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BELTON, Texas — The Dog Ridge Fire is now completely contained, according to Public Information Officer James Stafford with Bell County.
The fire was located south of Interstate 14, just west of FM 1670, the Belton Fire Department shared on its Facebook Thursday.
At this time, it is not specified when the fire was contained, according to Stafford. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
More on KCENtv.com: | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/dog-ridge-fire/500-0004d380-7d12-4b99-9339-9f8bde86459d | 2022-07-31T00:37:17 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/dog-ridge-fire/500-0004d380-7d12-4b99-9339-9f8bde86459d |
FISHERS, Indiana — Four people were seriously injured in a head-on crash early Saturday morning in Fishers, police said.
A Chevy Trax was going east on 126th Street, near Promise Road, at around 1 a.m. when it crossed the center line and hit a Chevy Cruze head-on, according to Sgt. Tom Weger with the Fishers Police Department.
The drivers of both vehicles, who Weger said were both adults, and two teenage passengers in the Cruze were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Just before 1:30 a.m., the Fishers Fire Department tweeted about the crash.
According to FFD, the crash temporarily closed 126th Street for investigation and clean-up. Drivers were urged to use caution when traveling in the area.
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FAIRVIEW, Ore — Deputies tracked down and arrested the suspect in a deadly hit-and-run crash that happened in Fairview during the early hours of Saturday morning, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.
MCSO said it learned just after 2 a.m. of a crash involving a driver and a cyclist near the intersection of Northeast Halsey Street and Northeast Fairview Boulevard in the city just west of Troutdale.
A witness reported that the driver had initially stopped after the crash, then quickly left the scene, MCSO said.
One of the responding deputies happened to spot a vehicle matching the description of the involved car and pulled the driver over. The driver, identified as 56-year-old Robert Lee Wilson, was later booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center.
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Paramedics arrived at the scene of the crash but found that the cyclist was already dead.
The sheriff's office called in the East County Vehicular Crimes Team to investigate "due to the severity and criminal nature of the crash." An initial investigation of the crash found that two cyclists had been riding eastbound on Northeast Halsey, approaching Northeast Fairview, when Wilson allegedly crossed into the bike lane and hit one of them.
The victim's name is not being released until next of kin have been notified, the sheriff's office said.
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SAN DIEGO — Wildfires in California and Montana exploded in size overnight amid windy, hot conditions and were quickly encroaching on neighborhoods, forcing evacuation orders for over 100 homes Saturday, while an Idaho blaze was spreading.
In California's Klamath National Forest, the fast-moving McKinney fire, which started Friday, went from charring just over 1 square mile to scorching as much as 62 square miles (160 square kilometers) by Saturday in a largely rural area near the Oregon state line, according to fire officials.
“It's continuing to grow with erratic winds and thunderstorms in the area and we're in triple digit temperatures," said Caroline Quintanilla, a spokeswoman at Klamath National Forest.
Meanwhile in Montana, the Elmo wildfire doubled in size to more than 6 square miles (about 16 square kilometers) near the town of Elmo and Flathead Lake. Roughly 200 miles (320 kilometers) to the south, Idaho residents remained under evacuation orders as the Moose Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest charred more than 67.5 square miles (174.8 square kilometers) in timbered land near the town of Salmon. It was 17% contained.
High temperatures, excessive wind and low humidity levels along with a significant build-up of vegetation in the region were feeding the McKinney fire, said Tom Stokesberry, a spokesman with the U.S. Forest Service for the region.
“It’s a very dangerous fire — the geography there is steep and rugged, and this particular area hasn’t burned in a while," he said.
A small fire was also burning nearby, outside the town of Seiad, Stokesberry said. With lightning predicted over the next few days, resources from all over California were being brought in to help fight the region’s fires, he said.
McKinney's explosive growth forced crews to shift from trying to control the perimeter of the blaze to trying to protect homes and critical infrastructure like water tanks and power lines, and assist in evacuations in California's northernmost county of Siskiyou.
Deputies and law enforcement were knocking on doors in the county seat of Yreka and the town of Fort Jones to urge residents to get out and safely evacuate their livestock onto trailers. Automated calls were being sent to land phone lines as well because there were areas without cell phone service.
Over 100 homes were ordered evacuated and authorities were warning people to be on high alert. Smoke from the fire caused the closure of portions of Highway 96.
“We’re asking residents all over the area to be ready,” Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Courtney Kreider said. “Last night we were pushing out evacuations about every hour, and there are large portions of the county that are in warning areas."
Moments later, she said, "Oh — we just added another zone to the evacuation warning.”
The Pacific Coast Trail Association urged hikers in western Siskiyou County to get to the nearest town and alerted them that the U.S. Forest Service had closed a 110-mile (177-kilometer) section of the trail from the Etna Summit to the Mt. Ashland Campground in southern Oregon.
Oregon state Rep. Dacia Grayber, who is a firefighter, was camping with her husband, who is also in the fire service, near the California state line when gale-force winds awoke them just after midnight.
The sky was glowing with strikes of lightening in the clouds, while ash was blowing at them, though they were in Oregon, about 10 miles (about 16 kilometers) away. Intense heat from the fire had sent up a massive pyrocumulonimbus cloud, which can produce its own weather system including winds and thunderstorms, Grayber said.
“These were some of the worst winds I've ever been in and we’re used to big fires," she said. “I thought it was going to rip the roof top tent off of our truck. We got the heck out of there."
On their way out, they came across hikers on the Pacific Coast Trail fleeing to safety. They offered rides, but one hiker said he would just take a beer, which they gave him, she said.
“The terrifying part for us was the wind velocity," she said. “It went from a fairly cool breezy night to hot, dry hurricane-force winds. Usually that happens with a fire during the day but not at night. I hope for everyone's sake this dies down but it's looking like it's going to get worse."
In western Montana, the wind-driven Elmo fire forced evacuations of homes and livestock as it raced across grass and timber, according to The National Interagency Fire Center, based in Idaho. The agency estimated it would take nearly a month to contain the blaze.
Smoke shut down a portion of Highway 28 between Hot Springs and Elmo because of the thick smoke, according to the Montana Department of Transportation.
Crews from several different agencies were fighting the fire on Saturday, including the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Fire Division. Six helicopters were making drops on the fire, aided by 22 engines on the ground.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said Saturday morning that additional homes were in “pre-evacuation” status, and residents were being asked to monitor information from area agencies in case the weather shifts and more evacuations are needed.
In Idaho, more than 930 wildland firefighters and support staff were responding to the Moose fire Saturday.
A red flag warning indicating that the weather could cause extreme fire behavior was in effect for the area, with “dry thunderstorms” — generally causing lightning and wind without rain — expected.
Firefighters were working to protect homes, energy infrastructure and the Highway 93 corridor, a major north-south route.
Meanwhile, crews made significant progress in battling another major blaze in California that forced evacuations of thousands of people near Yosemite National Park earlier this month. The Oak fire was 52% contained by Saturday, according to a Cal Fire incident update.
As fires raged across the West, the U.S. House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the region cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses in recent years.
The legislative measure approved by federal lawmakers Friday combines 49 separate bills and would increase firefighter pay and benefits; boost resiliency and mitigation projects for communities affected by climate change; protect watersheds; and make it easier for wildfire victims to get federal assistance.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein has sponsored a similar measure. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/california-montana-wildfire-explode-size/283-ce35c0fc-b318-4fac-9aa8-f9d8b751853d | 2022-07-31T00:40:31 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/california-montana-wildfire-explode-size/283-ce35c0fc-b318-4fac-9aa8-f9d8b751853d |
SPRING BRANCH, Texas — Unique tattoos on a body found in Spring Branch are leading Eric Herr to conclude 45-year-olf Shana DiMambro is no longer missing or alive.
DiMambro was last seen alive at her RV home on July 19. Her husband Chris Antos reported her missing around lunchtime when he returned home from work in San Antonio.
Herr is with Search and Support San Antonio. The group formed during the highly publicized disappearance of Andreen McDonald in 2019.
Herr offered his assistance when he heard DJ Seeger, owner of Seeger Water, was planning a search on a private ranch near DiMambro's home. Herr said he reached out to the land owner and arranged for them to meet on Friday evening to walk the property.
Herr figured since DiMambro was last seen wearing flip flops, she may not have gone very far from her residence.
"I had been searching earlier that day with Mr. Seeger but he had a service call to go to, so me and the land owner searched the property and we found her remains in the bottom of a dried out ravine," said Herr.
Herr said the body was faced down, decomposed and appeared naked. However, he knew it was DiMambro based off two tattoos located on her neck and back.
"We are pretty sure that it is her," he said.
He reported the body to the Comal County Sheriff's Office.
On Saturday, the sent a news release saying investigators also believe the body to be DiMambro's based on specific physical characteristics.
An autopsy has been ordered and the remains have been sent to Travis County in order to receive a positive identification, the release says.
In a phone call to CCSO, public information officer Jennifer Riggs said the investigation into DiMambro's disappearance remains ongoing. Riggs could not provide more details on the condition of the body.
While Herr said his discovery was shocking, he also was relieved to find the remains.
"It was mostly relieving that the family would have some relief knowing what had happened with their daughter," he said.
KENS 5 reached out to the DiMambro family for comment. Her aunt Lisa DiMambro said the news was still raw.
DiMambro's mother posted this video on her YouTube page:
Her husband Chris Antos said he wanted more information from Friday night before speaking publicly. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/missing-spring-branch-woman-shana-dimambro-found-comal-county-police-tattoos/273-cb736c3f-453f-44ba-a44b-2cd97b2af55f | 2022-07-31T00:45:13 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/missing-spring-branch-woman-shana-dimambro-found-comal-county-police-tattoos/273-cb736c3f-453f-44ba-a44b-2cd97b2af55f |
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Carter County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing woman from Elizabethton.
According to the CCSO, Mary Campbell, 49, was discovered to be missing from her home at 175 Edgewater Road near Elizabethton on Friday.
Campbell’s coworkers reported they had been unable to contact her as well as a relative reporting he had not seen her.
Anyone with information about Campbell’s whereabouts should call the CCSO dispatch at 423-542-1845. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/carter-county-sheriffs-office-seeking-woman-last-seen-on-friday/ | 2022-07-31T00:50:34 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/carter-county-sheriffs-office-seeking-woman-last-seen-on-friday/ |
Originally published July 28 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.
U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough forcefully denounced the U.S. Senate’s unexpected decision to kill a bill that would have provided health care and benefits to 3.5 million veterans who have been exposed to toxic burn pits while stationed around the world.
In a visit to the Boise VA Medical Center on Thursday, McDonough said killing the legislation, known as the PACT Act, will “inexplicably” delay necessary health care to veterans who have faced 30 years of war and exposure to toxic particulates from burn pits, largely in the Middle East.
“They’ve now waited long enough to get access to care and access to benefits,” McDonough said during a press conference. “So I’d urge the Senate to get going and to get this done.”
The secretary said the Department of Veterans Affairs has added staff to ensure it is ready for the increased claims made by veterans under the new bill.
“We’re getting ready to do this,” he said. “I just urge the Senate to get on with it. Our veterans have waited long enough.”
The bill, from Montana Democratic U.S. Sen. John Tester and Kansas Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, has been bogged down for nearly two months as U.S. lawmakers debated whether to bring amendments to the floor and how exactly to fix a minor part of the bill that stalled the process in the House, according to previous States Newsroom reporting.
On Wednesday, the Senate voted 55-42 to advance the bill toward final passage, but that did not meet the 60-vote threshold required by Senate filibuster rules and the legislation stalled, States Newsroom reported.
There were 41 Republicans, including Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, who voted against the bill. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, changed his yes vote to a no vote before the final tally, a procedural move that will allow him to bring the bill back at a later date.
The bill was voted down after retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, raised issues with the funding mechanism of the bill, asking for the legislation to be paid by discretionary funds, which can change from year to year, rather than a mandatory funding mechanism, like that which pays for programs like Social Security.
“The PACT Act as written includes a budget gimmick that would allow $400 billion of current law spending to be moved from the discretionary to the mandatory spending category,” Toomey said in a press release Wednesday. “This provision is completely unnecessary to achieve the PACT Act’s stated goal of expanding health care and other benefits for veterans.”
McDonough said he was given no notice from the senators who voted against the bill about their concerns.
Re-launch of records-keeping system
McDonough said there is no set timeline for when the VA will continue to roll out its new electronic records-keeping system after its launch was postponed at the Boise VA and across the country. Military Times has reported the launch will be delayed at least until 2023.
The postponement comes after the VA’s Office of Inspector General issued a report detailing how the new system has caused harm to nearly 150 veterans who seek care through the VA in the Pacific Northwest, including at Spokane’s Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center.
“From facility go-live in October 2020 through June 2021, the new (Electronic Health Record system) failed to deliver more than 11,000 orders for requested clinical services,” the report said.
For example, the report outlined how a health care provider requested a follow-up psychiatric care order for a homeless patient identified as a suicide risk.
“The new (Electronic Health Records system) sent the order to the unknown (electronic) queue,” the report states. “The patient was not scheduled for follow-up care and later contacted the Veterans Crisis Line reporting a razor in hand and a plan to kill himself. The patient was psychiatrically hospitalized.”
Similar issues with the system and its rollout were reported at facilities in Walla Walla, Washington, and Columbus, Ohio.
Idaho lawmakers had concerns
Idaho’s congressional delegation – Crapo, Risch and U.S. Reps. Russ Fulcher and Mike Simpson – wrote a letter to McDonough in April expressing deep concern with the system and its rollout.
“Although the intended goal of the (Electronic Health Record system’s) implementation is to provide a streamlined, seamless process for veterans receiving care, the rollout in the Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center resulted in confusion, frustration and alarming situations for many veterans and their medical providers,” the letter reads, in part.
The Congressmen called upon McDonough to answer questions about the rollout, including asking how the VA intends to provide additional training to health care providers who will use the system.
“Furthermore, the July 2021 report states that after all training was complete and after more than two months of (Electronic Health Record) use at the Mann-Grandstaff VAMC, 95 percent of VAMC staff reported they were unable to use at least one of four core functions of the new health records system,” they wrote. “This decreased provider productivity and damaged employee morale.”
McDonough said Thursday that those concerns are valid and that providers and health care workers in the VA system should feel confident and comfortable with the new system.
“One of the reasons I wanted to come here … was I wanted to make sure that they felt heard about their views on readiness of the platform — (and) the readiness of our governance structures — to roll that out in a way that advances, first and foremost, veteran outcomes,” he said.
As McDonough toured the Boise VA’s facilities on Thursday, he said he asked questions and learned from health care workers on the ground about what will help ease some of the issues facing the new records system.
“Our leaders here at the Boise VA gave us some good ideas on things that we have to really sand down and really improve to ensure that when we roll it out, it’s ready for a big facility like this,” he said.
McDonough is visiting Idaho as part of the annual Western Governors’ Association meeting, held in Coeur d’Alene this week. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/in-boise-visit-va-secretary-says-senate-made-inexplicable-vote-to-kill-burn-pits-bill/article_a7bf33c2-dfea-5002-9008-c22444fb41a5.html | 2022-07-31T00:52:37 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/in-boise-visit-va-secretary-says-senate-made-inexplicable-vote-to-kill-burn-pits-bill/article_a7bf33c2-dfea-5002-9008-c22444fb41a5.html |
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM
PDT/ SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures of 105 to
110.
* WHERE...Upper Treasure Valley and Weiser River Basin.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
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Significant mechanical issues with the Idaho Press's printing press have temporarily moved printing operations to Twin Falls. Normally, the newspapers are printed in Nampa.
This change is why the paper looks different from a typical Sunday edition, and it will potentially cause delivery delays. The issue first occurred Friday night and was still in the process of being resolved as of Sunday evening. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/mechanical-issues-temporarily-move-idaho-press-printing-to-twin-falls/article_4dead1fd-a21b-52ad-8cd9-51aea6d05faa.html | 2022-07-31T00:52:39 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/mechanical-issues-temporarily-move-idaho-press-printing-to-twin-falls/article_4dead1fd-a21b-52ad-8cd9-51aea6d05faa.html |
Flood and dust warnings issued for Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff
The National Weather Service issued flash flooding warnings on Saturday for regions across Arizona including Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff.
A dust storm warning is also in effect until 5:45 p.m. for Interstate 10, I-17, and U.S. 60 near Phoenix and Mesa.
According to the National Weather Service, alerts of life-threatening flash flooding produced by thunderstorms will be in place for Pima County until 5:15 p.m., Mohave County until 5:45 p.m., and Maricopa County until 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.
For La Paz County, a flash flood warning is in place until 8:30 p.m. For Gila County, a flash flood warning is also in place until 5:30 p.m. and a flash flood watch was extended through 5 a.m. Sunday, the weather service in Flagstaff said.
According to the weather service, high flash flood risks are due to excessive rainfall over burn scar areas across the state.
Abundant runoff and debris flow are expected to move through Reno Creek, Sycamore Creek, and Slate Creek, the weather service said.
Residents were advised to avoid driving through flooded roads and stay away from creeks, washes, streams, rivers and slot canyons.
"Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles," the weather service said in the warning.
Additionally, a dust storm warning is in effect until 5:15 p.m. for Interstate 10 near Casa Grande and near Eloy as well as U.S. 60 near Phoenix and Mesa.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — School is just around the corner and the Birmingham Police Department is helping to prepare students for the new school year.
The faces of children from all over Birmingham lit up after receiving brand new backpacks full of school supplies. The BPD’s community outreach and public education division hosted their backpack giveaway at five different locations in Birmingham.
The giveaway was open to families with school aged children in need of new backpacks and school supplies. Devoris Ragland-Pierce says lines were out the door with families excited to receive these gifts.
“They are so excited,” said Pierce. “We had so many telephone calls and, like a few minutes ago, we just had a line out the door. So, they’re excited about this, and we’re excited to be able to have this event for them.”
Children who received backpacks also got pencils, pens, crayons, notebooks, paper and more. Pierce says all bookbags given out were clear, which is a requirement for Birmingham City Schools.
Pierce says the giveaway helped to ensure children in need were provided with required school supplies in addition to helping prevent any form of bullying for lack of supplies.
“Going to school is tough enough and so we wanted to make this an effort, a crime prevention effort so kids won’t be bullied at school about not having the essential things that they need,” said Pierce.
Pierce says she hopes events like the backpack giveaway will show support for the Birmingham community in more ways than one.
“Supporting the community is vital,” said Pierce. “You know, we want to bring the community together not only in solving crimes, but bridging that gap for that community and police relationship.”
Birmingham City Schools open on Monday, Aug. 8. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-police-department-hosts-backpack-giveaway-for-birmingham-community/ | 2022-07-31T01:06:17 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-police-department-hosts-backpack-giveaway-for-birmingham-community/ |
After removing the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond and nearly two dozen other statues across the city and state, Devon Henry is seeking to raise money for charity by selling digital artwork inspired by their removal in the cryptocurrency market.
CryptoFederacy, Henry’s newest venture, launched its first series of artwork last month with the goal of raising a total of $13 million for various nonprofit groups and social justice causes, including affordable housing development, gun violence prevention, mental health care access and voting rights.
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The 45-year-old CEO of Team Henry Enterprises, the contracting firm that the state and cities of Richmond and Charlottesville hired to take down Confederate monuments, said he founded the new company after reflecting on what he should do next after participating in the historical endeavor.
“The statues are down. But what’s next?” Henry said in an interview. “It’s about keeping the momentum going and keeping up the awareness of what those statues have meant — and taking a negative narrative and turning it into something positive.”
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the removal of the Confederate monuments in the former capital of the Confederacy in 2020 amid nationwide protests following the police killing of George Floyd. The orders came after several other states and localities around the country made similar moves to take down tributes to the Confederacy after a white supremacist murdered nine Black parishioners in a Charleston, S.C., church five years earlier.
Henry said he was apprehensive when the governor’s chief of staff first approached him about the removing the Lee monument. He was inclined to take it but considered the fatal white supremacist rally in Charlottesville in 2017 and how a contractor’s car in New Orleans was firebombed.
Henry, who is Black, said he consulted his wife and children. They discussed what it would mean to remove the monuments that generations of people felt had represented oppression and racism and the risks that it might involve.
“We came to the conclusion that we have to do this,” he said. “We have to take these matters in our hand and be courageous in doing so.”
‘Doing something bigger than myself’
Henry said the goal of CryptoFederacy is to capitalize on the rise of novel technology such as Web3 and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for social justice causes.
Founded earlier this year, the organization’s first project is The Thirteen Stars, a collection of digital art that includes 3D models of the Confederate monuments overlaid with newspaper headlines and illustrations of the statues with graffiti surrounding them.
Anthony Bartley, who goes by the artist name Fading Royalty, created most of the artwork for the collection.
Currently based in St. Louis, where he attended Washington University, Bartley, 24, said he was thrilled to participate in the project after curating a book of photography from the 2020 protests. Proceeds of the book sales went toward the NAACP legal defense fund.
Creating the artwork, he said, “brought me back to being in the midst of doing something bigger than myself. And that felt good to be part of it, especially knowing that the proceeds are going to charity.”
The name of the collection is a reference to the 13 stars on the Confederate “Southern Cross” battle flag as well as each of the 13 causes to which CryptoFederacy intends to allocate $1 million with the proceeds from the sale of the artwork.
Michael Garvey, an economist and artist involved in the project, created three pieces for the collection. One of them depicts an alien aircraft “abducting” the statue of Robert E. Lee, while another shows all of the monuments strewn in an arcade claw machine game.
Garvey, 33, said his work is meant to symbolize progressing into “the future” and how the project is intended to claim the monuments.
“It can be like taking some of the oppression ... caused by the culture around the statues and taking money from this NFT project to relieve some of that pressure on us,” he said.
Henry said CryptoFederacy is still engaging potential nonprofit and charitable partners for the project but has already reached agreements with the Richmond-based Better Housing Coalition and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to support scholarships to historically Black colleges and universities.
Other artists have also sought to raise money from the sale of NFTs recently. For example, Russian feminist art collective and punk rock group Pussy Riot earlier this year helped raise over $7 million in support of Ukraine during the Russian invasion of the country, according to media reports.
13 pieces up for bid
Patrons can bid on The Thirteen Stars artwork using the cryptocurrency ethereum. The auction website for the artwork says the minimum bid for each piece is 105 wrapped ether, which is the equivalent of about $182,000.
In addition to acquiring ownership rights to the artwork through the blockchain, a sort of digital public ledger that’s the basis of cryptocurrencies and NFT ownership, buyers will receive a small physical artifact from one of the monuments.
Henry said he chose to embrace the novel cryptocurrency market and new art platform as a way to also encourage Black entrepreneurship in an emerging market.
“I just feel that at some point, it’s going to be a part of our lives,” he said. “I saw a lot of the stuff out there in the NFT space, and I thought this could be something more meaningful and historic that people can get behind and understand.”
Henry said he expects auction for the artwork will remain open online until the end of August. He said CryptoFederacy will also release a second collection of NFT artwork later this summer. | https://richmond.com/news/local/contracting-firm-ceo-selling-nfts-of-confederate-monuments-he-took-down/article_eb24e6fe-6368-53ef-9f00-952d53f05090.html | 2022-07-31T01:13:04 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/contracting-firm-ceo-selling-nfts-of-confederate-monuments-he-took-down/article_eb24e6fe-6368-53ef-9f00-952d53f05090.html |
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Father-daughter duo Adam and Meghan Kopcho sprinted across Six Flags Fiesta Texas to secure the first spots in line for the park’s newest coaster.
The two were joined by a few hundred who rushed to the front entrance of Dr. Diabolical’s Cliffhanger — touted as the world’s steepest dive coaster — when the park opened at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. After securing their places, they had plenty of time to catch their breath — the ride wouldn’t even open up until noon.
To ensure they were among the coaster’s first riders, Kopcho and his 15-year-old daughter got to the park more than an hour and a half before it opened. They said it was worth waiting three hours to be among the first riders.
“It was awesome,” Adam Kopcho, 47, said of those few seconds of hang time where riders look down from the highest point of the coaster before dropping — a dive coaster’s signature feature. “It’s exhilarating.”
