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Two dead in separate crashes this weekend in Knoxville
A pedestrian was hit and killed Friday afternoon while walking across Interstate 40 and a motorcycle driver was killed in a different crash Sunday evening.
The pedestrian who was hit and killed on Interstate 40 East is Edward William Abrams, 49, of Knoxville, police said in a press release.
Abrams was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer near the Papermill Drive. Police said they don't know why he was crossing the highway.
In a separate crash at about 6 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to Bruhin Road near Breda Drive for crash between a sedan and a motorcycle.
Police say the car was traveling north on Bruhin when it crossed into the southbound lanes, striking a motorcycle traveling south on Bruhin. The motorcyclist was thrown from the bike and pronounced dead at the scene.
The name of the motorcyclist was not released.
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LAGRANGE, Ga. — LaGrange College is mourning the loss of two baseball players after a car crash on Saturday night.
According to a statement on the school's athletics page, Stephen Bartolotta and Jacob Brown were both killed.
Georgia State Patrol said the crash happened around 9:15 p.m. Saturday and involved three vehicles. One other person was killed in the crash, according to GSP. The Troup County Coroner identified the third victim as 24-year-old Rico Dunn.
The news comes as an especially heavy blow to the team, as hours earlier they won their conference championship with a win over North Carolina Wesleyan, which earned them a spot in the NCAA Division III national tournament, according to a tweet from the school.
"To go from winning the conference title and then a few hours later to losing to teammates. I just don't think there are words to describe where they are right now," college spokesman Dean Hartman said.
"As we all work to process this tragedy please care for one another," College President Dr. Susanna Baxter said in a statement.
The school held an impromptu gathering at the college Sunday afternoon.
“I knew them most from the baseball field and they were quite talented. But our students talked about the studying with them, the partnership, the dedication, the work ethic that they put out on the field but also in the classroom," Baxter said.
A water bottle sat on the mound Sunday evening. That's where the two young pitchers would have been practicing. The college's baseball field remained empty as the team remembered their two friends and teammates.
“The team has to gather to decide if we're going to continue to play. It is too soon to ask those questions as to what they feel they need to do to work toward their healing process," Baxter said. "We will walk through this together as a campus family with God as our strength. Please support one another as the caring community that I know we are."
This is a developing story, we will continue to update as more information comes forward.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Wearing the Gown is all about prevention. The more you know, the better you can fight off problems, even those presented by diabetes. But, a little divine intervention doesn't hurt either.
James Langley has been the pastor at the Apostolic Faith Church in Arkadelphia for 30 years, but since 2014 he has been coming here once a week.
“Diabetes — I had callouses to grow on the bottom of my feet,” Langley said.
Pastor Langley isn't in a lot of pain.
“Uh, the most uncomfortable thing is this boot,” Langley said.
He knows if he doesn't get treatment, it can be tragic.
“It starts out with basically a break in the skin and then that skin forms an ulcer and that ulcer can actually deepen,” clinic director Robert Kleinhenz said.
The infection grows, and loss of limbs is often the outcome.
Dr. Kleinhenz leads the fight to keep infection at bay with weekly cleanings.
“The quicker we catch this, the smaller the wound, the better it is,” Dr. Kleinhenz said.
The trouble is, diabetics get no pain signals.
“And the longer you've been diabetic, you tend to lose feeling in your feet,” Dr. Kleinhenz said.
Pastor Langley has had problems on and off again and has had to adjust.
“Got some good people I work with,” Langley said. “And they kind of do my leg work for me. Everything except preachin’.”
Dr. Kleinhenz has a sermon of his own, for diabetics
“They need to always make sure they check their feet several times a day when you get up in the morning and when you got to bed in the evening,” Dr. Kleinhenz said.
Any break in the skin, get into a clinic, and don't expect it to heal quickly.
“I say this gonna take a while to heal, and you think it's gonna take a couple of weeks, and I'm thinking a couple of months,” Langley said. “I feel very fortunate that I discovered the problem when I did because out of all the tragedies it would've been more tragic if I had not come to get help with this.”
Spoken by a man who saves souls on Sunday and looks to save his during the week.
“And hopefully one day it'll be healed,” Langley said.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A popular comedian used his HBO show to criticize Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama’s new law banning gender-affirming medication for transgender youth in the state Sunday night.
On the latest episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” host John Oliver directed attention to Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, which makes it a felony for doctors to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors younger than 19. Under the law, doctors who gave such medication to children would be subject to up to 10 years in prison.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Liles Burke issued a preliminary injunction to block part of the law, at least for now.
During the opening of the show, Oliver took aim at Ivey, as well as referencing an unusual sculpture in Enterprise that recently made the news.
“That is absolutely appalling and look, there are lots of understandable reasons that someone in Alabama might be criminally punished for murder, say, or for running a Ponzi scheme, or for creating this actual statue at an Alabama McDonald’s of Ronald McDonald reimagined as a giant boll weevil, but no one should ever be facing criminal punishment for providing health care to young people. This has all been signed by the state’s governor, Kay Ivey, a woman who, as you can see, always looks like she’s saying ‘ham.'”
Oliver played one recent commercial for Ivey’s re-election campaign, where she pointed to the law, as well as similar laws that banned transgender athletes to participate in sports with the gender they identify with.
“Some things are just facts: summer is hot, the ocean is big, and gender is a question of biology, not identity,” Ivey said. “Here in Alabama, we’re going to go by how God made us because we identify with something liberals never will: reality.”
Oliver took Ivey to task for her statements.
“As to her point there that we have to respect how God made us do we? Really? Why? Because we got too many holes, way too little hair, and necks, fragile lollipop bones that balance our dumb dumb heads in one very specific direction or else we die. None of this is intelligent design,” Oliver said. “And what Alabama’s worst meemaw might appeal to reality there, the truth is major medical associations oppose bans on transgender affirming care with good reason because it saves lives and withdrawing it can be incredibly harmful.”
Oliver ended the segment by standing in solidarity with transgender children in Alabama who would be affected by the law.
“To trans children in Alabama, let me just say this: you are important. Your lives are important. I cannot imagine trying to build self-esteem in childhood as your own government attempts to undermine your very existence. But you should know, you are profoundly valuable, and you’re irreplaceable,” he said. “Now, as for Kay Ivey, what the f*** is wrong with you? Another simple question with probably a long, complicated answer, but to put this in terms that you will definitely understand: summer’s hot, ocean’s big, and the people of Alabama deserve a lot better than you.”
This is not the first time Oliver has had his sights on Alabama. In the past, he has also talked about former Gov. Robert Bentley’s ethics violations, the state’s abortion ban law from 2019, and lawyer “Alabama Hammer” Mike Slocumb.
Ivey will face eight contenders in the Alabama Republican primary for governor on May 24.
Attempts to reach Ivey’s press office and campaign staff for comment were not successful Monday.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man accused in the deaths of three people who were found in a burning dumpster in Fort Worth last year, the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office announced Monday.
Jason Thornburg, 41, was arrested after the bodies of the victims were found on Sept. 22 in west Fort Worth on Bonnie Drive.
The victims were identified as David Lueras, 42, Lauren Phillips, 34, and Maricruz Reyes-Mathis, 33.
“The decision on whether or not to seek the death penalty is a crucial decision this office makes,” Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Sharen Wilson said in a news release Monday. “The death penalty is reserved for the worst of the worst criminals. “It is only fitting that we seek the death penalty in this case.”
Thornburg was indicted in December.
According to the arrest warrant, Thornburg knew and met the victims at the Mid City Inn in Euless and that he confessed to his involvement in their deaths. He also "went into intimate details" about how he killed them, the arrest warrant stated.
The warrant also stated that he claimed he was being called to commit sacrifices and that he was also involved in two other separate killings, one in Texas and another in a different state.
In October, a Tarrant County magistrate judge ordered a mental health evaluation for Thornburg, stating there was "reasonable cause to believe [Thornburg] has a mental illness or is a person with an intellectual disability."
The parents of victim Reyes-Mathis told WFAA that she stayed at the Mid City Inn and never said anything about Thornburg. They believe she didn't know him.
“She just ended up at the wrong place at the wrong time,” said mother Mary Hanshaw.
“I really believe that he deserves the death penalty,” Hanshaw added. “Please, don’t let him out on the street again.”
Hanshaw said her daughter was involved in church groups and loved the holidays.
Death Penalty in Tarrant County
Death penalty cases have been rare in Tarrant County in recent years; Hector Acosta-Ojeda was the most recent defendant prosecuted in the county who was sent to Texas' death row.
Hector Acosta-Ojeda was found guilty of capital murder in the September 2017 killings of Erick Zelaya and Iris Chirinos.
Before Acosta-Ojeda, Amos Wells III was convicted in Tarrant County in 2016 for the killings of three people in Fort Worth, including his pregnant girlfriend.
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LAGRANGE, Ga. — LaGrange College is mourning the loss of two baseball players after a car crash on Saturday night.
According to a statement on the school's athletics page, Stephen Bartolotta and Jacob Brown were both killed.
Georgia State Patrol said the crash happened around 9:15 p.m. Saturday and involved three vehicles. One other person was killed in the crash, according to GSP. The Troup County Coroner identified the third victim as 24-year-old Rico Dunn.
The news comes as an especially heavy blow to the team, as hours earlier they won their conference championship with a win over North Carolina Wesleyan, which earned them a spot in the NCAA Division III national tournament, according to a tweet from the school.
"To go from winning the conference title and then a few hours later to losing to teammates. I just don't think there are words to describe where they are right now," college spokesman Dean Hartman said.
"As we all work to process this tragedy please care for one another," College President Dr. Susanna Baxter said in a statement.
The school held an impromptu gathering at the college Sunday afternoon.
“I knew them most from the baseball field and they were quite talented. But our students talked about the studying with them, the partnership, the dedication, the work ethic that they put out on the field but also in the classroom," Baxter said.
A water bottle sat on the mound Sunday evening. That's where the two young pitchers would have been practicing. The college's baseball field remained empty as the team remembered their two friends and teammates.
“The team has to gather to decide if we're going to continue to play. It is too soon to ask those questions as to what they feel they need to do to work toward their healing process," Baxter said. "We will walk through this together as a campus family with God as our strength. Please support one another as the caring community that I know we are."
This is a developing story, we will continue to update as more information comes forward.
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On May 2, Lincoln School held a ceremony dedicating their “Little Library” to Donna Parry, long time educational assistant at Lincoln School of Early Learning.
Parry is a long-time resident of Coquille and has worked with Coquille School District for over 50 years. Parry has often quipped, “I never graduated from kindergarten!” in reference to her career with the Coquille School District. Parry has tutored many children with reading, loves books and welcomes children and families into Lincoln School every day, rain or shine.
Tim Sweeney, Coquille School District superintendent, presented Parry with books to fill the library with, as teachers stood by cheering her on. After the brief ceremony, all the children in Lincoln School thanked Parry with a song, and she was able to present each child with a book to take home.
The “Little Library” at Lincoln School enjoys a lettered history. It began service at the Family Center on the Southwestern Oregon Community College Campus where it had been placed as a dedication to Laurie Potts, long time champion for early learning in the region. When the Family Center was closed, the library journeyed to Coquille, to be refurbished and re-dedicated to another champion.
The “Little Library” is on the National Registry of “Little Free Libraries” a non-profit organization with more than 100,000 registered Little Free Library book-sharing boxes worldwide. For more information on how to build or register a library visit their website here: https://littlefreelibrary.org/
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Days after a leak from the Supreme Court revealed the court is likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, more than 70 protestors descended on the Coos Bay Boardwalk to decry the likely decision.
The protestors, men and woman, held signs and chanted, “My body, my choice,” as the protested the decision to move abortion laws from the federal government to each state. Such a decision will likely ban or greatly restrict abortions in more than half the states.
Karen Savage attended the protest after hearing about it from Southern Oregon Coast PRIDE, one of the organizations that sponsored it. She said protesting is a way to make her voice heard.
I’m doing this, “because of what’s happening in the United States,” Savage said. “The erosion of rights that have taken 50-plus years to acquire.”
For Savage, there was another reason, too. She said living in a conservative area like Coos County can feel oppressive at times, so it was refreshing to be around others who feel as she does.
“I see a lot of trucks out there with stickers on them like ‘Trump won,’ and I feel a little embattled,” Savage said. “I want to see who’s on the side of increasing freedom.”
Savage said the Supreme Court decision seems to be final, and she said only the Democrats and progressives can be blamed.
“In my mind it’s a done deal,” she said. “I foresaw this coming in the 2020 election. Democrats did not win by a large enough margin. I expect in my life I will not see a woman’s right to choose as a nationwide right. In about half the state in America, women will lose there right to a safe abortion.”
The word safe was also key to Jessica Foster, who held a sign reading, “Roe wasn’t the beginning of abortion, it was the end of dying from abortion.”
Foster said she put a lot of thought into her message because she wanted to make people, even those opposed to abortion, to think.
“For me, personally, it’s part emotional and part logical,” Foster said. “As someone who could be effected by what it seems like we’re headed toward, I have an insight that other people might not have. Then there’s the logical aspect. Abortion is health care. A pregnant person should have the right to choose. A large part of it is also hypocrisy.”
Foster said protesting can lead to change, even unexpected change.
“Yes, but maybe not in the way most people think it will happen,” she said. “My philosophy is there are many lanes on the road to revolution, and we can use all the lanes.”
Foster said her sign was made in an effort to make people empathize with those who get abortions.
“There’s a prevailing kid of attitude for a lot of people,” she said. “We often tend to not really be able to empathize with someone outside of our circle. If something doesn’t happen to them or someone close to them, they don’t care. I didn’t make this sing to make anyone change their opinion, I made this sign to open their mind.”
Kamryn Stringfield has been involved in several protests in Coos Bay, and Saturday she was representing Women for Racial and Economic Equality. Stringfield said abortion is about much more than just pregnancies.
“We are pro-choice,” she said. “We support abortion rights. We also support better economic conditions for women in the United States.”
Stringfield said forcing women to have children they do not want and can not afford leads to social and economic woes that can stretch for generations.
“One of the things I heard was when they do the push against abortion, you have a lot of kids who grow up and they fall into poverty and crime and this helps fuels the conservatives push against crime.”
During the protest, those driving by often honked in support, with a few people yelling in opposition. But the protest remained peaceful, even when counter protestors briefly arrived.
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On a monthly basis, the shelter takes care of approximately 350 – 400 pets.
Every week, volunteer photographer, Tasha Sport, photographs of the some of the animals available for adoption and you can find those posted on the City’s Facebook page each Monday (https://www.facebook.com/CityofMidlandTX). The adoption fee is $62 and includes microchip, rabies vac, license, tag and alter.
To adopt one of these pets, please call the Shelter to set an appointment at (432) 685-7420.
Hours of operation Monday -- Thursday 9:30-5:30, Friday 9:30-4:30
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BLOOMINGTON — Four felony drug charges are pending for a Bloomington man.
McNairy
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, 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).
McNairy was jailed in lieu of posting $10,035.
An arraignment is scheduled for June 3.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
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
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
Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
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
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
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of meth, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and aggravated assault.
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
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and two counts each of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams (Class 2 felony) and less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 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
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
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
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
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
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
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.
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
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
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
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
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
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
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
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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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
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, is charged in McLean County with aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery as a subsequent offense.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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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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
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
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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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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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
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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Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
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
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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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Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 21, of Chicago, is 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
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
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
Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
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
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
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
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
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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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Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
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
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
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
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
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
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
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
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
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
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, is charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, burglary, each Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
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
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
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
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 59, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, each a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated domestic battery, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
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
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 30, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery, charged as a Class 3 felony for a subsequent offense.
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
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
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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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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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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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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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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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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
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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William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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.
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
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
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
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Two recreational boats caught fire on the Columbia River near Vancouver Sunday, the Vancouver Fire Department said.
Crews responded to the incident shortly after 2:30 p.m. They had received reports of multiple boats on fire in the water between Vancouver and Caterpillar Island.
Vancouver Fire Department sent an engine, truck, and a fireboat to the scene. Portland Fire and Rescue also sent a fireboat.
Crews on land arrived first and put out the fire on the first boat, but could not reach the second.
When the two fireboats arrived, they extinguished the flames on the second boat.
Officials say no one was injured and no one was on either boat when they arrived.
Eventually, one of the boats involved sank. The other remained afloat. Both boats were less than 20 feet long.
The fire department reminds the public to carry fire extinguishers in their boats.
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A 55-year-old woman was found stabbed to death -- with wounds to her neck and torso -- by NYPD officers responding to a building in Brooklyn Sunday, officials say.
Cynthia McLeod lived just a few numbers down from the Van Buren Street address in Stuyvesant Heights where she was found dead around 11 a.m.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 62-year-old man, James Brown, now faces murder and weapons possession charges in McLeod's death. Cops didn't immediately elaborate on their relationship.
It wasn't clear if Brown had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
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RIPON, Calif. — Many growers who rely on international exports haven’t been able to get their product shipped out through the Port of Oakland like they used to.
"We're having a hard time getting them loaded on a ship in the Port of Oakland," said Dave Phippen, Partner at Travaille and Phippen.
When Phippen at Travaille and Phippen, an almond growing, packing and shipping company, in the Central Valley first had a problem, Phippen created a short-term solution to keep his almond surplus dry and cool, building an extra storage facility to store last year’s harvest.
"So we're breaking ground on yet another building," Phippen said.
He is hoping to have the building ready before this year’s harvest around October. They're also purchasing 3,000 wooden bins to shell into and hold more product until it is put into packages for export.
"I'm hopeful that we don't use it or I'm hopeful that the shipment gets moving really well and we exceed expectations," Phippen said. "But just in case we don't since we're not in control, what we are in control of is this infrastructure here.”
That’s why lawmakers want to help.
"Unfortunately, our ports are so backed up that we have ships the size of football fields that are waiting weeks just to get into a port where they can actually pick up some of these agricultural goods and get them to where they need to go," Rep. Josh Harder (D-Turlock) said.
Congressman Harder out of Turlock is working to push through a long-term fix called the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which aims to level the playing field.
"What this bill will do is it will make sure that we're countering that Chinese influence on shipping that we're forcing international companies don't play by our rules the same as they do by others, and it'll actually bring down the cost of shipping for farmers in the Central Valley," Harder said.
Something Phippen even traveled to Washington D.C. last week to advocate for.
"You're going to bring a product to our coast, you also are obligated to take product away from our coasts," Phippen said.
And for a temporary, more immediate fix, Harder is also pushing for the Supply Chain Task Force Act, which would temporarily bring in the U.S. Coast Guard to help at shipping ports around the country.
"The military moves billions of pounds every single day, onto aircraft carriers getting supplies and ammunition to troops all over the world," Harder said. "They know how the supply chains should operate and they also know how these ports work at their best."
And while Phippen says April was the best month he’s had on record all year, with 100 containers shipped out, back to their normal number, he says those numbers are already starting to slip once again.
"We still have no control over it, that's the frustrating part," Phippen said.
Both pieces of legislation are bipartisan initiatives.
The Ocean Shipping Reform Act has passed the House and is now going through the Senate.
Phippen added that by now, they should be 65-70% of containers shipped but instead, they are at less than 40%.
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LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional.
Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said the law that would have required boards to have up to three female directors by this year violated the right to equal treatment. The ruling was dated Friday.
The conservative legal group Judicial Watch had challenged the law, claiming it was illegal to use taxpayer funds to enforce a law that violates the equal protection clause of the California Constitution by mandating a gender-based quota.
