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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.kens5.com/article/news/local/balch-springs-fire-homeowner-lost-everything-shares-powerful-message/287-ada841c7-fd18-4c2d-931d-0104b508ed33 | 2022-07-31T18:22:14 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/balch-springs-fire-homeowner-lost-everything-shares-powerful-message/287-ada841c7-fd18-4c2d-931d-0104b508ed33 |
EASTMAN, Ga. — Sometimes, tragedy has a way of tearing folks apart.
After a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School killed 21 students, an Eastman man, his team, and his community are hoping art will bring them back together.
1,200 miles away from Uvalde, Texas, Sean Peacock read headlines in horror of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
"I didn't want to, I didn't want to read the news. I saw the headlines and I just blocked it out," he said.
After his sister's passing in 2008, he restored a bench she had in her garden, re-gifting it to his mother, eventually selling them online, but he had no idea loss would bring the two worlds together.
"May 31, one of the mothers sent me a message via our Etsy store. She didn't say she was from Texas, she just wanted to know could I customize this bench for the loss of a child," he explained.
Peacock says he had a gut feeling it was connected to the shooting after researching the child's name. Sadly, she was one of the victims.
"After I discovered who she was, I was very much still emotional and I did like many of us do, went to Facebook. I just made a post. It was a picture of her daughter and a snippet of our conversation and then it was a list of the 21 victims," he explained.
The post captured the attention and hearts of many -- comments, messages, an outpouring of sympathy, asking how to help. Without thinking, he created a GoFundMe, raising $20,000 in 2 days funding 21 benches customized for each victim.
"Do you believe God gave you this special assignment, how do you see that?,” Caleesha Moore asked.
“If anybody else should be working on a project like this or speaking directly to those mamas or praying to those mamas and daddies, somebody else would be,” Peacock said.
He believes what he, his team, and people in Eastman have accomplished is part of a bigger ministry, and his mother agrees.
"I know as much as this bench has been to me, it'll just be overwhelming to these parents in Uvalde, Texas," his mother said.
"I think it's divine intervention, this whole process. It’s going to take a lot of me and you talking for me for you to get that whole story down, for you to understand I didn't just make some benches. We're fighting against the worst evil we can think about,” he said.
He says with love, they can conquer all.
After six weeks of work, Peacock and his team will take the benches to the downtown Eastman amphitheater for a prayer service. He's asking all who can to come pray over the benches Saturday at 6 p.m. Sunday, they will take them down to be delivered privately to the families along with items like crosses and prayer pillows made and donated by families across the state of Georgia. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/i-think-its-divine-intervention-eastman-artist-hopes-to-bring-healing-to-uvalde-families-3/93-181f8214-b35c-41e3-9118-c97fb03a2e1e | 2022-07-31T18:22:21 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/i-think-its-divine-intervention-eastman-artist-hopes-to-bring-healing-to-uvalde-families-3/93-181f8214-b35c-41e3-9118-c97fb03a2e1e |
SAN ANTONIO — Police need your help finding a missing 12-year-old girl who was last seen on the northwest side of San Antonio.
Destannie Flores is 5'3" tall, weighs approximately 160 pounds, with short brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen on the 4000 block of Ty Terrace wearing light blue pants, black tennis shoes, and carrying a green backpack with polka dots on it.
Destannie has braces on her top and bottom teeth.
If you have seen Destannie or know where she might be, please contact the San Antonio Police Missing Persons Unit at (210) 207-7660.
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Due to staffing limitations, Anderson pool and Washington pool will be closed some days this season. Splashpads will be operational daily at Roosevelt and Schulte Parks and at the lakefront. The splashpad at Anderson will be open on pool days only.
The following is the pool schedule for the week starting Aug. 1, weather permitting:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Anderson Open/Washington Closed
Wednesday: Anderson Closed/Washington Open
Thursday: Anderson Closed/Washington Open
Friday: Anderson Closed/Washington Open
Saturday: Anderson Open/ Washington Closed; Schedule in tentative; check the city website at www.kenosha.org/departments/publicworks/parks/locations-amenities#swimming-pools) on Friday for scheduled pool opening.
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Sunday, Aug. 7: Anderson Open/Washington Closed
The city will update its webpage regarding operations, including feature closures, capacity limitations or pool closures. Regular pool hours are 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. The pools are closed on Mondays.
What do you do when you're drowning? 4 water safety tips from the experts
More common than you think
Dave Benjamin, co-founder and executive director of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, usually starts his water safety classes by talking about fire. “What do you do in case of a fire emergency?” He normally asks the crowd of children. “Stop, drop and roll,” they say.
“What do you do if you’re drowning?” More often than not, the kids stay silent.
“Now, how often do you play in fire?” He asks. Heads shake. “And how often do you play in water?” For many children and teens, the answer to this last question is: Every. Single. Summer.
Drowning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is responsible for more deaths among children age 1 to 4 than all other causes except birth defects. For children age 1 to 14, drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths, just behind motor vehicle crashes. Water safety, Benjamin (pictured speaking) said, “is not common sense.” Even the most advanced swimmers could be at risk.
A precautionary tale
On July 27, 2013, 15-year-old Matthew Kocher was away from home on a camp trip to New Buffalo City Beach in New Buffalo, Michigan, earning community service hours for school. While standing in the shallow Lake Michigan waters, Kocher got caught in a rip current.
“We were basically pool people, like most people,” John Kocher (pictured in orange), Matthew’s father, said.
Matthew had little experience in open water. Kocher suspects his son and several other people in his camp group, were unaware that the waving red flags on the beach signaled hazardous water condition
The Matthew Kocher Foundation
After Matthew’s funeral, John and his wife, Kathy, set up a foundation in their son’s name. They have since partnered with Benjamin and the GLSRP to sponsor more than 300 water safety talks in Illinois.
The following are the water safety tips they hope will save a life.
“We would have told Matt about this. Matt would have listened,” John said. “He was that kind of kid.”
1. Know before you go
“Check the weather reports, check the wave reports and check for a rip-current warning. See if any flags are up,” Kocher said.
All of this information can be found on the National Weather Service’s website weather.gov. It is updated each day with watches, warnings and other advisories.
When at a beach, red flags signal hazardous conditions that would make swimming more dangerous. Yellow flags indicate rough but non-life threatening water conditions and green flags signal normal conditions.
2. Keep an eye on your child
Whether at the beach or pool, the National Drowning Prevention Alliance suggests parents designate a water watcher or water guardian.
“Even if you are with a group of people, have one adult whose main responsibility is to keep an eye on the kids in the water,” Adam Katchmarchi, the executive director of NDPA said.
Lifeguards should be additional, rather than sole supervisors.
3. Flip, float, follow
In a water emergency, GLSRP recommends swimmers flip, float and follow.
First flip over onto your back to float. Keep your head above the water, remain calm and conserve energy.
If in open water with a current, swim perpendicular to its flow, parallel to the shore, until you reach an area free of the current. If you see someone who appears to be drowning, toss a flotation device into the water then alert lifeguards.
4. Learn to swim
Swimming is an essential skill. However, 64% of African American children, 45% of Hispanic children and 40% of white children cannot swim.
This statistic becomes even more harrowing when it is revealed that of all nonswimming children, 87% plan to visit a beach or pool at least once during the summer. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/city-sets-municipal-swimming-pool-schedule-for-coming-week/article_40539c42-1048-11ed-bc38-5f033e2002fe.html | 2022-07-31T18:23:18 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/city-sets-municipal-swimming-pool-schedule-for-coming-week/article_40539c42-1048-11ed-bc38-5f033e2002fe.html |
More than a dozen police departments across the Region will participate Tuesday in National Night Out events, which are intended to promote partnerships between officers and their communities and increase public safety.
Officers will answer residents' questions, display equipment, conduct K-9 demonstrations, engage children in fun activities and more.
Calumet City
Police and community members will gather from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Calumet City Police Department, 1200 Pulaski Road.
The night will include food trucks, entertainment, music and activities for kids.
Crown Point
Events will run from 6 to 9 p.m. at Legacy Fields, 851 Center Ross Road.
The Police and Fire Departments will take to the fields for a softball game at 6:30 p.m. The first pitch will be thrown by the families of Fire Chief Dave Crane and Sgt. Jose Resendez, both of whom died recently.
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A K-9 demonstration will follow at 7:45 p.m. A water balloon toss will close out the night about 8 p.m.
The event will feature free Kona Ice and hot dogs for the first 300 attendees; live music; booths from various local public safety departments, the city, and the Crown Point Community Library; swag giveaways; and public safety vehicle displays. Fun Times Cotton Candy will be available for purchase.
"We are excited to bring this event back to the Crown Point and Northwest Indiana community," Police Chief Ryan Patrick said. "Our police officers work tirelessly to connect with our community. This event allows our officers to come together with our neighbors in a fun, positive atmosphere."
Dyer
Events are planned from 5 to 9 p.m. at Central Park, 900 Central Park Blvd.
Festivities will include a variety of displays, information booths, refreshments, music and games for children. The Lake County sheriff's helicopter also is expected to stop by.
East Chicago
Festivities are planned from 4 to 7 p.m. at Jeorse Park beach gazebo, 3301 Aldis Ave., behind the Ameristar Casino parking garage.
The night's activities will include a K-9 show, treats and refreshments for kids, a touch-a-truck event, music and a bicycle raffle for children.
Anyone can participate, but only city residents may register for prizes. Registration begins at 4 p.m.
Hammond
Activities are planned from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Wolf Lake splash pad, 121st Street and Calumet Avenue.
Activities will include a drunken driving simulator, fire truck and police vehicle displays, K-9 demonstrations, magician performances, games and prizes for children and music.
Enjoy a free hot dog, chips and drink by bringing donations of bleach, laundry soap, dog or cat treats and fabric softener for Hammond Animal Control.
Lake County Sheriff's Department
Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said his department's helicopter will visit several communities between 5 and 8 p.m., including Munster, Hammond, Merrillville and Dyer.
Lansing
Police and community members will gather from 5 to 8 p.m. at Fox Pointe, 18138 Henry St.
Enjoy food, drinks, snow cones, bounce houses, activities, K-9 demonstrations, a magician and giveaways.
Merrillville
Residents can bring their grills and tailgate from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Dean and Barbara White Community Center, 6600 Broadway.
Each of Merrillville's seven wards will have space designated outside the facility to gather. Ward maps will be on display at the event.
Activities will include games, police equipment displays, a bounce house for children and music.
Munster
The town's celebration will begin at 4:30 p.m. with a community parade in the 8600 to 8800 blocks of Columbia Avenue.
The main celebration will start at 5 p.m. at the Munster Community Pool, 8837 Calumet Avenue.
Activities will include special guest appearances by former Chicago Blackhawks player Brent Sopel; Fox Chicago news anchor Natalie Bomke; former NFL players Tim Tyrrell, Marc May and Bill Schick; and former NFL coach Angel Lopez. There also will be games and prizes for kids, door prizes and giveaways, emergency vehicle displays, a magic show, K-9 demonstrations, safety mascots, free glow necklaces for kids, music, helicopter landings, citizenship award presentations, free child ID cards, barrel car train rides, a free souvenir photo booth, crime prevention information, drunken driving simulation carts and a blood drive. Swimming will be free for Munster residents with state or school IDs.
More than 100 booths will be offered by businesses, faith-based groups, school groups, community organizations and food vendors. The event will end with a fireworks display sponsored by Krazy Kaplans.
Portage
Events are planned from 5 to 8 p.m. at Founders Square Park, 2545 Founders Parkway.
Enjoy food, talk to officers about their department or a career in law enforcement, view emergency vehicles and equipment, watch K-9 demonstrations and learn about the SWAT team.
Porter County Sheriff's Department
Portage Township Trustee Brendan Clancy and the Porter County Sheriff's Department will host an event from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Haven Hollow Park, 330 W. 700 North.
Registration is required. The event will feature vehicle displays and more.
Schererville
Events will run from 5 to 9 p.m. at Redar Memorial Park, 217 Gregory St.
Activities will include K-9 demonstrations, a helicopter landing, a bicycle raffle, food vendors and music.
Police will give away 500 backpacks packed with school supplies to the first 500 children. The backpacks are geared for students in kindergarten through fourth grade, and supplies will include crayons, glue sticks, yellow highlighters, dry erase markers, sticky notes, notebooks, pencils and a pencil box.
Valparaiso
Police will visit 11 different neighborhoods from 6 to 9 p.m. for events planned by residents.
Department members participating in festivities include K-9 officers, bicycle patrol, support staff, patrol officers and investigators. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/get-to-know-police-at-national-night-out-events-tuesday/article_5db47915-b620-5b6f-bf00-65a2dae5a9a7.html | 2022-07-31T18:41:43 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/get-to-know-police-at-national-night-out-events-tuesday/article_5db47915-b620-5b6f-bf00-65a2dae5a9a7.html |
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NORMAL — The Normal Town Council on Monday will vote on additional funds for the long-awaited underpass project at Uptown Station.
Town Communications Director Cathy Oloffson said the ordinance would authorize a joint funding agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation of up to $4.88 million for both construction phases of the project, which aims to provide safe passage for pedestrians beneath the Union Pacific Railroad.
The project will connect north- and southbound passenger platforms for Amtrak riders and will be accessible for Constitution Trail users.
Uptown South, previously called “Uptown 2.0,” will be connected to the main city core once the underpass at the station is complete. Construction on the roughly $24 million project is slated to begin in the spring and last 18 to 24 months.
Town documents said the 8-acre space is defined by South Linden Street to the east, East Irving Street to the south, the Constitution Trail to the west, and the train tracks to the north.
The agreement provides reimbursement of up to $1.88 million to the town for expenses incurred during the preliminary design phase; over $1.3 million has already been expended.
As for the construction phase, the agreement provides up to $3 million in funding and is part of the 2019 Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program approved by the council on July 19, 2021.
"The grant agreement that we will be executing is almost $2 million more than we had anticipated," Oloffson said. "It's exciting that we are getting that additional funding and we're going to be able to have little bit more cushion in the project budget to offset inflationary cost increases."
Also on Monday, the town council will vote to approve $100,000 in American Rescue Plan funds to the Carle Center for Philanthropy to help fund a mobile health clinic.
Similar to a "doc-in-a-box" but on wheels, the mobile clinic will be dedicated to underserved areas of McLean County and will be able to offer almost every health service outside of dental health.
The initial capital investment is $700,000 to acquire and equip the mobile clinic. It is expected to commence service within the county during the first quarter of 2023.
Photos: Efforts to combat food insecurity in Bloomington-Normal | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/normal-to-vote-on-arpa-uptown-station-underpass-funds/article_4005c860-0f7f-11ed-806a-4b611bdb7169.html | 2022-07-31T18:47:21 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/normal-to-vote-on-arpa-uptown-station-underpass-funds/article_4005c860-0f7f-11ed-806a-4b611bdb7169.html |
100 years ago
1922: After altogether too long an absence, Jimmy Swinnerton, the famous artist cartoonist, and his charming wife, herself a special writer of note, dropped into Flagstaff yesterday from San Francisco. With them are several friends, including two other world-famous cartoonists. R. Dirks, of New York, originator of the famous and mischievous Katzenjammer kids; George Herriman of New York, who makes Ignaz Mouse heave so many bricks at Krazy Kat, and Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Benton and Edward Fay Browne, the latter three from Los Altas, California. Swinnerton is as full of pep as ever, and is enthusiastic over Flagstaff and the surrounding country, the fame of which he has done so much to spread. Every time he comes, he brings new people with him, invariably people who themselves are publicists, and thus the advertising of this locality he has set in motion is constantly working out into ever wider circles. Mrs. Swinnerton is commissioned by the Pictorial Review, and other publications to write special articles. Jimmy was the center of a group of local friends from the time he arrived, all glad to see him here again, and noting that while he has not lost any of his healthful swarthiness, he has added several pounds around the waistline, which he promises to work off this month, and will.
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75 years ago
1947: Equipped with 300 pounds of powdered dry ice, a tank of oxygen, a loop of rubber tubing and a BT- 6 army trainer, Charles Bonney, a Flagstaff businessman, took off from Koch Field early this afternoon in an attempt to make it rain over Flagstaff. Just before he took off, he estimated the heavy rain clouds over the city to be about 20,000 feet high. He figured that an hour and a half would place him above the clouds and ready to scatter his dry ice in an attempt to force the cloud to spill its contents on the thirsty, drought-dry area. Bonney, local flying enthusiast, has been reading of experiments in other areas with rainmaking equipment and decided to try the experiment here. According to him, the procedure is to scatter powdered dry ice above rain clouds. The ice particles are sent to cause the moisture in the clouds to precipitate. According to reports, such experiments have proved successful to a limited extent when conditions are exactly right. If it rains in Flagstaff this afternoon, well, let's wait and see!
At the Good Roads Association meeting in Flagstaff Tuesday, E. V. Miller, assistant state highway engineer, was asked to explain the position of the Highway Department on Flagstaff’s parking problem as it relates to the south side of Santa Fe Avenue. Miller's answer was to the effect that “the State Highway Department does not deal with any organization, bartenders or soda jerkers.” Such an affront by a public servant is not to be tolerated and certainly this remark of Mr. Miller's calls for a serious reprimand, if not more drastic action on the part of his superiors.
50 years ago
1972: Bobby Fischer, challenger to the world chess championship, may have had an effect on the rest of the world, but most Flagstaff residents don't particularly care. Only one businessman reported any special interest regarding chess sets, or books since the Iceland match began. A representative of a Flagstaff gift and bookshop said the sale of chess books has increased. “It seems like we have sold a lot more chess things than usual.” City residents made varied remarks about Fischer, mostly concerning his antics in Iceland. Helen Fisher of Flagstaff thought it was funny when they were having hassles about Fisher's behavior, but “I don't know anything else about it. He is immature and stupid. He's given the United States a bad image.” Some said that they thought it was neat that an American is doing as well as he is. It seems like he has used a lot of psychology on his Russian opponent. Most comments from Flagstaff residents, however, show disinterest in the whole affair. “It just doesn't interest me in the least,” said Diana Childers, an employee of a downtown department store. Several said that they did not care for games like that. Others said that they did not know what the point of the whole thing is. They thought somebody is trying to prove something. “It’s kind of ridiculous. It seems like it's being publicized to the point of being ridiculous to watch,” according to one Flagstaff resident. “It's all kind of boring.”
Coconino County is adding new picnic areas plus new softball and tennis courts at Fort Tuthill to keep pace with increasing public use of the park. A county park superintendent said that company picnics, a horse show, amateur radio meet and just plain picnickers almost filled the park last weekend. About 38,000 to 40,000 people used the park last year, the biggest annual attendance ever, but the 1972 total should be even higher. More than 1,000 people using the park in a summer weekend is becoming more and more common. The new hardball diamond, completely finished only this year, is drawing local and out of town teams plus a good turnout of fans. A softball diamond is underway now, the backstop already is up, and the infield should be cindered fairly soon. A fifth reserved picnic area is planned to add 15 more tables and eight new broilers. Two double tennis courts will go up near the old Southwest Lumber Mills locomotive. Construction of the courts should begin next week. The Luke Air Force Base recreation area at Fort Tuthill also will be expanded. The 8x25-foot trailers in the center will be replaced with 14 new 12x16-foot trailers in the next two years. Just over 4,000 people used the center in July -- the largest total for one month.
25 years ago
1997: There was no winner of the $4.6 million jackpot in the latest “Lotto” game, according to Arizona Lottery officials. The numbers were 1-9-29-31-33-39. 39.
Opportunities for young and old abound in Flagstaff, a city that apparently has a big number of would-be young vocalists. The Flagstaff Master Chorale sent out a notice in the spring of its intention to launch a treble choir for children in grades three through eight. Business manager Nancy Kirk said they did not know what kind of response to expect, but they found out. About 130 children auditioned. Now the plan is to have three choirs to accommodate all the singers. They will be divided by level of experience. Anyone who missed out on the previous audition may be heard Aug. 15 from to 6 p.m. at the Audrey music building. The master chorale is also looking for organizations or individuals willing to provide sponsorships for children in the choirs. Kirk said. “Our board feels strongly that no one should be precluded from participation in the chorale because of financial issues,” Kirk said.
In other young people news, Barbara Palermo, a junior at Northern Arizona University, has received a $1,000 National Center advancement scholarship. Palermo, who is seeking a degree in botany, plans to graduate in May 1999 and continue to graduate school. She maintains a 4.0 GPA. There are also opportunities for senior volunteers. If you are 60 or older, income eligible and have a desire to make a difference by helping others, the senior companion program of Northern Arizona needs you. Senior companions help in the day-to-day assistance of their peers so they can maintain their independence at home. Another option is the retired and senior volunteer program that links volunteers with local nonprofit agencies. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-history-famous-cartoonist-continued-to-grace-flagstaff/article_36ddd096-0f81-11ed-baf6-37f66af2f499.html | 2022-07-31T18:51:09 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-history-famous-cartoonist-continued-to-grace-flagstaff/article_36ddd096-0f81-11ed-baf6-37f66af2f499.html |
RICHMOND, Va. — Thirty Virginia legislators called on the Biden administration Saturday to take action on behalf of Asim Ghafoor, a friend and former lawyer of slain dissident Jamal Khashoggi who’s been imprisoned by the United Arab Emirates.
The UAE has suggested the arrest was done in coordination with the U.S., but the State Department says the U.S. has never sought Ghafoor’s arrest.
Virginia Del. Sam Rasoul, D-Roanoke, who led the signature effort among state lawmakers, said Ghafoor has a retrial scheduled Aug. 1, and urged Biden to raise the issue of Ghafoor’s arrest directly with the UAE’s president.
Biden’s “relationship with the UAE government puts the White House in a strong position to advocate for Mr. Ghafoor’s fair treatment and urge them to ensure he is safe while in UAE custody and granted bail,” the letter states. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-lawmakers-urge-action-on-behalf-of-detained-lawyer/2022/07/31/66ebcfec-10fb-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html | 2022-07-31T19:00:52 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-lawmakers-urge-action-on-behalf-of-detained-lawyer/2022/07/31/66ebcfec-10fb-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html |
GREENSBORO — One of the city's most popular nightspots has once again become the scene of a shooting.
The latest incident at The Blind Tiger happened at 2:16 a.m. on Sunday. Officers were called to the venue at 1819 Spring Garden Street following a report of gunfire. When police arrived, they found one gunshot victim. That person later died.
It's unknown if the victim was male or female or their ethnicity.
Also unknown is if the incident involved patrons leaving the club or passersby.
In April, two shootings within days of each other led to inspections that uncovered code and safety violations at the music venue, prompting its temporary shutdown. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/the-blind-tiger-once-again-the-scene-of-another-shooting-one-killed-early-sunday/article_c423b83c-10f1-11ed-a099-f3ae4b4ab196.html | 2022-07-31T19:02:10 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/the-blind-tiger-once-again-the-scene-of-another-shooting-one-killed-early-sunday/article_c423b83c-10f1-11ed-a099-f3ae4b4ab196.html |
Waterloo police are at the scene of a standoff after shots were fired early Sunday in the 1100 block of Leavitt Street.
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Waterloo police are at the scene of a standoff after shots were fired early Sunday in the 1100 block of Leavitt Street.
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Waterloo police are at the scene of a standoff after shots were fired early Sunday in the 1100 block of Leavitt Street.
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A police officer provides cover from an armored vehicle while a tactical team enters a home during a gunfire investigation on Leavitt Street on Sunday, July 31, 2022.
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A tactical team enters a home during a gunfire investigation on Leavitt Street on Sunday, July 31, 2022.
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Police and tactical medics release a dog that was in a home they searched as part of a gunfire investigation on Leavitt Street on Sunday, July 31, 2022.
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A tactical team prepares to enter a home during a gunfire investigation on Leavitt Street on Sunday, July 31, 2022.
WATERLOO -- Police continue to investigate an early Sunday shooting that damaged at least two homes and led police to cordon off a block while they waited to search a house.
Officers were called to a report of gunshots on Leavitt Street around 5:40 a.m., and police found a hole in a window at 1208 Leavitt and damage to siding at 1214 Leavitt.
No injuries were reported.
Authorities turned their attention to a home at 1126 Leavitt St., and they were able to get a group of people to exit the home. Officers were concerned others were still inside, and the department’s tactical team entered around 11 a.m. and found no one else at the house.
Crime scene officers photographed damage to the homes and collected spent shell casings and bullets from the scene.
No further information was immediately available on any charges.
A police officer provides cover from an armored vehicle while a tactical team enters a home during a gunfire investigation on Leavitt Street on Sunday, July 31, 2022.
Police and tactical medics release a dog that was in a home they searched as part of a gunfire investigation on Leavitt Street on Sunday, July 31, 2022. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/update-standoff-over-in-shooting-investigation/article_9e580ca0-886c-5e28-bb67-3a176a41f46d.html | 2022-07-31T19:13:38 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/update-standoff-over-in-shooting-investigation/article_9e580ca0-886c-5e28-bb67-3a176a41f46d.html |
WATERLOO — Cedar Bend Humane Society is participating in NBC Universal's local Clear The Shelters.
The adoption special features $90 dog adoptions and $5 cat adoptions from Aug.1 to Aug. 31.
Adoption fees at CBHS include the pet's spay/neuter surgery, a pre-registered microchip, up-to-date vaccinations, and a start on flea and tick prevention. Spay and neuter deposit and some exclusions may apply.
Cedar Bend Humane Society is Black Hawk County's only full-service open-admission animal shelter and is quickly approaching max capacity. Adoptable pets at CBHS have no time limit on how long it takes for them to find a home making it a critical time for the community to consider adopting a pet in need.
Adoption application, photos and information about pets ready for adoption are available online at www.CedarBendHumane.org. Interested adopters are encouraged to submit an adoption application and set an appointment to meet with adoptable pets. The CBHS adoption center is located at 1166 W. Airline Hwy, Waterloo. Adoption center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, closed daily noon to 1 p.m. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/find-your-forever-pet-during-clear-the-shelters-at-cedar-bend-humane-society/article_7824f61c-0a65-57a8-8e90-cf960a3200ef.html | 2022-07-31T19:13:44 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/find-your-forever-pet-during-clear-the-shelters-at-cedar-bend-humane-society/article_7824f61c-0a65-57a8-8e90-cf960a3200ef.html |
Everything a bride needs to turn a dream wedding into reality will be found at the Weddings Event, presented by the Courier Media Group and Weddings magazine.
The bridal event is from noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 14 at Bien Venu Event Center, 7400 Hudson Road, Cedar Falls. Tickets are $3 in advance and $5 at the door. Admission is free for the bride or groom. Pre-register and purchase tickets at go.wcfcourier.com/weddingsevent.
Sponsors are Milroy’s Tuxedos, Mara, Bien Venu Event Center, Our Stress-Free Wedding, Dinner for Two by Kitchen Charm, and Evolve Aesthetics & Regenerative Medicine.
More than $5,000 worth of prizes will be given away, including a trip for two adults and two guests to seven nights of resort accommodations.
“The Courier Media Group and Weddings magazine are excited to host our second annual Weddings event. Brides and grooms can attend the event and make a personal connection with potential vendors and businesses who will help them create their special day,” said Courier Niche Manager Sheila Kerns.
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Weddings magazine, published by Courier Media Group, is entering its 16th year as the Cedar Valley’s premier bridal magazine.
From wedding attire and personal beauty, health and style to flowers, cakes, catering and DJs, brides will find it all under one roof at Bien Venu, she said. “We thank all of our sponsors and vendors for making this event such a can’t-miss bridal show and a great resource for brides all under one roof.”
