Indiana Works will launch that initiative later this summer.
Manufacturing is the largest-employing industry in northeast Indiana, the news release said, and healthcare is second largest. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/regional-education-service-center-awarded-grant/article_bc3809d8-0143-11ed-bb57-2b6c272a463f.html | 2022-07-11T23:53:51 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/regional-education-service-center-awarded-grant/article_bc3809d8-0143-11ed-bb57-2b6c272a463f.html |
Businesses and residents in seven counties could qualify for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration following the June 13-14 derecho windstorm that struck Fort Wayne and the surrounding area.
SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced the agency's declaration Monday following week of damage assessments. On July 6, Gov. Eric Holcomb sent a letter to request the declaration, based on the severity of the damages. As a result, business owners and residents can request low-interest loans to repair or rebuild damaged structures in the counties of Allen, Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and Whitley in Indiana and Defiance, Paulding and Van Wert counties in Ohio.
“The SBA is strongly committed to providing the people of Indiana with the most effective and customer-focused response possible to assist businesses of all sizes, homeowner and renters with federal disaster loans,” said a statement from Guzman. “Getting businesses and communities up and running after a disaster is our highest priority at SBA.”
Beginning Tuesday, the agency will open a Disaster Loan Outreach Center at the Southwest Allen County Fire District, 7001 Old Trail Road in Fort Wayne. The center will be open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. The site will close permanently on July 21.
SBA Customer Service representatives will be on hand to answer questions about the loan program and help with applications. Additionally, staff from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security will help answer questions about the Indiana State Disaster Relief Fund, which can be used to cover losses not eligible for SBA loans. Visitors are encouraged to wear a face mask at the site.
Residents in the affected counties will have until Sept. 6, to return applications for physical property damage and April 10 to return economic injury applications.
Visit www.SBA.gov for more information about the SBA disaster loan program. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/residents-could-qualify-for-disaster-loans/article_590942da-014f-11ed-8d6a-3fb01c1b3298.html | 2022-07-11T23:53:58 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/residents-could-qualify-for-disaster-loans/article_590942da-014f-11ed-8d6a-3fb01c1b3298.html |
Manchester University will hold a virtual event Thursday and Friday for people interested in Doctor of Pharmacy programs.
The event is free and open to high schoolers and college students preparing for an education in health care. Students can attend either day.
Participants who are rising high school juniors and seniors will be awarded a $500 visit scholarship. College students who plan to apply to the Doctor of Pharmacy program for fall 2023 will be awarded a coupon code that discounts their application fee.
Visit www.manchester.edu/vpd for information. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/manchester-university-to-host-virtual-pharmacy-days/article_6c695ed0-0147-11ed-88fc-df7e5ca62812.html | 2022-07-11T23:54:04 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/manchester-university-to-host-virtual-pharmacy-days/article_6c695ed0-0147-11ed-88fc-df7e5ca62812.html |
Northwest Allen County Schools agreed to pay a total of $25,000 to the six parents who sued the district over coronavirus policies and procedures, according to a copy of the settlement The Journal Gazette obtained Monday through a public records request.
Michael Bell, Andrew Frisinger, Chris and Natalie Forbing, and Jacquelyn and Eric Christman filed the lawsuit in Allen Superior Court last September – two weeks after the school board voted 3-2 to reinstate a mask mandate. The masking decision followed a presentation by then-Superintendent Chris Himsel about the district’s COVID-19 statistics through the first 14 days of school.
Along with the facial covering requirement, the parents’ lawsuit also addressed other pandemic-related topics, including quarantines, vaccination status and contact tracing.
The parents collectively represented 12 children. NACS has about 8,000 students.
The district defendants – NACS, Himsel, the board and board members Liz Hathaway, Kristi Schlatter and Ron Felger – reached an agreement in May that dismisses all pending claims with prejudice, meaning the parents can’t refile the claims.
The settlement said none of the parties admitted or claimed fault or liability as part of the agreement.
NACS agreed to pay the parents $25,000 within 21 days after receipt of a fully executed copy of the agreement, which the parties signed last month. The payment was to be conducted via wire transfer to the parents’ counsel’s client trust account. District spokeswoman Lizette Downey said Monday she believed the money has been transferred.
The parents had sought declaratory relief and injunctive relief for the alleged violations as well as attorney’s fees.
The agreement also called for a joint public statement about the resolution. The statement, which NACS released last month, described the outcome as amicable.
”The four families and NACS look forward to continuing to live and work together in a thriving school community,” the joint statement said. “The families intend to continue pursuing their remaining claims against the Indiana Department of Health, Allen County Department of Health, and state and local health officials.”
NACS will cooperate in good faith in providing responses to the parents’ discovery requests for remaining legal claims, the settlement said. For example, the district agreed to disclose communications indicating schools were legally required to impose mask, quarantine and COVID-19 vaccine restrictions. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/northwest-allen-county-schools-agrees-to-pay-25-000-to-parents-who-sued-over-covid/article_d73aa158-014a-11ed-9712-233b67b11b5f.html | 2022-07-11T23:54:10 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/northwest-allen-county-schools-agrees-to-pay-25-000-to-parents-who-sued-over-covid/article_d73aa158-014a-11ed-9712-233b67b11b5f.html |
A 57-year-old Claypool woman died in a single-vehicle crash in Kosciusko County.
