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GATESVILLE, Texas — A "Stage 3 Drought Emergency" is now in effect for the City of Gatesville due to a break in a major transmission line at the Gatesville Regional Water Plant, according to a Facebook post by the Gatesville Fire Department.
On Monday, the department said those impacted are all customers who receive water from the water plant.
"Please do your part to conserve water for the next 24 hours," the post read.
The department said the City Splash Pad is closed and outdoor watering or washing of vehicles is prohibited. Violators can get fined, the department said.
"Repair parts are en route from Houston, and we will resolve this as soon as possible," according to the post. "We will keep you updated as new info is provided."
Stay updated by following the Gatesville Fire Department. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/gatesville-water-plant-causes-stage-3-drought-emergency-in-city/500-c5e12a37-68c0-4966-a677-480732daae38 | 2022-07-26T03:37:00 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/gatesville-water-plant-causes-stage-3-drought-emergency-in-city/500-c5e12a37-68c0-4966-a677-480732daae38 |
TAYLOR, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott proposed in a statement Thursday that Congress should pass the CHIPS Act of 2022, which would invest $50 billion into companies that manufacture semiconductors, or the chips inside IPhones, cars and computers.
Abbott says Samsung is ready to build 11 semiconductor factories between Austin and Taylor.
Tech expert, Roger Kay with Endpoint Technologies, said investing in the already existing manufacturers would help the area expand, creating a hub for business.
"Texas is now in the position of having enough silicon industry so that it kind of has a momentum of its own," Kay said. "In Central Texas they have land, and they have people that know what's up."
Because Texas is central in the U.S., Kay added that Central Texas is a prime spot for manufacturing and shipping in America. He said the cost of shipping is less since manufactures don't have to send goods across the county.
"This has been a two-year long project of mine, a bipartisan project, recognizing after COVID-19, many of the vulnerability of our supply chains," U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said.
Cornyn added that 90% of semi-conductor chips were manufactured overseas.
"The reason for that is it's 30% cheaper to build a manufacturing lab in Asia than it is in the U.S.," he said.
Cornyn went on and said this is so important because when you consider the consequences of natural disasters, pandemics or conflict between China and Taiwan, the risk is just unacceptable.
Kay noted that more business and jobs will come to the Central Texas area if manufacturing of semiconductors expends outside of Austin.
"So if AMD lays them off, Samsung will pick them up," he said.
The only thing Kay worries about is that big companies will come to Texas because not many regulations are put on manufacturers.
"A relaxed regulatory regime may not pay attention to how those materials are managed but they ought to," he said.
RELATED: Mega Millions jackpot goes up again | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/governor-abbott-pushes-for-chips-act-congress/500-eea71db4-4696-4d58-a9f8-8ae1f4aa3b53 | 2022-07-26T03:37:06 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/governor-abbott-pushes-for-chips-act-congress/500-eea71db4-4696-4d58-a9f8-8ae1f4aa3b53 |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — They don’t know exactly where Red Dog Technologies’ relocated Bitcoin mine might go, but people who live near the Washington County Industrial Park (WCIP) know they don’t want it near them.
Led by retired missionary Randy Gilliam, a sizable contingent of Telford residents protested outside the George Jaynes Justice Center before entering to express their opposition to the cryptocurrency mine’s relocation to their neighborhood.
The group, which also met Sunday night, had expected — just like Washington County Commissioners did until just recently — that the commission would have a final settlement agreement to consider that would end its lawsuit against Red Dog and BrightRidge. The agreement included a clause to close the current mine in the New Salem community of Limestone and move it to five acres at WCIP, which is very close to Grandview Elementary School as well as a residential neighborhood.
“Bitcoin operation does not need to be moved to another location,” Gilliam said Monday. “It needs to be moved out of our area.”
The exact parcel has not been finalized for where Red Dog would open a new — and it says quieter — mine. County Attorney Allyson Wilkinson told commissioners that was one of the top reasons they’ll have to wait until at least their August meeting to vote up or down a settlement proposal. The county has sued BrightRidge, which leases property and sells electricity to Red Dog, and Red Dog claiming the operation violates the county’s zoning law.
It also makes a lot of noise, which is what got New Salem residents up in arms about the operation starting in May 2021. The noise is produced by industrial fans, which cool the high-powered computer processors that “mine” for Bitcoin and also verify Bitcoin transactions.
Wilkinson told commissioners — who allowed Gilliam to address them even though the settlement was not on Monday’s agenda — Red Dog would also need to request a “text amendment” to the county’s M2 (industrial) zoning regulation in order to allow for cryptocurrency mining.
The various outstanding items she needs from the defendants will have to be to her by Aug. 3 for the commission to vote on a proposal at its Aug. 22 meeting.
But the protesting citizens seemed to have their minds set Monday on continuing to oppose a Bitcoin mine anywhere near them, no matter when such a proposal might reach the commission.
“I’m really concerned about the children at Grandview, listening to the noise from that all day long and trying to learn, and there again, the wildlife that’s there,” said Michelle Lamberides, who lives near the industrial park.
Wilkinson said a specific site has been selected in the WCIP and that she and her co-counsel Jeff Ward have sent Red Dog and BrightRidge all the information they needed.
“That offer was made,” of a specific piece of property, Wilkinson said.
“The county also sent a proposed settlement agreement and a proposed or at least draft text amendment language (to the M2 zoning) so that could all be discussed at one point,” she said. “Kind of a kit.”
That kit also included news that a surveyor would create a legal description of the new subdivided property proposed for the settlement. But last Friday her office received some questions from the counsel for Red Dog about helping Red Dog with “operational people” to help them with the project location.
She said the county doesn’t have such staff and that because the lawsuit is still active, “it’s the county’s position that all the negotiations will continue to go through counsel. I can’t tell you how important that is. This is still a matter filed in court.”
At least one commissioner suggested Monday he believed the court case should go through and that a settlement is the wrong move. Danny Edens, who wasn’t at the June 9 meeting when commissioners approved a draft settlement by an 8-2 vote, said commissioners won’t always please everyone when they try to represent their districts.
“But we do know right from wrong,” Edens said. “And where this is, right and wrong is crystal clear where Bitcoin’s concerned. The only people that benefit are … Bitcoin itself and BrightRidge.
“They elect you,” he said, pointing at the people still sitting in the commission chambers. “Do what’s right by them. That’s your county. It’s not the 15 people who sit around this table, it’s those people that sit out there, those people that sit at home and watch us online, those people who go and vote. That’s who we’re accountable to, and I daresay if you polled them in any one of your districts how they wanted you to vote for Bitcoin, they would tell you to vote no.
“That’s it. I don’t know why we’ve shuffled this back and forth as long as we have.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bitcoin-mines-potential-new-neighbors-protest-move/ | 2022-07-26T03:48:40 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bitcoin-mines-potential-new-neighbors-protest-move/ |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — A lawsuit settlement between Washington County and BrightRidge over a controversial Bitcoin mine didn’t reach the Washington County Commission Monday, delayed as the parties have yet to finalize a specific piece of land for a new location.
The county commission, BrightRidge and mine operator Red Dog Technologies struck a draft agreement on June 9 that would get the current mine out of the New Salem community of Limestone and replace it with new equipment on five acres somewhere in the Washington County Industrial Park (WCIP).
That decision pleased residents of New Salem, who had complained about noise pollution from the industrial fans that cool high-powered computer equipment used to “mine” for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The county is basing its suit on the contention that a cryptocurrency mine operated by a private company is not an approved use in the A-3 (agricultural business) zoning district.
The prospect of a relocated mine, though, quickly drew the ire of residents near the WCIP, though, despite the agreement setting a maximum noise level of 60 decibels at the new site.
Until last week county commissioners expected to vote Monday on a final settlement, which would then go before Chancellor John Rambo and bring an end to the county’s lawsuit against BrightRidge and Red Dog.
But as some of the Telford residents living near the WCIP prepared to protest the move again Monday, County Commission Chairman Greg Matherly told News Channel 11 the parties hadn’t finalized a site within the industrial park. That meant no deal, if there’s to be one, until at least August.
“We have sent back some information that Red Dog had requested to complete the agreement,” Matherly said. “We’ve not had a response back from them. There’s no agreement to discuss until we get information back from them on the agreement.”
Matherly said Red Dog had sent a list of requirements for whatever five-acre tract was selected for its new operation and that the county’s attorney had responded. Until all the i’s are dotted and t’s crossed, though, he said there was no point in bringing forward a partial document.
“I think people ought to have an opportunity to look at a complete agreement, the commission as well as the public,” Matherly said.
He added that he doesn’t know of any other sticking points that would prevent a deal from being voted on in August.
As far as the WCIP goes, Northeast Tennessee Regional Economic Partnership (NETREP) CEO Mitch Miller said the 228-acre park still has several parcels totaling about 70 acres that could be subdivided to suit Red Dog’s needs.
“If we need to do anything we’ve got conceptuals, we’ve done site work there,” Miller said. “We know that property better than really anybody else does, so if we’re asked we’ll definitely do what we have to do to help that process move along.”
Ultimately, though, NETREP is in the same position as the people in New Salem who want the current mine gone and the people in Telford who don’t want it there — waiting for the principal players to act.
“We manage and market the park but it’s not land that NETREP owns,” Miller said. “It’s owned by the county. So at the end of the day it’s their decision to make.”
Some of the still-available property is on the park’s west end, not far north of Grandview Elementary School. The other parcels are further east, not far from a small subdivision, many of whose residents have complained about the potential relocation to a site near their homes. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bitcoin-settlement-delayed-as-new-site-not-yet-finalized/ | 2022-07-26T03:48:46 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bitcoin-settlement-delayed-as-new-site-not-yet-finalized/ |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Volunteer firefighters from Washington County’s seven departments knew they needed to present a united front to make their case for a piece of the county’s $25 million-plus in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.
They did that, and they’ve been rewarded with $1.5 million that one chief said will allow each department to make crucial upgrades best suited to their needs. County commissioners passed a resolution approving the funding Monday, along with several other ARPA approvals.
Combined with more than $800,000 of matching funds from the departments themselves, it will bring big ticket items to each department.
“It just takes a huge amount of money to maintain, and that’s what we’ve been doing is maintaining and staying up with the standards to protect the firefighters, which in the end is going to protect the families and citizens we respond to,” Limestone VFD Chief Tim Jaynes said.
But the departments have dealt with a double whammy lately of rising costs for equipment and fewer opportunities to fundraise due to COVID-19. Without some extra help, replacing aging equipment in a timely way would have been nearly impossible for most of the departments.
“There’s no way right now we can do enough fish fries or bake sales or fundraisers to offset that,” Jaynes said. “You’re looking at over $800,000 in what we were already offsetting, the million and a half, so it’s going to be a huge win-win for the county.”
Engines, like the new one Limestone is getting, now cost $400,000. Air packs for firefighters cost up to $9,000 and even a standard uniform and gear runs close to $4,000. Jaynes said the firefighters association studied each department’s needs carefully and tailored the overall request to meet those. They range from industrial firefighting demands for Limestone and residential/commercial ones for Gray, Jonesborough and Sulphur Springs to the response challenges of narrow roadways and mountainous terrain for Nolichuckey and Embreeville VFDs.
“With the updated apparatus you get new technology, you get safer equipment,” Jaynes said. “This allows us to operate safer, operate more efficient. That translates into safer firefighters, it translates into faster response and a better job that we do when we do respond to an incident, which also helps us with our ISO rating, therefore saving county taxpayers homeowners’ insurance.”
Monday’s other ARPA approvals included:
- $500,000 to go toward a nearly $1 million agriculture learning center to be located at the under-construction Jonesborough K-8 school. The state of Tennessee has pledged $270,000 toward the effort designed to teach gardening and small farming skills, proper preparation and healthy cooking skills and include a small commercial kitchen.
- $620,669 to Washington County EMS for new “power load” systems for 16 of the county’s 26 ambulances that ease repetitive and often career-shortening strain on EMS workers.
- $216,000 to Washington County Sheriff’s Office for 60 ballistic protection shields designed for “active shooter” situations. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/volunteer-fire-departments-get-1-5-million-in-federal-rescue-funds-to-upgrade-equipment/ | 2022-07-26T03:48:52 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/volunteer-fire-departments-get-1-5-million-in-federal-rescue-funds-to-upgrade-equipment/ |
MARIETTA, Ga. — Police are investigating what led up to a stabbing in the parking lot of Shady Grove Baptist Church in Marietta Monday afternoon.
Authorities said it happened shortly before 4 p.m. Officers responded to the church, off of Bells Ferry Road, and found a person who had two stab wounds. The person stabbed was alert, conscious and breathing, according to Marietta Police.
According to the church's associate pastor, the incident happened outside in the church's parking lot.
The associate pastor said the church has a homeless mission. The two people involved in the stabbing are homeless, they said. The victim is also a part-time employee of the church, they added.
Detectives are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the stabbing.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
Also download the 11Alive News app and sign up to receive alerts for the latest on this story and other breaking news in Atlanta and north Georgia. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/marietta/shady-grove-baptist-church-marietta-stabbing/85-b14c0c6d-c2e3-45ff-bc2a-d6deb8efe267 | 2022-07-26T03:50:25 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/marietta/shady-grove-baptist-church-marietta-stabbing/85-b14c0c6d-c2e3-45ff-bc2a-d6deb8efe267 |
ATLANTA — Two historic homes, built in 1910 and 1956 and sitting in the Vine City neighborhood along University Place, are getting new life thanks to funds from the National Parks Service.
To anyone passing them, it is clear restoring and preserving the homes will be a huge task, but that will now be made possible with the $1 million in grant funds that were awarded to Preserve Black Atlanta.
The youngest of the two homes sits on the corner of the street. It is where Grace Towns Hamilton lived. She was the executive director of the Atlanta Urban League and the first African American woman elected to the Georgia House of Representatives.
Next door is the house her father George Alexander Towns built and where she grew up.
Towns co-founded the Niagara Movement, a Black civil rights organization, and he was an early member of the Atlanta branch of the NAACP. He was also an educator, author, and community activist, according to Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, the CEO and founder of Preserve Black Atlanta.
"A lot of times when we think about the civil rights movement we look at Atlanta and we begin to look at the leadership during the 1950s and 1960s," Sims-Alvarado said, before noting the Towns family is part of the city's civil rights story predating that period.
"The civil rights movement had long been in play for more than 100 years beginning with the Reconstruction movement when we start to look at organized efforts of African Americans to secure the passing of civil rights legislation," she explained.
Now in the shadows of a New Atlanta, with the homes sitting just blocks from Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the Towns family history will be restored and preserved using the federal funding.
Invest Atlanta owns the homes currently and Sims-Alvarado will oversee the preservation work.
"Not only does the historic preservation of buildings help to give people a sense of place and connection to the past, but it also drives significant growth in that it helps enhance real estate values and attracts investment and tourism to a community," Dr. Eloisa Klementich, president and CEO of Invest Atlanta said in a statement.
"It is going to take about two years to restore the property if all goes well. So in a perfect world, it will take about two years," Sims-Alvarado added.
Once the restoration work is complete she hopes the homes can serve two purposes in the Vine City community; physical reminders of African American achievement, as well as community benefit and education.
The result will hopefully allow Atlantans to learn a part of their city's history perhaps once forgotten. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/national-parks-service-awards-1-million-preserve-vine-city-homes/85-336d2228-ae6c-402f-b0f9-ce289da69c59 | 2022-07-26T03:50:25 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/national-parks-service-awards-1-million-preserve-vine-city-homes/85-336d2228-ae6c-402f-b0f9-ce289da69c59 |
When monsoon rains hit the San Francisco Peaks on Saturday, geologist Kyle House began tracking the rain gauge data almost immediately. As a resident of Stevanna Way in Flagstaff’s Coconino Estates neighborhood, House knew from recent flood modeling that significant rain on the Pipeline Fire burn scar could send floodwaters surging off the peaks, through Schultz Creek and into his neighborhood.
Rain gauges on the burn scar ticked up rapidly, House said, “up to about an inch, within probably around 30 minutes,” and he decided to ride his bike up the road to where Schultz Creek passes through a culvert beneath Highway 180.
“I waited for that flow to arrive,” House said. “And eventually, it did.”
Within minutes of the flow reaching the culvert, House said water “filled up to the top of the culvert,” at which point he decided to remount his bicycle and race home.
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“Within 10 minutes of getting home, water was coming through my backyard,” House said. He and his neighbors had prepared for this by protecting their homes with sandbags, removing fencing and making arrangements to convey the floodwater they had been told to anticipate.
“This was a lot more water than we expected from that amount of rainfall,” House said -- and it didn’t come from the direction he expected, either.
Near House’s property is a vent connected to the culvert beneath Highway 180. When the culvert became overtaxed, water started to flood out from the vent. The floodwater that conveyed through House and his neighbors' lots was “exclusively coming out of the overflow from the culvert.”
“That was a real surprise,” he said. “I was thinking ‘oh my god, it must have overtopped Highway 180 because it's already at my house.’ But it turns out that it didn't overtop 180, it was all coming out of the culvert.”
As water made its way through House’s yard, it met another drain on the other side of the street, one that House said “clogged immediately” when floodwaters and debris hit it.
“So all the flow is coming in through my house and my two neighbors' houses and was just filling a large lake on Stevanna Way,” House said. “We had water blasting our back yard around a giant berm that we had built to try to keep it away from our house. Thankfully, it was effective in doing that.”
The “lake” on Stevanna Way reached at least three feet in depth, House said, “waist-deep, and a little deeper at the peak.”
At that point, neighbors banded together to undertake “remedial mitigation measures” to drain the lake that had inundated their street. In some cases, this meant digging “a crude, rudimentary trench” through their properties to the nearby Rio de Flag. Fortunately, residents had some assistance from a nearby fire department.
By Monday morning, residents had successfully drained the lake from Stevanna Way, but the incident demonstrated to House and other residents that the existing infrastructure in the area is inadequate to handle floods from the fire-compromised watershed running into Schultz Creek.
“We seem to be having 150-year events every year now, or maybe every week,” said Stevanna Way resident Jeff Wheless. “We're just addressing it one flood at a time.”
Currently, Wheless has a temporary channel dug through his property to convey floodwaters out of the street. It’s a short-term way to relieve water, Wheless said of the channel, “until the city can come back and put in an engineered solution.”
Despite the lake that formed on Stevanna, the stormwater systems in the area functioned as they were expected to, said Flagstaff stormwater manager Ed Schenk. Overwhelm was expected; the city’s systems are simply not designed to handle “natural disasters.”
“We have stormwater systems that are put in place not for post-fire, they're in place for your typical urban stormwater runoff,” Schenk said. “When we have a fire up in the mountains, it's going to be a completely different system than what we designed for when there's not a disaster.”
Schenk reported that following the Pipeline Fire, long-term flood mitigation improvements for the Schultz Creek watershed have become a priority. These improvements would include expansion of the Schultz Creek culvert that flows under Highway 180, but none can be expected to be implemented this monsoon season. When asked if the ongoing pattern of fires and flooding in Flagstaff might justify proactive widespread expansion of stormwater systems before they are overwhelmed by post-fire flooding, Schenk said such an approach was “not realistic.”
“You're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars, of work in areas that may never see a fire,” he said. “We really don't have that tax base. We don't have the budget for that.”
More realistic are programs such as the Flagstaff Watershed Protection Program, Schenk said, which can help reduce the severity of fires so that stormwater systems are not burdened with “reactive” fire responses. But to a certain degree, Schenk said these events might just be what Flagstaff should get used to.
“If you live in Florida, you have to worry about hurricanes. You live in Kansas, you got to worry about tornadoes. If you live in Flagstaff, you have to worry about fires and floods,” he said. “But we do work at reducing that risk as best as possible.”
House was grateful for the efforts that city staff made to inform his neighborhood, provide them with sandbags, and clean the streets after Saturday’s event. But as he sees yearly fires continue to alter the landscape, he estimates that Flagstaff “really hasn't planned for this type of absolute transformation of the flood regime.” He knows the city works hard, he just believes they are underpowered.
“That's kind of the grim reality of politics and money,” House said. “In the sense that people know that there is this problem and that it's going to grow. And it's just so hard to get the support that you need.”
Rain remains in the forecast throughout the week, with the National Weather Service calculating chances of precipitation ranging from 50-90% through Sunday. A Flash Flood Watch was in effect Monday and runs through Wednesday morning, encompassing Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon area, Kingman and most of north-central Arizona. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/stormwater-systems-in-flagstaff-neighborhood-overwhelmed-during-post-fire-flooding/article_88543dda-0c74-11ed-9404-cb3780cc40b3.html | 2022-07-26T03:54:31 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/stormwater-systems-in-flagstaff-neighborhood-overwhelmed-during-post-fire-flooding/article_88543dda-0c74-11ed-9404-cb3780cc40b3.html |
PACIFIC CITY, Ore. — A multi-day heat wave has arrived in Portland, pushing afternoon temperatures north of 90 degrees in the metro area — and it's only going to get hotter over the next few days.
One of the closest places to beat the heat this week is the Oregon Coast, where visitors can expect to find much cooler conditions.
That’s where crowds have been gathering for the past couple of days, a trend that will likely continue as highs in the Willamette Valley push close to 100 degrees for much of the rest of the week.
Outside the Pelican Pub and Brewery in Pacific City on Monday, the parking lot was already full before the lunch crowd even arrived.
"You can tell the exodus from Portland right — now everyone is trying to beat the heat, nobody wants to sit at their place when it's 100 degrees. It’s ridiculous," said Loren Castillo, who said he and his family were planning to camp at the beach for the next couple of days.
While some people were cooling on the sand, others dove into the ocean to catch some waves. Connie Lockhard Bussard, who was visiting from the Midwest for an annual girls' trip, said she coincidentally scheduled an adventure out at the coast during what turned out to be the warmest stretch of summer weather so far this year.
"We have been doing a surf trip for twenty years, so do you get on the board? I did yesterday," she said. "I'm going to be 90 at the 27th of this month and I was going to do it one more time before I die."
Coming from Illinois, the nearly 90-years-young Bussard knows a thing or two about uncomfortable heat. The 100 degree weather is "God awful," she said, and anyone expecting to be in that kind of heat over the next few days should make sure to drink plenty of water. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/central-coast/crowds-leave-city-for-coast-beat-heat/283-9238b21d-0d33-4d85-a01a-e73a97aa9b7e | 2022-07-26T03:58:45 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/central-coast/crowds-leave-city-for-coast-beat-heat/283-9238b21d-0d33-4d85-a01a-e73a97aa9b7e |
PORTLAND, Ore. — A KGW journalist was assaulted on Monday morning while shooting video for a story at Lents Park in Southeast Portland.
The journalist was covering an event hosted by the group PDX Saints Love, which was providing a cooling station and water for anyone who needed help during the heat wave. He was wrapping up the shoot and had his camera by his side when one of the patrons grew agitated and charged at him.
Police later identified the suspect as Joshua David Sears.
Video captured by a second KGW journalist showed how Sears jumped over a picnic table and chased the victim to his station vehicle.
Sears reached the car before the journalist could lock the door. Sears then opened the door and punched the KGW employee twice in the face before running away, according to the employee.
The journalist suffered several cuts and a bruised eye. He was bandaged by paramedics on the scene but didn’t need to go to the hospital.
The second KGW journalist was not hurt. She called 911 and told police which direction the suspect was heading as he ran away.
Police found Sears nearby a short time later. An officer told KGW the suspect had been attempting to assault another victim when they arrested him.
“We are distressed at this unprovoked act of violence against our employees who were working to tell a positive story in the community. Thankfully, community members at the scene stepped in right away to assist and prevent more serious injury,” said Greg Retsinas, KGW News Director.
