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Nearly 100 Philadelphia businesses will receive $10,000 grants and other support through Comcast's RISE initiative, an ongoing effort initially launched in 2020 as a response to help small business owners of color who were hardest hit by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said in a statement Tuesday.
Additionally, more than 700 total entrepreneurs in Philadelphia - 9,500 nationwide - who have been awarded service packages to date, Comcast said.
Comcast RISE and the Comcast RISE Investment Fund initially launched in 2020 as a response to help small business owners of color who were hardest hit by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In November 2021, Comcast announced a major expansion to eligibility, enabling all women-owned small businesses nationwide to apply. This expansion built on the program’s success and aims to help address the persistent inequities women continue to face in accessing the resources and funding that are critical to success.
Comcast RISE stands for Representation, Investment, Strength, and Empowerment and is part of Project UP, the company’s comprehensive initiative to advance digital equity and help build a future of unlimited possibilities.
"I was excited to get the phone call that I was selected for the Comcast RISE Investment Fund. It’s been tough to grow my business in these times and this additional investment will help," David Bey, Beyfilmz Media said. "As a small business owner, I’m a one-man band – handling all of the administrative duties, answering phone calls and emails, as well as shooting, editing and production work. Thanks to this grant, I plan to hire virtual assistants to help me with day-to-day administrative tasks so I can focus on my work, as well as dedicate resources toward marketing to help reach more clients.”
To date, Comcast RISE has awarded more than $16 million in grants and $75 million in in-kind support for marketing and technology services, impacting more than 9,500 entrepreneurs in 704 cities across 37 states. By the end of 2022, 13,000 businesses across the country are expected to benefit from the Comcast RISE initiative, either through the grant program or from the resources provided through Effectv, the advertising division of Comcast Cable, and Comcast Business. In addition to the financial and business support services provided, a key part of the program is ensuring the long-term sustainability of businesses. To help address this, Comcast invests in and partners with organizations such as Ureeka to provide ongoing mentorship and resources to help small businesses succeed over the long term.
“As we continue to rebuild from the effects of the pandemic, small businesses still need our support. They are the backbone of our local communities, and we must take every opportunity to help them not only survive, but to thrive,” said Dennis Mathew, Comcast Regional Senior Vice President. “When we launched Comcast RISE in 2020, we knew a profound need existed in the communities we serve. Two and a half years later, we have seen firsthand how the resources from Comcast RISE benefit small businesses.”
The following Philadelphia businesses have been selected to receive RISE Investment Fund grants:
- Lobo Mau Designs LLC
- A Mazin Print and Designs
- Pretzel Workz
- FOUNTAIN MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PC
- Wild Hand LLC
- Double Tree Market
- Royal Zarasa LLC
- Healthy Meals By Anna LLC
- RC BARGAIN INC
- Monica Fauble
- Karisma D llc
- CURE Spa LLC
- Giggles Gifts Inc
- Royal K Boutique llc
- Streetside LLC
- El Taco LLC
- Ancient Healing Teas
- Mariel Freeman Yoga Inc
- Ramona Susans Bake Shop LLC
- Network Home Care Agency
- Shine Bright Cleaning Service LLC
- Caphe Roasters LLC
- Creations By Sabor Boricua
- SunRose Productions LLC
- Jackson Cor
- The Ivy Eternal Enterprise
- CK2 Financials LLC
- Transfiguration Hair Studio LLC
- 4 Feet Inc
- Lauren Thomsen Design Architecture and Planning LLC
- Scout Urban LLC
- ZoomDance LLC
- Omega Optical Inc
- Mount Airy Violins and Bows LLC
- QBS Tax Services LLC
- WEBCO Construction LLC
- Minced Moose LLC
- Showcase Venue
- Really Reel Ginger
- Alexander Perry Inc
- LoyalTee Hair Inc
- Gibson Music and Arts LLC
- Lily Of The Valley Cupcakery
- DHEx Enterprises LLC
- Phylicia L Henry LLC
- Pentridge Station Popup LLC
- Walkfinity LLC
- The Tiny Jeweler LLC
- Pet Parent Allies LLC
- AuRevoir Travel INC
- Learned Potential
- The Nest Recording Studio LLC
- Stand Up Enterprises Inc
- Anderson Law Group LLC
- Helm Creative Studio LLC
- Exalted Beauty LLC
- Flawwlezz Standards LLC
- Seiko88northernliberties LLC
- Z and Z Distributors
- Grant Blvd
- JRS ELECTRIC
- STEELEWORKS
- Tattoo Threadz
- Lamar Solo Inc
- Justin Pizza Inc
- Agyei Business Services Inc
- Bodyrock Bootcamp LLC
- Nathalie The Business Doctor
- Soie by C Dior Hair LLC
- Katie K May LLC
- Pixel Parlor LLC
- The O Insurance Group LLC
- Side Technology Inc
- Fairmount Bicycles Co
- Enspire Consulting Group LLC
- XIAN SIZZLING WOKS LLC
- Style By Blain LLC
- FUXION INC
- Los Potrillos Restaurant Inc
- Good form aesthetics
- The GrandRoom Cafe
- Triple Bottom Brewing Company LLC
- TAP Gaming LLC
- Laundrymaidz
- Attic Brewing Company
- Esteem Girls STEM Academy LLC
- AMK Enterprises
- Daddy Universe City Inc
- Colston Williams Financial Group Llc
- A Place Like Home II Adult Day Center
- Dooleys Landscaping and Tree Care Services LLC
- Ocean Ring Technologies LLC
- Beyfilmz Media LLC
- 4706 08 Baltimore Avenue Inc
- Parada Maimon Restaurant Inc
- Healing Circle Body Mind LLC
- Pain Away of Philly Inc
- Solomon and Associates LLC
- Brilliant Minds LLC
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Positive tests, students & vaccines: Answering your COVID-19 questions as students return
As crowds of Indiana University students move back to Bloomington and kids in grades K-12 go back to school soon, the pandemic persists with low but steady case numbers. The virus is still contagious, even if a person is vaccinated.
If you have news fatigue or need to catch up on COVID-19 protocols, here's a quick rundown of where Monroe County is with COVID cases:
How many COVID cases are there?
According to the Indiana Department of Health, Monroe County had 903 cases as of July 21. However, IU Chief Health Officer Aaron Carroll said current reporting is unreliable because many people testing positive at home are not included in the total.
The city of Bloomington reported on July 21 that 10 employees had tested positive for COVID-19. This brings its total case number to 372 since the start of the pandemic.
The IU COVID-19 dashboard no longer displays case numbers. However, it reports 82.8% of students, faculty and staff are vaccinated.
The city of Bloomington's wastewater monitor is another way to get a sense of how prevalent COVID-19 is in the community.
Where and when should I get my booster dose?
Whether you are looking to get your first dose or a booster, the state has a landing page for questions as well as a tool to pair you to a vaccine provider suited to your needs.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends different periods of time between vaccine doses based on age and type of vaccine. Information based on your situation can be found online on the CDC website that can be viewed at https://bit.ly/3PSHtTP.
Do I have to pay to be vaccinated?
All vaccines should still be free, Carroll said. If a fee is requested, he said people should go somewhere else.
Where can young children get vaccinated?
In mid June, the CDC recommended all children age 6 months through 5 years be vaccinated for the virus. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are available for this age group.
The government agency maintains the vaccines have been thoroughly tested and are safe. As a pediatrician, Carroll said he gives tons of vaccines that help young children build immunity.
"The risks of disease are still way worse than the risk from vaccines," he said.
More:Finding a COVID-19 vaccine for young kids may be difficult. Here's where to look.
Do IU students still need to get the vaccine?
The guidelines for IU students are pretty much the same as they were last year. All IU students, unless they have an approved exemption, are still required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Students need to report their initial vaccination doses through an online form. They also can voluntarily report any boosters.
"We want people to get boostered," Carroll said. "We hope you do. We will beg you to and even entice you to, but it's not on the same level as the broad vaccination series."
Testing will still be available on campus, and the university will be giving out free antigen tests. Some tests will be available through on-campus vending machines, which students can access with their crimson cards.
What do I do if I test positive with an at-home test?
If you have questions about what to do after testing positive, the CDC has updated protocols as well as a quarantine and isolation calculator.
At the moment, there is no government reporting system for people who test positive for COVID-19. For IU students, there is a self reporting form.
If someone tests positive, Carroll said people should let their bosses and close contacts know. He also said people should quarantine for five or more days at home.
Rapid antigen at-home tests can be ordered and shipped through the mail for free from the federal government at https://www.covid.gov/tests or picked up at the Monroe County Health Department.
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What Joe Huff wants to build on his property at Lake Monroe
Joe Huff drove his black SUV over the crest of a hill on his 260-acre property in Monroe County to show where he plans to build a home for his family: The hill provides a nearly 180-degree panorama of the beauty of Lake Monroe and the wooded areas of the south shore.
“We want this as a family estate to enjoy and recreate,” the former IU and Indianapolis Colts linebacker said. “It’s a legacy for our children."
Filings with the county show that Huff plans to build a 9,606-square-foot home; the tallest part of the structure will measure 34 feet. The home was designed by Indianapolis architect One 10 Studio, the website of which displays lots of modern architecture — rectangular buildings with lots of windows — and which quotes Mies van der Rohe, one of the pioneers of modern architecture.
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More:What to know about the Huffs' dispute with Monroe County officials
Huff and his wife, Nicole, who live in Bargersville and Florida, have for years been embroiled in a legal battle with county officials over local zoning laws. The Huffs recently escalated the dispute by filing a lawsuit in federal court, alleging county officials are depriving the couple of their constitutional rights to enjoy their land. The county said the case should be dismissed, in part because the parties already are battling over the same issues in state court.
Huff said last week he just wants to build a home, two guest cabins and a barn for equipment. On a west-facing grassy slope, he said he would like to plant grapes, primarily because his wife loves wines. You can see an overview of what he wants to build here: tinyurl.com/3rc8v4s5.
As Huff walked near the planned grape slope, a stack of about 30 logs of red and black oak, some with cracks, lay at the top of a hill. Huff said he was saddened to learn that a late May wind storm had damaged and uprooted about 300 trees on his property. His property still showed signs of damage. Crews on the site last week were trying to drag some fallen trees out of ditches.
The Huffs' property features hills and valleys, a few flat areas where they would like to build the structures, and lots of trees, primarily hardwoods. Huff said his crews have over the years removed smaller poplar and beech trees, which, he said, can take over and prevent regeneration of the hardwoods. Huff said his crews also have removed some invasive tree species.
Huff said he is following a stewardship plan developed in 2017 by a Spencer-based forester that aims, among other things, “to improve the wildlife habitat,” “control exotic invasive species” and “selectively harvest trees.”
Huff also has an invasive species practice plan and a timber stand improvement practice plan, which aims to establish “a high quality health stand of trees with the help of some timber stand improvement (thinning and vine control.)” The plan shows the Huffs’ property includes black cherry, black oak, black walnut, chinkapin oak, white ash, pecan, red oak, sugar maple and hickory trees. The plan suggests some thinning because in some areas “the stand density is too high.” It also recommends cutting some species that are less than 12 inches in diameter to foster regeneration of more desirable trees.
County officials have accused Huff of illegal logging, but Huff said in a lawsuit that he doesn’t actually need a logging permit so long as he removes trees for the health of the forest and not for commercial purposes.
Huff said his family doesn’t need the money from logging. Any money he has generated from logging has gone back into the preservation of the land, he said.
“I’m not doing this for an investment,” he said.“ “My family doesn’t want to hurt anybody.”
Michael Cain, a neighbor of the Huffs who has sued them in part to prevent them from using an easement for heavy trucks carrying timber, said his attorney advised him not to comment on pending litigation.
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As Huff drove his vehicle on the property's trails, he said nearly all of them existed before he bought the land, which, he said, used to house a pig farm and, near the water, a limestone quarry. He said soon after he bought the property in 2017 — local records show he paid about $2.5 million — crews removed about 300 truckloads of limestone that had been left from the quarry operation. Some of it, he said, had been sitting there for decades. He said he sold some but gave most of it away.
Huff said he put down gravel on the existing paths to prevent erosion. In some areas where he has put down grass seed, he would like to plant trees. One area is a point depicted in an aerial photo that has been circulated widely, where Huff said he removed invasive species. But, he said, he can’t plant trees because it requires digging holes, which would constitute soil disruption, which the county doesn’t want.
He said he has added only one short trail to the property, near the home site, because the slope was too steep for some machinery, and because a crest created a blind spot that nearly caused a head-on collision.
“We’re not going to disrupt more land,” he said.
The county’s attorney, Dave Schilling, said he could not comment on pending litigation, except to say the county is merely trying to enforce local zoning rules. In court filings, the county said it also has an obvious interest in protecting Lake Monroe, the area’s drinking water source.
More:Despite settlement, $50K payment, dispute between county officials, Huffs continues
The county in court filings wrote that an April 18 inspection by the county's MS4 coordinator, Kelsey Thetonia, and the Huffs' engineer revealed "evidence of non-compliance."
Thetonia wrote her report, which includes about two pages of type, a map and 33 pages of photos, was "limited to stormwater related observations and maintenance actions as they pertain to the state of the site at the time of the inspection. The contents of this report do not indicate, and are not meant to indicate, compliance status with local ordinances or other regulations."
Thetonia wrote she found "evidence of stump grubbing," a method of removing tree stumps, throughout the site and that a road had been constructed in a valley that crossed a stream in at least seven locations. "Every culvert on this road had washed out," she wrote.
She also wrote "treetops that were cut from trees were observed on the ground in ravines," that a dumpster on site was not covered and that a portable toilet on site was tipped over next to building materials.
More:Huffs win settlement in battle with county
Some of the photos showed sparse vegetation on road shoulders. Thetonia also described a "disturbed area" with sparse mulch coverage, rills and small gullies forming on roads, some aggregate migrating off roads, "high shoulder" erosion, improperly sized and installed culverts, cut trees in a ravine and an area that was "disturbed and reseeded."
Thetonia recommended some maintenance actions but wrote implementation would require planning department approval:
- Repair of eroded sections of private access roads.
- Measures to manage runoff and minimize erosion.
- Replace damaged sections of silt fence.
- Apply seed and straw to areas with less than 70% vegetated cover.
- Reduce stream crossings.
- Properly close logging roads where there is active erosion.
- Remove treetops and brush that were placed on the ground in ravines
- Cover the trash dumpster and clean up the portable toilet that tipped over, including cleaning up spilled material.
More:County attorneys: Huffs' recent court filing 'disingenuous'
Huff said he thinks the primary drivers of erosion at the lake are the dam and high-powered boats that generate big waves. As he stood near the water, he pointed to nearby federally owned land that showed clear signs of erosion.
Huff said that once the home and guest cabins are built, he hopes to simply walk the trails on his property to enjoy the woods and the scenery — and dodge the copperheads.
If it were up to him, Huff said the structures would have been built by now. He said the county’s delays have cost him a lot of money, as building prices have risen sharply during the pandemic.
He said he will continue to fight the county, primarily because county officials are making it more difficult for people to build homes at the lake.
"Dream crushers," he called county officials.
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‘Vendetta,' 'conspiracy': Huffs file federal suit against county over Lake Monroe property
Two Lake Monroe property owners have filed a federal lawsuit alleging Monroe County officials are conspiring to violate their constitutional rights and are perpetrating a “vendetta” to stop them from building a home.
William J. "Joe" and Nicole Huff own about 260 acres on the lake’s north side and want to build a home, two guest cabins and a barn there. They say, despite their best efforts to obtain local permits, county officials have repeatedly interfered with their plans in retaliation after the Huffs prevailed in a prior lawsuit in which the county paid them $50,000.
In their new lawsuit, the Huffs describe a Kafkaesque nightmare in which they are sent from one county office to another to obtain permits, many of which the Huffs say they don’t need. And when the couple tried to obtain the permits anyway, the Huffs allege county officials denied them for vague reasons, leaving them with no way to move forward.
More:What Joe Huff wants to build on his property at Lake Monroe
The Huffs also allege that to stop them from enjoying their property, local officials engaged in unusual activities, such as coordinating their efforts, privately calling a company with which the Huffs had a contract, and hastily calling a zoning meeting in violation of local rules.
The lawsuit states the conduct by the county, its plan commission and planning department “is so inexcusable that it shocks the conscience.”
Meanwhile, Monroe County attorney Dave Schilling said county is merely trying to enforce local zoning laws. In court filings, the county said the Huffs have presented no motive for the alleged vendetta and the federal court should dismiss the case because the county and the Huffs still are engaged in litigation over the same issues in state court.
What are the Huffs alleging?
The Huffs' suit reads that county officials’ “arbitrary and capricious behavior deprived the Huffs of the constitutionally protected interest in the fair use and enjoyment of their private property.” County officials’ “repeated delays, repeated demands for information that is not normally required, repeated refusals to provide information and clarification, and ‘stopping’ of the Huffs’ permit process were arbitrary, oppressive, and/or unreasonable.”
The lawsuit alleges county officials “have thrown up every obstacle they can come up with to prevent the Huffs from developing their property.
More:What to know about the Huffs' dispute with Monroe County officials
“Enough is enough,” the suit reads. “The violations of the Huffs’ constitutional rights must be put to a stop.”
Among other things, the Huffs' suit alleges:
- Former Monroe County Planning Department Director Larry Wilson falsely told the Huffs they needed a logging permit, even though the Huffs’ property is non-urban and requires no such permit.
- Monroe County Commissioner Julie Thomas called a logging company with which the Huffs had a contract to complain about the planned work on the Huffs’ land.
- Planners and the plan commission considered delay tactics such as contacting state agencies including the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Army Corps of Engineers.
- The county approved the Huffs’ six septic permits between 133 days and 343 days after the date of application, even though the county is required to reach a decision within 45 days. “The county attributed all delays to a flood plain review, despite the fact that none of the septic permit applications land in a flood plain.”
- Wilson and Schilling led zoning officials to believe the Huffs’ activities posed a risk to public health, “even though neither had any reason to believe that it was true.” An inspection by the IDEM also indicated the Huffs had “gone above and beyond best management practices for logging activity.”
- Wilson hastily called a zoning meeting in violation of local procedure — a meeting that was held away from its usual location and was not broadcast, as is usual — and that he convinced members of the Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals to retroactively approve a lawsuit against the Huffs. Former Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan, a lawyer, who served on the board at the time, said the process was a “bastardization” of the normal way the BZA works. Kruzan was bothered so much he left mid-meeting.
- The suit also alleges county officials, including Monroe County Planning Director Jacqueline Jelen, made the Huffs jump through unnecessary hoops and “stopped” or denied applications by giving reasons that are “without basis in fact or law.”
The suit reads that Jelen also told the Huffs they needed a building construction permit from the building department, but an employee there sent them back to the planning department for a site plan approval. The problem: The Huffs say the county portal has no place for a site plan application for a residential property — only for a commercial property.
The suit also alleges Jelen listed some items the site plan application lacked, but then also wrote it lacked “more” but “offers no specification information about what ‘more’ is missing.”
The Huffs repeatedly ran into these kinds of “go-here-go-there-get-this-get-that problems,” according to the lawsuit.
“The Huffs have been shuffled back and forth for years between the County’s Planning Department, Building Department, Health Department, Stormwater Department and Highway Department without clear direction on how to proceed,” the suit reads.
What's Monroe County's defense?
Jelen and Thomas referred questions to the county’s legal department. Schilling said he couldn’t comment on pending litigation except to say the county is merely trying to enforce zoning laws.
The county, in its response to the suit, said the court should dismiss the Huffs case or at least wait until the case before the state court has been resolved.
More:Legal battle between Monroe County, Lake Monroe property owners drags on
“The parties are currently litigating a parallel suit in Indiana state court — a suit that involves the same property, the same zoning rules, the same parties, and some of the very same claims,” the county said. “This federal lawsuit thus seeks to interfere in a pending and overlapping civil enforcement proceeding that provides a full and fair opportunity for the Huffs to raise all their federal constitutional claims.”
“Zoning disputes are commonplace, and local and state laws provide familiar processes for resolving them,” the county wrote. “Yet sometimes property owners attempt to transform a mine-run local zoning dispute into a federal constitutional case. And federal courts consistently reject such attempts. That is precisely what the Court should do here.”
If the federal court takes up the case now, the court should dismiss the case in part because the Huffs have not shown that the county is treating them differently from other property owners, the county response said. In addition, the county wrote the Huffs have not stated a motive for the county’s alleged retaliation.
“The County has a rational interest in enforcing its Zoning Ordinance, especially given the particular significance of Monroe Lake — a crucial nature resource that provides drinking water to the City of Bloomington and that the parties’ own Settlement Agreement notes 'is a primary concern for both parties,'” the county wrote.
PreviouslyCounty attorneys: Huffs' recent court filing 'disingenuous'
“In the end, the Huffs’ retaliation claim again boils down to their core allegation that the County failed to follow state law when enforcing its zoning ordinances. But as the Seventh Circuit observed in rejecting a similar claim … there is ‘no need to bring the heavy artillery of a federal lawsuit into play, because state remedies would be entirely adequate.’”
Further, the county said, inspections in April showed the Huffs “have continued to engage in residential construction and indicated that they have failed to comply with erosion-control requirements.”
Discord in county over additional legal bills
Monroe County Commissioners recently approved the county legal department’s request to spend up to $50,000 to hire Indianapolis law firm Barnes & Thornburg to handle the new Huff case. The commissioners made that decision in less than three minutes, without discussion or even mentioning the Huffs by name.
The additional expenditures have generated some discord in other local meetings: When the Monroe County Council recently approved additional dollars for the legal department, council member Marty Hawk voted against the measure. Hawk could not be reached to say why. Schilling had requested additional dollars primarily because of costs related to the Huff case.
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And when the matter came before the county plan commission, the agency’s president, Margaret Clements, got into a heated exchange with commission member James Stainbrook.
Stainbrook, who has since left the commission, criticized the county’s decision to settle the state case.
“We took the easy way out,” he said. “I think I can say that. Because mistakes were allegedly made."
Clements did not reply to an email seeking comment.
Huff, meanwhile, said he’s not backing down, in part because he said the county is making it increasingly difficult for people to build their dream homes.
The county, he said, is going to have to spend a lot more than $50,000 on the federal lawsuit.
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Monroe County jail committee struggles to make progress without quorum
A committee given the task of coordinating plans for a correctional facility to replace Monroe County's problem-plagued jail canceled meetings in June and July, further stalling progress toward resolving 20-year-old concerns.
A quorum of at least three must be present to hold a legal meeting, and there weren't enough for the 4:30 p.m. meeting June 22, and again on July 20.
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County council members Jennifer Crossley, Peter Iversen and Kate Wiltz, along with county commissioners Lee Jones and Julie Thomas, comprise the Criminal Justice Response Committee.
"With summer vacations and with COVID, it's been hard to get people together," said Margie Rice, a former county attorney hired to facilitate the meetings. "We know what the issues are and that we need to tackle them."
She said planning can't proceed without input from stakeholders in all aspects of the criminal justice system — from elected officials who approve funding to those working on the front lines inside the jail.
"We have to get the council and the commissioners and the judges and the prosecutor and the sheriff to all own the work that they need to do to make this happen," Rice said.
The committee's job is to review two reports, one from RJS Justice Services and another from Inclusivity Strategic Consulting, and recommend what should be done about the old jail.
One study outlines 53 problem areas inside the jail caused by physical defects, inadequate architectural design and deterioration. The reports say the county is "burdened with a correctional facility that should be considered high risk for liability due to the real and potential risk of harm to inmates, staff and the public."
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The response committee was created by ordinance after council members and commissioners convened a joint meeting on June 23, 2021, to hear results of studies. The reports were candid and critical in their assessment of current jail conditions, and called for a quick response.
