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A 74-year-old Brooklyn woman is in the hospital Sunday after an innocent evening on a bench nearly cost her her life.
Police responded to the Pink Houses in East New York just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday and found the woman, who'd been sitting on a bench in the complex's courtyard when she suddenly felt pain.
It turned out she'd been shot in the stomach.
The woman was taken to Brookdale Hospital and is expected to survive her wounds. An investigation is ongoing.
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The gun violence epidemic in New York City took its toll again Sunday night, with seven people shot in two hours in three separate incidents around the city.
After an out-of-control surge at the start of the year, shootings abated somewhat as the NYPD and City Hall reacted with a variety of new measures. But the last couple of weeks have seen a resurgence of gun violence, with the week ending July 10 being by far the worst of the last year for shooting incidents.
4 Shot in Brooklyn
Four people were shot in Brooklyn Sunday evening, and one victim, a teenager, was seriously wounded, a senior law enforcement official said.
The NYPD confirmed it responded to the Tilden Houses in the Brownsville section just after 8 p.m. Sunday.
According to a senior police official, one of the four victims was 16 years old and was in grave condition. Another victim was shot in the stomach, a third was grazed by a bullet and the fourth refused medical attention, the official said.
Innocent Woman Shot in Brooklyn
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The shootings at the Tilden Houses added to the toll of a violent night in Brooklyn. About 90 minutes earlier, a woman was sitting in the courtyard of the Pink Houses in East New York when a bullet struck her in the stomach.
Police responded to the Pink Houses in East New York just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday and found the woman, who'd been sitting on a bench in the complex's courtyard when she suddenly felt pain.
The woman was taken to Brookdale Hospital and is expected to survive her wounds. An investigation is ongoing.
2 Shot in the Bronx
Just before 9 p.m., the evening's third incident happened on Bristow Street in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx.
Police confirmed two females were shot; their conditions were not immediately clear. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/violence-rages-in-nyc-sunday-night-with-7-shot-in-2-hours/3778123/ | 2022-07-18T02:41:13 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/violence-rages-in-nyc-sunday-night-with-7-shot-in-2-hours/3778123/ |
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Trev Dakan has owned Saltwater City in Bellevue for more than 20 years.
While the exotic animals in his tanks are worth hundreds of dollars, thieves pass them over, preferring cash.
“They try to get the money, they can’t really take the animals so they come in and try and go through the till and find the safe," said Dakan.
Dakan said he’s seen more crime in the last ten years, but 2022 has particularly stood out.
“I see a lot more activity in the evenings when I’m here late at night,” said Dakan.
Frying Fish in a nearby strip mall has also seen an increase in crime since originally opening eight years ago.
“I think the crime is a bad thing but last year there was more crime than this year,” said Leo Liu, the owner of Frying Fish.
According to data from the Bellevue Police department, property crime did spike in 2020 and 2021.
Theft is one of the most common crimes in the area, accounting for 26 percent of incidents.
“We need to see more police around here to control that,” said Liu.
Bellevue police say because of this increase, they’re upping their patrols as part of their anti-crime initiative. Police say in the last few weeks, they’ve already made many arrests.
“It should help. Anytime they see police officers, it’ll make them think twice,” said Dakan.
While they haven’t seen a stark contrast, the patrols are a welcome sign to small business owners.
Another big issue police are focusing on is catalytic converter thefts and DUIs. Bellevue police said that larger businesses have reached out, saying they’ve already seen a decrease in crime. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/bellevue/bellevue-police-launch-initiative-decrease-crime-levels-hotspots/281-82849cdd-c782-4ac9-a4c5-ccc916572650 | 2022-07-18T02:47:08 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/bellevue/bellevue-police-launch-initiative-decrease-crime-levels-hotspots/281-82849cdd-c782-4ac9-a4c5-ccc916572650 |
LOVEJOY, Ga. — An 18-year-old girl was allegedly forced into her ex-boyfriend's car at gunpoint in the parking lot of a Walmart, according to the Lovejoy Police Department.
Officers responded to the incident Saturday around 6:15 p.m. at the Lovejoy Walmart's parking lot. When they arrived, witnesses told officers a man walked up to a car with a handgun, broke the car's window and dragged a woman out of the car at gunpoint. The police department said the woman was then forced inside of her 19-year-old ex-boyfriend's car before driving away.
Lovejoy Police said they issued an alert for the woman's ex-boyfriend and his car. Investigators said they worked with the man's family members to talk with him on the phone. He expressed his rage over his relationship ending with the 18-year-old and threatened to kill her if officers attempted to pull him over, according to the police department.
Investigators found that he ditched his car and asked a 33-year-old to come to pick them up. The 33-year-old arrived and the woman was forced into the backseat of the 33-year-old's car by her ex-boyfriend, police said.
At some point, Lovejoy Police said the car stopped and the woman rushed out of the car into a nearby business for safety. Investigators were then informed that the two suspects were headed to Albany, Georgia.
With the help of the Albany Police Department, Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Georgia State Patrol and other law enforcement, Lovejoy Police investigators were able to take both suspects into custody. They were booked into the Clayton County Jail, where they face a number of felony charges.
Investigators said with the help of all law enforcement involved, they were able to reunite the 18-year-old with her family and take both suspects into custody in under 10 hours.
"We again take this opportunity to plead with our community to continue working alongside us for a safer city and if you see something say something!" Lovejoy Police said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/lovejoy-walmart-kidnapping-investigation/85-5e343fb8-fd6c-4471-b39b-ff23c898dff5 | 2022-07-18T02:50:53 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/lovejoy-walmart-kidnapping-investigation/85-5e343fb8-fd6c-4471-b39b-ff23c898dff5 |
UPPER TOWNSHIP — On a sunny summer afternoon, Deborah Rivel waves to get a family’s attention as they walk toward a pair of well-camouflaged birds on the beach.
The family members were trying to avoid disturbing the animals, giving a wide berth to the tideline where the tiny piping plovers feed each day. But the two remaining plover on the beach had already retreated back to the dry sand, right in the path of the walkers.
This year, four piping plover chicks hatched on the Strathmere beach. Only one survived to fledge.
Rivel is a wildlife film producer and one of the organizers of the Strathmere Plover Project, a group of volunteers who work to protect the birds and other species that nest on the beach. She and other volunteers keep an eye on the birds and educate beachgoers about them.
Most years, about 100 piping plover pairs nest along the length of New Jersey. There are some natural areas, such as in the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Smithville. Rivel said there is also a nest with four more chicks across the inlet, in the wider area of Corsons Inlet State Park in Ocean City.
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In many areas of the state, the easily frightened birds compete with crowds of summer visitors.
Naturalists placed bands on the birds to keep track of them. At that point, the birds are named. The surviving chick is named DeeDee, Rivel said. The mother, “Celia,” left the beach last week, which Rivel said is typical plover behavior, getting ready to migrate south in August. That left DeeDee with her dad, “Cliff.”
DeeDee cannot fly yet but is likely to start this week.
“Each day she is a little bigger and sprouting more feathers,” Rivel said. The chick is still noticeably smaller than the adult parent, who is usually close by when she feeds at the waterline.
Once she is able to fly, both birds will likely move on from the Strathmere beach. In any case, they will no longer need the volunteers from the Strathmere Plover Project watching over them, which Rivel indicated will be a relief.
Last year, a wide area of the Upper Township beach was roped off for the birds. This year, the nests are within the Corsons Inlet State Park area in the north end of the barrier island, which has kept the animals away from some beach activity.
Warning signs also dot the beaches, with an illustration of just how small the birds are when they are young. Still, the birds must leave the roped-off areas to forage by the tideline.
Last year, two pair nested on the Strathmere beach, the first time that happened in years. At one time, there were nests in Strathmere every summer.
The first chick was gone soon after it was born.
“It was a sneak attack by a crow,” Rivel said. “It was horrible.”
The fate of the other two remains a mystery. It likely happened at night, when the volunteers are not on the beach, providing an endangered meal for a fox or other predator. Possibly, the birds just could not get enough food.
Rivel said beachgoers are more interested in the birds this year, and more willing to take steps to protect them. Far fewer people are bringing their dogs to the beach in the area this year, she said, saying she is very grateful. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/one-plover-chick-nears-adulthood-on-the-strathmere-beach/article_f0a5583a-0619-11ed-aa33-b79c67ab8486.html | 2022-07-18T02:55:32 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/one-plover-chick-nears-adulthood-on-the-strathmere-beach/article_f0a5583a-0619-11ed-aa33-b79c67ab8486.html |
GREENWOOD, Ind. — Police are investigating a shooting at Greenwood Park Mall that happened around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Four people are dead and police tell 13News the shooter is among those dead.
Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said two others were wounded in the shooting and are being treated at area hospitals. The victims shot were identified by police only as one male victim and four female victims. One of the victims is a 12-year-old girl that had a minor injury to her back.
Ison said a "good Samaritan" witnessed the shooting and shot and killed the shooter.
"This has shaken us to our core. This isn't something we've seen in Greenwood before. It is absolutely horrendous," Ison said. He went on to say that they have trained for active shooter situations like this and he was proud of the response from law enforcement.
The shooter is only identified as an adult male at this time. Police said the shooter had a long rifle and several magazines of ammo.
People inside the mall at the time of the shooting told 13News reporter Logan Gay that they heard 20 gunshots in the food court. IMPD said it appears shots were only fired in the food court area.
IMPD is assisting at the scene and said there is no known ongoing threat, during a news conference at 7:45 p.m. Multiple police units went through the mall to make sure there were no people wounded or still sheltering in place.
IMPD said there is no information yet on a motive for the shooting.
Witnesses are being interviewed, according to IMPD.
Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers released a statement on Facebook thanking the armed bystander. It reads in part:
"This person saved lived tonight. On behalf of the City of Greenwood, I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation."
In an earlier statement, the mayor asked for "prayers to the victims and our first responders."
IMPD said the armed bystander, who shot the shooter, is cooperating with police. The bystander is believed to have had a handgun and chose to intervene when they saw the shooting. Ison said the 22-year-old from Bartholomew County was carrying a gun lawfully.
A backpack found left at the scene was cleared Sunday night. Investigators then began gathering evidence at the scene. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/multiple-victims-reported-in-shooting-at-greenwood-park-mall/531-df15bbf5-8eca-4220-b149-7de4735fbe37 | 2022-07-18T02:59:55 | 1 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/multiple-victims-reported-in-shooting-at-greenwood-park-mall/531-df15bbf5-8eca-4220-b149-7de4735fbe37 |
OREGON CITY, Oregon — The United States' new 988 suicide prevention hotline launched this weekend. The three-digit number is easy to remember, and it's great for getting people help, but mental health professionals in Clackamas County want people to know there are other resources nearby.
Jered Hinshaw, a mental health navigator with Clackamas County's Children, Family and Community Connections Division, said his agency is distributing bracelets with the county's own crisis phone number: 503-655-8585.
“For the purpose of bringing awareness to the crisis and support line in a stylish way that people will want to wear so they have access to that number, and letting them know that they are not alone,” Hinshaw explained.
Inscribed on the bracelets are the words, "Are you OK?" and "You are not alone." And unlike past bracelets, they also come in Spanish.
Olga Salinas, a family engagement coordinator and co-designer of the bracelets, said she pushed for adding the phrases in Spanish to reach more of the county's Hispanic community.
“Not only for themselves but for their children for their friends’ children, it was important to me to get this information in their hands,” said Salinas.
She said members of the Hispanic community are historically less likely to seek help.
“We wanted to give people a resource at their fingertips, so the crisis line phone number is on the inside,” said Salinas.
The local crisis line connects people with the Clackamas County Mental Health Center and, just like 988, people can call if they are in crisis or know of someone who is.
“And this is staffed 24/7 so we have folks answer that line and help folks navigate whatever it is they're going through,” crisis prevention supervisor Jeffrey Anderson said.
Anderson said call takers are highly trained and will help people get to the resources they need in a kind and compassionate way.
Adam Freer, director of Clackamas County's children, family and community connections division, said the crisis line is needed now more than ever.
“The kinds of stress that we are enduring in our society now are unparalleled and unprecedented,” said Freer.
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With a number to call close at hand, the small bracelets could potentially save lives.
“Once someone picks up on the other line and there's a warm voice that is kind and caring, hopefully that opens up the door for that person,” said Salinas.
Clackamas County is getting those bracelets out to mental health clients and at public events to let people know there is help close by. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/clackamas-county/clackamas-county-mental-health-crisis-line/283-4085fde2-5925-465f-9115-465f1e474ec1 | 2022-07-18T03:04:31 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/clackamas-county/clackamas-county-mental-health-crisis-line/283-4085fde2-5925-465f-9115-465f1e474ec1 |
GREENWOOD, Ind. — Police are investigating a shooting at Greenwood Park Mall that happened around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Four people are dead and police tell 13News the shooter is among those dead.
Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said two others were wounded in the shooting and are being treated at area hospitals. The victims shot were identified by police only as one male victim and four female victims. One of the victims is a 12-year-old girl that had a minor injury to her back.
Ison said a "good Samaritan" witnessed the shooting and shot and killed the shooter.
"This has shaken us to our core. This isn't something we've seen in Greenwood before. It is absolutely horrendous," Ison said. He went on to say that they have trained for active shooter situations like this and he was proud of the response from law enforcement.
The shooter is only identified as an adult male at this time. Police said the shooter had a long rifle and several magazines of ammo.
People inside the mall at the time of the shooting told 13News reporter Logan Gay that they heard 20 gunshots in the food court. IMPD said it appears shots were only fired in the food court area.
IMPD is assisting at the scene and said there is no known ongoing threat, during a news conference at 7:45 p.m. Multiple police units went through the mall to make sure there were no people wounded or still sheltering in place.
IMPD said there is no information yet on a motive for the shooting.
Witnesses are being interviewed, according to IMPD.
Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers released a statement on Facebook thanking the armed bystander. It reads in part:
"This person saved lived tonight. On behalf of the City of Greenwood, I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation."
In an earlier statement, the mayor asked for "prayers to the victims and our first responders."
IMPD said the armed bystander, who shot the shooter, is cooperating with police. The bystander is believed to have had a handgun and chose to intervene when they saw the shooting. Ison said the 22-year-old from Bartholomew County was carrying a gun lawfully.
A backpack found left at the scene was cleared Sunday night. Investigators then began gathering evidence at the scene. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/multiple-victims-reported-in-shooting-at-greenwood-park-mall/531-df15bbf5-8eca-4220-b149-7de4735fbe37 | 2022-07-18T03:04:37 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/multiple-victims-reported-in-shooting-at-greenwood-park-mall/531-df15bbf5-8eca-4220-b149-7de4735fbe37 |
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 16-year-old girl.
Makensie Barger of Blountville was reported leaving her residence on Thursday, July 14 around 11 p.m., police say.
Barger was last seen wearing a black shirt with Korn written in white letters on it, light-colored jeans and sandals. She has black hair with dark red stripes, is 5’5″ in height and weighs 145 pounds.
Anyone with information regarding Barger’s location should contact the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office at 423-279-7330. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sullivan-co-sheriffs-office-asking-for-help-finding-missing-teen/ | 2022-07-18T03:05:28 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sullivan-co-sheriffs-office-asking-for-help-finding-missing-teen/ |
BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – The Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Buchanan County on July 13 at 5 p.m.
According to the release, a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu was traveling west on Route 460 when it crossed the double solid line into the eastbound lanes, striking a 2015 Ford Escape. The Malibu then struck a 2001 Honda Civic that was traveling eastbound. Moments after the three vehicles came to a rest in the eastbound lanes, a 2016 Ford F-150 came upon the crash and was unable to avoid hitting the Civic.
The driver of the Chevrolet Malibu, Timothy C. McGlothlin, 52, of Grundy, Va., suffered life-threatening injuries and was not wearing a seatbelt. He was transported to a nearby hospital.
The driver of the Ford Escape, Channing V. Harrison, 22, of Grundy, Va., was not injured and was wearing a seatbelt.
The driver of the Honda Civic, Jesie K. Stollings, 39, of Grundy, Va., was transported to a nearby hospital for serious injuries. A passenger, Heather N. Earls, 33, died at the scene. Both the driver and passenger were reported to not be wearing seatbelts. A 14-year-old and 8-year-old passengers were transported for minor injuries, both juveniles were wearing seatbelts.
The driver of the Ford F-150, Joseph W. Osborne, 32, of Raven, Va., was not injured and wearing a seatbelt.
The VSP states that at this point in the investigation, the recent flooding in Buchanan County is not a factor in the cause of the crash. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vsp-fatal-crash-in-buchanan-county/ | 2022-07-18T03:05:34 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vsp-fatal-crash-in-buchanan-county/ |
TWIN FALLS — Bureau of Land Management fire crews quickly took charge of a wildfire Sunday north of the Snake River Canyon.
The blaze burned about 25 acres of BLM ground 5 miles northeast of Twin Falls, spokesperson Kelsey Brizendine told the Times-News.
Four engines, one water tender, one fire investigator and one fire manager responded at about 4 p.m., Brizendine said.
The fire, called Corral 2, burned ground between Interstate 84 and the canyon rim, she said. The blaze was contained by 7 p.m. and expected to be controlled by 10 a.m. Monday.
Multiple agencies are responding to an estimated 5,000-acre-fire five miles west of Eden. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/update-firefighters-hold-blaze-at-25-acres-on-blm-ground-near-devils-corral/article_bce71788-061c-11ed-a097-5f44fbd4b538.html | 2022-07-18T03:15:50 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/update-firefighters-hold-blaze-at-25-acres-on-blm-ground-near-devils-corral/article_bce71788-061c-11ed-a097-5f44fbd4b538.html |
A year before the Uvalde school massacre, the gunman had already earned the nickname “school shooter” — a running joke among those he played online games with. He had also started wearing all black and making over-the-top threats, especially toward women, who he terrorized with graphic descriptions of violence and rape.
Those details are part of an interim report by the House committee investigating the incident, which points to a trail of missed signs leading to one of the worst mass shootings in Texas — one that was months in the making.
The report, released Sunday, presents the most complete picture to date of Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old who killed 19 students and two teachers in his former fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary. The findings are based on law enforcement interviews with family members, data on the shooter’s phone and testimony presented to the committee.
He also shot and wounded his grandmother, Celia Gonzales, before storming the school.
He was born in Fargo, North Dakota, but moved to Uvalde as a child with his sister and mother, who struggled with a long history of drug use. A former girlfriend interviewed by the FBI said she believed the shooter had been sexually assaulted at an early age by one of the mother’s boyfriends but that the mother didn’t believe him, according to the report.
Relatives described him as someone shy and quiet who was reluctant to interact with others because he had a speech impediment. When he started school, his pre-K teacher described him as a “wonderful student,” always ready to learn and with a positive attitude.
Then, something changed. He started falling behind in school but never received special education services, despite being identified as “at-risk” and having someone request speech therapy for him, according to the report, citing school records.
Family and friends told the committee he was bullied throughout the fourth grade over his stutter, short haircut and clothing. He often wore the same clothing day after day. One time, a girl tied his shoelaces together causing him to fall on his face, a cousin said.
Beginning in 2018, he was recording more than 100 absences a year, along with failing grades. But the report authors said it was unclear whether a school resource officer ever visited his home. By 2021, when he was 17 years old, he had only completed ninth grade, the report’s authors wrote.
When students started to return to school after learning remotely during the pandemic, he dropped out. Instead of trying to fit in, as he had done in the past, he grew more isolated and retreated to the online world. Uvalde High School officials involuntarily withdrew him on October 28, citing “poor academic performance and lack of attendance.”
In an interview with The Texas Tribune, Ariana Diaz, a senior at Uvalde High School and one of the shooter’s former classmates, described him as a “popular loner,” someone who everyone knew but who kept to himself. She also said that more recently, he seemed to be in what she described as a “dark place” and started wearing all black and combat boots.
He became depressed and lonely, those who knew him said.
He would tell his girlfriend at the time that he wouldn’t live past 18, either because he would commit suicide or “wouldn’t live long,” the girl later told the FBI in an interview, according to the report. When she broke up with him in mid-2021, he started harassing her and her friends, the girl told officials.
Online, the report authors said, he started to show an interest in gore and violent sex, sometimes sharing videos and images of suicides and beheadings. While playing online games, he became enraged and threatened others, especially female players, when he lost.
Privately, he wrote about his challenges connecting with others or feeling empathy for them, saying he was “not human.” His search history, the authors of the report wrote, suggests he was wondering whether he was a sociopath. His internet searches led to him receiving an email about obtaining psychological treatment for the condition.
Attacking women became a pattern. He was also fired from his job at a Whataburger after a month for threatening a female coworker. And later he was let go of his job at Wendy’s.
Despite losing his jobs, living at home allowed him to save money. By the end of 2021, when clues of his plans first surfaced, he ordered rifle slings, a red dot sight and shin guards, as well as a body armor carrier he wore the day of the Robb Elementary massacre. But because he was still 17 at the time, he wasn’t legally allowed to buy the weapons, and at least two people he asked refused.
He started becoming fascinated with school shootings and increasingly seeking notoriety and fame on social media, the report said.
In late 2021, the committee said he shared a video online showing him driving around with someone he said he had met online, holding a clear plastic bag with a dead cat inside, which he “discarded in the street and spit on while his driver laughed.” The video then showed him dry firing BB guns at people and ended with footage of emergency services responding to a serious car accident, which he claimed his driver had caused, according to the report.
But despite all the threats and violent talk, none of his online behavior was reported to law enforcement. It’s unclear whether other users reported his behavior to any social media platform, but the committee concluded it doesn’t appear there were any actions taken to restrict his access or to report him to authorities as a threat.
He moved in with his grandmother, who had retired from the local school district after 27 years, after having a blowout argument with his mother that was livestreamed on Instagram. The report doesn’t specify who livestreamed it, but The Washington Post reported that two months prior to the shooting, he posted an Instagram story in which he screamed at his mother who, according to a high school classmate, he said was trying to kick him out of their home.
He confided in an older cousin who was also staying with their grandmother that he didn’t want to live anymore. But the cousin told authorities she thought she’d gotten through to him after a lengthy “heart-to-heart.”
Instead, he began to buy more firearm accessories beginning in February, including 60 30-round magazines. As soon as he turned 18, on May 16, he started buying guns and ammunition. In the end he bought two AR-15-style rifles and thousands of rounds. In total, he spent more than $6,000, the committee found.