Sears was arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge.
A police spokesman said Sears’ probation officer issued a “detainer” because this isn’t the first case where he’s accused of randomly targeting people for violence. The spokesman said that means Sears likely won’t be quickly released from jail.
Court records show Sears, 31, has two previous arrests for assault in March. One case didn’t result in criminal charges and the second is still open.
In that case, Sears is accused of approaching a 70-year-old man on East Burnside Street and attacking him with a large stick he picked up from the ground, according to court records. A prosecutor wrote that Sears struck the man in the back of the head and tried to evade arrest when officers arrived.
In May, a judge ordered Sears could be released from jail after his defense attorney said he would receive a bed at Portland shelter that helps people get out of homelessness. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/kgw-journalist-assaulted-southeast-portland-lents-park/283-7db135bd-e122-45b1-aa33-6d901545773d | 2022-07-26T03:58:51 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/kgw-journalist-assaulted-southeast-portland-lents-park/283-7db135bd-e122-45b1-aa33-6d901545773d |
PORTLAND, Ore. — A retired Portland police officer accused of hitting a theft suspect with his car during a June 2020 protest was sentenced on Monday after pleading guilty to assault charges and official misconduct.
Scott Groshong worked for the Portland Police Bureau for 27 years, and retired from the force shortly after an investigation began into his misconduct.
Groshong was working undercover in an unmarked car during a protest downtown in June 2020 when he witnessed a man stealing an item from a skate and snowboard shop at Northwest 9th Avenue and Northwest Davis Street, according to the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office. Video captured by someone who lives in the area shows an SUV Groshong was driving speed up 9th Avenue— hitting the man.
Groshong failed to report the incident to his superiors or other authorities, the DA's office said.
He was found guilty of assault in the third degree and official misconduct in the first degree, and sentenced to three years of probation and 80 hours of community service.
His law enforcement credentials are also being revoked.
Groshong is the first officer to be convicted in Portland for improper use of force during the 2020 protests.
Officer Corey Budworth is facing assault charges for allegedly hitting a woman in the head with a baton during a protest in August—that case is expected to be decided soon. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-police-officer-guilty-assault-2020-protest/283-4be599db-25ec-421d-a647-a287cea19cf4 | 2022-07-26T03:58:57 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-police-officer-guilty-assault-2020-protest/283-4be599db-25ec-421d-a647-a287cea19cf4 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — The president of the Portland Police Association is speaking out following a violent weekend that included a fatal shooting by police and two other violent incidents that resulted in three officers being hospitalized.
The police shooting happened early Sunday morning near the intersection of Southeast 148th Avenue and Clinton Street. Video obtained by KGW shows two Portland police officers trying to arrest a man under investigation for domestic violence.
The video shows the suspect and officers begin to fight each other and fall to the ground. A gunshot can then be heard, apparently coming from the gun in the suspect's hand. The video shows an officer disarm the man. Officer Mina Cavalli-Singer then shoots and kills him.
"This is really hard on me right now," said Wednesday Lapin, who said the man the officers were struggling with is her brother. KGW is not identifying him until police do.
Lapin said she wants to see the officer who fired the shots held accountable.
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that cop was very, very excessive with her six bullets," Lapin said. "I'm sorry, but at the point he was shot he was unarmed already. They had taken his gun and he didn't have it."
The shooting is under investigation and the case will eventually be presented to the Police Review Board.
Sgt. Aaron Schmautz, president of the Portland Police Association, had a different take: he said the two officers were almost murdered, and the whole situation could have been avoided.
"It drags at you," he said. "It pulls at you."
Schmautz put the blame on the staffing crisis at the Portland Police Bureau, saying that the incident might have unfolded differently if there had been more than two officers at the scene.
"If we have three or four officers there, that subject may not be so willing to pull out a gun and shoot at police," he said, "but when he sees there's two and it's dark and the street is dark and nobody's around, that level of courage to take that violent act rises," he said.
He said he believes low staffing levels also played a part in two other incidents over the weekend.
Around 8:30am Sunday, a police officer — who was on duty that morning because of staffing shortages — was hospitalized after being run over by a suspect in a stolen vehicle investigation.
In a third incident, two more officers were hospitalized with injuries they sustained while trying to apprehend somebody. At the time, they were waiting for backup from a short-staffed bureau.
"The reality is, the truth of the matter is, our members are humans," Schmautz said. "They're individuals and they're out there every single day trying to make this city safer and they need help. And a lot of help they need is a real culture shift in understanding what's truly going on." | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/ppa-president-reacts-weekend-violence-police-shooting/283-201b7a21-8480-47f3-b6f2-6883e349dccb | 2022-07-26T03:59:03 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/ppa-president-reacts-weekend-violence-police-shooting/283-201b7a21-8480-47f3-b6f2-6883e349dccb |
NEWBERG, Ore. — Tenants at a low-income apartment complex in Newberg were given eviction notices earlier this month for having air conditioning units in their windows after the Yamhill County Housing Authority found them to be a fire hazard.
Many of the tenants said they're now forced to choose between living with no air conditioning or losing their apartments.
"I get physically sick because you’re so hot," said tenant Niki Sherman, who’s lived at Haworth Terrace for about 15 years.
"In this 100-degree weather it’s horrible," added tenant Mary McGrew. "All of a sudden in the middle of July they decide to evict mostly elderly and disabled people for their air conditioners, and I just don’t think it’s reasonable."
Mcgrew has multiple sclerosis and has lived in the apartment complex for five years. In May, she received a notice that her window AC unit is a fire hazard and must be removed or else she’ll be evicted.
"It’s really unfortunate how we’re intimidated," she said.
McGrew hired a lawyer who negotiated an extension, allowing her to keep the unit until the end of this month.
"But my eviction still stands," she said. "If I don’t have it out by July 31st, I will be evicted on the first (of August)."
Sherman said she got a notice ordering her to take our her window unit by July 21, or else she would be served with eviction papers. She said she's always had the AC unit in her window.
The property management company says free-standing "floor" AC units are allowed, but those units tend to be more expensive, often costing hundreds of dollars. Many of the tenants live off $800 a month and pay about $170 in rent.
"Oh my gosh, it would take me almost six months to save up because I live paycheck to paycheck with the stuff that I already have," said Sherman, who works as a school bus driver.
"I start to get headaches around 80 degrees and bloody noses, and I’m afraid of stroke or a seizure," added tenant Chari Casto.
Casto took her window unit out in May because she feared being evicted. She now takes multiple cold showers a day and wears wet towels around her neck.
"I don’t want to be put in a position where I have to choose being sick because I can’t eat because of the heat, and being in the street," she said.
Under Oregon law, landlords aren’t legally required to provide tenants with air conditioning.
Vickie Ybarguen, executive director of Yamhill County Housing Authority, told KGW in an email that the agency has been trying to work with tenants to find solutions, but they are legally required to comply with building standards from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
"Our governing agency recently notified us that we were out of compliance with the HUD standards for units that had AC window units blocking the only secondary means of egress from rooms," she said. "For households in which their window unit prevents egress, this violation was deemed an ‘Exigent Health and Safety deficiency’ under HUD's standards requiring immediate correction."
That's what prompted the Yamhill County Housing Authority to notify tenants that they would need to remove their window units and could only use floor units, she said.
Those standards are also permissible under Oregon's Senate Bill 1536, a law passed following last year's heat dome event that prohibits landlords from banning AC units, including window units. However, there are exceptions for window units that are hazardous or out of compliance with building codes.
"For any residents who have not complied with HUD's rules, we have continued to work with them and granted extensions for their time to comply given the heat events we are forecasted to experience," Ybarguen said. "The safety of our residents is our highest priority and we are simply trying to comply with the laws while ensuring that all health and safety risks are eliminated." | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/tenants-face-eviction-window-ac-units/283-a94ed541-e91c-44d8-a0c1-ffcfbcd2a989 | 2022-07-26T03:59:09 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/tenants-face-eviction-window-ac-units/283-a94ed541-e91c-44d8-a0c1-ffcfbcd2a989 |
WARSAW, Ind. — Police are investigating the disappearance of a Warsaw woman Monday afternoon.
State police declared a statewide Silver Alert Monday night for 50-year-old Rachael Deboard, who was last seen in Warsaw around 1 p.m. Monday, July 25. She is described as a 5-foot, 7-inch, 190-pound white female with brown hair and eyes.
Deboard was last seen wearing a white and green tie dye shirt, gray sweatpants and black slides.
She is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.
Anyone with information about Rachael Deboard or her location is urged to contact the Warsaw Police Department at 574-372-9511 or call 911.
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/silver-alert-declared-for-missing-warsaw-woman-rachael-deboard/531-19942fdb-deb1-49a5-bca3-d600f4d1261b | 2022-07-26T03:59:22 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/silver-alert-declared-for-missing-warsaw-woman-rachael-deboard/531-19942fdb-deb1-49a5-bca3-d600f4d1261b |
TWIN FALLS — After more than 14 years of serving on City Council, Shawn Barigar on Monday announced he will be stepping down to pursue the position of economic development director for the city.
"I offer my thanks to the citizens of Twin Falls, current and past council members, current and past city and staff, most importantly to my family and friends, for the support you have all offered during my tenure," Barigar said in an emotional exit speech.
The resignation, effective following the conclusion of the meeting, quickly followed his decision to apply for the Economic Development position.
Barigar had indicated to the council that he was interested in pursuing the position of economic development director during the meeting on July 18, when he recused himself from the vote which authorized the city to fill the position.
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City Manager Travis Rothweiler has served as acting director for several months.
City Attorney Shayne Nope told Barigar that his position on City Council would constitute a conflict of interests for his application in the competitive hiring process and he would have to pick one or the other.
"It isn't a done deal, it's still a competitive job application process," Barigar said about his bid to become economic development director. "But I had to make a decision, and that was the decision I made."
Barigar, who also serves as president and CEO of the Twin Falls Chamber of Commerce, has been steadily invested in the economic growth of Twin Falls.
"It's been a tremendous time of growth and prosperity for our evolving city," Barigar told the council and audience, "and it's been my privilege to serve during this brief window of our history."
The city council will officially accept his resignation at its next meeting. The group will also initiate the process to select a replacement to serve the remainder of Barigar's term, which expires Dec. 31, 2023. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/barigar-steps-down-from-city-council-to-pursue-economic-development-role/article_e030da76-0c7f-11ed-b5dc-6f1af7e57b57.html | 2022-07-26T04:04:09 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/barigar-steps-down-from-city-council-to-pursue-economic-development-role/article_e030da76-0c7f-11ed-b5dc-6f1af7e57b57.html |
Kenosha police and multiple law enforcement agencies responded at an apartment building on the city's North side Monday night following a report of a disturbance involving a possible armed individual and a gunshot, according to authorities.
Agencies initially responded to the call at 7:29 p.m., according to police. Shortly before 10 p.m., Kenosha police issued a statement saying officers responded to the 4000 block of 28th Avenue for "a disturbance and a report of a person having a gun."
"When officers arrived a shot was heard, from behind the apartment building. Police secured the apartment building and evacuated residents while looking for active threats/injured people," according to the statement issued by Lt. Joseph Nosalik on the department's Facebook page. "KPD SWAT officers responded and conducted secondary searches finding no injured people."
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Police said no suspects have been taken into custody and the investigation continues. No additional information was released. However, officers were still in the neighborhood late Monday night.
Earlier at the scene, armed officers surrounded the apartment at the corner of 28th Avenue and 41st Street. As the incident progressed past sunset, authorities used external lights to illuminate the area. The scene was closed down and police tape could be seen marking off the area.
On the north side, 28th Avenue, which runs to the west of the municipal golf course, was blocked by Kenosha police at Washington Road.
Assisting were units with the Wisconsin State Patrol, Pleasant Prairie Police Department, Kenosha County Sheriff's Department along with several with the Kenosha Police Department.
Police said anyone with information on the incident can call the department at 262-605-5203 or Crime Stoppers at 262-656-7333.
Mugshots: Racine County criminal complaints, July 15, 2022
Today's mugshots: July 15
These are images of people charged with a crime in Racine County. Booking photos are provided by Racine County law enforcement officials. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.
Tina M. Higginbottom
Tina (aka X Kenesha) M. Higginbottom, 1000 block of Pearl Street, Racine, disorderly conduct (use of a dangerous weapon).
Monica M. Hoffmann
Monica M. Hoffmann, 4800 block of Kinzie Avenue, Racine, disorderly conduct.
Lee D. Holton
Lee D. Holton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operate motor vehicle while revoked.
Emonjae James Kinney
Emonjae James Kinney, 1100 block of Park Avenue, Racine, receiving stolen property (less than $2,500).
Shantrice P. Craig
Shantrice P. Craig, 900 block of Hamilton Street, Racine, felony personal ID theft (financial gain).
Keshari D. Gordon
Keshari D. Gordon, 700 block of 17th Street, Racine, possession with intent to deliver fentanyl (greater than 50 grams), possession with intent to deliver/distribute/manufacture THC (less than or equal to 200 grams), possession of drug paraphernalia.
Ruben Leal
Ruben Leal, 1300 block of Chatham Street, Racine, strangulation and suffocation (domestic abuse assessments), misdemeanor battery (domestic abuse assessments), disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments).
Dennis A. Myles
Dennis (aka Jermie Shine) A. Myles, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, possession of THC, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Jordan D. Parker
Jordan D. Parker, 33600 block of Contour Drive, Burlington, manufacture/deliver LSD (less than or equal to 1 gram), misdemeanor bail jumping, possession of THC, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (2nd offense), felony bail jumping.
Paul Allen Puchter
Paul (aka Joshua Pickard) Allen Puchter, 2900 block of Fleetwood Drive, Racine, first degree child sexual assault (sexual contact with a child under age 13), second degree sexual assault of a child under 16 years of age.
Sarah B. Reidenbach
Sarah B. Reidenbach, 900 block of Hastings Court, Sturtevant, possession of narcotic drugs, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possess/illegally obtained prescription.
Jamie D. Siler Jr.
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Jamie D. Siler Jr., 700 block of Sheridan Road, Kenosha, armed robbery (violent crime in a school zone), attempt robbery (violent crime in a school zone), possession of a firearm by adjudicated delinquent. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-update-no-suspects-arrested-and-no-injuries-following-reported-disturbance-gunshot-fired-at/article_98da750c-0c7e-11ed-9d58-1766c203c8b3.html | 2022-07-26T04:07:06 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-update-no-suspects-arrested-and-no-injuries-following-reported-disturbance-gunshot-fired-at/article_98da750c-0c7e-11ed-9d58-1766c203c8b3.html |
A fugitive wanted for possession of a firearm by a violent felon was captured by the Lake County Sheriff's Department.
Lanell Torrenc Bell was arrested by the Lake County Sheriff's Department Warrant Division.
There was an outstanding warrant for his arrest, according to a news release from Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr.
Bell is now being held in custody at the Lake County Jail in Crown Point.
Anyone with information on wanted fugitives in Lake County should call 219-755-3057 or the Report A Crime Hot Line at (800) 750-2746.
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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SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS — A Portage man was shot dead in South Chicago Heights on Sunday, according to authorities.
The 39-year-old Porter County resident was killed by multiple gunshot wounds at about 8:40 p.m. Sunday at a residential home at 90 W. 28th Place in South Chicago Heights, the Cook County medical examiner's office said. The manner of death was ruled a homicide.
The man has not yet been identified because his family has not yet been notified, the office said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at about 9:33 p.m. Sunday. The shooting took place about a block west of the commercial strip of Chicago Road.
South Chicago Heights Police did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
David Darwin
Arrest date: July 14, 2022
Age: 43
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number: 2202861
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Zachary Thompson
Arrest date: July 14, 2022
Age: 21
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2202857
Charges: Theft, felony
Robin Bluntson
Arrest date: July 14, 2022
Age: 31
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number: 2202854
Charges: OWI, felony
Victoria Klarich
Arrest date: July 13, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number: 2202849
Charges: Battery, felony
Christopher Cathey III
Arrest date: July 13, 2022
Age: 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202845
Charges: Aggravated battery, felony
Jennifer Helton
Arrest date: July 13, 2022
Age: 45
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2202838
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Erik Huddleston II
Arrest date: July 13, 2022
Age: 38
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2202844
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
David Gonzalez
Arrest date: July 12, 2022
Age: 31
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202816
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
John Vann
Arrest date: July 12, 2022
Age: 27
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202819
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
David Arambula
Arrest date: July 12, 2022
Age: 40
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2202821
Charges: Dealing in cocaine or a narcotic drug, felony
Jake Chalabis
Arrest date: July 12, 2022
Age: 20
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2202826
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Tyler Cuevas
Arrest date: July 11, 2022
Age: 29
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202809
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Douglas Spencer
Arrest date: July 10, 2022
Age: 33
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number: 2202798
Charges: OWI, felony
Myles Whitfield
Arrest date: July 10, 2022
Age: 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2202799
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Stephen Rusnak
Arrest date: July 10, 2022
Age: 46
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202800
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Katelynn Allsbury
Arrest date: July 10, 2022
Age: 21
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202801
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Brett Hunt
Arrest date: July 10, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202802
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Luciano Mercado Jr.
Arrest date: July 9, 2022
Age: 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number: 2202786
Charges: OWI, felony
Gail Tigue
Arrest date: July 9, 2022
Age: 62
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202787
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Heather Carter
Arrest date: July 9, 2022
Age: 46
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2202795
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Andrew Dekock
Arrest date: July 9, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number: 2202789
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Ilija Labovic
Arrest date: July 9, 2022
Age: 29
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202783
Charges: Dealing in marijuana, hash oil, hashish, salvia, felony
Kenneth Campbell
Arrest date: July 9, 2022
Age: 61
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number: 2202784
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Kellieasha Anderson
Arrest date: July 9, 2022
Age: 23
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202785
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Carl Ayala
Arrest date: July 9, 2022
Age: 19
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2202788
Charges: Maintaining common nuisance, felony
Mark Bogart Jr.
Arrest date: July 9, 2022
Age: 36
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202782
Charges: Possession of methamphetamine, felony
Mariusz Szlembarski
Arrest date: July 8, 2022
Age: 26
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number: 2202766
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Dominique Swift
Arrest date: July 8, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Kalamazoo, MI
Booking Number: 2202764
Charges: Possession cocaine or a narcotic drug, felony
Jerome Richards
Arrest date: July 8, 2022
Age: 58
Residence: Kalamazoo, MI
Booking Number: 2202763
Charges: Possession cocaine or a narcotic drug, felony
Nicole Maslanka
Arrest date: July 8, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202776
Charges: OWI, felony
Luz Martinez
Arrest date: July 8, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2202768
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Laurie Lucchesi
Arrest date: July 8, 2022
Age: 36
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202765
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Richard Siar
Arrest date: July 17, 2022
Age: 58
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202895
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Anthony Letson
Arrest date: July 16, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202883
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jennifer Koczur-Richardson
Arrest date: July 17, 2022
Age: 51
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202897
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Laura Viloria
Arrest date: July 18, 2022
Age: 57
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202906
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Christina Dinsmore
Arrest date: July 19, 2022
Age: 34
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202924
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Jose Botello
Arrest date: July 20, 2022
Age: 21
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2202927
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Micky Vance
Arrest date: July 21, 2022
Age: 44
Residence: Hanna, IN
Booking Number: 2202948
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Caleb Wolfe
Arrest date: July 20, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Akron, OH
Booking Number: 2202938
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Sergio Garcia
Arrest date: July 15, 2022
Age: 23
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202862
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
James Weaver
Arrest date: July 18, 2022
Age: 40
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202912
Charges: Battery, misdemeanor
Justin Wright
Arrest date: July 21, 2022
Age: 41
Residence: Knox, IN
Booking Number: 2202949
Charges: Possession methamphetamine, felony
Toby Lewis
Arrest date: July 16, 2022
Age: 47
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2202882
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Nathan Workman
Arrest date: July 17, 2022
Age: 28
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202894
Charges: Battery, felony
Matayzia Hughes
Arrest date: July 20, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202928
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jason Creason
Arrest date: July 21, 2022
Age: 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202946
Charges: Dealing in methamphetamine, felony
Jason Haddock
Arrest date: July 19, 2022
Age: 42
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202917
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Michael Gleim
Arrest date: July 15, 2022
Age: 38
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number: 2202877
Charges: Neglect of a dependant, felony
Maurice Sims
Arrest date: July 19, 2022
Age: 45
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202915
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Darice Meyer
Arrest date: July 20, 2022
Age: 52
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number: 2202939
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Alan Germain
Arrest date: July 21, 2022
Age: 34
Residence: Burns Harbor, IN
Booking Number: 2202942
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Jordan Olson
Arrest date: July 16, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202880
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jamel Woodley
Arrest date: July 18, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202904
Charges: Weapons/carry handgun w/no permit
Joseph Bowen
Arrest date: July 18, 2022
Age: 53
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202901
Charges: Battery, misdemeanor
Ying Huang Knight
Arrest date: July 19, 2022
Age: 58
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number: 2202913
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Christina Jennings
Arrest date: July 15, 2022
Age: 29
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number: 2202869
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Mary Jo O'Neill
Arrest date: July 20, 2022
Age: 61
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2202936
Charges: OWI, felony
Michael Brown
Arrest date: July 18, 2022
Age: 57
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202902
Charges: Battery, felony
Robert Powalski
Arrest date: July 16, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2202878
Charges: Burglary, felony
Jacob Franko
Arrest date: July 17, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202891
Charges: OWI, felony
Brady Langley
Arrest date: July 19, 2022
Age: 50
Residence: Sarcy, AZ
Booking Number: 2202923
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Ian Littlefield
Arrest date: July 21, 2022
Age: 30
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202951
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Johnny Smith
Arrest date: July 20, 2022
Age: 64
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202937
Charges: Fraud, felony
Kenneth Kukler Sr.
Arrest date: July 15, 2022
Age: 80
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202865
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Shannon Allan
Arrest date: July 21, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202943
Charges: OWI, felony
Samuel Speckhard
Arrest date: July 20, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202929
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Adam Ibarra
Arrest date: July 16, 2022
Age: 28
Residence: Burns Harbor, IN
Booking Number: 2202884
Charges: OWI, felony
David Ragan
Arrest date: July 19, 2022
Age: 54
Residence: Munhall, PA
Booking Number: 2202916
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Mercedes Rubio
Arrest date: July 17, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number: 2202896
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Alfonso Ortiz
Arrest date: July 18, 2022
Age: 57
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number: 2202911
Charges: OWI, felony
Miguel Quinones II
Arrest date: July 21, 2022
Age: 28
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202952
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Tyler Robinson
Arrest date: July 15, 2022
Age: 19
Residence: Emory, TX
Booking Number: 2202873
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Kevin Thompson
Arrest date: July 20, 2022
Age: 51
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202932
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Kelly Florian
Arrest date: July 17, 2022
Age: 44
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2202899
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
David Beliles
Arrest date: July 21, 2022
Age: 33
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202945
Charges: Theft, felony
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Gadsden mayor Q&A: Seven candidates seek city's top office
Seven candidates are seeking to become Gadsden's mayor in the city election scheduled for Aug. 23.
The winner — a runoff will be held Sept. 20 if no candidate receives a majority of votes in the initial election — will be the city's first new mayor in 16 years; Sherman Guyton, first elected in 2006, is not seeking re-election after serving four terms.
The new mayor takes office on Nov. 7.