The June 22 response committee meeting was canceled after two members, along with others attending in person and via Zoom, waited for other members to join. None did. The July 20 meeting was canceled that morning because Rice learned ahead of time there would be no quorum.
At a July 6 meeting, committee members briefly discussed whether to renovate the current jail for an estimated $56 million or build new, the cost of which is unknown.
A summary of the two reports submitted by county council member Geoff McKim included a recommendation to consider renovating the 36-year-old structure, even though a summary at the end of the 300-page RJS review said that option shouldn't be on the table.
“The jail facility is failing and cannot ensure consistent and sustainable provision of Constitutional rights of incarcerated persons," it states. "The jail must be replaced.”
During that July meeting, committee member and commissioners' president Thomas said there was no reason to consider fixing the jail. Rice agreed, and they moved on. "We already know remodeling's not feasible," Rice said.
The committee put forth a timeline: finding a site for a new jail this year, designing it and securing funding in 2023 and starting construction in 2024. The target completion date would be 2026.
"I'm confident there will be land purchased this year and that they are on that schedule," Rice said about the timeline.
The process will launch with a development plan to determine what a new jail complex should include and how much land is needed. "We need to clarify and re-envision the purpose of incarceration. Do we replace the jail with other options?" Rice asked during the July meeting.
There was talk during the meeting of hiring experts and jail consultants to guide the way, "to evaluate what we're doing," Iversen said.
But for now, she said, "we're stuck with the facility we have."
Thomas said hiring more experts is unnecessary, costly and would bring further delays. "Why do we need to re-create this?" she asked, referring to the criminal justice studies the committee are supposed to review and implement.
During that meeting, jail commander Sam Crowe suggested committee members tour the facility in order to make informed decisions. "People need to see what the jail is," he said.
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What to know about the Huffs' dispute with Monroe County officials
A dispute between Monroe County officials and William J. "Joe" and Nicole Huff, owners of a large lakefront property at Lake Monroe, has escalated. The Huffs recently filed a new lawsuit in federal court alleging county officials conspired to deprive them of their constitutional rights.
Who are William J. "Joe" and Nicole E. Huff?
Joe Huff is a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame. He played as a linebacker for Indiana University before signing with the Indianapolis Colts. He retired early due to injuries and worked in the IU athletics department. He now lives in Bargersville and Florida with his three children and wife, Nicole, a Bloomington native with deep family roots in the community. The Huffs own and operate several Greenwood, Indiana-based health care billing and collections businesses under the holding company RevOne Companies.
‘Vendetta,' 'conspiracy':Huffs file federal suit against county over Lake Monroe property
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Property records in Johnson County show the Huffs own a 6,622-square-foot home in Bargersville. Its assessed value is about $1.6 million. According to the Growth Management Community Development of Collier County, Florida, the couple also own a 9,500-square-foot single family home at a golf course in Naples, Florida, on a 1.5-acre property, the value of which Zillow.com estimates near $10 million. Huff said he considers that property his home, and he spent most of the pandemic there with his family.
Where is the land in dispute?
In 2017, the William J Huff II Revocable Trust began acquiring parcels of land on an outcropping at Lake Monroe generally addressed as South Shady Side Drive. Property records indicate the Huffs spent about $2.5 million to purchase about 250 contiguous acres of undeveloped, forested land.
The land is adjacent to The Shores subdivision near Lake Monroe.
When did the dispute land in the courts?
The Huffs were initially sued by Michael Cain and Linda Raymond, homeowners in The Shores. The Huffs have an easement allowing them to use roads in the subdivision to access their property, but when logging activity began in 2018, heavy logging trucks began driving through the subdivision to harvest trees.
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Cain sought to prevent the Huffs from using Shady Side Drive to log their land and asked the court to declare the easement did not allow for commercial logging activity. In 2018, the trial court granted Cain's request and ordered the Huffs to use the easement only for those activities explicitly allowed under the easement agreement. The decision was overturned on appeal and the Huffs resumed logging in March 2019.
Cain again sought an injunction, alleging the Huffs were now using the easement to log a parcel of land adjacent to the one named in the easement. This request was denied and the decision was upheld on appeal.
Why did Monroe County sue the Huffs?
In May 2019, Monroe County officials sued the Huffs for what officials contend was unauthorized development along the shores of Lake Monroe. The Huffs denied the allegations and asked the suit be dismissed because, court documents allege, the Monroe County Plan Commission failed to follow internal procedures before requesting the court intervene. A local judge denied the Huffs’ request.
In January 2020, the Huffs filed a counterclaim, alleging county officials made malicious, false and misleading statements about them, invaded their privacy and violated their due process rights.
Why did Monroe County and the Huffs settle the case?
In late 2020, the parties reached a settlement agreement that required Monroe County pay the Huffs $50,000 and take no action regarding past logging activity.
Some nearby property owners criticized the agreement, saying it would set a precedent allowing rich people to disregard county rules. However, County Attorney David Schilling said at the time the legal department supported the agreement because the case was consuming lots of time and the settlement would allow staff to get on the property more quickly to address any erosion issues.
The county paid the Huffs $50,000 in January 2021.
That settlement and payment, however, appear to have failed to settle the matter, as both the county and the Huffs have bickered over the settlement. Both sides in court filings have accused the other of violating parts of the agreement. A court hearing on that matter is scheduled in early August.
What are the latest developments in the Huff case?
The Huffs in late April filed in federal court a lawsuit against the county, the local plan commission and planning department, alleging local officials conspired to deprive the Huffs of their constitutional rights.
Monroe County Commissioners in June unanimously approved the county legal department‘s request to spend up to $50,000 to hire Indianapolis law firm Barnes & Thornburg to handle the case.
How it started:Judge denies neighbors' request to stop logging on Lake Monroe property, orders mediation
None of the three commissioners nor Schilling mentioned the Huffs. The whole decision process took less than three minutes. You can watch that portion of that meeting here: tinyurl.com/ru58xtku.
In contrast, a discussion about the same lawsuit a day earlier at the county plan commission took more than 17 minutes and involved a heated exchange between Monroe County Plan Commission President Margaret Clements and commission member James Stainbrook, who joined the meeting via Zoom. Near the end of their exchange, Clements asked tech support to cut Stainbrook’s microphone, prompting Stainbrook to say, “Then how can I vote? You can’t do that Margaret. I’m going to go to court myself.”
You can watch the discussion, described by plan commission and Monroe County Council member Geoff McKim as “extremely awkward,” here: tinyurl.com/mvt6a3de.
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Stainbrook has since resigned from the commission.
Huff said in a recent interview he expects the county will have to pay a lot more than $50,000 in legal fees to defend the federal case. He said he is suing in part because the county, in its quest to stop him from building on his property, has made it more difficult for other people to build their homes.
Contact reporter Boris Ladwig at bladwig@heraldt.com. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/26/monroe-county-commissioners-hire-law-firm-50k-handle-conspiracy-lawsuit/10032582002/ | 2022-07-26T15:26:54 | 0 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/26/monroe-county-commissioners-hire-law-firm-50k-handle-conspiracy-lawsuit/10032582002/ |
A 44-year-old Queens man has been convicted of attempted murder for shooting his 34-year-old wife during an argument at a local hotel, leaving her naked in the lobby with facial fractures and a horror scene in the room, prosecutors said Monday.
Malcom White, of Elmont, was found guilty of attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon Friday after a two-week jury trial in the March 27, 2020 attack on his wife at the Hillside Hotel on Queens Boulevard in Jamaica.
According to trial testimony, EMTs and police responding to a 911 call that day initially had trouble finding the source of the distress call. A callback led to White, who was sharing a hotel room with his wife, officials said. When EMTs called White's room, he told them, "If you come in here, I'll blow her head off," according to trial testimony.
Cops had arrived by that point and were looking for both White and his wife. She was found naked in the hotel lobby with a gunshot wound to her arm and several bone fractures to her face, officials said. Police kicked in the deadbolted door to get into White's hotel room and found blood splattered in various places around the room, according to court documents.
Police later recovered one fired bullet from a drained bathtub and found two cellphones, one hidden under the mattress and another in the toilet. A tower of old tires beneath a broken window in the room led cops to search the area outside. They found White naked behind the hotel, officials said. They also found an unloaded revolver near the back of the hotel.
White is set to be sentencing in September. He faces 25 years to life in prison.
"I am committed to holding accountable those who perpetuate acts of brutal violence against their intimate partners, and this case is especially heinous," Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in announcing the conviction. "Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of attempting to murder his wife, who was found bleeding from a gunshot wound and serious facial injuries. The conviction cannot undo the trauma but will hopefully provide a sense of peace to the victim knowing her abuser will be sentenced for his criminal actions." | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nude-nyc-man-found-guilty-of-trying-to-murder-wife-in-jamaica-hotel-attack/3794807/ | 2022-07-26T15:29:51 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nude-nyc-man-found-guilty-of-trying-to-murder-wife-in-jamaica-hotel-attack/3794807/ |
A Brooklyn man was stabbed to death -- allegedly with a broken bottle -- during a soccer match in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood over the weekend, authorities say.
Richardo Sanchez, 29, was found stabbed in the chest, arm and neck when cops responded to a 911 call at Fort Washington Park, near 165th Street and Riverside Drive, shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday, the NYPD said.
He was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later.
According to police, Sanchez was part of a group of men playing soccer in the park at the time. A fight broke out and one of the men grabbed a broken bottle and repeatedly stabbed him, the preliminary investigation found.
It wasn't clear what sparked the fight. A 24-year-old Manhattan man has been charged with murder in the case. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/soccer-player-murdered-during-match-in-manhattan-park-nypd/3794847/ | 2022-07-26T15:30:01 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/soccer-player-murdered-during-match-in-manhattan-park-nypd/3794847/ |
NAI Hiffman was retained by CA Health & Science Trust to market the Lake Medical Center in Munster.
Chicago-based CA Health & Science Trust, which manages 410,000 square feet of rentable space in seven medical office buildings, acquired the 120,000-square-foot medical office building at 9200 Calumet Ave. for an undisclosed sum. It's located across from the 458-bed Community Hospital.
The private real estate investment trust retained Oakbrook Terrace-based NAI Hiffman to market the property to prospective tenants.
“We are pleased to engage in this strategic partnership with NAI Hiffman to market the strong desirability of our Munster property for medical tenants,” said Loriann Duffy, senior vice president of property management for CAHST. “Since acquiring the complex in September 2021 and making substantial investments in upgrading the quality of the campus, we have seen significant interest from prospective tenants, which underscores the continued demand for CAHST’s high-quality medical office facilities. We look forward to working with NAI Hiffman to continue the momentum we have built in making the Lake Medical Campus the premier location in the market for outpatient medical care.”
Lake Medical Center has ambulatory surgery centers affiliated with United Surgical Partners International and Tenet Health. Rush University Medical Center also signed a lease there, where it expects to open early next year.
Current tenants include Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, The Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Community Hospital Therapy Services, Dermio Dermatology, Great Lakes Surgical Suites and DaVita.
Tenants can lease between 659 to 8,278 square feet of space. They share lobby space and common areas.
Vacant land next door could accommodate another 40,000-square-foot build-to-suit medical office building in the future.
“A growing number of health care providers have identified Northwest Indiana as a vibrant market for delivering services, creating a critical mass of large provider investment in the area,” said Brian Edgerton, senior vice president of the health care services team at NAI Hiffman. “Proximity to nearby hospitals and I-94, combined with a continued influx of specialty service lines from Chicago-based systems like Rush University Medical Center, make Munster an ideal location for regional patient access.”
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The corridor runs from the Interstate 65 interchange to Illinois 394. The stretch includes 10 interchanges and averages 204,000 vehicles daily at the state line and 158,000 at I-65.
The Fort Wayne-based steelmaker, a competitor to U.S. Steel and Cleveland-Cliffs, plans to invest a total of $2.2 billion in the 650,000-ton recycled aluminum flat-rolled mill and two slab centers that will feed it with recycled material.
Highland native and Highland High School graduate Anna Wermuth, now an attorney at Cozen O'Connor in Chicago, also was recently named a Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers of America and one of the Top 500 Corporate Employment Lawyers by Lawdragon.
"First and foremost, the shutdown of Indiana Harbor No. 4 was driven by our commitment to reduce our carbon footprint. We can only do that because Indiana Harbor No. 7 is a massive consumer of Hot Briquetted Iron."
McColly Real Estate Founder Ronald F. McColly is transitioning to a chairman role after starting and long running what's billed as "the largest independent residential real estate company in Northwest Indiana."
The Move to Indiana campaign looks to further capitalize on the momentum of migration from Illinois to Northwest Indiana with a new website and new sponsors. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/nai-hiffman-hired-to-market-lake-medical-center/article_127db26c-37bf-5de9-9018-40257d3672ab.html | 2022-07-26T15:33:32 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/nai-hiffman-hired-to-market-lake-medical-center/article_127db26c-37bf-5de9-9018-40257d3672ab.html |
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia State Police has temporarily reduced the operating hours for its Med-Flight helicopter service in central and southwest Virginia due to a shortage of pilots.
In the meantime, private, for-hire air ambulance services such as those offered by VCU Health Systems and HCA Hospitals will fill the gap in the Richmond area. Med-Flight is free of charge, but the private services bill patients for the transport. In most cases, the fee is covered by a patient’s health care insurance.
Traditionally, sworn state police officers have piloted Med-Flight helicopters, but civilian pilots have been employed in the past and the shortage has opened hiring to civilians.
The state has posted job listings seeking pilots for the Med-Flight programs based in Chesterfield County and Abingdon. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pilot-shortage-leads-to-med-flight-service-hour-cuts/2022/07/26/3f988c2a-0cee-11ed-88e8-c58dc3dbaee2_story.html | 2022-07-26T15:36:55 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pilot-shortage-leads-to-med-flight-service-hour-cuts/2022/07/26/3f988c2a-0cee-11ed-88e8-c58dc3dbaee2_story.html |
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — The Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office is asking the public for help in finding the family of a man that recently died in Birmingham.
According to Coroner Bill Yates, 62-year-old Jerry Melton Williams was found lying unresponsive on July 21 near an apartment building in the 7700 block of Madrid Avenue.
Coroner’s officials say that all attempts to locate Williams’ family have failed. They believe he is originally from Troy, Alabama. His immediate family: Josephine Liptrot (mother), Milton Williams (father), and Jermain Williams (brother) are all believed to be deceased as well.
Family members or anyone with information on relatives are asked to call the JCCO at 205-930-3603. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/jefferson-county-coroner-searching-for-family-of-deceased-man-2/ | 2022-07-26T15:37:59 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/jefferson-county-coroner-searching-for-family-of-deceased-man-2/ |
PORTLAND, Maine — Our local chiropractor and wellness expert, Dr. Allyson Coffin stopped by the 207 studio to teach us a few stretches to add to our morning routine.
Dr. Coffin says you can do a majority of them before you even get out of bed.
The first involves tilting your head from side to side, then backward to stretch your neck muscles. Dr. Coffin says you can skip looking down because most of us do that all day at work.
The second stretch involves cupping your hands in front of you and making a basket shape with your arms. Then, lift your arms up above your head and lean from side to side. Dr. Coffin says this opens up your side muscles.
The third stretch is called a pelvic tilt. With your back flat against your bed or the ground, place your feet in front of you with your knees pointed toward the ceiling. Dr. Coffin says to push your belly button down for 10-15 seconds to engage your lower back and sacrum muscle. She says a lot of people who have lower back pain will feel relief from this stretch.
The last stretch consists of bringing your knees to your chest while on your back. This will stretch the front of your leg and your lower back.
If at any point you experience a shooting or grabbing pain, Dr. Coffin says to stop. That is a sign your muscle is not ready to be stretched that far.
In addition to stretching, Dr. Coffin suggests drinking a glass of water as soon as you wake up in the morning and rolling, instead of sitting up straight, to get out of bed. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/feeling-stiff-add-these-stretches-to-your-morning-routine-stretching-mobility-flexibility-health/97-cb28695d-922f-46f9-92e3-bb849c07c9b9 | 2022-07-26T15:38:10 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/feeling-stiff-add-these-stretches-to-your-morning-routine-stretching-mobility-flexibility-health/97-cb28695d-922f-46f9-92e3-bb849c07c9b9 |
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — The town of Dover-Foxcroft has a new building that Foxcroft Academy hopes will benefit the students and the community.
The $7 million Jim Robinson Field House, located next to the academy, is just about finished after a few years of planning and construction.
The new space provides the school with indoor soccer, field hockey, and softball fields, as well as space for indoor wrestling and more.
It will also provide a space for community members to go for indoor workouts, and Foxcroft Academy hopes the community will take full advantage of that.
“I hope that they feel very comfortable to come here for wellness and to stay healthy, whether it’s walking or working out with a trainer or running and playing in league games. It really benefits the students of Foxcroft Academy, but really we are going to share this with our community,” Arnold Shorey, Foxcroft Academy's head of school, told NEWS CENTER Maine.
The grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Jim Robinson Field House will be held at 5 p.m. on August 5.
For the latest breaking news, weather, and traffic alerts, download the NEWS CENTER Maine mobile app. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/the-jim-robinson-field-house-is-set-to-open-in-dover-foxcroft-maine-foxcroft-academy/97-55614886-2aef-400b-8287-34cc93806eff | 2022-07-26T15:38:11 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/the-jim-robinson-field-house-is-set-to-open-in-dover-foxcroft-maine-foxcroft-academy/97-55614886-2aef-400b-8287-34cc93806eff |
PORTLAND, Maine — The federal government is conducting a review of four dams on a Maine river that could result in a lifeline for the last wild Atlantic salmon in the U.S.
The last of the wild salmon live in a group of rivers in Maine and have been listed under the Endangered Species Act since 2000. One of the rivers is the Kennebec River, where Brookfield Renewable U.S. owns dams.
Brookfield wants to amend federal licenses for four dams and receive a new 40-year operating license for one of them. That requires a review of the dams' impacts on salmon, said representatives for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The federal review could result in mitigation measures Brookfield would need to take to protect the salmon, NOAA officials said. The review comes as the Biden administration is also eyeing changes to dams in other parts of the country. The administration released reports earlier this month that said removing dams on the lower Snake River in eastern Washington may be needed to adequately restore salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest.
In Maine, Brookfield views the review as a step toward building new fish passages on the Kennebec, which will help the fish migrate and spawn, said David Heidrich, a spokesperson for the company. Brookfield plans to spend at least $40 million on structural modifications to its projects, and will incorporate changes required by the federal review, Heidrich said.
The review “is a critical regulatory approval that moves Brookfield one step closer to the construction and operation of new, state-of-art fishways on the Lower Kennebec,” he said.
The last wild Atlantic salmon have long been a focus of conservation advocates in New England. Environmental groups have raised alarms that counters found fewer fish on the Penobscot River in 2021 than in any year since 2016.
The fish were once abundant in Maine rivers and beyond, but factors such as dams, overfishing, habitat loss and pollution dramatically reduced their populations. In May, Brookfield said it would use seasonal shutdown procedures for the Kennebec River dams to help the salmon migrate.
The best way to help the salmon population recover would be to remove the dams altogether, said Nick Bennett, staff scientist with the Natural Resources Council of Maine. That would open up access to the Sandy River, a tributary of the Kennebec that is prime salmon habitat, he said.
“If we could get those four dams removed, the best big chunk of Atlantic salmon spawning and rearing habitat, which is the Sandy River and its tributaries, would be direct free swim from the ocean,” Bennett said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/us-could-require-steps-for-maine-dams-to-save-endangered-atlantic-salmon/97-97332286-399b-4bfb-8fd9-77d189839037 | 2022-07-26T15:38:14 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/us-could-require-steps-for-maine-dams-to-save-endangered-atlantic-salmon/97-97332286-399b-4bfb-8fd9-77d189839037 |
BARTOW, Fla. — There will be a lot of law enforcement activity this week at Bartow Middle School, but there's no need for concern.
Bartow Police Department plans to conduct its annual active shooting training at the school, located at 550 E. Clower St., on Tuesday and Thursday, the agency said in a news release.
The training is scheduled from 2-6 p.m. each day. During this time, the department says people may hear loud noises and emergency response vehicles.
Fire and paramedics will join officers to practice in the event of an active shooter, according to the agency. They will be challenged on how to respond, what to do while on scene and act in a certain amount of time.
"...Please do not be alarmed," the department said in a statement. "No live weapons will be used during the training."
Bartow's training comes as Pinellas County law enforcement agencies last week met at Clearwater's High Point Elementary School for their own exercise. The sheriff's office said the goal was to evaluate and improve preparedness for an actual emergency.
"We’re doing everything we can to be as prepared as we possibly can. That’s why we’re testing ourselves," Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said earlier.
Law enforcement in Uvalde, Texas, has been roundly criticized for their "egregiously poor decision-making" during the mass shooting in May that took the lives of 19 students and two teachers. While students were trapped inside a classroom with the gunman called 911, officers were seen waiting outside.
No officers make entry into the classroom for more than 70 minutes, hallway surveillance video showed. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/bartow-middle-school-active-shooter-training/67-4227527e-5866-410e-8cb6-3daf2477a194 | 2022-07-26T15:42:29 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/bartow-middle-school-active-shooter-training/67-4227527e-5866-410e-8cb6-3daf2477a194 |
What you need to know about back-to-school shopping in a time of inflation
As the end of summer vacation approaches, parents preparing to send their kids back to school are seeing steeper prices on items such as pencils and notebooks for the third year in a row.
Since the pandemic started, school supplies, along with most other consumer goods, have gotten more expensive. Families with children in elementary through high school are expected to spend $168 more on average this year than three years ago, according to the National Retail Federation, which has conducted yearly back-to-school surveys since 2003.
This year’s survey also shows about one-third of back-to-school shoppers say they are cutting back in other spending areas to cover the cost of school supplies.
That could be especially true in the Phoenix area, where the inflation rate, driven mostly by housing prices, has been going up faster than the average U.S. city. Prices in metro Phoenix rose 12.3% over the last year compared to the 9.1% national average, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, while prices of educational books and supplies reported a 3.7% increase nationwide.
Although the inflation rate has hit a 40-year high, Arizona State University economics professor Dennis Hoffman said it’s important to keep the number in perspective.
"It rubs me the wrong way, having lived in the 70s, when I hear that we're enduring record inflation ... Inflation was far higher for far longer in the 70s. The price of gasoline went up five, six times," he said. If that was the case now, "we would be paying $18 to $20 for a gallon of gas and we're not.”
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"It's (inflation) tough to swallow but it will likely abate far faster than it did because the 70s were filled with oil shocks and supply shocks that extended almost the (entire) decade ... We don't have those pressures."
Although prices have increased again this year, there are signs that inflation is slowing. Back-to-school shoppers are expected to spend about $15 more this year than they did in 2021, a small difference compared to the $92.79 average spending increase from 2019 to 2020.
Tips to save on back-to-school shopping
Hoffman said that families looking to save money on back-to-school shopping should keep their eyes out for coupons and be aware that many stores deeply discount a handful of items to trap shoppers inside, so they should stick to only the items on sale.
He also advised families to look for deals online.
Target announced earlier this month several discounts for back-to-school items, including a 15% discount for teachers until Sept. 10 and 20% for college students. until Sept. 3.
Karl Gentles, the executive director of nonprofit Back to School Clothing Drive, said his tip for shoppers is "don't be penny-wise and pound foolish, meaning you might save a dollar driving an extra mile for an item, but it's costing that amount of money in gas."
"So, I would just say, find someplace that it's easy to work with and that has the products that you want and your child likes and just stick with them because, you know, running around town or even online, it can be challenging and actually costing more in the long run."
