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STOCKTON, Calif. — A 17-year-old has been arrested after a shooting that took the life of a teenager in Stockton's Weston Ranch neighborhood Tuesday, officials with the Stockton Police Department said.
Around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Stockton Police officers say an 18-year-old man was shot and killed in the 1900 block of Nisperos Street.
Thursday, authorities said in a Facebook post that they arrested a 17-year-old male in connection to the homicide. The 17-year-old is in custody at San Joaquin County Juvenile Hall.
Neither the victim or suspect's identity has been released.
Police officials would not release information on a possible motive in the shooting but ask that those with information contact investigators at 209-937-8323.
The deadly shooting on Tuesday marked the city's 29th homicide of 2022 compared to 22 homicides reported at the same time last year.
STOCKTON CRIME IN CONTEXT
An increase in homicide cases in Stockton during the early months of 2022 came on the heels of a decline in 2021, where police reported fewer homicides ending the year with a total of 38 cases.
While that’s not the lowest number the department has dealt with in the past 12 years, it is below the annual average of 40 homicide cases per year since 1995.
In response to the rise in homicides, community groups held prayer vigils and outreach events meant to unite Stockton residents against violence.
Activists have called on the community to show up to such events and work with local organizations such as Advance Peace, Faith in the Valley, Lighthouse of the Valley and the Office of Violence Prevention to discourage crime and help impacted communities heal.
Click here for a map of crime statistics.
In an interview with ABC10 in March, Stockton City Manager Harry Black said the Stockton Police Department is trying to prevent more deaths by working more on intelligence gathering and cooperating with federal partners such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Marshall's Service.
The city is also working to improve its crime prevention, intervention and fighting strategy, Black said. Representatives with the city's Office of Violence Prevention are working to be more present in communities impacted by crime. The office's 'peacekeepers program' places mediators and mentors in high crime areas.
Watch the full interview by clicking here.
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ANDERSON, Calif. — A wildfire in Shasta County has forced evacuations in the Anderson area.
The so-called Peter Fire is burning at Peter Pan Gulch Road and Olinda Road in Anderson with buildings involved. The fire was at 304 acres in size, as of Cal Fire's latest update. It is 25% contained.
In an evening update, Cal Fire said forward spread of the fire was stopped. Crews will be working through the night to increase containment lines and mop up around buildings. 12 structures were destroyed.
Accounts to Follow:
Evacuations
Evacuations are being issued by the Shasta County Sheriff's Office. Current evacuations include:
- All roads connected to Spring Gulch Road west of Missouri Lane remain under evacuation order.
An evacuation warning for all streets off Parallel Road and Jacqueline Street remain in effect.
An evacuation shelter will be at West Valley High School.
Fire Map
This wildfire map was created using data from NASA, NGA, USGS and FEMA.
WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
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CAMP HILL, Pa. — A Cumberland County man recently hauled in what could be a world record-setting stingray while bowfishing in the Delaware Bay.
Jeremy Gipe, 40, of Camp Hill, was on a charter boat fishing trip on June 30 when he caught a massive, 222.54-pound butterfly stingray.
The fish is believed to be a record-breaker, according to Brossman Boys Bowfishing, the boat Gipe chartered for the trip. The current record holder weighs in at 222.1 pounds, according to Brossman Boys Bowfishing.
The record will become official once the paperwork Brossman Boys Bowfishing submitted is processed.
In an account of his catch provided to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Gipe said he was the first to strike the fish with an arrow, but it takes more than one arrow to land such a massive fish.
So Corey and Aaron Brossman, the charter owners and friends of Gipe's, also shot arrows into the ray.
After a long fight, he said, they finally landed it.
Bowfishing is a combination of fishing and bowhunting where the hunter uses a harpoon-like arrow attached to the bow with a fishing line to spear and catch a fish.
Stingrays are plentiful in the Delaware Bay, and hunting them eases the strain on other gamefish, like striped bass and red drum.
Butterfly rays are prized for their meat. The Brossmans told the Inquirer that they turned Gipe's catch into about 70 pounds of fillets and preserved the rest for crab bait.
Gipe told the Inquirer the stingray is far and away the largest fish he’s ever taken.
“I haven’t shot a whole lot of them,” he said, “but this was a real thrill.” | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/camp-hill-man-lands-possible-record-setting-stingray-while-bowfishing-in-delaware-bay/521-d69558b8-e75d-414f-9c12-0a2d6539396e | 2022-07-15T19:00:40 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/camp-hill-man-lands-possible-record-setting-stingray-while-bowfishing-in-delaware-bay/521-d69558b8-e75d-414f-9c12-0a2d6539396e |
BERWICK, Pa. — It was the manufacturing of tanks that landed Berwick a spot on Hitler's American bombing target list during World War II.
The industrial plant housed in this small borough cranked out more than 15,000 of these Stuart tanks.
"They called their suppliers and told him this is how much armor plate we need. And we're told they hung up on them. So they built their own furnaces, and they made their own armor plate and by the end of World War II, they were the largest groups of armor plates in the United States," Tom McLaughlin, member of the Stuart Tank Memorial Association, said.
That's a history McLaughlin is proud of, and it's why he fought hard to bring this tank back home to Berwick, finally succeeding in 2016.
"When we bought the first tour tank back to Berwick, and they fired it up and started driving it, it literally brought tears to my eyes because it was like history coming alive," Janelle Surkin, board member of the Stuart Tank Memorial Association, said.
Surkin grew up hearing about the impact her hometown had on the fight for freedom.
Now, she has three children who have served in the armed forces.
"I know what it's like to say goodbye to your children, put them on that bus, and not know what Uncle Sam has in store for them. And back during World War II, the conditions were even worse."
That's why she works with the Stuart Tank Memorial Association to keep World War II history alive.
"It's important for young kids to come down here and to see exactly what it was like with the greatest generation, how much they sacrificed so that we can have the freedom that we have today. The entire world could have been changed if we had not been successful in World War II," Surkin said.
Especially in Berwick, where more than 9,000 people came from all over Northeastern Pennsylvania to work on these tanks at the American Car & Foundry plant.
"Almost everyone in this community has had some family member who worked at the ACF during the Second World War, or had family members who were in the service during the war," McLaughlin said.
You can get an up-close look at two of the Stuart tanks this weekend at Test Track Park as part of Berwick's 5th annual World War II Weekend.
"You walk up to the Stuart tank and you just put your hand on it. You can feel the armor plating, and you just realize that we did that - 9,000 workers in Berwick - we did that," Surkin said.
You can read about it in a textbook, or see it in a movie, but it's nothing like what you'll experience here this weekend.
Adam Hartzell is one of the actors recreating the invasion of Southern France during the war.
"We are going to have foxhole positions in the woods here. We're also going to be having a reenactment battle each day Saturday and Sunday at noon. We'll be fighting. It'll be super realistic," Hartzell said. "Come check it out. It's kind of like a movie."
Berwick's World War II Weekend is free and open to the public - 2-5 p.m. on Friday, 10-5 p.m. on Saturday, and 10-3 p.m. on Sunday. There will be a free "swing dance" at the Berwick Elks from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday.
For the full schedule of events, click here.
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Lafayette police and firefighters are recognizing a 25-year-old man for his heroic actions in saving five kids from a burning home early Monday morning.
Around 12:30 a.m. on July 11, the Lafayette Police Department and Lafayette Fire Department got reports of a house fire in the 2200 block of Union Street, near North 26th Street.
The house was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, preventing crews from going inside after learning a 6-year-old could still be inside the home.
At 12:36 a.m., a man, who went in the home before firefighters arrived, jumped through a second-story window and landed on the ground with the 6-year-old who was trapped inside.
The man, later identified as 25-year-old Nicholas Bostic, of Lafayette, was seriously injured in the incident, suffering from severe smoke inhalation and a cut on his right arm. Bostic was flown to an Indianapolis hospital for treatment.
Police said the 6-year-old child was "miraculously mostly uninjured."
On Wednesday, Bostic spoke with police to share what happened prior to their arrival.
Bostic told police he was driving by the home when he saw it was on fire. Bostic said he stopped in the road, put his car in reverse, turned around and pulled into the driveway.
Knowing he had to act, Bostic said he ran around the back of the home and went inside, yelling to try to alert anyone that could be inside the burning home.
Bostic said nobody answered his call, possibly meaning everyone had already gotten out. Instead of taking that chance, Bostic said he went in and went up the stairs, where he found four kids, ranging in age from 1 to 18.
Bostic told police he helped the four kids escape from the burning home. Once they were outside, Bostic said he found out a 6-year-old could still be inside.
Without hesitation, Bostic said he ran back inside the burning home. After coming up empty during a search upstairs, he was about to exit the house through a window when he heard a child's cry coming from downstairs.
Bostic said he then wrapped his shirt around his mouth and nose before going through the smoke and fire. Bostic told police he couldn't see anything in front of him and said the heat from the fire made it seem as if he was walking into an oven.
Crawling on the ground, Bostic was able to locate the 6-year-old girl and took her upstairs. Then, Bostic said he broke a window by punching it with his hand to get out of the burning home.
Bostic said the child's leg got tangled in the string on the blinds as they were about to jump out of the window. Bostic told police he calmed himself down, untangled the string and jumped from the window — making sure he didn't land on the side where he was holding the child.
"Nicholas Bostic's heroic actions saved lives. His selflessness during this incident is inspiring, and he has impressed many with his courage, tenacity, and steadfast calmness in the face of such perilous danger," the Lafayette Police Department said in a statement.
Bostic will be honored Aug. 2 during "National Night Out" at the Lafayette Aviators baseball game.
Attendees can save $2 on tickets with the promo code FUND2022, and $4 of each ticket price will be donated to Bostic's GoFundMe page.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — The recently formed Wyoming Area Regional Police Department has a chief.
The commission hired D.F. Pace at a meeting Thursday night.
Pace is a Temple law school grad and has been working with the Philadelphia Police Department.
He has 22 years of experience.
Pace said approachability and transparency will be top priorities, along with the safety of everyone who lives in the area covered by the department.
Pace was born in Italy and moved from New York to central Pennsylvania, where he was raised.
The new force will patrol Exeter, Exeter Township, Wyoming, West Wyoming, and West Pittston.
Officials plan to use the former state police barracks in Wyoming as the headquarters for the department.
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I-20 exit near Louisiana Downs months-long closure begins Monday for Barksdale Interchange
The ramp on I-20 eastbound to I-220 westbound (Exit 26 near Louisiana Downs) will be closed Monday, July 18, due to the ongoing I-20/I-220 Barksdale Air Force Base Interchange Project, which began in May of 2019.
The closure is expected to take approximately two months and during that time construction on a new segment of roadway will be built extending southward leading to a new access point to the base.
LaDOTD said, "DOTD appreciates your patience and reminds you to please drive with caution through the construction site and be on the lookout for work crews and their equipment."
For an alternate route, the LaDOTD will have detour signage in place.
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3 new cases of monkeypox in Louisiana, here's what you need to know.
The Louisiana Department of Health announced Friday morning that three new cases of monkeypox have been identified in Louisiana residents. This brings the total number of cases to six.
All have been identified in LDH Region 1, which is in Orleans, Plaquemines, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes.
The LDH has created a monkeypox dashboard, which will update the number of cases seen in Louisiana. To visit this dashboard, go to ldh.la.gov/monkeypox; it will be updated daily at noon, except for weekends and state holidays.
LDH said there are likely more undiagnosed human cases of monkeypox in Louisiana than have been formally tested and identified to date.
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What are the symptoms of monkeypox?
- Fever
- Headache
- Muscle aches and backache
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Chills
- Exhaustion
- A rash that can look like pimples or blisters that appear on the face, inside the mouth, and on other parts of the body, like the hands, feet, chest, genitals, or anus
Monkeypox is a virus that spreads mostly through direct contact with a rash or sore of someone who has the virus.
It can also spread through contact with clothing, bedding, and other items used by a person with monkeypox, or from respiratory droplets that can be passed through prolonged face-to-face contact, including kissing, cuddling, or sex.
Since May, 1,470 cases of monkeypox have been identified in 44 states and Washington, D.C. Globally, more than 11,689 cases have been reported from 65 countries; the case count continues to rise daily.
There have been no deaths to date in the U.S. in response to this virus.
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Wisconsin's policy barring clergy from visiting inmates over COVID-19 is ruled unconstitutional
MADISON – The state's former policy to not allow clergy members to visit prison inmates over COVID-19 concerns was ruled unconstitutional Friday after a Jefferson County judge found that it violated the state's guarantee to freely practice religion.
The lawsuit, filed last year by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and attorneys for the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, took aim at a Department of Correction's policy that barred visitors from prisons in March 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic swept the state.
Jefferson County Circuit Judge William Hue said in his decision that while the department has the right to lock down facilities to protect the health of inmates within, it does not have the right to continually block clergy, even as other people are permitted into facilities.
"When it is safe for 'external visitors' to enter the prison system ... clergy with privilege must be permitted to reasonably exercise that privilege and also be permitted to enter correctional institutions no less than once a week to conduct religious services."
Anthony LoCoco, deputy counsel for WILL, said the decision marked a good day for religious liberty in the state.
"Department of Corrections bureaucrats may not simply disregard the statutory and constitutional rights of Wisconsin’s clergy or relegate those rights to second-class status," he said in a statement. "This decision will help ensure that officials across state government put the religious rights of Wisconsinites first in the future rather than last.”
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In a statement, John Beard, the department's director of communications, said that the agency supervises more than 20,000 people and that a disease such as COVID-19 could easily spread and cause illness and death if mitigation measures weren't taken.
"That is why it has been our top priority throughout the coronavirus pandemic to keep people in our care safe by working to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our institutions, including limiting visitations to minimize the risk of bringing COVID-19 into our institutions," he said. "Since vaccines have become widely available, our department began allowing in-person visitations some time ago now, including visitations by members of clergy."
Beard said the department is still reviewing the decision and its implications.
In the lawsuit, the Catholic archdiocese contended that its constitutional rights were being violated by not being able to minister to prisoners seeking services. It also argued that the policy was unjust because the department was still allowing lawyers, social workers, teachers and psychologists to meet with inmates in person.
Prisoners were still able to meet with their institution's chaplain, but the chaplain often comes from a different faith than the inmate requesting a consultation.
The lawsuit said the department violated the archdiocese's constitutional right to freely exercise its religion, which directs them to minister to prisoners, as well as its statutory right to conduct religious services within prisons at least once a week.
The department could take similar precautions that were taken for other visitors, such as temperature checks, mask requirements, COVID tests, hygiene procedures, social distancing, outdoor meetings or even proof of vaccination.
Clergy members were eventually allowed back into prisons in July 2021, after a ruling from the court.
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DEL VALLE, Texas — Del Valle ISD on Friday announced plans for the 2022-23 school year to institute early-release days on Friday.
This one-hour earlier dismissal will allow teachers more time to "collaborate with their fellow educators on instructional practices and develop responsive plans for student learning," the district said.
Here's a closer look at the plans:
Friday dismissal times for DVISD Schools
- Elementary Schools/DAEP: 1:45 p.m.
- Middle Schools: 3 p.m.
- Del Valle High School/Opportunity Center: 3:30 p.m.
In addition to the weekly one-hour early release, the district will also utilize the four previously scheduled half-days.
Half-day release times for Sept. 23, Nov. 4, March 31, and May 25
- Elementary Schools/DAEP: 11:45 a.m.
- Middle Schools: 1 p.m.
- Del Valle High School/Opportunity Center: 1:30 p.m.
The district encourages families with further questions to contact their respective schools.
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DALLAS — As Texas went into energy conservation mode this week, some residents might have noticed something odd on their wall: their thermostat changing the temperature on its own.
They weren't just seeing things.
TXU Energy confirmed to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that its "Demand Response Program" can remotely change customers' thermostats "by a few degrees for a short time, normally less than an hour" when the power grid is under stress, like on Wednesday.
It was unclear how many homes had thermostats changed Wednesday, though TXU said tens of thousands of customers participate in the program. TXU did not respond to a request for comment from WFAA on Thursday.
In June, The Verge reported that CenterPoint Energy in Houston also has certain remotely-controlled thermostat programs through EnergyHub.
In Texas, the programs are in the form of EnergyHub's rewards program known as "Smart Savers Texas."
Customers have the choice of opting in to the program by allowing EnergyHub and their energy provider to "remotely access your thermostat to make brief, limited adjustments ... at times of peak electricity demand in the summer," the Smart Savers website said.
When a customer opts in to the program, they are automatically entered into a $5,000 sweepstakes. Customers have to have a so-called smart thermostat, such as Nest, that is connected to the internet.
According to the Smart Savers terms, temperature adjustments would typically happen on weekdays from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., "but may extend outside of that time window for system testing or rare emergency conditions."
Last summer, some customers in Houston complained when they woke up to warm temperatures and found out their thermostat had been remotely adjusted.
The customers apparently weren't aware they were enrolled in a remotely-controlled program, telling KHOU they unenrolled as soon as they found out.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas issued a conservation appeal to all Texans on Wednesday, asking homes and businesses to reduce their energy usage from 2-9 p.m.
Scorching hot temperatures have strained the Texas power grid this week; ERCOT also asked Texans to conserve energy on Monday.
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HUTTO, Texas — As drought conditions continue across Central Texas, Hutto is just the latest city to announce a move for water restrictions.
On July 15, effective immediately, the City of Hutto announced it would be moving to Stage 2 restrictions. This applies to City of Hutto water customers, including residential, commercial, industrial and institutional.
Here's a look at what that means for daily water use:
- Sundays and Thursdays: Only on these days can customers with addresses ending in an even number water outdoors and conduct other high water-use activities, such as car washing and filling pools.
- Saturdays and Wednesdays: Only on these days can customers with addresses ending in an odd number water outdoors and conduct other high water-use activities noted above.
- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Between these hours, there is to be no outdoor watering for City of Hutto water customers. Outdoor watering should take place only in the evening/nighttime after 6 p.m. and in the morning before 10 a.m.
Hutto defines "outdoor watering" as watering using automatic irrigation systems and hose-end sprinkler systems. There are not currently restrictions on watering by hand.
For more information on further restrictions, click here.
The cities of Kyle, Georgetown, Round Rock and Austin have all also announced similar restrictions due to the ongoing drought.
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New York City stinks -- or so say a growing number of 311 callers filing odor complaints in the five boroughs these days. Mayor Eric Adams says it smells, too, but for him, the biggest offender isn't anything related to trash or hygiene.
It's pot.
"The number 1 thing I smell is pot," the Democrat said when asked about a New York Post report on odor complaints reaching an all-time high during an unrelated news conference on Friday. "It's like everybody is smoking a joint now, you know? Everybody's got a joint."
"Maybe I have a New York nose," Adams added. "I'm not smelling, you know, filth."
The mayor may say he's not smelling any general nastiness on New York City streets, but thousands of others are - and they're making their feelings known, according to the Post.
Complaints about outdoor smells to 311 soared 54% in the first six months of the year compared with the first six months of 2021, with 5,746 reported between the start of 2022 and June 30, 2022, the Post analysis of city data found.
The sanitation department's assistant commissioner for public affairs, Joshua Goodman, said he could not confirm the exact numbers reported by the Post because odor complaints might go to different places. "Foul odor from an unknown source," for example, would route to 311 while "foul odor from a neighbor" might to go the NYPD or a different agency.
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Calls about body odor or cooking smells do not go through 311, the mayor's office confirmed.
Regarding the smells people are complaining about that do, Adams said idling vehicles are prime offenders. His deputy press secretary, Kayla Mamelak, followed up with a later statement saying that the numbers cited by the Post show a significant increase in "vehicle idling" odor complaints and that's "what’s driving the overall number of 311 odor complaints up this year."
Mamelak also pointed to a 2019 initiative launched by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration that actually pays New Yorkers who submit proof of idling vehicles. The Department of Environmental Preservation issues summonses based on that evidence, she said.
Overall, Adams' administration insists that the city is getting "cleaner and cleaner" on his watch. Twice-a-week alternate side parking resumed earlier this month on certain blocks for the first time since the pandemic as part of the intensified effort.
That's just one prong in the multi-faceted strategy, Goodman said. Last month, Adams and NYC Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced more than $40 million in new funding specifically for street cleanliness. Goodman said that's the "highest level of litter basket service ever" and will allow for "vastly expanded precision cleaning in the neighborhoods of the greatest need, and restored service for vacant lots."
"This is a level of funding for cleanliness that New Yorkers have never seen before. It means litter baskets across the city are being emptied 50,000 times more per week, to use just one example," Goodman said.
The funding only kicked in on July 1 when the new fiscal year began, which means odor complaints for the first half of the year came before the new investment. Goodman says that $40 million "is already making a difference across the five boroughs."
"Every New Yorker knows that the city became noticeably dirtier during the pandemic, as behaviors changed and budgets were cut. But we’re fighting back – the 10,000 DSNY employees work every day to keep the city clean, safe, and healthy, and that’s why this administration is giving them the tools to do the work they get up every day to do," Goodman said. "New Yorkers hold our heads high, we don’t hold our noses, and DSNY is doing its part to make sure it stays that way." | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/311-complaints-nyc-eric-adams-says-he-mainly-smells-pot/3776553/ | 2022-07-15T19:04:24 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/311-complaints-nyc-eric-adams-says-he-mainly-smells-pot/3776553/ |
ROUND ROCK, Texas — A bright, young student in Round Rock ISD is aiming for a big title – "America's Top Young Scientist."
According to a report from KVUE's news partners at the Austin American-Statesman, 13-year-old Asvini Thivakaran has been named one of the top 10 finalists for the 2022 3M Young Scientist Challenge.
Thivakaran of Cedar Valley Middle School is slated to compete for the title on Oct. 17-18 at the 3M Innovation Center in Minneapolis. Along with the title comes a grand prize of $25,000
To earn a spot in the finals, students between the ages of 12 and 14 were asked to submit video entries that showcase their creativity and passion.
"The 3M Young Scientist Challenge is the nation’s premier science competition for grades 5-8," the 3M website states. "This one-of-a-kind video competition has sparked a sense of wonder and discovery in hundreds of thousands of students and enhanced science, innovation and communication across the United States."
The challenge was launched in 1999 by Discovery Communications. Its mission is to "foster a new generation of American scientists at an age when interest in science generally declines." Discovery joined forces with 3M in 2008.
"I was definitely really surprised about how far I've gotten," Thivakaran told the Statesman. "I remember waiting for the call for like what felt like forever, and when I heard the results, I was very shocked at first, but after a while I was super excited and happy."
For her project, Thivakaran developed a model electric vehicle that generates clean power from its tires. That power is then used to charge electric batteries.
As a finalist, Thivakaran gets to work with a mentor from 3M, an industrial science and innovation conglomerate.
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CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — Police in Holly Springs on Friday identified the victim killed in a crash that shut down the northbound lanes of I-575 for a prolonged period the day before.
The Holly Springs Police Department said 57-year-old Tessa Bowers of Canton was taken from the scene to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, where she was pronounced deceased on Thursday.
The crash happened near Sixes Road on I-575 North.
The Holly Springs department said an investigation remains ongoing, with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office assisting.
Authorities have not yet released details on what caused the crash. It's not clear if anyone will face charges in the death of Bowers. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/victim-identified-i-575-crash-cherokee-county/85-77316d54-c8fa-43c4-8ffd-fcd2b3a3d2f5 | 2022-07-15T19:10:21 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/victim-identified-i-575-crash-cherokee-county/85-77316d54-c8fa-43c4-8ffd-fcd2b3a3d2f5 |
PLEASANTVILLE — Police are seeking the public's help locating a missing teen.
Yaneli Sanchez-Ruiz, 16, was last seen about 4 a.m. July 6 and was reported missing by her mother. Police say she may be in Atlantic City.
Anyone with information can contact Detective Jamal Roy at 609-641-6100 or supervisor@pleasantvillepd.org.
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UPPER TOWNSHIP — The future could get darker as township officials consider reducing the amount of artificial light.
The township Planning Board is set to start a discussion on a potential “dark sky” ordinance that could apply to future development, and Mayor Curtis Corson wants to evaluate the streetlights throughout the sprawling municipality.
“There’s a lot of redundancy on lights,” Corson said at a recent meeting. “I’m not saying we’re going to eliminate them all, but there are some that need to go. I just think it’s something we need to look at.”
Township engineer Paul Dietrich plans to have a report ready to present at the next Township Committee meeting, planned for July 25. If members of the committee support the recommendations, it could mean the removal of excess lights in some areas.
The township has more than 1,500 street lights, Dietrich said, with a total cost in electricity of between $220,000 and $270,000 annually. That amount could be reduced by 15% to 20%.
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Corson said he had requested the evaluation and cited neighboring Dennis Township, where there are very few municipal streetlights.
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The township should keep lights at intersections and in residential neighborhoods, Dietrich recommended, and anywhere there are sidewalks.
"There are a lot of lights that are on county highways or state highways where the speeds are high and they’re not really set up for pedestrian traffic," Dietrich said.
In other instances, Corson said, there are lights on each side of the road, citing an area of Route 9 near Seaville United Methodist Church.
“One’s effective. Two is a waste of money,” Corson said.
That’s not the only change under consideration.
On July 21, the Planning Board is set to begin what is likely to be a lengthy discussion about creating a “dark sky” ordinance, which if enacted would reduce the amount of light emanating from future houses and businesses.
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It would not mean turning off the lights on existing properties like a civil defense warden in a cartoon from World War II. Dietrich said the proposed ordinance would apply to new site plans that come before the Planning Board, not to existing properties.
Before that would take place, the change would need a recommendation from the Planning Board and an ordinance approved by the Township Committee.
The township’s Green Team and the state recommended the township consider ways to reduce light pollution, Dietrich said.
It sounds as though there will be a lot to discuss. As Dietrich pointed out in an interview Wednesday, Upper Township includes beachfront neighborhoods, suburban subdivisions and rural sections.
“There may be different standards for different locations,” he said.
Even in the early stages of discussions, some are critical of the proposal. At Monday's committee meeting, Strathmere resident Elaine Holsomback argued that reducing the amount of light could be dangerous.