Most dive coasters hold people at a 90-degree angle, park marketing and communications manager Jeff Filicko said. But as the world’s steepest, according to park officials, Dr. Diabolical’s Cliffhanger holds people at a 95-degree angle for four seconds before riders drop 150 feet.
In the first hour, more than 1,000 people checked out the new coaster, which reaches a top speed of 60 mph as it whips riders along 2,501 feet of track — including a banked turn, an airtime hill and a high-speed spiral — in a mere 1 minute and 22 seconds.
In anticipation of thrill-seekers coming not only from San Antonio and other Texas cities but also from out of state, the park is taking a new approach with the ride — keeping three trains running at once. Most coasters in the park only have two running at a time. Each train can hold 21 people in its three rows of seven seats.
The line was moving quickly early on in the day with many riders saying they were waiting about 30 to 40 minutes to get in. Filicko expected there to be a steady line all day with thousands having ridden the coaster by the time the park closes.
Patrick Ludwig, 43, and brother Nick Ludwig, 40, also were on the first train of riders, sitting to the right of the Kopchos. Their mother, Melissa Wight, 62, rode in the row behind them.
“The ride is super smooth, and it’s quite thrilling,” Wight said, adding that it is now her favorite ride in the park. The Bulverde family has held season passes since the park first opened in 1992.
Patrick Ludwig, in the front center seat, not only was among the first batch of riders but also the first wheelchair rider of the day. He was happy with how accessible the coaster is.
But the ride experience begins even before anyone takes their seats.
Riders go through the “pre-show” building, where they make make their way through two large rooms, decked out with props and animatronics. They learn that Dr. Diabolical, a Six Flags character, is trying to harness people’s fear to power her army of monsters. It’s a more immersive storytelling experience than the typical ride.
The coaster is the third in the park made by Swiss ride company Bolliger & Mabillard. But Dr. Diabolical’s Cliffhanger is the only dive coaster in Texas, Filicko said. There are more than a dozen other Bolliger & Mabillard dive coasters around the world, including four in North America. Filicko said each dive coaster from the company is “very different.”
Filicko could not provide a price tag for the coaster, but said it was a “significant, multimillion-dollar investment.” He said the goal is that the ride will boost attendance.
The ride took the place of the Sundance Theater, one of the park’s original features. Filicko said the theater’s backstage area was repurposed into the pre-show building.
Work on making the coaster a reality began about five years ago, but the construction took less than a year. Saturday’s official opening comes as the park marks its 30th anniversary this year.
The ride will be open to the public Sunday as well. But Monday through Friday there will be certain times in the day when some passholders can have exclusive ride times. After Aug. 5, it will be reopened to everyone during the park’s normal operating hours.
Some media and passholders, like Jay Jacobs, were able to check out the coaster before its official opening.
Jacobs, a 51-year-old from Grapevine, is operations director with the American Coaster Enthusiasts nonprofit organization, which works to preserve and promote roller coasters.
Jacobs has ridden 560 coasters, including Dr. Diabolical’s Cliffhanger and a half dozen other dive coasters. The Six Flags dive coaster is now his favorite. By the time it officially opened, he’d already ridden it seven times. On Saturday, he was back in line.
“I just enjoy riding it, but my favorite thing is watching the reaction of the general public ride,” he said. “It’s just nice to see them having a good time.”
megan.rodriguez@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-dive-coaster-six-flags-17340699.php | 2022-07-31T01:18:04 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-dive-coaster-six-flags-17340699.php |
MARIPOSA, Calif. — Over one week after the destructive, 19,000-acre Oak Fire tore through scenic hills and landscapes in Mariposa County, crews are beginning to assess the damage.
For nearly 170 homeowners, picking up the pieces from destroyed homes and attempting to move on from the wildfire, California's second-largest so far in the year, has become a daunting and hard task even to understand.
"This is a really small, like 5,000-person, community," said Kevin Spach who evacuated from his Mariposa County home during the Oak Fire only to return days later to ashes. "So yeah, it's hard to comprehend."
The sight of blanketing black smoke and flames rushing uphill to Spach's home, dubbed "Yosemebear Mountain Farm", was a stark contrast to the picturesque scene on January 18, 2010, when a double rainbow painted the overcast skies above the lush, green forest land in the distance.
Video captured of the double rainbow and narrated by an enthusiastic Paul Vasquez, Spach's late father-in-law also known as "Bear", went viral on YouTube garnering more than 49 million views.
"I spent a lot of time around there, helping Bear out and just working with him on the land while he was still around," Spach said. "We moved up there early last year, spent a lot of time just trying to convert it and make it my home and develop a little bit of a relationship with that piece of land."
While memories of the video and its impacts on Spach's family are still standing, the home where it was recorded no longer is.
"I've been somewhat close to a few fires before and this was a different situation, I knew right off the bat," Spach said. "I was able to get out of there with my animals and a few of my most important possessions."
Spach and his wife say they found shelter with relatives in the area for now, but like many fellow neighbors, hope to return to the land.
The couple has created a GoFundMe page to begin efforts to rebuild. In just three days, nearly $54k has been raised giving Spach optimism that one day he might be able to walk outside and marvel at the sight of double rainbows once again.
"Everybody out here is struggling and if you have any resources to help us out, we would really love it," Spach said. "I think we're going to have to at least wait out the first winter just to let that happen, and then kind of reassess and have surveyors advise us. But I'm definitely optimistic, or at least I really would like to rebuild."
Watch More from ABC10: Locals react to 'no cruising' signs coming down in Sacramento | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/double-rainbow-home-destroyed-oak-fire/103-669d74a5-d479-4a48-8796-e0dff738acf1 | 2022-07-31T01:26:29 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/double-rainbow-home-destroyed-oak-fire/103-669d74a5-d479-4a48-8796-e0dff738acf1 |
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages in World War II using a code based on their native language, has died.
Sandoval died late Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico, his wife, Malula told The Associated Press on Saturday. He was 98.
Hundreds of Navajos were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to serve as Code Talkers with the U.S. Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today: Peter MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.
The code, based on the then-unwritten Navajo language, confounded Japanese military cryptologists. The Code Talkers are celebrated annually on Aug. 14, the day the Japanese surrendered.
Malula Sandoval said her husband had been looking forward to participating in the celebration this year and seeing a museum built in honor of the Code Talkers.
“Sam always said, ‘I wanted my Navajo youngsters to learn, they need to know what we did and how this code was used and how it contributed to the world,’" she said Saturday. “That the Navajo language was powerful and always to continue carrying our legacy.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Editor's note: The above video originally aired in June 2022.
The Democratic Party on Saturday delayed a decision on potentially reordering its primary calendar for the 2024 presidential election until after November's midterm elections.
The Democratic National Committee's rules committee had planned to decide during meetings in Washington beginning next week whether to recommend that presidential voting should continue to begin with Iowa and New Hampshire. That's amid calls by some party leaders and activists that more diverse states, including the current No. 3 and No. 4, Nevada and South Carolina, should move up.
The committee was also mulling adding a fifth early primary contest prior to “Super Tuesday” when a large number of states traditionally vote.
But rules committee co-chairs Jim Roosevelt Jr. and Minyon Moore wrote in a memo to members that “after speaking with many of you over the past several weeks about the last few steps of this process, it has become clear that the best way to move forward with the final stage of this process is to postpone the committee’s decision on the pre-window rule until after the midterm elections.”
The committee will still meet beginning Friday, but now doesn't plan to make a decision until after Election Day, Nov. 8 — meaning that the primary calendar decision won't affect key congressional races.
Iowa and New Hampshire had argued that possibly losing their positions going first and second could hurt Democrats in the states' top races, especially since the Republican Party has already said Iowa will continue to lead off its 2024 primaries.
Iowa has held the first in the nation title since 1972, but technology issues in the 2020 caucuses led the DNC to question whether Iowa would continue its tradition.
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Iowa Democrats pushed to keep their first caucus status in June by proposing changes such as enhancing non-present participation, getting more professionals involved in the process and more.
“Following the midterm elections, we will reconvene to update our evaluation of the applicant pool and work towards a final decision to present to the full DNC for a vote, which DNC leadership has assured us they will make happen as soon after the midterm elections as is possible,” Roosevelt and Moore wrote, adding that “we will continue to work with applicants in the coming weeks to hammer out final details.”
Sixteen states and Puerto Rico made presentations before the committee to be first — or at least in the top five, before the rules committee earlier this summer. The party is considering factors like diversity, electoral competitiveness and logistical feasibility in making its decision.
That means scrutinizing states’ racial and ethnic makeup, union membership rates and how big they are in terms of population and geography, can affect possibilities for direct voter engagement and the costs of travel and advertising.
Scott Brennan, the only Iowan on the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee, told Local 5 that there is "no set date" for the decision's release. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/local-politics/dnc-first-in-nation-caucus-vote-delay-midterms-iowa-presidential-election-2024/524-8145a892-04dd-4365-95ad-2d95c963bba2 | 2022-07-31T01:43:27 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/local-politics/dnc-first-in-nation-caucus-vote-delay-midterms-iowa-presidential-election-2024/524-8145a892-04dd-4365-95ad-2d95c963bba2 |
GREENFIELD, Iowa — The Iowa Aviation Museum is home to decades of flight history in the state, so its no stranger to planes and pilots alike. But its newest guest was a bit more unusual — an angel came to visit Saturday.
The "angel" is a UH-34D Sikorsky helicopter that flew in the Vietnam War. After decades, the helicopter made a trip from Vietnam to an airstrip in Greenfield, Iowa.
"This is basically the Marine Corps assault support aircraft. They used it for what we affectionately call hauling beans, bullets and Band-Aids," said Nick Turney, a former pilot who has flown the helicopter model before.
The particular helicopter that visited Iowa flew in several combat missions in Vietnam as part of the so-called Ugly Angel squadron. It still has a few scars from the battle damage it took over the years.
Turner said the vehicle was shot a total of 54 times during service. After retiring, the helicopter was repaired, and now it travels the country, helping Americans connect with history.
"Good men and women put themselves in the face of danger so we can have the freedoms and liberties that we that we have every day," Turner said. "This is a way to try and hopefully close that gap."
By the chopper's door, there's a plaque displaying the names of 33 members of the Ugly Angels who died while serving in Vietnam. One of the unit's survivors, Iowan Phillip Turner, was present for today's visit.
Nick, his son, followed in his father's footsteps when he decided to join the Marines.
"My dad was a Marine. He got to fly this thing in combat," Turner said.
"I've been able to fly it. There's very few people that can say they flew an aircraft that their dad flew in Vietnam. So it's a pretty special thing for me."
After its visit, the UH-34D will be refueling and then heading down to Inola, Oklahoma, where the helicopter is stored when it's not being shown. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/vietnam-war-helicopter-uh34d-sikorsky-ugly-angels-squadron-marines-greenfield-iowa-aviation-museum/524-8f101adc-6495-4f1d-9031-854897a614d6 | 2022-07-31T01:43:33 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/vietnam-war-helicopter-uh34d-sikorsky-ugly-angels-squadron-marines-greenfield-iowa-aviation-museum/524-8f101adc-6495-4f1d-9031-854897a614d6 |
GARY — Marvin Allen, 58, was last seen by his mother Tuesday evening about 10 p.m. leaving their residence in the 600 block of W. 39th Avenue, police said.
Allen is 6 foot 2 inches tall and weighs around 250 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes and walks around with a cane, although he has no mental impairments.
Anyone with information on Allen's whereabouts are asked to contact Detective Sgt. Mark Salazar at 219-881-1209.
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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TAYLOR, Pa. — A car crashed into a convenience store in Lackawanna County Saturday afternoon.
Police say a driver crashed into Al's Quickstop Mart along North Main Street in Taylor around 12 p.m.
The driver fled police but was later arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and recklessly endangering another person.
No one was hurt in the crash.
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AVOCA, Pa. — Vietnam War Veteran Joseph Hannon was inspired when he visited the National Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC.
"After I went to the wall, it's the healing wall, and I started to heal then. And it took me two years to get this far," said Joseph Hannon, Vietnam Veteran.
He and fellow vets from his hometown of Avoca teamed up over those two years gathering support for a memorial wall of their own.
It bears two names, Daniel Romanko and Michael Clifford. They both were killed in Vietnam when they were only teenagers.
Howard Doran grew up with Clifford.
"I knew him very well when he was a boy, and I knew the family very well. We thought it was very long overdue to honor these Vietnam veterans who were killed in Vietnam," said Howard Doran, U.S. Navy Veteran.
The two young men were honored with a dedication outside Avoca Borough Hall, where their names are now etched in stone. Both of the boys' families made it to the ceremony.
"I can rest at ease now that my brother got the recognition, and Mr. Clifford got the recognition that he deserves. It's just heartwarming," said Rick Romanko, Daniel Romanko's brother.
"The only place I see the monument is I go to the gravesite over at St. Mary's Cemetery or see his name on the wall in DC. This is a special meaningful moment that I'll never forget," said Patrick Clifford, Michael Clifford's brother.
The men want to make sure these boys are never forgotten in their hometown.
"Everybody has stepped in and gone beyond. So, I just want to thank everybody that got involved with this. Goes to show you what a small town can do," said Hannon.
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KNOXVILLE, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a Johnson County Sheriff’s Department (JCSD) deputy wounded Saturday, July 30, afternoon.
The incident happened off Jenkins Ferry Road in Knoxville. The deputy has not been identified but ASP officials say the wound is not life-threatening.
According to information provided by ASP, their investigation into the matter is limited.
“The scope of the state police investigation is limited to the wounding of the deputy and is not, (emphasis) is not, relating to an armed stand-off between a local resident and deputies that was on-going at the time. All questions relating to the tactical operation should be directed to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department,” Bill Sadler with ASP wrote in a request for information.
According to the JCSD, the deputy was taken to a Clarksville hospital and is now on his way to a hospital in Fort Smith but should be okay.
Officials say a female suspect is now in custody after a gas agent was deployed at the travel trailer she was in by Crawford County SWAT and Ozark SWAT team.
No further details have been released at this time.
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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.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man was reportedly bitten by a shark at Jacksonville Beach on Saturday afternoon, a witness told First Coast News.
Nadya Hicks, 16, was surfing near 12th Avenue South at when she heard screams from about 30-feet away. Hicks said she swam over to the man in distress and gave him her surfboard to help him get to shore.
Hicks told First Coast News there was a lot of blood and his foot was "dangling".
Ocean Rescue Lifeguards confirmed they responded to a "traumatic" injury at that location, which Hicks believes to be from a shark.
No further information about the victim's condition is available at this time.
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ST. LOUIS — Many businesses and companies are looking to help those who were affected by the historic rainfall and flooding.
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Officials urge flood victims to call this number to be connected with local resources like the United Way, Salvation Army, Metropolitan Sewer District and more.
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
On Sunday, July 31, the American Red Cross of Greater St. Louis will be moving the shelter currently at the James Eagan Center in Florissant to the St. Vincent Community Center at 7335 St. Charles Rock Rd. Buses will transport people at the current center to the new center at 1 p.m.
An East St. Louis shelter was also opened Saturday at Mason Clark Middle School at 5510 State St.
"Anyone needing a place during the day or overnight may stop in for water, snacks, food and to get information," the Red Cross said. If you can, bring the following items: clothing for a few days, bedding, toiletries, essential medication, and items for your children.
The Red Cross and volunteers will provide water, snacks, and blankets to those who needed them.
Find information about the American Red Cross here.
Flood clean-up supplies will be in St. Louis County at two locations this weekend:
- Saturday, July 30: St, Vincent Community Center, 7335 St. Charles Rock, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Sunday, July 31: St. Louis Galleria, 1276-1422 St. Louis Galleria St., Richmond Heights, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Flood clean-up supplies will be provided to three locations in St. Louis City:
- Urban League Headquarters (midtown), 1408 N. Kingshighway
- Lexington School (North City), 5030 Lexington
- 2723 McCausland Ct. (South City)
The Red Cross is also partnering with other local and state organizations to open Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARCS) next week.
"These centers (MARCs) are “one-stop shops” for people needing assistance to recover from flooding," the Red Cross said.
Here are the dates and locations:
- Tuesday, August 2, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Element Church, 100 Mall Parkway, Unit 500, Wentzville
- Wednesday, August 3, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., John F. Kennedy Community Center, 315 Howdershell Road, Florissant
- Centennial Commons (gymnasium), August 4, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., 7210 Olive Blvd., University City
- Additional locations will be announced soon.
Cool Down St. Louis
Cool Down St. Louis will be assisting residents who have been affected by Tuesday’s storm who are experiencing difficulties paying their utility bills.
Cool Down St. Louis said it will expedite applications and waive certain documentation requirements on its Ameren Missouri and public donation funding, with the exception of federal funding.
The public can apply online by visiting Cooldownmissouri.org or Cooldownstlouis.org.
After their last name, applicants are encouraged to use the word, “Flood” or “Storm” which will help Cool Down St. Louis move quicker in processing applicants, while funding lasts.
For more information, visit the Cool Down St. Louis website or call 314-241-0001.
The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Cool Down St. Louis, Ameren Missouri and Spire Energy will hold an event called “Cool Down Energy Row Experience” on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. at America's Center.
The organizations will provide utility assistance using local and federal funding. They also will distribute free Ameren Missouri energy efficient lightbulbs and have drawings on brand new A/C units. Spire Energy will also distribute helpful items, as well.
For more information on the event, call 314-241-0001.
Lyft
The city of St. Louis is partnering with the rideshare company Lyft to give free rides to flood-impacted residents who need transportation.
Information on how to use the service will soon be available at St. Louis' mobile command centers:
- Ellendale neighborhood at 2732 McCausland Ct.
- Kingsway West at the intersection of Ashland and Norwood Avenue
- Walnut Park West at 6085 W. Florissant Ave.
The city is reaching out to other rideshare companies as well.
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.
Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
Mayor Tishaura Jones joined Urban League staff Saturday evening to announce updates on St. Louis flood relief.
The resource center at 1408 N. Kingshighway is assisting residents by accepting donations Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and coordinating efforts to three mobile command centers in the city.
Here are the locations for the three centers:
- Ellendale neighborhood at 2732 McCausland Ct.
- Kingsway West at the intersection of Ashland and Norwood Avenue
- Walnut Park West at 6085 W. Florissant Ave.
“City leaders and staff are working every single day to get residents the support, help, and information they need following this week’s heart-wrenching floods,” said Mayor Tishaura O. Jones in a press release. “Our community partners are stepping up too, from churches to businesses to civic leaders. The biggest donation needs at the moment are food, dehumidifiers, cleaning supplies like mold remover, gloves, water, bug spray, clothing, and toiletries; keep an eye on stlouis-mo.gov/flood for ways to help.”
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ARIZONA, USA — Teen Lifeline, a suicide prevention resource, reports a 50% increase in calls to their hotline since the beginning of 2020.
Students struggling with mental health is something high school athletes are seeing on their own campuses, so they're working to spread the message to their peers that there is hope and help.
Trading Friday night lights for studio lights
Being under the spotlight isn't new for Aiden Herring. Usually, he's under the Friday night lights at Perry High School.
"Being a teen now is hard and different," Herring said.
But the lights Friday in Phoenix came from studio lights.
"I'm thankful not many close friends I have now are depressed at all, everything's good, but I know there are kids out there that deal with it," Herring said.
Herring is one of nearly 20 high school athletes sharing a message of hope in the form of PSAs.
"Recently, at my school, we had someone passed away from suicide. So it kind of really touched my heart," Kayla Smith, a senior and cheerleader at Mountain View High School. "I thought it was kind of cool that I could give back to my school since we just had that tragic loss."
Help and hope
The PSA's are being produced with The Grand Canyon State Gridiron Club and Teen Lifeline.
The videos will be put on social media and school communications channels in September for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
"What helps us all is to see our peers giving us that messaging," Teen Lifeline Clinical Director Nikki Kontz said. "And seeing that, for our peers, they're struggling or dealing with some of the same things."
The PSAs have the athletes speak into the camera, reassuring the viewer on the other end that everyone struggles, and if someone is struggling with thoughts of suicide, there's hope.
"These are some of our high schools and schools' biggest leaders, who people look up to them. And they can see them saying it's okay, come forward," Kontz said.
Kontz said since the beginning of 2020, calls and texts into Teen Lifeline's hotline have grown 50%.
The hotline is staffed 24/7 and has peer counselors from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. every day.
"There is hope. There is hope. It is all about bringing our community back to connection," Kontz said.
It ends with the athletes saying, “You are not alone,"
Hitting home
These athletes talk about how they've seen their peers go through this, motivating them to come and give of their time to help someone else.
"I have friends that struggle with this," Deshawn Warner, junior at Desert Edge High School, said. "It really helps. It really feels good to do this."
Warner is usually also playing on the football field on Fridays but hopes that a few minutes he and his fellow players take today can help someone else.
"To think that somebody might be having a bad day, and then they see my video or my other opponents that are here's video, it's crazy, because they got to have a bad day, and then it'd be flipped after the video, or it can possibly save their lives," Warner said.
Believing the message of hope goes beyond the field or the uniforms they wear.
"It feels like we're all on one team right now. It's going to stay that way until we get on the Friday night lights," Warner said.
If you or someone who know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, there is hope and help.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now active; simply call 988.
Other resources available include:
- Teen Lifeline: 602-248-8336. Texting to the line is available from noon to 9 p.m. on weekdays or from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. The hotline is also open for calls daily.
- Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
- Community Referrals: 211Arizona.org
- Statewide Resources: https://www.azspc.org/resources.html
- Crisis Teams: 480-784-1500
- Maricopa County Crisis Hotline: 602-222-9444
- Free Zoom Community Meetings on mental health in youth can also be found here.
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BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — Almost every home destroyed in the Balch Springs fire Monday is now empty.
Displaced families took what they could and moved in with friends or relatives as they figure out their next steps.
But Saturday, Robert Pinero came back home. Not because his house or any of his belongings were salvageable, but because the one thing that survived the fire was costing him money he doesn't have.
"I need to give this back, its $250 they're charging me," Pinero told WFAA as he gestured toward his modem. "I said I have no money, they said we'll put it in your collections."
Pinero wanted to show us his home so we could show our viewers the reality of how quickly a fire can spread and how much damage it will leave behind.
"I'm 57 years old. It's hard. I'm not young no more. I don't have the strength to start all over again."
And Pinero needs all the strength he can get.
His 7-year-old dog, Torretto, did not survive the fire.
"We're still crying," he said. "Believe it or not, we got more hurt for the dog than from the house.'"
But the house hurts too.
"We just did the roof last week," Pinero said. "Brand new roof. "$17,000."
While Pinero shared his story with WFAA, crews 23 miles away in Glenn Heights put out hot spots from a fire that burned 350 acres Friday. No homes were lost.
Pinero said each fire encourages him to tell people to cut their lawns and take the burn bans seriously.
"It can happen," he said. "It happened to me. It can happen to someone else."
Pinero is a religious man. He credits God for keeping all of his neighbors safe while their homes burned, and believes God will help him through whatever happens next.
"In Jesus' name, everything's gonna be alright."
Pinero's son started a GoFundMe to help fundraise for a new dog. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/balch-springs-fire-homeowner-lost-everything-shares-powerful-message/287-ada841c7-fd18-4c2d-931d-0104b508ed33 | 2022-07-31T02:51:12 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/balch-springs-fire-homeowner-lost-everything-shares-powerful-message/287-ada841c7-fd18-4c2d-931d-0104b508ed33 |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The City of Corpus Christi now has $5.2 million in federal funding to provide stable housing for those with a low-income. But it goes behind that, providing minor home repairs for seniors and those with disabilities.
"Making walk-in showers, putting grab bars in bathrooms, putting on a ramp, making sure the doors are wide enough for wheelchairs," Jennifer Buxton with Corpus Christi Neighborhood Services said. "Those things in addition to what some people just take advantage of in terms of basic home necessities."
Corpus Christi Neighborhood Services also plans to use the funding to provide meals to seniors and resources to minimize and prevent homelessness. While this will continue to improve it, Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales says the South Texas county has struggled with ADA accessibility for years.
