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ATLANTIC CITY — Despite it being a hot and humid day, excitement was in the air in the city as hundreds packed into Bader Field on Saturday for an all-day party hosted by rapper Cardi B.
“I feel like a lot of people in the city wanted to see a big-time rapper come and host an outdoor party like this," said Jayda Williams, 22 of Atlantic City.
Organized by promotional group UIGI Social Club, Cardi B, known for hits such as “Up” and “Bodak Yellow,” was joined by her husband, Offset, from the rap group Migos, for the event titled “The Cardi Party."
Aside from the two main acts, four DJs — The Doughboy, Nico Oso, DJ Diamond Kutz and DJ Katy Lee — spun tracks throughout the night, and Philadelphia-based emcees Wallo and Gillie Da King guest hosted the event.
Due to the hot weather, multiple ambulances were on sight in case anybody needed medical assistance. The event also featured a variety of food vendors and a bar area.
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Gates opened for the event just shortly after 1 p.m., and people began forming a line at the entrance about 12:30 p.m.
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Lauren Robinson, of Atlantic City, was ecstatic when the city announced that Cardi B was going to be performing in town.
"I've had this event circled on my calendar for a long time, and I'm glad that today is the day that it's happening," Robinson said. "I've never seen Cardi B in person before, and now she's playing right in my backyard so I really can't wait to get in there and see her."
Atlantic City is no stranger to hosting large outdoor concerts, but most of them have been geared toward rock and country.
Last year, Phish performed a three-day concert on the beach, as they will again next month. Also next month, Live Nation will host the TidalWave Music Festival on Aug. 12 through 14, which will bring in some of country music’s biggest stars, including Luke Bryan and Morgan Wallen.
Robinson said she has nothing against those genres but is glad there is something new in town.
"I'm really not into country and rock, so the big outdoor concert events that have been in the city, I didn't go to," Robinson said. "But it's kind of nice that the city is doing this because it really goes to show that with the events they've put on over the last few years, they've been really trying to cater to everyone's interests, and I feel like this event in particular just brings a different vibe to the city."
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The concert also garnered interest from people from outside New Jersey.
Ronald Fuller, of Brooklyn, New York, had never visited Atlantic City prior to Saturday, but the opportunity to see one of his favorite artists (Offset) drew him to the resort for the first time.
"I've seen him (Offset) in New York City before, but I've never had a chance to come to Atlantic City, so I figured that this concert would be the perfect way to finally get down here," Fuller said. "I've heard good things about the city and have definitely enjoyed the time down here so far."
The concert was scheduled to wrap up about 8 p.m., and even long before it ended, Fuller was hoping the city would host a similar event soon.
"I would definitely come back to the city for something like this," he said. "I hope that all of the other people here tonight have fun as well and make that known to the city so they would consider having an event like this again."
The next outdoor concert in the city will be Aug 5-7, when Phish returns to rock the shore once again. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cardi-party-brings-a-different-vibe-to-atlantic-city/article_0df5db7a-0ac6-11ed-bc04-2f6a13ac2f63.html | 2022-07-23T22:11:19 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cardi-party-brings-a-different-vibe-to-atlantic-city/article_0df5db7a-0ac6-11ed-bc04-2f6a13ac2f63.html |
Fort Wayne police are investigating a shooting that left a woman with critical injuries early today.
Officers said they responded to a report of gunfire about 2 a.m. in the 1800 block of Pontiac Street and found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
She was taken to a hospital in life-threatening condition.
Police said they later learned the shooting happened at the Anthony Boulevard and Oxford Street intersection while the woman was a passenger inside a vehicle at a red light.
Officers believe shots were fired from another vehicle.
The driver with the woman tried to take her to the hospital, but pulled over and called 911, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Fort Wayne Police Department at 260-427-1201, Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867or use the free “P3 Tips” app. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/fort-wayne-shooting-leaves-1-critical/article_94ee9c94-0a9d-11ed-be94-07d2f3327228.html | 2022-07-23T22:18:30 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/fort-wayne-shooting-leaves-1-critical/article_94ee9c94-0a9d-11ed-be94-07d2f3327228.html |
In-person worship services at the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas have been canceled after Dallas police confirmed the existence of a bomb threat, church officials confirmed in a press release.
In place of the in-person worship, a live stream will be presented at 11 a.m. Sunday morning on the church's website, YouTube and Facebook.
The 8:30 Chapel service and 10 a.m. Wood Street Worship will not be live streamed and all other scheduled programs on campus are also canceled this weekend.
Dallas Police investigated and determined there is no credible direct threat to the church. Still, church officials have moved forward with canceling the in-person event, ensuring public safety.
"The decision to cancel in-person worship was not easy. The identity of our church is defined by a generous and bold spirit of welcome," the church said in a statement. "Our bias has always been to follow the Way of Jesus by suspending judgment and extending grace. Still, our first priority as hosts is the safety of our guests, members and staff." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/in-person-worship-at-dallas-church-canceled-after-bomb-threat/3030187/ | 2022-07-23T22:22:43 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/in-person-worship-at-dallas-church-canceled-after-bomb-threat/3030187/ |
BOISE, Idaho — The Perseid meteor shower returned in all its galactic glory on Sunday. This is the time of year when Earth passed through the dust trail left behind by the Comet Swift-Tuttle.
Basically, we have been crop dusted by an ancient comet and every year, barring over-bearing light pollution, a lot of local astronomers and amateur star gazers are out there trying to capture a glimpse of that dust, which we would only see as it enters our atmosphere as a meteor.
Jordan Ragsdale of Eagle has seen a lot of them. For the past year or so, he's recorded countless meteors on his outdoor camera - some days as few as 20 - some morning as many as 500.
Well, early Wednesday morning, just after 5 a.m., Ragsdale caught more than a glimpse of a meteor, one that he said was the longest he's ever recorded and maybe the longest ever recorded.
"This one just stood out, because it happened over multiple cameras and anytime that happens, it's always like, 'oh, that was a long-traveling meteor.' It's pretty unusual for it to go so far, that it goes from one camera angle to the next and as I was looking more, I was like, 'wow, this is four camera angles,' you know," Ragsdale said. "Not only that, but it kind of started on the northern horizon and then I didn't even see it finish behind the southern horizon. It went behind a tree before I could see it."
Ragsdale said 27 seconds is "pretty unusual" for a meteor, because most of the time, the meteors just burn up in the atmosphere.
"They call it an Earth grazer, where it just kind of grazes the earth. They've even speculated some of them will just skip off the atmosphere," Ragsdale said. "They'll just light up a little bit and that's enough resistance that it'll send them up and out of the atmosphere, but this one looks like it just had the perfect angle that it just coasted right through."
Ragsdale has his camera mounted on the side of his house. He said the camera typically captures all meteors that go by.
"I usually review them over a cup of coffee in the morning, because you can go through and most of them are just tiny little blips, but every once in a while they jump out at you pretty bright," Ragsdale. "You know, if you get a really bright one, it's exciting, or a real long one, so it's a little bit like treasure hunting. You never know what you're going to find in the morning, so it's like a little present while you're having your coffee every morning."
Ragsdale said his camera is connected to a network of hundreds of these cameras that send their videos to a centralized database.
There's another one in Glenns Ferry, Ragsdale said, and they are compiling the video to see if the meteor he captured is in fact one of the longest ever recorded.
The video has been sent to NASA to see if in fact it was a meteor and part of the Perseid meteor shower.
The annual phenomenon lasts through August 24, with its peak expected to be August 13. That's the time we should see the most meteors burn through the sky. "Should see" is the key phrase here, because that night - August 13 - happens to line up with the next full moon.
The Sturgeon Moon, according to NASA, will appear full for about three days from Wednesday morning through Saturday morning. These meteors should burn brighter than the moonlight, so seeing them shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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BOISE, Idaho — A two-story house fire caused by hot ashes in a trash can destroyed a home in Boise early Saturday morning.
The Boise Fire Department (BFD) responded to the fire on the 1800 block of Londoner Way around 1:50 a.m. Boise Fire said the incident was, "intense," forcing crews to fight the fire in a defensive position.
All residents of the home were able to get out safely, but the "entire residence," was destroyed by the fire, other than a few items in the garage.
Boise Fire said crews successfully kept the fire from reaching other residences in the neighborhood.
The hot ashes placed in the trash can ignited and spread quickly, according to Boise Fire.
The residents are receiving emergency assistance from Red Cross and the Local 149 Burnout Fund, which provides short-term assistance to families whose homes are destroyed by fire.
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TONIGHT: Showers and storms ending by 9 pm. Some patchy fog may develop, particularly in spots that saw rain this afternoon and evening, and along river valleys, lakes, ponds, and creeks. Lows in the low to mid 70s. Mostly clear except where fog develops.
SUNDAY: More of the same weather is on tap for Sunday. We start out mostly clear and heat up quickly through the morning. Afternoon highs reach the low 90s and the heat index approaches the triple digits, except where thunderstorms produce rain-cooled air. A few downpours develop by late morning and mid-day, becoming a bit more numerous in the afternoon. We’ll put the rain chance at around 40%, but some spots will see heavy downpours while others stay dry and hot.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Downpours fizzle through the evening, and we dry out by 10 pm. Becoming mostly clear and muggy. Patchy fog will be possible, especially in spots that saw rain earlier in the day, as well as near bodies of water and valleys. Lows again drop into the low to mid 70s.
MONDAY/TUESDAY: No major changes to this overall pattern. This is standard late-July weather for Central Alabama, and with a very high moisture content to the air, we’ll see daily thunderstorms develop in the heat of the afternoon. Where those storms don’t pop up, temperatures could approach the mid-90s, but many spots will get enough influence of rain-cooled air to keep high temperatures in the low 90s and the heat index just a bit below 105°.
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: The middle of the week may be a hair drier and hotter. We expect highs to reach the mid 90s both Wednesday and Thursday, with a heat index approaching 105°. With ample moisture still in place, we expect at least isolated downpours despite a strengthening upper-air ridge overhead which will help to limit the coverage of showers and storms. Rain chances may trend up a bit Thursday afternoon and evening as the upper ridge weakens a bit.
FRIDAY & THE WEEKEND: Rain chances trend up fairly dramatically as the upper-air ridge flattens out and weakens a bit as a trough swings across the Great Lakes and Midwest. There appears to be some subtle troughing that develops to our west as this feature moves across the Great Lakes, and at the surface a cold front appears likely to stall near or over Central Alabama Friday evening into Saturday. This will provide additional lift, and with ample moisture in place, should be plenty to lead to more widespread shower and storm coverage both Friday and Saturday.
While we’re still too far out to determine exact threats, sufficient instability (>2,000 J/kg) will likely be in place to support at least some stronger storms, despite the overall wind profile being (typical of late July) less than supportive for severe weather, with bulk shear values under 30 knots.
Additionally, slow storm motions coupled with very high precipitable water (over 2″) could lead to flash flooding issues if slow moving thunderstorms train over flood-prone areas.
Confidence in any specific threat this far out will preclude a Weather Aware at this time, but it will be something we will closely monitor through the next several days. If trends continue, a Weather Aware could be needed Friday and Saturday.
GULF COAST FORECAST: Scattered showers and storms are likely through the first half of this week. Yellow flag conditions are most likely on Alabama beaches through mid-week, with purple flags also a possibility due to the presence of jellyfish. The rip current risk remains limited through Tuesday.
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FAIRFIELD, Calif. — One man has died and another was hurt after gunshots rang out during the taping of a music video in Fairfield Friday night, officials with the Fairfield Police Department said.
Around 11:15 p.m. Friday, officers say they received 911 calls reporting a shooting in the 1700 block of Enterprise Drive.
On scene, officers say they found a man who had been shot and killed and another man who had been injured in the shooting.
The victim who was injured was taken to an area hospital and was listed in stable condition Saturday morning, police said.
According to a Facebook post by the Fairfield Police Department, several people were located at the scene who had been participating in the making of a music video.
Officials have not released any more information on what led to the homicide or on a suspect in the shooting. Officers ask those with information on the double shooting to call the Fairfield Police Department's Investigations Bureau at 707-428-7600.
Watch More from ABC10: Woman arrested after newborn baby found dead at Lodi homeless encampment | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/fairfield/music-video-shoot-homicide-fairfield/103-91933bbd-8a83-4e72-a35a-a6d4b03d30aa | 2022-07-23T22:32:35 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/fairfield/music-video-shoot-homicide-fairfield/103-91933bbd-8a83-4e72-a35a-a6d4b03d30aa |
FALLBROOK, Calif. — One person was killed and another person was injured Saturday in a plane crash at a nursery located at 2575 Olive Hill Road, near the Fallbrook Air Park, fire officials said.
The plane crashed at about 1:52 p.m., according to Capt. John Choi of the North County Fire Protection District.
The body of one person was being recovered from inside the plane, the captain said.
The seriousness of the injury to the other person aboard the plane was not immediately reported.
The type of plane was not immediately identified, nor was there any immediate word on why the plane crashed. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/one-person-killed-in-plane-crash-at-fallbrook-nursery/509-fbff61ec-cda9-4c01-96dd-aa182f4ddd4e | 2022-07-23T22:32:42 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/one-person-killed-in-plane-crash-at-fallbrook-nursery/509-fbff61ec-cda9-4c01-96dd-aa182f4ddd4e |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 1977 Cadillac caused a home to catch fire Saturday afternoon in Sacramento County, officials with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said.
Around 12:10 p.m. crews with Sacramento Metro Fire were called to the 5400 block of Marmith Avenue after a two-story home caught fire, officials said.
Firefighters reported heavy fire coming from the home's garage which later extended to the home's attic. No injuries were reported during the firefight which lasted around 30 minutes.
According to fire officials, a 1977 Cadillac was left running in the home's garage for 10 minutes eventually catching fire and spreading to the house.
Watch More from ABC10: Folsom Fire Dept. break out drone to monitor swimmers amid increased drownings | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/cadillac-starts-house-fire-sacramento-county/103-294a8cc3-50c2-4d38-9db3-59f13689ef4e | 2022-07-23T22:32:48 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/cadillac-starts-house-fire-sacramento-county/103-294a8cc3-50c2-4d38-9db3-59f13689ef4e |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oaks Amusement Park told visitors to go home early Friday evening after a fight that broke out among minors escalated into a reported threat to “shoot up the park,” Portland police said.
The park confirmed to KOIN 6 News that management decided to close an hour early and cancel the scheduled open skate session for the safety of its patrons and staff.
Officers received a call from park security around 5:45 p.m. that a fight among six minors had erupted and someone may have had a knife, although police said they didn’t see a weapon.
According to PPB, a security guard then heard one of the boys on the phone, telling someone to “come shoot up the park,” although that boy told responding officers he was just asking for a ride.
The boy claimed the threat actually came from a person in the group he was arguing with, police said.
One minor was removed from the park by security, and no arrests were made.
In a statement to KOIN 6 News, Oaks Park spokesperson Emily MacKay said: “Customer and staff safety is always our top priority at Oaks Park. Unlawful behavior is not tolerated on our property and we have measures in place to deal with individuals who choose not to respect our staff or their fellow park guests. Those protocols were followed yesterday when an incident involving several patrons became a cause of safety concern for park management. We appreciate the outstanding response from yesterday’s park visitors who quickly and courteously followed our directions and vacated the park without further incident. We look forward to many more days of family fun with our friends and neighbors.” | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/ppb-oaks-amusement-park-closes-after-fight-threats-to-shoot-up-the-park/ | 2022-07-23T22:32:48 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/ppb-oaks-amusement-park-closes-after-fight-threats-to-shoot-up-the-park/ |
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GREENSBORO — Tammi Thurm has the seat. Tony Wilkins wants it back. In the primary, they were separated by only about 200 votes.
This is Greensboro City Council's District 5 race. It's among the council races for Tuesday's municipal general elections. Voters in each of Greensboro's five council districts have the opportunity to vote for a representative for their district, as well as three "at-large" councilmembers and a mayor.
In 2017, then-Councilman Wilkins, who self-described as the council’s most conservative member, faced a challenge from his left by Thurm for the city's westernmost district. Thurm won the seat by 459 votes.
Now they are facing off again, after a three-way primary in May narrowed the field to Thurm and Wilkins. In that primary, Thurm got nearly 46% of the vote, Wilkins took 42% and the third candidate, Robert Bodenhamer, got about 12%.
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Thurm, the administrator of a Greensboro law firm, said one big reason she is running for reelection is that she thinks the council has made some great progress in the last four years on key issues, especially economic development and housing.
Thurm said that includes buying a former hotel that the city looks to use to create supportive housing for people who have been homeless. She also pointed to companies that have announced plans for new jobs in the area, such as Toyota, Publix, Boom, Volvo, Proctor & Gamble and Syngenta.
"I want to see that momentum continue," she said.
Thurm said the top two issues she's most passionate about addressing while on the council are housing and transportation.
Wilkins works as a store manager at a local retail furniture store. Asked why he is running for city council, Wilkins said he's lived in Greensboro his entire life, raised a family, and operated a small business here for over 35 years.
"Because of my knowledge of the city, business experience, and 5 years previous experience on City Council, I believe I can contribute to making Greensboro a better place to live, work, and raise a family," he wrote.
He said the top two issues he is most passionate about addressing while on the council are improving public safety and making Greensboro a more business-friendly city.
Other district races
District 1: Felton Foushee is challenging incumbent Sharon Hightower. In the May 17 primary, Hightower took about 78% of the vote. Foushee came in second with about 13% to move forward to the city's general election on Tuesday.
District 2: Cecile (CC) Crawford is challenging incumbent Goldie Wells. Four people competed in the May primary for this seat, with Wells coming out on top at 43% and Crawford in second at about 30%.
District 3: Former Councilman Zack Matheny is unopposed. He took about 61% of the vote in the primary. Chip Roth, who came in second with about 28%, dropped out of the race due to health issues. The seat was open because Councilman Justin Outling is running for mayor.
District 4: Thurston H. Reeder Jr. is challenging incumbent Nancy Hoffmann. There was no primary for this race because there are only two candidates.
Mayor
Councilman Justin Outling is challenging incumbent Nancy Vaughan. The May primary whittled down the field from four to two. Vaughan led with 44.98% of the vote with Outling at 35.24%.
In an article before the primary, the candidates talked to the News & Record about issues such as affordable housing, growth and crime. Both said the city needs to work on improving salaries to attract and retain law enforcement officers.
As mayor, Outling said he would have regular work sessions with the police department and community members to “help identify the causes of crime, not just the locations, analyze those believed causes and develop specific action plans” with tracking and accountability.
Outling, a law partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, represents District 3 on the City Council. He was appointed to the seat in June 2015 and later twice won reelection to the seat.
Vaughan said community outreach and listening are crucial to getting to the core causes of crime and she likes what the police department is doing. “(Officers) are going deeper into neighborhoods, kind of going back to old-fashioned neighborhood policing,” Vaughan said.
Vaughan, a real estate broker with Allen Tate Realtors, is seeking her fourth term as mayor and was first elected to the position in 2013. She also served four terms as a councilwoman.
The mayor serves a four-year term and receives an annual salary of $30,932.
City bonds
Voters will be asked to decide on five separate bonds: Housing ($30 million), parks and recreation ($70 million), firefighting facilities ($14 million), law enforcement facilities ($6 million), and transportation ($15 million).
The separate referendums equal $135 million worth of bonds. Each bond can be passed independently of the others. The city estimates repaying the bonds will take 1.25 cents of the tax rate or about $25 of the tax bill for a home valued at $200,000. The city already allocated $6 million for these bonds in its 2021-22 fiscal year budget, to account for the possibility that they will pass. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/its-a-rematch-for-thurm-wilkins-in-district-5-greensboro-city-council-race-on-tuesday/article_31dc1586-086e-11ed-b842-971267729fe3.html | 2022-07-23T22:44:48 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/its-a-rematch-for-thurm-wilkins-in-district-5-greensboro-city-council-race-on-tuesday/article_31dc1586-086e-11ed-b842-971267729fe3.html |
GREENSBORO — Three City Council members hope to retain their at-large seats as three other candidates challenge them in Tuesday's general municipal election.
The at-large seats are held by longtime incumbents Marikay Abuzuaiter and former mayor Yvonne Johnson, as well as Hugh Holston — who was appointed by the council in September 2021 to fill a seat vacated when at-large Councilwoman Michelle Kennedy resigned that August.
Challenging them are Tracy Furman, Katie Rossabi and Linda Wilson — all newcomers to the political arena.
In the May primary, 10 candidates were narrowed to six, with Johnson getting 24.98% of the vote and Abuzuaiter securing 16.39%. Then the numbers got a bit tighter by comparison: Furman, 10.25%; Holston, 10.04%; Rossabi, 9.82%; and Wilson, 9.56%, according to official primary results.
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The 2021 Greensboro municipal election cycle was delayed because of redistricting from the 2020 census. Only people who live within Greensboro's city limits can cast their votes in this election.
Marikay Abuzuaiter
Abuzuaiter, who has served on the council since 2011, encourages voters to consider her depth of experience, her community involvement and her love for assisting residents in all districts.
As restaurants struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, Abuzuaiter created the Greensboro Takeout page on Facebook in an effort to help locally owned independent restaurants survive difficult economic times.
"If re-elected, I hope to continue serving the City of Greensboro and continue working hard on the initiatives I am so passionate about," she said in an email.
Those many initiatives range from supporting first-responders to often attending neighborhood association meetings across the city. To learn more about her campaign, visit votemarikay.com.
Tracy Furman
As a political newcomer, Furman wants to join the council to help creatively solve for solutions to a growing city. She is executive director of Triad Local First, a nonprofit that supports small independently owned businesses.
"I think we need to find real, long term solutions to our disparities. One of those ways is through job creation," Furman said on her campaign website. "I am a firm believer in the power of entrepreneurship and the jobs it brings."
Helping local businesses through the pandemic continues to be one of her priorities. If elected, other goals include addressing crime, affordable housing, better transportation services, beautification projects like parks, and protecting water quality and the environment.
Furman serves as a commissioner on the Minimum Housing Standards Commission and served as a member of the executive board for the Greensboro NAACP from 2018 to 2020. For details about her campaign, visit electtracyfurman.com.
Hugh Holston
Holston served as chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission before he was appointed to the Council last year. He wants to continue to serve in the at-large seat, focusing on what he describes as the "Three Pillars for Progress": economic development, public safety and community engagement.
"I am a problem solver, not a politician," Holston said on his campaign website. "Over the years, I have established a track record of success building relationships, working in the community, and gaining invaluable local government experience to continue to support and benefit individuals and businesses in all of Greensboro."
Holston has spotlighted his service on a wide range of community boards, service to the city and his professional work with Lincoln Financial, AT&T and Wells Fargo. He has also emphasized his commitment to representing everyone and respecting the voices of others.
For more details about Holston's campaign and his vision of "Go B.I.G. - Believe in Greensboro," visit hughholston.com.
Yvonne Johnson
As the frontrunner after the May primary, Johnson said on her Facebook campaign page that those results assured her that residents "have faith in my ability to continue serving the citizens of Greensboro in my efforts to make this the best city in the land."
Johnson began serving on the council in 1993 and has served as mayor pro tem since 2011. She was mayor between 2007 and 2009, and mayor pro tem between 1999 and 2005. She manages One Step Further, a nonprofit that offers youth justice and mediation programs.
Johnson's civic involvement includes a long list of achievements and participation on local boards, ranging from the Greensboro Housing Coalition to the Convention & Visitors Bureau.
For more details about Johnson's campaign, visit facebook.com/people/Yvonne-Johnson-City-Council-at-Large.
Katie Rossabi
For Rossabi, she hopes voters will embrace that she's a newcomer to politics and appreciate her experience in retail, sales and manufacturing.
"I do not have a political background which I feel is an asset," Rossabi said on her website. "I am here to work hard for the city of Greensboro - not build my political career. For me, the City Council role is about serving the citizens of Greensboro and working to build our city into what it can be."
Rossabi said she wants to increase pay and benefits for police officers, and support police reform by experienced law enforcement. She also wants to eliminate wasteful spending and to attract new businesses by ensuring the city is safe and clean.
For more details about Rossabi and her campaign, visit katie4gcc.com.
Linda Wilson
Wilson, another political newcomer, wants voters to consider the experience she brings from years serving as executive director of student health services at N.C. A&T, and most recently as co-director of community and business partnerships for Guilford County Schools.
Much of her volunteer service over the years includes agencies that focus on health and quality of life. Her priorities to improve life for Greensboro residents include promoting economic development, providing affordable housing, and improving public safety and security for all.
"Putting what’s best for Greensboro ahead of partisanship will be my priority in the City Council," she said on her website. "I will push for continued investments in small and minority-owned businesses and will work to attract new companies to our city."
To learn more about Wilson's campaign, visit wilson4citycouncil.com. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/voters-will-choose-among-6-candidates-for-3-at-large-seats-on-greensboro-city-council/article_eba9e2b2-09d2-11ed-addc-ff07ef4cb1c9.html | 2022-07-23T22:44:54 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/voters-will-choose-among-6-candidates-for-3-at-large-seats-on-greensboro-city-council/article_eba9e2b2-09d2-11ed-addc-ff07ef4cb1c9.html |
Indiana's unemployment rate ticked up to 2.4% in June, up from the historic low of 2.2% it stayed steady at for the previous three months.
There were 3.378 million Hoosiers participating in the labor force in June, an increase of 13,632 from the previous month. The labor force participation rate was 63.1% in June as compared to 62.9% in May and 62.2% of people nationwide, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Indiana's labor force is the total number of people working and actively seeking work as extrapolated from a phone survey. According to the Indiana DWD, a total of 3.298 million Hoosiers were working in June while 100,203 were unemployed and seeking work, or available to work now.
Contrary to popular belief, the unemployment rate is not tied to the number of people receiving unemployment benefits, who totaled 14,757 in June.
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The national jobless rate was 3.6% in June, the same as in May.
There are now 2.765 million Hoosiers working in the private sector.
“For the third time in four months, Hoosiers have set a new record for private-sector employment in Indiana,” said DWD Interim Commissioner Josh Richardson. “And, as a sign of Indiana’s strong economic growth, employers still have near record numbers of job openings.”
Private-sector employment in Indiana has risen by 108,300 year-over-year, rising by 5,000 jobs in June. Last month, the Hoosier state gained 6,700 jobs in leisure and hospitality, 500 in financial activities and 100 in manufacturing.
Indiana currently has an estimated 156,813 open job postings around the state.
In Illinois, unemployment dipped 0.1 percentage point to 4.5% in June, the lowest rate since the start of COVID-19 pandemic.
Illinois gained 18,800 jobs in June, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Last month, the state added 9,900 jobs in leisure and hospitality, 3,100 in professional and business services, 2,000 in construction and 2,000 in educational and health services. It lost 1,700 jobs in financial activities and 800 in other services. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/unemployment-rate-ticks-up-in-indiana-falls-to-lowest-point-in-pandemic-in-illinois/article_a654bf09-2d31-5b01-90cd-4fdaed464d7c.html | 2022-07-23T23:06:09 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/unemployment-rate-ticks-up-in-indiana-falls-to-lowest-point-in-pandemic-in-illinois/article_a654bf09-2d31-5b01-90cd-4fdaed464d7c.html |
HOBART — It appears the city will pursue a different financing option to fund major sanitary sewer upgrades.
