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Golder Ranch Fire District: Golder Ranch Fire District Fire Chief Randy Karrer was selected by the Arizona Fire Chiefs Association to receive the Bob Weber Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes fire service professionals who have dedicated their life’s work to the Arizona fire service. Karrer was nominated jointly by Fire Chief Brad Bradley of Northwest Fire District and Tucson Fire Chief Chuck Ryan for the work he has done to improve fire services not only in the greater Tucson area, but around the state.
Fry’s Food Stores Arizona: Kimberly Smith, pharmacy practice coordinator for Fry’s Food Stores Arizona, has been recognized as one of 2022’s “Top Women in Grocery” by Progressive Grocer magazine, a national food retailer publication. The national award recognizes women in grocery who display exceptional achievements both in and out of the office. Smith, a Tucson transplant, is responsible for overseeing 22 Southern Arizona pharmacy locations, advocating for patient care, facilitating pharmacy practice programs and ensuring regulatory compliance. Additionally, Smith serves as the Fry’s Division patient care subject matter expert to help drive pharmacy practice initiatives and quality patient outcomes across the Fry’s footprint. Smith is a veteran pharmacist with over 18 years of industry experience. Smith serves as a preceptor and adjunct faculty for the University of Arizona’s College of Pharmacy and participates in the Arizona Pharmacy Association’s continuing education committee and Brookline College’s technician curriculum committee.
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Arizona Department of Revenue: The Arizona Department of Revenue has been named among the “Top Companies to Work for in Arizona” by the Best Companies Group and BestCompaniesAZ, sponsored by the Arizona Capitol Times. The list is the result of anonymous and comprehensive employee surveys measuring culture, work environment, leadership and employee pride and satisfaction, combined with rigorous evaluations of workplace practices, policies, perks and demographics.
Submit items to business@tucson.com; please use ‘Biz Awards’ in the email subject line. | https://tucson.com/news/local/business/business-awards-earned-in-tucson-and-southern-arizona/article_b8f2a1f4-01fa-11ed-8a39-efcbc9c5ca23.html | 2022-07-14T01:32:07 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/business/business-awards-earned-in-tucson-and-southern-arizona/article_b8f2a1f4-01fa-11ed-8a39-efcbc9c5ca23.html |
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Three years ago, Polk County Conservation had an ambitious today: to create "the most universally designed, accessible park in the country."
Now, their plan is becoming a reality. The Athene North Shore Recreation Area is fully funded, with plans to begin construction in the fall.
“We are laser focused on drawing all people to enjoy nature and recreate outdoors,” said Kami Rankin, deputy director of Polk County Conservation, in a press release. “When people feel safe and secure they are more likely to do just that - explore. With this project we are creating a safer, more welcoming space for people of all abilities.”
Located on the north shore of Easter Lake Park, the new recreation area will feature adaptive recreation equipment, extra-wide sidewalks for wheelchair users, zero-entry ramps to allow those with limited mobility to reach the water and a de-escalation room for individuals with sensory issues.
West Des Moines-based Athene USA sponsored the project., and the State of Iowa also granted the project $2.5 million through the Destination Iowa program.
Although the capital campaign for the project as over, donations for the project continue to be accepted through the Great Outdoors Foundation.
A grand opening of the recreation area is planned for spring 2024. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/accessible-park-easter-lake-des-moines-iowa-polk-county-conservation/524-b05344fa-ebfc-4d7b-a042-d3973a4fed9e | 2022-07-14T01:33:23 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/accessible-park-easter-lake-des-moines-iowa-polk-county-conservation/524-b05344fa-ebfc-4d7b-a042-d3973a4fed9e |
AMES, Iowa — The Ames City Council approved an amendment to a city ordinance that will increase fines on “801 day” for nuisance party infractions – which includes excessive noise, public drinking, disturbing the peace and more.
After discussion, the council raised first-time offenses from $100 to $650 and subsequent offenses from $200 to $855 in a 4-1 vote on July 12. That's an over 300% increase for all offenses.
The original proposal had an even bigger increase, with first-time offenses costing $750 and subsequent offenses totaling $1000, but it did not receive enough votes to go in to effect.
“801 day” refers to the Saturday before Iowa State University classes begin when alcohol consumption, illegal parking, parties and high-risk activities are higher than usual.
City documents explained that previously, alcohol was “was prohibited in fraternities and sororities during the week leading up to the start of classes. The prohibition ended at 8:00 A.M. on the Saturday before classes began. At 8:01 a.m. (801 day), some students chose to begin drinking.”
The discussion surrounding the ordinance was influenced by both council opinions and complaints from Ames residents. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/ames-fines-increase-801-day-iowa-state-university-nuisance-party-infractions/524-7616fa56-df58-4cc7-a665-b29709684c6d | 2022-07-14T01:33:29 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/ames-fines-increase-801-day-iowa-state-university-nuisance-party-infractions/524-7616fa56-df58-4cc7-a665-b29709684c6d |
IOWA, USA — The IowaWORKS.gov website that unemployed Iowans normally use to search for jobs and report reemployment activities has been down since June 26. Iowa Workforce Development said this is caused by a cyberattack on the third-party vendor that runs its workforce services.
Geographic Solutions Inc., the third-party vendor in question, is Florida-based and runs unemployment services for nearly two-dozen states. As of June 30, 17 states have unemployment services outages related to the GSI cyberattack.
GSI said there as no evidence the attackers accessed any sensitive information, and Iowa Workforce Development confirmed no Iowa users' information was affected.
It's been two and a half weeks since the website went down, but Jesse Dougherty, Iowa Workforce Development's spokesperson, said they still have no idea when the website will return.
"At present, there is no firm time table for restoring IowaWORKS.gov to public use, but we look forward to this situation being resolved soon," Dougherty wrote.
The state of Iowa is working with GSI to get IowaWORKS back up and running securely.
This outage hasn't delayed any unemployment benefits from reaching Iowans. However, Iowa Workforce Development's jobs bank, job searching tools and reporting system unemployed Iowans use to log job search activities required for them to continue receiving their unemployment benefits.
Iowa Workforce Development has temporary measures in place to circumvent these issues. It has temporarily suspended its requirement that Iowans report job search activities to receive unemployment.
Iowans are directed to use the National Labor Exchange website to search for jobs while IowaWORKS is down, or visit local IowaWORKS offices to meet with career planners. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/iowaworks-outage-attributed-to-cyber-attack-on-its-website-operator/524-454a97df-fda2-40a7-b626-1a8809b4f947 | 2022-07-14T01:33:36 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/iowaworks-outage-attributed-to-cyber-attack-on-its-website-operator/524-454a97df-fda2-40a7-b626-1a8809b4f947 |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines will construct two solar fields on the city’s southeast side after plans were approving by the City Planning and Zoning Commission last week.
The fields will be the first in the metro and are expected to help eliminate fossil fuel usage by 2035 – one of the main goals of the city's sustainability plan.
“The most important factor about the solar panel is that we're leading by example, we're demonstrating that we're committed to the goals that we established last year. And it's just one piece of our larger efforts to implement sustainability across our organization,” said Jeremy Caron, the city’s sustainability project manager.
The solar panel fields will be located near Southeast 15th and Maury streets on city properties. Currently, Des Moines is in the process of vacating some city segments so the four-acre site can be better developed.
The project is estimated to cost between $3 and $4 million. According to city spokesperson Devin Perry, the solar fields will save money on energy costs, but a timeline for a return on investment has not yet been determined. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/solar-panel-fields-des-moines-sustainability/524-6db0ecea-492b-4d7e-be07-b54d72b98f47 | 2022-07-14T01:33:42 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/solar-panel-fields-des-moines-sustainability/524-6db0ecea-492b-4d7e-be07-b54d72b98f47 |
VINTON, Iowa — Vinton, Iowa is home to just less than 5,000 Iowans, but its library has stood the test of time. Its doors opened in 1904. However, right now, those doors are closed to the public.
Following the resignation of the interim director, the Vinton Public Library was left with no full-time employees.
"We felt that in the best interest of the library, and in order for us as a board to have a little bit of time to develop a plan moving forward, that we would close for this week," said Jimmy Kelly, chair of the Vinton Library Board.
The closure comes after Vinton community members expressed concerns about the books the library had on display.
"If there are books highlighting the LGBTQ lifestyle on display, we also believe that there should equally be books on display representing the more traditional lifestyle of a man portrayed as dad, and a woman being portrayed as mom on display, as well as books that have the Christian view that God is the creator of male and female at conception," said Vinton resident Deb Hesson at the board's April meeting.
This mirrors a trend we're seeing across the country. According to the American Library Association, over 330 challenges to library books were recorded in 2021—more than double the number of reports from the previous year.
Among their list of the 10 most-challenged books, five of them were challenged for containing LGBTQ content.
"Government institutions, like public schools and public community libraries, have a legal obligation under the First Amendment to not censor materials simply because some community members don't agree with the viewpoints in those materials. Free societies read freely," said Mark Stringer, executive director of ACLU of Iowa, in a statement.
Yet, despite the library's troubles, Kelly believes there's been a silver lining. He said that a time when the political climate leads to less discussions between people who disagree, he's been happy to see community members wanting to be involved in the library's future.
"You have a lot of spaces where people who agree on things can meet and talk, but not a lot of those forums where you can kind of discuss or consider points from other people's perspectives. So I think what it created and what the situation has actually done, has created some positives," Kelly said.
The Vinton Library Board is meeting on Wednesday to discuss plans to partially re-open. Board members have been training to help fulfill basic operations. More information will be available later this week.
Additional programming at the Vinton Library is postponed, but patrons are encouraged to continue participating in the self-guided reading program. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/vinton-public-library-closed-until-further-notice-book-bans-lgbtq/524-cf156fe9-e0e1-44b8-a96c-c6a504373d68 | 2022-07-14T01:33:48 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/vinton-public-library-closed-until-further-notice-book-bans-lgbtq/524-cf156fe9-e0e1-44b8-a96c-c6a504373d68 |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department is investigating after a 14-year-old boy was shot in East Austin Wednesday evening.
Officials are currently seeking a white, 4-door sedan, possibly a Ford Taurus mid-90s or early 2000s model, after the incident on the 6700 block of Sandshof Circle around 5:10 p.m.
Police said there are at least two suspects in this case, the driver and the shooter.
The teen was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. It is unknown if he was the intended target.
No further information was immediately available.
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HAYS COUNTY, Texas — "It was unnecessary, it was destructive to my personal life," Lefty Parker said.
That's how the 24-year-old would describe what happened to him in 2020 when he and his girlfriend walked into a closed construction site in Downtown San Marcos.
"We were charged with criminal trespassing, and both put in jail for the following 18 hours," he said.
Parker said he didn't know he wasn't allowed on the site. One decision derailed his career as a substitute teacher.
"I was alerted by the school district that I couldn't work for them anymore because I had a criminal record," he said.
That's not all.
"Later on, trying to move into new apartments, I couldn't get accepted to certain apartments for the fact that I had a criminal trespassing record," Parker added.
For him, part of the cost of incarceration was emotional trauma but, for the county, the cost is measured in taxpayer dollars.
A Hays County Sheriff's Office report shows that in the first week of July, the County spent over $120,000 to lock people up in other county jails. That's because there are too many people in the Hays County Jail, forcing them to outsource.
"We've spent more than $15,000 a day outsourcing inmates, that doesn't include the cost of the jail operation itself,” said Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra.
Outsourcing inmates is one reason the cost of incarceration is so high. But another reason is that inmates are there for a long time.
According to the Hays County dashboard, the median length of stay in the Hays County Jail is 104 days. To better understand this we compared information from Williamson County. For felony charges, the median stay for inmates is 75 days, and it's six days for misdemeanor charges.
Unlike Hays County, Williamson County doesn't outsource any inmates.
Additionally, the cost to incarcerate in Williamson County last week was about $89,000, whereas Hays County spent over $120,000 just on outsourcing inmates.
About two years ago, the HCSO announced a cite-and-divert program – which would order some low-level misdemeanor suspects to meet with a prosecutor and not be arrested, and give them an opportunity to have their charges dropped.
Looking at last year's Hays County budget shows that almost $16,000 were given to the cite-and-divert program, but nothing was done with the funding.
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Becerra said the reason people are in jail for so long is that judges and the DA's office aren't moving fast enough.
"The hallmark of the justice system in the United States is innocent until proven guilty. So why are people being locked in a cage for months at a time without the ability to go to court and prove their innocence,” said community advocate Jordan Buckley.
Buckley brought a birthday cake to the DA's office last year to draw attention to the fact that it had been one year since the county was supposed to implement the cite-and-divert program, which could help clear out the jails.
Hays County District Attorney Wes Mau said the program never took place because members of the public objected to the plan when there was no pretrial services department in place, and no public defense procedures for the program to work.
As for Parker, he wishes he would have had the opportunity to not have charges against him, which a cite-and-divert program could have done for him.
"It was a terribly stressful and traumatic experience," Parker said.
The Hays County judge told us that he just signed a contract to send inmates as far as Oklahoma. Currently, there are inmates all over Texas, sitting in other county jails.
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Since 1996, the San Francisco non-profit Internet Archive has been building a digital library of books, video and webpages which are free to access.
Many users may be familiar with the non-profit’s web-archiving Wayback Machine, but the site also serves as an important resource for accessing books, with Wikipedia linking out to digital versions of more than 200,000 books.
The Internet Archive isn’t able to purchase e-books directly, but rather digitalizes versions of physical books they own, creating a resource for everyday readers and academics, as well as vision-impaired and dyslexic readers. However, a lawsuit from publishers Hachette, Penguin Random House, Wiley and HarperCollins puts that future access at risk.
The Internet Archive’s method of distribution is called controlled digital lending, in which only one copy of the book is available to be checked out at a time. The Internet Archive began the practice in 2011 and, to keep publishers at bay, the Archive has a moratorium on titles published in the last five years.
“It keeps with the basic library practice of what libraries do. We buy books, we preserve books, and we lend books. And we support the publishing industry and authors through this process,” says Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle.
When the pandemic began in 2020 and libraries closed for safety reasons, the need for e-book access increased, so the Internet Archive shifted its methods. One hundred libraries signed a statement of support to for expanding the level of distribution, which was called the National Emergency Library Act. At that point, the Internet Archive’s lending ratio grew above the one-to-one level of controlled digital lending, such that they were sharing more books than they physically owned.
“These are not best sellers. These are library books, the sorts of things you’d use for homework,” says Kahle. “Publishers are trying to dial time back and say no, you can’t have access to anything that we’re not going to license you to read right now.”
The program lasted for 14 weeks, ending two weeks early in mid-2020 due to the lawsuit filed by the four aforementioned publishers. Should the lawsuit succeed, the Internet Archive would potentially be forced to destroy a large swath of books from the 20th century that are not available elsewhere.
“They’re looking for a digital book burning of millions of books,” says Kahle. “During the heyday of Germany in the 20th century, they destroyed 25,000 books. We have a new scale that’s being demanded. That’s what they’re after, tens of millions of dollars in damages.”
In addition to the destruction of the books, the publishers are asking for $19 million in damages — despite not claiming the lending process causes financial harm (the Archive's yearly budget is $20 million, which seems large until compared with the $170 million budget of the SF Public Library). Kahle believes the motivation is control of access to digital materials, with publishers able to determine who, where, when and which readers can access digital books, and take them offline at any time.
“It's ironic that the internet was trying to build something with more democratic access to information and put more power in people’s hands,” he says. “But what it’s turned out is this control mechanism that allows publishers to reach into your machine — your Kindle, your computer, your library, and make things disappear or change.”
Last week, the Internet Archive submitted summary briefs for a motion to have the case dismissed. On July 13, amicus briefs will be presented to the court, which the publishers are looking to block. The process will continue with court dates in September and October. Kahle doesn’t expect it to go to trial, but rather anticipates a preliminary judgement to be announced in 2023 (which either party will likely appeal).
The consequences of the ruling are still far off, but Kahle sees it as an existential threat to free access to information. The decision could have ripple effects regarding the ownership of digital artifacts, which he claims would be in jeopardy due to licensing issues.
“They want to make it so that in the online world, every reading event is a licensed and permissioned event,” says Kahle. “It’s a little Orwellian, and they’re actually doing this.” | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-internet-archive-lawsuit-17303641.php | 2022-07-14T01:37:24 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-internet-archive-lawsuit-17303641.php |
HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas — Chief Phillip M. Gadd announced that he would be retiring effective July 15 via Harker Heights Police Department Facebook.
After 30 years serving Central Texas and 45 years in total with law enforcement, Gadd thanked the community and his police department:
"I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you, the citizens of Harker Heights, for your continued support of our Police Department… I am also extremely proud of the men and women of Harker Heights Police Department who serve this community. Thank you all for making Harker Heights an incredible place to work, live, shop, and play. All my best for continued success!"
Gadd will be honored at a retirement celebration the same day at 2 p.m., at the Saint Paul Chong Hasang Parish Center, 1001 FM 2410.
More KCENtv.com: | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/chief-of-police-announces-retirement/500-252925bb-c442-4484-a2fa-d55296d932c1 | 2022-07-14T01:38:11 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/chief-of-police-announces-retirement/500-252925bb-c442-4484-a2fa-d55296d932c1 |
BRYAN, Texas — The (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) CDC wrote on their website, that the disease Omicron has had a rapid increase since 2021.
CDC said, "the rapid growth rate in Omicron infections is believed to result from a combination of increased transmissibility and the ability to evade immunity conferred by past infection or vaccination".
Marry Parrish, workforce development coordinator at the Brazos County Health Department, said the Fourth of July holiday contributed to their concerns for the Coronavirus and Omicron cases.
According to Parish, there were 80 to 100 positive tests discovered every day before the Fourth of July.
Parrish said the organization has seen 100 positive cases per day. In the second year of the global pandemic, she emphasized the importance of being vaccinated.
"This disease has only been around for a few years, so there is no way of knowing what the long-term side effects will be, so we urge people to get vaccinated to prevent the spread of the disease," Parrish said.
In 2016, there were over 55,000 positive cases of Hepatitis C. Prior to President Biden expanding vaccine access to children under five, 54% of residents were vaccinated. It is now down to 51%.
Parrish explained that these spikes are typical around holidays like the Fourth, because of the large gatherings.
Despite, the Omicron variant being milder than Delta, Parrish stressed that it should still be considered deadly.
"This variant of the omicron virus is much less severe which is a good thing it's also more spreadable."
Parrish said she wants Bryan- College Station residents to continue to wear their masks, stay away from large gatherings, and constantly wash and sanitize their hands.
She said the most important thing for parents to do is make sure their children are vaccinated before the Fall semester. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/increases-covid-cases-in-brazos-valley/499-c2bedf92-690a-44aa-b7ae-f30aab7163db | 2022-07-14T01:38:17 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/increases-covid-cases-in-brazos-valley/499-c2bedf92-690a-44aa-b7ae-f30aab7163db |
State subpoena targets ex-Gov. Phil Bryant’s communication with USM Athletic Foundation
- Brett Favre showed strong support for Southern Miss athletics project
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- Brett Favre worked with welfare officials to invest in concussion cream complany
- Then-Gov. Phil Bryant denies knowing Prevacus received public funds
Attorneys are wrangling Mississippi’s former governor into the welfare department’s massive civil lawsuit, which one attorney called a “no-holds-barred death match.”
The attorney for the state agency is subpoenaing the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation for any of its communication with former Gov. Phil Bryant and his wife Deborah Bryant.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services filed a civil lawsuit in May accusing dozens of people — including retired NFL quarterback and famed USM alumnus Brett Favre — of misspending or wrongly receiving welfare funds.
But the complaint did not name the athletic foundation, even though it received $5 million in welfare funds to build a new volleyball stadium at USM — one of the more egregious revelations in a sprawling $77 million welfare scandal that broke in 2020. The complaint doesn’t mention the volleyball building at all.
A subpoena filed Monday may signal the state’s intent to add the USM scheme to the civil complaint and explore whether the Bryants are culpable. The subpoena also asks for any communication between USM athletic foundation board members or employees and Favre, nonprofit founder Nancy New, her sons Zach New and Jess New, former welfare department director John Davis and retired wrestler Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr.
The private attorney the welfare agency contracted to bring the civil suit, former U.S. attorney Brad Pigott, also filed a notice Monday with an initial list of people he’s calling to testify, which does not include Bryant.
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In order by date, the deposition schedule includes: Zach New, Jesse New, Nicholas Coughlin, Adam Such, Nancy New, Christi Webb, Paul LaCoste, Jacob VanLandingham, Brett Favre, Teddy DiBiase Jr., Brian Smith, Ted DiBiase Sr. and Heart of David Ministries, and Austin Smith.
Brett Favre supported USM athletics project
Nancy and Zach New have pleaded guilty to several criminal charges, including bribery and fraud. In his plea, Zach New admitted to defrauding the government by disguising payments to the athletic foundation, which were used to construct the volleyball facility, as a “lease.” The News received a favorable plea deal that may keep them out of state prison, as long as they cooperate with the ongoing investigation. Davis is also still facing several charges.
Favre was the fiercest proponent of the project at USM, his alma mater and where his daughter played on the volleyball team. He connected with Nancy New, Deborah Bryant’s friend, who was receiving tens of millions in no-bid grants from the welfare department to provide services to needy families.
“She has strong connections and gave me 5 million for Vball facility via grant money,” he later told his business partner, according to text messages Mississippi Today obtained and published in its investigative series “The Backchannel.”
Mississippi Welfare Fraud:Department of Human Services continued to pay New family nonprofits
New and her nonprofit, Mississippi Community Education Center, perpetuated this scheme within the state’s view and with its support. To get away with using block grant funds to build a volleyball stadium, the News entered a $5 million lease agreement with the athletic foundation to use the university’s athletic facilities for welfare programming. The money would be used to build the volleyball stadium, which they called a “Wellness Center.” The plan was for the nonprofit to set up offices in the campus building, where it claimed it would educate needy families.
IHL signed off on the Southern Miss project
The Institutes of Higher Learning and the attorney general’s office signed off on the project, IHL board meeting minutes reflect.
The New nonprofit made two $2.5 million payments to the foundation, one in November and another in December of 2017, according to the state auditor’s office.
Also in December of 2017, the nonprofit paid Favre’s company Favre Enterprises $500,000, the auditor found. New said in a recent court filing that Gov. Bryant directed her to make those payments to Favre for “speaking at events, keynote speaking, radio and promotional events, and business partner development.”
The nonprofit paid Favre another $600,000 in June of 2018 for a total of $1.1 million.
About a year later, Favre began telling the welfare officials that he “owed” the same amount, $1.1 million, that he had apparently committed to the USM volleyball facility.
“Hey brother Deanna and still owe 1.1 million on Vball,” Favre texted Davis, the welfare director, in March of 2019, referring to his wife, Deanna Favre. “Any chance you and Nancy can help with that? They don’t need it at the moment.”
Three months later, the state auditor’s investigation into Davis and the welfare department’s spending would begin, and the grant money for Favre’s volleyball stadium never came.
Favre worked with welfare officials to invest in concussion cream company Prevacus
Around the same time, Favre was also working with welfare officials to move grant funds to a pharmaceutical startup called Prevacus, a company at the center of the initial criminal charges against the News. Favre was investing in Prevacus himself — around $1 million of his own money, he told Men’s Health magazine in 2019 — and expected to strike it rich.
