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JIM THORPE, Pa. — Buried in a tomb at Jim Thorpe Memorial Park is the "greatest athlete in the world," Jim Thorpe.
For the first time in more than a century, he'll stand by himself on the Olympic podium.
The International Olympic Committee reinstated Jim Thorpe as the sole winner in the decathlon and pentathlon for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.
"It makes us all feel great that somebody is finally getting the respect that they deserve, you know, after working so hard to be an athlete and getting his medals, so I feel really happy for him," said Barry Fong of New Jersey.
"I think it's great because he's an American hero," said Bob Wegner from New Jersey.
To gain perspective on a sports scandal that happened over 100 years ago, we went to the experts at the Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center.
"He was good at every sport — basketball, baseball, football, track and field. He even had a 200 average in bowling," said Karliene Zach, the manager at the Mauch Chunk Museum.
Zach says Thorpe was stripped of his medals seven months after the games.
The International Olympic Committee found out Thorpe was paid to play minor league baseball three years before the Olympics, violating the rules at the time.
"It was totally strict," Zach said. "You were not allowed to be a professional athlete in the Olympics until the 1980s."
Zach says Thorpe wrote a letter to the Amateur Athletic Union saying he played because he loved the sport, not for money.
"We have a copy of the letter over here of what he said, and he apologized, but they took the medals," Zach said.
Twenty-nine years after Thorpe's death, in 1982, the IOC gave duplicate gold medals to his family, but his Olympic records were not reinstated.
The latest change comes after a petition advocated declaring Thorpe the outright winner in 1912.
Until now, the IOC had listed him as a co-champion in the official record book.
People who live in the borough named after him say the announcement is long overdue.
"We're really proud to have his name because he was so good at every sport he tried. I think he should be named the greatest athlete of the 20th century," said Zach.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The Wilkes-Barre Municipal Golf Course in Bear Creek Township has been open to the public since 1967 but over the years the course hasn't had the funding to keep up with maintenance.
"The cart paths, the tee boxes, sand traps, you know, unfortunately, we need the help and the equipment to do it," Lugene Moore, head golf pro, said.
Wilkes-Barre City Council voted unanimously to award the course $1.8 million from the city's American Rescue Plan funds. City leaders said they felt the course needs these upgrades in order to stay competitive.
"It's 500+ acres of cart paths and grounds, irrigation systems that needed to be repaired and if the improvements weren't done, the course would most likely, ultimately, fail," Bill Barrett, Wilkes-Barre City Council, said.
The main vision is to restore the clubhouse to be able to host year-round events, something the city is really looking forward to.
"It could hold parties, events, showers, these types of things year-round, and I am personally very excited they are looking at doing that. I don't golf but I know the potential is there," Barrett said.
The golf course pro said many are excited to hear the bar and restaurant will make a return with plans to stay open year-round after being closed for nearly two years due to the pandemic.
"After they finish a round of golf, sit down, have a couple of beers and drink, chit chat with their friends, they miss that, they really do," Moore said.
Golfers who frequent the course said some people left due to the conditions of the course. So they're hopeful the improvements will help give the course a much-needed boost.
"Everybody has been waiting for some improvements and I think it will attract more golfers. It's a great layout. It has a lot of tradition," Drew Durako, of Laflin, Pennsylvania, said. "And it will get a lot of play if they put some improvements in."
The municipal authority that oversees the course will begin the plans now that the funding has been approved.
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LYCOMING COUNTY, Pa. — A mother from Lycoming County will not spend time behind bars for the death of her baby.
Demsey Mae Long pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter,
She was sentenced to 7 years probation.
According to court papers, Long was under the influence of drugs the day her daughter died in 2020.
Troopers say the little girl was found unresponsive in a hot bedroom at her home in Muncy Creek Township completely covered by a blanket.
Doctors say her temperature was 104 degrees when she died.
RELATED: Mother charged for infant death
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ELYSBURG, Pa. — Lake Glory Campground near Catawissa is a popular spot to vacation. The campground is owned by Knoebels Amusement Resort and has more than 200 sites. It's usually filled with campers who spend time at the park.
"Several of those guests have mentioned to us in the past, 'I'd love to work for you but don't have anywhere to stay,'" said Knoebels spokesperson Stacy Yutko.
That's where Knoebels' newest hiring incentive, "Work 'n Kamp" comes from. It's exactly what it sounds like. There is a free campsite up for grabs if you work at Knoebels during August.
"You will need to work a minimum of 40 hours and have at least two people available at your campsite to work during that time."
Employees need their own camper.
"The Work 'n Kamp program participants will be able to utilize that shuttle service daily from the campground to the amusement park. The campsites will also include sewer, water, and electric hookups."
Yutko says that if the program is successful, it may expand for next season.
Knoebels is in a good position this year when it comes to hiring. It was even able to open more rides like Flying Turns.
"Our employment situation has definitely improved from last season. We are looking at several hundred additional team members than what we had last season," Yutko said.
Knoebels will continue hiring for the rest of the summer and in preparation for its fall season.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/northumberland-county/work-n-kamp-program-at-knoebels-to-fill-job-openings-campground-amusement-resort-jobs-employees/523-6b7fa057-b372-46f8-8a71-1e3ae604e0f1 | 2022-07-15T21:28:38 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/northumberland-county/work-n-kamp-program-at-knoebels-to-fill-job-openings-campground-amusement-resort-jobs-employees/523-6b7fa057-b372-46f8-8a71-1e3ae604e0f1 |
EXETER, Pa. — Kids at the Growing Patch Early Learning Center in Exeter were hard at work.
"We're filling up lemonade cups for customers," Blake Eshelman said.
Each year, the kids look forward to setting up shop outside of the daycare. The director tells us the kids were inspired by some of their friends who started stands and wanted to start one of their own and donate the proceeds to a local charity.
"We pretty much gave them a list of different charities or local projects, and we talked about what each one of those means so they decided to go with Go Joe this year. Last year we did 'Fork Over Love' so they liked that," Sarah Benczowski, director and owner of The Growing Patch daycare, said.
While it's a fun day, the director said it's also a way to teach the kids about responsibility and giving back.
"So we get to teach them kindness, compassion, working together helping out the community that they live in, and then skills like taking turns pouring the lemonade, county money, different things like that," Benczowski said.
With the team effort, the kids, like O'Kane, said everyone who stopped by left a happy customer.
"They're happy that they get to have a raffle basket, they get to vote on the baskets, they get cookies, snacks, and lemonade, and t-shirts," Saraya O'Kane said.
When being asked how he feels about raising money for Go Joe, Blake gives Newswatch 16 a thumbs up.
The kids set a goal to raise $700 for Go Joe and St. Joseph's Center.
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WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. — While prices for summer camps have risen, Goose Pond Scout Reservation isn't letting that stop them or the scouts of our area from having fun outdoors.
It was an early start on Friday as campers from all over geared up for their last day at summer camp.
"I wasn't really an outdoors kid. I decided to give Cub Scouts a try and really enjoyed that, so I went with the Boy Scouts and really enjoyed that," said C.J. Muir from Troop 66 in Dunmore.
This year, a new attraction at the camp is an ATV park, in addition to the usual fishing down by the lake and a crafting area just outside the mess hall.
"The phrase is, 'Scouting is fun with a purpose,' and what we do is the kids are here to have fun. They are not here to have character-building; they are here to have fun and enjoy outdoor living," said Kevin Bishop, a Boy Scouts executive.
But this year saw a price jump for summer camp. Food and gasoline prices are rising all over the U.S., and scouting isn't immune to price changes.
"As a nonprofit organization, we are basically trying to make sure we cover our expenses and are able to improve the camp and the program," Bishop said.
With a price change for camp certain, scout organizations hunkered down during this off-season and focused on fundraising efforts to make sure every kid gets a chance at camp.
"This year, we had to look at our funding to see what we could do to help get the boys to camp. We don't want any kid to miss an opportunity to go camping. If you can't afford it, we'll get you there," said Dominic Pace, Scoutmaster for Troop 66.
With these efforts, the Goose Pond Scout Reservation had a successful start to summer camp and is ready to see what the future holds.
"I think the future of scouting is very strong, and the reason scouting has a bright future it's because of volunteers, people who care about the wellbeing of children," Bishop added.
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BARTOW, Fla. — The loved ones of 12-year-old Jasmin Cervantes-Garcia held a fundraiser on Friday afternoon to help pay for her medical bills.
Jasmin is the only survivor of a horrible car crash that killed her parents and grandparents late last month in Mexico. This week, she was flown back home to Tampa and taken to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital for further care.
“They just did the MRI and the cat scan so we are just waiting on the results for those," her brother Jose Cervantes explained.
Her family members say they believe she will get the best care at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. A family member has stayed by her side in the hospital each day since she returned to the area.
“She’s our priority and that hasn’t changed," Cervantes said.
Jose says their family is confident Jasmin will continue to recover. He said she is already doing better than she was initially after the crash.
“She’s a fighter, the fact that she’s still here with us shows what a fighter she is," he said.
At the event held in Bartow, family members cooked fresh food and had a raffle going on.
“We are trying to raise up as much money as we can so we don’t have to assume everything is taken care of," the family member explained.
On Saturday, there will be a second fundraiser taking place in Wimauma. It will be held from noon until 6 p.m. at 5529 Ruth Morris Road. The public is welcome to come by and enjoy some food and donate to the family. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/family-fundraiser-12-year-old-crash-survivor-mexico-bartow/67-d820b95e-e7ce-479f-8e6c-8815fed8e7b3 | 2022-07-15T21:32:02 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/family-fundraiser-12-year-old-crash-survivor-mexico-bartow/67-d820b95e-e7ce-479f-8e6c-8815fed8e7b3 |
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — The first day of Pasco County's 10-day scallop season was a "wait and see game" for Captain Wendy Longman of Windsong Charters.
The usual abundance report produced by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission hadn't come this year.
"Apparently they're only doing abundance reports postseason, which doesn't really help me much," Longman joked.
However, she had heard various chatter about the numbers of scallops in the Tampa Bay area. U.S. Coast Guard captains said numbers were really good. Avid "scallopers" and fishermen reported that they weren't seeing as much.
Mere hours into the season on Friday, all she could do was wait and see and hope for the same success she had in Pasco's northern waters last year.
However, the waters in Pinellas County were a different story.
In July 2021, the Tampa Bay area saw its worst levels of red tide in 50 years. In Florida, the species that causes most red tides is Karenia brevis. It kills fish, smells stinky and can even cause respiratory irritation for those with respiratory illness.
Pinellas County alone spent $3 million cleaning up $1,836 tons of debris.
While Pasco County had low levels near shore, Longman said, Windsong's charters had to reroute and avoid waters in Pinellas County that saw high levels of red tide, meaning low levels of scallops.
However, the northern part of Pasco had a fantastic scalloping season, she said.
"There's absolutely no indication of red tide this year," Longman said. "So I am suspecting that the numbers throughout the county waters... are going to be favorable."
Jennifer Granneman, an associate research scientist at FWC's Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, said the FWC doesn't have an estimate of the scallop population this year because the survey is being conducted at a different time than in previous years.
The Florida Bay scallop are an annual species, meaning it lives for about 12 to 18 months, Granneman said. They reproduce in the fall and typically die afterward. So the population survey will now be conducted in the fall to provide a better estimate of the number of scallops available to spawn and contribute to the population.
Red tide blooms can cause complete mortality of juvenile and adult scallops as well as reduced feeding rates of the scallops, she said.
The lack of red tide is a good indicator that there may be more scallops, she said, but there are more environmental factors that can have a strong effect on scallop abundance, as well.
One factor is a lot of rainfall, which can increase turbidity, or suspended sediment, in the water as well as temperature and dissolved oxygen levels, Granneman said.
"All have the possibility of affecting bay scallop abundance," she said. "So you have to look at all the factors as a whole and not just one factor in isolation."
However, at this time there are no significant concerns about the scallop population currently, Granneman said.
Luckily, Longman didn't have to wait long for feedback on scallop abundance. In the early afternoon, Friday fishing charter captains, from the 20 boats that were out, started sending in reports to her.
The scallops are out there!
"They said it's been the best scalloping they've seen on the first day in a few years," Longman said.
While she didn't share where the holy grail of scallops is, she reported that they're absolutely out there, and two of her captains were already enjoying their fresh catches at a waterfront restaurant.
The Pasco County season runs until July 24. The daily bag limit per person is 2 gallons of whole bay scallops in shell or 1 pint of bay scallop meat. The limit per vessel is a max of 10 gallons of whole bay scallops in shell or 1/2 gallon bay scallop meat.
Granneman said people should throw back scallops that are under one-and-a-half inches.
"This isn't regulation by FWC, but it's just a scalloping best practice that we're trying to encourage," she said.
She also said scallopers this season might run into volunteers connected with Sea Grant and FWRI distributing devices called scallop sorters. They are small pieces of plastic with a hole. If the scallop can fit through the hole, that indicates that it should be thrown back.
Throwing back smaller scallops gives them a chance to respawn and contribute to the next year's population. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/pasco-county-10-day-scallop-season-july/67-f08c7d16-2e98-4095-9c54-770a8bbf6a4c | 2022-07-15T21:32:08 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/pasco-county-10-day-scallop-season-july/67-f08c7d16-2e98-4095-9c54-770a8bbf6a4c |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — City officials gave the green light to another idea aimed at easing the city’s housing crisis.
Council members voted 6-1 Thursday to allow more accessory dwelling units, or ADU’s. Those are more commonly called "garage apartments" or "mother-in-law suites."
By expanding the zoning eligibility for ADU’s by about 50% into more suburban neighborhoods, the city hopes more owners will add a second home on their property and use it for family members — or rent it out.
Local realtors say it’s a good idea that will help address a shortage of affordable options in established neighborhoods.
“So those people who couldn’t afford that before now have an option to feel like they’re part of the neighborhood to meet neighbors in the community out walking the dog. On their bicycles. And it just gives you that cozy feel,” said Kyle Hickey with Corcoran Dwellings.
“So, I think it’s a really good option to have for people and it brings us a little bit closer together as a city.”
ADU’s are generally smaller than the main house on the same property, and some applicants will have to make room for additional parking.
Critics are concerned the increased density could add to flooding issues in St. Petersburg and potentially change a neighborhood’s character. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-petersburg-accessory-dwelling-units-housing-crisis/67-c97e6435-9119-46b3-afb3-c01c00961ac7 | 2022-07-15T21:32:14 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-petersburg-accessory-dwelling-units-housing-crisis/67-c97e6435-9119-46b3-afb3-c01c00961ac7 |
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. — An Indian Rocks woman is sharing how she got scammed out of $270 dollars.
Patricia Shields purchased a Walmart Visa gift card in early July. She says after checking out, she drove her normal 10-15 minutes-drive home.
When she arrived home to register the card and check the balance, it came back as $0.00.
How could this be?
According to the Better Business Bureau, scammers will copy gift card information, including the pin. Then, when an unsuspecting customer purchases and activates the card, it's immediately drained of all funds.
The transactions on the card showed as three separate transactions, all to 'PENNYUS.SHOP.'
For Shields, that $270 makes the difference in paying necessary bills.
"It means a lot to me," she said, "It was paying my bill by car insurance and on a fixed income."
Shields said she called both Walmart and Visa, hoping to get her dollars back, but has yet to have any luck.
"I've got different answers over and over again," she said.
According to the BBB, it's often very difficult to get your money back in scams like this. Shields disputed the charges with Visa, but they denied her dispute.
"They sent me it and they declined my refund saying that I authorized it," Shields said.
Before purchasing a gift card online, BBB recommends the following tips:
- Know who you are buying from. Little-known websites advertise gift cards for popular retailers at steep discounts. These websites might be using these offers to steal payment card numbers or other personal information. Instead, go directly to the merchant and purchase a card from them.
- Buying a physical gift card? Take a closer look. No matter where gift cards are displayed in the store, thieves are known to remove gift cards from the display rack and record the numbers associated with that card, including the activation PIN. Before purchasing a gift card, look carefully at the packaging for any tears, wrinkles, or other indications of tampering, and see if the PIN is exposed.
- Research how to use the card. Not all retailers have the same policies when issuing a gift card. Double check the terms and conditions on the type of gift card purchased. The Federal Trade Commission has information about retail gift cards and bank gift cards. In Canada, find more information on the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada website.
- Be wary of websites that offer to check your gift card's balance. According to BBB.org/ScamTracker reports, some websites that claim to check your gift card balance are really a way to steal money off your card. These sites ask for your card’s ID number and PIN or security code. Then, scammers use the information to drain the money off your card.
- Register your gift card. If the retailer allows the option to register the gift card, take full advantage. This makes it easier to protect the balance, that way you can report it sooner and potentially end up saving the money that is stored on the card. Change the PIN on the card, and don’t delay in using the money. The longer a card sits around, the more likely a cybercriminal is to steal the balance.
- Treat it like cash. If the card is lost or stolen, report it to the issuer immediately. Most issuers have toll-free telephone numbers to report a lost or stolen card – find it on the card or online. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/walmart-visa-gift-card-scam/67-e02e0165-c702-4a99-88b6-60446844f349 | 2022-07-15T21:32:20 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/walmart-visa-gift-card-scam/67-e02e0165-c702-4a99-88b6-60446844f349 |
BOISE, Idaho — A 3-acre parcel of land along Goddard Road in Boise's West Bench neighborhood may become a "linear park."
Settlers Irrigation District is donating the property to the city. It's adjacent to Settlers Canal and across Goddard Road from Capital High School. The Boise City Council and Mayor Lauren McLean will consider a donation acquisition of the parcel at the council's upcoming meet on Tuesday, July 19, at 6 p.m.
Boise Parks and Recreation Director Doug Holloway said the linear park will create a connection between Spaulding Ranch, located near Goddard and North Cole roads, and Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve, which is situated along North Maple Grove Road between McMillan Road and Chinden Boulevard.
"We look forward to working with neighborhood partners to improve the property and create a green space the community can enjoy," Holloway said.
The project is supported by the West Bench Neighborhood Association. If the city council accepts the property donation, construction will be funded in part by the Energize Our Neighborhoods Neighborhood Investment Program.
McLean has said one of her goals as mayor is to ensure all Boise residents have access to a park within 10 minutes of their homes. The linear park along Goddard Road, she said, would make that a reality for more than 700 people in west Boise.
A timeline for development of the new park has not been established. Boise city officials promise more details as next steps are determined.
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CLARK COUNTY, Idaho — A young male black bear that feasted on garbage left out by campers in eastern Idaho was captured and euthanized Thursday.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game staff captured said the bear at Stoddard Creek Campground. IDFG said the bear "showed no fear of humans and repeatedly ripped open coolers and pushed on tents in search of food, posing a human safety risk."
"The situation could have easily been avoided if campers would have taken the time to secure their garbage and keep it away from bears," Regional Supervisor Matt Pieron said.
Stoddard Creek Campground is located near the Interstate 15 corridor north of Dubois, Idaho.
Bears are located all across Idaho. Thursday's bear capture occurred three days after a woman in Ketchum reported a black bear had gotten into garbage outside her home and charged the woman when she tried to shoo the bear away.
Idaho Fish and Game urges campers to be "bear aware" and minimize the chances of a bear visiting their campsite and finding food. Food-conditioned bears, like the bear caught and euthanized at Stoddard Creek, can rapidly lose their fear of humans, ultimately putting the lives of both people and bears at risk.
- Never store any food or scented products in your tent.
- Store all food, camp garbage and even toothpaste, soap, lotions and bug spray in your vehicle or camper.
- Never leave food outside on your picnic table or in an unattended or improperly stored cooler.
- Clean all dishes and cooking utensils away from your tent and campsite after each meal.
- If food storage in a vehicle is not possible, hang your food in a tree 10 to 15 feet off the ground and at least 100 yards from your campsite. Make sure the bag is at least 4 feet from the tree trunk. Campers are encouraged to have a bear-resistant food canister to store camp groceries.
- Secure any pet food after feeding your pet.
- Do not bury food scraps or pour cooking grease on the ground or in your fire pit.
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ME STRONG 5K making a comeback with help from Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation
You can't keep a good event down, especially one that's raised more than $2 million for cancer patients.
The ME STRONG 5K, which has drawn thousands to downtown DeLand over the past decade, is making a comeback.
"The bottom line is we knew how much it means to the community, not only for cancer patients but the community on race day and how it just unites everyone," Linda Ryan, the catalyst for the nonprofit's formation, said by phone Friday.
The popular event is slated to return to DeLand on Feb. 4, but it won't be Ryan and her four close friends and fellow nonprofit founders — Barbara Underhill, Kim Winters, Kim Martin and Kathy Guyer — at the helm.
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The Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation will take the wheel with assistance from the Rotary Club of DeLand; the DeLand Breakfast Rotary Club; the Rotary Club of Downtown DeLand; the Rotary Club of DeBary-Deltona-Orange City; and the Rotaract Club of DeLand.
"We’re so excited," Lynn Rasys, executive director of the foundation, said in a phone interview. "They had a very similar mission to ours."
Doctors with the Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute established the foundation in 2011.
It's the similarities in the mission and the financial giving that ultimately led to ME STRONG's founders feeling comfortable enough to let someone else pick up where they left off.
"It just makes sense," Underhill said by phone Friday. "(The Florida Cancer Specialists) have been our top supporter, our top sponsor."
All of the funds raised will continue to support cancer patients in Central Florida with rent, mortgage and other bills they're struggling to pay.
Ryan said the group received several inquiries about handing their nonprofit over to someone else after announcing last July that the race in 2022 would be their last.
At that time, they couldn't imagine letting anyone else take over something so close to their hearts. They also knew they couldn't keep it going at its current pace if they wanted to spend more time with their families.
"This isn’t something that we pursued," Ryan said. "It’s definitely something that the community really asked for."
Ryan, an eight-time cancer survivor currently dealing with her sixth recurrence of cervical cancer, said she and her fellow founders are assisting with contacts and answering questions as needed, but the lion's share of the work will no longer fall on their shoulders.
Kendrick Thomas, a longtime ME STRONG volunteer and the current public image chair for the Rotary Club of Downtown DeLand, said he and his fellow Rotarians are excited to help continue the traditions of the 5K.
"I never wanted it to end, but I knew how much work it took for the five ladies," Thomas said.
Ryan said they will definitely be involved in making sure attendees have the experience the ME STRONG race is known for, with its cheer zones and entertainment along the route.
"We’ve always thought it’s really important that we make the race not your average 5K," Ryan said.
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'She wouldn't have survived': Russian strike hits home for Ukrainian woman who fled to RI
A Cranston woman believes her mother would have been killed in a Russian missile attack on her Ukraine city this week if she hadn't brought her to safety in Rhode Island three months ago.
