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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Southeastern Grocers is now administering Novavax vaccines to individuals ages 18 and older in nearly 100 select Fresco y Mas, Harveys supermarket and Winn-Dixie pharmacies on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Online appointments for Novavax COVID-19 vaccines are available on Thursdays and Saturdays only. In-store pharmacies and walk-up visits are welcome, when available.
Vaccines are available as a two-does primary series, administered three to eight weeks apart. They’re recommended for all adults, including those who are moderately or severely immunocompromised.
The grocer is offering online appointments and convenient walk-ups for all Novavax, Moderna, Pfizer vaccines to eligible people and encourages qualified individuals to visit here. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/select-birmingham-stores-to-offer-novavax-covid-19-vaccines/ | 2022-08-03T20:19:52 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/select-birmingham-stores-to-offer-novavax-covid-19-vaccines/ |
BANGOR, Maine — Update (2:35 p.m.):
The Bangor Police Department announced the girl was found by detectives on Wednesday afternoon.
Original story:
Authorities are looking for a girl who escaped police custody in Bangor on Tuesday evening, police say.
A news release from the Bangor Police Department stated the minor escaped from officers of a different agency while in Bangor.
The minor could have been trying to get to Millinocket or Skowhegan, the release stated.
[Editor's note: Now that the minor has been found, identifying information was removed from this article.]
For the latest breaking news, weather, and traffic alerts, download the NEWS CENTER Maine mobile app. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/authorities-seek-girl-who-escaped-police-custody-in-bangor-missing-community/97-9e55d3be-f78c-4fed-8c0e-9e9108d05cdc | 2022-08-03T20:20:15 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/authorities-seek-girl-who-escaped-police-custody-in-bangor-missing-community/97-9e55d3be-f78c-4fed-8c0e-9e9108d05cdc |
A complete do-over? Cranston solar farm may be sent back to start after final approval
A Rhode Island Supreme Court decision could send a solar farm back to the start after a 4-year approval process
- A meeting to possibly vote on the first stage was rescheduled
- Residents packed the city council chambers
CRANSTON — Will a proposed Cranston solar farm that received final approval from the city have to go through the four-year approval process all over again?
That's a distinct possibility after a hearing and vote on the first stage of the process, called the master plan, was rescheduled on Tuesday night, as neighbors packed the Cranston City Council chambers, children called out for their parents, and residents grumbled about getting the meeting moving.
The 30-acre project would produce an estimated 8 megawatts of energy in a lightly forested area off of Natick Avenue. The master plan, the first step in the three-step process, was first approved by a 5-4 vote in 2019, and received final approval in January. The project was first proposed in 2018.
The attorney for the project, Robert Murray, asked for the City Plan Commission to reschedule, after he was notified by an attorney representing neighbors opposing the project, Patrick Dougherty, of a Rhode Island Supreme Court case from 1968.
In that case, the Supreme Court found that when a case is sent back by the courts to a board, and there are lots of new members, that the board can't just take a new vote, but instead, has to go through the entire process again.
Judge sends project back:A Cranston commission didn't allow enough public comment. Now a solar farm is in jeopardy
The Cranston Planning Commission has, similarly, replaced many of the nine members who voted on the first phase of the project in 2019.
Murray said it would be "prudent" to take time to give some thought to the issue Dougherty raised.
After a lengthy discussion about when to schedule the next meeting, the board voted to convene a special meeting, after figuring out everyone's calendars. No specific date has been set.
Not enough public comment
The solar project was sent back to the City Plan Commission by Judge Netti Vogel following an appeal by neighbors. Vogel found the city didn't allow public comment after revised plans, and new evidence, was submitted for the first phase of the project.
Pioneer and trailblazer:Superior Court Judge Netti Vogel, planning retirement, transformed RI's legal landscape
Solar farms face fierce opposition
The Natick Avenue solar farm, and others like it in Cranston, were made possible after the City Council changed the zoning rules, mostly affecting the western part of the town, to allow solar panels by right in rural residential areas.
Feb. 6, 2019:Natick Avenue solar farm wins master plan approval
Then, facing backlash for approved projects, they approved a moratorium on new projects, before eliminating solar farms entirely as a zoned use.
Solar projects bring tension:Cranston City Council considers moratorium after proposals draw complaints from neighbors
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Reach reporter Wheeler Cowperthwaite at wcowperthwaite@providencejournal.com or follow him on Twitter @WheelerReporter. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/03/cranston-ri-solar-farm-may-sent-back-beginning-planning-process-natick-avenue-renewable-energy/10217658002/ | 2022-08-03T20:21:08 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/03/cranston-ri-solar-farm-may-sent-back-beginning-planning-process-natick-avenue-renewable-energy/10217658002/ |
Trader Joe's confirms they'll be opening a Providence location
PROVIDENCE — Nicolas Heliotis was walking his dog Jasper toward Wickenden Street Wednesday afternoon when he heard the news that long-standing rumors were true: Trader Joe's will open a store in his neighborhood sometime this year.
Heliotis, a graduate student of philosophy at Brown University, doesn't drive, so the new store will shave his current one-mile, 20-minute walk for groceries down to a couple of minutes.
"I walk all the way over to East Side Market right now," he said. "I just go to whatever grocery store's around."
Trader Joe's, a California-based nationwide chain announced Tuesday on its website that it will open the store at 425 South Main St. sometime in 2022, but wasn't more specific on the date.
It is the second grocery to announce it is coming to the downtown area, following the much smaller Cape Cod-based Rory's Kitchen and Market, which will open its third store next month on Washington Street at the corner of Mathewson Street.
From Cape Cod to downtown Providence: Rory's Market and Kitchen to make first urban spot
"At Trader Joe's Providence, we see ourselves as your neighborhood grocery store. Step inside and you'll find unconventional and interesting products ... as well as everyday basics like milk, eggs and fresh produce," the chain wrote on its website.
The store promises "delicious, quality products at the very best prices."
The announcement said, "We are proud to be joining the neighborhood, and to continue our commitment to providing nourishment to the surrounding communities through our Neighborhood Shares program."
The Providence store would be the second Trader Joe's in Rhode Island, joining one on Bald Hill Road in Warwick.
It would be near the corner of South Main and Wickenden streets, in a multi-use building being constructed on land freed up by the relocation of Interstate 195.
Plans presented in 2019 to the commission overseeing redevelopment of the highway called for a 13,000-square-foot grocery store that was not identified at that time. Those plans show a parking lot with a couple of dozen spaces surround by the store and buildings along Wickenden and South Water Streets.
A spokeswoman for Trader Joe's on Wednesday declined to provide more information. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/03/trader-joes-opening-grocery-store-providence-rhode-island-wickenden-street/10224476002/ | 2022-08-03T20:21:14 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/03/trader-joes-opening-grocery-store-providence-rhode-island-wickenden-street/10224476002/ |
LACEY TOWNSHIP — Authorities arrested two men last week after an investigation revealed a home in the township was being used to store and distribute cocaine, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.
On July 28, detectives established surveillance of the home. Douglas Ward, 59, of Lacey, was seen leaving the residence and meeting with an individual later identified as Thomas Prosser, 60, of the Bayville section of Berkeley Township. Detectives approached Ward and Prosser and took them both into custody, the Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
The Prosecutor's Office did not say what street the home was on.
Ward was found to be in possession of several small bags of cocaine. A search of his home resulted in the seizure of approximately 70 additional grams of cocaine and nearly $20,300, the Prosecutor's Office said.
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Ward was charged with possession of more than one-half ounce but less than 5 ounces of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine and financial facilitation of criminal activity. He was sent to the Ocean County jail and later released pending court.
Prosser was charged with possession of cocaine and wandering in a public place to obtain or distribute controlled dangerous substances. He was released on a summons pending court.
Lacey Township police and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office assisted the investigation. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/2-arrested-after-lacey-home-revealed-to-house-cocaine-operation-prosecutor-says/article_1d5975b2-135f-11ed-969b-cb78f67f538d.html | 2022-08-03T20:23:44 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/2-arrested-after-lacey-home-revealed-to-house-cocaine-operation-prosecutor-says/article_1d5975b2-135f-11ed-969b-cb78f67f538d.html |
ABSECON — A Pennsylvania man was arrested after leading police on both a vehicle and foot chase throughout the city Monday night.
Thomas Peele, 26, of Lewisberry, was charged with motor vehicle theft, eluding and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said Wednesday.
Police responded to a report of an idling Mercedes-Benz at the Absecon Marketplace off the White House Pike about 9:30 p.m. Monday. An officer then spotted the vehicle on the pike and attempted to stop it, but Peele refused to pull over, police said.
Police chased Peele by car before he ran the vehicle off the road into a marsh, where a brief foot pursuit ended with his arrest, police said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/absecon-police-arrest-pennsylvania-man-on-vehicle-theft-charges/article_cf75f5e8-1357-11ed-8ea1-83262e6f9597.html | 2022-08-03T20:23:50 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/absecon-police-arrest-pennsylvania-man-on-vehicle-theft-charges/article_cf75f5e8-1357-11ed-8ea1-83262e6f9597.html |
UPDATE: Lower Township police said Wednesday that Gianna has been safely located.
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Police are looking for a runaway teenage girl who left home Monday night.
Gianna Spivey, 15, of the Villas section of the township, was last seen about 10:30 p.m., police said Tuesday.
She is described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall and about 170 pounds. She may have fled to Millville, police said.
Anyone with information can call police at 609-886-2711. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/lower-township-police-find-missing-villas-teen/article_f5777132-1338-11ed-a3bb-bf2c04d1e667.html | 2022-08-03T20:23:57 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/lower-township-police-find-missing-villas-teen/article_f5777132-1338-11ed-a3bb-bf2c04d1e667.html |
Here's a daily map of coronavirus cases in Arizona, broken down by county.
The numbers were updated August 3.
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Pop Cycle, 422 N 4th Ave. March 20, 2020.
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Roxanne Lee, manager of the Tucson Medical Center cath lab, stands with nurses and other colleagues in Lifegain Park during a memorial ceremony to remember those who have died of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), on Jan. 19, 2021.
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Most of the students are learning remotely (screen at the back of the room) in Alyssa Keri's math class at Catalina Foothills High School in the Catalina Foothills School District, Tucson, on Feb. 4, 2021.
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Costco shoppers line up early at the Tucson Marketplace at The Bridges in Tucson on March 14, 2020.
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Volunteer Bill Rauch loads food supplies into the trunk of a car at the Community Food Bank at 3003 S. Country Club Road, on March 18, 2020. The food bank started a drive through pick up service to allow for social distancing in response to Coronavirus disease (COVID-19.)
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A pedestrian walks by the shuttered doors and windows of the Surly Wench Pub, the day after the city's drinking establishments were shut down due to COVID-19 distancing measures, March 18, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Victor Sanchez, a cook at Robert's Restaurant, holds a sign up to let to let passing drivers know they are still open at 3301 E Grant Road, on March 19, 2020. Restaurants and other small businesses are taking huge losses as people self quarantine and self distance to diminish the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19.)
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Banner UMC’s drive up system is for emergency room triage for a variety of illnesses and is not for random testing for COVID-19. It has been put in place to keep crowds from the ER and protect the health of patients and staff.
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A line grows outside the doors to Trader Joe's at Swan and Grant as an employee limits customers entering the store to one-out one-in, March 20, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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A group of friends from St. Louis enjoy their lunch along Sentinel Peak after a 40-mile bike ride on March 20, 2020. The cycling friends planned their trip to Tucson months ago and decided to keep their vacation plans. They arrived on March 1st and leave this weekend. For the past three weeks they've been cycling through Saguaro National Park, up Mt. Lemmon, Kitt Peak and The Loop. On Friday they got takeout from Seis Kitchen and their bicycle touring company set up tables and chairs for them. They felt they self-quaratined with just the six of them during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
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Madelyn Hardy takes a phone-in order behind the locked doors at Renee's Organic Oven, March 20, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. The restaurant is now taking no cash, doesn't allow customers into the building and leaves bagged orders on an outside table for diners to pick up.
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A largely closed and nearly empty Park Place Mall early in the afternoon following COVID-19 restrictions, March 20, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Sarah Lang views responses from her fifth-grade students while teaching remotely on Google classroom at Centennial Elementary School in the Flowing Wells School District, Tucson, on March 20, 2020, after the shutdown of schools due to the pandemic.
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Marina Cornelius, owner of Floor Polish Dance + Fitness, teaches her Cardio Party-o class via Periscope to her students on March 20, 2020. Cornelius says this is the first time she's trying to livestream classes and is learning as she goes.
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Jo Schneider stands in the empty outdoor seating area of La Cocina located at 201 N. Court Avenue, on March 26, 2020.
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A woman walks along a nearly empty street in downtown Nogales, Arizona, on March 24, 2020.
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Dana Reed-Kane, co-owner of Reed's Compounding Pharmacy, 2729 E Speedway Blvd., pours a finished batch of hand sanitizer into a bottle at her store on March 27, 2020. Kane is making gallons of hand sanitizer and selling it to the public each day as part of a movement among such pharmacies to help out with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Michelle Don Carlos, founder of Mending Souls, sews masks in her home on Tucson's west side, on March 25, 2020. She and other volunteers are producing masks for emergency responders using anti-viral fabric donated by local hospitals.
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Vanessa Richards, 18, left, and Ella Dotson, 17, take a selfie as their friend, Camilla Hamilton, 17, gets her photo taken by Vanessa's mother, Chrissi, along Scott Ave. in downtown Tucson on March 31, 2020. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic the rest of the schoolyear has been canceled. Richards, Dotson and Hamilton are seniors at Marana High School and will not have a formal graduation ceremony. The trio came to downtown to get photos of themselves in their caps and gowns.
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A dinosaur statue over the doors of MATS Dojo at 5929 E. 22nd St., sports an athletic cup for a face mask in the second week of COVID-19 restrictions, March 31, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Raj Paudel hands a bag of food to a customer at Govinda's to-go-tent located at 711 E. Blacklidge Drive, on April 1, 2020.
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Angel Perez and Dan Hawk perform from Perez's balcony, giving the neighborhood a COVID-19-isolation style concert from his balcony, April 1, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Tessa DeConcini, senior at University High School, poses for a portrait with her prom dress and graduation cap at University High School, 421 N. Arcadia Ave., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 1, 2020. DeConcini, along with many other high school students, will miss out on prom festivities as well as their graduation ceremony due Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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Dr. Liz Almil chats with one of her group from afar as members of the Tucson Cancer Conquerors distribute exercise gear, apparel, citrus and coffee during a handout at Brandy Fenton Park, April 11, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. The group is trying to find ways to keep their members exercising despite being forced into isolation by COVID-19 restrictions.
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Rachel Huante greets her son Zeddicus Atherton as he trots out the door ahead of Lanee Pender carrying his sister Xena Atherton, part of the the new procedure of no parents inside the building at Kids First Preschool, April 15, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Cheri Carr grimaces as she receives a nasal swab while getting tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a drive-thru testing site at Escalera Health & Wellness, 2224 N. Craycroft Rd., on April 17, 2020. Patients can receive a COVID-19 and an antibody test.
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Dalia Meshirer waves to a friend as the Golder Ranch Fire District trucks begin to roll by as dozens drive by her home to wish her a happy eighth birthday, April 2, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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A sign strapped to the median at 6th Street and Campbell Avenue gives southbound motorists a little pep-talk in the COVID-19 times, April 23, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Kitchen manger Koa Hoffmann tosses dough while working up a crust for a call-in order as he and few others keep cooking at Bear Canyon Pizza despite COVID-19 restrictions, April 22, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Jesse James Tucker, owner and trainer at Tucson Rising Phoenix Fitness and Defense, records a video response on techniques for one of his members outside his home in Tucson, Ariz., on April 14, 2020.
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Kyria Sabin Waugaman, right, pilates instructor at Body Works in Tucson, and one of her teachers, Alessangra Lima, host an online workout class at Body Works, 1980 E. River Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 17, 2020.
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Homer Cass, left, talks to his son, Richard, middle, and grandson, Jason, 22, through a window at Tucson Medical Center on April 27, 2020. The hospital is making adjustments during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to now allow visitors. Upon entry everyone's temperature is taken and then friends and family members can use their cell phones to talk to their loved ones through a window for 15 minutes.
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Emily Wolfgang, manager at Little Anthony's Diner, talks with a customer during the first day of Little Anthony's Diner Carhop at Little Anthony's Diner, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 28, 2020. Little Anthony's Diner, in response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), started an old fashioned 1950's carhop. "It's been a long time since we had a carhop," said Tony Terry, president and owner of Little Anthony's Diner and The Gaslight Theater. "It fits our life right not." Little Anthony's Diner Carhop runs from 11am to 8pm Monday through Sunday. Customers can park in designated parking spots and order and pay for their food from the safety of their car, said Terry. Employees, dressed in 1950's attire with masks and gloves, will come out to check on customers and deliver drinks and food on trays, which resemble trays used in the 1950's that can attach to car windows. There is a Carhop menu, which include burgers, salads and shakes, but customers can order other items off the menu. DJ Phil, Little Anthony's Diner DJ, will play music that can be heard though speakers outside. "We may keep it after the virus," added Terry.
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Alex Swain, a member of Beloved in the Desert - Tucson's chapter of the Episcopal Service Corps, carries bags of groceries to the home of an elderly man, on April 3, 2020. Swain and his housemates have volunteered to shop for elderly and at risk populations as people quarantine and stay at home during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Mike Pfander, left, and his wife Jeanne talk with Mike's mother Margaret Pfander from the service driveway just outside Margaret's apartment in Villa Hermosa, April 25, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. With the COVID19 lockdowns relatives have to meet without breaking isolation protocols, through windows or over walls.
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Ralph Acosta, valedictorian of the Amphitheater High School senior class, is greeted at his home near 22nd Street and 12th Avenue by principal Jon Lansa in Tucson on May 1, 2020. Acosta will speak during Amphi's video graduation ceremony.
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Detective Mary Pekas and Lt. Michelle Pickrom carry trays of food as they deliver meals with Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona, on April 29, 2020. Police officers with Tucson Police Department are volunteering while off duty with the program to allow for elderly volunteers to stay at home during the epidemic.
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Stylist Rahnay Curtis, left, and owner Jennifer Ball at CDO Barbershop on May 8, 2020, in Tucson.
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A nurse sporting a "Save Lives" mask takes part in a car procession honk-a-thon driving by Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital after departing from the Safeway across the street, on Jan. 12, 2021.
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Tucson Fire paramedics roll a gurney through a tent setup outside the Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital's emergency room, on April 14, 2020. The tents are used to screen staff and patients for potential Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before entering the hospital.
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Catalina Foothills High School graduates throw their hats in the air as they are videoed on the stage on the football field at Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Dr., in Tucson, Ariz., on May 11, 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Catalina Foothills High School is videoing all 415 graduates individually over three days crossing the stage with their diploma cover. Small groups of graduates are escorted toward the stage and stand next to cones set apart for social distancing. After video and still pictures, graduates are given a t-shirt as they leave. "Its an amazing amount of work and planning, but our grads are worth it," said Julie Farbarik, director of Alumni and Community Relations at Catalina Foothills School District.
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Lunchtime is normally standing room only at R&R Pizza Express, 13,905 N. Sandario Road, Marana. But it was sparsely attended on May 11, 2020, as the state allowed restaurants to re-open their dining rooms. Owner Linda Molitor carefully spaced tables to maintain social distancing for dining-in.
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Jordan Wentzel works on a customer's return at DSW located at 7191 E. Broadway, on May 12, 2020. Shoes tried on and returned by customers are cleaned with disinfectant and then stored for three days before being put back on the floor.
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Dr. Susan McMahon, left, lifts a healthy Camille Keicher as mother Audrey gives a reassuring nudge during Camille's six-month well-visit at Mesquite Pediatrics, 2350 N. Kibler Place, Tucson, on May 15, 2020.
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Carolina Castillo, house keeping staff member, wipes down a chair and table in the food court at Park Place Mall, 5870 E. Broadway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz. on May 19, 2020. Malls reopened today under CDC guidelines and Gov. Ducey's new rules for businesses due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Park Place Mall has signs throughout the mall reminding customers to keep a six feet distance as well as hand sanitizer stations near each entrance. About half of the tables in the food court have been removed to allow for social distances as well as less than half of the stores have opened with new guidelines. Of the stores open, only 10 customers are allowed to shop in each store at a time.
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The B Gates are largely empty on the Friday afternoon before Memorial Day, less than a dozen people waiting for flights at Tucson International Airport, May 22, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Brian McKinley carts out the extra chairs for temporary storage after the seating had been rearranged to meet COVID19 restrictions at Rincon Presbyterian Church, May 21, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. Houses of worship are searching for ways to adapt to the new reality.
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Ernie Villalobos, general manger of Roadhouse Cinemas, talks with returning employees about some of the new safety measures at Roadhouse Cinemas, 4811 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on June 9, 2020. Roadhouse Cinemas will reopen on Wednesday June 10 at 3:15 p.m. with new safety measures in place due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The new safety measures include plexiglass set up in front of cashier stations, informational signs placed through out the theater as well as signs on the floor indicating 6-feet distances. Each of the nine theaters will be at 50% capacity to allow for distancing between seats.
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Fatuma Mohamud, employee, walk past two plexiglass stands infant of registers at Funtasticks, 221 E. Wetmore Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on June 17, 2020. Funtasticks has reopened with new safety procedures in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. All attractions are open with equipment being cleaned after ever use, social distancing signs and plexiglass placed in front of registers.
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Students in the "Let's Spin" class ride their stationary bikes outdoors at Let's Sweat, 439 N 6th Ave., on August 19, 2020. Soleil Chiquette, owner of the fitness studio and gym, says she moved her classes outdoors and limited class sizes in order to adhere to coronavirus disease guidelines. She's had to cancel some classes that involve students to be indoors. Chiquette says an app was created for her business when the pandemic first started so that members can have access to fitness classes and challenges.
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Cafeteria worker Francis Fontes sorts chicken nuggets into bags for grab-and-go distribution use at the Tucson Unified School District-Food Services building located at 2150 E. 15th Street, on Sept. 23, 2020. The TUSD Food Services Department has continued to provide services for students and families throughout the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by distributing thousands of meals a week for students. In addition to the daily grab-and-go distribution throughout the city, the district has implemented an alternative weekly pickup of a week’s worth of meals (including breakfast, lunch, and five days of snacks) at the TUSD Food Services Department Central Facility off of 15th street.
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Alyssa Cossey, conductor and director of the University Community Chorus (UCC), sets up for a webinar series she is directing from her home on September 8, 2020. The webinar takes place twice a month for the school semester. Cossey wanted to create something for people to participate in during this lack of physical choir performances and rehearsals due to the coronavirus disease pandemic. The series is free and open to the public.
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Music director Eric Holtan leads the True Concord Choir during rehearsal for their upcoming performance, "The Nurturer – Brahms Requiem," at Dove of Peace Lutheran Church, 665 W. Rollercoaster Road, on Oct. 19, 2020.
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Eli Hyland, left, 78, starts to form a heart with her hands while watching her daughter Karen Shea form a heart during their outdoor visit at Elderhaven Assisted Living, 2501 N. Soldier Trail, in Tucson, Ariz., on October 22, 2020. They started making hearts with their hands during their window visits and it has stuck, said Shea. Shea was able to visit her mother through window visits during the pandemic but recently Shea was able to visit her mom in an outdoor setting under strict protocols. They were required to wear masks, get their temps taken, maintain a six-foot distance at all times and were not allowed to touch each other.
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Tiana Hair, PCC psychology clinical instructor, grabs a filled COVID-19 saliva test tube during a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Pima Community College East Campus, 8181 E. Irvington Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 11, 2020. Arizona State University in partnership with the Arizona Department of Health Services is now offering appointment only drive-thru COVID-19 testing, via a saliva test, at three Pima Community College campuses.
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Second-grade students make gingerbread cookies while a warm fire burns on the Smart board at Mesa Verde Elementary School, 1661 W. Sage St. on Dec. 17, 2020.
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Marcos Moreno, a volunteer for 15 years with Miracle en el Barrio, writes the number of children on the front of a mini-van as he welcomes families to the Tucson Rodeo Grounds for the 18th year of the event, on Dec. 18, 2020. As a precaution against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the annual event used a drive-thru style format to handout toys, gift cards and other items to children and families
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Five-year old Antonio Moreno reaches out to Santa Claus, getting as close to him as the COVID-19 protective snow-globe bubble will allow during the Tucson Parks and Recreation's drive-thru Cookies With Santa at Donna R. Liggins Recreation Center, Tucson, Ariz., December 16, 2020. It was slow at the drive-thru and when there were no others around, a few kids like Antonio got a chance to almost touch the Big Guy.
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A playground structure closed due to the coronavirus pandemic at Arthur Pack Regional Park north of Tucson on May 8, 2020.
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Kris Green stands with hands over heart as students pass by on her last day as a teacher at Manzanita Elementary School on Oct. 23, 2020. After nearly 40 years, she decided to retire before in-person instruction begins on Oct. 26. Green was a district teacher of the year.
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Elana Bloom: It was very shocking. Everything I had planned for, my whole business was canceled over a two day period. Bloom owns Solstice, a textile business and would make most of her money in the Spring to help with the slower months of the summer. April 14, 2020
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Sgt. Michael Moseley receives the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine during the administration of the vaccination to members of the public who meet the 1B priority eligibility of at Tucson Medical Center's Marshal Center, on Jan. 15, 2021.
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People are directed into the line at the University of Arizona's COVID19 drive-thru vaccination facilities on the school's mall, Tucson, Ariz., February 5, 2021.