The City Council on Wednesday approved the first reading of an ordinance to increase sanitary sewer rates by about $12.23 per month over a two-year period for the average residential customer.
The rate increase is being sought to cover a bond issue that will fund about $45 million in projects that include the replacement of Hobart’s main lift station.
City Engineer Phil Gralik said Hobart had been seeking a low-interest loan through the Indiana State Revolving Fund (SRF) program, but the city “fell off that list” for the latest round of loan funding. He said that Hobart can pursue a different loan that will carry a “slightly higher” interest rate and that the new sewer rate structure can support the different interest rate.
City councilmen on Wednesday said they support moving forward with the different loan because of the risks of waiting for other options.
Councilman Dave Vinzant, D-4th, said there’s a need to start the lift station improvements as soon as possible.
The existing lift station was established in the late 1980s, and facilities of that kind are typically built for about 20 years of service. Officials are concerned there could be an environmental emergency if there is a catastrophic failure at the lift station.
“We can’t wait because the day we have no pumps working, we’re in big trouble,” Vinzant said.
Besides upgrading the lift station, the proposed projects include the installation of a 30-inch diameter force main from the lift station to a connection point with the Gary Sanitary District.
Gralik said that if the council doesn’t want to pursue a different loan option, it could wait for the next round of SRF loan funding. Doing so would risk increased material costs.
“One of the other concerns of waiting three months is pipe prices continue to go up,” Gralik said. “Every month we wait to not order the pipe, we’re seeing a cost increase. That’s another reason to keep this moving forward.”
Gralik said that once a bond issue is finalized, Hobart can lock into a contract and a set price for the lift station improvements and force main installation.
“Once everything gets locked in, we have a guaranteed maximum,” Gralik said. “We will not exceed that without radical unforeseen site conditions or if we change the scope.”
The City Council is expected to consider adopting the sewer rate ordinance during its Aug. 3 meeting. If it advances, loan closing could take place by the end of August. The lift station work could start in January or February of 2023 and conclude in the winter of 2025.
Gallery: The Times Photos of the Week
Park Full of Art
Park Full of Art
Park Full of Art
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Three-legged fair contestant steals he show
Interactive play area in the Crown Point Library
Interactive play area in the Crown Point Library
Dedication of court in honor Judge Mary Harper
Dedication of court in honor Judge Mary Harper
Dedication of court in honor Judge Mary Harper
Lake County Historical Museum celebrating 40th anniversary
Lake County cop and civilian vehicle collide in Gary; state police reportedly called in
Lake County cop and civilian vehicle collide in Gary; state police reportedly called in
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Families displaced after apartment building in Hobart shuts down
City Attorney Heather McCarthy said state law requires Hobart to allow time for an appeal following the issuance of a “Do Not Occupy” order at the East Street apartment. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hobart/hobart-council-gives-initial-approval-to-sewer-rate-increase/article_452deb98-284c-5908-96a9-9b9102ce3d4a.html | 2022-07-23T23:06:15 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hobart/hobart-council-gives-initial-approval-to-sewer-rate-increase/article_452deb98-284c-5908-96a9-9b9102ce3d4a.html |
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Police department is requesting the help of the public in the disappearance of 14-year-old Hope Ogle. Ogle went missing on Monday morning, and her family hasn't been able to reach her.
For her mother, Cara and her sister, Rece, it's been a difficult few days.
"Hope is an outgoing, loving, kind, fiercely loyal girl," Cara said.
Rece said one of the things she admires about her sister is her boldness.
"She's just so her, and she's just unapologetic for it," Rece said.
Hope was last seen on July 18. She has green eyes and brown, shoulder-length hair, with a nose piercing and scars on her forearms. She also has a medical condition.
"That day was surreal, of course, because you're living out one of your worst nightmares as a parent," Cara said.
The morning of Hope's disappearance, she left a note for her family telling them she would be going away and not to worry. However, by 8 p.m., Hope still hadn't returned. Cara called police.
"It's just it's so many emotions and so many things all at one time," Cara said.
Prior to her disappearance, Hope had gotten into trouble with her mother, and was going to be grounded--typical teenage things.
"No blow up, no crazy argument," Cara said.
Now, cara is trying to keep hope as she continues to worry about her daughter.
A west side neighborhood is the last place that Hope’s cellphone was pinged to, but her family says they’re not sure why that would be. The ping happened at around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to a home near Brandy Ridge and Hardesty, but as far as Cara knows, Hope had never been in this area before.
Police told the Ogle family the address didn't turn up any new leads.
"We've driven around just trying to just... I don't know, grasping at straws, just anything," Cara said.
They continue to pass out fliers, and have reached out to Hope’s friends with no luck. Cara asks that anyone who knows anything about her daughter's disappearance to report it. She worries that Hope may be in danger.
"The longer that she's gone, the more my, my, my fears go," Cara said.
After six days, they just want Hope to come home.
"So that we can heal [and] be together as a family," Cara said.
If you have any information on hope’s disappearance or where she might be, you’re asked to call police at (210) 207-7660. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-family-pleads-for-return-of-missing-teen/273-9865bd86-45e2-4777-bf7f-a27e51dc4aef | 2022-07-23T23:09:12 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-family-pleads-for-return-of-missing-teen/273-9865bd86-45e2-4777-bf7f-a27e51dc4aef |
There wasn’t supposed to be an editorial in this edition of the Idaho Press.
The community members and staff who comprise this group were on a summer break, but after the events that transpired at last week’s Idaho GOP convention in Twin Falls, we could not remain silent — and neither should you.
Delegates from across the state adopted a platform that seeks to severely restrict voting, blatantly disregards the life of mothers with complications during pregnancy, and doubles down on a belief that “a child’s gender assigned at birth to be an essential characteristic of identity and purpose,” the Idaho Capital Sun reported.
To top it off, the group of around 700 Republicans selected Dorothy Moon as the party’s leader, who then proceeded to tell the crowd before her that “with Democrats coming at us,” they must make sure their “guns are loaded.”
Is this how Idaho Republicans want to define themselves — by fear, exclusion and violence?
Moon touts herself as a patriot, yet she is one of the most outspoken figures in Idaho trying to make it harder for citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote. What could be less patriotic?
She believes in freedom, but also uses language implying she’ll shoot anyone who disagrees with her. The fact that so many American lives have been lost in recent mass shootings doesn’t seem to phase her, either.
This party describes itself as “pro-life,” yet has made clear that mothers’ lives are not included in that sentiment. A decade ago, the Idaho GOP’s platform included support for parental consent for minors’ abortions, opposing the procedure for “sex selection, convenience or birth control” — but it also said, “We recognize many strong and diverse views within our party membership.”
And while supposedly championing personal liberties, this group of delegates chose to deny transgender individuals those same rights, essentially denying their existence at all.
We sincerely don’t believe most Idaho residents, of any party affiliation, are fully aligned with this extreme platform. In fact, we saw in the primary that voters rejected many of the far-right candidates who espoused similar ideologies. Yet in this insular setting, the extremists won out. Most reasonable elected Republicans seem to be frozen with fear of speaking out and losing the support of the state’s ruling party.
But continued complicity will send us into darker outcomes — in which only a select few can truly participate in elections, women die unnecessarily during pregnancy complications, and transgender people are further marginalized.
All of us must continue to speak out against these infringements on our rights as well as the violent rhetoric that we saw at that convention. A party can support gun ownership and election security without threatening to shoot the opposition or making it more difficult for legal voters to cast ballots.
If you’re tired of us sounding the alarm about the far-right, then start doing something about it. We’d love to stop writing editorials condemning extremism, but we won’t as long as it persists.
What were once fringe groups with fringe ideas are securing a foothold in mainstream politics, and they will continue to gain ground if the majority of people remain silent. To stop this, all of us must unequivocally denounce these actions — from the elected officials to residents who haven’t yet registered to vote, we all need to do our part to keep Idaho a place where people feel safe and democracy can thrive.
This means registering to vote, volunteering in campaigns of commendable candidates, staying informed and talking to our friends and family members about these issues. For the state’s leaders, it’s time to toughen up and speak up for what’s right even if it’s politically risky.
This alarm isn’t for a future danger, the danger is here — these people not only are already in positions of power, but their “guns are loaded.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/editorial-speak-out-against-fear-exclusion-and-violence-from-gop-convention/article_ed85ed70-7910-5e99-b3e2-a04f846b34cb.html | 2022-07-23T23:16:24 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/editorial-speak-out-against-fear-exclusion-and-violence-from-gop-convention/article_ed85ed70-7910-5e99-b3e2-a04f846b34cb.html |
Kenosha police, fire units, including the dive team responded to the Lake Michigan shore after 3 p.m. Saturday to what turned out to be multiple unrelated calls of individuals in the water.
The first call involved two kids who were about 10 years old out on a paddle board unable to get back to the shore around 350 Kennedy Drive. They eventually were safely out of the water.
Around the same time, emergency dispatch routed en route emergency responders to a second call of two kids with floating on in the water who also reportedly were unable to get back to shore. That call came from the 4700 block of Simmons Island, and those kids were soon out of the lake water as well.
Additional details of both calls were not immediately available. All responding units were released to other duty.
What do you do when you're drowning? 4 water safety tips from the experts
More common than you think
Dave Benjamin, co-founder and executive director of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, usually starts his water safety classes by talking about fire. “What do you do in case of a fire emergency?” He normally asks the crowd of children. “Stop, drop and roll,” they say.
“What do you do if you’re drowning?” More often than not, the kids stay silent.
A precautionary tale
On July 27, 2013, 15-year-old Matthew Kocher was away from home on a camp trip to New Buffalo City Beach in New Buffalo, Michigan, earning community service hours for school. While standing in the shallow Lake Michigan waters, Kocher got caught in a rip current.
“We were basically pool people, like most people,” John Kocher (pictured in orange), Matthew’s father, said.
The Matthew Kocher Foundation
After Matthew’s funeral, John and his wife, Kathy, set up a foundation in their son’s name. They have since partnered with Benjamin and the GLSRP to sponsor more than 300 water safety talks in Illinois.
The following are the water safety tips they hope will save a life.
1. Know before you go
“Check the weather reports, check the wave reports and check for a rip-current warning. See if any flags are up,” Kocher said.
All of this information can be found on the National Weather Service’s website weather.gov. It is updated each day with watches, warnings and other advisories.
2. Keep an eye on your child
Whether at the beach or pool, the National Drowning Prevention Alliance suggests parents designate a water watcher or water guardian.
“Even if you are with a group of people, have one adult whose main responsibility is to keep an eye on the kids in the water,” Adam Katchmarchi, the executive director of NDPA said.
3. Flip, float, follow
In a water emergency, GLSRP recommends swimmers flip, float and follow.
First flip over onto your back to float. Keep your head above the water, remain calm and conserve energy.
4. Learn to swim
Swimming is an essential skill. However, 64% of African American children, 45% of Hispanic children and 40% of white children cannot swim.
This statistic becomes even more harrowing when it is revealed that of all nonswimming children, 87% plan to visit a beach or pool at least once during the summer. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/emergency-crews-respond-to-lake-michigan-for-multiple-water-calls-no-one-hurt/article_831fc6a8-0ad1-11ed-a234-ab978879e204.html | 2022-07-23T23:25:58 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/emergency-crews-respond-to-lake-michigan-for-multiple-water-calls-no-one-hurt/article_831fc6a8-0ad1-11ed-a234-ab978879e204.html |
PLEASANT PRAIRIE — A plan for the redevelopment of a portion of the former We Energies power plant site is moving forward.
The Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission gave favorable recommendations to the Village Board last week to a proposal to divide the property at 8000 95th St., into three lots to pave the way for future development.
The request to redevelop portions of the site came from Neal Driscoll with Dermody Properties, an e-commerce, logistics and industrial real estate developer, on behalf of Wisconsin Electric Power Co., the owner of the former We Energies power plant.
Lot 2 will be turned into an 198-acre industrial park, called the LogistiCenter. Wisconsin Electric plans to keep Lot 1 and Lot 3, which are 102 and 100 acres, respectively. Each property has an existing utility substation that will remain, with further industrial development planned for Lot 1.
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The village’s Master Conceptual Plan proposes three industrial buildings for Lot 2, generally located north of 95th Street between the Canadian Pacific Railway and Union Pacific Railway.
The first will be about 550,000 square feet, the second about 620,000 square feet and the third about 1,116,000 square feet, which would be one of the largest buildings in Pleasant Prairie if plans aren’t modified, even larger than the Amazon Fulfillment Facility, 3501 120th Ave.
Pleasant Prairie Community Development Director Jean Werbie-Harris said the redevelopment would add over 2 million square feet to the community as the remaining power plant structures are razed and the site cleared.
“It’s an opportunity for the community to grow, from an economic perspective,” Werbie-Harris said. “It’s a great chance to redevelop an old site, that’s always a positive.”
Dermody and its partners plan to own the Lot 2 real estate long-term, leasing the buildings to future tenants. Dermody will be required to extend 80th Avenue from 95th Street into Lot 2, ending in a cul-de-sac. The extension will include public sanitary sewer, a storm sewer and a water main.
Other storm water management facilities, including four storm water basins, will be constructed under the plan. Municipal water will be looped in from the north, along with a private road extending south from Bain Station Road, through Lot 3, and surrounding site developments to ensue alternative access for emergency services.
“The development of Lot 2 will provide opportunity for Class A industrial buildings similar to the adjacent structures in LakeView Corporate Park,” said Jean Werbie-Harris, Community Development Director.
Also included is a proposal for a 2-acre park at the northwest corner of 80th Avenue and 95th Street, which Werbie-Harris said they were still on working to finalize plans. She said the “pocket park” would hopefully tell the story of We Energies in Pleasant Prairie.
“It’ll be about what they mean to the area,” Werbie-Harris said. “It’s a nice tribute to a company that has meant a lot to the community.”
Newly constructed houses you can buy in Kenosha
4 Bedroom Home in Salem - $354,900
New Construction Home is situated on a dead end road and just 3 blocks to the Lake. Complete with 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, and a 2 Car Garage. Open Concept floorpan with Vaulted Ceilings on Main Level. Finished Lower Level has a huge Family Room. Stainless Steel Appliances. Riverview/Wilmot School District. Completion is October. **Pictures are of a similar model.
3 Bedroom Home in Sturtevant - $364,900
NEW CONSTRUCTION! This gorgeous home will be sure to impress the best! Three car garage, vaulted ceilings, two full baths. Granite counter tops in kitchen and baths. A 9 x 5 drop zone by garage and an 8 x 5 laundry room. A third bath will be stubbed in the basement. Egress window in basement allows for expansion. Covered porch on rear of home for outdoor living space. Pond view. All room sizes are provided by blueprint but should be verified by buyer. Home is speculated to be able to close end of September. Home is part of an HOA $200/yr
4 Bedroom Home in Racine - $335,000
This 4 bedroom 2 bath ranch home is bright & spacious. The open concept living area has a young, modern feel. It has stainless steel appliances, a granite kitchen island, contemporary lighting fixtures & vinyl plank flooring. The split floor plan layout offers a huge master suite with a walk-in closet, & double sinks. There are three additional main level bedrooms on the opposite side of the home! There is a great mudroom/laundry off the garage. All appliances are included. The full basement has poured concrete walls, stubbed for addition bath. 200 amp service. 2 car garage with extra storage space. Sliding patio doors off kitchen open to access the great, usable flat back yard. Fun location, near Maple Park.
3 Bedroom Home in Lake Villa - $499,900
Look no further, this is your home. Exceptional quality and luxury details new constructions home ready for a new owner. Open floor plan and hardwood floors throughout the house. 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 baths upstairs. Luxurious kitchen featuring 42", white cabinets, granite countertops, kitchen island and stainless steel appliances. Kitchen patio doors lead to a back deck overlooking a huge, partially fenced yard. Kitchen opens into dinning room & living room. Living room with panorama of windows that overlook the front porch. Half bath on the main floor for convenience. Master bedroom with two big closets and custom-designed master bath with double sink vanity and walk-in shower. Head down to fully finished basement with additional rooms for entertainment - recreation or TV room with space for a projector and family room with a half bath. High efficiency tankless water heater and additional water filter. Garage with a gas line for the future heater. Easy access to shopping centers, great schools and nearby Chain 'O Lakes. Excellent price of $209 per sqft for the new construction considering rising costs of materials and labor.
2 Bedroom Home in Gurnee - $379,000
****PRICE REDUCED $10k****WENTWORTH RANCH ONLY 1 YEAR NEW. Located on a corner lot, you'll enjoy maintenance free living in this 2 bed with den/flex room, 2 Bath Bristol Ranch. Light and bright open concept kitchen features designer white shaker cabinets with crown molding, iced white quartz countertops, SS appliances, large walk-in pantry and expansive island overlooking living and dining areas. Sliders to covered patio make this a great space for entertaining guests. The primary suite includes a large walk-in closet with a custom organizer system. Primary bathroom has dual sinks and raised height vanity plus a large shower with seat. Both bathrooms are equipped with bidets. Custom coat closet and garage storage were completed in 2021. Across the street is the entrance to the walking path and beautiful common areas including pond, park/playground and sheltered gathering space. HOA maintains the lawn and snow removal. Fencing not allowed. This home is equipped with Smart Home Technology that speaks to Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Z-Wave and cellular devices which allows you to monitor and control your home from your couch or 500 miles away. Wentworth is close to shopping, restaurants, entertainment and tollway. Some personal property is also for sale. Quick close possible.
4 Bedroom Home in Antioch - $419,000
Home is complete. Now ready to move in! This is a brand new construction, not a rehabbed property. Buyers can still pick out carpet for those areas. Ready to close as soon as buyers are ready! In town location. Beautiful Hardwood floors throughout Lower Level. Granite countertops and granite in laundry. Open concept floor plan with, soaring ceilings! 1st floor master bedroom with a gorgeous full bath and walk-out. Spacious closets throughout! Large back yard for kids and pets. Yard will be sodded soon. Walking distance to everything in town. Stubbed in plumbing for future bathroom in your spacious full basement, lots and lots of builder extras!
5 Bedroom Home in Antioch - $449,900
Better than new with many top quality upgrades. Immaculate 2 story home shows like a model. Wide open first floor features a gorgeous kitchen with gleaming granite counters, tons of cabinets,pantry and full appliance suite. The dining area is generously sized and is adjacent to the family room.......with these 3 rooms being wide open to each other makes it the perfect place for entertaining family and friends. Need an in-law arrangement, well there is both a first floor bedroom/bath combo as well as a basement bedroom/bath combo. Upstairs you will find the rest of the bedrooms with the master bedroom being an oasis from all the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Very comfortably sized and with a luxury master bath offering dual sinks and an oversized walk in shower. For convenience, there is also his and hers walk in closets. 3 more bedrooms(2 with walk in closets) and an additional bathroom complete the upstairs. As if this is not enough, the finished basement is perfectly laid out with an enormous great room, bedroom and full bath. Large storage area can be easily finished if more room is needed. Everyone will appreciate the beautiful paver patio in the back yard that backs to open space.3 car garage and paved drive complete this superior home.
3 Bedroom Home in Pleasant Prairie - $631,000
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5 Bedroom Home in Oak Creek - $818,000
Located just steps from the walking trails of Lake Vista park and the shores of Lake Michigan, this lifestyle community gives a new address for exciting architecture and amazing amenities. Versatile floorplan options make it easy to create your dream home. As a homeowner, you get to enjoy the private clubhouse and pool, fitness center, basketball/tennis/pickleball courts which are located steps from your door. In addition, there are pocket parks & green amenities and walking trails throughout this development. With front-facing porches and alley garage entrances, this community maximizes the beauty of its surroundings. Move quickly to pick your dream lot!
4 Bedroom Home in Oak Creek - $853,200
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2 Bedroom Home in Pleasant Prairie - $597,000
Brand New Home in The Cottages. Nestled among some of the finest neighborhoods in Pleasant Prairie, this immaculate Arbor Ranch model boasts 2 beds/2 baths, soaring ceilings, zero step entry, open floor plan with wonderful architectural flairs and is situated in a bold and unique neighborhood. If carefree living is your desire, you will love the association which completely maintains the grounds including landscape maintenance, irrigation, snow removal, and all deferred exterior home maintenance. Come see it today and make it yours forever. Over $25K in upgrades. Builder can finish the basement an add 900sqft. $100K in construction upgrades. Unit will be ready in May/June.
4 Bedroom Home in Pleasant Prairie - $800,000
Builder's WOW Model and Forever Home in The Cottages with finished basement. Nestled among some of the finest neighborhoods in Pleasant Prairie. This fully loaded Augusta VI model boasts 4 beds/4 baths, soaring ceilings, zero-step entry, open floor plan with wonderful architectural flairs & demonstrates virtually every upgrade available in the bold and unique neighborhood. If carefree living is your desire, you'll love it! Complete maintenance of the grounds including landscape maintenance, irrigation, snow removal, and all deferred exterior home maintenance. Extended covered screened patio with an additional paver patio in the back garden.
3 Bedroom Home in Lake Villa - $499,800
Look no further, this is your home. Exceptional quality and luxury details new constructions home ready for a new owner. Open floor plan and hardwood floors throughout the house. 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 baths upstairs. Luxurious kitchen featuring 42", white cabinets, granite countertops, kitchen island and stainless steel appliances. Kitchen patio doors lead to a back deck overlooking a huge, partially fenced yard. Kitchen opens into dinning room & living room. Living room with panorama of windows that overlook the front porch. Half bath on the main floor for convenience. Master bedroom with two big closets and custom-designed master bath with double sink vanity and walk-in shower. Head down to fully finished basement with additional rooms for entertainment - recreation or TV room with space for a projector and family room with a half bath. High efficiency tankless water heater and additional water filter. Garage with a gas line for the future heater. Easy access to shopping centers, great schools and nearby Chain 'O Lakes. Excellent price of $209 per sqft for the new construction considering rising costs of materials and labor.
3 Bedroom Home in Racine - $629,900
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Beautiful new ranch home under construction on a look out basement lot in the very desirable Cascade Ridge subdivision in Caledonia. The Kimberly ranch home plan is a 3 bed, 2 bath home with a 3 car garage. This home has stunning views as well as a deck located just off of the dinette. A flex room/office is in the front of the home near the foyer. The great room, kitchen and dinette are open concept. Painted shiplap at corner natural gas fireplace in great room. Striking quartz countertops throughout the home. Large mudroom with closet, boot bench, drop zone and desk. Master suite features a bath with ceramic tile shower, split vanities, linen closet and spacious walk in closet.
2 Bedroom Home in Mount Pleasant - $368,900
Beautiful new construction side by side unit available under construction in the desirable Villas of Meadowbrook in Mt. Pleasant. This two bed, 2 bath condo has an open concept great room, dining area and kitchen. The Juniper plan also offers a covered patio just off the great room. Many upgraded features in this unit including a ceramic tile shower in the master bath, double hung windows, luxury vinyl plank flooring, Quartz counter tops throughout home. Condo includes refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, microwave, garbage disposal and washer/dryer.
3 Bedroom Home in Oak Creek - $575,000
Home Build has begun! Completion of this New Construction Ranch will be November of 2022. Great Room with coffered ceilings, gas fireplace and sweeping views of trees and wildlife in the distance. Qulaity finishes throughout. Awesome open kitchen with shaker cabinets, solid tops, pantry, designer backsplash and generous island. Master Suite with luxury Master Bath and huge walk in closet. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/plans-for-redevelopment-of-former-pleasant-prairie-power-plant-site-move-ahead/article_0dbf5116-09e7-11ed-a17f-0ba8a725da24.html | 2022-07-23T23:26:04 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/plans-for-redevelopment-of-former-pleasant-prairie-power-plant-site-move-ahead/article_0dbf5116-09e7-11ed-a17f-0ba8a725da24.html |
Somers Fire and Rescue was dispatched at 10:49 p.m. Friday in response to a burn victim.
The patient was reported to have severe burns to their legs. Somers Fire and Rescue, along with Kenosha County Sheriff deputies started treatment for a patient with burns on 80% of their body.
The Flight for Life helicopter was requested by the responding crew, and the patient, who had life-threatening burns, was transported to St. Mary's Regional Burn Center.
Agencies assisting Somers Fire and Rescue were units with the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department, Flight for Life and Kenosha County Joint Services.
No additional details were immediately available.
Mugshots: Racine County criminal complaints, July 15, 2022
Today's mugshots: July 15
These are images of people charged with a crime in Racine County. Booking photos are provided by Racine County law enforcement officials. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.
Tina M. Higginbottom
Tina (aka X Kenesha) M. Higginbottom, 1000 block of Pearl Street, Racine, disorderly conduct (use of a dangerous weapon).
Monica M. Hoffmann
Monica M. Hoffmann, 4800 block of Kinzie Avenue, Racine, disorderly conduct.
Lee D. Holton
Lee D. Holton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operate motor vehicle while revoked.
Emonjae James Kinney
Emonjae James Kinney, 1100 block of Park Avenue, Racine, receiving stolen property (less than $2,500).
Shantrice P. Craig
Shantrice P. Craig, 900 block of Hamilton Street, Racine, felony personal ID theft (financial gain).
Keshari D. Gordon
Keshari D. Gordon, 700 block of 17th Street, Racine, possession with intent to deliver fentanyl (greater than 50 grams), possession with intent to deliver/distribute/manufacture THC (less than or equal to 200 grams), possession of drug paraphernalia.
Ruben Leal
Ruben Leal, 1300 block of Chatham Street, Racine, strangulation and suffocation (domestic abuse assessments), misdemeanor battery (domestic abuse assessments), disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments).
Dennis A. Myles
Dennis (aka Jermie Shine) A. Myles, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, possession of THC, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Jordan D. Parker
Jordan D. Parker, 33600 block of Contour Drive, Burlington, manufacture/deliver LSD (less than or equal to 1 gram), misdemeanor bail jumping, possession of THC, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (2nd offense), felony bail jumping.
Paul Allen Puchter
Paul (aka Joshua Pickard) Allen Puchter, 2900 block of Fleetwood Drive, Racine, first degree child sexual assault (sexual contact with a child under age 13), second degree sexual assault of a child under 16 years of age.
Sarah B. Reidenbach
Sarah B. Reidenbach, 900 block of Hastings Court, Sturtevant, possession of narcotic drugs, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possess/illegally obtained prescription.
Jamie D. Siler Jr.
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Jamie D. Siler Jr., 700 block of Sheridan Road, Kenosha, armed robbery (violent crime in a school zone), attempt robbery (violent crime in a school zone), possession of a firearm by adjudicated delinquent. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/somers-fire-and-rescue-responds-to-burn-victim-friday-night/article_8c64342e-0ad1-11ed-9024-eb48a44409bb.html | 2022-07-23T23:26:10 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/somers-fire-and-rescue-responds-to-burn-victim-friday-night/article_8c64342e-0ad1-11ed-9024-eb48a44409bb.html |
Little Leaguers of Kenosha Inc. opened the 9-11 year old state tournament for District 6 at the Dr. James L. Santarelli Sports Complex in Kenosha on Saturday.