Emergency personnel responded to the crash at 6:22 a.m. Saturday on County Road 750 West, north of Indiana 14 in Seward Township in southwest Kosciusko County.
A 2004 Cadillac SRX was traveling north on County Road 750 West before exiting the roadway and rolling several times. Both occupants were ejected, police said.
The exact collision time is unknown. Zachery Anderson, 21, of Claypool was airlifted to a hospital and has since been released. Alice Dills died at the scene, police said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/single-vehicle-crash-kills-1-in-kosciusko/article_24c716e0-0164-11ed-930c-e34f5d0e6f44.html | 2022-07-11T23:54:16 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/single-vehicle-crash-kills-1-in-kosciusko/article_24c716e0-0164-11ed-930c-e34f5d0e6f44.html |
Almost one out of 100 babies are born with a heart defect each year in the United States. Many of these babies will need surgery within weeks of birth, followed by more surgeries throughout their lives. Now, doctors are turning to stem cells to give big hope for little hearts.
“Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a complex congenital heart disease. It is where the left ventricle does not develop,” Sunjay Kaushal, MD, Ph.D., Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, explained.
Those newborns depend solely on their right ventricles to pump blood throughout their bodies.
Kaushal emphasizes, “These babies need surgical intervention in the first weeks of life.”
Between 15% and 20% of those babies will not live to see their first birthday. For the little ones who do, medications and implanted devices can help, but ultimately, those children will need a heart transplant to survive.
“That right ventricle becomes tired. It doesn't pump blood efficiently,” Kaushal further explains.
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Pediatric cardiac surgeons at Lurie Children’s Hospital are injecting stem cells directly into the heart to revitalize the worn-out right ventricle.
“We're trying to see if we can actually put stem cells in there in order to remodel, rejuvenate that right ventricle in order to pump blood more efficiently for that baby,” Kaushal said.
In the long run, stem cell therapy could possibly prevent those children from needing a heart transplant at all.
Kaushal added, “I think that these studies could be game-changing for our babies.”
They said 38 patients will be enrolled at seven clinical sites across the United States for a phase two clinical trial this year. Researchers hope that eventually, the stem cell injections will not have to be given as an injection into the heart, but as an intravenous injection like other medicine. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/stem-cells-used-to-repair-heart-defects-in-children-with-hypoplastic-left-heart-syndrome/3011516/ | 2022-07-11T23:54:46 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/stem-cells-used-to-repair-heart-defects-in-children-with-hypoplastic-left-heart-syndrome/3011516/ |
Texans are bracing for potential rolling outages after ERCOT issued a conservation alert, asking people to curb their electricity use on Monday.
Those who lost power for days during the February 2021 winter storm are once again worried it will happen again.
“During the snow storm they had ‘rolling outages’ which did not turn out to be ‘rolling’ for us,” said Jordan Richardson of Caddo Mills.
Home with their two-day-old baby and a toddler without power and under a boil water advisory, the Richardson's ultimately braved the icy roads to stay with family in McKinney.
“Our infrastructure wasn’t built for super cold -- that I could wrap my head around,” Richardson said. “But we deal with heat and now we’re in the hot months and we’re having issues.”
“It seems like nothing got fixed. Whatever needed to be fixed, hasn’t got fixed, Richardson said.
Amy Corby had a four-month-old daughter during the February 2021 freeze when their home lost power for days. The experience prompted her to invest in blackout curtains and a generator.
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“It gave us a lot of learning lessons for this time. We feel a little more prepared and not as stressed out, but we have neighbors with babies and we’ve already told them if the power goes out we have a generator,” Corby said. “We’ll try to keep everybody as cool as we can for as long as we can.”
Denton Municipal Electric serves 60,000 customers and learned lessons from the power crisis, too.
“We were really able to fine-tune our circuits so we’re able to minimize fewer people for a shorter amount of time,” said Bill Shepherd with Denton Municipal Electric.
If ERCOT orders rolling outages, the electricity provider says the outages will be between 30 to 45 minutes and more evenly distributed. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texans-brace-for-possibility-of-rolling-outages/3011410/ | 2022-07-11T23:54:52 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texans-brace-for-possibility-of-rolling-outages/3011410/ |
An appeals court on Monday stayed this week’s execution of a death row inmate who had raised questions about whether prosecutors had presented false and inaccurate testimony from an expert on whether he would commit more crimes in the future.
Ramiro Gonzales, 39, had been set to receive a lethal injection for fatally shooting Bridget Townsend.
Gonzales kidnapped Townsend, who was the girlfriend of his drug dealer, from a Bandera County home in January 2001 after stealing drugs and money. He later took her to his family’s ranch in neighboring Medina County, where he sexually assaulted the 18-year-old before killing her.
