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DALLAS — A man pushing a woman in a wheelchair across a Dallas road was killed in a hit-and-run, and the woman was critically injured Sunday night, police said.
The crash happened around 9:30 p.m. on Forest Lane at Cromwell Drive in Northwest Dallas.
A car heading east in Forest struck the man and woman, and the man died. The woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
The driver in the crash, a man, drove away from the crash but was later arrested on a charge of accident causing death and serious bodily injury. The suspect's name has not been released. The victims' names also have not been released by police.
Video from the scene showed the suspect's vehicle, a white Chevrolet Malibu, badly damaged with a broken front windshield and damage to the hood. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/dallas-car-crash-forest-lane-sunday-night-july-24-2022-man-pushing-woman-in-wheelchair-hit-and-killed-woman-critically-injured/287-347d7abb-819f-4231-a248-e5eb6f639a0a | 2022-07-25T13:58:53 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/dallas-car-crash-forest-lane-sunday-night-july-24-2022-man-pushing-woman-in-wheelchair-hit-and-killed-woman-critically-injured/287-347d7abb-819f-4231-a248-e5eb6f639a0a |
SAN ANTONIO — Four people wearing masks smashed their way into a sports collectibles store on the northwest side early Monday morning.
The crime happened at the Sports Card Plus on Lockhill Selma around 4 a.m.
The owner says he was alerted to the break-in by his security system. SAPD says the four masked suspects ransacked the store, throwing items in trash bags before leaving in a U-haul truck.
The owner does not know exactly what was taken but says the damage could end up being in the six figure range.
No arrests have yet been made and police are still investigating this crime. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/four-masked-thieves-smash-their-way-through-sports-collectibles-shop-police-say-crime-smash-and-grab/273-117ab47c-784d-4734-a72f-8ba457f14d0f | 2022-07-25T13:59:00 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/four-masked-thieves-smash-their-way-through-sports-collectibles-shop-police-say-crime-smash-and-grab/273-117ab47c-784d-4734-a72f-8ba457f14d0f |
NEDERLAND, Texas — Doctors believe a Nederland man is lucky to be alive after a freak accident turned into a near death experience.
Michael Richard is being described as a walking miracle after a fall left him with a 24-inch piece of metal sticking through his neck and head.
The incident happened on Wednesday. Richard was painting the roof of a home when he lost his footing and fell.
"Next thing I know is I'm on the ground, and I try to stand up, and I can't stand up,” Richard said
Richard landed on a piece of rebar that was sticking out from the ground. The metal impaled him in the neck and went through his head.
"Stuff like this doesn't happen very often, and it usually doesn't have a good outcome,” Richard said.
Richard feels that if not for the quick actions of the first responders who arrived at the scene, he might not have made it.
Nederland firefighters and an Acadian ambulance crew tended to Richard on the scene. Emergency crews had to use a bolt cutter to cut the rebar that was still stuck in the ground.
Richard was then loaded onto a stretcher and taken to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, where he went straight into surgery.
"Within an hour, I was out of surgery and in recovery,” Richard said.
Paramedic Ashley Thomason treated Richard on the way to the hospital.
"We can train for this all day long,” Thomason said. “This is like almost 20 years for me, and I've never seen anything like this, and I probably never will again."
Thomason feels that in a situation like Richard's, every second matters.
"The biggest thing was keeping him calm, stabilizing his neck and just getting him to the closest trauma center, so they could take over from there, and that's what we did,” Thomason said.
Doctors said the incident could have been worse.
"It was just millimeters from hitting the voice box,” Richard said. “I mean your spinal cord, your carotid arteries, just there's so much stuff that could've gone wrong. It didn't even penetrate my skull."
Richard is thanking those involved for saving his life.
“From the doctors and nurses, to the EMT techs, to the Nederland fire and rescue, that's all I saw was nothing but professionalism and people being as cool as a cucumber,” Richard said. “Doing what they had to do to try and make a situation better and not make it worse.”
Richard feels lucky to be alive. His injury has given him a new perspective on life.
"Life's short, you know, you need to tell people that you love them all the time, that you love them every day," Richard said.
The Nederland man believes God had his hands on him and the first responders who saved his life.
"All the time God is good," Richard said.
Richard has been painting for more than 30 years prior to Wednesday's incident. He had just gone back to work after having a double hernia surgery and will now have to go back into recovery.
While he recovers, Richard will not be able to work. His family set up a GoFundMe for anyone who would like to help.
Nederland man feels lucky to be alive after fall leaves metal rod impaled through his neck, head
Also on 12NewsNow.com ... | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/nederland-man-feels-lucky-to-be-alive-after-fall-leaves-metal-rod-impaled-through-his-neck-head/502-a7a4affd-d872-482c-9fb6-3b169c7271df | 2022-07-25T13:59:06 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/nederland-man-feels-lucky-to-be-alive-after-fall-leaves-metal-rod-impaled-through-his-neck-head/502-a7a4affd-d872-482c-9fb6-3b169c7271df |
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — An organization held a picnic in Luzerne County to promote awareness of a certain birth defect.
Sunday was the 2nd annual Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Picnic at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre.
NAZ CHD Awareness and Family Planning hosted the picnic.
CHDs are the most common type of birth defect, and this organization wants to teach the community more about it.
There was live music, vendors, a bouncy house and plenty of information about congenital heart defects.
"CHD kills just as many kids as all childhood cancers combined, but has the least amount of funding of all childhood illnesses, so we want to get awareness out there. So, that way, eventually, we can help get funding for CHD and get some answers as to what causes it and how we can help CHD kids and their families," said Autumn Biggs from NAZ CHD Awareness and Family Planning.
If you want to learn more about CHDs, click here.
See all of our latest health news stories at WNEP's Youtube page. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/bringing-awareness-congenital-heart-defect-birth-wilkes-barre-kirby-park/523-e2026fdb-7d58-4704-a5fb-a03ebdbe78f0 | 2022-07-25T13:59:09 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/bringing-awareness-congenital-heart-defect-birth-wilkes-barre-kirby-park/523-e2026fdb-7d58-4704-a5fb-a03ebdbe78f0 |
HOUSTON — What exactly was that lighting up the sky over Texas last night?
Several people were talking about it on social media and some even captured it on video.
According to the American Meteor Society, more than 200 reports of a fireball came in last night. The AMS says it happened at 10:24 p.m. and was visible in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Looking at their map, the biggest concentration of reports came from Texas, primarily the Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio areas, but some in Corpus Christi and even further south.
Though not confirmed as a meteor, there are three active meteor showers right now – the Southern Delta Aquariids, which peaks on July 29 and 30, the Alpha Capricornids, which peaks on July 30 and 31 and the Perseids, which peaks on August 11 and 12.
Did you see it? Or maybe your home surveillance captured images. If so, share photos and videos with us, by uploading it to us through the Near Me feature of our news app. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/what-was-that-lighting-up-the-sky-over-texas-sunday-night/285-0749c816-b020-4b4f-ad28-4908d6b5a5e8 | 2022-07-25T13:59:13 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/what-was-that-lighting-up-the-sky-over-texas-sunday-night/285-0749c816-b020-4b4f-ad28-4908d6b5a5e8 |
It's hot. But how does extreme heat affect us? Valley 101 explains all the ways
More than 300 people died last year from heat-related complications. Data collected over the past 50 years shows the average temperature in Phoenix has increased 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
On top of that, there are more days per year when the temperature climbs above 110 degrees in the Valley of the Sun. And the night temperatures have jumped 5.5 degrees, which means it's not cooling off when the sun goes down.
How does this extreme heat affect us? In this episode of Valley 101, we hear from medical professionals, social service workers and city officials about how metro Phoenix is battling high temperatures.
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Additional heat relief resources can be found at The Salvation Army and at St. Vincent de Paul.
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Jersey Shore beachgoers didn't seem to mind the 60-degree ocean temperatures. Instead, many got out of their chairs, put down their books, and waded into the waves to escape the brutal heat.
But more people in the water also means more chances for something to go wrong.
Some beach patrols up and down the South Jersey coast are reporting especially busy days amid this heat wave, which is striking as a national lifeguard shortage continues to thin their ranks. The combination has left some patrols feeling strained.
On Tuesday alone, the Cape May Beach Patrol logged 19 rescues, for everything from cut hands to serious shoulder injuries to a spine injury that required a swimmer to be helicoptered out, said Capt. Marty Franco.
Making the job more difficult: The squad completing these rescues is down about 20 guards, he said, and had even lighter staffing some days due to injuries and illnesses.
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If they were at full force, "we'd have more support on these rescues," Franco said. "Right now, our guys are really stepping up and doing a great job."
Polar plunge in July? Better bring a wetsuit if you're going to the Shore.
For the most part, the Jersey Shore is faring better than some other parts of the country, where a pandemic-exacerbated lifeguard shortage has caused beaches and pools to reduce their hours, cut back on swim lessons and other programs, or shutter entirely. In Philadelphia, for example, 12 public pools are closed for the third summer in a row because they don't have enough guards to staff them.
Meanwhile down the Shore, the vast majority of beaches are open and bustling, with guards on the stand from morning to night.
Behind the scenes, however, beach patrol officials say they are losing candidates to other summer jobs that offer less risk and higher pay. At some beach patrol headquarters, they say they're stressed as they put together the guard schedules, especially looking ahead to August, when some staffers return to college.
"The general public, they aren't aware of the difficulty we're having in staffing," said Renny Steele, chief of the Sea Isle City Beach Patrol, which is down about six guards.
To make up for the decreased staffing and keep all beaches open, he said, about 25 guards are working six days a week.
"We're providing the same services, but at what cost?" Steele said. "And when I say cost, I'm not talking about dollars. I'm talking about guards getting worn down, getting sick, and so on. It's not easy sitting in the sun eight to 10 hours a day."
For Philly workers doing some of the hottest jobs, there's no escaping the heat
As folks tried to stay cool in Atlantic City during the heat wave, all beaches were open and buzzing by 11 a.m., Chief Steve Downey said, despite his beach patrol being down 20 guards.
In terms of events and crowds, which appear back to pre-COVID levels, "it's as crazy a summer as we've had in a long time," he said.
Still, the patrol's rescue numbers haven't been particularly high, Downey said Tuesday. But, given the heat wave, that could change.
He trusts his guards, a crew as well-trained and athletic as any he can recall, to handle whatever the rest of the summer brings, he said.
Recruiting can be especially challenging in Atlantic City, where guard pay starts at about $125 for an eight-hour day, Downey said; wealthier Shore points like Avalon pay lifeguards as much as $40 more a day.
"It's not an easy job here," Downey said. "It's Atlantic City. It's a party town."
Downey said they are seeking better ways to recruit, including through a junior lifeguard program and relationships with area swim clubs and sports teams.
In Wildwood and neighboring North Wildwood, the beach patrol chiefs say they've had success recruiting in similar ways, with no guard shortages in either town.
The Shore weathered the pandemic, but changed in the process
Bill Ciavarelli, chief of the North Wildwood Beach Patrol, attributes part of the success to building relationships with new homeowners whose children are interested in lifeguarding.
"We said, 'Hey, we got to keep these kids engaged,'" he said.
Ciavarelli makes a point to introduce himself to and build relationships with new resident families, he said, and young people can get into the lifeguard pipeline as early as fourth grade through North Wildwood's junior lifeguard program.
Of the 27 rookie lifeguards this year, 20 were junior lifeguards, Ciavarelli said.
Other towns are hoping they can attract more qualified applicants in future summers.
A couple of decades ago, 60 to 70 people might try out to be a Sea Isle lifeguard over the course of the summer, said Chief Steele. Now, that number isn't even 35, and not everyone passes the strict physical test to qualify.
"It's hard to find somebody who is athletic enough," he said.
Still, "Sea Isle is business as usual," Steele said, noting the beach patrol has maintained a less-than-two-minute response time to medical emergencies on the island.
But "if the trend continues," he added, "who knows what is going to happen down the road." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/at-jersey-shore-short-staffed-beach-patrols-deal-with-a-heat-wave-thats-sending-more/article_385438ca-0a9f-11ed-9a71-9b5cfa8e4268.html | 2022-07-25T14:16:31 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/at-jersey-shore-short-staffed-beach-patrols-deal-with-a-heat-wave-thats-sending-more/article_385438ca-0a9f-11ed-9a71-9b5cfa8e4268.html |
BRIDGETON — Two 18-year-olds face weapons charges after they each were found with loaded guns during an early Monday morning traffic stop.
Police pulled over a 2011 Dodge on S. East Avenue and Terrace Street, where they encountered Joel Rivera and Dallas Carper, both Bridgeton, police said.
Carper, of Bridgeton, was removed from the car and found with a loaded Patmos 9mm handgun. Rivera, also of Bridgeton, was found with a loaded Sarsilmaz 9mm handgun, police said.
Carper is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a defaced firearm. Rivera is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a defaced firearm, possession of a high-capacity magazine and contempt, police said.
Both were taken to the Cumberland County jail, police said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pair-face-weapons-charges-following-bridgeton-traffic-stop/article_22bf5a94-0c20-11ed-8161-c3d6f68ee595.html | 2022-07-25T14:16:37 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pair-face-weapons-charges-following-bridgeton-traffic-stop/article_22bf5a94-0c20-11ed-8161-c3d6f68ee595.html |
Sacramento police were no stranger to the tidy Victorian at 1426 F Street. As they went up the steps of the blue-green home on Nov. 11, 1988, a miniature windmill turned lazily in the neat, flower-filled front yard and birds chirped from a decorative wishing well. The officers knocked, and a slight, white-haired woman in coke-bottle glasses opened the door: the landlady, Dorothea Puente.
Police asked if she had seen 51-year-old Alvaro Montoya recently; Montoya was developmentally disabled and his social worker was worried after losing contact with him for weeks. His last known location was as a tenant in Puente’s home. She said she didn’t know anything about Montoya’s whereabouts but gave permission for the officers to search the property. It wasn’t long before they noticed a patch of disturbed soil in the yard.
An officer asked Puente if they could excavate her garden. “Dig in my yard,” she shrugged. “I don’t know what’s out there.”
They dug, and within minutes, they were met by a stomach-churning find: the decomposing body of a woman. In the flurry of calling detectives and forensic teams, Puente, dressed in a long, red coat and carrying a bright pink umbrella, slipped out.
A few hours later, Sacramento police Lt. Joe Enloe spoke with the media gathered at the growing crime scene on F Street. As body after body came out of the ground, Enloe admitted they had no idea where Puente was.
“She went for a walk,” he said, “and never came back."
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Dorothea Helen Gray Puente was born in Redlands, California, on Jan. 9, 1929. Her childhood was marked by tragedy. Her father died of tuberculosis when she was eight, and her mother died in a motorcycle crash a few days after Christmas the next year. The children were sent to an orphanage.
By 16, Puente was doing sex work out of a motel to survive. As World War II came to a close, she started seeing 22-year-old soldier Fred McFaul. A few months later, they married in Reno. On their marriage certificate, Puente listed herself as 30-year-old Sherriale A. Riscile.
"She could pass for anyone she wanted to be by the way she acted. Riscile? That was a name she made up, I think,” McFaul said in 1988. “I don't know where she'd come up with this s—t, out of a clear blue sky."
There was very little married bliss for the McFauls. They had two children, but one was sent to live with family in Sacramento and the other was adopted. In 1948, Puente was arrested in Riverside for passing forged checks; McFaul filed for divorce and Puente went to jail.
The ensuing two decades were a cyclone of marriages, arrests, prison sentences and schemes. She served time for running a brothel in Sacramento and gained a reputation with law enforcement for sneakily cashing benefits checks mailed to her tenants. To avoid probation officers, Puente frequently used fake identities, including telling people she was an Egyptian Israeli woman named Teya Singoalla Neyaarda. Husband No. 4, Pedro Angel Montalvo, knew her as a doctor-actor from a “big Mexican family.” Their marriage was driven into the ground due to her spending habits. "She wanted new pantyhose every day,” Montalvo complained to the Sacramento Bee. “She thought she was rich."
In 1968, she married Roberto Jose Puente, whose name she would keep longer than the marriage. Sixteen months after the wedding, the relationship was over. Now in her 40s, Puente transformed her appearance. She’d always been known for her brassy, sexy makeup and dress, but suddenly she began wearing baggy, modest clothes and stopped dying her hair. She told new acquaintances she was a devoted Christian and loved serving her community in Sacramento by opening up her lovely home on F Street. She took in homeless individuals and people struggling with alcoholism and mental health issues. She hosted AA meetings, and local social workers knew her as a reliable placement for their clients.
In 1982, a tenant named Ruth Munroe died in Puente’s house. The coroner ruled Munroe died of an overdose of codeine and acetaminophen. In an interview with investigators, Puente said Munroe was despondent and likely intentionally overdosed. The death was ruled a suicide.
Not even a month later, police returned to the boarding house after another tenant, a 74-year-old retiree, said Puente had drugged him. While drugged, he claimed she’d stolen from him. Puente, who had been given several years’ probation in 1978 for cashing dozens of her tenants’ benefits checks, was sentenced to five years’ jail time.
Bored in prison, Puente found herself a pen pal, 77-year-old Oregon resident Everson Gillmouth. When she was released in 1985 after serving three years, Gillmouth drove down to California to pick her up. He expected they would marry soon after.
But in November 1985, Gillmouth fell off the map. Puente hired a worker to help her do some small renovations around her house, including constructing a 6-foot-by-3-foot box with a lid. She said it was for some trash she wanted to discard. When the worker returned the next day, she asked him to put the heavy box in the back of his pickup truck so they could dump it on the side of the road. They drove down Garden Highway into Sutter County, where Puente picked a spot by the Sacramento River to leave the box.
Two months later, on New Year's Day 1986, a fisherman saw what looked like a floating coffin in the water. Wisely, he decided not to open the box and instead called 911. Police discovered a dead man inside. It would be another three years before Gillmouth’s body was identified; his unsuspecting family was still receiving letters on his behalf, written by his new girlfriend Puente.
Finally, though, the walls closed in on Puente. In November 1988, police arrived at her home to look for Montoya. As they excavated her backyard, they found seven bodies, most wrapped in sheets or tarps. One body had been there so long the growing roots of a peach tree had curled around it. They were identified as Leona Carpenter, 78; Montoya, 51; Dorothy Miller, 64; Benjamin Fink, 55; James Gallop, 62; Vera Faye Martin, 64; and Betty Palmer, 78. Distressed neighbors told the media they had complained for months about the smell emanating from the neatly kept backyard. "We couldn't stand it,” one told the San Francisco Examiner. "It definitely was something dead. It had a sweet, sickly smell." When confronted, Puente said it was just fertilizer.
That was not the only red flag about Puente’s boarding house. A neighbor said Puente was territorial about the property — "If somebody walked on her lawn, she'd cuss at them in language that would make a sailor blush," they said — and a taxi driver who regularly picked Puente up so she could run errands said she claimed she had a “cursed” room in her home where “people died … all the time of bleeding ulcers.” Her tenants always seemed to be disappearing, but because Puente often took in struggling or addicted people, when social workers asked after them, she just said they must have moved along.
One Sacramento social worker wept as she talked to the Examiner. "I've done placement with homeless people, helped them get their money and stabilize their lives,” she said. “Now I wonder if they would have been better off if they'd stayed homeless."
Meanwhile, a manhunt gripped the region as the innocuous-looking landlady walked away from the scene. She made it down to Los Angeles, where she immediately found her next mark: an older gentleman at a bar. While chatting him up, the man recognized her from television coverage of the murders and called police.
When Sacramento TV station KCRA learned Puente had been picked up in LA, they flew down in a private jet to cover the story. Eager to get her charged back in Sacramento, detectives asked KCRA if they could take the chartered plane back up with Puente in tow. KCRA agreed on the condition they could interview Puente on the flight back. Detectives wouldn’t allow any questions directly related to the murders, so the interview was short and strange. Puente said she used to do extensive volunteer work and, putting on a faraway expression, murmured almost theatrically, “I used to be a very good person at one time.”
She was charged with the murders of eight tenants, including the previously-ruled suicide of Munroe, and her onetime boyfriend Gillmouth. Prosecutors alleged she drugged each one, strangled them and then continued to collect their benefits. She hired day workers to dig holes in her backyard, and then surreptitiously dumped the bodies and refilled the holes. After a month of deliberation, the jury returned a guilty verdict on three of the nine counts of murder. It was enough, at last, to put her in prison for the rest of her life.
Puente died in the Chowchilla women’s prison in March 2011. She was 82.
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The home at 1426 F Street has become a ghoulish monument to Puente. Upon her death, the home was sold at public auction for $215,000. The couple who bought it have played up its tragic past, sometimes displaying a mannequin of Puente outside and putting up a plaque that reads: “Trespassers will be drugged and buried in the yard.” Patches of artificial lawn cover the yard where once Puente buried her victims.
As for Puente, she was cremated after death. The location of her ashes is a mystery.
"She served as a living illustration of the notion that one cannot judge a book by its cover," former Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness said when Puente died. "The epitome of evil without a trace of evil appearance." | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/california-serial-killer-dorothea-puente-17318261.php | 2022-07-25T14:16:46 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/california-serial-killer-dorothea-puente-17318261.php |
SOMERS POINT — A 54-year-old city man crossing Route 52 on Saturday night was fatally struck and killed by a car headed westbound, police said.
The crash happened in front of the Economy Motel Inn & Suites, police said.
The man was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, where he later died from his injuries.
The man's name was not immediately released.
The driver, a 54-year-old woman from Mount Laurel, Burlington County, and her 85-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries, police said.
Neither speed nor impairment are suspected of causing the crash, police said.
The crash is being investigated both by city police and the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office Fatal Collision Unit.
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The Prosecutor's Office deferred questions about the man's identity to city police. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/somers-point-man-dies-after-being-hit-while-crossing-route-52/article_49c34906-0c17-11ed-9478-f7eec75108c9.html | 2022-07-25T14:16:48 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/somers-point-man-dies-after-being-hit-while-crossing-route-52/article_49c34906-0c17-11ed-9478-f7eec75108c9.html |
Mike Green has been playing his music in venues around Northwest Indiana for years.
The Crown Point resident, a former drummer who became a singer-songwriter, is now chasing the big time with the help of a former bandmate and friend. Tony Bailey sold his home to bankroll a record label to try to get Green's work out in front of more people.
Dessy Records in Lowell recently released Green's debut pop rock album "No Guarantees," which he recorded in Nashville with The Avett Brothers and Dashboard Confessional drummer Mike Marsh, a personal hero of his. Marsh produced and played drums on the record.
"He's a really great guy and a great producer," Green said. "We recorded last April when the pandemic shut everything down. If it wasn't for that, we wouldn't have had the opportunity. He had to stop touring and posted a video on how he would lay down drum tracks for songs, which I saw because I follow him because I'm a huge fan of his. He was available thanks to the pandemic, so we set it all up for a week at the end of April. He laid down all the drum tracks on the album."
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Bailey helped finance his friend's dream of releasing an album of his original music. They played together in the Region band Hollow Point in the 1990s, with Bailey serving as lead singer and Green playing the drums for a rap-rock act akin to Rage Against the Machine.
"We've been friends for nearly 30 years," he said. "After we broke up, me and Green stayed close together. He started teaching himself guitar. Year in and year out, he started getting a little better and a little better. Three, four, five years later, he was playing solo shows. He really grew as an artist. I kept hearing how good he was, and I was always in agreement."
Green plays venues all over Northwest Indiana, Illinois and Southwest Michigan, including Aftermath Cidery, Tabor Hills Winery, Fair Oaks Farms, Northwood Falls, Catch Table and Tap, White Hawk Country Club and Lemon Creek Winery.
"Every song of his sounded like it should be on the radio," Bailey said.
But it seemed like an unattainable dream for him to get signed to a major record label.
"There aren't a lot of major labels that will sign a 40-something-year-old debut artist," Bailey said. "I'm not saying it has never happened, but it seems pretty unlikely. I had to work in the morning and was lying awake in bed, saying 'What if I started a record label?' So I called Mike and said, 'What if I start a record label and we recorded a new album?' He was all for it, and it got the ball rolling."
There was one hiccup. Bailey would need funds. But he had an idea: He could sell his house.
"To be honest with you, I felt crazy. I felt like I was taking a very big risk," he said. "That being said, I also believe 100% in Mike and his music and his songwriting ability. In my eyes, he's among the best."
They initially hired a local producer to try to make an album but weren't pleased with the results. They were hoping for something radio-ready and decided to pursue other avenues after sinking about $4,000 into it.
"For the amount of money, it was not working. It was not sounding right," he said. "The effort was there. He was doing his best. It just wasn't sounding right."
Then they learned that Mike Marsh would record drum tracks for musicians when the pandemic shut touring down. They reached out and asked what his fee would be to produce a full album.
"It was a pretty big number," he said.
Marsh agreed to offer a discount if they could record 10 songs in a week. So Bailey sold his house and they headed down to Nashville to record the record in Marsh's studio.
"He couldn't have been nicer. He couldn't have been more hospitable," Bailey said. "He loves Mike's songs, and it was amazing to have Mike Marsh on our album. He did long hours to grit it out take after take."
Green said he worked extensively with Marsh on refining his songs. The acclaimed drummer, who owns Papermill Studio in Music City, made suggestions such as changing the time signature or tempo.
"He brought out the best in the music," Green said. "We went there doing an eight-hour day on the first day. The second day ended up being 10 hours. After that, it was no less than 14 hours a day down to the last day. We got everything done. We ended up rewriting four of the songs where he was more like a co-writer."
They developed a friendship. Marsh gave him tickets to see his shows at Red Rocks in Colorado and the Chicago Theatre.
"It was really cool from the initial phone call to the production," Green said. "He is an unbelievably talented drummer and an even better person. He's super easy to get along with. We share the same goofy sense of humor, quoting movies and telling jokes. Hanging out with him is like hanging out with one of my friends. It was pretty cool. He's a super great guy and a great person. The only regret I have is I didn't get to watch him write the drum parts to the songs. I would love to pick his brain."
Green and Bailey got the album mixed and mastered before releasing it this year, making it available on all the major streaming platforms.
"Really it's a testament of the grit and wherewithal to keep going when the going is rough," Bailey said. "The beauty of our story is we didn't stop with the first go-around after the first recording didn't go well. We were able to stick it out. At the end of the day, I want to make sure this music is heard by the masses."
Bailey describes Green's sound as a mix of pop, country and indie rock.
"He plays acoustic shows, but that's the double-edged sword," he said. "He wants to get away from cover music and make original music, but there's this Northwest Indiana culture with bar owners where they only want cover bands. I'm so motivated to get my friend, this talented singer-songwriter, the chance to play from his library of great original music instead of sitting around and doing covers."
Green started playing the drums in the fifth grade and decided he wanted to pick up the guitar in high school. He would pick up the instrument during breaks at band practice or borrow a friend's acoustic guitar for a month, gradually learning the instrument while playing drums in Hollow Point.
"I got tired of staring at everybody's butts," he said. "I was a drummer in a very popular band, but people only recognize you if you're in the front."
He taught himself to play guitar in an unconventional way.
"I noodled here and there," he said. "I was a huge fan of Dave Matthews' first albums. I didn't know chord and chord names and couldn't read music. So in order to learn the songs, I would watch the concert DVD, pause it, count the frets and strings and look where he put his fingers. That's how I taught myself to play guitar. It probably would have been much easier to take lessons. But it seemed like the most accessible way to do it at the time. When I tell people that's how I learned, they think I'm crazy. But if you want to do something bad enough, you figure out a way."
After Hollow Point fizzled out, Green played for the Pearl Jam tribute band Even Flow and then started his own band. He began getting into songwriting and played his first solo acoustic show on St. Patrick's Day in 2004.
Since then, he's been playing somewhere in the Region almost every weekend. He regularly plays gigs at places like The Design Barn in Hebron, the 219 Taproom in Chesterton, Square Roots in Crown Point, Duffy's Place in Valparaiso, Luna Rooftop Bar in Chesterton, Evil Horse Brewing in Crete, Fuzzyline Brewing in Highland, Matey's in Michigan City and Casey's in New Buffalo. He's also played college shows at Indiana University and Purdue University and Chicago venues like the Elbo Room.
"I like to get my music out to as many ears as possible," he said. "You have to read your crowd. When they've had a few more drinks, they might be more outgoing and interested more in singalongs and crowd participation. You have to read your audience. You're not going to play reggae music in biker bars. The more willing the audience is to talk to me, the better the show turns out to be. It's better than when you're treated as background noise."
A versatile performer, he has a wide array of influences, including Tom Petty, Chris Stapleton, Will Hoge, Ben Harper, Bob Marley, Stone Temple Pilots and Nirvana.
Green loves writing his own songs, usually starting with the music and then writing lyrics to them. He sits down and works on different chord progressions, recording them on his phone and playing it on a loop. He sings gibberish to get a feel for what the song will sound like and how it will make people feel.
"If it's a sad song, I say, well, this is going to be a breakup song or a song about somebody passing away or missing somebody," he said. "There's times when I've written an entire song in 15 minutes. Other songs have taken more than a year to finish all the lyrics. I've got a dictionary and thesaurus. It's just chaos on my desk."
He'll start playing new songs at his show to get a feel for how the audience reacts. "No Guarantees" is a collection of his best cuts.
"Up until recently, most of my songs were based on relationships," he said. "I've gotten away from writing that way for fear of writing the same song 12 times. There's times where I get into a rut, where I seem like I keep writing sad songs, I force myself to write something more uptempo. I force myself to write something different in my head and recreate it on the guitar."
He's working on putting together the "best of the bunch" of songs for his next album.
"I'm glad I get to sing my own songs," he said. "The whole story is my trying to push to be successful with it in my 40s is almost unheard of. I guess that's another reason why there are no guarantees. Maybe Tony and I are crazy. I just want people to like my songs."
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MOBILE, Ala. — Sarah McMillian, a teacher from Kenosha School of Technology Enhanced Curriculum, was in Mobile, Ala., last week for professional development training related to We Build It Better’s science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics curriculum.
We Build It Better is a program to engage middle school students in a work-like STEAM environment. It is designed to help lay a foundation for students to understand the process of developing a new product and equips them with the skills needed to design and create an innovative solution to a real-world industry-based challenge.
Both KTEC campuses — East and West — employ the We Build It Better STEAM curriculum.
A total of 36 middle school teachers from Wisconsin, Alabama, California, Florida, Kansas and Mississippi convened at Flight Works Alabama on July 18 for the week-long program designed to enhance their proficiency in We Build lt Better’s STEAM learning system.
