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House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, addresses the House Chamber after being sworn in at the Statehouse in Indianapolis on March 9, 2020.
Associated Press
People in the Senate chambers crane their necks to see the board showing results of a vote to pass Senate Bill 1 during special session Saturday. The bill, which would ban most abortions in Indiana, passed 26-20 and moves on to the House.
Jenna Watson, The Indianapolis Star via AP
The House of Representatives chamber in the Indiana Statehouse is shown.
The 100 members of the Indiana House of Representatives will decide this week what happens next with the near-total abortion ban approved Saturday by the Senate with the bare minimum of 26 votes needed to advance the proposal.
House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, on Monday assigned Senate Bill 1 to the House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
It's scheduled to hear public testimony on the legislation at the Statehouse in Indianapolis beginning at 8 a.m. Region time Tuesday.
Written testimony may be submitted by emailing SB1@iga.in.gov through noon Region time Tuesday.
That's different than last week when Senate President Rod Bray, R-Martinsville, steered the abortion measure to the Bray-led Senate Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure to personally ensure the plan would successfully make it out of committee with minimal changes following two days of public testimony, which it did on a 7-5 vote.
The Courts and Criminal Code Committee is led by state Rep. Wendy McNamara, R-Evansville, a southwestern Indiana educator and school administrator originally from LaPorte.
The panel's membership contains nine Republicans and four Democrats, including Northwest Indiana state Reps. Mike Aylesworth, R-Hebron; and Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary, who is the top Democrat on the committee.
Huston has scheduled only one day of public testimony for the abortion legislation in committee, followed by a brief House session around 4:30 p.m. Region time Tuesday to approve the committee report.
That suggests Huston is confident the committee will endorse the measure in at least some form, even though he personally believes the Senate proposal "needs some work."
"I think this is a very personal issue where people have been considering it for a long time. We always take public feedback, but we're going to come forward with what we think is the best, thoughtful policy that protects life, and supports women and children across the state of Indiana," Huston said.
House Democrats attempted to use a rare procedural move Monday to keep the abortion plan from even being considered by the committee and the issue instead held over for the regular legislative session that begins in January. But the motion by state Rep. Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington, was voted down by the Republican-controlled chamber, 68-25.
Huston said that following Tuesday's committee action the House will take Wednesday off, convene Thursday to consider amendments to the proposal offered by any state representative, and vote Friday on final passage.
However, if the House changes even one letter of the proposal, it must return to the Senate for lawmakers there to either consent to the change or send the legislation to a conference committee, where a few members from the House and Senate will attempt to work out a compromise version that must be voted on again by both chambers.
It's not clear how much flexibility the House has to alter the measure as several senators who supported it Saturday said they only were doing so to "keep the conversation going," and might not vote for it again if it comes back from the House with significant differences.
"We're going to continue to have conversations and see what happens with the bill," McNamara said. "We want to take the opportunity (Tuesday) to listen to what the public has to say. We've spent a great deal of time listening, over the last 12 years in my case since I've been in office, of paying attention to what our communities say, and we'll move the ball forward."
Under Indiana law, all special session legislation must be approved by the House and Senate with identical language no later than Aug. 14 to advance to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb to be signed into law or vetoed.
State representatives generally have remained mum about their positions on specific details of the proposed abortion restrictions approved by the Senate.
But the debate among the 71 House Republicans and 29 Democrats is likely to split, similar to the Senate, into three camps: Republicans favoring the near-total abortion ban; Republicans favoring a "no exceptions" abortion ban; and a few Republicans and likely all Democrats opposing new abortion restrictions.
Legislation always must win 51 votes to earn House approval no matter how many members are in attendance at any given time.
As it currently stands, Senate Bill 1 requires a person who becomes pregnant because of rape or incest to obtain an abortion within eight weeks of fertilization if she is age 16 or older, or prior to 12 weeks post-fertilization if the girl is less than 16 years old.
A non-confidential affidavit attesting to a pregnancy caused by rape or incest, signed and notarized under penalties of perjury, must be submitted and permanently included in the woman's medical record as a condition of receiving an abortion, according to the proposal.
In all other cases, abortion would be prohibited in Indiana except when a doctor determines — and is willing to risk his or her professional license on the belief — that an abortion is needed to prevent substantial permanent impairment to the life of a pregnant woman.
Leading anti-abortion organizations and abortion rights supporters both oppose the legislation because they say either it does not go far enough, due to the rape and incest exceptions, or goes too far in limiting the autonomy of Hoosier women over their own bodies.
Abortion isn't the only agenda item on the Legislature's docket this week. The House Ways and Means Committee also is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday to consider the $45 million package of social service programs for women, children and families in Senate Bill 2.
Senate Bill 3 is not scheduled for committee review by the House. As a result, the inflation relief plan approved Saturday by the Senate, including taking a penny off the state's record-high gasoline tax and suspending the collection of Indiana's 7% sales tax on residential utility bills through the end of the year, might not become law.
Across the rotunda, the Senate Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy is set to meet at 9 a.m. Region time Wednesday to evaluate House Bill 1001.
That measure contains both the governor's plan for $225 tax rebates for most adult Hoosiers and $58.5 million in increased state spending for prenatal services, Medicaid birth and delivery costs, child care, contraceptive availability and other anticipated expenses linked, in part, to the proposed abortion restrictions in Senate Bill 1.
The full Senate is scheduled to meet Wednesday afternoon to formally accept the committee report, which may range from merely endorsing the House-approved plan to replacing everything in House Bill 1001 with the contents of Senate Bills 2 and 3.
Senators then are likely to be in session Thursday and Friday to continue working on tax and spending matters.
Absent prompt agreement between the House and Senate, it's probable the General Assembly will need to meet over the weekend, or at least a few days next week, to finish its work for the special session.
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The Republican Senate reluctantly agreed to advance a prohibition all abortions in the state, with limited exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest, or when the life of the mother is at stake.
It's not clear whether Senate Bill 1 will reach the 26 votes required for approval, even though Republicans, who generally oppose abortion, control 39 seats in the 50-member chamber.
State Sen. Sue Glick said the time limits ensure exceptions to her proposed abortion ban remain available, but aren't open-ended opportunities to terminate a pregnancy after viability is reached.
Thousands of people, including the vice president of the U.S., showed up at the Indiana Statehouse on Monday to make their voices heard as Hoosier lawmakers consider enacting a near-total abortion ban.
On Friday, the Indiana House voted 93-2 to advance its family and children spending plan to the Senate, while the Senate voted 46-1 to send its proposal for "wraparound services" to the House.
Competing proposals to reduce taxes and increase spending on pregnancy and child care programs may end up being just as divisive as abortion during the special session of the Indiana General Assembly.
Some of the more than 50 women, men and children who rallied Sunday at Wicker Memorial Park vowed to keep fighting until the right to abortion is fully restored.
Women's access to abortion largely could be eliminated in Indiana as soon as mid-August under legislation unveiled Wednesday by Republican Senate leaders.
"Politicians are wading into an issue they are not smart enough to understand outside of their Washington talking points," said Ali Brown, a Portage native and Democratic city leader in Indianapolis.
Attorney Jim Bopp, of Terre Haute, said his proposal offers "the best opportunity to protect the unborn" following last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling rescinding the constitutional right to abortion.
The 2021 Terminated Pregnancy Report shows 8,414 women had an abortion in Indiana last year, up from 7,756 in 2020, a total of 658 more abortions, or an 8.5% increase.
Following Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Indiana lawmakers are almost certain next month to enact severe restrictions on abortion access, or outright ban the procedure in the Hoosier State.
Gov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday issued an official proclamation directing the General Assembly to convene on July 6 “in order to consider and address the current adverse economic conditions."
The Republican chief executive outlined a plan Thursday for Indiana to pay $225 to all adult Hoosiers in July or August, on top of the $125 automatic taxpayer refund payments already going out.
People in the Senate chambers crane their necks to see the board showing results of a vote to pass Senate Bill 1 during special session Saturday. The bill, which would ban most abortions in Indiana, passed 26-20 and moves on to the House. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/debate-over-indianas-proposed-near-total-abortion-ban-shifts-to-the-house/article_7b3f213b-aab0-5579-b5cf-7cd17abbdbed.html | 2022-08-01T23:46:54 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/debate-over-indianas-proposed-near-total-abortion-ban-shifts-to-the-house/article_7b3f213b-aab0-5579-b5cf-7cd17abbdbed.html |
CALUMET CITY — In a pair of unanimous votes last week, the City Council approved a $53 million budget and the possible first step in a redevelopment plan for River Oaks Center, which the city is negotiating to buy.
Council members gave the city's finance team the go-ahead to prepare the documents that would be necessary to seek bonds for the River Oaks redevelopment.
The redevelopment could include replacing the vacant Sears store — which closed in 2013 — in the mall's northeast corner with a $79 million water park.
The second phase of the project could include the construction of the south wing of a hotel catering to families with younger children. The third phase could feature building the north wing of the hotel, targeted at the business community with conference facilities and a rooftop bar and pool.
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The city already owns the former Sears property, which covers 27 acres and has been appraised at $1.9 million, and plans to sell it to Chicago-based Jackson Nuckolls Group LLC for redevelopment.
River Oaks was opened as an outdoor mall in 1966 and was converted to an indoor mall in a 1994 redevelopment. Two anchor stores, Sears and Carson's, closed in 2013, leaving two remaining anchors: Macy's, the successor to original anchor Marshall Field's, and JCPenney. The latter was announced to be closing in 2020, but that decision was reversed.
Another possible component of the River Oaks redevelopment plan is an overhaul of the 200-acre indoor mall, whose lack of upkeep has been a source of criticism from both business owners and the administrations of current Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones and his predecessor, Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush.
That has spurred Jones' push for the city to buy the mall from current owners, Namdar Realty Group and Mason Asset Management.
"Upon being elected in 2021, I made it quite clear to the mall owners that Calumet City would no longer tolerate the current disposition of the property," Jones said in a statement. "The current operation has become the laughingstock of Cook County. The City Council and I will not stand idle and allow this precious gem to continue to be a cesspool for crime and mismanagement."
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The city's $53 million budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year is an increase of $4 million from the current year.
It includes $8 million in new revenue, without a tax increase. Jones credited that in part to an increase in the number of businesses in the city from 415 to 628.
Other highlights of the budget:
- Cutting city expenditures by $500,000;
- Reducing Fire Department overtime from $1.3 million to $800,000 in conjunction with the hiring of additional firefighters;
- Hiring nine additional police officers, with plans to hire 10 more in 2023, and the implementation of bike and ATV patrols;
- Reduced health care costs by $350,000.
"I am grateful to the Aldermen for passing this budget," Jones said in a statement. "It addresses a variety of issues and potential challenges impacting our residents. This budget will allow us to not only fulfill the obligation to our residents and youth, but we now can aggressively capture this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform our city for the better." | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/calumet-city/calumet-city-council-oks-53-million-budget-possible-first-step-in-river-oaks-project/article_cbcaa993-03e0-587b-8546-37e4a46511cb.html | 2022-08-01T23:47:00 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/calumet-city/calumet-city-council-oks-53-million-budget-possible-first-step-in-river-oaks-project/article_cbcaa993-03e0-587b-8546-37e4a46511cb.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Aaron M. Parlier will officially spend the rest of his life in prison following a sentencing on Monday. The state has decided not to move forward with four more potential trials against him.
Judge Casey Costigan sentenced Parlier to natural life in prison for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under the age of 13. Under state law, the charge carried a mandatory sentence of natural life given aggravating circumstances in the case.
Parlier was earlier sentenced to 450 years in prison on other counts. All of the abuse of which he was convicted happened while he was a piano teacher in the Bloomington area.
The life sentence has been expected since Parlier was found guilty of the count in April.
The sentence is important as a deterrence to others, Costigan said.
“If you violate children in this way, you will spend the rest of your life in prison,” he said.
Parlier, 41, and his defense attorney Joseph Moran indicated they intend to appeal.
The sentence comes from the second of what could have been six trials, as the counts were separated into separate trials for each of Parlier's accusers. However, Assistant State’s Attorney Erika Reynolds said that in talking with the other accusers, they decided not to move forward with the other charges and trials as they would not have significantly changed his sentence.
Costigan dismissed the remaining six counts at the state’s request, meaning this was the last trial and sentencing on those charges.
In the latest trial Parlier was convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under 13 years old, aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child under 13, child pornography and nine counts of criminal sexual assault of a minor.
Parlier was charged in 2018 . At the time he was a piano teacher in Bloomington and lived in Mackinaw. Police began investigating him after a girl submitted an essay in high school that included mentions of being sexually assaulted by her piano teacher.
During the investigation, police found videos of other sexual assaults on children on a laptop from Parlier’s home, leading to the additional charges.
The survivor of the assault testified in the second trial that she had started taking lessons with Parlier when she was 6 and that the assaults began when she was 8 and continued until she was 14. The survivor in the first trial was 8 or 9 in the videos Parlier made, her mother said during that trial.
During arguments at the sentencing, Reynolds said that did not see a justification for giving less than the maximum sentence.
“I don’t know that there’s anything more that can be said in this case,” she said.
Reynolds read a victim impact statement from the survivor at the sentencing. She has had long-term impacts, including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder from the abuse she suffered, the statement said.
“I am worth more than being a victim, I’m a survivor,” she said.
She also thanked the police officers, prosecutors and court for helping bring justice for herself, the other survivors and the community.
“Thank you for bringing me a piece of closure,” she said.
For his part, Costigan thanked the survivors for coming forward, including testifying during the trials.
“The court understands that it takes a great deal of courage to come forward in a trial,” he said. “(…) That courage has resulted in justice being done in this case.”
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Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
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Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
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Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
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Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
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Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
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Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
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Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
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Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
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Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
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Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
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Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
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Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
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Ashley R. Schneiderheinze
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze, 32, is charged with unlawful possession of:
15 to 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony) Less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Less than 15 grams of clonazepam (Class 4 felony) 30 to 100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor) She also is charged with two counts of permitting the unlawful use of a building.
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Austin S. Waller
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary at a Bloomington smoke shop. He is separately charged with three counts of burglary at the Corn Crib.
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Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
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Brandon E. Reynolds
Brandon E. Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a charge of grooming.
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Brandon E.J. Frieburg
Brandon E.J. Frieburg, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
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Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
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Brenden P. Cano
Brenden P. Cano , 23, of LeRoy, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography production.
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Brennen M. Whiteside
Brennen M. Whiteside, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of vehicular invasion and aggravated battery.
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Brettais J. Lane
Brettais J. Lane, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in a public park and ulawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
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Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
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Caleb W. Collier
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Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
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Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
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Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
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Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
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Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
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Chester Johnson
Chester Johnson, 69, of Chicago, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by felon.
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Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
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Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
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Christopher A. Johnson
Christopher A. Johnson, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
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Christopher Garza
Christopher O. Garza, 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
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Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, was sentenced to 167 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
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Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
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Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
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Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, was sentenced to 142 days in jail in June 2022 for aggravated battery to a peace officer. He was originally charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
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Corey B. Dowell
Corey B. Dowell , 24, of Bloomington, is charged with failure to report an accident or injury.
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Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
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Corey W. Elizondo
Corey W. Elizondo, 31, of Peoria, is charged with possession of a stolen or converted stolen vehicle and theft.
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Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
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Craig O. Harrington
Craig O. Harrington , 23, of Chicago, was sentenced to 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of burglary.
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Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
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Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
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Darrius J. Heard
Darrius J. Heard, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced to six days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
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David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
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David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
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David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
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David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
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Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
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Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
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Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
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Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
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Destinee M. Nuckolls
Destinee M. Nuckolls, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine and permitting unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
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Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
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Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
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Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
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Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 31, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 36 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery-strangulation.
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Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
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Duane K. Martin
Duane K. Martin, 34, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, three counts of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine and four counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine.
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Dujuan L. Enos
Dujuan L. Enos, 48, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of fentanyl.
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Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Enrique D. Sosa
Enrique D. Sosa, 55, of Spanish Fork, Utah, is charged with theft, financial institution fraud, wire fraud and two counts of computer fraud.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 22, of Chicago, was sentenced to 60 days in jail, plus 30 months of probation, after pleading guilty July 2022 to illegal possession of stolen vehicle parts. He was previously charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Franklin P. Roberts
Franklin P. Roberts, 50, of Bloomington, is charged with threatening a public official (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
George E. Wisehart
George E. Wisehart, 44, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and two counts of meth possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hannah J. Jackson
Hannah J. Jackson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter A.W. Williamson
Hunter A.W. Williamson, 23, of Heyworth, is charged with cannabis trafficking and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
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Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob S. Upton
Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahda R. Davis
Jahda R. Davis, 20, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
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Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James Canti
James Canti, 48, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates, 24, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason M. Harris
Jason M. Harris , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated arson (Class X felony), residential arson (Class 1 felony) and two counts of arson (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jawarren L. Clements
Jawarren L. Clements, 25, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jesse S. Duncan
Jesse S. Duncan, 28, of Bloomington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property with a value of between $500 and $10,000.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica N. Huff
Jessica N. Huff, 35, of Peoria, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua A. Lindsey
Joshua A. Lindsey, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of MDMA) Two counts of unlawful possession of meth (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of MDMA) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (amphetamine) Four counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of amphetamine, less than 15 grams of clonazepam, less than 15 grams of lorazepam, less than 15 grams of cocaine) Unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (30 to 500 grams) Unlawful possession of cannabis (30 to 500 grams)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua K. Wilson
Joshua K. Wilson, 39, of Normal, was sentenced to 152 days in jail and 24 months on conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, was sentenced to 143 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to one year in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kavion J. Anderson
Kavion J. Anderson, 18, of Hazel Crest, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He earned credit for 197 days served in jail. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular hijacking.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kelyi G. Kabongo
Kelyi G. Kabongo, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession 5 to 15 grams of meth and less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver, possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth and possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta C. Chissell
Kenyatta C. Chissell, 40, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerrigan T. Spencer
Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal, is charged with two counts of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerry M. Huls
Kerry M. Huls, 47, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of meth, unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, was sentenced to five years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Malik A. Wilson
Malik A. Wilson, 23, of Chicago, is charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mason A. Artis
Mason A. Artis, 22, of Shirley, is charged with possession of a stolen license plate, unauthorized use of a license plate and three counts of theft. He is separately charged with unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 102 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael S. Parkerson
Michael S. Parkerson, 54, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
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Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Noel R. Castillo
Noel Ramirez-Castillo, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful vehicular invasion, aggravated battery, theft, criminal damage to government supported property and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Randy M. Turner
Randy M. Turner, 39, of Danville, is charged with two counts of disarming a peace officer, five counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, attempted possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to government supported property and driving under the influence of drugs.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhiannan O. Keith
Rhiannan O. Keith, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhonda L. Davis
Rhonda L. Davis , 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Richard L. Kletz
Kletz
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ronnie Cannon
Ronnie Cannon, 43, of Chicago, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Roosevelt Williams
Roosevelt Williams, 43, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion, criminal trespass to a residence and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Sarah E. Myers
Sarah E. Myers, 39, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after she knowingly made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature by spitting upon a correctional officer, court documents said.
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Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
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Shanarra S. Spillers
Shanarra S. Spillers , 36, of Normal, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, was sentenced July 13, 2022, to 68 days in jail and 30 months of probation after pleading guilty to residential burglary, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stephon T. Carter
Carter
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Terrance T. Jones
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 60, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 months on probation and 96 days in jail for one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Trevon J. Triplett
Triplett
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler C. Neely
Tyler C. Neely, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with four counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class X and Class 1 felonies), reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) and methamphetamine possession (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyrone L. McKinney
Tyrone L. McKinney, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 1 to 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyson Brown
Tyson Brown is charged with burglary and forgery for attempting to cash a stolen check at CEFCU in Normal.
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Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
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Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Xavier M. Moreau
Xavier M. Moreau, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and violation of the Firearm Owner’s Identification Card Act.
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Zachary J. Williamson
Williamson
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Cierra A. Hazlett
Cierra A. Hazlett, 26, is charged with unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) as well as six other related charges across two separate cases.
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Edin O. Portillo-Lopez
Edin O. Portillo-Lopez, 37, is charged with 30 counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and child pornography (Class 2 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Matthew T. Huett
Matthew T. Huett, 40, was arrested Wednesday after multiple bills of indictments were signed by a McLean County grand jury. He was charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies) and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies).
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Tyson S. Moore
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, court documents said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif — California prison officials said Monday that they are investigating the third slaying of an inmate by other inmates within the span of a week, at three different prisons.
The latest was Friday at Pelican Bay State Prison in far northwestern California, where officials say Fernando Torres Lopez attacked fellow inmate Uriel Otero in a dayroom. He was pronounced dead less than an hour later.
Otero, 22, was serving a 25-year sentence from Monterey County for attempted second-degree murder with use of a firearm and inflicting great bodily injury during a street gang act.
Torres Lopez, 23, was serving a sentence of nearly 20 years from Santa Clara County for attempted second-degree murder and two deadly weapon assaults during a street gang act.
A week earlier, officials say two inmates killed a third at High Desert State Prison in northeastern California.
An a day later, on July 23, they said two inmates killed a third at California State Prison, Sacramento.
Officials said all three are under investigation, so they couldn't comment on any possible connections.
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SELMA, Calif. — A group of dogs escaped from a home in central California and mauled to death a 59-year-old man on a walk, authorities said.
Selma police officers responded to a call Sunday in the area of Goldridge and Balboa streets and found a person trying to separate the dogs from the victim, the Selma Police Department said in a statement.
The man was taken to a local hospital, where he died. His name has not been released pending notification to his family, police said.
The person who tried to help was bitten by one of the dogs but sustained only a minor injury, police said.
Police and animal control officers captured and quarantined the dogs.
Authorities did not identify the breeds of the dogs or say how many were involved in the attack.
The owner of the dogs was cooperating with investigators., police said.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — Family members of some of the people killed or wounded during a 2019 shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival are suing the companies that distributed the rifle used in the attack, saying they did not take sufficient care to prevent misuse of the firearm.
Two similar lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Vermont on July 28 allege that manufacturer Century International Arms and Romanian firearm producer ROMARM failed to adopt reasonable safeguards that "enabled a dangerous individual operating in and around California" to legally acquire the firearm in Nevada, take it to California and use it in the attack at the Gilroy Garlic Festival that killed three and wounded 17.
"Defendants knowingly breached the duty to exercise the highest degree of reasonable care in preventing the diversion of firearms to dangerous actors that they had voluntarily assumed when they entered the firearms business," said the lawsuits, filed on the third anniversary of the shooting.
The suit says Century Arms may have also violated Vermont laws that prohibit large capacity magazines.
Century Arms is based in Delray Beach, Florida, but it has a facility in Georgia, Vermont, where the ROMARM firearms, listed on the company's website as AK-style rifles, are modified to comply with U.S. law, according to the lawsuit.
Century Arms did not respond to a phone message seeking comment, nor did ROMARM respond to an email.
In most cases, federal law shields gun-makers from liability, but that could be changing.
Earlier this year, the families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.
In June, in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers, President Joe Biden called on Congress to end "outrageous" protections for gun manufacturers, which severely limit their liability over how their firearms are used, comparing it to the tobacco industry, which has faced repeated litigation over its products' role in causing cancer and other diseases.
In the aftermath of the garlic festival shooting, Gilroy police said the shooter fired 39 rounds from an AK-47-style rifle.
"A mass shooting like the Attack in which an individual like the Shooter uses a firearm like the Rifle to inflict catastrophic harm on parties like the Plaintiffs is a natural and foreseeable consequence of Defendants' violations of the relevant standard of care," according to the lawsuit.
The suits are seeking a jury trial, but they did not specify the damages they are seeking.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Leasing for new oil and gas drilling on federal land in central California is temporarily blocked under a settlement announced Monday between the state and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
The deal, which still needs court approval, centers on more than 2,500 square miles (6,475 square kilometers) of land and subsurface mineral rights owned by the federal government in California's Central Valley, a hub for oil and gas activity. It prohibits the federal government from leasing any of the land for drilling until it completes a fresh review of environmental harms that may be caused by fracking, a process used to extract oil and gas from rock.
"Fracking is dangerous for our communities, damaging to our environment, and out of step with California's climate goals," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement announcing the settlement.
The dispute over federal drilling activity on the land began in 2014, when the Obama administration wanted to lease the land. Environmental groups sued, arguing the plan failed to assess environmental harms. In 2017, the bureau agreed to provide additional environmental review, according to the settlement.
Later, the Trump administration moved forward with the 2014 plan without substantial changes, the settlement said. The environmental groups sued again and so did the state of California, arguing that the federal government failed to evaluate how fracking would affect water, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, recreational use of the lands, seismic impacts and more.
Fracking is the process of injecting a high-pressure mix of mostly water with some sand and chemical additives into rock to create or expand fractures that allow oil and gas to be extracted. It's a controversial practice due to concerns about the injected chemicals contaminating groundwater.
The settlement puts a moratorium on any sales of oil and gas leases on federal land around Bakersfield until the appropriate environmental reviews are completed.
The Biden administration tried to suspend sales of leases for oil and gas drilling on federal land but was blocked by a court. The first auctions for onshore leasing since Biden took office began at the end of June. The available land covered about 225 square miles (580) square kilometers in mostly Western states, but none in California.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for a ban on new fracking permits on state-permitted land starting in 2024. Fracking accounts for just a small percentage of oil production in the state. Newsom's administration has already begun denying fracking permits solely based on climate change concerns, prompting oil and gas groups to sue.
Kevin Slagle, a spokesman for the Western States Petroleum Association, said decisions that make it harder to produce energy in California will cause prices to rise.
"It's unfortunate that President Biden travels the world asking other countries to increase production while our governor is working hard to eliminate domestic resources," he said in a statement.
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ELK GROVE, Calif. — A man accused of robbing four businesses at gunpoint in Elk Grove is now in custody.
According to the Elk Grove Police Department, it started around 5 a.m. on July 25 when a man – later identified as 39-year-old John Vang – walked in the McDonald’s on Sheldon at East Stockton Boulevard and started taking money from the cash drawer.
Police say an employee confronted Vang, who pulled out a gun and pointed it at the employee before driving off on a motorcycle.
On Wednesday, he allegedly broke into a rental car company and stole cash. From there, police say Vang knocked on the door of the Chipotle at Elk Grove Boulevard and Franklin Boulevard.
It was closed at the time, but employees were inside. The news release says Vang asked an employee for water before entering the business, demanding money at gunpoint and firing a shot into the ceiling.