“You and Nancy stuck your neck out for me with jake and Prevacus,” he texted Davis, referring to Prevacus founder Jake Vanlandingham.
The former governor was also working with Favre on the Prevacus project. While Favre told Bryant by text that the company was working with Nancy New and Davis and receiving funds from Mississippi, Bryant denies knowing Prevacus had received public funds, saying he didn’t read his texts carefully enough.
Favre was desperate for funding on two fronts, according to his text messages. He was expecting for New to fund additional construction on the volleyball facility as well as another pharmaceutical product, a cream to prevent concussions, that Vanlandingham cooked up.
“Hey Governor we are in a little bit of a crunch,” Favre texted Bryant in mid-July 2019. “Nancy New who is wonderful and has helped me many times was gonna fund this pregame cream that we can be selling really soon. Well she can only do a small portion now. Jake can explain more but bottom line we need investors and need your direction.”
“Will get with Jake..” the governor responded, “will help all I can.”
Bryant agreed to accept stock in Prevacus, lobby on its behalf
Bryant then agreed to accept stock in Prevacus and lobby on its behalf after he left office, before the 2020 arrests derailed his arrangement, Mississippi Today first uncovered in “The Backchannel” series.
Bryant’s involvement in the volleyball project has not been officially scrutinized, until now.
Bryant told Mississippi Today in April that he was aware of Favre’s USM volleyball vision.
“That volleyball thing kept coming up, and popping up, and then it’d go away,” he said.
In the fall of 2019, after the auditor’s investigation had begun, Bryant hosted a meeting at his office with Favre, Nancy New and Bryant’s newly appointed welfare director Christopher Freeze.
“I remember Brett coming one time,” Bryant said. “I wanted to find out where this project was. ‘What is going on with that volleyball project at Southern Miss?’ So I said, ‘Look, Brett wanted to meet. Let’s call him in. Let’s get Chris in there. Tell me about this.’”
Bryant told Mississippi Today that New asked for more funding to put into the volleyball project and he denied her request.
Today, the building is finished and USM volleyball matches are happening there. Services for needy families, however, are not.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. | https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2022/07/13/phil-bryant-brett-favre-university-southern-mississippi-welfare-messages/10051321002/ | 2022-07-14T01:39:50 | 0 | https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2022/07/13/phil-bryant-brett-favre-university-southern-mississippi-welfare-messages/10051321002/ |
DOVER, N.H. — Six fraternity brothers had a first court appearance Wednesday in a massive hazing lawsuit targeting 46 brothers and the University of New Hampshire Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter.
Out of the six, only one showed up to waive his arraignment in-person. The others filed to waive beforehand.
This means all six brothers are pleading not guilty. Deputy Strafford County Attorney Emily Garod said they will all receive individual trial dates within the next six months.
"Some individuals have not been arrested yet... this is probably because they live out of state and plan to turn themselves in when school starts," Garod said.
Durham police said they were notified by UNH officials on April 18 of a possible student hazing incident involving new members on April 13 at the SAE house, located at 28 Madbury Road in Durham.
An immediate investigation found probable cause that the crime had taken place, police said.
Garod would not elaborate on the kind of hazing that took place that day, but said it's not serious.
"I think it would have been easy for the police, the national chapter to ignore this conduct, and I think it sends a bigger message to do that. So I think by holding people accountable we're hoping that conduct doesn’t happen in the future," Garod said. "Hazing in this case, no one was seriously injured, no one was hurt, but that’s not the case everywhere and I think it's a dangerous ritual that needs to end."
The fraternity was suspended on an interim basis pending the outcome of the police investigation, Erika Mantz, executive director of UNH Media Relations, said in an email to NEWS CENTER Maine.
"We take any allegation of hazing very seriously, and now that the police investigation is complete, we will be initiating a formal conduct process.
The next arraignment for brothers will take place Wednesday, August 10 with five brothers having their first court date. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/university-of-new-hampshire-hazing-lawsuit-begins-for-six-brothers/97-8678f5d0-0733-44c8-9f16-9ab04ecb4ce7 | 2022-07-14T01:49:26 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/university-of-new-hampshire-hazing-lawsuit-begins-for-six-brothers/97-8678f5d0-0733-44c8-9f16-9ab04ecb4ce7 |
RIVERVIEW, Fla. — Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 45-year-old man.
Andrew "Andy" Bloom reportedly went missing from the Sunrise Community Group home in Riverview on Wednesday afternoon.
Bloom is described by deputies as 6-feet, 2-inches and has black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing black jeans and a white shirt.
The 46-year-old has the IQ of a 12-year-old and may be hostile toward law enforcement, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
Authorities say he is known to hide in vacant structures, wooded areas and small spaces.
Bloom is believed to have not made any threats to harm himself or others, deputies say. Anyone who has information on Bloom's whereabouts is asked to contact the HCSO immediately at 813-247-8200. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/missing-45-year-old-man-riverview/67-b37105d6-4528-4b5a-ae6a-7f35e94d7915 | 2022-07-14T01:54:10 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/missing-45-year-old-man-riverview/67-b37105d6-4528-4b5a-ae6a-7f35e94d7915 |
GREENWOOD, Ark. — Tuesday afternoon, a grassfire began within the boundary of Fort Chaffee. The fire was sparked after training maneuvers using tracer rounds caught the dry grass ablaze.
Winds shifted pushing the fire towards Greenwood. Fire crews say flames were close to 40 feet high at times and began to threaten dozens of homes near Hilltop and Norwood Drives.
Today, the fire was classified as a wildfire that burned between 20 to 25 acres of private land and still has many hot spots burning themselves out within Fort Chaffee. Officials say until conditions improve, and the burn ban is lifted, the use of tracer rounds has been suspended.
For one resident near the blaze, he says he was relieved when he got the all-clear from firefighters and first responders to go home.
“I could breathe a lot better then, I said, ‘at least it ain’t on the house yet’,” said Dale Qualls. As he returned home and saw embers burning in the distance he recalled thinking, “well as long as the wind will stay down, the fire break should do its job.”
Qualls was out running errands when flame erupted in his neighborhood, and says he received more than 50 phone calls from friends and family who were worried.
“It was just a big ole ‘shroom up sittin’ up in the air, and I seen the black and think, ‘man, that’s not a good sight, it’s got a house or something’,” said Qualls. “I gotta get up there and see how bad it is.”
When Qualls returned, he said officers waved him through but all he could do was wait.
While he waited, Qualls thought about a fire from 2011 that also burned in the neighborhood, even burning one home down.
Qualls tells 5NEWS that back then he was “afraid it was gonna start house jumping because the house went up so quick, I mean it lasted maybe three minutes and it was poof.”
The fire from just over a decade ago was also sparked during a burn ban in Sebastian County.
Travis Cooper, the Deputy Director for the Sebastian County Department of Emergency Management says Tuesday’s fire is a prime example of just how quickly things can get out of hand during a burn ban.
“It’s not going to take but probably a few seconds to catch fire and spread, especially with a wind that is pushing behind these fires with how dry it is,” said Cooper.
Cooper was on-scene all afternoon and into late Tuesday night before catching a few hours of sleep and returning early Wednesday morning. He says crews continued to monitor the area and investigate any calls of concern from residents. Just before noon on Wednesday, Cooper reported the area near Greenwood was 100% contained.
“We were able to see and verify that the containment for South Boundary Road and close to the City of Greenwood, that the fire is 100%,” said Cooper. “So, that’s a blessing knowing that we had all the resources available here locally, and then, also with working with the State Forestry Commission and their resources, and of course, with the hard work that the Fort Chaffee Fire Department also did in helping contain this, we’re now at 100% containment in the Sebastian County, City of Greenwood area.”
During burn bans, officials urge all residents to refrain from having campfires or bonfires and to be extremely cautious of any sparks that could fall into dry vegetation.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon has something to raise a glass to after its breweries brought home 14 medals in the 2022 U.S. Open Beer Championship.
Beers from a total of nine Oregon breweries won medals in a variety of categories, including West Coast IPA, English Pale Ale and Mexican Pilsner. Deschutes Brewing out of Bend led the pack with three medals, followed by Sunriver Brewing, Oregon City Brewing, and StormBreaker Brewing with two medals apiece.
Caldera Brewing, Migration Brewing, Ecliptic Brewing, Full Sail Brewing and Wild Ride Brewing also received awards
Below are the categories received medals in.
English Pale Ale
GOLD: Wellington Brewery – Special Pale Ale – ON
SILVER: Saranac Brewery – Saranac Pale Ale – NY
BRONZE: Caldera Brewing – Caldera Ashland Amber – OR
Imperial IPA (DIPA)
GOLD: StormBreaker Brewing – Triple Double IPA – OR
SILVER: Wicked Weed Brewing – Freak of Nature – NC
BRONZE: Slice Beer Company – Megahop 3000 – CA
Imperial IPA (DIPA)
GOLD: StormBreaker Brewing – Triple Double IPA – OR
SILVER: Wicked Weed Brewing – Freak of Nature – NC
BRONZE: Slice Beer Company – Megahop 3000 – CA
American Barleywine & Specialty
GOLD: Bowigens Beer Company – Theogenes – FL
GOLD: Ecliptic Brewing – Orange Giant Barleywine: Triple Dry Hopped Edition – OR
BRONZE: Level Crossing Brewing Company – XII XI XIII – UT
Scottish Ale
GOLD: StormBreaker Brewing – Mullets & Mohawks – OR
SILVER: Bonds Brewing – Snowy Range Scottish Ale – WY
BRONZE: Peticolas Brewing – Great Scott! – TX
Mexican Pilsner
GOLD: Full Sail Brewing Company Sesion Cervesa – OR
Mexican Pilsner SILVER: NoFo Brewing Co. Collatera – l GA
Mexican Pilsner BRONZE: Knee Deep Brewing Hola Senor – CA
American Style Fruit Beer – POG
GOLD: Deschutes Brewery – Poggers – OR
SILVER: Sound to Summit Brewing – Hawaiian POG Kolsch – WA
BRONZE: New Realm Brewing Co. – Tropic Dream – GA
Barrel Aged Dark Beer
GOLD: Sun King Brewery – Barrel Aged Churrolicious – IN
SILVER: Old Stove Brewing – BA Smoke Show – WA
BRONZE: Wild Ride Brewing Co. – Rum Barrel Aged Barracuda Brown – OR
Barrel Aged Fruit
GOLD: Oregon City Brewing – Rumtopf – OR
SILVER: Monday Night Brewing – Black Rainbow – GA
BRONZE: Wolf’s Ridge Brewing – Bourbon Barrel Coffee Cherry Vanilla Dire Wolf – OH
Barrel-Aged Barley Wine – Specialty
GOLD: Woodland Farm Brewery – Maple Bourbon Bergian – NY
SILVER: Motorworks Brewing – Thresher – FL
BRONZE: Sunriver Brewing Co. – Wood Series: Manhattan Imperial Rye – OR
Barrel-Aged German Lager
GOLD: Oregon City Brewing – Crimea River of Whiskey – OR
SILVER: Rhinegeist Innovation Brewery – Glyptodon – OH
BRONZE: Benchtop Brewing – Crispy Whip – VA
Near Gluten Free
GOLD: Pilot Brewing Mimosa Gose NC
SILVER: Black Tooth Brewing Company Copper Mule – WY
BRONZE: Deschutes Brewery Lil’ Squeezy – OR
BRONZE: Black Hammer Brewing Cuddle Puddle – CA
Non-Alcoholic Stout & Porters
GOLD: Deschutes Brewing – Black Butte Porter NA – OR
SILVER: Athletic Brewing – All Out Extra Dark – CN
BRONZE: Surreal Brewing – Pastry Porter – CA | https://www.koin.com/local/14-oregon-beers-win-medals-in-2022-us-open-beer-championships/ | 2022-07-14T01:58:51 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/14-oregon-beers-win-medals-in-2022-us-open-beer-championships/ |
Child support while pregnant? Louisiana US representative proposes new bill for unborn
U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., has introduced a bill paving the way for those pregnant to receive child support payments prior to the baby's birth.
On July 13, Johnson and Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., introduced the Unborn Child Support Act which would give mothers the ability to receive child support payments while they are pregnant.
Currently, Section 454 of the Social Security Act lays out regulations for child and spousal support. This new legislation would adjust the wording to include an "unborn child," enacting child support obligations the first month in which the child was conceived.
“Life begins at conception, and this bill is a straightforward first step towards updating our federal laws to reflect that fact," said Johnson.
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This piece of legislation also provides flexibility for mothers who do not want the involvement of the father by not requiring those mothers to receive child support, instead requiring judges to give mothers discretion as to whether or not child support payments will be awarded retroactively.
It also mandates that all paternity tests be at the discretion of the mother.
"It begins at the first moment of life – conception – and fathers have obligations, financial and otherwise, during pregnancy," said Cramer. "Mothers should be able to access child support payments as soon as she is supporting a child. Our bill makes this possible.”
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Nine senators have joined this proposal, as well as 11 representatives. "We are hopeful that Democrats will join this bicameral effort to provide mothers with child support payments while their child is in the womb," said Johnson.
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/07/13/child-support-while-pregnant-louisiana-representative-proposes-legislation-unborn/10050064002/ | 2022-07-14T01:58:55 | 0 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/07/13/child-support-while-pregnant-louisiana-representative-proposes-legislation-unborn/10050064002/ |
CLARK COUNTY, Wash. (KOIN) — Clark County is announcing an opportunity for qualifying residents to receive COVID-19-related rental assistance.
According to the county, it currently operates eviction prevention rent assistance programs to assist people who are low-income impacted by the pandemic. Government officials say these programs have provided $53 million in financial assistance to more than 6,000 households, paying for 57,081 months of rent and utilities since August 2020.
About $550,000 in financial assistance for rent and utilities is going out to 80 additional households each week, the announcement added.
“Households may only receive assistance one time,” Clark County officials said. “Households that have already received assistance are not eligible for additional assistance. This program helps households stay in their existing housing; funds cannot be used to move into a new housing unit.”
At 12 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, referrals for 1,000 additional households to receive rent assistance — including arrears — will open. The county notes that the links will not be live until noon that day and will close once all available referrals have been received.
However, all applicants will receive a submission confirmation email.
The county noted that housing providers are working to assist all households that are currently on the waitlist. Officials say tenants must be deemed eligible for assistance to be provided.
Applicants without phone or internet access can submit applications through Share at the Fromhold Center located at 2306 N.E. Andresen Road, across from WinCo.
The county says additional information, including the number of available waitlist spots and types, will be made available at a later time.
Applicants can apply here, with a website option for Spanish-speaking applicants — once the website is live. Those applying without access to internet can (360) 695-9677. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/rental-assistance-available-for-clark-county-washington-residents/ | 2022-07-14T01:58:57 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/rental-assistance-available-for-clark-county-washington-residents/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) –The Portland City Council has unanimously approved an ordinance to partner on the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project.
The plan, which was endorsed by the City of Vancouver earlier this week, would expand transit options over the bridge, offer a path to cross the bridge on bike and build three lanes in both directions for cars. On the Portland side, the plan has a partial interchange on Hayden Island to help with congestion.
While construction isn’t slated to begin for another three years, the project will undergo an environmental review as part of the next phase, officials say.
Part of President Biden’s infrastructure bill will also reportedly go toward paying for the bridge.
“The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement project will deliver a safer, more reliable I-5 that supports our local, state and regional economies and gives people more options for getting around in their communities,” ODOT Director Kris Strickler said. “We look forward to working with the city of Portland and other stakeholders to advance this important project.”
Additionally, the project will also include a “Hybrid Three” plan, including a highway cover reconnecting the east and west sides of I-5 in the Albina neighborhood, advanced by the Historic Albina Advisory Board.
“This cover provides an opportunity for significant future investment in the community, and perhaps most significantly, in the people who are helping build this project,” HAAB members wrote in a letter to the city council in support of the agreement. “Not only will the project substantially improve safety on I-5 between I-84 and I-405 but it also promises significant opportunities for jobs and economic development benefiting Black Portlanders – the community most impacted by the original construction of the interstate.”
Albina Vision Trust Executive Director Winta Yohannes also testified in support of the agreement during a June 22 council hearing.
“The aims of the Albina Vision Trust for this project have always been really clear and really consistent,” Yohannes said. “We believe that transportation should heal and connect, that children should be safe in the city core, that the urban fabric should be repaired, stolen wealth should be restored, and we need to build for the future and we need to do that collectively. This agreement before us today allows us to move forward and positions the city to guard and advance these values on behalf of the people of Portland.”
In a statement, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty said in part “it’s important for everyone to remember, the Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) is not a City of Portland project. It’s not how we would spend this much money on transportation. It is a project prioritized by two states and their Governors, with federal support, to address an undeniable need for earthquake resiliency. Our job as a city has been to help the states make a project that does not undermine the City of Portland’s goals.”
She continued on to say there’s more work still to be done.
“We wouldn’t have come this far if it wasn’t for the young climate activists and other community volunteers who have helped hold this project accountable,” Hardesty said. “This is a huge project. This is a real big deal. I hope we will take a moment to appreciate how far we have come as a region. We will be back here many times. I hope that all the community organizations stay engaged and stay involved. It is vital that we continue to hear from the Sunrise Movement and others.” | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/city-of-portland-votes-to-partner-on-i-5-rose-quarter-improvement-project/ | 2022-07-14T01:59:03 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/city-of-portland-votes-to-partner-on-i-5-rose-quarter-improvement-project/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Outrage over an unprovoked attack in downtown Portland is growing now that one of the victims has died.
Eighty-two-year-old Donald Pierce passed away in the hospital after he was beaten at a bus stop late last month. He was with another man, also in his 80s, who is now home from the hospital.
“I am heartbroken and angered to learn about the passing of Donald Pierce, who was the victim of an unprovoked attack late last month. The suspect remains in custody, and while I hope justice will be served, no punishment is sufficient for such a horrific crime,” Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said. “This violence is unacceptable in our community. I extend my deepest sympathies to Mr. Pierce’s loved ones during this time.”
The alleged attacker, 29-year-old Keffer White, has a criminal history. A Multnomah County judge issued a warrant for White’s arrest two days before the deadly attack after he failed to appear in court multiple times for car theft in January.
According to records over several years, White has failed to appear in court 10 times. He also has 22 parole violations and three convictions for violent crimes, which he has served time for.
The Multnomah County Department of Justice says his failures to appear in court are not black and white, and that there are several reasons a judge may not issue a warrant immediately for being a no-show.
According to the DOJ and Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, judges have to follow specific guidelines for when to hold someone in jail before their trial — and it has to be for a violent crime.
They say in this last case with White, the car theft crime of theft did not fit the bill.
However, the DOJ stressed that they did not release him to the streets and that they instead transferred him to Washington County because they had hold on him.
Washington County Corrections confirmed Multnomah County transferred White into their custody because White violated his parole for a prior conviction of strangulation domestic violence and assault of a police officer. They issued a sanction against him.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said the county took him into custody on May 26th and released him on June 1, 2022.
A grand jury in Multnomah County already indicted White for assault in the 1st and 2nd degree and attempted murder. However, now that Donald Pierce has died from his injuries, new charges are pending.
Another grand jury is meeting regarding those additional charges right now. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office is expected to release those new charges by the end of the week. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/multco-judge-issued-suspects-arrest-warrant-days-before-unprovoked-attack-portland-oregon/ | 2022-07-14T01:59:10 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/multco-judge-issued-suspects-arrest-warrant-days-before-unprovoked-attack-portland-oregon/ |
Casper-area nonprofits will likely get another shot at 1-cent funding after backlash caused the city to reconsider plans to eliminate a community grant program — so long as the tax passes this fall.
Last week, nonprofit leaders spoke out against a proposal that would eliminate grant applications for $3 million in 1-cent revenue.
Instead, the city had presented a plan to divvy that money up to organizations whose services they determined the city could not replicate if they went away. That included allocations to subsidize city pool admissions, fund operations at the Life Steps Campus and improvements to the Nicolaysen Art Museum.
Casper has given grants to nonprofits since at least the mid-80s, city staff said.
At a city council work session Tuesday, city staff presented a revised plan that would allocate another $2.25 million to a grant program, similar to that of 1-cent cycles past, that could help fund some of the nonprofits’ needs.
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Nonprofit leaders said they were grateful the city had listened to them, and were glad for the opportunity to remind council members — and the community at large — how much work the organizations do. This money from the city, awarded every four years, is a big part of making that happen, they said.
“I think there was maybe a lack of information about what we do,” said Jen Dyer, executive director of the Self Help Center. “But that information was well-received ... It was the best outcome we could have asked for.”
But to find that money, the city will have to pull dollars from other places.
Those include the pool subsidies, which would be slashed in half from $1.3 million to $650,000 over the next four years. It would also pull $1 million from a planned design project for Casper’s flagship fire station, and $600,000 in matching funds for a cybersecurity fiber project.
The proposal isn’t final — the city still has to draw up a resolution and decide how the grant application process would work.
There was talk on Tuesday of the council making a list of priorities the city wants to see covered by the money, which could possibly guide which requests they end up funding.
“That would make it easier for everyone,” Susan Burk, community liaison for Central Wyoming Hospice, said on Wednesday, “to know what the expectations are.”
Some of the dollars that would be diverted to the grant program could be made up by the city’s Opportunity Fund, City Manager Carter Napier said Tuesday.
That plan could ease some of the pain felt by residents by the proposed change — for example, if the swimming subsidy only gets half of what the city planned for, admission prices could go up and bar lower-income residents from using the pools.
Napier and others cited the results of the city’s 1-cent survey, which showed 750 Casper residents ranking nonprofit assistance low on their list of priorities, as one reason for the change in funding.
The manager also said last week that he felt the grant program wasn’t allowing the city’s dollars to stretch “as far as they need to.”
But the nonprofits say they’re always stretching their money as far as it can go.
“We anticipate a deficit each year,” said Mercer Family Resource Center Executive Director Cori Cosner-Burton on Wednesday. “We’re providing a city service, and a partnership ... That funding is part of the puzzle, and the needs from the city are increasing.”
Wyoming Nonprofit Network’s Anna Wilcox, speaking for a coalition of nonprofits on Tuesday night, said that since local organizations try not to duplicate services, one losing funding “can trickle down and ultimately impact four, five or more agencies as well.”
That coalition came together quickly after news of the change in funding broke on Oil City News earlier this month. Leaders compiled a document outlining the services they provide, how they help the city and the number of clients they assist in an effort to show city leaders what they’d be losing without this funding.
Several organizations, including the Natrona Collective Health Trust, Casper Youth Empowerment Council and Wyoming Youth Services Association, also penned letters to council members in support of restoring the grant program. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/city-plans-to-restore-1-cent-grant-program-for-local-nonprofits/article_618a01d4-02fc-11ed-9933-7f47c3bd3fc4.html | 2022-07-14T02:01:09 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/city-plans-to-restore-1-cent-grant-program-for-local-nonprofits/article_618a01d4-02fc-11ed-9933-7f47c3bd3fc4.html |
CROYDON — A group that formed to restore Croydon’s school district budget after it was gutted at the annual school meeting this spring plans to carry on its work even after its special school meeting victory in May. And they are inviting the community to come together this August for a picnic.
“We Stand Up For Croydon Students,” was formed by a handful of residents following the town’s March school district meeting. At the meeting, attended by about 6% of the town’s voters, the proposed $1.7 million school budget was slashed to $800,000.