Participating vendors include: Milroy’s Tuxedo, Mara, Our Stress-Free Wedding, Dinner for Two by Kitchen Charm, Evolve Aesthetics & Regenerative Medicine, Palace Clothiers, Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Garden, UNI Maucker Union/UNI Redeker Center, Ultimate Entertainment, Bambinos, Complete Weddings + Events, Kay Jewelers, Smiling Dog Entertainment, Topling Goliath Brewery Co., Hy-Vee, Chocolaterie Stam, Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping, Hilton Garden Inn, Courier, Bien Venu, KD Photography, Matte Box Creative and more. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/weddings-event-is-brides-cant-miss-show-aug-14-at-bien-venu-event-center/article_3df45122-4f88-5080-8030-d2a3d875a1b6.html | 2022-07-31T19:13:50 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/weddings-event-is-brides-cant-miss-show-aug-14-at-bien-venu-event-center/article_3df45122-4f88-5080-8030-d2a3d875a1b6.html |
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Sunday deputies arrested a man who fatally shot his family member in Winter Haven earlier that morning.
In a message posted to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, 21-year-old Kyle Raemisch is said to have confessed to the shooting, which Judd said occurred at about 10 a.m.
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“So if you receive email, or you receive social media, please know that everyone’s safe, the suspect’s in custody and Kyle’s going to prison for a very long time for murdering a family member,” Judd said.
Watch Judd’s message in the video player below.
According to the post, Raemisch is being charged with murder in the shooting.
More information would be shared at a press conference on Monday, Aug. 1, Judd said.
This is a developing story. Check back with News 6 for the latest updates.
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Tidewater man killed in crash on Highway 126
A Tidewater man has died following a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon on Highway 126 near Mapleton.
The deceased driver was identified as Timothy Cooper, 24, according to Oregon State Police. Cooper was transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend and died Saturday from his injuries.
OSP troopers and emergency personnel responded at roughly 3:55 p.m. Thursday.
Highway 126 was reduced to a single lane for about six hours.
Preliminary investigation found a Dodge Ram pickup, driven by 63-year-old Roger Montgomery, of Veneta, was making a left turn from the westbound lane into the gas station in Mapleton when he was rear-ended by a Ford Focus operated by Cooper, according to OSP in a news release.
Two passengers in the Ford Focus suffered minor injuries and Montgomery was treated for minor injuries and released. Western Lane Ambulance, Siuslaw Valley Fire Department and the Oregon Department of Transportation assisted with the response.
Ben Lonergan is a visual journalist with The Register-Guard. Contact him at blonergan@registerguard.com, and follow him on Twitter @LonerganPhoto and Instagram @lonerganphoto. | https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/local/2022/07/31/tidewater-oregon-man-timothy-cooper-dead-after-car-crash-on-highway-126/65387573007/ | 2022-07-31T19:17:05 | 1 | https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/local/2022/07/31/tidewater-oregon-man-timothy-cooper-dead-after-car-crash-on-highway-126/65387573007/ |
PHOENIX — The top federal prosecutor in Arizona says his office will be watching Tuesday's election to ensure there are no violations of the right of individuals to vote.
But Gary Restaino, the U.S. Attorney for Arizona, acknowledged there's a fine line between people exercising their First Amendment rights outside of polling places and what would constitute illegal voter intimidation.
"You know it when you see it," he told Capitol Media Services. And, for the most part, Restaino said what generally occurs around polling places.
Restaino said factors ranging from how people dress to what they say can be intimidation.
What doesn't cross the line: It can be anything from recording video of people going to vote to hanging around vote centers with visible sidearms, he said.
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Anyone who believes illegal activity is taking place should call law enforcement, whether local police, sheriff's deputies or the FBI, Restaino said. The agencies work with his office and state and local prosecutors to sort out which side of the line the conduct falls.
There are reasons to believe that voters could find themselves being watched in a way that might cross the line.
In May, state Sen. Kelly Townsend, R-Apache Junction, unable to get colleagues to outlaw ballot drop boxes, proposed a solution at a public hearing.
"I have been so pleased to hear all of you vigilantes out there that want to camp out that these drop boxes, right?" she said. "So, do it!"
Townsend said that will send a message to what some who believe there is election fraud have called "mules," people who carry around and deposit fraudulent ballots into those boxes which are available through 7 p.m. on Election Day.
She said one option is using "trail cameras," normally used to monitor wildlife in remote locations. But Townsend said there are others.
"We're going to have people out there watching you," she said. "And they're going to follow you to your car and get your license plate."
"We've not seen evidence so far of vigilantes massing to go to polling places or to look at ballot drop boxes, or anything like that," Restaino said. "But we would certainly be attuned to allegations that came through of people intimidating or threatening or engaging to try to get someone not to vote."
And part of that, he said, would be to determine the "intent" of those hanging out at drop boxes or polling places.
Ditto, he said, of people taking videos while at least 75 feet from polling places, a perimeter required under Arizona law.
"It seems unlikely that taking pictures and video, on its own to a federal violation of voting access fraud," Restaino said.
It all comes down to that question of intent. And some of that can be determined by other inputs.
"We'd look at social media potentially on someone," Restaino said, what people are saying publicly. Even the way people act or dress, he said, as well as signs they are carrying can figure into whether prosecutors believe the laws against voter intimidation are being broken.
"I don't mean to suggest that someone's face is going to mean a violation," Restaino said. "But if someone is visibly angry, neck veins bulging out, hurling racial slurs at a Hispanic voter trying to walk into that polling place, that's sure something we'd take a look at."
A closer call, he said, is when someone is openly carrying a weapon — something allowed under Arizona law and constitutionally protected — while hanging around just outside that 75-foot perimeter.
"We talk about Second Amendment protected rights," Restaino said.
"But there's time when Second Amendment rights can intersect with Fourteenth Amendment rights (of equal protection under the law) and voting rights," he said. "So Second Amendment rights doesn't always give someone with a firearm the right to be present if they are threatening and intimidating."
But simply being openly armed and standing outside the perimeter, by itself, doesn't violate the law, Restaino said.
Even if there is evidence of intimidation, that doesn't mean it falls to Restaino's office to prosecute.
There also are Arizona laws making it a misdemeanor to intimidate a voter. He said that the question of who handles such an inquiry likely would be determined after conversations with local officials.
But there are some guideposts on where jurisdiction might lie.
"Maybe something that goes through multiple counties is something that is more likely to be federal," Restaino said. Conversely, he said if those engaging in illegal behavior were already on the state's radar then it might be best to leave the case for local officials.
"I feel like we do a pretty good job in Arizona on working through those issues," Restaino said.
But there are areas where his agency is unlikely to get involved.
For example, Restaino said he cannot think of any situation where the Department of Justice has interceded in cases where the practices of local election officials result in long lines at polling places — even if these seem to be concentrated in areas serving minorities. Anyway, Restaino said he believes that officials in Arizona have done a "very professional job" in serving voters.
"And if there are lines, it's because of some circumstances that they're trying to get better at but are not based on (racial) animus or anything like that," Restaino said.
Nor is his agency involved in what's been dubbed "ballot harvesting," taking taking someone else voted ballot to a polling place. That, he said, is strictly a state issue, governed by state laws that make it a crime unless the person making the deposit is a family member, someone from the same household or a caregiver.
Restaino said, however, his office will prosecute — and has prosecuted — "stuffing" ballot boxes, casting ballots in someone else's name.
And felons who illegally vote also violate federal laws.
Still, he ascribes to the views of former U.S. Attorney William Barr, who used to be his boss, who has said publicly — and as he told the Jan. 6 Committee, to then-President Trump — that there is no fraud that would have changed the outcome of the 2020 election.
Howard Fischer is a veteran journalist who has been reporting since 1970 and covering state politics and the Legislature since 1982. Follow him on Twitter at @azcapmedia or email azcapmedia@gmail.com. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/top-fed-prosecutor-in-az-to-keep-eye-on-polls/article_69a3b0dc-0f62-11ed-bef1-bb8b6b2b4188.html | 2022-07-31T19:22:13 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/top-fed-prosecutor-in-az-to-keep-eye-on-polls/article_69a3b0dc-0f62-11ed-bef1-bb8b6b2b4188.html |
The vote to name an Interstate 10 overpass in Tucson in honor of an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper who was killed in the line of duty was deferred last week pending support from the Pima County Board of Supervisors and the Tucson City Council, despite the naming receiving overwhelming community support.
On Dec. 9, 1998, Trooper Juan Cruz, along with two other DPS officers, was blocking the high speed traffic lane of I-10 with his patrol vehicle while investigating a prior collision near Ruthrauff Road, the Arizona Daily Star previously reported. A vehicle traveling west then crashed into the patrol vehicle with Cruz inside.
Cruz died due from his injuries. The driver was later sentenced to 11 years in prison for manslaughter.
About 22 years later, Jim Sayre, a family friend of Cruz, noticed the overpass being built at the I-10-Ruthrauff interchange, the same place the crash took place, inspiring him to start a petition for the Trooper Juan Cruz Memorial Overpass. The petition has since received over 7,000 signatures.
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“This was a police officer who was working in his office, as I like to say, which is the freeway and this police car, supporting those of us and protecting those of us in the state of Arizona,” Sayre said. “So what is a better way to honor him than to name that bridge that his employer just built at the place where he died on the job?”
Sayre started asking officials in 2020 what the process would be to get the overpass named in Cruz’s honor, speaking to the project manger of the actual overpass and the governor’s office. He later learned he needed to submit an application to the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names.
However, the official review board within the State Board of Geographic and Historic Names was not refunded before the previous state legislative session ended, causing Sayre to have to wait and see if a new house bill would be introduced.
In 2021, House Bill 2058 passed to re-establish the board and Sayre had one less obstacle in his way. A year later, the board was established and it had its first meeting on July 26, where Sayre’s request would finally be discussed.
“We packed the house with supporters, both physically in person and then also on the virtual option,” Sayre said. “One of the board members that has been on this board for some time made a comment along the lines of wow, this is more support than we've ever seen for a naming. So, it was pretty cool.”
Despite having the support of 25 state lawmakers and the general public, the board decided to defer the vote since the Pima County Board of Supervisors and the Tucson City Council had not answered the board about whether they support the naming of the overpass in Cruz's honor.
The Trooper Juan Cruz Memorial Overpass Facebook page said they have already written a brief note to both the Pima County Board of Supervisors and Tucson City Council, asking for their formal support.
“The good thing is they didn't say no, but they also didn't approve it,” Sayre said. “I totally respect that the board is interested in hearing from the local governments. I'm a little disappointed that the research staff that that reaches out to those government entities only did so within the last like six weeks or so, even though our application has been in for 19 months.”
Sayre said the board hasn’t made any commitments for when the naming request will be back on its agenda, but its next meeting will be in October.
Photos: Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, died after vehicle collsion in 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
DPS Officer Juan Cruz
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
Arizona DPS Officer Juan Cruz, death, 1998
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Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/vote-for-naming-i-10-overpass-for-fallen-dps-trooper-deferred-by-state-board/article_4b610c7a-0e9d-11ed-a075-8b76521eb4b9.html | 2022-07-31T19:22:19 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/vote-for-naming-i-10-overpass-for-fallen-dps-trooper-deferred-by-state-board/article_4b610c7a-0e9d-11ed-a075-8b76521eb4b9.html |
TAMPA, Fla. — On Sunday morning, Allen Temple AME Church held a family and friends day for their back-to-school bash. The church donated shoes to people in need, but they also used the event to raise awareness about the importance of voting.
The church, along with groups from across the state are working to get more people to the polls ahead of the August primary.
“We want people to be aware of who's on the ballot, what's on the ballot, and how important it is for them to go out and vote.” Said Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Glenn Dames Jr.
This comes on the heels of Florida's recent redistricting map, which some critics say hurts black voters.
“You might set out to vote, and find out that that is not your precinct anymore. That is not your polling in place." Said Janette Spencer-Davis, a long-time member of the church.
Governor DeSantis argues this is a matter of constitutionality.
"We are not going to have a 200-mile gerrymander that divvies up people based upon the color of their skin. That is wrong. That is not the way we've governed in the state of Florida.” He said.
Organizers at Allen Temple say the event was also emphasizing to people how important it is to exercise their constitutional right to vote
"Not just vote for the same old folks that you know their names, and you've been voting the same way, but to be an informed voter. Vote for people who really care about our democracy and our people.” Said Spencer-Davis.
The deadline to register for the primary election was July 25. The Florida primary election is on Aug. 23, we have a complete guide to everything you need to know here. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/allen-temple-ame-church-voting-august-primary/67-b81f00e7-96a9-48eb-be72-bba0767d5726 | 2022-07-31T19:22:29 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/allen-temple-ame-church-voting-august-primary/67-b81f00e7-96a9-48eb-be72-bba0767d5726 |
POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A 21-year-old man was arrested Sunday morning after confessing to killing a family member, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff Grady Judd said on a Facebook Livestream Kyle Raemisch was in custody and was being charged with murder.
According to Judd, around 10 a.m. Raemisch shot and killed a family member.
"Everyone is safe, the suspect is in custody and Kyle is going to prison for a very long time for murdering a family member," Judd said.
Limited details were released, however, Judd said during the live stream additional information would be provided on Monday. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/kyle-raemisch-murder-polk-county-confess-grady-judd/67-8b16730a-34ff-435f-8adf-31428123cc33 | 2022-07-31T19:22:29 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/kyle-raemisch-murder-polk-county-confess-grady-judd/67-8b16730a-34ff-435f-8adf-31428123cc33 |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Early voting finished up at satellite locations across the county on Saturday afternoon—something the Sedgwick County Extension Office says has been steady all three days.
Election workers estimate more than 1,100 people have voted in the last few days, and they are not surprised by the turnout.
“Because there is a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot, anybody can vote even if they’re not affiliated with a party,” Sedgwick County Extension Office Supervising Judge Kelly Johnson said.
Statewide, the Kansas Secretary of State Twitter account said in a tweet at 1:51 p.m. on Saturday that a total of 244,990 ballots were cast.
Early voting will open again on Monday at the Sedgwick County Election Office until 12 p.m. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/voter-turnout-steady-during-early-voting-period-officials-say/ | 2022-07-31T19:37:19 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/voter-turnout-steady-during-early-voting-period-officials-say/ |
BREVARD, N.C. — With a wink and a shake, five-year-old Ethan Brown is proud of his mullet.
The Brevard, North Carolina native is among 25 finalists in the kids' division of the USA Mullet Championships.
"The competition, everything it brings, has been a great family experience," Isaac Brown, Ethan's father, told WCNC Charlotte via a Zoom call.
Tara Brown, Ethan's mother, was also on the Zoom call, and mentioned the backstory of her son's haircut.
"My dad's had a mullet for 40-plus years," she explained. "We saw it came back in style a couple of years ago. In honor of my dad, and kind of a joke at first, we cut Ethan's hair as a mullet. It turned out so cute, and grew out some little curls we didn't know he had."
The style had become a part of finalist, who embraces it, and even uses it to his advantage at times.
"The curls grew in ... and he gets out of trouble with mother. He'll look at mom, wink his eye and shake his mullet and he's no longer in trouble. It's not fair, I can't do that," Isaac Brown joked.
USA Mullet Championships started in 2020 and offers online competitions for men, women and children.
The agency also announced online it was able to donate $3,500 to Maggie's Wigs 4 Kids of Michigan, Inc.
Voting for the finals takes place Aug. 15. Ethan Brown said he plans on donating any winnings from the competition to a group helping to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
"Business in the front, party in the back," he said during the interview.
People interested in voting in the competition can visit the USA Mullet Championships website. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/mullet-child-north-carolina-brevard-usa-championships/275-d6a6fc3e-22c8-4f96-82da-64402a647065 | 2022-07-31T19:38:04 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/mullet-child-north-carolina-brevard-usa-championships/275-d6a6fc3e-22c8-4f96-82da-64402a647065 |
BLOOMINGTON — A 37-year-old man faces felony domestic battery charges after police say he punched an older man and strangled a 17-year-old Friday night.
Police say they were called to a Bloomington residence in response to an altercation involving the suspect, Derrick G. Edmondson, according to charging documents from the McLean County State's Attorney's Office.
The 17-year-old victim described being repeatedly attacked by the man, having his neck squeezed until he couldn't breathe and nearly passing out. Officers reported that the victim had a raspy voice and marks on his neck.
Edmondson is also accused of attacking a man who had attempted to intervene. The man fell to the ground, where Edmondson continued to punch him, police said.
Recordings of both altercations were provided to police, according to the court documents.
Edmondson is charged with aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony, aggravated battery against a victim above age 60, a Class 3 felony, and domestic battery with up to two prior domestic battery convictions, a Class 4 felony.
His bond was set at $50,000 on Saturday in a McLean County court hearing, with 10% to apply for release and the condition of having no contact with the victims.
Edmondson had bonded out as of Sunday afternoon, according to jail staff.
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Pope Francis arrives for mass at the National Shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupre, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Saint Anne de Beaupre, Quebec. Pope Francis is on a "penitential" six-day visit to Canada to beg forgiveness from survivors of the country's residential schools, where Catholic missionaries contributed to the "cultural genocide" of generations of Indigenous children by trying to stamp out their languages, cultures and traditions. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Colombian National Police hold photos of colleagues killed in the line of duty this year during a ceremony at the National Police Religious Center in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Thirty-six fallen officers were honored who police say were killed by criminal gangs. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Washington Commanders defensive end Bunmi Rotimi (57) works during practice at the team's NFL football training facility, Thursday, July 28, 2022 in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Germany's Alexandra Popp celebrates scoring her side's second goal during the Women Euro 2022 semifinal soccer match between Germany and France at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)
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New York Jets guard Mekhi Becton takes part in drills at the NFL football team's training camp in Florham Park, N.J., Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
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Former President Donald Trump plays in the pro-am round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, NJ., Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Former President Donald Trump sits in a golf cart as he watches Dustin Johnson putt during the pro-am round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Seth Wenig
Former President Donald Trump gestures during the pro-am round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, NJ., Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Seth Wenig
Former President Donald Trump plays during the pro-am round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, NJ., Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Supporters of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo call for the dissolution of Congress, where lawmakers have sought to remove him twice, as Castillo gives his annual address at Congress on Independence Day in Lima, Peru, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Castillo gave his second State of the Nation address as the nation celebrates 201 years of independence. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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In this handout photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, Russian Orthodox Church priests walk to attend a religion service in the Kremlin's Assumption Cathedral marking the 1,034th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity by Prince Vladimir, the leader of Kyivan Rus, a loose federation of Slavic tribes that preceded the Russian state in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 28, 2022. (Igor Palkin, Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP)
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A Tupolev Tu-142MK, a Soviet and Russian maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft flies above a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin during a rehearsal of the Naval parade in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, July 28, 2022. The celebration of Navy Day in Russia is traditionally marked on the last Sunday of July and will be celebrated on July 31 this year. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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A fisherman sits along the water's edge as smoke rises after Russian forces launched a missile attack on a military unit in the Vyshhorod district on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Home and structures are flooded near Quicksand, Ky., Thursday, July 28, 2022. Heavy rains have caused flash flooding and mudslides as storms pound parts of central Appalachia. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says it's some of the worst flooding in state history. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)
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Bonnie Combs, right, hugs her 10-year-old granddaughter Adelynn Bowling watches as her property becomes covered by the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Ky., Thursday, July 28, 2022. Flash flooding and mudslides were reported across the mountainous region of eastern Kentucky, where thunderstorms have dumped several inches of rain over the past few days. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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A man stands in a glacier cave at the Sardona glacier on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Vaettis, Switzerland. The melting glacier has revealed a cave. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
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Hikers walk in front of snow from the last winter season covered with blankets to prevent it from melting due to global warming on the Scex Rouge Glacier and Tsanfleuron Glacier, at the "Glacier 3000" alpine resort, above Les Diablerets, Switzerland, Thursday, July 28, 2022. The Swiss Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS), fears that a repetition of temperature rises like this year will accelerate the melting of glaciers, especially in Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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Ferris State professor who made vulgar video quits, settles for $95K
Detroit – A Michigan professor who was suspended in January for making a profanity-filled video to welcome students settled his legal dispute with a university by accepting $95,000 and agreeing to a three-year gag order.
As part of the deal, Barry Mehler retired from Ferris State University rather than face possible termination after a judge refused to reinstate him last spring, according to a March document released to The Associated Press under a public records request.
Mehler, 75, and the university agreed not to criticize each other. If the professor speaks out over the next three years, he must pay $60,000.
Mehler, who taught history at Ferris State for decades, made headlines in January when the school placed him on paid leave in response to a provocative 14-minute video, which got more than 500,000 views on YouTube.
He used profanities and made a sexual reference as he rambled on about his attendance policy, grades, plagiarism and COVID-19.
Mehler was upset with the university over its refusal to require COVID-19 vaccinations. He called students “vectors of disease” and said they didn’t need to attend class in person.
“I will not take questions in class because I’m wearing this … helmet in order to stay alive,” he said, a reference to an astronaut-style helmet with air filters.
David Eisler, who was Ferris State president at the time, said he was “shocked and appalled.”
Mehler said his free speech rights were violated when he was suspended.
“The whole idea was to get their juices flowing,” Mehler said in January, referring to the video and his students. “But they also knew their grade was not based on predestination. That was simply humorous.”
Ferris State is in Big Rapids, 155 miles (250 kilometers) northwest of Detroit. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/31/professor-profanity-video-quits-ferris-state-michigan/50548629/ | 2022-07-31T19:57:27 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/31/professor-profanity-video-quits-ferris-state-michigan/50548629/ |
LIVERMORE FALLS, Maine — Update: A search is underway for a missing 16-year-old from Livermore Falls who was last seen Saturday evening.
As of Sunday at 2:18 p.m., officials with the Maine Warden Service and the Livermore Falls Police Department are searching for Asia Brown, said Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife communications Director Mark Latti via email Sunday.
The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office issued a Silver Alert for Asia Brown, who was last seen Saturday at approximately 8:30 p.m. at her home on Campground Road.
Police said Asia’s father learned his daughter was missing when he awoke Sunday at about 6:30 a.m.
According to police, Asia has high-functioning autism and needs medication. She is described as being 5’04” tall and weighs 140 lbs. Asia has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Officials are asking anyone with information on Asia's whereabouts to call the Maine Warden Service at 207-624-7076 or police at 207-753-2599. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lewiston-auburn/silver-alert-issued-for-missing-livermore-falls-teen/97-9e021770-f726-401c-a181-1075f9dea336 | 2022-07-31T19:58:52 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lewiston-auburn/silver-alert-issued-for-missing-livermore-falls-teen/97-9e021770-f726-401c-a181-1075f9dea336 |
There are many beautiful spots in the Hampton Roads area for photographers, such as beaches, rivers and state and national parks. But there are not many places available for drone photography because of the many restricted airspaces due to military bases, airports, and state and national parks.
Gloucester Point in Gloucester County is one of the exceptions, with a popular public fishing pier, a small beach and views of the Coleman Memorial Bridge and Yorktown. With the right timing and cooperation from Mother Nature, visitors are rewarded with a beautiful sunset over the bridge and a view of Yorktown’s waterfront. | https://richmond.com/news/local/virginia-from-above-our-new-drone-feature/article_0addde4b-d9e5-5561-a897-a69594365102.html | 2022-07-31T20:05:42 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/virginia-from-above-our-new-drone-feature/article_0addde4b-d9e5-5561-a897-a69594365102.html |
DALLAS — Police believe a man has died from a gunshot that he fired at a woman on Saturday morning.
The Dallas Police Department said they got a call about a shooting at about 11:30 a.m. Officers were sent to an apartment complex on Medical District near Bengal Street.
According to police, officers saw a lot of blood and a blood trail in front of an apartment, but no one was found inside.
Around that same time, there was another call at a nearby hospital. A man and woman were found in a vehicle with gunshot wounds.
Police identified the man as 26-year-old Byron Redmon. The woman's identity is unknown.
Based on the preliminary investigation, it's believed that Redmon shot the woman in the neck. That same bullet allegedly exited her neck then struck the man in his leg.
Police said Redmond died at the hospital. They also confirmed with WFAA that the woman was treated and released that same day.
Other local news: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-texas-shooting-suspect-man-dead-shot-by-own-bullet-after-shooting-woman-medical-district-apartment/287-9f4b3cde-fcbd-4c10-90dc-edcf21ed7643 | 2022-07-31T20:09:02 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-texas-shooting-suspect-man-dead-shot-by-own-bullet-after-shooting-woman-medical-district-apartment/287-9f4b3cde-fcbd-4c10-90dc-edcf21ed7643 |
EASTMAN, Ga. — A self-proclaimed 'Average Joe' from a small town in Georgia is now forever connected to the community of Uvalde through a labor a love, which was inspired by the loss of his sister.
Sean Peacock lives in Eastman, which is a tightly knit community of under 5,000 in rural Georgia. He told us he when he first learned about the shooting in Uvalde on May 24, he turned off the media and purposely didn't try to read anything about it, because of the truly awful nature of what had occurred. That would change in a matter of days for Sean. You see, Sean is a craftsman who builds wooden benches as tributes to loved ones lost.
The first bench he crafted was in memory of his sister Donna, an RN who loved to do yardwork and had died unexpectedly at an early age. He made the bench as a gift for his momma, a pure labor of love for him.
On May 31, Sean received a message through the Etsy store to his business, Jass Graphix, Inc., inquiring if he could make a custom butterfly bench for the loss of a 10-year-old child named Makenna, and could they get a discount if two were ordered? Sean said his gut told him that this child had to be connected to the tragedy in Uvalde, so he searched the name Makenna and Uvalde. The list of victims that popped up had her name at the very top of the list. For Sean, that was a sign that he needed to make the bench. He said the news had him "discombobulated." He immediately reached out to the mom and replied that he would make the bench and give a discount as well.
But then he didn't hear back from the mom for a few days, and when he did, the response was equally heartbreaking. "Hello, I'm sorry for just now getting back to you, I've been attending funerals. My daughter's is this Saturday," said the mom.
Sean, a father of children ranging in age from two to 29, said he had a tough time wrapping his brain around that information. How could he make a bench for just this one mom, when there were 20 more who were also grieving the loss of their child or loved one at way too young of an age?
The answer was simple. Sean decided to handcraft benches for all of them. He knew he needed help with the costs, so he created a gofundme to raise the money needed for supplies and delivery expenses.
"Hello, my name is Sean Peacock located in Eastman Georgia and also the owner of JassGraphix Inc," said the gofundme listing. "The recent tragedy of the Robb Elementary School shooting has resulted in one of the parents that lost a child in that horrific event reaching out to us via our Etsy shop wanting to purchase two Butterfly memorial benches that we produce here at JassGraphix. She was asking for a discount if she ordered two but I think every child there deserves to be remembered and we as a community can shine a light on a dark time in the lives of many, not only there, but across our country. We have to let the good flow so the evil can go."
The response was overwhelming! He had set a goal of $20,000 and within the first two days, the goal had been reached... and then some.
Sean said he wasn't surprised by the response, because he knew that his community would rally, but he was astonished by how quickly the money poured in. He said that what happened in Uvalde "was an act of pure evil" and what happened in his tiny town of Eastman was the exact opposite, "an act of pure love."
"I hope and pray that Eastman and Dodge County can be a light to this community half way across the country," said Sean. "They surely need it."
Sean has been posting the completed benches daily on his Facebook page and sharing their stories.
View all of the benches here:
Georgia man handcrafts 21 benches for Uvalde victims
The community of Eastman is holding Eastman Day of Prayer for Uvalde / Bench Mission on Saturday, July 30 at 6 p.m., so members of the community can bless the benches before they depart to Uvalde.
After the benches arrive in Uvalde, there will be a community-wide prayer service on Monday, August 1 in the Uvalde Town Square at 7 p.m. The benches will be delivered privately in the days following.
"There's so much more to this story than just the benches," said Sean. "Hand-made prayer pillows donated by Sailor Kate Ministries will also be given to each family, as well as the bench crafted with a photo and inscription."
Sean said this whole experience has been nothing short of divine intervention.