Around 5 a.m. Saturday, police say he went through the drive-thru at the McDonalds on Elk Grove Boulevard and I-5 and demanded the cash drawer.
Investigators found the car he was driving had been stolen from another fast-food restaurant earlier, so they issued a lookout.
Galt Police found the car later Saturday, and say Vang got into another car and led them on a chase up Highway 99 until he surrendered north of Elk Grove Boulevard.
He was turned over to Elk Grove police and booked on suspicion of robbery, burglary, possession of stolen property, vehicle theft and felony evading.
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SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — Sacramento County officials are set to spend the last half of $301.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding when the Board of Supervisors finalizes its list of project recommendations first greenlit on July 13.
The $150.7 million in COVID-19 recovery funds released to the county in June are distinct from the CARES Act funds of 2020, according to Sacramento County Executive spokesperson Kim Nava.
"There were two very different functionalities for each one of those federal funding sources. They were both to address COVID -- CARES was response and APRA was recovery," she said.
With a focus on pandemic recovery, among the largest areas of response currently under consideration by Sacramento County Supervisors include:
- Housing and homelessness services ($35.5 million)
- Revenue replacement for infrastructure services ($35.5 million)
- Direct-to-district supervisor allocation ($25 million / $5 million per district)
- Administrative costs ($15 million)
- Economic response ($12.5 million)
- Health ($12.5 million)
Essential workers ($11.4 million)
As plans for the $150.7 million in funding distributions are being finalized by Sacramento County officials, community advocates like Kula Koeing of Social Justice PolitiCorps say residents and other advocacy organizations were mostly kept out of the decision-making process.
She said she was already skeptical of the process after more than half of the county’s CARES funds went to the Sheriff’s Office in 2020, and after reading a recent Grand Jury report alleging county officials neglected the public health department early in the pandemic.
Now that she’s seen some of the ARPA funding proposals, like $5 million per district in direct allocations to county supervisors, she said proposals geared toward economic and social equity are still missing.
"They're just not going to have a framework that's based in equity and think about how these funds could be used to really transform the lives of the most vulnerable Sacramentans," she told ABC10. "They're just going to divvy it up to their own pet projects and organizations."
Community outreach and transparency
Public outreach on the funds from county officials was launched in June 2021 with a Community Needs Survey:
- It was released online for Sacramento County residents to fill out between June 15-30.
- Survey participants answered multiple choice questions about issues that should be prioritized for the incoming ARPA funds.
“We wanted to make sure that we reached people whose first language wasn't just English,” Nava said. “What those surveys told us was that housing and homelessness were the #1 priority (for county residents).”
Koeing, however, said surveys and public comment opportunities were not enough to get the community involved in the fund allocation process.
"There's only so many times I can tell the board of supervisors to do better," she said. "It just falls on deaf ears at this point."
Leaders from other Sacramento social justice organizations like Public Health Advocates, who share Koeing’s concerns, came out to recent Board of Supervisors meetings to express their disappointment with the funding allocation process.
The two advocacy organizations rallied together at a June 14 Board of Supervisors meeting when the county announced receiving its $150.7 million in ARPA funds.
Director of California COVID Justice for Public Health Advocates, April Jean, said they met for public comment to directly express their disappointment with the county supervisors over the current funding proposals.
She called on the county supervisors to give “trusted, culturally-informed” community-based organizations $20 million in ARPA funds to provide need-based services for their communities.
Standing beside her was Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento Rev. Lucy Bunch.
“I’m really here this morning to ask you to apply a moral calculus, a moral courage to the decisions you have to make,” Bunch told the supervisors on June 14. “Put the money where the pain is.”
Continued efforts
Jean said she followed up with District 1 Supervisor Phil Serna after the meeting, and he agreed to pledge $2 million of his $5 million in direct-to-district funding toward her vision for community-based services.
While it’s far from the $20 million she and other advocates requested, she said Serna’s willingness to listen and engage with her after her June 14 public comment is an important win for equity in Sacramento County.
In comparing the county’s focus on equity with other large California counties, Koeing said Los Angeles’ APRA Equity Dashboard provides a level of transparency and accountability she’d like to see in Sacramento.
“I think it has to do with who's on the Board (of Supervisors). I don't see a willingness from any board member, unfortunately, to say ‘Hey let's really stop and have a framework that's based in equity for how we spend this money,'” she said.
But Nava said the $5 million set aside for direct-to-community investment is one example of how the county carried out equity in its funding framework.
Projects will be scoped out by county staff, then set on the Board of Supervisors' meeting agenda as a recommendation for their consideration.
She said the inclusion of community organizations in scoping out projects before they end up on the agenda is done by individual departments.
“Our staff work hand-in-hand with (Community-based organizations) not just on ARPA, but on getting the word out about county programs and services that extend beyond ARPA funding,” Nava said. “So they're really dialed into our area stakeholders—and include them in those discussions.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/how-sacramento-county-engaged-the-community-on-covid-funding/103-0db4c894-8629-48a9-829b-f897805ed61a | 2022-08-01T23:49:16 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/how-sacramento-county-engaged-the-community-on-covid-funding/103-0db4c894-8629-48a9-829b-f897805ed61a |
Self-driving truck developer TuSimple is facing a federal investigation into a crash of one of its trucks in April during a run from its major development center and terminal on Tucson’s southeast side.
The company says it self-reported the incident to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and hosted a visit by officials of NHTSA and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is reviewing the incident.
According to the company, the crash occurred on April 6 in the Tucson area, where the company has been testing self-driving truck technology with human drivers aboard along Interstate 10 since 2015.
The company said “a human error occurred” when two operators in a TuSimple vehicle incorrectly re-engaged the autonomous driving mode without completing all of the steps necessary to safely engage, resulting in the truck scraping a median.
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No one was injured, there was no property damage, and the only visible sign of the incident was a minor scrape on the truck, San Diego-based TuSimple said in an online post.
An apparent video of the April crash posted by a trucking blog showed the TuSimple semi narrowly missed striking a smaller truck.
The company said it immediately grounded its entire autonomous fleet and launched an independent review to determine the cause of the incident.
As a result, TuSimple upgraded all of its systems with new, automated system checks “to prevent this kind of human error from ever happening again,” the company said, noting that it reported the incident to NHTSA and the Arizona Department of Transportation.
“We are proud of our work at TuSimple and remain completely confident in our progress to deliver advanced autonomous trucking at a commercial scale to build a safer, more efficient, and sustainable future on the road,” the company said.
TuSimple did not respond to requests for additional comment.
Self-driving, self-crashing
The April incident is the only crash TuSimple has reported to NHTSA since July 2021, when the agency began requiring manufacturers and self-driving system developers to report such crashes.
Overall between July 2021 and May 15, NHTSA received 130 reports of crashes of vehicles equipped with “automated driving systems” — those capable of conditional autonomous operation, known as Level 3 automation, high automation (Level 4) or fully autonomous, Level 5 operation under standards developed by SAE International (formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers).
A dozen of those crashes occurred in Arizona, NHTSA's report shows.
Waymo, a Google sister company that is testing autonomous taxi service in the Phoenix area, had by far the most reported crashes among automated driving system operators in the reporting period, with 62 nationwide.
During that reporting period, NHTSA also received 367 reports of crashes involving vehicles with so-called SAE Level 2 automation — controlling speed and steering with a human driver, now commonly used in new passenger vehicles — including 273 involving Tesla electric cars.
Fully autonomous vehicles are not yet legal in the U.S., though states including Arizona have passed laws allowing limited testing of such systems.
In December, TuSimple said it had successfully tested a completely driverless truck run on Interstate 10 from Tucson to Phoenix.
The test run required the company to file a detailed plan with the Arizona departments of Transportation and Public Safety and certify that the vehicle and system meets federal requirements, among other conditions.
Safety touted
TuSimple said that while NHTSA reports more than 500,000 crashes involving large trucks each year, its April wreck was the first incident for which it’s been responsible in seven years and 7.2 million miles of autonomous vehicle testing.
“While our safety record is many times better than traditional manually-driven trucks, we take our responsibility to find and resolve all safety issues very seriously,” the company said.
TuSimple also faces a pending federal lawsuit filed by a former employee for wrongful termination, including allegations that the company sidestepped critical safety testing.
In a lawsuit filed last year in the U.S. District Court Southern District of California, former TuSimple safety engineer John Lindland alleges that the company retaliated against him for refusing to sign off on unmet safety standards.
TuSimple has denied any wrongdoing and has moved for summary judgement to dismiss the case, but after the case was transferred to another judge in April, it has not yet been set for trial.
Wall Street reacts
Meanwhile, TuSimple’s stock has taken a beating after the video (tucne.ws/1l29) was posted and related news reports surfaced last week.
TuSimple has not verified the authenticity of the video and did not mention it in its posted explanation of the crash.
TuSimple shares closed Monday at $8.99 per share, down 97 cents or about 9.7%, in trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
The company, which has a market capitalization of more than $2 billion, went public in April 2021 at $40 per share, but has seen its shares trade between $50.30 and $5.99 per share in the past 12 months.
After posting a net loss of nearly $733 million in 2021, TuSimple in May reported a first-quarter net loss of about $112 million, down from $389 million in first-quarter 2021.
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An online college the University of Arizona plans to integrate will no longer pay a troubled, underperforming company to provide student support services.
On Monday, Paul Pastorek, president and CEO of University of Arizona Global Campus, announced in an open letter that the college and its online program manager, Zovio, have agreed to terminate their contract, effective July 31, 2022.
The school purchased the assets of the online program manager or OPM, retaining the technology infrastructure and about 90% of employees who previously worked on behalf of Zovio, for $1 dollar and will now oversee all of its operations in-house.
“By terminating the OPM agreement, yet bringing key personnel and systems into UAGC, we ensure that all personnel at UAGC are aligned toward a single purpose — the success of our students — and toward our mission to serve working adults and advance their social and economic mobility by offering a fair-priced, high-quality university degree,” Pastorek said in the letter. “In addition, this termination will allow UAGC to focus all resources on our goal of improving retention and student outcomes.”
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This is the latest development in UA Global Campus’ two-year-long saga, which has had critics crying foul since the outset.
In 2020, the University of Arizona purchased the assets of Ashford University, a for-profit online school with a reputation for deceiving students, and rebranded it as the nonprofit UA Global Campus. That deal also involved retaining Ashford’s former parent company, Zovio (formerly known as Bridgepoint Education, Inc.), to provide services to help run the school.
Those services include IT, financial student aid, marketing, enrollment and some aspects of student advising. The 15-year contract with Zovio said the company would receive 19.5% of tuition revenue in exchange for its services.
But in the 20 months since UA Global Campus inked its contract with Zovio, the company’s reputation has remained at the center of public criticism — from UA faculty, lawmakers and higher education advocates — of the UA Global Campus deal.
That criticism intensified in January of this year, when the UA announced its plans to absorb UA Global Campus within the next year. While the two are still separately accredited institutions governed by a separate boards right now, the UA and the UA Foundation have already signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that makes them “jointly and severally liable” for UA Global Campus’ performance, and would put the UA on the hook if UA Global Campus shut down.
Then, in March, a California judge ruled that Zovio must pay $22.4 million in penalties for misleading students about the cost and quality of an Ashford education. Although the judge noted he did not find evidence of wrongdoing after 2017, when the California Attorney General’s Office filed the suit against Zovio, critics still worried Zovio was running UA Global Campus in the same manner it had Ashford.
“Why are we working with this organization?” Lucy Ziurys, a UA faculty senator and professor of chemistry, said at a UA Faculty Senate meeting in February. “Students’ lives were ruined because of Zovio and Ashford.”
Zovio: Not enough capital
In addition to its legal troubles, Zovio has operated at a financial loss during the entirety of its relationship with UA Global Campus.
The company reported a 33% drop in annual earnings in 2021 compared to 2020.
As UA Global Campus’ enrollment has continued to decline — the latest enrollment estimate is around 26,000 students compared to 35,000 in December 2020 — Zovio hasn’t seen much improvement this year.
In its second-quarter earnings for 2022, which Zovio reported Monday, revenues were down 26% compared to the same quarter in 2021.
In May, the company sold its enterprise TutorMe for $55 million, shortly after alluding to its exploration of "potential divestitures" on an earnings call.
On a call with investors Monday morning, Zovio CEO Randy Hendricks said declining enrollment at UA Global Campus was a big driver of the company’s decision to terminate its contract with the school.
“We have looked at the capital and time related to get to a profitable contract arrangement with our clients, the University of Arizona Global Campus,” Hendricks told investors. “There just isn’t enough capital to do that.”
UAGC in 'direct control'
Whether or not this decision is a positive one for the future of UA Global Campus, and the University of Arizona by association, depends on who you ask.
For Pastorek, who has led UA Global Campus since 2020, cutting ties with Zovio is the start of a new chapter for the online school.
“We had control, but it was through oversight. We didn’t have the employees reporting directly to us,” Pastorek told the Arizona Daily Star.
While there were systems in place to check behind Zovio’s actions, “Frankly, it’s much better to have direct control.”
Pastorek said the school considered hiring another online program manager once it learned Zovio planned on bailing out of its contract, but decided to go it alone by taking over the assets originally built up by Zovio.
“Everybody wants to be able to deliver the best they can for students,” Pastorek said. “In our case, we want students to be able to succeed and we can manage it more directly, more closely and more carefully without a split vision. When you have an OPM involved in it, they have their own objectives.”
UA President Robert Robbins, who personally signed off on the acquisition of Ashford in 2020 and the indemnification of the UA this year, agreed with Pastorek’s optimistic outlook for UA Global Campus now that Zovio’s out of the picture, calling the move “another positive step in the UAGC journey” in a campuswide memo Monday.
Bob Shireman, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation who has previously criticized the UA’s involvement with UA Global Campus and Zovio, called Monday’s announcement “a big, positive step,” that will bring “greater accountability and clearer lines of responsibility, reducing the likelihood of predatory recruiting practices and low quality that have plagued for-profit higher education.”
He cautioned, however, that the removal of Zovio from the equation also means, “If components of the school are not working, there will be no investors pushing to keep it going just to extract profits.”
And once the UA integrates UA Global Campus into its fold, “those important decisions will be in the hands of the University of Arizona leaders and the state Board of Regents.”
Faculty blindsided
But some faculty members are concerned they won’t have much say in any of those important future decisions about university policy — which is required by Arizona law — as it pertains to UA Global Campus. That’s because they say they haven’t been kept in the loop on much over the past two years.
Robbins assured the Faculty Senate in February, soon after the unexpected announcement that the UA intended to absorb UA Global Campus, that he would “engage and ask you to work with us on these issues” in an effort to “build back trust.”
Nonetheless, faculty leaders, who in May called for a risk assessment of unwinding the whole UA Global Campus deal, say they woke up to Robbins' memo Monday morning blindsided, again.
“We are skeptical. We are unhappy. We do not like these surprises,” said Leila Hudson, chair of the UA faculty. “If there is a possible upside to it, we need to see the agreement and see what the strategy is.”
Kathryn Palmer covers higher education for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at kpalmer@tucson.com or at 520-496-9010. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/ua-global-campus-cuts-ties-with-troubled-management-company/article_c9847d90-11bc-11ed-ae22-c773499ff420.html | 2022-08-01T23:51:06 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/ua-global-campus-cuts-ties-with-troubled-management-company/article_c9847d90-11bc-11ed-ae22-c773499ff420.html |
How you can help the family of Noah Shahnavaz, Elwood officer shot during traffic stop
A memorial fund has been launched after a Elwood Police officer was shot and killed early Sunday during a traffic stop.
Indiana Fallen Heroes Foundation has started a memorial fund for 24-year-old officer Noah Shahnavaz, who died after stopping a 2012 Buick LaCrosse near the intersection of State Road 37 and County Road 11 North in Madison County.
The driver, identified as Carl Roy Webb Boards II, 42, allegedly exited the vehicle and opened fire at the officer, striking him and his vehicle several times just after 2 a.m. Sunday.
Shahnavaz was flown by helicopter to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, but died from his injuries.
Anyone wishing to donate can visit any First Merchant Bank and reference the Indiana Fallen Heroes Foundation. Donations also can be made by visiting the foundation's website and selecting "fallen heroes" then "Noah Shahnavaz."
More:Officer Shahnavaz died in hail of bullets, never unholstered firearm, court docs state
Community remembrance: Shahnavaz's interest in law enforcement began in high school
Described as friendly, easy going and caring by Fishers High School, Shahnavaz expressed interest in law enforcement before he graduated from the Hamilton Southeastern School District in 2016.
“His dream was to serve others and we are proud of what he accomplished in such a short time, both in the military and with Elwood Police,” Fishers High School Principal Jason Urban said. “The entire FHS Tiger family grieves this tragic loss of such a promising young man full of talent and potential.”
After graduation, Shahnavaz joined the U.S. Army, served five years, then became an Elwood Police officer in August 2021. He is survived by two siblings and his father, as well as his mother, who teaches in the HSE school district.
Indiana State Police Public Information Officer Scott Keegan and Elwood Mayor Todd Jones also expressed their sadness following Shahnavaz's death.
Shahnavaz's patrol vehicle was riddled with gunfire damage, records show
Elwood police and Madison County Sheriff's Department went to the scene of the traffic stop after Shahnavaz sent out a radio transmission that the driver "had a gun."
Shahnavaz's patrol vehicle was discovered with its lights on, according to court records.
The vehicle's hood, windshield and driver's door were damaged by gunfire. The officer's gun was unholstered, records show.
More:Elwood police officer killed during a traffic stop Sunday morning
An Aug. 1 autopsy showed Shahnavaz died from two gunshot wounds to the head and several gunshot wounds to his body. His death was declared a homicide.
Police pursued Boards until officers deflated one of the Buick's tires using a "stop stick," then used their vehicles to stop him. In the car police found an AK-47-style rifle and a 9mm handgun. Records show Boards had a lengthy criminal history, including firing shots at police before.
Boards was charged in Madison Circuit Court with murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and two counts of resisting law enforcement. He is being held in Hamilton County Jail without bond. His next court date is expected to take place in September.
Contact Hannah Brock at hannah.brock@indystar.com. Follow her on Twitter @hannah_m_brock. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/08/01/officer-noah-shahnavaz-honored-with-memorial-fund-launched-for-family/65388924007/ | 2022-08-01T23:53:58 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/08/01/officer-noah-shahnavaz-honored-with-memorial-fund-launched-for-family/65388924007/ |
Federal authorities have charged a Charles City County man with conspiring with four others in an interstate dogfighting network that involved breeding, training and conditioning pit bulls to fight. Wagers as high as $20,000 were placed on the outcome.
Royal T. Washington was charged last week in a criminal information that he conspired to participate in an animal-fighting venture from about Nov. 23, 2019, through at least Nov. 20, 2020.
The charge comes 20 months after authorities executed a search warrant at 4920 Old Union Road in Charles City, where Washington is alleged to have kept 15 pit bulls and alleged dogfighting paraphernalia, including 13 weighted dog collars, 12 heavy dog chains, a dog treadmill, dog breeder certificates and a dog shock collar with a remove activator, according to charging documents.
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Washington kept and maintained the dogs in a manner consistent with dogfighting, and several of the animals had scarring consistent with fighting, authorities said in court documents. Four unnamed co-conspirators from Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland participated in the network.
In March, Raymond Johnson, 41, of Henrico County was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Richmond to just over three years in prison for his role in a multistate conspiracy to breed, train and fight dogs, and gamble on the outcome of the matches. Prosecutors said Johnson engaged in the enterprise with four other co-conspirators beginning in November 2019 that involved sponsoring and exhibiting dogs for fighting in Virginia and Maryland.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office did not immediately say whether Washington and Johnson were tied to the same venture.
According to Washington’s charging document, he and his co-conspirators discussed — by cellphone and text messages — dogfighting; the results of certain dogfights; and the breeding, selling and transportation of dogs for the purpose of dogfighting.
The conspirators exhibited dogs during dogfights and placed bets on those dogfights, authorities said. Further, they “researched and identified fighting-dog bloodlines and wins and losses of individual fighting dogs, for purposes of breeding dogs to maximize the aggressiveness of the offspring.”
In addition, the participants used equipment to train dogs for fighting, which included many of the items seized during the search of Washington’s property.
On the same day authorities searched Washington’s property, Washington deleted all files from his cellphone “in an effort of hide from investigators evidence of his criminal activities,” prosecutors said in court documents.
But authorities were able to retrieve telephone conversations and text messages that showed his active involvement in the conspiracy, prosecutors said.
For example, on July 20, 2020, Washington sent a text message to “co-conspirator-2” in what authorities said was an effort to set up a dogfight with a 33-pound female for a $20,000 wager. “I can put it out there,” the co-conspirator replied.
In another exchange, Washington told “co-conspirator-1” in an Aug. 6, 2020, phone call that he had “rolled” a dog named Dexter three to four times against a dog named Kodak in Emporia. The word “roll” is slang for a dogfight.
On Nov. 21, 2020, Washington surrendered the dog Dexter to Charles City County Animal Control officers; the dog had scarring consistent with dogfighting, according to charging documents.
Washington is scheduled to appear Aug. 11 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Hanes for his initial court appearance, a bail hearing and a potential plea agreement. Reached Monday, Washington’s attorney, Alexander Taylor, declined to comment. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/charles-city-county-man-charged-in-interstate-dogfighting-conspiracy/article_f7c47021-0c04-5243-8d59-5112270620cc.html | 2022-08-01T23:55:38 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/charles-city-county-man-charged-in-interstate-dogfighting-conspiracy/article_f7c47021-0c04-5243-8d59-5112270620cc.html |
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An explosion near Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens left three people injured from burns, fire officials said, although details regarding the blast were limited.
The blast occurred just after 1:30 p.m. at a building just across from the tennis center in Flushing, according to a worker and FDNY officials. The building is across the street from the stadium, and nearby are train tracks as well as the Citi Field complex.
The worker, who did not wish to be identified, said that the building is an electrical housing that serves Arthur Ashe Stadium. He told NBC New York that two of the men who were injured were electrical contractors replacing a generator or transformer when it exploded.
Two people suffered burns as a result, but were not considered to be seriously injured, fire officials said. Another person may have suffered serious burns, and was taken to the hospital before EMS arrived at the scene.
Utility company Con Edison said that it nor its workers, were not involved in the blast. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/explosion-near-arthur-ashe-stadium-in-queens-injures-3-officials/3804083/ | 2022-08-01T23:57:51 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/explosion-near-arthur-ashe-stadium-in-queens-injures-3-officials/3804083/ |
Phoenix tattoo parlor holds flash event to raise funds for abortion rights
Jason Anthony believes in using his talent for advocacy.
The Phoenix-based tattoo parlor that he co-owns, Golden Rule Tattoo, took part in a nationwide "My Body, My Choice" flash tattoo event in conjunction with the National Network of Abortion Funds on Sunday in order to raise money for local charities that support reproductive rights.
Flash tattoo events offer pre-made tattoos at a discounted price on a first-come-first-serve basis. Clients could choose from traditional designs you might expect to see at a tattoo shop, like flowers and butterflies. Golden Rule Tattoo also offered designs made specifically for the event, like gravestones for "the patriarchy" and floral uteruses.
At least 60 people were lined up outside the tattoo parlor when the doors of the Camelback Road and 7th Street location opened at 11 a.m.
"It's starting off real hot," said Anthony. "It's real busy, right off the bat, and we knew it would be. When we first opened, I think there were 60 people waiting and they just keep coming."
So that customers did not have to wait in the Arizona heat for their tattoos, Anthony provided heat relief under an awning at the back of the shop where cool misters blanketed waiting guests. A ticket number system was also put in place so people could escape the heat.
Volunteers with Arizonans for Reproductive Rights were also present at the event, providing bottled water, snacks and a place for people to register to vote.
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"We're raising money for reproductive rights," said Anthony. "Every artist working today is volunteering their time and their tattoos. So the artists are only taking tips home."
According to the My Body, My Choice website, more than 150 tattoo studios across the United States participated in Sundays tattoo flash event.
Golden Rule Tattoo has been promoting the event for nearly a month on their social media accounts and expected a large turnout considering "what it's for and how furious everyone is," said Anthony.
Bree Lin, a valley tattoo artist, volunteered her time on Saturday to tattoo customers. While she has been a tattoo artist for nearly seven years, Lin completed an apprenticeship at Golden Rule Tattoo and now has her own private studio.
"... There is a lot of harm that is going to be happening to some of the most vulnerable people because of it, so why not volunteer," said Lin. "I've been relatively active in stuff like this since I was a teenager."
Brittaney Simonton arrived at the tattoo parlor around 9 a.m. to stand in line before the shop opened. While getting her tattoo done by Lin, Simonton opened up about her feelings regarding the event and its purpose.
"So I actually struggle with infertility, so it's a little bit of a different take on everything," said Simonton. "I feel like every woman should have a right to choose. I feel like treating women like incubators is so f----d up."
Simonton said that she chose to go with a hand-held "love yourself" note as a tattoo because she feels like it's a good daily reminder that "you're not alone and whatever state you're in right now, it's ok to be in that state, it's ok to feel your feelings."
In 2021, Golden Rule Tattoo held a similar event that raised over $11,000 to support victims of domestic violence and women's shelters, according to Anthony.
"I'm a tattooer, it's what I can do. I don't know how the laws work, I don't know how to change that stuff but I know how to f------ tattoo and that's what I'm going to do for the cause," said Anthony.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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Stark commissioners 'put on the spot' by Canton's Hall of Fame Village loan contingency
CANTON – Two Stark County commissioners said they were "put on the spot" after Canton City Council last week approved a $5 million loan for infrastructure improvements at the Hall of Fame Village under the condition that the county also approve a $5 million loan.
"I don't appreciate the city dictating what we do," Commissioner Janet Weir Creighton said during Monday's work session. "We are our own entity. We are the protector of the taxpayers' dollars. And I don't appreciate being put on Front Street by another jurisdiction when we've not even had the opportunity to discuss this."
The commissioners heard from Stark Economic Development Board President Ray Hexamer about a proposal for the Stark County Port Authority to create a revolving loan fund that could be used by Stark businesses. If the fund is created, Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co., which is developing the Hall of Fame Village, would be able to apply for a loan.
Hexamer said the board can utilize state incentives to obtain grants for business development. In recent years, the agency has been able to increase the amount it receives in grant funding, he said, and has been seeing record numbers. SEDB received $135,000 in grants in 2017. Over the last three years, it has received $6.9 million.