The cut was made after Selectman Ian Underwood, husband to School Board Chairwoman Jody Underwood, made a motion that the budget be cut to $800,000, essentially allotting $10,000 per student in the small school district. The Underwoods moved to New Hampshire as part of the libertarian Free State Project.
“We Stand Up For Croydon Students” petitioned for a special vote to take a revote on the original budget and rallied residents to turn out and have their say. In the end, they won, with Croydon voters resoundingly approving the school district’s original $1.7 million budget proposal at the special Croydon School District meeting on May 7. The results of the two-hour meeting — a 377-2 ballot vote — brought cheers from voters followed by tears and embraces.
Following the victory the group changed its name to “We Stand Up For Croydon” and members say their work is not done.
Group members Ed Spiker and Hope Damon were the keynote speakers at a rally in Keene on Saturday.
The “Anti-Free-State-Project Protest” was organized by the Cheshire County Democrats to sound the alarm that the Free State Project is gaining ground and is no longer a “fringe movement.” Mohammad A. Saleh, chairman of the Cheshire County Democrats, said that you only need to look to the town of Croydon to see its effects.
“We Stand Up for Croydon is a group of community activists that’s formed in response to a situation that none of us could have seen unfold in our wildest imaginations or maybe our worst nightmares,” Spiker said at the rally. “The true voice of the people was finally heard loud and clear.
“We won a small battle against the Free State Project over public education but there’s a long road ahead, and we have to stay vigilant and determined in our efforts to keep them at bay. We Stand Up for Croydon will continue our community activism efforts by helping to inform and mobilize town residents around common ground issues relating to, supporting, maintaining and funding the community of Croydon. As well as encouraging voter turnout and participation in the democratic processes. We’re now well aware of the threat the Free State Project poses to the fabric of our community and democracy as a whole.”
Damon admitted the number of Free State Project members living in Croydon is a small percentage of the town of less than 800 residents, but said that just shows the impact they can have.
“I want to tell this story everywhere I can. I don’t think Croydon is unique,” said Damon, who said. “… They are not a fringe group anymore. They are very, very present in our state house.”
The community picnic is scheduled for Aug. 21 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Croydon Fire Station. Damon said the event is a “thank you” to the residents and will include food, games and music. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/croydon-groups-continues-work-after-victory/article_3787b0a5-e6f3-5fb9-b255-1066f50fc78c.html | 2022-07-14T02:02:56 | 0 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/croydon-groups-continues-work-after-victory/article_3787b0a5-e6f3-5fb9-b255-1066f50fc78c.html |
JAFFREY — The Park Theatre is holding a fundraiser Saturday to benefit the Peterborough Community Theatre after it had to close for 16 days when its air conditioner broke.
“It’s in keeping with who we are as a theater and in terms of who we want to be as a theatre,” Steve Jackson, CEO and Managing Director of the Park Theatre, said Wednesday. “It started very simply ... I’m on their email list and have been for years. … At first, they had to shut down for one show, they thought. ... I know that type of feeling even if it’s only one show.”
But the Peterborough Community Theatre wasn’t able to reopen after one day and in the end lost 16 days waiting for the air conditioner parts to come in.
“They didn’t know when they were going to be able to open again,” Jackson said.
And because the Peterborough Community Theatre was supposed to be running Baz Luhrman’s “Elvis,” they told their patrons to go see it at the Park Theatre in neighboring Jaffrey.
“I thought that was very sweet of them to offer up,” Jackson said. “I know it’s got to be affecting them tremendously.”
For a movie theater, “a loss of revenue is catastrophic,” he said.
Movie studios take such a big percentage of the profits that it is hard to make money, he said.
So Jackson called Peterborough Community Theatre owner Vanessa Amsbury-Bonilla and offered to run a benefit screening for their neighbors.
Jackson decided to hold the event Saturday night with “Top Gun: Maverick,” which is returning to the theater this week by popular demand.
All of the profits, after the movie studio takes it cut, will go to the Peterborough Community Theatre, Jackson said.
Amsbury-Bonilla said the air conditioning was fixed this week after two and a half weeks and she was able to reopen Wednesday.
“It’s nice to be open again,” she said Wednesday.
The small independent movie theater is important to the community, Amsbury-Bonilla said, but is not a money maker.
“Movie theaters don’t make any money. We do it as a gift to the community,” she said. “I think it’s very important to Peterborough. The Peterborough community values the theater. And every time we’ve needed the community they have stepped up because they have valued that venue and that commodity.”
She added that her landlord has been great throughout the closure.
“Our landlord has been absolutely fabulous through all of this, She has even offered to pay for lost revenue,” she said, adding she the Park Theatre fundraiser is a touching gesture of solidarity.
“It was really sweet, it was a really kind gesture and I really appreciate it,” she said. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/park-theatre-holds-benefit-for-neighboring-movie-house/article_4a84c593-6af7-5018-837a-095ea3de04fc.html | 2022-07-14T02:03:02 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/park-theatre-holds-benefit-for-neighboring-movie-house/article_4a84c593-6af7-5018-837a-095ea3de04fc.html |
Anneliese Pfeifle of Sterling Heights, who helped feed the hungry, dies at 89
Anneliese Pfeifle brought together people of different religious faiths to help feed the hungry in Lapeer County.
Mrs. Pfeifle, cofounder of the interfaith Lapeer County Soup Kitchen and a former Detroit Public Schools librarian, died in a Sterling Heights nursing home Friday, July 8, 2022, after a long illness. She was 89.
“Food was her ministry,” said daughter Catherine Hunter. “She and my father started an interfaith soup kitchen system where people had a place to eat, and then there was a food pantry out of her church, and then there was a central location where she took the surplus food and other churches of different denominations could access it. The other churches pitched in, too.”
Anneliese Hahn was born in Detroit on Sept. 2, 1932. After graduating from Wayne State University, she worked for seven years as a librarian at Hutchins Junior High School.
In 1956, she married Clifford Pfeifle in Jehovah Lutheran Church in Detroit. The couple moved to Royal Oak, where for decades they were active in St. Paul Lutheran Church. Mrs. Pfeifle served on the church’s Ladies Guild.
After Clifford Pfeifle retired from Chrysler Corp. in the late 1980s, the couple moved to Lapeer, where they set up the soup kitchen.
A former member of the German Club of Detroit, Mrs. Pfeifle’s hobbies included clipping coupons, stamp collecting, quilting and cooking German food.
In addition to her husband and daughter, survivors include daughter Beverly Manderson; son Richard Pfeifle; grandson Daniel Hunter; step-grandson George Manderson; and great-grandchildren Mackenzie and George.
Visitation is scheduled for 3-8 p.m. Thursday at the Faulmann & Walsh Golden Rule Funeral Home, 32814 Utica Road in Fraser, and from 10-11 a.m. Friday at St. John Lutheran Church, 16339 E. 14 Mile in Fraser.
An 11 a.m. funeral is scheduled at St. John. Burial will be in Glen Eden Cemetery in Livonia.
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Feds OK loans for Gaylord tornado after Biden rejects disaster request
The state of Michigan announced on Wednesday that the federal government has denied a request for a major disaster declaration after the deadly Gaylord tornado in May, but has granted other federal assistance.
President Joe Biden issued the rejection for disaster relief on July 2. After that bid failed, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer submitted a separate disaster declaration request to the Small Business Administration, which the federal agency granted, her office announced Wednesday.
Whitmer made the initial disaster request on June 8, after state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency completed preliminary damage assessments of the northern Michigan city after the EF3 tornado struck, killing two people and injured dozens more. Winds registered at more than 150 mph, the National Weather Service said.
“This declaration is an important step in getting the necessary support and resources to the Gaylord community,” Whitmer said in a statement announcing the SBA approval.
“It is clear this tornado had devastating impacts in Otsego County. These loans will allow people and businesses to begin rebuilding and will ensure the community continues to move forward.”
The statement did not say how much assistance was available through the agency, but Whitmer’s request was for $7.45 million in home loans and $10.2 million in business loans. The SBA disaster assistance will make low-interest loans available to residents and businesses affected by tornado.
According to FEMA’s website, the major disaster declaration would have offered a wide range of federal assistance programs. If that request had been granted, those funds would have provided help for individuals and public infrastructure.
The president has sole discretion over emergency declaration requests, which can be granted for any natural event such as hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Before the president makes a decision, FEMAconducts damage assessments to determine the extent and cost of the damage.
The state must show that the estimated costs of the disaster are more expensive than the state and local governments can afford and how much of the damage is covered by insurance policies.
FEMA does not provide assistance for damage that is already covered, or should be covered, by insurance, according to federal law. Those costs are not included in the damage assessment estimates used for requesting federal assistance.
FEMA on Wednesday evening, said it had determined that the state and local governments, along with volunteer organizations, are able to cover the cost of the damage on their own without the need for additional federal disaster assistance.
“Accordingly, we have determined that supplemental federal assistance is not necessary,” a FEMA Region 5 representative said in an emailed statement.
According to the governor’s June 8 disaster request letter to the president, the property assessments determined the areaneeded about$890,000 in housing and non-housing related assistance.
It was not the first time Michigan has had an emergency disaster declaration request denied by a president in recent years.
In 2016, then-President Barack Obama rejected a major disaster declaration request made by Gov. Rick Snyder inovolving contaminated water in Flint.
According to the information in the governor's request to Biden, 34 homes were destroyed in the tornado. In total, there were more than 190 homes affected by the storm, while nearly 200 households were determined to be eligible for some form of assistance for things like repairs or temporary housing.
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BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – After floodwaters devasted different parts of the county overnight, Buchanan County residents shared their stories with News Channel 11.
Archie White, resident of Buchanan County, spoke with News Channel 11. White came to a reunification center at Twin Valley Elementary/Middle school to let Virginia State Police know his family is “fine and dandy.” White said his home doesn’t have much damage, but houses around him were taken out of their foundations.
“It’s just mudslides, trees in the road, water’s been in the road and houses been in the road…and it’s just a mess,” said White.
Steve Proffitt took News Channel 11 on a walkthrough of his mother-in-law’s home. “This was at one time a real nice place, this [house] just ain’t even safe to get in. [The water] moved this house, everything is gone. This little community right here people lost everything and it’s sad.”
Mother and daughter Cathy and Ashleigh Herron, residents off of Dismal Creek, said their house being washed away was “something out of a horror movie.”
“It started [and] our back steps left, our front porch left, we were stranded in the house. The water kept coming up and eventually me and my 2-year-old son was on an air mattress on the floor and we were floating. We had a barn in the back yard and the barn hit the house and the whole back side of the house is gone. We lost pets. We lost everything. We lost six vehicles,” said Ashleigh.
Cathy told News Channel 11 that they don’t have a home left. “The water was rising so fast and we couldn’t get out because there was nowhere to go. All I could think about was keeping her (Ashleigh) safe and my grandson safe. I was telling her ‘okay this is what I have in place if you need assistance.'”
Search and Rescue Specialist Billy Chrimes of the Virginia Department of Emergy Management said they were evacuating people with no phone, electricity and no way available to get themselves to one of the shelters.
The United Way of Southwest Virginia (UWSWVA) began work today with community partners to provide assistance to families affected by the flooding in Buchanan County.
The UWSWVA has an online portal for people wishing to donate to the long-term recovery process following the recent floods. UWSWVA president and CEO Travis Staton said the new Buchanan County 2022 Disaster Fund will be separate from the Hurley long-term recovery fund, which is still active.
According to the release, the Thompson Charitable Foundation has committed to assisting the UWSWVA with the long-term recovery process.
Those wishing to donate to the Buchanan County 2022 Disaster Fund can do so here or by calling Cristie Lester at (276) 525-4071. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/it-was-something-out-of-a-horror-movie-buchanan-co-residents-share-experiences/ | 2022-07-14T02:07:45 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/it-was-something-out-of-a-horror-movie-buchanan-co-residents-share-experiences/ |
GRUNDY, Va. – Tuesday night’s storms resulted in flooding that left Buchanan County devastated, and many people are still unaccounted for.
The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office said that they are continuing their efforts to locate the residents that have not been contacted or located since the flash flooding.
44 residents are unaccounted for, the Sheriff’s Office said, but there have been no fatalities or injuries reported in connection to the flooding.
The Sheriff’s Office reported a lack of cell service, lack of power, downed trees, flooded roads, and flooded homes across the county, and the most impacted communities are Whitewood and Pilgrims Knob.
There is no exact assessment of the damage yet, but the Sheriff’s Office said they estimate approximately 100 to 150 residences have been flooded or washed away in the flooding.
There is a shelter set up at Twin Valley Middle School in Oakwood for residents that need a place to say and for food, according to authorities.
The Sheriff’s Office said that you can call 1-833-748-1424 to report someone that is unaccounted for due to the flooding, and they will add them to their search list. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/14/44-unaccounted-for-after-flooding-buchanan-county-sheriffs-office-reports/ | 2022-07-14T02:07:54 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/14/44-unaccounted-for-after-flooding-buchanan-county-sheriffs-office-reports/ |
SCRANTON, Pa. — Police confirm there is an active incident in the Bellevue Section of the city.
Police have the area of Luzerne Street and Railroad Avenue blocked.
People are asked to avoid this section of Scranton.
Developing story, check back for updates.
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PLAINS, Pa. — Rain, rain come again. Patches of green grass are slowly turning to brown in the hot summer sun. With no rain in sight for now, more of this crunchy carpet is likely to keep popping up in front and back yards across the region, bad news for homeowners and for farmers.
"Since we have a forty-acre vegetable farm, water is crucial," said Gary O'Malia of Larry O'Malia's Farm and Greenhouses. "Right now, we're pretty dry. If we don't have rain in a week and a half or so, we're really going to be hurting."
O'Malia said the dry weather hasn't hurt his crops yet, but with no irrigation system on the farm, lettuces and other greens could be vulnerable if rain doesn't arrive soon.
Surprisingly, even a long dry spell is better than the alternative; too much rain.
O'Malia says the farm produces more in dry summers.
"Sometimes the plants struggle a little in dry years, but wet years bring a lot more challenge of disease issues, root issues with rotting and stuff," O'Malia said.
While certain crops like cucumbers may be struggling in the dry season, other fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes, grow and taste better.
"It intensifies the flavor in tomatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe," O'Malia said. "When you have a wet year it kind of dilutes the sugars and flavors."
The greenhouses help the business grow more and grow longer, even when conditions are less than ideal, but customers don't always have that luxury.
"They're praying for some rain along with me and probably running their hoses a little more than they'd like to," O'Malia said. "They'd like to get some free water also."
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RINGTOWN, Pa. — A Schuylkill County commissioner is recovering in the hospital after a farm accident.
Baron Hetherington fell from a stack of hay on Tuesday at B and R Farms near Ringtown, the farm he owns.
Family members say Hetherington was flown to the hospital but is expected to be okay after the accident.
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A boom of new students from outside the United States into Henrico County Public Schools prompted an expansion of the school division’s summer program for English learners.
In a music class at Holladay Elementary School on Wednesday morning, rising first-graders took turns playing the xylophone and practicing singing “hello” to their teacher, Johnathan Coward.
Last school year, HCPS enrolled about 820 English learners who were new to the U.S. that year, according to Sarah Modrack, an English for speakers of other languages (ESL) specialist. The year prior, there were 150 new students in that category. In the couple of years before that, roughly 500 students new to the U.S. came to HCPS each year.
The majority of those students last year moved from Afghanistan and up from the southern border. They speak Spanish, Dari and Pashto, alongside several other languages.
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The 340 students in HCPS’ newly expanded ESL program arrived in the U.S. after November, so they have been here for fewer than nine months. In years prior, HCPS has hosted a half-day program for new ESL students, and this is the first year the school division is hosting a full-day program.
The program “is a chance to build up social language but also academic language,” Modrack said. “They’re getting a chance to start the school year off with more English to be able to access the curriculum and be more successful in school.”
ESL students in art class at Holladay Elementary on Wednesday morning molded clay and practiced their English by describing their projects.
Holladay’s ESL program hosts students in grades 1-5 from several schools across the county. New ESL students in grades 6-12 attend a secondary program at Brookland Middle School as well.
In addition to demand created by an influx of new students, the expansion of the ESL summer program was also cultivated through extra funding that came from a federal COVID-19 relief grant.
“We will collect data to see the effect of this and, hopefully, we’ll see a huge effectiveness of preparing our students for the next school year,” Modrack said. “Then, hopefully, we’ll be able to weave it into the local budget.”
‘Children learn from other children’
HCPS’ general education summer school program, the Summer Academy, also expanded this year with an added site and more than 8,000 students attending in person.
“When we had students return and we saw the gaps in learning, especially in those students who were second-graders that had been in Kindergarten when schools closed … there was a sense of urgency,” said Candice Wilkerson, HCPS director of elementary education. “For people who love kids, there’s a sense of urgency to make sure they’re getting everything they need. [The expansion] was [HCPS] being proactive to make sure we are meeting everybody’s needs — and parents asking. But we started planning before they asked.”
Last summer, the HCPS Summer Academy shifted to offering programming for all students — not just those who need academic intervention.
Students who are in need of remediation are mixed in classes with students who are attending the Summer Academy for enrichment purposes. Teachers are able to access testing data for each child in order to differentiate their teaching based on where students are academically.
“There’s this reciprocal learning with children who are more successful in certain academic areas being supportive of their friends,” said Terry Larkin, HCPS Summer Academy coordinator. “Children learn from other children effectively; it’s a really powerful strategy.”
Addressing pay
In an effort to recruit teachers, HCPS raised teacher pay for the Summer Academy to $40.86 an hour. Last year, the hourly pay rate was $27.36. More than 600 teachers have been hired so far this year, many of whom are existing employees who serve in other roles during the school year.
“With the pandemic, last year was difficult. This year, it was much easier to get people in,” Wilkerson said. “The attitude about closing gaps and having additional opportunities to support students was important to a lot of teachers this year.”
Most of the personnel costs will be funded through a combination of recurring special revenue funds and one-time federal COVID relief funds, according to HCPS spokesperson Eileen Cox. There are also other 11-month and 12-month employees who support the Summer Academy, and those personnel costs tend to be charged to the general fund.
The Henrico Virtual Academy, the school division’s fully online school, hosted its own summer academy that served 45 elementary students, 28 middle school students and 23 high-schoolers, Cox said. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/expanded-summer-school-serves-influx-of-new-esl-students-in-henrico/article_eada13d7-0b11-5a87-9570-6efc17867171.html | 2022-07-14T02:18:33 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/expanded-summer-school-serves-influx-of-new-esl-students-in-henrico/article_eada13d7-0b11-5a87-9570-6efc17867171.html |
Planned Parenthood files lawsuit challenging South Carolina's 6-week abortion ban
Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit against South Carolina's "Fetal Heartbeat Law" arguing that it violates the patient's right to privacy outlined in the South Carolina Constitution.
In the lawsuit filed on July 13, the Plaintiffs are seeking to overturn South Carolina’s six-week abortion ban.
The lawsuit details that Planned Parenthood operates the only abortion clinics in South Carolina and does not perform abortions after the first trimester or 14 weeks.
Not long after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster filed an emergency motion to stay the injunction that had blocked the bill.
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“Patients in South Carolina and across the country have been thrust into chaos after the Supreme Court’s devastating decision to eliminate a federal constitutional right we have relied on for nearly half a century,” Alexis McGill Johnson, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America said in a statement.
"Planned Parenthood and our partners will keep fighting for our patients state by state, law by law, until every person has the power to control their own bodies, lives, and futures.”
The office of Gov. Henry McMaster did not immediately respond to The Greenville News about the lawsuit.
Robert Kittle, a spokesperson for S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson said they expected the lawsuit and plan to fight it.
"We will defend the state's laws as we always do," Kittle said.
Plaintiffs are also asking the state court to enter an injunction against enforcement while the litigation proceeds.
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What we know, and don't know, about the Alex Murdaugh crime saga
In the months following the 2021 shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, and the death of his father, former 14th Circuit Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh III, South Carolina attorney Richard "Alex" Murdaugh has been repeatedly struck with financial crime indictments, drug charges and civil suits, as he sits jailed in the S.C. state capitol on a $7 million bond.
Now, the fourth generation legal legacy is an attorney no more, and state police appear ready to add murder charges to his growing list of accusations.
On July 12, Murdaugh was officially disbarred from the practice of law in the Palmetto State by order of the S.C. Supreme Court. The same day, his family members and one of his attorneys announced that state police appear ready to charge him with the murder of his wife and son.
As the public wonders what's next, here is what we know and don't know about the Alex Murdaugh case .
Previous reporting:Here's a timeline of the Murdaugh family killings
Pending charges:Murder charges pending for Alex Murdaugh. 'We want the truth,' family says
Who are the Murdaughs?
For over a century, the Murdaugh name was synonymous with civil law and criminal justice in and around Hampton County. Alex's great-grandfather, Randolph Murdaugh Sr., founded a personal injury firm that grew into a Lowcountry legal giant, and Alex's father was the third Randolph Murdaugh to hold the office of 14th Circuit Solicitor in a family tenure that spanned more than 85 years.
Like the generations before him, Alex Murdaugh attended the University of South Carolina law school, played Gamecock football while enjoying hunting, fishing and boating in the scenic Lowcountry, practiced civil law at the family firm, and even worked as a volunteer assistant solicitor under his father. Murdaugh lived a seemingly perfect life of wealth and luxury, dividing his time between the family's primary estate and its Edisto beach house.
Despite their power, wealth and connections, the Murdaughs were largely unknown outside the realm of their five-county circuit - until Alex's son, Paul, allegedly crashed his father's boat in Beaufort County, leaving Mallory Beach, 19, of Hampton dead.
Then, as Paul Murdaugh awaited trial on felony boating under the influence charges, the family was propelled into the national spotlight on the night of June 7, 2021, when Alex Murdaugh called 911 to report that Paul and his mother had been shot and killed.
A mother and son of a prominent family lay dead, and for more than a year, no arrests or suspects were officially announced.
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What we know about the double homicide
- Maggie, 52, at the time, and Paul, 22, were shot and killed outside their Colleton County estate, commonly called "Moselle" by the family, near Islandton.
- Alex Murdaugh called 911 at 10:07 p.m. and told operators that he wasn't home at the time of the killings and came home to find both victims unresponsive and that nothing else looked out of place.
- The Colleton County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and immediately notified the S.C. Law Enforcement Division, which took the lead in the investigation.
- Colleton County Coroner Richard Harvey reported that the victims were found on the ground near the family dog kennels, and both died of multiple gunshot wounds. Harvey placed the time of death between 9 and 9:30 p.m. Soon after the killings, SLED issues a statement saying that there is no danger to the public.
- On June 16, eyewitnesses reported to The Hampton County Guardian that SLED agents with SCUBA diving gear were searching the Salkehatchie River roughly two miles from the crime scene. SLED would not confirm if this was related to the homicides.
- On June 10, a day before the Murdaugh family was set to hold funerals for Paul and Maggie, Randolph III, 81, died of apparent natural causes at his home in Hampton County. In less than a week, the Murdaughs hold funerals for three of their own.
- Members of the Murdaugh family, vilified by some in the public following Beach’s death, appeared on Good Morning America on June 17 pleading for help, stating that Paul had received death threats. “The person who did this is out there,” said Randolph “Randy” Murdaugh IV. “We need help finding who did this… We’re just regular people, and we are hurting just like they would be hurting if it had happened to them.”
- The killings prompted international media coverage and a true crime, social media following - as well as numerous rumors and conspiracy theories.