He had no criminal history nor had he ever been arrested. There was nothing in his background that kept him from owning the weapons. And while multiple gun sales within a short period of time are reported to the ATF, the committee report authors point out that the law requires purchase of handguns to be reported only to the local sheriff.
“Here, the information about the attacker’s gun purchases remained in federal hands,” they wrote.
Online, the shooter started to reference a timeline, foreshadowing his plans.
On April 2, he sent someone a direct message on Instagram, “Are you still gonna remember me in 50 something days?”
The person responded, “probably not.”
“Hmm alright we’ll see in may,” he responded.
At least one friend from out of town started to become worried and proposed visiting him in Uvalde. But when the friend said he wouldn’t be able to go until July or August, he said “damn that’s too late.”
Five days before he went on a rampage at the elementary school, a man targeted and killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo, N.Y. supermarket. The mass shooting didn’t go unnoticed by the 18-year-old. He saved news stories and other information about it. He also spent time with a cousin’s son who went to Robb Elementary to get information about his schedule and lunch periods, officials reported.
On the eve of the shooting, he sent out messages to people about something he was going to do the following day.
“I got a lil secret,” he wrote to a German girl he had befriended online.
It was impossible to do that day, he explained, because he was waiting for something to be delivered.
His order of 1,740 hollow-point bullets arrived later that day.
The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/A-year-before-Uvalde-shooting-Ramos-had-been-17311201.php | 2022-07-18T03:32:41 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/A-year-before-Uvalde-shooting-Ramos-had-been-17311201.php |
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – A group of car-lovers threw a special kind of Christmas in July party as families and friends enjoyed a car show benefiting a local non-profit organization.
Gearheads For a Cause have car shows throughout the year to help non-profit organizations in the area.
On Sunday, all proceeds from the show went to the Montgomery County Christmas Store. An organization that gives low-income families the entire holiday shopping experience near Christmas time.
Karen Healy, the Fundraising Chair for the Montgomery County Christmas Store, says events like these don’t bring in a ton of donations but can be good for spreading awareness.
“For something like this we don’t necessarily bring in a lot of money, but we are able to connect with people who maybe not heard of the Christmas store before or people that may need even help,” Healy said.
Even smaller donations at events like these can still help.
“Every little bit helps. I mean it’s amazing, I’ll see donations come across for five dollars. But you need all those little donations just to add up,” Healy said.
This is the third year Gearheads For a Cause has teamed up with the non-profit to help raise money and donations for the organization.
Laken Smith, Co-Founder of Gearheads For a Cause, says working alongside such a beloved place is amazing.
“It is an honor to be able to do this for them. They do so much for so many people in this community that wouldn’t even be able to have a Christmas, Christmas dinner or anything.
Elisabeth Sunshine and her sister Juliana came out with their parents to take a chance to look inside the hoods of the cars.
“I like seeing the different kinds of cars there are. And I like seeing the pretty colors they have,” Elisabeth Sunshine said.
However, the Sunshine sisters believe Christmas is a time for all kids to be happy and each kid should be able to get a gift that day.
“It’s a time to remember that you should be happy about what you have cause others don’t have as much as you have,” Sunshine said.
Gearheads For a Cause has two more car shows scheduled for the rest of the year. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/18/gearheads-for-a-cause-raise-money-for-the-montgomery-county-christmas-store/ | 2022-07-18T03:34:51 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/18/gearheads-for-a-cause-raise-money-for-the-montgomery-county-christmas-store/ |
DANVILLE, Va. – A man, 42, was injured in a shooting Sunday evening in Danville, authorities say.
Police were called to the area of Memorial Drive between North Ridge Street and Poplar Street around 6:50 p.m. for reports of shots fired.
A Danville resident arrived at SOVAH Danville emergency room shortly after with a single gunshot wound to the leg, which investigators learned occurred on Memorial Drive. Police say the victim was shot after leaving a convenience store in the area of the shots fired called on Memorial Drive.
The incident is not believed to have been a random act.
The suspect is believed to be a young Black male, possibly early 20s, who fled on foot West on Memorial Drive.
Investigators are looking for witnesses.
Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect or with information related to this ongoing shooting investigation is asked to contact the Danville Police Department as soon as possible at the non-emergency dispatch line at 434-799-5111, the patrol office at 434-799-6510, investigations at 434-799-6508, contacting Crime Stoppers at 434-793-0000, through social media accounts and messenger on Facebook, or use of the crime tips app CARE. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/18/man-shot-while-leaving-danville-convenience-store-police/ | 2022-07-18T03:34:57 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/18/man-shot-while-leaving-danville-convenience-store-police/ |
A woman was found unresponsive and bleeding from “her private area” in a Philadelphia park Sunday night, police said.
The 55-year-old woman’s body was also “exposed” when she was found in the park on the 2500 block of Germantown Avenue around 7:40 p.m., Philadelphia Police Department Officer Miguel Torres said.
Paramedics rushed her to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 8:34 p.m., Torres said.
Police could not immediately provide more information on the case. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/exposed-woman-bleeding-from-private-area-found-unresponsive-in-philly-park/3302357/ | 2022-07-18T03:37:37 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/exposed-woman-bleeding-from-private-area-found-unresponsive-in-philly-park/3302357/ |
MICHIGAN CITY — Police are investigating a homicide after a woman was found shot dead while driving her car, which veered off the road.
The Michigan City Police Department responded to a call of shots fired at Springland Avenue and Roeske Avenue at 1:50 a.m. Sunday. Responding officers were told a victim had been hit by gunfire.
"Upon their arrival, officers located an unresponsive adult female in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that went off the roadway at Springland Avenue and Roeske Avenue," the department said in a press release. "Officers found that the woman had an apparent gunshot wound, at which time they attempted lifesaving measures. Tragically, the female succumbed to her injuries at Franciscan Alliance Hospital."
Michigan City Police Department detectives are investigating the fatal shooting. No arrests have yet been made, and no suspects are in custody.
"Anyone with information regarding this tragic shooting death is asked to contact lead detective Det. Cpl. Kay Pliske at 219-874-3221 ext. 1086 or email her at kpliske@emichigancity.com," police said in a press release. "Information can also be provided to our Crime Tip Hotline which is 219-873-1488 or our departmental Facebook page."
The Michigan City Police Department will host a public safety meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the New Hope Church at 730 W. 6th Street in Michigan City.
It asks the public to attend the forum for a "solution-seeking dialogue" and outline of police's plans to deal with recent incidents of violence in the lakefront city in northern LaPorte County near the Michigan state line.
"Chief (Dion) Campbell states that the Michigan City Police Department has worked extremely hard to combat gun violence in our city," Michigan City Police said in a press release. "Prior to July, our department confiscated more than 167 guns from the streets and made numerous gun-related arrests."
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into LaPorte County Jail
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“Students in our district, like school-age children across the country, experienced learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Superintendent Barbara Eason-Watkins said.
Five homeowners’ septic systems have failed, forcing them to have the waste pumped out frequently, costing about $1 million a house for the houses that the neighbors are bailing out. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/michigan-city/region-woman-shot-dead-in-car-while-driving-police-say/article_ecc867ce-257c-5bee-8297-b18ebf4ac9a6.html | 2022-07-18T03:37:59 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/michigan-city/region-woman-shot-dead-in-car-while-driving-police-say/article_ecc867ce-257c-5bee-8297-b18ebf4ac9a6.html |
HAINES CITY, Fla. — A police officer with the Haines City Police Department was injured during a traffic stop altercation after the gun in the officer's holster was fired, a Haines City Police spokesperson told 10 Tampa Bay.
A man was pulled over for speeding by the police officer and was arrested, the spokesperson said.
Several family members of the driver who was pulled over for speeding reportedly arrived at the scene and assaulted the law enforcement officer.
During the scuffle, the gun that the police officer was carrying in his holster went off and struck the officer in the right leg.
The man who was pulled over is in custody and the police officer is recovering from his wounded leg at Lakeland Regional health Medicare Center.
Two family members that assaulted the police officer have also been arrested. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/haines-city-police-injured-gun-traffic-stop/67-0f6efea2-436f-4510-8343-0f17eda1c086 | 2022-07-18T03:46:57 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/haines-city-police-injured-gun-traffic-stop/67-0f6efea2-436f-4510-8343-0f17eda1c086 |
Arizona lottery numbers, July 17
Associated Press
These Arizona lotteries were drawn Sunday:
Pick 3
9-5-0
Fantasy 5
02-04-15-37-38
Estimated jackpot: $97,000
Triple Twist
02-03-04-15-36-41
Estimated jackpot: $857,000
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $530 million
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $89 million | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/07/17/arizona-lottery-numbers-july-17/10083457002/ | 2022-07-18T03:47:38 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/07/17/arizona-lottery-numbers-july-17/10083457002/ |
Man suspected of home invasion, sexual assault of neighbor fatally shot by Chandler police
A man who Chandler police suspected of invading a home and sexually assaulting a neighbor was shot and killed by officers after they say he confronted them with a knife Sunday morning near Frye and Dobson roads.
The man identified as Tyson W. Cobb, 44, was a resident of the same apartment complex as the victim, according to Sgt. Jason McClimans, a spokesperson with the Chandler Police Department. McClimans said Cobb was a stranger to the victim, and was armed with a knife when he broke into the home around 3 a.m.
Officers responded and when they identified Cobb with the help of the victim, roommates and witnesses, he barricaded inside his apartment, according to McClimans. Cobb, still armed with a knife, got out of his apartment and started jumping on rooftops, police said.
Officers used "less lethal rounds" which had no effect, McClimans said in an email.
Officers said Cobb jumped from the rooftop, confronting law enforcement officials with the knife. Both of the officers shot him.
Cobb was pronounced dead at the hospital. No officers or other community members were injured.
The victim was cooperating with the investigation, receiving medical treatment and was offered post-traumatic treatment, according to McClimans.
Chandler police will release a critical incident briefing video in the coming weeks, McClimans said in an emailed statement.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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Suspects in Anthem jewelry store robbery arrested in California
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said the two suspects involved in an armed jewelry store robbery in Anthem that left one person in critical condition on July 12, have been arrested in California.
Police say the suspects have been identified as Helen Simmons, 18, and Matthew Jones, 22. Both Simmons and Jones were taken into custody by Huntington Beach Police Department in California after a vehicle pursuit on July 16.
The armed robbery occurred near West Anthem Way and North Gavilan Peak Parkway around 6 p.m.
In a video obtained by the The Arizona Republic, two people dressed in all black enter the store wearing motorcycle helmets. The video proceeds to show one person carrying a duffel bag while the other holds a gun toward two unidentified people.
The 8-second video did not show what led to the shooting but the Sheriff's Office said deputies found one person with a gunshot wound when they arrived on the scene.
The victim was taken to a hospital in critical, but stable condition.
"It was later determined by MCSO detectives that the suspects arrested matched the same description as the suspects involved in the armed robbery at the jewelry store in Anthem, AZ," said Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Monica Bretado in a statement.
Simmons and Jones were also booked on various felony charges related to the armed robbery at the Anthem jewelry store.
Jones is currently being held on a million-dollar bond on MCSO charges, while Simmons is currently being held on a half million-dollar bond, according to Bretado.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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Police arrested an 18-year-old man for the burglary of IGA Marketplace in northwest Lincoln.
Curtis Thompson was lodged in Lancaster County Jail Saturday evening on suspicion of causing $200 of damage and stealing $900 worth of product from the grocery store, the Lincoln Police Department reported.
A 17-year-old male, who police believe was also involved, was referred to juvenile services, LPD Sgt. Justin Armstrong said.
Police were called to the 4600 block of West Huntington Avenue at approximately 6:40 a.m. July 11. The caller reported a broken window and stolen merchandise.
Surveillance video observed the two suspects stealing alcohol and other items.
Thompson is lodged in Lancaster County Jail.
Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-arrest-18-year-old-for-grocery-store-burglary/article_5c96d4aa-b13f-5c0f-862c-c99923b32bfc.html | 2022-07-18T03:55:00 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-arrest-18-year-old-for-grocery-store-burglary/article_5c96d4aa-b13f-5c0f-862c-c99923b32bfc.html |
Doyel: Silent texts, pain in the Greenwood mall parking lot as families await answers
GREENWOOD – Their son is inside the Greenwood Park Mall, and he’s not responding to text messages. There are dozens of police cars and ambulances outside the mall, with lights flashing and more still arriving, and their son isn’t answering his phone. There was an active shooter inside the mall, perhaps still is – so many rumors out here in the parking lot, so few facts – and their son is inside. Not answering. Not responding.
“When I text him, he always texts right back,” Ricky Marqua is telling me, almost pleading with me, in the parking lot closest to the entrance to Dick’s Sporting Goods and the food court, ground zero for families and gawkers and rumors and anxiety. How hectic is it out here? Ricky and Katrina are telling me about their son, how he’s not answering, and I'm responding with my heart, not my head.
You wanted a journalist here in the parking lot? Sorry. What you got today, at least from me, was a dad.
What we know:Here's the latest on the fatal shooting at Greenwood Park Mall
“I’m sure he’s fine,” I tell them, forgetting to ask their son’s name, or where he works.
“I hope so,” Katrina is telling me. “This is a nightmare.”
It is, a national nightmare that has come to the southside 15 months after it visited a FedEx Ground facility near the airport, where eight were killed in April 2021. That was less than three years after this nightmare visited Noblesville West Middle School, where science teacher Jason Seaman tackled a kid after he shot one classmate, but before the kid could shoot anyone else. Jason Seaman is a hero.
Outside the Greenwood Park Mall, in the parking lot where rain is falling and parents are pacing and several children are crying, we’re hoping there was a hero inside the mall. We don’t know much, but we know this: There was a villain in there. Maybe still is. Lots of rumors out here. Lots of rain, too, but not many facts. And no comfort.
'Do you have anyone still inside?'
A middle-aged man in a black pullover with CHAPLAIN written in big yellow letters is walking the parking lot, going from group to group, asking gently, “Do you have anyone still inside?” He’s accompanied by another man of the cloth, this gentleman slightly older, a white clerical collar peeking out from his rain jacket.
The chaplain is talking to Ricky and Katrina Marqua, and then he’s approaching a nearby group of four people – a couple and their two daughters – and asking, “Do you have anyone still inside?”
Greenwood Park Mall shooting:4 dead, including gunman armed with rifle, magazines
No, the man tells him, “but all my kids’ stuff is inside. I just spent like $500 bucks.” When the chaplain walks away, finding an anxious couple near their car – “Do you have anyone still inside?” – I approach the family of four and ask if I just heard that right. Did you rush out so fast, you left your purchases inside?
The older of the two girls, a teenager named Kaya – I didn’t ask for her last name, and not because I forgot; I didn’t have the heart to do it – tells me they were eating in the food court when she heard the shooting. Well, now she knows it was a shooting. At first she thought it was something else. Anything else.
“I thought maybe it was the intercom,” Kaya’s saying. “It sound like someone dropped a phone. Pop!”
Within moments, as the popping continued, Kaya and her family understood what was happening. So did security officials inside the mall who were urging everyone outside and right now. No time to go back for your bag. Now.
“It’s under the table,” Kaya says of the bag.
“I’m sure you’ll get it eventually,” I tell Kaya, forgetting to ask what she bought or where she got it from.
Maybe because I’m overhearing another teenage girl in the parking lot – never did get her name – telling officers she was eating at the Pepper Palace when she heard a pop, then another, “then, like, 10 or 12,” before she dived under a table.
There was chaos inside the Greenwood Park Mall on Sunday evening, and it’s not exactly soothing outside. As for me, I live a half-mile from the mall, so close I could hear the sirens from my deck. I grabbed my notebook and told my son I was heading to the mall.
My son was supposed to be there Sunday, actually. He works at a clothing store down the hall from the food court. My son was lucky, it turns out, to have finally caught COVID-19.
We are not OK
Word is starting to spread in the parking lot: It’s over. We’re hearing two people have been killed, but that’s not true. Four people have been killed, it turns out, including the shooter.
We’re getting the story wrong outside because police aren’t telling us anything, but folks out here seem to understand. If anybody was upset about the lack of information coming our way, I didn’t hear it. And I heard a lot of things, walking that parking lot.
I heard an announcement from Dave & Buster’s over the loudspeaker, asking customers to exit through the nearest mall entrance, then saw a Macy’s employee frantically asking a police officer if she can go back inside.
“I have employees in there,” she pleads but is told, nicely but firmly: Nobody is going back inside.
I heard a man telling the chaplain that his wife’s purse is inside, and her purse has medication for her and their son. The man’s name is Craig. He’s telling me it’s nothing urgent, not like insulin or anything.
“Just medicine for anxiety,” he says.
Anxiety medication sounds urgent to me right now, probably because mine is at home, a half-mile away. I’ll be taking it as soon as I get there.
Before I can leave, an officer is asking if I was inside during the shooting. No, I tell him, but my son works in there. I don’t mean it that way – he’s not in there right now – but the officer is thinking more clearly than I am, and calmly gives me information he thinks I need.
“We’re about to get all the people inside and put them on buses,” he tells me. “You know where the Ashley’s Furniture store is?”
I’m nodding, absently.
“We’re taking them there. You might want to head that way.”
Honestly, I want to head home and hug my son. Five days ago when he told me he had COVID, that was discouraging. We’re both vaccinated, so it wasn’t scary, just discouraging. Only now, five days later, with our national nightmare coming to the Greenwood Park Mall, down the hall from the clothes store where he was supposed to work Sunday, I’m thrilled he has COVID. Thrilled he’s home.
Ricky and Katrina’s son? I don’t know. I hope he was home later Sunday night. I hope it’s true, what I was telling them, that I’m sure their son is fine. Police officers, I’m telling them, tend to shut down communication in the immediate aftermath of an active shooter, not wanting a flurry of misinformation from confused or even hysterical witnesses to reach the outside world and cause unnecessary panic.
That last part – about communication being shut down after a shooting – I know for a fact. I’ve read a lot about active shootings in America. I’ve read too much.
Three of them in four years in greater Indianapolis alone. Why this keeps happening is a matter of debate, but I’m not interested in that now, here in the parking lot.
For now I need to get home to my son, grateful he called in sick on Sunday, grateful he’s not here in the parking lot to see parents waiting for a phone call from a son inside, to hear kids crying, to watch ambulances arriving. Grateful also to the clergy and police officers in the parking lot, going from group to group, person to person, asking if we’re OK.
We are not OK. We are watching police officers go back inside the mall, wearing bulletproof vests and carrying what looks to be AR-15-type guns. Nobody is OK. But we know what the clergy and the kindly officers are doing when they ask, so this is what people outside the Greenwood Park Mall, including myself, kept saying:
“We’re OK. Thank you for being here.”
Last I saw of Ricky and Katrina Marqua, they were still standing outside the entrance to the food court, staring at Ricky’s phone, wondering why the damn thing won’t ring.
Find IndyStar columnist Gregg Doyel on Twitter at@GreggDoyelStar or at www.facebook.com/greggdoyelstar. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/07/18/chaos-outside-after-active-shooting-leaves-four-dead-at-greenwood-mall/65375453007/ | 2022-07-18T04:00:42 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/07/18/chaos-outside-after-active-shooting-leaves-four-dead-at-greenwood-mall/65375453007/ |
NESQUEHONING, Pa. — The coroner was called to a home in Carbon County Sunday morning.
When police got to the home on Coal Street in Nesquehoning borough they found two people dead.
Police say this was the result of an apparent murder-suicide.
Officials say Leonard Lauchnor, 91, shot his wife, Josephine, 89, then turned the gun on himself.
Police say there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding this incident in carbon county.
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CARBONDALE, Pa. — A Lackawanna County church celebrated a special anniversary Sunday.
Our lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Carbondale celebrated its 50th annual Feast of the Lady of Mt. Carmel.
After the mass, the statue of the Lady of Mount Carmel was paraded through the streets.
The church holds this procession annually to bring the lady out for all of Carbondale to see, especially those in nursing homes and who are homebound.
"The love of our lady Mount Carmel church brings us together, we are very much, we will fight for this church to keep its legacy and it's traditions and customs alive. My generation is starting to take over these traditions and customs because they are passing them down to us, the old men and women who have kept them alive this long have entrusted us to keep them going," said Josefa Dombrosky, feast chairman.
The procession Sunday was the grand finale of the church's weekend-long festivities in Lackawanna County.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — The northbound lanes on the Scranton Expressway are back open now after a crash halted traffic Sunday evening just south of the interstate 81 Route 6 Interchange.
A truck on its side was blocking both lanes of traffic for hours.
The scene was cleared finally around 9 p.m.
No word yet on any injuries from the crash.
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SOUTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — A fire damaged a home in Lackawanna County Saturday night.
Flames broke out at the place on Edgewood Drive West in South Abington Township around 10:30 p.m.
Everyone made it out safely.
The home is now unliveable because of a partially collapsed roof.
The Red Cross is helping the family.
Multiple crews responded to the fire in Lackawanna County.
"In this area there are no fire hydrants, so we had to bring in additional tankers. We had 3 additional tankers come in to assist with the fire attack," said Michael Pehonich, Assistant Fire Chief, Chinchilla Hose Company.
Officials say the fire is not suspicious in Lackawanna County.
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GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — An event to support the Go Joe campaign was held in Lackawanna County Sunday.
Anthracite Bicycle Coalition held the event at the Merli Sarnoski Park in Greenfield Township near Carbondale.
Mountain bike riders including our own Joe Snedeker with his dog Jett hit the trails.
Go Joe hats and t-shirts were for sale to raise money for St. Joseph's Center.
"St Joe's is a great organization, great cause. Raise a little bit of awareness for cycling and also helps out st. Joe's," said Mike Toye, Anthracite Bicycle Coalition.
There was music and other entertainment there as well and riders could go to AJ's Bar and Grill afterward for some house specials in Lackawanna County.
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MOOSIC, Pa. — In addition to fly balls and strikeouts, visitors to PNC Field in Moosic got to meet some furry friends at the ball game Sunday afternoon.
It was pet adoption day at the game and area rescues were invited to bring cats and dogs in need of a loving home.
Newswatch 16 found many excited children at the stadium in addition to grateful volunteers thankful for the opportunity to get their names and their animals in need out in the public eye.