"It was very serious," Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales said. "The Department of Justice had come into the previous administration and said, 'County, you have a long way to go.'"
Canales said that despite the county not getting the federal funding the city will utilize, they have done everything they set out to do to improve the situation since she took over as judge in 2019.
"We have settled all of the claims that were levied against Nueces County in previous administrations and that just goes to show that we are doing great work with ADA," Canales said.
With 15 potential funding opportunities available to the county, Canales says she's also looking to create a task force to determine which ones will benefit the Coastal Bend the most.
"The excitement is, is that I've just come from a national conference where I've been educating myself so I can come back, educate this community and really galvanize our court behind going after some of these great funds," Canales said.
Canales said the courthouse is currently undergoing a $9 million renovation to improve ADA accessibility. Meanwhile, the city plans to partner with local non-profits like the Salvation Army and Corpus Christi Hope House to assist with homelessness in the community using federal funds.
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LEWISVILLE, Texas — A tractor trailer and passenger vehicle were involved in a fiery crash Saturday evening, closing down several lanes of traffic.
Lewisville firefighters and police were called to the accident around 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the 2400 block of northbound I-35 near FM 3040, officials say.
Lewisville Fire Department says a the two vehicles crashed into each other, causing the tractor to catch on fire and separate from the trailer, which broke into several pieces. One of the broken-off pieces was one of the trailer's axles, which hit an overhead street sign.
The two people in the passenger vehicle weren't hurt, officials added, and the driver of the tractor trailer was walking around and talking to first responders at the scene, and was later taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
It's unclear at this time how the two vehicles crashed into each other, officials say.
The tractor and trailer are total losses, officials added, and the hit street sign may need to be replaced as well after TXDOT inspects it.
All northbound lanes of I-35E are closed, officials detailed, as well as the express toll lane. All traffic has ben diverted to the service road.
Northbound I-35E is expected to stay closed for the next few hours as clews clean up debris from the highway road. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fiery-crash-lewisville-along-i-35/287-93123dc5-e9b3-4938-98a0-08b898ff1f5b | 2022-07-31T02:51:24 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fiery-crash-lewisville-along-i-35/287-93123dc5-e9b3-4938-98a0-08b898ff1f5b |
HOUSTON — The city of Houston’s first annual gun buyback event drew hundreds of people on Saturday.
Lines of cars could be seen wrapped around the block at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in southeast Houston where the event was held. Officials collected 845 guns and say they gave out nearly $100,000 in gift cards throughout the event.
"I got a shotgun and a .32,” said Marvin Washington.
"It's an old .22, but it’s like 50 years old, but it's been laying around,” said Brian Carr.
Community members surrendering their firearms had different back stories but shared one common goal.
"Man, it is so crazy out here. The more guns we get off the streets the better it is, trying to get something positive done,” said Washington.
"It's too much crime going right now. We just thought we could do whatever we can to help,” said Carr.
That’s exactly what city leaders are hoping to accomplish.
"We used best practices to plan and hold today's event. I did not know what to expect, and the turnout was overwhelming," said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. "The turnout demonstrates there are too many guns on our streets, and people want to get them out of their possession. The gun buyback is not the only solution, but we can and will make our streets safer and help reduce gun violence."
The don’t ask, don’t tell buyback program is one of the latest efforts under Mayor Turner's "One Safe Houston" initiative to combat violent crime. The event was put on in collaboration with the Houston Police Department and Commissioner Rodney Ellis.
“This 9-millimeter is one of the guns that’s been taken in, we’ve taken in ghost guns, rifles, automatics. The program is working, gift cards being handed out,” Mayor Turner said.
For each gun surrendered, gift cards up to $200 dollars were given out.
The overwhelming turnout also drew out people trying to buy guns from those in the line, something Mayor Turner directly addressed.
"There were some people going up and down the lines saying we will pay you more than the city and the county are willing to pay you, with no background checks, and mind you, it’s not necessarily illegal and that’s a loophole in the process,” he said.
The setback couldn’t overshadow the program’s success.
"I knew it was going to be a lot but even I didn't think this many people on the first time,” said Houston Police Chief Troy Finner.
City leaders say another gun buyback event is already in the works. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/houston-gun-buyback-program/285-a10fed44-3e03-43ef-a924-8588f9ac35af | 2022-07-31T02:51:30 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/houston-gun-buyback-program/285-a10fed44-3e03-43ef-a924-8588f9ac35af |
City launches Lift Up Las Cruces program with neighborhood block party
LAS CRUCES - Tents and tables, buses and a fire truck lined Ash Avenue Saturday morning at the launch event for Lift Up Las Cruces, the city’s anti-poverty initiative.
Each booth featured a different city department, government agency, faith group, nonprofit or social services organization. All offered information about their services and resources and gave out swag to the attendees of the block party, which closed off Ash between Wade Street to Calle Sosa from 9 a.m. to noon July 30. There were also games and activities for children.
Lift Up is a program seeking to reduce poverty and crime by targeting one specific area of the city at a time. The block party was held in the first "footprint" chosen, bound by North Solano Drive, East Madrid Avenue, Anita Drive, North Triviz Drive and Spruce Avenue — all within the 88001 ZIP code. The area concurrently faces high poverty and crime. Nearly one in four Las Crucens live in poverty, according to census data.
The Lift Up boundaries are contained in City Council districts 1 and 3. District 1 is represented by Mayor Pro Tempore Kasandra Gandara. The councilor attended Saturday's festivities and said the community seemed "jazzed."
"The energy is here to improve our community," Gandara said, who mentioned she lived nearby. "There's been a lot of momentum about establishing neighborhood watch programs, neighborhood association programs, to that point of you see something, say something. We want a safe community. We want people to be able to walk safely, increase health ... For me (the next steps are) continuing to partner with these nonprofits to bring programming in this area from mental health to food to housing, transportation (and) beautification."
Sabrina Perez is a born-and-raised Las Crucen who said she has lived in the city for 52 years. She said she lives in the area served by the Lift Up program and is raising two children there, ages 7 and 10. She said the block party was a great activity to bring the kids to and would love the city to plan similar events in the future.
"Right now there's a lot of kids that are homeless and they're all around, and that's what I see a lot of," Perez said.
Perez said she wanted the city to increase services to aid the homeless as well as people addicted to drugs. She said she's had family members struggle with addiction.
"They're doing all the community stuff but lose focus on the drug addict and the homeless guy," Perez said. "I don't know what they're doing for them."
City Manager Ifo Pili mingled with attendees and organizational staff at the event. The city manager has said the alleviation of poverty is one of his main goals, and though Lift Up is the first major anti-poverty program under his administration, the ideas were consolidated from the community, city staff and councilors.
"I am so grateful to all the entities that have come out," Pili said. "This was, to me, crucial, essential to the success of this program for the community to get involved. And they are."
Casa de Pereginos food pantry passed out bags of fresh produce for free to attendees. Amanda Kmetz, an agency support specialist with the pantry, said their work supports the mission of Lift Up because the organization makes it easy for anyone to receive free food. All someone needs is an ID and proof of address, like a utility bill, and they are eligible.
"When times get hard, when food costs go up, when gas goes up, when rent goes up, sometimes you need a little bit of help, and that's what we're here to do," Kmetz said.
Brenda Verrett, the Anthony Office Manager for the Southwest Counseling Center, tabled at the block party to offer information about mental health services. SWCC last year relaunched its services as a provider and has a location in downtown Las Cruces.
"Literally anything you need, we can help," said Lui Fa'amasino, an outreach coordinator with Families and Youth Innovations Plus, a nonprofit which provides services such as mental health, nutrition, housing and food assistance. "Whether it's clothing, whether it's programming, whether it's resources, funding, things like that. We can connect you to things that you do need."
Artist Raquel Madrigal is painting a mural on the corner of North Solano and Mulberry Avenue on the side of Cravings Catering in partnership with the Doña Ana Resilience Leaders to mark the launch of the program. Anyone was welcome to help paint portions of the mural on Saturday, which depicts a girl succeeding because she's surrounded by family over the words "100% Community."
Michael McDevitt is a city and county government reporter for the Sun-News. He can be reached at 575-202-3205, mmcdevitt@lcsun-news.com or @MikeMcDTweets on Twitter.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Sometimes parents can tell if their child has a vision problem. They usually squint, experience constant headaches, or complain about things being blurry.
However, other times, the signs aren't so clear. While many parents rely on their child's school vision screening, optometrist Dr. Denise Smith said they're not thorough enough.
"One-third of children pass a screening when they really have a problem," said Dr. Smith. "The school vision screenings are just not enough. It gives a false sense of security."
Many times students' hidden vision problems go undiagnosed.
"They could have poor visual focusing," she added. "Which causes their vision to fluctuate and become blurry at times. They could have poor visual tracking, which causes them to skip words, lose their place, and re-read. All of these things can affect reading comprehension."
Sometimes children feel tired, have trouble concentrating, or get lost when reading. If the vision problem isn't identified, many students often get misdiagnosed.
"We know that children who have these hidden visual disorders are often mislabeled as having dyslexia or learning disabilities or attention deficit disorders, when, in fact, it's actually a vision problem," said Dr. Smith.
Dr. Smith said one in four children have a vision problem that goes on undiagnosed. That's about 25% percent of children.
"They're trying so hard, but they're not getting the return on their investment," she added. "So then they start to give up. They think they're stupid when really they're super smart. And it's just they don't have the skill set that they need to succeed."
If your child is losing their place while reading, has a short attention span, and turns his or her head side to side, these could be signs they're struggling with a vision problem.
If you think your child could have a hidden vision problem, Dr. Smith suggests taking this quiz. From there she can help direct you to the best course of treatment, the most common one being vision therapy.
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With festivities beginning Friday and continuing throughout Saturday evening, Ammon will again host its annual Ammon Days event.
“We have records back into the ’60s for Ammon Days,” Mayor Sean Coletti said. “It’s a very long-running event and it seems to just get better every year.”
Coletti, the city’s mayor since 2018, said this rendition would be a year to remember.
“Something really different from years previous is that we will have the Ammon Glow event,” Coletti said. “This will be something that this area is not used to seeing.”
Ammon Glow will take place Friday from 8:45 to 9:30 p.m. in McCowin Park. Five hot air balloons will light up the park with a fire and music show to kick off the celebration. At 7 a.m. Saturday the balloons will lift off and float above Ammon.
Another notable change in the event is the availability of a shuttle service to and from McCowin Park on Saturday.
The city is partnering with Bonneville Joint School District 93 to provide school buses for the shuttle service. The district will be running buses from Hillcrest High School to McCowin Park all day in 15-minute intervals. There will be two drop-off/pickup locations at the Hillcrest parking lot and on Midway Avenue next to the car show and vendors.
The two-day event takes months to plan with some of the events being planned over a year in advance.
“The city prepares for Ammon Days like clockwork,” Coletti said. “They are meeting weekly, everyone has their individual jobs, most of which have been working these same jobs for years.”
Randall Miller, recreation director for Ammon, seconds the mayor’s claims of the work it takes to make the event a success.
“A great deal of preparation goes into this event all year, but especially the months and weeks leading up to Ammon Days,” Miller said. “Scheduling, securing sponsors, vendors, entertainment, and ordering supplies. We have been working on the hot air balloon (Ammon Glow) event since last October. Next week we will bring in tables, chairs, tents, canopies, extra cleanup and mowing of the park, the stage will be erected on Friday, and the list goes on.”
Ammon Days, with over 20 different events and equally as many food trucks, takes planning and help from the entire community.
“Every city employee is involved with Ammon Days, as well as many volunteers,” Miller said. “It is a monumental effort to pull it off, and it’s all worth it to keep this great tradition alive and growing every year. We have received tremendous feedback from the community, everyone is very excited. The financial support from the local business community makes Ammon Days possible. The sponsors help pay the bills that come with a huge event like Ammon Days. We are very excited to see everyone next weekend.”
The remainder of the weekend’s events begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at McCowin Park with a flag ceremony, continuing with activities throughout the day, including a performance by the Kyd J Band from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and festivities ending at 4 p.m.
Some of the recurring events include the car show, Ammon Has Talent, the ping pong ball drop with the fire department and the raffle drawing.
“I think that we all enjoy getting together for Ammon Days. It’s an opportunity to come together and celebrate everything that we love about being a community,” Coletti said. “We put aside our differences and enjoy each other’s company. We celebrate Ammon, its great history and its amazing future.” | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/city-prepares-for-annual-ammon-days-weekend/article_3a27623b-9c7e-5d0d-8c73-9f63d9e77cd4.html | 2022-07-31T02:57:55 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/city-prepares-for-annual-ammon-days-weekend/article_3a27623b-9c7e-5d0d-8c73-9f63d9e77cd4.html |
KNOXVILLE, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a Johnson County Sheriff’s Department (JCSD) deputy wounded Saturday, July 30, afternoon.
The incident happened off Jenkins Ferry Road in Knoxville. The deputy has not been identified but ASP officials say the wound is not life-threatening.
According to information provided by ASP, their investigation into the matter is limited.
“The scope of the state police investigation is limited to the wounding of the deputy and is not, (emphasis) is not, relating to an armed stand-off between a local resident and deputies that was on-going at the time. All questions relating to the tactical operation should be directed to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department,” Bill Sadler with ASP wrote in a request for information.
According to the JCSD, the deputy was taken to a Clarksville hospital and is now on his way to a hospital in Fort Smith but should be okay.
Officials say a female suspect is now in custody after a gas agent was deployed at the travel trailer she was in by Crawford County SWAT and Ozark SWAT team.
No further details have been released at this time.
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A Brigantine man died in a massive crash that closed miles of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension in Carbon County for hours Friday evening.
Harry Jackson III, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene, the Carbon County coroner’s office said. A passenger in his car survived.
The crash happened on Interstate 476 North in Franklin Township, several miles north of Mahoning Valley Exit #74, around 5:45 p.m.
Photos posted to social media show a jackknifed tractor-trailer hanging over the center median with debris on fire, as well as multiple other damaged vehicles.
Chris Jones, who was traveling south on the Turnpike toward Lehighton to pick up his son, passed by the crash scene shortly after southbound traffic was reopened. He said the tractor-trailer, which appeared to be traveling south, jackknifed to its left as it partially jumped over the concrete median wall.
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Jones said the tractor-trailer destroyed so much of the wall that chunks as large as car tires were scattered among trashed vehicles and debris.
“The northbound side is completely littered side to side for several hundred feet with vehicles, bits and pieces of vehicles, and all different size pieces of the wall itself,” he said earlier in a Facebook post.
At least three other vehicles sustained major damage, including shattered glass, crushed metal and blown air bags, Jones said.
The northbound lanes remained closed between Mahoning Valley and Pocono Exit #95 through the night. Just before 5 a.m., they reopened, according to the PA Turnpike Alerts Twitter account.
Both southbound lanes were initially closed to allow a medical helicopter to land on the highway. By late Friday evening, both of those lanes had reopened.
Traffic was being diverted off the highway throughout the evening.
Just before 8 p.m., turnpike officials tweeted that motorists were stuck waiting on the highway between the crash scene and the Mahoning Valley exit. Rescue crews on foot were helping the cars make U-turns to travel south in the north lanes to reach the exit.
“Crews are walking on foot from Exit #74 — starting from there to the scene. Only one car can be u-turned at a time and it is a slow process due to maneuvering around commercial vehicles that are not being u-turned. Any questions Dial *11. Thanks,” the PA Turnpike tweeted. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/brigantine-man-dies-in-pennsylvania-turnpike-crash-involving-tractor-trailer/article_3242a826-107c-11ed-b56c-2bdfb5c77cb1.html | 2022-07-31T03:25:20 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/brigantine-man-dies-in-pennsylvania-turnpike-crash-involving-tractor-trailer/article_3242a826-107c-11ed-b56c-2bdfb5c77cb1.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The owner of a German Shepherd was arrested for 1st-degree animal abuse after leaving the dog in a locked vehicle for at least 35 minutes in 89-degree heat, officials said.
Beaverton police were called about the situation around 11:15 a.m. Saturday and found Gazer the dog in “medical distress,” authorities said. Officers got the 2-year-old dog out of the car and tried to cool him. Police took the dog to a nearby veterinarian but Gazer’s condition “was not survivable.”
The owner, Calvin Jordan, made the decision with the veterinary staff to put the dog down.
Jordan was booked into the Washington County Jail.
Temperatures inside a car can rise about 30 degrees in 30 minutes, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Dogs and cats don’t have sweat glands — that’s why they pant so much. So leaving them in a hot car for even a short time can quickly cause major problems.
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The University of North Texas’ student-run radio station KNTU shifted its long-run jazz music format to indie alternative programming Friday at noon.
The station was previously known as “88.1 The One” rebranded to “88.1 indie.” In addition, listeners can currently stream indie music on 881indie.com, which is in its early stages of website construction. The station’s longtime jazz programming has not disappeared. It will instead be streamed at kntu.com.
General Manager Dan Balla said the station’s shift was due to low listeners, no donation support and UNT students’ disinterest in jazz.
“We struggled with listenership, we struggled with donations, and our other mission is to give students an education and experience working at a radio station,” Balla said. “And most of the students, the vast majority, just really not excited by jazz.”
Balla said the programming change was a long time coming, and it should have happened years ago since data showed that jazz listeners had fallen.
“The average quarter-hour of listeners during an average week … was roughly 100, 200 in the low one-hundreds,” Balla said.
Balla said the demographic age of the listeners was largely men aged 60 plus, which is not a demographic that attracts advertisers. Balla said the donations have been weak.
KNTU is a non-commercial radio station licensed to UNT. This noncommercial status prohibits KNTU from selling commercial time and airing commercials. KNTU is allowed, however, to solicit underwriting and air underwriter announcements.
He recalls that a local Denton bank, one of its underwritings, dropped the station since it didn’t have enough audience. Balla said getting support from local businesses and pledge drives has been challenging.
“I can tell you that it (advertising) was incredibly weak,” Bella said. And it was not for lack of trying. I can’t tell you how many businesses I called. Dozens and dozens, hundreds of businesses I called would not return my call, did not want to advertise, did not want to support us in any way.”
Balla said he hopes the new format will attract more students to volunteer or work at the station. He said it’s been difficult for the station to hire students since there is interest in Jazz.
As for the Denton Arts & Jazz Festival, the station will continue to broadcast the festival live for its listener.
“I have plans that will be at the Denton Arts & Jazz Festival again this fall in October,” Balla said.
Time will whether the new format will bring in a new audience, donations and support.
“I do think our audience will grow,” Balla said. “And I do think donations will grow and I do think listener support will go, and I think students will be more excited. If I didn’t think about those things, we wouldn’t have made the switch.”
The station went on air officially on Oct. 31, 1969, with only 440 watts at 88.5 FM. It switched to 88.1 FM and has been on the air 24 hours, every day of the year, broadcasting with 100,000 watts.
JUAN BETANCOURT can be reached via Twitter at @jbetancourt_15. | https://dentonrc.com/news/local/kntu-shifts-jazz-programming-to-indie-due-to-donations-and-listener-support/article_53a37ed7-2036-5d98-93a4-81152817bf27.html | 2022-07-31T03:34:07 | 0 | https://dentonrc.com/news/local/kntu-shifts-jazz-programming-to-indie-due-to-donations-and-listener-support/article_53a37ed7-2036-5d98-93a4-81152817bf27.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The family of Stephon Clark is once again demanding accountability from the Sacramento Police Department after a confrontation caught on camera involving one of the officers who shot Clark made its rounds on social media.
The man behind the camera who runs a YouTube page called 'Cali Tito' spotted Sacramento Police officer Jared Robinet — one of the officers involved in the shooting of Clark in his grandmother's backyard in March of 2018 after officers mistook his cellphone for a gun — patrolling the area of Stockton Blvd and Fruitridge Rd around 2 p.m. on July 23 and confronted him with questions. Below is verbatim of their exchange.
"What's that smirk for, punk? You're Jared Robinet, right?" said Tito.
"I am," said Robinet.
"You're the one who murdered Stephon Clark, aren't you," said Tito.
"Nobody's calling it a murder," said Robinet.
Clark's mother Sequette says she was horrified when she saw the video.
"I was nauseous. I vomited after watching that video. He didn't care. 'Yes, I'm Jared Robinet, yeah, that's me. I don't look at it as a murder' Oh, you don't?," said Sequette Clark. "I could've respected some civility. I can't respect how he responded. Shame on him."
Clark's family along with a group of supporters marched through the streets of South Sacramento on Saturday afternoon to voice their outrage. The family told ABC10 they plan to hold demonstrations in the area of Stockton Blvd and Fruitridge Rd. at 2 p.m. every Saturday — the same area time and area where Officer Robinet was confronted on July 23.
"One of the cops that assassinated my dear brother Stephon Clark is still patrolling the streets running through other grandmothers' backyards," said Stephon's brother Stevante Clark. "We are not anti-law enforcement. We're anti-killer cops."
State and County officials cleared the officers of wrongdoing in the case. Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced during a press conference in March of 2019 that officers Terrance Mercadal and Jared Robinet did not break any laws when they shot Stephon Clark.
The Sacramento Police Department confirmed with ABC10 that Officer Robinet remains employed with the department. Clark's family wants to see Robinet removed from his position and says there need to be consequences that match his actions.
"There's only justice and accountability that can ease my heart. It's not fair that he's still out here," said Sequette.
ABC10 reached out to the Sacramento Police Department for comment on the matter. They said due to pending litigation surrounding the officer-involved shooting and Stephon Clark, they are unable to provide a further statement. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/stephon-clarks-family-demands-action-and-accountability-from-sacramento-police-after-video-circulates-on-social-media/103-284a26e2-64fc-444a-8a9a-4ab11d159e6f | 2022-07-31T03:36:48 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/stephon-clarks-family-demands-action-and-accountability-from-sacramento-police-after-video-circulates-on-social-media/103-284a26e2-64fc-444a-8a9a-4ab11d159e6f |
Originally published July 26 on IdahoEdNews.org.
The percentage of Idaho juniors who met both benchmark scores on the SAT – a measure of college and career readiness – slid for the second year in a row, according to data the State Department of Education released on Tuesday.
In 2022, 28.3% of juniors met both benchmarks on the SAT (for math and evidence-based reading and writing) – 0.8% lower than in 2021 and 3.7% lower than in 2020. Even amid pandemic-related school shutdowns in 2020, 90% of Idaho juniors still took the SAT.
The benchmark percentages in math have fallen over the past two years as well. This year, 30.5% of students met the benchmark, 0.7% fewer than in 2021 and 2.5% fewer than in 2020.
Benchmark percentages for evidence-based reading and writing showed a 0.1% increase from 2021. Scores from the last two years, however, were both more than 4% below the 58% of students who met the benchmark in 2020.
The SDE characterized the new SAT scores as “holding steady” from the previous year in a Tuesday press release.
Sherri Ybarra, superintendent of public instruction, pointed out that many students are no longer required — by the state or by their university — to take college entrance exams.
“We’ve known for some time that many Idaho students do not prepare for the SAT because it is not essential to their post-high school plans,” Ybarra said. “And the priority placed on the test has declined further in recent years as universities in Idaho and elsewhere have stopped requiring college-entrance exams, and the State Board of Education dropped the exams as a graduation requirement this year.”
How Idaho schools and districts fared
There were some bright spots in the SDE’s report. Couer d’Alene Charter Academy had the highest rate in the state, just as it did in 2021, with nearly 90% of its students meeting both benchmarks. The following schools also had notably high percentages of students who met both benchmarks:
- Renaissance High (West Ada) 77%
- North Idaho Stem Charter >76%
- Meridian Tech. Charter 68%
- Meridian Medical Arts Charter 67%
Among all Idaho districts and charter schools with at least 20 participating students, only 11 had 50 percent or more of their students meet both benchmarks.
