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Muncie gets back in the groove with new record store opening
MUNCIE, Ind. — Good news for music-lovers who prefer their tunes delivered via old-fashioned vinyl: Muncie's getting a new record store, and in a very familiar spot.
Locked Groove Records opens Saturday, July 30, in the same space that housed Village Green Records for more than 15 years until this past spring.
After Village Green announced it was leaving, but before it actually closed down in May to shift its operations to Montgomery, Alabama, Celeste Outen was looking into opening another independent record store in Muncie. An employee at Village Green, Outen was encouraged by Village Green's owner and others in the community to pursue establishing her own store.
"Village Green was an important place for me and a lot of other people in Muncie," she said in an interview this week, noting an independent record store can serve not only as a spot for listeners to find music, but also a place for local artists to build connections.
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The new store — which will be not just a locally-owned business, but a woman-owned and Black-owned one as well, — will start out with a stock of used records acquired from dealers, a "really amazing jazz record collection" she came across and Outen's extensive record collection. Selling off her own collection is hard, but Outen looks forward to sharing what she loves with her customers, she said.
She's building contacts with distributors for new recordings as well.
Anyone can stream a song nowadays, but there's something appealing to Outen about having a tangible item that reflects your musical tastes, she said; hence her interest in vinyl that had her collecting enough records to stock a store.
Having a chance to occupy the location in The Village near Ball State University that was already known for records thanks to Village Green's history was "one of the many reasons I had to jump on this opportunity," Outen said. The space at 519 S. Martin St. has been cleared out, repainted and reconfigured for Locked Groove Records' opening, so it will look familiar and yet new to Village Green's longtime customers.
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Many of those loyal customers have greeted the news of Locked Groove with excitement at having a record store in the same spot, "which is a lot to live up to," she said. "The amount of support we’ve received is overwhelming and reassuring."
After its official opening date this Saturday, Locked Groove Records will be open noon-7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with hopes of expanding its hours of operation in the future, Outen said. "The more support we get from the community, the more days we can be open."
Once the store is up and running, Outen plans to develop events in collaboration with local artists and musicians, including hopefully a National Record Day performance on April 15, 2023.
The store doesn't have a website, but is on Facebook and Instagram, and its inventory can be viewed and purchased online at discogs.com, Outen said.
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Families of 9/11 victims are voicing their outrage over a Saudi Arabian-funded golf tournament being held at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey, as they claim that players are getting blood money from a government that allegedly supported the terrorist attacks.
Preparations were already in full swing Monday at the Bedminster course, before the LIV Tournament event taking place there this weekend. The 4-day tournament features 48 professional golfers competing for a $25 million purse put up by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Families of 9/11 victims gathered near the club on Monday, criticizing the players — as well as former President Trump — pointing out that 15 of the 19 hijackers responsible for 9/11 were Saudi citizens.
Matthew Bocchi, who was 9 when his dad John died in one of the World Trade Center towers, was part of the group from 9/11 Families United making their voices heard.
”I think it sets a precedent that money will erase wrongdoing, that’s what angers me the most,” Bocchi said.
He added that he understood the tournament will likely play on, in spite of the opposition.
“It won’t stop, but we’re going to make it as painful as possible and unenjoyable as possible for those involved. We think that they need to know our feelings,” said Bochi.
Alison Crowther clutched the red bandana worn that day by her 24-year-old son Welles, a volunteer firefighter who helped save several people.
“What this tournament will do is showcase how easily people can be corrupted by money. Like these professional golfers who are going over to play,” said Crowther.
Last week on his social media site, Trump encouraged players on the PGA Tour to jump to LIV, where there is guaranteed money. He expressed fury last year when the PGA of America yanked its 2022 championship from Bedminster after the Jan. 6th insurrection.
The families here don’t single out Trump in their criticism. Terry Strada, who lost her husband, Tom, blames every presidential administration since 9/11 — claiming recently declassified documents proves a direct Saudi connection. The Saudi government has denied any involvement.
”I have a sitting President that released these documents, that needs to take action on that. That’s more of where my focus is,” said Strada, who called President Joe Biden’s fist bump with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman “disgraceful, painful to watch.”
She said that the president needed to take time to discuss the attacks during the meeting, but said Biden “blew it” by not doing so.
The families say that President Biden has so far refused to meet with them. They said they will go back to the club on Friday, making their voices heard as the players tee off.
It’s not clear how much money the Trump organization is receiving for hosting the tournament. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/9-11-families-protest-saudi-backed-liv-golf-tournament-at-trumps-nj-course/3796170/ | 2022-07-27T09:47:27 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/9-11-families-protest-saudi-backed-liv-golf-tournament-at-trumps-nj-course/3796170/ |
A New York City jury was asked Tuesday to consider whether a neurologist used his thriving pain-management practice to sexually prey on six patients or if he is a victim of accusers with false stories.
The case against Dr. Ricardo Cruciani relied on “survivor stories of six very different women,” assistant District Attorney Shannon Lucey said in closing arguments at Cruciani’s trial.
“This is a trial about a doctor who raped, sodomized, hugged and manipulated his patients,” Lucey said.
The prosecutor argued the evidence showed that Cruciani groomed patients by overprescribing pain killers, sometimes to treat serious injuries from car wrecks and other accidents.
The accusers testified that the sexual abuse often occurred behind closed doors during appointments in 2013 at a Manhattan medical center, where the doctor would expose himself and demand sex.
“He didn’t finish writing my prescriptions until I did something for him,” one said.
The behavior was “just pure evil,” she said, adding, “This defendant is nothing but a drug dealer who used his prescription pad as a weapon.”
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Defense attorney Fred Sosinsky countered by arguing the witnesses were unreliable, telling jurors, “You should have every reason to doubt these accusations.”
He added that the witnesses “were willing to lie” and “dispute the indisputable.”
Hospital records undercut the witness timelines for the assaults and supported defense claims that they were getting proper care, Sosinsky said. The lawyer also cited loving notes some witnesses had written to their alleged assailant, including one that read in part: “I hope you have a nice holiday. … You’ve truly been the best doctor I’ve ever had.”
Cruciani, 68, has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including rape, sexual abuse and predatory sexual assault.
The jury worked for about an hour late Tuesday without reaching a verdict. It was to resume deliberations on Wednesday morning.
Among the witnesses at a trial that began seven weeks ago was Hillary Tullin, who helped fuel the case by calling a sexual abuse hotline in 2017 and reporting that Cruciani had abused her between 2005 and 2013. Tullin told The Associated Press in 2018 after the doctor's arrest that he “needs to be locked up.”
The AP does not typically identify people who say they are survivors of sexual assault unless they grant permission, which Tullin has done.
Cruciani is also facing federal charges in an indictment accusing him of abusing multiple patients over 15 years at his offices in New York City, Philadelphia and Hopewell, New Jersey.
The federal charges and state trial follow years of public complaints by Cruciani’s accusers that authorities in some places weren’t taking his crimes seriously, particularly in Philadelphia, where he pleaded guilty to relatively minor misdemeanor groping counts involving seven patients.
Lucey, the prosecutor in the New York case, said Tuesday that Cruciani's accusers should be credited for having the courage to come forward.
“They get to take back some of the power and control that he took from them,” she said. “Each were broken. Each are rebuilding.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-jury-hears-closing-arguments-at-neurologists-sex-crimes-trial/3796187/ | 2022-07-27T09:47:42 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-jury-hears-closing-arguments-at-neurologists-sex-crimes-trial/3796187/ |
Investigators are looking into an ongoing mystery in Brooklyn after police said that a man’s dead body was rolled in a hand truck and dumped in a driveway, tossed out like trash.
Police said that home security cameras in the area of 72nd Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway in Dyker Heights captured the gruesome and jarring images of the body being dumped in the rear part of a driveway around 11 a.m. Tuesday.
A man was seen on the surveillance footage using the hand truck to roll the body down the street, before it was left in the driveway. The man who was seen on camera is not being labeled a suspect at this point of the investigation, according to police.
One neighbor who saw the swarm of officers after the frightening discovery said the neighborhood is a “very nice area,” and that the man may not have died in the area.
The victim’s identity was not immediately clear, nor was his cause of death. Police were waiting on the medical examiner to determine a cause of death, before they can determine whether it was a homicide. The body did not appear to have any signs of trauma.
Police did not say whether the body was found with ID, or if they had yet been able to identify the victim themselves.
An investigation is ongoing. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/dead-body-found-in-brooklyn-driveway-after-being-rolled-there-in-hand-truck-police/3796171/ | 2022-07-27T09:47:45 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/dead-body-found-in-brooklyn-driveway-after-being-rolled-there-in-hand-truck-police/3796171/ |
Private companies are pitching in millions of dollars to help the homeless, and to help their businesses deal with the homeless.
On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams announced what he called a new "public-private partnership" to boost the number of outreach workers in midtown, downtown Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn. Over the past eight weeks, 61 businesses have chipped in a total of $8 million and counting.
New York City spends $2 billion a year on homelessness, so why are businesses now touting an additional $8 million?
Not only because of their concern for the suffering of the homeless and mentally ill adults near their workplaces, but because the City's existing homeless outreach contract only allows workers to engage the homeless in public areas like streets and sidewalks, according to Kathryn Wylde of the New York City Partnership, the business group that raised the money.
That means if a homeless person is camping out in a restaurant or retail establishment, or lying on the ground at a private plaza on Park Avenue or Metrotech, outreach workers are not authorized to approach them.
"We raised this money in eight weeks because businesses have had their employees complaining to them about their own fears, and also concerns about what's happening to homeless people," Wylde said in an interview with NBC New York, adding that businesses don't want to be in the position where their only option is to call police. "Our member companies have a million employees in the city and they have felt helpless in the face of terrible conditions and people suffering."
Wylde acknowledges that the homeless presence in ATMs and food establishments has been one of several factors resulting in businesses closing up shop. She also said a survey of the group's members showed that street homelessness was a main reason why people aren't coming back to the office.
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The $8 million will being poured into a separate, private contract between the Partnership Foundation and the non-profit Breaking Ground. Under the terms of the contract, in addition to engaging homeless and mentally ill individuals, the non profit will train employees on interacting with the homeless, and collect data on their experience linking clients to shelter or psychiatric care.
The organizer of the initiative tells NBC New York security guards and other employees "have felt helpless in the face of terrible conditions and people suffering." | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-business-group-gives-8-million-to-help-city-deal-with-homelessness-problem/3796202/ | 2022-07-27T09:47:45 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-business-group-gives-8-million-to-help-city-deal-with-homelessness-problem/3796202/ |
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — July 27 and 28, Dallara IndyCar Factory on Main Street in Speedway will be selling old motorsports accessories and donating the proceeds to the Riley Children's Foundation.
Dallara will also be selling tours of its facility and simulator rides.
“We saw a need to get rid of some older things taking up a lot of space in our warehouses and we kind of knew we were doing this facelift to the building," said Bryce Moore with Dallara. "We all compiled our ideas together and collaboratively we developed this plan and reached out to Riley."
“My job is spreading the word and the awareness that we still have a lot of work to do to make sure that our kids are well taken care of," said Katie Carson, senior corporate gift officer with Riley Children's Foundation. "Because of great community partners like Dallara and the people that will come into this event in support, we can continue to do that good work and make sure that we are doing everything that we can for our kiddos."
Most of the items for sale range in the $5 to $50 range, but some of the bigger ticket items could cost a couple hundred dollars.
Dallara will also provide do-it-yourself instructions to help turn some of the old car parts into pieces of furniture to use around your house.
The sale will be Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dallara IndyCar Factory, located at 1201 N. Main St. in Speedway. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/dallara-indycar-factory-selling-old-motorsports-parts-benefit-riley-hospital-for-children-speedway-indiana/531-bab77306-3938-4cf4-b6e4-10dbe9c802d9 | 2022-07-27T09:48:13 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/dallara-indycar-factory-selling-old-motorsports-parts-benefit-riley-hospital-for-children-speedway-indiana/531-bab77306-3938-4cf4-b6e4-10dbe9c802d9 |
TUPELO • After publicly denouncing the location of a proposed apartment complex on Colonial Estates Road, District 3 Supervisor Wesley Webb offered the project developers the opportunity to purchase nearby land owned by his family as an alternate site.
While Webb admits offering the land for the proposed development, he said he did so only after one of the developers asked him for any alternatives that meet the project's criteria.
Oxford-based developers Britton Jones and Stewart Rutledge want to build a townhouse-style affordable housing development on Colonial Estates Road near McCullough Boulevard. The complex, which is named Flowerdale Commons, would have 46 units and 107 parking spaces and would cater to renters making up to $60,000.
The project has garnered opposition from some residents of a nearby subdivision on the street. That subdivision's developers, former Tupelo Mayor Glenn McCullough and his sister, have also opposed the proposal, as has Webb, who represents that area of the city on the Lee County Board of Supervisors.
Jones claims Webb paired his public opposition with a behind-the-scenes business proposal.
“The same day Wesley Webb was speaking publicly that he did not want our development in his (district) and that this wasn't the right area for this development, he offered to sell us a piece of property, owned by his family, to build our development a few hundred yards away, in the same area, in his (district),” Jones said in a written statement to the Daily Journal.
Rutledge told the Daily Journal that Jones refused the offer.
But Webb, who noted that he has worked with both Rutledge and Jones on multiple projects, told the Daily Journal that Jones "twisted" the situation in his statement and that his offer had nothing to do with his opposition to the current location.
Webb said he offered the property only after Rutledge asked him to find an alternate location that would meet all of the same qualifications as the proposed site. Otherwise, Webb said, he would not have brought up the property.
"(Rutledge) asked me to find another site. I said I have one that might work," he said, referring to the family property.
Webb also said that his family's ownership of the property did not motivate him to offer it and that he believed there were no ethical issues attached to the offer.
“I have it listed. It doesn’t matter that my aunt and uncle own it,” he said. “I am not trying to stop this to sell something else. I am trying to stop it because it is not the best place for it. If someone asks me to send them (property), I do it. It is my job.”
The property offered by Webb sits near the intersection of McCullough Boulevard and Old Belden Circle. It is next to Boggan Estates Apartments and multiple residential properties. Lee County Tax Records show that siblings Johnny B. Webb and Susan L. Webb own the property.
According to tax records, Johnny and Susan Webb inherited the property in a 2005 will from Ottis C. Webb Sr., the grandfather of Wesley Webb.
Webb previously came before the planning committee on July 11 and the city council on July 18 to oppose Jones' and Rutledge's project being built in his District.
“I feel like this is not the best area for this,” he said during the city council meeting, where he was one of 16 speakers.
Webb also argued that Colonial Estates Road could not handle the increase in traffic the apartments would bring.
Webb told the Daily Journal that the property he offered was better suited for Jone’s complex and noted that during the Planning Committee meeting, he said he would have been fine with the project if it were closer to other apartments in the area.
“You already have apartments and multi-family housing right there,” he said of the land he has listed and offered as an alternative to Rutledge and Jones.
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TUPELO • After an hour-long work session, a 45-minute executive session and months of hearings, the City Council still took no action on a proposed apartment complex in West Tupelo.
Oxford-based developer Britton Jones and Stewart Rutledge plan to build a 46 unit apartment complex named Flowerdale Commons on Colonial Estates Road near McCullough Boulevard. The project has seen significant opposition from residents of a nearby subdivision, leading up to the Tupelo Planning Committee, in a split vote, recommending the project be rejected based on traffic concerns.
The City Council held a work session and special-called meeting Tuesday to discuss Flowerdale Common’s site plan. There is an extensive list of requirements for projects to get site plan approval, which City Planner Jenny Savely told the Council that Flowerdale met.
“From my purview, what is required for site approval is very limited to the site plan itself and what would be included,” Savely said. “All of those items were reviewed, and everything passed muster.”
The four planning committee members who voted against Flowerdale Commons joined the Council meeting to discuss their decision.
“It was my recommendation to disapprove based on traffic along Colonial Estates … I would have done so for any additional development on that road,” committee member Leslie Mart said, adding that she believed the traffic study was not sufficient to overrule the committee’s personal experience with the road. "At that time, we agreed that the impact to that road ... based on what (the developer) brought, it did not pass what we thought the requirements should be."
City Engineer Dennis Bonds said a traffic count showed that 2,900 vehicles drove along Colonial Estates Road on a given day during peak hours. Attorney Ben Logan said, in a three-year span, there were five wrecks on the street, with only one accident involving two vehicles.
Ward 4 Councilwoman Nettie Davis said it is the city’s responsibility to bring Colonial Estates Road up to standard, not that of the developers, if it is indeed insufficient.
Ward 2 Councilman and Board President Lynn Bryan noted that there were three independent traffic studies from three different companies that all concluded the project would not significantly impact the street.
But Planning Committee member Scott Davis said, “Just because he got a traffic study doesn’t mean we have to approve that traffic study."
For site plan approval, the developers had to complete an internal traffic study for their property, but city regulations do not require the study to look at impact on the road extending from a site's outlets. Savely said the three studies submitted by Jones and Rutledge nonetheless addressed the whole of Colonial Estates Road and all three studies found the impact negligible.
Nettie Davis said the street was an issue when it was first developed and the city never disapproved projects along it before. Scott Davis said he could not speak for Planning Committee actions before he was appointed to it.
Logan told the Daily Journal that during executive session the Council discuss potential litigation from both the developers of Flowerdale Commons and former Mayor Glenn McCullough, who co-developed a subdivision on Colonial Estates Road and is opposed to the new project.
The Council will take up the matter once again during its regular meeting on Aug. 2.
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DOVER, Fla. — A grieving family is asking for the community to help them find the person who killed their loved one.
Erica Negrete was shot and killed on July 18 in Dover. Her husband, Cornelio Negrete was with her when she was shot.
Cornelio said the two were at their house around 10 p.m. on July 18 when he heard gunshots.
"It sounded super close. I heard her scream and I ran out the door. I see her on the ground," he recalled.
Cornelio saw Erica had been shot and went to call for help. When he got back to help her, he was also shot. Shortly after, he said he heard someone speed off in his truck. The family says the truck is still missing and they believe finding it could lead them to Erica's killer.
More than a week later and the family has no idea who shot and killed Erica. Cornelio also said that same person likely stole his truck.
"It’s just hard. It’s hard not seeing her every day. It’s been eight days and I haven’t seen her. It’s been the hardest thing ever. We’ve never been apart that long," he said.
Every night since Erica died, the family has held a mass to pray for justice.
"She could just walk into the room and make everyone smile. She was a big family person. She loved her family," Cornelio recalled.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said the homicide investigation is ongoing and they have no new information.
Her family hopes the community can help change that. Erica leaves behind two young children, her husband and a lot of family who loves her. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/dover-mother-shot-killed-search-for-killer/67-282d3fe4-0821-4310-b2c3-39db98c5268b | 2022-07-27T10:03:46 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/dover-mother-shot-killed-search-for-killer/67-282d3fe4-0821-4310-b2c3-39db98c5268b |
It takes a village to prepare for RAGBRAI. And then some.
Since the announcement that Mason City will be an overnight stop for the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, area businesses have been developing plans to take on the influx of customers.
"We've been making a lot of beer and figuring out the licensing and insurance. Molly (Angstman) has done a great job with all the marketing stuff and burning through a lot of sticky notes," said Fat Hill Brewing co-owner and brewer Jake Rajewsky.
RAGBRAI started Sunday in Sergeant Bluff and will end in Lansing on Saturday. Mason City, the fourth day of riding on the 2022 route, anticipates more than 17,000 riders traveling over 100 miles from Emmetsburg on Wednesday. This day is dubbed the "Century Day," a RAGBRAI tradition of having an official 100-mile day that returned to the ride this year.
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RAGBRAI Mason City held a meeting for local food and beverage vendors in early May to help owners with what they needed to do to prepare. Big takeaways from the meeting were to keep things simple and make sure to have any licensing done in time if necessary.
State Street Deli, located in the Brick and Tile building, is ready and eager for its second go-around with the RAGBRAI crowd. It will be open extended hours Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., just as when RAGBRAI rolled into town in 2014.
To feed so many hungry people, Jack Nardi, owner and manager, is pulling in a few retired former employees in addition to his current staff. “We have some friends and family coming in from Chicago to help us out too,” Nardi said “They enjoyed it the last time when it was here eight years ago.”
To make sure the process flows smoothly, Nardi said, “We are limiting our menu down to the most popular sandwiches we have. So we’ll have six different sandwiches.”
Nardi is confident they will be able to keep up with orders by having three sandwich-making stations. But feeding all those RAGBRAI riders is pretty nerve wracking.
“At my age, and with my whole background, I don’t get too excited anymore,” Nardi said with a wry smile. “I just look for efficiency. I mean, take care of the customers and keep them happy. That’s the biggest thing. And make sure there’s no stress on the crew and make it fun for them.”
Scott and Candy Elsbury, owners of Jitters Coffee Bar and Last Ditch Roastery don’t quite know what to expect from the RAGBRAI crowd, but they have prepared for the event the best way they know how. Coffee will be flowing and baked-from-scratch goodies on hand.
Jitters has been owned and operated by the Elsbury’s for almost 23 years, but this is only the seventh year in their current location near the south end of the North Federal loop. ”We’re really not sure what to expect since we are off the beaten path,” Candy said, “But they’ll find us because people do use their phones.”
Coffee beans are roasted daily and aren’t usually ground until the order is placed. When asked how they will handle the traffic, Candy said they will create an express lane. “We are going to close our drive-thru to cars, and it will be bike up or walk up only,” Candy explained.
The express lane will be for those wanting cold-brew, nitro coffee and black coffee. “You can only go so fast when making a drink … and we really pride ourselves on efficiency and that customers don’t have to wait,” she said.
Three options for their baked treats will also be available -- regular, gluten-free and vegan.
Jitters will be open extended hours Wednesday -- 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Brix Wine & Whiskey owner Melissa Evans is taking on her first RAGBRAI as a business owner. Evans calculated an estimated number of people she expects to visit her business and then worked backwards to guess how much product to buy.
"It will get pretty crazy, but we hope to do our best," said Evans.
Rajewsky and Angstman were here for RAGBRAI in 2014, the last time Mason City was an overnight stop. That experience gave the co-owners an idea of what to expect.
"We got the rush of it, like how crazy it is and how many people that is," said Rajewsky. "We knew that was going to take a lot of preparations."
Kathy Konig, director of operations at Cabin Coffee, said every large event they have taken part in has helped them prepare for RAGBRAI. Konig said a team of 10 to 12 workers will serve, particularly on Thursday morning as riders leave town for Charles City.
"What we are trying to do is to just serve the riders and to serve the support teams," said Konig.
At Pottery on the Plaza, a paint-your-own pottery studio, co-owner Colleen Frein has been figuring out how to prepare for RAGBRAI. Her main concerns are determining what pottery will ship well and how to run operations the day of the event.
"We are brand new to downtown, so we are flying blind. Honestly, we have no idea how busy we will be, but we are looking forward to welcoming anyone who wants to visit our shop," said Frein.
Frein and other local business owners say Wednesday will be "all hands on deck," but there was plenty of work to do in the weeks leading up to RAGBRAI.
Fat Hill Brewing will offer its entire menu to customers Wednesday, and has well over 100 kegs and mountains of cans ready to go. The brewery has a trailer booked to sit outside to help handle the onslaught.
"We have so many kegs. The cooler is so full that I have to crawl over kegs like a monkey to change a keg," said Angstman. "I think we've never used so many kegs in the entire time we've been open."
Brix Wine & Whiskey will keep it simple, offering a paired-down selection of drinks featuring its whiskey sour slushes. Evans stocked up on supplies and came in early Tuesday to start premixing slushes.
"My ultimate goal is to have everyone who works here to have fun and the people that come in to have fun," said Evans.
Although it doesn't sell beverages, Pottery on the Plaza will serve cold drinks for riders, according to Frein.
"We're excited to be able to share our town with the RAGBRAI riders. There is so much good happening in our downtown area and around the city, and we can't wait for them to experience it," said Frein.
This isn’t the first time Matt Perez, new owner of Laredos, has experienced RAGBRAI from the customer service end of things. He has worked there for 19 years, but now he is the owner and manager.
So he is in charge of ordering and everything. “Yeah, everything,” he said, kind of ruefully.
As far as extra help is concerned, Laredos may be in better shape than many. He was able to call upon former employees “and regulars that hang out. I feel that if you are a regular here you kind of know all the ins and outs of this place anyway.”
Perez said there really isn’t a perfect way to prepare for RAGBRAI. “We just do our best.”
Laredos has a small kitchen but, “We turn out some really good food here.” Like many other places they will have a limited menu with four items.
“Last time they didn't have as many food vendors downtown, and we have to compete with that,” Perez said, “but with as many people downtown everyone will get a piece of the action.”
Abby covers education and entertainment for the Globe Gazette. Follow her on Twitter at @MkayAbby. Email her at Abby.Koch@GlobeGazette.com
"We have so many kegs. The cooler is so full that I have to crawl over kegs like a monkey to change a keg."
Molly Angstman, Fat Hill Brewing | https://globegazette.com/business/local/all-hands-on-deck-mason-city-businesses-anticipate-arrival-of-ragbrai/article_c3665bd3-caad-5b97-a0b6-16a67d20ed2d.html | 2022-07-27T10:07:28 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/business/local/all-hands-on-deck-mason-city-businesses-anticipate-arrival-of-ragbrai/article_c3665bd3-caad-5b97-a0b6-16a67d20ed2d.html |
ROANOKE, Va. – A disabled vehicle is causing delays on I-81S in Roanoke County Wednesday morning.
We’re told it happened near the 141 mile marker.
VDOT says as of 5:16 a.m., the south exit route is closed.
Stay with 10 News for the latest updates on this timesaver traffic alert | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/crash-causing-delays-on-i-81s-in-roanoke-county/ | 2022-07-27T10:09:18 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/crash-causing-delays-on-i-81s-in-roanoke-county/ |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Lonnie Burcham criminal trial was scheduled to start on July 26, but there has been a continuance, which is a legal term that means the trial has been delayed or postponed.
Lonnie Burcham was supposed to be tried here in the 385th district court for a crime that happened in 2020.
In the early morning hours of September 30 2020, Midland Police were dispatched to 3600 Storey Avenue after a report of a disturbance of weapons.
When law enforcement arrived to the scene, Midland Police found 41-year-old Brandy Snider dead.
They also noticed Lonnie Burcham at the scene with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It was not fatal and Burcham was taken to the hospital.
Burcham entered into the home of Brandy Snider without her consent with a weapon according to witnesses.
Burcham is being charged with multiple counts which includes Capital Murder, Murder, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Aggravated Kidnapping with a Deadly Weapon.
As of right now, we don't have an exact date as to when Burcham's trial will be held, but according to the 385th district office, it will likely be in the next few weeks to a months time. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/criminal-trial-in-the-lonnie-burcham-case-postponed/513-969f284e-2e4b-4f96-8efd-4bb883ac2361 | 2022-07-27T10:17:42 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/criminal-trial-in-the-lonnie-burcham-case-postponed/513-969f284e-2e4b-4f96-8efd-4bb883ac2361 |
CEDAR FALLS — The lives of Tyler and Sarah Schmidt and their six-year-old daughter, Lula, will be honored and remembered during a public celebration of life event at Overman Park Tuesday evening, Mayor Rob Green announced.
“Many more details to follow, including exact time. This is on National Night Out, and I hope that neighbors will still get together as planned and then join us at Overman Park. Or bring your whole neighborhood to Overman Park and sit together for fellowship,” Green said in a Facebook post.
Cedar Falls Public Library patrons found the doors shut Saturday after the slaying of employee Sarah Schmidt, along with her husband, Tyler, and their 6-year-old daughter, Lula.
The Cedar Falls family was found shot to death in their tent at Maquoketa Caves State Park Campground in Jackson County early Friday morning.
Their 9-year-old son, Arlo, survived what initially appears to have been a random shooting committed by 23-year-old Anthony Sherwin of La Vista, Nebraska.
“While not a festive event, this truly is a celebration of these remarkable people. I am keeping the extended family closely in the loop on this and they are supportive of the event. I think Tyler and Sarah would love to see us all together as neighbors,” said Green in his Facebook post.
Three Cedar Falls family members died Friday at Maquoketa Caves State Park in apparent homicides, with a fourth person dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“Many, many” stories will be shared, said Green. The event, at the park at 316 W. Third St., will be live-streamed and attended by the media.
A GoFundMe page has been set up for Arlo, and more than $225,000 already has been raised. To find the page, go online to gofundme.com and then search “Arlo Schmidt.”
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Quincy Koala poses for a photo with children Wednesday at the Cedar Valley Hospice grief camp.
Waterloo Police announced Thursday a third person had been arrested last week on felony money laundering charges related to the two-year investigation.
Three Cedar Falls family members died Friday at Maquoketa Caves State Park in apparent homicides, with a fourth person dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The mother of a man suspected of killing a Cedar Falls couple and their daughter at an Iowa state park said her son gave no indication anything was wrong prior to the shooting.