The law was on shaky ground from the get-go with a legislative analysis saying it could be difficult to defend and then-Gov. Jerry Brown saying he was signing it despite the potential for it to be overturned by a court. Brown said he signed the bill to send a message during the #MeToo era.
In the three years it has been on the books, it’s been credited with improving the standing of women in corporate boardrooms.
The state defended the law as constitutional saying it was necessary to reverse a culture of discrimination that favored men and was put in place only after other measures failed. The state also said the law didn’t create a quota because boards could add seats for female directors without stripping men of their positions.
Although the law carried potential hefty penalties for failing to file an annual report or comply with the law, a chief in the secretary of state’s office acknowledged during the trial that it was toothless.
No fines have ever been levied and there was no intention to do so, Betsy Bogart testified. Further, a letter that surfaced during trial from former Secretary of State Alex Padilla warned Brown weeks before he signed the law that it was probably unenforceable.
“Any attempt by the secretary of state to collect or enforce the fine would likely exceed its authority,” Padilla wrote.
The law required publicly held companies headquartered in California to have one member who identifies as a woman on their boards of directors by the end of 2019. By January 2022, boards with five directors were required to have two women and boards with six or more members were required to have three women.
The Women on Boards law, also known by its bill number, SB826, called for penalties ranging from $100,000 fines for failing to report board compositions to the California secretary of state’s office to up to $300,000 for multiple failures to have the required number of women board members.
Fewer than half the nearly 650 applicable corporations in the state reported last year that they had complied. More than half didn’t file the required disclosure statement, according to the most recent report.
Supporters of the law hailed it for achieving more gains for women. Other states considered or passed similar legislation.
Deputy Attorney General Ashante Norton said alternatives to a law mandating seats for women had been tried to no avail. In 2013, for example, the Legislature passed a resolution to get companies to add women to their boards, but few did.
Before the California law went into effect, women held 17% of the seats on company boards in the state, based on the Russell 3000 Index of the largest companies in the U.S., according to the advocacy group 50/50 Women on Boards. As of September, the percentage of board seats held by women climbed to more than 30% in California, compared to 26% nationally.
Still, some 40% of the largest companies in California needed to add women to their boards to comply with the law, the group said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's time to grab your favorite pair of cowboy boots! Carrie Underwood has announced she will be making a stop in Sacramento next March on her "Denim & Rhinestones" tour.
After teasing a big announcement on Sunday night's episode of American Idol, Carrie Underwood announced on Monday that she will be going on an arena tour to 43 cities across the United States.
Carrie Underwood will be performing at the Golden One Center on March 14, 2023, with special guest Jimmie Allen.
Tickets for the concert will go on sale to the general public starting Friday, May 20 at 10 a.m. on the Golden One Center's website.
“I’m thrilled to be hitting the road again with the Denim and Rhinestones tour,” says Underwood. “I’m excited to bring the new music of Denim & Rhinestones to life on tour, as well as put new spins on familiar favorites."
Underwood has a longstanding tradition of designating a portion of her ticket sales from her tours to support various charities and organizations.
Underwood will be donating $1 from each ticket sold on her "Denim & Rhinestones" tour to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation "provides mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children."
Underwood is set to release her latest album, Denim & Rhinestones, on June 10.
For more details about Underwood's "Denim and Rhinestones" tour, click HERE.
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Jurors in Johnny Depp’s libel trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, saw photos Monday of her with red marks and swelling on her face after their final fight before their divorce, and heard testimony about her expertise in covering up bruises with makeup.
Heard was back on the witness stand Monday in a Virginia courtroom for a third day of testimony that centered on the final months of her marriage to Depp.
The trial is now in its fifth week, and jurors have seen multiple photos of Heard throughout the trial that purport to document the abuse she said she received during her relationship with Depp.
Several of the photos shown Monday, though, had not previously been seen by the jury and showed redness and swelling much more clearly than earlier photos.
Heard said the marks came when Depp threw a phone at her face.
The confrontation in May 2016 prompted Heard to file for divorce two days later. A few days after that, she obtained a temporary restraining order after a courthouse hearing, and was widely photographed leaving the courthouse with a clear red mark on her right cheek.
The final fight has been a key point in the couple’s ongoing dispute. Depp is suing Heard in Fairfax County Circuit Court for libel over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name.
Depp says he never struck Heard and that she’s concocting claims she was abused. Earlier in the trial, jurors heard from police officers who responded to emergency calls during that final fight who said Heard’s face looked red from crying but that they saw no visible bruises. Witnesses also testified that they didn’t see bruises on Heard’s face in the immediate days after the fight.
Heard, in her testimony Monday, said she didn’t cooperate with officers who responded to the couple’s penthouse, and said her face-to-face interactions with officers were very limited.
And she discussed her makeup routine, using a color correction wheel that she called her “bruise kit” to cover up marks on her face. She said she learned over the years to use green shades in the first day of a bruise to cover up redness, and switch more to orange shades as the bruise turned blue and purple.
“I’m not going to walk around L.A. with bruises on my face,” she said.
She testified she did not want to publicly expose Depp as an abuser in her court proceedings, but had to go to the courthouse to provide testimony to obtain the restraining order, and she was taken aback when she left the courthouse surrounded by paparazzi.
“I just wanted to change my locks,” she said about why she went to court to get the restraining order. “I just wanted to get a good night’s sleep.”
During Monday’s testimony, Heard also revised earlier testimony about the timing of the first time she says she was physically assaulted by Depp. And she strongly denied an accusation from Depp that she left human fecal matter in the couple’s bed after a fight. Heard said it was the couple’s teacup Yorkshire terrier that messed the bed and that it had a history of bowel problems ever since it had accidentally ingested Depp’s marijuana.
“Absolutely not,” she said about the alleged poop prank. “I don’t think that’s funny. I don’t know what grown woman does. I was not in a pranking mood.”
Heard said, though, that Depp became obsessed with the idea that someone had pooped in his bed. She said it was all he wanted to talk about during that final fight May 21, 2016, even though Depp’s mother had just died and the couple hadn’t spoken in a month.
“He was obsessed with dog poop. That’s what he wanted to talk about,” she said.
The poop allegation is one of several that has Depp’s online fans have particularly latched onto in their social media critiques of Heard.
At the beginning of her testimony Monday, she corrected herself about the timing of the first time she said Depp slapped her, which revolved around her questioning him about one of his tattoos. Heard initially said that happened in 2013, but she said Monday that it actually happened in 2012. She said her confusion resulted from the fact that she wanted to believe in her mind that the abuse hadn’t begun so early in their relationship.
“I had kind of allowed myself to forget that the beginning was violent and chaotic as well,” she said.
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Raymond Lee and Camila Cabello are among the handful of fresh faces on NBC’s upcoming schedule, with the network once again leaning heavily on its “Law & Order” and “Chicago” series franchises.
Cabello will join “The Voice” singing contest as a coach, NBC said Monday in announcing its fall schedule. The pop star, whose hit singles include “Havana” and who starred in the 2021 film musical “Cinderella,” will join returning coaches John Legend, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani.
Lee stars in “Quantum Leap,” which NBC described as a “reimagining” of the network’s 1989 to 1993 sci-fi drama with Scott Bakula. Lee, whose credits include Fox’s “Prodigal Son” and Tom Cruise’s upcoming film sequel “Top Gun: Maverick,” joins the small number of Asian Americans cast as series leads.
NBC is opening the door to more diversity with another new offering, “Lopez vs. Lopez,” a sitcom about a working-class family starring George Lopez and his real-life daughter, Mayan Lopez.
Veteran producer Dick Wolf is keeping hold of a substantial chunk of NBC real estate, with his “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.” occupying prime-time Wednesday and “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Law & Order: Organized Crime” on Thursday.
Say farewell to a trio of shows. NBC canceled the Ted Danson-Holly Hunter comedy “Mr. Mayor”; family sitcom “Kenan,” starring “Saturday Night Live” cast member Kenan Thompson, and drama series “The Endgame.”
The medical drama “New Amsterdam” will return in the fall for its final season.
The 2022-23 midseason will also see the return of “The Blacklist” with James Spader and second-season comedies “American Auto” and “Grand Crew,” and the debut of “Night Court,” a sequel to the 1984 to 1992 sitcom. John Larroquette is reprising his role as prosecutor Dan Fielding, with Melissa Rauch (“The Big Bang Theory”) as new Judge Abby Stone.
NBC kicked off the annual New York City presentation to advertisers of what’s in store for the coming season, with splashy in-person events — back after being sidelined for two years by the pandemic.
What was once the province of ad-supported networks has expanded to include corporate siblings in the cable and streaming realms. NBCUniversal Media, owned by Comcast, encompasses the NBC network, cable channels including USA Network, Bravo and Telemundo, and the Peacock streaming service.
In announcing its fall lineup, NBC said all its shows will be available on Peacock the day after they air. That approach means NBC’s shows “will truly be accessible to audiences in any way that they want to watch,” Frances Berwick, chairman of entertainment networks for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said in a statement.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Something was missing Monday when Fox announced its plans for the fall television season — a schedule.
Fox Entertainment CEO Charles Collier said that the network was trying a “new approach” and giving equal weight to its Tubi streaming service by not outlining where its shows will air in the fall.
Presenting a new schedule to advertisers in May has long been a tradition for television networks, revealing what new shows are coming, what old shows are departing and when they will air during the week and year.
Yet while fixed schedules remain, they are in many ways becoming obsolete for viewers, who are becoming accustomed to deciding themselves when they want to watch or stream programs.
Asked about that on Monday, Collier did not say that was part of Fox’s reasoning. By not announcing a schedule Monday, the kickoff to the week where broadcast networks unveil their plans in flashy New York presentations, Fox has the flexibility to adjust its schedule depending upon what its competitors do.
The change might also reflect the fact that Fox has not yet nailed down agreements with producers of the dramas “911” and “The Resident,” two programs the network expects will be on its fall schedule.
“We’re in good faith negotiations,” Collier said. “We feel good about it.”
Among the plans it did announce on Monday, Fox is expanding the empire of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. His “MasterChef” keeps rolling along, and Fox announced that Ramsey’s series “Next Level Chef” will get the coveted time slot after the Super Bowl next February, which exposes a program to millions of new viewers. Fox will also debut the competition show, “Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars” next season.
Fox will also go country with “Monarch,” described as a “Texas-sized, multi-generational musical drama about America’s first family of country music.” Actress Susan Sarandon and musician Trace Adkins are headliners.
Actor Jamie Foxx will be behind the camera for the missing persons drama “Alert.” The network will also debut a crime anthology series “Accused” that begins with someone on trial and the audience learns through flashbacks what they’ve been accused of.
When will the new shows air? Stay tuned.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — A Polish Nobel Prize-winning author on Sunday called Russia a threat to the “free world,” saying its attack on neighboring Ukraine had echoes of the Second World War.
Olga Tokarczuk, known for her humanist themes and playful, subversive streak, spoke at the Jerusalem International Writers Festival.
“The Poles share the Ukrainian feeling of danger that Russia presents to the free world,” Tokarczuk said, adding that the Polish government had warned about the risk presented by Russian aggression for years.
Poland, Ukraine’s western neighbor, has taken in over three million Ukrainian refugees since Russia launched its invasion in late February. Warsaw has called for tough international sanctions against Russia.
“Nobody could imagine that this war would be so cruel so anachronistic and this war brings to mind the horrible images of World War Two,” she said.
Tokarczuk was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2018 for her 18th-century epic “The Books of Jacob,” about a Jewish mystic and sect leader named Jacob Frank.
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CANNES, France (AP) — After two years of pandemic, the 75th Cannes Film Festival is getting going with a familiar dose of controversy and some new snafus as it readies for its largest gathering on the French Riviera since the 2019 edition.
Preparations were in full swing up and down the Croisette on Monday ahead of the festival’s opening. The festival is set to open Tuesday with “The Artist” director Michel Hazanavicius’ zombie film “Z.”
But before things even kicked off, the festival had already found plenty of commotion. Just hours before Thierry Frémaux, the festival’s artistic director, addressed the media Monday, the Hollywood trade Deadline posted an articleabout how it couldn’t publish an interview with Frémaux after he requested alterations to his answers on subjects including women filmmakers and whether Cannes would ever again host a Roman Polanski film.
“The festival has not only been demanding copy approval as a condition for interviews with Frémaux (something no other festival or organization has asked of us), but after pledging not to make any changes to copy, it has been removing content including potentially uncomfortable answers from Frémaux relating to diversity and controversial filmmakers,” read the Deadline story.
For a festival that prides itself as a celebration of free speech, it was an awkward beginning to what Cannes is hoping to be a back-to-normal festival. Some 35,000 film professionals are expected from May 17-28, along with a few glitzy Hollywood titles including “Top Gun: Maverick” and Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.” Frémaux, however, didn’t see it as an issue.
“There’s no self-censorship and certainly no censorship whatsoever,” he told reporters. “Of course, I try to keep a check on myself speaking to journalists.”
“If I want to change something, I change it,” he added. “I can reread the way I’ve been reported and I can change my views if I want.”
Frémaux, though, said he didn’t want to be the story.
“This is a Cannes Film Festival press conference, it’s not a school for journalists,” he said. “Ask any questions you want of me. Fire them at me.”
A journalist then promptly asked Frémaux about Cannes’ record with female filmmakers, a long-simmering issue of contention. Last year, French filmmaker Julia Ducournau, with the body horror thriller “Titane,” became only the second female director to ever win the festival’s prestigious top prize, the Palme d’Or.
This year, there are five women in Cannes’ competition lineup of 21 films. That equals Cannes’ previous high but lags behind the percentages found as some other international festivals that have made diversity more of a central priority.
“I don’t think there are very few women in competition,” said Frémaux. “There are 25% of women in competition and there are 25% of women who applied.”
Frémaux suggested the discussion around gender equality in film is often framed unfairly, and that the festival selects films based only on their quality. He described advances for women in film as an important evolution in filmmaking but one that is still unfolding.
“Should we decide today to give preference to women directors? What answer would you give to that?” he posed to the journalist. “What kind of dogma, what kind of rule should there be? There is no quota.”
The festival eve was otherwise characterized by ticketing issues for festivalgoers. Cannes last year began implementing a digital system but there were far fewer attendees in 2021. The system crashed Tuesday. Frémaux said the problem has been made worse by hacking robots trying to purchase up to 1,000 tickets a second.
“We have a much better system this year,” Frémaux said, pausing for ironic cheers. “I mean: supposed to have a much better system.”
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ISTANBUL (AP) — A Ukrainian singer and former Eurovision song contest winner appealed to Turkey’s president on Monday to save Ukrainian fighters from the besieged city of Mariupol amid Russia’s war.
Ruslana, whose song “Wild Dances” catapulted her to No. 1 in the music contest in 2004, spoke at a news conference in Istanbul. She was flanked by the mothers and wives of the “Mariupol defenders” — Ukrainian fighters who are defending the city’s steel mill.
“Stand with Ukraine. Unite for Ukraine. Help Mariupol. Help Azovstal. Help our brave Ukrainian soldiers,” she said. “I truly believe that today Turkey’s leader President Erdogan, who has an international role and presence, will help our citizens in need.”
Several hundred Ukrainian fighters are estimated to be holed up at the sprawling Azovstal steelworks plant, the last pocket of resistance in a city largely reduced to rubble over the past two months.
Ruslana’s comments came as Europe pushed to toughen its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with Sweden joining Finland in deciding to seek NATO membership and European Union officials working to rescue proposed sanctions against Russian oil.
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TOKYO (AP) — Singer Tina Karol said Monday from Japan that she and her fellow Ukrainians will not give up defending their land and culture from Russian invasion and are determined to win the war and rebuild an even more beautiful country.
“My weapon is language and music,” Karol said in Tokyo as she concluded a weeklong visit to rally support for Ukraine. “My words are strong and my music moves emotions.”
“The biggest tragedy today is the deaths of children. The children had to close their short lives … for those children, a lullaby is not going to be sung,” she said and sang a passage of a Ukrainian song during the news conference.
Karol came to Japan at the invitation of Rakuten Group founder and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani, who first met her during his 2019 business trip to Ukraine.
Japan has provided humanitarian and financial support for Ukraine and has so far accepted about 800 evacuees from that country — a rare move for Japan given its extremely strict immigration policy.
Mikitani, who made a personal contribution of 1 billion yen ($7.7 million) for the Ukrainian government in February, said he hoped Japan’s acceptance of Ukrainian war evacuees will “be a small but a big first step for Japan” to be more open to international society.
Japan quickly joined the United States and Europe in imposing sanctions against Russian invasion of Ukraine because of concern Moscow’s actions may embolden China’s already assertive actions in the region.
Separately, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Karol and pledged Japan’s further support for Ukraine. “We will continue our effort with the people of Ukraine, as we are determined not to allow use of force to one-sidedly change the status quo, and think of the problem as our own.”
Karol told Kishida that Ukraine was attacked for choosing freedom and that it is fighting for global peace, while Russia is destroying peaceful towns of her country.
While in Japan, she also performed at a charity fashion and music event and visited the city of Hiroshima on Sunday.
She paid tribute to the victims of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city and saw “a great calamity” at its peace museum and felt strongly that nobody should face the threat of nuclear weapons again.
She also said she was inspired by the people’s resilience and effort to rebuild from the ruins of the atomic attack.
“We will win and we will rebuild our country,” Karol said. “You will see a glorious country in the center of Europe.”
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The national toll from COVID-19 reached 1 million deaths Monday, according to the Associated Press.
Ohio has reported 38,550 deaths since the pandemic began more than 2 years ago, according to the latest data released last week.
Montgomery County has recorded 2,019 COVID deaths in that time, while Butler County reported 1,157.
Other area counties and their pandemic deaths include:
Clark, 586; Warren, 584; Greene, 513; Miami, 483; Preble, 201, and Champaign, 147.
Ohio’s coronavirus cases have climbed recently after and sharp decline.
Last week, state health officials said 15,970 new cases were reported, the sixth straight increase.
In early April, the state was averaging 3,533 weekly cases.
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SAN CARLOS PARK, Fla. — A stop-work order will continue for MW Horticulture after the site failed a fire inspection Friday, May 13. The results were released Monday morning by the San Carlos Park Fire District.
Upon completion of the review, the Fire Chief toured the site this morning and determined that it is not in compliance and so, the stop-work order will continue.
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The stop-work order will be in effect until the site comes into compliance, and when the active smoldering on the site ends, according to SCPFD.
MW Horticulture has been notified that SCPFD is available to re-inspect the site again for compliance on May 19.
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — PAW Patrol Live! is coming to Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock on Saturday, Aug. 27, and Sunday, Aug. 28.
The live show is an action-packed, music-filled production that Ryder and your favorite pups call "The Great Pirate Adventure."
The Broadway-style performance is an interactive show that encourages audiences to learn pirate catchphrases, dance the pirate boogie, and help the pups follow the treasure map and solve puzzles throughout their mission!
Since its debut in the Fall of 2016, PAW Patrol Live! has been seen by over 4.3 million people in over 40 countries.
Tickets for all four performances are on sale Friday, May 20 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased on the PAW Patrol Live! website or on Ticketmaster.
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More than 1,000 people are without power in Herkimer County many in the areas of Herkimer, German Flatts and Little Falls, as severe thunderstorms continue to move through the region.
More than 250 customers lost power in Oneida County just after 2 p.m.