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“I am here to question the impact it might have on our citizens,” she said. Removing street lights could save money but may have other consequences. “Our streets are already very dark.”
Outside house lights are important for safety, she said, for walking and to discourage intruders. She added she can still see the stars with her outside lights on.
“Darkened streets invite fall hazards,” she said.
“Please do not darken our streets and our homes. The safety and security of every citizen is at stake,” Holsomback said.
On Strathmere beach paths, there are signs asking homeowners not to put spotlights onto the beach, citing the potential impact on nesting sea turtles.
These signs were not put in place by the township, Dietrich said, speculating that they may have come from residents. He said the signs appear to have been made for Florida or other areas where loggerhead turtles lay eggs on beaches.
Loggerhead turtles can become disoriented by streetlights and head inland instead of returning to the water.
The turtles, an endangered reptile that can weigh up to 400 pounds, can be found in New Jersey but typically nest in the warmer climate much farther south.
In Strathmere, diamondback turtles come up from the bay side, more often during the day, with passing cars being the biggest threat as they cross roads each summer.
The International Dark-Sky Association, an advocacy group for reducing ambient light, argues that additional lighting is not proven to reduce crime and that constant artificial light can harm wildlife and human health. Even where street lighting remains, the organization suggests installing shields to keep the light where it is directed.
“Regrettably, it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to get the offending streetlights removed because once installed, streetlights are rarely, if ever, taken out,” reads a statement on the organization’s website. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/upper-township-ponders-the-question-how-much-street-lighting-is-too-much/article_8a98c810-02db-11ed-8c90-5bf4fbbff978.html | 2022-07-15T19:11:18 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/upper-township-ponders-the-question-how-much-street-lighting-is-too-much/article_8a98c810-02db-11ed-8c90-5bf4fbbff978.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A violent altercation broke out between a Safe Stay Community resident and another man in Vancouver on Wednesday morning, authorities said.
At around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, Vancouver police said the resident hit a tent near NE 51st Circle with a baseball bat, provoking the man inside.
The fight quickly escalated from there. The man inside the tent reportedly stabbed the resident’s hand with a machete, before police said he was struck in the face with a golf club.
VPD said the man who was attacked was taken to a hospital with what appears to be non-life threatening injuries. However, the resident ran off before officers arrived, police said.
Jamie Spinelli, a spokesperson with the Safe Stay Community, told KOIN 6 the incident was “unfortunate and devastating.” The organization said the resident involved will no longer be allowed in the community.
Authorities did not release the name of the resident or a description.
This attack was reportedly the first violent incident involving someone from the Safe Stay Community. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/vancouver-police-1-injured-in-fight-near-safe-stay-community/ | 2022-07-15T19:13:17 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/vancouver-police-1-injured-in-fight-near-safe-stay-community/ |
Bismarck police reopened a busy street shortly after noon Friday when it was determined a suspect was not inside a hotel.
Earlier Friday, Bismarck police had blocked streets in the 800 block of South Third Street for what they called “an active scene.”
The street was closed about 10 a.m. and reopened about 12:20 p.m., according to the department's Facebook page. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/bismarck-police-reopen-south-third-street/article_c00c71ba-0455-11ed-bdc5-6f9035fa7cba.html | 2022-07-15T19:16:24 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/bismarck-police-reopen-south-third-street/article_c00c71ba-0455-11ed-bdc5-6f9035fa7cba.html |
An increase in COVID-19 cases in North Dakota over the past week raised the virus transmission risk to high in 12 counties, bringing the total to 14. Burleigh and Morton maintained a high risk level from last week.
The state Health Department's coronavirus dashboard on Friday showed 1,829 confirmed cases in the past seven days, the most since the state went to weekly reporting in mid-March and a spike from last week's total of 1,583. A month ago, the weekly total was 1,329.
The case count for Burleigh and Morton counties this week was 331, up from 289 the previous week and up from 227 a month ago.
County-level COVID-19 risks determined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can be found at https://bit.ly/3Clifrq. Burleigh and Morton counties both went from low to high last week, bypassing medium. The other 12 counties at high risk are Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McLean, McIntosh, Mercer, Oliver, Pierce, Rolettte, Sheridan, Sioux and Towner.
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Last week, Golden Valley, Billings, Dunn, Stark and Wells counties were also at high risk. Billings and Stark counties have dropped to medium risk. Dunn, Golden Valley and Wells counties dropped to low risk. A total of eight counties are at medium risk, and 31 are at low.
New COVID-19 hospital admissions statewide totaled 67, a decrease from 93 the previous week. Coronavirus patients made up about 3.2% of occupied inpatient beds -- down from 3.5% last week -- and half a percent of intensive care unit beds statewide, down from 4% last week.
Federal data showed three virus-related deaths over the week, raising North Dakota's pandemic total to 2,299. County-level death data is not available. There have been 253,677 confirmed COVID-19 cases in North Dakota during the pandemic that began in March 2020.
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Federal data shows that North Dakota continues to have some of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country: 66.8% of adults in the state are fully vaccinated, with the rate for all vaccine-eligible people -- age 5 and older -- at 60.4%. The national averages are 77% and 71.3%, respectively.
COVID-19 booster shots are recommended for people 12 and older. North Dakota's first booster rate is 45.8%, compared to 49.7% nationally. Second booster doses are available for three main groups of people:
All adults 50 years and older.
All people 12 years or older who are moderately to severely immunocompromised.
Adults 18 to 49 years who received two doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
State Health Department guidance and resources for businesses is at https://bit.ly/3w0DpKj.
Go to https://www.ndvax.org or https://bit.ly/3N3IMxb or call 866-207-2880 to see where COVID-19 vaccine is available. Information on free public testing and free test kits is at health.nd.gov/covidtesting. More detailed pandemic information is at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus and https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/12-more-counties-jump-to-high-covid-19-risk-statewide-cases-continue-to-rise/article_8e64ed48-044d-11ed-8dbc-3b075c90a176.html | 2022-07-15T19:16:30 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/12-more-counties-jump-to-high-covid-19-risk-statewide-cases-continue-to-rise/article_8e64ed48-044d-11ed-8dbc-3b075c90a176.html |
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WATERLOO — Hawkeye Community College and the Waterloo Career Center will host Ignite: Advanced Manufacturing Parent’s Night from 5-6 p.m. Monday at the TechWorks Campus, 360 Westfield Ave.
Representatives from Hawkeye and the career center will showcase the automation and robotic systems that are a part of the program. Learn how this innovative, hands-on, modular, micro-credentialed curriculum prepares high school students and adults for high-earning careers in advanced manufacturing and Industry 4.0.
To learn more about the program go online to hawkeyecollege.edu/ignite or email the IGNITE program coordinator at ignite@hawkeyecollege.edu .
PHOTOS: Dike-New Hartford vs. Osage in substate final
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Members of the Dike-New Hartford baseball team dog pile onto each other after beating Osage, 11-10, Tuesday in Mason City in a Class 2A substate final to reach the state tournament.
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Dike-New Hartford's Wil Textor drives the game-winning hit through the infield to deliver the Wolverines a 11-10 victory over Osage Tuesday in Mason City in a Class 2A substate final.
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Dike-New Hartford's Wil Textor dives back into first on a pickoff attempt while Osage's Maddox Cockrum fields the throw Tuesday in a 2A substate final at Mason City.
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Dike-New Hartford's Gus Varney (1) celebrates with teammate Lewis Textor after scoring a run Tuesday in a 2A substate final against Osage in Mason City.
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Dike-New Hartford second baseman Devon Kollasch fields a popup Tuesday during a Class 2A substate final against Osage in Mason City.
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Dike-New Hartford's Gus Varney throws to first for an out Tuesday in a 2A substate final against Osage in Mason City.
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Dike-New Hartford reliver Lewis Textor throws a pitch Tuesday in a Class 2A substate final against Osage in Mason City.
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Dike-New Hartford shortstop Gus Varney celebrates with pitcher Lewis Textor (not pictured) after the Wolverines doubled off Osage base runner Luke Scharper in the sixth inning Tuesday in a Class 2A substate final in Mason City.
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Osage reliever Carson Nasstrom unleashes a pitch Tuesday in a 2A substate final against Dike-New Hartford in Mason City.
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Osage's Tyler Oberfoell fires to first for an out Tuesday in a Class 2A substate final against Dike-New Hartford in Mason City.
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Osage rightfielder Luke Scharper catches a fly ball for an out Tuesday in a 2A substate final against Dike-New Hartford in Mason City.
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Dike-New Hartford's Cole McCumber fields a fly ball for an out Tuesday in a Class 2A substate final against Osage in Mason City.
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Dike-New Hartford second baseman Devon Kollasch throws to first for an out Tuesday in a 2A substate final against Osage in Mason City.
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Osage's Max Gast is greeted at home plate by teammate Landon Arends after hitting a solo home run in the second inning Tuesday in a 2A substate final against Dike-New Hartford in Mason City.
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Osage's Luke Scharper slaps hands with Anders Kittleson after hitting a 3-run home run in the first inning Tuesday against Dike-New Hartford in a substate final at Mason City.
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Osage pitcher Anders Kittleson throws a pitch in the first inning of a 2A substate final against Dike-New Hartford in Mason City.
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Osage second baseman Heath Voigt throws to first for an out Tuesday in a Class 2A substate final against Dike-New Hartford in Mason City.
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CEDAR FALLS — The Volunteer Center of the Cedar Valley has announced the following needs of local organizations for volunteers:
House of Hope is looking for help organizing and sorting the donations like housewares, dishes, clothes, and other items into ready to go bundles that come in for the moms the organization serves.
Black Hawk County Conservation is looking for friendly people to be the face of their building as front desk greeters.
Fortepan Iowa has hundreds of photos throughout history and needs help getting them tagged. Volunteers will type what they see in the pictures. This is a good opportunity for people with knowledge of local history.
Northeast Iowa Food Bank truck ride-along volunteers are needed to join a staff or volunteer truck/van driver for a route to assist with loading and unloading. Volunteers could help with deliveries or food rescue pick up at local retail stores.
Contact the Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley at (319) 883-3015 or information@vccv.org, or go online to vccv.org for a complete listing of volunteer opportunities in the Cedar Valley. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/local-groups-seek-volunteers/article_4ba3ab48-9187-5a5e-8a47-34c39c337628.html | 2022-07-15T19:17:21 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/local-groups-seek-volunteers/article_4ba3ab48-9187-5a5e-8a47-34c39c337628.html |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Harrisburg Police are searching for two suspects believed to be involved in a July 5 shooting that injured a man in the city.
Amir Buckner and Tahir Edwards are accused of firing multiple rounds at a male victim in the area of South 13th and Lowell streets at about 2:30 p.m., police say.
The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Both Buckner and Edwards are charged with aggravated assault and various related firearms violations, police say.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Harrisburg Police at (717) 558-6900 or submit a tip online. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/amir-buckner-tahir-edwards-harrisburg-shooting/521-40cdbd1d-5b83-47d2-9057-2c65045e91b5 | 2022-07-15T19:20:11 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/amir-buckner-tahir-edwards-harrisburg-shooting/521-40cdbd1d-5b83-47d2-9057-2c65045e91b5 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation Monday to increase penalties for motorists who have multiple DUI convictions to try to end what critics call Pennsylvania’s “revolving door” for the most serious drunken drivers.
The state Senate passed the final version last week after a couple of attempts to get the bill through the Legislature.
The new law takes effect in November and increases penalties for some offenders who receive a third or subsequent DUI conviction.
It aims to lengthen sentences by requiring someone convicted of a third DUI offense to serve consecutive sentences for separate counts, instead of serving the sentences at the same time.
The law also increases the grading of offenses — and the potential length of the sentence — for someone convicted of a fourth DUI if they are caught with drugs or record a high blood alcohol content.
The bill was inspired by the death of Deana Eckman. A five-time drunken driver killed the 45-year-old Delaware County woman in 2019 when he drove his pickup truck across a double yellow line and slammed head-on into the car she was riding in, driven by Eckman's husband, who was seriously injured.
Bill author Rep. Chris Quinn (R-Deleware) said, “Today marks the end of an effort that began more than three years ago, shortly after the tragic and senseless death of Deana DeRosa Eckman."
“Her memory is now permanently enshrined in state law, and Pennsylvanians will be better protected from the worst-of-the-worst repeat DUI offenders because of Deana’s Law," Quinn continued.
The 30-year-old pickup driver pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and other charges and was sentenced to 25 1/2 to 51 years in prison.
The driver, David Strowhouer, had been freed from state prison a few months before the crash after serving a concurrent sentence for his fifth DUI conviction. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pennsylvania-toughens-penalties-for-repeat-dui-drivers-harrisburg/521-bc843c0b-35e5-4aa8-9440-5bef720c4f1c | 2022-07-15T19:20:17 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pennsylvania-toughens-penalties-for-repeat-dui-drivers-harrisburg/521-bc843c0b-35e5-4aa8-9440-5bef720c4f1c |
The City of Fort Worth is pursuing public opinion as it considers how to address short-term rentals or STRs.
STRs allow overnight stays for one to 29 days. They are not allowed in residential areas yet the city is aware of STRs operating illegally. Registration, operating standards and zoning options are all under consideration as the city works to address the issue.
A webpage launched on Friday provides resources and opportunities for feedback including a brief survey.
The survey seeks opinions about the zoning options under consideration to deal with STRs operating illegally:
Option 1: Current Ordinance - Continue to require zoning change for STRs in residential zoning to PD Planned Development, mixed-use or commercial zoning.
Option 2: Treat owner-occupied STRs as Bed and Breakfast Homes. This would require conditional use permit with a 5-year time limit. It would not be allowed in single-family zoning; only allowed with a conditional use permit in 2-family and multi-family zoning with 400 ft. separation. Treat investor-owned STRs similar to Bed and Breakfast Inns and require conditional use permit (CUP) with a five-year time limit and would not allow single-family zoning; only allowed with CUP in high-density multi-family. Would continue to require zoning change for all STRs in single-family zoning.
Option 3: Allow owner-occupied STRs by conditional use permit in all residential districts, up to 5-10% of block or multifamily buildings. Allow investor-owned STRs by conditional use permit in multifamily districts, up to 5-10% of block or multifamily building. Continue to require zoning change for all others.
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Option 4: Allow owner-occupied STRs by right in certain neighborhoods or citywide, up to 5-10% of block or multifamily buildings and fewer than 30 booking nights per year. Require a conditional use permit or zoning change for all others.
City staff has recommended registration requirements for all legal STRs through a third-party platform.
The registration would include:
Annual fee to cover city costs (platform and enforcement)
HOT collection (cannot be used for administration or enforcement)
Property owner registers/consents; registration non-transferrable
24/7 local contact and liability insurance
Affidavit for safety protocols (smoke/CO2 detectors, fire sprinkler, etc.)
One guest/group at a time
Limited to 3 people/bedroom, max of 9 people
On-site parking only with a parking plan required
No events/parties; no outdoor gatherings or music after 10 p.m.
Require Good Neighbor Guide (comply with noise, trash, parking ordinances)
Advertising for STR requires registration
Registration placed on probation or revoked based on violations
The city would require advertising platforms (Airbnb, VRBO, etc.) to only allow advertising for STRs registered with the city.
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Some hospitals in Texas have reportedly refused to treat patients with major pregnancy complications for fear of violating the state's abortion ban, the Texas Medical Association said in a letter this week.
The association did not name the hospitals but said it's received complaints that hospitals, administrators and their attorneys may be prohibiting doctors from providing medically appropriate care in some situations, The Dallas Morning News reported.
Texas law bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. A total ban -- that includes exemptions if a woman's life or health is in danger -- will take effect in the coming weeks following last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
The letter, sent Wednesday to the Texas Medical Board, cited several examples in which medical care was delayed.
In one case, a central Texas hospital reportedly told a physician not to treat an ectopic pregnancy until it ruptured, the letter said. An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg attached outside of the uterus, is not viable.
"Delayed or prevented care in this scenario creates a substantial risk for the patient's future reproductive ability and poses a serious risk to the patient's immediate physical wellbeing," the letter said.
The Texas Medical Board confirmed it received the letter but a spokesperson said the board cannot confirm or deny any specific complaints.
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The Biden administration issued guidance this week that said hospitals must provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk.
Texas sued Thursday over that guidance, arguing that the federal government isn't authorized to require emergency healthcare providers to perform abortions. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/letter-says-texas-hospitals-reportedly-refusing-abortion-care/3015545/ | 2022-07-15T19:25:57 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/letter-says-texas-hospitals-reportedly-refusing-abortion-care/3015545/ |
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police said a robbery suspect who was shot in the hand ran into a Bill Miller B-B-Q on the west side Friday.
It happened at the barbecue restaurant in the 2700 block of Culebra around 12:30 p.m. Friday.
Police said the man who was shot is accused of stealing items from a home. Someone recognized his car, chased him and shot at him. The man was shot in his fingers and crashed in front of the Bill Miller B-B-Q.
The man was taken into custody and treated for his hand injury at the scene.
Police say the man is both a suspect in a robbery/burglary and the victim of an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Police are still investigating.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health on Friday announced a free certified nursing assistant (CNA) program for those looking to launch careers in the health care field.
A release from the health system revealed that Bristol Regional Medical Center will host an in-person registration for Ballad Health’s CNA program on Monday, July 18 from 11 a.m. through 2 p.m. in the Maple and Chestnut rooms in the conference center.
Program candidates should bring a resume, social security number and a driver’s license or state identification. The certification requires that students be at least 17 years old and have graduated high school six months prior.
Candidates must also be compliant with Ballad Health’s vaccination policy.
The in-person courses will begin on Monday, Aug. 15 and continue through Friday, Oct. 21. The program entails that class meets every Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. A full schedule is available here.
Those who complete the program can take the state certification exam.
While the course is free, students are responsible for the cost of navy scrubs. Ballad pays for the exam and offers dual certification in Tennessee and Virginia.
Tennessee offers in-person and an online-hybrid option, while Virginia offers in-person courses.
If candidates wish to further their education in nursing, Ballad offers scholarships and tuition reimbursement for registered nurse candidates. Learn more here.
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Since Kassie Hilgert took over as CEO of Bethlehem nonprofit ArtsQuest in 2015, it’s been her goal to update the group’s visual arts programming hub, the Banana Factory.
That goal could become reality soon.
ArtsQuest will present plans next week to Bethlehem’s Historic Conservation Commission to demolish the existing Banana Factory on West Third Street on Bethlehem’s South Side, and to create a new $22 million cultural center.
The Banana Factory is ArtsQuest’s hub for visual arts, offering art classes, exhibits and studio space. But demand for programming at the Banana Factory has outgrown the space, Hilgert said. There is a waitlist for artist studios, which are offered below market rate, and a need for more classroom and education space.
ArtsQuest first bought the industrial building that became the Banana Factory in 1996, and as the organization grew, bought up several of the surrounding buildings. Today, the Banana Factory is made up of six buildings “cobbled together,” Hilgert said, making building circulation inefficient and utilities complicated.
“Many of those buildings were never meant to serve as one building as a whole,” Hilgert said. “The current factory is almost like a fortress.”
ArtsQuest first secured approval to revamp the Banana Factory in 2018, and the original plan was to preserve two of the six buildings and demolish the others.
Preserving two of the buildings was a compromise between ArtsQuest and the historic conservation commission, which often opposes demolition in the South Side Historic District.
But with rising construction costs, keeping two of the buildings is no longer economically feasible for ArtsQuest, which has so far raised $14 million from public and private donations to fund the new center.
In 2018, the estimated cost of constructing the new building, while maintaining two structures, was $21 to $25 million. Because of inflation, that cost has ballooned to $26 to $30 million. Demolishing the entire structure will save ArtsQuest around $4 million, bringing the cost of the project to $22 million.
“What we see in the new cultural center is the need to serve the growing and changing dynamics of our community, but doing that at a cost we can raise in the public and private sector,” Hilgert said.
The proposed new, five-story cultural center would feature an outdoor Arts Plaza, expanded classroom space, rooms for summer camps and a 100-seat comedy center.
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The building facade facing Third Street would feature a window pattern that spells out “Art For All” in binary code. The facade at the corner of 3rd and Northampton Street would be entirely glass, bringing in natural light that the current building lacks, and giving passersby a peek inside.
The fifth floor is designed to be set back from the rest of the building, allowing space for a rooftop deck.
The goal is to make the factory more of a regional and national draw similar to Steelstacks, an event venue ArtsQuest opened in 2011.
Maintaining its current location on the South Side is strategic for the organization, as it sits in the heart of the arts district and is close to several Bethlehem schools. Bethlehem Area School District Assistant Superintendent Jack Silva wrote the historic commission a letter in support of ArtsQuest’s plans
“The new cultural center, we think, is designed for the Bethlehem that is today and who we want to be tomorrow,” Hilgert said.
The historic conservation commission, tasked with recommending developments in the South Side Historic District, will review the application Monday. If approved, ArtsQuest will continue raising the remaining $6 million needed to construct the new center. Construction will take between 12 and 13 months.
Morning Call reporter Lindsay Weber can be reached at 610-820-6681 and liweber@mcall.com. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/bethlehem/mc-nws-bethlehem-banana-factory-artsquest-cultural-center-20220715-sgfg6nwp2vfevb72qwhifwh4bu-story.html | 2022-07-15T19:34:42 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/bethlehem/mc-nws-bethlehem-banana-factory-artsquest-cultural-center-20220715-sgfg6nwp2vfevb72qwhifwh4bu-story.html |
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – The drowning of an Altamonte Springs teenager last week in Daytona Beach has left a community of youth football players and supporters devastated.
“It has rocked our entire organization, especially the 14-U team. All of us have been touched by this tragic death and loss,” said David Outing, the president and founder of the Central Florida Lions Youth Sports Ministry.
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Joshua Masson was at the beach with friends on July 7 when officials with Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue believe he got caught by a rip current.
He was eventually found by bystanders less than a mile north of where he went missing, beach safety said.
Chris Marie Edouard, Masson’s mother, said her son loved playing football, and sports was all he talked about.
“He was that type of kid where you could never get mad at him. His spirit and his presence was just, like, positive,” Edouard said.
She said her only son was also a best friend, going on mommy-son date nights, for instance.
“The last thing he said to me was he wanted me to be happy,” Edouard said.
“What strikes me about Joshua is just his mannerism,” Outing said. “Very mannerable, very honorable, always wanting to be a better version of himself, always wanting to influence his teammates and schoolmates in a positive way.”
The Lions players will be wearing Joshua’s number 6 on their helmets during the season in his owner. They will also be memorializing one of his jerseys.
“He was an exemplary student, an exemplary athlete, an exemplary person,” Outing said.
Edouard just wants people to know the impact her son had on this small community.
“I feel like a part of me just ripped, you know, the worst pain ever,” she said.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – An Orlando judge dismissed a lawsuit by the Brevard chapter of Moms for Liberty and four Brevard parents who said the School Board and Brevard Public Schools discriminated against conservative parents who criticized the board with its public speaker policy, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.
Judge David Baker ruled that the School Board’s policy itself didn’t violate the plaintiff’s rights to free speech or right to petition, and didn’t violate the constitution by being too vague or broad. But Moms for Liberty and the four parents may still argue that the board applied the policy prejudicially if they file an amended complaint by July 26.
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Amy Kneessy, a plaintiff in the case, said the ruling didn’t come as a surprise, and the case is far from over. She and the other plaintiffs still believe their case is strong, she added, because similar public speaking policies have been struck down in federal court elsewhere.
“We’re not letting this stand,” Kneessy said. “We know that this is not going to be settled at this level. And we are certainly moving forward.”
Brevard Public Schools and School Board Chair Misty Belford remain active defendants in the case, but the four other board members have been removed from future proceedings. Judge David Baker said other board members could not be said to have violated speakers’ constitutional rights because Belford was responsible for enforcing the policy.
In November, the Brevard chapter of Moms for Liberty and four Brevard parents filed a suit against the School Board alleging that the board used its speaker policy to silence conservative parents who opposed the board, especially those who spoke up against the mask mandate the district implemented in Fall 2021.
They argued the board chilled free speech by only halting speakers who criticized the board and by reading a statement before each meeting stating that attempts to disrupt board meetings were illegal under state law and that people who refused to leave meetings could be charged with trespassing.
Baker wrote that the plaintiffs could not provide sufficient evidence that the free speech of members had been chilled by Belford’s reading of criminal statutes before meetings because speakers at meetings nonetheless continued criticizing the board.
Brevard Public Schools declined to comment. The defendant’s legal counsel has not responded to a request for comment.
The board’s speaker policy forbids speakers from making remarks that are “personally directed,” “abusive” or “obscene,” and speakers are told to direct all remarks to School Board Chair Misty Belford instead of addressing individual board members, BPS staff or other parties.
At several School Board meetings, Belford has halted speakers who made remarks deemed uncivil or who repeatedly addressed people other than and asked them to return to their seats or leave the meetings.
Some speakers have left meetings after district security officers began walking toward them to lead them out, but none have been charged with trespassing.
Two anti-mask protestors were arrested before a September meeting and charged with trespassing and disrupting a school board meeting after they attempted to enter district headquarters without wearing masks. They waived their rights to a speedy trial, and their cases are still pending in Brevard County criminal court. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/15/federal-judge-rules-brevard-school-board-speaker-policies-dont-violate-first-amendment/ | 2022-07-15T19:38:39 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/15/federal-judge-rules-brevard-school-board-speaker-policies-dont-violate-first-amendment/ |
MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A man was arrested Tuesday after deputies say he stabbed a person at a gas station during a robbery.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Marcus Roessner, 27, was the one who stabbed the 69-year-old victim as he put gas in his car at the Circle K gas station on N. Highway 441 in the Ocala area Tuesday evening.
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Deputies said Roessner stabbed the victim, stole his car keys and tried to steal the vehicle, but when he couldn’t get the car to start he ran into a nearby field.
Deputies said K9 units found Roessner hiding in a locked shed at a nearby business. He was taken into custody after deputies said they had to break into the shed to get to him.