State qualifying teams from the district are competing for the state title in a tournament scheduled through July 29.
During Saturday’s opening ceremonies, Brianna Santelli performed the National Anthem.
Carthage College baseball coach and former Little Leaguers of Kenosha player Augie Schmidt threw out the first pitch in the complex at 4200 39th Ave.
Following games Saturday, team members were invited to attend the Kenosha Kingfish game at Simmons Field in Kenosha. Players and coaches were given free admission.
Guttormsen Recreation Center in Kenosha also is giving two free games of bowling to all team members.
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Games were scheduled to continue at 1 p.m. Sunday, weather permitting. After Sunday’s games, a picnic and home run derby are scheduled. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-little-leaguers-of-kenosha-inc-hosts-district-championships-in-kenosha/article_083c934a-0ab7-11ed-912b-b352d97312b8.html | 2022-07-23T23:26:16 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-little-leaguers-of-kenosha-inc-hosts-district-championships-in-kenosha/article_083c934a-0ab7-11ed-912b-b352d97312b8.html |
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A day on the lake is meant for everyone to enjoy.
"We are basically here to help assist people with mobility impairments to enjoy life and try different experiences they might not have had access to otherwise," said Joe Salva, Individual Abilities in Motion.
The non-profit Individual Abilities in Motion partnered with Leaps of Faith to bring the thrill of water skiing to people on Chapman Lake near Scott Township.
One by one, volunteers helped each person into the special gear before sending them off.
"Oh, it's incredible. It feels like you are flying, there's no limitations, you don't have the limitations of the chair or the crutches for some people, and you're just like everyone else who is able-bodied," said Max Malec, Roaring Brook Township.
"The thought of me being able to water ski is something I never thought I would be able to do again," said Derek Raines, Scranton.
For people like Derek Raines of Scranton, life before his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis meant lots of adventures on this very lake. Newswatch 16 caught up with him as he waited for round two of water skiing.
"Oh my gosh, I felt, after the initial shock of getting in the water, just to feel the spray come up, it was just wonderful to have that experience once again," said Raines.
The best part of the day? Participants didn't have to pay a dime to enjoy their day on the water.
"We do it all through our fundraising and sponsorships from other organizations and companies that sponsor our organization to help offset the costs," said Salva.
"Having these opportunities truly gives us more to do and just shows other people that we can do it no matter what our abilities are," said Malec.
Individual Abilities in Motion host a variety of support programs. To learn more, head to their website by clicking here.
Coming soon to WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/a-day-on-the-water-in-lackawanna-county-individual-abilities-in-motion-joe-salva-max-malec-derek-raines/523-570d3bd2-4b22-401f-a0b4-b8b80e6a01db | 2022-07-23T23:29:24 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/a-day-on-the-water-in-lackawanna-county-individual-abilities-in-motion-joe-salva-max-malec-derek-raines/523-570d3bd2-4b22-401f-a0b4-b8b80e6a01db |
CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. — Two Penn State students are raising money for THON, and on Saturday, they held a kickball tournament in Lackawanna County.
THON is a nonprofit that helps children and their families dealing with childhood cancer.
The kickball tournament was held at Hillside Park in Clarks Summit.
The tournament was made up of 8 teams, and the goal was to raise $3,000.
"We're having a kickball tournament to benefit THON so we have eight teams here coming out to play, double elimination, the winner gets $100, and yeah, all the money goes to THON," said Grace Stempien, event organizer.
All the money raised here at the kickball tournament goes directly to THON.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/kickball-tournament-benefits-thon-clarks-summit-lackawanna-county-grace-stempien-tori-kovalchick/523-b1e28b0d-e577-4a70-902b-b8b9bbb609ec | 2022-07-23T23:29:30 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/kickball-tournament-benefits-thon-clarks-summit-lackawanna-county-grace-stempien-tori-kovalchick/523-b1e28b0d-e577-4a70-902b-b8b9bbb609ec |
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Action Together NEPA hosted a rally outside of the Luzerne County Courthouse on Saturday.
Other organizations including PA Stands Up and Persist NEPA were co-hosts of the NEPA Fights for Freedom rally.
Rally organizers highlighted recent and pending court decisions and legislative action that they say threaten the freedoms of every American.
"We've seen a huge upsurge in attention and calls to action based on the attacks at every level starting with abortion rights, but we know that it affects LGBTQ+ rights, it's taking the form of attacking voting rights as well because we know that voting gives us access to all of the other things that we care about," said Jessica Brittain, Action Together NEPA.
Rally organizers also helped people who came out register to vote in Luzerne County.
Coming soon to WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/rally-for-rights-held-in-luzerne-county-action-together-nepa-jessica-brittain-pa-stands-up-nepa-fights-for-freedom/523-dc566177-4b18-4255-8fbe-f2c9f404800d | 2022-07-23T23:29:36 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/rally-for-rights-held-in-luzerne-county-action-together-nepa-jessica-brittain-pa-stands-up-nepa-fights-for-freedom/523-dc566177-4b18-4255-8fbe-f2c9f404800d |
KINGSTON, Pa. — A strange turn of events led to a tree into a home in Luzerne County on Saturday.
The mayor of Kingston tells Newswatch 16 that part of a rotted tree on Humpleby Street came down Saturday morning and caused another tree across the street to come down. That caused damage to a parked car.
Then later in the afternoon, while crews were working to clean up, another part of the tree came down and landed on a home. The mayor says crews were not working on the tree when it crashed into the home.
They believe the tree was rotted, and it was inevitable.
Officials tell Newswatch 16 that a woman was trapped under the branches when the second incident happened; she was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
"And ants get inside those trees apparently, and they rot the inside of the tree, so that's what happened there. I don't know the circumstances with the woman underneath there she was injured slightly, I believe her shoulder when the fire department arrived they got on scene, a lot of the branches were around her. They cut the branches out from around her took her out, and I'm not really sure where she went to," said Mayor Jeff Coslett, Kingston.
First responders tell us the woman was treated at an area hospital.
The tree will now have to be taken down completely for safety reasons in Kingston.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/tree-falls-on-home-in-kingston-luzerne-county-mayor-jeff-coslett-dpw-workers-branches/523-84bd30da-a2f6-4985-9261-3c6d2e8b174c | 2022-07-23T23:29:42 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/tree-falls-on-home-in-kingston-luzerne-county-mayor-jeff-coslett-dpw-workers-branches/523-84bd30da-a2f6-4985-9261-3c6d2e8b174c |
MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — As the racing heats up on the track at Pocono Raceway, so do the fans in the stands. They've got hats, light clothing, and cold drinks to try and keep cool. But you can't cool down without one key ingredient, ice.
People were lined up to buy bags of ice, replenishing the supply they've already burned through.
"I've got pineapples in there melting everything and beer. When you take hot beer and put it in the cooler, it takes care of the ice pretty quick," said Randall Kehoe, Albany, NY.
Felix Ulloa snagged two bags of ice for his group. He said they've already gone through 80 pounds of ice, and there's still plenty of the weekend left.
"Everybody wants margaritas, bloody mary's, mimosas. We're probably going to go through these and about four or six more," said Ulloa, Long Island, NY
When it's this hot in the infield at Pocono, you have to be creative to get cool. Some people we found brought a pool.
"Well worth bringing a pool, even if it's a little kiddie pool. People have fun with it. It's all a good time, and have people come by if they want to come in, they can come in," said Joe Castellano, Long Island, NY.
If you aren't fortunate enough to have a pool, these race fans found other ways to cool down.
"Keep your liquids going. I actually sat in the car with the AC going before, so that felt good," said Castellano.
"Right here, no socks! And the hat is soaking wet from the melted ice so that's also a tip," said Randall Kehoe.
Fans hope it cools down in the evening before the heat cranks up for Sunday's NASCAR race.
Coming soon to WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/beating-the-heat-at-pocono-raceway-randall-kehoe-felix-ulloa-joe-castellano-monroe-county-long-pond-nascar/523-4a0d65f4-ba79-46a1-8ce8-dadda6047e75 | 2022-07-23T23:29:48 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/beating-the-heat-at-pocono-raceway-randall-kehoe-felix-ulloa-joe-castellano-monroe-county-long-pond-nascar/523-4a0d65f4-ba79-46a1-8ce8-dadda6047e75 |
Former professional cyclist and activist Kathryn Bertine launched a campaign for a women’s Tour de France from her home in Tucson nine years ago by sending a petition to ASO, the company that organizes the men’s Tour de France.
This year, the dream becomes real.
Le Tour de France Femmes begins Sunday in in Paris. Professional women cyclists will finish their eight-day race on July 31, on top of a mountain called La Super Planche des Belles Filles in northeastern France.
Bertine, along with two other professional cyclists and one professional triathlete, started a petition for a women’s race on Change.org.
“We expected to get about 1,000 signatures from our friends, family, other professional cyclists, amateurs who race,” Bertine explained.
In the end, they sent a petition with over 98,000 signatures because the message of equality resonated with all kinds of people. Bertine quoted one petition signer: “I’m not a cyclist, but the message matters. Women belong anywhere that men have a presence and power. The Tour de France is a perfect example.”
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At first, Bertine said, ASO didn’t even acknowledge receipt of the petition. After pressure from international journalists and the public, ASO relented and met with Bertine’s group called Le Tour Entier (the entire Tour).
“We presented ASO with a full 21-day stage race, which was equal to the men’s race. But ASO agreed to do only one day in 2014. Le Tour Entier showed how to add 3-5 days each year to bring the race to parity,” said Bertine.
And they reminded ASO that in the 1980s, Le Tour de France Féminin ran on many of the same days as the men’s race, with slightly shorter stages. Fans cheered along the route for competitors in both races. In fact, American Marianne Martin won the 18-day race in 1984.
ASO and Le Tour Entier created “La Course by Tour de France,” a one-day race in Paris in 2014. And ASO kept it one day for the next seven years.
“It didn’t change because ASO was lazy, apathetic and sexist,” said Bertine.
In 2014, more than 120 networks in 54 countries showed La Course, demonstrating worldwide interest in women’s cycling. Bertine raced in the 2014 event and remembered: “Crowds were huge. Crowds were rows deep on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.”
“We had data showing fans and sponsors saying they want more, the racers want more, the teams want more. It was just tokenism to keep as one day for so long,” she continued. “Tokenism is not equality.”
While waiting for a multiday women’s tour, Bertine took matters into her own hands to support professional women cyclists. She set up the Homestretch Foundation, with the equals sign as its symbol. Athletes apply to spend weeks or months at the Homestretch Foundation house in Tucson, with housing and utilities paid for by the foundation.
Bertine says about the athletes, “They’re happy to have the time and space to pursue their own individual training plans and work toward their goals.”
As part of the agreement, athletes promise to help each other in the house and volunteer two hours per week in the community. Last winter, for example, they volunteered at Cyclovia and at Felicia’s Farm, a farm that donates all of its produce to people who are homeless or in need.
Tucson and Pima County roads offer a variety of cycling, from long flat desert roads and hills to climbing up to Mount Lemmon.
“And they love riding on The Loop on their slower recovery days,” said Bertine.
Since 2016, the Homestretch Foundation has housed 80 athletes — nicknamed “Stretchies” — from 17 countries. Four former “Stretchies” will be on the starting line for Le Tour de France Femmes: Emily Newsom, Leah Kirchmann, Gabby Traxler and Brodie Champman.
Le Tour de France Femmes didn’t happen because of a simple petition, and many details of the fight seem unbelievable in the 21st century. Bertine explores her advocacy and private struggles as a professional cyclist in “Stand,” a memoir-turned-manual on activism. Her story takes the reader behind the scenes, shows the power of people working together to bring change and will inspire anyone who reads it.
Bertine, who is still an avid cyclist, often rides on The Loop with friend Ava Fouts, an 11-year-old cyclist. They met while riding up a challenging hill in Saguaro National Park East a few years ago.
“I passed her and said something like ‘Way to go,’ then Ava jumped into my draft and yelled, ‘You’re not going to pass me that fast lady!’” said Bertine.
“I chatted with her and her father later, and now we ride together about once a week.”
Fouts has three favorite places on The Loop: the splash pad at Brandi Fenton Park, the swing set at Michael Perry Park along the Pantano Wash and “the part that’s fun like a roller coaster and the tunnel.”
Scott Fouts, her father, said, “Ava is talking about the Julian Wash Greenway where the path dips in and out of the wash, and the tunnel under Kolb.”
“It’s fun to ride with someone who likes to ride as much as I do,” Ava Fouts said about Bertine. “We got a connection when we met and it’s stuck for a while.”
Mary Reynolds is a communications specialist for Pima County. | https://tucson.com/sports/local/tucson-cyclist-kathryn-bertine-helped-to-get-wheels-turning-for-creation-of-first-ever-women/article_f849d47c-091a-11ed-b4fe-1b9cd06c2a2a.html | 2022-07-23T23:31:09 | 0 | https://tucson.com/sports/local/tucson-cyclist-kathryn-bertine-helped-to-get-wheels-turning-for-creation-of-first-ever-women/article_f849d47c-091a-11ed-b4fe-1b9cd06c2a2a.html |
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Saturday’s ribbon cutting marks the end of an expansion years in the making for the Elizabethton-Carter County Animal Shelter.
The community celebrated newly-enclosed outdoor kennels with full heating and cooling.
“It’s so much more comfortable,” Animal Shelter Director Shannon Posada said. “It’s so much more like a home environment to them and that’s what we want them to have while they’re here. We want them to know that they’re loved and that they’re cared for.”
Project Manager Chris Prince said the expansion comes at a vital time.
“We got additional outdoor space there to where we can house more animals,” Prince said. “We do have a crisis at the time because everything is full. All of the shelters are full.”
Prince said protecting the animals from weather has been a longtime concern.
“During the winter in the really, really cold months they were having to bring crates in,” Prince said. “Stacking them two and three high to be able to get the animals from the outside in.”
The momentum isn’t stopping here, a new spay and neuter clinic beside the shelter is in the works as well.
“Much, much needed for our community,” Posada said. “We’re tickled to death that the Friends of the shelter stepped up and they’re going forward. There’s no stopping this group, and we could never thank them enough.”
The next fundraiser for the shelter is their 1st Annual Golf Tournament at Elizabethton Golf Course Aug. 20. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/elizabethton-carter-county-animal-shelter-expands/ | 2022-07-23T23:32:29 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/elizabethton-carter-county-animal-shelter-expands/ |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Savannah Martinborough said she'd never seen someone so far underwater until her 7-year-old nephew Massiah Browne told her there was a kid at the bottom of the pool at WestLake Apartments in Sacramento.
Massiah said he first spotted the toddler stranded in the water on Tuesday and went to Savannah for help — that's when she told her nephew to pull the kid out of the water.
"He grabbed his arm and came back up with him," Savannah told ABC10.
Adults with CPR training then rushed in to save the toddler as the Sacramento Fire Department provided medical assistance.
The 3-year-old was breathing normally by the time he was transported to a hospital.
Swimming already for half his life, Massiah says he doesn't consider himself a hero for helping save the toddler.
"But my mom does," he said.
Massiah said you can follow his family on Instagram, @thebrownebrothers. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/7-year-old-saves-toddler-from-potentially-drowning/103-701baece-4df5-4351-b599-00f42d9dc582 | 2022-07-23T23:37:25 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/7-year-old-saves-toddler-from-potentially-drowning/103-701baece-4df5-4351-b599-00f42d9dc582 |
Smoked meats and sultry tunes are the usual suspects at downtown Allentown’s Blues, Brews & Barbecue festival, but a less common feature — courtesy of Mother Nature — brought even more heat to the popular event on Saturday.
Temperatures in the mid-90s, coupled with abundantly sunny skies, had most attendees — especially those behind a grill or smoker — sweating through their shirts.
The 14th annual event, presented by the City of Allentown and Downtown Allentown Business Alliance, coincided with a heat wave that’s brought five consecutive days of temps at or above 90 degrees.
The sweltering stretch is forecast to intensify on Sunday, with an expected high temperature of 99 and heat index values reaching 103. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory from 10 a.m. Saturday through 8 p.m. Sunday.
More than 100 retailers and restaurants, including around 40 food vendors, were stationed from Hamilton Street from Sixth to Ninth streets, and Seventh Street near Hamilton. They battled the scorching conditions in a variety of ways, the most common being fans, water and shade.
“We have fans, we’re hydrating regularly and we have frozen towels,” said Nick Loukas, co-owner of the Northampton-based Slide on By food truck, a first-time vendor at the festival. “I’m about to jump in that sprinkler soon.”
Loukas’ sprinkler comment was in reference to a fire engine that the city parked on Seventh Street, just south of Hamilton Street, from noon to 5 p.m. The city’s reserve ladder served as a cooling station, spraying water onto festivalgoers, including Mayor Matt Tuerk, who dipped his head under the water for a cool down.
Vendors on the southern side of Hamilton Street, including The Taste Smokers, La Bicicleta Arepa Bar and Mr. BBQ 911, lucked out the most when it came to shade.
Also on that side, Bru Daddy’s Brewing Co. set up stands outside its restaurant and brewery, serving hand-cut fries, “K-Pop” eggrolls and a dozen beers. Among its brews were “In Da Pub English Bitter,” which recently won a bronze medal at the 2022 U.S. Open Beer Championship, as well as “Watermelon Snow Cone Sour,” its newest creation made with watermelon snow cone syrup.
“It’s perfect for a day like today,” Bru Daddy’s CEO Rich Ryan said of the watermelon-flavored beer.
Several other downtown Allentown businesses, including The Americus Hotel, Grandpa’s Kitchen, Sterner’s Stems and Split Pine Axe Throwing, also participated in the festival.
The newly opened Sports & Social served up two-pound smoked turkey legs, Mexican street corn and other eats, while The Dime across the street dished out Wagyu hot dogs and meatball sandwiches.
“We’re always excited to participate in these events,” said Todd Pasini, director of food and beverage at The Dime. “It’s such a great way to bring the community together.”
The event featured more than 15 music acts on four stages, including headliner Mr. Sipp, The Mississippi Blues Child (aka Castro Coleman). The renowned musician has earned several prominent distinctions, including International Blues Challenge winner and Gibson Best Guitarist Award winner.
Opening for Mr. Sipp was Veronica Lewis, an 18-year-old from New Hampshire who is “changing the game and upping the ante,” according to American Blues Scene. Lewis recently topped the charts with her debut album “You Ain’t Unlucky.”
Along with those acts, the festival featured local favorites such as the Craig Thatcher Band, The Groove Merchants and BC Blue.
“New to the festival this year is Dustin Douglas & the Electric Gentlemen from Wilkes-Barre,” said Liz Martin, senior vice president of Allentown Initiatives for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. “We’re really excited for them along with local acts like Tavern Tan and Craig Thatcher Band.”
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Martin expected festival attendance to reach about 20,000 people, which would be on par with pre-pandemic numbers.
The 2020 festival was canceled due to the pandemic, and 2021′s festival was slightly smaller due to safety concerns.
“I’m so happy because this year, we’re back to a full-blown Blues, Brews & Barbecue festival,” Martin said. “It’s wonderful to see the community come together with the city, Chamber, Downtown Allentown Business Alliance, the Clean Team, public works and so many other parties working side by side. It takes so many people to pull this event off, and it’s so incredible to see the teamwork.”
In addition to Slide on By, other new food vendors included Ridge Runner BBQ, which served up popular dishes like smoked clams and loaded pork nachos; Lu Taqueria, which offered tacos, gringas (crispy quesadillas) and other Mexican favorites; and Cousins Maine Lobster, which dished out countless lobster rolls, lobster grilled cheeses, cups of lobster bisque and more.
Festival staples also returned, including Grumpy’s Bar-B-Que Roadhouse, an 18-year-old South Whitehall Township restaurant known for its brisket sandwiches, jambalaya and other mouthwatering eats; and Aw Shucks, a 23-year-old operation known for its signature item - super sweet corn brushed with butter and seasoned with “Aw-Shucks” spice and parmesan cheese.
Aw Shucks has been a vendor at Blues, Brews & Barbecue since its first year, owner Jennifer Emili said. The corn has also become a popular pick at IronPigs games and other local festivals like Musikfest.
“We’re excited to be back,” Emili said. “We’re especially excited to be back on this side of the street. Last year, we were on the other side of Hamilton and were feeling that hot sun.” | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-heat-wave-brings-more-sizzle-to-blues-brews-and-barbecue-allentown-20220723-mzd6r4dwknch5iro6f43h5m3wi-story.html | 2022-07-23T23:40:00 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-heat-wave-brings-more-sizzle-to-blues-brews-and-barbecue-allentown-20220723-mzd6r4dwknch5iro6f43h5m3wi-story.html |
Perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, after avoiding it for more than two years.
A new subvariant of the virus that causes the illness, called omicron BA.5, accounts for about 80% of COVID cases nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“It’s the most contagious (variant) yet,” said AtlantiCare’s Gemma Downham, an epidemiologist and corporate director of patient safety, infection prevention, clinical risk management and safety officer. “We are anticipating a rather large summer surge.”
Daily new case counts have increased in New Jersey this month, from 2,360 on July 1 to 3,836 on Thursday. Nationally, the daily numbers have gone from 152,170 on July 1 to 204,774 on July 20.
AtlantiCare is already seeing a surge in COVID visits to its urgent care centers and emergency rooms, Downham said, and an uptick in hospitalizations.
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It’s a good time to consider re-masking — particularly when in crowded situations — until the case counts start to come down, said Atlantic County acting Public Health Division Director Kara Janson.
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The current increase is likely due to the combination of a new variant coming in and the population relaxing precautions they were taking earlier in the pandemic, said Nancy Kearney, deputy director of the Office of Communications for the New Jersey Department of Health.
Even those who are current with their vaccines and/or have had previous infections are getting this latest variant, Downham said, but most are protected from severe disease.
“We are concerned because it is re-infecting people who already had COVID, even another omicron like BA.1 and BA.2. ... It seems it has enough mutations that it is evading the immune system,” Downham said.
There is some good news. Keeping current with vaccinations and/or having previously been infected by COVID protects people from severe disease and hospitalization, Downham said, even though BA.5 replicates quickly and results in a higher viral load than other variants.
Dr. Andrea McCoy, chief medical officer for Cape Regional Health System, said the medical center is not seeing a significant increase in hospitalizations.
“We continue to have three to five patients in the hospital at any given time (who test positive),” McCoy said. Fewer than half are admitted because of COVID-19, she said.
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“More often, the COVID-19 infection is identified during admission screening tests in patients being admitted for other reasons,” McCoy said.
There has been a slight increase in hospitalizations since May, but that seems to coincide with the increase in population in the county as seasonal residents and visitors return, she said.
Most patients are seen in the Emergency Department and discharged, McCoy said, some after treatment with monoclonal antibody or antiviral medication.
“Inpatients are less likely to be severely ill than with the delta or initial omicron surge,” McCoy said.
According to the Cape May County Health Department, in mid-July, fewer than 5% of all beds in area hospitals were in use by patients with COVID-19, which is considered low.
“Between natural immunity, vaccines and treatment options that were not available during the earlier stages of COVID, it is believed that serious illness will be avoided for most people that are infected and there is no reason to panic,” said Cape May County Health Officer Kevin Thomas.
About 92% of Cape May County residents ages 5 and older have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine and nearly 80% are fully vaccinated, Thomas said, citing CDC figures.
In Atlantic County, 86% of those 5 and older have received at least one dose, and 72% are fully vaccinated.
Generally, to be fully vaccinated one should have had the initial vaccine in either one or two shots, according to the manufacturer, and two boosters.
“These numbers jump up to 95% and 85%, respectively, when just looking at the adult population,” Thomas said.
In Atlantic County, 94% of adults have had at least one shot, and 78% are fully vaccinated.
It’s the unvaccinated health officials worry about most.
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“We will have a subset of the unvaccinated who will progress to severe disease,” Downham said. “The data is very clear. Those who are up to date (with vaccines) ... are much less likely to be hospitalized or die.”
It’s a fallacy that viruses always mutate to become easier to catch and less lethal, Downham said.
“It’s completely random. Viruses are mutating quickly. It’s the luck of the draw which wins,” Downham said.
The winner is usually the most transmissible, she said.
“There is so much virus and so many mutations,” Downham said. “It’s absolutely possible that one could be more transmissible and a more virulent strain.”
She encourages people to keep up with vaccinations, even if they tend to have strong reactions that make them feel ill for a day or two.
“You may have another bad reaction, feel bad for a day or two then feel better. That doesn’t carry the risk of long COVID,” she said of those who have had COVID and whose symptoms continue for months. “We are seeing cases with neurological and cardiac effects. Just schedule time off and have Tylenol or Advil available to treat the head and body aches. It is worth it.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/most-contagious-covid-variant-causes-surge-at-shore-no-spike-in-hospitalizations-yet/article_75df96b0-06b9-11ed-9e9b-2308d6887b99.html | 2022-07-23T23:42:34 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/most-contagious-covid-variant-causes-surge-at-shore-no-spike-in-hospitalizations-yet/article_75df96b0-06b9-11ed-9e9b-2308d6887b99.html |
A new sensory gym in Plano, We Rock the Spectrum, is a new experience that is a safe place where kids with autism and other different abilities can come and be kids.
“We really are a place where we celebrate all differences,” said Taylor Wiesner with We Rock the Spectrum.
They can swing, zipline, jump on the trampoline – and never have to feel like they or their parents should say sorry.
“Your kid can come in screaming, or stemming. If they’re having a rough time we have a calming room,” said Wiesner.
Some special needs families said they had bad experiences at other gyms where they were asked to leave. Organizers said this gym though will help kids socialize and get stronger while having fun.
“Every part of our gym is accommodated for a child with special needs. One of our missions is 'play with a purpose,'" Wiesner said. "So while kids think that they’re playing, they’re really working on motor planning, balance, and strength and coordination."
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Man drowns in lake in Peoria County
A man drowned Saturday in a lake where he owned property in Peoria County.
Peoria County Sheriff's Office deputies responded at about 11:36 a.m. to the 100 block of East Sante Fe Road on a report of a male swimming who went underwater in Santa Fe Lake and never resurfaced. The adult male owned property on the lake, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The man was later located in the lake and pronounced dead by the Peoria County Coroner's Office. This incident is still under investigation by the Peoria County Sheriff's Office. The identity of the deceased will be released by the Peoria County coroner at a later time, pending notifications.
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A team at Northern Arizona University (NAU) has been working since April to create a program to help Ukrainian students and faculty. As part of the program, three graduate students are in the process of coming to Flagstaff to earn their master’s degree in psychological sciences.
The students will be part of NAU’s two-year master’s program in psychological sciences. The program will be fully funded, with no tuition, a small stipend and health insurance. The team is also working to fund the students' travel and to find housing for them in Flagstaff.