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“I’m most excited to turn my classroom into a work experience for the students. School is their job currently, so the skills they need to take into the workplace are essential,” McMillian said. “Our school emphasizes teaching 21st century skills. It’ll be great to see some of the connections between what we’re teaching them now and how it relates to the real world in their futures.”
She added that the program allows students to gain new experiences that might prove eye-opening.
“It’s important to expose kids and give them real-world opportunities. Otherwise, how do you know if you like something or could be good at it if you have never experienced it, she said. “This curriculum will allow our students to invent and create a product while learning about the design process, which is an invaluable experience.”
Teachers worked during the training to master the skills to transform their classrooms into Centers of Invention and Innovation, exercise product development by using industry-grade tools and equipment, become fluent in manufacturing and industry terminology and to begin or continue their journey to become subject matter experts in real-world business and manufacturing concepts and practices.
Activities during the specialized training included building a model Airbus A320 aircraft, designing and constructing an electric vehicle, and 3D printing their first invention. A total of 81 schools in five states taught the We Build It Better program in the 2021-22 academic year. Another 27 schools in six states are adopting the program for the 2022-23 school year, for a total of 108 schools in eight states. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/ktec-teacher-part-of-national-training-in-we-build-it-betters-learning-system/article_d02822a8-0b60-11ed-adac-c7ef63b831c4.html | 2022-07-25T14:25:00 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/ktec-teacher-part-of-national-training-in-we-build-it-betters-learning-system/article_d02822a8-0b60-11ed-adac-c7ef63b831c4.html |
Heat wave could break today, but a heat advisory has been issued; severe thunderstorms possible
PROVIDENCE -- After high temperatures have exceeded 90 degrees for almost a full week, the heat wave could break today, but it won't feel like it.
As part of a changing weather pattern, the region could also see strong thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service.
The temperature in Providence is expected to reach 88 today, the Weather Service says. That would mark the first time since last Monday, the temperature didn't climb higher than 90 degrees.
Starting Tuesday of last week, daily high temperatures hit 93, 96, 93, 95, 97 and 98, according to the Weather Service, which defines a heat wave as at least three days in a row with the temperature at 90 degrees or higher.
With a high of 98 degrees Sunday, Providence smashed the previous record for the day of 94 degrees, set in 1933. The high in Boston reached 100 degrees, breaking the record of 98 for that city, set in 1933.
Although the heat wave could technically end for Providence today, the Weather Service has issued a heat advisory through 5 p.m., saying heat index values could reach 95 to 98 for northern Rhode Island, as well as parts of eastern and southeastern Massachusetts.
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"Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses to occur," the Weather Service says. "Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances."
Strong to severe thunderstorms are also possible today, according to the Weather Service.
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"Oppressive heat and humidity continues today for portions of southern New England. Scattered showers and thunderstorms develop today, especially in the afternoon and evening, as a cold front approaches," the Weather Service says in its forecast discussion.
"Strong to severe storms are possible, along with heavy downpours. The heat wave then breaks Tuesday and Wednesday, with much lower humidity along with dry and warm conditions," the Weather Service says. "Another frontal system brings a chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday and/or Friday along with increasing humidity. Drier air moves in for the weekend."
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Veterans Voice: Navy vet left his mark as a philanthropist
With the death of World War II Navy veteran Bob Galkin on July 13, two months short of his 96th birthday, the ranks of the Greatest Generation have been thinned again.
Full disclosure: Bob Galkin was a close personal friend. He and his brother Warren were my mentors in the two-decade quest to bring an aircraft carrier into Narragansett Bay as a family attraction, education/workforce development center and museum.
Bob, Warren and their family foundations made major contributions to this effort, as well as to the Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame.
“He was a wildly successful businessman, world traveler, spontaneous poet, and first man on the dance floor for over seven decades,” is how good friend Bill Maddox described Bob.
Bob made another mark as a philanthropist. A number of Rhode Island nonprofits will surely miss his generosity.
Bob successfully completed the Electronics Training Program, which was described in 1949 as “the most intense and difficult ever given to enlisted servicemen."
You’d never know that if you listened to Bob describe his Navy service. It was always humorous, and usually self-deprecating. Granted, the war ended before he was able to put that training to practical use, but the fact that he successfully completed it is an accomplishment in itself.
Early days
Bob was born Sept. 18, 1926 to Arthur and Shirley Galkin. Bob’s grandfather, Sam Galkin, had been born and raised in Sevastopol in the Crimea. Sam brought his Russian Jewish heritage to America in the latter part of the 19th century.
Arthur Galkin started a small wastepaper recycling company in Providence in 1917.
Remember those old doormats our grandparents had that were made out of large rubber beads with holes in the center, strung on parallel wires to create a mat? Well, Arthur Galkin invented them, in 1925.
He wanted to expand the recycling business from just paper, so he bought reject rubber floor tiles from US Rubber and turned them into new products, such as those doormats.
Bob graduated from Hope High School with the class of 1944. He entered Brown University, but was drafted at the end of his first semester.
After the war Bob returned to Brown, graduating in 1949 with a bachelor's in international relations, having spent a semester at Oxford on the GI Bill.
He immediately joined his father’s business, which by then had two divisions. One manufactured mats, matting and stair treads, primarily from recycled remnants from companies such as US Rubber. The second division manufactured beach and travel bags.
Bob went into sales, which at the time were limited to customers in the Northeast.
In 1952 he married Wini Blacher, who had just graduated from Pembroke. They traveled the country together, developing new markets and hiring salesmen to cover them. This trip turned Natco into a national company selling to most of the major chain stores.
“As a businessman, Bob was intelligent, creative, innovative and fearless,” said daughter Debby.
Brother Warren, now 93, joined Natco in 1957, after serving on active duty as an engineering officer in the Navy.
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Giving back
In recent years, Bob and Warren cut back on their active roles and became chairman and vice chairman of the board. Bob’s son-in-law, Mike Litner, took over as president.
This allowed the Galkins to travel the world with their families, as well as to become more involved in the community.
Through the Robert Galkin Private Foundation, they made major gifts to education, health and cultural institutions throughout the state.
He was active in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island and a board member of Progress for Providence, serving inner-city, underprivileged groups.
The Preservation Society of Newport County also recognized the Galkins for their volunteerism.
Bob’s Navy career
Bob turned 18 in 1944, and his draft number came up during his freshman year at Brown. He learned that the Navy was testing college students for suitability to work in the newest fields of electronics. His mother, Shirley, encouraged him to go that route.
“I have no interest in practical science and have never studied it,” he told her. “I don’t know an amp from an ohm.”
Shirley Galkin fixed that. She set him up with a family friend; Bob prepared by studying electronics after school at WJAR radio. This enabled him to pass the Eddy Test, given by the Navy to potential electronic technicians.
He was accepted into the Electronics Training Program. After basic at Great Lakes Training Center, Bob went to Chicago for pre-radio school at the Theodore Herzl Junior College. This four-week curriculum was designed to weed out those not suited for the technical and academic challenges to follow.
The failure rate was high; only about 40% successfully completed this course.
“I graduated from Herzl and was ordered to Gulfport, Mississippi,” recalled Bob.
Primary school compressed the major topics of the first two years of a normal electrical engineering curriculum into three months. The courses in Gulfport were very challenging. “As the course became more sophisticated, my scores were perilously close to the bottom … those sailors who had slightly poorer test results than I were immediately transferred to the Pacific.”
With the filtering of pre-radio and primary, only very capable students made it into secondary school. This was where the sailors learned how to service and repair the actual pieces of equipment they would work with in the fleet.
This meant a return to Chicago for Bob, whose secondary school took place on Navy Pier.
Much of the equipment studied was classified Secret. The instructional compounds were all under 24-hour guard by armed Marines.
Bob Galkin goes to sea
After months of training on the Navy’s most sophisticated electronics gear, designed to detect enemy planes in the air and enemy subs beneath the sea, Bob was assigned to a rescue tug that plied the Gulf of Mexico, where there were no enemy planes or subs to worry about.
USS ATR-55 did not even have a real name, just a number. The tug displaced 850 tons, was 165 feet long, and carried a crew of five officers and 55 enlisted men.
His very first night at sea, he was assigned to wheel watch, responsible to keep his tug on a specific compass heading after they left Lake Charles and headed into the Gulf. Here’s how Bob described it.
“We were now out of sight of land and the weather became very windy with a rainstorm and rough seas.” He was holding onto the wheel for dear life, and was so dizzy he could not see the compass.
“Finally one of the officers came by to check the course and was shocked to see me just hanging on and obviously out of control. He corrected our course and found we had just two feet of water over the rocky bottom. He changed course and called for some help to get me to sick bay. I was out cold on the deck.”
After he recovered, he was told to report to the captain.
”He was smiling and said, ‘You aren’t much of a sailor, getting seasick on your first day at sea.’ ”
For the rest of his time aboard, Bob was the ship’s librarian and entertainment manager, and the "head captain" — responsible for cleaning the toilets.
“I enjoyed my life aboard the ship and the war was won without my help,” he recalled later.
Patron of naval and aviation history
I first met Bob Galkin in 1999, shortly after the Saratoga Museum Foundation announced its plan to bring the retired aircraft carrier to Quonset, similar to the Intrepid in New York. The newspaper included in its writeup a plea for office space. Bob called and offered us space, rent-free, at Natco’s Factory Street mill in West Warwick.
From that point on we became fast friends, and over time Bob, Warren and their wives became enthusiastic participants in a number of naval and aviation events and activities.
In the summer of 2001 the Saratoga Foundation arranged for Bob and Warren to participate in a Distinguished Visitor Embark. That consisted of a flight out to an aircraft carrier conducting training exercises off the Atlantic coast, and the opportunity to spend about 36 hours aboard watching our sailors and air crews in action. They would then be catapulted off the carrier for the return flight to Norfolk.
Bob was thrilled. On Aug. 31, 2001, he and Warren flew out to the USS George Washington.
“It was an exhausting, exhilarating and wonderful experience,” he wrote. “We saw America at its best. Young people with talent working hard to protect and project American influence around the globe.”
Ten days later, the attacks of 9/11 took place.
Bob helped with the rescue of artifacts from the USS Cabot, the last World War II aircraft carrier. He and Warren supported the restoration of the “Ted Williams Airplane,” a rare F9F Panther jet, the same type flown in combat in Korea by the baseball legend.
Bob and Warren were patrons of the 2004 Cold War at Sea conference, cosponsored by Saratoga Museum Foundation, the U.S. Naval War College and Brown University’s Watson Institute.
They were patrons of the Aviation Hall of Fame’s induction dinner every year. In 2017, that group renamed one of its awards in recognition of the many years of support and valuable contributions made by Robert and Warren Galkin.
The Galkin Award is given annually to someone whose contribution to aviation included an advancement of the field, be it though technology, design, implementation, exploration, bold initiative and/or risk-taking.
Launching a new career at 89
Trying to fight off depression caused by the illness and death of Wini in 2015, Bob began yet another career at age 89. Combining a fertile imagination with 75 years worth of travel and adventure experiences, Bob began writing action novels.
Daughter Debby wrote, “Over the past six years, he’s completed 24 novels (that’s not a typo), six screenplays and came close (twice) to making a Hollywood film.”
He formed a new company, Galkin Entertainment, to publish the books and manage the movie rights.
To put this prodigious output in perspective, consider that Ian Fleming of James Bond fame completed 11 Bond novels between 1953 and his death in 1964. A twelfth, half finished, was completed by another author and published after his death.
Calendar
Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m., learn to catch, shuck, and cook your own shellfish at North Kingstown Town Beach. Everything is free to service members, veterans, and their families. The Providence Vet Center is teaming up with Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife Outdoor Education and local shellfisherman Jody King (USMC) to offer this opportunity. No RSVP needed. Contact Justyn Charon at (401) 739-0167 or Justyn.Charon@va.gov
Aug. 5, 11 a.m., RING retirees reunion/luncheon; Quonset Officers Club, 200 Lt. James Brown Rd., North Kingstown. Contact Bob Antonelli, (401) 837-6028 or bob02909@cox.net.
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ALBANY -- The Chestatee River is there somewhere. It shows on the map winding through the hills just south of Dahlonega in north Georgia. “Chestatee” is on road signs along U.S. Highway 19. But the river is hard to see from a public road, and you can’t hear its rushing water.
It’s no wonder the river is elusive. Foreboding signs are all around the river. No Trespassing. No Fishing. No River Access. No Parking. No Turnaround. Private Road.
Welcome to The Land of No.
The state has forever been a champion of property owners, and the might of landowners is showing up around the state's rivers and streams. Sections of waterways have been walled off from kayakers, tubers and anglers because public access is denied in long stretches of shoreline. It might seem absurd to be in the middle of the wilderness and see a “No Fishing” sign nailed to a tree leaning out over the river 20 feet above the water.
The Georgia Wildlife Federation, the Flint Riverkeeper, and the Altamaha Riverkeeper are pushing back on “No.” They wrote a public letter, which is making the rounds to state agencies and legislators decrying the increasing lack of public access to waterways in the state.
“In recent years a growing number of landowners and those leasing ‘fishing rights’ from them are seeking to limit the public’s access to our rivers and streams as anglers," the letter says. "‘No Fishing’ signs have popped up all over Georgia next to our free-flowing rivers, whose populations of fish have been managed and protected by dedicated public servants. Those dedicated public servants’ salaries and resources are paid by those that hunt and fish, not by those that own land. Our access to these rivers is via boat ramps that are more often than not paid for by hunters and anglers.”
The issue is especially frothy on the Flint River where anglers hunt the internationally famous shoal bass in an area known as Yellow Jacket Shoals. One sign popped up along the banks saying fishing is by permit only, or not at all.
Mike Worley, the president and CEO of the Georgia Wildlife Federation, said he was getting calls from anglers caught off guard by “No Fishing” signs on the Flint.
“They said they’ve been able to fish this stretch of the river for years and all of a sudden there are no fishing signs,” Worley said. “We wrote the letter saying that it’s time for us to really take a stand that these stretches of river can’t be closed to fishermen.”
Worley said property owners contend they own the bottom of the river from the shore to the centerline of the river. The state statute, he said, maintains that if a river is determined to be navigable, the private landowner only controls to the low watermark, or to that water at his ankles, which is where the fish typically are not.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Enforcement is siding with the anglers. The department’s Lt. Judd Smith said DNR would not be writing any citations for fishing on the Flint. It is considered a “navigable” waterway, and even if property owners show a deed that extends their property line into the water, they cannot restrict fishing or floating.
Smith said even if a property owner has deed to both sides of the Flint, they cannot restrict fishing.
“The landowner certainly is within their rights to say no trespassing; you can’t get out and go on to their land if they say you can’t,” Worley said. “But if law enforcement folks won’t write a ticket, it’s hard to make an argument that they have the right to say that you can’t fish there.”
Of course, property owners could take the law into their own hands, and one did with almost disastrous results. In 2020, Samuel Brewton III fired a gun at a family on a canoe ride on the Flint. He was found guilty of four counts of aggravated assault and is serving 10 years in prison and was fined $10,000. The Brewton family is a major landowner near Yellow Jacket Shoals and Brewton III considered the canoers trespassers.
Gordon Rogers, executive director of the Flint Riverkeeper, said he worries that the debate over who owns what on the Flint is not over.
“In our view, the situation with fishing rights is not settled law,” Rogers said. “You will hear some people say that it’s settled law in terms of how the rights are determined. Based on the advice of counsel, this area of the law is far from settled.”
A court fight is brewing, especially since property owners on the Flint have sold leases to fishing guides to what they assume is their property out on the water. The fishing guides, of course, charge for excursions.
It’s in the public interest for the issue to be resolved because the economic impact of outdoor recreation is significant.
Georgia ranks eighth among states in value added to a state’s economy by boating or fishing, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The study says the value added by the outdoor recreation economy is $10.8 billion.
While disputes on the Flint might be settled because of DNR’s pronouncement that it would not issue citations, it is far more muddled in north Georgia. Those waterways, such as the Toccoa, Chestatee, and Soque, are considered “non-navigable.”
That is a crucial distinction. The DNR’s Smith said a property owner on the Chestatee can post a “No Fishing” sign on their side of the river and have it enforced with a deed that extends to the middle of the river. If the property owner has deed to both sides of the river, say for a mile, they can post “No Fishing.” Anglers can then be cited for breaking the law if they drop a line in the water, Smith said.
What is important, he said, is that property owners cannot stop a kayaker from floating through, even if they own both sides of the water.
If the property owner on one side of the river says “No Fishing” they can enter into an agreement with the owner on the other side to restrict fishing in that stretch of the river, Smith said. But they cannot tell kayakers they cannot float through.
One of the problems with the “NO” surrounding the waterway vistas is that it is difficult to find riverside property owners to talk to about it. They are often behind locked gates, or they hang menacing signs warning “Beware of Dogs.” They often live down gravel roads with signs warning “Private Road” and “No Trespass.”
But just go on what they consider their property and you can find them, or they find you.
Stacy Jarrard, the sheriff of Lumpkin County, said he cannot recall a property owner calling his office about an angler on private property this year. If the sheriff is called, the office refers the property owner to DNR.
Some property owners feed the fish and help grow the fish population. Worley said he knows of landowners on Georgia streams that do private stockings of fish and manage that fishery. He does not want this issue to become so contentious that those property owners are alienated.
“If you look at our mission statement, it is promoting hunters and anglers and their relationships with private landowners,” Worley said. “This is a really important issue for us.”
Fees and taxes paid by anglers build boat ramps and stock streams with fish. Those assets are not collected through ad valorem taxes paid by property owners, Worley said, but by the users.
Jon Ron has been a Toccoa River Outfitter since 2007 in Fannin County. Juanita Edwards, who owns the business with her husband, Ron, said if property owners on the Flint succeed with restrictions the same thing could happen on the Toccoa and waterways in north Georgia.
“There’s not a way to be on this river without floating through some private property,” Edwards said.
She recalled a property owner on one stretch on the upper Toccoa who stretched a cable and signage across the water because he owned both sides of the river.
“He had guys on four-wheelers out there patrolling the river,” she said.
Worley and the Georgia Wildlife Federation do not want to be caught in the middle of a dispute between landowners, anglers and boaters.
“We work with private landowners to make sure that they can manage their lands for wildlife and we do some advisement with them,” he said. “But one of our primary roles is also to monitor and make sure that the interests of hunters, anglers and the public are served at the Capitol.” | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/the-power-of-no-trespass-warnings-on-georgia-rivers-roil-the-waters/article_0dec9420-0c1a-11ed-a61f-4748c5a81a98.html | 2022-07-25T14:33:00 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/the-power-of-no-trespass-warnings-on-georgia-rivers-roil-the-waters/article_0dec9420-0c1a-11ed-a61f-4748c5a81a98.html |
COMMERCE, Texas — The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued a Boil Water Notice for the city of Commerce, northeast of Dallas.
According to a social media post from Commerce officials, the city had to shut down their Water Treatment Plant for several hours early Sunday morning, causing a drop in the water pressure.
The pressure drop requires the city to issue a boil-water notice to block any harmful bacteria or other microbes. While officials say there's currently no evidence of contamination, the notice is in effect out of necessary precaution and in compliance with state regulations.
Officials from the public water system will let customers know when the water is safe to use regularly.
Residents are being told to boil their tap water before using it for drinking or any sort of consumption (cooking, ice making, washing hands/face, brushing teeth, etc.)
City officials say the water is safe to bathe and shower in.
To destroy any microbes, officials say the water should be set to a "vigorous rolling boil" for two minutes.
Other local news: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/commerce-texas-boil-water-notice-july-2022/287-3e885eb9-97f2-4b1b-8d6d-d64314bc9187 | 2022-07-25T14:34:22 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/commerce-texas-boil-water-notice-july-2022/287-3e885eb9-97f2-4b1b-8d6d-d64314bc9187 |
DALLAS — A man pushing a woman in a wheelchair across a Dallas road was killed in a hit-and-run, and the woman was critically injured Sunday night, police said.
The crash happened around 9:30 p.m. on Forest Lane at Cromwell Drive in Northwest Dallas.
A car heading east in Forest struck the man and woman, and the man died. The woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
The driver in the crash, a man, drove away from the crash but was later arrested on a charge of accident causing death and serious bodily injury. The suspect's name has not been released. The victims' names also have not been released by police.
Video from the scene showed the suspect's vehicle, a white Chevrolet Malibu, badly damaged with a broken front windshield and damage to the hood. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-car-crash-forest-lane-sunday-night-july-24-2022-man-pushing-woman-in-wheelchair-hit-and-killed-woman-critically-injured/287-347d7abb-819f-4231-a248-e5eb6f639a0a | 2022-07-25T14:34:29 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-car-crash-forest-lane-sunday-night-july-24-2022-man-pushing-woman-in-wheelchair-hit-and-killed-woman-critically-injured/287-347d7abb-819f-4231-a248-e5eb6f639a0a |
Andrea Hache of Henrico and her son Atticus, 4, shop at Kroger store in Short Pump, Va., on Friday, July 22, 2022.
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Shoppers pick their grocery at Kroger store in Short Pump, Va., on Friday, July 22, 2022.
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Shoppers picked out produce at the Kroger in Short Pump on Friday. Kroger, the nation’s largest traditional supermarket chain, and Walmart each have 18 stores in the region.
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Andrea Hache and her 4-year-old son, Atticus, shopped at the Kroger in Short Pump on Friday. In Food World’s study, Kroger ranked second in the region again with a 15.1% market share, down from 15.4% in 2021 and 16.2% in 2020.
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Shoppers pick their grocery at Kroger store in Short Pump, Va., on Friday, July 22, 2022.
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Richard and Joo Li Bernard, of Henrico, shop at Walmart in Glen Allen, Va. on July 23, 2022. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Meat and produce team lead Michael Abiskhiroon, who has worked at Walmart for the past 17 years, restocks and organizes the produce at Walmart in Glen Allen, Va. on July 23, 2022. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Meat and produce team lead Michael Abiskhiroon restocked and organized the produce at the Walmart in Short Pump on Saturday. Walmart held its spot as the No. 1 grocer in the area with 16.6% of the market share.
Overall sales of food and related items in the Richmond region for the 12 months that ended March 31 came in at $4.26 billion — up from $4.1 billion in the previous period, according to an annual market study by Food World, a Maryland-based grocery industry publication.
“This was kind of a year of holding on, and the holding on turned out to be more positive than a lot of retailers anticipated because they were able to gain greater sales through the inflationary price increases,” said Jeffrey W. Metzger, Food World‘s president and publisher.
The 12-month period ending March 31, 2021, was a period of skyrocketing sales due to COVID-19 and the tailwinds that retailers were able to gain from more in-store shopping or delivery without the usual impact of the food service.
But as schools and restaurants opened up more last year, that pandemic-related spike slowed down.
With no revolutionary market changes, the top 15 retailers in the Richmond region remained the same from the previous year’s report.
Walmart increased its sales and held its spot as the No. 1 grocer in the Richmond area with 16.6% of the market share, virtually unchanged from the previous year’s report. Walmart’s sales of food and food-related items was $706.7 million for the 12-month period ending March 31, a $28 million increase from the year prior.
Kroger, the nation’s largest traditional supermarket chain, ranked second in the region again with a 15.1% market share, down from 15.4% in 2021 and 16.2% in 2020. But year-over-year sales grew to $644.8 million, a $5.8 million increase from the prior period.
Kroger and Walmart each have 18 stores in the Richmond region, which includes Richmond, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan.
Food Lion, which has 49 stores in the region, sold $605.4 million of food and food-related items — a year-over-year increase of $14.5 million. The grocer ranked No. 3 in the Richmond region again.
Wawa and CVS ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.
Publix, which entered the Richmond scene in 2017, held its place at No. 6. The Florida-based grocer holds 5.8% of the market with 16 stores in the region.
Publix spokesman Jared Glover said Publix is “always” looking to grow across the area.
“Our success within the region is truly owed to our associates who are passionate about serving our customers,” Glover said in an email. “As owners, our associates deliver an engaging, personalized experience in a clean and pleasant shopping environment.”
With 396 retailers selling groceries in the region, the Richmond area is over-stored, Metzger said.
There’s “too much bloat,” Metzger said, but he’s not sure that it will cause a collapse.
“What you have is a battle of heavyweight retailers in the market. There’s very few independents left,” he said. “All of these companies are well-financed and for the most part — really I can say this for just about everybody — that Richmond is not the focus of their entire operation. So if they struggle in Richmond, that can be easily offset by many markets where they compete.”
With only seven new stores in the region, there was very little new store movement over the 12-month period. Aldi added one new location and now has 12 stores in the region. The extreme value discounter is ranked No. 13, with 2.2% of the market share.
“I think retailers were still climbing it out, going through all the COVID iterations and basically just trying to keep up. Retailers just had their noses down, trying to deal with all these issues,” Metzger said. “However, a lot of their challenges and why they kept their nose to the grindstone and didn’t do a lot of adventurous stuff, is because of the inability to get product because of supply chain difficulties.”
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Community colleges, which teach about 144,000 students across the state, are following the lead of most state universities, which will keep tuition flat for in-state undergraduates.
Shoppers picked out produce at the Kroger in Short Pump on Friday. Kroger, the nation’s largest traditional supermarket chain, and Walmart each have 18 stores in the region.
Andrea Hache and her 4-year-old son, Atticus, shopped at the Kroger in Short Pump on Friday. In Food World’s study, Kroger ranked second in the region again with a 15.1% market share, down from 15.4% in 2021 and 16.2% in 2020.
Meat and produce team lead Michael Abiskhiroon, who has worked at Walmart for the past 17 years, restocks and organizes the produce at Walmart in Glen Allen, Va. on July 23, 2022. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Meat and produce team lead Michael Abiskhiroon restocked and organized the produce at the Walmart in Short Pump on Saturday. Walmart held its spot as the No. 1 grocer in the area with 16.6% of the market share. | https://richmond.com/business/local/richmond-grocers-maintain-strong-sales-fueled-by-inflation/article_3ba0870c-f62b-5b4c-b84e-db9021b0af6e.html | 2022-07-25T14:35:17 | 1 | https://richmond.com/business/local/richmond-grocers-maintain-strong-sales-fueled-by-inflation/article_3ba0870c-f62b-5b4c-b84e-db9021b0af6e.html |
A Richmond police officer and the driver of a vehicle whom authorities said crashed while speeding away were shot and wounded early Monday after exchanging gunfire, police said.
The officer's injury is non-life threatening; the suspect's wounds are considered life-threatening, police said.
The incident unfolded about 3:26 a.m. when officers spotted a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed, police said. The vehicle crashed and the driver, who was believed to be the sole occupant, fled from the vehicle at the intersection of Commerce Road and Stockton Street.
"As an officer attempted to engage the driver in a nearby alley, there was an exchange of gunfire between the driver and the officer," Richmond police said in a statement.
Both sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Police said the department is conducting a thorough investigation and more information will be released at a later time.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call Major Crimes Detective J. Crewell (804) 646-5324 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. Tips also can be submitted using the P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones. All Crime Stoppers reporting methods are anonymous.
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Kennadi Griffis has grown used to the question.
The soon-to-be junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is often asked about the box of soil samples she keeps in her bedroom, or the long hours she spends scraping around the bottom of a shallow pit.
"I get the question a lot from my family and friends about what I spend all my time doing," Griffis said.
A member of UNL's Soil Judging Team, Griffis said the simple answer is analyzing and describing the ground under the landscape in any given place.
The longer answer explains how Griffis quickly became one of the top collegiate soil judges in the U.S., as well as why she'll spend the end of her summer vacation in Scotland beginning this week.
It starts with an introductory soil evaluation course — a requirement for environmental science majors at UNL — that put Griffis in a one-on-one meeting with Becky Young, one of the coaches of the university's Soil Judging Team.
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Young urged Griffis to join, Griffis agreed, and soon the Lincoln High graduate found herself at the bottom of practice pits on East Campus and elsewhere around Lincoln learning what a soil judge is by doing it.
There, she learned how to observe the topography of a site and what clues that might give to the soil underneath, as well as how to take stock of the color of the soil, its structure and texture, and study how quickly water can run through it.
The Soil Judging Team, while serving as a field experience for an advanced soil class, has the goal of producing well-rounded soil judges, but members will often begin to specialize in a particular discipline.
Some have the eye to precisely identify the color, and others have the right words to describe the site in technical terms, while Griffis has developed a talent for "texturing," or determining the composition of the soil sample.
It's part art, part science, requiring judges to "calibrate" themselves through repetition to determine how much sand, silt and clay is in each sample by sight and feel, Griffis said.
"You have to get some soil in your hand, use a spray bottle to wet it and roll it into a ball," she explained. "Then, you form it into a ribbon, and based on how long you can make that ribbon, you can tell how much clay there is."
A sample that falls apart quickly might contain more sand, while a sample that holds together could have a higher clay composition, Griffis said.
All of the soil characteristics, recorded by the team over the course of an hour, are entered onto a scorecard to be submitted at the end of the contest, where it is compared to the official's record of the site.
Griffis said UNL's team has developed its own process, reconvening near the deadline to run through all of the information it had compiled in order to ensure each of the individual pieces fit together.
"We want to tell the story of the site," she said. "Does it all make sense in telling the story of how the soil formed over the last 12,000 years?"
Judith Turk, a pedologist in UNL's School of Natural Resources who coaches the Soil Judging Team along with Young, said the goal of the team, as well as the underlying class, is helping students understand "the big picture."
Along with polishing their technical skills and fostering a collaborative environment among the team, Turk said the goal of the Soil Judging Team is to help students connect their location on the landscape to what kind of soil they would expect to find there.
"The best soil judges are the ones who can do that, and I think that's something Kennadi is really good at," said Turk, a former collegiate soil judge herself, who has helped coach the UNL team since 2017.
Griffis has the array of skills that led her to beat nearly 60 competitors at her first competition last fall in Minnesota, claiming top individual honors at the North Central Regional Soil Judging Contest.
The win was unexpected, Griffis said, who added she had joined the Soil Judging Team to pad her resume and spend time with friends who have a shared interest.
"I just went to have fun and when they called my name I just started crying," Griffis said.
Then, in April, she finished in the top five at the National Collegiate Soils Contest hosted by the Ohio State University, which opened up the opportunity for her to compete as part of Team USA at the International Soil Judging Contest in Stirling, Scotland, July 26-31.
Griffis, along with competitors from Virginia Tech, North Carolina State and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, will judge Spodosols — colorful forest soils found at the "Gateway to the Highlands."
Turk said Griffis is the first UNL student who has competed at the international event, which is hosted every four years (the 2018 contest was held in Brazil).
"Usually students who place first are the ones who have been doing it for a few years," Turk said. "The more contests you go to and the more soils you experience, the more you're going to learn and better you'll be."