Cedar Falls Public Library patrons found the doors shut Saturday after the slaying of employee Sarah Schmidt, along with her husband, Tyler, and their 6-year-old daughter, Lula. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-falls-mayor-celebration-of-life-for-schmidts-set-for-tuesday-in-overman-park/article_90214c5b-230f-566f-b1a1-6c974f0a9214.html | 2022-07-27T10:31:28 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-falls-mayor-celebration-of-life-for-schmidts-set-for-tuesday-in-overman-park/article_90214c5b-230f-566f-b1a1-6c974f0a9214.html |
WATERLOO — The Husome Strong Foundation is hosting the Live Lucky Charity Golf Tournament along with a learn to play adaptive golf clinic Friday at South Hills Golf Course.
The clinic will be 9-11 a.m. It is free to anyone with a disability who would like to learn how to swing a golf club, use adaptive golf equipment or just wants to have fun. A noon lunch follows. The four-person golf tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
The tournament will continue to raise money to purchase additional Solo Rider Adaptive Golf Carts allowing people with disabilities to play.
All learn to play adaptive golf clinics are sponsored by MercyOne and Veridian Credit Union. A short game clinic will be offered on Tuesday 10-11:30 a.m. at Gates Park Golf Course.
Adaptive golf provides an opportunity for anyone with a disability to get out and experience the joys of the game. The Husome Strong Foundation is designed to offer instruction, organized events and adaptive equipment to help make the game enjoyable to people with disabilities.
Golf has proven beneficial to people with spinal cord injuries, amputations, strokes, autism and PTSD. By making the game of golf accessible to people with physical and cognitive challenges, golf provides a positive environment that helps develop confidence, self-esteem, and purpose.
“Some disabilities are more visible than others,” said Steve Husome. “We have set a goal to help residents with disabilities experience the joys of the game of golf.”
South Hills Golf Course is at 1830 E. Shaulis Road. Registration information for the tournament and the clinics can be found at adaptivegolfiowa.com.
On Friday, six Panthers from the men’s team partook in the amateur tournament during the 89th Waterloo Open at the South Hills Golf Course, hoping to qualify for the main event on Sunday. This will story will be updated. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/foundation-hosts-fundraiser-to-help-adaptive-golf-programs-in-the-cedar-valley/article_b704a776-4c82-56cc-80bf-2d31ff6db2fb.html | 2022-07-27T10:31:34 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/foundation-hosts-fundraiser-to-help-adaptive-golf-programs-in-the-cedar-valley/article_b704a776-4c82-56cc-80bf-2d31ff6db2fb.html |
YORK, Pa. — Some community members are concerned about ride safety at the York State Fair.
This was after a man shared on Facebook some pictures he took at the Fair and claimed the pictures show outdated inspection stickers on some of the rides.
Some people in the community had concerns about whether or not it’s safe to get on the rides. But officials with the York State Fair say rides are safe.
“They’re actually pictures of the inspection stickers from the state of Florida, when the Strates shows were set up in Florida back in April. Since then, they’ve left the state of Florida and they’ve been inspected in every state they’ve been in, including here," said Bryan Blair, the CEO of the York State Fair.
Strates show, the company that runs the amusement rides at the fair, has a third party inspector on site that goes through every ride, everyday.
“They have checklist for every ride before they open, and the operator of that ride goes through that checklist, and checks all the things like, latches and safety equipment, and pins and all of the different things," said Blair. "If there is any irregularity at all, they either close the ride or they repair or replace the part that needs to be replaced, every single day," he said.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture also did its own inspection. The department requires traveling rides to be registered in Pennsylvania and inspected by a trained, certified inspector before they open in a new location, and re-inspected at least every 30 days.
“The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture was here before we opened and they looked over all 49 rides, did complete inspection, everything was cleared to operate by the ride inspectors who were certified on various different levels," said Blair.
Each ride has a small silver 2022 sticker showing they were inspected by PA agriculture department workers. Anyone at the fair can ask the ride operator to show them the inspection records and contact the department if the operator does not cooperate. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/rides-at-the-york-state-fair-pass-inspection-despite-public-concern-safety-rides-sticker-inspectors-safe-ride/521-8cf53e6d-00a4-42c0-a13c-c3a91b116438 | 2022-07-27T10:39:26 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/rides-at-the-york-state-fair-pass-inspection-despite-public-concern-safety-rides-sticker-inspectors-safe-ride/521-8cf53e6d-00a4-42c0-a13c-c3a91b116438 |
Here's everything you can expect to see on the Aug. 2 Reno County primary election ballot
Depending on where you live in Hutchinson or Reno County, there may be a relatively full ballot for the upcoming primary election or your choices might be scant.
There are races for a handful of statewide positions. The abortion amendment will be on all ballots, regardless of party affiliation.
On Republican ballots, those include U.S. Senate, Kansas governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer.
On some Republican ballots, there will also be choices for a pair of newly created Reno County Commission seats, as well as primary contests for one legislative seat and one Kansas Board of Education seat, both partially within Reno County.
But those names won’t be on all Republican ballots, Reno County Deputy Clerk Jenna Fager reminds voters.
More:Two candidates will vie Aug. 2 for Reno County's District 101 seat in the Kansas House
And some Republican voters who got to cast ballots in certain races in the past might be surprised those seats aren’t on their ballot this time around.
There are now five Reno County Commission seats, but only three are on the ballot, with primary contests in only two.
With the expansion to five seats, commission boundaries also changed. So, some voters used to voting for the Commission 1 district, for example, may not find that race on their ballot anymore.
Redistricting by the Kansas Legislature also changed boundaries for all the local House seats, with some areas added to those districts and others removed. But, again, there is only one contested house seat on this ballot in Reno County, for the 101st District.
Republican primary election ballots will include these contested races:
- U.S. Senate: Jerry Moran, of Manhattan, and Joan Farr, of Derby.
- Governor and lieutenant governor: Derek Schmidt, of Independence, and Katie Sawyer, of McPherson; and Arlyn Briggs, of Kincaid, and Lance Berland, of Kincaid.
- Secretary of state: Scott Schwab, of Overland Park; and Mike Brown, of Overland Park.
- Attorney general: Kellie Warren, of Leawood; Kris Kobach, of Lecompton; and Tony Mattivi, of Topeka.
- State treasurer: Caryn Tyson, of Parker; and Steven Johnson, of Assaria.
Some Republican ballots will include the following races:
- 101st House: Incumbent Joe Seiwert, of Pretty Prairie; and Jamey Blubaugh, of Goddard.
- District 7 Kansas Board of Education: Incumbent Ben Jones, of Sterling; and Dennis Hershberger, a Hutchinson resident and chairman of the Reno County Republican Party.
- Reno County District 1: Cris Corey and Randall (Randy) Parks.
- Reno County District 5: Don Bogner, Tom L. Collins, Mike Warren and Penelope Poitras.
Other offices will be on the ballots, but they're not listed here because they are uncontested in the primary. Ballots may also include a candidate for precinct committee and township positions.
To see what your ballot should look like, go to https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/voterview/ and enter the appropriate information.
All Democratic primary election ballots will include these races:
On the Democratic ballot, there is a five-way race for the U.S. Senate and two teams competing for Kansas governor and lieutenant governor. No other statewide offices or Reno County-specific positions have races on that ticket.
- U.S. Senate: Mark Holland, of Kansas City; Robert Klingenberg, of Salina; Michael Soetaert, of Alta Vista; Patrick Wiesner, of Overland Park; Mike Andra, of Wichita; and Paul Buskirk, of Lawrence.
- Governor and lieutenant governor: Laura Kelly, of Topeka, and David Toland, of Iola; and Richard S. Karnowski, of Seneca, and Barry J. Franco, of Seneca.
Early voting has begun in Reno County
Nearly 1,300 people cast votes at the Reno County Annex during the first week of early voting in advance of the Aug. 2 primary election.
While that doesn’t compare to numbers from the last general election, it is fairly brisk for a primary election, said Reno County Deputy Clerk Jenna Fager.
The county has also mailed out more than 1,650 advance ballots by mail, which also doesn’t match the usual 2,500 to 3,000 requested before a presidential election but is higher than normal for a primary.
Advance ballots by mail may also still be requested, Fager said, though voters should leave at least two days for mailing in each direction to ensure they are counted.
Mailed ballots must be postmarked before polls close at 7 p.m., Aug. 2, to count. If properly postmarked, they will still count if received in the clerk’s office after Election Day.
Early in-person voting at the Reno County Annex began July 14.
Voters may cast ballots early at the annex between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 30.
Advance in-person voting ends at noon Monday, Aug. 1, the day before the election.
“We always have some stragglers who try to come in to vote, but it closes at noon,” Fager said.
More:Important 2022 primary election dates and where to register for Reno County
Where to vote on Election Day
For those who prefer to vote on Election Day, the vast majority will again vote on the Kansas State Fairgrounds.
The polling place, however, has moved into the Meadowlark Building, on the west side of the grounds, rather than the Encampment Building on the northeast, Fager said.
A polling place will also be at the Dillon Nature Center and in traditional locations within rural communities in the county.
Because of the constitutional amendment question on abortion, this primary will offer the unusual opportunity to vote regardless of your party affiliation or even if unaffiliated.
Reno County is growing in registered voters
Meanwhile, the number of registered voters in Reno County has grown by about 3.3% over the count before the 2018 primary, Fager said, though not all party affiliations have grown.
The largest increase was among Republicans, which gained more than 1,800 voters or 9.5%.
The Libertarian party had the greatest percentage growth, at 32%, pushing the total number of registered Libertarians in the county to 471.
The Democratic party lost 252 voters, or 2.9%, and those registered as unaffiliated also went down 2.7%.
Republican voters now account for 50.4% of registered voters in the county, while Democrats have dropped to 20%. | https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/07/27/reno-county-primary-election-2022-voting-ballot-kansas/10134343002/ | 2022-07-27T10:57:23 | 1 | https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/07/27/reno-county-primary-election-2022-voting-ballot-kansas/10134343002/ |
ATLANTIC CITY — City Council will hold public hearings Wednesday on ordinances to lease the historic Carnegie Library building to a Newark nonprofit for $1 a year, and to confiscate and destroy illegally used all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes.
The ordinance on ATVs is sponsored by all council members. It deems such vehicles on city streets and rights of way as threats to public health, safety and welfare, and prohibits their use there.
It also would give police the right to confiscate and destroy the vehicles if they are found to be illegally used.
Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law in January that designates ATVs, dirt bikes and snowmobiles ridden on public streets or highways as contraband subject to state forfeiture regulations. These vehicles, when forfeited to a municipality, “shall be destroyed” per the new state statute.
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The Carnegie building, located at 35 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., would be leased to the NAN Newark Tech World nonprofit under another ordinance on the agenda.
According to a proposal submitted to the city by the nonprofit, the group would use the building for a Leaders in Training Youth Workforce Development Program for career development workshops and classroom instruction, as well as access to certified mental health professionals in partnership with Jewish Family Service and AtlantiCare.
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It also would collaborate with the Train-to-Hire program, part of the Jingoli Competitive Edge program, “created to identify, train and find meaningful employment for high school students and adults who live within the cities and towns where Jingoli performs construction and construction management work.”
The Jingoli program will offer “an intensive curriculum covering construction math, HVAC, electrical work and job-site safety, as well as soft skills including resume writing and job interview preparation.”
Offshore wind developer Ørsted will be also be providing classroom and hands-on training there, according to NAN.
NAN Atlantic City Tech World will “offer the community access to technology not readily available to them” as well as certification courses in Cisco, Microsoft and other computer systems; and instruction in web design, digital literacy, 3-D printing, virtual reality, sewing, website development, mixed reality and coding, according to the proposal.
Ordinance sponsor City Council Vice President and 3rd Ward Councilman Kaleem Shabazz has said the National Action Network has been involved in the Leaders in Training Program in conjunction with Second Baptist Church, which is also in his district, as is the Carnegie building.
“They have a track record in Atlantic City,” Shabazz said.
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The lease ordinance does not specify what the nonprofit must provide at the site but says all residents of the city would be able to benefit from the group’s services and that the group must provide annual reports to the city on how it uses the building. Those uses must meet requirements of the group maintaining its nonprofit status, according to the ordinance.
The historic Carnegie Library was run for many years by Stockton University as the Carnegie Center, but the school turned over ownership to the city in April. According to Stockton, the building was no longer needed for educational purposes, as it has transferred all of its programs to its city campus.
The ordinance provides for a five-year lease of all of the first floor of the Carnegie building and half of the second floor to NAN Network Tech World.
Pleasantville and Absecon have also passed ordinances to combat illegal ATV and dirt-bike riding on municipal streets, citing safety concerns.
In Pleasantville, a 32-year-old ATV driver from Atlantic City was arrested May 2 after allegedly fleeing police and crashing into a patrol car.
In 2018, 23-year-old ATV rider Bruce Banks was killed in Pleasantville and his 19-year-old passenger Devon Banks injured in a three-vehicle crash on New Road between Washington Avenue and the Black Horse Pike. The ATV collided with a Nissan Quest minivan as it was crossing the road on the Pleasantville bike path, and the van then hit another vehicle. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/carnegie-library-lease-illegal-atv-use-up-for-atlantic-city-council-vote/article_cfa60c6e-0cdc-11ed-b963-a3f9817e3fed.html | 2022-07-27T11:05:33 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/carnegie-library-lease-illegal-atv-use-up-for-atlantic-city-council-vote/article_cfa60c6e-0cdc-11ed-b963-a3f9817e3fed.html |
UPPER TOWNSHIP — In-person sales may get a foot in the door as the Township Committee looks to end a longstanding ordinance banning door-to-door offers of goods and services.
The township may have little choice. As township attorney Daniel Reeves told committee members Monday, a national company has threatened a lawsuit to overturn the ordinance, stating the outright ban is unconstitutional. It appears that they are right.
“I looked it up. It is unconstitutional,” Reeves said. The activity is protected under both the federal and state protections on free speech. “Essentially, selling anything is considered to be an act of speech.”
While a property owner may put up a sign telling salespeople to stay away, the township cannot make that decision for every property owner, he said.
Municipalities can limit when and how the sales speech takes place, however, such as limiting times when door-to-door sales are allowed or mandating that salespeople respect signs saying “no solicitors.”
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There was an ordinance on the agenda for introduction Monday, but at Reeves’ suggestion the issue was moved under “new business” and the committee took no vote. Instead, members discussed possible options, including creating a “do not knock” list or requiring a township license to sell door to door. At the least, Committee member John Coggins said, salespeople should have identification that shows the company they represent and includes a photograph.
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According to Reeves, some communities also require a fingerprint be included on the ID, but he said he was unsure what purpose that fulfilled.
“First of all, it takes away from our local businesses, regardless of what anybody says,” said Committee member Jay Newman. “Second of all, can we put a prohibitive fee in there without getting into trouble?”
A license fee that was high enough to act as a prohibition against the activity would be the same as a ban, Reeves advised.
“Anything that has the effect of being a prohibition … almost certainly will be struck down by the court,” he said.
The issue first came up in 2019, he said, when the company Andersen Windows sent a letter asking for a change. Reeves said it was to the company’s credit that it checked on the ordinance at all.
“They sent us a letter saying please update your ordinance or we will have no option but to sue you,” Reeves said.
The familiar sights and sounds are still there: the scuffed and faded floor tiles, the relentless beige-on-beige color scheme, the toddlers' clothes and refrigerators and pretty much everything in between. Many of the shelves are bare, though, at the Kmart in Avenel, New Jersey, picked over by bargain hunters as the store prepares to close its doors for good. Once it shutters, the number of Kmarts in the U.S. — once well over 2,000 — will be down to three in the continental U.S.
But soon after, the COVID-19 pandemic meant door-to-door salespeople were even less welcome than previously, and an executive order banned the practice throughout the state to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Now, Reeves reported, the company has begun contacting the township “almost daily” to check on the status of the ordinance. He said the correspondence has been cordial but indicates if the ordinance is not changed it will be challenged in court.
A spokesperson for Andersen Windows and Doors did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday afternoon.
Traveling salesmen (and women) may seem like a throwback to the days of Willy Loman and corny jokes, but as committee members mentioned at the meeting, and as reported in national media, door-to-door sales have seen a revival in recent years. In part, that’s because of the increase in “do not call” lists and waning impact of mass email efforts to reach consumers.
The Direct Selling Association, a Washington-based industry group, shows more than 330,000 people are involved in direct sales in New Jersey, representing $1 billion in retail sales statewide.
“Direct selling” is the industry’s preferred term. Ordinances in the region often refer to “hawkers” or “peddlers.” Reeves said he built his draft ordinance by cobbling together the best of the existing ordinances in the region.
“Unfortunately, in doing this research I found that a lot of towns have ordinances that are not legal, are not enforceable. So it is a common problem,” Reeves said.
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Mayor Curtis Corson cited concerns with potential scams. He mentioned one in which someone purports to have excess asphalt from a nearby job and offers to pave a driveway at a low price. Once the job is half completed, he said, the contractor will charge an exorbitant amount for the next truckload of asphalt to finish the job.
Dishonest business practices and outright fraud are already prohibited under state and local laws. There are consumer protections in place, Reeves said, including allowances for three days to back out of a contract.
Township residents say sales calls do happen, regardless of the current ordinance. Reeves cited an example of someone pulling into his driveway offering to sell meat from the back of his pickup. He said he declined.
“Unfortunately, the guy with meat in the back of his truck didn’t bother to ask for permission. He just did it,” Reeves said.
For ordinance violations, the township could impose fines, revoke licenses or even seek jail time in extreme cases, Reeves said.
Corson said he would not want to go too far with a local ordinance, citing those selling church raffle tickets or Girl Scout cookies in their neighborhoods.
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“I think we need to protect our residents, but at what point does it become a little overboard?” Corson said. “I don’t think we want to prosecute Girl Scouts.”
There are exceptions, Reeves said. For instance, state law allows honorably discharged veterans and volunteer firefighters to get state approval to sell items door to door regardless of a local ordinance.
After the meeting, Reeves said any limitations would only apply to commercial activities. Religious or political messages could not be limited. For instance, a political candidate would be able to knock on doors as part of a campaign, as could a representative of an advocacy group or someone proselytizing.
“There is a traditional and historic right to knock on someone’s door. By having a door, you are inviting people to come knock,” Reeves said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/facing-lawsuit-threat-upper-township-likely-to-rescind-rules-barring-door-to-door-sales/article_b667b290-0d0c-11ed-93d0-8be62702b4a0.html | 2022-07-27T11:05:39 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/facing-lawsuit-threat-upper-township-likely-to-rescind-rules-barring-door-to-door-sales/article_b667b290-0d0c-11ed-93d0-8be62702b4a0.html |
Here's where the Repository stands with its diversity
Newsrooms are supposed to be filled with people who reflect their communities — a mishmash of varying races, genders, religions, cultures, sexual orientations, political leanings and other backgrounds.
Why? Because those different eyes, ears, voices and brains help us identify, understand and report on important issues — topics that might otherwise escape our attention.
That diversity also supports our role as a community cheerleader and watchdog. It's a lot easier to pinpoint our accomplishments and uncover wrongdoing with a diverse staff.
The Canton Repository and the USA TODAY Network, which includes more than 200 publications, strive to mirror the Stark County community within our newsroom and create an environment where employees are valued and feel empowered.
As part of our commitment to an inclusive culture, the Repository has published a statistical breakdown of our newsroom by race and gender the last two years.
We are doing that again today.
What is the racial and gender breakdown at the Repository?
This information is a snapshot as of July 1, 2022.
Eighty-six percent of the Repository newsroom is white — which is in line with the overall Stark population of 87.5%, according to the latest U.S. Census figures.
Meanwhile, more than 10% of our newsroom is composed of Black staff members, mirroring the Black population of Stark County, according to the census figures.
The newspaper has one Asian reporter, but no Hispanic or Latino writers. The Hispanic/Latino population in Stark is 2.4%, while the Asian population is 1%.
How to contact us: Here's our newsroom directory
Meanwhile, women hold 36% of the editor, staff writer and photographer positions at the Repository. Women make up 51% of Stark's population.
We have focused on increasing the number of minority and female staff members over the last few years — and that's reflected in the percentages. We have added Peter Holland Jr. to our sports/news team, and Paige Bennett, Cassandra Nist and Sam Zern to our news team.
We know we can do better.
We also have attempted to connect more with Stark County's Black and LGBTQ+ communities. Those efforts within the past year have included highlighting Black-owned businesses during Black History Month, featuring guest essays on our opinion pages and showcasing the inaugural Stark Pride Festival.
We know we can do more.
We will continue to look for ways to boost diversity within our staff and showcase diverse stories. And we remain committed to trying to fill openings with people of color and women — again, because of the diversity of thought that provides.
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Rick Armon is the managing editor of The Repository and Massillon Independent. He can be reached at 330-580-8310 or rarmon@cantonrep.com.
The American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau asks two separate questions, one about Hispanic origin and one about race, allowing individuals to self-select from multiple options. However, to compare with internal Gannett employee information that asks individuals to mark only one option, we used the following categories: Hispanic or Latino (for ACS, regardless of any other race selected), White (not Hispanic or Latino), Black or African American (not Hispanic or Latino), Asian (not Hispanic or Latino), American Indian or Alaska Native (not Hispanic or Latino), Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (not Hispanic or Latino), or two or more races (not Hispanic or Latino). All information on racial identity is provided voluntarily by employees. Gannett also allows an individual to not disclose their race or ethnicity. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/heres-where-canton-repository-stands-its-diversity/10147531002/ | 2022-07-27T11:12:24 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/heres-where-canton-repository-stands-its-diversity/10147531002/ |
A 12-year-old girl was shot twice and a 16-year-old boy hit once as gunfire erupted in front of a Bronx school playground earlier this week, the latest in a series of shootings affecting young people across New York City in recent weeks.
In the latest case, police say the two children were just outside the public school playground by East 164th Street and Stebbins Avenue in Longwood when a black BMW pulled up around 1:30 p.m. Cops say there were two men in the car.
Someone opened fire.
The 16-year-old was grazed in the chin and the 12-year-old girl was wounded in the left arm and left side of her back. It's not clear what could have caused the person in the BMW to pull the gun on them. The vehicle sped off after the shooting.
Both victims were taken to a hospital and are expected to be OK. No arrests have been made.
Police say their investigation is ongoing. They released surveillance footage of the vehicle involved (above). Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ghost-in-bmw-shoots-12-year-old-girl-teen-in-front-of-nyc-school-playground/3796282/ | 2022-07-27T11:18:42 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ghost-in-bmw-shoots-12-year-old-girl-teen-in-front-of-nyc-school-playground/3796282/ |
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. – The world’s largest indoor vertical farm is expanding, a move that will create 66 new jobs in Pittsylvania County.
Governor Glenn Youngkin made the announcement on Tuesday and said AeroFarms, a Certified B Corporation, will also increase the production of freshly-grown leafy greens in the Southside.
The expansion is a result of growing customer demand, according to the governor’s office.
Plans to build the 138,670-square-foot facility were first announced in December 2019, along with news that a facility in Cane Creek Centre would be bringing 92 jobs to the area.
We’re told the 66 new jobs coming to Pittsylvania County are in addition to the 92 new jobs that were pledged previously.
Founded in 2004, AeroFarms strives to “fix our broken food system and improve the way fresh produce is grown for the betterment of humanity.”
“Virginia continues to be the premier location for companies using technology and innovation to become leaders in their industry by generating massive benefits to consumers and investors,” said Youngkin. “I want to thank AeroFarms for their continued commitment to the Commonwealth and commend Danville-Pittsylvania County for their cooperative and highly-effective approach to economic development that will create new jobs and economic opportunities for Virginians.” | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/66-new-jobs-coming-to-pittsylvania-county-with-aerofarms-expansion/ | 2022-07-27T11:40:26 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/66-new-jobs-coming-to-pittsylvania-county-with-aerofarms-expansion/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – More than 60 beagles are safe and sound at Angels of Assisi after being rescued from animal experimentation at a facility in Cumberland, Virginia.
This comes after the Humane Society of the United States and several shelter and rescue partners worked to save nearly 4,000 beagles from Envigo last week.
According to our previous reporting, the dogs were bred and used for scientific experiments and also often went without proper care or food. The facility has since then shut down after a lawsuit was filed against the facility, claiming that it was operating in violation of the Animal Welfare Act.
Angels of Assisi is incredibly grateful to see that the sweet pups are now safe and comfortable.
“The beagles are settled in for the night. Their eyes look more optimistic, and we hope they know they are safe now. Each has their own comfy bed and full bellies,” the shelter said in a Facebook post.
In the post, Angels of Assisi said the beagles will need medical care, including dental cleanings, neutering and more.
If you wish to donate to the organization’s Biscuit Fund, you can do so here.
Looking to foster these moms and their puppies until they are old enough to be adopted? Contact Angels of Assisi’s Adoption Coordinators at adoptions@angelsofassisi.org. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/angels-of-assisi-requesting-donations-for-more-than-60-beagles-saved-from-breeding-facility/ | 2022-07-27T11:40:33 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/angels-of-assisi-requesting-donations-for-more-than-60-beagles-saved-from-breeding-facility/ |
by: Julia Thatcher, Ryan Newton Posted: Jul 27, 2022 / 06:26 AM CDT Updated: Jul 27, 2022 / 06:47 AM CDT SHARE WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A motorcyclist is dead after a crash with a pickup Wednesday morning. The wreck happened just before 6 a.m. near 53rd Street North and Hydraulic. Emergency crews are blocking off the area. People are asked to avoid the area. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/motorcyclist-dead-after-crash-with-truck/ | 2022-07-27T11:57:23 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/motorcyclist-dead-after-crash-with-truck/ |
WICHITA, Kans. (KSNW) – One person is dead after being hit by a train Wednesday morning.
Authorities say this happened just after 4 a.m. near Morris and Sante Fe, north of Lincoln and Washington near downtown Wichita.
Officials have not released any additional information. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-person-killed-after-being-hit-by-train/ | 2022-07-27T11:57:29 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-person-killed-after-being-hit-by-train/ |
NEWTON, Kan. (KSNW) – Newton school district says it has a skunk problem.
It’s at the USD 373 track and football field area just north of the high school.
“So our track has been open, and people use it a lot in the community,” said USD 373 Communications Director Carly Stavola. “But we need people to avoid the track area for now.”
Enter Cody Abner, master tracker and trapper in central Kansas.
“I’m confident I’m going to be able to get all of them,” said Abney. “And I’ve seen a bit of everything. We have everything here. Coyotes, bobcats, badgers, skunks and a lot of beavers.”
It’s the skunks that are causing the stink, and that’s why the school brought in the expertise of Abney.
“So that’s why it was important for us to get the word out. Not to raise a stink. Not to be funny. But to let people know not to use the track because we don’t want to have any injuries or problems,” said Stavola.
Abney says skunks like to be low, especially this time of year. He says it makes sense that skunks in the area may decide to nest in low areas.
The high school maintenance staff uncovered the skunks, and they have not been extraordinarily active.
The school doesn’t want to take chances with the public that loves to come out and enjoy exercising on the track.
“So that’s kind of why we are casting a wide net letting people know, ‘Hey, let’s avoid this space for a little bit,'” said Stavola. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/skunk-trapper-goes-to-work-at-usd-373/ | 2022-07-27T11:57:35 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/skunk-trapper-goes-to-work-at-usd-373/ |
Bloomington Animal Shelter adopts out 85 animals after cry for help with overcrowding
The Bloomington Animal Shelter is feeling the love after expressing its dire need for more adoptions.
When the shelter announced adoption fees were waived through the end of July thanks to an anonymous donor, it has adopted out 85 animals — though it also has taken in 40 animals in the same amount of time.
It’s still overcrowded, said Virgil Sauder, director of Bloomington Animal Care and Control. But it’s getting better.
“It’s been great to see that support,” Sauder said. “When it comes to running a shelter, it’s not just us here at Animal Care and Control. Everyone in the community has a part.”
Previously:Bloomington Animal Shelter overcrowded, will euthanize more unless relief is found
The shelter announced on Facebook July 16 it was in crisis, with 94 dogs and 224 cats overcrowding its South Walnut Street location.
A few days after the announcement, Sauder told The Herald-Times the shelter would likely have to increase its euthanasia rate if more animals — dogs, in particular - weren’t adopted. When the shelter becomes overcrowded — which happens somewhat often, but rarely to this extent — staff have housed dogs in offices and bathrooms to try and save as many animals as possible.
Almost immediately after the shelter’s cry for help, community members came together to ease the burden. Within two days of announcing the waived adoption fees, the shelter adopted out 50 animals.
Eight more animals were adopted at the shelter’s adoption event at Switchyard Brewing Company July 23. Another adoption event will take place at Switchyard Aug. 5.
