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Average daily flows Snake River at Heise 11,400 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 4,398 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 10,637 cfs
Snake River at Milner 0 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 133 cfs
Jackson Lake is 41% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 53% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 25% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 41% of capacity.
As of August 1. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_599e941e-11be-11ed-b7b8-cf719c4f3214.html | 2022-08-02T15:11:32 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_599e941e-11be-11ed-b7b8-cf719c4f3214.html |
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Reported cases of monkeypox in Florida and the Tampa Bay area continue to rise, according to the Florida Department of Health.
As of Aug. 1, there have been 480 reported cases of monkeypox across the Sunshine State. In the Tampa Bay area, 41 monkeypox cases have been reported.
That number now includes Pasco County, where health officials said the county's first case of monkeypox was reported. Health officials with DOH-Pasco said the case was identified on July 29. The person who tested positive is isolated. And, health officials said they are working on notifying anyone who may have been exposed in order to offer possible treatment.
"DOH-Pasco is working closely with our local hospitals, physicians, and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to identify any possible cases of monkeypox," DOH-Pasco said Tuesday in a statement.
Here's how many monkeypox cases have been reported in each Tampa Bay area county:
Hillsborough County: 16
Pasco County: 1
Pinellas County: 20
Polk County: 3
Sarasota: 1
You can always get the latest up-to-date case numbers reported by the Florida health department by clicking here.
The ongoing monkeypox outbreak, one that since has been declared a global emergency, can be stopped with testing and vaccinations, U.S. health officials said last week.
But health departments in several major U.S. cities say they don't have enough shots to meet demand, The Associated Press reports. In the Tampa Bay area, a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Health in Pasco County said the agency understands that it's "frustrating" that not enough vaccines are available to anyone who wants one.
"Doses are allocated by the federal government, and they are distributed on the federal government’s timeline. DOH requests every dose we are allocated," said spokesperson Christina Louv, in part.
To date, data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows Florida has been allotted 109,283 doses of Bavarian Nordic's JYNNEOS vaccine. About 36,800 doses have been shipped to the state. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/monkeypox-pasco-county-tampa-bay-cases/67-0507aa2e-721a-49b3-8b0f-cad1363718bf | 2022-08-02T15:13:58 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/monkeypox-pasco-county-tampa-bay-cases/67-0507aa2e-721a-49b3-8b0f-cad1363718bf |
Eastpointe man wanted for escaping during prisoner transfer
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
Eastpointe — Police are looking for a prisoner who escaped from officers, officials said.
Devonta Deshawn Moore, 18, ran away from officers while being transported to a van for prisoners, they said. At the time, Moore was wearing chains and shackles.
Police searched the immediate area but were unable to locate Moore.
He is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with a multi-colored photo on it and black pants.
Officials said Moore is wanted for domestic assault and fleeing and eluding.
Anyone who sees Moore or knows where he is should call the Eastpointe Police Department at (586) 445-5100. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/08/02/eastpointe-man-wanted-escaping-during-prisoner-transfer/10211672002/ | 2022-08-02T15:16:04 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/08/02/eastpointe-man-wanted-escaping-during-prisoner-transfer/10211672002/ |
BONNER COUNTY, Idaho — A boat capsized on the Pend Oreille River river in Bonner County on June 28, killing all four men on the boat.
The Bonner County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) released on Monday the cause that led the boat to capsize on the river with four men on board. The boat capsized on the river at approximately 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, according to the BCSO.
BCSO says the crash was caused by excessive speed likely complicated by gusty winds reported in the area at the time.
Evidence indicates the boat was traveling about 100 mph at the time of the accident, according to the press release. In addition, deputies determined that alcohol was also a contributing factor in the crash, according to the statement.
After the crash, one person was found dead, and the bodies of the three remaining individuals who went missing after their boat capsized were found days later.
The men who died in the crash were identified as Gregory J. Daiker, 59, of Laclede, Aaron J. Faulhaber, 49, of Laclede, Jason L. Maxson, 51, of Laclede and John R. Shulte, 59, of Sandpoint. The sheriff's office says next of kin for all four men have been notified.
The vessel’s owner, Gregory Daiker, was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.228 BAC, which is over the legal limit of 0.08 BAC, as well as small levels of Diazepam, according to the press release.
Officials also determined the boat didn't have enough life jackets for the number of people onboard the vessel as required by law.
The BCSO, Marine Division and Dive Team were assisted in the search by the Idaho Fish & Game and the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office Sonar Team.
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VANTAGE, Wash. — The city of Vantage is now back under a level two evacuation notice.
A level 2 evacuation notice means "there is a fire in the area that may threaten your safety and the safety of your family," according to Kittitas County Emergency Management.
The wildfire near Vantage Highway in Kittitas County has burned 5,000 acres, according to the Central Washington Interagency Communications Center.
A brush fire and strong winds sparked the wildfire at 12:05 p.m. on Monday.
The Kittias County Sheriff's Office says the evacuations are for Lakeview Drive, Columbia Avenue and Brown Street in Vantage. Many drivers take I-90 through the area to get to and from the western side of Washington state.
Right now, Vantage Highway is closed from Ellensburg to Vantage, but I-90 is still open.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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Areas Affected: Adair; Adams; Appanoose; Audubon; Boone; Calhoun; Carroll; Cass; Clarke; Crawford; Dallas; Davis; Decatur; Emmet; Greene; Guthrie; Hamilton; Humboldt; Jasper; Kossuth; Lucas; Madison; Mahaska; Marion; Monroe; Palo Alto; Pocahontas; Polk; Poweshiek; Ringgold; Sac; Story; Taylor; Union; Wapello; Warren; Wayne; Webster
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to around 105 expected.
* WHERE...Most of Iowa, except parts of the northeast.
* WHEN...From 1 PM to 8 PM CDT today.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses to occur.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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Areas Affected: Blue Earth; Brown; Chippewa; Douglas; Faribault; Freeborn; Goodhue; Kandiyohi; Lac Qui Parle; Le Sueur; Martin; McLeod; Meeker; Nicollet; Pope; Redwood; Renville; Rice; Sherburne; Sibley; Stearns; Steele; Stevens; Swift; Waseca; Watonwan; Wright; Yellow Medicine
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to around 105 degrees expected.
* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southeast, southwest and west central Minnesota.
* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses to occur.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible, reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. | https://www.kimt.com/news/local/heat-advisory-for-parts-of-southern-minnesota-northern-iowa-on-tuesday/article_2e80c036-125e-11ed-96ad-775cd671ae28.html | 2022-08-02T15:23:18 | 0 | https://www.kimt.com/news/local/heat-advisory-for-parts-of-southern-minnesota-northern-iowa-on-tuesday/article_2e80c036-125e-11ed-96ad-775cd671ae28.html |
BRIDGETON — A man wanted for his involvement in a Saturday morning shooting that claimed a 36-year-old's life was captured around 2 p.m. on Monday.
Desmond Bethel, 29, is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. He was arrested after a warrant was issued for his arrest and taken to the Cumberland County jail, police said on Tuesday.
Given that Bethel is not charged with homicide offenses, police did not say if Bethel is being investigated for firing the fatal shot.
The shooting happened Saturday morning at the Maple Gardens Apartment Complex off South East Avenue.
A report around 3 a.m. informed officers of a fight between multiple individuals, where shots were fired. Responding officers found Herbert R. Lee, 36, of South Avenue, having been struck by a bullet.
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Lee was taken to Inspira Medical Center in Bridgeton, where he later died, police said.
One suspect at the scene, city resident Kvaugh Walker, 22, was arrested and charged with possession of a handgun, although he was not involved in the fatal shooting, police said.
After the shooting, a pair of warrants were issued for Bethel and Ryan Askins, 29, another city resident, for weapons offenses.
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Askins was spotted driving a black 2011 Audi A6 in the city and was pursued by police on Saturday. Officers eventually ended the chase on Delsea Drive for safety reasons, police said.
Askins is also charged with eluding after the chase, police said.
Askins is considered armed and dangerous. Any information about the shooting or Askins' whereabouts can be directed to Detective Mark Yoshioka, at 856-392- 9031, or by submitting information to BPD.TIPS. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-arrest-person-wanted-for-ties-to-fatal-bridgeton-shooting/article_930c0ae8-126c-11ed-a6f7-5b7bb3377af1.html | 2022-08-02T15:24:18 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-arrest-person-wanted-for-ties-to-fatal-bridgeton-shooting/article_930c0ae8-126c-11ed-a6f7-5b7bb3377af1.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — Tony's Baltimore Grill and its stolen outdoor furniture set were reunited, and a duo responsible for the reunion can chow down on a meal from the restaurant each week for the rest of their lives.
The pair returned the furniture and agreed to split their reward, Tony's said on its Instagram page Monday.
The renowned city restaurant posted to its social media pages in July that the furniture was stolen off the sidewalk outside the restaurant, offering anyone who could return the pieces or provide information about the dubbed "Atlantic Avenue Furniture Fiasco" cash, pizza for life and beer.
The reward went viral on social media in hopes someone could be the one to help return the stolen furniture.
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Instead of a pizza for life, the pair that returned the furniture will each split a meal for a week for the rest of their lives, the restaurant said on its Instagram page, with a photo of the furniture nestled back on its sidewalk.
"If you come by the joint and say 'sorry,' we will accept your apology and buy you dinner," the restaurant's post said, regarding the person responsible for stealing the set. "Until then, we will say our prayers that you have brighter days ahead. Quite the ending (we hope) to an unforgettable Atlantic City story."
Tony's received a direct message on social media informing it of the stolen furniture's location, the restaurant said.
Tony's said the alleged perpetrator stole the furniture and sold it to another party, who wanted to return it but didn't, fearing charges would be pressed. But, the restaurant did not press charges.
"A mark to remember its journey back home and that good things happen every day!" the restaurant's post read. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/reward-claimed-for-returning-stolen-furniture-to-tonys-baltimore-grill/article_1c6a851e-1270-11ed-90d1-439b6252dca2.html | 2022-08-02T15:24:24 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/reward-claimed-for-returning-stolen-furniture-to-tonys-baltimore-grill/article_1c6a851e-1270-11ed-90d1-439b6252dca2.html |
SAN ANTONIO — A driver narrowly missed crashing into a house after losing control and crashing through the front yard, officials say.
Just before 3 a.m., San Antonio Police and the San Antonio Fire Department responded to the 3400 block of South Laredo for reports of the crash.
When police arrived one scene, the located the crashed car that was still running in the front yard. Police say the crash happened when the driver was driving too fast at a high rate of speed and lost control.
Had the car gone a few more inches to the right, it would have crashed inside of the home that had people inside of it.
Police said no one is in custody because they fled from the scene. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/car-narrowly-misses-home-after-crashing-into-front-yard-news/273-5d5a9bd5-ebcc-42b6-a100-44dd2ae2d8b7 | 2022-08-02T15:36:34 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/car-narrowly-misses-home-after-crashing-into-front-yard-news/273-5d5a9bd5-ebcc-42b6-a100-44dd2ae2d8b7 |
SAN ANTONIO — The city council will be holding a special session Tuesday to discuss a resolution to protect abortion rights in San Antonio.
The resolution prevents city funds from being used to keep record of reports of abortion, miscarriage or other reproductive healthcare acts that may be used to pursue a criminal investigation.
District 5 councilwoman Teri Castillo introduced the resolution to protect abortion rights. Castillo held a news conference last week announcing the resolution.
This special session comes more than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade --- the decision allowing a trigger law in Texas that bans abortion.
The law makes it a crime to aid or perform an abortion, and allows the attorney general to bring forth a lawsuit and seek a penalty of no less than $100,00 per performed abortion.
That law goes into effect on August 25.
The city says they can’t tell San Antonio Police or the chief of police which laws to enforce, but they can give a police recommendation not to criminalize women.
This resolution is similar to the Grace Act which the city of Austin passed a few weeks ago. Their law directs the city manager to designate abortion as the lowest possible priority for a criminal investigation.
Part of the resolution includes making abortion access a priority in the city’s legislative agenda for the state legislative session next year.
Seven members of the council have expressed support for the resolution so far.
The meeting is set to begin at 1 p.m. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/city-council-to-hold-special-session-discussing-abortion-rights-news/273-4578421b-d222-4c7b-b140-24bfa28b7c7c | 2022-08-02T15:36:41 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/city-council-to-hold-special-session-discussing-abortion-rights-news/273-4578421b-d222-4c7b-b140-24bfa28b7c7c |
SAN ANTONIO — The southbound lanes of I-35 at Evans road in Selma are closed after a fatal accident, officials said.
The Texas Department of Transportation confirmed that someone was killed in the accident. The crash was first reported around 8:45 a.m.
The accident is causing a massive traffic backup during the morning commute. The highway is closed between Evans Road and Loop 1604/Forum Parkway. Traffic appears to be backed up to Schwab Road.
There was no further details on how the accident happened or victim information. A KENS 5 crew is working to gather more information.
This is a developing story and further updates will be added as they are received. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fatal-accident-reported-at-i-35-and-evans-road-on-the-northeast-side-traffic-san-antonio/273-7bfc4d33-7c84-476c-b99d-993fdb00acae | 2022-08-02T15:36:47 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fatal-accident-reported-at-i-35-and-evans-road-on-the-northeast-side-traffic-san-antonio/273-7bfc4d33-7c84-476c-b99d-993fdb00acae |
AUBURN, Calif. — One person was wounded in a shooting in Auburn on Monday night, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office.
The shooting happened around 11 p.m. in the 3400 block of Sapphire Drive. The shooting happened after a fight between two men, the Placer County Sheriff's Office says. One man shot at the other man twice, grazing the side of his ear. The sheriff's office said the man who was wounded is expected to recover.
There is one person in custody who has been identified as 40-year-old Iram Villa.
Watch more on ABC10 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/auburn-grass-valley/auburn-shooting-sapphire-drive/103-734c9048-d078-4a7b-8fba-2ab73adb1a03 | 2022-08-02T15:36:49 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/auburn-grass-valley/auburn-shooting-sapphire-drive/103-734c9048-d078-4a7b-8fba-2ab73adb1a03 |
SAN ANTONIO — One man is in the hospital and another is on the run following a stabbing, officials say.
Around 11:37, San Antonio Police responded to a stabbing at the intersection of Flores and Laredo.
When police arrived, they found a man in his 50s with a stab wound to the leg.
Police said the victim and another man were arguing when one of the men stabbed the other. The victim was taken to University Hospital in stable condition and the suspect is still at large.
The victim is cooperating with police and helping in the investigation to identify the attacker.
Officials said both men are homeless. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fight-between-two-homeless-men-escalates-into-stabbing-news/273-361c4fd4-d3ce-4fab-a273-44423df7e3f9 | 2022-08-02T15:36:53 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fight-between-two-homeless-men-escalates-into-stabbing-news/273-361c4fd4-d3ce-4fab-a273-44423df7e3f9 |
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Metro Health has received 1,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccien from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The vaccine JYNNEOSTM is enough to fully vaccinate 500 people. A full dose include two shots, officials said.
The organization said doses for 360 people are already planned to be distributed to six centers to reach those most at risk. Those include the following list:
- Alamo Area Resource Center (AARC)
- BEAT AIDS
- CentroMed Santa Rosa Pavilion Clinic
- Kind Clinic San Antonio
- San Antonio AIDS Foundation
- University Health’s Family-Focused AIDS Clinical Treatment Services (FFACTS)
The organization hopes that additional distribution will be possible once more vaccine supply is available.
Dr. Anita K. Kurian, Metro Health Assistant Director, explained that the remaining 280 doses will be used to vaccinate up to 140 close contacts identified during Metro Health case investigations.
“We are working to acquire additional doses to expand the availability of monkeypox vaccine,” she said. “In the meantime, we encourage those that believe they were exposed to monkeypox to please call 210-207-8876.”
As of August 1, 2022, 13 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in Bexar County. As of this week, Texas has 338 cases of monkeypox reported. The current risk of getting monkeypox in the general public appears to be low in the broader community.
Symptoms of monkeypox can include:
- Fever
- Headache
- Muscle aches and backache
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Chills
- Exhaustion
- A rash that can look like pimples or blisters that appears on the face, inside the mouth and on other parts of the body, like the hands/palms, feet, chest or genitals. The rash goes through different stages before healing completely.
To prevent the spread of monkeypox, individuals can:
- Avoid close, skin-to-skin contact in large crowds where people are wearing minimal clothing (such as nightclubs, festivals, raves, saunas, and bathhouses).
- Avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with someone with a new, unexplained rash.
- If you were exposed to monkeypox or have symptoms such as fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes and a new, unexplained rash, contact your healthcare provider as soon as possible. Healthcare providers can provide testing and care for people with monkeypox.
- If sick with monkeypox, isolate at home until the rash has fully resolved, the scabs have fallen off, and a fresh layer of intact skin has formed. Monkeypox is usually a self-limiting infection that does not require hospitalization.
More information about how to prevent infection can be found on the CDC Monkeypox website. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-receives-1000-doses-of-monkey-pox-vaccine-symptoms-cases/273-e2df7d8c-766c-4af7-87ff-e2ee162afb1b | 2022-08-02T15:36:59 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-receives-1000-doses-of-monkey-pox-vaccine-symptoms-cases/273-e2df7d8c-766c-4af7-87ff-e2ee162afb1b |
After a day of pretrial motions, attorneys in death penalty trial start witness testimony Tuesday
A trial to debate the constitutionality of South Carolina's recently imposed death penalty statute that would make the electric chair the default method of execution and implement a firing squad as a second option began Monday .
Because the state Supreme Court ordered the matter be resolved within 90 days in early May, the trial is expected to finish by Aug. 4th.
Attorneys representing the plaintiffs, death row inmates, Richard Moore of Spartanburg, Freddie Eugene Owens and Brad Sigmon and Gary Dubose Terry of Lexington, and the defense, the South Carolina Department of Corrections and Gov. Henry McMaster, went back and forth on pre-trial agreements. Much of the focus was on the constraints of a confidentiality order that was filed last month and whether or not to include certain witnesses.
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Here were some of the key takeaways:
- In June, attorneys for SCDC and the state filed a motion for a protective order that would limit the scope of discovery. The attorneys argued that because a state statute prohibits disclosing the identity of anyone on an execution team and that disclosure of execution protocols present a security risk to SCDC, discovery should be prohibited into certain matters that could harm the defense.
- Circuit judge Jocelyn Newman denied the order when it came to execution protocols but granted it in part when it came to matters regarding lethal injection, which the state argued was irrelevant, and information about members of the execution team. However, the court entered into a confidentiality agreement to designate any testimony or documents as confidential if they contain information that is a safety concern to employees or inmates at SCDC, present trade secrets or any other information that would normally be considered confidential in litigation. This means details of execution protocols would be subject to the agreement and only available to some parties for review.
- Monday morning, Joshua Kendrick, an attorney representing the inmates, presented a motion to compel the state to provide autopsy reports of executions, saying it was unclear if that information was part of the protective order. Kendrick argued autopsies would present direct evidence for a theory by one of their expert witnesses "that electricity does not produce instantaneous death."
- "I can’t fathom a reason why you’d hold back information from an execution [method] that you claim is a humane way to kill someone," Kendrick said.
- Daniel Plyler, attorney for SCDC, said there aren't autopsies for every execution. "Historically, it wasn't required," Plyler said.
- Judge Newman granted the order for the state to disclose autopsies from executions by electrocution and ordered the defense to provide them within 24 hours. Autopsies from executions by lethal injection are prohibited by the protective order.
- Other pre-trial arrangements included striking one of the plaintiff's expert witnesses because they were disclosed too late into the case. The state also attempted to strike another of the plaintiff's expert witnesses based on their reliability, but Judge Newman denied the motion.
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Tuesday, the court will move into the trial phase, starting with opening statements. SCDC Director Bryan Stirling will testify for the defense. John Wikswo, a professor from Vanderbilt with experience in molecular physiology and biomedical engineering, will testify for the plaintiffs as an expert witness on executions by electrocution.
Kathryn Casteel is an investigative reporter with The Greenville News and can be reached at KCasteel@gannett.com or on Twitter @kathryncasteel. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/08/02/south-carolina-death-penalty-trial-attorneys-start-witness-testimony-tuesday/10207290002/ | 2022-08-02T15:39:59 | 0 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/08/02/south-carolina-death-penalty-trial-attorneys-start-witness-testimony-tuesday/10207290002/ |
BOISE – When the Idaho Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday on challenges to far-reaching anti-abortion laws that are poised to take effect in Idaho later this month, two separate sets of lawyers will argue the state’s side, both at state taxpayers’ expense.
That’s because the Idaho Legislature filed to intervene in all three lawsuits challenging three separate anti-abortion laws passed in the past three years, and retained Nampa attorney Daniel Bower and Las Vegas attorney Monte Neil Stewart to argue specifically on the Legislature’s behalf. And lawmakers this year passed a new law to let either or both houses of the Legislature intervene in lawsuits challenging Idaho laws whenever they choose to do so.
The Idaho Attorney General’s office already is representing the state of Idaho in the abortion litigation, and its team has filed extensive briefing in the cases. It’ll also be at the high court making arguments on Wednesday.
“The Legislature has always felt like they had the authority to do it,” said Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder, R-Boise. “It was never in code. So the last legislative session put it into code.”
Asked if he thought the expense – the total cost isn’t yet known, and Bower and Stewart are each charging the state $375 an hour plus expenses – is worth it, Winder said, “From the standpoint of the briefing and the process we’ve gone through, yes. The proof will be in the pudding as to how the court rules and how it moves forward. I think we needed to do it. I think it was important to stand up for the laws the Legislature passed.”
“This is a very important case,” Winder said. “Every life matters.”
The high court’s justices on Wednesday will hear a single hour of arguments on three key points in at least two lawsuits filed by Planned Parenthood. The first lawsuit challenged SB 1309, which the court has put on hold while the lawsuit’s pending and which allows relatives of a fetus aborted after 6 weeks gestation to sue doctors for minimum $20,000 damages. The second challenges Idaho’s “trigger law,” which will make all abortion a felony in Idaho, with just three narrow exceptions, starting in late August, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. That second lawsuit claims the trigger law violates the Idaho Constitution and the Idaho Human Rights Act.
Planned Parenthood also filed a third lawsuit last week, targeting a 2021 anti-abortion law, but as of late afternoon Monday, the court hadn’t yet ruled on whether it’ll also be addressed in Wednesday’s arguments.
Planned Parenthood, the state, and the Legislature all have submitted briefing on the court’s three questions, with much of it focusing on who will be harmed most if the laws are stayed or go right into effect.
Deputy Idaho Attorney General Megan Larrondo wrote on behalf of the state that the state will “suffer grave harm if the court stays a duly enacted law pending disposition of this lawsuit. The lives of preborn children, which the State recognizes as extant and valued, will be lost.”
Bower and Stewart, on behalf of the Legislature, wrote that if the court stayed both SB 1309 and the “trigger” law, “Idaho would immediately become the anything-goes Wild West of abortion practice.”
Attorney Michael Bartlett, on behalf of Planned Parenthood, wrote that the trigger law “unconstitutionally treats women – who would be forced to carry a pregnancy to term, give birth, and unwillingly become a parent – differently than men, who bear no equivalent burden.” He also argued that SB 1309’s private-lawsuit enforcement mechanism is unconstitutional and violates the separation of powers guaranteed by the Idaho Constitution.
The three key questions the court wants explored:
• Should the court put both laws on hold while the two cases are pending?
• Should the two cases be consolidated into a single one?
• Should either or both of the cases be transferred down to the district court level for trial before being taken up by the high court?
All three sides agreed on that final question, answering an unequivocal “no.” All argued that the issues raised are matters of law that are properly decided by the state’s highest court, not referred down to lower courts for arguments and decisions that could then be appealed to the Supreme Court. But that’s where the agreement ends.
The state argued that the two cases should be consolidated into one and dismissed, or if not, then scheduled for argument together on the same day. Planned Parenthood wrote that the two cases shouldn’t be consolidated into one, because they have only one overlapping argument, and either case could be decided on other grounds without getting into that argument.
That one argument: That the Idaho Constitution “violates the fundamental right to privacy in making intimate familial decisions by forcing pregnant Idahoans … to carry their pregnancies to term regardless of the individual private circumstances confronting each family.” Planned Parenthood argues that a long string of Idaho Supreme Court precedents has found the Idaho Constitution treats procreation and parental control as “fundamental rights.”