Griffis, who has plans to become an ecologist, which will let her continue to get her hands dirty in the field, is working to keep her skills sharp ahead of the international competition.
She's been going through the box of samples in her bedroom, writing out her observations and comparing them to the official readout included with each before she departs for Scotland.
When she arrives, Griffis will work on a competition plan with her teammates, who are all also at their first international competition.
"No one on my team has done this before, so we'll have to figure it all out when we get there," she said.
But there will be other benefits to the conference, according to Turk. Griffis will have an opportunity to learn from other students and coaches, as well as soil science professionals and others who have worked in the field for decades.
"Just her having this experience is a big thing," Turk said. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/unl-student-headed-to-scotland-to-compete-in-soil-judging-contest/article_b4ef1f0f-835c-5cee-ac3d-bc4c60bf510e.html | 2022-07-25T14:42:59 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/unl-student-headed-to-scotland-to-compete-in-soil-judging-contest/article_b4ef1f0f-835c-5cee-ac3d-bc4c60bf510e.html |
Due to press problems, delivery of the Monday edition of the Bismarck Tribune will be delayed. Papers will be delivered either by 2 p.m. central time or Tuesday morning with the Tuesday paper. We apologize for the inconvenience.
The e-edition is available by clicking here. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/delayed-delivery-of-the-tribune-on-monday/article_358341e6-0c15-11ed-9362-df2acf3e4dc7.html | 2022-07-25T14:44:21 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/delayed-delivery-of-the-tribune-on-monday/article_358341e6-0c15-11ed-9362-df2acf3e4dc7.html |
A forgotten co-defendant of the so-called "Central Park Five," whose convictions in a notorious 1989 rape were thrown out more than a decade later, is set to have his conviction on a related charge overturned.
A hearing is scheduled for Monday afternoon in the case of Steven Lopez, who was arrested along with five other Black and Latino teenagers in the rape and assault on Trisha Meili but reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to the lesser charge of robbing a male jogger.
Meili went public in 2003 and published a book titled “I Am the Central Park Jogger.”
The brutal assault put the 28-year-old white investment banker in a coma for 12 days. It was considered emblematic of New York City's lawlessness in an era when the city recorded 2,000 murders a year.
Five teenagers were convicted in the attack on Meili and served six to 13 years in prison. Their convictions were overturned in 2002 after evidence linked convicted serial rapist and murderer Matias Reyes to the attack.
The Central Park Five, now known as the “Exonerated Five,” went on to win a $40 million settlement from the city and inspire books, movies and television shows.
Lopez, now 48, has not received a settlement, and his case has been nearly forgotten in the years since he pleaded guilty to robbery in 1991 to avoid the more serious rape charge.
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Lopez's expected exoneration was first reported in The New York Times.
“We talk about the Central Park Five, the Exonerated Five, but there were six people on that indictment,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told the Times. “And the other five who were charged, their convictions were vacated. And it’s now time to have Mr. Lopez’s charge vacated.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/central-park-jogger-case-steven-lopez-to-be-exonerated/3793022/ | 2022-07-25T14:57:09 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/central-park-jogger-case-steven-lopez-to-be-exonerated/3793022/ |
Stacker compiled a list of exotic pets available for adoption near Dallas, Texas on Petfinder. Birds, barnyard animals, horses, and reptiles were included in the list if available.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — July is almost over and that means families are gearing up for their children to head back to school.
In the spirit of the impending school year, WalletHub has commissioned a study looking at the states with the best and worst systems for 2022.
To make this determination, officials compared all 50 states and Washington D.C. across more than 30 different metrics measuring the quality of school systems, including quality, safety, test scores, dropout rate and bullying rates.
How does Texas stack up against the rest? Study officials have ranked Texas in 27th place in the nation. Despite ranking well for digital learning, Texas scored low in reading test scores and SAT scores. Here’s how Texas ranked across key metrics:
- 21st – Math Test Scores
- 45th – Reading Test Scores
- 27th – Pupil-Teacher Ratio
- 45th – Median SAT Score
- 33rd – Median ACT Score
- 29th – % of Licensed/Certified Public K–12 Teachers
- 8th – Dropout Rate
- 6th – Bullying Incidence Rate
- 14th – % of Threatened/Injured High School Students
- 1st – Existence of Digital Learning Plan
The 10 states with the best school systems were as follows:
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- New Jersey
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Delaware
- New Hampshire
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- Wisconsin
For the full report, visit WalletHub. | https://cw33.com/news/local/new-study-ranks-which-states-have-the-best-worst-school-systems-where-does-texas-rank/ | 2022-07-25T14:59:24 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/new-study-ranks-which-states-have-the-best-worst-school-systems-where-does-texas-rank/ |
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Watch for slow-moving traffic on U.S. Highway 19 following a crash involving an overturned car, police said.
It happened around 8:30 a.m. Monday morning in the southbound lanes of U.S. 19 at Drew Street. Drivers in the area should expect delays, according to a tweet from the Clearwater Police Department.
Data from a traffic map show a backup building from Drew Street north to Sunset Point Road. Traffic in the northbound lanes appears to be flowing normally, with drivers past the crash able to travel at normal speeds.
There are no other significant crashes affecting drivers in Pinellas County during the morning rush. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/us-19-clearwater-crash/67-c0e35102-10f2-457a-8624-15bf50ac68d2 | 2022-07-25T14:59:54 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/us-19-clearwater-crash/67-c0e35102-10f2-457a-8624-15bf50ac68d2 |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — With the City of Wichita still experiencing high temperatures and excessive heat, City officials have extended the City’s free transit through the end of the month.
A news release says residents will continue to be able to ride Wichita Transit for free until the end of the day on Saturday, July 30. City buses and trolleys have air conditioning and Wi-Fi, and residents are invited to utilize buses as a way to beat the heat.
Both the ICT Street Team and Wichita Homeless Outreach Team will also continue to serve the community:
- The ICT Street Team will continue to be out at various times, checking on people, passing out electrolyte packets and cold water, and addressing any medical concerns.
- The Wichita Homeless Outreach Team will continue passing out water and connecting unhoused residents with open shelters and services.
Neighborhood Resource Centers have water and air conditioning for anyone who needs it:
- Atwater, 2755 E 19th St N.
- Colvin, 2820 S Roosevelt St.
- Evergreen, 2601 N. Arkansas
In addition to these options, members of the community can also head to Wichita’s Park and Recreation centers and public libraries to cool off.
For more information, you can visit the Wichita Transit website by clicking here. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-making-transit-free-through-end-of-july-because-of-heat/ | 2022-07-25T15:00:00 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-making-transit-free-through-end-of-july-because-of-heat/ |
Rebecca Christensen and her husband, Taylor Christensen, carry their kayaks down to the water Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Centennial Waterfront Park in Twin Falls.
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Yvette Ibarra laughs as she gets on her paddleboard while her mother, Marleen Ibarra, prepares to put her paddleboard into the water Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Centennial Waterfront Park in Twin Falls.
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Shannon Cream, left, loads kayaks on the top of a vehicle Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Centennial Waterfront Park in Twin Falls. Temperatures reached up to 93 degrees on Saturday and are expected to stay in the high 90s and low 100s throughout next week.
Rebecca Christensen and her husband, Taylor Christensen, carry their kayaks down to the water Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Centennial Waterfront Park in Twin Falls.
Yvette Ibarra laughs as she gets on her paddleboard while her mother, Marleen Ibarra, prepares to put her paddleboard into the water Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Centennial Waterfront Park in Twin Falls.
Shannon Cream, left, loads kayaks on the top of a vehicle Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Centennial Waterfront Park in Twin Falls. Temperatures reached up to 93 degrees on Saturday and are expected to stay in the high 90s and low 100s throughout next week. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/community/beating-the-heat-on-the-snake-river/article_fbd2722e-0ae7-11ed-81d3-231297839dda.html | 2022-07-25T15:00:51 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/community/beating-the-heat-on-the-snake-river/article_fbd2722e-0ae7-11ed-81d3-231297839dda.html |
No political party has a monopoly on hubris or idiocy. But as it wrapped up its weekend convention in Twin Falls, the Idaho Republican Party conjured up something rarely seen among the governing class — a naked and universal sense of contempt for the governed.
There was contempt for women.
Armed with the imprimatur of a radical U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the Idaho GOP would not merely criminalize abortions. It would not stop at requiring rape and incest victims to carry a pregnancy to term. It went on record — by a vote of 412 to 164 — opposing an exception for abortions needed to save a mother whose condition — such as an ectopic pregnancy — puts her in “lethal danger.”
So 71 percent of the Idaho Republican Party believes women are not simply second-class citizens. They are expendable.
Try finding a more outrageous anti-abortion rights position embraced by any political party in the United States than one that results in two deaths.
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There was contempt for voters.
It’s almost a fluke that a committee stopped the convention from declaring the voters’ choice for president, Joe Biden. “was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States.” But when the Idaho GOP primary voters rejected state Rep. Dorothy Moon, R-Stanley, for secretary of state and former Sen. Branden Durst of Boise — an ertswhile Democrat who found redemption on the far-right fringe — for state schools superintendent, the party went to work to guarantee that never happens again.
So if you’ve not signed up to vote in the GOP closed primary at least 12 months in advance, forget it.
If you left the GOP anytime within the past 39 months, you’re toast.
Likewise, if you voted in another party’s primary or caucus, gave money to someone other than a GOP candidate or affiliated with another party within the past 25 months, consider yourself branded with the political mark of Cain.
Ostensibly, this is about preventing Democrats from crossing over into the GOP nomination process. But Democrats had to act early — in March — if they intend to vote in the GOP primary by May. No more than 3,273 Democrats made the switch — out of nearly 282,000 Republican votes cast for governor.
The real target is the moderate, independent, unaffiliated voter who has until now been allowed to sign up on Election Day. Within the last two or three weeks of the Idaho primary election campaign, some 20,000 of these voters chose to vote as Republicans.
That had to get Moon’s attention. She lost to Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane by fewer than 4,400 votes.
And Durst didn’t fail to notice that Debi Critchfield’s victory margin in their race was barely more than 15,600 votes.
Getting this implemented may take nothing more than a vote from the GOP Central Committee in January and a favorable opinion from the Idaho attorney general. By that time, former Congressman Raul Labrador will be holding that office — and Labrador is not one to allow the law to stand in the way of political gamesmanship.
And if the party ever got the upper hand, it would oust any Democrat from working on legislative and congressional redistricting as well as holding office as a mayor or city councilor.
There was contempt for each other.
Say what you will about the former GOP chairman, Tom Luna. He may have been a hyper partisan state superintendent of public instruction, but as chairman, he played the game straight. When professional insurrectionist Ammon Bundy flirted with running for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, Luna invited him out of the party. When the Doyle Beck-Mark Fuller wing of the Bonneville County GOP tilted the scales in favor of their own preferences in the May 17 primary, he stopped them in court.
For that, Luna — who claimed the chairmanship two years ago by a 12-vote margin — lost a 434-to-287 vote to Moon, a woman who:
l embraced the “big lie” that Biden did not win the 2020 election and famously engaged in falsehoods about voter integrity in the Gem State.
I not only vouched for convicted rapist former Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger’s character, but also disparaged his victim: “I’ve been around college students. I’ve been around high school students. And I can tell when there’s some flirting going on.”
I consorted with Bundy as part of his armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore., and welcomed Eric Parker — the man photographed in a sniper pose during Bundy’s standoff at Bunkerville, Nev. — to the Idaho House.
I cinched her convention win with this quote: “We have to make sure with the Democrats coming at us with full force that we have our barriers up, our guns loaded and ready to keep this state free.”
As if that weren’t enough, Luna was targeted by a dirty trickster who distributed bogus flyers for one of his events and passed them out at a Twin Falls homeless shelter.
Next the party repudiated his sense of fair play by dropping sanctions against Bonneville County’s GOP — and encouraging other Republican central committees to endorse and finance their primary election favorites.
Outgoing state Sen. Steven Thayn, R-Emmett, offered this assessment to Betsy Russell of the Idaho Press: “My concern is a purge has begun.”
With all due respect, Senator, the purge began more than a decade ago.
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Salem City Council holds public hearing on water rate increases, considers extending emergency utility assistance
Salem City Council is set to hold a public hearing and vote Monday on proposed increases to the city's water, wastewater and stormwater service rates.
The increases recommended by the Water/Wastewater Task Force include a 5% increase in water rates in 2023 and 2024, a 5% increase in wastewater in 2023 and 2024 and a 5% increase in stormwater fees in 2023 and 2024.
In a report, city officials said the city's utility funds remain financially sound but rate increases are needed to counter inflation and address the need for capital investments and adequate reserves.
For the average residential account in Salem, the proposed increase would equate to a $94 a month bill for water, stormwater and wastewater going up to $98.68 in 2023 and $103.57 in 2024.
Despite the increases, Salem rates are expected to be on the lower end of similarly sized cities, according to city officials.
"Salem has historically been in the middle or lower than the group of cities providing similar utility services," staff said in a report. "With the proposed rate increases, Salem is anticipated to continue to remain ranked eighth of the eleven standard comparator cities."
Council will also consider extending the city's emergency utility assistance program through the end of 2024 to help residents to avoid water shut-offs due to financial hardship.
The program, which was expanded during the pandemic, has seen a dramatic increase in demand over the past four years, according to a staff report from the Public Works Department.
In 2020, $71,144 in assistance was given to 491 customers. The following year, 1,701 customers received $229,393, and 2022 is on track to surpass that amount. Current funding for the program is expected to last until next spring.
City council will vote on whether to extend the effective date of the program until December 2024 and authorize using up to $300,000 of utility revenue annually for funding starting in 2023.
Other agenda items include:
- Developing a conceptual design for a "road diet" on Capitol Street NE between Center and Market streets, converting a vehicle travel lane into a buffered bike lane.
- Approving the Bailey Ridge Park Master Plan to guide the transformation of the undeveloped park in South Salem with a boardwalk crossing the wetlands, a nature play playground, a traditional playground, a half-court basketball court with pickleball striping, accessible paths, picnic tables and a drinking fountain.
- An update on the city's projected spending plan for homelessness services, including an update on recent investment into the Front Street Safe Park Program and new grant revenue received in July 2022.
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The meeting is at 6 p.m. It is virtual and can be watched on Comcast Cable CCTV Channel 21 or on the Salem YouTube channel in English/American Sign Language and Spanish.
Written public comments on agenda items can be emailed by 5 p.m. Monday to cityrecorder@cityofsalem.net. Or pre-register between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday at cityofsalem.net/Pages/Public-Comment-at-Salem-City-Council-Meeting.aspx to speak during the meeting via Zoom.
For questions, comments and news tips, email reporter Whitney Woodworth at wmwoodworth@statesmanjournal.com, call 503-910-6616 or follow on Twitter @wmwoodworth | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/25/salem-city-council-holds-public-hearing-on-water-rate/65379825007/ | 2022-07-25T15:01:20 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/25/salem-city-council-holds-public-hearing-on-water-rate/65379825007/ |
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- It isn't clear when the Melrose Diner in South Philadelphia will reopen after a fire damaged the roof before opening Monday morning.
- The fire came almost three years to the day that the iconic South Philly diner previously caught fire in 2019.
- "At this time we do not have any time frame in how long the cleanup will take," management told NBC10.
The Melrose Diner briefly caught fire Monday morning closing the South Philadelphia icon.
Philadelphia firefighters responded to a fire at the diner at Passyunk and Snyder avenues and South 15th Street at 7:25 a.m. to find heavy smoke coming from the roof, a fire department spokesperson said.
Within 10 minutes, firefighters had the blaze under control, the fire department said.
No injuries were reported and the fire happened shortly before the diner opens at 8 a.m.
"We discovered smoke just as we were about to open," Melrose Diner management told NBC10.
In a Monday morning Facebook post, the diner thanked "the men and women of Philadelphia Fire Department for their amazing work this morning." The "minor fire" was "confined to the roof," the diner said.
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"We are working to reopen as quickly and safely as possible."
"At this time we do not have any time frame in how long the cleanup will take," management told NBC10.
Management said the fire may have started in a rooftop HVAC unit, but they wouldn't know for sure until the investigation is done. Firefighters could be seen on the roof of the building after the fire was out.
The fire marshal would determine a cause for the fire, the fire department said.
The Melrose diner suggested customers head up Broad Street to the Broad Street Diner, which has the same ownership, to get their diner fix while the Melrose is closed.
Monday's fire at the Melrose Diner came just a few weeks after the Philadelphia Inquirer's Michael Klein reported that diner ownership had obtained demolition permits for both the Melrose and Broad Street diners and that sources said the Melrose Diner could possibly be razed in favor of a taller structure.
This also wasn't the only fire at the Melrose Diner in recent years. The building was closed for several weeks after a fire nearly three years earlier to the day in July 2019.
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Air travel has been rocky this summer.
Besides flight cancellations and delays, lost and delayed bags are just another headache travelers are dealing with.
As lost luggage piles up around the country and world, the nightmare stories are piling up, too.
There's the local teen who arrived in France for a soccer tour, while his luggage did not. In another instance, an Air Canada passenger who lost his luggage while flying through from Toronto to Austin via DFW Airport. He claimed to have made 76 calls to find it and only got through to an agent three times.
These stories have become the norm during this chaotic and record breaking summer travel season.
Data recently released by the Department of Transportation shows nearly 220,000 bags were “mishandled” by U.S. airlines in April 2022, meaning they were lost, damaged, delayed or stolen. Those numbers are expected to be worse this summer.
The problem is that airports and airlines don't have enough staff to handle the surge in travelers as well as their bags.
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It's gotten so bad that Delta Airlines even flew a plane loaded with 1,000 bags – not people – from London to Detroit.
Experts say there’s no quick fix to all this.
"It's all over the world. It's not a U.S. problem. And it's not an airline specific problem. It's a global industry problem,” said Roy Cohen, a logistics expert and CEO of Fetcherr. “It's a once in five decades [issue] because we are in a new reality. And you cannot use yesterday's technologies for today's issues. And this is exactly what's going on today. In the industry, I’m talking with many, many airlines and they are absolutely on it and they care a lot about their customers. But it's a process and we need to be patient."
Here's some tips from travel experts to avoid losing your bags:
- If you can, avoid checking a bag. There are reports of people are choosing to travel with carry-ons only.
- If you do check a bag, get a tracking device like an Apple tag, put it inside the bag so you can track it on your cell phone.
- Don’t put expensive valuables or items you absolutely need, like a laptop, inside your checked bag.
- Make sure to put an ID tag with your name and phone number both outside and inside your bag.
- Take photos of your luggage before you travel in case it gets lost.
Per U.S. regulations, airlines must compensate passengers for lost, delayed or damaged luggage, up to a limit. Policies vary airline to airline so check with the airline you are flying with. Be sure hold onto those check bag receipts because they'll ask for it. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/summer-of-lost-luggage-airlines-dealing-with-surge-in-delayed-lost-bags/3030587/ | 2022-07-25T15:10:05 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/summer-of-lost-luggage-airlines-dealing-with-surge-in-delayed-lost-bags/3030587/ |
The XFL has announced that it has selected the City of Arlington as its new football operations hub.
According to the XFL, the league signed a three-year agreement with the City that will provide a performance facility and practice venues for both preseason and in-week training for the XFL's eight teams.
The XFL said this hybrid hub model will give players access to support from coaches and training staff while developing team affinity and community relations within their local markets.
The Arlington hub will also serve as a content creation center, the XFL said, allowing the league, its teams, and its players to build personal brands and engage with fans.
According to the XFL, this fan engagement and brand building will occur through social media, in-person events, and other media platforms, utilizing the knowledge and reach of XFL owners, Dany Garcia, RedBird Capital Partners, and Dwayne Johnson, who announced that he acquired the XFL for $15 million last year.
This announcement comes a day after the XFL introduced five holdover cities and three new locations that would join the league in 2023.
The three newcomers will be San Antonio, Las Vegas, and Orlando, the XFL announced on Sunday.
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These three new teams will join Arlington, Houston, St. Louis, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. during the 2023 season. The XFL will have three teams in Texas, and all eight teams would have centralized practices at the Arlington hub.
The XFL also announced that it would drop New York, Los Angeles, and Tampa Bay from its lineup.
The league also confirmed game venues for seven of its teams and as well as the team coaching assignments:
- Arlington, Texas: Choctaw Stadium, coach Bob Stoops
- Houston: TDECU Stadium, coach Wade Phillips
- San Antonio: The Alamodome, coach Hines Ward
- Orlando: Camping World Stadium, coach Terrell Buckley
- Las Vegas: TBA stadium, coach Rod Woodson
- Seattle: Lumen Field, coach Jim Haslett
- St. Louis: The Dome, coach Anthony Becht
- Washington D.C.: Audi Field, coach Reggie Barlow | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/xfl-introduces-cities-joining-league-announces-arlington-as-football-operations-hub/3030683/ | 2022-07-25T15:10:12 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/xfl-introduces-cities-joining-league-announces-arlington-as-football-operations-hub/3030683/ |
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Authorities in Alpharetta are warning residents about a bear that's been spotted around town.
The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety said Sunday that a vehicle hit the animal near Avalon, at which point the bear ran into the woods.
Authorities add that the animal is being tracked and that the best thing to do if you come across it is to simply leave it alone - Don't try to help!
In addition, residents are encouraged to secure their pets and trash cans. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/bear-alpharetta/85-639b4aed-9a73-4e3c-8aa3-c2a73d5d499e | 2022-07-25T15:15:15 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/bear-alpharetta/85-639b4aed-9a73-4e3c-8aa3-c2a73d5d499e |
Gaston Lions Club Fair returns Aug. 3-6
GASTON, Ind. — The Gaston Lions Club's 86th annual fair will be Aug. 3-6.
Food sales will begin at 5 p.m. each night, with offerings including elephant ears, frosted malts, cheeseburgers, tenderloins, corn dogs, hot dogs, barbecued pork and a special dinner each night.
Activities will include a horseshoe pitching competition beginning the evening of Aug. 2, carnival rides Aug. 3-6 and a flea market throughout the run of the fair.
Aug. 3 will be Community Night, with free parking available with the donation of five cans of food or eyeglasses, free kids day events, karaoke and auto cross racing at 7 p.m. Aug. 4 will be church night with gospel music, plus front wheel drive dirt track auto racing at 7 p.m.
Aug. 5 will feature a truck pull at 7 p.m., a performance by the Wes-Del High School marching band at 7:30 p.m. and a talent show at 8 p.m. Aug. 6 will start with a 5K run/walk from the Gaston Lions Club Park at 8:30 a.m. (online registration at https://runsignup.com/Race/IN/GASTON/GastonLionsClub5kRunWalk) followed by a kids fun run at 9:15 a.m., the queen pageant at 4 p.m., a demolition derby at 7 p.m. and music by Smoking Horses at 8 p.m.
Parking is $5 a car. Grandstand admission is $5 for age 13 and older (free for 12 and younger) and pits admission is $15-35 depending on the day.
Information: gastonlionsclub.com
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Free concert presented by Brianna's Hope
MUNCIE — The Frye Family Band will present a free outdoor concert at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 31, at The Garden at Main St., 801 E. Main St.
This event is sponsored by Brianna’s Hope (Muncie Tuesday evening Chapter), Celebrate Recovery. No tickets are required, but organizers recommend attendees arrive early and possibly take along their own lawn chairs in case extra seating is needed, according to a release.
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Muncie man apparently drowns in accident outside home
MUNCIE, Ind. — Authorities said a Muncie man apparently drowned Sunday evening in an accident outside his southside home.
James W. Vance Jr., 63, was pronounced dead at the scene, in the 1900 block of West 17th Street.
Emergency personnel had been sent there about 11:35 p.m. after a family member found the victim.
A city police officer reported Vance was stuck face down in a "water meter access hole" with his head below the water line.
The officer's efforts to pull Vance out of the hole by his legs were unsuccessful. It was determined the victim's head was wedged between the water meter pipe and the hole's wall.
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Other personnel arrived, and city firefighters cut the pipe, allowing the victim to be lifted from the hole. He was then pronounced dead.
A deceased cat was found at the bottom of the hole, leading to speculation Vance might have been trying to rescue the animal.
Delaware County Coroner Rick Howell said an autopsy would be conducted at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.
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Goshen Avenue between Butler and Harvard roads will have lane restrictions Tuesday, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A boring crew will be in the area and should finish the same day.
For more information, call 260-427-6155 or visit www.trecthefort.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/goshen-avenue-lane-restrictions/article_3f9c3368-0c1a-11ed-98d0-77d79f0c7f8d.html | 2022-07-25T15:42:03 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/goshen-avenue-lane-restrictions/article_3f9c3368-0c1a-11ed-98d0-77d79f0c7f8d.html |
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For more information, call 260-427-6155 or visit www.trecthefort.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/washington-ctr-intersection-lane-restrictions/article_79c97828-0c21-11ed-9b1d-5b041914ccf1.html | 2022-07-25T15:42:55 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/washington-ctr-intersection-lane-restrictions/article_79c97828-0c21-11ed-9b1d-5b041914ccf1.html |
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Stockton University's Noyes Museum of Art was gifted $30,000 to help its operations and keep costs to a minimum for local art fans.
Through its donation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is also aiding the museum in expanding its community garden with the Ducktown Community Development Corporation and facilitating a horticulture program by Jewish Employment and Vocational Service (JEVS) and New Jersey Youth Corp, Stockton said in a news release on Monday.
The Foundation is a private organization that looks to help eliminate racial disparities in New Jersey, according to its website.
The Foundation, through its grant, will also serve on the Hammonton Health Coalition's board, contributing cultural engagement opportunities to Hammonton’s growing Latino population, Stockton said.
“The museum has embraced the role of being an agent for change,” Michael Cagno, the executive director of the Noyes Museum, said in a statement on Monday. “Through strategic partnerships and collaborative efforts with a variety of organizations, the museum will continue to provide an environment that promotes, fosters, and enriches lives, regardless of ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.”
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Ildemaro Ruiz Jr. comes back to win 2022 PBA Lubbock Sports Shootout
Ildemaro Ruiz Jr. won his first Professional Bowlers Association regional title came in Lubbock. About 18 months later, Ruiz returned to the Hub City and won again.
This win, though, was a bit sweeter because of how he achieved victory and the lucky charm roaming South Plains Lanes by his side.
Ruiz mounted a stellar comeback in the late stages of the round robin seeding games to put himself in second place. Down 47 pins entering the 12th and final game, Ruiz kept the train rolling by taking down Anthony Simonsen to capture the 2022 PBA Lubbock Sports Shootout championship on Sunday afternoon.
Simonsen spent the majority of Sunday's round robin far ahead of the field. Ruiz bounced between second and third place and made his final charge in the 11th game by rolling a 278. That kept the Venezuelan in striking distance heading into the final 10 frames.
Winners of the head-to-head matches received 30 bonus pins, in addition to the pin differential of the victory. That meant Ruiz needed to not only beat Simonsen, he had to do it by 17 pins to win the title.
Ruiz beat Simonsen by 31, 242-211, behind 10 strikes, including three in the 10th and final frame. Amped up throughout the dual, Ruiz let out a double fist-pump toward the ceiling to celebrate his title.
"The last game, that last shot, yeah, that's what (we're) bowling for," Ruiz said. "It's not about high games. It's not about 300 games. It's about making that shot right there."
Simonsen was the perfect foe for Ruiz to overcome. Earlier this year, the 25-year-old Little Elm native became the youngest bowler in PBA history to win three major titles on the tour. Ruiz has dealt with Simonsen before, so he knew how it was going to go.
Or, at least, thought he knew, anyway.
"If i tell you the truth, I didn't see that three times before," Ruiz said. "I actually came here and told him like, 'Listen, you first, me second. I'm good with that.' But then I got really good games. ... He's a really good friend of mine. I love him very much. He's really, really good friends and I know that he's really for me, too."
Ruiz had another ally on his side on Sunday: his 5-year-old daughter Nicole.
Since his wife opted to stay home for this tournament, Ruiz said this was the first work trip he took with just the two of them. Nicole spent Sunday bouncing around the lanes, asking for help with her iPad, often finding herself in the bowler's section next to her dad. She even took time to adjust the collar of his shirt during a break in the action.
After Ruiz had officially won the title, Nicole found her way onto the lane — crawling under a table to get there — and accepting the trophy with her dad.
"I know that she's (on) really good behavior," Ruiz said. "So I just know that she will bring me luck. I know."
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ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — Carter County emergency officials confirmed that a portion of West Elk Avenue is closed until further notice following a large natural gas main break.
According to a post from Carter County 911, the closed part of West Elk Avenue runs from Hudson Drive to Bemberg Road near Elizabethton High School.
An update from the Elizabethton Police Department revealed crews had been working on a construction project in the 800 block of West Elk Avenue when an 8-inch natural gas line was hit.
Crews continue to divert traffic to West G Street. Drivers in the area are urged to travel with caution as police, fire crews and public workers remain in the area. Workers with Atmos Energy are at the scene. Officials believe the repairs will take the rest of the day.
Athletic activities scheduled at Elizabethton High School will be moved to the other side of the school, and a nearby post office has closed as a precaution.
This is a developing story. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/natural-gas-main-break-closes-parts-of-west-elk-ave-in-elizabethton/ | 2022-07-25T15:50:16 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/natural-gas-main-break-closes-parts-of-west-elk-ave-in-elizabethton/ |
LULING, Texas — In Washington, D.C., this week, lawmakers are working to try and get wrongfully detained Americans out of foreign countries.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order to sanction criminals, terrorists and government officials who hold Americans captive abroad, and the U.S. Senate approved a resolution calling for Brittney Griner's release. The WNBA star has been a Russian prisoner for 155 days on marijuana charges.
While her case has been very high profile, there's another case involving a Texas businessman that most have never heard about. Mark Swidan has been held in a Chinese prison for almost 10 years. His mother fears that she won't live long enough to see her son come home.
In the small town of Luling, Texas, a mother's love never wavers. Inside her tiny apartment, Katherine Swidan lives surrounded by memories of happier times with her youngest son, Mark.
"I remember him at five or six years old. If he heard the national anthem in the game or something, he was the first one to stand up," she said. "He's a fantastic photographer, artist, he designs homes, he designs jewelry."
She slowly went through all of Mark's things that's she's kept, all while waiting for him to come home.
"I had to keep his clothes," she said. "These are his golfing hats, photography equipment like lenses and things."
It's been almost 10 years since Katherine Swidan has seen her son in person.
The last time the Chinese government let her speak to Mark Swidan was a 5-minute phone conversation in 2018.
"I don't even remember what I said. I just remember hearing his voice," she said.
She treasures a large box filled with old artwork and letters Mark Swidan was allowed to send home. It also holds letters she's gotten from lawmakers, the U.S. Ambassador to China and the State Department.