Back-to-school drives
Several organizations in the Phoenix area are running back-to-school drives to support families in need:
Back-to-School Clothing Drive: To participate in the nonprofit's programs, go to backtoschoolclothingdrive.com/programs/. To make a donation, go to www.backtoschoolclothingdrive.com/donation/.
Stonepoint Community Church: From 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 30th, the church will be giving out backpacks filled with school supplies to K-12 students on a first come, first serve basis. For more information, go to stonepointcc.org/backpackdrive.
Southwest Human Development is accepting donations. More information at swhd.org/backtoschool/.
Arizona Mills is accepting donations for Tempe Elementary School District students until July 28. More information at the mall's website: simon.com/mall/arizona-mills
The Phoenix Salvation Army is accepting donations until July 31. More information at salvationarmyphoenix.org/backpack-sos.
Renata Cló is a reporter on The Arizona Republic's K-12 education team. You can reach her at rclo@arizonarepublic.com and follow her on Twitter @renataclo.
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5-year-old boy run over by out-of-control car on Daytona Beach: What we know
On Sunday, a horrifying event unfolded when a car crashed through an empty toll booth, burst onto Daytona Beach and surged into the ocean, running over a 5-year-old boy.
Hugo Alamos of Nashville, Tennessee, was in the water with his son David when he heard a loud boom "like a bomb" and then, as people on the beach rushed to get out of the way, saw the boy vanish under the car in the waves.
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When it happened:Officials: 4 injured, including child, when car crashes into Daytona ISB beach approach
Here's what you need to know about the crash.
Where was the crash on Daytona Beach?
The driver of the car, Christian Rivera Rosado, 28, of Springfield, Massachusetts, apparently had a seizure and lost control of his Nissan Altima, according to a report from Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue. The car smashed through the empty toll booth at the International Speedway Boulevard beach approach in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Who was injured in the Sunday beach crash?
David Alamos, 5, from Nashville, Tennessee.
What were the injuries in the Daytona crash?
The boy suffered two open cuts, according to his father Hugo Alamos, "one in the right arm and one on the chest."
No injuries were reported for anyone in the car, although officials said they were taken to the hospital for treatment. Several other people suffered minor cuts and scratches, authorities said Sunday.
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How many people were in the car that crashed into the ocean?
Four. Rivera Rosado's wife, Yashira De Jesus Guzman, was in the front passenger seat, and two girls — 10 and 13 — were in the back seat of the car, when it crashed onto the beach, the report said.
How is the child who was hit by the car?
While rescue workers initially said the boy was airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, he was released from Halifax Health Medical Center later Sunday. "They (medical personnel) closed the open wounds that he had but he is still very frightened," Alamos said. "He is doing much better."
Previous accidents on Volusia beaches involving children:
- 2016: 1 family haunted by Volusia beach crash; another still dealing with loss
- 2014: Toddler struck by Jeep reopens debate about driving on beach
- 2011: Boy struck by vehicle while playing on beach
- 2010:Tragic death of 4-year-old renews beach driving debate
- 2010: Family sues over beach death of 4-year-old boy
Why did the driver hit the toll booth and crash into the ocean?
The driver, Rivera Rosado, may have had a seizure, according to the official report, He was also transported to Halifax Health Medical Center. Rosado, who said he didn't remember the incident, was cited with careless driving, the report states. The crash remains under investigation.
According to one unidentified witness to the scene, the driver told the rest of the people in the car before the crash that he was going to have a seizure. They thought he was joking at first, the woman said, and were then aware he was unconscious and unable to drive as the car continued to move.
Has anyone ever been killed by a car on Volusia beaches or in Daytona?
Yes. In 2014, a 45-year-old North Carolina woman and her family were walking on the beach when a motorist crashed his car through the locked gate at the Dunlawton Avenue beach approach in Daytona Beach Shores and hit a tollbooth before plowing into them.
The other members of her family, including her children, were able to get out of the way but she was hit and killed, Florida Highway Patrol troopers said.
Prior to that, the last vehicle-related deaths on Volusia's beaches were in 2010, when toddlers Ellie Bland and Aiden Patrick, both 4, were killed in separate accidents.
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DeLand commission gives final nod to rezoning of old golf course, landfill for development
DELAND — The City Commission voted 3-2 during a special meeting Monday night to change the zoning of a former golf course and city landfill to a planned development called Beresford Reserve.
The vote on the approximately 168-acre site comes nearly six months after the first reading on Jan. 31.
City staff and those working on behalf of the Orlando-based developer, Elevation Development, made adjustments to the plans over the course of about 20 months as dozens of residents raised objections, largely over environmental concerns.
Past hinders future:Former DeLand golf course's time as city dump stymies developer's plans to build homes
Mayor Bob Apgar, Vice Mayor Charles Paiva and Commissioner Kevin Reid voted in favor of the rezoning; Commissioners Chris Cloudman and Jessica Davis opposed.
Residents, as well as some commissioners, pointed to the proposed density as another concern.
Originally, the developer wanted to bring 861 homes to the site. On Monday night, it was down to 597 residential units, the same as proposed during the first reading in January.
This story is developing. Please check back for updates. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/07/26/former-deland-golf-course-become-home-nearly-600-homes-beresford-reserve/10131960002/ | 2022-07-26T15:52:54 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/07/26/former-deland-golf-course-become-home-nearly-600-homes-beresford-reserve/10131960002/ |
Zaxby's, the fast-food chain specializing in chicken, opened its first location in Chester at 2520 W. Hundred Road on Monday.
"We look forward to welcoming existing and new fans of Zaxby’s to our newly redesigned building with several innovative features to improve the overall dining experience for our guests," said Travis Kelley, president at 1st and Goal Chester, LLC. “The look and feel of the new Chester store is different than any other Zaxby’s in the area.”
1st and Goal Chester, LLC is a Zaxby's franchisee headquartered in Cary, N.C. that owns and operates six Zaxby's restaurants of which three are located in Chesterfield County. The franchisee group plans for additional growth in Chesterfield County in the coming years and has plans to open additional stores in Virginia.
There are now 8 total Zaxby's restaurants in the Richmond area. Zaxby's focuses on prepared-at-order chicken fingers, wings, sandwiches and salads.
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The new location in Chester is a 2,900 square-foot farmhouse-style restaurant with indoor seating for 56 guests and 16 guests on its exterior patio.
"We are extremely excited to be able to open this new location and provide upwards of 35 new employment opportunities to the Chester community," Kelley added. Interested applicants may text “2125” to “31063” or stop by the restaurant for more information.
Zaxby's has more than 900 locations in 18 states and is headquartered in Athens, Ga. | https://richmond.com/business/local/first-zaxbys-in-chester-now-open/article_e6e894e9-4da6-54fc-933f-72c46774a3b0.html | 2022-07-26T16:04:27 | 0 | https://richmond.com/business/local/first-zaxbys-in-chester-now-open/article_e6e894e9-4da6-54fc-933f-72c46774a3b0.html |
In a historic vote, the Richmond City Council on Monday approved a code amendment that gives municipal workers the right to unionize and have collective bargaining. City workers filled council chambers as the affirmative vote was cast and applause erupted.
The approval comes about six months after talks started and two years after Virginia lawmakers approved legislation giving collective bargaining rights to government workers. Mayor Levar Stoney and council members last week announced they’d reached an agreement that would allow employees to proceed in forming a union.
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Doris Crouse-Mays, president of the Virginia AFL-CIO, said during the public comment portion of the meeting that city workers will have a voice.
“You just need to realize the historical moment that you’re about the embark upon and how monumental this is,” said Crouse-Mays, one of several supporters who spoke Monday night.
The motion passed unanimously.
Collective bargaining is the process in which an employer and a union of workers negotiate terms and conditions of employment, including details about wages, hours, overtime, paid time off, safety and health.
Richmond Chief Administrative Officer Lincoln Saunders told the council that the move makes the city a “workplace of choice” and credited officials with striking a compromise and balance.
“It’s encouraging to see we are all united in wanting to see investment in our workforce,” he said.
About 3,000 employees are in the city’s workforce.
Larry Christian, 67, a Department of Public Works employee since 1998, said the approval is long overdue. When Christian first started working with the city as a trades helper, his starting salary was $18,000, he said.
“It’s still bad, man,” Christian said before the vote. “We’ve tried for many years to form an organized union. That’s why I say when the people get fed up, you’re going to hear from them and that’s what happened with us.”
Historically, Richmond has a history of poor wages, pension and health care benefits, according to research groups such as The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis, a Richmond-based progressive think tank.
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Join the Richmond City employees of @SEIU at tonight’s city council meeting for the final vote on Collective Bargaining!
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Supporters of the city unionization effort said the move will improve conditions for municipal workers. Opponents say it will strain finances and present challenges for administrators.
Christian, a lifelong Richmond resident and married father of three, said he’s spent time “in the trenches” meeting city workers across departments meeting in the library about their struggles as employees and attending City Council meetings
“I’ve been down [to] City Hall every time since we’ve been talking about negotiations,” said Christian. “Every one of them were pushing to allow us to negotiate, but they kept dragging their feet.”
Before coming to a ununified agreement, Stoney and City Council debated multiple, competing bills that would allow workers to petition to unionize, which led to multiple delays.
Councilmembers Reva Trammell and Kristen Nye submitted measures that would allow city workers to negotiate with the city for new labor contracts. The mayor’s administration also prepared a plan of its own.
One notable distinction from past drafts submitted to City Council and the ordinance they agreed to is the list bargaining units recognized by the ordinance.
Although city workers have repeatedly advocated to be represented under one union, the ordinance recognizes five categorical groups:
- police employees
- fire and emergency services employees
- labor and trades employees
- professional employees
- administrative and technical employees
The ordinance approved Monday defines the role of a labor relations administrator to be a neutral negotiator between the city and bargaining agent.
Once selected, the administrator will serve a four-year term and be contracted by the city.
Workers also will take part in a union election. The petition must show that at least 30% of workers are interested in joining a union. Within 45 days of when the petition is recognized by the labor relations administrator, a mail-in ballot election will be held where employees will vote.
The earliest possible date for a union election would be the fall.
Councilwoman Ellen Robertson said during the meeting on Monday that the approval means employees will have a bigger say.
“I know there will not be another budget where your voice isn’t heard,” she said.
Nye on Monday also expressed her appreciation for her colleagues, city workers and union representatives.
“It’s fair and it’s the right thing for us to do for you all to have a seat at the table and to have meaningful dialogue as we move through all the issues that are important to you,” said Nye during the discussion period.
Before the 2020 General Assembly vote, Virginia was one of a handful of states that banned public-sector bargaining. In Richmond, teachers were among the first in the city and the state to garner the right to negotiate work contracts. | https://richmond.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/what-happens-now-that-richmond-city-council-has-approved-collective-bargaining-measure/article_24e58de1-dc63-555e-ac2d-dded51cbb495.html | 2022-07-26T16:05:28 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/what-happens-now-that-richmond-city-council-has-approved-collective-bargaining-measure/article_24e58de1-dc63-555e-ac2d-dded51cbb495.html |
Tickets are now on sale for this year's Dominion Energy Charity Classic golf tournament, which will take place from Oct. 21-23.
The event will feature a Friday night concert with Lauren Alaina, a former American Idol contestant who is a Grand Ole Opry member.
The show will begin at the end of the first round of play, following a military appreciation ceremony at 5:15 p.m.
This is the seventh year of the tournament, which brings the best senior golfers on the PGA Tour Champions to the Country Club of Virginia's James River course.
Tickets are also available for the Thursday pro-am. Tickets can be purchased at deccgolf.com. | https://richmond.com/sports/local/dominion-golf-tournament-announces-lauren-alaina-concert-ticket-information-for-october-event/article_a532846d-5c5f-5332-9993-713182cf24b7.html | 2022-07-26T16:05:36 | 1 | https://richmond.com/sports/local/dominion-golf-tournament-announces-lauren-alaina-concert-ticket-information-for-october-event/article_a532846d-5c5f-5332-9993-713182cf24b7.html |
DALLAS (KDAF) — As the Mega Millions drawing looms on Tuesday night, everyone will have their eyes glued to their $2-$3 ticket to see if they’ve won the mega-huge jackpot. However, if you’ve recently purchased a Texas Lottery ticket for a smaller game near Dallas-Fort Worth, your pocketbook is about to look a little more full.
The lottery says a $25,000 winning ticket from the Monday night drawing of the Cash Five game was sold just outside of DFW. That winning ticket matched all five of the winning numbers from July 25’s drawing to notch the big win.
It was sold at McCloude Food Store on North Main Street in Farmersville and the ticket was not a Quick Pick according to the lottery’s reporting. From this drawing, there were also 100 secondary prize winners who matched four of the five winning numbers to win $350 each.
In total from this drawing, there were over 27,500 winners who won at least a free Cash Five QP and as much as $25,000. | https://cw33.com/news/local/25000-winning-texas-lottery-ticket-sold-outside-of-dallas-fort-worth-2/ | 2022-07-26T16:07:04 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/25000-winning-texas-lottery-ticket-sold-outside-of-dallas-fort-worth-2/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — The National Weather Service center in Fort Worth reports burn bans are in effect for all North and Central Texas counties.
These burn bans are stemming from the heat and drought the area has experienced recently, which in turn is creating a fire threat. NWS Fort Worth says, “As the hot and dry conditions continue, so will the increased concern for the fire weather threat. Make sure to avoid all outdoor activities that could produce fire starts, and to heed any instruction from officials.”
DO NOT:
- Toss lit cigarettes on the ground
- Drag tow chains on the ground
- Park/drive over tall grass
- Leave a campfire unattended
- Burn unnecessarily
Be prepared for any adverse weather or wildfires by:
- Checking local burn bans/fire danger
- Contact law/fire department immediately if you smell smoke or see fire | https://cw33.com/news/local/burn-bans-in-effect-for-all-north-central-texas-counties-due-to-heat-drought/ | 2022-07-26T16:07:25 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/burn-bans-in-effect-for-all-north-central-texas-counties-due-to-heat-drought/ |
SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - A Saginaw couple just launched a sailboat that they made from scratch.
Nick and Monika Massey say they have been rebuilding the boat for the last four years with a dream to sail around the world. The couple calls the Glacier Gem simple, reliable and robust.
They say getting the boat seaworthy was a long process. Thanks to McNally Nimergood, who donated their crane, the Glacier Gem was able to launch on Monday.
"The hull was built in a shipyard, but we rebuilt everything -- all the interior, all of the rigging and everything -- ourselves with help from family and friends," Nick Massey said.
The couple plans to set sail by October around the Great Lakes to Chicago, travel through the locks into the Mississippi River, south into the Gulf of Mexico and on through Central America.
"Hopefully by December we are planning to be in Panama," Monika Massey said.
The couple plans to use celestial navigation to sail around the globe. They are posting updates and information about their journey online. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/saginaw-couple-launches-rebuilt-sailboat-with-plans-to-tour-the-world/article_d28a2e6e-0cf6-11ed-889e-03fad0fc3b72.html | 2022-07-26T16:07:31 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/saginaw-couple-launches-rebuilt-sailboat-with-plans-to-tour-the-world/article_d28a2e6e-0cf6-11ed-889e-03fad0fc3b72.html |
It goes without saying that the coronavirus pandemic has sparked a wave of uncertainty across myriad industries, and not other market has quite felt its impact like that of real estate.
The pandemic has become a driving force behind the continued real estate boom, with high demand for vacation homes and a limited supply of housing that has prompted buyers and investors to bid up prices for affordable properties, causing home prices to skyrocket. The ability to work remotely played a role in the vacation home demand in mid-2020, as affluent Americans opted to ride out the pandemic with more amenities and space outside dense urban areas.
Stacker compiled a list of cities with the fastest-growing home prices in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area using data from Zillow. Cities are ranked by 1-year price change as of June 2022. The charts in this story were created automatically using Matplotlib. The typical home value in the United States increased over the last year by +20.9% to $334,141. Data was available for 200 cities and towns in Dallas.
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#30. Annetta, TX
– 1-year price change: +$141,442 (+33.7%)
– 5-year price change: +$246,267 (+78.2%)
– Typical home value: $561,164 (#39 most expensive city in metro)
#29. Highland Village, TX
– 1-year price change: +$143,518 (+30.7%)
– 5-year price change: +$240,025 (+64.7%)
– Typical home value: $610,814 (#31 most expensive city in metro)
#28. Allen, TX
– 1-year price change: +$145,986 (+35.4%)
– 5-year price change: +$226,861 (+68.4%)
– Typical home value: $558,411 (#40 most expensive city in metro)
#27. Flower Mound, TX
– 1-year price change: +$152,168 (+31.7%)
– 5-year price change: +$251,353 (+66.0%)
– Typical home value: $631,982 (#29 most expensive city in metro)
#26. McKinney, TX
– 1-year price change: +$153,671 (+37.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$235,675 (+71.5%)
– Typical home value: $565,344 (#37 most expensive city in metro)
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#25. Murphy, TX
– 1-year price change: +$156,109 (+32.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$251,542 (+65.4%)
– Typical home value: $636,230 (#27 most expensive city in metro)
#24. Hebron, TX
– 1-year price change: +$162,009 (+33.2%)
– 5-year price change: +$251,542 (data not available)
– Typical home value: $650,216 (#24 most expensive city in metro)
#23. Lantana, TX
– 1-year price change: +$167,220 (+34.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$252,395 (+63.2%)
– Typical home value: $651,811 (#23 most expensive city in metro)
#22. Pecan Acres, TX
– 1-year price change: +$171,050 (+27.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$320,033 (+67.6%)
– Typical home value: $793,370 (#15 most expensive city in metro)
#21. Trophy Club, TX
– 1-year price change: +$173,037 (+32.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$282,252 (+66.2%)
– Typical home value: $708,531 (#20 most expensive city in metro)
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#20. Annetta South, TX
– 1-year price change: +$175,960 (+33.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$327,372 (+87.7%)
– Typical home value: $700,775 (#21 most expensive city in metro)
#19. Fairview, TX
– 1-year price change: +$177,572 (+33.2%)
– 5-year price change: +$276,859 (+63.5%)
– Typical home value: $713,102 (#19 most expensive city in metro)
#18. Annetta North, TX
– 1-year price change: +$178,296 (+31.4%)
– 5-year price change: +$318,233 (+74.5%)
– Typical home value: $745,394 (#17 most expensive city in metro)
#17. Double Oak, TX
– 1-year price change: +$181,883 (+27.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$360,276 (+74.0%)
– Typical home value: $847,389 (#11 most expensive city in metro)
#16. Copper Canyon, TX
– 1-year price change: +$182,186 (+26.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$352,068 (+68.9%)
– Typical home value: $863,204 (#10 most expensive city in metro)
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#15. Colleyville, TX
– 1-year price change: +$189,679 (+27.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$327,962 (+58.9%)
– Typical home value: $884,557 (#9 most expensive city in metro)
#14. Celina, TX
– 1-year price change: +$194,225 (+42.2%)
– 5-year price change: +$287,745 (+78.6%)
– Typical home value: $653,956 (#22 most expensive city in metro)
#13. Argyle, TX
– 1-year price change: +$195,553 (+31.1%)
– 5-year price change: +$332,439 (+67.6%)
– Typical home value: $824,352 (#13 most expensive city in metro)
#12. Heath, TX
– 1-year price change: +$196,928 (+32.2%)
– 5-year price change: +$318,010 (+64.8%)
– Typical home value: $808,589 (#14 most expensive city in metro)
#11. McLendon-Chisholm, TX
– 1-year price change: +$198,660 (+35.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$311,712 (+69.7%)
– Typical home value: $758,930 (#16 most expensive city in metro)
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#10. Frisco, TX
– 1-year price change: +$198,967 (+38.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$290,273 (+68.3%)
– Typical home value: $715,196 (#18 most expensive city in metro)
#9. Prosper, TX
– 1-year price change: +$255,027 (+43.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$374,188 (+79.6%)
– Typical home value: $844,220 (#12 most expensive city in metro)
#8. Parker, TX
– 1-year price change: +$270,321 (+33.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$434,841 (+68.5%)
– Typical home value: $1,069,968 (#8 most expensive city in metro)
#7. Southlake, TX
– 1-year price change: +$272,846 (+29.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$464,746 (+63.3%)
– Typical home value: $1,199,134 (#6 most expensive city in metro)
#6. Bartonville, TX
– 1-year price change: +$280,696 (+30.4%)
– 5-year price change: +$474,332 (+65.1%)
– Typical home value: $1,202,668 (#5 most expensive city in metro)
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#5. Lucas, TX
– 1-year price change: +$292,099 (+36.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$467,820 (+74.8%)
– Typical home value: $1,092,837 (#7 most expensive city in metro)
#4. Westover Hills, TX
– 1-year price change: +$417,676 (+22.4%)
– 5-year price change: +$682,752 (+42.6%)
– Typical home value: $2,286,160 (#2 most expensive city in metro)
#3. Westlake, TX
– 1-year price change: +$429,246 (+30.9%)
– 5-year price change: +$717,768 (+65.3%)
– Typical home value: $1,817,092 (#4 most expensive city in metro)
#2. University Park, TX
– 1-year price change: +$432,187 (+26.6%)
– 5-year price change: +$625,840 (+43.8%)
– Typical home value: $2,054,290 (#3 most expensive city in metro)
#1. Highland Park, TX
– 1-year price change: +$490,784 (+26.1%)
– 5-year price change: +$692,749 (+41.2%)
– Typical home value: $2,374,639 (#1 most expensive city in metro)
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What to Know
- Gunfire was reported inside Dallas Love Field Airport just after 11 a.m.
- A woman was transported from the scene by Dallas Fire-Rescue after police say she fired several rounds inside the airport. Witnesses told NBC 5 that the woman said something about her marriage before the shooting.
- Rockwall Chief of Police Max Geron was in the TSA security line and told NBC 5 he heard several shots near a ticket counter.
Coming Tuesday: Dallas Police are expected to provide an update at 1 p.m. Live video from that update will appear in the player at the top of this article.
A woman pulled out a gun inside Dallas Love Field Airport late Monday morning and began shooting toward the ceiling, police say, halting flight operations for several hours Monday. The woman, who witnesses said was yelling about her marriage, was confronted and shot by a Dallas police officer. No other injuries have been reported.
Dallas Chief of Police Eddie Garcia said the woman, identified by police Monday afternoon as 37-year-old Portia Odufuwa, was dropped off at the airport just before 11 a.m. and that once inside she went into a restroom and changed clothes.
Garcia said the woman exited the restroom wearing a hoody or something other than what she arrived in, pulled out a gun and started firing several shots. Most of the shots, Garcia said, appeared to be directed toward the ceiling.
"At this point, we don't know where exactly the individual was aiming. From what we are seeing she was aiming at the ceiling," Garcia said. " There are several rounds that were found."
DALLAS LOVE FIELD SHOOTING
According to the airport, officers working inside confronted Odufuwa at about 11:23 a.m. and shot her in her lower extremities. The woman was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital in an unknown condition. No further information about her or the motivation behind the shooting or who dropped her off at the airport has been confirmed by police.
Odufuwa has been charged with aggravated assault against a public servant. A bond amount has not been set. Dallas Police are expected to provide an update in the investigation at about 1 p.m. Tuesday.
The investigation is ongoing and Garcia said he expected elements to change as more is learned about what happened. Dallas Police said they do not plan to release any other statements until Tuesday afternoon. The Dallas FBI and ATF are assisting Dallas Police in the investigation. The FAA told NBC 5 that the incident is a police matter.
The shooting wasn't the first violent incident at the airport. In 2016, a police officer shot and wounded a man outside of Love Field after police said he advanced toward the officer with large landscaping rocks in his hands after battering his ex-girlfriend's car with a traffic cone and rocks as she dropped him off at the airport.