“[The program] would allow people to come over here and be in safety for the foreseeable amount of time, not too long,” Natasha Dmitrieva said associate professor of psychological sciences.
The program focuses on students from southeastern and eastern Ukraine, areas that have been more affected by combat during the ongoing war with Russia.
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In addition to criteria such as English language skills and a degree in psychology or a related field, said Ann Huffman, professor and chair of NAU's psychological sciences department, the organizers are looking at the program's potential impact.
“We also wanted to know that we would be able to help them in terms of their life, and, ideally, that they would be able to go back to Ukraine and contribute to their growth and hopefully positive future,” she said.
The program also offers exposure to a different kind of psychology than the students might have studied in Ukraine. Dmitrieva explained that the Soviet Union, which Ukraine was part of until 1991, supported STEM fields and underfunded social sciences.
“As a result, there are wonderful theoretical thinkers in psychology in the Soviet world, but there’s not as much about research methods or new advanced statistical approaches to analyzing data that might actually provide new and interesting research questions you could ask,” she said.
About 24 people filled out an initial survey to attend the program and 15 completed the entire application, which included essay questions and transcripts. From there, five were selected to continue the interview process and three will be joining the program this fall.
“All of a sudden these people we’ve been talking about helping become alive and real,” Dmitrieva said of the interviews. “We’re on Zoom with them, talking to them. You can’t even explain how it’s just different when you see their faces and hear their stories and know that there’s so many other people like them that we can’t help.”
The process of developing the program and helping the students get to Flagstaff is “like putting together an eight-dimensional puzzle,” she said.
The visa process can be difficult to navigate, for example, and the war has only made it more complicated. While the Unite States embassy in Ukraine is open, it is not currently issuing visas, meaning the students will have to go to another country to get their visa. There are also varying wait times based on the country people are coming from.
One student is in Kyiv but needs to travel to Warsaw, Poland, for her flight because airplanes are not flying in Ukraine. The distance she faces is of about 500 miles -- or about as far as San Diego is from Flagstaff.
Another is in the age range of men who aren’t currently able to leave the country without a visa. Because he would need to leave Ukraine to get a visa, he and his lawyer are now traveling to the place where the men are mobilized and drafted to get an exemption.
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"The visa process for some of them might take three months,” Huffman said. “We’re kind of stuck going, 'How do we do this so we can get three? We don't know what it's going to look like at the end.' That's why we're trying to get it done as soon as possible.”
The program itself has come together in about four months. Its development began in April, with the idea of bringing in faculty from Ukraine and other places where faculty are at risk from their government. This aspect is currently on pause because of funding, though a series of seminars is being planned for the fall to give faculty in Ukraine a stipend and a chance to share their research online.
At that point, the team began to focus on students instead, reaching out to contacts in Ukraine to understand what they would need.
"We wanted to help and we knew that you need to go to the people to find out what they need before you really plan anything in terms of helping," Huffman said.
They put out a call to NAU faculty and about seven showed up to an initial meeting.
“We probably spent the first three weeks just trying to wrap our heads around it,” she said.
They brainstormed solutions, how they could happen and whether they would help. Then they began calling different people at NAU.
Among the people working on the project at NAU are Michael Alban, Nora Dunbar, Viktoria Tidikis, Andy Walters, Heidi Wayment, Eylin Palamaro-Munsell, Laura Noll, Robert Wickham, Eric Cerino and Larry Stevens from the Psychological Sciences Department. From administration, Dean Maribeth Watwood, Provost Karen Pugliesi, Courtney Jacobson, Meaghan Gruber, Megan Gray, Louis Arokiasamy and Bill Crawford are also involved.
“We’d go from place to place and there was always somebody very positive,” Huffman said. “We’re just so lucky. NAU’s been really generous and helpful with their time and in terms of resources. ... Every time we feel like we’re stuck, there’s someone else on our team that pushes it a little bit further.”
The hope is for the program to continue for both faculty and students, through efforts like the faculty seminar series. They have also been involved with the International Institute of Education Scholar Rescue Fund, working with the hope to bring other at-risk scholars from around the world to NAU for a few years eventually.
The program is still looking for places to house the graduate students while they are at NAU. Those interested in providing housing or hosting are asked to contact Nora Dunbar at Nora.Dunbar@nau.edu. There is also a crowdfunding campaign for the students’ travel and basic needs, which can be found here. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/nau-program-hosting-graduate-students-from-ukraine/article_1e8e6e0e-0885-11ed-b263-df242bdf82cb.html | 2022-07-23T23:51:18 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/nau-program-hosting-graduate-students-from-ukraine/article_1e8e6e0e-0885-11ed-b263-df242bdf82cb.html |
A lightning strike ignited a wildfire that burned 200 acres on Friday night in rural Natrona County, authorities said.
Crews contained the fire -- which officials say had the potential to spread rapidly due to dry vegetation, erratic winds and passing storms -- and remained on scene overnight Friday to monitor the area. No injuries were reported.
A BLM tanker pilot spotted smoke in the area of North Cole Creek Road at about 6 p.m. Friday, according to a statement from the Natrona County Fire Protection District. Crews from multiple agencies in the area responded to the blaze. They called in three aircraft to help prevent the flames from spreading.
The fire's rural location slightly delayed the ground firefighters who were responding, but the aircraft were able to slow the fire's growth, according to the statement. The aircraft made multiple drops of fire retardant, and crews on the ground were able to get a handle on the blaze.
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"This incident could have been a lot worse if it was not for the strong interagency cooperativity between all responding resources," the fire district statement reads.
Several small wildfires have burned in central Wyoming in the past few weeks amid hot, dry and windy conditions.
A fire 25 miles northeast of Casper was mostly contained as of Friday afternoon after burning 3,200 acres. That fire also proved challenging to fight due to its remote location. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/crews-contain-200-acre-fire-in-rural-natrona-county/article_fbb71062-0ac2-11ed-a965-23e44a6fadd2.html | 2022-07-23T23:54:05 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/crews-contain-200-acre-fire-in-rural-natrona-county/article_fbb71062-0ac2-11ed-a965-23e44a6fadd2.html |
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Firefighters worked to put out a blaze outside an auto repair shop in Lithonia Saturday.
DeKalb Fire crews responded to the Service 1st Auto Care shop at 2258 Lithonia Industrial Blvd around 5 p.m. The auto repair shop is not far from Lithonia Park and several other businesses.
The fire department said the fire appears to have started at a nearby firewood manufacturer business at 6575 Tribble St., which frequently burns wood. The fire then got out of control, and spread to the nearby woods and auto repair shop, officials said.
DeKalb Fire said there are no injuries but more than one car was on fire outside of the auto repair shop. The fire department has since been able to get the flames under control.
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A woman is dead and a 10-year-old is critically hurt after a shooting in a DeKalb neighborhood Saturday morning.
DeKalb Police responded in reference to a "person shot" call to a home at the 1800-block of Harmony Hill Court in Lithonia, just before 11:45 a.m. The home is not far from the New Beginning Christian Center off of Pleasant Hill Road.
When officers arrived, they found a woman, in her 40s, dead and a 10-year-old girl who had also been shot. The young girl was taken to the hospital with critical injuries, according to DeKalb Police.
"Our detectives are actively investigating this incident," DeKalb Police said.
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TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — Austin Public Health released weekly case numbers on monkeypox cases for the Austin-Travis County area.
As of July 21, APH reported that there are nine confirmed cases on monkeypox and 20 presumptive cases. In Texas, there are a total of 107 cases as of July 22, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
APH is currently able to vaccinate those who have been identified as close contacts to presumptive and confirmed monkeypox cases. That's in accordance with guidance from the Texas Department of State Health Services and the CDC.
U.S. health officials said last week that more than 100,000 vaccine doses would be sent out to states, with millions more on order in the months ahead. APH previously said that it would scale up vaccinations once enough shots were available.
As cases have continued to rise across the globe, the World Health Organization on Saturday declared the outbreak a global emergency. That is WHO's highest alert level and mostly serves as a plea to draw attention and resources to the outbreak in an effort to stop the spread.
The virus can be transmitted by person-to-person 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
Monkeypox typically lasts two to four weeks. To prevent infection with monkeypox, residents can:
- Minimize skin-to-skin contact, especially if a person has been exposed to the virus, is showing a rash or has skin sores
- Avoid contact with any materials, such as bedding, that have been in contact with monkeypox
- Practice good hand hygiene
- Use personal protective equipment (PPE) when caring for people infected with monkeypox
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LOCKHART, Texas — Lockhart grandparents hosted their third annual free backpack drive. They recently retired from Lockhart ISD after serving there for decades.
Luis Amaya used to be a teacher and Connie Amaya was a part of the leadership team. In both of their positions, they saw kids come and go, many of their parents struggling financially at home.
"Sometimes I would help them financially and out of my pocket," said Luis Amaya. "Some of them... they didn't have jackets or coats. And I ended up giving my jacket... or more than one jacket."
Luis said backpacks are one of the most expensive school items and he wants to make sure all kids have equal opportunities.
"We're just there to help alleviate some of the expenses that the family may have," he added. "Trying to give a little support to the community and the students."
While Saturday's event was in Lockhart, on Sunday, July 24, they're hitting the road and heading to Uvalde. It'll be held at O’Reilly Auto Parts in Uvalde from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
"We love what we're doing, and we're doing it because we love like I said our community," said Conne Amaya. "And we want to just extend our love to Uvalde.
They've already given out about 200 backpacks. In Sunday's event at Uvalde, they hope to give away an additional 400.
"We like to see the smiles," said Luis. "I mean, some of them get so excited... their smile goes from side to side of their face. It's just satisfying to us that they get that excited over a backpack."
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — Williamson County authorities reported a fire in Liberty Hill Saturday afternoon.
The 100-acre fire is on Tower Road near Lake Georgetown. That's northeast of State Highway 29 and Highway 183. The Texas A&M Forest Service is calling it the San Gabriel Fire. As of 5:45 p.m., the fire was 0% contained.
The Georgetown Fire Department confirmed that the fire had spread across the lake.
Residents within a two-mile radius of the fire have been asked to evacuate. Santa Rita Middle School was set up as a shelter for those being evacuated. The City of Liberty Hill said more than 1,600 homes had been evacuated due to the fire.
The Georgetown Fire Department, the Liberty Hill Fire Department and the Texas A&M Forest Service are responding along with Travis County STAR Flight.
The cause of the fire, any damage and containment status is not known at this time.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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It was early morning, Friday, July 8 when my phone rang. It was my son. As soon as he said, “Mom” I knew there was something wrong. “Mom, the deputy coroner called and Nikki just died in a car wreck.”
My oldest child, my first-born, was dead.
It was early morning, Friday, July 8 when my phone rang. It was my son. As soon as he said, “Mom” I knew there was something wrong. “Mom, the deputy coroner called and Nikki just died in a car wreck.”
My oldest child, my first-born, was dead.
I don’t remember much about the next couple of hours. I remember telling Carlton that she was dead and I remember him standing in the bathroom with me while I cried and gagged.
At some point I took a shower, and Carlton and I drove to Tifton to, along with my son and his wife, tell my 8-year-old granddaughter that her mother was in an accident and was dead.
Next we went to the coroner’s office where we sat, and by phone, made arrangements for a funeral home to pick her body up.
We drove to the funeral home and did all of the business that had to be done. The funeral home rushed to ready her body for the family to view. Because she was cremated, we only had a few hours.
We went to a nearby restaurant while she was being prepared, then Carlton, my sons and me met at the funeral home and were taken to a room to see her.
There she was, my girl, lifeless. I watched my sons softly kiss and touch their big sister, trying not to draw attention to the water from her freshly washed hair mixing with her blood and turning the white pillowcase pink. Our minds did not want to accept the loss, and both my son and I thought we saw her blink and breathe. We were told by the owner of the funeral home that that’s a normal phenomenon.
But nothing seemed normal. My precious baby was no more.
Before I left, I kissed her cold forehead and told her how proud I was of her, how much I loved her and how much I would always love her. And that was that.
Even though I’m very close to my children, there were things I didn’t learn about Nikki until after her death, good things. She was 35 and kept to herself a lot, so you had to pull things out of her.
Which brings me to why I am sharing this story. Get to know your kids again as adults. I bet you’ll find out some pretty amazing things. Always make sure you check on them, make sure you say you love them, tell them the things they’re doing right and help them when you can. Life can be hard and short, so enjoy every moment.
Thanks so much to everyone for your kind words, thoughts, prayers and deeds. They meant so much to me.
Now, go call your babies.
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Editor’s Note: Will Thault — in celebration of “Freedom Month” — is taking a look throughout the month of July at President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous “Four Freedoms” speech. For a look at Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” illustrations based on Roosevelt’s words, follow this link: Norman Rockwell Four Freedoms paintings inspired by Franklin Roosevelt.
Freedom from fear. To some, this may seem an odd idea. Fear from what?
President Franklin Roosevelt defined it in “world terms” by adding, “(Freedom from fear) means a worldwide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor — anywhere in the world.” Remember, this proclamation was made in early 1941, in defiance of the monsters spreading war and oppression across Europe, North Africa and Asia.
Norman Rockwell translated FDR’s expansive phrase into domestic terms that connected with millions of people who could identify with two children safely asleep in their beds, with their mother tucking them in, while the father looks on, holding a newspaper with headlines describing the horrors of the ongoing war overseas. This tranquil scene was in stark contrast to the rest of the world at that time.
In an accompanying essay, novelist and poet Stephen Vincent Benét reasoned, by freedom from fear, “We do not mean freedom from responsibility — freedom from struggle and toil, from hardship and danger. We do not intend to breed a race wrapped in cotton wool, too delicate to stand rough weather. In any world of man that we can imagine, fear and the conquest of fear must play a part.”
In describing Rockwell’s family scene, Benét observed, “They are not free from life and the obligations of life. But they can be free from fear. All over the world, they can be free from fear.”
Benét concluded that we have the chance to sustain these freedoms, “if we have the brains and the courage, to destroy the worst fears that harry man today — the fear of starving to death, the fear of being a slave, the fear of being stamped into the dust because he is one kind of man and not another, the fear of unprovoked attack and ghastly death for himself and for his children because of the greed and power of willful and evil men and deluded nations.”
That was then … this is now.
Instead of Nazism, Europe may be facing a new 21st-century threat — this time brought on by a power-hungry Vladimir Putin and his Russian war machine that’s ruthlessly pounding away at civilian targets contained — at least for now — within Ukrainian borders.
As we were celebrating the Fourth of July earlier this month, Tanya, a Ukrainian from Kyiv whose family has been torn apart by the war, wrote of the inspirational meaning our national holiday holds for her and her people as well. Those of you who follow my column may recall her story from a few months back. In it I shared her very personal eye-witness accounts, describing the daily fears that come when suddenly trapped inside a war zone. Every day, indiscriminate bombings and missile strikes brutally take lives and reduce homes, schools, hospitals and even whole cities to rubble. It is with Tanya’s permission that I share her feelings about the Fourth with you:
“My dear subscribers from the USA. Today is a big holiday in your country — Independence Day. I am from Ukraine, a country that is fighting for its independence and paying a very high price for it, so I really think that this is a great holiday that should be celebrated. Independence, will and freedom are important components of a decent life for any person and country; these are the values worth fighting for and protecting. You know this, and that is why you are helping my beautiful country to become independent, to defeat the monster in a terrible war. And I am extremely grateful to you.
“Of course, my huge thanks — to everyone who is now on the side of Ukraine, in all countries. I admire people’s desire and ability to help, support, and not leave them alone with their troubles. The opportunity to speak here and be heard by you is priceless. Thank you all so much, and I once again congratulate the residents of the United States on the holiday.”
Thank you, Tanya, for reminding us of all the freedom-seekers of the world who view our nation as a symbol of liberty, one that broke free from tyranny and founded a system of governance that placed its control in the hands of “We the People,” not dictatorships and kings. No matter how many blemishes we may find on our Uncle Sam today, may we never lose sight of the four freedoms that the American Way of Life affords us as we seek to solve our differences and continue “to form a more perfect Union.”
For those of you who have access to the social media Instagram app, Tanya’s personal accounts of the war can be found by searching kolyada.t.
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UVALDE— A couple dozen people gathered at Jardin de los Heroes Park on Saturday to buy plates piled high with barbecue chicken, beans, rice, bread and sweets.
Profits from the $10 meals went to support the families of victims of the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
The fundraiser was put on by a new group called Keep All Righteous Minds Aware, or KARMA.
“I wanted to help however I could,” said KARMA leader Adam Martinez, whose son was at Robb Elementary on the day of the shooting but was uninjured. “I thought there might be families out there who are in need.”
As country music played in the background, parents who’d lost children in the mass shooting greeted each other with big hugs and talked for hours under the oak trees.
Stacks of Austin American-Statesman special reports, which translated a Texas House committee’s investigation of the police response to the gunman’s attack into Spanish, sat on tables next to the food.
Released a week ago, the report described a cascade of “systemic failures” that resulted in law enforcement officers waiting more than 70 minutes to confront and kill the mass shooter in a fourth-grade classroom. One of the most damning findings: some officers knew that victims — wounded but still alive — were trapped in Classrooms 111 and 112 with 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos, of Uvalde, and they still waited for more agents and better equipment.
Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s police chief, was the on-scene commander that day, and he’s taken the brunt of many Uvalde residents’ anger over law enforcement’s response.
Earlier Saturday morning, the Uvalde school district’s board was supposed to have met to consider firing Arredondo. The announcement was welcome news to parents who have spoken out at board meetings since the massacre demanding Arredondo — and the entire school district — be held accountable.
But Friday afternoon, district officials canceled the meeting at the request of Arredondo’s lawyer.
“I was disappointed because the people that have been working hard to try to bring accountability and justice to the families and victims are getting thrown these little glimmers of hope — and then they pull the rug out from under you, and you are right back to square one,” said Diana Olvedo-Karau, a former employee of the school district’s transportation department. “How long does the school district expect these families to grieve? It is like the grief starts again because once again they are not getting any accountability."
Abelardo Castillo, who was born and raised in Uvalde and attended Robb Elementary as a child, said he wasn’t surprised the meeting was canceled.
“They could’ve done all the (firing) on Monday” when the board held a three-hour session to hear from residents, Castillo said. “But they chose to do it today and then canceled it.”
Brett Cross, a guardian of one of the students who died, also expected the cancellation.
“I expected them to do whatever they could do to not do right by us,” he said.
Some parents were more understanding, saying the school board has to follow certain legal steps before they can act.
“We are of course disappointed they didn’t have it, but I totally understand if they are waiting — but hopefully soon,” said Gloria Cazares, whose daughter Jackie was among the 19 children killed, said at the fundraiser.
One Uvalde resident, Nikki Astling, posted on Facebook after the meeting’s cancellation that the school district had to be careful because it already had been sued for wrongfully firing an employee in 2019.
“I know that this doesn't seem fair, all things considered, but there's a reason for the hold up in proceeding forward against Pete,” Astling wrote. “The school district has already been sued for wrongful termination and has in fact had to deal with the legal ramifications of failing to following these sort of safeguards and procedures. I trust in the law, and fully believe that Pete will pay for the choice and (in)actions that day.”
Many of the people at the park remained hopeful that Arredondo will be fired.
Olvedo-Karau said the district has a vested interest “maintaining the image that they projected to our community for years and years that things are good.”
“For (the firing) to happen, we the people who are invested in this goal of accountability, we are going to have to work really hard because (the district is) going to work really hard to keep it from happening,” Olvedo-Karau said.
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Two juveniles were shot to death on the East Side around 2:30 a.m., San Antonio police reported.
One of the boys had called 911, saying he had been shot in the neck, according to a preliminary police report.
Officers responding to the call found the boy in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the 1800 block of Schley Avenue, according to the report.
A second juvenile was in a passenger seat. He had been shot in the back of the head, police said.
The boy who called 911 was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The other juvenile was pronounced dead at the scene.
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CEDAR FALLS – Patrons of the Cedar Falls Public Library found the doors shut Saturday following the slaying of employee Sarah Schmidt, along with her husband, Tyler, and their 6-year-old daughter, Lula.
The family was camping at the Maquoketa Caves State Park Friday when they were killed. The suspect, who had no known interactions with the family prior to the incident, then took his own life. The Schmidts' 9-year-old son, Arlo, survived.
“We have no knowledge of the individual who conducted this act,” Adam Morehouse, Sarah Schmidt’s younger brother, said in a phone interview. “We don’t know who it was. We’ve never met that person. And this was 100% random.”
The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation identified the suspected gunman as 23-year-old Anthony Sherwin of La Vista, Nebraska. His body was found at the park with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Outside of the library Saturday, a sign explaining the closure was flanked by drawings and messages showing support for the family.
The Schmidt family moved from Lawrence, Kansas, to Cedar Falls around 2018 to be closer to Tyler’s family. Morehouse said his sister and her family took to the community immediately. When storms hit, Sarah would call her brother for help with reading the radar so she could share the information with friends and neighbors.
“Sarah and Tyler and Arlo and Lula were the Midwestern family that we all would want to be,” Morehouse said. “They were extremely loving and compassionate to each other and everybody they met. They were always doing the right thing at the right time, and they were always that sound mind that you could’ve called when something like this would’ve happened.”
Tyler was a software engineer, working remotely for a company based in the Kansas City area. Sarah started working at the library late in 2021 as an assistant in the circulation department. Library Director Kelly Stern said she made the most of her short time there, and her impact will be felt for a long time.
“Sarah and her family were some of the kindest and most loving people you could ever meet, which makes this tragedy even more incomprehensible and senseless and difficult to process,” Stern said in a phone interview. “Patrons loved her. Even in the smallest interactions with our patrons, Sarah let people know that she cared about them and they were important to her.”
Sarah’s supervisor, Amy Stuenkel, added that Sarah ran the summer reading program, took care of mending books and had a knack for finding things in the library that no one else could.
Stuenkel said her interaction with the rest of the family was limited, but Sarah always took the time to praise her children and say how smart they were. Arlo is ahead of his grade in math, and Lula also excelled in school.
“She came home one time and said, ‘I know what 60 + 60 + 60 is – three hours,” Stuenkel said. “It’s really smart for a 6 year old.”
Morehouse confirmed that Arlo Schmidt is safe with family and was with authorities immediately after the incident.
"My nephew is strong and our focus in the next few days is on him," Jana Morehouse, Sarah's younger sister, said on Facebook.
By Saturday afternoon, more than $63,000 had flowed into a GoFundMe page created for Arlo. The page, which says it was organized by a cousin, Beth Shapiro, states: “Arlo is a strong boy, surrounded by family and friends who are supporting him as best we can.” The page says the fund will help Arlo now, and help fund his future education.
To find the page, go online to gofundme.com and then search “Arlo Schmidt.”
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Governor Ivey’s proclamation involving local farmers markets is officially instated and it’s been a full day of recognizing our local farmers.
Farmers markets across the state were the place to be today as they celebrated what is now known as ‘Sweet grown Alabama Day.’
Local farmers and vendors showed off their products to visitors. Locally grown produce included everything from fruits and vegetables to baked goods and locally resourced honey.
Some visitors say they buy from farmers market vendors to support local farmers, and to get their hands on fresh, in season produce.
“Supporting local is not only going to help other people in need, or other people doing their craft which I think is really cool but also. Two, it’s a lot healthier for your body,” said local customer, Kendra Menghini.
In her proclamation, Governor Ivey says agriculture is Alabama’s largest industry, bringing in over 70 billion dollars every year. Therefore, she’s commending those who help put food on Alabama’s tables.
“It’s something we work very hard on every day of the week,” said ranch manager at North Alabama Wagyu, Thad Payton. “We don’t take Saturday’s off. Clearly we’re here. Sunday’s there’s always something to do-cattle are gonna get out, ya know. But also it helps that it makes us feel better because it’s our family.”
Vendors say they want to build a relationship with consumers and that they want people to feel comfortable with the food they are eating.
“You can ask questions,” said Talladega farmer, Nonhlanhla Jones. ”’What do you spray on it? What are you using?’ Because in a way you know what you are consuming. You know it’s healthy because when I grow stuff, what I sell is the same thing that I use for me.”
According to Governor Ivey, ‘Sweet Grown Alabama Day’ is not only a recognition of how shopping local can benefit the consumer’s health, but also how it can benefit Alabama’s overall economy. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-farmers-markets-celebrate-sweet-grown-alabama-day/ | 2022-07-24T00:12:21 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-farmers-markets-celebrate-sweet-grown-alabama-day/ |
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — For the 8th year, the Beaverton Night Market opens in downtown Beaverton showcasing goods, foods and performances highlighting cultures around the world.
More than 60 businesses will take part in the event on 2 separate Saturdays, July 23 and August 13. Along with the vendors selling their wares, families will find cultural games and activities plus a breakdancing exhibition.
“It is a great way to celebrate Beaverton’s cultural diversity and to make new friends and reacquaint with old ones,” said Amrit Mann with the Diversity Advisory Board’s planning committee.
The group of appointed community advisors works to “strengthen connections between diverse communities and city government.” They organized the Beaverton Night Market, held at The Round. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/beaverton-night-market-spotlights-global-cultures/ | 2022-07-24T00:13:06 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/beaverton-night-market-spotlights-global-cultures/ |
QUESTION: I’m thinking about getting company credit cards for my employees who routinely spend money on reimbursable items. Do you think this is a good idea?
ANSWER: Some companies issue company credit cards for employees to use for business expenses. The company expects that the employee will use the card only for legitimate expenses. The credit card bill comes to the company and is paid by the company, often without the employee ever seeing it.
In general, we find that company credit cards are more trouble than they’re worth, but there are pros and cons. Depending on the circumstances, issuing company credit cards may be justified. Consider two scenarios:
- Charges need to be assigned to specific accounts: If charges need to be assigned to specific accounts, company credit cards can be problematic. Consider a situation where the company can frequently pass through charges on the company credit card to clients. The employee will need to indicate which charge to allocate to which client.
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There are a number of ways to accomplish this but, in our experience, getting employees to provide this information in a timely manner can be challenging. Employees have other priorities and getting expense reports turned in on time is often not at the top of the list. Accounting cares about expense reports, but the employee’s boss may not.
This leaves accounting in the awkward position of having to chase employees to get the information it needs, costing the company time and money. Of course, you can resort to draconian measures. But firing an otherwise good employee for not turning in expense reports on time does not go a long way toward building a positive culture in the workplace.
A much more effective way to deal with the issue is to require employees to use their own credit cards for company expenses. Employees then turn in expense reports to receive reimbursement. This provides the incentive to submit expense reports in a timely manner. When this happens and the company reimburses quickly, the employee will receive his/her money before the credit card bill is due.
- Charges do not need to be assigned to specific accounts: In some cases, all charges from a particular employee may be assigned to the same account. There is no need for the employee to communicate which charges go where. In such situations, company credit cards are less problematic.