The contenders are former City Council member Robert Avery; local businessman Ron "Bunchie" Barnard; Craig Ford, longtime state legislator; Dr. John Jacobs, a local pastor; Heather Brothers New, former president and chief executive officer of The Chamber of Gadsden & Etowah County and a business owner; local businessman and truck driver Michael Shell; and current City Council member Thomas Worthy.
The Times asked each candidate to answer two questions: What are your short-term goals should you be elected, and what are your long-term goals should you be elected? Their answers are presented here in full as they were submitted (minor grammatical editing was done).
Robert Avery
My short-term goals are the same as my long-term goals.
All my goals start on Day One.
When elected mayor, I will create a Department of Youth Services. This department will collaborate with our school system and with local businesses to identify young people who have decided on their career paths. This program will give them some experience in the careers they have chosen. By working together, the city and the businesses will share the salaries of these young people. (More details on my Facebook page and my website.)
I will collaborate with our school system to improve our academic and tech programs. (More details on my Facebook page and my website.)
I will assign a crew from the Public Works Department to each district to cut grass and clean up. We will know who is responsible for getting the job done. I will create a City Community Development Corporation (nonprofit). This organization will be able to get federal dollars to help our citizens get grants to repair their houses and build low to moderate income housing. (More details on my Facebook page and my website.)
Jobs: I have been working on recruiting jobs for Gadsden for over 40 years. As mayor of the city, I will have more input on working with the council and local businesses. I will create an incubator for small businesses. We will work to land some of those businesses that we missed. (IHOP, Sam’s Club, Kohl’s and The Olive Garden that we finally have coming.)
I will raise the pay for all city employees. No employee should make less than $15 an hour. We are going to work on that Day One, to get all employees’ pay up.
The federal government has passed a bill for $1.9 trillion for infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, ditches. We have $24 million in hand that can be used for what I call human infrastructure, such as local small businesses, community-based groups such as football, basketball, baseball, track, soccer teams, etc. This money is very flexible in its use.
Ron 'Bunchie' Barnard
Short-Term Goals
The first action I would take is getting our police officers and firefighters a respectable wage. How this administration isn’t ashamed and embarrassed with the salaries of these men and women is astonishing. Gadsden has become a place where police and firemen start out working before they get something better. Our mayor is paid at the top level for the state, but our men and women in uniform are paid at the bottom.
Long-Term Objectives
Growth is essential. Over the years Gadsden has been going the wrong direction when it comes to economic development. There’s not one major employer in this city as of now. Gadsden is located in a primo location to bring in big businesses. There is absolutely no reason this city shouldn’t be a magnet for major employers.
Anyone that has lived in Gadsden for any amount of time knows how bad the roads are. Getting some of these potholes repaired (the right way) is years past due.
Craig Ford
Short-Term Goals
1. Evaluate the city’s finances to determine where we stand and the best methods for moving forward while remaining financially and fiscally responsible.
2. Conduct an evaluation of city services and staffing levels of these services. This process includes assessing the employee situation, filling openings as needed, determining a feasible budget for each service and ensuring the right employees are in the correct positions. Within this evaluation an organization, department and employee hierarchy chart will be developed, as well as an updated employee communication plan. The goal is for the city to operate more effectively and efficiently.
3. Organize meetings with the police and fire departments to evaluate needs, including pay raises, staffing and trainings. Once the needs are identified, work with the Civil Service Board to find solutions to the problems. My goal is to make Gadsden the safest city it can be, while making the job of first responders desirable.
4. Collaborate with the Gadsden City Board of Education to determine top priorities for the school system and establish the best method of moving forward. These priorities will include employing a full-time School Resource Officer for each school, determining which facilities need updates, implementing several safety measures such as 2-way radio communications between GCS and local law enforcement, camera systems and buzzers for school entrances and exits, and creating a tip phone line and website for anonymous tips about threats or danger.
5. Work with the City Council to host meetings within each district to identify the most important tasks within each district. Once the tasks are identified, work to prioritize these tasks.
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Long-Term Objectives
1. Industrial Recruitment and Retention
a) Design an industry friendly dashboard for potential industries. It would be a dashboard that focuses on good, precise data that demonstrates why an industry should locate here. The dashboard would also illustrate our strengths such as GSCC, JSU, central location, low cost of living, available properties, Noccalula Falls, Coosa Landing and our vibrant downtown with multiple restaurants, shopping and nightlife. The dashboard will also show ways any weaknesses can be diminished. This dashboard will be expanded into a complete business campaign.
b) Provide a workforce that meets industry needs. If a workforce is not readily available, draw on the relationships with GSCC and JSU to demonstrate how a workforce can be trained in a timely manner.
c) Create an incentive package for industries to locate here, as well as a package that encourages expansion and growth of industry already located in Gadsden. This package will focus on state incentives, as well as local incentives.
d) Attract young people to Gadsden and retain those that are already here. Young people are attracted to things such as river walks, hiking trails, downtowns with downtown living and art districts. As your mayor, I will continue to invest in the things we are doing right to attract young people while also working to create more.
e) Identify growth areas for Gadsden including available land and properties, as well as resources such as the labor pool. We will identify where we can grow and who can make that growth happen.
f) Maintain transparency with the community during the recruitment process that does not give a competing location an advantage. Also, provide enough information to the community so that the community is confident there is no hidden motivation nor agenda.
2. Airport
Although the airport is a stand-alone entity, it is a valuable tool for industrial recruitment. Our airport has many issues that must be addressed. These issues range from board members with no aviation experience to antiquated facilities. I have spoken with several consultants and am ready to take on the task of making the airport an asset for our community. As your mayor, I will seek funding for our airport. This funding will come from grants and private and public entities. The funding will be used to bring the airport to a standard that makes us proud. I pledge to have discussions with aviation programs at Auburn and Wallace State to explore possible internships. These interns will assist in bringing new life to the airport.
3. City-Wide Master (Strategic) Plan
District meetings will play a significant role in creating a city-wide strategic plan. I will collaborate with other Etowah County mayors, as well as the County Commission, to ensure we are moving in the same direction as we work together to create a city-wide plan.
a) Take inventory of all city-owned property, equipment and vehicles that are not being used and sell or auction for additional revenue for the city.
b) Evaluate transportation needs of those that do not own nor operate automobiles. Address these needs with the public transportation schedules.
c) Make sure all areas of the city have a uniform look.
d) Determine the types of industry that best fit our city based on workforce, land and/or building availability, railroad access, interstate and highway access, and quality of life.
e) Create a three- to five-person task force that will focus on the large number of homeless animals. The task force will work with the City Council to find solutions for housing homeless animals, spay and neuter programs, additional funding resources, and outside rescues. City ordinances will also be updated.
f) Use information gathered from the district meetings to focus on areas of the city that have deficits or need additional improvements:
i) Noccalula Falls is Gadsden’s largest tourist attraction. Improvements will continue to be made inside of the park based on recommendations made by the director of Parks and Recreation. Also, the community will assist in identifying needed businesses for that neighborhood.
ii) Alabama City is often a forgotten area. Based on community meetings, move forward with improvements in Alabama City. This area has been mentioned as a potential arts district due to the location of Ritz Theatre, but is that what the community wants and needs? This needs to be a decision for the citizens of Gadsden.
iii) East Gadsden is in a unique location and can be an extension of the downtown. My goal is to further develop East Broad Street with retail and restaurants. Signage and lighting will be consistent with what is currently in place for Broad Street. I will continue to support the development of the ballfields located at GSCC in East Gadsden so children will have a place to play, and money will be brought into the community through other teams visiting.
iv) Tuscaloosa Avenue is best known for the Carver Museum, which I fully support and will continue to support. Carver Community Center will remain the focus of this community by bringing back youth baseball and football. Lighting for this area will remain a priority.
v) Riverfront development is necessary for Gadsden. I have spoken with several consultants about the best ways to utilize our river to capitalize on being a city located on a river. The ideas are endless, but planning must be strategic and logical as to what is best for the entire city. My plan is to bring in several consultants and have them to discuss their ideas. Then, let the community decide what is the best fit.
vi) Downtown Gadsden is a strength of our community. It is an area that is spotlighted when potential industry leaders are brought in; an area that potential doctors tour; an area that brings in many tourists; and an area we can be proud to have in our city. However, it is an area that cannot be neglected as we focus on other areas. I pledge to continue to support downtown Gadsden.
4. Infrastructure
Infrastructure is important when discussing any city, but especially one that is trying to attract industry. Ensuring every household and business has access to high-speed internet is crucial in today’s times.
a) One of my goals is to make Gadsden a Gigabit city so that we are more competitive for industrial development, as well as attractive to young people when they are looking to relocate.
b) Roads have been a complaint of many people for numerous years. I pledge to work with the county commissioners on road projects, as well as prioritize projects within the city limits so they are completed in a timely manner. I understand that part of our road problem has to do with water drainage issues and flooding. This issue will be addressed immediately but correcting this problem will be a major expense and require time.
5. Education
My goal for Gadsden City Schools is to have a long-term, strong collaborative relationship with Gadsden City Schools, as well as Gadsden State Community College and Jacksonville State University.
a) UA-GC Early Learning Initiative is the first in the state and serves as a model for other early learning programs. Expansion of this program benefits our community greatly by preparing students for kindergarten, as well as benefits the other early learning initiatives by providing best practices. I am supportive of this program and look forward to working with and helping expand the offerings of UA-GC.
b) GSCC truly sets us apart from other cities our size. It is also an excellent recruiting tool for industry. I plan to fully utilize all offerings offered by GSCC when recruiting new industry to Gadsden. I am completely supportive of the Advanced Manufacturing Center and will work to ensure potential industries are aware of its benefits. I will continue conversations with Dr. Murphy about further integration of GSCC into local industry and workforce development.
c) As our regional educational institution, JSU is expanding their footprint into this area. I have had numerous conversations with Dr. Killingsworth about their role in Gadsden and will continue to have these conversations as I feel JSU has an important role in or community especially when discussing workforce needs.
d) Other areas of discussion for GCS include upgrading the elementary and middle schools and the vocational school. I pledge to work with GCS to find funding to assist in bringing these schools up to par and beyond. These upgrades will include facilities as well as equipment.
John Jacobs
Short-Term Goals
As your next mayor, my first year in office is going to focus on fixing the basics. For the past few years, areas of our city have been neglected. It is time to revitalize our neighborhoods! While walking through our city, I have experienced and spoken to citizens affected by severe flooding. Flooding ruins homes and is dangerous. I am going to work to fix our flooding! Another problem facing our city is the condition of many of our streets. They have been patched to the limit and in some cases, we have potholes. Again, this is dangerous and is causing damage to our vehicles. I am going to work to pave our streets! Additionally, we have an issue with trash pickup. In many parts of Gadsden there are substantial amounts of trash on the side of our roads and in our neighborhoods. While I know that our city workers are working as hard as they can, the Sanitation Department is understaffed, and the workers are underpaid. In order to make our neighborhoods safer, we must hire more workers, assure that their equipment works and pay them and our fire and police personnel comparable salaries to other cities in our state.
Moreover, I will focus on our school system. It is underfunded and understaffed. It is my plan to make sure that our teachers are paid what they deserve, and that our school system has the funding it needs to add additional programs and continue existing programs. In addition, I plan to support current youth programs and expand these programs to more locations across our city. Finally, my short-term goal is to expand local businesses and aggressively pursue companies and corporations to consider Gadsden as home or as a second location and provide much needed employment for our citizens. It is my plan to assemble the top economic development professionals locally, statewide, nationwide and worldwide to build a short- and long-term development plan for our city. The potential of our city has been unrealized. We have the best workforce in the country!
Long-Term Objectives
Once the basic infrastructure of our city is fixed, we will continue to recruit companies and corporations to Gadsden and begin focusing on boosting tourism by bringing back the riverboat along with a dinner cruise. These ventures would provide another outing for individuals and families. In addition, we need an official tour of Gadsden, highlighting the natural beauty of our great city. We need to develop our Riverwalk with restaurants, shops and a 3- to 5-star hotel. As your next mayor, I plan on building and expanding our walking/biking trails. The health and well-being of the citizens of Gadsden is one of my priorities.
Finally, our city needs more family centered activities. I am going to research the possibility of adding an amusement /water park and aquarium to Gadsden. The aquarium would highlight various fish and wildlife species found in and along the Coosa River. Not only would the aquarium be educational but coupled with the amusement/water park, they both would be a financial benefit to our city by boosting local and tourism dollars. With the help of all the citizens of Gadsden, we will unite, and we will build a great city!
Secondly, with school shootings becoming more common, making sure our kids is protected is a top priority. Making sure armed officers or maybe even local veterans are stationed at every school in the city is just a first step. Having the latest security systems in the schools, such as locks, bulletproof glass and whatever technology has to offer should be something that we work towards as soon as possible.
Heather Brothers New
Short-Term Goals
Restore funding to Gadsden City Schools by October 2023 and look for effective ways to partner to provide on-duty Gadsden police officers for football games and other extra-curricular activities, and to ensure all schools have full-time, fully equipped school resource officers.
Work with the council to repeal the 2% occupational tax for all residents of Gadsden that also work in Gadsden, effective Jan. 1, 2023, and complete a study on the most effective method for repealing the tax for the remainder of the workforce no later than June 2023, in order to be impactful to the October budget.
Work with federal, state and local officials to redevelop a more effective regional governance and management system for the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport immediately, with a solution in place no later than April 2023, or earlier if legislatively possible, in partnership with the effort to develop a county-wide economic development council.
Find the funds to pave South 11th Street and do so no later than November 2023.
Deploy cutting-edge technology in all departments to streamline processes and procedures, ensure greater data fidelity and allow for fast, efficient reporting of governmental activities to the public, beginning immediately and fully transitioned by Oct. 2, 2023.
Advertise for a professional firm to complete a Comprehensive Master Plan within the first month of office, and embark on said plan by January 2023, with a completion date no later than December 2023.
Immediately implement biweekly department head meetings to allow for streamlined transfer of knowledge and to optimize efficient work between departments.
Determine the feasibility of relocating city hall operations to the 20,000 square feet of unused, unoccupied space at The Venue at Coosa Landing by Jan. 1, 2023, with a potential move by August 2023, and subsequently market the existing City Hall building and defunct Convention Hall to a hotel/convention center developer.
Address and correct public safety pay discrepancies, including negotiating a more effective, less complicated pay structure that will help recruit and retain talent to fire and police departments; begin discussions immediately and complete negotiations by February 2023.
Immediately begin to defund and dismantle existing economic development agencies and work with surrounding municipalities and county to redevelop them into a statutory countywide economic development council that focuses on industrial, commercial, residential and aeronautical development through a legislatively created stream of funding, using a percentage of an existing tax. This organization would be subject to open meetings/records regulations and would have board representation from throughout the county and would be fully functioning no later than April 2023, or as soon as the state delegation can successfully pass the necessary legislation that will create and fund the organization.
Immediately separate the responsibilities of the revenue director from the finance director and hire qualified candidates for each; and review all department head job descriptions and responsibilities to ensure correct separation of duties and provision of resources to make each department successful, to be completed by Dec. 1, 2022.
Reconvene community partners and organizations to investigate solutions to addiction and homelessness, including neighborhood watch programs that will restore our communities to the safety and pride once enjoyed by residents beginning in January 2023.
Immediately advertise for and hire a full-time, experienced grant writer to optimize state and federal funding for city-wide projects with a start date of no later than Jan. 1, 2023.
Determine the feasibility of developing the former Sears building on Broad Street into a state-of-the-art performance art hall, preferably as a public/private partnership, with a goal date of ensuing construction by December 2023.
Immediately implement a marketing plan to return the more than 1200 tax delinquent properties owned by the Gadsden Land Bank back into tax-productive private ownership, with a focus on new residential construction.
Convene a mayoral advisory committee by Jan. 1, 2023, that meets quarterly, made up of highly effective business owners and leaders from a diverse array of industry, to discuss development, redevelopment, workforce and economic trends.
Support Gadsden State Community College’s efforts to build a Center for Advanced Manufacturing and to restore softball, baseball and cross country sports as a recruitment tool, timeline dependent on Gadsden State’s implementation schedules.
Immediately partner with the Etowah County Commission and Rainbow City to competitively recruit a high-wage, high-growth mega-employer to the Little Canoe Creek Mega-Site.
Long-Term Objectives
Complete a comprehensive master plan that is inclusive of the ideas and vision of our residents and business owners and begin working the plan within first year. This comprehensive plan will drive a great deal of the long-term plans within my first term, as well as subsequent terms. It will provide an outline informed and envisioned by residents and business owners, including timeframes, especially concerning infrastructure, zoning, development and housing.
Work directly with the Gadsden Water and Sewer Authority to assist in optimum grant acquisition to allow for wastewater treatment system upgrades, sanitary sewer overflows and other system upgrades that will alleviate flooding issues within residential areas, and allow for greater expansion and recruitment, within the first two years.
Investigate benefits of restructuring debt, including refunding bonds for Gadsden City Schools, and/or other ways that the city can partner to see a middle school consolidation in the form of a state-of-the-art academic plaza, based on Gadsden City Schools’ timeline.
Develop a plan for renewing the revitalization of historic Downtown Gadsden’s retail district, with possible expansion through East Broad Street, relevant to the eventual construction of the Eastern Connector, within four years.
Through effective grant writing, redevelop the commercial sectors of the riverfront with clean, modern concrete boardwalks and cable railing, including areas that allow safe access to kayakers, boaters, jet kiers and swimmers, with a focus on developing riverfront property with ideal commercial/residential mixed-use private developments that will enhance the river as an economic driver commercially and through tourism, within four years.
Develop gateway entrances to the riverfront, Noccalula Falls and other tourism attractions that effectively pull visitors from highways and interstates deeper into the city for maximum economic impact, within three years.
Work directly with the Etowah County Probate Judge, CED Mental Health, nonprofits and other mental health partners to address the core issues of addiction and homelessness, with a focus on returning our neighborhoods back to safe communities that are desirable, where families can be proud of their home and feel safe in their surroundings, within four years.
Continue town halls and open discussions to map out the next steps wanted and needed by area residents and business owners to continue progress into a second term, throughout all four years.
Michael Shell
My 10-point plan to make Gadsden grow again:
1. Eliminate 2% employment tax.
2. Limit all elected officials to two terms.
3. Elect growth-minded City Council member.
4. Build a 25,000-person entertainment venue, outdoors at first.
5. Create a regional airport with dedicated routes.
6. Streamline the building process to build new or renovate existing homes.
7. Entice businesses to respond to Gadsden and expand the job opportunities.
8. Simplify the city’s sign ordinance.
9. Sell city-owned properties by auction.
10. Promote Gadsden.
Thomas Worthy
Bridge the Gap Between Politics and the People: Working with local municipalities and communities of Etowah County to develop and improve the quality of life for every citizen within Etowah County, which will help attract new industries and businesses. Cross political lines to develop healthy and effective working relationships.
Community and Economic Development: First, I plan to take a “regional” approach that will include collaboration amongst each city within Etowah County. For instance, as it relates to affordable housing, I will form a consortium that involves several cities within the county, which will focus on building more accommodations within these areas. Forming this partnership with other cities within the county will provide us with opportunities for government funding to initiate these much-needed projects.
Homelessness affects us all. As we rebuild our communities, we must address this issue head on. Homelessness affects us whether directly or indirectly. Homelessness affects the availability of health care resources, crime and safety, the workforce and the use of tax dollars. With the overwhelming growth of the homeless population within our city, my priority is to address this issue from the mayor’s office. Working with other organizations within our community, I will use my resources as mayor to coordinate supportive services. My role will be to ensure we have adequate temporary housing, and provide opportunities for mental health, job training, permanent housing and relocation efforts. This will benefit us all by breaking the cycle of homelessness within our city.
Another example would be restructuring the Gadsden Airport Authority Board and gradually making the necessary revisions and expansions to the airport that will aid in the recruitment of new industry into Etowah County. In addition to collaborating with other cities within Etowah County, I will hire a city planner who is qualified and experienced in urban and rural planning. We will work closely with Auburn University and Alabama A & M University master programs to bring about different perspectives on urban and rural planning and development. We will consult with Jacksonville State University’s economics development and business research department. The foundation of any healthy city is the well-being of its people. In 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, we will be sustained! With our efforts to support our employees, while keeping our communities safe, we will rise above the struggles experienced by the City of Champions. As your mayor, I will not take for granted the personal well-being of our citizens!
PUBLIC SAFETY: As the Mayor of Gadsden, my administration will implement a progressive recruiting plan and innovative retention strategies for both the Gadsden Police and Fire departments beginning with our youth. We will work with Gadsden City school system administrators and Gadsden State Community College to provide opportunities for our high school students to take advantage of foundational criminal justice courses such as forensic science and other courses such as psychology, which relates to the criminal justice degree track.
Providing assistance from the mayor’s office will bring more opportunities to our police and fire departments to recruit and retain more qualified candidates. In addition, revisiting the college education incentive can provide financial opportunities for first responders as well as assist with recruiting and retaining qualified candidates. As a current city official, I am familiar with funding that can be appropriated to assist with providing our first responders with a plan for a gradual increase in pay. We must offer competitive wages and benefits to keep our police officers from taking opportunities elsewhere.
Create a friendly environment that will bridge the gap between law enforcement and the people by implementing more community programs.
INFRASTUCTURE: Currently, there have been infrastructure projects completed throughout our city. As the next mayor, my job will be to continue to fulfill the requests of so many citizens by continuing to rebuild our infrastructure with the American Rescue Plan funds. The water and sewer lines will be a priority for my administration. In the case of receiving additional APR funding, my administration will reallocate funding as necessary to successfully fulfill the obligations to advance the city’s infrastructure to ensure quality opportunities for employment, education and health care. As mayor, I understand the importance of the city’s infrastructure. I believe the city’s infrastructure is the key to the citizens’ quality of life and the city’s ability to progress.
As a current City Council member, I voted to improve our infrastructure as it relates to technology. As mayor, I will continue to improve the broadband infrastructure throughout the city by increasing access and usage of broadband to areas of the city as necessary. As mayor, I understand the importance of improving our broadband infrastructure. My plan will provide the citizens with better job opportunities, which will lead to possible population growth. Provide more opportunities for new businesses to choose Gadsden. With the changes to how we do business, broadband infrastructure is important to provide our city with substantial economic growth, with more online job opportunities providing higher wages, and also makes our city more competitive and attractive for technology companies.
EDUCATION: At the current state, I see a major issue with the disconnect between Gadsden city’s administration, both the City Council and the mayor’s office. The mayor’s office is the driving force in playing a critical role in our education system. Our school system must have the support from the mayor’s office. There will be a collaborative effort, led by me as mayor, to create a mayor-school superintendent driven school system, which will benefit our student achievement significantly and our city as a whole. As mayor, education is a top priority because education is essential in providing a quality of life for the citizens of Gadsden. As mayor, I do not have direct control of the school system; however, as mayor I will be obligated to improve educational opportunities for all families.
By continuing to work with the current school administration, as mayor I will provide financial support to help improve our school buildings and programs. My goal is to create a strong community environment that supports better schools and student achievement by using city services and resources. I will work with our schools' administrators to build partnerships that encourage excellence in the classroom and build neighborhoods that support academic success. As mayor, I will lead the efforts to bring our communities together to ensure parents, teachers and schools focus on reaching every student at his or her area of educational need. Some possible opportunities that I will support as mayor include:
• Invest in preschool programs, quality childcare programs and early literacy.
• Continue to utilize our police and fire departments to ensure the safety of our schools by ensuring they are well equipped and protected as they protect our schools.
• Use city recreational facilities to provide extended school programs during the summer months in underserved areas throughout the city.
• Form a collaborative drive with the school’s administration to develop parent involvement initiatives and programs.