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Resident Victor Braun laughs with a CVS Pharmacy health care worker after getting his first dose of the Moderna COVID vaccine at Hacienda at the Canyon, Tucson, Ariz., January 27, 2021. The facility's residents and staff were part of a two day vaccination program in conjunction with CVS Pharmacy and monitored by the in-house personnel from TMCOne clinic.
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The top-seeded Tucson Saguaros will open up Pecos League playoffs this week with two (and possibly three) home games at Kino Stadium.
The Saguaros will play the Bakersfield Train Robbers in a best-of-three, first-round series that begins Thursday at 7 p.m. Game 2 is scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m., with the third game, if necessary, slated for Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets cost between $7.50-$15 and can be purchased by at SaguarosBaseball.com . Tucson (34-8) has won 12 of its 14 home games this season. They enter the playoffs as the No. 2 seed out of the Pecos League’s Pacific Division.
The Saguaros are led offensively by Brock Ephan, who has 14 home runs and 40 RBIs. A native of Kauai and former Yavapai College and Lewis-Clark State College slugger, Ephan is is hitting .429 — ahead of Saguaros teammates Kendon Strachan (.397), Brandon Bradshaw (.389) and Steve Joyner (.366). Former Fresno Pacific University pitcher Tyler Rumbaugh (3-1, 3.92 ERA) and ex-Mercyhurst University hurler Hunter Treece (4-2, 2.85) anchor a Saguaros pitching staff that leads the Pecos League with a 4.42 team ERA.
The Saguaros are trying to win their third consecutive Pecos League championship. They swept the Salina Stockade in the best-of-three finals in 2020, and won last year’s title against the Roswell Invaders in a winner-take-all Game 3.
Thursday • What: Pecos League playoffs, first round: Bakersfield Train Robbers at Saguaros (best-of-three series)
• When: 7 p.m.
• Where: Kino Stadium
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• Inside: Remembering broadcasting icon Vin Scully / Page C2
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Saguaros catcher Mike Hernandez takes batting practice as the storm clouds roll in over War Memorial Stadium, Nogales, Ariz., July 2, 2022, just before the rains washed out both of the games of a scheduled double header against Wasco. The Saguaros are splitting their home slate this year between Tucson's Veterans Memorial Stadium and War Memorial Stadium in Nogales.
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Wasco's Brody Perkes (19) looks up to the ump as Saguaros catcher Mike Hernandez (35) tags him out on a double steal attempt in the sixth inning of their Pecos League baseball game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022. The Pecos League is an independent minor league, and one of the lower rungs on the professional ladder, with teams throughout the southwest.
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Saguaros centerfielder Steve Joyner waits outside Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium with his teammates for the gates to be opened after lighting in the area delayed the start of the night's game against Wasco, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022. The Saguaros, the defending champs, are currently tied for most Pecos League championships with three titles.
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Saguaros starting pitcher Frank Dickson walks past a puddle from the afternoon storms as the team gathers for their game against Wasco at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022.
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In the stairways of Kino Memorial Stadium, Saguaros players find ways to kill the time waiting out a lightning delay that held up the start of their game against Wasco, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022. First pitch was delayed by almost two hours due to the weather.
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Saguaros' Richard Ware, left, and Brock Ephan play a game of wallball waiting to get into Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium for their Pecos League game against Wasco, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022.
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Saguaros' third baseman EJ Taylor writes the names of friends and loved ones on his wrist tape just before first pitch against Wasco in a Pecos League baseball game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022.
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Saguaros' starter, lefty Franks Dickson, tosses a strike to Wasco's lead off batter for a strike the fifth inning of their Pecos League baseball game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022.
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Manager Sean McNeil is last man out of the dugout as the lights begin turning off automatically ending the night in the sixth inning and the Saguaros up 9-4 against Wasco in their Pecos League baseball game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022.
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Saguaros' second baseman Patrick Music (21) can't believe Wasco's Christian Thorpe (15) is safe stealing second in the fifth inning of their Pecos League baseball game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022.
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A trash can of well-warn balls waits outside Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium for the Saguaros' game against Wasco, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022.
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Saguaros' catcher Mike Hernandez (35) and the rest of the team get dressed in the dugout hurrying to get ready for the late start against Wasco for a Pecos League baseball game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022. The players have no access to the clubhouse and have to provide their own transportation to games.
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Saguaros' outfielder Chris Iazzetta, left, his girlfriend Danielle Foye and pitcher Hunter Treece while away a rain delay in the upper reaches of War Memorial Stadium, Nogales, Ariz., July 2, 2022. A constant light rain washed out both of the games of the Saguaros' scheduled double header against Wasco.
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Saguaros' infielder Rod Dobbs tosses a football to himself as the team whiles away a weather delay in the dugout at War Memorial Stadium, Nogales, Ariz., June 30, 2022. The afternoon monsoon storms washed out the Pecos League double header against Wasco.
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June White gets an autograph from Saguaros' outfielder Steve Joyner during a weather delay on the team's first game of a double header against Wasco at War Memorial Stadium, Nogales, Ariz., June 30, 2022.
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The White family has the grandstand practically to themselves as a constant rain holds up the start of the Saguaros' first game against Wasco for a Pecos League double header at War Memorial Stadium, Nogales, Ariz., June 30, 2022. Both games were eventually called off due to the weather.
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Saguaro's shortstop Richard Ware (11) gets in a few tosses to his backhand in the final moments before the he and the rest of the starters head out of the dugout for the start of the game against Monterey for a Pecos League game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., July 14, 2022.
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Saguaro's head coach Sean McNeill offers some advice to batter Kendon Strachan (32) after he took a foul ball to a tender area in an at bat against Monterey at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., July 14, 2022.
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Saguaro's second baseman Chris Caffrey (44) puts the tag on Monterey's Jordan Anderson (3) foiling a steal attempt in the fourth inning of their Pecos League game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., July 14, 2022.
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Saguaro's Brandon Bradshaw (41) turns from the plate after chasing a pitch in the dirt to strike out against Monterey in the fifth inning of their Pecos League game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., July 14, 2022.
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Saguaros third baseman Brock Ephan hit 14 home runs and drove in 40 runs during the regular season.
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Monterey's first and second basemen get tangled up chasing a pop fly down the right field line by Saguaro's BJ Minarcin (17) in the sixth inning of their Pecos League game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., July 14, 2022.
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Saguaro's Kendon Strachan (32) takes a second before stepping into the box against Monterey in the sixth inning of their Pecos League game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., July 14, 2022.
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Saguaro's head coach Sean McNeill counts out the cash donated during the game from the fans to be split with the night's outstanding players after a 5-2 win against Monterey in their Pecos League game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., July 14, 2022.
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Players for Wasco Reserve play a round of keepsie-uppsie outside Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium as the weather delays first pitch against the Tucson Saguaros for a Pecos League baseball game, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2022. Lightning in the area pushed the start time of the game back almost two hours on the night.
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DULUTH — Aug. 11 is almost here, and Georgia 811 hopes that the 8/11 date on the calendar will serve as a natural reminder for residents to contact Georgia 811 prior to any digging project. Georgia residents can contact 811 at www.Georgia811.com or via the three-digit 811 phone number to have underground public utility lines marked.
When contacting 811, homeowners and contractors are connected to Georgia 811, the local 811 center, which notifies the appropriate utility companies of their intent to dig. Professional locators then arrive at the digging site to mark the approximate locations of underground lines with flags, spray paint or both.
Every few minutes an underground utility line is damaged because someone decided to dig without first contacting 811. Striking a single line can cause injury, repair costs, inconvenient outages and fines. Every digging project, no matter how large or small, warrants contacting 811 online or by phone. Contact 811 before installing a mailbox, building a deck, planting a tree or laying a patio.
“On Aug. 11 and throughout the year, we remind homeowners and professional contractors alike to use the free 811 service before digging to reduce the risk of striking an underground utility line,” Georgia 811 President and CEO Meghan Wade said in a news release. “Calling 811 or visiting Georgia811.com is really the only way to know which public utilities are buried in your area so that you can dig safely.”
The depth of utility lines can vary for a number of reasons, such as erosion, previous digging projects and uneven surfaces. Utility lines need to be properly marked because even when digging only a few inches or digging in a location that’s previously been marked, the risk of striking an underground utility line still exists.
Georgia 811 is spreading the 811 message to professional excavators and utility owners/operators by announcing the inaugural Georgia 811 Damage Prevention Summit which will be held on Oct. 6, at the Atlanta Hilton Northeast in Norcross. Registration is free of charge, and the summit will include trainings on a variety of safe digging topics.
“We are thrilled to announce this training and exhibitor opportunity to the utility construction industry,” Megan Estes, director of communications for Georgia 811, said. Registration begins Aug. 11, and seats are limited.
Visit www.Georgia811.com for summit registration information and to learn more about Georgia 811 and safe digging practices.
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A Columbus resident with a lengthy criminal history pleaded guilty to attempting to distribute nearly 500 grams of fentanyl and 265 grams of a fentanyl analogue.
COLUMBUS — A Columbus resident with a lengthy criminal history pleaded guilty to attempting to distribute nearly 500 grams of fentanyl and 265 grams of a fentanyl analogue.
Michael Schlarman, aka White Mike, 31, pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute before U.S. District Judge Clay Land and faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years up to a maximum of life imprisonment to be followed by at least five years of supervised release and a maximum $10 million fine. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 29.
“Simply put, illicit fentanyl use kills. A single two milligram dose is potentially lethal, and Michael Schlarman was in possession of approximately 380,000 doses of this drug,” U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary said in a news release. “In 2021, overdose deaths in America hit an all-time high; our office and our law enforcement partners at every level are working to combat the spread of fentanyl — and save lives — in every community across the Middle District of Georgia.”
“While in the midst of this country’s opioid epidemic, deadly drugs like fentanyl continue to ravage many communities,” Robert J. Murphy, the special agent in charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division, said. “Consequently, DEA and its law enforcement partners will relentlessly pursue drug dealers like Michael Schlarman who choose to ‘push’ poison in the community for consumption. This defendant will now spend time in federal prison.”
According to court documents and other evidence, on Jan. 26, members of the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and FBI executed a search warrant at Schlarman’s residence on Wagner Drive in Columbus. Schlarman fled from the rear of the house but was later arrested with the help of DEA Air Support and escorted back to the house without incident.
Inside the defendant’s residence, law enforcement found 496.4 grams of fentanyl and 265.5 grams of p-Fluorofentanyl (a fentanyl analogue), plus a Glock 9mm with an extended magazine and a Taurus 9mm with magazine and ammunition. In addition, agents found multiple jars of a cutting agent for drugs, digital scales, a 20-ton hydraulic press, a variety of drug paraphernalia and cash. Schlarman has a lengthy criminal history, including three prior burglary convictions in Muscogee County Superior Court.
The case was investigated by the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office, DEA, ATF and FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Williams is prosecuting the case for the government.
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FAIRBANK — Oran Mutual Telephone Company donated $50,000 to Wapsie Valley Community Schools to improve the security on each campus.
At all buildings, the donation covered upgrades to the video surveillance storage systems and the duress alarm system as well as installation of additional exterior and interior high definition cameras.
Along with those ijmprovements, the Junior/Senior High School will have the door access controls installed on the building’s remaining eight exterior doors.
The improvements will be in place for the 2022-23 school year.
With seasonal employees departing for school activities and already limited staff, The Falls will not be able to remain open until the previously stated date of Aug. 21.
After saying Grow Cedar Valley would not receive county funding, supervisors amended the minutes Tuesday to approve the $25,000 voted on a week earlier.
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The superintendent of Hanover schools is apologizing about the district using a logo on T-shirts and other materials that resembles a swastika.
The logo was used in a Hanover County Public Schools professional learning conference this week. After an uproar of criticism from the community and beyond, Superintendent Michael Gill issued an apology Wednesday morning.
“One of our teachers designed the logo intending for it to represent four hands and arms grasping together – a symbol of unity for our all-county professional learning conference. Nothing more,” Gill wrote in a message to families and staff. “While we are confident that the logo was created without any ill-intent, we understand that this has deeply upset members of our staff and community who see the logo as resembling a swastika.”
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Gill said the administration has stopped distributing the T-shirts that include the logo, and staff are working to remove the logo from all conference materials.
“We are deeply sorry for this mistake and for the emotions that the logo has evoked by its semblance to a swastika and, by extension, to the atrocities that were committed under its banner,” Gill wrote. “Unquestionably, we condemn anything associated with the Nazi regime in the strongest manner possible.”
Gill was not specifically part of developing or reviewing the logo, according to HCPS spokesman Chris Whitley. Moving forward, administration will reevaluate the process by which logos are reviewed, Whitley said.
In a letter on Monday afternoon, the NAACP said that the incident is yet another example of the urgent need for required training and professional development in diversity, equity and inclusion for all HCPS employees, including the School Board and Board of Supervisors.
“We stand in solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters in calling out this insensitivity,” said the letter signed by Hanover NAACP President Patricia Hunter-Jordan. “We appreciate and respect Superintendent Gill’s apology. However, mere oversight by one individual cannot explain this pattern of a lack of diversity, and the refusal to make substantive changes that would result in the new direction for our schools …”
Last week, the NAACP wrote a letter urging the Hanover Board of Supervisors to “reconsider” some school board appointments, and to require both boards to participate in diversity, equity and inclusion training.
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Scott Mantz talked about two of the summer’s newest movies. He said “Bullet Train” is an action-packed movie with fantastic action scenes. He also said he loved “Bodies Bodies Bodies” and described it as a dark comedy that is clever, sharp, funny, and a lot of fun.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Former Oregon gubernatorial candidate Nick Kristof said Monday he is getting back into journalism.
The longtime New York Times columnist left his job last year to try a run at the state’s highest elected office. But with the campaign cut short by residency requirements in Oregon’s constitution, Kristof said he’s headed back to the newspaper, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
State records show he handed off nearly $1 million in unspent political cash, then deactivated his campaign committee.
After reimbursing himself for a little more than $2,000 for personal expenses, Kristof donated $990,000 to a new political action committee called Oregon Strong, which is directed by Kristof’s wife, Sheryl WuDunn, and his former campaign bookkeeper, Elizabeth Wilson.
Kristof said the financial shift would distance himself from the money while he continued working on his plan for spending it. He wants to create a loan program to help Oregonians pay for job training.
“Since I’m headed back to journalism I thought it best to end the Nick for Oregon PAC and separate myself from its Oregon Strong successor,” Kristof said in an email Tuesday. “But I continue to be in planning for the job training programs.”
Kristof hasn’t shared precise details but in a June email to donors said he hopes to leverage the money to start a program that will front Oregonians the money for job training programs, and only require repayment if they find gainful employment.
Such systems, sometimes called “pay it forward funds,” have emerged in states including Ohio and New Jersey. One program fronts money for diesel mechanic training in Ohio, then bases the amount a participant pays back on what they earn once they graduate.
Kristof says his program would be the first of its kind on the West Coast. He’s been in discussions with a national nonprofit that runs the Ohio financing program. The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office has said charitable donations are a valid use of unspent campaign funds.
Kristof, who grew up in rural Yamhill, emerged as a surprising and formidable Democratic candidate for governor last year. His decades at The New York Times had led to deep-pocketed connections, and a donor list that included Angelina Jolie, Melinda French Gates and Lawrence Summers.
But Kristof owned a home and voted in New York state. Though he moved back to run his family farm in Yamhill, state elections officials and the Oregon Supreme Court determined he hadn't done that in time to satisfy the three-year residency requirement for governor.
Kristof spent much of the $2.7 million he raised on campaign payroll and attorneys who tried to save his candidacy. He’s also dolled out money to other Democrats including $10,000 to Tina Kotek, his former political rival and now the Democratic nominee for governor. He also given to Democratic legislative candidates, and candidates for the Yamhill County Commission.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A member of the far-right group Patriot Prayer caught on camera throwing a pepper spray can and slapping a woman after a protest in Northeast Portland has been sentenced to three days in jail.
Multnomah County Circuit Judge Benjamin Souede on Monday also sentenced 32-year-old Mackenzie Lewis to three years of probation, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
A jury last month found Lewis guilty of felony riot in the incident outside the former Cider Riot bar on May 1, 2019.
Lewis was one of six men with far-right ties who were indicted by a grand jury reviewing the clash, which started after Lewis and the Patriot Prayer group approached anti-fascists who were gathered at the bar.
Three of the men plead guilty to riot charges before trial. Souede acquitted Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson and compatriot Russell Schultz during their trial, finding that neither man had committed violent conduct.
Deputy District Attorney Brad Kalbaugh called for a 30-day jail sentence for Lewis, noting that the incident caused “significant alarm,” including from 19 people who dialed 911 that day.
Defense attorney Kelly Doyle asked for the crime to be treated as a misdemeanor so it could be removed from Lewis’ record. Lewis said time behind bars would “ruin his life."
The judge said Lewis could serve the three days in jail on a schedule of Lewis’ choosing.
Gibson founded the Vancouver, Washington, based Patriot Prayer in 2016. He has held rallies supporting former President Donald Trump and supported other demonstrations organized by the Proud Boys — a group that’s been designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/patriot-prayer-member-3-days-jail-riot/283-70501133-7ad1-4e41-9e20-b9224153e2c6 | 2022-08-03T20:36:52 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/patriot-prayer-member-3-days-jail-riot/283-70501133-7ad1-4e41-9e20-b9224153e2c6 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — A growing number of people incarcerated at the Sheridan Federal Correctional Institution sent urgent notes to their attorneys last week complaining of guards from other federal facilities coming in to toss their cells and indiscriminately beat people. Several sources complained of food taken, papers torn up and brutal beatings.
“We were extracted the other day by (Special Operation and Response Teams) from across the nation and told that ‘we did this’ and ‘this is your own damn fault,’” wrote one unnamed person in custody at the facility, whose account was one of several included in court documents filed by the federal public defender, Lisa Hay, on Sunday.
The notes were included in an emergency court filing obtained by Oregon Public Broadcasting.
A number of the people who were allegedly targeted have previously filed lawsuits over conditions inside the facility, according to Hay’s latest filing.
“So we are being RETALIATED against for filing this petition against the prison for mistreatment and excessive Lockdowns?” the person wrote to Hay.
The accounts from inside the prison, which is located in Yamhill County, detail allegations of teams of prison staff wearing a type of body armor known as “stab-vests” and shirts that read “Sheridan Disruption Unit,” engaging in unit-by-unit, cell-by-cell violence during the last two weeks in July.
Oregon’s federal public defender’s office filed an emergency motion asking a federal magistrate judge to appoint what’s known as a special master to investigate the allegations and also grant a temporary restraining order “barring retaliatory adverse actions, along with an order to preserve evidence.”
Since the beginning of the pandemic, a growing number of people inside the Sheridan prison have filed habeas corpus petitions and other complaints against the Bureau of Prisons, arguing the conditions inside the facility constitute cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of the Constitution. Many have complained that days-long lockdowns and inedible food have become the default at the facility. Others with severe medical conditions, such as cancer and diabetes, have complained for years about an utter lack of adequate medical care.
“People that spoke up for themselves and their fellow captives were dragged to the ground and beaten,” wrote another person whose account of the last two weeks of July was included in the court documents filed Sunday.
“We watched helplessly through the window as several men were dragged from the building in handcuffs, one black man was hogtied with handcuffs linked backwards to his leg-shackles lying facedown on a stretcher,” the unnamed person wrote. “From over a hundred feet away, through a dirty window frosted over with our breath, I could see the blood dripping off his head onto the ground.”
According to Hay, the declaration filed on Sunday “provides alarming evidence that a contingent of BOP employees were brought to FCI Sheridan from out of the District and have taken it upon themselves to inflict summary punishment against FCI residents in retaliation for complaints about conditions and the Lawsuits.”
Hay declined to comment about the case or the allegations made by her clients.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons also declined to comment on what a spokesperson called “anecdotal allegations” in an email to OPB. The U.S. Attorneys Office in Oregon, which represents the Bureau of Prisons, also declined to comment.
Courtney Withycombe, an investigator with the federal defender’s office, wrote that reports of violence at the prison were unusual and frightening.
“Residents there believe they are being retaliated against for alerting their attorneys and filing federal claims to describe the unconstitutional conditions under which they are being held,” Withycombe stated in court documents. “The reports describe brutal violence, threats, destruction of property, and psychological abuse. In particular, the reports name specific inmates who were beaten, bloodied, intimidated, and in at least one case rendered unconscious and removed on a stretcher.”
Indeed, the accounts from those inside the prison paint a disturbing series of events.
Another person in custody who is cited in the declaration filed Sunday described what happened when BOP officers entered their unit. The person said the officers pulled people out of their cells “smashing them against the wall, screaming into their ear.”
“One inmate, (name redacted), told them ‘get the f#$k off of me’, and I watched, helplessly through my window, as the 5 police picked him up, 4 feet in the air, and slammed him into the ground,” the man in custody wrote. “I watched the cops get on top of him, and saw their arms cocking back as they punched him over and over and over.”
The man wrote he saw the officer take the man into the showers, where there are no cameras.
“I could hear his screams from across the unit,” the man wrote.
Other attorneys with clients inside FCI Sheridan have also reached out of the Federal Public Defender’s office to report their clients’ allegations that they were retaliated against, Hay stated in her court filing.
“One attorney reported his client’s statement that guards were ‘retaliating against people who complain and frequently mention the lawsuit. He said they are being unusually cruel.’”
The Sheridan complex recently experienced a hunger strike at the federal detention center that houses unconvicted defendants.
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On the eve of the Oregon District mass shooting’s third anniversary, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Nan Whaley denounced Republican incumbent Gov. Mike DeWine as a “complete coward” on gun legislation.
After a crowd of Daytonians chanted “Do something” at him in the wake of the shooting, DeWine pledged to take action on gun violence, but Whaley said he “gave up without a fight when the politics got too hard.” Whaley was mayor of Dayton at the time of the shooting.
The “Strong Ohio” package of gun reforms DeWine backed has gone nowhere in the General Assembly, and since the Oregon District shooting he has signed several bills that loosen gun laws, Whaley said. She cited Senate Bill 175, the “stand your ground” law; House Bill 215, allowing permitless concealed carry of handguns; and House Bill 99, allowing teachers and other school personnel to carry guns in schools with a few hours of training.
In response, DeWine’s campaign criticized Whaley for seeking to make the occasion an issue.
“It’s disturbing that Mayor Whaley is using a horrific shooting as a political stunt to promote herself and myopic policies,” said Tricia McLaughlin, the campaign director of communications.
As evidence of DeWine’s concern for gun violence, his campaign pointed to the tremendous increase in Ohio warrants entered into federal crime databases, searchable by law enforcement. DeWine created a task force to improve issuance and service of warrants, and in early July rolled out a new voluntary system for counties to record and share warrants electronically.
Whaley recounted the Oregon District shooting, in which a “troubled young man with too-easy access to a powerful gun” killed nine people and injured 37 just after 1 a.m. Aug. 4, 2019, in the city’s historic entertainment district. The gunman was quickly killed by police, but that wasn’t enough to prevent many deaths and injuries, she said.
“There were ‘good guys with guns’ literally a block away,” Whaley said.
Whaley said she would seek to roll back the gun laws DeWine has signed, work to require universal background checks for gun purchases, and use the incentives recently created by the federal Safer Communities Act to promote “red flag laws” that reduce mass shootings and suicides. That legislation, which passed in June supported by all Democrats and a few Republicans, includes $750 million in grants over five years for states to create extreme risk protection order programs, known as “red flag laws.”
Polls tracked by FiveThirtyEight show Whaley trailing DeWine, by 30% to 45% as of late May, but her support has climbed steadily for several months while his remained relatively stable.
Whaley noted the large number of undecided voters, who she said are still getting to know her in her first statewide race, while DeWine has been well known across Ohio for decades. She said her opinions align with the majority of the public on issues including gun safety and abortion.
DeWine has also supported several bills to dramatically restrict abortions, one of which – the “Heartbeat Bill” took effect in June after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Whaley supports legal abortion access; the ruling overturning Roe has increased Democratic hopes of driving strong voter turnout in what has been expected to be a Republican-leaning year.
Whaley acknowledged that her proposals would face a legislature in which Republicans now hold a supermajority. But she noted that current state House and Senate district maps, expected to still favor Republicans, must be redrawn yet again before the 2024 election.
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ROME, N.Y. – State police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that happened on Route 49 in Rome around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday morning.
One of the vehicle occupants was reportedly trapped and had to be removed by emergency responders following the crash, which happened eastbound near the Route 825 ramp.
It is not clear how many people were involved or the extent of any injuries.
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A Cannon Ball woman with a lengthy history of driving offenses allegedly told police she had been smoking fentanyl right before crashing her car into a Bismarck house on Tuesday.
Arianna Uses Arrow's 2009 Chevy Malibu went through the five-way intersection of Avenue C, Ward Road and Griffin Street, over a curb, through a fence and into the side of the home at 615 N. Griffin St. shortly before 2:30 p.m., according to the police report.
"She stated at the hospital that she had smoked fentanyl at Tom O'Leary Golf Course. (She) states she came to the red light and saw her light turn green, and that is all she remembers," Officer Brad Miller said in the report.
A witness to the crash and others unsuccessfully tried to wake Uses Arrow at the scene. She was taken to a hospital, where she told authorities she was not injured, according to the report.
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Uses Arrow, 32, was cited for failure to maintain control and for a registration card violation. Authorities are awaiting test results to determine whether she will be charged with driving under the influence. Court documents don't list an attorney for her, and she did not immediately respond to a Tribune request for comment.