“As people are more comfortable being out and about, we’re trying to figure out where we can plug ourselves into the community to get our animals out there,” Sauder said.
The shelter also had several new foster parents join its program and received plenty of donations that will go toward food, toys and bedding. Additionally, Pets Alive, the spay and neuter clinic that partners with the shelter, has been working overtime to get as many animals ready for adoption as possible, Sauder said.
As of July 25, the shelter still had 47 dogs listed for adoption, according to the Bloomington Animal Care and Control website.
In addition to adoption events, the shelter often relies on social media engagement to keep the community involved from afar and encourage more adoptions. On Sunday, another Facebook post from the shelter asked followers to ask their children what they should name their incoming animals — “because let’s face it, kids come up with the best pet names,” the post read.
The post received nearly 150 comments, from cutesy names such as Bean and Buttercup to more eccentric suggestions such as Wheat Thin and McShagger.
More information about the shelter and its adoptable animals is available at bloomington.in.gov/animal-shelter.
Reach reporter Christine Stephenson at cstephenson@heraldt.com. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/overcrowded-bloomington-animal-shelter-has-85-pets-adopted/65382234007/ | 2022-07-27T12:04:17 | 0 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/overcrowded-bloomington-animal-shelter-has-85-pets-adopted/65382234007/ |
FRACKVILLE, Pa. — Day 3 of Go Joe 25 kicked off Wednesday morning in Schuylkill County.
Joe Snedeker will start his ride in Frackville.
He will ride through Mahanoy City, Hometown, Tamaqua, Coaldale, Summit Hill (Ludlow Park - across from Fire Company), Palmerton area (Gazebo Park), Bowmanstown, Beaver Meadows, Hazleton (Church Hill Mall), and Freeland (Martin Park).
He will finish the day in White Haven with a downtown block party by Caboose.
The intrepid bicycling meteorologist is raising money for St. Joseph's Center, a place that cares for people with disabilities and provides medical daycare and adoptions.
Newswatch 16's Chris Keating will be will Joe during his ride. Make sure to follow him on Facebook and Twitter @CKeatingWNEP.
St. Joseph's Center Festival
The St. Joseph's Center Festival returns for food, fun, and games on the campus of Marywood University, Dunmore.
- Friday, July 29, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Saturday, July 30, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Sunday, July 31, noon to 7 p.m.
Telethon
The festival at Marywood University includes WNEP'S Telethon for St. Joe's, which runs from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, July 29 and 30, right here on WNEP, WNEP.com, ROKU, and Fire TV.
Donations and Go Joe Shirts
Go Joe shirt orders cannot be taken by mail, but if you'd like to mail in a donation, make checks payable to St. Joseph's Center and mail to Go Joe 25, c/o WNEP-TV, 16 Montage Mountain Road, Moosic, PA 18507.
Thank you for your support.
Iced Coffee Day
If you're looking for a way to participate in Go Joe 25, Wednesday, July 27, is Iced Coffee Day at Dunkin's throughout northeastern and central PA. For every iced coffee purchased, Dunkin' will donate $1 to St. Joseph's Center in honor of Go Joe 25.
Your donations in action
While Joe is pedaling through the area, we wanted to shed some light on Saint Joseph's Center. Jon Meyer and Mindi Ramsey have more on where your donations go in the video below.
Updates from the road
Newswatch 16's Chris Keating will be with Joe during his ride. Make sure to follow him on Facebook and Twitter @CKeatingWNEP. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/outreach/go-joe/go-joe-25-day-3-wnep-joe-snedeker-saint-josephs-center-bike-ride-anniversary/523-2ac277e6-62fb-41e5-9371-08f18d18ec75 | 2022-07-27T12:08:29 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/outreach/go-joe/go-joe-25-day-3-wnep-joe-snedeker-saint-josephs-center-bike-ride-anniversary/523-2ac277e6-62fb-41e5-9371-08f18d18ec75 |
CONROE, Texas — Baily Cowart may just be 11 years old, but the last six years of the Montgomery County girl’s life are a testament to the power of faith and community.
A year ago KHOU 11 reported on Cowart’s newly formed non-profit organization, B.E. Blessed. The B.E. are the first and middle initials of Cowart’s s name, Baily Elizabeth, and the charity’s focus is to bless “students with resources for academic success.”
Cowart began donating school supplies to others when she was just five years old. That’s when she learned not all families can afford a complete list of school supplies requested at the beginning of the year.
At the start of the 2021 school year, and with the help of donations from all over the country, Cowart and volunteers were able to pack more than 400 backpacks with all the supplies 400 students would need for the year.
This school year supplies are stacked on both floors of her family’s home.
“It’s a lot,” said Cowart. “It’s overwhelming to see how much this has grown.”
An Amazon Wish List allows anyone to donate to Cowart’s cause. B.E. Blessed helps to wrangle in cash donations that can help purchase toiletries, shoes, socks and other things students might need throughout the year.
This school year Cowart will pack 800 backpacks full of supplies that will distributed across 11 Conroe ISD campuses.
“And it makes me want to help more,” she said.
This year, the rising seventh-grader is funding a trio of college scholarships for local students.
“Some of these kids want to be doctors or teachers and you need money for that,” said Cowart. “So the scholarships may not pay for much, but they will help.”
Mom Stephanie Cowart runs logistics while rooting for her daughter.
“She sees the world differently than we do,” said Stephanie Cowart, who allows her daughter to store donated supplies in a spare bedroom and in the family’s garage.
“There are hard times in life. I don’t really know what it’s like to be struggling with money, but I know my parents do,” Baily Cowart said. “Just keep your faith. Just keep your faith in something.”
Faith, is starting with a single backpack and supplying hundreds more. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/outreach/conroe-backpacks-baily-cowart/285-05b74902-721c-4393-b141-058a5e9e0dcd | 2022-07-27T12:10:13 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/outreach/conroe-backpacks-baily-cowart/285-05b74902-721c-4393-b141-058a5e9e0dcd |
SAN ANTONIO — A home on the southwest side of town was heavily damaged by an overnight fire.
It happened around 3:16 a.m. early Wednesday morning on the 5600 block of Stonybrook Drive near Medina Base Rd.
When firefighters arrived, they reported heavy flames coming from the single-story residence.
They worked quickly to extinguish the flames with 20 minutes of their arrival.
Officials say that the home was not occupied and they are not sure what caused it.
Fire officials are on scene investigating. No information on monetary damage was available.
Nobody was injured battling the blaze.
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SAN ANTONIO — Police are searching for a suspect who led them on a chase Tuesday night on the north side of town.
Officers tried to pull over the suspects who were driving what they believed to be a stolen car around 9:30 p.m. on TPC Parkway at Ellis Park, near Roan Forest Elementary School.
At some point during the stop, the two men ran from the car and into the brush toward the school. An officer began chasing the men into the dark area, but fell, spraining his ankle.
Not long after, the SAPD Eagle unit arrived to help with the search.
They followed the suspects through the woods and into the neighborhoods.
While officers were closing in on one of the suspects near Roan Park and Evans, an officer possibly dislocated his shoulder trying to hop over a fence.
That officer was taken to the hospital.
One of the suspects was taken into custody after being chased for about a mile.
Officials are not sure if that person was the driver or the passenger of the car they had tried to pull over.
The suspect in custody did ask to be taken to the hospital because of some scrapes and bumps he got from running through the brush.
The two officers who were hurt are expected to be okay.
Police are still searching for the suspect who got away. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/police-searching-for-suspect-who-led-them-on-chase-in-north-side/273-806e4117-3cdb-4b7c-abb9-7c48893257f1 | 2022-07-27T12:10:27 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/police-searching-for-suspect-who-led-them-on-chase-in-north-side/273-806e4117-3cdb-4b7c-abb9-7c48893257f1 |
ST. LOUIS — Many businesses and companies are looking to help those who were affected by the historic rainfall and flooding.
Here is a list of businesses helping the community and how you can as well:
2nd Shift Brewing
2nd Shift Brewing is collecting items to donate to the Red Cross for families affected by the flooding. Items include blankets, pillows, canned goods, and more.
Find the full list and how to donate here.
Animal Shelters and Hospitals
Many animal shelters and hospitals were affected by the severe flooding, causing many animals to be rescued. They are in need of help from fostering, adopting, and raising money for items and repairs.
Click here to find 5 On Your Side's full list of shelters and hospitals that need help.
American Red Cross
The Heights Community Center in Richmond Heights will be turning into an overnight shelter for those who need a place to stay Tuesday night. The Red Cross and volunteers will provide water, snacks, and blankets to those who needed them.
Pizza Head
Pizza Head in south St. Louis is collecting much-needed items that will then be distributed in the Metro East. According to an Instagram post, the most needed products include blankets, towels, toilet paper, baby wipes, diapers, toothbrushes, toothpaste and dog or cat food.
St. Louis Area Foodbank
They are in need of volunteers to help distribute food to hundreds of families on Wednesday, July 27. They will be located at the Mid Rivers Mall at 8:30 a.m.
Find out how to help here.
If you need help with food insecurity, click here to find a food pantry near you or click here to find a food distribution event.
A food distribution event was canceled Tuesday but has been rescheduled for Wednesday. The drive-thru event will be held at Mid Rivers Mall in the parking lot near JC Penny from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is offering ready-to-eat meals, water, blankets, and flood kits to those in need. Flood kits include N95 masks, gloves, mops, sponges, disinfectants, deodorizers, cleaners, squeegees, plastic bags, broom handles, and scrub brushes.
They are in need of cash donations for those who can help.
Find more information on how to donate and volunteer here.
U-Haul
U-Haul is opening up eight locations in the greater St. Louis area for 30 days of free self-storage and containers to residents affected by the flooding.
Here are the locations:
United Way of Greater St. Louis
United Way has set up a number to connect those in need to agencies and resources.
Call 2-1-1 or 1-800-427-4626 if you or someone you know needs assistance.
You can also visit their website for more information.
5 On Your Side will continue to update this list as more resources become available.
If you or any businesses are helping flood victims, please send information to tips@ksdk.com. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/resources-help-st-louis-flooding/63-b0a92dab-119e-43bb-a486-0eb194445ab3 | 2022-07-27T12:10:33 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/resources-help-st-louis-flooding/63-b0a92dab-119e-43bb-a486-0eb194445ab3 |
ATLANTA — On Tuesday, the Hall County Sheriff's Office identified the murder victim, who was found in a wooded area near Flowery Branch last month as Sarai Llanos Gomez. Her killer still remains a mystery.
She was a 19-year-old mother of two children, who moved to the United States from Ecuador for a better life, and to send money back home, her family said. Her children are being cared for by Sarai's mother, Gardenia Gomez.
"I need help now for her two children who are now orphans... one is three years old, the other is a year and a half. I don't even have a house myself," she told 11Alive in Spanish. The interview has since been translated to English.
Gomez last heard from her daughter on June 14th and notified the Ecuadorian Consulate in Atlanta.
On June 20th, the Hall County Sheriff's Office said a decomposing body was found in a wooded area near Flowery Branch.
Then on Monday, July 25 - more than one month after the body was found - Luis Veintimilla with the Ecuadorian Consulate in Atlanta had to deliver the tough news to Gomez: her daughter, Sarai, had been identified as the victim.
“The last thing we know is she was staying in a hotel in Buckhead and that it seems to be a crime," he said in a Spanish interview with 11Alive, that has since been translated to English.
Veintimilla explains Sarai moved to the U.S. last year: first to Chicago, then to Atlanta where she was offered a waitressing job at a Buckhead hotel.
"From the little information we have, we know she was living alone. She didn't have many friends here but she did in Chicago. She had moved here to make more money as a waitress," he said.
But the job wasn’t what she had signed up for. Gomez said that, instead, it was to become a sex worker. One day before the disappearance, Sarai told her mother she tried turning it down.
"Unfortunately, this is such a painful event for the family and for us, and now it's a waiting game until we get more details," Veintimilla added.
Now, Sarai's mother is trying to get her back home to Ecuador.
“They want to send her body back to me in ashes," Gomez said. "I want her body. How else will I know it's really her?”
She's been in communication with Veintimilla's office to try and make this happen, but he explains there's still a process they have to follow.
"On one side, while authorities continue with the investigation, we are in communication with them to see when they can hand over the body for us to expatriate the body. We also have to interview the family and do a socioeconomic study on top of all the other procedures we have to go through," he explained.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office says they are still looking for the man in the sketch below as a person of interest tied to this case.
The spokesperson tells 11Alive that he has not yet been identified by name and that the investigation is still ongoing and active. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/sarai-llanos-gomez-murder-hall-county-georgia/85-d2d3bc1d-0eaa-4029-b007-e3612297134e | 2022-07-27T12:12:56 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/sarai-llanos-gomez-murder-hall-county-georgia/85-d2d3bc1d-0eaa-4029-b007-e3612297134e |
ATLANTA — A man is dead after he was struck by a train late Tuesday night in Atlanta, police said. Another was able to jump from the elevated tracks to survive.
Officers responded to the area off Peachtree Hills Avenue where two men had been walking on the tracks as a cut through, police said.
The victim was described by police as a Hispanic man in his 30s, but his name was not released.
Police said the train belonged to Norfolk Southern.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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Sikh community in Oak Creek plans vigil and other events 10 years after mass shooting claimed six worshippers' lives
Ten years ago, six Sikh worshippers in Oak Creek lost their lives to gunfire, more were injured, and the Sikh sangat (community) as a whole felt the pain.
Many experienced “life-changing injuries and trauma,” said Nimarta Narang, media and communications manager for the Sikh Coalition, the largest Sikh civil rights organization in the country.
A seventh Sikh died from complications related to his injuries from the Aug. 5, 2012 attack in early 2020, Narang said.
The Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, where the mass shooting occurred, said it was the deadliest mass-casualty attack on a house of worship the country had seen in almost 50 years.
“Since then, in the spirit of chardi kala, the Oak Creek sangat has worked to heal and demonstrate unwavering courage, strength and resilience in response,” said a statement from the gurdwara (a Sikh house of worship).
Pardeep Singh Kaleka, executive director for the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, defined chardi kala as “relentless optimism.”
“To many it may sound naïve but in the spirit of how it’s quoted, it’s defying courage,” he said. “We shall be relentlessly optimistic and continuing to build a world where all people are loved and nurtured.”
In that same spirit, a vigil and other events are planned to commemorate the tragedy. Residents are invited to participate.
A public memorial vigil is planned for 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, the 10th anniversary of the attack, outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, 7512 S. Howell Ave.
Gov. Tony Evers plans to attend the memorial.
Oak Creek Mayor Dan Bukiewicz and Lt. Brian Murphy, who was the first officer at the scene and who was shot multiple times, are scheduled to speak, Narang said, among others.
Earlier that day is the beginning of Akhand Path, a 48-hour recitation of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the religious scripture of Sikhism. Akhand Path continues through Saturday and concludes at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7.
Prayers, speeches, poetry and music will be featured from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, with reflections from the families affected by the tragedy, interfaith leaders and elected officials.
A community candelight vigil will begin at 8 p.m., with langar (a community meal) following.
The Sikh Coalition, in collaboration with the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, are assisting in promoting the event.
A Chardi Kala community event is planned for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6. The community gathering will honor those lost in the shooting. Workshops, interfaith conversations, turban tying, blood donations, COVID-19 vaccines and more is planned, along with free food.
Kirtan, a hymn sung during meditation, takes place from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, followed by tributes to departed souls (words from guests, dignitaries and others) from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Healing from hate
One related event not held at the gurdwara will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at Oak Creek City Hall, 8040 S. Sixth St. FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael Hensle will speak at a forum with the Wisconsin Department of Justice about healing from hate and protecting places of worship.
Other speakers include the Rev. Walter Lanier of Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope, Ahmed Quereshi of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, Ari Friedman of the Jewish Federation of Milwaukee and others, according to the itinerary.
The event requires attendees to register online at interfaithconference.org.
Sikhs were not identified as a targeted group in data about hate crimes until after the gurdwara shooting through the advocacy work of survivors and the broader Sikh community, according to Balhair Dulai, former president of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, and Kaleka, whose father was one of the six victims.
How to participate
Everyone is welcome to participate in all events, which are free to attend, according to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.
Kaleka said free bracelets will be handed out to visitors on Friday and free shirts given out on Saturday.
When inside the gurdwara, visitors should cover their heads, take off their shoes and try not to turn their back to the priest reading from the sacred texts, according to Dulai and Kaleka. There is no smoking inside.
Ashley Luthern contributed to this story.
Contact Erik S. Hanley at erik.hanley@jrn.com. Like his Facebook page and follow him on Twitter at @ES_Hanley. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/07/27/sikh-community-oak-creek-holding-vigil-10-years-after-mass-shooting/7822901001/ | 2022-07-27T12:19:25 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/07/27/sikh-community-oak-creek-holding-vigil-10-years-after-mass-shooting/7822901001/ |
Clear Lake Fire Museum recently accepted a new piece, donated by the son of a Clear Lake firefighter whose image adorns a wall inside.
John Jensen, son of late Assistant Chief Joe Jensen, contacted the CLFD in May. He had an artist's rendering of "The Fox," the fire truck his father took his last ride in before being laid to rest.
"He had no family to give it to, so he contacted us to see if we'd take it," said Mike Keefe, assistant chief. Joe Jensen joined the CLFD in 1947 and retired in 1968. A long-time firefighter, Joe Jensen was given a firefighter's funeral when he died in December 1989. His son took a photo of that day.
John's photo of The Fox on that December day went with him back home to Idaho Falls, Idaho. It was there he contacted Fred Ochi, a well-known watercolor artist who resides in Idaho.
Ochi studied calligraphy in Iwakuni, Japan, and fine art at the California College of Arts and Crafts. His work is known for "embodying a flavor of the West with an Oriental influence." Ochi has had works exhibited throughout Idaho and California, as well as Grand Central Galleries in New York City, the United States Embassy Exhibition and the National Fine Art Exhibition in Springville, Utah.
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Ochi's rendition of The Fox in winter boasts bright pops of firetruck red with a soft blue background. There's still snow in the tires, and the deep reds are highlighted by the snow sticking to the truck. Tire tracks make lines through the snowy blue on the ground below. A soft sun sits behind clouds, and softer colors break up the light and dark tones throughout the piece. Ochi's signature lines the bottom, in English as well as Japanese.
More than 30 years after the photo was taken, John Jensen told CLFD he wanted to donate the painting it inspired. It hangs with photos of The Fox and information about the artist and how the photo came to be.
The Fox, the actual truck, also sits in the Clear Lake Fire Museum. It separates the painting from photos of the late Joe Jensen. Jensen can be seen in photos on the adjacent wall, his thick black glasses and balding head unmistakable with his team at the Clear Lake Fire Department.
"(John) looks just like his father too," Keefe said with a smile as he showed photos of Joe Jensen. The Clear Lake Fire Department was excited to accept this piece, bringing it to the City Council meeting July 5 to share gratefulness for the new piece.
Rae Burnette is a GA and Crime & Courts Reporter at the Globe Gazette. You can reach her by phone at 641.421.0523 or at Rae.Burnette@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/clear-lake-fire-museum-welcomes-painting-inspired-by-firefighters-funeral/article_032fdc08-4a7c-568d-8ea9-acfcb930cc87.html | 2022-07-27T12:31:06 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/clear-lake-fire-museum-welcomes-painting-inspired-by-firefighters-funeral/article_032fdc08-4a7c-568d-8ea9-acfcb930cc87.html |
Mason City is known for its architecture, sculptures and theater. But tucked away at 500 Second St. N.E. sits an eclectic garden called Rancho Deluxe.
The outside gate of Rancho Deluxe Z Garden is lined with hub caps and license plates from various times and places. The garden matches this theme, which is too unique to be pinned down, though Visit Mason City tries:
Elements from throughout North Iowa’s history including bicycle racks, hub caps, license plates, school gates, signs and even a 3,000 lb. piece of granite from the former County Courthouse have been utilized in creating this strangely unique, and ever-evolving hub for folk/art outsider art at its best.
These elements are found throughout the garden. The tied rebar sculpture at the entrance lends itself to the idea of unity, with the intertwining bars and colors looking separate yet remaining one. The plants and sculptures in the garden act the same way, intertwining in bicycles, growing through concrete.
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While much of the garden looks thoughtfully set and stacked, there are other additions, such as the bowling ball, which seem utterly out place. Lawn ornaments and plants nestle together between the paths, overgrown and well-kept.
It seems nothing here is meant to be, all while being exactly where it is supposed to be. A boat out of water, street signs in a garden, wires and dangling hubcaps juxtapose their original uses. Old piano strings sit in the corner, their rusting sound seemingly fitting as they are not pure but still hold true, both eerie and comforting.
Blocks of concrete showcase art throughout the space. The Alice In Wonderland painting encapsulates the garden perfectly in its theme. Other blocks showcase color, script and images of various style and skill. One block reads "we are all stardust, wrapped in skin. The light you've been seeking lies within."
Movement, growth and rebirth seem to be the few commonalities in Rancho Deluxe Z Garden. The exit, though, honors death, with a door listing veteran casualties, words in remembrance and an American flag. Upon exiting, one sees a giant mural on the building across the street, honoring our veterans.
Rae Burnette is a GA and Crime & Courts Reporter at the Globe Gazette. You can reach her by phone at 641.421.0523 or at Rae.Burnette@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/rancho-deluxe-z-garden-in-mason-city/article_06e4ff0c-d812-5268-83b3-a2e13250e5be.html | 2022-07-27T12:31:12 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/rancho-deluxe-z-garden-in-mason-city/article_06e4ff0c-d812-5268-83b3-a2e13250e5be.html |
Here is how Delaware Online/The News Journal continues to diversify coverage of the First State
The USA TODAY Network, made up of more than 200 local publications including Delaware Online/The News Journal and USA TODAY, has published a report that shows our progress toward diversifying our staff and coverage of The First State.
And I'd like to update you on how we're doing in Delaware.
The makeup of our staff fluctuates throughout the year as we hire staff members to replace those who have moved on. This official census takes a snapshot of just one day. You can read that in the link below.
But this doesn’t tell the whole story of our efforts to diversify. As I write this column, more than 20 percent of our current staff or those soon coming on board self-identifies as Black, Asian or Hispanic. And while we still have work to do, we’re pleased with the progress our newsroom has made in recent years.
And our commitment to diversity is so much more than numbers. We have made efforts across the newsroom to better reflect the state we serve. These efforts include:
Several years ago, we created an underserved communities reporter position and have added a second person to that team. These reporters write about issues large and small and spend more time in neighborhoods. Here are a few examples of that team’s work.
Check out these examples from Anitra Johnson:
More: Handcuffed while giving birthWhy mother's giving birth in Delaware's prisons are handcuffed
More: Why do more trees equal less crimeWhy is there less crime in areas with more tree cover?
And these from Jose Ignacio Castaneda Perez:
More: Neighborhood's resurgenceHow a restaurant reopening is a sign of neighborhood's resurgence
More: Prenatal healthcare is not equalWhy all Delaware mother's don't have access to the same prenatal healthcare
Jose has left Delaware Online/The News Journal for our sister site in Phoenix Arizona. But we’ve recently hired Cameron Goodnight out of the Baltimore area to fill his position. Cameron starts at the beginning of August.
We participate in diversity internship programs run by the Maryland, Delaware, DC Press Association and the Delaware Community Foundation. Through these programs, we brought in Siera Jones as a sports intern and Donovan Aldridge as a photo intern.
We’ve revamped our crime coverage to focus on larger issues and the impact on the community. As part of this effort we have stopped using mug shots and stopped writing about minor crimes. You can read about it here in an article I co-authored for the American Press Institute:
More: New approach to crime coverageNews Journal leads a new way to approach crime coverage
Here’s a good example from Esteban Parra:
More: Public almost left in darkHow public almost never learned of officer's excessive force incidents
And another from Isabel Hughes:
More: Young boys shot in crossfireFamilies of shooting victims want answers: 'Why would you want to kill our babies?'
Delaware Online/The News Journal has also created a Digital Advisory Group, an initiative to better understand and reach new communities or communities that otherwise would not read our content.
And we have an entire staff of reporters and editors who are committed to telling Delaware’s story, holding those in power accountable, and serving as the state’s watchdog.
Thanks for your support.
Mike Feeley
Executive Editor | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/here-is-how-delaware-online-continues-to-diversify-coverage-of-the-first-state/65378357007/ | 2022-07-27T12:33:09 | 0 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/here-is-how-delaware-online-continues-to-diversify-coverage-of-the-first-state/65378357007/ |
OCEAN CITY — Back bays are likely to see a dredging project during the off-season, after City Council approved two new contracts against the backdrop of an old argument.
Council members Bob Barr and Tom Rotondi voted no on the resolutions, which gave professional service contracts to ACT Engineers of Robbinsville in Mercer County to work on the design and permits for the projects.
Barr has been critical of ACT Engineers in the past. At the Thursday City Council meeting, Barr and Rotondi said they wanted the city to look to a pool of engineers previously established by council.
“I know the administration has their reasons. I respect that,” Barr said. “I would prefer the administration use the bidding process.”
For some contracts, municipalities are obliged to use the lowest bidder. For professional service contracts, including for engineering work, towns have more leeway. Rotondi argued that the city could have sought other proposals, adding that he expects the city to see a big increase in the tax rate next year.
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“I can’t sit here in good conscience and vote yes to this,” Rotondi said. “I just think it’s a bad look for the city.”
In 2018, ACT engineers helped the city obtain an island-wide permit for the dredging of the city’s back bays, which allowed for municipal projects as well as for private homeowners to perform dredging to deepen the waterways. After that, the city administration worked closely with ACT on other projects, including on drainage and paving projects.
Under the two resolutions approved by City Council in a 5-2 vote, the city will enter a $225,790 contract with the firm to work on renewing the dredging permits for 2022 and another contract worth $104,360 to design a dredging program for the fall and continuing into the spring of 2023.
Ocean City administrator George Savastano, who is also an engineer, said qualifications are the most important consideration in choosing a professional services provider, particularly for specialized work. If the project were just milling and paving a road, he said, the city could go with the lowest bidder. He said people do not pick an attorney or a doctor based on the lowest bid, and that the engineering services are a tiny portion of the overall cost of the envisioned projects.
The city’s five-year capital plan envisions spending $1 million to $2 million a year on dredging projects, in which silt and mud is removed from waterways to keep boat routes clear.
They need to happen, argued Council member Terrence Crowley.
“The back bays are just in really bad shape. It’s the worst I have seen them in 25 years of being back there,” Crowley said. “I think it’s a safety issue. I think it needs to be done.”
Rotondi suggested that situation is not a mark in favor of ACT Engineers, which has been working on the city’s back bay lagoons since 2015.
Council member Karen Bergman said ACT has performed consistently and supported the contracts.
Councilman Jody Levchuk joined the majority, even though he said he agreed with what Barr and Rotondi said. He said he has high expectations for the work.
“If those expectations aren’t met, they’re not going to hear a ‘yes’ out of me,” Levchuk said.
There is other work to be completed first, Savastano said. That includes preparing a site near 34th Street for the disposal of the material taken from the back bays, either through hydraulic or mechanical dredging.
There is still some capacity at the site, known as Site 83 off Roosevelt Boulevard, but it makes sense to remove the existing material before new material is added. Years ago, the city built a road to the site through the marsh to facilitate the removal of material.
Along the west side of Ocean City, there are several lagoons, mostly man made and lined private homes bristling with docks. As silt builds up, the mouths of the lagoons become difficult to navigate at low tide and can eventually become impassible.
Resident George Robinson said at the meeting that marinas have been hurt and homeowners have less time on the water because of the lack of dredging. He said the local economy depends on the boating community, adding “the health of the boating community is directly dependent on water access and the depth of our waterways.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean-city-approves-contracts-for-engineering-dredging-projects/article_9de11090-0d20-11ed-9305-5f128f9ae9c1.html | 2022-07-27T12:36:59 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean-city-approves-contracts-for-engineering-dredging-projects/article_9de11090-0d20-11ed-9305-5f128f9ae9c1.html |
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — An early morning shooting in Tuscaloosa left a man critically injured Wednesday.
According to Capt. Marty Sellers with the Tuscaloosa Police Department, officers responded around 1:20 a.m. to the call of a shooting at a lounge in the 1700 block of Culver Road. Sellers says the victim was treated and is now in stable condition.
No other information is available at this time, as the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit is conducting an investigation. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/man-injured-in-tuscaloosa-shooting/ | 2022-07-27T12:38:13 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/man-injured-in-tuscaloosa-shooting/ |
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) – A family is remembering a series of crimes that changed their lives seven years ago.
On the afternoon of July 21, 2015, John Barry Hubbard entered Kandi Murphy’s home and shot her multiple times, fatally wounding her. Hubbard then kidnapped her sister Tammy Murphy, who was visiting the residence, and took her to Hale County where he sexually assaulted her.
Tammy Murphy says although it has been years since her sister’s violent murder, she and her family are still heartbroken and grieving her death.