At least 23 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when a Russian submarine in the Black Sea launched cruise missiles at the central Ukraine city of Vinnytsia on Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
The attack shattered windows and damaged the roof and walls of the building that had been home to Olga Proskurina, 68, until her daughter, Anastasiia Raina, went to Europe this spring to bring her mother to the United States.
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Raina wonders what would have happened if her mother, who'd been reluctant to leave her country, had been standing by one of those windows, or walking downtown on her way to work.
"She wouldn't have survived," said Raina, an assistant professor in graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design, who has been in the United States for 15 years.
Hearing about the attack through news reports Thursday morning, Raina was initially relieved that her mother was safe, but as neighbors sent photographs and video, Raina's feelings grew more complicated; she wondered how they could save the house her great-grandfather built before World War II.
"We don't have a home anymore," she said.
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The missiles struck a "very busy" part of the city, an area where a lot of people catch public transportation, according to Raina. Buildings housing medical offices, banks and dry cleaners were damaged. Also damaged was a concert hall, where children also take dance lessons.
Serhiy Borzov, governor of the Vinnytsia region, said, “Russia deliberately hit civilians, and all those responsible for the crime must be brought to account.”
Russia's Defense Ministry said Friday that its forces had struck an officers’ club — which the concert hall was known for back in Soviet times, according to the Associated Press.
Raina has heard reports of at least 40 dead, 60 still missing and 117 hospitalized. Among the dead are at least three children, according to Raina. The mother of one of those children is hospitalized in critical condition, having lost a limb, Raina said.
Residents of the house two doors down from her mother's had to be pulled from the rubble, Raina said. She doesn't know if they survived.
"It's hard to process this," she said.
Rescue teams with sniffer dogs were combing through the debris Friday looking for missing people, the Associated Press reported.
In central Ukraine, Vinnytsia was considered relatively safe this spring when Raina convinced her mother to leave. In fact, thousands of people from eastern Ukraine, where Russia has concentrated its offensive, have fled there since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to the Associated Press.
"You think that you've escaped it, but it just keeps following you. It doesn't matter where you are," Raina said. "You keep hoping it will end, but it just doesn't seem like it will."
Proskurina, who worked as a surgeon in Ukraine, has been settling into life in Rhode Island. She's found a good doctor to treat her for an eye condition, according to Raina. The mother and daughter have started a garden, and they enjoy strolling in Roger Williams Park.
Proskurina doesn't speak English, but she plans to start looking for a job as she and her daughter contemplate how they can raise money to fix what's left of their home in Ukraine.
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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Chambersburg police are warning the public against another viral fake post circulating around Facebook.
The Chambersburg Police Department was contacted by The Chambersburg Hospital regarding a social media post that claimed a newborn child had been kidnapped.
The image below is what the circulating Facebook post typically looks like. The post reads:
Community alert: This woman impersonated herself as a nurse and stole a 2-day old baby boy from a local hospital in Plant City. She was caught on camera and is on the loose, if anyone sees her please report this to your nearest police station and please share this post so we help the 27-year-old first-time mother in reuniting with her son.
No such incident occurred at the hospital, according to police.
Further investigation revealed that the subject that created the post has created similar posts in several other locations across the United States. The attached post is from Florida.
It is further believed that the subject resides outside the country, according to police. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/chambersburg-police-warn-against-fake-facebook-post-about-baby-kidnapping-franklin-county-pennsylvania/521-26ad8c8c-90bd-4a93-86cd-9db85f003270 | 2022-07-15T21:40:33 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/chambersburg-police-warn-against-fake-facebook-post-about-baby-kidnapping-franklin-county-pennsylvania/521-26ad8c8c-90bd-4a93-86cd-9db85f003270 |
GREENSBORO — Former County Commissioner Alan Branson has filed an appeal to Wake County Superior Court that could continue to delay the certification of May's Guilford County Schools bond referendum.
In May, voters approved $1.7 billion in school construction bonds, but election officials have not yet certified those results because of a pending election protest from Branson, who also is a candidate for an at-large seat on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. Branson argued that public funds were illegally used by the county to campaign for the bond and wants the referendum put before voters a second time.
"There’s plenty of information there for wrongdoing both on behalf of Guilford County Schools and the way it was promoted, and Guilford County," Branson said Friday when asked his reason for continuing the protest.
The schools and county have defended their efforts as educational and legally permissible.
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Branson first took his case to the Guilford County Board of Elections, then appealed to the N.C. State Board of Elections, both of which voted that there was no probable cause to hold a hearing on the evidence Branson and his lawyers collected. Branson is now appealing the state board's decision.
His legal team has asked the Superior Court for a temporary stay of the certification of the election. They expect a judge to rule on whether or not to grant the stay on Monday, based on whether or not the judge sees a likelihood of success for the appeal. If the judge stays the ruling, the certification of the election will continue to be paused.
If the judge declines to grant the stay, Guilford County's Board of Elections is set to certify the referendum result on Aug. 20, according to Charlie Collicutt, Guilford County's elections director.
"If the judge doesn’t grant the stay then that's pretty much it, because the election will be certified," said Branson's attorney, Kevin Cline.
County and school leaders have said Branson's protest is holding up some early steps toward getting started on the bond projects. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/branson-files-appeal-of-state-elections-board-decision-on-guilford-school-bond-referendum/article_a348dab8-046f-11ed-91c1-37fafbfb40f0.html | 2022-07-15T21:49:18 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/branson-files-appeal-of-state-elections-board-decision-on-guilford-school-bond-referendum/article_a348dab8-046f-11ed-91c1-37fafbfb40f0.html |
TEMPLE, Texas — Editor's Note | The video above and below are on previous Blue Santa events with the Temple Police Department.
Temple Police are getting students ready for back to school with Blue Santa backpacks filled with essentials for Temple and Belton Independent School District.
Blue Santa serves children in preschool through twelfth grade still residing at home. The department is currently accepting applications for those interested.
The deadline to apply is July 29. The application can be completed mailed, dropped off at 209 E. Ave. A, Temple, TX 76501 or emailed to atronecker@templetx.gov.
If your application is approved, you will receive a postcard in the mail with the time and date for pick-up of your backpack.
The application can be found here.
Want to Donate?
Temple Police say they are absolutely taking donations! They suggest looking at the BISD and TISD supply list and purchase items that are specifically needed. Donations can be dropped off at the Temple Police Department.
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SAN ANTONIO — New Braunfels police said they arrested four men on indecent exposure charges after receiving complaints by people visiting Landa Park.
Police say visitors to the river park reported inappropriate activities at the Landa Park public restrooms. Officers conducted a month-long investigation, resulting in the four arrests.
81-year-old John Scott was arrested on scene and arrest warrants were served on 66-year-old Ronald Gosset, 37-year-old Cesar Interiano, and 69-year-old James Kofakis, all of New Braunfels, police said.
New Braunfels police said during the investigation, no minors were involved and none of the complaints received on this matter involved minors.
All four men face indecent exposure charges, which is a Class B misdemeanor and carries of sentence of to six months in jail and a fine up to $2,000.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man is facing serious charges after stabbing a police officer responding to a domestic violence call Thursday.
The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of Medical Drive.
Police said an SAPD officer arrived for a call of a man assaulting his girlfriend. The call was to stand by to pick up property and report the assault, which happened two hours earlier.
During the call, the boyfriend and girlfriend began arguing and the officer attempted to break up the argument. That is when police say the man stabbed the officer in the left side of his neck.
The officer was taken to the hospital in stable/good condition. The suspect was also injured but refused treatment at the scene.
The suspect was identified as 23-year-old Christopher Joshua Perry. He faces a charge of Attemped Capital Murder.
Police are still investigating. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/man-charged-with-attempted-capital-murder-after-stabbing-officer-sapd-says-crime-stabbing/273-16741045-0ac5-43c1-94bc-7fd8cadce037 | 2022-07-15T22:01:57 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/man-charged-with-attempted-capital-murder-after-stabbing-officer-sapd-says-crime-stabbing/273-16741045-0ac5-43c1-94bc-7fd8cadce037 |
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio community and surrounding areas are concerned after cases of monkeypox were confirmed in Bexar County Thursday.
The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District announced Thursday afternoon two cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in Bexar County. An additional case was reported by a health official Friday, bringing the total to three.
While the risk to the general public is currently low, the ongoing and deadly COVID-19 pandemic has understandably put people on edge when it comes to unfamiliar viruses and diseases.
We spoke with Dr. Anita Kurian, the Assistant Director of San Antonio Metro Health Communicable Disease Division, about the risks and how monkeypox is transmitted. Here is some of what she said.
KENS 5: What is the current sitaution and how is monkeypox transmitted?
Dr. Kurian: They're generally reporting having closed close, sustained physical contact with other people who have monkeypox. And many of those affected in this outbreak are primarily gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men. But anyone who has been in contact with someone who has monkeypox can get the illness. So, it is primarily transmitted through skin to skin contact, especially direct contact with the rash, scab or body fluids from a person with monkeypox. Additionally, also important to remember that touching objects, fabrics, surfaces that have been used by someone with monkeypox or close contact with the respiratory secretions from somebody who was who's had monkeypox can also transmit the disease.
KENS 5: Is there a length of time, say, if I had it on my hands and I touch something, that it would stay alive on the surface?
Dr. Kurian: We don't have that information just yet, but what we are recommending is looking cleaning of frequently touched surfaces by a case of monkeypox. Using any of the EPA approved disinfectants should clean the surfaces.
KENS 5: Do we know why so many gay and bisexual men are getting this?
Dr. Kurian: You know, like I said, the mode of transmission is through skin to skin contact, especially with direct contact with dry scabs or body fluids. Right. So, you know, attending facilities or being in venues where this is possible is the reason why we're seeing most of these cases pop up in certain facilities and certain segments of the population. So very important avoid close to skin to skin contact in large crowds that people have very minimal clothings, especially like places like, you know, if you're visiting saunas, bathhouses, nightclubs, even some of the festivals and raves. Make sure you don't have that skin to skin contact with folks, especially folks in rashes.
KENS 5: Is it hard to manage COVID like this latest surge and this at the same time?
Dr. Kurian: You know, public health, we train for managing public health emergencies. So with COVID, we are seeing a slow and steady increase in cases. But, it is not to the extent where we had documented case rises or hospitalizations, deaths with the previous surges. So at this time, we are able to effectively handle these public health crises.
KENS 5: How concerning are the two cases in their county and the 42 in Texas compared to, say, California or New York, where there've been so many more?
Dr. Kurian: So we have three cases as of this afternoon. We have three confirmed cases here in Bexar County. And, you know, I won't be surprised if the case numbers go up, especially because of what's happening across the state nationwide. But the good news is that we don't have community transmission just yet in our community. Our cases have either been exposure to a confirmed case or have a history of exposure to facilities or venues that have been known that have known cases of monkeypox.
KENS 5: What is the vaccine supply like now here in Texas and who should be getting vaccines, if anyone?
Dr. Kurian: So at this at this time, I can tell you vaccine supply is limited. Vaccines are dispensed. This is not a vaccine that is freely available in your neighborhood. Pharmacies or our local public health department can order it directly from the manufacturers. Vaccines are being released from the Strategic National Strategic Stockpile by the federal government to the states and jurisdictions that have the highest number of cases or highest number of exposures. So the vaccine supply at this time is limited. Federal government is working on increasing the supply chain or relaxing the supply chain or increasing the protections. But at this time, supplies are coming from the doses that are available at the Strategic National Strategic Stockpile. And it is going to it is being prioritized to jurisdictions with highest number of cases for highest number of exposures.
KENS 5: Is there anything else we need to know?
Dr. Kurian: I just want to say at this time, the risk of monkeypox to the general population is believed to be low. It cannot easily spread from people to people, and it can only spread if you come in close contact, skin to skin contact with somebody who has monkeypox. And also important to remember, people who do not have monkeypox symptoms cannot spread it to others as well. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/monkeypox-in-bexar-county-your-questions-answered-health-disease-community/273-26f1f709-ad84-40be-8212-a47d05c7d48b | 2022-07-15T22:02:03 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/monkeypox-in-bexar-county-your-questions-answered-health-disease-community/273-26f1f709-ad84-40be-8212-a47d05c7d48b |
SAN ANTONIO — Dog lovers in San Antonio have a lot to look forward to this weekend. The river city cluster of dog shows is under way at the exposition hall at the Freeman Coliseum.
It is the thirty-fourth year for the River City Cluster of dog shows. It attracts dogs, breeders, and handlers from all over the country to the Freeman Expo Hall.
It is referred to as a cluster because it's made up of several different clubs holding all their shows all in one weekend, according to Pat Ferguson with the Bexar County Kennel Club
It is, in fact four all-breed shows hosted by the Bexar County Kennel Club and the Kennel Club Of Greater Victoria. You can see all kinds of dogs here big, and small.
"This is Calcifer,” said Eleanor Moffett, introducing her 8-month old standard poodle.
Moffett is a San Antonio owner/handler, but this show draws competitors from all over the country and even internationally. Ferguson said she’s seen competitors from Canada and Brazil and that there are two Westminster dog show winners.
"We have over a thousand each day,” she said. “It's a different number every day. tomorrow is the most with 1200 and some-odd."
197 breeds will be strutting their stuff from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day through Sunday and there are plenty of dog related goods up for sale.
"For me, this is a fairly big show,” Moffett said. “Most of the UKC shows I'm used to are a lot smaller, a little bit more lax. So, this is more of a formal event, but there's still some really friendly people here and there's not so many people that it's like over-crowded or anything."
As a dog-groomer, Moffett’s position is semi-professional, but she says amateurs and enthusiasts shouldn't be intimidated.
"Even if you don't have the best dog out there, it's really fun to come and learn how to show and learn about the sport of pure-bred dogs," she said.
Admission to the show is free, but there is a $10 fee to park.
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Actor-comedian Keegan-Michael Key to perform at HOF enshrinement in Canton
CANTON – Keegan-Michael Key will put on an exclusive show for the stadium audience at the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement this year.
The Hall announced Friday that Key would "engage the crowd" during the Class of 2022 enshrinement at noon Aug. 6. His performance will not be televised.
"As the new Hall of Famers deliver their speeches at the enshrinement, their emotion and energy build to the moment they say their final ‘thank you,’” Jim Porter, president of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, said in an announcement. "For the Class of 2022, the Hall looked for ways to sustain that excitement throughout the program, and Keegan-Michael Key immediately came to mind."
Key is an award-winning actor, writer and producer who has hosted "NFL Honors" twice. He's most famously known for co-creating Comedy Central's "Key & Peele" sketch series with co-star Jordan Peele.
“As a lifelong football fan, I am excited to be a part of honoring some of the greatest to ever play the game,” Key told the Hall. “Connecting with audiences, making people laugh and engaging with fans are at the root of what I love to do.”
Key currently is filming the second season of "Schigadoon," a musical comedy on Apple TV+ and also recently finished production on the upcoming Hulu comedy series, "Reboot."
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A rise in antisemitic activity in Kenosha has spurred community discussion on educating the public on how to combat hate directed toward Jewish people and a proposed formation of a local team that would respond to reported physical and verbal acts against them.
In the last six months, the city has seen an escalation in antisemitic literature dispersed anonymously in several of its neighborhoods, including pamphlets with conspiracies that have falsely tied Jews to COVID-19, among others.
The incidents prompted Thursday night’s Courageous Conversation on “The Great Replacement Narrative: Connecting Racism and Antisemitism” at the Kenosha Civil War Museum. The event was coordinated by the Kenosha Coalition for Dismantling Racism and Congregations United for Serving Humanity.
The two-hour presentation featured a diverse group of panelists including: Chabad of Kenosha’s Rabbi Tzali Wilschanski; Eli Douglas, a recent Bradford High School graduate; Beth Hillel Temple’s Rabbi Dena Feingold; Kai Yael Gardner Mishlove, director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation; David Goldenberg, Midwest regional director of the Anti-Defamation League; Kenosha Ald. Jan Michalski; and Kenosha Police Department Capt. James Beller.
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Feingold, who has been rabbi more than four decades, said while Kenosha’s past is not without antisemitism – into the 1970s, the Elks Club had excluded Jews as did the YMCA, giving rise to the community’s own Kenosha Youth Foundation – most of it had become a thing of the past, she said.
They’ve had the occasional swastika and “conversion” materials sent to them, she said, but the incidents had been few and far between. Until this year when at least a dozen antisemitic literature drops occurred in the city, according to Feingold.
Felt like ‘a violation’
What has caused more worry is that the leaflet drops weren’t targeting them, rather their neighbors, she said.
“And, of course it’s very troubling and it even felt, I think to me, and I think to many in our community like a violation of our community, not just of the Jewish community, but of Kenosha,” she said. “It’s not a Jewish problem, it’s community problem.”
Wilschanski said in the eyes of God all are equal and equality is a principle upon which America is built.
“We are all on that core and that’s something that America stands for, in a sense, that we are all equal, we have these indivisible rights because we are equal with God,” he said. “When someone goes and drops a piece of paper on a driveway and (they) say you are Jewish and, therefore, you don’t have a right to be here, that’s a statement saying that I do not believe in America. I don’t believe in the principles of freedom, principles of equality.”
Wilschanski, said, however, that also calls him to act and to “stand up against it.”
Douglas, who discovered one of the pamphlets at his high school on May 2, said it shocked him.
“It was, honestly, a really scary thing,” he said. Initially, he thought students had dropped some books when his friend brought one over to him.
“It’s just terrible. It’s all around and I’m just … honestly, I was blown away,” he said. “Like, who would, who would decide to throw …these pieces of hate – basically that is what they are – to high scholars? Like, I get that we are impressionable, but it just doesn’t make sense.”
On his break he reported the incident to the Kenosha Police Department and followed up with the school’s resource officer.
Connecting the dots
Antisemitism, said Mishlove is “a hatred of Jews” based on them being Jews and it has morphed over time. Mishlove’s presentation included examples of Nazi propaganda during the 1930s that depicted Jewish people in derogatory ways, from stereotypes that show them as greedy and materialistic to some of the more recent pamphlets, like the ones that were found in Kenosha, with falsehoods of their involvement in a so-called “COVID agenda.”
“Whether it’s a vaccine or whether it’s that it was manufactured by them, the actual disease, we see this now, this is an example with one of the classic ways in which antisemitism manifests,” she said. “You blame the Jews. Then, you isolate them. And then there’s terror that happens as a result. So this is an example of blaming the Jews for COVID.”
In recent years, Jews have been blamed by white nationalists for everything from manipulating Black people to seek the removal of Confederate war hero statues that sparked the violence in a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., five years ago, to fronting the civil rights movement. Citing recent FBI statistics, she said that 55 percent of all hate incidents were based on race, ethnicity or ancestry. And while 14 percent of the hate incidents were religious based, 54.9 percent of those targeted Jews, according to Mishlove.
“That’s a very serious statistic. Keep in mind this is lower than probably what occurs,” she said.
The Anti-Defamation League has also tracked a 34 percent increase in hate incidents from 2020, the highest number on record since 1979; a 43 percent increase in harassment and a 167 percent increase in assault. She said 80 percent of those incidents were attributed to known extremist groups and/or individuals.
In Wisconsin, there was a slight decrease from 2020 to 2021.
“We think some of that might be because people, because of COVID, were inside,” she said. “But since 2015, we’ve seen a 459 percent increase, so we don’t want you to think that slight decrease means things are getting better.”
The Great Replacement Theory
Goldenberg, whose organization works with authorities to infiltrate extremist networks to stop them, said that behind even the a recent mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., where a gunman opened fire in a grocery store in a predominantly African American neighborhood, a manifesto uncovered later included the Great Replacement Theory.
The theory is one that relies on the conspiracy that a country’s majority population — in the U.S. that means whites ==are being replaced as non-white populations are brought in.
The theory itself, said Goldenberg, dates back to the 20th Century, but in 2011 it was brought to the forefront by French writer and critic Bernard Camus whose focus was on immigration in France from Muslim countries. Muslims had a higher birthrate than the country’s white population.
“It was not initially in these earlier writings antisemitic in nature. It was very anti-immigrant,” he said. But the notion of being replaced by a non-white population was adopted by far-right groups in France, Austria and other countries and, soon after, white supremacists in the U.S. From there, it quickly became antisemitic, as well, he said.
Rapid-response team
“So, what can you do? Well you came here tonight and that’s part of the step. You speak out, whether it’s at your dinner table, with our colleagues at work who you know; with random people that you may, if you’re a bystander, see something happening,” said Mishlove.
Share the facts, she said.
“When the next time someone says the Jews are behind COVID or the media is controlled by the Jews, you share facts,” she said. And we also show strength by coming together.”
The Rev. Kevin Beebe later in the program urged interested individuals to become part of a “rapid-response team” that will go to neighborhoods affected by antisemitic activity. Residents can also report activity by contacting 844-484-7468 and the police department at 262-605-5200.
Michalski, whose district was among those leafleted, said while the City Council has passed resolutions condemning antisemitism, resolutions and speeches can only go so far.
“We got to do this continually and we cannot allow this kind of behavior to proliferate in our community,” he said, because ultimately what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust “will happen to others if we don’t nip it in the bud.”
Investigation continues
Beller, who gave an update on the investigation which began with the initial pamphlets were found on Dec. 31, said investigators have been able to track down a suspect. He said there were 21 “unique calls” from residents regarding the leafleting.
“Now our detective is working diligently to try and make contact with the suspect,” he said. “We’re not lucky. He’s not returning our calls.”
In the meantime, said Beller, in accordance with federal, state and the local district attorneys’ offices, it is not likely to result in criminal charges.
“It’s likely going to be littering tickets, a municipal ordinance, that’s going to be issued for each of the events,” he said.
For additional information on reporting antisemitic acts, contact the Milwaukee Jewish Relations Council at 414-390-5781 and the Anti-Defamation League at 312-533-3870. Access their respective websites at https://www.milwaukeejewish.org/departments/social-action/jcrc/antisemitism/reportantisemitism/ or www/adl.org | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/rise-in-antisemitic-activity-in-kenosha-spurs-community-conversation-creation-of-rapid-response-team-to/article_f1488724-0404-11ed-b222-eb4f610c39f7.html | 2022-07-15T22:05:06 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/rise-in-antisemitic-activity-in-kenosha-spurs-community-conversation-creation-of-rapid-response-team-to/article_f1488724-0404-11ed-b222-eb4f610c39f7.html |
GAHANNA, Ohio — The mother of a 17-year-old Gahanna Lincoln High School student was able to hear her son's heartbeat nearly three years after his death because of organ donation.
JaShawn Scott died in a car crash in October 2019 at the intersection of Sunbury Road and Morse Road.
Police say a woman driving a Toyota Camry collided with an Audi A6.