The victim was stabbed multiple times but was taken to a hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
Roessner is facing charges of robbery with a weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, burglary of a structure and resisting without violence.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – There’s no doubt News 6 is a media outlet. But “the media” is not a monolith.
We say this because “the media” recently came under fire after Lake County Sheriff Peyton Grinnell voiced his concerns over “a few of the news stations’” recent coverage of an 18-year-old suspect’s shootout with law enforcement in Mount Dora.
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“To paint every news outlet with the broad brush of ‘the media’ is an unproductive form of dialogue,” said Jeff Hoffman, News 6 general manager. “It is similar to opinions voiced by people toward one law enforcement incident and using that to criticize all who wear the badge.”
News 6 covered the story in question after a thoughtful and detailed discussion among news managers, producers and digital team members -- the kind of conversation we aim to have when handling any story that impacts our community.
Especially when it concerns sensitive subject matters like this one, where gunfire was exchanged between a murder suspect and law enforcement officials, a particularly hot-button topic in today’s world.
We talked it through, verified everything we could with local law enforcement agencies and reflected on how best to approach the story we’d been handed, culminating in coverage of which we are proud.
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The story concerns Jonny Santiago, a man deputies said was wanted out of Volusia County in connection to his father’s death. Santiago led law enforcement on a chase throughout several counties before crashing his car into a synagogue and shooting at them Monday afternoon, according to officials. Law enforcement returned fire, injuring the suspect, who was later arrested and booked into Orange County jail early Thursday as a search for his father, since found dead near an Orange County lake, continued.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office released law enforcement body camera and dashcam video of the shootout on Thursday to multiple Central Florida news outlets, News 6 among them, showing the chase leading up to the shootout on Monday, the gunfire and the aftermath as law enforcement provided first aid to the suspect.
We decided to air those videos in multiple newscasts and post the videos unedited and in full, with a word of warning to viewers regarding the graphic nature of the footage, on ClickOrlando.com in the interest of transparency.
To tell the full truth. To show what law enforcement dealt with in that situation. To be accountable and transparent.
Quite simply, to do the jobs we promised our community we’d do.
After multiple stations aired the story, the Lake County sheriff took to social media to address his concerns over how select, unnamed media outlets addressed it.
“Recently, we released law enforcement vehicle dash camera and body camera recorded video to our local media outlets showing the brave and heroic efforts of deputies and police officers apprehending an armed individual suspected of homicide in Volusia County,” Grinnell said in the video. “When the video footage was aired on the different news stations, a few of the news stations, whether intentional or not, omitted or inaccurately narrated what was actually happening in the video.”
News 6 believes that response is harmful, not just to us, but to the community we are covering.
“While the sheriff has every right to share his feelings, his use of the term ‘the media’ is not acceptable and puts my team at risk,” News 6 News Director Allison McGinley said. “Every News 6 report was based in fact and focused on the fact that law enforcement officers’ lives and the lives of those in the public were in danger as the suspect was shooting from his vehicle. We also pointed out that deputies rendered aid to the suspect.”
Ramping up that rhetoric further “puts a target on my team, who are Central Florida community members themselves,” McGinley added.
After Grinnell posted the video on social media, McGinley explained her position directly to Lake County Sheriff’s Office public information Officer John Herrell in an effort to understand if any missteps were made on our end and to continue fostering a positive relationship between Central Florida journalists and law enforcement officials.
“It is our opinion that it would have been more productive for the sheriff to reach out to those individual newsrooms with his concerns instead of painting us all with the all-to-common refrain of ‘the media’ being responsible for inaccuracies and false narratives,” McGinley said. “As I explained to the sheriff office spokesperson, the relationship between local journalists and local law enforcement does not have to be adversarial. It should only be one of accountability on both sides. Continuing to divide our communities is not being of service to our communities.”
After McGinley’s phone conversation with Herrell, the public information officer said he would relay the message to the sheriff, passing along her invitation to open up a dialogue between journalists and law enforcement about the topic.
News 6′s response is not an effort to lambast anyone in particular, but rather to preserve the sanctity of our job, to remain transparent for the sake of our viewers and to continue building and fostering trust within the community we cover.
So you can see how we covered the story, we have listed below every single newscast the shootout videos aired in on Wednesday, July 13. You can also find the original story we wrote after the sheriff’s office released the dashcam and body camera videos here, where we include all five unedited videos with a viewer discretion advisory listed.
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SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – A Wildwood woman was killed in a rollover crash Friday morning on State Road 44 in Sumter County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The FHP said the 22-year-old was driving a pickup truck east when she failed to “negotiate” a curve in the roadway.
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Troopers said her pickup rotated and left the travel lanes, driving into the median and overturning.
The FHP said the woman, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected and died.
No other details have been released.
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WASHINGTON — Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies may soon be as easy as 9-8-8.
The United States’ first nationwide three-digit mental health crisis hotline goes live on Saturday. It’s designed to be as easy to remember and use as 911, but instead of a dispatcher sending police, firefighters or paramedics, 988 will connect callers with trained mental health counselors.
The federal government has provided over $280 million to help states create systems that will do much more, including mobile mental health crisis teams that can be sent to people’s homes and emergency mental health centers, similar to urgent care clinics that treat physical aches and pains.
“This is one of the most exciting things that has happened” in mental health care, said Dr. Brian Hepburn, a psychiatrist who heads the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors.
Hepburn cautions that when 988 kicks off, it will not be like “the flick of a switch. It’s going to take a number of years in order for us to be able to reach everybody across the country."
Some states already have comprehensive mental health crisis systems, but others have a long way to go. And widespread shortages of mental health specialists are expected to slow their ability to expand services.
A RAND Corp. survey published last month found that fewer than half of state or regional public health officials were confident about being ready for 988, which is expected to generate an influx of calls.
Nearly 60% said call-center staffers had specialized suicide prevention training; half said they had mobile crisis response teams available 24/7 with licensed counselors; and fewer than one-third had urgent mental-health care units.
Is the suicide prevention hotline number changing?
The 988 system will build on the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, an existing network of over 200 crisis centers nationwide staffed by counselors who answer millions of calls each year — about 2.4 million in 2020. Calls to the old lifeline, 1-800-273-8255, will still go through even with 988 in place.
“If we can get 988 to work like 911 … lives will be saved,’’ said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Dispatching paramedics for heart attacks and police for crimes makes sense — but not for psychiatric emergencies, mental health advocates say. Calls to 911 for those crises often lead to violent law enforcement encounters and trips to jail or crowded emergency rooms where suicidal people can wait days for treatment.
The 988 system “is a real opportunity to do things right," said Hannah Wesolowski of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Sustained funding will be needed. According to the National Academy of State Health Policy, four states have enacted laws to impose telecommunications fees to support 988 and many others are working on the issue.
A desperate call to a Utah state senator in 2013 helped spark the idea of a three-digit mental health crisis line.
Sen. Daniel Thatcher says a good friend sought his help after taking his suicidal son to an emergency room, only to be told by a doctor to come back if the boy hurt himself.
Thatcher has battled depression and at 17, he also considered suicide. He knew that despondent people in crisis may lack the wherewithal to seek out help or to remember the 10-digit national suicide lifeline number.
Thatcher found that many of Utah’s in-state crisis lines went straight to police dispatchers or voicemail. He wondered why there was no 911 service for mental health, and the idea got national attention after he mentioned it to longtime Sen. Orrin Hatch.
In 2020, Congress passed the bill designating the 3-digit crisis number and then-President Donald Trump signed it into law.
Thatcher’s mother was a nurse and knew where to get him help. He says 988 has the potential to make it that easy for others.
“If you get help, you live. It really is that simple,’’ Thatcher said.
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INDIANAPOLIS — On Tuesday night, IMPD was called out to Forest Manor Park on the city's east side — but not for what you may think.
"It was super fun. I was like, I hope I remember how to play and they don't yell at me for getting out. And yes, I got out," said Sgt. Tyneka Sperry, supervisor for IMPD, after gathering with kids and fellow officers for a few fun games of kickball and quick ball.
"It's really cool that you get to play with police officers, playing kickball," 8-year-old Allen Conley said.
The annual event, called Badges for Baseball, is put on by the Indianapolis Indians, Indy PAL (Police Athletic & Activities League) and Indy RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities).
The purpose of the night is to build positive relationships between those kids and law enforcement.
"Especially right now with [the] turmoil the world is in, it's always this 'good vs. bad,' so it's nice to come together and show them that's not really how it is, that we're all the same" Sperry said. "We're all moms and dads, brothers and sisters. We put our pants on the same way every day. We cook dinners and do chores."
The kids and officers competed, with the kids also learning about the job, from the bomb squad to horse patrol, giving them the chance to explore the possibility of a future career.
"A lot of people in my family have been on the wrong side of the tracks, and I kind of wanted to do something with my life," 15-year-old Jason Mayes said. "I was thinking military or law enforcement, one of the two."
"Two little girls today said, 'I wanna do this job. I wanna ride horses!' I was like, You absolutely should do this job!'" Sperry said.
There was a lot of learning, laughing and high-fives exchanged. And most importantly, everyone left with a fresh perspective.
"I saw they were cool and being honest, and they were throwing balls, and I was actually really impressed," 8-year-old Layla Deckard said.
"If you lose or win, it doesn't matter — you just play the game to have fun," Conley said.
"The next time they see a police officer, they don't always [have to] go to the bad," Sperry said. "They're like, 'I remember a good experience,' so that's why we do this."
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KETCHUM, Idaho — Idaho Department of Fish and Game staff are trying to capture a black bear that "acted aggressively" toward a woman in a Ketchum neighborhood the morning of Monday, July 11.
The woman reported that the bear charged her after she opened her door and tried to verbally shoo away the bear, which had gotten into garbage outside her home in the Warm Springs neighborhood, according to IDFG. She quickly closed the door, but the bear collided with the door and then charged a window as the woman banged on the glass in an attempt to scare the bear away. The woman was not harmed.
Idaho Fish and Game said this is the second case of aggressive bears in the Warm Springs neighborhood in about a year. In June 2021, a woman had a face-to-face encounter with an aggressive black bear while walking through the neighborhood late at night. Streets were lined with garbage carts scheduled for pickup the next day. The Wood River Valley has had persistent problems with bears raiding garbage cans and finding other sources of food at or near people's homes.
After receiving the report about the July 11 bear encounter, IDFG staff went door to door in the neighborhood to notify residents. They're also working to locate the bear. Black bears can roam over large distances, but will usually return to areas where they have found food in the past.
"No one wants to see wildlife harmed, but we have no tolerance for bears that are aggressive toward people, or repeatedly return to homes and neighborhoods in search of food," said Terry Thompson, IDFG Magic Valley Regional Communications Manager, who also said that if Fish and Game staff are able to trap the bear, they'll have to euthanize it.
"We can't risk public safety on account of one animal that has developed a bad habit of roaming neighborhoods in search of food. We want wildlife to remain wild, but unfortunately, when there's bear food in the form of garbage or other attractants, bears will follow," Thompson said.
Idaho Fish and Game officials ask anyone who sees or finds evidence of a bear in the area to report it at 208-324-4359.
In a separate incident that also occurred this July, IDFG says a different bear was reported roaming around for several days in dispersed campsites north of Ketchum, in the North Fork area. While at the campsites, the bear reportedly found unsecured food, damaged camping gear and tried to get into cars.
On Thursday, July 14, in eastern Idaho, IDFG captured and euthanized a young male black bear at Stoddard Creek Campground north of Spencer in Clark County, near the Interstate 15 corridor and the Idaho-Montana border.
Thompson said bear encounters are mostly preventable by removing attractants such as food and garbage. IDFG also advises campers to clean all dishes and cooking utensils away from your tent and campsite after each meal, and warns that you should not bury food scraps or pour cooking grease into the ground or in your fire pit.
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LEWISTON, Maine — The Dempsey Center's mission is to make life better for those impacted by cancer, whether it is at their two locations in Lewiston or South Portland or through their Dempsey Connects virtual programs.
The impact of a cancer diagnosis goes far beyond the patient and often far beyond diagnosis and treatment. The Dempsey Center serves all those impacted by cancer — at any phase of the journey.
Founded in 2008 by actor Patrick Dempsey and his family, the center provides counseling, nutrition classes, integrative therapies, movement, and fitness classes, as well as youth and family services.
The biggest fundraiser The Dempsey Center holds is The Dempsey Challenge. This year The Challenge will once again take place at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston, Maine. The 5K/10K run/walk will take place on Saturday, September 24, and the riding portion of The Challenge will take place on Sunday, September 25.
Once again, The Dempsey Challenge has brought back The Global Challenge as part of the event this year. If you can't make it to the in-person event, the virtual event allows you to complete anywhere and in any way you choose.
To register and be part of The Dempsey Challenge this year, click here.
It's important to note there is a fundraising commitment of $250 to participate in The Dempsey Challenge, with your registration fee counting towards that total.
($250 fundraising - $60 registration fee = $190 left to hit your goal!)
Youth participants (18 and younger) receive a discount. For youth participants, it's a $30 registration with a suggested fundraising goal of $125
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants could affect the agency’s future regulatory capacity, though it will have little immediate effect on San Antonio’s city-owned electric company.
In a 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. EPA, the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA overstepped its authority under the Clean Air Act when it issued the never-implemented Obama-era rule called the Clean Power Plan, which sought to establish guidelines to limit carbon emissions from existing power plants in an effort to address climate change. The Court’s ruling says the EPA can no longer implement sweeping, large-scale regulations that are likely to affect the economy unless Congress specifically authorizes it.
Although the Clean Power Plan never took effect, CPS Energy has taken steps to lower its carbon emissions, having reduced its use of coal to 18 percent, exceeding the goal sought by 2030 under the Clean Power Plan.
But while CPS is largely unaffected by the recent ruling, one CPS board trustee believes “the wider implications of this decision could be harmful for the environmental movement just because of all the things we don’t know yet.”
“Agencies like the EPA might read this decision today and say, ‘Oh, we were going to do X, but now we can’t because [the court] is going to strike it down,’” said Francine Romero, who is a CPS trustee and chair of the Department of Public Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio. “If the EPA was challenged now, then it could be shot down again.”
With the Supreme Court’s majority opinion saying that Congress — as as policy-making body — must authorize major regulations related to climate action, many environmentalists are concerned that nothing will ever change.
Romero said that although certain environmental rules that some people have sought may never become reality, the EPA is not necessarily devoid of power.
The Clean Power Plan “was a very ambitious plan,” she said. “So it might be that the EPA must work at a much smaller scale now.”
‘Rule was never in effect’
In 2009, during the Obama administration, the EPA determined that it needed to regulate greenhouse gases, which it found to be a danger to human health. To do so, it looked to the Clean Air Act, enacted in 1963 as a means to reduce and control air pollution nationwide.
While the EPA routinely regulates new sources of air pollution, part of the Clean Air Act enables the EPA to regulate existing sources, said Victor Flatt, University of Houston Law Center professor and co-director of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center. The problem, he said, comes where industry is called on to use “the best system of emission reduction.”
“The term was just never fully defined,” Flatt said.
Under the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration proposed that the best system of emission reduction entailed requiring utilities and states to add more renewable power, such as wind and solar, and to convert coal-fired power plants to natural gas, Flatt said.
The Clean Power Plan’s interpretation of “best system of emission reduction” was almost immediately challenged in court, and the Supreme Court issued a stay blocking the plan’s implementation. The stay remained in place for years, Flatt said.
“Then, when Biden was elected, he said they weren’t going to use the (Clean Power Plan) anymore,” he said. “That’s what’s so weird about the Supreme Court taking the case. The rule was never even in effect.”
And under the Supreme Court’s ruling, the EPA can devise no such rule in the future on its own. The ruling follows what’s called the Major Questions Doctrine, which dictates that Congress must unambiguously authorize administrative agencies to make decisions of vast “economic and political significance” for those decisions to be enforceable.
“Congress has to be explicit in what they tell the agency to do,” Flatt said. “And they didn’t explicitly give the EPA the power to do that.”
‘Already making moves’
CPS Energy said it is reviewing the West Virginia v. EPA ruling and its potential ramifications. Meanwhile, CPS is “committed to decarbonizing its operations and transitioning to cleaner energy to ensure climate resiliency.”
“CPS Energy is already making the move to cleaner energy,” Romero said. “I think a lot of cities are in the same position as them. They’re already moving toward decarbonization.”
CPS noted that it closed its oldest coal-fired units in 2018 and has since detailed future closures of its natural gas units and options for closing its two remaining coal units. CPS also supports the city’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, which includes a resolution to become carbon neutral by 2050.
But even as CPS and other utilities work to reduce their carbon footprints independent of government mandates, many environmentalists remained worried for the long term. They say the significance of the Supreme Court’s ruling has less to do with the Clean Power Plan today and more to do with the future of climate change and the EPA.
“We’re in political gridlock right now. There are elections coming up. We’re going to have a completely new House of Representatives in 2024, and one third of the Senate will be up for election,” said Bill Piatt, law professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law. “We have to elect people into office who are going to redraft legislation and give the EPA the power it needs, but everything is in the air right now.”
Piatt said environmental issues now need to be fought over at the state level.
With the electricity sector generally adopting more renewable energy on its own, environmentalists are concerned about the EPA’s ability to regulate other industries, including petroleum producers and refineries.
Newer forms of regulation — such as emissions trading, which provides economic incentives for reducing pollutants — could be harder to implement, given that Congress never authorized them, Flatt said. This means the regulation of greenhouse gasses will be less flexible and more costly in the future.
“This won’t stop the EPA from their ability to regulate pollutants, but it will make it slower,” Flatt said. “And for a lot of people, there’s not enough time for that.”
Elena Bruess writes for the Express-News through Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms. ReportforAmerica.org. elena.bruess@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/CPS-EPA-SCOTUS-17308066.php | 2022-07-15T19:58:46 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/CPS-EPA-SCOTUS-17308066.php |
H-E-B recently opened its first Home by H-E-B Department in San Antonio at a store on the far North Side.
The grocer's location at U.S. 281 and Evans Road is one of five that will include a department for two new product lines — Haven + Key and Texas Proud. The other locations are in Brownsville, Burleson and Corpus Christi. The first Home by H-E-B space opened in April in New Braunfels.
According to an H-E-B news release, more stores are being renovated to house the new home department, anticipating 25 stores will have one by the end of the year.
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The space at the San Antonio location is over 2,500-square feet and has 500 home decor items, including "timeless woven textiles, inspiring decor and versatile furniture and accent pieces," per the release.
Haven + Key will feature "modern, signature styles" with "artfully designed" pieces for everyday use. Items are set to include mirrors, candles and toss pillows, as well as kitchen textiles, rugs, throw blankets, and pre-assembled furniture such as accent chairs made of 100 percent leather.
The Texas Proud collection will feature items such as wood and antler art, leather goods, cowhide benches and candles with the "iconic spirit of the Lone Star State."
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Home by H-E-B departments will vary in size, the grocer said, and layout and product selection will be tailored to each location.
Products will be available for purchase in-store, via curbside pickup and home delivery will be offered at select locations. Customers can use heb.com and the My H-E-B mobile app to shop and browse the collections only by selecting stores where Home by H-E-B is available.
shepard.price@express-news.net | @shepardgprice | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/H-E-B-Home-department-17307931.php | 2022-07-15T19:58:52 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/H-E-B-Home-department-17307931.php |
Texas is the second-worst state to live in but the fifth-best state for business, according to a new report.
The 2022 version of CNBC's "Top States for Business" study found that Texas scored just 72 out of a possible 325 points in the "Life, Health and Inclusion" category, earning an "F" grade.
CNBC said quality of life was given "particular attention" in this year's study and considered factors like crime rates, environmental quality and health care. For the first time in 2022, the availability of childcare was also a factor. The inclusiveness of state laws, including protections against discrimination and voting rights, was also among the factors.
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"Skilled workers are still flocking to Texas despite longstanding quality of life issues," CNBC wrote. "When they arrive, they are finding limited childcare options, a stressed health care system with the highest rate of uninsured, new curbs on voting rights and few protections against discrimination."
None of Texas' quality of life metrics were in the top 50 percent of U.S. states. The CNBC study found weaknesses in the state's childcare, health resources, inclusiveness and voting rights.
Arizona ranked as the worst state to live in, according to study found. Texas was followed by Oklahoma, South Carolina and Missouri, respectively. Neighboring Louisiana (sixth) and New Mexico (seventh) were also in the top 10 worst states to live in. The top three states to live in were Vermont, Maine and Hawaii, respectively.
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In order to determine the best states for business, CNBC scored all 50 states on 88 metrics in 10 categories of competitiveness, with each category weighted based on how frequently states use them as a selling point in economic development marketing.
A variety of sources were used to measure the states' performance. States could earn a maximum of 2,500 points in the 2022 survey.
Texas was named the fifth-best state for business, with high rankings in workforce (second), economy (eighth), technology and innovation (fourth), and capital access (third). The top four states were North Carolina, Washington, Virginia and Colorado, respectively.
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San Antonio Metropolitan Health District has confirmed a third case of monkeypox in Bexar County.
The public health agency serving the city and Bexar County had just confirmed two cases of monkeypox in a news release Thursday amid a national outbreak of the virus, which is in the same family as smallpox.
Public health officials say the risk to the public remains low.
Metro Health reported that individuals are currently isolating, following all recommended guidance and that all close contacts have been notified.
Individuals should be aware of the symptoms of monkeypox and seek medical attention if they experience new, unexplained rashes or skin lesions. Other early symptoms include fever, chills and swollen lymph nodes.
“With increased cases occurring nationwide and across the state, we have been actively monitoring this situation,” said Metro Health Director Claude A. Jacob in a statement Thursday. “Because the disease does not easily spread from person to person without direct contact, the chance of exposure to the public is minimal. We encourage residents to be aware of the symptoms, follow prevention recommendations, and consult with a healthcare provider when needed.”
Supplies of the vaccine against monkeypox are limited at this time. Vaccination is being offered only to people identified as contacts during Metro Health’s case investigations.
laura.garcia@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Third-monkeypox-case-confirmed-in-Bexar-County-17308127.php | 2022-07-15T19:59:04 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Third-monkeypox-case-confirmed-in-Bexar-County-17308127.php |
LARGO, Fla. — The Largo Police Department is searching for a missing 91-year-old man last seen leaving his home back in June.
On June 29, Gene Curry left his home in Largo leaving behind a note that said he wanted to travel and "take care of a few things," police explained in a news release.
Curry reportedly also wrote he didn't know when he would come back but would contact his wife when he was finished with his travels.
As the weeks passed, Curry hasn't been in contact with his wife.
Police the 91-year-old has turned off his cellphone and no one knows where he is. His last known location was in the Safety Harbor area.
The missing man is believed to be in good health, the police department explains.
Anyone who has seen Curry or knows anything about where he is can contact the Largo Police Department at 727-587-6730 or the local police/sheriff department in your area. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/largo-police-search-missing-91-year-old-man/67-a8c47eb4-9340-4e10-b76a-2cee4c6c9a37 | 2022-07-15T20:00:49 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/largo-police-search-missing-91-year-old-man/67-a8c47eb4-9340-4e10-b76a-2cee4c6c9a37 |
BLOOMINGTON — A man arrested earlier this year during a stalking investigation has been sentenced to 142 days in jail for aggravated battery to a peace officer, court records state.
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, pleaded guilty June 30 to one of two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer, a Class 2 felony. The second battery charge (a Class 4 felony charge for stalking) and a misdemeanor charge for resisting a peace officer were dropped.
He did not have an address listed in court records when the charges were filed in April.
Jones was credited for 71 days already served in jail, and ordered to 30 months of probation.
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Trevon J. Triplett
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Alexandria S. Macon
Macon
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Tyson Brown
Tyson Brown is charged with burglary and forgery for attempting to cash a stolen check at CEFCU in Normal.
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Zachary J. Williamson
Williamson
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Stephon T. Carter
Carter
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Richard L. Kletz
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Brennen M. Whiteside
Brennen M. Whiteside, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of vehicular invasion and aggravated battery.
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Xavier M. Moreau
Xavier M. Moreau, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and violation of the Firearm Owner’s Identification Card Act.
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Corey W. Elizondo
Corey W. Elizondo, 31, of Peoria, is charged with possession of a stolen or converted stolen vehicle and theft.
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Joshua A. Lindsey
Joshua A. Lindsey, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of MDMA) Two counts of unlawful possession of meth (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of MDMA) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (amphetamine) Four counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of amphetamine, less than 15 grams of clonazepam, less than 15 grams of lorazepam, less than 15 grams of cocaine) Unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (30 to 500 grams) Unlawful possession of cannabis (30 to 500 grams)
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Ronnie Cannon
Ronnie Cannon, 43, of Chicago, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
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Duane K. Martin
Duane K. Martin, 34, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, three counts of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine and four counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine.
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Destinee M. Nuckolls
Destinee M. Nuckolls, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine and permitting unlawful use of a building.
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Tyler C. Neely
Tyler C. Neely, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with four counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class X and Class 1 felonies), reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) and methamphetamine possession (Class 3 felony).
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Brandon E.J. Frieburg
Brandon E.J. Frieburg, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
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Rhiannan O. Keith
Rhiannan O. Keith, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
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George E. Wisehart
George E. Wisehart, 44, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and two counts of meth possession.
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Christopher A. Johnson
Christopher A. Johnson, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
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Kelyi G. Kabongo
Kelyi G. Kabongo, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession 5 to 15 grams of meth and less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver, possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth and possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
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Tyrone L. McKinney
Tyrone L. McKinney, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 1 to 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver.
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Terrance T. Jones
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
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Noel R. Castillo
Noel Ramirez-Castillo, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful vehicular invasion, aggravated battery, theft, criminal damage to government supported property and resisting a peace officer.
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Kerrigan T. Spencer
Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal, is charged with two counts of burglary.
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Austin S. Waller
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary at a Bloomington smoke shop. He is separately charged with three counts of burglary at the Corn Crib.
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Jacob S. Upton
Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary.