Both the state and the Legislature argue that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that recognized a constitutional right to abortion nationwide, and the subsequent 1992 decision Planned Parenthood v. Casey, negated all those arguments. “All of these arguments are invalid now that Roe and Casey have been overruled,” Larrondo wrote.
The Legislature’s brief, which runs for 22 pages, declares that it “adopts and incorporates the argument set forth in the State’s brief” on each of the key points. It also declares Planned Parenthood’s arguments “baseless,” and is particularly critical of the organization’s objections to SB 1309, the Texas-style law authorizing relatives of an aborted fetus to sue doctors, describing one of the arguments as “defamation.”
“The petitioners’ briefs’ approach, in essence, is to paint a picture of a lawless, uncontrollable mob, consisting in part of rapists’ brothers, embroiling innocent medical providers in unmeritorious litigation and further injuring them with bad-faith litigation tactics beyond the control of our district courts. False picture,” Bower and Stewart wrote.
SB 1309 wouldn’t allow a rapist whose crime resulted in the aborted pregnancy to sue, but would allow that rapist’s relatives to sue. “The petitioners’ brief’s regrettable crack about ‘a rapist’s estranged brother’ … is beneath contempt,” Bower and Stewart wrote, “because it imputes the rapist’s evil to his brother and thereby denigrates the brother’s humanity. That brother has lost a niece or a nephew. That is a ‘distinct and palpable’ injury.’”
Bower and Stewart also filed a 64-page brief defending SB 1309 on its merits, though the court isn’t yet taking up that issue. In that brief, they wrote, “What is the moral value of a preborn child? In an utterly misguided and now obviously doomed attempt to end contention and bring peace relative to that moral question, Roe took its resolution away from all Americans acting democratically and left the answer with the woman making the decision to abort or not.” They wrote that the Idaho Legislature “has every right” to return that “moral question ... to where it belongs, the democratic process.”
Winder said, “It’s certainly what we, as the speaker and the pro-tem, hired them to do, and that was brief the challenges brought on by Planned Parenthood.”
House Speaker Scott Bedke wasn’t available for comment on Monday.
“I thought it was a good brief,” Winder said. “I think it was well-thought-out, and gives the court some specific encouragement in how to rule.”
The Idaho Legislature created the Legislative Legal Defense Fund in 2012, and and has spent nearly $10 million from the fund since then. Lawmakers deposited $4 million in state general funds into it in 2021. The fund, which will be tapped to pay for the additional legal representation and is spent at the discretion of the House speaker and Senate president pro tem, has a current balance of just under $3.4 million, according to legislative budget records.
Stewart, 73, is the founding president of the Marriage Law Foundation, and is the former U.S. Attorney for the state of Nevada and a former special assistant attorney general and counsel to the governor of Utah. Bower is a former deputy Idaho attorney general and civil litigator who is a partner in the firm of Morris Bower & Haws.
“We wanted to intervene, so we had to hire outside counsel,” Winder said. “We tried to find counsel that was experienced. Monte Stewart is a senior member of the team, has had a lot of experience with Supreme Court briefings and these types of social issues. So we felt they were the best available attorneys to do this.”
He added, “Planned Parenthood is the one that initiated the process, and all we’re trying to do is defend the laws that were passed. If they hadn’t brought the lawsuits, we wouldn’t be spending the public money.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-legislature-brings-in-2nd-legal-team-to-defend-anti-abortion-laws/article_c15ce1da-1e3b-55fc-9d72-f2ba47bbb078.html | 2022-08-02T15:50:23 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-legislature-brings-in-2nd-legal-team-to-defend-anti-abortion-laws/article_c15ce1da-1e3b-55fc-9d72-f2ba47bbb078.html |
ALBANY -- NAMI Albany, the local affiliate of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and NAMI Georgia, will offer Family-to-Family this fall for the 13th consecutive year. The classes will begin on Aug. 22 and continue for eight Monday evenings.
NAMI Family-to-Family is an eight-session education program for family, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions. It is a designated evidenced-based program. This means that research shows that the program significantly improves the coping and problem-solving abilities of the people closest to a person with a mental health condition.
Like all NAMI programs, Family-to-Family is free of cost to participants. NAMI Family-to-Family is taught by NAMI-trained family members who have been there, and includes presentations, discussions and interactive exercises.
The group setting of NAMI Family-to-Family provides mutual support and shared positive impact — experience compassion and reinforcement from people who understand others' situation. Sharing an experience may help others in each class. In the program, participants learn about:
How to solve problems and communicate effectively;
Taking care of themselves and managing stress;
Supporting a loved one with compassion;
Finding and using local supports and services;
Up-to-date information on mental health conditions and how they affect the brain;
How to handle a crisis;
Current treatments and therapies;
The impact of mental health conditions on an entire family.
For more information, contact NAMI Albany at albanynami@gmail.com or (229) 329-1444 Registration is under way, and space is limited to 20 participants.
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TIFTON – Southwell is celebrating National Breastfeeding Awareness Month this August and World Breastfeeding Week August 1-7. World Breastfeeding Week is organized every year by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, a global network that aims to protect, promote and support breastfeeding around the world.
Southwell is joining with this mission of protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in south Georgia. Southwell has long recognized the importance of breastfeeding, which is why babies “room in” with their mother at Tift Regional Medical Center and why TRMC is recognized as a Baby Friendly hospital. Southwell also has lactation consultants at TRMC and a lactation consultant at Affinity Pediatrics in Tifton.
“We promote breastfeeding; when it’s possible, it has many benefits for mom and baby,” Hilary Midler, a certified nurse midwife with Affinity Physicians for Women, said. “Research shows that it decreases the risk of mothers developing breast cancer, ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. Breastfed babies have some immunities against diseases as well as lower risks of asthma, obesity, type 1 diabetes, and sudden infant death syndrome.”
“Breastfeeding is not always easy,” Kelly Grummer-Smith with Affinity Pediatrics in Tifton said. “With support from providers, nurses and lactation consultants at Southwell, we can help breastfeeding mothers succeed and overcome most breastfeeding concerns. Affinity Pediatrics offers lactation-specific appointments for all breastfeeding mothers in our community."
For more information, visit mysouthwell.com/pediatrics. To schedule a consultation with Grummer-Smith, call (229) 353-7337.
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STANTON, Texas — Congressman August Pfluger returned from Washington to make the rounds in West Texas.
Pfluger held his first Town Hall on August 1 in Stanton where he shared more on what topics will be discussed at future Town Hall meetings.
"What I heard loud and clear is that energy is very important," Congressman Pfluger said." A lot of worry about water issues, the border and inflation."
Starting today, August 2, Pfluger will hold three more Town Halls. At 9:00 a.m., Pfluger will be traveling to Lamesa and holding it at the Lamesa Forest Park Community Center. In the afternoon, Pfluger will then visit the Andrews Senior Activity Center at 1:00 p.m.
Finally, Pfluger will end this West Texas Town Hall trip in Odessa at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Classroom Building. It will take place at 5:30 p.m. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/congressman-august-pfluger-holds-town-halls-in-west-texas/513-5ddd6e7e-1555-4d5a-8dec-efe21ae1c8bb | 2022-08-02T16:06:49 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/congressman-august-pfluger-holds-town-halls-in-west-texas/513-5ddd6e7e-1555-4d5a-8dec-efe21ae1c8bb |
ODESSA, Texas — The Ector County Independent School District hosted a welcome reception for its new teachers on August 1.
ECISD is bringing in 400 new teachers this year from across the country and to help make the move easier, they brought in 50 vendors at the event.
"Many of them when they come to town, they need a bank, they need a dentist, they need a church, they need a place to volunteer as a nonprofit," said Renee Earls, the President SEO for the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. "You know they need all of these services so our vendors are here to tell them what they offer and again just welcome them and really encourage them as they start this school year."
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A pedestrian died after being struck by a train in Salem early Tuesday morning, officials said.
At 6:50 a.m. the Salem Police Department tweeted the collision happened at SE 14th and Hine.
The train is reportedly blocking traffic south of McGilchrist Street SE. The westbound lanes will be closed while officials investigate.
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Washington County is getting reimbursed by the state of Tennessee for nearly $50,000 of past inmate medical expenses that were part of a massive past due bill from Ballad Health.
The county eventually settled with Ballad on the more than $2 million of past due bills for care of inmates, paying $478,515 earlier this summer. Sexton’s administration discovered the past due bills dating back to at least 2018 when he took office after the Washington County Commission appointed him in November 2021 to fill the remainder of Ed Graybeal’s term following Graybeal’s early retirement.
Some of the bills were for state inmates housed at the Washington County Detention Center. According to a release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO), Sheriff Keith Sexton asked Washington County Mayor Joe Grandy to approach the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and inquire about the possibility of belated reimbursement.
Graybeal’s administration had reportedly failed to file the necessary paperwork for reimbursements, but Grandy serves on the Board of Control for the Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI). He agreed to check on the possibility of some reimbursement and learned funds were available to cover some previous years’ costs.
“When the Mayor informed me there was a really good chance we could recoup some money, our staff was all over it,” Sexton said in a news release. “Tonya Wheat, our detention center office manager, worked closely with TDOC’s accounting department to make sure everything was submitted correctly. We received notification of the authorized payment on Monday.”
The Washington County Detention Center houses state and federal inmates in addition to local prisoners. The WCSO’s arrangement with the state requires the department to pick up the first $1,000 of a state inmate’s medical care. TDOC covers anything over that amount.
The release said the previous administration’s record-keeping hadn’t been sufficient to get the reimbursement without going back through and verifying several years’ worth of medical charges and identifying whether inmates treated were local, state or federal.
“That process took quite some time, and we had to rely on outside agencies to help us with the records,” Sexton said. “Once everything was gathered and verified from a billing standpoint, staff worked closely with TDOC and received an answer in a little over two weeks. Going forward, I guarantee we will stay on top of this and make sure we are receiving reimbursement from TDOC as intended.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/state-reimburses-washington-county-for-47k-of-jail-medical-costs-related-to-past-due-bills/ | 2022-08-02T16:08:03 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/state-reimburses-washington-county-for-47k-of-jail-medical-costs-related-to-past-due-bills/ |
BLOOMINGTON — If fried confections and dizzying carnival rides are the first things that come to mind when you think of the McLean County Fair, you’re not wrong — but there’s plenty more fun to be had once you cross the gates, and it doesn’t cost a dime.
“It’s really about helping educate our urban neighbors about agriculture and how it’s changing,” fair manager Michael Swartz said of his favorite part of the fair. “The integration of 4-H and the ground shows promotes the next generation and gets them engaged in agriculture.”
The fair runs Wednesday through Sunday at the fairgrounds on Interstate Drive in Bloomington. For a complete lineup of events, go to www.mcleancountyfair.org.
Here are 10 free things you can do this week at the fair:
Meet the royals. There’s no charge to attend the McLean County Fair Royalty Contest, set for 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Cloverleaf Auditorium.
Check out the 4-H displays. Youth will have their cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses and rabbits on display in the livestock barns all week. You’ll also find projects in clothing, foods, computers, robotics, photography, painting, entomology, small engines and more in Cloverleaf Hall.
Brush up on your ag education. The Food & Farm Fun Zone will have hands-on learning opportunities for “kids ages 2 to 92” in Birkey’s showroom, Swartz said. You’ll find a corn play table, a combine cab, face painting, piglets, lambs and goats, area farmers to chat with, and plenty more. Bonus: The building is air-conditioned. When you’ve cooled off, head back outside to see the new and antique tractor displays.
Bring a friend. Kids ages 5 and under get in free every day. On Thursday, fairgoers 60 years and older, as well as all veterans, get in free. And on Friday, kids ages 6 to 12 get in free with a children’s day pass. Pick up a pass at Country Financial (McLean County agents), McDonald's, Heartland Bank and Trust Co., Avanti's Italian Restaurant and Carl's Ice Cream. Also worth mentioning: There’s no cost for parking at the fair.
Test your ag knowledge. Kids can join a free game of “Wheels of Ag” trivia, taking place three times a day on the fair’s “main street” and three times a day on the trivia stage.
Make friends at the petting zoo. There’s no cost to interact with the animals, but if you like, you can purchase animal feed or pony rides.
Visit with vendors. Wander through the vendor booths to see displays from area businesses. You don’t have to buy anything, but it’s a great way to learn about the people and resources available in the community.
Try your hand at ax throwing. It’s a new activity this year: Step into the ax-throwing trailer and see if you can hit the target at the far end of the trailer.
Find the free activities tent. Open from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. each day, here you’ll find Magic Matt the magician, Mary Macaroni songs with kids, Circus Boy tricks for kids, a ventriloquist, a balloon twister and more. Be on the lookout for Mark Dobson, a “one-man band” wandering the grounds to entertain crowds with his guitar, drums and tambourines.
Be an observer. It’ll be a hot week, so be sure to take water breaks in the shade and watch the action around you. Seeing others enjoy the fair can be entertainment in itself! And you’re sure to run into friends new and old if you’re paying attention.
Photos: Judging begins at McLean County Fair in Bloomington
The Middle Sister: A Curvy Boutique, which opened last August in southeast Bloomington, has relocated as a “shop within a shop” at 2 FruGALS Thrift, 417 N. Main St.
Annabelle Sutter, 9, Danvers, was disturbed from her art project by her Jersey cow "Ronette" as they kept each other company at the 2021 McLean County Fair. Sutter brought home a ribbon for reserve grand champion. She is a member of the Hudson Ag 4-H Club.
FFA superintendent Diane Weer; Brittnay Haag, horticulture educator with University of Illinois Extension; and 4-H judge Diane Cook examine entries in the flower arranging competition at the 2021 McLean County Fair.
Cody Lyon, who is studying agriculture at Heartland Community College, tried to size up the root systems on the winners of the hybrid field corn that was was on display at the 2021 McLean County Fair.
Lance DeVary, second from left, Lindsay Thacker, second from right, and Jaxson Arnold, right, take trivia questions from Don Bothwell at the 2021 McLean County Fair. | https://pantagraph.com/entertainment/local/10-free-things-to-do-at-the-mclean-county-fair/article_b4b7093a-0e08-11ed-bfb1-5fd27faf3b99.html | 2022-08-02T16:08:18 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/entertainment/local/10-free-things-to-do-at-the-mclean-county-fair/article_b4b7093a-0e08-11ed-bfb1-5fd27faf3b99.html |
Oneida County is one of 15 counties across the country to receive grant funding from the National Association of County and City Health Officials to continue to combat the overdose crisis.
The grant was awarded through the Implementing Overdose Response Strategies at the Local Level program, which supports the implementation and expansion of programs and services that address and prevent substance abuse.
Oneida County intends to use the funding to remove barriers to treatment and support provide peer recovery services, a syringe exchange program and mobile outreach.
The county will target areas using data from the the overdose detection dashboard.
Some funds will also be used for marketing the new services and training for the peer program. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneida-county-award-500k-for-ongoing-overdose-prevention-efforts/article_cc184706-11e1-11ed-806f-5bf758fae563.html | 2022-08-02T16:14:42 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneida-county-award-500k-for-ongoing-overdose-prevention-efforts/article_cc184706-11e1-11ed-806f-5bf758fae563.html |
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Dr. Stephanie Elizalde, the new superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District, held her first news conference Tuesday to discuss safety in the district.
Last month, the district said clear or mesh backpacks would be required for all students in grades 6-12. The district said the decision stems from recommendations made by the district's safety and internal task forces as well as student and parent feedback gathered earlier this month. The district will distribute clear backpacks to all students before the start of the school year.
For more information, visit dallasisd.org/backpacks and dallasisd.org/mochilas.
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- A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed against Delaware government officials who recalled a vanity license plate issued to a breast cancer survivor because of what the state transportation secretary described as a “perceived profanity.”
- The judge said in a ruling Monday that the lawsuit by Kari Lynn Overington of Milton raises a “significant constitutional issue" regarding freedom of expression.
- Overington applied in December 2020 for a vanity license plate reading “FCANCER” and received it two months later. In June 2021, she received a letter from the Division of Motor Vehicles telling her that the plate was being recalled because it “does not represent the division and the state in a positive manner.”
A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed against Delaware government officials who recalled a vanity license plate issued to a breast cancer survivor because of what the state transportation secretary described as a “perceived profanity.”
The judge said in a ruling that the lawsuit by Kari Lynn Overington of Milton raises a “significant constitutional issue.”
“I am ready for my day in court,” Overington, 41, said in a brief phone interview.
In December 2020, Overington applied for a vanity license plate reading “FCANCER” and received it two months later.
In June 2021, she received a letter from the manager of the Division of Motor Vehicles office in Dover telling her that the plate “does not represent the division and the state in a positive manner.” DMV manager Levi Fisher wrote that any plate considered offensive will be denied or recalled, if issued in error.
Overington responded by emailing state Transportation Secretary Nicole Majeski and asking for her help. She argued that the average person would not consider her vanity tag to be obscene. She also said court rulings in other states suggest that First Amendment rights apply to vanity tags, and that any regulations must be “viewpoint neutral.”
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“My vanity plate receives positive feedback everywhere I go, and I have had more than a few deep conversations with complete strangers about my cancer and how cancer has touched their lives because of it,” Overington wrote. “The community of cancer warriors, cancer survivors, and those who love them is far reaching and very supportive.”
Majeski stood by the decision to recall the vanity plate, saying officials must ensure that they are not approving license tags that contain “obscenity, vulgarity, profanity, hate speech or fighting words.”
“Your vanity plate FCANCER contains a perceived profanity, the abbreviation for the word “F(asterisk)@k”, and for that reason, it must be recalled,” Majeski wrote, apologizing for the oversight by DMV staff in initially approving the plate.
Overington then asked DOT officials to seek input from Gov. John Carney.
“In other states the governor has gotten involved in these cases and the person was able to keep their vanity tags,” she wrote. “I’d be disappointed if Governor Carney was not willing to at least consider stepping in, especially given his work with the Delaware Cancer Consortium and his connection to Beau Biden and the entire Biden family.”
Beau Biden, a former Delaware attorney general and the eldest son of President Joe Biden Jr., died of brain cancer in 2015.
Overington noted in a later email that there are plenty of other “F” words in the English language, including “freedom” and that her license tag did not actually spell the word about which DMV officials were concerned. She also pointed out that the DMV itself has used implied profanity on electronic signs advising motorists to drive safely. Those messages include “Get your head out of your Apps” and “Oh Cell No.”
DMV Director Jana Simpler stood fast, however, insisting that Overington could no longer display the vanity tag.
Overington responded by filing a lawsuit last year, claiming that the state officials had violated her First Amendment rights by imposing content-based and viewpoint-based restrictions on her speech.
State officials sought to dismiss the complaint, arguing that it failed to state a a proper claim and that the defendants — Fisher, Simpler and Majeski — have qualified immunity against claims raised against them in their individual capacities.
“This lawsuit is one of those instances where an individual seeks to push the boundaries of what DMV will permit to be displayed on a vanity license plate, to allow the display of profanity,” an attorney for the state wrote.
Judge Richard Andrews denied the dismissal motion and granted a motion by Overington to amend her complaint to clarify that the defendants were being sued in their official, not individual, capacities.
Citing a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Andrews wrote that challenges to laws that burden free expression are permitted when a licensing statute places “unbridled discretion in the hands of a government official.”
Andrews also noted that, while Overington has represented herself well without a lawyer, the constitutional issue in dispute should be decided through a process that includes lawyers on both sides. He said he would ask the court clerk whether an attorney could be obtained as a “friend of the court” supporting Overington’s position.
A spokesman for the Department of Transportation did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
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Firefighters are battling a fire that broke out at an abandoned rowhouse in West Philadelphia where dozens of one-gallon jugs of gasoline were found Monday night in what officials called "very dangerous" and "very bizarre."
More than 150 gallons of gas were stashed in plastic gallon containers on the first floor of an abandoned, partially burned-out rowhome on the 100 block of North 59th Street, police said Monday night.
Shortly after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, as emergency workers were trying to get the jugs out of the house, a fire broke out. It is unclear what caused the flames to begin. Firefighters had the fire under control shortly before noon, but a family of seven were forced to evacuate because of the blaze. Two other adjacent rowhomes were also being investigated for fire damage.
An exact cause of the flames was not immediately known.
Investigators found the jugs after police received a 911 call for a strong smell of gasoline coming from inside the residence around 8 p.m.
SkyForce10 was overhead as hazmat crews responded to the scene shortly after.
Members of the Philadelphia Fire Dept. and Licenses and Inspections worked through the evening to get the containers removed.
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“A very volatile, dangerous situation for 154 gallons [of gasoline], all in separate one-gallon milk containers, inside of a property, in a residential neighborhood – what a fire hazard that is,” Small said.
Police said detectives were speaking with a 37-year-old person of interest. According to Small, the man used to live in the house before it caught on fire in March of this year.
Small said the man was in the area at the time of the discovery Monday night, and he's known to frequent the property.
Small said law enforcement will conduct a joint investigation to see why the more-than 154 jugs of gasoline were in the home, and how it was acquired.
“Is it stolen? Was it possibly going to be used for arson? We’re not certain at this time," Small said.
Detectives were also looking into the possibility the gas may have been for sale.
Adjoining homes were evacuated during the incident, police said. No injuries were reported.
Police and hazmat crews were seen leaving the area early Tuesday morning.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — A man’s body was found near the entrance of a garage at Florida Gulf Coast University early Tuesday morning.
FGCU Police responded to South Village Housing shortly before 4 a.m., where the body of a 20-year-old man was found.
The man was not a current student or employee, and there is no threat to the university community.
A death investigation is currently being conducted. Witnesses are being interviewed, and security camera footage of the parking lot is being reviewed.
At this time, foul play is not suspected, according to FGCU Police.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Officials are responding to a semi-truck rollover crash on NB Ben Hill Griffin Parkway at Alico Road in Fort Myers.
The rollover crash occurred at 7:48 Tuesday morning and was leaking fuel, according to San Carlos Park Fire Department. The fuel leak is currently being mitigated.
All northbound lanes of Ben Hill Griffin Parkway were closed around 8:00 a.m. while crews investigated the crash.
As of 8:32 a.m., two lanes are now open to traffic.
Officials said one patient suffered minor injuries in the crash.
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LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Today, the Lee County Government is set to discuss proposed changes to Farmers Markets In Unincorporated Lee County.
Items to be discussed are possibly allowing farmers markets like Lakes Park to be open all year long. Current regulations permit farmers’ markets to operate between the months of October and April. Permitting farmers’ markets all year assures consistency with other local jurisdictions. Commissioners also plan to discuss the prohibited items and vendors that include used goods, antiques, collectibles, and all other goods and services.
However, there is a possibility to add fine art, arts and crafts, jewelry, apparel, and booths operated by local businesses, non-profits, and local governments to the list of permitted vendors.
County officials said today’s action would be to direct staff to take the proposed Farmers Market language/changes through the committee review process. That would involve three different board-appointed committees at which public comment can be taken. Then it would come back to the board. Those committees meet in August and September. It will be fall time before the Board does any final consideration.
County officials say this idea comes from hopefully allowing people who provide services the opportunity to make more money.
Today they are asking the people who brought the idea to the commission to provide a cleaner copy and clearer vision with what they want the commission to vote on in order for them to get this ball rolling.
This item will go to a committee for permission on zoning and laws before it goes back to the Board of Commissioners.
It would be fall time before the Board does any final consideration.
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. – The Cape Coral Fire Department was able to stop a fire from spreading after a work van became engulfed in flames.
Multiple units responded to a vehicle fire in the 1900 block of SE 21st on Monday. When they arrived they found the van completely enveloped in flames right near new construction.
Firefighters were able to quickly douse the flames and sprayed the roof and soffit line of the new home to protect the structure.
The cause of the fire was later determined to be mechanical with the origin being somewhere in the engine compartment.
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The driver in a Chesterfield truck crash has died, Virginia State Police said.
The 2017 Peterbuilt tanker truck was traveling northbound on Route 288 when it ran off the left side of the road about a half-mile north of Courthouse Road, police said. The truck struck a ditch and overturned.
Kaylin Stine will be spending the next seven years of her life in a state prison.