"God works in mysterious ways, and I have been blessed to be able to connect to each of the families impacted by this horrible tragedy," said Sean. "We will forever be connected." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/georgia-man-handcrafts-21-benches-as-labor-of-love-paying-tribute-to-lives-lost-in-robb-elementary-school-tragedy-uvalde-texas-eastman-angels/273-06bea67a-320e-43d8-96f6-35c1a9008434 | 2022-07-31T20:09:08 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/georgia-man-handcrafts-21-benches-as-labor-of-love-paying-tribute-to-lives-lost-in-robb-elementary-school-tragedy-uvalde-texas-eastman-angels/273-06bea67a-320e-43d8-96f6-35c1a9008434 |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — A house on the market in Fayetteville, Georgia is getting national attention because of its unique design.
Featured on the popular Instagram account "Zillow Gone Wild," the guitar-shaped home is listed for $789,000.
The listing agent, Evgeniia Piven with EXP Realty, says the house is ready for a "true connoisseur." She says it will "blow your mind away."
According to Piven, the home was designed by country music singer Elvis L. Carden. One of his albums is named after the home, titled "Living in an Old Guitar." She adds that the single became a favorite with radio promotors and DJs.
You can listen to the song here:
She says the 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom house is fully renovated, but mentioned that the "guitar just needs a slight tune-up and polishing."
The Instagram account with more than 1.6 million followers, featured the home last week. The post has nearly 40,000 likes on it.
The acoustics are probably pretty good in the house if you're willing to string up nearly $800K. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/guitar-shaped-home-for-sale-georgia/85-3b58e242-8059-410f-b68a-1b2ffb9192f8 | 2022-07-31T20:09:14 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/guitar-shaped-home-for-sale-georgia/85-3b58e242-8059-410f-b68a-1b2ffb9192f8 |
Kenosha Unified School District has announced it will again offer a free breakfast and lunch program for the 2022-2023 school year.
All students enrolled at a Community Eligibility Provision school may participate in the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program free of charge. No application is necessary.
Kenosha Unified School District’s CEP sites include: Bose Elementary, Brass Elementary, Chavez Learning Center, Edward Bain Creative Arts, Edward Bain Dual Language, Forest Park Elementary, Frank Elementary, Grant Elementary, Grewenow Elementary, Harvey Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, McKinley Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, Somers Elementary, Southport Elementary, Strange Elementary, Stocker Elementary, Vernon Elementary, Wilson Elementary, Bradford High School, Bullen Middle, Hillcrest, Lincoln Middle School, Reuther High School, and Washington Middle School.
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Students attending non-CEP schools in the KUSD system will require household applications to be completed and approved in order to receive free or reduced-price meals.
Kenosha Unified School District’s non-CEP schools include: The Brompton School, Dimensions of Learning, Jeffery Elementary, KTEC East & West, Nash Elementary, Pleasant Prairie Elementary, Prairie Lane Elementary, Lance Middle School, Mahone Middle School, Harborside Academy, Indian Trail High School, Lakeview Tech, and Tremper High School.
KUSD officials said application forms are being sent to all homes with a notice to parents or guardians. Applications can also be found online on the kusd.edu website by going to the “departments” tab and then to “food services.”
Interested households must fill out the application and return it to the school, unless notified through the school that students are eligible through direct certification.
Additional copies of the form are available at the office of each school, and applications may be submitted at any time during the year.
7 tips for school lunches
1. Plan lunches ahead of time
"Even if you aren't going anywhere except to the dining room table for school, planning is important," said Kristi King, senior pediatric dietitian at Texas Children's Hospital and an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson.
"This is a time of uncertainty and planning can help establish a sense of normalcy for kids," King said. "Not to mention, preparing the lunch just as if you would pack it for school will help prevent your children from mindless eating and wandering to the kitchen."
If school is remote, making lunch in advance can also spare working parents from having to interrupt their workday to make a midday meal, explained Victoria Stein Feltman, a registered dietitian and co-founder of Apple to Zucchini, a healthy-eating resource for parents and families.
To make the week ahead less stressful, designate a time during the weekend when you can plan ahead for the week's lunches. This will allow you to know which foods you'll need on hand. You can also design a weekly lunch menu and post it on the refrigerator.
Like any other new school year, create some excitement by purchasing a new lunch box or bag, even if your child will be learning from home. Nutrition experts recommend bento box-style containers, which offer easy portion control and separation of various foods and are great for introducing new foods or offering small amounts of sweets.
2. Keep it simple
Lunches don't have to be complicated. You can simply target four items in lunch: a protein food such as meat, eggs, nut butter or beans; a fruit or vegetable; whole grains, such as whole-wheat bread, whole-grain crackers, pasta or a bagel; and a dairy food, such as cheese, yogurt or milk, which could also serve as a protein source, said Jill Castle, pediatric dietitian and creator of The Nourished Child, a nutrition education website for parents.
Selecting foods from these groups also helps ensure that nutrition needs are met, since children need protein for growth and focus during school, healthy carbohydrates for sustained energy, healthy fats for brain development and dairy or other calcium-rich foods for strong bones and teeth.
3. Involve your kids in lunch prep
"Since schooling from home doesn't take as long as going in-person, you can use the extra time to add an important life skill to your child's curriculum — cooking in the kitchen!" said Lisa Leake, author of "100 Days of Real Food." "It's not only a wonderful learning experience, but a great confidence booster as well!"
"It can be empowering for the kids to 'make' lunch without a lot of support from mom and dad," Feltman agreed.
And here's a bonus: Children are more likely to eat nutritious meals if they play a role in creating them.
When planning lunches, allow your kids to suggest ideas and shop for foods, even if you are purchasing foods online. Ask them to select breads and rolls, vegetables, fruits and spreads.
If it's an option, take your kids to the farmer's market "and let them pick out fruits and vegetables," Feltman said. You can then serve vegetables with a favorite dip or sauce like apples with sunflower seed butter, carrots with hummus or bell peppers with guacamole.
When it comes to prepping lunches, children as young as 4 years old can spread cream cheese or a nut or nut-free butter on bread and mash tuna or hard-boiled eggs for egg salad, explained Jessica Levinson, a registered dietitian nutritionist and culinary nutrition expert in Westchester, New York.
Kids can also mix ingredients for salads, tear lettuce leaves for sandwiches and wash fruits and vegetables. Older kids can help cut up vegetables, make a big pot of grains or bake breads and muffins, Feltman said.
Make the assembly easy: If you are planning a peanut butter and jelly sandwich but your child is past the lunch box stage and prefers to create lunches in real time, place all ingredients — jars, bread and a plastic knife (if necessary) — out on the counter so he or she can quickly assemble it if you are busy working. Similarly, if a salad is on the lunch menu, put ingredients like chopped tomatoes, broccoli, chickpeas, shredded cheese and pasta in prep bowls and leave the dressing within reach in the refrigerator.
If you are around to help, this can be a wonderful time to spark a conversation about the nutrients that lunch provides.
"There's nothing like hands-on food assembly to engage children and make teachable moments about food and nutrition come alive," Castle said. She likes serving DIY pizza, tacos or sandwiches for a change of pace.
4. Consider freezing lunch foods
The key to making school lunches easy, according to Leake, is to make lunch foods in advance and freeze them. Some ideas include homemade whole-grain muffins, burritos, chicken nuggets, smoothies, grilled sandwiches, soups or stews (which you can freeze in individual portions), pancakes, waffles, quick breads, and more (note: for specific ideas/instructions click here).
"Simply make one recipe each weekend, consider doubling things you know they will love, and keep on hand in the freezer for when it's time to pack lunch. Then, the night before, simply take out one premade item to defrost and pack it in the fridge along with some fresh produce and other simple additions."
5. Make it fun
Lunchtime is a great opportunity to be creative with food! Try making food faces and use cookie or sandwich cutters in the shapes of animals, ballerinas, sports items, butterflies, hearts and stars.
Kabobs, like colorful fruit kebobs or tomato and cheese kabobs, can reinforce pattern making. Leake suggested adding fun toothpicks and cute notes, which can be premade or handwritten.
"When lunch is fun, kids look forward to it," Castle said.
Castle recommended using themed lunches for different days of the week, like a "Monday Munch Lunch," with cheese or peanut butter and crackers, baby carrots and dip, nuts and dried or fresh fruit, all served on a large platter, or "Friday Favorites Lunch" where the kids decide the menu, or a dessert is included.
Feltman liked school favorites such as "Breakfast for Lunch," "Make Your Own Taco Bar" and "Pizza Day."
6. Consider leftovers for lunch
"Lunch is a great opportunity to repurpose leftovers from dinner the night before, both at home and school," Feltman said.
Eating leftovers for lunch also results in less food waste. Simply roll up the ingredients of last night's protein with veggies into a wrap, tortilla or taco. You can also use leftover rotisserie chicken, turkey or fish for sandwiches or salads.
Lunch ideas
For lists of various lunch items, check out Leake's school lunch packing chart. "Ask (kids) to check off what looks good to them and that they'll actually eat," Leake said.
Remember to use the weekends to prepare lunch items. Levinson often makes a batch of her egg muffins and quinoa and veggie bites for her daughters' lunches.
Other quick and easy healthy lunch choices, courtesy of Feltman, include:
- Smoked salmon on a small whole-wheat bagel with cream cheese and sliced tomato
- Lentil soup with chicken sausage
- Veggie or turkey chili with cornbread
On the side:
- Cut-up vegetables: carrots, red peppers, cucumbers, jicama with favorite dips
- Apple or pear slices and nut or seed butter or yogurt
- Fresh fruit (berries, bananas, oranges, clementines, sliced mango, watermelon, cantaloupe)
- Dried or baked fruit (mango, apples, papaya, prunes, figs, apricots)
- Plain full-fat yogurt parfaits (made with granola, chopped nuts and frozen fruit) | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-unified-school-district-offers-a-free-breakfast-and-lunch-program-for-2022-23-year/article_10ed9d28-0cf0-11ed-a436-93f838303c39.html | 2022-07-31T20:11:46 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-unified-school-district-offers-a-free-breakfast-and-lunch-program-for-2022-23-year/article_10ed9d28-0cf0-11ed-a436-93f838303c39.html |
SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — The Spalding County community is mourning the loss of a deputy with more than 25 years of law-enforcement experience.
Deputy Jamie Reynolds was traveling in his patrol car Sunday around 5:30 a.m. on Ga. Hwy. 16 when a large pine tree fell just east of Shoal Creek Road, the sheriff's office said.
"The tree crushed the passenger compartment of the vehicle, killing Deputy Reynolds instantly," Sheriff Darrell Dix said.
Dix, along with other members of his office, notified his wife and two children of the tragedy at their home, he said.
Reynolds began his career in law enforcement in 1995 and joined the Spalding County Sheriff's Office in 2021, they said.
"He was a great guy who loved his family, had a deep faith, worked hard, and always brought you solutions, not problems," Sheriff Dix said.
The Georgia State Patrol said the investigation is ongoing.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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VACAVILLE, Calif. — The grandparents of a teenager who died in a head-on crash that killed three others in Rio Vista are urging everyone to wear their seat belts and to drive sober.
Bob Conway, 77, and wife Dianne, 72, say they are devastated by the death of their granddaughter Lacy Conway, 19, who they raised at their Vacaville home.
“Spirited little girl,” Bob Conway said of his granddaughter.
She dreamed of becoming a tattoo artist, he said, while showing off a smeared peace symbol the teen tattooed on the right hand of her biggest supporter. The grieving, yet proud grandparents went on to show the paintings, pottery, and ink-pens crafted by the young woman.
The teenager was on her to the river near Rio Vista for an evening with friends when the crash happened, her grandparents said.
Jordan Colvin, 20, was driving Conway’s Honda Accord when he veered off the road onto and embankment and overcorrected into an oncoming Chevrolet Suburban, according to the Rio Vista Police Department. Colvin, Conway, and Erica Anderson, 19, all died in the crash.
Seven family members on vacation from Mexico were in the SUV that was struck head-on, according to Rio Vista Police.
Laura Poiret, 70, died in the crash and her six family members ranging in age from 8 to 37, were taken to the hospital with injuries ranging from moderate to severe.
Numerous alcohol containers were found in and around the Honda, said Police Chief Jon Mazer of the Rio Vista Police Department.
Police have not determined a cause for the crash. Authorities say they’ll need to wait for the results of a toxicology report before moving forward with the case.
It’s unclear why Colvin was driving the teen’s car that night, the Conway’s said. They believe alcohol to be involved and say they want to know more about what exactly happened. They are also warning people of the dangers of drinking and driving.
“One thing I want to stress to everybody. Wear a seat belt,” Bob Conway said. “She had a habit of not wearing hers all the time and we told her it doesn’t matter where you’re sitting,”
Meanwhile, the Conways are offering sympathies to the families of the other victims who are grieving with them.
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LODI, Calif. — A Stockton man has died after allegedly crashing into a pickup truck while being chased by officers with the California Highway Patrol in Lodi late Saturday night, officials say.
Around 11:44 p.m. Saturday, CHP officers say they noticed a 31-year-old man driving a 2021 Harley Davidson at a fast speed westbound on State Route 12, west of Interstate 5 in San Joaquin County.
Officers reportedly tried to stop the motorcycle but the driver of the motorcycle continued driving leading officers on a short chase.
The chase ended around 11:50 p.m. when the driver of the motorcycle ran a red light at Harney Lane and Stockton Street in the city of Lodi, hitting the right rear of a Ford F150 that was making a U-turn at the intersection, authorities said.
The driver of the motorcycle, said to have been going 70 miles per hour at the time of the crash, was ejected from the Harley Davidson, according to a CHP report.
The man driving the pickup truck was not injured in the crash. The CHP says the motorcycle driver was taken to San Joaquin General Hospital where he died from his injuries.
He has only been described by officials as a 31-year-old man from Stockton.
Investigators say they do not yet know whether drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A fire that broke out Sunday at a Sacramento U-Haul facility damaging eight box trucks is now under investigation by the Sacramento Fire Department.
According to fire officials, the fire broke out Sunday morning around 2:40 a.m. near Broadway and Franklin Boulevard.
Seven box trucks were heavily damaged and one had minor damage, the Sacramento Fire Department said. No one was reported injured during the firefight.
While the cause of the fire is still under investigation, the fire department says that there has been an increase in fuel thefts in the area.
The Sacramento Police Department responded to the scene Sunday morning but the fire is being investigated by arson investigators with the Sacramento Fire Department.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 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 (1 square kilometer) 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. The fire burned down at least a dozen residences and wildlife was seen fleeing the area to avoid the flames.
“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.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Saturday as the fire intensified. The proclamation allows Newsom more flexibility to make emergency response and recovery effort decisions and access federal aid.
It also allows “firefighting resources from other states to assist California crews in battling the fires,” according to a statement from the governor's office.
Meanwhile in Montana, the Elmo wildfire nearly tripled in size to more than 11 square miles (about 28 square kilometers) within a few miles of the town of Elmo. 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.
A significant build-up of vegetation was fueling 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.
The Pacific Coast Trail Association urged hikers to get to the nearest town while the U.S. Forest Service 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.
“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.
In Idaho, more than 930 wildland firefighters and support staff were battling the Moose fire Saturday and protecting homes, energy infrastructure and the Highway 93 corridor, a major north-south route.
A red flag warning indicated that the weather could make things worse with the forecast calling for “dry thunderstorms," with lightning, wind and no rain.
In Hawaii, fire crews and helicopters have been fighting flames Saturday evening on Maui near Paia Bay. The Maui County Emergency Management Agency said roads have been closed and have advised residents and travelers to avoid the area. It is unclear how many acres have burned. A red flag warning is in effect Sunday.
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.
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Wildfire Preps
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
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Originally published July 29 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.The medical board in the state of Washington is considering disciplinary action against Dr. Ryan Cole, the Idaho pathologist who serves on a public health board while advocating against COVID-19 vaccines and accusing other public health agencies of fraud.
In a 40-page response to complaints against him, Cole and his attorney argued that he did not violate any rules when he prescribed drugs to patients over telehealth and claimed COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous. But some of the arguments in the response to the Washington Medical Commission do not match Cole’s public comments.
Cole and his Eagle-based attorney, Nancy Garrett, did not respond to messages from the Sun this week. The Sun obtained the documents through a public records request to the Washington Medical Commission.
The commission’s investigators have opened two cases in response to complaints against Cole.
His laboratory, Cole Diagnostics, accepts tissue, blood and other samples from health care providers in Idaho, Washington and other states. As a pathologist, Cole is trained to examine a sample and make a diagnosis, as opposed to seeing and treating patients directly. In addition to his work as a pathologist, Cole serves on the board of Central District Health, Idaho’s largest regional public health department.
Cole was first licensed in Washington in June 2007. His license expired in May of this year, but he activated it again in June, records show.
“In times of crisis, as we have experienced in the last two years, health care providers have been asked to shoulder the enormous burden of caring for patients with COVID. I have dedicated all of my time and energy to studying COVID, testing for COVID, and helping patients in any way possible,” Cole wrote in a letter to the commission that accompanied his attorney’s letter.
None of Cole’s “actions regarding COVID have been focused at all on any financial gain,” he wrote.
“This has been purely Good Samaritan care for patients desperate for help that was not being offered elsewhere,” he wrote. “… I provided free medical care out of a real attempt to help those in need.”
What the complaints against Dr. Ryan Cole said
The first case in Washington, opened last year, stemmed from complaints that Cole improperly prescribed drugs to patients over a telehealth platform, and that he spread false and misleading information about COVID-19, masks and vaccines. The investigator completed work on that case and has forwarded his findings on to the commission.
The second case stems from Cole’s misdiagnosis of cancer in an Idaho patient, in light of his unsupported claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer. That investigation was ongoing as of early spring.
The medical boards in Arizona, Minnesota and Idaho received similar complaints, the letter from Cole’s attorney said. The Idaho Board of Medicine “declined to open an investigation of Dr. Cole’s practice or his publicly held opinions,” and the other two states took “no further action” after he responded to those complaints, the letter said. It is unclear if those state boards took any action in the five months since Cole’s letter.
Laws in Arizona and Minnesota do not give the public access to any records of complaints or medical board investigations unless they result in a formal disciplinary action. Idaho law also conceals those records from the public — even from the person who filed a complaint.
Washington is the only state that allows public access to complaint and investigation records regardless of whether the board has taken formal action.
In at least one public speaking engagement, Cole referred to the complaints as “attacks” on him, “just political” and “not legal for them to do.”
The Washington board decided last year to consider disciplinary action against doctors who give harmful recommendations about COVID-19 and vaccinations. That policy echoes the position of the Federation of State Medical Boards but hasn’t been adopted by the Idaho Board of Medicine.
“Physicians … who generate and spread COVID-19 misinformation, or disinformation, erode the public trust in the medical profession and endanger patients,” the Washington Medical Commission wrote.
Cole’s attorney says he is ‘questioning the science’
In her letter to the commission, Cole’s attorney argued that the allegations “arise as an attack on public statements and presentations that Dr. Cole has offered across the country.”
She wrote that Cole’s statements are “questioning the science behind mask wearing, as well as genuine concerns regarding known and unknown complications from COVID-19 vaccinations.”
To discipline him for those statements would infringe on his constitutionally protected right to free speech, the letter said. No government agency is “the arbiter of truth, particularly with respect to matters of scientific opinions and genuine scientific debate,” it said.
“Dr. Cole has not advised patients or the general public to not receive the vaccine,” the letter said.
These are the unsubstantiated statements Cole made in the months leading up to the letter. The statements are either categorically false or sharply at odds with the body of research on COVID-19 and the consensus of the medical community:
“If you have had COVID, do not get this shot, especially in the youth and especially if you’re under age 50,” he said on a conservative podcast in June 2021.Cole described COVID-19 vaccines as “something for which the side effect would be death and/or permanent disability,” in a September 2021 interview on another conservative podcast. The host asked Cole, “You are suggesting most people do not get the vaccines, correct?” and he responded, “Very few. Very targeted. Elderly, at risk.”Cole has advised the public multiple times to “screen before vaccine” — to take antibody tests before getting a COVID-19 vaccine. “If you have antibodies, if you have immunity, you don’t get that shot because you put yourself at higher risk for hospitalization and complications,” he said at an October 2021 event in Alaska.At a similar event in November 2021, Cole said, “Don’t vax the kids with this vax” and “if you’re COVID-recovered, don’t get this vax.”
There is evidence that post-infection immunity may be comparable to post-vaccine immunity. A large study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine found similar levels of protection in vaccinated patients as in COVID-recovered patients.
But, consistent with other studies, it found that vaccines after recovery from COVID-19 do indeed boost a person’s immunity against the virus.
“Vaccination enhanced protection among persons who had had a previous infection,” the study said. “Hybrid immunity resulting from previous infection and recent booster vaccination conferred the strongest protection.”
And the path to immunity by infection is far more dangerous than the path to immunity by vaccination.
To develop post-infection immunity, a person must first recover from COVID-19. People who were unvaccinated and died from the disease will never be reinfected, so their outcomes cannot be included in studies on reinfection rates.
The letter argues that Cole is merely sharing “opinions based on his observations, and (offering) hypotheses based thereon,” and that people filing complaints and “the media have simply labeled such opinions and hypotheses as misinformation because there are no published scientific studies completed on this observational question.”
In his public statements, Cole refers to his claims as “truth.” He attempts to directly link vaccines to dangerous health conditions. Before and since his letter to the medical board, Cole has claimed, without evidence, that:
the vaccine “regulates and dysregulates genes and immunity.”“many” young people who get vaccinated “won’t make it into their late 20s or early 30s due to the type of disease they are having” and “are going to pass from high, high grade cancers.”that “we literally have a generation to lose if we allow this (vaccine) into the bodies of our children.”
Cole defends his treatments of patients with ivermectin
The letter also argues that Cole’s practice of treating COVID-19 patients and prescribing drugs to people over a telehealth platform was above-board.
Multiple doctors who work in local hospitals made statements to the Washington Medical Commission that they had treated patients who developed severe COVID-19 after following Cole’s advice or receiving treatment from him.
Cole said in fall 2021 that he had “treated hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of patients, of the which (sic) zero have gone to the emergency room or hospital.”
The letter said Cole “has received numerous letters from patients thanking him for providing treatment they could not obtain elsewhere.”
But, it said, Cole cannot respond to the hospital doctors’ allegations because he lost access to his patients’ medical records.
“In November or December 2021, (telehealth platform) Medici discontinued its contract with myfreedoctors.com and has since locked all providers out of the medical records it maintains,” the letter said. “This is a recent development and in no way affected Dr. Cole’s ability to access such patient records close in time to such treatment.”
And since he cannot defend himself, those allegations are “therefore entirely irrelevant,” the letter said.
The system Cole used for the telehealth appointments did not keep patient records sequestered. On its website, Medici provides a step-by-step tutorial for physicians to export patient records for local storage, saying it is “a great way to ensure your practice management system has a record of the consult” but reminding health care providers that they “may still wish to document the encounter” in their own medical record-keeping systems, too.
The letter says Cole did not receive a fee, charge patients or bill health insurance for those consultations. The appointments were free, although patients could make donations to the service, the letter said.
Cole claims ivermectin was only option for COVID-19 patients
Cole believes that benefits of early treatment with ivermectin outweigh the risks, the letter said.
“Further, ivermectin was prescribed by Dr. Cole at a time when there were simply no outpatient therapeutics that were being recommended,” it said.
Ivermectin is still being evaluated for use as a COVID-19 treatment. Studies so far have not proven its effectiveness.
Most people recover from COVID-19 at home with over-the-counter medication. For people at risk of severe illness, health care providers can give monoclonal antibody treatments — available at hospitals and community sites since last fall. Health care providers recommended vaccination, though, so that patients would be less likely to need those treatments at all.
At the time Cole was prescribing ivermectin, patients could have enrolled in clinical trials for early outpatient treatments, including ivermectin. The trials did not guarantee a patient would receive their preferred drug.
One trial was open from January 2021 through early 2022. Another trial, run by the National Institutes of Health, was open from June 2021 to February 2022. (Its initial results show a three-day course of ivermectin had no effect on hospitalization or death, and it shortened illness by less than a day. Researchers plan to launch a second arm of the trial to test a higher dose.)
The Sun in February asked Cole how many patients he had referred to those trials in lieu of prescribing drugs himself. He did not respond.
Did Cole advise against public health measures?
By the time his attorney told the Washington Medical Commission he had “not advised patients or the general public to disregard public health guidelines,” Cole had become a champion of noncompliance.
“We’ve been complacent. You know: ‘The government takes care of you, they’re gonna take care of you, I’m gonna be fine, whatever, they’re going to do their thing, I’ll just be a good little boy or girl and comply,’” he said at a conference in Kansas City in November 2021. “This is a 1776 moment, really, in our history. And we’re trying to earn our freedoms back? I’m sorry, but I never gave them up. I’m an American.”
According to Cole’s response to the commission, his goal is to inform the public and engage in scientific debate.
“The fact that other providers disagree with Dr. Cole, these providers have not shown any scientific studies that would render Dr. Cole’s opinions misrepresentations,” the letter said.
That rankled David Pate, a member of the state’s coronavirus working group, a former physician and lawyer, and retired CEO of St. Luke’s Health System.
“I have never listened to a presentation where either he presented both sides of the debate or where another panelist was there to debate,” Pate told the Sun. “In fact, he rejected my suggestion that he and I debate. When you only present one side and don’t represent that there are legitimate other points of view, I don’t know how that could be a debate.”
Cole’s claims about COVID-19, prevention, treatment and vaccination have been the subject of numerous fact-checking articles. The articles include links to studies and quote subject-matter experts. One fact-check article went directly to the source: the lead author of a paper Cole has cited.
“No publications demonstrate that mRNA vaccines cause cancer or autoimmune diseases,” Norbert Pardi, a research assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, said in an email to FactCheck.org.
“Multiple clinical trials have been performed with mRNA vaccines in the past 10 years and none of them found that mRNA vaccination caused autoimmune diseases. Further, we are not aware of any studies showing an autoimmune disease appearing many months after vaccination as Dr. Cole inaccurately suggests,” Pardi said, according to FactCheck’s article from April 2021.
Cole has dismissed such fact checks and said he plans to sue journalists over reporting on his statements. He has no active lawsuits in Idaho or federal courts.
The letter to the Washington Medical Commission makes a case for opinion and hypothesis — and freedom of speech.
But in his public interviews and speeches, he implores the public to listen to him, accuses health authorities of lying and calls public health measures a crime.
“It’s an honor to be here and to share some truth today,” Cole said at a November 2021 event in Kansas City.
“Are they lying to you? They are. This is science and data. They pulled the wool over your eyes so they could make billions,” he said. “The fact that they … are forcing you to still wear masks, that they are forcing you to get a shot to keep your employment, is criminal, plain and simple, criminal.”
Fact-checking Dr. Ryan Cole
KTVB: St. Luke’s chief medical officer fact checks a doctor’s anti-vax claims, March 16, 2021
HealthFeedback.org: Not all coronaviruses are seasonal, contrary to pathologist Ryan Cole’s claim; COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing illness, April 4, 2021
AFP Fact Check: US doctor spreads false information about Covid-19 mRNA vaccines, Aug. 18, 2021
FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias: Médico de Idaho hace declaraciones infundadas sobre seguridad de vacunas contra el COVID-19, Aug. 27, 2021
Lead Stories: Dermatopathologist Ryan Cole Does NOT Back With Data His Claim That Pfizer Vaccine Weakens Patients’ Immune Systems, Sept. 21, 2021
USA Today: False claim that cancer has spiked as a result of COVID-19 vaccines, Sept. 27, 2021 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-s-dr-ryan-cole-defends-his-medical-license-saying-complaints-are-political-attacks/article_31ac55cc-d3a9-586d-a83b-4b19c535ed6c.html | 2022-07-31T20:22:53 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-s-dr-ryan-cole-defends-his-medical-license-saying-complaints-are-political-attacks/article_31ac55cc-d3a9-586d-a83b-4b19c535ed6c.html |
Other winners in the 2022 Art and Soul competition
Elementary Grades K-2 Division – Honorable Mention and recipient of $25: James Frampton, Oregon Trail Elementary; 3rd Place winner and recipient of $50: Ethan Batchelor, Lighthouse Christian School; 2nd Place winner and recipient of $75: Jairrehn Bridges, Acorn Learning Center; and 1st Place winner and recipient of $100: Emma Maxwell, Stricker Elementary School.