The New York State Electric and Gas Corporation has reported about 120 people without power in Otsego County as well.
Estimated restoration times vary, but are mostly throughout the evening.
The Mohawk Valley is at an enhanced risk of high winds, hail and even tornadoes during these storms.
The strongest systems are expected to move through the region between 2 and 4 p.m.
The severe thunderstorms will likely end around 7 p.m.
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Normal native Leah Marlene is set to make a return to her hometown Tuesday as part of filming for the “American Idol” finale.
The 20-year-old singer-songwriter cemented her place in the competition's top three finalists on Sunday, performing “I’ll Stand By You,” as covered by past “Idol” winner Carrie Underwood, and “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” by Journey. Judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan raved about her performances — as did a wildly enthusiastic crowd of supporters who gathered for a watch party at Normal West High School.
The general consensus? No matter what happens next on the show, Marlene’s future in the music industry is replete with opportunities.
"Your career is sitting in front of you, my dear," Richie told her after the second performance. "Enjoy this ride."
Marlene’s journey to stardom traces back to Central Illinois roots. She got her start performing in uptown Normal as a child, and continued to hone her skills at events like the Sugar Creek Arts Festival and Sweet Corn Circus. She graduated from Normal West High School in 2019 and went on to study songwriting at Belmont University in Nashville for two years before returning home to Normal.
She comes by her passion naturally: Her dad, Derry Grehan, is the lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band Honeymoon Suite. He taught her to play piano and guitar, and shared with her a love of songwriting that has borne fruit in the three albums she released before auditioning for “Idol.”
"She knows that no matter what happens tonight, she's already won," Grehan told the crowd in Normal before the show began on Sunday, referring to the exposure and surging popularity his daughter's music has already experienced.
In a video segment shown during Sunday's episode, Marlene reflected on her evolution through the competition. She said her most personal moment was singing “Heal” by Tom Odell on April 17, a performance that she said allowed the audience to see “the core of who I am in a very vulnerable way.”
“It’s just been an incredible personal journey,” she said in the video. “I’m so eternally grateful that I got to share myself with America, and I want to do this for the rest of my life.”
Community support
Sunday night’s event at Normal West included a pre-party with food trucks and musical performances in the school parking lot, followed by a rousing atmosphere in the gym during the show. During commercial breaks, organizers directed a game of Leah Marlene trivia, and a young fan even led a singalong of one of Marlene’s recent releases, “Wisher to the Well.” Attendees could take photos with multiple nearly life-size cardboard replicas of Marlene. Even the hand stamps used as proof of admission were a silhouette of Marlene’s head.
Before the show started, Derry Grehan told The Pantagraph that seeing the widespread support for his daughter has been heartwarming. “That's what's great about a small community like this,” he said. “It's unbelievable.”
The crowd erupted each time Marlene appeared onscreen and waved cellphones in the air as she sang, just as they might if seeing her in concert. On Tuesday, some supporters will be able to do just that, as a free concert is part of the plans for the hometown visit with “Idol” crews. Marlene will also participate in a parade.
Among those cheering for Marlene on Sunday was Sara Williams, director of choir and instructor of advanced placement music theory classes for Normal West.
“I feel like America made a great choice,” she said, praising her former student’s performances.
Williams previously said that she knew Marlene would be a musician from the moment they met, when Marlene was in seventh grade. Since then, Williams said she’s spent a lot of time with Marlene and her family, including at events and private voice lessons.
Seeing the community recognition of music, music education and Marlene’s outstanding personal qualities has been incredible, Williams said. The teacher added that her family and friends have voted for Marlene not because of their connection to Williams, but because they really believe in Marlene, her music and her message.
“I just can’t say enough great things (about her),” Williams said.
Jake Lunzer said he’s been rooting for Marlene from the very start. The Normal West grad attended the party with his family of five, including his wife Janine, a teaching assistant with McLean County Unit 5 schools.
Seeing Marlene’s rise to fame has been lots of fun at work, Janine Lunzer said. “Everybody talks about it on our lunch breaks.”
Plenty of young fans were on hand at the watch party, some posing next to the cutouts of Marlene while holding their own instruments. Among those wearing matching yellow Leah Marlene T-shirts were Aubrey Thomas and Lexi Phillips, who said their favorite of Marlene’s songs is the newest single, “Flowers,” released Friday.
Aubrey’s grandmother, Julie Thomas, of Fischer, said before the performances that she thought Marlene’s songs would be winners. Afterward, Thomas said she expects the rising hometown star to win the whole thing.
Regardless of the results, Marlene has already inspired some young dreamers: Aubrey thinks she’ll be on “American Idol” one day, too, Thomas said.
‘Do it for the love’
Underwood’s appearance as the episode’s celebrity mentor represented a dream come true for Marlene, who has been a fan since childhood. Grehan said his daughter was thrilled about the opportunity and full of praise about her session with the Grammy-winning country superstar.
In a video clip shown before the performance, Underwood complimented Marlene’s delivery, and the two even sang part of the chorus together a cappella.
“When I was on the show, I just liked to sing,” Underwood told Marlene. “I feel like it took (me) a little bit to find, like, artistry, and I feel like you already have artistry. Now’s the time to bring it.”
After Marlene’s second performance, the judges agreed that the competition had become fierce. Richie called it a “slugfest.”
“I can't figure out how to process where you started and to this point right now,” Bryan said. “It's so refreshing and fun.”
Perry said she wanted to see Marlene and former Journey lead singer Steve Perry “go back and forth.”
“It was amazing to see your teeth,” Perry said, “because lately you’ve done some ballads, but (now) you’re like, ‘I’m gonna do a ballad and I’m gonna show my fangs.’ I love it.”
Marlene’s brother, Shea Grehan, also attended part of the watch party on Sunday, along with his dad. Addressing the crowd, he marveled at the outpouring of support for his sister.
“It’s amazing to see, as I’m going through town, I see hearts on windows, I see yellow wrapped around mailboxes,” he said, referring to decorations that have blanketed parts of the community in Marlene’s favorite color. “It’s so amazing. Thank you all so much.”
Derry Grehan told The Pantagraph that he and his wife, Deanna, moved to Normal when their children were very young, and both grew up to pursue the arts. Shea Grehan is a photographer who has documented his sister’s career, from her early shows in Normal to newer photos that have not yet been released.
“It's just been great to watch her evolve through the years,” Shea Grehan said.
Their dad said the household is all about fostering each member’s passions.
“We all support each other in this family and support each other's interests,” he said.
Having enjoyed a long career in the music business, Derry Grehan knows the challenges his daughter will face. He said he advised her to be a singer, songwriter, producer — “be all of these things, because the business has changed.”
And most importantly: “No. 1, if you’re in music, you don’t do it for the money. Do it for the love,” Grehan said. “The money comes in the opportunities, and that’s just the bonus.”
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A Lyft driver's video of two Lehigh Valley passengers making racist comments, and of one of them getting kicked out of the car, is going viral.
James Bode, the Lyft driver, posted the video from inside his car onto his Facebook page late Friday night. Since then, the video has had millions of views across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit and beyond.
The incident happened Friday night outside of Catasauqua bar Fossil’s Last Stand in Lehigh County.
The borough's police department confirmed they are investigating the incident. Police say the woman in the video is Jackie Harford, who owns Fossil’s.
The video, just over a minute long, starts when Harford gets into Bode's car. He asks if the ride is for "Jackie" and she confirms it is.
“You’re like a white guy," Harford says as she gets into the car on the rear passenger side. Bode asks, "What’s that?"
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"Are you, like, a white guy?" asks Harford, who is then making her way to the center of the car. "You’re like, a normal guy?" Harford says. "You speak English?"
There's a quick pause before Harford laughs, pats Bode's shoulder and apologizes. Bode then tells her to get out of the car, saying what Harford said was inappropriate.
"If somebody was not white, sitting in this seat, what would be the difference?" Bode asked.
The car’s rear passenger door is still open, and Bode repeats to a man, unidentified at this time, standing outside the car that he won't be taking the ride.
"Really?" the man says, "You’re a f-----g a--hole."
Bode points toward the camera inside the car and tells the man it's all on video.
“I’m gonna punch you in the f-----g face,” the man says back to Bode.
Bode calls the couple “racist f---s,” as Harford gets out of the car.
That's when the man calls him an "[n-word] lover."
Bode rolls down the window and tells the couple he's calling the police.
Catasauqua Police Chief Douglas Tish confirmed Bode made a police report at 10:27 p.m. Friday night. He said the incident remains under investigation.
Lyft responded to a version of Bode's video has more than 3.3 million views on Twitter.
"We are incredibly grateful to Lyft driver @Jameswb333 for instantly shutting down this hate & upholding our no tolerance anti-discrimination policies," Lyft said. "We're looking into these riders & are in touch with James to show our thanks."
Calls made to Fossil's Last Stand's early Monday afternoon would not go through. Their website and Facebook pages had been deactivated.
The bar's Yelp and TripAdvisor pages have shut down comments after both sites were flooded with negative reviews and one-star ratings.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Bode's initial Facebook post with the video received nearly 4,000 comments.
Efforts to reach him were unsuccessful. However, in a post early Monday morning, Bode expressed gratitude for the support he's seen.
“But this is the way it should be everywhere, every time," Bode wrote. "I shouldn’t be ‘the guy’ who did it or said it…we should all be that person. Speak up if you’re uncomfortable with it because it makes them uncomfortable, as they should be. F**k racism,” Bode wrote.
NBC10's Deanna Durante said the Lyft driver's father passed away last year and folks who saw the viral video are donating to cover his funeral expenses. Others are sharing his Lyft handle encouraging tips.
Fossil's Last Stand was closed through the weekend and on Monday.
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A storm system heading for the Plains promises to blanket North Dakota with cold air late this week, and some areas might even see a mid-May snowfall.
Any accumulations would not amount to much and would quickly melt amid warmer daytime temperatures. But in some areas, the ground could get white overnight.
"It's notable to get to the middle of May and have some snow falling," National Weather Service Meteorologist Zach Hargrove said.
The storm is pushing into the Pacific Northwest early this week, bringing rain, snow in higher elevations and cold temperatures, according to AccuWeather.
The system will move over the Rockies midweek, bringing rain to North Dakota, and "on the back side of that we'll have some of that arctic air coming down," Hargrove said.
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Sunday's high in Bismarck reached 73 degrees. The temperature in the city early Friday is forecast to sink to 38 degrees, rising to 49 during the day and falling to 33 early Saturday. The city's normal high and low for this time of year is 70 and 44.
The cold expected late this week is "definitely unusual, but it's not unheard of," Hargrove said.
Areas farther north could get cold enough early Friday and early Saturday for rain to turn to snow.
"We could see maybe a few tenths of an inch across the northwest and north-central part of the state," Hargrove said. "I wouldn't expect it to remain on the ground long. If anything does accumulate, it's going to be very brief."
Last Friday was the first day that the weather service began monitoring for conditions that would warrant a frost advisory, freeze watch or freeze warning, marking what the agency considers the first day of the growing season. Anyone who has put plants outside should take note of the forecast, according to Hargrove.
"We're going to have temperatures close to freezing if not below freezing -- it could be a good time to cover those plants," he said.
Daytime temps in Bismarck are expected to warm to the mid-50s on Saturday and the lower 60s on Sunday, but the overnight low between those days is forecast in the mid-30s.
Reach News Editor Blake Nicholson at 701-250-8266 or blake.nicholson@bismarcktribune.com.
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Delayed by pandemic, Aurora Health Center expansion moves along with inpatient, emergency services
FOND DU LAC – Construction is set to begin on new hospital and emergency facilities in Fond du Lac, and Advocate Aurora Health anticipates accepting inpatients by 2024.
The expansion of Aurora Health Center, 210 Wisconsin American Drive, was announced in 2020 but delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 70,000-square-foot project is now estimated to cost $74 million and will add an eight-bay emergency department and 10 new patient beds, for a total of 185,000 square feet of clinical space, according to a news release from Advocate Aurora.
For a particularly local touch, the center entrance will feature stonework inspired by "the Ledge" — the portion of the Niagara Escarpment that runs through Fond du Lac — aiming to encourage positive imagery for the patients.
Renamed to Aurora Medical Center – Fond du Lac, the new facility will partner with Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh and extend health care access to Fond du Lac and beyond.
Clinicians will be able to perform surgical procedures that require overnight stays, such as hip or knee replacements.
However, more advanced centers, such as the Oshkosh location, will continue to take care of sub-specialty procedures, including labor and delivery, cardiac catherization and stroke interventional procedures.
Jeff Bard, president of Advocate Aurora Health's North Wisconsin Patient Service Area, said with many Fond du Lac patients traveling for health care services, he believes the hospital could better serve them by offering convenient options nearby.
“Having access to high-quality health care locally is crucial,” he said.
The hospital will continue offering virtual care and in-person visits, and the expanded access to specialty care will address a growing number of patients receiving health care services with short-term or no overnight hospital stays.
Advocate Aurora Health is a founding sponsor of the Healthier Hospitals Program and aims to create operational efficiencies, sustainable environments and safer and more favorable patient outcomes as part of its commitment to sustainable practices and wellness initiatives.
For more information on Advocate Aurora Health, visit aurorahealthcare.org.
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Contact Daphne Lemke at dlemke@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @daphlemke.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Jesus is taking the wheel to Dallas. Carrie Underwood is coming to American Airlines Center on March 8, 2023.
Now it may be a year away, but it’s never too early to prepare, especially because tickets are going on sale Friday, May 20.
For more information, visit americanairlinescenter.com.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — The internet is filled with sports fans talking trash to one another after big wins, especially if that big win came during Game 7 of an NBA Playoffs series between the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns.
No Suns fan was safe from Dallas Mavs fans on Twitter after a blowout victory to send Phoenix home and Dallas to the Western Conference Finals. Dallas’ own two airports even got in on the trash talk.
First up, DFW Airport. They tweeted at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport asking how they’re holding up with an image of Luka Doncic staring and smiling at an unamused Devin Booker during Game 7.
They even quote tweeted Phoenix Aiport’s tweet from May 5 saying, “Book the ticket, take the flight.”
Of course, Dallas Love Field couldn’t let DFW have all the fun, they tweeted at Sky Harbor saying, “Well, well, well…. It’s all “sun” and games til somebody gets hurt huh, @PHXSkyHarbor? Time to pay up!!”
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DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s National Heat Safety Week and the Texas heat isn’t slowing down for anyone in May. So, the National Weather Service center in Fort Worth shared some tips on recognizing heat-related illness symptoms.
NWS Fort Worth says, “This week is National Heat Safety Week! During hot and humid weather, like this week’s early summer heat, your body’s ability to cool itself is challenged in ways you may not expect. Recognize the challenges/symptoms & actions you should take!”
The center wants you to stay cool, hydrated and informed. Below will be symptoms connected to heat exhaustion and heat streak and how to combat the two.
Heat exhaustion
- Symptoms: Dizziness, thirst, heavy sweating, nausea and weakness.
- Heat exhaustion can lead to heat stroke.
- Here’s what you need to do to combat it: Move to a cooler area, loosen clothing, sip cool water and seek medical help if symptoms don’t improve.
Heat stroke
- Symptoms: Confusion, dizziness, and/or becoming unconscious.
- Heat stroke can cause death or permanent disability if emergency treatment is not given.
- Here’s what you need to do to combat it: Call 911, move person to a cooler area, loosen clothing and remove extra layers and cool with water or ice.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Sunday for Dallas sports fanatics was one of the most exciting and gut-wrenching days thanks to two Game 7’s from the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars. The two massive win-or-go-home playoff games had different outcomes.
For starters, the Dallas Mavs led by superstar Luka Doncic alongside stellar play from guards Spencer Dinwiddie and Jalen Brunson was able to douse the Phoenix Suns and demolish any thought they had of advancing to the Western Conference Finals.
The final score was 123 to 90 with Doncic scoring 35 while grabbing 10 boards. It wasn’t even close to a dramatic Game 7.
However, the script was flipped for the Dallas Stars, as their Game 7 against the Calgary Flames was a nailbiter until the bitter end. The Stars were able to tie up the series in Game 6 before falling to the Flames in overtime 3-2.
Those who stayed up late to watch were able to witness the greatness of goalie Jake Oettinger’s 64-save game that unfortunately ended in a loss.
This prompted Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson to sympathize with those who gave their all as fans watching the two franchises battle to the last buzzer for North Texas, “You can be a few minutes late to work tomorrow morning if you’re watching the @DallasStars. Consider this your permission slip from the @DallasMayor.”
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DALLAS (KDAF) — In line with the summer weather North Texas has been experiencing and continues to experience, the North Texas Food Bank has shared a summer recipe on its website.
This recipe is for a spring salad with chicken as the protein. The recipe provides four servings and takes about 30 minutes to prepare.
All you need are the following ingredients:
- 1 head fresh salad greens (butter lettuce, red lettuce, or a mix – bagged varieties can also be used), torn into bite-sized pieces
- 1/4 cup strawberries, sliced
- 1/4 cup canned mandarin oranges, drained
- 1/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/4 cup garbanzo beans, drained
- 1/4 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
The food bank’s directions are quite simple. All you need to do is pan cook the chicken for about eight to ten minutes on each side and cut into small pieces. Once the chicken is cooked, add all your ingredients to a bowl and add the salad dressing of your choice.
For the full recipe, including more in-depth directions, visit ntfb.org.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s going to be an unseasonably hot week in North Texas as the May heatwave continues according to the National Weather Service center in Fort Worth.
NWS Fort Worth says, “The week ahead will remain hot as highs continue in the 90s to lower triple digits. Remember to stay hydrated, take plenty of breaks if spending time outdoors and never leave kids or pets unattended in vehicles.”
The center adds that unseasonable heat is expected to continue through next week, as afternoon highs will range from the 90s, reaching into the triple digits. Be sure to take precautions against the Texas heat.
- Drink plenty of water even if you aren’t thirsty
- Take frequent rest breaks in the shade or inside with air conditioning
- Bring pets indoors or provide shade and plenty of water for them
- Never leave kids or pets unattended in vehicles
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BOISE, Idaho — Idaho State Police troopers are investigating a car crash on Highway 21 in Ada County, Sunday night.
Around 6 p.m., a 24-year-old man from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was driving a 2002 BMW M3 traveling southbound at a high rate of speed near mile marker 14, according to police.
The vehicle reportedly left the roadway and rolled, coming to a stop on its roof, upside down in a small ravine. The driver was wearing a seatbelt and was taken to a local hospital by air ambulance.
Traffic was blocked for approximately two and a half hours while emergency responders worked to clear the scene and help those involved.
The accident is under investigation by Idaho State Police.
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by: Austin Franklin Posted: May 16, 2022 / 02:26 PM CDT Updated: May 16, 2022 / 02:26 PM CDT SHARE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — CommuteSmart Birmingham is encouraging people to bike to work in celebration of bike month. Throughout May, CommuteSmart is promoting bike month on their social media platforms. Watch the video above for more information.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Authorities are investigating after an ATM was ripped off of its foundation overnight into Monday.
Investigators told KOIN 6 News it appears someone tried to drive off with it.
The incident happened at the Chase Bank near Southwest 170th and Kinnaman in Aloha.
There is no suspect at this time, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
No other details were immediately available.
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Shreveport wife arrested in connection with murder of her husband
Makenzie Boucher
Shreveport Times
Early Monday morning Shreveport Police Department received a call to the 3100 block of Regent Street in reference to a 911 call.