Her remains weren’t found until nearly two years later.
Gonzales’ attorneys had asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stay his execution, arguing prosecutors presented false testimony that wrongly claimed he would be a future danger, a legal finding needed to impose a death sentence.
His attorneys had argued that a prosecution expert, psychiatrist Edward Gripon, had falsely testified that people who commit sexual assault “have an extremely high rate of … recidivism,” as high as 80%.
Gonzales’ attorneys argued subsequent reviews by experts and reporters found that no reliable statistical study had ever supported such a high recidivism rate.
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In its three-page order on Monday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said Gonzales’ attorneys had made sufficient claim “showing that testimony of recidivism rates Gripon gave at trial were false and ... that false testimony could have affected the jury’s answer to the future dangerousness question at punishment.”
The appeals court ordered Gonzales’ case to be sent to his trial court for further review.
It was not immediately known if the Texas Attorney General’s Office would appeal the execution stay. An agency spokesman didn’t immediately reply to an email seeking comment.
After re-evaluating Gonzales earlier this year, Gripon says his prediction the inmate would be a future danger was wrong, adding Gonzales has taken responsibility for what he did and has expressed remorse.
The appeals court’s order came about a couple of hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied a request by Gonzales’ attorneys to commute his death sentence to a lesser penalty or delay his execution for 180 days so he could donate a kidney to someone who may need it.
Gonzales had also asked Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to delay his execution, for 30 days, so he could donate a kidney.
Gonzales’ attorneys say the kidney donation is part of his effort to atone for his crimes.
“I am sorry, deeply sorry, that I took what was so precious to you and I know there’s nothing I can do or say to make it better.
I have absolutely no excuse for what I have done and there’s absolutely no one to blame but me,” Gonzales wrote in a letter to Townsend’s family.
If his execution had proceeded, Gonzales had asked that his spiritual adviser be allowed in the death chamber so she can pray aloud, hold his hand and place her other hand on his chest.
Texas prison officials objected to the hand holding request, citing security concerns, but a federal judge in Houston said in a temporary order the execution could only go forward if all of Gonzales’ religious accommodations were granted.
Prosecutors described Gonzales as a sexual predator who told police he ignored her pleas to spare her life.
Townsend’s body wasn’t found until October 2002, when Gonzales led authorities to her remains after receiving two life sentences for kidnapping and raping another woman. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-appeals-courts-delays-execution-set-for-this-week/3011405/ | 2022-07-11T23:54:58 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-appeals-courts-delays-execution-set-for-this-week/3011405/ |
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TUESDAY, JULY 12
Test knowledge at Trivia Night
The Waterloo Public Library is hosting Trivia Night on Tuesday at the RiverLoop Amphitheater for adults. Local and worldwide trivia with the overall theme focusing on the library’s summer program “Off the Beaten Path." Adults can play the game from 5:30 to 7 p.m. In case of inclement weather, the program will be in Meeting Room AB at the library. There is no cost to participate.
Let the 'Good Times' roll
The Cedar Falls Municipal Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the band shell at Overman Park in downtown Cedar Falls. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for comfort. This series theme is "Good Times."
THURSDAY, JULY 14
Native Plant Sale at Hartman
Hartman Reserve Nature Center will host a Native Plant Sale at 10 a.m. Thursday at 657 Reserve Drive in Cedar Falls. Native flowers, grasses, shrubs, trees and soil amendments will be available for pre-order and purchase through Blooming Prairie Nursery. Their wildflowers are raised locally in Iowa to create strong plants that thrive in their natural environment. Area organizations will have booths. Specific species of plants that will be available at the sale will vary. A portion of sales will go to Black Hawk County Conservation.
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Free RiverLoop band concert
Your friends and neighbors may be among musicians performing in Waterloo Municipal Band’s summer series. It continues Thursday at 7:30 p.m.at the RiverLoop Amphitheatre, 225 Commercial St. The free concert features a range of music from marches and classics to show tunes and standards. The concert is free.
Party on Patio with TnT
Come jam to local, live acoustic music and Party on the Patio at the Hearst Center for the Arts, 304 W. Seerley Blvd, Cedar Falls. TnT will perform on the Corning Patio at 5 p.m. Thursday. Second State Brewery will provide refreshment and Fitpop will provide popcorn. Concerts are free and open to the public.
FRIDAY, JULY 15
Foot-stomping Irish rock music
Reilly will bring their energetic show featuring Irish rock music to RiverLoop Rhythms at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the RiverLoop Amphitheatre. The free concert is sponsored by Veridian Credit Union. Music continues until 9:30 p.m. The theater is located near the Waterloo Center for the Arts, 225 Commercial St.
FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY, July 15-17
Everybody cut ‘Footloose!’ at WCP
The 80’s dance show comes to the Hope Martin Theatre stage beginning Friday, presented by Waterloo Community Playhouse. The summer musical features such pop-rock hits as “Footloose,” “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” and “Holding out for a Hero.” Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Additional performances are at 7 p.m. July 22 and 23 and 2 p.m. July 24. The theater is located in the Waterloo Center for the Arts, 225 Commercial St. Order tickets online at wcpbhct.org, at the WCP box office at WCA or by phone at 319-291-4494.