JaShawn, who was a passenger in the Audi, was taken to Mount Carmel East Hospital with life-threatening injuries. He passed away a few days later.
The driver of the Camry and her daughter were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and another passenger in the Audi were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
JaShawn was part of the Gahanna Lions football team and his mother said he was outgoing, the class clown and just fun to be around.
After JaShawn passed, police said his mother, KeShaunta Scott, wanted people to know that he elected to be an organ donor when he was 13.
He donated five organs, including his heart. Recently, the recipient of his heart reached out to KeShaunta on Facebook and she was able to listen to her son’s heart.
10TV spoke with KeShaunta who said she was out celebrating her birthday the night of the crash.
“I saw the accident on the TV, but I didn’t think it was my son,” she said. “That phone call was a mother’s nightmare.”
KeShaunta said she was nervous to meet the man who received her son’s heart, but she wanted to hear that heartbeat.
“When you find out you’re having a baby the first thing, the first thing you hear is the heartbeat, so I wanted to hear the heartbeat,” she said.
She said all of her nerves and anxiety went out the window when she heard it.
If you would like to learn more about donating organs, you can go to lifelineofohio.org. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/i-hear-it-gahanna-mother-hears-late-sons-heartbeat-after-an-organ-transplant/530-7e0dce6f-72db-49ff-adf7-35cbcddeb052 | 2022-07-15T22:07:00 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/i-hear-it-gahanna-mother-hears-late-sons-heartbeat-after-an-organ-transplant/530-7e0dce6f-72db-49ff-adf7-35cbcddeb052 |
KYLE, Texas — Due to widespread catalytic converter thefts, the Kyle Police Department has partnered with Dave's Kyle Auto & Diesel Repair to host a free etching event.
The event will be held Saturday, July 16, at the auto shop located at 395 County Road 202 Suite 9B. It will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Vehicle owners will have their car's VIN etched onto the catalytic converter in an effort to reduce the chance of being a victim of catalytic converter theft.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau reports that catalytic converter thefts increased from about 1,300 in 2018 to more than 52,000 in 2021. That's an increase of more than 1,000%.
The increase in thefts can be traced to the cost of precious metals in the parts that have skyrocketed in recent years. Recyclers would pay between $50 and $250 per catalytic converter.
To help prevent the thieves from stealing your catalytic converter, Kyle PD recommends:
- Choosing safe parking conditions with adequate light and security
- Having a catalytic converter anti-theft device installed
- Spray the catalytic converter with highly visible, high-heat paint
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller penned an editorial Friday expressing his support for expanding the "compassionate use" of cannabis products in Texas.
Miller started out by saying that, in the past, Texas policy on cannabis has not been driven by facts but, rather, fear.
"As I look back, I believe that cannabis prohibition came from a place of fear, not from medical science or the analysis of social harm," Miller wrote. "Sadly, the roots of this came from a history of racism, classism and a large central government with an authoritarian desire to control others. It is as anti-American in its origins as could be imaginable."
He continued, calling for the state to enter "a new chapter and a new attitude about the use of cannabis" and its potential medical benefits.
Texas lawmakers approved back in 2015 a medical marijuana program intended for people with epilepsy. Since then, the list of people who can use it for medical purposes has expanded. Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill to do just that in June 2021.
A law expanding the use of medical marijuana in 2019 added those with terminal cancer, autism, multiple sclerosis and others to the list of legal users. Then, in 2021, an additional law further expanded the use to all forms of cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder.
That law, which went into effect last September, also doubled the amount of THC allowed in marijuana products from 0.5% to 1%.
Miller wrote that his goal next year is to expand access to medical marijuana in Texas "so that every Texan with a medical need has access to these medicines."
"I will urge our state legislature and our Governor to make that a top priority in the upcoming legislative session," he wrote. "It is time for all of us, including the Governor, members of the Texas Legislature and others to come together and set aside our political differences to have an honest conversation about cannabis: where we have been, where we are going and what role government should properly play."
Miller highlighted other states, including conservative ones, that have legalized medical marijuana and others that have legalized marijuana sales to all adults.
Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas currently allow the use of medical marijuana, but not recreational use. New Mexico is currently the only state bordering Texas that has legalized the sale of recreational marijuana. That New Mexico law went into effect on April 1.
"We owe it to our fellow Texans, especially those who are suffering, to lead or just get out of the way if we cannot formulate effective cannabis policy for Texas," Miller wrote.
Read the full editorial on the Texas Department of Agriculture's website.
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The 5th Annual Latin American Foto Festival will kick off at The Bronx Documentary Center on July 14.
Works from Colombia, Chile, El Salvador, Argentina and more will be included in the festival. The large-scale photographs represent family, culture and other social issues.
Every week the center will also have a variety of events where the community can come and have fun. On July 16, there will be a block party at the corner of 151st Street & Courtlandt Avenue with food, art workshops and games for children of all ages.
Guests can download the festival map to see where each work of art will be displayed.
The galleries are open for viewing on Thursday and Friday from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The festival runs through the end of July with an opening day reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Anyone looking to attend the reception can register here.
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Upcoming events at the center can be found on their site in English or Español. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/5th-annual-latin-american-foto-festival-kicks-off-this-month/3774966/ | 2022-07-15T22:07:43 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/5th-annual-latin-american-foto-festival-kicks-off-this-month/3774966/ |
There's nothing quite like a fine wine — especially if it's locally grown.
On Tuesday Governor Kathy Hochul announced the winners of the 36th annual New York Wine Classic, a nationally recognized competition highlighting the best wines of New York State.
Judging for The New York Wine Classic took place this year from April 15 through June 15 and included 694 entries from 101 wineries from across the state. A total of seven platinum, 234 gold, 324 silver and 110 bronze medals were awarded.
In a surprise tie, Hochul presented two wineries with the Governor’s Cup — the competition’s most esteemed award. The award was presented to Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards' and Wölffer Estate Vineyard.
"The New York Wine Classic celebrates the very best of New York's wine and grape industries, and this year's winners are stellar examples of the high-quality wine we've come to know and love in our State," said Governor Hochul.
In addition to winning the Governor's Cup, Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards also received a platinum medal and tied for Best Dessert Wine for their Solera Sherry. Weis Vineyards was awarded with "Winery of the Year", which is presented to the winery that has the best overall showing.
The New York Wine Classic "Best in Category" winners were also announced Tuesday.
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Best Red Wine
Keuka Lake Vineyards 2020 Leon Millot
Best White Wine
Weis Vineyards 2020 Winzer Select Riesling A
Best Sparkling Wine
Dr. Konstantin Frank 2017 Blanc De Blanc
Best Pink Wine
Weis Vineyards 2021 Dry Rosé
Best Dessert Wine
Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Solera Sherry
Wölffer Estate Vineyard 2020 Diosa Late-Harvest
Best Specialty Wine
Winery of Ellicottville Red Raspberry Wine
The "Best of Class" winners of the New York Wine Classic can be found here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/gov-kathy-hochul-announces-winners-of-the-2022-new-york-wine-classic/3775577/ | 2022-07-15T22:07:49 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/gov-kathy-hochul-announces-winners-of-the-2022-new-york-wine-classic/3775577/ |
The NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner has announced Ivana Trump's cause and manner of death.
The first wife of former President Donald Trump died from blunt impact injuries to her torso at her Manhattan townhouse on July 14, authorities said Friday. The Medical Examiner officially ruled her death as an accident.
"Having released this determination, OCME will not comment further on the investigation," the office said in a statement. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-medical-examiner-reveals-ivana-trumps-cause-of-death/3776985/ | 2022-07-15T22:07:56 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-medical-examiner-reveals-ivana-trumps-cause-of-death/3776985/ |
DANVILLE, Va. – Virginia Senator Tim Kaine was in Danville on Friday to discuss several challenges with business owners and city leaders, including inflation and supply chain issues.
The gathering was more than a luncheon – it was an opportunity to express concerns.
Kaine said his goal was to listen to them to go and provide more resources.
“We’ve done a lot, but there’s more I want to do. So, give me advice on what I can do to be helpful,” said Kaine.
Julie Brown, the owner of 2 Witches Winery and Brewing Company, said her biggest challenge right now is adapting to the so-called ‘new normal’ from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“As people are traveling again and, kind of, reestablishing some of those traditions; we want to make sure that we’re reestablishing 2 Witches as their weekend tradition,” said Brown.
Brown said she was able to reestablish her business by benefiting from financial programs.
The Payroll Protection Program (PPP) allowed her to keep the staff and offer online sales, and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) provided a low interest rate to help her rebuild.
“We had a wall that we had to take down [in the building] because we had to spread everyone six feet apart. We bought industrial floor cleaner. We bought the electrostatic sprayer to make sure we were providing a safe environment,” said Brown.
Brown hoped Kaine’s biggest takeaways from Friday’s gathering were related to small business administration, loans, and access to capital.
“For entrepreneurs who are starting up a small business, access to that capital is going to be critically important,” said Brown.
Others expressed similar interests during the luncheon, as a partnership between business owners wanting to help one another succeed, which the Senator was glad to see.
“They have a real partnership mentality here, and I don’t see that in every community in Virginia,” said Kaine. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/danville-leaders-business-owners-express-concerns-to-senator-kaine-during-roundtable-event/ | 2022-07-15T22:18:08 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/danville-leaders-business-owners-express-concerns-to-senator-kaine-during-roundtable-event/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – The VDH has released an update of yet another hepatitis A exposure case in a Roanoke Valley restaurant, but the risk to the public is low, according to Health Director Cynthia Morrow.
On Friday, the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts said that an employee of Billy’s Restaurant in Roanoke has been infected with hepatitis A.
The departments said they sent the environmental health team to the establishment to conduct an investigation, which included interviewing restaurant staff.
The investigation determined that while the employee worked for the infectious period of hepatitis A, from June 20 to July 6, the employee did not handle food, according to the release.
Because of the investigation findings, the VDH said the situation does not meet the criteria to recommend a post-exposure hepatitis A vaccine for patrons of the restaurant.
Cynthia Morrow, the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts Health Director, said that while the risk to the public is low, the option of the vaccine is still recommended and available to the entire community.
“While we are disappointed to announce another case connected to a current hepatitis A outbreak in our area, we believe this situation is low risk for the public,” said Morrow. “Still, the hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for all, since the current outbreak. Individuals who are uninsured or underinsured are encouraged to reach out to RCAHD local health departments for vaccine opportunities.”
The departments have been recommending the vaccines to those in the Roanoke Valley since the rise in cases, including the exposures at Famous Anthony’s, Tuco’s, and Luigi’s.
The release said that the Roanoke City Health Department is offering free doses of hepatitis A vaccine to the public on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last at a mobile clinic located across the street from the Roanoke Health Department on Williamson Road in Roanoke. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/vdh-gives-update-of-roanoke-restaurant-worker-with-hepatitis-a/ | 2022-07-15T22:18:14 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/vdh-gives-update-of-roanoke-restaurant-worker-with-hepatitis-a/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health is accepting donations to aid those affected by flooding this week in Buchanan County.
Employees of the health system will be able to drop off donations at any Ballad hospital while the public can drop off donations at any Ballad hospital in Virginia. Drop-off locations will be inside the hospitals’ main entrances at the registration desk.
Ballad says the following items are needed:
- Cleaning supplies such as bleach, disinfectants, rubber gloves, rubber boots, heavy-duty trash bags, shovels, paper towels, propane tanks for gas grills, generators, gas cans, funnels, buckets and mops
- Hygiene items
- Water and sports drinks
- Nonperishable food items
All donations will be sent to Buchanan County.
Ballad says it will also donate several pallets of cleaning and hygiene products to residents of Buchanan County. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/ballad-health-accepting-donations-for-buchanan-county-flood-victims/ | 2022-07-15T22:18:37 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/ballad-health-accepting-donations-for-buchanan-county-flood-victims/ |
ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) – After flooding lifted homes from their foundations and upended the lives of hundreds in Buchanan County, Food City, United Way, News Channel 11 and ABC Tri-Cities have teamed up to raise money for those affected.
News Channel 11’s Josh Smith spoke with Steve Smith, president and CEO of Food City, who has a personal connection to the rivers and valleys of Buchanan County.
“Grundy is home, and it hurts. And I understand the topography over there probably as well as anybody, and when they get a cloud burst or heavy rains over there it can really create havoc.”
Buchanan County hosted the first Smith family business, a Piggly Wiggly opened by Steve’s father. A few decades and dozens of stores later, Food City wants to give back to the communities that helped make it with the help of United Way. Smith was happy to see the truckloads of supplies already arriving in Buchanan County, and the company chipped in $10,000 of their own money to get the drive started.
“First and foremost, I hope they think about their neighbors and put themselves in their shoes,” Smith said when asked about what he’s looking for in his customers. “People are generous here, we just hope that they can give what they can afford. I know inflation’s tough right now and people are challenged, but if you can give 50 cents or a dollar or two dollars it’s going to help some people.”
Starting Saturday and ending July 22, anyone who checks out at Food City locations will have the option to donate directly to United Way of Southwest Virginia as they continue to help the people of Buchanan County. If you won’t be visiting Food City in that window, direct donations can be made online as well. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/food-city-ceo-weighs-in-on-buchanan-county-flooding-fundraiser/ | 2022-07-15T22:18:43 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/food-city-ceo-weighs-in-on-buchanan-county-flooding-fundraiser/ |
ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) – Go to any festival in the region or just drive around town and it’s clear this region is blessed with so many great mobile dining options.
This week’s Food Truck Friday features Nacho Average Food Truck based out of Abingdon, Virginia.
Nacho average food truck features a not-so-average menu.
“We have hand-dipped corndogs, we have split dogs, we have chicken quesadillas, we have french fries, onion rings, homemade chili,” said the Owner of Nacho Average Food Truck, Amanda Childress.
While nachos are the namesake, one of their best sellers happens to be a monstrous quesadilla. For about a year now, they’ve been cooking up some fresh eats all across the Tri-Cities.
Childress said it was a part-time passion project that became a full-time gig. “I really wanted a part-time to stay with my kids and then figured let’s do a food truck because I’ve always been good with the public. So we did it and now it’s full time,” she said.
She said they’ve met friendly faces along the way while serving the masses.
“It’s hard work, real hard work. But I don’t think they realize how many are in the area. There are a lot of events that we do and people will say well I didn’t even know about that, or I never ate at a food truck,” said Childress.
Childress told News Channel 11 that every day brings a new fan. “It makes you excited that they come over and look at your menu and know about your food.”
Childress also said while this truck has become their lifestyle, it goes beyond a full-time gig. It’s a family business that she hopes to pass down to her children when the day comes. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/food-truck-friday-nacho-average-food-truck/ | 2022-07-15T22:18:49 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/food-truck-friday-nacho-average-food-truck/ |
The extent of COVID-19 in Virginia is rising, based on test positivity, wastewater surveillance and hospitalization, the University of Virginia's Biocomplexity Institute reported Friday, mirroring trends in other nearby states.
As BA.5 has become the dominant variant, the level of COVID spread has increased throughout much of the state following the Fourth of July.
In the past month, the positivity rate in Virginia has grown from 18% to 23%, and wastewater surveillance suggests viral loads as high as in early February.
There were 654 average hospitalizations Friday, the highest number since March. Hospitalizations have mostly increased since April. They're also going up in West Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland.
In Virginia, most of the central and southern portions of the state are now considered areas of high transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC recommends residents of high transmission areas wear masks indoors.
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New Kent, Goochland and Dinwiddie counties were upgraded to high transmission this week, joining 40 other localities, including the city of Richmond and Henrico, Chesterfield, Charles City and King William counties.
Hanover and Powhatan counties are the only areas in greater Richmond still considered to be in moderate transmission.
The number of green or low transmission localities is dwindling. There's a pocket of them in the northwest corner of the state, including Rockingham and Shenandoah counties. And there's a cluster in the southeast, including the cities of Chesapeake and Norfolk and Isle of Wight County.
Some highly populated localities remain in medium transmission, including the city of Virginia Beach, and Fairfax and Arlington counties.
The BA.5 subvariant is now responsible for about 65% of cases in the state. The BA.4 subvariant has shown small growth, and the two strains have pushed out the older BA.2.12.1.
It's almost certain that new variants will continue to pop up, the UVA Biocomplexity Institute said.
One metric that isn't showing growth is cases – the state health department reported about 3,000 average cases Friday, the same number as a month ago. But cases are no longer considered an accurate representation of COVID spread, because so many people test themselves at home. | https://richmond.com/news/local/covid-hospitalizations-positivity-rate-going-up-following-fourth-of-july/article_176b27ad-53cf-57c9-862f-a29dda7d3571.html | 2022-07-15T22:21:01 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/covid-hospitalizations-positivity-rate-going-up-following-fourth-of-july/article_176b27ad-53cf-57c9-862f-a29dda7d3571.html |
A former sales associate for Virginia ABC and another man have been indicted in what authorities described as a conspiracy to obtain internal ABC inventory data on high-demand and limited-availability bourbons, and provide that insider information to interested parties for a price.
Former ABC employee Edgar Smith Garcia, 28, of Manassas, and Robert William Adams, 45, of Chesapeake, were indicted last month by a Richmond Metropolitan Multi-Jurisdiction Grand Jury on charges of using a computer to illegally obtain an unauthorized copy of ABC data and embezzling the agency's inventory product sales list. They also are charged with two counts of conspiring to commit those offenses.
The cases are being tried in Hanover County because that's where Virginia ABC recently moved its new administration headquarters and distribution center from Hermitage Road in Richmond.
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The charges are based on allegations that Garcia, as an ABC employee, had access to an internal list of the agency's allocated liquor products that was not available to the public. Garcia then provided the information to Adams, who had a private Facebook page, and Adams would release the information to his subscribers who would pay him $300 each for access, said Henrico Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney David Stock, who is prosecuting the case and is special counsel to the multijurisdictional grand jury.
"They would know where bottles of bourbons highly sought by collectors would be placed in stores for sale before the general public was aware," Stock said of the two defendants.
Stock said the investigation focused on various labels of high-demand, limited-availability bourbons allocated by the government-run liquor monopoly. The agency has compiled a list of more than 100 products that are not readily available to meet public demand, but occasionally offered for sale at randomly selected ABC stores at one bottle per customer per day. Some of the sought-after bourbons include Buffalo Trace, Booker's Bourbon and Blanton's Single Barrel.
The goal was to make the products as accessible as possible and correct a system where bourbon hunters or whiskey enthusiasts were camping outside Virginia ABC stores when they thought or caught wind that a shipment of allocated whiskey was coming in.
Now, Virginia ABC will announce on its Spirited Virginia Facebook or Instagram page that certain stores will have the allocated bourbon for purchase.
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Because both cases are pending adjudication, Stock declined to say how Garcia and Adams were connected or what brought them together. Garcia was employed as a lead sales associate from Feb. 14, 2020, to March 25 and earned $16.53 hour, ABC officials said.
Reached Friday, attorney Vaughan Jones, who is representing Adams, said he couldn't comment on his client's on-going legal matter. But Vaughan said based on his initial review of the evidence, he found that the acquisition of hard-to-find alcoholic beverages became a hobby among enthusiasts that gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"There are many people — and I can't comment on whether my client is one of them — who were pursuing all avenues possible to acquire, through legal means, hard-to-find alcohol," Jones said.
Attorney Tony Paracha in Centreville, who is representing Smith, could not be reached for comment.
Virginia ABC and other law enforcement agencies conducted an investigation based on complaints the agency received, along with "our own observations," said ABC spokeswoman Dawn Eischen in a statement Friday. "Since this is an ongoing criminal investigation, we cannot comment on how ABC investigated this case or provide details about products associated with the charges. We can confirm, however, that they were limited availability products."
Added Eischen: "As the sole provider of spirits in Virginia, we want to ensure that every customer has a fair chance at acquiring highly sought-after products. We are committed to this standard and are confident that our current random process to distribute limited availability products addresses the issues identified in our investigation that led to the arrest of these two individuals."
Both Garcia and Adams were released on bond after their arrests.
Garcia is scheduled to enter a plea to the charges on Sept. 19, court records show. On Friday, a judge set a jury trial date of Dec. 12-13 for Adams in Hanover Circuit Court. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/2-charged-in-scheme-to-steal-intel-from-virginia-abc-on-high-demand-bourbon/article_28957a99-c11e-54a0-a612-649c182d56ae.html | 2022-07-15T22:21:08 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/2-charged-in-scheme-to-steal-intel-from-virginia-abc-on-high-demand-bourbon/article_28957a99-c11e-54a0-a612-649c182d56ae.html |
By the time Oro Valley officially opened its new nature preserve on Friday, Jake Smith had already gotten to know more than 250 of the residents there.
Smith lives about a block from Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve, and he rides his bicycle there almost every day. Since February, he has identified more than 1,000 plants and animals from 255 different species within the preserve, recording each of them using the biodiversity social networking website iNaturalist.org.
Now he has turned his observations — and some of the photographs he took to go with them — into a digital field guide for visitors to the new preserve, which snakes through the Rancho Vistoso community north of Tangerine Road.
“The goal is to reflect what’s most common and most notable out there,” Smith said.
The 202-acre desert green space surrounded by homes used to be an 18-hole golf course that operated for more than 20 years before going out of business in 2018.
When the owners of the property floated plans to cover it with homes or an assisted-living facility, a group of neighborhood activists teamed up with national nonprofit The Conservation Fund to buy the land and save it from development.
The neighborhood group known as Preserve Vistoso raised $1.8 million in just five weeks late last year to acquire the abandoned Golf Club at Vistoso.
The land was donated to the town of Oro Valley earlier this month, but not before a conservation easement was placed on the property to ensure it is only ever used as a park.
Miles of trails
On Friday morning, more than 100 people gathered under shade tents on what used to be the ninth hole, as town officials, members of Preserve Vistoso and others involved in the conservation effort held a celebratory ribbon cutting for the preserve.
Later this year, with input from Oro Valley residents, the town will begin drafting a master plan to guide improvements to its newest outdoor amenity, which already features 6 miles of paved pathways perfect for walking, bicycling and bird watching.
Smith and his wife moved into Rancho Vistoso with their son, Kip, 8, and daughter, Bell, 5, less than two years ago. They started using the trails through the abandoned golf course in January.
“It’s been a real resource for our family to be outdoors with our kids out there,” he said.
Smith didn’t set out to make a field guide for the preserve. He was just trying to log as many iNaturalist entries as he could from the area.
The website, now operated jointly by the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society, is designed to make it easy for citizen scientists to observe, map and share information on biodiversity around the world. It is free and open to anyone who wants to report a plant or animal sighting.
Smith said he started posting his nature encounters on the site about a year ago. As of now, he is responsible for about two-thirds of all the observations that appear on iNaturalist for the Vistoso Trails area, though he said there are also sightings on there that date back to when the golf course was still open.