"Most of those are tied to manufacturing businesses. So the gap exists for us at SEDB for those companies in our communities that may need equipment, real estate or infrastructure improvements that do not fit that criteria," he said.
Mike Naso, SEDB economic development services coordinator, said the revolving loan fund would likely focus on small businesses. He said many of the grants through JobsOhio are centered around larger projects.
The revolving loan fund is not a grant, but Stark businesses — including the Hall of Fame Village — would be able to apply for a loan of a minimum of $25,000 with a fixed interest rate no lower than 4% or 75% of the prime rate.
Businesses could not use the funds on working capital. These loans would not be forgivable or renewable.
The fund would be managed by the Stark County Port Authority. If approved, the port authority's board would be asked to commit $500,000 of its reserve funds to the revolving loan. Hexamer said it has about $1.3 million in reserves.
Other counties such as Summit, Wayne, Ashtabula and Delaware have revolving loan funds, Hexamer said.
Hexamer said SEDB originally intended to request $7 million for the fund, but changed that amount to $5 million because it learned that there may be matching dollars available through other programs.
Hall of Fame Village expected to apply for loan if fund is created
SEDB anticipates the Hall of Fame Village will apply for a loan if the revolving loan fund is established.
Hexamer said the Village's loan payments would help SEDB build its revolving loan fund. Additionally, he said that Stark County has seen an increase in bed tax collections this year and that Visit Canton largely attributes this to the youth fields at the Hall of Fame Village.
"If we add a 100,000-square-foot indoor facility, retail, another hotel and waterpark, this would continue to grow," Hexamer said.
The Hall of Fame Village has already gotten a $5 million loan from the Stark County Community Redevelopment Fund, which was established by the George H. Deuble Foundation, Hoover Foundation, Stark Community Foundation and Timken Foundation in 2019. It is overseen by the Stark Community Foundation.
Creighton said the commissioners have received phone calls from citizens with questions about the loan to Hall of Fame Village. She said she is uncertain whether she will be ready to vote on the loan during the commissioners' meeting Wednesday.
"I believe in the revolving loan fund. I believe in loaning money to entities that move this county ahead in economic development, but my job as a county commissioner is to protect the taxpayers' dollars of this county," Creighton said.
Adding to Creighton's comments, Commissioner Bill Smith said he didn't appreciate the city of Canton's contingency, but that he wouldn't allow it to get in the way of his decision in regard to the revolving loan fund.
"I don't appreciate someone else saying it's dependent on someone else," he said.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/08/01/stark-county-commissioners-hear-pitch-revolving-loan-fund-hall-of-fame-village/10199962002/ | 2022-08-01T23:59:19 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/08/01/stark-county-commissioners-hear-pitch-revolving-loan-fund-hall-of-fame-village/10199962002/ |
Car collides with Mesa light rail car, 2 hospitalized
Gloria Rebecca Gomez
Arizona Republic
Two people are in the hospital after crashing into a Mesa light rail car.
At 1:40 p.m., a silver Toyota collided with a light rail car near Roosevelt and Main Street, Mesa Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Chuck Trapani said.
Both the driver and the passenger were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Trapani said.
Mesa Valley Metro announced on their Twitter that eastbound trains will be moved to the westbound tracks and there will be some delay.
The cause of the crash is unclear.
Reach criminal justice reporter Gloria Rebecca Gomez at grgomez@gannett.com or on Twitter @glorihuh.
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Husband arrested for manslaughter after wife dies in Mesa crash
Mesa police arrested a man for manslaughter after his wife died in a crash when he was driving Sunday afternoon near Gilbert Road and University Drive.
Around 3:30 p.m. the couple was traveling south on Gilbert Road at a high speed when the vehicle left the road and struck a short thick metal pole used to protect the power lines, according to Mesa police. It is unknown why the vehicle left the road.
Kasey Galvan, 35, was a passenger in the vehicle and was pronounced dead on scene. Her husband and driver, identified as Mario Galvan, 35, remained on scene and was treated. Impairment was observed when he completed a field sobriety test, according to Mesa police.
Mario Galvan was booked into jail for suspicion of manslaughter and was being held on a $250,000 bond.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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Monsoon rainfall is currently higher than average but too early to compare
Following a stormy weather week, recorded rainfall in Maricopa County is primarily at or above average as of Monday.
The area on average sees .94 inches in July each year, according to the National Weather Service’s rainfall index.
“All things considered we had a very wet July,” the Maricopa County Flood Control District. “Most of the County was wetter than average for the month except for a few notable exceptions in the heart of the Valley.”
According to Gabriel Lojero, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Phoenix, one such exception is Phoenix Sky Harbor. He said many areas in the Valley received between 1 and 2 inches of rain over the weekend, while Sky Harbor recorded almost nothing.
Since Phoenix Sky Harbor is often used as a significant data point to measure rainfall in Phoenix, Lojero said the data “can be quite deceiving” due to the localized nature of monsoon thunderstorms. In fact, Lojero said Sky Harbor appears to be getting less rain than it would on an average year, while areas around it are getting above-average rain.
Overall, the National Weather Service’s data for July showed the Valley got about 1.12 inches of rain total, about .18 inches above average. June also fared well, with the average being a very dry .06 inches and this year recording .19 inches.
“This monsoon so far has behaved pretty much above normal,” Lojero said.
However, Lojero cautioned against making any conclusions about this monsoon season just yet as “there is still a lot of monsoon left.” Nothing is definitive yet.
Phoenix’s rainiest monsoon month is still to come; August sees on average about 1.16 inches of rain yearly. There is also still potential for storms in September, which sees about .94 inches a year on average.
This first week of August, Phoenix can expect a “brief break” from monsoon showers through Wednesday, with any activity relegated to areas of higher terrain, Lojero said. But, come Thursday, storms could be returning as the National Weather Service forecasts moist weather for the area.
Reach breaking news reporter Sam Burdette at sburdette@gannett.com or on Twitter @SuperSafetySam
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Matt Collins had goose bumps during Saturday’s “Symphony in the Garten” in Petrifying Springs Park — but luckily, it had nothing to do with the weather.
The Kenosha County Parks director said he “couldn’t be more proud of this event,” which featured a unique mashup of the Kenosha Symphony and Betsy Ade and the Well-Known Strangers, performing 12 of the band’s original tunes, backed by the full orchestra.
“Working with our community partners to put on this event has just been amazing,” he said. “We love seeing that many people enjoying themselves in the park. And the performance itself was amazing, too.”
Collins estimates more than a thousand people gathered at the venue site on the south end of the park.
“The crowd went all the way to the tree line,” he said, “and we filled up every single parking lot, plus overflow parking at UW-Parkside.”
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When the Kenosha Symphony performed in the park in 2021, a steady rain likely kept some people away, though the group played through the raindrops.
“By far, we had double or triple the crowd this time,” Collins said. “The weather was beautiful.”
The park was packed “even though we had a lot of competition on Saturday,” he added, “with the AMC Homecoming Car Show and the Taste of Wisconsin Festival. It’s great for our community that we had so many events.”
At the park, Collins “talked to a couple who came all the way from Chicago to see the concert. It’s a good feeling that we can host events like this for our local people that are also a big draw from regional areas.”
Nancy Retana, a Parks Department employee who worked on the event, “got a voicemail from a person who was at the concert,” Collins said. “He said he had experienced a lot of concerts but had never been part of a venue of this caliber, and he hopes more communities can do something like this. Hearing feedback like that makes it worth all the effort.”
Donating their time
The Parks Department staff worked with the symphony and the Well-Known Strangers “for almost a year to make this happen,” Collins said. “Betsy Ade and her band donated all their time and energy — free of charge — for this, which really means a lot to us. They didn’t charge anything for that performance.”
“It’s really special,” he added, “when you have a local band with international notoriety that will work to give the public a free experience like this in a public park.”
Perhaps “the coolest thing,” Collins said, laughing, “is this might be the first time the symphony had people come up and dance in the front row during one of their concerts. To create that kind of synergy is great.”
Part of the preparation for the concert included Well-Known Strangers co-founder Joe Adamek arranging the band’s 12 songs for a full orchestra.
That meant scoring 52 parts for each song. Adamek had help from Cameron Fair, who plays cello in the Well-Known Strangers, along with Lisa Creason and Max Feiler. He’s the band director at Case High School in Racine and is also a violinist who played with the Kenosha Symphony during Saturday’s performance.
The special Saturday collaboration, Collins added, “gives more exposure to our local symphony, too. We hope people go and see the symphony now at more concerts.”
Betsy Ade, who sang and played ukulele on stage with her band and the orchestra, said performing in the park was a dream come true.
“The crowd was infectious, and I felt an energy like never before,” she said.
As for Collins, those goose bumps are a sign “that we’ve done our jobs well. We’re always brainstorming ideas to draw in new crowds and are always open to new ideas.” | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-mashup-concert-in-petrifying-springs-park-a-smashing-success/article_7d323d1c-11c4-11ed-b25b-bb219af277f6.html | 2022-08-02T00:01:08 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-mashup-concert-in-petrifying-springs-park-a-smashing-success/article_7d323d1c-11c4-11ed-b25b-bb219af277f6.html |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Centra Health is cracking down on employees getting hurt in the workplace.
Leaders said that between January and June 2022, 39 employees reported an injury.
Nathan Campbell, Centra’s Corporate Director of Security, answered the following questions from 10 News:
How concerned is Centra when it comes to workplace violence?
“Very concerned. Workplace violence does not just consist of being harmed by a weapon but can be any kind of abuse that is physical or even verbal. We have seen caregivers kicked, hit, spit on, and verbally assaulted. We believe the workplace should be a safe place for our caregivers. No one should ever fear coming to work.”
What do you believe is causing the violence?
“State mental health populations have overloaded the system, and we are starting to see more patients in our facilities with higher acuity. That coupled with capacity challenges means patients are often here longer than expected, which can cause frustration that fuels violence. There has also been aggression due to frustration with masking, social challenges, and the changes resulting from COVID-19.”
What steps is Centra taking to solve the issue?
“We are conducting facility assessments on all Centra facilities to ensure appropriate mechanisms are in place including panic buttons for caregivers, door security measures with access control technology, CCTV systems, parking lighting, etc. We are increasing our education through signage, media, and monitoring public entryways with greeters. Most importantly, the Centra Foundation has graciously provided funding for all caregivers to go through de-escalation training through the Crisis Prevention Institute to ensure a level of training appropriate to each caregiver’s role.”
Would you consider pressing charges, if possible, if an employee is injured by a patient?
“Yes, we will assist our caregivers with whatever means necessary to ensure they are cared for appropriately including assisting them in pressing charges if that is what they wish to do. We also have policies and programs in place with our legal and human resource teams to provide them with any counseling they may need.” | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/01/centra-health-taking-steps-to-prevent-workplace-violence/ | 2022-08-02T00:02:25 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/01/centra-health-taking-steps-to-prevent-workplace-violence/ |
DANVILLE, Va. – In response to recent devastating floods, God’s Pit Crew has sent crews to help with recovery efforts by driving in supplies, building homes, and hauling in hope to those who need it most.
Their Immediate Response Team has spent two weeks in Southwest Virginia helping flood victims by cutting trees, removing debris, and mucking out and drying homes, but now, they’re asking for the community’s help.
The organization is now collecting supplies to help fill Blessing Buckets for those impacted by the floods.
Brandon Knuckles, COO of God’s Pit Crew, said the buckets are prepared in advance and described them as “five-gallon blessing buckets.”
“We are going to be taking paper products – the toilet paper, the single roles, the paper towels, and canned goods. We’re taking everything that people need and we’re having a hard time buying in bulk right now,” Knuckles said. “People can also donate monetarily.”
Donations can be dropped off at their warehouse, which is located at 132 Parkland Drive, Danville, VA, through Thursday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
If you would like to sponsor Blessing Buckets for $35/each, you can do so on their website.
On August 8, the Immediate Response Team will continue their work by rebuilding three more homes in Kentucky and Tennessee. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/01/danville-non-profit-responds-to-deadly-kentucky-flooding-needs-community-help/ | 2022-08-02T00:02:31 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/01/danville-non-profit-responds-to-deadly-kentucky-flooding-needs-community-help/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke City School students will be heading back to the classroom in just three weeks, and this year, new safety measures will be in place.
On Monday, the Roanoke City School Board held a joint meeting with Roanoke City Council to go over the new safety measures that will go into effect later this month.
“We believe that our comprehensive approach is the best way for us to get there,” said Superintendent Verletta White.
25 safety recommendations were adopted by the school board at their last meeting, including a new safety tip line, new, more secure classroom door locks, and an additional 15 school resource officers on top of the 11 already on staff.
A total of 26 SROs will ensure each school has one officer. The price for one officer at each school is $1.5 million.
“We are moving forward with all these recommendations that provide us with a comprehensive approach to safety. We are talking about the physical safety of our students and staff as well as their social, emotional, and psychological safety,” said Superintendent White.
Two additional mental health providers from Blue Ridge Behavioral Health will be available to elementary students for their emotional and psychological needs.
“In that prevention is making sure our students and staff members have mental health support that they need,” said Superintendent White.
During Monday’s meeting, City Council members asked questions about the school’s safety plan.
Mayor Sherman Lea said he’s impressed by the school’s comprehensive plan.
“Right now security in schools is a big issue across the country and I’m pleased to see that they have taken what I think are very aggressive steps to ensure that our students are safe,” said Mayor Lea.
Another change the school board approved is advocating for greater responsibility to be placed on parents and guardians whose students bring weapons or make threats at school – something that Mayor Lea also agreed with. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/01/roanoke-city-school-board-presents-new-safety-measures-to-city-council-2/ | 2022-08-02T00:02:37 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/01/roanoke-city-school-board-presents-new-safety-measures-to-city-council-2/ |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – It’s back-to-school time, and Washington County Tennessee students are among the first to return to campus.
Kelly Grosfield sat down with Brandi Wilson, the Academic Specialist for the district, to touch on supplies needed for the first week back. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/back-to-school-getting-ready-for-the-first-day-back-on-campus/ | 2022-08-02T00:05:47 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/back-to-school-getting-ready-for-the-first-day-back-on-campus/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – It’s back to school for some students with others set to follow in the coming days and weeks and with the return to class comes the return to a routine.
While students need to familiarize themselves with new class schedules and bus routes, they also need to remember the basics of heading back to class.
Tiffany Alford with Niswonger Children’s Hospital sat down with Kelly Grosfield and shares her safety tips for the return to campus. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/ballad-health-walks-parents-through-the-basics-of-going-back-to-school/ | 2022-08-02T00:05:53 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/ballad-health-walks-parents-through-the-basics-of-going-back-to-school/ |
BLUFF CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Bluff City native Jeff Broyles is the town’s new mayor following Mayor Richard Bowling’s resignation for health reasons.
Broyles, who was elected to Bluff City’s board of mayor and alderman in 2019, will be the town’s fourth mayor in the past eight months. Longtime mayor Irene Wells died in December, then-vice mayor Ray Harrington was moving away from the town limits just as he came into the seat, and Bowling has now stepped down after just over half a year.
Broyles said he’s wanted to be a public servant in his hometown since he was a little kid. He served 30 years in the Army before retiring in 2016 and returning to the area.
“My top priorities are to continue the forward momentum and also to reestablish the business here in town seamlessly,” Broyles said.
Bluff City’s mayoral post comes with more responsibility than most in the area, as the mayor also serves as the town’s paid manager. Even though Broyles also has a full-time job currently, he said the town is running smoothly with three very experienced department heads — police chief Greg Depew, town recorder and chief financial officer Sharon Green and public works director Allen Moultrie.
“They’re pretty low maintenance,” Broyles said.
Even with another full-time job, Broyles said he’s ready to take on both tasks for the time being.
“My family has lived here for 150 years,” Broyles said. Even during 30 years in the Army, including 12 combat deployments, “all I ever wanted to do from the time I was six years old, I saw the city hall and I told my mother ‘I want to be the mayor.'”
Broyles acknowledged the town has challenges, including well-publicized issues with its sewer system that have resulted in wastewater flows into Boone Lake as well as a lost source of revenue when the town’s traffic cameras came down in 2020.
“We’ve made great strides since then,” Broyles said in reference to issues with the town’s Igloo Pump Station that made headlines in 2020. While COVID caused some delays, Broyles said a personnel changeover with the town’s engineering contractor led to some forward movement.
“We just completed installing a new manhole and cover and all the accessories on Bluff City Highway where we had the majority of the overflow problems,” Broyles said.
Overflows from that manhole, which sits in one resident’s back yard and has sent overflowing wastewater through another yard and into Boone Lake numerous times in the past.
Broyles said he wants to face those kinds of challenges head-on and transparently.
“I want this government to be absolutely transparent and citizen servant based,” Broyles said. “I want to have a wonderful relationship, and I’m speaking for the entire board and staff, with every citizen that we serve.”
He said that includes water customers who live outside Bluff City’s corporate limits.
“Bluff City has made some big strides in the last year moving forward as becoming a very able and recognized partner with the NETWORKS (economic development) organization, First Tennessee Development District and the law enforcement community.”
That includes sending funding one of its police officers to serve the Second Judicial District Drug Task Force for the first time in the town’s history, Broyles said. “Our reputation grows and we’re proud to do that, and we’re ready to back up that check we wrote,” he added.
Broyles said in a statement that Bowling “has served his fellow citizens with distinction” as an alderman and mayor, and that he “deserves great praise for his untiring efforts to make Bluff City the best possible place to live and work.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jeff-broyles-named-bluff-city-mayor/ | 2022-08-02T00:05:59 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jeff-broyles-named-bluff-city-mayor/ |
SAN ANTONIO — Once firefighters were able to make their way into a tiny, hard to reach easement behind the Ponderosa Lanes bowling alley on Goliad Road Sunday night, they made quick work of the garbage fire they found at the back door of the structure.
The fire, in a hidden homeless camp, was fueled by mattresses, bedding and piles of personal property and trash.
People who live just a few feet away across a chain link fence said they were afraid the wind would drive the flames into their homes at the New Riviera Apartments.
Some neighbors, who are accustomed to the steady flow of foot traffic by homeless people in the area, said while they feel for those who are on the streets, they're also fearful for the consequences of open cooking fires and discarded cigarettes that can quickly turn dangerous.
Monday afternoon, in advance of a neighborhood meeting, an outreach worker from the city and two San Antonio police officers were walking the area, gathering information and offering help for anyone who would like assistance in finding a better housing solution.
The City of San Antonio does offer many services that can be accessed here. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fire-started-behind-bowling-alley-ponderosa-lanes-homeless-camp-san-antonio-neighborhood-southeast-side/273-f9a01d80-234c-4f0a-a7cc-46c6a429da02 | 2022-08-02T00:06:14 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fire-started-behind-bowling-alley-ponderosa-lanes-homeless-camp-san-antonio-neighborhood-southeast-side/273-f9a01d80-234c-4f0a-a7cc-46c6a429da02 |
SAN ANTONIO — A couple living in Lafayette Place believe a burglar is targeting their condominium community near the medical center.
Roland Gonzales and his wife said it began on June 17. The couple believes the man burglarized their condo and ransacked the residence while they were away.
In addition to damage to their front door, Gonzales said cash, jewelry and a pistol was taken from their residence. KENS 5 confirmed an incident report was filed with San Antonio police.
"We are fearing for our lives now," said Gonzales.
Gonzales installed a Ring doorbell after the break in. He said they have caught the same man on camera in the building twice since the June incident.
Flyers with his face are across the community in foyers and on doors.
The couple said others in the complex have reported a man breaking into their homes during July. The most recent break in took place on Sunday at a neighbor's home. The resident wasn't available for an interview, but did share their home video with us.
It shows a man entering the condominium, walking towards the kitchen and back into the living area. Moments later, a knife becomes visible on camera and the sound of ripping fabric becomes clear as the man tears through the couch cushions in the home.
"The community feels like we are being stalked and it's a very ugly feeling," said Gonzales.
KENS 5 reached out to the Lafayette Place Homeowners Association. Over the phone, board member Kathy Beer said they are taking steps to increase safety and security.
Beer said the HOA recently hired an armed officer to patrol the complex every night. She added the board purchased dozens of security cameras to be installed soon.
The neighborhood is also on a site called TownSq, which allows residents to communicate with one another online.
Gonzales said he feels better knowing the HOA is working on solutions to keep residents safe.
In a statement, SAPD said there is no update on this incident.
SAPD’s Property Crimes Detectives are aware of the cases in the area and are working diligently and tirelessly to solve these cases. We encourage anyone with any information to call the Prue Property Crimes Unit at 210-207-8326. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/hes-stalking-us-burglar-terrorizing-north-side-condominium-community-residents-say/273-7595b91f-a11b-4ae2-8a88-88e6306c28a2 | 2022-08-02T00:06:20 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/hes-stalking-us-burglar-terrorizing-north-side-condominium-community-residents-say/273-7595b91f-a11b-4ae2-8a88-88e6306c28a2 |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — An officer with the Wichita Police Department (WPD) was attacked by a large dog while on duty Sunday, July 31.
According to the WPD, around 12:30 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance in the 800 block of S. Terrace.
Upon arrival, officers say they came in contact with people who reported that their neighbor had damaged their property during an altercation.
As officers went to contact the neighbor, now identified as 29-year-old Hailee Lefler of Wichita, she opened her front door, and a large dog ran out. It began attacking one of the responding officers. According to the WPD, the officer then fell to the ground and attempted to stop the dog from attacking him, but the dog continued biting. The officer then shot three rounds from his department-issued handgun and hit the dog. It then retreated back into the house.
After the shots were fired, Wichita police say Lefler moved toward the officers threateningly but retreated toward the house.
The officer was taken to an area hospital for treatment of multiple bite wounds to both legs. According to the WPD, the officer was treated at the hospital and later released. He has been with the WPD for one year and is being placed on an administrative assignment until he is fit for regular duty.
Wichita police say the dog was still alive and taken by Animal Control.
Additional officers arrived at the scene and later arrested Lefler on suspicion of two counts of assault of a law enforcement officer, one count of criminal threat, one count of criminal damage to property, one count of interference with a law enforcement officer and an outstanding federal warrant. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-police-officer-attacked-by-dog-while-on-duty/ | 2022-08-02T00:09:51 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-police-officer-attacked-by-dog-while-on-duty/ |
CAPE MAY — Gayle Stahlhuth, a central figure in Cape May’s theater scene for decades, will step down as the producing artistic director of the East Lynne Theater Co. at the end of this season in December, the equity company announced in July.
Stahlhuth led the theater company for 23 years, and began working with it in 1980.
“Gayle has been the heart and soul of our organization for many decades,” said Susan Tischler, the president of the ELTC board of trustees. “Along with her late husband, Lee O’Connor, who served as ELTC’s technical director, she leaves a wide and indelible mark not only on our theater company but also on our community. Her work will truly inspire those who will continue to build on her legacy for many years to come.”
Under Stahlhuth’s leadership, the company presented revivals of plays as well as original works, and worked with local organizations to present readings at local inns and radio mystery-style stories as part of the annual Sherlock Holmes weekends.
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She sought new ways to preach audiences when COVID-19 prevented in-person performances, turning to YouTube and other options. The theater returned to a full season in May.
The theater board has created a search committee to find a new artistic director, according to a statement from the company.
New leadership for Arc of Cape May County
Laura Gaffney is set to begin Monday as the new chief executive officer for The Arc of Cape May County, an advocacy and service organization for those with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Gaffney more recently served as family support service coordinator for Durand, Inc. in Mount Laurel.
“Ms. Gaffney is a passionate advocate for empowering individuals and their families with intellectual and developmental disabilities to reach their fullest potential,” reads a statement from the organization announcing the appointment.
At the same time, the group announced that Robin Watson, The Arc’s chief program officer, has been appointed the chief operating office.
The organization was formed in 1961 by parents “determined to ensure the most full and independent lives possible for their children with intellectual and developmental disabilities,” reads a description on the organization’s website. It describes Arc and a non-profit organization advocating for those with Down syndrome, autism, cerebal palsy and other diagnoses.
“We promote and protect the human rights of individuals and actively support their full inclusion and participation in the community,” the site reads.
Marina named for former fire chief
SEA ISLE CITY — Sea Isle City formally named its municipal marina in memory of Frank Edwardi Sr., the longtime marina supervisor and former fire chief at a ceremony on Tuesday.
“It was wonderful to see such a large crowd of people at the ceremony, including Frank’s wife, Kathy, and other members of the Edwardi family,” said Mayor Leonard Desiderio in his regular mayor’s message last week. “Also present were representatives from our Volunteer Fire Department and many others who admired Chief Edwardi, including Mike and Jeannie Monichetti, who arranged for a banner plane to fly by, which read ‘We Love You Cheech!’” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cape-may-county-briefs-stahlhuth-stepping-down-from-east-lynne-role/article_ab97fa78-111c-11ed-af9f-370e4fb4b1be.html | 2022-08-02T00:10:46 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cape-may-county-briefs-stahlhuth-stepping-down-from-east-lynne-role/article_ab97fa78-111c-11ed-af9f-370e4fb4b1be.html |
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Wanted: Constituents with problems to solve, language spoken no barrier.
That's the message 2nd legislative district lawmakers are sending as they are settling into a large office in the township, in addition to the smaller Atlantic City office they've been in for awhile.
Staff members of State Sen. Vince Polistina, and Assembly members Don Guardian and Claire Swift, all R-Atlantic, have worked on more than 3,000 new constituent services cases since the start of the year, and expect to be able to serve even more now.
"We need people to engage us, to call," said Chief of Staff Joe Berg in a Monday interview at the Atlantic City office on Atlantic Avenue at the corner of S. Montpelier Avenue. "There is no way to know what is affecting the 230,000 people who live in the district if they don't call."
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The three legislators have seven full-time staff members and several interns, Polistina said.
Getting their unemployment insurance benefits is still the main issue people need help with, Berg said, followed by Division of Motor Vehicle problems. But staff are also seeing more people needing housing assistance and help with paying bills as inflation cuts into the buying power of working families.
Joy Dey, 23, of Atlantic City, answers the phone for both the township and Atlantic City offices and takes down the basic information when people call for help. She is fluent in Bangali, Hindi, as well as English.
"Language is a barrier a lot of the time," Dey said. It can make it tough for people to even get basic information they need.