"These are dogs, two of the dogs were just got to our rescue yesterday from Arkansas so these are two dogs that do not have any applications yets, they have only been at our rescue for one day, and our other dog Chet he's 9 months old and he does not have any applications yet, so we really brought the dogs that we really wanted to adopt out," said Karen Stroney, volunteer.
The game featuring the furry friends wrapped up around 4 p.m. Sunday.
Looking to adopt? Check out WNEP's 16 To The Rescue segments on YouTube. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/pet-adoption-day-pnc-field-railriders/523-6c8d3a6a-5f92-4321-9284-c8f13546da16 | 2022-07-18T04:08:24 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/pet-adoption-day-pnc-field-railriders/523-6c8d3a6a-5f92-4321-9284-c8f13546da16 |
SCRANTON, Pa. — The campus of St. Ann's Monastery and Shrine Basilica was packed with people attending one of the first days of the St. Ann's Solemn Novena. Like many believers, Regina Mielo from Clarks Summit has been coming here with her mother for years.
“And I believe that coming here you become more spiritual and being around people even if you're not way up by the altar you still get the spiritual feeling,” said Mielo.
Catholics from across northeastern Pennsylvania participate in the ten days of prayer leading up to St. Ann's feast day. Siblings Kristian and Mak from Dunmore typically attend the Novena every day and stay to help out with the food stands; all while strengthening their faith.
“And it will excel your faith to make it stronger,” said Kristian Kasmarcik.
“It definitely does help you have a better faith and you learn you're not the only one in that faith,” added Mak Leiby.
The Novena isn't just for Catholics, everyone in the community is welcome to attend.
“You don't have to really say the prayers just by being here you understand what it's about but you got to keep coming,” Mielo explained.
And it's a great way to become a part of the Catholic community in Scranton.
“But when you meet these people and get to know them. they'll invite you to do other things with them. And then it'll be just like just going to mass together or going to pray the rosary together after mass or something like that. You get really involved and it's nice,” Leiby said.
The Novena will take place here over the next 9 days at St. Ann's Monastery and Shrine Basilica in Scranton.
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MOUNTAIN TOP, Pa. — A boy from Luzerne County is trying to earn his eagle scout rank and the topic he picked for his project is very personal to him.
Logan price set up shop at the Mountain Top Rotary Farmer's Market at Crestwood High School.
His project is to spread information and awareness on organ donation.
Price's grandfather received an organ transplant and was able to spend more time with his family and friends because of it.
"I was able to meet him, he met all his grandkids, he went to my parents' wedding. He just overall, he was a great guy. And with that 15 extra years, he lived a lot. He did a lot of things with his family," said Price.
Logan will be back at the farmer's market on July 31 continuing his information campaign in Luzerne County.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Police in Luzerne County are searching for a thief they believe stole $25,000 worth of items from PPL property in Exeter Township.
Officials say on Thursday a thief driving an ATV cut a hole in the fence of the property on Sullivan Street and got out with big ticket items.
Some things stolen include a generator, batteries, saws, and other similar equipment.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call state police in Luzerne County.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Police in Luzerne County are looking for an escaped inmate Sunday.
In a social media post, Wilkes-Barre Police say Robert Vargo, 25, escaped from Luzerne County Correctional Facility.
Police say Vargo has blond hair, blue eyes and a barcode tattoo on his neck.
Investigators are actively searching for Vargo and warn that you should not approach him. Police ask anyone with information about his whereabouts to call 911.
This is a developing story. Please check back for more information.
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MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. — A home suffered heavy structural damage after a crash in Central Pennsylvania.
A vehicle crashed into the home Sunday.
Around 2 p.m. an SUV crashed into a duplex on the 200 block of Loyalsock Avenue.
The crash caused the home's porch to be destroyed.
No word on any injuries, the crash is still under investigation in Lycoming County.
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NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Flames have displaced four people in Northumberland county Sunday.
Around 6 p.m. a fire started in the basement of a row home on West Spruce Street in Coal Township near Shamokin.
The coal township fire department tells Newswatch 16 the fire started in the basement of 1315 but the home next door, 1313, suffered damage too from smoke and water.
The four people who lived in these homes cannot stay there Sunday.
They are staying with family.
Fire officials are working with a state police fire marshal to determine the cause of the flames.
No one was hurt in the fire in Northumberland County.
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ASHLAND, Pa. — A water boil advisory is in effect for all customers within Ashland Borough.
The Ashland Area Municipal Authority said a water main break on Oakland Avenue today has led to conditions that can cause contamination. To avoid the risk of infection, customers should use only bottled water or water that has been boiled and cooled until further notice.
Municipal authorities say crews are working on the problem.
You can read this notice at Ashlandborough.com
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JONESBORO, Ark. — An officer with the Jonesboro Police Department passed away on Sunday after he reported to the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy Central at Camp Robinson.
38-year-old Vincent Parks reported to the academy at around 1:00 p.m. and began to exhibit symptoms of medical distress shortly before beginning an exercise.
According to reports, instructors quickly separated Officer Parks from the class and began to administer oxygen to him as he rested on a nearby table.
Shortly after, he was able to walk to an ambulance, but once inside he almost immediately went into cardiac arrest.
Emergency medical staff quickly began life-saving measures but unfortunately shortly after reaching the hospital, Officer Parks was pronounced dead.
His body has now been transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab where the state medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death.
Jani Cook, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Public Safety and Director of the Commission of Arkansas Law Enforcement Standards and Training said, " In a day and time when so few are willing to step up to be among those who protect and serve our communities, it seems unjust that a man like Officer Parks, who was prepared to sacrifice for his community, be taken from his calling" when speaking of Officer Parks and his commitment to serving others.
She also added that his sacrifices were not in vain by stating, "We are saddened and grieve for him, his family and fellow officers, yet we know his life was not in vain, he answered the call."
Officer Vincent Parks was one in a group of five Jonesboro Police Department recruits that were in a 13-week-long academy session where they would receive basic law enforcement training. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/jonesboro-police-department-mourn-vincent-parks/91-d93a30ec-6d5b-4f39-8d7a-3f2d65abfa16 | 2022-07-18T04:22:54 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/jonesboro-police-department-mourn-vincent-parks/91-d93a30ec-6d5b-4f39-8d7a-3f2d65abfa16 |
GREENWOOD, Ind. — Police are investigating a shooting at Greenwood Park Mall that happened around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Four people are dead and police tell 13News the shooter is among those dead.
Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said two others were wounded in the shooting and are being treated at area hospitals. The victims shot were identified by police only as one male victim and four female victims. One of the victims is a 12-year-old girl that had a minor injury to her back.
Ison said a "good Samaritan" witnessed the shooting and shot and killed the shooter.
"This has shaken us to our core. This isn't something we've seen in Greenwood before. It is absolutely horrendous," Ison said. He went on to say that they have trained for active shooter situations like this and he was proud of the response from law enforcement.
The shooter is only identified as an adult male at this time. Police said the shooter had a long rifle and several magazines of ammo.
People inside the mall at the time of the shooting told 13News reporter Logan Gay that they heard 20 gunshots in the food court. IMPD said it appears shots were only fired in the food court area.
IMPD is assisting at the scene and said there is no known ongoing threat, during a news conference at 7:45 p.m. Multiple police units went through the mall to make sure there were no people wounded or still sheltering in place.
IMPD said there is no information yet on a motive for the shooting.
Witnesses are being interviewed, according to IMPD.
Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers released a statement on Facebook thanking the armed bystander. It reads in part:
"This person saved lived tonight. On behalf of the City of Greenwood, I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation."
In an earlier statement, the mayor asked for "prayers to the victims and our first responders."
IMPD said the armed bystander, who shot the shooter, is cooperating with police. The bystander is believed to have had a handgun and chose to intervene when they saw the shooting. Ison said the 22-year-old from Bartholomew County was carrying a gun lawfully.
A backpack found left at the scene was cleared Sunday night. Investigators then began gathering evidence at the scene. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/multiple-victims-reported-in-shooting-at-greenwood-park-mall/531-df15bbf5-8eca-4220-b149-7de4735fbe37 | 2022-07-18T04:23:00 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/multiple-victims-reported-in-shooting-at-greenwood-park-mall/531-df15bbf5-8eca-4220-b149-7de4735fbe37 |
The City of Plano is asking residents to conserve water immediately through Wednesday, the city announced in a press release Sunday.
The city would like for residents to focus specifically on conservating water efforts outdoors, treating foundations, shrubs and trees only. Starting Thursday, residents can resume watering their grass following the normal water schedule.
The request is due to water production at a North Texas Municipal Water District plant in Wylie that closed unexpectedly Saturday and is undergoing critical maintenance at this time.
As previously stated by the NTMWD, the conservation request is due to water production quantity and not quality. The city's water is safe to drink and use. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/city-of-plano-asking-residents-to-conserve-water/3016647/ | 2022-07-18T04:25:32 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/city-of-plano-asking-residents-to-conserve-water/3016647/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — A case of monkeypox has been confirmed within the University of Texas at Austin community, according to a spokesperson for University Health Services.
The spokesperson said the case was confirmed late last week, after cases began appearing in Austin-Travis County, and was first reported Sunday by The Daily Texan.
"We expect that our campus community will mirror the surrounding Austin community with regard to the incidence of this virus, as we have seen with other communicable diseases," the spokesperson said. "The risk to the greater campus community remains low, and the virus does not spread easily without close contact."
No other details about the case were shared.
In a Thursday press conference regarding monkeypox in the area, Austin Public Health officials said there were nine confirmed cases of the virus and eight presumptive cases. Officials said that the virus is now considered "community spread" as new infections have begun to appear in people without a history of travel.
Williamson County health officials previously said they were awaiting test results on a presumptive monkeypox case.
Austin Public Health Authority Dr. Desmar Walkes said the health department is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Texas Department of State Health Services to provide testing to those suspected of having monkeypox. They are providing vaccines to those who have had close contact with someone who tested positive. Those vaccines are not widely available at this time.
However, U.S. health officials said Friday that more than 100,000 vaccine doses are being sent to states in the coming days, with several million more on order in the months ahead.
Once more vaccines are available, APH said it plans to expand availability.
To prevent the spread, APH is warning against skin-to-skin contact with strangers, especially those who have a rash or whose health history is unknown. The virus can be spread by contact including:
- Direct contact with the infectious rash, scabs or body fluids
- Respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face contact or during intimate physical contact
- Touching fabrics and objects that were used by a person with monkeypox and that have not been disinfected such as bedding, towels and other personal items
- Pregnant people can spread the virus to their fetus through the placenta
Symptoms of monkeypox can include:
- Fever
- Headache
- Muscle aches and backache
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Chills
- Exhaustion
- A rash that can look like pimples or blisters that appears on the face, inside the mouth and on other parts of the body, like the hands/palms, feet, chest or genitals. The rash goes through different stages before healing completely.
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Catherine Torrez is the former Police Chief of Cockrell Hill and Captain of White Settlement ISD Police. She knows what all goes into ensuring the safety of students and teachers.
Like so many others, she wondered: What could’ve been done differently at Robb Elementary School?
“In this day in time you can’t afford to say, ‘well maybe next year,’” she said.
Her past experience has shown that she has prepared for moments we hope never happen.
“You do the drills. And that way the students learn how to do what you’re supposed to do,” Torrez said. “While I was there, I wrote every single lockdown drill plan. Every single plan for every campus and every single event.”
The State House Investigative Committee found plenty could’ve been done differently in Uvalde. In its report, the committee says this about its findings on the school itself.
One sentence reads “With hindsight, we can say that Robb Elementary did not adequately prepare for the risk of an armed intruder on campus.”
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The report goes on to say the school had a culture of noncompliance by school personnel, that the district did not treat the maintenance of doors and lock with appropriate urgency, and there was low quality internet service and poor mobile phone coverage.
On top of that, three exterior doors were unlocked and the list of findings goes on.
Torrez said moving forward, school leaders and law enforcement must be proactive.
“I need to talk to your head custodian or maintenance person who knows this building like the back of their hand. And I need to take them through every door that’s here,” she said. “That’s just the first thing you have to do, because if that’s my campus I need to know where everything is.”
Torrez said she’s trained countless students and educators, and major drills should be done in within the first quarter of every school year, and follow-up drills should come later in the year.
She said the possibility of an active shooting is a reality all districts must come to terms with.
“Sadly, it is,” Torrez said. “I don’t see it stopping anytime soon.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/former-law-enforcement-security-consultant-weighs-in-on-uvalde-report/3016676/ | 2022-07-18T04:25:45 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/former-law-enforcement-security-consultant-weighs-in-on-uvalde-report/3016676/ |
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Leaders of Kenosha Executive Director Tanya McLean leads dozens of marchers who took to Roosevelt Road between 30th and 39th avenues to advocate for abortion rights Sunday, July 17, 2022. The procession and rally, sponsored by the group in conjunction with Planned Parenthood, are among several that have taken place in the city with more actions planned throughout the summer.
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Leaders of Kenosha Executive Director Tanya McLean leads dozens of marchers who took to Roosevelt Road between 30th and 39th avenues to advocate for abortion rights Sunday, July 17, 2022. The procession, sponsored by the group in conjunction with Planned Parenthood, is one of several that have taken place in the city with more actions planned throughout the summer.
Terry Flores
Leaders of Kenosha Executive Director Tanya McLean leads dozens of marchers who took to Roosevelt Road between 30th and 39th avenues to advocate for abortion rights Sunday, July 17, 2022. The procession, sponsored by the group in conjunction with Planned Parenthood, is one of several that have taken place in the city with more actions planned throughout the summer.
Terry Flores
Erin Floss, right, a Western Kenosha County resident holds signs with her daughters during a rally in Kenosha Sunday, July 17, 2022, preceding an hourlong "Women's March," held in protest of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe vs. Wade the landmark decision that had conferred the constitutional right to an abortion.
Terry Flores
A group of women meets in a lot near the corner of Roosevelt Road and 30th Avenue prior to a rally in Kenosha Sunday, July 17, 2022, before the hourlong "Women's March," held in protest of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe vs. Wade the landmark decision that had conferred the constitutional right to an abortion. The event was sponsored by Leaders of Kenosha and Planned Parenthood
Sophia Floss has never known a time abortion wasn't her legal right — until now.
Floss, 18, of Bristol was one of more than 40 people who attended a rally and march in Kenosha to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in late June that overturned the landmark ruling of Roe vs Wade, a decision that once conferred the constitutional right to an abortion for nearly a half century.
She and other advocates converged near the corner of 30th Avenue and Roosevelt Road Sunday afternoon holding some signs that called for protecting “safe, legal” abortion, while others juxtaposed scrutiny of the 2nd Amendment including one that read: “If only my vajayjay (vagina) was a gun I’d have rights.” The march was one of several that have been held since May even before the country's highest court's June 24 ruling and which organizers said would continue throughout the summer.
And, Floss, like the many in attendance, said they intend to keep the pressure on elected officials and others.
“I’m here because I’m way too young to be going through this. Frankly, it’s B.S.,” Floss said prior to the march. “I’m here to fight for my rights as a person. Not just as a woman, but as a human being and that’s what we’re all here to do today.”
When she learned the right to an abortion was no longer an option, she was appalled.
“It’s barbaric. Truly. It’s barbaric,” she said.
Tanya McLean, Leaders of Kenosha's executive director, said that hearing from young women — at least half the marchers participating were between 18-25 years of age — is important.
"This really, really affects your futures and your ability to decide when you want to become a mother. Or, if you want to become a mother at all," she said during the initial rally preceding the march. "So, I think it's important that we hear from our young people because, you know, we've had the luxury of having the right to choose for the last 50 years. But, now, these young women have lost that right."
Floss, then stepped up to speak.
"I'm only 18 years old and my life is just starting. I do want to have children one day, but not now. If I were to get pregnant right now, college would be over. I wouldn't have the education that I'm striving for right now," she said. "If I were to have children right now, there's no way I could provide a healthy, good life for them. We can't be fighting this anymore. We need to fight it now and then it needs to be over."
Citlali Garcia, public affairs coordinator for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, said she was "very angry with the outcome" of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
"We basically went back 50 years, which is messed up. And, we need to get going. We need to fight this fight now. We have not time to waste," she said.
During the 10-block march the chants went up of "My body, my choice," along with the call for abortion on demand and that no church nor state should make health care decisions for women, including abortion.
Rachel Davis, a Western Kenosha County resident said she was standing up for the right that she and other women once had.
“(I’m here today) because I live in an America that’s supposed to be the home of the free and the (U.S.) Supreme Court seems to be taking rights away little by little,” said Davis who held a sign that read, “Mom by Choice not by Force.” “They’re just chipping away, chipping away till they can … I don’t know what their plan is, but we live an place that’s supposed to be free and I should be able to decide what I do with my body.”
Before the rally, Carrie Wilder of Milwaukee, said she was at the march because “everyone deserves to have a right over their bodies.”
“I’m here as a therapist who works with survivors of sexual assault. It’s unfair that anyone should ever have to carry their offender’s child,” Wilder said. “I’m here as a daughter. I’m here as an aunt. I’m here because I think as human beings we deserve to have rights over our bodies.”
At the end of the march, McLean reminded youth to continue their involvement and everyone there 18 years and older, not only to be advocates, but to vote in upcoming elections.
"If you do not make it your business to be involved and use your voice in whatever capacity you can, they're going to take it all from you guys," she said, including same sex marriage. "Let your electeds know. This is their job, right?...You have to go and vote. You hear people say, eh, it doesn't matter. Well, this is why we're in this (expletive) show we are right now."
Photos: Scenes of protest across America after Roe overturned
An investigator said that the suspect was identified because he posed with a gun and hoodie in a Facebook photo that matched what the robber wore, as seen on surveillance video.
Leaders of Kenosha Executive Director Tanya McLean leads dozens of marchers who took to Roosevelt Road between 30th and 39th avenues to advocate for abortion rights Sunday, July 17, 2022. The procession and rally, sponsored by the group in conjunction with Planned Parenthood, are among several that have taken place in the city with more actions planned throughout the summer.
Leaders of Kenosha Executive Director Tanya McLean leads dozens of marchers who took to Roosevelt Road between 30th and 39th avenues to advocate for abortion rights Sunday, July 17, 2022. The procession, sponsored by the group in conjunction with Planned Parenthood, is one of several that have taken place in the city with more actions planned throughout the summer.
Leaders of Kenosha Executive Director Tanya McLean leads dozens of marchers who took to Roosevelt Road between 30th and 39th avenues to advocate for abortion rights Sunday, July 17, 2022. The procession, sponsored by the group in conjunction with Planned Parenthood, is one of several that have taken place in the city with more actions planned throughout the summer.
Erin Floss, right, a Western Kenosha County resident holds signs with her daughters during a rally in Kenosha Sunday, July 17, 2022, preceding an hourlong "Women's March," held in protest of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe vs. Wade the landmark decision that had conferred the constitutional right to an abortion.
A group of women meets in a lot near the corner of Roosevelt Road and 30th Avenue prior to a rally in Kenosha Sunday, July 17, 2022, before the hourlong "Women's March," held in protest of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe vs. Wade the landmark decision that had conferred the constitutional right to an abortion. The event was sponsored by Leaders of Kenosha and Planned Parenthood | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-dozens-of-protesters-march-in-kenosha-sunday-at-rally-calling-to-restore-abortion/article_5726f008-0621-11ed-ae0a-93ef7b693fb6.html | 2022-07-18T04:46:13 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-dozens-of-protesters-march-in-kenosha-sunday-at-rally-calling-to-restore-abortion/article_5726f008-0621-11ed-ae0a-93ef7b693fb6.html |
Pain looms over Detroit Officer Courts' funeral Monday
Detroit — There will be tears. Prayers. Outrage. A doleful bagpipe rendition of "Amazing Grace."
Monday's scheduled funeral for slain Detroit police Officer Loren Courts at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit won't be routine for Gary Marchetti, but the longtime bagpiper and ex-cop expects the service to be sadly familiar.
"These funerals are all the same, but then, each one is different," said Marchetti, a member of the Metro Detroit Pipes and Drums bagpipe band that has played 93 funerals for Michigan police officers and firefighters since the group formed 20 years ago.
"The savage pain that's being felt by the department and the families, especially the husbands, wives and kids, is the same at every funeral," the former Dearborn and Houston cop said. "But then, you start looking at the officers' individual stories, and the families' stories, and each one is a journey and a story in and of itself."
Courts, 40, was killed July 6 when he and his partner were ambushed while responding to a 911 call reporting shots fired near Joy Road and Marlowe Street on Detroit's west side.
Seconds after Courts and partner Amanda Hutchens of the 2nd Precinct arrived on the scene, police said 19-year-old Ehmani Davis opened fire from inside his apartment above the shuttered Desire Hair Salon on Joy Road. Davis shot through the closed apartment window, and a bullet crashed through the police cruiser's windshield, hitting Courts in the neck, police said.
After Courts and Hutchens exited their squad car, Hutchens tried to save her partner's life, police officials said. She continued administering first aid even after Davis walked out of his apartment and approached her from behind, brandishing his Draco pistol, police said.
Other officers at the scene fired multiple shots, killing Davis, police officials said.
In the aftermath of the killing, there have been multiple fundraisers for the Courts family. The family set up a gofundme.com page, which had raised more than $77,000 as of Sunday.
The Officer Collin Rose Memorial Foundation had raised more than $15,000 by Sunday. The foundation is named after former Wayne State police Officer Collin Rose, who was killed in 2016.
The Sweet Treats Station, a Woodhaven ice cream parlor, has planned a fundraiser from 2-8 p.m. Monday at the shop at 20022 Vreeland Road. At 8 p.m., police officers are scheduled to escort the organizers to the 2nd Precinct to hand over the funds.
Others attended the visitation to show their respects to Courts.
“We just come together in moments like this and it’s hard to accept,” said Ruth Littleton, 83, who was at the visitation Saturday.
Littleton, who said she was related to Courts through her grandfather's side of the family, added: "Right now I just feel so full because this is so unnecessary ... (he was) a son, a father, a husband, a cousin … he was loved. At this point I trust God to keep the family lifted up and to keep the city of Detroit protected.”