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Franklin P. Roberts
Franklin P. Roberts, 50, of Bloomington, is charged with threatening a public official (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (Class 4 felony).
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Ashley R. Schneiderheinze
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze, 32, is charged with unlawful possession of:
15 to 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony) Less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Less than 15 grams of clonazepam (Class 4 felony) 30 to 100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor) She also is charged with two counts of permitting the unlawful use of a building.
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Brandon E. Reynolds
Brandon E. Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a charge of grooming.
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Hannah J. Jackson
Hannah J. Jackson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine.
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Jason M. Harris
Jason M. Harris , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated arson (Class X felony), residential arson (Class 1 felony) and two counts of arson (Class 2 felonies).
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Michael S. Parkerson
Michael S. Parkerson, 54, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
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Kerry M. Huls
Kerry M. Huls, 47, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of meth, unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
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Randy M. Turner
Randy M. Turner, 39, of Danville, is charged with two counts of disarming a peace officer, five counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, attempted possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to government supported property and driving under the influence of drugs.
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Malik A. Wilson
Malik A. Wilson, 23, of Chicago, is charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
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Jaren K. Jackson-Coates
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates, 24, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
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Jawarren L. Clements
Jawarren L. Clements, 25, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
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Hunter A.W. Williamson
Hunter A.W. Williamson, 23, of Heyworth, is charged with cannabis trafficking and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies).
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Mason A. Artis
Mason A. Artis, 22, of Shirley, is charged with possession of a stolen license plate, unauthorized use of a license plate and three counts of theft. He is separately charged with unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony).
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Kenyatta C. Chissell
Kenyatta C. Chissell, 40, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin.
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Shanarra S. Spillers
Shanarra S. Spillers , 36, of Normal, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felonies).
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Enrique D. Sosa
Enrique D. Sosa, 55, of Spanish Fork, Utah, is charged with theft, financial institution fraud, wire fraud and two counts of computer fraud.
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Caleb W. Collier
Caleb W. Collier, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class 1 and 2 felonies). He is accused of possessing between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of cocaine.
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Jahda R. Davis
Jahda R. Davis, 20, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer.
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Roosevelt Williams
Roosevelt Williams, 43, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion, criminal trespass to a residence and battery.
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Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
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Corey B. Dowell
Corey B. Dowell , 24, of Bloomington, is charged with failure to report an accident or injury.
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Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
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Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
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Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
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David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher Garza
Christopher O. Garza, 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
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Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua K. Wilson
Joshua K. Wilson, 39, of Normal, was sentenced to 152 days in jail and 24 months on conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kavion J. Anderson
Kavion J. Anderson, 18, of Hazel Crest, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He earned credit for 197 days served in jail. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular hijacking.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brettais J. Lane
Brettais J. Lane, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in a public park and ulawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
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Jessica N. Huff
Jessica N. Huff, 35, of Peoria, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Craig O. Harrington
Craig O. Harrington , 23, of Chicago, was sentenced to 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of burglary.
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Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jesse S. Duncan
Jesse S. Duncan, 28, of Bloomington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property with a value of between $500 and $10,000.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhonda L. Davis
Rhonda L. Davis , 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Brenden P. Cano
Brenden P. Cano , 23, of LeRoy, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography production.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dujuan L. Enos
Dujuan L. Enos, 48, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of fentanyl.
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Chester Johnson
Chester Johnson, 69, of Chicago, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James Canti
James Canti, 48, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to one year in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, was sentenced to 167 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius J. Heard
Darrius J. Heard, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced to six days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 102 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, was sentenced to 143 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
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Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
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Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
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Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 21, of Chicago, is charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, was sentenced July 13, 2022, to 68 days in jail and 30 months of probation after pleading guilty to residential burglary, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 60, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 months on probation and 96 days in jail for one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, was sentenced to five years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 31, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 36 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery-strangulation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
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Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
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Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
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Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
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PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. — Former President Donald Trump's Prescott Valley rally has been postponed due to the death of Trump's first wife, Ivana Trump.
The rally has been rescheduled to Friday, July 22, according to an Arizona GOP screenshot of a post from Trump.
The “Save America” rally was originally slated to be held at the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley on Saturday, July 16. Trump was scheduled to speak at 4 p.m.
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"My heart goes out to President Trump and his children," Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake tweeted after the postponement. "I am saddened to receive news that tomorrow’s Save America rally has been cancelled, however I know firsthand that it is important to be surrounded by family when you lose a Mother."
Ivana Trump died in her New York City home, her family reported Thursday. The skier-turned-businesswoman was the mother of Trump's oldest children. She was 73.
“She was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life,” Trump posted on Truth Social. The couple shared three children, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric.
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A 16-year-old accused of robbing and killing 60-year-old Ali Elbanna outside a Dallas Costco last year will be tried as an adult.
Judge Cheryl Shannon of the 305th Dallas County District Court certified Friday that Cameron Range, who will turn 17 next month, will be tried as an adult in the capital murder trial.
Elbanna's family said Friday they were grateful for the judge's decision that Range would face trial as an adult.
"This is a small victory and just the beginning of our push for justice for our father and our main goal of making sure this individual can’t hurt anyone else like he hurt our family," the family said in a statement.
A juvenile judge recommended Range be held on a $500,000 bond, which is consistent with a capital murder adult charge.
ALI ELBANNA MURDER
Ali Elbanna, of Arlington, was shot and killed outside the Costco Business Center on Park Lane on Nov. 16, 2021.
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According to police reports, Elbanna was loading groceries into his vehicle just before 7 p.m. when he was approached by four people who robbed and shot him.
Dallas Police later arrested four people accused in the crime, including three who faced charges of capital murder along with multiple counts of aggravated robbery for offenses that were alleged to have occurred earlier in the day.
Dallas Police said the group, identified in arrest affidavits as James Levels, Jacoby Bryce Tatum, Janiya Lashay Miller, along with a then-unnamed juvenile boy, "demanded property," and that during the robbery the juvenile shot the man once.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark — The City of Fayetteville is asking people with homes and businesses in east Fayetteville, Elkins and Goshen to conserve their water usage.
Officials say that the water system is seeing increased demand while experiencing the hotter and drier than usual temperatures in the area.
Affected locations are east of North Crossover Road, particularly:
- Areas off of Highway 45 (East Mission Boulevard)
- Highway 16 (East Huntsville Road)
Both homes and businesses are being asked by the City of Fayetteville Utilities Department to adjust their water usage during high-demand morning and evening hours like when people are getting ready for work and returning home.
Between the hours of 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., the city is asking customers in the affected areas to lower the amount of water they use for irrigation, like sprinklers or landscape watering.
"With hot summer temperatures and heavy demand for irrigation, usage in east Fayetteville and Goshen is high, and parts of the water system are being pushed to its limit," the city's utilities department said in a statement on Friday.
Officials think that adjusting the irrigation schedules during that time window will help the water system recover.
To report a leak, call the City of Fayetteville at (479) 575-8386 from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or call (479) 587-3555 after hours.
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SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. — The school year is quickly approaching and while COVID restrictions might not be as much of a hurdle this year, schools are struggling to fill positions, especially bus drivers.
Local school districts said that bus drivers are the heartbeat of the district. They start the day with the kids and get them to and from school. Trent Jones with Springdale Schools said they are in need of ten more drivers and that alone determines how hundreds of kids will get to school.
While it’s easy to focus on the negative effect this shortage is having, Jones wants to focus on the positives and the impact these bus drivers do and can make in hopes to encourage others to become school bus drivers.
“Bus drivers set the tone for the district because they’re the first face you see and the last face you see. So being able to see that same person every day, build that personal relationship knowing a lot of our bus drivers call them my kids that personal connection is really what makes this position such a critical point in people’s lives. It sets the tone for the whole district,” said Jones.
According to Shane Patrick with Siloam Springs, they’re short nine bus drivers right now which is the shortest of drivers they’ve ever been. He said school bus drivers make a difference and impact students’ lives, in fact, he still remembers his, Ms. Jones.
“She always told us we get off the bus you know I’ll be right here waiting on you in the morning don’t be late and you know it was her way of saying she loved and cared about us and it really gave you that one more person I was able to connect with in the school system that allowed me to have that another adult in my life that was a positive influence,” said Patrick.
It’s because of this that Patrick encourages people to consider applying. Patrick along with a few other administrators are currently getting CDL licensed to help if needed.
We reached out to Van Buren as well who tells 5NEWS they too are in need of drivers and would love help. Fort Smith said their routes are covered but it never hurts to have more drivers.
If you are interested in applying to become a bus driver for your local school, applications are accepted throughout the school year and part-time positions are also offered. You can check your school district’s website for more information.
Listed below are links to the schools in need of bus drivers:
- Springdale: https://www.sdale.org/page/transportation-drive
- Van Buren: https://www.vbsd.us/district/bus-drivers-needed
- Siloam Springs: https://www.siloamschools.com/en-US/transportation-589403c2
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Employee at Devereux facility in Titusville accused of sexual abuse against child
A Mims man was arrested Wednesday following allegations of sexual abuse against a child at a behavioral treatment program in Titusville where he works.
Christopher Mitchell, 32, was charged with attempted sexual battery of a child, use of a child in sexual performance, child abuse without great bodily harm, battery and computer solicitation for sex with a child. He was released from Brevard County Jail on a bond of $41,000.
Titusville police and the Department of Children and Families were called to Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health July 12 in relation to child abuse allegations, according to an arrest affidavit.
Investigators spoke with a program manager, who said a male resident said Mitchell had been molesting him since his arrival at Devereux at the end of 2021, the affidavit said. The manager went through the boy's phone and found several conversations between the boy and Mitchell on Instagram, including deleted photos and videos from the boy to Mitchell.
The manager told police Mitchell had faced disciplinary measures a couple months prior for supplying underage residents with vapes and communicating with them over social media and text messages, the affidavit said.
Charges against different Devereux employee in 2021:Employee at behavioral facility near Viera arrested on charges of child abuse, battery
2020 case at Devereux:Two Devereux employees arrested; two others fired in child abuse case
During an interview with police, the boy said Mitchell touched him every day, and that he touched his private areas.
The boy said he was pressured into sending naked photos and videos of himself. He couldn't give an exact number but estimated he sent about 20 photos or videos to Mitchell between February and July, the affidavit said.
The boy told police that if he did not send the requested videos or pictures, Mitchell mistreated him, saying Mitchell would get other residents to fight him or not allow the boy to have extra food, the affidavit said.
In the affidavit, police said that the boy's statements indicated Mitchell "exhibited grooming behavior toward (the boy) by allowing him to smoke his 'vape' as well as giving him survival tips for the facility," and that the grooming behaviors progressed into Mitchell touching the boy.
Mitchell went to the Titusville Police Department Wednesday to speak to detectives about the sexual allegations, an affidavit said. He told police he solicited the boy with a vape pen, saying he would give the boy the vape pen after receiving a naked picture.
It was unclear Friday if Mitchell is still employed at Devereux.
No court date has been set. An attorney is not listed in court documents for Mitchell.
In 2020 and 2021, three Devereux employees at the campus near Viera were arrested in two separate cases involving abuse allegations.
In March 2020, Marcus DeFreitas, 28, Justin Robinson, 33, both of Melbourne were arrested. DeFreitas faced charges of child abuse without great bodily harm and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, while Robinson was charged with child neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The charges came after an incident during which DeFreitas grabbed a child's neck and slammed his head against the ground, while Robinson appeared to try to block the security camera from capturing the incident, records show.
Both were fired, as well as two additional employees who witnessed the event and did not report it, though the two additional employees did not face criminal charges.
Adjudication was withheld in both DeFreitas' and Robinson's case.
In September 2021, Tareah Moore, 40, of Palm Bay was charged with battery and child abuse without great bodily harm after surveillance footage showed her striking a child during a game of basketball, an arrest affidavit said. She was immediately fired from her position at Devereux.
The charges were abandoned by the prosecutor.
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Florida Tech rejects cost-sharing proposal to reinstate rowing teams as varsity sports
Florida Institute of Technology officials have rejected a cost-sharing proposal to reinstate the men’s and women’s rowing teams as varsity sports, said Craig McKay, president of the Friends of FIT Rowing Association.
“We are extremely disappointed and totally dumbfounded by the Executive Committee’s decision to take action given the compelling business case we presented,” the FFRA said in a statement following the Friday morning decision.
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Florida Tech officials announced on June 28 that five fall varsity sports programs would be discontinued and transitioned into club sports. Demoted were both rowing teams, the men's and women's cross country/distance track squads, and men's golf.
“Our proposal reduced the cost of rowing to be in line with other sports while redistributing over $90,000 in annual funding and four scholarships to other sports teams and provided a funding model for other sports teams to tap into their alumni base,” the FFRA statement said.
“Our proposal was developed in less than two weeks with broad participation of individuals experienced in rowing whereas the university took over six months to develop their recommendation, apparently without anyone with credible knowledge of rowing,” the statement continued.
“It makes no sense at all unless there are other unrevealed and unknown factors driving this decision,” the statement said.
Florida Tech Interim President Robert King arrived on campus this week after his hiring.
In a statement posted Friday on the university website, King said he and the executive committee “carefully considered this proposal and its many merits, but we have decided not to reverse the decision.”
“Our task was to consider rowing and the other transitioning programs in the context of the university’s broader athletics strategy. We firmly believe our decision is what is best for the university and our capacity to be competitive in the 11 athletics programs participating in the Sunshine State Conference,” King said in the statement.
“A common misconception is that club sports do not offer high-quality competitive experiences. On the contrary, well-resourced and actively supported clubs have the opportunity to participate in many competitive events. With the right planning and preparation, our club rowing team could continue to participate in the lauded Dad Vail Regatta, for example.”
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CORNELIUS, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) calls them RRFBs, or Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacons.
“This is a very effective tool in getting traffic to slow down,” said Don Hamilton with ODOT.
Pedestrians looking to cross the street in high-traffic areas press the button, which activates the flashing beacon. It's a big visual cue to drivers.
“That’s what that flashing light means," said Hamilton. "Somebody’s getting ready to cross the road, and they activated the beacon, and they’re looking out for you. You need to look out for them."
There are about 50 across the region, but the latest activation in Cornelius represents one of the first bilingual installations in the region.
“I think it’s a win-win for everyone involved,” said Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Oregon Metro Councilor.
Cornelius has a population more than 12,000. According to the 2020 census, more than half the town’s population is Hispanic or Latino. Gonzalez calls the new beacon inclusive infrastructure.
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PLEASANTVILLE — Police are seeking the public's help locating a missing teen.
Yaneli Sanchez-Ruiz, 16, was last seen about 4 a.m. July 6 and was reported missing by her mother. Police say she may be in Atlantic City.
Anyone with information can contact Detective Jamal Roy at 609-641-6100 or supervisor@pleasantvillepd.org.
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One of the Air Force’s most crucial missions is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Air Force Materiel Command was borne of the merger of Air Force Logistics Command and Air Force Systems Command in July 1992, uniting an organization that today controls more than a third of the Air Force budget, shepherding planes, weapons and a host of other tangible goods from cradle to grave.
The command emerged after the end of the Cold War and Desert Storm, as the Air Force was shrinking, reinventing itself and searching for new efficiencies.
“The Air Force really cannot exist without AFMC,” AFMC Historian Yancy Mailes said recently.
He called AFMC “the command with answers.”
Need a new weapons system? Air Force decision-makers turn to AFMC. Need to maintain and sustain that weapons system? Again, they turn to this command.
Mailes declined to hazard a guess at how many platforms and weapons AFMC has fielded since 1992. But off the top of his head, he mentioned the array of drones or “unmanned platforms,” the mighty C-17 Globemaster cargo plane, the KC-46 tanker, the creation of “digital twins” for airplanes allowing training on virtual replicas — and much more.
And of course, the planes and weapons AFMC supports merit their own honor roll — the B-1, (the “darling of Operation Enduring Freedom,” as Mailes put it), and the B-52, which has flown for 70 years, the F-16 and many more.
Mailes recalled seeing early versions of key aircraft in the early 1990s while stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
“It was not uncommon in the1991, ‘92, ‘93 time period to step out on the flightline and see the YF-22 and YF-22 taking off while the testbed C-17 was actually sitting on the runway, getting ready to take off,” he recalled. “The B-2 was testing across the base.”
The decision to anchor the new command at Wright-Patterson came relatively early, by December 1990, but there were growing pains. Acquisition functions were located at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, D.C. power brokers, while the logistics work was here at Wright-Patterson.
It was that logistics function — and the attendant relationships with Ohio universities and defense contractors — that helped shift the center of gravity to Wright-Patt.
There were some who did not wish to move here from Andrews. “There was great concern for that, and I will tell you in the beginning, it was difficult to get many of the Andrews folks to move here.”
From day one, the command has been on a wartime footing. An AFMC spokeswoman offered to entertain questions about support for Ukraine at another time. But in May, Arthur “Art” Huber, deputy director of the Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations Directorate at AFMC, told a Dayton Defense audience that the command is helping Ukraine.
“I can’t talk a lot about it,” Huber said then. “But I can tell you in a sort of reassurance fashion that we are a big part of the equation.”
“We do our wartime mission every day,” Mailes said.
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A video production and marketing firm looking to produce television and movie projects relocated from Kentucky to Crown Point.
DMZ Productions and Marketing moved from Richmond, Kentucky to Northwest Indiana, where it has served local schools and businesses for years.
Darren Zancan founded the production company in 2012, and it has since cultivated a nationwide clientele, producing thousands of promotional and educational videos for customers all over the country.
DMZ Production offers a variety of services, including video storytelling, social media management and multimedia production. It plans to soon launch DMZ FILMS to make movies and television series. It's already producing the comedic show "The Home" and the historical and paranormal docuseries "History Alive."
The company started in Northwest Indiana, headed south to Kentucky and boomeranged back to the Region to be closer to Zancan's family and business partners.
“Everything has come full circle,” Zancan said. “It just feels right coming home to where it all started. Just in the few days we’ve been here, you can tell people are excited. We are excited. DMZ has big things planned for Northwest Indiana and the Midwest.”
DMZ Productions plans to have an open house from noon to 5 p.m. Aug. 5 at its new office at 1110 Arrowhead Court, suite D in Crown Point.
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Effort to curb CEO pay failed, IU study finds
A new study found an effort by Congress to curb CEO pay has failed.
Professors from Indiana University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Texas examined a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that repealed an exemption allowing companies to deduct significant amounts of performance-based pay.
The legislation was supposed to shift the pay of top executives away from stock and performance bonuses "that can lead to a myopic emphasis on short-term results." The hope was to incentivize companies to implement cash-based fixed compensation instead.
But the study found the change in law ultimately had little effect. CEO compensation either stayed the same or grew.
"It's very politically amenable right now to say they're going to tax these corporations and these executives and it's going to reduce income inequality, but our research — and that of others — suggests that taxes are just not a big enough stick to change the structure or the magnitude of executive compensation," said Bridget Stomberg, associate professor of accounting and a Weimer Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business. "We found no statistical effects, which is counter to what Congress intended. We looked very hard and see no evidence of a reduction in CEO pay."
The journal Contemporary Accounting Research published the article, entitled "Examining the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Executive Compensation." It was researched and written by Stomberg, University of Texas Associate Professor of Accounting Lisa De Simone and Booth Assistant Professor of Accounting Charles McClure. De Simone and McClure co-host the "Taxes for the Masses" podcast.
Their study looked at CEO pay before and after the tax policy change. It found no substantive differences in compensation mix, pay-performance sensitivity or total compensation.
Publicly traded companies were able to deduct up to $1 million in C-suite pay from their taxes since 1994, unless it was linked to company performance.
When Congress slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2017, it got rid of that exemption. The study looked at CEO pay when the new tax rules took effect in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020.
"Even three full years after the law took effect, we didn't see any evidence of a reduction in CEO pay," she said.
The authors concluded tax regulation likely would not be effective at limiting executive compensation and reducing income inequality, a policy strategy pursued in cities like Portland and San Francisco.
"If Congress' fundamental assumption about the relative importance of taxes in the design of executive compensation is overstated, its ability to shift current compensation practices through changes in tax policy is also likely overstated," the authors said. "Our results and those from prior studies suggest increases in firms' cost of executive compensation do little to reduce its amount."
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Effort to curb CEO pay failed, IU study finds
A new study found an effort by Congress to curb CEO pay has failed.
Professors from Indiana University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Texas examined a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that repealed an exemption allowing companies to deduct significant amounts of performance-based pay.
The legislation was supposed to shift the pay of top executives away from stock and performance bonuses "that can lead to a myopic emphasis on short-term results." The hope was to incentivize companies to implement cash-based fixed compensation instead.
But the study found the change in law ultimately had little effect. CEO compensation either stayed the same or grew.
"It's very politically amenable right now to say they're going to tax these corporations and these executives and it's going to reduce income inequality, but our research — and that of others — suggests that taxes are just not a big enough stick to change the structure or the magnitude of executive compensation," said Bridget Stomberg, associate professor of accounting and a Weimer Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business. "We found no statistical effects, which is counter to what Congress intended. We looked very hard and see no evidence of a reduction in CEO pay."
The journal Contemporary Accounting Research published the article, entitled "Examining the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Executive Compensation." It was researched and written by Stomberg, University of Texas Associate Professor of Accounting Lisa De Simone and Booth Assistant Professor of Accounting Charles McClure. De Simone and McClure co-host the "Taxes for the Masses" podcast.
Their study looked at CEO pay before and after the tax policy change. It found no substantive differences in compensation mix, pay-performance sensitivity or total compensation.
Publicly traded companies were able to deduct up to $1 million in C-suite pay from their taxes since 1994, unless it was linked to company performance.
When Congress slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2017, it got rid of that exemption. The study looked at CEO pay when the new tax rules took effect in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020.
"Even three full years after the law took effect, we didn't see any evidence of a reduction in CEO pay," she said.
The authors concluded tax regulation likely would not be effective at limiting executive compensation and reducing income inequality, a policy strategy pursued in cities like Portland and San Francisco.
"If Congress' fundamental assumption about the relative importance of taxes in the design of executive compensation is overstated, its ability to shift current compensation practices through changes in tax policy is also likely overstated," the authors said. "Our results and those from prior studies suggest increases in firms' cost of executive compensation do little to reduce its amount."
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Effort to curb CEO pay failed, IU study finds
A new study found an effort by Congress to curb CEO pay has failed.
Professors from Indiana University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Texas examined a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that repealed an exemption allowing companies to deduct significant amounts of performance-based pay.
The legislation was supposed to shift the pay of top executives away from stock and performance bonuses "that can lead to a myopic emphasis on short-term results." The hope was to incentivize companies to implement cash-based fixed compensation instead.
But the study found the change in law ultimately had little effect. CEO compensation either stayed the same or grew.
"It's very politically amenable right now to say they're going to tax these corporations and these executives and it's going to reduce income inequality, but our research — and that of others — suggests that taxes are just not a big enough stick to change the structure or the magnitude of executive compensation," said Bridget Stomberg, associate professor of accounting and a Weimer Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business. "We found no statistical effects, which is counter to what Congress intended. We looked very hard and see no evidence of a reduction in CEO pay."
The journal Contemporary Accounting Research published the article, entitled "Examining the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Executive Compensation." It was researched and written by Stomberg, University of Texas Associate Professor of Accounting Lisa De Simone and Booth Assistant Professor of Accounting Charles McClure. De Simone and McClure co-host the "Taxes for the Masses" podcast.
Their study looked at CEO pay before and after the tax policy change. It found no substantive differences in compensation mix, pay-performance sensitivity or total compensation.
Publicly traded companies were able to deduct up to $1 million in C-suite pay from their taxes since 1994, unless it was linked to company performance.
When Congress slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2017, it got rid of that exemption. The study looked at CEO pay when the new tax rules took effect in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020.
"Even three full years after the law took effect, we didn't see any evidence of a reduction in CEO pay," she said.
The authors concluded tax regulation likely would not be effective at limiting executive compensation and reducing income inequality, a policy strategy pursued in cities like Portland and San Francisco.
"If Congress' fundamental assumption about the relative importance of taxes in the design of executive compensation is overstated, its ability to shift current compensation practices through changes in tax policy is also likely overstated," the authors said. "Our results and those from prior studies suggest increases in firms' cost of executive compensation do little to reduce its amount."
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Den Asian Bistro, Bankquet pop-up restaurant, Spenga Fitness Center, Encore Car Wash, Potato Express opening; Consider the Lilies closing
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Glorious Coffee and Teas, Jamba, craft brewery and Esca Kitchen open
Effort to curb CEO pay failed, IU study finds
A new study found an effort by Congress to curb CEO pay has failed.
Professors from Indiana University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Texas examined a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that repealed an exemption allowing companies to deduct significant amounts of performance-based pay.
The legislation was supposed to shift the pay of top executives away from stock and performance bonuses "that can lead to a myopic emphasis on short-term results." The hope was to incentivize companies to implement cash-based fixed compensation instead.
But the study found the change in law ultimately had little effect. CEO compensation either stayed the same or grew.
"It's very politically amenable right now to say they're going to tax these corporations and these executives and it's going to reduce income inequality, but our research — and that of others — suggests that taxes are just not a big enough stick to change the structure or the magnitude of executive compensation," said Bridget Stomberg, associate professor of accounting and a Weimer Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business. "We found no statistical effects, which is counter to what Congress intended. We looked very hard and see no evidence of a reduction in CEO pay."
The journal Contemporary Accounting Research published the article, entitled "Examining the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Executive Compensation." It was researched and written by Stomberg, University of Texas Associate Professor of Accounting Lisa De Simone and Booth Assistant Professor of Accounting Charles McClure. De Simone and McClure co-host the "Taxes for the Masses" podcast.
Their study looked at CEO pay before and after the tax policy change. It found no substantive differences in compensation mix, pay-performance sensitivity or total compensation.
Publicly traded companies were able to deduct up to $1 million in C-suite pay from their taxes since 1994, unless it was linked to company performance.
When Congress slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2017, it got rid of that exemption. The study looked at CEO pay when the new tax rules took effect in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020.