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- On June 25, Alex and his surviving son, "Buster," offered a $100,000 reward for the killer or killers.
- On June 23, SLED spokesperson Tommy Crosby released the following statement: "SLED has opened an investigation into the death of Stephen Smith based upon information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh." Smith's death had controversially been ruled a hit and run in 2015.
- For more than a year, SLED remained tight-lipped about the case and released little information, which was heavily redacted, as public speculation and interest grew.
- On July 12, 2022, Alex's brother, John Marvin Murdaugh, told The Guardian that SLED met with family members that morning as a "courtesy" to announce pending homicide-related charges against Alex, but did not discuss details. Later that day, Murdaugh attorney Jim Griffin issued the following statement: "We have not been advised by anyone associated with law enforcement or the Attorney General's office that Alex will be charged with murder. I am aware that SLED advised the family that they intend to seek murder indictments against him from a grand jury later this week. We won't have any comment until charges are actually brought against Alex."
What we don't know
SLED investigators have released little information and few public records in this high-profile homicide case, so there is much that the public doesn't know. The USA TODAY Network will continue digging deeper and share more official information as it becomes available.
If Murdaugh is charged with murder, did he have an accomplice?
While multiple S.C. media outlets have reported two weapons were used in the killings, state police did not discuss additional suspects with the Murdaugh family members or Maggie's family, the Branstetters. However, it is possible that additional suspects could be indicted later.
What is the motive in these killings?
SLED has announced no motive or suspects, but there are theories abound on social media.
If charged, where would a murder trial be held?
According to a spokesperson for the S.C. Attorney General's Office, murder trials are generally held in the county where the crime happened unless a judge grants a change of venue. Colleton is one of five counties in the 14th Circuit where Murdaugh's family were chief prosecutors for more than 85 years. In other high-profile cases, jury pools have been selected from outside of the jurisdiction.
How serious are Murdaugh's current charges?
Murdaugh is already facing a total of 84 criminal charges, as well as 10 lawsuits in state court and one in federal court. At last tally by the S.C. Attorney General's Office, if convicted on all charges and sentenced consecutively, those charges add up, in theory, to more than 734 years of prison time. It is unclear, however, what Murdaugh's actual punishment will be if convicted or if additional charges are to be added.
Will others be charged in connection to these cases?
Currently charged along with Murdaugh for financial crimes are suspended attorney Cory Fleming, former banker Russell Laffitte, and a Colleton County man, Curtis Edward Smith. Smith is also charged with Murdaugh in connection with narcotics charges. It is possible that other attorneys and bankers may be charged, and it is even more likely that other drug offenders will be indicted, considering the fact that Murdaugh and Smith are charged with distributing Oxycodone in a "multi-county area."
What has taken SLED so long to file murder charges?
This isn't just an isolated criminal case. Murdaugh is connected in some way to two other ongoing homicide investigations by SLED - the 2015 death of Stephen Smith and the 2018 death of Gloria Satterfield - as well as an alleged financial crime spree spanning multiple victims in several counties for more than a decade. SLED is also tasked with investigating serious crimes all around the state, which compounds matters.
When will charges be announced?
Multiple South Carolina media outlets are reporting that new indictments are expected on Thursday or Friday at the latest. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/07/14/alex-murdaugh-case-what-we-know-and-dont-know/10050730002/ | 2022-07-14T02:26:54 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/07/14/alex-murdaugh-case-what-we-know-and-dont-know/10050730002/ |
The once-hot housing market is beginning to cool down, but experts said homebuyers are canceling pending contracts at the highest rate since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shonn McCloud, a lead senior agent with Redfin, said many potential buyers are backing out of deals because of rising interest rates.
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“It’s taking a lot of buyers who typically would qualify out of qualifying for their home loans,” he said.
Redfin reports show roughly 60,000 home purchases nationwide fell through in June. 24.5% of pending sales were cancelled in the Orlando Metro Area.
“That is a lot of deals that didn’t go through where typically almost every deal was closing,” McCloud said.
He said the problem is not that buyers don’t desire the homes — it just costs too much, especially with the burden of high gas prices and inflation.
McCloud said the home purchase price is not the biggest issue for buyers; it’s the monthly obligation.
“People are not pleased when they see ($3,000) mortgage per month versus their original quote, which would have been at ($2,100 or $2,200).
Despite the prices, McCloud said the industry is slowly moving into a buyers market.
As more people back out of deals, more houses are becoming available, and buyers have more power to negotiate.
“Now, they see that there is more homes on the market that are now competing with the homes that they are already under contract for,” McCloud said.
Buyers can pull out of their contracts and find a better deal elsewhere, according to McCloud. He advised sellers pay attention to timelines.
When hiring an agent, he urged sellers to make sure the financing contingency is ending well in advance of the closing date.
He added that sometimes buyers won’t find out whether they qualify for the loan right before the closing date, which could put sellers in a tight spot.
McCloud said if interest rates increase again, it will be detrimental to the housing market. He explained there will not be many people pulling out of deals because they won’t be able to go under contract at all. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/14/deals-off-homebuyers-back-out-of-contract-as-interest-rates-rise/ | 2022-07-14T02:27:15 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/14/deals-off-homebuyers-back-out-of-contract-as-interest-rates-rise/ |
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A motorcycle rider crashed on Simpson Road in Kissimmee Wednesday afternoon, killing the rider and injuring another driver, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said the 21-year-old rider was traveling south on Simpson Road in the outside lane, and an SUV was stopped ahead of him.
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Reports show the rider failed to stop before hitting the vehicle, throwing the rider from his motorcycle and injuring the 82-year-old man driving the SUV.
Both the rider and driver were taken to the hospital, at which point the rider was pronounced dead, troopers said. The driver sustained minor injuries, according to FHP.
This crash remain under investigation. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/14/kissimmee-motorcycle-crash-kills-rider-injures-driver-troopers-say/ | 2022-07-14T02:27:21 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/14/kissimmee-motorcycle-crash-kills-rider-injures-driver-troopers-say/ |
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth pastor is teaming up with a city councilman to help put an end gun violence in Cowtown by addressing some of the issues that lead to it, especially among young people.
People of all ages across North Texas are invited to attend a Youth Rally called Rise, Grind & Shine. The rally begins at noon at Morningside Middle School at 2751 Mississippi Ave. in Fort Worth. Councilman Chris Nettles will also be in attendance.
The keynote speaker for the rally is Dr. Javar Godfrey. He is a nationally sought-after motivational trainer skilled at addressing issues that plague troubled communities and neighborhoods.
Godfrey will focus on training people on how to deal with what he calls the triple threat. He believes in identifying thoughts, triggers and trauma for people to make educated decisions that will benefit them, even in the most controversial situations.
The event is sponsored in part by Clergy for Safe Cities, TCU Women's Basketball, Ministers of Justice Coalition of Texas, New Mount Rose, and TAG (Training A Generation) Movement Consulting. The rally is open to the public and free to attend. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/national-speaker-fort-worth-helping-tackle-gun-violence/287-ad62fcd3-4233-4d80-86f8-fdb9d25d07e5 | 2022-07-14T02:30:21 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/national-speaker-fort-worth-helping-tackle-gun-violence/287-ad62fcd3-4233-4d80-86f8-fdb9d25d07e5 |
WESTFIELD, Ind. — Police are looking for three suspects in connection with a "smash and grab" theft at a Westfield jewelry store Wednesday.
It happened around 5 p.m. at Moyer Fine Jewelers, 14727 Thatcher Lane, which is near U.S. 31 and 146th Street.
According to a police department spokesperson, officers were sent to the store on a report of a robbery in progress. When police arrived, they determined it was actually a "smash and grab" theft.
Police said three suspects entered the store wearing face masks and black hoodies. Two of the suspects broke into glass jewelry cases while the third held the door.
Some of the items taken include precious stones and watches.
The suspects fled in a dark colored Jeep Grand Cherokee with Illinois license plate DH31399.
No one was injured.
If you have information regarding this crime, call the Hamilton County Communications Center at 317-773-1300.
An anonymous tip can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 317-262-8477.
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LAWRENCE, Indiana — Local fire and police departments are being proactive in preparing for active shooter situations.
Teamwork, communication, and trust. That's what Lawrence police and fire personnel were building during a joint active shooter and victim rescue training Wednesday.
"They're used to wearing the protective gear that protects them from fire. They're not necessarily used to wearing gear that protects them from gunfire" said Lawrence Police Chief Gary Woodruff.
They've developed a plan for their rescue task force. This process is three years in the making, but has been brought into renewed focus with recent events at a school in Uvalde, Texas.
"The mindset should not be it can't occur here or won't occur here. The mindset should be if and when it occurs here, we are prepared," said Woodruff.
They are trained to help people who are injured is an active shooter event.
It's also known as a "warm zone."
"We have a duty to act. When you are prepared, you're not sitting there waiting to develop a plan. A plan has already been put into place," said Lawrence Fire Chief Dino Batalis.
Before they walk through the door, a warm zone has already been established. Then they focus on getting medical attention for the injured.
"The message is to save lives, that's the bottom line of this whole thing," Batalis said.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — The two men accused of vandalizing an Olympia mural last fall were arrested last month on riot charges related to a pride event in Idaho.
Olympia police said Spencer Simpson and Colton Brown are members of Patriot Front, a nationally recognized white nationalist hate group.
Detectives said the two were part of a group who painted over a mural designed to support the LGBTQ+ community in downtown Olympia back in October 2021.
According to court documents, Simpson and Brown were identified on videos of the incident, recorded by fellow Patriot Front members.
Simpson appeared before an Olympia municipal court judge Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to one count of aiding and abetting graffiti.
Brown did not appear, and the judge issued a warrant for Brown's arrest.
Neither man has prior criminal convictions in Washington, but they both were part of a group arrested in Idaho last month.
According to detectives, 31 Patriot Front members were planning on starting a riot at a pride event in Coeur D’Alene.
“These people are just low down dirt dogs,” said Anna Schlecht, with the Unity in the Community organization.
Schlecht helped get the mural designed in 2014, as a reaction to hate crimes in downtown Olympia.
“We wanted to send out a really strong message that Olympia embraces the entire community, including the LGBTQ communities,” said Schlecht.
Until the incident last October, she said the mural had not been vandalized.
After volunteers cleaned up the mural, it was taken down and is being kept in storage. It had been in front of a building scheduled to be demolished and replaced with low-income housing.
Schletcht said while it’s not clear when the mural will be on display again in Olympia.
“This mural means so much to our community, and it rattled people to their core to think that Patriot Front was trying to erase the LGBTQ community,” said Schlecht. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/olympia/accused-olympia-vandals-among-those-arrested-pride-event-in-idaho/281-20cef358-4a9a-4a51-9d6f-8b614581f02f | 2022-07-14T02:33:55 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/olympia/accused-olympia-vandals-among-those-arrested-pride-event-in-idaho/281-20cef358-4a9a-4a51-9d6f-8b614581f02f |
SEATTLE — It has been about 8 months since the City of Seattle closed a popular park after clearing out a homeless encampment. Now with summer in full swing, people are wondering when the park in the Ballard neighborhood will reopen.
"You know it's summer, it's definitely time to where we want to be outside using parks and it's kind of sad to see a park that can't be used right now," said Rachel Levien, who lives nearby Ballard Commons.
Ballard Commons has been closed since December of last year, when the City of Seattle conducted a homeless encampment sweep. The sweep came after neighbors and businesses nearby voiced their frustrations about safety concerns.
"As I explained to my kids when there are folks that don't have a house to live in or a safe place to be, that means they're living their entire lives out in public and when we don't give them a safe place to take care of the things they need, you end up with human waste issues,” said Levien. “There's definitely been drug use in the park for years."
The city did offer temporary housing for the people at the encampment. Since then, the park has been fenced off as the city continues to make improvements.
"Ten years of delayed back work that needed to be implemented and much of the work been done, there's still some work that I'm asking to be included, including additional seating throughout the park and additional lighting," said Strauss.
Seattle Council Member Dan Strauss, who represents District Six said there's also talks of putting a playground at the park and redeveloping nearby St. Luke's Episcopal Church into family affordable housing. All that being said, officials with the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department said there's still no clear timeline on when the park will reopen.
"I want to get this park reopened as soon as possible and it's all about how do we get all the partners to the table with the same calendar and that's the work that we're working on right now, and we're working on it every week," said Strauss. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/no-timeline-for-ballard-commons-reopening/281-fc828cde-2bbd-4ce7-a126-0c7f5ed530aa | 2022-07-14T02:34:01 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/no-timeline-for-ballard-commons-reopening/281-fc828cde-2bbd-4ce7-a126-0c7f5ed530aa |
SAN ANTONIO — A federal jury convicted a Canyon Lake man for distribution of child pornography on Wednesday, according to a press release.
Court documents show Seth Elred Perricone, 47, shared more than 115,00 files of child pornography over the Internet. The jury found him guilty of six counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography.
The release says Perricone faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the seven counts and has remained in federal custody since his arrest on Jan. 26, 2018.
Perricone is scheduled for sentencing on Nov. 3, 2022. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/canyon-lake-man-found-guilty-for-distribution-of-child-pornography/273-bbc47a63-4264-41b2-a232-e7c4a3343a8f | 2022-07-14T02:35:25 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/canyon-lake-man-found-guilty-for-distribution-of-child-pornography/273-bbc47a63-4264-41b2-a232-e7c4a3343a8f |
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The latest news from around North Texas. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/rockwall-county-residents-impacted-by-water-outage/3013742/ | 2022-07-14T02:35:58 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/rockwall-county-residents-impacted-by-water-outage/3013742/ |
People in the Rockwall area woke up with no water Wednesday morning and few answers.
Customers of RCH Water Supply said told NBC5 they either had no water or low water pressure.
A post on the water company’s website notified people of a water outage but offered no explanation for the issue.
The owner of Arcadia Nursery said when he called the company an employee told him they were basically out of water supply and didn’t know when it would return.
“Stuff happens, [water] mains break, they get fixed, but never heard of anyone running out of water,” said Wendall Norris, the nursery’s owner.
He tried renting a water truck but there was no one available so his team went to the local Walmart and bought huge cases of bottled water to water the plants by hand.
“We’ll start losing things in 24 hours,” Norris said. “[The plants] are already getting stressed.”
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A post on the city of Rockwall’s Facebook page blamed the outage on excessive watering by people in McLendon-Chisholm. Yet those residents told NBC5 there were no calls to conserve until RCH Water Supply asked people to stop outdoor watering yesterday.
“And boom this morning – nothing,” said Nikki Harris.
Harris traveled to Costco to buy water for her family and animals. She spent the afternoon trying to keep her horses cool.
“These guys don’t understand,” said Harris as she cared for her horses. “They’re used to having misters to keep them cool and I come out and hose them down, but unfortunately today is not a good day for 100 degrees in Texas for this.”
Neighbors believe the blame falls on RCH Water Supply – which hasn’t improved service as the community continues to grow.
“It happens every year,” said resident Bryan Allen. “Half of my neighborhood is without water. Part of it has water.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/rockwall-county-residents-impacted-by-water-outage/3013782/ | 2022-07-14T02:36:05 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/rockwall-county-residents-impacted-by-water-outage/3013782/ |
Representatives of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and nonprofit Offshore Wind 4 Kids hold a student workshop Wednesday on the Atlantic City beach, showing them how to build model wind turbines.
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Students assemble model wind turbines at Atlantic Shores' Educational Community Outreach center.
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Students make their way to the beach to test their model wind turbines Wednesday in Atlantic City.
MATTHEW STRABUK photos, FOR THE PRESS
Representatives from Atlantic Shores and Offshore Wind 4 Kids work with students from the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City and the Egg Harbor Township Police Activities League.
ATLANTIC CITY — For most kids, the perfect summer day may include building sandcastles on the beach or splashing around in the water, but for some, like Britney Gilhernandez, who is interested in technology, Wednesday was a good day to learn about wind turbines and energy.
“I found it interesting how windmills are able to power energy, so I wanted to see other ways windmills can be used,” said Gilhernandez, 11, who took part in a workshop on the Boardwalk sponsored in part by Offshore Wind 4 Kids.
Offshore Wind 4 Kids, an organization that teaches children about engineering and technology via offshore wind, and Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, one of the main companies contracted to build and maintain New Jersey’s largest offshore wind turbine project, partnered on the workshop, the first for the company’s Educational Community Outreach center.
Gilhernandez was one of 30 to 40 kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City and Egg Harbor Township’s Police Activities League who spent the day learning from industry professionals about engineering, renewable energy and how to work together to build their own model offshore wind turbines. The children ranged in age from 8 to 15 years old.
Gilhernandez, who is interested in having a career in tech when she’s older, said she learned about different types of wind turbines and how they are built, as well as where the offshore wind turbines are being built, which she found the most interesting.
Being on the beach with the model wind turbine and playing with Lego windmills was also a plus.
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“My brother is into technology, so he might be jealous,” said Gilhernandez, the youngest of her two sisters and one brother.
Atlantic Shores’ Community and Industry Engagement’s Satsuki Sokol, along with Offshore Wind 4 Kids Director William Beuckelaers, kicked off the workshop with background about offshore energy, the major components of windmills and the benefits of renewable energy.
“It’s about being a good neighbor,” said Sokol, who noted Atlantic Shores’ commitment to the community by giving city kids the opportunity to learn about the wind industry, while being transparent about their goals. “There are other work options in Atlantic City other than working in the casinos. We’re committed to getting kids excited about science and technology, so they understand it and can embrace it. “
In a joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDF Renewable North America that started in 2018, the Atlantic Shores Leasing Area was approved after a two-year federal review process for a wind project 10 to 20 miles off the coast between Atlantic City and Barnegat Light. The project will span 185,000 acres. When it is finished, it will provide enough energy to power nearly 1.5 million homes, starting in 2027.
Jennifer Daniels, development director for Atlantic Shores, said the project will ensure her organization is “here for a long time” and will benefit the area.
“Projects like this benefit everyone, so we want to make sure Atlantic City gets the benefits of jobs and economic development,” said Daniels, who said the industry will provide opportunities in engineering, administration, communication, safety and manufacturing.
OCEAN CITY — City attorney Dorothy McCrosson took aim at plans to run a power line across th…
Juan Carlos Puente, chief financial officer of Atlantic Shores, said the company was committed to spending $850 million in the state, developing supply chains and creating manufacturing plants and jobs.
“It’s very important to us as a company to explain what building a wind farm entails. Events like this help kids think about future careers and what building a wind farm requires,” Puente said.
Mahki Rowe, 12, said he had never built a wind turbine before, but learning about it was fun.
“I like building stuff, and my dad is a construction worker, so when I grow up, I want to be like him,” Rowe said.
Building the wind turbine with his friends was Rowe’s favorite part of the day and inspired him to be a “technical builder” when he grows up.
Atlantic Shores said this was the first of many workshops it will host at its ECO building at 3711 Atlantic Ave. A formal grand opening of the building is set in August after delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hundreds of protesters have marched on New Jersey’s Capitol to urge Gov. Phil Murphy to deny permits to any future project that involves the burning of fossil fuels. Environmentalists listed a litany of proposed projects around the state that they want the governor to reject, including power plants and transport facilities for liquefied natural gas. The Democratic governor did not see or hear Thursday's protest because he was in Washington attending a White House meeting on offshore wind energy development. Seventeen-year-old Rey Watson of Whitehouse Station says she came to the protest out of frustration that those in power are not doing enough to address climate change.
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Representatives of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and nonprofit Offshore Wind 4 Kids hold a student workshop Wednesday on the Atlantic City beach, showing them how to build model wind turbines.
Representatives from Atlantic Shores and Offshore Wind 4 Kids work with students from the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City and the Egg Harbor Township Police Activities League. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/kids-learn-wind-energy-build-first-model-wind-turbines-in-u-s-waters/article_e16f408a-02ca-11ed-a3c0-535e766264ee.html | 2022-07-14T02:38:20 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/kids-learn-wind-energy-build-first-model-wind-turbines-in-u-s-waters/article_e16f408a-02ca-11ed-a3c0-535e766264ee.html |
UTICA, N.Y. -- The union that represents Oneida County corrections officers and court employees has reached a contract agreement with the sheriff's office and the county. Some long-time COs are calling it the best contract they've seen in 30 years.
There are longevity bonuses, increased shift differential and field training pay. And, a new retirement benefit.
Starting salaries increase exponentially.
Starting salary for a CO goes up more than $5,000 after training, from $43,609 to $48,922.
Court security officers' starting salary increases by $10,000, from $27,672 to $37,659.
Court attendant starting wage increases by about $6,000, from $25,630 to $31,562.
Those are starting salaries; employees already working at the jail also have an immediate financial benefit.
"We went from a 13-step schedule to a seven-step schedule, and everybody had to be put in to each one of these steps," says Local 1249 President Luis Roman.
"So, if you're at step one it takes you those 12 years to get to that top step. In compressing it, the increases are more concentrated and more significant because now the steps are shorter, time between them, so we're compressing those salaries so that there's better increases," said Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr.
The County Board of Legislators unanimously approved the new contract Wednesday afternoon.
In another, unprecedented move, Picente opened the contract of the United Public Service Employees Union, to provide across the board increases and remove some steps. The hope is that this will help recruit and retain workers. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneida-county-reaches-collective-bargaining-agreement-with-corrections-officers-union/article_3b8c552e-02f0-11ed-abcd-df542ba7756b.html | 2022-07-14T02:41:40 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneida-county-reaches-collective-bargaining-agreement-with-corrections-officers-union/article_3b8c552e-02f0-11ed-abcd-df542ba7756b.html |
Some residents in Jerome are harassing tourists over parking
JEROME, Ariz. (AP) — More than 1 million people a year visit the small north-central Arizona town of Jerome, the former home to one of Arizona’s largest copper mines and now a hub for artists.
But police have a problem these days. They say some residents are yelling at tourists over parking in the 504-acre town that has a population of about 450.
“It has come to our attention that some people visiting our town on short visits and using lawful short term parking passes are being yelled at or having notes left on their cars by local residents,” police said on the department’s website Monday. “Yelling at, or leaving notes could, in some cases, constitute harassment under Arizona Revised Statutes.”
If any resident feels there may be a parking violation, they are being asked to notify the police department to investigate.
There was no immediate word Wednesday from police if their warning has alleviated the parking squabbles.
Jerome is located 110 miles north of Phoenix. The town was designated a National Historic District by the federal government in 1967. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2022/07/13/jerome-residents-yelling-tourists-over-parking-police-say/10054800002/ | 2022-07-14T02:42:47 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2022/07/13/jerome-residents-yelling-tourists-over-parking-police-say/10054800002/ |
Photos of Anthem jewelry store robbery released; injured person in critical but stable condition
Law enforcement released photos and video of an Anthem jewelry store robbery and upgraded the condition of a person hurt to critical but stable, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
The armed robbery occurred near West Anthem Way and North Gavilan Peak Parkway about 6 p.m. Tuesday.
A video obtained by The Arizona Republic shows two people dressed in all black and wearing motorcycle helmets entering the store. In the video, one person is carrying a duffel bag while the other is holding a gun toward two unidentified people.
The 8-second video did not show the shooting or what led to the shooting, but the Sheriff's Office said when deputies arrived they found one person with a gunshot wound.
The Sheriff's Office has not released any information about the suspects nor identified the person who was shot.
Reach breaking news reporter Jodicee Arianna at Jodicee.Harris@gannett.com.