The visitation was held Saturday and Sunday at Greater Grace Temple on Seven Mile Road, which has hosted funerals for other slain Detroit police officers, including Rasheen McClain in 2019, Glen Doss in 2018 and Sgt. Kevin Miller in 2016.
According to Marchetti, before his 32-member group formed in 2002 to honor slain Eastpointe police Officer Jessica Nagle-Wilson, Metro Detroit didn't have a dedicated bagpipe band to honor local fallen police officers and firefighters.
"Windsor police were always good about coming to help out, as were the Shriners," Marchetti said. "But these are our brothers and sisters, and 4-5 of us who were in different bands got together and decided that we should take care of our own."
"We just played (an event) yesterday, and a lady came up to us and starts crying, and says, 'I can't tell you how much this means to us,'" Marchetti said. "Her daughter (a police officer) was killed in Indiana, and they had a pipe band there."
The tradition of bagpipes at police and firefighter funerals carried over from the instruments’ use at Irish funerals. Starting in the second half of the 19th century, police departments in large U.S. cities began including the old-country bagpipe ritual.
"Doing this for 20 years, I've become pretty good friends with some of the families, and one thing they always say is that the bagpipes lend an air of honor and respect to the services," Marchetti said. "It's an honor for us."
After Courts' photo is added to the Fallen Police Officers Memorial in the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters lobby, it'll take up the last space in the gallery, requiring another section to be built, said Patti Kukula, director of the Detroit Public Safety Foundation, which maintains the memorial.
"It's a shame there are so many pictures," Kukula said. "We're going to need more room."
Courts was the 231st Detroit police officer to be killed in the line of duty since the department formed in 1865.
In a case that remains unsolved, George C. Kimball was the first Detroit police line-of-duty death. On Oct. 5, 1883, Kimball was fatally shot while questioning a group of men and prostitutes near Beaubien and Jefferson, which at the time was one of the city's most notorious red-light districts.
The Detroit News described the mood of the mourners at Kimball's funeral at the former Epiphany Church near Trumbull and Myrtle (now Martin Luther King Boulevard) in the paper's Oct. 8, 1883, edition:
"The people were quiet and orderly, but discussed the circumstances of the killing in low tones," The News reported. "Expressions of indignation were heard on all sides, the general sentiment seeming to be that extraordinary measures must be taken to rid the city of the dangerous element with which it is cursed."
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Dr. John Crawford, who served on the Fort Wayne City Council for 20 years and treated local cancer patients even longer, died Sunday after a heart attack.
The native of New Orleans was 73 and was reportedly playing tennis earlier in the day before collapsing.
Crawford earned an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1968 and graduated from LSU’s medical program in 1972.
In 1976, he moved to Fort Wayne, where he specialized in treating cancer patients. Crawford was formerly medical director of radiation oncology services at Parkview Regional Oncology Center.
Despite his busy medical practice, Crawford found time to serve on City Council for two decades, beginning in 1995. He was perhaps best known for his role in passing the city’s smoking ban and for supporting Parkview Field and the Harrison Square development.
It is believed that voters punished him for his anti-smoking stance by voting him out of office in 2007. He regained a council seat four years later.
Crawford left the council to run an ultimately unsuccessful campaign to become the Republican candidate for mayor in 2019. During his last campaign, he described himself as a fiscal conservative who supported economic development, solving the opioid crisis and collaborative leadership.
Although few Republicans favor tax increases, Crawford publicly supported a 0.15% local income tax increase to support riverfront development, a project that includes the popular downtown Promenade Park.
Crawford put his money where his mouth was when it came to supporting economic growth in the region. He donated his entire City Council earnings – about $400,000 – to the Questa Education Foundation, which offers low-interest, forgivable loans to students to agree to work in northeast Indiana for five years after college graduation.
Current council members expressed shock and sadness at the loss of someone they considered a friend and mentor.
“I’m just gutted,” said Councilman Russ Jehl, R-2nd, who served with Crawford for eight of those years. “John Crawford was so much more than a colleague to me. He was a very close friend.”
It’s not always easy to know whether someone in public office can be trusted, Jehl said. But he never doubted Crawford.
“John was just a man of integrity,” he added. “He wasn’t afraid to take a tough stance.”
Councilman Geoff Paddock, D-5th, said he was in shock when he first heard the news of Crawford’s death.
“John and I were really good friends, and we worked on a number of things together on a bipartisan basis,” Paddock said, naming funding for the Electric Works development as an example.
“He was a man of his word, a man of integrity,” Paddock said. “John Crawford was just an A+ in my book.”
Jehl said Council members continued to seek Crawford’s advice on various issues. Both Jehl and Paddock said they’d spoken to Crawford in just the past few weeks.
“Fort Wayne really lost a true statesman today and a pillar of the community,” Jehl said. “And I lost a friend.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/dr-john-crawford-former-fort-wayne-councilman-has-died/article_c724fb22-0638-11ed-8c40-3b93168344a5.html | 2022-07-18T04:52:44 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/dr-john-crawford-former-fort-wayne-councilman-has-died/article_c724fb22-0638-11ed-8c40-3b93168344a5.html |
What if they gave a war reenactment and no one came? As the threat of a severe storm rolled in, the staff at the Historic Old Fort decided to close their reenactment of Colonial America four hours early Sunday.
“With weather like this, we don’t get a lot of visitors,” Quartermaster Sgt. Cory Balkenbusch said.
They spread the word through Facebook because reenactors will always show up no matter what the weather. In the past, they’ve performed in foot-deep snow while wearing period winter wear, Balkenbusch said.
Attendance had been good Saturday. The Three Rivers Festival always gives them some goodwill visitors, he said.
Historic Fort Wayne Inc. holds monthly events at the reconstructed fort, often centered around 1812, when Fort Wayne survived a British siege. This weekend, however, centered on it being a British trading post about the time of the Revolutionary War.
Volunteers showed what it was like to live in a post with Continental Army troops watching for British troops and merchants trading goods. Demonstrations were performed by a cobbler, a tinsmith a blacksmith, two woodworkers and a scribe/scrivener.
The scrivener demonstrated various inkwells and pens.
“The visitors really like the handwriting demonstrations,” Balkenbusch said.
The cannon firing is also popular, especially with the kids.
“The cannon never fails,” he said. “Everybody likes the big boom.”
The Old Fort is always accepting volunteers to participate in weekend events and perform routine chores.
There are clothes for loan to beginners, although many longtime volunteers have their own, he said. For those who don’t want to dress in period clothing, they can be tour guides or work in maintenance or in the garden.
Harrison Snyder, one of the reenactors, recommends working at the fort as a learning experience.
“If you volunteer at Old Fort Wayne,” he said, “I can guarantee you’ll know more about local history than anybody else.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/old-fort-sees-good-weekend-until-threat-of-storms/article_2c7df092-0615-11ed-ba2d-8f2f14089bf5.html | 2022-07-18T04:52:50 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/old-fort-sees-good-weekend-until-threat-of-storms/article_2c7df092-0615-11ed-ba2d-8f2f14089bf5.html |
A man was taken to the hospital early Sunday because of life-threatening injuries from being battered, police said.
Fort Wayne police were called to the 2500 block of River Cove Trail at 1:30 a.m. about a battery in progress, according to a news release.
When officers arrived, they learned someone had taken the man to the hospital in a private vehicle. His condition was reported as life-threatening.
The Fort Wayne Police Department and Allen County prosecutor’s office are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the Fort Wayne Police Department at 260-427-1201, Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867 or through the P3 Tips app.
Defiance man
killed in 1-car crash
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal one-car crash that happened on U.S. 20 Alternate at Ohio 107 in Williams County.
Benjamin J. Gurwell, 58, of Defiance was driving southbound about 6 p.m. Saturday, the highway patrol said in a news release, when he drove off the left side of the road and struck a pole. He died at the scene.
Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash, police said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/battered-man-in-life-threatening-condition/article_934c1f6a-061a-11ed-9295-cf0775697a18.html | 2022-07-18T04:52:57 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/battered-man-in-life-threatening-condition/article_934c1f6a-061a-11ed-9295-cf0775697a18.html |
A man was taken to the hospital early today because of life-threatening injuries from being battered, police said.
Fort Wayne police officers were called to the 2500 block of River Cove Trail at 1:30 a.m. about a battery in progress, according to a news release.
When officers arrived, they learned someone had taken the man to the hospital in a private vehicle. His condition was reported as life threatening.
The Fort Wayne Police Department and Allen County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating. They ask anyone with information to contact the Fort Wayne Police Department at 260-427-1201 or Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867. Or those with tips can use the P3 Tips app. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-seek-info-on-battery-that-left-man-hospitalized/article_6cf1779a-060e-11ed-b5bf-2bd0d0eede94.html | 2022-07-18T04:53:03 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-seek-info-on-battery-that-left-man-hospitalized/article_6cf1779a-060e-11ed-b5bf-2bd0d0eede94.html |
A man was taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition after being shot in Fort Wayne tonight.
Fort Wayne police are looking for a person of interest based on canvassing the area and talking with witnesses, according to a news release from the police department.
The man, whom police didn’t identify, had more than one apparent gunshot wound. The police announcement of the shooting didn’t state how many wounds he received or where on his body they were.
Police responded to a call about a shooting in the 800 block of Madison Street about 6:50 p.m.
Anyone who has information about the shooting is asked to contact the Fort Wayne Police Department at 260-427-1201 or Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867. Those with tips can also use the P3 Tips app. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/shooting-leaves-man-in-life-threatening-condition/article_a4571fea-0646-11ed-afe7-f70e0da42724.html | 2022-07-18T04:53:09 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/shooting-leaves-man-in-life-threatening-condition/article_a4571fea-0646-11ed-afe7-f70e0da42724.html |
Fort Wayne Community Schools is adding some life to its schools.
It is using $33,365 from the Indiana Department of Health to provide tower gardens to schools that don’t already have them. The school board formally approved the competitive Health Issues and Challenges grant last month.
The district’s Health and Wellness Department previously bought 22 tower gardens from various grants. They were placed at the high schools, the middle schools and six elementary schools, said Gina Dundon, wellness coordinator.
The grant will let Dundon equip the remaining 21 elementary schools with a tower garden. She will also buy one more for each high school, one for the Career Academy at Anthis and one for the Center for Academic Success at Nebraska, she said, noting the cost is about $1,100 each.
Various plants can be grown, including lettuce, tomatoes and strawberries.
“It’s really up to the school,” Dundon said.
Science classes have mostly used them in the middle and high schools, she said, and some elementary schools have developed ways to involve the entire student body.
The gardens, which are equipped with LED indoor grow lights, provide lessons about agriculture, the growing process and how to eat what’s grown.
In March, a Miami Middle School teacher turned the bounty from his classroom’s tower gardens into pesto and other culinary creations.
Dundon told the board most of the gardens supported by the recently received grant will be purchased this year. The rest will be bought next year.
Anne Duff, board president, said it was a great opportunity for students.
Events
Round Room LLC., a Verizon authorized retailer, announced its TCC and Wireless Zone stores will donate 140,000 backpacks full of school supplies in the 10th annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway from 1 to 4 p.m. July 31. One backpack per child present will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. To find participating locations, go to locations.tccrocks.com/search.html or shop.wire lesszone.com• .
• Indiana’s 29 private, nonprofit colleges, including Trine University, are offering special visits and other events to students and their families as part of the annual Indiana Private College Week, which runs today through Friday. Go to icindiana.org/pcw• for a list of participating campuses, event schedules and registration information. Visitors between the ages of 16 and 20 touring Independent Colleges of Indiana campuses during Private College Week may enter a drawing for a Microsoft Surface or Apple iPad. Entry forms and rules will be available from each campus.
Indiana Wesleyan
Indiana Wesleyan University announced Jonathan Kulaga• will become its 10th president on Aug. 8. He will succeed David Wright, who served in various leadership roles over the past 25 years, the last 10 years of which as president.
NACS
Sam DiPrimio’s role • in Northwest Allen County Schools changed July 1. He is now serving as director of human resources. He was previously director of secondary education.
Saint Francis
Rhonda Wendler received the 2022 Franciscan Spirit Award during a University of Saint Francis employee recognition event. She is executive assistant to the vice president for student affairs and helps students with a variety of needs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wendler went far above and beyond her usual duties to make sure that students were both safe and informed about their cases. She has also served as the liaison between the university and the Allen County Department of Health. The Franciscan Spirit Award includes a donation to a charitable organization of her choice.
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• Several Saint Francis students participated in helping with medical and veterinary needs in the Dominican Republic in May. The group, led by professor Amy Obringer, treated hundreds of people and animals during their trip. Students who participated included Elana Mann of Bluffton, Jasmin Hoot of Kendallville and Tianah Stuff-Kelso, Tyra Grischke and Maria Solis Valtierra• of Fort Wayne.
Scholarships
Aug. 12 is the deadline to apply for the New Journeys Scholarship from Best-Trade-Schools.net. The $1,000 scholarship is designed to help people transition into a technical field, whether it’s out of high school or later in life. Visit best-trade-schools.net/new-journeys-scholarship for information.
Caleighsta Edmonds of Fort Wayne was recognized as a 2022 Denny’s Hungry for Education Scholar during a virtual program. She attends Howard University.
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• The Ivy Tech Foundation at Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne and Warsaw received an endowed gift from the estate of Mark M. Suedhoff to establish The Mark M. Suedhoff Endowed Success Scholarship and The Mark M. Suedhoff Endowed Scholarship – Chancellor’s Merit Award. The full gift amounts to $2,161,496.91. Students interested in the Endowed Success Scholarship must complete the scholarship application in MyIvy. Go to IvyTech.edu/scholarships for information. For the Chancellor’s Merit Award, students must submit a one-page essay and letter of reference before the application deadline March 31. Email fortwayne-foundation@ivytech.edu for information about the scholarships.
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• The Building Contractors Association of Northeast Indiana awarded $2,500 scholarships to Dyllan Floyd, Olivia Jablonski, Jackson Denny and Joshua Hawkins• .
Calvin Brown• of North Manchester received a scholarship to continue his high school education at the UWC Mahindra, an international high school for 16- to 19-year-olds with 18 campuses worldwide. Brown was among 59 U.S. students selected for the merit-based Davis Scholarship.
Trine
Four 2022 graduates from Trine University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program accepted residencies, including two that are local. Alex Bond and Sean Corcoran• have positions at Parkview Health.
• Beginning this fall, Trine will offer associate and bachelor’s degrees in industrial engineering technology through TrineOnline. The university’s transfer credit policies allow students to transfer up to 90 credit hours from prior college courses, experiential learning, college level examinations or military coursework toward the degree programs, saving time and tuition costs. Go to trine.edu/online• for information.
• Trine has added a game design and virtual reality concentration within its Bachelor of Science in computer science and information technology degree. The program is funded in part through a $1 million grant Trine received in 2020 from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Students and parents who have a favorite teacher can nominate the individual for Teacher Honor Roll. Send nominations to The Journal Gazette, 600 W. Main St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802; fax 461-8893 or email asloboda@jg.net.
To submit an item, send a typed release from the school or organization to Education Notebook, The Journal Gazette, 600 W. Main St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802; fax 461-8893 or email asloboda@jg.net at least two weeks before the desired publication date. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/fort-wayne-community-schools-grows-lessons-in-agriculture/article_655831d0-0204-11ed-aaeb-afb753b135c1.html | 2022-07-18T04:53:15 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/fort-wayne-community-schools-grows-lessons-in-agriculture/article_655831d0-0204-11ed-aaeb-afb753b135c1.html |
CLEVELAND — Editor's note: the video in the player above is from a previous story.
A Cleveland bar received a little bit of 24K Magic on Wednesday night when Bruno Mars took over bartending duties.
As captured by a series of Instagram stories that have since gone viral, Mars -- real name Peter Hernandez -- was behind the bar at Rum Runners in The Flats, where he poured shots of his rum brand, SelvaRey. The Instagram account imfromcle compiled a series of such videos, including one where the 15-time Grammy Award winner can be seen proclaiming himself as "the best bartender in Ohio."
While the "When I Was Your Man" singer isn't currently on tour -- he's set to begin a nine-date residency at the MGM in Las Vegas on August 3 -- his appearance in Cleveland seems to be a part of his promotion of SelvaRey. Earlier this week, Mars was spotted at a couple of bars in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he hosted private tastings for SelvaRey, which comes in white, chocolate, coconut and owner's reserve versions and is described on its website as "vacation in a glass" and "the smoothest rum you'll ever taste."
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- FORECAST | Soaked in sunshine | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/bruno-mars-bartending-in-cleveland/95-6a1ecfca-8e21-4773-ab60-08b6eb16786f | 2022-07-18T04:57:56 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/bruno-mars-bartending-in-cleveland/95-6a1ecfca-8e21-4773-ab60-08b6eb16786f |
GREENWOOD, Ind. — Police are investigating a shooting at Greenwood Park Mall that happened around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Four people are dead and police tell 13News the shooter is among those dead.
Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said two others were wounded in the shooting and are being treated at area hospitals. The victims shot were identified by police only as one male victim and four female victims. One of the victims is a 12-year-old girl that had a minor injury to her back.
Ison said a "good Samaritan" witnessed the shooting and shot and killed the shooter.
"This has shaken us to our core. This isn't something we've seen in Greenwood before. It is absolutely horrendous," Ison said. He went on to say that they have trained for active shooter situations like this and he was proud of the response from law enforcement.
The shooter is only identified as an adult male at this time. Police said the shooter had a long rifle and several magazines of ammo.
People inside the mall at the time of the shooting told 13News reporter Logan Gay that they heard 20 gunshots in the food court. IMPD said it appears shots were only fired in the food court area.
IMPD is assisting at the scene and said there is no known ongoing threat, during a news conference at 7:45 p.m. Multiple police units went through the mall to make sure there were no people wounded or still sheltering in place.
IMPD said there is no information yet on a motive for the shooting.
Witnesses are being interviewed, according to IMPD.
Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers released a statement on Facebook thanking the armed bystander. It reads in part:
"This person saved lived tonight. On behalf of the City of Greenwood, I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation."
In an earlier statement, the mayor asked for "prayers to the victims and our first responders."
IMPD said the armed bystander, who shot the shooter, is cooperating with police. The bystander is believed to have had a handgun and chose to intervene when they saw the shooting. Ison said the 22-year-old from Bartholomew County was carrying a gun lawfully.
A backpack found left at the scene was cleared Sunday night. Investigators then began gathering evidence at the scene. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/multiple-victims-reported-in-shooting-at-greenwood-park-mall/531-df15bbf5-8eca-4220-b149-7de4735fbe37 | 2022-07-18T04:58:03 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/multiple-victims-reported-in-shooting-at-greenwood-park-mall/531-df15bbf5-8eca-4220-b149-7de4735fbe37 |
PLANO, Texas — The City of Plano has issued a notice to all of its residents, asking that they conserve water use through at least Wednesday, July 20.
The notice follows a similar call for conservation issued on Saturday by the city's water provider, the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD). In that ask, the NTMWD requested that all municipalities that receive the provider's purified water "immediately" reduce their water use -- and "especially outdoor water use" -- due to maintenance meant to relief stress on some of its water treatment facilities.
The Plano statement said that residents may continue watering their foundations, shrubs and trees, but asked that they refrain from watering their grass until NTMWD system is back at full strength.
According to a NTMWD water system map, the NTMWD provides water to most of Collin County, Rockwall County and Kaufman County, parts of North Dallas County, a significant portion of Hunt County and parts of Denton, Grayson, Rains, Hopkins and Van Zandt counties.
Per the NTMWD web site, the organization provides water to two million people across 80 communities within those 10 counties.
This week's conservation effort, the NTMWD said, was the result of one of four water treatment plants at its Wylie Water Treatment Plant Complex having to unexpectedly cease producing water in order to perform the "critical maintenance [that would be] required to return the plant back to full water purification capacity."
That maintenance, the NTMWD said, involved six sedimentation basins that are used to move water particles during the treatment process. Those basins combine to produce 210 million gallons of water per day, NTMWD said. During peak water demand, NTMWD said, the accumulation of sediment accelerated and impacted the plant's ability to efficiently process water at full capacity.
The NTMWD statement added that its "precautionary call to action" was the result of a quantity issue, not a quality one -- meaning, in NTMWD's own words, its "water is safe to drink and use."
The NTMD further said that its water purification capacity "remains adequate for basic services including household use and for public safety," but noted that the region's ongoing drought conditions and increased water use has "stressed" its systems top the point of requiring immediate maintenance.
Upcoming heat conditions forecast across the region this week, the NTMWD statement continued, would only add stress to its system without maintenance.
"We’re seeing a stress on our system because of peak demands with peak weather conditions," NTMWD Director of Communications Wayne Larson told WFAA. "We are enduring a long, hot, dry summer. The forecast doesn’t seem like it will change. We are trying to manage and meet the rising peak demands of our customers."
Last week, the City of Dallas -- which maintain its own water utilities and is not part of NTMWD's operations -- issued its own statement asking residents to conserve water due to high temperatures and increased drought conditions across the area. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/plano-north-texas-municipal-water-district-asks-residents-conserve-water-through-wednesday-july-20/287-fc180be0-d408-4c9f-9617-c8f6c497518f | 2022-07-18T04:58:09 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/plano-north-texas-municipal-water-district-asks-residents-conserve-water-through-wednesday-july-20/287-fc180be0-d408-4c9f-9617-c8f6c497518f |
TEXAS, USA — Record-high tax revenues over the last year will give Texas lawmakers an astounding extra $27 billion to spend in the 2023 legislative session, the state’s top accountant said Thursday.
In total, lawmakers will have $149.07 billion in general funds, Comptroller Glenn Hegar said. Going into the last regular legislative session in 2021, lawmakers had $112.5 billion at their disposal.
And that number could continue to grow. The extra $27 billion comes from more revenue coming in to the state than expected during the current biennium. Other factors could continue to push it up.
Lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session will also have $13.6 billion in their savings account, known as the rainy day fund — a $3.5 billion increase that is more than double the amount the savings account normally grows heading into a legislative year, Hegar said. The Texas Legislature convenes every other year.
“Oftentimes we start [legislative sessions] with a billion dollars, we start with $2 billion, we start with $5 billion,” Hegar told The Texas Tribune. “But starting with $27 billion, plus, oh by the way, we got a nest egg over here of $13.6 billion. That’s unprecedented.”