Driver Michael O. Williams, 69, of North Chesterfield, was taken to Chippenham Hospital, where he died, police said. He was wearing a seatbelt.
The crash remains under investigation.
PHOTOS: 29 images from the Times-Dispatch archives
In October 1980, Ronald Reagan, at the time the Republican nominee for president, hoisted Brady Spindel, 8, of Portsmouth, during a rally at the Norfolk Scope coliseum. More than 4,000 Reagan supporters attended.
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In February 1969, Medical College of Virginia nursing students Marsha Penney (left) and Martha Mooney checked equipment. They had joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in June 1968, and the Army was covering their tuition, room and board at MCV in Richmond. After graduation, they would begin transitioning from civilian to military life with five weeks of basic training in Texas.
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In September 1959, stable hand Garfield Tillman walked award-winning racehorse First Landing through Meadow Stable, the Caroline County operation of horse owner Christopher T. Chenery. First Landing, the U.S. champion 2-year-old colt in 1958, had been convalescing after an illness.
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In April 1948, James Phillips Schultz supervised a mumbletypeg game played by two youths at the Richmond Home for Boys. Schultz, 81, was the oldest alumnus of the home. To celebrate the institution’s 102nd birthday, alumni, families and children gathered for an afternoon program that included music , games and dancing for the youths.
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In March 1969, St. Mary’s Hospital nurses used the Teachmobile, a cart that moved among floors and allowed workers to learn without relying on large group gatherings. Jeanne W. Orr (left), director of the hospital’s continuing education program, designed the cart with display boards and a tape-recorded lecture. With her is Mary Anne Cook. The Teachmobile was constructed from a flower cart by the hospital’s carpenter.
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In August 1954, members of the Richmond Civic Ballet rehearsed for an upcoming performance. The open-membership volunteer group, which presented roughly a dozen performances annually at local events, was organized almost four years earlier by local former professional dancers Betty Carper Grigg and John Hurdle.
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In January 1964, traffic on East Broad Street in Richmond moved slowly after the city received more than 4 inches of snow.
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In April 1977, workmen removed the fountain from its foundation in Monroe Park in Richmond. A replacement, cast from a mold of the old one, was to be made by an iron company in Alabama and installed during the summer.
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In May 1978, owner Jim Thayer stood outside Borkey’s store on Atlee Road in Hanover County. He planned to highlight the store’s more than 100-year history by ordering products that were sold there in the early days.
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In April 1978, students from Huguenot High School in Richmond worked with director Dave Anderson on a public television series called “As We See It.” Financed by a federal grant, the series shed light on school desegregation across America, with students contributing scripts for scenes. The Huguenot segment was titled “The Riot that Never Was” and included a re-enactment of a tense moment in the cafeteria during the previous school year, which ultimately was resolved.
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In January 1956, the Boys Club of Richmond expanded by purchasing the house next door to its North Robinson Street location. Options for the new space included more offices, a library, kitchen, meeting quarters and a basement rifle range. The price of the new building was $10,000.
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In November 1978, African-American women gathered for a beauty clinic at the Thalhimers at Eastgate Mall in Richmond. The clinic, sponsored by Fashion Fair, brought in beauty professionals, including Pearl Hester (standing at right), to demonstrate makeup techniques.
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This May 1965 image shows a section of East Broad Street in downtown Richmond after an evening storm.
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In September 1941, amid a nationwide gas shortage, Harry J. Donati (left) and Joseph G. Robben drove their horse-drawn carriage down 25th Street in Church Hill in Richmond.
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In November 1980, a 1922 firetruck with extension hose was on display at Engine Co. 20 on Forest Hill Avenue in South Richmond. The vehicle, which was in service until 1958, deteriorated for years until local residents and businesses volunteered to restore it.
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In October 1987, Lee Lockwood, 5, rode on the back of a pony village cart driven by Laura Crews (right) and his aunt, Grace Battisto, at Maymont in Richmond. They were attending the park’s Victorian Day, a lawn party highlighting turn-of-the-century life.
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In September 1961, the Bellevue Theater marquee on MacArthur Avenue in North Side still read “Closed for the Winter.” Neighborhood Theatre Inc. said there were no plans to reopen the theater, closed since 1960. It became home to the New Dominion Barn Dance, a country music radio show.
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This June 1964 image shows Buchanan School in Richmond’s East End a day before its scheduled demolition. The school opened in 1912. In 1964, the property was purchased by the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority as part of the 17th Street Redevelopment Project. The almost 600 students were transferred to the new Mosby School .
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In December 1986, Irene Dameron stood behind the counter of her Westmoreland County shop with regulars (from left) Bob Prather, Ben Allen and Bob Sanford. Dameron had run the shop for 28 years — she had taken over the business from her father, who ran it for 33 years before that. Though the store’s inventory had been reduced, her loyal customers came in almost every day to pass time, action Dameron encouraged by having benches and chairs in the shop.
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In June 1951, square dance caller Richard Chase taught playground directors some steps in preparation for a dance scheduled for the Byrd Park tennis courts in Richmond as part of Park and Recreation Week. The program was organized by the city and sponsored by Thalhimers.
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In December 1947, Charles C. Slayton (left), president of the Society of American Magicians, was the target of a card trick when Dan Friedman pulled an oversized deck of cards from Slayton’s vest pocket during an event at The Jefferson Hotel .
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On Valentine’s Day 1989, a 50-foot-wide heart hung from the columns of the state Capitol’s south portico in Richmond. The oversized valentine was created to mark the 20th anniversary of the “Virginia is for Lovers” advertising campaign.
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This May 1947 image shows a street scene on Main Street near Ninth Street in downtown Richmond. At the time, cars shared the road with electric streetcars. Two years later, with the increase in buses and automobiles, the streetcar system was replaced.
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In July 1940, a Richmond Colts batter headed to first base while a teammate scored in a victory over the Norfolk Tars in a Piedmont League game at Tate Field, which was on Mayo Island in Richmond.
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In September 1972, Rudy Peele (left) and Al Sanders shared a laugh at the Virginia Squires rookie tryout camp in Richmond. About 16 players were expected at the camp, including four who were invited after doing well at an open tryout in Norfolk the previous week. That tryout attracted 81 players who hoped to join the American Basketball Association team.
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In March 1964, Native American children left the two-room state-funded school on the Mattaponi Reservation in King William County. An accompanying article reviewed population trends among Virginia’s Indian tribes; there were 22 Mattaponi and Pamunkey children attending the school at the time.
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In August 1947, patrons of a Richmond laundromat played bridge while their clothing was in the machines. The new coin-operated laundry facilities saved time, as a half-day chore without machines at home was reduced to a 30-minute cycle. The laundromat also became a social gathering place.
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In June 1943, a sign posted in the elevators of the Atlantic Life Insurance Co. in downtown Richmond challenged tradition by asking men to keep their hats on to speed elevator service and allow for more room.
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Republican East Valley voters head to the polls for contested Maricopa County supervisor race
Republican voters in the East Valley will determine who wins a hotly contested race for Maricopa County supervisor on Tuesday.
Just one seat is up for grabs, but the race to control conservative-leaning District 2 could disrupt the Board of Supervisors' unified stance on election integrity and foreshadow what other supervisors may face while seeking reelection in 2024.
Four Republicans — and no Democrats — are running to represent the vast district, which encompasses Carefree, Cave Creek, Fountain Hills, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and much of Scottsdale and Mesa, as well as parts of Apache Junction, Gilbert, Paradise Valley and east Phoenix.
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Because no Democrats are running, the race won't go to the general election in November.
Here's who is vying for the seat:
- Incumbent Tom Galvin of Phoenix, a land use attorney who is seeking to keep the spot he was appointed to last year.
- Doug Little of Scottsdale, a former member of the Arizona Corporation Commission who recently spent time in Washington, D.C., at the Department of Energy.
- Gail Golec of Scottsdale, a realtor who has spread election conspiracy theories and made numerous unproven allegations of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
- Thayer Verschoor of Gilbert, a former state lawmaker who was appointed to the Department of Veterans' Affairs by former President Donald Trump. Verschoor has echoed false allegations that there was widespread fraud in Arizona during the 2020 presidential election.
Whoever wins the upcoming election will serve until January 2025.
False election fraud allegations loom large over race
Even though allegations of widespread fraud during the 2020 election were dismissed in dozens of courtrooms in Arizona and around the country and a months-long ballot review in Maricopa County found no fraud, some elected officials and candidates for office continue to challenge and question the results of the presidential race.
Galvin was appointed to his position after former Supervisor Steve Chucri was caught on tape expressing unfounded suspicions of voter fraud and slamming his colleagues in the aftermath of the November 2020 election. Chucri later said he doesn't believe fraud changed the outcome of the election, apologized for his comments and resigned.
Galvin has said he believes the county's election was fair, a position he says he "lost friends over."
Little has previously declined to answer The Arizona Republic's questions on his campaign, but his campaign website states that he "saw the abuses of the election system in 2020 in many states, including Arizona." He supports voter identification requirements for every ballot cast and a review of current election procedures.
Golec also previously declined to answer The Republic's questions on her campaign, but is active on social media and has consistently amplified false allegations of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. She also has repeated unfounded claims that the election was stolen.
Verschoor has said election integrity is one of the primary reasons he is running for office and that he believes former President Donald Trump is the rightful president of the United States. He said he wants ballot drop boxes to be supervised, a hand count of ballots within 24 hours of an election and to eliminate mail-in voting, except in limited situations to address health issues and absences.
Candidates' platforms cover an array of other issues
Outside of election integrity, all of the candidates list supporting police and public safety as one of their main priorities.
Golec, Galvin and Little also focus on the importance of reliable water supply, and Little and Galvin both mention economic development, pledging to create jobs and reduce taxes.
The rest of Galvin's campaign focuses on issues like inflation, transportation funding and improving Highway 60.
Golec, Little and Verschoor include protecting gun rights and limiting school instruction about race in their platforms, although it's unclear how they would have significant power to make changes in those areas as a county supervisor.
Verschoor and Golec maintain anti-mask and anti-vaccination stances, and both pledge to vote against any future mandates.
Verschoor, who served in the U.S. Army, also has platform points supporting benefits and services for veterans.
How to vote
Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Voters can cast ballots at any of Maricopa County's 200-plus vote centers. The complete list of voting centers and drop-box locations is on the county elections website.
Every voter is required to show proof of identity when voting in person. Acceptable forms of identification include a valid Arizona driver's license, tribal enrollment card or other government-issued identification. Voters also may show two forms of non-photo identification bearing their name and address.
Voters looking to drop off mail-in ballots can do so at the voting centers.
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Gilbert boasts one of the most crowded council races in the Phoenix area
Gilbert voters can weigh in on 10 Town Council candidates in Tuesday's election.
The nation's most populous town, with more than 270,000 residents, has an at-large council, meaning representation isn't divided into geographic districts as it is in some large municipalities.
Voters can select four candidates to fill open seats. Their choices are:
- Chuck Bongiovanni, CEO and co-founder of a senior residential home franchise.
- Bobbi Buchli, a real estate broker.
- Michael Clark, owns his own sales company.
- Mario Chicas, a former Drug Enforcement Agency agent.
- Garrett Glover, a write-in candidate, who recently graduated with a political science degree from Arizona State University.
- Yung Koprowski, an engineer who was appointed to the council in 2020.
- Bus Obayomi, a business and management consultant.
- Scott September, a regional manager for Crown Castle International who was appointed to the council in 2020.
- Bill Spence, who served as an appointed Town Council member in 2020 and a retired Naval lieutenant commander and nuclear engineering officer.
- Jim Torgeson, who owns a custom sign shop and has filed to run for Town Council in the past.
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The council is guaranteed two new faces as Lauren Hendrix and Aimee Yentes did not seek reelection.
If a candidate doesn't garner the minimum number of votes the town requires to win outright on Tuesday, the top vote-getters would proceed to a runoff in November.
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Council helps guide growth, roads
Nearly all of the candidates rank issues surrounding growth among the town's top issues, from affordable housing to making smart decisions as the town is expected to reach buildout by 2030.
Like many Arizona cities, Gilbert has grown rapidly, doubling its population every five years from 1980 to 2000.
The Republic asked each candidate about growth, roads, housing affordability and leadership at a time when the council has experienced infighting, ethics probes and an Open Meeting Law violation. Read their responses here.
Several of the candidates at a recent forum fielded questions on growth, leadership and whether the town was welcoming enough to all.
Where to vote
Mail-in ballots went out in early July, but many voters prefer to vote on election day. Maricopa County has more than 200 voting centers open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Voters can choose the voting center that is most convenient for them, including nearly a dozen in Gilbert. See the complete list of voting centers and drop-box locations on the county elections website.
Those who received an early ballot but have not yet returned it can drop it off at a voting center. It's too late to return ballots by mail as the county must receive them by 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Reporter Maritza Dominguez can be reached at maritza.dominguez@arizonarepublic.com or 480-271-0646. Follow her on Twitter @maritzacdom.
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2 Republicans, 1 Democrat seek to serve out remainder of Maricopa County attorney term
Democrats and Republicans will nominate candidates for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office on Tuesday.
Once thought of as a "down-ballot" race, civil rights organizations and criminal justice advocacy groups have levied criticism and pressure campaigns against the county attorney's office in recent years, emphasizing its importance and potential for abuse of power.
Several high profile incidents, including a failed attempt to prosecute protesters as gang members, nearly 200 botched criminal cases, and scrutiny from her staff and other elected officials about her sobriety and absence from work, prompted former County Attorney Allister Adel to resign in March.
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Adel's resignation triggered a special election to select who would serve out the remainder of her term, which ends on Jan. 1, 2025.
The first results from the primary election are expected to come about an hour after polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Final results could take days if the race is close.
Before you vote:What's on your August 2022 primary ballot for Arizona?
2 candidates for Republican nomination: Rachel Mitchell and Gina Godbehere
After Adel's resignation, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted to appoint Rachel Mitchell as the interim county attorney in April.
Mitchell has 30 years of experience as a prosecutor. She served as a bureau chief at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office “overseeing teams of prosecutors for 17 years, including the sex crimes bureau, which prosecutes crimes that involve child molestation and adult sexual assault.”
Mitchell was one of five criminal division chiefs at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office who wrote a letter to former County Attorney Adel in February urging her to resign, citing ethical concerns over her continued sobriety and judgment.
Running against Mitchell is Gina Godbehere, a former bureau chief and trial attorney who handled juvenile, gang, homicide and repeat offender cases at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Godbehere was the designated bias crimes prosecutor for over a decade and currently serves as a municipal prosecutor in Goodyear.
She is the CEO and co-founder of Speak Up, Stand Up, Save a Life, a conference that focuses on “encouraging students to speak up about depression, suicide, grief, abuse and bullying.”
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Julie Gunnigle, the sole Democratic candidate
Most of Gunnigle's career has been in private practice, but she worked as a prosecutor in Indiana between 2006 and 2007 and in Illinois from 2009 to 2011. She previously ran for county attorney but lost to Adel in the 2020 general election.
Gunnigle gathered the 4,289 signatures she needed to get on the ballot in less than a day. She has remained the sole Democratic candidate throughout the campaign.
Gunnigle has said she wants to stop over-incarceration, pledged to make expungement of marijuana convictions universal and automatic, and she is the only candidate to say she would not prosecute abortion or birth control-related cases in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Mayor and council elections to watch across metro Phoenix
More than 100 candidates are running for city offices across metro Phoenix on Tuesday, with the level of competition ranging from places like Glendale — where each candidate is running unopposed — to Cave Creek where voters could completely overhaul their town’s leadership.
Two dozen candidates are battling to become mayors in six cities, including in Chandler where there hasn’t been a competitive mayoral race in nearly two decades.
In Goodyear, voters will decide whether to retain the mayor appointed after longtime leader Georgia Lord died. And in Fountain Hills, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who voters booted in 2016, is trying to knock Mayor Ginny Dickey out of office.
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A dozen Valley cities also have competitive council races where voters can decide who should represent them on issues such as road repair and transit, housing affordability, and the looming water shortage — which Valley officials have said can only be successfully tackled through a coordinated regional effort.
Residents who haven’t voted yet can do so Tuesday at any of the more than 200 voting centers listed on the county’s website. The Arizona Republic asked questions of all the local candidates to help voters choose who they want to cast their ballot for.
Some local candidates may win outright when Tuesday's election results roll in. Others are likely to head to a runoff between the top vote-getters in November.
Only three area cities aren't holding any elections this month: Phoenix and Tempe follow different voting cycles than other communities in the Valley, and Peoria rules required just one election in November this year.
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Big races in 4 of the Valley’s largest cities
Municipalities that represent nearly a fifth of the state's population — Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert and Scottsdale — all have competitive races this year. Each has a six-person council with the mayor as a seventh voting member.
Mesa will elect three City Council members, or about half of its governing body for the next four years. Just two of the elections are competitive because attorney Alicia Goforth is running unopposed in District 5 to replace Councilmember David Luna, who hit Mesa's two-term limit.
The candidates who come out on top will take the reins at a critical time for the state’s third largest city: Mesa, like some other communities, recently enacted the first phase of water usage cutbacks, for example, and the city is making a big push to grow its employment base.
In Chandler, residents will see their first competitive mayoral race in 16 years as incumbent Kevin Hartke tries to hold onto his position against newcomer Ruth Jones.
Elections: Where Chandler candidates stand on election integrity
Chandler also has six candidates vying for three council seats. Among them is only one incumbent, meaning the city is guaranteed at least two new officials when all is said and done.
Gilbert also will choose at least two new council members in this year’s election, where four council seats — or the majority of its city leadership — are on the ballot.
Nine candidates are running for those positions. The winners will have to contend with infrastructure, growth and quality-of-life issues as the the nation's largest town, with about 270,000 residents, approaches buildout.
Scottsdale has seven candidates, including two incumbents, in its race for three council positions.
The winners will be tasked with adopting newly available policies around short-term rentals — an issue that’s long been a thorn in the side of Scottsdale residents — and addressing a housing shortage that’s the worst in the Valley.
2 small towns send everyone to the ballot, and other notable races
Carefree and Cave Creek, towns of fewer than 5,000 residents in the northeast Valley, send their entire councils to the ballot every two years. It's an unusual practice in the Valley that means voters have the option to completely change their town’s leadership in just one election cycle.
Cave Creek will decide on a new mayor because Ernie Bunch, who said he became disillusioned with the top role, is instead running for Town Council against 11 other candidates. Two hopefuls are running for Bunch's current position.
Cave Creek election: Where mayoral, Town Council candidates stand on water, growth
Carefree also will choose a new mayor as Les Peterson is stepping away after four terms. Two candidates are running for mayor while11 others are gunning for council seats.
Tiny Youngtown, a community of less than 2 square miles tucked along Grand Avenue in the northwest Valley, also has a crowded ballot with nine candidates competing for four council seats.
Youngtown Mayor Mike LeVault views the competition as a point of pride. "I'm always interested in the most number of people being involved in their government because it makes it a better government," he said.
In Fountain Hills, a town of nearly 25,000 residents in the northeast Valley, former Sheriff Arpaio has cropped up in the race for mayor.
He was previously convicted of criminal contempt of court for ignoring orders to stop racial profiling at MCSO, but was later pardoned by then-President Donald Trump. Arpaio lost his bids for sheriff in 2016, for U.S. Senate in 2018 and for sheriff again in 2020.
The 90-year-old Arpaio is challenging Dickey, who has been in office since 2018.
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Joe Arpaio challenges Fountain Hills Mayor Ginny Dickey; other races in the northeast Valley to watch
Voters northeast of Phoenix have plenty of local decisions to make on Election Day.
Will former Sheriff Joe Arpaio unseat Ginny Dickey to become mayor of Fountain Hills?
Who do Carefree voters want to lead the town as four-term Mayor Les Peterson steps down?
Similarly, Cave Creek voters will select a new leader as Mayor Ernie Bunch opted to run for Town Council this go-around.
And in Paradise Valley, Town Council Member Julie Pace is challenging Mayor Jerry Bien-Willner for the top elected spot.
There's plenty of action in the council races, too — in part because Carefree and Cave Creek send their entire councils to the ballot every two years.
- 11 hopefuls are vying for six Carefree Town Council seats.
- 12 candidates seek six Cave Creek Town Council seats.
- Four candidates are running for three council seats in both Fountain Hills and Paradise Valley.
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The candidates have weighed in on community challenges such as how to regulate short-term rentals, manage growth and ensure adequate water supplies. The Arizona Republic asked questions of candidates that you can read here.
In a primary election involving high-profile posts from governor to U.S. Senate, Cave Creek resident Courtney Olson said local races are important to her. "Cave Creek is unique and special and it's very important for a lot of us who live here to protect our lifestyle," she said. "The best way to do that is to be informed and vote in local elections."
Olson said she loves to go to the polls on Election Day as a family with her husband and two adult children. "I feel like it's so important as an American and being part of our democracy."
She appreciates seeing the candidates outside voting centers handing out water and talking to residents. "In a divided country right now, I admire them for stepping up," she said.
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Where to vote
Mail-in ballots went out in early July, but many prefer to cast their ballots on Election Day. Maricopa County has more than 200 voting centers open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
In the northeast Valley, voting centers will be open at:
- Carefree Town Council Center, 33 Easy St., Carefree.
- Cave Creek Town Hall, 37622 N. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek.
- Black Mountain Baptist Church, 33955 N. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek.
- Phoenix Laestadian Lutheran Church, 32424 N. 43rd St., Cave Creek.
- Fountain Hills Community Center,13001 N. La Montana Drive, Fountain Hills.
- Paradise Valley Town Hall,6401 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley.
- Paradise Valley Community College, 18401 N. 32nd St., Phoenix.
The complete list of voting centers and drop-box locations is on the county elections website.
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Chandler voters head to the polls for competitive mayoral, City Council races
Chandler voters head to the polls Tuesday to determine the city's first contested mayoral race in 16 years.
While they cast their ballots, they will also choose between six candidates vying for three at-large seats on City Council. At least two of the people elected to the council will be new, as councilmembers Terry Roe and René Lopez could not run again because of term limits.
Chandler is facing questions around housing affordability and land use as it approaches build-out. Residents also have raised concerns around public safety, sustainability and the preservation of traditional neighborhoods and small businesses as the city grows.
Chandler voters will decide between Mayor Kevin Hartke, who seeks a second term, and challenger Ruth Jones, who moved to Chandler two years ago from Clearfield, Utah. There, she served on the city’s planning commission.
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The city hasn’t seen a competitive mayoral race since 2006, when Boyd Dunn and Phill Westbrooks faced off for the position.
Council candidates include Angel Encinas, Darla Gonzalez, Jane Poston, Farhana Shifa, write-in candidate Cody Hannah and incumbent Matt Orlando is running for a sixth term on the council.
The council race could be decided in the Aug. 2 primary election if candidates secure the required number of votes. Otherwise, that race will go to a Nov. 8 runoff election.
Growth, nondiscrimination remain key issues
Candidates for mayor and council have focused heavily on articulating visions for the landlocked city's last portions of real estate and solutions for its growing pains.
During a community forum organized by Chandler Pride last month, they sounded off on police staffing, housing affordability, sustainability and ways to support the city's LGBTQ community.
Residents expressed concerns around responsible city planning, particularly in "traditional neighborhoods," older communities which lack homeowner associations and rely on city officials to provide code enforcement. They also asked candidates what the city's growth means for traffic and water supplies, and pressed candidates to give their stances on an LGBTQ nondiscrimination measure.
Although multiple metro Phoenix cities have passed protections for LGBTQ residents, Chandler stalled on a nondiscrimination measure proposed last year, despite support from several churches and the Chandler Chamber of Commerce. The city is currently undergoing a diversity, equity and inclusion assessment that is expected to be completed this summer.
The Arizona Republic asked each of the candidates to answer questions on the most pressing issues facing Chandler. The Republic also asked the candidates about their stance on election integrity and the 2020 presidential election.
How to vote
Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Voters can cast ballots at any of Maricopa County's 200-plus vote centers, including 15 locations in Chandler. The complete list of voting centers and drop-box locations is on the county elections website.
Every voter is required to show proof of identity when voting in person. Acceptable forms of identification include a valid Arizona driver's license, tribal enrollment card or other government-issued identification. Voters also may show two forms of non-photo identification bearing their name and address.