• Use my public influence and voice as mayor to strengthen the public’s support for quality education.
As mayor, my plan is to build an education system that is attractive to businesses and involves creating healthy relationships between city officials, school administration and local businesses. Partnering with businesses to create cradle-to-career initiatives that will bring residents, school employees, community leaders and service providers together to focus on important areas relating to a child’s development. Taking on a community-wide approach to providing a quality education to all our children exemplifies unity amongst the citizens of Gadsden, which will have a positive impact on attracting potential businesses to Gadsden. | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/07/26/gadsden-mayor-race-2022-candidates-profiles-goals-objectives/10029226002/ | 2022-07-26T04:20:30 | 1 | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/07/26/gadsden-mayor-race-2022-candidates-profiles-goals-objectives/10029226002/ |
Second person charged in Canton Township fatal shooting
A second person been charged in connection with a fatal shooting last month in Canton Township, police said Monday.
Jacor Burch was arraigned in 35th District Court on charges of first-degree murder and felony firearm, records show.
A not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf. The 21-year-old was given no bond and remains in the Wayne County Jail pending his next court appearance, scheduled for Aug. 5.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted, police said.
Authorities allege Burch shot Michael Paul, 37, on June 10.
The incident was reported along Haggerty Road between Palmer and Michigan Avenue about 5:18 p.m. "and may be related to a traffic altercation," the Police Department said at the time.
Paul, a Belleville resident, was rushed to a hospital but died from his injuries.
Burch was arrested July 7 in Illinois. He was listed as living in Ann Arbor.
Maria Phillips, 33, earlier was charged with accessory after the fact to a felony. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/07/25/second-person-charged-canton-township-fatal-shooting/10150342002/ | 2022-07-26T04:20:32 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/07/25/second-person-charged-canton-township-fatal-shooting/10150342002/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — An already overcrowded Austin Animal Center is again asking for the public's help and is encouraging those willing to foster or adopt pets in need.
Over the weekend, the shelter took in more than 40 small dogs after their owner was reportedly evicted from their residence.
"We are incredibly grateful to our rescue partners who stepped up to take the majority of them – all have been now been placed or adopted," the shelter wrote in a Facebook post.
Austin Animal Center said it has been seeing an increase in surrender requests due to Austin-area evictions.
"As the municipal shelter for the City of Austin and unincorporated Travis County, we MUST find space for cases like these," the shelter wrote. "Today we started at 142% capacity for dogs … we need fosters and adopters to help keep kennels open for evictions, court cases and cruelty cases."
Those interested in fostering or adopting can learn more here.
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LONGWOOD, Fla. – The father accused of stabbing his daughters, killing a 3-year-old and critically injuring a 12-year-old, at their Longwood home was arrested, police said on Friday.
According to officers, Juan Bravo-Torres, 39 — who also cut his wrists and throat and is under the supervision of law enforcement at the hospital — faces first-degree premeditated murder and attempted murder charges.
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Police said they were alerted to the fatal stabbing Thursday at the 798 Highland St. residence when the 12-year-old girl walked to a nearby McDonald’s where her mother worked for help after Bravo-Torres slashed her throat.
The girl told police she was sleeping when her father reached for her neck and came at her with a knife, slicing her throat, an affidavit for an arrest warrant shows.
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As Bravo-Torres went to get another knife, the girl exited the bedroom and found her 3-year-old sister on the floor in the hallway, officers said.
According to the affidavit, when Bravo-Torres returned, the girl fought back and eventually “acted dead,” in the hopes Bravo-Torres would stop attacking. Police said the father then dragged the 12-year-old and her little sister into the bathroom, where he cut his own wrists and throat.
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The 12-year-old girl waited for her father to lose consciousness before grabbing the knife Bravo-Torres used to attack her to protect herself, locking the bathroom door from the inside and walking nearly a mile to the McDonald’s to tell her mother what her father had done, the affidavit continues.
“At that age, to be sleeping and woken up by being attacked with a knife, seeing your younger sister in the condition she was in, fighting off your father, and having the mindset to think, ‘How am I going to get out of this?’ When he lost consciousness, she got out of the house and she went to where she knew her mom was, and it’s just remarkable,” Longwood police Sgt. Derek Chenoweth said. “Grown adults may not have been able to come to that decision, and this 12-year-old did that, and she’s alive today because of the choices that she made.”
He added it’s a very difficult time for the community.
“A lot of us have children of our own, some of us grandchildren. This is a very small, tight-knit community and we have a lot of vested interest in our community,” Chenoweth said.
That support was shown today when officers from the Longwood Police Department placed flowers and balloons at the memorial site where the 3-year-old was killed, so that if the 12-year-old girl returns to the residence, she can see that law enforcement and the community are here for her.
A Longwood PD officer just stopped by the home where a 4 y/o girl was found stabbed to death yesterday.
— Ezzy Castro (@EzzyCastro) July 22, 2022
The officer placed flowers on the ground
Her 12 y/o sister was also stabbed & is at the hospital
Police are calling their father a person of interest in the case @news6wkmg pic.twitter.com/hqwHS489KT
“The amount of courage that this 12-year-old girl, young lady, had is just remarkable,” he said. “I think the hardest thing is for the people involved to find the courage to speak up. That’s where it’s incumbent on the friends and family.”
A GoFundMe page was created to support the girls’ family. The money will be used to cover funeral and memorial costs, medical costs and time off work for the children’s mother to care for them.
With a goal of $20,000, the GoFundMe page has collected $11,800 as of Monday afternoon.
Police arrested Bravo-Torres at the hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
Upon his discharge, Bravo-Torres will be transported to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, police said.
A motive for the attack is not known.
Police had previously said the 3-year-old killed in the stabbing was 4 years old before issuing a correction.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man died after falling onto an Orange County road and hitting his head before he was run over by a car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said the 18-year-old from Oviedo was riding along McCulloch Road east of Shadow Creek Circle when he fell just before 6 a.m.
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Investigators said the man was left laying in the outside lane of travel when a 2012 Dodge Charger, also traveling east, ran over the 18-year-old.
The driver, a 22-year-old from Tallahassee, told investigators he felt the collision but did not realize he had hit a person, according to a news release.
The driver returned to the scene and cooperated with law enforcement, troopers said.
The 18-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the woman who identified herself as the teen’s mother on social media, her son — Keagan — graduated from Haggerty High School in May. She wrote a post in a private Oviedo Facebook group stating that he had plans to attend classes in fall to become a firefighter paramedic.
Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream posted on social media that they would be closed Monday due to the sudden passing of a team member. A sign on the door read, “We will be closed today in loving memory of Keagan.”
When News 6 went to the crash site Monday evening, several people were seen placing flowers. One person who identified themselves as a friend of Keagan’s said that given how recent the tragedy is, it is still too soon for them to talk about it.
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PALM BAY, Fla. – One person was taken to the hospital after being shot Monday morning at a home in Palm Bay, police said.
The shooting happened in the 1100 block of Daytona Drive NE, north of Port Malabar Boulevard, near Bianca Drive NE.
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Palm Bay police said they responded to the area and a victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The family who lived at the home told News 6 said a man with a gun entered the home, chased a family member into a bedroom, shot him in the arm and stole a gold necklace.
Police are still investigating, and no other information is available at this time.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Two men were arrested after a victim was “savagely beaten to death” at an Orlando shopping plaza last week, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Monday in a tweet.
Brandon Griffin, 29, and Luis Rosaly Jr., 33, face charges of first-degree murder in connection with the July 21 beating that occurred at a Bravo supermarket on North Hiawassee Road near Silver Star Road, deputies said.
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Investigators said they were called to the Orange County shopping plaza that day around 3:45 a.m. Upon arrival, deputies said they found the victim, identified as 46-year-old Joseph Rohl, injured. Rohl was taken to a hospital, where he later died, deputies said.
“Our detectives worked tirelessly to catch them, because you cannot take a life and get away with it,” the sheriff’s office said in the tweet.
According to court records, Rosaly is scheduled for a court appearance Tuesday at 11 a.m. He faces charges for first-degree murder, kidnapping and accessory after the fact.
No other information is available at this time.
Check back for updates.
Joseph Rohl, 46, was savagely beaten to death on 7/21 in a shopping plaza on Hiawassee Rd.
— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) July 25, 2022
Brandon Griffin, 29, & Luis Rosaly Jr, 33, have been arrested for 1st Degree Murder.
Our detectives worked tirelessly to catch them, because you cannot take a life and get away with it. pic.twitter.com/xH6yCP2767
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MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – Two Miami men were arrested Sunday after deputies said they kidnapped a Key deer in Marathon.
Yoankis Hernandez Pena, 38, and Andres Leon Valdes, 45, are facing animal cruelty charges after investigators found the injured deer in their vehicle during a traffic stop in the Florida Keys, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
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According to deputies, they pulled over the Chevrolet hatchback near mile marker 56 for failing to stay in its lane shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday. Investigators said they then found the deer inside the car on top of a cooler, lawn chairs and other miscellaneous objects.
The men told deputies they struck the Key deer, which is considered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to be an endangered subspecies of white-tailed deer found exclusively in the Florida Keys, on U.S. 1 north of the Seven Mile Bridge and initially thought it was dead.
Pena and Valdes added that they then realized the deer was alive and were taking it to a veterinarian in Miami for treatment but did not call 911 or the FWC, according to deputies.
The sheriff’s office said the area where they claimed they struck the deer is also not consistent with the known Key deer habitat, specifically Big Pine Key, No Name Key and patches of other areas in the Lower Keys.
FWC officials responded to investigate, resulting in Pena and Valdes are facing two charges each, including cruelty to animals and taking, possessing or selling a federally designated endangered or threatened species.
The deer was taken to FWC officials on Big Pine Key alive, where it is being treated by a veterinarian and will be released back into the wild if it survives.
For more information on Key deer, click here.
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COCOA, Fla. – A 911 caller at Bracco Pond Park reported seeing a man’s body in the water Monday morning, according to the Cocoa Police Department.
“They had seen a body floating in the pond,” spokesperson Yvonne Martinez said.
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Martinez said that when police recovered the body, detectives identified 50-year-old Aaron Hanna as a missing father last seen Saturday night.
Police said Hanna lived in a home close to the pond, and the family member who reported him missing Saturday told police he’d been acting strange.
“The detectives have to create a timeline of his last known whereabouts, his last known contacts,” Martinez said. “Do the best they can to determine what his activity involved during that timeframe.”
Martinez said detectives don’t yet know whether Hanna drowned or how long his body was in the water.
Police said Hanna leaves behind a 9-year-old son, whom neighbor Betty Jordan said came over to her home as he was crying Sunday.
Jordan said the boy’s grandmother is now taking care of him.
“He was in tears, sitting on his bike in my front yard for about an hour, saying, ‘Where is my dad?’” the neighbor said.
Police haven’t said whether the man’s body had visible injuries or whether there were any other signs of criminal activity.
Police told News 6 they are waiting on autopsy results.
“Obviously, the circumstances are suspicious, but what the cause of death was is still to be determined,” Martinez said.
An investigation is still underway. Check back with News 6 for updates.
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TAMPA, Fla. – Busch Gardens is looking to terrify its guests with a new holiday-themed haunted house at Howl-O-Scream.
“The Residence: Home for the Holidays” joins the list of haunted houses for the theme park’s annual event and Busch Gardens said more reveals are coming soon.
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Other haunted houses include “The Forgotten” and the “Witch of the Woods.”
Howl-O-Scream will make terrors soar to new heights with nighttime rides. Iron Gwazi, the world’s fastest and steepest hybrid roller coaster, is one of seven thrill rides available for the Halloween event.
For a limited time, guests can save up to 70% on tickets through the Sinister Sale, starting at $29.99. Tickets are available now.
Howl-O-Scream runs on select nights from Sept. 9 - Oct. 31.
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The Florida Highway Patrol released dashcam video of a woman who was accused of waving a pitchfork and black whip in front of a Publix store in Lake County on July 20.
The video shows an FHP patrol car pull up in front of the store where Lisa Anne Slone, 56, is walking around in the rain with the pitchfork and whip.
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You can see the woman stand in front of the trooper’s car and raise the items up into the air before walking toward the store’s entrance.
A trooper can be seen in the video exiting his vehicle and walking toward the woman before he brings her back to the vehicle in handcuffs and places her inside.
According to the FHP report, the store manager said Slone was trying to sell teddy bears behind the store in Minneola earlier that day before using the pitchfork to stab a mini van.
When troopers arrived, they said they asked Slone to stop but she refused to drop her weapons before walking away, according to the arrest affidavit. The report said Slone unbuckled her seatbelt after being placed in a patrol car and began kicking at the window.
According to FHP, Slone appeared to be highly intoxicated on a stimulant drug but did not have an odor of alcohol. After being asked about her cut marks and bruises, Slone said she “felt no pain anymore and that God was in control,” the report said.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health in Orange County announced it will host a cooking class Saturday for pregnant mothers and mothers of infants.
According to FDOH, the free class will be hosted with the help of Central Florida Diaper Bank and Hebni Nutrition Consultants to provide healthy cooking tips for mothers and their families.
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Attendees can expect a hands-on cooking demonstration, food samples, recipes, door prizes and giveaways, officials said.
The class is scheduled from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday, July 30, at the Englewood Neighborhood Center, located at 6123 La Costa Drive in Orlando.
FDOH said the class will have limited seating, so those who are interested should register by phone at (407) 376-8508.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Hugo Alamos recalled the moment an out-of-control car crashed into a toll booth before striking and injuring his 5-year-old son Sunday on a Volusia County beach.
“I just heard, ‘Pow!’ Like a bomb. (I) saw the car racing. The other kids moved, but David did not,” Alamos told News 6 from the hospital where his son is being treated and was in stable condition. “My smallest kid, he just stayed there. He didn’t move. (The car) just went straight to him.”
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Alamos added they had been at the beach for 20 minutes when the car came barreling onto Daytona Beach.
Volusia County Beach Safety said the crash occurred around 5 p.m. as the driver, apparently suffering from some sort of medical episode, was approaching from Daytona International Speedway.
The car drove through a toll booth and onto the sand before going into the ocean, injuring the people in the vehicle and the 5-year-old beachgoer.
“It may have been a seizure. We just don’t know at this time. When he came over the bridge, he went through the beach access ramp, hitting the gate and the toll booth. Fortunately, no one was in the toll booth at the time,” Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue Deputy Chief Tamra Malphurs said.
While the other victims were taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons, Alamos said his son, David, sustained major cuts down his arm and chest.
“I saw him coming up again (after the crash), but he was crying and he had a big cut (on) his chest,” Alamos told News 6. “It was really bad. There was blood coming out. I saw a policeman in the red truck, and I told him, ‘Help me, please, my son is hurt.’”
David has since received stitches for his injuries, according to his father. Alamos said they plan to head home to Nashville, Tennessee, once his son is discharged from the hospital.
“We’re very fortunate that no one else was injured. That is a very busy beach access ramp. It’s usually in that time of day we usually have a lot of people in that area,” Malphurs said.
The driver was cited for careless driving, officials said.
An investigation is ongoing.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando residents won’t need Floo powder or an “Outstanding” mark in their Apparition class to get to this magical convention.
LeakyCon, the event that celebrates all things Harry Potter, is being held at the Orange County Convention Center from July 29-31.
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Witches, wizards and Muggles are all welcome to the Harry Potter fanbase’s hours of panels, programs and performances put on at the Orlando center.
On select days, fans will even get the chance to meet some famous faces from the “Harry Potter” film franchise, including Devon Murray (who played Seamus Finnegan), Afshan Azad (who played Padma Patil), Sean Biggerstaff (who played Oliver Wood), Josh Herdman (who played Gregory Goyle), Chris Rankin (who played Percy Weasley) and Stanislav Yanevski (who played Victor Krum).
Fandom creators Chanel Williams (@chanwills) and Cherry Wallis (@cherrywallis) will also appear Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Bryn Court, a sculptor for the film series, will be in attendance on Saturday and Sunday.
The event will also be celebrating the birthday of the Boy Who Lived himself with featured podcasts, Wizard Rock and lots of vendors.
Ticket prices run from $69 to $399, depending on which pass you select.
For more information about the three-day event, click here.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A 33-year-old Orlando man was hospitalized Monday after suffering what investigators believe was a shark bite at Daytona Beach, according to Volusia County Beach Safety.
According to Deputy Chief Tamra Malphurs, the man was wading in waist-deep water along the beach at approximately 3 p.m. when he was bitten on his right foot, “presumably by a shark.”
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Malphurs said the man was taken to the hospital by EVAC, though his injuries were not life threatening. The deputy added that this incident marks the sixth shark bite of the year.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County saw its third shooting scare in as many weeks at a theme park on Saturday and local government and law enforcement officials suspect bad actors are seeking to scare people.
Inside the parking garage at Universal Orlando, people told News 6 they were terrified and evacuated when they thought they heard gunshots. Orlando police said it was just teens fighting and there were no shots or guns involved.
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That’s just the latest in a series of gun scares the county has experienced.
Just hours earlier, at the Florida Mall, a crowd of people suddenly started running and hiding, not because of fireworks, as deputies originally suspected, but because a man had fallen inside the Crayola Experience and started yelling, even threatening to shoot the bystanders who came over to help, investigators said on Monday.
Deputies are now investigating if charges against that man are appropriate.
Earlier this month, at Lake Eola on July 4, there was another scare involving someone setting off amateur fireworks during the Fireworks at the Fountain show.
Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón said he suspected the person who set off those amateur fireworks was purposely trying to scare people, even though no one has been identified or detained.
“I think we need to dive into, in the future, dive into how it is that some individuals are capitalizing on the state of mind to create situations that will set people off and panic to scare people,” Rolón said. “That’s my personal opinion, but again as you said earlier, can we prove or disprove that? No, we can’t.”
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said in some cases bad actors are trying to “create panic in a situation.”
Demings said the answer is twofold.
“You have to have visible security in the area to reassure people,” Demings said. “And each one of us has to be an active participant in the process and not a passive participant.”
Rolón said surveillance cameras are part of the answer—to add more eyes and monitor more situations—but more law enforcement is not.
“We wish we could have an officer at every three feet in any given area but that’s just not feasible,” Rolón said. “Our community plays that role of the police when it comes to that.”
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BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington City Council on Monday approved a resolution laying out a framework for how the city of Bloomington wants to allocate its $13.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding.
Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason recommended reserving $9 million of the funding for city infrastructure and splitting the remaining money evenly between economic development and socioeconomic opportunities.
Although the resolution categorizes preferred ARPA spending, the council must still approve individual expenditures. ARPA was the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package passed in 2021 to help individuals and all levels of government deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Also, this is a resolution and if we find that there is a higher priority or a change in the vision by the elected officials, we can make that change," Gleason said. "But like many communities, we were asked and the expectation by the community (is) to show what value are we placing on these funds that we received from the federal government."
Gleason added that about $7 million of that ARPA funding already has been spent or committed to infrastructure.
These expenses include asphalt and concrete work for the 2022 and 2023 construction seasons, design work for hydraulic modeling to eliminate storm water issues within the community and the combination of two design phases for the Locust Street/Colton Avenue combined sewer overflow elimination and water main replacement project.
Some aldermen voiced concerns about reshuffling the purposes of ARPA funding down the road.
First Ward Alderman Grant Walch said he would like to see a set date written into a future ordinance that if ARPA funding isn't spent on one of the three categories of spending, it automatically shifts to another category.
"I think that would give some encouragement to maybe spend it on economic development," Walch said.
Seventh Ward Alderwoman Mollie Ward, however, said she was concerned that if the city doesn't market the availability of ARPA funding, it could be put into a situation where no one tries to tap into it.
"I hope that we can include in whatever application and process we create a serious effort to market this rather than to sort of allow the clock to tick out," Ward said.
Communities have until the end of 2024 to commit all of their ARPA funds and until the end of 2026 to spend all of the funds.
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Making cats like each other
A few weeks ago, our daughter Jordan’s 5-year old cat Wednesday stayed with us while she was out of town. The black Chantilly Tiffany has done this numerous times, but not since the pandemic struck.
My husband, Ed, and I love Wednesday’s playfulness. As for Teddy, our Lab, so long as he’s getting more treats than the cat, he’s OK with her visiting. Pip, our 3-year-old feline and youngest family member, also adores Wednesday and would love nothing more than to play and cuddle with her.
But Wednesday, sadly, wants nothing to do with Pip. She can barely tolerate the little guy as her playful “meeps” quickly turn to hisses whenever he appears.
No great surprise, I guess. As petfinder.com puts it, “Cats are generally territorial by nature and adding a new feline to the mix can cause stress, especially if your current princess is used to being your only cat resident or is dominant by nature.”
That sentence describes our dilemma perfectly. “The Princess,” as Wednesday is called, believes she rules over all who enter her domain. Pip, always ready to play, doesn’t think her “rules” pertain to him.
The human members of the family had hoped the time apart and the fact that Pip was now an adult and calmer would soften Wednesday’s feelings toward him. We hoped wrong.
But we didn’t give up.
As petfinder.com suggests, “Introducing the cats slowly and creating comfort levels for both gives you the best chance of creating a harmonious multi‑cat home.”
We had tried some cat behaviorist suggestions in the past with minimal success. One of those, scent transference, seemed easy enough to help the two get more comfortable with each other.
We simply wiped the cats’ cheek and mouth areas with a clean sock. Then we placed each sock in the opposite cat’s bed, allowing the two to become familiar with each other’s scent.
This strategy, as well as others, produced a level of tolerance. We heard less hissing and occasionally found them relaxing in the cat tree together.
Unfortunately, COVID-19 kept the two apart for more than a year, and when they saw each other a few weeks ago, we learned that absence had not made the heart grow fonder.
We had to start all over again.
Ed had read on petmed.com that using a temporary screen door in a doorway to block the two from getting into each other’s spaces but allowing them to see each other could help them get reacquainted. The site also suggested rewarding each feline with treats for staying in the area.
Ever the mediator, Ed built the screen door from extra material he had in his workshop and then secured it to the frame of the doorway.
We both grabbed a handful of treats and called for Pip and Wednesday. In short order, the two were in the same area but on opposite sides of the screen door.
Pip “meowed” happily, excited to see Wednesday.
Wednesday barely glanced at the adoring cat on the opposite site of the screen door, hissed and turned tail and walked away.
Ever the princess.
Karin Spicer is a member of The Dog Writers Association of America. She lives with her family and two furry pets who inspire her. She can be reached at spicerkarin@gmail.com.
EVEN STEVEN APPROACH
Cat behaviorist Marilyn Krieger, a Certified Cat Behavior Consultant suggests treating both cats the same. Providing separate litter boxes, food and water dishes may limit territorial squabbles.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – An investigation into a shoplifting-related worker death at a Family Dollar store in Orlando led the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to present more than $300,000 in fines for violations, according to the agency.
Last December, a worker at the Family Dollar store on 918 W. Colonial Drive tried to stop an attempted shoplifter from walking out of the store with stolen goods, OSHA said.
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OSHA said that there was a struggle to keep the shoplifter from running out, after which the worker felt short of breath and began vomiting. The agency added the employee was taken to the hospital and later died from cardiac arrest.
According to the agency’s inspection report, it found several store violations, including exit route obstructions and failing to notify OSHA of a worker’s death/injury within an allotted period of time. Multiple violations were listed as repeat offenses, according to OSHA.
In total, OSHA said it is proposing $330,446 in fines related to the investigation into Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
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OVIEDO, Fla. – Earlier this month, Meaghan Bohn and Corin Plucinski created a wish list through Amazon to help Seminole County teachers collect school supplies.