FRIDAY, JULY 15
‘Soul’ for Movies Under the Moon
Friday’s Movies Under the Moon showing features the animated movie, “Soul,” in Overman Park in Cedar Falls. The Cedar Valley Acoustic Guitar Association starts at 7 p.m., followed by the movie at 9 p.m. Bring blankets and lawn chairs for comfort. The event is free.
SATURDAY, JULY 16
Moonlight & Roses in the garden
Enjoy an evening at the Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Garden at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, including live music, a silent auction, cork pull and rose bush adoption. The menu will feature pork sliders, artisan salads, dessert, wine and beer. All proceeds go to support the gardens at 1927 E. Orange Road, Waterloo. Purchase individual tickets from $65 to $75 at the gate, or for an additional $25, reserve a table for six to eight people. Purchase tickets calling 319-226-4966, in person at the Arboretum Welcome Center or online at https://www.cedarvalleyarboretum.org/Moonlight.
SUNDAY, JULY 17
CV Chamber Music showcases Dvorak
The Arianna String Quartet will perform for Cedar Valley Chamber Music’s concert Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Van G. Miller Adult Learning Center, 120 Jefferson St. They will be joined by violist Julia Bullard to perform two chamber works from Antonin Dvorak's time in Spillville. Season tickets are $50 for the series of three CVCM concerts and individual tickets are $20 for each concert, all available online at cedarvalleymusic.org or at the door.
FESTIVALS & CELEBRATIONS
Felix Grundy Festival, Grundy Center, through Monday
Waverly Heritage Days, Friday through Sunday
Cedar Valley Chamber Music Festival, Cedar Falls, Sunday and July 20, 24
Nordic Fest, Decorah, July 29-30
Backbone Bluegrass Festival, Strawberry Point, July 29-31
National Balloon Classic Festival, Indianola, July 29-Aug. 6
Iowa Irish Fest, Waterloo, Aug. 5-8
What Cheer Summer Flea Market, What Cheer, Aug. 5-7
Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Aug. 11-21
Dike Watermelon Days, Aug. 12-14
Old Time Power Show, Antique Acres, Cedar Falls, Aug. 19-21
Cedar Valley Pridefest, Aug. 26-27
Artapalooza, Cedar Falls, Sept. 10
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Confronting big heat and lingering drought, Texans are being asked to conserve, even though the Texas Legislature made some changes regarding the power grid.
“No matter what we did last session, we weren’t going to be able to create new generation sources in a year,” said State Senator Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas.
In Texas, new homes are going up all of the time, with more people coming to the state. University of Houston Energy Fellow Ed Hirs stressed that more needs to be done.,
“We need more power, we need more generators to provide that power, and frankly we need more generators staying on the sidelines, to be ready. Keep in mind that demand in Texas keeps growing," said Hirs. "We have an increasing population, we have an increasing economic activity, and yet we are not increasing the supply of generators that we need to power the state.”
Now the question is how to get that done, and at what cost to consumers.
“What we need to do is, we need to incentivize the construction of new natural gas facilities to generate electricity,” said Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort G
“Generally people agree we are going to need new generation sources. But the problem is that energy markets, and financial markets, and energy demand, and climate are all changing very rapidly in an atmosphere of changing technology,” said Senator Johnson.
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So while there is agreement more power is needed, the source of where that comes from remains to be seen in our quickly growing state. But one thing is certain: These are big projects that take time, with lawmakers pointing out the need for conservation now.
“There is conservation, and conservation, and hope the wind blows,” said Rep. Geren. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-power-grid-in-need-of-reforms-as-population-grows/3011416/ | 2022-07-11T23:55:18 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-power-grid-in-need-of-reforms-as-population-grows/3011416/ |
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WAVERLY — The Waverly Mobile Food Pantry will be moving from Embassy Vineyard Church, 319 W. Bremer Ave., to the Waverly City Hall, 200 First St. N.E., beginning Tuesday.
The mobile pantry will continue to be open on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
PHOTOS: Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Mason City Class 4A Region 4 QF - 07/07/2022
Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Mason City - Kelsey McDonough
Mason City first baseman Kelsey McDonough fires the ball back to her teammates after she records an out during Thursday's Class 4A Region 4 quarterfinal game against Waverly-Shell Rock.
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Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Mason City - Lilly Stough
Waverly-Shell Rock's Lilly Stough swings at a pitch during Thursday's Class 4A Region 4 quarterfinal contest against Mason City on the road.
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Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Mason City - Adyson Evans
Mason City starting pitcher Adyson Evans fires in a pitch during Thursday's Class 4A Region 4 quarterfinal contest against Waverly-Shell Rock.
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Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Mason City - Maya Willey
Waverly-Shell Rock starting pitcher Maya Willey fires a pitch during Thursday's Class 4A Region 4 quarterfinal contest against Mason City.