“She was a 30-year-old beautiful woman that lots of people loved. I love and miss her every day,” Tammy said. “I will never wake up any day and not think about her and I wish she were still here.”
After a massive police manhunt, Tammy was rescued from a hotel in Greene County. Hubbard was convicted of killing Kandi Murphy and is currently serving a life sentence in Atmore prison after pleading guilty in 2018. Hubbard’s cousin Wade Rowland was also convicted in court in 2019 and is spending 16 years in prison for hindering prosecution.
Tammy says that she relies on her faith in the aftermath of her trauma from the abduction.
“It’s changed my life in so many ways but I can tell you God is good and He brings us through every day if we give Him the glory and live for Him,” Tammy said. “That is the thing, just live for God every day.”
Tammy says she will never get over what happened, but she wants everyone to know what a good person Kandi was.
“I don’t want people to forget her and want everyone to remember Kandi. She loved lots of people,” Tammy said. “When you open Facebook up and you see pictures of my sister, you can remember how kind and sweet she was.”
Kandi Murphy would have turned 37 this year and was survived by three children. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/tuscaloosa-woman-remembered-seven-years-after-her-murder/ | 2022-07-27T12:38:19 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/tuscaloosa-woman-remembered-seven-years-after-her-murder/ |
Herald-Tribune makes progress toward diversity goals while continuing efforts
A couple of weeks ago, I checked in with one of our talented new reporters about how things were going. We talked about some stories, and she mentioned she was working on building a larger list of community sources — but that she needed to make sure she had more diversity in the group.
I so appreciated this commitment. This journalist knows that we can only do a good job of serving the community if we reflect and serve all parts of it. One way we do that is by reaching out to more community members as news sources who represent various racial and ethnic groups, women, members of the LGBTQ community and still others with unique experiences and backgrounds.
Another way we try to do this is with a pledge that we and all members of the USA TODAY Network have made: We are working to ensure our newsrooms will achieve diversity that matches the makeup of the community we serve by 2025.
Diversity numbers for 2022:Reporting the Herald-Tribune's progress on newsroom diversity
Meet our newsroom:See staff directory for Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Each year, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, along with more than 200 other local news organizations in Gannett's USA TODAY Network, shares with readers the racial, ethnic and gender makeup of our news staff and its leadership. We seek to be transparent as we work toward our goal.
Why have this goal? Some people hold the belief that there isn't a need to discuss race at all. But just as with the stories and sources we choose, we believe that representation is an important value in serving a community fully and fairly as journalists.
If our staff doesn't reflect the community, we are quite likely to miss stories that are important to key segments of that community. Our journalists work very hard to become experts at the subjects they cover, even when they cover groups different from them or topics new to them. But the more perspectives we have among our staff, including diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, age and life experiences, the more likely we are to better reflect the interests of our readers and attract readers from all parts of the community.
So let's look at where we are as of July 1, 2022, the date when our numbers were assessed.
First, we have some progress to be proud of. We have raised the representation in our newsroom of Hispanic journalists from 3.7% to 9.4%, more than doubling since last year. The 2020 Census showed that the number of Hispanic residents has grown significantly in the last decade in our region. Our newsroom is not yet at parity with the 10.4% Hispanic population, but we are much closer than we were last year.
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2021 Report:Herald-Tribune releases newsroom diversity figures
In addition, we've worked to add female representation in our newsroom. We've gone from 22.2% women in 2021 to 31.2% women in 2022. I joined our formerly all-male leadership team after last year's diversity census date, so this year we have 10% female representation in our leadership ranks, instead of 0. Far from parity, of course, and more needs to be done. In terms of racial diversity, our leadership team has only one minority member, the same as last year, though the percentage decreased because the team grew after last year's census with my arrival.
Our newsroom overall remains slightly less racially diverse than our region, at 81.2% white compared to 79.7% for our area, though we have gone from 10.7% diverse to 18.8% in the past two years. We remain above parity in Asian representation but do not have representation among Native Americans or mixed-race individuals, who make up .2 and 2.7% of our region respectively.
Unfortunately, amid staff departures and hirings, the percentage of Black staffers in our newsroom, while greater than the overall community number of 5%, has dropped from 11.1 to 6.2 %.
We continue to focus on diversity as a priority whenever we have the opportunity to hire a new journalist.
We also continue to discuss these topics regularly in our coverage. Here, we ask for your help. Are we missing stories about a part of the community we can do more to cover? Do you feel underrepresented by the Herald-Tribune's coverage? We welcome your story ideas and insights into your community. You can write to me at Jorsi@gannett.com, or our news director Victor Hull, victor.hull@heraldtribune.com to share news tips, story ideas, potential sources our journalists should know and feedback that can help our coverage be more inclusive.
The American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau asks two separate questions, one about Hispanic origin and one about race, allowing individuals to self-select from multiple options. However, to compare with internal Gannett employee information that asks individuals to mark only one option, we used the following categories: Hispanic or Latino (for ACS, regardless of any other race selected), White (not Hispanic or Latino), Black or African American (not Hispanic or Latino), Asian (not Hispanic or Latino), American Indian or Alaska Native (not Hispanic or Latino), Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (not Hispanic or Latino), or two or more races (not Hispanic or Latino). All information on racial identity is provided voluntarily by employees. Gannett also allows an individual to not disclose their race or ethnicity. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/07/27/sarasota-herald-tribune-has-mixed-progress-toward-diversity-goal/10138744002/ | 2022-07-27T12:38:37 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/07/27/sarasota-herald-tribune-has-mixed-progress-toward-diversity-goal/10138744002/ |
Reporting the Herald-Tribune's progress on newsroom diversity
For the Sarasota Herald-Tribune to succeed, we must have an inclusive and diverse workplace where employees are valued and feel empowered.
We are committed to building and sustaining a workforce that is reflective of the diversity in the communities we serve. As part of our commitment to an inclusive culture, we are annually publishing the makeup of our newsroom staff. That same commitment is being carried out across the USA TODAY Network, which is made up of more than 200 local publications and USA TODAY.
From the editor: Herald-Tribune makes progress toward diversity goals while continuing efforts
Meet our newsroom:See staff directory for Sarasota Herald-Tribune
This information, a snapshot as of July 1, 2022, includes the gender and racial makeup of our news workforce and our coverage area, as well as for managers within our newsroom.
A diverse and inclusive workforce helps us better connect and serve you, our readers and our community partners.
The American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau asks two separate questions, one about Hispanic origin and one about race, allowing individuals to self-select from multiple options. However, to compare with internal Gannett employee information that asks individuals to mark only one option, we used the following categories: Hispanic or Latino (for ACS, regardless of any other race selected), White (not Hispanic or Latino), Black or African American (not Hispanic or Latino), Asian (not Hispanic or Latino), American Indian or Alaska Native (not Hispanic or Latino), Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (not Hispanic or Latino), or two or more races (not Hispanic or Latino). All information on racial identity is provided voluntarily by employees. Gannett also allows an individual to not disclose their race or ethnicity. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/07/27/sarasota-herald-tribune-reports-2022-newsroom-diversity-numbers-gannett-representation/10138725002/ | 2022-07-27T12:38:43 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/07/27/sarasota-herald-tribune-reports-2022-newsroom-diversity-numbers-gannett-representation/10138725002/ |
SMH ranked tops in region, 6th in state on U.S. News & World Report best hospital list
SARASOTA COUNTY – Sarasota Memorial Hospital maintained its ranking among America’s 50 best hospitals as compiled annually by U.S. News & World Report for its 2022-23 Best Hospitals list, which was released Tuesday.
SMH maintained its national ranking for rehabilitation for people recovering from serious injuries and debilitating diseases and earned a second national ranking for specialized urology care.
SMH also got “high performer” ratings for a third specialty, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, as well as 15 widely performed procedures and conditions common among Medicare patients.
Related:Sarasota Memorial Hospital earns national ranking from U.S. News & World Report
Earlier:Three area hospitals earn A's on Leapfrog Group report card
Sarasota Memorial maintained its rank as the top hospital in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton region and sixth-ranked hospital in the state. It was the only hospital in the region to be ranked in the top 50.
The U.S. News & World Report rankings can be found online at https://bit.ly/3y7Tnk0.
In the 2021-22 rankings, SMH was tied for sixth with Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater but took sole possession of that rank this year.
The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville was the top-ranked hospital in the state, with top rankings in seven adult specialties; Advent Health Orlando, moved from third to second; and Tampa General went from fourth to a third-place tie with Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, which was ranked second last year.
Cleveland Clinic Weston, in Weston, maintained its ranking of fifth in the state.
“We are honored to once again be included in this prestigious list and recognized in such a wide range of specialties, conditions and procedures," David Verinder, president and CEO of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, said in a prepared statement.
"These rankings and ratings reflect our continuing focus on quality amid the pandemic, and we are extremely grateful to our team of physicians, nurses and staff providing exceptional care to our patients."
The 15 procedures and conditions most common among Medicare patients for which Sarasota Memorial received recognition included: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair; aortic valve surgery; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; colon cancer surgery; diabetes; heart attack; heart bypass surgery; heart failure; hip replacement; kidney failure; knee replacement; lung cancer surgery; prostate cancer surgery; stroke; and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
U.S. News & World Report has compiled its ranking for 33 years, evaluating 17 procedures and conditions. It evaluates nearly 5,000 hospitals each year.
U.S. News also rates hospitals as high performing, average or below average in common procedures and conditions for those age 65 and older.
"Having two specialties rank among the 50 best in the United States, and receiving high performing ratings in a third specialty and 15 widely performed conditions/treatments demonstrates the value Sarasota Memorial delivers to our community," SMH-Sarasota Campus President Lorrie Liang said in a prepared statement. “I am extremely proud of our team. Our reputation and best hospitals rankings are a reflection of their diligence, dedication and expertise."
In 2021, Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s Sarasota campus earned the highest possible award for maternity care in U.S. News & World Report’s first “Best Hospitals for Maternity” list released last December.
Earlier:Sarasota Memorial ranked on list of best hospitals for maternity care
To make that list, hospitals had to demonstrate superior performance on five quality metrics, including newborn complication rates; C-section rates in low-risk women; the number of births scheduled too early in pregnancy; whether hospitals gave women the option for vaginal births after cesarean; and how hospitals supported mother-baby bonding and breastfeeding.
Earlier in July, Sarasota Memorial Hospital was named one of the nation's best hospitals on an annual ranking by Fortune Magazine and Merative – which was formerly known as IBM Watson.
In March, Sarasota Memorial made Newsweek's list of the world's best hospitals in the magazine's annual ranking of more than 2,200 medical institutions.
SMH came in 161st among 414 U.S. hospitals and fourth among 17 ranked hospitals in Florida.
.In May, Sarasota Memorial was one of three hospitals in Sarasota and Manatee counties that received A grades on the Leapfrog Group Hospital safety report cards for the spring of 2022.
SMH has earned an A grade on the twice annual Leapfrog ratings ever since it started participating in 2016. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/07/27/u-s-news-world-report-ranks-sarasota-memorial-hospital-top-50/10156353002/ | 2022-07-27T12:38:49 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/07/27/u-s-news-world-report-ranks-sarasota-memorial-hospital-top-50/10156353002/ |
100 years ago
July 27, 1922: The Camp Fire Girls of Carlock, accompanied by their guardian, Mrs. H.F. Keltch, also Mrs. Cora O'Leary and Dorothy Keitch, spent a week camping at the Mackinaw Dells. The girls pitched their tents near a river and built a fireplace of stone. They played croquet, had Victrola and banjo music, enjoyed hikes, swam and toasted marshmallows in bonfires at night.
75 years ago
July 27, 1947: Illinois State Normal University is now fully accredited to prepare agriculture teachers under the Smith-Hughes law, putting it on par with the University of Illinois. The recognition is important because state and federal funds are provided under the Smith-Hughes federal law to pay part of the salaries of agriculture and home economic teachers.
50 years ago
July 27, 1972: A cautious note of optimism on Chenoa's water shortage was expressed by Mayor Jack Gooding when the old Rutherford well, southeast of the city, was found to have regained some water. The old well was drilled over five years ago and went dry about a year later. It is being prepared for use, pending state analysis of the water quality.
25 years ago
July 27, 1997: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Bloomington reported that a large number of graves had been desecrated sometime Friday night or Saturday morning. About 30 markers were pushed over and broken, some beyond repair. A flag that was flying in the cemetery had its rope cut and was laying on the ground. Damage is estimated between $3,000 and $4,000.
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CROWN POINT — A Hammond man was arrested Sunday on charges he gunned a man down in a children's play room as his family gathered to mourn the death of his relative's child.
Shavesz N. Johnson, 25, had been wanted since March 2021 on one count of murder in the homicide of Aaron Hawkins, 31, of Chicago Heights, on March 2, 2021, in the basement of a residence in the 2100 block of Vermont Street in Gary.
Johnson also is facing a firearm enhancement, which could add five to 20 years to any sentence he receives if he's convicted of murder. His case was unsealed Monday.
A Lake Criminal Court magistrate entered a not guilty plea on Johnson's behalf during an initial appearance. The magistrate also appointed a public defender to represent Johnson.
According to court records, Johnson arrived at a gathering where his relatives planned to release balloons for his aunt Jessica Johnson's child, who had died.
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Witnesses told police Shavesz Johnson entered the home, hugged several relatives, walked up to Hawkins as he sat at a table and began shooting at Hawkins.
Hawkins ran into a room where children were playing and attempted to hide in a closet, but Johnson followed him and fired the gun at him several more times, according to court records.
As Hawkins his in the closet with his hands covering his head, Johnson yelled, "Oh, you thought we were cool," documents allege.
Witnesses told police Johnson walked out of the bedroom and apologized to the dead child's mother before fleeing the residence.
Jessica Johnson, 30, of Gary, was shot and killed April 25, 2021, in the 500 block of East 103rd Street in Chicago, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Her boyfriend, Edward Roscoe, 29, of Chicago, was charged in December in Houston on one count of murder linked to her homicide, Chicago police said.
Charging documents in Roscoe's case said Jessica Johnson's 4-month-old boy died of a skull fracture in December 2020 after Roscoe dropped the child, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Roscoe has not been charged in Lake Criminal Court in connection with the baby's death, records showed.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Kyra Willis
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206110
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Thien
Age : 38
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206094
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEH AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Kevin Rodriguez
Age : 36
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206098
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Silaj
Age : 34
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206096
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Moore III
Age : 47
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206095
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Arionn Parent
Age : 52
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206108
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Philbin
Age : 34
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206105
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Germon Jones
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206101
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole McGregor
Age : 30
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206078
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Courtney Johnson
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206112
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeff Henderson Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206090
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Dukes
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206083
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Edwards Jr.
Age : 39
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206082
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jasmine Clayton
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206079
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Ballard
Age : 58
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206092
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dawn Burton
Age : 56
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206091
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tre'Vion Carlisle
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206086
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Asfall
Age : 33
Residence: Sacramento, CA
Booking Number(s): 2206106
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Aguero Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206081
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Suckey
Age : 36
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206045
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Simona Trajceski
Age : 27
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206050
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrew Stover
Age : 35
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206068
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Storey Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206047
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE; DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jason Sivak
Age : 43
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206067
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Annette Roberts
Age : 48
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206060
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph McLeroy
Age : 48
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206066
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kewon Price
Age : 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206073
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jonathan Huemmer
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206041
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dontrell Henderson Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206054
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tamika Graves
Age : 42
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206058
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER (ATTEMPTED)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Malik Gross
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206059
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jamey Goin
Age : 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206051
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Collins
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206071
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brigida Fortoso Gomez Rodriguez
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206056
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - STRANGULATION - AGAINST A PREGNANT WOMAN
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Missy Buhrmester
Age : 30
Residence: Linden, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206049
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Geno Carta
Age : 29
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206075
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glorivette Bonilla
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206063
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Seramur
Age : 31
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206013
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vashon Sherman
Age : 33
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206020
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hannah Wagner
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206039
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Whitlow
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206015
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Santiago Reyes
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206018
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Schulten
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206029
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Plucinski
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206021
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Popa
Age : 40
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206009
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alan Hughes
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206010
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Johnson
Age : 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206011
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melissa Johnston
Age : 39
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206031
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stafford Henderson
Age : 64
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206016
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vincent Banks
Age : 55
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206019
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Bowersox
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206023
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francisco Flores
Age : 32
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206035
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stewart Foley IV
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206037
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Kryda
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205991
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Hanaway
Age : 30
Residence: Medaryville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205988
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Derek Johnson
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205999
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Favian Juarez
Age : 25
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206005
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Haddock
Age : 42
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206000
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Dobos
Age : 29
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205998
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mary Granter
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205986
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Charles Barber
Age : 42
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206003
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Warren
Age : 62
Residence: Beecher, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205965
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jereyl Willis
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205977
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zeondre Shenault
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205978
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Stovall Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205973
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tasha Barnes
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205982
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eugene Golston
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205980
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charlene Sandoval
Age : 60
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205974
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamarr Thompson
Age : 51
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205959
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dyron Wash
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205963
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Zurawski
Age : 35
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205956
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Lucio
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205955
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angelee Luick
Age : 28
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205947
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; INTIMIDATION; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Gilbert Ortiz
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205951
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Perez Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205946
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carmella Lawrence
Age : 55
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205948
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Gilliam
Age : 47
Residence: Grant Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205957
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Guerra
Age : 47
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205954
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rondell Johnson
Age : 23
Residence: Rockford, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205950
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Bennett
Age : 28
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205943
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Bermingham
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205952
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Veronica Quijano
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205913
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alantae Thornton
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205908
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Armaun McKenzie
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205927
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert McKenzie Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205920
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sharita Parks
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205911
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angelos Lujano
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205918
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffrey Lambert
Age : 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205898
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paris Larkin Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Park Forest, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205915
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kemetka Leftridge
Age : 44
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205894
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deauntre Lester
Age : 34
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205919
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Kaufman
Age : 25
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205897
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordarryl Jones
Age : 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205914
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Olivia Justice
Age : 18
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205904
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Pamela Jenkins Reynolds
Age : 51
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205901
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Irvin
Age : 44
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205909
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nedal Hamed
Age : 40
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205895
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY; ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Quinton Hicks
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205910
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cortney Dixon
Age : 36
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205923
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Agee
Age : 26
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205912
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paul Brown Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205902
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Buczek
Age : 32
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205903
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Walls
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205861
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rickey Washington
Age : 31
Residence: Danville, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205862
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessica Sanchez
Age : 24
Residence: Cicero, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205878
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Monique Smoot
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205874
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Davion Torry
Age : 21
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205854
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Kirkland
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205853
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amber Mackey
Age : 23
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205855
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel McGraw
Age : 36
Residence: Rensselaer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205875
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Purkey
Age : 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205871
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Marta Rodriguez
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205869
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Nyia Hunter
Age : 22
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205881
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacy Gorgas
Age : 44
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205856
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrei Guta
Age : 19
Residence: Baltimore, MD
Booking Number(s): 2205872
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Garcia
Age : 25
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205852
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dustin Freely
Age : 54
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205868
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Matthew Creekbaum
Age : 39
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205873
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Saya Dhiman
Age : 22
Residence: Palatine, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205891
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Andrea Brown
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205867
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Clark
Age : 44
Residence: Grffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205860
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Bonner
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205850
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION REFERENCE SAME PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Stewart Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206122
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Elijah Harris
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206344
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyata Williams
Age : 32
Residence: Fort Wayne, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206247
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shaquille Nailon
Age : 27
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206141
Arrest Date: July 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Scott
Age : 35
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206236
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenshawn Anderson
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206279
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Wilkerson Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206301
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON; RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Robert Conner
Age : 32
Residence: Evanston, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206334
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: ARSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Terry
Age : 25
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206225
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Davon Jones
Age : 18
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206254
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Meadows III
Age : 43
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206191
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adrian Duran
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206212
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Amber Mazoch
Age : 31
Residence: Muskego, WI
Booking Number(s): 2206331
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lindsey Delgado
Age : 37
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206119
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Skarlet Cooper
Age : 38
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206288
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Emanuel Barnes
Age : 27
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206229
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Laquette Cain-Allison
Age : 32
Residence: Milwaukee, WI
Booking Number(s): 2206193
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Abel Moreno
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206333
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - RECKLESS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Cooper
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206337
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erich Boone
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206314
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY; - SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Darion Key
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206348
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sarah Morden
Age : 29
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206248
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Sommer Nicholson
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206125
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Trenton Terry
Age : 42
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206124
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Freeborn
Age : 36
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206268
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Clarion Phillips
Age : 32
Residence: Burnham, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206186
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darnell Turner
Age : 53
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206207
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Reginald Ryals
Age : 22
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206237
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mathew Demakas
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206118
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dwayne Fields
Age : 57
Residence: Milwaukee, WI
Booking Number(s): 2206335
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Peterson
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206130
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Emanuel England
Age : 32
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206218
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Durell Rhymes
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206241
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT; OWI; SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Samantha Cardenas
Age : 26
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206180
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hannah Kuckuck
Age : 26
Residence: Fort Myers, FL
Booking Number(s): 2206340
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samuel Sledge
Age : 21
Residence: Decatur, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206246
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rebecca White
Age : 31
Residence: Rensselaer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206142
Arrest Date: July 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrick Nuttall
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206137
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sammie Garrett Jr.
Age : 54
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206274
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Scott Porta II
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206179
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Leroy Williams
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206312
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jorie Fink
Age : 26
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206139
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Takyra Cunningham
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206273
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Denise Houldieson
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206171
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clark Smith
Age : 27
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206252
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lakethia Johnson
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206275
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lawrence Galia II
Age : 42
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206214
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Cynthia Peach
Age : 47
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206132
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristy Gibson-Miller
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206345
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremiah Parker
Age : 44
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206357
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Maurice Farley
Age : 24
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206251
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Aubrey Wilson
Age : 22
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206271
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ellery Williams
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206189
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Victor Hernandez
Age : 30
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206199
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hudson Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206183
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
John Davis
Age : 71
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206291
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ramon Jones
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206296
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Maximilian Aldridge
Age : 25
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206272
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cameron Bush
Age : 23
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206354
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lorenzo Padilla
Age : 20
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206276
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Wilson
Age : 32
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206318
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE; OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tonya Negele
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206299
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Julian Sanchez
Age : 23
Residence: Crestwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206332
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Gorman Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206328
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
DeSean Goings
Age : 25
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206200
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bobby Hall
Age : 41
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206259
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE; DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Davis
Age : 49
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206277
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jack Hampton
Age : 42
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206127
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Voigt
Age : 24
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206255
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daveontay Clark
Age : 22
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206351
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mandi Powers
Age : 40
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206265
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gregory Jackson
Age : 30
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206182
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: RACKETEERING - CORRUPT BUSINESS INFLUENCE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jermani Keys
Age : 20
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206286
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamal Smith
Age : 21
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206304
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marshall Alfred
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206311
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arthur Stueber Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206338
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Carns
Age : 38
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206224
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jefforey Winn
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206175
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Douglas Ferguson
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206266
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjarmin Jeffries
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206245
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devon Mitchell
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206126
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Norton
Age : 24
Residence: Richport, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206267
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: UNLAWFUL GAMBLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tywann Wilkerson
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206233
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Walden
Age : 52
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206289
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Nicholas Nash
Age : 30
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206196
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jordan Greer
Age : 23
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206202
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: SEX CRIME - CHILD EXPLOITATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Torrey Allen Jr.
Age : 20
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206290
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sandra Rose
Age : 33
Residence: Kingsville, OH
Booking Number(s): 2206240
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 22
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206197
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Seabrook
Age : 27
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206303
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marc McCollum
Age : 31
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206355
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Gregory Cox
Age : 44
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206136
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Recognize this man?
That's the question the NYPD is asking as it looks to identify the individual who was found unconscious in the street near University and Reservoir avenues in the Bronx last week.
Police say the man had no identification on him when he was found around 6:30 a.m. Friday.
He had no apparent injuries, either, but was seen hospitalized in the photo provided by authorities. No additional details were available.
Anyone who recognizes the man is asked to call 1-800-577-TIPS, the NYPD says.
Copyright NBC New York | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/know-this-man-cops-seek-help-identifying-unconscious-person-found-on-nyc-street/3796494/ | 2022-07-27T12:49:58 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/know-this-man-cops-seek-help-identifying-unconscious-person-found-on-nyc-street/3796494/ |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It's a trend impacting unsuspecting parents and their young kids: counterfeit car seats.
They look just like the name brands, but come with cheaper price tags. Child safety advocates say this is not an area you want to cut costs.
"Car seats have gone up in price recently and rightly so, families are looking for better deals," Emma Costello with Buckle Up for Life said. It's a national injury prevention program funded by Toyota and managed by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
They're typically found online, marked down 40% to 50%, but in the case of car seats, Costello says if it seems to good to be true, it probably is. In fact, it's probably counterfeit. These knockoffs often look similar to the real thing.
"It's usually the higher-end brands. One we see a lot is Doona, up in the $400 range," Costello said.
The material of the fakes are cheaper, flimsy and poorly designed. A crash test commissioned by CNN in 2019 showed a counterfeit Doona car seat broke into pieces in a 30 mph crash test, failing to meet the basic standards set by US regulators.
An identical crash test with an authentic Doona remained in one piece, meeting federal standards.
"A lot of times, families will come to the child passenger safety technicians for help installing them in their cars and these organizations will realize, oh, this isn't a good car seat," Costello said. "They have to convince these families to trade them out, because this is a brand new car seat they just bought."
That's why she recommends buying in person.
The real thing should come with a manual and a registration card. It's also mandatory in the U.S. to include a 5-point harness with a chest clip, something a lot of fakes don't have. Your car seat should also have a splitter plate on the back of the harness and the writing should be in English. If any one of these isn't included, it's probably not approved in the U.S.
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LA PORTE, Texas — Battleship Texas will soon be moving from the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site.
The historic ship is tentatively scheduled to be towed to the Gulf Copper Shipyard in Galveston for necessary repairs in mid-August.
After the repairs, the Texas won’t be returned to La Porte, where it’s been since 1948.
The Texas will head to it's new permanent home, which will likely be in or near the Houston area. Beaumont and Baytown have also been discussed as options.
On Monday, teams began installing pumps that might be needed during towing to limit the ship's water intake from leaks.
Back in May, crews removed about 23,000 cubic yards of mud from the stern around the ship to clear a path for towing into the Houston Ship Channel.
The Battleship Texas has an amazing history and is a real point of pride for Texans.
It is credited with saving countless lives in both World War I and World War II.
The Battleship Texas Foundation states it was, "Commissioned in 1914 as the most powerful weapon in the world, the Battleship TEXAS is credited with the introduction and innovation of advances in gunnery, aviation, and radar. She is the last surviving Dreadnought as well as the only battleship in existence today that fought in both World War I and World War II." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/battleship-texas-moving-in-august/285-8170eb61-1eca-40b4-b4a7-2fb297486c1c | 2022-07-27T12:54:47 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/battleship-texas-moving-in-august/285-8170eb61-1eca-40b4-b4a7-2fb297486c1c |
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Bonita Springs firefighters reunited a lost dog named Tilly with her family Tuesday afternoon.
Firefighters were notified Thursday, July 21, by one of their neighbors from Quail West that her dog was missing. Crews placed signs in their stations to alert staff about Tilly.
The 4-year-old, six-pound pooch was found by Admin Assistant Ashley Diaz and Fire Inspector Jeff Krupp after her four-day adventure in the woods, according to Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District.
Tilly is unharmed, clean, and super sweet.
Bonita firefighters are extremely happy and proud of the reunion. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/27/bonita-springs-firefighters-reunite-lost-dog-with-family-after-four-days/ | 2022-07-27T12:55:01 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/27/bonita-springs-firefighters-reunite-lost-dog-with-family-after-four-days/ |
The creator of Downton Abbey was inspired by Newport when writing HBO's 'Gilded Age'
NEWPORT — Julian Fellowes, creator of "Downton Abbey" and "The Gilded Age," was under strict orders from HBO to not give away any plot elements from "Gilded Age" season 2 when he spoke to reporters Tuesday in one of the mansions that inspired the drama series and served as the set for some scenes.
But one thing slipped:
The Preservation Society of Newport County is about to launch a special "Inside 'The Gilded Age' " tour of four of its mansions where the series, now producing its second season, has been filmed.
Fellowes chatted with reporters in Marble House, the real-life former home of socialite Alva Vanderbilt, the inspiration for "The Gilded Age's" Bertha Russell, played by Carrie Coon.
Sitting in the mansion's first-floor Gold Room, Fellowes told about a visit he paid to Vanderbilt's sitting room on the mezzanine.
"I did have a remarkable sense of the woman sitting there," Fellowes said.
Vanderbilt's second-floor bedroom is the inspiration for Russell's bedroom in the series, which is on a soundstage on Long Island.