But in our experience, there can still be problems with employees charging things inappropriately. When confronted, employees will invariably say the charge was a mistake and perhaps it was. Fewer “mistakes” happen when employees are required to use their own cards and submit expense reports for reimbursement.
Ultimately, the risk of “mistakes” has to be balanced against the cost of dealing with expense reports. A company may well decide that its employees are trustworthy and that the cost of expense reports (i.e., completing and processing them) greatly exceeds the risk of “mistakes.” In such circumstances, company credit cards may be warranted, particularly if the business generates a large volume of small charges.
But if you are going to issue company credit cards, spot-check the charges to make sure they are appropriate. Further, make sure that your employees know you’re doing that. If they believe their charges are never reviewed, at some point, they will be tempted to charge something inappropriately. Don’t put your employees in this situation. Remove temptation by letting them know that charges are monitored. | https://richmond.com/business/local/ask-doug-polly-company-credit-cards/article_d6f16fe1-a4f6-5b89-8323-bffe1e2329d7.html | 2022-07-24T00:18:46 | 1 | https://richmond.com/business/local/ask-doug-polly-company-credit-cards/article_d6f16fe1-a4f6-5b89-8323-bffe1e2329d7.html |
PRESTONSBURG, KY (WOWK) — One kid in Prestonsburg is helping the families of the law enforcement officers killed in a June 30th shooting in Allen, Kentucky.
The Prestonsburg Police Department posted on Facebook that local kid Colton Risner is selling bracelets outside the town Walmart.
But he’s not making the money for himself. Instead, he is donating the funds to the families of the fallen officers, Floyd County Deputy William Petry, Prestonsburg Police Captain Ralph Frasure, and Prestonsburg Police Officer Jacob Chaffins.
The officers died in a shootout on June 30 in Floyd County town of Allen, Kentucky. The officers were attempting to serve an emergency protection order when they came under heavy gunfire.
The bracelets Risner is selling are $4.
For more information, view the Prestonburg PD’s Facebook post. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/kid-sells-bracelets-to-raise-money-for-families-of-fallen-ky-officers/ | 2022-07-24T00:23:54 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/kid-sells-bracelets-to-raise-money-for-families-of-fallen-ky-officers/ |
LCU builds curriculum to build up Doña Ana County interns
For the second year, Las Cruces Utilities welcomed 12 interns from Doña Ana County’s 2022 Summer Enrichment Internship Program. LCU staff not only set out to give the interns the real experience of how different services are provided to the community but were also tasked to build a detailed curriculum that gave the student interns a holistic view of what careers their futures could hold.
Funded by the New Mexico Public Education Department, the Summer Enrichment Internship Program allows high school students to work with private businesses and government agencies. Students could earn up to $2,600 by participating in the internship, being paid $13 per hour, up from $10.50 per hour in 2021, and working up to 200 hours, as opposed to 120 hours last summer. Also, unlike the previous year, 15-year-olds with a work permit were eligible to participate in the summer internship program. This year students were juniors, seniors, and returning interns in their first year of college.
The 12 interns were placed in different areas throughout LCU. Some assisted the LCU administration, and some worked with Solid Waste or shadowed staff in Technical Support. Natural Energy and Gas received DAC Intern Matthew Ochoa, a junior from Alta Vista Early College High School in Anthony, New Mexico. For Ochoa, the internship opportunity wasn’t just about learning about the jobs at LCU, but learning from the people.
“I took part in this internship to find people who have been working at LCU for years and ask them, how did they end up here?” said Ochoa. “As a teen, sometimes I’ve felt lost in finding what I would like to do in my future. Everyone who has told me their story explained how they, too, felt lost at one point. Hearing these stories has helped me gain insight on steps others have taken to get a job and be happy with it.”
Like the other DAC interns, Ochoa has not only worked with the crews in the field but took structured classes at LCU. The classes, taught by staff at all levels, gave an overview of things related to the services of LCU — like microbiology, water conservation or drinking water regulations — but also used the scope of LCU to teach topics like basic accounting, resume writing, cybersecurity and even how to become better at customer service.
“LCU has been committed to the success of the summer interns by building a curriculum that will enhance their hands-on experience,” said LCU Director Delilah Walsh.
“We want them out in the field to see how the crews put in pipes or how they work directly with customers, but we also want them to leave with a well-rounded idea of what happens at all levels throughout LCU that ensure quality services for our community,” she said. “It’s about pipes in the ground, but also about things like regulations and in what ways we keep the customers safe with oversight and new technologies.”
Ochoa said he discovered more about the business aspect of LCU, some of it unexpected.
“The fact that the utilities department makes its money based on providing services for people and not being given tax money surprised me the most,” he said.
LCU – Your Utility Connection. Customer Central can be reached at 575-541-2111 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. LCU provides clean, safe, and reliable services to Las Cruces residents and businesses. Learn more at las-cruces.org/180/Utilities. For emergencies, call Dispatch at 575-526-0500.
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Last month, Temple Emanuel's Social Action Committee held a Greensboro City Council candidate forum. The group gave the final question to the candidates that participated ahead of time and is sharing their written responses with the News & Record. Responses were limited to 90 words and have not been altered.
The News & Record separately sent the same question to candidates who did not attend the forum. An (i) indicates incumbent.
Three candidates did not return answers: Sharon Hightower, District 1 (i), Tony Wilkins, District 5, Thurston H. Reeder, District 4.
Here is the question:
"On the July 26th General Election ballot is a $135 million bond referendum. It places FIVE bonds on the ballot and voters will be able to vote “Yes” or “No” on each bond separately. The breakdown is:
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"• $30 million in Housing Bonds
"• $70 million in Parks and Recreation Bonds (using $50 million combining Windsor Recreation & Vance-Chavis Library)
"• $14 million in Firefighting Facilities Bonds
"• $6 million in Law Enforcement Facility Bonds
"• $15 million in Transportation Bonds.
"Which one is of the highest priority to you and is there any you will vote 'No' to?"
Here are the responses from candidates:
Justin Outling, mayor: "The housing bond is the most important on the ballot. The shortage of rental homes affordable to those earning less than $30,000 and houses affordable to those earning under $70,000 is worsening and the bond is a positive step, but one that only begins to close those gaps. We should also remember bonds do not allocate money from the City budget. They are merely a commitment for the City to borrow additional money. Housing must be factored into the City budget and greater prioritized."
Nancy Vaughan, mayor (i): "My highest priority is the $30M Affordable Housing Bond. In October, 2020 the City Council passed a 10 year housing plan. It is comprehensive: it reinvests in our neighborhoods, it supports first time home buyers, expands affordable rental units and permanent supportive housing. It also supports struggling families at the lower end of the economic spectrum. This bond leveraged with private builders will allow us to rapidly address the concerns of rising rents, emergency repairs, and availablity of affordable housing stock. I will support ALL of the bonds."
Marikay Abuzuaiter, at-large (i): "I will be voting for all of the bonds. Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement Bonds are needed, the Transportation Bonds are for our infrastructure, the Parks & Recreation Bonds will enhance and lift up East Greensboro and the Housing Bonds are needed for the housing crisis we are experiencing. I believe the housing bond is the most important. The $30 million bond will be instrumental in reducing the housing crisis. $20 million will be for Affordable Rental Units, $5 million for Access to Homeownership and $5 million for Neighborhood Reinvestment."
Tracy Furman, at-large: "This is the most critical because of the housing crisis and need to move quickly to ensure we do not have grandmothers living on the street.
"This will be a one-of-a-kind center, combining the Windsor Rec Center and the Vance-Chavis Library
"We need to bring all our fire stations up to the 21st century.
"The police stations should be safe places for everyone.
"I am excited to invest more electric buses and charging stations. We need uniform bus stops, expand our bus services to support more people in Greensboro."
Hugh Holston, at-large (i): "I support all five components of the $135M Bond Package with the Housing Bond as my top priority. With the current national housing crisis, it is imperative that we are strategic in laying a strong foundation for housing to address both the current and future housing needs of Greensboro residents. With 5-7,000 new jobs coming to our city and region in the next 3-5 years, we must provide opportunities for families to live in Greensboro to build our communities and tax base instead of having them live in other municipalities."
Yvonne Johnson, at-large (i): "Here are my responses to the respective issues:
"-$30 million in Housing Bonds
"• In dire need of safe and affordable and supportive housing.
"-$70 million in Parks and Recreation Bonds
"• Serves hundreds of our youth with wholesome activities.
"-$14 million in Firefighting Facilities Bonds - $6 million in Law Enforcement Facility Bonds
"• Retaining of Fire Fighters and Police Officers which has been a challenge.
"-$15 million in Transportation Bonds.
"• Need a variety of public transportation to get people to good jobs, important for making livable wages."
Katie Rossabi, at-large: "The bond items on the July 26th ballot are important. Bonds are loans however that the city must pay back. With the city and county property taxes being raised 30% and 34% respectively on top of the recent property revaluation, this is an enormous additional tax burden to pay back these bonds. This will negatively impact our middle and lower classes the most. We need to use the money we have in our current budget more efficiently towards these projects and revisit the bonds when the economy improves."
Linda Wilson, at-large: "I support the overall bond referendum, recognizing that all of those areas are in need of funds to enhance our city’s infrastructure and services for citizens.
"I would place housing as the top priority, as our city must be able to keep up with the demand for affordable housing and create additional opportunities as the need increases.
"If passed, the bond could support our effort to make and continue Greensboro’s status as an amazing place to live, work, and play."
Felton Foushee, District 1: "The housing bond is the most critical of the bonds on the ballot. I am a supporter & lover of our green spaces, however unless we act more intently on housing matters some of our citizens may have no better alternative than to take shelter where they can find it. Our investments have to better reflect our priorities, and our first priority should always be our people."
Cecile (CC) Crawford, District 2: "The highest priority is the Housing bond. Housing is a human right, and I believe every resident of Greensboro deserves a safe home. With the housing stock being so low, we need to concentrate on more affordable housing throughout Greensboro, as well as the renovation of hotels and apartments for chronically houseless residents. I would like to see more money go to programs geared to keeping children and teens off of the streets with the Parks and Rec bond, that includes the Windsor Chavis complex."
Goldie Wells, District 2 (i): "I think the bond that has top priority for me is the $70 million Parks and Recreation Bond because $50 million will complete Phase 2 of the Windsor-Chavis- Nocho Joint Use Facility. This complex will be the only one of its kind and the country. It will foster connection and collaboration between the Library and Parks and Recreation Departments. And it will be an added attraction and a valuable asset to east Greensboro."
Zack Matheny, District 3: "The public safety bonds are the highest priority."
Nancy Hoffmann, District 4 (i): "Greensboro citizens can vote to invest in the future of our City and Citizens on July 26. These five bonds will allow us to maintain the growth trajectory we are on adding jobs and houses for our citizens at all income levels. They will support Police and Fire. They will improve Public Transportation, focusing on getting people to their jobs. They will ensure our parks and Recreation facilities remain first class. This bond package keeps Greensboro the city you are proud to call HOME."
Tammi Thurm, District 5 (i): "The housing bond is the highest priority. We must work to ensure that all our neighbors have a place to call home where they are not cost-burdened. This is a key building block to increasing the quality of life and safety in our community and making Greensboro a safe and welcoming community for all. I'm proud of my work on Greensboro's first permanent supportive housing project, but we have more work to do. I will vote yes on all bonds." | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/where-do-greensboro-council-mayoral-candidates-stand-on-135m-in-bond-issues/article_783c16de-fc98-11ec-ad8b-67c373806d7f.html | 2022-07-24T00:54:59 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/where-do-greensboro-council-mayoral-candidates-stand-on-135m-in-bond-issues/article_783c16de-fc98-11ec-ad8b-67c373806d7f.html |
Chick-fil-A Keizer announces opening date
Jonathan Williams
Salem Statesman Journal
Chicken fanatics, mark your calendars. The new Chick-fil-A in Keizer has an opening date.
The fast food franchise announced on Friday on Facebook the Keizer location will open on Aug. 4 at 6:30 a.m.
Chick-fil-A is seeking applicants for a number of jobs at the restaurant, located at 5655 Ulali Drive NE in Keizer. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/chick-fil-a-keizer-announces-opening-date/65381101007/ | 2022-07-24T01:04:09 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/chick-fil-a-keizer-announces-opening-date/65381101007/ |
Salem, local partners prepare cooling spaces for heat wave
Temperatures are expected to hit triple digits next week and stay hot through the weekend.
The prolonged heat wave across the Willamette Valley brings not only increased risk for wildfires but also heat-related injuries or death. At least a dozen people died in Marion County during last year's historic heat dome when temperatures hit 117 degrees in Salem.
The county, city and local partners are preparing to support residents looking to escape the intense heat.
Marion County Health & Human Services is advising people to stay hydrated, take cool showers or baths, use air conditioning or a fan and avoid using their stove or oven. People should also avoid going outside from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., when temperatures are hottest.
Residents are advised to visit the malls or libraries to find cool public spaces. Cooling shelters will also be open for relief.
Cherriots will provide free transportation to cooling shelters next week.
Here are the cooling centers that will be open in Marion and Polk counties:
Salem Public Library
Main Library
585 Liberty St. SE
503-588-6315
Open Tuesday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
West Salem Branch
395 Glen Creek Road NW
503-588-6315
Open Tuesday through Thursday noon to 5 p.m., Saturday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Recovery Outreach Community Center
2555 Silverton Road NE
503-393-4273
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The cooling center is one of three Recovery Outreach Community Center locations. It will be open on days when the temperature reaches over 100 degrees and will remain open past 5 p.m. until the temperature drops below 95 degrees.
Polk County Recovery Outreach Community Center
945 SE Uglow Ave., Dallas
503-837-1762
Open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Also hosted by ROCC, this location will maintain regular hours but will activate on days with temperatures over 100 degrees. This location will also remain open until the temperature drops below 95 degrees.
Santiam Outreach Community Center
280 NE Santiam Blvd., Mill City
971-332-5676
The third ROCC location that will open on days with temperatures over 100 degrees. It will also remain open until the temperature drops below 95 degrees.
Additional cooling centers
The ARCHES Project will also provide support during the expected heat wave.
Three outreach teams will travel throughout Marion and Polk counties during the week from 11 a.m to 7 p.m. to check on unsheltered people and deliver water. The organization, a division of the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, provides supportive services for those in need.
“One of the biggest concerns for folks that are unsheltered during drastic temperature increases is they don’t have the same access to potable drinking water as the rest of us," said Robert Marshall, program manager for ARCHES. "They are typically getting more dehydrated and are more susceptible to heat-related illness."
The organization is also extending its day center hours until 7 p.m. during the heat wave. The day center normally closes at 4 p.m.
“We’ll be able to get people inside during the hottest time of the day," Marshall said. "These folks are out in the elements. There’s no escaping from it.”
Marshall encouraged others to help by carrying water bottles to hand out and spreading the word about available cooling centers.
“Everybody can play a part in being an outreach worker and helping an unsheltered neighbor ... Being able to tell someone that ARCHES is open downtown until 7 could be that lifeline for that individual," he said.
The ARCHES Project
615 Commercial St. NE
503-399-9080
The ARCHES day center will be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Union Gospel Mission
777 Commercial St. NE
503-967-6388
The mission's shelter will be open Monday through Saturday from5:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
HOME Youth Resource Center
625 Union St. NE
503-391-6428
The HOME Youth Resource Center provides resources and shelter for youth ages 11 to 17. The shelter will be open for cooling from noon to 7 p.m.
HOST
115 Liberty St. NE.
503-588-5825
The drop-in center for youth and young adults ages 18 to 24 normally closes at 2 p.m. but will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Statesman Journal reporter Whitney Woodworth contributed to this report.
Dianne Lugo covers equity and social justice issues for the Statesman Journal. Reach her at dlugo@gannett.com or on Twitter @DianneLugo | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/cooling-centers-open-throughout-salem-during-the-upcoming-heat-wave/65381026007/ | 2022-07-24T01:04:15 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/cooling-centers-open-throughout-salem-during-the-upcoming-heat-wave/65381026007/ |
Polk County issues burn ban
Backyard burning, agricultural burning and land clearing burns are restricted in Polk County starting Monday.
In a news release sent Friday, Dallas Fire and EMS announced the ban, which is effective through late September.
The burn ban was issued by the Polk County Fire Defense Board. The decision was made due to the Oregon Department of Forestry’s fire season declaration and the upcoming higher summer temperatures.
Under the ban, all backyard and agricultural burning will be prohibited.
The ban does not apply to the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management regulated lands that have independent jurisdiction and regulations.
More information is available at the Burn Information Line: 503-838-2020.
Anyone in violation of the ban may be held liable for the cost of putting out a fire and for any property damage that results from the fire, according to the release.
Residents in rural areas are advised to maintain defensible space, monitor growth around homes and structures, and maintain access for any firefighting equipment.
There is currently no burn ban in Marion County. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/polk-county-issues-burn-ban/65381096007/ | 2022-07-24T01:04:21 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/polk-county-issues-burn-ban/65381096007/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Forever loved. But never forgotten.
Twenty chairs were set out at Countryside Park to honor each life taken by gun violence in the past year.
The Fed Up organization had to add two more chairs this year compared to last summer.
“It’s really sad,” FEDUP President and Co-Founder Rita Joyce said. “It’s an empty. It’s a void. No one will ever know until they experience it what that void does to a family. Especially of an unexpected loss of a family member due to a crime.”
Photos on the chairs, place by loved ones, showed the final image to remember the victims by.
Images like eight-year-old Camden Brown who was killed last year in August.
Or 32-year-old Samuel Dickerson who was shot to death just two months ago.
One chair stands with a blank sheet to honor the recent victim who is unnamed.
Joyce created the grassroots group to help families cope through the pain that she knows all too well.
She lost her son in 2004 and is devastated to see gun violence still on the rise.
“Walk away,”she advises. “Let’s resolve this in another way. Because once you release the trigger on a gun, there is no turning back.”
Tracy Penn wishes she could turn the clock back to save her father and brother.
Lives lost years ago, but the wounds still ache.
“Our family is going through an emotional [time], especially me,” Penn said.
Penn’s nephew, Jamie Penn Jr., was only one years old when his father died due to gun violence. Now, Jamie is a teenager who just marked the milestone of turning his tassle to the other side.
“Jamie just graduated high school this year and is on his way off to college,” Tracy said. “His dad should be here. He should be apart of all of this.”
As ministers send up prayers, families know their loved ones’ spirits will follow too. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/23/fedup-hosts-prayer-to-honor-roanoke-lives-loss-to-gun-violence/ | 2022-07-24T01:05:14 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/23/fedup-hosts-prayer-to-honor-roanoke-lives-loss-to-gun-violence/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – With mass shootings on the rise, a former Virginia Tech detective teaches church staff how to handle an active shooter.
About 40 people gathered at Hampton Inn in Salem to learn mental preparation and situational awareness to survive an active shooting.
Daniel Hardy, an instructor with Protect His House, said places of worship are experiencing more shootings and are creating more security teams to protect the congregation.
He said a mass shooter’s biggest weapon is the element of surprise.
“If we can have it set in our minds of I am paying attention to what’s around me,” he said. “I am not going to fall in that trap of being panicked and not knowing what to do. I’m going to act. And I’m going to act quickly. You are taking their advantage away from them.”
The three-hour seminar teaches other de-escalation tactics that avoid using a weapon. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/23/local-instructor-teaches-survival-active-shooter-training-to-church-staff/ | 2022-07-24T01:05:20 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/23/local-instructor-teaches-survival-active-shooter-training-to-church-staff/ |
VALPARAISO — Brunon Blaszak doesn’t let his cats eat out of his hand. But then, most cats aren’t as big as his tigers, one of which weighs 350 pounds.
Blaszak is a third-generation tiger trainer, following the tradition set by his grandparents in Poland. He’s at the Porter County Fair, showing four of his 14 tigers to large audiences.
After coaxing Mohina, a 15-year-old white Bengal tiger, to stand on her stool, Blaszak rewarded her with a treat on a fiberglass stick.
“There’s no barbecuing for these guys,” he said. “They like their meat good and raw.”
“Mohina eats over 150 pounds of meat a day,” he said. Blaszak transports as much as 6,000 pounds of meat with him for his tigers when he travels, about eight to 10 months a year, doing shows like the one at the Porter County Fair.
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Bella, a 12-year-old Siberian tiger, showed her teeth — “three-inch fangs, bone-crushing, meat-ripping devices.”
Zakk, a 4-year-old royal Bengal tiger, is trained to walk on two high wires for Blaszak and his audience. Tasha, a 10-year-old Sumatran tiger, and the others also jump on command — with a meat treat for positive reinforcement.
Blaszak’s tigers have appeared in motion pictures, including “12 Monkeys” and “Gladiator,” as well as appearances on Animal Planet, Nickelodeon and elsewhere.
All of Blaszak’s tigers were bred, born and raised in captivity. There are only about 3,500 tigers remaining in the wild. Only about 100 Sumatran tigers are left in the wild. Javan and Bali tigers are already extinct in the wild. Blaszak praised zoos and other organizations for breeding and raising tigers in captivity to keep subspecies alive.
“They are being slowly slaughtered off,” Blaszak said.
In India, depletion of habitat is devastating for tigers. “The tigers are eating the cows, so what do the farmers do? They shoot the tigers.”
Blaszak is passionate about tigers and fond of his animals. They’re trained, but they aren’t pets. “I’ve had a few scrapes and scratches,” he said. “They’re a cat. You get too close, they reach out and scratch you.”
Unlike house cats, getting clawed by a tiger means getting stitches.
Blaszak’s tigers get milk and eggs three or four times a month to help their coats look good. They get powdered vitamins, too.
The tigers also get cod liver oil and mineral oil because, like house cats, they can get hairballs. For a tiger, a hairball can be as big as a baseball, a nasty mess to clean up.
On Saturday, Blaszak woke at daybreak to tend his tigers, including giving them exercise at the iron enclosure at the fair. It was storming then but cleared up by his 1 p.m. show.
“I don’t want to be in a steel cage with lightning,” he said. Thunderstorms aren’t good for his tigers, or for spectators sitting on metal bleachers, either.
Blaszak, who learned from his parents how to train animals, is passing along his skills to his son, Sebastian, who travels with his father.
Tyler Marshall and his friend Bennett Miller, both of Valparaiso, enjoyed the tiger show.
“This was something different. I really liked it,” Marshall said.
“It’s always nice getting to go to the fair and see a free show like this,” Miller said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/watch-now-tigers-earn-their-stripes-at-porter-county-fair/article_20a6a3b1-92e2-548c-835c-5673a5fe6167.html | 2022-07-24T01:08:41 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/watch-now-tigers-earn-their-stripes-at-porter-county-fair/article_20a6a3b1-92e2-548c-835c-5673a5fe6167.html |
SAN ANTONIO — To honor the history of one of its oldest campuses before it’s demolished next month, San Antonio ISD invited alumni from the Luther Burbank High School's 85-year history to come give their old school one last look.
A pep rally usually, draws a pretty young crowd, but the Luther Burbank High School Alumni in the gymnasium Saturday came from classes as far back as the 1940's.
"Today is an event where we offer the opportunity for all of our past alumni from the class of 43 to the class of 2021 to actually come back and just say goodbye to the original, to the old Burbank high school one last time," said San Antonio ISD's Deputy Chief Operations Officer Kedrick Wright.
Before new students begin taking classes in the new building this fall, former students are getting the chance to look back at their time here.
"They got everybody to go home and get pieces of iron and everything to help the war effort, and they had a collection in the front. Mary-Louise Peche reminisced about her time at the school during World War II.
She and her daughter Chris are both graduates of Burbank. Chris says what they found here was not just memories, but treasures.
"My aunt's picture – her sister, who passed away – next month will be three years since she passed,” Chris said. “We found her picture on the wall. 1948. and then her picture in the yearbook, that meant a lot to us."
Wright said that the turnout was truly unexpected.
"We expected right at 300 folks to show up, so far we've welcomed 2,000," he said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/one-last-look-at-burbank-high-school-san-antonio/273-a1b00dd2-20c4-4736-9e04-134781cbd5e9 | 2022-07-24T01:15:18 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/one-last-look-at-burbank-high-school-san-antonio/273-a1b00dd2-20c4-4736-9e04-134781cbd5e9 |
SEMINOLE, Fla. — A neighborhood in Seminole seen thousands of gallons of sewage spilled onto their lawns and the street on Sunday, July 17.
Crews are working to repair a ruptured 24-inch sanitary sewer force main underground along 53rd Avenue North, a spokespersons for Pinellas County said in a news release.
"Crews reported to the scene and immediately began the process to contain the spill and set up a temporary bypass around the damaged section of pipe," the news release stated.
About six homeowners were reportedly impacted by the spillage and Pinellas County Risk Management is assisting them.
The county says the pipe is set to be replaced by Friday, July 29 depending on weather conditions. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/sewage-spills-seminole-homeowners/67-f391c6fe-925a-47e2-beec-12ff1eece872 | 2022-07-24T01:17:51 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/sewage-spills-seminole-homeowners/67-f391c6fe-925a-47e2-beec-12ff1eece872 |
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A car driving on the wrong side of a two-lane highway in East Texas early Friday collided with an SUV, killing all five people in the vehicles, authorities said.
The collision happened at about 5 a.m. on Texas 110, about 6 1/2 miles (10 1/2 kilometers) northwest of Tyler and 85 miles (135 kilometers) east of Dallas, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
A Dodge Charger was on the wrong side of the unlit highway and erupted into flames after rounding a curve and slamming head-on into a Chevrolet Tahoe, DPS Sgt. Jason Bundy said.
Gerardo Lopez, who lives nearby, said he and his wife were awakened by the sound of the crash.
“A big ‘BOOM,’ and I tell my wife something happened, we have to get out there and help,” he told KLTV-TV of Tyler.
“I saw the car start getting on fire, and a man was asking for help. I got my little fire extinguisher for my dump truck, but that wasn’t enough,” Lopes said. “I feel bad. I still have the man’s screaming in my head.”
No evidence of alcohol or drug use was found at the crash scene, but excessive speed by the car may have been a factor, Bundy said. No identities have been released. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/5-killed-in-head-on-collision-on-east-texas-highway/3030231/ | 2022-07-24T01:25:33 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/5-killed-in-head-on-collision-on-east-texas-highway/3030231/ |
Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that killed a Fort Wayne teen early Saturday in Paulding County.
According to a news release, Courtney Foy, 29, of Paulding was driving a 2017 Jeep Renegade eastbound on Ohio 613 near Van Wert Street in the village of Latty about 3:30 a.m.
Juan Gibson, 19, of Fort Wayne was standing in the eastbound lane when he was struck by the Jeep. Gibson died at the scene. Foy was not injured.
DeKalb driver veers off road
A Butler man fell asleep while driving in DeKalb County shortly after noon Saturday and ended up in a ditch, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said.