Officers arrived at the home at 3 a.m. and found a male who was unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the upper body.
The victim's wife Charlene Henderson, 43, was identified at the crime scene by the investigators and was taken into custody.
Henderson was arrested and transported to Shreveport City jail for alleged 2nd Degree Murder of her husband.
The incident is under investigation.
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Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com.
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Wichita Falls fire investigators say arson is to blame in hospital van fires
Fire officials suspect arson in weekend vehicle fire at Red River hospital
Wichita Falls firefighters responded to multiple reports of heavy black smoke coming from the parking lot of the Red River Hospital Sunday afternoon on Holliday Street.
According to WFFD assistant fire marshal Jody Ashlock:
The fire department was dispatched to Red River hospital. They found two Ford passenger vans, vacant and locked, burning in the parking lot. One of the vans drive shaft melted allowing the van to roll forward towards the entry of the hospital. Traffic along Holliday Street was diverted while fire crews contained the burning vans.
Four vehicles were damaged with an estimated $30,000 in total damage. Ashlock said they believe arson is to blame. The cause is under investigation.
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3 earthquakes rumbled off RI over the weekend, but you were probably sleeping
If you missed the three earthquakes off Rhode Island last weekend, don't feel bad. They happened while many Rhode Islanders were sleeping, and they weren't strong enough to knock the alarm clock off the nightstand.
The earthquakes happened in less than 24 hours from early Saturday morning to early Sunday morning in the same area, about 11 miles northeast of Block Island.
All were considered minor, or "very tiny," as they were characterized by Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado, part of the U.S. Geological Survey.
The first hit at 4:42 a.m. Saturday and was 2.1 magnitude, according to the National Earthquake Information Center. It was reported by two people, the website Earthquaketrack.com says.
The next, and strongest, hit at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, registering 2.2 magnitude. Twenty-six people reported it.
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The third hit early Sunday morning, at 2:40 a.m. It was 2.0 magnitude and reported by two people.
With three in a row, could the region see more?
"We certainly could see more of those small quakes – or not," Blakeman said.
Why do we feel small earthquakes on the East Coast?
Scientists cannot predict when earthquakes will happen, he said. Scientist do know, however, that earthquakes are likely to occur again in the same locations, because earthquakes are indicative of a fault line, he said.
The weekend earthquakes were too weak to damage a building or even knock books off a shelf, according to Blakeman.
"This energy won't travel very far," he said. "People would have to be close to feel it."
"Little earthquakes are felt much more easily in the East than the West," Blakeman said, because the Earth's crust is more rigid in this region.
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An earthquake would typically have to reach magnitude 5 or greater to damage a structure in the United States, he said. Earthquakes of magnitude 9 or above, he said, "are extremely rare."
Strong earthquakes are unusual in the Northeast, according to Blakeman. But earthquakes do happen here, according to the National State Emergency Consortium, which reports that Roger Williams, founder of what's now Rhode Island, wrote about an earthquake in 1638.
How many earthquakes have there been in Rhode Island?
A total of 34 "felt" earthquakes were centered in Rhode Island between 1776 and 2016, the National State Emergency Consortium reported. The strongest was a 4.6 magnitude quake on June 10, 1951.
The 1951 earthquake was centered a few miles south of Westerly and "was felt across Connecticut, Rhode Island and the south coast of Massachusetts to Cape Cod," the consortium said.
More recently, on Dec. 1, 2019, a 2.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Newport, and another was reported two days later off Plymouth, Massachusetts, with a magnitude of 2.1. On Sept. 19, 2021, a 2.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded southeast of Block Island.
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Even though the chances of a damaging earthquake are "very remote" in the Northeast, people can find tips for preparing on the National Earthquake Information Center's website, Blakeman said.
That information could help ease their minds and prepare them, he said, if a big earthquake does strike.
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The 1/10th acre Wilson Fire was reported at 1:30 a.m. Monday by an overhead aircraft. The fire is located 2.5 miles north of downtown Sedona in the Wilson Tank area. Forest Service deployed air attack, an engine, and a helicopter in response. There are no closures at this time.
According to a Forest Service release the fire is “minimally creeping and smoldering,” on a mesa within the Brins Fire scar. Officials have determined that the fire has “low spread potential” due to light southwest winds.
Smoke is expected to be visible from Sedona, Oak Creek and Munds Park. The fire cause is under investigation.
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Police are looking for three strangers who robbed a 75-year-old Brooklyn woman at gunpoint after pretending to be utility workers at her home for an inspection one morning last week, authorities say.
According to the NYPD, the trio walked up to the woman's home, near Beverley Road and East 54th Street, around 8 a.m. Wednesday and identified themselves as utility workers. Each of the men had construction vests or helmets on.
Once they got inside, cops say one of the three men showed a weapon and held the woman at gunpoint while the others grabbed $4,000. Then all three ran off.
No physical injuries were reported to the victim.
The NYPD released photos of the suspects (above). Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — It’s heating up across North Texas, and many of us are ditching the long sleeves for T-shirts and tank tops. But what about police officers?
To address this issue, the Arlington Police Department announced a change to its tattoo policy Monday, saying officers with approved designs will now have the option to display them while wearing their authorized uniforms.
Arlington police hopes the change will enhance their employees’ quality of work life and also provide the opportunity to hire more people who are looking to join the force.
“APD won’t miss out on well-qualified applicants who may not have been keen on working here because they’d have to wear long sleeves/pants during the warmest parts of the year to cover their tattoos,” the department said in a Facebook post.
Not only will officers be able to have the choice to show their artwork, but the department also announced employees will be able to grow and display facial hair within certain guidelines.
Arlington police said it doesn’t believe either change will take away from the department’s quality of service, professionalism or how they interact with the public. The department points to progress and will “continue servicing the Arlington community with integrity, compassion and fairness.”
Other North Texas police departments have not announced tattoo policy changes.
According to the Dallas Police Department website, officers and applicants are currently not allowed to display tattoos. They must be covered by a long-sleeve uniform shirt. Read more here. And the Irving Police Department has a similar policy in place.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Police are investigating after a possible shooting on a Maryland highway early Monday.
The investigation found that the van was traveling westbound when the driver saw a black sedan without headlights on pull alongside the passenger side of the van. The driver then heard a loud noise and saw a flash from the black sedan and a passenger in the second row of the van indicated they had been struck by something.
Responding officers identified evidence suggesting the van had been struck by gunfire once in the passenger-side sliding back door, and the second-row passenger was grazed on the chin, police said. Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service personnel responded as a precaution, but the passenger was not taken to a hospital.
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Move over Outside Lands, there's a new music festival in town.
Goldenvoice, best known as the promoter behind Coachella, just announced the inaugural lineup for the Portola Music Festival, which is slated to take place at San Francisco's Pier 80 on Sept. 24 and 25. The event's name is a reference to the Portola Festival of 1909, which signaled a reopening of the city after the 1906 earthquake and drew an estimated 1 million people to its opening parade.
The event is scheduled only a month and a half after Outside Lands 2022 and a week before Hardly Strictly, which might beg the question as to whether the city really needs another massive festival. However for fans of electronic music, the answer is a big yes.
Outside Lands threw a couple bones to dance music fans (Disclosure, Polo & Pan, Claude VonStroke, Dixon), but the offerings get much slimmer in the small font of the poster (no disrespect to Avalon Emerson and DJ Seinfeld). Portola aims to fill that void with a deep lineup that's a top-to-bottom treat for electronic music fans, sprinkled with a few crossover headliners.
Flume and Chemical Brothers get top billing, and a strong second tier of artists includes the likes of Kaytranada, Jamie xx, Jungle, Charlie XCX, M.I.A. and James Blake.
Local favorite Toro y Moi, fresh off the release of "Mahal," will also appear. The triumvirate of Caribou, Floating Points and Four Tet are on the bill, plus sample savants The Avalanches and a live set from British deep house dons Bicep. Tastemaking DJs like Blessed Madonna and Danilo Plessow (MCDE) return to SF after recent appearances. More local support comes from Public Release label owner Eug and DJ Dials, booker for 1015 Folsom, among other popular venues. Kelly Lee Owens, Ross From Friends and Yaeji represent the next generation of marquee electronic music producers and DJ Shadow and Fatboy Slim add some throwback appeal.
See the full lineup at the Portola Music Festival website; tickets go on sale on Friday.
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Two weeks after a group of Native leaders set up a prayer camp to oppose a development adjacent to Wilderness Park and a Native sweat lodge are preparing to take down the camp.
The group says it will mark the end of the Niskithe Prayer Camp on Wednesday with a march to City Hall and Cathedral of the Risen Christ.
The group also says they’ll pursue legal protections of the sweat lodge, which is on about 2 acres of private land surrounded by Wilderness Park and across the street from the planned Wilderness Crossing development near First Street and Pioneers Boulevard, just east of U.S. 77.
The group erected seven tipis at the site of the planned development a week after the City Council approved the zoning and annexation ordinances necessary for the development of more than 500 single-family homes, townhomes and apartments on about 75 acres the Catholic Diocese is selling to the developer.
During those two weeks, the group said in a statement, it developed stronger relationships with city leaders and the community.
“We have the beginnings of a plan toward a more meaningful representation of Native voices in city government and we have a commitment from the mayor to continue to work with us to honor our culture and protect our ceremonies.”
Group leaders met with Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird; Sam Manzitto Jr., the developer; and the leaders of the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln. A Manzitto Construction spokeswoman has said the company has no plans to further modify the development.
Wilderness Crossing faced opposition from the beginning from those who fear the development will cause flooding problems and light, noise and traffic will hurt the native habitat and wildlife in the park.
Before a public hearing at the City Council another concern came to light: the effect the nearby development would have on the sanctity of one of Lincoln’s oldest and most-used Native sweat lodges.
Before council approval, the Manzittos made several changes to the initial plan to try to appease concerns, including moving First Street into the development, behind a six-foot fence.
But opponents weren’t satisfied, especially Native leaders who felt their concerns hadn’t been acknowledged. The seven lodges set up on what’s known as Snell Hill was an effort to change that.
“With those lodges we stated unequivocally that we will not tolerate erasure in our city government, and we will not accept exclusion from conversations that impact our sacred ceremonial sites,” the statement posted on social media Monday morning said. “With our camp, we declared we are still here, we are strong, we will remain.”
The group held many ceremonies at the prayer camp and “engaged in near constant education,” sharing who they are, how they pray and why they were there.
The statement thanks their supporters and invited the public to join the march on Wednesday.
The group vowed to continue to work for structural change by engaging with faith leaders and environmentalists to strengthen advocacy for the land and for the places of Native prayer.
“We will deepen our understanding of our treaty rights, and pursue legal avenues to protect our sweat lodge and the sacred land on which it stands," the statement said. “We will seek the rematriation of land in this region to Indigenous stewardship.”
Margaret Reist is a recovering education reporter now writing about local and county government and the people who live in the city where she was born and raised.
A group of Native community members who opposed the development set up a prayer camp early Monday and had asked the mayor to veto the City Council's approval of the development.
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A teen boy is fighting for his life after he was shot seven times near a school in West Philadelphia Monday afternoon.
The 16-year-old boy was sitting on a curb at the Parkside Shopping Center on the 1500 block of North 52nd Street at 2:49 p.m. when a gunman inside a black SUV opened fire.
The teen was shot four times in the stomach, twice in the chest and once in the right shoulder. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital in critical condition.
No arrests have been made and a weapon has not been recovered. Police say the teen was targeted though they're unsure of the gunman's motive.
The teen is a student at the nearby KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy on 5070 Parkside Avenue.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL)- Johnson City officials have confirmed to News Channel 11 that they’ve had little to no communication with the Post Office in regard to its impending lease expiration.
The Post Office, located on East Main Street directly across from City Hall, has called that building home for nearly 50 years.
While Post Office officials were able to renew the lease periodically over the past three decades, it’s now come to a time that the lease will soon fully expire. According to Johnson City Assistant City Manager Charlie Stahl, the lease will reach its termination on August 31, 2023.
“It was a city building, built in 1973 specifically to be a post office, and they’ve had 5-year lease terms with options to renew over the past 50 years, obviously,” Stahl said. “They have renewed those leases, and it’s now at the point where it’s going to expire next year.”
He said in an effort to give ample warning, he notified Post Office officials two years in advance of the impending end of their lease; however, almost a year after that initial notice, the city has yet to hear back about any future plans for the property.
Stahl said communication has been non-existent between the city and the post office and that finding the person in charge of the lease has been a challenge.
“Who is the point of contact for leases in the U.S. Postal Service? Over time as the Post Office has grown and become more diluted, that communication has become less consistent and less obvious,” he said.
News Channel 11 also reached out in search of the proper contact only to be met with a response from the USPS regional media correspondent stating, “The Postal Service does not publicly discuss lease terms.”
Whether they’re looking for a new building, consolidating, or willing to renegotiate new lease terms, all options are on the table. Stahl said he just wants to be in the loop on what’s next in order to avoid a last-minute crisis when the lease term truly does expire.
“It’s been a very good location for them and certainly for the citizens of Johnson City,” he said. “It’s served its purpose and it’s certainly been a benefit to the community, so we’re not begrudging the lease or the fact that the Post Office has existed over there, we’re simply just saying the lease has expired. A new lease is in order if that’s their intention. The City Commission would have to be interested in that, but we need some communication about what their intentions really are.”
In an effort to expedite the conversation and improve communications on the matter, Stahl reached out to Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger’s office. He said her office was successful in reaching a USPS representative in Chattanooga who assured him they would improve that line of communication.
However, Stahl said that the conversation happened nine months ago, and there have been no further communications since.
He said if they would like to enter into a new lease agreement, that would have to be considered and drafted by the city commission. Stahl said if they have other intentions, they would hope those plans are communicated to the city sooner rather than later.
Stahl said should the Post Office no longer occupy the building, the city could easily repurpose the facility.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – The new Market Street Social Club in Kingsport hopes to bring the city a spot with an atmosphere of live music and gathered conversation after the pandemic made such a place difficult to find.
Chancellor Lawson was born and raised in Kingsport, moving away every now and then, but always returning. This summer, he hopes to make a permanent mark on his hometown by opening Market Street Social Club.
He is a member of the local band, Donnie and the Dry Heavers, who had to do what they could to make ends meet during the pandemic.
“Being a part of the music scene for so long, I know a ton of awesome musicians that don’t play enough shows, and as a musician who’s spent plenty of time struggling to put groceries in the fridge, that’s why we’re here,” Lawson said. “We want to help not only make sure our musicians have a place to play, but they have something to take home with them. Don’t feed the musicians, give the musicians money to feed themselves.”
The “all-inclusive” new establishment will offer local craft beer and lots of music.
“Our schedule weekly is gonna look a lot like Monday, Tuesday, open mic nights, so you’ve got something to do early in the week. Come see some local artists. Wednesday and Sunday nights we’ll do vinyl nights where you bring your favorite record, we’ll spin your favorite record while we’re hanging out,” Lawson explained.
“Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be ticketed music events and comedy events. So we’ll have one to two comedy events a month and all of your favorite local artists in here Thursday, Friday, Saturday, doing full sets, craft beer, good music, it’s really what more could you ask for, you know?”
The craft beer will be pulled from local distributors, he said.
Robin Cleary of the Downtown Kingsport Association told News Channel 11 that the new place is going to bring so much more than just live music and good beer to the downtown community.
“What a business like this does is folks come to experience the live music, but when they’re downtown, they also get out and they see what else we have to offer,” Cleary said. “They’re out of their cars, feet on the street is the big thing for us. And they’re going to go and they’re going to visit our restaurants and our tap houses and distilleries and bars and pubs and shops and get a good idea of what all downtown Kingsport has to offer. So the more the better for everyone.”
Cleary said Downtown Kingsport might already have live entertainment venues, but Lawson’s idea is so different from the others and each is unique, which means they can play off each other.
“We have a venue like this open, and I think if you talk to any of the other entertainment venues downtown, they would tell you the same thing. It just all builds on what we already have and what we’re trying to continue to build that makes downtown Kingsport so unique,” she said.
She added that businesses continue to move to or start in Kingsport, despite the pandemic.
“During the height of the pandemic, we had 13 new businesses come to locate to downtown Kingsport and approximately 11 of those are still open and thriving,” she said.
In 2021, downtown Kingsport saw 22 new businesses open.
“We have seen a steady increase, haven’t seen anything tick down at all due to the pandemic, and I do feel like we are very, very much so getting close to the other side of that experience that we’ve all been through for the past two to three years,” Cleary said. “We have worked very hard to try to have some incentives in place and some new programs to make it easier for folks to come and locate in downtown Kingsport with a new business.”
One such opportunity is a loan program through the Northeast Tennessee Economic Development Partnership.
“Folks can come in, and if they’re looking to purchase a property and make an investment in downtown Kingsport or to open up and do leasing a property that is a great loan program, and it’s also open to our existing businesses as well,” Cleary said. “Downtown Kingsport and the city of Kingsport work very hard to make it a welcoming and friendly experience for folks that are wanting to and are willing to invest in our downtown community.”
For Lawson, though, he is just happy to get the music flowing through the streets of his hometown.
“[Market Street Social Club] came out of the wake of not having a lot to do post-pandemic, you know, lots of thinking, not a lot of acting. So when we saw this place open up, we couldn’t help but at least try to do something really cool with it,” he said.
The bar is set to open in mid-June at 107 East Market Street.
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The body of a 17-year-old girl from New York who disappeared while visiting South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach on spring break 13 years ago has been found and a sex offender has been charged with murder, kidnapping and rape, authorities said Monday.
Brittanee Drexel was last seen April 2009 when she was walking between hotels in Myrtle Beach. Her boyfriend, who stayed home in Rochester, New York, became concerned when she stopped answering texts.
Drexel was kidnapped that night by Raymond Douglas Moody, who raped and killed her before burying her body the next day in the woods, Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver said Monday at a news conference.
Drexel’s body was found last Wednesday in Georgetown County, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) down the coast from where she disappeared. The discovery came after a flurry of tips and investigation that included Moody’s arrest May 4 on an obstruction of justice charge.
Investigators remained silent about the break in the case until Monday, when Moody, 62, was charged. Jail records did not indicate if he had a lawyer.
Sheriff Weaver said Moody has an “extensive sex offender history” but did not provide details. Moody is on South Carolina’s sex offender registry for 1983 convictions in California for sodomy by force of someone under 14 and kidnapping, according to State Law Enforcement Division Records.
The sheriff, the Myrtle Beach police chief, the FBI agent in charge of South Carolina and solicitor all said little Monday about what helped them crack the case after 13 years of wild rumors that included stash houses for sexual abuse victims’ bodies to be fed to alligators and rumored links to other missing women.
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Arrest warrants said Drexel was strangled the night she disappeared.
Police said dental records backed up by DNA testing confirmed Drexel’s remains had been found last week.
“It’s a good day to soberly be reminded of Brittanee and all that she and her family have had to go through,” Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said.
Drexel’s parents made another trip to the Myrtle Beach area this week, but this one was different than the other visits that involved candlelight vigils, media interviews and updates from investigators without answers.
“Today marks the beginning of a new chapter The search for Brittanee is now a pursuit of Brittanee’s justice,” said Drexel’s mother Dawn.
She thanked all the investigators who worked to find her daughter.
“This is truly a mother’s worst nightmare. I am mourning my beautiful daughter Brittanee as I have for the past 13 years,” she said.