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The special tours, which will bring visitors to The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms and Chateau-sur-Mer, will begin Friday and will be offered at first only on a trial basis to guests of three Newport hotels: the Newport Marriott, The Vanderbilt and The Chanler, according to Preservation Society spokesman Gary Ruff. The four-hour tours will be limited to 12 people.
The Friday-only tours are expected to last through Sept. 23.
Besides those taking the special tours, visitors on self-guided audio tours of The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms and Rosecliff will hear about "Gilded Age" filming in those houses. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/preservation-society-newport-county-inside-the-gilded-age-tour-hbo-show/10155326002/ | 2022-07-27T12:56:18 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/preservation-society-newport-county-inside-the-gilded-age-tour-hbo-show/10155326002/ |
An update on where The Providence Journal is on hiring journalists of diverse backgrounds
The Providence Journal along with our parent company said we would strive over the last three years to have our newsrooms more closely resemble the communities we serve. Our pledge was that we would attain that lofty goal by 2025. It is our hope that by setting that target we would keep a fire to our own feet, and to remind ourselves that our communities now more than ever is a tapestry of different cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds.
We also promised that we would keep you updated. Today, I keep that promise.
Our ranks of reporters who represent a diverse background has not grown. We are still a newsroom that is approximately 92% white. But part of this annual retrospective is to remind ourselves, or rather myself, that my job is just not about marshaling the newsroom to cover the day’s events but to also keep pace with the world around us.
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Even with the pandemic and the current economic climate churning the seas of our industries and others, we are still seeking to find journalists who can best relate to the many communities that make up Rhode Island.
As a person of color who professionally grew up in newsrooms when few Black, few Latinos and ever fewer Asians joined our ranks, it is a professional goal. As a person of color who is also the highest ranking person in The Providence Journal newsroom, it is a personal mission.
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I do not embark on this mission alone or without support. The USA Today Network, a collection of more than 260 local publications that includes The Journal, is my ally sharing its vast pool of candidates from around the nation. But I’m also thankful to our readers and subscribers as we make the needed change to staffing and coverage to attain those goals.
And most of all, we thank you for sharing your stories with us.
Best,
David Ng
Executive Editor
Related:Gannett newsrooms making steady progress in overall diversity | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/providence-journal-updates-hiring-diverse-journalists/10147118002/ | 2022-07-27T12:56:24 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/providence-journal-updates-hiring-diverse-journalists/10147118002/ |
EVANSDALE — Police Chief Mike Dean made it clear last week to the City Council that it needs to do a better job attracting candidates for positions in his department.
Or else, if “we lose one more officer, which is very likely,” Evansdale will not be capable of operating a 24/7 department, Dean said. It will have only three officers to staff the streets.
Dan MacDonald, chief negotiator for the Teamsters union, reportedly dropped off a proposal that the council discussed July 19.
It included 6% across-the-board wage increases among other modifications to the current three-year contract to help address “major concerns” with retaining police officers as well as “finding good replacements” for those who leave.
“We’re elated. This is the final piece to fulfilling what has been a goal since the 1980s, to make the trail more accessible for all user groups and age groups."
“All across the state, law enforcement agencies are making drastic changes in benefits and wages to combat these staffing issues,” states the proposal. “... The new generation wants to know they will get time off and be paid well, but we also need to keep the dedicated officers we currently have.”
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Mayor DeAnne Kobliska called it a “suggestion,” and the chief reiterated multiple times that the union will abide by the current contract.
The union “has no problem with that. (It’ll) stick with it. The issue is you folks have a problem with attracting new applicants to the police department. It’s not the police department’s problem, and it’s not the union’s problem. You are obligated by law to provide law enforcement,” Dean said.
As it stands now, employers in the public and private sectors face a nationwide workforce shortage. Evansdale has been hit hard, and city officials have not helped the cause.
“It’s not just the police department, it’s the whole city,” said Kobliska. “You know people are being offered higher wages and more benefits than what we’re offering, and we’ve consistently been the low man on the totem pole for quite some time.
The restrictions pertain to Sunset Street, Iowa Street, Third Avenue Southwest and Fourth Avenue Southwest.
“Even when we were looking for a city clerk, you guys (councilors) were quite aware what the city clerks in the area were making, so you know you have to give this consideration. I think that we should work faster on this than not.”
Sgt. Randy Weber is leaving the force at end of the month, said Dean.
Additionally, the department will no longer have more than one officer on a shift at any one time during the week as a result of a move from four 10-hour shifts to five 8-hour shifts.
And if that officer makes an arrest like operating a vehicle while intoxicated, “which often can take a full half or full shift, you will not have coverage,” said Dean.
“The union’s not coming at us saying you must do this or else. It’s we’re facing an issue and we’re trying to problem solve. The new contract is one of those potential solutions,” said Councilor Justin Smock.
Councilor Ronald Nichols reiterated multiple times that the union should abide by the contract because its leadership signed it.
“What you’re going to have to do is inform the public ... The public’s going to be on us (when) taxes go sky high,” said Nichols.
But other councilors voiced a sense of “urgency” to consider coming up with a solution within weeks, rather than having the issue drawn out over several months. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/evansdale-police-chief-voices-concerns-over-hiring-staffing-issues-for-his-department/article_d8fe758d-e8e2-54bf-b923-e90f45105982.html | 2022-07-27T12:59:18 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/evansdale-police-chief-voices-concerns-over-hiring-staffing-issues-for-his-department/article_d8fe758d-e8e2-54bf-b923-e90f45105982.html |
WATERLOO — When Sharlonda Roorda was a junior in high school, she shaved her head in frustration.
“I got so sick of doing it straight,” Roorda, age 37, said. “I didn’t care if people thought I was cute or not. I just cut it all off. I grew up in a white household in a white community and there was shame there.”
Now, she runs a multicultural salon and teaches people about the importance of their hair. She also wrote a book called “Puffy Hair Everywhere.”
Roorda owns and operates A Little Buzzed – a salon in downtown Waterloo. Currently, she’s on East Fourth Street but is soon moving inside the Russell Lamson building at 209 W. Fifth St. She’s been doing hair for 18 years.
“We do pretty much every race, creed, gender – we don’t discriminate,” Roorda said. “So whatever kind of hair texture you have, we can do services for you.”
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She said it keeps options open for interracial families who may not know how to do their own child’s hair. This idea came from her own experiences, being a Black child adopted by a white family. The idea, now a reality, is called Puffy Hair.
The program teaches families who may not know how to style Black or brown textured, curly hair. She said the classes are open to anyone and teach basics such as how to comb and detangle hair, what products to use and how to straighten or keep hair curly. Classes go into social aspects. This includes topics like advocating for kids in school and sports, like when a boy wanted to play baseball he needed a larger helmet due to his hairdo, or a girl who wanted to do ballet and needed her hair in a tight bun.
She also teaches adults how to advocate for themselves. Roorda said the passing of the CROWN Act by the U.S. House was beneficial. The acronym stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, and looks to prevent hairstyle discrimination in the workplace and schools. It still needs to be passed by the Senate to become law, but many states have implemented the law into their legislatures.
Roorda said many people view braids, locks or durags as unprofessional and turn to straightening, weaves and wigs to “look proper and acceptable” and follow European norms. But she says the numerous ways Black people can style their hair is part of Black culture.
“In the Black community, hair is so much deeper than just hair,” Roorda said. “It’s more than just something that ‘has to be done.’ It says something about you. It’s an extension of who you are. It’s an expression of who you are, and it’s very versatile.”
She said styling Black hair is historical, with practices being taught down through the family. This is a problem because styling Black hair isn’t taught in traditional cosmetology and hair schools. She said if a salon is multicultural, it’s because they’ve “gone out of their way” to learn skills.
Roorda has been brought into schools to teach how to style Black hair, but one school didn’t have a mannequin with textured hair.
“So they are teaching zero – nothing – about textured hair whatsoever,” Roorda said. “And they’re graduating these girls who are technically licensed to do those services but know nothing about it. And we would never accept that in any other profession.”
Roorda has taken teaching into her own hands and said moving her salon into a smaller space will allow her to focus more on classes. The space she’s moving into is currently known as Judy’s. It doesn’t have a sign, but Judy Russalo has had dedicated clients since 1994. Russalo is retiring and gave Roorda her lease. Russalo is going to stay on site for a couple days a week as well.
A Little Buzzed is moving into the new salon Aug. 1. The business will be located near the Brown Bottle entrance.
Roorda said more classes will be available in September and will be available on her website at vagaro.com/buzzed. She said if children are in the foster care system, classes will be available for free. She is also in talks with Cedar Valley Angels, a local nonprofit, to provide classes. The prices for those have not been determined.
She offers one-on-one classes for product knowledge, detangling and stretching for $50 each.
Roorda also hopes to offer readings of her book at the Cedar Falls and Waterloo public libraries.
“Hopefully kids don’t have to go through what I went through with self discovery because it’s a really, really rough road to go down by yourself,” Roorda said. “My classes are just saying, like, you are not alone. We might not have all the answers but we are a community and we can find each other and reach out and figure out things together – at least go through their journey together.” | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-woman-teaches-how-to-care-for-black-hair/article_910cf5ce-514f-55ab-aca0-24407e4d0495.html | 2022-07-27T12:59:25 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-woman-teaches-how-to-care-for-black-hair/article_910cf5ce-514f-55ab-aca0-24407e4d0495.html |
IndyStar releases 2022 newsroom diversity figures
For IndyStar to succeed, we must have an inclusive and diverse workplace where employees are valued and feel empowered.
We are committed to building and sustaining a workforce that is reflective of the diversity in the communities we serve. As part of our commitment to an inclusive culture, we are annually publishing the makeup of our newsroom staff. That same commitment is being carried out across the USA TODAY Network, which is made up of more than 200 local publications and USA TODAY.
This information, a snapshot as of July 1, 2022, includes the gender and racial makeup of our news workforce and our coverage area, as well as for managers within our newsroom.
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A diverse and inclusive workforce helps us better connect and serve you, our readers and our community partners.
The American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau asks two separate questions, one about Hispanic origin and one about race, allowing individuals to self-select from multiple options. However, to compare with internal Gannett employee information that asks individuals to mark only one option, we used the following categories: Hispanic or Latino (for ACS, regardless of any other race selected), White (not Hispanic or Latino), Black or African American (not Hispanic or Latino), Asian (not Hispanic or Latino), American Indian or Alaska Native (not Hispanic or Latino), Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (not Hispanic or Latino), or two or more races (not Hispanic or Latino). All information on racial identity is provided voluntarily by employees. Gannett also allows an individual to not disclose their race or ethnicity. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/indystars-2022-newsroom-diversity-snapshot-race-gender/65383743007/ | 2022-07-27T13:00:16 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/07/27/indystars-2022-newsroom-diversity-snapshot-race-gender/65383743007/ |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A home in St. Petersburg was saved Wednesday after crews were able to stop the spread of an early morning fire, according to fire officials.
Firefighters responded to a fire around 3 a.m. in the area of 50th Street North and Burlington Avenue North after reports of fire coming through the front bedroom windows.
"Crews were able to extinguish the fire in the room of origin before the fire spread to the rest of the house," St Petersburg Fire & Rescue said in a statement.
The cause of the fire is under investigation and no injuries were reported. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/house-fire-st-pete-burlington/67-b5bc3759-b1b3-4521-bee0-81c88cb02392 | 2022-07-27T13:05:33 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/house-fire-st-pete-burlington/67-b5bc3759-b1b3-4521-bee0-81c88cb02392 |
ISLESBORO, Maine — Maine’s newest Penobscot Bay ferry, the Capt. Richard G. Spear, pulled away from the landing at Lincolnville Beach, headed for Islesboro, about 3 miles across the bay. A crew of five was on board, as required by the Maine Department of Transportation.
The ferry was set to make all of its scheduled trips on this day, which is only surprising because there have been a number of days—too many, some say—when ferries have had to cancel trips because of a lack of crew members.
“There is a widespread shortage of mariners available to do this work,” Maine DOT spokesman Paul Merrill said, explaining the staffing problem.
“Availability is a challenge, pay is a challenge. And we tried to address some of those issues, but we’re facing significant challenges, and in some cases, we are one sick call away from not having a crew for a ferry run. ... When that happens, we do have to cancel," he said. "We don’t like to do that. It’s the last thing we want to do.”
Merrill says they have had to cancel runs on Penobscot Bay ferries a total of 29 times from early May through July 4.
And more cancellations have happened since then, as the staffing problem has persisted.
The greatest need is for the people who work the deck, those the passengers are most likely to see. Their job titles are classified by federal maritime regulations as able-bodied and ordinary seamen, and they have specific training and certification for those jobs.
Merrill said they currently have 29 people in those positions, working the Penobscot Bay ferries to Islesboro, North Haven, and Vinalhaven, seven days a week, plus occasional trips to Matinicus Island.
But like any other employer, he said there are days when some people aren’t available because of illness or other reasons.
Some ferries need a crew of four to operate, but large boats like the Capt. Spear require five people: three seamen, an engineer, and the captain. When the ferry service can’t find enough crew, the ferry doesn’t run.
Merrill says the MDOT is projecting that as many as 20 trips to and from Islesboro may be canceled this week.
“We can’t just take a member of a road crew and say, 'Today you’re working a ferry.' It wouldn’t be safe, [and] it wouldn’t be legal," Merrill said. "These are credentialed, experienced positions, and that creates even more of a challenge finding [people to fill] them."
For islanders and summer visitors, as are the many people who go to work on the islands every day, canceled trips are an annoyance and a worry.
Janet Anderson, Isleboro's town manager, said she understands the problem and understands why some people are angry about it.
“I appreciate how everyone feels and is bothered by this, especially truckers and people who go off [the island] every day. I’ve heard it from Vinalhaven and North Haven, and people there have fewer trips than we do,” Anderson said.
The MDOT sent letters about the problem in early May, warning the island towns and members of the ferry advisory board that the shortage of crew members could force cancellations of trips.
Paul Merrill said some retired mariners, including some retired ferry workers, have stepped up to help, but they haven’t been able to fill all the gaps.
Pay is part of the problem, Merrill said. Able-bodied seamen earn $22.78 per hour at the top of the scale, whereas ordinary seamen make $17.54.
Merrill said the department cannot raise pay because it is governed by the state employee union contract. He said they instituted $2,000 bonuses this year, but they are still struggling to find enough qualified seamen to meet the need.
The DOT, he said, is actively working to hire seven more able-bodied seamen and two ordinary seamen, to fill out rosters and keep the ferries running.
“We understand it is aggravating, having your only connection to the mainland be canceled," he said. "We’re sorry, we don’t like to do it. We are in a tough spot being able to staff safely and legally.”
Ferry operators and ferry riders all hope they can bring new people on board quickly. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/staffing-shortage-forces-cancelations-of-maine-state-ferries-maine-department-of-transportation-penobscot-bay-islesboro-jobs-certification-seamen-crew/97-3c0f7481-81b3-4860-a7c0-0bfacadec05b | 2022-07-27T13:10:06 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/staffing-shortage-forces-cancelations-of-maine-state-ferries-maine-department-of-transportation-penobscot-bay-islesboro-jobs-certification-seamen-crew/97-3c0f7481-81b3-4860-a7c0-0bfacadec05b |
FLOYD, Va. – The day is finally here for music lovers who have been waiting on the highly anticipated Floyd Fest.
The 5-day music festival kicks off on Wednesday, July 27 at 5 p.m.
More than 100 bands will perform on nine different stages in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The mission of the festival is to be the best music festival experience of our time. Organizers say they want Floyd Fest to be a high-quality event for each person who attends.
Some of the performers this year include Lake Street Dive, Turnpike Troubadours, Trampled by Turtles and Floyd favorite, Morgan Wade.
“It’s basically homecoming to me and a lot of us because we get to see a lot of people and work with a lot of people that we only get to see here and it is quite wonderful,” said John McBroom, CEO and camp counselor of Floyd Fest.
McBroom said this is something that he and his team look forward to all year. They love hearing the beautiful music and they hope everyone shows up with a smile on their face.
However, McBroom said this festival is sort of like a swan song to the current location because this is the last year that Floyd Fest will be at the site off the Blue Ridge Parkway. There are talks of the music festival possibly moving to the Check area next summer.
Right now, organizers are still working on getting permits from the state. The big difference between where the festival is now and the new location is that they can park every patron on site.
“So once you get there, you are there, instead of I would say 75 to maybe even more than that, park off-site and shuttle in,” McBroom said. “So, that is going to take a huge burden off of the whole system that will make it a lot better.”
McBroom said the whole festival takes about 15 months to plan. So, even though they are ready to enjoy this year’s festival, they are already planning for next year. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/music-returns-to-the-blue-ridge-mountains-as-floyd-fest-gets-ready-for-opening-day/ | 2022-07-27T13:11:47 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/music-returns-to-the-blue-ridge-mountains-as-floyd-fest-gets-ready-for-opening-day/ |
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SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – Down more than 100 employees. Currently, the Sedgwick County Jail is only 50% staffed. The shortage is now at crisis levels. He said the only solution is to raise pay.
Employees at the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s office received a 2% increase in pay this month. It bumped up the starting salary for detention deputies to more than $19 an hour. However, Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter said people are still not applying. During some shifts, there is only one deputy to every 70 inmates.
“I knew of a place in ‘such and such’ part of the United States that raised the pay to $27 an hour, and now they are only down 9 staff. It’s about the pay,” said Easter.
Sheriff Easter wants a $4 raise for all staff, putting jail deputies’ starting salary around $23 an hour, but will it be enough?
“I don’t know if that’s going to draw people here. I know that when you have a job that is not very desirable, and the detention job is one of those types of jobs, you have to pay more to get people to come in here to work,” Easter said.
Easter said the starting rate ranks eigth among other law enforcement in the county. Sedgwick County Commissioner David Dennis said inflation isn’t helping.
“We’re running 8-9% inflation rate right now, so the pay raises we’ve already given have been eaten up by inflation, so we’re gonna have to get them to the point where we can retain the great people we have and recruit other great people for the future,” Dennis said.
“At this point, there needs to be a structure in place of what raises are going to look like in the future to keep attracting people and to retain people. That’s what we are working on now,” Easter said.
In three surveys last year, Sheriff Easter said employees noted pay as the number one problem and overtime as the second.
“If they’re going to be away from their families that long. They want to see the fruits of their labor, and at this point, they’re away for too long, and the pay isn’t there, so they’re leaving,” Easter said.
County leaders and the sheriff are expected to discuss a pay increase for all deputies during a meeting next week. Commissioner Dennis said if approved, we could see changes almost immediately. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/will-a-pay-increase-fix-the-sedgwick-county-jail-staff-shortage/ | 2022-07-27T13:12:39 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/will-a-pay-increase-fix-the-sedgwick-county-jail-staff-shortage/ |
Federal agents have alleged that two people living quietly in Hawaii were actually Russian spies, the State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security Service said.
According to government documents, Walter Glenn Primrose, also known as Bobby Edward Fort, and Gwynn Darle Morrison, also known as Julie Lyn Montague, were arrested on Friday morning.
Government records indicate that the couple used the identities of babies from Texas who died in the late 1960s to obtain Social Security cards, passports, and driver’s licenses.
Bobby Edward Fort, the baby whose name was used by Primrose, was born in Dallas, government records indicate. He was born in 1967 and died during that same year.
Julie Lyn Montague, the child whose name was used by Morrison, was born in 1968 in Burnet, Texas. She also died shortly thereafter and is buried in Marble Falls.
In the late 1980s, Primrose and Morrison were issued driver's licenses and identification cards with the identities of Fort and Montague, according to government records.
Government documents indicate that Primrose fraudulently enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1994. He also worked as a Department of Defense contractor, and he had a "secret clearance" while working as an avionic electrical technician.
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Pictures in court records show Primrose and Morrison in uniforms that allegedly belonged to the KGB, the former Soviet Union spy agency.
Both Primrose and Morrison have been charged with identity theft, lying on passport applications, and conspiracy to commit crimes against the United States.
The government has deemed the couple a flight risk and asked that they be held without bond, according to court documents. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/suspected-russian-spies-living-in-hawaii-assumed-names-of-texas-babies-federal-officials/3032587/ | 2022-07-27T13:23:21 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/suspected-russian-spies-living-in-hawaii-assumed-names-of-texas-babies-federal-officials/3032587/ |
Not-so-natural disasters are on the rise. What in the world is going on?
Lately, every click of the radio button, change of the TV channel or turn of the newspaper page seems to unfold news of yet another natural disaster and how little progress guys named Joe are making on what to do about it.
Already in 2022, wildfires have forced thousands of people to evacuate in France, Morocco, South Korea, Turkey and Argentina, to name a few. Catastrophic flooding in India, South Africa, Madagascar and Brazil, tropical storms in the Philippines and Mozambique and volcanic eruptions in Tonga and Ecuador are so significant that NASA is monitoring them from space. The world watched last week as massive, weird waves crashed a wedding party in Hawaii.
Some crises, like the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, result in periodic upticks in news consumption as people attempt to stay informed about global events. But a recent study by the Reuters Institute found that, overall, worldwide news avoidance is on the rise, with 36% of avoiders turning away from news coverage because of the negative impact they feel it has on their mood.
One 27-year-old male survey respondent explained that "I actively avoid things that trigger my anxiety and things that can have a negative impact on my day. I will try to avoid reading news about things like deaths and disasters."
These trends are especially pronounced in the United States, with 15% of 2022 survey respondents saying they avoid the news entirely compared to just 3% in 2013.
And who can blame them? The climate crisis is distressing, and managing mental health is important. But ignoring the news does nothing to keep these disasters at bay.
In the U.S. alone, between 2017 and 2021, 89 weather and climate disasters killed 4,557 people and cost taxpayers $788.4 billion, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That's 17.8 events, 911 deaths and $157.7 billion spent on disasters in each of the last five years, on average. Compare that to the average throughout the 1980s of 3.1 events killing 343 people and costing $20.2 billion per year.
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So far in 2022, President Biden has declared 27 major disasters through the Federal Emergency Management Administration. These "natural" disaster events range from tornadoes and flooding in Montana, the Dakotas and Minnesota to landslides in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington state and Puerto Rico to abnormal winter storms in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia to megafires in New Mexico and, likely, soon in California. As of June, the federal price tag for just nine of these events had already hit $10 billion.
Only, these disasters aren't exactly natural. There is strong scientific consensus that the escalating severity and frequency of so-called-natural disasters has been magnified by man-made climate change, which is caused by the increased concentration of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels resulting in more heat and energy being retained in the atmosphere and catalyzing chaotic weather.
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Jonathan Overpeck is a climate scientist who has spent his career leaning steadfastly in to this bad news. A former director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona, he spent 19 years studying climate change from the desert southwest and helped author reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the international scientific authority on the topic.
In 2017, he accepted a job as dean of the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability and relocated to the upper Midwest with his wife, who is also a climate scientist, in part because of that region's slightly better climate outlook.
In the midst of what seems like a summer spike in bad climate news, The Arizona Republic caught up with Overpeck to find out what in the world is going on, how scientists know human-caused warming is to blame and why you should tune in instead of checking out.
When you pay attention to the news lately, it feels like everything is burning, flooding, drying out, melting and freezing over all at once. As a climate scientist, what can you tell us about what's behind this series of events?
Well, you know, climate scientists predicted decades ago that one of the things that would happen with continued climate change would be more climate and weather extremes. As it turns out, if anything, we underestimated how fast and hard this situation would worsen.
One of the things I worked a lot on when we were in Arizona was how temperature affects drought and how it affects a water supply. Just about any gardener, and certainly any farmer, knows that the hotter the day, the more water you have to apply to keep your plants happy. That's essentially what's happening in much of the world and, certainly, Arizona is ground zero for this. Worsening droughts can come on much more quickly because of this extra warming.
The other side of the hydrologic cycle is more intense precipitation, because the atmosphere can hold more moisture when it's warmer, and often does. And, by the way, we can measure that with satellites, just as it was predicted decades ago. So, what's interesting is that you're seeing the dry extreme really plaguing the West. But then the wetter side of the equation is more of a problem out here in the Midwest, as well as other parts of the world. China this year got a lot of flooding, for example, and they're getting a lot of heat waves at the same time. So, paradoxically, you can get droughts and flooding, both due to the same cause of the atmosphere holding more moisture because it's getting warmer.
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Then you have to think about things like dust storms. In Arizona, because of the water crisis, we're allowing more fields to fallow and that means more sediment that can be blown around. If you go down and try to drive east from Tucson, you start hitting where they have to shut down the interstate because the toxic dust storms are so bad and getting worse. The drought also dries out the vegetation and that's why we're getting much worse wildfires. We got the worst wildfire ever, I think, in New Mexico this year, but we had really bad ones across the Southwest recently, including California and Arizona.
So, that covered your part of the world. Further to the east, hurricanes are getting more powerful because the oceans are warmer. You're getting peak velocities that are causing this incredible rainfall and flooding damage. Waves can be bigger when winds are stronger. It all comes back to this warmer atmosphere. Just recently, people have started to talk about whether climate change spawns more severe tornadoes. We don't really know for sure, but it certainly causes them to occur more and in the cooler seasons when you didn't have them further north.
Half of the sea level rise is because the oceans are getting warmer. Over 90% of the heat we trapped with greenhouse gases has gone into the oceans. They're expanding and, like a hot air balloon, when they expand they have to go up. We're getting about the same amount of contribution from melting ice. Any of these things you want to talk about, they're all being caused by warming in the atmosphere that's been caused by increasing greenhouse gases, primarily due to burning fossil fuels.
How should people think about these weather phenomena in the context of what has been normal in the near and distant past and what we might expect in the future?
One of the real problems we have in society is that we all, whether you're a normal citizen planning your wedding party or you're a water engineer planning flood control or a major project on the Colorado River, you're designing things for some kind of climate.
You decide when you go out for the day, even in Phoenix, whether you're going to bring an umbrella or not, and a lot of folks are drawing on their historical sense of the range of conditions they could get. What you're not taking into account, probably, is that the monsoon rains can come down harder in 2022 than they did back in 1990 or so. So, all of a sudden, my route home, I can't drive those washes anymore, or the people who built the infrastructure on the Colorado River, everything is designed for a climate that doesn't exist anymore. Our frame of reference tends to lag.
In the 1950s and 60s, for example, the southwest had a drought that was mostly all due to precipitation deficit. We didn't get the rains. Now the drought we've had since 1999 is at least half (due to) temperature. Evaporation takes about 10% of the Colorado River water each year. And moisture gets sucked out of the soil and vegetation and becomes water vapor, which also causes warming. As we go further into the future, the temperature component keeps getting bigger and bigger. So that means the droughts have a higher likelihood of being worse. Then, when the rains do come, flooding will be more of a problem in the southwest, just as dust, just as wildfire.
Reality is that most people don't really pay attention to what's going on with the climate. Fortunately, for climate scientists or an inquisitive journalist, you can pay attention to what the science is. And starting in the 1970s, we were starting to utilize these climate models that were capable of saying how things were going to change for different levels of CO2 increase and other greenhouse gas increase.
We knew that it was going to get warmer. We knew that we would see more heat waves and extreme heat. We knew then that we would start to get more extreme precipitation and we'd also start drying out in some places. The old adage when I was in grad school 35 years ago was that "wet places would get wetter and dry places would get drier."
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Yes, there's always been climate change. But we cannot find any analogue of what's going on now in the tree ring record, in the ice core record, in ocean sediments, in coral and stalactites that record past conditions going back thousands of years. In the past there's been warming, but it's regional or hemispheric. It's not defined global warming.
Where the uncertainty lies has been exactly where and how fast. Now we have better climate models, a better understanding of the processes and longer observed climate records. All these things give us a much better understanding and ability to project what's going to happen in the future. We still have a little trouble with how fast and how bad, but we know they're all going to get worse in the future, probably at a pretty steady clip. And it's going to really hurt a lot of what we do in society, both in terms of costs and in terms of lives and livelihoods, if we allow this to continue.
What can we do to prepare for what's to come?
John Holdren, who was Obama's science advisor and is still a professor at Harvard, said we have three options: We can adapt, we can mitigate or we can suffer.
The way I like to think of it is, we don't want to suffer but we are suffering. We're going to have to realize that we don't have a choice. We're already at 1.2 degrees of warming (Celsius) right now. So we're going to go beyond 1.5, probably. That means we're going to get about twice the extremes we have now. And some of the effects are nonlinear, meaning they're accelerating.
We have to figure out how to adapt. There's a lot of science on this going on in Arizona and academia and in the federal government. Good examples are 'how are we going to get by with less water?' The Colorado River is declining. The big reservoirs can really dry up if we aren't careful. There will be no Central Arizona Project water delivered to Phoenix, for example, if that happens. You're already seeing the shift of agricultural water use to municipal and suburban water use. We need agriculture. But maybe we don't need it year-round. You can also figure out how to use less water to irrigate crops, or shift crops. That's adaptation.