Dane Knapp, 39, was headed north when he drove off the side of County Road 61, according to a news release. The 2006 Dodge Dakota struck a culvert on County Road 34 and was deemed a total loss. Knapp, who was alone in the vehicle, complained of chest pains and was taken to a hospital. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-roundup/article_f057ab46-0ad6-11ed-96ea-0bd128de1757.html | 2022-07-24T01:25:34 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-roundup/article_f057ab46-0ad6-11ed-96ea-0bd128de1757.html |
Steve Mieritz knows those “Fast and Furious” movies can give a car buff fits.
So, the Sports Car Club of America-Fort Wayne organizer helps provide a safe track for folks feeling the need for speed.
“When I was a teenager, I was in a (street race) or two, so I know how kids feel. This gives them an outlet in a controlled environment to have fun without breaking the law,” he said.
On Saturday, more than 50 drivers zipped around Memorial Coliseum’s parking lot during the obstacle course series.
The event is open to club members and the public – with valid driving licenses – to test and challenge their driving skills.
The series continues today with the first heat starting at 10 a.m.
The Fort Wayne region has drivers from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia – although not every one of those states is necessarily represented this weekend. Participants pay a $50 entry fee.
Sports Car Club of America is a nonprofit organization and uses the series proceeds to help fund operations and support o charities.
“Last year, we raised about $1,500,” Mieritz said.
On Saturday, a 30-minute rain delay had souped-up and tricked-out vehicles, featuring Subaru, Lexus, Mercedes and Mazda, sitting idle while participants waited for thunderstorms to pass.
Rules of the event are pretty simple: Maneuver through racing cones as quickly as possible and stay on course. Failure to do so results in point deductions. Speeds never reach more than what you’d see on a highway.
As Ken Thomas sat behind the wheel of his two-door, silver Mercedes SLK 300, the 66-year-old Fort Wayne sales rep said he was doing battle with himself.
“You’re racing against yourself really,” he pointed out, noting that drivers take on the course, not each other. “It’s just something to do. I love it though.”
For Ron Conrad of Bloomington, this weekend’s racing series isn’t just a Sunday drive.
“Some are out here for the first time, and some of us are competing in the divisional series that has races throughout our region,” said the 62-year-old software designer, who competed in a 1986 Honda Civic Si. “I’m in third place so far this year, so I’m trying to get more points to move up.”
Conrad brought along his 23-year-old daughter, Zoe, who also drives in the series with a 2012 Mini Cooper.
“She’s been coming to these with me since she was 4 years old,” he said.
Jacob Best is driving in the event for the first time this weekend. The Fort Wayne auto technician has quite the muscle car in his 2020 orange Chevrolet Camaro.
“I didn’t know what to expect, but I have done this before,” he said. “There’s no way to really describe the feeling. It’s a rush.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/room-to-vroom-area-racers-zig-and-zag-at-memorial-coliseum/article_8dd121bc-0aa1-11ed-9faa-e3e56a709b0f.html | 2022-07-24T01:25:40 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/room-to-vroom-area-racers-zig-and-zag-at-memorial-coliseum/article_8dd121bc-0aa1-11ed-9faa-e3e56a709b0f.html |
There is ‘slow progress’ being made on the current largest wildfire in Texas, officials said Saturday.
Robert Duggan is with the Southern Area Incident Management Blue Team, which is one of the agencies responding to the Chalk Mountain Fire. The blaze, which began Monday about five miles southwest of Glen Rose in Somervell County, has burned more than 6,700 acres. At least 16 homes have been destroyed.
“Long term, we’re making progress, but it’s a slow progress because of the heat and dry conditions out there. Each day we’re making a little more progress,” Duggan said. “We’re getting a little further in there with blackening it. We’re trying to push the fire into the middle there. Once we get more in there and make a new decision every day, where we’re at, staffing levels, and everything like that.”
As of Saturday, the containment level remained at 10%. However, state emergency management leaders said crews have been able to take advantage of the cooler overnight temperatures and make significant progress toward securing the fire perimeter.
At a press conference Saturday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said no lives have been lost due to the fire. Two injuries have been reported, and they are both considered minor.
Chief Nim Kidd with the Texas Division of Emergency Management said crews will continue to monitor weather conditions in the coming days.
“Any given moment, we need to understand that weather conditions could deteriorate or we could have a pop-out fire or another fire start,” Chief Kidd said. “This is not the only fire in town, not the only fire in Texas right now. Any new fires would only draw on existing resources. Everyone needs to be fire-wise right now.”
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Gary Witherspoon of Dallas owns property in Somervell County. It has been largely spared, Witherspoon said.
“Some of the wooded areas were destroyed and burned. Lot of grass destruction. We have some livestock on the place, had to move them out. But not near as bad as some,” he said. “It was just devastating to see the destruction the fire caused. In 2019, our house in Dallas was destroyed due to the tornado. The destruction in some of these areas looked similar to the tornado.”
The cause of the fire remains under investigation as of Saturday. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/chalk-mountain-fire-remains-current-largest-fire-in-texas-slow-progress-made/3030192/ | 2022-07-24T01:25:40 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/chalk-mountain-fire-remains-current-largest-fire-in-texas-slow-progress-made/3030192/ |
Fort Wayne area homeowners who lost electrical power during morning storms should have it restored by 11 p.m., according to Indiana Michigan Power.
According to a news release, 350 homes, businesses and other places had no power as of 2:30 p.m.
A map from the power company shows the outages are in:
• The Brookside Estates area in the northeast area of the city
• The south Wayne Historic District between Broadway and Fairfield Avenue, north of West Oakdale Drive
• The Pettit-Rudisill area east of Lafayette Street and between East Rudisill Boulevard and East Paulding Road
• The southwest Southtown Meadows area near the cluster of lakes
Power is also out southeast of the city and near Monroeville, in Decatur and in the Ossian area.
I&M restores power by beginning with essential services, including hospitals, water treatment plants and police and fire stations.
The company then makes repairs in areas where a lot of people are affected, moving on to smaller areas and then individual locations without power, the release said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/storms-power-outages-to-be-fixed-by-11-p-m/article_56bb4e20-0abd-11ed-be1d-cb0e29d2c2bd.html | 2022-07-24T01:25:47 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/storms-power-outages-to-be-fixed-by-11-p-m/article_56bb4e20-0abd-11ed-be1d-cb0e29d2c2bd.html |
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A 2019 file photo of a Rocky Mountain Middle School student's laptop. Idahoans are invited to apply for federal reduced internet services as access to the internet becomes an increasing need across the country.
More than 23,000 households in Idaho have enrolled in a federal program to reduce their monthly internet service costs.
The Biden administration announced Thursday that 23,218 Idahohouseholds have enrolled in the Affordable Connectivity Program. Americans who enroll in the program can reduce their internet service costs by up to $30 a month, or $75 a month on tribal lands.
As of June, 2, 212 households in eastern Idaho had enrolled in the program, according to the Affordable Connectivity Program enrollment and claims tracker. Nearly 1,600households have enrolled in Bonneville County, and Ada County has the most enrollments in the state with 4,264.
In a letter to Gov. BradLittle, Vice President Kamala Harris urged him to help accelerate enrollments in the state, as many individuals and families are eligible for the program.
Stephanie Bailey White, director of the Idaho Commission for Libraries, said the commission is leading an outreach plan to increase awareness about the connectivity program and help Idahoans enroll. Funding for the plan will come by the end of September.
“We want as many people to participate (in the program) as possible,” White said. “We’re super excited about it and I think it’s going to be a big game-changer for the state.”
The outreach plan covers eight targeted populations, White said. Those populations include low-income residents, the elderly, recently incarcerated, veterans, individuals with disabilities, people who don’t speak English as their primary language, racial and ethnic minorities and rural inhabitants. About 76% of Idahoans fall under one of these categories, she said.
A family is eligible to enroll in the Affordable Connectivity Program if one member of the household has an income at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines, participates in federal assistance programs including SNAP and Medicaid, participates in tribal specific programs, receives free and reduced school lunch, received a federal Pell Grant or meets a low-income program with their internet service provider. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/over-23-000-idaho-households-apply-for-reduced-internet-costs/article_8b969b30-9c56-59c8-8aa8-a1e99228860f.html | 2022-07-24T01:25:59 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/over-23-000-idaho-households-apply-for-reduced-internet-costs/article_8b969b30-9c56-59c8-8aa8-a1e99228860f.html |
Kayaker drowns at Lincoln Woods State Park
LINCOLN — A man fishing from a kayak died Saturday afternoon when the boat overturned in 15 feet of water in Lincoln Woods State Park, according to the state Department of Environmental Management, which runs the park.
Two witnesses saw the man, believed to be in his 40s, go in the water at about 3:05 p.m., according to DEM spokesman Michael J. Healey
First responders from several communities set up bases on both sides of Olney Pond and sent dive teams out on boats to search for the missing man.
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They recovered him at about 4:50 p.m. It took four divers to lift him out of the water. They did not appear to perform CPR once he was in a Smithfield Fire Department boat.
A fishing pole and other fishing gear were found in or near the man's kayak, Healey said. He was found without a life jacket.
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The man was found about 50 feet from shore in a cove on the north end of the pond, between a peninsula with several popular picnic sites and another one with a prominent rock outcrop that can be seen across the pond from the swim beach.
The identity of the kayaker is being withheld pending notification of his family, Healey said.
Crews from Lincoln, Cumberland, Smithfield, North Providence and DEM's Environmental Police, lifeguards and rangers took part in the search.
"Our hearts go out to the victim's family and friends," Healey said in a statement. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/kayaker-drowns-lincoln-woods-state-park-rhode-island/10136153002/ | 2022-07-24T01:29:36 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/kayaker-drowns-lincoln-woods-state-park-rhode-island/10136153002/ |
'Deafening': Opponents of College Hill apartments worry about noise, excessive height
PROVIDENCE — Critics are raising concerns about a proposal to raze two College Hill homes and erect a five-story apartment complex in their place, citing objections to the height of the building and the residents it may attract.
The development, proposed by Walter Bronhard and Brook Holding LLC, would mean the demolition of two structures that are more than a century old, at 116 Waterman St. and 382 Brook St.
During a City Plan Commission meeting on Tuesday, the master plan for the mixed-use building was approved. The plan calls for 25 apartments, with commercial space on the ground floor. But local opponents are hoping that won't be the end of the matter.
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College Hill Neighborhood Association President Rick Champagne raised concerns over the potential for dozens of students to occupy the space, which includes a rooftop. With the building's added height over its neighbors, Champagne said, his "sense is it’s going to be pretty deafening to the neighborhood" when gatherings occur.
"We already experience the houses that this developer and others have with students who they don’t watch or manage, and it’s already a bit of mayhem at times in the neighborhood," Champagne said. "When you put [25] apartments times two bedrooms each plus friends, you have a 50-person rooftop party in the making."
In a letter to the commission, the neighborhood association outlined its opposition to the building's design but also the plans for demolitions, which continue "to erode the historic character of our city."
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In another letter to commissioners, Councilman John Goncalves and Councilwoman Helen Anthony also spoke out, in addition to testifying at the meeting.
Goncalves, who is concerned the building may "diminish and undermine" quality of life, said he has "heard from countless constituents," and that the development "establishes, in many of the neighbors' opinions, a dangerous precedent for the College Hill neighborhood in terms of massing and scale."
Anthony echoed those remarks.
"I know you've heard this from me quite a bit, but on College Hill we are trying to maintain a very delicate balance between universities, business and surrounding neighborhoods, and it's been really hard," she said, arguing that "the height disparity ... will be stark" between the building and homes across the street.
John Garrahy, Bronhard's attorney, said the building is "an appropriate use in this area," but that he can "understand the concern of residents with respect to students." However, he contended that the building would divert students from residential neighborhoods tothe new development, which is surrounded by restaurants, Brown University buildings and a commercial bank.
"Their rightful concern is that students sometimes make noise," Garrahy said. "Well, then the remedy is to take them out of those residential areas and put them in a commercial area where the residents are not going to be as affected by that type of a use." | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/providence-apartment-development-college-hill-noise-complaints-height-too-tall/10126517002/ | 2022-07-24T01:29:42 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/providence-apartment-development-college-hill-noise-complaints-height-too-tall/10126517002/ |
GRESHAM, Ore. — People gathered for a grand opening celebration this week in the Rockwood neighborhood of Gresham — but the site of the party, Rockwood Village Apartments, already has more than 500 residents enjoying the location.
The new apartment buildings hold 425 units of affordable housing for everyone from singles to larger families.
“Rockwood is one of the most diverse communities in all of Oregon so the property serves, with units from one bedroom to four bedrooms, this diverse income array and also a really diverse background of people and families that are here,” said Eric Paine, CEO of Community Development Partners, a co-developer on the project.
Rockwood Village is the biggest example yet of what the $653 million Metro housing bond is beginning to provide after voters approved it in 2018.
Yolanda Ambrosia lives at Rockwood Village with her family, including a granddaughter, and told KGW what she likes about it.
“Well, so many reasons ... only because we feel comfortable here and we just like it — especially with the community growing, especially with the families and the children,” said Ambrosia.
Hacienda Community Development Corporation and community development partners teamed up to make this more than just apartments. Hacienda CEO Ernesto Fonseca says Rockwood Village Apartments is one of the most comprehensive developments to date.
“We have a community center, we have a lot of open space for active living and for community to really come together — that's where you are today,” said Fonseca. “It's a fantastic project that we're really proud of."
The modern buildings are on a two-acre park setting. There are gardens to enjoy, including raised bed vegetable gardens for tenants to tend. And there are places for kids to play. The community center offers classes and opportunities for people young and old, including financial and home ownership education.
Inside the buildings, bike racks hold the bikes and there is original art by local artists. The development is modern and new, and designed to break the stigma of affordable housing of the past.
“I think that was part of the pride of place ... we want people to be really proud of where they're living and feel like everyone deserves a decent and high quality place to live,” said Paine.
Fonseca added that many more places like Rockwood Village are needed to serve people priced out of high rent places like the Portland metro area.
“Affordable housing and middle-income housing will be not just important but one of the most significant pieces for the economic development of any region; we need to house our people so that they can be safe and thrive in this economic environment,” said Fonseca.
Rockwood Village Apartments is for people who earn from between 30 and 70% of the adult median income for our area. There is a waitlist you can apply to get on to reserve a spot. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/gresham-rockwood-affordable-housing/283-f3b3f809-3089-42c8-b1ce-7a0e624d55e4 | 2022-07-24T01:39:59 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/gresham-rockwood-affordable-housing/283-f3b3f809-3089-42c8-b1ce-7a0e624d55e4 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — The anticipated heat wave this coming week has some food cart owners worried for both their employees and customers. Some are already announcing plans to temporarily close up shop next week.
Rico Loverde, chef and owner of the Monster Smash Burgers food cart on Southeast Stark, is planning to temporarily close if temperatures starting Monday get as hot as expected.
"Anything over 95 [degrees], at least our particular cart can't really handle it," said Loverde. "One of the fridges can't keep up and the food becomes unsafe to serve."
The heat is also dangerous for the staff, as it can get 20 to 30 degrees hotter inside the cart compared to outside.
"It's just not safe, it's too hard on the crew," said Loverde.
The business is usually open six days a week but Loverde says they'll likely to be closed most of next week.
"Wasn't expecting this to happen so it's going to be a little bit of a hit financially, but we've got to be safe," he said Loverde.
Other food carts, including MF Tasty on North Williams, also expect to close. Eric Gitenstein runs the food cart with his wife. He says closing a business unexpectedly like this can hurt the bottom line, but it has to be done.
"Because you still have to pay your employees, you're not making any sales ... food business is a business that has really thin margins so any kind of error can affect what you take home or if you're able to pay your bills at the end of the month," explained Gitenstein.
That's why many of food carts hope people will stop by before the heat forces them to temporarily shut down next week.
"If there's a cart that you like, if there's a business you've been wanting to try and haven't found the motivation to show up, this is the weekend to show up," said Gitenstein. "Like, I promise you the owners and employees will thank you so much more for helping make the money while they can before they are forced to be closed."
But as temperatures rise, safety is the priority.
"Whether it's being safe for serving food to the public, having it at the right temperature, or my guys' safety and well-being," said Loverde. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-food-carts-heat-wave-close-down/283-db22d194-9e97-4d50-98b6-0884d0a58314 | 2022-07-24T01:40:05 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-food-carts-heat-wave-close-down/283-db22d194-9e97-4d50-98b6-0884d0a58314 |
Amid Washington’s heat wave, an outdoor party was held Friday to honor a popular resident of the area who, it happens, has been particularly accomplished in her line of work.
Pandas, once considered endangered, are still regarded as vulnerable. As few as 1,864 live in their native habitat in China, the zoo said. Mei Xiang has apparently done her part to ensure the diversity of nature and the survival of her species. The zoo said she has given birth to four cubs that survived to adulthood.
Not only that, but the birth in 2020 of the zoo’s current cub, Xiao Qi Ji, was regarded as miraculous, based on Mei Xiang’s age.
She was 22, panda reproduction is difficult, and the zoo called her the oldest panda to give birth in this country and probably the second-oldest in the world.
So, while we all might have longed for an ice cake on Friday, probably few of us begrudge Mei Xiang hers. Especially since ingredients apparently included leaf-eater biscuits. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/giant-panda-marks-birthday-with-cake-party-at-national-zoo/2022/07/23/957284c8-0ade-11ed-911b-f04803b1891b_story.html | 2022-07-24T01:53:03 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/giant-panda-marks-birthday-with-cake-party-at-national-zoo/2022/07/23/957284c8-0ade-11ed-911b-f04803b1891b_story.html |
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a power pole.
According to Washington County, Virginia Sheriff Blake Andis, a driver was ejected from the vehicle and med-flight was requested. Power lines around the scene are reported to be down and on the road.
Both lanes on Route 75 in the area of Concord Lane in Washington County, Virginia are closed and motorists can expect delays.
No further details have been released at this time. News Channel 11 will provide updates as we receive them. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/wcso-vehicle-strikes-power-pole-driver-ejected/ | 2022-07-24T01:57:35 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/wcso-vehicle-strikes-power-pole-driver-ejected/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — A person was struck by a car and critically injured on Indianapolis' east side Saturday evening.
IMPD officers responded to the 1100 block of South Chester Avenue, just south of the intersection of Prospect Street and Southeastern Avenue, shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday for a report of a person struck by a car.
There they located a person who was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Their identity has not been released.
An IMPD spokesperson said the driver who struck the person left the scene and police are working to determine if the incident may have been intentional.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/person-struck-by-car-critically-injured-on-indianapolis-east-side-impd/531-935c547f-1fe7-44ce-b483-86de3851852b | 2022-07-24T02:04:30 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/person-struck-by-car-critically-injured-on-indianapolis-east-side-impd/531-935c547f-1fe7-44ce-b483-86de3851852b |
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — The Texas A&M Forest Service reports that a wildfire in Liberty Hill has grown to 250 acres and is 10% contained.
Williamson County authorities first reported a 100-acre fire in Liberty Hill early Saturday afternoon.
The fire started on Tower Road near Lake Georgetown. That's northeast of State Highway 29 and Highway 183. The Texas A&M Forest Service is calling it the San Gabriel Fire.
The Georgetown Fire Department confirmed that the fire had spread across the lake.
Residents within a two-mile radius of the fire have been asked to evacuate. Santa Rita Middle School was set up as a shelter for those being evacuated. The City of Liberty Hill said more than 1,600 residents were notified of the fire and 200 homes were evacuated.
The Georgetown Fire Department, the Liberty Hill Fire Department and the Texas A&M Forest Service are responding along with Travis County STAR Flight.
The cause of the fire and any damage to structures is not known at this time.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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The faces set to lead the defense for Coconino football are technically new, but not really.
Ty Furr and Wade Patten were hired in the offseason as co-defensive coordinators.
Both have their own histories with the Panthers.
Patten stepped into a new role on the same staff. He’s been around the team for several years, including serving in a spot as a defensive assistant coach last season.
Furr is a recent graduate from Northern Arizona University, and he played on the Lumberjacks football team. Before that he played and graduated from Coconino.
The two, in an attempt to keep up a tradition of defensive success, aim to balance as new colleagues.
“He played here before, he’s recently played football, he’s closer to the age of these kids and knows how to connect with them,” Patten said. “It’s been great having him. It’s like I know the system, and he knows football in general.”
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Furr’s senior varsity season was Mike Lapsley’s first as head coach of the Panthers. Furr said he knew that some day he would work for the Panthers in this capacity.
He even knows some of the current Panthers’ older siblings from his own days in school.
“That was the year that we changed the character of the school. And seeing these last four or five years, the records have changed. It’s something I loved seeing, and now coming here in a coaching role, it’s really exciting,” he said.
Furr added that he feels a lot of gratitude for Lapsley and that he hopes to play a similar role for the current players.
“He built me. That’s what I want to help do for these kids," Furr said.
Now a few months into coaching together, the pair’s thoughts have turned to the upcoming fall season. Other than a 34-26 overtime loss to Prescott, Coconino never gave up more than 14 points in Grand Canyon Region contest last season.
And the Panthers have plenty of returning starters from last year, as eight of their top 11 tacklers were juniors or sophomores last season. So Patten said expects the group will again be solid.
“There’s guys that understand what we’re about, who understand the culture, and some new ones we hope can step in,” he said.
Up until this point, Coconino has not yet put pads on for official practices. The Panthers took part in spring football toward the end of the school year, and played a full 7-on-7 passing season in June, but have not fully been able to put in place the hard-hitting, fast style both Furr and Patten are looking forward to seeing.
Until then, they are working on fundamentals. But there is a newfound eagerness to teach for the new staff.
“The guys are hungry to learn, hungry to hit, and I can’t wait to put pads on because it’s a team I can’t wait to see playing real football,” Furr said.
“That’s going to be where we see the most growth, I think. When the kids get pads on, we’ll see how they can fly around and play a different way,” Patten added.
Coconino will continue summer training sessions in July, with official tryouts and team practices set for August. The Panthers open the regular season with a home game against Blue Ridge on Sept. 9. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/new-defensive-coordinators-at-coconino-look-forward-to-football-season/article_d47c5340-0ad1-11ed-bd20-9b4d04efb3df.html | 2022-07-24T02:19:47 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/new-defensive-coordinators-at-coconino-look-forward-to-football-season/article_d47c5340-0ad1-11ed-bd20-9b4d04efb3df.html |
Monsoon moisture and potential flooding expected throughout Arizona
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a flood watch for all of Maricopa, Pinal and Gila Counties starting Sunday afternoon through Monday morning.
Areas in central and eastern Arizona should expect lightning, heavy rain, small hail, gusty winds and blowing dust, as well as localized flooding through the middle of the week.
"Thunderstorm impacts will include strong outflow winds and blowing dust with locally damaging wind gusts, then transition more towards heavy rainfall and localized flooding," said the National Weather Service in Phoenix in a forecast discussion on Saturday.
According to the National Weather Service in Phoenix, there will be a 30% chance of rain on Saturday and a 60% chance of rain on both Sunday and Monday.
Temperatures in the Valley are also expected to drop due to forecast thunderstorms.
"The increased moisture and storm activity will allow temperatures to cool significantly through the first half of next week with many lower elevation communities struggling to reach 100 degrees on a few days," according to the National Weather Service in Phoenix.
The temperature high on Sunday is expected to reach 104 degrees, while the high on Monday is expected to dip as low as 98 degrees. On Tuesday, the temperature high will likely reach 97 degrees and on Wednesday, 100 degrees.
The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has also issued a flood watch from Sunday afternoon to late Monday night for Yavapai County, southern portions of the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains.
Flash flooding is possible in washes, streams, and low water crossings. Arizonans are advised to avoid flood prone areas like creeks and drainages. Recent burn areas are especially vulnerable to flooding, according to the National Weather Service in Flagstaff.
The flood warning follows days after intensive flood mitigation efforts began in areas in and around Flagstaff, particularly in neighborhoods near burn scars from recent wildfires.
The city of Phoenix has a list of safety tips and resources on their website for homeowners and drivers experiencing monsoon weather.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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BRAXTON COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — Emergency officials from areas across the Mountain State met at Sutton Lake today for an emergency swift water rescue training after the tragic drowning of a firefighter earlier this year.
All seven Braxton County fire departments were present, as well as the county EMS, Sutton Police Department, and leaders of the Swiftwater Rescue Team — who led the training.
Teams were taught what equipment to use in various situations, what gear to wear and how to put it on, and other critical lifesaving lessons.
And Braxton County officials said this type of training is long overdue.
“It’s critical when we have this much water and we have these many people come out for recreational boating on the lakes, or you have kayakers on the rivers, or if we have a flooding situation,” said John Hoffman, the Emergency Manager for Braxton County. “The people are going to call, and someone from the emergency response community will have to pitch in and do a piece of the job.”
Officials said that after Saturday, they will be meeting on whether or not they just need more gear or a new water safety team.
“There are a lot of calls, a lot of people use the lakes, a lot of people come here to swim,” said Kevin Clendenin, the Fire Chief for Clendenin Fire Department. “You also get your seasonal rains and roadway flooding different times of the year, so there’s definitely a need.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/wv-emergency-workers-train-for-water-safety-there-are-a-lot-of-calls/ | 2022-07-24T02:25:50 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/wv-emergency-workers-train-for-water-safety-there-are-a-lot-of-calls/ |
RENTON, Wash. — Renton Police say around 1 a.m. on Saturday, they received multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting shots fired near Logan Avenue South and 2nd Street, outside of a musician's hall where an event was being held.
"Arriving units actually heard gunfire going on when they arrived," Renton Police Detective Robert Onishi said. "The suspects were all gone, there were a number of gunshot victims here, they treated some on scene, some self-transported to area hospitals."
According to police, a 32-year-old man from Tacoma was shot and killed, and six other people were shot and injured. Their conditions are unknown at this time.
"We believe this is all related to some type of dispute that happened here- it's not a random event- we still do not have however the shooters identified," Detective Onishi said.
Renton Police ask anyone with information the case to contact Scott Barfield at 425-430-7534 and reference case No. 22-7518.
It comes less than a month after eight people were shot outside a rave in Tacoma, and weeks after people were shot at a parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
Tremayne Edwards with the Alliance for Gun Responsibility believes repeated exposure to gun violence in public areas has an impact both on the people injured and everyone in the proximity.
"Every time those spaces are violated by senseless gun violence, it does take a toll on people," Edwards said. "It can have a domino effect."
He encourages people to get educated and get involved.
"Really just helping share public education because we don't have to live this way," Edwards said. "We don't have to keep worrying about not if but when- that is not a mindset we should have in our communities, and we know we can have a culture that balances rights with responsibility." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/renton/questions-remain-shooting-kills-1-injures-6-renton/281-f7161862-a562-4a66-ab31-1160f3062c01 | 2022-07-24T02:26:16 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/renton/questions-remain-shooting-kills-1-injures-6-renton/281-f7161862-a562-4a66-ab31-1160f3062c01 |
SEATTLE — This year marks the 70th anniversary for one of Seattle’s oldest community groups, the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team.
For 70 years, the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team has marched to its own beat.
"This team is about empowering women, well girls and women, and having a voice," said Isabelle Gonn, the director of the Seattle Chinese Girls Community Drill Team.