Word has gotten out that the office has multi-lingual staff. Dey got calls just last week from New York and Ewing, Mercer County, she said. She helps as much as she can with basic information, gives them their own legislators' phone numbers and tells them to call back if they can't get what they need.
Other staff members speak Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and other languages. "Welcome" is printed on the door of the Atlantic City office in seven languages.
Berg said people often call and say, "I didn't vote for you, but I have this problem."
"We tell them it doesn't matter who you voted for," Berg said.
Either office can be reached at 609-677-8266, and Dey can forward calls to legislators or to staff members who speak a particular language.
"It's constituent services ... Everything else is secondary," Berg said.
The Atlantic City office is in the building where former State Sen. Chris Brown, R-Atlantic, had his law office before he sold the practice and took a job with Gov. Phil Murphy's administration, as an adviser on Atlantic City.
The Egg Harbor Township office, which they've been in just a couple of months, is on Hingston Avenue, just off Tilton Road in an office building next to the Tilton Inn.
The Atlantic City office is full of resort memorabilia, from a collection of historic postcards superimposed on a city road grid, to a collection of art by Atlantic City native Jacob Lawrence, a major "dynamic cubism" painter of African American descent.
The art is on loan from the Wilson family of lawyers and doctors, said Guardian.
"This one (office) is warm and welcoming," said Guardian.
Many city residents come from parts of the world where people don't trust the government, so the office is designed to make them feel like they are in a living room.
Dey makes it easy for people to feel comfortable, Berg said.
"Some (constituents) come from countries where there's not always trust in white men," Berg said. "Joy is able to connect."
Brett Barbin, the deputy chief of staff who works closely with Guardian, speaks some Mandarin Chinese. He said the biggest financial award he has helped a constituent get is $127,000. That is the amount the federal government was trying to get back from a Superstorm Sandy survivor who has still been unable to finish the work needed to move back into his home in the 10 years since the historic storm.
Barbin was able to help the Ventnor resident have his alleged overpayment forgiven.
Guardian, a former Atlantic City mayor and the first openly gay man to hold that position, said his husband Louis Fatato contributed a lot to the design of the Atlantic City office.
Fatato built the large sign that greets visitors as they enter, which includes photos of Guardian, Swift and Polistina, and he encouraged Guardian to populate the office with some of his mementos from years in office in Atlantic City and as Toms River administrator.
"He always said, 'That would look so good in the office,'" Guardian said of Fatato.
The Egg Harbor Township office has many bare walls, and the lawmakers are asking constituents to help by lending them artwork and mementos on local history.
"We are looking for Atlantic County pictures to put on display," said Swift. All items on loan will be labeled with a title and the family loaning the object, she said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/multi-lingual-staff-two-offices-buoy-constituent-services-for-ld2-lawmakers/article_347b2c2a-11bd-11ed-b555-374edd1c1ec2.html | 2022-08-02T00:10:53 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/multi-lingual-staff-two-offices-buoy-constituent-services-for-ld2-lawmakers/article_347b2c2a-11bd-11ed-b555-374edd1c1ec2.html |
Quality kingfish are active in the surf, and summer flounder are lingering in the back bays and inlets while moving more out into the ocean.
They are two of the highlights as summer fishing moves into early August.
The latest version of a tautog season launched Monday.We can possess one tog daily at a minimum of 15 inches through Nov. 15.
It took most of one morning for the first keeper to be recorded at One-Stop Bait and Tackle in Atlantic City.
Louise Rodriguez, of Egg Harbor Township, claimed the first weigh-in, a catch that went 3 pounds. One-Stop's Noel Feliciano said crustacean such as sand fleas, shrimp and crab are the baits.
Sheepshead, triggerfish, bluefish, porgy, spot and recently croaker joined the inshore, bay and surf lineup.
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And to round out the latest reports: Offshore action was highlighted recently with a 120-pound bluefin tuna certified at Chestnut Neck Boatyard in Port Republic and a 15-pound mahi caught at the 28-Mike Wreck on the charter boat Hi-Flier out of Beach Haven.
Fluctuating water temps have been affecting fishing recently. Some days it’s really good, other days not so good.
This fishing season has had some tough conditions with wind and rain and a rough ocean sometimes playing a role.
One bit of very interesting local news is about the new Starfish party boat that will roll from the familiar digs in Sea Isle City.
Captain/owner/entrepreneur Bob Rush was on his way to Florida on Monday when the local scribe called to get some info to report any progress on replacing the popular Starfish that was recently damaged.
He said he will be sailing a 65-foot boat to the familiar dock in Sea Isle. Arrival time is expected to be sometime Saturday. After a Coast Guard inspection of the boat, he expects to have trial runs starting Aug. 12 and then get back fishing by Aug. 15.
Bob said the boat has capacity for 110 people and has a 25-foot beam.
More coming on that developing story.
Next Monday, a South Jersey Field of Dreams for special-needs youth organized by Jim Van Daley will be run on the Duke O Fluke back-bay pontoon party boat.
Van Daley said he has been running this program for 15 years. He said local patrons “kicked in” with T-shirts, and the Egg Harbor Township Elks will provide pizza at the conclusion.
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Stockton University named Phil Aumack as its fitness program coordinator and strength and conditioning coach, the university announced Monday.
Aumack, who is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, was the assistant strength coach for the Ospreys from January 2018 to August 2021.
During that stretch, he implemented strength and conditioning programs for the baseball, softball, field hockey, women’s tennis and cross country teams. He also assisted with strength training for all Stockton's 19 intercollegiate squads.
Last year, Aumack works as a a sports performance coach for the St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Aumack also has experience at the college level from stints at Princeton and Seton Hall.
Aumack earned a bachelor's degree in athletic training from East Stroudsburg in 2015. He earned his master's degree in sport conditioning and performance from Southern Utah in 2019. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/stockton-names-phil-aumack-as-strength-conditioning-coach/article_6d5a45c2-11a8-11ed-b904-5bbf8d826ebb.html | 2022-08-02T00:11:05 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/stockton-names-phil-aumack-as-strength-conditioning-coach/article_6d5a45c2-11a8-11ed-b904-5bbf8d826ebb.html |
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – The Osceola County school district held their first day of ‘Welcome Back Training’ for bus drivers Monday.
Marie Bundrum has been a bus driver for 23 years and said that with the driver shortage, it’s been especially challenging.
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”It’s crazy. Every year we need drivers; anybody that wants to work, please come,” Bundrum said.
She told News 6 that bus drivers are doing multiple routes.
“It’s very difficult because we’re triple and doubling. The kids are packed — it’s the way that it’s growing right now. If we don’t get any help, I don’t know how we’re gonna do it.”
But Zach Downes, a spokesperson for Transportation Services for the Osceola County School District, said they aren’t sure how short they are on drivers. Downes said they ended last year about 35 drivers short, and as of right now, they don’t have an exact number of how many drivers they still need for this year.
”Once we get to the first day of school, we realize how many routes are set. That will determine how many drivers we need,” Downes said.
Monday’s training had both new and veteran drivers in the classroom for district safety procedures — as well as active shooter training.
He described the active shooter training by saying, “They’re learning how to respond if it happens on the bus, what to do if it’s happening outside the bus at the stop, and how to handle the situation to keep themselves safe and our students safe.”
School begins Aug. 10 in Osceola County.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A Purple Alert was issued Monday for a man last seen more than a week ago in Daytona Beach, according to the police.
Police said they are still looking for 50-year-old James Williams, who was last sighted July 23 at the Daytona International Speedway.
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Police are asking for anyone with information to contact investigators by phone at (386) 671-5207 or by email at WallaceJayson@DBPD.us.
A Purple Alert is issued to help find missing people who may be suffering from mental or cognitive disabilities.
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GALLIA COUNTY, OH (WOWK) — The 73rd Gallia County, Ohio Junior fair officially opened on Monday and runs through Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022.
The fair is agriculture themed so you will see plenty of animals. There is also fun, fair food and cool rides.
While there are amenities for all ages, the fair is primarily focused on children.
The board has been busy raising money for a new fairground location. The current one is in a flood plain and badly flooded in 2020.
The fair hopes to be in its new location in 2024. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/73rd-gallia-county-ohio-junior-fair-opens-to-the-public/ | 2022-08-02T00:23:26 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/73rd-gallia-county-ohio-junior-fair-opens-to-the-public/ |
UPDATE: (6:40 p.m.) – The StormTracker 13 Team says the severe area has moved out of Braxton and Nicholas counties. The storm is still moving through Webster County according to the VIPIR Real Time Radar.
According to Braxton Emergency Management officials two roll-over crashes were reported on I-79 north of Flatwoods in Braxton County during height of the storm. There is no word on the conditions of anyone involved.
WEST VIRGINIA (WOWK) – The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for southeastern Braxton, north central Nicholas and west central Webster counties in West Virginia until 6:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2, 2022.
According to the NWS, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near the Gassaway and Sutton areas moving south east at approximately 20 miles per hour. The NWS also says radar has indicated rotation.
The NWS says there is also a hazard of half-dollar sized hail with the storm and damage is highly likely. Those in the areas that could be impacted should seek shelter immediately due to the possibility of dangerous flying debris that could damage roofs, windows and vehicles.
Those in the area should move to a basement or interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building and avoid windows. Those outdoors should move to the closest substantial shelter to protect themselves.
According to the NWS, the thunderstorm is expected to remain mainly in rural areas including near the towns of Boggs, Diana, Cowen, Little Birch and Erbacon. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/tornado-warning-issued-for-braxton-nicholas-webster-counties/ | 2022-08-02T00:23:32 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/tornado-warning-issued-for-braxton-nicholas-webster-counties/ |
LAURENS COUNTY, Ga. — A pregnant woman has lost her child and more are injured after a car crash in Laurens County on Saturday morning.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, troopers from Post 20 Dublin responded to the crash around 8:54 a.m. on Georgia highway 19 at I-16 in Laurens County.
A Ford van and a dump truck were both driving south on highway 19 with the dump truck directly behind the van.
The driver of the Ford missed making a left turn into a gas station north of I-16. The Ford attempted to make a U-turn and failed to yield to the dump truck that was traveling behind it.
The dump truck struck the left side of the Ford and all 13 people in the van were transported to area hospitals for their injuries.
Three people were flown to Atrium Health Navicent by Air Evac and one person was taken to the same hospital by ambulance for serious injuries.
The remaining passengers were taken to Fairview Park Hospital for non-life threatening injuries by ambulance or private car.
A female passenger in the van sustained serious injuries and her unborn baby was pronounced deceased at the hospital.
The Georgia State Patrol Troop F Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is still investigating.
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The Fort Wayne Fleet Management Department has negotiated its highest unleaded fuel rate since 2012 for city use next year, but the $2.97 per gallon rate is still more than $1 less than current gas prices.
The department has secured a set rate for unleaded gasoline use by city vehicles with Lassus Brothers Oil for more than 10 years, which protects Fort Wayne from fluctuating fuel prices.
Fort Wayne City Council is expected Tuesday to discuss and consider approving a $2.2 million contract with Lassus for 765,000 gallons of unleaded gas in 2023, which locks in the $2.97 a gallon rate.
Half of the contract is delivered to the fleet department, and Lassus anticipates city employees will get the rest from Lassus stations in Fort Wayne. Most of the unleaded fuel the city buys is for police vehicles, but Steve Gillette, city purchasing director, said last year that it also covers the rest of the city’s vehicles that do not take diesel fuel.
City employees are currently getting unleaded fuel for $1.89 a gallon – the rate the city locked in about a year ago – while many citizens are currently paying more than $4 a gallon.
The highest rate the city locked in was $2.99 in 2012 – a year when AAA determined the national unleaded gas average price hit a new high at $3.60.
The average gas price in Fort Wayne was about $4.99 a gallon about a month ago, according to data from GasBuddy. Average gasoline prices in Fort Wayne have fallen 15 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.12 a gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 201 stations in Fort Wayne.
The city doesn’t advertise bids for the contract because other gas stations can’t compete when it comes to the number of locations, Gillette said last year. Lassus has 16 gas stations in Fort Wayne, its website said.
The Fleet Management Department is in the process of negotiating its price for diesel fuel. The department will ask City Council members to approve a not-to-exceed amount of $4.50 a gallon – about $1.2 million for the year – for diesel in 2023.
The department typically negotiates the price later in the year for the 270,000 gallons of diesel the city anticipates using. The department expects to negotiate a lower rate with AG Plus after the City Council approves the not-to-exceed amount, a summary said.
The city’s rate for diesel fuel this year is $2.52 a gallon. The department secured rates of $2 a gallon for 2020 and 2021.
City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at Citizens Square, 200 E. Berry St. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/council-to-consider-locking-in-2-97-a-gallon-for-city-unleaded-gasoline/article_515f9b9e-11d8-11ed-aa11-7bf1aa3f868b.html | 2022-08-02T00:47:17 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/council-to-consider-locking-in-2-97-a-gallon-for-city-unleaded-gasoline/article_515f9b9e-11d8-11ed-aa11-7bf1aa3f868b.html |
Monday’s Allen County 4-H Livestock Auction was a bit different from previous years – not as many animals, not as many record bids and not as many folks in the audience.
Attribute all that to a switch in the Indiana State Fair’s schedule that forced some young people to choose where they would show and compete with their animals – especially those who raised pigs, which were altogether absent from the auction Monday.
But looking on the bright side, auctioneer Jerry Ehle said his job got a lot easier. “We’re not having to compete with a lot of squealing swine,” he said.
Randy Lewis, a 30-year auction volunteer, said some families had to decide which fair to attend because of conflicts. The number of pigs entered locally were down by about a third, he said. And the big steers that can be the stars of the show were absent as well. Owners “just decided to take them home from the state fair,” he said.
Altogether, the items up for bid fell from a typical 150 to about 90, Lewis said. Attendance dipped from a typical 300 people to around 200.
Still, the auction meant a lot to the young people who showed off their hard work in the form of bleating goats, stubborn sheep and the occasionally cantankerous cow.
That cow, what’s known as a dairy beef feeder calf, was raised by Landen King of Fort Wayne, an 11-year-old Carroll Middle School student in his second time showing a dairy animal.
Named Theo, the black-and-white Holstein placed fourth in his class at the fair, Landen said. But Theo did not want to parade to the center of the auction area and planted his feet in the sawdust.
And, at 558 pounds, the heaviest of the feeders being shown, he wasn’t likely to be pushed by his handler, who also had the animal take the short way out of the auction area.
The calf took the highest in-ring bid of $1,250 plus any money added later by King’s supporters.
“We spent a lot of time with him, working with him, walking him,” Landen said.
Walking helps the animal develop lean muscle. Dairy feeder calves, the male offspring of dairy cattle, are not sent to market immediately after the auction but are bought by someone who intends to raise them to adulthood before selling them for meat.
The new schedule meant Aidan Bane, 18, of Churubusco missed his last opportunity to put up the Duroc pig he raised for bids. Aging out of 4-H as a 10-year-member, Bane said he’ll be off to college in two weeks. He’ll attend Purdue University in West Lafayette, where he plans to study biology with his sights set on becoming a veterinarian.
Loren Schaefer, auction communications volunteer, said in his 19 years with the auction, he’s virtually never seen one where record bids weren’t set.
“What does that tell me? I would say we’re in a recession,” he said.
Last year, three animals set records, including a pig with an $11,400 bid. The same 4-H member, Josh Chaffee of Huntertown, took the highest auction price for a pig this year at $1,770.
Although the 4-Hers raising pigs did not bring their animals, they were allowed to walk across the bidding area so audience members could bid.
Lewis said next year’s auction will be different from this year’s, again because of state fair conflicts.
“We’re actually moving the fair to June – June 20 to 25,” he said. The local fair’s board members set dates for the next five years, all in June, saying people wouldn’t be rushed taking animals from one place to another.
Lewis said vendors and carnival attractions have negotiated contracts for June – something that wasn’t possible this year. And he said the board hopes people won’t be “festivaled out” by the time of the fair if it takes place earlier in the season.
But Lewis acknowledged the new dates might affect the growth level for animals and produce. “I hope that (the new time) doesn’t hurt us. I hope it helps us,” he said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fair-animals-strut-their-stuff-at-allen-county-4-h-auction/article_e67dec94-11ce-11ed-b923-6f830cd9965e.html | 2022-08-02T00:47:23 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fair-animals-strut-their-stuff-at-allen-county-4-h-auction/article_e67dec94-11ce-11ed-b923-6f830cd9965e.html |
Originally published July 26 on KTVB.COM.
The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) and Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) recently ranked Idaho bridge applications most in need of repair.
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 108. * WHERE...Treasure Valley, Upper Weiser Basin, and Malheur County. * WHEN...Until 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those working or participating in outdoor activities. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. &&
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The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) and Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) recently ranked Idaho bridge applications most in need of repair.
Local highway districts applied for their share of $200 million in state surplus funds to clear out bridge projects needed in their jurisdiction. ITD inspections concluded 428 locally-controlled bridges statewide are in poor condition.
This can lead to bridge closures or posted load weight limits.
"It seems like we're pretty far behind the 8-ball," Raft River Sod and Transportation Manager, Dolan Ward said. "If you show up to a bridge that shows a restriction and you're unaware of it, that's common. Then you have to figure out how to turn the truck around. It's just a headache."
Ward manages 30 truck drivers. When his drivers encounter a restriction they didn't originally plan for, that digs into the company's bottom line.
"Someone has to take the hit. If you're not prepared for it in the contract, it's the trucking company that takes the hit," Ward said. "It could be thousands of dollars it would cost you unexpectedly. Our dairy and farm operation, we'll truck in thousands of loads every year and were pretty small compared to some other outfits - and our detours are significant."
The $200 million in state funds should repair up to 1/3 of all local bridges in need, according to LHTAC. Local highway districts manage and maintain their own bridges, according to LHTAC Administrator Laila Kral. Funding comes from local property taxes and the state gas tax.
"Monumental. It is very needed," Kral said. "However, [40% of the gas tax] goes out to 287 jurisdictions. It's not enough for these local to replace a bridge on their own."
After ranking all 221 project applications, LHTAC is ready to announce the first round of approve projects sometime in August or early September. There is not a hard deadline at the moment, according to Kral.
"We know at least three projects right now that are shovel ready, they're ready to go. They just need the official word from the LHTAC council and ITD board to say the can move forward," Kral said.
The top 140-ranked project applications are not guaranteed funding, Kral said. The rankings give a general idea of who is likely to receive the funding.
Nearly 40% of local Idaho bridges are more than 50 years old - the expected lifespan at the time of construction.
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NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Pesky peacocks are wreaking havoc in a North Fort Myers neighborhood.
“They actually come up to my carport and peck my car,” said Nancy Cox.
She’s also spotted the birds tearing through her garden looking for food.
They are more often seen in Labelle, Alva and Pine Island. But now, they’re being seen in areas of North Fort Myers and Cape Coral.
Peacocks are not native to Florida. Experts said the ones you see in your neighborhood were at some point pets.
“If they see shiny places on cars or shiny places in windows, or their reflections, they’ve been known to be aggressive,” said Ranger Rob Howell.
Cox reached out to wildlife experts with no luck relocating the birds.
“I hope someone comes and gets them. I don’t care who,” said Cox.
FWC said they don’t monitor peacocks since they’re considered domestic animals. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/08/01/peacocks-take-over-north-fort-myers-neighborhood/ | 2022-08-02T00:56:39 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/08/01/peacocks-take-over-north-fort-myers-neighborhood/ |
ELWOOD, Ind. — An official memorial fund has been set up for an Elwood police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty early Sunday.
The Indiana Fallen Heroes Foundation established the fund in memory of Officer Noah Shahnavaz, who was shot while conducting a traffic stop at SR 37 and CR 1000 North in Madison County just after 2 a.m. He was transported to a hospital in Elwood before being taken to an Indianapolis hospital, where he died.
Donations can be made in person at any First Merchant Bank branch by mentioning the Indiana Fallen Heroes Foundation. Those wishing to donate can also visit IndianaFallen.org and clicking on "Fallen Heroes," then selecting Noah Shahnavaz.
The Elwood Police Department designated the fund as the official fundraiser to collect monetary donations on behalf of Shahnavaz's family.
The Fishers native had served the Elwood community for 11 months and graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in April. He also served in the U.S. Army for five years prior to becoming an officer.
Shahnavaz graduated from Fishers High School in 2016. His mother is an elementary school teacher in the Hamilton Southeastern School District.
A prayer vigil for Shahnavaz is planned for Monday at 7 p.m. in Elwood. It will be held at the fountain at 1505 South "B" Street.
Outside the Elwood Police Department, a memorial to Shahnavaz has been growing since Sunday morning. Mourners have placed flowers and notes on a police car parked in front of the department's headquarters.
Funeral arrangements for Shahnavaz have not yet been announced as of Monday afternoon. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/memorial-fund-established-for-fallen-elwood-indiana-police-officer-noah-shahnavaz/531-4cc43dc7-d009-4b72-95f0-adf5c3147715 | 2022-08-02T00:59:25 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/memorial-fund-established-for-fallen-elwood-indiana-police-officer-noah-shahnavaz/531-4cc43dc7-d009-4b72-95f0-adf5c3147715 |
Oneida County is one of 15 counties across the country to receive grant funding from the National Association of County and City Health Officials to continue to combat the overdose crisis.
The grant was awarded through the Implementing Overdose Response Strategies at the Local Level program, which supports the implementation and expansion of programs and services that address and prevent substance abuse.
Oneida County intends to use the funding to remove barriers to treatment and support provide peer recovery services, a syringe exchange program and mobile outreach.
The county will target areas using data from the the overdose detection dashboard.
Some funds will also be used for marketing the new services and training for the peer program. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneida-county-award-500k-for-ongoing-efforts-overdose-prevention-efforts/article_cc184706-11e1-11ed-806f-5bf758fae563.html | 2022-08-02T01:01:53 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneida-county-award-500k-for-ongoing-efforts-overdose-prevention-efforts/article_cc184706-11e1-11ed-806f-5bf758fae563.html |
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A Texas Silver Alert has been issued for a 74-year-old woman who was last seen in Carrollton, Texas Monday morning.
According to the Carrollton Police Department, officers are searching for Olga McMurry, a 74-year-old woman who is 5'2" and weighs approximately 160 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Police said McMurry was last seen wearing a blue shirt, tan pants, and carrying a black purse.
According to police, McMurry was last seen at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 1 in the 2300 Block Vaquero Lane in Carrollton in a white 2014 Kia Soul with TX License Plate DNK5206.
She has been diagnosed with cognitive impairment and law enforcement officials believe her disappearance poses a credible threat to her own health and safety, police said.
If you have any information regarding this missing senior citizen, contact the Carrollton Police Department at 972-466-3333 or 911.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — The wife of a Fort Worth area UPS driver is sounding the alarm about the dangers of working in the extreme heat.
Kara Williams has had concerns for weeks about his work truck not having any air conditioning. But, Kara had hopes that age and being active were on his side.
"He is a very active young man and loves to ride his motorcycles," said Kara Williams.
That's how Williams describes her husband, and she shared photos of the much more happier times.
But now, Anthony Montgomery is in the hospital after she said he succumbed to the heat while at work.
"He is still in the hospital," said Williams. "He had a massive stroke on the 19th. He has been moved out of ICU. But he is still barely conscious."
Montgomery is a delivery driver for UPS after starting on the inside handling packages for the delivery giant. He's one of the many drivers represented by Teamsters Local Union 767 in Fort Worth.
Union president David Reeves is seriously concerned about drivers like Montgomery working in non-air-conditioned truck, calling it just too dangerous.
"We've had several employees over the last several weeks have to be hospitalized specifically to heat-related injuries," said Reeves.
Reeves shared some of the UPS truck temperatures from July: One showed 123 degrees, temperatures in another truck reached 135 degrees and another truck full of packages showed 155 degrees.
Now that August is here, Reeves doesn't see it getting any easier for drivers because of the heat.
"I believe it's going to be another difficult month," said Reeves.
UPS released the following statement to WFAA concerning delivery drivers working in the extreme heat:
“The health and safety of our employees is our highest priority. UPS drivers are trained to work outdoors and to manage the effects of hot weather. Preparation, rest, hydration and maintaining good health practices are key to working outdoors. UPS invests more than $260 million annually to implement programs focused on safety, including working in hot weather.
For example, our “Cool Solutions” program was developed with input from experts in the field of occupational health and safety that focuses on educating employees about hydration along with nutrition and proper sleep before working in hotter temperatures. We have morning meetings with drivers all year round, reminding them of forecasted temperatures and encouraging them to be aware of their own health conditions. In the summer, in addition to providing water and ice for employees, we provide regular heat illness and injury prevention training to all operations managers and drivers.
Another example is our innovative safety platform known as the Comprehensive Health and Safety Process (CHSP). The CHSP is a collaboration between local UPS’s hourly employees and management that meets regularly to discuss health and safety, involving our front-line employees in ways to protect the health and safety of their co-workers. There are more than 3,200 CHSP committees in UPS facilities across the country. We also have a dedicated team of health and safety professionals who review work practices and promote health awareness.
Our package delivery vehicles make frequent stops, which requires the engine to be turned off and the doors to be opened and closed, about 130 times a day on average. We have studied heat mitigation with our vehicles and integrated forced air systems with venting to create airflow around the driver and cargo areas. We optimize the roof of vehicles to minimize heat in the cargo area, alongside insulating the roof of the cab. We also offer fans to drivers upon request.
We also offer our employees multiple ways to share their concerns with us, and we promptly address issues when they are brought to our attention. We never want our employees to continue working to the point that they risk their health or work in an unsafe manner.”
Still, union president Reeves is traveling all over North Texas for rallies on behalf of UPS drivers.
He's sure hot weather conditions will be part of contract talks next year. He believes drivers are not only being subject to unsafe working conditions but also being forced to work overtime hours, which exposes them to the heat for an even more extended period of time.
"We want our union members to be successful on their jobs just like the company does, but we also want them to have the best working conditions so they can do the best job," said Reeves.
Reeves and his union team members hope to educate members now about what to expect when they enter negotiations next year with UPS.
But right now with her husband in the hospital, Kara Williams warns everyone about the heat.
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The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach - Bremer County Council is accepting “self-nominations” from those wanting to be on the November general election ballot for one of the five open seats.
Petitions are due 5 p.m. Aug. 31. If elected in November, new members will begin a four-year term in January and replace the five members whose terms expire at the end of this year.
The elected council is a grass roots governing body for the Cooperative Extension System.
As part of ISU Extension and Outreach, the council works in partnership with local citizens, Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to carry out the land-grant mission beyond the campus in Ames.