Elementary Grades 3-5 Division – Honorable Mention and recipient of $25: CoralRae Dome, Bickel Elementary School; 3rd Place winner and recipient of $50: Emmalyn Pond, Kimberly Elementary School; 2nd Place winner and recipient of $100: Dakota Bennett, Harrison Elementary School; and 1st place winner and recipient of $200: Dani Rhead, Immanuel Luther School.
Middle School Division – Honorable Mention and recipient of $25: Zoe Huddleston, South Hills Middle School; 3rd Place winner and recipient of $75: Vivienne Anderson, Robert Stuart Middle School; 2nd Place winner and recipient of $150: Payton Pond, Kimberly Middle School; and 1st Place winner and recipient of $300: Hailey Miller, Xavier Charter School.
High School Division – Honorable Mention and recipient of $25: Kaiya Coupet, Kimberly High School; 3rd Place winner and recipient of $75: Bailey Robinson, Kimberly High School; 2nd Place winner and recipient of $150: Katie Mayer, Xavier Charter School; and 1st Place winner and recipient of $300: Mylee Reid, Kimberly High School.
Artists entered in the main contest were invited to enter the Professionally Judged Competition. The judges were Stephanie Mommsen Werntz and Kristin Varner.
In the Professionally Judged Two-Dimensional Category, recognized with the Honorable Mention award: Declo photographer Lynn Crane for her work titled "Poule Avec Fleurs." Third place went to Mountain Home artist Virgia West for her painting "Packin into Sawtooth Lake." Second place went to Hailey artist Christopher Brown for his 50x50-inch drawing titled "The Old Stone Mill."
The 1st Place in the Two-Dimensional Division and recipient of $1,000 was Eagle artist Chase Bindner for his 57x60-inch oil painting titled "Maurice at his Desk."
In the Three-Dimensional Category, the judges awarded Honorable Mention to Twin Falls artist Jim Woods for his 20x9-inch ceramic entry titled "Formidable Ascent." Third place was awarded to Eagle artist Edie Martin for her fused glasswork titled "Daffodil Brilliance." Second Place was awarded to Filer woodworker Robert Jackman for his 7-foot-tall clock titled "Time for the Seasons."
The award for 1st Place in the Three-Dimensional Division and $1,000 was awarded to Dickinson, Texas, artist Cynthia England for her original art quilt titled Something About Succulents.
The contest rules accommodate for low entry in categories. The rules stipulate that a $1,000 Best-Of-Show prize will be awarded if 10 or more artists entered that category. Categories with at least five entries were awarded $500.
Winners in each category are as follows:
ACRYLIC: Don Mills (Twin Falls) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Mason Taylor (Kimberly), 2nd Place was awarded to Selena Garcia (Bliss); and recipient of $1,000 for BEST IN SHOW – ACRYLIC – Rick Kuhn (Twin Falls).
CERAMIC: Paula Dodd (Twin Falls) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Jessica McGown (Twin Falls), 2nd Place was awarded to Myriam Carrasco (Twin Falls); and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – CERAMICS – Jim Woods (Twin Falls).
DIGITAL: Lucie Mitchell, DO (Oxford, Ala.) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Taci Shropshire (Twin Falls), 2nd Place to Cindi Walton (Boise); and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – DIGITAL – Nancy Prendergast, MD (Westfield, NJ).
DRAWING: Beverly Chick (Boise) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Judy VanDellen (Wichita, Kan.), 2nd Place was awarded to Doug Fluckiger (Clark Fork); and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – DRAWING – Christopher Brown (Hailey).
FIBER: Ellie Gonzalez (Filer) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Tannya Cluff (Boise); 2nd Place was awarded for their collaboration to Hazuki Hansen, the Xavier Charter School Students, and the Jorgensen Family (Twin Falls); and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – FIBER – Kathy Hanson (Twin Falls).
GLASS: Gala Tigue (Buhl) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Edie Martin (Eagle); 2nd Place to Sandy Swope (Twin Falls); and recipient of $1,000 for BEST IN SHOW – GLASS – Suzi Butler (Eagle).
MIXED MEDIA: Liyah Babayan (Twin Falls) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd place went to Linda Vargas (Twin Falls); 2nd Place was awarded to Linda Dennis (Twin Falls); and recipient of $1,000 for BEST IN SHOW – MIXED MEDIA – Emily LeGaard (Twin Falls).
MURAL: Tied for 3rd Place was Kaishon Hamann (Twin Falls) and James Vargas (Twin Falls); 2nd Place to SIXES-Joshua Pohlman (Pocatello); and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – MURAL – Samantha Houston (Great Falls, Mont.).
OIL: John Horejs (Burley) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Cody White (Rupert); 2nd Place was awarded to Kathy LilyField (Buhl); and recipient of $1,000 for BEST IN SHOW – OIL – Leon Smith (Twin Falls).
ORIGINAL ART QUILT: Sarah Malinda LaHue (Twin Falls) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Mary Thompson (Athol); 2nd Place was awarded to Barbara Fors (Filer); and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – ORIGINAL ART QUILT – Deana Steel (Twin Falls).
PASTEL: Jessica Evett (Boise) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Ron Hicks (Twin Falls); 2nd Place was awarded to Marianne Guymon (Twin Falls); and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – PASTEL – Kay Taylor Affleck (Paul).
PHOTOGRAPHY: 3rd Place went to Terry Halbert (Twin Falls); 2nd Place was awarded to Skye Fassett (Kimberly). There was a tie in this category. Each receiving $500 for BEST IN SHOW – PHOTOGRAPHY – Jan Mittleider (Twin Falls) and Cathy Wilson (Buhl).
PRINTMAKING: Laurel Macdonald (Boise) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Marne Elmore (Boise); 2nd Place was awarded to Angela Batchelor (Twin Falls); and recipient of $1,000 for BEST IN SHOW – PRINTMAKING – Jessie Swimeley (Caldwell).
QUILT: Stephanie Van Diest (Kimberly) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Carla Harris (Twin Falls); 2nd Place was awarded to Twin Falls quilters Tysi Straley and Nada Olson; and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – QUILT – Trina Buxbaum (Fairview, Mont.).
SCULPTURE, 3 FEET and OVER: Steve Duffy (Pocatello) received Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Jason Waldron (Star); 2nd Place was awarded to Levi Bennett (Twin Falls); and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – SCULPTURE, 3 FEET and OVER– Jeffro Uitto (Tokeland, Wash.).
SCULPTURE, UNDER 3 FEET: 3rd Place went to Lori Reith (Twin Falls); Tied for 2nd Place were Saharra Clark (Evanston, Ill.) and Juanita Neimeyer (Filer); and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – SCULPTURE, UNDER 3 FEET– Daniel Borup (Shelley).
UNCATEGORIZED: Rebecca Godwin-Potts (Twin Falls) received Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Charles Hanson (Twin Falls); 2nd Place was awarded to Nora Hanna, MD (Sugar Hill, Ga.); and recipient of $500 for BEST IN SHOW – UNCATEGORIZRD – Lindsay McCrimmon (Kimberly).
WATERMEDIA: Solongo Gankhuyag (Mongolia) and Yong Hui No (Taylorsville, UT) were recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Shelly Johnson (Boise, ID); 2nd Place was awarded to Anne Watson Sorensen (Meridian, ID); and recipient of $1,000 for BEST IN SHOW – WATERMEDIA – Connie Pepper (Twin Falls, ID).
WOODWORK: Nickolas Cleveland (Twin Falls) was recognized with Honorable Mention; 3rd Place went to Donald Pica (Twin Falls); 2nd Place was awarded to Kelly Klaas (Twin Falls); and recipient of $1,000 for BEST IN SHOW – WOODWORK – Robert Jackman (Filer). | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/art-and-soul-winners-announced/article_0a776556-0c72-11ed-82ab-a31986918c67.html | 2022-07-31T20:25:25 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/art-and-soul-winners-announced/article_0a776556-0c72-11ed-82ab-a31986918c67.html |
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — A 25-year-old woman is facing charges after she stabbed someone during a fight in Chambersburg, police said.
On Sunday, Maria G. Morales was taken into custody after police were called to the 2800 block of Orchard Drive for a reported stabbing.
Police say the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and got medical attention.
Morales is in Franklin County Jail facing charges of aggravated assault, and recklessly endangering another person. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/franklin-county/woman-facing-charges-after-stabbing-incident-chambersburg-maria-morales/521-7643950e-1854-4cdc-b293-cf9411385a45 | 2022-07-31T20:30:21 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/franklin-county/woman-facing-charges-after-stabbing-incident-chambersburg-maria-morales/521-7643950e-1854-4cdc-b293-cf9411385a45 |
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Images released by the Alamo provide views of a planned outdoor exhibit representing the main gate of the historic mission-fort, scheduled for a public debut next spring.
The Mission Gate and Lunette Exhibit in Alamo Plaza will support one of the main goals of a multiyear, public-private makeover of the site by defining the perimeter of the mission and the 1836 battle compound and by depicting architectural features in their original location.
The gate will be built between two other outdoor exhibits that opened last year. One is an interpretation of the Losoya House and a platform where the Alamo’s largest cannon was fired. The other is a partial reconstruction of the wooden palisade beside the Alamo Church.
The mission gate exhibit will be about 80 feet long.
Walls had surrounded the Mission San Antonio de Valero since the 1760s, providing safety for the Indigenous people and Spanish friars. The gate was the main entry point. Alamo officials have said the exhibit will give visitors a sense of arrival at the plaza and inform them about a nearby kitchen where people of the mission-fort prepared their food.
The new exhibit also will represent the Alamo’s Low Barracks, built when the site became a Spanish military post in the early 1800s. The one-story barracks were built inside the south wall on each side of the gate.
Two parallel walls 17 feet apart will represent the Low Barracks. At the time of the 1836 battle, the structure housed officers’ quarters and a hospital.
Jim Bowie, who was determined to keep a garrison at the Alamo rather than abandon the fort as Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Anna’s army approached, fell ill. After the battle, he was found dead in a room in the Low Barracks. He was lying in a cot and had been shot several times.
The exhibit also will mark the location of a U-shaped lunette, a fortification originally composed of an earthen berm, wooden posts and at least two cannon.
Tom Butler, associate vice president of Broaddus & Associates, the Alamo project’s program manager, said the exhibit is “not a small endeavor” and has been carefully researched by two teams of historians.
It will be scaled down slightly from its original appearance to be less “oppressive” and visual obstructive but will give visitors “an interpretation of what might’ve been there,” he said.
The design team hasn’t decided what materials to use but will try to balance historical accuracy with accessibility at the main gate, Butler told the Alamo Citizen Advisory Committee last week.
“We’re not trying to re-create it,” he said. “That’s impossible, because there simply aren’t any accurate drawings or renderings or photographs of it. So based on some historical documentation of other structures at this time, this is a representation.”
Also next year, the Alamo plans to build an education center at the southeast corner of the Alamo grounds, outside the historic footprint of the mission-fort.
Alamo Hall, a 1922 city fire station that was rebuilt in the late 1930 with labor from the federal Works Progress Administration, will be flanked by new structures on either side to create a two-story education center with a classroom, an orientation room for student field trips and office space upstairs.
A demonstration garden and re-created acequia, or irrigation channel, will illustrate mission-era cultivation of food staples and medicinal herbs. The center, set for completion in fall 2023, is intended to increase school visits to the Alamo from about 140,000 students per year now to 250,000.
Alamo officials plan to request permits for the main gate exhibit and education center from the Texas Historical Commission in the fall.
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The devastating drought gripping South Texas — while taxing water resources, the state’s power grid and lawns — has at least kept mosquitoes at bay.
Droughts usually wreck mosquitoes’ habitats by drying up moist breeding grounds, such as stagnant pools of water or swampy backyards. With this summer’s sparse rains, San Antonio has fewer spots where these bloodsuckers can swarm and bite people.
Pedro Guzman is more than OK with the paucity of mosquitoes.
He and his family drove from their hometown of El Paso for a few days of relaxation in San Antonio — and time away from West Texas’ drenching monsoon season.
“I have not noticed one bug. It’s been comfortable, thank God,” Guzman said as he fished for talapia in the San Antonio River near Brackenridge Park with his two daughters, ages 4 and 12, a niece and in-laws.
It was 7 p.m. Thursday. The heat had eased a bit — from a high of 100 degrees to a slightly more reasonable 95.
He described El Paso at this time of year, with plenty of rain and humidity, as a mosquito mecca.
Not that the pests have altogether abandoned San Antonio.
“There’s definitely still mosquitoes,” said Molly Keck, a pest management specialist at Texas A&M Agrilife Extension. “But because we’re in drought and there’s no standing water in artificial containers or storage basins and other places where they breed, the population is naturally going to be lower.”
Mosquitoes are attracted to “stink water” — water that’s nutrient-rich with algae, organic matter or debris. A baby pool left unattended in a backyard can attract them. So can dirty gutters after a rain or a child’s toy with contours where water can pool. Some mosquito species also breed in stormwater basins or mucky water that accumulates in ditches, Keck said.
Mosquitoes lay eggs in standing water, where their larvae will live until they can buzz off to start breeding. But without suitable water, the eggs will not hatch, preventing future adult mosquitoes from continuing the cycle.
The current drought has forced many mosquitoes to search elsewhere for stinky water. Some rivers outside San Antonio — waterways that have been receding and experiencing substantial flow reductions — could be more hospitable than usual for mosquitoes as quick-flowing currents give way to standing pools. However, these locations may not be nutrient-rich enough for mosquito eggs to survive.
And if mosquitoes discover puddles suitable for breeding on the dwindling Guadalupe or Medina rivers, they would be too far from San Antonio to bother residents.
At the same time, mosquitoes are not going away. In fact, the record-high temperatures this year — with at least 46 days reaching 100 degrees — partially counter the harm the drought’s doing to mosquitoes.
Heat is conducive to mosquito breeding, enabling them to complete their life cycle faster because their metabolism increases when temperatures rise.
In some species of mosquito, the life cycle — in which a bug lays eggs that hatch new mosquitoes that feed, mate and create new eggs — can be as short as a week.
“This area of Texas is pretty mosquito-friendly all year around,” Keck said. “They tend to find a warmer, more protected area to lay low during the colder months, such as some small spot on your porch. They’ll only die if the freezing temperatures are sustained and they can’t find a place to hide.”
Also, higher heat and faster breeding can increase the number of mosquitoes that carry diseases in Texas. There are 85 mosquito species throughout the state, and at least four of them are known to carry and transmit lethal diseases, such as dengue fever, malaria, chikungunya or eastern equine encephalitis — a very rare but extremely severe disease.
Nevertheless, Keck said temperature is not the most important factor to consider when analyzing mosquitoes. Even as climate change results in hotter temperatures in the future, it won’t matter unless there’s water. So future droughts will tend to keep their numbers down.
“If you don’t have a breeding site, that source for them to lay eggs, then you are not going to be seeing a lot of mosquitoes,” she said.
Staff photographer Sam Owens contributed to this report.
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Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, has died at the age of 89.
Her role in the 1966-69 series as Lt. Uhura earned Nichols a lifelong position of honor with the series’ rabid fans, known as Trekkers and Trekkies. It also earned her accolades for breaking stereotypes that had limited Black women to acting roles as servants and included an interracial onscreen kiss with co-star William Shatner that was unheard of at the time.
“I shall have more to say about the trailblazing, incomparable Nichelle Nichols, who shared the bridge with us as Lt. Uhura of the USS Enterprise, and who passed today at age 89,” George Takei wrote on Twitter. “For today, my heart is heavy, my eyes shining like the stars you now rest among, my dearest friend.”
Like other original cast members, Nichols also appeared in six big-screen spinoffs starting in 1979 with “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and frequented “Star Trek” fan conventions. She also served for many years as a NASA recruiter, helping bring minorities and women into the astronaut corps.
More recently, she had a recurring role on television’s “Heroes,” playing the great-aunt of a young boy with mystical powers.
The original “Star Trek” premiered on NBC on Sept. 8, 1966. Its multicultural, multiracial cast was creator Gene Roddenberry’s message to viewers that in the far-off future — the 23rd century — human diversity would be fully accepted.
“I think many people took it into their hearts ... that what was being said on TV at that time was a reason to celebrate,” Nichols said in 1992 when a “Star Trek” exhibit was on view at the Smithsonian Institution.
She often recalled how Martin Luther King Jr. was a fan of the show and praised her role. She met him at a civil rights gathering in 1967, at a time when she had decided not to return for the show’s second season.
“When I told him I was going to miss my co-stars and I was leaving the show, he became very serious and said, ‘You cannot do that,’” she told The Tulsa (Okla.) World in a 2008 interview.
“’You’ve changed the face of television forever, and therefore, you’ve changed the minds of people,’” she said the civil rights leader told her.
“That foresight Dr. King had was a lightning bolt in my life,” Nichols said.
During the show’s third season, Nichols’ character and Shatner’s Capt. James Kirk shared what was described as the first interracial kiss to be broadcast on a U.S. television series. In the episode, “Plato’s Stepchildren,” their characters, who always maintained a platonic relationship, were forced into the kiss by aliens who were controlling their actions.
The kiss “suggested that there was a future where these issues were not such a big deal,” Eric Deggans, a television critic for National Public Radio, told The Associated Press in 2018. “The characters themselves were not freaking out because a Black woman was kissing a white man ... In this utopian-like future, we solved this issue. We’re beyond it. That was a wonderful message to send.”
Worried about reaction from Southern television stations, showrunners wanted to film a second take of the scene where the kiss happened off-screen. But Nichols said in her book, “Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories,” that she and Shatner deliberately flubbed lines to force the original take to be used.
Despite concerns, the episode aired without blowback. In fact, it got the most “fan mail that Paramount had ever gotten on Star Trek for one episode,” Nichols said in a 2010 interview with the Archive of American Television.
Born Grace Dell Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, Nichols hated being called “Gracie,” which everyone insisted on, she said in the 2010 interview. When she was a teen her mother told her she had wanted to name her Michelle, but thought she ought to have alliterative initials like Marilyn Monroe, whom Nichols loved. Hence, “Nichelle.”
Nichols first worked professionally as a singer and dancer in Chicago at age 14, moving on to New York nightclubs and working for a time with the Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton bands before coming to Hollywood for her film debut in 1959’s “Porgy and Bess,” the first of several small film and TV roles that led up to her “Star Trek” stardom.
Nichols was known as being unafraid to stand up to Shatner on the set when others complained that he was stealing scenes and camera time. They later learned she had a strong supporter in the show’s creator.
In her 1994 book, “Beyond Uhura,” she said she met Roddenberry when she guest starred on his show “The Lieutenant,” and the two had an affair a couple of years before “Star Trek” began. The two remained lifelong close friends.
Another fan of Nichols and the show was future astronaut Mae Jemison, who became the first black woman in space when she flew aboard the shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
In an AP interview before her flight, Jemison said she watched Nichols on “Star Trek” all the time, adding she loved the show. Jemison eventually got to meet Nichols.
Nichols was a regular at “Star Trek” conventions and events into her 80s, but her schedule became limited starting in 2018 when her son announced that she was suffering from advanced dementia.
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Former Associated Press Writer Polly Anderson contributed biographical material to this report. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/nichelle-nichols-lt-uhura-on-star-trek-has-died-at-89/2022/07/31/2ed24286-1109-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html | 2022-07-31T20:32:16 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/nichelle-nichols-lt-uhura-on-star-trek-has-died-at-89/2022/07/31/2ed24286-1109-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html |
Metro-North's largest union is calling for an end to the mask mandate on trains.
The head of the Association of Commuter Rail Employees said masks should be optional -- not mandatory -- because members who have tried to enforce the mandate have been physically and verbally assaulted by defiant riders.
"This safety measure has become unenforceable and a hazard in its own right," the union said in a statement.
New York has kept its mask rules in place for all MTA agencies, including Metro-North, the Long Island Rail Road, and NYC subways. The union points out neighboring agencies New Jersey Transit and Connecticut Rail have dropped their mask mandates.
"If the health department will not transition Metro North Railroad and the MTA to a mask optional facility then we call on the health department to come to Metro North Railroad and enforce it on their own," the statement continued.
Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi called any assault on an employee "outrageous and unacceptable," and said "perpetrators should face the toughest possible consequences."
Last Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation to upgrade criminals charges to anyone who assault transit workers who weren't previously protected by law. That extension now protects ticket collectors, cleaners, repairers, maintenance workers and more.
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"During the pandemic, our transit workers were heroes, showing up while everyone was staying home — putting not only their health and the health of their families at risk, but also risking their lives as subway crime increased," the governor said.
The governor's office and state health officials have not responded to requests for comment. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/metro-north-union-calls-ny-mask-mandate-hazard-for-workers-to-enforce/3802017/ | 2022-07-31T20:34:11 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/metro-north-union-calls-ny-mask-mandate-hazard-for-workers-to-enforce/3802017/ |
SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — The Spalding County community is mourning the loss of a deputy with more than 25 years of law-enforcement experience.
Deputy Jamie Reynolds was traveling in his patrol car Sunday around 5:30 a.m. on Ga. Hwy. 16 when a large pine tree fell just east of Shoal Creek Road, the sheriff's office said.
"The tree crushed the passenger compartment of the vehicle, killing Deputy Reynolds instantly," Sheriff Darrell Dix said.
Dix, along with other members of his office, notified his wife and two children of the tragedy at their home, he said.
Reynolds began his career in law enforcement in 1995 and joined the Spalding County Sheriff's Office in 2021, they said.
"He was a great guy who loved his family, had a deep faith, worked hard, and always brought you solutions, not problems," Sheriff Dix said.
The Georgia State Patrol said the investigation is ongoing.
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BRIGANTINE — The city reopened its skate park July 15, about three years after it was closed for renovations that were then delayed due to the pandemic.
The $325,000 renovations included getting the bowl completely redone, fixing cracks and surfaces so the park was in compliance with all state regulations.
"We wanted to make sure that we kept his promise to the public," said Mayor Vince Sera, a reference to former mayor Andy Simpson's vow to keep the skate park open.
Simpson died in 2020 at 62 due to complications from kidney disease. Popular and quick-witted, the former mayor was known for helping others. Sera, who replaced Simpson as mayor, said at the time of his death that it was like losing a brother.
The park was condemned in early October 2019 by the Atlantic County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund after it was determined it was not in compliance with regulations due to cracks and sunken surfaces in the skating bowl, along with a broken gate.
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An outcry from the community in favor of keeping the skate park at an October 2019 council meeting, held by Simpson to get public opinion on the matter, led council to give the people what they wanted: a renovated skate park.
Sera said plans to fix the park were further delayed due to the pandemic. The process to learn what they needed to do to keep the skate park slowed. But after the worst of the pandemic cleared and things started to reopen, the city was able to resume the planning.
The Brigantine Skate Park, at 4100 Bayshore Ave., is open from 8 a.m. to dusk seven days a week. City police officers make routine check-ins.
"If we had an employee, that would mean we would only be able to have it open between certain hours and certain times," Sera said of the city's decision to have police officers check the park instead of hiring a full-time or part time employee. "We wanted to make sure that it was open and available anytime."
Many of the people, including children, who spoke for the reopening of the skate park at the 2019 council meeting were at the recent grand reopening of the park.
Carter Doorley, 10, who advocated for the skate park at that council meeting, cut the ribbon at the reopening.
Doorley, despite his youth, is well known in Brigantine for his community work as well as for being a local Instagram sensation for his almost 800 consecutive daily surfing posts.
With the help of his parents, Doorley has led food drives and donated to organizations like Heart of Surfing, a nonprofit that does free skateboarding and surfing lessons for special-needs families. Once he heard the skate park was reopening, he used his Instagram to get skateboards and skate gear donated so any kid who wanted to use the skate park could, even if they don't have their own equipment.
"He really stood out to us a lot, too, because he's really taken his love for surfing and turned it into a way of doing good in the community. And we wanted to make sure that we did everything we could to encourage him, and other children like him," Sera said.
Dawn Doorley said when Sera asked her son to cut the ribbon, he was very surprised but excited to finally be able to skate again.
"It gives us something to do. We don't have to stay home and watch TV," Carter said.
Joe Wozniak, of Brigantine, and his daughter, Bella, 13, were out Friday afternoon enjoying the renovated park as a way to spend time together.
"We like the location, it's never crowded, and it's good for progression," said Joe Wozniak, who has been skateboarding for more than 30 years. "It's easy to drop into, so she can work her way up."
Bella Wozniak has been skating for about three years. She's been to other skate parks but said said her favorite parts about the Brigantine park are the bowl and riding the walls.
"I like how it's very open, and there's lots of space," said Bella Wozniak.
Other skaters, including Kay Nakamura, of Brigantine, said he likes how close the skate park is, which is the main reason why he comes here.
"I surf more than I skate, so when there's no good surf and I want to do something fun, I like to come here to skate," said Nakamura, 22.
Nakamura said he usually only sees about three or four people when he comes, which is a plus for him. But his favorite feature of the skate park, besides the bowl, are the manual pads he could jump onto and wheelie off of into the bowl.
Nakamura said he's been to the skate park at least five times since it's been open.
"It's just like any other sport. People of all ages can come out here, get some exercise. It's like having a soccer field or a baseball field," he said.
Joe Wozniak said he was happy the city kept the park going since it's good for the community and its kids.
"I'm not originally from here, but I know a lot of people that grew up here that say the park was a part of their childhood, so sharing that with their kids makes this park special," said Joe Wozniak. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/popular-brigantine-skate-park-reopens-after-three-year-closure-for-renovations/article_aaab52b8-0933-11ed-be30-13bbc8ffafa7.html | 2022-07-31T20:39:27 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/popular-brigantine-skate-park-reopens-after-three-year-closure-for-renovations/article_aaab52b8-0933-11ed-be30-13bbc8ffafa7.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Police in Bloomington arrested a 60-year-old man Friday after he reportedly stole merchandise twice in one week from Walmart.
Loss prevention officers at the West Market Street store told police that Kevin G. Watkins and a female subject were at the store together, each with a cart containing items, according to court documents from the McLean County State's Attorney's Office.
While the female went to the register to check out, Watkins walked around the register until he was stopped by an employee, the documents said. Watkins reportedly told the employee that the female had paid for the items, but she had not.
Court records said the shopping cart held a television, beer, a candle and other items, totaling a value of $294.50.
The report added that Watkins was seen on security camera footage on July 24 leaving the store with a television, priced at $128, and other items he did not pay for.
Watkins was charged with two counts of burglary, a Class 2 felony, and two counts of retail theft, both Class A misdemeanors. He was released Saturday on a personal recognizance bond of $5,000.
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This week's local crime and court updates from The Pantagraph.
Prosecutors say officers were called to a Bloomington home after the woman violated an order of protection.
The Bloomington woman arrested Monday following a bank robbery was charged Wednesday.
Battery charges are pending in connection to a trespassing.
Bloomington officers were dispatched at approximately 6:52 p.m. for a call about shots fired in the 100 block of North Williamsburg Drive, according to a statement from the Bloomington Police Department.
Chicago-born R&B star R. Kelly was back at the federal jail in the Loop on Wednesday in advance of his second criminal trial set for next month.
A robbery was reported Monday at a Bloomington credit union.
A Rockford man, who also has a Bloomington address, was arrested on charges of sexual assault and child pornography that police say came after a lengthy investigation.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the Normal Police Department at 309-454-9535.