WITNESS SAYS SHOOTER SAID HER HUSBAND WAS CHEATING
Colby James spoke with NBC 5 Monday afternoon and said he was standing near the woman when she pulled out a gun and started shooting.
James said the woman said she had an announcement to make and said something about her husband cheating.
"She basically said her announcement, talking about her husband was cheating or something. And she basically said she was about to blow this sucker up. After she said that she pulled out a gun. She fired the first shot in the air and basically, everybody scattered," James said. "We were running. There were 10-12 more shots after that."
Karen Warner told The Dallas Morning News that she was checking in for her flight when she heard a loud argument about 20 feet (6 meters) behind her, followed by a gunshot. Then she started running.
"I heard about 10 more shots while I was running away," said Warner, who couldn't discern what the argument was about.
Cell phone video shared with NBC 5 showed travelers in the secure area of the airport on the ground, behind chairs at the gates and sheltering in place while the shooting unfolded.
DALLAS LOVE FIELD SHOOTING
ROCKWALL CHIEF PASSING THROUGH SECURITY WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED
Max Geron, Chief of Police in Rockwall, told NBC 5 in a phone interview Monday morning that he and his family were going through security when they heard gunshots.
Geron said a number of shots were heard near a baggage or ticket counter area. He said he grabbed his kids and that the TSA agents responded quickly by shuffling travelers into secure areas.
He said the TSA then got word that "the shooter was down" and they were evacuated out of the airport and sequestered in an outdoor location.
GROUND STOP, DELAYS AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD
All inbound flights to Love Field, which is one of the Dallas-Fort Worth area's two major airports, were held at their departure points until 2:30 p.m. Monday The airport suspended airport operations during the investigation but said at about 3:45 p.m. that flight operations had resumed.
Travelers were still encouraged to check the status of their flight before heading to the airport.
Love Field said at about 2 p.m. Monday afternoon that while operations at the airport were suspended passengers were moved out of the terminal to be rescreened by the TSA. Video from inside the airport Monday afternoon showed a congested scene with travelers filling the lobby area near ticketing and baggage claim.
Southwest Airlines issued the following statement early Monday afternoon saying they "paused all departures and arrivals as we wait for additional information from authorities" and that "there’s no greater priority for us than the safety of our employees and customers, all of which are reportedly safe."
Lynn Lunsford, with the FAA, told NBC 5 after noon Monday that there was no immediate estimate Monday afternoon on the number of flights diverted due to the incident.
This story is developing. Check back and refresh the page as some of the elements may change. NBC 5's Scott Friedman, Scott Gordon, Sophia Beausoleil and David Goins contributed to this report.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — A Heat Advisory will be in effect in North Texas on Tuesday for the northern part of the region as Elevated Fire Danger continues. Highs for the region will range from the upper 90s to 105 as skies will be sunny with winds from the south near 10-15 mph.
“The Heat Advisory has been expanded to include areas near and north of I-20 today. In the advisory area, temperatures in the 103-105 degree range are expected west of I-35, whereas heat index values near 105 are expected east of I-35. Winds will be out of the south between 10-15 mph under sunny skies,” NWS Fort Worth said.
The center adds that as hot and dry conditions continue, so does the increased concern for fire weather threats. “Make sure to avoid all outdoor activities that could produce fire starts, and to heed any instruction from officials.”
A quick look at the North Texas weekend
The center says, “A weak cold front will move into the region Friday, stall Saturday and lift north of the Red River Sunday, resulting in scattered showers and thunderstorms and slightly cooler temperatures. Not all areas will see rain, especially across Central Texas.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/heat-advisory-in-place-along-with-elevated-fire-danger-tuesday-in-north-texas-quick-look-at-weekend-weather/ | 2022-07-26T16:07:54 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/heat-advisory-in-place-along-with-elevated-fire-danger-tuesday-in-north-texas-quick-look-at-weekend-weather/ |
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Rankings from U.S. News are out on the best hospitals in Texas. Three Austin hospitals made the top 26.
The top hospital in the state is Houston Methodist Hospital, but St. David’s Medical Center in central Austin came in at No. 8.
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin tied for the ninth spot alongside Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Tyler.
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center tied for No. 21 with Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and University Medical Center.
As far as ranking by metro area, St. David’s Medical Center is considered the No. 1 hospital in Austin.
Here’s a full list of the hospital rankings in Texas U.S. News.
Texas has one hospital that made the top 20 nationwide — Houston Methodist Hospital, which came in at No. 15. The top hospital in the entire country, according to U.S. News, is Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
U.S. News explained the hospitals are ranked based off their performance in different specialties like cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, geriatrics and psychiatry. Different procedures and conditions are weighed as well, including back surgery, heart bypass surgery, diabetes and kidney failure. | https://cw33.com/news/local/here-are-the-best-hospitals-in-texas-ranked-by-us-news/ | 2022-07-26T16:08:00 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/here-are-the-best-hospitals-in-texas-ranked-by-us-news/ |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz — The first Valley community threatened with losing virtually all of its water supply by year's end now has a deadline to find a solution.
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) sent out a letter to Rio Verde Foothills community members saying a solution would need to be filed by mid-September for commission consideration.
"The City of Scottsdale informed the Rio Verde Foothills community that it would no longer be supplying water to the community at the end of 2022," the letter sent by Commissioner Anna Tovar said. "Around 500 homes in Rio Verde rely on water hauling services. As of today, no solution has been found."
Tovar says that she's heard of "several [public service corporations] near the community" that may be willing to help, but couldn't provide the names of specific corporations when asked by 12News.
ORIGINAL STORY: Hundreds of homes in Rio Verde Foothills are about to lose water; they won't be the last
See the commissioner's full letter here:
Two factions have formed in the foothills, driven by what they believe to be the best solution to their water woes: either forming a Designated Water Improvement District (DWID) or continuing water hauling services using a local water utility provider instead of Scottsdale.
A DWID allows the people who use the water to take shared responsibility for managing their own supply, according to the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona. This route would allow residents to democratically decide on where their water comes from, such as pumping from nearby sources, building canals or buying privately-owned water systems.
The power of a DWID to drill more wells and condemn property, however, has steered other residents towards a less bureaucratic option.
The continuation of water hauling services through a nearby utility isn't a long-term solution, as whichever utility company residents decide on could once again restrict hauling services as the Southwest's megadrought worsens. But, the option would stave off a full stoppage at year's end if it's approved by the ACC.
If the mid-September deadline isn't met, a full water supply stoppage would be imminent.
Water wars
Water levels are dwindling across the Southwest as the megadrought continues. Here's how Arizona and local communities are being affected. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/water-wars/rio-verde-foothills-water-solution-mid-september-dwid-standpipe-arizona-corporation-commission/75-236011df-31c5-4076-b5c4-382ab8180fb8 | 2022-07-26T16:10:53 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/water-wars/rio-verde-foothills-water-solution-mid-september-dwid-standpipe-arizona-corporation-commission/75-236011df-31c5-4076-b5c4-382ab8180fb8 |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — A local barbecue joint announced it plans to celebrate its own Foster Family week by giving back to the community.
Phil’s Dream Pit dishes out pulled pork, ribs, chicken and more, but it added something special to its menu. Foster children 18 years and younger can eat for free at the establishment on Tuesday.
The eatery also announced that a portion of its proceeds from 400 meals will fundraise for Isaiah 117 House of Hawkins and Hancock counties.
Phil’s Dream Pit is located at 534 Eastern Star Road off of Exit 10 on I-26. Its doors are open from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/phils-dream-pit-to-give-back-during-foster-family-week/ | 2022-07-26T16:11:55 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/phils-dream-pit-to-give-back-during-foster-family-week/ |
TWIN FALLS — From the beginning of COVID-19, the federal government has issued three waves of federal recovery dollars to local government entities to support response to and recovery from the pandemic.
First came CARES; then came ARPA. Now the pool of recovery funds is known as State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) and Twin Falls will receive almost $8.5 million.
Funds can be used for a wide range of things, such as replacing lost public sector revenue to provide government services, supporting the health of communities, and helping households, small businesses, impacted industries, nonprofits, and the public sector recover from economic impacts. The funds could also be used to invest in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure.
During the discussion Mayor Ruth Pierce said she was looking forward to the process.
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"I think this is great," Pierce said. "We have the ability to potentially select projects that we may not otherwise be able to fund , or that we'd have to go to the taxpayers to fund through bonds."
To determine how to use their portion of the recovery funds, Twin Falls City Council is in the process of creating an ad hoc committee to determine what needs in the community would most benefit from the windfall.
On Monday night the council approved charter documents with provisions for what the committee will do, and who will be in it.
The committee will be chaired by Mayor Ruth Pierce, who will appoint two members of the City Council. The mayor and members of the City Council will select three members currently serving on one of the city’s Citizen Advisory Committees, and three individuals residing in the city. The committee will be staffed by the city manager and the chief financial officer.
City council member Shawn Barigar acknowledged that many lawmakers had been wary about what strings might be attached to funds from the federal government.
"We all have our philosophies about whether 'free money from the feds' is really free money — we're all paying our part of that," Barigar said. "But I do think that finding a way to best utilize those funds to meet the needs of our own community ... is a good opportunity for us."
The committee has not yet been formed. Recommendations for how to use the money will be made by the end of the year. All funds have to be committed by Dec. 31, 2024, and completely expended by Dec. 31, 2026.
Residents of Twin Falls who are interested in being on the committee are invited to apply on the city’s website at www.tfid.org by Aug. 5. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/how-should-we-spend-8-5-million-twin-falls-charters-committee-to-spend-recovery-funds/article_e558df06-0c59-11ed-b5f9-83cd2a950a92.html | 2022-07-26T16:11:55 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/how-should-we-spend-8-5-million-twin-falls-charters-committee-to-spend-recovery-funds/article_e558df06-0c59-11ed-b5f9-83cd2a950a92.html |
BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Nearly two weeks after floods devastated Buchanan County, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle Sears visited the community on Monday, July 26.
According to officials, Sears and her husband spent their anniversary surveying damage across Southwest Virginia following the floods that occurred overnight on July 12-13.
Sen. Travis Hackworth accompanied them, according to a news release.
Officials visited with EMS, police and fire crews at the Richlands Police Department before touring damaged areas of Dismal River Road in the Pilgrim’s Knob community.
An assessment of the affected areas showed that the flood impacted 114 structures. Of those structures, 25 were destroyed. The Virginia Department of Emergency Management revealed that 22 of the 25 destroyed structures were homes.
To donate to help those affected, click here or text GIVE to 276-200-2440. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/virginias-lieutenant-governor-visits-aftermath-of-buchanan-co-floods/ | 2022-07-26T16:12:04 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/virginias-lieutenant-governor-visits-aftermath-of-buchanan-co-floods/ |
Artist Julee Willow teaches a large group of creative women how to paint Monday evening, July 25, 2022, at Redeemed Decor Event Center in Twin Falls.
Redeemed Decor is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 243 Fifth Ave. S. in Twin Falls.
Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/paint-night-draws-a-crowd/article_eebeedf8-0c89-11ed-8dd6-eb77cd33fce4.html | 2022-07-26T16:12:04 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/paint-night-draws-a-crowd/article_eebeedf8-0c89-11ed-8dd6-eb77cd33fce4.html |
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — A crash involving two 18-wheelers left nearly 40,000 pounds of pineapple spilled across the southbound lanes of I-45 near the Montgomery and Walker County line.
Officials say the crash happened just before 11 p.m. Monday when the big rig carrying pineapple experience a tire blowout.
The truck started swaying, which ripped the truck from the trailer. The trailer then hit the divider on the freeway and rolled over into the southbound lanes of I-45.
A second 18-wheeler heading for Houston crashed into the separated trailer, ripping it open and sending the fruit and debris flying.
The second big rig suffered considerable damage, leading to engine oil also spilling on the freeway.
The driver of the second big rig was taken to HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe and is stable.
All lanes of traffic are back open following the crash and DPS continues to investigate. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/houston-traffic-pineapple-crash/285-7511fc59-29ba-46a7-8489-bfac02a1ac0b | 2022-07-26T16:16:48 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/houston-traffic-pineapple-crash/285-7511fc59-29ba-46a7-8489-bfac02a1ac0b |
JERSEYDALE, Calif. — Crews continued to slow the spread of the Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park into Tuesday.
Cal Fire said its firefighters and aircraft have dropped 300,000 gallons of water on the Oak Fire as of Monday.
Flames towering through the mountainous terrain have forced evacuations in a number of small communities.
Jerry Kell and his wife said they aren't leaving the community of Lushmeadows. He has sprayed fire retardant on his roof, and so far containment lines firefighters have created are holding.
"We can stay here. We can spray water. Keep the house damp. We were out raking the yard last night doing whatever we can to harden the place," Kell said.
But not everyone has been so fortunate to still have a home.
Along Jerseydale Road, a once lush forest full of trees turned into a dead, ash-filled landscape. Many homes are confirmed destroyed, while firefighters were able to hold their ground with many others.
Fire restrictions and closings near the fire area are in place in the Sierra National Forest.
As of Monday evening, 21 single residence structures and 34 outbuildings have been destroyed, and 2,464 other structures remain threatened by the fire.
For updates on current road closures and evacuation orders, click here.
Smoke from the fire drifted more than 200 miles, reaching Lake Tahoe, parts of Nevada and the San Francisco Bay Area, officials said.
“It’s been just horrendous with the air quality,” said Kim Zagaris, an advisor with the Western Fire Chiefs Association, which maps wildfires across the country.
STAY INFORMED:
EVACUATIONS:
An evacuation map for Mariposa County is available below.
Red Cross:
Mariposa County Elementary 5044 Jones St. Mariposa, CA
Road Closures:
Closed:
- Highway 140 is closed at Highway 49 to Ponderosa Way
- Triangle Road from Hwy 140 to East Westfall Road and all side roads
- Jerseydale Road including all side roads
- Silva Road from Carlton Road to Triangle Road
- Darrah Rd from Bootjack Lane to Triangle Rd including all side roads
- East Westfall Road from Triangle Road to Oliver Creek
- Cole Road including all side roads
- Carlton Road from Triangle to Silva Road including all side roads
- Allred Road from Highway 140 to Morningstar
- Morningstar from Carlton to Allred including all side roads
- Ponderosa Way including all side roads
- Carstens Road including all side roads
- Brooks Road
Open to residents only and ID will be required to enter:
- Triangle Road from Hwy 49S to East Westfall including all side roads
- Tip Top from Triangle Road to Hwy 49S including all side roads
- Woodland Drive
- McNally Road
- Silva Road from Hwy 49S to Carlton Road including all side roads
- Boyer Road including ll side roads
FIRE MAP:
This map from ESRI shows fire activity (this may take a few seconds to load):
SMOKE MAP:
This map from the National Weather Service shows where smoke from the Oak Fire is expected to be visible. Some people in nearby areas are feeling the effects of the smoke from the Oak Fire.
WILDFIRE PREPS:
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If the wildfires impact you, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — In the Pacific Northwest, small earthquakes are relatively common. One of the most recent, a magnitude 2.8 earthquake, rattled Aloha and parts of Hillsboro over the weekend.
More than 400 people reported they felt that quake, according to the United States Geological Survey,
But what happens if a stronger earthquake hit the area and knocked out key lines of communication? It's a question many have been pondering for years.
Portland's Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) is reminding residents about the BEECN program, which stands for Basic Earthquake Emergency Communication Nodes. This mission is simple: to connect if an earthquake cuts off communication.
The 50 pop-up sites, stationed geographically around the city, are information hubs able to put out calls for help, with the added bonus of emergency supplies — everything from radios to first aid kits.
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PBEM said BEECNs are easily located under a clearly marked red and white tent. At these sites, there will be pre-designated City employees, Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) members or other volunteers operating emergency radio equipment.
"BEECN volunteers work in their neighborhoods to help get information to and from their neighbors who may have serious life safety issues," said Ernie Jones, who runs the program.
The program has been around in Portland since 2012.
Jones wants Portlanders to locate their BEECN site before disaster strikes, as well as recruit around 200 more volunteers to staff the emergency locations, should the need arise. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/earthquake-emergency-communication-portland/283-62ddade1-20ab-4333-9571-9a1406860ab7 | 2022-07-26T16:20:03 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/earthquake-emergency-communication-portland/283-62ddade1-20ab-4333-9571-9a1406860ab7 |
Thirty-seven years ago this week, Pee-wee Herman embarked on a cross-country odyssey to the Alamo to retrieve his lost bicycle from its basement. Once here, he got the bad news: “There’s no basement in the Alamo!”
“Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,” filmed partly in San Antonio, hit theaters on July 26, 1985.
Audiences watched as Tina, the Alamo tour guide played by the late Jan Hooks, delivered the six devastating words that brought Pee-wee Herman's search to a standstill.
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Tina was right, but she also wasn't forthcoming with all the details of the historic site. The Alamo grounds, in fact, have two basements.
While there is no basement in either of the Alamo’s historic structures, there is one under the gift shop. Built in 1937, “the basement was dug out in the 1980s,” the Alamo’s official Twitter account tweeted in 2018.
The other basement is beneath Alamo Hall, which is now used as a reception venue. The structure was built in 1922 as San Antonio Fire Station No. 2. It was used as a fire station until the Alamo compound came under state control in the late 1930s.
Directed by Tim Burton, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" stars Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, whose signature look includes a tight suit, a red bow and butch wax on his short-cropped hair.
The Alamo is an 18th-century Spanish mission that became a 19th-century makeshift fort during Texas' quest for independence. It became an iconic historic site in the 20th-century thanks to its depictions in books, television shows and movies such as "Pee-wee's Big Adventure."
"Though the Alamo interior was filmed at the Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana in California, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure helped connect the site with a new generation in the 1980s," said Jonathan Huhn, a spokesman for the Alamo. "The film helped to confirm the myth that the Alamo Church does not have a basement. However, it will surprise some readers to learn that the Alamo gift shop, located next to the Alamo Church, does indeed have a basement."
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In the film, Pee-wee's adventure leads him through a maze of events, including a run-in with police and a wooing by a waitress in a highway diner who dreams of running away to Paris. Pee-Wee ends up in San Antonio, where he learns that his red, balloon-tired bicycle has won a starring role in a major motion picture. He runs off to Hollywood to retrieve it.
While Pee-wee’s time in San Antonio was brief, the Alamo gag has lived on.
"Our tour guides usually receive this inquiry once a day," Huhn said. "If a popular streaming service picks up the movie or there is any related convention in town, that number can increase in frequency."
In 2004, the Express-News reported: “If you expect the ushers to bust a gut when you ask them where the basement is, don’t be disappointed if Pee-Wee Herman’s well-worn gag only gets you a polite but weary smile.”
David Stewart, the last Alamo director under the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, told the newspaper that he’d heard Pee-Wee’s question so often that he could tell when someone was about to bring it up again.
"They get this little smile on their face and say, 'You know what I'm going to ask,' " Stewart said. "And I always say, 'No, we don't have a basement.'”
timothy.fanning@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Pee-wee-s-Big-Adventure-The-Alamo-17314580.php | 2022-07-26T16:21:42 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Pee-wee-s-Big-Adventure-The-Alamo-17314580.php |
Mandy Gutierrez, the principal of Robb Elementary School, has been placed on administrative leave with pay in connection with the May 24 mass shooting.
“I can confirm that Ms. Gutierrez was placed on Administrative Leave With Pay on Monday, July 25, 2022 by Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell,” Gutierrez’s lawyer, Ricardo Cedillo, said by email.
Cedillo said Gutierrez will respond to questions posed by the superintendent by the end of the week.
A special Texas House committee investigation into the mass shooting found that Gutierrez was aware of security problems prior to the massacre, but failed to address them. A gunman entered the unlocked school and killed 19 students and two teachers and injured 16 others at the school — after he shooting his grandmother in the face at her Uvalde home.
A special Texas House committe investigation into the mass shooting found that Principal Mandy Gutierrez was aware of security problems prior to the massacre, but failed to address them. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Robb-Elementary-School-principal-placed-on-leave-17329753.php | 2022-07-26T16:21:53 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Robb-Elementary-School-principal-placed-on-leave-17329753.php |
A man has died after being hit by a vehicle on Tucson’s west side Monday morning.
The body of David Moreno, 26, was found by deputies about 8 a.m. just off the road near South Kinney and West Gates Pass roads. His injuries were consistent with being hit be a vehicle, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
The driver who struck Moreno did not stay at the scene of the crash, the release said.
A person of interest has been identified.
Anyone with information is asked to go to 88Crime.org or call 911.
Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-killed-in-hit-and-run-west-of-tucson/article_49441412-0cf6-11ed-961d-db131fcab3de.html | 2022-07-26T16:23:23 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-killed-in-hit-and-run-west-of-tucson/article_49441412-0cf6-11ed-961d-db131fcab3de.html |
FBI releases list of missing Native Americans in New Mexico, Navajo Nation
ALBUQUERQUE — In an effort to address the crisis of missing Indigenous people, the FBI announced Monday it is releasing a list of more than 170 Native Americans it has verified as missing throughout New Mexico and the Navajo Nation that stretches into Arizona and Utah.
FBI officials said at a news conference that the effort is being publicized to help locate the missing individuals, increase transparency and encourage relatives of missing Indigenous persons who aren’t on the list to reach out to local law enforcement and file a report.
A link to the list can be found at FBI.GOV/MMIP.
The project is in addition to the FBI’s continuing efforts to call attention to unsolved Indigenous homicides and missing person cases it is investigating.
“For a long time, the issue of missing Native Americans has been in the news and a lot of people have been wondering if anybody is paying attention,” said Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda of the Albuquerque FBI Division. “I am here to assure you the FBI has been paying attention and together with our partners, we are taking a significant step toward justice for these victims, their families and communities.”
FBI officials said the list is the result of almost six months of work combining and validating different databases of missing Indigenous persons in New Mexico.
Many records of missing Indigenous persons were incomplete or outdated because the record was not updated once additional details were made available or once the person was located.
The FBI plans to update the names monthly. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2022/07/26/fbi-releases-list-of-missing-native-americans-in-new-mexico-navajo-nation/65383049007/ | 2022-07-26T16:25:03 | 1 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2022/07/26/fbi-releases-list-of-missing-native-americans-in-new-mexico-navajo-nation/65383049007/ |
Judge OKs online publication of New Mexico voter records
SANTA FE — A conservative-backed initiative to publish voter registration records from across the country online for public consumption can move forward over the objections of New Mexico election regulators, a federal judge has ordered in a preliminary opinion.
Albuquerque-based U.S. District Court Judge James Browning issued an order last Friday preventing New Mexico state prosecutors from pursuing allegations of possible election code violations against the creators of VoteRef.com.
The VoteRef.com website provides searchable access to voter registration records by name and street addresses, often indicating when people voted in past elections.
The online records do not say for which candidates the people voted or how they voted on initatives. Party affiliation is listed for voters in some states but not all.
The Voter Reference Foundation that created the website advocates for voting accountability by making voter information more accessible to the public.
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Following the ruling, the foundation said it would post New Mexico voter rolls online starting Tuesday.
The decision doesn't apply to New Mexico voters enrolled in a confidential address program aimed at protecting victims of domestic violence and stalking.
New Mexico election regulators contend that the effort violates state restrictions on the purchase and dissemination of voter registration records — and is likely to discourage voter participation because people may opt out if they know that some of their voting information is being made public.
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat, in March referred the matter the attorney general’s office for possible prosecution of the Voter Reference Foundation, which published New Mexico registration records online at the time after obtaining them through an out-of-state business. State law restricts the use of voter registration information to political campaigning and election- or government-related activities.