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The massive revenues are largely a result of inflation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, both of which have hurt Texans shopping at grocery stores, filling up their vehicles with gasoline and paying their home energy bills.
Sales taxes are the primary driver of state revenues, so Texas coffers benefited from elevated prices of goods over the last year. The other main revenue stream for Texas is oil and gas production taxes. After Russia, one of the world’s top natural gas-producing countries, launched the war in Ukraine in late February, many countries, especially in Europe, have tried to wean off importing Russian energy. That has caused the price of oil and natural gas to skyrocket globally, and Texas is a top oil and gas producer.
“Most of that [increase] on [oil and gas] tax is based on oil and natural gas prices, not necessarily an increase in production,” Hegar said. “While production has slightly gone up, most of that is price-induced.”
The “staggering” amount of oil and gas production taxes collected by the state will help give lawmakers a variety of spending options.
The extra funds represent an ironic benefit for Texas’ top leaders: For months, they have been blasting President Joe Biden over inflation and gas prices. Now, those trends will give them an unprecedented amount of money to spend on their priorities in 2023.
When asked how lawmakers should spend the money, Hegar recommended funding water infrastructure, road infrastructure and broadband internet connectivity. A panel of lawmakers this week asked Hegar for recommendations, and Hegar also mentioned a need to address rising property taxes and increase pay for state employees, especially since Texas is growing by 1,000 people per day.
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“Making sure that we have good, qualified employees and can retain them,” Hegar said of the need to increase pay for government staff. “Because you have to have a healthy state government to operate.”
Hegar has pushed some of these issues for years, and his recommendation to invest in water infrastructure comes as 75% of the state is in an extreme drought.
“Moody’s considers 203 of our 254 counties at high risk for scarce water resources, a risk mitigated through Texas Water Development Board water financing programs,” Hegar wrote ahead of the 2021 legislative session in a column published in the Dallas Morning News.
The state’s top elected officials, meanwhile, have already set their sites on cutting property taxes in 2023. Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan, all Republicans, have already said they plan to use $3 billion in COVID relief funds on property tax reduction. The incoming tax windfall will give them even more to spend on cutting taxes if they wish.
Patrick on Thursday re-emphasized his desire to cut property taxes and he proposed suspending the state motor vehicles fuel tax. In Texas, gasoline and diesel fuel are subject to a 20-cent tax per gallon.
Thursday's announcement also opened the door for others to propose how lawmakers should spend the money. The Texas School Coalition expressed a desire to improve funding for school safety, technology and new facilities. Christy Rome, the group's executive director, also noted state leaders' desire to address rising property taxes.
"However, property tax relief should not come at students’ expense," Rome said in a statement.
While Hegar said his revenue estimate will be revised before lawmakers convene at the state Capitol in January 2023, he said the state’s revenues will likely remain high because of ongoing inflation, which he said is a result of “last year’s stimulus programs and savings accumulated during the pandemic when normal spending activities were curtailed” as well as “unresolved supply chain disruptions and labor force participation still remaining below pre-pandemic levels.”
That, coupled with spikes in oil and natural gas prices after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, will still likely result in record-high revenues for lawmakers to spend next year.
But Hegar cautioned that lawmakers have a Constitutional spending limit, which could constrain them.
“There’s going to be more money than they can spend, which normally is not the case,” Hegar said, adding that the limit is based on a formula that factors in the state’s population and inflation.
Lawmakers can void the cap by a two-thirds majority of each chamber — the House and Senate — voting to eliminate it.
“I’ve not seen a Legislature yet that’s willing to do that,” Hegar said.
This story comes from our KHOU 11 News partners at The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans - and engages with them - about public policy, politics, government, and statewide issues. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/2023-texas-legislative-session/285-ebeedb13-e36b-4bfc-b474-8d8eff2b7786 | 2022-07-18T04:58:15 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/2023-texas-legislative-session/285-ebeedb13-e36b-4bfc-b474-8d8eff2b7786 |
HILLSBORO, Kan. (KSNW) – The 92nd Marion County Fair kicked off Sunday in Hillsboro, but with another week of hot weather the fair is adjusting its schedule.
The fair started Sunday with its 4-H Horse Show.
Grace Meier competed with her horse Tex.
On Sunday morning, Meier took Tex to practice at the arena before the big show.
“He was so sweaty and everything and after that, we went home and gave him a bath,” said 4-H Horse Show Competitor, Grace Meier.
The fair made changes to livestock check-in times and some events due to the predicted hot weather.
“Our judging of our 4H and static events or our open class is all being moved to a church here in town,” said Marion County Fair Manager, Michelle Hajek.
The current 4-H building does not have AC, but the project starts in the winter to update the building.
They also plan to update the kitchen and bathrooms.
While fairgoers and competitors have to wait a bit for those changes to come, there is still plenty to enjoy at this year’s fair.
“This year we decided to try something new and do lawn mower races,” said Hajek.
The 4-H building is expected to have AC by next summer.
If you’d like to help out with the project, the fair is hosting a community feed on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. with all proceeds going to the project.
You can find more about this year’s 4-H schedule here. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/92nd-marion-county-fair-adjusts-schedule-due-to-heat/ | 2022-07-18T04:59:34 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/92nd-marion-county-fair-adjusts-schedule-due-to-heat/ |
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ONTARIO, Ore. — Members of an Ontario-based Japanese drumming group are asking for the public's help to replace their damaged drums after a fire caused thousands in damage.
Around 7:30 a.m. on July 8, security alarms at the Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple alerted, Co-President of the Temple Mike Iseri to an electrical fire in the basement.
Once Iseri got to the temple, he saw smoke coming from the church. He believes the amount of smoke was what triggered the alarm's motion sensor.
"I could see that the basement windows on the south side were black," Iseri said.
Fire crews responded quickly after Iseri called 911 and were able to get the fire under control before it spread to the second floor, where the Temple's altar is. Unfortunately, the flames had already caused tens of thousands in damage to the drums in the basement.
The cause of the fire was determined to be a faulty electrical outlet and no injuries were reported, according to Iseri.
Fortunately, the temple's insurance will cover some of the damage, including Sangha Taiko, who uses the temple's basement for storage and practice space. However, the drumming group is unsure of how much that will cover the replacement cost of their equipment.
"I don't know. Some of [the drums] we might just have to say goodbye to," said Michelle Sadamori, a member of Sangha Taiko.
According to Taeko D'Andrea, another member of the group, the value of a Taiko drum can range from $2,000-$3,000, but the history and significance of the drums make them far more valuable.
"The Japanese believed in olden days, the ancestors' spirits live in the drum," D'Andrea said. "People treated the Taiko drum as a sacred vessel.
"That's why it's just like, 'How do you replace these?'"
The group said Taiko drumming communities from around the Treasure Valley and state have offered to help by giving them space to practice and even donating some of their own equipment.
"There are a lot of people from communities here or beyond who have been offering to help monetarily or donations of some drums," D'Andrea said.
Although there are multiple instruments needing to be replaced, the group has hopes of trying to repair some of the damaged drums.
"Some of the wooden parts of the drum, we might be able to sort of sand it down and refinish it," Sadamori said, "It'll have a few scars on it, but it's like war wounds, it survives."
The drumming group has found a temporary space to practice as the Temple is still getting cleaned up and inspected.
Iseri said while the fire did not reach the Temple's altar, smoke and water damaged some of its pieces and displays. He said they are still figuring out what needs to be replaced and what can be covered by insurance.
The Sangha Taiko currently has a GoFundMe up and is hoping to have a free performance for the community as a way of saying "thank you" once they are able to get enough equipment to perform again.
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PARMA, Idaho — Two years ago, we brought you the story of fifteen-year-old Cole Medcoff of Parma. He was battling a brain tumor, during a pandemic. A really tough situation for this local teenager.
Cole has been in cancer treatment since 2019. His dad said he has been so brave through it all.
"The chemo really started to get to him," Josh Medcoff, Cole's dad, said. "I think it wears on him more than he likes to show. He stays strong for myself and for his mother and for the other little kids at the hospital, and for everybody around him. Just seeing the pain and everything he goes through with this, it's really tough. As a parent you want to fix everything, take care of it, take away the pain, kiss the boo-boo and you can't."
Months ago, before the pandemic hit, Cole fell in love with the idea of buying a classic car. He said bringing a car back to life just seemed like the perfect thing to spend his extra time on.
"I just kept looking on Craigslist, on Facebook, for something I could drive, I could work on," Cole said.
"We saw the car on the side of the road and Cole said, Dad, that's it, that's the car, I gotta have it! That's the car," Josh Medcoff said.
Cole spent $1,500 on the battered 1964 Mercury Monterey, knowing it needed a lot of TLC. Scott Reynolds, Josh Medcoff's best friend, wanted to help fix up the car for Cole. He works at Harold's Auto Body in Boise.
"What do you do when you find that out, that your best buddy's son has a brain tumor?" Reynolds told KTVB.
The problem was, getting the money to do it. Reynolds asked Cole if they could go to Make-A-Wish Idaho and ask for help. Cole refused.
"He said I'm not going to do it. He's not one to take charity, he's very selfless," Reynolds said. "He said every week, 'I go to chemo, and I see these little kids with tubes plugged in, and no hair, and they are throwing up and sick, and their families are suffering with them.' He told me, 'I don't need a car, those kids need to go to Disneyland, they need to go to Hawaii, they need their wish worse than I need a car.'"
So, Reynolds came up with an idea to bring in car shops from all over the Treasure Valley to help with restoring Cole's dream car.
"I got with my shop's owner, made some key calls to people in town, all the big players, and we had a meeting," Reynolds explained. "Can we do this? We all said, 'Yeah, we can do this for this kid.'"
They also started a GO FUND ME page to gather donations for the rebuild. Cole said he just could not believe it when he heard the news.
"My dad walks in and said, 'I talked to Scott, looks like he's picking up your car tomorrow,'" Cole recalled. "He said, 'They are going to do a full restoration on it.'"
Reynolds told KTVB COVID-19 slowed things down a lot, but he and his amazing group of volunteers stayed dedicated to the project.
"My guys around here have just been amazing, thousands of hours of sacrifice," said Reynolds. "How often do you get the chance to change someone's life, and this is life-changing? It's worth it for all of us. It's a lot of hours, a lot of time, a lot of money, but why not?"
"Maria Monterey the Legend, is what it's called," Reynolds said.
This month, in July of 2022, the car was finally finished!
"It took way longer than we wanted it to, but it's done," said Reynolds with a smile.
Reynolds delivered it to Cole last weekend!
"Oh it feels amazing, I absolutely missed her! It's been two years in the making and I really missed my baby and I appreciate having her back! I love all the amazing work everyone has put into it," Cole Medcoff said. "I feel that I owe it to myself, my family, and my hometown to appreciate this and drive it around as much as possible. I'm going to show it off for everyone that worked on it and supported it."
Cole said he is doing really well and his brain tumor is stable.
"I'm doing good, there's been no change or progression in my tumor. I finished chemo about a year and a half ago, so I'm no longer on chemo," Cole said.
This teenager is ready to start living, which starts with driving his dream car.
"I'm going to go to as many car shows as I can," Cole said proudly.
He said words can not express how grateful he is to Scott Reynolds and his crew.
"When you meet a kid that's as selfless as that, he deserves this. Thousands of labor hours went in to this car, and all of it was donated. My build team is just an amazing group of people. I have to thank everyone, worldwide, nationwide, Idaho-wide, that has donated and helped," said Reynolds. "For two plus years, this project has been my life. I am very honored, it has been my pleasure to do this!"
Reynolds says the Facebook Page for the car, and the Go Fund Me page are still up and running since the cost of rebuilding the car was a lot higher than they expected it to be. If you would like to help, any and all donations are welcome.
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December 13, 1934 - July 18, 2021
IN LOVING MEMORY OF GLENN E. HALSEY ON HIS 1ST ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN
I can't believe one year has passed without you here. I miss you so .
Thinking of you always and loving you forever.
Your loving wife, Nancy
December 13, 1934 - July 18, 2021
IN LOVING MEMORY OF GLENN E. HALSEY ON HIS 1ST ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN
I can't believe one year has passed without you here. I miss you so .
Thinking of you always and loving you forever.
Your loving wife, Nancy
Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/glenn-e-halsey/article_210c3f9b-28dc-52dc-b040-dfa703bb90ab.html | 2022-07-18T05:13:17 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/glenn-e-halsey/article_210c3f9b-28dc-52dc-b040-dfa703bb90ab.html |
1935 - 2022
CROWN POINT, IN - Marco's funeral mass will be at St. Matthias Church, Crown Point, IN on Friday, July 22 at 10:00 a.m. Memorial donations may be sent to Wabash Center for Disabilities, Crown Point, IN or First Presbyterian Church, Crown Point, or St. Matthias Church. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/marco-moreno/article_04617480-0f90-51a2-8033-2c09e02cb8e0.html | 2022-07-18T05:13:23 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/marco-moreno/article_04617480-0f90-51a2-8033-2c09e02cb8e0.html |
On July 12, 2022 Russell B. Hominger, Sr., age 78, walked on to his ancestors awaiting him in the great hunting lodge in the sky. Russ was the grandson of the late Bill and Hattie Hominger of Nahma, MI and the late Bertha and Max Neumann of Hyde, MI. His two sons and two daughters and a host of grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and great-great-grandchildren survive him. These include his son, Russell (Kim) Hominger, Jr.; grandson, Joshua (Kasey); and granddaughter, Kristina (Sunny) Sievers; son, Robert Hominger; and granddaughters: Jessica and Shelby; daughter, Kristen (Bill) Hughes; and granddaughters: Tiffany Clark and Raevyn; daughter, Kimberly (Lance) Corkwell; and grandchildren: Logan, Reese, Maverick and Lily; eight great-grandchildren: Kyleigh, Zac, Carson, Baylee, Hera, Edison, Alaira, and Sumariahna; and one great-great-grandson, Jeremy Michael. Russell was preceded in death by his father, Russell W. Hominger of Tacoma, WA; and his daughter-in-law, Gina Hominger of Royal Center, IN. He is survived by one sister, Carolyn Calhoun of AR; and several step-brothers and step-sisters; nieces; and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at the Anderson Funeral Home in Escanaba, MI. Military Honors will be conducted and can be viewed live at 12:00 p.m., (EST) on the Anderson Funeral Home's Facebook page. The Anderson Funeral Homes of Escanaba and Gladstone, MI are assisting the Hominger family and online remembrances can be shared at www.andersonfuneralhomes.net. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/russell-b-hominger-sr/article_bc5c66b3-8c5d-5991-9e06-d704ae9bbe65.html | 2022-07-18T05:13:29 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/russell-b-hominger-sr/article_bc5c66b3-8c5d-5991-9e06-d704ae9bbe65.html |
TUCSON, AZ - William E. Govert, age 76, of Tucson, AZ, formerly of Dyer, IN, passed away on July 5, 2022. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mary Govert; son William (Ellyn) Govert; daughters Annmarie (Andrew) Yakubik and Margot (Jeffrey) Herndon; grandchildren Nycolle (Chris) Painther, Kyle and Ryan Govert, Drew and Alec Yakubik, and Maggie and Olivia Herndon; great granddaughter Kensley Painther; brothers Jack (Hilda) Govert and Richard (Dora) Govert; sisters Debra (Jerry) Drapac, Barbara Hatch, and Mary (Jim) Rhone; numerous nieces and nephews; and sisters-in-law Sandy (Late Rocky) Govert and Nancy (Late Tom) Govert. Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Irene and Charles Govert; infant sister Sandy; and brothers Rocky and Tom Govert.
A visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at FAGEN-MILLER FUNERAL HOME, 8580 Wicker Ave., St. John, IN, from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Funeral mass will be held on Thursday, July 21, at St. Joseph Church 440 Joliet St., Dyer, IN at 10:30 AM. Burial will follow at Chapel Lawn cemetery.
Bill was a lifetime member of Operating Engineers Local 150. He worked his career with Dyer Construction. During his retirement, Bill loved traveling with his loving wife, Mary, in their RV. He cherished the times when they traveled with their children and grandchildren around the country.
Anybody who knew Bill knows he never met a stranger. The world is a lesser place without him. www.fagenmiller.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/william-e-govert/article_02a6e8ab-2710-5d0e-9737-a7553f2de005.html | 2022-07-18T05:13:35 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/william-e-govert/article_02a6e8ab-2710-5d0e-9737-a7553f2de005.html |
AUSTIN, Texas — One organization is working to create affordable housing for people living with HIV in Austin.
Supportive housing for people living with HIV is limited, but Project Transitions is working to change that for people like Clarence Fagins. A new complex is set to open next Wednesday and he said he doesn't know where he'd be if it wasn't for the supportive housing.
Fagins has dealt with trauma throughout the years. He struggled with substance use, went to prison and experienced homelessness.
“I was abused when I was a kid and I turned to drugs and alcohol,” Fagins said.
"I was put in ICU and surrounded by a bunch of doctors and they told me I almost died, and I’ve been through that probably about four times,” he added.
After almost facing death, he decided to make a change.
"Since I’ve been with Project Transition now and really committed myself to it, I have been in no trouble. I have a stable place to live,” he said.
Julia Smith with the non-profit said housing is crucial for people living with HIV. At this new complex, residents will receive treatment and access to mental health services.
"Folks who are homeless and have HIV usually aren't treating their HIV because they're just focused on survival," Smith said.
Smith said about 1,500 people with HIV in Austin don't have stable housing.
“If 1,500 people aren't treating their HIV because housing is getting in the way, that means HIV is still spreading in our community. And so, housing is essential to stop the spread of HIV,” Smith said.
Fagins will move in for now but his goal is to find his own place to free up space and give others like him an opportunity to get help.
"Project Transition was a godsend for me. So, because I don't know where I would be, I pretty much gave up,” Fagins said. “And just I would like people to know there's hope."
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AUSTIN, Texas — On Sunday, the Lost Pines Art Center hosted "Central Texas Cares," a benefit for Uvalde.
There was live music and a silent auction, all in hopes of collecting money to donate to the Robb School Memorial Fund.
Jeff Stayton is one artist who was working on a live painting during the event. After visiting Uvalde last week and seeing the teddy bears, crosses and cards that surrounded the school, he was touched.
"At some point, I would see a periodic statement saying, 'If you see a cardinal, it's a messenger from heaven,'" he said.
So, he decided to channel that grief in a unique way. At Sunday's event, he painted 21 cardinals to represent the lives lost at Robb Elementary School on May 24.
"Whatever I'm painting is going to probably be more like cathartic," said Stayton. "And it's like, for children, it would be painting the monster."
The money raised from this painting will be donated to the Robb School Memorial Fund. Money raised from the tickets and other paintings sold would also be donated.
Patricia Rendulic, one of the organizers of the event, said they'll ensure the money gets distributed to those who need it the most.
"They'll be taking care of families' mental health, which is very important," she said.
One of the community's biggest concerns is getting trained mental health professionals to help families heal. As more information comes to light, Counselor Taish Malone said survivor's guilt will set in.
"They will have sadness," she said. "They will have anger. There will be some anger with that fear. And panic attacks are very common."
They'll need all the help they can get because overcoming this won't be easy.
"Sometimes the emotions flood you so much, you really don't know how to process them," said Malone.
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DALLAS — Darryl Baker is a homeowner in Southern Dallas who’s had enough of low-income apartment buildings only being built near minority neighborhoods and never in white neighborhoods across North Texas.
“The housing policy says that we should be doing this throughout the city, but we just tend to only be doing it here,” he said. “That's part of what's unfair.”
Baker is a part of a story WFAA has been reporting on since fall 2020 in our Banking Below 30 series. We found that banks lend relatively little money to people in minority neighborhoods in Southern Dallas while, at the same time, investing hundreds of millions of dollars in low-income apartments that trap families in high-crime, low-opportunity neighborhoods.
It's happening because of a federal law called the Community Reinvestment Act, or CRA. On its face, the law is supposed to encourage banks to meet the credit needs of its entire community, through loans. But over the years the intent of the CRA has been perverted to allow banks to invest in slum apartments as a substitute for making actual loans.
Recently, federal bank regulators have proposed major fixes to the CRA but have ignored calls to stop this glaring problem.
Previously, we've reported that banks own or have owned 50 low-income housing developments in Dallas. Those banks include American Express, Bank of America, Chase, Truist and Wells Fargo.
The majority of the apartment buildings are in lower-income, Black and Hispanic neighborhoods that are already highly saturated with low-income housing.
Baker likes to take visitors around to see -- with their own eyes -- how strong neighborhoods are getting oversaturated with low-income housing and how that keeps shops and grocery stores from opening up.
“We're housing the region's working poor, as opposed to places like Frisco and Plano building sufficient affordable housing in their cities so that people who live over here don't have to make cross county trips to low-wage no-benefit jobs,” Baker said.
After we first reported this problem, a Dallas nonprofit sent this petition to federal bank regulators seeking to "undo the pattern of segregation caused by the unregulated siting" of low-income housing again and again, in the same neighborhoods.
But when those federal regulators recently proposed their updates to the Community Reinvestment Act, the petition was ignored, allowing these bank practices to continue.
“This is not a bunch of good religious souls out there, you know, trying to do good for humanity in the Lord,” said Mike Daniel, a civil rights attorney, who filed the petition. “These are national banks that contribute to the problem because in their view, they don't care what kind of neighborhood it’s in.”
Daniel also represents Darryl Baker in a recent complaint, claiming the overconcentration of low-income apartments "disproportionately disadvantages a predominantly Black and Hispanic group..." of homeowners in the neighborhood. It's a practice financed by banks and approved by Dallas City Hall.
“It’s a civil rights issue because it's clearly the race of the neighborhoods that's suffering the discriminatory effect,” Daniel said. “There are no white single-family neighborhoods in the city of Dallas that are in, or adjacent to, over-concentrations of low-income housing tax credits. They just don't exist. They're not there,” he added.
And the investments continue. This year, PNC Bank wrote this "letter of intent" to invest $60 million to rebuild the Rosemont at Ash Creek Apartments in a neighborhood already saturated with low-income apartments. And PNC also intends to invest $21 million to build the Highpoint at Wynnewood, also near existing low-income apartments.