Here are the percentages of juniors meeting both the English and math benchmark scores for select large districts:
- Boise: 41.5%
- Bonneville: 30.5%
- Caldwell: 11.3%
- Cassia County: 21.8%
- Coeur d’Alene: 34.2%
- Emmett: 27.8%
- Idaho Falls: 26.5%
- Jefferson County: 30.6%
- Jerome: 9.9%
- Kuna: 19.5%
- Lakeland: 29.1%
- Lewiston: 24.8%
- Madison: 32.8%
- Middleton: 31%
- Moscow: 49.7%
- Nampa: 17.3%
- Oneida County: 28.6%
- Pocatello-Chubbuck: 32%
- Post Falls: 30.7%
- Twin Falls: 24.9%
- Vallivue: 20.3%
- West Ada: 40.4%
The College Board establishes benchmarks “to help students and educators assess student progress toward college readiness from year to year.” According to its website, students who meet or exceed the benchmarks have a 75% chance of earning at least a C in a variety of general education first-semester college courses. It also notes that “students scoring below the SAT benchmarks can still be successful in college, especially with additional preparation and perseverance.”
Education leaders have been questioning the validity of college entrance exams, especially since the start of the pandemic.
Idaho Education News filed a public records request for the 2022 SAT data, but the SDE provided only partial information on Tuesday; raw SAT scores were not released. EdNews has requested that data and will report on it when it becomes available.
Idaho Education News data analyst Randy Schrader contributed to this report. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/sat-benchmark-percentages-slide-for-the-second-consecutive-year/article_a445a3fe-bb2b-5920-85da-af7664da32c0.html | 2022-07-31T03:51:34 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/sat-benchmark-percentages-slide-for-the-second-consecutive-year/article_a445a3fe-bb2b-5920-85da-af7664da32c0.html |
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Tuesday, March 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/updates-tucson-area-coronavirus-developments-july-31-what-we-know/article_dc8e92ea-6561-11ea-9e87-17207f678ee6.html | 2022-07-31T04:02:07 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/updates-tucson-area-coronavirus-developments-july-31-what-we-know/article_dc8e92ea-6561-11ea-9e87-17207f678ee6.html |
RUSSELL COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – The Russell County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) is asking the public for help in finding a missing teen last seen Saturday around 4:30.
According to the RCSO, Landon Yates, 13, is missing from the Finney, New Garden area. He was last seen wearing jeans, cowboy boots and no shirt. He is 5 foot, four inches in height and weighs 90 pounds.
Yates is considered an endangered child, according to officials.
If you know of his whereabouts, call the Russell County Sheriff’s Office at 276-889-8033. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/russell-co-sheriffs-office-seeking-location-of-missing-teen/ | 2022-07-31T04:07:08 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/russell-co-sheriffs-office-seeking-location-of-missing-teen/ |
SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - It has been confirmed to ABC12 News that President Joe Biden's trip to the Saginaw area on Tuesday has been cancelled.
The President was expected to visit Hemlock Semiconductor on Tuesday, but that changed today after the President tested positive for covid again.
The president has yet to visit our state this year. He made five visits to the state during 2021, most recently in November when he visited a General Motors plant in Detroit.
Stay with ABC12 News for complete coverage of his visit Tuesday. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/president-biden-cancels-trip-to-saginaw-area-after-positive-covid-test/article_f7ea27fe-0f8a-11ed-82d5-af34d13312fc.html | 2022-07-31T04:11:06 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/president-biden-cancels-trip-to-saginaw-area-after-positive-covid-test/article_f7ea27fe-0f8a-11ed-82d5-af34d13312fc.html |
One Knox's successful first season comes to a close in the playoffs
It was a bittersweet end to an otherwise historic season for One Knoxville SC (13-3-1).
At Austin-East Magnet High School, on the same field the club played its inaugural match three months ago, One Knox fell, 2-1, to the North Carolina Fusion U23 (13-1-3) in the USL League Two’s Southern Conference championship on Friday night.
Despite going down an early goal to the 2021 USL League Two national finalists, who’ve now claimed consecutive Southern Conference titles, One Knoxville was not intimidated.
Mason Duvall opened the scoring for the visitors in the seventh minute after goalkeeper Peter Swinkels pushed a Joao Gomeiro free kick onto the bar. The ball deflected to Duval, who beat his defender to finish from close range.
One Knoxville evened the scoreline in the 48th minute through a Dani Fernandez goal off a corner kick.
With leading scorers Stephen Afrifa and Sebastian Andreassen providing a threat on the ground and in the air in the second half, One Knoxville were the more threatening side, cheered on by more than two thousand fans for the third consecutive playoff game.
However the tide turned in a final 20 minutes marred by fouls and expulsions. Two of head coach Mark McKeever’s players were ejected for second yellow cards, forcing the team to play out the game with only nine. The Fusion retook the lead off a corner kick in the 83rd minute. The goal was scored by Franc Gamiz.
One Knoxville pressed forward, even with a numerical disadvantage, but could not find the equalizer. Their season ended in what amounted to the Elite Eight for a league that began play in May with 114 teams across four conferences nationwide.
“I think special things are going to happen in this city,” McKeever said after the game. “And they're going to happen because of that crew that were behind us, supporting us from start to finish. We tell the players, ‘You’ve got to stick by each other through thick and thin.’ And I feel as though the fans are now those people who are through thick and thin. When things started to go against us, they lifted us up.”
Fans remained in the stadium for up to an hour after the game interacting with and cheering on the coach and players with chants and songs they’ve created for the team. In total, One Knoxville played 10 games at home: two each at Austin-East, Knoxville Catholic and West high schools, and four at Maryville College.
“Those guys have made these young men’s lives so bloody good this summer,” McKeever said. “They're gonna walk away with this memory for the rest of their lives because of the fans.”
In its inaugural season, One Knoxville claimed the South Central Division championship. The team also defeated division rivals Asheville City in a home-and-away series the clubs dubbed the Smoky Mountain Series. For that, One Knox claimed a Golden Hiking Boot trophy designed by former West High School and current East Tennessee State University soccer player Alex Magnuson.
The USL League Two national semifinal between the Fusion and Long Island Rough Riders, who defeated the Seacoast United Phantoms, 2-1, earlier in the afternoon for the Eastern Conference title, will be played at 7:30 p.m. at Austin-East on Sunday.
Brian Gabriel Canever is a soccer writer and co-host of the Knox Soccer Podcast. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/local/2022/07/30/one-knoxs-successful-first-season-comes-close-playoffs/10193189002/ | 2022-07-31T04:12:46 | 1 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/local/2022/07/30/one-knoxs-successful-first-season-comes-close-playoffs/10193189002/ |
DUNMORE, Pa. — There's no better place to remember Tyler Sitar than on a soccer field.
"Seeing all of my older brother's friends get together and play soccer as a team together, it really just means a lot to me, and I know it would mean a lot to my brother as well," said Toban Sitar, Tyler's brother.
Sitar was shot and killed in Dunmore in July of last year. The pain is still fresh for those who loved the Dunmore High School grad and U.S. Marine.
So, they gathered at Schautz Field in the borough for a soccer tournament. It's to help them heal but also to raise money for a scholarship fund set up in Tyler's memory.
Tyler's mom says the goal is to help three Dunmore High School students go to college each year.
"We are excited about the opportunity to keep Tyler's legacy alive. He was a very generous, loving person. So, we want to carry that legacy and reach out to some kids in a scholarship form, so again that legacy can continue for Tyler," said Beckie Sitar, Tyler's mom.
Scholarships will go to two soccer players and one band member from the high school; that's something organizers believe Tyler would have liked.
They plan to meet on the soccer field each year to remember him.
"I think it says a lot about the type of person Tyler was, that people want to give back, so we deeply deeply appreciate that," said Beckie.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/soccer-game-supports-memorial-scholarship-tyler-sitar-toban-beckie-schautz-memorial-stadium-lackawanna-county-dunmore-marine/523-f1dc60ad-25ba-4c1b-828c-6230a839a2e5 | 2022-07-31T04:13:02 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/soccer-game-supports-memorial-scholarship-tyler-sitar-toban-beckie-schautz-memorial-stadium-lackawanna-county-dunmore-marine/523-f1dc60ad-25ba-4c1b-828c-6230a839a2e5 |
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — The North Pocono Library in Moscow was filled with fans of the franchise.
An organization called the 501st legion hosted the event. The group is a worldwide Star Wars costuming organization made up of Star Wars fans.
Members say they bring people together to make kids feel a little bit more grown up and help adults remember what it's like to be a kid.
"It makes a huge impact because you know there's some families that might not be able to go to Disney right or go to different events and then see all these great characters, and so we bring them home, you know, we bring them to you and gives everyone an opportunity enjoyable where we're doing and get involved," said Dave Kreyling, 501st Legion Garrison Carida.
Book displays, giveaways, and crafts were also available during the event in Lackawanna County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/star-wars-fans-gather-in-lackawanna-county-moscow-north-pocono-library-church-street-dave-kreyling/523-c10424f3-2bdd-4a7a-b7be-c4424c8f02e8 | 2022-07-31T04:13:08 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/star-wars-fans-gather-in-lackawanna-county-moscow-north-pocono-library-church-street-dave-kreyling/523-c10424f3-2bdd-4a7a-b7be-c4424c8f02e8 |
MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — A cannabis festival is taking place this weekend in Monroe County.
The festival at the West End Fairgrounds showcases the latest industry trends in medical marijuana, hemp, and CBD.
There are medical certification doctors, spiritual healers, and alternative health professionals, and folks can check out glass blowing along with live music.
"We're just trying to normalize the use of medical marijuana and remove the stigma associated with it. You can take a look around here and see all types of people from professionals and medical professionals and just regular old folks taking a stroll on a beautiful day. That's what we're about," said April Fairfield, organizer.
The festival continues Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Monroe County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/cannabis-festival-in-monroe-county-april-fairfield-marijuana-medical-doctors-west-end-fairgrounds-gilbert/523-917c0b48-7e91-43c4-88e0-143baeca2516 | 2022-07-31T04:13:14 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/cannabis-festival-in-monroe-county-april-fairfield-marijuana-medical-doctors-west-end-fairgrounds-gilbert/523-917c0b48-7e91-43c4-88e0-143baeca2516 |
WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. — All area veterans and their families were invited to come out.
The community day's focus was on wellness and veterans' health.
There was information on medicare, VA benefits, and veterans suicide prevention.
And the legion partnered with Warrior Strong and had a combat veteran lead a yoga session.
"We have a combat veteran instructor. So it's really great for veterans because he knows like if you have an injury, a bunch of us are banged up. He can help you with that and still be able to move your body," said Amber Viola-Commander, American Legion Post 274.
The community day also featured different vendors and different foods to check out in Wayne County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wayne-county/community-day-for-veterans-and-families-amber-viola-commaner-american-legion-post-274-gouldsboro-wayne-county/523-eecf708d-6fac-4d0d-9db9-a67b7ffde15d | 2022-07-31T04:13:20 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wayne-county/community-day-for-veterans-and-families-amber-viola-commaner-american-legion-post-274-gouldsboro-wayne-county/523-eecf708d-6fac-4d0d-9db9-a67b7ffde15d |
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — A Florida Amber Alert was issued late Saturday night for a 17-year-old girl last seen on Executive Drive near Gulf Drive in New Port Richey.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement identified the teen as Delilah Rieger. Investigators say she was last spotted in a white sweatshirt and dark leggings. At the time, she had a black backpack and purse.
Rieger is described as a white teen with red hair and blue eyes. She is 5-foot-8 and 185 pounds, the alert said.
FDLE says she may be traveling in a silver Mercedes sedan.
Anyone with information about her location is urged to call the New Port Richey Police Department at 727-841-4550 or dial 911.
This is not the first time Rieger has disappeared, according to investigators. Back in April, the Pasco Sheriff's Office put out a missing person notice on Twitter as deputies searched for her at that time.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/amber-alert-pasco-county-florida/67-edb2b469-f66f-47d3-83eb-03de960fecc3 | 2022-07-31T04:17:13 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/amber-alert-pasco-county-florida/67-edb2b469-f66f-47d3-83eb-03de960fecc3 |
LAKELAND, Fla. — Police are investigating a deadly crash in Lakeland.
It happened around 10:15 p.m. Friday near the intersection of South Crystal Lake Drive and Lowry Avenue.
Investigators say a Nissan Rogue was going east on South Crystal Lake Drive when the driver tried to turn left onto Lowry Avenue and crossed into the path of a westbound Honda Accord. The crash pushed the Accord into the shoulder, where the car hit a 41-year-old Lakeland man who was putting up a garage sale sign in the grass.
Despite first responders' life-saving efforts, the 41-year-old died at the scene.
The 18-year-old Lakeland man who had been driving the Honda was taken to Lakeland Regional Health for treatment.
Investigators say a 16-year-old girl was driving the Nissan. She had one adult passenger in the car. Both of them were from Lakeland, and police say neither of them were transported to the hospital.
The road was closed for about four hours. The crash is under investigation. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/lakeland-crash-garage-sale-sign/67-5cb0a88a-ad16-4367-89db-9c4d09f57927 | 2022-07-31T04:17:19 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/lakeland-crash-garage-sale-sign/67-5cb0a88a-ad16-4367-89db-9c4d09f57927 |
On Friday, Texas saw 17 new wildfires ignite across the state. Saturday, 10 were still considered active.
It’s a devastating trend the Texas A&M Forest Service says isn't expected to end any time soon.
“The conditions right now are so hot and dry that we just foresee experiencing this wildfire activity for the foreseeable future,” said spokeswoman Erin O’Conner.
O'Conner says since the start of the year, more than 6,900 wildfires have burned nearly 600,000 acres across the state, giving fire crews little time to rest even as triple-digit heat makes their jobs even more dangerous.
“It’s strenuous. Our crews are held to certain physical fitness standards. And then with these conditions, it's something that they take into consideration when fire managers are making their decisions on the fires,” she said.
That includes relying on extra resources. Currently, close to 1,000 firefighters from 40 different states are on the ground in Texas to assist the Forest Service and career and volunteer departments.
In some communities, those unpaid local heroes are feeling the strain. This week, the Possum Kingdom West Volunteer Fire Department asked the community for donations, saying the fire that ripped through Palo Pinto county took a toll on resources, including two brush trucks it’s left needing to replace.
Still, with burn bans in place in all but 30 Texas counties, fire crews stand ready for the worst conditions seen since 2011 when an unprecedented 4 million acres were burned across the state.
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“We’re seeing a lot of similarities as far as the conditions, how long our fires are burning, how long the vegetation across the landscape is holding that heat,” O’Conner said.
O’Conner said this weekend's scattered showers and storms will do little to help the fire season shape up to be the worst in more than a decade. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/nearly-600000-acres-burned-texas-in-2022/3036049/ | 2022-07-31T04:27:15 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/nearly-600000-acres-burned-texas-in-2022/3036049/ |
Every morning, NBC 5 Today is dedicated to delivering you positive local stories of people doing good, giving back and making a real change in our community. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/irving-high-school-grad-to-finish-college-career-debt-free/3036095/ | 2022-07-31T04:27:21 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/irving-high-school-grad-to-finish-college-career-debt-free/3036095/ |
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Keith Storey dances with Tammy Wilson in the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi's fundraiser, Dance Like the Stars, on Saturday night at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. Storey was named the overall fundraiser, raising a record amount of over $78,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi.
Anthony Rogers dances with Tammy Wilson in the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi's fundraiser, Dance Like the Stars, on Saturday night at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. Rogers came away with the overall judges choice award at the end of the evening.
Mary-Morgan Burks dances with Banjamin Pryor in the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi's fundraiser, Dance Like the Stars, on Saturday night at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. Burks came away with a second place finish in fundraising and judges choice. She also officially broke the record of $61,195 raised by Rhonda Hanby in 2012 on Tuesday, July 26 before the Saturday night event.
Keith Storey dances with Tammy Wilson in the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi's fundraiser, Dance Like the Stars, on Saturday night at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. Storey was named the overall fundraiser, raising a record amount of over $78,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi.
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Anthony Rogers dances with Tammy Wilson in the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi's fundraiser, Dance Like the Stars, on Saturday night at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. Rogers came away with the overall judges choice award at the end of the evening.
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Mary-Morgan Burks dances with Banjamin Pryor in the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi's fundraiser, Dance Like the Stars, on Saturday night at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. Burks came away with a second place finish in fundraising and judges choice. She also officially broke the record of $61,195 raised by Rhonda Hanby in 2012 on Tuesday, July 26 before the Saturday night event.
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TUPELO • Tupelo's BancorpSouth Arena hosted the 17th annual Dance Like the Stars fundraising event Saturday night.
Eight local celebrities performed while raising money for Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi, but Ripley's Keith Storey came away with the grand champion title after raising more than $78,000.
Storey said his strategy for raising the most money in the history of the event was talking to as many people he could.
"And I just prayed about it," Storey said.
Storey's fundraising total topped the previous record of $61,195, set by Rhonda Hanby in 2012.
The Tippah County Schools employee said his motivation was the children that attend Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi's five local clubs.
"It's for a charity and a great cause. I just feel overwhelmed," he said.
Tupelo's own Mary-Morgan Burks was announced as the second place fundraiser.
"It was a ten-year-long record. It feels really good," said Burks. "I'm ready to rest and relax with my family," the mom of two said.
"I separated myself from the question,” she said. “You're not giving money to me, you're giving it to the Boys & Girls Club," Burks said prior to the Saturday night event.
In addition to the second place fundraising finish, Burks also finished second for the judges choice award after performing a West Coast Swing routine to Beyonce's "Crazy in Love."
Judge Anthony Rogers of Tupelo took home the overall judges choice award following his performance of "Staying Alive" from the 1983 classic film "Saturday Night Fever."
"I've been dancing for a long time. It started with the disco era which is what I chose for the night," said Rogers. "I did a lot of dancing back then," he said.
The 2022 Dance Like the Stars event wrapped up with a grand total announcement of more than $265,000 raised for the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi.
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Samuel Sandoval, 98, a Navajo Code Talker, dies; 3 now remaining
One of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers in the United States, Samuel Sandoval, has died. He was 98.
During World War II, Sandoval was a Navajo Code Talker who transmitted messages using his native language. He died late Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico, his wife, Malula told The Associated Press on Saturday.
'Toughest outfit in the world': Sandoval chose the Marines
On March 26, 1943, Sandoval enlisted in the United State Marine Corps at a recruitment office in Farmington, New Mexico at the age of 18.
"The Marine Corps was my choice, to begin with," he told The Arizona Republic in a 2019 article, and it was thanks to the influence of Marines he encountered while working in Hawthorne, Nevada, with his father in November 1942.
While working construction for the Department of Defense in the area, Sandoval said there were two units of military personnel, the Navy and the Marine Corps, stationed on-site. None were Navajo.
"I would become companions with some of the Marines stationed (there)," he said.
He recalls them asking him one day why he wasn't joining the Marines. Sandoval didn't ask them why he should join. He already knew what their answer would be: It's the "toughest outfit in the world."
That interaction stuck with him, and about a month later, Sandoval said he told his dad that he wanted to go home to Nageezi, New Mexico, to enlist in the military.
Once Sandoval completed basic training, he said the group was transferred to advanced training at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California.
"We went into the big barracks not knowing what we're getting into," Sandoval recalled.
Inside, Sandoval said they saw Navajos sitting at tables and desks.
They were the first 29 Code Talkers, recruited by the United States Marines in 1942, Sandoval said. They were responsible for helping develop the unbreakable code used across the Pacific during World War II.
"We asked them what they were doing," Sandoval said. "They said, 'We're making a Navajo code.'"
The Code Talkers sent thousands of messages on Japanese troop movements and battlefield tactics in the Pacific. The code, based on the then-unwritten Navajo language, stumped Japanese military cryptologists and was crucial in helping the U.S. win the war.
Sandoval was on Okinawa when he got word from another Navajo Code Talker that the Japanese had surrendered and relayed the message to higher-ups, AP reported. He had a close call on the island, which brought back painful memories that he kept to himself, Malula Sandoval said.
He was discharged from the military on Jan. 26, 1946.
Stories about Sandoval's experience as a Navajo Code Talker in the Marines are told in his book and a documentary about his life. Both are titled "Naz Bah Ei Bijei: The Heart of a Warrior."
Returning home to the Navajo Nation
By 1943, Sandoval's family lost most of their livestock as part of the fallout from the Navajo Livestock reduction program from the 1930s, which is when the U.S. government wanted to limit the amount of livestock Navajo people owned due to grazing on the Navajo Nation. The livestock were all killed as a result of the program.
Without livestock, Sandoval was at a crossroads. He could either go find work or go back to school; he chose school and used scholarships he received from his time in the service.
He studied surveying and went on to work for a surveying crew with a local oil company, according to Sandoval's documentary. During this time, Sandoval was dealing with hardship caused by the mental and emotional wounds from the war.
Sandoval turned to alcohol as a way to cope, but that only led to other problems, the documentary states.
One day in 1966, Sandoval felt a calling and wanted to help people in his community who struggled with substance abuse and addiction.
"I was determined to take the lessons learned from my own experiences and help people facing similar obstacles," he said in the documentary.
He returned to college to earn a certificate in substance abuse counseling, and then worked in the Farmington area as a counselor. After years of working for other people, Sandoval ended up opening his own clinic in the late 1970s, a halfway house called To-Tah Alcohol Counseling.
The house served the Farmington area for more than a decade before it closed down when Sandoval retired in the early 1990s.
National Code Talkers to be honored August 14
In 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared August 14 as National Code Talkers Day. In 2000, the Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act was signed into law. By 2001, the Navajo Code Talkers were honored with Congressional Gold and Silver Medals. Sandoval received a silver medal.
No one in his family asked about Sandoval's service. Sandoval said his father knew he was in the military, but couldn't talk about it, so he didn't.
Being raised traditionally on the Navajo Nation, Sandoval said the teachings he learned from his great-grandfather, who was a Navajo medicine man, included not to talk about "bad things like that."
It wasn't until he met his wife Malula that he started to open up more about his experience, and Malula has been documenting her husband's stories.
She keeps journals of the stories her husband has shared with her, and she has photos and video throughout the years.
"What he shared with me, it's in me, and I treasure that," Malula said.
A GoFundMe account has been organized by the family to raise funds for funeral expenses.
In a tweet, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the life of Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval is "remembered and honored by the Navajo People."
Only three Navajo Code Talkers are still alive today: Peter MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans. Shondiin Silversmith is a former reporter at The Arizona Republic.
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Sitting at the Fort Wayne Professional Firefighters Union, Richard and Roberta Ridley flip through a collection of mementos. Some are old Concordia Lutheran High School yearbook pages. Others are old newspaper articles. They all have something in common, though – Richard is the central figure.
“What can I say?” Roberta said. “He’s my hero.”
Richard graduated in 1956 and said he had a positive experience at the local Lutheran school – he played football, basketball, baseball and ran cross country and track, but his heavy involvement in sports isn’t what made him special.
Richard was the first four-year, Black male graduate from Concordia and later went on to become the first Black firefighter in Fort Wayne.
Now, 66 years after he graduated, the Black Lutheran Alumni Scholarship Team, or BLAST, has awarded two graduating Concordia seniors the Peggy Greer Calloway/Richard J. Ridley Jr. Trailblazer Award Scholarships, named in honor of the school’s first four-year Black graduates.
“They both have created lasting legacies within their families at Concordia High School, with many of their children and grandchildren and relatives attending the Lutheran school system,” BLAST’s website said.
Roberta said she was approached by the nonprofit because of her work as chairwoman of the African American Genealogical Society. Roberta had kept a record of all monumental moments in Richard’s life, specifically his time at Concordia and with the fire department.
“I do believe, in my research, there were other African Americans who attended,” Roberta said. “But the emphasis is that (BLAST) wanted to have a focus on success and what is garnered from receiving a Christian education at Concordia, and what it has meant to the community and what it can mean for other African American students.”
Michael Edmonds, BLAST president, said the team started as a “social gathering” organization for people who had attended Concordia. About 20 to 30 people gathered on a Friday night, and Edmonds asked Roberta to give the group background on Black Lutherans in Fort Wayne.
It wasn’t until the group started doing more research about the history of Black Lutherans in Fort Wayne that they found out Richard Ridley and Peggy Greer Calloway were Concordia’s first Black graduates.