The foundation — backed by former GOP Senate candidate Doug Truax of Illinois — took its New Mexico records offline in response and sued the state in federal court, alleging violations of due process and free speech guarantees.
The judge's order blocks prosecution while the case advances toward trial and said that the Voter Reference Foundation is likely to prevail in its claim as the victim of viewpoint discrimination by election regulators. Browning said New Mexico state law “does not prohibit Voter Reference — or any organization — from posting voter data online.”
The creators of VoteRef.com are “substantially likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the Secretary of State’s referral of Voter Reference to the Attorney General for criminal prosecution and her public statements about the referral are an unconstitutional prior restraint on protected speech,” Browning said.
Truax, founder of the Restoration of America organization that funds VoteRef.com, said his group "won’t be intimidated by politicians who, for some reason, don’t want to give the people of their state easy access to election records they pay for.” He is an advocate for limiting voting access largely to in-person voting on Election Day with photo ID requirements and no same-day registration.
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VoteRef.com already publishes voter registration information online from at least 28 states and Washington D.C.
Toulouse Oliver spokesman Alex Curtas called the judge's opinion a “blow to protecting the privacy rights of every New Mexican voter.”
“The fear now is that voters will be less likely to participate in our elections because their voting information — name, residential address, party affiliation, voting history, and year of birth — will be made easily available online for anyone to obtain and potentially manipulate,” Curtas said.
Some New Mexico neighborhoods this year have been the focus of door-to-door canvassing by volunteers for a group called New Mexico Audit Force that promotes unproven conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
The door knocking — ostensibly to verify individual voter registrations at peoples' homes — has generated voter intimidation concerns and counterclaims of threats against canvassers. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2022/07/26/judge-oks-online-publication-of-new-mexico-voter-records/65383029007/ | 2022-07-26T16:25:41 | 1 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2022/07/26/judge-oks-online-publication-of-new-mexico-voter-records/65383029007/ |
Smokies baseball stadium developers will scale back project as construction costs soar
The Smokies stadium will be scaled back as developers are grappling with unpredictability in material and labor costs, but the project in Knoxville's Old City is still planned to wrap up in time for the 2025 season.
Tennessee Smokies CEO Doug Kirchhofer said at Tuesday morning's Sports Authority Board meeting that an updated cost could be available in the late fall.
Knoxville and Knox County have pledged to pay up to $65 million, and the state has kicked in $13.5 million. Smokies owner Randy Boyd has committed $5.8 million to construction and cost overruns, and promised to bring in $142 million in private money to build 630,000 square feet of restaurants, retail and residences around the stadium. All these commitments were made before the projected costs soared this year.
"Uncertainty over prices and uncertainty over details of construction and plans are a bad combination when it comes to accurate bidding and accurate pricing," Kirchhofer said.
For now, the design team has a final plan and is working to produce construction documents that will reflect the changes and help determine a new cost. Current site work will continue during the process. Water and sewer line relocations are underway.
Dirt could be moving as early as next week, with heavy construction equipment moving onto the site along James White Parkway for rough grading work, Kirchhofer said. This work will cause further street closures and will begin before the development team gets a guaranteed maximum price for the project.
A virtual tour of the updated stadium plan revealed some of the most notable changes, including the removal of some second-floor spaces that partially would have served for retail and team offices. This change represents "thousands of square feet of scope reduction," Kirchhofer said.
The new plan proposes team offices move to a leased space within the Beauford Delaney Building, a yet-to-be-built private residential development adjacent to the stadium. The nine-story condo building previously was priced at $45 million.
While second-floor suites and party decks in the stadium have been "tightened up," Kirchhofer said, the current plan still calls for 12 suites.
The tour also revealed some proposed "character pieces," including a Tennessee-shaped scoreboard. Both team bullpens would be located in left field, near a group seating and picnic area.
The board also got and updated look at outward-facing retail and restaurant space built that would be built into the stadium but only accessible from the street. That means these commercial uses would be available to the public year-round, not just on game days.
What's the timeline?
- Water and sewer relocation is underway.
- Rough grading is expected to start in the next two weeks and will go through December. This will result in street closures.
- The design team is preparing construction documents, which will continue through October.
- The remaining utility work, such as electric, gas and additional water and sewer, will begin in October.
- Bidding and the generation of a maximum price contract will go from November to mid-January.
- Construction is planned to start in January.
- Construction will be competed in late 2024 or early 2025.
- The Smokies will begin playing baseball in the stadium April 2025.
How we got here
Rising costs of materials and supply chain issues have altered the projected cost of the stadium.
Previously, the Tennessee Smokies were supposed to begin playing in the new stadium in 2024. However, the team sent out a statement in April saying the construction deadline was tight because of a "volatile construction market." Opening day is now planned for the 2025 season. In the meantime, the team will continue to play in Kodak.
Workers have been preparing the site with water and sewer lines since May.
More:The Old City stadium price tag will jump thanks to rising material costs. But by how much?
The Sports Authority approved the project and has been keeping tabs on the rising costs of materials such as steel, asphalt and aluminum, as well as shortages for materials like cement. It is made up of seven directors recommended by the county and city mayors and jointly appointed by the Knoxville City Council and Knox County Commission.
Earlier this year, the Federal Reserve increased short-term interest rates, meaning the Sports Authority will pay more on the $65 million in bonds issued by city and county government.
The annual debt payment on the public commitment was expected to be $3.2 million, for both the city and county. However, the team's rent payment and payment in lieu of taxes were projected to cut that down to about $1.5 million if the cost remained at $74.5 million.
The stadium is estimated to bring in $480,000 annually in sales tax revenues, which will be split by the city and county. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/26/smokies-baseball-stadium-developers-scale-back-construction-costs-soar-knoxville/10110345002/ | 2022-07-26T16:27:43 | 0 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/26/smokies-baseball-stadium-developers-scale-back-construction-costs-soar-knoxville/10110345002/ |
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. – Two people were sent to the hospital after a fire broke out at a home on Woodberry Road in New Hartford Monday morning.
Fire officials say there were two people home when the fire started around 5:15 a.m. and one was asleep on the second floor where the fire appears to have started.
One of the residents was able to leave the house but the person asleep upstairs had to be rescued by firefighters.
According to the fire chief, the fire caused significant damage to the second floor and there is extensive smoke and water damage throughout the house.
Both residents were taken to the hospital but their conditions are unknown at this time.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/2-sent-to-hospital-following-fire-at-new-hartford-home/article_a8392ada-0cf5-11ed-af88-8fac490d8e95.html | 2022-07-26T16:28:50 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/2-sent-to-hospital-following-fire-at-new-hartford-home/article_a8392ada-0cf5-11ed-af88-8fac490d8e95.html |
CLAYVILLE, N.Y. – Residents in the village of Clayville will be required to conserve water starting next week due to repair work on the Cedar Lake water tower.
The water conservation alert will be effective starting July 30 until further notice.
According to the village, the following water uses will be prohibited during the alert:
- Watering lawns, gardens, landscaped areas, trees, shrubs and outdoor plants
- Washing paved surfaces, such as streets, sidewalks, driveways, garages, parking areas, tennis courts and patio
- Operating water fountains, artificial waterfalls and reflecting pools
- Washing vehicles
- Filling and/or topping off swimming pools
Updates on the water conservation notice will be posted at www.clayville.net. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/mandatory-water-conservation-notice-issued-in-village-of-clayville/article_615db4be-0cf0-11ed-b12d-bf159dce1ab3.html | 2022-07-26T16:29:40 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/mandatory-water-conservation-notice-issued-in-village-of-clayville/article_615db4be-0cf0-11ed-b12d-bf159dce1ab3.html |
UTICA, N.Y. (UPDATED) – Utica police are investigating a fatal dirt bike crash that happened late Sunday night at the intersection of Eagle and West streets.
Just after 10 p.m., emergency crews were called to the scene for a serious crash involving a car and an off-road dirt bike as thunderstorms were making their way through the region.
Police say the dirt bike operator, 33-year-old Edwin Ayuso, of Utica, was pinned beneath the car. Once released, he was rushed to St. Elizabeth Medical Center. While first responders and medical staff performed all life-saving measures possible, Ayuso died from his injuries at the hospital.
The male’s name will not be released until police have notified the family.
The police department’s accident reconstruction team is still investigating the events that led to the crash.
In a social media post, Utica police said Monday morning, “Operating unauthorized motorized equipment on city streets is against the law and extremely dangerous to the operators and the general public as a whole. Sadly, incidents such as these prove how dangerous that operation may be.” | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/utica-police-identify-man-killed-in-dirt-bike-crash/article_748c3416-0c1e-11ed-8b36-c763e801ca6f.html | 2022-07-26T16:29:50 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/utica-police-identify-man-killed-in-dirt-bike-crash/article_748c3416-0c1e-11ed-8b36-c763e801ca6f.html |
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The Pa. Department of Human Services put out a statement on Monday saying that they have been receiving reports that some EBT cards that just received a Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) deposit on July 20 or July 21 are showing as deactivated and are being declined when used in a store.
The department said in their statement that if you are experiencing this problem, to rest assured that replacement cards are being issued to the affected households and they will be mailed to your address on file. In turn, the current affected cards will be deactivated.
To see if your card has been deactivated, click here. If you see a status of "Mail Pan" then your replacement card is on the way.
You can also call the number on the back of your card to check if your card is deactivated.
If you need a replacement card sooner, you can visit any County Assistance Office for a new card. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/issues-pennsylvania-ebt-card-heres-how-to-get-a-new-one/521-c4677c25-3347-44df-95e9-d43f11408054 | 2022-07-26T16:45:35 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/issues-pennsylvania-ebt-card-heres-how-to-get-a-new-one/521-c4677c25-3347-44df-95e9-d43f11408054 |
NEW HOLLAND, Pa. — A Sheetz in Lancaster County sold a Powerball with Power Play ticket worth $100,000 for the July 25 drawing, according to a press release.
The store the ticket was sold at is located in New Holland, and will earn a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
The ticket matched four of the five white balls drawn, 25-37-38-39-65, and the red Powerball 5, less applicable withholding. Originally, the ticket would have only been worth $50,000, but the Power Play multiplier drawn was two.
Some 21,700 other tickets won prizes of various amounts in the drawing, as well, also according to the release.
The next drawing is set to be held on July 27, and has rolled to an estimated annuity value of $145 million, or $85.7 million cash.
Winners are not known until prizes are claimed and tickets are validated. Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes. Winning tickets purchased at a Lottery retailer should immediately be signed on the back. Online winnings automatically appear in a player’s account after the claim has been processed.
To initiate an online prize claim, winners should call 1-800-692-7481. Players may also visit palottery.com for more information about how to file a claim. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/powerball-ticket-worth-100000-sold-lancaster-county/521-7e669028-10b0-4a8d-95e1-9e9da34b41d0 | 2022-07-26T16:45:53 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/powerball-ticket-worth-100000-sold-lancaster-county/521-7e669028-10b0-4a8d-95e1-9e9da34b41d0 |
YORK, Pa. — The York Suburban School District is set to host a job fair on Aug. 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in York Suburban Middle School's Cafeteria, according to a press release.
The school is located at 455 Sundale Drive in York.
During the event, on-site interviews will be conducted for the following positions:
- Paraprofessionals
- Custodians
- Substitutes/Guest teachers
- Classroom monitors
- Food service positions
- Support staff substitutes
Questions can be directed to York Suburban School District’s Human Resources Department by calling 717-885-1125.
All job seekers are welcome, and are encouraged to bring a copy of their resume. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-suburban-school-district-job-fair-aug-10/521-bcbde6e4-f8d1-4c54-a005-37734e75d64e | 2022-07-26T16:45:59 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-suburban-school-district-job-fair-aug-10/521-bcbde6e4-f8d1-4c54-a005-37734e75d64e |
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Troy police investigating theft of ex-Tiger outfielder Monroe's classic muscle car
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
Troy — Police are investigating the weekend theft of a classic muscle car from Detroit Tigers TV broadcaster and former outfielder Craig Monroe, officials said.
Investigators believe the car, a silver 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 with a Texas license plate, was taken sometime Saturday night from the garage of the apartment complex where Monroe lives, Troy Police Sgt. Jason Clark said.
He said the baseball player reported the car stolen Sunday morning and had last driven it on Saturday and parked it in the garage.
Clark said police do not have any suspects at this time.
Anyone with information about the vehicle's whereabouts should call the Troy Police Department at (248) 524-3477. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/07/26/troy-police-investigating-theft-ex-tiger-outfielder-monroes-classic-muscle-car/10151971002/ | 2022-07-26T16:54:34 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/07/26/troy-police-investigating-theft-ex-tiger-outfielder-monroes-classic-muscle-car/10151971002/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—The West Virginia DMV announced on Tuesday that it has developed a workaround to allow certain functions of the office to resume while the state deals with service disruption caused by a mainframe outage.
The office will resume processing Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDL), driver’s licenses, instruction permits, and driver’s license reinstatement transactions.
“We are grateful to the Office of Technology for continuing to work around-the-clock to find ways for us to resume services and process licensing transactions for our customers,” said DMV Commissioner Everett Frazier. “This has been a difficult week, and we apologize to the citizens of West Virginia for any inconvenience.”
The DMV announced on Thursday that drivers can now renew their licenses or vehicle registrations online or at kiosks, but other systems are still affected by the outage.
On Monday, the West Virginia Office of Technology said that service restoration would take another 48 to 72 hours.
The West Virginia DMV is asking customers to visit their website to check for updates before visiting one of their regional offices. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/dmv-announces-workaround-to-allow-drivers-to-get-licenses-permits/ | 2022-07-26T16:58:43 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/dmv-announces-workaround-to-allow-drivers-to-get-licenses-permits/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—The West Virginia House of Delegates voted to recess until noon on Wednesday.
Two pieces of legislation are on the table: one cutting the state’s personal income tax by 10% and another clarifying abortion laws in West Virginia.
Gov. Justice proposed a 10% personal income tax reduction on July 6, which he says will put $254 million, “back into the hands of the people of West Virginia.”
The proposed tax cut will be retroactive to January 1, 2022, and the governor’s office says that it will put $254 million back into West Virginians’ pockets.
On Monday, the West Virginia House Health Committee voted 16-6 to push their drafted abortion clarification bill to the Judiciary Committee for further debate. The bill passed through the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
The bill calls for a total ban on abortion along with making it illegal for doctors to perform abortions and also give out abortion medications. It says it will not punish the mother.
The only exceptions in the bill are for fetal anomalies, ectopic pregnancies and medical emergencies. Along with no exceptions for rape, incest or the patient’s mental health.
A public hearing on HB 302, the abortion clarification bill, will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-house-of-delegates-in-recess-until-noon-wednesday-no-vote-yet-on-abortion-or-tax-cut/ | 2022-07-26T16:58:46 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-house-of-delegates-in-recess-until-noon-wednesday-no-vote-yet-on-abortion-or-tax-cut/ |
ASHBURN -- Scotty Raines didn’t grow up on a farm, but his father kept a large garden at home. His mother had a beauty shop behind their house.
So Raines began his agrarian career by selling produce from the garden — tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, corn — to his mom's customers. He also participated in FFA at Turner County High School and, after graduation, became a farm technician with Agratech Seed Research. In 1991, he married Melanie, a girl he’d grown up with, and two years later began farming full-time in partnership with his father-in-law.
From that humble beginning, Raines has flourished on his south Georgia farmland. So much so, he has been selected as the Swisher/Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year from the state of Georgia.
“I’m very proud of my family," Raines said. "My wife keeps her accounting skills sharp by maintaining the books for three area churches. We are active in First Baptist Church of Tifton. When our oldest daughter, Celie, was in school, she was in the marching band. It was quite a feat because she is hearing impaired. Our second daughter, Christian, is an EMT. She loves helping people, although she battles Lupus and is in pain most of the time. I think this helps her relate to her patients.
“(Christian's) husband, Justin Pate, works full-time on the farm and has a passion for volunteer fireman work. He was just awarded the Turner County Most Responses and Responder of the Year awards. He and Christian have been working on their certification to become foster parents.”
Raines said he slowly built his farming operation.
“My father-in-law and I originally farmed about 500 acres and eventually expanded to 1,200 acres," he said. "I ventured out on my own to purchase 30 beef cows in 1994. During our partnership we purchased two farms; the remainder of the acres we worked was rented. My wife and mother-in-law were very active in the operation.”
In the spring of 1996, Raines' father-in-law suffered major health problems, so Raines finished the crop alone that year. He began farming on his own a year later with 1,000 acres that grew over time to 2,300 acres, with 1,199 acres owned and 1,101 acres rented.
Crop yields on Raines' farming partnerships include 760 acres of cotton yielding 940 (conservatively) pounds/acre; 385 acres of irrigated peanuts yielding 5,880 pounds/acre; 800 acres of cotton yielding 860 pounds/acre; 200 acres of non-irrigated peanuts yielding 4,760 pounds/acre; 120 acres of corn yielding 219 bushels/acre, and 35 acres of watermelon yielding 100,000 pounds/acre. Raines also owns 27 beef cattle.
For marketing his crops, Raines uses a variety of techniques. In 2001, he purchased 25 percent of Hat Creek Peanut Co., a peanut-buying facility and a chemical and seed-selling point owned by four larger farmer groups. In 2022, Hat Creek will enter into the trucking business to further help the owners and other area farmers handle their commodities more efficiently.
“I was confident it would provide us with a more active way to market our peanuts," Raines said. "Hat Creek and I later bought shares in Tifton Quality Peanut, a shelling company that’s also grower-owned. They shell the nuts and sell directly to companies like Mars Candy. Doing business this way puts us closer to the consumer and retailer in terms of sales. And anytime you can get one step closer to the consumer, I believe you’ve made a step in the right direction.”
Raines’ cattle are marketed through one of the best stockyards in the South, located in Turner County. Watermelon sales are conducted by brokers who handle the boxing and shipping of the produce.
Meeting challenges faced by all farmers is a constant undertaking. For Raines, a major effort has gone into converting dryland production into irrigated production. He has used long-term leases with landowners, purchased irrigated land/irrigation systems, and updated outdated irrigation systems
Raines has also had to deal with rising input costs over the years.
“In 1993, we bought a tractor for $35,000," he said. "Now that same tractor costs $200,000. We buy fuel in bulk to save money, but now a 7,500–pound tank might cost $37,000 to fill up. And the prices we get for crops don’t always equal what we paid to plant and nurture them through to harvest. It’s a constant balancing act.”
In the area of environmentally helpful practices, Raines uses variable rate fertilization of lime, potash, and MAP to increase the nutrient efficiency and reduce the potential of oversaturation of unneeded nutrients and fuel wastage.
“My farm has collaborated with University of Georgia Extension on research efforts such as soil moisture sensor projects that monitor moisture status and manage water applications," he said. "This has greatly reduced the amount of irrigation water used to produce a crop. I also purchase bulk chemical containers to minimize plastic waste. When we do use plastic containers, they are recycled.
“We use conservation tillage methods and winter cover crops, like clover and rye, and now triticale, on the vast majority of acreage. It’s an important tool to help with weed control, improve soil moisture holding capacity, and support the long-term sustainability of our farm.”
On the local level, Raines is a current member and former chair and president of the Turner County Young Farmer Association and a former president and board member of the Turner County Farm Bureau. The Raineses were named Ashburn Turner County Farm Family of the Year in 2001. On the state level, he is the Georgia Farm Bureau district director, serves on the Suwannee-Satilla Water Council, and was formerly the Southern Region Director of Georgia Young Farmers. Raines was also named Middle/South Soil & Water Conservationist of the Year in 2003. On the national level, he has served as a member of the Farm Bureau World Congress of Young Farmers.
Melanie Raines currently serves as the chair of the Turner County Board of Elections.
After spending a long time in the risk-laden business of agriculture, the reward of seeing things grow to fruition is still quite real for Raines.
“We recently needed to plant 140 acres of peanuts on dryland on the north side of our property," he said. "The planter sat there for three weeks until the good Lord sent half an inch of rain so that we could go ahead and do what we needed to do. The same thing happened recently on the south side of our farm with cotton. We got one inch at almost the last possible moment. So that’s when we gladly give thanks for prayers answered.”
Raines was nominated for Georgia Farmer of the Year by Guy Hancock the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension ANR agent in Turner County.
“I nominated Scotty Raines for this honor because he is a true representative of Georgia agriculture," Hancock said. "He is a great collaborator on UGA Extension projects and is always willing to support our research and outreach efforts.
“Despite having to overcome numerous adversities in recent years such as tornadoes, hurricanes (Irma in 2017 and Michael in 2018), and other extreme weather events, Scotty has maintained a strong farming operation and a positive attitude through it all. The Raines family’s resilience and significant investments in agriculture have earned them the respect of those in their community and beyond.”
A panel of judges will visit Raines' farming operation, along with the farms of nine other state finalists, the week of Aug. 8–12. The judges include long-time University of Georgia agricultural economist John McKissick; David Wildy of Manila, Ark., the overall winner of the award in 2016; and Joe West, a retired Tifton dairy scientist and assistant dean of the University of Georgia Tifton Campus.
For information on all 10 state farmers of the year, visit www.sunbeltexpo.com/foty or www.sunbeltexpo.com/news-media.
Other state winners for 2022 include:
-- Mark Byrd, Alabama;
-- Chris Sweat, Arkansas;
-- Jerry Dakin, Florida;
-- Wesley C. Parker, Kentucky;
-- Michael L. Wagner, Mississippi;
-- Kevin Matthews, North Carolina;
-- Keith Allen, South Carolina;
-- John M. Harrison, Tennessee;
-- Robert E. Saunders, Virginia. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/scotty-raines-named-georgia-farmer-of-the-year/article_ce9f956a-0cf5-11ed-8f83-934c683287af.html | 2022-07-26T16:58:47 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/scotty-raines-named-georgia-farmer-of-the-year/article_ce9f956a-0cf5-11ed-8f83-934c683287af.html |
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Washington County, Virginia Sheriff Blake Andis confirmed with News Channel 11 that the department is at the scene of a death investigation Tuesday afternoon.
According to Andis, the death was reported at the Evergreen Motel on the 15000 block of Lee Highway.
This is a developing story, and no further details have been released at this time. News Channel 11 will provide updates on-air and online at WJHL.com. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sheriff-death-investigation-underway-in-washington-county-va/ | 2022-07-26T17:02:20 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sheriff-death-investigation-underway-in-washington-county-va/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge has blocked Indiana's law that bans transgender girls from grils' school sports teams, which will allow a 10-year-old transgender girl to play on her school's all-girls softball team while litigation continues.
In the order on Tuesday, Judge Jane Magnus Stinson ruled the child, who is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, can play on the Indianapolis Public Schools girls' softball team.
The ACLU of Indiana filed a lawsuit in April, on behalf of the child, challenging House Enrolled Act 1041, which went into effect July 1 and bans transgender girls from participating in school sports.
Ken Falk, legal director at the ACLU of Indiana, shared the following statement with 13News:
"When misinformation about biology and gender is used to bar transgender girls from school sports, it amounts to the same form of sex discrimination that has long been prohibited under Title IX, a law that protects all students – including trans people – on the basis of sex.
We are pleased that Judge Magnus-Stinson has recognized this and required that A.M. be allowed to play on her school’s softball team.
If other students are being denied the right to join a sports team at their school due to their transgender status, we encourage them to contact the ACLU of Indiana immediately."
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What to Know
- A museum celebrating the legacy of Jackie Robinson, the civil rights icon who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, opened Tuesday.
- The Jackie Robinson Museum is a 19,380 square foot space that will showcase the life and legacy of the baseball great.
- The museum is located on Canal and Varick streets in Lower Manhattan.
A museum celebrating the legacy of Jackie Robinson, the civil rights icon who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, opened Tuesday in Manhattan with a host of the baseball great's family members, other athletes, celebrities and politicians in attendance.