It did not appear that the car hit the house hard or that the home had any structural damage, according to Lt. Jeff Solemsaas. The car was disabled in the crash and towed. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/driver-allegedly-smoked-fentanyl-before-crashing-into-bismarck-house/article_2b53cb3a-134c-11ed-be43-1ba0060189ab.html | 2022-08-03T20:42:06 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/driver-allegedly-smoked-fentanyl-before-crashing-into-bismarck-house/article_2b53cb3a-134c-11ed-be43-1ba0060189ab.html |
HURRICANE, WV (WOWK) – Communities all across the Tri-State are stepping up to help in any way they can for flood victims in Eastern Kentucky.
The Hurricane Fire Department has already shipped out 13 pallets of vital items to some of the area’s hardest hit by the devastating floods. They are collecting everything from water and non-perishable food to baby items and cleaning supplies.
In addition, the Hurricane Police Department has donated one of their cruisers to Letcher County after they lost several of their own vehicles. Lt. Ryan Hale with Hurricane Fire and Rescue says it doesn’t matter that the help is needed a great distance away, they wanted to show that its important for communities to support one another in times of crisis.
“Show that we still care and we’re all humans and we want to support each other and that throughout struggle, you can find strength. And I think that this has been an absolute amazing effort from local business to a local person that just lives downtown that wants to help out,” says Hale.
Hale says so many people have stopped by to drop off items.
“We’ve had plenty of people say they have family from there or they’re from there originally so they wanted to help and we have people who have no ties there whatsoever and just wanted to help and be a good Samaritan. So its really nice to see the human condition back to where it should be.”
The Hurricane Mobile Infrastructure Response Team has also sent out nine people to help restore water and power to homes in Eastern Kentucky.
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Hall of Fame Game ball delivered to Hall with help of 4,200 people
CANTON – Thousands of people lined the streets of Canton on Wednesday to pass a football three miles to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, kicking off days of celebrations surrounding the annual Enshrinement Festival and the NFL’s 103rd season.
The event, known as "First Play," began at 10 a.m. at the Frank T. Bow Building downtown, the site where the NFL was founded in September 1920. Hall of Famers Elvin Bethea and Joe DeLamielleure, both in the Class of 2003, and Robert Brazile, in the Class of 2018, were the first people to pass the ball.
A line of kids, each wearing a T-shirt of one of the two teams in the Hall of Fame Game — the Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders — took it from there.
"It's a fun experience for the little ones," said Za'nya Williams, 14, who was a chaperone with Camp C.H.A.M.P., a youth organization in Canton. "They're still excited and stuff, still processing that they just threw a ball on TV."
One of Za'nya's campers, Maleah Brooks, 8, traveled from Daytona Beach, Florida, to visit her aunt and participate in First Play for the first time. She said the event was interesting, but because of the heat, she was most looking forward to eating afterward.
The event ended around 11:30 a.m. at the Hall’s campus, where kids delivered the game ball to Jim Porter, the Hall’s president. With cheers from the crowd, the 2022 NFL season officially began.
First Play sees extreme growth since creation
Za'nya and Meleah were only two of the 3,200 kids and 1,000 chaperones who participated in Wednesday’s event. Jerry Csaki, director of youth and education at the Hall, said First Play has come a long way from its inception in 2000.
That year, about 400 to 500 kids participated in the events, which were toned down from Wednesday’s festivities. Csaki said he never could have imagined First Play would grow as big as it has.
"We're just hoping to see kids enjoy themselves, kids that don't get to experience our campus, our grounds, the history of the game … every day," Csaki said. "It's the one event that's really just solely for kids."
This year, for the first time, the Hall partnered with AVI Foodsystems to feed participants inside Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium after the event. Kids were then able to participate in a festival that included games and inflatables on the turf fields inside the ForeverLawn Sports Complex.
Love of football spans generations
Just after the game ball arrived at the Hall, Amanda Allbritain stopped to pose for a picture with her kids. Her family goes to the event every year, she said, along with her friend's family.
She said she was happy to be able to participate this year and that her kids were looking forward to going to the festival after they ate.
Inside the stadium, Terrel Smith and his son, Zi'Yiere, ate and talked football. The father-son duo had participated in First Play for the first time as part of their group from the City of Barberton Parks and Recreation Department.
"It was amazing, better than I anticipated," Zi'Yiere said. "I've never been here so I didn't know how it was going to be."
The Smiths said they enjoyed getting to see the inside of the stadium. As avid football fans, they cherished the opportunity to be part of football history during First Play and be in Tom Benson afterward.
"I see it on TV, but then to actually be in the stadium, you can just feel some energy," Terrel said. "It's like going to Disney World because I'm a football-head." | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/08/03/kids-deliver-ball-to-pro-football-hall-of-fame-during-first-play/65391217007/ | 2022-08-03T20:55:05 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/08/03/kids-deliver-ball-to-pro-football-hall-of-fame-during-first-play/65391217007/ |
Marion Motley memorialized in Canton near Pro Football Hall of Fame
CANTON – Several hundred people gathered Wednesday afternoon in Stadium Park to see the new Marion Motley memorial.
After four of Motley's grandchildren pulled back the cover, the crowd applauded and surrounded the bronze sculpture for photos. It depicts Motley, one of the first Black professional football players of the modern era, midstride over protest placards with statements like "cursed is the man who integrates."
The statue, which stands before a brick wall with the names of donors on one side and "1946" on the other, is on an island where Stadium Park Drive NW intersects with Harrison Avenue NW or McDaniels Way − honorably named in 2021 for NFL coaches Josh and Ben McDaniels and their father, Thom McDaniels.
A look backMarion Motley statue being installed in Stadium Park
"How fortunate we are to have the Marion Motley Memorial built on this gateway site," said Doug Foltz, director of Canton Parks and Recreation. "A gateway to our beautiful Canton parks, to the Hall of Fame where Marion Motley was enshrined in 1968, and a gateway to McKinley High School, his alma mater where he played football."
Marion Motley's legacy goes beyond NFL career
Antonio Hall, a member of the memorial committee and head football coach at McKinley High School, said Motley's legacy goes beyond his successful football career. Hall was moved to action two years ago when his students, yet again, did not know of Motley.
"I vowed at that time that I was going to do something to educate people in this community and remember this forgotten hero," he said.
Motley's family moved to Canton from Leesburg, Georgia, when he was only a few years old. He graduated from McKinley High School and started playing as a fullback and linebacker for the Cleveland Browns in 1946.
A look back:Marion Motley statue eyed for Canton
Motley and Kenny Washington, Woody Strode and Bill Willis re-integrated the National Football League that year. The next year, Jackie Robinson did the same for professional baseball.
Motley also served in the U.S. Navy and continued to be active in the Canton community until his death from prostate cancer in 1999.
The city renamed a northeast street for Motley in 2002 near the former site of the Negro Oldtimers Activity Center, but a group of community members and their partners felt more was needed to memorialize him.
'Our family is so appreciative of him being honored in this way'
Memorial fund committee members Dave Jingo, Jill Thomas, Mike Hairston, Hall and R.J. Van Almen raised about $128,500 for the statue over the past two years. They thanked Josh McDaniels in particular, who donated $90,000 toward the effort.
Local artist Spyro Spondyl created the conceptual design, and architect Rodney Meadows turned it into an architectural rendering. Massillon Plaque worked with sculptures in Italy, who crafted the bronze statue.
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"Our family is so appreciative of him being honored in this way," Joe Dose, Motley's grandson, said at the dedication ceremony.
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Let me get to the point — Tom Petty’s terrific music legacy will be regenerated by a professional band that was born out of love for the legend himself: Southern Accents.
It’s time to turn his radio classics loud. The five-piece act plans to rock the joint up for the third Saturdays at the Square concert series, sponsored by Pantagraph Media and The Castle Theater. Jeremy Todd is scheduled to open.
The Nashville-based band will be buzzing like “Honey Bee” and strumming sweet rhythms heard in “American Girl.” Epics like “Runnin’ Down A Dream” just might deliver crowds to something good waiting down the road.
Their frontman, Ronnie Gregg, is channeling Petty’s voice and looks, along with his eccentric vibes from the 1985 album that shares the bands’ namesake. Bringing the rest of the Heartbreakers’ sounds are Nick Swan on guitar and harmony vocals, bassist Paul Jones, Tony Mac on drums, and keyboardist Jeff Hollandsworth.
Southern Accents takes on Petty’s material with note-to-note precision for a bold and flawless impression. Their repertoire boasts at least three dozens of Petty’s songs, both solo and with the Heartbreakers.
Diehard Petty fans can let in those feelings of the summer creeping in, and maybe get in that “Last Dance With Mary Jane.” Even casual listeners could shed a tear for Tom.
Petty may be gone, but the icon lives on. Come out Saturday night, and get grooving in his honor.
BloNo beats invited Gregg to answer six questions about their thoughts on Petty’s music and why the love to play it. Read his answers below:
Tell me about the first time you listened to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
The first time I heard Tom Petty was on MTV in the 1980s. The first song I heard was "Refugee," and I was instantly a fan.
Have you seen Tom Petty live? What was that experience like for you?
I've seen Tom Petty four times in concert and actually met him once in Nashville. I became an even bigger fan after seeing him live the first time in 1994.
What’s your favorite song, and why? What’s your favorite deep cut?
Hard to say a particular favorite song, because there are so many I love. However, “Honeybee” and “Out In The Cold” are two of my favorite deep cuts.
How did you band form? Have you performed Tom Petty covers from the start?
We formed the band in 2016 prior to Mr. Petty's death. We started the band out of our love of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ music.
What songs get the most reaction out of the crowd? Any best openers or closers you’d like to mention?
Songs like “Free Fallin'” and “Mary Jane's Last Dance” always get people up singing and dancing. We usually close the show with “Running Down a Dream,” which is also very high energy.
Have you played in Bloomington-Normal before, and what energy do you hope to see from the crowd next weekend?
We have played The Castle Theatre a couple of times and we love Bloomington. We're looking forward to a Tom Petty-style party and we can't wait to see everyone.
Photos: Tom Petty, 1950-2017
1987: Tom Petty, Bob Dylan
1992: Billboard Music Awards
1999: Petty, Epstein
1999: Tom Petty
1999: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2002: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2003: Harrison, Starr, Petty
2004: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2005: Tom Petty, Dana York
2006: Dave Grohl, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2006: Dave Grohl, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2006: Tom Petty
2006: Tom Petty
2006: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
2006: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2007: Ron Blair, Tom Petty, Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell
2007: Tom Petty, Dana York
2008: Super Bowl Football
2008: Super Bowl Football
2008: Tom Petty
2008: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2014: Tom Petty
2015: Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne
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2016: Tom Petty
2017: BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival - Day 2
2017: KAABOO
2017: MusiCares Person of the Year
2017: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in Concert - Chicago
2017: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in Concert - Chicago
2017: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers In Concert - Philadelphia
Contact Brendan Denison at (309) 820-3238. Follow Brendan Denison on Twitter: @BrendanDenison
Brendan Denison is our breaking news reporter. Denison was a digital content producer for WCIA-TV in Champaign and a reporter for The Commercial-News in Danville. He can be reached at (309) 820-3238 and bdenison@pantagraph.com.
In this week's BloNo Beats, you can read about a five-piece traditional Irish music band that sports a bouzouki, mandolin, keyless flute, tin whistle and more. It'll be a whale of a time.
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Wedding Banned, a five-piece act based out of the Windy City, is headed to Bloomington to perform this Saturday, as part of the Saturdays at the Square concert series.
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The news that Devin Booker and Diana Taurasi were selected as cover athletes for the NBA 2K23 video game inspired praise – and apprehension – for Valley sports fans.
The standouts from the Suns and Mercury were the first Arizona athletes to land on a cover since former Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald was featured on Madden NFL 10, along with Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, following Super Bowl XLIII.
“The selection process for NBA 2K cover athletes is a thoughtful one, which takes into account their impact both on and off the court,“ said Alfie Brody, the Vice President of Global Marketing for the NBA 2K gaming franchise. “NBA 2K cover athletes demonstrate elite play on the court and are great representatives of NBA 2K off the court. This year’s athletes represent a mix of some of the greatest athletes to play the game and up-and-coming stars.”
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So why apprehension? For those who are superstitious, an array of athletes, from LeBron James to Kevin Durant to Paul George to Kyrie Irving, have left their teams after their NBA 2K cover selections were announced.
The good news for Valley fans is that Booker recently signed a four-year, $224 million supermax contract extension. Taurasi, however, still has to make a decision this offseason: retire, stay with the Mercury or look elsewhere as a free agent.
Booker was selected as the cover athlete for the standard edition of NBA 2K23, while Taruasi was chosen for the WNBA edition, along with Seattle Storm star Sue Bird.
Booker is widely considered one of the best players in the NBA, as he led the Suns to an NBA Finals appearance in the 2021 season at only 24. Taurasi is considered by many to be the greatest WNBA player of all time.
Some have criticized Booker’s selection, suggesting he isn’t deserving of the cover after a Game 7 blowout against the Dallas Mavericks in the 2022 Western Conference semifinals, in which Booker scored 11 points on 3-of-14 shooting.
Booker was thrilled about the selection.
“It’s a dream come true to see myself on the cover of NBA 2K,” he said in a press release. “I’ve been a huge NBA 2K fan since I was a kid, and it’s surreal to finally join the exclusive club of basketball greats who’ve been cover athletes.
“I’m also honored to share this year’s covers with the iconic Michael Jordan, who changed the game for all players who came after him, as well as two of the all-time WNBA GOAT’s, Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, who continue to make a huge impact on the game.”
NBA 2K feels good about its cover choices, Brody said.
“Devin Booker’s rise from budding talent to blazing sharpshooter over the last few seasons has established him as one of the brightest stars in the league, and more importantly lifted his team into the postseason back-to-back years,” he said. “Along with his competitive passion for NBA 2K, Booker is inspiring people with his silky smooth jumper on the court and his philanthropy efforts in the community off it, which is why he’s the perfect choice to be the NBA 2K23 cover athlete.”
The decision to have Taurasi and Bird on the cover was also an easy one, Brody said.
“Taurasi was voted in 2021 as the WNBA’s GOAT and has been dominating the league for almost two decades,” he said. “As the leader of the Phoenix Mercury, she has hoisted the championship trophy three times and is the WNBA all-time leading scorer. The impact both athletes have had on the basketball court and in the community as a whole, makes Diana and Sue a clear choice for the NBA 2K23 WNBA Edition cover.”
In a statement, Taurasi said, “There are so many kids that dream of pursuing a professional basketball career, and they can now also dream of being on the NBA 2K cover, whether they want to play in the NBA or WNBA.”
Valley fans can also appreciate that dream, and hope that Taurasi ends her career in Phoenix. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/blessing-or-curse-devin-booker-diana-taurasi-land-on-nba-2k23-covers/article_33485752-1351-11ed-a3f5-336ebd25c1fc.html | 2022-08-03T20:58:48 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/blessing-or-curse-devin-booker-diana-taurasi-land-on-nba-2k23-covers/article_33485752-1351-11ed-a3f5-336ebd25c1fc.html |
ATLANTA — The victim in a shooting outside an Atlanta recording studio earlier this week has been identified as a father of two - and another victim who survived the shooting told 11Alive he believes he was the intended target.
According to family members and the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office, the victim was 30-year-old Larry Reese. His brother said Reese was the father of two children, a son Keiontay and a daughter Taekerra.
The family is now set to hold a vigil on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at West Manor Park. The park is located at 3179 Benjamin E. Mays Dr. SW.
According to police, the shooting on Monday happened outside an address on Stone Hogan Connector that appears to be an office park in southwest Atlanta. APD said it occurred outside a recording studio in that office park.
There is one recording studio with an apparent address in the office park, M Tracks Studio. It is unclear if there was a connection to the studio.
A second victim, who has not been identified, was also injured in the shooting.
A witness on scene told 11Alive he worked with Reese at an event space in the office park, Unk's Event Space. That venue appears to have been unrelated to the shooting and the witness doesn't believe the recording studio was involved.
The witness instead said he believed he was the intended target in the shooting. He felt it was possibly in relation to his reporting a crime in another state, he said.
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The Lemhi County Sheriff’s office is preparing to evacuate more residents near the Moose fire.
The fire started on July 17 and had burned 62,410 acres in the Salmon-Challis National Forest as of Wednesday morning. The human-caused fire began near the confluence of Moose Creek and Salmon River about 17 miles north of Salmon and remains under investigation.
On Tuesday, the sheriff’s office placed Zone 2 (both sides of U.S. Highway 93 from Tower Creek to North Fork) in “SET” evacuation status. Zones 7 & 8 (Squaw Creek to Pine Creek on the Salmon River Road) and Zone 1 (Tower Creek to Carmen, west of Salmon River) are at "SET" status and all other zones are in “Ready,” according to a Wednesday update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The sheriff’s office recommends residents in “SET” status to assemble emergency supply kits and be prepared to evacuate to an emergency meeting location outside the fire area.
The fire is about 20% contained and estimated to be fully contained on Aug. 30, according to the InciWeb Incident Information System report.
Great Basin Team 1 took command of the fire Wednesday morning, replacing Great Basin Team 2. There are 937 firefighters, 25 hand crews, 48 fire engines and 10 helicopters working to contain the fire.
Firefighters are focused on protecting the Highway 93 corridor and the Salmon Municipal Watershed. Highway 93 temporarily closed Tuesday after spot fires were ignited on the east side of Highway 93. The fires were quickly contained and the highway re-opened.
The watershed is a vital resource that provides up to 1,000 gallons to 2,000 gallons of spring water per minute to the city of Salmon, said Salmon Administrator Emery Penner in a Monday virtual community meeting. The other source of water the city may rely on more if the watershed is compromised is the Salmon River.
“It’s a wonderful asset that we get to use,” Penner said. “(It) benefits the community greatly. I would hate to have to change things up but we are making plans if we have to.”
A pilot car system on Salmon River Road is available for residents, river permit holders and river shuttles for two-way traffic between North Fork and Panther Creek. The road is closed to all other traffic and alternate routes are available on Williams Creek Road to Deep Creek Road, then north on Panther Creek Road.
The Forest Service expects the fire to continue growing with warm and dry weather conditions forecasted through Monday.
Information about the fire and evacuation updates is available on the InciWeb report at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8249/. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/moose-fire-grows-to-more-than-62-000-acres/article_37bd1253-ecd5-5bf9-bb48-3d94bfd3b5dc.html | 2022-08-03T21:00:23 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/moose-fire-grows-to-more-than-62-000-acres/article_37bd1253-ecd5-5bf9-bb48-3d94bfd3b5dc.html |
WHIDBEY ISLAND STATION, Wash. — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Navy failed to consider the impacts of expanding its Growler jet program and violated the National Environmental Policy Act by adding additional fleets along Whidbey Island.
Growlers are aircraft that conduct electronic warfare and fly low in order to jam enemy communications.
A release from the Attorney General's Office said the federal court ruled in favor of the state’s claims that the Navy failed to consider the impacts of the noisy jets on local classrooms, and on various bird species, including tufted puffins, which the state lists as endangered.
The court also ruled in favor of two claims in a related lawsuit filed by Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve. The claims indicated the Navy did not properly consider other locations for the Growler expansion, nor did it properly consider the greenhouse gas impacts of Growler fuel use.
In 2019, the Navy added 36 of its electronic warfare aircraft to a Naval Air Station in Whidbey Island air station, bringing the total to 118.
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued the Navy in July 2019 over its plans to expand in Whidbey Island, which brought flight operations to more than 110,000 per year.
“The Navy has an important job,” Ferguson said. “But that does not relieve the federal government of its obligation to follow the law and take a hard look at the public health and environmental impacts of its programs. Today the judge ruled that the Navy fell short of its obligation.”
That growth, compounded by the lower, distinctive rumble from the more powerful jet that replaced the aging Prowler, led to complaints from some living nearby, and other lawsuits from residents and the state of Washington.
A study published in 2020 found that 88% of noise on Whidbey Island came from military flights, and the majority of those flights were identified as Growlers. Some flights were captured at 82 decibels, near the threshold for hearing protection.
Another study published in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering found a hydrophone placed near a runway captured noise at levels known to alter the behavior of wildlife at 100 feet deep. That raises concerns for fish and marine mammals, the study author said, including the endangered Southern Resident orcas. Researchers called for further study of the impacts on wildlife.
The Navy said it does not dispute the data gathered but takes issue with some of the conclusions. They believe noise data from so close to a runway doesn’t reflect the majority of Growler operations and want more evidence that aircraft noise can impact wildlife as suggested.
In 2020, Captain Matt Arny, former commanding officer of NAS Whidbey Island, said the Navy was hoping to mitigate some of the acoustic impacts. He pointed to a recent change to the “canned” default flight plan for Growlers, which was imposed because of Federal Aviation Administration needs, but could be potentially helpful on the noise issue.
After the latest court ruling, the Attorney General's Office said the state and other parties now have 30 days to either agree on a remedy or a briefing schedule on a remedy.
The latest ruling adopted the recommendation of a U.S. federal magistrate, who issued a report and recommendation in December 2021 in favor of Ferguson’s lawsuit.
“Here, despite a gargantuan administrative record, covering nearly 200,000 pages of studies, reports, comments, and the like, the Navy selected methods of evaluating the data that supported its goal of increasing Growler operations,” Chief Magistrate Judge J. Richard Creatura wrote in his 38-page recommendation. “The Navy did this at the expense of the public and the environment, turning a blind eye to data that would not support this intended result." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/federal-court-says-navy-did-not-consider-impacts-growler-jet-program-whidbey-island/281-6b184838-079d-420a-afa6-83229d70dccf | 2022-08-03T21:00:42 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/federal-court-says-navy-did-not-consider-impacts-growler-jet-program-whidbey-island/281-6b184838-079d-420a-afa6-83229d70dccf |
SCRANTON, Pa. — Last month, veterans from our area joined Senator Bob Casey to share their experiences related to toxic burn pits, highlighting some of the issues they and their fellow soldiers have faced since then.
The reason for the meeting was to talk about how the PACT Act would help veterans get the proper care. Now the bill passed and awaits the President's signature.
Veterans said a lot of work went into making this all happen.
"Overall, it was a huge fight to get this done because there are so many veterans and families that are dealing with exposure to toxic chemicals that they knew nothing about. We all signed on the dotted line to go and serve no matter what. But to come home and then not get the care and not get the support that you need is crazy," David Eisele, director of Lackawanna County Veterans Affairs, said.
Maj. Gen. John Gronski retired from the Army in 2019 and served in Iraq. He knows so many veterans and their families who will benefit from this new law, especially those families whose veterans have already passed away from an illness.
"Many have died of cancer, mysterious illnesses, and that's what I mean by, you know, the spouses need some support. Now the spouses need to know what could they do, where do they register, where do they go for support," he said.
Advocates of this bill said there are still some hurdles ahead to ensure veterans get the benefits they deserve.
"This isn't an end to anything. This is the continuation of what Congress needs to provide the right oversight over the Veterans Administration to ensure that it's implemented correctly," Gronski said.
The Veterans Affairs office in Lackawanna County anticipates about 3,000 veterans will seek help with benefits and compensation because of the PACT Act.
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STROUDSBURG, Pa. — In Monroe County, a federal grand jury will investigate a shooting death.
That's according to a tweet by civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
Crump represents the family of Christian Hall, who was shot and killed by state troopers in December of 2020.
Hall was killed on an Interstate 80 overpass in Monroe County after authorities received reports of a distraught man with a gun.
In March of last year, the shooting of the 19-year-old was ruled justified.
But Hall's family says he was having a mental health emergency, and in March of this year, they filed a wrongful death lawsuit against state police and the Monroe County district attorney's office.
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MOUNTAINHOME, Pa. — A woman charged in connection with her daughter's death has entered a guilty plea.
Last year, Amanda Green was charged with homicide and involuntary manslaughter after her two-month-old was found dead in March of 2021 in Canadensis.
Investigators say the child's father, Lamont Bacchus, admitted to hitting the child's head off a table and killing her.
Green will be sentenced at a later date.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — The World Health Organization recently declared monkeypox a global health emergency. There are more than 6,000 cases in the United States, and nearly 200 of those cases are in Pennsylvania.
"To infect someone else, or potentially get the infection yourself, it does require very close personal, sometimes intimate contact with that rash," Geisinger Dr. Alison Brodginski said.
This week, Bucknell University announced its first confirmed case of monkeypox. Officials have not said if it is a student, faculty, or staff member. But according to university officials, the person is isolating off-campus and not a risk to the community.
Newswatch 16 spoke with people in downtown Lewisburg about the monkeypox case at Bucknell University.
"If they only have one case and they're isolated off campus, it's a good thing," Cindy Reed said. "I think we just have to deal with it. I mean, it's a thing. It's going to be happening more and more."
"Follow medical guidance. We have the best doctors in town so just listen to them, listen to the experts and do what they say," Abhi Nagaraj said.
Doctors say monkeypox is rarely fatal, and it is preventable.
If you are a Bucknell student and believe you might have monkeypox, contact your doctor before returning to campus.
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WAYMART, Pa. — Hundreds flocked to Wayne County for a tribute to the men and women in our armed forces.
Rows of classic cars filled the front lawn of the Salvation Army's Ladore Lodge in Waymart.
"I had a brother that just passed away; he was a Vietnam vet, so I like to do things to honor him and all the vets," said Chuck Gifford from Plains Township.
Open to the public, the event began with a brief ceremony paying tribute to veterans of past and present.
Dale Pepper, commander of American Legion Post 807 in Hamlin, speaks highly of his fellow comrades, acknowledging local and national support veterans are seeing with the recent passing of the PACT Act, which provides health care to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who were exposed to toxic burn pits.
"We are very appreciative of Congress passing that on behalf of the burn pit victims in Iraq and other situations, too, and it's certainly needed," Pepper said.
The open house hopes to promote veteran support and make available the resources and services veterans might not know about after serving.
"I see people who are likely veterans when I travel into Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, and they live so close to agencies of the government and private," said Leonard Boynton, administrator for the Salvation Army's Ladore Lodge.