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The City of Midland’s General Fund budget will increase more than $10 million, and city property taxes are also likely to increase.
The Midland City Council held a budget workshop Wednesday, where they heard more about the proposed budget for fiscal year 2022-23 and possible tax rates.
The General Fund is part of the city budget paid for by property tax, sales tax and other fees. The proposed budget increases from $136.59 million this year to $148.55 million (an 8.7% increase). Other notables about the General Fund budget include:
- Personnel makes up 63% of expenditures. Contractual Services account for 25%;
- Fire and Police departments both make up 26% percent of the budget. The other departments accounting for 10% or more are Engineering (14%) and Community Services (10%);
- Budget priorities, according to the city, included maintaining and rebuilding service to the public, downtown development, critical water resources and infrastructure plan, quality of place improvements, improve transportation avenues, improving city facilities and strategic final planning.
The proposed balanced budget also promises increases to the number of police, firefighters and other first-responders budgeted. Also included are improvements to Hogan Park, Reyes-Mashburn-Nelms Park, the sports complex, Senior Service centers, MLK Center, City Hall and fire stations.
Councilwoman Lori Blong said she was encouraged that the city could accomplish what is needed with the proposed budget and the fund balance (emergency savings) that is proposed. She said that these are unique times in Midland with inflation rates above-and-beyond what the nation is experiencing and that Midland leaders need to be conservative in their planning.
Property tax scenarios
The proposed property tax rate is 34.3594 cents per $100 valuation. City officials cited a report from The Perryman Group that stated the taxes will increase by around $33 for the “average home value” in Midland, should the council use that tax rate.
In 2021, according to the city, the average home value was $295,000. Combined with a tax rate of 36.7189 cents per $100 valuation, that resulted in taxes of $1,083.21.
For the upcoming fiscal year, the average home value, according to The Perryman Group, is said to be $325,000, according to the city. That translates to a tax bill of $1,116.68. While the tax rate will go down around 5%, the average value in this scenario increases by around the 10% cap.
The tax rate that is the “no-new revenue rate” is 33.3618 cents per $100 valuation. That would bring in $1.7 million less than the proposed rate, according to city officials. Should city officials call for a higher rate than the proposed rate for 2022-23, it would require voter approval.
The city also reported that the assessed valuations are at a record high -- $18.65 billion, that the proposed sales tax collection for FY 2023 will increase to around $57 million and the General Fund balance could top $110 million for the second straight year. The city reported that the Fund Balance at the end of FY 2021 was around $118 million. City officials estimate the fund balance could top $113 million at the end of this fiscal year.
City officials appear ready to put more than $21 million in capital projects to help lower that Fund Balance amount. That includes $4 million for improvements to police headquarters and a police training facility and $14.5 million for road improvements (the extension of Wadley Avenue in west Midland, the widening of Briarwood from Avalon to the east of State Highway 158 and right of way and design to update Mockingbird Lane).
Scott Dufford, the dean of all council members, said it makes sense to keep a budget funded by a tax rate with 3% growth (which is typically less than population growth and inflation in Midland). He said that actions by the Texas Legislature have reduced any flexibility that cities have from year to year when it comes to the tax rate.
Budget calendar moving forward
The Midland City Council will establish a proposed tax rate on Aug. 2. That proposed tax rate could be higher than the one ultimately approved. City officials noted that state law allows for a city to establish a higher rate and approve a lower rate, but a city can’t establish a lower proposed rate and then approve one that is higher.
On Aug. 5, the proposed budget is filed and posted to the city website.
On Aug. 23, there will be public hearings on the budget and tax rate and have first readings on a budget ordinance and tax rate ordinance.
On Sept. 13, second readings are scheduled for the council to adopt a budget ordinance and tax rate ordinance. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/City-budget-to-address-growth-added-services-17303270.php | 2022-07-14T02:44:28 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/City-budget-to-address-growth-added-services-17303270.php |
BOISE, Idaho — A dollar won't get you as far as it did a year ago, according to the latest United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) report.
The cost of everyday items has increased by 9.1%. According to the report, this is the highest inflation rate since November 1981. However, two industries stood out among the rest facing abnormally large increases:
- Energy: 41.6%
- Food: 10.4%
When removing these anomalies, the CPI has lowered since March, according to Idaho State Associate Economics Professor, Karl Geisler. For this reason, Geisler attributes the current inflation rate to the high cost of energy.
Geisler is specifically focused on gasoline.
"Whether it's a key ingredient, like oil going into making plastics, or fuel to move other components and final goods around the country, energy is a critical cost that really pushes other prices up," Geisler said.
Geisler attributes the rising cost of goods - including gas - to three main factors:
- Demand-Pull Inflation
- Cost-Push Inflation
- Generous Corporate Rounding
Demand-pull is when more dollars are chasing the same amount of goods. As the government prints more money, the value of that currency unit naturally lowers.
Cost-push is when a business decides to start charging more for a product.
Generous Corporate Rounding is a unique factor, according to Geisler. Between the two traditional factors, large corporations will see how far they can push prices to maximize profits.
"If you're large enough and you have significant market share in your industry, some of those firms are adding on top of what they're already doing," Geisler said. "That's why corporate profits have been higher than usual over the last seven months, even adjusting for inflation."
Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, held a press conference alongside other Senate Finance Committee Republicans to address solutions to the rising cost of oil. The rising cost of goods will force the average American family to pay an extra $5,200 a year for the same products, according to Crapo.
Geisler did not have a specific figure from his own calculations. However, Geisler said Crapo's number sounds accurate.
"If we want to move away from oil-driven inflation cycle, we need to do something about moving our economy further away from the use of fossil fuels," Geisler said.
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BOONE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — The Madison Volunteer Fire Department has received a $7,500 grant from the Boone County Community Foundation to help pay for safer and improved firefighting helmets.
The VFD announced this on Wednesday in a Facebook post.
They say the grant will cover 84% of the cost of the helmets for all 28 firefighters on the team. The new helmets will fit guidelines and standards set by the National Fire Protection Agency.
In the Facebook post, they say there is, “more exciting news in the days to come.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/madison-vfd-receiving-grant-to-cover-costs-associated-with-improved-helmets/ | 2022-07-14T02:57:44 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/madison-vfd-receiving-grant-to-cover-costs-associated-with-improved-helmets/ |
The suspect in connection with starting the Pipeline Fire was sentenced to a year of probation Wednesday in Flagstaff after pleading guilty to lighting a fire on the Coconino National Forest in June.
Matthew Riser had lit toilet paper on fire in the forest June 11, a day before the Pipeline Fire was first reported. While an investigation into the fire’s cause is still underway and the events of Wednesday's hearing will not affect future charges related to its findings, as both the U.S. and defense attorneys stated that it does not currently appear that the burned toilet paper is connected to the start of the Pipeline Fire.
Riser was initially charged on three counts: possession of marijuana, lighting a fire on the national forest during restrictions and residing on the national forest. He pleaded guilty to the second count.
The first count had been dismissed without prejudice at a previous hearing. The third count, meanwhile, was dismissed on Wednesday without prejudice, meaning both have the potential to be filed again.
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Riser said during the hearing that he had lit the toilet paper after flipping up a rock and that he had monitored the fire until it had gone out, at which point he replaced the rock. “And it was a big rock,” he said.
“The only reason I did that is I don’t litter,” he later added. “It was a bad mistake.”
While defense attorney Daniel Kaiser said there was “some question" as to whether Riser had seen the signs advising of fire restrictions there were several along the roadways he would have used to enter the forest.
Kaiser said in his sentencing recommendation that he hadn’t seen a fire restriction case in the 20 years he’d been working and asked the court to consider what has typically been done in similar circumstances. He again noted the impact of Riser’s time in detention and that Riser had been open with law enforcement.
“If there was no Pipeline Fire, I don’t know if we’d even be sitting here,” he said. “ ... I think everything that’s gone on [at] this time is significant enough and punishment enough.”
When making the decision, Judge Camille Bibles referenced 2019’s Cottonwood Creek Fire, which charred 64 acres of the Grand Canyon after a backpacker burned toilet paper.
“I don’t want to downplay the significance of having any type of fire in the forest [during restrictions], particularly during drought,” she said.
In addition to his probation, Riser has been banned from five of Arizona’s national forests, including the Coconino National Forest. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/riser-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-year-of-probation/article_2d9f1c20-02e7-11ed-b497-43a4b93da2f0.html | 2022-07-14T03:04:25 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/riser-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-year-of-probation/article_2d9f1c20-02e7-11ed-b497-43a4b93da2f0.html |
The 2021-22 Northern Arizona Solar Co-op formed through Solar United Neighbors (SUN) will be hosting a free celebration of this year’s co-op at Mother Road Brewing Company on Thursday at 6 p.m.
The celebration will be a meet-and-greet for current members as well as a final information session for anyone interested in signing up before the July 31 deadline.
The solar co-op is the second of its kind organized by SUN in northern Arizona. Each solar co-op uses collective bargaining to negotiate a group rate on solar power installations from a single provider. This year the co-op attracted 163 members. A committee of these members selected a bid from Tempe-based Icon Power to provide their installations.
“To be selected for this co-op in northern Arizona is a real honor because we know how thoroughly they reviewed each bid,” said Jordan Bastian with Icon Power. “We are eager to help more people go solar by providing quality panels at a good price and great customer service.”
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Bob Pifke, a co-op member who sat on the provider selection committee, said he was impressed by the “thoughtfulness, thoroughness and critical thinking” displayed by participating members.
"Through careful deliberations, we reached a consensus that Icon was the best supplier for our needs,” Pifke said.
A similar co-op attracted 83 members a year ago. The resulting solar installations helped the City of Flagstaff move about 6% closer to generating 10 megawatts of clean energy as part of the city’s carbon neutrality goals.
Those interested in attending Thursday can register for the event at www.solarunitedneighbors.org/event/northern-arizona-solar-celebration/. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/solar-co-op-to-host-celebration-at-mother-road-brewing/article_e0d7e460-0158-11ed-99c2-6fcac4fab54c.html | 2022-07-14T03:04:31 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/solar-co-op-to-host-celebration-at-mother-road-brewing/article_e0d7e460-0158-11ed-99c2-6fcac4fab54c.html |
A former CIA software engineer was convicted Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history.
Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New York City retrial, had told jurors in closing arguments that the CIA and FBI made him a scapegoat for an embarrassing public release of a trove of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017.
Schulte watched without visibly reacting as U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman announced the guilty verdict on nine counts, which was reached in mid-afternoon by a jury that had deliberated since Friday.
The so-called Vault 7 leak revealed how the CIA hacked Apple and Android smartphones in overseas spying operations, and efforts to turn internet-connected televisions into listening devices. Prior to his arrest, Schulte had helped create the hacking tools as a coder at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
A sentencing date was not immediately set because Schulte still awaits trial on charges of possessing and transporting child pornography. He has pleaded not guilty.
Attorney Sabrina Shroff, who advised Schulte during the trial, told Schulte’s mother after the verdict that the outcome was a “kick to the gut, the brain and heart." It was unclear if Shroff was expressing her own sentiments or Schulte's.
In his closing, Schulte claimed he was singled out even though “hundreds of people had access to (the information). … Hundreds of people could have stolen it.”
“The government’s case is riddled with reasonable doubt,” he added. “There’s simply no motive here.”
Prosecutors alleged the 33-year-old Schulte was motivated to orchestrate the leak because he believed the CIA had disrespected him by ignoring his complaints about the work environment. So he tried “to burn to the ground” the very work he had helped the agency to create, they said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Denton encouraged jurors to consider evidence of an attempted cover-up, including a list of chores Schulte drew up that had an entry reading, “Delete suspicious emails.”
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement that Schulte was convicted of “one of the most brazen and damaging acts of espionage in American history.”
Williams said Schulte, motivated by resentment toward the CIA, leaked to the public and to U.S. adversaries some of the nation's “most valuable intelligence-gathering cyber tools used to battle terrorist organizations and other malign influences around the globe.”
The prosecutor said Schulte knew the leak would render the CIA's tools “essentially useless, having a devastating effect on our intelligence community by providing critical intelligence to those who wish to do us harm."
While behind bars awaiting trial, prosecutors said he continued his crimes by trying to leak additional classified materials as he carried on an “information war” against the government.
Once the jury left the courtroom for deliberations, the judge complimented Schulte on his closing argument.
“Mr. Schulte, that was impressively done,” Furman said. “Depending on what happens here, you may have a future as a defense lawyer.”
A mistrial was declared at Schulte’s original 2020 trial after jurors deadlocked on the most serious counts, including illegal gathering and transmission of national defense information. Schulte told the judge last year that he wanted to serve as his own attorney for the retrial.
He has not announced whether he wants to represent himself at his next trial, which involves allegations that after leaving the CIA, Schulte moved to New York from Virginia with a computer that contained images and videos of child pornography he had downloaded from the internet from 2009 to March 2017.
Schulte has been held behind bars without bail since 2018. Last year, he complained in court papers that he was a victim of cruel and unusual punishment, awaiting the two trials in solitary confinement inside a vermin-infested cell of a jail unit where inmates are treated like “caged animals.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-cia-engineer-convicted-in-largest-theft-of-classified-info-in-agencys-history/3773830/ | 2022-07-14T03:04:43 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-cia-engineer-convicted-in-largest-theft-of-classified-info-in-agencys-history/3773830/ |
A New York appeals court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a woman found guilty of causing the death of an anti-gang activist in a dispute over a memorial honoring the activist's slain daughter.
Citing prosecutorial misconduct, the court ordered a new trial for Annmarie Drago, saying the prosecutor mischaracterized evidence during his summation and confused the jury.
In September 2018, activist Evelyn Rodriguez had set up the memorial in front of Drago's mother's house, ahead of a vigil to mark the two-year anniversary of the discovery of Rodriguez's daughter’s body at the property.
However, Drago was in the process of selling the suburban Long Island home, and dismantled the memorial because she didn't want to scare off potential buyers. That led to a confrontation between the two women.
Jurors found that Drago caused Evelyn Rodriguez’s death when she drove over her with her SUV. Drago was sentenced last year to nine months in jail following her 2020 criminally negligent homicide conviction.
Rodriguez had become a symbol in the fight against gang violence after her 16-year-old daughter, Kayla Cuevas, was hacked and beaten to death along with a friend. Authorities believe the girls were victims of the MS-13 gang.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney, in a statement Wednesday, said Drago's trial predated his arrival and that the prosecutor in the case is no longer with the district attorney's office.
"We respect the appellate court’s decision and will, of course, abide by the ruling as we evaluate how best to proceed in light of this decision,” Tierney said. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ny-court-tosses-conviction-in-death-of-anti-ms-13-gang-activist/3773813/ | 2022-07-14T03:04:51 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ny-court-tosses-conviction-in-death-of-anti-ms-13-gang-activist/3773813/ |
The price of everything seemingly has gone up over the past few months, and there could soon be a new added cost for drivers in New York City that has nothing to do with the price of gas.
After having stalled out for years due to COVID delays, some are calling for a Manhattan congestion pricing plan to get back on track, with local leaders looking to shift it into high gear in short order.
The solution that was supposed to be a remedy for traffic gridlock is still set to arrive come 2023, with an environmental approval expected to come later in 2022 from the federal government. Late next year, the MTA is set to begin tolling — but the amount of that toll is still to be determined.
The projected revenue that is expected to come from the initiative: $15 billion. Kate Slevin, of the Regional Plan Association, said congestion pricing "will benefit 23 million residents by improving transit in the urban core."
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is leading the charge to get the plan back off the ground, as he hopes to get the missing pieces of the project filled in soon.
"I want every person who’s waiting for a subway train that’s not coming to understand that congestion pricing will help fix that," Levine said Wednesday. "We want this done now."
So what will the affected area be? As of now, the plan includes anywhere south of 60th Street in Manhattan, spanning from the Hudson River to the East River. There will be exemptions, however, as the West Side Highway and FDR Drive will not be part of the tolling plan.
Those who live in the area where the tolling is set to start will also likely be exempt from paying.
What is not known: What hours the tolling will take place, where exactly the license plate readers will be built, whether the MTA can speed up buses through all-door boarding, or if there will be different prices depending on the time of day.
"We are calling for a variable congestion charge. So that the amount you pay is reduced if you’re coming in off-peak," Levine said.
But the uncertainty has small businesses, like food vendors, worried that the added costs will stop some people from coming into the city, hurting their bottom lines. And cab drivers fear they’ll have to pay more, on top of the existing congestion surcharge.
"It’s unfair my friend — we are already struggling to make ends meet," said taxi driver Aden Amir.
Across the Hudson, New Jersey officials have consistently voiced opposition to any such plan.
"As we say here in Jersey: With friends like these, who needs enemies," said Rep. Josh Gottheimer.
However, community leaders in Manhattan insist there is no other way to raise money, fix mass transit and make the streets drivable.
"Manhattan is too full, there are too many cars and there’s no way to control at which point It’s overflowing," said Christine Berthet, a member of Community Board 4.
As for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, agency executives insist that that "the MTA has continued to forcefully advance the congestion pricing initiative set in motion by the State." Yet to be named by the MTA are members of the traffic mobility review board, the expert panel that will make the decision on how much it will cost to drive to midtown Manhattan. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/manhattan-congestion-pricing-see-where-it-would-impact-as-leaders-aim-to-restart-plan/3773737/ | 2022-07-14T03:04:58 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/manhattan-congestion-pricing-see-where-it-would-impact-as-leaders-aim-to-restart-plan/3773737/ |
TEMPLE, Texas — Rising costs and record-level inflation is forcing some Temple restaurants to raise their menu prices.
Norris Barr, the chef and co-owner of Ras Kitchen, said the price of cooking oil has doubled compared to last June. Food and building expenses are also making them raise the costs of the items on their menu.
Barr says even the way they do take-out has changed.
"We used to use the plastic containers, now I have to change to the styrofoam containers because the price of containers was already high," Barr said. "Now with the inflation of prices, I had to change my whole to-go situation."
"Old" Jody's Restaurant in Temple will raise its menu prices by ten to 15 percent.
"All the materials and supplies that you need have had a big increase, you know its everything across the board," Joey Franks, the owner of "Old" Jody's Restaurant said.
During this time, Franks said the business has also seen bread and cracker shortages. Because of this, they now make their own bread.
Franks added that it is not just the prices on the menu that have been impacted. Him and his workers now have to pay more for gas to get to work, and that puts a strain on them.
Emilie Wright, the co-owner of Ras Kitchen said they have also felt the impact of gas prices. She said maintenance for her building is adding up.
"If I have to get a service call done, now I pay more for that service because they pay more for gas," Wright said.
As for the future, Wright said she hopes the minimum wage will increase.
"I think things will continue to go up and the value of the dollar is the only thing that is going down," Wright said.
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ATLANTA — Production of baby formula is back underway at a factory in Michigan. Its February shutdown over contamination contributed to a nationwide shortage and severely impacted Georgia parents.
It still remains tough for many parents in metro Atlanta to find the formula their young kids need.
A mom from Athens has taken to Facebook so that other parents aren't left out. Beth Barber created a private group called "Formula Mamas Georgia" back in May. It now has close to 800 followers.
The Facebook group connects mothers, as well as fathers and grandparents, to share updates on where to find formula, what to throw away, and survey what type of formula is needed.
Barber said the members of her group have stepped up to help each other find formula and make sure no child goes hungry.
"Even if it's just five babies who get fed from all of this, and that's five babies who wouldn't get fed before. And that's what matters. So it's been amazing to just sit back and watch all of this happening," Barber said.
Click here for more information on how to join the group. You'll just need to answer a few questions when joining. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/athens-mom-facebook-group-help-babies-formula-shortage/85-62637492-17aa-467f-b853-13a3debe9342 | 2022-07-14T03:26:29 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/athens-mom-facebook-group-help-babies-formula-shortage/85-62637492-17aa-467f-b853-13a3debe9342 |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A man on a boat near Cedar Key was rescued and airlifted to a hospital on Wednesday by the U.S. Coast Guard after he requested medical assistance.
Chris Wallace was suffering from stomach pains on a 43-foot sail vessel when watchstanders from Sector St. Petersburg received the distress call, the Coast Guard said in a news release.
Watchstanders then directed an Air Station Clearwater helicopter crew and a Station Yankeetown rescue crew to help the boater.
Crews arrived at the scene and transported Wallace to a hospital in Largo, authorities say.
“Having a reliable communications device like a VHF marine radio can save your life when you need assistance,” Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Haley said. “Remember to verify the weather, be aware of the tides in the area you are planning to transit, and be aware of your vessels limitations.”
Wallace is reportedly in stable condition. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/coast-guard-airlifts-man-cedar-key/67-a94b5ce7-118b-4a1a-9dfe-1f3763e4b2f8 | 2022-07-14T03:29:18 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/coast-guard-airlifts-man-cedar-key/67-a94b5ce7-118b-4a1a-9dfe-1f3763e4b2f8 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s not money, but rather manpower, that has prevented Portland Parks and Recreation from beginning efforts to proactively take down trees and branches at risk of falling.
The work is underscored this week as tree limbs and entire trees have fallen, the most significant of which was at Creston Park. On the west side of the park, a tree snapped at its base, just above the ground, falling on several cars. No one was injured but Beatrice Roger was nearby and said children were in some of the cars when it happened.
“Her car was hit, a branch went through her windshield,” Roger said. “She told her daughter to stay perfectly still and she was able to get her daughter out of the car, but the door on the daughter’s side was bent in half.”
Roger heard the screams from her house, just across the parking lot. She thought someone had crashed into her home the noise was so loud.
“I was upstairs listening to a book, which tells you how loud it was because I had pods in and I heard this really sickening cracking sound, [it was] extremely loud. Then, honestly, blood-curdling screams from folks that were in the parking lot,” Roger said.
The pool at Creston Park had just closed and families were trickling to the parking lot after the hot and breezy summer night.
Roger had called 911, thankful to get through and Danny Newman was checking on cars to make sure no one was inside needing help.
“You think these trees must be over 100 years old. Unless there’s some major event you think they’re going to be fine,” Newman said, “It’s definitely a little concerning that on a nice night one of these trees can just fall over.”
Newman and Roger say a neighbor had reported the tree the day before it fell, on Sunday. Another neighbor, Bradley Hochhalter, says he noticed it was off as well.
“I noticed that it hadn’t looked good in the past anyway. I kind of wondered about it, it didn’t seem like it was a healthy tree in some ways,” Hochhalter said.
The larger tree knocked down another large tree. Parts of limbs were also seen on Powell Blvd. near the park. In Berkley Park, a tree limb also fell sometime between Tuesday and Wednesday. No known injuries have been reported. In Irving Park, neighbors report branches falling is a common occurrence there as well.
In 2020, voters approved the Park Levy to fund proactive tree maintenance for the first time. Money for the program began rolling in the fall of 2021, but Portland Parks and Recreation says, they have struggled to hire enough people to address the 1.2 million trees across the city.
“You can’t have too many people on the crew to assess and take down hazardous trees,” a spokesperson for the bureau said in a statement.
PP&R says any resident can alert them about a tree that is concerning. If the tree is on City property, it can be reported to tree@portlandoregon.gov or by phone at 503-823-8733.
“The more the better, obviously,” Hochhalter said about the number of city crews to address trees. “If you can inspect them and keep us safe, that’d be great.”