This group was started in 1952 by Seattle Chinese-American restaurateur and politician Ruby Chow.
"The Chinese girls at that time, did not have a place to you know go outside of their homes, and do other activities, and so she created a safe place for the girls to come down and form a community," said Gonn.
This group is the only Chinese women warrior-inspired drill team in the country. It's known for its intricate marching formations, and one-of-kind uniforms, weighing eight pounds, with 8,000 hand sewed beads.
"Just being here and seeing girls that look like you to me was a breath of fresh air when I came.” said Celina Tran, the captain of the drill team.
She, like many other members, come from a long line of girls and women in their families that marched for this team over the past 7 decades.
"It makes you realize that there's not one way to be Chinese and one way to be Asian because even though we all share the same ethnicity we come from a lot of background and different families," said Tran.
Tran added that she's proud to carry on the legacy for years to come.
"There's a need or a want to always showcase our culture be a part of something bigger I think we'll always be there," said Tran.
The drill team is comprised of about 30 girls, ages 11 to 19 years old. If you’re interested in participating or volunteering with the team, you’re asked to email them at chinesedrillteam@gmail.com. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-chinese-girls-drill-team-70th-anniversary/281-3f66441d-95ef-42eb-bd73-2403f7362478 | 2022-07-24T02:26:22 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-chinese-girls-drill-team-70th-anniversary/281-3f66441d-95ef-42eb-bd73-2403f7362478 |
PHOENIX — A family in Phoenix is left questioning why their 16-year-old was shot and left for dead in his car.
Phoenix police found Kevin Enriquez’s body after his car crashed near 27th Avenue and Bethany Home Road on Saturday, July 16.
“I ask myself why did they do this?” Rafaela Enriquez told 12News in Spanish. “What happened.”
Kevin Enriquez was Rafaela Enriquez’s son.
“Right now, I want to think that he is here with us, that he is out working or on vacation, and he’ll come back,” Rafaela Enriquez said. “For me, he’s not gone.”
Phoenix police said they arrived in the neighborhood with the car damaged from gunshots and Kevin Enriquez’s body in the driver’s seat near 26th and Luke Avenues.
Police said they now believe the shooting happened about a couple of blocks south around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday.
But Kevin Enriquez’s car hit another car that was parked and stopped.
His death is leaving the Enriquez family with only memories.
“He was very friendly, upbeat; he enjoyed a good party,” Rafaela Enriquez said.
Phoenix police said they’re still investigating the case and are asking anyone who could help bring closure to the case to call them or Silent Witness at 480-Witness.
As a mourning mother is left wondering why her son’s life ended like this.
“These kids don’t think they need to stop these kids from getting guns,” Rafaela Enriquez said.
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PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. — Dozens of mourners filed into the Peachtree Corners Baptist Church Saturday to pay their respects to Bradley Coleman. The 29-year-old was killed on July 10 during an attempted carjacking while putting air in his tires at a Gwinnett Quik Trip.
The casket was covered in a large spray of red roses. Guests wore a combination of black and red clothing to honor Coleman.
People in the community remembered Coleman as a passionate coach, fierce community advocate, and loving father. Among those who eulogized home was Dr. John P. Douglas. He recalled meeting Coleman in college during football camp and becoming fast friends. He also described Coleman's ability to connect with people he came into contact with.
"He aspired to inspire others regardless of race gender, or socioeconomic status because how you carry yourself determines how far you will go in life," he said during the service.
A combination of friends and family members spoke. Between moments of sorrow were small bits of laughter as people remembered the man they knew.
"Oh, Bradley was blessed. When I met him he was shorter than me and it didn’t take long for that to change and quickly," Ivoree Taylor said.
The service was followed by a burial and a repast for attendees. A GoFundMe page was started by loved ones to raise money for Coleman's daughter. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/funeral-bradley-coleman-gwinnett-qt-carjacking-attempt/85-24d480b3-6442-42d2-8e74-43fb9d4cd37a | 2022-07-24T02:30:50 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/funeral-bradley-coleman-gwinnett-qt-carjacking-attempt/85-24d480b3-6442-42d2-8e74-43fb9d4cd37a |
The Kenosha County Aging & Disability Resource Center is offering free, confidential memory screens every Monday, 8 a.m. to noon. Memory screens are suggested for anyone concerned about memory changes, at risk of Alzheimer’s disease due to family history, or who wants to check their memory now for future comparison.
Some memory problems can be readily treated, such as those caused by vitamin deficiencies or thyroid problems. In general, the earlier the diagnosis, the easier it is to treat memory loss. Memory screening can:
- Provide relief for individuals concerned about normal memory loss
- Lead to diagnosis of treatable conditions
- Offer the ability to make lifestyle changes early when they have the greatest potential for positive effect and the opportunity to participate in making future decisions
Screening results are not a diagnosis, and individuals who have concerns are encouraged to pursue a full medical exam. Appointments are recommended. Interested persons may call the ADRC at 262-605-6646 to make an appointment.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Lincoln man's felony drunk driving conviction saying the officer could, without a warrant, order a blood draw from him because he was unconscious and suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Law enforcement in Nebraska usually would need to get a warrant.
In a 32-page decision, Justice Stephanie Stacy said they have discussed, but not previously applied, an exception that allows blood to be drawn without a warrant in DUI cases.
"Here, the relevant facts are largely undisputed," she wrote.
At about 1 a.m. Feb. 25, 2020, a Lincoln police officer discovered Dustin L. Miller, then 30, lying in a ditch off Nebraska 2 near 40th Street, surrounded by debris from a rollover accident. Stacy said Miller smelled of alcohol, the wrecked vehicle smelled of alcohol, and an open can of beer was found among the debris.
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He was in and out of consciousness at the scene and taken to the hospital for emergency care.
There, medical staff treating Miller told Officer Zachary Kliegl that Miller's injuries were serious, and he required immediate medical treatment, which could affect his blood alcohol level.
Believing Miller had been driving under the influence and that he didn't have enough time to get a warrant for a blood test, he directed medical staff to do it without one.
After he was found guilty at trial of DUI (fourth offense) and driving during revocation, Miller appealed, saying the judge shouldn't have let the results of the blood test go before the jury.
Deputy Lancaster County Public Defender Todd Molvar argued that searches without a warrant are per se unreasonable, subject only to a few specifically established and well-delineated exceptions.
The state relied exclusively on the exigent-circumstances exception.
Stacy said both sides cited U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
Schmerber v. California first addressed the issue in 1966, finding that blood draws were an intrusion into the body that ordinarily require a search warrant. But they found an involuntary, warrantless blood sample taken in the case was justified under the exigent-circumstances exception because the body's natural metabolic processes would destroy evidence of blood alcohol if the officers had to wait for a warrant.
In a 2013 case, Missouri v. McNeely, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the idea that metabolization, in itself, justified an exception to the need for a warrant for nonconsensual blood testing in all drunken driving cases, opting instead for a case-by-case assessment.
Most recently, in Mitchell v. Wisconsin in 2019, the country's highest court went further, saying the exigent-circumstances rule "almost always permits a blood test without a warrant. "
In the Nebraska case, Stacy said Miller's case presents a textbook example of exigent circumstances under Mitchell v. Wisconsin.
Miller’s unconsciousness was itself a medical emergency, the justice wrote.
"And his need for immediate medical treatment that could affect his blood alcohol level created a pressing need to perform the blood draw immediately," she said.
Stacy said the officer could have reasonably believed that he was confronted with an emergency "in which the delay necessary to obtain a warrant for a blood draw would not only postpone necessary medical treatment, but would also result in the threatened destruction of evidence."
And the court found the exigent-circumstances exception applied and affirmed the convictions and his six- to 11-year prison term. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nebraska-supreme-court-affirms-lincoln-mans-dui-conviction-where-blood-was-taken-without-warrant/article_6fc96e05-a4af-5832-aef1-f598af3a05db.html | 2022-07-24T02:41:13 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nebraska-supreme-court-affirms-lincoln-mans-dui-conviction-where-blood-was-taken-without-warrant/article_6fc96e05-a4af-5832-aef1-f598af3a05db.html |
OCEAN CITY — Thousands of people gathered along the bay side of the island to catch a glimpse of dozens of boats during the 67th annual Night in Venice, the longest-running celebration of its kind.
Sponsored by Acme Markets, Night in Venice is a celebration of community and camaraderie that Ocean City has been putting on since 1954, according to the city's Welcome Center. It also brings tens of thousands of people to Ocean City during the weekend of the parade.
Kevin Hacke drove seven hours from Dayton, Ohio, with his wife, Ali, and 1½-year-old daughter, Karsyn, just to watch the Night in Venice parade. The family planned their boat parade weekend over a month ago when the schedule was released.
"There's a sense of community and togetherness," said Hacke, 32, who surprisingly met another family from Ohio while at the 15th Street and Pleasure Avenue bay area before the parade started. "Meeting different people, seeing a lot of different boats ... it's a fun time."
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Hacke has been coming to Night in Venice with his family since he was 5, at the exact same spot he went to Saturday evening.
This year's grand marshals were Jay Wright, the legendary Villanova University men's basketball coach, and his wife, Patty, who were joined on their very large boat by family members. The parade started near the Ocean City-Longport bridge and traveled along the bayside to Tennessee Avenue, going in and out of inlets and lagoons.
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Boats were uniquely dressed up on the bay Saturday night with lights, music and banners that showed the crowds of people watching along the shore their number for a chance to win in a number of contests. Some opted to decorate their boats in coordination with this year's "Mummers: Struttin' on the Bay" theme, which was chosen as a tribute to Ocean City's Tuesday nights on the Boardwalk and the Philadelphia New Year's Day parade that showcases colorfully dressed string bands dancing along Broad Street.
People could view the free parade from the first-come, first served grandstands on Tennessee Avenue or at any of the other grandstands along the ends of the streets from Battersea Road to 16th Street. Parade watchers could also set up their own seating along the parade route, although seats were not permitted on any of the bridges during the parade.
Right next to the bay at 15th Street and Pleasure Avenue, a group of about 30 people filled the grandstands and the surrounding area with wagons, golf carts and portable chairs. People who lived in the surrounding homes sat on their decks and in their boats as they waited patiently for the parade's late start.
Jana Klotzain, of Wall Township, Monmouth County, came with her husband, Stephen, and 4½-year-old daughter, Elaina, to watch this year's boat parade.
"Ocean City is a beautiful, fun place to come with family and friends. I'm really looking forward to this weekend," said Klotzain, who also looked forward to the seeing the boats, friends and the entertainment afterward.
Tickets were sold out for the Bayside Center's viewing area Saturday, which included a picnic area, bleacher seating, a DJ, live entertainment by the Uptown String Band and food, proceeds from which benefited the Ocean City Junior Raiders football and cheerleading squads.
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Night in Venice has contests in which boats, houses and condominium complexes can participate in a variety of categories, such as best boat or best decorated house. A panel of judges was expected to announce contest results at noon Sunday.
In addition to Saturday's parade, the city celebrated with a Junior Night in Venice boat parade for children Friday and a Miss Night in Venice beauty pageant Monday.
After the parade, fireworks were launched from a barge on the bay near Third Street.
Night in Venice weekend ends Sunday with "America's Got Talent" runner-up Jackie Evancho performing with the Ocean City Pops at the Music Pier.
"Honestly in this crazy world we live in now, I think everyone here has one thing in common, and that's to see the boats. It's a fun time," said Hacke. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/the-boats-are-back-in-town-for-ocean-citys-night-in-venice-parade/article_ce33a244-0aaa-11ed-ada3-0b204e5936de.html | 2022-07-24T02:44:58 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/the-boats-are-back-in-town-for-ocean-citys-night-in-venice-parade/article_ce33a244-0aaa-11ed-ada3-0b204e5936de.html |
GREENSBORO — Every year, the city becomes a hub for classical music.
Students and teachers from across the world come here for the Eastern Music Festival. The students both study and perform for the community. Faculty members also share their music with both students and the community.
Every year, veteran arts and entertainment reporter Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane, who has won state and national awards for her work over the years, delves into the annual festival. It can be difficult finding new and interesting stories when you write about something again and again. But Dawn always finds something new to share with readers.
Among the stories this year, she’s looked at the festival coming back full force after COVID-19; a new program to prepare string players for leadership roles; the relationship between the festival and Guilford College, which hosts the students and many of the performances; and how the festival picks which students will attend.
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For this year’s five-week festival, students come from 41 states and nine countries. North Carolina ranks third on EMF’s enrollment list this year; 23 students come from the Tar Heel state — five are from the Triad.
Here’s Dawn talking about the evolution of the enrollment story:
“This summer marks the 20th annual Eastern Music Festival that I have covered as a reporter for the News & Record. I started covering when Tom Philion was its president and chief executive officer. It’s been a pleasurable learning experience as the festival has retained its classical roots, but added more modern and contemporary music.
“As you look down the list of students at each summer’s EMF, you realize that most are not from North Carolina, as you would expect. Just a handful come from the Triad each year, which makes it difficult to work them into stories when there are only a few. They come from other states and countries.
“When I mentioned that to Managing Editor Jennifer Fernandez, her piqued interest inspired me to write about how EMF selects its students. So I communicated about that with EMF Executive Director Chris Williams, who described the process.
“The bottom line: ‘We recruit, audition, invite and enroll based almost entirely on merit and aptitude,’ Williams said.
“’Only after merit and ability are evaluated,’ he added, “do we look at other factors like financial need, geographic, gender, age and demographic diversity.’”
From Dawn’s reporting, the rule of thumb in getting to about 255 students each year? It takes about 1,000 applications to produce 800 actual auditions.
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BOISE — Wayne Hoffman has been revving up his cynical campaign of lies, insults and mockery aimed at undermining the credibility of Idaho’s hard-working news reporters.
Hoffman, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation and a former newspaper reporter himself, is among a group of “conflict entrepreneurs,” so dubbed by University of Idaho President Scott Green in testimony to the state Legislature in January, who has employed similar tactics in trying to undermine trust in various other long-trusted Idaho institutions, including public schools, colleges and universities, elected officials from both parties, health care providers, city councils and more, all to advance his own shadowy political agenda.
He refuses to disclose who funds his organization and its affiliates, which have been becoming increasingly active in Idaho political campaigns.
I worked with Hoffman at the Idaho Statesman back when. I served with him on the Idaho Press Club board. What he’s doing now is so repugnant that it cries out for robust denunciation.
When Hoffman stepped up his campaign of trolling Idaho reporters on social media this year, I responded to him and asked him what had so changed in his view of the free press and its work in Idaho. He responded that it was me who had changed, and that I’ve somehow become something different, not a reporter. I haven’t. My work as a journalist in Idaho for nearly the past four decades speaks for itself, as does the work of Idaho journalists across the state, whether they work at newspapers, local TV or radio stations, or professional online news outlets that are independent of scheming political activists and that openly disclose their funders.
Last week, in an episode of his “Hoff Time Report” livestreamed video podcast entitled “How to Handle Media Malpractice,” Hoffman and his two guests bashed Idaho reporters in “the legacy news media” as socialists, leftists, “biased,” “very far to the left,” and more, continuing a barrage of claims Hoffman has been lobbing at Idaho’s free press for months. He’s also been pushing for “conservative” politicians to refuse to talk to actual news reporters – in the process, hiding their views and statements from their own constituents.
In the show’s opening, Hoffman described himself as “one of Idaho’s most respected, influential public policy voices.” His two chosen guests on the show were Greg Pruett, head of the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance, a gun-rights activist who is well to the right of the National Rifle Association who has been pushing his own version of news on his “Idaho Dispatch” website; and Bryan Hyde, a former radio reporter who runs the new “Nowhere to Hyde” podcast for the Idaho Freedom Foundation.
Hyde’s program, just launched last month, opens with a montage of strung-together video clips of Idaho reporters, including me, and ridicules and mocks them.
Pruett opined, “Years and years ago I think the media here in Idaho was a lot different than it is now. … I don’t know if it was Trump maybe that really caused a left turn in the legacy media in Idaho, but it’s really different.”
Hyde chimed in, “Idaho media definitely has taken a pretty hard turn to the left in terms of the legacy media.”
That’s not true. I’ve been here all along, and I know this from first-hand experience. I still do what I’ve always done: Seek the truth and report it. But I decided to check in with one of Idaho’s longest-serving former journalists to see what he thought about whether Idaho’s news media has changed its approach.
Bob Fick headed the Associated Press bureau in Idaho for 22 years, from Election Day in 1983 to the end of 2004. He is the classic old-school journalist, doesn’t pull his punches, and has deep knowledge of both Idaho and journalism.
“The only change has been that there’s not enough reporters any more to keep track of all these (expletives). That’s the real problem,” Fick said.
Internet propagandists now spread their own slant on “news,” as technology continues to undermine the advertising-based funding model that long has supported the free press in the United States, Fick noted. That leaves news outlets with less money to spend on reporters. Journalism never has been a high-paying profession. Now there are fewer of us trying to do the same work.
“That’s the only difference today from yesterday,” Fick told me, “is that there’s not enough reporters to keep track of the miscreants that try to influence public opinion with no facts and no truth.”
Fick added, “I think you are doing a pretty good job. I appreciate that.”
Hoffman’s continued agitation against real journalists is encouraging his followers to engage in actual harassment against the hard-working reporters who work to bring you the news every day. It needs to stop.
In a free country like ours, people can say what they want, even if it’s not true. I recently asked my favorite lawyer, my mom, whether there might be grounds for a defamation lawsuit against Hoffman for his odious campaign against journalists. No, she replied. The same First Amendment that protects our free press in America protects hate speech, until it crosses the line into inciting violence.
In 1927, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote, “The remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.”
So, as a longtime Idaho reporter and as the president of the Idaho Press Club, I’m speaking now. And I hope you all will speak too. Support the free press. Subscribe to your local newspaper. If you own a business, support the newspaper by buying an ad. Watch or listen to your local newscasts. Support legitimate, real nonprofit news organizations like the Idaho Capital Sun and Idaho Education News, which are transparent about their funding sources and report news, rather than pushing political agendas.
Politicians, be transparent. Be open. Talk to the press, talk to your constituents, do what you do openly, not secretly. Transparency inspires confidence, while secrecy arouses suspicion and mistrust. And as Wayne has demonstrated for us with his dark-money shenanigans, sunshine is better.
I was a political science major way back when I was in college, and I can say that what Wayne calls “socialist” and “leftist” are nothing of the sort. Funding public education, for example, is the Idaho Constitution’s central requirement for the Idaho Legislature. Treating other people with respect regardless of whether they differ from you in characteristics including race, religion and sexual orientation is basic human decency. Seeking the truth and reporting it is journalism. And we are all the better for it. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/eye-on-boise-wayne-hoffman-is-wrong-and-real-journalism-is-essential/article_17b8e7a5-3cf6-56b5-a557-49ec18bf099b.html | 2022-07-24T02:58:57 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/eye-on-boise-wayne-hoffman-is-wrong-and-real-journalism-is-essential/article_17b8e7a5-3cf6-56b5-a557-49ec18bf099b.html |
Idaho 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson has secured $4 million in federal funding for the Boise downtown YMCA replacement, as part of the fiscal year 2023 federal appropriations package.
The $4 million, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Economic Development Initiative, will be for design and construction of a new YMCA facility in downtown Boise. It’s part of a $60 million redevelopment project that will extend over a three-block area of downtown Boise and include mixed-income housing, expanded high-quality and affordable child care, educational space, retail, community gathering space, and health and wellness services.
The existing Downtown Boise YMCA will move across State Street in 2025 to the entirely new facility, which will be the cornerstone of what’s been dubbed the “Block 68 Catalytic Redevelopment Project.” The plan was first announced in December by the YMCA and the Capital City Development Corp., the city’s redevelopment agency.
“Alongside partners in health care, education and the non-profit and government sectors, the Treasure Valley YMCA will provide comprehensive solutions for community challenges in one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities, and I am proud to offer my support,” Simpson said in a statement to the Idaho Press.
He identified the $4 million for the Y in a list of 13 Idaho priorities he successfully secured in the congressional appropriations package, which passed the House last week on a 220-207 vote. Simpson was able to secure the funding through his position as a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee.
Ironically, however, both Simpson and 1st District Idaho GOP Rep. Russ Fulcher voted against the bill, which passed on a straight party-line vote with all House Democrats voting in favor and all House Republicans voting against.
“While I am pleased to see these important projects for Idaho included, the spending levels in the overall package far exceed what I could responsibly support,” Simpson said in a news release. “Reckless government spending will only worsen current inflation. I remain committed to prioritizing Idaho’s needs, reducing federal spending, and putting our economy on a sustainable, healthy path for the future. I look forward to working with my colleagues to craft a more responsible spending package that can gain bipartisan support as this bill moves forward to conference.”
To be eligible for the specific HUD grant program, projects must be broadly supported by local stakeholders, including residents, businesses and elected officials; and administered by governmental or non-profit entities. “The Boise YMCA project very clearly fits within these eligibility rules,” said Simpson’s press secretary, Julia Horman.
The Senate has not yet released its version of the bill. “The timing of when the money would flow depends on when the FY23 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill is signed into law,” Horman said in an email to the Idaho Press. That would occur after the House and Senate conference on the bill.
“Congressman Simpson hopes that it will happen as close to the beginning of the fiscal year as possible,” Horman said.
The federal fiscal year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 each year.
The Y is in the midst of a multimillion-dollar capital campaign; the plan is to break ground in 2023 and open in 2025.
When the project was announced in December, YMCA President and CEO David Duro said, “The best part is we wouldn’t have to interrupt operations at all.”
That’s because the Y could continue operating in its current facility until it moves across the street to the new one.
“The new Downtown Boise YMCA will be the cornerstone for a campus of opportunity that will create a network of support, vitality, and community for thousands who live and work here,” Duro said in a news release. “This project will create a barrier-free YMCA that will truly serve all, which reinforcing the social fabric of the Downtown Boise neighborhood.”
The other Idaho priorities Simpson secured in the funding bill include water, sewer and transportation projects across eastern and southwestern Idaho; $3.3 million for a College of Southern Idaho education and training center in Jerome; $1 million for manure-handling research facilities at the Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment in Kimberly; $813,750 for a much-needed new fire station in McCammon; and $600,000 for the Custer County Court Annex Building in Challis, where the 1957-vintage courthouse was found non-compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2017.
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/simpson-secures-4m-in-funding-for-boise-downtown-y-replacement-project/article_0cfb40b9-ba0c-5660-8edc-09030dc6677f.html | 2022-07-24T02:59:03 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/simpson-secures-4m-in-funding-for-boise-downtown-y-replacement-project/article_0cfb40b9-ba0c-5660-8edc-09030dc6677f.html |
Four new deaths were reported as a result of COVID-19 in Northwest Indiana in the past seven-day period, down from 20 new deaths during the previous week, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
All four deaths were reported in Lake County. No new deaths were reported in Porter, LaPorte, Newton or Jasper County.
Last week there were 10 new deaths in Lake County, eight in Porter and one in both LaPorte and Newton.
The number of COVID-19 cases has also risen in the Region. The seven-day average in Lake County is 131, up from 124 last week.
The Porter County seven-day average went from 42 last week to 41 this week, LaPorte went from 27 to 28, Newton went from 2 to 3 and Jasper stayed at 10 both weeks.
Marion County still has the highest seven-day average in the state with 265.
COVID-19 cases, death and hospitalizations are rising across the country, largely due to BA.5, a COVID-19 variant that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is responsible for an estimated 78% of cases. The CDC said the rapid rise in cases since June suggests BA.5 "spreads more easily than previous Omicron lineages."
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Lake County has reported 1,777 COVID-related deaths, Porter County has reported 551 and LaPorte County has reported 368. Newton County has reported 67, and Jasper County has reported 143.
Records show that 54.7% of Hoosiers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
A complete list of COVID-19 vaccine sites is available online at ourshot.in.gov .
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BYRON HETZLER, THE SOUTHERN
Carbondale, Illinois
A sign reminds voters to wear a mask and socially distance in the 13th Precinct polling place at the Epiphany Lutheran Church on Nov. 3 in Carbondale, Illinois.
BYRON HETZLER, THE SOUTHERN
Carbondale, Illinois
Lori Opp works with her fifth grade class on vocabulary words from her classroom at Lewis Elementary School on Nov. 16 as the school district returned to remote learning due to rising COVID-19 cases.
BYRON HETZLER, THE SOUTHERN
Charleston, Illinois
A sign reminds students to wear a mask and maintain social distance as they walk to and from class on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, in September.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Charleston, Illinois
Ginger Stanfield leads the Charleston Community Band at the Coles County Fairgrounds on July 3. More than 90 vehicles and 250 people were at the socially distanced concert.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Decatur, Illinois
Hunter Highfill works at an Illinois Department of Public Health COVID testing site at the Decatur Civic Center on Oct. 26 in Decatur, Illinois.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Decatur, Illinois
Vehicles wait at a COVID testing site at the Farm Progress Site in Decatur, Illinois, on Jan. 22.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Decatur, Illinois
Stickers await people who participated in a COVID vaccination clinic on Jan. 22 at the Farm Progress site in Decatur, Illinois.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Decatur, Illinois
Fourth grade instructor Sarah Smith listens to Assistant Director Dave Webster talk about doves during a "virtual field trip" to Scovill Zoo in Decatur, Illinois, on Sept. 11.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Decatur, Illinois
Becca Massey and her daughter Kierra Massey, surprised her aunt, Becky Pickrell, on her 101st birthday by singing happy birthday on March 26 at Randall Residence in Decatur, Illinois. They both had to sing in the front of the building through glass so that everyone would be safe.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Mattoon, Illinois
Police Sgt. Chad Smith speaks with visitors at a COVID-19 check in at Lake Land College in Mattoon, Illinois, on Sept. 3.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Mattoon, Illinois
Callyn Ballinger, 7, holds a sign she made for health care workers outside Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in December in Mattoon, Illinois.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Normal, Illinois
Ellen Straight held a sign wishing her father, Oliver Bidner, love as dozens of cars paraded through The Loft Rehabilitation & Nursing, 510 Broadway in Normal, Illinois, Friday, May 1, 2020. Visits at The Loft were stopped at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Tuscola, Illinois
Tuscola High School Principal Steve Fiscus sanitizes the gym before the start of the varsity game against Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond on Jan. 29.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Munster, Indiana
From left, Juanita Dortch, Katie Novosel and Michelle Geissler, X-ray technicians at Community Hospital, take a selfie together with first responders in the background on April 19, 2020, in Munster. Police and firefighters from north Lake County and several Illinois agencies paraded around the hospital to recognize the health care workers.
KALE WILK, THE TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
Merrillville, Indiana
Nick Gianikos, a housing board member at the AHEPA apartments in Merrillville, Indiana, receives his Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Walgreens pharmacist Mindy Keeton on Jan. 11, 2021.
KALE WILK, THE TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
Hammond, Indiana
Franciscan Health Hammond health care workers wave to first responders as they parade around the hospital on April 27, 2020.