Boynton works with local veteran programs and American Legion posts to keep members up to date on the services available through vet centers and other government programs.
"Come on in from the cold, or from their own independence and allow the American society to give you, treat you with the respect and the dignity and services that you certainly deserve," Boynton said.
While making the services available offers some help, Boynton says the most important thing is keeping the veterans talking and creating a space to share their support and advice for their brothers and sisters in arms.
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Two teenagers are facing numerous felony charges in Kenosha County Circuit Court for allegedly being involved in the theft of an unoccupied vehicle and then later participating in an armed carjacking in July.
Nashawn A. Patrick, 17, of Racine, and Jonathan D. White, 18, of Chicago, were charged with operating a vehicle without an owner’s consent as party to crime, armed carjacking as party to a crime and armed carjacking with threat of force.
Patrick was also charged with possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent. White was also charged with operating a vehicle to flee or elude an officer and causing damage to property, four counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and two misdemeanor counts of hit and run.
Patrick made his initial appearance at Intake Court Wednesday and is being held on a $100,000 cash bond. His preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 12. White made his initial appearance July 22 and is being held on a $75,000 cash bond. He is expected to appear in court again next month.
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According to the criminal complaints, on July 21 around 4:45 a.m. a black Volkswagen sedan left running in the drive way of a home in the 4800 block of 58th Street by the owner was stolen as he checked to make sure his home was locked. He called 911 to report the crime.
Less than two hours later, a women called 911 to report she was the victim of an armed carjacking and that her Mitsubishi was stolen by two male suspects in the 5600 block of 49th Avenue. They also reportedly demanded her purse before driving away.
A few minutes after the carjacking was reported the Volkswagen and Mitsubishi were spotted by law enforcement in the 6900 block of 38th Street, according to the complaints.
When officers attempted to stop the Volkswagen allegedly driven by White he fled at a high rate of speed before crashing into two vehicles on Green Bay Road and then fleeing on foot in Somers. He was apprehended by law enforcement officers with a K9 unit. No one was reportedly injured in the crashes but the vehicles involved sustained extensive damage.
Patrick allegedly fled in the Mitsubishi to Racine and left that vehicle unoccupied near the intersection of 15th and Flett. Patrick was arrested at his mother’s home in the 1400 block of Thurston Avenue. Several firearms, including an AR-15-style assault rifle with no serial numbers, were reportedly found inside the residence.
Mugshots: Racine County criminal complaints, Aug. 1, 2022
Today's mugshots: Aug. 1
These are images of people charged with a crime in Racine County. Booking photos are provided by Racine County law enforcement officials. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.
Daniel F. Gomez
Daniel F. Gomez, 2300 block of Superior Street, Racine, possession of narcotic drugs, possession of cocaine, disorderly conduct, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Brian A. McGee
Brian A. McGee, 2100 block of Slauson Avenue, Racine, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (4th offense, general alcohol concentration enhancer), battery to a law enforcement officer, threat to a law enforcement officer, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Jeremy McKinney
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Jeremy (aka Nathaniel Dukes) McKinney, 3300 block of Sixth Avenue, Racine, possession of a firearm by a felon, felony bail jumping.
Alexjandro M. Medina
Alexjandro M. Medina, 2100 block of Slauson Avenue, Racine, possession with intent to deliver cocaine (greater than 40 grams), possession with intent to deliver/distribute/manufacture THC (less than or equal to 200 grams), maintaining a drug trafficking place, possession of a firearm by a felon (firearm mandatory minimum enhancer), possession of drug paraphernalia, neglecting a child (specified harm did not occur and child under 6 years of age), neglecting a child (specified harm did not occur), felony bail jumping (domestic abuse assessments).
Mario S. Morales
Mario S. Morales, 1200 block of North Memorial Drive, Racine, resisting an officer causing a soft tissue injury, obstructing an officer, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Undra Anderson
Undra Anderson, 400 block of Three Mile Road, Racine, hit and run (attended vehicle).
Bryce M. Bowens
Bryce M. Bowens, 200 block of Howland Avenue, Racine, knowingly violate a domestic abuse temporary restraining order (domestic abuse assessments), misdemeanor bail jumping.
Kenneth L. Hagge
Kenneth L. Hagge, 10000 block of Saratoga Drive, Caledonia, failure to install ignition interlock device.
Sedrick M. Jennings
Sedrick M. Jennings, 2000 block of DeKoven Avenue, Racine, disorderly conduct.
Marquan D. Mosley
Marquan D. Mosley, 1200 block of Grove Avenue, Racine, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (3rd offense), carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a firearm while intoxicated, obstructing an officer, failure to install ignition interlock device, operate motor vehicle while revoked.
Charles Tyreece Phillips
Charles Tyreece Phillips, 1600 block of Villa Street, Racine, disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments), possession of drug paraphernalia.
Landen Schook
Landen Schook, 900 block of Perry Avenue, Racine, possession of THC, carrying a concealed weapon, operating without a license (3rd or subsequent offense within 3 years), substantial battery (domestic abuse assessments, use of a dangerous weapon), disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments, use of a dangerous weapon).
Bryce B. Burgher-Jackson
Bryce B. Burgher-Jackson, 2700 block of Markridge Drive, Mount Pleasant, attempting to flee or elude an officer.
Cameron R. Davis
Cameron R. Davis, 2000 block of Washington Avenue, Racine, operating a motor vehicle without owner's consent, felony bail jumping, misdemeanor theft, vehicle operator flee/elude officer causing damage to property, second degree recklessly endangering safety.
Kylie B. Gelmi
Kylie B. Gelmi, 700 block of South Green Bay Road, Racine, obstructing an officer, felony bail jumping, disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments). | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-facing-felonies-after-allegedly-stealing-vehicle-participating-in-armed-carjacking/article_d9fe1c30-135b-11ed-8a4d-6f845ba4baa7.html | 2022-08-03T21:07:21 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-facing-felonies-after-allegedly-stealing-vehicle-participating-in-armed-carjacking/article_d9fe1c30-135b-11ed-8a4d-6f845ba4baa7.html |
ARKANSAS, USA — On Wednesday afternoon, the state Board of Election Commissioners denied the certification for the recreational marijuana ballot title proposal.
The proposal was denied due to concerns that Responsible Growth Arkansas did not have sufficient background checks for dispensary owners or limits on THC.
Despite Arkansans having exceeded the number of signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot, the proposal that would have allowed people 21 and older to have up to an ounce of cannabis was denied.
The group behind the measure can still fight to be on the ballot by filing a lawsuit which would be heard by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The denial comes a day after the Arkansas Secretary of State's office gave a notification of sufficiency for the signatures.
Over 192,000 signatures were submitted in early July for the proposal, which exceeded the 89,151 signatures needed.
A total number of verified signatures has not been provided yet. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/arkansas-recreational-marijuana-ballot-denied/91-43dea345-1cf1-4d34-bf0d-7ae784bfb230 | 2022-08-03T21:12:37 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/arkansas-recreational-marijuana-ballot-denied/91-43dea345-1cf1-4d34-bf0d-7ae784bfb230 |
ELKHART COUNTY, Ind — Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana, and three others were killed Wednesday in a car crash.
The crash happened at around 12:32 p.m. in Elkhart County near Nappanee, according to our newsgathering partners at Goshen News.
Walorski and two of her staff members were in an SUV headed south on Ind. 19, south of Ind. 119.
A report from the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office said the northbound passenger car traveled left of center and collided with Walorski's vehicle head-on.
Walorski and her two staff members died in the crash. Her two staff members were identified as Zachery Potts, 27, Mishawaka, and Emma Thomson, 28, of Washington, D.C. Thomson was Representative Walorski's Communications Director, while Potts served as a St. Joseph County Republican Party Chairman.
The sole occupant of the northbound vehicle, Edith Schmucker, 56, Nappanee, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Former Indiana Governor and Vice President Mike Pence tweeted after the crash saying that he and his wife, Karen, are "heartbroken by the tragic passing of our dear friend Rep. Jackie Walorski."
He went on to say, "She served Indiana in the Statehouse and the Congress with integrity and principle for nearly two decades and will be deeply missed."
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he was "shocked and saddened" to hear of Walorski's passing.
Buttigieg worked with Walorski and said, although they came from different places politically, she was "always prepared to work together where there was common ground, always decent and straightforward, and she cared deeply about her work and her constituents."
Walorski was born and raised in South Bend.
She spent her political career focused on growing the economy and bringing good jobs to northern Indiana. She also sought to strengthen national security and help veterans in need of care.
She served on the House Ways and Means Committee, giving her the opportunity to play a crucial role in how leaders use the nation's funding.
She also was a ranking member of the subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, where she focused on helping small businesses and manufacturers grow and expanding opportunities for workers across the country, according to her biography on the U.S. House's website.
And, she was a ranking member of the House Ethics Committee.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The owner of a home in Southeast Portland is trying to sell the property but says that he can’t — ever since some strangers moved in and refused to leave.
It started back in January when the homeowner left town and the property was empty.
“Some guys, they just basically walked into the property, took it over,” said Nathan Jones, a realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
Jones took over the listing last month. It’s currently listed at $330,000, but that price is negotiable. He’s hoping for an investor who can afford to evict those currently living there, which can be a difficult process.
“Costs money, you got to get an attorney, file all these papers and it’s like 90 days minimum … if you don’t have the financial resources you’re screwed and that’s the bottom line,” he said.
The homeowner didn’t want to talk with KGW on camera for fear of retaliation from those living at the property. Over the phone, he claimed that when he asked them to leave this winter, the squatters beat him up — sending him to the hospital. He hasn’t been back since, but still pays $1,500 a month for his mortgage.
“I mean, all he wants to do is sell and he can’t do it,” said Jones.
The homeowner has called police and the city to help evict the squatters but said he hasn't received any help. As for those living in the neighborhood, they’ve learned to keep their distance from 5256 Southeast Flavel Street.
“I just mind my own business,” said Linda Harshman, who lives two doors down.
“I’ve noticed like, you know, frequent stopping of cars, people coming every 15 seconds, also police monitoring the house,” added Zaki Wilson who lives across the street. “Everybody probably feels at risk or in danger with those types of people.”
A KGW crew tried approaching those living in the home but the occupants just stared, displayed the middle finger and shut the door. KGW also reached out to police and didn’t hear back right away. Eventually, Portland police said that even though they’ve been called to the property before, this case is a civil issue and the eviction process would have to come from the owners or the bank.
Jones advised people not to leave their homes vacant regardless of if they have security. He said it’s becoming all too common that people break in and never leave. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/se-portland-home-owner-squatters-sell-beat-up/283-015210d4-5e46-4f5b-b25f-b3a51b0087a5 | 2022-08-03T21:12:50 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/se-portland-home-owner-squatters-sell-beat-up/283-015210d4-5e46-4f5b-b25f-b3a51b0087a5 |
The City of Dallas is launching an initiative to help people rehabilitate their homes.
The Home Improvement and Preservation Program has two options: Major Home Rehabilitation and Home Reconstruction.
The Major Home Rehabilitation Program offers a zero-interest forgivable loan to homeowners of up to $73,170.
The Home Reconstruction Program provides a homeowner a new home on their current property with loan assistance. The homeowner must certify annually the home is not for sale and is their primary residence until the loan is repaid to the city in full. This program is by referral only by city staff.
Applications are available for pickup until Aug. 19 and are due by Aug. 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-launches-home-improvement-and-revitalization-program/3039404/ | 2022-08-03T21:17:04 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-launches-home-improvement-and-revitalization-program/3039404/ |
FRISCO, Texas — Firefighters are battling a large blaze along Legacy Drive in Frisco, according to officials.
Frisco Fire Department says crews were called to the area at Legacy Drive, just north of Stonebrook Parkway around 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Frisco FD along with Plano, Little Elm and Prosper crews are teaming to get the fire under control.
Officials said residents and those traveling in the area should choose an alternate route and should expect smoky conditions.
This is a developing story. We’ll update as more information becomes available. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/firefighters-battling-blaze-along-legacy-drive-in-frisco/287-b2dedfa2-e0d6-473f-86b4-d6226750ebf4 | 2022-08-03T21:20:45 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/firefighters-battling-blaze-along-legacy-drive-in-frisco/287-b2dedfa2-e0d6-473f-86b4-d6226750ebf4 |
Several structures were in danger as crews battled a growing brush fire in Millsap, officials said Wednesday afternoon. Crews were also battling a fire south of Millsap in Hood County.
The Parker County fire is in the 200 block of Wilson Bend Road, near S. Farm to Market Road 113.
The area is between Millsap Elementary School and Midpoint Chapel.
According to officials, the fire grew to just a little under 15 acres and at least one structure was damaged. The fire was contained Wednesday afternoon.
Crews were also working a fire in Colony near Tolar.
This is a developing story, check back for updates. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/large-brush-fire-spreads-in-parker-county/287-34a606ac-6e99-478f-81ea-f7b8bc57b8fe | 2022-08-03T21:20:51 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/large-brush-fire-spreads-in-parker-county/287-34a606ac-6e99-478f-81ea-f7b8bc57b8fe |
Shared date for Indiana gun show, school supply giveaway at fairgrounds sparks outrage
MUNCIE, Ind. — The annual school supply giveaway and the latest in a series of gun shows both were scheduled at the Delaware County Fairgrounds well in advance of this Saturday, Aug. 6.
But the sight of those two events posted together on the fairgrounds sign this week prompted a flurry of outrage on social media from people critical of having two such events in close proximity on the same date, or even just showing up on the same sign.
(A photo posted online by midafternoon Wednesday showed the fairgrounds sign with the gun show no longer listed, though a line of separate signs and banners for the gun show was set up nearby earlier in the day.)
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Center Township Trustee Kay Walker, who oversees the Tools for School giveaway through the nonprofit Hearts and Hands United, on Wednesday said the scheduling of those two events for the same weekend at the fairgrounds was a matter of "miscommunication and timing."
By this week it was too late to cancel or reschedule the giveaway, which each year is set between the end of the county fair and the start of school, Walker said, at times sounding near tears. Some local schools are starting classes this week, while others start next week, so getting students the backpacks, shoes and classroom supplies they need is crucial, she added. Organizers expect to serve 1,500-2,000 students this year at the event, which is set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday in Heartland Hall and the Community Building.
"We'll make sure this never happens again in the future," Walker said.
Delaware County Fairgrounds Board President Tom Ison echoed that promise, saying the the board would work with Walker to get next year's giveaway scheduled even further out so other events could be set accordingly.
The two events being set for the same day this year was "not something we did purposely," Ison said. "It was all coincidence and accident."
Emergency Management Agency volunteers will help to direct traffic at the fairgrounds on Saturday to keep parking for the two events separate, Ison said.
Delaware County commissioners President Sherry Riggin told The Star Press Wednesday afternoon that she was aware of the concerns people had raised, and appreciated why people were upset, though she hadn't received any messages directly at that point.
"It's not good PR, of course," she said. "It's just a sad situation."
Riggin noted that, although county officials do appoint fair board members, they don't oversee specifics such as fairgrounds facility rental, which helps to fund the county fair and maintenance of the grounds.
"Gun shows in the state of Indiana are allowed," Riggin added.
Daniel Hedger, owner of Central Indiana Gun Shows, said he reserved the Memorial Building at the Delaware County Fairgrounds last November for his series of weekend gun shows there throughout the year, and was unaware of the school supply event or any issues anyone might have with both being the same day.
Noting he has had Girl Scouts selling cookies and Boy Scouts selling popcorn at gun shows around the region, and has done gun shows in conjunction with church events and Toys for Tots, Hedger said, "It's never been a problem."
The two-day gun show charges admission, requires that children younger than 18 be accompanied by a parent and cards anyone who looks younger than 25, so unaccompanied children wouldn't be able to wander into the show, Hedger said. The gun show also does not allow any loaded firearms in the building.
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Contact Robin Gibson at ragibson@gannett.com or 765-213-5855. Follow her on Twitter @RobinGibsonTSP. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/03/school-supply-giveaway-delaware-county-indiana-gun-show/65391074007/ | 2022-08-03T21:24:58 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/03/school-supply-giveaway-delaware-county-indiana-gun-show/65391074007/ |
Soup's on! Tickets on sale now for Oct. 6 Soup Crawl
MUNCIE, Ind. — Tickets are already available for Second Harvest Food Bank's 10th annual Soup Crawl, which will be 5-8 p.m. Oct. 6, during ArtsWalk in downtown Muncie.
Tickets are being sold online at curehunger.org/soupcrawl.
For $20, Soup Crawl attendees can stroll the streets of historic downtown Muncie during ArtsWalk and sample delicious soups from downtown and area restaurants, caterers and organizations.
The money raised during Soup Crawl will support Second Harvest’s Big Idea initiative, which invites families to visit their children’s school once a month to engage with teachers and staff. At the same time, they receive food and information or services from other essential community resources.
Sponsorships and volunteer opportunities with the Soup Crawl and Second Harvest are available; contact Robby Tompkins, rtompkins@curehunger.org, for more information.
Limited spots are still available to join as a soup vendor at the event. Utensils and cups are provided, limiting the vendor's cost to ingredients and time. Contact Ben Polk, ben.polk@primetrustcu.com, for more information.
To learn more about Soup Crawl and the participating restaurants, businesses, and organizations, visit Facebook.com/SoupCrawl.
Rokita staffer to meet with public in Winchester
WINCHESTER — A representative from the office of Attorney General Todd Rokita will be at the Winchester Library 10:30 a.m.-noon Aug. 11, to meet with local residents who need help filing a consumer complaint, searching for unclaimed property, or information about data privacy, identity theft, or robocalls, according to a release.
Send news items to The Star Press at news@muncie.gannett.com. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/03/tickets-on-sale-now-for-oct-6-soup-crawl-for-second-harvest-food-bank/65389424007/ | 2022-08-03T21:24:59 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/03/tickets-on-sale-now-for-oct-6-soup-crawl-for-second-harvest-food-bank/65389424007/ |
ASHEBORO — Reilly, a 23-year-old African lion at the North Carolina Zoo who had been battling renal disease for several years, has died, the zoo announced Wednesday in a news release.
"He was so tolerant of his rambunctious offspring and was fiercely devoted to his lady lion, Mekita," Zookeeper Beth Malott said in a news release. "Reilly was a one-of-a-kind soul, and his morning roars will be greatly missed."
Reilly was the oldest male lion in an Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited institution.
He battled renal disease for several years. "With his advanced age and weakened physical state, the animal care team and veterinarians made the heart-wrenching, quality-of-life decision to euthanize him," the release said.
"Renal disease is not uncommon for a cat of Reilly's advanced age, be it a domestic cat sitting on your chair at home or a lion at the Zoo," Dr. Jb Minter, the zoo's chief veterinarian, said in the release. "We had been extremely fortunate to be able to monitor the advancement of Reilly's renal disease over the years using operant conditioning to get blood from his tail, but unfortunately, the progression of the renal disease along with his previously diagnosed spinal disease proved to be too much. I will surely miss hearing his roar from across the park."
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"As the oldest male in AZA zoos, he far exceeded the average lifespan for lions under human care," Animal Management Supervisor Jodi Wiley said in the release. "This speaks volumes of the amazing care the keepers have given him over the years."
A lion's average lifespan in the wild is about 10-15 years, while male lions under human care have a median life expectancy of 17 years.
Reilly was born at Lincoln Park Zoo on Feb. 7, 1999, and came to the North Carolina Zoo on in 2001. He fathered a nine offspring — three males and six females.
Mekita is now the only lion at the zoo. Decisions about future pride members, including possible mates for her, will be based on recommendations from the AZA, the zoo said.
Male African Lions weigh up to 570 pounds, while females weigh up to 277 pounds. During peak health, Reilly weighed about 440 pounds, but his weight had dropped to 394 pounds, the zoo said.
African lions are listed as a "vulnerable" species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with populations continuing to decrease due to habitat loss and poaching, the release said. An estimated 23,000 to 39,000 lions remain in the wild.
Lions are the only big cats that are social, living in "prides" comprising a dominant male, several females, and their offspring. They may sleep up to 20 hours per day. Lions are native to the savannahs and grasslands of Africa and can reach speeds of up to 50 mph for very short bursts. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/elderly-lion-reilly-euthanized-after-long-battle-with-renal-disease-north-carolina-zoo-says/article_dca73b0e-1358-11ed-8649-df9150b99326.html | 2022-08-03T21:25:47 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/elderly-lion-reilly-euthanized-after-long-battle-with-renal-disease-north-carolina-zoo-says/article_dca73b0e-1358-11ed-8649-df9150b99326.html |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT)– Teams are competing for a spot in the American Legion World Series this week in Shelby County.
Many out-of-state visitors are in Pelham for this week’s baseball tournament. American Legion baseball officials say it’s bringing a big boost to the local economy.
Eight teams from the mid-south are competing in this year’s regional baseball tournament. Players, coaches and fans represent teams from Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri.
Alabama’s director of American Legion baseball, Alan Phillips, says their presence at this tournament brings positive revenue into Pelham, specifically for hotels and restaurants.
Phillips believes the competition will bring at least 200,000 dollars in economic impact to the area.
“Somewhere between 250 and 500 people will be here all week long, and ultimately spending money in our community and then again just trying to see what all we have to offer as well,” said Phillips.
Comfort Suites hotel manager, Paula Herring says baseball tournaments like this help to keep businesses like their hotel full and busy, especially on weekends.
“We are swamped,” said Herring. “And it is the travelers coming through on 65, but the majority is when the baseball teams come to town, and you know they are going to book in a good place and this is a safe area and we stay booked. The whole team will come stay with us.”
Herring says it also helps local businesses and hotels showcase what the city is truly capable of offering.
Missouri fan and parent, Brian Brooks, says they are staying locally this week and have thoroughly enjoyed what Pelham has to offer so far.
“We love it,” said brooks. “And then coming to a ballpark like this, all the legion people, last night was awesome about the flags and everything, and the ceremony. It’s been incredible. I can’t imagine what it’s been like for the boys.”
This week’s tournament will go through Sunday and Pelham is already scheduled to host the American Legion Mid-South Regional Tournament again next year. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/american-legion-baseball-tournament-expected-to-have-economic-impact-on-pelham/ | 2022-08-03T21:34:16 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/american-legion-baseball-tournament-expected-to-have-economic-impact-on-pelham/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal oversight board ordered the United Mine Workers of America to pay more than $13 million in compensation to an Alabama coal company where members have been on strike for more than a year, a ruling the union said Wednesday it would challenge.
The National Labor Relations Board said Warrior Met Coal Mining was due some $13.3 million for costs including increased security, damage repair and lost revenues from unmined coal, and individuals were due almost $30,000, mostly for damage to vehicles. Both amounts included interest.
The union, with roughly 1,100 members who went on strike against the Alabama-based company on April 1, 2021, called the NLRB assessment an “outrageous” decision that it planned to fight.
“Is it now the policy of the federal government that unions be required to pay a company’s losses as a consequence of their members exercising their rights as working people? This is outrageous and effectively negates workers’ right to strike. It cannot stand,” international union president Cecil E. Roberts said in a statement.
A company representative did not immediately return an email seeking comment. The NLRB issued the order on July 22.
Both the union and Warrior Met have blamed each other for the prolonged strike, which centers on the company’s mining operations southwest of Birmingham. The two sides have talked as recently as last week, a union spokesman said.
The union is striking at Warrior Met’s No. 4 and No. 7 mines, a preparation plant and a central shop, all in Tuscaloosa County. The union and Warrior Met reached an agreement to end the walkout a few days after it began, but members rebuffed the settlement.
United Mine Workers has said union members gave up money to bring the company out of the Walter Energy bankruptcy six years ago, and workers have sought improved health benefits. Warrior Met contends it offered workers a competitive package that would protect jobs and the company’s future.
In May, Warrior Met reported net income of $146.2 million in the first quarter compared with a loss of $21.4 million for the same period last year. The company said the strike cost it $6.7 million for the quarter because of security and other expenses, and having the mines idle cost $3 million.
Warrior Met said it produced 1.5 million short tons of coal in the first quarter compared with 2.2 million short tons in the first quarter last year. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/nlrb-orders-mine-workers-union-to-pay-alabama-coal-company-over-13m/ | 2022-08-03T21:34:22 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/nlrb-orders-mine-workers-union-to-pay-alabama-coal-company-over-13m/ |
Woman, 57, accused of starting fires in Tehama County over past two years
Authorities say a woman started a series of fires in Tehama County over the course of two years.
Tina Farnsworth, 57, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of starting two separate structure fires at the northbound Interstate 5 rest area in Corning and wildland fires in the Cottonwood area, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.
Investigators said the fires at the freeway rest stop happened on March 16, 2022, and May 6, 2022.
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The wildland fires in Cottonwood happened in June and July 2020, investigators said. A Cal Fire news release did not say where the fires occurred in Cottonwood and how many Farnsworth allegedly started.
Farnsworth was booked into the Tehama County Jail in lieu of $330,000 bail, Cal Fire said.
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Police in New Jersey are searching for a white semi-truck after it was reported that a bloodied woman was allegedly seen yelling from the big rig's cabin Wednesday.
According to South Brunswick Police, a woman was seen yelling for help and bleeding from the cab of the truck at around 2 p.m.
The tractor trailer cab was last seen on Route 130 headed towards Ridge Road, police say.
According to authorities, the suspect is described as an older white male, bald and with a white beard.
The woman seen bloodied and screaming is described by police as white or Hispanic with long brown hair and in her 20s.