In a statement, the bank writes: “Our mission at PNC is to use our resources to move everyone forward financially... We’ve invested billions of dollars coast to coast as part of this business to create new affordable housing and preserve existing affordable housing, including properties in North Texas.”
In Dallas there's an affordable housing crisis. One solution is a policy that encourages big banks to invest in affordable housing. But when bank regulators allow these apartments to continually be built in the same minority neighborhoods, those regulators are failing the very people they're supposed to protect.
What should the regulators do about the banks getting credit for this?
“They should stop it. Just stop it because it's not working,” Baker said. “It's failed us." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/federal-regulators-decline-address-problem-banks-owning-low-income-housing-that-traps-minority-families-poverty/287-03726993-ebb8-46b3-ad4c-c4a97c5996a0 | 2022-07-18T05:24:24 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/federal-regulators-decline-address-problem-banks-owning-low-income-housing-that-traps-minority-families-poverty/287-03726993-ebb8-46b3-ad4c-c4a97c5996a0 |
AUSTIN, Texas — A case of monkeypox has been confirmed within the University of Texas at Austin community, according to a spokesperson for University Health Services.
The spokesperson said the case was confirmed late last week, after cases began appearing in Austin-Travis County, and was first reported Sunday by The Daily Texan.
"We expect that our campus community will mirror the surrounding Austin community with regard to the incidence of this virus, as we have seen with other communicable diseases," the spokesperson said. "The risk to the greater campus community remains low, and the virus does not spread easily without close contact."
No other details about the case were shared.
In a Thursday press conference regarding monkeypox in the area, Austin Public Health officials said there were nine confirmed cases of the virus and eight presumptive cases. Officials said that the virus is now considered "community spread" as new infections have begun to appear in people without a history of travel.
Williamson County health officials previously said they were awaiting test results on a presumptive monkeypox case.
Austin Public Health Authority Dr. Desmar Walkes said the health department is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Texas Department of State Health Services to provide testing to those suspected of having monkeypox. They are providing vaccines to those who have had close contact with someone who tested positive. Those vaccines are not widely available at this time.
However, U.S. health officials said Friday that more than 100,000 vaccine doses are being sent to states in the coming days, with several million more on order in the months ahead.
Once more vaccines are available, APH said it plans to expand availability.
To prevent the spread, APH is warning against skin-to-skin contact with strangers, especially those who have a rash or whose health history is unknown. The virus can be spread by contact including:
- Direct contact with the infectious rash, scabs or body fluids
- Respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face contact or during intimate physical contact
- Touching fabrics and objects that were used by a person with monkeypox and that have not been disinfected such as bedding, towels and other personal items
- Pregnant people can spread the virus to their fetus through the placenta
Symptoms of monkeypox can include:
- Fever
- Headache
- Muscle aches and backache
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Chills
- Exhaustion
- A rash that can look like pimples or blisters that appears on the face, inside the mouth and on other parts of the body, like the hands/palms, feet, chest or genitals. The rash goes through different stages before healing completely.
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NORCROSS, Ga. — The Gwinnett County community came together Sunday night to mourn and honor a young man killed on July 10, while putting air in his tires at a QuikTrip gas station in Peachtree Corners.
Police say 29-year-old Bradley Coleman lost his life over his vehicle during a botched carjacking. Loved ones held balloons and candles as they remembered him as a loving father, son, business owner, coach, and friend to all. They encourage people to honor him by making a difference in their communities in his memory.
A somber mood filled Lillian Web Park Sunday evening as friends, family, and teammates who knew Coleman gathered unexpectedly.
“My heart just broke," Penny Poole said.
Penny Poole has known Coleman since he was nine years old. Her son played sports with him.
“We’re still grappling, and it’s still hard to believe," Poole said.
It's not just Poole grappling with the loss, but the hundreds of people who came out to his vigil.
“Bradley always stood out as a young, quiet man, a purposeful young man and loved by all," Poole said. "That is not just a casual statement. That is truth beyond measure.”
Another person trying to deal with Coleman's murder is John Lewis, his youth football coach.
“It was just a sad situation," Lewis said. “He was humble. He loved his daughter. He loved his community. He loved kids. He loved coaching kids. He was just a great kid and a great role model for the kids.”
Those who loved him are mourning their loss together, as they grapple with the reality of a promising young life ended by gun violence.
“We’re here to let the world know how special Bradley Coleman is that his mindset and his heart is still here in this community," Poole said.
Coleman's funeral will be held on Saturday, July 23. A GoFundMe page to pay for his funeral and to start a trust fund for his young daughter has reached more than $100,000.
Gwinnett County Police have not named any suspects in his murder. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/vigil-for-bradley-coleman-gwinnett-qt-murder/85-fe0a832c-4ac8-46e3-85ff-189dc0ef4145 | 2022-07-18T05:49:10 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/vigil-for-bradley-coleman-gwinnett-qt-murder/85-fe0a832c-4ac8-46e3-85ff-189dc0ef4145 |
United Farm & Ranch Management has historically done most of its farmland sales in the months after harvest and before planting season, generally October or November to April.
That's because that's when farm owners have the time to think about buying or selling land.
But over the past couple of years, Chris Scow said he has seen a noticeable change.
"We've kind of had an active sales market all through the year," said Scow, managing broker and operations manager of the company's Lincoln office.
The demand for farmland that's driving year-round sales also is pushing prices to heights not seen in Nebraska history.
According to final results from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Nebraska Farm Real Estate Report, overall farm prices in the state rose 16% this year to $3,360 an acre, an all-time record. Values were strongest in the northeast part of the state, up 21%, while the northern region had the smallest increase of 11%.
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The UNL report is actually pretty conservative in its estimate of the increase in land prices in the state, however.
Scow said sales his company has been involved with indicate prices are up 20-25% in central and southeastern Nebraska, where the most productive cropland is located.
A report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City estimated Nebraska's fourth-quarter land prices were up 31% for non-irrigated cropland, 21% for irrigated land and 23% for ranchland compared with a year ago.
Farmers National Company, an Omaha-based farm management and real estate firm, said that the average price buyers paid for Nebraska farmland in the first half of the year was $11,500 an acre, up more than 30% from the first half of 2021.
"Recent Farmers National Company auction sales demonstrate the strength in the land market so far in 2022," said Randy Dickhut, the company's senior vice president. "Good land that was selling for around $16,000 last fall sold for $19,000 to $21,500 per acre at company auctions in March. This increase in prices is on top of a 15-30% jump in value across most Grain Belt states in 2021."
While prices increased strongly in every state across the 18-state footprint where Farmers National operates, no state saw as big of a gain as the Cornhusker State.
There are a number of reasons driving both demand and prices, including higher crop prices, political and economic instability, increased interest from investors and historically low interest rates — at least up until a few months ago.
The increased interest from investors has come as traditional investments such as stocks have seen a sharp decline in value this year.
Jim Jansen, an extension economist with UNL and co-author of the report, said there has been a renewed interest in all types of land because of the current economic uncertainty.
Farmland is typically a less volatile asset than many other investments, and U.S. Department of Agriculture shows data that since 1970, farmland has averaged a 5.7% annual return.
"People are looking at land as a store of wealth," said Jansen, who is based at the Haskell Agricultural Laboratory in Concord.
One investment firm that's bullish on Nebraska is Farmland Partners, a publicly traded real estate investment trust.
The company owns 32 farms in Nebraska, encompassing nearly 7,400 acres. It has purchased three of those farms this year, including two in the past month.
"Nebraska is a wonderful, wonderful place to farm, so that's driving value strongly," said Paul Pittman, chairman and CEO of the company, which is the nation's largest publicly traded REIT that focuses on farmland.
Farmland Partners' two most recent purchases were in Hamilton County, and it paid $12,658 an acre for one farm and $13,842 an acre for the other farm.
"Land values in Nebraska are incredibly strong," Pittman said, "especially in the eastern half or third."
Pittman's view jibes with the UNL report, which shows that the east, northeast and southeast regions rank first, second and third for highest land values.
The big question now is whether the demand and the price increases are sustainable.
One thing to note about the various reports is that many are based on a time frame that precedes the recent sharp rise in interest rates.
Jansen said rising interest rates "might moderate prices to an extent," but other factors, such as high commodity prices, will keep the market "relatively robust."
High commodity prices help to keep farmers in good financial shape, which means they take on less debt and are less likely to be forced to sell their farms, which can drive down prices.
After recording 75 farm bankruptcies in 2019 and 2020, Nebraska has had only 22 in the 18 months since.
Scow of United Farm & Ranch management said he has seen very few "stress sales," by farmers over the past couple of years.
"We're not in that environment right now," he said.
Another factor that might blunt the effect of interest rates on farmland sales is that not that many sales are financed.
"Most of these farm transactions are done with cash," Pittman said.
He is a firm believer that prices will continue to go up, in large part due to continued demand for farmland along with a decreasing supply of good-quality farmland to sell.
"I think you'll continue to see values go up in a place like Nebraska." | https://journalstar.com/business/local/farmland-prices-continue-to-rise-in-nebraska-hitting-record-level/article_f6783e4c-e13d-5eca-8ee3-36f77ff021eb.html | 2022-07-18T05:53:07 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/business/local/farmland-prices-continue-to-rise-in-nebraska-hitting-record-level/article_f6783e4c-e13d-5eca-8ee3-36f77ff021eb.html |
When the Lincoln Board of Education revised its public comment rules last May, board members said the change would bring Lincoln Public Schools more in line with other school districts in the state.
The most notable changes included reducing speakers' time from five minutes to three and setting limits on when speakers could sign up.
But the ways school boards across Nebraska approach public participation at meetings — which has become an outlet for parents and patrons to voice concerns over a variety of issues like masks and critical race theory — is almost as varied as the number of districts in the state.
"There's a whole slew of ways of doing it," said David Jespersen, public information officer with the Nebraska Department of Education.
At LPS, officials say the revisions to the overarching policy and the underlying regulations that govern public comment flesh out practices already in existence, such as defining what people can bring to meetings.
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They also argue the reduction in speakers' time allows more people to speak in the first public comment period, which comes before agenda items, while allowing the board to get to its business. If there are still more speakers after an hour, the board's practice is to hold another session at the end of the meeting.
LPS board member Bob Rauner, who serves on the Nebraska Association of School Board Board of Directors, said the changes were, in part, the result of conversations he had with board members from other districts and how they run public comment.
But, as other district's policies show, there's not one agreed-upon way to do it.
At OPS, speakers typically have five minutes to speak, although the board has reduced it in the past to accommodate more speakers — as it did at a meeting last August to allow more people to talk about masking.
At Grand Island, speakers also have five minutes, but if there are three or more, it's three minutes. Meanwhile, at Millard Public Schools, the state's third-largest district behind LPS, has a two-minute limit.
At other large districts it varies: Papillion-La Vista it's three; Elkhorn, five; Omaha Westside, 2½. Bellevue, three; Kearney, five.
While the NASB doesn't keep data on how school boards run public comment, Director of Communications Matt Belka said it's likely different district-to-district.
"I would guess that's what we'd find in asking all 240 (would be) 240 unique answers," Belka said in an email.
The Nebraska Open Meetings Act allows public bodies to "make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations" regarding public participation at meetings.
And LPS is not alone in revisiting its public comment policies following a slew of marathon meetings in the past two years.
The Nebraska State Board of Education set a two-hour cap on public comment at its January meeting and set speaker limits to five minutes, although the board can reduce that amount.
The move was in part informed by a letter from Attorney General Doug Peterson admonishing the board for restricting the number of speakers at a June meeting in Kearney, in which over 100 people came to testify about the state's proposed health education standards but only 75 were allowed to speak.
But the revision also aimed to provide better clarity on the rules, which were typically decided at each meeting.
"I think boards are going to address these things more formally," Jespersen said.
LPS Board President Don Mayhew said the process to revise the rules was thorough, first starting in the board's Governmental Relations and Community Engagement before reaching the full board.
Board members consulted best practices — including how other public bodies approach public participation — and legal requirements involved. The NU Board of Regents, for example, limits speakers to three minutes.
"We're not shooting from the hip making decisions like this," Mayhew said.
He pointed to the fact that the board approved the revision at its May organizational meeting, when it typically looks at board operating procedures. It would have been different to enact the changes months ago when the number of speakers was high, Mayhew said.
"I think that's one of those things that no matter what we did, we might've been opening up ourselves to criticism."
Samuel Lyon, who led an unsuccessful recall campaign against the Lincoln mayor, has been a frequent critic of the change.
He said "the sum of all of the restrictions in total" essentially equals "retribution for coming and speaking, for the offensive and coming and telling the board and what we like and what we don’t like."
"The time limit specifically, it cuts your time by nearly half, which is a huge a reduction," he said.
Lyon, who homeschools his children, has also taken particular issue with a change to how the board broadcasts its meeting.
The board typically showed the faces of those speaking in public comment. But at is Oct. 26 meeting, the feed started showing speakers' backs and the entire board.
Associate Superintendent John Neal told the board staff switched the orientation because people waiting in overflow rooms — which LPS used during the pandemic to maintain social distancing when a large number of people showed up — expressed a "lack of feel" of being in the board room.
But Lyon contends the change "dehumanizes" speakers, and at the board's last meeting in June, he attempted to show his displeasure with the change by attempting to speak on the other side of the podium.
Mayhew said there are no plans to go back to the old broadcast orientation.
While critics — like those with the grassroots group Nebraskans Against Government Overreach — say the rules are draconian, some of the revisions do match other district's practices.
LPS, for example, now requires speakers sign up no more than 30 minutes before a meeting and 15 minutes after it starts. Previously, speakers could sign up at any point during the meeting.
At OPS, speakers must submit a request to be heard form no later than five minutes after a meeting has started. There are similar rules in place in other districts, including Millard.
Rauner also said the three-minute limit falls roughly within the two- to -five-minute range the biggest districts in Nebraska use and added making direct comparisons can be difficult because of LPS' size.
Ultimately, it comes down to a misconception that public comment is a time for debate, Rauner said. He said he regularly meets with constituents at a local coffeeshop to hold a dialogue.
"Why are we obsessing about three minutes?" he said.
While board meetings are open to the public, he reiterated the point he made in May that they are meetings held in public, not with the public.
"Whether people like it or not, we still have a school district to run," Rauner said.
LPS has used the new rules for three meetings now. A spiffy electric timer now keeps track of speaker's time. Some have requested more time after the timer runs out, but Mayhew hasn't budged.
"Overall, I think it's working well," he said. "I think that most people are able to say what they want to say in three minutes." | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/lps-looked-to-other-districts-when-revising-public-comment-policy-but-rules-vary-across-state/article_1b9bef7d-157b-5f17-831f-6aae622bee32.html | 2022-07-18T05:53:19 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/lps-looked-to-other-districts-when-revising-public-comment-policy-but-rules-vary-across-state/article_1b9bef7d-157b-5f17-831f-6aae622bee32.html |
Golf pro Alex Fourie is raising money for Ukrainian orphans through his love of golf
Alex Fourie loves spending his free time on the fairways, but for much of this year, his focus has been halfway across the world.
Fourie, 29, was born in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine without his right arm, due to what he believes was radiation in the water his mother drank as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
An orphan from birth, Fourie was adopted by South African missionaries at age seven and grew up in Alabama. One of the first things he picked up in the United States was a golf club.
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More than 20 years later, the Knoxville area golfer is using the game he loves to give back to children in a time of dire need.
Fourie will compete in the U.S. Adaptive Open, a championship for golfers with physical, visual and intellectual impairments, beginning Monday at the Pinehurst No. 6 course in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
The 54-hole, stroke-play event features a 96-player field with golfers as young as 15 and old as 80.
Fourie hopes for a top-10 finish, but his main focus is to raise awareness of Single Hand Golf, his charity that is raising money to help relocate children from the same Cherkasy orphanage he lived in.
The financial support for Single Hand Golf has outgrown Fourie’s childhood orphanage, reaching other orphanages in the area to help those children to safety. Since launching in March, T-shirt sales have raised over $38,000, contributing to the relocation of over 300 orphans.
Mainstream news coverage of the conflict in Ukraine started to wane as the initial invasion dragged on, but Fourie maintained public interest in Single Hand Golf through transparency.
“I think we've been very vocal and very forthright about what the money is going towards,” Fourie said. “Being upfront and honest has helped build a relationship with people. Seeing pictures of orphans getting to safety is huge for people to know that their money is not getting wasted.”
Safety for the orphans means reaching the border in Romania to the west, several hundred miles away. Fourie said the ultimate goal is to find families abroad that are willing to adopt children.
Parties interested in adopting orphans have been plentiful, some even within Tennessee, though the selection of families has required more scrutiny.
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“A lot of people have reached out to me, it's been really cool to see the outpouring of support for Ukraine,” Fourie said .”But you got to be very smart. There are a lot of people that want to adopt Ukrainian kids, but not everybody (has the means). You got to be careful of people.”
Fourie’s charity work hasn’t yet overtaken his day job selling roofs for Litespeed Construction, but he hopes one day he can pivot to teaching golf and raising funds full-time.
In the meantime, he will continue to play in as many golf tournaments as his schedule allows for with the mission of reaching more children in need of the same fortune that brought him to his first tee.
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LOS ANGELES — The Rev. Steven Marsh never thought he would see the day his church in Laguna Woods, California — a town of 16,500 populated largely by retirees — would be spending $20,000 a month for security.
Then a gunman opened fire on May 15 during a luncheon at Geneva Presbyterian Church, where Marsh is senior pastor, killing one and injuring five other members of a Taiwanese congregation that met there. Officials said the man, who was motivated by political hatred against Taiwan, chained the church’s doors shut and hid firebombs inside before shooting at the gathering of elderly church members.
Houses of worship are meant to be places of shelter, reflection and peace, where strangers are welcome. But the recent string of high-profile mass shootings in the U.S. is a reminder violence can happen anywhere, prompting some faith leaders to ramp up security.
At Geneva Presbyterian, armed security guards now stand watch every weekday and during Sunday services. The church also is adding more security cameras, developing an active shooter plan and applying for Department of Homeland Security funding.
“We’re not trying to militarize the church,” Marsh said. “We prayed about it and made a decision to have armed security as an act of faith.”
Without the new security measures, Marsh predicted that a mass exodus by the congregation and the schools on the church’s campus would have followed the shooting.
Creating a space that is both safe and welcoming is possible, said Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the former spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.
In January, he and three others were taken hostage by a pistol-wielding man during a Shabbat service. Cytron-Walker threw a chair at the gunman — a courageous act that helped them safely escape — after a nearly 11-hour standoff. He credits the several rounds of active shooter training he has taken.
“When you are unable to run away or find a hiding place, you need to find a way to act and to fight back,” Cytron-Walker said. “When we were most afraid he was going to kill us, I saw a moment I had been looking for all day long.”
Cytron-Walker now leads Temple Emanuel in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As he works on a security plan with his new congregation, he is being mindful of how a welcoming synagogue can enhance safety “because someone who wants to do harm can see that they are not going to be able to walk in anonymous.”
Historically, sanctuaries have been vulnerable to violent attacks — from bombings at Black churches during the Civil Rights era to more recent shootings in the U.S. at mosques and Sikh gurdwaras. In the U.S., FBI hate crime statistics show that incidents in churches, synagogues, temples and mosques increased 34.8% between 2014 and 2018.
“All faiths are under attack in America by radicals and extremists,” said Alon Stivi, a security consultant for synagogues, Jewish community centers and day schools. Some congregants are reticent to show up.
“They’re asking a lot more questions: ‘Should I come to the weekly services or just come for the holidays? And if I come, should I bring my kids?’”
Religious leaders who once preferred to leave security in the hands of the divine are taking precautions that seemed unthinkable years prior, Stivi said. More congregants are carrying concealed handguns to services, too, he said.
From $25 million in 2016 to $180 million last year, the federal government has steadily increased the amount of funding it sets aside to help the faith community with security costs, Stivi said. But not all faith leaders are aware they can apply for it, he said.
Past attacks on houses of worship and other public spaces have prompted faith leaders to evaluate — sometimes for the first time — if there is more that can be done to keep their flocks safe.
Today an armed police officer watches over Sunday services at Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, said the Rev. Kylon Middleton, who leads the congregation. When an officer is unable to be on campus for church events, members carrying concealed weapons keep watch.
“It is sad, but we are in such times where we must have armed security to protect our people,” he said.
The church is two blocks away from Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2015, a self-proclaimed white supremacist opened fire during Bible study and killed nine worshippers, including the senior pastor. Middleton said the late pastor was like a brother to him.
In the wake of the massacre, security discussions at Mt. Zion factor worship style into the equation, including the need for some to always keep their eyes open, especially when most have theirs closed in prayer, Middleton said.
“No one ever thought mass shootings would happen in churches, which are sacred sanctuaries where you can escape the world and seek spiritual refuge,” he said. “When that space has been violated, it creates a restlessness of spirit.”
After the 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Rabbi Jon Leener met with local New York police to discuss safety for Base BKLYN, his home-based ministry that has welcomed thousands.
For years, he and his wife, Faith, would unlock their front door right before Shabbat dinners, believing in a Judaism where no door is shut or locked. That changed after Tree of Life — the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Leener also installed a security camera and a buzz-in system for visitors. He hired an armed guard after this year’s hostage situation in Texas.
“It’s terribly unfortunate that we live in an age when we need to compromise our value of openness for the threat of violence, but that is just the reality at the moment,” Leener said.
It is a balancing act for many. Marsh said the shooting in his church happened because members of the Taiwanese congregation were welcoming to the shooter — a person they didn’t know.
“The church needs to be welcoming to all people, and we cannot lose that,” he said.
“Are there ways an active shooter could get on our campus again? Yes. But we have to be willing to have this happen again. Otherwise, we would all have to go through metal detectors. It would no longer be a church.”
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LINCOLN, Calif. — Mandatory evacuations have been lifted by the Placer County Sheriff's Office after Cal Fire crews worked to tackle a vegetation fire in the 3800 block of Riosa Road in rural Lincoln Sunday, the Placer County Sheriff's Office said in a Tweet.
In a Tweet, Cal Fire's Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit said that the vegetation fire burned one outbuilding.
Evacuation orders for residents in the Anderessen, Rolling Hills and Meadowlark areas were only effective for 40 minutes Sunday afternoon.
A potential cause of the fire has not been released.
Fire Map
This wildfire map was created using data from NASA, NGA, USGS and FEMA.
WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
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ATLANTA — Police are investigating after they say a person was shot in the chest with a crossbow at an Atlanta convenience store Saturday night.
Officers said they responded around 10:30 p.m. and met the victim, who they said had a laceration on his chest.
Eventually, they determined the man had been shot by a bow and arrow at the Pic N Pay on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway.
There, police said a gold minivan pulled up while the man was outside the store and someone in the van got out and fired at him.
Atlanta Police add that the victim is currently in stable condition.
However, investigators are still working to determine what led up to the bizarre attack.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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GREENWOOD, Ind. — Police are investigating a shooting at Greenwood Park Mall that happened around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Four people are dead and police tell 13News the shooter is among those dead.
Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said two others were wounded in the shooting and are being treated at area hospitals. The victims shot were identified by police only as one male victim and four female victims. One of the victims is a 12-year-old girl that had a minor injury to her back.
Ison said a "good Samaritan" witnessed the shooting and shot and killed the shooter.
"This has shaken us to our core. This isn't something we've seen in Greenwood before. It is absolutely horrendous," Ison said. He went on to say that they have trained for active shooter situations like this and he was proud of the response from law enforcement.
The shooter is only identified as an adult male at this time. Police said the shooter had a long rifle and several magazines of ammo.
People inside the mall at the time of the shooting told 13News reporter Logan Gay that they heard 20 gunshots in the food court. IMPD said it appears shots were only fired in the food court area.
IMPD is assisting at the scene and said there is no known ongoing threat, during a news conference at 7:45 p.m. Multiple police units went through the mall to make sure there were no people wounded or still sheltering in place.
IMPD said there is no information yet on a motive for the shooting.
Witnesses are being interviewed, according to IMPD.
Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers released a statement on Facebook thanking the armed bystander. It reads in part:
"This person saved lived tonight. On behalf of the City of Greenwood, I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation."
In an earlier statement, the mayor asked for "prayers to the victims and our first responders."
IMPD said the armed bystander, who shot the shooter, is cooperating with police. The bystander is believed to have had a handgun and chose to intervene when they saw the shooting. Ison said the 22-year-old from Bartholomew County was carrying a gun lawfully.
A backpack found left at the scene was cleared Sunday night. Investigators then began gathering evidence at the scene.
Greenwood Park Mall deadly shooting July 17, 2022
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LOS ANGELES — The smiling face of Kristin Smart still looks out from a billboard in front of attorney James Murphy Jr.’s law office more than 25 years after the college freshman vanished from a campus on California's picturesque central coast.
It once offered a $75,000 reward to help find the college student, but these days the billboard simply says: “Justice For Kristin.”
Smart is still missing, but the man last seen with her at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in 1996 is on trial more than a year after he was arrested on a murder charge along with his father, who is accused of helping hide her body.
Opening statements are scheduled Monday in Monterey County Superior Court in Salinas in the trial of Paul Flores and his father, Ruben Flores, who is charged as an accessory. Both men have pleaded not guilty.
The younger Flores, now 45, killed the 19-year-old during an attempted rape on May 25, 1996 in his dorm room at Cal Poly, where both were first-year students, prosecutors said. His father, now 81, allegedly helped bury the slain student behind his home in the nearby community of Arroyo Grande and later dug up the remains and moved them.
Paul Flores had long been considered a suspect in the killing, but prosecutors only arrested him and his father in 2021 after the investigation was revived.
San Luis Obispo Sheriff Ian Parkinson acknowledged missteps by detectives over the years and he credited a popular podcast about Smart's disappearance called “Your Own Backyard” for helping unearth new information and inspiring witnesses to speak with investigators.
Smart’s remains have never been found and the mystery of how she vanished from the scenic campus tucked against a verdant coastal mountain range is likely to be central to the trial.
Investigators have conducted dozens of searches over two decades, but turned their attention in the past two years to Ruben Flores' home about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Cal Poly in the community of Arroyo Grande.
Behind lattice work beneath the deck of his large house on a dead end street off Tally Ho Road, archaeologists working for police in March 2021 found a soil disturbance about the size of a casket and the presence of human blood, prosecutors said.
The blood was too degraded to extract a DNA sample. While a blood expert said it was human blood, the test used did not rule out the possibility it was from a ferret or ape, though court records said no remains of such an animal were found there.
Murphy, who has sued the father and son on behalf of Smart's parents, scoffed at the idea that it was anything other than human blood.
“The size of the area in which the blood was found would make it a prehistoric ferret that would be in Jurassic Park,” Murphy said. "When was the last time you drove down Tally Ho Road in Arroyo Grande and saw a primate?”
The lawsuit Murphy filed against Ruben Flores alleged that “under cover of darkness,” the father and unnamed accomplices moved the body four days after investigators searched his house in February 2020. Investigators didn't conduct their dig beneath the deck until more than a year later.
San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Craig Van Rooyen ordered the pair to trial after a 22-day preliminary hearing in which he found a “strong suspicion” the father and son committed the crimes they were charged with, that a grave existed under Ruben Flores' deck and it once held Smart's remains.
Prosecutors, defense lawyers and San Luis Obispo sheriff’s deputies are constrained by a court order prohibiting them from discussing the case.
Attorney Harold Mesick, who represents Ruben Flores, previously said the evidence unearthed was ambiguous. He said that soil under the deck had been dumped there after being excavated to lay a foundation nearby.
“It was a hot mess because it’s been previously excavated,” Mesick said. “If we even call it evidence, it is so minimal as to shock the conscience.”
Paul Flores was the last person seen with Smart on May 25, 1996 as he walked her home from an off-campus party where she got intoxicated.
He downplayed his interactions with her when he first spoke with police three days later, saying she walked to her dorm under her own power, though other witnesses said that she had passed out earlier in the night and Flores helped hold her up as they walked back to campus.
Flores had a black eye when investigators interviewed him. He told them he got it playing basketball with friends, who denied his account, according to court records. He later changed his story to say he bumped his head while working on his car.
At a preliminary hearing last year, prosecutors presented evidence that four cadaver dogs stopped at Flores’ room and alerted to the scent of death near his bed.
Van Rooyen prohibited prosecutors from presenting evidence alleging Paul Flores had a history of stalking, inappropriate touching and aggressive sexual behavior toward women, including allegations he drugged and raped four women in the Los Angeles area years after Smart disappeared. Over the years, women called him “Chester the molester” and “psycho Paul,” according to a court document.
Van Rooyen ruled in favor of a defense request to move the trial out of San Luis Obispo County because it was unlikely the Flores' could receive a fair trial with so much much notoriety in the city of about 47,000 people.
The case was moved 110 miles (177 kilometers) north to Salinas, a small city in the agricultural region where John Steinbeck set some of his best-known novels.
Defense lawyer Robert Sanger previously said the evidence remained the same as it did in the 1990s when Paul Flores was the prime suspect but never charged with a crime.
“The evidence then and now is based on speculation and not proof of facts," Sanger said in court documents.
Sanger has tried to pin the killing on someone else — noting that Scott Peterson, who was later convicted at a sensational trial of killing his pregnant wife and the fetus she was carrying — was also a Cal Poly student at the time.
Trial Judge Jennifer O’Keefe — who is a year younger than Kristin Smart would be today — however, has barred suggestions of alternate suspects unless Sanger can provide evidence of their direct involvement.
Separate juries were selected to weigh the evidence against each defendant. The trial is expected to last about four months.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Saturday morning crash on Highway 99 in Modesto left five people injured, officials with the California Highway Patrol's Modesto office said.
Around 5:14 a.m. Saturday, a semi-truck rear-ended a 26,000-pound box truck on southbound Highway 99 just north of Carpenter Road causing the box truck to roll over, according to the CHP.
The box truck blocked several lanes of Highway 99 and eventually, a Buick hit the truck, CHP officers say.
Five people were taken to area hospitals following the crash. The CHP says three patients suffered serious injuries while the other two suffered minor injuries.
No arrests were made and drugs or alcohol are not suspected to be factors in the crash, the CHP says.
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LIVERMORE, Calif. — Police were searching Sunday for a suspect in a shooting at a San Francisco Bay Area bowling area that left a man dead and two other people wounded, authorities said.
Someone pulled out a gun and opened fire Saturday evening during a fight inside a bar at Granada Bowl near downtown Livermore, police said.
Three people were shot and a 28-year-old man died at the scene, according to Livermore police Sgt. Steve Goard. The wounded victims, who were not identified, were hospitalized in stable condition, Goard told reporters.
Police didn't immediately release a description of the suspect, who ran from the scene, Goard said late Saturday. He said detectives had a number of witnesses to interview.
Granada Bowl said on its website that it specializes in kids' birthday parties. The website said the bowling alley in the East Bay would be closed temporarily and hopes to reopen early in the week.
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YOSEMITE, Calif. — Containment continued to grow on a wildfire burning for more than a week in Yosemite National Park and residents of the mountain community of Wawona began returning to their homes on Sunday, officials said.
The Washburn fire was 51% contained after scorching 7.6 square miles (19 square km) of forest land, according to an incident update.
Residents and property owners can return to Wawona, but only with escorts during specific times, officials said. The area remains under a fire advisory.
The blaze began July 7 in Yosemite and is now burning into the Sierra National Forest. How the fire started remains under investigation but officials suspect people were the source.
Yosemite National Park visitors are prohibited from starting campfires or smoking in some areas to reduce the threat of sparking new wildfires, the National Park Service said Friday.
The famed Mariposa Grove, which includes more than 500 mature sequoias, escaped serious damage but the area remained closed to visitors.
Farther north, all evacuation orders and road closures were lifted Saturday for the Peter Fire in Shasta County. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said that blaze destroyed 12 structures after erupting Thursday afternoon.
Fire Map
This wildfire map was created using data from NASA, NGA, USGS and FEMA.
WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
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Salem resident killed, Keizer resident arrested following crash on Highway 226
A Salem resident was killed and a Keizer resident arrested following a single-vehicle crash Saturday on Highway 226.
Oregon State troopers and emergency personnel responded to the single-vehicle car crash at 6:22 p.m.
The car had been traveling southbound when it drove off onto the right shoulder, according to Oregon State Police. In an effort to correct the vehicle, the driver went into the northbound shoulder causing the vehicle to roll at least twice.
The passenger, Mikhail Ermolenko, 30, of Salem, was ejected and died at the scene. The driver, Oksana Titarenko, 24, survived and was taken to a local hospital.
Titarenko was found to be under the influence of alcohol, according to OSP. She was arrested and taken to Linn County Jail.
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GREENWOOD, Ind. — Police are investigating a shooting at Greenwood Park Mall that happened around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Four people are dead and police tell 13News the shooter is among those dead.
Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said two others were wounded in the shooting and are being treated at area hospitals. The victims shot were identified by police only as one male victim and four female victims. One of the victims is a 12-year-old girl that had a minor injury to her back.
Ison said a "good Samaritan" witnessed the shooting and shot and killed the shooter.
"This has shaken us to our core. This isn't something we've seen in Greenwood before. It is absolutely horrendous," Ison said. He went on to say that they have trained for active shooter situations like this and he was proud of the response from law enforcement.
The shooter is only identified as an adult male at this time. Police said the shooter had a long rifle and several magazines of ammo.
People inside the mall at the time of the shooting told 13News reporter Logan Gay that they heard 20 gunshots in the food court. IMPD said it appears shots were only fired in the food court area.
IMPD is assisting at the scene and said there is no known ongoing threat, during a news conference at 7:45 p.m. Multiple police units went through the mall to make sure there were no people wounded or still sheltering in place.
IMPD said there is no information yet on a motive for the shooting.
Witnesses are being interviewed, according to IMPD.
Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers released a statement on Facebook thanking the armed bystander. It reads in part:
"This person saved lived tonight. On behalf of the City of Greenwood, I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation."
In an earlier statement, the mayor asked for "prayers to the victims and our first responders."
IMPD said the armed bystander, who shot the shooter, is cooperating with police. The bystander is believed to have had a handgun and chose to intervene when they saw the shooting. Ison said the 22-year-old from Bartholomew County was carrying a gun lawfully.
A backpack found left at the scene was cleared Sunday night. Investigators then began gathering evidence at the scene.
Greenwood Park Mall deadly shooting July 17, 2022
In a statement posted on social media late Sunday, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said he is monitoring the ongoing investigation.
"Lives were lost today, and I’m thinking about all the victims of this horrible incident, now and in the days and weeks to come," Holcomb said in the post. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/multiple-victims-reported-in-shooting-at-greenwood-park-mall/531-df15bbf5-8eca-4220-b149-7de4735fbe37 | 2022-07-18T06:29:25 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/multiple-victims-reported-in-shooting-at-greenwood-park-mall/531-df15bbf5-8eca-4220-b149-7de4735fbe37 |
WACO, Texas — The Southern Drag Boat Racing Association enters day two of racing on the Brazos River Sunday in Waco.
The exciting sport features high speed boat racing, as boats reach high speeds of up to 210 MPH.
Race Director David Carroll says he's happy to have the circuit back in one of the places where it first got going.
"The SDBA is the Southern dragon Association. We're a 45 year old organization that's actually has a lot of roots here in Waco. We've been racing here over 40 years on the Brazos so it's a really cool place for us to compete."
He says the association had to navigate COVID challenges much like the rest of the world. So, it's even sweeter to not just be back on the Brazos, but back racing in general.
"Seeing these fans back out here. I mean, we don't do this for the money. We do it necessarily for the fans out here. That's what we're here for."
One of the more decorated racers in the field, Marty Logan, an 8-time champion, says he loves the thrill of racing and is ecstatic that fans are back riverside watching the boats on the water.
"The whole nation was shut down. And you know, of course, drag boat racing was like everything else. But we're back. We're back. We're out here. We're not wearing masks. We're out here. You know, we're seeing everybody's smiling faces. And it's just great because this is what we love. I mean, this is my passion. This is what I love to do. I love the people. I love the fans. I love the kids. I love everything about the sport."
Logan is going for his ninth championship, and is excited to continue racing for years to come.
When asked about the dangers and the excitement of racing, he said there is no fear on the water.
"It's the most peaceful thing ever, but everyone asks you is it safe, is it dangerous? How can you screw up four and a half seconds?"
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FORT HOOD, Texas — As reported, Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers responded to a report of a crash involving a wrong way driver early Saturday morning. State troopers confirmed July 17 that three young adults lost their lives in the crash.
Around 2 a.m., a 2017 Toyota Corolla reportedly operated by 22-year-old Matthew Fernandez of Fort Hood, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lane on I-14 near the Ft. Hood T.J. Mills exit, as reported by state troopers.
A 2013 Kia Optima, reportedly operated by an unidentified 20-year-old from Copperas Cove was driving westbound on I-14. A 22-year-old Joshua Smith of Copperas Cove and 20-year-old Aaliyah Marie Peinado of Nipomo, California were also in the backseat of the car, according to state troopers.
Fernandez's Toyota crashed into the Kia Optima causing a fire. Witnesses tried to free Fernandez from the burning vehicle but were unable to, according to reports.
It is also reported that Peinado and Smith did not have seatbelts on. Smith and the unidentified 20-year-old driver died from the impact, as reported by state troopers. Peinado was transported to Baylor Scott and White in Temple with life-altering injuries.
Texas DPS would like to remind Texans to never drink and drive. Always plan ahead and have a designated driver or use a rideshare app when drinking alcohol, as stated by police.
Everyone in a vehicle is required to wear a seatbelt, as stated by Texas Law. Failing to be restrained by a seatbelt greatly increases the risk of serious injury or death when involved in a traffic crash, according to Texas DPS.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department said late Sunday that SWAT was responding to Manor Road.
APD said units were at the scene in the 6000 block of Manor Road. The department urged residents to stay clear of the area.
No other details were immediately available.
Officials are expected to provide an update, but the time has not yet been given.
Details remain limited at this time. Check back for updates.
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Bear sightings in the Panhandle? Texas wildlife officials say it's possible in drought
Although it was once not too uncommon to spot black bears in the northwestern Panhandle of Texas, sightings are considered fairly rare these days.
But as we face more frequent and severe droughts, we can expect these creatures to become an increasingly common sight again.
Wildlife experts say drought conditions -- such as those we’re currently experiencing – can influence the species’ migratory behavior, prompting them to wander into Texas on the hunt for food and water.
“(Occasionally), they’ll spill over from New Mexico, and we will get them in cornfields and such,” said Sam Harryman, a wildlife biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “Oftentimes, to my knowledge, during drought.”
In fact, while few and far between, sightings over the last couple decades were almost always during drought times and primarily occurred within 10 miles of the state border.
During the 2011 drought – which many experts have compared to the ongoing drought impacting the South Plains and Panhandle -- Dallam County locals reported a black bear sighting near Dalhart, according to the Texas Tech University Natural Science Research Laboratory.
Additionally, the Amarillo Globe-News reported black bear sightings in Hartley County during a severe drought that Eastern New Mexico faced in November 2000. Globe-News archives also show earlier that year in May, wildlife experts had captured and released a black bear northwest of Friona.
Though Harryman said bears are not an existing threat to the South Plains, similar trends may occur within bobcat and coyote populations in the region.
“There’s definitely a possibility (of increased human-wildlife interaction),” Harryman said. “If you have water sources out, such as bird baths, food, or shrubbery, you can have animals coming into your yard.”
Currently, he’s only heard of increased deer sightings, and he expects predator sightings would only occur outside of city limits – and primarily in areas with rocky terrain and increased amounts of vegetation.
Regardless of the species – predator or prey – it's essential to leave wildlife alone, Harryman said.
“We've had droughts before, and we'll have more in the future,” Harryman said. “It’s just a part of nature, and drought is a way for populations to regulate themselves. Mother Nature has its own way of doing its job.” | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/18/increased-wildlife-sightings-possible-in-region-during-drought/65373609007/ | 2022-07-18T07:49:06 | 1 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/18/increased-wildlife-sightings-possible-in-region-during-drought/65373609007/ |
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — A 14-year-old boy was found dead yesterday in a "wooded area" on the 700 block of Main Street in Dauphin County, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Jayden Yerges was reported as a missing runaway juvenile the previous day, July 16, around 5 p.m. He was last seen by his relatives that same day, and was believed to be in the Lykens and Wiconisco areas of northern Dauphin County, PSP say.
Yerges was found deceased on July 17, but officials have not released the cause of death at this time. Foul play is not suspected in this incident and the public is not at risk.
PSP will continue to investigate this incident, and the coroner has not released any information at this time.
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Interfaith Outreach applies for Gannett grant
Interfaith Outreach in Wichita Falls has applied for a grant from Gannett and the USA TODAY NETWORK A Community Thrives program to help with rental assistance in the area.
That's become a huge thing for us right now," said Kris Gossom, Interfaith executive director. "Since COVID-19 and the rent moratorium, people kind of sat back and didn't pay their rent for a while and came up with these large amounts they need to repay."
Gossom said Interfaith has been helping them.
"There's all kinds of trickle down problems that have been going on for the last two years," she said. "We're just trying to keep people from being homeless."
More:Interfaith Outreach Services receives $5,000 'A Community Thrives' grant
"They've been very generous to us. Last year we received $25,000," Gossom said.
More:Interfaith Ministries gets $10,000 from Gannett "A Community Thrives" grants
The grants are part of Gannett's "A Community Thrives" program, part of Gannett and the USA TODAY NETWORK, effort to support nonprofit organizations with projects focused on community building. Since 2017, the program has helped to distribute more than $17.7 million from donations and grants across the nation.
Gossom said Interfaith will have to raise $3,000 locally to qualify for the grant. She said it will probably be late September or October before her organizations finds out it it has been awarded a grant.
The donation portal opens at 1 p.m. Monday, July 18.
The Times Record News is part of Gannett and the USA TODAY NETWORK.
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CROOKSTON, Minn. — A Minnesota man has turned fond memories of a childhood toy into a full-sized ride.
Now, Allan Dregseth cruises around Crookston behind the wheel of not-so-little red wagon.
“I’m kind of kid at heart,” the 83-year-old retired beet farmer says.
Allan spent three months transforming a $300 junkyard Pontiac convertible into a motorized, man-sized replica of the Radio Flyer wagon he’d played with as a boy.
“You don't see many of these,” Allan says with a laugh. “Not too many (people) stupid enough to try and build one I guess.”
It’s not the first time Allan has paid tribute to his beloved childhood wagon. Not only does he still have the wagon, he restored it and displays the wagon in the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum that he helped found.
Allan also keeps at the museum a black-and-white photograph of himself as a young boy, pulling the wagon he’d outfitted with wooden sides, piled high with hay.
He points to some handwriting at the bottom of the photo. “You can see my mother has written on the bottom, ‘Allan hauling hay,’” he says.
With no doors through which to enter, Allan must climb over the sides of his motorized wagon to reach the driver’s seat. Once inside, he says the wagon drives, for the most part, like the car on which it's built.
Allan fabricated the wagon’s sides out of aluminum he’d purchased, but never used, for a truck trailer. A local body shop helped Allan print the eye-catching Radio Flyer decals that grace the wagon’s sides.
“Took me about three months to get it all finished,” Allan says. “If you've got an idea, you're never too old to go ahead and do it,” he adds.
Scott Maves, owner of Crookston’s True Value Hardware store, sells Radio Flyer wagons. He gets a kick out of seeing Allan driving around town.
“Isn’t that car a classic, just like Al,” he says, as Allan pulls up to the store.
Plenty of men Allan's age have purchased convertibles to make themselves feel younger.
Allan has taken that feeling a step beyond.
“Just riding in a Radio Flyer wagon makes me feel younger,” he says.
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WISE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Motorists should expect delays on ALT US-58 in Wise County following a tractor-trailer crash Monday morning.
According to a map provided by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), the crash occurred near Route 657 N/S.
As of 5:40 a.m., all east and westbound lanes are alternating closures, with crews directing traffic in eastbound lanes.
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Second Heart Homes expands housing program for adults experiencing homelessness to Manatee County
From her early start catching people who fell between the cracks, a local woman has now seen her nonprofit expand from Sarasota to Manatee County, providing long-term housing and services to the formerly homeless.
And it has done so just as homelessness rates have skyrocketed in the region along with soaring rents and inflation.
Second Heart Homes, founded in Sarasota County in 2019, purchased a seventh home in June – this one in Bradenton – with the help of a $300,000 grant from the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation.