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Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Mason City - Emma Thompson
Waverly-Shell Rock first baseman Emma Thompson snares in a throw for an out during Thursday's Class 4A Region 4 quarterfinal game against Mason City.
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Mason City head softball coach Bob Horner talks to his team in between half-innings during Thursday's Class 4A Region 4 quarterfinal against Waverly-Shell Rock.
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Waverly-Shell Rock's assistant coach talks to the team during Thursday's Class 4A Region 4 quarterfinal game against Mason City.
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Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Mason City - Evans sisters
Mason City's Adyson Evans (22) fist bumps her younger sister Brogan Evans after Adyson snared a lineout during Thursday's Class 4A Region 4 quarterfinal contest against Waverly-Shell Rock.
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Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Mason City - Brogan Evans
Mason City eighth grader Brogan Evans steals second base safely during Thursday's Class 4A Region 4 quarterfinal game against Waverly-Shell Rock.
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A man was arrested after Tampa police say he admitted to crashing into a bicyclist in a deadly hit-and-run Sunday night.
It's now the 36th death of a pedestrian or cyclist in Hillsborough County so far this year.
For years, walkers and bikers have called for an infrastructure change to keep them safer.
“A lot of our neighborhoods were built with cars in mind so we are desperately trying to catch up on infrastructure that provides opportunities for different kinds of mobility,” Emily Hinsdale said, board member for Walk Bike Tampa.
Plan Hillsborough Executive Planner Gena Torres said her agency is working to fix the problem.
“We are looking at our streets differently and recognizing that lots of people need to use the street other than just people driving,” she said.
The bicyclist who died in the hit-and-run Sunday night was struck on North 50th Street, and Hillsborough County lists that same street in their top 10 most dangerous corridors in the county.
“We’ve done studies on those individual roads, and we said 'wow, there’s not a crossing here', or 'there is missing sidewalk here, here and here,” Torres said.
Torres said some solutions are cheap, like adding more crosswalks and widening bike lanes, but others require more money.
“Street lighting is expensive, but it’s really effective. A lot of our fatalities with pedestrians are happening at dark times,” she said.
Torres also said there needs to be an urgent solution to this deadly problem.
“It’s such a pervasive problem, I’d go out on the limb to say that all of our agencies are aware of it and concerned about it," she said. "We’re dedicated to trying to see these numbers in deaths go down. And it’s not just numbers, it’s people's lives saved.” | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/hillsborough-county-dangerous-pedestrians-cyclists/67-8c7e2ec2-1b7d-4ef1-9a77-941758b62baf | 2022-07-11T23:55:58 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/hillsborough-county-dangerous-pedestrians-cyclists/67-8c7e2ec2-1b7d-4ef1-9a77-941758b62baf |
SARASOTA, Fla. — A unique medical technology made its debut in the Tampa Bay area and is now available to serve patients on the west coast of Florida.
Sarasota Doctors Hospital said its gastroenterologists can now perform a peroral endoscopic myotomy, also known as POEM.
The technology eliminates the need for invasive surgery for certain patients with throat issues and disorders.
"It's specifically a catheter that goes through a gastroscope, and an endoscope that has a camera and a light at the tip of it and in the middle of that has a tube that allows me to put in various instruments," said Dr. Abdelhai Abdelqader, gastroenterologist with Sarasota Doctors Hospital.
"One of them is an injection needle, another one is a catheter with an electrical electrosurgical knife that allows me to access the deeper layers of the esophagus," Abdelqader said.
POEM is considered a game-changing technique in the medical field and one Bradenton man recently had the procedure.
"I had a Zenker POEM procedure and it fixed a swallowing issue that I had," 73-year-old Jim Nichols said.
Nichols said he had suffered a throat problem for 12 years.
He had what's called a Zenker's diverticulum, which is when a pouch forms where the lower part of the throat meets the upper part of the esophagus, according to Penn Medicine's website.
The disorder, which often affects older adults, is also known as pharyngoesophageal diverticulum and it develops when the muscle between the throat and esophagus tightens and develops a pouch that traps food and liquid, Penn Medicine stated on their website.
"Particles would build up and it would also divert liquids into my wind tube which will create coughing spasms if you will," Nichols said.
Nichols said the problem was very bothersome in his everyday life.
"It was most discomforting when I was eating or going out to dinner," he said. "I would get food stuck and I would have to actually excuse myself to extricate the food that would be stuck."
He added that he had lost weight at the intensity of the problem.
Now at Sarasota Doctors Hospital, surgeons are able to help patients like Nichols with the latest technology to avoid more invasive surgeries and help solve their throat ailments.
"It's considered electrosurgery where a lot of the tissue gets cut without any actual knives using thermal energy," Abdelqader said.
The POEM technology has been around for about 15-20 years but hasn't been available in the Tampa Bay area until recently.
People in the Tampa Bay area were forced to take multiple trips to Orlando, Jacksonville or Gainesville for treatment.