Bohn and Plucinski then posted it on a neighborhood Facebook page where anyone in the community was invited to buy one of the school supplies on their list.
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A few weeks later, teachers working for Arbor School of Florida in Seminole County said they still need more than half of the items on their list.
Bohn said she received some cleaning items, but she’s still in need of dry erase boards, markers and sensory toys, among other specific items.
Plucinski said items like wine corks or unused pizza boxes are also helpful for projects she’ll be doing with her STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) class students.
“I have a lot of cleaning supplies purchased, which was amazing. Those get really expensive, and that’s another thing that’s super hard for parents,” said Meaghan Bohn, a lower elementary special education teacher. “For my class, the life skills kids, I’m looking for tools because generally, you know, trade is what the kids will go into that I teach.”
She said starting early with children with disabilities is key.
“You know, if they start in middle school... by the time they graduate, they stay in school until they’re 21, they’re going to have a trade, they’re going to be ready. We’re doing these like setting our table, so plates and forks — all different stuff — and then we’ll do dishes later, so I have a lot of that kind of stuff on my list,” Bohn said.
Corin Plucinski, an upper elementary special education teacher, said while she’s seeking everyday classroom items, she’s also in need of craft supplies.
“The regular pencils and markers and all that that our parents are buying for the school — we use that in the class. But also, I have more science, technology and pairing-based items that I need in our class,” Plucinski said. “(We use) a lot of consumables like masking tape and duct tape and glue and hot glue and, you know, all that stuff that we’re going to be using for a lot of our engineering and technology kind of projects.”
To purchase school supplies for teachers, visit Bohn’s wish list here and Plucinski’s wish list here.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – President Joe Biden, who was originally slated to attend a law enforcement conference in Orlando Monday, spoke at the event virtually due to his COVID-19 diagnosis.
The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives conference was scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m.
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Biden was supposed to attend the NOBLE conference, which is being held at Orlando’s Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, but he had to cancel after testing positive for COVID-19 last week.
Biden has been working in isolation since the diagnosis. He initially had mild symptoms, but he is taking Paxlovid, and on Monday his doctor said his symptoms have almost cleared up.
The NOBLE conference is a gathering of Black law enforcement members to train, discuss and consider issues related to law enforcement and the Black community.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Police have identified the body of a woman seen dragged and dumped along a road in Orlando in June.
Orlando police on Monday identified the woman as Felicia Gaud, 34.
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Police said Gaud was found dead on June 20 in the 800 block of Roberto Clemente Boulevard. Police said Gaud was seen being dragged by a man, who dumped her along the side of the road.
Police posted a sketch of Gaud and pictures of jewelry she was wearing in hopes of identifying her, but they still need help to find the man who dumped her body.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – There have been three shooting scares in Orange County in July that sent people scurrying in fear for their lives.
Shantala Boss, a licensed counselor, said she understands why many people panic in these situations, but she does not want to call this the “new normal.”
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A sudden, loud noise, yelling and people running are all things that have triggered large crowds around Central Florida, causing mass disruptions.
“Right now, people are extremely anxious, and they are overreacting to a lot of different situations — and sometimes that can cause more harm than good,” Boss said.
The latest scare happened Saturday evening in a parking lot at Universal Orlando. People told News 6 they were terrified when they thought they heard gunshots.
Orlando police said teens were fighting, and no gun was discharged. However, the false alarm created a buzz on social media.
Multiple people questioned why this keeps happening, and others said they were thankful it was not an active shooter situation.
“My biggest fear with these crowded places and with all the mass group shootings is for myself, my family or anyone, for that matter, to be a victim,” one person said.
Boss said many people are hyper-alert, but in these situations, it is best to stay calm.
“I think a lot of times, people will start running, they’ll start flailing, they’ll start yelling, they’ll start screaming. We need to remain calm, stay focused and just focus on what we can do to be safe,” Boss said.
Hours before the incident at Universal Orlando Saturday, dozens of people were spooked at the Florida Mall and began running and hiding.
We learned it was because of a man who fell and allegedly started yelling threats.
On Independence Day, hundreds of people scrambled at Lake Eola Park after mistaking fireworks for gunshots.
“I understand that we need to be careful, but we also don’t want to (overreact) every time we hear a loud noise,” Boss said.
Boss said she does not think the trend will last long-term, adding that over time, people will adapt, human behavior will change, and there will be less panic.
“It’s a new fear. I think there are a lot of rumors, and I think we can be proactive in learning ways to protect ourselves,” she said.
She admitted it is difficult to stay calm when you see everyone running and screaming, but Boss said panicking in those situations only make things worse.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A Daytona Beach man was arrested Monday after attempting to stab another man in a bar fight before breaking the man’s car windows and pursuing him on the road, resulting in a fatal crash, police said.
Officers said 29-year-old Oneil S. Edwards is facing multiple charges — including attempted second-degree murder, and battery and criminal mischief — in connection with the death of a 33-year-old Ormond Beach man, identified as Alexander C. Simon, last week.
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Police said they responded to Ocean Deck, located at 127 South Ocean Ave., shortly before midnight on July 21 when they discovered Edwards and Simon got into a physical fight involving various weapons, including a firearm, pocketknife and machete.
Video from the fight shows Edwards attempting to stab Simon with a pocketknife at least four times before the two headed out to the bar’s parking lot.
Simon got in a truck, and Edwards used the butt of a gun to break the truck’s front passenger window, attempting to fire the gun before it malfunctioned, officers said.
According to police, Edwards then ran back to his car to grab a machete and used that to break Simon’s front driver’s side window right as the victim drove off, heading south on South Atlantic Avenue/State Road A1A.
Edwards followed the victim along A1A until Simon lost control of the truck near the Silver Beach Avenue intersection, rolling southeast and striking a concrete pole before landing in the northbound lanes of that same road, officers said.
Simon died at the scene, according to investigators.
Edwards was arrested on probable cause and will be booked into Volusia County jail Monday night.
The traffic investigation is ongoing, and additional charges against Edwards are pending, police said.
Check back here for updates.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A woman was hospitalized after crashing her car into a tree Monday afternoon in Orlando, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said the woman — possibly a 40-year-old from Orlando — crashed along Universal Boulevard and Pointe Plaza Avenue at approximately 12:27 p.m.
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After crashing into the tree, the vehicle then caught fire, and the woman was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center as a trauma alert, troopers said.
According to troopers, the woman is in critical condition. They added that there were no reported passengers or other vehicles involved in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation. Check back with News 6 for updates.
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Unlike at previous hearings, most people who spoke about a "sober living house" at 1923 B St. at Monday's City Council meeting expressed support for giving the home a "reasonable accommodation" to allow up to 14 men recovering from substance abuse to live there.
Oxford House, a national organization that helps people recovering from substance abuse, runs the house and is seeking a reasonable accommodation under the federal Fair Housing Act from a city ordinance governing how many unrelated people can live in one housing unit.
Oxford House allows up to 14 men to live in the house, meaning it would normally run afoul of the city ordinance. But the Fair Housing Act requires that cities grant accommodations to people with disabilities, and federal courts have consistently ruled that those recovering from substance abuse qualify as disabled.
The council last week approved reasonable accommodations for two houses — at 315 N. 35th St. and 5203 Walker Ave. — owned by Michael House, an Omaha company that operates on a similar model to Oxford House.
However, the Oxford House on B Street has created more controversy and more neighborhood opposition than the two Michael Houses, with several neighbors testifying in opposition at a Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission hearing last month.
On Monday, about a half-dozen people, several of whom live just blocks from the home, said they support the men's right to live there and do not believe the Oxford House or others like it cause problems.
Jessica Gieseke, who lives just about a block from the home, said people trying to recover from substance abuse can struggle to be successful when they can't find affordable housing.
On the other hand, "they do get well when they have safe and affordable accommodations," she said.
Gieseke said she has not seen the problems that other neighbors have highlighted with the home, such as parking issues or an uptick in crime.
She said she visited the home recently and got a tour from one of the residents.
"I believe it's enough space for 14 individuals to comfortably live," Gieseke said.
Jason Ables, who lives about three blocks from the home, said he was unaware of it or four others that are within three blocks of his house until the reasonable accommodation issue came up.
The fact that he and others didn't know about them until recently is strong evidence that they aren't a problem, he said.
"Truly, these people are not an issue," Ables said.
Only two people spoke in opposition to granting the reasonable accommodation, and both live in a neighborhood near 27th and Washington streets where a sober living house run Michael House is in the process of moving in.
Michael Brohman said he believes that if the accommodation is granted, it needs to come with conditions, including requiring fire-suppression systems, making the homes fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and limiting the number of residents to two people per conforming bedroom.
Brohman called the current living conditions, with as many as 14 men living in a house with five bedrooms and only two bathrooms, "probably a worse situation" than being incarcerated.
The council did not vote on the reasonable accommodation for Oxford House because an attorney for the organization submitted a written request to postpone the vote until Aug. 15.
The council will give both opponents and supporters another chance to testify at that hearing.
The City Council on Monday approved "reasonable accommodations" for homes at 315 N. 35th St. and 5203 Walker Ave. that will allow more than three unrelated people to live in the "sober living" houses.
The Planning Commission voted to recommend a waiver to allow two houses where people recovering from substance abuse live to have up to nine residents, but it voted against a waiver for a similar house where up to 14 people live. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-residents-show-support-for-sober-living-house/article_abab33b4-86e7-56ce-9ebd-ec669738d46f.html | 2022-07-26T04:27:29 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-residents-show-support-for-sober-living-house/article_abab33b4-86e7-56ce-9ebd-ec669738d46f.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A track coach from American River College (ARC) by the name of Michael Reid passed away on Saturday morning, July 16.
He was the Assistant Coach for the men's and women's track and field team at ARC and in 2019, he started as the head coach of the track and field team at Hiram W. Johnson High School.
Coach Reid was diagnosed with stage four throat and lung cancer in January of 2007 and later on in 2022 contracted the coronavirus. He battled these illnesses all while being a coach, and Sacramento's track and field community is grieving over the loss of this passionate and strong man.
"It showed how much passion he had," said Myles Ellis, a student-athlete of Coach Reid's. "He didn't show up just to show up because it's his job or because he had to, he showed up because he loved his job. He loved to coach and he loved his athletes. He loved me, my brother, my friends and he loved his staff."
Coach Reid's love for track started young. He graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1976 where he ran track and field and played soccer.
He attended Sacramento City College and Consumnes River College, and he ran for their track and field team. However, he was injured and out for the rest of the season.
In 1981, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and became a Private First Class. However, later in 1998, Coach Reid came back home and was recruited to help high schools with athletic programs that lacked specialty coaches.
Coach Reid became a coach of his own non-profit organization in 2003 called Athletes Under Construction, Inc. His goal was to provide athletic guidance, conditioning, and training to middle school, high school, and collegiate level student-athletes.
Shortly after, from 2005 to 2006, he was hired to coach track and field for C.K. McClatchy High School and John F. Kennedy High School. Foothill High School, Del Campo High School, and Jesuit High School also had Coach Reid as a staff member, coaching their track and field teams.
Coach Reid then moved to ARC and coached from the fall of 2005 to the very end of his time.
In 2012, he obtained his associate's degree at ARC in kinesiology, all while being a coach, a mentor, a husband to his wife Kimberely, and a father to his kids.
Although he was going through chemotherapy treatments and radiation, Coach Reid never gave up on his student-athletes and he never gave up on himself.
However, many of his student-athletes have mentioned that he was so selfless, he would put everyone else and their health before his.
"You could tell he was battling through his own health issues, but he would make sure that he was there for us as a whole," said Richard Finical, a former student-athlete. "He always cared about everyone else more than himself."
The radiation treatments unfortunately burned Coach Reid's esophagus, making it hard for him to eat and talk. His student-athletes mentioned he had to eat through a feeding tube and during times when he could not speak, he would bring a whistle, a whiteboard, even coach out of his car and text the warmups and workouts to one of the athletes.
"He never once complained," said Finical. "Sometimes it was hard to understand him, and I could tell it would be frustrating for him, but he worked around that and survived his battle with cancer. He was fully committed to his craft and strong like a warrior."
Also, his student-athletes reminisced on all the times Coach Reid would unite his team from team dinners to joking around and just dancing or laughing.
"His genuineness and his ability to bring us all together made him special to me," said Robert Ellis, a former student-athlete. "I have friends that are younger, friends my age, and friends older than me that I've met all from here. He brought everyone together, all the time."
On Monday, July 18, a group of current and former student-athletes gathered at Rio Americano High School's track to "Run a Lap for Coach Reid" and on Friday, July 22, they had a vigil at ARC to remember Coach Reid.
Mike Johnson Jr. saw Coach Reid as one of his brothers, they were close and knew each other for over 10 years. Johnson mentioned that his daughter, who had Coach Reid as her first ever coach, will be running in the Junior Olympics this week, and she's dedicating her run to Coach Reid by writing his name on her shoes.
"Sacramento in general, our track and field community is going to look so different now that he's gone," said Callie Lawson-Freeman, a former student-athlete. "That's what motivated a lot of us, just making him proud because he believes in us so much. I think that you'll see lots of people continue to run in his honor. I'm really excited to watch those people, and I know he's gonna be watching them too so that's going to be really beautiful."
There will be a public viewing for Coach Reid this Wednesday, July 27 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Thompson Rose Chapel in Sacramento. There will also be a public homegoing ceremony this Thursday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Progressive Church of God in Christ in Sacramento.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — About 20 people are without a home after a fire at the Madison Apartments Sunday night.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said one person was hurt, but the situation could have been a lot worse.
Intense moments were captured in videos posted to the fire district's social media as crews quickly took action.
Capt. Parker Wilbourn, spokesperson for the fire district, said when firefighters arrived just before 11 a.m., they found several residents still inside their homes.
"This can be a very scary, tragic event for many folks, especially when you're in a high occupancy - like an apartment. You have multiple units. You've got multiple families that are impacted by this, and they are in danger so, when we arrive, our first go-to is to protect life," Capt. Wilbourn said.
First on their agenda is to search and evacuate anyone inside the apartments and then use strategic methods to stop the buildings from burning.
"Got on the scene quickly. Put hose lines where they needed to go. Our truck companies went to the roof. They cut several holes to really cut that fire off in its tracks, and they actually saved probably upwards of 10 apartments from burning," Capt. Wilbourn said.
It can be scary for families, but Capt. Wilbourn said fires like these happen often.
"Metro Fire is very busy. We go on average two to three structure fires every single day, so we see this all the time. The community doesn't see this all the time," Capt. Wilbourn said.
He said anyone could potentially be caught up in a fire at a moment's notice. It's important to make sure that your smoke detectors work and that you have an exit plan out of every bedroom. People should also go over that plan with family members so that everyone is aware of where you're going to meet.
As the fire remains under investigation, Metro Fire is telling residents to contact the American Red Cross for housing assistance.
"We provided immediate assistance to 11 residents occupying 7 units. This included funding for hotel and food, mental health referrals, direct health services referrals, comfort kits (toiletries, essentials, etc), and blankets," a Red Cross spokesperson told ABC10.
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BESSEMER, Ala. (WIAT) — The Bessemer Police Department continues its investigation into Sunday’s deadly shooting that happened during a online exchange.
That warning comes after a man was shot and killed in front of his 8-year-old daughter in Bessemer. Bessemer police say 39-year-old Ricky Hambrick was meeting the suspects for an online gun sale when he was shot several times.
It happened on 6th Avenue Sunday. Police said Hambrick was shot while in his car just inches away from his daughter. Police said good seminarians helped the little girl while they waited on police to arrive. We’re told she is going to be ok.
Police said you should always be cautious when buying or selling items online. Lt. Christian Clemons said there are warning signs you can look out for.
“In almost all of cases we’ve seen where the buyer are luring the sellers to their location. They’re doing that by offering the sellers more money for your product if you just bring it to me,” Lt. Clemons said.
Bessemer has a safe meeting place located outside the Bessemer Police Emergency Operations Center. The safe zone is under surveillance 24/7.
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BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — Allan Medrano, 13, said he saw the flames as soon as he got home.
He quickly grabbed a hose.
“I didn't want any of our houses to burn down because I didn't want to be homeless basically,” Medrano said. “I didn't want to have no home.”
The fence between his Balch Springs house and his neighbor’s house was on fire Monday afternoon. Medrano started hosing down the fence and his yard.
But, the teenager knew his next door neighbors were out of town. So he sprayed his neighbor's yard, too.
Joe Estrada credits Medrano for saving his family member's house, which was not damaged.
“My wife said when she got here, the neighbor's kids were actually putting (the fire) out. So they actually were able to put it out before it got to the house,” Estrada said.
Thanks to Medrano, the flames didn’t spread to any of the houses. But the teen says he doesn't deserve all the credit.
“I couldn't have done this without my neighbor. My neighbor, some neighbor that was over here," Medrano said.
Medrano said there was a tall, skinny man who he had never seen before in his yard, helping him fight the fire.
“I feel like he was an angel, because when we got here, he was already here,” Medrano said. “We just did it together and we put out the fire.”
That man left too quickly before Medrano could get his name. So if you were on Bell Manor Court helping your neighbor fight the fires Monday afternoon, the Medrano family wants to say thank you.
“If it weren't for him, my house could have been on fire and I could have been homeless right now,” Medrano said.
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Philadelphia police said they are looking for suspects caught on camera doing what appears to be illegal car maneuvers, or “donuts,” minutes before a man was shot dead on Kelly Drive earlier this month.
Police said the 30-year-old victim, Taion Carter, died after he was shot in the head in a parking lot on the 2400 block of Kelly Drive the morning of July 16.
Video released by police on Monday shows several cars performing “high-risk, illegal maneuvers” in the lot around 6 a.m. Police said officers discovered the man dead at 6:06 a.m.
Investigators said the group and the victim got into an altercation, which led to the deadly shooting.
Officers were searching for a blue 2012 Dodge Charger, seen in the video, with black front end, black rims and a Pennsylvania tag.
As of Monday, there were at least 307 homicides in Philadelphia this year, down 3% from the same time last year which was ultimately the deadliest in the city on record.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — Paul Sorvino was known for many things. To Scranton, it was his role as Phil Romano in the 1982 movie That Championship Season that got the area buzzing.
The old Hamilton Elementary School on Scranton's West side was the site for the film adaptation of Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Evie McNulty, widow to former Scranton Mayor Jim McNulty remembers that time well.
"The excitement was just booming through the city it was just unbelievable, and they just brought so much to the city," said McNulty.
As filming wrapped up here at the Hamilton School in West Scranton for That Championship Season, Paul Sorvino left the area but returned decades later to pursue other ventures and pay tribute to Jason Miller.
"Jim and I were at a gas station on Moosic Street. All of a sudden, Paul Sorvino pulled up, and he was getting gas, and of course, he saw Jim was out, and they were reminiscing about old times. Though they didn't see people over the years, that friendship was still there," said McNulty.
After Jason Miller's death in 2001, Sorvino would return to Scranton, where he was commissioned to create a bust of his friend, which still stands on Courthouse Square.
He also brought with him an idea for a new film called The Trouble With Cali.
Just like That Championship Season, this movie was shot in Scranton. It was also partially financed by Lackawanna County tax dollars.
The Trouble With Cali went nowhere, and the county lost its investment. In a 2015 radio interview, Sorvino blamed the media for the film's failure.
Former County Commissioner Bob Cordaro was credited as an executive producer of The Trouble with Cali.
Reached by phone on Monday, Cordaro told Newswatch 16 that "Paul Sorvino had a love for our area and a love for the people in our area and he wanted to give something back."
"There's just gonna be a lot of sour stuff that people will, but I prefer to look at that and remember the good," said McNulty.
Paul Sorvino also had preliminary plans to bring a movie studio to Scranton.
Former Commissioner Cordaro said that although Sorvino didn't succeed at bringing the movie industry to Scranton, he gave it his best.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A man is facing theft charges after an alleged string of break-ins in Luzerne County.
State Police say 33-year-old Paul Puscavage broke into multiple cars in Laflin over the past few days.
Officers have not said exactly what Puscavage stole but did say all the items will be returned to the victims.
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A Fort Wayne man convicted of a firearm violation will spend 10 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Clifford Johnson announced in a news release Monday.
The charges against Bryant D. Aron, 37, stemmed from a high-speed chase with Fort Wayne police in May 2019. Aron crashed his vehicle during the pursuit and then led officers on a brief foot chase before his apprehension, the release said.
Authorities found a loaded magazine in Aron’s pocket and a loaded firearm inside the vehicle, the release said. Aron had multiple felony convictions from Allen Superior Court that prohibited his possession of a firearm or ammunition, it said.
A two-day jury trial led to Aron’s conviction on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, the release said. U.S. District Court Judge Holly Brady sentenced him to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case with assistance from Fort Wayne police. Stacey Speith, assistant U.S. attorney, was the prosecutor. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courts/firearm-conviction-nets-fort-wayne-man-prison-time/article_61dfef14-0c51-11ed-bd5f-2f02362c0e2d.html | 2022-07-26T05:00:08 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courts/firearm-conviction-nets-fort-wayne-man-prison-time/article_61dfef14-0c51-11ed-bd5f-2f02362c0e2d.html |
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Indiana has achieved free status for highly pathogenic avian influenza, the state's Board of Animal Health announced Monday.
The designation, which took effect Thursday, as listed with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE), allows exports and international trade for Indiana poultry products to be restored.
Poultry owners should note that a highly pathogenic avian influenza-free status is not an “all clear” or an indication that the risk of the disease is over in Indiana or the United States, a news release said.
"Owners of all flocks, large and small, need to remain vigilant in biosecurity and preventing introduction of the virus," the release said.
The influenza virus is still very active throughout parts of the U.S.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been identified on 395 poultry sites in 38 states since February. Wild birds infected with HPAI have been found from coast to coast in various species, including waterfowl (ducks, swans, geese, gulls, etc.), raptors (hawks and eagles), as well as other common species (American robin, common raven, wild turkey).
Steps should be taken to minimize wild-bird exposure to poultry as much as possible, the release said. Nationally, concern is growing that another wave of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases could crop up when fall migration begins.
The first highly pathogenic avian influenza case of 2022 in Indiana — and the nation — was confirmed in early February in a Dubois County turkey flock. To date, Indiana has had nine commercial poultry flocks (ducks and turkeys) and four small/hobby flocks (mixed species) test positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza in five counties. All commercial sites have been cleared to restock at the owner’s discretion. All control areas and surveillance zones have been released.
Under WOAH guidelines, HPAI-free status can be declared for a state or region after the disease has been eliminated on all affected farms and no new infections are detected during a minimum waiting period of 28 days. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana-achieves-hpai-free-status-for-poultry/article_91b42fa0-0c8a-11ed-b79e-8bcfc33d0d84.html | 2022-07-26T05:00:27 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana-achieves-hpai-free-status-for-poultry/article_91b42fa0-0c8a-11ed-b79e-8bcfc33d0d84.html |
Two Auburn residents died Monday morning in what Indiana State Police think could be a murder-suicide.
Police were called at 8:40 a.m. to a home of the 800 block of Griswold Court in Auburn to investigate a report of gunfire. As Auburn officers arrived, they saw a black passenger vehicle leaving.
The driver fled when police tried to pull the vehicle over. Indiana State Police officers and DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputies joined the pursuit that lasted more than six miles. Officers used a tire deflation device successfully, which slowed the vehicle.
Officers reported hearing shots in the vehicle before it came to a stop on DeKalb County Road 51 south of County Road 40.
A woman in the driver’s seat and a man in the backseat of the vehicle were found to be unresponsive and suffering from gunshot wounds, a news release said. Life-saving measures at the scene were unsuccessful, and the man and woman were pronounced dead.