"Even three full years after the law took effect, we didn't see any evidence of a reduction in CEO pay," she said.
The authors concluded tax regulation likely would not be effective at limiting executive compensation and reducing income inequality, a policy strategy pursued in cities like Portland and San Francisco.
"If Congress' fundamental assumption about the relative importance of taxes in the design of executive compensation is overstated, its ability to shift current compensation practices through changes in tax policy is also likely overstated," the authors said. "Our results and those from prior studies suggest increases in firms' cost of executive compensation do little to reduce its amount."
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Den Asian Bistro, Bankquet pop-up restaurant, Spenga Fitness Center, Encore Car Wash, Potato Express opening; Consider the Lilies closing
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Glorious Coffee and Teas, Jamba, craft brewery and Esca Kitchen open
Effort to curb CEO pay failed, IU study finds
A new study found an effort by Congress to curb CEO pay has failed.
Professors from Indiana University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Texas examined a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that repealed an exemption allowing companies to deduct significant amounts of performance-based pay.
The legislation was supposed to shift the pay of top executives away from stock and performance bonuses "that can lead to a myopic emphasis on short-term results." The hope was to incentivize companies to implement cash-based fixed compensation instead.
But the study found the change in law ultimately had little effect. CEO compensation either stayed the same or grew.
"It's very politically amenable right now to say they're going to tax these corporations and these executives and it's going to reduce income inequality, but our research — and that of others — suggests that taxes are just not a big enough stick to change the structure or the magnitude of executive compensation," said Bridget Stomberg, associate professor of accounting and a Weimer Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business. "We found no statistical effects, which is counter to what Congress intended. We looked very hard and see no evidence of a reduction in CEO pay."
The journal Contemporary Accounting Research published the article, entitled "Examining the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Executive Compensation." It was researched and written by Stomberg, University of Texas Associate Professor of Accounting Lisa De Simone and Booth Assistant Professor of Accounting Charles McClure. De Simone and McClure co-host the "Taxes for the Masses" podcast.
Their study looked at CEO pay before and after the tax policy change. It found no substantive differences in compensation mix, pay-performance sensitivity or total compensation.
Publicly traded companies were able to deduct up to $1 million in C-suite pay from their taxes since 1994, unless it was linked to company performance.
When Congress slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2017, it got rid of that exemption. The study looked at CEO pay when the new tax rules took effect in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020.
"Even three full years after the law took effect, we didn't see any evidence of a reduction in CEO pay," she said.
The authors concluded tax regulation likely would not be effective at limiting executive compensation and reducing income inequality, a policy strategy pursued in cities like Portland and San Francisco.
"If Congress' fundamental assumption about the relative importance of taxes in the design of executive compensation is overstated, its ability to shift current compensation practices through changes in tax policy is also likely overstated," the authors said. "Our results and those from prior studies suggest increases in firms' cost of executive compensation do little to reduce its amount."
Joseph S. Pete is a Lisagor Award-winning business reporter who covers steel, industry, unions, the ports, retail, banking and more. The Indiana University grad has been with The Times since 2013 and blogs about craft beer, culture and the military.
An "interstate signing assessment" will will include an inventory of airport signage along interstates 80/94 and 90, and along Cline Avenue, and a plan for new signs.
USW leaders have been meeting in committees and reviewing what members want before they finalize the proposals they plan to bring to the bargaining table next week.
The Purdue University Northwest's Sinai Forum will be headlined by writer Elizabeth Gilbert, "Mythbusters" co-host Adam Savage and Gen. David H. Petraeus this year.
Gas now costs an average of $4.80 a gallon in Lake County, $4.87 a gallon in Porter County, and $4.64 per gallon in LaPorte County, according to GasBuddy.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/kentucky-video-and-marketing-firm-relocates-to-crown-point/article_67c36717-2d30-52de-b19a-be8e890abd95.html | 2022-07-15T20:28:06 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/kentucky-video-and-marketing-firm-relocates-to-crown-point/article_67c36717-2d30-52de-b19a-be8e890abd95.html |
Wintrust Bank, which has branches in Dyer, Lansing and across the south suburbs, will raise its minimum wage to $18 an hour at a time when workers are harder to come by and inflation has eaten into the buying power of paychecks.
The Rosemont-based bank will boost its starting pay for hourly employees effective August 1.
“We are proud to make this investment in the people who provide such exceptional service to our customers and the communities we serve. Our growth, success, and recent accolades are a direct reflection of their hard work and dedication," Founder and CEO Edward J. Wehmer said.
Wintrust has more than $50 billion in assets and more than 170 branches, including Dyer Bank & Trust, First National Bank of Illinois, Joliet Bank & Trust, Orland Park Bank & Trust and South Holland Bank & Trust.
The coronavirus pandemic resulted in widespread worker shortages and prompted "The Great Reassessment" in which many workers reconsidered their careers and ended up choosing to find new jobs, seek more pay or flexible hours or start their own businesses.
Several major employers in Northwest Indiana and beyond have bumped up their starting pay in recent months. Notre Dame Credit Union in Whiting raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour and PNC Bank, which has branches in Schererville, Munster, East Chicago and Michigan City, increased its starting pay to $18 an hour.
Fifth Third Bank and Verizon, both of which have locations across the Calumet Region, bumped up their starting pay to $20 an hour. Target is now paying as much as $24 an hour in some markets as employers strive to offer more competitive wages and benefits in a tight labor market.
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Effort to curb CEO pay failed, IU study finds
A new study found an effort by Congress to curb CEO pay has failed.
Professors from Indiana University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Texas examined a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that repealed an exemption allowing companies to deduct significant amounts of performance-based pay.
The legislation was supposed to shift the pay of top executives away from stock and performance bonuses "that can lead to a myopic emphasis on short-term results." The hope was to incentivize companies to implement cash-based fixed compensation instead.
But the study found the change in law ultimately had little effect. CEO compensation either stayed the same or grew.
"It's very politically amenable right now to say they're going to tax these corporations and these executives and it's going to reduce income inequality, but our research — and that of others — suggests that taxes are just not a big enough stick to change the structure or the magnitude of executive compensation," said Bridget Stomberg, associate professor of accounting and a Weimer Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business. "We found no statistical effects, which is counter to what Congress intended. We looked very hard and see no evidence of a reduction in CEO pay."
The journal Contemporary Accounting Research published the article, entitled "Examining the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Executive Compensation." It was researched and written by Stomberg, University of Texas Associate Professor of Accounting Lisa De Simone and Booth Assistant Professor of Accounting Charles McClure. De Simone and McClure co-host the "Taxes for the Masses" podcast.
Their study looked at CEO pay before and after the tax policy change. It found no substantive differences in compensation mix, pay-performance sensitivity or total compensation.
Publicly traded companies were able to deduct up to $1 million in C-suite pay from their taxes since 1994, unless it was linked to company performance.
When Congress slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2017, it got rid of that exemption. The study looked at CEO pay when the new tax rules took effect in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020.
"Even three full years after the law took effect, we didn't see any evidence of a reduction in CEO pay," she said.
The authors concluded tax regulation likely would not be effective at limiting executive compensation and reducing income inequality, a policy strategy pursued in cities like Portland and San Francisco.
"If Congress' fundamental assumption about the relative importance of taxes in the design of executive compensation is overstated, its ability to shift current compensation practices through changes in tax policy is also likely overstated," the authors said. "Our results and those from prior studies suggest increases in firms' cost of executive compensation do little to reduce its amount."
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Den Asian Bistro, Bankquet pop-up restaurant, Spenga Fitness Center, Encore Car Wash, Potato Express opening; Consider the Lilies closing
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Glorious Coffee and Teas, Jamba, craft brewery and Esca Kitchen open
Effort to curb CEO pay failed, IU study finds
A new study found an effort by Congress to curb CEO pay has failed.
Professors from Indiana University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Texas examined a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that repealed an exemption allowing companies to deduct significant amounts of performance-based pay.
The legislation was supposed to shift the pay of top executives away from stock and performance bonuses "that can lead to a myopic emphasis on short-term results." The hope was to incentivize companies to implement cash-based fixed compensation instead.
But the study found the change in law ultimately had little effect. CEO compensation either stayed the same or grew.
"It's very politically amenable right now to say they're going to tax these corporations and these executives and it's going to reduce income inequality, but our research — and that of others — suggests that taxes are just not a big enough stick to change the structure or the magnitude of executive compensation," said Bridget Stomberg, associate professor of accounting and a Weimer Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business. "We found no statistical effects, which is counter to what Congress intended. We looked very hard and see no evidence of a reduction in CEO pay."
The journal Contemporary Accounting Research published the article, entitled "Examining the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Executive Compensation." It was researched and written by Stomberg, University of Texas Associate Professor of Accounting Lisa De Simone and Booth Assistant Professor of Accounting Charles McClure. De Simone and McClure co-host the "Taxes for the Masses" podcast.
Their study looked at CEO pay before and after the tax policy change. It found no substantive differences in compensation mix, pay-performance sensitivity or total compensation.
Publicly traded companies were able to deduct up to $1 million in C-suite pay from their taxes since 1994, unless it was linked to company performance.
When Congress slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2017, it got rid of that exemption. The study looked at CEO pay when the new tax rules took effect in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020.
"Even three full years after the law took effect, we didn't see any evidence of a reduction in CEO pay," she said.
The authors concluded tax regulation likely would not be effective at limiting executive compensation and reducing income inequality, a policy strategy pursued in cities like Portland and San Francisco.
"If Congress' fundamental assumption about the relative importance of taxes in the design of executive compensation is overstated, its ability to shift current compensation practices through changes in tax policy is also likely overstated," the authors said. "Our results and those from prior studies suggest increases in firms' cost of executive compensation do little to reduce its amount."
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Den Asian Bistro, Bankquet pop-up restaurant, Spenga Fitness Center, Encore Car Wash, Potato Express opening; Consider the Lilies closing
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Glorious Coffee and Teas, Jamba, craft brewery and Esca Kitchen open
Effort to curb CEO pay failed, IU study finds
A new study found an effort by Congress to curb CEO pay has failed.
Professors from Indiana University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Texas examined a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that repealed an exemption allowing companies to deduct significant amounts of performance-based pay.
The legislation was supposed to shift the pay of top executives away from stock and performance bonuses "that can lead to a myopic emphasis on short-term results." The hope was to incentivize companies to implement cash-based fixed compensation instead.
But the study found the change in law ultimately had little effect. CEO compensation either stayed the same or grew.
"It's very politically amenable right now to say they're going to tax these corporations and these executives and it's going to reduce income inequality, but our research — and that of others — suggests that taxes are just not a big enough stick to change the structure or the magnitude of executive compensation," said Bridget Stomberg, associate professor of accounting and a Weimer Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business. "We found no statistical effects, which is counter to what Congress intended. We looked very hard and see no evidence of a reduction in CEO pay."
The journal Contemporary Accounting Research published the article, entitled "Examining the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Executive Compensation." It was researched and written by Stomberg, University of Texas Associate Professor of Accounting Lisa De Simone and Booth Assistant Professor of Accounting Charles McClure. De Simone and McClure co-host the "Taxes for the Masses" podcast.
Their study looked at CEO pay before and after the tax policy change. It found no substantive differences in compensation mix, pay-performance sensitivity or total compensation.
Publicly traded companies were able to deduct up to $1 million in C-suite pay from their taxes since 1994, unless it was linked to company performance.
When Congress slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2017, it got rid of that exemption. The study looked at CEO pay when the new tax rules took effect in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020.
"Even three full years after the law took effect, we didn't see any evidence of a reduction in CEO pay," she said.
The authors concluded tax regulation likely would not be effective at limiting executive compensation and reducing income inequality, a policy strategy pursued in cities like Portland and San Francisco.
"If Congress' fundamental assumption about the relative importance of taxes in the design of executive compensation is overstated, its ability to shift current compensation practices through changes in tax policy is also likely overstated," the authors said. "Our results and those from prior studies suggest increases in firms' cost of executive compensation do little to reduce its amount."
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Den Asian Bistro, Bankquet pop-up restaurant, Spenga Fitness Center, Encore Car Wash, Potato Express opening; Consider the Lilies closing
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Glorious Coffee and Teas, Jamba, craft brewery and Esca Kitchen open
Effort to curb CEO pay failed, IU study finds
A new study found an effort by Congress to curb CEO pay has failed.
Professors from Indiana University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Texas examined a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that repealed an exemption allowing companies to deduct significant amounts of performance-based pay.
The legislation was supposed to shift the pay of top executives away from stock and performance bonuses "that can lead to a myopic emphasis on short-term results." The hope was to incentivize companies to implement cash-based fixed compensation instead.
But the study found the change in law ultimately had little effect. CEO compensation either stayed the same or grew.
"It's very politically amenable right now to say they're going to tax these corporations and these executives and it's going to reduce income inequality, but our research — and that of others — suggests that taxes are just not a big enough stick to change the structure or the magnitude of executive compensation," said Bridget Stomberg, associate professor of accounting and a Weimer Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business. "We found no statistical effects, which is counter to what Congress intended. We looked very hard and see no evidence of a reduction in CEO pay."
The journal Contemporary Accounting Research published the article, entitled "Examining the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Executive Compensation." It was researched and written by Stomberg, University of Texas Associate Professor of Accounting Lisa De Simone and Booth Assistant Professor of Accounting Charles McClure. De Simone and McClure co-host the "Taxes for the Masses" podcast.
Their study looked at CEO pay before and after the tax policy change. It found no substantive differences in compensation mix, pay-performance sensitivity or total compensation.
Publicly traded companies were able to deduct up to $1 million in C-suite pay from their taxes since 1994, unless it was linked to company performance.
When Congress slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2017, it got rid of that exemption. The study looked at CEO pay when the new tax rules took effect in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020.
"Even three full years after the law took effect, we didn't see any evidence of a reduction in CEO pay," she said.
The authors concluded tax regulation likely would not be effective at limiting executive compensation and reducing income inequality, a policy strategy pursued in cities like Portland and San Francisco.
"If Congress' fundamental assumption about the relative importance of taxes in the design of executive compensation is overstated, its ability to shift current compensation practices through changes in tax policy is also likely overstated," the authors said. "Our results and those from prior studies suggest increases in firms' cost of executive compensation do little to reduce its amount."
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Den Asian Bistro, Bankquet pop-up restaurant, Spenga Fitness Center, Encore Car Wash, Potato Express opening; Consider the Lilies closing
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Glorious Coffee and Teas, Jamba, craft brewery and Esca Kitchen open
Effort to curb CEO pay failed, IU study finds
A new study found an effort by Congress to curb CEO pay has failed.
Professors from Indiana University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Texas examined a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that repealed an exemption allowing companies to deduct significant amounts of performance-based pay.
The legislation was supposed to shift the pay of top executives away from stock and performance bonuses "that can lead to a myopic emphasis on short-term results." The hope was to incentivize companies to implement cash-based fixed compensation instead.
But the study found the change in law ultimately had little effect. CEO compensation either stayed the same or grew.
"It's very politically amenable right now to say they're going to tax these corporations and these executives and it's going to reduce income inequality, but our research — and that of others — suggests that taxes are just not a big enough stick to change the structure or the magnitude of executive compensation," said Bridget Stomberg, associate professor of accounting and a Weimer Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business. "We found no statistical effects, which is counter to what Congress intended. We looked very hard and see no evidence of a reduction in CEO pay."
The journal Contemporary Accounting Research published the article, entitled "Examining the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Executive Compensation." It was researched and written by Stomberg, University of Texas Associate Professor of Accounting Lisa De Simone and Booth Assistant Professor of Accounting Charles McClure. De Simone and McClure co-host the "Taxes for the Masses" podcast.
Their study looked at CEO pay before and after the tax policy change. It found no substantive differences in compensation mix, pay-performance sensitivity or total compensation.
Publicly traded companies were able to deduct up to $1 million in C-suite pay from their taxes since 1994, unless it was linked to company performance.
When Congress slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2017, it got rid of that exemption. The study looked at CEO pay when the new tax rules took effect in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020.
"Even three full years after the law took effect, we didn't see any evidence of a reduction in CEO pay," she said.
The authors concluded tax regulation likely would not be effective at limiting executive compensation and reducing income inequality, a policy strategy pursued in cities like Portland and San Francisco.
"If Congress' fundamental assumption about the relative importance of taxes in the design of executive compensation is overstated, its ability to shift current compensation practices through changes in tax policy is also likely overstated," the authors said. "Our results and those from prior studies suggest increases in firms' cost of executive compensation do little to reduce its amount."
Joseph S. Pete is a Lisagor Award-winning business reporter who covers steel, industry, unions, the ports, retail, banking and more. The Indiana University grad has been with The Times since 2013 and blogs about craft beer, culture and the military.
“Now is the time for other financial institutions, who are currently experiencing very strong earnings, to step up and do what’s right for their employees as well. If not now, when?”
Target is raising its starting pay to $15 to $24 per hour amid a pandemic-triggered labor shortage that's put upward pressure on wages across Northwest Indiana and the nation. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/wintrust-bank-boosts-minimum-wage-to-18-an-hour/article_1fe8fc5e-3e31-5f1b-a35c-44dc35d1b004.html | 2022-07-15T20:28:12 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/wintrust-bank-boosts-minimum-wage-to-18-an-hour/article_1fe8fc5e-3e31-5f1b-a35c-44dc35d1b004.html |
VALPARAISO — A Friday video hearing that was expected to bring a guilty plea in a 2016 sex case involving a Portage child was postponed at the last minute when the accused was unable turn on his camera.
Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer postponed the hearing for Gary resident Glenn Miller, 64, until Aug. 26 and ordered that Miller appear in person next time around.
Defense attorney Mark Chargualaf said Miller is undergoing a medical issue that prevented him from driving to court Friday.
Miller faces a felony count of sexual misconduct with a minor stemming from allegations that in February 2016, he was caught by a friend sexually assaulting the friend's then-14-year-old daughter, court records show. Miller was 58 at the time.
Miller reportedly told police at the time that he was visiting his friend's Portage house and drinking alcohol when the alleged assault occurred, according a charging document.
The friend said when he went to check on his daughter at some point in the night, he found Miller on top her and sexually assaulting the girl, according to police.
The girl reportedly told police that soon after her father went to bed, Miller took his pants off, told her not to say anything to anyone and sexually assaulted her while physically preventing her from leaving.
"(The girl) said she complied because she didn't want to get into trouble by waking her sister up," police said.
Miller denied the accusations at first, but then said he was wrestling with the girl and then admitted to having sexual contact, court records show. He blamed the girl for pulling him on to her and said he was drunk and was unsure how much sexual contact took place.
Police noted that Miller was 6-feet-1 and weighed around 200 pounds at the time.
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The former owner of Hometown Appliances agreed to pay a total of about $35,350 in restitution, with some of the money to be paid to his 18 victims upfront and some in installments during the next year.
A Lake Criminal Court jury must decide whether 8-month-old Maci Moor was shaken to death by her 32-year-old babysitter, Trisha Woodworth, or died of a stroke from accidental falls.
"The loss prevention officer also told the officer that the suspect shown in the surveillance images may have committed similar check frauds at other locations in Northwest Indiana," police said.
Porter County police said they responded around 11:30 p.m. Saturday to a report of the rollover crash on North Calumet Avenue, near the intersection with E. 632 North in Liberty Township. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tech-glitch-delays-plea-in-2016-portage-child-sex-case/article_b7316d29-1f13-5895-99a9-4e80c7c5c3cd.html | 2022-07-15T20:28:25 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tech-glitch-delays-plea-in-2016-portage-child-sex-case/article_b7316d29-1f13-5895-99a9-4e80c7c5c3cd.html |
Authorities are recommending people stay out of the northern side of Lake Anna because of harmful algae blooms.
One type of algae found in the water, cyanobacteria, can cause skin rashes, stomach illness, vomiting and diarrhea. Tests conducted July 7 and reported Thursday detected unsafe levels.
Visitors are advised to avoid the northern-most Pamunkey Branch from Stubbs Bridge Road to the end of the lake.
On the North Anna Branch, which is south of the Pamunkey Branch, most of the branch should be avoided. Authorities suggest people stay out of the water from Lumsden Flats at Rose Valley Drive to the end of the branch.
The middle and southern portions of the lake are safe to visit. A healthy level of cyanobacteria was detected near Lake Anna State Park.
In general, experts advise people to stay out of water that smells bad, looks discolored or has foam, scum or algal mats on the surface. Water with red, green or white streaks should be avoided.
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What to Know
- After decades in prison, three men were cleared Friday in one of the most horrifying crimes of New York’s violent 1990s — the killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a subway toll booth.
- A judge dismissed the murder convictions of Vincent Ellerbe, James Irons and Thomas Malik after Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez cited “serious problems with the evidence on which these convictions are based.”
- He pointed to doubts about the men’s confessions and problems with witness identifications.
After decades in prison, three men were cleared Friday in one of the most horrifying crimes of New York’s violent 1990s — the killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a subway toll booth.
A judge dismissed the murder convictions of Vincent Ellerbe, James Irons and Thomas Malik after Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez cited “serious problems with the evidence on which these convictions are based.” He pointed to doubts about the men’s confessions and problems with witness identifications.
The three confessed to and were convicted of murdering token seller Harry Kaufman in 1995. The case resounded from New York to Washington to Hollywood, after parallels were drawn between the deadly arson and a scene in the movie “Money Train.”
“The findings of an exhaustive, years-long reinvestigation of this case leave us unable to stand by the convictions,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a release. He cited “serious problems with the evidence on which these convictions are based” and acknowledged “the harm done to these men by this failure of our system.”
The confessions conflicted with evidence at the scene and with each other, and witness identifications were problematic, prosecutors say. Some of the men have long said they were coerced into falsely confessing in the case, which had a lead detective who later was repeatedly accused of forcing confessions and framing suspects.
Ellerbe, 44, was paroled in 2020, but Malik and Irons, both 45, have remained in prison.
Malik was still getting his head around the long-awaited news Friday morning that prosecutors were reconsidering the case, lawyer Ronald Kuby said.
“Yesterday was the first day that he actually allowed himself to believe that he’s going to be free,” said Kuby, who also represents Ellerbe and said the latter is “extraordinarily happy” to see his conviction thrown out.
Kaufman was working an overnight shift at a Brooklyn subway station on Nov. 26, 1995, when attackers first tried to rob him, then squirted gasoline into the booth and ignited it with matches while he pleaded, “Don’t light it!,” authorities said at the time. The booth exploded, and the 50-year-old Kaufman ran from it in flames. The married father died two weeks later.
The attack bore some resemblance to a scene in “Money Train,” an action movie that had been released four days earlier. Then-Senate Majority Leader and Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole took to the Senate floor to call for a boycott of the movie.
Authorities gave mixed signals over the years about whether they believed the film had inspired the killing.
Police scoured for suspects and eventually came to question Irons, getting a confession that he was acting as a lookout. He implicated Malik and Ellerbe as the men who had torched the tollbooth.
From their arrests on, Ellerbe and Malik maintained that they had been coerced into false confessions, with Malik saying that Detective Louis Scarcella had screamed at him and slammed his head into a locker. Scarcella testified that he cursed, pounded a table and was trying to scare the then 18-year-old Malik but didn’t beat him.
Gonzalez’s office said its review found that Scarcella and his partner fed important details about the crime scene to Irons — details that prosecutors later used at trial to argue that his confession was so specific that it had to be true. But it included clearly dubious claims. For instance, he said, he had been able to see his supposed accomplices jump into a getaway car, though it was parked a block away and around a corner, prosecutors said.
At the time, Scarcella was a star Brooklyn homicide detective in a city reeling from crime. Citywide, killings topped more than 2,200 at their 1990 peak; that compares to 488 last year and a low of 295 in 2018.
But after questions accumulated about Scarcella’s tactics, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office began in 2013 to review scores of cases that he had worked.
Scarcella, who retired in 2000, has denied any wrongdoing. While more than a dozen convictions in his cases have been overturned, prosecutors have stood by scores of others.
Brooklyn prosecutors’ reexamination of old convictions is widely viewed as one of the most ambitious of its kind. In New York and around the country, such efforts have become more common over the last 15 years as DNA evidence, a growing body of research on false confessions, and other factors made some prosecutors feel compelled to become more open to investigating wrongful conviction claims.
“This is no longer about one or two bad apples,” Kuby said. “This is about a systemic rot.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/3-men-cleared-in-1995-killing-of-nyc-subway-token-clerk/3776809/ | 2022-07-15T20:35:10 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/3-men-cleared-in-1995-killing-of-nyc-subway-token-clerk/3776809/ |
What to Know
- New York is banning smoking in all state-owned beaches, parks and other locations, this after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law Friday.
- Legislation S.4142/A.5061 prohibits smoking in all state-owned beaches, boardwalks, marinas, playgrounds, recreation centers, and group camps.
- Those caught smoking in these locations face a $50 fine.
New York is banning smoking in all state-owned beaches, parks and other locations, this after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law Friday.
Legislation S.4142/A.5061 prohibits smoking in all state-owned beaches, boardwalks, marinas, playgrounds, recreation centers, and group camps. However, the bill does not include and therefore excludes from the ban the Adirondacks and Catskills, as well as parking lots, sidewalks and areas not used for park purposes.
Those caught smoking in these locations face a $50 fine.
"Smoking is a dangerous habit that affects not only the smoker but everyone around them, including families and children enjoying our state's great public places," Hochul said in a statement. "I'm proud to sign this legislation that will protect New Yorker's health and help reduce litter in public parks and beaches across the state."
Many local governments may already have restrictions or bans on public smoking. The new state penalty will enforce a statewide prohibition. It also includes a fine that will be collected by localities. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-york-bans-smoking-in-all-state-owned-beaches-parks/3776758/ | 2022-07-15T20:35:16 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-york-bans-smoking-in-all-state-owned-beaches-parks/3776758/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — As dry conditions continue to raise the risk to wildfires across the state, the Texas A&M Forest Service on Friday announced that it is opening the Austin Airtanker Base at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to insist with fire activity in Texas.