"It's a lot more money and sometimes there is a two to four months waiting period for them to even be seen prior to the procedure being considered," Abdelqader said.
For Nichols, the procedure came at a crucial time and has been life-changing since he had it done.
"My quality of life is definitely 100% better than it once was and there is actually no swallowing issue when I eat anymore," he said.
Doctors say the technology takes 40 minutes to an hour and a half to complete the procedure. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/non-invasive-surgical-technology-tampa-bay/67-d195fdaf-ef05-4e5a-8385-6bfe9de0505c | 2022-07-11T23:56:04 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/non-invasive-surgical-technology-tampa-bay/67-d195fdaf-ef05-4e5a-8385-6bfe9de0505c |
AUSTIN, Texas — Like many fathers, Praneeth Mudiganti's weakness is his daughter.
"I love her more than anything," he said.
So it's only natural that what Ria wants, she gets.
This year, Wordle, a web-based word game, became viral. It's an app that challenges people to find a five-letter word in six guesses, with a new puzzle being published every day.
However, the words can sometimes be a little hard to guess. And for kids like Mudiganti's daughter, it was frustrating at times.
After a quick Google search, he discovered there was no app similar to Wordle that catered to kids. He decided to get to work.
"Maybe I should just build," he said. "It doesn't, you know, it doesn't look like it's going to take too long."
Two days later, he launched Wordle Junior. It's been up and running since February. A couple of months went by and his creation attracted 85,000 unique users in over 150 countries.
"I just never expected this," he said.
His daughter's teacher loved the game so much that she embedded it into her curriculum.
"They played that game for a few days," he said.
In light of this, his daughter was the new "class celebrity."
Mudiganti is an average dad with a normal job. He created this game to prove to his daughter that anything she sets her mind to, she can do. And, in addition to that, it's easy to create a game.
"My main intention of building this for my daughter more than anything is to encourage her to do something like this," he said.
He wants her to understand this isn't rocket science.
"You can start building, like, amazing things," he said.
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DALLAS — Hospital walls that hold tens of thousands of memories, including a pivotal moment in United States history, will be torn down piece by piece.
The City of Dallas is saying goodbye to the former Parkland Memorial Hospital, the place where President John F. Kennedy succumbed to his injuries after being shot by Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 22, 1963.
The estimated 24-month demolition kicked off Monday, July 11.
On Sept. 25, 1954, the 7-story Parkland Memorial Hospital located at 5201 Harry Hines Boulevard first opened its doors.
From that moment, the hospital served the Dallas community for 61 years – until the last inpatient was wheeled across the Mike A. Myers Sky Bridge into the newly constructed Parkland hospital on Aug. 16, 2015, the hospital said in a press release.
Among the countless life-safe measures and devastating losses, is also one of the most beautiful things experienced inside the hospital – the moment when a baby shares their first cries entering into the world.
Grady Portis, now 60 years old, was born in Parkland and in an interview with the hospital, he shared how much the building meant to him as he also worked there for 22 years.
“It’s a little sad that the building is coming down,” Portis said. “There’s so much history. I can remember my grandmother bringing me to the Emergency Department when I was just a kid and had gotten hurt. On my last birthday [in March], I went up to the Labor & Delivery area and thought ‘this is where my life began!’”
It’s also the place where lives tragically ended, including the heart-shattering loss of President John F. Kennedy. After being shot by Oswald, Kennedy was transported to “Trauma Room 1” at Parkland, where he was pronounced dead. This forever engraved the site in a significant moment in history.
According to the hospital, a “Trauma Room 1” plaque was dedicated to the hospital and was placed in the exact spot of the Trauma Room, which is now located in the Radiology Department. A bust of Kennedy was also donated to the hospital in 2012.
Despite its place in history, the hospital was never designated as a historical site.
“Every year, especially in November, we receive inquiries from people asking about Trauma Room 1, but it hasn’t been in existence for years,” Parkland’s Senior Vice President of Support Services John Raish said in a news release. “The entire room was purchased by the federal government decades ago and all of its contents are in a secure location near Kansas City, Missouri.”
In its shuttered state, hospital officials decided that the best decision was to demolish the building, due to its deterioration and the high cost of ongoing electrical power consumption.
“The building is only barely viable for administrative operations, but because of its age and the lack of availability of parts for many of the mechanical systems, it’s time to make room for a building that is projected to save the Dallas County taxpayers about $3.4 million in annual lease costs,” said Raish.
The process to demolish the building will take several steps, including the removal of asbestos. It’s expected to be fully demolished in November 2023, hospital officials said.
Officials said following the demolition, the plan is to construct an administration tower to house Parkland staff, who are currently in numerous leased spaces throughout Dallas. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/dallas-former-parkland-memorial-hospital-to-be-demolished/287-f8c05dd1-4f59-40f4-9d89-023bfccd1567 | 2022-07-12T00:01:27 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/dallas-former-parkland-memorial-hospital-to-be-demolished/287-f8c05dd1-4f59-40f4-9d89-023bfccd1567 |
INDIANAPOLIS — It's been five days since Kyle Moorman and his three children disappeared.