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Another good example of adaptation is managing our forests for fire more effectively. And clearly, we're not doing a great job there. Up to now, the U.S. Forest Service hasn't had enough money to manage forests. And they have to use climate science and have more observations and better models. All that costs money.
If you're on the coasts, you have to start building less and moving more of the infrastructure (inland). If you're in the Midwest, you have to start rebuilding bridges and dams and roads to withstand intense floodwaters. The list goes on and on.
In the end, we should be able to create a lot of jobs, both in adaptation and mitigation. We should be able to replace fossil fuels with low carbon energies that will not only stop climate change from occurring, but should also clean up the air. We really have to change over from internal combustion cars and trucks and trains to electrify mobility. We have to electrify everything to run on renewable power sources.
Arizona and the Southwest can be a huge energy exporter of clean, renewable energy. And in doing so, stop climate change, stop the drought, stop the water crises, stop the wildfire crisis, get cheaper energy for people in the world and clean up air air pollution. It's like a win win win win win.
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But, you know, to this day the Republican politicians are almost to a person gonna say "we don't do that. That's a Democrat thing." And it's hogwash because they're selling their own constituents and future generations down the river and destroying Arizona long term. Lower income communities, disadvantaged communities, communities of color, and Native American communities get hit harder when the richer communities that can afford to sit in air conditioned splendor do nothing.
You have to realize that we will reach a point where certain things cannot be adapted to. In Arizona, you will start to get temperatures where you will not be able to go outside without serious harm to your body. You will start to run out of water in a serious way. Allow it go too far, and there are planetary boundaries beyond which you cannot adapt.
Joan Meiners is the Climate News and Storytelling Reporter at The Arizona Republic and azcentral. Before becoming a journalist, she completed a doctorate in Ecology. Follow Joan on Twitter at @beecycles or email her at joan.meiners@arizonarepublic.com. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2022/07/27/not-so-natural-disasters-rise-climate-scientist-explains/10144365002/ | 2022-07-27T13:31:21 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2022/07/27/not-so-natural-disasters-rise-climate-scientist-explains/10144365002/ |
High-speed internet comes to Douglas, other rural Arizona communities through grant
Fiber internet is slated to come to many rural southern Arizona communities like Douglas, a small border city that has missed out on business opportunities due to lack of widespread broadband internet access.
The city was one of 14 rural communities and areas in Arizona awarded thousands of dollars in grant funding to construct or improve broadband infrastructure.
Through the Arizona Broadband Grant Program, Cox Communications received $8.2 million to bring a fiber network to Douglas, which will serve 8,000 businesses and residents. Cox will invest an additional $2.3 million for the project and to lay 8.4 miles of fiber-optic cables to Cochise College’s Douglas Campus.
“We've had struggles getting grants or small business operations coming in because of the lack of broadband,” said Douglas Mayor Donald Huish. He said this grant was the only solution. “We are losing out on some of these things that would really benefit the community.”
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Huish said that there were talks to construct an educational center in town. He was also approached about starting an incubator for tech start-ups, but without widespread broadband these opportunities were not feasible.
Since 2011, the population has been steadily decreasing and unemployment has increased in Douglas.
According to most recent census data, unemployment increased to 13.1% in 2020 from 9.1% in 2010, while the population has steadily declined from 17,363 in 2011 to 16,292 in 2020.
However, now with funding coming to Douglas for broadband, Huish said the town’s future looks bright.
Through the Arizona Broadband Development Grant Program, local communities will be able to construct or improve broadband infrastructure. Funding comes from the American Rescue Plan Act, according to a press release from Gov. Doug Ducey.
Other southern Arizona towns and counties also received grants for projects including Willcox, Patagonia, Safford, Yuma County and San Luis. In total, the Arizona Broadband Development Grant Program allocated $75.7 million to 14 rural counties and $23.6 million to six urban counties around the state.
Heather Floyd, a spokesperson for Valley TeleCom Group, a broadband service provider, said the main barrier to addressing lack of broadband has been cost.
Floyd said in Willcox, a small city known for cattle raising in the southeastern part of the state, it costs about $7,000 per home to connect to broadband, taking about nine years for the company to break even.
She noted that in the smaller town of Patagonia, the average cost per home is $5,000 with a 6.5-year time to recoup the cots of construction.
Funding could be a 'game changer' for Cochise College
This grant will also be a “game changer” for Cochise College, which has a campus 10 miles from Douglas and 10 miles from Bisbee, said James Dale (J.D.) Rottweiler, the college’s president.
Cox plans to lay 8.4 miles of fiber-optic cables to Cochise College’s Douglas Campus which will enable greater bandwidth and faster speeds, a press release stated.
The 58-year-old campus is “an oasis in the desert” and has to be self-sufficient. Not only does the campus have its own water and sewer systems, but it also has its own internet company, Rottweiler said.
The college currently uses a microwave system that connects the college to the networks in Bisbee and in Sierra Vista, Rottweiler said.
The college houses 150 students who need reliable internet for school, TV, music and radio. While the system works better than previous internet options, the system is far from perfect.
Rottweiler said that internet connectivity has been “an ongoing struggle.”
He noted that the system’s bandwidth is not as good as fiber, and with strong winds the microwave dishes will move slowing down internet speed, while lightning strikes on one of the mountains might mean the college loses a tower.
For this reason, the college has been searching for a fiber solution over the last four or five years.
“For us, the fiber coming in —even as good as our microwave system is— this will be four times faster,” Rottweiler said.
However, while the college’s internet may have been spotty, it was far better than what many community members in Douglas had in their homes, he said.
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For Douglas residents, the speed and reliability of their Wi-fi connections depend on where they are located.
One person who goes by the name Stephanie, said she had to call a technician to come out to her house six times in one month. Because she worked from home, she decided to move to a neighborhood near the Douglas Golf Course for better internet connectivity.
Gabriela Esparca, a local waitress, said her internet speed is often fast but in summer she notices her internet slows down and lags more often.
Iris González, a bartender working downtown during a slow time of day, said the number of internet provider options was limited.
“Border town options are limited. It (the internet) goes out once in a while,” she said.
Even Huish said his internet could be better.
“Where I live, it’s not very good,” he said. “I don’t have access to Cox right now,” he said, noting that his options were Qwest, which was acquired by CenturyLink in 2011, or Simply Bits, a Tucson-based internet service provider.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of access to reliable internet was exacerbated. Rottweiler said the college’s campuses would open their parking lots to community members who needed good wi-fi connection for school.
He said cars would crowd the Douglas campus parking lot with residents accessing virtual classes and virtual meetings as in-person classes, on-site work and in-person events were cancelled and postponed due to the pandemic.
And although this need for reliable internet was exacerbated during the pandemic, it was nothing new.
Through census data, the Southeastern Arizona Governments Organization, an economic development nonprofit, found that 8,000 residents across Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, and Santa Cruz counties reported having no access to internet or a computer
Stephen Peterson, the organization’s economic development program manager, said the issue of broadband access was at the top of their priorities.
Newfound hope for economic growth in the region
Peterson said that access to broadband infrastructure is “everything in terms of improving prosperity for our region and the ability to bring jobs in."
This is especially important when private companies are looking to expand.
Peterson said economic development offices often receive calls from site selectors, asking a series of questions determine where they should expand. One of the questions typically includes broadband internet access.
“Huge gaps in service (is) not going to be good for a site selector trying to decide on where to expand,” Peterson said.
Now with gigabyte internet coming to Douglas, the mayor anticipates that if the town can have a downtown educational center, the University of Arizona and Cochise College could offer classes closer to residents, providing them with more access to educational opportunities.
“Douglas is very family-oriented … it’s a hard-working community and it is ready to expand,” he said.
In a press release, Cox said it will also provide a Cox Innovation Center, which will host computers, printers and the latest technology for student learning —the location to be determined— and distribute 100 devices and low-cost internet service for qualified residents and provide a long-form video to promote the community and digital equity.
Coverage of southern Arizona on azcentral.com and in The Arizona Republic is funded by the nonprofit Report for America in association with The Republic.
Reach the reporter at sarah.lapidus@gannett.com.
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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - The Genesee County Sheriff's Office celebrated more graduations for jail inmates in its latest IGNITE graduation ceremony.
IGNITE stands for Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education.
The program helps give inmates a chance to learn valuable life skills and receive an education so they're better prepared to find a job once they're released.
"You made choices that ultimately landed you here," said Paul Laney of the National Sheriff's Association. "However, while here you are still making choices and you chose to participate in IGNITE. You chose to look forward and not backwards."
The IGNITE program has expanded to seven different states. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/genesee-county-jail-celebrates-more-ignite-program-graduates/article_4c913d32-0dac-11ed-9e8b-b321540ef9a2.html | 2022-07-27T13:39:41 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/genesee-county-jail-celebrates-more-ignite-program-graduates/article_4c913d32-0dac-11ed-9e8b-b321540ef9a2.html |
THETFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - A lot of trouble is brewing in Thetford Township with two members of the township government filing recall petitions against each other, as well as everyone else on the board of trustees.
That's seven people in total named on recall petitions filed with the Genesee County Clerk's Office.
"I think it's just petty games," said an anonymous woman who lives in the township. "It's just a bunch of game-playing amongst adults, which is just totally foolish."
She believes this spat of petitions is shameful and reflects poorly on Thetford Township's image, which was hurt by a 2018 police scandal.
"You lose respect for the people supposed to be heading your community, and taking care of your community and doing the right things. And when stuff like this comes out, you lose respect," the anonymous resident said.
The Genesee County Clerk's Office says the current situation started on July 11, when township Supervisor Rachel Stanke started the recall process against the clerk and two trustees.
Stanke said she filed her request because she felt they weren't fulfilling their duties.
"The budget wasn't passed timely, so it held up on the residents being able to conduct business for about five days. We had to close to the public," she said. "There have been some issues regarding workers comp insurance, bills not being paid timely."
The clerks office says one of the trustees named in Stanke's recall petitions, Ralph Henry, fired back on July 12 with separate recall petitions targeting Stanke, the treasurer and the remaining trustees.
Another resident said the township's politics have been a mess for years, but they didn't want to go on record and stir the pot further. The anonymous woman says she's never seen anything like this before and just wishes the board would stop squabbling.
"Is it necessary? Does it help the community? No. It does not," she said. "They should stick to business and take care of business only."
The recall petitions will before a three-member elections commission for a clarity hearing on Wednesday morning. If approved, petitions can be circulated to obtain signatures for the recall effort.
If recall supporters get enough signatures, the issues will go on the ballot -- most likely sometime after the November general election. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/recall-petitions-targeting-the-entire-thetford-township-board/article_e6da8d8a-0da7-11ed-85ed-4fbe75d08968.html | 2022-07-27T13:39:47 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/recall-petitions-targeting-the-entire-thetford-township-board/article_e6da8d8a-0da7-11ed-85ed-4fbe75d08968.html |
Average daily flows
Snake River at Heise 12,274 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 3,966 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 11,050 cfs
Snake River at Milner 0 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 218 cfs
Jackson Lake is 43% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 60% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 28% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 45% of capacity.
As of July 26. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_278a8a2e-0d21-11ed-afec-5f7997270f63.html | 2022-07-27T13:56:14 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_278a8a2e-0d21-11ed-afec-5f7997270f63.html |
Before too much time slips away, we need to review some of what happened at the state Republican convention in Twin Falls last weekend.
First, an update on “Pizzagate Part Deux” which we discussed in a July 20 editorial, in which former state GOP Chairman Tom Luna and organizer Tyler Hurst arranged a “Pizza and Patriots” event so Luna could meet with delegates to try and win their vote in his bid for re-election. That turned into a “Pizza For the Needy” event with fake flyers being distributed to people at the Valley House Homeless Shelter, turning them into tools used in a political stunt.
According to KTVB in Boise, Valley House Executive Director John Spiers was among those not appreciating the shelter being pulled in.
“We are going to continue caring for people at Valley House and caring for the people in the Magic Valley and as much as possible, avoid this type of political garbage that is happening,” he said.
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KTVB reported that Valley House was given the name of the person behind the flyers. Spiers gave the person 24 hours to apologize to his staff and guests or be publicly identified. That window expired and no apologies were issued.
Spiers confirmed Wednesday that David J. Reilly, a delegate from Coeur d’Alene, was the person who passed out the fake flyers. On his Twitter account, Reilly calls himself an “award-winning radio host, independent journalist, Christian Nationalist, and F List E-Celeb.”
Spiers also told KTVB that Reilly told him he “wanted to make the Luna campaign aware of people in need, because they didn’t believe people in need were being seen.” The big problem there: Luna has said he was homeless himself as a child. So the mystery of why the prank was pulled continues.
In the realm of official business at the convention — which included 14 resolutions, nine platform changes and a major rule change approved — there were these highlights:
A proposal to disavow the results of the 2020 presidential election, which failed to even make it out of committee. During a time when key members of the Trump White House themselves are giving shocking testimony as to how bogus the “steal” claim is, this proposal alone seems laughable.
Delegates rejected an amendment to the party platform that would have provided an exception for a mother who has an abortion to save her life. So what does this mean in a case, for example, where a woman has an ectopic pregnancy?
On the convention’s opening day, Idaho Family Policy Center President Blaine Conzatti called for a Christian approach to government on several social issues, and said he’d like to see public schools run by churches, according to the Idaho Capital Sun. So much for the state Constitution’s stance on spending state money on religious teaching.
Directing the party to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee for violating party rules in its actions endorsing and donating to primary election candidates. In other words, the local Freedom Foundation folks get their way in pushing their chosen candidates on the voting public, of course based on the IFF’s “litmus test” of “how far right can you go?”
Which leads us to an old standby ...
The effort to restrict who can vote in Idaho GOP primary elections. This will be put to a test of the state GOP’s Rules Committee in January and then by the Legislature. Betsy Russell from the Idaho Press reports the rule change would block anyone who hadn’t affiliated as a Republican at least 12 months in advance from voting in the primary, along with anyone who’s disaffiliated from the party, affiliated with a different party, or even donated to a candidate from another party within the last two to three years.
Where have we heard this before?
Remember the days when Ronald Reagan spoke of the GOP being a “big tent” party? He was speaking of all Republicans’ voices being heard and respected, debating issues on their merits, dare we say even listening to independent voices.
Now, when we think of Reagan’s notion of a “big tent” — with the move to restrict who can vote in the GOP primary — we have to think more along the lines of a pup tent.
Remember when this was discussed in the last legislative session? The debate coming out of the House then made the closed primary seem like a purity test among the most pristine Republican voters only, which is what this amounts to. Today’s GOP is trying to create a party in which every member thinks alike. If that’s how today’s GOP — the “party of Lincoln” — is going to go, we’re in trouble.
If the Republican Party is going to survive in this two-party system, they’d be better off putting multiple ideas on the table instead of putting party above state. Instead of narrowing and disenfranchising, be willing to at least look at new ideas. Be inclusive versus being exclusive.
Is that too much to ask? | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/idaho-view-highlights-from-a-wild-gop-convention/article_3878ef1e-0d27-11ed-8902-e7f43c882ea6.html | 2022-07-27T13:56:20 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/idaho-view-highlights-from-a-wild-gop-convention/article_3878ef1e-0d27-11ed-8902-e7f43c882ea6.html |
The Lincoln Park Live! free concert series continues tonight with Chicago-based Tropics Reggae band.
The Tropics Reggae band, led by guitarist and vocalist Mike Dangeroux, is five-piece group that performs “the very popular genre of Jamaican origin that combines native styles with elements of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, calypso, African and Latin American music,” concert organizers said.
Chicago native Dangeroux graduated from the Berklee College of Music and has been hailed as one of the top guitarists in the world. He performs a variety of musical genres, from classics to contemporary hits. His band features more than 500 popular songs in their repertoire, along with their own tunes.
Lincoln Park Live! is organized by the Mary Lou & Arthur F. Mahone Fund, a component of Kenosha Community Foundation.
The concerts are free. Food, soda and water are available for purchase by local vendors Fry Daddy’s and Rocket Tacos. Wine and beer will also be available for purchase. Off-street parking is located near the Lincoln Park Baseball Diamonds.
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Organizers call the music lineup “one of the most diverse and unique in the city, providing an unforgettable live outdoor music experience in Kenosha’s largest park.”
The August concerts will feature two musical performances each night: Kenosha’s own big band favorite The Southport Sound and Milwaukee’s Extra Crispy Brass Band on Aug. 10 and a high-energy salsa performance from Milwaukee’s Septeto Charambó band on Aug. 24, along with Racine’s R&B and Top 40 group Chicken Grease.
The season finale’s theme is “Education — A Pathway to Success.” That concert will feature UW-Parkside, Gateway Technical College, Herzing University, Carthage College and Kenosha Unified School District, at the event to “celebrate the fall kickoff of another exciting school year.” | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/reggae-band-at-lincoln-park-live/article_9f129f86-0d09-11ed-aac4-0b750a91c89c.html | 2022-07-27T13:56:22 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/reggae-band-at-lincoln-park-live/article_9f129f86-0d09-11ed-aac4-0b750a91c89c.html |
It’s National Scotch Day, which we encourage you to celebrate responsibly. Or maybe they mean the tape? In that case, tape to your heart’s content.
The Kenosha History Center’s Homecoming Car Show events continue today with an Evening Car Cruise-in at Mars Cheese Castle, on the west side of I-94 north of Highway 142. The cars will be there from 4 to 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Also today: An open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Alfano Performance AMC Speed Shop, 3401 Roosevelt Road; “Dyno Day” from noon to 4 p.m. at Don’s Auto Parts & Machine Shop, 681`4 39th Ave.; and racing starting at 5 p.m. at Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove. The big car show/swap meet is on Saturday in Kennedy Park. To register a vehicle for the show, go to kenoshahistorycenter.org.
The Kenosha Pops Concert Band performs a program celebrating “The Wild West,” including music from “Paint Your Wagon” and the theme to the 1960 film “The Magnificent Seven.” The program also features music from “the 1990s and beyond.” 7 tonight on the band shell in Pennoyer Park, at 35th Street and Seventh Avenue at the lakefront. Admission is free. Note: Bench seating is provided. Audience members may also bring lawn chairs and/or blankets.
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All aboard! Kenosha’s Downtown electric streetcars are running seven days a week, offering wonderful lakefront views. The streetcars run 11:05 a.m. to 6:35 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10:35 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The fare is $1 for ages 13 and older and 50 cents for kids ages 5-12 (free for kids age 4 and younger). An all-day pass is $3.50. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-wednesday-july-27/article_ca3b96ae-0c5f-11ed-9e96-b752c7237253.html | 2022-07-27T13:56:23 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-wednesday-july-27/article_ca3b96ae-0c5f-11ed-9e96-b752c7237253.html |
The Kenosha Pops Concert Band heads to the Wild West tonight, with a program featuring one of Musical Director Craig Gall’s favorite Broadway tunes: “They Call the Wind Maria,” from the 1951 musical “Paint Your Wagon.”
“The song,” Gall said, “has outlasted the show, which was not a big hit.”
The medley of songs from the musical — arranged for concert band by Pops favorite John Cacavas — was a new piece to the Pops Band’s music library in 2016, after much searching.
“It took us several years to find a long out-of-print edition of this piece,” Gall said.
The 1951 Lerner and Loewe musical — adapted into a 1969 film starring Clint Eastwood — also contains the songs “Wand’rin Star,” “I Still See Elisa” and “I Talk to the Trees.” But the best-known tune, by far, is “They Call the Wind Maria.”
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Greg Berg, the band’s master of ceremonies, said “it’s such a treat” to sing this tune, which has been performed by everyone from the Kingston Trio to the Muppets. Singer Mariah Carey hasn’t recorded it (yet) but she reportedly was named for the song.
The Wild West portion of the program also includes two Leroy Anderson pieces — “Horse and Buggy” and “Home Stretch” — that “evoke the sounds of riding on horseback in the days of yore,” Gall said. (Listen for the “clippity-clops,” thanks to the band’s percussion section.)
Audiences will also hear John Philip Sousa’s “Black Horse Troop” march and Elmer Bernstein’s magnificent theme to the 1960 Western film “The Magnificent Seven.”
‘The 1990s and beyond’
The free concert also features music from the “the 1990s and beyond” as the band continues its 100th anniversary celebration by highlighting tunes from each decade of the band’s first century.
Pieces representing the 1990s include music from the 1992 Disney animated film “Aladdin” (the score, written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, won an Academy Award), Randy Newman’s “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” (the theme song from the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film “Toy Story”) and a medley of ABBA songs from the smash hit musical “Mamma Mia!” (The ABBA songs are from the ‘70s but the musical came decades later.)
Moving into the 21st century, Berg is also the vocalist for “You Raise Me Up,” a hit for Josh Groban in 2003.
“I’ve sung this at many weddings,” Berg said of the song, which was written by the Norwegian/Irish duo Secret Garden and has since been recorded by other artists more than 125 times. How popular is it? Groban sang it at the 2004 Super Bowl and at Oprah Winfrey’s 50th birthday party.
Other recent pieces on the program: Alan Silvestri’s “Captain America March” from the 2011 film and Katy Perry’s 2010 hit “Firework.”
“We have a lot of pieces tonight that will appeal to young folks in the audience,” Gall said.
Anniversary specials
The program also features three pieces perfectly timed for a centennial celebration:
“Second Century,” a concert march by Alfred Reed. “This is a nice piece that was sleeping in our files, just waiting for our 100th anniversary season,” Gall said. “Reed is such a great composer.”
“March for Tomorrow,” by Bill Holcombe and Jerry Nowak. “It’s perfect for the Pops, as we look ahead to our second century,” Gall said.
“Alpha and Omega” by Paul Yoder “is a fun novelty piece,” Gall said. “The first half is the intros of familiar marches, and the second half of the piece contains the endings of famous orchestral overtures. It’s a really fun piece.”
Note: Bench seating is provided at the band shell. Audience members may also bring lawn chairs and/or blankets. Because the weather can change rapidly, dressing in layers is recommended. Pennoyer Park is located at 35th Street and Seventh Avenue at Kenosha’s lakefront. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-kenosha-pops-band-heads-to-the-wild-west-for-july-27-concert/article_fe288f90-0cf4-11ed-82a2-0f3fc8b086fb.html | 2022-07-27T13:56:24 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-kenosha-pops-band-heads-to-the-wild-west-for-july-27-concert/article_fe288f90-0cf4-11ed-82a2-0f3fc8b086fb.html |
Marilyn Kutzler loved children, spending time with her family and the car rides she and her husband Jack would take to run errands around town.
Celebrating 70 years together in January, the Pleasant Prairie couple enjoyed each other’s company no matter what the two were doing.
In fact, they always had — almost from the day they laid eyes on each other, according to their daughter Margie Burba of Beach Park, Ill. They met at a wedding at Victory Memorial Hospital in Waukegan, Ill., where they served as the respective witnesses for friends who were tying the knot.
“(My dad) said they got along from the moment they went out,” said Burba Tuesday night in an interview with the Kenosha News. “He was on the groom’s side and she was on the bride’s side. And that’s how they met and then, they went out on a first date soon after.”
They knew they were meant for each other, according to Burba. The couple married on Jan. 26, 1952 and had 10 children.
Last ride together
At 11:21 a.m., Saturday, however, the Kutzlers would take their last ride together after a two-car collision claimed the life of Marilyn, who was 89 years of age. She died a day later following the crash that occurred at 38th Street and 120th Avenue.
Steven A. Falls, 41, of Salem Lakes, faces six felony counts in the fatal crash with charges that include hit and run resulting in death; homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle; knowingly operating a motor vehicle while revoked; hit and run injury; operating while intoxicated causing injury; and failure to install an ignition interlock device, all as a repeat offender. He made his initial court appearance Tuesday.
Marilyn’s 92-year-old husband John, known to many as Jack Kutzler, suffered minor scrapes and bruises. Marilyn’s injuries were much more severe. She suffered multiple broken bones and bleeding around her brain. A Flight For Life helicopter had transported her to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa where she was initially rushed and taken to the intensive care unit. On Sunday, the family said good-bye to the woman they knew as “Momma Kutzler” an hour after signing papers transferring her to hospice.
Enjoyed Cubs, card games
Marilyn Kutzler had been a secretary at Victory Memorial Hospital before retiring in 1995, according to her obituary. She was an avid Cubs fan who enjoyed watching baseball and playing card games, including Hand and Foot, with her husband who she affectionately called “Honey.”
Burba said her mother had “major” health issues that had weakened her, especially over the past few years and it was Jack who took care of her. The two were inseparable.
On Saturday morning, her mother was feeling good. It was sunny and they decided to take a drive to Kwik Trip to buy a gallon of milk.
Because of road construction in the area, Jack told his daughter they had “purposefully” drove on the “non-busy” frontage roads and side roads for their trek. It was the Kutzlers’ routine on any given day of the week when Marilyn felt well enough, if they weren’t visiting their children and grandchildren.
“My mom was feeling pretty good. And, so it was a beautiful day and they decided to do a couple errands,” Burba said.
Adored children
Burba, who relayed her dad’s story, said that while he purchased milk, Marilyn, who “adores children” got out of the car to say “hi” to a little girl and the girl’s father. The Kutzlers also have more than 60 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
“You know, she told the dad of the little girl, she goes: `Enjoy every moment of it … because it goes by really fast,’” Burba said. “It was cute. It was just how my mom was.
“Children meant the world to her and just being with my dad every day and going for a drive was important to her,” she said. “That was their freedom. That’s what they did.”
Burba said her father was doing well physically, and was released shortly after doctors examined him at Aurora Medical Center.
“He was able to come and join my mom at Froedtert … and be with her,” Burba said.
Woman of faith, strength, spirit
Burba said her mother was a “wonderful, wonderful lady and a woman of faith.”
She was also a woman of strength and had an unbreakable spirit, something for which Burba will always remember her mother.
Before paramedics transported her mother to the hospital, Burba said that she was “talking and completely conscious when they got to her.”
“She was a very strong lady and she kept up her strength right up until the very end,” she said. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/woman-who-died-from-injuries-in-crash-adored-children-cherished-family-and-enjoyed-car-rides/article_fe3d5648-0d7e-11ed-a636-673274cd097d.html | 2022-07-27T13:56:24 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/woman-who-died-from-injuries-in-crash-adored-children-cherished-family-and-enjoyed-car-rides/article_fe3d5648-0d7e-11ed-a636-673274cd097d.html |
HAGERMAN — The public took to Ritter Island and Minnie Miller Springs to relax and stay cool on a hot summer Monday afternoon.
The Ritter Island unit of Thousand Springs State Park was full of people having lunch, swimming and kayaking.
The island, which houses two historic rental homes, offers great bird-watching and photography opportunities, according to the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation.
Ritter Island is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday through Monday from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/thousand-springs-day-use-area-attracts-crowds/article_3cab9520-0c8a-11ed-9143-cfd04e27e67b.html | 2022-07-27T13:56:27 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/thousand-springs-day-use-area-attracts-crowds/article_3cab9520-0c8a-11ed-9143-cfd04e27e67b.html |
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — The York County Coroner is investigating a death at J&K Salvage on Wednesday morning.
According to emergency dispatch, crews were sent to the salvage yard in the 1000 block of Kings Mill Road in Spring Garden Township around 7:30 a.m. on July 27 for a man who was reportedly pinned underneath of a forklift.
The York County Coroner has confirmed that they are investigating a death at the location and will release further information, but it is unclear what exactly occurred at this point.
This is a developing story. FOX43 has a crew on the scene, and we will provide updates as they become available. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/death-jk-salvage-york-county-coroner/521-2aec3c1c-d2cd-4ce8-a5c6-d8b2a700ce16 | 2022-07-27T13:57:45 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/death-jk-salvage-york-county-coroner/521-2aec3c1c-d2cd-4ce8-a5c6-d8b2a700ce16 |
YORK, Pa. — While the York State Fair features everything from food and rides to shows and concerts, its original roots are in agricultural education.
A number of agricultural and animal exhibits are helping keep those roots in focus this year.
“It’s important to include these animal exhibits because that’s how the fair got started, with the 4-H and FFA kids showing their animals and showing off the hard work they’ve done throughout the year,” Fair Organizer Montgomery Stambaugh said.
Visitors can see and touch a variety of seeds and soils in the Agricultural Education Center. Hundreds of rabbits and rabbit kittens are also on display.
The Birthing Center is hosting several baby animals, including piglets and a calf named Anaconda, which was born just a few days ago, on July 24.
Other animal attractions include Goat Mountain, the Sea Lion Splash Show, and wiener dog and pig races.
In other fair news, the Steve Miller Band was scheduled to perform Saturday, but got cancelled after the singer tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. Fair organizers are looking into replacements and will post about ticket refunds as soon as possible. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-state-fair-agricultural-roots/521-3404d4a1-ca02-4af8-94a5-b2d28fa7cbba | 2022-07-27T13:57:51 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-state-fair-agricultural-roots/521-3404d4a1-ca02-4af8-94a5-b2d28fa7cbba |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Arizona residents are holding onto their driver's licenses even after reaching 100 years old.