A 23 year-old man is facing felony charges after prosecutors say he kicked two police officers in the head Saturday in Bloomington.
A Pontiac woman received a sentence of condition discharge this month after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge.
A man faces a felony charge of aggravated battery after prosecutors say he resisted arrest and hurt a Normal police officer this weekend.
Officers say a male was seen running away from the scene between residential yards.
All three men were taken to a hospital in good condition, police said.
R. Kelly's manager was convicted Friday of making a phone threat that gunfire was about to occur at a crowded Manhattan theater preparing to show a documentary about the singer's sexual abuse of women and girls.
He was working at the Original Maxwell Street hot dog stand on the West Side when he was shot in the face about 3:10 a.m. Friday, police said.
A man charged after selling cocaine to a police informant last year has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. He had pleaded guilty to the charges this spring.
A Bloomington man was sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading guilty last month to methamphetamine possession.
The family attorney of a man fatally shot by a Chicago police officer last year said Thursday that the Chicago Police Board denied a recommendation to fire the officer.
Four people were stabbed on a Chicago Transit Authority train early Friday after several robbery suspects followed a man onto the train and attacked him before he pulled a knife and fought back, police said.
Cierra A. Hazlett, 26, is charged with unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) as well as six other related charges across two separate cases.
A 39-year-old Springfield man was sentenced to 128 days in prison early this month for possessing a stolen vehicle.
More than 19,000 Cook County residents whose gun permits were revoked have failed to turn over their FOID cards, a top police official said Thursday.
Matthew T. Huett, 40, was arrested Wednesday after multiple bills of indictments were signed by a McLean County grand jury.
Tyson S. Moore, 40, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after he knowingly made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature by pushing a corrections officer.
Parts of the former Pheasant Run Resort were heavily damaged or destroyed by the May 21 fire.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Capt. Bobby Wallace said neither sustained life-threatening injuries. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-arrested-after-reported-thefts-at-bloomington-walmart/article_c34a287c-10fd-11ed-b656-efd49c1a9504.html | 2022-07-31T20:49:32 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-arrested-after-reported-thefts-at-bloomington-walmart/article_c34a287c-10fd-11ed-b656-efd49c1a9504.html |
PHOENIX — The driver responsible for a fatal motorcycle crash has been arrested after showing signs of driving while impaired, police said. 19-year-old Tucker Jon Colby was killed in that crash.
Phoenix Police officers responded to a crash at 51st Avenue and Union Hills Drive around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
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According to reports, a woman was driving southbound when she ran a red light to make a left turn in the path of a group of four motorcycle riders.
Colby and another rider were transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. Colby later died at the hospital, while the other rider is still receiving treatment for his injuries, officials said.
The third man's injuries were minor, police said. Likewise, a fourth rider was able to avoid the crash and remained on the scene.
Authorities identified the woman as 33-year-old Jaimie Renee Arce and said she appeared to be impaired when officers made contact with her. Arce was arrested and booked into jail.
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Deaths on Arizona roadways:
Data from the Arizona Department of Transportation shows that roadway fatalities have been gradually rising in Arizona over the last decade:
- 2011: 825 deaths
- 2012: 821 deaths
- 2013: 844 deaths
- 2014: 774 deaths
- 2015: 895 deaths
- 2016: 952 deaths
- 2017: 1,000 deaths
- 2018: 1,010 deaths
- 2019: 982 deaths
- 2020: 1,057 deaths
Driving Safety Tips:
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) offers driving tips to help keep people safe on the road.
"There’s always room for improvement when it comes to road safety," the department said on its website.
ADOT's suggestions include:
- Don’t speed or drive aggressively
- Never drive while under the influence of substances
- Avoid distractions while driving
- Wear your seatbelt and make sure all passengers are doing the same
- When an emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, move over
- Stay extra aware in work zones
- Be prepared for weather conditions that make driving dangerous
"Real-time highway conditions are available on ADOT’s Arizona Traveler Information site at az511.gov, by calling 511, downloading the AZ 511 app and through ADOT’s Twitter feed, @ArizonaDOT," the department said. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/fatal-motorcycle-crash-north-phoenix/75-cb31d3e6-cee3-4429-a719-cd7bd5967dbb | 2022-07-31T20:56:50 | 1 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/fatal-motorcycle-crash-north-phoenix/75-cb31d3e6-cee3-4429-a719-cd7bd5967dbb |
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CEDAR FALLS — The Board of Regents on Wednesday approved two personnel appointments for the University of Northern Iowa.
Gabriela Olivares was named interim associate vice president for research and dean of the Graduate College of Education and Special Programs effective June 10. She has an annual salary of $151,095.
Peter J. Moris was named director of university relations effective July 1 with an annual salary of $155,000. Both appointments were made without discussion as part of the board's consent agenda.
The regents meeting was held at Iowa State University in Ames.
PHOTOS: Clarksville museum hosts Rail Safety Week
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Displays at the Trains on the Farm museum in Clarksville on Sept. 23, 2019.
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Blue placards attached to railroad safety features at every crossing include a phone number to call for vehicles stuck on the tracks and other hazards.
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Blue placards attached to railroad safety features at every crossing include a phone number to call for vehicles stuck on the tracks and other hazards.
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Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg addresses the crowd during the National Rail Safety Week kickoff at Trains on the Farm museum in Clarksville on Sept. 23, 2019.
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Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg addresses the crowd during the National Rail Safety Week kickoff at Trains on the Farm museum in Clarksville on Sept. 23, 2019.
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Displays at the Trains on the Farm museum in Clarksville on Sept. 3, 2019.
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Francis Edeker, Iowa president for Operation Lifesaver, at the mock railroad tracks outside his Trains on the Farm museum in Clarksville on Sept. 23, 2019.
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Francis Edeker, Iowa president for Operation Lifesaver, addresses the crowd during the National Rail Safety Week kickoff at his Trains on the Farm museum in Clarksville on Sept. 23, 2019.
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Francis Edeker, Iowa president for Operation Lifesaver, at the mock railroad tracks outside his Trains on the Farm museum in Clarksville on Monday.
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CEDAR FALLS — Home-Grown Jam has a new time. The Aug. 13 event will take place from 1:45 to 4:45 p.m. at the Cedar Falls Community Center, 524 Main St.
Home -Grown Jam is a group of musicians who play the second Sunday of each month at the community center. A variety of music from the 1920's to the 1970's is played. A light lunch is served around 2:30 p.m.
The Jam and the refreshments are free, although donations are encouraged to help cover building rental and food costs.
Photos: Don Felder and Sugar Ray perform at RAGBRAI
The mother of a man suspected of killing a Cedar Falls couple and their daughter at an Iowa state park said her son gave no indication anything was wrong prior to the shooting.
Waterloo Police announced Thursday a third person had been arrested last week on felony money laundering charges related to the two-year investigation.
Fester’s Pub, owned by Daniel Corbett – one of the owners of Hungry Charlie’s food truck and restaurant – is taking over what was formerly known as Anton’s Volks Haus.
Cedar Falls Public Library patrons found the doors shut Saturday after the slaying of employee Sarah Schmidt, along with her husband, Tyler, and their 6-year-old daughter, Lula.
Three Cedar Falls family members died Friday at Maquoketa Caves State Park in apparent homicides, with a fourth person dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/home-grown-jam-has-new-time-on-aug-13/article_6f97b709-14ee-50e2-8166-c251d2144c48.html | 2022-07-31T21:03:02 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/home-grown-jam-has-new-time-on-aug-13/article_6f97b709-14ee-50e2-8166-c251d2144c48.html |
MERRILLVILLE — Merrillville officials are interested in establishing a downtown area, and a location behind Town Hall could develop into that in coming years.
The town last year acquired about 16 acres of land behind Town Hall for future development, and the municipality is looking to purchase more land adjacent to it.
The Town Council has approved resolutions authorizing the appointment of appraisers so Merrillville can acquire multiple parcels that total about 3 acres of land near 78th Avenue and Madison Street.
Town Manager Patrick Reardon said the expectation is for all of the land behind Town Hall to become a “town center” in coming years.
“The town center would be the new home for town government,” Reardon said.
After the new municipal complex is built, the Merrillville Police Department would remain in the existing Town Hall, officials have said.
Besides a new municipal complex, Merrillville also would attract commercial, retail, restaurants and other establishments to the property.
“Think of Valparaiso downtown, think of Crown Point downtown,” Reardon said.
Besides offering a place to shop and eat, the land also could provide recreational opportunities with the potential for a new park, walking paths and a dog park, officials said.
“And further the town image,” Reardon said. “It will take some time, but gathering and marshaling the land is the first step.”
As the town moves toward purchasing the additional land, the development of it and the creation of a downtown will be analyzed in Merrillville’s next comprehensive plan.
The town recently issued a request for proposals and qualifications (RFP) from firms interested in establishing the new compressive plan, and responses are heading to a selection committee for review. The committee consists of town staff, Plan Commission members and Town Council members.
The current master plan was developed in 1999, and it’s clear much has changed since then.The closing and demolition of the Star Plaza Theatre and Radisson Hotel site are among significant changes
Each of Merrillville’s seven wards will have space designated outside the community center to gather for Night Out Aug. 2. Residents can bring chairs and grills to cook out and meet with each other.
The town has lost public works employees to the private sector. Although Merrillville offers competitive wages, outside companies are providing signing bonuses and other incentives.
Councilman Shawn Pettit, D-6th, said the total investment for the initiatives exceeds $130 million. It’s anticipated the projects will create hundreds of jobs in town. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/merrillville-seeks-more-land-for-town-center/article_4c6c1093-3dad-55e1-9841-fac72c1dd062.html | 2022-07-31T21:07:07 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/merrillville-seeks-more-land-for-town-center/article_4c6c1093-3dad-55e1-9841-fac72c1dd062.html |
The University of North Texas’ student-run radio station KNTU shifted its long-running 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. He said the donations have been weak.
KNTU is a noncommercial 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.
Balla recalls that a local Denton bank, one of the station’s underwriters, dropped the station since it didn’t have enough of an audience. Balla said getting support from local businesses and pledge drives has been challenging.
“I can tell you that it [underwriting] 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 in October, the station will continue to have a presence at the festival, although it won’t be broadcasting live from the fest, according to Mark Lambert, the station’s program, news and operations manager.
“We will not be broadcasting the festival’s music as we have done in the past. ... We do intend to have a presence at the festival, but more as a vendor,” Lambert said in an email.
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 grow, 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 officially went on air on Oct. 31, 1969, with only 440 watts at 88.5 FM. The station later switched to 88.1 FM and has been on the air 24 hours, every day of the year, broadcasting with 100,000 watts. | https://dentonrc.com/news/local/kntu-shifts-jazz-programming-to-indie-citing-donations-and-listener-support/article_53a37ed7-2036-5d98-93a4-81152817bf27.html | 2022-07-31T21:27:15 | 0 | https://dentonrc.com/news/local/kntu-shifts-jazz-programming-to-indie-citing-donations-and-listener-support/article_53a37ed7-2036-5d98-93a4-81152817bf27.html |
The rescheduled 52nd annual Dutch Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Championships will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Lincoln Avenue beach in Wildwood.
The expanded event now has three women's races. The open doubles row is followed by the women's rescue board race, and then the men's swim. The 1-mile beach run will have a separate men's and women's race. They'll be run together, with the women's race starting 10 seconds after the men's. The final three races are the men's rescue board race, the women's swim and the open singles row.
The Hoffman Memorials will be the first event of the lifeguard season in which all 15 patrols of the South Jersey Lifeguard Chiefs Association were invited.
Wildwood Beach Patrol Chief Steve Stocks postponed the Hoffman event on Friday due to a forecast of lightning and high winds.
The event honors the late Hoffman, a former Wildwood Beach Patrol Captain. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/dutch-hoffman-memorials-set-for-monday/article_3db9ce36-10e6-11ed-bba4-93fed1768e25.html | 2022-07-31T21:36:08 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/dutch-hoffman-memorials-set-for-monday/article_3db9ce36-10e6-11ed-bba4-93fed1768e25.html |
SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — The Spalding County community is mourning the loss of a deputy with more than 25 years of law-enforcement experience.
Deputy Jamie Reynolds was traveling in his patrol car Sunday around 5:30 a.m. on Ga. Hwy. 16 when a large pine tree fell just east of Shoal Creek Road, the sheriff's office said.
"The tree crushed the passenger compartment of the vehicle, killing Deputy Reynolds instantly," Sheriff Darrell Dix said.
Dix, along with other members of his office, notified his wife and two children of the tragedy at their home, he said.
Reynolds began his career in law enforcement in 1995 and joined the Spalding County Sheriff's Office in 2021, they said.
"He was a great guy who loved his family, had a deep faith, worked hard, and always brought you solutions, not problems," Sheriff Dix said.
The Georgia State Patrol said the investigation is ongoing.
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Wichitan killed in motorcycle crash in Panhandle
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An 80-year-old Wichita Falls man was killed in a motorcycle crash east of Amarillo Friday.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said Gordon Elmore was killed about 9:25 a.m. Friday in Armstrong County.
The DPS said a 2015 Harley Davidson Switchback driven by Elmore was traveling east on U.S. 287 about seven miles east of Claude.
The motorcycle was traveling in the inside lane when Elmore failed to negotiate a curve and failed to drive in a single lane, according to DPS. The Harley traveled into the center median and rolled over numerous times. Elmore was ejected from the motorcycle. He was wearing a helmet at the time.
He died at an Amarillo hospital.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/31/wichitan-killed-in-motorcycle-crash-in-panhandle/65387526007/ | 2022-07-31T21:53:22 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/31/wichitan-killed-in-motorcycle-crash-in-panhandle/65387526007/ |
Trailblazer was a word used by many to mourn the passing of actor Nichelle Nichols, who died Saturday at age 89. Nichols broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, and paved the way not just for future television actors of color but astronauts as well. Tributes from fellow actors poured in on social media Sunday. Her “Star Trek” co-star George Takei said he would have more to say soon but that his heart is heavy. Celia Rose Gooding, who plays Uhura on the current “Star Trek” wrote that, “She made room for so many of us.”
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“I shall have more to say about the trailblazing, incomparable Nichelle Nichols, who shared the bridge with us as Lt. Uhura of the USS Enterprise, and who passed today at age 89. For today, my heart is heavy, my eyes shining like the stars you now rest among, my dearest friend,” George Takei, Nichols' “Star Trek” co-star who played Sulu, on Twitter.
“She made room for so many of us. She was the reminder that not only can we reach the stars, but our influence is essential to their survival. Forget shaking the table, she built it.” Celia Rose Gooding, who plays Uhura on “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” on Twitter.
“Nichelle Nichols was The First. She was a trailblazer who navigated a very challenging trail with grit, grace, and a gorgeous fire we are not likely to see again. May she Rest In Peace.” Kate Mulgrew, “Star Trek: Voyager” cast member, on Twitter.
“Before we understood how much #RepresentationMatters #NichelleNichols modeled it for us. With her very presence & her grace she shone a light on who we as people of color are & inspired us to reach for our potential. Rest well glittering diamond in the sky.” Wilson Cruz, “Star Trek: Discovery” actor, on Twitter.
“Many actors become stars, but few stars can move a nation. Nichelle Nichols showed us the extraordinary power of Black women and paved the way for a better future for all women in media. Thank you, Nichelle. We will miss you.” Lynda Carter, "Wonder Woman" star, on Twitter.
“One of my most treasured photos - Godspeed to Nichelle Nichols, champion, warrior and tremendous actor. Her kindness and bravery lit the path for many. May she forever dwell among the stars.” Stacey Abrams, politician, on Twitter.
“Nichelle Nichols told us that we belonged in outer space. We are limitless. The heavens have gained an Uhura today.” Colman Domingo, actor, on Twitter.
“My love for the original Star Trek is profound. Nichelle Nichols was a ground-breaker and a glorious ambassador for her show, her role and science all her life. And a truly lovely person. May she have a wonderful adventure to the final frontier.” Jason Alexander, actor, on Twitter. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/star-trek-alums-more-react-to-death-of-nichelle-nichols/2022/07/31/dbb1adec-1119-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html | 2022-07-31T22:03:40 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/star-trek-alums-more-react-to-death-of-nichelle-nichols/2022/07/31/dbb1adec-1119-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html |
Storms bring flooding, downed power lines and car accidents to the Valley
Saturday's thunderstorms brought heavy rainfall, high winds and dust storms, causing floods and water rescues in the Phoenix area.
Gabriel Lojero, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Phoenix, said the monsoon on Saturday was one of the most active ones they have seen this year.
"These storms that moved across the Phoenix area were pretty vigorous, creating flooding as well as wind damage," Lojero said.
Some areas north of Phoenix along Interstate 17 received between 1 to 2 inches of rain, according to Lojero. Most of the rain fell in a span of about 30 minutes to one hour, which is a lot of rain in a short amount of time for an urban area, Lojero said. This led to the flooding that many residents in the north Valley witnessed.
The Cave Creek wash also saw a significant rise of its water levels during the storms, according to Lojero.
The Phoenix Fire Department responded to four water rescues in the north Valley related to the storms, according to Captain Scott Douglas, a spokesperson for the department. Two of those rescues required technical assistance to evacuate people from their vehicles which were partially submerged in water.
"It is unknown for sure why they became stuck but I assumed they tried driving through moving water," Douglas said in an emailed statement.
Phoenix firefighters also responded to calls about flooding, downed power lines and car accidents related to the storm, according to Douglas.
The Maricopa County Elections Department closed the vote center at 39 East Jackson Street in Phoenix due to flooding, according to a Tweet from the department. They were working to determine if the center could open on Monday or if they had to find a different place, the tweet said.
On Sunday, according to Megan Gilbertson, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Elections Department, the department worked with the facility owners and found another room in the same building to reopen the Vote Center as scheduled on Monday and Tuesday.
One person uploaded a video showing flooding on West Elm Street near 7th Avenue. Another video shows cars traveling in flooded roads and splashing water.
Wind speeds higher than 60 mph were recorded at the Deer Valley Airport, which Lojero said coincides with the fallen trees seen in that area.
The high wind speeds could be seen in the video of another resident who recorded trees and heavy rain.
A dust storm that originated in Pinal County made its way into the Phoenix area. Lojero said a dust storm's affect on the air quality could become hazardous for drivers due to visibility reduction.
The latest storms have increased moisture and led to cooler than normal temperatures, Lojero said. However, temperatures are expected to increase to about 106 degrees this upcoming week.
Storm activity is expected to decrease with 20% to 30% storm chances in the Phoenix area on Sunday, according to Lojero.
"The coverage is going to be not nearly as much as what we saw yesterday," Lojero said. "There could be some isolated thunderstorms today (Sunday) in the Phoenix area in the evening but it's not going to be as bad as what we saw last night."
Through Wednesday, the storm chances in the lower deserts are expected to be about 20% and it looks like the activity will be confined to the higher terrains, Lojero said. On Thursday, there is a probability that activity will increase again.
"So we're going to get a brief break and then we're going to get back into the active pattern once again as we get through the second half of the week and into the weekend," Lojero said. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-weather/2022/07/31/storms-bring-flooding-downed-power-lines-and-car-accidents-valley/10195906002/ | 2022-07-31T22:10:16 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-weather/2022/07/31/storms-bring-flooding-downed-power-lines-and-car-accidents-valley/10195906002/ |
WELLSTON, OH (WOWK) — Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Jackson Post is investigating a fatal crash that happened on Saturday in Jackson County.
According to Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 11:03 p.m. on Ohio Route 327 near Mile Post 8.
Rogan Vickers, 19, of Wellston, drove off the right side of the road in his 2007 Jeep Wrangler, striking a guardrail and reentering the road before striking the guardrail again. Vickers and the front seat passenger were ejected from the vehicle.
Vickers was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was flown to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Both occupants were not wearing seat belts and alcohol impairment is suspected to be a contributing crash factor.
Agencies that assisted at the scene included the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Wellston Police Department, Wellston Fire Department, Jackson County EMS, Med-Flight and Durham’s Towing.
Highway Patrol reminds drivers and passengers to always wear a seat belt on every trip.
This crash remains under investigation. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/teen-dies-in-suspected-alcohol-involved-crash-in-jackson-co-ohio/ | 2022-07-31T22:10:58 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/teen-dies-in-suspected-alcohol-involved-crash-in-jackson-co-ohio/ |
Friends of Stricker board members Jennifer Hills, left, and Erica Littlefield applaud during the 45th annual Orchids and Onions awards presentation by Preservation Idaho on Saturday afternoon, July 30, 2022, in Twin Falls.
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Dave and Lisa Buddecke applaud during the 45th Annual Orchids and Onions Awards presentation by Preservation Idaho on Saturday afternoon, July 30, 2022, in Twin Falls. The Buddeckes later received a cultural heritage preservation award.
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Brittney Scigliano, Preservation Idaho board president, speaks Saturday, July 30, 2022, during the 45th Annual Orchids and Onions Awards presentation by Preservation Idaho in Twin Falls.
Preservation Idaho has, for 44 years, hosted the Orchids and Onions event, an awards ceremony designed to celebrate individuals and organizations that have contributed positively to historic preservation, as well as to bring awareness to those projects that have shown insensitivity to the state’s cultural history.
Second South Market in Twin Falls was awarded with the historic preservation award at the recent event. Rock Creek Station and Stricker Homesite was also honored, for heritage stewardship, at the 44th annual Orchid and Onions award ceremony, held Saturday at Elevation 486 in Twin Falls.
Orchid winners: Second South Market wins historic preservation award
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After more than 14 years of serving on City Council, Shawn Barigar on Monday announced that he will be stepping down as councilor to pursue the position of economic development director for Twin Falls.
Friends of Stricker board members Jennifer Hills, left, and Erica Littlefield applaud during the 45th annual Orchids and Onions awards presentation by Preservation Idaho on Saturday afternoon, July 30, 2022, in Twin Falls.
Dave and Lisa Buddecke applaud during the 45th Annual Orchids and Onions Awards presentation by Preservation Idaho on Saturday afternoon, July 30, 2022, in Twin Falls. The Buddeckes later received a cultural heritage preservation award.
Brittney Scigliano, Preservation Idaho board president, speaks Saturday, July 30, 2022, during the 45th Annual Orchids and Onions Awards presentation by Preservation Idaho in Twin Falls. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/preservation-group-honors-local-historic-projects-and-those-who-maintain-them/article_d45feef2-104a-11ed-832e-ef22b48b3b5c.html | 2022-07-31T22:24:47 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/preservation-group-honors-local-historic-projects-and-those-who-maintain-them/article_d45feef2-104a-11ed-832e-ef22b48b3b5c.html |
Make-A-Wish Michigan cancels final day of tour, offers counseling after cyclists die in crash
Make-A-Wish Michigan canceled the final day of its annual weekend-long Wish-A-Mile Bicycle Tour event out of respect for the families of cyclists killed in a Saturday car crash.
"Our staff and the entire Make-A-Wish family are heartbroken and offer our deepest sympathy for the riders involved, their loved ones, and all members of the WAM community during this difficult time," the nonprofit said in a statement. "We are thankful to the first responders who arrived immediately to save lives."
The nonprofit also is offering grief counseling to riders, staff and volunteers participating in the 35th annual tour.
A driver crashed into a group of bicyclists in Ionia County's Ronald Township on Saturday at about 11:15 a.m., the Ionia County Sheriff's Office said. The agency described the scene as a "vehicular mass-casualty incident."
The driver of an SUV traveling north on Stage Road struck a group of five southbound cyclists. The SUV crossed the center line while trying to pass another vehicle, the sheriff's office said.
Two cyclists were killed and three were severely injured in the crash.
The driver was arrested and jailed on suspicion of operating while intoxicated. The sheriff's office has not named the driver or the riders.
The Wish-A-Mile Bicycle Tour is a 300-mile event in which cyclists travel the Lower Peninsula on a three-day ride. There also are shorter events, including a 50-mile ride, a virtual ride and a gated loop ride for kids.
The shorter events had been scheduled for Sunday and were canceled out of respect for the families of the cyclists who died.
The top fundraiser who participate in the cycling event generated $62,107 for Make-A-Wish, according to the race website.
Make-A-Wish is a nonprofit that raises money to provide wishes — such as having a quinceañera, be a firefighter or meet a unicorn — for children with critical illnesses.
ckthompson@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/31/make-wish-michigan-offers-counseling-after-cyclists-die-crash/10197377002/ | 2022-07-31T22:29:58 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/31/make-wish-michigan-offers-counseling-after-cyclists-die-crash/10197377002/ |
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A woman luring men to Bronx hotel rooms is part of a team of robbers known to tie up their victims and run off with cash, phones and clothing, NYPD officials said Sunday.
Police said the robbery ring has struck five times in July. In each instance, police said a woman in her 20s finds a man on Facebook who agrees to meet up at a hotel in the borough.
After getting to the room, she instructs the man to take a shower while she lets another woman and a man into the room, according to police. The two new arrivals are typically armed and threaten to shoot the man once he gets out of the shower, they said.
Next, the group binds the man with duct tape and removes his personal belongings before fleeing the room. Police said none of the victims suffered any injuries that required hospitalization.
The first incident occurred back on July 7 around 6 p.m. at Wheeler Hotel Bronx. The trio's first victim was a 31-year-old man.
The second and third hits were just a day apart, July 16 and 17, at Crown Motor Inn and Friendly Motor Inn. The most recent and last known armed robberies took place on July 24 at Van Cortlandt Motel and Sheridan Motel on July 26.
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The woman who allegedly lures the men to the motels is around 25 years old, 5'2" tall and roughly 200 pounds. Police said she has black hair, tattoos on both arms and wears glasses.
Authorities said the second woman is older, around 40, roughly 4'11" tall and 140 pounds. The man is also close to 25 and around 5'10" tall and 170 pounds. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/armed-robbery-ring-luring-men-to-nyc-motels-struck-5-times-in-july-cops/3802531/ | 2022-07-31T22:40:30 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/armed-robbery-ring-luring-men-to-nyc-motels-struck-5-times-in-july-cops/3802531/ |
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What to Know
- New York City will turn on speed cameras 24/7 starting Monday
- The city’s 2,000 automated speed cameras have only operated on weekdays, between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
- According to the city, this time-frame allowed for the cameras to miss 59% of traffic fatalities that took place during the time when they were required to be turned off.
Hoping to lower the number of traffic deaths, New York City will turn on speed cameras 24/7 starting Monday.
The city’s 2,000 automated speed cameras have only operated on weekdays, between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. According to the city, this timeframe allowed for the cameras to miss 59% of traffic fatalities that took place during the time when they were required to be turned off.
“Overnight and weekend crashes have become far too prevalent in recent years, and we are so grateful that state legislators heard our call for 24/7 speed-camera coverage,” the city's Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Rodriguez previously said.
A state law signed last month by Gov. Kathy Hochul allows for cameras to operate 24/7.
Speed cameras, according to the city, have been proven to slow speeding by 72%.
“New Yorkers deserve to be safe on our streets 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and keeping our cameras on is a critical step in that direction,” Mayor Eric Adams previously said. “Speed cameras work: They save lives, reduce speeding, and help protect New Yorkers all across the city. And we are expanding this proven program to ensure that New Yorkers have that protection at any time of any day.”
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NYC DOT, in conjunction with NYPD and other agencies, conducted a citywide Day of Awareness on Wednesday ahead of the city's 24/7 camera enforcement.
During the "Day of Awareness" street teams canvassed busy city locations during rush-hour periods, and during the mid-day, to provide motorists with cards notifying them of the change. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-launches-24-7-speed-cameras-monday-what-drivers-need-to-know/3802591/ | 2022-07-31T22:40:42 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-launches-24-7-speed-cameras-monday-what-drivers-need-to-know/3802591/ |
Because I write the Street Smarts column for the Star, Randy Agron, Rob Brack and Jon Fenton of the local development company A.F. Sterling Homes asked me in 2021 to help them come up with a couple of street names for a small development called Sierra Pointe being constructed near North Silverbell Road and North Coachline Road in Marana.