Voters looking to drop off mail-in ballots can do so at the voting centers.
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Goodyear mayor faces write-in opponent and other Southwest Valley races to watch
A couple of cities in the Southwest Valley could see some new faces on their councils after Tuesday's election.
While many city councils races offer no competition, Goodyear and Tolleson voters have options.
The mayor’s seat and three council seats are up for grabs in Goodyear. Joe Pizzillo, who was appointed mayor after Georgia Lord died will be the only mayoral candidate on the ballot, although he faces write-in candidate Carlita Cotton.
Five candidates, including two incumbents, are vying for three council seats in Goodyear.
In Tolleson, four candidates, three incumbents and a newcomer, are running for three council seats.
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Goodyear voter Juan Ojeda told The Arizona Republic that supporting first responders and promoting affordable housing in the city are top of mind of him this year.
"Rent is continually increasing, and people are having to leave Goodyear and move to other cities," said Ojeda, who owns a taco truck in the city.
He wants to see growth that benefits residents. "Wouldn't it be nice if residents of Goodyear were able to stay and work here?" he said. "People leave Goodyear for work for jobs in Tempe or the East Valley, but it would be nice if residents were able to stay and have good paying jobs here."
Ojeda had hoped to run for council but didn't collect enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, but said he intends to try again.
"It's very important to get involved," he said. "We live and work and raise our families here."
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5 in race for Goodyear City Council
Goodyear voters will choose three people to send to City Council.
Incumbents Wally Campbell and Brannon Hampton are seeking to retain their seats. At least one new person is guaranteed as Patrick Bray, who was appointed to fill Pizzillo's council seat when he became mayor, is not seeking election.
The three newcomers vying for seats are Benita Beckles, Tamara Floyd and Vicki Gillis.
If candidates don't receive the number of votes needed to win outright on Tuesday, the top vote-getters will head to a runoff in November.
4 in race for Tolleson City Council
In Tolleson, four candidates, three incumbents and a newcomer, are running for three council seats. Clorinda Erives, Jimmy Davis and Linda Laborin are seeking to retain their seats and newcomer Frank Aponte is vying for a spot on the council.
Where to vote
Mail-in ballots went out in early July, but many prefer to cast their ballots on election day. Maricopa County has more than 200 voting centers open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The complete list of voting centers and drop-box locations is on the county elections website.
No competition in Avondale, Buckeye and Litchfield Park
In Avondale, three candidates are running for three open seats so there is no competition. The candidates are incumbents Tina Conde and Curtis Nielson and newcomer Max Whit.
There also won’t be a contested race in Buckeye as no one challenged the three incumbents, Patrick HagEstad, Craig Heustis and Clay Goodman.
Litchfield Park is uncontested with Mayor Tom Schoaf facing no opponent and three candidates running for three council seats. The candidates are incumbents Lisa Brainard Watson and Paul Faith and newcomer Justin James.
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A World War II Navajo Code Talker needs a new roof for the cabin he built 70 years ago
John Kinsel, Sr., is 105 and one of only three remaining Navajo Code Talkers from World War II. He still lives in the cabin he built in 1950 in Lukachukai, on the Navajo Nation. And now the cabin needs a new roof.
The green paint on the house has been peeling off from age, but it's the roof that needs immediate work. The relentless strong winds that rake the mountain community have torn off parts of it and leaks have developed. Rocks and cinder blocks have been placed on the roof to keep it from blowing off completely.
“My dad made everything on his own,” said Ronald Kinsel, John’s son and primary caregiver. “He’s a carpenter by trade, so everything in here is made by him.”
The cabin's condition caught the attention of Loren Anthony, a television actor and founder of Chizh for Cheii, a group known across the Navajo Nation for delivering firewood to elders, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Thanks to Chizh for Cheii, I am able to get wood,” said Ronald Kinsel. “At his age of 105, he needs all that warmth. He gets cold real quick.”
(John Kinsel aged a few extra years recently. His birth year had long been reported as 1921, but Ronald said the family recently confirmed through Catholic records that John was actually born in 1917, making him 105 this year.)
Chizh for Cheii has been helping people for nine years and Anthony doesn't see the work stopping anytime soon. If anything, he said, there is a lot more work to be done. And some of it should be fixing Kinsel's roof.
A Code Talker and a hard worker
Kinsel was among the elite Navajo Code Talkers, who used their Navajo language to develop an unbreakable code during World War II. The complexity of the language allowed the U.S. military to communicate without giving away any sensitive battle information. The Code Talkers were credited with helping the allied forces win the war and have been seen as heroes ever since.
Kinsel was a part of the 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. He took part in the Battles of Bougainville, Guam and Iwo Jima, and is a recipient of the Purple Heart. But even with these distinctions and honor, Kinsel lives in a home that is 70 years old and in need of repair.
Over the years, the volunteers in Chizh for Cheii have done more than deliver wood to elders, Anthony said. They also help repair their homes when and if they can, and a lot of those repairs are done for veteran elders.
The work is usually shown on Anthony's social media in hopes of getting people to donate funds or their time to volunteer.
“John’s place is a tough spot,” said Anthony. “It's a tough spot because I respect that he built it himself. Everything he got was from the mountain. He went up to the mountain, cut down the logs, and fixed his house from the ground to the roof. You can tell everything is handmade.”
Anthony said the volunteers had done some patch work, but the leaking continued, right over where John's bed is located. They moved the bed and put some pans there to catch the water, but while Anthony hates to think of having to replace the original work, he said Kinsel needs a new roof.
“For us it's a little bit out of our scope from what we’ve done over the years,” Anthony said. “But it’s something where we say ‘that's what we do.’ It's just when we can do it, we do it. A lot of them really need it.”
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Navajo veterans are often forgotten
Anthony said he had been helping Kinsel since 2020. Although the Navajo Code Talkers are celebrated, Anthony said they are often forgotten, as are many veterans throughout the Navajo Nation. He said no one keeps track of how Code Talkers are doing and what they need.
“When we came across John, he was always needing wood,” said Anthony. “He’s always burning wood. His family is traditional, too, so they are always burning firewood. I think that's the reason for his long ride, because he’s always getting prayers done.”
Ronald Kinsel said his dad had been promised for three Navajo Nation administrations that he’d get assistance. He said there have been Navajo politicians who use veterans issues and Navajo Code Talkers as a way to get into the position they are now in, and he’s tired of it.
The Navajo Nation president’s office recently reported that $50 million from the American Recovery Plan Act would go toward veterans’ housing. In May, the Navajo Nation Council approved legislation appropriating $29 million to construct and operate a 60-bed nursing home for veterans, which will be named “Navajo Warriors Home.” President Jonathan Nez signed that measure. The new facility will serve as the very first nursing home on the Navajo Nation dedicated to Navajo veterans.
“They sent out their staff and all they ever did was take back a list of renovations that needed to be done,” said Ronald Kinsel. “My dad isn't the only one, there are several other widows having issues like we are. We are always the stepping stone to get where they’re at and the Navajo Code Talkers have been forgotten.”
But through all these unkept promises, Ronald said his dad stays strong, even after they both caught COVID-19. He credits his dad's stamina to the running and walking he did in his younger days.
At age 5, his dad would walk far to get his horses and did a lot of running to the point that even his fellow Code Talkers admired his dedication. John's picture made it onto the first Navajo Code Talkers 29K, an event created to honor the original 29 Code Talkers.
"I wear that shirt only on special occasions," said Ronald proudly.
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'It's up to us now'
The goal now is to stop the roof's leaking, and make it at least winter-ready.
Anthony said when he's at John's home, he's in awe of the beauty, especially when the sun hits the rocks. He said John likes to sit outside of the cabin and tell stories when he's there.
"He's a super funny guy," said Anthony. "He's really good at telling stuff seriously and then he has a punch line to it."
Navajo elders and their quality of life is always on Anthony's mind, and he believes instead of lip service from Navajo politicians, those leaders should be taking responsibility to actually help, not just the elders, but everyone else.
Now with Navajo elections, Anthony doesn't see anyone really trying to help, and he believes it's up to the community as a collective to address these issues.
"The way I see it is we can do a lot together," said Anthony. "It's up to us now. With all these elections happening, I personally don't see anyone stepping up to the plate. They're just going with the motion of being in that position just to be in that position, but not taking action. There's a lot of people at the grassroots level that are more impactful than anyone in those leadership positions."
As a son of a mother who is a Vietnam veteran, Anthony has seen how Navajo veterans are mistreated and forgotten. His mom served in the Marines, and she has been on the waiting list for housing or assistance. He said because she is a woman, some people don't believe she is a Vietnam veteran, even though she has her discharge papers and rank insignia as a sergeant.
"Relatives on my mom's side, 90 percent are veterans," said Anthony. "They're not getting the quality of life they deserve. Our relatives who have served like my mom, or like John, shouldn't have to worry about stuff like this. It shouldn't be our parents or grandparents who struggle. They should be enjoying life, and not having to worry about being cold, or having a roof, or not having food."
Anthony is asking for donations to pay for supplies for John’s roof and he also invites volunteers to help. To donate, go to paypal.me/chizhforcheii. Follow Anthony on Twitter @Loren_Anthony_
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Mesa voters head to polls for competitive City Council races
Mesa voters are deciding Tuesday who to send to City Council to influence policies such as housing affordability, water management and ever-present conversations about growth and jobs in Arizona's third largest city.
In central Mesa, including downtown, District 4 incumbent Jenn Duff will try to fend off challenges from Trista Guzman Glover and Nathaniel Ross.
And in southeast Mesa's District 6, Scott Somers and Darla Trendler are vying for the seat that will be vacated by Kevin Thompson, who is running for Arizona Corporation Commission.
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Residents in northeast Mesa's District 5 are guaranteed a new council member as David Luna is term-limited, and attorney Alicia Goforth is the only candidate running.
The Arizona Republic asked each candidate about key issues facing the city.
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3-way race in District 4
Duff, first elected in 2018, ranks housing attainability as one of her top areas of focus. "We need housing choices for all incomes," she said. "Whatever your stage of life, you should not have to leave the community you call home to meet your housing needs."
Challenger Guzman Glover, a former director of the Governor's Office of Boards and Commissions, lists public safety response times among her chief concerns. "We need to provide our public safety departments with the resources and staffing they need to respond to the needs of residents," she said.
Ross, an Arizona State University student, is focused on building a thriving downtown. "Mesa must support current small businesses and encourage new businesses to come downtown," he said.
The contest will go to the general election if no candidate secures a majority of the votes on Tuesday. The top two vote-getters would square off in the November runoff.
2-way race to replace Thompson
Scott Somers, who was first elected to the City Council in 2006 and served until 2015, said he is committed to fiscal conservatism as high inflation squeezes families and small businesses. He said while on the council during the Great Recession he helped cut city spending by 20% with "responsible budgets, streamlining city processes, and supporting entrepreneurial service solutions."
Darla Trendler, who co-owns Red Mountain Motors used car dealership, wants to see the right kind of economic development that considers the impacts on water supplies and public safety. She said she will prioritize "high-quality jobs for current and future residents of District 6 without mortgaging our water future."
With just two contenders, the race will be decided when the results of Tuesday's elections roll in.
Where to vote
Mail-in ballots went out in early July, but many voters prefer to vote on election day. Maricopa County has more than 200 voting centers open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Voters can choose a voting center that is most convenient for them, whether one of the nearly 20 centers in Mesa or outside the city. See the complete list of voting centers and drop-box locations on the county elections website.
Those who received an early ballot but have not yet returned it can drop it off at a voting center. It's too late to return ballots by mail as the county must receive them by 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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At least 1 Scottsdale City Council contender will be eliminated in August primary
Scottsdale voters have choices in Tuesday's election as seven candidates compete for three seats on the City Council.
The busy ballot means at least one candidate will get knocked out of the race when results roll in and the rest are likely to go to a runoff in November, although it's possible that candidates could get a majority of the citywide votes and secure a win on Tuesday.
Incumbents Kathy Littlefield and Solange Whitehead are up against five challengers: Pamela Carter, Barry Graham, Daniel Ishac, Tim Stratton and Raoul Zubia.
Councilmember Linda Milhaven is not running due to term limits.
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Those who ultimately win will help shape the way Scottsdale looks and functions during their four-year terms. They will make key decisions about housing, development, regulation of short-term rentals and ensuring the city doesn't run short of water.
The Arizona Republic previously asked candidates about all of those issues.
How to vote
Early voters who haven't sent in their ballots yet should not mail their votes because they won't arrive at the election office in time to be counted.
Instead, those ballots should be dropped off at one of the more than 200 Maricopa County voting centers, including nearly 20 in Scottsdale, open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, where replacement ballots also are available.
Those who registered to vote before the July 5 cutoff date but didn't get a mail-in ballot can cast a vote in person at the voting center of their choice.
The complete list of voting centers and drop box locations is on the county elections website, where residents can filter for locations specific to Scottsdale.
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Surprise has a 3-way race for council and tiny Youngtown boasts 9 council hopefuls
Surprise voters could elect a new councilmember on Tuesday, but it is tiny Youngtown — a community of less than 2 square miles tucked along Grand Avenue — that boasts the northwest Valley's busiest council race.
Nine candidates are competing for four seats on the Town Council in Youngtown, a community of some 7,000 residents.
Races in Glendale, a city of about 250,000 residents, and El Mirage, which has about 35,000 residents, offer no choices for voters as only incumbents are running. Peoria will see a competitive mayoral and council race, but not until November.
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Youngtown Mayor Mike LeVault views the competition in his small town as a point of pride. "I'm always interested in the most number of people being involved in their government because it makes it a better government," he said.
The Aug. 2 primary election includes races for governor, U.S. Senate and other high-profile posts, but local government is where it's at for LeVault. It's where elected representatives make decisions that directly impact people's quality of life from roads and parks to public safety.
"If you want to have an impact on government you're more likely to do that at the local level," LeVault said.
Where to vote
Early voting began nearly a month ago, but many voters prefer to drop off or cast their ballots on election day.
Maricopa County has more than 200 voting centers open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Voters can cast their ballot at the site that is most convenient to them. The complete list of voting centers and drop-box locations is on the county elections website at https://elections.maricopa.gov/voting/where-to-vote.html.
Race in Surprise's sprawling District 1
Surprise operates with a districted system, which means council members are elected to represent geographic regions.
The only competitive race is in District 1, which sprawls across 73 square miles encompassing the city's northernmost reaches.
While all of Surprise is evolving as it approaches 150,000 residents, District 1 includes the least established parts of the city. An area where you can still find dirt roads and where commercial amenities haven't kept pace with rooftops.
The three candidates vying to replace outgoing District 1 Council Member Roland Winters are Raymond Grim, Lew Guyn and Nick Haney.
Grim owns an insurance agency in Surprise and has been active in the Surprise Regional Chamber of Commerce and served on the city's Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee. This is his second run at representing District 1.
Guyn is a systems optimization consultant for Swift Transportation. This is his first time running for office, but he has highlighted his background in engineering as one of his strengths.
Haney is a Glendale firefighter and paramedic and a former member of the Surprise Youth Council. He grew up in Surprise and is making his first run for council.
District 1 race:Residents and candidates talk roads, development, jobs in Surprise
To win outright on Tuesday, a candidate must get more than 50% of the vote. Otherwise, the top two vote-getters will compete in a runoff election in November.
Surprise's two other races involve incumbents Jack Hastings in District 5 and Chris Judd in District 6. Neither face challengers.
The Arizona Republic asked the candidates to answer questions about issues facing Surprise.
9 hopefuls in Youngtown
In Youngtown, nine candidates are vying for four Town Council seats.
Two of those candidates are running for a seat that carries a two-year term instead of the usual four-year term. Those contenders include Bernadette Labat, a local business owner, and Jim Starke, who teaches music, martial arts and survival.
Competing for the other three seats are incumbents Margaret Chittenden, Karen Haney Duncan and Mike Francis and challengers Ensign Beesley, Jodi Kaczynski, Denita Manning and Ann Nelson.
The Republic asked the candidates to answer questions on issues facing Youngtown.
Glendale and El Mirage elections
El Mirage and Glendale incumbents face no competition.
In Glendale, councilmembers Jamie Aldama, Lauren Tolmachoff and Bart Turner are unopposed for reelection.
In El Mirage, Mayor Alexis Hermosillo and councilmembers Monica Dorcey, Anita Norton and Donna Winston are unopposed.
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HAMMOND — Police are seeking help locating a suspect in two recent robberies.
The suspect is sought in the wake of a robbery at 6:30 p.m. July 25 at Jalisco Auto, 3901 Hohman Ave., Hammond police said.
The same man is suspected in a robbery July 26 at Mobil Gas at 5631 Hohman Ave.
Police released a surveillance photo of the suspect and say he was wearing the same hooded sweatshirt.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact police at 219-852-2973.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Jenell Echols
Age : 36
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206430
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Elijah Joshua
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206376
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Ogden
Age : 23
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206429
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Taylor Ecsy
Age : 25
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206457
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
DeAndre Tillotson
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206423
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyronn Jones Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206393
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamel Kennedy
Age : 22
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206474
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyon Phelps
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206449
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Yesenia Calderon
Age : 42
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206505
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Petrassi
Age : 45
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206428
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alexandra Rojo
Age : 19
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206489
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth McCammon
Age : 42
Residence: Schneider, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206362
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kurt Van Nugtren
Age : 51
Residence: Winfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206433
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Ferguson
Age : 42
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206418
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bobbie Fields
Age : 44
Residence: Whitesburg, KY
Booking Number(s): 2206444
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Monique Randolph
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206441
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shane Camp
Age : 32
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206499
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keith Lasenby
Age : 58
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206493
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ayanna Williams
Age : 31
Residence: Oak Lawn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206422
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Logan Atkins
Age : 23
Residence: Bloomington, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206372
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Mathison
Age : 42
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206409
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Green Jr.
Age : 68
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206455
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kristy Gibson-Miller
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206424
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tony Clark
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206487
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristin Mobus
Age : 32
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206385
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adan Reyes
Age : 19
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206453
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Losano
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206472
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Zlatanovski
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206419
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Brooks
Age : 40
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206395
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Markale Bolden
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206380
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ky Pryor
Age : 35
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206397
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shavesz Johnson
Age : 25
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206421
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mayra Reyes
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206458
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnnie Cobb Jr.
Age : 50
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206486
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffrey Meeks
Age : 42
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206466
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darren Stocky Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206504
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ernest Howard III
Age : 31
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206459
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edwin Cabrera
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206361
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erin Baldwin
Age : 38
Residence: Saline, MI
Booking Number(s): 2206442
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: HEALTH - LEGEND DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Jimenez
Age : 26
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206476
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Brown Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206470
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Shaw Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206448
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Frank Pfeifer
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206482
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terrence Thomas Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206500
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cardia Combs
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206375
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrew Hudson
Age : 28
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206460
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Hexadore Randall
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206477
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER (ATTEMPTED); BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kimus Williams Jr.
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206440
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING; NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Scorcese Steveson
Age : 30
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206398
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anh Tuan Phung
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206484
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kolin Burgess
Age : 23
Residence: Kouts, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206439
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: - DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE; NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tabitha Kirk
Age : 37
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206432
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Camron Gill
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206394
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrick Hanas
Age : 40
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206373
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Sitarski
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206426
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristy Meyers
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206447
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lawrence Tobel
Age : 40
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206401
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Brown Jr.
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206485
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
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VALPARAISO — The Porter County Sheriff's Department is seeking the public's help in locating a 54-year-old man wanted on a felony count of aggravated battery.
Michael A. Zaragoza is described as 5 feet 8 inches in height and weighing 180 pounds with brown eyes.
He has no known vehicle or employment, and typically travels with the assistance of friends or ride services, police said.
Zaragoza is known to be around the Portage area and takes part in various substance abuse recovery meetings throughout northern Porter County, according to police.
"Zaragoza is currently believed to be staying at random locations with friends or family," the sheriff's department said. "He also has a history in Lake County."
Anyone with information can leave anonymous tips via text or voicemail at 219-309-7760.
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Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
Miguel Salinas
Arrest date: July 22, 2022
Age: 38
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2202958
Charges: Possession or use of legend drug or precursor, felony
Bradley Ernhart
Arrest date: July 28, 2022
Age: 19
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203034
Charges: Battery, felony
Diamonelle Thompson
Arrest date: July 26, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: Maywood, IL
Booking Number: 2203014
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Christopher Evon
Arrest date: July 29, 2022
Age: 57
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203059
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Gregory Sirko
Arrest date: July 29, 2022
Age: 26
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203053
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
William Hanyard
Arrest date: July 26, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2203009
Charges: Criminal confinement, felony
Christopher Mendoza
Arrest date: July 23, 2022
Age: 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202970
Charges: Battery, misdemeanor
Antonio Mitchell
Arrest date: July 24, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number: 2202986
Charges: Auto theft, felony
Matthew Fancher
Arrest date: July 28, 2022
Age: 36
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2203041
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Serreana Jackson
Arrest date: July 23, 2022
Age: 39
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number: 2202974
Charges: Battery, felony
Robert Truelove
Arrest date: July 25, 2022
Age: 56
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202998
Charges: OWI, felony
Renee Sorensen
Arrest date: July 29, 2022
Age: 32
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2203051
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
John Gardner III
Arrest date: July 26, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2203004
Charges: OWI, felony
Jarett Piornack
Arrest date: July 23, 2022
Age: 21
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2202973
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Francisco Rodriguez-Cardenas
Arrest date: July 24, 2022
Age: 36
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2202983
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Austin Kirk
Arrest date: July 23, 2022
Age: 23
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202968
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Joseph Kovats
Arrest date: July 28, 2022
Age: 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203035
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Christine Buczek
Arrest date: July 28, 2022
Age: 40
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number: 2203036
Charges: OWI, felony
Jason Landry
Arrest date: July 29, 2022
Age: 46
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203050
Charges: Battery, felony
Isaiah Spann
Arrest date: July 29, 2022
Age: 20
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2203058
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Daniel Geruschat
Arrest date: July 26, 2022
Age: 53
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2203000
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jessica Ruskowsky
Arrest date: July 24, 2022
Age: 31
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202985
Charges: Neglect of a dependant, felony
Kenneth Barker
Arrest date: July 22, 2022
Age: 51
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2202957
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Seth West
Arrest date: July 23, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202965
Charges: OWI, felony
Destiny Millender
Arrest date: July 28, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203043
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Ronald Cadle
Arrest date: July 28, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203037
Charges: Domestic Battery, felony
Walter Bergstrom III
Arrest date: July 25, 2022
Age: 40
Residence: Kouts, IN
Booking Number: 2202989
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Bryce Lange
Arrest date: July 26, 2022
Age: 27
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203002
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Caleb Schmal
Arrest date: July 24, 2022
Age: 32
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2202984
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Vince Mileski
Arrest date: July 29, 2022
Age: 48
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2203062
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Christen Stokes
Arrest date: July 24, 2022
Age: 18
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number: 2202980
Charges: Maintaining common nuisance, felony
Charles Folts
Arrest date: July 25, 2022
Age: 23
Residence: Watertown, WI
Booking Number: 2202995
Charges: Possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish or salvia, felony
Johnny Casper
Arrest date: July 23, 2022
Age: 23
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2202972
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Justin Starks
Arrest date: July 26, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2203006
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jessika Pokropinski
Arrest date: July 22, 2022
Age: 32
Residence: Union Mills, IN
Booking Number: 2202956
Charges: OWI, felony
Dale Pryle II
Arrest date: July 29, 2022
Age: 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203052
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Laura Elkins
Arrest date: July 28, 2022
Age: 59
Residence: Westville, IN
Booking Number: 2203040
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Leo Hefright
Arrest date: July 24, 2022
Age: 19
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202981
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jennifer Link
Arrest date: July 25, 2022
Age: 39
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202990
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Devon Wiggins
Arrest date: July 24, 2022
Age: 31
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number: 2202982
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Candice Henderson
Arrest date: July 23, 2022
Age: 30
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number: 2202971
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
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Spokane Falls Community College
Michael Marquez of Lansing has been named to the honor roll for spring quarter 2022 at Spokane Falls Community College.
Millikin University
Six Region students have been named to the spring 2022 Dean's List at Millikin University.