Those older observations include “stuff that’s not there anymore” such as water fowl that used to hang out in the ponds on the golf course before they went dry, Smith said.
His quest to document stuff living in the preserve intensified about two months ago, when he set out to compile all the iNaturalist sightings for the area into a field guide for the new park.
“Hours turned into probably hundreds of hours spent out there making observations and taking pictures,” he said.
Wildlife aplenty
The resulting guide is 167 pages long, with sections devoted to mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects, plants and even fungi. There are roughly 180 photos, all but about a dozen of which he took himself.
Smith said his favorite observation came on June 25, when he got to watch a bobcat stalk and catch a roadrunner. “I got some good pictures of it, too,” he said.
The guide is now undergoing final edits and rewrites with the help of some experts who are more well-versed in desert flora and fauna than he is.
Once that’s done, Smith plans to hand the whole thing over to Preserve Vistoso so it can be made available for free on the group’s website, perhaps in as little as a few weeks.
There are no immediate plans for a printed version of the guide, though he said Preserve Vistoso might decide to sell it that way someday as a fundraiser for the preserve.
Smith was still adding entries to the guide as recently as Tuesday night.
That’s when he went for a ride through Vistoso Trails after a monsoon storm and encountered what he described as “a biblical quantity of toads” hopping along the old golf cart paths in search of, um, playing partners.
He cataloged four different types of amorous amphibians during his bike ride that evening, including two species that were new to him.
Until this week, Smith hadn’t seen a Couch's spadefoot or a Great Plains toad out at the preserve. Now he’s bumped into them both, and he has the pictures to prove it.
Photos: 202-acre Oro Valley golf course becomes a nature preserve
Henry joined the Star in 2019 after 25 years at Nevada newspapers. A Tucson native, he graduated from Amphi and earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri. He wrote about the environment for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 16 years.
For Star subscribers: Residents and researchers are learning a lot as they follow a GPS-collared bobcat and her kittens through a gated community on the west side of Tucson.
In just five weeks, a neighborhood group in Oro Valley raised the $1.8 million it needs to turn the abandoned Golf Club at Vistoso into a nature preserve.
For Star subscribers: After rescuing the baby javelinas — known as "reds" because of their youthful, auburn hair — a Tucson couple is seeking changes to in-ground garbage bins that attract and trap wildlife.
A bobcat with its roadrunner prey inside the Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve, Oro Valley, on June 25. Jake Smith, a neighbor of the preserve who is documenting species he sees there, took the photo and said watching the bobcat stalk the roadrunner was his favorite observation there so far.
Residents gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve on W. Vistoso Highlands Drive in Oro Valley, Ariz. on Friday. The former golf-course which is 202-acres of land is now a nature preserve and can never be developed.
The Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve on W. Vistoso Highlands Drive in Oro Valley on Friday. The preserve was once home to a 202-acre golf course that closed in 2018. The land was initially bought by a national nonprofit, The Conservation Fund, which partnered with a local group called Preserve Vistoso. The preserve now falls under the town of Oro Valley's parks and recreation. | https://tucson.com/news/local/oro-valley-resident-already-writing-the-book-on-new-nature-preserve/article_0967302e-0394-11ed-a6b6-ab9e09d496fd.html | 2022-07-15T22:24:18 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/oro-valley-resident-already-writing-the-book-on-new-nature-preserve/article_0967302e-0394-11ed-a6b6-ab9e09d496fd.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — New Jersey's casinos, horse tracks and their online partners won $401.5 million from wagers last month, a 2.2% increase from June 2021, according to figures released Friday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.
So far this year, those entities have won $2.43 billion, a 15.2% increase over the $2.11 billion reported at the same point last year, the report said.
June's figures indicate a continuation of the recovering trend for Atlantic City's nine casinos since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Separate from racetracks, the casinos' total gaming revenue, which includes brick-and-mortar hauls, internet wins and sports wagering revenue, grew more than 9% this June over June 2021, increasing to more than $377.4 million.
Thus far in 2022, the city's total casino gaming revenue has topped $2.2 billion — a nearly 19% increase over last year.
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Without sports or online betting, the casinos' brick-and-mortar revenue grew nearly 7% over last June. That was an encouraging sign, according to Jane Bokunewicz, faculty director of the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism at Stockton University.
"The peak summer season is still ahead of us, and, with the uncertainty of the potential Local 54 strike settled for most casinos, the summer looks promising," said Bokunewicz, who thought higher gas prices might have kept some visitors home in June.
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Five Atlantic City casinos were in danger of losing some of their workforce to a strike this month, but new agreements with the casino union, Local 54, averted that.
Casino Control Commission Chairman James T. Plousis also cited the resort's in-person showing as an indicator of a strong summer for the resort.
“With the many new in-person experiences recently added to make Atlantic City a must-see destination, the casino hotels have truly laid out the red carpet for vacationers this summer," Plousis said. He cited free entertainment on the Boardwalk as well as upcoming beach concerts as providing "more reasons for tourists to visit and stay."
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa led the brick-and-mortar casinos, earning nearly $54.3 million, followed by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, which made $44.6 million, according to June's report.
The online components of the casinos collectively posted $133.1 million in June, a more than 24% increase from $107.1 million last June.
"In keeping with current trends, a significant portion of that growth came from internet and sports betting, which have grown in significance in the past few years," Bokunewicz said. "Since this time last year, internet gaming has grown so much in significance that even a seasonal plateauing of revenues generated from that activity (-2.1% compared to May 2022), did not diminish its impact on the industry’s overall performance for the month."
Countering the growth in those sectors was June's sports betting gross revenue. Last month, New Jersey casinos, racetracks and their partners brought in $39.2 million in sports betting revenue, compared with June 2021's $71.3 million, marking a 44.9% decrease, according to the report. Year-to-date, that sector has fallen more than 16% over last year. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/casinos/nj-casino-sports-and-online-gambling-revenue-up-2-2-in-june/article_51081768-0475-11ed-b2a4-c70df6d31679.html | 2022-07-15T22:26:49 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/casinos/nj-casino-sports-and-online-gambling-revenue-up-2-2-in-june/article_51081768-0475-11ed-b2a4-c70df6d31679.html |
Two out-of-state contractors who previously owned businesses that operated in Ocean and Monmouth counties in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy were sentenced Friday on theft charges, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.
John Bishop, 57, of Celebration, Florida, and Paul Rueda, 50, of San Diego, Texas, had pleaded guilty to identical charges of theft by failure to make required disposition.
Billhimer said Bishop and Rueda each stole funds through contractor businesses they operated between October 2014 and May 2017 in the aftermath of Sandy.
Bishop, who pleaded guilty May 6, was ordered to pay $178,425 in restitution to his victims, and Rueda, who pleaded guilty May 9, was ordered to pay $542,800 in restitution.
Investigators found Bishop and Rueda formed John Paul Building LLC in November 2012, weeks after the storm wreaked havoc along the Jersey Shore and elsewhere on the East Coast.
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Six homeowners throughout Ocean and Monmouth counties entered into contracts with John Paul Building LLC to repair their homes following the storm, Billhimer said in a news release. Collectively, the homeowners paid the two men more than $350,000, which the defendants agreed to use to complete the projects. The homeowners received little to no work on their projects, and the company disbanded without returning any of the funds to the homeowners.
Between July 2016 and May 2017, Rueda, who grew up in Little Egg Harbor Township, entered into agreements with four additional homeowners under his newly formed contracting business, PKR Construction, Billhimer said. These homeowners paid Rueda a total of $363,575 toward construction. Although some work was performed, Rueda converted the victims' funds into his own personal use and benefit, failing to complete those projects.
Detectives from Little Egg Harbor, Brick Township, Point Pleasant Borough and Middletown Township aided in the investigation, Billhimer said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-out-of-state-contractors-sentenced-for-theft-following-sandy/article_b8e939c0-047a-11ed-9122-cf9bea65d42e.html | 2022-07-15T22:26:56 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-out-of-state-contractors-sentenced-for-theft-following-sandy/article_b8e939c0-047a-11ed-9122-cf9bea65d42e.html |
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Wilmington branch of the Department of Veterans Affairs is calling on landlords to rent properties to homeless veterans while the nation continues to grapple with rising inflation and housing costs.
“We need the help of Delaware and Southern NJ’s housing providers and landlords to assist veterans experiencing the hardships of this housing crisis," Cecilia Gonzalez, the Wilmington VA's Homeless Programs supervisor, said in a statement Friday. "Together, we can aid our nation’s heroes in obtaining an affordable and safe place to call home."
The VA on Friday reminded landlords of its Housing and Urban Development — Veterans Administration Supportive Housing Program. The program provides rental subsidies and landlord support for about 288 veterans and their families throughout Delaware and South Jersey.
The U.S. Department of Housing and HUD-VASH estimate more than 40,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. Over the course of a year, about twice that many experience homelessness.
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Only 7% of the general population can claim veteran status, but nearly 13% of the homeless adult population are veterans, the VA said.
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Rent prices have risen by 15.3% nationally, making housing homeless veterans more challenging, the VA said.
The department says it has committed itself to housing 38,000 homeless veterans in 2022.
Wilmington VA Director Vince Kane said sheltering homeless veterans is imperative in ensuring they're able to care for themselves, especially in obtaining health care.
South Jersey property owners interested in renting their properties to local veterans can call HUD-VASH case manager Angie Ohagan at 302-463-9671.
“I believe working with landlords in Delaware and southern New Jersey will have a substantial impact on the number of veterans who identify as homeless in our communities and improve their health care simultaneously," Kane said. "We need to continue to advocate and connect veterans to the VA so we can assist in navigating the process of finding a safe home while we provide essential health care to help sustain housing." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/south-jersey-landlords-sought-for-homeless-veterans-program/article_d08befa0-0466-11ed-bd67-b3ccdee8e971.html | 2022-07-15T22:27:02 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/south-jersey-landlords-sought-for-homeless-veterans-program/article_d08befa0-0466-11ed-bd67-b3ccdee8e971.html |
The Brigantine Beach Patrol won the 57th Chief Bill Kuhn Brigantine Lifeguard Invitational on Thursday at the 16th Street beach.
Brigantine took first place in three of the five races and won the team title with 19 points.
Lavallette was second with 13 points, and Ocean City had 12 for third. Longport also totaled 12 points, but Ocean City took third on the tiebreaker, a higher finish in the last race, the rescue relay. O.C. was third in the race, Longport (the defending overall team champion) placed fourth. Scoring was 5-4-3-2-1 for the first five places.
The races were out to flags approximately 500 feet from the shore and back. Four of the five races were relays. No times were kept.
Brigantine’s Sven Peltonen, Grace Emig, Will Hoffman and Jack Savell won the paddle relay.
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The home patrol took the iron man medley relay. Brigantine brothers Jack and Joe Savell did the doubles row leg of the relay. James Haney handled the swim leg, and Peltonen finished up with the paddle leg.
Brigantine was also first in the rescue relay, which has a swimmer, paddleboarder and a doubles crew, and three "victims" at the flag. In the first leg, a swimmer goes out to the flag and swims back with one victim and swims back, too. The paddleboarder and doubles crew each bring back a victim in the final two legs.
Haney was Brigantine’s swimmer, and he swam back with Andy Thomas, who was at the flag. Emig was the paddleboarder, and she paddled back with Will Hoffman. The Savell brothers were the doubles crew, and they came back with Sean O’Neill.
The Atlantic City crew of Sean Blair and Morgan Simpson won the 1,000-foot coed surfboat sprint, the one nonrelay race. Second were Margate’s Hayden Smallwood and Kristine Auble. Ship Bottom’s Shawn Hannon and P.J. Kolman finished third.
Lavallette’s Ben Dupree, Dylan Citta, Mike LaGuardia and Summer Sakowicz won the swim relay. Brigantine’s Haney, Thomas, Dom Scifo and Lanie Harris were second.
The event honors the late Kuhn, who was a Brigantine Beach Patrol captain. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/brigantine-wins-own-kuhn-lifeguard-invitational-lavallette-second-ocean-city-third/article_df602f08-0463-11ed-bcd9-f748b6c7f1f4.html | 2022-07-15T22:27:08 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/brigantine-wins-own-kuhn-lifeguard-invitational-lavallette-second-ocean-city-third/article_df602f08-0463-11ed-bcd9-f748b6c7f1f4.html |
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The mother of a 21-year-old man who committed suicide last year at the Val Verde Correctional Center has sued a private prison company over her son’s death.
Keegan G. Killin, who was in the Del Rio-area jail over allegations that he had tried to smuggle undocumented immigrants, was found hung in a cell in solitary confinement on March 13, 2021.
Jennifer Guadarrama said Friday her son was not a serial criminal nor a violent offender, but appeared to be ready to turn his life around. She said the jail never gave her a reason why he was in solitary.
“The worst part is that, as a mom, I thought he was safe,” Guadarrama said. “Obviously, he did get into some trouble in his youth but he had gone to Job Corps and done some things to turn around. He was at a point where he was going to change.”
Her lawsuit says Killin had a documented history of post-traumatic stress disorder and had previously attempted suicide, yet The GEO Group, which runs the jail, placed him in solitary confinement allegedly without justification, monitoring or proper treatment.
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The federal suit, filed in Del Rio, alleges negligence and violations of Killin’s civil rights. The suit names as defendants The GEO Group of Boca Raton, Fla.; Val Verde County; warden Christopher Martinez; and the jail’s medical director and three psychiatrists who work on contract at the facility.
The GEO Group said via email that it does not comment on pending litigation.
The suit also seeks punitive damages, alleging the defendants were aware of the high risk that Killin could attempt suicide, but ignored it.
“The defendants knew this young man had a history of PTSD and had previously attempted suicide,” said Stephanie Sherman, an attorney representing Guadarrama. “They knew he wasn’t sleeping. They knew he was dealing with a myriad of serious mental health issues and had been on and off of several medications. And yet they chose to lock him up by himself knowing that he would only be observed just a few seconds every 30 minutes.”
Noting the GEO Group has “their standards and procedures,” Guadarrama said the private prison company didn’t follow them.
Jail administrators allegedly either gave or allowed Killin to take psychotropic drugs, one of the potential side effects is suicidal thoughts.
Guadarrama said Killin hung himself with his pants, but pictures of the scene show he had other items he could have used to attempt suicide, such as a razor and shoestrings.
“If they had had any concern about suicidal ideation he mentioned (to them), I would think they would have removed all that stuff,” Guadarrama said.“This isn’t the first time this has happened, or the first time it has happened in GEO in Del Rio, so what does it take? What does it take for another family to not to have to go through this?”
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The City of Bentonville unveiled its latest public art installment on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Train Station Park.
The 9-foot-tall sculpture was named Found. It features polished steel face letters that form "Bentonville" in a verticle stacked jumble.
The sculpture was made by heartland-based sculptural artist, Timothy Jorgensen.
Found was selected by the city’s Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC) from among 23 large-letter proposals submitted by various artists.
Mayor Stephanie Orman spoke a the unveiling about the importance of public art throughout the city, which adopted a strategic public art plan for 2022-2024 to “be used as a roadmap to help city leadership and citizens understand the long-term value and direction of public art in Bentonville.”
Core principles of the plan include:
- Fostering diversity
- Equity and inclusion
- Enhancing the community’s visual environment
- Increasing excitement, access and engagement with public art.
- Promoting awareness of the city’s social, cultural, and historical composition.
Found is the 17th permanent or temporary work introduced through PAAC in partnership with Visit Bentonville, contributing to the more than 130 public works of art throughout the city.
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NEW ORLEANS — UPDATE: University Medical Center New Orleans said Friday that the patient who could not remember his name has been identified by a local organization, and its team is working to find a family member.
"Thank you so much for your assistance. This patient has been identified by an organization in our viewing area and we hope to find a family member," a statement from the hospital said.
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University Medical Center New Orleans is asking for the public's help to solve a mystery: the name of one of their patients who was struck by a car and forgot who he is.
The hospital said the man was injured on June 4, 2022, when he was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Canal and Royal Streets in the New Orleans Central Business District. The man has been hospitalized since the crash and has been unable to recall his name or any other identifying information.
The hospital has been unable to identify him through other means.
The hospital describes him as a white male, 5-feet, 9-inches tall, weighing about 240 pounds with receding reddish hair. He is estimated to be in his 50s.
University Medical Center shared photos of the man with the media on Friday.
Anyone with information about the man's identity is asked to call University Medical Center at 504-702-3000.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland police are investigating the scene of a shooting downtown after one person was found with gunshot wounds early Friday morning.
Just before 1:30 a.m., police said a witness flagged down an officer and told them a shooting had happened near the corner of Southwest 3rd Avenue and Harvey Milk Street, where a popular stretch of food carts are spread south of the intersection.
The Portland Police Bureau told KOIN 6 News officers found evidence of a shooting but then got a call that a person injured by gunfire was just blocks away at an apartment building near the corner of SW 2nd and Pine Street.
Police and medical personnel went to save the person’s life, and they were taken to a local hospital.
Their current status and the events leading up to the shooting are unclear.
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ATLANTIC CITY — The 113th annual NAACP National Convention, which kicked off Thursday, seems to have drawn a large crowd to the city from all over the country.
"This is spectacular. I've never been to Atlantic City or New Jersey before, so it’s definitely exciting to be here," Michael Norris, 58, of Oakland, California, said Friday.
Event organizers expect about 8,000 people to attend through Wednesday and for the convention to bring nearly $9 million to the local economy.
Many of the official convention events do not begin until Saturday, and the extra couple of days have allowed some people to explore all Atlantic City has to offer.
Bernard Wallace, of Richmond, Virginia, arrived in Atlantic City on Wednesday and has already enjoyed some of the city's nightlife.
"I've heard from some of my friends that have been here before that the city is a lot of fun," said Wallace, who is visiting the city for the first time. "They were definitely right about that, and I've had a lot of fun playing a little bit in the casinos and eating at some of the restaurants."
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Over the next few days, many notable political figures will make their way to the city and deliver speeches at the first in-person NAACP convention since 2019.
Those confirmed to be speaking include Vice President Kamala Harris; U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.; U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., the majority whip of the House of Representatives; and U.S. Housing Secretary Marcia L. Fudge.
Trisha Wilson came from Orlando, Florida, and is intrigued to hear what the politicians have to say.
"I'm actually really looking forward to what they have to say about addressing issues such as voting and gun violence," Wilson said Friday. "They are in Washington, so they have the power to make a difference."
A single protester set up on the Boardwalk, holding signs that read "Killadelphia" and "Stop Shooting People."
Jamal Johnson, of Philadelphia, said he wants to see the NAACP put a higher priority on ending gun violence.
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Most convention-goers spent Friday at Tropicana Atlantic City as the ACT-SO competitions got underway. Short for the NAACP's Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, ACT-SO encourages high academic achievement among African American high school students.
This year's competition features 33 events across a range of disciplines including science, technology, engineering and math, humanities, business, and performing, visual and culinary arts as well as two pilot competitions in sustainability and social media campaigns.
Winners in each category will be announced Sunday. They will receive scholarships and other rewards provided by national sponsors.
Events taking place at the Atlantic City Convention Center will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday with an opening news conference.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. regulators approved a new COVID-19 vaccine shot option for adults this week.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared Novavax shots, which makes a “more traditional type of shot” compared to the other vaccine options in the U.S., according to the Associated Press. This vaccine option has already been available in Europe and other countries.
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The FDA approved this vaccine for those 18 and older. Before shots begin, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must recommend how they should be used, a decision expected next week.
In addition to another potential vaccine option, the U.S. announced it will allow pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new policy. The FDA said pharmacists can begin screening patients to see if they are eligible for Paxlovid.
New COVID-19 cases are rising for the fifth week in a row, according to the World Health Organization, while the number of deaths is “relatively stable,” according to the Associated Press. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the pandemic still qualifies as a global emergency and he was “concerned” about the recent spike.
“The virus is running freely, and countries are not effectively managing the disease burden,” he said, according to the Associated Press. “New waves of the virus demonstrate again that COVID-19 is nowhere near over.”
The Biden administration this week started to call on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19 and pushing the importance of getting booster shots for those who are eligible.
“Currently, many Americans are under-vaccinated, meaning they are not up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines,” said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC. “Staying up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines provides the best protection against severe outcomes.”
Due to COVID-19, the U.N. said about 25 million children worldwide missed out on routine immunizations against common diseases. The WHO and UNICEF said their figures show 25 million children last year failed to get vaccinated against diptheria, tetanus and pertussis, according to the Associated Press.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Below is a breakdown of Florida COVID-19 data reported by the CDC and the state on July 15:
Cases
The CDC reported 11,698 new cases on Friday, based on daily reporting it gets from the Florida Department of Health.
There were 78,245 new coronavirus cases over the last two weeks.
Florida has seen 6,640,046 cases since the virus was first detected on March 1, 2020.
Deaths
The Florida Department of Health reported a cumulative death toll in Florida of 76,662. There were 771 fatalities recorded over the past two weeks, which we get by subtracting the number of deaths reported by DOH two weeks ago (75,891) from the current cumulative death toll.
The state stopped reporting the number of non-residents who died in Florida when the new weekly reporting method began.
Hospitalizations
The state Agency for Health Care Administration deleted its current COVID-19 hospitalization database and the state is no longer reporting how many patients have been hospitalized with the virus. However, Florida is still required to report that information to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the CDC continues to release that information online. The most recent hospital numbers show 4,023 adult and 73 pediatric patients in Florida.
Positivity rate
The Florida Department of Health reported the percent of positive results from coronavirus tests was 21.2% for the weeks of July 1-14 but did not provide how many people were tested during the past two weeks. Health officials say the rate should remain between 5% and 10% to prove a community has a hold of the virus and is curbing infections.
Below is the Central Florida region breakdown of new cases and new vaccination numbers between July 1-14.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A person was injured in a shooting near Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune Boulevard and Green Street, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department.
Police said a shooting suspect has been taken into custody, though further details have yet to be released.
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Along the Trinity River in Fort Worth, people are still enjoying the outdoors despite the heat.
“It's not something I've been doing lately because of the heat," bicycle rider Michael Mason said.
Mason was taking precautions.
"I make sure to bring water and take breaks," Mason said.
He does this because he knows what it's like to experience a heat-related illness.
"You kind of start seeing black around you a little bit and you kind of become a little bit disoriented," Mason said.
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Heat-related calls are on the rise for MedStar.
In 2021 between May 1 and July 13 crews responded to 210 heat-related calls. During the same time in 2022, there were 484 calls.
"It's a pretty significant increase this summer so far,” MedStar Operation Supervisor John Hamilton said. “We're about 130% higher than we were last year."
Heat symptoms can happen to anyone.