State police will lead the criminal investigation, the news release said.
“Preliminarily, detectives believe this was a domestic-related situation that resulted in a murder/suicide,” the release said. “However, detectives are still gathering facts as to what took place at the Griswold Court residence prior to the vehicle pursuit, and the relationship between the two deceased.”
No more information was available Monday. The identities of the man and woman will be released after family members are notified. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/2-die-in-suspected-murder-suicide-in-dekalb-county/article_40c9c908-0c56-11ed-81f6-e3f5463e74d9.html | 2022-07-26T05:00:33 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/2-die-in-suspected-murder-suicide-in-dekalb-county/article_40c9c908-0c56-11ed-81f6-e3f5463e74d9.html |
A Fort Wayne woman died Saturday after being shot earlier last week by her husband, who later died of suicide, the Allen County coroner’s office said Monday.
Thin Thin Khaing, 47, was shot multiple times July 19 by her husband, Than Zaw Oo, 42. She fled to a neighbor who called police at 8:13 a.m. that day, the coroner’s office said.
Khaing was transported to a hospital in life-threatening condition. She died at the hospital Saturday, according to Monday’s news release, which also identified the woman by name.
The cause of her death was multiple gunshot wounds, and it was determined to be a homicide. Khaing is the 15th homicide victim in Fort Wayne this year.
After shooting his wife, the man barricaded himself in his home on Willshire Estates Drive, near Maplecrest and Trier roads.
After unsuccessful attempts to contact the man, Fort Wayne police officers entered the home and found him dead on the floor with a rifle nearby. Paramedics pronounced him dead just before 11 a.m. Tuesday, the coroner’s office said.
The man died from a gunshot wound to the chest and his death was ruled a suicide, the coroner said.
The case remains under investigation by city police, the coroner’s office and the Allen County prosecutor’s office. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/coroner-identifies-woman-killed-by-husband/article_eba022fe-0c52-11ed-aecd-739ed71aba6a.html | 2022-07-26T05:00:39 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/coroner-identifies-woman-killed-by-husband/article_eba022fe-0c52-11ed-aecd-739ed71aba6a.html |
The Fort Wayne Community Schools board approved an unprecedented request Monday – naming rights to a commercial entity.
The seven members cemented the $625,000 sponsorship with 3Rivers Federal Credit Union about two weeks before the launch of Amp Lab at Electric Works, the district’s immersive half-day program for juniors and seniors. In exchange, one of Amp Lab’s four educational studios will be named for the credit union for five years.
Steve Corona, a board member, stressed the significance of the announcement, saying the partnership illustrates Superintendent Mark Daniel’s promise to engage businesses.
“We know that it costs money to run Amp Lab,” Corona said. “And we need our business partners to do that.”
Daniel became superintendent about a month after the board in 2020 approved a 10-year lease of Building 31 at the former General Electric campus along Broadway south of downtown. The district agreed to rent 26,046 square feet at a base rent of $15 per square foot, which was to rise 2.25% per year.
FWCS also agreed to pay a tenant improvement budget to ensure the 1940s-era building was renovated to meet classroom needs. That cost was estimated at $7.01 per square foot.
Amp Lab is expected to open with 400 students, and officials have said it will have about 15 employees. The academic year begins Aug. 10.
“We have to figure out how to fund this one,” Daniel said after the meeting, explaining the program isn’t adding to FWCS’ enrollment, which would generate more tuition support dollars from the state.
Mitch Sheppard, the district’s philanthropy director, expects to secure sponsorships for the three other educational studios.
“We anticipate some good news soon,” she said.
As part of its agreement, the credit union will also provide financial literacy curriculum. Lessons will cover information for both personal and entrepreneurial needs, said James Cashman, who plans to visit Amp Lab regularly. He is 3Rivers’ youth and college manager.
Sheppard said that wasn’t part of FWCS’ original pitch.
“We most gratefully accepted, in that they’re actually paying us money to save us money on another product,” she said. “So it’s working out quite well.”
Melissa Shaw, the credit union’s vice president of marketing, said the partnership aligns with 3Rivers’ mission to help people understand money matters.
“We see this opportunity to provide financial education to so many young people as an innovative and exciting way to expand our commitment to the community,” Shaw said.
Daniel plans to stop by during the new school’s Aug. 2 open house. Hours are 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.
FWCS supported Electric Works by becoming a tenant, Daniel said, and the new business sponsorship validates the district’s programming. “It’s a community coming together to help support economic growth,” he said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/amp-lab-lands-fort-wayne-communitys-first-corporate-sponsorship-for-naming-rights/article_f5cf0004-0c5e-11ed-a809-a327e5c2242e.html | 2022-07-26T05:00:45 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/amp-lab-lands-fort-wayne-communitys-first-corporate-sponsorship-for-naming-rights/article_f5cf0004-0c5e-11ed-a809-a327e5c2242e.html |
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PULASKI COUNTY, Va. – Conversations got heated at Monday night’s Pulaski County Board of Supervisors meeting.
The issue sparked when residents questioned the county’s 2021 audit, which showed adjustments and items missing from ledgers.
Now, people are worried about where their tax dollars are going.
“We are concerned citizens who want answers. We don’t blindly accept what you say when the audit clearly shows mismanagement of money,” said one resident, Ashley Bowman.
People are searching for answers from County Administrator, Jonathan Sweet, the man they are blaming for the audit discrepancies.
On Monday night, Sweet read a letter from the auditor, which he requested clarification after claims of fraud and lack of transparency began circulating online.
“We did not find evidence of fraud or embezzlement based on the procedures that were performed,” Sweet read from the auditor’s letter.
Sweet believed the questions about fraud were a personal attack on him and his family.
“There’s no evidence or morsel of concern there. Unfortunately, if you look at Facebook, this feels personal or political,” Sweet said.
But the people questioning the audit during the meeting said they’re trying to hold their local leaders accountable.
“I hope that it encourages you to fix the communication. We want transparency with this board,” said one resident, Hazel Wines.
One way they’re asking for transparency is a live stream of board meetings.
Meetings are streamed by the local newspaper, Southwest Times, but not by the county. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/26/pulaski-county-administrator-responds-to-claims-of-fraud-in-recent-audit/ | 2022-07-26T05:03:57 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/26/pulaski-county-administrator-responds-to-claims-of-fraud-in-recent-audit/ |
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GREENSBORO — An important piece of city history is being saved under an agreement announced Monday.
The North Carolina Railroad Company said it will purchase the 123-year-old Southern Railway Passenger Depot for preservation and redevelopment. The building at 400 S. Elm St. is currently owned by Norfolk Southern Railway.
It sits across railroad tracks from the renovated Cascade Saloon, which was built in 1895.
A news release from North Carolina Railroad didn’t include the price or exact details of the agreement, but Ginny Horne said the deal is expected to close Aug. 12. Horne is with Eckel & Vaughan, a public relations firm North Carolina Railroad hired to make the announcement.
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“The North Carolina Railroad Company is proud to play a part in preserving and revitalizing this historic landmark,” Carl Warren, the railroad’s president and CEO, said in the release.
The North Carolina Railroad Co. is a private corporation with 100% of the stock owned by the state of North Carolina, according to its website. It was chartered in 1849 for the purpose of economic development and owns a 317-mile rail corridor across 16 counties.
While the railroad company will own the site, it is partnering with the city, the Preservation Greensboro Development Fund and Downtown Greensboro Inc. in the project. Horne said the partnership is to ensure the refurbishment will be “useful to the city, to the community and fits with the aesthetic of downtown — that we're acknowledging the historical significance of the property.”
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“We’ve been in conversation with the railroad for a long time,” Mayor Nancy Vaughan said. “Working with NCRR and Preservation Greensboro, we foresee another renovation like the Cascade Saloon.”
The Cascade Saloon was renovated five years ago as office space and is owned through a partnership between The Christman Co. and Preservation Greensboro Inc.
“The depot has been on the radar of Preservation Greensboro for many, many years,” said Benjamin Briggs, the organization's executive director.
The building is in a downtown district listed on the National Register of Historic Places, making it eligible for federal and state historic-preservation tax credits.
“I get so many comments about empty storefronts,” said Zack Methany, president and CEO of Downtown Greensboro Inc. “So their purchase of this building is going to be a tremendous asset for downtown Greensboro.
"We want to help them in any capacity we can.”
The structure features granite trim harvested from Mount Airy and what was a new type of brick in the late 1800s. The brick was highly pressurized and had a very smooth and dense composition, Briggs said.
“It was incredibly durable,” he said, adding the building is in much better shape than the Cascade Saloon was before it was rehabilitated.
“Its maintenance has not kept up with its needs through the years,” Briggs said of the depot.
The building, which has been vacant for several years, also has modifications to its windows and its roofline was flattened. It was designed as a three-story building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It originally had dormer windows topped with finials, a projecting canopy, a clay tile roof and a prominent three-story turret overlooking the intersection of Elm Street and Smother’s Place.
“It had a very spectacular roofline of clay tile that was almost château-esque,” Briggs explained. “It had a conical tower on a rounded corner of the building that still stands today.”
The building underwent a Neoclassical makeover after the station was replaced by the Galyon Depot on West Washington Street in 1927, according to the news release. After that it was used as office space by Southern Railway and its successor Norfolk Southern Railway for many years.
“The opportunity is there to return it to being a wonderful landmark for South Elm Street and … a central point to our downtown Greensboro National Register Historic District,” Briggs said.
Railroads arrived in the city in the 1850s and helped Greensboro earn the moniker “Gate City” because it was a hub for statewide rail service. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/back-on-track-historic-southern-railway-depot-gets-new-lease-on-life-with-agreement/article_ea27ae5a-0c3a-11ed-a48c-af340a70f702.html | 2022-07-26T05:04:04 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/back-on-track-historic-southern-railway-depot-gets-new-lease-on-life-with-agreement/article_ea27ae5a-0c3a-11ed-a48c-af340a70f702.html |
Arizona lottery numbers, July 25
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These Arizona lotteries were drawn Monday:
Pick 3
5-2-4
Fantasy 5
01-09-16-23-26
Estimated jackpot: $52,000
The Pick
02-03-31-34-36-43
Estimated jackpot: $1 million
Triple Twist
06-08-11-14-17-19
Estimated jackpot: $205,000
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $790 million
Powerball
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'The support has been overwhelming': Community petitions to name I-10 overpass in honor of fallen DPS trooper
A petition to name a state overpass after an Arizona Department of Public Safety police officer who died in the line of duty will be officially considered during a public meeting of the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names on Tuesday morning.
The meeting comes two years after a formal petition was submitted to name the Interstate 10 overpass at Ruthrauff Road in Tucson after trooper Juan Cruz, who died at the location while investigating a collision on Dec 9, 1998.
Cruz's patrol car was blocking the high-speed lane of the highway when a woman driving under the influence struck his car from the back. The vehicle was quickly caught in flames and Cruz died inside the vehicle at the age of 48.
Jim Sayre, a family friend who has led the initiative, said when he saw in early 2020 that a new state overpass was being built in the same place where Cruz lost his life, he had the idea of naming it after him, which led Sayre to seek support from his community and from public officials through the Facebook group he created.
"For years, (his family) would pass that location, and the asphalt would still be burnt and melted from where this police officer's car burned and he died in it," said Sayre. "Instead of passing that location every day and remembering it as a place of mourning, I would rather pass there and honor his service and thank him for protecting those of us who live in Arizona."
Sayre submitted a formal request in late 2020 but said the petition was not considered because the board dissolved after the state law that created it expired in July of that same year.
When a bill reinstating the board, House Bill 2058, was signed into law in April of 2021, Sayre knew he was one step closer. However, new board members needed to be elected, a process that was delayed due to the pandemic.
According to Sayre, new members have been appointed and the board was officially reestablished in May.
The Tuesday meeting, which will be the first regular meeting to be held in more than two years, will address the name petition dockets, Sayre said.
The request received an outpouring of support online while the board was reinstated, gathering more than 7,000 signatures as of Monday evening.
"The support has been overwhelming," Sayre said. "I think having thousands of people sign the petition reaffirms for (his family) that he was a great person and a great state employee and police officer."
The meeting will take place at 10 a.m. at the Polly Rosenbaum History and Archives Building at the Arizona State Library, located at 1901 West Madison Street in Phoenix.
Sayre invited the community to show up at the meeting or join online through Zoom.
"We're trying to fill both the virtual and the physical room, to show the state that there really is a widespread support to this effort," Sayre said.
According to the meeting agenda, the board can make a decision regarding the naming request, or it could postpone it until a future meeting date "to allow staff to conduct research and/or investigation as needed."
"I'm hoping tomorrow they take action and just approve it," Sayre said. "It's the fact that he gave his life for the state of Arizona right at this exact location where a state-owned overpass was built. It feels like it's the right thing to do."
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — Work hard and get ahead. It’s the American way.
But for a group of Black professional women, the workday ends with play.
“We are ready,” Jackie Coats says. “Double Dutch!”
The 58-year-old times her leap, then, jumps between two ropes spinning opposite directions at Central Park in Brooklyn Park.
“Go, grandma!” De’Vonna Pittman, another jumper, cheers.
This small, weekly, gathering of working women is a throwback to the childhoods of the participants, when jump roping double Dutch was a key social component of their growing up years.
“When I was younger, back in Milwaukee, we lived in the projects and that was just the pastime, we did double Dutch morning, noon, and evening,” Cassandra Coats-Payne, Jackie’s sister, says.
Today, Cassandra and Jackie both work as school administrative assistants, while De’Vonna owns and runs an emerging beauty products company.
“When I was growing up in Chicago, they taught us very young,” De’Vonna says. “So, 4, 5 years old, you’re jumping double Dutch and that’s all we did all day long. We would go until the streetlights came on.”
Like Cassandra and Jackie, Babette Buckner — owner of a Twin Cities construction company — learned to jump double Dutch as a girl in Milwaukee.
After a gap of 40 years, she picked it back up again in the Twin Cities.
“This is a better workout for me than being in a gym. Treadmill. Boring,” Babette says.
The women take turns, switching off between jumping and turning the brightly colored ropes.
Conversation is constant, but rarely work related.
“You jump double Dutch with someone, you instantly develop a different kind of relationship with them,” De’Vonna says. “We really didn't know each other until we started jumping double Dutch. And now I feel like these ladies are my sisters.”
On a recent Saturday morning, the “sisters” grew their family while jumping at the invitation of the Lakeview Terrace Farmers Market in Robbinsdale.
Jessica Turner was grocery shopping at the HyVee across the street, when she spotted the women between the jump ropes.
“I saw them jumping and I grew up jumping,” Jessica, another native of Chicago, said.
After a couple false starts, Jessica quickly found her rhythm, picking up where she left off as a child.
“Memory — muscle memory,” Babette declared.
Jessica, a school secretary, promised the other women she’d be back to jump again.
Before parting, she hugged her new friends.
“It came right back to me, and I got to meet some new ladies too,” she smiled.
Watching from a few feet away, Miles Peterson, a farmer’s market shopper, had the look of a man about to leap.
“Oh, I'm thinking about it, I'm thinking about it,” he said. “I'm going to jump in.”
His first few attempts to keep up with the spinning ropes proved unsuccessful before Miles put together a few jumps in a row.
Babette cheered him on. “There you go, alright!” she shouted. “Okay, Miles, okay, Miles!”
Miles left the ropes having learned at least one thing. “Way harder than it looks,” he said.
Yet for De’Vonna and the other women, their favorite childhood game comes as naturally as skipping or riding a bike.
“I never get tired of jumping double Dutch. I can do this all night," De’Vonna says. “As long as my legs hold up, and they usually do.”
Double Dutch still reminds the working women to play.
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Judith Reidel
October 8, 1941–July 18, 2022
MASON CITY-Judith Reidel, 80, Mason City, IA, died Monday, July 18, 2022 at MercyOne North Iowa in Mason City, IA. A memorial service is planned for August 13, 2022, 10:30 am at First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia, Mason City with the Rev. Carol Kress officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. There will be a time of fellowship with the family following the service.
Judith Carlson was born on Oct. 8, 1941 in Evanston, IL to Herbert Carlson and Eva Juneau Carlson. She graduated from Libertyville High School and began working as a tour escort and in the typing pool for Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago, IL. During this time she met and later married Wallace Reidel, who she sent money to while he finished school and she would ride the Rock Island Rocket to Ames to visit while he finished his education. They relocated to Detroit MI and then to Iowa and eventually would reside in Calmar, Red Oak, State Center, Bennett, Tipton and Mason City, IA. During these years she worked numerous retail, accounting and tax positions for various companies.
Judith was active over the years with United Methodist Women for 60+ years and Beta Sigma Phi and PEO and worked on several mission trips to Sager Brown in Louisiana. For 78 years she had never considered boxing but then boxed under the name Groovy for Rock Steady Boxing to combat the effects of Parkinson's Disease. She proudly told everyone that she met that she was a boxer. She was an avid reader and life-long learner and would often recommend books to people she met, more often than not, books from the United Methodist Women's reading list. Judith was a lifelong baseball fan and often talked about rule changes she would make if she was named baseball commissioner. She loved the Chicago Cubs and followed the stats in the newspaper for many teams and always knew how many games out of first place the Cubs were and relished the times the Cubs were leading.
She is survived by her husband of 61 1/2years, Wallace, her sons Gary (Rhonda) and Dennis (Julie), her sister Susan Carlson, niece Rebecca Carlson and 9 grandchildren: Katelyn, Erin, Lucas, Matthew, Trevor, Daniel, Claire, Christopher and Tiffany, brothers-in-law Ray (Connie) and Robert and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert Carlson and Eva Juneau Carlson and her sister Kathleen Carlson, grand-nephew Calder and grand-niece Amera as well as sister-in-law Mary Louise (Don) Shipley and sister-in-law Ruthie and her father and mother-in-law Wallace and Amelia Reidel.
Judith requested no flowers or plants and memorials may be sent to First United Methodist Church Mason City for the mission bed project; Community Kitchen Mason City; Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank Mason City; First United Methodist Church Tipton IA for Shared Blessings or Rock Steady Boxing-YMCA Mason City.
Battling Parkinson's and Autoimmune Hepatitis, Judith had many friends and acquaintances in the MercyOne North Iowa Medical community as well as the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics community and the family thanks all of these medical professionals for her care, their patience and their friendship.
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Marlys Rose Bishop
April 17 1938-July 14, 2022
Marlys Rose Bishop, 84, formerly of Rockwell, IA passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Oakwood Care Center in Clear Lake, IA. Per her wishes she was cremated and a private burial will take place at Belmond Cemetery in Belmond, IA.
Marlys Rose Bishop (Stiles) was born April 17th 1938 in Missouri to Richard Addison Stiles and Hazel Annabelle Stiles (Garrison). She moved to Mason City IA. as an infant and was raised by her father and later by her step mother Margaret O. Stiles. Marlys attended school in Mason City. Marlys attended the St Joseph School of Nursing and worked at Mercy Hospital.
She later married Duane Paschka. That marriage ended in divorce. She married Descome Bishop November 13, 1960 and they remained together until his death in 2007. Marlys married James Thompson on October 17th, 2019 after a long engagement.
She moved to the Rockwell area in 1960 with Descome and lived on their farm and later in town. She worked at the Rockwell Nursing Home for over 40 years as a licensed CNA. Marlys loved attending local fairs, the Iowa State fair, and all the local events at the small local communities, Buffalo Days, Hobo Days, Tractor Pulls, and the Irish fair. She loved to travel and spend time with family. She enjoyed browsing thrift stores and finding special treasures. She was always fun and in her younger years was active canning, gardening, riding her bicycle and swimming in the Rockwell Community Pool. She loved music her entire life.
Later in life she traveled out west and to Florida and Alabama with her husband Jim and even took an Alaskan Cruise. Marlys was a generous and loving soul and helped out many of her friends and family. She was a Christian and believed in God. She had previously attended the Methodist Church in Rockwell.
Marlys is survived by her current husband James Thompson of Rockwell, a step-daughter Marlee Mitchell, AL, her brother Richard Lee Stiles (Norma) Hemet, CA, cousin Joyce Howell (Rollin) Mason City, cousin Petrita Martinez (Ernest), CA, cousin Sara Revelle (Joel), niece Diane Mullan Denver, CO, niece Cindy Dickinson Coos Bay,OR, niece Dixie Stiles, CA, niece Misty Stiles, CA, great- nieces and nephews, Kelley Parsons, Sean Mullan, Casey Mullan, Jenny Holt, great-great-nieces and nephews Sara Parsons, Logan Mullan, Alyssa Mullan, Alayna Holt and Hunter Holt. She has many cousins, Barbara Newell (Howell), Steve and David Howell, Ernesto Martinez, Christian Martinez, Patricia Martinez, Kimberly Martinez, her cousins by marriage, including the Vierkant family and the Parks families. She is also survived by her loving cat Rena.
She was preceded in death by her husband Descome Bishop, her father, Richard A Stiles, her mother Hazel Hopper (Bill) , her step- mother Margaret Stiles, sister Helen Harbeson (Stiles) (Edward), brother James Stiles (Nancy) , infant half- brother Robert Stiles , in-laws Tillie and Loyd Bishop, in-laws Libby and James Thompson Sr., sister-in-law Barbara Stiles, uncle Bert Stiles (Velma), uncle Wesley Stiles, uncle William Garrison ( Alice), uncle James Garrison, cousin Peter Garrison, aunt Pauline (Stiles) Jones Medina.
The family would like to express gratitude to Oakwood Manor in Clear Lake IA and Hospice of North Iowa for the loving and compassionate care Marlys received in her final days. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/marlys-rose-bishop/article_124cff2a-e062-5367-9afd-3c856db97ab2.html | 2022-07-26T05:47:29 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/marlys-rose-bishop/article_124cff2a-e062-5367-9afd-3c856db97ab2.html |
Sharon M. Schneider
July 9, 1943-July 22, 2022
CLEAR LAKE-Sharon Marlene Schneider (Hampton), 79, died Friday, July 22, 2022, from injuries sustained in a car accident. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., on Friday, July 29, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 213 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, Iowa with Rev. Dan Gerrietts officiating. Visitation will be at Major Erickson Funeral Home 111 North Pennsylvania Ave., on July 28, 2022, from 5-7 p.m. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com
Sharon was born July 09, 1943, in Harvey, IL, to Leonard and Mildred Hampton and grew up in South Chicago with her two brothers and two sisters, graduating from Thornton Township High School. She attended Wartburg College, where she met her future husband, Ken Schneider, graduating in 1965 with a major in Social Work. For several years, she was a social worker supporting child welfare.
Sharon married Ken on August 14, 1965, in Chicago, and had two daughters, Amy and Darby. First living in Des Moines, Iowa, then Zearing, Iowa, then back to Chicago, before settling in Mason City in 1974. In 1990, they found their dream home and lake life in Clear Lake.
Sharon will always be remembered for her love of family, friends, singing, travel, and bridge. She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church, along with P.E.O., Chapter DZ, social and philanthropic clubs, and many different bridge groups. She rarely missed a bridge game. She traveled far and wide, hitting nearly all 50 states and 68 countries.
Music was a huge part of her life. She was active in multiple singing groups. Her Chicago-based Barbershop Quartet Esprit de Corps was the International Quartet Champion in 1974. She was the founder and director of Mason City's women's barbershop chorus Harmony Inc. She sang in Trinity's choir and with the North Iowa Choral Society. In addition to performing, she also loved attending concerts, theater, and musicals, from the professional to those productions starring her children and grandchildren. She was also a regular groupie at all her husband's, daughters' and grandchildren's concerts and performances.