Officials say this year's activity is trending above normal. Since Jan. 1, the service has responded to 1,240 wildfires that have torn through 497,373 acres across across the state. And this activity is expected to trend above normal through the summer.
“This year, we have utilized aviation resources for response in areas experiencing significant wildfire activity,” said Jared Karns, Texas A&M Forest Service planning and preparedness department head. “These aircraft provide support to ground crews and assist in protecting homes as well as other critical infrastructure.”
Air resources have been positioned around Texas since Dec. 9, when wildfire activity initially began its increase. Since then, suppression aircraft have flown 4,641 hours, dropping 6,820,642 gallons of water and retardant on wildfires.
The Austin base's opening will allow for faster response times and greater cost efficiency when responding to the state's wildfires.
“The airtanker’s speed is greater than that of a helicopter or single-engine air tanker,” said George Martin, Texas A&M Forest Service air operations branch director. “These aircraft will be able to get anywhere in Texas in under one hour. Suppression aircraft can respond quickly, increasing the likelihood that a new ignition remains a small, manageable wildfire.”
The forest service currently has 36 aircraft mobilized at 17 airports in Texas. The Austin station will serve as a reload station for aircraft responding to fires around the state. It is the only airport that can accept a very large airtanker, such as the DC-10. It is also equipped to handle all aircraft in the national airtanker fleet, including those aircraft used to drop fire retardants.
This base will be operated by trained and qualified members of the Texas A&M Forest Service, USDA Forest Service and Austin Fire Department.
“Opening the Austin Airtanker Base will increase the amount of retardant we can deliver to wildfires across the state,” said Karns. “We will also be able to accommodate some of the largest suppression aircraft available. As hot and dry conditions continue this summer, the increased capability this base allows will greatly enhance our firefighting efforts.”
The forest service itself does not own any aviation resources. Instead, it uses federal aviation contracts through the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management for all firefighting aircraft.
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Fort Wayne will invest about $490,895 in federal dollars in 21 local non-profit programs, Mayor Tom Henry announced Friday.
Emergency Solutions Grant and Community Development Block Grant money will help low- and moderate-income residents with shelter, employment skills, domestic violence support and youth development, city officials said.
“These grants have allowed us to help non-profit organizations do important work that keeps our community strong,” Kelly Lundberg, deputy director of Fort Wayne’s Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services, said in a statement. “We are blessed to have the opportunity to assist these organizations as they serve residents who are in need of these critical services.”
The city uses a competitive application process to award the grants. A volunteer committee helps score the applications and makes recommendations on funding. Criteria are based on goals for the use of federal money that are developed in part with input from local residents.
“Fort Wayne is fortunate to be home to so many organizations that are making a lasting and meaningful difference for individuals and families in our community,” Henry said.
“Now more than ever, it’s critical that we come together to encourage one another and provide opportunities for current and future success. We’re also committed to being good fiscal stewards of the federal funds that come to Fort Wayne to enhance the well-being of our residents.”
The following non-profit organizations are recipients of Community Development Block Grant funds:
- A Mother’s Hope, $28,000
- Boys & Girls Club, $15,000
- Brightpoint, $25,000
- Building A Stronger Family, $7,500
- Euell A. Wilson Center, $34,000
- Housing Opportunities Program, $25,000
- Just Neighbors, $15,000
- Language Services Network – ESL, $8,000
- Language Services Network – I&T, $15,000
- Lutheran Social Services, $30,000
- Mental Health America, $10,000
- The Literacy Alliance, $25,000
- Turnstone Center, $16,704
- Vincent Village, $12,270
- Wellspring, $43,500
- YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne, $20,000
The following non-profit organizations are recipients of Emergency Solutions Grant funds:
- YMCA of Northeast Indiana, $50,000
- Vincent Village, $34,511
- Housing Opportunity Program, $41,209
- Catholic Charities, $15,000
- St. Joseph Missions, $20,000 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/city-announces-federal-grants-for-21-nonprofits/article_f1571be4-046e-11ed-875c-0bca3cc11748.html | 2022-07-15T20:37:16 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/city-announces-federal-grants-for-21-nonprofits/article_f1571be4-046e-11ed-875c-0bca3cc11748.html |
Allen County government employees now have more flexibility in accepting gifts after the county commissioners approved an amendment to the county's ethics ordinance Friday.
Chris Cloud, chief of staff, said the county ethics commission suggested an amendment allowing county employees to accept gifts of up to $100 in value without completing disclosure forms. The former maximum — $25 per employee — was set when the ordinance was initially created in 2005.
The ethics commission, the members of whom are county residents, doesn’t receive many disclosures of gifts to review, but many of the disclosures come around the holidays when offices receive gifts like candy baskets to share with the office.
When an office receives a gift, disclosures are assessed by multiplying the number of employees in the particular office and the limit.
As an example, a 10-employee department will have to report a gift basket if its value exceeds $1,000 — compared to $250 before the amendment.
“(The commission) suggested that number be increased to $100 so that it reflects 17 years of inflation and stuff like that,” Cloud said.
Commissioners Rich Beck and Nelson Peters approved the amendment. Commissioner Therese Brown was absent. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/commissioners-raise-gift-disclosure-limit/article_a38d8056-0473-11ed-99f8-6761945fa0e8.html | 2022-07-15T20:37:22 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/commissioners-raise-gift-disclosure-limit/article_a38d8056-0473-11ed-99f8-6761945fa0e8.html |
Sweet Aviation announced Friday it has been selected to become the fixed base operator at DeKalb County Airport just outside Auburn beginning Nov. 1.
Sweet Aviation also provides service at Fort Wayne International Airport and Smith Field.
Sweet Aviation said it will work with the DeKalb County Airport Authority to enhance services at at DeKalb County Airport for pilots, aviation fans, and the local community. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/sweet-aviation-chosen-as-dekalb-airport-fixed-base-operator/article_caacc814-0472-11ed-91e1-cb3833efcb6f.html | 2022-07-15T20:37:28 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/sweet-aviation-chosen-as-dekalb-airport-fixed-base-operator/article_caacc814-0472-11ed-91e1-cb3833efcb6f.html |
The story first appeared on San Francisco’s ABC7 in early July. Then it got picked up by CBS News. And Yahoo. ABC7’s national partner, ABC News, ran its own version. It even ended up as a topic of conversation on the website for InfoWars, a far-right platform run by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The original headline that set off an aggregation firestorm? “SF couple gets $1,500 fine for parking in their driveway despite doing so for nearly 40 years.”
Except … that’s not really what happened.
SFGATE, too, almost aggregated a story on the topic, which seemed rife with local drama and city government antics. But a half-step of extra research and interviews reveals a very different series of events, which ABC7 failed to mention. The final outcome was, somehow, a positive one for the couple involved — but not without a fair amount of missed context and, apparently, out-of-state harassment directed at the city’s Planning Department officials.
ABC7 did not reply to a request for comment.
The story, as originally reported, is that a San Francisco couple were served with an out-of-the-blue $1,500 fine, and threats of additional financial penalties, if they continued parking on the driveway they’ve used for decades.
The ABC7 report, relayed by Michael Finney and Renee Koury, uses the couple’s first and last names. I’m not going to do that, since they’re not public figures, and they too were bombarded with emails and calls after the segment aired.
The couple told ABC7 they didn’t understand the arbitrary rule suddenly preventing them from using the driveway, and I do not blame them. Basically: In San Francisco, you can’t park your car in the front of a house unless it’s facing a garage door, even if the car isn’t jutting into the sidewalk. The Planning Department says this rule is on the books for “aesthetic” reasons.
I agree with ABC7’s report, and the couple, that the “aesthetics” rule is silly and unnecessary. It should have never been an issue to begin with. But this is where the originally reported story starts to lose its luster.
First, the only reason the “aesthetics” rule exists is because of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, who one can assume were responding to community feedback when they passed this city land use law in October 1978. In other words, the overwrought bureaucracy here literally exists because of a vote by San Francisco’s elected leaders, as opposed to an arbitrary regulation made up on the spot by a random department. Only the Board of Supervisors can get rid of the rule.
Secondly, ABC7 doesn't mention a timeline in their story, but the entire back-and-forth between the couple and the Planning Department took place in early 2021, more than a year ago. For some reason, ABC7 decided to report it like all of this just happened.
In February of 2021, an anonymous neighbor snitched about the “aesthetics” violation the couple dared to commit in the front of their home. The Planning Department says the same snitch complained about three homes in the couple’s neighborhood. The Planning Department also told me they don’t take action against low-level violations like the one the couple was guilty of unless and until complaints are filed. The snitch forced the Planning Department’s hand.
The next action was not a fine, though. The couple got hit with a warning, not a fine; there was never a fine issued, according to both the Planning Department and the couple, despite the provocative headline in the ABC7 story.
ABC7 never mentioned that the couple had an Airbnb certification with the city, and San Francisco law stipulates that short-term rentals like Airbnbs can’t continue if the property has a “code violation” on the books. The neighbor’s complaint led to one such code violation, which the Planning Department’s Office of Short Term Rentals warned the couple about in March of 2021.
To get rid of the code violation, regain their Airbnb certification, and also figure out what, exactly, they had actually done wrong, the couple got in touch with the Planning Department at large. In mid-April, the Planning Department sent the couple a formal “Notice of Complaint” in the mail, which explained that they could be fined if they kept parking in the driveway. (Separately, around this time, the couple spoke directly with a few Planning Department employees and got more specific details on the “aesthetics” violation.)
The Planning Department told the couple that if they could prove their driveway had historically been used as a parking space, they could be granted a special exemption to both get rid of the code violation and regain their parking spot. Both sides agree the couple then presented a photo of their driveway from after they started living there, but the Planning Department said it didn’t suffice.
ABC7 reported that the couple presented the Planning Department with a second photo from decades earlier, one that apparently showed a car “blob” backing out of the same driveway — and that the Planning Department said it, too, wouldn’t suffice. But members of the Planning Department don’t recall seeing the “blob” photo prior to ABC7’s segment, and the couple has no proof they sent it.
So in April of 2021, the case was closed without penalties assessed — the couple agreed to stop parking in their driveway, and the Planning Department removed the code violation that prevented Airbnb rentals. That was, in theory, the end of it, albeit a poor outcome for the couple. (Worth noting they haven’t been Airbnbing their home since the pandemic started; they simply wanted to have the option of doing so in the future.)
Fifteen months later, ABC7’s (sloppy) report did get the Planning Department to investigate the “blob” photo, as an email forwarded to SFGATE from the Planning Department corroborated. Earlier this week, after checking out a high-res version of the “blob” photo, the department ultimately decided to grant a historic exemption to the couple. They can use their parking spot again, which ABC7 affirmed with a slightly more accurate headline in an updated piece: “SF couple allowed to park in their driveway again after threatened with $1.5K fine from city.” There’s no correction about the language in the original story implying that the couple had been fined.
So we have a happy ending, sort of. The couple got their spot back — but were subjected to countless calls and emails in the interim, which understandably freaked them out. (A family member submitted their story to ABC7 to begin with, they told me, and they only had nice things to say about the Planning Department officials they interacted with.)
A source at the Planning Department says they too were inundated with (far less kind) calls and emails — angry, vitriolic, scary-sounding messages — many of which seem to be from out-of-state folks who are deeply triggered at the thought of a Planning Department enforcing a silly rule in a liberal city.
Were lessons learned? No. Were wrongs righted? I mean, yes, I guess. Was this worth all the drama and news aggregation? Almost certainly not.
And the worst part? The biggest offender of them all — not ABC7, not an archaic parking rule — basically flew under the radar, took no criticism, and got away with it. I’m referring, of course, to the anonymous snitch who kicked the driveway saga off. May they find no parking spot peace for the rest of their days. | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/misleading-sf-parking-spot-story-17286222.php | 2022-07-15T20:43:12 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/misleading-sf-parking-spot-story-17286222.php |
Dallas Animal Services says three dogs seized after a little girl was killed in a dog attack last weekend have been euthanized.
DAS confirmed Friday that the remains of the dogs taken from the home on Bluffman Drive in Southern Dallas were sent for rabies testing.
At least one of the dogs is blamed for an attack that killed 4-year-old Lea Freeman inside the home on July 9.
Tiara Freeman told NBC 5 earlier this week she and her two children moved into her friend's home and that she asked the friend to look after the kids as she went to the store on Saturday morning.
Freeman said she returned to find her child being mangled by at least one of the dogs, all of which she said were pit bulls.
Neighbors told NBC 5 they were familiar with the dogs and that the shattered glass and boarded windows on the home are a result of the dogs jumping out of the house, often running loose in the neighborhood.
DAS confirmed to NBC 5 Friday that they received two calls for service at the address, one in August 2016 and one in March 2022, but that they had no reports of the dogs biting. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/3-dogs-euthanized-after-4-year-old-girl-killed-in-attack/3015674/ | 2022-07-15T20:44:01 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/3-dogs-euthanized-after-4-year-old-girl-killed-in-attack/3015674/ |
A man has been arrested in Texas in connection with the Southern California slayings of four women decades ago, police said.
Billy Ray Richardson, 76, was arrested on Thursday by detectives from the Los Angeles and suburban Inglewood police departments with the assistance of officers from Fort Worth.
Richardson was charged by Los Angeles County prosecutors with four counts of first-degree murder with the special circumstance of multiple murder and murder in the commission of rape, Los Angeles police said in a statement.
The statement said investigative and forensic work over the decades linked Richardson to the 1980 killings of Beverly Cruse, Debra Cruse and Kari Lenander in Los Angeles and the 1995 slaying of Trina Wilson in Inglewood.
It was not immediately known if Richardson had an attorney to comment on his behalf. He was in custody in Texas on Thursday awaiting extradition to Los Angeles, police said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-man-arrested-in-4-california-cold-case-murders/3015644/ | 2022-07-15T20:44:09 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-man-arrested-in-4-california-cold-case-murders/3015644/ |
You can go one of two ways with history. You can wipe it away. Pretend it never happened. Or you can embrace it, preserve it, try to understand it. It’s a dilemma the city of Dallas has faced before.
When the Texas School Book Depository lay dormant for years, some of the city’s more prominent citizens — Cowboys Coach Tom Landry and cosmetics queen Mary Kay Ash among them — spoke out loud for the former.
Both called for the building’s demolition. One of its sixth-floor windows had, after all, served as a sniper’s nest for the man who fired the shots that killed President John F. Kennedy on Elm Street in 1963. In the end, the opposing side won out, and The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza opened in 1989.
Not long ago, the UNT Dallas College of Law faced the same predicament. Established in 2014, the law school moved in 2019 to 106 S. Harwood St. — to the building known as Old City Hall — after a $71 million restoration.
Click here to read more from our partners at The Dallas Morning News on the exhibit. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/unt-and-jfk-dallas-site-where-lee-harvey-oswald-was-shot-has-new-exhibit/3015708/ | 2022-07-15T20:44:15 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/unt-and-jfk-dallas-site-where-lee-harvey-oswald-was-shot-has-new-exhibit/3015708/ |
Gangs shooting at police. That’s how bad things were in Danville when violent crime hit all-time highs less than a decade ago.
At one point, Danville had Virginia’s highest homicide rate per capita, and that’s when they needed to call other people like the FBI, and other agencies.
It’s taken years and a lot of work to turn the city around.
On Tuesday, July 19 at 6 p.m., 10 News is working for you, breaking down the solutions Danville found that could work for other cities battling gun violence. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/danville-a-success-story/ | 2022-07-15T20:47:09 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/danville-a-success-story/ |
SALEM, Va. – A beloved member of the City of Salem community has passed away.
On Friday morning, the City of Salem Sheriff’s Office made a Facebook post that said Retired Sheriff Everette Obenshain had passed away early Thursday morning.
“Sheriff Obenshain served as Sheriff for over 30 years and continued serving his community as an Electoral Board member and in many other ways,” the post said.
It is with heavy hearts that we share Retired Sheriff Everette Obenshain passed away yesterday morning, July 14, 2022. ...
Posted by City of Salem Sheriff's Office, Virginia on Friday, July 15, 2022
Commenters on the post said Obenshain was a good man and servant of the community with a wonderful sense of humor.
The City of Salem Sheriff’s Office, Virginia said they send their deepest sympathies to Obenshain’s family, as well as prayers for peace and comfort during the difficult time. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/former-city-of-salem-sheriff-everett-obenshain-passes-away-officials-say/ | 2022-07-15T20:47:15 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/former-city-of-salem-sheriff-everett-obenshain-passes-away-officials-say/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – A Roanoke man has pled guilty to a federal firearms offense after claiming self-defense in May of 2019, the Department of Justice said in a release.
The release said that on Friday, 23-year-old Demarcus Glenn pled guilty to one count of possessing, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in the advancement of a drug trafficking crime.
Glenn is expected to serve 12 years in federal prison, according to the release.
Roanoke Police Chief Sam Roman spoke on Glenn’s sentencing.
“The outcome of this investigation is a direct and positive result of state, local, and federal agencies working together to address gun violence in the City of Roanoke,” said Roman. “Though Glenn was acquitted on charges from our jurisdiction, our public safety partners at the federal level were able to open an investigation and work with our officers and detectives on appropriate, federal charges for this offense. This is a valuable partnership that greatly benefits the residents of Roanoke by keeping violent offenders off our streets. We are grateful to work with agencies at every level of the criminal and judicial system to keep Roanoke safe, and hold those who choose to engage in gun violence accountable.”
More details of the incident for which Glenn was sentenced were also released.
The release said that according to court documents, a 16-year-old male, T.P., contacted Glenn through a friend in late May to purchase marijuana, and Glenn agreed to sell the drugs to him for $300.
The two men planned to meet at T.P.’s residence to complete the exchange, according to the Department of Justice, and after Glenn arrived, he took out a firearm, then shot and killed T.P.
Glenn was charged in state court for the incident, but later claimed self-defense, the release said.
The Department of Justice said that Glenn testified in his defense, and Glenn said when he arrived to complete the exchange with T.P., he was carrying a loaded firearm, but that he carried it for protection.
Glenn admitted under oath that he shot the firearm at T.P. during the exchange, the release said.
Federal law prohibits drug dealers from possessing, brandishing, and discharging a firearm while advancing in a drug trafficking crime, according to the release.
The Department of Justice said that Assistant U.S. Attorneys Coleman Adams and Kristin B. Johnson are prosecuting the case and that the case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/roanoke-man-pleads-guilty-to-federal-gun-offense-officials-say/ | 2022-07-15T20:47:21 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/roanoke-man-pleads-guilty-to-federal-gun-offense-officials-say/ |
Tuesday afternoon tennis players throughout North Iowa gathered at the Clear Lake Athletics and Wellness Center to listen to professional tennis players Madison Keys and Nathan Healey discuss mental health, alongside American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Chair Wendy Martinez.
Alex Gruskin of tennis media company Cracked Rackets hosted the event, asking the trio questions about how they handle stress, what it's like being a professional athlete, losses and when to reach out for help.
"Focusing less on results and more on the joy of playing" has been a major theme for Nathan Healey, who coaches athletes on staying focused and in the body during games in order to find the most joy in the game, and hopefully see more success as well.
Healey recommended meditation to the audience to help both on and off the court. As a coach, Healey helps his students create a routine to keep them focused between points, a kind of meditation to remain in the "zone" during a match. Off the court, Healey uses meditation to return to self when feeling overwhelmed, preparing for a situation, or simply feeling down at that time.
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"Feeding the soul off the court" is important to Healey, he noted that working on self-limiting beliefs off the court helps people to play more freely on the court, and spending time off his phone, reading, music, creating and meditation all help to feel more fulfilled.
Keys agreed, saying she has created a routine so that even when she is on tour, she has fulfilling activities to fall back on when she's feeling stressed.
Stressful matches have presented themselves to both Keys and Healey many times. Keys has played the number one women's single tennis player Serena Williams three times, and shared how she handles the losses:
As long as you focus on yourself and stay within your side of the court, it doesn't really matter who's on the other side of the net. At the end of the day, you're gonna win sometimes and you're gonna lose sometimes. But if you can control your side of the court, you give yourself a much better opportunity to come through with that win. And as long as that's what you're focusing on and you're doing your best, then you can walk off the court and feel proud of yourself.
The idea of handling your side of the court was extended to local athletes playing tough matches, and playing people they have relationships with off the court. Martinez said when seeing struggles in a more positive light while still feeling and and working through it is an important part of getting through any kind of hardship.
The panel stressed the importance of finding somebody to talk to when struggling through anything in life, on and off the court. Healey shared the importance of parents being in a supportive, loving role for athletes. Keys shared how she handles struggle, from allowing herself the space to cry, to reaching out to her mom when she's feeling low.
"Find someone you can talk to. It's the most important thing you can do in your life" said Martinez.
Rae Burnette is a GA and Crime & Courts Reporter at the Globe Gazette. You can reach her by phone at 641.421.0523 or at Rae.Burnette@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/professional-tennis-players-talk-mental-health-with-local-athletes/article_fd987879-2d0b-5100-a105-f056a702541e.html | 2022-07-15T20:48:35 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/professional-tennis-players-talk-mental-health-with-local-athletes/article_fd987879-2d0b-5100-a105-f056a702541e.html |
Life on the road in the Pecos League, an independent professional baseball league launched in 2011, can be grueling.
The schedule mirrors that of an MLB team: games five to six days a week, frequent travel and long stints away from home. However, absent are the amenities of airfare, five-star hotels and steak dinners.
But that hasn’t stopped the Tucson Saguaros from becoming a powerhouse brand in the Pecos League, having won each of the last two championships and in good position to do it a third straight year this season.
Players on the Tucson Saguaros (25-5), the first-place team in the Pacific Division, carpool together to different parts of California where many of their road games are held, often squeezing in four per vehicle.
“During spring training in California, we had to bring all of our luggage with us in the car so that was a tough fit,” laughed Saguaros first baseman Brock Ephan. “But now during the season it’s a little easier.”
And the Saguaros are on the road a lot, more than most in the Pecos League. Tucson played nine games between July 3-12, all on the road. It won all nine.
“We’re the bad guys,” third-year coach Sean McNeill said. “We’re on the road a bunch and we like to ruin the other team’s days and their fans’ days when we go play at their home field.”
Tucson plays any Thursday and Friday home games at Kino Stadium, but the Sun Belt Collegiate League plays at the stadium most other days. Wanting to find more ways to play games close to home, the Saguaros were able to secure four home games to be played at the historic War Memorial Stadium in Nogales.
The team has already played three of its four in Nogales, with the final one set for July 23.
“It’s a nice field,” McNeil said. “They have a really good reputation down there for baseball and they also keep their field in great shape.”
The members of the league-leading Saguaros come from all over the country — only two players on the current roster are Tucson natives. Ephan, who leads the team with 10 home runs, is from Kauai, Hawaii.
The roster is made up of players from New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Texas and more. It’s been up to McNeill — who grew up near New Jersey and previously played in the Pecos League — to scout and sign players for the independent pro league.
“All credit goes to Sean, ultimately,” said Ephan on how he got to Tucson.
Ephan and the rest of the players live with host families during the three-month Pecos League which is played every summer. These host families open up their houses for players to stay at during the brief times the players are back in Tucson for a homestand and have become an integral part of the club.
“They do it out of the kindness of their heart,” McNeill said. “A place for our guys to shower and lay their head at night … they’re like an adopted son.”
Some families have become repeat hosts over the years as they’ve established a connection with McNeill.
“It means a lot to have hosts like that,” Ephan said. “Coming back from the road it’s huge, especially for my mental well-being.”
On the field, the Saguaros are winding down another successful regular season with three more weeks of play before the league tournament starts in August. The Saguaros know they’ll be challenged for a third straight championship, but feel prepared for the grind ahead.
“Now we're kind of getting in the groove of things,” Ephan said. “Everything feels like it’s going in the right direction.”
Photos: Tucson Saguaros minor league baseball team
Edwards spent the last several years as a girls basketball coach in Tucson, most recently as the associate head coach for Flowing Wells which reached back-to-back Class 5A state title games.
Saguaros' outfielder Chris Iazzetta, left, his girlfriend Danielle Foye and pitcher Hunter Treece wait away a rain delay in the upper reaches of War Memorial Stadium, Nogales. A constant light rain washed out both of the games of the Saguaros' scheduled double header against Wasco.
Saguaros' second baseman Patrick Music (21) can't believe Wasco's Christian Thorpe (15) is safe stealing second in the fifth inning of their Pecos League baseball game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Saguaros' catcher Mike Hernandez (35) and the rest of the team get dressed in the dugout hurrying to get ready for the late start against Wasco for a Pecos League baseball game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium. The players have no access to the clubhouse and have to provide their own transportation to games.
Saguaros catcher Mike Hernandez takes batting practice as the storm clouds roll in over War Memorial Stadium, Nogales, just before the rains washed out both of the games of a scheduled double header against Wasco. The Saguaros are splitting their home slate this year between Tucson's Veterans Memorial Stadium and War Memorial Stadium in Nogales.
The White family has the grand stand practically to themselves as a constant rain holds up the start of the Saguaros' first game against Wasco for a Pecos League double header at War Memorial Stadium, Nogales. | https://tucson.com/sports/local/tucson-saguaros-embrace-bad-guys-role-as-top-dog-in-pecos-league/article_a6d4b34c-f947-11ec-9186-f32d8156c7f6.html | 2022-07-15T20:49:40 | 0 | https://tucson.com/sports/local/tucson-saguaros-embrace-bad-guys-role-as-top-dog-in-pecos-league/article_a6d4b34c-f947-11ec-9186-f32d8156c7f6.html |
State Police and partnering law enforcement agencies rounded up 17 people in Atlantic County last month as part of a statewide initiative to reduce violent crime, the agency said Friday.
The arrests were made June 23 and 24 and consisted of fugitives wanted by the state, county and local law enforcement agencies, State Police said in a news release.
Those arrested were wanted for crimes including weapons offenses, forgery, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary and drug offenses. All suspects were sent to the Atlantic County jail.