"Either themselves or friends that are dizzy, sweating profusely, having changes in skin color, a lot of chest pain and difficulty breathing," MedStar Dispatcher Miguel Carpio said.
He adds if you or someone around you is having an issue make the call for help.
"I think if you even have the thought about calling 911 you should probably call 911,” Carpio said. “It's always better to be safe than sorry."
The best way to be safe in this heat is to stay hydrated.
"Take precautions,” Carpio said. “Bring water with you. Don't just stay out in the sun and bake out there."
It’s the same advice Mason practices.
"I think the important thing is making sure you are drinking water before you go out and do something,” Mason said. “Because when you are already feeling those things it's already almost too late. So, it's like making sure you take those precautionary things before you actually get in there and do that exercise." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/heat-related-illness-calls-are-on-the-rise-for-medstar-as-they-warn-people-to-take-precautions/3015777/ | 2022-07-15T22:41:48 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/heat-related-illness-calls-are-on-the-rise-for-medstar-as-they-warn-people-to-take-precautions/3015777/ |
Idaho National Laboratory is expanding its series of summer cyber camps to the state level, allowing more than 150 junior high and high school students from across the state to participate at their local university or community college.
INL is partnering with the college institutions across the state to offer Cybercore summer camps to give both an introductory and advanced level experience for students interested in computer programming and cyber security.
Eleanor Taylor, Cybercore program manager, said the program has grown from a smaller, regional partnership with College of Eastern Idaho when the program first started in 2017, and interest for the camp is now statewide.
“That’s exactly what our goal is with the Cybercore summer camp,” Taylor said. “We want to inspire these students. We want to ignite their curiosity and get them excited about all the different facets of cybersecurity.”
This year is the first time the camps will be offered simultaneously at four different locations in Idaho, which include the campuses of CEI, College of Southern Idaho, Boise State University and Lewis-Clark State College.
"It’s a great opportunity for us to host (the camps) here,” said Frankie Adams, CEI computer technology and STEM program manager. “It just gets (the students) excited about being at a college.”
CEI has the most students participating in the camps with 47, who will be taught by Michael Haney, an assistant professor of computer science for the University of Idaho and a cybersecurity researcher at INL.
Students will experience interactive demonstrations, lectures and facility tours during the camps. Camps are supported by technical cybersecurity experts and college interns from INL and the camps offer many different activities for students, such as cybersecurity "capture the flag."
The registration deadline for the camps has already passed. Taylor said the camps have a limited supply of Raspberry Pi computers largely due to supply chain issues. Raspberry Pis are small single-board computers developed to be used in basic computer science programs.
Adams said CEI already had a waiting list for the camps in late April and the college had to open up more spots for students and get creative with ordering Raspberry Pis.
“Dr. Haney refused to turn down anybody so we offered additional spots to accommodate them,” Adams said.
Taylor said each college had more students interested than they had originally anticipated. The introductory camp runs from July 18 to July 22 and the advanced camp is scheduled for Aug. 1 through Aug. 5. Each camp at CEI had a $125 registration fee but prices differed across the colleges. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/statewide-summer-cyber-camps-begin-monday/article_d61591c4-6e4c-58fd-ae8b-5921e9eb701a.html | 2022-07-15T22:46:20 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/statewide-summer-cyber-camps-begin-monday/article_d61591c4-6e4c-58fd-ae8b-5921e9eb701a.html |
ODESSA, Texas — The Odessa Police Department has arrested multiple suspects for their involvement in Violating Odessa City Ordinance 4-5 regarding Sexually Oriented Business License Requirements.
On July 10 at 11:30 p.m., OPD Officers conducted an inspection at the Jaguars Night Club according to an affidavit from OPD. It is located at 6824 Cargo Road in Odessa
Jaguars is classified as a sexually oriented business, or SOB, and the management was previously notified that their SOB License had expired on April 13, 2022.
Jaguars arrests by Odessa Police
Jaguars staff members and counsel had letters that said Jaguars was no longer classified as a sexually oriented business and was voluntarily operating as a "Bikini Bar".
However, Jaguars apparently did not want to surrender their SOB License and instead was operating their business as if they were a Sexually Oriented Business and not a "Bikini Bar".
Officers also observed entertainers and non-entertainers engaging in activities which would require an SOB License.
In total, 18 people were arrested for the violation. Most were charged with violating a sexually oriented business license.
This charge is a class A misdemeanor that is punishable by up to one year in jail and/or a $1,000 fine.
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ODESSA, Texas — The 2022 West Texas Fest will be held on September 24 at The Ellen Noel Art Museum in Odessa.
The festival will include Texas beer and spirit tastings, a cornhole tournament, Texas country music and food trucks.
There are three different kinds of tickets to the festival, each with their own perks.
Designated Driver tickets can be purchased here for $30 and include admission and a food voucher for one.
General Admission tickets can be purchased here for $60 and include admission, and food voucher for one and four tasting tickets.
VIP tickets can be purchased here for $100 and include early admission, reserved seating and food for one, one complimentary bar ticket, three whiskey/wine tastings and unlimited beer tastings.
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The number of new COVID-19 cases in Allen County eased in the last week as deaths rose.
The Allen County Department of Health reported 568 cases between July 9 and Friday. That compares to 650 reported between July 2 and July 8. Five additional deaths were reported, compared to two deaths in the previous week's report.
The numbers are well below earlier in the pandemic when more than that many cases were reported in a single day. However, this week's reported infections are among the highest since reporting switched from daily to weekly. And they don't include all of those tested with in-home tests that don't require reporting.
The county health department doesn't track which variants of the coronavirus are now causing illness. But federal officials this week said the BA.5 subvariant of the omicron strain is causing the most illness.
BA.5 is considered extremely contagious -- and is four times more resistant to common vaccines, officials said. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which use part of the genetic material of the virus known as messenger RNA, work less well against the BA.5 subvariant
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week reported that BA.5 represented the cause of up to 65% of the nation's new cases between July 3 and July 9. BA.4 represented 15%
"Right now, we don't have any evidence that it (BA.5) leads to a higher death rate. So that's good," said Dr. Gregory Poland, head of the Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Reserach Group in a news release.
But, he said, whether you've been vaccinated, previously infected, previously infected and vaccinated, "you have very little protection against BA.5 in terms of getting infected or having mild to moderate infection. You have good protection against dying, being hospitalized or ending up on a ventilator."
The CDC continues to consider Allen County in the "low" category for community spread of the virus. Only Huntington and Kosciusko counties in northeast Indiana were considered in the "medium" level for spread this week.
In those two counties, residents are urged to consider wearing masks indoors in crowded locations, especially if at higher risk of complications from infection.
The state Department of Health now estimates that 20.5% of new infections are reinfections -- illness in people who have had COVID-19 at least once. That's about 5% more than in the previous week's report.
Unvaccinated people have a much higher chance of succumbing to BA.5, according to Poland. They are five times more likely to get infected than people who have been vaccinated and boosted, about 7½ times more likely to be hospitalized "and about 14 to 15 times more likely to die if they get infected," he said in the release.
Allen County's new cases bring its total to 109,616. Deaths number 1,158 since the pandemic began in March 2020. Indiana's totals stand at 1,798,430 cases and 23,016 confirmed deaths, plus 984 probable deaths based on symptoms but without a positive test. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-covid-19-cases-dip-ba-5-subvarient-rises-nationwide/article_77abdd0a-0470-11ed-848b-8b6f3c5dcc1a.html | 2022-07-15T22:56:43 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-covid-19-cases-dip-ba-5-subvarient-rises-nationwide/article_77abdd0a-0470-11ed-848b-8b6f3c5dcc1a.html |
At 13 feet tall, the new statue of Shawnee War Chief Blue Jacket towered over those taking photos in front of it during Friday’s dedication.
It’s the only known statue of Blue Jacket, who unified competing tribes along the Wabash River from southern Ohio to northeast Indiana, said Lee Bluejacket, a descendant of the war chief.
The non-profit named after the chief, Blue Jacket Inc., erected the statue on the lot just south of its building at 2826 S. Calhoun St.
Blue Jacket Inc. is a non-profit at that provides tools, training and opportunities for those who have trouble finding work. That includes helping those out of the prison system rebuild their lives and helping those with disabilities get jobs they can make a living at.
The lot with the statue, until recently vacant, now has a gazebo, flag poles and decorative landscaping surrounding the statue. Blue Jacket Executive Director Tony Hudson said the statue and new grounds are a start to revitalizing the Calhoun corridor, and the organization will also open a coffeehouse during the next few months.
Lee Bluejacket, who’s one of 16 descendants of the war chief who came to the dedication, told the audience that his family feels that what Blue Jacket Inc. does is in keeping with their ancestor’s spirit.
The war chief faced overwhelming odds while trying to preserve Shawnee land, fought adversity and came through it well. The clients of Blue Jacket also see adversity in their lives.
“Sometimes people just need an opportunity,” Bluejacket said. “Just give them an opportunity, and they’ll show you how good they are.”
The organization has been around for about 17 years and operates The Blue Jacket Clothing Company, Blue Jacket Staffing and other services to help train people and employ them. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-organization-honors-shawnee-chief-plans-revitalization/article_b32cc5f6-0470-11ed-a7a6-8348d61dde31.html | 2022-07-15T22:56:49 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-organization-honors-shawnee-chief-plans-revitalization/article_b32cc5f6-0470-11ed-a7a6-8348d61dde31.html |
Fort Wayne firefighters used exterior ladders to rescue a woman trapped in a fire on the second floor of a South Harrison Street home this afternoon.
The woman was taken to a local hospital, the Fort Wayne Fire Department said in a statement.
Firefighters said they were called to the two-story home in the 3500 block of South Harrison shortly before 3 p.m., and entered the house to contain the fire and search for the woman. The fire was controlled within 14 minutes of arrival.
Two dogs were also rescued and turned over to Animal Control, the statement said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/woman-rescued-from-fire-at-south-harrison-street-home/article_ecf49d14-047e-11ed-b72a-f79d0d45385f.html | 2022-07-15T22:56:55 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/woman-rescued-from-fire-at-south-harrison-street-home/article_ecf49d14-047e-11ed-b72a-f79d0d45385f.html |
BOISE, Idaho — Residents of Idaho shared some eye-catching videos of what appears to be a fireball streaking across the sky Tuesday night.
Viewers in Rexburg, Twin Falls and Cascade reported seeing the fiery objects around 10:10 p.m. MT, shining against the dark Gem State sky.
The American Meteor Society documented 47 reports of the "fireball" seen over Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Wyoming between 8:10 p.m. and 10:34 p.m. MT. Other Idaho residents reported the fiery steaks in McCall, Salmon, Stanley and Idaho Falls.
The object moved from west to east, with the American Meteor Society's trajectory line drawn from northwest of Salmon to the Ringling, Montana area.
Cortney DeMott captured a video of the incident from the Idaho Falls area. In a submission to AMS, DeMott said, "the cloudy train started very thin, and then left 3 peak like cloud looking formations which glowed very bright, followed by another thin train. This was visible until the sun fully set."
Jason Kiningham also shared a video from the Missoula, Montana area as the sky became light gray following sunset:
Jeff Williams' video shows the fiery object in the dark sky above Butte, Montana:
According to spaceweather.com, the flaming bits could have been from a man-made object and not a fireball.
"This may have been the fuel tank of an old Russian rocket. Shortly before the explosion over Montana, the U.S. Department of Defense Space Track website issued a Trajectory Impact Prediction (TIP) message for an object called "BREEZE-M DEB (TANK)." According to their alert, a Breeze-M fuel tank would fall into Earth's atmosphere on July 13th at 04:06 ± 52 minutes UT. That fits the timing of the Montana explosion.
Spaceweather.com said the fuel tank had been orbiting Earth for nearly 10 years as part of a rocket that launched Russia's Yamal 402 geostationary communications satellite in December of 2012.
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IOWA, USA — Starting Saturday, if someone in a mental crisis texts or calls 988, they'll be connected to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline.
In Iowa, there's two locations handling those calls: CommUnity Crisis Services and Foundation 2.
"Setting up the infrastructure for 988 has been a heavy lift," says CommUnity Crisis Services CEO Sarah Nelson.
The law creating "988" was signed by former President Donald Trump in 2020. Since then, Nelson says her office has worked to increase its staff from 88 to over 180.
"It's a massive hiring undertaking during a time when workforce is experiencing major challenges," says Nelson. "So it's definitely had its unique challenges. And we're doing something that's never been done before."
If an Iowan calls or texts "988" and neither of Iowa's two centers have staff available, Nelson says those calls will roll over to a trained counselor in a different state.
"We know if somebody calls, chats, or texts that they are going to get a crisis counselor that's trained and there for them on the other end of that line. Our goal is ultimately to get to the point where we are answering 90% of Iowans 988 calls and chats by our two centers," she said.
Nelson adds the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline has put out early projections for what call volume might look like. But she says those are just projections and like any new endeavor, Iowa's two centers will likely encounter kinks to work out.
"We're going to be learning as we go. In terms of what is that actual capacity going to need to look like, what staff will we need to make sure that we're able to answer 90% of the calls within Iowa?" Nelson said. "We're gonna learn that as we go and adjust." | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/988-mental-health-hotline-transition-saturday/524-598e62cf-9e1c-42ac-a0a1-fd2f156bebe0 | 2022-07-15T23:18:08 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/988-mental-health-hotline-transition-saturday/524-598e62cf-9e1c-42ac-a0a1-fd2f156bebe0 |
OTTUMWA, Iowa — The case against an Ottumwa chiropractor accused of assaulting a 10-year-old boy in April 2022 has been dismissed.
A complaint was filed against Bruce Lindberg, 63, on April 18, accusing him of one count of simple assault.
The parents of the child alleged that Lindberg hugged and then kissed the boy on the top of the head after finishing a chiropractic service on the him.
Lindberg filed a motion to dismiss the case May 17.
The case was dismissed because it failed to establish probable cause that Lindberg intended the physical contact to be offensive to the victim. According to court documents, the allegations were not "acts which would inherently show a criminal intent."
Though the criminal case has been dismissed, there is an ongoing civil case filed by the parents. Lindberg is set to appear in court virtually on July 25. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/ottumwa-chiropractor-assault-case-dismissed/524-e95cd7d1-889b-4210-9503-e6a7f0d6e24c | 2022-07-15T23:18:08 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/ottumwa-chiropractor-assault-case-dismissed/524-e95cd7d1-889b-4210-9503-e6a7f0d6e24c |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Nurses at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center have voted to ratify a new two-year contract with the health care provider, according to a press release from the Oregon Nurses Association, averting the looming possibility of a strike.
ONA represents about 1,600 nurses at St. Vincent and about 400 total at two other Portland-area Providence facilities, Willamette Falls and Milwaukie. Nurses from each hospital have been separately bargaining with Providence for new contracts.
Nurses at all three facilities voted in May to authorize strikes against Providence. The votes didn't automatically trigger strikes, but they gave each group's bargaining team permission to call strikes at will.
The St. Vincent nurses' bargaining team reached a tentative contract agreement with Providence in early June, but the union's rank-and-file members rejected the proposal in a vote later that month, making a strike appear more likely.
The new deal emerged from a June 28 joint bargaining session between Providence and the teams from all three hospitals, according to ONA. Willamette Falls nurses ratified their own contract on Monday, and the Milwaukie nurses are scheduled to start voting next week.
ONA's press release touted several provisions of the contract including improved staffing standards, limitations on "floating" between hospital departments, improved COVID safety procedures, freezing employee health insurance deductibles and and increasing wages by up to 16.5 percent.
"Nurses want to give patients the best care we can, but we can’t do that when we’re papering over gaps throughout the hospital. This contract recognizes the essential work ONA nurses do and gives us the tools we need to turn the page and begin delivering the care our community deserves,” John Smeltzer, ONA executive committee president at St. Vincent, said in a statement. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/providence-st-vincent-nurses-approve-new-contact/283-9bdf0501-93c7-466f-90ea-1b20fb12eeca | 2022-07-15T23:22:06 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/providence-st-vincent-nurses-approve-new-contact/283-9bdf0501-93c7-466f-90ea-1b20fb12eeca |
FRISCO, Texas — Across the street from the Ford Center at The Star lies the headquarters of Complexity Gaming.
If you ask founder and CEO Jason Lake about their headquarters' positioning, it's probably in the best place possible.
Spanning nearly 20 years in esports, with Lake being there during every step, Complexity Gaming took quite the interesting turn when the organization was purchased in 2017 by a name known globally, but mostly by everyone in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Jerry Jones.
Since the partnership between Complexity and the Dallas Cowboys began, the esports organization has looked at their new partner as guidance for running teams and keeping team members healthy and mentally prepared.
Lake spoke to WFAA about the similarities he's seen between traditional sports and esports since he founded Complexity and how running an esports organization is more than just focusing on video games.
"I always saw [esports] as the perfect convergence of a sporting competition and the gaming, nerd culture that I was very passionate about… I was always adamant this was the next global sport," Lake said.
"We recruit and identify perspective professionals similar to how other professional leagues do," he added. "We take their lifestyle from the food they eat to their exercise to their medical care to their mental health to their training environments to a level never seen in any kind of video game environment."
Lake said Complexity's facilities at The Star, which opened in 2019, have been taking after the Cowboys' in terms of going for the best.
"If you think, ‘Wow, I bet those Cowboys players have the best facilities,’ they do. The best food, they do. The best coaches, they do. The best scouts, they do... Well, so do we," Lake said.
Their facilities have areas for mental health breaks, player lounges, a room that mimics the lights and sounds of large arenas and a room for research and development that looks into the science of improving the health and gameplay for players.
"We embark upon studies of the mind. And in the eyes and sleep and how nutrition affects your twitch reaction speeds," Lake said. "... We're applying it to make sure our gamers have long careers."
As for the continued relationship with the Cowboys, Lake said he wants Complexity to set the standard for partnerships in the esports industry.
"I think, if anything, our relationship with the Cowboys is an example for other organizations that want to integrate with sporting groups on how to do it and the best practices," he said.
Wanting to defeat the "stereotype of unhealthy kids," Lake said Complexity is training its players like professional athletes.
And with a star as its logo and the unique relationship with "America's Team," the Complexity founder and CEO felt confident in his summary of his organization.
"We are basically the Dallas Cowboys of gaming." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-cowboys-gaming-esports-complexity-beyond-video-games/287-98aa38e0-9602-4a3f-af63-09ff2adb33f3 | 2022-07-15T23:22:13 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-cowboys-gaming-esports-complexity-beyond-video-games/287-98aa38e0-9602-4a3f-af63-09ff2adb33f3 |
DALLAS — It's best to stay out of Magie Furst's way when she's on a mission.
"Hey Debora, let's go!" she shouted at her friend.
Furst hustled her friends down the hallway as they made their way to the auditorium at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, where she was scheduled to speak.
"I hope that it impacts the younger generation. Because some of them don't even know about the Holocaust," she said.
Furst is a Holocaust survivor. She was born in Astheim, Germany in 1929. When she was four, her father died of a heart attack after he was so badly harassed by Nazis.
Had she stayed in Germany, the odds wouldn't have been great. It wasn't easy to get out of the country, but Furst and her brother were ultimately selected as part of the Kindertransport, a rescue mission that moved some 10,000 mostly Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied areas.
They hid and lived with strangers in England.
"They saved our lives," she said. "It's incredible. These people didn't get paid a penny. Some of most of the people that took the children didn't have enough for themselves, but they made do. And they sacrificed."
But Furst learned that kindness is not a characteristic shared by everyone. After the war, antisemitism continued to rear its ugly head.
And still does.
Wednesday, the UN released a report on Holocaust denial on the internet.
It found 49% of public posts on the app 'Telegram' related to the Holocaust... denied or distorted its history. It was 19% on Twitter, 17% on TikTok, 8% on Facebook and 3% on Instagram, according to UNESCO, The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
"It's just unbelievable," Furst said. "I can't get it in my head. That people can be that stupid, can be that ignorant. That's all it is."
But there is hope. The report says that antisemitism and Holocaust misinformation can be fixed with education.
With truth and testimony, like Furst's. It's why she's continued to speak at the museum for 35 years.
When WFAA asked her what her legacy is, she said, "Well, I hope they remember me a little bit."
To learn more about the museum, go here.
To watch taped testimonies from Furst and other Dallas-based survivors, go here. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-holocaust-survivor-will-never-give-up-on-her-mission-to-educate/287-5500f3e5-d88c-4af8-8dcc-25014c1aa404 | 2022-07-15T23:22:19 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-holocaust-survivor-will-never-give-up-on-her-mission-to-educate/287-5500f3e5-d88c-4af8-8dcc-25014c1aa404 |
GODLEY, Texas — Multiple fire departments are fighting a large grass fire moving north southwest of Fort Worth, Johnson County Sheriff's Office says.
Texas A&M Forest Services said before 5:30 p.m. they are helping fight the fire, which is an estimated 500-acre fire at the moment and is 0% contained.
The fire started near the 15000 block of FM 2331 in Godley and is moving north, Johnson County officials say. Deputies are evacuating homes in the 9400 block of County Road 917.
County officials say firefighters are forming a line to block the fire from moving north along County Road 917 and planes are dropping water.
This is a developing story, check back for updates. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fire-departments-fighting-large-grass-fire-godley/287-f3842500-299a-45b6-9916-53b0b53b4bca | 2022-07-15T23:22:25 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fire-departments-fighting-large-grass-fire-godley/287-f3842500-299a-45b6-9916-53b0b53b4bca |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Brandt McCartney is a recent TCU business school grad whose world changed forever almost exactly 18 months ago. But instead of miring himself in the overwhelming grief that comes with losing a mentor and hero, he is honoring his older brother by keeping others from possibly losing theirs.
"The way I deal with grief is through honoring my brother," the 22-year-old said at the TCU football stadium earlier this week. His brother Matt Brewer, 10 years his senior, took his own life February of last year.
"Matt never talked about his demons and I never asked him about it," he said. "When I talk about it, when I talk about him, I feel those chills. I have them right now. I feel that fire. I feel that proud little brother."
Matt Brewer, was a tenacious Navy football player: a linebacker and blocking back. He was also a champion heavyweight Navy boxer. As a Marine, he served overseas in heavy artillery units. Then, as a civilian and transitioning to the life of a firefighter, his brother says Brewer may have become somewhat lost when the structure of his military career was over.
"I think for him and for a lot of veterans, it's a storm, right? It's just not one thing," McCartney said of his brother he believes may have suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and PTSD. "I don't blame myself. And I don't blame my brother. I blame the stigma in society. I blame the taboo of not talking about your feelings."
So a little brother wants more people to talk about it, and get the help they need.
He channeled his grief by starting his own non-profit. The 38 Challenge is designed as a 38-minute workout -- so intense, as his older brother would have loved, that you have to lean on and get encouraged by others to succeed. It's McCartney's analogy for tackling the veteran suicide epidemic too: the same group effort he thinks society should be making to fight the stigma of suicide.