They are Tenley Edvardsen of Schererville, Steven Klenk of Highland, Emma McManus of Dyer, Geovanny Tapia of LaPorte, Emma Lewandowski of Crown Point, and Sean Griffin of Dyer.
Albright College
Damaris Gomez of Whiting has been named to the spring 2022 Dean's List at Albright College.
Manchester University
Manchester University conferred degrees to the Class of 2022 in May.
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Coe College
Three Region students have received degrees from Coe College.
They are Kennedy Baker of Lansing, who graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Neuroscience; Diate Jackson of Calumet City, who graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and African American Studies; and Jared Zack of Calumet City, who graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in History and Philosophy.
Palmer College of Chiropractic's Florida Campus
Caleb Macon of Whiting has been named to the Dean's List at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Florida campus
Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main Campus
Mallory Lehman of Valparaiso graduated with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main campus.
Anna Oppermann of St. John as been named to the spring 2022 Dean's List at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main campus in Davenport, Iowa as has Alec Pawlak of LaPorte.
Tyler Bensz of LaPorte has been accepted for enrollment for the summer 2022 trimester in the Doctor of Chiropractic degree program at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main Campus in Davenport, Iowa.
Aaron Faulkner of Dyer has also been accepted for enrollment for the summer 2022 trimester in the Doctor of Chiropractic degree program at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main Campus.
Bates College
Ellie Boyle of Gary has been named to the Dean's List at Bates College for the winter semester.
Illinois Wesleyan
Two Region students have graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University.
They are Aja Grant of Lansing, who major in Psychology, and Maria Fields of Dyer, who majored in Neuroscience.
Lawrence University
Lexi Praxl of Lowell has received the Professor Gervais E. Reed Award for Off-campus Study in Francophone Countries, recognizing a Lawrence University student who excels in French studies and supports their participation in off-campus programs in Francophone countries.
Missouri State University
John Mamelson of St. John graduated with a Master of Business Administration from Missouri State University.
Saginaw Valley State University
Two Region residents have been named to the winter semester Dean's List at Saginaw Valley State University.
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East Chicago Central High School graduate Kanysha Green, right, is shown with her sister Keeniya Green, left, and mother Latora Cain after being recognized by the Common Council for her scholarship earned to attend the University of Notre Dame.
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A billboard at the intersection of Columbus Drive and Railroad Avenue in East Chicago recognizes 2022 East Chicago Central High School graduate Kanysha Green on her scholarship earned to attend the University of Notre Dame.
Paul Czapkowicz, The Times
2022 East Chicago Central High School graduate Kanysha Green poses with a plaque presented to her by the Common Council in recognition of her scholarship earned to attend the University of Notre Dame.
EAST CHICAGO — Add the name of Kanysha Green to an impressive list of 2022 East Chicago Central High School graduates who have received full scholarships to attend prestigious universities.
Green was presented with a plaque by the East Chicago Common Council at one of its recent meetings to recognize her acceptance into and scholarship received to attend the University of Notre Dame.
Earlier this year, the council gave similar recognition to Mayleen Guerrero and Grecia Alcantar for the scholarships they received to attend Johns Hopkins University and Notre Dame, respectively.
As for Green, the scholarship will allow her to pursue a major in chemical and biomolecular engineering as she works toward a career she has had dreams about since she was a child.
"This major will help me go into medical school, and eventually I'll become a doctor," Green said. "I'm still thinking about what type of specialty I want to go into."
Green will leave for school in mid-August and was excited to recently receive her housing assignment.
She attended Lincoln Elementary and Block Middle School before becoming co-president of the National Honor Society, treasurer of Student Government and a participant in the History Club at E.C. Central High School.
Green called her experience at E.C. Central a positive one, although "COVID really cut out a chunk of it."
She mentioned Aaron Duncil, David Lane and Mable Weatherby as high school teachers who influenced her.
Green said she was aware of Notre Dame mainly for its tradition in sports but applied after she saw how excited Alcantar was about the possibility of attending the school in South Bend.
She said Weatherby, an English teacher, helped with the essay that went a long way toward getting into Notre Dame.
Green loves to read and hang out with friends and credits her mother, Latora Cain, with motivating her to achieve academically.
"My mom is super big on education," Green said.
Cain said she was happy but not surprised Kanysha earned the scholarship, describing her daughter as ambitious, determined, committed and organized.
Cain attended the meeting at which Kanysha was given her plaque and a chance to address the council.
"Now that was awesome," Cain said. "That was not expected."
East Chicago Central High School Principal Abrian Brown was also at the council meeting and congratulated Green.
Brown said a lot of E.C. Central High School students are going to various schools on full rides.
Words of advice Green has for those coming up behind her are to have a goal in mind and to simply "turn in their work."
Mayleen Guerrero said the surgeons who treated her father, Detective Jeffrey Sanchez, gave him a second chance at life and her and her siblings more time with him.
East Chicago Central High School graduate Kanysha Green, right, is shown with her sister Keeniya Green, left, and mother Latora Cain after being recognized by the Common Council for her scholarship earned to attend the University of Notre Dame.
A billboard at the intersection of Columbus Drive and Railroad Avenue in East Chicago recognizes 2022 East Chicago Central High School graduate Kanysha Green on her scholarship earned to attend the University of Notre Dame.
2022 East Chicago Central High School graduate Kanysha Green poses with a plaque presented to her by the Common Council in recognition of her scholarship earned to attend the University of Notre Dame. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/east-chicago/east-chicago-grad-heads-to-notre-dame-on-full-scholarship/article_32c475cb-2f53-5856-bc40-b4bbfa7ef9cb.html | 2022-08-02T16:40:44 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/east-chicago/east-chicago-grad-heads-to-notre-dame-on-full-scholarship/article_32c475cb-2f53-5856-bc40-b4bbfa7ef9cb.html |
CHICAGO — The Ukrainian Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Team was honored at Sunday's White Sox game.
The wrestlers, who have been training in Hammond, received a Tip of the Cap in which they were featured on the Jumbotron scoreboard in center field at Guaranteed Rate Field during the game against the Oakland A's.
Gold Medalist Zhan Beleniuk waived a Ukrainian flag from his seat in the bleachers.
"Today, we honor Ukrainian Zhan Beleniuk, the 2020 Olympic Gold Medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling and Ukraine's first mixed-race parliamentary member," the announcer said. "Zhan is also a two-time world champion and an Olympic Silver Medalist at Rio and led the Ukrainian team to a third-place finish at the Tokyo Olympic Games. His victory marked Ukraine's first Gold Medal at the Tokyo Games as well as the country's first Gold Medal in the sport since 1996."
The White Sox also honored the rest of the team, which has been training at Hammond Central High School and the Hammond Sportsplex. They waived Ukrainian flags high while on the centerfield scoreboard.
"Due to the ongoing armed conflict within their borders, the Ukrainian Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Team is preparing in Hammond, Indiana, for an upcoming world championship in Belgrade, Serbia," the announcer said. "Today, we welcome Zhan, his Ukrainian Greco-Roman Wrestling teammates, coaches and wrestlers from the Elite Athletic Club and Hammond Central High School, who have opened their doors and received mentoring from the Ukrainian team."
The crowd cheered when asked to tip their cap to Beleniuk and the wrestling team.
The wrestlers have been training with high school and college athletes from Northwest Indiana and across the state, including with Region natives who now wrestle for Indiana University and Wabash College. They have also been on a whirlwind tour that has included stops at Doc's Smokehouse in Dyer, the Lake Michigan beaches in the Indiana Dunes and the Bristol Renaissance Faire in southeast Wisconsin.
They also were honored at a Gary South South RailCats game, which they watched from a suite.
"The wrestlers are giving back and making time to mentor local wrestlers," White Sox spokesman Colin McGauley said. "While the men are training here, their hearts are torn, thinking of their loved ones and countrymen and women who are fighting in Ukraine. During the game, we recognized the men for their achievements and mentorship of local Northwest Indiana wrestlers with a Tip of the Cap honor."
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The Historic Crown Point Courthouse
Bulldog Park Ice Rink
Hammond City Hall
Hammond Pedestrian Bridge over Calumet Avenue
Crown Point home
The Porter County Administration Center
Cedar Lake home
First Methodist Church has ordered hundreds of Urkanian flags
First Methodist Church has ordered hundreds of Urkanian flags
First Methodist Church prayer gathering for the people of Ukraine
First Methodist Church prayer gathering for the people of Ukraine
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AUSTIN, Texas — Tech tycoon Elon Musk plans to build a private airport outside Austin, according to a report from Austonia.
Sources told Austonia that the airport would spring up, more specifically, east of Austin near the Bastrop area. It is currently unknown when construction could begin.
The airport would allow for Musk's private jet travel as well as service for his executives and possibly his companies, such as Tesla and SpaceX, according to Austonia.
Musk already has a sizeable presence in Austin and Texas overall. His Tesla Gigafactory, located on Tesla Road, serves as the company's global headquarters.
SpaceX launches many rockets from Boca Chica Beach south of Brazos Island State Park. The company may even build in Bastrop. Then there's The Boring Company headquartered in Pflugerville.
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Authorities are investigating the death of a 14-year-old boy who was found dead, face-down, in a Queens driveway early Tuesday, police say.
Cops responding to a 7:15 a.m. call at a home on Beach 67th Street in Arverne found the teenager on the ground. Then they discovered a gunshot wound to his lower back.
It's not clear who lives at the home where the boy was found, nor did police have any immediate information on potential suspects.
The investigation is ongoing.
One look at the latest batch of NYPD crime data statistics paints a glaring picture: The number of shootings so far in 2022 has already surpassed the totals from a few recent years.
What does that actually look like? According to the city, police have recorded 816 shooting incidents since Jan. 1, a figure that accounts for more than some entire years' totals in New York City in just the last decade. There were 789 shooting incidents in all of 2017, just 754 in 2018, and 776 in 2019.
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That statistic alone doesn't tell the entire story, however. Year-to-date, shootings in 2022 (862) are actually down from last year, but up slightly from 2020 (723). That's actually normal if you take a look at a chart of the shootings recorded over the past 30 years.
Since 1997, there have only been four consecutive years where the year-to-date stats consistently drop. Most often, every other year, or every three years, there's a slight increase.
In fact, the jump in shootings between 2019 and 2020 was the largest in over 30 years, and the year-to-date figure was still one of the lowest during that period. Only seven other years had fewer shootings in the same time period than 2020.
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A 31-year-old Bronx pet shop worker was punched in the face, then had a can of corn thrown at his chest in an apparently unprovoked attack by a stranger who, to top it all off, walked out with a bowl of hot food, police say.
Cops say the worker told them he was working at the Teller Avenue store when the man walked in around 10 p.m. on Thursday, July 14. He said he was blindsided by the sudden come-around-the-counter attack that saw a closed fist land in his face. He refused medical attention at the scene.
The attacker took off with the hot food bowl, worth about $10, and was last seen running north on Teller Avenue. Police released surveillance footage of the fray from inside the shop (above).
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/bizarre-nyc-pet-shop-attack-devolves-into-corn-chucking-chaos/3805267/ | 2022-08-02T16:42:26 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/bizarre-nyc-pet-shop-attack-devolves-into-corn-chucking-chaos/3805267/ |
A 23-year-old Long Island man was shot to death when he answered a knock at his front door early Tuesday, authorities say.
Byron Martinez answered the door at his Fifth Avenue home in Huntington Station around 1:15 a.m., according to police. He was shot immediately and pronounced dead in the entry of his own residence a short time later, officials said.
It's not clear if Martinez's home had any security cameras that could have captured an image of the person who knocked on his door. No other details were immediately provided by Suffolk County Police.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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Pups on Tucson's east side will soon have a new place to play and stay.
Local residents, Alan and Lisa Schrope, who have worked in the veterinary industry for more than 30 years, have signed on as Camp Bow Wow franchise owners and plan to open a day care, boarding and grooming site at 7810 E. Broadway, near Pantano Road.
They bought the 7,000-square-foot building for $690,400 from Centre East Center. The seller was represented by Isaac Figueroa, with Larsen Baker, and Brian Harpel, with Velocity Retail Group, represented the buyer.
Camp Bow Wow will have three indoor and outdoor play areas, 55 cabins and luxury suites for overnight stays and live web cams so pet parents can check in on their dogs during breaks ... or boring Zoom meetings.
The facility is expected to open in the fall.
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Other local commercial transactions include:
- California investors bought the 248-unit Mission Antigua Apartments at 5525 S. Mission Road for $59 million. ABI Multifamily's Phoenix-based Institutional Apartment Group, Alon Shnitzer, Rue Bax, Eddie Chang and Doug Lazovick, along with ABI Multifamily's Tucson Apartment Team, Desiree Palmer and Ryan Kippes, handled the sale.
- California investors bought the 28-unit Glenn Dorado complex at 3839 E. Glenn St. for $2.3 million. ABI Multifamily handled the sale.
- KAZV Properties LLC bought three acres of land at 3897 and 3959 S. Palo Verde Road for $830,000. Tim Healy, with CBRE, represented the seller, Spectra Nova. Raymundo Olvera, with Open Realty, represented the buyer.
- California investors bought the six-unit complex at 508 E. Mohave Road for $341,000. ABI Multifamily handled the sale.
- En Fuego Construction LLC leased 23,200 square feet of industrial space at 2626 S. Fourth Ave. from Tin Cup Properties LLC. Ron Zimmerman, with Picor, represented the landlord.
Information for Tucson Real Estate is compiled from records at the Pima County Recorder's Office and from brokers. Send information to Gabriela Rico, grico@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/woof-camp-bow-wow-coming-to-tucsons-east-side/article_aa370454-1021-11ed-8958-d3f3095b8e79.html | 2022-08-02T16:45:50 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/woof-camp-bow-wow-coming-to-tucsons-east-side/article_aa370454-1021-11ed-8958-d3f3095b8e79.html |
August First Thursday to feature fairy tales, mocktails and more
MUNCIE, Ind. — August's First Thursday gallery walk will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, in downtown Muncie .
Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 E. Main St., will feature the work of Leon and Laura Crosby, a husband-and-wife team, who have collaborated on this collection of paintings inspired by fantasy lore and fairy tales. Their work will be displayed in the Judith Barnes Art Gallery.
Gordy Fine Art and Framing Co., 224 E. Main St., will celebrate the fifth anniversary of "On the Mark, For the City," the colorful mural on the Mark III Tap Room, with an exhibition and sale of artworks by the four artists — JoAnna Darda, Braydee Euliss, Faith Kellermeyer, and Jannell Summers — who planned, designed, and painted that mural after the tragic events at the Orlando Pulse Nightclub in 2016. The opening party for this exhibition will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday, with an artists’ talk by Darda and Euliss at 6:15 p.m. The show will be on view with works for sale through Aug. 26; 10% of all sales of artworks will go to support Muncie OUTreach.
Made in Muncie, 313 S. Walnut St., will have a show featuring the artwork made during its clay camp earlier this summer,, including paintings, drawings, hand thrown bowls and clay figurines.
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MadJax Muncie, 515 E. Main St., will spotlight popup artists, tenant artists and makers, offering locally made art and unique gifts including painted artwork, jewelry, scarves, baked goods, wearable art and more. The Guardian Brewery will be open. Parking is available in MadJax lots at the corner of Jackson and Monroe, and at the corner of Main and Monroe.
The Muncie Artist’s Guild's Artist of the Month for August, Anita Jones, will have work on display Thursday and throughout the month at Northwest Bank downtown, Old National Bank on South Madison Street, Parlour Hair Salon, Rosebud Coffee House and Vera Mae’s Bistro. Jones, who considers herself a contemporary surrealist, has a B.S. and an M.A. in art education from Ball State University and taught art at the elementary and high school levels for 23 years at Liberty-Perry Schools. She has been a fellow for the Indiana Writing Project, and received a fellowship from the Council on Basic Education, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Getty Foundation, and was an art educator delegate to China.
Muncie Map Co., 111 E. Adams St., will have new items for sale, framed and ready to go, in its newly refurbished and reorganized space.
The Shoppe by Pink Leaf, 108 S. Walnut St., will have a soft launch for its new mocktails, offering 20% off an order with the purchase of any mocktail.
Forever Young Children’s Boutique, 311 S. Walnut St., will be open late, until 7 p.m., for First Thursday.
The After Hours Art Reels outdoor movie screening after First Thursday will be "Boyz in the Hood." The film will be projected onto the Northwest Bank wall on Charles Street after dusk. Seating will be available on the sidewalk or, for guests who are 21 or older, on the Fickle Peach patio. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/august-first-thursday-to-feature-fairy-tales-mocktails-and-more/65385281007/ | 2022-08-02T16:47:04 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/august-first-thursday-to-feature-fairy-tales-mocktails-and-more/65385281007/ |
Local bands marching for State Fair Band Day title after a summer of competition
After weeks of competition and even more weeks of practice in the hot summer sun, local high school marching bands will line up to compete at State Fair Band Day on Friday, Aug. 5, the pinnacle of the summer track season.
Muncie Central won the Band Day championship in 2021, after no contest was held in 2020.
This year's day-long Indiana State Fair competition at the Hoosier Lottery Grandstand will have preliminaries starting at 9 a.m. and finals beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets/information: indianastatefair.com.
Prelims will open with the Cowan/Daleville band performing at 9 a.m. Friday. Scheduled performance times for other local bands competing at the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis will be Yorktown at 9:54 a.m., Blackford at 11:03 a.m., Winchester at 1:24 p.m., Muncie Central at 1:33 p.m., Monroe Central at 1:51 a.m., Henry County at 2 p.m. Jay County at 2:27 p.m. and Randolph Southern marching last at 4:12 p.m. Awards are scheduled for 4:45 p.m.
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Well before getting on the bus to Indy, bands were placing at competitions in July. Here's how local high schools have fared this year, according to the Central Indiana Track Show Association website:
- At the Centerville Archway Classic on July 16 at Centerville High School. Jay County came in second and Winchester third, finishing behind Anderson. Muncie Central placed sixth, Yorktown ninth and Blackford 12th out of 14th bands competing.
- At the Jay County Lions Club Band Contest on July 22 at the Jay County Fairgrounds, Jay County came in second and Winchester third, finishing behind Centerville. Muncie Central placed fifth, Yorktown seventh, Henry County 11th, Blackford County 15th and Randolph Southern 16th out of 19 bands competing.
- At the Muncie Central Spirit of Sound contest on July 23 at Muncie Central High School, Muncie Central came in second and Jay County third behind champion Kokomo. Yorktown finished fifth, Monroe Central eighth, Blackford 13th and Cowan-Daleville 14th out of 18 bands competing.
- At the Anderson Tartan Tournament of Bands on July 29 at Highland Middle School, Muncie Central came in second behind Kokomo. Yorktown finished eighth, Monroe Central ninth and Henry County 18th out of 23 bands competing.
- At the Drums at Winchester contest on July 30 at Winchester High School, Winchester came in second behind Kokomo. Jay County finished fourth, Yorktown seventh, Monroe Central ninth, Randolph Southern 13th, Henry County 15th and Blackford County 17th out of 20 bands competing. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/local-bands-marching-for-state-fair-band-day-title-on-friday/65388155007/ | 2022-08-02T16:47:10 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/local-bands-marching-for-state-fair-band-day-title-on-friday/65388155007/ |
Meridian still offering free COVID-19 testing, masks, vaccines
MUNCIE, Ind. — Meridian Health Services is providing free COVID-19 prevention resources to help the community stay healthy amid the recent increase in COVID-19 cases at a time when local schools are preparing for teachers and students to return to the classroom.
The current COVID-19 community level for Delaware County listed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is medium.
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Meridian is providing the following free resources at all of its primary care and urgent care locations:
- Free rapid COVID-19 testing.
- Free at-home COVID-19 test kits, one box with two tests per family unit, while supplies last.
- Free N95 masks, while supplies last.
Meridian is also providing free COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, according to a release. An appointment is required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Call 866-306-2647 or visit meridianhs.org/request to schedule an appointment at a nearby location.
All COVID-19 vaccines — Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson — are available at the following locations:
- MeridianMD – Bluffton: 303 S. Main St., Bluffton
- MeridianMD – Muncie: 100 N. Tillotson Ave., Muncie
- Meridian Health Pediatrics – Muncie: 205 N. Tillotson Ave., Muncie
- MeridianMD – Anderson: 1547 Ohio Ave., Anderson
- MeridianMD – Dunkirk: 1150 S. Main St., Dunkirk
Additionally, COVID-19 vaccines can be available upon request at Meridian School-Based Health Clinics within Muncie Community Schools for convenient access for students, families, school staff, and the community.
For complete information on COVID-19 vaccines and testing provided by Meridian Health Services, go to MeridianHS.org. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/meridian-offers-free-covid-19-testing-masks-vaccines/65389482007/ | 2022-08-02T16:47:16 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/meridian-offers-free-covid-19-testing-masks-vaccines/65389482007/ |
Virgin Galactic to build training facility, luxury accommodations in New Mexico
Passengers and guests to be lodged on a scenic mesa in Sierra County
Commercial space flight company Virgin Galactic plans to build a training and hospitality center for its passengers near Spaceport America in southern New Mexico, the company announced Tuesday morning.
The facilities are to feature guest accommodations for Virgin Galactic passengers and up to three guests, with an observatory, recreational and dining services, and wellness center in addition to facilities preparing passengers for their flight 50 miles above the earth on Virgin Galactic's space plane.
The company has promised its customers, referred to as "future astronauts," luxury accommodations ahead of their brief flight in which the VSS Unity rocket plane takes off in the arms of a carrier aircraft, is released from an altitude of about 50,000 feet and engages a rocket motor to reach a speed of Mach 3 for its climb to 50 miles above sea level. Passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of the Earth from above before the craft descends for a glide landing back at the spaceport.
Virgin said it had purchased land in Sierra County near the spaceport, which was constructed on New Mexico trust lands approximately 25 miles southeast of Truth or Consequences. It did not disclose whether land had been purchased or leased, or how much land was involved in the deal. A statement from Virgin Galactic described the site as sitting "atop a mesa overlooking the stunning New Mexico landscape," but further details of the location were not disclosed.
"Customers who buy a ticket today will stay and train here, along with their guests, for five nights," Virgin Galactic President and Chief Business Officer Blair Rich said.
It has been over a year since Unity (also known as SpaceShipTwo) flew to space with a full crew of passengers including Virgin founder Richard Branson. The company has since entered a lengthy maintenance period to service both vehicles used for space flight.
The next flight is anticipated to take place late in 2022 at the earliest, completing its final test phase ahead of regular commercial service starting in 2023.
The company aims to reach 400 flights from the spaceport annually with a burgeoning fleet of vehicles. Last month, Virgin announced it will build a spacecraft manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona, expected to produce six vehicles per year, while Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Services will design and build two new carrier aircraft, the first of which is due in 2025.
These announcements come as the company prepares to report its second quarter financial performance on Thursday. In May, Virgin Galactic posted $93 million in net losses for the first quarter of 2022, but has sustained its operations with cash reserves and convertible debt.
At that time, Virgin said it held approximately 800 reservations for flights. While the ticket price, as of February, is $450,000, several hundred ticketholders made their commitments years earlier at prices between $200,000 and $250,000.
The company has also entered into contracts to fly research payloads as well as an agreement with the Italian Air Force to fly astronauts in training.
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Fratelli Pizza in Flagstaff will be hosting a fundraiser on Tuesday to benefit a local family severely impacted by post-fire flooding. A similar fundraiser was hosted last week by Mama Burger, another restaurant in the Fratelli family of businesses.
The Wilson family home in Wupatki Trails has been inundated by water multiple times during flood events caused by the Pipeline Fire. They’ve been displaced for weeks, unable to return home until they can properly mitigate and ensure that the house is safe for the Wilsons and their children. By some estimates, the Wilsons could be looking at expenses of up to $250,000 to repair and protect their home from future flooding. They have so far received no assistance from their insurance.
“I tried everything I could think of to do,” said father Chase Wilson during a recent interview with the Arizona Daily Sun. “I'm out of options. I have nothing.”
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When Fratelli Pizza owners Pete and Brent Schepper learned of the Wilsons' plight, they decided to help out. The Wilsons have a family connection with the restaurateurs.
“Michael Wilson (Chase’s brother) worked for us for a great number of years,” explained general manager Chris Krueger. “He’s old school Fratelli’s. Chase worked with us for a while too.”