"This is from Sen. [John] Cornyn in 2017, and I can't get a hold of him now, so I just gave up on him," she said, adding that she's tired of waiting in vain for the government to help her son.
In 2012, Mark Swidan was in China on a business trip, buying flooring and fixtures. He was arrested and detained after officials accused him of buying and selling drugs. Mark Swidan lost his fiancée, his freedom and could possibly lose his life.
"He's never confessed through all the torture, the starvation," Katherine Swidan said.
A Chinese court gave Mark Swidan the death penalty. And while that's been delayed, his torturous detention continues.
"I'm already 72. I cannot ... I cannot die without seeing his face again," Katherine Swidan said with tears in her eyes. "I don't want his legacy to be just a box of stuff. And if he does come back and I'm not here, I want him to know that I ... I did everything I could possibly do."
Swidan isn't alone. A mural unveiled in D.C. this week displays Mark's face, along with 17 other Americans who are currently being held by foreign governments.
There's no official figure for how many Americans are being held overseas, but human rights groups estimate there are at least 60 U.S. citizens being wrongfully detained in about 18 countries around the world.
Attorney Jason I. Poblete is president of the Global Liberty Alliance, which helps defend people whose fundamental rights are violated by authoritarian governments.
"When you travel around the world and you're caught in a legal system that's not the best, in some cases substandard, these things can happen," he said. "And then there's this big shock: Is America coming to help me? Well, guess what? They're not. In most cases, it takes a while."
Poblete said the torture Mark Swidan is going through locked away in a Chinese prison is truly inhumane.
"This man has not slept in a dark room in almost 10 years, they have not turned the lights off," he said. "He has been kept in a very small cell. He has been forced and subjected to extreme psychological pressure and pains."
Poblete hopes that as more and more people hear about the Swidans' case, the wheels of justice will start to turn faster, and his case will be made a priority.
"In Mark's case, it's frankly baffling why this man has been in that facility for almost 10 years ... the U.S. government has failed Mr. Swidan," he said.
Right now, all Katherine Swidan can do is worry and wait, and she continues to pray someone will step forward and do what they can to bring her son home before it's too late.
"The worst-case scenario is that people in the government just ignore what I'm saying, and they keep having meetings, meetings, meetings, and then Mark dies in the interim," she said. "You know, I don't know everything that goes on secretly in the government. I don't want to know. I just want Mark to come home."
Earlier this month, Katherine Swidan received a letter from Nicholas Burns, the U.S. Ambassador to China. In it, he wrote that getting Mark Swidan released is a "top priority" to the Embassy, the State Department and the White House. He also wrote that embassy officials recently tried to visit the prison where Mark Swidan is being held but were denied due to COVID-19 protocols.
KVUE reached out to Sen. John Cornyn's office about Mark Swidan's case as well. A spokesperson told us, "Senator Cornyn's office made contact with federal agencies on his behalf and shared those updates with his family. Sen. Cornyn's office is committed to working with all Texans in need of assistance."
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An outdoor burn ban will go into effect in Multnomah County on Monday ahead of the scorching temperatures forecasted this coming week.
The ban will prohibit recreational campfires, fire pits, yard debris and agricultural burning. Permits for open burning will also be paused.
Outdoor barbecuing is still allowed, however, Gresham Fire and Emergency Services reminded those planning to cook outdoors to maintain 10 feet from anything flammable. Ashes from charcoal briquettes should be disposed of in a covered metal contained and kept wet for a few days before being disposed of.
Multnomah County heat declarations
The ban comes just days after Portland Fire & Rescue announced an immediate burn ban. That ban was meant to keep homeowners from burning yard debris and farmers from field burning.
Officials worry with high temperatures and no rain, a small burn could quickly spread out of control. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/multnomah-county-bans-outdoor-burning-ahead-of-heat-wave/ | 2022-07-25T16:00:22 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/multnomah-county-bans-outdoor-burning-ahead-of-heat-wave/ |
SPRINGDALE, Ark. – Tyson Foods, a leading global protein company, released its 2021 (FY '21) Sustainability Report recently, which reflects the company’s continued focus on supporting its people and communities, driving product responsibility and working to sustain natural resources.
“More than ever, Tyson Foods is operating as part of a global food system, and we have a critical role to play in responsibly producing food that is affordable, accessible and nutritious,” John R. Tyson, the company's chief sustainability officer, said in a news release. “At the same time, we are investing in team member benefits and services to become the most sought-after place to work in the protein industry.”
In 2021, Tyson Foods began a process to further establish long-range 2030 goals and metrics that will help more deeply embed its environmental, social, and governance priorities and commitments into its business.
Other key achievements supporting Tyson Foods’ Formula to Feed the Future framework include:
-- Reimagining People & Community Impact: Create work environments that enable workers to succeed while supporting the growth of our communities;
-- Talent Attraction & Development: Invested $500 million-plus in wage increases and bonuses to hourly work force, including $50 million in one-time, thank-you bonuses delivered at the end of the year;
-- Expanded Upward Academy adult education program to provide all U.S. team members with free education through a four-year, $60 million investment;
-- DEI: Established a Chief Diversity Officer and continued to have compensation metrics for company officers tied to diversity, equity and inclusion;
-- Human Rights & Labor Relations: Committed $1 million through the Tyson Immigration Partnership to expand legal and citizenship support to team members across the nation ensuring that everyone has access to training, education and legal support to becoming U.S. citizens and welcome members of our communities;
-- Health, Safety & Wellbeing: Achieved over 96% COVID-19 vaccination rate in our U.S. work force by our target of Nov. 1, 2021, as part of the company’s commitment to keep employees, their families and plant communities safe;
-- Community Investment: Donated 16 million-plus pounds of protein -- valued at $36 million and equivalent to 64 million meals -- to support food banks, pantries and hunger relief organizations;
-- Driving Product Responsibility from Farm to Table: Deliver value to consumers with high-quality, sustainable, nutritious protein through a leading portfolio of products;
-- Product Innovation: Reached a $100 million-plus total investment into Tyson Ventures to support start-ups and other companies focused on emerging proteins, new technologies for food and worker safety and sustainable production;
-- Sustainable Packaging: Piloted sustainable packaging solutions for several products and began testing the validation of new recyclable, pulp fiber trays to replace traditional trays made of foam;
-- Animal Health & Welfare: Integrated the Five Domains animal welfare framework across global operations and became the first beef processor to join the U.S. CattleTrace program;
-- Nutrition, Access & Affordability: Expanded portfolio with several new options, including Tyson Air Fried Chicken Bites, Tyson Chicken Sausage and Raised & Rooted Plant-Based Bites;
-- Working Toward Sustaining Natural Resources and Achieving Net Zero: Drive practices in operations and supply chains to sustainably produce protein for a growing population within planetary boundaries;
-- Climate Action: Announced ambition to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, including scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, by 2050;
-- Land Stewardship: Developed a beef-focused GHG emissions accounting framework to capture cradle-to-gate emissions and verify emission reductions through more sustainable agricultural practices;
-- Water Stewardship: Achieved Alliance for Water Stewardship verification for three U.S. plants;
-- Waste Reduction: Achieved zero waste to landfill gold-level validation at six U.S. plants where 95-99% of certain waste streams has been diverted from landfills;
The sustainability report and accompanying information can be found on Tyson Foods’ Environmental, Social and Governance Hub, which provides resources on all sustainability initiatives, including background information on key topics, ESG-related policies and statements and an ESG data center.
Tyson Foods is one of the world’s largest food companies and a recognized leader in protein. Founded in 1935 by John W. Tyson and grown under four generations of family leadership, the company has a broad portfolio of products and brands.
Headquartered in Springdale, Ark., the company had approximately 137,000 team members on Oct. 2, 2021. Visit https://www.tysonfoods.com/ for additional information.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Some Kansas towns and counties are getting money to help with some immediate needs and some long-term projects. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing more than $2.2 million in seven communities.
The grants and loans are going toward these eight projects:
- Allen County — $33,000 grant to assist Thrive Allen County, Inc. with a feasibility study to create an incubator/accelerator space for Allen County. The space would increase economic development by creating an inviting, supportive space for entrepreneurs in the area.
- Allen County – $30,000 grant to evaluate the wastewater collection system and treatment facility in La Harpe. An engineer will evaluate the current system and propose a plan for repairing and modernizing the water system. Once completed, the city will have the information needed to develop a final wastewater system project.
- Barton County – $24,000 grant to be used toward an engineer to evaluate the current wastewater system for the City of Susank. A preliminary engineering report will outline any appropriate corrective actions needed.
- Bourbon County — $202,000 grant to assist The Healthy Bourbon County Action Team, in conjunction with partners Pittsburg State University Small Business Development Center and Kansas Works, expand services to small businesses. Assistance provided will include access to local employment opportunities, increased access to business education, workforce development, and job training opportunities. It is anticipated that 100 full-time jobs will be created.
- Marshall and Washington counties – A $55,000 loan and a $35,000 grant will help purchase four transportation vehicles for individuals with developmental disabilities in Marshall and Washington counties. The three transport vehicles and one maintenance truck will replace older vehicles with high mileage and high maintenance costs.
- Montgomery County – A $577,000 loan and a $291,000 grant will provide additional funding for renovating the water and sewer system in the City of Caney. Funds previously obligated for this project include $600,000 from the Kansas Department of Commerce and loans and grants totaling $4,765,800 from USDA Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal.
- Reno County – $30,200 grant to help purchase a fully equipped patrol vehicle to enhance the work of the City of South Hutchinson’s Police Department.
- Sumner County – A $479,000 loan and a $512,000 grant will supplement previous funding for improvements to the water supply system of the City of Caldwell. Funds already assigned to this project include a prior award from Rural Development’s Water and Waste Disposal Loan in the amount of $1,558,000 and Kansas Department of Commerce-Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $600,000.
“Investment in public infrastructure and facilities is essential for economic development in Kansas communities,” Christy Davis, Kansas director for rural development, said. “USDA Rural Development is proud to assist in projects that serve rural residents and businesses.
If you want to find out about investment resources for your area, contact a USDA Rural Development office. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/usda-putting-more-than-2-2m-toward-8-kansas-projects/ | 2022-07-25T16:04:48 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/usda-putting-more-than-2-2m-toward-8-kansas-projects/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Charleston Police Department (CPD) invites community members to participate in the annual “National Night Out” (NNO) crime and drug prevention event on Tuesday, Aug. 2. Charleston-Kanawha Housing will host National Night Out events at Washington Manor, Orchard Manor, South Park and Carroll Terrace.
NNO is a yearly campaign that builds police-citizen relationships and neighborhood fellowship to make communities safer, more caring places. Charleston citizens are invited to come outside, turn on their porch lights, and spend time with neighbors and local law enforcement.
“This is a night for our nation to stand together and promote awareness, safety, and neighborhood unity,” said Matt Peskin, National Project Coordinator for NNO. “National Night Out showcases the vital importance of police-community partnerships and citizen involvement. When law enforcement and the community work closely together, some amazing things can happen.”
Events will start at 5:30 p.m. with a parade of emergency vehicles at Orchard Manor. Then, there will be main events throughout the night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Officers will be at all locations during the events.
A Kanawha City neighborhood watch group will also host a walking patrol meeting, “Light up the night in Kanawha City,” at the intersection of 37th Street and Staunton Avenue starting at 8:30 p.m.
National Night Out is co-sponsored locally by CPD. Charleston citizens or business owners who want to get involved in this year’s event can contact Sgt. Jessi Redden at (304) 348-6470, ext. *4911. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/charlestons-national-night-out-crime-and-drug-prevention-event-on-aug-2/ | 2022-07-25T16:09:57 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/charlestons-national-night-out-crime-and-drug-prevention-event-on-aug-2/ |
WASHINGTON (WOWK)—West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin announced via press release on Monday that he has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
“This morning I tested positive for COVID-19. I am fully vaccinated and boosted and am experiencing mild symptoms. I will isolate and follow CDC guidelines as I continue to work remotely to serve West Virginians,” said Manchin.
This comes after both President Joe Biden and West Virginia Congresswoman Carol Miller were diagnosed with COVID-19 the week before. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-senator-joe-manchin-diagnosed-with-covid-19/ | 2022-07-25T16:10:03 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-senator-joe-manchin-diagnosed-with-covid-19/ |
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — As Tennessee becomes the latest state to implement a school voucher program, some state officials say it’s time for Alabama to do the same.
LEAD Academy in Montgomery is one of Alabama’s 13 charter schools set to open its doors in the next few weeks. It’s a public school accountable to the state but with more autonomy in how it’s run.
Founder and state Rep. Charlotte Meadows, R-Montgomery, said charter schools are one way parents can have a say in public schooling, but she’d like to see others too — especially considering Alabama’s low national ranking in public education.
“If you look at the results that we’ve gotten with what we’ve been doing the last 50-75 years, I think we can all agree, we’re not getting the results we want, so I think it’s important parents get to choose,” Meadows said.
Meadows said education savings accounts could help expand parents’ choices, as it allows parents to spend public money on private schools.
“That money does not belong to the public schools, it belongs to the state of Alabama to educate our children, and if our children are going to be best educated in a tent out there in the yard, then that’s what we should be doing,” Meadows said.
Meadows’s bill for savings accounts failed last session, partly over concerns it would hurt already struggling public schools by diverting funds from them.
Rep. Barbara Drummond, D – Mobile, also worries it could be inaccessible for some communities.
“I represent more poor constituents who don’t have the wherewithal not only financially but also mentally to be able to go and do what is prescribed under this bill,” Drummond said.
Alabama Association of School Boards Executive Director Sally Smith said an ESA program would lack academic and financial accountability for schools. She’s optimistic other efforts, like the recently passed Numeracy and Literacy Acts –meant to improve math and reading skills– will help instead.
“We think we have excellent public schools, and in some cases we know we’re not quite meeting the standard, and there are rigorous efforts to address that,” Smith said.
CEO of New Schools for Alabama Tyler Barnett said that whether or not a voucher program comes to fruition, expanding charter schools is a good step. He notes that the number of students enrolled in charter schools has grown every year, with an expected 6,000 students this fall, up from 3,465 last year.
Barnett said the biggest hurdle for charters is to obtain local funding to sustain their revenue, something he hopes the Alabama Legislature will consider.
“Charter schools provide an opportunity because of that flexibility to do something different and to innovate,” Barnett said.
By the 2023-24 school year, there will be 15 charter schools open in the state, with a sixteenth currently under consideration in Dothan. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/school-choice-debate-in-alabama-continues-ahead-of-school-year/ | 2022-07-25T16:12:48 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/school-choice-debate-in-alabama-continues-ahead-of-school-year/ |
The U.S. Navy is coming to town this week, and we’re talking about more than the Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team.
The service is hailing “Dayton Navy Week,” with sailors from across the fleet scheduled to visit the area for various events.
Participating Navy representatives will include sailors from the USS Ohio, USS Stout, Fleet Weather Center Norfolk, the U.S. Fleet Forces Band, Navy Talent Acquisition Group Ohio River Valley and more.
The Navy’s senior executive host will be Fairborn native Rear Adm. John Spencer, commander of the Kings Bay, Ga.-based Submarine Group 10. He is slated to meet with local businesses and civic leaders, the Navy said.
“I am honored to represent the Navy and happy to return to my hometown of Fairborn,” Spencer said. “Ohio has a rich naval history, with an entire class of eighteen submarines named in her honor, and the light cruiser USS Dayton receiving a battle star for her service during World War II.
“This is a great opportunity to visit my hometown and state, the same place where I embarked on my naval career more than 35 years ago,” he added. “It all started with my time at Fairborn High School, and I could not be prouder to be here representing your Navy.”
Events are slated at the Human Society of Dayton, Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, the Miami Valley Military History Museum and — all day Thursday — the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Participants will read to children and grow crystals at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The service will also have a virtual reality experience at the CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show this coming weekend at Dayton International Airport.
At the air show will be the Nimitz, a 18-wheeler trailer where participants go through a video briefing before strapping on an Oculus Rift headset and wearable technology called a SubPac (traditionally used by Club DJs) that percusses in real time to the sounds of a virtual mission, the Navy said.
Visitors navigate the mission using a steering wheel and throttle system that replicate the sensation of piloting a high-speed Navy special warfare combatant craft.
The week concludes with flight demonstrations by the Blue Angels at the air show July 30 and 31, the first time the squadron’s new F/A-18 Super Hornet jets will fly above Dayton.
Navy Weeks are outreach events designed to spread the word about the service at a time when U.S. military branches are fighting for new recruits. The week in Dayton is one of 13 similar events across the nation slated this year in an effort that reaches more than 140 million people, according to the military branch.
A calendar of events can be found at https://outreach.navy.mil/Navy-Weeks-2022/Dayton-2022/.
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PITTSFIELD, N.Y. – New York State Police say a 22-year-old passenger was killed in a one-vehicle crash in the town of Pittsfield early Saturday morning.
State police say the vehicle was heading east on Shacktown Mountain Road when the driver went off of the road and down an embankment, striking multiple trees before coming to a rest.
The driver of the vehicle, also 22 years old, was taken to Bassett Hospital to be treated for injuries that are not considered to be life-threatening.
No names have yet been released.
Limited details are available about what led to the crash, but state police say the investigation is ongoing. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/22-year-old-killed-in-one-vehicle-crash-in-otsego-county/article_e162720a-0c2b-11ed-8415-53c39dd3a260.html | 2022-07-25T16:13:20 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/22-year-old-killed-in-one-vehicle-crash-in-otsego-county/article_e162720a-0c2b-11ed-8415-53c39dd3a260.html |
UTICA, N.Y. – Utica police are investigating a fatal dirt bike crash that happened late Sunday night at the intersection of Eagle and West streets.
Just after 10 p.m., emergency crews were called to the scene for a serious crash involving a car and an off-road dirt bike as thunderstorms were making their way through the region.
Police say the dirt bike operator was pinned beneath the car. Once released, he was rushed to St. Elizabeth Medical Center. While first responders and medical staff performed all life-saving measures possible, the male died from his injuries at the hospital.
The male’s name will not be released until police have notified the family.
The police department’s accident reconstruction team is still investigating the events that led to the crash.
In a social media post, Utica police said Monday morning, “Operating unauthorized motorized equipment on city streets is against the law and extremely dangerous to the operators and the general public as a whole. Sadly, incidents such as these prove how dangerous that operation may be.” | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/utica-police-investigating-fatal-crash-involving-car-dirt-bike/article_748c3416-0c1e-11ed-8b36-c763e801ca6f.html | 2022-07-25T16:13:39 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/utica-police-investigating-fatal-crash-involving-car-dirt-bike/article_748c3416-0c1e-11ed-8b36-c763e801ca6f.html |
Kenosha County Treasurer Teri Jacobson reminds Kenosha County taxpayers that the final installment for their property tax is due by July 31.
If your property is in the City of Kenosha and you are paying 2021 property taxes, you must pay City of Kenosha Treasurer at the Municipal Building, 625 52nd St. If your property is in Pleasant Prairie and you are paying 2021 property taxes, you must pay Village of Pleasant Prairie at the Village Hall, 9915 39th Ave.
If your property is located anywhere else in Kenosha County — or you have prior-year delinquent taxes — you must pay the County Treasurer’s Office, which offers several options for payment:
Checks or money orders may be mailed to the Kenosha County Treasurer, 1010 56th St., Kenosha, WI 53140. If you would like a return receipt mailed to you, enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope with your payment. Make sure that your mail receives a U.S. postmark on or before July 31.
Pay in person by check, cash or money order at the County Treasurer’s Office, 1010 56th St., Kenosha, or at the Elected Officials Office located in the Kenosha County Center at Highways 45 and 50 in Bristol. Both offices are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, though the Elected Officials Office is closed during the lunch hour from noon to 1 p.m. each day.
Pay by credit card using Point & Pay either at the counter or online at https://client.pointandpay.net/web/KenoshaCountyTreasurerWI. Taxpayers should be aware that an additional charge will be added by Point & Pay for those who use a credit card. The fee is less for those who pay by e-check through Point & Pay.
Jacobson said it is important that property owners meet the July 31 deadline. If you miss the deadline, the balance on your account will be considered delinquent and subject to interest and penalty of 1.5% per month retroactive to Feb. 1 (10.5 percent).
“If you cannot pay the full balance, you are encouraged to pay as much as you can by July 31 to reduce the amount of interest and penalty that will be added,” Jacobson said.
Those with any questions about paying property taxes may contact the Kenosha County Treasurer’s Office at 262-653-2542, or send an email to Jacobson at Teri.Jacobson@kenoshacounty.org. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/final-property-tax-installment-due-on-july-31/article_60414a84-0b59-11ed-92cc-d7cbcb446230.html | 2022-07-25T16:17:26 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/final-property-tax-installment-due-on-july-31/article_60414a84-0b59-11ed-92cc-d7cbcb446230.html |
GLADWIN COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - One person died and two others were injured after an off-road vehicle rolled over in Gladwin County on Friday evening.
The Gladwin County Sheriff's Office says a side-by-side ATV crashed on Red Oak Lane near Mohawk Trail in Clement Township around 9 a.m. The vehicle was laying on its passenger side when emergency crews arrived.
A 73-year-old woman from St. Clair Shores was thrown off the vehicle when it overturned and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 68-year-old Gladwin man driving the vehicle also was thrown off when it rolled over. A 73-year-old woman from Roseville riding as a passenger was still on the vehicle when police arrived.
Both of them were taken to MyMichigan Medical Center in West Branch with non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators will continue looking into why the all-terrain vehicle overturned. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/1-dead-2-injured-after-off-road-vehicle-crash-in-gladwin-county/article_f4720698-0c18-11ed-84d2-377eee5936dd.html | 2022-07-25T16:22:19 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/1-dead-2-injured-after-off-road-vehicle-crash-in-gladwin-county/article_f4720698-0c18-11ed-84d2-377eee5936dd.html |
The longstanding prohibition on news outlets broadcasting Indiana court hearings soon may come to an end.
The Indiana Supreme Court recently announced it's considering lifting its near-total ban on cameras in the courtroom in favor of allowing each local judge to decide whether to permit the news media to air court proceedings live and/or record them for later use.
Under the high court's proposed rule, a judge could authorize the broadcasting, televising, recording or photographing of court proceedings by recognized media outlets, so long as broadcasting is restricted to non-confidential hearings and the means of recording do not distract participants or impair the dignity of the proceedings.
A judge who allows broadcasting would retain the discretion to limit, interrupt or halt the coverage at any time if the judge deems the interruption or stoppage appropriate.
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All judges also would be required to prohibit any broadcast of minors, juvenile matters, sex offense victims, jurors, witnesses whose safety is at risk, attorney-client communications, bench conferences and materials on counsel tables and the judicial bench.
Currently, broadcasting anything from a courtroom, other than ceremonial matters, requires the consent of the Indiana Supreme Court, which has routinely webcast its oral arguments and other courtroom proceedings for years, along with the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Ten years ago, The Times received permission from the Supreme Court to webcast select Lake County court hearings as part of an 18-month pilot program examining the promises and pitfalls of new courtroom technology.
If the rule is adopted, any local judge could decide on a case-by-case basis whether to allow broadcasting and may require advance notice from media organizations seeking to bring cameras into the courtroom.
Trial participants and audience members still would not be permitted to record court proceedings with a camera, phone or other electronic devices, according to the rule.
Hoosiers are invited to comment on the cameras in the courtroom rule by mailing their opinions on the proposal before Aug. 1 to: Office of Judicial Administration, Indiana Office of Court Services, 251 N. Illinois St., Suite 800, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
Feedback also may be submitted electronically by searching "rules July 2022" at the courts.in.gov website and following the links to the online comment form .
Gallery: Indiana historical markers in the Region
First Physician
First Physician
Location: 2985 W. 73rd Place, Merrillville
Erected by Woman's Auxiliary, Lake County Medical Society
Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves.
Great Sauk (Sac) Trail
Great Sauk (Sac) Trail
Location: Van Buren Street at West 73rd Avenue (Old U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway) on traffic median east of Calumet Cemetery and west of Broadway, Merrillville
Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1966
Part of a transcontinental trail used by prehistoric peoples of North America, it passed through modern Detroit, Rock Island and Davenport in the Midwest. The trail was important into the 19th century.
St. John's Lutheran Church Tolleston
St. John's Lutheran Church Tolleston
Location: 2235 W. 10th Avenue at Taft Avenue, southeast corner, Gary
St. John's Church, the oldest surviving institution in Gary and north of the Little Calumet River, began with the work of the Rev. Henry Wunder in the early 1860's. He regularly came from Chicago by horse and buggy. Baptism records date from 1863; the first church was built on this site in 1868 or 1869; 1870 is celebrated as date of organization. The church served German immigrants to Tolleston (named for George Tolle who came in 1856). Tolleston was annexed to Gary in 1910.
Dutch in the Calumet Region
Dutch in the Calumet Region
Location: 8941 Kleinman Road, Highland
Erected 1992 Indiana Historical Bureau and Lamprecht Florist & Greenhouse, established 1923
Dutch immigrants after 1850 began moving to this area because of its similarities to their homeland. They helped to locate ditches to drain water from the extensive marshes, leaving rich land to expand successful horticultural activities.
St. John Township School, District #2
St. John Township School, District #2
Location: 1515 Joliet Street (Old U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway), east of St. John Road at the St. John Township Community Center, Schererville
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau and Committee to Save Township School #2
Built, 1853, approximately one half mile south; closed, 1907; moved to this site and restored for educational and community uses, 1993-1994. One of twelve St. John Township schools; structure typical of early one-room school buildings in Indiana.
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
Location: Southeast corner U.S. 30 (Joliet Street) and Janice Drive, Schererville
Erected 1996 Indiana Historical Bureau, Northwest Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, Dyer and Schererville Historical Societies, Sand Ridge Bank, Welsh, Inc.
United States' first transcontinental highway, constructed 1913-1928, from New York City to San Francisco. Dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Conceived by Carl G. Fisher to encourage building "good roads." Sponsored by Lincoln Highway Association and supported by automotive industries.
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
"Ideal Section" - 1.5 miles - of Lincoln Highway, completed 1923, designed and built as a model for road construction. Funded by county, state, and U.S. Rubber Co. Features included 100 foot right-of-way, 40 foot paved width, 10 inch steel-reinforced concrete, underground drainage, lighted, landscaped, bridge, and pedestrian pathways.
Froebel School - side 1
Froebel School - side 1
Location: 15th Avenue and Madison Street, Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Froebel Alumni Park Committee, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Froebel opened here, 1912, as many European immigrants and southern blacks moved to Gary for jobs in steel mills. An experiment in progressive education, it served students of diverse backgrounds and the local community. Despite early status as integrated school, black students were excluded from many extracurricular activities and facilities into 1940s. Closed 1977.
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Froebel School
Froebel School
Location: 15th Avenue and Madison Street, Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Froebel Alumni Park Committee, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company
After WWII, Froebel made national headlines when hundreds of white students walked out protesting "integration experiment" there. "Hate strikes" lasted several weeks in 1945 and reflected growing racial tension in North. In 1946, Gary school board adopted desegregation policy, but discrimination continued. Indiana state law desegregating public schools passed 1949.
Stewart Settlement House
Stewart Settlement House
Location: 1501 E. Massachusetts St., Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Landmarks, and Christ United Methodist Church
Stewart House was organized during depression of 1921 to provide social services for Gary’s black community. A vital neighborhood center for unemployed WWI veterans and southern blacks who migrated for jobs in steel mills, it helped thousands adjust to urban life. Services included lodging and meals, as well as legal, medical, and employment advice. Moved here, 1925.
Stewart Settlement House
Stewart Settlement House
Location: 1501 E. Massachusetts St., Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Landmarks, and Christ United Methodist Church
U.S. Steel, with an interest in regulating its workers, helped fund the settlement house, designed by architect W.W. Cooke. The Methodist Episcopal Church and Gary’s blacks also donated funds. Rev. Frank Delaney guided its development as superintendent, 1920-1939, and made it a source of pride for blacks. During Great Depression, it aided hundreds daily. Closed 1970s.
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Location: 1927 Madison St., Gary
Installed 2019 Indiana Historical Bureau, KHEF, Inc., Atty. Junifer Hall, Atty. Jacqueline Hall, and Law Office of Deacon-Atty. John Henry Hall
Rep. Katie Hall (1938-2012)
Democratic leader Katie Hall was born in rural Mississippi and moved to Indiana in 1960. She taught in Gary before serving in the Indiana General Assembly, 1974-82. Hall became the first African American U.S. Representative from Indiana, serving 1982-85. During her tenure, she authored and sponsored the bill that made Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a federal holiday.
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Location: 1927 Madison St., Gary
Installed 2019 Indiana Historical Bureau, KHEF, Inc., Atty. Junifer Hall, Atty. Jacqueline Hall, and Law Office of Deacon-Atty. John Henry Hall
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
The struggle to make Dr. King’s birthday a federal holiday began soon after the civil rights leader’s death in 1968. Growing interest, publicity, and advocacy helped Representative Hall secure passage of a bill in 1983. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law that November, designating every third Monday in January as the holiday. Celebration began in 1986.
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Bailly Homestead
Location: Bailly Cemetery, U.S. 12
Marker no longer standing.
Home of Joseph Bailly, a French Canadian, who established a fur trading post here on the Detroit-Chicago road in 1822. It became a center of trade, culture and religion. The family cemetery is on the land near by.
Iron Brigade
Iron Brigade
Location: Eastbound U.S. 20 at southeast corner of Ind. 49 overpass, Chesterton
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau, Porter Co. Tour. Com., Indpls. Civil War Rnd. Tbl., Porter Cmp. 116, Dept. of Ind., Sons of Un. Vets. of Civil War
Composed of infantry regiments from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, the Iron Brigade fought with Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861-1865). Received name for valor at battle of South Mountain, Maryland (1862). Sustained combat fatalities among the highest in the Union armies.
Willow Creek Confrontation
Willow Creek Confrontation
Location: Southeast corner of Woodland Park, 2100 Willow Creek Road, Portage
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau
As railroad lines expanded through U.S., conflict occurred between competing lines. Michigan Central Railroad, with track in Porter County since 1851, briefly defied state militia and court orders (1874) to allow Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to cross its track. Crossing was built at Willow Creek Station.
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Ogden Dunes Ski Jump
Location: Kratz Field, 82 Hillcrest Road at Boat Club Road, Ogden Dunes
Erected 1997 Indiana Historical Bureau and Historical Society of Ogden Dunes.
Steel and wood ski jump with adjustable height and length was built here for Ogden Dunes Ski Club, incorporated in 1927 to promote winter sports. Five annual events with international competitors were held 1928-1932, with 7, 000 to 20, 000 spectators. Reputed to be the largest artificial ski jump at the time. Dismantled after 1932 event.