The duties of a council member include hiring county staff, managing the county extension budget and helping select programming.
Developer Nick Graham had considered deviating from the familiar name, but decided against it for brand recognition.
By turning in a petition signed by 25 qualified voters to the office of Bremer County Auditor Shelley Wolf, a person will be in the running for a seat on the nine-member council.
The petitions can be obtained from the office of the county auditor and the county extension office.
For more information, contact Ron Lenth by calling 319-882-4275 or emailing rlenth@iastate.edu.
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The current extension members pose for a photo. At the bottom, from left, are Abby Rippe, Nancy Foelske and MaryBeth Zelle. The top, from left, are Chris Pries, Melinda Schroeder, Bob Steffen and Dave Drape. Absent are Jason Lobeck and Mark Lenius. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/isu-extension-bremer-county-seeks-council-candidates/article_5729151b-22a5-5133-9859-d31ebfd8a597.html | 2022-08-02T01:07:35 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/isu-extension-bremer-county-seeks-council-candidates/article_5729151b-22a5-5133-9859-d31ebfd8a597.html |
GREENSBORO — City Councilman Justin Outling said on Monday he will not seek a recount in the mayoral race.
Although he didn't use the word concede, Outling said "all the votes have been cast and I have no reason to suspect that it will now result in my being the next mayor."
In an email to supporters Monday afternoon, Outling said: “Based on the small number of provisional, absentee and absentee military ballots remaining, it is apparent that Nancy Vaughan will be reelected mayor of Greensboro. With an historically close race and a margin of only 1.3% between the votes for the incumbent mayor and myself, it was important to wait to make a statement until the outcome was clear.”
State law says a recount can be requested if the difference in votes between two candidates is not more than 1% of the total ballots cast.
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Outling said last week he was considering a recount.
Vaughan received 13,932 votes to Outling’s 13,507 — a 425-vote difference — in the July 26 election, according to unofficial results released last week by the Guilford County Board of Elections.
There also were 4,921 write-in votes in the mayor’s race. A third candidate, Chris Meadows, waged a late write-in campaign.
However, these figures do not include provisional ballots and mail-in votes postmarked by July 26 but received as late as last Friday. The Guilford County Board of Elections will hold a public vote this Friday to certify the election results.
As of last Wednesday morning, Elections Director Charlie Collicutt said he received 17 absentee ballots and about 34 provisional ballots that remained to be counted. It was unclear how many votes were received in the following days. Collicutt could not be reached for comment on Monday.
Reached by phone late Monday afternoon, Vaughan said she had not heard from Outling but had seen the email.
“I wish him well,” Vaughan said. “I will reach out to his supporters and others to continue the work that we've been doing.”
Outling, who represents District 3 on the City Council, thanked his supporters and said he intended to continue advocating for the city and its residents. Zack Matheny, president of Downtown Greensboro Inc., was elected to fill the District 3 seat. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/it-was-important-to-wait-outling-wont-seek-recount-in-greensboro-mayors-race/article_f595ec68-11c9-11ed-a9ed-1ffdbb23d61b.html | 2022-08-02T01:08:23 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/it-was-important-to-wait-outling-wont-seek-recount-in-greensboro-mayors-race/article_f595ec68-11c9-11ed-a9ed-1ffdbb23d61b.html |
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — One day before the Aug. 2 Primary Election, some voters are asking questions about what they call “misleading” text messages about the constitutional amendment ballot question.
KSN started receiving calls and emails from viewers across the state about a text message that was sent out Monday, Aug. 1. The texts were sent from a variety of 888 numbers.
The text reads, “Women in KS are losing their choice on reproductive rights. Voting YES on the Amendment will give women a choice. Vote YES to protect women’s health. Stop2End”
When KSN called several of the 888 numbers we received, we got an automated message that says, “Your call cannot be completed as dialed.”
When KSN replied to the text messages, we received this message: “Thank you for your response. We are getting a huge volume of messages. Our team will review them all and get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you!”
KSN has not heard back.
The text messages do not indicate what campaign is sending them or what choice women will have if they vote “yes.” Many viewers reached out to KSN, concerned that the text was misleading voters about what a “yes” vote means. A yes vote would change the Kansas constitution to indicate that “the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion.”
The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission has tweeted a thread about the texts many Kansans are receiving. The commission points out that text messages about constitutional ballot initiatives do not require disclosure as to who paid for the text, or what campaign is behind it, contrary to what is required for text messages in support of a specific candidate. The commission also says that there is no law in Kansas that requires that the information being sent out is accurate.
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We have received many questions regarding text message advocacy about the constitutional amendment vote. This thread is intended to answer the two questions we have received most commonly today. #ksleg First, under current law, text message advocacy about constitutional ballot initiatives does not require paid-for disclaimers. The constitutional amendment attribution statute only addresses paid communication through newspapers, radio, and TV, or any (paid or unpaid) communication through fliers, brochures, and political fact sheets. Paid text messages that advocate for candidates do require attribution, but constitutional ballot initiatives do not. Constitutional ballot initiative advocacy falls under a different statute that includes nothing about text messaging or anything similar. For candidates, the Ethics Commission issued an advisory opinion in 2020 that held that paid text message communication for candidates requires a paid-for attribution at the beginning of the message, similar to robocalls advocating for candidates. The statute requiring attribution for constitutional ballot initiative advocacy (K.S.A. 25-2407) was originally passed in 1973 and was amended once in 2007. Therefore, text message advocacy about a constitutional amendment does not require a paid for disclaimer. The second question we have received is whether any law under our jurisdiction requires accuracy of communications. In 2004, the Commission specifically addressed this question and noted that “nothing in the [Campaign Finance] Act addresses the use of misleading advertising.” The Legislature handles updating and amending these statutes. We often work with the Legislature on these items when asked. If you believe a statute needs correction or amendment, of course feel free to reach out to your legislators.”
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Here is what voting “yes” or “no” means:
“Yes” vote means changing the Kansas Constitution
The Kansas Bill of Rights currently has 21 sections. If voters approve the amendment, it would add another section stating that “the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion.”
The wording of the ballot question is confusing to some people. Some commercials have implied that voting “yes” will mean an abortion ban in Kansas. Voting “yes” is not an automatic ban on abortion, but it leaves the future of abortion rights up to state lawmakers.
Political analyst Bob Beatty said, “The entire issue would go to the legislature. It would be out of the hands of the state supreme court, and whatever the legislature wanted to do, they could do.”
Abortion-rights groups argue that since Roe v. Wade has been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court if the proposed amendment passes, the Kansas Legislature will likely increase limits on abortions or ban abortions altogether.
“No” vote means no change to the Kansas Constitution
A “no” vote does not automatically change any of the current laws regulating abortion and would keep the Kansas Constitution as it is. There are currently a number of laws regulating abortion, limiting private and public health insurance coverage of abortion and restricting the use of public funds.
Anti-abortion groups argue that the 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling that the state Bill of Rights protects a woman’s right to abortion puts all limits or statutes on abortion in jeopardy without the proposed amendment.
For more information, read “‘Value Them Both’ constitutional amendment on abortion.“ | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/misleading-constitutional-amendment-text-not-illegal/ | 2022-08-02T01:17:45 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/misleading-constitutional-amendment-text-not-illegal/ |
GOODING — A vehicle fire broke out Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 26 after a semi-truck collided with another semi east of town, police say.
A 37-year-old Burley man drove his Freightliner into the rear of a Kenworth driven by a 25-year-old Jerome man at about noon near milepost 155, the Idaho State Police said.
The Freightliner caught on fire and first responders extinguished the blaze.
Traffic was blocked in both directions.
The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/fire-breaks-out-after-semis-collide/article_1f99ea04-11e9-11ed-adbb-23f705452a5c.html | 2022-08-02T01:18:16 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/fire-breaks-out-after-semis-collide/article_1f99ea04-11e9-11ed-adbb-23f705452a5c.html |
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Pima County and several utilities were on site on Monday Aug. 1 to clean up the flood damage caused by a monsoon storm Sunday evening. The storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes in Coronado Foothills Estates. Video by Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star. Addi…
The monsoon has been mostly ho-hum so far across much of Tucson, but July ended with a torrent of floodwater in one Foothills neighborhood.
Rural Metro Firefighters evacuated 10 people from an assisted living facility near Swan Road and Skyline Drive on Sunday night, after the residence filled with several feet of water from the raging Finger Rock Wash.
No injuries were reported at Catalina Foothills Adult Care on Havasu Road, but it took about three hours to carefully evacuate the residents, some of whom had special medical needs.
“It took a little time, but we got everybody out safely,” said Rural Metro Assistant Chief Jay Karlik.
Several local hospitals took in the evacuees for the night, Karlik said.
It’s unclear when the care home will be able to reopen. A message left at the facility Monday was not immediately returned.
The house was one of several that were damaged along Finger Rock Wash, where about 2½ inches of rain fell between 6 and 7 p.m. Sunday.
The resulting flood washed down streets and into people’s yards in the Coronado Foothills Estates neighborhood at the base of the Catalinas.
Heavy rain also fell at several east-side locations and near the Kino Sports Complex on Sunday, but less than three-tenths of an inch was recorded at the National Weather Service’s official gauge at Tucson International Airport.
Through July 31, just 1.31 inches had fallen at the airport since the start of the rainy season on June 15. That’s about an inch less than normal, but it doesn’t reflect the wet conditions that have been seen in places like the Foothills and Oro Valley.
“It’s been highly variable through town,” said meteorologist Glenn Lader with the National Weather Service in Tucson. “In typical monsoon fashion, it’s been very hit and miss.”
One of the Pima County Flood Control District’s rain gauges on the Cañada del Oro Wash near Oracle Road has logged more than 6 inches of rain in the past 30 days.
The forecast for the first week of August calls for isolated storms early on, with increasing chances of rain starting Wednesday as the “monsoonal flow picks back up,” Lader said.
By this time last year, more than 8 inches of rain had fallen at the airport, nearly all of it during a soggy July that ranked as the wettest month ever recorded in Tucson.
By this time in 2020, the official monsoon total stood at less than half an inch of rain as the community suffered through its driest year on record.
Lader said what happens in the next month will go a long way to deciding where this year ranks. Typically, July and August are the two wettest months of the year in Tucson. The monsoon season runs through September.
Havasu Road remained closed in several places Monday, as work crews from Pima County, Southwest Gas and several private contract companies cleared debris and made repairs along the street.
At the height of Sunday’s downpour, the flood district’s gauge on Finger Rock Wash showed a flow of more than 186 cubic feet per second, which is enough water to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in less than 7 minutes.
The wash had all but stopped running by early Monday afternoon, but trees just upstream from the culvert that carries the water beneath Skyline near Columbus Boulevard were stained with a muddy high-water mark about six feet off the ground.
People who have lived in the area for decades say they have never seen such intense flooding on Finger Rock Wash, which crosses several streets and winds behind dozens of homes in the neighborhood.
One likely culprit is the 2020 Bighorn Fire, which burned the vegetation above the wash that used to absorb water and curb erosion.
The county sent automated flood alerts to residents of the area as the rain fell and flows in the wash increased Sunday evening.
Jim Darling is president of the homeowners association in Coronado Foothills Estates. He said Sunday’s storm flooded many of the same areas that were hit by flash floods last year, including one that badly damaged the intersection of Havasu Road and Columbus Boulevard.
The county ended up rebuilding and reinforcing the road there over several weeks last year, but water still flowed out of the wash and down Havasu on Sunday, inundating several yards and homes.
County engineers might have to revisit their design a second time.
“They were very responsive the last time it happened, and we’re looking forward to working with them again,” Darling said. “They’re fighting Mother Nature, and it’s not easy.”
Photos: 2022 Monsoon season around Tucson
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Workers from Pima County Wastewater Reclamation clear sand and rocks from a manhole on Havasu Road east of Columbus Boulevard in the Catalina Foothills on Monday after a raging Finger Rock Wash swamped a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Dried mud covers the wheels of a wheelchair in front of an assisted-living home along Havasu Road east of Columbus Boulevard inside Coronado Foothills Estates. Rural Metro firefighters evacuated the residents after Finger Rock Wash swamped a handful of homes on Havasu Road on Sunday night.
Residents watch as workers clear rocks, dirt and mud off Havasu Road east of Columbus Blvd. inside Coronado Foothills Estates on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash, which overflowed onto streets and houses on Sunday night. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/weekend-storms-belie-tucsons-ho-hum-monsoon-season/article_3fe5f688-11b5-11ed-818f-3bdc45237d96.html | 2022-08-02T01:27:23 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/weekend-storms-belie-tucsons-ho-hum-monsoon-season/article_3fe5f688-11b5-11ed-818f-3bdc45237d96.html |
Headed back to school later this month, Richmond Public Schools, like many divisions nationwide, is still chipping away at closing teacher gaps and other school staff shortages.
As of July 29, the 163 teacher vacancies across the division were split between 53 at the elementary school level, 65 for all middle schools, and 45 open high school positions.
“We are certainly making progress but still have a significant number of vacancies," Schools Chief Jason Kamras said during a staff presentation during Monday’s School Board meeting.
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"We are beginning to see the added incentives and other programs that we have in place are beginning to make an impact."
Last month, RPS announced new financial incentives to attract teachers to the district.
“Most schools at this point are below five vacancies with a few exceptions, most notably at the secondary [middle and high school] level,” Kamras said Monday.
At the elementary level, George W. Carver and Miles J. Jones face the largest number of vacancies, needing six more teachers each. On the other hand, Woodville Elementary closed its teacher gap, dropping from seven vacancies as of July 15, to a single vacancy as of July 29.
River City Middle School has 20 teacher openings, the largest number at the middle school level. For high schools, Richmond Technical Center still has 11 vacancies.
Besides teaching positions, RPS is facing staffing shortages within central office, transportation (bus drivers), food services, custodial, health (nurses), and social workers.
Kamras was “very excited” to report the division’s bus driver vacancies were down to five drivers, after having 19 vacancies in mid-July. RPS is facing a shortage of 50 food service assistants.
The division hasn’t budged on its 13 custodial vacancies since mid-July.
Mary Gresham, manager of custodial services, spoke through tears during Monday’s public comment period.
“In the last three months I have lost three custodians, [they] died,” Gresham said. “One of them left the conditions of his building, went home and dropped dead.
"That's a lot. It's a lot. We've got to do better about the culture in our buildings. We've got to do better about all support employees.”
Last month, in his July 20 RPS Direct newsletter, Kamras honored the life of former custodian Carlos Jones, who worked at Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary.
“Mr. Jones was a remarkable man, known for his kindness, compassion, and warm smile. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him," Kamras wrote.
"On behalf of RPS, I extend our condolences to his family, friends, and the entire Redd community."
Gresham said that while she is meeting with School Board Chairwoman Shonda Harris-Muhammed and RPS Chief of Staff Michelle Hudacsko to discuss the concerns of her department, the custodial department is going to organize. The culture needs to change, Gresham said, adding, “my team needs a voice.”
RPS has several partnerships with local colleges and universities to help with teacher retention, including Virginia Union University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia State University, the University of Richmond and Randolph-Macon College.
School Board member Dawn Page asked if RPS has similar college programs with Norfolk State University and Hampton University. RPS recruits from both universities but there is no formal partnership.
“My point is, we need to tap into everybody,” Page said. “Don't just limit ourselves to surrounding areas, but reach out and extend the olive branch to other universities.”
RPS opens on Aug. 29 for the 2022-2023 school year. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/rps-continues-to-make-staff-hires-ahead-of-aug-29-start-date/article_ea05b31c-319f-50d8-b94f-36bf9f0fa6c1.html | 2022-08-02T01:27:52 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/rps-continues-to-make-staff-hires-ahead-of-aug-29-start-date/article_ea05b31c-319f-50d8-b94f-36bf9f0fa6c1.html |
Milwaukee DPW has started implementing 2022 traffic safety improvements
As part of an effort to combat reckless driving in Milwaukee, the Department of Public Works began implementing its 2022 traffic safety improvements on Monday.
Over 30 intersections across the city will be affected by the change.
DPW began its "rapid implementation" projects in 2020 with two pilot programs on North 27th Street and South 13th Street. Then in 2021, traffic safety improvements were installed along parts of West North Avenue, West Villard Avenue, and the East Locust Street and North Bremen Street intersection.
"The City of Milwaukee's 'rapid implementation' initiative creates quick, low-cost street improvements to increase the safety and comfort of people walking, biking, and driving," according to DPW's website.
"These projects use materials like paint, flexible posts, planters, and other moveable barriers to create street improvements like curb extensions, plazas, and pedestrian islands. These projects are also relatively easy to adjust and can be used to test out new ideas before more permanent concrete changes are constructed."
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On Monday, DPW began working on traffic safety improvements for 2022. The following locations will be effected in the coming days:
- West Center Street between West Appleton Avenue and North 32nd Street
- West Mitchell Street between South 13th Street and South 6th Street
- South Cesar Chavez Drive between West Walker Street and West Greenfield Avenue
- The intersection of North Lake Drive and East Hartford Avenue
“Safety is the most important consideration on any public improvement, and these rapid implementation projects will increase safety for everyone using our roadways,” Mayor Cavalier Johnson said in a news release.
“Physical changes to our streets will reduce reckless driving, and that’s good news for residents all across the city.”
Previous rapid implementation projects have successfully reduced excessive speeding and increased the number of drivers who yield to pedestrians, the DPW said.
Construction for the projects will not affect traffic, impact parking, or access for people walking and using public transit, the DPW said.
Contact Drake Bentley at (414) 391-5647 or DBentley1@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DrakeBentleyMJS. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/08/01/milwaukee-dpw-has-started-implementing-traffic-safety-improvements/10208597002/ | 2022-08-02T01:30:12 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/08/01/milwaukee-dpw-has-started-implementing-traffic-safety-improvements/10208597002/ |
Former CBP officer arrested, accused of kidnapping minor in Arizona
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was arrested and charged with kidnapping a minor, the U.S Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Authorities identified the officer as Aaron Mitchell, 27, of Miami Gardens, Florida.
According to authorities, Mitchell kidnapped and then held a minor on April 25 in Arizona.
"Mitchell transported the victim in interstate and foreign commerce and the defendant traveled in interstate commerce and used a means, facility and instrumentality of interstate commerce," the release said.
Mitchell can be convicted to a minimum of 20 years of prison and a maximum of life imprisonment, authorities said.
Mitchell would also face supervised release of five years minimum, up to a lifetime, and a $250,000 fine, according to the Department of Justice.
The investigation is being handled by the FBI Sierra Vista resident agency, and the prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Carin Duryee for the District of Arizona and Trial Attorney Angie Cha for the Civil Rights Division.
The Department of Justice asked the public to call FBI Phoenix at 623-466-1999 or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov, if they have information.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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A pair of longtime friends and colleagues recently opened Perfection Medical Spa in Chesterton.
Nurse practitioners Natalie Babcock and Rhea Martin opened the professional medical spa at 709 Plaza Drive in Chesterton. It offers a full range of women's health care services, including wellness exams, UTI testing, birth control, hormone replacement therapy and STI treatment.
It also offers individualized weight loss plans, IV therapy, vitamin injections and aesthetic treatments like botox, chemical peels and dermaplaning.
"We've been friends for more than 30 years," Babcock said. "We met in labor and delivery and had such a wonderful friendship. We both went back to school to further our educations and went our separate ways. I was always talking about opening my own business and practice. My mom did not like my job. She passed away after fighting an illness for a few months and I wanted to do something to honor her. This is the best decision I've ever made."
Ever since high school, Babcock always wanted to help people so she went into health care. She long worked as a nurse and then a nurse practitioner. But she sought more autonomy.
"I like taking the time with each patient," she said. "I don't want to be rushed. I want to ensure quality care with each visitor. Working independently also ensures no one is micromanaging you. We're making the practice our own. Bringing customer service back is huge. It's bringing back a lost art in the medical field."
She opened Perfection Medical Spa in a strip mall next to UPS and El Cantaratio off Indian Boundary Road.
"It's a very busy area," Babcock said. "A lot of people are coming in and out of the Mexican restaurant, which is excellent. The people are so supportive. It's a growing community."
Perfection Medical Spa also expects to draw customers from across the Duneland area, greater Porter County and LaPorte County.
"Our tagline is we want to help people be the best version of themselves," she said. "It's important for patients to have a wonderful experience all around."
"We want patients to feel cared for," she said. "We want the feeling they get to be very welcoming and calming. We want them to feel good about the quality of care."
Perfection Medical Spa is potentially looking at opening more locations, likely in Northwest Indiana. Out-of-state friends have asked Babcock about franchising, which is something she's also considering.
"We want to serve the community first," Babock said. "We're different. We're a comprehensive medical spa that meets individual needs and promotes wellness. It's very important to take care of ourselves."
It's the culmination of their careers and extensive experience in the medical field.
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Steelworkers will take home bonus checks of upwards of $14,000 for the three-month period that ended on June 30, U.S. Steel Media Relations Manager Amanda Malkowski said.
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/perfection-medical-spa-opens-in-chesterton/article_f33221ee-8700-5e94-902d-1163f9ef6228.html | 2022-08-02T01:31:11 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/perfection-medical-spa-opens-in-chesterton/article_f33221ee-8700-5e94-902d-1163f9ef6228.html |
VALPARAISO — An abridged Porter County Council postponed decisions last week on big-ticket items until its August meeting, when more members will attend.
With only four members, and with President Jeremy Rivas, D-2nd, and Vice President Mike Jessen, R-4th, along with Councilman Andy Bozak, R-at large, absent, Councilman Greg Simms, D-3rd, picked up the gavel to run last week's meeting.
County Coroner Cyndi Dykes asked for an additional $100,000 for autopsies through the end of the year — $90,000 to pay for the pathologist and $10,000 for Northwest Health Porter’s fees.
“I feel these are big-ticket items,” Councilwoman Sylvia Graham, D-at large, said, so she wanted to wait for more council members to be present before taking action.
Dykes said the fund was depleted because of 2021 autopsies that were billed and paid early this year.
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The pathologist is paid a monthly fee for the autopsies under a memorandum of understanding negotiated by Dykes. That flat fee saved the county about $18,000 over the last six months, compared to the going rate of about $3,000 per autopsy.
The memo expires at the end of the year when Dykes’ term in office ends, but it includes autopsies billed through January 2023, which would include work done in December.
Dykes asked if she should tell the pathologist to hold tight and that the county might not be able to pay him.
“We’ll pay him,” Graham assured Dykes.
The council also tabled an additional $59,500 in supplemental pay for Health Department employees due to COVID-19.
“I felt that there were some things on the agenda that needed the attention of the full council,” Graham said as the meeting ended.
In other business, the council approved $800 for chairs for the auditor’s office.
“Most of our office chairs are, quite frankly, falling apart,” County Auditor Vicki Urbanik said.
The council also approved $1,850 in American Rescue Plan Act funds for the auditor’s office employee who compiled minutes from ARPA steering committee and subcommittee meetings.
Rising gas prices prompted the council to approve an additional $200,000 for Highway Department fuel and $4,000 for the Porter County Expo Center.
New Park Superintendent Jake McEvoy’s salary was set at $68,500. Jackie Nadeau, who was formerly office coordinator until she served as interim superintendent during the 14-month search, saw her salary increase from $41,927 to $50,000 to go along with her new title as assistant superintendent.
Indiana Dunes Tourism Executive Director Lorelei Weimer said business is booming. As she left for lunch Tuesday, she noted license plates from 12 states in the parking lot, which is a common occurrence.
“It just gives you an indication of what we have here in Porter County,” Weimer said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/porter-county-delays-big-ticket-spending/article_39677ce4-4da5-56e0-a79c-3d70d63f6e7a.html | 2022-08-02T01:31:17 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/porter-county-delays-big-ticket-spending/article_39677ce4-4da5-56e0-a79c-3d70d63f6e7a.html |
Idaho Falls will soon be getting its second fire station in a decade.
The City Council on Thursday approved the purchase of about seven acres of land for a future fire station on the corner of Spitfire Street and Boeing Street.
Idaho Falls will soon be getting its second fire station in a decade.
The City Council on Thursday approved the purchase of about seven acres of land for a future fire station on the corner of Spitfire Street and Boeing Street.
“This location actually is mainly for the responses to the north as we grow and continue to develop (the northern part of the city)," said Fire Chief Duane Nelson during Thursday's council meeting.
The total cost of the property purchase is $900,000. The council authorized an initial $10,000 payment and the remaining $890,000 is due at the closing of the purchase.
Director of Municipal Services Pam Alexander said Thursday the future fire station was prioritized by American Rescue Plan Act funds. She said $658,000 of those funds was dedicated to the purchase as well as an additional $252,000 from the sale of the old fire prevention building on Holmes Avenue and 8th Street.
The fire station is expected to open in the next three to four years, according to a city news release.
Nelson said the fire station is intended to be a substation with a vehicle bay to store a fire engine and up to two ambulances. The fire station will help the department meet a four-minute response standard to emergency service calls and a five-minute response time to fire-related calls, he said.
The Idaho Falls Fire Department has seen an increase in calls for service by thousands over the past three to four years, according to a 2021 department annual report. Each year, the department has averaged 1,000 more calls than the previous year and there was an increase of 3,000 calls in 2021 to 17,230 total calls for service.
“We need fire coverage in both the north and south,” said Councilman Tom Hally. “It’s not only manning the stations to have the people but this is the first step — the land.”
The future northern station will address growth along North River Road, Sage Lakes and the northern Bonneville County line.
The fire department is also working with Idaho Falls Regional Airport to select a location for a future training facility, Nelson said.
Idaho Falls has five fire stations located in the city currently and the department staff also run a station in Swan Valley. In 2017, the fire department opened a fire station at 343 E St., which became the department's headquarters.
The planned Boeing Street facility adds the fire department to the city’s goals of improving emergency services, as a new $24 million police headquarters will soon be built on Northgate Mile.
Police department public information officer Jessica Clements said the station is ahead of or on schedule and the city expects to open the facility near the end of 2023. An exact completion date for the police headquarters has not been determined because of the uncertainty with construction supply chains, she said.
“We’ve run into no issues so far. We’re not behind schedule or anything like that and everything seems to be running smoothly,” Clements said.
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A pyrocumulus from the Moose fire is seen late Thursday afternoon, July 28, from the Long Tom Lookout, 36 miles west-northwest of Salmon. Pyrocumulus clouds are cumulus clouds that are formed by hot air and smoke being released into the sky, according to accuweather.com.