Kale Wilk
Crown Point, Indiana
Keith Moseley, an election clerk, sorts through returned absentee ballots on Oct. 5 at the Lake County Board of Elections and Registration at the Lake County Government Center in Crown Point, Indiana.
KALE WILK, THE TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
Crown Point, Indiana
Wendy Vottero, a nurse practitioner at Franciscan Health Crown Point, receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot from Rob Dowling, director of emergency medical service, on Dec. 18, 2020, at the hospital in Crown Point, Indiana.
KALE WILK, THE TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
Burlington, Wisconsin
A man and a girl swing at Echo Park in Burlington, Wisconsin, on May 2 during a ReOpen Burlington protest, even though all playgrounds in Wisconsin had been declared off limits at the time.
ADAM ROGAN, THE JOURNAL TIMES
Burlington, Wisconsin
During an extraordinary and nearly postponed April election, one of the leaders of Wisconsin’s Republican legislative majority, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos of Rochester, talks to a member of the media while working as a poll worker in Burlington, Wisconsin. “You are incredibly safe to go out," he told viewers while wearing required personal protective equipment in a video that was shared widely on social media throughout the day.
STEPHANIE JONES, THE JOURNAL TIMES
Burlington, Wisconsin
JR Lukenbill, a sophomore guard at Wisconsin’s Burlington High School, shoots over Wilmot High School's Anthony Corona, left, and Korik Klein during their teams' December matchup. As a precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19, players wore masks in high school athletics events, including in basketball and volleyball.
GREGORY SHAVER, THE JOURNAL TIMES
Caledonia, Wisconsin
The Rev. Mike Matheson of Grace Church, in Caledonia, Wisconsin, prays as he leads church services livestreamed on Facebook Live on the morning of March 22.
GREGORY SHAVER, THE JOURNAL TIMES
Dunn, Wisconsin
Robert Wilson of the town of Dunn in Dane County, Wisconsin, reviews his selections on his ballot after voting at the town's highway garage building on April 7, 2020. Democrats sought to delay the election in light of the surging pandemic, but the state Supreme Court ordered it be held as originally scheduled.
JOHN HART, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
Fontana-on-Geneva-Lake, Wisconsin
With the coronavirus outbreak prompting many people to wear hospital masks in public, someone decided that the Chief Big Foot statue on the Fontana lakefront should be protected, too, along with a latex glove that does not quite fit right.
SCOTT WILLIAMS, LAKE GENEVA REGIONAL NEWS
Genoa City, Wisconsin
Teacher Haley Peters removes ottomans July 30, 2020, from her classroom at Brookwood Middle School as the Genoa City school aims to combat the coronavirus by eliminating places where the virus could spread.
SCOTT WILLIAMS, LAKE GENEVA REGIONAL NEWS
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wearing their COVID masks, Eric Itzenhuiser and Heather Lawler are married by the Rev. Johnny Poole at their home in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Saturday, May 2. Life went on despite the pandemic.
SEAN KRAJACIC, KENOSHA NEWS
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Robert Clayton walks with his grandchildren, Greyson, 5, and Harper, 4, around the track at UW-Parkside in Kenosha on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. Kenosha’s Relay for Life took place with many participating virtually — walking laps, sharing supportive stories and hearing presentations via social media. Another difference this year was having a sole honorary cancer survivor at the event. Clayton, 56, was declared free of the disease by November 2017, after getting the disease after his retirement from work in 2003. He walked around the track at UW-Parkside with family to celebrate his cancer-free status.
SEAN KRAJACIC, KENOSHA NEWS
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Matt Sullivan looks through binoculars as he and his wife, Kristin, settle in to watch the Indian Trail football team play Oak Creek in a Southeast Conference game on Friday night, Sept. 25, at Jaskwhich Stadium in Kenosha, Wisconsin. School district requirements in place due to the COVID-19 outbreak kept the stands at the stadium empty, but parents and fans found ways to see the game where they could.
SEAN KRAJACIC, KENOSHA NEWS
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Sam Turner, a kindergartener at Southern Bluffs Elementary School in La Crosse, Wisconsin, wears a mask during his first day of class in nearly ten months after the La Crosse School District welcomed back students for in-person learning.
PETER THOMSON, LA CROSSE TRIBUNE
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Anita Sachs reads her ballot at the Coulee Recovery Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, before voting in the April primary election. Despite an effort by Gov. Tony Evers to delay the election amid the COVID-19 pandemic, voting went on as planned.
PETER THOMSON, LA CROSSE TRIBUNE
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Bonnie and Dan Felton wave to passersby as they impersonate Santa and Mrs. Claus from a storefront window at Duluth Trading Co. in downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin, in November 2020. Instead of the usual up-close visits inside the store, The Feltons, due to the COVID-19 pandemic will appear in the window several afternoons a week during the Holiday season.
PETER THOMSON, LA CROSSE TRIBUNE
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Fellow registered nurses look on as their colleague, Sheila Berra, administers the first COVID-19 vaccine in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Tom Jensen, a COVID-19 patient care technician, at Mayo Clinic Health System in December. The vaccine was delivered earlier in the day by Wisconsin State Troopers.
PETER THOMSON, LA CROSSE TRIBUNE
La Crosse, Wisconsin
A sign reads “We Are Open,” outside of Bean Juice coffee shop at Jackson Plaza in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in April.
PETER THOMSON, LA CROSSE TRIBUNE
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Lake Geneva aldermen and city staff gather via video May 19, 2020, to avoid spreading the coronavirus, during a special meeting in which the city council voted to open Riviera Beach to the public.
SCOTT WILLIAMS, LAKE GENEVA REGIONAL NEWS
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Many shoppers and visitors forgo face masks and other public health guidelines on Main Street in downtown Lake Geneva as stores reopen May 17 during the coronavirus pandemic. Many people flocked from Illinois to Lake Geneva after a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling allowed Wisconsin businesses to reopen.
SCOTT WILLIAMS, LAKE GENEVA REGIONAL NEWS
Madison, Wisconsin
Members of the UW-Madison marching band wear face coverings and play instruments with bell covers during a limited-capacity practice session on the campus on Aug. 27, 2020.
JOHN HART, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
Madison, Wisconsin
UW-Madison graduates, from left, Jacob Tottleben, of St. Louis, Lindsey Fischer, of La Crosse, and Olivia Gonzalez, of Milwaukee, celebrate wiith champagne after their spring commencement ceremony was moved online on May 9, 2020.
AMBER ARNOLD, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
Madison, Wisconsin
In hindsight, the marquee over the Orpheum Theater in Downtown Madison, Wisconsin, seen here on March 23, 2020, was overly optimistic. Closures of theaters, restaurants, bars and other businesses would stretch well beyond March.
STEVE APPS, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
Madison, Wisconsin
Hawk Sullivan, owner of Hawk's Bar & Grill in Madison, Wisconsin, was forced to close his restaurant temporarily in March 2020. At least 28 Madison-area restaurants went out of business last year.
STEVE APPS, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Tracy Twigg, a poll worker, opens a stack of absentee ballots to be tabulated at the Pleasant Prairie Village Hall on Monday, April 13, 2020.
SEAN KRAJACIC, KENOSHA NEWS
Racine, Wisconsin
Jordan Mogren arrived to Park High School's drive-up graduation ceremony in Racine, Wisconsin, on July 9 through the sun roof and received a kiss from his mother receiving his diploma.
LAUREN HENNING, RACINE JOURNAL TIMES
Racine, Wisconsin
Summer Davis wears a face shield while standing behind the bar at The Maple Table, a popular restaurant in Racine, Wisconsin, on May 26, 2020, the first day restaurants in the city could reopen following ordered closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
ADAM ROGAN, THE JOURNAL TIMES
Racine, Wisconsin
Jeremy Laffin, owner/pharmacist at Racine Hometown Pharmacy in Wisconsin, gives a brief consultation to patients prior to getting their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, March 9. Laffin walked back and forth, preparing doses behind the counter, then administering them to patients.
DIANA PANUNCIAL, THE JOURNAL TIMES
Williams Bay, Wisconsin
For students who cannot visit the library because of the coronavirus, library staffers Laura Lombardo, left, and Emily Sanders, greet second-graders from Williams Bay Elementary School via a laptop computer camera at Barrett Memorial Library in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, in September 2020.
SCOTT WILLIAMS, LAKE GENEVA REGIONAL NEWS
Winona, Minnesota
Students of the Service Learning Class at Winona Senior High School gathered outside of Winona Health in Winona, Minnesota, in April 2020 to thank the health-care workers for all their hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Co-leader Christine Dahlke (holding the letter A) expressed gratitude for those in the community who are continuing to work during the present circumstances. "Just keep supporting your local businesses and your local hospitals," she said. "It's always good to say thank you. I hope we inspire someone."
JOSH DELAROSA, WINONA DAILY NEWS
Winona, Minnesota
Campus traditions to celebrate Halloween and other holidays, like the one pictured at Saint Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota, looked different this year, as students wore masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
RACHEL MERGEN, WINONA DAILY NEWS
Winona, Minnesota
Young children, like Addison Brand, pictured, face a new reality of having to wear masks during their childhood progress exams — something that many parents decided not to complete this year in fear of the pandemic. Brand attended her appointment at the Gundersen Winona Campus in Winona, Minnesota.
RACHEL MERGEN, WINONA DAILY NEWS
Winona, Minnesota
Testing is completed at the Winona Mall’s mass semi-permanent testing site in November in Winona, Minnesota.
JOSH DELAROSA, WINONA DAILY NEWS
Winona, Minnesota
Dr. Joseph Kaiya, pictured, was the first health care worker to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Winona Health Dec. 18 in Winona, Minnesota.
RACHEL MERGEN, WINONA DAILY NEWS
Horicon, Wisconsin
From left, Riley Peterman and Gianna Begg hold handmade signs showing support for the teachers of Horicon, Wisconsin. Faculty and staff paraded through Burnett, Iron Ridge and Horicon on May 1, 2020, honking and waving to district students and families along the way. Schools were mandated to close this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic.
KELLY SIMON, DAILY CITIZEN
Fountain Prairie, Wisconsin
Gail Schneider maintains a safe distance while photographing the Beaver family April 2, 2020, at their brand new house in the town of Fountain Prairie, Wisconsin. Schneider joins photographers across the nation in the "Front Porch Project," which tells the story of home life in the time of COVID-19.
KELLY SIMON, DAILY CITIZEN
Cambria, Wisconsin
Jordon Anderson of the Wisconsin National Guard waits to bag a sample Oct. 23, 2020, as Wyatt Anderson works next to him during the first biweekly COVID-19 free community testing event at the Cambria Fire Department in Cambria, Wisconsin.
SUSAN ENDRES, DAILY REGISTER
Portage, Wisconsin
Aidan Black gives an "air high-five" to Principal Joshua Sween on June 5, 2020, during Portage High School's socially-distanced, drive-by graduation ceremony. Students along with their families in vehicles were escorted down School Road by Portage and Columbia County first responders and then walked across the stage with their diplomas and finished up with an "air high-five" with Sween. "We wanted them to have some closure," Sween said of the pandemic-adjusted ceremony that also gave the families a chance to take pictures with graduates in front of the high school.
NOAH VERNAU, DAILY REGISTER
Barboo, Wisconsin
John Handlen, vice president of operations for Madison-based Biodome Protection, uses an electrostatic sprayer to apply an antimicrobial surface protectant to the chairs on Sept. 29, 2020, at Al. Ringling Theatre in Baraboo.
SUSAN ENDRES, NEWS REPUBLIC
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A box full of letters with words of encouragement is waiting to be sent to Sharon Belusko's granddaughter Briahna Rojas known lovingly as BiBi.
BiBi is 12 years old and was recently diagnosed with stage four brain cancer.
Her grandmother has a lot of words to describe the support the community has shown for her as she battles the disease.
"It's everything, the support of the community, the turnout of all the baskets. It's just overwhelming the amount of people ya know that showed up to support Briahna," said Belusko, Briahna's grandmother.
While she continues to receive treatment, family and friends like Michelle Carylon began helping any way they can.
"It took a lot of work, but it was so worth it because, I mean, look at this turnout we had. I couldn't ask anything more from our community. It was truly amazing," said Michelle Carylon, friend of the Rojas family.
The weekend-long benefit is taking place at the Butler Township Community Center on West Butler Drive.
The event is filled with local area food vendors, gift baskets, and a 50/50 raffle. All for a little girl and her family who are just trying to stay together.
"The family needs it. I want them to be able to spend the time with BiBi and not have to worry about are we gonna have money for the bills, are we gonna have money for the food. I just want like everyone to be happy," said Carylon.
If you are unable to make either one of the events being held for Brianha Rojas, don't worry. There are other ways you can help donate.
"There is a Gofundme page that is linked on multiple Facebook accounts. We also have a Venmo account set up, and if you're local to the area and are friends or family or know us personally, we also accept cash or check donations as well," said Shawna Belusko, Briahna's aunt.
The benefit for Briahna Rojas continues Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. If you would like to donate to Briahna, click here.
Coming soon to WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/benefit-for-bibis-battle-luzerne-county-briahna-rojas-sharon-belusko-michelle-carylon-shawna-belusko-bibi-strong/523-cbe84e2c-81e4-47f5-8645-e6fbc32dde8d | 2022-07-24T03:11:16 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/benefit-for-bibis-battle-luzerne-county-briahna-rojas-sharon-belusko-michelle-carylon-shawna-belusko-bibi-strong/523-cbe84e2c-81e4-47f5-8645-e6fbc32dde8d |
TEXAS, USA — While seemingly all parts of Texas deal with a scorching hot summer, the state's prison system continues to have issues giving inmates and employees consistent access to air conditioning.
Temperatures inside Texas prisons regularly reach 110 degrees and topped out at 149 in at least one unit, according to a July study from the Texas A&M University Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center.
However, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), the agency said the average temperature of unit housing areas that do not have air conditioning in the month of June was 89.2 degrees. It also said the average for the first 11 days of July was 91.4 degrees. This is based on temperature taken in consistent sample areas from each unit, according to TDCJ.
Texas is one of at least 13 states that does not have universal air-conditioning in its state prisons. According to a risk management training article from TDCJ, someone can begin to feel the impact of heat exhaustion as low as 80 degrees. It also added the risk for heat stroke starts at 91 degrees.
The issue of how hot it can and does get in Texas jails has been an ongoing issue for years. In 2017, as part of a court order, Texas submitted a plan to move about 1,000 medically-sensitive inmates from the Pack Unit southeast of College Station, which is not air-conditioned, to other state jails and prisons that do have air conditioning. The plan came after a federal judge ordered air conditioning for the inmates in a scathing ruling against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in July.
At least 23 documented heat-related deaths of incarcerated people have also been recorded by the TDCJ since 1998, according to the Texas A&M study.
It wasn't until 20 years later that policy change related to heat came into the fold. In 2018, TDCJ mediated 10 lawsuits connected to heat issues and air-conditioning in its prisons. The agency would be legally required to put vulnerable incarcerated people in air-conditioned facilities. TDCJ also updated its heat mitigation policies.
As a part of this mediation, TDCJ implemented other changes as well for all inmates that involved creating cooled areas, providing water and ice, implementing additional showers when possible, allowing incarcerated people to wear cooler clothing options at times, and allowing the purchase of cooling items from the prison commissary, according to the Texas A&M study.
Since then, TDCJ said revisions were made on May 8, 2020, under the "Excessive and Extreme Temperature Conditions" category. Primary changes included adding language clarifying notification procedures once an offender is identified as at-risk. It also added language regarding offender access to respite areas and proper designation of the respite areas and the importance of prioritizing maintenance work orders to keep air conditioning units, shower temperatures, fans, ice machines, and other vital areas functional during excessive heat conditions. This revision codified processes that were already in place, according to TDCJ.
Of the state's nearly 100 prison facilities, 70% do not have air-conditioning, according to a 2021 Texas Tribune article.
The Texas A&M University Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center study looked at 309 surveys, which were distributed by the Texas Prisons Community Advocates to incarcerated people in 57 TDCJ units between October 2018 and December 2020.
The subjects covered in the surveys relate to:
- Experience with heat-related illness
- Experiences with heat restrictions.
- Knowledge of heat-related deaths
- The provision of resources (water, cups, ice)
- Access to and experience with showers
- Access to and experience with respite areas
- Access to and conditions of fans and other infrastructure
- Work-related experiences with heat
- Accessibility and availability of cooling commissary items
- Filing grievances
To read more about this study, click here. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-prisons-heat-issues-110-degrees-july-2022/287-9724faa7-9b6f-4661-9ca1-909c50b82b45 | 2022-07-24T03:18:09 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-prisons-heat-issues-110-degrees-july-2022/287-9724faa7-9b6f-4661-9ca1-909c50b82b45 |
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham Fire and Rescue are looking into an apartment fire that occurred Saturday afternoon.
According to Birmingham Fire Battalion Chief Hicks, the fire occurred at the 1200 block of 12th Court North. Only one apartment building was involved, there were no injuries reported.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Savannah Martinborough said she'd never seen someone so far underwater until her 7-year-old nephew Massiah Browne told her there was a kid at the bottom of the pool at WestLake Apartments in Sacramento.
Massiah said he first spotted the toddler stranded in the water on Tuesday and went to Savannah for help — that's when she told her nephew to pull the kid out of the water.
"He grabbed his arm and came back up with him," Savannah told ABC10.
Adults with CPR training then rushed in to save the toddler as the Sacramento Fire Department provided medical assistance.
The 3-year-old was breathing normally by the time he was transported to a hospital.
Swimming already for half his life, Massiah says he doesn't consider himself a hero for helping save the toddler.
"But my mom does," he said.
Massiah said you can follow his family on Instagram, @thebrownebrothers. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/7-year-old-saves-toddler-from-potentially-drowning/103-701baece-4df5-4351-b599-00f42d9dc582 | 2022-07-24T04:02:27 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/7-year-old-saves-toddler-from-potentially-drowning/103-701baece-4df5-4351-b599-00f42d9dc582 |
AURORA, Colo. — Ten years later, we're remembering the lives lost, the survivors, and the heroes involved in the Aurora theater shooting.
People impacted by that tragic day put on a 5K Saturday called "The Hero's Journey."
The starting line for the race was across from the theater where 12 lives were taken 10 years ago.
"We just knew with the memorial and the 10 year anniversary, we really wanted to support everyone that was involved that day," said Lisa Gaimara, who ran in the 5K.
Runners like Gaimara, born and raised in Aurora, already know the next five kilometers will be an emotional, but inspiring journey.
"It's amazing to see the community and everyone come together to do something like this today," she said.
It was Zack Golditch's idea to organize this 5K.
"This is the absolute most humbling moment of my entire life and I really can't thank you guys enough," he said. "Everyone's a hero in their own way and this is to commemorate and celebrate those people."
Zack is a survivor. He was just 17 years old when he called 911 for the first time ever, after being shot in the neck during the Aurora theater shooting.
"I wanted to get into the fire service because I always had a curiosity to see what that side would be like, being on the other side of the 911 phone call," he said.
Now, he's a first responder with South Metro Fire Rescue.
"When times get tough, there is light at the end of the tunnel. There is a finish line," said Golditch. "But then, once you reach that finish line, it doesn't just stop there. It moves on."
The finish line for this race was at the 7-20 Memorial's reflection garden. Race organizers said it symbolizes a journey from tragedy to hope.
"Along the way, you're going to meet encouragement," said Golditch. "You're going to meet support. You're going to meet a hero who might encourage you to finish this race."
He said this race is about everyday heroes.
"People don't get through those tough times alone and I think the people who are there for other people are the real heroes," said Golditch.
The proceeds from the race will go towards the Zack Golditch Opportunity Scholarship. It will benefit an Aurora Public Schools student.
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — The Williamson County Office of Emergency Management said Saturday evening that all evacuees asked to leave their homes due to the wildfire are now allowed to return.
Williamson County authorities first reported a 100-acre fire in Liberty Hill early Saturday afternoon. That fire has since burned through 500 acres and was 25% contained as of 9:12 p.m. The Texas A&M Forest Service tweeted minutes later that the forward progression of the fire had been stopped.
The fire started on Tower Road near Lake Georgetown. That's northeast of State Highway 29 and Highway 183. The Texas A&M Forest Service is calling it the San Gabriel Fire.
The Georgetown Fire Department confirmed that the fire had spread across the lake.
Residents within a two-mile radius of the fire were evacuated. Santa Rita Middle School was set up as a shelter for those being evacuated. The City of Liberty Hill said more than 1,600 residents were notified of the fire and 200 homes were evacuated.
The Georgetown Fire Department, the Liberty Hill Fire Department and the Texas A&M Forest Service are responding along with Travis County STAR Flight and other surrounding departments. A total of 22 agencies responded with nine aircraft and at least two helicopters.
The cause of the fire and any damage to structures is not known at this time.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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WACO, Texas — Texas heat is no joke. It's even tougher on your furry friends.
With temperatures north of 100 degrees seemingly everyday, there is a serious concern about pets walking on the hot ground.
"If you're not aware of it, your dog might have some unusual characteristics and might start kind of dancing on it a little bit trying to keep his paws off of it," Humane Society of Central Texas Communications Director Mike Gray said. "You know, the dog could turn, its behavior could alter you know. It could be hurting so bad that it might try to turn around and bite you to try to get away. Worst case, it could literally like get burned to where you have to take your dog to the vet."
There's been images of dogs with burned paws circulating the internet which has sparked some awareness. Some local pet owners are taking the necessary precautions to deal with the heat.
"They have one of those kiddie pools where they like run through and stuff and then we water the grass and we have trees so they just run along the edge with the trees," Shelby Hancock, owner of three dogs said. "But yeah, we don't like to leave them outside because it's way too hot for that."
Walking at cooler times of the day and walking in shaded areas are some precautions people can take but Gray suggests more options to avoid a trip to the vet.
"Those little shoes little doggy booties shoes can get formed work great," Gray says. "Some dogs war them better than others, but they're, you know, simply put them on they'll come around and they can walk on those and it's not going to burn their paws. I know we're under water restrictions right now. But what you can do is you know if your dogs are playing in the backyard or whatever or you have artificial turf, if you just hose it down, it'll cool that turf down about 14 degrees in there. They can play on it and not burn their paws." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/keeping-your-pets-paws-out-of-heat/500-f1ab53ee-05c4-4e40-87fd-662a44560f47 | 2022-07-24T04:08:22 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/keeping-your-pets-paws-out-of-heat/500-f1ab53ee-05c4-4e40-87fd-662a44560f47 |
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle serious injury crash that sent two drivers to a Fort Wayne hospital Saturday night, according to a news release.
Phillip Richmond, 26, of Montpelier, Ohio, was driving a 2010 Pontiac Vibe westbound on County Road H in Williams County about 7:15 p.m. Meanwhile, Bonnie Mills, 79, was driving a 2013 Nissan Sentra northbound on Ohio 49.
Richmond failed to yield the right of way at the intersection of County Road H and Ohio 49 and was struck by Mills. Both vehicles went off the west side of the roadway, law enforcement officials said.
Both driver’s sustained serious injury and were taken by air ambulance to Parkview Hospital. They each were wearing a seat belt, the release said.
Mills' hometown was not included in the release. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/ohio/ohio-crash-sends-2-to-hospital-with-serious-injuries/article_7a02d120-0b01-11ed-a17d-27e299d37258.html | 2022-07-24T04:10:53 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/ohio/ohio-crash-sends-2-to-hospital-with-serious-injuries/article_7a02d120-0b01-11ed-a17d-27e299d37258.html |
The chart lists crimes through July 18 investigated by the Fort Wayne Police Department including burglaries, robberies and thefts from vehicles. Because of the department’s reporting policies, an attempted robbery or burglary is classified as an actual robbery or burglary, respectively. The listed addresses are those where crimes were reported and are not necessarily where the crimes occurred.
Sector 1B
7/13/22 11:20 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1200 N Harrison St.
Sector 3B
7/16/22 8:45 p.m. Theft from vehicle 600 W. Wayne St.
Sector 4B
7/13/22 7:09 p.m. Robbery South Lafayette St.
and East Jefferson Blvd.
Sector 11
7/13/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 4200 Coldwater Road
Sector 12
7/12/22 9:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1600 Rumsey Ave.
7/13/22 8 p.m. Burglary 1300 Sinclair St.
7/17/22 3 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1600 St. Marys Ave.
7/17/22 9 p.m. Theft from vehicle 10700 U.S. 33
Sector 14
7/14/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 5600 River Run Trail
Sector 17
7/15/22 6 a.m. Theft from vehicle 10000 Lima Road
Sector 21
7/15/22 6:46 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1400 Coliseum Blvd. N.
7/17/22 8 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1100 Edgewater Ave.
7/17/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1700 Hillside Ave.
Sector 22
7/17/22 12:30 a.m. Burglary 3000 Rockwood Drive
Sector 23
7/17/22 8 p.m. Theft from vehicle 6800 Forest Glen Court
Sector 24
7/15/22 2 a.m. Robbery 5700 St. Joe Road
7/15/22 5 p.m. Theft from vehicle 5600 Old Dover Blvd.
7/15/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2800 Northgate Blvd.
Sector 26
7/15/22 5 p.m. Theft from vehicle 6900 Crestview Drive
Sector 31
7/16/22 1:54 a.m. Theft from vehicle 1300 W. Washington Blvd.
7/16/22 1:54 a.m. Theft from vehicle 1300 W. Washington Blvd.
7/16/22 4:50 a.m. Robbery 1400 Swinney Ave.
7/16/22 6:36 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1300 W. Washington Blvd.
7/17/22 8:30 a.m. Burglary 1800 Broadway
Sector 32
7/15/22 7:37 a.m. Robbery 2000 Broadway
Sector 34
7/13/22 2:31 p.m. Theft from vehicle 3200 Taylor St.
Sector 35
7/13/22 11 p.m. Theft from vehicle 700 Candlelite Court
7/14/22 4 p.m. Robbery Paulding Road
and Fairfield Ave.
7/17/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 5500 South Wayne Ave.
Sector 36
7/12/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 900 Eastlawn Drive
Sector 44
7/13/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 3000 S Monroe St.
7/13/22 5 p.m. Theft from vehicle 4000 S. Lafayette St.
Sector 45
7/13/22 2:57 a.m. Robbery McKinnie Ave. and Smith St.
Sector 47
7/12/22 8:50 a.m. Theft from vehicle 7700 Southtown Crossing
7/13/22 11 p.m. Theft from vehicle 7600 W. Melody Circle
Sector 62
7/14/22 6 p.m. Theft from vehicle 8700 Spring Forest Drive
7/15/22 1:19 a.m. Theft from vehicle 300 Glen Cove Place
7/15/22 4:43 a.m. Theft from vehicle 9100 Spring Forest Drive | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/crime-reports/crime-reports/article_2ddddc74-089d-11ed-b4c5-a725cfc0c6ab.html | 2022-07-24T04:10:59 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/crime-reports/crime-reports/article_2ddddc74-089d-11ed-b4c5-a725cfc0c6ab.html |
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