There are 502 people that are over the age of 100 licensed to cruise around the Grand Canyon State, according to the Motor Vehicle Division.
The number of people that have renewed their license within the last five years is in the thousands for mature drivers:
- Ages 90-99: 33,369
- Ages 80-89: 231,173
- Ages 70-79: 609,616
- Ages 65-69: 402,712
Per state law, those 65 and older are required to renew their license every 5 years by going to an MVD office for a vision test and to update their photo. No test drive is required.
Mature driver killed
On Sunday, a day before turning 95 years old, Donald Detzler was killed in a car accident in Scottsdale.
ORIGINAL STORY: Scottsdale man, 94, killed in 3-vehicle crash with USPS van
The accident happened less than two miles from his home, just north of Scottsdale and McDowell Roads on Sunday.
“He was a good person, a good man, hardworking, very independent, very healthy,” said Detzler’s neighbor and friend of 53 years, who asked 12 News not to use her name.
The long-time friend said Detzler was self-sufficient and active up until the crash.
“He was up on the roof. He painted the house,” said the neighbor. “[He] did the painting on the roof and everything.”
Scottsdale police said Detzler was hit by a car while he made a left turn into a private drive near Paul’s Ace Hardware. The vehicle that hit him crashed into a post office van.
Detzler was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Police are still investigating the crash.
“Making a left-hand turn is a dangerous maneuver for anybody,” said Maria Wojtczak, driving instructor, and owner of Driving MBA.
Left-turns are dangerous because a driver is crossing oncoming traffic and people over a certain age might not be able to react quickly if an impact is imminent.
“As we get older there are several things that can change,” Wojtczak said. “Certainly our eyesight, so peripheral vision may start to wane. We start to process slower. Reaction time will change significantly as well.”
While every driver is different, data shows teenage drivers are the age group that tends to most get into crashes, Wojtczak said.
“I rode with him many times in the car,” Detzler’s neighbor said. “He was a good driver.”
Detzler’s long-time friend hopes people are careful on the road.
“Slow down, life is too short,” she said.
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ATLANTIC CITY — Yes, Golden Nugget Atlantic City is aware that its Dionne Warwick billboard on the Atlantic City Expressway is outdated.
That's because the casino is letting a group of ospreys stay comfortable on top of the billboard after they built nests there.
The birds are currently in nesting season, so the casino will wait until Sept. 1 to take down the billboard promoting Warwick May 10 show.
"Golden Nugget is doing our part in helping to conserve our local wildlife, the Ospreys," the casino wrote in an Instagram post published on Tuesday.
The osprey inhabits the Jersey Shore and other East Coast areas, according to Audubon.org.
The bird mostly consumes fish, therefore it can be found near waterbeds, including rivers and lakes. They're often seen flying low to the water and plunging feet-first to catch their prey, the website says. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/nesting-ospreys-behind-outdated-golden-nugget-billboard-on-atlantic-city-expressway/article_318b6c4e-0daf-11ed-8c4b-93d0df3d46d5.html | 2022-07-27T14:08:13 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/nesting-ospreys-behind-outdated-golden-nugget-billboard-on-atlantic-city-expressway/article_318b6c4e-0daf-11ed-8c4b-93d0df3d46d5.html |
What to Know
- Trenton Water Works is asking some its customers to conserve water.
- Customers in Trenton, along with Ewing, Hamilton, Lawrence and Hopewell townships, are asked to not use nonessential outdoor water.
- The heat wave caused an increase in demand for water, everything is working normally, the water company said. This is just a precaution.
The heat wave is over, but it's still causing problems in some Mercer County, New Jersey, communities.
Trenton Water Works announced in a news release Tuesday that they are asking some of its customers to take a pause on nonessential outdoor water use.
The utility company said that its system is working normally, but the heat wave caused a significant increase in water demand so they are taking precautions to ease water supply.
Customers in Trenton, along with Ewing, Hamilton, Lawrence and Hopewell townships, are so far the only municipalities impacted, the water company said.
According to the company, customers can still water new sod or seed daily if required. The company does ask that any new planting be delayed until fall. Commercial use and the use of private wells are also acceptable.
A similar request was made to customers in other parts of New Jersey by the American Water company due to the recent heat wave that lasted more than a week. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/people-in-some-nj-communities-asked-to-use-less-water-after-recent-heat-wave/3796772/ | 2022-07-27T14:21:20 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/people-in-some-nj-communities-asked-to-use-less-water-after-recent-heat-wave/3796772/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As the heat wave continues in Portland, Oregon, Southwest Washington and the entire Pacific Northwest, power grids and mass transit can easily be affected.
PGE, Clark County PUD and Pacific Power all say they’re prepared to deal with triple-digit heat. Still, outages may happen.
PGE said there are tips people should know to help prevent outages. Little shifts, like closing your blinds or window coverings, will help, as will closing your blinds while your AC unit is running. That will help the AC run more efficiently.
Clark County PUD outages
PGE outages
Pacific Power outages
Transportation
The heat also has an effect on mass transit in the region.
The extreme heat can cause wires to sag, forcing MAX trains and the Portland Streetcar to either go much slower or halt the route.
TriMet Alerts
Portland Streetcar
Minor delays may happen on the Green and Orange lines when the temperature exceeds 90 degrees. All MAX lines will slow in high speed areas when temperatures climb past 100 degrees.
On Tuesday, TriMet officials said that because of the extreme heat emergency declarations, TriMet will not turn away anyone riding to and from a cooling shelter who cannot pay fare. TriMet asks riders to let their bus operator know that they are headed to or from a cooling center.
KOIN Coverage: PNW July 2022 Heat Wave
Officials also said, “WES will slow down at 100 degrees and be replaced by shuttle buses at 105 degrees during extreme heat. These are requirements of Portland & Western Railroad, which owns and operates the tracks where WES runs. Riders can expect 20-minute delays when trains are slowed.” | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/power-transit-heat-wave-portland-oregon-07272022/ | 2022-07-27T14:32:26 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/power-transit-heat-wave-portland-oregon-07272022/ |
A single-vehicle crash in Stark County has killed a 19-year-old Taylor man.
The man was driving a pickup truck at an unknown high speed on Old Highway 10 and lost control about 5 miles east of Richardton, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol. The vehicle went in the ditch and rolled several times around 6:45 p.m. Mountain time Tuesday.
The pickup started on fire. The driver was ejected from the vehicle and killed. His name was not immediately released. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/pickup-crash-near-richardton-kills-taylor-man/article_afb03e82-0dab-11ed-8ef5-27e9da32bb70.html | 2022-07-27T14:39:17 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/pickup-crash-near-richardton-kills-taylor-man/article_afb03e82-0dab-11ed-8ef5-27e9da32bb70.html |
DALLAS — Sunny Ng can't walk anymore and she's hard of hearing. She doesn't know any English except for a few words she's picked up over the years. But she's celebrating a big milestone.
She was born in Hong Kong in 1922 and moved to Dallas with her late husband, Tong, in 1962.
"They don't know how to drive a car, can't communicate with people, being an immigrant was pretty tough," her daughter Sim Jung told WFAA, as she translated for her mother.
Sunny and Tong didn't have much money either. When they moved to Dallas, they opened up The Hong Kong Restaurant on Garland Road, which still exists under the same name, but is owned and operated by a different family.
That opportunity eventually paved a path for Sunny's five kids, 11 grandkids, and five great grandchildren, most of whom speak little to no Cantonese.
Sometimes, Sunny's able to speak to her grandkids with the help of a translator.
"Sometimes, my kids look at her face, her motions, guess what she says," Sim Jung said.
Her great-grandson, Zachary Chamberlin, said he's inspired by his grandmother's attitude despite the hardships she faced.
"It's hard to imagine living like that. but still being happy? It gives me hope."
Sunny's family has given her hope and has fueled her to work hard and be happy for the last 100 years, despite any adversity.
She said her birthday wish is simple.
"World peace, that United States is good, America is good," Sunny said in Cantonese. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/dallas-woman-reflects-on-life-while-celebrating-major-birthday/287-89529920-fda2-4afd-86c0-afda707f1af5 | 2022-07-27T14:43:16 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/dallas-woman-reflects-on-life-while-celebrating-major-birthday/287-89529920-fda2-4afd-86c0-afda707f1af5 |
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A beloved father and husband died after being hit by a falling tree in DeKalb County Friday.
A GoFundMe page was set up for 32-year-old Abimael Ortiz by the pastor of his family's church in Norcross.
More than $3,500 has been raised to support Ortiz's wife and their two daughters: ages seven and 11.
We also just learned that Ortiz and his wife were just married a month ago.
11Alive Skytracker flew over the scene of the accident on Friday, right off Rockland Road in the Arabia Mountain National Heritage area in Stonecrest.
A neighbor told crews they were clearing out trees on a lot for a new home.
We spoke with the co-pastor at Iglesia Bethesda Church in Norcross. She said this loss is also impacting their entire church family.
"When he hugged you, he would crush you... He was a loving father, he was a loving husband. He was a wonderful friend... there's not enough good stuff that we could say about him," Gloria Gutierrez said.
The church will host a memorial service for Abimael Ortiz on Wednesday. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/father-dies-after-tree-falls-on-him-dekalb-county/85-84f64fbd-90c7-4619-b231-0604b4abcdca | 2022-07-27T14:43:22 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/father-dies-after-tree-falls-on-him-dekalb-county/85-84f64fbd-90c7-4619-b231-0604b4abcdca |
DANVILLE, Va. – The Danville Police Department is sounding the alarm about a popular toy gun.
Authorities say they have received several reports of people shooting a Gel Blaster Electric “SplatRBall” Gun, an electric gun with water-filled pellets inside, also referred to as “Orbeez.”
The department was alerted about individuals shooting from and at moving vehicles and targetting unsuspecting drivers.
Danville Police says the incidents are a safety issue for the community and are advising parents to monitor their children if they have the water-pellet gun.
Any misuse of the SplatRBall Gun could result in those involved, being charged with the following offenses, according to Danville Police:
- Reckless Driving
- Shooting at or throwing missiles, etc., at car, train, vessel, etc.
- Assault and Battery
Anyone with information on the identity of the suspects or with information related to this ongoing investigation is asked to contact the Danville Police Department at the non-emergency dispatch line at 434-799-5111, the patrol office at 434-799-6510, contacting Crime Stoppers at 434-793-0000, through social media accounts and messenger on Facebook, or use of the crime tips app CARE at https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=818#. Information leading to an arrest and conviction in this investigation will be eligible for a cash reward. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/danville-police-issues-warning-for-splatrball-gun/ | 2022-07-27T14:43:27 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/danville-police-issues-warning-for-splatrball-gun/ |
GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. – Kelly Wilmore will serve as the division superintendent for Grayson County Public Schools for another four years.
On July 18, the Grayson County School Board reappointed Wilmore in a unanimous vote after Chairwoman Diane Haynes asked the school board to approve a resolution that would extend his contract.
His new term is slated to begin on July 1 and last until June 30, 2026.
Wilmore has served as superintendent for nearly seven years and is the second-longest-serving superintendent in Grayson County.
“I am blessed to work with an incredible staff who go the extra mile every day for our children,” his school bio reads in part. “I have an open-door policy and am always glad to listen to parents, employees, and supporters of our wonderful school division.” | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/grayson-county-school-board-reappoints-superintendent-kelly-wilmore/ | 2022-07-27T14:43:33 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/27/grayson-county-school-board-reappoints-superintendent-kelly-wilmore/ |
Sip Coffee House and Artisan Cafe in downtown Highland has doubled in size and is adding an events space and artisan deli.
The popular coffee shop at 2815 Jewett Ave. took over the neighboring Primitive Peddler antique store after its owners retired. Sip, which also has coffee shops in Crown Point, Cedar Lake and Munster, recently acquired the building it long rented to prepare for that contingency.
"We took over the building Primitive Peddlers had for 14 years," owner Rhonda Block said. "She told me she would retire at the end of the year but did a little sooner. We cut a big hole in the wall and have been painting it and getting it ready."
Sip plans to use the space to host yoga classes, private events and baby showers. It will install a stage for open mic nights and other live performances.
It's also looking to expand its drink menu to include more coffee drinks and Red Bull refreshers and its food menu to include more deli items.
"It will be street food, takeout, grab-and-go," she said. "My sister is still working on the menu but it will be potato salad and chicken salad, similar to Butterfinger's. It will have corn salad. I don't know what exactly she's got planned but it will be bigger and better."
The coffee shop had been around 1,500 square feet. It's adding about another 1,500 square feet.
"The main reason we're expanding is that we're jam-packed all the time," she said. "It's so crowded there's a line out the door on the weekend."
Sip expects to be able to seat about 50 more people in the expanded space, as well as to be able to expand its al fresco seating outside along the sidewalk now that it's taken over the neighboring storefront. It also will be able to host more events like game nights.
People will be able to rent it out for events like funeral luncheons or showers.
"The customers have been so excited about it from the first day there was a hole in the wall and they saw an expansion was coming," she said. "They're just ecstatic there's going to be more space. We were cramped in the other room."
Sip covers much of its current space with the work of local artists and will be able to hang more pieces on the walls.
"Hopefully this doubles our business but this isn't a financial thing," Block said. "It's about the love of it. The more, the merrier."
Business has been good since Sip first opened in Highland in 2016.
"It's all about where we're situated, near the bike trail and festivals," she said. "We also have a good reputation thanks to my good employees. I think my employees are the key to our success."
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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.
"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."
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.
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. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/sip-coffee-house-expanding-taking-over-neighboring-primitive-peddler-in-highland/article_229176c7-56e6-530f-b7a2-2a60ad82da21.html | 2022-07-27T14:45:35 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/sip-coffee-house-expanding-taking-over-neighboring-primitive-peddler-in-highland/article_229176c7-56e6-530f-b7a2-2a60ad82da21.html |
MERRILLVILLE — A 22-year-old has been identified as the man killed in a shooting Monday night in the 7300 block of Noble Street, according to the Lake County coroner's office.
Khamari Andrews, of Merrillville, was taken to Methodist Hospitals Southlake Campus, where he was pronounced dead about 9:50 p.m.
Merrillville police said they were dispatched to the location on Noble Street for a report of shots fired and called an ambulance for Andrews.
Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to call Detective Aaron Ridgway at 219-769-3722, ext. 347.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Kyra Willis
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206110
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Thien
Age : 38
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206094
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEH AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Kevin Rodriguez
Age : 36
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206098
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Silaj
Age : 34
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206096
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Moore III
Age : 47
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206095
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Arionn Parent
Age : 52
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206108
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Philbin
Age : 34
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206105
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Germon Jones
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206101
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole McGregor
Age : 30
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206078
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Courtney Johnson
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206112
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeff Henderson Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206090
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Dukes
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206083
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Edwards Jr.
Age : 39
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206082
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jasmine Clayton
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206079
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Ballard
Age : 58
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206092
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dawn Burton
Age : 56
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206091
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tre'Vion Carlisle
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206086
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Asfall
Age : 33
Residence: Sacramento, CA
Booking Number(s): 2206106
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Aguero Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206081
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Suckey
Age : 36
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206045
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Simona Trajceski
Age : 27
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206050
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrew Stover
Age : 35
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206068
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Storey Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206047
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE; DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jason Sivak
Age : 43
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206067
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Annette Roberts
Age : 48
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206060
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph McLeroy
Age : 48
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206066
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kewon Price
Age : 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206073
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jonathan Huemmer
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206041
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dontrell Henderson Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206054
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tamika Graves
Age : 42
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206058
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER (ATTEMPTED)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Malik Gross
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206059
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jamey Goin
Age : 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206051
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Collins
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206071
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brigida Fortoso Gomez Rodriguez
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206056
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - STRANGULATION - AGAINST A PREGNANT WOMAN
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Missy Buhrmester
Age : 30
Residence: Linden, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206049
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Geno Carta
Age : 29
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206075
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glorivette Bonilla
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206063
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Seramur
Age : 31
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206013
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vashon Sherman
Age : 33
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206020
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hannah Wagner
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206039
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Whitlow
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206015
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Santiago Reyes
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206018
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Schulten
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206029
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Plucinski
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206021
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Popa
Age : 40
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206009
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alan Hughes
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206010
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Johnson
Age : 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206011
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melissa Johnston
Age : 39
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206031
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stafford Henderson
Age : 64
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206016
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vincent Banks
Age : 55
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206019
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Bowersox
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206023
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francisco Flores
Age : 32
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206035
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stewart Foley IV
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206037
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Kryda
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205991
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Hanaway
Age : 30
Residence: Medaryville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205988
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Derek Johnson
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205999
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Favian Juarez
Age : 25
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206005
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Haddock
Age : 42
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206000
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Dobos
Age : 29
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205998
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mary Granter
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205986
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Charles Barber
Age : 42
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206003
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Warren
Age : 62
Residence: Beecher, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205965
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jereyl Willis
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205977
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zeondre Shenault
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205978
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Stovall Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205973
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tasha Barnes
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205982
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eugene Golston
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205980
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charlene Sandoval
Age : 60
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205974
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamarr Thompson
Age : 51
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205959
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dyron Wash
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205963
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Zurawski
Age : 35
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205956
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Lucio
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205955
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angelee Luick
Age : 28
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205947
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; INTIMIDATION; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Gilbert Ortiz
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205951
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Perez Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205946
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carmella Lawrence
Age : 55
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205948
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Gilliam
Age : 47
Residence: Grant Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205957
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Guerra
Age : 47
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205954
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rondell Johnson
Age : 23
Residence: Rockford, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205950
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Bennett
Age : 28
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205943
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Bermingham
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205952
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Veronica Quijano
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205913
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alantae Thornton
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205908
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Armaun McKenzie
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205927
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert McKenzie Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205920
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sharita Parks
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205911
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angelos Lujano
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205918
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffrey Lambert
Age : 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205898
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paris Larkin Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Park Forest, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205915
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kemetka Leftridge
Age : 44
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205894
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deauntre Lester
Age : 34
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205919
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Kaufman
Age : 25
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205897
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordarryl Jones
Age : 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205914
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Olivia Justice
Age : 18
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205904
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Pamela Jenkins Reynolds
Age : 51
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205901
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Irvin
Age : 44
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205909
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nedal Hamed
Age : 40
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205895
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY; ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Quinton Hicks
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205910
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cortney Dixon
Age : 36
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205923
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Agee
Age : 26
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205912
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paul Brown Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205902
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Buczek
Age : 32
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205903
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Walls
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205861
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rickey Washington
Age : 31
Residence: Danville, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205862
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessica Sanchez
Age : 24
Residence: Cicero, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205878
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Monique Smoot
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205874
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Davion Torry
Age : 21
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205854
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Kirkland
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205853
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amber Mackey
Age : 23
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205855
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel McGraw
Age : 36
Residence: Rensselaer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205875
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Purkey
Age : 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205871
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Marta Rodriguez
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205869
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Nyia Hunter
Age : 22
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205881
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacy Gorgas
Age : 44
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205856
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrei Guta
Age : 19
Residence: Baltimore, MD
Booking Number(s): 2205872
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Garcia
Age : 25
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205852
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dustin Freely
Age : 54
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205868
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Matthew Creekbaum
Age : 39
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205873
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Saya Dhiman
Age : 22
Residence: Palatine, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205891
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Andrea Brown
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205867
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Clark
Age : 44
Residence: Grffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205860
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Bonner
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205850
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION REFERENCE SAME PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Stewart Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206122
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Elijah Harris
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206344
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyata Williams
Age : 32
Residence: Fort Wayne, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206247
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shaquille Nailon
Age : 27
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206141
Arrest Date: July 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Scott
Age : 35
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206236
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenshawn Anderson
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206279
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Wilkerson Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206301
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON; RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Robert Conner
Age : 32
Residence: Evanston, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206334
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: ARSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Terry
Age : 25
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206225
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Davon Jones
Age : 18
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206254
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Meadows III
Age : 43
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206191
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adrian Duran
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206212
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Amber Mazoch
Age : 31
Residence: Muskego, WI
Booking Number(s): 2206331
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lindsey Delgado
Age : 37
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206119
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Skarlet Cooper
Age : 38
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206288
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Emanuel Barnes
Age : 27
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206229
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Laquette Cain-Allison
Age : 32
Residence: Milwaukee, WI
Booking Number(s): 2206193
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Abel Moreno
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206333
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - RECKLESS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Cooper
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206337
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erich Boone
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206314
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY; - SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Darion Key
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206348
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sarah Morden
Age : 29
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206248
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Sommer Nicholson
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206125
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Trenton Terry
Age : 42
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206124
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Freeborn
Age : 36
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206268
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Clarion Phillips
Age : 32
Residence: Burnham, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206186
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darnell Turner
Age : 53
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206207
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Reginald Ryals
Age : 22
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206237
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mathew Demakas
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206118
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dwayne Fields
Age : 57
Residence: Milwaukee, WI
Booking Number(s): 2206335
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Peterson
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206130
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Emanuel England
Age : 32
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206218
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Durell Rhymes
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206241
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT; OWI; SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Samantha Cardenas
Age : 26
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206180
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hannah Kuckuck
Age : 26
Residence: Fort Myers, FL
Booking Number(s): 2206340
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samuel Sledge
Age : 21
Residence: Decatur, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206246
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rebecca White
Age : 31
Residence: Rensselaer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206142
Arrest Date: July 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrick Nuttall
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206137
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sammie Garrett Jr.
Age : 54
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206274
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Scott Porta II
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206179
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Leroy Williams
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206312
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jorie Fink
Age : 26
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206139
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Takyra Cunningham
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206273
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Denise Houldieson
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206171
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clark Smith
Age : 27
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206252
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lakethia Johnson
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206275
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lawrence Galia II
Age : 42
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206214
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Cynthia Peach
Age : 47
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206132
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristy Gibson-Miller
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206345
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremiah Parker
Age : 44
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206357
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Maurice Farley
Age : 24
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206251
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Aubrey Wilson
Age : 22
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206271
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ellery Williams
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206189
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Victor Hernandez
Age : 30
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206199
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hudson Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206183
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
John Davis
Age : 71
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206291
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ramon Jones
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206296
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Maximilian Aldridge
Age : 25
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206272
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cameron Bush
Age : 23
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206354
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lorenzo Padilla
Age : 20
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206276
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Wilson
Age : 32
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206318
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE; OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tonya Negele
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206299
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Julian Sanchez
Age : 23
Residence: Crestwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206332
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Gorman Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206328
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
DeSean Goings
Age : 25
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206200
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bobby Hall
Age : 41
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206259
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE; DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Davis
Age : 49
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206277
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jack Hampton
Age : 42
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206127
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Voigt
Age : 24
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206255
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daveontay Clark
Age : 22
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206351
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mandi Powers
Age : 40
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206265
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gregory Jackson
Age : 30
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206182
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: RACKETEERING - CORRUPT BUSINESS INFLUENCE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jermani Keys
Age : 20
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206286
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamal Smith
Age : 21
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206304
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marshall Alfred
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206311
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arthur Stueber Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206338
Arrest Date: July 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Carns
Age : 38
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206224
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jefforey Winn
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206175
Arrest Date: July 17, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Douglas Ferguson
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206266
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjarmin Jeffries
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206245
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devon Mitchell
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206126
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Norton
Age : 24
Residence: Richport, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206267
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: UNLAWFUL GAMBLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tywann Wilkerson
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206233
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Walden
Age : 52
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206289
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Nicholas Nash
Age : 30
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206196
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jordan Greer
Age : 23
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206202
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: SEX CRIME - CHILD EXPLOITATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Torrey Allen Jr.
Age : 20
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206290
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sandra Rose
Age : 33
Residence: Kingsville, OH
Booking Number(s): 2206240
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 22
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206197
Arrest Date: July 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Seabrook
Age : 27
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206303
Arrest Date: July 20, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marc McCollum
Age : 31
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206355
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Gregory Cox
Age : 44
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206136
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Northern Arizona Healthcare’s (NAH) plan for the new Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) campus, first announced last spring, is currently under review by the City of Flagstaff, and One hospitalist who works in the current building says the move is "the right thing to do."
The Community Development Division, according to the city’s website, has accepted development review applications for the hospital’s relocation, including a request to rezone the property from rural residential to a mix of highway commercial and research and development as well as a minor amendment to revise the activity center identified in the city’s 2030 regional plan.
A Specific Plan to guide rezoning and create development standards is also under review and can be found online.
"The NAH project requires approval of a concept plan, zoning map amendment (rezone) with a Specific Plan, subdivision plat and site plan," the city's planning director, Michelle McNulty, wrote in an email. "The concept plan has been approved with conditions that will be required to be addressed at a Site Plan review."
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Items she said were currently under review are the zoning map amendment, Specific Plan applications, and impact analyses on traffic, water, sewer and fire.
"Several rounds of comments on the Traffic Impact Analysis have gone back and forth between the applicant and the Traffic Section, and we anticipate having a final approval soon," she said. "Approval of these analyses will inform the Developmental Agreement required for the zoning map amendment."
The 60-day agency review of the plan began on June 3, according to the city's website, and will close Aug. 2.
Steve Eiss, NAH's vice president of construction and real estate development, said the organization as of July 13 was waiting for approval from city staff before moving forward in the process.
If approved, NAH plans to host another public meeting, followed by two city zoning meetings. The next steps after that will be two Flagstaff City Council meetings.
McNulty added that the three required public meetings (two with the Planning and Zoning Commission) are the next step in the process, followed by a public meeting with the Flagstaff City Council. While the dates have not yet been set, she said the zoning meetings are expected to be in September or October, "with a targeted city council meeting date in November."
'The best answer'
Hospitalist and transfer center medical director Kathryn Feuquay said the new campus is the “the best proactive and future healthcare answer for Flagstaff and for northern Arizona.”
In the nine years Feuquay has worked at FMC, she said, she's seen the information technology and construction teams continue to retrofit the building to keep up with advancing technology and that they are running out of space.
“We’re reaching the point that even those efforts to retrofit and update are limited by the space, and to go further would require impacting our ability to deliver care to the same number of patients every day,” she said.
The current hospital was originally built in 1936 and the surgical tower, its most recent addition, was completed in 2003. It has been retrofitted and updated several times in the decades since, and Feuquay said the new building could be expected to have at least a similar lifespan.
As she put it, the new hospital would start out “in our current state-of-the-art technological phase,” with “shelf space to accommodate additional future advancements.”
One of the biggest changes to the current campus Feuquay has seen is the switch from paper charting to computer workspaces.
“Just since I've been here, we've had to try to create more physician workstations in rooms where someone just used to have a little desk and write in a chart. Now we need computers. There isn't enough space. It's frequent that a physician or one of our advanced practice providers might have to go from one ward to another to another to find a place. Our new building, that's going to be already planned out proactively," she said, adding that the nurse workspaces have changed in a similar way.
She added: “We have obviously over the past decades retrofitted our current FMC to accommodate all of that, but it’s reaching its lifespan. It’s difficult to continue to retrofit without closing down patient care areas; we don’t have the luxury of empty space anywhere to accommodate that."
She noted that FMC as it is still provides "state-of-the-art, up-to-date medical care," even as it is outgrowing its current building.
"What we're talking about is building a building that better accommodates that state-of-the-art medical care that we plan to continue to evolve, continue to provide," she said.
The idea for the new hospital is to have “a building that matches the care we’re giving our patients, and a quieter space, a more private space,” Feuquay said.
“When it comes down to it, we’re building this building for our future, for our patients — our current patients as well as our future patients. So everything going in the village, everything from a walking-distance place for a family to stay to a couch for the family in the room and privacy, that’s what we want to see.”
Plans for the new building include 20% more emergency room beds than the current hospital, with a dedicated observation unit, which Feuquay says should help reduce wait times and increase the number of patients they are able to care for.
FMC currently has 240 patient beds, a number that includes the NICU and psychiatric ward -- which have a limited set of uses.
The new location will contain 270 patient beds, Feuquay said, with space put into the design for at least 40 more, should need continue to expand.
Feuquay said she's most excited about the plans for the new single-occupancy patient rooms.
Four of the current hospital's medical surgical telemetry wards have private patient rooms, while another four have shared rooms, with two beds and their respective supplies separated by a curtain and sharing a bathroom. Switching to private rooms only in this building would mean the hospital would be able to serve fewer patients.
The new building would both be larger and use space more efficiently, she said.
The plan is to have only private patient rooms, with their own bathrooms (including a shower), a pullout couch for family members and windows.
“We chose to live here in Flagstaff and northern Arizona because it’s beautiful. The environment’s very important to us, and having that connection to an outside world when you’re sick, when you’re in the hospital, is very important,” she said, mentioning benefits to mental health, circadian rhythms and prevention of hospital-acquired delirium. “ ... Every patient having their own room, their own bathroom, their own space for family and friends to visit, their own window is a big deal. I spend a lot of time in patient rooms because I’m a hospitalist, so I’m in and out of 17, 18 patient rooms a day, and to me, personally, this is the thing I’m most excited about.”