As the days pass, the family's emotional plea for help grows stronger.
On Monday, the family gathered on the east side of Indianapolis to conduct another search for the 27-year-old and his three young children, 5-year-old Kyle Moorman II, 2-year-old Kyannah Holland and 1-year-old Kyran Holland.
"We've searched every place we could think. There's not a fishing hole or a pay lake, creek that we have not been to and looked," said Natasha Hayes, Kyle Moorman's biological mother.
Hayes said late Wednesday night, Kyle took his kids fishing. It's something he does often.
"The two girls he was texting on his phone while he was going fishing said he was supposed to send them a picture, but his phone went dead and that he couldn't get out of the car because the kids were asleep," said Hayes.
Monday afternoon, family and friends searched more fishing spots on the east side of Indianapolis.
"Normally, he wouldn't take all of the kids and he was to supposed to have met with his brother and my oldest two granddaughters were going to babysit the youngest two. He never made it to his brother's house," said Hayes.
The family tells 13News the children's mother is not — and has not been — involved in their lives. They also don't believe she has anything to do with their disappearance.
The family said they won't stop searching, hoping, and waiting to hear something from Kyle.
"Baby, please call us. We're worried sick. I can't eat. I can't sleep, Kyle. All I do ... I can't close my eyes, all I see are you and the babies. Please call one of us. We're all here. Let us know where you're at," said Hayes. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/family-sends-out-plea-for-missing-indianapolis-man-kyle-moorman-children/531-4646378b-6643-4535-b262-33580473d07f | 2022-07-12T00:01:33 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/family-sends-out-plea-for-missing-indianapolis-man-kyle-moorman-children/531-4646378b-6643-4535-b262-33580473d07f |
MISHAWAKA, Ind. — Police in Mishawaka have issued a Silver Alert for a missing woman.
Police are searching for 83-year-old Freddie Brooks, a 5-foot, 7-inch, 150-pound Black female with gray hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in Mishawaka at 2 p.m. Monday, July 11.
Brooks was last seen wearing a maroon shirt, khaki pants and pink slippers. She was also wearing glasses.
Brooks is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.
Anyone with information about Brooks or her whereabouts is asked to contact the Mishawaka Police Department at 574-258-1684 or call 911.
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/police-searching-for-83-year-old-mishawaka-woman-silver-alert-declared-freddie-brooks/531-ddc0a2c0-c1c6-4b44-9e83-45605113484f | 2022-07-12T00:01:39 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/police-searching-for-83-year-old-mishawaka-woman-silver-alert-declared-freddie-brooks/531-ddc0a2c0-c1c6-4b44-9e83-45605113484f |
DALLAS — Family has identified a 4-year-old girl who was killed by a dog in southern Dallas on Saturday. Neighbors said they’ve been calling for help for months now after seeing the dogs jump out of the windows.
Lea Freeman’s aunt said the young girl would light up a room the moment she walked in.
“She was a baby, she was happy, precious,” said Tiffany Freeman, Lea’s aunt.
On Saturday morning, her family says, she died after she was attacked by a dog at a house on Bluffman Drive in southern Dallas.
Her mom, Tiara Freeman, spoke with WFAA when the incident occurred.
“I was just getting a drink for my neighbor and her dad,” said Tiara.
Tiara said she left her three daughters with her friend, and her dad, where all of them were living.
She said her 2-year-old daughter was in the room with her sister.
“She’s traumatized. She’s very scared, she saw her sister be killed,” said Tiara.
Kendra Freeman is Lea’s aunt.
“To see her in the body bag, literally could only see the right side of her face, down to here,” said Kendra.
Lea’s family said her mother has mental health issues and they’ve been trying to get the children to live with their grandparents.
“Their mother has decided to leave at random times and take them with her and take them to this home we have expressed was run down and ill-fitting for children,” said Tiffany.
Lea’s grandparents said they’ve been calling CPS and warning them since March about the conditions the children have been living in.
Child Protective Services said they’ve had previous involvement with the family, but those details are confidential.
While authorities are still trying to piece this together, Lea’s family is still trying to make sense of what happened.
“It’s surreal. It’s like that horrible dream that you want to wake up from,” said Kendra.
The family has set up a GoFundMe, hoping to pay for funeral expenses. If you would like to help, visit their fundraiser. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/family-identifies-girl-killed-by-dog-in-south-dallas/287-3c7a9e7a-a220-4e83-9a5c-5a13eebf1fc0 | 2022-07-12T00:05:09 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/family-identifies-girl-killed-by-dog-in-south-dallas/287-3c7a9e7a-a220-4e83-9a5c-5a13eebf1fc0 |
SAN ANTONIO — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden delivered a speech at the UnidosUS luncheon at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio on Monday.
During UnidosUS first in-person conference since the pandemic, Dr. Biden highlighted the strides made in the Latino community while also addressing serious challenges.