It was important to them that the names be connected with Marana, and after doing my research, I put forth the name of world champion barrel racer Sherry Cervi, who grew up in Marana and still calls it home.
As a result, Marana now has two streets — Barrel Racer Road and Sherry Cervi Way — named in honor of their favorite hometown cowgirl.
Sherry (Potter) Cervi was born to Mel and Wendy Potter in 1975 in Tucson.
Her parents were both members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Her father participated as a tie-down roper in the inaugural National Finals Rodeo or NFR, the season-ending championship, in 1959. He went on to compete at a high level for around 30 years.
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Sherry's mother was the barrel racing champion at the 1966 La Fiesta de los Vaqueros in Tucson and a National Finals Rodeo barrel racer who competed on an ex-race horse named Auto Dial.
Sherry's older sister Jo Lynn also competed in rodeo, being selected as the 1976 All-Around Cowgirl at the National High School Rodeo Championships in Sulphur, Louisiana.
At a very early age, Sherry began her own career in barrel racing, running around in her family’s front yard at the Potter Ranch in Marana on her stick pony, determined even at this point to do her best. As a child, she worked hours grooming, practicing and riding horses.
At the age of 12, she obtained her WPRA (Women’s Professional Rodeo Association) card and started competing in rodeo events, having success in some areas although she struggled in her favorite event, barrel racing.
During her time at Marana High School, where she was an all-conference basketball player, she also continued honing her riding skills in the family’s arena. During the weekends, with her mother as chauffeur, she would wake up at dawn and drive to a rodeo in some part of the state or another to compete.
At age 18 she enrolled in Central Arizona College in Casa Grande in order to join its rodeo team. But her heart wasn’t into it and she begged her father to let her quit school and try just one time to make the National Finals Rodeo to see what would happen.
In 1994 she began riding a gray gelding bearing the name Sir Double Delight, more commonly known as Troubles. The partnership achieved much success in barrel racing and soon after she did qualify for the NFR of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. She took second place, known as the Reserve World Championship.
The following year, Sherry wed Mike Cervi Jr., a rodeo stock contractor. She again qualified for the NFR, this time wearing the coveted Number One back number as a result of being the contestant coming into the NFR with the most money earned that year. She rode a combination of Troubles and Jet Royal Speed, better known as Hawk, to her first World Championship.
Sherry Cervi's second World Championship came in 1999, at the NFR in Las Vegas, Nevada, the usual spot for this event. This time she only rode Hawk, instead of the combination used in the previous championship win.
In 2001, she lost her husband Mike to a private plane crash.
She pushed on to compete in the NFR that year and to fulfill her promise, the following year, to take part in the Olympic Command Performance Rodeo team in Utah, riding Hawk.
Then, she quit rodeo in order to do some soul searching, unsure at the time whether she would return to the arena.
But after about a year she returned to her loves, horses and barrel racing.
In 2010, Cervi won her third World Champion Title, this time on MP Meter My Hay, better known as Stingray (namesake of West Stingray Drive in Marana). By this point she had become the first cowgirl in history to earn over $2 million in earnings.
Three years later, the duo once again took a World Champion Title, the second for Stingray and fourth for Cervi, with the latter breaking the WPRA single-season earnings record. This run also included a victory at the granddaddy of rodeos, the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo.
Cervi also married for a second time, to Cory Petska, one of the premiere top-tie down ropers in the PRCA, and they are still together.
By 2016 she had become the most successful barrel racer in history and the first WPRA cowgirl to bring in over $3 million.
She was inducted in 2018 into the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, the culmination of many years of hard work.
Today, Cervi still competes at barrel racing events, although fewer than in the past, and gives inspirational talks to youth barrel racers.
Recently, she took a photo op with movie star Sylvester Stallone, whose Italian last name means “stallion” or adult male horse.
As far as we know, Stallone doesn’t have any streets named in his honor, but Cervi does.
David Leighton is a historian and author of “The History of the Hughes Missile Plant in Tucson, 1947-1960.” He has been featured on PBS, ABC, Travel Channel, various radio shows, and his work has appeared in Arizona Highways. He named four local streets in honor of pioneers Federico and Lupe Ronstadt and barrel racer Sherry Cervi. If you have a street to suggest for a column, or a story to share, email him at azjournalist21@gmail.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/street-smarts-world-champ-barrel-racer-sherry-cervi-honored-in-marana/article_a84f5232-0300-11ed-bb36-43f8c2b79a4f.html | 2022-07-31T22:40:54 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/street-smarts-world-champ-barrel-racer-sherry-cervi-honored-in-marana/article_a84f5232-0300-11ed-bb36-43f8c2b79a4f.html |
Tucson Unified School District will lease-purchase 17 new buses under a plan approved Tuesday by its governing board.
There will be three 72-passenger buses and 14 buses for students with special needs, said the district's purchasing director, Diana Kerfoot.
The decision to lease-purchase instead of make an outright purchase will save the district money in the long run, said TUSD Chief Financial Officer Ricky Hernández. Current buses will be traded in for the new fleet, which will cost about $635,000 annually for six years, he said.
By the time of the sixth payment to contractors, TUSD would then own the titles to all 17 buses, Hernández said. The district had previously allocated $650,000 in preparation for this purchase.
The new buses will have air conditioning and will better accommodate special needs students and students in wheelchairs, said district transportation director Martha Zamora.
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“This is another big step in making sure that we have a fully modernized fleet,” said Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo.
Three TUSD students receive national scholarship
Jisue Choi, Rebecca Flach and Michael Wang of Tucson Unified’s University High are winners of the National Merit Scholarship.
They are among more than 1,200 national winners of this award, which is financed by colleges and universities. The students were selected by an official from a sponsor college.
Choi received her scholarship from Claremont McKenna College, Flach was awarded a scholarship from Olin College of Engineering, and Wang received his award from the University of Southern California.
The college-sponsored awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
Teacher supply drive
Tucson Supplies Teachers, an annual supply drive hosted by Tucson Values Teachers, is now open to preK-12 teachers. It is the largest school supply drive in the region.
Teachers can sign up for a chance to receive a $100 gift certificate to Jonathan’s Educational Resources by visiting www.TucsonValuesTeachers.org. Registration closes Sept. 30.
Tucson Values Teachers partnered with several local businesses to help support the drive.
ELL Group is donating $50 for every home sold between now and Sept. 30. Each referral it receives within this time period will double its donation. Unscrewed Theater collected donations for the drive throughout July. | https://tucson.com/news/local/tusd-to-lease-purchase-new-fleet-of-air-conditioned-buses/article_ce9f67d4-0e21-11ed-8334-b3c8daebcf45.html | 2022-07-31T22:41:00 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/tusd-to-lease-purchase-new-fleet-of-air-conditioned-buses/article_ce9f67d4-0e21-11ed-8334-b3c8daebcf45.html |
For decades, America has seen a decline in native-born births. Current population projections aren’t enough to compensate for the accelerated mortality curve that will occur with the passing of the baby boomers. In many communities throughout the United States, the number of deaths exceeds the number of births as the boomer generation has moved past childbearing age and is coming into old age. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that by 2034, the nation, like many other countries, will have more senior citizens than kids.
The Center for Immigration Statistics found that, between 2008 and 2019, native births fell by 2.3 per thousand, while immigrant births fell by 7.1 per thousand. With recent crackdowns on immigration and an increase in life expectancy, many communities may soon have too few residents of childbearing age to replenish the workforce. These areas in the U.S. report either a stalled population growth rate, or a shrinking population and an overall increase in the average age of their residents. This leads to a reduced workforce, which in turn drives down tax revenues, hamstringing local and state governments’ abilities to reinvest in communities and encourage migration. These factors reduce the workforce even further.
As times change, a community’s makeup can change, too. The factors that can result in a county-level population decline are many, and some are more immediately impactful than others. The closing of a foundational industry can make an area less attractive—a town or string of towns that relies heavily on a manufacturing or automotive production facility for employment can become a ghost town when that facility shutters operations. A community that relies heavily on a single employer, such as a military base, will offer few high-paying, private sector jobs. And if an area is not drawing high-income workers, it may not have amenities that would be expected in more developed areas, such as gyms, coffee shops, parks, quality schools, and established or big-box retailers. These factors may make the choice between staying local and moving to a bigger market a painful but necessary one.
Looking at data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in the United States from April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021—which was released in March 2022—Stacker determined the counties in each state that have had the greatest drop in population by percentage. For this list, we considered counties and county-equivalents. For each state, the county with the greatest decline in population from 2010 to 2020 has been included. There is one caveat: the state of Delaware did not have a single county that showed a population decline; the only county that came close was New Castle County, which gained a little more than 23,000 residents during this time period. Delaware is thus absent from this list.
Each state has its growth regions, and each has its areas of decline. Read on to find out which counties across the country have been facing a shrinking population.
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McMinnville Properties the new owner of a 747 jumbo jet
The 747 on display in McMinnville is now owned by the Evergreen Aviation Museum.
The 747 was up for auction on July 28. Sgt. Sam Elliott of the Yamahill County Sheriff's office said in an email that there were no bidders, so the sale reverted back to the museum owners.
The engine-less 747 was auctioned at 10 a.m. on July 28 on the Yamhill County Courthouse steps. The starting bid was $348,000 plus storage fees of about $115,000.
McMinnville Properties, whIch owns Evergreen Aviation Museum, filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the previous owners Jet Midwest in an effort to obtain the jet. However, Jet Midwest filed for bankruptcy in 2021, which put a stop to the lawsuit.
Now, McMinnville Properties finally owns the 747 and it will be a permanent fixture of the museum. Wayne Marschall, president of the Stoller Group which owns McMinnville Properties, told the Statesman Journal last week that they plan to get the 747 painted and "spruce up its appearance." | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/31/mcminnville-properties-wins-auction-for-747-jumbo-jet/65387580007/ | 2022-07-31T22:45:37 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/31/mcminnville-properties-wins-auction-for-747-jumbo-jet/65387580007/ |
WATERLOO — Corinthian Baptist Church will hold an installation service Saturday at 4 p.m. for its new pastor, the Rev. Troy M. Starks. The church is located at 915 Willow St.
The service's theme is "Called to Pastor, Committed to Serve" with the scripture reading of Jeremiah 3:15. Bishop Brian Hill of Gift of Life Church in Waterloo will bring the installation message.
Corinthian Mass Choir, Gift of Life Praise Team, and soloists from Antioch Baptist Church will provide the music.
The community is cordially invited to help celebrate this joyous occasion. Call the church at (319) 235-0411 with questions or to get further information.
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People proudly waved Puerto Rican flags, sang and chanted together alongside music blasting from car speakers as the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade made its way from Allentown’s City Hall.
Women wore colorful dresses and men proudly wore flags around their necks, draped over red, white and blue shirts, as they gathered Sunday at the festival grounds at Executive Academy Charter School.
The smell of empanadas and chicken wafted through the air as vendors and food trucks featuring Puerto Rican food eagerly awaited the crowd.
The annual parade and festival are hosted by the Puertorrican Culture Preservation, an Allentown organization that seeks to unite its community by boosting Puerto Rican culture with fun events.
Angel Paredes of Easton said the event was a great opportunity to show his pride for his home and his culture. Paredes said he has celebrated Puerto Rican day in New York for over 20 years and is glad to celebrate in the Lehigh Valley.
“I have gone to the Puerto Rican Day parade ever since I could remember, and I am so proud of my culture that I feel it is important for me to attend this festival and be with my community and enjoy the culture and the music because it is important to be represented here in this country,” Paredes said.
The festivities began with a flag-raising ceremony at Allentown City Hall, before traveling about 2 miles away, to the charter school grounds.
Vendors sold Puerto Rico flags and apparel and handmade crafts, alongside dancing and singing to Puerto Rican music, and a performance from musician Joseph Fonseca.
Many attendees, like Paredes, were there to experience and celebrate their culture.
David Miller of Easton, whose wife is Puerto Rican, said it is important for their family to teach their son about his heritage and culture.
“I think that since we live here in the United States, my wife and I are always a bit worried that he won’t learn about where he comes from and his culture and so we always try to teach him and especially show him Puerto Rican food and music,” Miller said. “Attending this festival is really special and important for us because our son gets a chance to meet his community and feel like a part of it.”
Jocelyn Arce of Allentown brought her family to the festival. Dressed in Puerto Rico’s red, white and blue, she said she was proud of her culture. She said the festival isn’t just for Puerto Ricans.
“I am so proud of my community and the food and if there is anything that definitely should be celebrated, it’s our food because it is so flavorful and spicy and just delicious,” Arce said. “I think everyone should come attend, even if you’re not Puerto Rican, because it’s a great way to support the Puerto Rican community and we are part of the U.S. and we feel proud of it and it’s a fun way to help celebrate with us.”
Punya Bhasin is a freelance writer for The Morning Call. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown-puerto-rican-festival-parade-20220731-ncdds5rocrbpflhqdvt4vzqarq-story.html | 2022-07-31T22:46:19 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-nws-allentown-puerto-rican-festival-parade-20220731-ncdds5rocrbpflhqdvt4vzqarq-story.html |
Originally published July 26 on IdahoEdNews.org.
Every year, an unusual item is on the Lakeland Joint School District’s shopping list: ammunition.
The bullets and shells are for the district’s four armed guards, who work with three school resource officers to patrol and protect Lakeland’s 11 schools. The district initiated the program in the fall of 2018, becoming the first in Idaho to bring armed guards into schools. Twin Falls School District is set to follow suit after its board approved a similar initiative last week.
Arming staffers beyond school resource officers isn’t entirely new — at least four Idaho schools or districts had allowed certain staff members to carry guns as of 2018 — but it isn’t the norm either.
As national school shootings drive districts to bolster student safety, novel practices like bringing armed guards into schools could become more commonplace. Lakeland’s program provides a preview into the future of school safety if armed guards become more prevalent.
Lisa Arnold, the district’s superintendent, said the program has been successful and sees strong community support.
“I would be driven out of town with spears and ropes if I tried to take [the armed guards] away,” she said. “It puts people’s minds at ease that we have these people at schools.”
But there’s a difference between Lakeland’s program and Twin Falls’ proposed program: while Twin Falls will work with a private security company to contract its guards, Lakeland did not have such a company available nearby. Instead, it had to work from the ground up to vet, hire, and outfit its own guards.
The district has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the program and plans to add more guards in the future. According to Arnold, getting armed guards in schools has been a logistical nightmare but is worth the peace of mind.
Lakeland’s homegrown program is the first of its kind in Idaho
After 17 people died in a 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL., signs reading “gun free zones” in front of Lakeland schools bothered some in the community.
The signs seemed like an open invitation for shooters to walk in and inflict violence, some community members said.
So the district changed the signs, which now read: “Certain LJSD personnel can be legally armed and may use whatever force is reasonable and necessary to protect students.”
There were also calls to arm teachers, but the district wasn’t keen on that idea.
“If they’re having to pay attention to noises that don’t sound right or what’s off, they’re not paying attention to kids or teaching,” Arnold said.
So instead, the district hired armed guards who could supplement the existing school resource officers. At the time, that was unheard of.
“Initially, districts around us thought we were crazy,” Arnold said. “The liability makes people a little bit nervous.”
And liability was a major hurdle. The district worked with its attorney and insurance carrier, who determined that the district would need to follow the same hiring practices as law enforcement agencies — candidates would need to undergo a polygraph, a psychological evaluation, and medical, physical and drug testing. They’d also need to qualify on a shooting range.
In addition, the district worked with law enforcement to write policies and protocols. It was a huge endeavor, Arnold said.
The district also had to buy rifles, handguns, bulletproof vests, uniforms, duty belts, body cameras, ammunition, and a gun safe. The salary and benefits for each guard costs about $60,000 to $70,000 and outfitting each guard costs another $2,000. The district has funded the positions and gear through its staffing budget and supplemental levies.
But, Arnold said, having the guards has been worth the cost and effort.
Armed guards are just seconds away in emergencies
In January 2020, a teacher at Lakeland Senior High School erroneously thought she heard gunshots and called a lockdown.
Within minutes, law enforcement officers from the FBI , Idaho Fish and Game, Idaho State Police and at least four different local police departments arrived at the school.
“The cavalry came,” Arnold said. “Anyone who had a weapon was there.”
Even so, it took six minutes for the first law enforcement agent to get in the doors. The armed guard on site was at the threatened classroom in just 30 seconds.
“And that’s why we have armed guards,” Arnold said. “Seconds save lives.”
But Arnold cautioned that the program only works because the right people are in place.
“I’m 100% confident that they would put their lives in danger to take care of a threat in our buildings,” Arnold said of the guards, who are all retired law enforcement officers. “It’s sad what we have to do these days, but it gives me peace of mind.”
Dennis Sanchez, the Chief of Police for the Spirit Lake Police Department, said his department (which provides one of the district’s three SROs) is supportive of the armed guards. He said they work closely with local police officers.
“They both work in concert together and that’s a great thing because both are important,” he said. “We’re very comfortable with that program right now.”
Gun safety is a top concern
Mike Munger, the program manager for the Idaho Safety and Security Program, said his organization doesn’t take a position on armed guards or teachers in schools.
However, it does encourage school boards who pursue those options to ensure armed individuals train with local law enforcement. Doing so minimizes risks like accidental firearm discharges.
Munger didn’t know of any accidental firearm discharges in Idaho’s K-12 schools. There has been at least one such incident at one of Idaho’s higher institutions, though. In 2014, an assistant professor at Idaho State University was giving a lecture when a pistol he was carrying in his pocket discharged and shot his foot.
“It is always a concern. A negligent discharge is still a discharge in a school setting,” Munger said. “It’s one of the reasons we’re always asking questions about coordinated training.”
The Garden Valley School District has been public about its policy to allow teachers to carry guns. It’s important that local law enforcement knows which teachers carry guns so that in the event of a shooting those individuals are not mistaken as the shooter, Munger said.
Garden Valley teachers who carry guns to school also train and qualify at shooting ranges alongside local law enforcement.
“It’s really important that they show proficiency with their weapon,” Munger said. “It should go without saying, but we want to make sure people can hit what they aim at.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/lakeland-s-armed-guard-program-idaho-s-first-is-here-to-stay/article_034416f0-d6cb-5dda-8334-205c6c779749.html | 2022-07-31T22:51:27 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/lakeland-s-armed-guard-program-idaho-s-first-is-here-to-stay/article_034416f0-d6cb-5dda-8334-205c6c779749.html |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A $412,000 planning grant from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation to the University of Arkansas will support the college’s vision of becoming the preeminent university in smart mobility.
The funding will span eight months and support pilot research studies, industry and peer benchmarking, content marketing, and education and workforce development planning.
The university’s targeted smart mobility innovation areas include next-generation vehicles, unmanned aerial mobility and artificial intelligence for smart mobility.
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AZLE, Texas — A motorcyclist has been hospitalized after he was shot by another driver on a highway in Azle, police said.
In a news release, Azle police said officers and the fire department responded to a major accident call in the 1400 block of State Highway 199. Officers found the victim lying on the roadway with injuries.
Police said he was transported to a hospital, but his condition is currently unknown.
According to police, the man was riding a motorcycle on the highway when he was shot by another motorist. Further details were not immediately released.
The motive for the shooting is under investigation. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/motorcyclist-shot-by-driver-on-highway-199-azle/287-c81599f5-0c41-46e7-9e4e-0a0a96b5487e | 2022-07-31T22:58:42 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/motorcyclist-shot-by-driver-on-highway-199-azle/287-c81599f5-0c41-46e7-9e4e-0a0a96b5487e |
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — Authorities of Kaufman County are searching for a driver who was pulling a burning trailer that ignited three separate fires, which also threatened homes, officials said Sunday.
County officials said in a news release that the fires broke out around 12 p.m. Sunday along county roads 151 and 151A near the city of Kaufman. The fires led to the evacuation of nine homes.
Officials said firefighters from the city of Kaufman and volunteer crews from Crandall, Kemp, Scurry, Terrell, Mabank and College Mound responded to the scene. The Texas A&M Forest Service is also helping.
As of 4:30 p.m. Sunday, the fires are about 20% contained. The evacuation orders were lifted at around 3 p.m., officials said. One of the nine homes suffered damage.
According to the county, witnesses told authorities a driver was pulling a burning trailer along the roads and "left a path of destruction" before abandoning the trailer.
Officials said the suspect unhitched the trailer on a bridge and continued to drive away. Details on the suspect's vehicle are not yet available.
Residents are being asked to avoid the area of county roads 151 and 151A, which is just off State Highway 34 in southern Kaufman.
Anyone who has information on the incident is asked to call the Kaufman County fire marshal at 469-376-4110. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/search-underway-driver-ignited-three-fires-kaufman-county/287-31b5efda-931b-491d-9cdd-e6007e9a0c7f | 2022-07-31T22:58:48 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/search-underway-driver-ignited-three-fires-kaufman-county/287-31b5efda-931b-491d-9cdd-e6007e9a0c7f |
Kaufman County authorities are looking for a driver pulling a burning trailer that allegedly ignited three fires Sunday, officials confirmed.
Nine homes along County Road 151 and 151A near Kaufman were evacuated shortly after noon on Sunday as a precaution after the fires broke out. Witnesses reported they saw a vehicle pulling a burning trailer that left damage before the driver unlatched and abandoned it on a bridge.
As of Sunday afternoon, all three fires are 20% contained and no injuries have been reported. Only one of the nine homes suffered damage.
The fires remain under investigation as the Fire Marshal and local law enforcement continue to search for the driver and alleged perpetrator.
If you have any information about the crime, reach out to Kaufman County Fire Marshal Paul Ayres at 469-376-4110.
This story is developing. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/burning-trailer-ignites-three-fires-in-kaufman-county/3036272/ | 2022-07-31T23:05:47 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/burning-trailer-ignites-three-fires-in-kaufman-county/3036272/ |
Mourners flocked to a Springfield church to pay their respects Sunday for a Clark County Sheriff’s deputy who lost his life in the line of duty and who has been remembered for his kind heart.
Matthew Yates, 41, was shot and killed July 24 while responding to an incident at Harmony Estates Mobile Home Park. In the days that followed, many in the community, across the state and around the nation have offered their condolences to Yates’ family and to local law enforcement.
A visitation on Sunday at First Christian Church was open to the public and law enforcement. Mourners filed past the open casket, which is black with gold lines on it like a sheriff’s cruiser and which includes Yates’ No. 60.
The public visitation followed a private event reserved for family and close friends.
After Yates’ death, flags in Ohio were ordered flown at half-staff and many residents in the community shared stories and encounters they had with the veteran deputy, who was known for his laugh, calm demeanor and empathy.
“No words can or ever will put into context of what he meant to his family, friends and community. Matt not only did an excellent job of protecting Clark County and being a light in the dark, he always went the extra mile and was always ‘on duty,’ ” said Ross Elliott, a cousin of Yates.
“Matt was always doing something to help someone else, even when he wasn’t in uniform. Every time I would talk with Matt or see him, he always had words of positivity and kind gestures,” Elliott said.
Yates was killed while responding to a shots fired call at a mobile home in Harmony Twp., east of Springfield between U.S. 40 and Interstate 70.
A funeral service will be held for Yates Monday at First Christian Church beginning at noon with a burial to follow at Ferncliff Cemetery. A livestream feed of the service will be offered.
The processional from the church to the burial site is expected to follow Middle Urbana to Ohio 334 west to U.S. 68 south, then Ohio 41 east to Ferncliff Cemetery.
Road closures will occur for the procession Monday afternoon at:
- U.S. 68 northbound ramp to Ohio 41
- U.S. 68 northbound and southbound ramps to Ohio 334
- Ohio 41 between Upper Valley Pike and Bechtle Avenue.
Mourners wishing to pay their respects are expected along the processional route. Fire trucks with raised aerial ladders are expected to display the American flag.
Yates was shot inside the mobile home as deputies responded to a shots fired call. Law enforcement officials have not said who was responsible for the shooting, but family members of the mobile home resident said Cole White shot his mother, prompting the response from deputies. White then shot Yates.
Relatives also said White later fired additional shots from inside the trailer to keep police at bay as an hours-long standoff developed.
Shortly after special operations forces forced their way into the home to retrieve Yates, the mobile home caught fire and was destroyed.
The bodies of White, 27, of South Charleston, and his mother, Jodie Arbuckle, 47, of Springfield, were discovered after the fire.
Arbuckle went to check on White that day after repeated unsuccessful attempts to reach him, family members said. White had mental health issues prior to the shooting.
Yates had been a deputy with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office for 15 years. He grew up in Springfield and graduated from Springfield South High School in 1999, according to childhood friend Randy Smoot.
“He was so humble and so compassionate and giving. He has been that way his entire life. He never met a stranger. He smiled every time you saw him and just loved life. The reason that we are seeing this emotional outpour from the community is because (Yates) literally has been like that his entire life,” Smoot said.
Yates followed in his father Eugene Yates’ footsteps by going into law enforcement. Eugene served the same sheriff’s office before retiring.
Survivors include his parents, his wife, Tracy, two sons, Anthony and Andrew Reed, and a daughter A’Kaylehana Yates.
Fundraising efforts and memorials have also been set up in order to support Yates’ family. The deputy’s cruiser was been parked in downtown Springfield and was covered in flowers and messages.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office has organized a GoFundMe to raise money for the Yates family. It has raised tens of thousands of dollars. Employees of Navistar’s Springfield plant have also raised over $5,000 for the fallen deputy’s family.
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YREKA, Calif. — Crews battling major wildfires in California and Montana worked to protect remote communities on Sunday as hot, windy weather across the tinder-dry U.S. West created the potential for even more spread.
The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest as erratic lightning storms swept through the region just south of the Oregon state line, said U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Adrienne Freeman.
“The fuel beds are so dry and they can just erupt from that lightning," Freeman said. “These thunder cells come with gusty erratic winds that can blow fire in every direction.”
The blaze exploded in size to more than 80 square miles (207 square km) just two days after erupting in a largely unpopulated area of Siskiyou County, according to a Sunday incident report. The cause was under investigation. The blaze torched trees along California Highway 96, and the scorched remains of a pickup truck sat in a lane of the highway. Thick smoke covered the area and flames burned through hillsides in sight of homes.
A second, smaller fire just to the west that was sparked by dry lightning Saturday threatened the tiny town of Seiad, Freeman said. About 400 structures were under threat from the two California fires. Authorities have not confirmed the extent of the damage yet, saying assessments would begin when it was safe to reach the area.
A third fire, which was on the southwest end of the McKinney blaze, prompted evacuation orders for around 500 homes Sunday, said Courtney Kreider, a spokesperson with the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office. The office said crews had been on the scene of the fire since late Saturday but that the fire Sunday morning “became active and escaped its containment line."
Several people in the sheriff's office have been affected by evacuation orders due to the fires “and they're still showing up to work so, (a) very dedicated crew,” she said. A deputy lost his childhood home to fire on Friday, she said.
Larry Castle and his wife, Nancy, were among about 2,000 residents of the Yreka area under evacuation orders. They left Saturday with some of their prized possessions, including Larry’s motorcycle, and took their dogs to stay with their daughter near Mount Shasta.
He said he wasn’t taking any chances after seeing the explosive growth of major fires over the past few years.
“You look back at the Paradise fire and the Santa Rosa fire and you realize this stuff is very, very serious,” he told the Sacramento Bee.
In northwest Montana, a fire sparked in grasslands near the town of Elmo grew to more than 11 square miles (28 square km) after advancing into forest. Temperatures in western Montana could reach 96 degrees (36 Celsius) by Sunday afternoon with strong winds, the National Weather Service said.
A portion of Highway 28 between Hot Springs and Elmo was closed because of thick smoke, according to the Montana Department of Transportation.