The Jackie Robinson Museum is a 19,380 square foot space that will showcase the life and legacy of the icon.
Located on Canal and Varick streets -- near Holland Tunnel -- in Lower Manhattan, the museum builds upon the Jackie Robinson Foundation’s mission by educating the public around the legacy of Jackie Robinson and the ideals and values that defined his life.
Some of Jackie Robinson's team jersey, trophies and photos, among other momentos, will be on display.
Jackie Robinson was born in Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers, according to the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
This humble beginning in Georgia would shape Robinson, who would go on to be the first baseball player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier that segregated the sport for more than 50 years. During his baseball career, he would go on to be named Rookie of the Year in 1947, Most Valuable Player in 1949, and a World Series Champion with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955.
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Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, five years after retiring from the game. In 1997, on the 50th anniversary of breaking the color barrier in the Major Leagues, his number "42" was retired throughout baseball.
However, his contributions were not solely in the sports world. Jackie Robinson also became the first African American vice president of a fortune 500 company, a political advisor and a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement.
"On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. He would later become the first African American named a vice president at a fortune 500 company; serve as an advisor to politicians; start a bank and a housing development company; and, was a key figure in advancing equal opportunity and first-class citizenship for all Americans during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s," the Jackie Robinson Foundation notes. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/jackie-robinson-museum-celebrating-baseball-civil-rights-icon-opens-in-nyc/3794910/ | 2022-07-26T17:02:30 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/jackie-robinson-museum-celebrating-baseball-civil-rights-icon-opens-in-nyc/3794910/ |
Eby Road between Wheelock and Schwartz roads will remain closed through Friday, according to the Allen County Highway Department.
A sewer crew is working in the area. Officials originally said the road would reopen Wednesday.
For more information, call 260-449-7369. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/eby-road-closure/article_1b2f7f42-0cf8-11ed-a4bb-fb104b7492c6.html | 2022-07-26T17:02:34 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/eby-road-closure/article_1b2f7f42-0cf8-11ed-a4bb-fb104b7492c6.html |
INDIANAPOLIS – Thousands gathered in and outside the Statehouse on Monday as the legislature took its first steps down the road to an abortion ban.
Lines to enter the Capitol stretched nearly around the building as activists on all sides of the abortion debate waited to enter for their chance to demonstrate and, for some, to testify.
The state Senate heard testimony the proposed abortion ban, Senate Bill 1, for more than four hours Monday afternoon. 39 people spoke – only a fraction of the 280 who had signed up to testify, according to a Senate GOP spokeswoman.
A majority of the speakers argued Senate Bill 1 didn’t go far enough in restricting abortion access in the state, while many others expressed concern that the bill is too restrictive.
One thing all the speakers had in common, though? Not a single person spoke in favor of the bill, which had already drawn criticism from anti-abortion and abortion rights groups.
Those voices received national support Monday too: Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, released a statement calling Senate Bill 1 a “complete disaster” and a “wolf in sheep’s clothing designed to expand abortion on demand in the state of Indiana.” Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris flew to Indianapolis to offer support for Democratic lawmakers.
The outside noise could be heard throughout the testimony during the Senate Rules Committee hearing – quite literally. Chants including “my body, my choice,” “pro-life is a lie; they don’t care if people die” and “vote them out” reverberated through the walls of the chamber from the hundreds of demonstrators gathered inside the Statehouse.
After a few questions from Democrats for the bill’s author – state Sen. Sue Glick, R-LaGrange – testimony began just before 1:30 p.m.
Two speakers were students from the Fort Wayne area: Merek Kizer and Homestead High School student Thomas Hill.
Hill said he opposes Senate Bill 1 as it “fails to adequately address” the issue of “chemical abortion,” commonly known as medication abortion.
“Hoosiers want substantial, real pro-life legislation that bans chemical abortion and provides protection at conception across the board,” Hill said. “Have courage to protect both our women and our children.”
Kizer criticized the bill and said it “denies life to these preborn children just on the basis of if one of their parents was a criminal,” an apparent reference to the bill’s exception for cases of rape. He also compared abortion to rape and incest.
“Rape and incest are horrible violations of a person. That’s why they’re wrong. It’s the stronger person using their body to violate someone else. That’s exactly why abortion is wrong, because it is the stronger person, the stronger abortionist, the stronger mother violating that life of that child in there.”
He also suggested the bill restrict access to Plan B and in vitro fertilization, both of which are currently not affected by the proposal.
Anti-abortion speakers often invoked religious themes and images from Christianity, frequently quoting passages from the Bible.
On the other side of the issue, two religious leaders from the Jewish and Episcopal faiths spoke against a complete ban on abortion. That included Rabbi Aaron Spiegel, who read from a statement released by the Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council and the Indiana Board of Rabbis.
“We believe that the physical and mental health of the pregnant woman are of the utmost importance,” Spiegel said, “and we vigorously oppose any legislation that does not permit access to abortion at a minimum when Jewish law compels it.”
Corrine Youngs, policy director and legislative counsel for the office of Attorney General Todd Rokita, told the committee that Rokita opposes the bill as written because it falls short. She said the bill contains several substantive and technical issues with the bill including “vague and broad exceptions to the prohibition on abortion.”
Many doctors testified against the bill, including at least four OB-GYNs. Dr. Mary Abernathy, an OB-GYN, raised concerns about SB1’s potential impact on maternal healthcare and mortality in the state, particularly in rural areas.
Two local doctors, however, expressed their opposition to Senate Bill 1 for vastly different reasons. Dr. Andrew Mullally, a family practice physician from Fort Wayne, said the bill has “no teeth” and he supports mandatory suspension of licensure and jail time for doctors who perform abortions.
Dr. Tyler Johnson, and emergency physician and the Republican candidate for Indiana’s 14th state Senate district, called for lawmakers to “remove or refine” the exemptions to the proposed abortion ban.
The Rules Committee includes two northeast Indiana lawmakers: Republican state Sen. Travis Holdman and the current occupant of the 14th district seat, outgoing state Sen. Dennis Kruse.
Senate Minority Leader Greg Taylor led much of the questioning of speakers throughout the hearing. In fact, Democrats asked so many more questions relative to their Republican colleagues that one anti-abortion speaker asked why GOP committee members haven’t had as many inquiries.
Testimony on the bill will continue tomorrow from 9 a.m. until noon. According to Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said Tuesday’s speakers will include some of those who did not testify Monday, but that they will need to check in at the Statehouse again.
“If you’re on the list today,” Bray said, “then you’ll be on the list tomorrow.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/statehouse/special-session-of-indiana-general-assembly-begins-with-rally-testimony-on-proposed-abortion-ban/article_ba9722ae-0c6e-11ed-9aac-23044a77ddf6.html | 2022-07-26T17:03:09 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/statehouse/special-session-of-indiana-general-assembly-begins-with-rally-testimony-on-proposed-abortion-ban/article_ba9722ae-0c6e-11ed-9aac-23044a77ddf6.html |
Fort Wayne firefighters were battling a business fire this morning on Goshen Road near Coliseum Boulevard.
Goshen Road is closed just south of Coliseum because of the blaze.
Firefighters were called at 10:09 a.m. to LCS Used Auto Parts. When they arrived, flames were shooting through the roof, Deputy Fire Chief Adam O'Connor said.
"The threat of collapse was eminent the entire time because of how fast the fire was advancing," O'Connor said.
No one was injured. Firefighters are dealing with hazardous materials, O'Connor said.
This story will be updated. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/fort-wayne-firefighters-battling-north-side-business-blaze/article_1243c65a-0ced-11ed-98ef-dba9387c3540.html | 2022-07-26T17:03:17 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/fort-wayne-firefighters-battling-north-side-business-blaze/article_1243c65a-0ced-11ed-98ef-dba9387c3540.html |
Trine University's $40 million Fort Wayne campus received a $2.5 million boost from an alumnus and his wife, the Angola-based institution announced Tuesday, just days after the Allen County Plan Commission approved the project's primary development plan and rezoning.
The 120,000-square-foot academic facility is expected to open in fall 2024 on the north side of Union Chapel Road near Interstate 69. It will house programs in the university's College of Health Professions.
Earl Brooks II, university president, said Trine is blessed by the generosity of people like Larry and Judy Reiners of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
"Through the generosity of many supporters, we look forward to the positive impact this project will have on health care and health care education as well as on the regional economy," Brooks said in a statement.
Larry Reiners is a 1965 civil engineering graduate and joined the university's Board of Trustees in 2009. He and his wife have supported the university annually for more than 20 years through the Fawick Hall master plan and multiple capital campaigns, a news release said.
"My Tri-State College equipped me to have a successful life and career, and Judy and I are glad to give back to not only support future generations of students, but the health, economy and quality of life of northeast Indiana," Larry Reiners said in a statement, using the university's previous moniker.
Developed in partnership with Parkview Health, the new Fort Wayne campus will feature mock surgery and emergency room suites along with classrooms, laboratories, academic support and counseling services and a bookstore, the release said.
It is expected to employ 100 faculty and staff and serve almost 700 students in the College of Health Professions, which includes physical therapy, physician assistant, speech-language pathology, nursing and surgical technology programs, the release said. It indicated the building will also let the college add programs, including occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, medical science and emergency medical sciences.
"We look forward to breaking ground on this new crown jewel for Fort Wayne, Allen County and northeast Indiana," Brooks said following the Plan Commission's approval last week. "We will be excited to see the economic impact – both the immediate effect of $40 million in construction and the long-term growth in high-paying jobs as our students graduate – resulting from this investment, as well as the long-term support for the health and welfare of this region." | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/alumnus-gives-2-5-million-to-trines-new-fort-wayne-campus/article_611089fe-0cf1-11ed-b3c5-6b4627d34468.html | 2022-07-26T17:03:18 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/alumnus-gives-2-5-million-to-trines-new-fort-wayne-campus/article_611089fe-0cf1-11ed-b3c5-6b4627d34468.html |
Yellow River Road between O'Day and Arcola roads will be closed Thursday, according to the Allen County Highway Department.
A sewer crew is working in the area and should finish Friday.
For more information, call 260-449-7369.
Yellow River Road between O'Day and Arcola roads will be closed Thursday, according to the Allen County Highway Department.
A sewer crew is working in the area and should finish Friday.
For more information, call 260-449-7369. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/yellow-river-road-closure/article_a29bd83a-0cf9-11ed-9a22-571dd9e2275e.html | 2022-07-26T17:03:56 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/yellow-river-road-closure/article_a29bd83a-0cf9-11ed-9a22-571dd9e2275e.html |
BARNEGAT LIGHT — Barnegat Lighthouse, a bright beacon for mariners across the treacherous Barnegat Inlet since 1859, has been dark since March as it undergoes a $1.3 million facelift.
On a recent hot and humid day, during the peak of the tourism season, a nearly 170-foot-tall structure of scaffolding and black netting surrounded the lighthouse at the northern tip of Long Beach Island. Underneath, workers re-grouted and re-mortared the brick as part of the lighthouse's anticipated new look.
A complete exterior restoration of the lighthouse, masonry re-coating and repairs to the brick façade, interior lantern steel platform repairs, roof repairs and new windows will be visible to the public come October, when the lighthouse is expected to shine brightly once more.
"We are on schedule and a little more than halfway through the project," said construction project manager John Forgione of the state Division of Property Management and Construction. "Oct. 15 is when we should be done before or right on time."
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Four different crews have been working on the lighthouse: a scaffolding crew, a strip-and-paint crew, a mason crew and metal workers.
Given the popularity of the lighthouse as well as the boat and pedestrian traffic nearby, security fencing surrounds the structure. The black netting went up to ensure no particles were being put into the open air and waterways. The netting comes in 300-foot rolls, which workers put a bar through for ease in unrolling.
Despite the busy summer tourist time, the work on the lighthouse had to be done now because of contractor availability.
"Our main objective is getting the work done, and if we need to take a historic or cultural asset offline for a time in order to make it more pleasant for the public, we're happy to do that," said Shawn LaTourette, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. "I think folks are generally patient with that kind of thing."
The weather has largely cooperated with the work, although Forgione said a windy May caused a few issues. Workers do not go up the exterior when winds are above 22 mph sustained. Given the open location on the tip of the island, pop-up thunderstorms are always being monitored.
"I'm impressed by the folks that are climbing that height on the exterior," LaTourette said.
Once completed, the paint will last for 10 to 15 years, the commissioner said.
The work is funded by state corporate business tax revenue. Spartan Construction General Contracting of South Amboy, Middlesex County, is taking on the project.
The biggest single task was building the scaffolding around the 172-foot-tall lighthouse.
LaTourette said the project is part of Gov. Phil Murphy's commitment to investing in the state's parks, public lands and historic site.
The current lighthouse was commissioned Jan. 1, 1859, replacing the old lighthouse that was built in 1835 but was deemed insufficient. The lighthouse became automated in 1927 only to see it deactivated in 1944. In 2009, the Friends of Barnegat Lighthouse donated the current light, and it has been activated since.
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park is still open to visitors through the renovations. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/1-3-million-barnegat-lighthouse-renovation-underway/article_a597ca44-06d7-11ed-9b25-1bf1f19f7082.html | 2022-07-26T17:06:45 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/1-3-million-barnegat-lighthouse-renovation-underway/article_a597ca44-06d7-11ed-9b25-1bf1f19f7082.html |
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Cobb County's Board of Commissioners will consider a budget on Tuesday night that could increase the minimum wage for county employees to $17 an hour.
The county board is expected to adopt the budget for Fiscal Year 2023 - which begins in October - at its meeting at 7 p.m.
In a release last month, Cobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid said the $1.15 billion proposed budget needed to prioritize growing and retaining the county workforce.
Much of that workforce, that release said, "has left for higher-paying positions elsewhere."
Cupid has said the county needs 658 new positions - with the budget supplying just fewer than 150 (147) new full-time positions. Many of those new positions would come for county administrative, support and public services, such as for parks and libraries. Several would be for the Department of Transportation and a large number would be reserved for courts and law enforcement.
"Driving around town and seeing fast-food restaurants and other retail services providing entry-level pay of $15 an hour and to hear stories of our workers struggling to put food on the table has been disheartening," Cupid said in a statement. “Hopefully, this will make us more competitive and attractive for those who are committed to serving our public.”
According to the county, the overall budget grew for FY 2023 thanks in part to tax revenue coming in higher as a result of the hot residential real estate market.
According to the county, many of the county workforce priorities are in response to "issues raised during recent cityhood movements and heard in a series of town halls" - including concerns about parks and code enforcement.
“I hope this will help show those who were active in the cityhood movements that we were listening and want to be responsive to the needs they shared,” Cupid said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cobb-county-budget-vote-today-minimum-wage-increase/85-8cc1bd88-0566-47ed-abb8-3515fa1d87e2 | 2022-07-26T17:07:09 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cobb-county-budget-vote-today-minimum-wage-increase/85-8cc1bd88-0566-47ed-abb8-3515fa1d87e2 |
ATLANTA — A program launching Thursday is meant to help residents in Atlanta catch up on their water bills, according to the city's watershed management department.
Customers who are accepted into the department's F.L.O.A.T. program are eligible for "account adjustments, interest-free payment plans, and one-time grants and credits" for their water bills, including a comprehensive assistance program for single-family residences with,
- Account Balance Minimum of $300
- Flexible Payment Plans from 6 to 24 months
- Affordable down payments up to $300
The department said the program would also increase flexibility for seniors and fixed-income populations utilizing their Care and Conserve Program, Senior Citizen Discount Program and the federally funded Low Income Household Water Assistance Program.
F.L.O.A.T. is meant for customers with financial challenges, to "address field service requests and correct billing errors." It is available from July 28 till October 20; get more information at their website or by calling them at 404-546-0311.
Use their scheduler to make an appointment online or visit their locations in Atlanta to get registered for the program.
Adams Park Library – Districts 10/11
- Thursday, July 28 – Friday, July 29
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- Saturday, August 13
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- Monday, August 1 – Friday, August 5
Northwest Library – District 9
- Monday, August 15 – Friday, August 19
Northside Library – District 8
- Monday, August 29 – Friday, September 24
Ponce de Leon Library – District 2
- Monday, September 19 – Thursday, August 22
- Saturday, August 24
Buckhead Library – Districts 6/7
- Saturday, August 27 – Thursday, September 30 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/float-water-bill-watershed-atlanta-past-due-300/85-f209ab6f-b2bf-4fb1-84cf-1f2adeaeba80 | 2022-07-26T17:07:17 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/float-water-bill-watershed-atlanta-past-due-300/85-f209ab6f-b2bf-4fb1-84cf-1f2adeaeba80 |
MARIETTA, Ga. — Georgia Highlands College said Tuesday it was ceasing operations for the day across its network of campuses after a "specific threat to GHC sites."
Marietta Police Public Information Officer Chuck McPhilamy told 11Alive a bomb threat was received at GHC's Marietta campus. Police responded and cleared the building, he said.
A message on the GHC website read: "We have received a threat specific to GHC sites. In an abundance of caution, we are ceasing operations for the day as the investigation continues. Please exit all campuses at this time. Check highlands.edu as updates become available."
GHC operates several campuses north of Atlanta, including in Rome, Cartersville, Dallas and Marietta.
The school did not offer any further details about the threat, but in an earlier tweet first said there was an "undetermined threat" made to the Marietta campus.
About 20 minutes after that tweet, the school announced the network-wide closure.
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/georgia-highlands-college-ceases-operations-for-day-threat/85-07b40411-a2c0-47fb-8af6-b5f1f550a000 | 2022-07-26T17:07:38 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-highlands-college-ceases-operations-for-day-threat/85-07b40411-a2c0-47fb-8af6-b5f1f550a000 |
KENNESAW, Ga. — UPDATE: An all clear has been given and the roads have been reopened.
Original story below
Kennesaw State's Officer of Emergency Management alerted that there is police activity around the school on Tuesday.
The nature of the police activity was not immediately clear. 11Alive has reached out to the school for details and the 11Alive Sky Tracker is en route to the scene.
The notice asked the public to please avoid Kennesaw Hall and Frey Road between Skip Spann Connector and Parliament Garden Way.
Those roads indicate the police activity is near the central portion of the campus and its campus green.
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/kennesaw-state-police-activity/85-af7dd745-a847-4944-b7a6-81406b879cc0 | 2022-07-26T17:07:44 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/kennesaw-state-police-activity/85-af7dd745-a847-4944-b7a6-81406b879cc0 |
JONESBORO, Ga. — Police in Clayton County issued Mattie's Call for an 18-year-old woman who left home on Monday and has not returned.
The department was dispatched on Tuesday to the 400 block of Cheri Place in Jonesboro about a missing young woman. Officers were told that Dijonay A’ Heaven Harry left home on July 25 around 1 a.m. and has not returned.
Officers describe Harry as a Black woman around five feet, three inches tall, weighing around 156 pounds. They said she has black hair and grey eyes.
The last time Harry was seen, she wore a black jacket, black leggings and yellow Crocs; police said she is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression.
Anyone with information about Harry's disappearance is asked to call the department at 770-477-3747 or 911. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/matties-call-18-clayton-county/85-d0556cd4-d304-4313-b051-90869fb16b3f | 2022-07-26T17:07:50 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/matties-call-18-clayton-county/85-d0556cd4-d304-4313-b051-90869fb16b3f |
Bruce Springsteen fans in Philadelphia hoping to rock out at his upcoming show in Philadelphia may have to wait a little longer.
Concert tickets for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Wells Fargo Center on March 16 went on sale Tuesday morning and the high demand created history, concert organizers said.
Some fans attempting to purchase tickets online were met with a message that read:
“Thank you for your patience. We are experiencing the largest demand for tickets in Philadelphia music history so the queue is taking longer than expected."
While some fans were easily able to snag tickets online to see "The Boss," others endured long wait times in the virtual line.
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As of noon on Tuesday, concert officials say a limited number of tickets are still available for purchase.
The legendary rocker's tour kicks off on Feb. 1 in Tampa, Florida and hit 31 cities, including New Jersey at the Prudential Center on April 14, before wrapping up overseas in Italy.
Click here for more information on the concert and how to purchase tickets.
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The state health department has released its latest numbers on monkeypox cases in Texas on Tuesday.
According to the Department of State Health Services, 231 Texans have been diagnosed with monkeypox, 113 of those in the North Texas area. This is the most of any reported region group in Texas.
The North Texas area includes Texas Public Health Regions 2 and 3 within the department.
There has also been three confirmed female cases of monkeypox in Texas, Tuesday's report showed. The state's other 228 cases have been men.
While many of the symptoms of monkeypox mimic the flu, sores and lesions are what sets it apart.
Person-to-person transmission of monkeypox is primarily through direct contact with infectious lesions, scabs, or body fluids. Anyone who has sores or a rash caused by the virus is infectious until they are fully healed.
The threat of the disease to the general population in Dallas County remains low, Dallas County Health and Human Services said. Monkeypox doesn't spread easily between people without close, skin-to-skin contact and is a rare disease.
More public updates from Dallas County on confirmed monkeypox cases can be found on their website here. More general information on the disease can be found on The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) website here.
The CDC is also holding a Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity call Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. to discuss updates on epidemiology, testing, treatment and vaccination.
Texas Public Health Region 2 includes:
- Archer
- Baylor
- Brown
- Callahan
- Clay
- Coleman
- Comanche
- Cottle
- Eastland
- Fisher
- Foard
- Hardeman
- Haskell
- Jack
- Jones
- Kent
- Knox
- Mitchell
- Montague
- Nolan
- Runnels
- Scurry
- Shackelford
- Stephens
- Stonewall
- Taylor
- Throckmorton
- Wichita
- Wilbarger
- Young
Texas Public Health Region 3 includes:
- Collin
- Cooke
- Dallas
- Denton
- Ellis
- Erath
- Fannin
- Grayson
- Hood
- Hunt
- Johnson
- Kaufman
- Navarro
- Palo Pinto
- Parker
- Rockwall
- Somervell
- Tarrant
- Wise | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-half-of-monkeypox-cases-in-state/287-e93ed367-6bff-491f-9af9-91543fb8d69d | 2022-07-26T17:12:40 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-half-of-monkeypox-cases-in-state/287-e93ed367-6bff-491f-9af9-91543fb8d69d |
The case of a missing San Antonio mother is now a death investigation. Three week ago, Chrissy Powell was rushing out of her home to get to work. But, she never made it.
KENS 5 was first to report the case and show surveillance video of her leaving that morning of July 5. It would be the last time her family saw her alive.
However, over the weekend, San Antonio Police say Powell's body was found in her car. It was parked at the shopping center at Huebner Oaks. The Bexar County Medical Examiner has not released information on how the mother of two died. But, police say when Powell was found there were no apparent signs of trauma on her body. Loved ones feared this news, and now they even have more questions. Powell's best friend, who spoke on behalf of the family, said they are devastated.
"For the last three weeks it has been hell," she said. "It is very hard to know, I will never see her or talk to her."
The law clerk left her home on July 5, it would have been the last time her family saw her alive. Family said she called work to say she was running late. But, she never showed up. Since then, SAPD's Missing Person Unit has been working the case. On July 23, San Antonio Police said Powell's body was found in her car at the parking lot at Huebner Oaks Center. An eyewitness shared photos with KENS 5. They said the car was on the side close to Saltgrass Steak House. According to SAPD, on Saturday evening a security guard checked on a suspicious vehicle. Once he got closer he smelt something foul. He looked inside and saw a body in the front passenger seat and called 911. Police believe it is Powell because of the car and ID found. SAPD said the car has been parked in the same location for about a week.
"The fact that this car might have been there up to three weeks and it wasn't reported until the last week," she said. "It is hard for me to understand."