The nonprofit will now be able to serve a total of 43 men and women with long-term housing and wrap-around services that focus on mental health and providing stability, dignity and independence, said Megan Howell, founder and executive director of Second Heart Homes.
“It’s not just, ‘Here’s a bed,’ and call it a day,” Howell said.
Instead, the nonprofit’s model – which leaders hope to expand further – differs from other agencies in that the housing is long-term, possibly permanent, and also is accompanied by mental health and life-skills programs that build on participants’ desire to take control of their lives and chart a new course, she said.
In turn, the approach stops what can be a revolving door of instability and trauma for those experiencing homelessness while alleviating the strain on other social service providers, Howell said.
“Once we have this home populated, it will be a total of 43 individuals who without a doubt would have been on the streets suffering or in the hospital or surfing people’s couches,” Howell said.
Where it’s ‘always 2 a.m.’
The nonprofit hopes by August to start moving people into the Manatee County house, which the Barancik grant helped them buy outright.
“Second Heart Homes has shown that its housing-first approach has helped many rebuild their lives while supporting effective mental health outcomes,” said Teri Hansen, president and CEO of the Barancik Foundation. “They have made a positive mark in Sarasota, and we’re eager to see their impact on Manatee County.”
Participants are referred to the nonprofit through courts, churches, doctors, volunteers or social service agencies or contact the agency themselves through the website. Residents pay a small fee and must be committed to addressing their physical and mental health as well as habits toward self-sufficiency.
While case managers don’t live in the homes, they work on a daily basis with residents – who currently range in age from 18 to 73. They help coach them on life skills and goals – everything from job interviews to mapping out a career path to signing up for classes.
“Those are things you can’t address while you are on the street, all your faculties are reserved for that instant, for fight or flight,” Howell said.
“Homelessness itself is a trauma that can exacerbate preexisting mental health issues or trigger new ones,” she added, referring to states of hyper-vigilance. “Being on the street, it’s always 2 a.m.”
It’s an experience hitting more people, as officials report a 25% increase in the number of homeless in the region, with two-thirds of impacted families entering into the system for the first time. The phenomenon, experts say, is part of a nationwide problem compounded by sharp rental increases -- but driven by a severe housing shortage that stems from decades of policies and protests restricting the number of homes being built.
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For the residents of Second Heart Homes, after that primary need of a safe living environment is in place, participants thrive, developing deep friendships and mentorships, along with accountability to housemates, Howell said.
Careers and educations have blossomed, including for one participant now working to become a psychiatric nurse. Another got a job in November two days after entering the agency’s home for women, unable to previously fully focus on employment amid the upheaval of homelessness.
“Once she was off the streets, she hit the ground running.”
Where anything is possible
The agency holds workshops and fun activities for residents, including classes on cooking and poetry.
Many times, residents find in the safe environment an ability to finally confront the effects of past child abuse and trauma. The nonprofit offers up to 10 therapy sessions as well as help accessing other community providers.
Participants’ time living in the homes varies, depending on their goals and needs. It can be short, long-term or even permanent.
Some might end up like her very first client, the inspiration for the nonprofit – a man with severe mental health challenges who had been homeless for 25 years.
Howell recalls talking with the homeless man all the time while she was working at a downtown Sarasota restaurant, studying for her master’s degree in psychology. With an autistic brother and experience working in memory care, she thought she would become a therapist.
That goal changed the day the homeless man went missing. She tracked him down at a hospital where he’d landed after a mental-health emergency, despairing to get off the streets. Howell worked hard to help transfer him to a skilled-nursing facility and visited him every day for six months.
Having earned his trust, she moved him into an apartment and started a limited liability company through which she would sublease units for homeless people.
“If it was a problem, it would be my problem first before the landlord’s,” she said.
She helped the man navigate getting groceries and other tasks. How, she wondered, had he fallen through the cracks for 25 years?
Today that man is a homeowner.
“If that was possible,” she said she had thought about his turnaround, “What is next?”
Not seeing the limited liability company and subleasing route sustainable, she formed a nonprofit, which began buying houses. There, she figured, formerly homeless residents could embrace an elusive stability – a place where landlords would not be able to jack up their rent.
Even as the market began to explode, she was helped by a highly motivated board and a team of volunteers, as well as community partners. That included real estate agents who helped her stay ahead of the curve to jump on good deals that could be fixed up – including the Manatee County home, for which brokers, agents and lawyers donated their commissions and pro bono services while a prominent art gallery gifted artwork.
“You put good things into the universe, and they will come back,” she said.
As for the residents, Howell added, they inspire the nonprofit staff and board every day.
“They have to be the catalyst,” she said about the changes in their lives. “We just thread the needle for them.” | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2022/07/18/second-hearts-homeless-housing-program-expands-sarasota-manatee/10034053002/ | 2022-07-18T10:33:18 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2022/07/18/second-hearts-homeless-housing-program-expands-sarasota-manatee/10034053002/ |
Eight South Jersey South Shore Baseball League teams will start their best-of-three playoff series Monday.
The South Jersey Surf earned the top seed and will host eighth-seeded Egg Harbor Township Eagles at 7 p.m. in Northfield. The second-seeded Buena Blue Dawgs will host seventh-seeded Ocean City Water Dogs at 7 p.m. at Bruno Melini Park.
Sixth-seeded Hammonton Hot Shots will host third-seeded Absecon Outlaws at 7 p.m. at Pitney Road Baseball Field. Fifth-seeded Ventnor Baysox will host fourth-seeded Northfield Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. at Fehrle Field in Somers Point.
The second game of the series will be at the lower seed Tuesday. If necessary, the third game will be back at the higher seed Wednesday.
The winners will advance to a best-of-three semifinal, which is scheduled for July 25-27. The championship will be a best-of-five series held Aug. 1-5.
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'Top Chef' stars boost Wilmington dining scene and aid independent restaurants
It might have been a gut punch to the ego.
But Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki apparently is not too hurt that during a recent meal at Bardea Steak, a restaurant at 608 N. Market St. that opened in June, no diners recognized him.
"I'm the mayor of the city and there's not a single person who said 'Hello, Mayor' because no one knew who the hell I was because they were from anywhere and everywhere," he said with a laugh.
"We got people coming into our city and going to our restaurants and really adding a dimension to the economic vibrancy of the city that we couldn't have imagined two years ago."
Restaurants, Purzycki believes, are the backbone of the future of the city.
The continued reality in the wake of the COVID pandemic is that many people still want to work at home, Purzycki said, and "this really impacts our source of revenue."
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"Some people are just closing up shop and they say 'I'm just having a little satellite office.' "
Purzycki said before March 2020 he was thinking about how to get employers to move their businesses to Wilmington,. Now, the concentration is more on "how to get young people to move here?"
More apartments are being built, the mayor said, and incoming residents want more amenities than ever before.
"They want bars, they like a bar crawl. They love good restaurants. It's something that makes city living really remarkable," he said
Purzycki believes even as the hospitality industry still faces challenges, the Wilmington dining scene, both downtown and on the Wilmington Riverfront, is on an upswing.
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And events like a Wilmington dining series at city restaurants that ran from December 2021 through March 2022 and featured celebrity chefs such as "Top Chef" star Tom Colicchio and Adam Zimmern, the host of the former Travel Channel TV series Bizarre Foods, have only increased Delaware's culinary profile.
The series was the brainchild of Tyler Atkin, a chef and partner of Le Cavalier at Wilmington's Hotel du Pont.
"Back in 2020, things were really dark for me," Akin said. "It was a really difficult time. Everybody's lives were upturned." He wanted to help save the independent restaurant industry.
Akin invited visiting chefs Colicchio and Zimmern, along with "Top Chef" stars Jennifer Carroll and Gregory Gourdet, Niki Russ Federman of New York's famed Russ & Daughters, and Ashley Christensen, who in 2019 was honored by the James Beard Foundation as the nation's most outstanding chef, to cook at Le Cavalier as well as at other Wilmington restaurants including Bardea Food & Drink and La Fia and brought in chefs from Stitch House and the coming soon Wm. Mulherin’s Sons.
Akin said during the four dinners and one brunch, he expected to raise around $50,000. The events, however, raised $100,000 which will benefit the Independent Restaurant Coalition. Akin is a founding board member of the 2-year-old coalition whose mission is to support independent restaurants nationwide.
Akin said another goal of the fundraising meals was for visitors to view the city as a dining destination.
"Wilmington's indie restaurant scene is worthy of national attention and on par with some of our bigger neighbors," he said.
On Friday during a press conference outside of Le Cavalier that was attended by Purzycki and others, the funds raised were given to the IRC’s Executive Director Erika Polmar. She said the money is needed and it hasn't been too long since the industry was "in dire, dire straits."
The money raised in Delaware from the celebrity chef dinners will help the IRC continue to aid neighborhood restaurants and bars impacted by COVID-19 and keep their employees working, Polmar said. In May, the U.S. Senate voted not to replenish a $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) that had previously given nearly 200,000 restaurants financial aid.
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Rob Buccini, co-founder and co-president of The Buccini/Pollin Group which has invested more than $1.6 billion in an array of independent restaurants, music venues, and more in Wilmington, said the dining events held "deep into COVID," provided inspiration for the chefs and gave the local dining scene a big boost of energy.
"The economic impact for restaurants here was beyond phenomenal, said Buccini, "and the amount of money we raised was exceptional."
Philadelphia chef Jennifer Carroll, who attended the Wilmington news conference, said it was an exciting night to cook along with "Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio and Akin at Le Cavalier and have help from Delaware chefs like Gerald Allen, who volunteered his time. Diners seemed excited to have them there, she said.
Carroll said nationwide the restaurant industry is recovering slowly and continues to have its struggles, especially with staffing. Business at her Philadelphia restaurant Spice Finch still is not yet at the level it was before the pandemic began in 2020, she said.
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How a new exhibit used relationships to drive conversation about Delaware's Native people
About 400 years ago, the first Europeans began exploring land now known as Delaware.
As they journeyed through the region, their travels brought them face-to-face with the people who had lived there for millennia – the Lenni Lenape, the father tribe of the Lenape and Nanticoke Indians.
This month, the Delaware Art Museum’s recently debuted exhibit, “In Conversation: Will Wilson,” works to forge a new relationship with Indigenous people by bringing visitors face-to-face with them through stories of Native people, 19th-century photography, and augmented reality (AR) technology for an immersive experience that connects the past with the present.
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In about a year and a half from idea to execution, the exhibition came together in whirlwind timing for show planning. Not only did the museum need to secure the artist’s availability, but they also needed to develop a relationship with Delaware's Native population − some of the very people the artist would feature in his photos.
Building trust with sincere intention
The Delaware Art Museum exhibit showcases the photography of Will Wilson, a New Mexico-based Diné (Navajo) photographer whose work centers Native American identity and culture.
Commissioning Will Wilson’s participation and arranging the logistics took effort, but the bulk of the endeavor came with establishing trust and relationships with Delaware’s Native American community.
Called Lenapehoking, the original homeland of the Lenape and Nanticoke encompassed present-day New Jersey, most of Delaware, and eastern New York and Pennsylvania.
Iz Bellato, a community engagement specialist at the Delaware Art Museum, said due to past misrepresentation and exploitation, the Native community was not particularly interested in being involved in this project – earning their trust would be a process.
That process started with the tribal chiefs of the Delaware Lenape and Nanticoke first.
HOME AGAIN:Two Native American tribes are buying back parcels of their ancestral homeland
He said that after he and the museum committee were able to establish a connection with Chief Dennis Coker of the Lenape Indian Tribe and Chief Natosha Norwood Carmine of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe, they were able to have a conversation about what kind of relationship they were seeking and why they wanted the tribes’ involvement.
Even with the chiefs on board, they still needed to convince individual members who would then vote on the matter. Bellato said that the chief revealed that many tribal members "were not comfortable with their images being taken… and that's where the dialog and the conversations took months. We had to build that trust.”
Bellato, a Peruvian-born Quechua Indian, grew up in New York City and has lived in Delaware for several years. To help build trust with Indigenous people, he said it is important that Native people be recognized from their own viewpoint.
For the Delaware Art Museum's project, the exhibition text is translated into Spanish, a common language for many Native people of the Americas, and the inclusion of Will Wilson was intentional. The artist’s approach with portrait subjects or "sitters" embodies the type of relationship the institution intends to have with Delaware’s Native people.
These steps, Bellato said, were meant to reassure tribe members that the exhibit would be a chance for them “to be presented correctly.”
As a descendant of one of the original 31 families (Wright) to form the incorporated body of the Nanticoke Indian Association, Inc., in 1818, I take great pride in my heritage and tribal history. I was truly blessed to participate in this remarkable Tintype Portrait exhibition by photo artist, Will Wilson and the Delaware Art Museum of Wilmington, E. Wanishi! (Thank you!)
Dr. Bonnie G. Hall, “She Who Cares,” Citizen of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe
Contrasting today and the past with photography
At the exhibit, some photos are accompanied by an augmented reality (AR) feature that allows the user to see a subject perform a traditional ethnic dance, listen to a reconstituted version of Three Little Indians, or hear a recitation of Princess Leia’s secret message to Obi-Wan Kenobi instead reworded to inform Po‘Pay, a Tewa leader in the Pueblo’s fight against Spanish colonizers.
To see the performances, visitors must use a smartphone. The museum’s Wi-Fi is free, so the Talking Tintypes app can be downloaded while in the gallery. Once open, the app will access the smartphone’s camera, and the portraits will come to life.
Wilson also makes use of 19th-century technology to showcase his subject. The process is complex, but produces bold, contrasting renderings in darkness and light.
Popular during the Civil War, tintype wet-plate photography involves using a dark metal plate that gets coated in chemical solutions to produce the image. Exposure to light affects the level of contrast in the image. Therefore, the photo must be processed immediately and done in a darkroom.
The team from the Delaware Art Museum set up a portable darkroom and prepared the workspace at the Nanticoke Indian Tribal Center in Millsboro for the 14-hour shoot with Wilson and members of the Delaware Lenape and Nanticoke tribes.
After Wilson developed the plates, he scanned them to make digital prints for the exhibit – the original plates go to the sitters as a gesture of exchange, a customary practice for many Indigenous people.
As an artist, Wilson uses identity in his “conversation” with the individuals who sit for his photography. He encourages sitters to wear what makes them feel comfortable and to include other people in their photos if they choose.
“Everybody has their own will on how they wanted to be represented,” Bellato said. “Some came with the regalia, some came with normal clothes.”
Bellato added that Indigenous people telling their own stories is a chance to let other people know that they are "still existing here, still thriving." He said this exhibit is opening a dialog for other people to find out about their ancestry.
The Delaware Art Museum's exhibition, "In Conversation: Will Wilson," runs until September 11. | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/18/delaware-art-museum-features-native-people-in-will-wilson-exhibition/65372337007/ | 2022-07-18T10:53:00 | 1 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/18/delaware-art-museum-features-native-people-in-will-wilson-exhibition/65372337007/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. — This past weekend, we saw something in Northeast Portland we haven’t seen in a while: riders finishing the Seattle-to-Portland bicycle ride, known as STP for short.
Because of the pandemic, 2019 was the last time riders made the 206-mile ride from Seattle to Portland.
This was a good Saturday to start again. "Oh man, it was incredible. We had mild temperatures. The weather was on our side," one rider said after crossing the finish line at Holladay Park Saturday evening.
People armed with signs stood near the finish line, including youngsters waiting for granddad to finish but cheering for everyone. The fastest riders made the trek in just over 10 hours.
"The first time, I did it in 16 hours. It was brutal then, it was brutal," one veteran rider said. "Now it's a ball."
Only about 500 of the 5,800 riders registered for this event were expected to cross Saturday. The rest finished on Sunday.
However, all riders can claim a sense of accomplishment.
"it was great," one raved. "I started with some friends met up with a legend - 60 years old. I rode the last 80 miles in, I'll call it record time."
The first STP was held in 1979, and it was a race. Now it's considered a recreational ride. About 8,000 rode in 2019, a couple thousand more than this year, and organizers say that’s where they cap attendance.
It's not just two-wheeled cycles that finish. But two-wheelers finish first. "I just enjoy being on two wheels," a rider said. "It frees the soul." | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/seattle-to-portland-bike-ride-returns/283-abdf45ce-1a44-4296-93f3-41c89b2a3a1e | 2022-07-18T11:11:03 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/seattle-to-portland-bike-ride-returns/283-abdf45ce-1a44-4296-93f3-41c89b2a3a1e |
ST CHARLES, Mo. — Most people would try to run away from a robbery situation, but one customer felt called to run toward it.
His courageous effort ended in a deadly shooting, which possibly saved more lives than the one lost.
"Taking somebody's life is not an everyday thing, neither is saving someone's life," the customer, who wished to remain anonymous said.
Those thoughts now consume his mind after not only witnessing an armed robbery Saturday morning at a St. Charles QuikTrip but also stepping in to stop it.
"He grabbed a backpack and ran inside, looking for I guess the clerk. I saw him grab her and drag her to the front to the counter, something wasn't right when I saw that, so me being concealed carry, I had my gun on me and I just waited," the customer said.
The customer saw it all unfold from his car, parked in front of the QT on First Capitol Drive.
"I walked up to the door and I saw him with a knife to her throat. She was emptying out the cash register and I took a step in and peeked my head in to ask if everything was okay. I couldn't see his face but he was saying yes, but I could see her face she was saying no, she was scared," he said.
Police named the robbery suspect 26-year-old Lance Bush from St. Louis City. "I pulled my gun up and I asked him are you sure everything's okay and that's when the suspect said 'no it's not okay, but I got something for you and he grabbed his bag, ran from around the counter and started running towards me and that's when I fired shots," the customer said.
He recalls shooting four times before Bush fell to the floor. Shortly after he told the clerk to call the police, he did as well.
"I don't think I honestly had a choice. He already had a knife at her throat, he could've pulled out something bigger than what I had then you would've had two people dead instead of one," he said.
His previous experience, training with guns and handling emergency situations, made him feel compelled to step in when other customers ran away.
"Instinct I would say. Instinct that's just it. I guess knowing that I'm protected, I can protect somebody else," he said.
He stayed at the scene when police arrived to find Bush shot.
Bush was transported to the hospital and died.
"Every time you second guess if you have to take a life, but you also have to think was it for the greater good and my answer is yes," the customer said.
Police believe Bush is tied to two other armed robberies that happened within the hour earlier that morning.
They found the black SUV he was driving was stolen from Maryland Heights on Friday. The customer was detained and released.
At this time, he says he has not been charged. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/customer-shot-killed-armed-robber-st-charles-quiktrip-stlouis-missouri/63-bc66b748-2d2d-4c8b-9d5e-d3c431c574f8 | 2022-07-18T11:13:38 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/customer-shot-killed-armed-robber-st-charles-quiktrip-stlouis-missouri/63-bc66b748-2d2d-4c8b-9d5e-d3c431c574f8 |
ATLANTIC CITY — Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to speak at the NAACP Convention in Atlantic City on Monday.
The NAACP also will use the convention to lay out its policy agenda for the rest of this year and into 2023.
This year’s convention theme is #ThisIsPower.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Four people were killed when gunfire erupted during an argument at an apartment complex in Houston, officials said.
The Harris County sheriff's office said that when deputies arrived, they found four males who had been shot late Saturday night. Three of them were confirmed dead at the scene and the fourth was taken to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Twitter that those killed included two 16-year-olds, a 19-year-old and a 25-year-old.
The sheriff's office said that witnesses reported seeing several males, including the victims, shooting at each other after an argument.
The sheriff's office said that no motive or suspect information has been determined yet, and the investigation continues.
Copyright Associated Press | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/four-killed-as-gunfire-erupts-during-argument-at-houston-apartment/3016780/ | 2022-07-18T11:32:17 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/four-killed-as-gunfire-erupts-during-argument-at-houston-apartment/3016780/ |
Chephren Sinko from Myrtle Point recently graduated from Gonzaga University in graduation exercises May 8.
Sinko earned a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering and graduated Cum Laude.
Gonzaga University is a private Catholic, Jesuit, and humanistic university providing education to more than 7,800 students. Situated along the Spokane River near downtown Spokane, Washington, Gonzaga is routinely recognized among the West’s best comprehensive regional universities. Gonzaga offers 75 fields of study, 26 master’s degrees, doctorate degrees in leadership studies and nursing, and a juris doctor degree through the School of Law. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/sinko-graduates-from-gonzaga/article_658959f0-02e4-11ed-8b7c-83fab51d9bf7.html | 2022-07-18T11:37:22 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/sinko-graduates-from-gonzaga/article_658959f0-02e4-11ed-8b7c-83fab51d9bf7.html |
100 years ago
July 18, 1922: Following the annual custom, the boys' division of the local YMCA has set July 24 to July 28 as "Learn to Swim Week," and during that week will give free lessons to every McLean County boy who clips the coupon found elsewhere in The Pantagraph, fill it out and send or bring it to the YMCA. Last year, 500 lessons were given to boys, the organization said.
75 years ago
July 18, 1947: Five candidates have been nominated for queen of the El Paso Corn Festival. They are Beverly Vincent, Margaret Pinkham, Gerry Benedict, Barbara Cryer and Patricia Smith. Dedication of the Kiwanis Club Community War Memorial will be Friday, Sept. 12, festival officials said. Rep. Everett Dirksen of Pekin has been invited to speak.
50 years ago
July 18, 1972: The school day will begin and end 10 minutes earlier for most McLean County Unit 5 schools next school year. High school will be 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and junior high 8:35 a.m. to 3:23 p.m. Elementary schools have various start times between 8:30 a.m. and 8:40 a.m. Superintendent George Evans said the change comes at the request of unit principals.
25 years ago
July 18, 1997: Woolworth announced that it will close the doors to all 400 of its five-and-dime stores across the country, including the 30,000-square-foot location at Bloomington's Eastland Mall, the last remaining downstate Woolworth location. About 9,200 employees will lose their jobs nationwide, including 27 at the Bloomington store.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-ymca-gives-free-swim-lessons/article_79737bfa-05e9-11ed-a614-677dd37019c0.html | 2022-07-18T11:41:43 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-ymca-gives-free-swim-lessons/article_79737bfa-05e9-11ed-a614-677dd37019c0.html |
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