"Our relationship to the Wilson family goes back to the early years of Fratelli Pizza," Brent Schepper added. "Their family is one of the kindest, most hardworking, dedicated families we have ever met. They are good people and we know they would be out there helping us if it was our hour of need."
On Tuesday, 10% of proceeds from all Fratelli Pizza locations will go toward helping the Wilson family recover from post-fire flooding. There is no flyer or mention of the fundraiser necessary.
If pizza isn’t your thing, but you’d still like to help the Wilson family, Chase’s sister Kaitlin Buchanan has created a GoFundMe for the Wilson family.
“It’s an unimaginable amount of money that they’re faced with.” Buchanan said. “Anybody that knows Chase knows he would give the shirt off his back or anything to anybody. It’s not much, but I hope getting this fundraiser up can help in some small way.”
Fratelli Pizza has three locations in Flagstaff at 2120 N Fourth Street, 119 W Phoenix Avenue and 1850 N Fort Valley Road. The Wilson family GoFundMe can be found at gofund.me/9bd0e319, or by searching “Wilson Family rebuild” on gofundme.com. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/fratelli-pizza-mama-burger-raise-funds-for-flooded-family/article_e5c44f8c-11e7-11ed-b4ae-5f1a340c1c7a.html | 2022-08-02T16:51:26 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/fratelli-pizza-mama-burger-raise-funds-for-flooded-family/article_e5c44f8c-11e7-11ed-b4ae-5f1a340c1c7a.html |
Arizona Primary Elections are set for Tuesday, August 2. For those intending to vote in person, polling locations will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time.
In this election, all voters registered in Coconino County will have the opportunity to select candidates running for federal, state, legislative and county office. Residents of Flagstaff will also have the opportunity to choose from candidates in the Flagstaff mayoral race.
Preliminary results will be available early Wednesday morning. Winners of the primary elections will advance to the November 8 general election.
Expect a “moderate” turnout on voting day, said Coconino County elections director Eslir Musta.
“The most traffic will be at our voting centers,” Musta said. “We have three of them — Tuba City High School, the Flagstaff Mall and the NAU Walkup Skydome.”
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Anyone registered in Coconino County can vote at one of these three locations. Otherwise, polling place locations are determined by a voter’s address. A searchable database of polling locations can be found at www.coconino.az.gov/195/Elections.
The county elections department has also taken care to ensure that polling locations are adherent to recommend COVID-19 precautions. According to Musta, all polling locations will be fully staffed to help keep lines down.
“We’re also making sure that people have the ability and the option, whenever they're poll workers or voters, to wear a mask and take health and safety precautions that they feel comfortable with," he said.
For a few polling locations, especially those in Doney Park, weather and the potential for flooding has necessitated contingency planning. While the forecast indicates that “the weather appears to be cooperating,” Musta said the county is prepared to communicate with voters and redirect them to one of the three aforementioned voting centers in case a polling location becomes inaccessible due to weather events. The National Weather Service forecasts a 17% of rain on Tuesday.
Despite the false claims of voter fraud that surrounded Arizona elections in 2020, Musta said Coconino County has robust mechanisms for ensuring secure and accurate voting.
“The bedrock for us is that all our polling locations have are run by bipartisan boards,” Musta said. The county also provides “in-depth training to our poll workers, so they understand the legal and procedural requirements that are significant and super important for running an election day.”
When it comes to tabulating the results of Tuesday’s election, Musta said that the first results to be released will be the tabulation of early-voting ballots. He expects those to be uploaded at 8 p.m.
According to County Recorder Patty Hansen, 47,700 early ballots have been distributed, accounting for more than half of the 92,988 voters registered in Coconino County. As of end of day Friday, “we've had 16,958 returned, and that's 35.4% of those distributed,” Hansen said. This is a roughly 10% lower early-voting turnout than what Hansen saw in the 2020 elections.
“I don't know if it's just less interest in the election this year or the fact that we have some candidates that have been spreading misinformation that you can't trust early voting,” Hansen said. “We’ll see what happens on election day, if we have higher turnout at the polling place than we've had in the past.”
Historically, roughly 80% of Coconino County voters vote by mail, while 20% show up to polling places, Musta said. As for how that distribution will play out this year, “it’s hard to predict,” he said.
After the 8 p.m. release of early voting results, Musta said results from election day tabulations will be posted at “hourly intervals” until those are completed around 3 a.m.
“We're using the state election night results website that all the counties in Arizona are using,” Musta said. “The information is going to be good.”
Still, Musta reminded voters that the results that will be available on Wednesday are still “preliminary.” There are still processes including a “curing process of signature verification,” that will go into certifying vote tabulation. Official results will be posted on August 16, he said.
He also reminded voters that the 7 p.m. deadline for in-person voting is firm. While some exceptions may be made, such as in the case that someone is waiting in line at a polling location when 7 p.m. hits, for the most part no late voting will be accepted.
For more information as well as a link to a Live Ballot Video Stream, visit www.coconino.az.gov/195/Elections. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/here-s-what-coconino-county-residents-can-expect-when-voting-the-arizona-primaries-today/article_a62f93de-11d0-11ed-a2ce-e394dbfbd74d.html | 2022-08-02T16:51:33 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/here-s-what-coconino-county-residents-can-expect-when-voting-the-arizona-primaries-today/article_a62f93de-11d0-11ed-a2ce-e394dbfbd74d.html |
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Tuesday approved a 5% toll increase for 2023 for all E-ZPass and toll by plate customers. The new rates will take effect Jan. 8, 2023.
The toll for a passenger vehicle to go from the Lehigh Valley interchange to the Mid-County interchange will go from $5.10 to $5.35.50 for E-Z Pass users and from $10.50 to $11.02.50 for non-E-Z Pass users. Tractor-trailers will go from $7.20 to $7.56 for E-ZPass users and $15.90 for non-E-Z Pass customers.
The most-common toll for a passenger vehicle next year will increase from $1.70 to $1.80 for E-ZPass customers and from $4.10 to $4.40 for non-E-Z Pass customers. The most common toll for a tractor trailer will increase from $13.70 to $14.40 for E-ZPass and from $28 to $29.40 for non-E-Z Pass customers.
E-ZPass drivers will save nearly 60% compared to the toll by plate rates. To learn more about creating a smartphone app for an autopay account visit https://www.paturnpike.com/toll-by-plate/pa-toll-pay-app.
“The PTC has been forced to increase tolls annually through the foreseeable future to meets its financial obligations under Act 44 of 2007, said PTC CEO Mark Compton in a news release. “It’s worth noting that, even with these ongoing annual increases, our per-mile toll rate continues to be below the midline compared with rates of other U.S. tolling agencies.”
Act 44 of 2007 required the turnpike to transfer between $900 million and (more recently) $450 million annually to the Commonwealth to support transportation projects statewide.
In the 15 years since Act 44 of 2007, the turnpike has transferred nearly $8 billion to PennDOT, most of it in the form of borrowing that must be repaid by the turnpike commission over a 30-year period.
Up until this year, the turnpike commission’s annual requirement to the Commonwealth had been $450 million. But as of July 1, that dropped to $50 million per year in cash proceeds — no further bond issues — because of PA Act 89 of 2013.
Due to the terms of the Act 44 bonds, the turnpike commission’s debt service will continue to rise even though borrowing has ended, growing to an annual maximum of $600 million by 2038 before it starts to decrease.
The turnpike’s E-ZPass collection rates rank 24th out of 47 U.S. tolling agencies, according to the turnpike commission. The 13.8 cent-per-mile electronic toll collection rate is 20% lower than the national average of 17.8 cents-per-mile, according to the commission.
Based on current traffic and revenue projections, the turnpike commission’s plan calls for future toll increases of 5% through 2025, 4% in 2026, 3.5% in 2027, then 3% annually from 2028 to 2050.
The turnpike commission began making Act 44 payments to PennDOT in August 2007 and has increased tolls annually since 2009.
To pay in cash, customers select the “pay” option when accessing their account online or via the PA TOLL PAY app. A list of nearby retailers will display. The customer must generate a pay slip — which includes a $1.50 fee — before visiting a store to pay cash.
“This partnership will benefit customers who don’t have a bank account or who prefer to use cash over other payment methods,” Compton said. “It allows anyone who wishes to travel the PA Turnpike the ability to pay tolls with cash at a nearby retailer they are probably already visiting.” | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-pa-turnpike-tolls-increase-20220802-fafk3n4hfnhpxorhuyt4jj6cxa-story.html | 2022-08-02T16:56:31 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-pa-turnpike-tolls-increase-20220802-fafk3n4hfnhpxorhuyt4jj6cxa-story.html |
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Michael Blee has ordered the state to make an immediate payment of $2.36 million to Atlantic County, and more substantial future payments, in a decision in the county's lawsuit over changes to the casino payments-in-lieu-of taxes legislation.
But the state on Monday filed paperwork asking Blee for a a stay, which would prevent the state from having to make the $2.36 million payment this week and two payments of about $5.6 million on Aug. 15 and Nov. 15.
The state must make the first payment by Aug. 5, according to Blee's Friday order, to cover the shortfall in payments made to the county so far this year, according to a statement from county spokesperson Linda Gilmore.
If the payments are ultimately upheld, the county would receive more than $22 million in PILOT payments this year, according to Gilmore.
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No one from the governor's office responded immediately to a request for comment, and his office has always in the past declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Superior Court Judge Joseph Marczyk had previously ruled that the state had violated the terms of a 2018 consent order when it changed the rules of how casinos would make PILOT payments. The new legislation removed internet and sports gaming revenues from what the state considered gross gaming revenues, and the county estimated that change would cost it about $5 million a year.
Additionally, Blee’s Friday order requires the State to make quarterly payments through 2026 under the terms of the consent order, which includes internet and sports betting revenues.
The county is also to receive attorney fees and other costs to be determined in further proceedings.
“This is a big win for the taxpayers of Atlantic County,” stated County Executive Dennis Levinson. “Our fight was to protect their best interests and hold the State accountable for its court-ordered agreement.”
Levinson said the county advised Gov. Phil Murphy the amended PILOT legislation would breach the terms of the consent order, but Murphy ignored repeated attempts to communicate.
"The governor quickly signed the bill four days before Christmas 2021 during a lame duck legislative session," Levinson said. "To add further insult to injury, after our suit was filed, the State refused to mediate despite being strongly recommended to do so by the courts."
Levinson said it was disappointing the state has responded to the order with more delaying tactics.
"The longer this continues, the more money ends up in the pockets of the attorneys. Even when we win, the taxpayers lose," Levinson said.
County officials sued the state in December after a bill that amended the PILOT program to define casino gaming revenue as only coming from brick-and-mortar gambling became law. The new law cut the county’s share of revenue by as much as $26 million over the next five years, according to county estimates.
The county had sued the state over the original PILOT legislation, and in 2018 the two parties settled that case. It awarded the county about 13% per year of the total PILOT paid by casinos, based on all casino revenues — brick and mortar, internet and sports betting.
Since 2017, casinos have made PILOT payments instead of paying property taxes as a way of stabilizing finances for Atlantic City. The casinos had successfully sued the city to lower their property tax assessments, sending city finances spiraling into possible bankruptcy in 2016.
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LA PORTE CITY — A four-mile portion of Eagle Road is closed to traffic until Sept. 30 for resurfacing.
The section of the road from Dysart Road to U.S. Highway 218 closed Monday. Use the marked detour of Dysart Road, Tama Road, West Main Street and Highway 218.
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Republican candidate Thomas Kelly dropped out of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction race on Monday to better chances for the incumbent candidate, Brian Schroeder.
"Brian is the only other candidate who really seems to get the federal government attempts to influence Wyoming through monetary policy, and he's more likely to win than I am," Kelly said. "It didn't make any sense for me to stay in for my own personal ego."
The Wyoming State Central Committee nominated Kelly, alongside Schroeder and former lawmaker Marti Halverson, as a contender for the position after former state superintendent Jillian Balow left the position to take a similar job in Virginia.
Kelly, who chairs the American Military University political and military science department, received 67 votes, Halverson 56 votes and Schroeder 52 votes. But Gov. Mark Gordon ultimately appointed Schroeder to the position, with a term that ends in January 2023. Schroeder officially filed for candidacy in the superintendent race in mid-May.
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Schroeder has strongly denounced in several statements a federal reinterpretation of nondiscrimination protections involving schools.
On May 5, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service announced that it would reinterpret the prohibition of discrimination based on sex in Title IX to include protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
That means that any organization that gets money from the Food and Nutrition Service has to “investigate allegations of discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation" and “update their non-discrimination policies and signage to include prohibitions against discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation,” the USDA statement says.
Wyoming's schools leader suggested a federal nondiscrimination update on gender and sexual orientation would impact pronouns and locker rooms, when the guidance he received behind-the-scenes indicated otherwise.
Wyoming gets money from the Food and Nutrition Service for a variety of nutrition programs. The USDA hasn't told the Star-Tribune outright that it would withdraw funds from entities that don't comply with the update. But that's typically what happens when there's noncompliance.
“Though unsurprising, it is nonetheless both disheartening and astounding that our federal government could become so cynical as to tie the school lunches of little kids to its ever-relentless agenda of social engineering,” Schroeder said in one of his statements on the matter.
Representatives of Wyoming Equality, the Wyoming Education Association and the ACLU called Schroeder out on his denouncement of the nondiscrimination update. Others have also said that his statements harm the LGBTQ+ students that the nondiscrimination update is meant to protect.
Schroeder later called for Wyoming to reject the federal money and cover the cost of the nutrition programs on its own. Some people don't think that's realistic, considering that Wyoming is already having a hard time with education funding.
The $40 million that Wyoming would need yearly to pay for school lunches would be in addition to the roughly $300 million annual deficit in funding for education that the state is already grappling with.
Beside the USDA nondiscrimination update, Kelly said he couldn't think of any other federal attempts to "influence Wyoming" at the moment.
"I just know that that is the federal government's first attempt, and that won't be their last," he said.
He hadn't informed Schroeder beforehand about his decision to drop out.
"The only conversation I've ever had with Brian about voting or the elections was an inside joke we had where I said 'listen, Brian, you're good man. But I don't think I'm going to vote for you.'"
Kelly said that Schroeder emailed him on Monday saying he was surprised after hearing the news.
"It was just an email, saying, 'My sense of humor aside, I ended up voting for you, Brian, and I'm getting out of the race,' and he said he was surprised by it, but thank you."
Now there are four Republican candidates and one Democrat candidate left in the superintendent race.
Community members got to hear from GOP candidates for the Wyoming superintendent of public instruction position during an election forum in Casper. Here are the candidates' take on some issues.
Former Wyoming Department of Education chief policy officer Megan Degenfelder announced her bid for election in early April. She also vied for the post when Balow left but only garnered enough votes to make it into fourth place. She's currently the government and regulatory affairs manager for Morningstar Partners Oil & Gas.
A former top official at the Wyoming Department of Education announced Thursday she will run for superintendent of public instruction.
Schroeder, the former head of Veritas Academy, a private Christian school in Cody, has experience as a family and youth coordinator and as a teacher and administrator in private schools in California, Wisconsin, Michigan and Wyoming.
A blistering statement from Wyoming's schools superintendent is again fanning the flames of debate over gender identity and sexual orientation.
Casper-based substitute teacher and cosmetologist Jennifer Zerba and Rock Springs underground trona miner Robert White also threw in their hats, both on the last day to file for candidacy.
Sergio Maldonado, a member of the Northern Arapaho tribe, is the sole Democrat contender. He's been a teacher, college administrator and school board trustee in Arizona and Wyoming. In 1989, while he was living in Arizona, former president George H.W. Bush appointed him to a term on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. He also served as the liaison with the Northern Arapaho Tribe under former Gov. Matt Mead.
Three Republicans and one Democrat are vying for the state superintendent of public instruction's post. | https://trib.com/news/local/education/republican-state-schools-superintendent-candidate-drops-out-of-race-to-support-incumbent/article_fd096498-1269-11ed-b00a-2f6f5dcd960c.html | 2022-08-02T17:01:52 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/education/republican-state-schools-superintendent-candidate-drops-out-of-race-to-support-incumbent/article_fd096498-1269-11ed-b00a-2f6f5dcd960c.html |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – With rent prices skyrocketing for many residents over the last year, a group of Democratic lawmakers met Tuesday to discuss possible solutions.
During a news conference, State Sen. Randolph Bracy said he has a three-point plan that will be brought in front of Orange County Commissioners.
“We must do all our part to ensure Floridians living arrangements are protected,” Bracy said.
The first part of the plan covers incentivizing alternative types of community housing with better affordability.
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“This includes buildings with smaller units, expanding existing buildings by building up, instead of out, and repurposing empty commercial buildings into affordable housing,” Bracy said.
The second point of the proposal calls for tax breaks, grants and other programs for developers who are willing to earmark a portion of their units as affordable housing.
The final part of the plan is a tax on out-of-state companies or individuals buying property. The tax would be aimed at discouraging owners from buying multiple properties and raising rent prices.
“The money from this fee or tax can be used for affordable housing or to help renters,” Bracy said.
What remains unclear, is how much support the plan has from Orange County leaders and when it could go into place.
The proposal will be discussed during the next board of county commissioners meeting on Aug. 9.
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Despite a lot of arguing, a federal judge is refusing to change the trial date of a group of Oath Keepers charged in the Capitol riot. That includes two people from Central Florida.
The FBI arrested Kelly Meggs of Marion County and Kenneth Harrelson of Titusville shortly after the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Prosecutors claim Meggs was the Florida leader of the group and conspired with Harrelson and others to interfere with the certification of the presidential election.
In court Tuesday, a judge heard arguments from the attorneys representing all 11 defendants in the case.
Some looked to delay the trial, arguing the Jan. 6 Congressional Committee may taint a jury pool. Others argued there is too much evidence to process.
One attorney says his wife is having a baby near the trial date.
The judge rejected all of the arguments. Jury selection in that case begins Sept. 26. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/02/judge-refuses-to-delay-trial-for-florida-oath-keeper-suspects-in-capitol-riot/ | 2022-08-02T17:02:43 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/02/judge-refuses-to-delay-trial-for-florida-oath-keeper-suspects-in-capitol-riot/ |
ORLANDO, Fla – The Florida Department of Health in Orange County is offering free school immunizations for kindergarteners and seventh graders at an event on Saturday.
The students need to be enrolled in Orange County Public Schools to receive the free Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis immunization, health officials said.
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The event will be happening at the OCPS Academic Center for Excellence, 701 W Livingston St., from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. on Saturday.
No appointment is necessary, but a parent and/or guardian with a valid ID and the child’s completed consent forms must accompany the student, according to the health department.
Click here to get the forms.
Here is a list of what the Florida Department of Health recommends you know before you go:
- Bring the child’s most recent shot record, child’s birth certificate, or government-issued ID.
- The parent must attend with the child and bring a valid ID.
- Parent/guardian consent is required.
- Bring your own water and snacks.
- No college vaccines.
- No cost.
For more information, contact the Florida Department of Health in Orange County at 407-723-5004.
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OVIEDO, Fla. – Seminole County is using $850,000 from its community block grant COVID-19 funding to help Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.
That food will be distributed to nearly 50 food pantries across Seminole County, including the pantry at East Coast Believers Church in Oviedo.
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Workers at Second Harvest Food Bank said the number of people searching for food assistance is up 25% since June and volunteers send out at least 250,000 meals a day.
It’s been a challenge for low-income families in Central Florida within the last couple of months due to food, rent, and gas prices going up.
Pastor Norm Dubois said East Coast Believers Church has been handing out meals to families in need since the beginning of the pandemic.
At one point, the church opened a COVID-19 testing and vaccine site.
Dubois said the goal is to help more families struggling with inflation, which is why they plan to expand their pantry to a bigger room next door to the church.
“The grant that Seminole County provided to Second Harvest is huge for us because it frees our resources that we use to purchase all of this food, and it allows us to get that food given to us through that grant and it opens up the doors for us to remodel and expand our reach,” Dubois said.
According to research by Feeding America, about 50,000 residents in Seminole County are experiencing food insecurity, including 12,000 children.
Dubois said families interested in visiting their food pantry can log on to the East Coast Believers website or call the church at 407-774-3222.
Check out the Florida Foodie podcast. You can find every episode in the media player below: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/02/seminole-county-grants-850000-to-second-harvest-food-bank-to-help-families/ | 2022-08-02T17:02:56 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/02/seminole-county-grants-850000-to-second-harvest-food-bank-to-help-families/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Pop-up bars are becoming a trend around the world, offering a unique experience and creative cocktails.
The catch is that they’re only open for a limited time.
One Orlando bar is taking you down the rabbit hole into wonderland. It’s called ‘The Alice.’
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“It is sort of like dinner murder mystery show meets cocktail hour, meets hanging out with your friends. It’s such a cool combination of things people aren’t expecting when you come in,” said assistant manager Sarah Austin.
The Alice Cocktail Experience has taken over Oliv Bar off Magnolia Avenue in Orlando for a limited time.
The show takes you into Wonderland with recognizable décor everywhere you turn from the enchanted forest theme, to the ‘eat me’ treats and tea cups all inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland book.
The infamous Queen of Hearts, walking cards and Mad Hatter join the tea party as well, working the room and interacting with guests making parts of the show spontaneous. It’s something Austin said she enjoys.
“I can kind of riff on the audience a little bit, find out what makes people laugh and poke some fun. It makes each session different,” said Austin.
During the experience you’ll study to get your diploma of tea making, solve riddles and collect the ingredients to create a tasty cocktail.
You’ll munch on some treats and get crafty, painting the foam on top of your drinks.
Before you leave the topsy-turvy realm, you’ll come face-to-face with the Cheshire Cat.
The Alice Experience originated in Australia and has expanded to more than a dozen pop-up locations worldwide. Each session lasts 90 minutes.
Just remember, you don’t want to upset the queen or it’s “off with your head.”
The Alice Experience will be open through the end of September. Tickets are $47 and you can book a cocktail experience or family-friendly session for kids that doesn’t include alcoholic drinks.
During the 90-minute experience you will:
- Create two bespoke Wonderland cocktails.
- Solve riddles and challenges just like Alice.
- Devour “Eat Me” cookies.
- Paint the roses red.
- And much, much more!
NO ALCOHOL for all Family Friendly Sessions
You can also privately hire our unique venue for your group, corporate function, or unbirthday party.
To find out more about private bookings visit www.thealicecocktailexperience.com
Note:
Tickets are sold on a non-refundable basis
Family friendly sessions are suitable for ALL ages. All other sessions are strictly 21+ | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/02/the-alice-pop-up-bar-takes-you-to-orlando-wonderland/ | 2022-08-02T17:03:02 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/02/the-alice-pop-up-bar-takes-you-to-orlando-wonderland/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – National Watermelon Day is on Wednesday and to celebrate the special occasion, here is a list of places in Orlando that serve watermelon-inspired dishes.
Find out which watermelon treat wins your heart.
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Watermelon Dole Whip at Disney Springs
This seasonal deliciousness is available at the Marketplace Snacks stand at Disney Springs.
It not only offers a watermelon dole whip but has an off-the-menu item called the watermelon taco.
Try out this summer deliciousness before it’s gone.
Hours: Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m.-11 p.m.
Address: 1710 Buena Vista Drive, Orlando, FL 32836.
Watermelon Margarita at Ohana
This watermelon margarita is offered at Ohana in Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort.
The drink is made with Patron silver tequila, watermelon and lime juice.
It also offers a spicy version with Ancho Reyes Verde liqueur.
Price: $15.
Hours: 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Address: 1600 Seven Seas Drive, Orlando, FL 32830.
Loco Watermelon and Chamoyada Sandia at Quesa Loco
This Mexican restaurant has two delicious watermelon items full of flavor and freshness.
It has the Loco Watermelon which is a slice of watermelon on the stick with chamoy and tajin.
Price: $3.50.
The other item is the Chamoyada Sandia, which is watermelon ice cream with chamoy, tajin and freshly chopped mango.
Price: $8.
Hours: Tuesday through Thursday from 12 p.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 12 p.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday from 12 p.m.-8 p.m.
Address: 971 West Fairbanks Ave. Orlando, FL 32804.
Watermelon Daisy at Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
This tasty drink is made with El Jimador Silver Tequila, triple sec, homemade sweet & sour and Red Bull Red Edition.