To the south in Idaho, the Moose Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest has burned on more than 75 square miles (196 square km) in timbered land near the town of Salmon. It was 21% contained by Sunday morning. Pila Malolo, planning operations section chief on the fire, said in a Facebook video update that hot, dry conditions were expected to persist Sunday. Officials said they expected fire growth in steep, rugged country on the fire's south side.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Saturday as the McKinney Fire intensified. The proclamation allows Newsom more flexibility to make emergency response and recovery effort decisions and access federal aid.
California law enforcement knocked on doors in the towns of Yreka and 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.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
The Pacific Coast Trail Association urged hikers to get to the nearest town while the U.S. Forest Service closed a 110-mile (177-km) section of the trail from the Etna Summit to the Mt. Ashland Campground in southern Oregon.
In Hawaii, the Maui County Emergency Management Agency said a brush fire was 90% contained but a red flag warning was in effect for much of Sunday. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/heat-wind-growing-western-wildfires/283-33a9b3a3-8ed8-4a89-ae9e-ad9dba7d2490 | 2022-07-31T23:11:32 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/heat-wind-growing-western-wildfires/283-33a9b3a3-8ed8-4a89-ae9e-ad9dba7d2490 |
SUNDAY NIGHT: Rain tapers off in the evening, and ends by midnight. Patchy fog will again be possible. Lows in the low to mid 70s.
MONDAY: We’ll have less coverage of rain and storms Monday, but we won’t eliminate those summer pop-up chances. Highs in the low 90s, with a heat index in the low 100s. Scattered storms develop in the afternoon and evening, some of which could produce heavy downpours, gusty winds, and frequent lightning.
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: We get more scattered showers and storms through the middle of the week. Heavy rain will again be possible, but not everyone will see heavy rain. Highs will stay in the low 90s, with the heat index approaching triple digits where it remains drier each day.
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: Rain chances pull back a bit and the heat builds as we round out the week. Highs in the 90s, and a head index in the 100s will stick around through the end of the week.
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This year's Festa Italiana in Schererville will feature a celebrity chef, Italian food, eating contests, grape stomping bocce ball "and much Amore."
The annual Italian festival will take place at Villa Cesare Banquets & Events at 900 Eagle Ridge Drive in Schererville the weekend of Aug. 5. It will feature live entertainment, family-friendly activities and "MasterChef" Season 5 finalist Phillipe Sobon.
Sobon, who also appeared on Food Network's "Cooks vs. Cons," will have hands-on pasta-making classes Saturday and Sunday. He's learned the traditional Italian skill of making fresh pasta from the renowned chef Fabio Viviani.
Students in the all-ages classes will make fettuccine and gnocchi and enjoy their homemade meal, which will be accompanied by bruschetta and wine.
“Making pasta is relaxing, rewarding and remarkably easy. It’s also a sophisticated process with over 350 different pasta shapes and recipes. However, once you learn how to make your own, you’ll never buy store-bought pasta,” Sobon said.
Several family-owned eateries from across Northwest Indiana also will be selling food at Festa Italiana for those who don't want to make their own.
“As always, we will be working with many local restaurants,” festival Chairman Jon Biancardi said. “We will have all the favorites: pizza, pasta, beef, sausage, Italian ice and much more.”
Biancardi encourages one and all to "come mangia at Festa Italiana as a famiglia."
Activities include grape stomping, spaghetti eating and a bocce ball tournament. There will be nonstop live music throughout the weekend, including from local bands like Dick Diamond and the Dusters, Final Say and Shout Out.
Tradizione Vivente, an Italian dance ensemble out of Milwaukee, will both perform and teach traditional Italian folk dance.
“The whole event is centered around the amazing Italian culture, which is deeply rooted in family, food and music,” Biancardi said.
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Customer complaints have mounted as Old National Bank has integrated First Midwest Bank branches. Customers have complained about debit cards being declined, being locked out of their accounts online, being allowed to overdraft their accounts without warning and having to wait for hours on the phone.
"First and foremost, the shutdown of Indiana Harbor No. 4 was driven by our commitment to reduce our carbon footprint. We can only do that because Indiana Harbor No. 7 is a massive consumer of Hot Briquetted Iron." | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/festa-italiana-to-feature-masterchef-finalist-eating-contests-grape-stomping-and-much-amore/article_9cacb2c9-dad7-53aa-8013-3ab4d27536f3.html | 2022-07-31T23:23:25 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/festa-italiana-to-feature-masterchef-finalist-eating-contests-grape-stomping-and-much-amore/article_9cacb2c9-dad7-53aa-8013-3ab4d27536f3.html |
GARY — A 25-year-old man was shot to death Sunday afternoon inside a gas station, police said.
Gary police were dispatched about 2:50 p.m. for a report of a shooting inside the Citgo gas station 900 block of East Fifth Avenue, Cmdr. Jack Hamady said.
Officers arrived to find the man on the floor inside the gas station suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
Gary police requested assistance from the Lake County coroner's office and the Lake County Sheriff's Department Crime Scene Unit.
The coroner's office had not yet released the man's name.
Gary officers wrapped crime scene tape around the perimeter of the gas station, and about a dozen people gathered on a sidewalk along Rhode Island Street just west of the business.
At least one driver who pulled down an alley after finding the gas station closed expressed concern about violence in the city.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at the Lake County/Gary Metro Homicide Unit at 219-755-3855. To remain anonymous, call 866-CRIME-GP.
PHOTOS: 1 dead after shooting inside gas station, police say
1 dead after shooting inside gas station, police say
Police officers watch over a homicide scene Sunday inside the Citgo gas station in the 900 block of East Fifth Avenue in Gary.
Sarah Reese
1 dead after shooting inside gas station, police say
Police cars are parked behind crime scene tape Sunday after a man was shot to death inside the Citgo gas station in the 900 block of East Fifth Avenue in Gary.
Sarah Reese
1 dead after shooting inside gas station, police say
Crime scene tape blocks an entrance to the Citgo gas station in the 900 block of East Fifth Avenue in Gary on Sunday after a man was shot to death inside.
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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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GARY — A Chesterton man who died last week after a motorcycle crash in Gary was remembered by his family as someone who was easy to love and lived life to the fullest.
Joel Garcia, 25, was an outgoing person who got along with everyone who crossed his path, said his mother, Stephanie Hernandez, and stepfather, Dan Hernandez.
"He was a loving and caring son and brother, and there are no words that can describe his love for his daughter Anais," the family said in a statement. "His big, huge smile and loud, obnoxious laugh will be deeply missed."
Garcia began riding motorcycles within the past couple of years and loved it, the family said.
He died Thursday at a Chicago hospital after a crash July 25 in Gary, according to the family and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
"Joel may have survived this horrific accident had he been wearing his helmet," the statement said. "His mother asks that anyone riding a motorcycle please take the time to put on a helmet, so that their loved ones don't experience a loss like hers."
During a Tuesday night meeting, the City Council unanimously passed an ordinance establishing the requirements to become a certified Broadband Ready Community.
The main focus areas being addressed by ISP are Gary Police Department's Human Resource protocol, evidence and property management and de-escalation tactics.
Felicia Childress has had a lifelong passion for reading and sharing what she reads with good friends. That love of reading led her to join the Gary-based Booklovers' Club more than 40 years ago.
Joel Garcia, 25, of Chesterton, holds his daughter Anais. Garcia died July 28 from injuries he suffered in a motorcycle crash July 25 in Gary, according to his family and the Cook County medical examiner's office. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/family-urges-use-of-helmets-after-loving-caring-man-dies-following-motorcycle-crash/article_e3001f5d-3c8a-57d8-930f-960ec43a9ba1.html | 2022-07-31T23:23:43 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/family-urges-use-of-helmets-after-loving-caring-man-dies-following-motorcycle-crash/article_e3001f5d-3c8a-57d8-930f-960ec43a9ba1.html |
Rolling lane closures on Interstate 94 and Interstate 65 will continue for approximately three weeks for pavement marking and crack sealing operations, the Indiana Department of Transportation announced last week.
The firm Traffic Control Specialists will conduct overnight operations on I-65 in Lake and Jasper counties. According to INDOT, slow-moving maintenance vehicles will be refurbishing raised pavement markings on several sections of I-65 from mile marker 201 near U.S. 24/Remington northward to marker 262, north of I-94 near the Indiana Toll Road. Work is being conducted from approximately 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. through Aug. 8.
Raised pavement marking replacement will also take place on several sections of I-94 in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties, ranging from mile marker 13 just east of I-65 eastward to marker 35 near U.S. 421/Michigan City. Work on I-94 will be performed from approximately 6 p.m. to 10 a.m. from Wednesday through Aug. 19.
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INDOT crews are also using slow-moving maintenance vehicles for crack-sealing work on I-94 eastbound in Porter County. The work will be conducted from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. for two weeks between Ind. 249 and Ind. 49.
Lane reduction on bridge to port
The Ind. 249 bridge to the port of Indiana Burns Harbor will be reduced to one traffic lane on or after Monday as INDOT contractor Elias Construction Co. begins a bridge rehabilitation project expected to last through late September. A temporary traffic signal will direct traffic through the work zone.
Ind. 2 resurfacing through Lowell
Resurfacing of Ind. 2 from U.S. 41 to Mississippi Street in the Lowell area will begin on or after Monday, INDOT announced.
The project, being performed by Rieth-Riley Construction Co. will require alternating lane closures for patching, resurfacing and other construction activities. Flaggers will direct traffic in the area where work is occurring during a project expected to last through mid-November.
New traffic light in Valpo
The city of Valparaiso has installed a new traffic signal at the Ind. 130 and Froberg Road intersection. The signal will begin with a flashing light in the first days after installation and then become a signaled crossing Monday.
The project is among the city infrastructure projects detailed on an online map available at tinyurl.com/ValpoWorks.
Infrastructure bill funding opportunities
As the U.S. Department of Transportation continues to collect applications for discretionary funding grants created or expanded by the federal infrastructure bill, members of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission received a reminder at their July meeting about three programs of particular interest in the Region.
NIRPC Executive Director Ty Warner pointed to the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, Safe Streets for All and the Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program as three worth noting. Application deadlines for them are Oct. 13, Sept. 15 and Oct. 4, respectively.
Reconnecting Communities has funding for a total of $50 million in planning grants and $145 million in construction grants for projects that "redress the legacy of harm caused by transportation infrastructure, including barriers to opportunity, displacement, damage to the environment and public health, limited access, and other hardships." Individual planning grants can total $2 million and construction grants can range from $5 million to $100 million.
The Safe Streets grants, totaling $1 billion nationally, are available to "support planning, infrastructure, behavioral, and operational initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets." Individual grants can total $200,000 to $50 million and constitute a maximum of 80% of a project's cost.
The Railroad Crossing Elimination grants will top $573 million nationally, with a minimum of $1 million for individual projects, to fund up to 80% of "highway-rail or pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects." | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/transportation-state-highway-projects-include-pavement-marking-crack-sealing-on-interstates/article_f8e052fa-c2a1-57d2-9419-fcf53bf34947.html | 2022-07-31T23:23:50 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/transportation-state-highway-projects-include-pavement-marking-crack-sealing-on-interstates/article_f8e052fa-c2a1-57d2-9419-fcf53bf34947.html |
Edgewell Personal Care Company announced that it has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of three batches of Banana Boat sunscreen after traces of benzene were detected.
According to a press release, the recall is issued for three batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Spray SPF 30, packaged in aerosol cans. An internal review found samples of the product contained trace levels of benzene.
The press release also states that though benzene is not an ingredient found in any Banana Boat products, the review showed unexpected levels of the chemical that were found in the propellant that sprays out of the can.
The recalled products were distributed across the United States via retailers and online. Banana Boat released a statement on its website addressing the recall.
“Banana Boat is voluntarily recalling three production batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 aerosol sprays due to trace levels of benzene,” the statement read. “We know that you love our products, and we are conducting this recall out of an abundance of caution. Importantly, no other batches of Hair & Scalp (either before or after these batch codes) and no other Banana Boat products are in the scope of this recall and may continue to be used by consumers safely and as intended.”
Consumers are encouraged to stop using the recalled product and appropriately dispose of it immediately.
Edgewell has not received any reports of adverse reactions related to this recall and it has notified retailers to remove any remaining recalled products from its shelves. While exposure to the benzene in the recalled products is not expected to cause adverse health consequences, it is recommended that consumers contact their physician or healthcare provider if they have any questions, concerns or have experienced any problems related to using these aerosol sunscreen products.
Banana Boat is also offering reimbursements for consumers who have purchased a product with one of the lot codes than can be found on the bottom of the can, as listed below:
Benzene, which is classified as a human carcinogen, is often found in cigarette smoke and gasoline, according to the National Cancer Institute. Exposure to benzene, which can occur through inhalation, orally, or through the skin, can potentially cause cancers such as leukemia, blood cancer of the bone marrow and blood disorders that can be life-threatening.
Recall Alert
Other sunscreens and personal products have been also been recalled as a result of the presence of benzene within the past year such as Old Spice and Johnson & Johnson.
Those with questions regarding the recall may contact Edgewell Personal Care at 1-888-686-3988 Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET.
Consumers may also visit www.bananaboat.com for more information and to learn how to receive reimbursement for eligible products. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recall-alert/banana-boat-recalls-hair-and-scalp-sunscreen-spray-due-to-benzene-traces/3036280/ | 2022-07-31T23:27:40 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recall-alert/banana-boat-recalls-hair-and-scalp-sunscreen-spray-due-to-benzene-traces/3036280/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A fire spread from a silver Audi to nearby brush in Hillsboro Sunday morning in what investigators said is a suspicious blaze.
Deputies were sent to the 4200 block of SW Minter Bridge Road around 10 a.m. after a person called to report seeing someone walking away from the fire scene with a gas can in hand, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.
The fire spread from the engine of the Audi to the brush. TVFR crews arrived and were able to put out both blazes relatively quickly.
It’s not clear yet whether this fire was intentional but the investigation continues, officials said. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/suspicious-audi-on-fire-spread-to-brush-in-hillsboro/ | 2022-07-31T23:31:05 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/suspicious-audi-on-fire-spread-to-brush-in-hillsboro/ |
Lots of people I know have either an “I’m a planner” personality or very much not.
This will vary in different parts of life; planning for work will be different than planning for free time or vacations, and everything in between. And yet, even for some of the most scheduled and meticulous folks, thinking about and planning for end of life decisions makes them shudder and not want to deal with the idea. Even when it is uncomfortable to think about, the importance of planning advance directives spans across all ages.
Advance directives
A meta-analysis completed by the University of Pennsylvania found that approximately one in three adults in the United States has completed any type of advance directive for end of life care. This means the majority of American adults do not have anything recorded pertaining to their wishes and plans, leaving a lot of room for unknowns in the event of a medical emergency or death.
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The University of Pennsylvania’s results suggested the prevalence of advance directives has been low and stagnant across recent years. It is something that many people find challenging for a variety of reasons; emotionally thinking about death and the aftermath, logistics of navigating forms and gathering information, and financially speaking for future plans related to assets and money and even paying for services within the planning process. A great scenario allows people to arrange their affairs to live well in their later years and ensure that their end of life plans follow their wishes.
Planning AHEAD series
Planning AHEAD is a new series from UW-Madison Division of Extension, created to address many aspects of end of life planning.
Throughout seven sessions, participants will learn more about the topics of examining health care wishes, financial responsibilities, legal requirements and documentation, distribution of personal property, end of life decisions, dealing with grief, and the emotional ramifications of all of the above.
The program is designed both for those who want to prepare for their own death, to make things easier for family members or other loved ones, and for those who have, or are in the process of, losing a loved one and are dealing with the transition. This program features a planning workbook to help organize the tasks and documents associated with different end of life decisions.
By working through these sessions and the associated tasks, participants find that the financial, healthcare, and other decisions do not feel so overwhelming. Residents of southern Wisconsin are invited to register for Planning AHEAD, a free online series facilitated by UW-Madison Division of Extension Educators from Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Kenosha, Racine, Richland and Walworth Counties.
The upcoming Planning AHEAD series will be held Tuesday mornings, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Sept. 13 to Oct. 25 via the Zoom platform. Registration is now available at http://go.wisc.edu/SoAHEAD. Contact Mary Metten at mary.metten@wisc.edu or 262-857-1946 with any questions. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/uw-extension-planning-ahead-for-peace-of-mind/article_3da8a654-09e5-11ed-9112-07af29973644.html | 2022-07-31T23:31:33 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/uw-extension-planning-ahead-for-peace-of-mind/article_3da8a654-09e5-11ed-9112-07af29973644.html |
Israel O'Connor, 6, of Kenosha prepares to toss a ball while his parents Yesenia Cantor and Nick O'Connor, all of Kenosha, enjoy the Family Fun Fest held Sunday. The event benefitted Women's and Children's Horizons and was held on the grounds of its non-profit thrift shop in Kenosha.
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Families gather at the Family Fun Fest held on the grounds at the Nifty Thrifty Resale Shop, 4200 39th Ave. The shop and the festival raise proceeds to benefit Women and Children's Horizons.
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Yesenia Cantor, and Nick O'Connor enjoy a family outing with their son, Israel, 6, all of Kenosha, at the Family Fun Fest to benefit Women's and Children's Horizons on Sunday.
Yesenia Cantor and Nick O’Connor stood back as their 6-year-old son Israel laughed with excitement.
Israel had just won not one, but two stuffed animals while playing a game at the Family Fun Festival on Sunday.
“I’m always lucky,” exclaimed Israel, who added he was ready to win a third toy.
The event outside Nifty Thrifty Resale Shop benefited Women and Children’s Horizons, a Kenosha non-profit organization. It provides support, shelter, education, training and healing services to victims of sexual and domestic abuse, their families and the community. All proceeds of the non-profit shop at 4200 39th Ave. go to WCH as well.
Cantor said she brought her family to the event after reading about it in a social media group.
“I saw it was (for) women and children they were helping,” she said. “We had no plans, so it was like, `Let’s go out,’ because (Israel) doesn’t get to go outside much.”
“I’m having an adventure channel,” said Israel, before skipping off for the ball in the bucket toss game.
Admission to the event itself was free and it was open to the public. It featured bouncy houses, games with prizes, a 50/50 raffle, silent auction items and bucket raffles. Also planned was a fashion show and music provided by the band On the Fly.
LeAnn Cadler, the shop’s assistant manager and one of the event coordinators, said the festival was a way to bring families and the community together and to learn not just about the thrift store, but about the organization it supports.
“All our proceeds benefit Women and Children’s Horizons … we wanted to bring awareness to where we’re at, who we are, who our proceeds go to, and to bring the community together,” she said. “Whatever we can take in, every little bit helps … The shelter is such a wonderful organization ... They help women, children and men (survivors) of domestic and physical violence. They do safe housing, where they hide them ... people that are coming in with nothing. They do so much.”
Women and Children’s Horizons also provides assistance with transitional living, children’s services, legal advocacy, batterer’s treatment, family intervention services, advocacy for survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking, and services for underserved populations.
Angela Coleman of Kenosha came to the festival with her grandchildren Kaylee Wright, 5, and Ryan Williams, 10, along with their mother Nikkia Williams, of Zion, Ill. Coleman admits she’s a regular customer of the thrift shop and loves the “fabulous” employees.
“We came out to have a good time. It’s finally good to get out after the pandemic,” she said. “I love the savings and it’s helping a good cause.”
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Israel O'Connor, 6, of Kenosha prepares to toss a ball while his parents Yesenia Cantor and Nick O'Connor, all of Kenosha, enjoy the Family Fun Fest held Sunday. The event benefitted Women's and Children's Horizons and was held on the grounds of its non-profit thrift shop in Kenosha.
Families gather at the Family Fun Fest held on the grounds at the Nifty Thrifty Resale Shop, 4200 39th Ave. The shop and the festival raise proceeds to benefit Women and Children's Horizons.
Yesenia Cantor, and Nick O'Connor enjoy a family outing with their son, Israel, 6, all of Kenosha, at the Family Fun Fest to benefit Women's and Children's Horizons on Sunday. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-family-festival-raises-funds-awareness-for-shelter-services-for-survivors-of-domestic-violence/article_d127c5ec-10ff-11ed-a0c1-c3c35bf7d82e.html | 2022-07-31T23:31:39 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-family-festival-raises-funds-awareness-for-shelter-services-for-survivors-of-domestic-violence/article_d127c5ec-10ff-11ed-a0c1-c3c35bf7d82e.html |
CARROLLTON, Ga. — Anna Jones' former teacher, Stephanie Hodges, said she still hasn't processed the death of her former student.
"I just cried. I cried all day. And I tried to get to church this morning. I had to leave as it is just really hard," she told 11Alive's Karys Belger Sunday.
Jones, 18, was killed Friday night when a man shot in the direction of the parked car she was sitting in. The teen had just graduated from Mount Zion High School in Carrollton, Georgia. She was due to start college at the University of West Georgia in the fall.
"She was going to be a teacher and she would have been amazing because she was so good with kids," Hodges said.
47-year-old Richard Sigman is in custody in connection with her death. According to Carrollton Police, Sigman got into an argument at Leopoldo's Pizza in Adamson Square. Police said security asked him to leave and he made his way to a nearby parking deck.
Sigman then started shooting in the area and struck Jones who was sitting in a parked vehicle, authorities said. Friends quickly drove her to the hospital where she died.
The pizzeria is two doors down from Heaven in Your Home, a restaurant owned by LaToya Grimes. She said she never expected this to happen.
"It was a shocker because you don't hardly hear stuff happen like that around here... And on top of that, I know the guy that did it," Grimes said.
Sigman was previously a professor at the University of West Georgia where Jones was due to begin classes in the fall. He is facing three counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and murder charges. He was booked into the Carroll County Jail. Grimes said she knew a different side of Sigman.
"He was just a real nice guy, trying to help me. I have a nonprofit with the homeless here, so he was just trying to reach out to help me in there," she said.
Grimes also said she is praying for Jones' family after hearing what happened.
"I'm really feeling my heart goes out for her mom and her family because I'm a mom myself, and I just kind of imagine how they're feeling," she said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/carrollton/carrollton-community-shocked-uwg-professor-accused-anna-jones-murder/85-1c5b17c3-d9f2-434e-9687-12686b005758 | 2022-07-31T23:32:56 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/carrollton/carrollton-community-shocked-uwg-professor-accused-anna-jones-murder/85-1c5b17c3-d9f2-434e-9687-12686b005758 |
Searching for affordable housing in Las Cruces? It's an 'unforgiving' market.
LAS CRUCES - Residents and housing analysts say the city's housing and rental market continues to rise, pricing out those on the lower end of the pay scale.
Natalie Medina is one of those residents. She says she recently escaped an abusive relationship, leaving her and her teenage daughter and son in search of housing without much savings. She works for $12 an hour at a recovery center. It's enough to rent a two-bedroom apartment in a less-desirable part of town, she said.
Medina applied for rental assistance through the Mesilla Valley Public Housing Authority, also known as a Section 8 Housing Voucher, which provides a set amount of money each month to area residents to prevent families from falling into a cycle of houselessness.
For two years, Medina was on the waitlist for a voucher. About a month ago, she and her family were approved for a three-bedroom unit. The MVPHA requires families who use housing assistance to have separate bedrooms for kids of opposite sex over the age of 5. So, they'll have to move from their current living situation.
Medina said the monthly stipend could help her family raise its standard of living, providing peace of mind and comfort and reducing stress.
As soon as she was approved, a 60-day clock started counting down the days Medina had to find a place to live or the voucher would expire and she'd return to the waitlist.
"They (MVPHA) told us that if you find something, even if it's in a bad area, to take it because there's nothing on the market right now," Medina said.
It's been more than 30 days and Medina is still looking for something she can afford that meets the needs of the family and MVPHA. She must pay the difference in rent that the voucher does not cover.
She calls the renter's market in Las Cruces "unforgiving." That sentiment is backed up by Natalie Green and Erin Boyd, both of whom analyze the local housing market.
Boyd, the housing manager for Mesilla Valley Community of Hope — which provides services for the indigent in Doña Ana County — said that before the pandemic, it was easy to connect with landlords with available and affordable units. Today, it's a challenge.
"There's a lack of affordable housing in our community, period and it's not just single occupancy units, it's family units, single family houses …" Boyd said.
Why are rents increasing?
From 2019 to 2021, Las Cruces was in a housing market boon. The number of active listings decreased from 700 to 350 and the median price of a home increased from $197,000 to $250,000 in those two years. More competition for fewer homes means increased prices, good news for real estate agents and sellers but not always for buyers.
Those unable to get a home will stay as renters, meaning fewer units to rent. More competition for fewer units to rent means increased prices for rental units.
"It's like a domino effect," said Green, the housing and neighborhood services manager for the city.
Factors such as natural inflation, the pandemic and some potential rental units being turned into short-term rentals, such as AirBNB, have also led to increased demand and higher rents.
What is considered affordable rent in Las Cruces?
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, defines affordable housing as as housing in which the occupant is paying no more than 30 percent of their gross income for housing plus utilities.
Green said that by that calculation, the average Las Cruces family should be paying no more than $600 a month in housing plus utilities for "affordable housing."
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The average cost of a two-bedroom apartment in Las Cruces is about $742 per month, according to Fair Market Rent, and that doesn't include utilities.
Data from city's Department of Economic Development said that 70% of renters in the city pay more than 30% of their income to housing costs.
"It's a difficult challenge and there's just no easy answers, and even if it feels like it's just Las Cruces, it's really is all across the country," Green said.
Those on government assistance face additional hurdles
Currently, more than 10 million Americans use federal rental assistance to afford modest housing.
However, those who use federal rent assistance face barriers, including that the vouchers rarely cover enough to allow for a modest standard of living and there's a stigma that comes with assistance.
Many landlords refuse to accept vouchers because the individual doesn't have a reliable or high enough income outside of the assistance, according to Green.
At Mesilla Valley Community of Hope, Boyd assures they have more than enough vouchers available for people who need them but they are no units to use them on.
Various programs are helping those on government assistance find housing.
The city of Las Cruces is partnering with the New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department in a project called "the Landlord Incentive Mitigation Fund," which will provide landlords with extra funds to renew units if they're willing to take more individuals with vouchers.
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In June, the city of Albuquerque voted to ban "source-of-income discrimination," which seeks to help tenants with low incomes find safe and stable housing wherever they deem fit. Las Cruces will be monitoring how that mandate works in Albuquerque so they can possibly do something similar, Green said.
Medina said landlords denying vouchers has factored into her struggle to find a new place to live. Her current landlord does not accept government assistance vouchers.
Also, Medina said after a disagreement with a fellow tenant at a previous apartment complex, she was evicted. She said the landlord claimed the eviction was because she hadn't paid rent, a claim she says is untrue. Not having the means to fight the eviction, Medina said that eviction for not paying rent is now on her tenant record, which adds to landlords not giving her a chance.
"I don't have a criminal history or anything like that," Medina said. "Even if I try to explain, they don't give me an opportunity,"
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REIDSVILLE — Area firefighters and law enforcement officers came together Sunday to honor one of their own.
Only Richard “Rick” Murrell didn't die in the line of duty. It was a car crash in Browns Summit that claimed the life of the beloved father and firefighter.
The tragedy happened weeks ago, but is still fresh in the hearts and minds of many. Murrell, 58, a Reidsville native and 32-year veteran of the Greensboro Fire Department, was driving a Jeep Cherokee south on N.C. 61 during an afternoon rainstorm weeks ago when he and wife Tonya were struck head on by another car.
Driving too fast for the wet conditions, 16-year-old Alexio Lattero of Gibsonville had lost control of his 2012 Dodge Charger. The Charger caught fire, trapping a 15-year-old passenger and Lattero’s 26-year-old sister. Both died at the scene.
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As did Murrell.
On Sunday, a memorial service and celebration of his life was held at Reidsville Christian Church.
Tonya Murrell, who suffered broken limbs and ribs, continues to recover from critical injuries at a local hospital. A teacher at Community Baptist Day School in Reidsville, she wasn't able to attend her husband's memorial, which was streamed online and attended by roughly 200 firefighters and law enforcement officers.