Anyone with information is asked to call South Brunswick Police 732-329-4646. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cops-in-nj-search-for-big-rig-after-bloodied-woman-allegedly-seen-yelling-for-help-inside/3808653/ | 2022-08-03T21:37:53 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cops-in-nj-search-for-big-rig-after-bloodied-woman-allegedly-seen-yelling-for-help-inside/3808653/ |
GRETNA, Va. – A Pittsylvania County man has been arrested on drug and firearm charges.
The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said that Joseph Childress was arrested after their Special Investigative Division conducted a narcotics search warrant at his home on Monday.
Authorities said that investigators found methamphetamines, money, and a firearm at the residence.
Childress is being held in Pittsylvania County Jail without bond on the following charges, according to the Sheriff’s Office:
- Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon,
- Possession of methamphetamines with intent to distribute,
- Possession of a firearm while in possession of methamphetamines with intent to distribute. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/03/pittsylvania-county-man-arrested-on-drug-firearm-charges/ | 2022-08-03T21:42:12 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/03/pittsylvania-county-man-arrested-on-drug-firearm-charges/ |
HURT, Va. – Town of Hurt officials are looking for information regarding pamphlets that were found in the town on Wednesday.
Mike Jones, Deputy Town Manager for Public Safety for the Town of Hurt said they have received several complaints about propaganda reported around the area.
The pamphlets contain racist propaganda and urge people to pray for white Americans.
Jones said the town is not certain of who is dropping the propaganda, but the pamphlets are reported to be from the White Knights Group.
According to town officials, there have also been reports of the pamphlets in Pittsylvania County.
Anyone with information, pictures, or videos of anyone involved is asked to come forward and contact Jones at 434-608-0554, and ask for him or Jason Lovelace, the Chief of Police. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/03/town-of-hurt-officials-ask-for-community-help-iding-those-behind-propaganda-pamphlets/ | 2022-08-03T21:42:18 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/03/town-of-hurt-officials-ask-for-community-help-iding-those-behind-propaganda-pamphlets/ |
Little Traverse Historical Museum announces annual corn roast
PETOSKEY — The Little Traverse Historical Museum is hosting its annual corn roast cookout from 5–9 p.m. on Aug. 19, located in tents outside of the museum.
The corn roast cookout helps support the museum, as all proceeds will go to the Little Traverse Historical Society. The event’s premier sponsor is Real Estate One, who will be helping serve along with museum volunteers.
The menu includes brats and hotdogs, roasted corn, tomato salad, coleslaw, watermelon, potato salad, brownies, and pop and water. Beer and wine are also available to purchase. Adult tickets cost $20, children 12 and under are $8. All tickets include museum access.
You can find ticket sales as well as more information at www.petoskeymuseum.org. Tickets are also available for purchase at the museum desk or from any LTHS board member.
The Little Traverse Historical Museum’s usual hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tickets are free for children and members, and $3 for non-members. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/03/little-traverse-historical-museum-announces-annual-corn-roast/10199877002/ | 2022-08-03T21:43:10 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/03/little-traverse-historical-museum-announces-annual-corn-roast/10199877002/ |
BALTIMORE — Maryland is getting nearly $23 million in federal money for a new training program for the offshore wind industry, the U.S. Commerce Department announced Wednesday.
Gov. Larry Hogan joined federal officials at Tradepoint Atlantic to announce the $22.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the state’s labor department.
Maryland’s project is one of 32 chosen nationwide out of more than 500 applicants.
“This funding will ensure that Maryland employers and jobseekers stand ready to meet the demands of the flourishing offshore wind industry, which is expected to create more than 10,000 jobs in the State of Maryland and yield an economic impact of nearly $3 billion over the next 20 years in the Baltimore area and Central Maryland alone,” Hogan said. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-gets-229-million-grant-for-offshore-wind-training/2022/08/03/7a1f5fb8-136f-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html | 2022-08-03T21:43:17 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-gets-229-million-grant-for-offshore-wind-training/2022/08/03/7a1f5fb8-136f-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html |
A developer is proposing a new project for a site planned in 2015 for a Wayne Township apartment complex that never came about.
Walnut Hills Flats has been proposed for 38 acres in the 2000 block of Getz Road west of Meadows Road. The complex would have 328 apartments in 12 three-story buildings.
The front part of the site was zoned for multifamily use in 2015 in conjunction with a plan for apartments, but that plan expired without anything being built.
A report from the Department of Planning Services staff says there were complications relating to drainage. The site is bisected north to south by the Flaugh Maria drain, and contains floodplain and wetlands.
The new proposal, from Walnut Hills Development LLC, Fort Wayne, requests waivers of development standards for buildings to stand 46 feet tall instead of the allowed 40 feet.
Developers also want to reduce the setback from the property's perimeter from 40 feet to 25 feet at one point.
A site plan shows buildings generally around the edges of the property and avoiding the drain in the middle. The westernmost 13 acres are left undeveloped.
The developer has provided 491 parking spaces, although only 334 are required.
A plan from a different applicant, CRG Residential, Carmel, was to have had its public hearing in July, but the date was delayed to this month. The application provides no explanation of the changes.
The hearing before the Fort Wayne Plan Commission is now scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday in Room 35 of Citizens Square. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/apartment-complex-sought-for-getz-road-site/article_19f648a6-135e-11ed-938c-0b60e37d2d15.html | 2022-08-03T21:47:19 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/apartment-complex-sought-for-getz-road-site/article_19f648a6-135e-11ed-938c-0b60e37d2d15.html |
Republican leaders in both houses of the Indiana legislature are continuing to negotiate over inflation relief and funding for families.
The Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee voted Wednesday to replace the language in the House’s proposal, House Bill 1001, with the contents of their preferred policies: Senate Bills 2 and 3.
That move came a day after the House Ways and Means Committee executed the inverse maneuver, replacing SB 2’s language with that of HB 1001. SB 3 did not receive a hearing in the House.
Sen. Travis Holdman, who chairs the Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee and authored SB 2 and SB 3, said he talked Tuesday with his counterpart on the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Tim Brown, R-Crawfordsville. He said there was no ill will intended by the wholesale amendments in either committee and called them procedural moves.
“We understood it was not nefarious or mischievous in any way,” Holdman, R-Markle, said Wednesday. “We were just doing what we needed to do to keep things alive and keep it moving.”
The House will hear now-amended SB 2 Thursday on second reading, where Holdman expects to see “a whole boatload” of amendments. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/state-republicans-negotiate-inflation-relief/article_92293280-136c-11ed-bacd-a74e9738fd26.html | 2022-08-03T21:47:25 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/state-republicans-negotiate-inflation-relief/article_92293280-136c-11ed-bacd-a74e9738fd26.html |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Editor's Note: The above video is from January 2022.
The Des Moines School Board voted unanimously to increase rates for substitute teachers and associates ahead of the 2022-2023 school year on Tuesday.
The starting daily rate for a long term substitute teacher is now $165, up $15 from fiscal year 2022. After 10 days in the same assignment, the daily rate increases to $180.
The daily rate for a long-term substitute associate will increase $10 at Ruby Van Meter Elementary School, and $15 at all other schools. After 10 days in the same assignment, the daily rate increases to $130, up from $105 previously.
The move comes as the district has recently struggled to recruit and retain teachers. As of August 3, the district is working to fill 95 positions across 60 schools.
Other recent efforts to improve recruit and retain teachers include offering a $50,000 bonus to teachers who were planning to retire but are willing to stay on an extra year, as well as a recent job fair. Additionally, in June, the district began offering benefits to part-time bus drivers.
Des Moines Public Schools currently employs 2,771 teachers, according to a spokesperson for the district. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/des-moines-public-schools-substitute-teacher-pay-increase/524-80a2ae85-bb8b-470b-be85-22f3eaf63299 | 2022-08-03T21:47:32 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/des-moines-public-schools-substitute-teacher-pay-increase/524-80a2ae85-bb8b-470b-be85-22f3eaf63299 |
A woman who admitted beating her 9-year-old stepson to death in December wants to take back her guilty plea.
Alesha Miller, 30, wrote a letter last week to Allen Superior Judge Fran Gull asking to withdraw her April 21 guilty plea to aggravated battery and two counts of neglect of a dependent.
Miller is accused of beating Elijah Thomas Ross to death in December. She is expected to be sentenced in December to 30 years in prison.
Gull will decide whether to allow Miller to take back her plea of guilty.
"This is the first time in months I've been able to think about what has happened," Miller said in her letter filed with the court July 26.
Miller and Elijah's mother, Jenna M. Miller, 37, brought the boy to Lutheran Downtown Hospital about 1:17 a.m. Dec. 18. Medical staffers applied lifesaving measures but pronounced the child dead at 2:09 a.m.
Fort Wayne Police Detective Aaron Johnson said in a probable cause affidavit that he saw multiple bruises on the boy's face, the back of his arms, his shoulders, his lower back and his buttocks. Other visible injuries included abrasions and swelling on his shoulders.
Dr. E. Jon Brandenberger, the county coroner, ruled the death a homicide and determined that Elijah died of multiple blunt-force injuries. Those included a subdural hematoma, a traumatic brain injury caused by a buildup of blood.
The women, who were married, originally told police they were at a company Christmas party when one of their children called about a fistfight between Elijah and an older brother.
Jenna Miller, 37, still faces four felonies related to the death and is scheduled for a Nov. 29 trial. She's charged with two felony counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in death and two felony counts of neglect of a dependent.
If convicted, she faces a potential sentence of 15 to 30 years on each of the first two felonies and six months to 18 months on each of the other two. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/stepmom-wants-to-take-back-guilty-plea-in-boys-fatal-beating/article_fe56eba2-1360-11ed-b57b-837e6aee953a.html | 2022-08-03T21:47:32 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/stepmom-wants-to-take-back-guilty-plea-in-boys-fatal-beating/article_fe56eba2-1360-11ed-b57b-837e6aee953a.html |
OTTUMWA, Iowa — An Ottumwa man died and a passenger in his car is in the hospital after colliding with a house Wednesday morning, according to an Ottumwa Police Department press release.
Police say 44-year-old Jason Tobeck was driving at a high rate of speed on East Williams Street a little before 10 a.m. Wednesday. Tobeck then lost control and collided with a house at 601 East Williams St.
He was pronounced dead on the scene. The passenger, identified as 21-year-old Brianna McConnell, was transported to an area hospital. She is in stable condition.
Police have not specified if anyone was inside the residence at the time of the accident.
"Due to the serious nature of this accident, the Iowa State Patrol was requested to conduct a Technical Accident Investigation into this incident," the release concludes. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/fatal-ottumwa-crash-vehicle-runs-into-house-one-dead-one-injured/524-ccd69ef2-3cc0-4ebb-88bb-ff7b48f093f8 | 2022-08-03T21:47:38 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/fatal-ottumwa-crash-vehicle-runs-into-house-one-dead-one-injured/524-ccd69ef2-3cc0-4ebb-88bb-ff7b48f093f8 |
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. for a 12-county area of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, including Allen County.
The other northeast Indiana counties in the watch area are DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash and Whitley counties. The northwest Ohio counties in the watch area are Defiance, Paulding and Williams. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/storm-watch-allen-11-other-northeast-indiana-northwest-ohio-counties/article_edf740cc-135b-11ed-a5f4-f3c886b1795d.html | 2022-08-03T21:47:38 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/storm-watch-allen-11-other-northeast-indiana-northwest-ohio-counties/article_edf740cc-135b-11ed-a5f4-f3c886b1795d.html |
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln won't require students, faculty and staff to test negative for the coronavirus before they return to campus for the 2022-23 school year.
Nor will the state's largest university campus require masking when the semester starts Aug. 22.
UNL will largely continue the voluntary testing protocol that was in place at the end of last school year and through the summer, the university announced Wednesday.
Students, faculty and staff at UNL will continue to have access to free saliva-based PCR testing Sunday through Friday outside the Nebraska Union as well as the East Union.
Individuals needing to test can walk up to one of the testing locations on either campus, show their NCard, and submit a saliva sample.
The results will be available a day later online at UNL's COVID-19 testing portal. Users will be required to sign up for two-factor authentication in order to use the portal.
Or, members of the campus community can receive a push notification that their results are ready through the Nebraska app, which is currently used by most students.
The change in testing protocol also means UNL will allow students to delete the Safer Community app from their phones.
The app, which went into use in January 2021, was used to schedule COVID-19 tests and send results, and also had a feature allowing students to opt-in to receive alerts if they were potentially exposed to someone who had recently tested positive.
UNL discontinued using most of the features on the app last November.
While UNL has not required students, faculty or staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the university is once again encouraging those who will be on campus to get a shot.
Deb Fiddelke, UNL's chief communications officer, said the vaccine registry will continue to be available to individuals to submit details on the date and type of vaccine they received.
In partnership with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, UNL will use the vaccine registry to determine potential exposure rates if a COVID-19 hot spot shows up on campus.
But, nearly two and a half years after the pandemic forced campuses to close, Fiddelke noted UNL and other colleges and universities across the country have become more consistent in their plans for managing COVID-19.
"People have a good sense of what to do to keep themselves safe," she said.
On its COVID-19 dashboard, UNL recorded 38 positive cases out of 314 tests for the week of July 30. The positivity rate is 12.1%, down from 17.4% a week earlier.
Fifth grader Sage Stanley was struck in a crosswalk in front of Saratoga Elementary School when a car ran a red light. The crash has prompted officials to make changes to the school zone.
Superintendent Paul Gausman on Friday unveiled the district's return-to-school plan, which spells out its pandemic procedures for the upcoming school year.
While work obviously remains, officials are clear on this point: Students will be walking the halls of Lincoln Northwest next month. What they'll find is a building defined by collaborative, open-concept spaces.
Some districts — like Weeping Water and Tri County — employ individual lockable pouches. At Lincoln Southwest, students this fall will have to place their phones in a designated area before class begins.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program allows qualifying borrowers to apply to have their debt canceled if they have routinely made payments while doing public interest work.
It’s time for Nebraska schools to “restore normal,” but that doesn’t mean returning to the old ways of doing things, Commissioner of Education Matt Blomstedt told education leaders. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/unl-to-offer-voluntary-free-covid-testing-for-fall-semester/article_d835f420-f431-5b0b-80ba-6df6860404ba.html | 2022-08-03T21:49:36 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/unl-to-offer-voluntary-free-covid-testing-for-fall-semester/article_d835f420-f431-5b0b-80ba-6df6860404ba.html |
YORK, Pa. — Some people in York County are signing a petition to move the York Fair back to its original September date.
The petition was created just a few days after the attendance numbers for the 2022 York State Fair were released. This year's fair saw a 34% decrease compared to last year's attendance, when the fair was held over its traditional dates in September.
The online petition currently has a little over 4,000 signatures. Many people cite that the July heat kept them away from the fair this year.
The petition also lists that the fair is supposed to be for fall farmers to display their crops and that the fair sees higher attendance numbers in September.
Fair leadership is aware of the petition, but doesn't plan on making any changes right now.
"They will be discussing all the negative and positive comments from this year," said Montgomery Stambaugh, the communications director with the York State Fair. "The negative comments were on the louder end, but we did have a lot of positive comments, so we see that as a good thing."
Stambaugh says many vendors have already announced plans to return next year. The 2023 York State Fair is still set to open on July 21. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/petition-changeorg-york-fair-september-july-heat/521-a1b3dde9-34d0-4c42-88d5-7fb0ba5b5125 | 2022-08-03T21:52:59 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/petition-changeorg-york-fair-september-july-heat/521-a1b3dde9-34d0-4c42-88d5-7fb0ba5b5125 |
MAYS LANDING — The John Brooks Recovery Center has received a $1 million grant from the state to purchase a mobile outreach vehicle.
The grant from the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services is being funded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s State Opioid Response to Grants program awarded to the state in 2020, as well as federal funding from the Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention block grant, according to a news release from the center.
The Brooks Center will use the funds to purchase a vehicle that will travel to locations of high need in Atlantic County and prescribe medication to people with substance use disorder and co-occurring mental illness, according to the center.
“This will enable us to target a specific population of individuals that do not have the means available to visit a brick-and-mortar treatment facility,” said Michael Santillo, CEO of the Brooks Center.
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The grant includes start-up funds in the amount of $300,000 for the Brooks Center to purchase the vehicle. When the initiative ends June 30, 2023, the vehicle will become the property of DMHAS, and the Brooks Center will have the option to continue operating the vehicle by renting it through the division for a nominal cost, according to the center.
“This initiative is designed to increase the community’s access to medications for substance use disorder and reduce opioid overdoses,” said Santillo. “The vehicle will be positioned in hotspots throughout Atlantic County where individuals are experiencing SUD/OUD, high rates of overdose and infectious disease and/or homelessness.”
The vehicle will offer medications such as buprenorphine, naloxone, naltrexone, methadone or acamprosate, as well as case management and recovery support services, according to the center. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/brooks-center-gets-1-million-for-outreach-vehicle/article_22e01b2c-1368-11ed-b934-97c5f0e8027b.html | 2022-08-03T21:55:02 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/brooks-center-gets-1-million-for-outreach-vehicle/article_22e01b2c-1368-11ed-b934-97c5f0e8027b.html |
LINWOOD — As long as there is no indoor smoking in casinos, and no casino worker is exposed to secondhand smoke, groups pushing to close the casino smoking loophole will help provide alternatives for smoking customers, representatives said Wednesday during a news conference.
Held at the headquarters of the United Auto Workers at the Cornerstone Building on New Road, participants said they would support outdoor smoking areas, and perhaps outdoor gaming areas with smoking, as long as there is substantial ventilation and no workers have to interact with smokers.
“The solution is an outdoor smoking area,” said Pete Naccarelli, co-leader of Casino Employees Against Smoking’s Effects and a casino dealer. “It's not acceptable to me to blow smoke in my face. Indoors or outdoors, that's unhealthy."
Two pieces of legislation (S264/A2151) would ban indoor smoking in casinos and simulcasting facilities, bringing the law into line with the law banning indoor smoking in all other public facilities.
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“When Maryland opened (casinos) from the beginning they were smoke free,” said Chris Moyer with Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. “Initially they had outdoor areas where people could smoke and gamble, but they have since become hardly distinguishable from indoor spaces.”
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Casinos have built walls around them and roofs over them, and left only small window openings, Moyer said.
“The way the bill was written it allowed them to create outdoor areas that are not truly outdoors," Moyer said, making a mockery of the law. “That would not be an acceptable situation here.”
Current law allows casinos to allow smoking in 25% of their gaming space, but the air is shared with non-smoking areas, said the American Heart Association’s Corinne Orlando.
“It’s been proposed to have indoor rooms, even if enclosed (for smokers only),” Orlando said. “That’s not something we think is a solution. The doors would open and close, and workers would have to work in rooms.”
Naccarelli said he cannot escape players' secondhand smoke now, which is often blown into his face as he works.
"What about dealers who are pregnant, people who got over cancer, have lung issues or asthma? I don’t have those problems yet, but I probably will from secondhand smoke," Naccarelli said.
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The Casino Association of New Jersey has strongly opposed the bills, saying banning smoking would harm the industry and cost jobs.
A majority of South Jersey legislators, including the entire Atlantic City delegation, supports the bills.
A new study released in June by Las Vegas-based C3 Gaming earlier this year found that banning smoking no longer results in a loss of customers for casinos.
A Stockton University poll released in April found 62% of respondents support eliminating indoor smoking in casinos.
Casinos were closed for three months in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and when they reopened in the summer of 2020, the state did not allow indoor smoking because the pandemic was in full swing.
But more than a year ago, the state allowed indoor smoking to resume.
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"That's when our movement started," Naccarelli said.
Robert Zlotnick of Pleasantville's Atlantic Prevention Resources said it started with a group of 10 to 20 casino workers and has grown to more than 2,000 such workers.
"For the UAW, the biggest issue in health and safety is smoking on the casino floor," said the UAW's Patrick Ashton.
The UAW represents dealers in several Atlantic City casinos.
"Casinos always mention it's bad for business and jobs (to ban smoking)," Ashton said. "When internet gaming came in, they never said it's going to affect business and jobs."
There is such a shortage of workers, the idea that jobs will be lost is ridiculous, Ashton said.
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"The labor shortage is severe," Ashton said. "To say (eliminating smoking) will affect employment in casinos is factually not true."
Casino executives are refusing to voluntarily end indoor smoking, Naccarelli said, in part because a lot of them are stuck in the past.
"They have been in the business 40 years. This isn't 1985 anymore," Naccarelli said. "We are seeing reports now that casinos that have gone nonsmoking have done better," such as Philadelphia-area casinos.
Allowing smoking can also enable problem gambling, Moyer said.
"One of the core tenants of responsible gaming is taking breaks," Moyer said. "If you are not forced to step outside to smoke, you are not forced to take a break. So casinos are getting more money. The big question we should be asking is, 'Why is that OK?'"
"Casino players would swim through a moat of alligators to get back to that table," Naccarelli said. "They're coming back. It’s a ridiculous argument." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/casinos/outdoor-smoking-only-acceptable-option-say-advocates-for-closing-casino-loophole/article_50a0842e-135f-11ed-9ea8-7bd70778a885.html | 2022-08-03T21:55:08 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/casinos/outdoor-smoking-only-acceptable-option-say-advocates-for-closing-casino-loophole/article_50a0842e-135f-11ed-9ea8-7bd70778a885.html |
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The Rowan University football team is scheduled to host an open practice Aug. 14 at Maxwell Field in Wildwood.
There is no admission for the event featuring the Glassboro, Gloucester County, Division-III team, which will begin at 10 a.m. and end around noon.
Fans, family, friends and alumni are invited to come out to support the Profs, who start their season Sept. 3 at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania. Rowan will begin its preseason Aug. 10.
The 2021 Profs included Malachi Winters, John Scibilia, Kevin Vandever and Ryan Barts (Hammonton High School), Eddie Jamison (Millville), Ifreke Andy (Absegami), Larry Mensah (Oakcrest), Mike Mascioli (St. Joseph), Javen Cuff (Cumberland Regional), Tony Thompson (Buena Regional), Jeff DeJean (Egg Harbor Township), Luke Salvo (Middle Township) and Will Drain (Ocean City).
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Rowan's website did not have the 2022 roster listed. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/rowan-football-team-to-practice-in-wildwood/article_9221d122-1351-11ed-8713-03fac647a74d.html | 2022-08-03T21:55:22 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/rowan-football-team-to-practice-in-wildwood/article_9221d122-1351-11ed-8713-03fac647a74d.html |
ARKANSAS, USA — On Wednesday afternoon, the state Board of Election Commissioners denied the certification for the recreational marijuana ballot title proposal.
The proposal was denied due to concerns that Responsible Growth Arkansas did not have sufficient background checks for dispensary owners or limits on THC.
Despite Arkansans having exceeded the number of signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot, the proposal that would have allowed people 21 and older to have up to an ounce of cannabis was denied.
The group behind the measure can still fight to be on the ballot by filing a lawsuit which would be heard by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The denial comes a day after the Arkansas Secretary of State's office gave a notification of sufficiency for the signatures.
Over 192,000 signatures were submitted in early July for the proposal, which exceeded the 89,151 signatures needed.
A total number of verified signatures has not been provided yet. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-recreational-marijuana-ballot-denied/91-43dea345-1cf1-4d34-bf0d-7ae784bfb230 | 2022-08-03T21:56:40 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-recreational-marijuana-ballot-denied/91-43dea345-1cf1-4d34-bf0d-7ae784bfb230 |
Purdue University and BraunAbility won the U.S. Department of Transportation's Inclusive Design Challenge, which awarded $5 million to designs that would provide equal access to automated vehicles.
BraunAbility, which makes wheelchair-accessible vans and wheelchair lifts at its manufacturing plant in Winamac, and Purdue won the first place prize of $1 million for their EASI RIDER, or Efficient, Accessible and Safe Interaction in a Real Integrated Design Environment for Riders with disabilities.
“Automated vehicles have the revolutionary potential to help seniors and people with disabilities get around more easily — but we must ensure that accessibility is part of the conversation from the very beginning,” U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said. “That’s why DOT started the Inclusive Design Challenge, and we’re thrilled to award these inaugural winners funding to help advance their innovative ideas and improve transportation for people with disabilities.”
The challenge initially evaluated written proposals of concepts for making autonomous vehicles more accessible to people with a variety of disabilities. Once semifinalists were picked, they submitted prototypes. Ten semifinalists each got $300,000 in federal funding.
Purdue and BraunAbility developed an automated vehicle with an in-floor ramp design, an automated wheelchair docking system and an automatically deploying smart ramp. It includes an onboard user interface to accommodate people with various physical and sensory disabilities.
Universal design features on the EASI RIDER help users locate, board and exit the vehicle, as well as secure themselves and any mobility aids they use. They also can interact with the vehicle through a touch screen and voice control.
AbleLink Smart Living Technologies won the second prize of $700,000 for a mobile application that leads people with cognitive disabilities and special needs travel independently to predetermined destinations. The University of Maine won the $300,000 third place prize for its Automated Vehicle Assistant or AVA smartphone app that helps people with visual impairments plan trips, board vehicles and travel to pickup locations.
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Bombers BBQ is now serving up its beloved brisket and other slow-cooked meats in Crown Point.
The acclaimed military aviation-themed barbecue joint has built up a fervent following at its original location at 435 Ridge Road in Munster. It reached a deal with Darin Jacobs, who owns Rosati's pizzerias in Munster, St. John and Valparaiso, to open franchises.
Jacobs, a longtime bombers customer, on Monday opened the first Bombers BBQ franchise at 35 W. 112th Ave. next to Cold Stone Creamery and Three Monkeys Pub in Crown Point. He's eyeing future locations in St. John and Valparaiso.
"It's definitely the barbecue smoking shows on the Food Channel," he said. "We carry more than most. We sell smoked turkey that's the most tender turkey you've ever had. Our best customers are those who smoke or barbecue themselves because they know what they're looking for. They come in, ask how we prepare our food, understand it makes sense and keep coming back."