"I think that suicide is due to the fact that people can't talk about the things that they're dealing with," he said. "They're fighting with themselves internally to a point where they lose. And our vision is to create a society where that's not even an option."
Saturday morning, starting at 9am, hundreds are expected to fill the stadium floor at TCU for the 38-minute intense workout, inspirational messages by north Texas veteran assistance organizations like The One Tribe Foundation and Carry The Load, and the beginning of a conversation about suicide and the way society should be confronting it together.
And as they do, they will be led by a little brother with his hero's name on a bracelet and a tribute tattoo on his back. McCartney, even before his brother's death, had a crown of thorns with his brother's dog tags and a cross tattooed above his left shoulder blade.
"So, that's who my brother was to me," he said. "And I feel him most when I'm doing The 38 Challenge because I know that he'd be doing it right there, pushing me. And he's with me always."
Now, always motivating a little brother to save someone else.
You can find out more about The 38 Challenge here and how you can participate in or donate to the cause. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tcu-grad-honors-big-brother-helping-save-others-veteran-suicide-epidemic/287-f5bfe4ca-6049-43de-8a53-89f3493ea172 | 2022-07-15T23:22:31 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tcu-grad-honors-big-brother-helping-save-others-veteran-suicide-epidemic/287-f5bfe4ca-6049-43de-8a53-89f3493ea172 |
DALLAS — Democrat Beto O’Rourke outraised incumbent Greg Abbott in the latest campaign finance filing on Friday.
O’Rourke reported more than $27 million to Abbott’s $25 million.
Both candidates are prolific fundraisers and these staggering amounts suggest the race for governor is tightening with more than 100 days until the November election.
O’Rourke did not report how much “cash on hand” his campaign has. Abbott has more than $40 million remaining and has dedicated an additional $20 million to campaign ads later this fall.
Political donations are vital because they let candidates craft their own message rather than have an opponent define them.
In addition to Friday’s new fundraising numbers, three recent polls show O’Rourke is closing the gap with Abbott. The governor’s lead over the former congressman has shrunk from 15 points a few months ago, to 5 points after the mass shooting at the Uvalde elementary school, the reversal of Roe v. Wade and the tight supply on the Texas electric grid.
On Tuesday, O'Rourke is taking his momentum on the road with a 49-day tour across the state.
In an interview for Sunday's Inside Texas Politics, O'Rourke said he is not worried that inflation might be a drag on Democrats in this state.
“The number one driver of inflation in the state of Texas is Greg Abbott. Our property taxes have gone up $20 billion dollars in the seven years that he’s been governor – that’s a 40% increase. On average our utility bills are going up $45 a month after the power grid failed in the energy capital of the world. He still hasn’t fixed the grid,” O’Rourke said on the television program.
Abbott’s campaign is driving an old ambulance through downtown Dallas this weekend as Democrats meet here for their state convention. The vehicle is wrapped with an attack ad against O’Rourke.
Abbott also sent the former speaker of the Texas House, Dennis Bonnen, to campaign for him in Dallas on Friday.
When asked about the tight conditions on the Texas electric grid twice this week, here’s what Bonnen said: “No, we’re actually not having issues that’s the point. You’ve had 25 times [since May 2022] that you’ve had historic demand on that grid, and it has not failed in any way. The lights haven’t gone off. You’re actually seeing one of the most successful things of Gov. Abbott’s tenure – 25 records of demand in this state and you haven’t had a problem one. And that’s success.”
Labor Day is the traditional start of political campaigns, when summer vacations end and Texans get back to their routines.
But this race is already going a third of the way through the summer. And as long as this remains close, expect both candidates to spend their money to compete for your attention. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/beto-orourke-outraising-greg-abbott-texas-governor-race-tightening/287-1716fa26-9c9d-42b2-ab6f-ad6282d84e0b | 2022-07-15T23:22:37 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/beto-orourke-outraising-greg-abbott-texas-governor-race-tightening/287-1716fa26-9c9d-42b2-ab6f-ad6282d84e0b |
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller penned an editorial Friday expressing his support for expanding the "compassionate use" of cannabis products in Texas.
Miller started out by saying that, in the past, Texas policy on cannabis has not been driven by facts but, rather, fear.
"As I look back, I believe that cannabis prohibition came from a place of fear, not from medical science or the analysis of social harm," Miller wrote. "Sadly, the roots of this came from a history of racism, classism and a large central government with an authoritarian desire to control others. It is as anti-American in its origins as could be imaginable."
He continued, calling for the state to enter "a new chapter and a new attitude about the use of cannabis" and its potential medical benefits.
Texas lawmakers approved back in 2015 a medical marijuana program intended for people with epilepsy. Since then, the list of people who can use it for medical purposes has expanded. Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill to do just that in June 2021.
A law expanding the use of medical marijuana in 2019 added those with terminal cancer, autism, multiple sclerosis and others to the list of legal users. Then, in 2021, an additional law further expanded the use to all forms of cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder.
That law, which went into effect last September, also doubled the amount of THC allowed in marijuana products from 0.5% to 1%.
Miller wrote that his goal next year is to expand access to medical marijuana in Texas "so that every Texan with a medical need has access to these medicines."
"I will urge our state legislature and our Governor to make that a top priority in the upcoming legislative session," he wrote. "It is time for all of us, including the Governor, members of the Texas Legislature and others to come together and set aside our political differences to have an honest conversation about cannabis: where we have been, where we are going and what role government should properly play."
Miller highlighted other states, including conservative ones, that have legalized medical marijuana and others that have legalized marijuana sales to all adults.
Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas currently allow the use of medical marijuana, but not recreational use. New Mexico is currently the only state bordering Texas that has legalized the sale of recreational marijuana. That New Mexico law went into effect on April 1.
"We owe it to our fellow Texans, especially those who are suffering, to lead or just get out of the way if we cannot formulate effective cannabis policy for Texas," Miller wrote.
Read the full editorial on the Texas Department of Agriculture's website.
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DALLAS — On this day 150 years ago, on July 16, 1872, something arrived in Dallas that, without it, would have left Dallas a shell of the city it is today. Or maybe not even a city at all.
The first train rolled into town.
The locomotive chugged along the freshly-built tracks of the Houston and Texas Central Railway, which cut through what is now downtown Dallas.
The train arrival marked a major growth period for Dallas; the city's population tripled over the course of a decade, from a small frontier trading post to a bustling market of commerce.
"This single event set Dallas on a growth trajectory like no other city in North Texas," according to the Museum of the American Railroad.
But the growth brought on by the railroad actually started 14 years earlier, on the Texas coast in Galveston, according to several articles by the Texas State Historical Association
Here's how the TSHA recounted the arrival of the railroad in Dallas:
In 1848, Ebenezer Allen, a state official, obtained a charter to build a railway. After several years on hold, the Galveston and Red River Railway company broke ground in Houston in 1853, laying 25 miles of track to Cypress City.
The company was renamed to Houston and Texas Central in 1856 and extended the line to 81 miles to Millican, a small town between Houston and College Station. Then the Civil War put the railroad on pause.
Construction on the Houston and Texas Central didn't pick back up until 1867, and the company continued its stretch northward, reaching Corsicana in 1871.
At this point, Dallas was a young and growing city, but one lacking a spark for major expansion.
John Neely Bryan had founded the city as a frontier trading post. But Dallas lacked a major artery of transportation; the Trinity River wasn't practical as a shipping waterway.
So Dallas officials tried to get a railroad, and they succeeded with the expansion of the Houston and Texas Central.
The railway expanded up from Corsicana to Dallas in 1872 and eventually met with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway from the north, connecting Texas to the nation's rail system.
While Dallas got its first railway in 1872, a just-as-notable arrival happened the next year, when the Texas and Pacific railway connected to Dallas and intersected the Texas and Houston Central. This gave Dallas a rare, at the time, railway crossroads, heading east-west and north-south.
Dallas' population began to boom, growing from around 3,000 in 1870 to 10,000 by 1880.
"As rail lines expanded, this story would play out in countless cities and towns across North Texas," the railroad museum said. "But Dallas would experience the most growth and have the greatest impact as a crossroads of commerce and culture in the region." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/when-dallas-texas-railroad-history-became-dallas-how-a-train-changed-the-city-forever-150-years-ago/287-37792678-dff2-465d-8373-6205966bb6a4 | 2022-07-15T23:22:50 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/when-dallas-texas-railroad-history-became-dallas-how-a-train-changed-the-city-forever-150-years-ago/287-37792678-dff2-465d-8373-6205966bb6a4 |
It’s graduation day again in Memorial Stadium.
A sea of red tees and baseball caps sit near rows of family members on Friday afternoon. School has flown by for the seven to 13-year-olds. Thursday was their first day.
Unlike their older classmates, the first to eighth graders aren’t on campus to earn their bachelor’s degrees. They’re graduates of Future Husker University, an experience built for the children and grandchildren of University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni.
In the fifth year of the program, 150 prospective Huskers and alumni explored the university’s various colleges and programs, attending classes about canine behavior, broadcasting, forensics and more.
Classes began at 8 a.m. Friday, but families were able to spend Thursday night in a residence hall and go bowling on East Campus. Eating and sleeping in the dorms is meant to give children the full college experience.
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Then, it was time for class. Students scattered to buildings across the campus bright and early to create activism posters or build teddy bear prosthetics.
Shelley Zaborowski, Executive Director of the Nebraska Alumni Association, said the program is meant to not only engage alumni, but to plant seeds in budding students before they pick their university.
“Some (alumni) have four and five generations of Nebraska grads,” Zaborowski said. “There's definitely a strong sense of tradition with some of those families.”
With more than 200,000 living alumni, Zaborowski said the opportunities to get them involved are plentiful. And what better reason to bring graduates back to campus than to share their fond experiences with their children?
Many of UNL’s alumni are involved with the university and would love to see their family members attend, too. Decades after graduation, several still believe the old song: “There’s No Place Like Nebraska.”
“There's something just really special about being in Nebraska and graduating from the University of Nebraska,” Zaborowski said. “If you've traveled anywhere wearing a Nebraska T-shirt or a hat, no matter where you are in the world, you'll meet somebody who has that connection, and there’s sort of this instant bond.”
Patrice Ross is originally from Omaha, but today she and her family live in Nevada. It’s their second year making the long trip. Her 13-year-old daughters won’t be able to attend next year. But of course, she hopes they’ll come back — perhaps even as students.
“As an alumni, I was very interested to show them my experience at the University of Nebraska,” Ross said. “It also gives them a great opportunity to kind of see what the college experience is like at a younger age.”
Ross studied business, but Friday, her twins Miranda and Sophie double majored in dog psychology and engineering — also called the “building towers with spaghetti and marshmallows” degree.
Forty-eight years ago, Jane Schuchardt graduated from the College of Education and Human Sciences. Friday, she brought her great-niece to campus.
UNL is a special place to Schuchardt. It’s where she made some of her greatest memories, she said, and it’s where she met her husband. She went on to study at other universities, but this campus feels like home to her.
“This is our institution,” Schuchardt said. “This is our first love, and this is where we belong.” | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/children-get-college-experience-at-unls-future-husker-event/article_7b7656b2-404b-5bc8-b5f2-6d6e5a8e11ea.html | 2022-07-15T23:29:36 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/children-get-college-experience-at-unls-future-husker-event/article_7b7656b2-404b-5bc8-b5f2-6d6e5a8e11ea.html |
Originally published July 15 on KTVB.COM.
New Caldwell Police chief Rex Ingram has a lawsuit pending against him and his previous employer, the Los Angeles Police Department – but lawsuits against officers are common, he says.
The lawsuit, filed by plaintiff Frank Edward Edmonds and his attorneys, requests 16 claims for relief alleging that LAPD officers falsely arrested Edmonds, used excessive force against him and unlawfully jailed him.
Ingram was appointed to be the next chief of the Caldwell Police Department after Caldwell Mayor Jarom Wagoner’s first nomination, Jason Kuzik, was turned down by the Caldwell City Council.
Ingram, a police lieutenant from Los Angeles, took over July 5 amid an FBI investigation into the Caldwell Police Department.
Ingram is a fifth-generation law enforcement officer with over 20 years of experience in both sworn and voluntary positions.
Edmonds was arrested and charged with assault and battery against a police officer in 2016; he pleaded not guilty. However, Ingram’s police vehicle footage was not disclosed by the prosecution and resulted in a mistrial.
Edmonds was later retried, found guilty, and sentenced to nearly 10 years in incarceration.
In 2021, his attorneys filed the lawsuit against LAPD and its responding officers regarding his prior arrest.
The lawsuit states that officers responded to an unconscious, blood-covered Edmonds, who was parked on the side of the road in Lynwood, California.
The suit claims Edmonds told the officers two men beat him up and that he refused medical attention from paramedics who arrived on scene.
The officers allegedly told Edmonds that if he didn’t want medical attention he needed to move his car, to which Edmonds replied, “the car don’t work.”
LAPD officers grabbed Edmonds’ keys and threw them atop his car, the lawsuit said, and he objected — officers stated in previous testimony that Edmonds began kicking the officers and they detained him but did not advise him he was under arrest. The suit said at no point in any recording did it sound like Edmonds was kicking an officer, but the officer tased him.
Ingram also tased Edmonds in the upper chest with both taser darts and then discharged the taser to Edmonds’ left leg, the suit said.
The lawsuit also accuses the officers of conspiring to cover up the incident by not disclosing all the information related to the incident and reciting false information during criminal proceedings. It says that the officers recorded arrest reports and follow-up investigations that included false testimony.
The defense in both trials argued that officers knew Lynwood was outside of their jurisdiction, therefore they should not have responded and arrested him in the first place.
Ingram and the city attorney for Los Angeles could not immediately comment due to pending litigation as there is another trial approaching in the matter, but he did tell KTVB that these types of lawsuits happen often.
“It’s very frequent that officers get sued in federal court,” Ingram said.
Citizens frequently file tort claims — precursors to a lawsuit — every month against departments and their city.
Additionally, Canyon County Sheriff's Office spokesman Joe Decker said that it's important to note there are many claims filed a year.
"If you compare the number of claims against the number of contacts between law enforcement and the public (thousands a year), formal tort filings or even citizen complaints are not actually that common. They seem to be common because they tend to be highlighted by the media as the negative aspect of a law enforcement interaction. But at least here at the county, we probably receive more positive comments on an annual basis than negative ones," Decker said. "I think it’s also important to remind you that tort claims are merely allegations of wrongdoing or harm and unsubstantiated claims should not otherwise be treated as fact."
For reference, there are 17 cases mentioning or filed against the Boise Police Department dating back to 2009 in the Idaho District Court and the U.S Court of Appeals.
Caldwell PD has one, not including the pending FBI investigation.
The City of LA responded to the lawsuit, where in response to every claim they stated that officers lack sufficient information and belief upon which to answer the allegations, thus denying the allegations, as well as claiming the force used against Edmonds was necessary.
The last documents filed in the case from June 22 list it as a joint case management statement that requests a jury trial in the matter to discover if police acted maliciously, falsified statements, used excessive force and others. A trial date is set for June 20, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Santa Ana, California.
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The summer heat is on the incline, with more days of 100-degree weather on the way.
The National Weather Service forecast predicts the heat will be accompanied by dry weather, with a chance of increased moisture and cloud cover on Sunday.
NWS Meteorologist Dave Groenert said that the area can expect the heat to continue. until Sunday at least, and maybe further.
Each summer, on average, the Boise area sees 10 days with over 100-degree weather. This summer has seen two days so far according to Groenert.
Normally, June sees two days above 100 degrees, July sees six and August sees three.
“(This year) is typical compared to last year,” Groenert said. “Last year we had an early June heatwave.”
Last year was the hottest on record, as previously reported. The hottest day so far this summer was June 27 at 104 degrees.
While it can appear that each summer is getting hotter, Groenert explained that it can be more complicated than a strict increase. In fact, Boise’s highest temperature record was set back in 1968 at 111 degrees.
“It's hard to say that it's getting hotter,” Groenert said. “You’ll get your heat waves during the summer, but it’s hard to say the heat waves are hotter.”
The low elevation of the Boise area contributes to hotter weather, according to Groenert.
“We get calls from people moving up here and ‘we’re going to Idaho, it must be so cold,’” Groenert said. “Because we’re lower elevation, it might be warmer than some people might expect.”
Jason Bronner is an Internal Medicine specialist at St. Luke’s who sees a variety of patients during the summer months.
“People can have various heat-related illnesses and that can be a real spectrum,” Bronner said.
Less serious symptoms like cramps can be a warning sign before more serious heat strokes, loss of consciousness or confusion occur. Other less serious symptoms include heavy breathing, feeling fatigued and a flushed face, signaling a need for a break.
Populations that are more at risk in hot weather include young children, the elderly, pregnant women and the obese.
Bronner recommends gradually getting acclimated to the weather before spending an extended period of time in the heat.
“Let's say you're coming from somewhere further north where it's been cooler … it's been like 70 (degrees) up there and then you come home and you're like, oh gosh, I have all this gardening to do,” Bronner said. “You shouldn't. If you've been up there for a week, it's gonna take you a little bit of time to kind of get used to this heat.”
Just coming from a cooler climate to a hotter one can be a risk factor, according to Bronner. He recommends being cautious about what time plans for outdoor activities are made and to aim for earlier in the mornings rather than in the hot afternoons.
“I've got a yard. I understand doing the yard work. But again, (you should be) sort of timing that to the cooler times of the day,” Bronner said.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration called on employers to protect workers from the heat as temperatures increase.
Nearly three out of four heat illness fatalities happen during the first week of work, according to OSHA. New workers coming in or returning workers need time to build a tolerance to the heat.
OSHA recommends taking frequent breaks in the shade and drinking water every 15 minutes.
“I understand some people have to work outside,” Bonner said, “but their bosses should be supporting them to take some breaks, get out of the sun when you can.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/treasure-valleys-high-heat-to-continue-through-the-weekend/article_ca925685-32ee-5411-8345-7350d6e67759.html | 2022-07-15T23:30:03 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/treasure-valleys-high-heat-to-continue-through-the-weekend/article_ca925685-32ee-5411-8345-7350d6e67759.html |
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HIGH POINT — Another chapter of restaurant history in the Triad has come to an abrupt end with the closure this week of the last Ham's American Bar & Grille.
The Palladium location at 5840 Samet Drive in High Point was the last to remain open.
"It was a very hard decision, but a necessary one," owner Rocco Scarfone told the News & Record on Friday. The restaurant, he said, had not had enough staffing to fully open and operate as it normally would.
"It's gotten worse over the past eight months," he said.
Continuing to operate without adequate staffing would be unfair to customers and existing staff — a concern as the busy football season approaches, Scarfone said. In addition, rising prices on nearly everything the restaurant relies on week to week, he said, also factored into the decision.
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A message to customers on the restaurant's website and Facebook page reads, in part:
"Due to the financial hardship sustained during Covid and the inability to staff adequately it is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that Ham's had closed permanently."
It mentioned the many memories — family celebrations, karaoke or listening to a favorite band — that became part of patrons' lives over the decades.
The message continued: "We are very grateful for all the many guests throughout the years that allowed us to serve them and for our regulars who were always there to support us! We really appreciate you and hope to see you in the future!"
The last Greensboro location of Ham's closed in late October 2019 at 1635 New Garden Road. At that time, Scarfone said in a statement he was “unable to obtain a lease extension with mutually agreeable terms.”
The restaurant opened in an old J. Butler’s Bar and Grill location at Garden Creek Shopping Center about seven years prior after closing its location at nearby Brassfield Shopping Center.
Scarfone was a managing partner in a company that bought the iconic Ham’s chain from a bankruptcy auction in 2010.
When Scarfone took over the chain, it included a dozen locations in North Carolina and Virginia, including the original restaurant on West Friendly Avenue, which opened in 1935.
That location became a victim to the bankruptcy proceedings, and Scarfone sold it to developer Marty Kotis. The restaurant has since reopened as several concepts.
But don't close the book on Ham's just yet. Scarfone owns the trademark, and he would consider opening another Ham's in the Triad if conditions were favorable for it to succeed.
"Time will tell," he said Friday. "If things change down the road, there's a strong possibility of a Ham's opening up." | https://greensboro.com/business/local/last-hams-location-closes-ending-decades-of-its-restaurant-history-at-least-for-now/article_099d8b9a-0463-11ed-812a-0f38ab0de11a.html | 2022-07-15T23:33:44 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/business/local/last-hams-location-closes-ending-decades-of-its-restaurant-history-at-least-for-now/article_099d8b9a-0463-11ed-812a-0f38ab0de11a.html |
RAVENSWOOD, WV (WOWK) — Construction is underway at Ravenswood Riverfront Park in Jackson County, West Virginia.
Improvements to the area include a new marina with docking sites and a refueling point for boaters on the Ohio River.
“There’s going to be an opportunity where they can fill up right on the spot without having to go anywhere else,” says Ravenswood Mayor Josh Miller. “They can stop right here, do what they need to do, eat, shop. There’s a transient boat dock.”
Mayor Miller also says there are plans to build a multi-sport complex and a walking bridge from downtown Ravenswood to the park. The improvements aim to spark the small business economy downtown and create a ripple effect throughout the community.
“Once this project is completed, it will change the entire region for the next 100 years,” Miller says. “The economic impact will be felt throughout the entire region and be a welcoming site for people crossing the Ohio River to enter our wonderful state. This is just the beginning.”
Mayor Miller says he plans to have this project completed by the end of his four-year term. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/ravenswood-riverfront-park-gets-new-boat-docks/ | 2022-07-15T23:34:28 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/ravenswood-riverfront-park-gets-new-boat-docks/ |
FAIRLEA, WV (WOWK) – A sign of the times will be visible this summer at the West Virginia State Fair.
In a move to keep fairgoers safe, CEO Kelly Collins said, an “open gate” metal detector system will be set up for people to walk through upon entrance.
Collins told 13 News that they liked this system because people won’t have to empty their pockets or bags.
If something is detected they can pull that person to the side to keep the line moving.
Collins said that over the years large bags have always been subject to search at the fair. He also said it wasn’t an easy decision, but one they didn’t take lightly.
The State Fair of West Virginia runs August 11-20. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-state-fair-to-use-new-metal-detector-system/ | 2022-07-15T23:34:34 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-state-fair-to-use-new-metal-detector-system/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — Citing future operational changes within the organization, a City of Austin spokesperson on Friday confirmed the City will be discontinuing its contracts with homeless services provider Front Steps Inc.
According to a statement provided by the City, the decision was made after Front Steps' board of directors identified a need for strategic changes within the organization in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Currently, Front Steps helps operate the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH), which is located in Downtown Austin at Seventh and Neches Streets, near the Red River entertainment district.