Myrtle Beach Police Chief Amy Prock was working for the department when Drexel disappeared and said she never forgot the case as she rose through the ranks.
“It’s not the final chapter we had been hoping for,” Prock said Monday. “Every police officer has that one case that frequents their every waking thought.”
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ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — Animal shelter leaders in Carter County on Monday warned the public that it exceeded its capacity for dogs.
“We have too many stray dogs running at large in Carter County, TN,” the Facebook post stated.
The shelter advised dog owners to keep their dogs contained and on leashes and reminded the community that the shelter has a foster program for those who are able to help offset the shelter’s dog population as the animals await adoption.
To learn more about the Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter located at 135 Sycamore Shoals Drive, CLICK HERE. The shelter, according to its website, is open Monday through Friday from 12-4:30 p.m. For more information, call 423-547-6359.
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NORMAL — The owners of a longstanding Normal business got a major surprise — and a business boost — after an unexpected shout-out from "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest.
Seacrest was chatting during Sunday's show with Normal native Leah Marlene, later named one of three finalists, about how much she wanted to land a spot in the finale so that she could bring the "Idol" cameras for a hometown visit. That's when Seacrest namedropped The Garlic Press in uptown Normal.
“I mean The Garlic Press has Leah’s Music Mix popcorn for sale,” he said. “Dorothy’s been there since 1976 running that shop.”
Seacrest was referring to Dorothy Bushnell, 90, who founded and co-owns the business at 108 W. North St. Her daughter, co-owner Sarah McManus, was watching the show and immediately jumped out of her chair in excitement.
“I was just like ‘Oh my gosh, no way,’ and I loved that he said my mother’s name,” said McManus, 56. “I got orders right away last night and I had to kind of turn off the machine, so to speak.”
McManus said she had no idea that Seacrest or "Idol" production staff knew about the business, and it was not immediately clear how the mention came about.
The special popcorn mix was concocted by a group of students from Normal West High School, where Marlene graduated in 2019, who came to the shop to taste different products and combinations. They landed on a mix of kettle corn, caramel corn, and vanilla sea salt popcorn made to look bright yellow, Marlene's favorite color.
The shop is also co-owned by Pam Locsin, 59, and has been a women-owned, independent, brick-and-mortar store for over 46 years. McManus said the shop started out as a kitchen supplies store and over the years has evolved to add other crafts and gifts to its selection including food, puzzles, and bath or body products.
Every product in the store has been tested and used by one of the women, she said.
The business only just started making popcorn in the last four years or so, she said. Special orders have come from companies like Rivian Automotive, which has a special mix called "Rivian Buzz" made with white chocolate and coffee-flavored popcorn, using Coffee Hound roasts.
McManus said Monday afternoon that the business was putting a hold on availability for Leah’s Music Mix on its website until production was up and ready to go. They planned to make as much of the mix as they could ahead of Tuesday's hometown visit from Marlene.
“It sort of depends on how much we can physically crank out, and … the person who makes almost all of it is my son Oliver,” she said. “He’s single-handedly making this mix for us, and he’s just out of high school, so we’re depending on him for a whole lot.”
One future customer has already come forward. Speaking to Seacrest onstage Sunday night, Marlene said she knew about her namesake product, but hadn't sampled it yet.
"I wanna try my popcorn!" she said.
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BLOOMINGTON — A train struck a semi truck Monday afternoon, causing road closures in west Bloomington, police reported.
About 2:20 p.m. Bloomington police were called to the intersection of West Market Street and White Oak Road for a crash in the area.
Bloomington police spokesman Brandt Parsley said the preliminary investigation indicates a train traveling on the tracks that run parallel with White Oak struck the back of a semi's trailer.
Market and Locust streets were blocked at White Oak as crews worked to clear the scene. Parsley said they didn’t have an estimate but expected the street to be closed for an extended time Monday afternoon.
After the crash, the involved train was seen near O'Neil Park and showed minimal external damage.
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The owners of a longstanding Normal business got a major surprise — and a business boost — after an unexpected shoutout from "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest.
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The Solen School in Sioux County is among three in North Dakota that will receive a state-of-the-art fitness center.
The $100,000 "Don't Quit!" centers were announced Monday by Gov. Doug Burgum and Jake “Body by Jake” Steinfeld, chairman of the National Foundation for Governors' Fitness Councils. The other two centers are going to Jim Hill Middle School in Minot and the Rolla School in Rolette County.
“These three schools really embodied our mission of building a nation of the fittest, healthiest kids in the world," Steinfeld said in a statement.
The foundation program has now gifted fitness centers to schools in 40 states, and it plans to reach all 50 states in coming years.
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NAPLES, Fla. — A group of stingrays was spotted near Naples pier in a video submitted by a viewer.
The stingray group, also known as a fever, can be seen the in the video swimming up to the pier.
The fever appeared to grow by the numbers as one by one more stingrays could be seen rising to the surface.
It is currently unknown why the stingrays were gathering near the pier.
A viewer sent us the video, we asked when she took it, but have not heard back at this time.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — Anthony Gray, the suspect in the fatal stabbing of 15-year-old Alycia Reynaga in the Stagg High School parking lot last month, unexpectedly shouted to the judge in court on Monday, that he wants to plead guilty.
"I want to plead guilty!" Gray shouted to the judge.
Gray responded yes, that he understands a guilty plea could result in the death penalty when the judge asked him after his outburst.
His attorney told the judge that she did not agree with this plea and said he has a history of mental illness.
She then asked for court proceedings to be suspended and asked for Gray to be interviewed by a doctor.
"I was under the impression that this is a hearing where I can plead either innocent or guilty," Gray said to the judge. "My attorney wants me to see a doctor before I plead innocent or guilty but I have no intention of seeing no doctor. As long as I have to sit in the county jail, I will never, never, never see a doctor."
The judge ordered him to be interviewed by a court-appointed doctor and those findings will be discussed in his next court appearance on June 13th.
The judge said if at that time, the report comes back that Gray is competent to stand trial, the court will accept his guilty plea on that day.
Gray remains in custody at the San Joaquin County Jail and is being held without bail. The stabbing happened on April 18.
Reynaga's family was present in the courtroom today. They were wearing t-shirts and buttons with Alycia's photo on them, but they did not want to talk to the media after leaving the courtroom and asked for privacy.
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Oconee County Council member suspended after domestic violence charge
An Oconee County Council member, who was arrested on a domestic violence charge Friday, has been suspended from office, according to an executive order announced Monday by Gov. Henry McMaster's office.
Matthew Durham, 38, has been arrested on domestic violence and neglect of child charges, according to warrants from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. The indictments were made public Monday.
Previous reporting:Oconee County Council member arrested for domestic violence, neglect of child
The suspension will last until the indictments are resolved with an acquittal or conviction or another person is elected to the council seat. His District 2 seat is not scheduled for an election this year.
The warrants allege multiple domestic violence incidents between March 2020 and August 2020 in front of children, for the child neglect charge.
A specific alleged incident in September 2020 at a Mountain Rest location, involving actual or attempted physical harm on a member of his household, is cited for the domestic violence charge.
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A statement from the state agency does not give further detail about the allegations. Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw requested state officials investigate, according to the state agency.
Online Oconee County jail records indicate Durham was held Friday on a temporary custody order and is no longer in custody.
A lawyer was not listed and a call to a number for Durham went to a mailbox that is full. The council chair, John Elliott, did not respond to a request for comment.
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Workers at a Greenville Starbucks store become first in South Carolina to unionize
A Greenville Starbucks store has become the first one in South Carolina to form a union.
Monday, workers at the store located at I-85 and Pelham Road voted to unionize. The final tally of ballots was 8 to1 to unionize, according to a release provided by Starbucks Workers United, a group aimed at unionizing Starbucks workers across the U.S.
More:Flagship Seattle Starbucks store approves union
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For subscribers:Can Starbucks union efforts prevail in historically hostile South?
The local Starbucks store has become the first one in the city and in the state to unionize with Starbucks Workers United, according to information released.
“I hope this win brings further confidence from our partners who are still waiting for inspiration,” said Hayden Mullen, a shift supervisor at the Greenville store, in a statement.
There are now at least 70 Starbucks stores that have voted to unionize nationwide. Slowly, the movement has been spreading across the traditionally non-union South.
In March, a Starbucks store in Knoxville, Tennessee successfully voted to unionize. Since then, other stores from Augusta, Georgia to Boone, North Carolina have also voted to form unions.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.
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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams holds soft opening, plans to open its Greenville shop on June 2
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is a couple of weeks from its grand opening. According to staff at the Greenville location, the shop is currently holding a soft opening, but the official opening has been set for June 2.
The shop is located in the building next to Insomnia Cookies located in the Camperdown Plaza. Regular store hours are Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., and Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-12 a.m.
It was announced last year in a press release from the company that Jeni's would be opening a store in Greenville.
Read more:Jeni Britton Bauer on success, coming up with new flavors and why she's opening Greenville shop
“After my first trip to Greenville years ago, all I could think is, ‘We have to open here,’” owner Jeni Britton Bauer said. “I fell in love with the city at first sight—for its unique culture, energy, and entrepreneurial spirit. We can’t wait to join the downtown Greenville community at Camperdown.”
This will be Jeni’s second scoop shop in South Carolina. The first is on King Street in Charleston.
Alexis Hamilton is a Beaufort, SC native covering higher education in the Upstate. Reach her at 727-514-5734 or ahamilton@gannett.com
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VIENNA, N.Y. – Authorities are searching for a missing teen who reportedly ran away from home early Monday morning.
According to Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol, 15-year-old Zaren Domena, of Vienna, was last seen around 1:30 a.m.
Maciol says Domena is believed to be traveling on either a bicycle or a moped, and may be in or around Oneida.
Domena is white, 6 feet tall weighing about 140 pounds and has blue hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie and a black baseball cap.
Anyone with information on the teen’s whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 315-736-0141.
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More than 3,700 National Grid customers were without power in Herkimer County Monday afternoon after severe thunderstorms moved through the region.
More than 250 customers lost power in Oneida County around 2 p.m., but that number was cut to about 160 by 4 p.m.
Estimated restoration times vary from 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
The New York State Electric and Gas Corporation has reported about 1,100 people without power in Otsego County.
Estimated restoration times vary, but power is expected to be back by Monday night.
The Mohawk Valley was at an enhanced risk of high winds, hail and even tornadoes during Monday's storms.
The strongest systems moved through the region between 2 and 4 p.m.
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BOISE, Idaho — The city of Boise kicked off its "Look Before You Lock" campaign, which looks to educate the public on safe practices around your car during warm weather.
The campaign is in its fourth year and brings together agencies and businesses around the Treasure Valley to remind everyone of the dangers of leaving kids, pets, and vulnerable loved ones inside cars.
In the U.S., children and pets die from heatstroke every year from being left in a hot car.
"Heatstroke happens when the child's body is unable to cool itself quickly enough and neurologic symptoms begin," Dr. Kenny Bramwell, St. Luke's Children's Medical Director and Emergency Physician, said. "A child's body heats up three-to-five times faster than an adult. If the temperature elevation continues unabated, major organs begin to shut down and permanent brain or neurological injury can happen. When those excessive body temperatures are prolonged, the child can die. Sadly, it doesn't take long for children to get that hot."
In Idaho, nine children have died from heatstroke after being left in a car since 1995, many of which were on days considered "not too hot".
Even with the windows cracked, the inside of a car can heat up fast. When it is 75 degrees outside, the inside of a car can heat up internally to 94 degrees within ten short minutes, and 109 degrees in 30 minutes.
"Responding to these calls is something that a first responder never wants to see," Chief Shawn Rayne with the Ada County Paramedics said. "We want this message out there so that it is on everyone's mind, every day. This is something that is preventable, by taking a moment to look before you lock."
In most cases when an individual or pet is left in a hot car, it is an accident. Even the best parent or caregiver can unknowingly leave a sleeping child in a car.
"Last year, the Idaho Humane Society responded to 408 calls of pets locked in hot cars right here in the Treasure Valley," Kristine Schellhaas, public relations manager for the Idaho Humane Society said. "Unfortunately, pets die each year in hot vehicles or live with long-lasting health consequences from suffering in hot cars. Please set your pet up for success by leaving them at home or finding alternative arrangements."
To help bring awareness to this issue, businesses in Ada and Canyon County will display posters on their front doors, and St. Luke's Children's Hospital is handing out window clings to new parents as part of the "Look Before You Lock" campaign.
"If we all remember to share this reminder throughout the warm spring and summer months, who knows the lives we will save," Ed Fritz with the Boise Police Crime Prevention unit said.
This year Kevin and Brenda from 101.9 The Bull are also participating to share the "Look Before You Lock" message throughout the summer.
The public is also invited to participate by going to the Meridian or Boise Police Department to pick up a "Look Before You Lock" window cling to put in their car; or by downloading the flyer to hang on the front door of their home or business.
Tips to protect your family:
- Never leave a child in an unattended car, even with the windows down.
- Check to make sure all children leave the car when you reach your destination.
- Don't overlook sleeping infants.
- Teach children not to play in or around cars.
- Keep car keys out of reach and sight.
- Always lock car doors and trunks, especially when parked in the driveway or near the home.
- Keep rear fold-down seats closed to help prevent kids from getting into the trunk from inside the car.
- Be wary of child-resistant locks. Teach older children how to disable the driver's door locks if they unintentionally become entrapped in a motor vehicle.
- Contact your automobile dealership about getting your vehicle retrofitted with a trunk release mechanism.
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CANYON COUNTY, Idaho — A woman who worked for more than 15 years as a Victim Witness Coordinator with the Canyon County Sheriff's Office claims the agency, and Sheriff Kieran Donahue, discriminated against her on the basis of her gender and retaliated against her when she reported conduct she believed to be discriminatory and illegal.
The attorney for Aleshea Boals, who now lives in Ada County, on April 22 filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, accusing the sheriff's office of violating federal civil rights law and the Idaho Protection of Public Employees Act, which is intended to protect public employees in "whistleblower" cases.
In addition to the Canyon County Sheriff's Office, the suit also names Sheriff Donahue individually as a defendant.
Boals worked as Victim Witness Coordinator from 2006 until January 31, 2022, when she was fired from the sheriff's office. During most of that time, the lawsuit states, Boals received excellent reviews and many awards and accolades. As founder of the Victim Witness Unit, she developed protocols and standard operating procedures for the unit and for law enforcement who investigate cases involving domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault and stalking.
Over the last several years, the lawsuit states, Boals had become increasingly concerned about the way one detective treated female victims, including blaming victims and not believing their reports of assault or abuse. She was also concerned that the detective failed to follow protocols and procedures when interviewing female victims and investigating their cases. Boals also said the detective's interactions with female victims was “significantly different from his interactions with male victims.”
In February 2021, when Sgt. Doug Gately became Boals’ supervisor, Boals discussed with him her concerns about the detective's handling of certain cases, including not coordinating with Boals to provide victim services and not providing her any information about the case.
In one case, the lawsuit alleges, a parent called Boals to inform her that the detective was closing a case because he believed her daughter was lying. A suspect later gave a "full confession," according to the lawsuit.
Boals claims that when she reported the detective's conduct to Sgt. Gately, he "became very belligerent" and yelled at her, so she went up the chain of command to Lt. Charles Gentry. According to the lawsuit, Gentry told her detectives weren't required to follow the Victim Witness Program procedures, which included providing victims with medical exams and a forensic interview and other interviews classified as "CARES interviews" before investigators were to conduct in-depth interviews of the victim.
Boals' lawsuit states that she later shared her concerns with Sheriff Donahue who, along with Gately and Gentry, called a meeting and disciplined Boals "supposedly for going outside the chain of command." Boals claims Gately and Gentry "started to harass, discriminate and retaliate" against her on an almost daily basis, began micromanaging her schedule and work activities, and interfered with her ability to communicate with victims and to provide guidance to patrol officers and deputies regarding victim services.
In later discussions, Boals alleges, Sheriff Donahue reinforced her supervisors' mandates that she said limited her ability to do her job of serving victims, and said he would move to a formal investigation of her if she disagreed with the mandates.
Citing extreme anxiety and depression, Boals applied for and was granted time off under the Family Medical Leave Act in November 2021. She retained attorneys to "try and negotiate an amicable, official end to her employment from CCSO."
Boals’ attorneys sent a letter to CCSO, outlining the harassment, discrimination and retaliation to which she had been subjected since March 2021, the lawsuit states.
About three weeks after she began her leave, Boals received a text message from a Nampa Police dispatcher, who stated she had heard Boals had resigned and asked whether the “rumors were true” (or something to that effect), the lawsuit claims. Boals had not spoken to anyone about the status of her employment, so, she alleges, officials at CCSO had told people that she had “resigned.”
"Indeed, it appeared that CCSO would prefer Ms. Boals resign, in lieu of rectifying her intolerable and discriminatory working conditions," the lawsuit states. "On November 24, 2021, CCSO sent a letter to Ms. Boals, in which CCSO notified Ms. Boals that she had been placed on leave with pay, so CCSO and Ms. Boals could discuss her 'return to work or the amicable conclusion of [her] employment with CCSO.' In that letter, CCSO: a. Indicated that Ms. Boals was not allowed to return to work or the Canyon County Courthouse until she was cleared by the County to do so; and b. Asked Ms. Boals to return all County-issued property, including electronic devices, identification/access cards and other keys."
Boals was terminated in late January 2022. The lawsuit claims Sheriff Donahue and "other Chiefs and Lieutenants" informed CCSO staff that Boals had been terminated for insubordination and failing to follow orders.
“Sheriff Donahue and CCSO officials have a practice of valuing and trusting what its male employees say, while devaluing what its female employees say because they are too ‘emotional’ to be trusted,” the lawsuit alleges.
KTVB reached out to the Canyon County Sheriff's Office for comment on the suit.
“The Sheriff denies any wrongdoing and doesn’t intend to otherwise comment except through the legal process,” said Joe Decker, Canyon County Public Information Officer.
A hearing on the lawsuit, a 40-page document posted below, has not been scheduled, and the claims presented in the document have not been proven in court.
Boals is seeking back pay and lost benefits, and future pay and benefits lost as a result of her termination, as well as compensatory damages for emotional distress, punitive damages "where allowable," and attorneys' fees and court costs.
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BOISE, Idaho — Organizers for the Boise Music Week are alerting the public to a scam that is charging people for free tickets to the event.
In a statement posted to Facebook, organizers said, "we have recently been made aware that there are resellers trying to reserve tickets and sell them on various websites. As an organization we have and always will offer tickets for FREE to all events."
There are two official ways to receive tickets; visiting the Morrison Center website or contacting the Morrison Center Box Office directly at 208-426-1110. Ordering online will require going through Ticketmaster, which does charge a fee of $2.50.
It's unclear how scammers are reselling the tickets, but organizers want the public to be aware of the threat.
"I feel badly for anyone who has been misguided for inappropriate and criminal/financial gain-- and their account numbers have also been shared with scammers who may take advantage even beyond," Shannon Smurthwaite, Boise Music Week President, said in a statement.
Boise Music Week is actually a multi-week-long event, featuring three weeks of in-person music at a variety of different venues.
Boise Music Week is optimistically moving forward with plans to offer the community in-person events for the 2022 season.
"From jazz to organ recitals, silent movies at the Egyptian Theatre to community worship at the Cathedral of the Rockies, we’ve got music for everyone," the Boise Music Week website said, "Equally, the cast of Into the Woods is eager and excited to share their long-awaited and well-rehearsed performance, with five shows at the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts on the Boise State campus."