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Edwin Way Teale
Location: 285 E. U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton
Installed: 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and Musette Lewry Trust
Born 1899 in Illinois, Teale became an influential naturalist, author, and photographer[ who won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for his book Wandering Through Winter. Teale wrote that boyhood summers and holidays spent near here at his grandparents’ farm inspired his interest in nature. Teale moved to New York City; employed by Popular Science Monthly 1928-1941.
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Edwin Way Teale
Location: 285 E. U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton
Installed: 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and Musette Lewry Trust
Teale published his first critically acclaimed book, Grassroot Jungles, in 1937. In 1943, he published Dune Boy, recollections of time spent exploring the dunes and woodlands in this area. During his life, he wrote, edited, and contributed to over 30 books, which educated Americans about nature’s importance and beauty. He died in Connecticut in 1980.
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Legacy of Steel/Burns Harbor Steel Plant
Location: Burns Harbor Town Hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd., Burns Harbor
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau, ArcelorMittal, and the Town of Burns Harbor
In the early 1900s, steel plants were developed on southern Lake Michigan to improve access to growing Midwest markets. After purchasing 3,300 acres in Porter County, Bethlehem Steel built and began its Burns Harbor operations in 1964. The plant’s development spurred local conservation efforts leading to the creation of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1966.
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Legacy of Steel/Burns Harbor Steel Plant
Location: Burns Harbor Town Hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd., Burns Harbor
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau, ArcelorMittal, and the Town of Burns Harbor
The Burns Harbor plant was key to building the Port of Indiana and incorporation of the Town of Burns Harbor in 1967. Designed as a fully integrated plant, it relies on the port for transporting raw materials. Since 1969, Burns Harbor remains the newest integrated U.S. steel facility. Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal gained ownership of the Burns Harbor plant in 2007.
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Civil War Camps
Location: Ind. 2 W and Colfax Avenue, La Porte
Erected by the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963
Two Civil War training camps: Colfax and Jackson, were located near La Porte. The 9th and 29th Indiana Volunteer Infantry regiments were organized and trained here.
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Old Lighthouse
Location: Old Lighthouse Museum in Washington Park, Michigan City
Marker no longer standing. Replaced by local marker.
Built on the water’s edge, 1858, by the United States Government. One of the first lights on the Great Lakes. Harriet E. Colfax was the tender from 1853-1903. Remodelled 1904, electrified 1933, discontinued 1960.
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Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad
Location: CR 250 and Ind. 39, south LaPorte
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau.
Proposed in 1905 as a 742 mile, straight-line, high speed route, without crossings; estimated ten hours travel time at a cost of ten dollars. Just under twenty miles, between LaPorte and Chesterton, were constructed, 1906-1911.
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Camp Anderson
Location: 2404 E. Michigan Boulevard at Carroll Street, Michigan City
Erected 1996 Indiana Historical Bureau and McDonald's Restaurant
One of three Civil War training camps in La Porte County. Site is one fourth mile west. Named for Colonel Edward Anderson. Used 1863-1864 to train Indiana Union volunteers of the 127th, 128th, and 129th regiments.
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Indiana Territory Boundary Line
Location: 213 Pine Lake Avenue, LaPorte
Erected 1999 Indiana Historical Bureau, the Hinton Family, and L Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Northwest Territory formed 1787; Indiana Territory formed 1800. Admission of Ohio 1803 and formation of Michigan Territory 1805 established Indiana Territory's northern boundary at southern tip of Lake Michigan. When Indiana became state in 1816, Congress moved boundary ten miles north giving Indiana part of Lake Michigan.
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Indiana Territory Boundary Line
Location: 213 Pine Lake Avenue, LaPorte
Erected 1999 Indiana Historical Bureau, the Hinton Family, and L Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Northern boundary of Indiana Territory established at southern tip of Lake Michigan when Michigan Territory formed in 1805.
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LaPorte County Courthouse
Location: 813 Lincolnway and Michigan Avenue, southeast corner of LaPorte County Courthouse lawn
Installed: 2001 Indiana Historical Bureau, LaPorte County Board of Commissioners, and LaPorte County Historical Society
County formed by Indiana General Assembly and LaPorte selected county seat 1832. Three courthouses built on this site: first 1833, second 1847-1848. Present courthouse constructed 1892-1894 of Lake Superior Red Sandstone; designed by Brentwood S. Tolan of Fort Wayne in Richardsonian Romanesque Style. Incorporates cornerstone from 1848 courthouse.
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LaPorte County Courthouse
Location: 813 Lincolnway & Michigan Avenue, SE corner of La Porte County Courthouse lawn, LaPorte
Installed: 2001 Indiana Historical Bureau, La Porte County Board of Commissioners, and La Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Features include open-arched central tower, stained glass window transoms, wood paneling, and gilded friezes. Goddess of Justice stained glass graces courtroom. Tower has 272-piece glass skylight; gargoyles decorate exterior. Included in Downtown La Porte Historic District, listed in National Register of Historic Places 1983.
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LaPorte's Carnegie Library
Location: LaPorte County Public Library, SW corner of 904 Indiana Avenue/US 35 & Maple Avenue
Installed: 2002 Indiana Historical Bureau and Friends of the LaPorte County Public Library
La Porte's first public library was established 1896. La Porte City School Board was awarded $27, 500 Carnegie grant 1916; by 1919 local support had been secured to meet grant requirements. Architect Wilson B. Parker designed the Neo-Classical style structure. Library opened in 1920 with 30, 000 volumes.
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LaPorte's Carnegie Library
Location: LaPorte County Public Library, SW corner of 904 Indiana Avenue/US 35 & Maple Avenue
Installed: 2002 Indiana Historical Bureau and Friends of the LaPorte County Public Library
Renovation and expansion designed by architect William Koster; building dedicated 1991. Original 1920 section retained. Library has played a major role in community's development. One of 1, 679 libraries built in U.S. with funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Indiana built more Carnegie libraries than any other state.
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The Rumely Companies
Location: NW corner of Madison Street & Lincolnway, La Porte
Installed: 2003 Indiana Historical Bureau and Rumely Historic Recognition Committee
Meinrad Rumely (1823-1904), a German immigrant, founded a blacksmith shop here 1853, which grew into a dominant company through reorganizations and acquisitions. Rumely companies in La Porte benefited from available rail transportation plus German and later Polish immigrant laborers. Products included a wide variety of agricultural machines.
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The Rumely Companies
Location: NW corner of Madison Street & Lincolnway, La Porte
Installed: 2003 Indiana Historical Bureau and Rumely Historic Recognition Committee
Rumely's prizewinning thresher later became one of the earliest powered by steam. Thousands of OilPull tractors sold worldwide 1910-1930. Rumely companies were at the forefront of mechanization of American and world agriculture and had significant impact on La Porte. Allis-Chalmers acquired the firm 1931 and closed La Porte plant 1983.
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The Lincoln Funeral Train
Location: 100 E. Michigan Blvd. (U.S. 12), Michigan City
Installed 2010 Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln's funeral was April 19, 1865 at the White House. The funeral train left for Springfield, Illinois April 21 directed by military; stops en route allowed the public to pay homage. From Indianapolis, train passed mourners lighted by bonfires and torches along the way; arrived in Michigan City by 8:35 a.m., May 1.
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The Lincoln Funeral Train
Location: 100 E. Michigan Blvd. (U.S. 12), Michigan City
Installed 2010 Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Residents decorated depot north of here with memorial arches adorned with roses, evergreens, flags, and images of Lincoln. Train stopped to switch engines and to allow dignitaries from Illinois and Indiana to board. Sixteen women entered funeral car to place flowers on casket. Train left for Chicago on Michigan Central Railroad; track was lined with mourners.
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LaPorte University/Indiana Medical College
Location: Lincoln Elementary School, SE corner of Clay St. and Harrison St., LaPorte
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau and the Healthcare Foundation of LaPorte
LaPorte University was established in the early 1840s to include law, literary, and medical departments. The medical department, later Indiana Medical College, began classes by 1842. Its distinguished faculty attracted students from across the U.S. Notable attendees included Dr. William W. Mayo, whose practice evolved into Mayo Clinic, and Dr. William H. Wishard.
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LaPorte University/Indiana Medical College
Location: Lincoln Elementary School, southeast corner of Clay Street and Harrison Street, LaPorte
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau and the Healthcare Foundation of LaPorte
Before the university’s founding, Indiana offered few opportunities for professional medical training. The medical college trained skilled doctors in the Midwest, preparing them for the region’s medical needs in surgery, anatomy, theory, and obstetrics. Classes ceased circa 1850; it consolidated with Indiana Central Medical College (1849-1852) in Indianapolis, 1851.
Source: Indiana Historical Bureau, www.in.gov/history/
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Gary Roosevelt High School
730 W. 25th Ave., Gary
Installed 2020 Indiana Historical Bureau, Lady Panthers & Supporters '63, Roosevelt Adult Booster Club, National Gary Theodore Roosevelt Alumni Assoc., Inc., and Indiana Landmarks
As Gary grew in the early 1900s, African American students were segregated within white schools or overcrowded into small, separate schools. To compensate, officials transferred some Black students to Emerson High School in 1927. After over 600 white students walked out in protest, the school board reinforced segregation by building a new school for the Black community.
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Gary Roosevelt High School
730 W. 25th Ave., Gary
Installed 2020 Indiana Historical Bureau, Lady Panthers & Supporters '63, Roosevelt Adult Booster Club, National Gary Theodore Roosevelt Alumni Assoc., Inc., and Indiana Landmarks
Theodore Roosevelt High School was dedicated in 1931 as an all-Black K-12 school. While many community members opposed segregation, they took pride in Roosevelt, and strove to make it equal to Gary’s white schools. It employed highly educated Black teachers, pushed students to excel in academics and sports despite discrimination, and produced many distinguished alumni.
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CHICAGO — A man has died after being stabbed during an altercation on a commuter train in Chicago.
The stabbing occurred about 3 a.m. Monday on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train on the city's South Side, police said.
The victim was able to run away. He suffered wounds to his chest and later was pronounced dead at a hospital.
No arrests have been made.
Four people were stabbed and injured Friday in an attack on another Chicago Transit Authority train.
Six robbery suspects followed a 42-year-old man onto a Red Line train at about 2 a.m. Friday, then demanded his belongings and attacked him with a knife and a broken glass bottle, police said last week.
The man pulled out his own knife and fought back but suffered stab wounds. Three of the suspects also suffered stab wounds, police said.
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The other three were arrested.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Kyra Willis
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206110
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Thien
Age : 38
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206094
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEH AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Kevin Rodriguez
Age : 36
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206098
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Silaj
Age : 34
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206096
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Moore III
Age : 47
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206095
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Arionn Parent
Age : 52
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206108
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Philbin
Age : 34
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206105
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Germon Jones
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206101
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole McGregor
Age : 30
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206078
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Courtney Johnson
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206112
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeff Henderson Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206090
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Dukes
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206083
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Edwards Jr.
Age : 39
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206082
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jasmine Clayton
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206079
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Ballard
Age : 58
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206092
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dawn Burton
Age : 56
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206091
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tre'Vion Carlisle
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206086
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Asfall
Age : 33
Residence: Sacramento, CA
Booking Number(s): 2206106
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Aguero Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206081
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Suckey
Age : 36
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206045
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Simona Trajceski
Age : 27
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206050
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrew Stover
Age : 35
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206068
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Storey Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206047
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE; DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jason Sivak
Age : 43
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206067
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Annette Roberts
Age : 48
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206060
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph McLeroy
Age : 48
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206066
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kewon Price
Age : 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206073
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jonathan Huemmer
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206041
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dontrell Henderson Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206054
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tamika Graves
Age : 42
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206058
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER (ATTEMPTED)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Malik Gross
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206059
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jamey Goin
Age : 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206051
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Collins
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206071
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brigida Fortoso Gomez Rodriguez
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206056
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - STRANGULATION - AGAINST A PREGNANT WOMAN
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Missy Buhrmester
Age : 30
Residence: Linden, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206049
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Geno Carta
Age : 29
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206075
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glorivette Bonilla
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206063
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Seramur
Age : 31
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206013
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vashon Sherman
Age : 33
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206020
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hannah Wagner
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206039
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Whitlow
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206015
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Santiago Reyes
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206018
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Schulten
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206029
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Plucinski
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206021
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Popa
Age : 40
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206009
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alan Hughes
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206010
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Johnson
Age : 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206011
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melissa Johnston
Age : 39
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206031
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stafford Henderson
Age : 64
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206016
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vincent Banks
Age : 55
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206019
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Bowersox
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206023
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francisco Flores
Age : 32
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206035
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stewart Foley IV
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206037
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Kryda
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205991
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Hanaway
Age : 30
Residence: Medaryville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205988
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Derek Johnson
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205999
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Favian Juarez
Age : 25
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206005
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Haddock
Age : 42
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206000
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Dobos
Age : 29
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205998
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mary Granter
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205986
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Charles Barber
Age : 42
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206003
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Warren
Age : 62
Residence: Beecher, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205965
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jereyl Willis
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205977
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zeondre Shenault
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205978
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Stovall Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205973
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tasha Barnes
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205982
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eugene Golston
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205980
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charlene Sandoval
Age : 60
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205974
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamarr Thompson
Age : 51
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205959
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dyron Wash
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205963
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Zurawski
Age : 35
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205956
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Lucio
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205955
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angelee Luick
Age : 28
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205947
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; INTIMIDATION; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Gilbert Ortiz
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205951
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Perez Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205946
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carmella Lawrence
Age : 55
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205948
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Gilliam
Age : 47
Residence: Grant Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205957
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Guerra
Age : 47
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205954
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rondell Johnson
Age : 23
Residence: Rockford, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205950
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Bennett
Age : 28
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205943
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Bermingham
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205952
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Veronica Quijano
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205913
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alantae Thornton
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205908
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Armaun McKenzie
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205927
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert McKenzie Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205920
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sharita Parks
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205911
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angelos Lujano
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205918
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffrey Lambert
Age : 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205898
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paris Larkin Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Park Forest, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205915
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kemetka Leftridge
Age : 44
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205894
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deauntre Lester
Age : 34
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205919
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Kaufman
Age : 25
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205897
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordarryl Jones
Age : 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205914
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Olivia Justice
Age : 18
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205904
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Pamela Jenkins Reynolds
Age : 51
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205901
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Irvin
Age : 44
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205909
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nedal Hamed
Age : 40
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205895
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY; ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Quinton Hicks
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205910
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cortney Dixon
Age : 36
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205923
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Agee
Age : 26
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205912
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paul Brown Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205902
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Buczek
Age : 32
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205903
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Walls
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205861
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rickey Washington
Age : 31
Residence: Danville, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205862
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessica Sanchez
Age : 24
Residence: Cicero, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205878
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Monique Smoot
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205874
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Davion Torry
Age : 21
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205854
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Kirkland
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205853
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amber Mackey
Age : 23
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205855
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel McGraw
Age : 36
Residence: Rensselaer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205875
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Purkey
Age : 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205871
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Marta Rodriguez
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205869
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Nyia Hunter
Age : 22
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205881
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacy Gorgas
Age : 44
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205856
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrei Guta
Age : 19
Residence: Baltimore, MD
Booking Number(s): 2205872
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Garcia
Age : 25
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205852
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dustin Freely
Age : 54
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205868
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Matthew Creekbaum
Age : 39
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205873
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Saya Dhiman
Age : 22
Residence: Palatine, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205891
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Andrea Brown
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205867
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Clark
Age : 44
Residence: Grffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205860
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Bonner
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205850
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION REFERENCE SAME PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Stewart Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206122
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Elijah Harris
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206344
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyata Williams
Age : 32
Residence: Fort Wayne, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206247
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shaquille Nailon
Age : 27
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206141
Arrest Date: July 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Scott
Age : 35
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206236
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenshawn Anderson
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206279
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Wilkerson Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206301
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON; RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Robert Conner
Age : 32
Residence: Evanston, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206334
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: ARSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Terry
Age : 25
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206225
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Davon Jones
Age : 18
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206254
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Meadows III
Age : 43
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206191
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adrian Duran
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206212
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Amber Mazoch
Age : 31
Residence: Muskego, WI
Booking Number(s): 2206331
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lindsey Delgado
Age : 37
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206119
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Skarlet Cooper
Age : 38
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206288
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Emanuel Barnes
Age : 27
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206229
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Laquette Cain-Allison
Age : 32
Residence: Milwaukee, WI
Booking Number(s): 2206193
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Abel Moreno
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206333
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - RECKLESS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Cooper
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206337
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erich Boone
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206314
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY; - SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Darion Key
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206348
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sarah Morden
Age : 29
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206248
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Sommer Nicholson
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206125
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Trenton Terry
Age : 42
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206124
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Freeborn
Age : 36
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206268
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Clarion Phillips
Age : 32
Residence: Burnham, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206186
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darnell Turner
Age : 53
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206207
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Reginald Ryals
Age : 22
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206237
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mathew Demakas
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206118
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dwayne Fields
Age : 57
Residence: Milwaukee, WI
Booking Number(s): 2206335
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Peterson
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206130
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Emanuel England
Age : 32
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206218
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Durell Rhymes
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206241
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT; OWI; SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Samantha Cardenas
Age : 26
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206180
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hannah Kuckuck
Age : 26
Residence: Fort Myers, FL
Booking Number(s): 2206340
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samuel Sledge
Age : 21
Residence: Decatur, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206246
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rebecca White
Age : 31
Residence: Rensselaer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206142
Arrest Date: July 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrick Nuttall
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206137
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sammie Garrett Jr.
Age : 54
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206274
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Scott Porta II
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206179
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Leroy Williams
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206312
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jorie Fink
Age : 26
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206139
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Takyra Cunningham
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206273
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Denise Houldieson
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206171
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clark Smith
Age : 27
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206252
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lakethia Johnson
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206275
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lawrence Galia II
Age : 42
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206214
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Cynthia Peach
Age : 47
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206132
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristy Gibson-Miller
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206345
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremiah Parker
Age : 44
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206357
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Maurice Farley
Age : 24
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206251
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Aubrey Wilson
Age : 22
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206271
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ellery Williams
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206189
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Victor Hernandez
Age : 30
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206199
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hudson Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206183
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
John Davis
Age : 71
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206291
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ramon Jones
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206296
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Maximilian Aldridge
Age : 25
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206272
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cameron Bush
Age : 23
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206354
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lorenzo Padilla
Age : 20
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206276
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Wilson
Age : 32
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206318
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE; OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tonya Negele
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206299
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Julian Sanchez
Age : 23
Residence: Crestwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206332
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Gorman Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206328
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
DeSean Goings
Age : 25
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206200
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bobby Hall
Age : 41
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206259
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE; DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Davis
Age : 49
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206277
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jack Hampton
Age : 42
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206127
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Voigt
Age : 24
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206255
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daveontay Clark
Age : 22
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206351
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mandi Powers
Age : 40
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206265
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gregory Jackson
Age : 30
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206182
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: RACKETEERING - CORRUPT BUSINESS INFLUENCE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jermani Keys
Age : 20
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206286
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamal Smith
Age : 21
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206304
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marshall Alfred
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206311
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arthur Stueber Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206338
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Carns
Age : 38
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206224
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jefforey Winn
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206175
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Douglas Ferguson
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206266
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjarmin Jeffries
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206245
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devon Mitchell
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206126
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Norton
Age : 24
Residence: Richport, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206267
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: UNLAWFUL GAMBLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tywann Wilkerson
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206233
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Walden
Age : 52
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206289
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Nicholas Nash
Age : 30
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206196
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jordan Greer
Age : 23
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206202
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: SEX CRIME - CHILD EXPLOITATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Torrey Allen Jr.
Age : 20
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206290
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sandra Rose
Age : 33
Residence: Kingsville, OH
Booking Number(s): 2206240
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 22
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206197
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Seabrook
Age : 27
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206303
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marc McCollum
Age : 31
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206355
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Gregory Cox
Age : 44
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206136
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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UVALDE, Texas — A Commissioners Court meeting will be held Monday to discuss the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary school.
They plan to approve of the independent-action review of policies and procedures of the Uvalde Sheriff’s Department related to the school shooting.
Law enforcement officers have faced criticism after nearly 400 officers responded to the school, but it took 77 minutes to take the shooter down.
A preliminary report from the Texas House Investigative Committee shows that 16 officers from the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.
During the last meeting, the commissioners unanimously passed a resolution asking Governor Abbott to call a special session.
This in an effort to raise the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic assault style rifle from 18 to 21.
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SAN ANTONIO — Mayor Ron Nirenberg will be on hand for a special announcement and plaque presentation Monday as Credit Human Headquarters is recognized as the first ever BSAG Climate Ready Certified Building.
"The Climate Ready Certification Program is a first of its kind program which was developed in response to San Antonio's changing climate and aligns with the City of San Antonio's Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. It focuses on moving beyond energy efficiency and water conservation to energy resilience and water security," said Build San Antonio Green in an announcement. "The Credit Human Headquarters has earned this certification designation as it was designed to be one of the most resilient buildings in our region. The Headquarters sets an example for the future of green buildings designed to help our community adapt to our changing climate and extreme weather."
Build San Antonio Green has been working with community partners including the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, and CPS Energy as well as Builders and Developers since 2001 to help reduce emissions and save energy by certifying green buildings. Over 13,000 projects have been certified in our community. These certified buildings have saved our city 22.5 Megawatts of peak demand energy and helped to save over 377 Million Lbs. of CO2. Build San Antonio Green also administers the Bring Solar Home program. Bring Solar Home is a free un-biased decision tool for the community to help educate the public about their options for going solar and things they should be aware of and consider before buying. It also connects interested customers to 3 free quotes from installers.
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ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis firefighter is being treated for heat exhaustion Sunday after helping fight a fire on North Florissant Avenue.
The first floor of a vacant two-story building reportedly caught fire, and the fire spread to a warehouse next door. A small dog was rescued from one of the buildings, a video from the St. Louis Fire Department showed.
Fire department tweets said the fire had been knocked down and the buildings were being ventilated shortly after noon Sunday, about an hour after the fire was first reported.
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SAN ANTONIO — The Texas mom who was last seen leaving her San Antonio home on her way to work has been found dead inside her car, SAPD confirmed Monday.
Chrissy Lee Powell, 39, was missing for nearly three weeks before she was found in her car parked on the 11700 block of I-10 by a security guard Saturday around 6:45 p.m.
The security guard said her car, a 2020 Nissan Rogue, had been parked in the same location for about a week. He approached the car after reporting a foul odor coming from it and found her body in the front passenger seat, and called 9-1-1.
Responding officers checked the vehicle and confirmed there was a body inside.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner arrived and transported the body to perform an autopsy and identify the remains. No trauma was observed, according to officials.
Her purse with identification was found inside the vehicle.
Powell's family was notified. Her mother shared on Facebook that she was heartbroken.
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RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia police officer and a driver who fled a crash were wounded in a shootout in an alley early Monday, police said.
Around 3:30 a.m., officers saw a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and when the vehicle crashed, the driver fled, Richmond police said in a news release. As an officer tried to engage the driver in an alley nearby, they exchanged gunfire and both were wounded, police said. Both were taken to a hospital. The driver’s injuries are considered life-threatening and the officer’s aren’t thought to be life-threatening, police said. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-officer-driver-fleeing-crash-hurt-in-alley-shootout/2022/07/25/a0a3b702-0c2a-11ed-88e8-c58dc3dbaee2_story.html | 2022-07-25T16:26:06 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-officer-driver-fleeing-crash-hurt-in-alley-shootout/2022/07/25/a0a3b702-0c2a-11ed-88e8-c58dc3dbaee2_story.html |
Originally published July 21 on IdahoEdNews.org.
LEWISTON — Last school year – for the first time in Gena Marker’s 14 years as a librarian – two books were pulled from her shelves.
Marker, the librarian at Centennial High School in Boise, was able to hand those books – Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe and This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson – to an LGBTQ teen who deeply appreciated them. But this school year, Marker won’t have the same opportunity because those titles are now forbidden on campus.
Marker moderated a panel discussion on book challenges, censorship, and serving students Wednesday at the Idaho Commission for Libraries’ Summer Summit conference.
The conversation was timely, following a legislative session where the types of books on library shelves became a flash point. The library commission budget was threatened due to controversy over whether Idaho kids could access what some lawmakers deemed “obscene” reading materials (the budget bill eventually passed). And Legislators introduced a bill (which did not become law) that would see librarians, teachers, and museum staff members fined and/or jailed if they disseminated “material harmful to minors.”
And Idaho districts are banning books, sometimes in large numbers – the Nampa School District made a controversial decision to pull 22 books from its shelves this year.
Wednesday’s panel aimed to foster conversation about how to navigate the increasing calls for censorship in libraries.
“It’s easy to feel personal despair in the wake of book challenges,” Marker said. “I was seen as a peddler of pornography by providing access to these books.”
Marker said the process that led to pulling the two books from her shelves — both of which are on the American Library Association’s list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021 — was long and involved. But for librarians, such processes are likely to be the new normal.
“Would I do this again in the name of intellectual freedom? You bet,” she said of her efforts to protect the titles. “Will I do this again in the near future? Most likely.”
Librarians are preparing for continued efforts to ban books by creating clear policies and processes
Librarians across the state are revamping their policies and processes in anticipation of more attempts to ban books.
Generally, here’s what happens when a parent or patron challenges a book:
- Most districts ask them to fill out a form like this one that details their concerns.
- Some districts temporarily remove the titles while they are being reviewed; others leave them in circulation until a decision is made.
- The complaint is reviewed by a panel that ultimately decides whether to remove the book.
- The panel might include a librarian and/or teacher, an administrator, a district official, parents, and students. The complainant and teacher/librarian most involved are sometimes excluded, but can attend the hearing and offer their thoughts.
- The complainant can sometimes appeal the decision. At that point, it would likely go before a second panel or the school board. That decision would be final.
Julie Briggs, the district library coordinator for Bonneville Joint School District in Idaho Falls, said it’s important that concerned patrons read the entire book in question and do not base complaints on “passages pulled out of context.”
She also pointed out that a third book challenge outcome – in addition to keeping or banning a text – is to move the book to another, more age-appropriate grade level. This school year, Briggs said her district moved a book from the elementary library and placed it in the middle school library.
Last fall, Briggs created a procedure for book challenges in her district, and she’s grateful she did because it streamlined the process.
In the face of public distrust, librarians are also working on building strong community relationships.
Building relationships helps dispel distrust and invite conversation
Natasha Rush, a teacher-librarian at Boise High School, said she does whatever she can to get out in the community and build relationships – whether that means keeping score at basketball games, subbing for classes, or participating in games at assemblies. Being part of the community makes civil, in-person conversations more likely if a parent becomes uncomfortable with a book, she said.
Her efforts seem to be working.
This school year, a parent approached her with concerns about a book called We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson. Rush discussed options with the parent. They could start the formal book challenge process and procedure, or she could make an electronic note so that the parent’s child would be unable to check out the book.
That way, she told the parent, “you can make the parenting decision for your child and not another.”
The parent hadn’t realized that was an option and decided to add the note instead of seeking permanent removal of the title.
“I’ve had lots of interactions like that with parents,” Rush said.
And it’s not just parents who question titles. Rush recalled a moment when students visiting the library were dismayed at seeing a biography on former president Donald Trump.
“Yes,” she told them. “Libraries have information on everything.”
Diverse books help students find belonging and better understanding of others
Kiersten Kerr, a teacher-librarian at Coeur d’Alene High School, said it is imperative for libraries to have a wide array of reading materials available for students.
“By giving choices, students can find something they relate to,” she said. “Students want to see themselves in what they read and know that they’re not alone, even if they feel alone in their schools.”
In her library, she hopes that all 1,600 of the school’s students can find a book that reflects them, whether in regards to race, sexual identity, home life, mental health, homelessness, trauma, or any other aspect of their lived experiences.
“Dominant social groups have always been reflected, but [those groups] may not know as much about others,” she said. “Regardless of a community’s demographics, students have a lot to learn about other people and groups.”
Rush agrees that library collections should have something for everyone.
“I will chain myself to my books,” she said. “I don’t care, I want every single person reflected.”
To look up your district’s policies on topics like challenge processes, intellectual freedom, and library and instructional materials, visit their website and navigate to the school board section. You should see a link to board policies. Most policies related to these topics will be classified under “instruction.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/librarians-prepare-for-continued-efforts-to-ban-books/article_35248a17-032d-5556-b938-9b6b462f2a62.html | 2022-07-25T16:30:47 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/librarians-prepare-for-continued-efforts-to-ban-books/article_35248a17-032d-5556-b938-9b6b462f2a62.html |
Four Rikers Island guards are said to face charges Monday after they allegedly failed to stop an inmate from harming himself in a jail cell in 2019.
Three correction officers and a captain previously faced 30 days suspensions without pay in connection to the suicide attempt of then 18-year-old Nicholas Feliciano.
Feliciano attempted to hang himself Nov. 27, 2019, in an area of the notorious New York City lockup that was in view of a guard desk where officers can monitor activity through video feeds.
According to a Board of Correction’s review published last year, Feliciano was hanging for 7 minutes and 51 seconds where correction officers could clearly see him.
Officers Kenneth Hood, Mark Wilson, Daniel Fullerton and Captain Terry Henry were expected to face a judge in court on Monday. Attorney information for the four men was not immediately known.
Feliciano, who has a history of depression, ADHD, and past psychiatric hospitalization, survived the suicide attempt but he was left with severe brain damage, according to the report. He was discharged from DOC custody and transferred to Bellevue Hospital's traumatic brain injury rehab facility where he remains with no change in prognosis as of June 2021.
Feliciano’s grandmother, Madeleine Feliciano, filed a lawsuit against the city and nearly a dozen individuals requesting a jury trial, alleging the defendants' actions "caused substantial injuries and permanent brain damage to Plaintiff's grandson while he was being detained" on Rikers Island.
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“Every day I see Nicholas fighting and it’s been traumatic seeing the pain of him even trying to breath, eat, talk, and to learn how to live again. While these officers have been workings still at Rikers Island and Nicholas is still in the Hospital. These officers need to be held accountable for their actions," Madeline Feliciano, the man's grandmother and guardian, said in a statement Monday.
The lawsuit claims staff and medical professional required to care for Feliciano failed to adequately consider his mental health history and place him in the appropriate unit. Instead, the 18-year-old was placed in the adult general population at the George R. Vierno Center.
Feliciano had been placed in an intake cell on the night of Nov. 27 where he used a t-shirt and sweatshirt to hang himself from a ceiling hook, the same hook a different inmate used to attempt self-harm six days earlier, according to the review. As alleged in the lawsuit, there were no attempts to remove the hook after the earlier attempt.