Jacobs hopes to open more franchises after establishing the Crown Point location.
"We're thinking of Valparaiso and St. John once we feel comfortable we've replicated it in Crown Point," he said. "This is the freshest, best-tasting barbecue around."
"Everything is fresh, smoked that day," he said. "Not to disparage other barbecue restaurants, but if they say they close at 9 p.m. and then close at 9 p.m. the meat's not all fresh."
The new Bombers BBQ in Crown Point seats 80 people in a former furniture store and another 24 on an outdoor patio. It has a liquor license that lets it serve 12 types of beer, half craft and half domestic.
The 5,000-square-foot restaurant is decorated with the same military aviation theme, inspired by how founder Chris Cole's relatives served as pilots in World War II and Vietnam.
"We've had a lot of military people come in and say they appreciate it. They like to take it all in," Jacobs said. "Some people don't know where the name comes from or think it's because the food is the bomb, but it's because both Chris Cole's relatives were bomber pilots."
Bombers BBQ in Crown Point has the same menu as the original Munster restaurant, adding banana pudding. It smokes its meat fresh every day, selling it until it runs out and closing early if sold out.
"We smoke meat daily and stay open until we sell out," he said. "If we still have some left we donate it or let employees take it home. But we're pretty good at estimating how much we'll need based on the previous day's sales."
Spirit Halloween will return to 1525 U.S. 41 in Schererville this Halloween season. Long located every fall at the former Ashley Furniture big-box in Schererville, it moved across the street last year to the Crossroads of America shopping center anchored by Strack and Van Til.
Though it's still beach season when many have little more than beer and sunshine on their mind, to paraphrase the artist who just played Hammond's Festival of the Lakes, the Halloween retailer already posted "coming soon" and "now hiring" signage at the location.
The seasonal pop-up is known for occupying vacant commercial real estate for a couple of months, selling a wide array of Halloween costumes like Jason Vorhees hockey jerseys, as well as Halloween decorations like the styrofoam headstones you can plant to make your front lawn look like a cemetery.
The local chain of barbecue joints in Munster, Crown Point and Griffith is coming to Merrillville, near the busy intersection of U.S. 30 and Interstate 65.
It's taking over the former Fresh to Order space at 540 81st Ave., where it will share a strip mall with Planet Fitness and Catch Table and Tap.
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill is coming soon to Crown Point.
The restaurant at 146 E. 109th Ave. is now hiring for a variety of positions, offering sign-on bonuses. It offers Greek favorites like grilled lamb, tzatziki, village salads, rice and pita bread. The menu includes many handhelds such as gyros, wraps and Greek burgers.
For more information, call 219-274-7335, email greatgreeknwi@gmail.com or find the business on Facebook.
True BBQ has opened its long-awaited third location in downtown Griffith, where it's bringing smoked meats and another late-night spot for drinks.
The modern barbecue restaurant took over the former Twincade space at 106 N. Broad St. at the corner of Broad and Main streets in downtown Griffith.
True BBQ first opened in Munster in 2014 and recently opened a second location in downtown Crown Point.
It's owned by Progressive Dining Group, which also owns Bullpen Luxury Bar & Grill, Gino's Steakhouse and The Links in Schererville.
The True BBQ in Griffith has the same menu, which includes baby back ribs, St. Louis-style ribs and smoked rib tips. It offers full slabs of ribs for $16 on Mondays. Other barbecued meats include turkey, andouille sausage, pork belly, pork shoulder, brisket, corned beef and chicken.
The menu also features steaks, pasta salads and appetizers. A full bar serves up craft beers, artisan cocktails and a wide selection of whiskeys.
Catering toward dinner and drinks in Griffith, True BBQ is open from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m. Friday and Saturday and from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. It's closed on Tuesdays.
Port of Peri Peri's ship has sailed in Schererville.
Signs posted outside the Portuguese peri peri chicken restaurant in Shops on Main on U.S. 41 have said it was temporarily closed "for improvements" for some time.
But now the Port of Peri Peri sign on the building facade has come down. And Shops on Main owner Regency Center is listing the 2,388-square-foot restaurant space as available for lease.
Sports Clips left its longtime spot in the Crossroads of America shopping center anchored by Strack and Van Til and Walmart and moved a few miles north in Schererville.
The sports-themed hair care chain, in which customers can watch sports on television getting their hair cut, moved to 336 Indianapolis Blvd. in a newer strip mall by McAlister's Deli and Buona Beef.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Bombers BBQ, True BBQ and Great Greek Mediterranean Grill opening; Port of Peri Peri closed
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Bombers BBQ, True BBQ and Great Greek Mediterranean Grill opening; Port of Peri Peri closed
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Bombers BBQ is now serving up its beloved brisket and other slow-cooked meats in Crown Point.
The acclaimed military aviation-themed barbecue joint has built up a fervent following at its original location at 435 Ridge Road in Munster. It reached a deal with Darin Jacobs, who owns Rosati's pizzerias in Munster, St. John and Valparaiso, to open franchises.
Jacobs, a longtime bombers customer, on Monday opened the first Bombers BBQ franchise at 35 W. 112th Ave. next to Cold Stone Creamery and Three Monkeys Pub in Crown Point. He's eyeing future locations in St. John and Valparaiso.
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Brisket the top seller
It has three smokers on site, two for the restaurant traffic and one for catering. It will cater to as few as 50 people and as many as 500.
Top sellers include brisket, pulled pork sandwiches, mac and cheese and jalapeno cornbread.
"The brisket is by far the No. 1 seller," he said. "It's the recipe and because we made everything fresh."
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Drive-through for online orders
It has a drive-thru pickup window for online and phone orders.
"It's a trend," Jacobs said. "The drive-through at Rosati's is 20% of our business and growing. This is perfect for pickup."
Barbecue has taken off in Northwest Indiana in recent years, with many new barbecue joints opening.
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Further expansion planned
"It's definitely the barbecue smoking shows on the Food Channel," he said. "We carry more than most. We sell smoked turkey that's the most tender turkey you've ever had. Our best customers are those who smoke or barbecue themselves because they know what they're looking for. They come in, ask how we prepare our food, understand it makes sense and keep coming back."
Jacobs hopes to open more franchises after establishing the Crown Point location.
"We're thinking of Valparaiso and St. John once we feel comfortable we've replicated it in Crown Point," he said. "This is the freshest, best-tasting barbecue around."
Joseph S. Pete
Meat smoked daily
"Everything is fresh, smoked that day," he said. "Not to disparage other barbecue restaurants, but if they say they close at 9 p.m. and then close at 9 p.m. the meat's not all fresh."
The new Bombers BBQ in Crown Point seats 80 people in a former furniture store and another 24 on an outdoor patio. It has a liquor license that lets it serve 12 types of beer, half craft and half domestic.
The 5,000-square-foot restaurant is decorated with the same military aviation theme, inspired by how founder Chris Cole's relatives served as pilots in World War II and Vietnam.
Joseph S. Pete
Open daily
Bombers BBQ will be open in Crown Point from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
For more information, call 219-613-4444, visit bombersbbq.com or find the business on Facebook.
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Open until sold out
"We've had a lot of military people come in and say they appreciate it. They like to take it all in," Jacobs said. "Some people don't know where the name comes from or think it's because the food is the bomb, but it's because both Chris Cole's relatives were bomber pilots."
Bombers BBQ in Crown Point has the same menu as the original Munster restaurant, adding banana pudding. It smokes its meat fresh every day, selling it until it runs out and closing early if sold out.
"We smoke meat daily and stay open until we sell out," he said. "If we still have some left we donate it or let employees take it home. But we're pretty good at estimating how much we'll need based on the previous day's sales."
Joseph S. Pete
Coming soon
It's almost the most spooktacular time of year.
Spirit Halloween will return to 1525 U.S. 41 in Schererville this Halloween season. Long located every fall at the former Ashley Furniture big-box in Schererville, it moved across the street last year to the Crossroads of America shopping center anchored by Strack and Van Til.
Though it's still beach season when many have little more than beer and sunshine on their mind, to paraphrase the artist who just played Hammond's Festival of the Lakes, the Halloween retailer already posted "coming soon" and "now hiring" signage at the location.
The seasonal pop-up is known for occupying vacant commercial real estate for a couple of months, selling a wide array of Halloween costumes like Jason Vorhees hockey jerseys, as well as Halloween decorations like the styrofoam headstones you can plant to make your front lawn look like a cemetery.
Joseph S. Pete
Coming soon
True BBQ hasn't stopped growing.
Joseph S. Pete
Coming soon to Merrillville
The local chain of barbecue joints in Munster, Crown Point and Griffith is coming to Merrillville, near the busy intersection of U.S. 30 and Interstate 65.
It's taking over the former Fresh to Order space at 540 81st Ave., where it will share a strip mall with Planet Fitness and Catch Table and Tap.
Joseph S. Pete
Coming soon
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill is coming soon to Crown Point.
The restaurant at 146 E. 109th Ave. is now hiring for a variety of positions, offering sign-on bonuses. It offers Greek favorites like grilled lamb, tzatziki, village salads, rice and pita bread. The menu includes many handhelds such as gyros, wraps and Greek burgers.
For more information, call 219-274-7335, email greatgreeknwi@gmail.com or find the business on Facebook.
Joseph S. Pete
Now open
True BBQ has opened its long-awaited third location in downtown Griffith, where it's bringing smoked meats and another late-night spot for drinks.
The modern barbecue restaurant took over the former Twincade space at 106 N. Broad St. at the corner of Broad and Main streets in downtown Griffith.
True BBQ first opened in Munster in 2014 and recently opened a second location in downtown Crown Point.
It's owned by Progressive Dining Group, which also owns Bullpen Luxury Bar & Grill, Gino's Steakhouse and The Links in Schererville.
The True BBQ in Griffith has the same menu, which includes baby back ribs, St. Louis-style ribs and smoked rib tips. It offers full slabs of ribs for $16 on Mondays. Other barbecued meats include turkey, andouille sausage, pork belly, pork shoulder, brisket, corned beef and chicken.
The menu also features steaks, pasta salads and appetizers. A full bar serves up craft beers, artisan cocktails and a wide selection of whiskeys.
Catering toward dinner and drinks in Griffith, True BBQ is open from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m. Friday and Saturday and from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. It's closed on Tuesdays.
Port of Peri Peri's ship has sailed in Schererville.
Signs posted outside the Portuguese peri peri chicken restaurant in Shops on Main on U.S. 41 have said it was temporarily closed "for improvements" for some time.
But now the Port of Peri Peri sign on the building facade has come down. And Shops on Main owner Regency Center is listing the 2,388-square-foot restaurant space as available for lease.
Joseph S. Pete
Relocated
Sports Clips left its longtime spot in the Crossroads of America shopping center anchored by Strack and Van Til and Walmart and moved a few miles north in Schererville.
The sports-themed hair care chain, in which customers can watch sports on television getting their hair cut, moved to 336 Indianapolis Blvd. in a newer strip mall by McAlister's Deli and Buona Beef.
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Steelworkers will take home bonus checks of upwards of $14,000 for the three-month period that ended on June 30, U.S. Steel Media Relations Manager Amanda Malkowski said.
Customer complaints have mounted as Old National Bank has integrated First Midwest Bank branches. Customers have complained about debit cards being declined, being locked out of their accounts online, being allowed to overdraft their accounts without warning and having to wait for hours on the phone.
The cost of gas has dipped under $4 a gallon at a few Region gas stations, including BP in Dyer, Murphy USA in Valparaiso, Speedway in Wanatah, Family Express in Hobart and Valparaiso and Sam's Club and Costco in Merrillville as of Monday, according to GasBuddy.com.
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Abortion-rights supporters and anti-abortion supporters gather to protest during a special legislative session July 25 at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Besides abortion policies, Hoosier lawmakers are struggling to reach agreements on proposals to reduce taxes and boost spending on maternity and child care programs.
Michelle Pemberton, file, The Indianapolis Star via AP
Indiana's abortion policies aren't the only source of disagreement this week inside the ancient limestone walls of the Statehouse.
What should be another seemingly easy decision for the Republican-controlled House and Senate — returning excess state revenue to Hoosiers — is, like abortion, proving to be considerably more difficult as lawmakers struggle to reach consensus on specific details of the legislation.
State Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, insisted negotiations between leaders in each chamber are ongoing, and he's optimistic an agreement soon will be reached to return a portion of Indiana's record $6.1 billion in budget reserves to Hoosiers and to boost spending on programs aiding pregnant women and children in connection with anticipated passage of a near-total abortion ban in Senate Bill 1.
In the meantime, the Holdman-led Senate Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy voted Wednesday to delete from House Bill 1001 the tax rebate and spending provisions approved last week by the House, and replace them with the tax and spending plans from Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 3.
"There is no nefarious motive on our part to do anything but to keep the legislation moving forward," Holdman said.
The House Ways and Committee took similar action Tuesday when it stripped nearly all the contents of Senate Bill 2 and inserted the original text of House Bill 1001.
These kinds of negotiating tactics play out between the House and Senate every legislative session.
This time it's different, however, because the sole reason Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb gave for convening a rare special session of the General Assembly was to provide inflation relief to Hoosiers as quickly as possible.
It hasn't quite worked out that way.
GOP lawmakers delayed the start of the special session to July 25 from July 6, in part to conduct polling on abortion following the June 24 U.S. Supreme Court ruling repealing Roe v. Wade and authorizing each state to individually permit, restrict or ban women's access to abortion.
Now, even if a tax and spending agreement is soon reached, and the Legislature is required by law to adjourn its special session no later than Aug. 14, Hoosiers likely won't see any benefits from it until late September or October at the earliest — depending on what is enacted and how long it takes to implement.
"The automatic taxpayer refund already is being sent out like molasses in Antarctica. People are barely getting it. Or they're not getting it at all," said state Rep. Greg Porter, D-Indianapolis.
According to Republican State Auditor Tera Klutz, the $125 payments to Hoosiers using excess revenue from the 2021 budget year have been delayed for many taxpayers due to a contractor's inability to obtain enough security paper to print 1.7 million checks.
State Rep. Earl Harris Jr., D-East Chicago, believes he knows a better, and faster, way to help Hoosiers.
Harris tried to insert in Senate Bill 2 Tuesday a temporary suspension of Indiana's 33 cents per gallon gasoline tax and the 7% sales tax on gasoline purchases, currently 29.4 cents per gallon, through Dec. 31, 2022, to provide immediate relief by dropping the price at the pump by 62.4 cents per gallon.
"Even though gas prices have come down, we know that the economics of what's going on, and gas taxes, cause a little bit of stress on peoples' lives," Harris said while noting Hoosier families also will be spending more in coming months on school supplies and the holidays.
Harris' proposal ultimately was voted down by the Republican-led panel. GOP lawmakers said Indiana needs the record-high gas tax revenue to cover record-high road construction costs, and reducing the gas tax also would reward out-of-state motorists who fill up in the Crossroads of America.
As a result, the contours of each chamber's tax relief and spending legislation remain largely unchanged from when they were filed last week.
The House plan, now contained in Senate Bill 2, implements Holcomb's $225 taxpayer rebate, eliminates the 7% state sales tax on child diaper purchases, boosts income tax incentives for families with children and adopted children, and spends $58.5 million to expand coverage for prenatal services, Medicaid birth and delivery costs, child care and contraceptive availability.
Meanwhile, the Senate proposal, now in House Bill 1001, scuttles the $225 checks in favor of taking a penny off the state's gasoline tax, suspending the collection of Indiana's 7% sales tax on residential utility bills through the end of the year, setting aside up to $1 billion for future state construction projects and depositing $400 million in Indiana's pension stabilization fund.
The Senate also is seeking just $45 million in new spending to support programs focused on maternal and infant health, pregnancy prevention and adoption.
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On Friday, the Indiana House voted 93-2 to advance its family and children spending plan to the Senate, while the Senate voted 46-1 to send its proposal for "wraparound services" to the House.
Competing proposals to reduce taxes and increase spending on pregnancy and child care programs may end up being just as divisive as abortion during the special session of the Indiana General Assembly.
The gas prices Hoosiers pay in August will consist of 80.8 cents per gallon in taxes, including the state sales tax on gasoline, the state gasoline tax, and the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gas tax.
At the request of the governor, the General Assembly will meet July 25 to consider returning $1 billion of the surplus to taxpayers in the form of $225 payments to each eligible adult in the state.
"Hoosiers need sustained relief, and suspending Indiana’s record-high gas tax immediately would accomplish that," said state Rep. Mike Andrade, D-Munster.
Gov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday issued an official proclamation directing the General Assembly to convene on July 6 “in order to consider and address the current adverse economic conditions."
The Republican chief executive outlined a plan Thursday for Indiana to pay $225 to all adult Hoosiers in July or August, on top of the $125 automatic taxpayer refund payments already going out.
"We don't want to create a reactionary politics to everything. We want to be thoughtful and think about long-term how we address these things," said House Speaker Todd Huston.
Hoosiers should keep an eye on their bank account or their mailbox in the months ahead as Indiana begins returning a portion of its excess 2021 tax revenue to the people who generated it.
Abortion-rights supporters and anti-abortion supporters gather to protest during a special legislative session July 25 at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Besides abortion policies, Hoosier lawmakers are struggling to reach agreements on proposals to reduce taxes and boost spending on maternity and child care programs.
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HAMMOND — Two semi-trucks collided on Interstate 80/94 at the westbound Kennedy Avenue exit after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Indiana State Police said one driver has been injured but the extent of the injuries is unknown at this point. The right lane of the exit is currently closed.
This is a developing story. Check back at nwi.com for updates.
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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U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana's 2nd district was killed Wednesday in a car accident in Elkhart County.
The 58-year-old South Bend native, a Republican, represented much of LaPorte County as well as all or parts of St. Joseph, Elkhart, Starke, Marshall, Kosciusko, Pulaski, Fulton, Cass, Miami and Wabash counties.
The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said officers were called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash shortly after noon Eastern time. Police said a car traveled left of the center lane and collided head-on with an SUV Walorski was riding in, killing her and the other two occupants of the vehicle, her communications director, Emma Thomson, and St. Joseph County Republican Chairman Zachery Potts, who was Walorski's district director.
A 55-year-old woman driving the other car was also killed in the crash, police said.
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Walorski, a South Bend native, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012. Before that, she served three terms in the Indiana House of Representatives. Elected officials from across the state issued statements mourning her loss, along with that of Thomson and Potts.
“I am deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of my Indiana colleague and Congressional-district neighbor Rep. Jackie Walorski, U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, said. "I am grateful for our all too brief shared time together in the U.S. House of Representatives and appreciate her consistent friendship, example of public service, and openness to conversation. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends during this difficult time, as well as with the loved ones of her staff member Emma Thomson and St. Joseph County Republican Chair Zachery Potts.”
"Janet and I are devastated by the tragic loss of our friend Congresswoman Jackie Walorski and her two staffers — Emma Thomson and Zach Potts — earlier today," Gov. Eric Holcomb said. "Our broken hearts go out to her husband Dean and the entire family during this time of unimaginable mourning. At every level of public service Jackie was known to be a positive force of nature, a patriot and a relentless policy maker with an unwavering loyalty to her constituents. Jackie’s record of achievement is impossible to quantify. She will be remembered as a fighter with a huge heart that always went the extra mile and I’ll treasure the times we walked a few of those together. Every waking moment for her was energetically devoted to improving the lives of all Hoosiers, the epitome of a good and faithful servant. She, and the example she set, will be missed every day forward.”
Holcomb is directing flags in Indiana to be flown at half-staff in honor of Walorski immediately until the date of her burial.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor of South Bend, said he was "shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic death of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and the other victims of this terrible crash. Though we came from very different places politically, she was always prepared to work together where there was common ground, always decent and straightforward, and she cared deeply about her work and her constituents."
"I'm truly devastated," said U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind. "Jackie loved Hoosiers and devoted her life to fighting for them. I'll never forget her spirit, her positive attitude and most importantly, her friendship. All of Indiana mourns her passing, along with the tragic deaths of her staff Emma Thomson and Zach Potts. Please join me in praying for their families in this difficult time.”
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., called Walorski "a tireless advocate for the Hoosiers she represented and a kind friend to everyone she met. She faithfully served her constituents and her Lord and Savior, and I trust she is now wrapped in the arms of Christ. This is a devastating loss, and we grieve for her two staff members — Zach and Emma — who had their whole lives ahead of them. Please join me and Maureen in praying for the families and friends of those lost on this tragic day for Indiana.”
"Jackie and I served together in the Indiana House of Representatives," said Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, "and she was a fighter for her constituents and conservative Hoosier values. My heart goes out to her husband, Dean, and the rest of her family and friends. She will be deeply missed."
"Jackie Walorski was a woman who stood strong in her values, cared for her family, and served Hoosiers well," said Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita. "I have many great memories and stories of our time together in Congress and on the campaign trail. In addition to everything else, she had a great sense of humor. She will be missed. Our sympathies also go out to the families of Zach Potts and Emma Thomson, who died in the same tragic accident. Hoosiers across the state mourn the loss of these public servants."
State Rep. Phil GiaQuinta, the Indiana House Democratic Leader, served with Walorski in the General Assembly.
“My heart goes out to the families of Congresswoman Walorski, Emma Thomson and Zach Potts,” GiaQuinta said. “Working in politics, you develop a tight bond with the people you work with, and the loss of three dedicated Hoosiers is insurmountable. Congresswoman Walorski and I served in the Indiana House of Representatives with the shared values of creating a better state. May the memories of their legacies and work be a blessing to those who loved them and the people they served.”
Ambassador Joe Donnelly, who preceded Walorski in the U.S. House and now serves as ambassador to the Vatican, called it "a terrible tragedy."
"Jill and I offer our heartfelt sympathies and prayers to Dean, Jackie's husband, and to all the families who have suffered such an awful loss," he said.
Walorski and her husband, Dean Swihart, were previously missionaries in Romania, where they established a foundation that provided food and medical supplies to impoverished children. She worked as a television news reporter in South Bend before her turn to politics.
Since Walorski's election to Congress in 2012, the second district has included the city of LaPorte and all or part of 14 townships in central and eastern LaPorte County. Beginning next year, it will contain all of LaPorte County except the western half of the city of LaPorte and the six townships in the northwest corner of the county.
Walorski is just the third sitting member of Congress from Indiana to die in office during the past half-century.
Northwest Indiana U.S. Rep. Adam Benjamin, D-Gary, suffered a fatal heart attack Sept. 7, 1982, in his Washington, D.C. apartment. Benjamin, 42, represented the Region in the U.S. House for six years prior to his death.
U.S. Rep. Julia Carson, D-Indianapolis, succumbed to lung cancer Dec. 15, 2007. She was 69 and had represented Indiana’s 7th District since 1997. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/u-s-rep-jackie-walorski-killed-in-car-crash/article_8234f0cf-1d35-5614-ba22-ba9e6ceb027e.html | 2022-08-03T22:01:00 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/u-s-rep-jackie-walorski-killed-in-car-crash/article_8234f0cf-1d35-5614-ba22-ba9e6ceb027e.html |
NIPSCO is working to restore power to nearly 21,200 residents across Northwest Indiana experiencing power outages as of 3:30 p.m.
NIPSCO said an estimate on when power will be restored cannot be determined at this time but the company is tracking developing weather patterns and has crews prepared to respond to the anticipated weather.
People are recommended to stay away from fallen power lines and report outages, according to NIPSCO's website .
According to the NIPSCO's power outage map 587 Beverly Shores residents with the 46301 postal code are without power. There are 786 Chesterton customers experiencing outages.
Gary has 1,741 residents without power across all postal codes.
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There are 3,409 Hobart residents in the 46342 postal code without power. Outages are also occurring in Merrillville, affecting over 3,540 residents, and Michigan City, affecting 1,614 residents.
As of 4 p.m., Portage has 2,142 outages. The Valparaiso postal code, 46385, has 3,116 outages and the 46383 postal code has 954 customers without power.
Over 1,733 LaPorte residents are also experiencing outages.
NIPSCO will continue to update the power outage map online. If you are experiencing a power outage, NIPSCO asks that residents text "out" to 444111 or visit nipsco.com/outages .
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Gallery: The Times Photos of the Week
Buscia cooking show
The buscias sample their "libation" at the Buscia Cooking Show on Saturday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Buscia cooking show
Buscias Carolyn Kruzynski, Jean Lovasko and Theresa Meyer prepare an alcohol "libation" for their Buscia Cooking Show.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Buscia cooking show
Flanked by Sue Betustak, left, and Jean Lovasko, right, Carolyn Kruzynski demonstrates how to make a proper pierogi during the Buscia Cooking Show on Saturday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
St. Sava's SerbFest
At St. Cava Church's SerbFest, Riste Talev, left, and Miladin Latinovic get a batch of cevaps, Serbian sausages, ready for hungry fest goers at the St. Sava Church's SerbFest in Merrillville.
John J. Watkins, The Times
St. Sava's SerbFest
Leland Clark, 10, of Lake Station, gets a tiger face from face painting artist Ashley Cunningham at the St. Sava Church's SerbFest in Merrillville.
John J. Watkins, The Times
St. Sava's SerbFest
Annette Hose, of Crown Point, buys palacinkes from Jennifer Rudman at the St. Sava Church's SerbFest in Merrillville. Palacinkes are crepes with cheese filling.
John J. Watkins, The Times
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Ahead of Friday's induction ceremony for the newest members of the Gary Sports Hall of Fame, former NBA Champion and Gary-native Dick Barnett, right, speaks to guests at IUN.
Joe Ruffalo, The Times
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Earl H. Smith, Jr. addresses attendees at the Gary Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Indiana University Northwest on Friday evening.