The targets were identified through a mix of street-level intelligence, patrol advisories and information provided by various agencies including State Police; the Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office; Atlantic City, Egg Harbor Township and Monroe Township police; and an analysis of current crime trends in Atlantic City.
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"As a result of this coordinated, multi-agency effort, 17 fugitives are now in custody, and Atlantic County communities are safer for it," acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said Friday in a statement.
In addition to State Police, the U.S. Marshals Service, state Department of Corrections, Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office and Atlantic City police participated in the round-up.
State Police did not provide the names of those arrested. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/state-police-arrest-17-in-atlantic-county-over-two-day-period-in-june/article_f77eb4fe-0474-11ed-97f3-97f7398e7662.html | 2022-07-15T20:55:32 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/state-police-arrest-17-in-atlantic-county-over-two-day-period-in-june/article_f77eb4fe-0474-11ed-97f3-97f7398e7662.html |
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state:
New positive cases: 3,129
New deaths: 7
Total positive cases: 2,168,005
Total number of deaths: 31,062
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,111,664
Rate of transmission: 1.08
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 61,018 cases, 955 deaths, 380,042 doses administered
Cape May: 12,094 cases, 262 deaths, 134,246 doses administered
Cumberland: 35,917 cases, 574 deaths, 186,479 doses administered
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Ocean: 148,999 cases, 2,868 deaths, 702,918 doses administered
Figures as of 1 p.m. July 15
Source: N.J. Department of Health | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-3-100-new-covid-19-cases-7-new-deaths-rate/article_3a42f61e-0476-11ed-9d93-0ff2c5ec7ca0.html | 2022-07-15T20:55:38 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-3-100-new-covid-19-cases-7-new-deaths-rate/article_3a42f61e-0476-11ed-9d93-0ff2c5ec7ca0.html |
Austin Hudak knew from the first meet of the outdoor track and field season that he was headed for a special spring.
The Hammonton High School graduated senior broke his own school javelin record with a throw of 188 feet, 2 inches at the Jim Camburn Memorial Buena Relays.
“I knew I put a lot of work in over the offseason, stretching, lifting,” he said. “Once it all paid off, it was really exciting.”
Hudak went on to win the Atlantic County, South Jersey Group III and state Group III championships. He finished second at the Meet of Champions and sixth at the New Balance Nationals to earn All-American status.
Hudak is The Press Male Track and Field Athlete of the Year.
Hudak threw a personal-best 194 feet to win the state Group III championship. That throw ranks sixth in Cape-Atlantic League history. Hudak will continue his track and field career at Stockton University.
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“This was a very positive season,” Hudak said. “I started off strong and kept going up.”
Hudak is the first Hammonton track and field athlete to become an All-American.
“I knew going into the New Balance that if I got top six, I would be considered an All-American,” he said. “My eyes were set on that. I did everything I could to go get it. It feels amazing to be in the history books.”
Hudak arrived at Hammonton as a football and baseball player. He picked up the javelin as a freshman at the suggestion of football and track and field assistant coach Tony DeRosa. Hudak said he just liked the way javelin felt in his hand.
“I had a feeling javelin was going to be my thing,” Hudak said. “I remember asking my freshman year what the (school) record was. I was already planning it out in my head how to get it.”
Coach and Team of the Year
Ryan Smith finished his head-coaching career at Egg Harbor Township as a champion.
Smith stepped down to spend more time with his family after a season in which the Eagles accomplished the following:
- Won their seventh straight Atlantic County championship
- Finished 9-0 in dual meets to win their sixth straight CAL American Conference
- Extended their unbeaten streak to 51 meets
- And, most importantly, qib the South Jersey Group IV championship
Smith is The Press Coach of the Year, and Egg Harbor Township is The Press Team of the Year.
“The kids put the work in, for sure,” he said. “We had a lot of depth in the field events. The kids showed up every single time in the technical events, and that’s what made us successful.”
The Eagles featured numerous standouts, including DJ Germann in the sprints and Malachi Wesley in the hurdles.
Isaiah Glenn, Ahmad Fogg and Aaron Bullock were among South Jersey’s best in the jumps. Brothers James and John Mahana and Chris Griffin provided points in the throws.
“I thought this was a statement year for us that we were able to win South Jersey,” Smith said. “A lot of people say the best (section) in New Jersey is South Jersey Group IV.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/austin-hudak-of-hammonton-and-the-eht-boys-track-and-field-team-enjoy-banner-seasons/article_3edc42c4-012f-11ed-bc2b-9f7a0b06777b.html | 2022-07-15T20:55:45 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/austin-hudak-of-hammonton-and-the-eht-boys-track-and-field-team-enjoy-banner-seasons/article_3edc42c4-012f-11ed-bc2b-9f7a0b06777b.html |
California’s public health tax is dead for the year, but tech titans not giving up
SACRAMENTO — A ballot initiative that would have raised taxes on California millionaires and billionaires to fund public health programs and pandemic prevention is dead — at least for this year.
The Silicon Valley tech executives who bankrolled the measure, which had been targeted for the November ballot, said they aren’t giving up on their goal of creating the strongest state public health system in the country. But they acknowledge covid-19 is no longer top of mind for most Americans.
“Our goal was to capture people’s acute attention on the pandemic to get something done — but there are economic problems and it looks like we’re headed for a recession, so things got more complicated,” said Max Henderson, the startup investor and former Google executive spearheading the campaign. “People are expressing rising skepticism over higher taxes, and the economy is dominating the hearts and minds of the electorate.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom never publicly supported the initiative. For Henderson and the other tech entrepreneurs pushing the measure, moving forward appeared too risky without support from Newsom and a broad coalition that includes state lawmakers and powerful health and business groups.
Tax, even on wealthy, too toxic among voters
The initiative would have imposed an additional tax “at the rate of 0.75 percent on that portion of a taxpayer’s taxable income” that exceeds $5 million. It would generate as much as $15 billion over 10 years, according to a state government analysis of the measure.
Even though the pandemic is not over and COVID infections and hospitalizations are rising, the prospect of raising taxes — even on the wealthy — grew too politically toxic this year as inflation drove up the price of goods and Californians faced record-high gas prices.
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“Voters are usually pretty comfortable taxing rich people, but inflation has driven voter concerns about the economy and a recession to very high levels,” said Dan Schnur, a California political strategist.
Initiative backers said they had gathered the roughly 1 million signatures needed to qualify the California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Act for the November ballot, but intentionally missed a June 30 deadline to submit them to the California secretary of state.
They instead submitted the signatures one day later, on July 1, making the initiative eligible for the ballot in November 2024, although the secretary of state’s office would still have to validate the signatures before placing it on the ballot.
“Voters may feel better about the economy in two years, and turnout is likely to be higher in a presidential election year — so it may be a more hospitable environment,” Schnur said.
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Meanwhile, campaign leaders are negotiating with the Newsom administration to try to reach an earlier deal for more state public health funding, avoiding the ballot box.
“We have an opportunity to pursue a much broader coalition and get the governor on board,” Henderson said. “If not, we’ll push hard in 2024.”
Campaign spokesperson Amelia Matier told KHN that organizers are willing to forgo the tax increases if they can strike a deal with the governor for the sweeping public health measures the initiative called for: more money for struggling local public health departments, funding for better air filtration and other safety upgrades in K-12 schools, and money to establish a California-based institute to detect and prevent emerging virus threats.
“It’s not rocket science to see that the pandemic is not top of mind as the cost of living continues to go up,” Matier said. “But we’re confident that Californians want a good plan to protect themselves from the next pandemic.”
Newsom spokesperson Alex Stack confirmed that the administration is in negotiations to reach a deal before 2024.
“The Newsom administration has committed billions of dollars to strengthen state and local pandemic response capacity, community resiliency and pioneering science through the University of California — all to make sure we’re better prepared for the next pandemic. And we’re doing that without raising taxes, which is a priority for the governor,” Stack said in a statement.
That said, “we all remain in conversation about how we can collectively keep California on the leading edge of research and innovation,” Stack said.
California public health agencies got
Amid pressure from public health officials, Newsom and state Democratic leaders infused California’s public health agencies with new funding that kicked in July 1.
The $300 million annual general fund investment will help California fortify its public health system, said Kat DeBurgh, executive director of the Health Officers Association of California, which represents the state’s 61 local public health officers. It comes after decades of disinvestment in public health that has made detecting and preventing deadly outbreaks and responding to the coronavirus pandemic more difficult for public health officials, she said.
The proposed ballot measure would strengthen California’s public health system and make it a leader nationally, she said, while other states are acting to weaken public health.
“There’s absolutely still a need for additional funding,” DeBurgh said, noting that her organization has formally endorsed the initiative. DeBurgh said she prefers that new public health funding be approved via the initiative rather than through the state budget process because voters’ decisions are harder to undo.
She rattled off a list of critical public health challenges across the state that included skyrocketing rates of sexually transmitted infections, intensifying heat waves, and the deadly opioid crisis. The state is also wrestling with the emerging monkeypox threat.
“We view the $300 million in annual funding from the governor as a foundational investment, but local health departments have more to work on than ever before,” she said. | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/california/2022/07/15/california-election-millionaire-tax-fund-public-health-care-not-go-voters-tech-titans-not-giving-up/10069489002/ | 2022-07-15T20:59:57 | 1 | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/california/2022/07/15/california-election-millionaire-tax-fund-public-health-care-not-go-voters-tech-titans-not-giving-up/10069489002/ |
Charges added for Polk County Jan. 6 defendants
New indictment includes first felony count for Doolin
A grand jury has indicted a group of Polk County residents on additional charges related to the U.S. Capitol attack, including the first felony count against Joshua Doolin of Polk City.
The indictment was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The grand jury was first convened in February, court records show.
The new indictment includes charges against Jonathan Pollock and his sister, Olivia Pollock, of Lakeland; Joseph Hutchinson III, formerly of Lakeland and now living in Georgia; Michael Perkins of Plant City; and Doolin.
Doolin, 24, is now indicted on five counts. The new charges include civil disorder, a felony. According to the indictment, between 4:18 p.m. and 4:46 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, Doolin and Jonathan Pollock obstructed, impeded and interfered with a law enforcement officer lawfully performing their duties.
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The indictment also added charges against Doolin of theft in a federal enclave and theft of government property, both misdemeanors. Those charges involve his allegedly stealing a crowd-control spray gun and a riot shield belonging to a U.S. Capitol Police officer, according to court records.
Doolin already faced misdemeanor charges of entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds.
The five co-defendants were originally indicted in June 2021. All but Jonathan Pollock were arrested and soon released on bond.
Pollock, 23, remains a fugitive more than a year after FBI agents arrested his sister in a raid at the family’s property in the Kathleen area.
The five traveled together to Washington, D.C., to join supporters of former President Donald Trump in protesting the planned certification of Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2021, showing that Joe Biden had won the presidential election. Thousands of Trump supporters pushed through police barricades at the U.S. Capitol, with some breaking into the building.
The riot interrupted a joint session of Congress overseen by then-Vice President Mike Pence. The intrusion forced members of Congress to flee their chambers and resulted in injuries to dozens of police offers and more than $2.7 million in damage to the U.S. Capitol, according to the Department of Justice.
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Doolin’s trial on the original charges is scheduled for September in Washington, D.C. His lawyer filed a motion asking that the trial be moved to Florida, arguing that he could not receive a fair trial in Washington, D.C.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols has not yet ruled on that motion.
The new indictment also adds felony charges for Jonathan Pollock: three counts of civil disorder and charges of entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted area with a deadly or dangerous weapon; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted area with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
Perkins is included in the latter three charges.
Jonathan Pollock had already been indicted on felony charges of assaulting law-enforcement officers using a dangerous weapon.
Olivia Pollock and Perkins, already charged with felonies, face an additional count of civil disorder in the new indictment for activities that occurred between 1:56 p.m. and 2:12 p.m.
The new indictment brings the total counts against the five defendants to 27.
Olivia Pollock, Hutchinson and Perkins are scheduled for trial in January.
Two other Polk County residents are separately facing charges related to the U.S. Capitol attack: Corinne Montoni and Brian Boele, both of Lakeland.
At least 855 suspects have been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection. Florida leads all states in the number of residents charged. The FBI is still seeking to identify more than 350 people suspected of committing violence at the Capitol, including more than 250 who allegedly assaulted police officers.
At least 10 defendants have been convicted in trials, and more than 320 have pleaded guilty, the Department of Justice reported.
Gary White can be reached at gary.white@theledger.com or 863-802-7518. Follow on Twitter @garywhite13. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/07/15/capitol-riot-new-indictment-adds-charges-january-6-defendants-polk-county/10067333002/ | 2022-07-15T21:01:13 | 0 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/07/15/capitol-riot-new-indictment-adds-charges-january-6-defendants-polk-county/10067333002/ |
Originally published July 15 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.
TWIN FALLS — The Idaho GOP convention began Thursday with a lobbyist arguing for more Christian control over childhood education.
Idaho Family Policy Center President Blaine Conzatti made a case to a classroom full of Republicans — gathered Thursday for the Idaho Republican convention at the College of Southern Idaho — for a Christian approach to government on several social issues, and said he’d like to see public schools run by churches.
“Even the public schools in early America were always administered by the local church,” Conzatti said. “So I’d like to see that again. But until we get there, the question is, how do we mitigate the harm that’s done and do as much good as we can in the system?”
Conzatti was a featured speaker on the agenda for the GOP convention, which began Thursday morning and will conclude Saturday evening.
The Idaho Family Policy Center is a nonprofit organization that calls itself a “ministry that advances the lordship of Christ in the public square through engaging the church, promoting God-honoring public policy, and training statesmen.”
The center has drafted and pushed several significant pieces of legislation in the past two years, including at least four successful bills related to abortion and two failed bills related to health care for transgender minors and keeping “obscene material” out of the hands of minors in public libraries.
Conzatti bases his arguments on statements from America’s Founding Fathers about Christianity. While historians argue the nation’s founders explicitly wanted religion out of government after declaring independence from the religiously dominated England, Conzatti singled out quotes about how human laws must conform to God’s laws.
“How do we preserve a constitutional government in the United States? Through education based upon the Christian religion,” Conzatti said. “Again, what’s the purpose of a public education? Love of God, love of country.”
Conzatti discussed several lightning rods in right-wing politics, such as sex education in schools and policies on what bathrooms a student can use based on their biological sex.
He also said the center is against state funding for early childhood education, which is meant for children between 3 and 5 years old, because he said the idea is rooted in Marxism.
Idaho does not have a state-funded early childhood education program.
According to the National Education Association, children who attend early childhood education programs are less likely to repeat a grade, less likely to have special needs and are more likely to graduate from high school.
“I would encourage you, as you are thinking about who to vote for, as you’re thinking about policy solutions, how to make (Idaho) a better place for families,” Conzatti said. “Let’s pursue true north, which is God’s truth.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/at-idaho-gop-convention-lobbyist-advocates-for-christian-control-of-public-education/article_5169717b-cd61-54d6-b55a-018f15c66cb5.html | 2022-07-15T21:02:06 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/at-idaho-gop-convention-lobbyist-advocates-for-christian-control-of-public-education/article_5169717b-cd61-54d6-b55a-018f15c66cb5.html |
Originally published July 15 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.
TWIN FALLS — The delegates of the Idaho Republican Party attending the state convention will decide in the next two days whether to approve a rule disqualifying voters affiliated with other parties from registering as Republicans to vote in the party’s primary elections.
The Idaho GOP closed its primary process starting in 2012 so that only registered Republicans can vote for the candidate they want to advance to the general election — where Republicans dominate so heavily that a primary win often guarantees election to a seat.
The proposed rule was drafted by Branden Durst, a former Democratic legislator who joined the Republican party in 2020 and ran unsuccessfully as a Republican candidate for superintendent of public instruction in the May primary. The rule passed out of the GOP convention committee on Thursday and will need a majority of affirmative votes from the party delegates to be officially adopted.
Durst told the Idaho Capital Sun he wasn’t in a position to talk about the rule until Saturday.
The rule states that county and legislative district central committees can determine the political affiliation of people who file or intend to file as candidates for the Republican Party. It outlines how a voter can be disqualified from registering with the Idaho Republican Party, such as those who:
- Affiliated less than 12 months before the next primary election held in an even-numbered year
- Disaffiliated with the Republican Party at any time in the past 39 months
- Financially supported more than one candidate of a different political party for office less than 25 months before the primary
- Affiliated with any other political party less than 25 months before the primary
- Voted in a primary or caucus for any other political party less than 25 months before the primary
The proposed rule didn’t specify how the party would police its voters’ affiliation history or campaign contributions. It did not specify who would be responsible for that task.
Tyler Kelly, executive director of the Idaho Republican Party, said there is usually a “hot topic” at the convention each year it is held, and he’s not surprised the rule made it out of committee. But he hopes the majority of the delegates don’t adopt it.
“It’s my hope that the party errs on the side of inclusion,” Kelly said. “I think it becomes difficult when the party starts determining who can and cannot register. It’s my belief, and (GOP Chairman Tom Luna’s) belief as well, that we should err on the side of inclusion at all times.”
Durst lost to former Idaho State Board of Education President Debbie Critchfield and said the day after the primary that the Republican Party “must address its Democrat primary crossover problem.” He and Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who lost her bid for governor to Gov. Brad Little in the primary, both claimed tens of thousands of Democrats crossed over to vote in the primary. Deputy Secretary of State Chad Houck said in May that those numbers were not reflected in the voter rolls.
The Idaho Democratic Party has an open primary, allowing any registered voter to participate. Democratic Party spokesperson Avery Roberts said the proposed rule is particularly egregious coming from Durst.
“From his extremist views on reproductive rights to his efforts to defund public education, it’s clear Durst is not a Democrat. What isn’t clear is why he thinks he should get special treatment,” Roberts said in a statement. “He certainly didn’t wait 25 months after losing a Democratic primary in Washington state to rise through the ranks of the Idaho Republican Party.”
Durst ran a losing legislative campaign as a Democrat in Washington in 2016. Two years later, he ran a losing campaign for Boise School District trustee, a nonpartisan seat.
The Idaho GOP convention will continue through Saturday evening, during which time party delegates will vote on proposed rules, resolutions and changes to the party platform. The delegates will also elect party officers, including the chairperson, on Saturday. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-gop-convention-committee-approves-rule-to-limit-crossover-voting/article_a3a9629a-356d-5bb0-a404-86325c119c84.html | 2022-07-15T21:02:12 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-gop-convention-committee-approves-rule-to-limit-crossover-voting/article_a3a9629a-356d-5bb0-a404-86325c119c84.html |
May 30, 1958 – July 6, 2022
Rita Jean Rosson, 64, of North Bend, passed away July 6, 2022 in Coos Bay. Cremation rites have been held under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary. She was born May 30, 1958 in Woodruff, Wisconsin, the daughter of Robert and Mae (Marti) Prue. She moved to the Bay Area in 1987 from Mullan, Idaho.
She was married to Jimmie J. Rosson on March 31, 1992 in Coos Bay. She worked as a receptionist for several different businesses over many years. She worked as a Medical Records Clerk at Bay Clinic until Covid came.
Her passion was taking care of the bald eagle, Asha and the great horned owl, Otis at the Free Flight Bird Sanctuary in Bandon. She and her husband were volunteers there for many years until it closed, but she would still go back to feed Asha.
She is survived by her husband, Jimmie Rosson; daughter, Amy Stallings of Iowa; three grandchildren, Leif, Eowyn and Koda. She also left behind her very close friends, Linda, Debbie, Karen, Sue, Mary Jane, and many others. She is resting in peace at home with our Lord.
Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/rita-jean-rosson/article_942ec0c4-0465-11ed-be5c-bf3df966c994.html | 2022-07-15T21:03:16 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/rita-jean-rosson/article_942ec0c4-0465-11ed-be5c-bf3df966c994.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. – The widow of a man killed after his vehicle was struck by gunfire Thursday afternoon on State Road 408 in Orlando said part of her was still waiting for her husband to come home.
Tremain Hepburn’s wife, Germaine Kates-Hepburn, described him as a “kind, caring and loving husband, father, grandfather, son, and uncle.” She told News 6 “everybody loved him.”
She added that he loved to crack jokes and was “always trying to make people laugh.”
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Orlando police said Tremain Hepburn, 46, was traveling west on S.R. 408 when his vehicle was struck by gunfire in the area of Bumby Avenue. According to investigators. he tried to exit near Mills Avenue and crashed into a tree. He was then transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A man who identified himself as Tremain Hepburn’s brother was seen kneeling and praying at the crash site on Friday.
“He was a very good man. He was my brother,” the man told News 6.
Germaine Kates-Hepburn said her husband was a mechanic who was likely driving to a different shop at the time of the shooting. His vehicle was towing a white car when it was shot.
She hopes police are able to figure out from S.R. 408 cameras who shot at her husband.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Orlando Police Department at 321-235-5300 or Crimeline to submit an anonymous tip at 800-423-TIPS (8477).
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SANFORD, Fla. – A home in Sanford is damaged after flames ripped through it Friday afternoon.
Firefighters were called to the home in the 1800 block of Harding Ave. just after 3 p.m., according to a Twitter post.
Crew said everyone was out of the home safely by the time they arrived. Flames extended into nearly 2/3 of the house, according to Seminole County Fire Department.
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Firefighters said the home did not have any smoke detectors. The cause of the fire is now under investigation.
The Red Cross has been called to help the people who live inside the home.
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POLK COUNTY, Iowa — One of the Iowa Air National Guard's top personnel is facing charges after allegedly driving an SUV through Camp Dodge, and damaging multiple buildings.
Chief Master Sergeant Thomas Fennell of Sioux City has been charged in Polk County with a first offense OWI and cited for leaving the scene of an accident.
According to court documents, Fennell caused property damage at three sites at Camp Dodge while driving an SUV just after midnight July 14. Authorities said Fennell tried to drive away from the third crash, but was stopped by officers.
While he was stopped, officers said they could smell alcohol on his breath, and noticed he had impaired balance, slurred speech and bloodshot eyes, according to the criminal complaint.
The complaint also says Fennell failed multiple components of a field sobriety test. His blood alcohol content was measured at .282 with a breathalyzer.
Fennell was arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail on Thursday, then posted a $1,000 cash bond. He is due back in court on July 22. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/iowa-air-national-guard-owi-charge-camp-dodge/524-6669b2a9-c861-4f61-b886-7e7cbe71d5ed | 2022-07-15T21:12:04 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/iowa-air-national-guard-owi-charge-camp-dodge/524-6669b2a9-c861-4f61-b886-7e7cbe71d5ed |
1 in custody after officer-involved shooting near Bell Road and Black Canyon Highway
Phoenix police said one person is in custody after a police-involved shooting Friday afternoon near North Black Canyon Highway and West Bell Road.
Phoenix officials did not state if there are any injured people.
A statement by Phoenix police spokesman, Sgt. Vincent Cole, said the area near North Black Canyon Highway is secure. No further information about the shooting, or what led up to it, was released.
At least 48 people have been shot at by Arizona police officers in 2022, according to data tracked and analyzed by The Republic. Phoenix police accounted for at least 14 of those shootings, the data showed.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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Surprise police: 3-year-old child found unresponsive in pool as mother slept
A 3-year-old girl drowned Tuesday after being underwater at a home pool for an unknown time, the Surprise Police Department said in an update released on Friday.
Officers said the incident happened at a home near 159th Drive and Monte Cristo Avenue. Police units and fire crews arrived and took over life-saving measures that had been started by someone in the house, police said.
The girl was hospitalized where she later died.
Police said during the investigation detectives learned the girl was at home only with her mother.
The mother told detectives that she and her child usually take a nap during the day, and she fell asleep, police said.
While the mother was asleep, the child went into the backyard and entered the pool, police said.
The family of the girl told police pool safeguards are usually in place, but some safeguards were missing that day.
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A family member found the girl when he returned home and called the police. It is still unknown how long she was in the pool before being discovered.
Officers said the case will be submitted to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for review.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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BARBOURSVILLE, WV (WOWK) – One person has been injured in a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle.
According to Cabell County Dispatch, the call came in around 1:15 p.m. Friday, July 15 of a crash involving a car and a motorcycle at the intersection of Farmdale Road and Route 60 in Barboursville.
One person was transported to the hospital. The extent of their injuries is unknown at this time.
No further details are being released. Crews have cleared the scene. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/1-injured-in-accident-involving-car-motorcycle/ | 2022-07-15T21:13:39 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/1-injured-in-accident-involving-car-motorcycle/ |
HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) – The Fairfield East Community Center has been used for many things through the years, including a place for recovery and somewhere the community could gather for fellowship.
However, since June of this year, it’s sat empty and in need of repairs. Now, the city of Huntington is looking to change that.
A special meeting inviting community leaders, including city council members, ministers, and other local representatives, was held to discuss its future.
Multiple ideas were shared in the meeting, giving these area leaders a better idea of how this building can be developed. One of the main goals is to keep it resource-centered.
“We’re looking at what kind of groups, what kind of funding, what kind of people. So we want to make this a collective effort to get people in the community energized about the building and coming down and using it,” says Huntington Community Development Specialist Ben Newhouse.
Huntington native Byron Holmes traveled from Indianapolis, Indiana to attend the meeting and spoke on promoting area youth by offering educational and recreational programs.
He says the main point is to give the community a space that will benefit everyone but it’ll take more than one person to make that a reality.
“The easy route is to say ‘let’s just close it and let’s just do something else with it, to sell it or whatever the case may be. But to understand and know that there needs to be a reinvestment into the community… Just having all those different perspectives is very valuable to pushing the agenda forward,” Holmes said Thursday evening.
City officials are echoing this same message. District 5 Council Member Teresa Johnson says it’s going to take a group effort to bring the center back to its former glory.
The city is still looking for funding to make repairs and fully renovate the building. Newhouse says this is only the first of many meetings. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/area-leaders-discuss-future-of-fairfield-east-community-center/ | 2022-07-15T21:13:46 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/area-leaders-discuss-future-of-fairfield-east-community-center/ |
ST. ALBANS, WV (WOWK) — St. Albans Fire Department says two people are in police custody after a speeding driver crashed and rolled the vehicle on its top.