During the nearly eight minutes Feliciano hung from the ceiling, the Board of Correction report found eight officers and two EMTs observed the teen hanging in the intake cell before the captain moved to place Feliciano in handcuffs and let him fall to the ground. Around the time Feliciano lost consciousness, the report said one officer entered the pen door, saw him hanging motionless, and walked away without assisting him.
"The attempted suicide of Nicholas Feliciano in November 2019 highlights many troubling aspects of New York City’s jail system relating to young adults, mental health treatment, self-harm, dangerous intake conditions, and poor supervision," the board wrote in its 2021 conclusion. "These conditions persist today." | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/rikers-guards-expected-to-face-charges-in-2019-teen-hanging-attempt/3793036/ | 2022-07-25T16:31:10 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/rikers-guards-expected-to-face-charges-in-2019-teen-hanging-attempt/3793036/ |
A second New Jersey man has been arrested on a charge of murder in a baffling double homicide at a Manhattan recording studio earlier this year, authorities say.
Daniel Williams, a 21-year-old from Roselle, was charged Monday with a single count of murder in the May 5 shooting that killed 34-year-old Kamir King and 24-year-old Devon Dillahunt. King was from Manhattan. Dillahunt also lived in Roselle.
Williams' arrest comes two weeks after Kabal Reyes, of Linden, was charged with murder in the case. The connection between the New Jersey men and the victims wasn't immediately made clear. No motive has been shared, either.
Information on a possible attorney for Williams wasn't immediately available.
Surveillance video from the May 5 shooting showed the wild scene after bullets flew, with four people sprinting away from the studio and toward Eighth Avenue, and Dillahunt right behind them after he was shot in the torso.
Dillahunt was found in front of the building, after collapsing on the sidewalk.
He was pronounced dead a short time later, police said. Cops had said a handgun was found on Dillahunt. While cops were tending to him, others went inside the three-story walk-up and found King shot in the head.
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He was also pronounced dead at a hospital. It wasn't clear if either he or King was targeted.
Police had said after apprehending the first suspect earlier this month that they were still looking for two others. With Williams now in custody, it's possible they're still looking for a fourth man in the case.
An investigation is ongoing. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/manhattan-recording-studio-shooting-2nd-man-arrested-in-kamir-king-murder/3793100/ | 2022-07-25T16:31:16 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/manhattan-recording-studio-shooting-2nd-man-arrested-in-kamir-king-murder/3793100/ |
A full stop work order was issued for a construction site in Queens where sections of a scaffold collapsed onto a sidewalk shed and two parked cars below, damaging property but causing no injuries, building officials said Monday.
The Department of Buildings confirmed it was called to a two-story construction site on Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing after reports of a collapse Sunday afternoon. Video posted to the Citizen app showed the sidewalk shed in shambles.
Debris covered two parked cars in front of the building, buildings officials said. A parapet wall also sustained damage.
The site's general contractor was cited for failure to safeguard the project and for erecting pipe scaffolding in violation of New York City building code, officials said.
The investigation is ongoing. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-scaffolding-collapse-buries-parked-cars-in-debris/3793121/ | 2022-07-25T16:31:24 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-scaffolding-collapse-buries-parked-cars-in-debris/3793121/ |
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Deputies are investigating the second death at Branched Oak Lake in less than a week after boaters found the body of a 60-year-old Kansas man floating in the lake Sunday night, the Lancaster County sheriff said.
Authorities on Monday ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of Kurt Roe's death after his body was discovered just before 9 p.m., Sheriff Terry Wagner said.
Two men had found Roe's boat floating unattended Saturday afternoon and towed it back to the marina, alerting lake staff of the situation, Wagner said.
On Sunday, the two men checked in with marina staff, who said no one had contacted them regarding the boat. So the men called police around 2 p.m., Wagner said.
After investigators linked the boat to Roe, the sheriff's office and Nebraska Game and Parks Commission began searching the lake.
Roe was pronounced dead shortly after his body was discovered at 8:49 p.m., Wagner said. It's unclear if Roe's death came under suspicious circumstances.
"We'll know more when the autopsy's done, whether or not there are any natural — there could have been some natural occurring circumstance that could have caused him to not be able to get out of the water," he said. "We're not sure."
A resident of Ransom, Kansas, Roe also listed an address in Weston, about 30 miles north of Lincoln.
His death marks the beginning of a second death investigation at Branched Oak Marina in less than a week.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021.
A Lincoln therapist and drug and alcohol counselor has had her mental health practitioner license revoked over allegations that she befriended a client and took thousands in cash and trips from her.
Five friends were inside a boat when an unidentified man opened the cabin door and fired two shots at 42-year-old Benjamin J. Case, who died at the scene.
The scam — which went on for at least four days — involved callers purporting to be from Amazon and the DEA, who instructed the woman to leave bags of cash and gold outside of her northwest Lincoln home.
In addition to the assault charge, the 30-year-old is accused of taking $3,375 from a client, meant to be wired to relative in Vietnam, and instead gambling the money away at a Council Bluffs casino, police said.
A 29-year-old Lincoln man was arrested Friday after police say his dispute with another man on a StarTran bus ultimately devolved into a stabbing in downtown Lincoln.
"This was an atrocity, the crime that was inflicted on Kayla Matulka. And the actions were violent and brutal," Saunders County District Judge Christina Marroquin said.
Lincoln Police first responded to the building Tuesday after a 31-year-old man deployed pepper spray at another man, exposing two children to the spray. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/kansas-man-found-dead-in-branched-oak-lake-lancaster-county-sheriff-says/article_eb075cdf-ad5c-5e32-8582-ceeb01ba5f8b.html | 2022-07-25T16:36:00 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/kansas-man-found-dead-in-branched-oak-lake-lancaster-county-sheriff-says/article_eb075cdf-ad5c-5e32-8582-ceeb01ba5f8b.html |
Another major event that had to be rescheduled because of the pandemic is coming to Lincoln next month.
The Family Motor Coach Association's “Golden Getaway” International Convention and RV Expo will roll into the Lancaster Event Center Fairgrounds Aug. 24-27.
The event, which is likely the largest RV event to ever come to Nebraska, was originally scheduled for the summer of 2020 but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
"We’re looking forward to making our first visit to Nebraska for an FMCA International Convention and RV Expo,” FMCA events director Doug Uhlenbrock said in a news release. “All of the excitement that was squashed by the pandemic in 2020 is amping up again, and we are making plans to have a great time in Lincoln. We’ve been impressed during our planning meetings by all that the city and the Lancaster Event Center have to offer RV enthusiasts, and we can’t wait for this gathering.”
FMCA said that it is expecting the owners of nearly 700 RVs will travel to Nebraska to take part in this rescheduled gathering.
Though the people who come to Lincoln for the event don't stay in hotels, they do spend plenty of money in the community. FCMA has in the past estimated the economic impact of its conventions in similar-sized cities at $10 million to $15 million.
The event isn’t just for members. FMCA invites all RV owners to join the festivities along with those who may be considering the RV lifestyle or are just curious about the event.
One key element of the event is the RV Expo, at which RV manufacturers and dealers display the latest models and invite convention attendees and members of the public to stop by for a tour.
One-day passes are available and cost $10 per person or $25 for a family of three or more. Children 12 and under are admitted free with an accompanying adult, and individuals with an active military ID are admitted free as well.
The expo is offering free admission to all visitors on its last day, Aug. 27.
The RV expo is the third major national event making its way to Lincoln after being postponed by the pandemic.
The National High School Finals Rodeo came to Lincoln last summer after having to cancel plans to host the event at the Event Center in 2020. And the USA Roller Sports National Championships just wrapped up competition on Sunday after having its return to Lincoln postponed by a year.
A Lincoln therapist and drug and alcohol counselor has had her mental health practitioner license revoked over allegations that she befriended a client and took thousands in cash and trips from her.
Five friends were inside a boat when an unidentified man opened the cabin door and fired two shots at 42-year-old Benjamin J. Case, who died at the scene.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program allows qualifying borrowers to apply to have their debt canceled if they have routinely made payments while doing public interest work.
The scam — which went on for at least four days — involved callers purporting to be from Amazon and the DEA, who instructed the woman to leave bags of cash and gold outside of her northwest Lincoln home.
Some districts — like Weeping Water and Tri County — employ individual lockable pouches. At Lincoln Southwest, students this fall will have to place their phones in a designated area before class begins.
In addition to the assault charge, the 30-year-old is accused of taking $3,375 from a client, meant to be wired to relative in Vietnam, and instead gambling the money away at a Council Bluffs casino, police said.
A 29-year-old Lincoln man was arrested Friday after police say his dispute with another man on a StarTran bus ultimately devolved into a stabbing in downtown Lincoln. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/rescheduled-national-rv-event-coming-to-lincoln-next-month/article_ee0fc5c2-e10d-56b3-8909-c74f26a5e70e.html | 2022-07-25T16:36:06 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/rescheduled-national-rv-event-coming-to-lincoln-next-month/article_ee0fc5c2-e10d-56b3-8909-c74f26a5e70e.html |
Ford County Health Department to host 'Stress Busting' program
GIBSON CITY — The Ford County Health Department will offer a free "Stress Busting" program for caregivers.
The nine-week program will meet every Monday beginning Monday, Aug. 15, through Monday, Oct. 24, from 10:30 a.m.-noon at New Beginnings Church, 107 Sangamon, Gibson City.
The program will help caregivers learn stress management, relaxation and coping techniques. The program is open to anyone providing care for a family member.
To register, contact Becky at the Ford County Health Department at 217-379-9281 or at Bbeck@fordcountyphd.org.
The deadline to register is Aug. 10.
Visit caregiverstressbusters.org for more information. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/monday-memos-ford-county-health-department-to-host-stress-busting-program/article_f76e3242-0842-11ed-b531-bb7aa8972fe6.html | 2022-07-25T16:40:05 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/monday-memos-ford-county-health-department-to-host-stress-busting-program/article_f76e3242-0842-11ed-b531-bb7aa8972fe6.html |
Update: Police have scheduled a 3 p.m. press conference about today's shooting.
A Richmond police officer and the driver of a vehicle whom authorities said crashed while speeding away were shot and wounded early Monday after exchanging gunfire, police said.
The officer's injury is non-life threatening; the suspect's wounds are considered life-threatening, police said.
The incident unfolded about 3:26 a.m. when officers spotted a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed, police said. The vehicle crashed and the driver, who was believed to be the sole occupant, fled from the vehicle at the intersection of Commerce Road and Stockton Street.
"As an officer attempted to engage the driver in a nearby alley, there was an exchange of gunfire between the driver and the officer," Richmond police said in a statement.
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Both sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Police said the department is conducting a thorough investigation and more information will be released at a later time.
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Little princesses wear their fanciest to meet Carnation Queen, court
ALLIANCE – The little princesses arrived at the castle in their fanciest gowns.
They arrived not in pumpkin carriages but with moms, grandmas and aunts – and some dads.
Dressed in purples, blues, yellows and pinks, the girls arrived Sunday at Glamorgan Castle, where they met the queen and her court for "A Royal Afternoon at The Castle."
Formerly known as the Princess Tea Party, the event that is one of the first of the 2022 Greater Alliance Carnation Festival included at least 100 girls at the open house-style get-together. The Carnation Festival gets underway in earnest on Aug. 4 and runs through Aug. 14.
The Princess Tea Party formerly was held at Alliance Country Club, where tickets cost more and reservations were limited.
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"We want to do something different," said co-chair of the event Cathy Brookes. "We wanted to move it to the castle but there's not enough space for a seated event.
"So we came up with an idea of an open house where they come in, make their crowns, look around, take pictures with the queen and get a treat."
This year's event cost $10 per child, and adults attended for free. Reservations were not needed. The former event allowed only 60 participants, and there were fees for children and adults.
Brookes said the proceeds from Royal Afternoon at the Castle pay for gifts for festival and pageant queens from other communities who participate in the Carnation Festival parade.
"It like it. She loves it."
Alyssa McCain of Alliance brought her 4-year-old daughter Abigail and other family members to Sunday's event. Like many of the other girls there, her daughter loves Disney princesses.
"We live right down the road, so we come to the castle all the time and she always wanted to go inside," McCain said. "I saw this. So she was excited to dress up, make a crown and meet the queen."
Tracy Bigboy of Johnstown, Ohio, has traveled from nearly 120 miles away to this royal event – past and present version – with her daughter Anna for the last three years. They have family in the Alliance area.
"She's all about princesses," Bigboy said. "I have relatives who always come, so that's how we started to come. I like it. She loves it. It's all good."
Final royal engagement
While no Disney princesses actually were present, there was no shortage of royalty at the castle.
The little girls took photos with 2021 Carnation Festival Queen Torrie Forrest and her court, First Attendant Madeline Davis, Second Attendant and Miss Congeniality Bethany Caruthers and Third Attendant Leah Springer.
Also, the contestants in this weekend's 2022 pageant were on hand helping to make crowns with the little ones and perform other tasks.
This year's competition starts 6 p.m. at Alliance High School.
For Forrest and her court, Sunday's event was their final engagement before the pageant.
"It's bittersweet, but we're excited to crown the next girls to represent the city," Springer said.
Davis said they were in the same position last year as this year's contestants. "Now they get to see us all dressed up and their faces light up," she said.
Forrest added: "We've made so many memories and done so many things over the past year. This event is such a fun way to wrap it all up because we get to be around all the little princesses that maybe someday grow up and do the pageant.
"It's one of the best experiences of my life and it's bittersweet to see it end. But I'm super excited to see who will be the next Carnation Queen and who I will crown."
Reach Benjamin Duer at 330-580-8567 or ben.duer@cantonrep.com. Follow on Twitter @bduerREP. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/07/25/alliance-glamorgan-castle-carnation-festival-royal-party-2022/10140328002/ | 2022-07-25T16:43:50 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/07/25/alliance-glamorgan-castle-carnation-festival-royal-party-2022/10140328002/ |
(WJHL) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) on Tuesday released its annual report on crimes and arrests across the state, revealing that despite Johnson City’s larger population, Bristol and Kingsport lead the region’s crime rates.
The TBI estimated that Johnson City was home to approximately 67,515 people in 2021 — compared to 27,182 and 54,229 in Bristol and Kingsport, respectively. Johnson City is ahead population-wise; however, the TBI reported a noticeable difference in crime rates among the three localities.
The report uses 2021 data from the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS), which collects information on 24 crime categories consisting of 54 different crimes, known as Group A offenses. According to the latest report, there are close to 8,300 crimes reported per 100,000 capita in Johnson City — a small number when looking at Bristol’s and Kingsport’s 11,743 and 12,034 reported crimes per 100,000 capita.
Of the Tri-Cities, the Kingsport Police Department’s (KPD) crime clearance was the lowest in 2021 at 52.5%. This means that only a little over half of reported crimes resulted in an arrest, identifying an offender or other “exceptional means.”
The Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) cleared 67.77% of reported crimes, and the Bristol, Tennessee Police Department (BTPD) cleared at the highest rate with 71.96% cleared.
Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol reported a handful of murders last year, according to the TBI report. Bristol reported one, Johnson City reported five, and Kingsport reported two. One juvenile was charged for first-degree murder in Johnson City in 2021.
Twenty-four rapes were reported to the JCPD in 2021, according to TBI data. Of the 24 reports, 15 were cleared, leading to two arrests. KPD data provided in the report showed 18 reported rapes and no arrests. In Bristol, 12 were reported, leading to one adult arrest and one juvenile arrest.
The TBI reported that statewide, juvenile arrests for Group A offenses in 2021 — a reported 10,117 across the state — increased by 7.54% since 2019. Another set of crimes included Group B arrests. These offenses include DUIs, trespassing, liquor law violations, curfew, drunkenness, bad checks and disorderly conduct, among others. Juvenile arrests for Group B offenses increased by 30.11% in 2021 from 2020.
It was noted, however, that the pandemic-based restrictions “indicate a notable impact on reported crime.”
News Channel 11 compiled a list of 2021 Group A arrests across its eight-county viewing area in Northeast Tennessee. What is listed below does not include all Group A offenses, nor does it include Group B offenses. All of the data below is from the TBI. Additional information is available here.
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Carter County Sheriff’s Office
Population: N/A
Total offenses: 495
Total arrests: 511 (509 adult arrests, 2 juvenile arrests)
Percent cleared: 27.27%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 1
Forcible rape: 2
Aggravated assault: 26
Simple assault: 38
Intimidation: 10
Stalking: 1
Burglary: 41
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 45
Shoplifting: 1
Theft- All other larceny: 144
Motor vehicle theft: 43
Animal cruelty: 2
Drugs/narcotics violation: 56
Weapon law violation: 12
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 10 adult arrest, 1 juvenile arrest
Simple assault: 16
Intimidation: 1
Stalking: 0
Burglary: 6
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 4
Shoplifting: 0
Theft- All other larceny: 2
Motor vehicle theft: 1
Animal cruelty: 1
Drugs/narcotics violation: 50 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Weapon law violation: 8
Greene County Sheriff’s Office
Population: N/A
Total offenses: 2,501
Total arrests: 1,739 (1,661 adult arrests, 78 juvenile arrests)
Percent cleared: 36.31%
Reported offenses
Murder: 3
Kidnapping: 8
Forcible rape: 13
Aggravated assault: 171
Simple assault: 364
Intimidation: 104
Stalking: 12
Burglary: 181
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 244
Shoplifting: 15
Theft- All other larceny: 180
Motor vehicle theft: 147
Animal cruelty: 10
Drugs/narcotics violation: 248
Weapon law violation: 34
Arrests
Murder: 4
Kidnapping: 2
Forcible rape: 2
Aggravated assault: 74 adult arrests, 4 juvenile arrests
Simple assault: 111 adult arrests, 9 juvenile arrests
Intimidation: 15 adult arrests, 2 juvenile arrests
Stalking: 3 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Burglary: 30
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 10 adult arrest, 2 juvenile arrests
Shoplifting: 9
Theft- All other larceny: 9
Motor vehicle theft: 38
Animal cruelty: 1 adult arrest, 4 juvenile arrests
Drugs/narcotics violation: 196 adult arrests, 12 juvenile arrests
Weapon law violation: 12 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office
Population: N/A
Total offenses: 1,187
Total arrests: 1,340 (1,324 adults, 16 juveniles)
Percent cleared: 34.46%
Reported offenses
Murder: 1
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 6
Aggravated assault: 56
Simple assault: 224
Intimidation: 66
Stalking: 5
Burglary: 83
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 95
Shoplifting: 0
Theft- All other larceny: 111
Motor vehicle theft: 69
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 143
Weapon law violation: 3
Arrests
Murder: 1
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 39 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Simple assault: 67 adult arrests, 4 juvenile arrests
Intimidation: 1
Stalking: 0
Burglary: 14
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 6 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Shoplifting: 0
Theft- All other larceny: 3
Motor vehicle theft: 6
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 159
Weapon law violation: 2
Johnson County Sheriff’s Office
Population: N/A
Total offenses: 406
Total arrests: 497
Percent cleared: 54.68%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 2
Forcible rape: 5
Aggravated assault: 30
Simple assault: 65
Intimidation: 39
Stalking: 0
Burglary: 30
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 56
Shoplifting: 1
Theft- All other larceny: 27
Motor vehicle theft: 19
Animal cruelty: 1
Drugs/narcotics violation: 39
Weapon law violation:
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 2
Forcible rape: 1
Aggravated assault: 18
Simple assault: 40
Intimidation: 13
Stalking: 0
Burglary: 12
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 3
Shoplifting: 1
Theft- All other larceny: 2
Motor vehicle theft: 8
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 38
Weapon law violation: 2
Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office
Population: N/A
Total offenses: 3,553
Total arrests: 6,203 (6,148 adult arrests, 55 juvenile arrests)
Percent cleared: 54.21%
Reported offenses
Murder: 4
Kidnapping: 8
Forcible rape: 42
Aggravated assault: 231
Simple assault: 729
Intimidation: 175
Stalking: 14
Arson: 19
Burglary: 214
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 365
Shoplifting: 17
Theft- All other larceny: 209
Motor vehicle theft: 179
Animal cruelty: 20
Drugs/narcotics violation: 355
Weapon law violation: 63
Arrests
Murder: 3
Kidnapping: 6
Forcible rape: 2 juvenile arrests
Aggravated assault: 109 adult arrests, 5 juvenile arrests
Simple assault: 203 adult arrests, 16 juvenile arrests
Intimidation: 3 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Stalking: 2
Arson: 0
Burglary: 39
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 20 adult arrests, 4 juvenile arrests
Shoplifting: 5
Theft- All other larceny: 20
Motor vehicle theft: 34
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 249 adult arrests, 4 juvenile arrests
Weapon law violation: 11
Unicoi County Sheriff’s Office
Population: N/A
Total offenses: 283
Total arrests: 542 (537 adult arrests, 5 juvenile arrests)
Percent cleared: 83.75%
Reported offenses
Murder: 1
Kidnapping: 1
Forcible rape: 1
Aggravated assault: 32
Simple assault: 41
Intimidation: 4
Stalking: 1
Arson: 0
Burglary: 6
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 25
Shoplifting: 2
Theft- All other larceny: 6
Motor vehicle theft: 7
Animal cruelty: 1
Drugs/narcotics violation: 66
Weapon law violation: 6
Arrests
Murder: 1
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 19 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Simple assault: 34
Intimidation: 4
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 1
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 18
Shoplifting: 2
Theft- All other larceny: 0
Motor vehicle theft: 3 adult arrests, 2 juvenile arrests
Animal cruelty: 3
Drugs/narcotics violation: 67
Weapon law violation: 1
Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Population: N/A
Total offenses: 1,844
Total arrests: 3,454 (3,424 adult arrests, 30 juvenile arrests)
Percent cleared: 48.43%
Reported offenses
Murder: 1
Kidnapping: 5
Forcible rape: 10
Aggravated assault: 115
Simple assault: 548
Intimidation: 71
Stalking: 2
Arson: 5
Burglary: 145
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 137
Shoplifting: 6
Theft- All other larceny: 210
Motor vehicle theft: 119
Animal cruelty: 3
Drugs/narcotics violation: 117
Weapon law violation: 23
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 1
Aggravated assault: 73 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Simple assault: 226 adult arrests, 13 juvenile arrests
Intimidation: 8
Stalking: 0
Arson: 1
Burglary: 28
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 14
Shoplifting: 3
Theft- All other larceny: 19 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Motor vehicle theft: 22 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 82 adult arrests, 3 juvenile arrests
Weapon law violation: 8 adult arrests, 3 juvenile arrests
Police Departments
Bluff City Police Department
Population: 1,669
Total offenses: 79
Total arrests: 34
Percent cleared: 48.1%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 2
Simple assault: 5
Intimidation: 1
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 1
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 8
Shoplifting: 1
Theft- All other larceny: 4
Motor vehicle theft: 2
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 26
Weapon law violation: 1
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 0
Simple assault: 2
Intimidation: 0
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 0
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 1
Shoplifting: 1
Theft- All other larceny: 0
Motor vehicle theft: 0
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 23
Weapon law violation: 0
Bristol, Tennessee Police Department
Population: 27,182
Total offenses: 3,192
Total arrests: 1,867 (1,716 adult arrests, 151 juvenile arrests)
Percent cleared: 71.96%
Reported offenses
Murder: 1
Kidnapping: 26
Forcible rape: 12
Aggravated assault: 145
Simple assault: 473
Intimidation: 30
Stalking: 0
Arson: 5
Burglary: 98
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 242
Shoplifting: 185
Theft- All other larceny: 106
Motor vehicle theft: 101
Animal cruelty: 2
Drugs/narcotics violation: 540
Weapon law violation: 80
Arrests
Murder: 1
Kidnapping: 18
Forcible rape: 1 adult arrest, 1 juvenile arrest
Aggravated assault: 64 adult arrests, 4 juvenile arrests
Simple assault: 162 adult arrests, 25 juvenile arrests
Intimidation: 4
Stalking: 5
Arson: 2
Burglary: 34 adult arrests, 3 juvenile arrests
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 42 adult arrests, 11 juvenile arrests
Shoplifting: 127 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Theft- All other larceny: 43
Motor vehicle theft: 27 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Animal cruelty: 1
Drugs/narcotics violation: 363 adult arrests, 18 juvenile arrests
Weapon law violation: 19 adult arrests, 2 juvenile arrests
Church Hill Police Department
Population: 6,633
Total offenses: 162
Total arrests: 92
Percent cleared: 75.31%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 1
Aggravated assault: 20
Simple assault: 28
Intimidation: 7
Stalking: 2
Arson: 1
Burglary: 9
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 4
Shoplifting: 0
Theft- All other larceny: 10
Motor vehicle theft: 8
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 35
Weapon law violation: 3
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 1
Aggravated assault: 5 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Simple assault: 19
Intimidation: 2
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 2
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 1 adult arrest, 1 juvenile arrest
Shoplifting: 0
Theft- All other larceny: 1
Motor vehicle theft: 1 juvenile arrest
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 23
Weapon law violation: 0
Elizabethton Police Department
Population: 13,406
Total offenses: 1,163
Total arrests: 597
Percent cleared: 49.79%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 2
Forcible rape: 2
Aggravated assault: 49
Simple assault: 138
Intimidation: 61
Stalking: 4
Arson: 2
Burglary: 57
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 139
Shoplifting: 97
Theft- All other larceny: 88
Motor vehicle theft: 66
Animal cruelty: 4
Drugs/narcotics violation: 96
Weapon law violation: 21
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 1 adult arrests, 2 juvenile arrests
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 21
Simple assault: 44 adult arrests, 9 juvenile arrests
Intimidation: 7
Stalking: 1
Arson: 0
Burglary: 8
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 8 adult arrests, 3 juvenile arrests
Shoplifting: 64
Theft- All other larceny: 8 adult arrests, 2 juvenile arrests
Motor vehicle theft: 3 adult arrests, 5 juvenile arrests
Animal cruelty: 3
Drugs/narcotics violation: 81 adult arrests, 2 juvenile arrests
Weapon law violation: 9
Erwin Police Department
Population: 5,832
Total offenses: 180
Total arrests: 167
Percent cleared: 85%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 1
Aggravated assault: 7
Simple assault: 19
Intimidation: 5
Stalking: 2
Arson: 0
Burglary: 0
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 7
Shoplifting: 2
Theft- All other larceny: 3
Motor vehicle theft: 7
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 56
Weapon law violation: 4
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 1
Aggravated assault: 5
Simple assault: 13
Intimidation: 0
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 4
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 2 adult arrests, 3 juvenile arrests
Shoplifting: 2
Theft- All other larceny: 1
Motor vehicle theft: 5
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 40
Weapon law violation: 2
Greeneville Police Department
Population: 14,930
Total offenses: 1,344
Total arrests: 745
Percent cleared: 40.92%
Reported offenses
Murder: 1
Kidnapping: 2
Forcible rape: 4
Aggravated assault: 55
Simple assault: 233
Intimidation: 14
Stalking: 1
Arson: 0
Burglary: 48
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 87
Shoplifting: 133
Theft- All other larceny: 91
Motor vehicle theft: 70
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 157
Weapon law violation: 20
Arrests
Murder: 1
Kidnapping: 2
Forcible rape: 1
Aggravated assault: 22 adult arrests, 3 juvenile arrests
Simple assault: 123 adult arrests, 10 juvenile arrests
Intimidation: 1
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 11
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 12 adult arrests, 2 juvenile arrests
Shoplifting: 30
Theft- All other larceny: 7 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Motor vehicle theft: 16 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 130 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Weapon law violation: 13
Johnson City Police Department
Population: 67,515
Total offenses: 5,601
Total arrests: 3,675
Percent cleared: 67.77%
Reported offenses
Murder: 5
Kidnapping: 18
Forcible rape: 24
Aggravated assault: 179
Simple assault: 746
Intimidation: 120
Stalking: 40
Arson: 12
Burglary: 215
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 489
Shoplifting: 852
Theft- All other larceny: 277
Motor vehicle theft: 225
Animal cruelty: 5
Drugs/narcotics violation: 589
Weapon law violation: 116
Arrests
Murder: 4 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Kidnapping: 11
Forcible rape: 2
Aggravated assault: 87 adult arrests, 6 juvenile arrests
Simple assault: 294 adult arrests, 40 juvenile arrests
Intimidation: 6 adult arrests, 2 juvenile arrests
Stalking: 9
Arson: 6
Burglary: 43 adult arrests, 4 juvenile arrests
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 70 adult arrests, 9 juvenile arrests
Shoplifting: 684 adult arrests, 22 juvenile arrests
Theft- All other larceny: 27 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Motor vehicle theft: 97 adult arrests, 11 juvenile arrests
Animal cruelty: 3
Drugs/narcotics violation: 449 adult arrests, 10 juvenile arrests
Weapon law violation: 28 adult arrests, 2 juvenile arrests
Jonesborough Police Department
Population: 5,840
Total offenses: 365
Total arrests: 219
Percent cleared: 54.25%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 1
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 11
Simple assault: 31
Intimidation: 9
Stalking: 8
Arson: 1
Burglary: 9
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 17
Shoplifting: 18
Theft- All other larceny: 24
Motor vehicle theft: 19
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 69
Weapon law violation: 10
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 7
Simple assault: 17 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Intimidation: 1
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 1
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 2 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Shoplifting: 5
Theft- All other larceny: 3
Motor vehicle theft: 5
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 62 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Weapon law violation: 5
Kingsport Police Department
Population: 54,229
Total offenses: 6,526
Total arrests: 3,257
Percent cleared: 52.5%
Reported offenses
Murder: 2
Kidnapping: 18
Forcible rape: 18
Aggravated assault: 357
Simple assault: 966
Intimidation: 139
Stalking: 25
Arson: 10
Burglary: 257
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 666
Shoplifting: 542
Theft- All other larceny: 385
Motor vehicle theft: 323
Animal cruelty: 7
Drugs/narcotics violation: 691
Weapon law violation: 80
Arrests
Murder: 2
Kidnapping: 6
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 168 adult arrests, 25 juvenile arrests
Simple assault: 260 adult arrests, 34 juvenile arrests
Intimidation: 6 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Stalking: 7
Arson: 5
Burglary: 84 adult arrests, 11 juvenile arrests
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 80 adult arrests, 15 juvenile arrests
Shoplifting: 367 adult arrests, 6 juvenile arrests
Theft- All other larceny: 42
Motor vehicle theft: 60 adult arrests, 18 juvenile arrests
Animal cruelty: 2
Drugs/narcotics violation: 548 adult arrests, 21 juvenile arrests
Weapon law violation: 11 adult arrests, 4 juvenile arrests
Mosheim Police Department
Population: 2,355
Total offenses: 83
Total arrests: 23
Percent cleared: 24.1%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 3
Simple assault: 13
Intimidation: 13
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 3
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 13
Shoplifting: 1
Theft- All other larceny: 6
Motor vehicle theft: 4
Animal cruelty: 1
Drugs/narcotics violation: 6
Weapon law violation: 1
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 1
Simple assault: 3
Intimidation: 1
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 0
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 1
Shoplifting: 0
Theft- All other larceny: 0
Motor vehicle theft: 1
Animal cruelty: 2
Drugs/narcotics violation: 2
Weapon law violation: 0
Mountain City Police Department
Population: 2,437
Total offenses: 92
Total arrests: 94
Percent cleared: 61.96%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 8
Simple assault:13
Intimidation: 0
Stalking: 1
Arson: 0
Burglary: 4
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 7
Shoplifting: 5
Theft- All other larceny: 1
Motor vehicle theft: 4
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 20
Weapon law violation: 1
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 4
Simple assault: 7
Intimidation: 0
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 1
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 0
Shoplifting: 0
Theft- All other larceny: 0
Motor vehicle theft: 0
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 18
Weapon law violation: 0
Rogersville Police Department
Population: 4,356
Total offenses: 320
Total arrests: 163
Percent cleared: 44.06%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 1
Aggravated assault: 7
Simple assault: 9
Intimidation: 9
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 17
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 24
Shoplifting: 31
Theft- All other larceny: 26
Motor vehicle theft: 17
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 24
Weapon law violation: 4
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 1
Aggravated assault: 5
Simple assault: 12
Intimidation: 0
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 5
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 3 adult arrests, 1 juvenile arrest
Shoplifting: 24
Theft- All other larceny: 0
Motor vehicle theft: 3
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 24
Weapon law violation: 3
Surgoinsville Police Department
Population: 1,749
Total offenses: 8
Total arrests: 2
Percent cleared: 25%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 0
Simple assault: 2
Intimidation: 2
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 0
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 1
Shoplifting: 0
Theft- All other larceny: 0
Motor vehicle theft: 1
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 0
Weapon law violation: 0
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 0
Simple assault: 1
Intimidation: 0
Stalking: 0
Arson: 0
Burglary: 0
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 0
Shoplifting: 0
Theft- All other larceny: 0
Motor vehicle theft: 1 juvenile arrest
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 0
Weapon law violation: 0
Unicoi Police Department
Population: 3,576
Total offenses: 88
Total arrests: 103
Percent cleared: 90.91%
Reported offenses
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 5
Simple assault: 6
Intimidation: 0
Stalking: 1
Arson: 0
Burglary: 3
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 4
Shoplifting: 9
Theft- All other larceny: 6
Motor vehicle theft: 8
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 23
Weapon law violation: 1
Arrests
Murder: 0
Kidnapping: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Aggravated assault: 2
Simple assault: 5
Intimidation: 0
Stalking: 0
Arson: 9
Burglary: 3
Destruction/damage/vandalism: 0
Shoplifting: 6
Theft- All other larceny: 5
Motor vehicle theft: 6
Animal cruelty: 0
Drugs/narcotics violation: 21
Weapon law violation: 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tbi-heres-what-crime-looks-like-in-your-city-town/ | 2022-07-25T16:46:53 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tbi-heres-what-crime-looks-like-in-your-city-town/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As more people have headed to open houses to browse for their potential home, real estate agents have been making sure they aren't setting themselves up for danger.