The Moose fire, which has spread over 56,000 acres near Salmon, has been determined to be human caused and is under investigation.
The U.S. Forest Service announced in a Saturday news release thatthe fire, located about 17 miles north of Salmon in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, was caused by humans. The specific cause is still under investigation and further information will be released as investigators learn more.
About 23% of the wildfire’s perimeter has been contained since it started on July 17, according to the InciWeb Incident Information System. The estimated containment date is Aug. 30.
The fire threatens nearby “residences, energy infrastructure, the Salmon municipal watershed, mining operations, heritage resources, fisheries, livestock grazing allotments, and a variety of recreational opportunities including river rafting,” the InciWeb report said.
There are 960 firefighters, 60 fire engines and nine helicopters working to contain the fire, implementing point protection strategies for at-risk resources. Two pilots died in a helicopter crash on July 21 while fighting the fire.
Great Basin Team 2, a Type 1 incident management team, is managing the fire currently and Great Basin Team 1 is mobilizing and set to take over management at 6 a.m. Wednesday.
The Forest Service is holding a virtual community meeting to discuss the fire and plans to protect the municipal watershed at 6 p.m. on Facebook Live and Microsoft Teams.
Firefighters continue to employ point protection strategies for resources at risk in the Spring Creek, Pine Creek, Panther Creek, Tower Creek, 4th of July Creek and Moose Creek areas, the Highway 93 corridor, and many other locations, the InciWeb report said.
High winds could expand the fire one to two miles to the east and south by Tuesday morning, and fire spotting across the Highway 93 corridor is possible, the InciWeb report said.
More information and updates for area closures, road restrictions and evacuations is available on the InciWeb report at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8249/. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/moose-fire-determined-to-be-human-caused/article_76790b40-baea-5a11-8ca1-b65df3b78abf.html | 2022-08-02T01:31:40 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/moose-fire-determined-to-be-human-caused/article_76790b40-baea-5a11-8ca1-b65df3b78abf.html |
RIGBY — A decade since Todd Pierce performed in front of an eastern Idaho crowd, the champion bareback rider returned to his roots Sunday with his Born Wild event.
Pierce was raised in Idaho Falls but currently lives in Shelley. Born Wild is a ministry opportunity Pierce said he never saw coming. During Born Wild, Pierce takes an unbroken horse in front of a crowd and saddles it within the hour. As he works face to face with the wild animal, Pierce ministers to a crowd of strangers about his faith.
Sunday’s event at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, however, was in front of his friends and family. Pierce began the show with tears in his eyes, saying, “I feel like I’m at a family reunion.”
Pierce brought his show back to eastern Idaho through the help of local pastor Scotty Brown. Brown currently pastors Outwest Bible Church, formerly known as Westernsprings Cowboy Church.
Outwest normally meets Sunday mornings at the Shilo Inn Convention Center.
“About two months ago, the people at Shilo told me we couldn’t be here on July 31. They had another event. So me asking Todd to do this (Born Wild) was out of necessity,” Brown said with a laugh.
The two pastors’ history dates back to the mid ’90s. Pierce and Brown met at a rodeo in Twin Falls in 1994 and Brown said they “have been friends ever since.”
Brown walked with Pierce throughout his faith journey. Brown said it was awe-inspiring to see the Lord “get a hold of his (Pierce’s) life.”
Before Pierce dedicated his life to full-time ministry, he was a champion bareback rider. He toured the country riding horses and gathering accolades. In 2002, Pierce suffered a knee injury that would put him out of the rodeo circuit for more than a year.
“Not only was I unsure how I would provide for my family, I thought I had lost the only platform I had to reach people with the Kingdom of Jesus,” Pierce wrote on Riding High Ministries’ website.
A few weeks after Pierce’s initial injury, he was called to speak to Professional Bull Riders athletes in Portland. This once-in-a-lifetime call turned into a 17-year chaplain career for Professional Bull Riders. Through this work, Pierce saw he could reach thousands of people with his God-given talent, even if it meant he wasn’t competing.
That’s how Riding High Ministries came to be. With the help of his wife, Leslie, and his three sons, Pierce tours around the world, bringing Born Wild to a variety of audiences.
Pierce has traveled to 12 countries to showcase Born Wild. He has saddled unbroken horses in prisons across the U.S and on Native American reservations in front of small gatherings. His largest show to date was earlier this year. At Crossroads Church in Cincinnati, Pierce brought a horse inside and set up a round pen stage in front of a 20,000-person congregation.
“That was pretty crazy,” Pierce said about the Crossroads show.
Pierce said that every show he does, he knows he’s supposed to be there. He prays that he is bringing his show to a place that needs to hear about the love of God.
“Whether it is a prisoner serving a life sentence for murder or a pastor who has spent their whole life preaching theology, I hope they leave transformed,” Pierce said.
“There is so much chaos in the world right now. Jesus is misrepresented. I hope to help re-calibrate people to Jesus’ principles, to show that we are sons and daughters of God, to re-root their hope and to provide a new vision.”
When the opportunity arose for Pierce to minister to the people of his hometown, he couldn’t say no. Even better, it was his rodeo brother Brown that asked him.
“Scotty is my real-life hero. He went from being a wild man to someone who drips love everywhere he goes,” Pierce said. “This time around it’s just two brothers finally getting to do this together.”
Watersprings senior Alex Platt worked with Brown to advertise the event. Platt said, “The amount of passion Scotty has put into this event is crazy. I have never seen him this giddy.”
Brown’s joy was palpable at the event Sunday. The unrelenting heat did not stop more than 500 people from coming to see Pierce and Brown speak about their faith.
Pierce opened by saying, “I am not an entertainer or a preacher with an agenda. You can deny my words but you cannot deny what happens.”
He entered the round pen with a 3-year-old horse that had never been ridden or saddled. Pierce approached the horse and it immediately began bucking around the ring. He whispered to the horse saying, “Good boy. You’re so brave.”
In five minutes, Pierce was able to place his hand on the horse’s back saying, “Regardless of the chaos this horse is feeling right now, I stay consistent.”
In 15 minutes, Pierce attempted to mount the horse. He was soon bucked off.
“There’s only one pile of crap in the whole place and I fell on it,” Pierce laughed.
In 40 minutes, Pierce was riding the horse bareback around the pen. At the end of the hour, the horse was calm, saddled and listening for Pierce’s voice.
“I’m not a gifted horse trainer. It’s not a magic trick. It’s what happens when a power we carry walks into a room. If you have the Holy Spirit, you become a vessel for the work of the Kingdom,” Pierce said as he rode the newly saddled horse. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/this-is-a-family-reunion-rodeo-friends-host-born-wild-event/article_b86c0714-60e4-52cd-8a3f-9ef141459626.html | 2022-08-02T01:31:46 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/this-is-a-family-reunion-rodeo-friends-host-born-wild-event/article_b86c0714-60e4-52cd-8a3f-9ef141459626.html |
YREKA, Calif. — Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities.
The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California's Klamath National Forest, with expected thunderstorms a big concern Sunday 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 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. The fire Sunday cast an eerie, orange-brown hue, in one neighborhood where a brick chimney stood surrounded by rubble and scorched vehicles.
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.
The McKinney fire "remains 0% contained," the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post late Sunday night.
As the McKinney fire threatened, some residents chose to stay behind while others heeded orders to leave.
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.
Larry Castle said he wasn't taking any chances after seeing the explosive growth of major fires in recent 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 had grown to about 17 square miles after advancing into forest. Crews were working along edges of the fire Sunday, and aircraft were expected to continue to make water and retardant drops to help slow the fire's advance, said Sara Rouse, a spokesperson with the interagency team assigned to the fire. High temperatures and erratic winds were expected, she said.
A section of Highway 28 between Hot Springs and Elmo that had been closed was reopened with drivers asked to watch for fire and emergency personnel. Visibility in the area was poor, Rouse said.
In Idaho, the Moose Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest has burned on more than 75 square miles in timbered land near the town of Salmon. It was 23% contained by Monday morning. Pila Malolo, planning operations section chief on the fire, said in a Facebook video update that hot, dry conditions were expected to persist. 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 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.
And in north Texas, firefighters continued in their effort to contain the 2-week-old, 10 1/2-square-mile Chalk Mountain Fire. The crews now report 83% containment of the fire that has destroyed 16 homes and damaged five others about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. No injuries have been reported. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/western-flames-spread-california-sees-its-largest-2022-fire/article_3c77a015-e6aa-55a2-9144-ffef48a4e1ed.html | 2022-08-02T01:31:52 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/western-flames-spread-california-sees-its-largest-2022-fire/article_3c77a015-e6aa-55a2-9144-ffef48a4e1ed.html |
ROANOKE, Va. – August is normally one of the busiest months for animal shelters across the region – in part because of kitten season – But this year, there are other factors at play, making it even busier than usual.
Shelters in the region are seeing an increase in the number of animal intakes, and to help, 10 News is participating in Clear The Shelters, an annual, nationwide pet adoption and shelter donation campaign that is spearheaded by NBCUniversal Local.
Through this campaign, you can help local shelters in the region by finding rescues a loving home.
Julie Rickmond with the Roanoke Valley SPCA said shelters across the region are experiencing a drastic uptick in the number of animals needing shelter.
“What we have seen this year is that owner relinquishments have really gone up,” Rickmond said.
Rickmond said the housing crisis has caused an influx of animals at shelters. In June, the Regional Center for Animal Care and Protection received quadruple the number of animals from other months. The RVSPCA gets about 60% of its animals from the RCACP.
“People being forced to leave their homes, getting evicted, having to find other homes for themselves and they may not be able to take their pets with them. So that is making all of our shelters in our region very, very full,” Rickmond said.
And on top of that, local shelters are helping with the thousands of beagles rescued from Envigo, a facility that breeds beagles for medical research. A federal judge issued an emergency order imposing a series of restrictions on the Virginia dog-breeding facility after regulators said the site was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of beagle puppies.
“We have had over four thousand dogs that are going to be entering the population. We have a dog in our care right now that came from a hoarding situation of over 500 puppy mill dogs,” Rickmond said.
And there are those pets, mostly large dogs, that have already been waiting at shelters for far too long.
While the numbers keep growing higher, staff like Rickmond know each pet has its own unique story.
Now they need their perfect match.
“The more that people share the word about these shelter pets that are available and how special they are and how great they are, the more that we can get adopted and find those loving homes for,” Rickmond said.
10 News will post a new animal each weekday for the Clear The Shelters campaign. Each post will feature a new animal, more information about the animal, and adoption information.
You can find 10 News’ first 2022 Clear The Shelters story here. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/02/clear-the-shelters-hundreds-of-local-adoptable-pets-need-forever-homes/ | 2022-08-02T01:33:27 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/02/clear-the-shelters-hundreds-of-local-adoptable-pets-need-forever-homes/ |
Tiffany Bercu, a longtime Flagstaff resident and former medical assistant, was issued the minimum sentence of two years in prison Thursday, after she was found guilty of attempting to sell heroin, fentanyl and methamphetamine.
The 35-year-old mother of three was arrested in February of 2021 for attempting to sell 2.2 grams of meth and 1.8 grams of heroin in July and August of 2020.
Those sales were Bercu’s attempt to support her own addiction, her attorney argued -- one that began with a prescription.
Following a viral spinal infection that caused severe pain and temporary paralysis, Bercu’s doctor treated her with opioid pain killers. When her prescription ran out, Bercu attempted to self-medicate with street drugs. She had no prior criminal record.
Bercu is approaching her second year of sobriety, just as she begins her two-year sentence. According to court documents, she completed a methadone recovery program before relapsing in 2019 and again sought treatment for mental health challenges and addiction at Southwest Behavioral Health Services in March of 2021.
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According to a sentencing memorandum submitted by Bercu’s defense, she is certified by the Veteran’s Administration to be the sole caregiver for her husband. He suffered a traumatic brain injury during tours of duty in the Iraq War. At the time of her sentencing, Bercu had been holding two jobs and caring for her children.
Four tearful character witnesses, including Bercu’s nephew and sisters, spoke on her behalf in court Thursday. Bercu’s attorney, Lee Phillips, made an impassioned case for the minimum sentence. Philips went so far as to say he may never have felt so strongly that a defendant was facing too harsh a punishment under the law. Bercu had entered a prison-only plea of two to two and a half years followed by supervised probation under the department of corrections -- a shorter sentence or supervised probation were not on the table.
Both in the memorandum and in court, Phillips would call Bercu a “poster child for recovery.” Those who spoke on her behalf mentioned that she had made mistakes, but acted as a role model for people facing addiction.
Phillips would also cite what he called inconsistencies in the justice system, stating that all too often white NAU students who sell drugs come up against much less severe consequences, while Bercu is a woman of color. He clarified that he did not believe that those defendants deserved harsher punishments, but that people like Tiffany deserved similar leniency.
“This is the kind of justice people in our community are sick of seeing,” Phillips said.
Judge Cathleen Nichols said in court that it’s unusual for a defendant to be granted the mitigating, or minimum, sentence. Further, she moved to somewhat abbreviate Bercu’s probation, saying the system is designed for rehabilitation and, “I believe that you have rehabilitated yourself.” She also underlined that the sale of potentially lethal drugs like fentanyl was a serious offense that led to serious consequences.
Requests for comment from the prosecution were not returned by press time. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-woman-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-for-attempted-drug-sale/article_e6e89c5e-0ece-11ed-a41a-33f130d255a4.html | 2022-08-02T01:38:29 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-woman-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-for-attempted-drug-sale/article_e6e89c5e-0ece-11ed-a41a-33f130d255a4.html |
Lizards can detach their tales and regrow them, but their regenerating capability is hardly unique — just the best known. Starfish are also celebrated for their ability to restore lost body parts. They can regrow severed arms, and in some species, the full body from an arm alone.
If you see a common octopus, know that its tentacles may not all be original parts. The same goes for the legs of axolotls, the fins of a variety of fishes, and the tails of young American alligators. It’s most common to be able to regenerate lost or severed limbs, but some animals can regrow even more of the body.
Planaria are flatworms with regenerative powers humans can only envy. When cut into pieces in the lab, each little fragment regrows into a complete individual in just a few weeks. The key to their success at remaking themselves is the pluripotent stem cells they maintain throughout their lives.
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Stem cells are cells from which other types of specialized cells can be generated. Pluripotent stem cells can generate all other cell types, in contrast to stem cells that have a more limited range of cells they can generate. In humans, pluripotent stem cells only occur in the embryo. Planaria, like other species capable of extreme regeneration, have them their whole lives. That allows them to regenerate all needed parts of the body from just a fragment of the original body.
Tunicates (also called sea squirts) can develop an entirely new body from a tiny fragment of blood vessels. Even a piece as small as about a millimeter can grow into a complete organism in just a couple of weeks, going through stages that appear similar to those of a developing embryo. That’s especially interesting to scientists because tunicates are more closely related to us than other invertebrates, suggesting such extensive regeneration occurs in lineages more like us than previously thought.
Sea slugs can detach their own head to get rid of parasites on the body and then regrow an entirely new body from the head. After this self-decapitation, and until the body is regrown about 20 days later, sea slugs live off food made by the algae living in its skin from light, water and carbon dioxide through the process of photosynthesis.
One of the 12 labors of Hercules was to kill the hydra — a many-headed serpent with poisonous venom. Whenever a head was severed, two grew back in its place. The tiny animal named for this fabled creature is less dangerous, but is the monster’s equal in regenerative capabilities. The stem cells of these animals, related to sea jellies and sea anemones, make up a large proportion of their body. That allows hydras to regenerate continuously so all the cells are replaced every few weeks. Hydras can regenerate their body from a small numbers of cells, and can even reform their body if they are broken apart and blended into a shapeless lump of cells.
Hydras, like many other animals, are capable of regeneration of mythical proportions. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/london-zoo-regenerating-animals-from-just-parts/article_6375037c-11bb-11ed-808f-a30c63836669.html | 2022-08-02T01:38:35 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/london-zoo-regenerating-animals-from-just-parts/article_6375037c-11bb-11ed-808f-a30c63836669.html |
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM
PDT/ THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 108.
* WHERE...Treasure Valley, Upper Weiser Basin, and Malheur
County.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ this evening.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
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Firefighters work to contain a brush fire in the hills northeast of Eagle in October of last year. Despite a cool, rainy spring this year, the danger of wildfire in the foothills and mountains surrounding the Treasure Valley is extreme.
Firefighters respond to a brush fire in the hills northeast of Eagle in October of last year. Despite a cool, rainy spring this year, the danger of wildfire in the foothills and mountains surrounding the Treasure Valley is extreme.
A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop along a ridge line as crews work to contain a brush fire in the hills northeast of Eagle in October of last year. Despite a cool, rainy spring this year, the danger of wildfire in the foothills and mountains surrounding the Treasure Valley is extreme.
Firefighters work to contain a brush fire in the hills northeast of Eagle in October of last year. Despite a cool, rainy spring this year, the danger of wildfire in the foothills and mountains surrounding the Treasure Valley is extreme.
A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop along a ridge line as crews work to contain a brush fire in the hills northeast of Eagle in October of last year. Despite a cool, rainy spring this year, the danger of wildfire in the foothills and mountains surrounding the Treasure Valley is extreme.
Spring in Boise this year was cool and rainy, leaving the valley greener than normal in the summer.
Though spring rains helped delay the danger somewhat, the wet spring meant more grass grew. And as summer temperatures have risen, that grass is now all dried out and can act as fuel. Now, the area is in an ‘extreme’ fire danger category.
“That shot of moisture that we got, late spring moisture, kind of just delayed us as we move from low to high, to very high, to extreme. It slowed it down a little bit,” said Jared Jablonski, Bureau of Land Management fire mitigation and education specialist.
Right now, the Boise mountains are still in the ‘very high’ fire danger category, but the Snake River Plain, lower foothills and Owyhee Mountains moved into extreme. The ‘extreme’ designation is normal for August, Jablonski said.
The categories are calculated using indicators like fuel moistures and temperatures. The resulting designation is a prediction — if there is a wildfire, how fast will it grow? How extreme will the fire behave?
Essentially, the higher the designation, the higher the flames, the more extreme the behavior and the faster the fire will go.
When fires “behave” in an extreme way, it makes fighting them more difficult. For example, some fires can generate their own weather. Last year, scientists found evidence the Bootleg Fire in Oregon generated its own fire tornado, according to the Associated Press.
The area will likely remain in ‘extreme’ fire danger through the end of August, though it’s all weather dependent. Historically, the fire danger ratings start to move back down beginning in September, Jablonski said.
In southwest Idaho and other parts of the region, precipitation over the last month or so has been around 10% of normal, according to a July 21 National Interagency Fire Center Fuels Briefing.
However, that’s not all bad.
“If the conditions are dry out there, then the potential for fire behavior is going to be extreme… but at the same time without a whole lot of thunderstorms moving through the area, dry lighting isn’t as active,” Jablonski said. “We’ve only had maybe one or two lightning-caused fires this summer, which is below average.”
Three large fires are currently burning in Idaho, according to the National Interagency Fire Center’s website.
One of them, the Moose Fire, burning in the {span}Salmon-Challis National Forest,{/span} has shown extreme fire behavior, according to the fire center’s website. The Moose Fire had grown to 56,000 acres as of Monday morning and was 23% contained.
Humans started the fire, though the exact cause is still under investigation. Some residents from Tower Creek to North Fork are under evacuation orders, according to Lemhi County’s website.
There are ways to avoid starting fires, said Kelsey Brizendine, the fire information officer for the Twin Falls district with the Bureau of Land Management.
Make sure your trailers are properly attached to your vehicle and trailer chains are not dragging
Make sure your trailer tires are properly insulated
Don’t park or drive on tall, dry grass
Avoid target shooting on hot, dry, windy days
Don’t use certain types of ammunition, like incendiary or tracing ammunition.
Don’t use anything made to explode
Avoid fireworks
Don’t leave a campfire unattended
“Anything that can prevent that accidental spark, whether it’s the chains hitting the asphalt, the rim of a tire hitting the asphalt … anything like that can cause sparks,” Brizendine said. “One little spark, one little fire can go from nothing to a big problem before you even realize it’s happened.”
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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-dr-ryan-cole-defends-his-medical-license-saying-complaints-are-political-attacks/article_31ac55cc-d3a9-586d-a83b-4b19c535ed6c.html | 2022-08-02T01:42:57 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-dr-ryan-cole-defends-his-medical-license-saying-complaints-are-political-attacks/article_31ac55cc-d3a9-586d-a83b-4b19c535ed6c.html |
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM
PDT/ THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 108.
* WHERE...Treasure Valley, Upper Weiser Basin, and Malheur
County.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ this evening.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Idaho to receive $10M in climate change resilience planning funds
In an ongoing effort to combat the effects of climate change and address the growing costs of extreme weather events negatively impacting communities, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced Friday new guidance and $7.3 billion in formula funding to help states and communities better prepare for and respond to extreme weather events like wildfires, flooding, and extreme heat.
Idaho will receive $10 million in Fiscal Year 2022 funding and is eligible to receive up to $53 million over five years to address climate change with a focus on resilience planning, resilience improvements to existing transportation assets and evacuation routes, and at-risk highway infrastructure. Severe weather events experienced by Idaho in recent years include storms and flooding.
The new Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Formula Program funding is available to states over five years to make transportation infrastructure more resilient to future weather events and other natural disasters by focusing on resilience planning, making resilience improvements to existing transportation assets and evacuation routes, and addressing at-risk highway infrastructure. In general, eligible projects include highway and transit projects, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and port facilities including those that help improve evacuations or disaster relief. States are encouraged to work with regional and local partner organizations to prioritize transportation and emergency response improvements, as well as address vulnerabilities.
“In every part of the country, climate change is impacting roads, bridges, and rail lines that Americans rely on — endangering homes, lives and livelihoods in the process,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a press release. “Using funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we're launching this unprecedented effort to help communities protect their transportation infrastructure from extreme weather and improve routes that first responders and firefighters need during disasters.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-to-receive-10m-in-climate-change-resilience-planning-funds/article_ddaa6771-430c-50b1-8ac8-8186c4113ccf.html | 2022-08-02T01:43:03 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-to-receive-10m-in-climate-change-resilience-planning-funds/article_ddaa6771-430c-50b1-8ac8-8186c4113ccf.html |
BOISE – When the Idaho Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday on challenges to far-reaching anti-abortion laws that are poised to take effect in Idaho later this month, two separate sets of lawyers will argue the state’s side, both at state taxpayers’ expense.
That’s because the Idaho Legislature filed to intervene in all three lawsuits challenging three separate anti-abortion laws passed in the past three years, and retained Nampa attorney Daniel Bower and Las Vegas attorney Monte Neil Stewart to argue specifically on the Legislature’s behalf. And lawmakers this year passed a new law to let either or both houses of the Legislature intervene in lawsuits challenging Idaho laws whenever they choose to do so.
The Idaho Attorney General’s office already is representing the state of Idaho in the abortion litigation, and its team has filed extensive briefing in the cases. It’ll also be at the high court making arguments on Wednesday.
“The Legislature has always felt like they had the authority to do it,” said Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder, R-Boise. “It was never in code. So the last legislative session put it into code.”
Asked if he thought the expense – the total cost isn’t yet known, and Bower and Stewart are each charging the state $375 an hour plus expenses – is worth it, Winder said, “From the standpoint of the briefing and the process we’ve gone through, yes. The proof will be in the pudding as to how the court rules and how it moves forward. I think we needed to do it. I think it was important to stand up for the laws the Legislature passed.”
“This is a very important case,” Winder said. “Every life matters.”
The high court’s justices on Wednesday will hear a single hour of arguments on three key points in at least two lawsuits filed by Planned Parenthood. The first lawsuit challenged SB 1309, which the court has put on hold while the lawsuit’s pending and which allows relatives of a fetus aborted after 6 weeks gestation to sue doctors for minimum $20,000 damages. The second challenges Idaho’s “trigger law,” which will make all abortion a felony in Idaho, with just three narrow exceptions, starting in late August, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. That second lawsuit claims the trigger law violates the Idaho Constitution and the Idaho Human Rights Act.
Planned Parenthood also filed a third lawsuit last week, targeting a 2021 anti-abortion law, but as of late afternoon Monday, the court hadn’t yet ruled on whether it’ll also be addressed in Wednesday’s arguments.
Planned Parenthood, the state, and the Legislature all have submitted briefing on the court’s three questions, with much of it focusing on who will be harmed most if the laws are stayed or go right into effect.
Deputy Idaho Attorney General Megan Larrondo wrote on behalf of the state that the state will “suffer grave harm if the court stays a duly enacted law pending disposition of this lawsuit. The lives of preborn children, which the State recognizes as extant and valued, will be lost.”
Bower and Stewart, on behalf of the Legislature, wrote that if the court stayed both SB 1309 and the “trigger” law, “Idaho would immediately become the anything-goes Wild West of abortion practice.”
Attorney Michael Bartlett, on behalf of Planned Parenthood, wrote that the trigger law “unconstitutionally treats women – who would be forced to carry a pregnancy to term, give birth, and unwillingly become a parent – differently than men, who bear no equivalent burden.” He also argued that SB 1309’s private-lawsuit enforcement mechanism is unconstitutional and violates the separation of powers guaranteed by the Idaho Constitution.
The three key questions the court wants explored:
• Should the court put both laws on hold while the two cases are pending?
• Should the two cases be consolidated into a single one?
• Should either or both of the cases be transferred down to the district court level for trial before being taken up by the high court?
All three sides agreed on that final question, answering an unequivocal “no.” All argued that the issues raised are matters of law that are properly decided by the state’s highest court, not referred down to lower courts for arguments and decisions that could then be appealed to the Supreme Court. But that’s where the agreement ends.
The state argued that the two cases should be consolidated into one and dismissed, or if not, then scheduled for argument together on the same day. Planned Parenthood wrote that the two cases shouldn’t be consolidated into one, because they have only one overlapping argument, and either case could be decided on other grounds without getting into that argument.
That one argument: That the Idaho Constitution “violates the fundamental right to privacy in making intimate familial decisions by forcing pregnant Idahoans … to carry their pregnancies to term regardless of the individual private circumstances confronting each family.” Planned Parenthood argues that a long string of Idaho Supreme Court precedents has found the Idaho Constitution treats procreation and parental control as “fundamental rights.”