The event is in its 102 year and relies on financial support from the community to keep going. Donations can be made by visiting the Boise Music Week website.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — After years of Pepsi products being sold on campus, Coca-Cola is in its final steps of negotiations to return to the University of Arkansas (U of A).
The U of A is in its final stages of negotiations to make Coca-Cola its exclusive non-alcoholic beverage sponsor.
The university's contract with PepsiCo will end on June 30, 2022, leaving room for Coca-Cola to start its planned 10-year deal.
Before its deal with PepsiCo, the U of A exclusively sold Coca-Cola on campus for decades.
As part of the contract, a variety of Coca-Cola cold beverages will be available on campus, including Coca-Cola, Coke Zero, Diet Coke, Sprite, Fanta, Dasani, BodyArmor and Minute Maid. In addition, Dr Pepper and Monster brands, distributed in the region by Ozarks Coca-Cola, will be available as well.
These products will be available in campus dining facilities, vending machines and at all Razorback Athletics venues.
"It’s important to point out that this new agreement will also benefit our students in the form of internship opportunities and funding for student scholarships," said interim Chancellor Charles Robinson. "Funding will also support sustainability efforts on campus. I’m grateful to the evaluation committee and to all those at the university who have played a role in establishing this new partnership."
Gatorade will continue to be the official Isotonic Drink Sponsor of Razorback Athletics.
Once completed, the Coca-Cola agreement will consist of an initial fixed-length term and a series of annual renewal options through June 2032.
The contract’s total value, including ancillary benefits, will not be known until final negotiations have been completed.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Affiliates of Bentonville holding company Runway Group said Monday (May 16) that they plan to open a full-service hotel in downtown Bentonville by the summer of 2024.
Real estate development firm Blue Crane is leading the 142-room project at the southeast corner of the downtown square at 200 E. Central Ave. According to a news release, the 116,000-square-foot project will be six stories and include an event space, restaurant, bar, café and two retail spaces.
Blue Crane is Runway Group’s real estate acquisition and development arm. Runway Group is a diversified holding company based in Bentonville and led by Tom and Steuart Walton. They are the grandsons of Walmart founder Sam Walton and the sons of Arvest Bank Group Inc. chairman and CEO Jim Walton.
A Walton affiliate paid $2.55 million in October 2018 for an 11,000-square-foot office building ($231.82 per square foot) that previously stood at the 0.6-acre site. It housed multiple tenants, including the Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce. The building was razed the following year and is now a green space.
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SALEM, Ore. — Two months of heavy spring rain has pushed back the start of Oregon's wildfire season, but when the weather pendulum finally swings back to warm and dry, the state will still be in for an extremely challenging summer.
That was the takeaway at a press conference Monday morning hosted by Governor Kate Brown.
Brown said her office has already declared drought emergencies in 15 Oregon counties, a higher total for this point in the year than in any prior year while she's been governor.
"We are seeing conditions in place that indicate another challenging fire season ahead," she said. "While many of us have experienced a lot of rain recently, in may parts of the state we’re already seeing megadrought."
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The rain has been primarily concentrated in northwestern Oregon, which has allowed more mountain snowpack to accumulate and resulted in no major areas with drought conditions, according to Oregon Department of Forestry fire chief Mike Shaw.
Southern and eastern Oregon haven't been so lucky, he said. Cooler temperatures have prevailed through the spring in those areas, but without much accompanying precipitation to make a dent in the drought.
"I happen to live in eastern Oregon and I can tell you that while it has been cooler and damper, the actual accumulation of rain has been marginal at best across eastern Oregon," he said.
The timing of the start of wildfire season will depend on how much longer the current weather pattern persists, he said, but high drought levels mean that wildfire conditions will arrive very quickly once the cooler weather lets up.
"I would say we’re in better shape than we would have been if March weather had continued, but it’s still going to be challenging when we make that transition to warmer and dryer weather," he said.
Drought conditions are more severe in many parts of the state compared even to 2021, according to Oregon state deputy fire marshal Travis Medema, and last year also saw a below-average lightning season, so even a normal number of lightning strikes could make this year worse than the last.
Brown and other officials at the press conference spoke positively about the passage of Senate Bill 762 last year, and said the wildfire preparedness measure has allowed the state to better position itself to tackle this summer's fires, particularly because there's been more time to staff up the ranks of seasonal firefighters.
Brown urged Oregonians to prepare for wildfire season by making plans with their families, signing up for emergency alerts and being 2 Weeks Ready, as well as being careful to avoid accidentally starting fires while outdoors this summer.
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Phoenix sees 10 fewer days of 100-plus degree days than in 2020
As of Sunday, Phoenix experienced three days of over 100-degree weather this year, 10 fewer than it did at this same time in 2020, according to a tweet by the National Weather Service's Phoenix office.
This marks a clear departure from the abnormally hot weather systems that the state endured two years ago and represents somewhat a return to normalcy for Arizona summers.
On average, we typically see four days of 100-plus degree days through Sunday.
"2020 was an exceptionally hot year, really for the entire spring, summer and fall," Derek Hodges, a meteorologist with National Weather Service's Phoenix office, said. "This year, it took us a little bit later than normal to hit 100 for the first time, but we've had a couple over the last few days ... We think by this week we'll be up to average for this time of year."
Meteorologists say the abnormal heat of 2020 was caused primarily by high-pressure systems moving through the state. Those systems still appeared in 2022, but have led more to variation in weather patterns rather than just heat.
"We've had more variability than 2020," Hodges said. "Even though it hasn't rained, we've had cooler air that has moved in and prevented us from being as hot."
Hodges defined this year's weather systems by their variation — noting temperatures have been alternating atypically between hot and cold rather than staying hot for most of spring.
In the short term, temperatures will continue to reach or possibly surpass 100 degrees over the next week.
By May 30, Phoenix's average high reaches 100 degrees, and residents can expect to experience more days over 100 degrees starting in June.
Hodges said any prediction for heat after then will depend on whether the state receives its typical summer monsoons. If it does, then Phoenix residents can expect some cooler weather heading into fall.
"If we are having an active monsoon like in 2021 then we will probably end up below normal. Whereas, if it ends up drying out and warming up then we could still rack up a few 100 degree days in late summer or early fall."
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Tolleson police search for child Mathew Dubose, 12, missing since last week
Tolleson police are looking for information regarding the whereabouts of missing child Mathew Dubose who was last seen Wednesday.
Dubose, 12, was last seen leaving Arizona Desert Elementary in Tolleson around 3:15 p.m., according to a news release by the Tolleson Police Department.
He has brown eyes, brown curly hair, wears glasses and stands at 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Dubose was last seen riding his black and red bicycle wearing a blue polo shirt, tan shorts, black Nike tennis shoes, and a blue and black backpack, the release stated.
Anyone with information about the boy is encouraged to contact the Tolleson Police Department at 623-936-7186.
Reach breaking news reporter Amaris Encinas at amaris.encinas@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @amarisencinas.
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Man arrested after shooting at El Mirage residence
Carlos Eduardo Torres Yuriar, 32, was arrested last week in connection to a shooting at an El Mirage residence.
El Mirage police received two 911 calls stating there were shots fired near 119th Avenue and Moreno Boulevard just before 10 p.m. on May 8, according to arrest documents.
One of the callers stated someone shot through the walls of their home.
As officers arrived, they found seven empty casings around the home. There were several bullet strikes at the back of the home, arrest documents stated.
A glass sliding door also was shattered. Four adults and a child were in the home.
One of the victims, who was drinking in the backyard of the home, told police he saw an unknown person reach over the fence with a pistol and the person began to shoot at the home, arrest documents stated.
The victim said he dove to the ground to avoid being shot. Two witnesses were traveling east on Moreno Boulevard when they noticed a vehicle parked on 119th Avenue just south of the intersection, arrest documents stated.
The witnesses heard gunshots and realized the parked car may be involved, arrest documents stated.
The witnesses in the vehicle made a U-Turn and saw the once-parked car flee the area, arrest documents stated.
The witnesses followed the vehicle to a residence nearby and saw a Hispanic man wearing dark-colored clothing get out of the vehicle and walk between two homes, arrest documents stated.
A short time later, he came back to the vehicle.
Police matched the vehicle records to Torres from the license plate noted by witnesses, arrest documents stated.
Detectives learned Torres and the victim’s family had been having issues with each other. In an interview with police, Torres said he was driving in El Mirage to visit his ex-girlfriend, arrest documents stated.
Torres told police he was upset with the victim because they had attempted to touch his wife, arrest documents stated. He also told police there was another person driving his vehicle when they arrived at the victim’s home.
He then walked up to the house and shot over the fence into the victim’s house, the victim told police. Torres's wife also confirmed he was out of the home, but said that she did not where he had gone, arrest documents stated.
Police later found the gun and ammunition after a search of his residence.
Torres was booked into a Maricopa County jail and initially could face charges of seven counts of discharge of a firearm at a residence, four-count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and one count of premeditated murder in the first degree.
Bond was set for Torres at $750,000.
A preliminary hearing has been set for May 19.
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The cupola of Love Library on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln downtown campus is due for a makeover.
The iconic Lincoln structure that's endured nearly 80 years of Nebraska weather since its opening in 1943 was last renovated summer 2012.
Throughout the years, it has been featured regularly in UNL photos, publications and on university websites.
According to libraries facilities coordinator Brent Morgan, the intention of the planned renovation is to restore the cupola with modern materials better suited to withstand Midwest conditions.
The restoration, which will include replacing rotted wood, updating windows and painting the copula's roof, will take approximately 10-12 weeks.
The library's southeast sidewalk and entrance facing R Street will be inaccessible while a crane is on site during the first and last weeks for the placement and removal of scaffolding.
A covered walkway will run east to west along the south side of Love Library to allow for pedestrian traffic during most of the project. The work may result in increased noise on the upper levels of the library.
Pieces of the cupola’s wooden exterior will be preserved by the university archives and special collections.
The interior features signatures and handwritten messages from staff, students and others who have visited the cupola during its history. One of the earliest marks is dated 1943, the year Love Library opened as a temporary barracks for cadets in the Army Specialized Training Program.
Evelyn Mejia is a news intern and current sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She covers breaking news and writes feature stories about her community.
A federal judge dismissed much of a lawsuit alleging UNL officials acted with "deliberate indifference" in responding to reports of rape or sexual harassment by Husker athletes.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Texas is known for its love of all things barbecue, especially steak and according to this study, this Dallas steakhouse just might be the best in Texas.
Eat This, Not That released an article detailing the best steakhouses each state has to offer and, according to them, Pappas Bros. Steakhouse in Dallas is the best steakhouse in Texas.
Their website says, “Pappas pays such attention to their steak that they can’t help but be our favorite Texas steakhouse. The beef is corn-fed and dry-aged, cut by one of the two full-time butchers in the restaurant.”
Do you agree with this? Are there other places you think are more deserving of this title? Or are you a “the best steak comes from your own kitchen” kind of person.
Regardless, I think we can all agree, that steak is great.
For their full report, visit eatthis.com.
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BLOOMINGTON — An apartment fire on the east side of Bloomington displaced residents Monday morning, fire officials said.
About 8:20 a.m., Bloomington firefighters were called to the 2200 block of Todd Drive where they found fire inside one apartment, Acting Battalion Chief Pat Miller said.
No injuries were reported in the fire.
The building sustained fire and smoke damage but the extent of the damage was not available.
Residents from two apartments were displaced by the fire, Miller said.
Fire crews cleared the scene by about 11:30 a.m. but fire investigators remained at the apartments into the late afternoon, Miller said just after 4 p.m.
The cause of the fire has not been determined and it remains under investigation.
Get your grill ready for summer barbecues: A guide to cleaning it
For the grill of it
Nothing tastes quite as good as vegetables and meat cooked over an open-propane flame or the red-hot briquettes of a barbecue grill.
But achieving the perfect sear on your food requires more than just paying attention to the heat source and temperature. Having a clean grill reduces annoying flare-ups, allowing you to have more success when grilling.
Grills with bits of leftover food stuck to the grates or with grease and food bits in the lower section of the grill can reduce the longevity of the grill and can affect the taste of the food you are grilling. Here’s a guide to cleaning your grill to get it ready for summer:
Cleaning your grill’s grates
Any cleaning process with a barbecue grill should start by cleaning the grates (the surface where the food sits while cooking).
Just be sure to allow the grill and grates to cool down for an hour or more before starting the cleaning process, because you may need to touch the parts of the grill.
Grates collect food particles and grease over time. As you cook, leaving the particles in place, they will burn to a black residue, some of which will remain stuck to the grates and some of which will stick to the food that you cook in the future.
Fortunately, cleaning the grates is not as difficult as it sounds.
Scraping and brushing the grates
Use a tool to scrape food particles off the grates on the grill to start the cleaning process.
If you haven’t cleaned the grates for a while, a scraper tool is the best option. The scraper should have notches in it to match the size and shape of your grates. Metal scraper tools usually work best, although some people prefer wood scraper tools.
After scraping the majority of the grime off the grates, then use a brush for a finer cleaning process. There are three primary designs in grill-cleaning brushes:
- Metal bristles: A metal bristle grill brush will give you the most thorough cleaning, as the metal bristles are stiff and durable. However, metal bristles may pop loose from the brush and stick to the grates, meaning they could end up on food, creating a serious health hazard if someone ingests a bristle.
- Nylon bristles: A nylon bristle grill brush will be safer to use on the grill, especially one with light-colored bristles that are easy to see if they stick to the grates. However, nylon bristles don’t quite remove food as effectively as metal bristles.
- Bristle-free: Some people prefer a bristle-free grill brush to eliminate the possibility of loose bristles ending up in food. These work more like scraper tools, but they are a little easier to use for general cleaning over a larger space than the scraper covers.
Add gentle dish soap and warm water to the grates before using the brushes. After removing the particles of food with the brushes, you may want to use a paper towel soaked in warm water and dish soap to finish wiping down the grates.
Cleaning grill’s grates after each use
To simplify the process of thoroughly cleaning the grates a few times per year, you will want to quickly clean the grates after each use. You can perform this cleaning step while the grates on the grill are still warm.
Apply a degreaser spray to the grates first. Then use a grill-cleaning brick, scrubbing back and forth across the grates to remove the loose food particles stuck to the grates.
After cleaning, apply warm water to the grates, and scrub again with the clean side of the brick.
Cleaning the interior
You’ll want to clean out the interior section of the grill, as well, removing bits of food and grease that fall into the bowl of the grill to prevent flare-ups.
Cleaning a gas-grill interior
The burners inside the gas grill eventually may become covered in grime, so you should run a brush over them to pop grime out of the holes where the flame appears.
If the burners have a flame shield over them to distribute heat, you should be able to pull the shields out and wash them separately with dish soap.
Scrape the interior of the grill to loosen and remove any buildup of grime and food particles.
Cleaning a charcoal-grill interior
Clean the ash and remaining briquettes out of the bowl of the charcoal grill after every one to three uses. If you can tip the grill to pour out the ash, this is the best method.
Scrape the interior of the grill bowl to loosen and clean out any remaining residue. You can use mild dish soap with warm water or a degreasing spray to finish cleaning the interior of the grill.
Cleaning the exterior
The exterior of the grill will not become as grimy and soiled as the interior of the grill, but you will want to give it a quick cleaning a few times a year. Just use a bit of degreaser spray or dish soap and a sponge to wipe down the exterior of the grill.
Heat up the grill after cleaning
After giving the grill a thorough cleaning, you will want to run the heat on a gas grill for at least 10 minutes to burn off any residue that remains from the cleaning process.
For a charcoal grill, you will want to allow the lit briquettes to thoroughly heat the interior of the grill before adding the food the next time you use it. In other words, wait a few minutes longer than normal after the briquettes heat up before placing food on the grates.
Preventive cleaning tips
To keep your grill clean year-round, which will lengthen its lifespan, try these suggestions:
- Store the grill inside a garage or shed to keep it out of the elements, especially in the winter.
- Use a water-resistant grill cover that protects the entire unit, draping nearly all the way to the ground.
- Use a grill mat over the top of the grates on the grill, especially when cooking messy food, which keeps the grates from accumulating grease and bits of food.
Contact Kelsey Watznauer at (309) 820-3254. Follow her on Twitter: @kwatznauer.
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Two Mandan brothers face terrorizing charges related to a Friday incident in which authorities allege they wielded a machete and a hammer while they threatened two people.
Kaiden Schmidt, 18, and Ethan Schmidt, 19, made their initial court appearances Monday. Both men face two felony terrorizing charges, each of which could send them to prison for five years if they're convicted. Kaiden Schmidt is further charged with misdemeanor underage consumption of alcohol, court records show.
Police say Kaiden Schmidt advanced at and threatened to stab two people while carrying a hammer, according to an affidavit. Ethan Schmidt held a machete as he threatened to kill them, the document states. It's not clear what led to the incident.
Police say Kaiden Schmidt had an odor of alcohol and poor balance when the police found the two men later.
Attorneys aren’t listed for the men in court documents.
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Honoring our nation’s heroes is the goal of a new non-profit hoping to bring a memorial to southwest Florida.
Organizers want to build a wall to remember the Floridians who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“We need to remember the wars and the conflicts we go through,” Marine Corp Veteran Frantz Brutus said.
Organizers are presenting it to the city council Wednesday. The idea is to build something similar to the established Vietnam Wall of SWFL currently situated at Veterans Park.
“Several generations fought in that war, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we need to recognize that,” Brutus said. “I think since the wars were still fresh on our minds most people don’t think of putting monuments or anything of remembrance but fighting a 20-year war does that to you.”
The non-profit is hoping to place the memorial at the park or in a stand-alone spot. They’re presenting the idea to several cities and hoping to find a home for the project by the end of the year.
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NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. – A neighborhood in North Fort Myers is being given the all-clear after 750 gallons of raw sewage leaked into the community Sunday afternoon.
Officials with the Florida Governmental Utility Authority (FGUA) said waste spewed from a broken hose at a pump station located on Everson Miles Circle.
Neighbors tell NBC2 the leak lasted for several hours before crews could shut the pump off. However, the smell permeated the area for almost 24 hours.
Raw waste was making its way into sewer drains.
Neighbors said they feared contaminated water would pollute irrigation lakes surrounding the area.
Crews worked to sanitize lawns and the street by spraying lime.
White remnants of the cleaning solution were left over when NBC2 visited the neighborhood Monday.
FGUA said all contaminated water was collected in a “catch basin.”
Officials said the spill caused “no environmental impact.”
They said the surrounding area and lakes are considered safe.
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TUPELO • Lee County Board of Supervisors have approved spending $110,000 to make emergency repairs to the county jail’s locking mechanisms, a decision that reignited discussion of the aging jail’s future.
On Monday, county supervisors unanimously approved a $110,000 bid from Tupelo-based Prime Logic Inc. to repair the jail’s electronic locking system, which has been out of service since April 30. Jailers are currently using manual locks for all exterior doors, fence gates, the medical center and booking pods.
County Administrator Bill Benson said a broken control panel’s failure caused the malfunction, but the reason for its failure was unknown.
“There is no way to prove exactly what happened, but it does qualify for an emergency purchase because we need to have locks,” he said.
Under state law, most expenditures of more than $5,000 require the county to advertise for bids, a process that can take weeks. With emergency purchases, county officials can bypass that process and simply obtain quotes.