“We just thought it was appropriate to honor them,” Edmonds said. “I mean, of course, they’re still living, but to kind of honor them because they basically paved the way, and they’ve had many of their family members go through the parochial system and Concordia.”
For the past 12 to 18 months, the group has focused on creating a scholarship for at least one graduating Black Concordia senior planning to attend college.
To be considered for the trailblazer scholarship, applicants had to maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA and be in good academic standing.
They also had to submit a one-minute introduction video and either a 500-word essay, poem, artwork or song about how their education prepared them for life after graduation.
The majority of donations for the awards came from fellow Concordia alumni, Edmonds said.
“We’ve actually been able to reach out to like-minded folks,” he said, “people who are interested in helping kids out and furthering their education, who haven’t necessarily just been Lutheran.”
In early 2020, the organization created a Facebook group for Black alumni to join, and as of June 23, it had 217 members.
“People just signed up and signed on, and we’re continuing to grow,” Edmonds said.
This year, BLAST rewarded two students with the scholarship. Going forward, the nonprofit is looking to work with other like-minded agencies and create a “more formal fundraising platform,” he said.
While he has many plans for the organization’s future, Edmonds said he is pleased with what has happened in the first year and how BLAST has gained the community’s support.
“Just in talking to a lot of people, especially people who are in those areas where they’ve been interested in diversity and interested in helping (students) develop their educational goals,” Edmonds said, “they’ve just been so supportive, both financially and with advice and with connections.”
On June 19, BLAST announced its inaugural trailblazer scholarship winners – Dontrell Johnson and Mahelat Lee.
Johnson received the $1,000 award, and Lee received $500. Johnson plans to attend Ball State University in the fall to study business analytics, and Lee will attend Indiana University Bloomington to study exercise science.
“I didn’t think I won anything,” Lee said. “I thought it was over, so when I got the call saying I won, it was very surprising.”
Lee heard about BLAST’s scholarship through Concordia’s announcements, and her counselor also recommended she apply. She said the application process was “pretty easy for the most part.” She just needed to set aside time to complete it and write the essay.
“I was definitely kind of nervous applying,” she said.
Johnson also said he was nervous about applying for the scholarship but thinks it has been great to win and help his parents pay for his school.
“I really thought I had a chance at winning,” he said, “but I just didn’t know how good my essay was.”
Both Lee and Johnson heard they won the scholarship after a call from Edmonds.
Jacob Pennekamp, Concordia’s head of school, said Lee and Johnson are both outstanding athletes and students.
“Even more, they have provided really good leadership in the hallways and in the classrooms,” Pennekamp said. “They are young people with great values who represent what this scholarship is all about.”
Pennekamp has been involved with BLAST since the group first presented the idea to the Concordia alumni office. He’s excited about its future and to see how it supports students’ potential and celebrates the school’s first Black graduates.
“Those names – Calloway and Ridley – are important names to Concordia because of how many people in their families are part of our Concordia family,” Pennekamp said. “This is going to be something we celebrate annually. And we look forward to celebrating students who embody what this scholarship is all about.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/black-concordia-lutheran-alumni-groups-scholarships-honor-trailblazers/article_69660f6c-09e4-11ed-a94b-0fa6e4d2593e.html | 2022-07-31T04:51:06 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/black-concordia-lutheran-alumni-groups-scholarships-honor-trailblazers/article_69660f6c-09e4-11ed-a94b-0fa6e4d2593e.html |
The chart lists crimes through July 18 investigated by the Fort Wayne Police Department including burglaries, robberies and thefts from vehicles. Because of the department’s reporting policies, an attempted robbery or burglary is classified as an actual robbery or burglary, respectively. The listed addresses are those where crimes were reported and are not necessarily where the crimes occurred.
Sector 4B
7/22/22 11:33 a.m. Theft from vehicle 1100 Fairfield Ave.
7/24/22 11:15 a.m. Theft from vehicle 300 E Wayne St.
Sector 11
7/19/22 11 p.m. Theft from vehicle 400 Archer Ave.
7/20/22 7:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 600 W State Blvd.
7/21/22 6:10 a.m. Theft from vehicle 1500 Wells St.
7/21/22 7 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2500 N Clinton St.
7/23/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 600 Anderson Ave.
7/24/22 10:30 a.m. Theft from vehicle 4200 Coldwater Road
Sector 12
7/19/22 2:45 p.m. Burglary 1400 Sinclair St.
7/19/22 3 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1300 Boone St.
Sector 13
7/24/22 1:30 a.m. Theft from vehicle 2200 Point West Drive
Sector 15
7/20/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 500 W Essex Lane
7/23/22 7:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 4600 Coldwater Road
7/23/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1500 Magnolia Lane
Sector 16
7/19/22 2:20 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2700 W. Washington Center Road
7/19/22 8:30 p.m. Burglary 2700 W Washington Center Road
7/20/22 8 a.m. Theft from vehicle 5100 Value Drive
7/20/22 8 a.m. Theft from vehicle 5800 Challenger Parkway
Sector 18
7/20/22 5 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2400 Island Club Drive
Sector 19
7/21/22 2:18 p.m. Theft from vehicle 10900 Pine Mills Road
7/21/22 2:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 10900 Pine Mills Road
Sector 22
7/21/22 6:17 p.m. Burglary 4900 Vermont Lane
Sector 23
7/24/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 6700 Maysville Road
Sector 24
7/25/22 11 a.m. Theft from vehicle 4600 Woodway Drive
Sector 28
7/20/22 9:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 10000 Shadow Lake Lane
Sector 32
7/24/22 4:23 a.m. Robbery 1000 Home Ave.
Sector 34
7/19/22 1 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1400 Apple Glen Blvd.
Sector 35
7/21/22 12:40 p.m. Robbery W Lenox Ave. & Hoagland Ave.
Sector 42
7/25/22 11:01 a.m. Burglary 200 E Woodland Ave.
Sector 43
7/19/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 3000 Abbott St.
7/20/22 5:17 p.m. Robbery 4600 E Washington Blvd.
7/24/22 11 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2700 Reynolds St.
7/25/22 9 a.m. Burglary 2700 Manford St.
Sector 44
7/20/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 3000 S Monroe St.
7/20/22 3 p.m. Theft from vehicle 3300 Bowser Ave.
7/20/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle Oxford St. and Smith St.
7/20/22 10:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 3700 South Park Drive
7/21/22 5 a.m. Theft from vehicle 400 Colerick St.
7/24/22 11 a.m. Robbery 3000 Bowser Ave.
Sector 46
7/19/22 9:53 p.m. Theft from vehicle 4300 Joshua Lane
Sector 47
7/23/22 8:40 a.m. Theft from vehicle 8300 Lakeside Drive
Sector 61
7/23/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 600 Fox Hound Way
7/25/22 9 a.m. Theft from vehicle 7900 Shaker Court
Sector 65
7/23/22 8 p.m. Theft from vehicle 4400 Coventry Parkway | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/crime-reports/article_ebf56ba2-0e0e-11ed-b7da-9b8d38fd5eab.html | 2022-07-31T04:51:12 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/crime-reports/article_ebf56ba2-0e0e-11ed-b7da-9b8d38fd5eab.html |
Four smokers filled Hanna Homestead Park on Saturday with the smells of rib tips, pulled pork and chicken legs, thighs and wings.
Tantalizing aromas were a big draw for Family Summer Fest, but the purpose was community.
“I come here for the free food first,” Zermorris Sewell said.
But for him and others, the festival also is a chance to visit with friends and neighbors, some he hasn’t seen in years, and a sense of a big family reunion.
“That means a lot to see the community together here,” said Sewell, who grew up on the east side of downtown and works in the area still.
This year, Family Summer Fest was a joint effort between Eastside Unity and Stop the Violence. It’s the sixth year that Eastside Unity, a community group, has organized a picnic, said Brenda Smith Anderson, the group’s president.
Stop the Violence has been doing something similar for about 10 years, said its president, Dujo Williams. He’d also been part of Eastside Unity and saw combining picnics this year as a way to emphasize the unity both groups represent.
Another theme was honoring those lost to COVID-19. The disease hit the community hard, Williams said. And there were also no gatherings like this for two years.
“At first it was like ‘no one you know.’ Then it started hitting people you know,” said Williams, who lost a brother to the virus.
Williams also lost two children and a friend to violence, and his hope for Family Summer Fest and similar events is that they will strengthen the community. That’s not just the east side, but the entire Fort Wayne community.
“You have to start somewhere,” he added.
Lee Noel, a committee member of Eastside Unity, said, “We do this to give back to the community.”
It’s about making new friends and getting to know new neighbors, he said. Some who moved away from the east side have moved back and now don’t know their neighbors.
Others come back for the picnic and to renew friendships. “We still have roots here,” Smith Anderson said about attending the festival.
The gathering is a way to promote “safe unity” and to show each other they can enjoy each other in safety and love, June Kelsaw said.
“I still love this neighborhood,” she added.
Family Summer Fest lasted through Saturday afternoon. In addition to smoked meat, food included coleslaw, mac and cheese, baked beans and desserts.
In past years, 250 to 350 people have attended the event. Noel said the numbers seemed lower this year, but he predicted that when people realize it’s back, it will grow bigger than before. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/family-summer-fest-increases-sense-of-unity-this-year-as-east-side-groups-team-up/article_b6cc6f22-105a-11ed-9cf6-9f9879698bec.html | 2022-07-31T04:51:18 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/family-summer-fest-increases-sense-of-unity-this-year-as-east-side-groups-team-up/article_b6cc6f22-105a-11ed-9cf6-9f9879698bec.html |
Wayne Barker didn’t have blinders on when he accepted the job of Northwest Allen County Schools superintendent.
The experienced school leader knew the district had tense moments in the past year, but the division didn’t negate the career opportunity.
“None of that outweighs the greatness that is, in my opinion, Northwest Allen County Schools,” Barker said this month during his first sit-down interview with The Journal Gazette. “We’ve got things that we can always do to be better, but the greatness of this place doesn’t make me apprehensive at all about the things that have caused tension here.”
Hired in June, Barker officially became superintendent July 1, returning to the district where he launched his career. He told school board members he will lean on them as he sets goals for the district. That’s on his to-do list for his first three months. Taking in as much information as possible is his first priority, however.
“That’s what I’ve been doing,” Barker said. “It’s overwhelming to try to learn about a district that serves 8,000 students and has 1,100 employees. That’s a daunting task, but I’m doing the best I can.”
Barker replaced Chris Himsel, who spent his final months with NACS on medical leave for undisclosed reasons before retiring this summer after 12 years in the position.
The leadership change followed a particularly divisive year marked by tensions over COVID-19 protocols. People upset with the measures, such as mask mandates, pushed for Himsel’s ouster and blanketed northwest Allen County with signs bearing messages including “Free NACS, Fire Himsel.”
Himsel – who clashed with board members sympathetic to the protesters – ended his final in-person regular board meeting forced into hiding at Carroll High School, where he eluded more than 30 men, women and children intent on a confrontation.
Barker, 55, said he and other Hoosier superintendents closely watched and discussed the situation at NACS. Barker was leading School City of Mishawaka at the time.
“I found it incredibly unfortunate that those things were happening,” Barker said. “But it didn’t change my mind about what happens when a teacher closes their classroom door and begins teaching, because I know great things happen when that happens here.”
‘Special opportunity’
Barker said he had a great experience during his five years teaching at Carroll, and he remained friends with former coworkers after he left in 1994.
One woman, a now-retired guidance secretary, attended his children’s graduation parties and sent him a card this summer.
“To have the chance to come back as superintendent, I mean, what a special opportunity,” Barker said. “Not very many people get to do that.”
Not that Barker was necessarily looking to make a professional change. He thought he would retire from the Mishawaka district, which he joined in 2019 after spending more than 20 years at Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District. That’s another place where he thought he’d end his career.
“Quite honestly,” he said, “I don’t know of any other job that I would have left for.”
But Barker and his wife, Vicki, felt that NACS, which offered a chance to live closer to family. Barker also discussed the opportunity with his longtime mentor, Steve Yager, who served as NACS’s temporary superintendent during Himsel’s leave.
“He was definitely an influence, without a doubt,” Barker said of Yager.
Healing
Barker received unanimous board support, which board President Ron Felger said was key after the acrimonious year and a half.
“Trying to put a superintendent in without unanimous support of the board would be a no-win situation,” Felger said last week.
Some community members asked the board to delay hiring a new leader until after the November school board election. Felger said he understood their reasons, and he even wondered whether that would benefit the next superintendent so he or she would know the “lay of the land.”
But, Felger said, “it was obvious we needed some stability and continuity in that office.”
The climate at NACS has improved, Felger said, noting the board can easily conduct meetings again. The elimination of COVID-19 mandates likely helped.
“That put everybody on edge,” Felger said of the masking requirement. “People were just exhausted by it.”
Barker agreed that the division stemmed from masking and other COVID-19 procedures, but that wasn’t unique to NACS.
“Most of the time,” he said, “people have agreed with what’s been happening here for 30 years.”
Barker said healing began during Yager’s leadership, and he hopes to continue that. He plans to be transparent, open and honest and is willing to listen and find common ground with people.
“If we all are working for the same goal, and we all have the same information, then more often than not, we’re going to all agree on the outcome or what the solution is to whatever the problem is we’re solving,” Barker said. “It’s when people don’t know and they don’t have all the facts – whether they’re inside or outside of an organization – there can be more disagreements.”
New team
Barker has repeatedly described NACS as a premier district. It led the four Allen County districts in state standardized test scores this year, and its high school graduation rate consistently exceeds 95%.
The new superintendent doesn’t feel pressure about upholding the district’s quality reputation because, he said, he has a great team of employees supporting him.
“Do you want to be somewhere where you’re trying to be that great or, you know, do you want to be somewhere where it’s already great and to have high expectations and find ways to make it even better?” Barker said.
“This is a place where we can serve the children of this community at a really high level, and that’s much more exciting to me than it is pressure.”
A new central office team – not just Barker – is leading NACS. Changes have included Bill Toler’s promotion to assistant superintendent from principal and Sam DiPrimio’s shift to the new position of human resources director. He was previously director of secondary education.
Barker said more change is looming. Bill Mallers, the business manager, wants to retire and will spend January through June as the business affairs coordinator. Ideally, his successor will be hired by Jan. 1, and Mallers will help that person with the transition.
Barker said there’s a benefit to not being the only new central office administrator.
“We’re all kind of learning to work together,” he said. “If I were the only new person and everybody said, ‘Well this is the way we do it,’ then there’d be even more pressure on me to try to conform into that, maybe. But for all of us, we’re kind of building our team as we go.”
Barker envisions finishing his professional career at NACS.
“I don’t know how many years I have,” he said, “but those years that I have that I plan to work as a superintendent, I don’t plan to ever do that anywhere else.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/greatness-of-northwest-allen-county-schools-attracted-new-superintendent/article_f975538a-0eb5-11ed-bacf-7b2f86bfdfe9.html | 2022-07-31T04:51:25 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/greatness-of-northwest-allen-county-schools-attracted-new-superintendent/article_f975538a-0eb5-11ed-bacf-7b2f86bfdfe9.html |
A woman was sent to a hospital with life-threatening injuries early Saturday after apparently being struck by a vehicle, according to police.
The Fort Wayne Police Department responded to Lima and Washington Center roads after receiving a report that a pedestrian was down and not responding.
The caller speculated that it was a hit-and-run because no vehicles were in the area.
Police are looking for video evidence of what happened and to identify any vehicle involved. The case is also being investigated by the Allen County prosecutor’s office.
2 a.m. motel blaze sends 125 fleeing
An early-morning fire Sunday caused 100 adults and 25 children to evacuate a motel, according to the Fort Wayne Fire Department.
The department responded to the Suburban Inn, 3320 Coliseum Blvd. W., about 2 a.m. Firefighters encountered smoke and found a fire in a first-floor room. The flames were extinguished in about 10 minutes, according to a news release.
The fire’s cause was determined to be accidental, officials said. No injuries were reported.
The motel received minor fire and water damage and moderate smoke damage.
3-vehicle crash fatal to Albion man
An Albion man died Friday afternoon after a three-vehicle crash in Kimmel, Indiana State Police said.
Shawn Patrick Loteckie, 36, was riding a motorcycle on U.S. 33 when he came upon a line of stopped southbound traffic, officials said. Witnesses said he drove past the line of stopped cars on the road’s shoulder before being struck by a Chevy Tahoe turning west onto County Road 200 North.
Loteckie was ejected after the initial impact and then hit another vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Noble County coroner.
The two other drivers involved were not injured in the crash, officials said. Although alcohol was not suspected as being a factor, the driver of the Tahoe was taken to a hospital for a blood test, which is required by law in fatal traffic accidents.
An investigation is ongoing, a news release said.
2 bandits rob Hicksville station
The Hicksville (Ohio) Police Department responded early Saturday to a report of an armed robbery at the Shell Spee-D-Mart station, 200 W. High St., Hicksville.
Two men entered the store about 1:30 a.m. with handguns and demanded money, according to a police department news release.
The men took cash and lottery tickets, officials said. They are considered armed and dangerous.
The first suspect is Black, 6-foot to 6-2 and was wearing a black hoodie, black pants, black-and-white tennis shoes, a Cleveland Indians flat-bill hat and a face mask.
The second suspect is Black, 5-7 to 5-9 and was wearing diamond stud earrings; facial hair; dark blue pants with a small, white Nike logo pattern; a dark blue long-sleeved shirt; and black flat-bill hat with red brim and red lettering.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Hicksville police at 419-542-6661 or send a message to the department’s Facebook page.
Photos of the suspects are posted on the Facebook page. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/ohio/police-fire-roundup/article_6d49ac08-1059-11ed-9b99-87d3a7796721.html | 2022-07-31T04:51:31 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/ohio/police-fire-roundup/article_6d49ac08-1059-11ed-9b99-87d3a7796721.html |
The last conversation Becky Osborn had with her husband, Dan, started with the kind of talk that happens with couples who have been together for many years.
Becky had a headache that night and Dan asked how she was feeling. She then asked how the sales were at the Subway store they owned, remarking, based on his reply, how good they were for a Thursday.
Dan had gone to the Subway on East State Boulevard after he got off work at 10 p.m. from his job as an Allen County confinement officer. The store had been robbed a month earlier, and he didn’t want the female employee to be there late at night by herself.
And then, Becky didn’t hear anything.
“I kept asking, ‘Hello? Hello?’ And then I heard, ‘Put that phone down,’ ” Becky Osborn says.
While Becky remained on the line, she could hear her female assistant manager being ordered around but didn’t hear anything from Dan. She wasn’t sure what was happening, but she knew she needed to get to the store, which was only a block from the couple’s home.
She told her youngest daughter, Kim, who was living with her parents at the time, “I gotta go to the Subway. Your dad is being robbed.”
Dan never said anything else during the phone call that night of April 23, 1998. And unbeknownst to Becky at the time, her husband had been shot, although Becky didn’t hear a gun go off.
Dan wouldn’t survive.
No one is sure why he was shot. Police suspect it was because Dan was wearing his uniform, which looked similar to a police officer’s.
The case, which made national news, took several twists and turns, resembling the plot of a made-for-TV crime show. Ultimately, three men confessed to the shooting, but no one was ever convicted.
The lack of a conviction only adds to the family’s loss of a husband, father and now grandfather.
“I didn’t know you could hurt so much,” Becky Osborn said during an interview early this month. “I grieved before when I lost family, grandparents and whatever. But I had no idea, the hurt and grieving.”
‘A big old smile’
Grandchildren and great- grandchildren zip in and out of the kitchen as Becky and her daughters, Kim Osborn and Chris Cuffle, make their way to a dining room table.
Sitting in daughter Kim’s Fort Wayne home, Becky smiles when she talks of her husband. Dan was one of those people everybody loved, she said.
“He was tall, so when he walked into a room, there was just a presence,” the now 72-year-old said. “He had a big old smile.”
“His laugh was contagious,” Kim added.
He also loved to play sports, including softball, volleyball, hockey and golf. “He was just one of those people that you could show how to play something and he could do it. He was very natural,” Cuffle said.
Dan became a confinement officer after he lost his previous job. He also was in the Air National Guard, serving as an air traffic controller at the Fort Wayne base.
Becky met Dan after he had returned home from active duty. They met at a dance place in Ohio, where Becky had gone with a bunch of girlfriends and Dan was with a bunch of his friends. He asked her to dance, and then they started dating.
Both born and raised in Fort Wayne, they dated a year before they got married.
Kim recalls spending her 21st birthday with her father and other police officers. She laughs when she talks about how they wanted to protect her – but still made sure she had a good time.
“Dad was fun to go out with,” Cuffle agreed.
Chris Cuffle was 27 when her father was killed. Kim Osborn was 22.
Hundreds of people attended Dan’s funeral. Becky said she heard from many others that they wanted to come but couldn’t find a place to park. Cuffle said as they were leaving Catholic Cemetery, where Dan is buried, people were still coming in.
Other people shared stories with the family about Dan, including several inmates who wrote letters stating how Officer Osborn was a great guy who was fair.
“’He treated me with respect,’ ” Kim Osborn said, quoting the letters. “That was Dad.”
‘Unpopular people’
Through witnesses and Crime Stoppers tips, police eventually identified three men as being involved in the Subway robbery.
Only Michael T. Lewis was charged in Dan Osborn’s death.
Becky Osborn had never seen Michael Lewis before. But there was a good possibility that if it was Lewis who shot and killed Dan Osborn, Dan might have recognized him because Lewis had a long criminal history and had spent time in the jail and City-County Lockup, where Osborn worked.
Lewis was charged with murder, felony murder, robbery and criminal confinement. If convicted, he faced life in prison without parole.
Court records described Lewis, who was known as Little Kulon and Shakey, as having a rough childhood. At age 5, he witnessed his father commit murder, and his mother had several brushes with the law, spending time in prison.
When it came to the Osborn case, Lewis said he couldn’t have killed the officer that night because he was busy committing another crime.
Lewis’ attorneys claimed that Lewis was across town battering his then-girlfriend and there wasn’t enough time to make it from the Subway store, at the time at 3123 E. State Blvd., to the 5200 block of Mount Vernon Park Drive, where the girlfriend lived.
Police received the shooting call at 10:49 p.m. and the battery at 11:03 p.m., according to court records.
John Nimmo, currently an Allen County deputy prosecuting attorney, was Lewis’ defense attorney, along with Don Swanson. When Lewis told Nimmo he had an alibi, Nimmo, thought, “Sure,” he said, “I heard this all the time.”
But after getting the distance measured between both locations, and videos from people who were there, including news reporters, Nimmo concluded, “It was impossible, or almost had to be planned to the second,” that Lewis could have shot Dan Osborn.
Nimmo admits that the “character of my client wasn’t of the highest degree. When you’re a defense attorney, you get used to the fact that you represent unpopular people.”
Another suspect
Nimmo, who had been a public defender for 35 years, would often go to the jail to see clients. He knew Dan Osborn was a well-respected person.
“I did remember him,” Nimmo said, but Osborn was usually on a different shift when Nimmo was at the jail.
Lewis’ trial began July 10, 2000. But as soon as it started, it ended when Allen Superior Judge Fran Gull declared a mistrial two days later.
More evidence arose in the case, which pointed to another suspect in the crime. Two co-perpetrators of the robbery pointed to Jarvis Bell, who was already serving a nine-year sentence for robbing the same Subway a month before the killing.
In addition, late evidence given to the defense reported that 911 records showed a 14-minute, seven-second gap between the police call involving the shooting and the unrelated battery, which would have given Lewis less time than originally thought to travel between the two crime scenes. A witness confirmed that Bell was driving a white Ford Taurus at the time of the second robbery and a white car was seen leaving the shooting.
But a female employee of the Subway shop who witnessed both robberies allegedly did not identify Bell during a police lineup related to the shooting, according to court records.
At least two other triggermen, Michael Jackson and Charles Fomby, Lewis’s cousin, confessed to shooting Osborn, according to court records. Records also show that Lewis confessed to others that he killed Osborn.
Based on the mistrial and new evidence, charges were dismissed against Lewis.