The drink is a seasonal cocktail.
Hours: Every day from 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Address: 1562 N Mills Ave., Orlando, FL 32803.
Watermelon Salad at Eat Hungry Pants
This healthy salad is made with cubed watermelon and a homemade spice blend topped with cucumber, feta cheese and micro mint.
Price: $5.
Hours: Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Address: 3421 S Orange Ave. Orlando, Florida 32806.
Cucumber Watermelon Froze at The Hammered Lamb
This alcoholic beverage is made with Stoli cucumber, Stoli lime, Wycliff sparkling rose and Red Bull watermelon.
Price: $9.
Hours: Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.-2 a.m.
Address: 1235 North Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32804.
Winter Melon Milk Tea at Neo Asian Kitchen
This Asian drink can be made with dairy or almond milk and tapioca balls.
Price: $4.95.
Hours: Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 9:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
Address: 6758 Eagle Watch Drive, Orlando, FL 32822.
Tomato and Watermelon Salad at The Polite Pig
The Polite Pig offers this salad made with feta cheese, mint and pickled watermelon rind.
Price: $6.
Hours: Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m.
Address: 1536 Buena Vista Drive Orlando, FL 32830.
Check out the Florida Foodie podcast. You can find every episode in the media player below: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/02/watermelon-sugar-high-heres-a-list-of-watermelon-dishes-in-orlando/ | 2022-08-02T17:03:08 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/02/watermelon-sugar-high-heres-a-list-of-watermelon-dishes-in-orlando/ |
DOVER, Pa. — Police and emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene of a reported vehicle crash into a building in Dover Township, York County Tuesday morning, according to emergency dispatch updates.
The crash reportedly occurred at a M&T Bank location on the 3900 block of Carlisle Road, dispatch said.
The crash reportedly involves entrapment, according to reports.
The crash was reported at 11:39 a.m., dispatch accounts say.
This is a developing story. FOX43 will have more details as they become available. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/dover-mt-bank-crash-entrapment-emergency/521-7d71f536-19c7-418e-9566-c7a98d608582 | 2022-08-02T17:03:35 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/dover-mt-bank-crash-entrapment-emergency/521-7d71f536-19c7-418e-9566-c7a98d608582 |
LAND O' LAKES, Fla. — No one was hurt after a car crashed into a Pasco County business Tuesday morning.
It happened at a strip mall located at the intersection of Dupree Drive and U.S. Highway 41, according to the Pasco County Fire Rescue.
Authorities say the car's driver meant to go in reverse but, instead, shifted in to drive. Photos from the scene showed damage to the car and some structural damage to the building.
Efforts are underway to determine the structural integrity of the building, fire rescue said. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/land-o-lakes-car-crash-building/67-ec2dff65-cdb1-46f4-9de5-bbb6e4af6d76 | 2022-08-02T17:07:56 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/land-o-lakes-car-crash-building/67-ec2dff65-cdb1-46f4-9de5-bbb6e4af6d76 |
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Pasco County Fire Rescue says a woman was hospitalized after she got hit by an armored vehicle on Tuesday.
The crash happened in a parking lot on State Road 52 at Little Road in New Port Richey, the department tweeted just after noon.
First responders say the woman got her legs stuck underneath the vehicle after she was hit. They worked to free her from underneath the car's metal step.
Photos shared the by fire department show a truck from Loomis, the cash handling company, with a detached metal step.
The woman was transported to the hospital where she is listed as a trauma alert. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/woman-stuck-under-armored-vehicle-crash-pasco/67-ff94e966-e67e-45b1-876c-7057ef9e99fc | 2022-08-02T17:08:02 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/woman-stuck-under-armored-vehicle-crash-pasco/67-ff94e966-e67e-45b1-876c-7057ef9e99fc |
SARASOTA, Fla. — The City of Sarasota is another step closer to nailing down its new look with six new city seal designs on the table.
In May, local leaders launched a contest to create a new seal, accepting submissions from graphic designers to amateur sketch artists alike. A "diverse panel of community members" then used the results from a public survey to help them narrow down the top six options.
These renderings aren't the final versions — they still need to be tweaked to align with feedback the city received from the community. One major element the city says it wants to ensure is that the featured palm trees are Florida's state tree, the cabbage palm, also known as the sabal palm.
And, the seal on the bottom right actually isn't one that was submitted. It's a combination of the five other designs created by city partner DreamLarge and will be considered as an option.
Once the final adjustments are made, the designs will be presented to the city commission. The public will be able to voice their opinions, but the city commissioners will have the final vote.
Why is Sarasota replacing its seal in the first place? For starters, the current one is 120 years old.
First selected in 1902, it features a large mullet in the water with palmettos in the distance along with the words "May Sarasota Prosper," the city's website explains.
While it may encompass Sarasota's history, Mayor Erik Arroyo argues the branding should symbolize a more modern representation of the city's vibrant community.
“As Sarasota evolves, so does the City’s brand,” Arroyo wrote on the city's website. “Our image should reflect the vibrancy of Sarasota to the greater community and the world. Our image should reflect our standing as a top destination, as a cultural hub, as an innovation driver, and the best place to live.”
Now, it's important to note that the seal is different than the city's logo, which features a gold silhouette of Michelangelo's David, inspired by the replica of the statue that stands over the central courtyard of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
The logo will eventually be replaced, too, with a design influenced by an extensive community survey. We don't know what it will look like yet, but you can look at the survey results if you want to get a feel of where the design is headed. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/sarasota-new-city-seal-options-renderings/67-d5b0ed18-f30e-47f0-b7f4-f36befb2b1f2 | 2022-08-02T17:08:08 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/sarasota-new-city-seal-options-renderings/67-d5b0ed18-f30e-47f0-b7f4-f36befb2b1f2 |
Body of Harrison Township boater pulled from Lake St. Clair
Harrison Township — The body of a man that was pulled from Lake St. Clair early Tuesday has been identified, the Macomb County Sheriff's Office said.
James Hauff, 49, of Harrison Township was found at about 12:30 a.m. in the lake by the sheriff's dive team, officials said.
Deputies received a call at about 7:50 p.m. Monday from a boater who had found two dogs swimming about 300 yards from a 17-foot aluminum fishing boat on the lake near Black Creek, they said.
The caller told police the boat was unoccupied but music was coming from it and he saw personal items onboard.
Deputies with the sheriff's Marine Division began a search with the help of the U.S. Coast Guard, a helicopter, a drone and Metro Parks Police officers.
Investigators contacted the family of the boat's registered owner. The family told them Hauff, the boat's owner, had been out on the water earlier with both dogs.
Dive team members found Hauff's body in about eight feet of water a half mile from Black Creek. Officials said Hauff was not wearing a life jacket.
Investigators said they do not know how Hauff ended up in the water, but noted there had been a small craft advisory in effect for Lake St. Clair. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/08/02/body-harrison-township-boater-pulled-lake-st-clair/10213826002/ | 2022-08-02T17:13:29 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/08/02/body-harrison-township-boater-pulled-lake-st-clair/10213826002/ |
Livingston County reports probable case of monkeypox
Another probable case of monkeypox in southeast Michigan has been detected.
Livingston County Health Department officials said Tuesday they have identified a probable monkeypox case in a county resident.
Monkeypox is a virus that spreads primarily through direct contact with the rash, scabs and bodily fluids of people who have been infected or prolonged face-to-face contact with them. The infection may begin with flu-like symptoms and swelling of the lymph nodes that progresses to a rash on the face and body.
Livingston County officials said the risk to the general public remains low, but the health department encourages residents to be aware of the signs of the virus.
Meanwhile, the Livingston County person who may be infected is isolated. Officials also said the person recently traveled out of state before developing symptoms. They are working to identify and monitor any close contacts for symptoms.
At this time, no additional cases have been identified.
State officials said in June they identified Michigan's first probable case in an Oakland County resident. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/02/livingston-county-reports-probable-case-monkeypox/10213521002/ | 2022-08-02T17:13:31 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/02/livingston-county-reports-probable-case-monkeypox/10213521002/ |
Q: How many graves are on BLM land in the Magic Valley, and where are they?
A: “While there are a few well-known marked Euro-American graves located on public land managed by the BLM, the number of marked or unmarked burials is unknown,” Bureau of Land Management spokesperson Heather Tiel-Nelson said. “There are a number of websites available to locate cemeteries on public land, one of them being Findagrave.com where those interested can conduct a search to identify cemeteries in the area. It is important to note for your readers that some burial information is sensitive and guided by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Additional guidance regarding burials in Idaho may be found in Idaho Statutes, Title 54, Chapter 11, Section 54-1102.”
“In the early days of the area people were usually buried near where they died, often from one to a dozen to a plot. Many of these graves are lost because no one bothered to write down and save the locations,” wrote James L. Holloway, one author of “Scattered Graves.”
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“At any rate, we are off and running with a total of 17 burial plots located at present, May 22, 1996,” Holloway wrote. “There are far more graves scattered around than I ever thought there would be, as there were few people in the area before 1875-1900.
“It was however a rough and dangerous period to live through and many died violent deaths.”
William Kestler and John Meyers also authored Scattered Graves. By the time the book was published in 1998, there were 36 burial plots with more possible graves, which range from BLM ground to private property mainly in Twin Falls County. Graves extend into Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, and Owyhee counties, and just across the Idaho-Nevada border near Jackpot and Contact, Nevada.
“When a person died they had to be buried quick if it was during the hot summer time, as bodies began to decompose quickly,” Holloway wrote. “There was no such thing as a mortuary until after 1905 at the earliest in the county. People just took care of their own dead.”
Have a question? Just ask and we’ll find an answer for you. Email your question to Kimberly Williams Brackett at timesnewscuriousmind@gmail.com with “Curious Mind” in the subject line. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/curious-mind-scattered-graves/article_c5613bd0-11e0-11ed-8111-efa39b2e7758.html | 2022-08-02T17:14:56 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/curious-mind-scattered-graves/article_c5613bd0-11e0-11ed-8111-efa39b2e7758.html |
Lakeland man killed by car while placing 'garage sale' sign in grass
LAKELAND — A 41-year-old Lakeland man died after being hit by a car while placing a "garage sale" sign in grass near an intersection in East Lakeland late Friday.
The Lakeland Police Department said the accident happened about 10:15 p.m. at South Crystal Lake Drive and Lowry Avenue. Officers said a 2015 Nissan Rogue was trying to make a left turn onto Lowry Avenue and crossed into the path of a a 2012 Honda Accord heading west on South Crystal Lake Drive.
The two cars collided, causing the Honda to leave the road and hit the man who was placing the sign at 10:15 p.m.
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The LPD, Polk County Fire Rescue and Lakeland Fire came to the scene and gave the pedestrian CPR. The man was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.
LPD said the 18-year-old Lakeland man who was driving the Honda was taken to the hospital for treatment. The 16-year-old girl who drove the Nissan had one adult passenger, and neither needed treatment.
The agency said the Traffic Homicide Unit took over the investigation and the road was shutdown for four hours. Lakeland police did not release the names of the drivers or the victim.
Lakeland police asked anyone with additional information regarding the crash to contact Sgt. Dale Deas at dale.deas@lakelandgov.net. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/east-lakeland-pedestrian-killed-after-car-crash-lowry-avenue-crystal-lake-drive/10200157002/ | 2022-08-02T17:15:19 | 0 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/east-lakeland-pedestrian-killed-after-car-crash-lowry-avenue-crystal-lake-drive/10200157002/ |
Polk Sheriff's Office seeking hit-and-run driver who seriously injured motorcyclist
WINTER HAVEN — The Polk County Sheriff's Office is looking for a hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a 67-year-old motorcyclist in the Winter Haven area Sunday.
The Sheriff's Office said the crash happened on K-Ville Avenue at Thornhill Road about 8:45 p.m. The motorcyclist was driving west on K-Ville while the other vehicle, described as a maroon pickup with a lift kit, was heading east. Sheriff's officials said the driver of the pickup turned left at Thornhill Road and crashed into the motorcyclist.
The pickup pushed the motorcycle across the pavement for several feet before stopping, the Sheriff's Office said. The driver then put the truck in reverse to separate from the motorcycle and left the scene of the crash, heading north on Thornhill Road.
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The agency used its helicopter to look for the pickup but could not find it. Officials said the front left area of the truck may have damage from the crash.
The Auburndale motorcyclist had a number of broken bones and head trauma. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. As of Tuesday morning, he was in "extremely critical condition," the Sheriff's Office said.
If anyone has information regarding the crash, the Sheriff's Office asks that you contact the agency at 863-298-6200.
Tips can also be made anonymously to Heartland Crime Stoppers at 800-226-8477. If the tip(s) lead to an arrest, you could be eligible for a reward. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/pcso-pickup-driver-seriously-injured-motorcyclist-then-fled/10200186002/ | 2022-08-02T17:15:25 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/pcso-pickup-driver-seriously-injured-motorcyclist-then-fled/10200186002/ |
Charley Woodsby, restaurateur who opened first Red Lobster, dies at 91
The restaurateur who opened the first Red Lobster in Lakeland and satisfied middle America's appetite for seafood has died.
Charles Edward Woodsby of Lakeland died Sunday at age 91.
In the 1960s, cafeterias and high-end restaurants were the mainstays across the United States, with few eateries catering to middle-class America in the seafood category. Big Boys, Howard Johnson and few others were filling the palates of Americans at the time.
Red Lobster changed that by appealing to middle-class American families with affordably priced seafood made from scratch in an informal setting, his son, Ronald Woodsby, said.
Charley Woodsby was a devoted Christian man born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to the late Lucy Sanders and William Dan Woodsby, according to his obituary prepared by the family.
“Charley came from a family of nine where everyone had to pitch in to make ends meet,” the family said. “Charley’s parents worked hard to keep a roof over their heads and bellies full during the Depression, which taught him a valuable lesson."
According to his son, Woodsby and William Darden ran the Lakeland restaurant out of a property leased from Lawton Chiles and his law partner, Bill Ellsworth Jr.
In a Sun-Sentinel report about Chiles, who died in 1998, it said the eventual governor of Florida had borrowed about $10,000 from an uncle, his maid and friends to build the restaurant.
"At that time, interest rates were about 4 percent, and I was able to pay her back at 10 percent," Chiles told the Sentinel. The 1994 report also said Chiles was still leasing his properties to Red Lobster, which were valued at $1.3 million at the time.
Chiles and Ellsworth bankrolled the first five Red Lobsters across the Southeast, according to Ronald Woodsby. He said Chiles told the family that the first Lakeland property was the best investment in his life.
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Humble beginnings
Charley Woodsby got his first job at a grocery store when he was 11 years old. Four years later, he enlisted in the Air Force and had lied about his age and joined the service at age 15, said his wife, MaryLou Woodsby.
"He came from a very poor home, there were seven kids," she said, adding that he grew up in a home with an outhouse in the back yard and light bulbs dangled on a single wire in each room. He walked two miles each way to school.
After the service, he attended Cecil Business College, followed by his first foray into food service as a student in The Hotel and Restaurant School of New York City. He majored in hotel and restaurant management.
By age 23, Woodsby bought and operated his first restaurant in 1954 in Atlanta. After selling that establishment, he converted an old grocery store into a 200-seat eatery.
In 1960, he moved to Jacksonville and honed his skills as a restaurateur with the financial backing of William and D.C. Darden. The team purchased the Thunderbird Restaurant and two years in, Woodsby and his partners bought Gary’s Duck Inn in Orlando.
Numerous other restaurants were started by the team in the early 1960s, including The Green Frog in Adel, Georgia, The Coach House in Greenville, South Carolina, the Towne House in Columbia, South Carolina, and the Old South in Jacksonville.
But it was the Orlando seafood restaurant that gave him the vision for an affordable family oriented seafood eatery. In developing this concept, he applied his three principles of success in the food industry: quality, value and service.
In 1968, Charley and William Darden opened the first Red Lobster in Lakeland. It was an immediate success and within two years, five more Red Lobsters were opened.
Ronald Woodsby said that every day at those restaurants, there were as many as 150 people waiting for a table by 3 p.m.
In 1970, the pair received an offer from General Mills Restaurants Inc. to acquire the business. Charley Woodsby signed a three-year management contract helping the new ownership open 72 Red Lobster locations.
His main responsibilities were to supervise the corporation’s real estate, construction, purchasing and operations departments, and the chain's operations grew at four regional offices in St. Louis, Atlanta, Dallas and Orlando.
At the age of 42, Charley retired from General Mills. But according to his son Ronald, all of his friends were still working so he returned to the business, this time with his son.
"The only people he could find to play tennis with were young people and retirees," Ronald Woodsby said.
The father-son team opened the first Talk of the Town Restaurant in Lakeland, and within five years they opened locations in Winter Haven, Clearwater, St. Petersburg and Orlando.
In 1985, they changed direction and opened a more expensive steakhouse concept, and Charley’s Steak House was created.
Talk of the Town Restaurants encompassed 10 restaurants with five different concepts in Central Florida. They employed nearly 1,500 people.
Man of faith and family
By his 30s, Charley Woodsby had become a devoted Christian, and he made many mission trips with his first and second wives. He was especially interested in getting translations of the Jesus Film Project into as many remote villages as possible across the globe.
In 1998, Charley and his first wife, Jean, also established a private foundation. Through the foundation, they contributed to numerous ministries throughout Central Florida, the United States and globally.
"Some of their most gratifying work was done in Honduras, where they sponsored six children every year, which meant providing health care, clothing, food allowances and tuition for their education," the family said.
"They were most proud of funding the building of four churches in Honduras to promote the Christian faith," they said.
In 2005, Woodsby's first wife died. He married MaryLou Johnson in 2007.
They continued to take the gospel to unreached areas of the world. The Jesus Film Project, a motion picture made in 1979 according to the Gospel of Luke has been translated into more than 2,000 languages around the world.
Charley and MaryLou Woodsby divided their time between Florida and their mountain home in Highlands, North Carolina, until she said they settled in Lakeland nearly two years ago so she could be closer to her children.
Woodsby is survived by his wife; his son Ronald Woodsby, daughters Deborah Woodsby Thrash and Sherry Woodsby Parrish; stepdaughters Jennifer Christine Snell and Kristin Johnson Levy; six grandchildren, six step-grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
His family are remembering him "as a kind, generous, thoughtful, fun-loving friend to all who had the honor of knowing him," they said.
His motto “has always been quality, value, service and integrity; be honest, be truthful and treat people with respect," his obituary said.
"My faith has also always been very important to me. I believe God guided me in all directions of my life, putting the right opportunities and the right people before me at the right time.” the obituary said.
On Wednesday, there will be a visitation at 10 a.m. celebration of life at 11 a.m. at the Henry Chapel at First Baptist Orlando, 3000 S. John Young Parkway. A reception will follow. There will be a private family burial.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to One More Child, 1015 Sikes Blvd., Lakeland, FL, 33815. www.onemorechild.org.
Paul Nutcher can be reached at pnutcher@gannett.com. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/red-lobster-charles-edward-woodsby-lakeland-dies/10200119002/ | 2022-08-02T17:15:31 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/red-lobster-charles-edward-woodsby-lakeland-dies/10200119002/ |
PLACER COUNTY, Calif. — Fire crews battled a fire Tuesday morning in Placer County at a waste facility.
The fire was at a Nortec plant, the Materials Recovery Facility, near Fiddyment Road and Athens Avenue, according to Cal Fire Nevada Yuba Placer Unit. It is near Thunder Valley Casino Resort.
Air quality in northern Lincoln may be impacted by smoke from the fire. A map from Purple Air shows that people who are sensitive to pollution may consider reducing outdoor activity for a few hours.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — Two people have been arrested in a deadly shooting in Stockton in December, according to the Stockton Police Department.
A 23-year-old man was found shot and killed on Dec. 18 in the 700 block of Houston Avenue. Police found the man in a car with a gunshot wound and he later died.
On Tuesday, police said 23-year-old Elizabeth Gomez and 24-year-old Juwan Potter were arrested on suspicion of the shooting. Gomez and Potter were booked into the San Joaquin County Jail.
STOCKTON CRIME IN CONTEXT
The increase in homicide cases in Stockton during the early months of 2022 came on the heels of a decline in 2021, where police reported fewer homicides ending the year with a total of 38 cases.
While that’s not the lowest number the department has dealt with in the past 12 years, it is below the annual average of 40 homicide cases per year since 1995.
In response to the rise in homicides, community groups held prayer vigils and outreach events meant to unite Stockton residents against violence.
Activists have called on the community to show up to such events and work with local organizations such as Advance Peace, Faith in the Valley, Lighthouse of the Valley and the Office of Violence Prevention to discourage crime and help impacted communities heal.
Click here for a map of crime statistics.
In an interview with ABC10 in March, Stockton City Manager Harry Black said the Stockton Police Department is trying to prevent more deaths by working more on intelligence gathering and cooperating with federal partners such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Marshall's Service.
The city is also working to improve its crime prevention, intervention and fighting strategy, Black said. Representatives with the city's Office of Violence Prevention are working to be more present in communities impacted by crime. The office's 'peacekeepers program' places mediators and mentors in high-crime areas.
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Pantry 279 mission continues, despite vandalism that disabled food delivery van
Let's start with the good news, because there isn't enough of that: Pantry 279's deliveries to children and their financially struggling families will continue this week, and food will be distributed four days as usual from the non-profit's Ellettsville pantry.
The bad news? A man vandalized Pantry 279's Dodge delivery van, a 2007 model purchased through donations and grants. He also cut the catalytic converter off a low-mileage car donated just two weeks ago, and stole five snack bags of sunflower seeds.
Security camera video shows a lone man at the pantry, located adjacent to Trinity Lutheran Church, from 3 until 5 a.m. Saturday.
The man tore a wooden board off a church picnic table and beat the van with it, breaking off the driver's side door handle and disabling the door, Pantry 279 Director Cindy Chavez said Monday afternoon. He propped the hood of the van open with a long table the pantry uses on food distribution days, tinkered with the motor and cut the battery cables.
Chavez and volunteers discovered the damage about 10 o'clock Saturday morning when they arrived to get food ready for the hundreds of people who would be coming for bags and boxes of fruit, vegetables, breakfast cereal, bread and more later in the day.
Chavez said the pantry provided food for 2,183 families, which included 7,088 people, this past June. That's the most since December 2020, at the height of the pandemic.
With neither vehicle operational, Chavez wondered how the pantry would deliver food for the last week of the children's summer food program. They deliver food to five locations, as far away as the Oolitic fire station in rural Lawrence County.
She posted the incident on social media along with a dark security camera picture of the suspect and one of the vandalized van. "Now, the last week of the (children's) program will most likely be canceled," she wrote. "The van is undriveable."
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Enter Kevin Pruitt, pastor at Bloomington's Journey Baptist Church, who has loaned a van to the pantry until theirs is fixed. "He just handed us the keys and said. 'Here you go.' He said we can use it as long as we need it," Chavez said. "It's a gargantuan 12-passenger van. He took the seats out for us, and there's plenty of room."
She said another dozen people stepped up to offer their vans or pickups for use. She's thankful for that, yet disappointed someone would vandalize a charity that helps people secure food for their families."It was just meanness, and I guess maybe he was looking for something valuable," Chavez said. "But the thing is, we don't have anything that's valuable."
Chavez said if the man's intent was to steal the van, he didn't need to break the door handle off to get it open. Because the vehicle is never locked.
"We leave it unlocked, with some food in the back, for someone who really needs it who might come around when the pantry's not open," she said. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/good-samaritans-van-saves-pantry-279s-kids-summer-food-program/65388795007/ | 2022-08-02T17:17:59 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/good-samaritans-van-saves-pantry-279s-kids-summer-food-program/65388795007/ |
The intersection of Franke and Rohrbach roads will be closed from 7 a.m. Wednesday to 5 p.m. Thursday during crossover-pipe replacement, the Allen County Highway Department said today.
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An Indiana House committee made major changes to the legislature’s proposed abortion ban this morning.
The House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code is conducting a hearing on Senate Bill 1, which would ban nearly all abortions in Indiana.
Amendment 25, which was approved by unanimous consent by the committee prior to testimony on the bill, removed or altered multiple components of Senate Bill 1 while also eliminating licensure for abortion clinics.
Although Rep. Matt Pierce said he still has many concerns about the bill, the Bloomington Democrat said the amendment “fixes a lot of problems.”