Dr. Biden reflected on her visit to Uvalde with President Joe Biden, after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
She talked about standing in front of 21 crosses and touching the pictures of each victim. After hearing people shout "do something" during their visit, Dr. Biden says she’s glad the president was able to pass the Safer Communities Act, the most significant gun safety law in 30 years, according to the White House.
“He will continue to do everything he can and to call on Congress to act, including on measures that ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” Dr. Biden said.
Dr. Biden says she knew that a piece of Uvalde would always be a part of her, saying her and President Biden think about the victims' families every day.
“We are committed to building a safer, healthier, more prosperous, and fair America. And I know that Unidos is as well, and has been from the very start,” Dr. Biden said.
Unidos US says it’s the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy group in the country. Dr. Biden reflected on the contributions of Raul Yzaguirre, one of Unidos’ longtime leaders.
Dr. Biden thanked Unidos and its advocates for tearing down barriers and making sure legislation, like the American Rescue Plan to help Latinos get vaccinated, fight hunger and invest in small businesses.
Dr. Biden also celebrated the passing of the Safer Communities Act, but says further work needs to be done after Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Congress not including an assault weapons ban in the Safer Communities Act.
“We will never make the changes we need when so many of our leaders refuse to work together. When politicians block legislation that the majority of Americans want,” Dr. Biden said.
Republicans are criticizing Dr. Biden’s visit to San Antonio. In a statement, RNC Spokeswoman Macarena Martinez said Dr. Biden’s visit was “another slap in the face to Hispanics.”
The rest of the statement reads, “Although very on brand for the Biden Administration, they continue to forget that Hispanics overwhelmingly do not identify with the term 'LatinX,' which is one of many reasons that Hispanics are moving away from out of touch Democrats and towards the GOP.”
Dr. Biden attended a fundraiser hosted by former DNC finance chair Henry Muñoz. According to a pool reporter, elected officials in attendance included Mayor Ron Nirenberg, State Sen. Jose Menendez, Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores and Democratic congressional candidate Greg Casar. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/first-lady-discusses-policy-challenges-facing-latino-families-at-unidosus-luncheon/273-2dfe3aad-528d-457c-a4d0-8e828004ff3a | 2022-07-12T00:05:15 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/first-lady-discusses-policy-challenges-facing-latino-families-at-unidosus-luncheon/273-2dfe3aad-528d-457c-a4d0-8e828004ff3a |
FLORESVILLE, Texas — The Floresville Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a missing 25-year-old woman.
Nicole Renee Gomez was last seen on June 26 at her Floresville home. Authorities said Gomez suffers from mental illnesses and is also diabetic.
Her family says she has not taken her medications and she normally doesn't leave for more than a couple hours when upset. Police said in the past, she has hitchhiked back and forth to San Antonio.
Gomez is 5'2" and weighs around 200 pounds. She has light brown hair.
If anyone has seen or heard from Gomez, please contact The Floresville Police Department/Sgt. George Ortiz at (830) 393-4055.
See the department's full Facebook post here. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/floresville-police-department-missing-25-year-old-nicole-renee-gomez/273-086140c0-fca8-4859-949a-b2d94408269e | 2022-07-12T00:05:21 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/floresville-police-department-missing-25-year-old-nicole-renee-gomez/273-086140c0-fca8-4859-949a-b2d94408269e |
FRISCO, Texas — Former Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber III, who was found dead in his Frisco, Texas, apartment in June, died of a heat stroke, according to the Collin County Medical Examiner.
Frisco officers found Barber inside his apartment on June 1 after police received a call about a welfare check. There was no immediate cause of death at the time.
On Monday, the medical examiner revealed Barber died of a heat stroke and ruled his death an accident.
The Cowboys drafted Barber out of Minnesota in the fourth round of NFL Draft in 2005, and he played for the franchise from 2005 to 2011. After leaving the Cowboys in 2011, Barber signed with the Chicago Bears where he played one season before retiring in 2012.
After news of Barber's death, the Cowboys released a statement, offering their condolences.
"We are heartbroken by the tragic death of Marion Barber III. Marion was an old-school, hard-nosed football player who ran with the will to win every down," the Cowboys said in the statement. "He had a passion for the game and love for his coaches and teammates."
A celebration of life was held for Barber in Minneapolis on June 22. He was a standout at Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota, and at the University of Minnesota.
"Marion was one of the best to ever play at Minnesota, and he is a big reason why many people are Gopher fans today," Gopher head coach P.J. Fleck said following Barber's death.
In 2007, Barber rushed for 975 yards on 204 carries and 10 rushing touchdowns for the Cowboys. He was named to the NFL's Pro Bowl team at the end of the season.
Barber finished his career with 4,780 rushing yards, 1,330 receiving yards and 53 rushing touchdowns. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/former-dallas-cowboys-marion-barber-iii-died-of-heat-stroke/287-f7f84bdf-16a1-466b-abea-b837d6d12296 | 2022-07-12T00:05:28 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/former-dallas-cowboys-marion-barber-iii-died-of-heat-stroke/287-f7f84bdf-16a1-466b-abea-b837d6d12296 |
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