Nimmo doesn’t remember the mistrial but does remember there were problems with evidence that defense counsel should have received from the prosecution. He said his top concern was making sure the main person was convicted, and for him, he doesn’t believe it was Lewis.
“I believed him,” Nimmo said. “I didn’t want to. I wasn’t blind to the fact that he had a significant criminal history leading up to that.
“I always wondered, I don’t know for sure, I always wondered if someone else did it. I doubted his guilt.”
‘He’s still gone’
Becky Osborn has always believed that Lewis was the one who shot her husband.
When the mistrial was declared, Becky said, she was angry. “It kind of felt like a slap in the face.”
But she understands that the court was bound by certain laws regarding the trial.
“I think they were trying to do what was best,” Cuffle said. “We’re not here to bash the court system or the police department.”
Although Lewis didn’t go to trial for Dan’s murder, he did end up being sentenced to 27 1/2 years in prison for being a serious violent felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a handgun without a license, felony resisting law enforcement, misdemeanor resisting law enforcement and a misdemeanor charge of failing to stop after an accident resulting in death or injury. He was also found guilty of being a habitual offender.
In the battery case, Lewis used as an alibi the night of the Subway shooting, Lewis pleaded guilty to residential entry, battery and criminal recklessness and received a two-year sentence.
According to the Indiana Department of Correction, Lewis is expected to be released in December.
Becky never reopened the Subway shop, eventually selling it thanks to help from the Subway company.
“I couldn’t go back in there,” she said. “I couldn’t go to that back room.”
The Subway store had a camera in the back room, but it was broken and unable to record, Becky Osborn said. The couple had planned to get it fixed, she said. Becky mainly used it to see what was happening out front in the store. She guesses that because Dan was talking to her on the phone, he wasn’t able to see the camera.
The prison sentence did provide some comfort for the Osborn family. But mainly, Becky Osborn has been trying to move forward.
She still has what she calls “Dan moments,” like watching a movie or going somewhere and thinking, “Dan would love this.”
“I made up my mind after a couple years in, you (Lewis) took away my husband, you took away my business, you took away my daughters’ father, he’s not going to take away my whole life,” Becky Osborn said. “So I didn’t get over it, but I decided to go on with my life. It hasn’t been easy.”
If new evidence is discovered, the prosecution could file charges in the case, but the family isn’t holding out hope.
“I guess, in a way, I’ve almost given up hope that there would be a conclusion, but it would be really wonderful if there was,” Becky Osborn said.
“I don’t think it would give us necessarily the satisfaction,” Cuffle said of police finding new evidence and Lewis going to prison for her father’s death. “ … he’s still gone regardless.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/allen-county-confinement-officers-1998-murder-sees-no-conviction-after-3-men-confess/article_8c8ca41c-0474-11ed-b3cf-bb00bc43f59f.html | 2022-07-31T04:51:37 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/allen-county-confinement-officers-1998-murder-sees-no-conviction-after-3-men-confess/article_8c8ca41c-0474-11ed-b3cf-bb00bc43f59f.html |
Some cases remain in the public’s memory because they’re not just horrific, but because they’ve never been solved.
A cold case is one where police have exhausted all leads and vetted all evidence but don’t have a suspect or enough to make an arrest, said Detective Brian Martin of the Fort Wayne Police Department. He works with homicide and in the cold case division.
But police have no set time frame for deciding when those leads are exhausted. A case can go cold quickly, he said. But being labeled cold doesn’t mean a case can’t be revived if new leads turn up.
“These cases can quickly become front and center,” Martin said.
In the last three to four years, the Fort Wayne Police Department has had several successes with cold cases for different reasons.
“We have quite a few cold cases, and we work them on a regular basis,” Martin said.
All the department’s homicide investigators pitch in.
“That’s very beneficial,” he said. “Whenever anyone has down time, they review these cases – more people, more eyes.”
Collaboration includes working closely with the Allen County prosecutor’s office, Martin added.
When cases get reviewed, investigators consider new evidence, evaluate new technology for existing evidence and talk to people connected to the case.
“Thank goodness tech is always advancing,” Martin said. Laboratories can use smaller samples and more degraded samples of evidence collected than before.
When police reinterview witnesses, sometimes people recall something or think of someone who could also be a fresh witness. Sometimes, people who were initially afraid to talk become more comfortable opening up.
In those cases, Martin said, it could be an individual was afraid of retaliation and the threat no longer lives in the area or the lifestyle of the witness has changed so much that they’re no longer vulnerable.
Sometimes, people in prison or jail see a benefit to telling what they know, such as consideration for trials or during their incarceration.
When leads seem to dry up, reminding the public through ads or news releases is a common practice to help jar memories and keep the case fresh in people’s minds.
“We just need that one tip from the public, that one more bit of info,” Martin said. “I think there are a lot of people out there who know, who are witnesses.”
Homicide investigations take more resources than most crimes. As homicide rates have gone up in Fort Wayne, the percentage solved takes a dip.
In 2019, which saw 25 of 29 homicides solved, the rate was 86%, according to Jeremy Webb, a local police department spokesman. The numbers in 2020 and 2021 were similar, 35 of 42 homicides solved at an 83% rate.
This year, there have been 13 homicides, eight of them solved and others part of ongoing investigations, Webb said. The 62% solve rate is subject to change, he added.
Martin said he knows of a few cases where people have information, and those cases could be solved if someone would just come forward.
The Fort Wayne Police Department has also applied for federal grants that could help detectives with cold cases, Martin said. The grants would primarily pay for testing, one is for advanced DNA work.
The police have specific cases they hope the grants will provide help with, but every unsolved homicide will be considered.
“All of our cold cases, all our murders, are important to us,” Martin said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/even-when-cases-go-cold-police-look-for-ways-to-revive-them/article_b5aa6f68-fe1c-11ec-b119-ab9e485f0d73.html | 2022-07-31T04:51:43 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/even-when-cases-go-cold-police-look-for-ways-to-revive-them/article_b5aa6f68-fe1c-11ec-b119-ab9e485f0d73.html |
Fort Wayne police took a south-side man into custody Saturday after a standoff where he refused to leave his residence, making suicide threats while he had a gun, officials said.
Robert Lee Griffin Sr., 43, was not charged but was taken from the residence to be interviewed by investigators, according to a Fort Wayne Police Department press release.
Police responded to the home, in the 8000 block of Hessen Cassel Road, about 6:50 p.m. for a domestic battery investigation. Officers were told a man inside had a gun, and they observed the firearm in his hand, according to the police.
Griffin initially refused to exit the home but came out unarmed after several minutes, the release said. Police took him into custody then. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-take-man-into-custody-after-standoff/article_7c841f90-106e-11ed-9436-cbb36beff2c6.html | 2022-07-31T04:51:50 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-take-man-into-custody-after-standoff/article_7c841f90-106e-11ed-9436-cbb36beff2c6.html |
Crowds cheered Saturday as a crane released 2 tons of plastic ducks into the St. Mary’s River for the 34th annual Weigand Construction Duck Race fundraiser for Stop Childhood Abuse and Neglect.
For the second year, the duck race took place at Promenade Park, a location that Whitney Craig, SCAN’s marketing and communications director, said has been a success.
“We just love having it at the new park with its central viewing,” she said.
In addition to the main event, there were also family-friendly activities at the fundraiser, including food trucks, face painting and a DJ playing music.
Ducks could be bought online until Friday at 5 p.m. and in-person until 11:30 a.m. Saturday – half an hour before the toys would be released into the water. A single duck cost $5, and five cost $20.
Craig said there were about 15,000 ducks floating in the water Saturday.
The first five finishers were awarded prizes, with the first-place winner receiving $5,000. SCAN announced Saturday that Sarah Beiswanger was the overall winner after buying her ticket the day of the race.
“People don’t expect to hear that the duck drop is as cool as it is,” Craig said. “We hear things like, ‘Wow there really is 2 tons of ducks going into the water.’ … They also just enjoy the time it gives them to spend with their families.”
Suzy and Matthew Savage arrived at Saturday’s fundraiser with their son Lincoln right around 10 a.m. The couple said they’ve heard about the duck race for years and bought five ducks from SCAN through an event at Kiddie Academy.
“I don’t have too many friends who have actually been,” Suzy Savage said. “That’s part of the reason why we wanted to come. … Especially because it supports SCAN, that’s a good reason to come down.”
The Savages said they were excited to watch the 15,000 plastic ducks drop into the river, but they said Lincoln was going to enjoy it most.
“He’s going to be just over the moon watching it happen,” Suzy Savage said.
Many viewers watched the race from the lawn of Promenade Park but some, including Lisa and Austin Rodenberg, chose to watch the ducks drop from the Parkview Tree Canopy Trail. The canopy was less crowded during the event, and the couple said it was exciting to watch the ducks drop from higher up.
“You got to watch it actually drop and everything,” Lisa Rodenberg said. “It was pretty cool.”
She added she’s been coming to the duck race for about eight years and bought 10 ducks this year.
This was Austin Rodenberg’s first year.
“It’s pretty cool,” Austin said. “It’s always nice to take advantage of the park.”
Like Austin Rodenberg, this was Kevin Coyne’s first time attending the duck race. However, he was working as a volunteer at the event Saturday.
Coyne said his wife works at SCAN and that’s how he got involved with the event. He greeted people at the entrance to Promenade Park and gave them suggestions on what they could do.
“I just get to show people what we have to offer in the community and a way for the kids to have fun and enjoy the park,” he said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/thousands-of-ducks-drop-into-st-marys-to-support-scan/article_126d6b92-102e-11ed-a367-53aab358bdda.html | 2022-07-31T04:51:56 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/thousands-of-ducks-drop-into-st-marys-to-support-scan/article_126d6b92-102e-11ed-a367-53aab358bdda.html |
As Spanish music filled the inside of the Headwaters Park pavilion, Michael Snively said he couldn’t wait to eat tacos from as many different food trucks as he could.
“I will go to any food truck that I don’t see normally,” he said. “I see some out-of-town food trucks that I want to try.”
The fifth annual Tacos, Tequila and Margarita Fest returned to Headwaters Park on Saturday, boasting 12 different food trucks and three different bars. People of all ages were welcome this year, with adults charged $5 for entry and children entering for free.
Mercadito, Grade A Tacos and Flora Lily’s Mexican Kitchen were among food trucks on hand. Taco options included chicken, steak or vegetarian. The vendors’ menus also included Mexican favorites such as quesadillas, burritos or nachos.
Snively attended with his wife, Bianca, and their 1-month-old son, Archer. The couple heard about the event through Facebook, and this was their first year attending, even though they knew about it in years past.
Jake Slater, the event’s director, said the festival was one of the only events that wasn’t canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns.
“We’re pretty excited to have no restrictions at this point,” he said.
Slater said before the event he expected about 4,500 visitors throughout the day. The eight-hour festival hit its peak in 2019 with about 6,000 attendees.
Feedback from the community has usually been positive, Slater said, and people typically compliment the variety of food and beverages.
“They like tacos, but they also like their margaritas, so it’s a good combination,” he said. “It’s always nice to be able to enjoy the outdoors and downtown Fort Wayne. And people just like the atmosphere.”
Rachelle Remsick attended Saturday’s event for the first time since 2020. She said because of COVID, there were fewer food trucks the last time, so she was excited for this year.
“I still had a lot of fun” in 2020, Remsick said, “but it looks like a better turnout this year.”
Remsick said she loves seeing the various food trucks and trying different tacos. Slater said that because so many people like the food, as soon as the next year’s festival date is announced, vendors are ready to come back.
“They do pretty good with it,” he said. “They keep coming back, so that’s a good sign that everyone enjoys themselves.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/thousands-return-for-tacos-drinks-at-headwaters-park/article_3be016f4-1034-11ed-83b1-1f2d00ba25fe.html | 2022-07-31T04:52:02 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/thousands-return-for-tacos-drinks-at-headwaters-park/article_3be016f4-1034-11ed-83b1-1f2d00ba25fe.html |
Arizona lottery numbers, July 30
Associated Press
These Arizona lotteries were drawn Saturday:
Pick 3
5-8-4
Fantasy 5
05-16-20-24-38
Estimated jackpot: $63,000
The Pick
06-19-23-30-39-42
Estimated jackpot: $1.1 million
Triple Twist
08-13-24-34-35-36
Estimated jackpot: $230,000
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $20 million
Powerball
04-17-57-58-68, Powerball: 12, Power Play: 3
Estimated jackpot: $178.8 million | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/07/30/arizona-lottery-numbers-july-30/10195005002/ | 2022-07-31T04:59:31 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/07/30/arizona-lottery-numbers-july-30/10195005002/ |
SAN ANTONIO — The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs is no longer accepting applications for the Texas Utility Help assistance program, a buoy for low-income residents struggling to pay skyrocketing electricity bills.
"Due to overwhelming interest in the program, we are currently not accepting new applications for energy bill assistance while we process the ones already in the queue," the state program's website reads.
Texas launched the project on July 7. The department stopped processing applications after less than two weeks.
It's not clear if the $50 million fund ran dry or if the state agency was not prepared to handle demand.
Either way, AARP Texas state director Tina Tran said interest in the initiative demonstrates how rising electricity prices have impacted the state's most vulnerable.
"People are really struggling, particularly older Texans who are often on fixed incomes," she said. "They're past their breaking point, as far as what they can afford to do."
This week, CPS Energy leaders told San Antonio city leaders the average June electricity bill rose from $147 to $225 year over year.
Customers are buying more electricity to keep their homes cool. Increased usage accounts for $37 of the $78 average increase, CPS Energy administrators said.
The utility has also passed natural gas price hikes on to its customers. The average resident will pay about $31 more in June to cover skyrocketing fuel prices, as the world weans off Russian supply natural gas supply.
Many power plants rely on the fossil fuel to generate electricity.
Amanda Nunez, a northside resident, said she unplugged all the appliances in her home after she opened her May electricity bill. Still, her June bill cost $25 more.
She said electricity typically costs her about $140 each month. This month, she owes $375.
"Utilities are not a luxury," Tran said. "It is a life and death situation for a lot of these folks."
Though there are local assistance programs available to most Texans, Tran said lawmakers need to consider long-term solutions to lower prices as electricity demand booms.
"It really is untenable to expect Texans to deal with this every summer," she said.
She lamented the Texas Utility Help program's pause.
"To see it depleted so quickly... is really, deeply disappointing," she said. "They really should've seen this increased demand come from a mile away." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas-utility-bill-assistance-program-cps-san-antonio/273-84154e92-e59f-4b02-b969-3e967d239562 | 2022-07-31T05:04:44 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas-utility-bill-assistance-program-cps-san-antonio/273-84154e92-e59f-4b02-b969-3e967d239562 |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW)–Early voting at satellite locations across Sedgwick County ended on Saturday. Some voters said they wanted to make sure they avoided the long lines on Tuesday, August 2. Traffic at the Sedgwick County Extension Office was steady and poll workers estimate they saw more than 1,000 people every day who cast their ballots.
“I think we’re all passionate about the side we’re on,” voter Micah Melugin said. “Let that be the other person’s mistake and get in there and vote for your side.”
Some voters advising others sitting this election out is a huge mistake.
“People who just don’t come out and vote don’t have the right to complain about the outcomes,” voter Heather Blakenship said.
That’s why some voters lined up and waited in long lines at 16 satellite locations across the county from Thursday to Saturday.
“I’ve driven by this building three times today on my errands this afternoon and was waiting for the right time to come,” Blankenship said. “I think I found the sweet spot.”
Some chose to wait until the lines died down because they heard about the traffic at the Sedgwick County Extension Office on Thursday and Friday.
“I have a little kid so I can’t stand in line too long,” Melugin said. “It’s still worth it. It would still be worth the wait in line.”
Others missed the opportunity to cast their ballot on Saturday, though. One Wichita woman showed up just minutes after the polls closed.
“I was a little bummed because I have a few kids at home and it’s not always easy to get out of my house,” voter Mandi Degraffenreid said. “I was really hoping to vote today.”
She’s not letting that keep her from expressing her constitutional right, though.
“I’ll be here Tuesday,” Degraffenreid said. “If there’s another earlier time before Tuesday, I would rather get it done sooner than later to make sure it happens.”
Poll workers estimate a fifty percent turn out rate in this year’s primary election compared to the thirty five percent they’re used to seeing. Early voting is closed on Sunday, July 31 but will reopen on Monday, August 1 until noon. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/early-voting-satellite-locations-close-saturday-more-than-1000-voters-cast-ballots-daily/ | 2022-07-31T05:25:23 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/early-voting-satellite-locations-close-saturday-more-than-1000-voters-cast-ballots-daily/ |
BEAVERTON, Ore. — The Beaverton Police Department said Saturday that officers arrested a man after he left his dog in a hot car, leading to the dog's death.
Shortly after 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, officers were called to the 4700 block of Southwest Murray Boulevard for a report of a distressed dog locked in a vehicle.
Officers arrived to find a 2-year-old German Shepherd locked inside of a vehicle with all of the windows up. The dog, which officers later learned was named "Gazer," was in medical distress when they arrived. Police said that the outside temperature was 89 degrees at the time.
In a statement, Beaverton police did not describe how they got into the vehicle, but officers were able to remove Gazer. Once outside, neighbors helped officers in trying to cool the dog down.
"Officers learned Gazer had been in the vehicle for at least 35 minutes," Beaverton police said in a statement.
Despite attempts to stabilize him, Gazer was still in medical distress. Police took him to a nearby veterinary hospital. Staff at the vet office tried to help the dog, but determined that his condition was "not survivable."
Somehow Gazer's owner, identified as Calvin Jordan, had been contacted at this point. Beaverton police said that he consulted with the vet staff and made the decision to euthanize the German Shepherd.
Police arrested Jordan on a charge of first-degree animal abuse, booking him into the Washington County Jail.
Beaverton police cited the American Veterinary Medical Association, which says that the inside air temperature of a vehicle can rise 20 degrees in just 10 minutes, almost 30 degrees in 30 minutes and 40 degrees in an hour.
“'Cracking a window' makes no difference," police said. "The Beaverton Police Department would like to remind animal owners to remember: 'If it’s too hot for you, it’s too hot for them.'" | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/beaverton-hot-car-dog-death-arrested/283-e4a70f4e-7bd8-4893-808a-f319345d5b1a | 2022-07-31T05:27:10 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/beaverton-hot-car-dog-death-arrested/283-e4a70f4e-7bd8-4893-808a-f319345d5b1a |
Alice Mae Dohlman, of Hampton, died on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at her current residence in Kansas City, Missouri. Arrangements: Counsell Woodley Funeral Home of Hampton.
Joel and Rosemary Sult, of Allison, died Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Arrangements: Counsell Woodley Funeral Home of Allison. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/globe-death-notices/article_b768adb6-132e-569b-a2b7-53703da5002f.html | 2022-07-31T06:16:03 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/globe-death-notices/article_b768adb6-132e-569b-a2b7-53703da5002f.html |
Gila J. Jorgensen
December 16, 1935-July 29, 2022
Gila J. Jorgensen, 86, died July 29, 2022, at the Nora Springs Care Center.
A funeral Mass will be held Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at St. Marys Catholic Church, rural Marble Rock, at 10:30 a.m. with Reverend Franz Augustin presiding.
Visitation will be Monday, August 1, 2022 from 4:00 to 7:00 at the Roseville Social Hall beginning with a rosary and visitation will continue one hour prior to services Tuesday. Burial will be in St. Marys Catholic Cemetery.
Gila was born December 16, 1935 in Charles City, Iowa, the daughter of Oscar and Dorothy (Slinger) Gabel. She attended rural country school Ulster #3, St. Marys School, and graduated from Charles City High School in 1953. She was united in marriage to Ronald E. Jorgensen in 1957. They made their home west of Floyd, then SE of Rudd, and later retired to Rockford in 1994.
During high school she was employed at the office of the Floyd County Superintendent of Schools. Then following graduation she was employed at Salsbury Labs, active farm wife, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital -switchboard, Mercy Family Care, and after retirement worked part time for the local newspaper and Chuck's & later Gilbert's Sale Yard.
Gila was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church, Rosary Society, and was CCD teacher. She also was involved in “500” card club and 4H leadership. She enjoyed attending her children's and grandchildren's sports activities and programs. Gila also enjoyed attending church, collecting dolls, working her jobs, flowers, golfing, listening to country music, baking, canning and following her favorite sports teams on TV.
Gila is survived by her children: Sandra Haller (Tim McCarthy) of Loveland, CO, Kathleen (Kevin) Smith of Clear Lake and James (Debra) Jorgensen of Rudd; six grandchildren: Ashley (Adam) Prough of Urbandale, Patrick Haller of Durango, CO, Jamie (Simón Cabrera) Cabrera Haller of Fort Collins, CO, Kylee Smith of West Union, Jayden Jorgensen of Rudd and Rachel (Shaun) Wumkes of Clear Lake; five great grandchildren: Kamden and Berkley Smith and Elliott, Smith, & Landry Prough; two step grandchildren: Justin (Ashley Connerly) Swant of Cedar Falls and Nicholas Swant of Rudd; four step great grandchildren; brother, Gerald Gabel of Rockford; in-laws: Patrice Gabel of Brookings, SD, Doris Briggs of North Port, FL and Harold and Marilyn Jorgensen of Rudd; along with several nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald; grandson, Lane C. Smith; her parents, Oscar and Dorothy Gabel; sister, Doris Murray; brother, John Gabel; parents in-law, George and Margaret Jorgensen; son-in-law, Jerry Haller; brothers-in-law: James Murray and Charles Briggs; and nephew, Bryan Briggs.
The family is grateful for the care received from the Nora Springs Care Center.
Hauser Weishaar Funeral Home, (641) 228-2323, 1205 South Main Street, Charles City, Iowa 50616 is in charge of local arrangements. Online condolences may be left on the Tribute Wall for the family at www.hauserfh.com. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/gila-j-jorgensen/article_fe827426-2779-5fb7-8676-7d4adc24c102.html | 2022-07-31T06:16:04 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/gila-j-jorgensen/article_fe827426-2779-5fb7-8676-7d4adc24c102.html |
Harold D. Platts
May 31, 1931-July 26, 2022
MASON CITY-Harold D. Platts, 91, of Mason City, died on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at MercyOne North Iowa Hospice Inpatient Unit. A private gathering will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be held in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. In Lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the MercyOne North Iowa Hospice Inpatient Unit. Online condolences maybe left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.
Harold D. Platts was born on May 31, 1931, in Mason City, to parents George and Gertrude (Aldrich) Platts. Harold grew up in Mason City and graduated from Mason City High School in 1950. In February of 1951, Harold joined the United States Navy and served for three years, being Honorably Discharged in April of 1954. Following his time in the Navy, Harold moved back to Mason City joining his father's construction business GE Platts and Sons. In 1970, Harold purchased the business from his father changing the name to Platts Home Builders.
On August 17, 1951, on Treasure Island In San Francisco, Harold was united in marriage to Beverly Lux. The couple just recently celebrated 70 years of marriage. Between this union the couple had two children. Together they shared many joys in life, going to dinner every Friday night with their group of friends to traveling to London on 22 different occasions. Harold loved spending time with his family whether it be camping or travelling domestically.
Harold is survived by his wife Beverly; son Dave (Sherri) Platts;
grandchildren Brandon and Collin Platts, Chelsea (Julian) Nava, Wesley (Cori) Wales; three great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter Barbara Wales; brothers Robert, William, Glenn Platts.
Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-0924, | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/harold-d-platts/article_d4a54619-9c2d-5e47-ad20-6a9e3f67c186.html | 2022-07-31T06:16:06 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/harold-d-platts/article_d4a54619-9c2d-5e47-ad20-6a9e3f67c186.html |
Mike Mineart
April 4, 1954-July 22, 2022
Mike Mineart, age 68, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday July 22, 2022 in his home. He had been battling with breathing and lung conditions for some time.
Mike was born and raised in Mason City and graduated from Mason City High school in 1972. He still has many family members and friends in Mason City.