PP&R encourages people to contact an arborist to assess trees on private property, noting they may have to work with the Urban Forestry Department with permits to do work on them. | https://www.koin.com/local/neighbor-recalls-hearing-blood-curdling-screams-after-tree-fell-on-several-cars-at-portland-park/ | 2022-07-14T03:38:52 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/neighbor-recalls-hearing-blood-curdling-screams-after-tree-fell-on-several-cars-at-portland-park/ |
Man out on bond is charged with killing girlfriend, man
Harper Woods, Mich. — A man charged with attacking his girlfriend in June now is accused of killing her and another man, two days after he posted bond and was released from a Detroit-area jail.
“This is the court's worst nightmare. ... The witness has been killed after the defendant was placed on bond, given the benefit of being placed on bond with house arrest," Judge Kenneth King said Wednesday.
King wasn't the judge who set a $100,000 bond for Jonathan Welch when he was charged in June with assault and other crimes in Detroit.
Welch, 23, was released from the Wayne County jail last week and ordered to wear an electronic tether after a bail agency provided 10% of the bond amount, WDIV-TV reported.
Zlayiah Frazier, 22, and Robert Bray Jr., 70, were killed at Welch's Harper Woods home on Sunday, police said. Welch's mother was stabbed in the back.
A standoff with police lasted seven hours.
Welch is charged with murder, attempted murder, arson and other crimes. There was no immediate comment from his attorney. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/13/man-out-bond-charged-killing-girlfriend-man/10055841002/ | 2022-07-14T03:39:42 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/13/man-out-bond-charged-killing-girlfriend-man/10055841002/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – The response from law enforcement in the Uvalde shooting has been widely criticized and the leak of the video inside the school raises even more questions.
10 News wants to warn you that you may find some of this video disturbing. WSLS believes it is important to show the video because the events of that day have been under intense scrutiny. WSLS has chosen not to air or publish the story with the audio due to the sensitivity of this – but it is available through a number of other outlets if you wish to view it in its entirety.
Families of the victims in Uvalde, as well as the nation, continue to mourn the lives lost on that day, but leaked surveillance footage from inside the school has reignited the anger towards the police response.
10 News asked Dr. Tod Burke, former police officer and retired professor of criminal justice, to weigh in on the video.
“It seemed like the police’s initial response was quick, so that wasn’t really where the issue was,” said Burke.
Despite arriving at Robb Elementary School within minutes of the shooter, police did not go into the classroom.
“Now remember it’s the initial officers at the scene that need to go in quickly, and check the doors, get inside and neutralize the shooter as quickly as possible,” Burke added.
But that was not done – The video shows officers retreating in the hallway after the shooter fired at them.
“The idea of waiting around for backup, that used to be the old days: you stop, you secure the scene, you wait for the SWAT team to arrive, but meanwhile people are being shot, people are being killed,” Burke said.
Burke said that being trained to wait for backup is outdated and that now, law enforcement is taught to get in quickly.
Instead, officers gathered in the hallway and waited over an hour to confront the shooter. Local, state, and federal agencies were there, with seemingly no plan.
“Decide this is happening, now what are you going to do, who’s going to do what?” Burke said. “But everybody should be on the same page, should use the same communication.”
Officers rushed into the classroom and killed the gunman one hour and 14 minutes after police initially arrived and after 19 students and two teachers were killed.
Burke said he hopes this tragedy will reinforce the importance of training and preparedness. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/14/former-police-officer-weighs-in-on-delayed-law-enforcement-response-in-uvalde-school-shooting/ | 2022-07-14T03:43:31 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/14/former-police-officer-weighs-in-on-delayed-law-enforcement-response-in-uvalde-school-shooting/ |
GREENSBORO — The nonprofit American Hebrew Academy received nearly $1.5 million in loans from the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program, despite the fact its school closed before the pandemic began.
Records from the U.S. Small Business Administration show the private, nonprofit school received two loans for $743,059 each — one in May 2020 and another in February 2021. The loans were intended to maintain the school’s payroll, according to records.
William Scarborough, the academy’s business affairs officer, indicated in an email this week that the money was used to help maintain the school’s 100-acre campus.
“The school has had no income since early 2019,” Scarborough said in the email. “Maintenance costs on this campus are fairly high — which is one of the reasons why the school closed.”
The campus is reopening this month as a facility to house immigrant children while they await reunification with family members or sponsors in the United States.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is paying the American Hebrew Academy nearly $50 million to lease the campus off Hobbs Road for five years. The academy will host up to 800 unaccompanied minors who will live, study and participate in recreational activities there, according to the school’s website.
The American Hebrew Academy will also be contracted to provide educational programming. Children will be taught reading, writing, math, science and social sciences, the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement said in June, as well as participate in recreational activities.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement is legally required to provide for the care of all unaccompanied children referred by the Department of Homeland Security until they are appropriately placed with a vetted sponsor, the agency said.
Scarborough said the school will be named Greensboro Global Academy, although the Office of Refugee Resettlement refers to the site as "Greensboro Piedmont Academy for Influx Care Facility for UC (unaccompanied minors)."
"This will involve around 60 teachers and assistants and a number of support staff," Scarborough said in the email.
The academy's news release announcing the leasing agreement indicated up to 800 people would be hired to staff the facility, including counselors, medical professionals and other workers to meet the needs of unaccompanied children.
Scarborough would not comment on the nonprofit's financial situation or how much it would be paid to provide educational services.
The release also said the federal government would contract for food service and security, though it is unknown who will provide those services.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to several emails seeking more information about the facility, including how many children it would accommodate or how much providing services to them would cost.
The announcement that the luxurious campus in northwest Greensboro will house immigrant children is just the latest in a series of plans for the spacious property.
The academy was founded in 2001 as an international Jewish college prep school, but closed unexpectedly in June 2019. The school, which was losing millions annually, closed for financial reasons, officials said at the time.
Enrollment that year was 134 in a school initially built for 400.
In September 2019, the American Hebrew Academy announced plans to reopen in the 2020-21 school year for ninth, tenth and eleventh-graders following a $26 million loan from Puxim Ltd., a Chinese education company. The loan was secured by the school’s campus, which is valued at $25.8 million, according to Guilford County property appraisal records.
The school planned to begin accepting non-Jewish as well as local students. "By expanding our admissions to a broader population of students, we are confident the academy will thrive," CEO Glenn Drew said in a 2019 interview with the News & Record.
However, the school did not reopen and the nonprofit began doing business in November 2019 as AHA International School.
Eight of the nonprofit’s board members either stepped down or were removed at the time the loan was obtained.
Drew, who according to tax records drew a salary of more than $647,000 and whose company, RSM Associates, received nearly $1.5 million to facilitate the transition, stepped down in November of that year.
In May 2020, the academy announced it would reopen again — this time as AHA International School. But those plans never came to fruition, either.
The 2020 PPP loan, which was paid in full or forgiven — the Small Business Administration would not confirm which was the case — was intended to retain 50 jobs. The 2021 loan, which is still open, was intended to retain 64 jobs.
The school had 159 employees in 2018 and paid out nearly $6.7 million in salary and benefits, according to the academy’s tax returns. The Small Business Administration uses payroll information from the previous tax year in determining a company’s eligibility for a PPP loan.
With the latest federal contracts, the academy likely will house more students and employ more staff than at any time in its history. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/american-hebrew-academy-received-covid-19-loans-even-after-it-closed/article_8b08c62e-013c-11ed-9dfa-6b70b2ba57c3.html | 2022-07-14T03:45:33 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/american-hebrew-academy-received-covid-19-loans-even-after-it-closed/article_8b08c62e-013c-11ed-9dfa-6b70b2ba57c3.html |
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For months, commuters and officials in Little Rock have been aggravated by graffiti that has appeared in the city.
And recently, that same graffiti has also made made its way to North Little Rock.
North Little Rock city mayor, Terry Hartwick, said he wants to know who is behind it.
To some people, painting is a work of art, and a way to express themselves, and lately someone has been busy expressing themselves through an act of vandalism.
"He must own a paint store. He's probably got more paint than we got," Hartwick said.
There are various graffiti displays on cement columns on the underpass on Pike Avenue and 33rd street in North Little Rock.
Mayor Hartwick said they are unsightly and that we should try and keep the city clean.
"It's just something that shouldn't be there," Hartwick said.
The graffiti displays have also become an inconvenience to the city because they have had to continually cover up the spray paint.
"I've cleaned this up four times [and] I've spent more than $2,000 already," Hartwick described.
The person behind the graffiti has also gone to extreme heights to display their 'art.'
"He climbed up that pole, stood there, and painted graffiti on top of it," According to Hartwick.
The mayor's fear is that one little mistake could quickly become deadly.
"It's getting dangerous," Hartwick said. "He's going to hurt himself with where he's putting some of the graffiti."
The city posted about the graffiti on Tuesday and has asked anyone with any information to come forward.
At a recent city council meeting, Mayor Hartwick announced that the city will offer a $2,000 reward for anyone with information regarding the person responsible.
However, Hartwick said there could even be some sort of opportunity for the unknown painter.
"Hey, I may have him paint a mural for us someplace," Hartwick added. "Evidently, he's talented, [so] let's use his talent someplace else."
He also said he is serious about the reoccurring graffiti issue, which is why he has offered a hefty reward for information.
"I'll take him to court and what can he do? Community service and probably help me paint over things he's possibly done," Hartwick said.
He also just wants the artist to stop painting things around the city.
"I just think it's important that we try to keep these areas clean [and] when people are coming through our city that we show our best foot forward," Hartwick added.
If you have any information regarding the graffiti, please call the North Little Rock Mayor's office at (501) 975-8601. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/north-little-rock/north-little-rock-offers-reward-information-graffiti/91-ac39fe44-f570-42ba-888c-cfb67d5f1b71 | 2022-07-14T03:48:26 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/north-little-rock/north-little-rock-offers-reward-information-graffiti/91-ac39fe44-f570-42ba-888c-cfb67d5f1b71 |
INDIANAPOLIS — A Trafalgar police officer seriously injured in a crash during a pursuit last month gave an update on his injuries and his recovery Wednesday.
Ofc. Dustin Moody crashed early in the morning on June 25 while in pursuit of 23-year-old Jacob Roberts of Nineveh. Moody was flown to Eskenazi Hospital with numerous injuries.
Roberts, who also crashed, died at the scene.
On July 13, Moody shared a letter to the community on the Trafalgar Police Department Facebook page. In the letter, he thanked those who have prayed for him, wrote letters of support and contributed financial donations to his family.
"I couldn't imagine working for any other agency during such a time," Moody wrote. "The Trafalgar Police Department and the community of Trafalgar have come together like no other place I have been with. The outpouring of support and love has been graciously overwhelming. Thank you all so much!"
Moody went on to describe his injuries, including "11 broken ribs, a spinal cord injury, a collapsed lung, and a broken femur and pelvis." He's had two surgeries already for the spinal cord, pelvis and femur injuries.
He said surgeons have given him a positive outlook for recovery, though it will be a "long and tedious process."
"I am proud to say I am a Trafalgar Police Officer and work for the Town of Trafalgar. I do not have the words to adequately express how grateful I am for Chief Roberts, Deputy Chief Britt and the rest of the Trafalgar Police Department for their sacrifices and support from the very beginning," Moody wrote. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/injured-trafalgar-officer-dustin-moody-thanks-community-for-support-in-letter/531-768e998b-6733-4f82-ab10-d572267f4970 | 2022-07-14T03:58:31 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/injured-trafalgar-officer-dustin-moody-thanks-community-for-support-in-letter/531-768e998b-6733-4f82-ab10-d572267f4970 |
The Bank of America branch at 4921 Lakeside Ave. near Bryan Park is closing .
The location was previously a First & Merchants National Bank and Sovran Bank.
The closure is planned for Sept. 13.
The property is valued at $943,000, according to Richmond Real Estate Assessor’s Office . The two-story building was constructed in 1964.
PHOTOS: 6 easy RVA take-out options for picnics and the pool all summer long
Garnett’s Cafe has a date night and picnic basket. Choose any two menu items, plus a bottle of wine or pitcher of beer for $33. When ordered to-go, it’s already packaged and in a picnic basket with blanket.
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Garnett’s Cafe has a date night and picnic basket. Choose any two menu items, plus a bottle of wine or pitcher of beer for $33. When ordered to-go, it’s already packaged and in a picnic basket with blanket.
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The fried chicken dinner from the Supper Club Market on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in Richmond, Virginia.
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The fried chicken dinner from the Supper Club Market on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in Richmond, Virginia.
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The fried chicken dinner from the Supper Club Market on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in Richmond, Virginia.
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The fried chicken dinner from the Supper Club Market on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in Richmond, Virginia.
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The fried chicken dinner from the Supper Club Market on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in Richmond, Virginia.
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Charcuterie board from RVA Cheese Girl.
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If you’re looking for a swanky setup, Picnic RVA can pull together a picnic to remember at a variety of Richmond-area locales, such as Maymont, the James River or even your own backyard. Pricing starts at $180 for a two-person picnic.
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Picnic RVA can set up a whole experience with for anywhere from two to ten people with a table, seating, décor, food, desserts and non-alcoholic beverages. Choose from their list of outdoor destinations, or they can even turn your yard into an outdoor dining oasis. Pricing starts at $180 for a two-person picnic.
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Arwad is one of the Phoenician bowls served at Natalie’s Taste of Lebanon Wednesday, July 6, 2022. It has chicken kebab over field greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, olives, feta, pickled chili peppers, fried crispy pita and lemon-tahini dressing. The bowls are named after cities.
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Sydon with falafel is one of the Phoenician bowls served at Natalie’s Taste of Lebanon Wednesday, July 6, 2022. It has fettoush salad consisting of tomato, cucumber, lettuce, onion, parsley, mint, bell pepper, radish, olive oil, pomegranate molasses and crispy pita. The bowls are named after cities.
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Tyre is one of the Phoenician bowls served at Natalie’s Taste of Lebanon Wednesday, July 6, 2022. It has chicken shawarma, Natalie’s rice, baba ghannouj, hummus, coriander carrots, tabbouleh and sumac blistered tomatoes. The bowls are named after cities.
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Byblos is one of the Phoenician bowls served at Natalie’s Taste of Lebanon Wednesday, July 6, 2022. It has seared shrimp, Natalie’s rice, harissa, tabbouleh, coriander carrots, sumac blistered tomatoes, charred lemon and tahini dressing. The bowls are named after cities.
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Beirut is one of the Phoenician bowls served at Natalie’s Taste of Lebanon Wednesday, July 6, 2022. It has beef ribeye shawarma, Natalie’s rice, harissa, coriander carrots, sumac blistered tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes and tahini dressing. The bowls are named after cities.
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Souvlaki bowls at Stella’s Grocery.
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Salmon Nicoise at Stella’s Grocery.
Stella’s Grocery | https://richmond.com/business/local/bank-of-america-closing-lakeside-avenue-branch/article_7c13a510-0f94-5c4d-902e-87982d18b282.html | 2022-07-14T03:59:21 | 1 | https://richmond.com/business/local/bank-of-america-closing-lakeside-avenue-branch/article_7c13a510-0f94-5c4d-902e-87982d18b282.html |
CROYDON — A group that formed to restore Croydon’s school district budget after it was gutted at the annual school meeting this spring plans to carry on its work even after its special school meeting victory in May. And they are inviting the community to come together this August for a picnic.
“We Stand Up For Croydon Students,” was formed by a handful of residents following the town’s March school district meeting. At the meeting, attended by about 6% of the town’s voters, the proposed $1.7 million school budget was slashed to $800,000.
The cut was made after Selectman Ian Underwood, husband to School Board Chairwoman Jody Underwood, made a motion that the budget be cut to $800,000, essentially allotting $10,000 per student in the small school district. The Underwoods moved to New Hampshire as part of the libertarian Free State Project.
“We Stand Up For Croydon Students” petitioned for a special vote to take a revote on the original budget and rallied residents to turn out and have their say. In the end, they won, with Croydon voters resoundingly approving the school district’s original $1.7 million budget proposal at the special Croydon School District meeting on May 7. The results of the two-hour meeting — a 377-2 ballot vote — brought cheers from voters followed by tears and embraces.
Following the victory the group changed its name to “We Stand Up For Croydon” and members say their work is not done.
Group members Ed Spiker and Hope Damon were the keynote speakers at a rally in Keene on Saturday.
The “Anti-Free-State-Project Protest” was organized by the Cheshire County Democrats to sound the alarm that the Free State Project is gaining ground and is no longer a “fringe movement.” Mohammad A. Saleh, chairman of the Cheshire County Democrats, said that you only need to look to the town of Croydon to see its effects.
“We Stand Up for Croydon is a group of community activists that’s formed in response to a situation that none of us could have seen unfold in our wildest imaginations or maybe our worst nightmares,” Spiker said at the rally. “The true voice of the people was finally heard loud and clear.
“We won a small battle against the Free State Project over public education but there’s a long road ahead, and we have to stay vigilant and determined in our efforts to keep them at bay. We Stand Up for Croydon will continue our community activism efforts by helping to inform and mobilize town residents around common ground issues relating to, supporting, maintaining and funding the community of Croydon. As well as encouraging voter turnout and participation in the democratic processes. We’re now well aware of the threat the Free State Project poses to the fabric of our community and democracy as a whole.”
Damon admitted the number of Free State Project members living in Croydon is a small percentage of the town of less than 800 residents, but said that just shows the impact they can have.
“I want to tell this story everywhere I can. I don’t think Croydon is unique,” said Damon, who said. “… They are not a fringe group anymore. They are very, very present in our state house.”
The community picnic is scheduled for Aug. 21 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Croydon Fire Station. Damon said the event is a “thank you” to the residents and will include food, games and music. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/croydon-group-continues-work-after-victory/article_3787b0a5-e6f3-5fb9-b255-1066f50fc78c.html | 2022-07-14T04:01:00 | 0 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/croydon-group-continues-work-after-victory/article_3787b0a5-e6f3-5fb9-b255-1066f50fc78c.html |
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Fire Department is responding to an "all hands" fire at the Riverside Recycling Facility in Portland, according to a Facebook post published on Wednesday evening.
The Riverside Recycling Facility is located at 910 Riverside Street.
A NEWS CENTER Maine producer says the smoke can be seen for miles and was visible from the Forest City Cemetery in South Portland.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/authorities-responding-to-fire-at-portland-riverside-recycling-facility-maine/97-ed97adc1-4aa6-4836-83db-68f09eb011cd | 2022-07-14T04:01:04 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/authorities-responding-to-fire-at-portland-riverside-recycling-facility-maine/97-ed97adc1-4aa6-4836-83db-68f09eb011cd |
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — One man is dead in Grand Prairie after officers shot him during an attempted arrest where police say he reached for a handgun.
Officers responded to a welfare check around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at a residence in the 2200 block of Sara Jane Parkway. A woman had reported she was in fear for her daughter's safety due to a man, 31-year-old Dallas resident Romayne Manuel, arriving at her residence who was involved in a previous domestic violence assault, Grand Prairie police say.
The woman further stated Manuel showed up in a vehicle he allegedly had stolen during the previous incident, police say, and that she was scared for her daughter's safety because she couldn't reach her over the phone.
Upon arrival, police say they found Manuel on foot and tried to arrest him, but he instead began fleeing toward his vehicle. Police say officers first tried to subdue him with a taser, as well as by physically restraining him, but were unable to do so.
Manuel reportedly opened the door of the vehicle and grabbed a handgun, police say. At this point, the officer fatally shot Manuel, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The gun was taken from Manuel's hand and booked as evidence, police added.
The officer who shot Manuel sustained minor injuries, police say, and was treated and released at the scene. All officers involved in the shooting have been placed on routine administrative leave.
The Dallas County District Attorney's Office office-involved shooting team is conducting an independent investigation of the shooting, police say, and the Grand Prairie Police Department's Office of Professional Standards is conducting a concurrent investigation. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/man-killed-police-shooting-during-confrontation-grand-prairie-police/287-954968c0-1ca2-48be-a636-94a8ab3f1c1e | 2022-07-14T04:05:46 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/man-killed-police-shooting-during-confrontation-grand-prairie-police/287-954968c0-1ca2-48be-a636-94a8ab3f1c1e |
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Everyone is feeling the impacts of inflation, but the wallets of rural residents in Pennsylvania could receive the brunt of it.
An Iowa State University study shows that people living in rural areas are more vulnerable to inflation impacts compared to those in urban areas.
Dr. Yeve Nersisyan, an Economics Professor at Franklin & Marshal College, explained that rural residents are more likely to depend on driving as their primary mode of transportation, increasing their spending on fuel.
Nersisyan also explained that the difference in wages plays a factor in inflation's impact.
“In urban areas, labor markets are probably tighter, so wages are more likely to go up than they are in rural areas," said Nersisyan.
The wages in these rural areas are not keeping up with household expenses, leading to these residents' disposable income decreasing.
While the cost of living is higher, because of increased wages in urban areas, uniform inflation across the commonwealth does not see these differences.
"Food or anything you need to buy at the grocery store is going to have a more immediate impact on income for rural communities, relative to urban communities, said Kyle Kopko, the Executive Director for the Center of Rural Pennsylvania.
Now, some rural Pennsylvanians have to make sacrifices.
Matthew Rouston, of Hanover Township, said, “Things that we would be able to spend extra money on, we just won't have the chance to do that.”
Download the FOX43 app here. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/rural-pennsylvania-residents-could-be-more-vulnerable-to-inflation-urban/521-3eb078bd-1746-41bf-9cb3-ea67604b9c1c | 2022-07-14T04:08:03 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/rural-pennsylvania-residents-could-be-more-vulnerable-to-inflation-urban/521-3eb078bd-1746-41bf-9cb3-ea67604b9c1c |
DALTON, Pa. — It was a beautiful night to spend outside and that's exactly what was on the agenda for carnival goers in Lackawanna County.
The 99th Dalton Fire Company Carnival was the perfect destination.
There were plenty of delicious summertime staples being served up including pizza, potato pancakes, and of course, ice cream.
Families were also able to check out a petting zoo courtesy of ANA Critters.
The 99th Dalton Fire Company Carnival runs through Saturday.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/dalton-fire-company-carnival-opens-for-99th-year-ana-critters/523-deab550f-def5-41ac-99d4-4d7e9ea99572 | 2022-07-14T04:09:18 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/dalton-fire-company-carnival-opens-for-99th-year-ana-critters/523-deab550f-def5-41ac-99d4-4d7e9ea99572 |
BRIGANTINE — A 28-year-old woman was in critical condition after attempting to rescue her two children in the ocean, police said Wednesday.
Police and firefighters responded to a 911 call around 9:28 a.m. for a swimmer in distress. Brigantine City Beach Patrol arrived and rescued two young children and their mother from the water. Where on the beach the rescue took place was not specified by police in a news release.
Once the children and woman were pulled from the water, life-saving measures were taken by emergency personnel on the woman. She was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in critical condition, police said. The children were evaluated by Brigantine Fire/Rescue and were reunited with family, police said.
An investigation determined the two children were wading and swimming in the ocean, police said. According to one witness, the children appeared to have become overpowered by the current and were in distress. The witness saw the woman run into the ocean to attempt to rescue her children, but she became distressed a disappeared underwater. The witness dialed 911.
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Police said that "because of the mother’s selfless actions and the witness immediately seeking help, the children were able to be rescued by Brigantine Beach Patrol who were training prior to their shift on a beach nearby."
Police said no further information will be released regarding this incident.