Both the state and the Legislature argue that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that recognized a constitutional right to abortion nationwide, and the subsequent 1992 decision Planned Parenthood v. Casey, negated all those arguments. “All of these arguments are invalid now that Roe and Casey have been overruled,” Larrondo wrote.
The Legislature’s brief, which runs for 22 pages, declares that it “adopts and incorporates the argument set forth in the State’s brief” on each of the key points. It also declares Planned Parenthood’s arguments “baseless,” and is particularly critical of the organization’s objections to SB 1309, the Texas-style law authorizing relatives of an aborted fetus to sue doctors, describing one of the arguments as “defamation.”
“The petitioners’ briefs’ approach, in essence, is to paint a picture of a lawless, uncontrollable mob, consisting in part of rapists’ brothers, embroiling innocent medical providers in unmeritorious litigation and further injuring them with bad-faith litigation tactics beyond the control of our district courts. False picture,” Bower and Stewart wrote.
SB 1309 wouldn’t allow a rapist whose crime resulted in the aborted pregnancy to sue, but would allow that rapist’s relatives to sue. “The petitioners’ brief’s regrettable crack about ‘a rapist’s estranged brother’ … is beneath contempt,” Bower and Stewart wrote, “because it imputes the rapist’s evil to his brother and thereby denigrates the brother’s humanity. That brother has lost a niece or a nephew. That is a ‘distinct and palpable’ injury.’”
Bower and Stewart also filed a 64-page brief defending SB 1309 on its merits, though the court isn't yet taking up that issue. In that brief, they wrote, "What is the moral value of a preborn child? In an utterly misguided and now obviously doomed attempt to end contention and bring peace relative to that moral question, Roe took its resolution away from all Americans acting democratically and left the answer with the woman making the decision to abort or not." They wrote that the Idaho Legislature "has every right" to return that "moral question ... to where it belongs, the democratic process."
Winder said, “It’s certainly what we, as the speaker and the pro-tem, hired them to do, and that was brief the challenges brought on by Planned Parenthood.”
House Speaker Scott Bedke wasn't available for comment on Monday.
“I thought it was a good brief,” Winder said. “I think it was well-thought-out, and gives the court some specific encouragement in how to rule.”
The Idaho Legislature created the Legislative Legal Defense Fund in 2012, and and has spent nearly $10 million from the fund since then. Lawmakers deposited $4 million in state general funds into it in 2021. The fund, which will be tapped to pay for the additional legal representation and is spent at the discretion of the House speaker and Senate president pro tem, has a current balance of just under $3.4 million, according to legislative budget records.
Stewart, 73, is the founding president of the Marriage Law Foundation, and is the former U.S. Attorney for the state of Nevada and a former special assistant attorney general and counsel to the governor of Utah. Bower is a former deputy Idaho attorney general and civil litigator who is a partner in the firm of Morris Bower & Haws.
“We wanted to intervene, so we had to hire outside counsel,” Winder said. “We tried to find counsel that was experienced. Monte Stewart is a senior member of the team, has had a lot of experience with Supreme Court briefings and these types of social issues. So we felt they were the best available attorneys to do this.”
He added, “Planned Parenthood is the one that initiated the process, and all we’re trying to do is defend the laws that were passed. If they hadn’t brought the lawsuits, we wouldn’t be spending the public money.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/legislature-brings-in-2nd-legal-team-to-defend-anti-abortion-laws/article_c15ce1da-1e3b-55fc-9d72-f2ba47bbb078.html | 2022-08-02T01:43:10 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/legislature-brings-in-2nd-legal-team-to-defend-anti-abortion-laws/article_c15ce1da-1e3b-55fc-9d72-f2ba47bbb078.html |
PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Monday his investigators found just one dead voter after thoroughly reviewing findings from a partisan review of the 2020 election that alleged 282 ballots were cast in the name of someone who had died.
The finding by the Republican attorney general, who is running for U.S. Senate in Tuesday's primary, further discredits the review conducted last year. The review was led by an inexperienced firm, Cyber Ninjas, and conducted largely by supporters of Donald Trump who falsely believe the election was stolen from him.
“Our agents investigated all individuals that Cyber Ninjas reported as dead, and many were very surprised to learn that they were allegedly deceased,” Brnovich wrote in a letter to state Senate President Karen Fann, who used her subpoena power to obtain ballots, tabulators and election data and hired Cyber Ninjas for what she called a “forensic audit.”
The outcome of the one substantiated incident was not immediately clear, but none of the three criminal cases the attorney general has filed over dead voters was connected to the Cyber Ninjas investigation, said Ryan Anderson, a spokesman for Brnovich.
Brnovich did not say whether any charges had been filed in connection with the one substantiated incident, and his spokesman, Ryan Anderson, did not respond to a phone call and text message. All other people listed by Cyber Ninjas as deceased “were found to be current voters," Brnovich wrote.
Combined with other reports of dead voters, Brnovich’s Election Integrity Unit investigated a combined 409 names and produced “only a handful of potential cases.”
Brnovich vouched for the legitimacy of the election immediately after President Joe Biden's victory but later publicized his investigation of the Cyber Ninjas allegations as he sought Trump's endorsement for his Senate campaign. Trump ultimately released a scathing statement saying Brnovich wasn't doing enough to advance his claims of fraud and endorsed businessman Blake Masters.
Federal and state election officials and Trump’s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the election was tainted. The former president’s allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by courts, including by judges Trump appointed.
The Cyber Ninjas review looked at data, machines and ballots from Maricopa County, the state's largest. It produced a report that experts described as riddled with errors, bias and flawed methodology. Still, even that partisan review came up with a vote tally that would not have altered the outcome, finding that Biden won by 360 more votes than the official results.
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NAVAJO COUNTY, Ariz. — Bill Donovan, a prolific journalist who covered the Navajo Nation for five decades at newspapers in New Mexico and Arizona, has died. He was 76.
Donovan recently was hospitalized with pneumonia and died Saturday night at his home in Torrance, California, surrounded by loved ones, said his daughter, Kelly Cunningham.
Donovan was an institution on the Navajo Nation, a reporter who quickly could recall moments in Navajo history and phone numbers. He worked for the Gallup Independent, the Navajo Times, the Arizona Republic and other small publications — sometimes at the same time.
Donovan wrote about a longstanding land dispute between Navajos and Hopis, a hospital takeover, politics and efforts to reform tribal government. No story was more memorable — or scary — than a 1989 riot in the tribal capital of Window Rock that turned deadly in a political power struggle, he said days before he died.
And no reporter knew more about former Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald, who was convicted of inciting the riot, or about what led up to it than Donovan. He drew from decades of reporting to add rich context to his stories.
“One of the most prized qualities that a writer can bring to a story, other than the ability to write well, is institutional memory,” Donovan wrote in a December 2018 essay in the Navajo Times.
Donovan moved to California in 2018 to be closer to his children but continued writing under a Los Angeles dateline for the Navajo Times, an outlet he was fired from several times over stories he wrote critical of the tribal government. He had two children: Cunningham and Richard Donovan, and two grandchildren.
Cunningham said her father showed her the importance of quick wit, patience and kindness. She recalled a magic show that went awry when she was in grade school in Gallup, New Mexico, and Donovan was part of the act. Her dad saved her the embarrassment by doing an impromptu comedy show in front of the whole school, she said.
“Dad always lived in the moment in the best way," she said. "I have never ever seen him angry, judgmental or stressed.”
Raised in Newport, Kentucky, Donovan attended nearby Georgetown College. He was working at the Lexington Herald in his early 20s when a Navajo sergeant recommended that he go to the Navajo Nation nearly 700 miles away and be a reporter.
Donovan first was hired as a sports editor at the Gallup Independent.
“He didn't know a damn thing about sports,” said the paper's publisher, Bob Zollinger. “He didn't know what a baseball bat was versus a golf club. So he read a few books and started writing sports.”
Donovan was an avid reader. He'd read while in his car waiting at stoplights and during Navajo Nation Council sessions that he attended so regularly that he was dubbed “the councilman from Gallup." He donated his massive collection of books to local libraries when he left for California.
A fan of movies and eating at McDonalds, Donovan often dressed in plaid, dingy button-up shirts and jotted notes on napkins and scraps of paper. He wrote stories from memory before turning to those notes.
Former Navajo President Peterson Zah recalled first meeting Donovan when Zah worked as a legal advocate in the 1970s.
“His heart was in it,” Zah said. “That's a good sign. He really wanted the truth to come out in most of these stories.”
His knowledge of the Navajo people, history and tribal government was encyclopedic, said Tom Arviso, who recently retired as publisher of the Navajo Times. Donovan wasn't afraid to take on any subject or anyone, even if it meant he'd be fired yet again from the Navajo Times before it became independent of the tribal government, Arviso said.
“There were people who just didn't care for him because he was biligaana and felt like he shouldn't be writing about Navajo people,” said Arviso, using the Navajo word for “white person.” “But Bill was a smart guy, very intelligent and easy-going. He knew so much.” | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/reporter-covered-navajo-for-5-decades/75-f7e10b49-ae12-4f66-b885-0318ae4915d7 | 2022-08-02T01:46:36 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/reporter-covered-navajo-for-5-decades/75-f7e10b49-ae12-4f66-b885-0318ae4915d7 |
PHOENIX — According to a US Census Bureau Pulse survey, 40% of the people they’ve asked in the Phoenix metro area are now struggling to pay their usual household expenses.
That’s up from 28% this time last year.
Having a harder time
Rita Bailey is spending her days right now in a conference room at A New Leaf MesaCAN site.
“I want to make sure that I can provide for my family,” Bailey said.
It’s a change after January of 2022 when Bailey said she, her tween and teen daughters all got COVID-19.
“We lost literally two and a half weeks of our lives where everything just came to a complete stop,” Bailey said. “And after two years of everything coming to a complete stop that was the icing that broke the camel’s back, and that cost me my last position.”
Bailey said while they live in affordable housing in Tempe, there were still things that were harder to pay for.
“This was when the gas prices started to go up as well. And that's when it hit the grocery stores,” Bailey said.
Through changes like taking the light rail and others, the single mom found ways to streamline their other expenses.
“We had to get a food box once in a while. We had to ask for, ‘Okay, how do I fill out the application for utility assistance?’, and that’s when I found out that SRP had that and APS had the lower rate if you qualify.”
‘More people than ever are seeking our help’
The results from the Census Bureau’s survey show that Bailey isn’t alone.
The 40% of people who said they’re having trouble affording their household expenses is the highest since the bureau started asking that question in August 2020.
“More people than ever are seeking our help,” Eva Felix, director of the A New Leaf MesaCAN site.
Felix said the pandemic, inflation, and now summer bills are adding up.
“It’s summer, somebody may be able to pay during the winter $150, $120. Well, now that bill is about $300. So families do find themselves deciding, ‘Do I pay my electric bill? Or do I pay half of it and then put food on the table?’”
Expecting more people will need more help
The site off of Broadway near Mesa Drive helps with utility, rent, mortgage assistance and more.
Felix expects more people will continue to need their help.
“Inflation has not improved the situation,” Felix said. “Gas prices, affordable housing – what the heck is that? Our families are finding themselves there is no affordable housing,” Felix said.
Bailey is going through the Bankwork$ program at A New Leaf MesaCAN. The 8-week program prepares people for teller, personal banker and customer service positions in the finance sector.
She’s hoping that it’ll help lead to a more stable career in the future.
“I’ve had jobs, but I was looking for something that I could stick with for a while. If this economy is showing us anything is that, more than ever, we need that backup,” Bailey said.
If you’re needing assistance paying bills, or need other financial assistance, you can find community action agencies in Arizona that may be able to help here.
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PHOENIX — Our physicians of the future are another step closer to the medical field following the traditional White Coat Ceremony that symbolizes the start of a student’s professional medical career.
Creighton University, one of the largest Catholic health professions educators in the nation, is in Phoenix.
Emotions were running high for graduating students like Quinton Anderson who is a student-physician going into medicine.
"Just knowing all the work that it took to get here and the sacrifices my family made, it just means a lot,” he said. “I want to do surgery, but right now I'm in general practice, but I might do orthopedics as my specialty.”
Each student has already undergone four years of education before another four ahead of them, plus a one-year residency program. Many of the students are incredibly grateful for all the amazing support along the way.
Parents like Michelle Vincent and Dr. Derrick Anderson are so proud of their son Quinton for following in his father's footsteps.
"I am so proud of him, and I can't put it into words and as he said before it's been a journey and he's worked his behind off and he deserves everything he's done up to this point, I'm just beyond proud of what he's accomplished," Vincent said tearfully.
"You put the coat on and feel different because you have that step from being an average Joe to being a doctor," Dr. Derrick Anderson, his father added.
Students present their coats to a faculty member who puts the coat on them. Then they're presented with their first stethoscope. Celine Rukiidi another student-physician says she's fulfilling a life-long dream with big plans to tackle infectious disease.
"It feels surreal, I feel like the 5-year-old version of myself is screaming, I can't believe I made it this far, she explained.
Regardless of whichever respective field they find themselves in, all the students shared similar sentiments and are spreading the same message to future generations.
"Just aim high for your dreams and never stop going after them," Quinton said.
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Four heat-related deaths reported in Marion County amid Willamette Valley heat wave
Four heat-related deaths in Marion County were reported by state officials on Monday as last week's heat wave swept the Willamette Valley.
As of Monday, the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office has reported 14 suspected heat-related deaths since the beginning of the heat advisory, which ended on Sunday. Temperatures in Oregon last week reached triple digits.
The state Medical Examiner's Office said in an email the deaths in Marion County occured on Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday.
The state reported two suspected heat deaths in Clackamas County, seven in Multnomah County and one in Umatilla County in addition to the four in Marion. The report is based on a preliminary investigation. Hyperthermia has not yet been confirmed as the cause of death in the cases.
Last year's heat dome in June killed 96 Oregonians, including six in Marion and Polk counties.
The high temperatures last week broke records across Oregon. Portland broke it's record for most days above 95 degrees for a seven day stretch and Salem had it's second longest streak above 95 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
The average temperature in Salem last week was 99.5 degrees, said Lisa Kriederman, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. This week's average high is expected to be around 89 degrees.
One water rescue was reported last week as people attempted to cool off. On Wednesday, a group of people were stuck on a log on the Santiam River, north of the Jefferson Boat Ramp, according to Sgt. Jeremy Landers of the Marion County Sheriff's Office. No injuries were reported.
The air quality was good overall in the state last week, Kriederman said. Due to wildfires in the region, the National Weather Service is expecting the air quality to be impacted this week because of smoke.
"It's mainly just aloft, especially over near Salem," Kriederman said. "Maybe further down to Eugene you may find some smoke a little bit lower. The smoke will be in Salem a little bit tomorrow but by Wednesday it should be cleared out."
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Stayton man killed in Highway 223 motorcycle crash
Dejania Oliver
Salem Statesman Journal
Oregon State Police troopers responded to a fatal motorcycle crash on Highway 223 near Pedee Sunday.
Benjamin Gifford, 72, of Stayton, was driving a Honda Goldwing motorcycle northbound near milepost 17. As he turned, he left the road.
Gifford was ejected and was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency personnel. Highway 223 was closed for more than three hours. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/stayton/2022/08/01/fatal-motorcycle-crash-on-highway-223-benjamin-gifford-stayton-oregon-killed/65388227007/ | 2022-08-02T01:48:17 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/stayton/2022/08/01/fatal-motorcycle-crash-on-highway-223-benjamin-gifford-stayton-oregon-killed/65388227007/ |
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — A home in Ridgefield took on significant damage after a two-alarm fire burned through it on Monday morning, officials say.
Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue, along with Clark County Fire District #6, responded to the fire around 7 a.m. after a neighbor noticed black smoke coming from the home and reported it to authorities.
Officials say the fire started outside the home and quickly spread to the walls and attic of the home before crews could respond. The home reportedly did not have a fire sprinkler system.
The fire agencies say they were able to quickly bring the flames under control — but the house did sustain “substantial damage” in the process.
No one was home at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A highly contagious and deadly virus that can spread quickly among rabbits was detected in Multnomah County, the Oregon Department of Agriculture said Monday.
After seven of 21 rabbits on a Multnomah County property died over a 72-hour period, Oregon State University’s veterinary department investigated and determined they’d fallen ill with rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2).
The virus is not dangerous to humans and is only known to infect rabbits and hares. It spreads through direct contact between infected and susceptible live rabbits or by exposure to contaminated materials.
The owners of the rabbits that died from the virus in Multnomah County said they were exposed to wild rabbits in the area.
The property is currently under quarantine because the virus is resistant to extreme temperatures and can survive in the environment for months under certain conditions.
Birds, rodents, flies, predators and scavengers can spread the virus on their feet, fur and feathers or through their feces without becoming infected themselves.
Anyone raising domestic rabbits should minimize their exposure to wild rabbits by keeping them in hutches or cages that are elevated off the ground. Owners should keep rabbits inside to avoid exposure to environments that have potentially been contaminated by the disease.
The ODA recommends people shower and change their clothes before handling their rabbits if they visit a show or fair where rabbits were commingled
Any hunters who come across sick or dead rabbits should not hunt or run their dogs in the area. Dead or sick rabbits should be reported to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife by calling (866) 968-2600. People should avoid hunting in areas where RHDV2 outbreaks have been documented.
After handling wild rabbits, hunters should wash their hands and change their clothes and shoes before handing domestic rabbits.
All game should be thoroughly cooked to an internal temperature of 165.
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Vicki King, Salem School’s new administrator, is anticipating the start of the 2022-23 academic year.
King, who holds a PhD in superintendency, has been serving as district administrator for Salem Consolidated Grade School on Antioch Road since July 1.
“I shadowed then-district administrator Connie Valenza since the board approved me (in the spring),” King said. “I had been coming to meetings. She allowed me to sit on some of the construction meetings and several of her team meetings, so before July 1 I felt like I knew a handful of people.”
“I knew in high school I was going to go be an educator,” King said. “My English teacher was phenomenal. I remember when she was done with her curriculum, or like (when) books were outdated, she would give them to me.”
Since then, she has spent 20 years working in education at all levels, with her previous job in Illinois.
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“I started my career as an elementary classroom teacher and then I was a middle school classroom teacher,” King said. While teaching in a middle school, King decided to pursue a master’s degree.
“I was working with the principal and he had me leading our district professional development,” King said. “When I asked him what topic I should do for my master’s, he suggested leadership because he saw some qualities in me that were leadership qualities.”
King said she admired the principal’s partnership between the administration and teachers.
“I knew, if I became an administrator, I wanted to model that sense where people could come in, they could talk with me (and) I could help them problem solve,” King said. “And so that really started that career path going from the classroom level ... to like building level teaching teachers and supporting teachers in that capacity.”
Meeting with the local board of education made King interested with Salem School in particular.
“The Board of Education is phenomenal here and then meeting the staff... they just seem so welcoming,” King said. “Even by the questions that they asked me during my interview process, I could tell that they were a desirable community which desired the type of relationship I wanted to have with staff.”
For the upcoming school year, which starts Aug. 30, King is looking forward to hearing student voices and building relationships with teachers.
“From a student perspective, I’m looking forward to getting their voice and their input on what they want to see for our school system,” King said. “From a teacher perspective, I look forward to building those relationships and helping them see the work that I want to do with them as a partnership.”
Read Across Kenosha March 2 community literacy event
Forest Park Elementary was one of about 40 schools to participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held virtually March 2. Students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade in programs and classrooms across the county, including All Saints Catholic School, Salem Consolidated Grade School, Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha, Salem Grade School, St. Joseph Catholic Academy, Westosha Head Start and multiple Kenosha Unified elementary schools were engaged in the coordinated live virtual event via Zoom. In total, 84 educators registered for the live readings with an estimated 2,000 students tuning in, according to Marisa Markowski, resource development manager for the local United Way. Local leaders, businesses and organizations participated via prerecorded or live virtual readings. Guest readers included Beth Ormseth, Kenosha Unified interim superintendent; Unified School Board President Yolanda Adams; Bryan Albrecht, CEO and president of Gateway Technical College; Zina Haywood, Gateway executive vice president and provost, among others. A total of 17 readers participated.
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Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held…
Forest Park Read Across America 2022
Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held…
Forest Park Read Across America 2022
Students at Forest Park Elementary participate in this year's United Way of Kenosha County's Read Across Kenosha community literacy event held…
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Keith Harris’ favorite production from his time at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside was “To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday” in 1987. “We had to pack the whole production up and move it to a stage in Madison for a competition,” shared Keith, “I was so proud of how well that production came together. When we dropped our set on that stage, it almost looked better than it did at home. It was such a great feeling.”
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“I’m hoping this gallery will serve as an inspiration,” said Dean Walker, “One of the things about theater is the worry that you won’t find a job. I want students to see the whole gamut of possibilities within theater—The behind the stage stuff that people don’t always see.”
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It took about one year for the Keith Harris Gallery to go from an idea, to the dedication event, which was held on June 25th. “It was about six hours long,” said Misti Bradford, “We had almost 200 people in attendance. It was incredible to see all these people come together and honor Keith.”
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Keith Harris’s model for “Cabaret”, from 2007. “I fell in love with theater in 8th grade,” said Keith, “The 9th grade students were putting on a play, and I asked my English teachers why we couldn’t have one too. They said okay, and I got the starring role in “Hillbilly Blues”. From there I found my passion for theater.”
SOMERS — After a year of brainstorming, planning, organizing, and building, the Keith Harris Scenic Design Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside is ready to welcome visitors.
“A silver lining that we found here at Parkside during the COVID-19 pandemic was that we had the perfect opportunity to do inventory and cleaning that had been previously overlooked,” said Lesley H. Walker, UW-Parkside’s Dean of Arts and Humanities.
Part of that cleanup extended to the art department’s sound booth, which included the models, or maquettes, that Keith Harris had built while preparing for theater productions during his 32 years working in the theater department at Parkside.
“Keith Harris was such a large part of the growth and thriving of the theater department at Parkside,” said Walker. “I was tasked with figuring out what to do with his models during cleanup. I don’t know why, or where the idea came from, but I just said,’Let’s do a gallery.’”
Prior to the gallery installation, the space it now occupies had been underutilized. “I always want to see all our assets put to good use,” Walker said, “but I also thought about what a great way this gallery could be to honor our theatrical history.”
Evolved over decades
“Making models was never really in my job description ... Maybe at the very end it was added in, but it began as a passion,” said Harris, whose official job at Parkside at hiring was to take care of the theater department spaces and help coordinate event spaces.
“My approach when I first began working at Parkside was that I didn’t say ‘no’ to almost anything,” he said. “Maybe it was naïve at the time, but I thought ‘yes’ was always the answer. I tried to make everything flow together as well as I could and keep a fair calendar for the theater, art, and music departments.”
Harris received his Master of Fine Arts in scenic scenography from the University of Kansas in 1984, which equipped him with the skills necessary to “do it all” in the theater world, he said, including lghting, sets, costumes, projections, sound, and more.
“When I got to Parkside, it came up that they needed a set designer,” he said. “So, it happened naturally that I fell into that role.” The set models came into play when there was troubleshooting to be done. “You can lie in a sketch but you can’t lie in a model. All those models you see in the gallery, 9/10ths of the work was done at home. It’s a long process, a labor of love. I was trying to understand what I was creating.”
An education space
Department Chair Misti Bradford worked on many shows with Harris over the years. “Scenic designers of his caliber don’t exist anymore,” she said. “His training and the way he produced is so inspiring because, while it’s considered an old school way of producing, the quality of it is so high.”
The majority of scenic design is done digitally now, making Harris’ models all the more important to preserve, she said.
“We will be using the Keith Harris Gallery as an education space as much as an art gallery,” Bradford said. “This is not work that our current students will see anywhere else. This is the kind of work that is museum worthy ... All of these models should be in special plexiglass boxes, preserved forever. It’s a history lesson; it’s a way for our students to learn the core principles of production.”
“The key is the people I worked with, both the faculty and the students,” Harris said, indicating that’s what kept him at UW-Parkside for 32 years. “I worked nights; I worked weekends; I worked constantly. It was nonstop. It was crazy and wonderful.”
“I’m blessed to be married to who I am because she made it all work,” Keith added. “She held the home together so I could chase my passion, and I’m so thankful to her for that.”
While he recognizes the value of his models, he’s never considered them art.
“I really appreciate the comments about the models being art, but I’ve never looked at them as such. I just hope the students learn from them. They are there, and they are so alive. I’m hoping that’s their value.,” Harris said.
For more information on visits to the Keith Harris Gallery, go to www.uwp.edu/therita.
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A crash early Sunday morning involving a wrong-way car on Interstate 90 in northern Illinois left seven people dead, including five children, authorities said.
Keith Harris’ favorite production from his time at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside was “To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday” in 1987. “We had to pack the whole production up and move it to a stage in Madison for a competition,” shared Keith, “I was so proud of how well that production came together. When we dropped our set on that stage, it almost looked better than it did at home. It was such a great feeling.”
“I’m hoping this gallery will serve as an inspiration,” said Dean Walker, “One of the things about theater is the worry that you won’t find a job. I want students to see the whole gamut of possibilities within theater—The behind the stage stuff that people don’t always see.”
It took about one year for the Keith Harris Gallery to go from an idea, to the dedication event, which was held on June 25th. “It was about six hours long,” said Misti Bradford, “We had almost 200 people in attendance. It was incredible to see all these people come together and honor Keith.”
Keith Harris’s model for “Cabaret”, from 2007. “I fell in love with theater in 8th grade,” said Keith, “The 9th grade students were putting on a play, and I asked my English teachers why we couldn’t have one too. They said okay, and I got the starring role in “Hillbilly Blues”. From there I found my passion for theater.” | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-university-of-wisconsin-parkside-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-new-keith-harris-gallery/article_d4c541de-06b9-11ed-92bc-9bbad80d4e7d.html | 2022-08-02T01:54:10 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-university-of-wisconsin-parkside-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-new-keith-harris-gallery/article_d4c541de-06b9-11ed-92bc-9bbad80d4e7d.html |
Star City Shores will close Aug. 8-11 because of a lifeguard staffing shortage, the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department announced Monday.
The pool, 4375 S. 33rd Court, will reopen Aug. 12 for the final weekend of the season.
The pool's popular Dog Splash will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 14. Tickets are $10 per dog (cash only) and will go on sale at 6 p.m. at the front gates. Each dog may be accompanied by up to two people. Children must be at least 8 years old.
The event features an area for small dogs and retrieval activities in the lap lanes. When dogs are not in the water, they must be on a leash.