Powell’s mother told KENS 5 she is heartbroken by the news.
"This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do,” she said.
Leal said the shopping center is not close to her friend's work. While dealing with the shock, family and friends are now focused on finding out what happened the mother of two.
"The unknown is hard," Leal said. But, I think trying to put all the pieces together is even more frustrating: Was her car there this whole time. If it wasn't, where was it? I just pray that we can find out the details. “I hope that any answer that is left unanswered, at this moment, will be answered. And we will all be at peace.”
Leal said they are grateful for everyone sharing the story, especially on social media.
“It helped to end our unknown,” she said.
SAPD said the information is preliminary as this is an ongoing investigation. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/family-best-friend-react-to-san-antonio-mother-found-dead-in-parking-lot-chrissy-powell-missing/273-71b5a4db-ad30-4ffc-a3aa-9d8905e337b2 | 2022-07-26T17:15:09 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/family-best-friend-react-to-san-antonio-mother-found-dead-in-parking-lot-chrissy-powell-missing/273-71b5a4db-ad30-4ffc-a3aa-9d8905e337b2 |
SAN ANTONIO — Apparently, not everyone believes that Blue Bell Ice Cream is the best ice cream in the country. In fact, one food magazine, “Eat This, Not That!,” says the popular Texas treat is among the worst.
New York-based writer Steven John listed Blue Bell, which was founded in Brenham, Texas in 1907, among nine ice cream brands that “use the lowest quality ingredients.”
The article says, "Blue Bell Ice Cream has a popularity problem: according to a Mashed survey, a majority of people find it to be the worst store-bought ice cream. Maybe that's because they have a quality ingredient problem, too."
The writer criticized the company for using food thickening agents such as cellulose gum and vegetable gums in its Homemade Vanilla flavor. He also had a problem with the company’s use of food starch, artificial colors and other ingredients.
"How about just regular milk, cream, and sugar," said Steven John.
While he might say the tasty frozen treat is one of the worst, most Texans will say it's a taste of heaven on earth.
Have you tried any of their new flavors yet?
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SAN ANTONIO — Nothing helps beat the Texas heat like a nice, cool breeze from a fan.
The Gonzaba Medical Group wants to help seniors in San Antonio stay cool this summer, so they are hosting a free fan giveaway on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.
The fans will be distributed at Pearsall Park located at 4838 Old Pearsall Road. They have 200 fans to give out, while supplies last.
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KENS 5 has brought numerous firsts to South Texas television, including being the first local station with a helicopter, the first with its own Doppler radar and the first to air a local morning news program.
Over the years, KENS 5 has worked to transform local news. Our cameras have been the lens bringing history into local viewers' homes. We're proud of our legacy as we serve San Antonians today.
Today, KENS 5 continues to set the standard in local broadcasting and is recognized by its peers for excellence and innovation. The KENS 5 News team focuses on stories that really matter to our community.
You can find KENS 5 in more places than ever before, including KENS5.com, the KENS 5 app, the KENS 5 YouTube channel, KENS 5's Roku and Fire TV apps, and across social media on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more!
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — A crash involving two 18-wheelers left nearly 40,000 pounds of pineapple spilled across the southbound lanes of I-45 near the Montgomery and Walker County line.
Officials say the crash happened just before 11 p.m. Monday when the big rig carrying pineapple experience a tire blowout.
The truck started swaying, which ripped the truck from the trailer. The trailer then hit the divider on the freeway and rolled over into the southbound lanes of I-45.
A second 18-wheeler heading for Houston crashed into the separated trailer, ripping it open and sending the fruit and debris flying.
The second big rig suffered considerable damage, leading to engine oil also spilling on the freeway.
The driver of the second big rig was taken to HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe and is stable.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man was killed Tuesday morning after the car he was riding in turned left in front of an 18-wheeler truck on the far west side of San Antonio.
Bexar County Sheriff's deputies responded to the deadly crash on Talley Rd. at Culebra around 9:13 a.m.
When first responders arrived at the location, witnesses told them a KIA SUV that was traveling westbound on Culebra attempted to turn left on Talley Rd on a yellow turn arrow, and was t-boned by an 18-wheeler truck that was unable to avoid the collision. The KIA was struck on the passenger side, killing the 31-year-old man inside.
The woman who was driving the KIA was taken to University Hospital with unknown injuries.
Traffic on Culebra Rd. was being re-routed while deputies investigated the crash and worked to clear the scene.
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Over the years, KENS 5 has worked to transform local news. Our cameras have been the lens bringing history into local viewers' homes. We're proud of our legacy as we serve San Antonians today.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) graduated six new K-9 teams in July, as the inaugural class for the Texas Highway Patrol Canine Tracking Operations Program. The K9s will be sent to the border regions to help track people who may otherwise not be found.
“This is yet another step in increasing our efforts to secure our southern border,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “K-9 units have long played an integral role within DPS and we know these newly graduated teams will have a positive impact not only in the areas they serve, but really in keeping all Texans safe.”
All of the K-9 teams completed a rigorous five-week training program held by DPS in conjunction with Pacesetter K9, LLC. Their training focused on human tracking across a variety of terrains over long distances. In all, the handlers and their canine partners ran approximately 700 tracks during the training in order to prepare them for their new roles. The handlers also learned K9 health awareness and medical care techniques to ensure the safety of their canine partners while in harsh environments.
The graduating dogs included three Dutch Shepherds and three Belgian Malinois.
They will be will be stationed in Laredo, Del Rio, Uvalde and Hebbronville.
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Over the years, KENS 5 has worked to transform local news. Our cameras have been the lens bringing history into local viewers' homes. We're proud of our legacy as we serve San Antonians today.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A search is underway on a rural property in Luzerne County.
According to the Luzerne County district attorney, the search by state police off Cann Road in Huntington Township is related to a decades-old missing person case.
Authorities have not confirmed that the search is related to the case of Ilonka Cann.
Cann was last seen in this area before she was reported missing by her husband Charles Cann in 1970.
District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce said that if this investigation results in any information which can or should be made available to the public, his office will do so.
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BUCHANAN, Va – The Beaver Dam Farm Sunflower Festival will be in full bloom soon.
Starting Sept. 9 and lasting through Sept. 18, you can stroll through more than 600,000 sunflowers and enjoy over 100 food and handmade craft vendors.
The festival is dubbed the largest sunflower festival and vendor show on the east coast.
There will also be hay rides, a farm animal petting area and a children’s area for your little ones. You can even take part in the festival’s sunset dinners.
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Ocean City's Sun & Surf Cinema set to close after 50 years
Imagine stepping into a dark movie theater, the smell of freshly popped, buttery popcorn filling the air. You’re carrying a tall soda, and as you sip on its curly straw and head to your seat, ice cubes clink together. The bag of Twizzlers in your side pocket crinkles as lower yourself onto the plush red leather chair. You lay your snacks in your lap, silence your cellphone, and settle in for an hour or two of ultimate entertainment.
Those who live in and travel to Ocean City are quite familiar with the cinematic experience. Now, the resort town’s beloved longtime destination, Sun & Surf Cinema, is set to close after 50 memorable years.
“After 50 years of movie memories, sharing popcorn and laughter on bad beach days and cozy nights, we will be closing our doors forever,” said the movie theater in a July 26 Facebook announcement.
The theater, located on 14301 Coastal Highway, is currently open daily and will officially close its doors on Labor Day – Monday, Sept. 5.
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“We have so many great memories of the theater, from serving local customers year-round to being a vacation saver for a bad beach day,” said Donald Fox, President and CEO of Fox Theatres.
From date nights to familial gatherings to best friend get-togethers, the theater has created countless core memories for its customers over the years.
Visitors still have time to stop in and enjoy their last movies on Sun & Surf Cinema’s big screens, including new films such as "Nope" and "Where the Crawdads Sing" and cult classics such as "Jaws" and "Dirty Dancing," before the theater closes for good.
Olivia Minzola covers communities on the Lower Shore. Contact her with tips and story ideas at ominzola@delmarvanow.com.
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Pennsylvania State Police hope a grainy photo of a pickup truck helps them track down a driver who struck and killed a man along Interstate 95 in Delaware County over the weekend.
The deadly incident took place just after 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2022, on I-95 north near mile-marker 2.4 in Upper Chichester Township, state police said Tuesday. That's just before Exit 3 - Highland Avenue.
The driver of a blue Ford F-150 was traveling in the right lane of I-95 when the driver swerved onto the right shoulder and struck another truck, a motorcycle and a 44-year-old pedestrian, state police said.
The pedestrian died at the scene from his injuries, police said.
The truck driver didn't stop to help him, police said.
"Any individual or auto-body shop that recognizes the blue Ford F-150 or has knowledge about owner of said vehicle is encouraged to contact Tpr. Zechariah Walter or PSP Media at 484-840-1000," state police said.
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For several years, the Service League of Northwest Indiana hosted the area’s annual Taste of the Region.
The event included dozens of local restaurants, an open bar, live music, auction and raffle with more than 600 guests. The night would bring in an average of $80,000, which, in turn, would be donated directly to local charities.
Given the difficulty many local restaurants have with staffing and other significant challenges, hosting the same kind of event was not practical this year.
Service League members went back to the drawing board to come up with a new idea to create a night for the community to enjoy while continuing to support local charities.
They decided to throw a “wedding” where community members can come out and renew their vows to help the most deserving charities in NW Indiana.
The “Say I Do to Charity” wedding-themed gala will have all the classic elements of a top-notch wedding — a wedding singer/DJ, food and libations, lots of dancing, cake and much more. It starts at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Avalon Manor Banquet Center at 3550 E. Lincoln Highway in Hobart.
“The many nonprofits we support annually need us now, more than ever. We will not let them down,” said Tanya Power, 2022 Service League Treasurer and Group Senior Vice President with Wintrust Bank.
Carly Brandenburg, 2022 Service League Gala co-chairman and partner with local law firm Eichhorn & Eichhorn, said the league spent months thinking of what would make for an enjoyable event for the community that would still deliver the kind of results the charities need.
"Who doesn’t love a good wedding? This event will include all the best celebratory aspects of a great wedding.”
Dana Rifai, gala co-chairman, Service League member and partner with local law firm Burke Costanza & Carberry, said the event is a chance for members of the community to celebrate the works performed by local charities.
Supporters can say “I do” to charity in a few ways. They can purchase tickets to attend the event Sept. 16, they can sponsor the event on a variety of sponsorship levels or they can simply donate. Details are available at serviceleaguenwi.org.
Those who are unable to attend but wish to donate will also be recognized for their contribution at the event. And, whether attending or not, individuals can purchase raffle tickets to win some incredible jewelry pieces donated by Albert’s Diamond Jewelers.
The Service League will also open its silent auction then. Items will soon be available for preview at serviceleaguenwi.org.
The Service League of Northwest Indiana dates back to July 2, 1935, when Mrs. Frederick Crumpacker invited a group of Hammond women to tea to form a group to support The Bethany Home for Children.
The organization has evolved its interests and services and now assists more than 35 nonprofits throughout the area.
The Service League of Northwest Indiana helps to strengthen the community through fundraising activities and volunteering opportunities. Some of the charities supported have included the Nazareth Home, St. Joseph's Carmelite Home, St. Jude House, Area Career Center, Fairhaven, Sojourner Truth House, Operation Kindness, The Villages, Exceptional Equestrians, Power Paws for Kids, Gary Life Education Initiative Incorporated, Camp Millhouse, Haven House, Campagna Academy, Catholic Charities and the Humane Society.
The active women of the Service League provide hands-on help to the community by delivering Meals on Wheels and working on special projects like Habitat for Humanity home builds.
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Police are once again investigating an east Lincoln car fire as a suspected arson after a 2003 Hyundai Sonata caught fire Monday night, less than two days after it was reported stolen, according to authorities.
Firefighters and officers responded to the blaze, near 80th and Myrtle streets, around 11:30 p.m. Monday, Lincoln Police Investigator Scott Parker said.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021.
A Lincoln therapist and drug and alcohol counselor has had her mental health practitioner license revoked over allegations that she befriended a client and took thousands in cash and trips from her.
Five friends were inside a boat when an unidentified man opened the cabin door and fired two shots at 42-year-old Benjamin J. Case, who died at the scene.
Two men had found Kurt Roe's boat floating unattended Saturday afternoon and towed it back to the marina, alerting lake staff of the situation. His body was found Sunday.
Even with a suspect in custody, the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office says the investigation into the Branched Oak Lake killing remains active, sharing few details. "The investigators told me less is better," the sheriff said.
In addition to the assault charge, the 30-year-old is accused of taking $3,375 from a client, meant to be wired to relative in Vietnam, and instead gambling the money away at a Council Bluffs casino, police said.
The scam — which went on for at least four days — involved callers purporting to be from Amazon and the DEA, who instructed the woman to leave bags of cash and gold outside of her northwest Lincoln home.
A 29-year-old Lincoln man was arrested Friday after police say his dispute with another man on a StarTran bus ultimately devolved into a stabbing in downtown Lincoln.
Lincoln Police first responded to the building Tuesday after a 31-year-old man deployed pepper spray at another man, exposing two children to the spray. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fourth-car-fire-this-month-reported-in-east-lincoln-police-say/article_050908b9-4238-5aa1-a2dc-b01b259e0040.html | 2022-07-26T17:28:37 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fourth-car-fire-this-month-reported-in-east-lincoln-police-say/article_050908b9-4238-5aa1-a2dc-b01b259e0040.html |
A 38-year-old man was arrested Monday evening after police say he fled the scene of a northeast Lincoln shooting with an AR-style rifle in tow.
Officers stopped LaGarian Gamble as he fled the area of the shooting, near 56th Street and Seward Avenue, in a white Chevy Tahoe around 6 p.m. Monday, Lincoln Police Investigator Scott Parker said.
Police had initially responded to the area on reports of a fight between parties that culminated in gunshots, Parker said. Officers found shell casings in the area but did not locate any gunshot victims or damaged property, Parker said.
A witness told police that a white Tahoe was among the cars that sped away from the scene, and a short time later, officers saw Gamble fleeing at a high rate of speed near 56th and Holdrege streets, about 1½ miles south of where the shooting was reported.
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Inside the Chevy, officers found the rifle and a 50-round magazine attachment for a Glock 9 mm handgun, Parker said. He declined to say if either the rifle or magazine matched casings left behind at the scene.
Police arrested Gamble, previously a convicted felon, on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a short-barreled rifle.
He was taken to the Lancaster County jail.
Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-arrested-fleeing-scene-of-monday-shooting-police-say/article_1ab4dbd2-8fcc-51d7-8342-a4a4fcc516c7.html | 2022-07-26T17:28:40 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-arrested-fleeing-scene-of-monday-shooting-police-say/article_1ab4dbd2-8fcc-51d7-8342-a4a4fcc516c7.html |
NORMAL — Police are investigating a gunfire incident reported Sunday night in Normal.
About 11:30 p.m., officers were called to the 1600 block of Northbrook Drive near Golfcrest Road after callers reported hearing gunshots.
Officer Brad Park said no suspects, victims or evidence of gunfire were found Sunday.
Normal police returned to the scene Monday after they were notified a vehicle had been struck.
Park said they also found evidence an apartment building in the 1600 block of Northbrook was struck by gunfire.
The shots fired incident remains an active investigation. Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the Normal Police Department at 309-454-9535.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
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Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
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Alexandria S. Macon
Macon
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze, 32, is charged with unlawful possession of:
15 to 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony) Less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Less than 15 grams of clonazepam (Class 4 felony) 30 to 100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor) She also is charged with two counts of permitting the unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin S. Waller
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary at a Bloomington smoke shop. He is separately charged with three counts of burglary at the Corn Crib.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E. Reynolds
Brandon E. Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a charge of grooming.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E.J. Frieburg
Brandon E.J. Frieburg, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brenden P. Cano
Brenden P. Cano , 23, of LeRoy, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography production.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brennen M. Whiteside
Brennen M. Whiteside, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of vehicular invasion and aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brettais J. Lane
Brettais J. Lane, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in a public park and ulawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
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Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Caleb W. Collier
Caleb W. Collier, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class 1 and 2 felonies). He is accused of possessing between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
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Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Chester Johnson
Chester Johnson, 69, of Chicago, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher A. Johnson
Christopher A. Johnson, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher Garza
Christopher O. Garza, 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
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Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, was sentenced to 167 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, was sentenced to 142 days in jail in June 2022 for aggravated battery to a peace officer. He was originally charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey B. Dowell
Corey B. Dowell , 24, of Bloomington, is charged with failure to report an accident or injury.
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Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey W. Elizondo
Corey W. Elizondo, 31, of Peoria, is charged with possession of a stolen or converted stolen vehicle and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Craig O. Harrington
Craig O. Harrington , 23, of Chicago, was sentenced to 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of burglary.
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Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius J. Heard
Darrius J. Heard, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced to six days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destinee M. Nuckolls
Destinee M. Nuckolls, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine and permitting unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 31, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 36 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery-strangulation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Duane K. Martin
Duane K. Martin, 34, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, three counts of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine and four counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dujuan L. Enos
Dujuan L. Enos, 48, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of fentanyl.
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Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Enrique D. Sosa
Enrique D. Sosa, 55, of Spanish Fork, Utah, is charged with theft, financial institution fraud, wire fraud and two counts of computer fraud.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 22, of Chicago, was sentenced to 60 days in jail, plus 30 months of probation, after pleading guilty July 2022 to illegal possession of stolen vehicle parts. He was previously charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Franklin P. Roberts
Franklin P. Roberts, 50, of Bloomington, is charged with threatening a public official (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
George E. Wisehart
George E. Wisehart, 44, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and two counts of meth possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hannah J. Jackson
Hannah J. Jackson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter A.W. Williamson
Hunter A.W. Williamson, 23, of Heyworth, is charged with cannabis trafficking and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
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Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob S. Upton
Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahda R. Davis
Jahda R. Davis, 20, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James Canti
James Canti, 48, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates, 24, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason M. Harris
Jason M. Harris , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated arson (Class X felony), residential arson (Class 1 felony) and two counts of arson (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jawarren L. Clements
Jawarren L. Clements, 25, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jesse S. Duncan
Jesse S. Duncan, 28, of Bloomington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property with a value of between $500 and $10,000.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica N. Huff
Jessica N. Huff, 35, of Peoria, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua A. Lindsey
Joshua A. Lindsey, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of MDMA) Two counts of unlawful possession of meth (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of MDMA) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (amphetamine) Four counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of amphetamine, less than 15 grams of clonazepam, less than 15 grams of lorazepam, less than 15 grams of cocaine) Unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (30 to 500 grams) Unlawful possession of cannabis (30 to 500 grams)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua K. Wilson
Joshua K. Wilson, 39, of Normal, was sentenced to 152 days in jail and 24 months on conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, was sentenced to 143 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to one year in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kavion J. Anderson
Kavion J. Anderson, 18, of Hazel Crest, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He earned credit for 197 days served in jail. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular hijacking.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kelyi G. Kabongo
Kelyi G. Kabongo, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession 5 to 15 grams of meth and less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver, possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth and possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta C. Chissell
Kenyatta C. Chissell, 40, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerrigan T. Spencer
Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal, is charged with two counts of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerry M. Huls
Kerry M. Huls, 47, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of meth, unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, was sentenced to five years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Malik A. Wilson
Malik A. Wilson, 23, of Chicago, is charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mason A. Artis
Mason A. Artis, 22, of Shirley, is charged with possession of a stolen license plate, unauthorized use of a license plate and three counts of theft. He is separately charged with unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 102 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael S. Parkerson
Michael S. Parkerson, 54, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
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Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Noel R. Castillo
Noel Ramirez-Castillo, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful vehicular invasion, aggravated battery, theft, criminal damage to government supported property and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Randy M. Turner
Randy M. Turner, 39, of Danville, is charged with two counts of disarming a peace officer, five counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, attempted possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to government supported property and driving under the influence of drugs.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhiannan O. Keith
Rhiannan O. Keith, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhonda L. Davis
Rhonda L. Davis , 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Richard L. Kletz
Kletz
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ronnie Cannon
Ronnie Cannon, 43, of Chicago, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Roosevelt Williams
Roosevelt Williams, 43, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion, criminal trespass to a residence and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Sarah E. Myers
Sarah E. Myers, 39, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after she knowingly made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature by spitting upon a correctional officer, court documents said.
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Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
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Shanarra S. Spillers
Shanarra S. Spillers , 36, of Normal, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, was sentenced July 13, 2022, to 68 days in jail and 30 months of probation after pleading guilty to residential burglary, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stephon T. Carter
Carter
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Terrance T. Jones
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 60, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 months on probation and 96 days in jail for one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Trevon J. Triplett
Triplett
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler C. Neely
Tyler C. Neely, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with four counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class X and Class 1 felonies), reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) and methamphetamine possession (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyrone L. McKinney
Tyrone L. McKinney, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 1 to 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyson Brown
Tyson Brown is charged with burglary and forgery for attempting to cash a stolen check at CEFCU in Normal.
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Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Xavier M. Moreau
Xavier M. Moreau, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and violation of the Firearm Owner’s Identification Card Act.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Zachary J. Williamson
Williamson
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Cierra A. Hazlett
Cierra A. Hazlett, 26, is charged with unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) as well as six other related charges across two separate cases.
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Edin O. Portillo-Lopez
Edin O. Portillo-Lopez, 37, is charged with 30 counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and child pornography (Class 2 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Contact Kelsey Watznauer at (309) 820-3254. Follow her on Twitter: @kwatznauer.
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Gainesville set to have an inclusive, space-themed park to match the popular 'Solar Walk'
One of Gainesville’s most popular parks is getting a major makeover.
City leaders announced an investment of nearly $1.5 million for renovations to the tree-canopied Albert “Ray” Massey Park, also known as Westside Park.
The park sits along Northwest Eighth Avenue and is one of Gainesville’s busiest outdoor recreation locations.
With construction set to start in mid-August, city officials hope to unveil a space-themed project inspired by the nearby Solar Walk public art installation. Officials say it will be a "first-of-its-kind" in Alachua County.
“It will be a playground where children of all abilities will be able to come and play,” said Betsy Waite, the project manager and director of Wild Space and Public Places. “We are getting a brand new, fully inclusive playground.”
Renderings show the plans for the playground to be colorful and interactive. Sensory, physical and social elements play into the design of the play structures.
The layout of the structures allows for free-flowing movement from one to the other. The main play structure will be in the same general area that it is now but will have more slides and a wider path to the top level for wheelchair access.
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Even the ground of the park will be unique, with a spongy, multi-colored surfacing that has no mulch or rubber chips.
“This is sort of the Cadillac of play surfacing,” Waite said.
With options for tennis, swimming, baseball, basketball, skateboarding, a playground, walking trails and more, people from all over the city attend the park on a weekly basis. City officials hope the $1.48 million changes will bring in more people of all abilities.
Designers held several community open house events where local families gave their input on the design. They also met with several community groups, like the Center for Autism & Related Disorders and the School Board of Alachua County Public Schools, to share thoughts on the early design process.
The playground area and a portion of the parking lot will be closed to the public for about seven months during construction. All other facilities, however, won't be affected by the closure. Sports leagues and recreation camps will still take place.
“We understand that there will be an impact, but we have some great parks just right down the road,” Waite said.
When the park opens back up in spring 2023, the vast majority of the playground will be new, said Waite, who added that some equipment is now pushing 20 years old.
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MASON CITY -- A small, underdeveloped courtyard behind Mason City City Hall on North Federal Avenue has undergone a major transformation with sculptures, planters and now a photo-op mural painted by Alexis Beucler, North Iowa Area Community College visual arts instructor and local artist.