The 100-bed shelter, which opened in 2004, includes a large common-use room, public showers, public restrooms, storage lockers, laundry facilities, a kitchen and dining room, a computer room and offices for staff to provide services to clients experiencing homelessness. There is also a clinic located on the first floor.
The City's full statement can be read below:
"The City of Austin supports a wide array of critical social services for people experiencing homelessness, which are delivered primarily via contractual agreements with community nonprofit organizations. The City monitors both programmatic outcomes and the organizational stability of its vendors. Technical support and resources are provided to help organizations fulfill effective services of the highest quality for members of our community. This need has greatly increased due to environmental and operational challenges due to the pandemic.
"Over the past several months, City staff have been in conversation with the board of directors of one of those vendors, Front Steps, regarding organizational challenges faced by the nonprofit, and enlisted a third-party consultant to help guide the development of an action plan.
"After much discussion, the Board has identified a need for an intensive strategy and reimagining of the organization to better prepare its staff and leaders to provide Homeless services in the wake of the pandemic. While Front Steps redefines its operations, the City has determined that all Front Steps contracts will be discontinued no later than Sept. 30, 2022. This will ensure the continuity of City funded services.
"Over the years, Front Steps Inc. staff and board members have shown dedication to serving individuals who are experiencing homelessness. However, to minimize potential disruption of services for clients, the City is identifying alternate nonprofit vendors to assume city-funded programs currently delivered by Front Steps.
"The City of Austin will continue to support quality services for those experiencing homelessness and looks forward to working diligently and collaboratively to secure critical elements of our homeless services."
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Mexico captures infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero
MEXICO CITY — Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking, an official with Mexico's navy confirmed Friday.
The source was not authorized to speak publicly and agreed to confirm the action only if not quoted by name. No further details about the capture were immediately available.
Caro Quintero walked free in 2013 after 28 years in prison when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. The brutal murder marked a low point in U.S.-Mexico relations.
Who is Rafael Caro Quintero?
Caro Quintero, the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, had since returned to drug trafficking and unleashed bloody turf battles in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has maintained that he is not interested in detaining drug lords and prefers to avoid violence.
An appeals court overturned Caro Quintero's verdict, but the Supreme Court upheld the sentence. It was too late by then; Caro Quintero was spirited off in a waiting vehicle.
Why Rafael Caro Quintero was on the FBI's most wanted list
He was on the FBI's most wanted list, with a $20 million reward for his capture through the State Department's Narcotics Rewards Program. He was added to the FBI's top 10 most wanted list in 2018.
Caro Quintero was one of the primary suppliers of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana to the United States in the late 1970s. He blamed Camarena for a raid on a marijuana plantation in 1984. In 1985, Camarena was kidnapped in Guadalajara, allegedly on orders from Caro Quintero. His tortured body was found a month later.
The DEA did not immediately comment. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2022/07/15/mexico-captures-infamous-drug-lord-rafael-caro-quintero/10074387002/ | 2022-07-15T23:39:53 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2022/07/15/mexico-captures-infamous-drug-lord-rafael-caro-quintero/10074387002/ |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Employees from Labels by Pulizzi, a business in Williamsport, spent the day volunteering at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.
Vince Pulizzi says he and his employees want to help the local community during tough times.
"A lot of families are really feeling the squeeze and struggling to make sure they have enough healthy food to feed themselves and their families."
Canned food, cereal, juice, and more goods were packed into each box. Each employee had their own job in the packing line.
"We had to split up into two groups, so it actually worked out pretty good. We are doing a little competition to see which group can pack the most boxes the most accurately."
The food bank in Williamsport provided 17.1 million pounds of food to 13 counties over the past year. With inflation being at a 40-year high, the food bank is seeing more people in need.
"We are certainly not as high as we were during the height of the pandemic, but compared to any time before that, we are at a record level of need and distributions. So, things are very busy," said Joe Arthur with the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.
The company helped pack 400 boxes for the Senior Food Box program.
If you or a group would like to volunteer to pack food, you can sign-up here.
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Check out WNEP's YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/williamsport-business-helps-food-bank-in-time-of-need-central-pennsylvania-food-bank-inflation/523-2a4b5eaf-0ef2-4e56-aea9-32430b4005e9 | 2022-07-15T23:43:31 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/williamsport-business-helps-food-bank-in-time-of-need-central-pennsylvania-food-bank-inflation/523-2a4b5eaf-0ef2-4e56-aea9-32430b4005e9 |
When one is interviewing for a new job, it's important to be prepared. That includes looking the part. But professional clothing can sometimes cost more than that first paycheck. That's why Geisinger is opening its Career Closet to the public.
"With certain times such as now through the pandemic, it gets a little difficult to afford some clothing, so we just wanted to help out and show our community that we support it," Greg Titus, Geisinger, said.
Geisinger originally started its Career Closet for Geisinger employees looking to move into different roles within the company. The health system recently opened it to the public.
"We're just here to help the public and promote a standing employer in the community," Titus said.
The Career Closet consists of professional clothing in sizes XS-XXXL and shoe sizes 5-8.5. Jhumur Ray of Danville found what she was looking for.
"I'm just really thankful to Geisinger for the Career Closet. It's going to be helpful. The clothing is really nice and in really good shape," Ray said.
Geisinger's Career Center opened right before the pandemic hit and this is also open to the public.
"Opportunities to get some career advice and to look for opportunities to move into different jobs at Geisinger," Titus said. "Or if they were unemployed to come in and see what Geisinger could offer them."
The Career Closet and Career Center are located in downtown Danville and are open every Thursday and Friday in July. To make an appointment click here.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/montour-county/geisinger-opens-career-closet-to-the-public-clothes-closet/523-bbeca1f4-fbe3-4c50-aee1-568a3338eb7b | 2022-07-15T23:43:31 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/montour-county/geisinger-opens-career-closet-to-the-public-clothes-closet/523-bbeca1f4-fbe3-4c50-aee1-568a3338eb7b |
SEDONA, Ariz. — Fire crews are currently fighting the Committee Fire burning 4 miles east of Sedona, located on the back side of Munds Mountain Friday afternoon.
The fire has stretched 15 acres, according to the Coconino National Forest Service.
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The Coconino National Forest said the fire was first reported around 12:20 p.m. and is moving north at a moderate rate of speed. At this time no structures are threatened.
A 50% chance of precipitation is forecasted in the area Friday evening.
Travelers on Interstate 17 can expect smoke throughout the day. The forest service said the fire was likely caused by lightning.
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Wildfire Go-Kit:
Residents in wildfire-prone areas are urged to have an emergency supplies kit to bring with them if they are evacuated from their homes, especially as Arizona residents are beginning to see early widespread fire activity throughout the state.
An emergency supply kit should be put together long before a wildfire or another disaster occurs. Make sure to keep it easily accessible so you can take it with you when you have to evacuate.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recommends that residents near a disaster store emergency supplies in a plastic tub, small suitcase, trash can, backpack, or other containers.
Residents should make sure they have the necessities, such as three gallons of water per person and a three-day supply of ready-to-eat food, the NFPA said. A first-aid kit, prescription medications, contact lenses, and non-prescription drugs should also be taken into account.
Copies of any important family documents, including insurance policies, identification, bank account records, and emergency contact numbers should also be taken and put into a waterproof, portable container in your kit, the NFPA said.
The association lists other items that would help in a disaster, including:
Sleeping bag or warm blanket for each person
Battery-powered or hand-cranked radio and an NOAA weather radio to receive up-to-date information
Dust mask or cotton T-shirt to filter the air
Matches in a waterproof container
Complete change of clothing including long pants, long sleeve shirts, and sturdy shoes stored in a waterproof container
Signal flare
The entire NFPA checklist of supplies can be found here. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/committee-fire-burning-east-sedona-stretching-10-acres/75-26101e66-838d-40cb-bd35-06c8c878a2fa | 2022-07-15T23:43:50 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/committee-fire-burning-east-sedona-stretching-10-acres/75-26101e66-838d-40cb-bd35-06c8c878a2fa |
The Egyptian Theatre will be showing the film, The Princess Bride on Friday, July 29, at 7 p.m. and on Saturday, July 30, at 2 and 7 p.m.
Tickets for the movie can be purchased the day and time of the showing at the Egyptian Theatre box office, as well as concessions. Prices for Egyptian Theatre members are $4 for adults, $3 for seniors, and $2 for children. Prices for the general public are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and $3 for children. This film is rated PG so please be advised.
Learn more about the Egyptian Theatre, this and other upcoming events by visiting their website (egyptiantheatreoregon.com), facebook.com/egyptiantheatrecoosbay or by calling 541-269-8650. For other questions and rental inquiries, contact ariel.peasley.etpa@gmail.com or at 541-808-8295. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/egyptian-theatre-showing-the-princess-bride/article_61790960-02fc-11ed-aa21-b7c70455054e.html | 2022-07-15T23:44:14 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/egyptian-theatre-showing-the-princess-bride/article_61790960-02fc-11ed-aa21-b7c70455054e.html |
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — A second person has died following a deadly Adams County crash.
Kunjithapatham Chockkalingam, 75, passed away at Wellspan York Hospital at 12:05 a.m. on July 15.
Chockkalingham was reportedly the driver of the vehicle. His cause of death was an intracranial head bleed due to complications following the crash.
73-year-old Vasanthakumari Chockkaungam, his wife, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash off the on-ramp to US Route 15 northbound from Carlisle Pike in Huntington Township.
According to reports, the car left the road, crossed over the grass median, and hit an embankment, causing it to overturn.
Kunjithapatham Chockkalingam had been receiving treatment from the crash over the past two weeks. However, his condition continued to decline until his death.
There will be no autopsy. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/second-person-dies-in-adams-county-crash-kunjithapatham-chockkalingam/521-960b9eb7-b21e-4325-933f-17b389e133ed | 2022-07-15T23:52:21 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/second-person-dies-in-adams-county-crash-kunjithapatham-chockkalingam/521-960b9eb7-b21e-4325-933f-17b389e133ed |
CROWN POINT — "What did you put on your pizza today?"
"Pepperoni," 4-year-old Tatum Ballentine told his mom as he handed her a plastic pizza dotted with red circles.
Jaclyn Ballentine takes her son to the library every Wednesday throughout the summer. She finds consistency helps him stay occupied; luckily the interactive play area at the Crown Point Community Library can keep him entertained for hours.
"He will make a whole hour out of bringing the menu to me," Ballentine said before picking up a slice of the plastic pie.
The interactive play area first opened in January of 2020, but had to close just two months later when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
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Lined by shelves and tables, it would have been difficult for children to socially distance in the small space, Library Director Julie Wendorf said.
The play area finally reopened this June and children more than ready to explore it.
"I kept hearing, 'When is it going to open again?'" Wendorf said.
In 2018, the Birdzell family donated $10,000 to the library to help expand children's programming in memory of Sharon Greening, a longtime Region teacher who died in 2017.
Much of the donation went towards purchasing furniture for the interactive play area. The Crown Point Lions Club donated another $10,000, which went towards buying toys and books for the space.
The theme of the interactive play area changes every month, with setups including a post office, farmers' market, ice cream parlor, veterinary office and, the July theme, pizza parlor. The pizza boxes featured logos from all the local pizza shops and the shelves are stacked with pizza-themed books like "Did Dinosaurs Eat Pizza?"
"Play is one of the ready-to-read skills and it also sets children up for success," Wendorf said. "That space had been empty and underutilized. Now it is a destination where children can learn, hang out and play."
The toys seen in Crown Point will also be used at the Winfield Library. "That way there is always something new at the library," Wendorf said.
After having to adjust during the pandemic, running a curbside book pickup, hosting weekly story times at the fairgrounds and even rolling a computer cart out beneath the library awning so kids could complete "school work in the greenspace," Wendorf said this is the library's first summer operating at full capacity.
"We are so excited to have the interactive area open again," Wendorf said as a stream of children wandered over to the mock pizza shop. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crown-point/watch-now-crown-point-library-reopens-interactive-play-area/article_e2f5253e-38d7-52a1-8e44-6be42fb458d2.html | 2022-07-15T23:52:31 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crown-point/watch-now-crown-point-library-reopens-interactive-play-area/article_e2f5253e-38d7-52a1-8e44-6be42fb458d2.html |
ALTAVISTA, Va. – Good news for drivers!
Gas prices across Central and Southwest Virginia are sliding back down.
The national average still sits at $4.57 a gallon, while the average price across the Commonwealth is about $4.36.
Your lowest price in the Southwest region would be in Craig County, where the average there is $4.11.
But those are only average prices.
Our 10 News team found that some of the lowest prices are in Altavista.
On Friday morning, the team saw gas for $3.88 along U.S. Route 29.
Drivers could find lower prices in town at $3.39 a gallon – and it was even cheaper at the Altavista Walmart, with a regular gallon of gas costing $3.29. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/central-southwest-virginia-where-you-can-fill-up-for-as-low-as-329-a-gallon/ | 2022-07-15T23:52:32 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/central-southwest-virginia-where-you-can-fill-up-for-as-low-as-329-a-gallon/ |
GRUNDY, Va. – Buchanan County is still recovering from the devastation caused by major flooding in the area during Tuesday night’s storms.
Big and small companies and organizations, community members, and others from across the region have been pitching in to help out the families displaced by the floodwaters.
Now, two more companies are stepping in to make a difference: Lowe’s and Campers Care.
Lowe’s announced on Friday that they will be distributing 200 free buckets with goggles, water bottles, respirators, disinfectant wipes, and more, which are exactly what the community needs, according to Katie Carter with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
Lowe’s also said they will be donating 50 Caterpillar generators and 96 gas can containers to help those who have lost power.
Not only will they donate the much-needed supplies, but Lowe’s also said that roughly twelve associates from their location nearby will be on-site to help pass out the supplies.
There were many families devastated by the destruction caused by the storms, and officials said that they estimated over 100 homes to be damaged, some homes even damaged beyond repair.
Another organization, the Gretna-based Campers Care Ministry wants to provide temporary housing for the displaced residents of Grundy – they’re going to provide temporary housing in camping trailers.
The ministry said they are preparing their two available units to be taken to Grundy, and they plan to purchase another two campers to deploy to the area.
If you’re interested in helping this community, you can find ways to donate here. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/more-organizations-pitching-in-to-help-those-affected-in-buchanan-flooding/ | 2022-07-15T23:52:38 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/more-organizations-pitching-in-to-help-those-affected-in-buchanan-flooding/ |
RICHMOND, Va, – People are upset and want to see a change to the budget amendment that the General Assembly passed which keeps more than 500 people from getting released.
Angela Adinolfi is still processing how a change in a budget amendment impacted seeing her husband Quinton, who has been serving time since 2013.
“Just shock and awe in the very beginning, we were like ‘Wait a second, did that just happen?’” Angela said.
Instead of Quinton being released by 2029, it could be longer.
“That was a hard conversation to have, and it’s almost like a smack in the face when you’ve been doing everything the right way,” Angela said.
The change will keep Quinton from getting out early and gets rid of the enhanced earned credit.
“What this did, though, the budget amendment is that it removed about 560 individuals in that first 60 days of released,” Jerry Fitz with the Virginia Department of Corrections said.
Staff with the Virginia Department of Corrections said the enhanced earned credit would allow those serving to get more time off their sentences.
“Essentially, you had individuals who had an excluded crime but also got the benefit for the 15 days for thirty,” Fitz said.
WSLS caught up with Attorney General Jason Miyares about the governor’s amendment.
“The governor put forth a budget amendment just focusing on the most violent of violent offenders,” Miyares said.
Miyares said the purpose of the amendment was to keep those sentenced for 1st and 2nd-degree murder or rape not eligible to have time reduced from their sentence.
“One of the worst things you can do is have violent offenders be released early and then repeat the crime,” Miyares said.
Angela feels that is not the case.
“If they are doing everything they can to stay out of trouble and focus on rehabilitation, then why aren’t we trusting that system,” Angela said.
Angela plans to host a rally with the Humanization Project about the amendment’s changes and future plans on Sunday, July 24. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/people-in-prison-expecting-an-early-release-staying-behind-bars-because-of-a-budget-amendment/ | 2022-07-15T23:52:44 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/15/people-in-prison-expecting-an-early-release-staying-behind-bars-because-of-a-budget-amendment/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A Wichita family is left rebuilding after a house fire destroyed everything.
Sunday afternoon, while running errands, Bonnie Hubertus got a call from her mom that firefighters were surrounding her home on W. 31st Street.
“I just didn’t know what was going on. So I turned around and pull back over 31st Street, and my whole house is up in flames,” Hubertus said.
The home Hubertus grew up in was gone.
“From the time the call went out to 911 till the time they got there was four and a half minutes, and it was gone. I mean, I’m just, I can’t even explain it. It’s devastating,” she said.
The fire destroyed all of their belongings inside.
“I cried the day that the firemen were there. I was upset, but it didn’t sink in to process until Monday. I sat and had a literal breakdown,” Hubertus said.
Items destroyed include her 11-year-old son’s leg prosthetics that he has used since he was two.
Courtesy: Bonnie Hubertus
“Well, he can’t walk like a normal person, so he is down on the ground on all fours to crawl. He does hop now. He hops very well everywhere. He goes on one leg, but he can’t do that forever. It exhausts him to do it,” she explained.
These last few days have been a whirlwind for Hubertus as she tries to figure out how to rebuild.
“I just need help, but I hate asking for help. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know where to go,” she said.
If you’re interested in helping out bonnie and her son, click here. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/house-fire-destroys-familys-belongings-including-11-year-old-boys-leg-prosthetics/ | 2022-07-16T00:01:35 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/house-fire-destroys-familys-belongings-including-11-year-old-boys-leg-prosthetics/ |
'Food Truck Alley' to provide lunch options, streamlined permitting
The City of Lubbock is gearing up for an event that will provide an opportunity for food truck operators to conveniently obtain required city permits and for the community to sample a wide variety of fare from Lubbock's booming food truck scene.
Dubbed "Food Truck Alley," the first event is scheduled for Tuesday in the northwest parking lot of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. The city's Environmental Health Department and Fire Marshall's Office will be on hand to conduct required inspections from 10 a.m. to noon for vendors that have not yet received permits.
Fully permitted food trucks can serve customers in the lot from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and citizens are encouraged to stop by and grab a bite to eat.
"(Downtown) Lubbock is kind of dead during the week, and we thought it'd be great to bring some variety of food," said Fire Marshal Alan Martin, one of the organizers of the event. "It's kind of become a collaborative effort to just do something neat and provide some variety in downtown for lunchtime for folks working down here, and allow these food vendors the time to showcase their stuff, with no additional fees, or charge or anything."
The event is open to all food trucks with current city permits, who should show up before 10:30 a.m. to secure a spot on a first-come, first-served basis, the city says. Participation is free.
Food trucks that need new permits should come at the designated inspection time and will be allowed to serve customers at the event if they successfully obtain their permits then.
The city says Food Truck Alley is designed to streamline the inspection process for new vendors and establish a place to "build Lubbock's growing food truck community."
"Anybody who's been in Lubbock now for the last 5-10 years has probably noticed an increase in mobile food trucks, trailers, you name it," Martin said. "The Environmental Health Department and the Fire Marshal's Offices are teaming up, and we do this "one-stop shop" is what we've called it, where they need our (fire) inspection and they need an environmental health (inspection), so we want to try and make it convenient."
Next month's Food Truck Alley event is scheduled for Aug. 16. The permitting portion of the event will occur each week on Tuesdays. | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/15/food-truck-alley-to-provide-lunch-options-streamlined-permitting/65373533007/ | 2022-07-16T00:03:28 | 0 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/15/food-truck-alley-to-provide-lunch-options-streamlined-permitting/65373533007/ |
Early voting has been underway for two weeks, and Natrona County residents are turning out.
Natrona County Clerk Tracy Good said her office is seeing “more voters than normal during a non-presidential election.”
“It feels like we’re busier right off the bat,” she said.
As of Friday morning, 446 people had voted at the clerk's office. Elections officials have sent out roughly 1,500 mail ballots, getting 200 back so far.
In a non-presidential election year — also known as a midterm election — fewer voters typically turn out. Good partially attributes this year's above normal turnout to some “key races.”
One of the most closely watched midterm races in the nation is taking place in Wyoming: Rep. Liz Cheney’s reelection bid. Cheney is being challenged by Harriet Hageman, a natural resources attorney backed by former President Donald Trump.
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For many, the race reflects their views on Trump, whom Cheney says is a threat to democracy and the rule of law. Cheney's opposition to Trump and his unfounded claims of voter fraud have resulted in increasing support from her among Democrats. Many Democrats and independents have told the Star-Tribune say they plan to cross over and vote for Cheney in the Republican primary.
In Wyoming, it's easy to switch your party affiliation -- even on the day of the primary -- to vote in a different party's election. The practice is known as crossover voting.
Good says she's noticed a lot of party changes. Secretary of State data also indicates that many left-leaning Wyomingites are planning to cross over.
From January to July, the number of affiliated Democrats in the state decreased by 2,537. In 2018 and 2014 -- the previous two midterm election cycles -- that number was only 21 and 177, respectively.
Independent registration also bucked previous trends. From January to July, independent (or unaffiliated) registration decreased by 419, whereas in the last two midterm election cycles it increased. In 2018, the number of independents grew by 332. In 2014, they increased by 512.
While the U.S. House race has national attention, there are some other hotly contested races on the state level, likely also contributing to the turnout. The superintendent of public instruction has a Republican field with a number of formidable candidates. What’s more, this seat was vacated by previous superintendent Jillian Balow, creating a more wide-open race. The position was filled by Brian Schroeder, presumably giving him a bit of a leg up in terms of name recognition.
This is the first major election following the 2020 presidential election, in which Trump and his allies sewed deep seeds of doubt about the security of the nation’s elections. But that message does not appear to have gained traction in Natrona County, at least as it pertains to the state’s elections, Good said.
“We don't hear much negativity about voter fraud here in Wyoming.”
This is the first major election in Wyoming since the Legislature passed a voter ID law. Opponents of this law have argued that it creates undue barriers on the process of voting. But in Natrona County, the law doesn't appear to be causing issues, Good said.
"People are glad that we’re asking for ID to vote," she said. "No one seems to have any heartburn about that."
The following forms of ID are acceptable:
- WY driver’s license or ID Card;
- tribal ID card;
- valid U.S. passport;
- U.S. military card;
- driver’s license or ID card from another state;
- University of Wyoming student ID;
- Wyoming community college student ID;
- Wyoming public school student ID'
- Valid Medicare insurance card;
- Valid Medicaid insurance card.