It expanded the “life of the mother” exception to allow doctors to provide abortion care when necessary to “prevent a substantial permanent impairment of the life or physical health of the pregnant woman.”
The amendment also changes multiple aspects of the bill's rape and incest exceptions. The Senate approved SB 1 during a rare Saturday session following a week of contentious discussion and debate, much of which revolved around that aspect of the proposal.
The Senate version of the bill would have restricted access to abortion in those cases to eight weeks for girls 16 years old and older, and to 12 weeks for those who are younger than 16. It also would have required victims to file notarized affidavits attesting to the rape or incest.
Now, that time limit would be 10 weeks after fertilization for all such cases under the amendment.
The affidavit requirement was eliminated by the amendment. Instead, the attending physician must “certify in writing” that “the abortion is being performed at the woman's request because the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.”
A similar requirement requiring written certification from the doctor would also apply to the bill’s exceptions for the life or health of the mother and for fatal fetal anomalies.
The amended bill terminates licensure for abortion clinics and states that abortion services can only be offered at “hospitals or surgical centers owned by hospitals.” It also removes language regulating current and future abortion clinics, an aspect of SB 1 that drew criticism from anti-abortion groups.
The new language also specifically states that the abortion laws do not apply to in vitro fertilization.
While the amendment removed new criminal penalties for doctors who perform illegal abortions -- limiting penalties to only those that exist under current law -- it also states the state’s medical licensing board “shall revoke the license of a physician if, after appropriate notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the attorney general proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the physician performed an abortion in violation of” state law.
Finally, the now-amended bill does not include language giving the state attorney general concurrent jurisdiction in cases when a local prosecuting attorney categorically refuses to enforce a law.
That measure, added to SB 1 in the Senate, is aimed at Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears, who signaled shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade that his office might choose not to prosecute new charges under an abortion ban and stated it will “continue to use its limited resources on addressing violent crime” in Indianapolis.
Instead, it creates a prosecutorial oversight task force to “study the circumstances in which a county prosecutor makes a blanket refusal to enforce a specific statute or constitutional provision” and directs the task force to make recommendations on the issue to the legislature before Dec. 1. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/house-committee-makes-major-changes-to-abortion-ban/article_305940de-1279-11ed-9407-bfa0a296cb76.html | 2022-08-02T17:19:20 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/house-committee-makes-major-changes-to-abortion-ban/article_305940de-1279-11ed-9407-bfa0a296cb76.html |
A Bismarck woman charged with child neglect in the death of her infant daughter is serving a 1 ½-year prison sentence.
Cassandra Black Elk, 26, pleaded guilty to the charge stemming from the death of 3-week-old Starlight Black Elk, who police said was “obviously deceased and in the early stages of rigor mortis” when they were called to the woman's home in February.
South Central District Judge Daniel Borgen in May ordered that Cassandra Black Elk also spend two years on supervised probation after her release. She must complete a parenting and nurturing course and a parental capacity evaluation, according to court documents.
Authorities said they found evidence that Cassandra Black Elk fought with the baby’s father, Seth Eagle, a few hours before police were called to the North Second Street apartment. The baby was alive when Eagle left about 1:30 a.m., Black Elk allegedly told police, adding that her daughter was swaddled, asleep and face up on the bed after Eagle left.
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Black Elk told police she had drank at least one beer and several shots of liquor, smoked marijuana, then purchased more liquor which she also consumed, according to the affidavit.
The mother said she did not recall any of the details of the fight because she was intoxicated, and did not remember doing anything that would harm the child, according to the affidavit. The baby was dead when Black Elk awoke about 6 a.m., the document states. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/woman-sentenced-to-1-1-2-years-in-infants-death/article_23c8fca4-1276-11ed-bef7-efbb84cf4aee.html | 2022-08-02T17:23:38 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/woman-sentenced-to-1-1-2-years-in-infants-death/article_23c8fca4-1276-11ed-bef7-efbb84cf4aee.html |
PORTLAND, Maine — A 26-year-old man from Penobscot County has been reported missing.
Bret Libby of Long A Township, located south of Millinocket, was last seen around midnight Tuesday walking into the woods off Jo Mary Road, according to a news release issued by Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss.
A Silver Alert was issued Tuesday morning.
Libby is a white male listed as 5 feet, 9 inches and 170 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He was reportedly not wearing clothing at the time of his disappearance and has been in "crisis" for several days, the release states.
Officials ask that people not approach Libby if he is seen but instead call 911 or the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office at 207-945-4636. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-missing-penobscot-county-man/97-3bcf1ae6-d33b-4a51-9e8c-8469e9555647 | 2022-08-02T17:30:29 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-missing-penobscot-county-man/97-3bcf1ae6-d33b-4a51-9e8c-8469e9555647 |
CASS COUNTY, Texas — The bodies of three missing children were found in a pond in Cass County over the weekend, according to authorities.
Agencies were searching for the children who were initially reported missing Friday night.
The three children were recovered Saturday morning by divers after clothing was found near a private pond near a home near Atlanta on Saturday.
Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe told KHOU 11 News the investigation was turned over to the Texas Rangers, who are expected to release a statement on the incident Tuesday.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Wardens, along with Rowe's office and emergency services with Cass County, were called to look for the children Friday night.
Game wardens began their search with K-9 units around the pond, which was 200 yards away from the home, according to Lt. Jason Jones.
"Close to the pond, we found a pair of tennis shoes right next to the water," Jones told KTBS. "We had the family members identify that was one of the girls' tennis shoes that was missing."
Authorities haven't determined what led up to their disappearance, but Jones said he speculates that the kids may have just been playing.
"In rural areas, kids play," Jones said. "You know, I'm speculating they were just outside playing and ended up missing."
Jones said divers were called in to help after footprints were found in the mud leading into the water.
The three bodies were sent off for autopsies. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/cass-county-bodies-of-3-missing-children-found/285-d65a1f74-c334-476d-8913-64c722180c89 | 2022-08-02T17:31:47 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/cass-county-bodies-of-3-missing-children-found/285-d65a1f74-c334-476d-8913-64c722180c89 |
SAN ANTONIO — A man was shot and killed at an LA Fitness Monday evening on the north side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
The deadly shooting occurred before 7 p.m. at an LA Fitness located on 7140 Blanco Road.
Police said a man was working out inside the gym and was shot in the head by another man who came up behind him. The gunman then ran from the scene and was caught by police.
On Tuesday, the suspect was identified by police as Jessie Marquis MacWilliams, 32. He is charged with murder.
"He just walked up to him point blank and just aired him out. Like it was in a movie. It was crazy man. Luckily, the kids didn't get hurt. We have kids here at daycare," says witness Quincy Mason.
Mason says people started running once they heard the gunshot.
"When it happened, people were trying to run out. People didn't know if the gunman was there. They scattered like roaches."
After the shooting patrons of LA Fitness sprung into action to help, including Dr. Luis Torres. He said people weren't sure whether it was an active shooter but once determined it was not Dr. Torres ran to help the victim.
Police say the man who died "appeared to be targeted."
This is a developing story. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/man-shot-and-killed-at-la-fitness-gym-murder-san-antonio/273-9b2d76a6-292a-456a-9e74-efe83ed5921d | 2022-08-02T17:31:54 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/man-shot-and-killed-at-la-fitness-gym-murder-san-antonio/273-9b2d76a6-292a-456a-9e74-efe83ed5921d |
A Monday night crash involving a stolen Mercedes and another vehicle sent four occupants to the hospital, the Nebraska State Patrol reported.
Around 8:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of U.S. 77 and West O Street after a Mercedes SUV struck a Ford F-350 that was attempting to turn.
The driver and two passengers in the Mercedes and the driver of the truck were sent to Bryan West following the crash.
Patrol spokesman Cody Thomas said responders had been informed that Seward County deputies were in pursuit of a Mercedes stolen in Seward County that was heading toward Lincoln.
While troopers were waiting on West O to turn southbound onto U.S. 77, they witnessed the crash, but were not involved in any pursuit, Thomas said.
After treatment, the driver of the Mercedes was turned over to the Seward County Sheriff's Office. The other injured individuals were released from the hospital with minor injuries.
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Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/four-transported-to-hospital-in-crash-involving-stolen-vehicle-in-lincoln/article_55573a9f-3cb8-5103-9ddf-fecd1f2651b0.html | 2022-08-02T17:35:32 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/four-transported-to-hospital-in-crash-involving-stolen-vehicle-in-lincoln/article_55573a9f-3cb8-5103-9ddf-fecd1f2651b0.html |
After a vandal discharged a fire extinguisher throughout the women's clothing section at Lincoln's JCPenney, the department store is out $20,000 worth of merchandise, according to police.
Lincoln Police Sgt. Chris Vollmer said the contents of the fire extinguisher are considered a skin irritant, forcing store employees to destroy the merchandise affected in the incident, which happened between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday inside Gateway Mall, 6100 O St.
Vollmer said an unknown person discharged the fire extinguisher throughout the clothing section before discarding the extinguisher and fleeing. Store employees reported the vandalism to police Monday morning, Vollmer said.
Police are working to review video of the incident, Vollmer said Tuesday. An investigation into the vandalism is ongoing.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021.
In court records, police said two men beat, tortured and branded a 26-year-old Lincoln man in a warehouse, later tying him to a tree and threatening to kill him.
Lancaster County Sheriff's Investigator Jeremy Schwarz said they still are exploring the motive and the possibility that others may have been involved and are asking anyone with information or evidence to contact them.
Mensah L. Gozo, 59, was charged with first-degree child sex assault and child enticement for his alleged role in the seemingly random crime, which began around 10 a.m. Sunday when the girl was reported missing.
"It was at that moment ... I saw him with the gun in his hand," State Patrol Trooper Adam Strode said according to a transcript. "I honestly thought I was going to be shot."
Investigators believe the teens were filming the crime to participate in a TikTok challenge that "basically ... shows you how to steal certain types of vehicles by hotwiring them."
Michael McNeil is accused of robbing a bank in north Lincoln earlier this month is a suspect in a bank robbery in Geneva in June and an attempted bank robbery in York in May. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-j-c-penney-trashes-20-000-in-product-after-vandal-wields-fire-extinguisher-police/article_732d0bc0-f4c0-51a9-9660-24081059a23d.html | 2022-08-02T17:35:38 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-j-c-penney-trashes-20-000-in-product-after-vandal-wields-fire-extinguisher-police/article_732d0bc0-f4c0-51a9-9660-24081059a23d.html |
A semi trailer stocked with 42,000 pounds of whole wheat flour caught fire as it traveled through Lancaster County on Monday, completely destroying both the trailer and its contents northwest of Lincoln, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.
Capt. John Vik said deputies responded around 8:48 p.m. Monday to the scene, near the Nebraska 79 exit from U.S. 34, where the trailer was fully engulfed in flames.
The semi driver had noticed smoke emitting from the trailer and detached the cab from the trailer before the fire spread, Vik said.
The blaze caused $50,000 in damage to the trailer and destroyed the flour, worth $10,080, Vik said.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021.
In court records, police said two men beat, tortured and branded a 26-year-old Lincoln man in a warehouse, later tying him to a tree and threatening to kill him.
Lancaster County Sheriff's Investigator Jeremy Schwarz said they still are exploring the motive and the possibility that others may have been involved and are asking anyone with information or evidence to contact them.
Mensah L. Gozo, 59, was charged with first-degree child sex assault and child enticement for his alleged role in the seemingly random crime, which began around 10 a.m. Sunday when the girl was reported missing.
"It was at that moment ... I saw him with the gun in his hand," State Patrol Trooper Adam Strode said according to a transcript. "I honestly thought I was going to be shot."
Investigators believe the teens were filming the crime to participate in a TikTok challenge that "basically ... shows you how to steal certain types of vehicles by hotwiring them."
Michael McNeil is accused of robbing a bank in north Lincoln earlier this month is a suspect in a bank robbery in Geneva in June and an attempted bank robbery in York in May. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/trailer-with-42-000-pounds-of-flour-burns-in-lancaster-county-sheriffs-office-says/article_227191c5-a529-5622-aa54-946007715119.html | 2022-08-02T17:35:44 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/trailer-with-42-000-pounds-of-flour-burns-in-lancaster-county-sheriffs-office-says/article_227191c5-a529-5622-aa54-946007715119.html |
Lacie Bolte’s 4-month-old daughter made her first appearance before the Lincoln City Council on Monday while her mom recounted her difficult entry into the world — and how a universal home visitation program for new moms proposed in the mayor’s budget would have helped.
Bolte was among more than 30 speakers during a public hearing on the mayor’s proposed biennial budget that would, among other things, add eight public health nurses to expand the visitation program to support all the city’s new mothers and their children.
The proposed budget — which represents a 7.4% increase in spending the first year and 4% the second year — also drew opponents to a proposal to begin charging reduced bus fares after two years of fare-free busing during the pandemic.
Those speakers — including members of the mayor-appointed StarTran Advisory Board that voted last week to reject the mayor’s proposal — argued it was worth the $1.2 million annual cost to continue offering free bus fares as part of a two-year pilot program.
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Other speakers commended additions to the budget that promote climate change, including more money for tree trimming and planting, and money to support the use of alternative fuels and electric vehicles in the city’s fleet.
Several speakers urged the council to reconsider a proposal by Councilman Bennie Shobe to add $300,000 each year for subsidies for residents who buy electric heat pumps for their homes.
Shobe’s suggestion was among several tweaks to the budget suggested by council members, as was a suggestion by Councilman Richard Meginnis to remove funding to add the nurses to expand the home visitation program for new moms.
Although their fellow council members didn’t approve either of those changes, council members still have time to bring them forward again before they vote on the budget Aug. 22 — which is why people like Bolte weighed in Monday.
Bolte said she had a normal pregnancy but her delivery turned into an emergency C-section with serious hemorrhaging that delayed her ability to nurse her daughter. Once home, she suffered from postpartum depression and she and her husband had to deal with the serious shortage of baby formula.
Bolte said she’s educated as a social worker, both she and her husband are healthy, have good jobs, health insurance and a good support network — but the home visitation program with visits from a registered nurse would have helped.
“I have access to so many more resources than most people in Lincoln, but I needed it,” she said.
She would not have been eligible for the existing program, which is available to low-income residents, she said.
“You’d be missing me,” she said.
Others, including pediatrician Stacie Bleicher, said such programs help prevent childhood trauma from abuse, neglect, domestic violence and parental substance abuse by providing assistance and education to parents early on.
Questions from some council members indicated they were worried about the cost of sustaining such a program, which would be paid for with existing money the first year, would cost $153,633 the following year and $737,725 annually thereafter.
The mayor's proposed $243.5 million tax-funded budget for 2022-23 — an increase of nearly $16.7 million, would be followed by an increase of $9.8 million the following year.
It is bolstered by an anticipated 18% increase in sales tax revenue in 2022-23 and a smaller 1.2% increase the following year — one of two primary funding sources for the city. The other is property tax revenue. The mayor proposes lowering the tax rate by a half-cent, saving taxpayers $1.2 million.
Several speakers urged the council to find money somewhere in city coffers to continue free busing, pointing out that the city came up with $1.5 million to give to Lincoln’s airport to lure new air service. That money came from federal stimulus funds.
While it would cost money, it would increase ridership and provide a more equitable transportation system, and advance the mayor’s climate plan goals by reducing the number of cars on the streets, speakers said.
Kathy Ashley, a StarTran Advisory Board member, said the city makes progress to improve the bus system, then takes services away.
“I want the citizens and community and the council members to really look deeply and find a way to make StarTran's growth viable,” she said. “This community needs this council to invest in StarTran.”
Several speakers testified in support of new positions being added, especially those in the city clerk’s office, and building and safety.
Bud Synhorst, president and CEO of the Lincoln Independent Business Association, commended the budget’s investment in public safety (it adds police officers, firefighters, emergency dispatchers) and infrastructure, but questioned adding what city officials said is a total of 67 new positions.
With supply chain issues businesses face and spiking inflation, it might not be a good time for a 7% increase over the current budget, he said.
“This is a time when it’s good for the city to say where can we show a little restraint,” he said. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-of-lincoln-budget-public-hearing-draws-speakers-on-new-moms-program-free-busing/article_f1368db4-1a7a-5f5e-9800-daff8eaf51b8.html | 2022-08-02T17:35:51 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-of-lincoln-budget-public-hearing-draws-speakers-on-new-moms-program-free-busing/article_f1368db4-1a7a-5f5e-9800-daff8eaf51b8.html |
SALEM, Ore. — It’s hard to miss Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails when walking through Salem’s downtown district. Taped to its windows are tons of signs, some of them handmade. They read: “Black Lives Matter,” and, “No Place For Hate.”
There are large portraits of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and in chalk marker, the names of dozens of other people killed by police in recent years.
There’s also a small cardboard sign that reads: “VACCINES REQUIRED FOR SEATED DINING.”
Despite that sign, and despite having a reservation at a different Salem restaurant, Naomi Wolf in late June walked into Epilogue and argued at length with staff about their indoor dining rule.
“So she walked by, saw our signs — she decided that that meant that she needed to cause a scene,” said co-owner Jonathan Jones.
Wolf was once a well-known feminist author — she wrote the 1990 bestseller “The Beauty Myth” and advised Bill Clinton and Al Gore — who in recent years garnered online attention for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. Her Twitter account has been disabled, but she continues to use other social media alternatives, including one targeted to American conservatives called Gettr.
That’s where she posted two videos of her late June encounter with staff at Epilogue. In one of them, two employees repeatedly ask Wolf to leave. One points to the vaccines-required sign, and they ask why Wolf decided to violate that boundary by coming inside and arguing with staff anyway.
“Well, I mean, first of all, a lot of people in this nation’s history pushed boundaries like that,” Wolf says in the video. “And it turned out to be the right thing to do.”
Speaking to one of Epilogue’s Black employees, Wolf goes on to say the indoor dining rule is “absolutely discrimination.” (By law, discrimination is prejudice or bias against a protected class of people with regards to their race, age, gender, sexual preferences, or disability status. Legally speaking, COVID-19 vaccine status doesn’t put someone into a protected class of people.)
Epilogue also offers outdoor seating for people who can’t provide proof of vaccination.
Another video shows Jones telling Wolf that she’s been banned from the restaurant because of the way she treated his staff.
“You have been officially 86′d. If you ever come back, you will be trespassing,” Jones says.
Wolf responds: “Well, I’m only trespassing if I enter,” while appearing to stand on the sidewalk in front of Epilogue’s front doors, near its outdoor seating area.
Wolf didn’t respond to OPB’s requests for comment.
Wolf’s videos on Gettr have hundreds of comments from people rallying to harass the restaurant. Several of them make fun of Jones’ appearance and call for violence against him. And many more call on the crowd to leave negative reviews on the website’s various online profiles. That’s when its ratings on Google and Yelp plummeted.
“We’ve had over 150 fake one-star reviews,” Jones said a week after the incident. “Most of them dive pretty quickly into racism. Pretty unbridled, gross racism.”
Jones said about 75 fake reservations were booked online within a week — made under names like “Let’s go Brandon,” a conservative code for an insult to President Joe Biden. Epilogue received hundreds of prank phone calls and hateful voicemails; Jones said he had to tell staff to stop answering the phone, so only he would have to bear the brunt of the hate.
“I will never eat at your restaurant now, later,” a woman says in a voicemail that had become typical of the type flooding the restaurant’s inbox. “I hope your business goes under.”
Like many of the callers, the woman in the voicemail seemed to be equating Epilogue’s policy of requiring vaccines to dine inside with racism. She went on to say Epilogue’s food probably “tastes like segregation.”
Jones, who is Black, said the menu draws inspiration from the Black diaspora. You can get fried duck leg coated in apple butter and fig-chili vinegar, or rabbit confit flavored with jerk spices.
Jones said he and his wife opened the restaurant about 12 years ago to express themselves creatively through food and art.
“Everything we do is designed to sort of show the marks of our hands; to be a piece of our soul, our heart, our mind,” he said.
Part of that is not being afraid to show what they believe in, he said, even if that can draw unwanted — and sometimes scary — attention.
“If you sit here long enough, you will see just unbridled hatred directed at the restaurant,” Jones said. “Every single day, people walk by. They flip us off, they yell ‘All Lives Matter.’”
Since its beginnings, Jones said, Epilogue has suffered racist graffiti and violent attacks. Much of this has been recorded on a restaurant security camera and posted to Epilogue’s Instagram account.
In one video, a man and woman appear to make a white power symbol at the camera, then walk away. In another video, a man appears to be trying to break the glass front doors, slamming into them several times. Jones said the incident cracked the glass.
Chris Young, a regular customer and friend of Jones, said racist incidents seem to have become more prevalent in Salem since the 2020 racial justice protests, but there hasn’t been much recognition of it from city leaders.
“Every once in a while, you’ll have a city councilor have some stern words in the middle of a meeting or something,” he said. “But as far as something tangible happening, something specific to address this issue, you very rarely, if ever, hear anything about it.”
Salem Mayor Chuck Bennet and City Councilor Chris Hoy, who’s slated to become the next mayor, didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Jones said he’s gone to the Salem police in the past, but he didn’t feel listened to, so he hasn’t reported the Wolf incident or the subsequent harassment.
The way he sees it, people who are driven to violence against his restaurant are angered by his very existence.
“The local hatred comes from the fact that we dare to speak our minds; we dare to create spaces and push back against the status quo of a historically white utopia,” Jones said. “And we also are excellent at the products and the service that we do, and that just absolutely drives them up a wall.”
But while that may draw hate from some people, others seem to love Epilogue twice as much. Madalena Martin, a staffer at Epilogue, said the restaurant has become a gathering place for people who might feel like misfits because of their race, gender, or political ideals, especially in an area that tends to lean conservative.
“Now I’m here and I’m surrounded by other activists and other folks who are focused on the disruption of the oppression in our society … It’s just healing,” Martin said.
Jones — who is originally from the Philadelphia area — said no matter what happens, Salem is his community now, and no amount of harassment or violence will scare him away.
“They can bash our windows, they can threaten my life,” Jones said. “… I’m still going to be the excellent person that I am.”
WATCH: Headlines on Demand playlist | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/restaurant-faces-online-harassment-anti-vax-incident/283-e0102c7b-2663-4890-b2d9-b340d5bf92d7 | 2022-08-02T17:38:12 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/restaurant-faces-online-harassment-anti-vax-incident/283-e0102c7b-2663-4890-b2d9-b340d5bf92d7 |
Someone who recently shopped at a Montgomery County convenience store is feeling like a million bucks.
The Pennsylvania Lottery announced Monday that a ticket sold at the 7-Eleven store at 226 West Germantown Pike in Norristown won $1 million in Friday's Mega Millions drawing.
The ticket matched all five white balls, 13-36-45-57-67, in last week's $1.337 billion drawing, but not the Mega Ball, 14.
The store that sold the ticket will receive a winning bonus of $5,000, the lottery said.
It was unclear if the person that won had claimed their prize. The lottery commission reminded people that winners have one year to claim their Mega Millions prize.
Check your tickets! More than 615,000 tickets sold in Pennsylvania won smaller portions of the second largest Mega Millions prize in history, the lottery commission said.
To check your tickets visit the winning numbers page and to find out how to check your tickets visit their prize chart section. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/1-million-mega-millions-ticket-sold-montgomery-county-7-eleven/3322653/ | 2022-08-02T17:48:39 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/1-million-mega-millions-ticket-sold-montgomery-county-7-eleven/3322653/ |
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — After seeing the devastation caused by flooding in Eastern Kentucky, a Tri-Cities business owner decided she needed to take action.
Kelly Aiken owns A2Z Speciality Lettering in Jonesborough and works with several businesses based in Eastern Kentucky. She coordinated with the owners to determine what was needed and where she could send donations.
“I think it’s one thing to see it on the news, and it touches you that way,” said Aikens. “But to actually know someone there and hear firsthand the accounts of things that are going on. It was just laying on my heart.”
Aiken has a trailer in front of her business that she hopes to fill with donations of non-perishable foods, hygiene products, cleaning supplies, clothing and home necessities to ship to Jenkins, Kentucky on Wednesday, Aug. 3.
Travis Jenkins Trucking has donated the trailer and will be delivering it to Kentucky for free and Foster Signs made the banner to place on the truck.
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