Dog Splash is sponsored by the Lincoln Parks Foundation and the Greater Lincoln Obedience Club. More information: lincoln.ne.gov (search: dog splash) or contact Janet Ball, 402-416-5540.
The season at all city pools runs through Aug. 14. Regular hours are from 1-6 p.m. seven days a week.
The free sprayground at Trago Park, 22nd and U streets, is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week through Labor Day. The sprayground at Woods Park is closed this season because of mechanical issues.
Clutching two tennis balls already, a dog chases after a third into the middle of the pool during the annual Dog Splash at Star City Shores Sunday evening.
Before closing down the pools for the season, dogs and their owners enjoy an annual pool party for canines at Star City Shores on Sunday, August 23, 2015. Proceeds for the event are donated to Lincoln Parks Foundation for repairs and additions to Lincoln area dog parks.
Before closing down the pools for the season, dogs and their owners enjoy an annual pool party for canines at Star City Shores on Sunday, August 23, 2015. Proceeds for the event are donated to Lincoln Parks Foundation for repairs and additions to Lincoln area dog parks.
Just before draining the pools after the last day of swimming for the year, dogs are invited to enjoy an afternoon at Star City Shores. The annual Dog Splash event is sponsored by the Greater Lincoln Obedience Club and the Lincoln Parks Foundation.
A dog chases after a tennis ball in the shallows at Star City Shores.
JENNA VONHOFE/Lincoln Journal Star
Dog Splash
Clutching two tennis balls already, a dog chases after a third into the middle of the pool during the annual Dog Splash at Star City Shores Sunday evening.
JENNA VONHOFE/Lincoln Journal Star
Dog Splash
Before closing down the pools for the season, dogs and their owners enjoy an annual pool party for canines at Star City Shores on Sunday, August 23, 2015. Proceeds for the event are donated to Lincoln Parks Foundation for repairs and additions to Lincoln area dog parks.
JENNA VONHOFE/Lincoln Journal Star
Dog Splash
Before closing down the pools for the season, dogs and their owners enjoy an annual pool party for canines at Star City Shores on Sunday, August 23, 2015. Proceeds for the event are donated to Lincoln Parks Foundation for repairs and additions to Lincoln area dog parks.
JENNA VONHOFE/Lincoln Journal Star
Dog Splash
Just before draining the pools after the last day of swimming for the year, dogs are invited to enjoy an afternoon at Star City Shores. The annual Dog Splash event is sponsored by the Greater Lincoln Obedience Club and the Lincoln Parks Foundation.
JENNA VONHOFE/Lincoln Journal St
Dog Splash
Clutching two tennis balls already, a dog chases after a third into the middle of the pool during the annual Dog Splash at Star City Shores in 2015.
In court records, police said two men beat, tortured and branded a 26-year-old Lincoln man in a warehouse, later tying him to a tree and threatening to kill him.
Lancaster County Sheriff's Investigator Jeremy Schwarz said they still are exploring the motive and the possibility that others may have been involved and are asking anyone with information or evidence to contact them.
Mensah L. Gozo, 59, was charged with first-degree child sex assault and child enticement for his alleged role in the seemingly random crime, which began around 10 a.m. Sunday when the girl was reported missing.
The winner among the chosen contestants earns $25,000 plus a cover spot with the international men’s magazine, which has a monthly circulation worldwide of about 9 million.
Even with a suspect in custody, the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office says the investigation into the Branched Oak Lake killing remains active, sharing few details. "The investigators told me less is better," the sheriff said.
Inside the Chevy, officers found an AR15-style rifle and a 50-round magazine attachment fit for a Glock 9 mm handgun, according to police. It's unclear if either the rifle or handgun ammunition matched casings left behind.
Journal Star advertising executive Natalia Wiita takes the reins as president of the Journal Star. Ava Thomas has been promoted to a group president position with the parent company of the Journal Star and Omaha World-Herald. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/star-city-shores-to-close-four-days-next-week-because-of-lifeguard-shortage/article_c15be2d7-30ac-57f5-aebd-ad783e880163.html | 2022-08-02T02:00:51 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/star-city-shores-to-close-four-days-next-week-because-of-lifeguard-shortage/article_c15be2d7-30ac-57f5-aebd-ad783e880163.html |
EVERETT, Wash. — Workers at Volunteers of America's Everett food bank said they've never seen the shelves so empty.
They thought the need was great at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it's even worse.
Volunteers of America Western Washington provides food to 17 food banks across Snohomish County. Since April, demand has exploded 138% and the food is starting to run out.
The organization is being forced to ration food for the first time ever.
"You should consider this watermark a scary one, all things considered," said the organization's Vice President of community engagement Steve Woodard.
A food bank is the last place Beverly Brown ever thought she'd end up. However, after losing her home, here she is.
"Here I am so I guess I am living it. I can't imagine I'm here," Brown said, half laughing and half crying. "My name is Beverly and I'm homeless because a fire destroyed my home."
Brown is one of the many now being greeted with bad news as they sign up for free food. For the foreseeable future, clients can no longer get food every week. They can only come two times per month.
"Oh, gosh. My heart is heavy," said volunteer Wendy McCoard. "This food is a lifesaver for people."
Inflation is the driving factor. Nationwide, the cost of meat rose more than 8% in June. Bread jumped nearly 11%. Canned vegetables skyrocketed more than 14%.
At the same time, children are out of school and not receiving free lunches. Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are arriving in Snohomish County. Government pandemic funds are running out, as is people's willingness to give.
Volunteers of America is growing desperate.
"This system has always relied upon the goodwill and nature and action of our residents, and folks recognizing that I have a connection to you even if I don't know you. It's important that I support you and your family because you're part of our community," said Woodard.
That community consists of people like Beverly Brown, who is now forced to rely on the food bank to feed her family.
She worries that her fragile safety net is in danger of coming apart, too.
"I mean, honestly, I don't know what I would be doing without these people," she said.
Federal forecasters don't expect food prices or the need for food to drop anytime soon. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/everett/snohomish-county-food-banks-rationing/281-5fcd08e6-6a1c-4824-8a70-03fad3aa1e53 | 2022-08-02T02:02:11 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/everett/snohomish-county-food-banks-rationing/281-5fcd08e6-6a1c-4824-8a70-03fad3aa1e53 |
SEATTLE — The captain of the Cathlamet ferry at the time the boat collided with a terminal structure on July 28 resigned, according to a spokesperson for Washington State Ferries (WSF).
The captain's identity has not been released, nor have further details about their resignation.
Drug and alcohol tests for the entire crew came back negative, according to the ferry spokesperson.
On the morning of July 28, the Cathlamet had a "hard landing" when it collided with an offshore dolphin, a structure that helps guide docking ferries, at the Fauntleroy terminal in West Seattle.
The ferry’s crew was able to safely offload all of the passengers and work began assessing the extensive damage.
The collision with the offshore dolphin, primarily made from a wood piling with steel and concrete, made a sizeable tear in the ferry’s front right side. In addition to the ferry itself, several vehicles on the ferry were also damaged, with one vehicle trapped in the wreckage.
The ferry was taken out of WSF's fleet and sent to its Eagle Harbor shipyard on Bainbridge Island for a likely months-long repair process.
"This was a significant event and the entire state Department of Transportation will put our weight behind the ferry system as we investigate this," Deputy Secretary of Transportation Amy Scarton said at the time. "Our safety record is impeccable in the history of state ferries. We have not had a fatality on board one of our vessels due to collision and so we will take this seriously."
The United State Coast Guard is the lead agency in the investigation. WSF is also working with the National Transportation Safety Board and other federal partners. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/ferry-captain-resigns-west-seattle-route/281-966119e9-cbd8-4975-8aca-341765797ef0 | 2022-08-02T02:02:17 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/ferry-captain-resigns-west-seattle-route/281-966119e9-cbd8-4975-8aca-341765797ef0 |
SEATTLE — From the sea to the sky expect to hear and see the roar of engines across the Puget Sound.
Monday marks the start of Fleet Week which culminates with Seafair weekend, a long-standing tradition in the Pacific Northwest.
Hovering just a few hundred feet from Pier 62 – the US Coast Guard is flexing its muscles with a rescue demo to kick off Fleet Week.
Temperatures in the 80s are providing a warm welcome for sailors and guardsmen from both the US and Canada.
“The chopper can be used every day – and people’s lives depend on it – plus who doesn’t like choppers?,” said Jonathan Osenga, an elementary school-aged Seafair fan.
Fleet Week in Seattle is a tradition that dates back to the 50s – a celebration that brings out service members past and present.
“I was in the Navy 20 years and I loved when I served and it’s fun to get caught up with what’s going on with the services by having exposure with all the active duty that come in and participate,” said Larry St Pierre, a retired US Navy veteran.
This is the first in-person celebration in more than two years.
“Please spread the word Seafair summer is back," said Delmas Whittaker with the Port of Seattle. "As a member of the board of directors for Seafair, I am extremely excited to see the energy that is being generated."
As you look for military vessels on the water don’t forget to look up from time to time. The US Navy’s Blue Angels will return to the airspace – sticking to their traditional route over Lake Washington with performances planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
New this year is the debut of the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Boat pilots are back too -- hydroplane races are back with the Home Street Bank Cup Kicking off Friday.
“All the boats are looking good right now and we’re looking to have a good show,” said Hydroplane Pilot Jimmy Shane.
A show that despite their best efforts just did not translate to a virtual event – at least that’s what the diehards will tell you. A roar and a sight you must take in in person. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/us-navy-coast-guard-royal-canadian-seafair-seattle-fleet-week/281-4ae550d1-a59a-4388-b9f9-d86c86dc9c1b | 2022-08-02T02:02:23 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/us-navy-coast-guard-royal-canadian-seafair-seattle-fleet-week/281-4ae550d1-a59a-4388-b9f9-d86c86dc9c1b |
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Attorney General's Office (AG) is opposing proposals by two major energy companies to increase electricity and gas rates, saying the companies are seeking profit margins that are too high and overestimating their costs.
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and Avista Utilities requested rate increases that would take effect over the next few years.
PSE is requesting to raise electricity rates by $405 million and gas rates by $215 million over the next three years starting in January. The increases would cost the average customer $16 more a month for electricity and $12 more a month for gas, according to the AG.
Avista is requesting a $50.5 million electric rate increase and a $9 million gas rate increase over the next two years starting in December. Electric customers would pay approximately $7 more per month, with gas customers paying approximately $1 more per month, the AG's office estimated.
The AG's Public Counsel Unit asserted neither utility company adequately justified the extent of the rate increases they requested.
Experts for the AG's office determined the utilities have overestimated many of their costs to provide power to their customers. Experts also determined both companies are asking for profit margins that are too high, with PSE requesting a nearly 10% profit margin and Avista requesting 9.4%.
The Public Counsel Unit asserts PSE's request is approximately $188 million too high for electric rates and $112 million too high for natural gas rates. Avista's proposal was deemed to be $47 million too high for electric rates and $7 million too high for natural gas rates.
A PSE spokesperson said the company's requested rate increases enable its transition to clean energy, and allow the company to recoup the cost of upgrades made over the last couple of years:
"Our rate request enables the next phases of our transition to a clean energy future, including meeting the 2030 and 2045 carbon-reduction targets set by the 2019 Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA), as well as recovery of approximately $3.1 billion in reliability and service upgrades made over the past four years, not currently factored into customer rates.
The proposal also includes nearly $10 million per year in expanded assistance for low-income and economically disadvantaged customers. We’re asking more of our energy infrastructure now than ever before, whether it’s to help withstand the demands of consecutive days of extreme heat, such as we all experienced last week, or to do our part in meeting the challenge of climate change by 2030 and beyond.
Our rate proposal enables our region to lead in supplying reliable, clean energy while also doing more to support those who are struggling in the current economy."
An Avista spokesperson said the company is currently reviewing the testimony submitted to the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) and will formally respond on Aug. 19.
The UTC will have the final say on determining rate changes.
The UTC is hosting virtual public comment hearings in both cases. Zoom links and phone participation information can be found here for Avista and here for Puget Sound Energy. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-attorney-general-oppose-rate-increase-puget-sound-energy-avista/281-fb285b9e-5710-45df-8ab6-63f80b2d6576 | 2022-08-02T02:02:29 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-attorney-general-oppose-rate-increase-puget-sound-energy-avista/281-fb285b9e-5710-45df-8ab6-63f80b2d6576 |
VANTAGE, Wash. — A wildfire near Vantage Highway in Kittitas County has burned 5,000 acres, according to the Central Washington Interagency Communications Center. The sheriff's office has issued a Level 2 evacuation notice for those living in the town of Vantage.
A brush fire and strong winds sparked the wildfire at 12:05 p.m. on Monday.
Vantage Highway is currently closed from No. 81 Road (Ellensburg) to Recreation Drive (Vantage). Sections of I-90 West have also been closed Monday as the flames spread.
A Level 2 evacuation notice means "there is a fire in the area that may threaten your safety and the safety of your family," according to Kittitas County Emergency Management.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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WILDWOOD — Two things changed Monday.
The Dutch Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Championships are usually held on a Friday night, but the 52nd edition of the event was postponed due to weather. Also, the Longport Beach Patrol has won two of the last three Hoffman races and was looking to defend its 2021 title.
But Avalon has been having just too good of a summer.
Dolan Grisbaum won the men’s swim, Becca Cubbler took the women’s swim, and Brandon Hontz won the men’s 1-mile beach run to lead Avalon to the team title with 23 points.
Sea Isle City was second with 15. Margate was third (14), Ocean City fourth (13). Wildwood and Cape May each had 11, but Wildwood won the tiebreaker.
The event was the first leg in the South Jersey Lifeguard Chiefs Association’s “Big Three,” major competitions with all 15 South Jersey patrols participating. The other races in the trio are the Margate Beach Patrol World War II Memorial Lifeguard Races this Friday and the South Jersey Lifeguard Championships on Aug. 12 in Longport.
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“Obviously, we are very excited,” said Avalon Beach Patrol Chief Matt Wolf, who added this is the first time the patrol won the event since he joined it 25 years ago. Avalon had not won the event since 1985.
“We won every race this summer so far. We still have some work to do before South Jerseys.”
Grisbaum won the swim in 8 minutes, 1 second. Last summer, his only losses were in the Big Three events to Longport’s Joey Tepper, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate. The two were seconds apart in each race in 2021. But Tepper is not guarding this summer, so it was Grisbaum’s race to lose Monday.
Grisbaum did not disappoint and remained undefeated this summer. The event was a box-swim format.
“It was definitely a shorter swim,” said Grisbaum, a 2021 Ocean City graduate. “It was super short (600 yards), going parallel to the shore.”
Grisbaum got stuck under the first buoy for about five seconds and lost some time but was still leading around the last buoy. It was a long surf dash coming in, which isn’t his favorite part of the race, but the second-year guard was still first to reach shore.
“That was a little nerve-wracking,” Grisbaum said of the surf dash. "But I am so excited I won. I wanted to win it last year, but it didn’t happen. This year I got it done. We have Margate on Friday, so it’ll be a great few days of training.”
This summer, Avalon has also won the Cape May County Championships, the Beschen-Callahan Memorial Lifeguard Races, the David J. Kerr Memorial Races and the Ocean City Beach Patrol Women’s Invitational.
On Monday, Avalon’s Hontz won the men’s 1-mile beach run in 5:28. Cubbler finished first in the women’s swim in 9:12, beating Megan Fox (Atlantic City H.S.).
“It’s really awesome,” Cubbler said. “We are doing really well, and I’m just glad to keep it going. I’m so happy to be racing for Avalon.”
Cubbler finished a few seconds ahead of Fox (9:20)
“I could see her behind me the whole time,” Cubbler said. “We were right next to each other going out, so I kind of tried to stick with her until I got around the buoy.
“I’m really excited,” added Cubbler, who noted this race also was preparation for the Bill Howarth Women’s Lifeguard Invitation on Aug. 10.
Avalon finished fourth in the doubles row, so Hontz was determined to get the patrol some points.
“It felt good to have all the teams here,” Hontz said. “I was really excited for (Monday). I am so happy to get the win.”
Sea Isle’s Danny Rogers and Pat Scannapieco won the doubles row, but it was a very close finish. At first, the duo’s victory was unofficial. Boats from Wildwood Crest, Longport, Avalon and Cape May were neck-and-neck the entire time.
Rogers and Scannapieco won in 14:48.
“It was a really flat pull,” Scannapieco said. “There was a slight west wind that was keeping everyone close. A lot of guys were in the hunt. … It’s always nice to come out here and do well in (the first of us the Big Three) where everyone is. Hopefully, we continue this the rest of the season.”
Cape May’s Kennedy Campbell won the women’s rescue board race in 6:02. The Cape May Tech graduate led the 880-yard race from start to finish. She was in the last lane at the start but ran out in front.
“The race was really good,” Campbell said. “I knew one of my best friends (Wildwood’s Bella Taylor) was right behind me. I’ve been trying to win a race since (the Cape May County Championships).”
Campbell lost her father, Joseph Campbell, to cancer in January. The entire patrol lost a fellow guard, Norm Inferrera, who was killed in a boating accident last August while on duty.
“This race was for both of them,” she said.
Wildwood’s Tess McVan won the women’s 1-mile beach run in 5:08. Cape May’s Clay Stephens won the men’s rescue board race in 5:29. Margate’s Bob Bechtel won the singles row, and Avalon’s Erich Wolf was second.
McVan won the Cape May Point Women’s Lifeguard Challenge last week. On Monday, she was pleased that she won against all the South Jersey patrols.
“It feels really good,” McVan said. “There were a lot of girls out there who were super quick. They were really fast. It was stressful to start, but I was stoked to come out on top.”
For Bechtel, “it was nice to come out here and do well” with the Margate Memorial and South Jersey races on the horizon.
“So many tough crews here. Such a beautiful night,” he said. “We just wanted Margate to put on a little performance. We are happy.”
At the Cape May County Championships, Stephens needed a trip to the hospital for some treatment. But he went from that to winning Monday night.
“I’m here now. I survived,” Stephens said. “Amazing race. Just training hard every day.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/avalon-wins-dutch-hoffman-memorial-lifeguard-championship/article_9878ff9c-11f2-11ed-854a-c7e22ff21c89.html | 2022-08-02T02:03:47 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/avalon-wins-dutch-hoffman-memorial-lifeguard-championship/article_9878ff9c-11f2-11ed-854a-c7e22ff21c89.html |
SAN ANTONIO — H-E-B voluntarily issues a recall for their H-E-B ice cream brand due to mislabeling, according to a press release.
The release says the half gallon H-E-B Creamy Creations Light Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream is on a recall due to an undeclared allergen. The product contains wheat, a known allergen, which is not declared on the produce label.
H-E-B says the issue was discovered when H-E-B Creamy Creations Light Cookies and Cream Ice Cream was identified in some cartons labeled as H-E-B Creamy Creations Light Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream which contains wheat as an ingredient.
All affected products have been removed from store shelves and no illnesses have been reported, according to the release. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/h-e-b-recalls-ice-cream-food-mislabeling/273-8bb70897-8b26-408e-b30f-c3b7571571e0 | 2022-08-02T02:08:21 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/h-e-b-recalls-ice-cream-food-mislabeling/273-8bb70897-8b26-408e-b30f-c3b7571571e0 |
KENTUCKY (WOWK) — The Court of Appeals granted a motion for the Kentucky Human Life Protection Act and the Heartbeat Law to be reinstated, which bans abortion in Kentucky, according to Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
In a Twitter thread from Attorney General Cameron, he says:
“I appreciate the court’s decision to allow Kentucky’s pro-life laws to take effect while we continue to vigorously defend the constitutionality of these important protections for women and unborn children across the Commonwealth.”
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (@kyoag)
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After Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, Kentucky’s trigger law went into effect, which made abortions illegal in the Bluegrass state. A Kentucky court temporarily blocked the abortion ban, allowing the procedure to be performed. The block was extended by a judge on July 22.
Monday’s ruling makes abortions illegal again in Kentucky. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/abortion-ban-reinstated-in-kentucky/ | 2022-08-02T02:12:05 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/abortion-ban-reinstated-in-kentucky/ |
GARRETT, KY (WOWK) – Kentucky floodwaters have left families devastated, but on Monday, one family found hope in troubled times.
“It’s just destroyed everything for everybody,” said Olivia Johnson, Garrett Resident.
Like so many other families, Johnson says the floodwaters destroyed her home, her parent’s home and their personal belongings.
Even though she said they lost everything, what really brought her to tears was her daughter’s cat, Francis.
“I have been here every day since the water has gone down and couldn’t find him anywhere. He’s starving ” Johnson said.
For days, she said they haven’t been able to find Francis, and she hasn’t had the courage to tell her daughter he’s gone. Now, she won’t have to.
Today, 13 News helped reunite Johnson’s daughter with her lost cat, just in time for her birthday.
“I’m so happy about the cat being back though. I’ve cried for days,” Johnson said.
As for everything else she’s lost, Johnson said it’s going to take time to clean up. All she asks is that people continue to spread kindness and help one another whenever they can.
“People need kindness.” Johnson said, “You don’t know how much of a difference 30 minutes of your time could make to somebody that steps in their front door and slide.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/beloved-cat-reunited-with-owner-after-being-lost-in-kentucky-flooding/ | 2022-08-02T02:12:11 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/beloved-cat-reunited-with-owner-after-being-lost-in-kentucky-flooding/ |
HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) — On Monday, Drum Corps Day, formally known as Drums Across the Tri-State, started with six Drum Corps units from across the country performing at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington.
The event started at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022.
13 News Chief Meteorologist Spencer Adkins is a big fan and has been out on the field talking to people with the Drum Corps you will see tonight. He will be announcing the event, while also keeping us informed about the weather.
For those who do not know what Drum Corps International (DCI) is, a conductor for the Phantom Regiment, Geneva Le, says it is, “like marching band on steroids.”
Drum Corps shows stretch back to the 1980s in the Huntington area and this is the 50th anniversary of DCI itself.
Tickets begin at $20. There is a chance for showers and storms, but every effort will be made to put on the full show.
Drum Corps groups from across the country will be performing in the competition. This includes the Blue Knights of Denver, Colorado; the Colts of Dubuque, Iowa; Gold of San Diego, California; the Legends of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Pacific Crest of the city of Industry and Diamond Bar, California; and Phantom Regiment of Rockford, Illinois. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/drum-corps-from-across-the-nation-performing-in-huntington/ | 2022-08-02T02:12:17 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/drum-corps-from-across-the-nation-performing-in-huntington/ |
DUNBAR, WV (WOWK) — One person was taken to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle in the 1600 block of Fletcher Avenue in Dunbar.
Metro 911 officials say this came in around 8:48 p.m.
They say they do not know the extent of the injuries.
The Dunbar Police Department, the Dunbar Fire Department and Kanawha County Ambulance are on the scene. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/one-taken-to-hospital-after-being-hit-by-vehicle/ | 2022-08-02T02:12:23 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/one-taken-to-hospital-after-being-hit-by-vehicle/ |
DAVIS, Calif. — The Davis Police Department is calling for help as they try to locate an at-risk missing teenager.
Police said Eathan Tunstall's family has not seen him since he left football practice at Davis High School on July 26. However, police said the 15-year-old might have been seen in Old Sacramento as recently as July 31.
Tunstall is described as a white male standing at 5 foot 7 inches and weighing 135 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Police said Tunstall is considered at risk due to his age.
Anyone who sees him can call 911 or the Davis Police Department emergency line at 530-758-3600.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/davis/davis-police-missing-teenager-eathan-tunstall/103-8f15de78-447c-45bc-83c6-9e7459c7b6a6 | 2022-08-02T02:12:36 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/davis/davis-police-missing-teenager-eathan-tunstall/103-8f15de78-447c-45bc-83c6-9e7459c7b6a6 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An Elk Grove mother is taking legal action against Cal Expo police after she said they assaulted her 11-year-old son at the California State Fair.
However, Cal Expo is defending the stance officers took last week when the boy was detained.
"On Kids Day, last Tuesday, we met a nightmare, a horrific life-scarring emotional event. The police terrorized my family and my child. It is a night that has been scarred and etched in our brains forever. My child is not the same," said Cynthia Martin, who is the mother of 11-year-old Elijah, at press conference.
She said her son was horsing around with some friends when Cal Expo police officers assaulted him.
"The police officers dragged him and beat him up. They pulled him off of the ride after he was kicked off of the ride, and they chased him down and beat him. He has visible scars and emotional scars and injuries," Martin said.
Her attorney said they're in the stages of filing a federal civil rights action.
Martin was also joined at the event by Black Lives Matter Sacramento.
"It just shows the disproportion in how Black teens and Black youth are impacted by law enforcement and have it getting terrorized by law enforcement in this city," said Tanya Faison, founder of Black Lives Matter Sacramento.
Betty Williams, the president of the Greater Sacramento National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, also joined her at the event.
"He's a Black man, a Black male. It doesn't matter your age when it comes to the society in law enforcement, you are treated differently," Williams said.
The group said the boy was interrogated without his mother despite her wanting to be in the room. She also said he was made to sign a waiver not knowing what it meant.
A spokeswoman with Cal Expo sent us this statement saying:
"A child, unattended by a parent or guardian, was demonstrating dangerous behavior that put himself and others at risk of severe physical harm, specifically climbing over a safety fence and almost being hit by a roller coaster ride.
Cal Expo Police were initially notified about this youth by fair vendors indicating he was attempting to steal items. After a short chase, the boy was detained by Cal Expo Police and a small cut was addressed with a Band-Aid. After short questioning and agreement by him not to return to the fair, the minor was released to his mother without arrest.
We believe the Cal Expo Police followed all proper policies to quell the situation and keep the minor safe. We encourage any fairgoers with further information to come forward and we welcome any independent review of the incident."
However, Martin believes her son was targeted.
"This was Tuesday, Kids Day. The day that everyone should feel safe as a family to come to the fair and not be terrorized by the police department and assaulted and have visible injuries and visible scars and emotional scars," Martin said.
The group is demanding the names of the officers that were involved, and their termination for alleged child abuse. They're also asking if there is any body camera footage and calling for policies to be put in place and oversight to prevent future incidents where there is child abuse by law enforcement.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/mother-alleged-assault-cal-expo-police-son/103-50b5a53b-0ecc-4e63-b502-827be851d82e | 2022-08-02T02:12:42 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/mother-alleged-assault-cal-expo-police-son/103-50b5a53b-0ecc-4e63-b502-827be851d82e |
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