Realtors have begun to see a shift in the market.
Kaye Chambers, with Keller Williams Realty mentioned how the shift in the housing market has been, in part, due to the interest rate hike.
"Houses are staying on the market just a little bit more," Chambers said.
Although that hasn't stopped future homebuyers from stopping by.
"It's definitely more people than last summer,' Chambers described.
Asides from showing off homes that are currently on the market, she also makes sure that she can stay out of harm's way.
"Safety is a huge factor and what we do as real estate agents," Chambers said.
One of the first things Chambers said her company teaches them about, is what safety precautions the agents should take.
"Making sure that you get everyone to sign in, making sure that you know where all your exits are [and] that you don't have any open windows," Chambers explained.
Ericka Day, a realtor with Crye-Leike Realtors mentioned how she created a buddy system.
"I will bring someone with me, whether it's another realtor, my husband, or my brother, I will always let somebody know I'm there," Day said.
She even goes a step further and sees if people who live in the neighborhood are able to help.
"I might go to the neighbor's door and be like, you know, I'm hosting an open house here tomorrow. Can you kind of pay attention [and] keep an eye on me," Day said.
Staying safe isn't just a priority for her, but also for her company. They meet weekly to remind fellow realtors what precautions they should take.
Fortunately, both real estate agents said that they've never been in any danger while on the job.
"Always follow your instinct [and] your gut feeling. If your gut feeling tells you that ain't right, it ain't right," Day said.
Their safety is thanks to some careful training from their respective companies.
"We're making it much harder for people to consider doing anything that might be something that could harm us," Chambers said.
Back in 2014, real estate agent, Beverly Carter was kidnapped at a house showing and murdered by a man and a woman, since then The Beverly Carter Foundation was created.
You can check out the foundation's website for tips and tricks on how realtors can stay safe here. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/arkansas-realtors-stay-safe-showing-homes/91-d5b667a7-9c73-4503-a37e-d12ca85ab6d9 | 2022-07-25T16:47:28 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/arkansas-realtors-stay-safe-showing-homes/91-d5b667a7-9c73-4503-a37e-d12ca85ab6d9 |
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The heat is causing financial struggles for families this summer.
Chelsee Rivas lives in Bentonville with her husband, daughter, two dogs, and a cat.
"I can't handle the heat at all," said Rivas. "If I get too hot I get dizzy I faint stuff like that."
Rivas is one of many hopefuls applying for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, as she tries to keep cool this summer.
"We're barely making the bare minimum, barely getting by with our electricity bill going up about $100 a month since summer started. It's rough," said Rivas. "We're either late on electric or late on water. We're late on rent, just trying to make ends meet."
Rivas said she had to pick up a second part-time job to get an extra source of income. She takes extra work, all while being a full-time student pursuing a bachelor's degree.
"I actually don't get a day off at all," said Rivas. "Between the two jobs, I don't get a day off."
With all the extra work, the mother and wife said that the hardest part wasn't the work, but the time missed with family.
"It's hard so I only see my family about two hours out of the day, if that," said Rivas. "It's hard because she will want me to stay at home. She doesn't want me to leave. She doesn't want me to do this and that but I have to"
With costs of housing rising and inflation impacting Arkansas' economy, Rivas said they may have to relocate if nothing changes.
"I have to see myself moving somewhere cheaper," said Rivas. "I don't want to but there are cheaper places out there."
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MULBERRY, Ark. — The Mulberry Fire Department responded to multiple fires early Monday morning.
The fire department was dispatched to Pleasant View on July 25, at 1:30 a.m. at Beneux Bottom Road and White Valley for a structure and grass fire. When crews arrived, the fire had burned around the abandoned structure and burned about 2 acres.
After this fire, the department was called to another fire that had been set intentionally on Mocking Lane. The Mulberry Fire Department says they were able to put it out quickly.
A third call came in of a grass fire at the 3200 block of 64 Hwy West. When crews arrived, they found a small amount of smoke at the same location where power lines were down yesterday.
The Mulberry Fire Department reminds the public there is still an active burn ban.
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MAQUOKETA, Iowa — A 9-year-old boy who was camping at an Iowa state park with his parents and 6-year-old sister survived a shooting that killed the rest of his family.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety identified the victims as Tyler Schmidt, 42; his 42-year-old wife, Sarah Schmidt; and their 6-year-old daughter, Lula Schmidt, all of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Their bodies were found in their tent early Friday at the Maquoketa Caves State Park Campground, about 180 miles (290 kilometers) east of Des Moines.
Authorities said the suspected gunman, 23-year-old Anthony Sherwin, was found dead Friday in a wooded area of the park with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety's division of criminal investigation, told The Associated Press on Saturday that the motive for the attack was still unknown.
"We don't know what led up to this, what precipitated it," he said, adding that so far, "the investigation has not revealed any early interaction between the Schmidt family and him."
Adam Morehouse, Sarah Schmidt's brother, said the family had no connection to Sherwin and he believed it was a "completely random act."
Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green, who said he is a neighbor of the Schmidts, posted on Facebook on Friday that the couple's 9-year-old son, Arlo, "survived the attack, and is safe." The post did not say whether Arlo was in the tent or even at the campsite when the shootings happened, and the mayor told the AP he didn't have those details.
Morehouse confirmed Arlo was on the family's camping trip, but said he did not know exactly where the boy was at the time of the shooting or know specifics about how it unfolded.
"He is with family and he is OK, but I have not had any interaction with him," Morehouse said Saturday. "As far as I know, he was uninjured physically."
By Saturday evening, more than $75,000 had flowed into a GoFundMe page created for Arlo. The page, organized by a cousin, Beth Shapiro, said: "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.
The killings prompted the evacuation of the park and campground, including a children's summer camp. After the evacuations, Sherwin was the only person unaccounted for, Mortvedt said.
He said that during the course of the investigation, authorities learned Sherwin was armed and "that of course heightened our awareness." Iowa allows people with permits to carry firearms virtually anywhere in the state. Officials did not say if Sherwin had a permit and provided no information about the firearm used to kill the Schmidts.
The Des Moines Register reported that Sherwin was from La Vista, Nebraska. La Vista Police Chief Bob Lausten told the newspaper that Sherwin lived in an apartment complex with his parents and had no history of criminal conduct.
Felicia Coe, 35, of Des Moines, was at the campground Friday morning with her boyfriend and his two sons, ages 11 and 16. She said the 16-year-old went out early to go running, and she was talking with someone at the park at about 6:30 a.m. when two park rangers dressed in helmets, vests and carrying what looked like automatic rifles told them to leave the campground.
More law enforcement and an ambulance showed up as Coe went to find her boyfriend's teenage son.
At the time, Coe did not know what happened. But she recalls seeing a little boy standing near the paramedics.
"He was in his pajamas. I distinctly remember he had one blue tennis shoe," she said. She later saw a picture of the Schmidt family online and said she recognized the boy she saw as Arlo.
"He's got this really cute, floppy-curly, moppy, strawberry-blond hair that's really distinguishable," Coe said. "He was in these super cute little pajamas, like a cotton T-shirt and shorts that matched. He was just standing there. He wasn't crying. He wasn't distraught. But he also wasn't being comforted. He was just standing there by himself."
She said the campers got little information about what happened and she began piecing it together on the drive home.
"It's hard to be so grateful that it wasn't your family, when you know that another family, is just being ripped apart — multiple families," she said.
Green, the Cedar Falls mayor, said Sarah Schmidt worked at the city's Public Library, which was closed Saturday.
"Like many of you just hearing the news, I'm devastated," Green wrote on Facebook. "I knew Sarah well, and she & her family were regular walkers here in the Sartori Park neighborhood. I was working with her this week on a public library tech presentation for 7/26."
Morehouse said Tyler Schmidt's parents live in the Cedar Falls area, and Sarah Schmidt's family members are scattered around the country, but were heading to Iowa. He said Tyler and Sarah lived in Lawrence, Kansas, for a time, where Sarah worked at the University of Kansas. Tyler was an IT software engineer. At one point, he said, Sarah worked on a project about monarch butterflies, and the couple were huge Kansas Jayhawks fans.
In 2018, the Schmidts moved to Cedar Falls and had been active in the community ever since, Morehouse said. He said they loved the outdoors, and just got four pairs of snowshoes for Christmas.
"The best way to describe all four of them was the quintessential Midwestern family. They gave everybody everything they possibly could. They loved family ... They enjoyed the outdoors, enjoyed the hiking — and this is just a question mark of 'Why that campground and that campsite on that night?'" | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/family-killed-while-camping-maquoketa-caves-state-park-iowa-shooting/524-f2cae511-3235-4ebf-8ff9-310767e4eafc | 2022-07-25T16:47:45 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/family-killed-while-camping-maquoketa-caves-state-park-iowa-shooting/524-f2cae511-3235-4ebf-8ff9-310767e4eafc |
PENNINGTON COUNTY, S.D. — A St. Louis man who was hiking on an unmarked trail in southwestern South Dakota died when he and another hiker ran out of water, authorities said Thursday.
The Pennington County Sheriff's Office said 22-year-old Maxwell Right, of St. Louis, was hiking in Badlands National Park Wednesday when he collapsed and died of suspected dehydration and exposure.
A 21-year-old man from Missouri who was hiking with Right was flown to a Rapid City hospital, where he was placed under observation for exposure and dehydration. The weather in the park has approached 100 degrees most of the week.
Pennington County has put out numerous public service announcements warning hikers to be prepared for the elements and stay on marked trails, she said.
“We've said many times, you have to have enough water, water, water," Duhamel said. "But I don’t think people understand and they underestimate the heat, especially in the Badlands.”
The Pennington County Sheriff's Office originally mentioned the trail was featured in a social media challenge. The sheriff's office then put out a clarification stating the two were using a hiking app. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/st-louis-hiker-dies-in-south-dakota/63-ee2a397a-46cf-45da-93e8-9978541ed644 | 2022-07-25T16:47:51 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/st-louis-hiker-dies-in-south-dakota/63-ee2a397a-46cf-45da-93e8-9978541ed644 |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – UPDATE
As of 12:17p.m., southbound lanes of Route 122 in Franklin County remain closed.
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A crash has closed all lanes of VA-122 in Franklin County, according to VDOT.
Authorities said the accident happened near Merriman Way Road.
Drivers should expect delays.
As of 11:27 a.m., all north and southbound lanes have been closed. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/25/crash-closes-route-122-in-franklin-county/ | 2022-07-25T16:48:19 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/25/crash-closes-route-122-in-franklin-county/ |
Carmel police chief Jeff Horner resigns
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard accepted the resignation of Carmel Police Chief Jeff Horner, the city announced Monday.
Former Police Chief Jim Barlow is expected to act as interim chief of police until the city finds a replacement, according to the city's news release.
Horner served as police chief for about six months. He took on the role after Barlow's retirement in January.
The city's announcement Monday did not provide a reason for Horner's resignation.
Carmel spokesman Dan McFeely declined to answer any additional questions from IndyStar, including whether Horner's resignation was tied to the news of Bickel's removal.
"The City has no further comment at this time," McFeely wrote in an email.
More:Carmel deputy police chief removed after complaints of 'inappropriate behavior'
According to a city news release last week, an external investigation into Bickel's behavior found claims that the deputy chief "groped the breast of a female employee, attempted to forcibly kiss a different female employee, and kissed the hand and neck of another female employee at a work-related event."
Brainard appointed Horner in December when the city announced Barlow's retirement.
A city news release at the time stated that Horner had 28 years with Carmel Police. He started with the department in January 1994. Horner worked in the operations division and was a public information officer with the Carmel Police's school resource unit.
Before serving as police chief, Horner acted as deputy chief of administration.
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DALLAS — Police were responding to reports of shots fired inside of the Love Field airport in Dallas on Monday morning, police officials confirmed at around 11:30 a.m.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia confirmed to WFAA that officers were investigating reports of a shooting at the airport.
At least part of the airport was being evacuated during the incident on Monday morning, a North Texas police chief reported.
Rockwall Police Chief Max Geron, a former Dallas Police Department commander, tweeted about 11:20 a.m. that he "just got evacuated of Love Field after an apparent shooting."
"Family is safe," Geron tweeted. "TSA did a great job."
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Love Field at 11:11 a.m. "due to security." More information from aviation officials was not released.
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BENTON, Pa. — Students in the Benton Area School District can thank global supply chain issues for giving them a few extra days of summer vacation.
The school district pushed back the first day of school about a week. The HVAC project is taking longer than anticipated.
"And just by the time they're manufactured, and the backlog, we are now very well assured that they are manufactured and they are on their way. We were just going to run out of time," James Geffken said.
Upgrading its aging HVAC systems had been on the district's to-do list for quite some time. So when federal money became available for expressly that purpose, it was a no-brainer.
Unfortunately, plenty of other schools also took advantage of money from the "ESSER" fund, or the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund.
The pandemic caused districts to take a fresh look at their air quality.
"The good [of] this ESSER money is that it's addressing a lot of these HVAC issues in public buildings. The bad is there's not a global infrastructure to supply the amount of HVAC equipment that's being demanded right now. But as a small school district, we have to take advantage of the funding. And we're going to use this money that would've been local taxpayers' burden," Geffken said.
Parts were ordered back in March, and work was expected to wrap up in early June.
Once it became clear that it wasn't going to happen, superintendent Geffken decided to err on the side of caution and give parents plenty of time to make childcare arrangements.
The project is supposed to be finished by the new first day of school.
"And it changes, we'll change. We're not going to bring the kids back into a situation that's not at least satisfactory for them to be okay and healthy," Geffken said.
That decision will be made by August 1.
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BANGOR, Maine — Last fall, Bangor became the first municipality in Maine to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. This May, however, city councilors had to repeal the ordinance before it took effect because of a procedural error.
City officials said they were required to give businesses at least 30-days' notice of the ban, which they reported did not happen. The notice requirement is necessary for municipalities implementing stricter policies than state law.
At Monday's Bangor City Council meeting, councilors are expected to hold a first reading of the new flavored tobacco ban ordinance.
According to the meeting's agenda, the ordinance amends the Code of the City of Bangor to ban the sale, display, marketing, and advertising of flavored tobacco products.
The ordinance also imposes a fine between $50 and $100 for the first violation within a 24-month period and $300 and $1,000 for each subsequent offense within those 24 months.
From there, the ordinance goes to the city's Government Operations Committee on Tuesday, Aug. 2, when members of the public are set to have a chance to voice their thoughts on the proposed ban.
Then, the following Monday, Aug. 8, the ordinance goes back to the city council. Members are expected to hold a vote after the public gets a final opportunity to comment.
"I don't know," Bangor City Council Chair Rick Fornier said when asked if he thinks the ordinance will pass. "There’s a split between some of the councilors right now. I think a lot of the councilors feel this is a state issue and not so much a Bangor issue."
If Bangor votes to pass the ordinance, it would join Portland and Brunswick, which also have bans that took effect June 1.
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LULING, Texas — In Washington, D.C., this week, lawmakers are working to try and get wrongfully detained Americans out of foreign countries.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order to sanction criminals, terrorists and government officials who hold Americans captive abroad, and the U.S. Senate approved a resolution calling for Brittney Griner's release. The WNBA star has been a Russian prisoner for 155 days on marijuana charges.
While her case has been very high profile, there's another case involving a Texas businessman that most have never heard about. Mark Swidan has been held in a Chinese prison for almost 10 years. His mother fears that she won't live long enough to see her son come home.
In the small town of Luling, Texas, a mother's love never wavers. Inside her tiny apartment, Katherine Swidan lives surrounded by memories of happier times with her youngest son, Mark.
"I remember him at five or six years old. If he heard the national anthem in the game or something, he was the first one to stand up," she said. "He's a fantastic photographer, artist, he designs homes, he designs jewelry."
She slowly went through all of Mark's things that's she's kept, all while waiting for him to come home.
"I had to keep his clothes," she said. "These are his golfing hats, photography equipment like lenses and things."
It's been almost 10 years since Katherine Swidan has seen her son in person.
The last time the Chinese government let her speak to Mark Swidan was a 5-minute phone conversation in 2018.
"I don't even remember what I said. I just remember hearing his voice," she said.
She treasures a large box filled with old artwork and letters Mark Swidan was allowed to send home. It also holds letters she's gotten from lawmakers, the U.S. Ambassador to China and the State Department.
"This is from Sen. [John] Cornyn in 2017, and I can't get a hold of him now, so I just gave up on him," she said, adding that she's tired of waiting in vain for the government to help her son.
In 2012, Mark Swidan was in China on a business trip, buying flooring and fixtures. He was arrested and detained after officials accused him of buying and selling drugs. Mark Swidan lost his fiancée, his freedom and could possibly lose his life.
"He's never confessed through all the torture, the starvation," Katherine Swidan said.
A Chinese court gave Mark Swidan the death penalty. And while that's been delayed, his torturous detention continues.
"I'm already 72. I cannot ... I cannot die without seeing his face again," Katherine Swidan said with tears in her eyes. "I don't want his legacy to be just a box of stuff. And if he does come back and I'm not here, I want him to know that I ... I did everything I could possibly do."
Swidan isn't alone. A mural unveiled in D.C. this week displays Mark's face, along with 17 other Americans who are currently being held by foreign governments.
There's no official figure for how many Americans are being held overseas, but human rights groups estimate there are at least 60 U.S. citizens being wrongfully detained in about 18 countries around the world.
Attorney Jason I. Poblete is president of the Global Liberty Alliance, which helps defend people whose fundamental rights are violated by authoritarian governments.
"When you travel around the world and you're caught in a legal system that's not the best, in some cases substandard, these things can happen," he said. "And then there's this big shock: Is America coming to help me? Well, guess what? They're not. In most cases, it takes a while."
Poblete said the torture Mark Swidan is going through locked away in a Chinese prison is truly inhumane.
"This man has not slept in a dark room in almost 10 years, they have not turned the lights off," he said. "He has been kept in a very small cell. He has been forced and subjected to extreme psychological pressure and pains."
Poblete hopes that as more and more people hear about the Swidans' case, the wheels of justice will start to turn faster, and his case will be made a priority.
"In Mark's case, it's frankly baffling why this man has been in that facility for almost 10 years ... the U.S. government has failed Mr. Swidan," he said.
Right now, all Katherine Swidan can do is worry and wait, and she continues to pray someone will step forward and do what they can to bring her son home before it's too late.
"The worst-case scenario is that people in the government just ignore what I'm saying, and they keep having meetings, meetings, meetings, and then Mark dies in the interim," she said. "You know, I don't know everything that goes on secretly in the government. I don't want to know. I just want Mark to come home."
Earlier this month, Katherine Swidan received a letter from Nicholas Burns, the U.S. Ambassador to China. In it, he wrote that getting Mark Swidan released is a "top priority" to the Embassy, the State Department and the White House. He also wrote that embassy officials recently tried to visit the prison where Mark Swidan is being held but were denied due to COVID-19 protocols.
KVUE reached out to Sen. John Cornyn's office about Mark Swidan's case as well. A spokesperson told us, "Senator Cornyn's office made contact with federal agencies on his behalf and shared those updates with his family. Sen. Cornyn's office is committed to working with all Texans in need of assistance."
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FALMOUTH, Maine — Rescue officials recovered an 18-year-old Portland man's body in the Presumpscott River on Sunday night.
The body was identified as Pedro Matala, according to a release Monday from the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
The search for Matala, which involved Maine Forest Service aircraft, began around 4:45 p.m. Sunday, after friends reported he had not resurfaced while swimming in the river in Falmouth.
Maine State Police/Marine Patrol Underwater Recovery Team members pulled Matala's body from the river around 9 p.m., according to Monday's release. His body was taken to a local funeral home.
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DALLAS — One person was taken to a hospital after a officer-involved shooting inside of the Dallas Love Field airport in Dallas on Monday morning, police officials and sources confirmed to WFAA.
Police confirmed at around 11:30 a.m. they were responding to reports of shots fired inside the airport. Sources have since told WFAA that a female suspect had been shot and was being taken to a hospital.
Sources additionally confirmed the incident was an officer-involved shooting. More details were not yet available.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia confirmed to WFAA that officers were investigating reports of a shooting at the airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Love Field at 11:11 a.m. "due to security." More information from aviation officials was not released.
At least part of the airport was being evacuated during the incident on Monday morning, a North Texas police chief reported.
Rockwall Police Chief Max Geron, a former Dallas Police Department commander, tweeted about 11:20 a.m. that he "just got evacuated of Love Field after an apparent shooting."
"Family is safe," Geron tweeted. "TSA did a great job."
Video shared on social media in the wake of the reported shooting incident showed people crouching inside of the airport and taking cover after apparently being told to "run."
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DALLAS — One person was taken to a hospital after a officer-involved shooting inside of the Dallas Love Field airport in Dallas on Monday morning, police officials and sources confirmed to WFAA.
Police confirmed at around 11:30 a.m. they were responding to reports of shots fired inside the airport. Sources have since told WFAA that a female suspect had been shot and was being taken to a hospital.
Sources additionally confirmed the incident was an officer-involved shooting. More details were not yet available.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia confirmed to WFAA that officers were investigating reports of a shooting at the airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Love Field at 11:11 a.m. "due to security." More information from aviation officials was not released.
At least part of the airport was being evacuated during the incident on Monday morning, a North Texas police chief reported.
Rockwall Police Chief Max Geron, a former Dallas Police Department commander, tweeted about 11:20 a.m. that he "just got evacuated of Love Field after an apparent shooting."
"Family is safe," Geron tweeted. "TSA did a great job."
Video shared on social media in the wake of the reported shooting incident showed people crouching inside of the airport and taking cover after apparently being told to "run."
Additional video shared to social media revealed a similar scene outside of the airport, with would-be passengers crouching in an area between the airport and the tarmac.
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Unsolved San Antonio | Police searching for clues in 27 missing person cases
KENS 5 is drawing attention to the dozens of children and adults who remain missing in hopes that someone in the community knows something that will help find them.
More than 600,000 people go missing every year in the United States, according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons (NamUS) database.
Here in San Antonio, KENS 5 is drawing attention to the dozens of children and adults who remain missing in hopes that someone in the community knows something that will help find them.
Our series, Unsolved San Antonio, will feature missing people in every KENS 5 newscast on July 25.
Below are 27 missing people from San Antonio and Bexar County. If you know anything about their disappearance, please call the San Antonio Police Department's Missing Person's Unit at 210-207-7660. They answer their phones 24 hours a day.
Note: Age listed indicates the person's age at the time they disappeared.
Chapter 1 Bianca Carrasco
Bianca Carrasco, 29, was last seen on May 1, 2016, in the 1600 block of Walnut Creek Drive.
She has brown hair and brown eyes, weighs 125 pounds and is 5'1" in height. Police say she has a tattoo of the letter "B" on her right hip. She is also right-handed and has straight, shoulder-length hair.
Chapter 2 Crystal Lopez
Crystal Lopez, 34, was last seen on April 27, 2017, in the 17000 block of Henderson Pass. She suffers from a medical condition that requires medication.
She has wavy, brown, shoulder-length hair and brown eyes, weighs 160 pounds and is 5'5" in height. Police say she has a pierced nose and pierced ears, and she has a tattoo on her left wrist with the letters "CT."
Chapter 3 Mohammed Alghannam
Mohammed Alghannam, 25, was last seen on March 28, 2015, from the Metairie area in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was last spotted checking out of the Extended Stay America hotel in Metairie, and authorities believe he may have gone missing while coming back to San Antonio. He may have been traveling on the Greyhound or Mega Bus lines.
At the time he went missing, Mohammed was an international exchange student at UTSA studying mechanical engineering. He has black hair and black eyes, weighs between 150-155 pounds, and is 5'6" in height.
Chapter 4 Evelyn Louise Hernandez
Evelyn Louise Hernandez, 56, was last seen on August 5, 2015, in the 400 block of Hammond Avenue. She suffers from a medical condition that requires medication.
She has red, shoulder-length hair and brown eyes. She weighs 135 pounds and is 5'0" in height.
Chapter 5 Lucero Sarabia
Lucero Sarabia, 21, was last seen on November 26, 2004. She was eight months pregnant when she disappeared.
She has blonde hair and brown eyes. She weighs 160 pounds and is 5'1" in height.
Chapter 6 Lisa Mireles
Lisa Mireles, 32, was last seen on May 1, 2015, in the 1100 block of Willow Street.
She has straight, collar-length brown hair and blue eyes. She weighs 150 pounds and is 5'9" in height. Police say she has a pierced abdomen and tongue. She also has a scar on her chin. She is right-handed and wears glasses.
Chapter 7 Evangelina Martinez
Evangelina Martinez, 41, was last seen in the 300 block of Lucas on September 24, 2014.
Police say she was under a doctor's care at the time she disappeared and requires medication.
She has straight, brown, shoulder-length hair and brown eyes. She weighs 135 pounds and is 5'1" in height. Police say she has a tattoo of the sun and moon on the back of her neck, and she also has tattooed eyebrows.
Chapter 8 Andrew Mayorga
Andrew Mayorga, 17, was last seen on January 4, 2007. Police did not give a location where he was last seen.
He has black hair and brown eyes and weighs 170 pounds and is 5'8" in height. Police say he was reported to have been seen around the River Walk in the past.
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Susie Felan Ruiz, 44, was last seen December 16, 2006. Police did not give a location where she was last seen.
She has long, wavy brown hair and brown eyes. She is 110 pounds and is 5'2" in height. She is right-handed and was last seen wearing green pants and a green shirt. She has tattoos consisting of a vine on her abdomen and a butterfly and star on her hip.
Chapter 10 Kathryn and Ava Baldwin
Kathryn and Ava Baldwin are a mother and daughter last seen on September 17, 2015, in the 6000 block of Whitby Road.
Kathryn Baldwin, 40, has medical conditions requiring help. She has straight, shoulder-length blonde hair and hazel eyes. She is 125 pounds and 5'10" in height. She has a tattoo of a large rose and is right-handed.
Ava Baldwin, 6, is 4'0" and weighs 60 pounds. She has hazel eyes and blonde hair.
Chapter 11 Jordan Green
Jordan Green, 23, was last seen in the 7800 block of Wood Chase on November 7, 2015. He has black hair and brown eyes, weighs 165 pounds and is 5'9" in height.
Police say he is right-handed and wears glasses. He was last seen wearing a dark blue shirt and blue jeans. He has a tattoo of a rosary on his chest with a cross that goes down to his belly. He also has a tattoo across his knuckles that says "God Got Me." He has a tattoo on his left shoulder of a taurus, a tattoo on his back left arm of the letter J, and a tattoo on his back right arm of the letter G.
Chapter 12 Alejandro Campo, III
Alejandro Campo, 29, was last seen May 20, 2016, in the 700 block of Canyonwood Drive.
He is 5' 8" in height and weighs 155 pounds. He has brown eyes and wavy, collar-length black hair and a medium complexion. Police also say he is right-handed.
Chapter 13 Mitzi Jones
Mitzi Jones, 42, was last seen on March 8, 2012, in the 2400 block of South New Braunfels.
She is 5'0" in height and weighs 120 pounds. She has wavy, brown hair to her mid-back, freckles and brown eyes. She is also right-handed.
Police say she has a tattoo of a flower on the back of her neck, a tattoo of a flower on her left hip to her knee, and a star branded into her calf.