Mike is survived by his lifelong partner Holly Carroll of 34 years and many family members. He is survived by his sons Scott and Chad. He is also survived by his sisters Nancy Roberts, Susan VanHorn, and Brother Alvin Mineart. He is also survived by his step brother Gary Darling and step sisters Jean Huan, Vicki Richardson, and Susan Martin. He is also survived by his step children Karen Chase, Joseph Carroll, grandkids Kayleigh and Kaiden.
He is pre-deceased by his father LA Vernon, Mother Dixie and his brothers Gary and Mark.
Mike had a lifelong passion for working with his hands as a carpenter and master craftsman as owner and operator of Sunset Carpentry. He loved making cabinets, furniture and his latest endeavor of cribbage boards. Mike was known for being a wild character in all areas of his life with family and friends. He loved dotting over his grandkids.
He was an active member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles and the American Legion Post 86 for over 14 years in Gray Maine.
In lieu of flowers please make a donation in Mikes name to the Gray Rescue, 125 Shaker Road, Gray Maine, 04039.
The family will be planning a celebration of life with family and friends at a later date. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/mike-mineart/article_ce014b8c-6d9e-554b-b924-b87dfebf342a.html | 2022-07-31T06:16:08 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/mike-mineart/article_ce014b8c-6d9e-554b-b924-b87dfebf342a.html |
Phylliss Darlene (Bitker) Rosendahl
July 28, 2022
MASON CITY-Phylliss Darlene (Bitker) Rosendahl, 89,of Mason City, IA, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at the Nora Springs Care Center.
A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30am Saturday August 6, 2022 at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St NE, Mason City, IA, with Pastor Jeni Bohls officiating. Inurnment will be held in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, IA.
Visitation will be from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, on Friday, August 5, 2022 at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St NE, Mason City, IA.
Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel 126 3rd St NE Mason City 641-423-2372 ColonialChapels.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/phylliss-darlene-bitker-rosendahl/article_804509ae-ac79-5ca2-b8c4-62d11ee74c71.html | 2022-07-31T06:16:14 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/phylliss-darlene-bitker-rosendahl/article_804509ae-ac79-5ca2-b8c4-62d11ee74c71.html |
Scott Donovan Otten
January 13, 1962-November 11, 2021
Scott Donovan Otten, 59 of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota passed away peacefully on November 11, 2021. Preceded in death by his father John Dale Otten. He is survived by his daughter Courtney; mother Eva Marie (Hasenwinkel) Otten; siblings Tammy Otten and Dennis Otten (Lisa); four nieces, nephews (Cassandra Menne, Taylor Sample, Christopher Lewellyn-Otten, John Otten). Burial service will be August 4, 2022 at 11 am at Memorial Park Cemetery, 11495 265th St, Mason City, IA. Memorials preferred in lieu of flowers. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/scott-donovan-otten/article_8630a783-d92f-5327-a7f9-a8b1fdc01ffb.html | 2022-07-31T06:16:23 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/scott-donovan-otten/article_8630a783-d92f-5327-a7f9-a8b1fdc01ffb.html |
SEATTLE — Over a dozen people were exposed to an irritant spray while aboard the light rail Saturday by a suspect who remains at large, Seattle police confirmed.
Officials responded to the station at 501 Royal Brougham Way Saturday afternoon, and Seattle Fire confirmed to KING 5 that it helped 13 people on site flush their eyes out. None of those exposed were transported to a hospital.
The suspect ran away before police arrived, Seattle police told KING 5.
This remains an active police investigation.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/over-dozen-people-affected-by-pepper-spray-on-light-rail-suspect-still-at-large/281-ee6115e9-c2f6-450f-beb5-78af8330de52 | 2022-07-31T07:00:15 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/over-dozen-people-affected-by-pepper-spray-on-light-rail-suspect-still-at-large/281-ee6115e9-c2f6-450f-beb5-78af8330de52 |
Beverly June Mudd
July 5, 1938 - July 25, 2022
BUHL - Beverly June Mudd, 84, of Buhl, Idaho passed away peacefully on July 25, 2022 at her residence with family by her side. June was born at home in Bayfield, Colorado to Lawrence and Dorothy Hoskins on July 5, 1938.
June's youngest years were spent in Perryton, Texas but later she moved with her mother and siblings to Paramount, California during the state's "golden age" where she enjoyed visiting the beach, attending roller derby matches, and was able to "test" the rides at Disney Land prior to its opening in 1955. In 1954, June once again moved with her family relocating to Buhl, Idaho.
Shortly thereafter, June married and within the next three years gave birth to three children that she would later raise single handedly. In 1980, June married Duane Mudd. Later, the pair adopted a grandson that they raised from the time the child was a baby. Together, they created a home that became a beacon where their children, family, and friends could set their bearings when in need of love, support, and overall good cheer. Through thick and thin, June remained by Duane's side for forty-two years until his death.
June was an active member of the Buhl Church of Christ where she especially enjoyed praising God through the singing of traditional acapella hymns. Her church brothers and sisters became some of her closest friends and she cherished her time with them while participating in ice cream socials, board games, and ocean cruises.
The one thing June treasured more than anything in life, however, was seeing smiles on her children and grand-children's faces often "going overboard" to assist in meeting that end. June enjoyed shopping, watching true crime television, and later in life, cruising the seas with her husband and close friends visiting places like Alaska, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Panama, among others.
June was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Lawrence and John Hoskins; and sisters, Ardith Pipkin and Billie Weaver.
June is survived by her sister, Frances Bell; daughters, Colleen (Jerrett) Roach and LaDawn (Jeff) Hoogland; and sons, Marty (Juanita) Hawkins and Sheldon (Mandi) Mudd; 10 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Buhl Church of Christ, 829 Broadway Ave. North in Buhl, with graveside services at West End Cemetery, Buhl.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on Beverly's memorial webpage at www.farmerfuneralchapel.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/beverly-june-mudd/article_3dc59bc0-c770-59e3-a50c-181559adcc2d.html | 2022-07-31T07:25:43 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/beverly-june-mudd/article_3dc59bc0-c770-59e3-a50c-181559adcc2d.html |
GOODING — Carolyn Mae Pahl Warner, 86, a resident of Gooding, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at Stonebridge Assisted Living in Hagerman.
Carolyn was born in Hammett, ID. She spent her youth in Hill City, ID – always a place close to her heart. She made an annual trip to see the Camas in bloom.
She was a master seamstress. She ran the Family Cleaners in Gooding for many years until her retirement.
Even after she retired, she continued to take in alterations for anyone that came by. She spent many years working in the spuds to support her children.
She loved yard sales, especially in the Wood River Valley. Many of her children and grandchildren accompanied her on her trips. She was an avid collector and loved to surround herself with all of her new-found treasures.
She will be greatly missed by all for her strong opinions and sage advice – whether we wanted it or not.
She is survived by her children Louise (Ken) Messer, Tim (Kathy) Allen, Donna Allen (Mike), Garald (Sara) Warner,
Ted (Bonnie) Warner and Todd Warner. She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. She always treasured her great (best) friends, Verla Ruby, Peggy McGuire, Carolyn Carpenter, Bev Parson and Diane Faulkner; grandchildren: Michelle Messer, Melissa Ruggieri, Rachel (Les) Ambrus, Zach Allen, Brant Kelley, Kevin (Tammy) Kelley, Bessie (Chris) Watson, Jake Warner, Tyler Fraser, Jennifer (Scott) Kretschman), Miranda Warner, Dusty and Ryan Donaldson, Chase, Ki and Kegan Warner; great-grandchildren: Adam, Crystal, Brianna, David, Jay, Cleo, Emma, McKinley, Damon, Gia, Zoe, Gabriel and Madalyn.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Eddie Pahl and Bessie Bailey; her brother Everett; her son Tom Allen; and her grandson Levi Allen.
The family would like to give special thanks to the North Canyon Medical Center, Bridgestone Assisted Living and
The Alliance Hospice team for helping her and her family through this difficult time.
Arrangements are being made through Demaray Gooding Chapel. There will be a Celebration of Life in the spring when the Camas are in bloom.
Condolences, memories and photos can be shared with the family by following the obituary link at www.demarayfuneralservice.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/carolyn-mae-warner/article_ff28a968-4e76-5d36-977f-492cdee3eb59.html | 2022-07-31T07:25:49 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/carolyn-mae-warner/article_ff28a968-4e76-5d36-977f-492cdee3eb59.html |
May 7, 1948—July 26, 2022
Christine A. Ward, 74, passed away July 26, 2022 in her home in Burley, Idaho. Chris also known as “Chrissy” was born May 7, 1948 in Canton, Ohio to Mary Lou and Edward P. Hutchinson.
Growing up with a father in the military they moved quite frequently, upon settling in Brigham City, Utah this is when she met her sweetheart Glenn Ward on a blind date. They eloped 6 weeks later. Married June 27, 1964 in Malad, Idaho. Chris was 16 and Glenn was 23, they had a car, two suitcases and found a small apartment in Ogden to live in.
Four months later they rented Glenn’s uncles dairy farm in Willard. She participated in all the functions of farm life. In 1965 Jennifer Lynn was born and 1969 Daniel Glenn joined the family.
Chris enjoyed being busy with the kids activities. She was assistant coach of Jenny’s softball team and worked the Book Mobile at Willard Elementary. Chris enjoyed flowers and gardening she was an avid canner and took pride in a tidy home.
After 14 years they moved to Idaho and put down roots that became Wards Dairy. She continued to help with the work of the dairy and branched out doing merchandising with Skaggs Drug. She helped with cub scouts, girls camp and shared her knowledge of plants and gardening with church groups.
In 1992 Chris and Glenn moved to the house they reside in now. Through the years Chris was involved in all the expansion of the business. Purchase of land, equipment, building of barns etc. Chris worked side by side with Glenn, they were a team she was his rock, even supporting Glenn in his drag racing days.
Glenn and Chris are part of the original owners of High Desert Milk.
Chris was a Board Member of Cassia Regional Hospital for 12 years. There she made friends and treasured relationships that would later play a big part in her overcoming colon cancer.
Chris had a love for books and enjoyed learning new things. She became an excellent cook over the years and enjoyed taking food to family and friends and had a great circle of friends. Visitors always felt welcome in her home.
Chris loved shopping trips with the girls, breakfast at the wayside and Sunday brunches.
She loved animals and had a special bond with Brittany her last dog and OBC her last cat.
Chris loved spending the winters in Arizona with Glenn.
Chris helped with the grandchildren; she was supportive to them in all of their pursuits. She loved and adored every one of them.
She became a great grandma in March 2022, something she wasn’t sure she would experience.
Chris and Glenn shared 58 years of marriage; she was a loving wife, mother, grandma, great-grandma, sister-in-law, and friend. Chris will be sorely missed.
Chris is survived by her husband Glenn, children Jenny (Steve) McGill, Dan (Karla) Ward, grandchildren: Michael McGill, Stephanie (Layne) Sanderson, Kadan Ward, Andrew (Hayley) McGill, Kassie Ward, Karlie Ward, Keegan Ward and one great-grandchild Jacklynn McGill and preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 4, 2022 at Morrison Funeral Home, 188 South Hwy 24 in Rupert. Burial will follow in the View Cemetery. A viewing for friends and family will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at the Morrison Funeral Home and from 10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. prior to the funeral on Thursday.
A live webcast of the Funeral Service will be available and maintained at the following link: https://youtu.be/5jpoC3vhIHQ. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/christine-a-ward/article_42742754-078a-5226-b67b-eec06e5b7843.html | 2022-07-31T07:25:55 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/christine-a-ward/article_42742754-078a-5226-b67b-eec06e5b7843.html |
TWIN FALLS — Mary Roweana (O'Donnell) Eskridge, age 72, of Twin Falls, passed away July 25, 2022 in Boise, Idaho.
Services will be held Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Parke's Magic Valley Funeral Home, 2551 Kimberly Rd., Twin Falls, followed by Graveside Services at 3:00 p.m. at the Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Idaho.
Arrangements are under the direction of Parke's Magic Valley Funeral Home of Twin Falls, Idaho. Those wishing to share memories and condolences may do so on Mary's memorial webpage at www.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/funeral-notices/mary-roweana-odonnell-eskridge/article_1368e310-d519-5d5e-a6a6-d9091d6e474b.html | 2022-07-31T07:26:02 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/funeral-notices/mary-roweana-odonnell-eskridge/article_1368e310-d519-5d5e-a6a6-d9091d6e474b.html |
March 15, 1946—July 25, 2022
BURLEY — Russell “Russ” Eugene McElhinney, a 76-year-old former Burley, Idaho resident of Sierra Vista, Arizona passed away Monday, July 25, 2022 with his treasured wife by his side at Canyon Vista Medical Center.
Russell was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on March 15, 1946 to Henry Guy and Bertha Mae (Yearns) McElhinney. He was the youngest of three children and was raised in Idahome (northwest of Malta), Idaho.
Russell met his wife Samantha Jane Harvison in Burley, Idaho, while at home on military leave from the Army. After their brief encounter and his return to Germany, they became distant pen pals for almost two years. Upon Russell’s return, Roszelle Harvison, Samantha’s mother, and Russell’s sister, Margaret McElhinney, plotted a reunion at Burger Port, the drive-in restaurant where Samantha was working.
Samantha recalls the incident well because the surprise involved Russell parking at the farthest point away from where she had to serve him. She was wondering why would this guy make her walk all the way across the parking lot when there were plenty of other closer spaces! Later that year, Samantha found herself taking an even more significant walk down the aisle of the Rupert Freewill Baptist Church to marry her future soul mate! If anyone has ever heard the famously jovial Russell’s version of the story, he said they met in the bar or while touring on the road! Oh, the adventures of “Russell and Jane,” as they were fondly referred to throughout their marriage! Their ever-unfurling journey took them to Fresno, California, Shelbyville, Tennessee, back to Burley, Idaho where they met and eventually raised their three children. Then they settled in Sierra Vista, Arizona in 2005—and never wanted to leave!
Interwoven throughout the McElhinney’s lives was Russell’s second love — country and gospel music. And he became well know for his talent as a singer/songwriter. Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash were his favorites and he always credited them for having had a strong influence on his music and song writing style. He loved ballads that revolved around stories of the early West. Russell founded his record label, Lost River Music, with his best friend Michael V. Nicholson, in 1973 and they cowrote the song, “Silent City of Rocks.” In 2001, this song was featured in the film, “A Short Walk Through Time” and was an introduction to the City of Rocks National Reserve. His song, “Queen City,” was a popular request on local radio stations in his hometown of Kirksville, Missouri, and as it turned out Marty Robbins was recording Russell McElhinney’s music at the time of Robbins death.
And even more than his love of music, Russell McElhinney always wanted to make the world as good as God created it to be. Russell toured Idaho, California, Utah, Nevada, Missouri and Arizona using his music to entertain and to support the elderly through what came to be known as his ministry through music. Then back home on weekends, he would share this love for music with his family every Saturday and Sunday morning, by religiously blaring his extensive country music collection throughout the house — the earlier the better for honoring God!
Russell is known for his dry sense of humor and never-ending penchant for practical jokes. One friend recalls: “Russell loved a joke and he came in one time saying that he had gone to get chicken. He told the kid behind the counter that he wanted good chicken because the last time he bought it, it was ‘foul’. He said young girl was apologizing all over the place and was about to ask the manager to come over to help him when he confessed that it was a joke. We still laugh at that and ever since when I buy chicken I still think about that joke he pulled.” Russell is remembered for many tall-tales and witty remarks such as needing to go to the front of the line because his milk was about to expire.
Even more than his humor, Russell will be remembered by his family for instilling the value of hard work and being on time (if you’re not five minutes early you’re late), passion for classic cars, ability to try to fix anything, love and devotion to his wife, love of ghost towns and Idaho history, and his affinity for animals ! He treated every single creatureas he would his human friends—and thus it followed as night the day that they needed to be tickled in the ribs sometimes. To Russell, this included the need to playfully irritate the family’s pets while they slept. The pets loved him so much that they always seemed to laugh as much as their dear Russell!
Russell was preceded in death by his parents Henry Guy and Bertha Mae McElhinney. He is survived by his wife of 54 years Samantha Jane McElhinney; his children, Curtis Dewayne (Yi Lin Wu) McElhinney of California, Rhonda Denise (Jesse) Hunter of Germany, and Michael (Wai) McElhinney of Hawaii; his six grandchildren, Shelby, John, Samantha, Madison, Franklyn, and Pureson; and five great-grandchildren, Jace, Tristynne, Grace Lynn, Tyeson and John Jesse James; and his big brother and big sister, Carl (Paula) McElhinney of Idaho and Margaret (Gary) Detherow of Missouri.
The family asks that donations be made to the Wounded Warrior Project in lieu of flowers Donations can be made in Russell’s name at the following link: | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/russell-eugene-mcelhinney/article_acbec352-b25b-54b6-8d4a-f58a25c68b8c.html | 2022-07-31T07:26:08 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/russell-eugene-mcelhinney/article_acbec352-b25b-54b6-8d4a-f58a25c68b8c.html |
ALEXANDER JOSE CANTU
Age: 33
Height: 5 feet, 6 inches
Weight: 210 pounds
Sex: Male
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Wanted for: 2 counts failure to register to as a sex offender.
Bond: $150,000
The Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office asks that anyone with information please call 208-735-1911 or Crime Stoppers at 208-343-2677, where they can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward. Tips can be made at www.343cops.com or download P3 Tips on your mobile phone.
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For more than two years, anyone driving own Cape Arago has seen a historic home in the Empire District being brought back to life.
Step by step, construction on what has become known as the “Blue House” was seen by the community, with few knowing what was going on inside. Well, any questions about the house have now been answered after Wayne Schrunk hosted an open house to show off the completed home.
In rebuilding the home, Schrunk combined the home’s history with the newest in technology to build a home he calls “a gift to the community.” But to get there, took divine intervention - literally. “I was driving by, the house was for sale and the Lord spoke to me and said, ‘Buy this house,’” Schrunk said. So, he did, closing on the dilapidated structure on Dec. 31, 2019. A contractor for 48 years, who is now semi-retired, Schrunk than began the job of restoring the home. And through most of the work, he had no idea what his final plans were.
“Ninety-five percent of the work I did myself,” he said. “It came at a great time during the pandemic. We couldn’t travel. So, I would go surfing in the morning and come work on this in the afternoon.” At one point, he even brought his granddaughters to the home, taught them some basics of woodworking, and let them pitch in a little.
He said one thing he was determined to do was to save as much of the original home as possible. The wood floors and much of the wooden interior was sanded down to raw wood and brought back to life.
For a while, he thought about making the home into a vacation rental, but during the middle of construction, the city of Coos Bay changed its rules for vacation rentals, so that plan went out the window. Now, Schrunk isn’t 100% certain what the long-term plan for the property is. But he knows one thing for sure.
“I’m glad it’s done,” he said. “It’s not going to be a vacation rental. I may do a 31-day rental for nurses or business people. Right now, my daughter and her family will be moving in and staying here while we build them a brand-new home.” The four-bedroom, three-bathroom home includes a state-of-the-art kitchen with a dining room and family room downstairs. One bedroom, or possible office is downstairs with three spacious bedrooms upstairs As he showed off his home, offering guests hot dogs and drinks during the open house, Schrunk said keeping as much of the home original was a personal goal. “Any of the lumber I used in here, I salvaged out of it,” he said. “All of the wood was taken down to raw wood and then refinished.”
The end result is an eyesore on one of the major tourist routes around Coos Bay is now a gem, so maybe it is a gift to the city after all. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/finished-blue-house-a-gift-to-the-city/article_1f366916-0fa5-11ed-b797-b318b7d787d1.html | 2022-07-31T07:27:06 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/finished-blue-house-a-gift-to-the-city/article_1f366916-0fa5-11ed-b797-b318b7d787d1.html |
HAMMOND - Betty J. Steliga (nee Forney), passed away July 21, 2022, at the age of 97. Dear wife of the late Joseph W. Steliga, Sr. Dear mother of Mary L. Cutean, Walter E. (Carole) Steliga, Linda S. (John) Wiggans and Joseph W. (Cheryl) Steliga, Jr. Betty will be remembered as a dear grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and precious friend.
Betty was a long-time bowler with the Tuesday morning Koffee Klatch at Olympia Lanes in Hammond. She enjoyed the sport up through her 95th year. She will be dearly missed by her family, friends, teammates, and all who had the pleasure of knowing her.
Visitation will be held at 9:00 A.M., Tuesday August 2, 2022 at St. Maria Goretti Church, 500 Northgate Drive, Dyer, IN. Funeral mass at 10:00 A.M. Interment immediately following at Holy Cross Cemetery, Calumet City, IL. Please leave condolences at www.burnskish.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/betty-j-steliga/article_a6a69212-db88-5283-8d4a-588564c827b2.html | 2022-07-31T07:37:23 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/betty-j-steliga/article_a6a69212-db88-5283-8d4a-588564c827b2.html |
Oct. 6, 1977 - July 27, 2022
VALPARAISO, IN - Brandon Mark Mosak, 44, of Valparaiso, IN, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
He is survived by his parents, Mark and Kathy Mosak; siblings: Allison Foust and Ross Mosak; and partner, Laura Sell.
Brandon enjoyed all forms of technology, cars, and had a special love for pinball. He would spend hours carefully repairing and restoring pinball machines or playing in tournaments. He would often be found on his deck or in the kitchen crafting some new culinary creation to share with his friends and family. Brandon would regularly open his home for friends, friends of friends, and even strangers to enjoy his cooking and play hours of pinball. He was loyal and generous to a fault, and had a soft spot for any stray cat (or occasional raccoon) that stumbled onto his doorstep. He was profoundly influential in the local tech community where his advice was often sought. He graduated from Valparaiso High School in 1996 and from Purdue University School of Technology. Professionally, he was the IT Director at Task Force Tips for 13 years, and more recently the Director of IT for Initium Novum.
A visitation will be held on Friday, August 5, 2022, from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at MOELLER FUNERAL HOME, 104 Roosevelt Road, Valparaiso, IN. The funeral service will begin on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1700 Monticello Park Drive, Valparaiso, IN. Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery. Floral arrangements from Flower Cart in Chesterton are appreciated. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/brandon-mark-mosak/article_72cdd6a4-53c0-53a8-a2ef-a7213a298a1b.html | 2022-07-31T07:37:30 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/brandon-mark-mosak/article_72cdd6a4-53c0-53a8-a2ef-a7213a298a1b.html |
GRIFFITH, IN - Clarence G. Hein, age 89, of Griffith, passed away on Tuesday July 26, 2022. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mary Kathleen "Kathy"; children: Sandra (Ken) Kozol, Denise (Larry) Walsh, and Beth (Russ) Roe; grandchildren: Marie (Chris), Lawrence Jr., Ryan, Amy (Clayton), Lana, Mia, and Chad; great-grandchildren: Emma, Gwen, Allison, and Luci; sister-in-law, Roberta (Gerald) Bechtold.
Clarence is preceded in death by his parents: Francis and Mary Hein; sister, Ruth (Erwin) Rick; brothers-in-law: Frank (Helen) Gard and William (Mary Ann) Gard.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday August 2, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. DIRECTLY at St. Mary Catholic Church located at 525 N. Broad Street in Griffith with Fr. Theodore Mens celebrating. Burial will follow at St. Michael Catholic Cemetery in Schererville.
Friends may meet with the family on Monday August 1, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at WHITE FUNERAL HOME located at 921 W. 45th (Glen Park Avenue) in Griffith.
Clarence was an Army Veteran and member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Griffith. He was retired from Carter Controls and the School Town of Highland. The family wishes to thank Haven Hospice (especially Mary Ann and Shelly) for their loving care of Clarence.
The family asks that masks be worn while attending the visitation and funeral services please.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to either St. Mary Catholic Church or to the Share Foundation, https://sharefoundation.org/ . For information, please contact White Funeral Home at 219-924-4100 or visit us at www.whitefuneralhomeofgriffith.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/clarence-g-hein/article_d8023596-c12b-5cc2-b245-f999b4907a2c.html | 2022-07-31T07:37:36 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/clarence-g-hein/article_d8023596-c12b-5cc2-b245-f999b4907a2c.html |
Dec. 19, 1928 - June 13, 2022
VANCOUVER, WA - Doris Pierce, a 32-year faculty member of Purdue University Calumet Campus, Hammond, Indiana passed away in Vancouver Washington June 13, 2022. A native of Seminole, Oklahoma, she was born to James and Viola (Chestnut) Stuart on December 16, 1928. She met Robert Pierce while attending the University of Oklahoma, eventually marrying in 1955. He served as City Manager of Marysville, Missouri, then for 20 years as City Manager of Park Forest, Illinois.