Police reminded Brigantine beachgoers that lifeguards are on duty from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Waders and swimmers are strongly encouraged to swim at a guarded beach and between the flags designating the swimming area. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/mother-in-critical-condition-after-attempting-to-save-children-from-ocean-in-brigantine/article_bfdf000a-0323-11ed-8b2d-9b850492a983.html | 2022-07-14T04:09:35 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/mother-in-critical-condition-after-attempting-to-save-children-from-ocean-in-brigantine/article_bfdf000a-0323-11ed-8b2d-9b850492a983.html |
LONGPORT — Ventnor Beach Patrol's Stacey Price had a hand in all of her team's scoring Wednesday, and that was just enough to win the Longport Women's Lifeguard Invitational.
Price and rowing partner Lt. Meghan Holland started the evening off with a 13-second win in the doubles row in 11 minutes, 10 seconds. A half-hour later, Price took the singles row by 12 seconds.
Finally, in the surf dash that ended the event, Price was part of a foursome that took fourth to give Ventnor three points and the team championship by one point. The other members were Madison Lisitsin, Olivia Kulakowski and Samantha Keough.
The scoring was 7-5-4-3-2-1 for the first six places, and Ventnor won with 17 points. Ocean City, which won the surf dash, was second with 16 points. Atlantic City took third with 12. Longport, the defending team champion, also scored 12 points, but Atlantic City had a higher finish in the doubles, the South Jersey Lifeguard Chiefs Association's tiebreaker.
"It's always good to win it," said Price, 26, a former Jacksonville University rower. "I loved doing three events. I had no idea if we had won it (the team title) when it was all over. We were all having fun, and when you end up with the win it's even better."
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The Ventnor gave a roar when Holland and Price won the doubles, and they kept cheering as they carried the two in the boat off the shoreline after they crossed the finish line.
"I'm really excited to have the opportunity to row with Stacey, she's such a great athlete," said Holland, 39, the bow. "The level of the women athletes in lifeguarding has skyrocketed. Stacey is so athletic and skilled.
"We weren't first off the (halfway) flag, but coming in we got into a good rhythm and got some help (from the waves)."
Price won the singles in 5 minutes, 25 seconds and A.C.'s Morgan Simpson was second in 5:31.
Longport scored all 12 of its points in the swim as Meghan Fox won by 38 seconds in 12:31 and teammate Jordyn Ricciotti finished second.
"It was a very rough ocean today and it was important to stay calm," said Fox, 18. "I had to keep to my course. I used our patrol station as a landmark (to guide her to shore on course). It was a good swim."
In the paddleboard, which had a box course in the ocean, Brigantine's Grace Emig, Ocean City's Mia Gallaghe and Wildwood's Bella Taylor were about even coming to the shore. Emig won the sprint to the finish line on the beach for a win by two seconds in 3:42.
"I'm very happy to win. It was very close," said Emig, 23, the daughter of Brigantine Beach Patrol Chief Kip Emig.
Ocean City's Morgan Decosta, Haley Clayton, Annie Dollarton and Kat Soanes won the surf dash by eight seconds over Margate in 1:56. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/ventnor-edges-ocean-city-to-win-longport-womens-lifeguard-invitational/article_b6dcc76a-02d5-11ed-b1fd-9f81e103c08b.html | 2022-07-14T04:09:54 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/ventnor-edges-ocean-city-to-win-longport-womens-lifeguard-invitational/article_b6dcc76a-02d5-11ed-b1fd-9f81e103c08b.html |
Property owners are finding a new creative way to clear their land of unwanted vegetation: Goats.
The animals are hungry and they work cheaply.
"Who doesn't want some goats to wake up to every once in a while?" Greg Kalldin said.
Kalldin has a herd of them and recently started a company to rent them out called Goats on the Go Weatherford.
A few days ago he unleashed 15 goats on this land just outside town. A property owner nearby worried about potential fire danger and wanted to clean things up. He hired Kalldin and his goats, who are fenced in to keep from running wild.
"They're light on their feet, they're agile, and they don't really hurt the soil very much,” Kalldin said. “They also leave fertilizer behind."
The biggest attraction is that goats like to eat -- just about anything.
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So much so, that they have four chambers in their stomachs.
"Goats are designed to eat weeds,” Kalldin said. “They will eat grass but it's a small portion of their diet. They love the thistle and broomweed and ragweed."
They even eat poison ivy, which doesn't affect them.
Experts say a single goat can clear about a quarter-acre of land in a day.
They work year-round on any terrain and even enjoy climbing steep hills.
"People are just curious about it because it's a different way of cleaning their land that they haven't thought about,” Kalldin said.
The goats will be on the Weatherford land for about three weeks until their job is done and they're ready for their next assignment. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/goats-help-property-owners-clear-land-of-unwanted-brush/3013725/ | 2022-07-14T04:11:40 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/goats-help-property-owners-clear-land-of-unwanted-brush/3013725/ |
A 31-year-old man is dead after an officer-involved shooting happened in Grand Prairie earlier Wednesday afternoon, the police department confirmed in a press release.
Grand Prairie police responded to a check welfare call at a residence on the 2200 block of Sara Jane Parkway where the caller reported she was afraid for her daughter's safety due to previous domestic violence instances involving the suspect, 31-year-old Romayne Manuel.
Upon arrival, officers located Manuel and attempted to detain him. Manuel refused the officer's instructions and fled toward a vehicle he had allegedly stolen the night before. As officers tried to physically detain him, Manuel opened a driver's side seat and retrieved a handgun. An officer then shot Manuel who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The officer sustained minor injuries and was treated and released at the scene.
The Dallas County District Attorney's Office Officer-Involved Shooting Team responded to the scene and is conducting an independent investigation and the officers involved have been placed on routine administrative leave | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/suspect-dead-in-grand-prairie-officer-involved-shooting/3013821/ | 2022-07-14T04:11:46 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/suspect-dead-in-grand-prairie-officer-involved-shooting/3013821/ |
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This week, a leaked surveillance video published by the Austin American-Statesman gave the world a glimpse at the horror that unfolded as a gunman entered Robb Elementary, making his way toward classrooms 111 and 112.
Arnulfo Reyes was in the former, watching a movie with his 4th-grade class.
"The kids start asking 'what's going on?’ Because it's just very loud,” said Reyes.
Reyes said as gunshots grew louder, he instructed his students to hide under a table and pretend to sleep.
"You start seeing pieces of the wall falling off--like sheetrock flying everywhere,” he said.
Reyes did the same, even after the gunman shot him in the arm.
“He tried to make me flinch, spilled water on my back, cold water. I had a cup on a table and he spilled it on me. I didn't move,” said Reyes. “He did the cell phone thing where he dropped it on my back because I was getting calls and texts.”
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From there, Reyes said he lost track of time.
He said he's now aware of the video that shows officers standing by for more than an hour, before rushing the classroom and taking the gunman out.
"For them not to do anything it's like, I mean, it's mind-blowing because they had a lot of time,” he said.
Among them was Uvalde ISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who happens to be Reyes' cousin.
"I want to set the record straight. I don't blame him personally. It was a lot of agencies that, they should've acted fast,” said Reyes.
Reyes was the sole survivor with all of his 11 students among the 21 killed. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/uvalde-teacher-recounts-shooting-that-left-all-of-his-students-dead/3013812/ | 2022-07-14T04:11:59 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/uvalde-teacher-recounts-shooting-that-left-all-of-his-students-dead/3013812/ |
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A crash along Interstate 95 in Melbourne killed a 70-year-old Palm Bay motorcycle rider and closed down southbound lanes at mile marker 180, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Reports show a witness advised a pickup truck may have been involved in the crash. However, troopers said investigators are still gathering information.
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According to troopers, traffic is being diverted off Interstate 95 at exit 182 to Ellis Road.
Anyone with information about this crash is asked to contact FHP at (407) 737-2213.
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A man was indicted on hate crime assault charges after he attacked two women at a midtown Manhattan subway station while shouting anti-Asian slurs, according to the district attorney.
Derrick Johnson was charged with two counts of third-degree assault as a hate crime and two counts of second-degree aggravated harassment for the incident that occurred at the Rockefeller Center subway station in the afternoon of May 8, District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.
Johnson allegedly threw an unknown liquid at the two victims, both women of Korean descent, after they entered the busy subway station. The 40-year-old then spit at one of them and hurled racially offensive remarks at them, including saying "I don’t know why you’re here," according to court documents and statements made in court.
Johnson, who lives in Manhattan, then charged at one of the women, causing her to fall to the ground, court documents stated. As a result, the woman suffered bruises to her arms and legs, as well as significant pain and swelling to her head and jaw.
"The subway is central to our city, and riders of all backgrounds deserve safety when they travel,” said DA Bragg. “The rise of bias-driven crimes is unacceptable."
Attorney information for Johnson was not immediately available. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-indicted-for-hate-crime-attack-on-2-women-at-rockefeller-center-subway-station-da/3773849/ | 2022-07-14T04:18:26 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-indicted-for-hate-crime-attack-on-2-women-at-rockefeller-center-subway-station-da/3773849/ |
ODESSA, Texas — Odessa City Council made some changes to the game room ordinance during their most recent meeting. An attorney representing several game rooms argued that the Odessa Police Department is not enforcing the ordinance consistently.
"We had an attorney come before us yesterday that wanted to let us know that he represented several of the game rooms, and that it seemed like they thought the Odessa Police Department was being inconsistent with their interpretation of the rules," Steven Thompson, Odessa City Council member for district 2 said.
Back in May, the city had to modify its ordinance that regulates how game rooms operate. This week, they clarified things even further.
The clarifications in the ordinance involve making sure that the windows in the game rooms weren't tinted or obstructed, and making sure that any new game rooms didn't have more than 50 machines.
"What we did last night was modified the ordinance, and to say that there could be no tint on the windows, no boards on the windows, that kind of thing," Thompson said. "We also modified the ordinance to say that those people who had more than 50 machines prior to May 1, 2022 could keep those machines."
As of May, OPD can conduct a check at any game room at any time. If any are not in compliance with the city's ordinance, OPD can issue the game room a citation.
"There are citations issued for not having the registration number on the machine in the proper place, and we delineated that for everybody for having tint on the windows," Thompson said. "All kinds of things like that, they could be cited for that."
Thompson said it is all being done in an effort to clean up some of the unsavory sides to this type of business.
"The attorney asked why we’re making these changes now," Thompson said. "I tried to explain that people don’t like them, and there’s a lot of them and a lot of our citizens don’t like them." | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/odessa-city-council-amendments-game-room-ordinance/513-b7da2e5d-700d-4f9f-8196-9cc5a03e4743 | 2022-07-14T04:26:58 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/odessa-city-council-amendments-game-room-ordinance/513-b7da2e5d-700d-4f9f-8196-9cc5a03e4743 |
Store manager: Donations for cancer victim not stolen during burglary
UPDATE: A Henrietta store manager said a donation jar for a boy with cancer was not stolen as originally reported by the Clay County Sheriff's Office on social media.
The manager of a Henrietta store said while a pair of individuals took other items, they did not take a donation jar for a boy with cancer during a recent burglary.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook this week that they were on the look out for a pair of individuals who allegedly stole a donation jar for William Cope, a 16-year-old cancer victim, among other items in the store.
The boy’s mother also said the jar was taken during the burglary.
But Stacy Trevino, manager of the Bread and Butter Stop convenience store, said while the burglary occurred sometime Saturday, the jar was not taken.
“It just had some change in it,” she said.
Trevino said the burglars took money and cigarettes from the store.
Melinda Cope said the donations were for her son, who has battled brain tumors since 2016 and has required constant medical attention, which has been a financial burden on the family.
Melinda Cope said her son has recently undergone radiation therapy but the family will not know whether it was effective until September. She said both she and her husband, Cody, have had periods where they could not work because of obligations to William and a newborn. William is able to attend school, but his physical activities are limited.
The family has a gofundme account at https://gofund.me/b3459394
Anyone with information on the alleged burglars can contact the Clay County Sheriff’s Office at 940-538-5611. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/12/henrietta-store-manager-donations-for-cancer-victim-not-stolen/65372312007/ | 2022-07-14T04:33:14 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/12/henrietta-store-manager-donations-for-cancer-victim-not-stolen/65372312007/ |
Wichita Falls targeted for wildfire danger, ERCOT warns of outages as heat wave worsens
ERCOT CEO didn't think summer would get this hot
Extremely hot daytime temperatures mean more than just discomfort. The Texas Electrical grid is again warning of power shortages and the Texas A&M Forest Service warned the Wichita Falls area is at high risk for wildfires.
"Continued triple digit temperatures and dry conditions will reduce the moisture in vegetation across the landscape, increasing the possibility for wildfire ignitions to occur this week," the forest service warned.
The service said the fire environment will support an increased potential for large wildfires that are resistant to control in seven parts of the state, including Wichita Falls.
Over the past 10 days, Texas A&M Forest Service resources have responded to 98 wildfires that burned 17,763 acres across the state. This includes 43 new wildfires from July 8-10.
Firefighters were working several wildfires across the state on Wednesday, including the Deerhead Fire in Baylor County, which was 75 percent contained after burning 500 acres. Crews recently extinguished the Koontz Fire in western Wichita County that burned nearly 4,000 acres.
Texas A&M Forest Service continues to monitor the situation closely and has positioned personnel and equipment across the state for a quick and effective response to any requests for assistance.
“With persistent hot and dry conditions as well as an intensifying drought, many recent wildfires have required more time and resources to fully contain,” said Wes Moorehead, Texas A&M Forest Service Fire Chief. “The job of our state and local firefighters becomes more difficult and dangerous under these circumstances, and we need Texans to be cautious of any activity that causes sparks and may ignite a wildfire.”
Task forces and additional suppression equipment are staged in strategic areas, including Burkburnett.
For the second time in three days ERCOT on Wednesday warned of rolling blackouts across the state if Texans didn't conserve electrical power.
Brad Jones, ERCOT's interim manager, told the Houston Chronicle his agency didn't know it would be as hot this summer as it turned out to be.
Wichita Falls has no relief in sight from the heat for the next week. The National Weather Service forecasts daytime high temperatures between 104 and 106 degrees for the next seven days. While areas north of the Red River may see thunderstorms in the next few days, they are not included in the Wichita Falls forecast.
Wichita Falls is 5.3 inches behind on normal rainfall for this time of the year. All of North Texas is listed in some category of drought by the U.S. Drought Monitor. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/13/wichita-falls-targeted-for-wildfire-danger-as-heat-wave-worsens/65372858007/ | 2022-07-14T04:33:20 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/13/wichita-falls-targeted-for-wildfire-danger-as-heat-wave-worsens/65372858007/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts will release a new Certified Revenue Estimate for the 2022-2023 biennial state budget. In testimony earlier this week, he told lawmakers there will be significantly more money for the state to spend and invest than previously forecast, in large part because of sales tax revenues over the past 15 months.
"I keep managing expectations that the revenues have been stronger, they've been stronger – they've been stronger," Comptroller Glenn Hegar testified to the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. "I've been saying this for some time now. They're stronger than we forecast. In the revenue forecast you'll see Thursday, the second year of the biennium, it is conservative growth."
According to University of Texas associate professor of accounting Brady Williams, adjusting revenue estimates involve a lot of planning, study and confidence.
"If you're the forecaster and you're committed and people are making allocation decisions based on that forecast, you're not going to raise the forecast unless you're really certain that it's going to persist," Williams said.
It's unclear just how much more money will be made available to lawmakers, but any new estimates mean additional revenues are not based on seasonal spending like holiday shopping.
"If it's just some transient increase or decrease in economic activity, the forecasters won't make an adjustment for that," Williams added.
However, current inflation concerns are taken into account with the new revenue estimate, according to Hegar's testimony.
"While we're having records coming into the state treasury, there is a significant piece of that, about 8.6%, is inflationary piece," Hegar testified. "The average person may say, 'Oh man, Texas has so much money,' but it takes more to pave the roads, takes more to pay for TRS Care. So sometimes just one number doesn't show the true story."
Inflation plays a bigger role across the country. To combat it locally, Williams says economic activity supports the sales tax revenue changes.
"When I see an increase of that magnitude is suggests to me that there is actually fundamental economic activity underneath that's driving that," Williams said.
According to a press release sent out by Hegar's office earlier this month, that economic activity was primarily spurred by business transactions more so than individuals spending more for goods and services.
“The strongest growth was in sectors driven primarily by business spending, with receipts from the mining sector nearly doubling collections from last year, and with receipts from the manufacturing, wholesale trade and construction sectors also up sharply," the release said.
"Business to business sales are also subject to sales tax," Williams added for context. "There's a certain number of services that are also subject to sales tax. So I would expect that this increase is across the board. When you see an economy start growing disproportionately where one there's growth in one sector, usually that has spillovers."
Williams continued with an example of a new business moving to Texas.
"It may be paying sales tax, but it's also bringing employees with it, and those employees are buying, and then the people that they're buying things from have greater demand they have to go through," Williams said. "It's a process of spillovers."
Hegar's office will release the new Certified Revenue Estimates on Thursday.
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Family of fatally shot man sues Phoenix, police
The family of a man with a mental illness who was shot and killed by Phoenix police last year filed a lawsuit against the city on the one-year anniversary of his death, alleging the officers used excessive force against a man who was armed with only a water gun.
According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court of Arizona, Stanley Howard called 911 on July 8, 2021, and repeatedly asked for help while also threatening officers and himself. Court documents state the incident began around 9 p.m., though body-worn camera footage released last year shows Howard first speaking to officers around 8:20 p.m.
Documents state Howard had a history of schizophrenia and major depression, and had previously called 911 multiple times, but would deny calling when officers arrived. The complaint said 911 operators referred to Howard as a “218” signaling to officers that he was considered “violently mentally ill.”
The lawsuit alleges the officers involved violated Howard’s rights under the 4th and 14th amendments in their use of excessive force. It also claimed the officers failed to connect Howard with mental health counselors and instead exacerbated the situation by continuing to engage him.
“Such failure resulted in discrimination against Howard,” the lawsuit states. “Defendant City of Phoenix failed to properly, train its police officers to recognize symptoms of disabilities, and failed to modify its police policies, practices, and procedures to prevent discriminatory treatment of the disabled, such as Howard.”
It also cited the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into the Phoenix Police Department and the city of Phoenix on a number of issues including how the department handles people with disabilities.
What happened between police and Stanley Howard
After the first call, Howard hung up the phone and dialed 911 again after an unknown amount of time passed where he demanded to speak to a man because he “hated women.” A female operator rerouted him to her supervisor, who was also a woman.
The documents claim the supervisor spoke with Howard briefly, but failed to offer him any assistance.
"This was just another one of many opportunities (Phoenix police) had to accommodate Mr. Howard by having him speak with a crisis assessment counselor or invoking a crisis assessment team go to Mr. Howard’s home to transport Mr. Howard to a hospital or mental health facility,” the lawsuit states.
What's in the video:Police footage of officers fatally shooting man accused of pointing water gun at them
Documents say Howard continued to call 911 with Phoenix officers responding to his home twice more on that July evening. During the first interaction, Howard denied calling police the first time officers arrived, bangs on his window and punched his fist through a window as they left.
Howard called 911 asking for help saying he had cut himself “in the place where you commit suicide” but the operator failed to connect Howard with a crisis counselor or dispatch an assessment team, documents say.
In footage released in 2021, the dispatcher asks how he got cut, and Howard told her he's bleeding and that if she goes to his house again that he'll kill her, according to police audio.
The lawsuit states dispatchers instead sent Sgt. Jeremiah Fiola and officers Rayonte Benson, Ali Alkarawi and Jennifer Rich to Howard’s home for a second interaction. The officers could see Howard seated and agitated in his living room where he repeatedly ordered them to leave, claiming once again that he hadn’t called them.
All four are named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit as well as the city of Phoenix.
As seen in the previously released footage officers tried talking to Howard during a third interaction. During that interaction, Howard claimed he had a gun while holding a “plainly visible, large, red, water gun” documents state. The lawsuit claims three of the four officers fired their weapons at Howard while simultaneously ordering him to drop the gun and ended up shooting him more than ten times, while Phoenix police estimated the officers fired about ten shots at him.
The officers then retreated and one asked Howard if he had survived but heard no response. They then rendered first aid, but Howard would later be declared deceased.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office cleared the officers of any criminal wrongdoing relating to the shooting on June, 21, 2022, according to the agency’s website. The lawsuit also states that Phoenix police supervisors found the officers’ actions acceptable.
Ashley Patten, a spokesperson for the city of Phoenix, declined to comment on the lawsuit citing pending litigation.
Audrey Jenson contributed to this report.
Reach the reporter Perry Vandell at 602-444-2474 or perry.vandell@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @PerryVandell.
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Judge to consider dismissal in Smelser trial as state rests its case
LAS CRUCES - The judge presiding over a murder trial involving a former police officer announced Wednesday that he would hear arguments regarding a directed verdict.
3rd Judicial District Judge Douglas Driggers disclosed the hearing just after prosecutors rested their case Wednesday afternoon. He told the attorneys to prepare arguments in support of and against the defense's motion to dismiss the lone charge against Christopher Smelser.
In 2020, a grand jury indicted Smelser, 29, on one count of second-degree murder. Smelser's trial began on July 11 and is scheduled to end on July 22. However, it may end sooner if Driggers accepts the defense's motion. Since Monday, prosecutors from the state Attorney General's Office have called 13 witnesses to testify.
Smelser, they argued, is a well-trained police officer who could've used any other tactic to detain Antonio Valenzuela. But Smelser chose to use a vascular neck restraint — a grapple hold approved by LCPD at the time but which has since been banned by the department — that restricts the blood flow to the brain from the neck. The grapple causes someone to pass out, if applied correctly, but does not restrict airflow.
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As the state's expert testified, it's a dangerous technique that can cause great bodily harm or death if misapplied. Smelser knew through his training that the VNR was a risky maneuver when he tried it, according to two LCPD trainers that testified. Nevertheless, he did it anyway, messed it up, and killed Valenzuela in the process, the state's argument goes.
Now, Smelser's defense has several days to pick that argument apart. Or Driggers may choose to end the case before the jury is seated Thursday morning via directed verdict. In the legal system, a directed verdict is a ruling from a judge who determines there is not enough evidence for a reasonable jury to reach a different conclusion. It is customary for the defense to ask for a directed verdict after the prosecution rests its case.
Former LCPD trainer reaffirms Smelser’s VNR unreasonable
Shane Brisco delivered one of the most compelling testimonies of the State's case.
Brisco is a retired LCPD police officer. He spent nearly his whole career training cadets in LCPD's academy on the use of force and defensive techniques. But, for the department, Brisco wasn't just another trainer. He testified that he wrote the department's curriculum on defensive tactics.
"It's 90 plus hours on how to take someone into custody," he said.
In the aftermath of Valenzuela's death, the department tasked Brisco with determining whether Smelser's VNR was reasonable. Brisco wrote in a department memo that Smelser's VNR was not reasonable.
Reasonableness, in this context, means that a reasonable officer in the same position and tasked (like Smelser was) to detain a person would use the same amount of force.
But after Brisco made his determination, he said to the jury that something gnawed at him. The investigation prohibited him from interviewing Smelser, but he wanted to know what was going through Smelser's mind during the altercation.