Chapter 14 Janie Marie Gutierrez
Janie Marie Gutierrez, 26, was last seen on November 17, 2009. Police did not provide her last known whereabouts.
She has blue eyes and long, curly brown hair. She has a tattoo of a Led Zeppelin symbol. She was last seen wearing a necklace of a Jewish star, and she has a piercing under her lower lip.
Chapter 15 Bonnie Flores
Bonnie Flores, 37, was last seen on May 18, 2020, in the 100 block of Seashell.
She is 5' 7" in height and weighs 200 pounds. She has straight, shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes. Police say she has a tattoo of a star on her left ankle.
Chapter 16 James Davis
James Davis, 40, was last seen on March 2, 2006. Police did not provide his last known whereabouts.
He is 5' 7" in height and weighs about 170 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, black shorts and combat boots. Police say he has scars on the back of his legs and tattoos on his abdomen, chest and back.
Chapter 17 Jennifer Apreciado
Jennifer Apreciado, 18, was last seen on October 26, 2006. Police did not provide her last known whereabouts.
She is 4' 8" in height and weighs 95 pounds. Police say she was last seen wearing a red shirt, blue shorts and a red belt. They say she also has tattoos on her arm and ankle.
Chapter 18 Leandro Gonzalez
Leandro Gonzalez was last seen on June 5, 2008 in San Antonio. He is 5' 6" in height and weighs 180 pounds.
He has straight, gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a red and black striped shirt and glasses. Police say his bottom teeth are decayed.
Chapter 19 Dona Chandler
Dona Chandler, 61, was last seen on August 8, 2014 in the 13000 block of Nacogdoches.
She is described as 5' 8" in height and weighs 120 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She is right-handed and was last seen wearing a white, t-shirt and blue jean shorts.
Bexar County Sheriff's Office Missing Persons
The following people are missing from the San Antonio area and their cases are being investigated by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office. If you have seen any of them, please call 210-335-6000.
Chapter 20 Bella and Sophia Cathey
Bella Cathey, 9, and Sophia Cathey, 8, are siblings missing from San Antonio and last seen August 13, 2020.
Sophia (pictured above) is 4' 2" and has brown hair and light eyes. She weighs 55 pounds.
Bella is 4' 2" (pictured below) and has brown hair and brown eyes. She weighs 50 pounds.
Police say they may be in the company of their mother. Their father has applied for the return of the children under the international civil treaty: The Hague Convention of the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
Chapter 21 Ebony Ortiz
Ebony Ortiz, 17, has been missing since April 16, 2022. Police did not provide her last known whereabouts.
She has brown eyes and brown hair. She is 5' 2" in height and weighs 125 pounds.
Chapter 22 Serina Uriegas
Serina Uriegas, 16, was last seen on April 4, 2022. Police did not provide her last known whereabouts.
She is 5' 5" in height and weighs 106 pounds. Police say she has brown hair and brown eyes.
Chapter 23 Yvette Williams
Yvette Williams, 15, was last seen May 3, 2022, at 3402 Battlecry in San Antonio.
She is 5'1" in height and weighs 120 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair and wears glasses. Police say she has a nose piercing on the right side and a bar piercing on the top left ear.
Police say her aunt reported that Williams went to bed at 10 p.m. on May 3, and when her aunt went to wake her up the next morning, she was not in her room. The window was open, and the screen was cut. Police say she is prescribed medication for various conditions. It is believed Williams is with a friend on the east side of San Antonio.
Chapter 24 Raul Ardon
Raul Ardon, 15, was reported missing on December 13, 2021 from the San Antonio area.
Officials say he is originally from Honduras. He is 5' 5" in height and weighs 110 pounds.
Chapter 25 Maria Llamas
Maria Llamas went missing at the Poteet Flea Market on November 20, 2016. Her purse was found a nearby creek but there was no other sign of her. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/unsolved-san-antonio-missing-person-cases-investigation/273-c6240b29-82db-47c2-979d-a70106dbe6a4 | 2022-07-25T17:14:16 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/unsolved-san-antonio-missing-person-cases-investigation/273-c6240b29-82db-47c2-979d-a70106dbe6a4 |
Arizona prisons violate First Amendment by banning The Nation magazine issues, ACLU claims
The American Civil Liberties Union said the Arizona Department of Corrections is violating the First Amendment by stopping issues of The Nation magazine from reaching incarcerated subscribers, according to a demand letter sent to prison officials Monday morning.
Corene Kendrick, deputy director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project, said the department has withheld issues of the magazine at least five times in the past 18 months, claiming they promoted racial superiority or contained sexual content. The Nation, a magazine covering news and politics, publishes biweekly.
“The ban on these issues of The Nation is yet another example of prisons routinely restricting materials that incarcerated people can access, by way of unconstitutional, arbitrary rules,” Kendrick said. “ADCRR’s actions violate not only the First Amendment rights of incarcerated people, but also the First Amendment rights of the publisher and writers in the magazine. The Nation, or any other publication, may not be banned simply because it describes acts of current or historic racism — reporting on racism is not promoting racism.”
The issues banned by the department included a cover story entitled “Black Immigrants Matter.” Another issue that was banned for sexual content contained a photo of a drag queen as well as a cartoon of two people kissing.
“True to its Orwellian name, ADCRR’s Office of Publication Review has given vague explanations lacking any specific citation of allegedly offending material to justify withholding our magazine from incarcerated subscribers,” The Nation's editor D.D. Guttenplan said in a press release.
The demand letter, written on behalf of The Nation by ACLU, asks the Department of Corrections to advise all mailroom staff and administrators at each facility in writing "that news publications such as The Nation may not be banned simply because they are reporting acts of current or historic racism."
The ACLU is also requesting the Department review each facility’s policy and practice with respect to banned publications "to ensure continued respect for the First Amendment rights of incarcerated persons and those in the outside world who wish to communicate with them."
The Department of Corrections did not respond to a request to comment on the letter Monday morning.
Department of Corrections media policy challenged before
The courts have previously found the Arizona Department of Corrections' media policy to be overbroad and unconstitutional.
In 2019, a United States District Court Judge wrote in an order that the Department's policy “violates the First Amendment on its face” after it banned copies of the publication Prison Legal News, which contained reports of legal cases regarding prison and jail staff who had sexually assaulted prisoners.
Then in 2021, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a man incarcerated in an Arizona prison who claimed the Department of Corrections media policy discriminates against Black artists.
Edward Lee Jones, a prisoner at the Eyman state prison in Florence, challenged the Department of Corrections’ confiscation of several CDs he ordered through the mail, including an album by Pulitzer Prize-winning rap artist Kendrick Lamar, as well as two writings by American religious leader Elijah Muhammad.
Have a news tip on Arizona prisons? Reach the reporter at jjenkins@arizonarepublic.com or at 812-243-5582. Follow him on Twitter @JimmyJenkins.
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I-17 ramp to I-10 closed in central Phoenix after 1 killed in semitruck crash
The driver of a tractor-trailer died Monday morning after the vehicle hit a pillar and jackknifed on the Interstate 17 and Interstate 10 exchange in central Phoenix.
The crash occurred about 6 a.m. on the southbound I-17 to westbound I-10 transition ramp, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Bart Graves, a spokesperson for DPS, said the driver lost control of the semitruck and slammed into a pillar, causing the vehicle to jackknife and turn on its side.
When troopers arrived, other motorists were assisting the driver, identified only as a 56-year-old man, Graves said in an email. He was pronounced dead after arriving at a hospital.
No one else was in the vehicle, according to Graves.
The ramp remained closed as of at 8 a.m. Monday. There was no estimated reopening time, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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Forced to flee Mexico due to death threats, journalists seek to rebuild their lives in Phoenix
"How do you want to have Los Zetas, as friends or as enemies?"
That was the question that a man, who identified himself as Commander Ramón Rocas Suárez, asked Mexican journalist Juan de Dios García Davish, from Tapachula, Chiapas, over the phone on May 28, 2016.
The man had identified himself as a high-ranking member of the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas, at the time considered one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico.
The threat was clear: Either he abided by the man’s requests or dealt with the consequences. The man on the other side of the line had García Davish’s home, work and family members located.
That was the first of several threats made between 2016 and 2022.
Due to the increased violence in Mexico against journalists and the lack of protection provided by the government, García Davish and his wife, María de Jesús Peters, also a journalist in Chiapas, made the difficult decision to leave their lifelong home. Since June, they’ve been trying to rebuild their life in Phoenix, figuring out how to navigate a new country and calling for international governments to intervene and better protect Mexican journalists.
"The man wanted money, and although he scared me and made me nervous, I didn't fall for his game. I told him to do what he had to do," García Davish said in an interview with La Voz/The Arizona Republic. “The first thing I did was see how my daughter was and then I went to file a complaint with the general attorney’s office.”
After investigating, the Specialized General Attorney’s Office for the Attention of Journalists and Freedom of Expression of Chiapas told García Davish that the call came from a prison in Mexico City, and classified the crime as extortion.
Years of threats followed, but it was the most recent threat, received on May 13, 2022, that made them seek other alternatives outside of the promises made by Mexican law enforcement. A man who identified himself as Arturo Valencia Díaz threatened to kill Peters, García Davish and their daughter if they did not come to an agreement.
He filed a complaint once more and this time the authorities promised to provide them with protection measures, including police patrols outside their home, but he said that such protection never came.
Considering the increased violence against journalists in Mexico, inaction from local authorities and with their 16-year-old daughter in mind, García Davish and Peters looked into international options. At the suggestion of colleagues, they applied to the Temporary Reception Program for Latin American Journalists hosted by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which would allow them to take refuge in Spain for a period of time. However, immediate approval wasn’t guaranteed.
They then sought to obtain a visa that would allow them to enter the United States. Thanks to a letter of support drafted by several national and international colleagues, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City almost immediately scheduled an interview for them on June 10, and were approved for tourist visas.
With little clothing, a computer and a few hard drives — their most “prized treasures” that safeguard their life’s work — the two journalists and their daughter made their way to the United States. Since late June, they’ve been living in Phoenix.
According to the couple, help from the local specialized general attorney's office never came, a situation shared by many journalists in Mexico. The Specialized General Attorney’s Office for the Attention of Journalists and Freedom of Expression of Chiapas did not respond to a request for comment.
According to the organization Article 19, a freedom of the press advocacy organization in Mexico and Latin America, Mexico is experiencing one of the most violent presidencies against Mexican journalists. So far in 2022, 10 people have officially been killed in connection with their work as journalists — unofficially, 12 have been murdered.
Deadly list:These are the journalists who have been killed in Mexico in 2022
Several of them, like Lourdes Maldonado, murdered in Tijuana, Baja California in January, were registered under the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists under the Mexican government. But according to journalist advocacy groups, the protection mechanism constantly fails, acting only in a reactive and non-preventive manner.
According to Noemí Pineda, researcher of documentation and case follow-up of Article 19, from 2018 to 2021, the organization has registered a total of 21 cases of displaced journalists due to violence against the press in Mexico. But this number is higher, she said, given that not all journalists under threat let them know they are seeking refuge elsewhere.
Jan-Albert Hootsen, Mexico representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists, said that unfortunately, many journalists in Mexico are in a very vulnerable situation because they do not have the same support network that Peters and García Davish have.
“That is one of the things that we are working on here in Mexico, in creating these networks and seeking greater contact with journalists so that they have that support,” he said. “In the case of Juan de Dios, it helped him a lot that he has worked with foreign media and with media that hire his services to cover migration issues in Chiapas.”
Decades covering Indigenous peoples, migrants in Southern Mexico
García Davish, 62, began his career in journalism in 1985. He currently serves as director of Quadratin Chiapas, a news site that covers topics ranging from community to politics, with a focus on migration to Mexico from Central America.
In the late '90s, he founded Agencia Gráfica del Sur, a wire service that provides articles and photographs from Southern Mexico to national and international newspapers.
Peters, 52, was until her move to Phoenix an 18-year correspondent for the national newspaper El Universal in Mexico. She has also worked for the Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre and other outlets in Honduras.
In November 2020, Peters was awarded the Ortega y Gasset award for the 2020 Best Photograph in Journalism in Spain. The winning photograph portrays the desperation of a Haitian migrant who cries alongside her son from the other side of a fence that guards a migrant detention center in Chiapas. She recently picked up her award in June 2022, before making her way to the U.S.
Both García Davish and Peters claim to know every corner and road in Chiapas like the back of their hand, which is why they would sometimes provide fixer services to international media.
"We know all the roads and the most remote routes of the Chiapas jungle, where migrants walk, and we also know the dangers they face on those routes," said García Davish.
They have always lived in Tapachula, Chiapas, about 11 miles away from Mexico's southern border with Guatemala. For the same reason, they say, they have had to see the crudest aspects of migration, the abuses and the violence that takes place on the southern border.
“We have seen people fall from the train (known as ‘The Beast’), have their legs amputated. Also how the gangs control the passage of migrants, human trafficking, organized crime violence,” said García Davish.
They have also documented and reported to the authorities the exploitation of Indigenous migrant children of Guatemalan origin on coffee farms in Chiapas.
“As journalists and human beings, it hurts us that no law enforcement acts to prevent labor exploitation in these places, allowing up to 12-hour work days. These Indigenous children live in an inhumane way, aside from the fact that they are marginalized from receiving education and basic nutrition,” reads a complaint document that the couple sent to the National Human Rights Commission in Mexico.
The forced displacement of Indigenous people in the highlands of Chiapas, the kidnappings by organized crime, the trafficking of migrant women and the abuses by the National Institute of Migration (INM) are instances that have been documented by both Peters and García Davish, showing the corruption that prevails in that southern region.
"With our reporting, we make visible a lot of corruption and bad things that are happening in the south of Mexico, and of course, that makes a lot of people uncomfortable, from organized crime groups to government authorities,” Peters said.
A call for intervention from beyond the northern border
Peters and García Davish have been in the U.S. for less than a month and much of their time in Phoenix has been used to shed light on the issue, calling for the Biden administration to intervene in order to cease the violence against journalists in Mexico.
According to an official list from the Mexican government, a total of 10 journalists have been murdered so far in 2022. The most recent murder was that of Antonio de la Cruz on June 28 in the state of Tamaulipas. Unofficially, and recognized by journalism advocacy organizations, 12 have been murdered this year. Mexican authorities ruled out the deaths of Roberto Toledo in Michoacán and Jorge “El Choche” Camero in Sonora, stating that their deaths were not in relation to their work as journalists.
“(U.S.) Congressmen have already spoken about the murdered journalists … they must press for the Mexican government to do something,” said Peters.
On June 6, several Democratic congress members, including Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking his administration review how U.S. funds intended for the Mexican protection mechanism are actually being used.
“I urge the Biden administration to work with our Mexican partners to bring justice to the families of the disappeared and ensure that the Mexican press can operate freely and without fear,” Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro said in a statement.
As indicated on the Secretary of the Interior in Mexico website, the protection mechanism was created in 2012 with the goal to protect journalists who have suffered threats and intimidation in relation to their work. An exact amount of funds dedicated to this program isn't available.
Through a partnership with USAID and Mexico, for the years 2017 through 2021, the U.S. government granted a total of $7.1 million to help fund the protection mechanism in an effort “to improve the ability of the (government of Mexico) to prevent, investigate, and prosecute human rights abuses,” a USAID fact sheet reads.
It is unclear how much additional U.S. funds have been channeled into the Mexican protection program after 2021.
According to a 2020 Mexican government report, the Ministry of the Interior requested 241 million Mexican pesos to cover expenses in 2021. This figure implied an increase of 26.9 million Mexican pesos more than what was requested in 2020, the report indicates. In 2018, 337 million pesos were allocated for the program.
In a retort to that report, the Mexican Federation of Public Human Rights Organizations lamented the lack of resources allocated to the mechanism, indicating that the funds were not enough to make the safeguards promised under the mechanism a reality.
In a recent press freedom index, Mexico ranks at 143 out of 180, according to the latest report published by Reporters Without Borders. As comparison, the United States ranks at 42.
“I have spoken to friends who were taken. Now anyone (criminals) can come and grab you, attack you, threaten you and nothing happens”, said García Davish. “We want to continue being that voice for other colleagues that nobody pays attention to. We want to make it visible that journalists are being murdered. The president (of Mexico) gives (criminals) his blessing so that they can do with us what they want.”
Hootsen said that during the last three and a half years, President López Obrador has made a constant and clear divide between good journalism, which is his ally, and bad journalism, which is his adversary.
“That has created adverse situations for us. It has cost us a lot to convince that sector of Mexican society that free and independent journalism is important, that the protection of journalists is important and that fighting impunity for crimes against the press is important,” Hootsen said. “When the president says that journalists are corrupt, that they are conservative and that they go against his political agenda, then his followers, who are around 50% of the population, also follow him.”
A protection mechanism that has failed many
Balbina Flores, Mexico representative at RSF, said the protection mechanism currently has more than 1,500 people registered, of which more than 500 are journalists, the rest are human rights activists.
“(The protection mechanism) has been working, but it has flaws, lack of personnel, resources ... In this six-year term, the demand has increased by more than 60 or 70 percent, and therefore the capacity would also have to be increased in terms of of human and economic resources in the mechanism,” Flores said.
RSF, CPJ and Article 19 work collaboratively, supporting journalists throughout Mexico in the best way they can. Just as they did with García Davish and Peters, alerting the protection mechanism, guiding the couple to file complaints and collect the necessary documents and spreading the word among colleagues in the national and international media about their situation.
The work they do goes hand in hand with the protection mechanism, which provides bodyguards, a panic button to alert law enforcement, police surveillance and on occasion the use of safe houses, Hootsen said. But what the Mechanism offers is not always enough and the promised protections do not always arrive.
Flores said that in 2022, RSF released a report analyzing the protections offered by the protection mechanism and how it can be improved.
According to the report, the protection mechanism does not obligate local or municipal authorities to take charge of the protection of journalists, and only 12 of the 32 states of Mexico have agencies dedicated to investigating cases of violence against the press — like the specialized general attorney’s office that García Davish and Peters reported their threats to.
In the absence of financial and human resources to enforce what the protection mechanism promises, RSF recommended several changes, including:
- Adapt protection measures according to imminent dangers, such as changes in unforeseen risks.
- Share the obligation to protect journalists between federal and local levels.
- Increase funds earmarked for the protection mechanism.
- Improve psychological, legal, self-protection and digital security support measures.
Pineda of Article 19 said that 98% of violence against journalists cases are in total impunity.
As an example, she mentioned García Davish and Peters’ case. For six years, the couple received numerous threats related to their work as journalists, and even after reporting the threats, authorities dismissed them as extortion. Another case she mentioned was that of the journalist Susana Carreño who was stabbed on July 1 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco — an incident that the authorities wrote off as an attempted robbery.
“The mechanism is more reactive than preventative, which responds only to events that have already occurred. It does not have specific actions aimed at preventing violence,” Hootsen from CPJ said. "We recognize the courage that Juan de Dios and María have because there are those who censor themselves after being displaced, they prefer not to raise their voices, they leave journalism. (García Davish and Peters) are making the problem visible," he said.
Reach La Voz reporter and editor Javier Arce at javier.arce@lavozarizaon.com or on Twitter @javierarce33.
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Tucson police are looking for a 29-year-old man suspected in a fatal shooting at a midtown apartment complex early Saturday morning.
Around 3 a.m., multiple reports came in about a shooting at the complex, at 4100 E. 29th St. There, police found 27-year-old Cody Seth Hinsley dead.
Police learned that Hinsely was in an ongoing disagreement with a group prior to the shooting and identified the suspect, Kristoffer David Seeger.
Seeger is described as 5’9, 160 pounds with numerous neck and facial tattoos.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911. Seeger is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached if located. | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-29-wanted-in-fatal-shooting-at-tucson-apartment-complex/article_8241fb6a-0c35-11ed-a1cf-3b36fb03e5ba.html | 2022-07-25T17:17:15 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-29-wanted-in-fatal-shooting-at-tucson-apartment-complex/article_8241fb6a-0c35-11ed-a1cf-3b36fb03e5ba.html |
BRIDGETON — Two 18-year-olds face weapons charges after they each were found with loaded guns during an early Monday morning traffic stop.
Police pulled over a 2011 Dodge on S. East Avenue and Terrace Street, where they encountered Joel Rivera and Dallas Carper, both Bridgeton, police said.
Carper, of Bridgeton, was removed from the car and found with a loaded Patmos 9mm handgun. Rivera, also of Bridgeton, was found with a loaded Sarsilmaz 9mm handgun, police said.
Carper is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a defaced firearm. Rivera is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a defaced firearm, possession of a high-capacity magazine and contempt, police said.
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LEVY COUNTY, Fla. — A hunter deep in the woods along the Nature Coast over the weekend came across the body of a missing Hernando County woman.
Joan Kaloustian disappeared after leaving home on July 17, according to an earlier Hernando County Sheriff’s Office news release. Deputies said the missing 76-year-old, who had dementia, was traveling in a white van and did not have a cell phone with her.
Law enforcement in Levy County on Sunday responded to a wooded area west of U.S. Highway 19 after getting a call from a hunter who had come across the Kaloustian and her van, authorities said.
It had been stuck in on a muddy trail, located about 85 miles from her home in Highpoint.
Hernando County authorities did not immediately detail how Kaloustian died but said foul play is not suspected in her death. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hernandocounty/joan-kaloustian-missing-hernando-county/67-a089715e-7696-4d63-9669-0a9159ef9719 | 2022-07-25T17:22:02 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hernandocounty/joan-kaloustian-missing-hernando-county/67-a089715e-7696-4d63-9669-0a9159ef9719 |
RIVERVIEW, Fla. — A former law enforcement volunteer died by suicide overnight amid an investigation into accusations of sexual abuse.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that Edward Brito, who had volunteered from February 2021 until June 2022, had been found dead.
In a news release, the sheriff’s office said he sexually battered two people early Monday morning, then proceeded to take his own life at a home in Riverview.
But, investigators had already been looking into him. Previously, in early June, Brito had been served a domestic violence injunction for sexual battery of one of the same individuals. He'd been taken off the volunteer list at that point.
“Brito’s volunteer status was immediately terminated as an investigation into the June incident was underway,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a statement. “HCSO is still awaiting DNA evidence from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) regarding that investigation, which may have led to criminal charges against him.”
All Brito’s sheriff’s office equipment was seized when he was let go on June 5.
During the time he was a volunteer, Brito was classified as an unpaid Reserve II deputy who logged about 38 hours per month. Reserve II perform general law enforcement tasks while being supervised by full-time deputies. They are often seen helping with off-duty details at community events.
“While mental health is often a factor in incidents of suicide, the actions of this former volunteer are monstrous and a clear example of domestic violence. Our agency goes through great lengths to identify individuals like this who should never wear the badge of Deputy Sheriff, from extensive background checks, polygraphs, interviews with neighbors, and personal and professional references,” Sheriff Chad Chronister wrote in a statement.
Chronister said domestic violence is never acceptable and won’t be tolerated at the sheriff’s office.
“I encourage anyone experiencing domestic violence to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for help at 813-247-8200 or reach out to one of many local resources, such as our community partners at the Spring of Tampa Bay at 813-247-7233,” he added.
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BRADENTON, Fla. — A 16-year-old boy, who was accidentally shot by his 15-year-old friend, has died from his injuries.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the news Monday morning.
The older teen was shot back on July 19. In the days that followed, he was listed in critical condition at Blake Hospital.
Investigators say his 15-year-old friend had been playing with a handgun when it went off and hit the 16-year-old in the head at an address on 14th Street East in Bradenton.
The younger teen was later arrested and charged with attempted manslaughter – a charge that has since been upgraded to manslaughter. The 15-year-old was booked into the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/bradenton-accidental-shooting-teen-dead/67-37e60f94-d05f-4440-9297-1bbb7f9b8cf1 | 2022-07-25T17:22:14 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/bradenton-accidental-shooting-teen-dead/67-37e60f94-d05f-4440-9297-1bbb7f9b8cf1 |
LAKELAND, Fla — An SUV driver was killed when he crashed into a tree early Monday morning in Lakeland.
It happened near the intersection of Swindell Road and County Line Road.
Investigators say the 25-year-old Brandon man was going north at "a high rate of speed" around 12:30 a.m. when he went past a stop sign, drove across Swindell Road and plowed into the tree.
Police and firefighters arrived and tried to save his life, but officers say he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lakeland PD investigators are looking into the deadly crash. The area was shut down for about two hours while the scene was processed.
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DALLAS — One person was taken to a hospital after a officer-involved shooting inside of the Dallas Love Field airport in Dallas on Monday morning, police officials and sources confirmed to WFAA.
Police confirmed at around 11:30 a.m. they were responding to reports of shots fired inside the airport. Sources have since told WFAA that a female suspect had been shot and was being taken to a hospital.
Sources additionally confirmed the incident was an officer-involved shooting. More details were not yet available.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia confirmed to WFAA that officers were investigating reports of a shooting at the airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Love Field at 11:11 a.m. "due to security." More information from aviation officials was not released.
At least part of the airport was being evacuated during the incident on Monday morning, a North Texas police chief reported.
Rockwall Police Chief Max Geron, a former Dallas Police Department commander, tweeted about 11:20 a.m. that he "just got evacuated of Love Field after an apparent shooting."
"Family is safe," Geron tweeted. "TSA did a great job."
Video shared on social media in the wake of the reported shooting incident showed people crouching inside of the airport and taking cover after apparently being told to "run."
Additional video shared to social media revealed a similar scene outside of the airport, with would-be passengers crouching in an area between the airport and the tarmac.
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TAMPA, Fla. — During hurricane season, there's always a risk of losing power, which means there's always a chance our city's water systems can get shut down, too.
This is why The City of Tampa Wastewater Department has invested in 64 portable generators.
In a release, the city called the move "a critical step in strengthening and improving the City’s infrastructure and response time during hurricane season."
These new "hug on-site generators" will ensure our wastewater pumps stay flowing in the event of an emergency.
"Pumping stations rely on electricity to operate,” Eric Weiss, director of the wastewater department, said in a statement. “In 2017, during Hurricane Irma, we had pumping stations without power for one week. It presented huge challenges to our teams who had to haul portable generators to those stations.”
Five of these generators, rated at two megawatts each, will head to the Howard F. Curren Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant to provide backup power. They'll be stored along with 75,000 gallons of fuel, enough to last five days, in case of a power outage at the treatment plant during heavy rain events, or longer power outages.
This boost in public infrastructure is part of Mayor Jane Castor’s Transforming Tampa’s Tomorrow initiative. This initiative has shaped the mayor's five main strategic goals:
- Strengthening community-centric services
- Enhancing workforce development
- Increasing housing affordability
- Improving infrastructure and mobility
- Establishing sustainability and resilience
The generator project isn't the first step the city has taken to support our water systems. In April, Castor announced the Foundations for Tampa’s Neighborhoods project, which will include improvements to main water lines, wastewater and stormwater solutions, and transportation within four Tampa neighborhoods. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/tampa-new-city-generators-hurricane-season/67-88cb9d1c-eafb-469d-951e-24b23cb5bf07 | 2022-07-25T17:22:36 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/tampa-new-city-generators-hurricane-season/67-88cb9d1c-eafb-469d-951e-24b23cb5bf07 |
What to Know
- Gunfire was reported at Dallas Love Field Airport just after 11 a.m.
- Rockwall Chief of Police Max Geron was in the TSA security line and says he heard several shots near a ticket counter.
- One person was transported from the scene by Dallas Fire-Rescue.
Coming Up: Dallas Chief of Police Eddie Garcia is expected to speak shortly. Live video will appear at the top of this page.
Dallas Police are investigating a shooting inside Dallas Love Field airport. Gunshots were reported at about 11 a.m. and one person has been transported from the scene.
Dallas Police said they were called to an "officer-assist" at the airport at about 11:10 a.m. and later confirmed to NBC 5 that there were reports of gunshots at the airport.
Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed to NBC 5 that one person was transported from the airport to a hospital. That person was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital in an unknown condition. No further information about the person is known.
It's not immediately clear where the shots were fired, but Dallas Police were seen blocking off two entrances to the airport.
Max Geron, Chief of Police in Rockwall, told NBC 5 in a phone interview Monday morning that he and his family were going through security when they heard gunshots.
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Geron said a number of shots were heard near a baggage or ticket counter area. He said he grabbed his kids and that the TSA agents responded quickly by shuffling travelers into secure areas.
He said the TSA then got word that "the shooter was down" and they were evacuated out of the airport and sequestered in an outdoor location.
Cell phone video shared with NBC 5 showed travelers on the ground, behind chairs at the gates and sheltering in place.
The investigation is ongoing.
GROUND STOP AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD
All flights inbound to Dallas Love are currently being held at their departure location until 12:30 p.m.
Planes that have landed are being held on the apron and are not proceeding to gates.
This story is developing. Check back and refresh the page as some of the elements may change.
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2 in Macomb Co. plane crash out of hospital, third in stable condition; dog found safe
Ray Township — Officials on Monday released more details on the people involved in a weekend plane crash that injured three.
The plane's owner and pilot is a 44-year-old Chicago man, the Macomb County Sheriff's Office said Monday. It said the man's wife, 37, and their 17-year-old niece from Georgia were also aboard the aircraft during the crash, as well as a dog.
The three were the plane's only occupants and the trio was in the area visiting family, the sheriff's office said.
Officials said Monday that the plane's owner and his wife were treated at a hospital and have been released. The 17-year-old is listed in stable condition.
A 6-month-old golden retriever that was seen running away from the crash was found early Monday, according to a Ray Township Fire & Rescue Facebook post.
The sheriff's office also said the investigation into the cause of the crash will be conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board. Sheriff's deputies will help with gathering information and evidence, it said.
Officials said firefighters and sheriff's deputies were called at about 2:55 p.m. to the Ray
Community Airport on Indian Trail for a plane crash. On Sunday, they had said the call came in at about 3:15 p.m.
According to a preliminary investigation, the fixed-wing, single-engine Beech A36 airplane took off from the airport's runway when the pilot reported losing power to his engine after lifting the landing gear. The plane has room for six people.
The aircraft was about 100 feet in the air when the pilot tried a controlled crash into an area just off the runway, the sheriff's office said. Earlier reports said the plane was 75 feet in the air.
All three people exited the plane on their own after the crash. They were taken to the hospital to be treated for broken bones, lacerations and burns. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/07/25/two-macomb-county-plane-crash-released-hospital-third-stable-condition-dog-safe/10143108002/ | 2022-07-25T17:23:18 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/07/25/two-macomb-county-plane-crash-released-hospital-third-stable-condition-dog-safe/10143108002/ |
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