Joe Ruffalo, The Times
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Gary Sports Hall of Fame board member Al Hamnik shares words about late 2022 inductee Hank Stram at Friday night's induction ceremony.
Joe Ruffalo, The Times
Pierogi Fest Parade
Pierogi Fest 2022
John J. Watkins The Times
Pierogi Fest Parade
Pierogi Fest 2022
John J. Watkins The Times
Pierogi Fest Parade
Mr. Pierogi poses for pictures for the last time.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Pierogi Fest Parade
Beatrix Powell, 6, of Munster chases bubbles at the Polka Parade.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Pierogi Fest Parade
Ryan Rodriguez prepares pierogies for Dan's Pierogis at Pierogi Fest.
John J. Watkins, The Times
4-Hers display hoofed critters at fair sale
Easton Egolf, 9, of Morgan Township waits to exhibit his lamb at the Porter County Fair 4-H livestock auction.
John J. Watkins, The Times
4-Hers display hoofed critters at fair sale
Jonah Hasse looks up at the auctioneer as he exhibits his lamb at the Porter County Fair 4-H livestock auction.
John J. Watkins, The Times
4-H livestock auction
Makenzie Duttlinger, 10, of Valparaiso washes her pig "Piggley" before the start of the Porter County Fair 4-H livestock auction.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Veteran tells of leading Marines in Afghanistan
Valparaiso American Legion members salute the U.S. flag during the national anthem Wednesday at the veterans recognition program at the Porter County Fair.
Doug Ross, The Times
Veteran tells of leading Marines in Afghanistan
Wes Barnes, who led a platoon of 40 Marines during his deployment in Afghanistan a decade ago, tells of his experiences there and while training to become a second lieutenant. He later became a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.
Doug Ross, The Times
Frank Calabrese Jr.
Frank Calabrese Jr. speaks to the public at the Karma Cigar Lounge in Merrillville.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Frank Calabrese Jr.
Frank Calabrese Jr. got this Chi-Town tattoo after leaving prison.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Pro-choice rally at Wicker Park
Organizer Katelin Sears leads chants at an abortion rights rally at Wicker Memorial Park.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Pro-choice rally at Wicker Park
Betsy Hunt, of Schererville, carries a banner that she has carried to protests since 1986.
John J. Watkins The Times
Pro-choice rally at Wicker Park
Alexia Hamilton, of Gary, joins in the chants at an abortion rally at Wicker Memorial Park.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Pro-choice rally at Wicker Park
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, speaks to an abortion rights crowd at Wicker Memorial Park on Sunday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — On Wednesday the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance to give renters more time when rent goes up.
"It is becoming incredibly difficult for people to find a place, and then ultimately we end up with families that are potentially homeless for a period of time,” Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners Chair Kimberly Overman said.
The housing crisis in the Bay Area is no secret, skyrocketing rental prices are leaving people across Hillsborough County scrambling.
"My heart breaks when an 81-year-old lady called me and said, 'I've lived in my apartment for 10 years.' Now they raise the rate $400 more," Affordable housing advocate Chloe Coney said. "Where does she go?"
Under the new ordinance, landlords are required to give a 60-day notice if rent increases are higher than 5 percent, a 30-day notice of lease ending for those who make monthly payments and a 60-day notice of lease termination for those who make payments longer than a month. Commissioners also added wording to make sure there weren’t any loopholes with other costs like pet fees or parking.
"When the tenant is notified that OK their rent is going up, it would also be good if they were notified of any other of these fee increases as well," Commissioner Mariella Smith said.
Advocates say it’s a step in the right direction, but it doesn’t solve the bigger problem.
"Every little bit helps," Robin Lockett with Florida Rising said. "So it'll help, it'll help, but there's no availability of housing. That's the biggest thing."
Like many rapidly growing areas, Hillsborough County has become a target for corporate investors.
“More than 10,000 properties, as I understand it, have now been bought by these commercial entities,” Commissioner Pat Kemp said.
As more corporations buy, more families are being priced out of their homes.
"We have allowed all these corporations to come to Florida and the Tampa Bay area," Coney said. "They have bought up the housing stock, they raised the rent. Where do people go that live here?"
The county hopes the new ordinance will take some of the pressure off of renters who are facing high costs and even higher stakes.
“We've got to be brave. We're going to have to make changes because we're in desperate need right now," Coney said. "So it's going to take everything, everything and everybody to work to solve this problem.”
When it comes to renting, Tampa is considered one of the most competitive markets in the country, according to RentCafe, which found that 96 percent of apartments are occupied.
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BRADENTON, Fla. — The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man they say went missing early Wednesday morning.
Elmer Westbrooks, 67, was reportedly last seen at his home early Wednesday morning in the Trade Winds Mobile Home Park off of 14th Street in Bradenton.
According to the agency, Westbrooks suffers from a variety of health conditions and is possibly disoriented.
He was last seen wearing a faded dark blue shirt, black shorts and black shoes.
Anyone with information on where the 67-year-old may be can contact the Manatee County Sheriff's Office at 941-747-3011. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/manatee-deputies-search-missing-67-year-old-man/67-0bdc0913-6f5b-4058-ba79-53ce5958e5a3 | 2022-08-03T22:01:16 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/manatee-deputies-search-missing-67-year-old-man/67-0bdc0913-6f5b-4058-ba79-53ce5958e5a3 |
SARASOTA, Fla. — A video captured by a man at a Sarasota park shows a manatee chasing an alligator.
In the video, Dennis Osha records a manatee keeping an alligator in front of it as both animals swim across the water at Myakka River State Park.
The Everglades Holiday Park posted the video on its Twitter account and the video ends with the manatee continuing to chase the alligator.
Alligator sightings are not rare in Florida, and the state has over a million of them in the state, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Although the reptile seen in the water did not pose a danger to the man recording, the FWC recommends people keep a safe distance if they see an alligator.
Other safety tips the FWC says can help people if they cross paths with an alligator are to never feed an alligator, swim only in designed swimming areas during daylight hours because alligators are most active during dusk and dawn and keep pets on a leash away from the water's edge and never let them swim in fresh or brackish water — even for short periods.
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JESUP — The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a former Jesup man sentenced to life in prison for allegedly repeatedly molesting a teen.
On appeal, Clarence Elton Widner, now 64, argued there wasn’t sufficient evidence to back his conviction for third-degree sexual abuse as a repeat offender.
Authorities said Widner had sexual contact with a 17-year-old boy in 2018 and 2019 against the teen’s will and once while the teen was asleep, according to court records.
Widner was arrested in December 2019 after the teen told school officials and others about the abuse. During the investigation, Widner said he had consensual sexual contact with the teen and denied having sexual contact while the teen was asleep.
Widner waived a jury trial and allowed a judge to render a verdict in a trial based on investigative records and reports.
Punishment in the case was enhanced because Widner had two prior sex crime convictions – for having sexual contact with a 4-year-old girl in 1985 and fondling a 9-year-old girl in 1994 – and he was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years for failing to register as a sex offender in October 2021.
Photos: Missing children in Iowa
Photos: Missing children in Iowa
Jade Colvin
Jade Colvin
Missing Since: Jun 10, 2016
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB: 2002
Age Now: 18
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 135 lbs
When Jade was last seen, her hair was dyed auburn. She may dye her hair.
Contact
1-800-843-5678
or
Des Moines Police Department (Iowa) 1-515-283-4811
NCMEC: 1408941
Fredrick Workman
Fredrick Workman
Missing Since: Aug 2, 2013
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB:1998
Age Now:22
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color:Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 145 lbs
He was last seen on August 2, 2013. Fredrick has a scar under his chin. He may use the alias last name Shields. Fredrick may go by the nickname Fred.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Des Moines Police Department 515-283-4811
NCMEC: 1222001
Benjamin Roseland
Benjamin Roseland
Missing Since: Feb 9, 2008
Missing From: Clinton, IA
DOB: 1988
Age Now: 32
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height5'11"
Weight: 175 lbs
He was last seen at home on February 9, 2008. He has a vertical scar which extends from his lower lip to his chin, a scar on the right side of his mouth, a scar on the left side of his nose, and a scar on the upper left side of his chest. His nickname is Ben.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Clinton Police Department 563-243-1458
NCMEC: 1092332
Erin Pospisil
Erin Pospisil
Missing Since: June 3, 2001
Missing From: Cedar Rapids, IA
DOB: 1986
Age Now: 34
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 125 lbs
She was last seen at home on June 3, 2001 and she has not been seen or heard from since that day. She has a small scar above her left eye. When she was last seen, Erin had red highlights in her hair.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Cedar Rapids Police Department 319-286-5491
NCMEC: 919997
Marc Allen
Marc Allen
Missing Since: March 29, 1986
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB:1972
Age Now: 48
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 85 lbs
He was last seen leaving his home is Des Moines, Iowa, on March 29, 1986. He was on his way to a friend's home, but never arrived. The last time he was seen, Marc was wearing a light blue t-shirt, blue jean shorts, white socks, and gray tennis shoes.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Des Moines Police Department 515-283-4811
NCMEC: 1053047
Eugene Martin
Eugene Martin
Missing Since: Aug 12, 1984
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB: 1970
Age Now: 50
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 110 lbs
He was last seen between 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. as he was delivering newspapers. A paper bag was found outside of Des Moines with papers still inside. He has a scar on his right knee and has had a broken right wrist.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Des Moines Police Department- Missing Persons Unit - 515-283-4864 Or Your Local FBI
NCMEC: 601815
John Gosch
John Gosch
Missing Since: Sep 5, 1982
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB: 1969
Age Now: 51
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Lt. Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 140 lbs
He was last seen delivering newspapers. He has facial freckles, a gap between his front teeth, a birthmark on his left cheek, and a horseshoe-shaped scar on his tongue.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
West Des Moines Police Department 515-223-3211 Or Your Local FBI
NCMEC: 601763
Kimberly Doss
Kimberly Doss
Missing Since: Sep 1, 1982
Missing From: Davenport, IA
DOB: 1966
Age Now: 54
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 120 lbs
She was last seen in the Davenport, Iowa area on September 1, 1982. Kimberly has not been seen or heard from since. She may use the alias name of Kimberly Kathleen Gardner. She has a gap between her two front teeth.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Davenport Police Department 563-388-3664
NCMEC: 601057
Colleen Simpson
Colleen Simpson
Missing Since: Oct 5, 1975
Missing From: Bedford, IA
DOB: 1960
Age Now: 60
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Hazel
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 90 lbs
She was last seen at home where she disappeared during the night. Colleen has a scar on her right forearm.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Taylor County Sheriff's Office 712-523-2153
NCMEC: 601905
Xavior Harrelson
Xavior Harrelson
Missing Since: May 27, 2021
Missing From: Montezuma, IA
DOB: 2010
Age Now: 11
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 4'9"
Weight: 100 lbs
Xavior was last seen on May 27, 2021.
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
1-800-843-5678
or
Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office (Iowa) 1-641-623-5679
NCMEC: 1421892
Fatima Conteh
Fatima Conteh
Missing Since: May 19, 2022
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB: 2006
Age Now: 16
Sex: Female
Race: Biracial
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 4'11"
Weight: 120 lbs
She has tattoos on her chest, left forearm and right shoulder.
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
1-800-843-5678
or
Des Moines Police Department (Iowa) 1-515-283-4811
NCMEC: 1450978
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The ginger ale drought may soon be over.
That’s according to Birmingham-based bottler Buffalo Rock, which produces its own ginger ale based on the formula of a turn-of-the-century Selma pharmacist. A national food-grade CO2 shortage had caused a “gap in production” over the past month, according to a company spokesperson.
“Fortunately, we are past this interruption,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “And a batch of the beloved ginger ale was produced this week.”
Buffalo Rock said customers can expect to begin seeing the ginger ale back on shelves “over the next week.”
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – As Osceola County heads back-to-school, for the first time ever, the youngest students will be getting life lessons on how to deal with bullying directly from deputies.
Sheriff Marcos Lopez said elementary schools have never before gotten intensive classroom anti-bullying instruction.
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He believes down the road it will help prevent school violence, including mass shootings.
Lopez invited News 6 to a practice session with a school resource officer who spoke to elementary schoolers about bullying.
The children knew the obvious answers to the easy questions but Lopez fears they don’t really understand how bad bullying really is and the devastating consequences it can cause as the children get older.
“You know, when I first took office, a lot of parents were concerned with bullying in schools (and) the increase in active shooters, who a lot of times will say they were bullied and cyberbullied,” Lopez said. “We need to stop that behavior.”
Lopez said he noticed the anti-bullying talk in middle and high schools wasn’t getting results.
“We’re still seeing a lot of bullying,” Lopez said. “So we decided to create the program and tighten it up and introduce it to the lower level kids, engage with them and let them know they’re strong. To make them fully understand how they can correct that bad behavior before they can get to high school.”
Lopez said this is the first time the sheriff’s office has ever brought these life lessons into Osceola County elementary schools. SROs will regularly spend at least an hour with all elementary school students answering questions and role-playing scenarios about bullying.
“So maybe if we target them a little bit earlier and make sure they’re understanding at an earlier age before they get into that, understanding the relationship, the real reasoning behind what’s wrong and what’s right, I think it’ll help deter this once they get a little older,” Lopez said.
SROs have been practicing the anti-bullying course at a few of the elementary schools before the last school year ended. The course goes live at all 30 Osceola County elementary schools next week.
“We’re getting a lot of positive feedback right now and with the little bit that we’ve done, we’re going to continue to push this really hard and make sure we get a lot of positive results,” Lopez said. “You know there’s no perfect system to help prevent anything. All we can do is try and try new things and experiment.”
Every elementary schoolers who sit through the anti-bullying course will get a certificate of completion that “makes it more solid that they achieved something,” according to the sheriff.
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WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – A West Orange High School graduate, mentor and area basketball coach said he is continuing his mission to get results and help children in his community make positive choices.
Wendell Coates is once again hosting a back-to-school event this weekend to provide families with a fun and positive start to the school year.
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This Saturday, he’s teaming up with the city of Winter Garden to give away more than 400 backpacks filled with supplies for children in need.
The giveaway will be held at Zanders Park in Winter Garden from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Coates said there will also be a pool party for everyone attending.
“This event is important because it gives a sense of relief to the parents, especially in these difficult times,” Coates said.
Coates said he’s also starting a youth program beginning Aug. 15 through his organization, Global Not Local.
Global Not Local is a nonprofit program that incorporates basketball and mentoring for children.
The program will be held at the Orlando Magic Rec Center in Winter Garden on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6 - 8p.m.
“With so much negativity attacking our kids, I feel that it’s necessary to bring more positive vibes for the kids in the community,” Coates said. “This program will teach them about communication skills, different jobs and careers, learning about life in general.”
Anyone ages 10 to 18 who would like to participate or have any questions on how to register can email beglobalnotlocal@gmail.com.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Fire crews responded to a Brevard County wildfire Wednesday afternoon that is endangering several structures near Sebastian, according to the Florida Forest Service.
Officials said that the wildfire — which grew to more than 40 acres — appeared near 9335 Honeysuckle Drive.
Brevard County - FFS enroute to 2nd wildfire @ 9335 Honeysuckle Dr. (JNO) Sebastian. Structures endangered at this time. Updates to follow. #FLFire pic.twitter.com/c8F6P6Nja7
— FFS Orlando (@FFS_Orlando) August 3, 2022
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FFS said this wildfire comes after another wildfire — dubbed “Moss Rose” — sprang up in Malabar. Fire officials said the Moss Rose fire dropped from 40% to 25% containment due to the fire jumping containment lines.
Moss Rose Fire is 5 acres at this time and 25% contained. The containment changed, due to the fire keep jumping the lines. Updates to follow. #FLFire pic.twitter.com/BclzMgneTx
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Preparing teens for the real world can seem like a daunting task, but one Holly Hill business owner is giving them the keys to success; from balancing a budget, to creating a resume, he is turning his passion into a mission.
Derrick Collins, the founder and CEO of Mr. and Ms. Mentoring, held a free six-week summer program funded by Career Source. The program was called “Learn and Earn” and taught students job training skills and financial literacy.
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“We completed resumes, and we had career assessments,” Collins said.
Students were also taught the value of saving and investing in their future.
“Each kid had the opportunity to make up to $1,500 for the summer,” Collins said. “Everybody doesn’t go to college. Everyone isn’t an athlete. So we wanted to give them as much exposure as we can, so they can have a successful future.”
Collins, who is a father and Bethune Cookman University graduate, said his goal was to inspire these teens.
Nathaniel Flynt, 16, said the program meant a lot to him.
“They definitely helped me because they really went into depth of finding who you are — personal development and stuff like that,” Flynt said. “Investing into stuff.”
“I made a decision that I’m going to go to the Air Force, so I can have stability in my life once I leave high school,” another student said.
The kids also got to tour college campuses this summer, including Bethune Cookman University and Daytona State College, to learn more about different majors. Many of them said they aspire to someday become college graduates.
“I enjoyed the college tours,” said 13-year-old Essence Harper. “They were showing us what it was like to be on campus and the history behind the college also.”
Many of them have formed their own business. As for Collins, who also is a mental health therapist and co-owner at Stress and Anxiety Center, he couldn’t be happier for these teens.
“I’m proud of you all and I hope you’re proud of yourselves,” Collins said.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The man accused of shooting at another man in an Edgewater road rage incident in July is now in custody in the Volusia County jail, according to police.
Edgewater police said James W. Seiler, 41, got into a fight with a man near Indian River Boulevard and Air Park Road on July 15 after a traffic dispute. During the fight, Seiler hit the victim with a surveying stake, according to police.
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Police said Seiler then took out a gun and began firing, but no one was hit by the gunfire.
He drove off after the fight, according to police, and officers worked to locate him until he was arrested in Georgia over a week later on multiple unrelated charges.
He was held in Georgia before being extradited to Volusia County jail on Wednesday, according to the jail website.
He is facing charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Police also arrested Brittany Seiler, whom they believe was in the car when the fight happened, a few days after it occurred.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – A firefighter who was injured on the job was welcomed home by a big crowd Wednesday after nearly a year in the hospital.
“It meant the world to me. It meant the world to me,” said Jeremy Macklefresh.
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It was a day that not many there to greet him thought would come.
“On Sept. 8, we heard a frantic call on the radio. One of our lieutenants had found Jeremy on the ground unresponsive,” said Chief Shawn Vandemark.
The chief said Jeremy was working and riding in a vehicle similar to a golf cart to meet his lieutenant. When he didn’t show, the lieutenant found Jeremy nearby with a severe head injury.
Vandemark said they still don’t know what caused it and Jeremy doesn’t remember.
“There were no witnesses, no cameras anywhere around,” he said.
Jeremy’s coworkers rushed him to the hospital. His mom, Michelle, said doctors thought maybe he was hit by a car or attacked.
“He had a frontal lobe injury to his head first. Then they had to do a craniotomy, which is where they had to take half of his skull from his head and when they did that, it caused a stroke,” she said.
The family was told four times he wouldn’t make it, but he pushed. Eventually, he was relearning basic skills like walking.
“He’s never shown us that he’s defeated. He’s never shown us that he wants to give up,” said Michelle.
On Monday, Jeremy got out of the car to greet the crowd, standing on two feet.
“It’s just as exciting as the day he was born. We’ve been waiting 329 days for this day. It feels like our family is complete having him back where he’s supposed to be,” said Michelle.
The entire fire department was on his lawn to welcome him back, but his family says they were there the whole time.
“Over the last year we realized we were this close to losing Jeremy and it helped us understand that every day is not guaranteed and take advantage of it while you can,” said Vandemark.
Jeremy and his wife, Kimberly, will now settle into a new routine.
“I do not have all of the abilities I had prior to my accident, but they’re slowly coming back and I’m going to continue with outpatient rehab,” said Jeremy. “They’re going to help me recover completely and before long, I’ll be back with my brothers and sisters at the fire department.” | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/03/new-smyrna-beach-firefighter-back-home-nearly-a-year-after-mystery-injury/ | 2022-08-03T22:03:53 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/03/new-smyrna-beach-firefighter-back-home-nearly-a-year-after-mystery-injury/ |
BLOOMINGTON — The McLean County Fair opened to waves of attendees Wednesday before a brief downpour of rain called for quick thinking and impromptu shelter.
McLean County Emergency Management Agency Director Cathy Beck said that no injuries and "not as much damage" was reported as expected but there were plenty of tents lost due to the high winds.
"A couple rounds of thunderstorms this afternoon through tonight will produce rainfall amounts of one to three inches on saturated soils," meteorologists reported. "A few locations that see repeated rounds of thunderstorms may see rainfall amounts of three to six inches."
According to the weather service, excessive rain may result in the flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Counties included in the flood watch include Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, McLean, Moultrie, Piatt and Shelby.
Jeremiah Cox, a support staff member for the fair, said he was at the front entrance when the storm hit and saw multiple tents, trash cans and even a metal chain link fence get blown over as he and others hid inside the ticket booth.
“No one was hurt and we all just waited in this little area until the storm passed,” Cox said. “The last time it rained it wasn’t this bad.”
Other workers could be seen picking up poles, rearranging tents and even pouring out residual water from rides like the bumper cars and Zero Gravity.
Nathan Ramler, who was out at the fair with his son Josiah, said he was expecting the inclement weather but not quite that extreme.
Deb Phares said she knew there would be a storm rolling through but did not notice anything until her son Owen was on the OMG 360 ride when the lighting started.
“I was really impressed,” Phares said. “They shut the rides down, got people off and most of us went into the building where McLean County Beef Producers were serving food and had lunch.”
Although they only attend one day each year, Phares said they would make the most of their day and go on as many rides before it rains again.
"Fortunately it didn’t rain very much here," said Carl Neubauer, secretary and treasurer at the McLean County Beef Producers. “It cleared us off for 15 to 20 minutes. Hopefully we can have a nice evening.”
Fair organizers also announced that the Big Smokers Tractor Pull & Local Pickup Truck Pull-Offs has been canceled. Carnival rides and concessions are still open.
Lee Enterprise reporters' Brendan Denison, Donnette Beckett, D. Jack Alkire and Olivia Jacobs contributed to this article.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A person was found dead inside a vehicle at a Red Lobster parking lot in Kissimmee, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said the person was found at the Red Lobster on 7780 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway after they responded to a report of a suspicious incident on Wednesday.
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No other information has been released as detectives are investigating the case. The sheriff’s office said there is no threat to the public.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 407-348-2222.
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The state Department of Education is finalizing model policies to ensure parents are notified if their children are being taught sexually explicit instructional materials in the classroom.
Wednesday marked the last day for Virginia residents to weigh in on the new policies that the department drafted. Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bill in April - sponsored by Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant, R-Henrico - requiring the education department to develop - and local school boards to adopt - such policies.
According to the VDOE policy, parents will be notified at least 30 days in advance if any instructional materials with sexually explicit content (as defined by the model policy) will be taught in their child’s classroom. At that time, parents will be able to review the materials. On school websites, principals will maintain a current list of sexually explicit instructional materials by grade and subject.
Local school boards have until January to adopt either VDOE’s model policies concerning instructional materials with sexually explicit content, or “more comprehensive policies."
Youngkin, who has advocated for more parental involvement in the classroom, ran a campaign ad in October that criticized his opponent, former Gov. Terry McAuliffe for vetoing a similar bill when McAuliffe was governor.
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The so-called “Beloved bill”— named after Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s book “Beloved” — that McAuliffe vetoed would have required school districts to notify parents of assignments containing sexually explicit content.
Dunnavant, who sponsored the bill in the most recent legislative session was not immediately available for comment.
“Policies should be drafted which empower parents to exercise their right to decide whether the use of sexually explicit content in instructional materials is appropriate for their child,” the model policy states.
The online public comment period, which closes midnight Wednesday, garnered roughly 1,500 comments as of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The online forum has a mix of comments in support of and against the model policies.
One supportive commenter said the policies “were a common-sense program,” while another supporter wrote, “these model policies are a wake-up call to school boards and teachers to attend to the voices of those who innately care most about the children: their parents.”
An opponent said, “classrooms should be a place where students are free to ask questions, explore new ideas, and learn about diverse viewpoints.”
The Times-Dispatch sent public records requests to each of the state's 132 public school systems seeking information on books that had been removed or placed under review in the last two school years.
"Educators and librarians cannot do their job if they are constantly being required to justify their curricula and instruction to parents who may hold diametrically opposing viewpoints," the letter states.
"Nor was the public education system put in place to present a homogenized viewpoint. The education of young Virginians will be disrupted by efforts to use classrooms to support a political agenda —a space of control rather than a thriving ground for free speech and freedom of thought."
The proposed model policies, according to the ACLU of Virginia, will “force” school divisions to adopt anti-free speech practices and deny “students the opportunity to be inspired by stories of people from all walks of life.”
The ACLU of Virginia argues that the proposed model policies “will lead to classroom censorship” and “will likely target curriculum by and/or that includes LGBTQ people and Black, Indigenous and other communities of color.”
The Pride Liberation Project, a student-led LGBTIA+ rights advocacy organization, published a letter with over 600 student signatures calling on the VDOE “to explicitly state that instruction about LGBTQIA+ people is not inherently sexual.”
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Failing to do so would “have a chilling effect on our education,” the letter states, adding that every student, including LGBTQIA+ students, deserves to be accurately represented in school curriculum.
“Erasing Queer people from our classes would lead to fictionalized and over-simplified instruction, given the immense contributions that LGBTQIA+ people have made to our state and county,” the letter states.
Muskett characterized the policies, “as a much-needed tilt toward restoring parental rights and welcomes all efforts toward making parental notification of sexually explicit material a more standardized and open procedure.”
The organization took pause with a sentence that says: “when determining whether instructional materials contain sexually explicit content, teachers, principals, and division staff should consider student age and maturity, and whether a parent might reasonably consider the instructional content harmful to their child.”