Sharon is survived by her husband, Ken; daughters, Amy Moon (Eric Moon) and Darby Arakelian (Bradley Sullivan); grandchildren, Brenna Arakelian, Nathan Moon, Tia Arakelian, Nora Moon, and Katie Moon; sister, Roxanne Walston (Jim) and brother, Roger Hampton; and several nieces, and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents; sister, Donna; and brother, Dwain.
Memorials may be given to Trinity Lutheran Church (Mason City, IA), Francis Lauer Youth Services (Mason City, IA), or Trondhjem Lutheran Church (Glenville, MN) c/o Kiven Lukes.
Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-0924, www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/sharon-m-schneider/article_931bc0db-3fce-5df6-9996-706b9087ef3a.html | 2022-07-26T05:47:35 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/sharon-m-schneider/article_931bc0db-3fce-5df6-9996-706b9087ef3a.html |
HAZELTON — Darline Rogers, 89 of Hazelton passed away on Sunday July 24, 2022 at her home. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at the Hazelton Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Rosenau Funeral Home.
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TWIN FALLS — Trudy Ellen Givens, 63, of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed away on July 22, 2022. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 2:00 PM at The Light House Christian Fellowship in Twin Falls. Arrangements are in the loving care of Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home.
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1927—2022
Henry George Sievers passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of July 17, 2022 at the age of 95.
Henry was the third child and oldest son of Henry, Sr. and Margareta (Haartje) Sievers. He was their “Valentine’s Day” baby, born in 1927. He grew up on the family farm in Kimberly and was soon working for neighboring farmers.
He loved agriculture and got to see the changes from horse drawn plows to computerized tractors. He enjoyed learning and discussing the new agricultural changes. He was educated in Kimberly, joining the Navy the end of his senior year of High School. He served on the USS Barnes aircraft carrier at the end of WWII.
In 1949, Henry met and married Joann Rosemary Arndt. Together they had four children: Sandra O’Dell, Kimberly, Kathleen Huntley, Kimberly, Kenneth (Georgina) Sievers, Portland, OR, Richard (Pennie) Sievers, Kimberly. Tragically they lost Joann in 1957. In 1959, Henry met and married Edith Evelyn Lyons, Sandra’s first grade teacher. Together they had two children: Judi (Chris) Bocek, Pocatello, ID, Clark (Tanya) Sievers, West Chester, PA.
After Edith’s passing in 2002, Henry enjoyed retirement, traveling, fishing and companionship with Marilyn Lambert. They married in 2005. With this union, Marilyn brought four more boys into the family: James Lambert, MN, Jerald Lambert, GA, Randall Lambert, AK, and Ron Lambert, Twin Falls, ID.
Henry was involved in many organizations over the years and was a leader in most of them. He was an active and charter member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Kimberly Idaho. A member of the Lutheran Layman’s League (LLL), Amalgamated Sugar Company Owner and Board Member, Farm Bureau and bowling leagues in his younger years. He was an avid supporter of Concordia College in Portland and Lutheran Camp Perkins where he spent many work weekends in the spring. Just to name a few.
He enjoyed meeting the guys for coffee in the morning, attending the sporting activities of his children and grandchildren, and working on his antique tractors which he showed at the fair, in parades or just to friends and family. Sunday drives around the country seeing what crops were planted and how everything was doing, but never working in the field on Sunday.
Henry is survived by his wife of 17 years; his children; step-children; grandchildren: great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sisters Johanna Brown and Margareta Mayer and two brothers Herman Sievers and Gerald Sievers.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to a charity of your choice; Lutheran Camp Perkins Outdoor Ministries, 219 S. River St., Ste. 203, Hailey, ID 83333, Lutheran Hour Ministries, or St. Jude
A special thank you to Hospice Visions for their care and compassion these last few months. Your assistance was greatly appreciated.
Henry’s funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Xrossway Life Church in Kimberly, starting at 10:00 a.m. There will be a visitation preceding the funeral service on July 30, 2022 starting at 9:00 a.m., held at the church. The burial at Sunset Memorial Park will follow the funeral service. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/henry-george-sievers/article_1abf794e-a694-5a11-a90b-4a7c11e69505.html | 2022-07-26T05:52:01 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/henry-george-sievers/article_1abf794e-a694-5a11-a90b-4a7c11e69505.html |
May 31, 1935—July 21, 2022
TWIN FALLS — Raymond “Ray” Eugene Hendrix passed away on July 21, 2022, at home in Twin Falls, Idaho at the age of 87. Ray was born in Twin Falls on May 31, 1935 to Leslie and Ladine Hendrix. Growing up, Ray was active in sports and excelled in track and field and baseball. Ray graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1953.
Ray married Patricia Mondragon in Twin Falls on February 26, 1954. Together, they had two children, Michael and Rebecca. Ray worked for the City of Twin Falls when they were first married, then moved to Gooding, Idaho where he worked for the Soil Conservation Service as a Civil Engineer. Ray also worked for the Bureau of Land Management, Silver Creek Irrigation and contracted with the Forest Service to build and repair trails and Idaho Fish and Game to feed elk in the winter.
Ray was an avid outdoorsman and loved to camp, hunt and fish. Many of his favorite times were hunting deer with his son Mike.
On October 2, 1978, Ray married Jackie Miller from Gooding, Idaho. They spent may happy years on a small ranch nestled against the Little Wood River north of Gooding. They later moved to Twin Falls where they resided until his death.
Ray was preceded in death by his father, mother, two brothers, Ralph and Hubert and his sister Maxine and a great-grandson Coen Hendrix. He is survived by his wife Jackie; his two children; and seven step-children; as well as seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
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March 22, 1942—July 18, 2022
JEROME — Tom Meyer of Jerome, ID passed away peacefully at home on July 18, 2022, with his wife, Myrna, by his side. Tom was born March 22, 1942, in Redding, CA to Donald and Thelma Meyer. He was raised on a ranch in Bella Vista, CA.
Tom married the love of his life, Myrna, on September 23, 1967, in Carson City, NV. They moved to Jerome in 1972, where he was a carpenter, farmer, and rancher. Tom built or remodeled every home they lived in.
In high school, Tom and his brother, Sam, started participating in rodeos. Tom was a bull rider, bronc rider, and team roper. He and Myrna were not only a team in marriage; they were also team roping partners.
Tom enjoyed fishing with his float tube on many of Idaho’s lakes and reservoirs. He and Myrna took many hunting trips into the mountains as well. Tom was an avid golfer, and he and Myrna were members of the 93 Golf Course in Jerome.
After retirement, they traveled in their 5th wheel trailer and spent many winters in Needles, CA, where they made friends from all over the United States.
Tom was preceded in death by his parents and youngest brother, Harry Meyer. He is survived by his wife, Myrna; brothers: Sam (Laura) Meyer and Dick Meyer; sister Nancy (Jim) Ralph; sister-in-law Lorena (Harry) Meyer; and numerous nephews and nieces. No services are planned at this time. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/tom-meyer/article_f843288a-f976-5067-8b41-a4afea3be2c1.html | 2022-07-26T05:52:13 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/tom-meyer/article_f843288a-f976-5067-8b41-a4afea3be2c1.html |
ST. JOHN - Dale R. Capretti, age 68, St. John resident, formerly of Chicago Heights. Graduate of Bloom High School. Dale started out as a bartender at Savoia's Garden in Chicago Heights, then into country club and restaurant management working at Calumet, Innsbruck and Lansing Country Clubs, and Balagio's Restaurant in Homewood. Avid golfer. Husband for 19 years of Cynthia nee Meyers. Father of Lauren (Michael) Zundel. Grandfather of Emerson and Rhett Zundel. Son of the late Norma nee Luzi and Anthony "Neno" Capretti. Brother of Anthony (Linda) Capretti, Deborah (Charles) Glowacki, Brian (Robin) Capretti and Lori (Jack) McCauley. Uncle and friend of many.
Resting at Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home, 530 W 14th Street (US Rt 30, 3 blks E of Western Ave), Chicago Heights on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Services at funeral home Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Interment Assumption Cemetery, Glenwood.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Dale's name to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105 ( www.stjujde.org) or Stand Up To Cancer, P.O. Box 843271, Los Angeles, CA, 90084-3721 (www.standuptocancer.org) would be appreciated by the Capretti family. Info 708-482-9230 and panozzobros.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/dale-r-capretti/article_8a96cc16-9b6d-5951-af9c-16845cfcda18.html | 2022-07-26T05:55:39 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/dale-r-capretti/article_8a96cc16-9b6d-5951-af9c-16845cfcda18.html |
ST. JOHN - Edward F. DiMarco, age 69, late of St. John, passed away July 23, 2022. Beloved husband of the late Margaret "Peggy" (nee Mucha). Loving brother of late Jacqueline (Stanley) Penkala. Dearest uncle of Stanley (Melinda) Penkala Jr., Steven Penkala, late Mary Penkala, and many other caring nieces and nephews as well as great-nieces and great-nephews.
Ed was a retired employee of University of Chicago. He was a former member of the East Side Players and Mack's Street Band.
Visitation Thursday, July 28, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. with a funeral service at 7:00 p.m. at the Elmwood Funeral Chapel, 11300 W. 97th LN. (1/2 block west of US 41/Wicker Ave. at 97th LN) St. John. A private interment for the family will be held at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery. For more information 219-365-3474 or www.elmwoodchapel.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/edward-f-dimarco/article_387ce65b-18e4-5e1a-a3ba-f16fac75ddc6.html | 2022-07-26T05:55:45 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/edward-f-dimarco/article_387ce65b-18e4-5e1a-a3ba-f16fac75ddc6.html |
SCHERERVILLE, IN - Frank M. Barr, age 69, of Schererville, IN, passed away on July 2, 2022. He is survived by his loving wife of 26 years, Debbie Barr; sisters: Mary Ann (Gordon) McCallister and Angela (Steven) Morey; numerous nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews; mother-in-law, Bertha Ragsdale; sister-in-law, Donna (Stephen) King; and brother-in-law, Tim (Julie) Ragsdale. Frank was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Phyllis Barr; nephew, Michael Loftain; father-in-law, Larry Ragsdale; and his beloved Welsh Terrier, Kirby.
A graveside service will be held at Calvary Cemetery, 2701 Willowdale Road Portage, IN on July 28, 2022 at 10:00 AM.
Frank was a valued patron of the Lake County Library, who enjoyed nothing more than cracking open a good book. He was an avid sports fan who favored the Chicago Bears, the Purdue Boilermakers (where he spent his college years), and the Chicago Cubs. He worked 26 years for Ultra Foods in Highland, where he met his wife Debbie. Their life together was Frank's greatest joy. Above all else, Frank was a devoted family man. He loved his wife and sisters with all his heart, and his sudden passing is a terrible blow to the family. Frank's wit and charm will be missed everyday. www.fagenmiller.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/frank-m-barr/article_63d6917f-0eaa-5218-82ca-4e702de02668.html | 2022-07-26T05:55:51 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/frank-m-barr/article_63d6917f-0eaa-5218-82ca-4e702de02668.html |
CEDAR LAKE, IN - George W. O'Masta, age 84. Late of Cedar Lake, IN. Passed away on July 22, 2022.
Loving brother of Donald (Dolores) O'Masta and Betty (Richard) Warner. Fond uncle, great - uncle, and great-great uncle to many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his parents: George and Vivian O'Masta.
George retired after 40 plus years from General Mills as a Lab Tech. He will always be remembered for his passion for horses. George was a member of the Lake County Bridle and Saddle Club as well as the American Quarter Horse Association.
Visitation will take place on Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.. Funeral Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 28th at the ELMWOOD CHAPEL & CREMATORY 9931 Lincoln Plaza Way (1/2 block south of 133rd and Lincoln Plaza Way across from Public Library) Cedar Lake, IN. Interment Zion United Church Cemetery in Dyer, IN. www.elmwoodchapel.com 219-374-9300. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/george-w-omasta/article_410320e8-e101-52e4-9fc3-6c61c7cebdba.html | 2022-07-26T05:55:59 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/george-w-omasta/article_410320e8-e101-52e4-9fc3-6c61c7cebdba.html |
Aug. 30, 1941 - July 22, 2022
HEBRON - Gordon was born in Valparaiso to Herb and Juanita (Sanders) Roeske. He graduated from Hebron High School in 1959 and attended Indiana State University.
On December 21, 1963 he married his high school sweetheart, Melinda Morrow.
He is preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Karon.
Survived by wife, Melinda; sister, Sharon (Jerry); sons: Tim, Dan (Laura) and Doug (Goran); and his grandkids: Danielle Roeske and Carson Roeske.
Gordon was an avid sports fan. He loved playing golf, bowling and watching his grandkids activities.
One of his memorable accomplishments was raising and showing the 1980 National Champion Ram at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville.
There will be a private celebration of life at a later date. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/gordon-lee-roeske/article_7be23331-36a4-5e32-81a9-d684cdfa4250.html | 2022-07-26T05:56:07 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/gordon-lee-roeske/article_7be23331-36a4-5e32-81a9-d684cdfa4250.html |
Feb. 20, 1978 - July 26, 2010
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HEATHER ON HER 12th ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN.
You are loved, you are missed, you are remembered.
Forever in Our Hearts!
Love,
Dad, Mom, Holly, Carter, Claire and Cooper
Feb. 20, 1978 - July 26, 2010
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HEATHER ON HER 12th ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN.
You are loved, you are missed, you are remembered.
Forever in Our Hearts!
Love,
Dad, Mom, Holly, Carter, Claire and Cooper
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January 30, 1955 - July 22, 2022
VALPARAISO - James Gregory Wilson "Greg", age 67, of Valparaiso, IN, passed away suddenly on Friday, July 22, 2022.
Greg was born on January 30, 1955 in Gary, IN to the late Dan L. Wilson and Grace LaFern (nee Mandrell) Subartowicz. He worked for many years as a welder in the steel industry. He married the love of his life, Donalyn Welton, on July 6, 1974 and spent 48 loving years together.
Greg had a passion for racing all scales of slot cars, modifying them to go so fast you couldn't even see them. He built a racetrack spanning wall to wall in his hobby room and spent a lot of time racing with his family. Greg did everything with his son and best friend, Jim. He will be dearly missed by his grandson, his "Buckey, Jr." Marcellis. Greg was a loving and devoted husband, father, "Buckey", brother, uncle, and friend who will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
Greg is survived by his wife, Donalyn; children: James Gregory Wilson, Jr. and Marja Eileen Wilson; grandson and Buckey, Marcellis James Wilson; mother-in-law, Eileen (late Richard) Welton; siblings-in-law: Richard Welton and Loyce (Richard) Fandrei; siblings: Jerry Wilson, Dick (Debbie) Wilson, Tami (Bill) Grochowski, Teri (Albert) Carlson; and sister-in-law, Donna Wilson.
Greg was preceded in death by his parents: Dan and Grace; father-in-law, Richard Welton; sister-in-law, Phyllis Welton; and brothers: Danny, Keith, and Mark Wilson.
Family and friends may gather at Rees Funeral Homes, Hobart Chapel (600 W Old Ridge Rd, Hobart) on Thursday, July 28, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. A funeral service will follow immediately at 12:00 p.m. At rest, Evergreen Memorial Park. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/james-gregory-wilson/article_9f57ab25-c8ee-5475-9c0e-033e0780fce6.html | 2022-07-26T05:56:24 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/james-gregory-wilson/article_9f57ab25-c8ee-5475-9c0e-033e0780fce6.html |
Oct. 29, 1922 - July 22, 2022
VALPARAISO - James N. Coros, age 99, passed away on July 22, 2022. Born in Gary, IN on October 29, 1922 to the late Nick and Theodisia (nee Gavalas) Kouros.
He was a retired baker and owner of a bakery, member and one of the founding members of St. Iakovos Greek Orthodox Church, US Army Veteran with the 3rd Army under General Patton, member of the Battle of the Bulge Club, American Legion Post 94 and 1943 graduate of Emerson High School in Gary, IN.
James is survived by children: Nick (Linda) Coros of Noblesville, IN, John Coros of Valparaiso, IN, James (Denise) Coros of Saxon, WI; grandchildren: Nicholas (fiance Brooke), Becky (Mitch) Foss, Christina, James and Mary Coros; great-grandchildren: Alexa and Camden Foss; sister, Janet Panagiotis.
Preceded in death by wife, Mary Coros; parents; siblings: Irene, John, Mary, Mike and Anna.
Friends may call on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the DYKES FUNERAL HOME, 2305 N. Campbell St., Valparaiso, IN with a Trisagion service at 5:30 p.m. The funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at St. Iakovos Greek Orthodox Church, 36 W. 700 N., Valparaiso, IN with Fr. James Greanias officiating. Interment, Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso, IN.
Memorials may be made to St. Iakovos Greek Orthodox Church.
Arrangements by Dykes Funeral Home, Inc., (219) 462-3125. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/james-n-coros/article_933cef56-2f51-5167-bab9-1c77283b68c9.html | 2022-07-26T05:56:34 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/james-n-coros/article_933cef56-2f51-5167-bab9-1c77283b68c9.html |
DYER - Joseph R. Pyrz, age 92, of Dyer, Indiana, formerly of Calumet City, Illinois passed away July 16, 2022. He is survived by his sister, Mary Lou Jagielski; nephew, Pete (Diane) Pyrz; and several nieces, grand-nieces and grand-nephews; dear helper, Laura (Sam) Basile.
Funeral Services will be Wednesday, July 27, 2022 with a visitation at Castle Hill Funeral Home: 248 155th Place, Calumet City, Illinois 60409 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. followed by a 10:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Andrew the Apostle Church and Interment Services at Holy Cross Cemetery.
For service information please call (708)862-4480 or visit castlehillfuneralhome.com for online guestbook. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/joseph-r-pyrz/article_3667c616-c951-5626-a2df-6ce9458c4f7d.html | 2022-07-26T05:56:40 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/joseph-r-pyrz/article_3667c616-c951-5626-a2df-6ce9458c4f7d.html |
LANSING, IL - Mary Janet (nee McParland) Sweeney of Lansing, Illinois passed away July 22, 2022, two months past her 89th birthday, the matriarch of a large, close-knit and happy family. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, David (Don); her parents: John and Gertrude McParland; her sister, Francis; and brother-in-law, Tracy Jones; brother, Thomas McParland; and sister-in-law, Mary; and sister-in-law, Jeanne McParland; brother-in-law, John; and sister-in-law, Annette Sweeney; brother-in-law, Fred; and sister-in-law, Mary Therese Sweeney; and brother-in-law, William.
She is survived by her loving brother, John of Chicago; sister-in-law, Elizabeth Sweeney of Crown Point, IN and her children; Jim, Brad (Kathy nee Judge); and their children: Melissa, Erin (John Sharkey), Colleen (Dr. Joseph O'Connell), and Brad (Jaime Vulbrock); daughter, Maureen (Brian Harvey) and their children: Greg and Allyson (Matthew Wozniak); son, Michael (Tamara nee Leeson) and their children: Ryan, Brandon (Greer nee Robison), Shannon (Joseph Duarte), and Cameron; daughter, Kathy; daughter, Trish (late Barry Finn) and their children: Meghan, Emily, and Garrett; daughter, Mary and her children: Dakota (Thomas Scrementi), Clayton, and Collin Robinson; and son, Tim. In addition to her 16 grandchildren, she has 15 great-grandchildren: Gabrien, Timothy, Aiden, Addy, Isabelle, Maura, Raegan, Shea, Anthony, Sienna, John, Jack, Dominic, Sloane and Clare with another on the way.
She will also be missed by many nieces, nephews, neighbors, coworkers, and friends. Grandma Sweeney was a sweetheart, a lot of fun and everybody that knew her loved her. Mary Janet retired from Marshall Fields after 20 years and volunteered at St. Margaret's Hospital, St. Ann's Ladies and Sewing Club, and the Lansing Food Pantry. She and husband, Don, were proud of their South Chicago roots and of their Irish and Catholic heritage. She looked forward to the many family traditions, especially the annual Chili Sauce day. Her life was spent caring for her family. She was incredibly welcoming to friends, the in-laws, their families, the kids in the neighborhood, and her and Don's friends at St. Ann's and the Lansing Knights of Columbus. She was always thrilled to have a house full of family with kids running all over the place.
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, DIRECTLY at St. Ann Catholic Church, 3010 Ridge Road, Lansing, Illinois from 9:00 A.M., followed by 12:00 Noon Mass of Christian Burial. Mary will be laid to rest at Assumption Catholic Cemetery in Glenwood, Illinois. Due to the current conditions of COVID, masks and hand sanitizers will be available for your convenience, but is not mandatory. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Friends of the Kankakee, PO Box 13, Watseka, IL 60970 or the Lansing Food Pantry at 2990 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL 60438. www.schroederlauer.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/mary-janet-nee-mcparland-sweeney/article_2c58d17c-f310-56b5-881f-2b1edf1fb128.html | 2022-07-26T05:56:46 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/mary-janet-nee-mcparland-sweeney/article_2c58d17c-f310-56b5-881f-2b1edf1fb128.html |
Oct. 8, 1934 - July 21,2022
HAMMOND - Miguel Mendez, age 87, of Hammond passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2022. He was born on October 8, 1934, to the late Juan Carlos Mendez Parra and Judith Najera in Mexico City, Mexico.
On April 15, 1975, he married the love of his life, Rosaura Garcia Castro in Chicago, IL. Miguel retired from Inland Steel after 23 years of service as a Laborer in the 7 th Blast Furnace. Miguel will always be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He was a man with an incredible sense of humor who had a gift for making people smile in any situation.
Miguel is survived by his wife of 47 years, Rosaura Mendez; his daughter, Judith (Jesus) Mendez Serrano of Murietta, CA; his three sons: Miguel Mendez of Chicago, IL, Francisco (Vanessa) Mendez of Chicago, IL, David (Lela) Mendez of Plainfield, IL; five granddaughters: Lauren Alvarez, Amanda Alvarez, Yuleisy Santiesteban, Alexandra Henry, Genevieve Mendez; three brothers: Carlos Mendez, Arturo Mendez Chavez, Edgar Najera; five sisters: Susan Eddings , Beatriz Mendez, Lucila Mendez, Silvia Mendez, Edith Nieto, He was an uncle to many nieces and nephews.
Miguel was preceded in death by his parents: Juan Carlos Mendez Parra and Judith Najera; his brother, Danilo Najera; and cousin Evangelina Tellez.
Visitations will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Burns-Kish Funeral Home and Cremations, 8415 Calumet Ave, Munster, IN 46321. Internment will follow soon after at St. John/St. Joseph Cemetery in Hammond, IN. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/miguel-c-mendez/article_fbf30c11-6167-5845-a28c-32c9f778a5e9.html | 2022-07-26T05:56:56 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/miguel-c-mendez/article_fbf30c11-6167-5845-a28c-32c9f778a5e9.html |
HAMMOND - Raymond C. Mulholland, 96 of Hammond, passed away Friday, July 22, 2022 at the Community Hospital, Munster. He was the beloved husband of the late Theresa M. (Smutniak) Mulholland, for 65 years, who passed away April 7, 2014. Loving father of Susan, Sally, Beth (fiance, Glenn Dodge), John and Minnie (Gary) Newell; cherished grandfather of Meaghan, Matthew, and Hailey Newell who were his pride and joy; dearest brother of Marie (late Robbin) Hunter, and the late James, Joseph and Eugene Mulholland, Edna Cooper and Mildred Reese Holt; dear brother-in-law of Florence (late Joseph) Mulholland, Edward (late Catherine) Smutniak and James (late Terry) Smutniak; proud uncle to many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. at the Baran Funeral Home, 1235-119th St., Whiting; a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10:00 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Whiting, with the Rev. Mark R. Peres, C.PP.S., officiating; interment to follow at St. John Cemetery, Hammond. Visitation at the funeral home on Wednesday from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Expressions of sympathy may be placed on-line at www.baranfh.com.