According to SAFD, a driver of an SUV went off-road at a high speed in the 2200 block of MacCorkle Avenue in St. Albans.
The car was rolled on its top into trees and brush, which can be seen in the photo provided by SAFD.
One man left the scene but was found in some brush, SAFD says.
According to SAFD, both vehicle occupants denied injury and were instead taken into police custody. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/two-people-in-custody-after-speeding-in-suv-crashing-into-trees/ | 2022-07-15T21:13:52 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/two-people-in-custody-after-speeding-in-suv-crashing-into-trees/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — An attorney for Dr. Caitlin Bernard sent a cease-and-desist order to Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita Friday.
The cease and desist order sent by the law firm of DeLaney & DeLaney stated, “Please cease and desist from making false and misleading statements about alleged misconduct by Dr. Bernard in her profession, which constitute defamation per se. Moreover, to the extent that any statement you make exceeds the general scope of your authority as Indiana’s Attorney General, such a statement forms the basis of an actionable defamation claim.”
Rokita said Bernard may have not followed all relevant policies, procedures, and regulations when she performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim.
Bernard responded to the attorney general's comments with a tweet Wednesday evening.
"My heart breaks for all survivors of sexual assault and abuse. I am so sad that our country is failing them when they need us most. Doctors must be able to give people the medical care they need, when and where they need it," she wrote.
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The cease and desist said Rokita made false and defamatory statements on the Fox News program "Jesse Watters Primetime" on July 13, 2022 that cast Bernard in a false light and allege misconduct in her profession.
"We have this abortion activist acting as a doctor with a history of failure to report,” Rokita said on the show. “So, we're gathering the information, we're gathering the evidence as we speak and we're going to fight this to the end.”
In a statement shared with 13News Friday morning, IU Health said an investigation found that Bernard was "in compliance with privacy laws."
A spokesperson for the attorney general responded to the cease-and-desist by saying, “like any correspondence, it will be reviewed if and when it arrives. Regardless, no false or misleading statements have been made.” | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/attorney-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-indiana-attorney-general-todd-rokita/531-49991c85-624c-49b3-b516-494b1b8ad6db | 2022-07-15T21:13:59 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/attorney-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-indiana-attorney-general-todd-rokita/531-49991c85-624c-49b3-b516-494b1b8ad6db |
A Bismarck man charged with attempted murder in an alleged attack with a modified yo-yo string will spend two years on probation.
Derek Dillman, 32, was sentenced Thursday on lesser felony charges, court records show. The attempted murder charge was dismissed. He pleaded guilty to felony aggravated assault, terrorizing and fleeing police, and misdemeanor counts of driving under suspension and attempting to give false information to police.
Police in July 2021 alleged that Dillman wrapped the yo-yo string around a woman’s neck as she pulled into the parking lot of the Bismarck Police Department. Dillman had planned to turn himself in on outstanding warrants, authorities said.
The sentence by South Central District Judge Douglas Bahr leaves a five-year prison term over Dillman’s head if he violates his probation. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/yo-yo-string-attack-brings-probation/article_f6a144a0-0471-11ed-b7eb-db2b62c6dd35.html | 2022-07-15T21:15:26 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/yo-yo-string-attack-brings-probation/article_f6a144a0-0471-11ed-b7eb-db2b62c6dd35.html |
North Dakota received an allocation of 65 monkeypox vaccine doses from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in response to a global outbreak.
CDC allocations are based on regional populations and the number of monkeypox cases that have occurred in each region. North Dakota has not identified a case. The first South Dakota case was identified this week.
“The risk to the public is low at this time," said Kirby Kruger, North Dakota Department of Heath Disease Control Section Chief. "Transmission requires close contact, such as skin-to-skin contact, with someone who has monkeypox. For people who have had close contact with someone who has monkeypox, the vaccine, if given early, can reduce the chance of developing an infection.”
Monkeypox can cause flu-like symptoms and/or a distinct rash that can be bumpy or fluid-filled.
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It can be spread by having direct contact with an infectious rash, scabs or body fluids. Respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face contact, or during intimate physical contact can spread the virus. It can also be contracted by touching contaminated items, like clothing and bedding.
Kruger said anyone who has symptoms of monkeypox or who has, in the past few weeks, been in close contact with someone diagnosed should contact their health care provider to see if they should be tested or vaccinated.
For more information, visit https://health.nd.gov/MPV. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/north-dakota-receives-65-doses-of-monkeypox-vaccine-no-nd-cases-identified/article_ae96119a-0467-11ed-a3be-c7a6e108f60f.html | 2022-07-15T21:15:32 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/north-dakota-receives-65-doses-of-monkeypox-vaccine-no-nd-cases-identified/article_ae96119a-0467-11ed-a3be-c7a6e108f60f.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Volunteers clamored about in the basement of Eastview Christian Church on a rainy Friday, laughing and packing 1,000 "blessing bags" filled with toiletries, sanitizer, face masks and bandages for homeless veterans.
Fourteen-year-old Jakhil Jackson, who founded Project I Am in 2016 when he was 8 years old, came from Chicago to Bloomington to partner with the Jule Foundation, led by Andre Hursey. Hursey works with teens in Bloomington-Normal on what he calls "teen enrichment." He started the foundation seven years ago to expose local youth to African American culture, mentorship and to build professional skills.
Hursey said giving back is part of the teens' growth process. "People are pouring (goodness) into you," he said. "It's important to pour into others."
Volunteers made an assembly line and raced each other to see who could fill bags the fastest. The bags were then packed into boxes for delivery to the Bloomington Veterans Affairs Clinic.
According to its website, Project I Am has raised over $275,000 for the homeless. The blessing bags are a major part of this and contain basic items that people without housing might not have readily available.
Chase Frech, part of the Jule Foundation, said partnering with Jackson is "a great opportunity to help other people."
One young member of the foundation, Justin Dellamy, age 11, said, "I wanted to help bless other people."
Jackson's grandmother, Phyllis Smith, who goes by Miss GG, said they usually work with VA hospitals in Chicago. "(We) realize there are veterans here in Bloomington, too, so we decided to make some bags for them."
Hursey said he is grateful that Jackson and his family made the trip to help.
"For (Jackson) and his mother and his grandmother to come to Bloomington which is two, two and a half hours, to work with Jule Foundation," he said, "we just really appreciate it."
Jackson said he enjoys helping organizations around the state, not just in Chicago.
"Even though it's still in the same state," he said, "Bloomington is so far from Chicago. So it's a whole different community out here. It's really cool to help other people from different places."
Jackson credited his grandmother for the partnership.
"That has to do with my GG," he said with a grin. "She's a very good communicator and networker. She knows how to find the right organizations to work with."
Hursey and Jackson met through The Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation. "Without that organization, we probably wouldn't have been able to make this happen today," Hursey said.
The two got acquainted during a remote mentorship session.
"I got to see this young man do some phenomenal things," Hursey said, pointing at Jackson. "We made a connection." Then, with a smile, he added, "I guess kudos go back to the GG." | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/bloomington-teens-pack-blessing-bags-for-local-veterans/article_d42665cc-044e-11ed-8a7b-c327fd5ef7e6.html | 2022-07-15T21:15:47 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/bloomington-teens-pack-blessing-bags-for-local-veterans/article_d42665cc-044e-11ed-8a7b-c327fd5ef7e6.html |
DALLAS (KDAF) — National Ice Cream Day isn’t until Sunday, July 17, but the folks with North Texas Honda Dealers are celebrating early.
Back in 1984, former President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation making the third Sunday in July National Ice Cream Day.
To celebrate, North Texas Honda Dealers will be handing out free ice cream in Irving from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Running Bear Park (2601 S Story Rd, Irving, TX 75060).
Officials say they are handing out ice cream on a first-come-first-served basis. | https://cw33.com/news/local/heres-where-and-when-you-can-get-free-ice-cream-in-irving-on-friday-july-15/ | 2022-07-15T21:16:01 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/heres-where-and-when-you-can-get-free-ice-cream-in-irving-on-friday-july-15/ |
Although it all depends on what you make of it, choosing to further your education may lead to higher paying job opportunities. An associate’s degree takes just two years and offers more affordable tuition rates than a four-year school. As of April 2022, the average yearly salary for an individual with an associate’s degree comes out to $45,989.
Students have a plethora of specialties to choose from when obtaining a 2-year degree, from industry-specific roles in health care or IT or a more generalized education path. Salaries differ between areas of study, job type, experience, and, of course, location. A Georgetown University study that looked at job growth and education requirements through 2020 stated that 30% of job openings required “at least some college or an associate’s degree.” Students can choose to head right into the workforce after earning an associate’s, or continue their education toward earning a bachelor’s degree.
The unemployment rate for associate’s degree holders is only 2%, according to research from the Education Data Initiative. Having an associate’s degree under your belt is proven to increase one’s chance of holding a professional or management position in any number of industries, among them education and health, wholesale retail and trade, and professional and business services.
Stacker compiled a list of the highest and lowest paying jobs that require a 2-year degree in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage.
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#37. Dietetic technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $32,730
– #61 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 230
National
– Annual mean salary: $32,920
– Employment: 26,430
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($55,550)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($52,700)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($48,370)
#36. Veterinary technologists and technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $34,360
– #273 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 3,890
National
– Annual mean salary: $37,860
– Employment: 109,490
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($57,990)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($52,220)
— Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ($51,340)
#35. Preschool teachers, except special education
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $35,100
– #195 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 9,160
National
– Annual mean salary: $36,550
– Employment: 370,940
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($49,990)
— Ocean City, NJ ($49,720)
— Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ ($49,560)
#34. Forest and conservation technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $39,430
– #147 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available
National
– Annual mean salary: $42,780
– Employment: 30,150
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($68,370)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($66,570)
— Corvallis, OR ($62,260)
#33. Embalmers
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $44,610
– #15 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 80
National
– Annual mean salary: $50,220
– Employment: 3,860
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Providence-Warwick, RI-MA ($86,140)
— St. Louis, MO-IL ($72,090)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($70,000)
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#32. Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $45,780
– #66 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 2,450
National
– Annual mean salary: $44,170
– Employment: 108,470
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($60,080)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($55,410)
— Napa, CA ($54,120)
#31. Broadcast technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $46,040
– #48 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 540
National
– Annual mean salary: $49,250
– Employment: 25,960
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($75,430)
— Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY ($70,990)
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($69,950)
#30. Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $49,830
– #126 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 190
National
– Annual mean salary: $59,000
– Employment: 24,560
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area ($82,420)
— Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($79,240)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($73,940)
#29. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $52,490
– #51 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 620
National
– Annual mean salary: $50,960
– Employment: 31,860
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Kennewick-Richland, WA ($79,780)
— Huntsville, AL ($78,320)
— Birmingham-Hoover, AL ($76,970)
#28. Environmental engineering technologists and technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $52,990
– #53 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 350
National
– Annual mean salary: $56,570
– Employment: 17,070
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($82,240)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($81,340)
— Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($74,280)
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#27. Chemical technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $56,420
– #64 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 660
National
– Annual mean salary: $53,700
– Employment: 63,490
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Billings, MT ($86,340)
— Alaska nonmetropolitan area ($79,390)
— Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($78,000)
#26. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $56,430
– #129 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 820
National
– Annual mean salary: $60,880
– Employment: 39,880
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Baton Rouge, LA ($112,580)
— North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area ($91,580)
— New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($91,550)
#25. Medical equipment repairers
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $56,660
– #74 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,340
National
– Annual mean salary: $55,090
– Employment: 48,510
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($84,820)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($84,030)
— Reno, NV ($83,450)
#24. Civil engineering technologists and technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $57,010
– #135 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,550
National
– Annual mean salary: $56,590
– Employment: 67,270
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,190)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($83,250)
— Baton Rouge, LA ($81,340)
#23. Architectural and civil drafters
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $60,210
– #75 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 3,760
National
– Annual mean salary: $59,120
– Employment: 99,180
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC ($76,060)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,700)
— Anchorage, AK ($75,650)
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#22. Mechanical drafters
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $60,590
– #98 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,030
National
– Annual mean salary: $61,490
– Employment: 51,620
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,540)
— Corpus Christi, TX ($90,720)
— New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($82,590)
#21. Electrical and electronics drafters
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $60,650
– #69 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 740
National
– Annual mean salary: $65,720
– Employment: 23,020
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($98,380)
— Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($86,920)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($83,760)
#20. Paralegals and legal assistants
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $61,280
– #43 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 7,480
National
– Annual mean salary: $56,610
– Employment: 332,720
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($90,640)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($76,960)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,640)
#19. Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $61,830
– #81 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,220
National
– Annual mean salary: $60,940
– Employment: 55,980
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($99,130)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($94,400)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($92,140)
#18. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $64,930
– #48 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,360
National
– Annual mean salary: $59,920
– Employment: 62,980
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS ($94,360)
— Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ($90,460)
— Baton Rouge, LA ($86,020)
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#17. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $65,100
– #162 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 2,700
National
– Annual mean salary: $68,310
– Employment: 115,270
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area ($99,890)
— Fort Collins, CO ($91,980)
— Bakersfield, CA ($90,780)
#16. Radiologic technologists and technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $65,970
– #103 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 4,110
National
– Annual mean salary: $64,840
– Employment: 206,720
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($127,890)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($118,480)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($118,100)
#15. Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $67,320
– #23 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 730
National
– Annual mean salary: $70,680
– Employment: 11,900
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($106,970)
— Oklahoma City, OK ($93,540)
— Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL ($92,190)
#14. Radio, cellular, and tower equipment installers and repairers
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $68,930
– #13 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 450
National
– Annual mean salary: $60,790
– Employment: 13,210
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($95,360)
— Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($82,470)
— Trenton, NJ ($80,110)
#13. Respiratory therapists
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $69,140
– #77 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 2,800
National
– Annual mean salary: $65,640
– Employment: 131,890
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($113,450)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($109,330)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($101,690)
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#12. Funeral home managers
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $70,100
– #43 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 350
National
– Annual mean salary: $91,530
– Employment: 10,010
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($116,760)
— Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ($115,400)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($112,820)
#11. Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $72,360
– #7 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 180
National
– Annual mean salary: $62,800
– Employment: 13,160
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($99,720)
— West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area ($99,380)
— Midland, TX ($98,040)
#10. Avionics technicians
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $72,450
– #17 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 790
National
– Annual mean salary: $69,180
– Employment: 21,390
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($92,470)
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($87,670)
— California-Lexington Park, MD ($83,930)
#9. Physical therapist assistants
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $73,130
– #9 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,840
National
– Annual mean salary: $59,440
– Employment: 92,740
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($85,960)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($78,740)
— Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($76,390)
#8. Occupational therapy assistants
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $74,590
– #8 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,180
National
– Annual mean salary: $63,420
– Employment: 42,750
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($85,570)
— Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($77,720)
— San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($77,650)
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#7. Dental hygienists
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $75,660
– #186 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 4,440
National
– Annual mean salary: $78,050
– Employment: 194,830
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($125,750)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($122,660)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($119,320)
#6. Diagnostic medical sonographers
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $78,420
– #109 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 2,040
National
– Annual mean salary: $77,790
– Employment: 73,920
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($138,110)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($137,140)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($131,080)
#5. Computer network support specialists
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $79,590
– #21 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 5,330
National
– Annual mean salary: $71,040
– Employment: 184,220
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($94,120)
— Barnstable Town, MA ($93,670)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($92,190)
#4. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $83,450
– #33 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 790
National
– Annual mean salary: $75,960
– Employment: 39,270
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($133,590)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($127,930)
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($120,550)
#3. Nuclear medicine technologists
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $90,900
– #18 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available
National
– Annual mean salary: $82,080
– Employment: 17,510
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($149,860)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($148,240)
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($135,080)
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#2. Radiation therapists
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $100,460
– #15 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 760
National
– Annual mean salary: $94,300
– Employment: 17,390
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($169,080)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($159,660)
— Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($131,960)
#1. Air traffic controllers
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
– Annual mean salary: $154,180
– #2 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 750
National
– Annual mean salary: $127,440
– Employment: 22,190
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($158,210)
— Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($154,180)
— Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($153,770) | https://cw33.com/news/local/highest-paying-jobs-that-require-a-2-year-degree-in-dallas-2/ | 2022-07-15T21:16:07 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/highest-paying-jobs-that-require-a-2-year-degree-in-dallas-2/ |
FRISCO (KDAF) — Well Frisco and North Texas, the Star and Ford Center will be absolutely packed this weekend with music, cars, sports and gaming! Complexity Gaming is playing host to an event that will take a massive online community and bring them together in person.
What started as a streaming set up in an apartment with a camera duct taped to a wall, to now, arguably one of the biggest video game streamers in the world; TimTheTatMan alongside other big names in the gaming community will be hard at work and play at TimTheTatMan’s Tailgate 2022 in Frisco from July 16-17.
Some might be confused and ask, “Why do people watch people play video games?” Those that stream and watch streamers would then ask those people, “Why do you watch the NBA or the NFL?” In a panel at Complexity Gaming’s headquarters on Friday, Tim, actor/streamer Jordan Fisher and GameSquare CEO Justin Kenna spoke about this question.
Basically, in the world of streaming, each creators audience will form somewhat of a personal relationship with a celebrity in the gaming world where, it would be difficult for someone to walk up to LeBron James and not be absolutely starstruck and not really know him other than, that’s LeBron James, one of the greatest basketball players to ever live. With streamers, you get a look into their world, and personal lives and even watch them play with some of their best friends to see how they interact with one another as if you would with your friends.
All of that being said, Complexity, Tim, and others have created a space in Frisco to bring those online relationships into the physical world in the form of this weekend-long tailgate. It won’t just be Tim’s community he’s created on Twitch and YouTube throughout his career in attendance but other communities from those platforms as well will be there to enjoy the festivities.
As stated earlier, yes gaming will be a huge focus of the weekend but people from all walks of life are into gaming and that’s why music and other huge industries are getting in on this weekend. Performing at the Ford Center throughout the weekend will be Kane Brown, Arty, Starya, Mitchell Tenpenny, Tool Tribute Band Schism and SethDrums! Pro athletes also might be in attendance and be a part of this massive weekend too as Complexity has partnered with multiple stars like Chicharito, Leonard Fournette, and Sean O’Malley.
There will also be a pong tournament, Tim and friends’ look-a-like contest, food trucks, arcade games, a car show and more. For more information be sure to check out https://tatmantailgate.com/. | https://cw33.com/news/local/music-sports-cars-and-gaming-meet-in-frisco-this-weekend-for-timthetatmans-tailgate/ | 2022-07-15T21:16:13 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/music-sports-cars-and-gaming-meet-in-frisco-this-weekend-for-timthetatmans-tailgate/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — It looks like the North Central Texas Region has hit a new milestone.
According to the 2022 population estimates from the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the region’s population has reached 8 million people.
This comes after the region gained more than 157,000 people in 2021. 21 cities in the region grew by 10% or more in the last year with Fort Worth leading the region in growth.
- Fort Worth added 22,710 people last year
- Lewisville added 19,000 people last year
- Dallas added 17,000 people last year
On a by-county basis, Collin, Denton, Dallas and Tarrant Counties all added more than 23,000 people last year, each. For more information, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-population-reaches-8-million/ | 2022-07-15T21:16:19 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-population-reaches-8-million/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — What many people from out of state don’t know about Texas is how many things this state has to do.
From wine tasting, to hiking to paddleboarding the Lone Star State has it all, and for a good price, making Texas a top travel destination in the U.S. If you are looking for that resort life Texas has you covered.
Travel + Leisure did a report looking at the best resorts in the Lone Star State and two North Texas resorts made the list.
- Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
- Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
Here is the full list of resorts:
- The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, Houston
- Commodore Perry Estate, Auberge Resorts Collection, Austin
- Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa, Austin
- Gage Hotel, Marathon
- The Woodlands Resort, The Woodlands
- Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas, Irving
- JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, San Antonio
- La Cantera Resort & Spa, San Antonio
- Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Grapevine
- Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort & Spa, San Antonio
For more information, visit Travel + Leisure. | https://cw33.com/news/local/report-says-these-are-the-best-resorts-in-texas-how-many-are-in-north-texas/ | 2022-07-15T21:16:25 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/report-says-these-are-the-best-resorts-in-texas-how-many-are-in-north-texas/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — National Ice Cream Day is around the corner and is setting up a weekend full of cold creamy treats as the Texas sun is out and about in full force.
Have you ever wondered what each state’s best/favorite spot for ice cream is? Well, curiosity may have killed the cat (if that’s how that saying goes) however, curiosity in the realm of ice cream will normally get you a nice scoop or two to enjoy.
Yelp has put out its list of the best ice cream in every state and province for the year of 2022! “Summer is just days away, and we couldn’t help but get a head start on tracking down the best ice cream spots from Hawaii to Toronto and everywhere between. If you’re a fan of this beloved cold treat, be sure to pencil in July 17th for an excuse to indulge in one, two, or three scoops, as it’s National Ice Cream Day!”
Let’s take a quick look at the Lone Star State before we dive into their full list. For this creamy Texas treat, you’ll have to head southeast to Houston and walk into Connie’s Frozen Custard! Connie’s has concretes, ice cream sandwiches, malts, shakes, sundaes and more ice-creamy goodness to be had.
Other U.S. states and Canada’s favorite ice cream spots, per Yelp
- Alaska (Anchorage): Wild Scoops
- Alabama (Birmingham): Big Spoon Creamery
- Arkansas (Little Rock) : Loblolly Creamery
- Arizona (Phoenix): Novel Ice Cream
- California (Costa Mesa): Confetti Italian Ice & Custard
- Colorado (Denver): I Scream Gelato – Lowry
- Connecticut (New Haven): Arethusa Farm Dairy
- Washington, DC: Everyday Sundae
- Delaware (Lewes): Hopkins Farm Creamery
- Florida (Davie): The Magic Cow
- Georgia (Suwansee): Scoopjoy Ice Creamery
- Hawaii (Kihei): Ululani’s Hawaiian Shave Ice
- Iowa (Clive): Monarca Gourmet Paletas
- Idaho (Meridian): Lovejoy’s Real Ice Cream
- Illinois (Chicago): Vaca’s Creamery
- Indiana (Indianapolis): TeeJay’s Sweet Tooth
- Kansas (Overland Park): The Golden Scoop
- Kentucky (Louisville): Louisville Cream
- Louisiana (Baton Rouge): Sweet Society
- Massachusetts (Mashpee): Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlour
- Maryland (Rockville): Carmen’s Italian Ice & Cafe
- Maine (Bar Harbor): Mount Desert Island Ice Cream
- Michigan (Traverse City): Moomers
- Minnesota (St Paul): Treats
- Missouri (Kansas City): Cookies and Creamery
- Mississippi (Bay Saint Louis): Creole Creamery
- Montana (Whitefish): Sweet Peaks
- North Carolina (Nags Head): Surfin’ Spoon
- North Dakota (Fargo): Silver Lining Creamery
- Nebraska (Omaha): Ted and Wally’s
- New Hampshire (North Conway): Tricks and Treats
- New Jersey (Nutley): Kubo Coffee And Creamery
- New Mexico (Las Cruces): Caliche’s Frozen Custard
- Nevada (Las Vegas): The Paleta Bar
- New York (Brooklyn): The Social
- Ohio (Cleveland): Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream
- Oklahoma (Tulsa): Rose Rock Microcreamery
- Oregon (Bend): Bontà Natural Artisan Gelato
- Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh): Treat – Ice Cream and Liege Waffles
- Rhode Island (Providence): Tricycle Ice Cream
- South Carolina (Myrtle Beach): Melt
- South Dakota (Spearfish): Leones’ Creamery
- Tennessee (Knoxville): Cruze Farm Ice Cream Downtown
- Texas (Houston): Connie’s Frozen Custard
- Utah (Bountiful): Blacksmith Ice Cream
- Virginia (Centreville): Bôn Tea House
- Vermont (Burlington): Shy Guy Gelato
- Washington (Tacoma): Melon Seed Deli & Frozen Yogurt
- Wisconsin (Greenfield): Kopp’s Frozen Custard
- West Virginia (Charleston): Ellen’s Homemade Ice Cream
- Wyoming (Jackson): Moo’s Gourmet Ice Cream
- Alberta (Calgary): Village Ice Cream
- British Columbia (Vancouver): Passione Gelato
- Ontario (Toronto): Nani’s Gelato
- Prince Edward Island Charlottetown: Cows
- Quebec (Montréal): Ca Lem | https://cw33.com/news/local/whats-the-best-ice-cream-restaurant-in-texas-and-the-rest-of-the-u-s/ | 2022-07-15T21:16:31 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/whats-the-best-ice-cream-restaurant-in-texas-and-the-rest-of-the-u-s/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — Starting Saturday, July 16, anyone in the U.S. can reach trained mental health professionals by calling or texting 988. That three-digit number will reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
The existing hotline number is 1-800-273-8255, and it will remain available to people in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, even after 988 is launched nationally.
KVUE spoke with Integral Care, Travis County's mental health authority, which has been a part of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for about 10 years. It is one of over 200 crisis centers that answer the calls the lifeline receives every day.
"We can get calls from anywhere of somebody saying, 'I'm having some relationship stress,'" said Nicole Warren, an Integral Care practice administrator. "'I'm feeling really lonely or isolated. I'm feeling sad.'"
Warren said Integral Care covers over 70 counties in Texas.
"We can help people even if they call us from outside of our area," she said. "We can still answer that call. And what we can do is, we can always do a warm transfer too, which means making sure that they're another human, that they're connected with another person, not just like a recording or something like that."
Every month, Integral Care takes about 5,000 to 6,000 calls. Warren hopes people continue to use the lifeline as a tool to get better because mental health is just as important as physical health.
"It's just such an integral part, such an important part of our health in general," she said. "All of us experience sadness at times. All of us experience anxiety. And it's, you know, we can go into crisis."
People in crisis aren't the only ones who can call the lifeline. If you're concerned about a family member or friend, you can also call 988 starting Saturday. Mental health providers can tell you how to best handle the situation, or they can even give your friend or family member a call.
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