Pro-Family Women wrote in the public comment section that including the sentence “would undermine” the law because it would allow school staff “to make subjective assessments as to whether instructional material contains sexually explicit content … impact[ing] whether or not students’ parents are given notice."
Charles Pyle, a spokesperson for VDOE said in an email Wednesday afternoon, that the model policies became available at the beginning of July.
“After reviewing public comments, the department will communicate the final document to school divisions to inform the adoption of local policies by January 1, 2023, as required by the legislation,” Pyle wrote.
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From left, Destination Ag staff Sara Hand, Kalyn Hansford and Caroline Shaw join Donnie Warren from the Harley Langdale Jr. Foundation and ABAC Ag Museum Director Garrett Boone for a ceremony in which the Langdale Foundation contributed to the museum's Destination Ag program.
TIFTON — For the past six years, more than 43,000 elementary school students from all over south Georgia have received an inside look at how agriculture affects their daily lives at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia Museum of Agriculture.
Thanks to a recent gift from the Harley Langdale Jr. Foundation, even more young people will receive that kind of insight in days to come.
"Our investment in ABAC's Destination Ag program is an investment in our future,” Donnie Warren, executive director of the Harley Langdale Jr. Foundation, said in a news release. “The Harley Langdale Jr. Foundation is proud to help support this program in educating children at an early age and exposing them to agriculture and the working forest. We look forward to seeing what the 2022-2023 school year brings."
Museum Director Garrett Boone said the donation is essential in allowing the museum to continue in its commitment to the outreach effort at local schools.
“Destination Ag provides an interactive, educational experience for children and all guests focused on modern agriculture and natural resources,” Boone said. “Through a variety of programs taught by ABAC students, guests connect to where their food, fiber and shelter come from – agriculture.
“We are excited about the opportunities ahead as we connect students to agriculture, cultivate a passion for agriculture and natural resources, and positively impact Georgia’s youth. It has been really amazing to watch this program grow and expand, and we are very thankful for the generosity of the Harley Langdale Jr. Foundation.”
Now entering its seventh year, the Destination Ag program serves Pre-K, first-, third-, and fifth-graders in 13 school districts including Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift, Turner and Worth county schools and Valdosta City Schools.
Besides the visits to the actual museum site, which is a part of the ABAC campus in Tifton, the program has included the distribution of 11,448 Family Forestry books and 6,784 Peach books throughout the state of Georgia.
The Traveling Trunks program features information on forestry and peanuts. Twenty of those trunks traverse the state far and wide through the Georgia Farm Bureau districts.
ABAC students are heavily involved in the teaching portion of Destination Ag with 5,646 instructional hours since 2016. Third- and fifth-graders will begin visiting the museum for Destination Ag on Aug. 29 this year. Pre-K and first-graders will initiate their visits on Jan. 30.
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I have wondered for some time how the world all of a sudden just got turned upside down. I anticipated life might change as the years went by, but nobody told me we would go from two genders to 67 and do it in only a few years. I guess I should have studied evolution a little closer.
But I now see there may be a reason why the world is crazy and why time seems to move along quicker than it used to.
According to TimeAndData.com, the Earth set a record for quickest time to complete a rotation on June 29, 2022. Now, I always thought it took 24 hours to do such a thing, and that was why we had 24-hour days. To be honest with you, I’m having a hard enough time trying to adjust to 67 genders without now trying to also except maybe a day is not 24 hours. Is nothing sacred?
Scientists say a solar day is indeed 24 hours, but a sidereal day is 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.091 seconds. A sidereal day is the time it takes the Earth to complete one full rotation. Got it? Well, neither do I, but that’s what they say. I don’t ever trust “they,” by the way.
It was actually believed that since 1973 the Earth was slowing down, based upon atomic clock readings, such that a “leap” second was occasionally added. The last such “leap” second was added on Dec. 31, 2016.
And I bet you did not even notice. But if you did not have an atomic clock, you have probably been late one second every day for the last six years.
Now scientists say we are entering a ”fast” Earth stage in which the Earth is rapidly accelerating. The year 2020 had the 28 shortest days since 1960. See, I knew something was up and somebody somewhere was stealing my days. Then on June 29, we recorded the shortest day ever by 1.4602 milliseconds, and that record was broken again on July 26.
Now rapid acceleration in Earth time is relative, but I can tell you a millisecond here and a millisecond there and before you know it the day will be over before it begins. I’m being cheated here. If the days are now shorter, I’m still working at least eight hours but I don’t have 16 left over anymore. I’m losing sleep, play time, and getting older quicker. Now couple this with the fact I may actually be a female and not know it ... well, it is somewhat overwhelming.
Scientists say this slow-down may be related to the melting of the glaciers; isn’t everything related to that these days? I gained five pounds, and I think it was caused by climate change. Other causes for the apparent change in time suggested were seismic activity, the Earth’s molten core moving and the Earth’s poles moving. GPS coordinates for satellites are now proving to be off just a fraction, which may not sound like much but makes them pretty useless.
There is now talk about having a “drop second,” where a second is taken off every few years. Oh brother, before long the federal government will decide we need to do something to stop the Earth from spinning too fast. They already think they can change the climate, why not the Earth’s rotation too and maybe throw in gravity for fun also? Maybe instead of decreasing world population to fight climate change and pollution, we will need to have more people to weigh the earth down and slow it down.
A wise man once said time waits for no man. OK, I accept that premise, but by God the Earth better stop stealing my time by whizzing by faster and faster. I’m already dizzy from trying to keep up as it is. Give me back my milliseconds, and I’ll go to the doctor next week to see if I’ve become one of the other 65 genders.
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Two Bismarck police officers were injured while trying to subdue a woman who refused to stop after walking in the street and obstructing traffic.
Police were called to South Second Street about 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to an affidavit. Officers say they told Roberta Morris, 30, of Selfridge, several times that she was not free to leave because she was intoxicated and could be facing charges. She turned at one point and raised her hand toward an officer’s face as if she was going to hit him, the affidavit states.
The officer took Morris to the ground and delivered “one open palm strike” to Morris’ face and neck area in an attempt to stun her, the document states. She continued to flail and allegedly struck the officer in the eye. He later sought medical attention and learned he suffered an abrasion to his cornea.
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Morris allegedly bit an officer who arrived on scene to assist the first officer. She also spit in the officer’s face, and later spit in the face of a paramedic as she was being transported, the affidavit states.
Morris is charged with felonies for preventing arrest, two counts of simple assault on a peace officer, and contact by bodily fluids on a health care worker and police officer, court records show.
The defense attorney listed in court documents did not immediately respond to a request for comment. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/bismarck-officers-injured-while-arresting-woman/article_583db5f4-1368-11ed-94ba-4b4b9b6b0784.html | 2022-08-03T22:11:25 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/bismarck-officers-injured-while-arresting-woman/article_583db5f4-1368-11ed-94ba-4b4b9b6b0784.html |
“Coach, it’s the worst I’ve ever seen.”
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The David Crockett High School (DCHS) Pioneers were only weeks away from playing against the Letcher County Central High School Cougars when disaster struck. Now, they’re raising donations for their would-be opponent.
As widespread flooding took hold in Letcher County, Kentucky last week, DCHS football coach Hayden Chandley reached out to his colleagues to check-in. What he heard back told him something had to be done.
“He just said ‘Coach, it’s the worst I’ve ever seen,'” Chandley said, speaking about Letcher Central Coach Mike Holcomb. “Flooding everywhere, everybody in the town’s devastated.”
Later, Chandley learned that six players and two coaches had lost their homes and belongings to the water.
“That’s what really sparked it,” Chandley said. “We just asked what they needed, and here we are.”
The team opened their travel trailer to donations, and plans to take them until Friday evening so they can get everything to the team as quickly as possible. The team is collecting a variety of items:
- Paper Towels and Toilet Paper
- Detergent and Cleaning Supplies
- Clothes and Shoes
- Non-perishable Food
- Walmart Gift Cards
Other donations outside the list will be accepted, Chandley said, but the team is trying to avoid cash for security reasons. For the team, the effort is the least they could do to help fellow athletes.
Donations will be accepted in DCHS’s front office or directly to the gold-colored trailer parked on campus. If it fills up, Chandley said a local moving company stepped in to make sure every last piece makes it to Letcher County.
“This is about life, this isn’t even football-related,” said DCHS Head Football Coach Hayden Chandley. ” They treated us with unbelievable hospitality when we went up there last year.”
Aside from the team and staff themselves, Chandley said locals have made a difference already.
“A community like Jonesborough, you have so many hands pitching in,” Chandley said. “If you can’t do this, you can probably do this, so it’s just been great to see the community come together and just do the right thing and help a brother in need.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/another-brother-in-need-dchs-football-collecting-donations-for-flood-victims/ | 2022-08-03T22:24:13 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/another-brother-in-need-dchs-football-collecting-donations-for-flood-victims/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – While kids return to campus, their safety – both physical and mental – remains at the forefront of the minds of parents and faculty.
While physical safety has always been a priority, the focus on improving mental health has grown tremendously over the past decade.
Kelly Grosfield sat down with Dr. Greg Wallace, the Supervisor of School Safety and Mental Health in Johnson City Schools, to talk about warning signs and how to help your kids if they’re struggling. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/back-to-school-monitoring-mental-health-on-campus/ | 2022-08-03T22:24:19 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/back-to-school-monitoring-mental-health-on-campus/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – With classes back in session, parents not only have to re-adjust their children to a new routine following a summer full of fun, but they also need to start thinking about after-school care options.
There are a variety of after-school programs in our region, all offering a mix of educational opportunities and fun.
News Channel 11 sat down with Robin Crumley, the President and CEO of the Washington County-Johnson City Boys and Girls Club to learn more about the programs they’re offering. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/back-to-school-why-choose-an-after-school-program/ | 2022-08-03T22:24:25 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/back-to-school-why-choose-an-after-school-program/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Delicious sandwiches, a modern atmosphere, and soon craft cocktails and beer on ta, are just a few of the offerings of the new Spring Street Sandwich Company in downtown Johnson City.
“We have so many good sandwiches,” said Spring Street Sandwich Co. General Manager, Ashton Kyker. “We make a lot of the toppings and sauces here. I personally make the bruschetta, the hummus, the chicken salad, a lot of the sauces. We use all Boars Head if we don’t make it here, so quality is our number one concern.”
Kyker said they only use quality ingredients and carefully create their delicious subs. She told News Channel 11 it’s a concept downtown has needed for quite some time.
“The operating partners had seen the location and thought this is exactly what downtown needs, it’s perfect,” she said.
After just a few weeks open for business, Kyker said people already love what they have to offer.
“We’ve had a lot of excellent feedback and we’re adding new stuff every week, so we’re just trying to make our menu bigger and give people what they want,” she said.
As of Wednesday, the business is operating from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. but once beer and liquor permits are approved, the plan is to change those hours to 1 a.m. and provide another late-night meal option in the Downtown Corridor. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/new-to-town-spring-street-sandwich-company-in-johnson-city/ | 2022-08-03T22:24:31 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/new-to-town-spring-street-sandwich-company-in-johnson-city/ |
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Power has been restored to most of the Roseville residents impacted by a power outage that started before 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
Around 1,164 customers near Douglas Boulevard and Interstate 80 were impacted, according to the city's outage map. Power is still out for around 240 customers.
To report an outage, customers can call (916) 79-POWER or report it through the outage map. For other emergency or life-threatening calls, dial 911. Roseville is a full-service city and provides its own utilities, including electricity.
Watch more on ABC10: Parents of Rocklin teen killed by fentanyl poisoning speak out about dangers of social media | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville/power-outage-roseville/103-a489f04f-b49f-4674-aad1-8b32fd8587ab | 2022-08-03T22:25:43 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville/power-outage-roseville/103-a489f04f-b49f-4674-aad1-8b32fd8587ab |
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — In two days there were four suspected fentanyl overdoses in Roseville, police say.
In the past 36 hours, the Roseville Police Department and Fire Department have responded to three separate incidents that are possible fentanyl overdoes.
"The dangers of an increase of Fentanyl use in our region could have catastrophic effects. Those who abuse prescription drugs or heroin laced with fentanyl are at a much higher risk of overdose and death. If first responders are able to arrive in time, Narcan is the only option that can reverse a fentanyl overdose," Roseville police wrote in a Facebook post.
Police officers and firefighters are trained to administer Narcan, but it is only effective if it is given in a timely manner to the overdose, police said.
According to the CDC, from April 2020 to April 2021, more than 100,000 people died from drug overdoses in the United States, which is an increase of around 28% from the same period the prior year.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 100x stronger than morphine, according to the CDC. Most of the recent cases of fentanyl overdoses are linked to illicitly manufactured fentanyl as opposed to pharmaceutical fentanyl.
Find more information about fentanyl at Placer County's website.
Watch more on ABC10: Parents of Rocklin teen killed by fentanyl poisoning speak out against dangers of social media | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville/roseville-fentanyl-overdoses/103-e2a1a025-4c30-481c-8063-5ce7e00d3bee | 2022-08-03T22:25:49 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville/roseville-fentanyl-overdoses/103-e2a1a025-4c30-481c-8063-5ce7e00d3bee |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Amid staffing concerns that arose after a plotted riot at the Sedgwick County Jail in July, Sedgwick County Commissioners on Wednesday approved a pay raise for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office.
Sedgwick County Commissioners unanimously approved a pay raise for commissioned deputies and detention deputies to $23.50 per hour, which according to Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter, would put the agency just above the Maize Police Department and below the Bel Aire Police Department.
Easter told commissioners Wednesday staffing shortages have been a major cause for concern. Two more people resigned over the weekend, making a bad situation worse.
“Currently, we’re budgeted 228 positions as detention deputies,” Easter said. “Current openings are 112 with 2 pending ESCs, which those are Employed Status Conference hearings, on whether we’ll keep people employed or not, so the total openings is 114. Vacancy rate is 50%. Starting detention pay is $19.34 an hour.”
Because of the short staffing, Easter said burnout has become a potential issue with the staff.
“When it comes to management, supervisors are also working mandatory overtime and are affected by potential burnout,” Easter said. “Supervisors are working detention deputy positions due to staffing levels.”
Easter said the ratio of detention deputies to inmates on first shift is 75 to one, second shift is 69 to one, and third shift is 75 to one. There are roughly 1,500 inmates are in the Sedgwick County Jail, and that puts the jail over capacity.
Easter said in 2015, he proposed pay increases to retain deputies and attract new applicants, but “it was not adjusted until the pay plan was installed in 2019.” He said currently, there are two applicants for the 114 open detention positions.
The total annual budget impact of the pay increase will be around $4.1 million, according to City officials.
Sedgwick County District 3 Commissioner David Dennis called the staffing shortages a “significant issue.” He hopes the pay raise will retain and recruit the deputies needed to fully staff the sheriff’s office.
All five commissioners, Lacey Cruse, David Dennis, Jim Howell, Pete Meitzner, and Sarah Lopez, all voted to approve the pay raise. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/sedgwick-county-sheriffs-office-receives-raise-to-23-50-hr/ | 2022-08-03T22:27:05 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/sedgwick-county-sheriffs-office-receives-raise-to-23-50-hr/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNF) — A regional hospital is recognized for being one of the best in the country, based on a U.S. News and World Report.
The report has named Ascension Via Christi St. Francis as a Best Regional Hospital for
2022-2023, the only Wichita hospital and one of a dozen Ascension hospitals nationwide to make the list.
This is the highest award a hospital can earn from U.S. News and is based on performance that is
significantly better than the national average in seven procedures: Heart attack, heart failure, stroke,
transcatheter aortic valve replacement, colon cancer surgery, kidney failure and diabetes.
Additionally, Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa, also located in Wichita, was recognized as a better than the national average performer for hip fractures.
Earlier this year, U.S. News recognized Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph and Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan as Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.
The NewLife Center at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph was the only Wichita hospital to earn this distinction.
“These awards are yet another recognition of our team’s commitment to provide safe, compassionate,
personalized care for all. I am extremely proud of the outstanding results that our associates, working with our physician partners, continue to achieve in improving the health of individuals in our communities,” said Kevin Strecker, Ascension Via Christi’s chief executive officer.
The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making
informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.
For its 2022-2023 Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals
across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions.
Fewer than half of all hospitals received any High Performing rating, and only four earned this rating in all procedures and conditions.
“When patients are considering their options for care, the Best Hospitals ratings are designed to help
them identify hospitals that excel in the kind of care they may need,” said Ben Harder, chief of health
analysis and managing editor at U.S. News.
State and metro area rankings reflect the highest performing hospitals in the area across multiple areas of care.
Ascension Via Christi also has a presence in Pittsburg, Kansas, which is where one of their hospitals is located. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/via-christi-recognized-as-a-top-performer/ | 2022-08-03T22:27:06 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/via-christi-recognized-as-a-top-performer/ |
Did you get an unexpected deposit in your bank account this month? Here's why.
LAS CRUCES - Check your bank accounts. Nearly one million New Mexico taxpayers should be receiving the last round of summer tax rebates this August.
About 525,000 taxpayers will receive a direct deposit of $250 or $500 this week while around 300,000 others will receive a check in the mail in the coming weeks, according to a news release from New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department. This is the third round of rebates issued this summer.
Rebates were approved earlier in the year by the New Mexico Legislature to assist New Mexicans with expenses as gas, grocery and other prices increased.
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Recipients of this round of rebates are those who filed a 2021 Personal Income Tax Return. Single filers will receive $250. Heads of household filers or those married filing jointly will receive $500. People claimed as a dependent on another person’s return are not eligible.
More than $300 million is expected to be returned to New Mexicans through this round of rebates. About $567 million has already been issued to taxpayers. And $20 million has been given on a first-come first-served basis to low-income residents who do not file yearly tax returns, through a partnership between the tax and revenue department and the New Mexico Human Services Department.
“You would be hard-pressed to find any American who isn’t feeling the weight of increased prices at the pump and at the grocery store,” said Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in the news release. “I am committed to deploying every available resource to support New Mexico families.”
The news release stated that non-filed who missed the deadline for filing their 2021 Personal Income Tax Return can still file and qualify for the state’s summer rebates. The deadline for qualifying for these summer rebates is May 31, 2023.
Prior rebates were delivered beginning in May and again in July. The July rebate was given to taxpayers who have an adjusted gross income of less than $150,000 if married filing jointly or $75,000 if filing as single.
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People who are eligible but have not received their rebates may have had an issue with their tax returns. Checks are being sent out as issues are cleared up or as addresses are updated. The department’s news release added that rebates are sometimes applied to tax debt owed.
For questions about the rebates, people can contact the department by phone at 1-866-285-2996. More information on the rebates can be found online in English and Spanish at https://www.tax.newmexico.gov/rebates-and-economic-relief-payments/.
Leah Romero is the trending reporter at the Las Cruces Sun-News and can be reached at 575-418-3442, LRomero@lcsun-news.com or @rromero_leah on Twitter.
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KNOTT COUNTY, KY (WOWK) — Sadness, destruction and tears are almost everywhere you turn after severe flooding in southeastern Kentucky, but the kindness of strangers is making people smile.
Possibly some of the smiles are coming from celebrity sightings. Kentucky’s own Chris Stapleton and Tyler Childers have been spotted in the area — not performing, but pitching in to help.
From mud-covered streets, to businesses, to damaged community homes, people have been posting pictures with Stapleton and Childers. Residents seem a little surprised, but they are grateful for the help.
Knott County Schools posted Facebook photos of Stapleton and several local law enforcement officers moving items out of houses in the community. The school system said Stapleton, along with two deputies from the Knott County Sheriff’s Office, an officer from the Shelbyville Police Department, and Josh Richardson, a Kentucky State Police officer, all helped with the flood cleanup.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office also posted a Facebook photo of its deputies and Knott County deputies alongside Stapleton during the flood cleanup. The Sheriff’s Office said its deputies were quick to respond when the Knott County Sheriff’s Office requested support following the recent natural disaster.
Stapleton also visited the Dairy Queen in Paintsville, Kentucky, and a distribution center in eastern Kentucky.
The employees with the Paintsville Dairy Queen took to Facebook to express their thanks.
“We had a surprise customer today at our DQ!!! Had to come and get him a Footlong and Blizzard!!! We just want to thank him for being here and helping out all of Eastern Kentucky during this difficult time! Chris Stapleton is a class act and we are proud he is from our home town!! Thank you Chris!!”
Paintsville Dairy Queen via Facebook
Tyler Childers also made several visits around eastern Kentucky, including to Community Agricultural Nutritional Enterprises, Inc. (CANE), a kitchen that served food to the community on Sunday.
Childers, along with his wife and singer-songwriter, Senora May, and musician Wayne Graham delivered supplies to the kitchen and enjoyed a burger there.
“I know these people wanted no attention, and I share this with hesitation, but I know how good I felt to look up and see that those who we look at as our heros and legends show up for us [with] no expectations or desire for attention,” CANE posted on its Facebook page. “Today has been plain old hard, but lots of love and hope in between.”
Childers has also been active on Facebook by sharing various links to help eastern Kentucky flood victims. Those links include the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund, the Appalshop Flood Support Resources webpage, the Hindman Settlement School donate page, and more.
In addition, Stapleton created the “Outlaw State of Kind Hometown Fund” to donate money to the Kentucky Red Cross and Appalachia Crisis Fund for those in need. To donate, click here. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/country-music-artists-chris-stapleton-tyler-childers-visit-ky-to-aid-flood-cleanup/ | 2022-08-03T22:39:49 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/country-music-artists-chris-stapleton-tyler-childers-visit-ky-to-aid-flood-cleanup/ |
JACKSON COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — Several people that handled swine at the Jackson County Fair have developed a flu-like illness with respiratory symptoms and fever, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ (DHHR) Bureau for Public Health (BPH).
The DHHR and the Jackson County Health Department are investigating the cases. The DHHR’s Office of Laboratory Services found presumptive influenza A in at least one human sample on Tuesday. The sample was forwarded for confirmation to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“If experiencing symptoms such as fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough or congestion, it is extremely important to let your healthcare provider know if you or your loved one has visited a recent outdoor event with animal livestock, such as pigs, and to be appropriately evaluated,” said Dr. Ayne Amjad, DHHR’s State Health Officer and BPH Commissioner. “These symptoms usually show up 1-3 days after exposure.”
According to the DHHR, swine flu viruses can circulate in pig populations and usually do not infect humans. When transmission does occur, it is usually after a human had contact with a pig in a public setting or directly worked with infected swine.
The DHHR encourages residents to take routine precautions when visiting animal exhibits. These precautions include:
- Washing hands with soap and water before and after animal exposure;
- Not taking personal items, food or drinks into barns or areas with animals;
- Avoid close contact with sick animals or pigs with flu-like symptoms.
The same influenza antiviral drugs used to treat seasonal influenza can also be used for swine flu infection in humans, the DHHR says. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/dhhr-investigates-swine-flu-in-jackson-county-west-virginia/ | 2022-08-03T22:39:55 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/dhhr-investigates-swine-flu-in-jackson-county-west-virginia/ |
SISSONVILE, WV (WOWK) — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office says Wayne Scarff, 59, of Hughart Drive in Sissonville, West Virginia, is missing.
Scarff was reported missing on Tuesday by a relative who last spoke with him in early July.
Scarff may frequent Charleston’s West Side area.
The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding Scarff. Anyone who has seen Scarff or has information on his whereabouts should contact the Sheriff’s Office at (304) 357-0169. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/sissonville-man-reported-missing/ | 2022-08-03T22:40:01 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/sissonville-man-reported-missing/ |
A woman is expected to face a murder charge after Arlington police say she intentionally sprayed gasoline into her backseat, where her boyfriend was sitting, and lit it on fire.
Arlington police said Wednesday that an aggravated assault charge for 24-year-old Breana Johnson will soon be upgraded to murder after being notified her boyfriend, who was set on fire on July 18, has died.
According to investigators, the couple stopped at a gas station on the 1900 block of E. Mayfield Road at about 9 p.m. where witnesses reported hearing the couple arguing and the woman saying, "I'm going to kill you."
The store clerk, meanwhile, told police the woman came inside and bought $.50 worth of gasoline before going back outside. Investigators said another witness saw the woman pump gasoline into the backseat of the Jeep, where the victim was sitting. She then walked around to the driver's side of the vehicle and intentionally ignited it, police said.
Witnesses said the man, whose name has not yet been released, got out of the vehicle and ran through the parking lot and toward the store attempting to extinguish the flames. Someone grabbed a fire extinguisher and doused the fire while others tried to provide him with first aid.
The man, identified by police only as a 25-year-old male, suffered burns across most of his body and was critically injured. Arlington EMS arrived to treat the man and he was eventually transferred by air ambulance to a burn center.
A witness tried to detain the woman at the gas station but told police she was pushed down as the woman ran out of the store and toward her vehicle. Another witness reported the woman was smiling as she left the gas station.
In the arresting document, police said the victim's sister called 911 earlier in the evening, at about 8:45 p.m., to report the woman was hitting her brother. Police said both the man and woman left that location together by the time officers arrived and they received reports of a man on fire a short time later.
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Arlington police said surveillance video obtained from the gas station corroborated statements from witnesses and an arrest warrant was issued for Johnson on July 19. She was taken into custody that same day and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Police said Wednesday that Johnson's charge will be upgraded to murder. She is currently being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a $50,000 bond. It's not clear if she's obtained an attorney.
Since the victim was pronounced dead at a hospital in Collin County, the Collin County Medical Examiner's Officer will identify him. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/arlington-man-dies-after-being-set-on-fire-by-girlfriend-police-say/3039392/ | 2022-08-03T22:48:41 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/arlington-man-dies-after-being-set-on-fire-by-girlfriend-police-say/3039392/ |
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