Retired from Purdue Calumet in 1994, Doris was designated for Professor Emerita of Political Science. She served as head of the department of History and Political Science from 1986 until her retirement. Under her leadership, a criminal justice operation and an area of specialization in Public Administration were developed. Also, course offerings in European History were expanded and Purdue Calumet's Center for International Research and Education (CIRE) was conceived. Pierce served a first CIRE director, 1989 – 1990. She also served on the committee that developed the University's Women Studies Program. Her instructional arises also include urban politics and public law. Before coming to Purdue Calumet, she served as an assistant professor Political Science at Northwest Missouri State.She also held a Bachelor's Degree in English from East Central State (Okla.) College, a master's in Political Science and a J.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma. She completed the coursework for her PhD at the University of Kansas. A former student of Pierce's at Purdue Calumet established an endowed scholarship at Purdue in her honor in 2021.
As she approached retirement from Purdue Calumet, Doris rejoined the League of Women voters in 1993 in order to have an outlet for her professional interest and expertise. She was President of the Homewood-Flossmoor Area League of Women Voters 1995 – 1997, Illinois League of Women Voters Legislative Specialist and state Board member from 1997 – 1999. In 1999 she became Campaign Finance Chair for the State League. She remained active in the Homewood-Flossmoor area league until her death.
In January 1998 she began piano lessons with Margaret Nichols and took lessons with Mrs. Nichols at the Sherwood Conservatory of music until Mrs. Nichols retired. Music became the primary focus of her activities.Doris made her first trip to Europe in 1954 and after her marriage, she and Robert traveled abroad every other year as long as their health permitted, including waltzing into the New Year at the Sacher Hotel in Vienna, Austria. They were interested in history, art, music, opera and birding. Travel included Kenya, Costa Rica, Trinidad-Tobago, Panama, India, Europe, and many locales in the U.S. focused on birding.
She lived in Olympia Fields, Illinois for over 30 years, and after losing Bob who passed in 2019, then suffering a series of strokes. Even though disabled, Doris continued to thrive by her spirit and energy, supported by her devoted caretaker Viktorija and her "posse" of League of Women Voters buddies.Doris moved to Washington state in March of 2022 to be closer to devoted friends of 50 years during her final years which were cut short by her unexpected death. She continued to read her New York Times, listen to classical music, monitor politics of the day, and took joy in watching the birds, squirrels, rabbits, and flowers from her big window. She will be missed by many, including the decades-old coterie of over-sleek squirrels, chipmunks, birds and other critters who became used to a bon appetite passage through the bitter Chicago winters in front of Doris's glass patio door.
Doris married a soulmate, educated and inspired her students, worked to better her society and country, and enjoyed and celebrated life with her friends for 93 years - A life well-lived. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/doris-j-pierce/article_10e0ff46-077d-594c-a2de-66a6fe5ae9b3.html | 2022-07-31T07:37:42 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/doris-j-pierce/article_10e0ff46-077d-594c-a2de-66a6fe5ae9b3.html |
Aug. 18, 1939 - July 28, 2022
PORTAGE, IN - Douglas D. Bennett, age 82, of Portage, IN, formerly of Hodgenville, KY passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022. He was born on August 18, 1939 in Louisville, KY to Chester and Frances (Hubbard) Bennett.
On June 19, 1962 in Decatur, AL Douglas married his wife of 60 years, Barbara (Higgins) Bennett who survives. He is also survived by three daughters: Julie (Brad) Law of Crestwood, KY, Donna Bennett of Port Richey, FL, Rebecca (Brian) Belt of Portage, IN; four grandsons: Jacob (Kacie) Law of Louisville, KY, Jeffrey (Kami) Law of Louisville, KY, Noland Belt of Sandusky,OH, and Connor Belt of Portage, IN; three great-grandsons: Nate, Owen, and Sam; two great-granddaughters: Avery and Ella; sister-in-law: Sandra Bennett; nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers: Norman Bennett, and Phillip Bennett.
Douglas retired from LTV Steel following 42 years of service as a Cost Analyst. Doug was an avid "history buff" from Egyptology to World War II. He collected Civil War memorabilia and participated in an archeological dig near Lincoln's KY childhood home. Another favorite pastime was collecting arrowheads and discussing University of Kentucky basketball with his younger brother Phillip. Douglas was a quiet man. He enjoyed his daughters to the fullest. Though Douglas never had sons, it never stopped him from treating his daughters like one, from changing their oil and tires, to digging post holes for the backyard fence or helping put a roof on the Bennett home. Douglas served as the hands and feet of his Lord. He served on countless committees and in numerous positions, he ministered as a deacon for over 50 years. A more faithful servant could not be found being the first to unlock the doors and the last to turn out the lights.
Funeral Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:00 am CST at EDMONDS & EVANS FUNERAL HOME Portage Chapel, 6941 Central Avenue, Portage, IN 46368. Burial will follow at Heritage Cemetery, Portage, IN. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 from 3:00 pm CST until 7:00 pm CST at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Foreign Mission Offering - Lottie Moon, c/o Barrington Ridge Baptist Church, 97 Bracken Parkway, Hobart, IN 46342. To leave online condolences to the family please visit www.ee-fh.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/douglas-d-bennett/article_be554ade-4f6d-5404-8f45-9cdbf9213e54.html | 2022-07-31T07:37:48 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/douglas-d-bennett/article_be554ade-4f6d-5404-8f45-9cdbf9213e54.html |
Nov. 10, 1972 - July 28, 2016
In Loving Memory of Our Beloved Son and Brother, Eric C. Hoffman On His 6th Anniversary in Heaven.
Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure. You touched so many lives with your caring, helpful heart and with your dedicated giving to the kids of St. Jude. God took you Home so quickly, no time to say good bye. We miss you terribly everyday and feel you by our side.
Love, Mom, Dad, Jeff, Melinda, Family and Friends. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/eric-c-hoffman/article_a96429a4-f801-53df-8573-6cce0c632c7c.html | 2022-07-31T07:37:54 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/eric-c-hoffman/article_a96429a4-f801-53df-8573-6cce0c632c7c.html |
CEDAR LAKE - Ernest T. Piet, age 92, late of Cedar Lake, IN, formerly of Sauk Village, IL, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 28, 2022. Loving husband of the late Dorothy M. Piet, nee Retzlaff. Devoted father of Pamela Majewski, Thomas (Mary) Piet, Scot Piet, and the late Randy Piet. Proud grandfather of eight; great-grandfather of nine. Dear brother of the late John (late Agnes) Piet, late Fred (late Fran) Piet, and the late Dorothy (late Albin Sr.) Wegner. Kind uncle of many nephews and nieces. Preceded in death by his parents: John and Bertha Piet.
Memorial donations to Hospice of the Calumet Area/William J. Riley Hospice Residence or a Charity of your Choice, appreciated. Private arrangements entrusted to Smits Funeral Home, 2121 Pleasant Springs Lane (Rt.30/Pleasant Springs Ln.), Dyer, IN. For further information, please contact 219-322-7300 or visit our online obituary and guest book at www.SMITSFH.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ernest-t-piet/article_6a8ffeb6-f6f6-5f5d-b706-66ee7b081a5c.html | 2022-07-31T07:38:01 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ernest-t-piet/article_6a8ffeb6-f6f6-5f5d-b706-66ee7b081a5c.html |
Jan. 29, 1933 - July 22, 2022
MERRILLVILLE, IN - Eugene P. Kelly, of Merrillville, IN, passed away Friday, July 22, 2022 at the age of 89.
Gene is survived by his two nephews: Philip (Lori) Reimer of Naperville, IL; Robert (Renee) Reimer of Dyer, IN; one niece, Patricia (Daniel) Freeland of St. John, IN; five great nieces, several great-great nieces and nephews and many cousins.
Gene was preceded in death by his parents, Eugene and Julia (nee Laderer) Kelly; two sisters: Dorothy Patricia "Patsy" Reimer, Julia Louise "Babe" Kelly; great-nephew, Philip Michael; and dear companions: Laurie Starr and Sharon Fitzsimons.
Gene graduated from Indiana University and taught Social Studies at Highland High School for many years. He proudly served his country in the United States Army Reserves for 33 years and retired a lieutenant colonel in 1992.
Gene was a member of the American Legion Post 431, the Hobart Moose Lodge #783 and the Valparaiso Elks Club. He was a long time member of the former Hobart Elks Club, where he served on many house committees and as treasurer until they merged with the Valparaiso Elks Club.
Gene loved to garden and was a member of the Lake County Master Gardeners Association through Purdue University. He loved to travel and read and was a lifelong learner. He especially loved spending time in Hawaii during the winter and looked forward to seeing his many friends he made there throughout the years. Gene was always sharing photos he took – sometimes of total strangers. They weren't strangers for long though.
Friends may visit the family Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at GEISEN-PRUZIN FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, 6360 Broadway, Merrillville, IN from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Additional visitation will be held Thursday, August 4, 2022 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 6795 Broadway, Merrillville, IN from 10:00 AM until the time of the Funeral Service at 11:00 AM with Pastor David Adams officiating. Interment to follow at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Gary, Indiana.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in Gene's name to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Merrillville, IN.
Visit Eugene's online guestbook at
www.GeisenFuneralHome.com 219-663-2500. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/eugene-p-kelly/article_7b268f55-59a1-5d56-9bd2-80abb9076b9e.html | 2022-07-31T07:38:07 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/eugene-p-kelly/article_7b268f55-59a1-5d56-9bd2-80abb9076b9e.html |
EAST CHICAGO - James A. Anderson, Sr., age 74 of East Chicago, IN passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at St. Catherine Hospital. Survivors include three sons: Jamar Anderson of East Chicago and James Anderson, Jr. (Moshfilay) and Marlon Anderson, Sr., both of Indianapolis, In.; and four daughters: Amelia Anderson and Janara Anderson both of East Chicago, In., DeNese Anderson of Gary, In., and Vanita Anderson of Indianapolis,In; three sisters: Aurelia Walker of East Chicago, Mildred Jarrett of Gary, IN, Evaline Woods of Las Vegas, NV; one brother-in-law, Mitchell Bishop of East Chicago, IN; and three sisters-in-law: Barbara Bishop and Fannie Bishop both of East Chicago, IN; and Justine Person of Midway, Alabama. Special daughter, Caneya Anderson. Special granddaughter, Makayla Crenshaw. Nine grandchildren: Deralle Nelson, Shanika McClain, Janita White, DeAriah Hicks, Javon Jolly, Jerron Jolly, Marlon Anderson, Jr., Marlina Anderson; 13 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Preceded in death by wife, Mae E. Anderson; parents, Victor and Lydia Anderson; brothers: R.J., Avery, Walter Lee, and Mack Anderson; and sisters: Armelia Johnson, Easter Perry, and Matilda Trotter.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 2, 2022, 11:00 a.m. at HINTON-WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, 4859 Alexander Avenue, East Chicago, IN, with pastor T. Brian Hill officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. prior to the funeral service at the funeral home. Private cremation to be held at the family's convenience.
Hinton & Williams Funeral Home is honored to be of service to the Anderson family during their time of loss. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/james-a-anderson-sr/article_a8034b87-c836-5106-8ace-2c14f642904f.html | 2022-07-31T07:38:13 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/james-a-anderson-sr/article_a8034b87-c836-5106-8ace-2c14f642904f.html |
CROWN POINT - John L. Unger, age 76, late of Crown Point, IN, formerly of South Holland, IL, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Loving husband of Marcia P. Unger, nee Palmquist. Devoted father of Mark (Catherine) Unger and Jill (James) Miller. Proud grandfather of Caitlin, Emily, Brooke, Riley, Jacob, Samuel, Benjamin, and Lily. Dear brother of James (Lenore) Unger, Elizabeth (Val) Unger-Baertlein, David (Pat) Unger, Susan (Jay) Crilley, and Daniel (Zella) Unger. Kind uncle of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his loving parents: Robert and Jane Unger.
Visitation Wednesday, August 3, 2022 from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. at SMITS FUNERAL HOME, 2121 Pleasant Springs Lane (Rt.30/Pleasant Springs Ln.), Dyer, IN. Funeral service Thursday, August 4, 2022 - 11:00 a.m. at Village Church 14849 W. 93rd Ave. Dyer, IN. Interment Friday, August 5, 2022 - 10:00 a.m. directly at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery - Elwood, IL.
Memorial donations to Village Church or Cedar Lake Ministries, 13701 Lauerman St. Cedar Lake, IN 46303, appreciated.
For further information, please contact 219-322-7300 or visit our online obituary and guest book at www.SMITSFH.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/john-l-unger/article_aeb67e1d-a3a6-57a1-b979-722a9e6860b3.html | 2022-07-31T07:38:19 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/john-l-unger/article_aeb67e1d-a3a6-57a1-b979-722a9e6860b3.html |
Jan 08, 1952 - July 14, 2022
FAIRFAX, VA - The Honorable John Vincent Sullivan (LTC USAF), 70, of Fairfax Station, VA, passed away on July 14, 2022. He was preceded in death by his parents, James P. and Mary Claire Sullivan; and by his beloved sister, Mary Frances Merwin (Gary).
He is survived by seven brothers and sisters: James P. Sullivan (Elizabeth), Michael Joseph Sullivan (Joan), Matthew W. Sullivan, Anne Sullivan Daly (Malachy, Jeremy L. Sullivan, Margaret Glick (Brian) Patricia H. Bornhop (Andrew); and by many nieces and nephews. He was brother-in-law to Sandra Karottki and uncle to Salvador Karottki (Emily).
He met his wife, Nancy Sullivan, at Munster High in 1968. They were married for 45 years. They had three children: Michael Sullivan (Lindsay), Margaret Sullivan, and Matthew Sullivan; and three adoring grandchildren: Evangeline, Violet and Brandon.
A private burial will take place in Arlington National Cemetery. Contributions can be made to The Adrian Dominican Sisters, Adrian Michigan, https://adriandominicans.org | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/john-vincent-sullivan/article_3454bf39-847b-5a96-8ba5-8e95b3b3b0b6.html | 2022-07-31T07:38:25 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/john-vincent-sullivan/article_3454bf39-847b-5a96-8ba5-8e95b3b3b0b6.html |
May 14, 1943 - May 28, 2022
SCHERERVILLE - Judy Lynn (Skurow) Podgorny, age 79, of Dallas, Texas (formerly of Schererville, Indiana) passed away on May 28, 2022, surrounded by family. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 14, 1943. Judy graduated from South Shore High School and was married to Leo Joseph Podgorny, Jr. They moved from Chicago to Schererville, Indiana to raise their family. After Leo's untimely death, Judy worked tirelessly to raise their two young children on her own. She dedicated her life to her family, caring first for her children, and then for her parents through the end of their lives. She retired to Dallas in 2008 to help care for her grandchildren and share in the joy of watching them grow up. She took great pride in every member of her family and cherished each relationship. Her unique personality, tenacity, and perspective on life left a mark on all who knew her, and she will be greatly missed.
Judy is survived by her children: Jeffery (Jennifer) Podgorny of Schererville, Indiana, Laurel (Kevin) Ash of Richardson, TX; and six grandchildren: Austin, Anna, and Evan Ruff, Kameron and Kianna Ash, and Cherylynn Gholson. She also dearly loved her brother, Wayne Skurow; niece, Debi (Christopher) Haug; and nephew, Jason (Sarah) Skurow; as well as her grandnieces and grandnephews. Judy is predeceased by her sister-in-law, Barbara; parents: Ruth and Sanford Skurow; and her husband, Leo Joseph Podgorny, Jr.
Judy has been laid to rest at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens in Schererville, Indiana. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/judy-lynn-skurow-podgorny/article_b297430f-6266-5ed6-a6d1-dec4707ac503.html | 2022-07-31T07:38:31 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/judy-lynn-skurow-podgorny/article_b297430f-6266-5ed6-a6d1-dec4707ac503.html |
July 31, 2001 - July 31, 2007
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF JULIA ANN RADDE
Happy 21th Birthday!
We miss you Peanut.
Love,
Mom, Dad & Kate
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July 31, 2001 - July 31, 2007
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF JULIA ANN RADDE
Happy 21th Birthday!
We miss you Peanut.
Love,
Mom, Dad & Kate
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Patricia "Pat" Petrungaro, (nee Winkler), age 82, late of the East Side, passed away Friday, July 29, 2022.
Beloved wife of the late John Petrungaro for 56 years. Loving mother of John Jr. (Carol), Michael Sr. (Renee) and family, Annamarie "Sis" (James) Maynard and James Sr. (Sylvia). Nana to Toni (Joel) Jacinto, Michaelene, John III, Maria, Crystal, Jackie, Elizabeth (Brian) Doyle, Michelle, James Jr. and Ruben. Great Nana to Nicholas, Daniel, Alexander Drozd, John IV, Mia, Marcus, Grace Kissel and Zoey Doyle. Great-great-grandma to Aiden and Ava Drozd. Devoted daughter of the late Frank and late Dorothy Winkler. Dear sister of the late Edward Winkler. Fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Pat was a former member of Honey's Inn Pleasure Club.
Visitation Monday 2:00 -8:00 p.m.. Funeral services Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at ELMWOOD CHAPEL, 11200 S. Ewing Ave., Chicago. Interment Historic Maplewood Cemetery, Crown Point, IN. Please omit flowers. 773-731-2749 www.elmwoodchapel.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/patricia-pat-petrungaro-nee-winkler/article_b345b64b-1d2f-5d19-b311-6f450df1aa34.html | 2022-07-31T07:38:44 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/patricia-pat-petrungaro-nee-winkler/article_b345b64b-1d2f-5d19-b311-6f450df1aa34.html |
May 30, 1945 - July 21, 2022
PITTSBURG, PA - Patrick J. McManama, born in Pittsburgh, PA on May 30, 1945, died on July 21, 2022 in Scottsdale, AZ. He suffered a stroke while battling lung cancer.
He was preceded in death by his parents Bernard and Mary; his brothers; James and Steven; sister Carol Van Horn. He is survived by his fiance Carol Richardson Leneway, his high school sweetheart who re-found each other six years ago; brother Thomas McManama of McKees Rocks, PA; sons, Steven of Hawaii, Zebulon of Colorado and Jacob of Indiana; nieces, Kelly Wiechman, Kathy Dunn, Karen DePasquale, "Mickey" Stein and Maureen Higgins; nephews, Mike McManama, Paul McManama and Tim McManama and former spouses, Trudy McManama of South Bend, IN and Pamela Jensen McManama of Roselawn, IN.
He graduated Holy Innocents High School in 1963 as senior class president in Pittsburgh, PA. He holds B.A. from Western Connecticut State College; M.S. in Education from University of Bridgeport; and, J.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He was the founder of 80 Main St. Crisis Center in Danbury, CT. His Northwest Indiana law practice encompassed both his private practice as well as corporate counsel with McColly Real Estate.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Valley at HOV.org. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/patrick-j-mcmanama/article_78a6374b-61e5-5f16-8545-fac181b681fa.html | 2022-07-31T07:38:50 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/patrick-j-mcmanama/article_78a6374b-61e5-5f16-8545-fac181b681fa.html |
PORTER, IN - On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, Richard John Littke passed away at the age of 65. A funeral service 12:00 noon on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at PIKE FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES, The Boyd Chapel, 9191 Red Arrow Hwy, Bridgman. Visitation from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the funeral home, prior to the service. Donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude's Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Online condolences at www.PikeFH.com Richard was born on September 11, 1956 in St. Joseph, Michigan to the late Gus and Marie (Jungiewicz) Littke He was best known in the community through his automobile business, Rich's Quality Motors. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/richard-john-littke/article_7d5bd489-f2c6-53cf-a470-1cadfa8a2b15.html | 2022-07-31T07:38:56 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/richard-john-littke/article_7d5bd489-f2c6-53cf-a470-1cadfa8a2b15.html |
July 26, 1929 - June 10, 2022
THE WOODLANDS, TX - Robert "Bob" Thompson, age 92, passed away on Friday, June 10, 2022. He was a lifelong resident of Hobart, Indiana. He was born July 26, 1929 in Gary, Indiana to the late Darrell and Lucille Thompson. Bob was a graduate of Horace Mann High School, Class of 1947 and served in the US Army Intelligence. Bob owned JET Auto Sales in Hobart. Bob was a die-hard Chicago White Sox and Bears season ticket holder, loved to play golf and travel around the world.
He is survived by his daughter, Joan (Walter) Andersen; his son, Thomas (Judith) Thompson; his twin grandsons: Kyle Thompson and Cole Thompson of The Woodlands, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Dick Thompson; and his sister, Dolores Whiteman. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/robert-bob-thompson/article_0f0cf7d0-f215-514a-b038-6bdadab9c1df.html | 2022-07-31T07:39:03 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/robert-bob-thompson/article_0f0cf7d0-f215-514a-b038-6bdadab9c1df.html |
July 16, 1944 - July 25, 2022
GRIFFITH - Sandra Joy Lee (Pehlgrim), age 78, passed away July 25, 2022. Cremation has taken place. A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, August 6, 2022, with a luncheon following, at Griffith Lutheran Church, 1000 N. Broad St., Griffith, Indiana 46319; Pastor Freda Scales officiating. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to the service at Griffith Lutheran Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Griffith Lutheran Church or Faith Landing Lutheran Church of Davison in Sandra's memory.
Sandra was born in Hammond, IN on July 16, 1944, the daughter of the late Fred and Helen Pehlgrim. She was a graduate of Dyer High School Class of 1962. Sandra spent 41 years as a Registered Nurse, retiring at The Hammond Clinic in 2006. She was an active member of Griffith Lutheran Church as a choir member and a member of several committees. She still enjoyed lunch with her fellow Hammond Clinic retirees. Most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.
Sandra is survived by her two children: Beth (Stephen) Coty of Peoria, AZ and Jill (Joseph) Tubbs of Goodrich, MI; four grandchildren: Carl (CJ) Tubbs, Aryca Tubbs, Kaycee Coty and Madison Coty; great-granddaughter, Gracelynn Tubbs; five siblings: Ronald Pehlgrim, Kenneth Pehlgrim, Linda Anderson, Annette Johanson and Shelly Pehlgrim; many other loving family members and good friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Lee. Please share your thoughts with the family at www.allenfuneralhomeinc.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/sandra-joy-lee-pehlgrim/article_70a67c7c-7c66-5f9e-ad22-3b2bcc4fbef9.html | 2022-07-31T07:39:09 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/sandra-joy-lee-pehlgrim/article_70a67c7c-7c66-5f9e-ad22-3b2bcc4fbef9.html |
SCHERERVILLE - Victoria A. Russell (nee Bohling), age 62, of Schererville, passed away July 28, 2022. Survived by her loving husband, Charles; sons: Stephen (Delores) Russell, Christopher Russell, Alan (Lauren) Russell; grandchildren: Elsie, Violet, Veronica, Dennis and Jesse; great-grandchildren: Emma, Olivia, Mia and Waylon; sisters: Kathy (Dave) Frymark and Pam (late Bill) Bane; brothers: John Bohling and Tim (Donna) Bohling; numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church of Schererville and at rest, St. Michael's Cemetery. Friends are invited to visit with Victoria's family on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the LINCOLN RIDGE FUNERAL HOME, 7607 W. Lincoln Hwy, Schererville and also on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Victoria operated and ran the kitchen at St. Michael's Church's bingo and was a retired cashier at Gordon Food Service for 18 years. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/victoria-a-russell-nee-bohling/article_2643bb6c-30b6-5147-b808-4352243d7bdd.html | 2022-07-31T07:39:15 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/victoria-a-russell-nee-bohling/article_2643bb6c-30b6-5147-b808-4352243d7bdd.html |
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