The idea stemmed from a call made to City Administrator Aaron Burnett from a person who said “she loves to visit interactive murals in other towns,” according to a press release from the Mason City Chamber of Commerce. The caller said she liked to take pictures in front of the butterfly and angel wings and she wished Mason City had something similar.
Burnett contacted Chamber President Robin Anderson to see if it was possible to get a mural in place so it could be used as a backdrop for the thousands of “selfies” and group photos that will be taken when RAGBRAI rolls through town Wednesday, the press release stated.
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“The city administrator asked the chamber ‘to help make this happen,’ so we are just the connector between the city and the artist,” said Colleen Frein, chamber vice president. Work began earlier this month.
As part of Mason City’s “Building Our Brand,” campaign, other murals in town were commissioned using funds from a private/public partnership and a grant from the University of Iowa. “This mural has a very different feel to it,” Frein said, and is not part of the brand campaign.
Beucler, who had a solo art show on display in Clear Lake last year and has painted several murals throughout Iowa, said she met Robin Anderson when the two helped judge a sculpture show. When the idea to paint a mural in the courtyard behind City Hall came about, Anderson knew just who to contact.
The mural’s theme is, “based off our characters for the Mason City Band Fest,” Frein explained.
After she projected the images onto the wall of the building she outlined them in chalk and began to paint in the details. She used blended metallic paints to make the images stand out.
Beucler said she updated the characters because she wanted to add a diversity and inclusion feature to the mural. Every figure represents a different gender or ethnic group.
The interactive part comes into play from the cornets spaced between the characters, which people can pretend to play when they take photos. Symbols painted on the ground indicate the perfect spot for the person to stand so it looks like they are playing an instrument.
Karen Johnson, a master gardener and beautification volunteer for the city, immediately saw the potential for this under-utilized space and adopted it a year ago. “It is too cute of an area and nothing back there,” she remarked.
With the help of her Sandstone Court neighbor ladies the area has been transformed into a living oasis. “Everyone did a hodge podge,” of planting, Johnson said. Once someone noticed the area was being tended, she said, the Downtown Beautification Program started giving them monetary support.
“A friend donated six beautiful ceramic pots,” Johnson said. “People are really happy to donate things when they know they’re being used appropriately.”
Four permanent displays from the River City Sculptures on Parade are featured, along with the flowers and benches. Johnson said lights will be strung soon to create an inviting space to sit and rest.
“It’s a little hidden space in town, but we’re happy to share,” Johnson said with a smile.
In the press release Burnett said, “Between the flower pots, sculpture installations, new lighting, and now an interactive mural, this little park has been transformed to something magical. We hope it will appeal to both guests and citizens.”
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Mary Loden covers city and county government for the Globe Gazette. You can reach her by emailing Mary.Loden@globegazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/courtyard-mural-ready-for-ragbrai/article_a92da8f1-2a4f-572b-baed-3bba92998086.html | 2022-07-26T17:33:15 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/courtyard-mural-ready-for-ragbrai/article_a92da8f1-2a4f-572b-baed-3bba92998086.html |
The Charles City School District has a familiar face taking on a new role.
Jennifer Schilling is the new director of academic services for the district, according to a press release. This new position replaces the executive director of student engagement and leadership.
Schilling's most recent experience is at the Central Rivers Area Education Agency as a math consultant. She also supported a standards-based evaluation team and served as a social studies consultant. Before working at the AEA, she was an associate professor of mathematics at Wartburg College in Waverly. Community members may recognize her as a former teacher in Charles City, teaching middle school math for a decade from 1998 to 2008.
"I'm excited to be back in Charles City. It's exciting and scary, considering this position is new, and it has a lot of expectations. I'm excited for the challenge and working with various district teams to improve student achievement," said Schilling in a statement.
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Schilling notes the gains in academic achievement by Charles City during the past few years, according to a press release.
"You're seeing some of the progress from the first steps; now, how can we make it better? How can we take a curriculum and make it more engaging for the students, so they are more involved in problem-solving and discussion in class?" said Schilling.
Her top goals are building a cohesive math curriculum and supporting teachers in implementing best instructional practices across all school campuses built on a common philosophy about what is best for student learning. She strives to provide teachers with professional learning and the best math and literacy instructional practices.
"Kids need to talk about their thinking as they learn new information," Schilling said in a statement. "It's not only the teacher giving students information but providing classroom opportunities to make sense of the information and apply their learning to real-life applications. Students need to talk about their math and be flexible in their thinking."
High priorities include having teachers review student data regularly and communicating classroom standards to parents.
"Literacy is very focused and direct. Mathematics instruction is shifting as the demands of the workplace are shifting. Students need opportunities to think about meaningful problem-solving situations. Math content hasn't changed, but how we want kids to learn math and how we teach it has changed," said Schilling.
The new director position will focus on curriculum districtwide, the local oversight of Iowa's Teacher Leadership and Compensation System, the Title I program, and English language learners.
Abby covers education and entertainment for the Globe Gazette. Follow her on Twitter at @MkayAbby. Email her at Abby.Koch@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/schilling-joins-charles-city-school-district-senior-leadership-team/article_05d7857f-cc03-5945-8547-ce4e0704b1aa.html | 2022-07-26T17:33:21 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/schilling-joins-charles-city-school-district-senior-leadership-team/article_05d7857f-cc03-5945-8547-ce4e0704b1aa.html |
NEWTON, Kan. (KSNW) — The Newton school district has a warning for people who like to exercise at the Newton High School track – stay clear!
Newton USD 373 says many skunks are in the track area, especially under the high jump mats.
“They aren’t scared of you,” Newton Schools said on social media. “One skunk charged a person using the track over the weekend. Please, stay clear of the high school track until further notice.”
Carly Stavola, a spokesperson for the district, said skunks seem to be a problem in that area of Newton.
“The situation is complicated by the fact that our city’s Animal Control Officer is out with an injury, and most private companies do not deal with skunks,” she said. “Our facilities and maintenance crews are working on some catch/trap/move mechanisms, but we don’t know what that looks like just yet, so keeping the public at a distance is key.”
The public is usually welcome to use the track.
If you or a pet get sprayed by a skunk, try using this recipe from the Newton Animal Control website:
Skunk Deodorizer
- 1 quart of 3% peroxide
- 1/4 cup of baking soda
- 1 tablespoon of Dawn dishwashing liquid
Mix the ingredients in a spray bottle and spray everything that smells. Let it sit for a few minutes to give the Dawn a chance to break down the oils; then rinse with water. Repeat if it still smells. Be careful not to get the spray into the eyes of animals or people. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/skunks-raise-a-stink-at-newton-high-school-track/ | 2022-07-26T17:35:11 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/skunks-raise-a-stink-at-newton-high-school-track/ |
TAMPA, Fla. — If you have always wondered what Tampa's Old City Hall looks like lit up purple, you're about to see it!
The city government office will shine purple on Tuesday celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This anniversary helps bring awareness to this landmark event and also helps promote equal opportunity for people with disabilities.
President of the National Federation of the Blind of Florida Paul Martinez urges people to "do their part to continue building an inclusive city that's accessible to all."
“We must not forget the blind, the people in a wheelchair, the hard of hearing," Martinez said in a statement. "We must think before we build: how can we make this accessible to that side of the community? And not forget all people in our community, because we’re out there."
During a press conference Tuesday, Tampa Bay Chapter President of the National Federation of the Blind Miranda Kilby was able to explain how the ADA benefits people like her who are blind and in a wheelchair.
"The ADA does a lot for me and my family, not only am I blind but I'm also in a wheelchair so allowing me the opportunities just like everyone else [like] getting into a building, getting out of a building, going on the sidewalk, getting on a bus...allows me to be able to live my life the way I want," Kilby said.
City leaders say Tampa is fully-committed year-round to providing equitable access to the city's programs and services.
"In the future, I hope because technology is progressing so quickly, people incorporate accessibility before they reveal it," Martinez said.
He went on to say someone doesn't have to be blind to be a part of the ADA organization, saying it also helps people who are almost blind, seniors and children, as well.
Residents can learn more about Accessible Tampa and the Mayor's Alliance for Persons with Disabilities by clicking here. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/old-city-hall-shine-purple-32nd-anniversary-americans-with-disabilities-act/67-c581b0e4-7043-477e-abc6-d79068213ed5 | 2022-07-26T17:35:12 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/old-city-hall-shine-purple-32nd-anniversary-americans-with-disabilities-act/67-c581b0e4-7043-477e-abc6-d79068213ed5 |
ODESSA, Fla. — The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing teen they say was last seen in Odessa.
Juliana Garced, 16, was last seen around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Altamont Lane, according to deputies.
The teen is believed to be wearing a burgundy hoodie, green sweatpants, black and white Vans with a black backpack with white polka dots.
Deputies describe Garced as being 5 feet, 6 inches tall and around 100 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information on where the teen is can call 727-847-8102, option 7, or report tips online at http://PascoSheriff.com/tips. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/deputies-search-missing-16-year-old-girl-odessa/67-f3e810d6-43fd-45de-a148-6e5ca67dedc2 | 2022-07-26T17:35:18 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/deputies-search-missing-16-year-old-girl-odessa/67-f3e810d6-43fd-45de-a148-6e5ca67dedc2 |
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Emergency responders evacuated six homes amid concern that gas tanks on a nearby truck would explode after the vehicle came in contact with a power line and caused a fire.
It happened just before 11 a.m. in the area of San Sebastian Way South and Montclair Road, according to a Clearwater Police Department news release.
The agency says a city yard waste truck with a boom attached came in contact with low-hanging electrical wire. The collision caused a pole and several wires to collapse, with one falling across the back of the truck and igniting some of the vegetation on board.
Because the power line was active, firefighters could not immediately attack the fire, the department said.
Given some concern about the gas tanks on the truck, people inside six homes were evacuated. The tanks did not ignite, however, the tires on the trucks blew out.
The department did not immediately detail whether there were any injuries.
Duke Energy's online outage map shows there are at least 200 customers without power in the area, with an estimated restoration time of about 2:30 p.m. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/clearwater-power-outage-fire-yard-waste-truck/67-1a02eddf-fae3-4803-8994-160e25a7b227 | 2022-07-26T17:35:24 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/clearwater-power-outage-fire-yard-waste-truck/67-1a02eddf-fae3-4803-8994-160e25a7b227 |
top story Can you identify these Richmond-area locations from aerial photos? TIMES-DISPATCH Jul 26, 2022 47 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Quiz time: Do you recognize these aerial photos from the Richmond area?Look closely, then click on "↪️ ANSWER HERE" below each photo to find out. Can you identify these Richmond-area locations from aerial photos? ↪️ ANSWER HERE ↪️ ANSWER HERE ↪️ ANSWER HERE ↪️ ANSWER HERE ↪️ ANSWER HERE ↪️ ANSWER HERE ↪️ ANSWER HERE ↪️ ANSWER HERE ↪️ ANSWER HERE ↪️ ANSWER HERE 0 Comments Tags Photo Richmond Related to this story PHOTOS: 29 images from the Times-Dispatch archives A collection of images that were featured as the Times-Dispatch's From the Archive photos during the month of February. To purchase any of the… From the archives: In 1960, The Richmond 34 were arrested during a sit-in at the Thalhimers lunch counter On Feb. 22, 1960, 34 protesters, most of them students from Virginia Union University, were arrested when they refused to leave the Thalhimers… From the archives: More than 240 photos of Richmond and Virginia in the 1970s Here are some related collections: Watch Now: Related Video Monkeypox could spread beyond specific communities, WHO warns Insane discovery! A 560-million year-old fossil was found in the UK Insane discovery! A 560-million year-old fossil was found in the UK Pope apologises for ‘evil’ of Canada’s residential schools Pope apologises for ‘evil’ of Canada’s residential schools Decision to fire Uvalde school police chief postponed indefinitely Decision to fire Uvalde school police chief postponed indefinitely
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From the archives: More than 240 photos of Richmond and Virginia in the 1970s Here are some related collections: | https://richmond.com/news/local/can-you-identify-these-richmond-area-locations-from-aerial-photos/article_757c1eff-0cea-56c0-9010-2005be95b370.html | 2022-07-26T17:37:49 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/can-you-identify-these-richmond-area-locations-from-aerial-photos/article_757c1eff-0cea-56c0-9010-2005be95b370.html |
Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland announced his resignation, effective Aug. 1, seven months after criminal charges were filed against him.
“I’ve become a distraction,” Rowland wrote in his letter of resignation. “Bingham County must press forward with the work at hand, and I do not want to impede that path. Recent events have, at a minimum, focused on me as an individual.”
Rowland’s resignation was emailed out by his new attorney, Dennis Wilkinson, who took over Rowland’s defense in his criminal case after the resignation of his previous attorney, Justin Oleson, on July 13.
Rowland, 62, was charged in December with aggravated battery, aggravated assault and unlawful exhibition of a deadly weapon. He reportedly threatened a woman with a gun in November while she was chaperoning a group of girls who were leaving a note for Rowland’s wife as part of a program with a local church group.
Rowland has worked in law enforcement for 36 years and has been Bingham County’s sheriff since 2012.
As sheriff, Rowland made an annual salary of $88,904.04 , according to the Bingham County payroll office. Since Dec. 13, when he was first charged, Rowland has been paid $36,720.20, not including tax withholdings.
“ln considering resignation, I thought about what led me to this career,” Rowland wrote. “The feeling that I was part of something greater organized around worthy goals attracted me to this service. The feeling that I had a role protecting and serving the people in my community was a constant source of motivation during difficult times. I’ve experienced successes in law enforcement that will remain with me.”
After the criminal case was filed against Rowland, many called on him to resign, citing not only the charges against him but comments he made about Native Americans to investigators after the incident.
Rowland reportedly threatened the victim by reportedly grabbing her hair and pulling her out of the car by force and pointing a gun at her, telling her he could shoot her. Several children were in the victim’s car, and they said he pointed his gun at them while looking into the car.
When asked about his actions, Rowland reportedly said he was concerned criminals may be casing his home.
“I have been doing this job for 36 years, I’ve had drunk Indians drive down my cul-de-sac, I’ve had drunk Indians come to my door,” Rowland said, according to the affidavit. “I live just off of the reservation, we have a lot of reservation people around us that are not good people.”
Those comments left Rowland with few allies, as the Fort Hall Business Council, Bingham County prosecutor, Blackfoot mayor, and the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police all called for him to resign in December.
The Idaho Attorney General’s Office, which is prosecuting Rowland, had requested that his resignation be a condition of his release following his December arrest. A judge denied the request, saying it would mean treating Rowland as if he were already convicted. The judge did, however, order Rowland to surrender all of his guns to Idaho State Police, including a gun issued to him by Bingham County.
A replacement for Rowland will have to be picked by the Bingham County Commissioner’s Office. Commission Chairman Whitney Manwaring said Chief Deputy Jeff Gardner would be running the sheriff’s office in the short term.
A status conference in Rowland’s case is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Bingham County Courthouse. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-sheriff-resigns-seven-months-after-assault-charge/article_d9d5b12e-a8a2-5961-beba-ac438c5ba358.html | 2022-07-26T17:50:55 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-sheriff-resigns-seven-months-after-assault-charge/article_d9d5b12e-a8a2-5961-beba-ac438c5ba358.html |
BOISE — Idaho has a new Democratic nominee for state attorney general: Longtime Idaho attorney Tom Arkoosh, who announced his candidacy Tuesday and will face former four-term GOP Congressman Raul Labrador in the November election.
Attorney Steve Scanlin had run in the primary as a placeholder, but withdrew his candidacy last week, allowing the Idaho Democratic Party to appoint a replacement.
“I am not a politician,” Arkoosh said at his announcement. “I have practiced law in Idaho for 44 years. I am a counselor, litigator and lawyer. … When it comes to legal experience, ability and independence, there is a vast difference between my opponent and me.”
Labrador is an immigration and criminal defense attorney and former state representative who most recently has worked as a lobbyist. He ran unsuccessfully for governor of Idaho in 2018, losing in the GOP primary to current Gov. Brad Little. He defeated longtime Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden in May's GOP primary.
While Labrador is a fervent Republican and former Idaho Republican Party chairman, co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus and a close ally of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, Arkoosh wasn’t a member of either party for many years.
He was appointed Gem County prosecutor in 1983 by a Republican county commission. “But I don’t think I’ve ever registered a party until this last primary. I did register this primary as a Republican because I felt the need to enfranchise myself,” Arkoosh told the Idaho Press. “So I’ve been a Republican for three months and I’ve been a Democrat for about a week and a half.”
He registered as a Democrat before being selected by the party as Scanlin's replacement.
“I’m not political,” Arkoosh said. But he said when the Democratic Party asked him to run, he said yes because “I think Idaho ought to have a two-party system. There ought to be a choice.”
He said that’s a lesson he learned from his father, a Gooding farmer. “My dad used to give money to both parties,” Arkoosh said.
Arkoosh said he was a “farm kid from Gooding,” whose education in the local public schools helped him get admitted to Harvard College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in government and economics. He holds a law degree from the University of Idaho.
His legal practice has covered a wide variety of disciplines, including civil, commercial, criminal, natural and water resources, and administrative law. He played a key role in the Snake River Basin Adjudication and Eastern Snake River Plan water litigation; and has been both a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. He also has practiced as a lobbyist, representing the Surface Water Coalition, the Idaho Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and various business interests; he practiced in a law partnership with the late Bill Roden, a prominent Idaho attorney and lobbyist, for 10 years.
Arkoosh said he’s argued eight times in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit; served as counsel in 107 cases in U.S. District Court in Idaho; argued nine times in front of the Idaho Supreme Court; practiced administrative law before 29 state agencies; practiced in bankruptcy court numerous times; and has litigated “literally hundreds” of state trials.
“I am running for attorney general to be the people’s lawyer,” he said. “By contrast, the other candidate in this race is a shameless political opportunist. … He will make decisions on the basis of what he thinks will advance his political career, not what the law requires or is best for Idaho. I would not be running if I did not think he will destroy the decades-long tradition of a good lawyer serving as the state’s top lawyer.”
“If you want controversy and conflict, he’s your guy,” Arkoosh said. “If you want competence, I hope you’ll consider my candidacy.”
Arkoosh, 70, is married with three grown children. His law firm, Arkoosh Law Offices, has six lawyers. He said he’s turned over his practice and will campaign full-time for the next four months.
Asked if he’s leaned Republican or Democratic over the years, Arkoosh said it depended on the issue. “I’m strongly pro-business,” he said. “I think businesses need stability, they need an educated workforce. I’m a strong believer in law enforcement.”
Betty Richardson, longtime Idaho Democratic activist and the former U.S. Attorney for Idaho, said, “From the party’s perspective, elections are about choices, and one of the best things you can do in finding a good candidate is to find somebody who allows you to draw the contrast with their opponent. And in terms of experience, both length of experience and depth of experience, there’s a stark contrast between Tom and his opponent. In terms of ability, and his law practice, there’s a stark difference.”
Arkoosh interjected, “I am in fact a practicing lawyer.”
Richardson said of Labrador, who has openly said he views the Idaho attorney general as a political position, “He’s not independent. He’s an Idaho Freedom Foundation political careerist.”
Richardson, who long has helped the Idaho Democratic Party recruit candidates and is a former Democratic candidate for Congress herself, said, “I like the fact that Tom hasn’t necessarily kept to one political party or another, and that he has a record of independence. I think that will allow him to credibly reach out to thoughtful Republicans.”
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/longtime-idaho-attorney-to-challenge-labrador-for-attorney-general/article_cebc5062-e76a-56b4-b6be-44973b66b881.html | 2022-07-26T17:50:56 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/longtime-idaho-attorney-to-challenge-labrador-for-attorney-general/article_cebc5062-e76a-56b4-b6be-44973b66b881.html |
LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Lee County residents are getting the chance to feel some relief on their rising energy bills.
Lee County Human & Veteran Services office is looking to put an ease on households through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
If you are a Florida Power & Light or Lee County Electric Cooperative customer, you might qualify and be eligible to receive up to $600 in help for your electric bill.
LCEC recently said that every household could expect a see a $32 rise in their monthly cost, but many customers have said they are seeing increased well above that estimate.
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Karen Ryan, Director of Public Relations with LCEC, says there are numerous factors as to why customers are seeing an increase in their electric bill.
“We are still experiencing supply chain issues and currently the biggest factor is power cost.,” Ryan said. “The cost to generate power has risen and we pay our power supplier for our power.”
Ryan also stated that natural gas prices are extremely high right now and that the power cost adjustment increased nearly 48% in the past six months.
To receive this assistance there are some requirements that include you must be 18 or older and in financial crisis.
If you would like to fill out an application to receive this assistance you can go to the Veteran’s Affairs Office in Fort Myers on Thompson Street or click here for more information.
RELATED STORY: LCEC customers feeling the heat following price increases | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/26/energy-relief-assistance-available-for-lee-county-residents/ | 2022-07-26T17:54:58 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/26/energy-relief-assistance-available-for-lee-county-residents/ |
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Two cats are dead after a fire tore through a Cape Coral home Monday night.
Firefighters responded to the scene in the 200 block of NW 10th Street around 8:30 p.m. and found heavy smoke coming from a corner of the house.
Crews, luckily, were able to extinguish the fire before it spread. Unfortunately, due to the significant fire damage to part of the home and heavy smoke damage throughout the home, the building inspector red-tagged the building, deeming it unsuitable for living conditions.
Two people, a dog, two cats, and a turtle were home at the time of the fire. The two were alerted to the fire by their smoke alarms and safely evacuated with their dog.
Firefighters found the two cats dead, and the turtle has still yet to be found.
Fire crews confirmed the cause of the fire was deemed electrical.
“An electrical device charging on the bed was unable to be eliminated as a possibility for the source,” according to a release by the Cape Coral Fire Department.
No injuries have been reported. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/26/two-cats-killed-in-cape-coral-house-fire-leaving-two-people-without-a-home/ | 2022-07-26T17:55:02 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/26/two-cats-killed-in-cape-coral-house-fire-leaving-two-people-without-a-home/ |
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A person is on the run after being fired on by Haltom City Police following a chase Monday night, police say.
Haltom City Police said Tuesday morning that the chase began Monday night when officers tried to stop a driver for a traffic violation at about 10:45 p.m. along the 4200 block of Creech Street.
The driver, police said, chose not to stop and drove a short distance west into Fort Worth where they stopped along the 2700 block of NE 28th Street.
Police said the driver got out of the vehicle and pointed a gun at the officers who feared for their lives and began shooting at the driver.
The driver ran and was able to escape on foot. Officers from Fort Worth arrived to help in the search for the driver, but the person was never located.
Police added they found no evidence indicating any of the shots fired by police hit the person.
Haltom City Police have not released any information about the driver or what led to the traffic stop.
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Haltom City Police said the Major Case Unit of the Fort Worth Police Department has assumed responsibility for the criminal investigation. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing and the Haltom City officers involved have been placed on paid administrative in accordance with policy.
Police are asking that anyone who might have information regarding this investigation, please contact
the Fort Worth Police 817-392-4439. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/haltom-city-officers-fire-on-driver-who-escapes-on-foot-after-a-chase/3031713/ | 2022-07-26T17:59:50 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/haltom-city-officers-fire-on-driver-who-escapes-on-foot-after-a-chase/3031713/ |
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.
The Balch Springs fire damaged 26 homes in total, including destroying nine of them. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/13-year-old-helps-stop-balch-springs-fire-spreading-to-neighbors-house/287-53c0d9b2-e135-462f-9e0d-9f5c7fd8356c | 2022-07-26T17:59:51 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/13-year-old-helps-stop-balch-springs-fire-spreading-to-neighbors-house/287-53c0d9b2-e135-462f-9e0d-9f5c7fd8356c |
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