According to Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson, the jail’s locks had been a continual problem over the last decade. The county spent $80,000 to repair the lock system in 2018 when a broken control panel led to all interior doors needing to be manually activated.
Johnson told the Daily Journal on Monday that there was no estimated date for the repairs. Benson said the county was waiting on parts to make the repairs necessary to bring the locks back into working order.
Spending reignites discussion of replacement jail
The hefty expenditure to fix the jail’s aging lock system sparked the return of an ongoing discussion of the facility’s future.
On Monday, all board members seemed to agree construction of a new jail needed to be a priority, but differed on how to go about getting the work done.
District 5 Supervisor Billy Joe Holland said the county should hire an architect to give the board a more solid idea of what elements a new Lee County Jail would need and how much it would cost. It’s an idea he first floated in November.
District 3 Supervisor Wesley Webb agreed with Holland’s suggestion, noting that costly repairs like those to the locking mechanism were bound to crop up again and again.
“I just feel like we are throwing away money fixing this when we can solve the problem,” Webb said.
But Board President and District 1 Supervisor Phil Morgan said the board needed to move past studies.
“We’ve done study after study,” Morgan said. “When it gets down to the nitty-gritty of how we are going to pay for it, it falls apart.”
In April, supervisors unanimously voted to rescind their intent to issue an $85 million general bond obligation that would have largely been used to fund the construction of a new jail. The board originally approved advertising its intent to issue the bonds on July 6, 2021.
Board members said they wanted to delay issuing any bonds until “more concrete” figures can be provided for the jail project.
Morgan said he didn’t want to return to the discussion until the rest of his fellow supervisors were ready to move forward with the project.
“I am not spending any more money on (studies),” he said. “We know what we need.”
Board considering price hike for housing prisoners
The county board is also considering a price hike for housing inmates from Tupelo and other outside municipalities.
The county currently charges $25 per inmate per day to house prisoners from outside of Lee County. But according to the Lee County sheriff, the cost to actually house an inmate for a day is closer to $41.
Morgan asked Tupelo Mayor Todd Jordan, who attended Monday’s meeting, if the city could shoulder the increase, should it be enacted.
“I’d have to see where we are, but I think we’d be fine,” Jordan said.
Jordan said the city recently contacted officials in Itawamba County, which recently opened a new jail and has begun accepting inmates from outside the county, and was told they would house inmates at a cost of $25 per pay.
Jordan told the Daily Journal that the city was working on a contract with Itawamba County.
“We are just looking at other options because we are limited to who we can take to the jail,” he said, noting the city only had access to 10 beds in the county jail. “We need an alternative in case we need to put someone somewhere, and there is no space.”
Holland said he favored raising the cost of housing prisoners.
“If they can’t come up with the money, they can take them somewhere else as far as I’m concerned,” he said.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
As the state’s Democratic leaders weigh how to spend a record $97.5 billion budget surplus, they also are grappling with how best to keep many vulnerable Californians out of poverty with federal stimulus dollars waning and high inflation devouring household budgets.
Some advocates say the revised budget Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled Friday won’t do enough. To address inflation, Newsom is proposing to devote $18.1 billion in state funds.
His lead proposal, estimated to cost about $11.5 billion, would refund $400 each to most of the state’s car owners, with the aim of easing the burden of high gas prices. Newsom also included $750 million to fund public transit for free for three months.
Activists said the car owner refund would not be targeted enough toward those needing the most help.
“At the end of the day, the state budget should be about ensuring every Californian can afford housing, food, child care, health care, and education opportunities,” said Chris Hoene, executive director of the California Budget & Policy Center.
Experts say low-income Californians are struggling the most with a volatile economic recovery marred by high housing costs and pricier basic necessities. And critics said the budget proposal doesn’t go far enough to help lower-income households weather high inflation.
Mayra Paniagua, a part-time tax preparer in Ventura County whose family of five lives frugally on a combined income of $44,000, said she would welcome any relief as she has seen expenses climb this year.
“It’s been hard,” Paniagua said. “We stretch our money, and try to save as much as possible, especially for what we need.”
But the California Democrats who control state government are at odds over how they should spend on the state’s poorest.
Some are advocating the state extend expiring federal stimulus programs. Others say the eligibility of programs should be expanded to include more people.
They have about a month to come to an agreement, as the legislature is constitutionally required to pass a budget by June 15. Then, Newsom has 15 days to act, before the new budget takes effect July 1.
Republican lawmakers, who are so small a minority they have virtually no say over spending, blame inflation on the policies of the majority party. “Democrat-rule has made this state unaffordable,” James Gallagher, the Assembly Republican leader from Yuba City, said last week.
Gallagher and other Republicans have blamed the state’s gas tax, which Democrats raised in 2017 under Brown to repair roads and bridges and expand mass transit, as a contributor to higher prices at the pump. Gallagher also has blamed the state’s climate change agenda for driving up the cost of utilities.
The federal stimulus is credited with boosting the fortune of the state’s least well off.
The state’s poverty rate fell from 16.2% in 2019 to 12.3% in 2020, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
But experts caution that inflation and the expiration of federal programs could threaten that progress. Without the child tax credit, for instance, 1.7 million children are at risk of falling deeper into poverty, the Budget & Policy Center has said.
More than half of California’s residents with incomes below $50,000 were struggling to pay for food, housing, and medical costs in March and April. Black, Latino and other families of color were among those most likely to be struggling, the center reported.
“We’ve got a strong labor market,” said Sarah Kimberlin, a senior policy analyst with the center. “But even if you can find a job, that doesn’t mean that you can afford to pay the rent and get food on the table.”
The governor unveiled a variety of other measures he said were aimed at easing the inflation burden. Those proposals included $2.7 billion in rental assistance and $1.4 billion in past-due utility bill assistance. He also proposed a waiver of child care fees for low-income families estimated to cost $157 million.
Newsom also proposed $933 million be used to provide cash payments of $1,500 for hospital and nursing home workers, while reserving $304 million for health insurance premium assistance for families.
To offset freighting costs, the governor proposed a $439 million pause on the state’s diesel tax.
The governor also announced that the state’s minimum wage is set to increase to $15.50 an hour next year due to the inflation hike.
Some Democratic legislators and their allies are pushing Newsom to take a different approach.
Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, a Los Angeles Democrat, plans to promote a bill he authored that would enable the state to extend the expired federal child tax credit. Santiago’s bill, backed by United Ways of California, would provide a $2,000 payment per child to families that earn $30,000 a year or less.
“It is a chance for the Legislature to send a clear message of prioritization,” said Anna Hasselblad, director of public policy for United Ways of California.
Any form of relief would be welcome to Paniagua, a 38-year-old mother of three living with her husband in a two-bedroom apartment in the coastal Ventura County city of Port Hueneme.
In a phone interview, Paniagua said her family survived the pandemic only because her husband kept his job at a local nursery. He is undocumented, she said, and so would not have qualified for 2020 federal relief.
In 2021, her family benefited from state stimulus checks for the undocumented, she said, and from goods from a local food pantry and some CalFresh benefits available to her because her son was enrolled in school.
This year, she said, the high cost of living has stretched her family thin. With her rent increasing $200 in July to $2,100 a month, she has taken to using the Flipp phone app to search for deals on necessities such as milk, yogurt and baby formula for her 7-month-old baby girl.
Gone are any trips to the movies, or the occasional splurge on In-N-Out burgers, a favorite of her children, she said.
This article is part of the California Divide project, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequality and economic survival in California.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
In most California elections, the race for state controller doesn’t get much attention.
But this year, it’s one of the hottest races. And the political dynamics make it unpredictable, potentially opening a path for a candidate who isn’t campaigning very much — but is spending millions of her own money.
Some strategists believe that Lanhee Chen, the sole Republican in the June 7 primary, is likely to nab one of the two spots on the November ballot. That would force four Democrats to battle for the second slot.
There’s Malia Cohen, chairperson of the Board of Supervisors, who has the California Democratic Party’s endorsement. There’s also Steve Glazer, a state senator from the Bay Area who’s pitching himself as an independent watchdog who will stand up to party leaders.
There’s Ron Galperin, who serves as controller of the city of Los Angeles — the “golden ballot designation,” he says, because he’s the only candidate with “controller” next to his name. He also says he’s well-known in Los Angeles, and hopes to capitalize on high voter turnout for the high-profile mayoral race.
And then there’s Yvonne Yiu, a current city council member and former mayor of Monterey Park (population 60,000) in the San Gabriel Valley. A longtime financial advisor, she has already funneled about $5.7 million of her own money into her campaign, including a $1.2 million donation last Thursday.
That’s 95% of her total fundraising of $6 million so far. The other four major contenders have raised about $7 million — combined.
The amount of cash she’s willing to spend on a down-ballot race has raised eyebrows — and makes her an outlier among all candidates running for state office in the primary.
A stealth candidate?
On May 5, three days after Politico’s scoop of a draft U.S. Supreme Court ruling to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, Cohen called on Chen to declare his stance on abortion rights once and for all. Galperin and Glazer soon followed.
The controller does not make state policy, but as California prepares to become a sanctuary for those seeking abortions, it’s possible that state spending could fall under some limited purview of the controller. Still, campaigning on abortion rights could boost a candidate’s name recognition. Democrats hope it helps them at the polls, trumping voter concerns such as crime, homelessness and inflation.
But while the other candidates sought out attention, Yiu stayed out.
It’s fitting with the stealthier approach she’s taken so far. In her own words, she’s the most unknown candidate — and unlike the other candidates, she’s not interested in using the controller’s office as a steppingstone.
“I want to do what I’m good at, which is finance,” she said in an endorsement interview with the Sacramento Bee.
It’s not that she’s not campaigning at all. For her 50th birthday last October, Yiu threw a campaign fundraiser. She also attended the state Democratic Party convention in March and made her pitch for the party’s endorsement. She has been posting financial literacy tips on her Instagram page, touting her endorsements on her Facebook page and courting Asian-American voters through events, groups and targeted media.
She declined to be interviewed for this story. Asked why she’s willing to spend so much of her own money to become controller, she responded by email that as an immigrant and woman, she has been underestimated her whole career and has always relied on herself.
“When I announced my campaign for State Controller, I was discounted again – by political insiders, party elites and special interest groups. I decided to do what I’ve always done when I wanted something. I counted on myself to get the job done,” she told CalMatters.
“The fact that I’ve put my own money into this race makes me independent, and the voters will never have to question whether I have their best interests at heart.”
Unlike the other major controller candidates, she also declined in-person, video interviews with CalMatters for its Voter Guide, submitting written answers instead.
She also doesn’t speak in her campaign ads — instead letting a narrator introduce her to seemingly random voters and promote her campaign slogan: “Yiu is for You.”
But Yiu says she doesn’t believe lack of name recognition statewide is a problem, saying that voters aren’t that familiar with any of the candidates in the race. If media endorsements are any indication, the three-way split among the top candidates shows it’s anyone’s game.
“I am not a traditional candidate who has spent their career in politics. The fact is I am not known by the political insiders,” Yiu said in the email. “My strength, however, is my background, experience, and skills which I believe is what voters are looking for in a state controller — someone who understands finance, knows how to manage investments and can save taxpayers money.”
She’s not the first statewide candidate to take a somewhat “stealth” approach to campaigning, relying mostly on TV ads and mailers to win over voters. But that strategy has its limits.
Matt Shupe, a political strategist for several Republican candidates and campaigns, said the power of TV ads only goes so far.
“Campaigns will always be limited by a finite amount of funds, and how those resources are marshaled are some of the most important decisions a campaign makes. If you’re buying all your ads on TV, you are missing out on people that cut the cord and are on Hulu and Netflix," Shupe said.
"Similarly, if you're only buying direct mail, you may miss voters on social media. Having the broadest spectrum of communications is vital and that is where the power of earned media is."
Political strategist Kevin Spillane said that while spending $4 million on TV ads will make an impact, there’s no guarantee that it will be enough.
In a down ballot race such as controller, ballot designation and partisanship play key roles.
“Her opponents each have individual spaces and name identification,” Spillane said, citing Galperin’s “controller” title and the reputations that Glazer and Cohen have built in the Bay Area. “That’s worth more than a new face coming in and trying to buy an office in those regions.”
Lessons in self-funding
Yiu came to the U.S. from Hong Kong at the age of 16 following the death of her father. She earned her undergraduate degree in economics from UCLA, and her master’s degree in finance from Loyola Marymount University.
She says she never forgot the difficulties her mother faced raising three daughters on her own. It’s something she’s campaigning on — promoting financial literacy for women and people of color.
Yiu worked as a financial advisor and asset manager for firms including Merill Lynch, E*Trade Financial, Citicorp Investment Services and Charles Schwab. She also founded her own investment and brokerage firm that she reports managed $500 million in assets.
While now retired from finance, she has worked part-time as an arbitrator and expert witness for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a private corporation that aims to self-regulate the finance industry. (That authority once censured and fined Yiu’s own firm for improperly depositing investor funds in a real estate trust account owned by one of the fund’s managing members.)
Now, she’s using some of that wealth to boost her campaign.
So what’s the power of self-funding?
In 2018, it boosted Republican John Cox into the top two for governor, though he eventually lost handily to Democrat Gavin Newsom.
Tim Rosales, who was Cox’s campaign manager, said a candidate’s own money provides the “luxury” of being able to bypass the press and pay for direct communication to voters.
“It can be a significant difference-maker, especially when you’ve got a crowded field and candidates who are unknown and donors who are split,” he said. “Being able to invest in your own campaign to a great degree, it gives you lift.”
“People need to know that you’ve got skin in the game” if you don’t have a track record in politics, Rosales added. “It shows confidence, and it shows that you really believe you can do this.”
Also in 2018, Eleni Kounalakis, a political unknown and executive of one of the biggest land development companies in California, won the election for lieutenant governor after spending $7.7 million of her own money, and getting help from a $5 million independent expenditure effort funded by her father. This year, Kounalakis is facing only token opposition for reelection.
Money isn’t the whole picture, though. In California, it would take much more money than what Yiu has invested for a statewide media campaign, said Galperin, one of her Democratic competitors.
And, he told CalMatters, “Californians usually, not always, don’t like people just buying an election.”
Later Monday, in a fundraising email, Cohen called out Yiu’s spending and called on her supporters to “let Californians know that the Controller's office isn't for sale.”
There’s also a long history of self-funded candidates not winning: Republican Bill Simon, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2002; Democrat Steve Westly, who lost in the gubernatorial primary in 2006; and Republican Meg Whitman, who spent a record $140 million on her campaign, securing the nomination, but losing to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown in 2010.
Rosales, the consultant, also pointed to the example of Al Checchi, who spent $40 million of his own money in the Democratic primary for governor in 1998 and ended up losing to Gray Davis, who had a strong foundation of support among the party from his long career.
“Money puts you in the conversation," Rosales said, "but it doesn’t necessarily win elections.”
CalMatters reporter Alexei Koseff contributed to this story.
CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.
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ATLANTA — Atlanta Police say a shooting outside a popular shopping plaza that sent a man to the hospital was the result of a rideshare driver who feared for her safety when a man confronted her and claimed to be an off-duty police officer.
Police said it may have all started with road rage. It ended in a parking lot by the Target on Peachtree Street.
Two vehicles on the scene sustained significant damage. According to police, a rideshare driver was dropping a passenger off at a motel on Cheshire Bridge Road when a man attempted to use his vehicle to block her in.
Police continued by saying the rideshare driver fled the scene and the man took off following her in his red car.
That caused her to lose control of her vehicle and crash on Peachtree Road.
Police add that the man then approached the female rideshare driver who, fearing for her safety, fired off several shots at him.
Officers said while the man shot is hospitalized, he is alert, conscious, and breathing. They add that he claimed to be an off-duty police officer who was attempting to make a traffic stop, just using his own car.
However, this was found not to be true and he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, impersonating a police officer, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug related objects.
Officers said he will be taken to the Fulton County Jail once released from the hospital.
This is a developing story, we will update as more information comes forward.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — Stockton Police are looking for three suspects who reportedly stole three Ball Pythons from Carter’s Pet Mart in Stockton Friday evening.
The stolen pythons are valued between $1,400 and $2,000 according to Ryan Carter, the store's owner.
“They were walking around for a bit, went over to the locked animal cages, broke the lock off on one of the tanks where one of the high ball pythons are individually stored, each grabbed one and walked out,” Carter told ABC10.
This is not the first time in recent months Carter’s Pet Mart has had expensive animals stolen.
According to Carter this is the sixth theft from the store this year.
“As of lately we’ve just had quite a bit of theft,'' Carter said. “We had an exotic bird that got stolen not too long ago that was worth over $6,000, that luckily we were able to get back.”
The store owner said he has made preemptive plans to increase security following its most recent string of expensive animal thefts.
“There’s new systems coming with better locking and new bird units that are coming that have better security,” Carter said.
However despite recent attempts to deter thieves, Carter said he worries people looking to steal the store’s expensive animals will continue to get away with it.
“It's unfortunate, we've done a lot to prevent theft.” Carter said. “We installed security, we’ve everything locked up, but if they want something they’re going to try to get it at any means.”
Any information known about the incident or the suspects can be reported to the Stockton Police Department.
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VIENNA, N.Y. (UPDATED) – Authorities located a teen who was reported missing early Monday morning.
According to Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol, 15-year-old Zaren Domena, of Vienna, was last seen around 1:30 a.m. and reported missing, possibly in the city of Oneida.
The sheriff's office located the teen around 5 p.m. with the help of the Oneida City Police Department.
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UTICA, N.Y. – Five people are displaced after a fire broke out in the attic of a multi-family home on Roberts Street in Utica Monday afternoon.
Utica Fire Chief Scot Ingersoll says when crews arrived at the scene just after 3 p.m., there was smoke coming from the attic area. Firefighters were able to keep the fire contained to the attic, but the first and second floors did suffer water damage.
The American Red Cross is helping the three adults and two kids who lived in the home. Two adults lived on the second floor. One adult and the two kids lived on the first floor.
Ingersoll says they’re still investigating what caused the fire.
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NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. – New Hartford police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who ran away from home recently.
Police say Brooke Jobson, who has a history of running away, maybe somewhere in Utica.
Jobson is 5 feet, 2 inches tall weighing about 115 pounds, with black hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black long-sleeved T-shirt.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact New Hartford police.
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The mother of a 9-year-old girl who was found dead inside a Brooklyn apartment after neighbors complained of a foul smell has been arrested and charged in her murder, police said.
Shemene Cato was arrested Monday afternoon, according to police, who had questioned the mom 24 hour prior. In addition to murder, the 48-year-old faces charges of manslaughter, assault, endangering the welfare of a child and weapon possession in the death of Shalom Guifarro, who was found dead in her Crown Heights home Sunday.
The disturbing case was ruled a homicide by the city's medical examiner a day later, after it was found that Shalom suffered multiple blunt force trauma, leading to her death. Neighbors near the home off Lincoln Place where the girl was found said a foul odor was coming from the home before police arrived around 1 p.m. Sunday.
Police said her mother had called 911 in the morning and was taken to the precinct for questioning after officers arrived. A preliminary report stated that Shalom was unresponsive and had "trauma to her body."
The community was in shock after learning the little girl they would see walk to school with her older sister was found dead.
Bart Hubbach, who owns the restaurant downstairs, said his employees smelled the odor Sunday morning and called police to have it checked out before officers arrived that afternoon.
"The girls were very polite, very well mannered. I feel bad because the mom was kind of a nightmare. She was always yelling," Hubbach said.