Each of the patient rooms will also be ICU capable so that they shift to function as ICU beds if needed, allowing them to accommodate care needs, such as high-flow nasal cannula oxygen, without moving patients. It also means the hospital's ICU capacity can increase when needed should there be another situation like the COVID-19 pandemic, for example.
Other ways Feuquay mentioned the new hospital could improve patient care and help staff be more efficient include the vertical rather than horizontal design -- which would mean shorter trips between locations, freight elevators being located in a different area than patients, laundry chutes, and separate patient and public corridors.
The campus surrounding the hospital will have additional resources for branches such as oncology and hyperbaric wound care, and Feuquay says having food, lodging and outdoor spaces within walking distance would add to the experience for both patients and their families.
“It's going to be more incorporated into the environment and the urban trail, so it's going to be a big upgrade in the experience for patients and their families," she said. "We'll be able to enjoy it, too, because we go there every day."
New location
Feuquay said she understands the concern that the change of location would mean the hospital is farther away from some parts of the city, as she lives about 10 minutes away from the current building.
“It is moving; the building will be farther away from me, farther away from my parents’ home, farther away from the community on the southwest side of town than it is now,” she said. “However, it will be closer to all our community members coming from Doney Park, coming from the east side, coming from the south side of town and especially coming from out of town.”
Eiss said NAH was in “ongoing conversations” with the city, ADOT and nearby community members about traffic impacts, and that the analysis report shows that traffic on Milton Road and in downtown Flagstaff will be reduced as a result of the change.
“More than 60% of our patient population is regional,” he said. “The new location will help with direct access from the freeway and actually reduce out-of-town traffic from travel through the city to downtown.”
“It's the right thing to do,” Feuquay said of the move to the new location. “With every decision in medicine, you weigh the pros and the cons, and there has been a lot of years of thought. … I trust our multiple construction experts who have talked to medical staff over the past several years about options of retrofitting the current building versus moving to a new location. We have to weigh the pros and cons, and at the end of the day it’s the right thing for our Flagstaff community, the right thing for our northern Arizona community. What our patients deserve is the right decision and it’s a new building.”
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Flagstaff native Adam Scaturro was selected as one of the 12 players on the United States team at the upcoming 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship set to take place Oct. 10-16 in Vejle, Denmark.
The United States previously won both the Americas Championship in Medellin, Colombia, in March and the Tri Nations Invitational in Birmingham, Alabama, over the weekend.
“We believe we have selected 12 athletes that give us the best chance to win at world championships this October in Denmark. We will look to build off our success this season, continue to improve and be ready to take on the world,” interim coach Joe Delagrave said in a press release.
The 2022 squad will also be the first with two women on the 12-player roster.
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The USA Athletics AZ Fockler softball team is still playing in the Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championship tournament in the 16U platinum bracket in Irvine, California.
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The team defeated the Firecrackers team of California, 10-3, Tuesday to stay alive in the double-elimination bracket.
Down 3-2 heading into the top of the fourth inning, USA Athletics AZ Fockler scored six runs in the frame to take a major lead. The team added two more in the sixth and closed out the game.
Coconino sophomore Destiny Villas led the way offensively, going 3 for 3 with three RBIs and a run. Coconino junior Hannah Thornsley went 2 for 3 with three runs and a walk.
The team lost earlier in the tournament, making every ballgame moving forward a must-win contest, and it will play again this morning. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/local-roundup-flagstaffs-scaturro-named-to-usa-wheelchair-rugby-world-championship-roster/article_119dd5f0-0d11-11ed-ba9d-9b5a6025074c.html | 2022-07-27T14:58:44 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/local-roundup-flagstaffs-scaturro-named-to-usa-wheelchair-rugby-world-championship-roster/article_119dd5f0-0d11-11ed-ba9d-9b5a6025074c.html |
1 dead, 2 wounded in gunfight Wednesday on Detroit riverfront
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
Detroit — A man was killed in a gunfight early Wednesday on the city's riverfront and two people are in custody, officials said.
The shooting happened in the 300 block of River Place Drive near East Jefferson Avenue and Jos Campau, police said.
The man who was killed was in his 20s. The two suspects were wounded in the gunfight, police said.
According to a preliminary investigation, the victim and the two suspects — a man and a woman both in their 20s — got into an argument that escalated until they exchanged gunfire.
Investigators said the suspects were arrested after a traffic stop at Jefferson and Chene. They said it's possible the suspects may have been defending themselves.
Detectives continue to investigate, police said. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/07/27/1-dead-2-wounded-gunfight-wednesday-detroit-riverfront/10161976002/ | 2022-07-27T14:58:46 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/07/27/1-dead-2-wounded-gunfight-wednesday-detroit-riverfront/10161976002/ |
State police probe possible shooting on I-75 near Dix Hwy.
Lincoln Park — Michigan State Police are investigating a possible shooting that happened Wednesday on Interstate 75 near Dix Highway, officials said.
Troopers were called at about 7:45 a.m. for a report of a felonious assault.
The caller told troopers he was driving north on I-75 in a construction zone when a dark-colored sedan attempted to merge in the lane closure. He said the sedan pulled in behind his truck and followed him until he reached the exit ramp to Dix Hwy.
Police said the sedan also exited onto the Dix ramp and the victim heard two popping noises. He later discovered his truck had been struck twice in the passenger door.
Officials said troopers are checking the ramp for casings and the truck is being taken to a state police post for analysis.
They also said they do not have a description of the vehicle or its driver. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/07/27/state-police-probe-possible-shooting-75-near-dix-hwy/10161341002/ | 2022-07-27T14:58:52 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/07/27/state-police-probe-possible-shooting-75-near-dix-hwy/10161341002/ |
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The detective who led the investigation into the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack testified Tuesday that there are three types of people who deny that it happened and harass the victims’ families: the mentally ill, those who believed bad or incomplete information, and those who knew the truth but twisted it for their own “power or money.”
Investigators put conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in that final group.
“They were the most dangerous. That’s where we put Alex Jones,” Connecticut State Police Detective Daniel Jewiss told the jury on the first day of testimony in a Texas trial to determine how much Jones, who hosts Infowars, owes for defaming the parents of one of the children who died in the deadliest school shooting in American history.
“It’s absolutely horrific the amount of trauma they’ve had to endure in the wake of having lost a loved one,” said Jewiss, who called supporting the Sandy Hook families the “most honorable” thing he’s ever been part of.
Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was killed in the attack on the Newtown, Connecticut, school, are seeking $150 million for emotional distress and reputational damage that Jones caused them, and more money in punitive damages, their lawyer, Mark Bankston, told the court during his opening statement as Jones looked on, shaking his head at times.
Jones repeatedly “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” when he told his Infowars audience that the shooting was a hoax, Bankston said. He created a “massive campaign of lies” and recruited “wild extremists from the fringes of the internet ... who were as cruel as Mr. Jones wanted them to be” to the families of the 20 first-graders and six educators who were killed, the lawyer said.
Jones tapped into the explosive popularity of Sandy Hook conspiracy stories that became an “obsession” for the website, even years after the shooting, said Bankston, who played video clips of Jones claiming on his program that the shooting was a hoax and “the whole thing was completely fake. ... It just didn’t happen.”
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Anticipating that Jones’ lawyers would argue that what Jones said about Sandy Hook was speech protected by the First Amendment — Jones arrived at the courthouse wearing tape over his mouth with the message “Save the 1st” printed on it — Bankston told the jury, “This has nothing to do with the Constitution. Defamation is not protected by freedom of speech. ... Speech is free, but lies you have to pay for.”
During the defense’s opening remarks, Jones’ lawyer Andino Reynal called Jones one of the “most polarizing figures in this nation,” who made statements about Sandy Hook “that we don’t dispute were wrong.” But he said Jones has already been punished for those statements when he was kicked off of Facebook, YouTube, Spotify and Twitter for violating their hate speech policies.
Jones has “already been canceled” and lost millions of dollars, said Reynal, who called on the jury to limit the damages to $1.
Reynal painted a picture of a talk show host who “tries to give an alternative view” but who was duped by some of his guests.
“Alex Jones was wrong to believe these people, but he didn’t do it out of spite. He did it because he believed it. ... He believed a citizen has a right to get on Infowars and talk about what their questions are,” Reynal said.
He also called the case an important one for free speech.
“I believe in his right to say it, and I believe in every American’s right to choose what they watch, and listen to, and believe,” Reynal said.
Between the two sides’ opening statements, Jones stepped outside of the courtroom to rant to reporters, calling it a “kangaroo court” and “show trial” that was an assault on the First Amendment. He didn’t return to the courtroom for the afternoon start of testimony, which included Infowars producer Daria Karpova taking the stand.
Jones’ media company designated Karpova to testify about Infowars’ audience reach and some of the videos produced by the website after the Sandy Hook shooting. The trial took a break for the rest of the day before she finished her planned testimony.
The jury could deal Jones a major financial blow that would put his constellation of conspiracy peddling businesses into deeper jeopardy. In addition to being banned from major social media platforms, he claims he’s millions of dollars in debt — a claim the plaintiffs reject.
The Texas court and another in Connecticut found Jones liable for defamation for his portrayal of the Sandy Hook massacre as a hoax involving actors aimed at increasing gun control. In both states, the judges issued default judgments against Jones without trials because he failed to respond to court orders and turn over documents.
In total, the families of eight Sandy Hook victims and an FBI agent who responded to the school are suing Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems.
Jones has since acknowledged that the shooting took place. During a deposition in April, Jones insisted he wasn’t responsible for the suffering that Sandy Hook parents say they have endured because of the hoax conspiracy, including death threats and harassment by Jones’ followers.
Jones claimed in court records last year that he had a negative net worth of $20 million, but attorneys for Sandy Hook families have painted a different financial picture.
Court records show that Jones’ Infowars store, which sells nutritional supplements and survival gear, made more than $165 million between 2015 and 2018. Jones has also urged listeners on his Infowars program to donate money.
The tribal began Monday in Austin, Texas — where Jones lives and broadcasts his show — following months of delays. It also comes about two months after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, which is about 145 miles southwest of Austin. It was the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/__trashed-29/3032678/ | 2022-07-27T14:59:14 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/__trashed-29/3032678/ |
Live updates: Chincoteague Pony Swim goes early with King Neptune crowned
Sun is officially out as thousands gather to watch the Chincoteague ponies glide across the Assateague Channel for the 97th annual Chincoteague Island Pony Swim on Wednesday, July 27.
“There’s the sunshine everyone’s been praying for,” said the announcer, who added that the swim start time was likely to be around 9:30 a.m.
“Please bring your patience. Did y’all bring your patience?” said the announcer. “Hang tight and enjoy the morning.”
Pony fever reaches an all-time high each year as Pony Penning week kicks off. Hordes of onlookers will make the trek to “rekindle, reconnect, and recharge with family and friends” during the island’s celebration.
Pony Penning 2022 returns to its full glory a two year COVID-19 in-person hiatus. The nearly 100-year tradition includes the Pony Swim on Wednesday and Pony Auction on Thursday. The auction is the biggest annual fundraiser for the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, which manages the wild pony herd on Assateague Island.
On Wednesday, charter boats and kayaks filled with spectators will line the Assateague Channel, creating a pathway for the ponies as they make their yearly swim from shore to shore. The town of Chincoteague will provide a large Jumbotron located at Veterans Memorial Park to help with viewing.
Find out which pony will be named King or Queen Neptune (the first to make landfall) by following along with Delmarva Now. This live report will update throughout the day, following the Pony Swim, rest period and parade.
King Neptune crowned
The first foal to come ashore is named King or Queen Neptune. This year, King Neptune is No. 19, a black-and-white pony.
He will be given away in a raffle drawing at the carnival grounds later in the day.
And they're off
The red flare was set off at 9:04 a.m. signaling the start of the swim.
“They’re on the move, coming around the marsh line,” said announcer.
By about 9:12 a.m. ponies could be seen in the water from the marsh full of onlookers who were eagerly anticipating their arrival.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin hypes up the crowd
Gov. Youngkin addressed those gathered for the Pony Swim early Wednesday morning, praising the nearly 100-year tradition.
"Let's just make sure that we cheer for them, because this is tough swim for all of them." He thanked everyone for coming, saying "Virginia is for pony lovers," playing off the state motto.
Friendships form
Chincoteague ponies can be the foundation of a friendship for those young and old.
Twins Marie and Layla Nelson, 6, of Baltimore met Eleanor "Ellie" Onisick, 7, of Philadelphia while waiting for the swim.
Their respective grandparents Diana Call, 60, and Dave Mease, 65, accompanied the girls and said they were fast friends, bonding over the ponies.
The twins want to buy a pony, and are desperately clinging to their purchased tickets.
“I’ll keep it in my room!” exclaimed one twin.
“Uh, it’s gonna stink," said the other.
Mease has been to the Pony Swim about 10 times. He and his wife recently bought a house nearby to bring their grandchildren.
Call was to the event one other time, 30 years ago, when her parents brought her and her two daughters. Now, she's happy to do the same with her husband and granddaughters.
Grace Johnson and Veruca Schweiger, both 10, of Wilmington, Delaware, are members of the Wilmington Hobby Horse Club.
First-timers to the Pony Swim, Grace said she has read her 1940 edition of "Misty of Chincoteague" book "over and over."
First-timers 'in their own backyard'
Jason Graves, 47, and Donna Graves, 52, traveled across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel for the first time to the Pony Swim even though they’re from Virginia Beach.
According to the couple, they’ve been to North Carolina to see the wild ponies of Coralla, but felt that it was finally time to attend the big event that’s held, practically, right in their own backyard.
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Donna said doesn’t mind the mud at all.
“I got my shirt dirty,” she said, showing off the muddy-stained T-shirt tied around her waist. “I did it on purpose,” she joked.
'Horse girl' might just be a 'pony girl' now
The Brandy and Doug Farrell had planned to come to Pony Penning in 2020, but their trip from Canada was deferred to now. COVID-19 hit that year, closing the boarder, and the in-person event was canceled until this year.
Brandy Farrell, 55, has been a “horse girl” her whole life. She read the Misty books when she was 8 or 9.
“Ever since I was a kid and read the books, it was like a fantasy. You know, you dream when you’re a kid. I’ve always wanted to come here,” said Brandy Farrell.
The sun’s starting to shine.
“There’s the sunshine everyone’s been praying for,” the announcer said just before 7:30 a.m.
And a 9:30 a.m. swim time is anticipated at slack tide.
Riptide the pony is a legend
Jeff and Lisa Bogaczyk of Wisconsin have been coming to Pony Penning for 30 years, but, not wanting to fight the crowds, haven’t been to the Pony Swim in 25 years.
Wanting to give 10-year-old Gili Kuert of Minnesota, the full experience, the Bogaczyk and Kuert families went with the tide of visitors to see the swim. Gili is most excited to see the ponies Riptide and Chief after her parents too her to the vet check earlier in the week to see the Chincoteague ponies.
Of Riptide, father Jon Kuert, 48, said “Who is this guy? Must be a legend!”
By 7 a.m. the crowd was growing, becoming more congested along the edge of the water. There are muddy feet galore.
From mainland to mud
Dana Bennett, 49, is originally from mainland Virginia. Now living in North Carolina, she brought her two daughters, Kali, 18, and Megan, 21, to Pony Swim.
“We normally sit over at the park, over on the ground and watch it on the big Jumbotron. We’re trying to get up close and personal this year so we decided to come here, put on our boots, and stand in the marsh,” said Dana Bennett.
It is the family's third time to Pony Penning, and their companion Nicole Mitchell's first.
“I loved them," Mitchell, 18, of North Carolina, said of Marguerite Henry's Misty books. "I read the first book, then read everything else she wrote, then looked up the Pony Swim.”
Last-minute trip for a lasting memory
For two New York children, a surprise car trip brings to life the island of Chincoteague that Mya Conroy learned about in school.
Sister Ava, 14, and her watched "Misty" the movie during the car ride as mom, Kiera Conroy, 40, teased what was to come at their final destination.
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“Miraculously, Saturday, I see that they’re doing the Pony Swim on Wednesday. We drove this morning, 10 hours,” said Kiera Conroy, already planning a return trip.
Who snagged a front-row seat?
Four sisters had been up since 4 a.m. Wednesday and catching the sun rise.
"We’ve been dreaming about this since we read 'Misty' as little kids. About two years ago, maybe, we started really talking about it and decided we’re going to do this. About six months ago, we bought our airline tickets and booked our hotel,” said Mona Hamblen, 64.
The Hamblen, along with Barb Jensen, 66; Debbie Porter, 68; and Patti McCarthy, 61, had attended Monday's pony Beach Walk. McCarthy is from Montana, while the others are from Oregon.
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Weather in Chincoteague
A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. It will be partly sunny, with a high near 87. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
What is slack water or slack tide?
The Pony Swim takes place at the earliest morning slack tide, expected between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. this year. Slack tide is the time when the tide is neither coming in or going out, making it easier for the ponies to swim. Slack tide lasts for about 30 minutes. | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/virginia/2022/07/27/live-updates-chincoteague-pony-swim-2022/65378308007/ | 2022-07-27T15:00:26 | 1 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/virginia/2022/07/27/live-updates-chincoteague-pony-swim-2022/65378308007/ |
ATLANTA — Gwinnett County Public Schools buses are prepared to hit the road again, many of them armed with cameras armed to capture the thousands of people who passes stopped buses illegally each year.
Reshma Malali, a parent in the district, was shocked when a driver passed the flashing lights and stop arm on her child’s bus just as the 3rd grader was preparing to step onto the street.
“It was at a high speed when it passed by,” Malali said. “The bus driver honked. It was scary.”
Raw numbers make it appear that there are fewer violators, but GCPS police say that the COVID-19 pandemic has skewed the numbers somewhat.
Only a fraction of Gwinnett County’s buses are armed with cameras to catch violators, and yet the evidence collected resulted in over 14,000 citations in 2019. The numbers dipped as many students stayed home at the start of the pandemic but are rising again with over 9,000 citations issued last year.
Cecilia Horton has been driving a school bus for fifteen years. She’s seen instances where the same driver passes the flashing lights of her bus time and time again.
“These are your kids we’re delivering, not ours,” Horton said.
GCPS police hear all kinds of excuses.
“Number one is that they didn’t see the bus,” Gwinnett Schools spokesperson Jack Moody said. “But we do have violators who purposely drive around the bus.”
One driver was caught on camera passing two stopped cars then a bus with lights that have been flashing for more than 20 seconds. There’s another driver that was caught driving up on the sidewalk to pass a stopped school bus.
Celia Horton says maybe it’s time to increase the $250 fine.
“I think it’s people that just don’t care,” she said.
Moody said there are fewer repeat offenders. He adds drivers should treat the flashing lights of a bus like a traffic light — flashing yellow means prepare to stop, flashing red means stop. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/gwinnett-schools-bus-violations/85-56ef5f2e-88d6-4d0e-a2cb-32daa420bb77 | 2022-07-27T15:02:39 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/gwinnett-schools-bus-violations/85-56ef5f2e-88d6-4d0e-a2cb-32daa420bb77 |
ATLANTA — From the economy to the coronavirus pandemic to other national topics such as Roe v. Wade, abortion and more, a new poll by 11Alive uncovered what some Georgians think about these hot button issues.
During the poll, 950 Georgia adults were interviewed online from Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July 24. The pool of survey respondents was weighted to the US Census targets for gender, age, race, education and home ownership.
Here are the results:
How would you rate today's economy? Excellent? Good? Fair? Or poor?
4% Excellent
13% Good
29% Fair
51% Poor
5% Not Sure
Over the next two years, do you think the economy will get better? Worse? Or stay about the same?
21% Get Better
45% Get Worse
21% Stay About The Same
13% Not Sure
Thinking about the coronavirus pandemic, is your life back to normal?
25% Yes
49% Somewhat
22% No
5% Not Sure
If COVID cases surge again, would you support or oppose a government mask mandate?
56% Support
31% Oppose
14% Not Sure
Do you agree or disagree with the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe v. Wade?
22% Strongly Agree
13% Somewhat Agree
12% Somewhat Disagree
33% Strongly Disagree
19% Not Sure
Which of these statements comes most close to your own opinion on abortion?
26% Always Legally Permitted
25% Legally Permitted With Limitations
30% Illegal Except Cases Of Rape / Save Life
12% Always Illegal
8% Not Sure
Do you support or oppose requiring a background check for all gun purchases, including those made at gun shows and online?
68% Strongly Support
17% Somewhat Support
5% Somewhat Oppose
4% Strongly Oppose
6% Not Sure
Do you support or oppose allowing family members or law enforcement to ask a judge to temporarily suspend a person's access to guns if they have evidence that the person poses a significant threat to themselves or others?
60% Strongly Support
22% Somewhat Support
6% Somewhat Oppose
5% Strongly Oppose
8% Not Sure | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/poll-hot-topic-issues/85-23d188d9-5d06-4fa3-95c9-887c8c4752a8 | 2022-07-27T15:02:39 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/poll-hot-topic-issues/85-23d188d9-5d06-4fa3-95c9-887c8c4752a8 |
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A 15-year-old boy is dead following a shooting Tuesday night in DeKalb County, police say.
Around 6:35 p.m., officers were called to the 3300 block of Peppertree Circle in Decatur and located the boy.
"Our Homicide detectives responded to the scene to further the investigation," DeKalb County Police said in a statement. "We have no additional information at this time."
The circumstances surrounding the shooting, along with the victims name, have not been released.
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/teen-killed-peppertree-circle-dekalb-county/85-802ec87c-58a8-445d-9e12-79fc95f2e741 | 2022-07-27T15:02:42 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/teen-killed-peppertree-circle-dekalb-county/85-802ec87c-58a8-445d-9e12-79fc95f2e741 |
Officer Zachary Anderson testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on violence against police on Tuesday. Andersen was a Grundy County deputy when Sgt. Jim Smith was killed in Grundy Center. Andersen is now with the Cedar Falls Police Department.
Contributed
Zachary Andersen described seeing Sgt. Jim Smith yell “gun” and then hearing the sound of a shotgun during trial on May 11. Anderson was a Grundy County deputy at the time. He is currently an officer with Cedar Falls Police.
GRUNDY CENTER — Zachary Andersen said he reconsidered his career in law enforcement after he watched Sgt. Jim Smith die in a standoff at a Grundy Center home in April 2021.
“I did question if I wanted to continue in this field as a direct result of this incident. Is it worth it? What is being done to support us after a major incident like this?” said Andersen, who was a Grundy County sheriff’s deputy at the time of the shooting and is now a public safety officer with the Cedar Falls Police Department.
His comments came Tuesday as he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., as the nation experiences a rise in attacks on law enforcement.
Committee chairman Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois is pushing for a bill to address illegal firearms trafficking. The bill is named after Ella French, a Chicago officer killed with a straw-man-purchased gun during a 2021 traffic stop.
Committee member Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa is proposing his own bill – titled the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act – to gather more data on violence against police officers, including information about nonfatal assaults.
Other bills in the works would make attacking police a federal offense.
Andersen was part of a team led by Smith, a trooper with the Iowa State Patrol, that entered Michael Thomas Lang’s home to arrest him after he fought with a Grundy Center police officer in an earlier traffic stop.
Lang shot Smith in the chest and leg with shotgun slugs when Smith opened a door to the kitchen and then fired another slug at a trooper driving an armored vehicle. Lang was convicted for murder in Smith’s death during a trial earlier this year and was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
“Today I can tell you that I’m doing OK, but I know others are not. Actions need to be taken to protect those of us in this line of work.
We need to have the right support and resources opposing ‘defund the police.’ The image of an officer has been tarnished in recent years. The rhetoric used by the media doesn’t do us any favors with clickbait headlines of what an officer did or didn’t do without painting the rest of the picture,” Andersen said.
Andersen testified at Lang’s trial and on Tuesday was asked about the shooter’s motivation in the attack.
“He had a clear, known disdain for law enforcement in the community, very well known. And on the day of that incident, he baited an officer into a pursuit purposefully to draw that officer out of town to attack that officer. He had a crazy idea he was going to teach that officer a lesson that day.”
Grassley also read into the record a letter by Smith’s widow, Kathy Smith, urging lawmakers to take steps to protect officers from attacks.
“My husband had a love for justice and was one of the many who swore to protect others. He, along with many others, ended up giving his life for the sake of justice. It is in honor of him and the fallen heroes that I plead with you to do something to help prevent future losses of our law enforcement officer,” the letter stated.
Her letter also recounted how her husband had been assigned to a tactical team tasked with protecting the state Capitol during police reform demonstrations where protestors spit on them and hurled frozen water bottles.
The hearing came as reports of violence against law enforcement continued to grow.
Nationwide, 73 officers were intentionally killed last year, the highest number since the 9/11 attacks and a 59% increase from the previous year. Also, 133 officers were shot in ambush-style attacks, an increase of 123% over the previous year.
“A main cause of this violence against police is the demonization and disrespect shown to the profession of law enforcement throughout the country. When you allow hatred of a group to spread, people find it easy to justify violent attacks against them,” Grassley said.
Other witnesses called to testify at the hearing included Angel Novalez, chief of policing reform for the Chicago Police Department; Commissioner Michael S. Harrison with the Baltimore Police Department; Chief Dwight E. Henninger with the Vail, Colorado, Police Department; Sheriff Michael J. Bouchard with the Oakland County, Mich., Sheriff’s Office; and Sgt. Demetrick “Tre” Pennie, director of the National Fallen Officer Foundation.
In addition to the increase in violence against officers, many talked of the challenge to recruit new officers into field and retain existing officers.
Jurors also found Michael Thomas Lang guilty of attempted murder for shooting at armored vehicle driver, assault on officer for earlier struggle with police.
Officer Zachary Anderson testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on violence against police on Tuesday. Andersen was a Grundy County deputy when Sgt. Jim Smith was killed in Grundy Center. Andersen is now with the Cedar Falls Police Department.
Zachary Andersen described seeing Sgt. Jim Smith yell “gun” and then hearing the sound of a shotgun during trial on May 11. Anderson was a Grundy County deputy at the time. He is currently an officer with Cedar Falls Police. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/watch-now-trooper-slaying-featured-in-senate-hearing-on-violence-against-police/article_c095b172-5884-504e-8a37-46824acdb292.html | 2022-07-27T15:17:06 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/watch-now-trooper-slaying-featured-in-senate-hearing-on-violence-against-police/article_c095b172-5884-504e-8a37-46824acdb292.html |
DALLAS (KDAF) — In popular culture, skateboarding is synonymous with California. You’ve seen the iconic movie shots of skateboarders draped in sunlight amidst a summer beach backdrop.
But did you know that the Lone Star State has a vibrant skate community and is home to some insanely talented skaters?
Meet Justino Rodriguez, a 28-year-old skateboarder that hails from the land of North Texas. After more than 18 years of skating, Rodriguez has done the hard work to earn himself the title of professional, riding for Incite Skateshop in Lewisville.
“They actually pitched the idea to me. It was kind of unusual. Usually, they surprise you with it, but they just went ahead and asked me, ‘Hey, do you want to go pro?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, but I want to work for it,'” Rodriguez said.
Justino Rodriguez talks skating, teaching lessons. Photo courtesy Marissa Salinas Justino Rodriguez talks skating, teaching lessons. Photo courtesy Marissa Salinas Justino Rodriguez talks skating, teaching lessons. Photo courtesy Marissa Salinas
And that’s exactly what he did. Working hard to build up his reel, earning the title of professional in May. On top of his new title, Rodriguez has also earned himself other affiliations, including:
If you want to learn from the pro himself, now you have a chance. Rodriguez says he is officially giving skating lessons; an opportunity he was excited to be a part of.
“I’ve seen [instructors] make things relatable, especially to younger crowds. So I think it’s really cool that I get to be somebody that’s helping people see [skating] in a different way,” Rodriguez said.
To see more of Justino’s insane skating, make sure to follow him on Instagram @higuyhoost.
More Q&A with Justino Rodriguez
How did you get into skateboarding?
“My parents split up when I was 11. I had moved in with my mom in some apartments and, funny story, the neighbors that moved right above us had three kids that skated. And, I just started hanging out with them every single day and never stopped.”
How did you get involved with Incite Skateshop?
“I actually knew the owners. Before their current location, they opened up in Farmer’s Branch. I was riding for them back then. They, unfortunately, went down under and I was just kind of free-roaming around. The owners then asked me, ‘If we open up a second location, would you ride for us?’ And I was like, ‘Of course.'”
What does skateboarding mean to you?
“It means fun; just good ol’ fun. No matter how serious it can get or how stressful it can get, it’s honestly nothing but pure fun for me and that’s why I’ve stuck with it for so long.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-skateboarder-justino-rodriguez-talks-going-pro-becoming-a-skating-instructor/ | 2022-07-27T15:22:56 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-skateboarder-justino-rodriguez-talks-going-pro-becoming-a-skating-instructor/ |
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