He added that he knew Smelser and his partner, Andrew Tuton, believed Valenzuela had a weapon. Tuton testified on Wednesday that he thought Valenzuela held a gun in his right pocket. In reality, police found no firearms at the scene, and there's no evidence to suggest Valenzuela ever held a gun on Feb 29, 2020. But, if Smelser and Tuton believed Valenzuela had a gun in his right pocket, Brisco said he wondered why Smelser and Tuton didn't try to gain control of that hand. Brisco also wanted to connect with Smelser.
"I just wanted to give him a hug," he said.
Smelser's attorney, Amy Orlando, gave him a chance. She set up a face-to-face meeting between the two after Brisco left the department. It's unclear if this violated court orders that bar defendants from speaking with witnesses. But Brisco testified it happened and said he got his hug and the answers to his questions. That incident raised the question of whether Brisco still believed that Smelser's VNR was unreasonable.
On cross-examination, Brisco also became emotional. He held back tears but had to take several seconds to collect himself. Zack Jones, one of the assistant attorneys general prosecuting the case, expressed concern.
"Is it fair to say that you're on the defense's side?" Jones asked Brisco.
Brisco said he was on the side of the truth, although he concurred that he'd told an NMSP investigator leading the case he hoped his testimony could help Smelser. Despite the meeting between Brisco and Smelser and Brisco's expressed sympathy, Brisco made his opinion on Smelser's conduct clear.
"They did have a tactical advantage," Brisco said. "They did have a size advantage. They did have a numbers advantage … I believe (Smelser's) position is more consistent with what's called a bulldog choke."
Brisco also made another point. While the court did not consider him an expert (meaning his testimony could only range from his personal experience), Jones asked Brisco how long someone should hold a VNR. Brisco answered with about 40 seconds.
The expert says…
"I thought it was ridiculous," Damon Fay, the state's expert use of force, said, referring to Brisco's comments.
Fay is a 24-and-half-year veteran of the Albuquerque Police Department. After retiring in 2004, Fay testified that he does training across the country and has a blackbelt. Prosecutors hired Fay as their expert witness, who gave an opinion on Smelser's conduct.
Fay said Smelser's conduct was unreasonable, his grapple around Valenzuela was terrible, and he held it for about six to seven times longer than he should have. Fay said that a successful VNR should last less than ten seconds.
"If it's not working within 3 to 7 seconds, you're doing something wrong," he said, adding that he believed Smelser held Valenzuela in the VNR between 66 and 75 seconds.
After Fay gave his opinion, Smelser's defense attorney grilled him about how he determined how long Smelser held the VNR. Mark Pickett, Orlando's co-counsel, asked him to pick a moment in the body camera footage when he begins the count. Fay couldn't. Instead, Fay said he relied on several factors to determine an approximate length of time for the VNR hold.
Pickett also aimed at Fay when Fay said that Valenzuela suffered damage to his neck. Fay said that part of his process for judging Smelser's conduct was reviewing the medical examiner's report. When asked, Fay wrongly said that Valenzuela had suffered damage to his trachea. However, the doctor who supervised Valenzuela's autopsy noted that Valenzuela's laryngeal prominence of the thyroid cartilage sustained damage, not the trachea.
But what happened to the pocket knife?
News outlets, including the Sun-News, reported early on that Valenzuela possessed a pocket knife. Many might assume that the pocket knife would play a significant role in the trial. But, in the state's case, it didn't.
After Valenzuela passed out, one of the officers who responded to the chase searched his body. The officer found a Leatherman-like pocket knife or utility tool in Valenzuela's pocket. However, that evidence wasn't initially cataloged or even collected by investigators. Instead, it sat in the pants of Evert Garibay for several days.
Garibay was a first responder after Smelser and the other officers notified dispatch that they'd used force on someone. Garibay, a Las Cruces firefighter, testified that he saw the knife on the ground and picked it up. Garibay said that the pocket knife was his. Later, he returned to his station, retired into his civilian clothes and left work.
When a new shift resumed and Garibay put his work clothes back on, he noticed he had two pocket knives. He testified that he notified the police, who then took the knife into evidence.
When given a chance to cross-examine Garibay, Orlando and Pickett declined.
Justin Garcia is a public safety reporter for the Sun-News. He can be reached via email at JEGarcia@lcsun-news.com.
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TEMPLE, Texas — Another hot summer in Texas means trying to find places to stay cool. For some folks, that's right at home.
Unfortunately, that may result in paying a little more for your electric bill. But, there are ways to avoid that problem.
Texas A&M Central Texas Professor Vinay Gorela says one of the biggest ways you can not only conserve energy but also conserve your money, is by simply turning up your thermostat.
"You need to set up at a higher temperature because your thermostat your AC is going on and off when the temperature is lower," Gorela says. "If you're set up at lower temperatures go to check your air filters for your AC. Those can also add more load or increase your electricity bills."
In addition to upping the temperature on the thermostat, Gorela says to take advantage of discounts that electric providers offer during non-peak hours.
Peak hours are when homeowners in the state most frequently use electricity, which typically falls between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Gorela says during non-peak hours when the outside temperature cools off, some electric providers will offer discount rates incentivizing using AC during low demand hours.
"You can take advantage of a discount fee the electricity companies give you like off-peak hour discounts if you are pushing the peak to some other time."
Even ERCOT continues to urge Texas residents to conserve energy and electricity, which if followed, Gorela says can be a win-win. Less electricity consumption, lower bills and fewer surprises.
"The electricity plants will reduce the demand so they've won. It's a fair situation. Truly a win-win for both sides."
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CLEARWATER, Fla — "Are you really going to kill me in front of my daughter?" Jeremy Lee asked.
Following a heated exchange, 46-year-old Lee and his daughter, Carrie, are reaching out to law enforcement for something to be done about a Clearwater homeowner who brought an assault rifle out during an argument while the two were doing yard work.
Lee was mowing a woman's lawn on Boylan Avenue near Lakeview Road last Thursday when a neighbor approached him yelling, he told 10 Tampa Bay. He said it was over a parking spot.
"This is my property!" David Berry, the 44-year-old neighbor, exclaimed. "You're not allowed to park in my driveway."
Lee said this was probably his third or fourth time doing yard work at the woman's house and he parked in the same place he had before. He said he realized Berry was yelling his way while he was using the weed eater, he turned it off and apologized for parking in his driveway.
At that point, Lee moved his trailer forward, hoping it would de-escalate the situation, but that's when Berry got a rifle out of his truck and continued to yell at Lee.
His daughter caught the exchange on camera.
"I really kind of didn't take him seriously until he pulled it out. I mean for what?" Lee said. "I’m way over here, you’re over there, what are you getting a gun for?"
Carrie, Lee's daughter, said she felt like if Berry would've shot at her father, she would have been caught in the crossfire as well.
"I knew I couldn’t make a sudden movement or anything so I just pulled out my phone and started recording," she said.
"This is my property," Berry can be heard saying in the video. "I would've shot you dead and you would've went to jail."
The father and daughter called 911 soon after the argument ended. Clearwater police officers responded but Berry did not face any charges. Police Chief Dan Slaughter said the dispute never should've escalated that far.
“We are actively investigating this incident and will be presenting the case to the Office of the State Attorney,” Slaughter wrote in a statement. “The bottom line is a dispute over parking should never have escalated to something like this. If you have a problem with someone partially blocking the driveway, you call the police. You don’t grab a gun like some vigilante.”
Now, the Clearwater Police Department is asking the Pinellas and Pasco State Attorney's Office to review the incident for charges to be filed against Berry.
Lee said he just wants something to be done. Following the dispute, he said Berry carried on while he continued to finish up the yard work.
Clearwater Police Department is asking anyone else who witnessed the exchange to come forward and call 727-562-4242. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/clearwater-rifle-parking-argument-yard-work/67-e734a7d8-428a-47f6-86a3-b0f9bcc35b68 | 2022-07-14T05:04:35 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/clearwater-rifle-parking-argument-yard-work/67-e734a7d8-428a-47f6-86a3-b0f9bcc35b68 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dozens of more affordable housing options for seniors are now under construction in Tigard as the demand for housing only grows. The apartments will be right next door to the senior center on SW O’Mara Street and will provide affordable homes for those on fixed incomes when rents continue to skyrocket.
The Portland Metropolitan Area is short nearly 50,000 affordable housing units to meet the needs in the community, according to Metro, and it’s a demand that’s only going to grow.
“We need hundreds to thousands of these kinds of projects to meet needs now and recognize that the need three years from now is going to be more, not less,” said Tigard Mayor Jason Snider.
One of the newest projects working to meet that need in Tigard is now under construction with 57 one-bedroom apartment homes in the works for low-income seniors 62 and older, just feet away from the senior center with resources like support staff and Meals on Wheels. The project will also prioritize housing for veterans and seniors with disabilities, according to the city.
“Just a fabulous opportunity to get folks housed and housed in a way that allows them to age in place, stay in their community, and remain connected to the people that they love and the community that they cherish,” said Snider.
The four-story building will include ADA-accessible walk-in showers, heating and the ability to accommodate personal air conditioning units. KOIN 6 asked developers to clarify if there won’t be A/C units in the apartments, then what will be done to keep residents cool, especially as 2021’s deadly heat dome greatly impacted seniors.
Northwest Housing Alternatives executive director Trell Anderson told KOIN 6 News the hallways, common areas and the adjacent senior center will have A/C and workers will also be able to notify residents of these resources.
“So many people are living with limited resources, especially seniors,” said Anderson. “We’re going back and reassessing all of the cooling options and opportunities even in the projects in current portfolio. We understand that heat, the heat dome, particularly impacts seniors and that’s a high priority for us right now.”
Anderson says the construction timeline is just over a year to complete. Snider says it’s important that these options are available not just in Portland, but also in the cities many of these seniors already call home.
“Younger members of their family want to make sure that they can remain in their community and remain connected and also have a place that they can call home and that’s relatively affordable,” said Snider.
As for those individual air conditioner units for each apartment, Northwest Housing Alternatives, the non-profit developing these homes, says if enough money comes in, that’s something they can consider adding in. If you, as an individual or corporation, can and would like to help, you can donate online. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/affordable-housing-for-tigard-seniors-under-construction-as-rent-skyrockets/ | 2022-07-14T05:14:31 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/affordable-housing-for-tigard-seniors-under-construction-as-rent-skyrockets/ |
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ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke is taking big strides in an effort to increase accessibility to mental healthcare,
Donors and other community members gathered to celebrate the opening of the new Bradley Free Clinic in Roanoke Wednesday morning.
The Robertson Behavioral Health Wing will offer services to low-income residents, including those without insurance.
The expansion includes six new counseling rooms and group counseling spaces.
People at the clinic said they hope the new services will help bridge the gap for those who otherwise would not have access to the services.
Elizabeth Keeley is one of the people who has benefited from the Bradley Free Clinic.
“I found who I was and I’m happy again. And it’s such a relief,” Keeley said. “It’s so gratifying to know that the community is able to help each other out like this because without this there’d be a lot more people in trouble.” | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/14/bradley-free-clinic-in-roanoke-hosts-grand-opening-ceremony/ | 2022-07-14T05:14:40 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/14/bradley-free-clinic-in-roanoke-hosts-grand-opening-ceremony/ |
Another jet ski has been found dumped on the side of Alico Road. The latest one was less than a mile away from the two we reported on back in December.
The third was found on the ramp from Michael G Rippe to Alico, and since it’s been found about a week ago, it’s been hauled away. But whoever has been leaving them remains a mystery.
Pedro Monserrate, from All About Marine Salvage in Fort Myers wasn’t surprised when he found out.
“Its things that people have, boats that people have, so much money to fix them, they dont want to fix them, so they just let it go.” Monserrate said.
On Wednesday, he explained how often he’ll get calls from people asking to dispose of gutted watercraft like it.
“Its often, maybe every one or two days, but they don’t come here, they call, when they call, then we need to tell them, this isn’t how it’s going to work, you need to do something else.” he said.
He explained since disposing of them legitimately can be costly, it’s cheaper for people to sell the parts they can, and dump the rest.
Meanwhile, Lee County said people can donate their unwanted boats and jet skis, or pay to have them scrapped at the dump. But with these finds, its clear many are taking the cheaper option.
“There are a lot of things that come from other states, and they use it here, it goes bad and they don’t want to take it back. It’s a lot of money to take things back and they dump it,” Monserrate added. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/13/jet-ski-found-dumped-near-alico-road/ | 2022-07-14T05:16:18 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/13/jet-ski-found-dumped-near-alico-road/ |
Gastonia Police Department hires new homelessness coordinator
The Gastonia Police Department's new homelessness coordinator is a Mount Holly woman who has a background working in mental health and addiction services.
Gayle Mahl, 63, was hired June 27 as the Gastonia Police Department's first homelessness coordinator at a salary of $89,537.
Mahl said in an interview that she most recently worked for Phoenix Counseling Center, a facility that offers mental health and addiction services. She began working for Phoenix in 2010. Prior to that, she worked for 25 years at an agency known now as Partners Behavioral Health.
Mahl said that her new job with the Gastonia Police Department will allow her to be a liaison between police and a community she already knows well. Mahl said that her care for the community is rooted in the fact that members of her family have struggled with addiction and homelessness.
"I've always enjoyed and just felt very passionate about working with folks who are experiencing homelessness," Mahl said.
With the police department, Mahl will be collaborating with community agencies who serve people who are homeless, including the Gaston-Lincoln-Cleveland Continuum of Care, an agency Mahl has worked with in the past. She also will provide guidance to Gastonia Police officers and meet directly with people struggling with homelessness to try to connect them to community resources that could help them.
Because she worked for Phoenix Counseling and Partners Behavioral Health, she already has many of the relationships she needs to do the job, both among local organizations and among those who are homeless.
"I know a lot of our community members who are experiencing homelessness," she said.
She said she sees the job at the police department as an opportunity to continue work she has already begun.
"It makes you feel good. You're just able to expand on something you're already passionate about," she said.
Mahl's hiring comes at a time when the Gastonia Police Department's treatment of those who are homeless has come under public scrutiny.
In October, a then homeless veteran named Joshua Rohrer accused Gastonia Police of manhandling him and using a taser on his service dog, Sunshine Rae. He was charged with panhandling and resisting arrest, and while he was in jail, Sunshine was killed by a car in Cleveland County.
The case drew scorn from many in Gaston County and elsewhere, especially after police went to court to oppose the release of body camera footage that might have shed some light on their treatment of Rohrer. Rohrer pleaded guilty last week to an unrelated traffic charge, and the other charges against him were dismissed.
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Wyoming woman arrested in death of baby found in U.P. outhouse 25 years ago
A woman has been arrested in Wyoming in the death of a baby girl whose unidentified remains were discovered in a campground latrine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula 25 years ago.
The Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office announced the development in a news release on Wednesday, saying DNA evidence and genealogy tracing had provided a breakthrough in the case and helped lead investigators to a 58-year-old suspect. Authorities identified her as the mother of the infant.
Investigators say they interviewed the woman earlier this week in Wyoming, where she allegedly “provided probable cause” for charges of homicide-open murder of the baby whose case has gripped the local community for decades.
"Investigators followed up on the information and identified the mother as a 58-year-old former resident of the Garnet (Michigan) area who is now residing in the state of Wyoming," Sheriff Edward M. Wilk said.
The woman was in custody and was awaiting extradition, the Sheriff's Office said. She will be arraigned once she has arrived in Michigan.
The infant’s remains were found in the septic tank of an outhouse at Garnet Campground in Hudson Township in Mackinac County on June 26, 1997. Authorities said she could have died several weeks earlier. At the time, the body was too decomposed to be identified or to reveal details like the child’s race.
It’s unknown whether the baby was already dead or still alive when she was left inside a vertical toilet. Autopsy results indicated she was likely at about 38 to 40 weeks of gestation when she died, meaning she was close to full-term.
At the time, the investigation failed to produce conclusive results. The infant was never positively identified and the case eventually went cold, according to the statement from Wilk.
Investigators returned to the cold case in 2017 to conduct a review and look for new leads. They decided to incorporate forensic genetic genealogy into the investigation, which helped trace family bloodlines and provide the name of a birth mother.
The death had an effect on the local community, who adopted the baby after its death and gave her the names Baby Pomegranate and Baby Garnet, after the place she was found.
Residents raised nearly $1,000 to provide a burial and hosted a funeral service for the infant. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/14/wyoming-woman-arrested-death-baby-found-u-p-outhouse-25-years-ago/10055906002/ | 2022-07-14T05:18:46 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/14/wyoming-woman-arrested-death-baby-found-u-p-outhouse-25-years-ago/10055906002/ |
Man out on bond is charged with killing girlfriend, man in Harper Woods
Harper Woods, Mich. — A man charged with attacking his girlfriend in June now is accused of killing her and another man, two days after he posted bond and was released from jail.
“This is the court’s worst nightmare. … The witness has been killed after the defendant was placed on bond, given the benefit of being placed on bond with house arrest,” Judge Kenneth King said Wednesday.
King wasn’t the judge who set a $100,000 bond for Jonathan Welch when he was charged in June with assault and other crimes in Detroit.
Welch, 23, was released from the Wayne County jail last week and ordered to wear an electronic tether after a bail agency provided 10% of the bond amount, WDIV-TV reported.
Zlayiah Frazier, 22, and Robert Bray Jr., 70, were killed at Welch’s Harper Woods home on Sunday, police said. Welch’s mother was stabbed in the back.
A standoff with police lasted seven hours.
Welch is charged with murder, attempted murder, arson and other crimes. There was no immediate comment from his attorney. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/07/13/man-out-bond-charged-killing-girlfriend-man-harper-woods/10055923002/ | 2022-07-14T05:18:58 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/07/13/man-out-bond-charged-killing-girlfriend-man-harper-woods/10055923002/ |
Aug. 22, 1946 - July 13, 2022
VALPARAISO - Andrea J. Samansky, 75, of Valparaiso passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. She was born August 22, 1946 to Andrew and Patricia (Simi) Wasil, and graduated from Andrean High School in 1964. Andrea was a longtime member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church where she served as a eucharistic minister, participated in Bible studies and volunteered for many other church programs over the years. In earlier years she was a loyal Porter Memorial Hospital Guild volunteer.
On December 2, 1972 she married Richard "Sam" Samansky who survives along with daughters: Heather (Donald) Hand of Morgan Twp. and Gloria (Bill) Healy of Carrollton, IL; grandchildren: Alexis Perdue, Brooke Healy, Madison Healy, Donald Hand, Jr., Taryn Hand, Martina Healy and Carly Hand; sister, Shirley (Keith) Pavlish; brother, David (Barbara) Wasil; and many loving nieces; nephews; cousins; and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; and brother, Johnny Wasil.
A visitation will be held Friday from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Moeller Funeral Home, Valparaiso with funeral service beginning at 2:00 p.m. and cremation to follow. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/andrea-j-samansky/article_125840b4-f2d3-5676-93a0-33e74d532006.html | 2022-07-14T05:22:50 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/andrea-j-samansky/article_125840b4-f2d3-5676-93a0-33e74d532006.html |
Sept. 13, 1930 - July 11, 2022
VALPARAISO, IN - Dr. John Robert Poncher, 91, of Valparaiso passed away peacefully at home with his beloved family on Monday, July 11, 2022. He was born September 13, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois to Dr. Henry G. and Gretchen (Marquardt) Poncher. John began his post-secondary education at Wabash College, then enlisted in the U.S. Navy to proudly serve during the Korean conflict aboard a P2V Neptune aircraft as a radar operator. Their mission was observing and reporting submarine activity. He later finished his bachelor's degree at Valparaiso University and attended Indiana University Medical School in Indianapolis. On December 21, 1956, he married Gwen Stewart in Valparaiso, Indiana whom he met at Valparaiso University. He completed an internship in Evansville Indiana and a residency at Chicago Children's Memorial Hospital (currently known as Lurie Children's Hospital) where he received his medical training as a pediatrician.
Moving back to Valparaiso to begin medical practice, Dr. Poncher then founded Associated Pediatricians in 1969 and expanded the practice until his retirement in 2002. He was particularly devoted to working with special needs children and always made time for them in his practice. His connection with Lurie Children's Hospital was also pivotal in caring for children with more serious health issues. Lurie Children's Hospital continued to be a key part of his professional medical life where he was a member of the teaching faculty for 55 years. After retirement, he continued to practice medicine by volunteering at HealthLinc Clinic in Valparaiso and Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago.
Throughout his career, he earned numerous accolades related to his dedication to medicine and pediatrics. He was recognized as Indiana Physician of the Year in 1976 and later received the John C. Cook award from the Chicago Pediatric Society in 1999. He also held many positions of leadership within the community. In particular, the county fair and 4-H activities held a special place in his heart and he served on the fair board for many years. He also served on the board of Fifth Third Bank and the local United Way. He always took the opportunity to volunteer and donate his time and expertise to improve the lives of children and the community.
Dr. Poncher is survived by his loving wife Gwen of 65 years; their children: John (Trisha) Poncher of Valparaiso, Susan Poncher of Michigan City, Julia (Dominic) Mosca of Wilmette, IL, and Jane (Dennis) McPeters of Chandler, AZ, as well as their cherished grandchildren: Emily and Kathlyn Poncher; Gretchen, Elaina, and Angelina Billys; and Trent McPeters.
A visitation will be held Friday, July 15 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Valparaiso with funeral service immediately following at 11:00 am and burial to follow at Graceland Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Boys and Girls Club of Valparaiso (founded locally by Dr. Poncher's cousin Bryce Billings in 1972), or Immanuel Lutheran Church. In consideration of recent health issues, the family is requiring masks at all services. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/dr-john-robert-poncher/article_b871aa3b-6c64-5570-8fe0-3912cebcf28c.html | 2022-07-14T05:22:56 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/dr-john-robert-poncher/article_b871aa3b-6c64-5570-8fe0-3912cebcf28c.html |
Jan. 10, 1929 - July 11, 2022
KOUTS - George Wayne Godfrey, 93, of Kouts, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, July 11, 2022. He was born January 10, 1929, in New York City, NY to Thomas Waring Godfrey and Elizabeth (Blackwell) Godfrey. George proudly served in the United States Army as part of the occupation forces in Japan after WWII and was called back for service in Korea. George graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, and made his career as a Civil Engineer, specializing in road construction projects. He enjoyed traveling around the world with his wife, reading a good book, and taking care of his cats. George will be dearly missed by those who knew him.
On October 17, 1953, in Otterbein, IN, George married Janet Southworth, who preceded him in death in 2013. He is survived by their son, Tom (Kathie) Godfrey of Crown Point, IN. He was preceded in death by his parents.
A visitation will be held on Thursday, July 14, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the new location of Kosanke Funeral Home, 309 S. Main St., Kouts, IN. Following cremation, a private graveside service will be held at Pond Grove Cemetery in Otterbein, IN. Memorial donations may be made to the Independent Cat Society of Westville. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/george-wayne-godfrey/article_a8c6a633-64e6-5bdd-874e-06a0c9dff798.html | 2022-07-14T05:23:02 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/george-wayne-godfrey/article_a8c6a633-64e6-5bdd-874e-06a0c9dff798.html |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON-IN-LAW, GERRY A. GROVES ON HIS 18TH ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN - JULY 14.
Time flies by and life goes on, but from our hearts you are never gone. Loving and missing you, Mom and Dad Fezekas
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON-IN-LAW, GERRY A. GROVES ON HIS 18TH ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN - JULY 14.
Time flies by and life goes on, but from our hearts you are never gone. Loving and missing you, Mom and Dad Fezekas
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