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Other neighbors described the girls as respectful, smart and sweet, and said their mother was a good parent but could be very strict.
The Administration for Children's Protective Services says it is investigating.
"Our top priority is protecting the safety and well-being of New York City's children. We are investigating this case with the NYPD, and we have taken action to secure the safety of the other child in this home," an ACS spokesperson said.
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Bill aims to criminalize sex between students and adults in 'position of authority'
PROVIDENCE — Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for a teacher, a coach or any other adult to have sexual contact with someone under the age of 18 whom they have "authority" over.
Supporters of the bipartisan legislation say it is aimed at closing a loophole in Rhode Island law that leaves unaddressed any "sexual touching” between, say, a coach and a student 14 or 15 years old. (Sexual contact with anyone under 14 is considered child molestation.)
The bill would also make it unlawful for any adult to have sexual penetration with anyone younger than 18 who they have “supervisory” power over by virtue of their “legal, professional or occupational” status. (The current age of sexual consent is 16.)
"Rhode Island is one of the few states where a teacher or another person in a position of authority can legally have sexual relations with our children,” Sen. Jessica de la Cruz, R-North Smithfield, the bill’s chief sponsor in the Senate, said Monday during a State House news conference.
“When it comes to children under the age of 18, the proposed law would make it unambiguous,” she said. “Minors cannot give consent to sexual conduct with a teacher or a person in position of authority.”
The legislation is sponsored in the House by Rep. Julie Casimiro, D-North Kingstown, whose hometown has been rocked by allegations of at least two coaches acting inappropriately with students.
Several former high-school students stepped forward last year to publicly charge former boys high school basketball coach Aaron Thomas with conducting “fat tests” on them while they were alone and in various stages of undress. Some said Thomas conducted the tests while they were naked after he asked them if they were shy or not shy.
Thomas, who resigned as the School Committee prepared to fire him, has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime.
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Last month a Davisville Middle School teacher was placed on leave after being accused of “stalking” a preteen girl he coached. And days later a school administrator and another coach were also placed on leave. The School Committee is investigating the allegations, as are several other agencies, including the U.S. Attorney’s civil office.
Similar legislation previously opposed
Similar legislation has been filed at least twice before but has been opposed by the state’s two teachers unions and the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
At the time the unions were opposed to the legislation because it targeted only school employees.
"The most recent iterations of the bill have expanded that authority so we are not opposed to it," Frank Flynn, president of the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals, said in a statement Monday. "There are no circumstances where it is appropriate for an adult in any capacity to have a sexual relationship with a minor under their care. We find that behavior to be reprehensible."
In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee this time around, the ACLU said it is “sensitive to the situations which this bill seeks to address, but we wish to raise a few concerns about the language.”
The ACLU said that although the bill attempts to limit the interactions that could be considered third-degree sexual assault, “those exemptions fail to cover a substantial number of easily imaginable and extremely common situations.”
One such interaction could be, for instance, a 19-year-old college resident assistant who has sex with a 17-year-old freshman in their dorm.
“While one may disagree as to whether these relationships are appropriate, they simply should not carry the weight of a potential felony conviction,” the ACLU said.
But Sen. Frank Lombardi, a Democrat from Cranston who supports the legislation, said Monday in response: “If we were to design our legislation after everything the ACLU is against, then we would never pass any legislation.”
Exemptions to the bill
“We’re not looking to criminalize those kinds of cases,” he said. “We’re looking to criminalize the obvious cases – the 15-year-old kid who is in math class who has his teacher ... influencing that child into a sexual relationship. That's what we’re looking to do.”
The bill does exempt sex between people who are 16 and 19 provided they are within 30 months of age.
Attorney General Peter Neronha supports the legislation.
In a letter sent Monday to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Neronha acknowledged that a loophole exists in the law and needs closing.
“Recent events in our state have further underscored the need to ensure that our laws protect our children from adults who use their position, and access, to harm them,” he said.
Neronha said his office was proposing two other bills this year, “both of which would address other gaps in the law related to the protection of children.”
One would establish criminal penalties for the “wanton or reckless“ act or omission of a parent or guardian that results in injury of a child. The second would eliminate the current three-year statute of limitations for second-degree sexual assault.
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CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A popular fishing spot will soon be better equipped for anglers hoping to get out on the water in Carter County.
The final portion of a new boat ramp was poured Monday under the Highway 400 bridge, a spot that previously lacked parking and a functional ramp.
The founders of the project said they hope to be open for the summer season.
“It’s going to be a good asset to the community because it’s going to be paved,” project founder Danny Ward said. “It’s going to be upgraded. It’s probably going to be one of the better ramps in the area and of course Elizabethton. And it will help the fisherman have more places to park, more kayakers will be able to come.”
The project was funded by locals using GoBetsy, and the Tennessee Valley Authority also provided a grant.
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TRI-CITIES, Tenn. (WJHL) — Although FDA and government officials are working on getting baby formula back on shelves, parents are scrambling to feed their babies, especially if they need a specialty mix.
“I went to six to ei ght stores in one day trying to find formula and there just not be any there,” said Allison Lezotte of Piney Flats. “I’ve literally stood there and just had tears in my eyes. I just want to cry my eyes out because I literally wonder what he’s going to be able to do to eat.”
The bare shelves, frustration, and fear consume moms and dads in the baby formula aisle.
“She’s needing a high-calorie formula to give her added fat from where she was born so early,” Kelsi Cornett said of her one-month-old daughter, Avery Meadow, who was born prematurely. “Finding the exact formula she needs has been really hard. I’ve had to go to Facebook to try to find it.”
Now, parents are turning to social media to help each other, even creating Facebook groups.
“I was on Facebook just kind of looking around seeing everywhere posting randomly about looking for a formula, formula they wanted to donate,” said Alex Bolger of Erwin. “I figured it was best to have it all in one place so people could easily find it and get together and get the help that they need as easily as possible.”
Bolger started the Tennessee and National Formula find Facebook groups. There, people can search for formulas and post how much stock stores have.
“I can work as early as 8 a.m. and as late as 11 p.m. It’s almost impossible, especially during the week to be able to hunt it down,” Bolger said. “It eases my nerves because I can sit there and say, okay well, I know I can meet up with this person and get formula. I know I can at least have some way of being able to feed my baby.”
The Tri-Cities Breastfeeding Supply Closet is another group hoping to help families.
“We get between 8-10 messages a day for formula. And they’re usually the same brand, same kind of formula,” said its founder, Angela Young. “In Tennessee, they have been stocking them almost every 2-3 days but really within hours, they’re gone completely.”
That group has gotten more than 30 cans of formula for families since May 4.
“You’re barely able to get in maybe two or three stores before it’s time to go back home and start feeding again and start the whole process over so you shoot your shot for the day and if you don’t find anything then you just have to hope for the best for the next day,” said Avery Meadow’s dad, Sean Cornett. “It’s hard to sleep not only with a newborn but with that weighing on your mind that you’ve got a dwindling amount of formula that is specifically for her.”
Parents are using the groups to not only save time for themselves but also for others.
“Maybe the store I’m at doesn’t have the formula I need but it may be able to help somebody else out. There are just so many different specialty formulas that different parents need,” said Kelsi. “I know people are saying, ‘Ask your pediatrician what’s the best solution,’ and some pediatricians may have samples of formula but that’s going to be dwindling too.”
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A nearly two-month ban on live poultry events in Nebraska has been lifted.
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture announced Monday that its controlled movement order that canceled all poultry events because of the threat of bird flu has expired.
The order was first issued March 26 and extended April 27 as the state dealt with several outbreaks of the highly contagious disease.
Nebraska has had seven confirmed cases of bird flu so far in domestic flocks, resulting in about 4.8 million birds being destroyed. But there has not been a case reported in the state since April 27.
“While we continue our focus to protect the poultry industry, epidemiological information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicates the spread of (bird flu) in Nebraska has been from wild birds and not from domestic flocks,” state Agriculture Director Steve Wellman said in a news release. “It is important for Nebraska to allow our poultry producers and youth exhibitors to get back to a normal routine.”
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The department said sale organizers are required to keep records, including contact information for all buyers and sellers, and exhibition organizers should also keep records, including contact information, for all participants and consider moving shows to a “show-and-go” type of format.
State Veterinarian Roger Dudley said he would advise poultry producers who attend such events to continue to use "extreme caution."
"It is very important that poultry owners who choose to attend these events follow strict biosecurity measures, including isolating new birds for 30 days before introducing them to your flock,” Dudley said in the release.
The department said the ban could be reinstated if new cases of the disease are reported in the state.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — One of the main causes of homelessness is when youths exit foster care and are unprepared to live on their own.
At Parenting With Intent, a Portland nonprofit mentoring youth in long-term foster care, this is a problem they’re trying to fix.
One of their youths, Victoria Boam, is about to leave foster care. The nonprofit has secured grant money to continue helping her as she transitions to independent living.
“I’m just going to have to stand on my own two feet and help myself,” said Boam, who was placed in foster care at 16 years old. Growing up, she was abused by her parents who struggled with addiction.
“I had bruises on me constantly,” she said.
While under the state’s care, she became homeless, spending months couch surfing and sleeping in hotels.
“It’s very scary and you kind of have to realize that everything in the world is run by money and that if you don’t have it as a young kid and you don’t have the age to get the resources you need, you’re kind of screwed.”
A recent Point-in-Time survey counted nearly 200 people under the age of 18 experiencing homelessness in the Portland metro area, but the data suggests this number is much higher.
The report goes on to list “insufficient supports to successfully transitioning out of foster care” as one of the area's root causes of homelessness. The report says it’s these systemic factors pushing thousands of new people into homelessness each year.
Boam is 20 years old, newly married and stable enough in the court's eyes to leave care, but she faces the constant fear of ending up on the streets.
“I have a mother who’s homeless on the streets of Portland right now because of bad decisions she’s made and I try to think to myself, 'I don’t want to be there. I don’t want to be meeting her at one of the food pantries there for homeless people.'”
“These foster kids fall through the cracks,” said Keaton McFadden, who runs the Youth Empowerment Services program at Parenting With Intent. “They don’t have those adults who are teaching them life skills and just telling them that they matter.”
Their youth contracts through the Department of Human Services end once they becomes adults.
“Most of the time the youth aren’t quite ready for those services to just drop off. Often you see that there’s like a continuum of youth who are in foster care who end up houseless or struggle with their mental health,” said McFadden.
Parenting With Intent just received grant money allowing them to continue mentoring people like Boam – even after their cases close.
“We’ve developed a really mutually beneficial, authentic relationship. So it would seem like a disservice to have her case close,” added Eva Siegel, Boam’s mentor of four years.
“It feels unfair to have your case end and if that’s a celebration lose people that have been supporting you for years.”
“I’m pretty self-sufficient. I always have been like that, but I’ve tried to lean on people to ask advice from so I know I’m making the right decision before I do it,” said Boam.
Boam is one of eight people Parenting With Intent is able to continue mentoring once their case is closed. Without their grant money, people like Boam would have limited time with mentors and wouldn’t have access to any long-term services. The nonprofit is working to get more grant money to expand these services.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Staff at Maranatha Church arrived Monday morning to discover their building had been tagged. Graffiti covered a good portion of the south side of the Northeast Portland building.
"Heartbreaking," said Pastor Codrigus Alexander. "It was heartbreaking."
Alexander said he's beyond troubled by the phrases spray painted on the property, which included '666,' the mark of the beast, 'Satan,' and 'kaboom.'
"Kaboom to me is a subliminal message," Pastor Alexander said. "That could read a bomb threat. That could read an invasion of individuals shooting up the place. Whatever the case, those are the things that really stood out to me."
"It's very hurtful," added Delorie Finch, who runs The Finch Academy, a preschool inside the church. "It's very hurtful and unbelievable."
Based on her own comings and goings, Finch said she believes the vandalism happened sometime between late Sunday evening and early Monday morning.
"I just sat there looking at it for a minute and I'm like 'you've got to be kidding,'" Finch said. "Why would someone do this? I read all the stuff that was on there and I said 'I just don't understand it.'"
Regardless of the motivation, Pastor Alexander said tagging a place of worship is wrong, and he has a message for whoever is responsible.
"We're an open book," he said. "My office hours are available to you. Please come and sit and talk with us or learn."
Church staffers told KGW a catalytic converter was also stolen off one of the church vans over the weekend, although the theft and vandalism are not believed to be connected. Anyone with information about either crime is urged to contact the Portland Police Bureau.
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What do you get when you cross a scientific illustrator with a zoologist? You get Amarillo native Michael Nickell who has been instrumental in redeveloping Sibley Nature Center. With a background in biology, museum science, zoology and drawing, he said, “it took me most of my career to find my dream job.”
Nickell was a free-lance scientific illustrator for more than 30 years with drawings appearing in numerous journals around the world. He also had assignments from the National Geographic Society, Texas Parks and Wildlife and several scientific authors. He was initially hired as a part-time artist at Sibley Nature Center 16 years ago to paint the decorative and informative Icons of the Llano Estacado. (Sibley staff describes our area as a large plateau – the Llano Estacado -- rather than a basin.)
That’s why, when you walk along the covered entryway, you see his renditions of Quanah Parker, Ranald S. Mackenzie and Charles Goodnight along with the horned lizard, mesquite, box turtle, bison, pronghorn, sideoats grama, prairie dog, and sandhill crane. In the auditorium are colorful 4-foot-by-6-foot panels titled “The Four Seasons of the Llano Estacado,” which also pay homage to habitat types and cultural influences of the region. His four panels are surrounded by stuffed birds, deer and a bear for three-dimensional depiction of wildlife in these parts.
Armed with two master’s degrees, Nickell described how he’s evolved into a museum scientist within the center. He enlarged the scale of 10 indigenous insects, painted and then transferred them to Masonite. These were cut apart into head, thorax and abdomen so children can assemble a new bug. He also designed and illustrated a display surrounding the impressive crocodile-like skull of a phytosaur from the Triassic period. These roamed West Texas when the land was swampy before the Llano Estacado.
Working with prehistoric skeletons came naturally to Nickell. While at Texas Tech, he participated as a field paleontologist in the canyons of Crosby and Garza Counties where they unearthed the skeletal material of several species of Triassic vertebrates, many of which were new to science. He also trekked to Antarctica for a month of collaborative paleontology work with several other universities in December of 1983.
Now, aided by a grant from the FMH Foundation, Nickell is planning a phased exhibit of the Pleistocene (Ice Age) on the Llano Estacado. The Museum of the Southwest donated a mammoth tusk, which he is painstakingly repairing (and could use some volunteer help). Sibley has also acquired replicas of the skull and right hand of a 12-foot to 14-foot, short-faced bear, which likely feasted on other mammals like horses, camels and bison. He is currently drawing interpretive reconstructions of the Pleistocene megafauna mammals of this region to incorporate into the exhibit. Nickell said the Llano Estacado has a wonderful connection with this era.
In the meantime, he curates the entomology collections, the skeletal materials, the herbarium collection of Midland County with several hundred specimens (more than 200 of which will be new records for the county) and multiple museum bird skins. There’s a freezer full of birds which need to be added (by volunteers, he hopes). Like at larger museums, these skins can be used for research and compared with older specimens from other collections to look for things like changes in distribution and evidence of evolution.
In addition to his curatorial duties, Nickell is also a beekeeper at Sibley. He is still involved in education and would like to offer the Adult Bug Camp again this summer. It’s a nighttime enterprise with sheets and UV lights to attract nocturnal insects. UV lights are used on a trail walk to spot scorpions with their incandescent green glow.
Nickell has recently hung one of Sibley’s quarterly regional art exhibits in time for a public reception at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Susan May is exhibiting a dozen automatons for hands-on viewing. Many are built in old cigar boxes with recycled and natural materials. Visitors can also check out the mammal displays and the clever chalk renditions Nickell drew of badger, owl and coyote on office doors of three of the five Sibley-paid staff.
So, what do you get when you cross an outdoor laboratory with collections of insects, bones, plants, birds, Pleistocene skeletons and research? You get an unrecognized museum of natural history enclosed in the Sibley Nature Center, thanks to the paintbrush, education and display talents of Michael Nickell, museum scientist and naturalist.
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Summer classes, membership to Sibley, etc.
You can become a member of Sibley Nature Center, 1307 E. Wadley Ave., for $ 40 annually. Call 684-6827 for more information.
In addition to public receptions like the one at 6 p.m. Tuesday for Susan May’s automatons, there are numerous other events planned for the summer.
According to Education Director Phil Salonek, the next two months are chock full of activities. Summer camps for ages 5-7 will be held June 7-8, June 21-22 and July 19-20. Older children, ages 8-12, will have camp June 9-10, June 23-24 and July 21-22. Sessions will occur from 9 a.m. until noon at the center.
AgriLife, through Texas A&M Extension Service, will hold the following lunch and learn events at noon: “Earth Kind” Landscaping, May 25; Proper Herb Selection, June 15; Chemical Safety, June 22; and Saving Water with “Earth Kind,” July 6.
Miscellaneous family events include songs at Sibley at 6 p.m. May 24, June 28 and July 26; a teacher workshop at 9 a.m. on June 2; farmers markets at 6 p.m. on June 14 and 28; a brown bag lecture at noon on June 16; and theater Thursday at 6 p.m. on July 14.
Please call the center at 684-6827 for details.
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NORMAL — Police are asking the public’s help with locating a 16-year-old boy reported missing Monday.
Xavier Caldwell, 16, of Normal, was reported missing Monday, police said. He was last seen at his Normal residence about 11 a.m. Sunday. He is described by police as a Black male with brown eyes and dark brown hair, 5-foot-10 and 140 pounds. Anyone with information about his location is asked to contact Normal police at 309-454-9535.
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Xavier Caldwell was last seen at his Normal residence about 11 a.m. Sunday, Normal police said.
He is described by police as a Black male with brown eyes and dark brown hair, 5-foot-10 and 140 pounds.
Police said Caldwell is known to have been around the Amanda Brooke apartments, 1402 E. College Avenue, Normal, as well as the area of Orlando Avenue in Normal and local parks.
Caldwell’s clothing description is unknown, police said.
Anyone with information about Caldwell’s location is asked to contact Normal police at 309-454-9535.
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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).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
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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).
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Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
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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
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
Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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)
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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
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
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
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Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of meth, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and aggravated assault.
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
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and two counts each of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams (Class 2 felony) and less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 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
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
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
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
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
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
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.
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
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
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
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
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
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
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
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
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
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, is charged in McLean County with aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery as a subsequent offense.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
PROVIDED BY 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
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.
PROVIDED BY 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
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
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
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 21, of Chicago, is 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
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
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
Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
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
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
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
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
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
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
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
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
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
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
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
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
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
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
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, is charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, burglary, each Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
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
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
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
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 59, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, each a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated domestic battery, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
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
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 30, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery, charged as a Class 3 felony for a subsequent offense.
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
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
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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.
Provided by Bloomington Police
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.
Provided by Bloomington Police
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.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
PROVIDED BY 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.
PROVIDED BY 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
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.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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.
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
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
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
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An inspection of the State Street bridge over Interstate 94 in Bismarck will result in some temporary lane closures Wednesday.
The northbound outside lane of State Street between the north and south interstate ramps will be closed to traffic from 6 a.m. to noon. The southbound outside lane will be closed from noon until late afternoon.
During morning, noon and evening peak traffic hours, motorists can expect congestion and are advised to seek alternate routes, the city said.
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