Raymond Mulholland was born on March 28, 1926 in Hammond, Indiana to Joseph and Marie Mulholland. He was a lifelong resident of Hammond and was a graduate of Hammond Technical High School, Class of 1944. He was a WWII U.S. Army Veteran, having served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre. He was a member of the American Legion, Hammond Victory Post 168 and was awarded "Legionnaire of the Year, 2019". Ray gave many hours placing flags on veteran's graves for Memorial Day for many years. He was a retiree of the Lever Bros. Company, Hammond, with a service of 44 years. An avid sports fan, Ray cheered for the Bears, IU Basketball and the White Sox, catching his first fly ball at Comisky Park at the age of 85. As a father of a young family, Ray took the kids camping in almost every state and as adults, family cruises became the norm. Ray always had a positive outlook, always with a joke to tell. Devoted to his family, Ray will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the St. John School Steeple Restoration Fund, would be appreciated. (219) 659-4400. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/raymond-c-mulholland/article_f13f7862-bde1-5d82-a61d-ae06881121a7.html | 2022-07-26T05:56:57 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/raymond-c-mulholland/article_f13f7862-bde1-5d82-a61d-ae06881121a7.html |
March 6, 1926 - July 22, 2022
PORTAGE, IN - Rose M. Lincoln, age 96, of Portage, IN, went to her eternal home on Friday, July 22, 2022.
Surviving to mourn her loss are her two loving daughters: Annette (George E. Graves) Kulmatycki, Janet (Ray) Kozrowski; and grandchildren: David, Daniel and Douglas Tomes. Also surviving are sister-in-law, Joan Sparks; and many loving nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by her husband, James J. Lincoln; son, James R. Lincoln; parents: Anna and Felix Zielinski; and siblings.
Rose was born in Toledo, OH, the youngest of eight children and the longest living member of her family. She grew up in a Polish section of the city where she attended St. Anthony Catholic School. After graduating from Libbey High School, Rose worked at McCray Refrigerators and Willys-Overland Motors where she was a keypunch operator. She then spent ten years as a switchboard operator and receptionist for Surface Combustion, a division of Midland Ross, where she was president of the Women's Club.
After relocating to Indiana, Rose became an Avon Lady and was very successful, receiving the President's Club Award several times for her high sales. She sold Avon for thirty-five years and loved it. Besides this, she along with her son, Jimmy, had a paper route for the Vidette Messenger.
Rose had a strong faith, love of family and was a dedicated caregiver to her son. She loved birds, flowers and animals; especially cats. Music and dancing always put a smile on her face; a smile that was infectious. Living a life of many years, she was always young at heart.
A special thank you to Dunes Hospice, especially Amber, for their kind and loving care. A thank you also to the nurses and staff at Rittenhouse Village at Portage.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at PRUZIN BROTHERS FUNERAL SERVICE, 2700 Willowcreek Rd., Portage, IN 46368 from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 DIRECTLY at Nativity of Our Savior Parish, 2949 Willowcreek Rd., Portage, IN 46368 with Fr. Kevin McCarthy officiating. Interment to follow at McCool Cemetery in Portage.
Donations may be given in Rose's name to Nativity of Our Savior Parish, Nativity Food Pantry or Sacred Heart Spiritual Society as an expression of sympathy in lieu of flowers.
Visit Rose's online guestbook at www.GeisenFuneralHome.com 219-663-2500. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/rose-m-lincoln/article_8db017bc-0587-5bd0-a0be-8d94e854b6a1.html | 2022-07-26T05:57:03 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/rose-m-lincoln/article_8db017bc-0587-5bd0-a0be-8d94e854b6a1.html |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Parks and Recreation board voted to recommend new guidelines for sales in parks.
According to a recommendation, the board wants Austin City Council to give the Parks and Recreation Department direction on alcohol sales through an updated city code. Currently, vendors want conditional use permits that would authorize permanent alcohol sales, but the Parks and Recreation Department has no counsel "on the proper restrictions or considerations for permanent alcohol sales on public park property."
The recommendation goes on to say that alcohol sales could be dangerous when located near children's areas or bodies of water. It also says more Parks and Recreation and Austin Police Department staff may be necessary if alcohol sales are allowed.
In May, the Parks and Recreation Department discussed allowing alcohol consumption and sales with conditional use permits in certain areas of Republic Square.
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SEATTLE — King County Council will vote Tuesday on a proposal establishing a year-round voluntary safe firearm and ammunition return program within the King County Sheriff's Office.
The proposal requests King County Executive Dow Constantine look at several options and "assess their feasibility."
"I think it can save lives by reducing the number of guns that are out there because we know that guns in homes dramatically increases the risk to folks living in those homes," said council member Rod Dembowski at the full council meeting last Wednesday.
King County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall said the county already has a voluntary return program. She said the returned firearms are sent to a facility in Eastern Washington where they are destroyed. The county's proposal would likely allow for the expansion of this program.
"We know that sometimes there are firearms that people don't want, or sometimes we know a parent finds a firearm their child brought into the house," said Cole-Tindall.
If the proposal passes the county executive will be asked to assess whether the sheriff's office can hold one or more special buy-back events each year, the ability to provide monetary or other incentives to encourage participation and the overall cost of a year-round voluntary safe firearm and ammunition return program.
Buy-back events have seen a high turnout. This summer Kirkland has hosted two buy-back events where police collected 151 firearms. They distributed $18,350 in gift cards for the weapons. The city plans to hold a third event sometime in September.
"Any number of guns that we are able to take off the street, I mean that is a success," said Cole-Tindall.
Cole-Tindall said while she supports a more robust return program she doesn't believe it will have a significant impact on the county's current rise in gun violence.
"We know that there are a lot of illegal guns on the streets so I don't think (a gun return program) is going to take care of (gun violence)," said Tindall. She believes the program needs to be a piece of the county's overall plan to combat gun violence.
Council members acknowledged at their meeting Wednesday that more needs to be done to combat gun violence. King County Council held a gun violence prevention discussion Wednesday with community groups. It was the second of three meetings the council hopes to use to help draft possible violence interruption legislation.
The gun and ammo return proposal's report said programs vary but can commonly include "anonymous or “no questions asked” participation." Tindall said that's a detail she feels needs to be discussed before any formal approval.
"We'll have to look into that. I do not know what the ordinance that the county is proposing would say but I think if it's a stolen firearm, we're still a law enforcement agency where our primary job is to enforce laws," said Cole-Tindall.
The county will vote on the proposal Tuesday during its full committee meeting at 1 pm. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/king-county-council-gun-return-buy-back-program/281-0bde834b-432a-4184-8f35-ae9a296dccda | 2022-07-26T06:11:30 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/king-county-council-gun-return-buy-back-program/281-0bde834b-432a-4184-8f35-ae9a296dccda |
RUSTON, Wash. — The Point Ruston Owners Association has come under fire for allegedly denying vendors from participating in a farmers market over the type of food they serve.
The controversy began when Tacoma Farmers Market announced on Saturday a directive from the Point Ruston Owners Association to stop selling what they described as “any Mexican style food” at their Sunday market. As a result, two vendors selling Mexican food were removed.
The announcement comes despite the Tacoma Farmers Market being a completely separate entity from the Point Ruston Owners Association.
It caused an uproar on social media, with many declaring that they will not visit until the issue is resolved.
Point Ruston put out a statement, stating that the organization has an exclusivity clause with the contracts of their brick-and-mortar vendors in regards to Mexican cuisine.
When Amelia Escobedo of the Leagues of United Latin American Citizens PNW got wind of the announcement, the message was clear.
“To me, that says, ‘No Mexicans Allowed,'” she said. “That means no Brown people allowed. That means you’re not welcome here.”
None of the restaurants on Point Ruston’s website serve that style of cuisine exclusively.
In fact, the only restaurant that does is Taco Street, located at the Waterfront Market in Ruston, which is its own entity.
“It’s completely separate from Point Ruston,” said Paul Kunitsa, general manager of Waterfront Market at Ruston. “The Farmers Market happens in that Breezeway. So it’s obviously pretty far from us. We don’t even have an access point to get there right now.”
Kunitsa said news of the announcement caught him by surprise and he hopes his vendors aren’t impacted by the controversy.
“It’s frustrating,” Kunitsa said. “We mind our business, take care of our market, build up our vendors, and focus on us, so all this stuff just came out of the blue.”
Civil rights attorney Molly Matter said enforcing a clause like this would be nearly impossible because it amounts to discrimination on race and national origin, which is illegal.
“You can’t say I’m only serving white people, or I’m not serving this particular racial ethnicity. This is what we’re talking about, it’s completely illegal,” Matter said. “I’m not a contract lawyer, but I can’t imagine that this would hold up in court. I can’t imagine a judge would look at this and not see the pretext for racial discrimination.”
Now Escobedo wonders how far this could go, and is calling on vendors of color to check their paperwork.
“We have to dive into what they’re writing in the memos, into the different contracts so we know what’s in there, the verbiage, that’s racist,” Escobedo said. “If we don’t do that, nobody is going to do it for you. If someone doesn’t like your skin color, or what you look like, they’re not going do that for you. We have to do that.”
The Point Ruston Owner's Association did not respond to requests for comment Monday. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/point-ruston-mexican-style-food-tacoma-farmers-market/281-c426278c-5a36-4f5b-9dcb-055f21f9af26 | 2022-07-26T06:11:36 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/point-ruston-mexican-style-food-tacoma-farmers-market/281-c426278c-5a36-4f5b-9dcb-055f21f9af26 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif — Posting signs and picketing are some of the few options neighbors say they have to protest Sacramento Mayor Darrel Steinberg’s resolution to offer 24/7 homeless services at the old Powerhouse Science Center on Auburn Boulevard.
“It’s a city project, but it’s surrounded by unincorporated county. We really have no voice or any vote in this," said Julette Porro, who joined several dozen protestors Monday evening outside the site.
A nearly 24-hour homeless respite and resource center is up for a vote Tuesday at Sacramento's City Council meeting, as Mayor Steinberg says more solutions are needed to address the area's homeless crisis.
The unhoused population more than doubled in the past two years in the county, according to the most recent Point in Time count.
Protestors, however, point out that five schools are within a mile radius on its website, rallyforkids.org. It’s next to a playground and just several feet away is the Children’s Receiving Home, which serves at-risk youth. They say they fear for kids’ safety.
“It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when one of these children is going to be placed in a compromising position," said John Hearne.
The site has been operating as a cooling center during heat advisories, a scaled-down version of what was originally proposed. Last month, Mayor Steinberg announced he’d push for around-the-clock services.
"How can we let a city asset that is not being utilized, where we have put $3.3 million by the way, towards its use. How can we not use that to put people indoors and navigate their way out of homelessness," he told ABC10 in June.
In a statement from the Children’s Receiving Home, CEO Glynis Butler-Stone said the organization has not experienced adverse impacts from the cooling center and has a neutral stance on the updated proposal after discussing “good-neighbor policies” with the city.
“While we understand and appreciate the need to provide shelter and services to the unhoused population, our first responsibility must be to protect our kids,” Butler-Stone said.
The non-profit will monitor developments closely and reserves its right to oppose the plan if shelter operations negatively impact its campus.
Butler-Stone adds, "the City and its Department of Community Response have agreed to formally assess operations of the center every three months by looking at law enforcement data, usage and guest data for the center, and input from CRH."
Meanwhile, City staff reports indicate the respite center would not offer walk-up services and bars guests or sex offenders from the premises.
Appointments for referrals will run from 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily. The center would be open for up to 50 invited clients from 4 p.m. to 7 a.m. nightly.
To read the full statement from Children's Receiving Home, view the PDF below.
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RIVERBANK, Calif. — Three children were pulled from the water in Riverbank, and all are expected to be OK, officials said Monday.
Around 5 p.m., the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District responded to calls about a child downstream at Jacob Myers Park.
Fire crews sent out two boats and a fire engine to the area. A spokesperson for the fire district said arriving crews were told three children had gone missing. Two children were found and pulled from the water, but the other child was still missing.
The child was eventually found and pulled out of the water by a bystander before being taken to the hospital. A fire spokesperson said the child was breathing on their own by the time they arrived at the hospital.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/water-rescue-riverbank/103-cc67c8c3-6a36-45a3-b948-ba489aaaa4d7 | 2022-07-26T06:45:29 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/water-rescue-riverbank/103-cc67c8c3-6a36-45a3-b948-ba489aaaa4d7 |
A community in Maine is rallying behind a family that lost their little girl during last week's storms.
People in Poland turned out Monday evening at the Log Yard Dairy Bar for a fundraiser in support of the Oldham family.
9-year-old Hallie Oldham was killed Thursday, June 21, near the Sebago Lake Family Campground after a storm knocked over a tree onto the car she was in.
The ice cream shop posted on Facebook they were able to raise over $10,000 in funds for the Oldham family from the community event, and the shop plans to donate all of Monday's profits to her family.
Neighbors of the Oldham family set up a lemonade stand to help raise money in addition to the Log Yard Dairy Bar fundraiser.
Maddison Bosse, who was helping with the stand, says she grew up with Hallie.
"I think it's really important for this community to remember Hallie, because she a really sweet girl and had a really good impact on our community," Bosse said. "Money that we're making is going to be a donation to their family kind of like their GoFundMe page on Facebook. So, just try to donate and try to help them out as much as best we can."
The GoFundMe fundraiser for Hallie's family is already exceeding its goal. As of Monday evening, approximately $62,000 was raised, surpassing their $50,000 goal through more than 800 donations.
The fundraiser was created on Saturday, June 23.
Other community groups are showing their support by remembering Hallie in other ways.
The Maine Basketball Club Gym honored Hallie in a Facebook post Saturday, as "everything you want in a teammate and player: smart, gritty, a team player, and extremely kind-hearted."
Hallie was an "instrumental member" of their 3rd/4th grade team last spring. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/community-rallies-around-family-of-9-year-old-killed-in-storm-sebago-lake-fundraiser-go-fund-me-community-support/97-a721ea5c-f653-4d86-8417-a43453f8e94b | 2022-07-26T07:00:01 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/community-rallies-around-family-of-9-year-old-killed-in-storm-sebago-lake-fundraiser-go-fund-me-community-support/97-a721ea5c-f653-4d86-8417-a43453f8e94b |
BOISE — Lucky Peak Nursery Manager Sara Wilson opened the greenhouse door, revealing rows of fluffy-looking, bottlebrush-shaped baby conifer trees.
The nursery, located east of Highway 21, was built in the 1959 to grow plants for the U.S. Forest Service to restore landscapes affected by wildfires or other events, such as insect or weather damage, Wilson said. It is one of six such nurseries, and the site also hosts a seed “extractory” for cleaning seeds, one of just two standalone operations in the nation, she said.
The nursery’s trees travel to forest service land and other federal and local government partners in a wide swath of the west: southern Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, western Wyoming, and parts of California and Colorado, she said.
That means producing 3-4 million seedlings per year, Wilson said.
“We are able to receive all of the seed from national forests, clean it, store it, and then have it available for their needs,” she said.
THE NEED FOR REFORESTATION
Wilson estimates that about 80% of the trees grown in the nursery are for restoration projects after wildfire, while about 20% of seedlings help restore sites that lost trees for other reasons.
The idea behind restoration is that it can help an area return to similar conditions faster than if the process were left to nature, Wilson said. Generally, staff in an area will monitor a burn site over subsequent years to assess if it is recovering on its own, or if it could benefit from nursery plantings.
“These are areas where (reforestation) would not happen for hundreds of years on its own,” Wilson said.
For example, a fire might burn so intensely that it “completely destroys” any seeds in the soil that might have grown and helped restore the site, she said. And if fire burns a wide enough area, a tree that could provide new seeds might be too far away to blow in quickly, she said.
Tree die-offs from insect damage may also merit restoration efforts, Wilson said. Nearly four years ago, many trees died around the Sage Hen Reservoir following a tussock moth outbreak, she said. The moths are natural, cyclical insects that feed on the needles of Douglas fir trees. Officials that manage that site are developing a restoration plan to remove dead trees and plant new ones grown at the nursery.
COLLECTION, EXTRACTION, STORAGE, AND GROWTH
The nursery regularly receives seeds for processing from parts of the country where future seedlings might be needed, Wilson said. Workers have to collect cones before they open so seeds are not lost to the environment. One tree, the whitebark pine, grows at high elevations and has evolved to have its cones pried open by a bird, the Clark’s nutcracker, she said. For those trees, workers place cages around the cones so that the birds cannot access the cones ahead of being collected by humans, she said.
When cones arrive at the facility, they undergo the multistep seed extraction process, where they are allowed to open before being heated on a “cone kiln,” and tossed into a “cone tumbler” to separate the seed from the other cone material. Eventually, they get sorted in the “plinko” as Wilson affectionately refers to it — a Shop-Vac-powered apparatus that blows seed material, separating the lighter ones that succumbed to insect damage from the heavy, healthy ones.
Once clean, the seeds go into the nursery’s walk-in freezer until they are needed. Wilson estimates the freezer houses about 300 million conifer tree seeds.
The nursery only grows the seedlings if an order is placed, Wilson said. Customers will want trees grown from seed collected in roughly the same area that is slated for restoration, or seeds gathered in an area that has similar conditions to the restoration site, such as elevation, and temperature range, Wilson said.
Nursery staff can locate the appropriate seed in the freezer, and start the growing process.
But frozen seeds will not spring to life if planted immediately, Wilson said. They need to undergo a process called “stratification,” or the mimicking of seasonal conditions they would face in the wild, she said. Typically, they are allowed to thaw, followed by watering to mimic fall rain, and several months of refrigeration to mimic winter, Wilson said. Then planting in the nursery’s greenhouse can begin.
In the greenhouse on Monday morning, less-than-1-foot-tall ponderosa pine seedlings destined for Arizona took up the front rows of tables filling the structure nearly from wall to wall. Those seedlings were planted in February so they could be ready in time for planting during that region’s summer monsoon season, when it gets the most rain, Wilson said. The greenhouse was kept at 70 degrees early during planting, she said, and can be divided into four sections to mimic growing conditions of the areas they will be planted in.
THE FUTURE OF RESTORATION
Studies have shown that climate change is fueling more frequent, hotter fires, as well as fires that cover larger areas, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The approach to restoration at the nursery reflects that reality, and climate change is “at the forefront” of how the Forest Service is thinking about its role in restoration, Wilson said.
The idea behind planting “the right seed at the right time at the right place” is promoting “resiliency into the future,” she said. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/right-seed-right-place-lucky-peak-nursery-restores-the-wests-wildfire-disturbed-landscapes/article_0799c427-ffc0-5848-8ae1-096f0ef66bb8.html | 2022-07-26T07:01:06 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/right-seed-right-place-lucky-peak-nursery-restores-the-wests-wildfire-disturbed-landscapes/article_0799c427-ffc0-5848-8ae1-096f0ef66bb8.html |
ATLANTA — Being diagnosed with scoliosis at a young age can seriously impact an adolescent’s self-esteem. Teens often feel self-conscious and vulnerable about their appearance, making them want to isolate themselves from their peers.
The most common form of scoliosis is Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, according to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. It primarily occurs between ages 11 and 18 and can impact 3% of children. For boys at this age, a slight curve is likely to develop; however, for girls, Children’s said a severe curve in the spine is seven to eight times more likely to progress.
An all-girls international peer group, Curvy Girls, recognizes this disparity and has got each other’s back as they support one another through their experience with scoliosis while also bringing awareness to the stigma surrounding the condition.
Curvy Girls Scoliosis of Atlanta is led by 15-year-old group leader Elizabeth Gates, who has made it her mission to ensure every curvy girl feels confident throughout their diagnosis.
In 2020, Gates became a group member after a growth spurt led her to develop a severe S-curve in her spine. She was diagnosed with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, and by April 2021, she underwent major spinal fusion surgery.
Joining Curvy Girls helped Gates realize that having scoliosis was “nothing to be ashamed of” because, throughout her journey, she was never alone.
“I felt comfort in knowing that there were girls who had gone through the same thing that I had and who were doing great,” Gates said. “It was nothing that I did. It was just something that was part of me that I can now use to connect with others and to help others out.”
By Spring 2022, Gates took on the position as group leader for the Atlanta chapter, and she told 11Alive that since then, her scoliosis is no longer a day-to-day challenge. Still, now, it is her job to ensure that other curvy girls get the same support she did when she needed it most.
“Being able to lead them through connecting with other girls, learning life skills and coping techniques and being able to just express their feelings and emotions, and have somebody who will listen to them and validate how they're feeling and just understand on a deeper level – I think that that's really, really powerful and has definitely been a change factor for me,” she explained.
She is also raising awareness of the condition because she said the scoliosis community still receives a lot of stigmas, and it is important for friends, family and community members to be aware of the condition, so they know how to support those around them with the condition properly.
“A lot of girls with scoliosis are really ashamed and feel like they have to hide the condition because it's like, physically transforming. You'll see girls with uneven hips and uneven shoulders, or you might be able to see the faint outline of a torso brace underneath their shirt. So I think erasing some of that stigma, just like with anything, is really important,” Gates said.
Curvy Girls of Atlanta support each other at monthly meetings, hospital visits and other scoliosis-related events and activities. Currently, these meetings are held over zoom to mitigate covid-19 exposure, but Gates still encourages any girl in Atlanta living with this condition to join. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/curvy-girls-scoliosis-atlanta-elizabeth-gates/85-31c465dd-e8ab-46b2-b24a-05abc476e6f3 | 2022-07-26T07:13:28 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/curvy-girls-scoliosis-atlanta-elizabeth-gates/85-31c465dd-e8ab-46b2-b24a-05abc476e6f3 |
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The North Little Rock Public Library will present its "End of Summer Bash" this week! The event will feature THV11's own Craig O'Neill and it is such a big event that they will actually be hosting it at two different locations!
On Thursday, July 28 at 10:00 a.m. the William F. Laman Children's Library will be wrapping up 'Oceans of Possibilities' which is their children's summer reading program, that has connected over 1,500 kids, teenagers, and adults to reading throughout this season.
Members of the community are invited to enjoy free hot dogs, chips and other treats as Craig O'Neill reads stories and entertains both kids, and their families.
Later on, at 2:00 p.m., the Argenta Library on Main Street will be hosting 'Floats, Boats, and Totes.' Craig will once again be reading stories and bringing "boatloads" of entertainment as attendees enjoy various giveaways along with free ice cream floats.
“We’re very thankful to the hundreds of children and families who attended our special events, performances, and programs during Oceans of Possibilities. The North Little Rock Public Library is pleased to have such a positive impact on our community and be a wonderful resource for summer fun and education. Also, a huge thank you to Craig O’Neill for helping make our “End of Summer Bash” very special,” Susie Kirk, Communication Manager at the North Little Rock Public Library, said.
If you'd like more information on these programs or any others that are hosted by the library, please give them a call at (501) 758-1720 or visit their website here. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/outreach/reading-roadtrip/summer-celebration-north-little-rock-public-library-craig-oneill/91-d0a1e051-0f7f-484f-b4f9-eafd4c4e83fd | 2022-07-26T07:13:35 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/outreach/reading-roadtrip/summer-celebration-north-little-rock-public-library-craig-oneill/91-d0a1e051-0f7f-484f-b4f9-eafd4c4e83fd |
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