If you do not have one of the listed documents, you may obtain a free Wyoming identification card from the local driver services office. If you are not registered yet, you will also need a valid form of ID to register (this is not a new law in Wyoming).
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While escalating rents in the Tucson area are cause for concern among tenants, they are also a source of frustration for officials trying to address the problem.
Some older apartment complexes, that once offered affordable housing units, are being sold to investors who make cosmetic upgrades and increase rents.
Meanwhile, the government is sitting on a pot of money to help landlords keep their properties in the affordable housing supply.
It is not a problem unique to the local market.
In June, the national median asking rent surpassed $2,000 for the first time, versus $1,599 this time last year — an increase of 28%
In Tucson, the median asking rent is $1,965 — up from $1,251 in 2021, a 57% increase.
The reason is a lack of housing units because:
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• An influx of remote workers from more expensive west coast markets has allowed landlords to charge premium rents.
• Developers of new complexes often face pushback from residents opposed to density, congestion and noise.
• And, Tucson has historically been an inexpensive market, so investors have snapped up rental properties in response to these factors.
Incentives available, but few takers
The Arizona Department of Housing has about $185 million to support affordable housing projects.
Of that, $10 million is earmarked for landlords to keep their complexes affordable. If landlords receive government assistance for their complexes, they are required to keep them affordable for 15 years.
"Once you reach the 15-year timeframe for keeping them affordable, state law allows the owner to sell the property on the open market and that's what's happening," said Tom Simplot, the department's director. "We're trying to encourage these operators to come back to us in exchange for adding 15 years."
Arizona offers between $30,000 and $60,000 per unit for upgrades if landlords will keep them affordable.
"We've had no takers," Simplot said, "so we still have money left in that pot."
He said developers can qualify for federal low-income tax credits if projects are built near transit or job sites, but the state cannot require developments be affordable housing.
In Tucson there is a pilot program to incentivize affordable housing by giving developers more heights or less parking requirements if some of the units are affordable.
"They're ahead of the game," Simplot said.
The challenge is getting past neighbors who don't want tall buildings blocking their city or mountain views.
"We know NIMBYism is real," Simplot said. "We're looking for examples from other states on how they're getting around resistance because right now there are no incentives for neighbors to compromise."
He said the government's role is to facilitate developers' ability to build with tools such as rezoning or building entitlements.
"The government doesn't build buildings," Simplot said. "Without our private partners, housing doesn't get built."
Working to fill the housing need
One of those partners, Newport SW LLC, is about to break ground on its second affordable housing complex in Tucson.
The outfit is a joint venture between Newport Partners in Irvine, California, and Sabino Community Development Resources in Tucson.
The first complex was the 40-unit Newport at Amphi, on Prince Road and Stone Avenue, that opened in December and was fully rented by the end of January, said David Wohl, the company's president.
The next complex, the 77-unit Newport at the Rodeo, will go up at 5301 S. Nogales Highway, just south of Irvington Road.
Rents in the complexes range from a low of $588 for a one-bedroom unit to $988 for a three-bedroom unit.
The 25-year company has always specialized in affordable housing, Wohl said.
"It's a feel-good business and we're comfortable doing what we do," he said. "That's our niche."
The new complex will have 19 units that are project-based rental subsidies, which means Section 8 vouchers are assigned to the project, not to the tenant and people who make as little as 30% the area median income can qualify.
That is about $44,000 for a household or $25,000 for an individual.
Wohl said the appeal of the Nogales Highway site, which sits on vacant land, was its proximity to the El Pueblo Community Center, schools and bus lines.
The company is not interested in building market rate apartments at this time but is interested in buying an older, rundown complex and fixing it up.
But those complexes go quickly, and expensively, to investors.
"Some people are paying millions for these not-so-great apartments, slapping on a coat of paint and doubling the rents," Wohl said.
Landlords looking to get out of the business are commanding high dollar.
"Sometimes they're paying up to $300,000 per door," he said of the price some investors will pay per unit. "We can't compete with that."
The Newport at the Rodeo complex is expected by be complete by the end of 2023.
Information on applications is expected to be announced in the fall.
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Peters touts Gordie Howe International Bridge will be 'model for ports of entry'
Detroit — Michigan U.S. Sen. Gary Peters and Chris Magnus, commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, detailed plans Friday for a new customs plaza and safety upgrades as a second international bridge is erected between Detroit and Windsor.
The new customs plaza for the Gordie Howe International Bridge, expected to be located off of Jefferson Avenue in southwest Detroit, is planned to be large enough to fit more than 100 football fields, Peters said. It is also expected to have more advanced technology screening than the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit and Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Peters and Magnus said.
"People will realize that when this opens, it will be a model for ports across the country in the future," said Peters, D-Bloomfield Township.
The bridge's towers, which have been under construction since 2019, are expected to be completed by the end of this year and span 262 feet.
Peters said additional personnel and equipment are needed to secure ports of entry on the northern border and maintain Michigan’s status as a hub for international commerce. The senator said he helped secure more than $90 million for non-intrusive inspection systems relying on sensors to screen cargo coming across and $3.8 billion to help CBP upgrade border facilities.
Peters secured the first federal funding, $15 million for inspection and screening systems for the Gordie Howe bridge, in 2019. He has introduced legislation to require CBP to hire 600 additional officers a year until the agency’s staffing needs are met.
"We know when this bridge opens and the facility is operational, they will have the absolutely best and top-of-the-line security systems put in place immediately," said Peters, who who chairs the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Peters hosted Magnus as they toured the construction site of the Gordie Howe bridge that's expected to open in 2024. Once completed, the bridge will join the Ambassador Bridge in serving the nation's second-busiest border crossing.
"If Michigan were a country, we would be the second-largest trading partner to Canada and that's what drives us forward and is an essential project to the future of our state," Peters said.
The Ambassador Bridge port entry also has X-ray vehicle screenings, said Magnus, a Michigan native. But "the complexities of what's being done (at Gordie Howe) are more complicated," he said, but wouldn't share more details. "This technology uses biometrics that continues to evolve and expand."
Modifying older bridge ports of entry is a challenge, Magnus said, adding there's limited space and most were not designed for the advanced technology that's being implemented, including truck X-ray screenings, license plate readers and electronic manifests.
"It's great to have a facility that's designed to be operational in this way from Day One. And we'll have a greater capacity as technology continues to evolve to be able to accommodate the progress," Magnus said about the Gordie Howe span.
Peters said he is committed to funding security improvement through the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package passed this year "so we can get state of the art screening in all of our facilities all across the country, but that will take time."
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Oakland judge limits pretrial publicity in case of parents of alleged Oxford High shooter
Pontiac — An Oakland County Circuit judge issued a gag order Friday in the case involving the parents of the accused Oxford High School shooter.
Oakland County Circuit Judge Cheryl Matthews noted in her ruling that there would be no sanctions against the Oakland County prosecutor for pretrial statements made about the pending criminal case.
Matthews said the order would "protect the rights of the accused as well as the people to a fair trial."
Matthews' ruling was in response to defense attorneys' requests asking Prosecutor Karen McDonald to be sanctioned for allegedly making “unethical and inappropriate” remarks about their clients, James and Jennifer Crumbley, who have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of four Oxford teens.
Attorneys Shannon M. Smith and Mariell R. Lehman argued the Crumbleys were being deprived of a fair trial due to the prosecutor making statements to the media about the defendants' personal habits, including horseback riding, alcohol and marijuana use, premarital affairs and allegedly neglecting the emotional and mental health needs of their son, Ethan Crumbley. Ethan Crumbley has been charged in the four deaths and the wounding of seven others at the school on Nov. 30. Prosecutors said a handgun was bought for him by his parents.
His trial is set for Jan. 17. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.
The attorneys claimed McDonald’s statements and others made by assistant prosecutors in court proceedings violated ethical standards and tainted the potential jury pool.
Last month, Matthews denied another defense motion for a change of venue to outside of Oakland County. Matthews said enough potential jurors could be found who could decide the facts based on evidence and testimony at the trial.
The Crumbleys’ trial is scheduled for Oct. 24. If convicted, they each could face 15 years in prison.
Matthews restated in her ruling that “based on an agreement from the prosecution” that neither the prosecution nor defense attorneys would engage in extrajudicial public statements about the case to the media but still can confer with potential witnesses, experts and victims.
Attorneys could not be immediately reached for comment Friday.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The 3rd annual Hoppy Possum Southern Brewers Cup will take place this September at TVA Credit Union Ballpark in Johnson City.
Hoppy Possum will showcase homebrew culture and creativity in their Southern Brewers Cup. According to a release, attendees can experience a hybrid festival format that keeps the best aspects of a craft beer festival like fancy tasting glasses, unlimited tastings, music and food trucks, in combination with a homebrew competition.
Homebrewers across the nation will be taking place in the competition for $10,000 in cash prizes.
“Hoppy Possum is a place beer lovers are going to find new, exciting, experimental, and creative craft beer,” said festival director, Gavin Andrews. “We have brewers coming in from across the US bringing their interpretations of your favorite styles”
The “people’s choice” format ensures brewers will offer particularly exciting and experimental creations in an effort to stand out among the expected 175 different beers, ciders, meads, and seltzers.
Hoppy Possum: Southern Brewers Cup takes place on September 24. VIP entry begins at 1 p.m. with general admission following at 2 p.m.
Attendees will pay a gate fee that includes unlimited tastings and festival activities.
For more information visit www.hoppypossum.com or Hoppy Possum: Southern Brewers Cup Facebook. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hoppy-possum-to-hold-brewery-festival-competition/ | 2022-07-16T00:08:57 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hoppy-possum-to-hold-brewery-festival-competition/ |
HOUMA, La. — Investigators say a 2-year-old who was found dead in a Houma trash can died from severe blunt force trauma to the head.
The Houma Police Department published the cause of death of 2-year-old Ezekiel Harry on Friday, adding that the official coroner's report is still awaiting toxicology test results.
Harry's mother, Maya Jones, 28, and her live-in boyfriend Jermaine Robinson, 37, could potentially face the death penalty for the child's death.
Police said that Jones initially came to them with a report that her child had been abducted but that inconsistencies in her story immediately led them to suspect foul play. Jones' claims led to a several hour search by helicopters and boats along Bayou Terrebonne.
A few hours into the search, Police Chief Dana Coleman said that Jones led them to Ezekiel’s body, found in a trash can on Daspit Street.
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The Kenosha Unified School District is seeking volunteers to serve on its Audit/Budget/Finance, Curriculum/Program, Personnel, and Planning/Facilities committees.
Interested parties should have a background related to the committee on which they wish to serve and a desire to share their professional expertise with the district.
Prospective committee members must live in Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie or Somers and submit a letter of intent citing qualifications and reasons they wish to serve. Selected members will serve a one-year term and will be required to attend the quarterly meetings, which are slated for 5 p.m. or later on Oct. 11, 2022, Feb. 14, 2023, April 11, 2023, and June 13, 2023.
Interested parties should mail letters of intent to the Educational Support Center, ATTN: Stacy Stephens, 3600 52nd St., Kenosha, WI 53144, no later than Friday, Aug. 5. They also may be faxed to 262-359-7672, emailed to srstephe@kusd.edu, or dropped off at the Educational Support Center between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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At least five vehicles were involved in a multi-vehicle crash on the I-94 interchange at 71st Street Friday afternoon. No official information on the status of the occupants was available as of 5:30 Friday afternoon.
The crash occurred sometime around 4 p.m., involving a black Hyundai sedan, a black Nissan SUV, a red Subaru hatchback, a red sedan of unknown make, and a silver SUV of unknown make.
Several of the vehicles' occupants seemed to be walking around, with one man taking a jacket and other belongings from the black Nissan SUV which had rolled.
The Kenosha Fire Department and Kenosha County Sheriff's Department were on-scene. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-at-least-five-vehicles-involved-in-multi-vehicle-crash-at-i-94/article_3ec645be-048b-11ed-94bd-ebf5403ea946.html | 2022-07-16T00:11:28 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-at-least-five-vehicles-involved-in-multi-vehicle-crash-at-i-94/article_3ec645be-048b-11ed-94bd-ebf5403ea946.html |
State holds off on demolition of Lighthouse Inn to test for hazardous building materials
NARRAGANSETT – The state has put on hold demolition of the former Lighthouse Inn, the shuttered building in the Port of Galilee at the center of a dispute with Narragansett town officials and residents.
The Department of Environmental Management announced on Friday that it needs to conduct a hazardous building materials assessment before the structure can be razed.
“This assessment will determine the presence and extent of hazardous materials, including potentially asbestos, which would need to be addressed for either demolition or redevelopment of the building and/or site,” Terrence Gray, director of the state agency, said in a statement. “Consideration of any changes to the leases at the site will be suspended until this assessment is completed and an accurate estimate of the cost of remediation is available.”
The assessment is expected to take 90 days once a contractor is hired, Gray said. The results will be shared with Narragansett officials and posted on the DEM website for the public.
More:Critics say plans for Galilee's Lighthouse Inn look like a parking lot with token shops
The decision to put the project on hold is just the latest development in a long-running debate over the future of the former inn, which occupies a prominent spot off Great Island Road. The 5-acre parcel is owned by the DEM and leased to PRI X, the arm of the Cranston-based Procaccianti Companies that once operated the now-decrepit motel and still uses the land for parking.
Town Council members and other residents believe that the developer fell into breach of its lease when it stopped operating the Lighthouse Inn as a motel in 2017 or, in their opinion, maintaining it properly. The critics met with the attorney general’s office to air their complaints, but there has been no action so far by the office.
The DEM kicked off a process last year to solicit proposals for reusing the land, but the agency rejected all three proposals submitted. They included proposals from PRI X, for a strip of storefronts and the future construction of a hotel, and the Town of Narragansett, for a hotel with a restaurant, event space and gallery.
Instead of going forward with those plans, or another from iCellAqua for a wastewater processing facility, the agency said it would maintain two of the three lots on the property for parking and take down the decrepit motel to make the site more attractive for future development.
Because of the property’s proximity to the Port of Galilee, the state’s largest commercial fishing port, the request for proposals highlighted the importance of supporting the fishing industry in any redevelopment proposal.
The DEM concluded that the Narragansett and PRI X proposals would not adequately benefit the fishing industry. The iCellAqua proposal was rejected because of uncertainty about what the company was planning.
“Our focus and mission has not changed,” said DEM spokesman Michael Healey. “We still want to attract to this site a company that supports commercial fishing. At the same time, we respect the town’s frustration about how long this process has taken. We want to work with the town as best we can.” | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/15/dem-puts-hold-demolition-lighthouse-inn-test-hazardous-building-materials/10070595002/ | 2022-07-16T00:13:24 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/15/dem-puts-hold-demolition-lighthouse-inn-test-hazardous-building-materials/10070595002/ |
ATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas — The manhunt was intense when escaped prison inmate Gonzalo Lopez was speeding south through the San Antonio area and headed for the border on June 2.
Offering a window into the effort to stop a killer, Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward detailed the fast-moving, multi-faceted effort that ended with no harm to anyone except the accused.
At a time when Texans are still reeling from the massacre of Uvalde school children and teachers, Soward said he is grateful his team was successful in bringing a killing rampage to a halt in the heart of a quiet, small town neighborhood.
Soward said when he received intelligence that Lopez, accused of killing a family of five in the Centerville area northwest of Houston, might be headed into the heart of his community, he told his wife he would personally lead the hunt.
“That night I had this gut feeling that this guy was going to end up in our county and I didn’t want my guys to get into something with this fellow and me not be there,” Soward said, adding “ The most important thing – and everybody knew it – but we never talked about it - is that if this guy shows up? He doesn’t get away. He doesn’t get away with a chance to kill again.”
“The last thing we wanted him to do is get into a residential area, get into a house and take a hostage,” Soward said, adding “He had already killed five people so he’s going to kill again and we wanted to avoid that, most of all.”
Soward said with a massive cooperative effort underway by every law enforcement agency in the region, they had only moments to come up with a plan.
“Something just told me – I don’t want any of our officers stopping this guy, not knowing who he is, so I sent a message to all my officers to be on all the possible routes he would take,” Soward said.
Soward said he gathered his things and left home, knowing that the man they were after was desperate and maybe deadly.
“He did have an AR-style rifle, and we knew he would be armed. And of course, we knew he was dangerous and had nothing to lose, serving a life sentence in prison when he escaped,” Soward said.
But the hastily assembled plan to neutralize an accused killer was developed and successfully executed in a matter of minutes and Soward said he could not be more proud or grateful that when his people had to stare down a murder suspect – they didn’t blink.
The effort was massive and included Atascosa County deputies and constables and officers from Pleasanton, Jourdanton, Poteet, Lytle, DPS troopers and U.S. Marshals.
Soward said “Everybody was pleased that no officer got hurt, no civilians got hurt, nobody else was killed except the suspect and frankly we just didn’t really care about him. He had a gun and he was trying to kill us.”
A review of audio transcripts of the takedown on Broadcastify, and an interview with Soward, offers an insider’s view of an almost perfect operation.
“On this night, everything went smooth. Everybody worked together, and it did go down pretty much textbook,” Soward said.
A few minutes after 9 pm, lawmen from various agencies detailed the net they cast over several south Texas highways.
Soward said when they received intelligence that Lopez was headed south “We covered all the major roads in the county heading south, Interstate 35, Texas 16, US 281 and IH 37.”
At 9:48 pm the radio crackled: “He is armed with an AR-15 and a pistol and a whole bunch of ammo in the San Antonio area and is going to McAllen. He is in that pickup and he is armed.”
Lawmen knew what they were after: a white Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck had been stolen during the Centerville murders.
The takedown drama began around 9:57 pm when Atascosa County Chief Investigator Henry Dominguez, who works for the county’s Animal Control Authority, announced he had the suspect in his sight. Just 19 minutes later, at 10:16 pm, radio transmissions show it ended in a firefight that caused no collateral damage to any innocent civilians.
While some officers discussed how they planned to deploy spike strips to disable the truck, Dominguez announced he was following the truck.
Dominguez calmly announced he had the license plate they were after “I got a white Chevy. DPV is the first three (letters).”
Soward said at that point, they knew the battle was set, and he quietly reminded Dominguez to be careful.
Soward can be heard on the radio advising “Do not attempt to stop until we have plenty of backup,” while Dominguez replied “10-4. He’s weaving in and out of traffic.”
As Dominguez kept the truck in sight, others got ahead of the action, and deployed spikes.
Soward said the Jourdanton Police Chief set up the trap just north of town on Highway 16.
“The plan was to spike him out there and hopefully never allow him to get into town,” Soward said, adding “The spike was successful. We hit all four tires, but he kept going and we chased him into the edge of Jourdanton.”
The radio transmission calmly indicating “He’s still southbound but he’s starting to lose it. He’s going 50 mph but it was a good hit and he is losing rubber.”
After a few twists and turns west of Highway 16, the chase turned even more dangerous. Soward said “He went through a field, circled around behind a truck stop and came back out on the highway.”
At 10:13 pm there was an urgent warning to all the lawmen converging on the scene: “He’s got a gun! He’s got a gun! He hit a telephone pole. He’s still going!”
Soward said he heard the exchange of gunfire start because he was close by and he had rolled down his window so that he could track the chase.
“I heard several shots from a semi-automatic rifle, which had to be coming from him because none of our guys shot at him while he was driving on Cypress Street,” Soward said, adding Lopez was holding a rifle out the window, shooting at oncoming deputies.
“He ran off the road, jumped a curb, went down an embankment, hit a telephone pole and knocked it down and kept going until he hit a fence and that was as far as he could go,” Soward said, adding that his deputies, running toward rifle fire, returned fire.
One minute later “Shots fired! Shots fired!” was the urgent call on the radio, “He is running with a weapon!”
Soward said four lawmen returned fire to end the attack and by 10:16 pm the firefight was over.
The same deputies who stopped the rampage immediately began resuscitation efforts, but the damage, from multiple shots, was too great and Lopez was pronounced deceased, ending a crime spree that spanned 22 days and more than 400 miles across Texas.
In the intervening weeks, Soward said he has had time to reflect on the importance of bravery in the face of overwhelming danger, a topic that is top of mind for many Texans now.
Speaking of his team, who are like family members, Soward said “It’s always tough to send them out on dangerous missions, but that’s what they pay us to do.”
Soward said when it was over “It’s an overwhelming sigh of relief that’s hard to describe.”
After the heartbreak of the Uvalde massacre, Soward said Atascosa County residents have been expressing their gratitude for the way this incident ended.
“It’s pretty much like I haven’t seen it before,” Soward said, adding “I have had phone calls and messages from all over the area and I hardly think anyone has paid for a lunch in weeks, I mean, everybody wants to buy your lunch!”
“It’s good that the community appreciates law enforcement when law enforcement does something good because nowadays there’s been a trend across the United States to bash law enforcement,” Soward said, adding “but in this county we see that the citizens want and respect good law enforcement.”
“It’s good when they show it and mention it, good job, good job, I’ve heard it a hundred times in the last few weeks,” Soward said.
Soward said because he has experienced tragic results, he’s especially grateful for this outcome.
“The good guys got to go home, and that’s what we’re supposed to do, but most of all we’re supposed to protect the citizens. They’re supposed to be alive and well at the end of the night, even if we’re not. That’s our job,” Soward said.
Soward said in law enforcement, sometimes officers can go a while and not draw a lot of attention to their efforts. “I always tell people ‘Don’t pay us for what we do, but pay us for what we’re willing to do,’ and Thursday night, June the second, is a good example of that.”
“Of course I told them they did a great job and I handed out 14 commendations, and there was more people than 14 that were out there that night, but these 14 were there when it went down, in the middle of it pretty much,” Soward said.
When the shooting stopped, Soward said the job of making sure everyone in the area was safe rushed forward.
“The shooting happened in a yard and those people were not home. I think the good Lord just had that planned. I thank God they weren’t home,” Soward said, adding that the area is home to a number of senior citizens.
“There was an elderly housing unit off to the south of us, so officers knocked on all the doors and checked on people,” Soward said, relieved that no innocent person was hurt.
Soward said the officers who traded shots with Lopez were given a few days off after the Thursday gun battle, but they all were anxious to return to duty.
“We gave all those guys three days off to chill out and relax and be with their families and offered them more, but they were all ready to come back to work. They all wanted to come back on Monday and it says a lot about them,” Soward said.
The long-time sheriff, with decades of service, said “It’s a good feeling when everything goes right and it pretty much went right that night and everybody went home except the bad guy - so I’m grateful.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/ending-a-crime-spree-as-big-as-texas-an-insiders-view/273-d9f9a349-458c-4e43-9e3d-736d4db35de8 | 2022-07-16T00:14:46 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/ending-a-crime-spree-as-big-as-texas-an-insiders-view/273-d9f9a349-458c-4e43-9e3d-736d4db35de8 |
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