In announcing their father’s funeral, Murrell’s three children — ages 17, 19, and 21 — wrote about how their dad’s love steadied them in their grief.
“When a tragedy such as this happens, people oftentimes will expect you to fall apart. However, the opposite has occurred to us,’’ the children wrote. “People have instead asked about our strength, courage and how we as his children have been able to stand with our heads held high in the face of such a traumatic experience. Well, let me tell you about our father, the man who taught us to be strong — Rick Murrell.
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People trade guns for gift cards in event held in Santa Fe
SANTA FE – Guruka Singh Khalsa smiled as volunteers removed a rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and a 1911 Colt semi-automatic pistol from the trunk of his car.
“For a couple of years, I’ve been thinking, ‘I haven’t used a gun in 30 years, why do I keep these in the house?’” Singh Khalsa said. “I think that the general number of guns in this country needs to be decreasing instead of increasing. A gun has no other purpose than to kill a living being. … I have no desire to kill.”
Singh Khalsa was one of the many people who lined up in their cars in a parking lot recently for a gun buyback event hosted by the nonprofit New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence and the Santa Fe Police Department.
Participants were able to surrender their guns anonymously in exchange for gift cards that ranged from $100 to $250, depending on the type of firearm they turned in.
The guns turned in ranged from palm-sized pistols to AR- or AK-style rifles. This was the first gun buyback event New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence has held with the help of a private business.
Kirsten Dick, co-owner of Fiesta Nissan, said the dealership offered to host the event in response to the shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed.
“After the shooting in Uvalde, my husband and I were obviously very distressed,” Dick said. “We have two small kids. We work in Santa Fe and we just felt like we needed to do something, and a gun buyback event seemed like something that we could do on our own.”
Deputy Police Chief Ben Valdez said the purpose of these events is to keep unwanted guns off the street and out of the hands of people who can cause irreparable damage to their communities.
New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence was founded in 2013 in response to escalating gun violence throughout the country and notably the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adult staff members were fatally shot.
The shooting at Robb Elementary School was like déjà vu for the organization.
“It’s like that every mass shooting, but when it’s a classroom of children, it’s even harder,” said the group’s co-president, Miranda Viscoli.
Organizers said they started hosting drive-thru-style events because of the pandemic and have kept it up as a safety precaution.
Volunteers collected the firearms from trunks before handing them over to Santa Fe police, who ensured each gun was unloaded and checked to make sure it wasn’t stolen. If a gun were stolen, Valdez said the police department would try to return it to its owner. Otherwise, they were handed over to a volunteer to be sawed into pieces and eventually turned into garden tools.
Kim Musser said she was relieved when she found out about the gun buyback event after her husband found a .38-caliber handgun in a closet of the home they had just bought.
Musser said she tried to return it to its owner. But after months of not being able to contact him, she just wanted it gone.
“I just don’t own guns,” Musser said.
Many of the people turning in guns said they were aware they could have probably sold them for more, but they worried they would end up in the wrong hands.
“Why would I want to sell a gun?” Musser said. “So someone else could use it? We have enough random shootings as it is; I’d rather have it destroyed.”
Volunteers like Lori Shepard asked participants why they were turning in their guns. She spoke to one woman who was an Army veteran who turned in an AR-15 she had built herself.
“She’s tired of the mass shootings, and she’s worried it’ll get in the wrong hands and cause a lot of damage,” Shepard said.
By the end of the event, the nonprofit had collected 166 firearms, more than double the haul at their last event in Santa Fe in 2021.
Forty of them were semi-automatics; one man turned in 11 firearms including one AK- or AR-style rifle, two semi-automatic handguns, eight semi-automatic rifles and a pistol. The group gave out $20,000 in gift cards, $15,000 of which were donated by Fiesta Nissan.
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BOISE, Idaho — The Boise Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a missing Boise man last seen Wednesday.
James Daly is described as being 6’1” and 200lbs, with grey hair and blue eyes. According to police, he was last seen on July 27 and was reported missing after he failed to return home as expected.
Jame's cell phone pinged near Idaho City around 5:15 that same night.
James was driving a black 2017 Ford F150 with a camper shell and an Idaho plate: 1AN0944.
Anyone with information on Jame's whereabouts is asked to call dispatch at 208-377-6790 or the Boise County Sheriff's Department at 208-392-4411.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — A house on the market in Fayetteville, Georgia is getting national attention because of its unique design.
Featured on the popular Instagram account "Zillow Gone Wild," the guitar-shaped home is listed for $789,000.
The listing agent, Evgeniia Piven with EXP Realty, says the house is ready for a "true connoisseur." She says it will "blow your mind away."
According to Piven, the home was designed by country music singer Elvis L. Carden. One of his albums is named after the home, titled "Living in an Old Guitar." She adds that the single became a favorite with radio promotors and DJs.
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She says the 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom house is fully renovated, but mentioned that the "guitar just needs a slight tune-up and polishing."
The Instagram account with more than 1.6 million followers, featured the home last week. The post has nearly 40,000 likes on it.
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CALDWELL, Idaho —
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
In 2017, Nampa resident Leslie Van Beek filed to run for Canyon County commissioner, and was seeking a campaign treasurer. She soon connected with ElJay Waite, the former financial director for the city of Caldwell.
“He has served my campaign well,” Van Beek said in a written statement to the Idaho Press.“The only stipulation he had was that I appoint God as my campaign manager. It has been a great working partnership ever since.”
But recently, some Canyon County elected officials were surprised to learn that Van Beek and Waite had continued to communicate extensively even after she took office. Dozens of emails between Van Beek and Waite surfaced during a public records request searching for communication between the two of them.
The emails include many forwards from Van Beek to Waite, and include Van Beek seeking edits on questions or statements she would make to other elected officials and asking for Waite’s opinion about budget items and appropriate employee compensation increases.
The public records request obtained by the Idaho Press for emails between the two totals 410 pages and goes back to 2020. Van Beek was first elected in 2018.
After reviewing the emails, Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue said in an emailed statement, “It was surprising and somewhat disturbing to see the sheer volume of emails between Commissioner Van Beek and Eljay (sic) Waite, who she commonly referred to as ‘boss’ in her emails. Most concerning to me is that the emails appear to give the impression that (Waite) isn’t just acting as an advisor to (Van Beek), but instead as a shadow commissioner telling her what to say, what questions to ask, and even how to vote on certain issues.”
Van Beek said that she often communicates with a group of informal advisors, and that her communications with Waite were focused on “how to lower property taxes, evaluate historical salary trends, identify revenue sources to fund capital improvement projects, as well as information related to budgets and levies.”
“We share a common goal of good government and fiscal responsibility with a high level of transparency to the taxpayer,” she said in the statement.
In a phone interview, Waite said, “(Van Beek) has never asked me for what she should do. She’s always said, ‘I have a question, and I’d like to know your position on it.’”
News of the emails is the latest development in a string of conflicts in the county, which include a lawsuit accusing certain elected officials of violating a severance agreement, and a letter signed by eight of the nine Canyon County elected officials expressing no confidence in Van Beek and asking her to resign. Subsequently, Commissioner Keri Smith and Commissioner Pam White were not reelected to their positions. Van Beek was not up for election this year.
THE EMAILS
One broad category of emails is Van Beek’s forwarding of information or communications she has received to Waite.
On Sept. 14, 2021, Van Beek forwarded an email from Commissioner Keri Smith that appears to discuss a proposed resolution to update the employee compensation plan.
Waite responded, calling the proposed raise in pay “unbelievable,” and questioning a proposed 7.5% cost-of-living increase for the human resources director.
“Try to get 7.5% down to 6.1,” he said. “But don’t vote for it in any case. I’m available if you want to call.”
In another instance, Van Beek forwarded Waite a copy of audited financial statements for Caldwell’s urban renewal district.
“FYI if you are interested...or maybe you already have them ;),” she said.
Waite replied, “Thanks. I serve on the Caldwell audit committee but do not get copies of the final reports.”
In November 2021, Sheriff Kieran Donahue wrote an op-ed in the Idaho Statesman saying he was not informed about plans by Van Beek and Smith to create a new urban renewal district to fund a new county jail. In early December, Van Beek appears to have forwarded the article to Waite.
Waite replied, “It is obvious the sheriff does not know enough about urban renewal or what it does to make any kind of statement on the matter.” After sharing a paragraph of thoughts, Waite said, “I hope these comments help with your interview tomorrow.”
On Dec. 8, Van Beek forwarded Waite a link to her appearance on KBOI, a local radio station.
Another broad category of emails entails Van Beek emailing Waite to ask for editing on the wording of emails she would be sending to other county staff and officials.
“How do I ask if an expenditure for a vehicle or an IT upgrade can wait?” Van Beek wrote to Waite on July 1, 2020, sharing an email draft she planned to share with several county departments.
“I think you ask each department head which expenditures can be deferred to a future year,” Waite replied. “Let them decide and make it known.”
In another email, later that summer, Van Beek provided a list of six reasons she voted no on the fiscal year 2021 tentative budget, and Waite replied with highlighted edits.
OFFICIALS REACT TO EMAILS
On June 8, 2022, shortly after the city of Middleton declared a building moratorium, Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney Bryan Taylor said that the city’s mayor had acted on “erroneous information” provided to him “by Commissioner Van Beek in particular.” He proposed that the elected officials start regularly keeping track of questions that arise from Van Beek’s actions. Van Beek is included on the email.
In one section of the list that appears to center on decision making on compensation, Taylor brought up Van Beek’s communications with Waite, saying, “I am aware of public records … that suggest you have contemplated, with non-County personnel, advocating for changes in budget or approach that you had no intention of actually executing.”
Donahue replied to Taylor’s email, saying the emails between Van Beek and Waite were “beyond comprehension … of what she has been doing and the amount of information she is sharing with Eljay (sic) Waite, in addition to his instructions to her on how to cast votes in the (Board of County Commissioners), etc.”
“Completely deplorable,” Donahue said. “We should all be outraged.”
Smith told the Idaho Press in an emailed statement that she was aware of the relationship between Van Beek and Waite when she, Smith, ran for office in 2020, saying Waite was, “clearly leading (Van Beek’s) campaign and a lot of the information she was sharing came directly from him in the beginning.”
Smith said she felt Van Beek became biased against Clerk Chris Yamamoto because Waite did not get along well with Yamamoto or other elected officials.
“I would go as far as saying that Waite’s bias toward Clerk Yamamoto was what started Commissioner Van Beek’s mistrust of the County and began the start of the turmoil that revolves around the County Budget, Commissioner Van Beek and the Clerk’s office,” Smith said.
Yamamoto, for his part, told the Idaho Press in an emailed statement, “It is obvious to me that Commissioner Van Beek has little understanding of County finance and budgeting, and relies solely on direction from (Waite).”
Yamamoto also noted that Van Beek’s typical procedure is to ask for lots of information on financial matters “which typically feature repeated requests for more and more time to review and ask questions beyond the point of due diligence or reasonableness.”
“I guess that’s because she’s buying time to talk to (Waite), but when it came to Waite’s Urban Renewal plan, she was already clear on her marching orders,” he said, noting Van Beek pushed for “an expedited yes vote when there were obvious flaws to the plan.”
But Van Beek sees things differently. She says she, Waite, and others she consults have the taxpayers’ best interests in mind.
“Meanwhile, an ‘inner cabal’ made up of the prosecutor, the sheriff and the clerk, has successfully strong-armed and demoralized both elected officials and employees for nigh next to two decades,” Van Beek said in her written statement.
“This posture of poor governance has kept Canyon County gridlocked in a political power play marked by high turnover, interrogation tactics and eradication of those who do not bow to their personal agendas and political ideologies,” Van Beek said. “The Cabal’s regime, led by the Prosecutor, who bemoans the difficulty of retaining employees and says he is woefully behind in his work, finds enough time to pursue a witch hunt against me which he stated months ago was in excess of $50,000 in hard costs to the taxpayer. His insidious and toxic pursuit of a fellow elected, female commissioner has returned nothing; it is a relentless and costly pursuit to save face.”
Taylor, the county prosecutor, declined to comment on this story.
Waite said the work Van Beek is doing and the reaction she is getting from other elected officials is noteworthy. There has been “nothing substantial” to come from the no-confidence letter, and the officials are “still grasping for straws.”
“Why would they do that to her?” he said. “I think it’s because she’s a great commissioner and she’s doing the job she should be doing, she’s asking the questions that nobody’s been asking before that need to change.”
Erin Banks Rusby is a reporter with the Idaho Press. She covers Canyon County, including agriculture, education, and government.
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BOISE, Idaho — More than 1,400 Idaho Power customers in Meridian and Eagle are without power due to a power outage near 10 Mile Road and Chinden Boulevard.
According to Idaho Power, the outage started at approximately 4:09 p.m., and the cause is not yet known, but they believe it may be line interference. A crew has been dispatched and is on site.
Power is estimated to be restored later tonight, at around 6 p.m.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The Pillar Falls drowning victim has been identified by the Twin Falls County Coroner's Office.
According to the County Coroner, Cory Grant Collard of Payson, UT, drowned at Pillar Falls in Twin Falls at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 30.
Collard, 30, was pulled out of the water by his family, and resuscitation efforts were employed immediately. Collard was transported by ambulance to St. Luke's Hospital, but passed from his injuries later that night around 7:30.
Collard's family witnessed the drowning and was notified of his passing.
The Twin Falls County Coroner’s Office wants to remind the public that while the water at Pillar Falls appears to be calm, there are severe undercurrents that are strong enough to suck a body into the rocks below. Visitors should be careful and aware of their surroundings.
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BOISE, Idaho — Good things come to those who wait. Fans of Boise author Alan Heathcock have waited a decade for his second book to come out. But they don't have to wait much longer.
Heathcock released his critically-acclaimed, debut short story collection "Volt" in 2011. Now, his first novel "40" hits store shelves and online book stores Tuesday, August 2.
It's a sweeping, near-future, dystopian epic of biblical proportions involving, war, politics, religious fanaticism, natural disasters and a mysterious set of wings that appear on the main character.
And according to a couple early reviews, "40" appears to be a good thing worth waiting for. "Vanity Fair" featured it as a "Freshest New Fiction" selection. A review on Booklist says, "Heathcock's first novel beautifully captures the seriousness of the questions, posed in sparkling prose. Dystopian fans will relish this compelling, lyrical tale."
Heathcock has woven a story around the main character Mazzy Goodwin. In the synopsis, she's described as a "young soldier who wakes up in a bomb crater and inexplicably has wings emerged from her back. She flies out of the crater, very confused, to find her entire platoon killed in a bomb strike, and later finds America has devolved into a civil war between the U.S. Government and the Novae Terrae, a mysterious cult-like, pseudo-religious faction headed by the also-mysterious Jo Sam.
In an interview for this week's Viewpoint, Heathcock talks about the premise of the story. An excerpt is below.
Alan Heathcock: "I had thought about a person with wings being brought down into this world and how people would react. And I thought that was kind of an interesting thing to think about. All the connotations that would come with it and what would be lauded on top of just having wings, let alone the type of person you are."
Doug Petcash: "Will you divulge why the title is '40'?"
Alan Heathcock: "40 is kind of a sacred number across a number of the world religions, and I think, specifically, there's a couple allusions from the Christian Bible, 40 days and 40 nights of rain, 40 days in the desert. There's lots of 40s in the Christian Bible, and Psalm 40 is one of my favorite psalms. It speaks basically into waiting patiently for a song to come from your mouth and sing a new song into the world, and that kind of speaks to the way I think about myself as an artist. I kind of think of the book, the publishers always gets tricky. You know, is it science fiction, is it fantasy, is it literary fiction? I don't think in those ways. I kind of think of it as a secular Bible story that's set in America. It's just the way I've always thought of it. You know you think of Bible stories, they have politics and war and there's magical realism."
On Tuesday, August 2, Heathcock is holding a book launch and signing event at 7 p.m. at TRICA, 1406 Eastman St. in Boise. The event is also a benefit for Radio Boise. That same day copies will also be available at Rediscovered Books, Barnes and Noble and any online bookseller.
On this edition of Viewpoint, Heathcock talks more about how he developed the themes he included in the book and his overall creative process.
Viewpoint airs Sunday mornings at 9 o'clock on KTVB.
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Assateague beach partially closes after explosive debris was found over the weekend
A partial closure of Assateague Island National Seashore was in effect Sunday, July 31, 2022, after multiple unexploded military ordnance was found.
The North Ocean Beach Swimming area on the Maryland side of the island is closed until further notice, the National Park Service announced in a Sunday press release.
This closure is in effect because of the discovery of multiple (seven and counting), pieces of military munitions debris on the beach over the last two weeks. Most of these pieces are just metal fragments, but some may still contain residue of either explosives or propellent and, thus, must be considered dangerous.
"The 'normal' lifeguarded beach area is closed until further notice," the park service said.
The beach is open both north and south of the lifeguarded area. The parking lot remains open. The Beach Hut will remain open. Lifeguards will be located immediately south of their normal area. The park urges visitor to not enter the closed areas or cross the closure barriers for their safety.
Why are we seeing ordinance now?
During the 1940s, the U.S. Navy used this area of Assateague Island as a test range for rockets and bombs. In the 1950's a clean up was done, and munitions debris was buried in pits on the island. Due to the natural movement of the island and sea level rise, some of these pits are now offshore.
It is likely that the large nor’easter in May disturbed the nearshore seafloor and uncovered one of these pits, the press release states. This has resulted in pieces of ordinance coming ashore.
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On July 13, military ordnance was located on the beach causing a six-hour closure. On July 26, three suspected military ordnance also washed ashore in an area of North Ocean Beach. The devices were rendered safe.
How to stay safe? What's being done?
Ocean City Bomb Squad and the Dover Air Force Base EOD team have been assisting the park in dealing with these items.
If you find a piece of unidentified metal on the beach, do not touch it, and notify park staff.
Unfortunately, there have been several instances of visitors picking up rocket fragments and carrying them to either the lifeguards or, in one instance the visitor center, the news release states. Do not do this as it is potentially very dangerous, the park service urges.
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Park Management will meet this week with explosive ordnance disposal experts in an effort to develop a plan for going forward.
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Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state.
New positive cases: 2,425
New deaths: 1
Total positive cases: 2,214,871
Total number of deaths: 31,172
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,150,959
Rate of transmission: 1.01
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 62,354 cases, 959 deaths, 380,952 doses administered
Cape May: 12,337 cases, 264 deaths, 134,563 doses administered
Cumberland: 36,789 cases, 580 deaths, 186,912 doses administered
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Ocean: 151,274 cases, 2,878 deaths, 703,938 doses administered
Figures as of 5:45 p.m. July 31
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Carling Mott, 28, was killed in a traffic accident near her home in the New York borough of Manhattan on Tuesday.
The daughter of James and Janice Mott of Ocean City, she grew up in that community and graduated from Ocean City High School in 2012.
According to several reports, she was riding her bicycle on East 85th Street when she fell off and was struck by a tractor-trailer. The driver was not charged, and it is not clear why she fell off.
Mott attended Syracuse University and worked as a production manager at Nickelodeon.
“My heart goes out to the family and many friends of Carling Mott, who died this week in a tragic bike accident in New York City,” Mayor Jay Gillian stated in his weekly message to residents Friday. “Carling was a 2012 Ocean City High School graduate with a promising career as a television production manager. She loved Ocean City and her new home in Manhattan and lived life to its fullest.”
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The crash had previously been reported in the New York Post and the Ocean City Sentinel.
The accident took place on a one-way, three lane road to the east of Central Park. There is no bike lane on that street. An advocacy group, Transportation Alternatives, faulted the city for failing to provide adequate bike lanes, and said 142 people have been killed in crashes citywide this year, including 11 riding bicycles.
Mott’s death is being mourned by many in Ocean City, with one of her friends on social media describing her as “human sunshine.” Mott was planning to run the Chicago Marathon this year, using the run as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
Her obituary said she excelled at tennis, lacrosse and competitive sailing in high school, and completed the New York City Marathon last year. She studied in London for a year, at which time she visited Spain, Morocco, Turkey and Berlin.
“Carling is best defined by her love for life, and family. She loved NYC and the Upper East Side where she lived,” reads her obituary.
A celebration of her life is planned at the Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point at noon Monday, where friends may call beginning at 10 a.m.
Night Out planned in several communities
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP – Police, firefighters and other first responders are set to participate in Middle Township’s 39th annual National Night Out from 5 until 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Davies Sports Complex, 626 Goshen Road, in the Cape May Court House section of the township.
“This is a great opportunity for police officers and residents to come together under positive circumstances and strengthen our sense of community,” said Middle Township Police Chief Chris Leusner.
The event will include games, music and food. Also set to attend are Miss New Jersey Augostina Mallous, a resident of Cape May County, and meteorologist Joe Martucci with The Press of Atlantic City. Mounted officers and the K-9 unit from the Cape May County Sheriff’s Department are also expected to attend.
Similar events are set to take place the same night across the country and in several Cape May County communities. In Sea Isle City, the event takes place from 6 until 8 p.m. at Excursion Park at JFK Boulevard and Pleasure Avenue. In addition to free food and free activities, the popular event will include representatives of the county SWAT team, Sheriff’s Department officers and more.
“As is the case in towns and cities throughout the country, the focus of Sea Isle’s National Night Out is to increase awareness for important police programs, such as drug prevention, avoiding juvenile alcohol use, and other anti-crime efforts,” reads a statement from the city.
Wildwood plans a family night out at Fox Park, between Burk and Montgomery avenues, from 5:30 until 8:30 p.m.
Night Out events are also listed for Dennis Township, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, Stone Harbor and Avalon. Lower Township has previously hosted Night Out, but no event is posted to the calendar on the township webpage.
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Juan Lagarez, Addy Lagarez, 19 months, and Sue Velez, all from Millville, cheer on the passing procession during the parade for the Puerto Rican Festival along Landis Avenue in Vineland on Sunday
MATTHEW STRABUK PHOTOS, FOR THE PRESS
The parade was back in full force after two years of pandemic-related cancellations.
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The Puerto Rican Festival parade include all types of vehicles, including Jeeps and firetrucks, plus horses, making their way along Landis Avenue in Vineland on Sunday.
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Arianna Arocho, 19, and Nevaeh Nichols, 18, both of Millville, found a spot along the route to enjoy the parade.
MATTHEW STRABUK, FOR THE PRESS
On July 31 2022, in Vineland, the Puerto Rican Day Parade was held down Landis Ave., ending at Landis Park, where a carnival and other festivities awaited.
VINELAND — One of the largest celebrations for Puerto Rican heritage in New Jersey came to a festive close over the weekend.
Myriad parade-goers gathered at the intersection of Landis and West avenues on Sunday to hold the Puerto Rican Parade. It was a capstone for the city’s weeklong Puerto Rican Festival and a chance for families of all ages to come together for a community celebration.
The parade began in the parking lot of the Vineland Public Schools Administration building and marched several blocks to Landis Park. There was a multitude of different cars, trucks, Jeeps, motorcycles and dirt bikes roaring down the street as hundreds of onlookers watched and cheered. Nearly every vehicle was proudly flying the Puerto Rican flag.
After the parade, hundreds of people huddled at Landis Park for more music, carnival games and other attractions.
“We think it was a fantastic turnout,” said Marilee Negron, a lead organizer for the festival.
Negron estimated that there were about 3,000 people driving in the parade. It was the first time the city held the parade in three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She also thanked the city and its first responders for helping to organize the event.
How the pandemic had canceled events like this in past years made the size of the celebration Sunday all the more impressive. Madeline Acosta, a Vineland woman who was there with her grandsons, son, daughter and son-in-law was impressed by the turnout, which was nearly unprecedented in size.
“We haven’t had a festival like this in a long time,” said Acosta, who added that her family was from Utuado, Puerto Rico.
Leroy Kilpatrick, president of Rock Life Jeepers, said he appreciated what the event could mean to the community. His company was asked to ride in the Vineland Memorial Day parade and wanted to do the same for Puerto Rican community in Sunday’s parade. The group brought several themed Jeeps, including one for the Philadelphia Eagles that honored Hall of Fame Safety Brian Dawkins.
Kilpatrick said an easing of pandemic restrictions has given him an opportunity to make his community spirit felt.
“We got an opportunity to show the community that we can show them a lot of love again,” Kilpatrick said.
Anibal Santiago, of Vineland, was one of the riders in the parade. He said was excited to see the parade make a return after a pandemic layover, especially as the parade had been a longtime tradition for him. Santiago, now 31, had been riding with his Jeep in the parade for 15 years.
“After the pandemic, everyone is out, enjoying themselves,” “It always gets better every year.”
“Tainos Club in the house!” added Hector Sanchez, 50, referencing the Jeep club with which he and Santiago were riding.
An eye on November
The event was also a good opportunity for politicians to show their community support in advance of the November elections. Cumberland County Commission Director Darlene Barber, a Democrat, was there to show support for their community, as was Democratic commissioner nominee Priscilla Ocasio-Jiménez, who is of Puerto Rican decent. Ocasio-Jiménez said she was out here to support both the Puerto Rican community and the people of Cumberland County at large
Democratic Congressional nominee Tim Alexander, who is running to oust U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2, was at the event, too. He noted that he went to high school in Vineland, met his wife in the city, a==had two children there and was “proud to have roots all over the district.”
“(The parade) is about the community, and it says we are a very diverse community.” Alexander said. “For me, it makes sense to be here, to let people know not only am I seeking their support, I’m supporting them.”
The Republicans were out in force for the event. Republican Cumberland County Commission nominee Doug Albrecht was there, as was state Sen. Mike Testa, R, Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland.
“That’s what Vineland is all about, that’s what Cumberland County is all about. It’s about embracing our traditions as a community,” GOP Cumberland County Commission nominee Victoria Lods said, highlighting the importance of Puerto Rican heritage in the county.
Danny Oyola, of Galloway Township, said he used to watch the parade when he was a child living in Vineland. On Sunday, he came with a Puerto Rican flag to watch the parade with his entire family, including wife Christina Oyola and their 7-year-old, triplet daughters — Isabella, Heavenly and Bethany.
“We’re loving it. It’s beautiful,” Danny Oyola said.
“And this is the girls’ first time,” added Christina Oyola. “We’re trying to have them enjoy and understand their culture.”
To embrace Puerto Rican culture was front of mind for many watching and celebrating the parade. Angelo Lopez, of Vineland, said he had several friends riding in the parade. He said it was important to cherish Puerto Rican culture given previous attempts to suppress celebrations, alluding to a 1948 law to ban flying the Puerto Rican flag in Puerto Rico as an act of sedition. That law stayed in effect for nine years.
“We represent Puerto Rico anywhere,” said Lopez, who stressed he was from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. “Remember, our flag was illegal.”
“We’re proud to be Puerto Rican.”
Alexa Washington and her sister, Wanda Muniz, both of Vineland, also felt like the parade was a way by which they could connect with the food, music and heritage while fostering a sense of unity.
“It brings us closer to where we’re from,” Muniz said.
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Juan Lagarez, Addy Lagarez, 19 months, and Sue Velez, all from Millville, cheer on the passing procession during the parade for the Puerto Rican Festival along Landis Avenue in Vineland on Sunday
The Puerto Rican Festival parade include all types of vehicles, including Jeeps and firetrucks, plus horses, making their way along Landis Avenue in Vineland on Sunday.
On July 31 2022, in Vineland, the Puerto Rican Day Parade was held down Landis Ave., ending at Landis Park, where a carnival and other festivities awaited. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/puerto-rican-heritage-celebrated-in-packed-vineland-parade/article_a374aeb6-1119-11ed-9760-a7d7a489abdb.html | 2022-08-01T00:03:52 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/puerto-rican-heritage-celebrated-in-packed-vineland-parade/article_a374aeb6-1119-11ed-9760-a7d7a489abdb.html |
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