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UTICA, N.Y. – Utica police are searching for a missing 59-year-old man who left the Oneida Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Tuesday and never came back.
Police say Scott Imundo walked away from the Kemble Street facility and didn't return, but did not specify at what time.
Imundo requires vital care and treatment, so police are seeking help from the public to locate him as soon as possible.
Anyone who has seen Imundo is asked to call UPD at 315-223-3563.
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Second annual Juneteenth celebration in Great Falls scheduled for June 18
Great Falls is hosting its second annual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 18 in the bandshell area of Gibson Park, according to a Great Falls Public Library press release.
The program, running from 1 to 5 p.m., will include: a proclamation from Mayor Bob Kelly; a historical overview; welcoming speakers from the YWCA, the GFPL, and Malmstrom Air Force Base's Diversity and Inclusion Team; and the diverse musical arrangements of multiple community music groups.
More:Juneteenth: The history, significance and celebration of a new federal holiday
Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when federal troops entered the last remaining unoccupied region of the Confederacy to declare an end to slavery. It was designated a federal holiday by President Joe Biden in 2021.
The event will be an informal block party at the park that is free and open to the public, with music from DJs from Malmstrom and the Voyagers’ mascot Orbit for the kids.
“It's a time for families, friends, and community members to enjoy great food, good music, and fun games,” the release read. “And to celebrate the tie that truly binds us all as Americans: our freedom.”
More:'A step in the right direction': Great Falls hosts inaugural Juneteenth celebration on Saturday
Other events through GFPL
Awareness in an Online World, Online Safety PresentationThe presentation will be held June 14 at 7 p.m. in the Cordingley Room or online via Zoom at the following link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86526849091
In partnership with the Downtown Safety Alliance, the Great Falls Public Library is hosting an in-depth presentation by Steven Hankins, an Information Systems Analyst for the City of Great Falls, about how to more safely navigate the online world. Join us to learn how to avoid online fraud and how to better practice online security.
Music in the Library Park
Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. beginning June 21
The Great Falls Public Library's summer music series begins Tuesday, June 21 at 7 p.m. This summer the Library will be hosting six weeks of musical acts and will include artists from Montana and beyond. Featuring styles ranging from country to jazz to folk to party rock, there's something for everyone. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy these free performances under the big sky in the Library Park.
This year the library has invited food trucks for the performances, so bring an appetite as well!
Performers and dates:
- June 21: Pollo Loco
- June 28: Wilbur Rehmann Quintet
- July 5: Joel Corda
- July 12: Lucky Valentines
- July 19: Tracy Williams
- July 26: Savvy
Shows begin at 7 p.m. Watch the Library's social media for band details and food truck schedules.
Healthcare Navigator Providing Assistance at Great Falls Public LibrarySecond Friday each month, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
If you are struggling with enrolling in the Health Insurance Marketplace or just want to learn more about health insurance options available to you, then come talk with a Healthcare Navigator.
Healthcare Navigators are trained to help people who need assistance enrolling in health plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace or, if eligible, Medicaid. They can also help people who are already enrolled in the Marketplace but are having issues managing their care.
To learn more, please visit the Healthcare Navigator on the second Friday of each month at the Great Falls Public Library. The Navigator will be in the game room on the second floor from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Corporate sites across the U.S are releasing toxins into the surrounding land, air, and water on a regular basis—and often unbeknownst to surrounding communities.
After an accidental release from a chemical plant in West Virginia in 1985, Congress passed the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. The act established the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), which provides citizens with crucial information on the toxins being emitted locally and the names of companies doing the emitting. The TRI has allowed certain states to put emission-curbing legislation in place to safeguard public health, as was the case when Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker in 2019 passed legislation allocating $2.4 billion to climate change resilience.
Stacker analyzed data from the EPA TRI and the U.S. Census Bureau's five-year American Community Survey to identify the percentage of each state's population living in census tracts with toxic release sites, as well as the corporations and facilities responsible for emitting the highest amounts of toxins annually. These results, released in October 2021, reflect the last full year of data, 2020, from the 2020 National Analysis Dataset.
Keep reading to discover where the most toxins are being released in your state, what part of your environment they may be polluting, and who is being affected. You can also read the national story here.
Nebraska by the numbers
- Population living near toxic release sites: 25.7%
--- 22.9% of state's white population
--- 37.4% of state's Hispanic population
--- 14.1% of state's Black population
--- 20.3% of state's Native American population
--- 13.7% of state's Asian population
--- 25.8% of state's Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander population
- Total number of sites: 198
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. emitted the most toxins in Nebraska in 2020, releasing over 2.6 million pounds into the water. Otherwise, much of Nebraska’s toxins came from food suppliers, including Smithfield Fresh Meats and Cargill Meat Solutions.
The EPA's TRI program recognizes 770 chemicals, with any site that manufactures or uses these chemicals at above-average levels qualifying for listing in the TRI. Chemicals described by the TRI as “toxic” are known to cause cancer or other negative health issues, as well as adverse effects on the environment. Facilities report the amounts of chemicals they release annually to the TRI, with the "release" of a chemical meaning that it is "emitted to the air or water, or placed in some type of land disposal."
The facilities in the TRI are usually quite large and deal in electricity, metals, mining, chemicals, or hazardous waste. However, not all toxic chemicals used by corporations are listed in the TRI, meaning that its inventory of toxin-emitting sites is not exhaustive.
Keep reading to learn which states have the most and least people living near toxic release sites.
States with the most people living near toxic release sites
#1. Wisconsin: 37.3% of population living near toxic release sites
#2. Iowa: 33.5% of population living near toxic release sites
#3. Wyoming: 32.5% of population living near toxic release sites
States with the fewest people living near toxic release sites
#1. Hawaii: 6.5% of population living near toxic release sites
#2. New York: 8.3% of population living near toxic release sites
#3. California: 8.4% of population living near toxic release sites
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NORMAL — Greeted by yellow streamers, balloons, posters and even handmade bucket hats, Leah Marlene’s smile could not grow wider when she arrived at Prairieland Elementary School to students screaming and chanting her name.
From a limousine, the 20-year-old singer-songwriter made stops at her alma maters Tuesday afternoon, including Parkside Junior High and Normal West High School, as part of her “American Idol” hometown visit.
Marlene was set to take part in a parade in uptown Normal, where Mayor Chris Koos would officially declare May 17, 2022 as Leah Marlene Day before a free concert later in the evening.
The hometown visit is a tradition for "Idol" finalists. Footage will be shown during the finale episode on Sunday, when Marlene competes against Noah Thompson and HunterGirl for the top spot.
The students at Prairieland lined the bus lane and swarmed the limo, passing her handmade posters when they had a chance.
“I’m really happy,” said Arabella Grazar, a first grader at Prairieland. “I’ve actually seen her before in real life; I just didn’t know she was going to be on American Idol.”
Having considered becoming a singer herself, Grazar said Marlene “encouraged me a lot.”
It was a fitting return for the 2019 Normal West graduate, who grew up in a musical household and was performing in uptown Normal as a child. Marlene is the daughter of Deanna and Derry Grehan, who is lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band Honeymoon Suite.
Throughout her youth and early adulthood, Marlene performed at local events like the Sugar Creek Arts Festival and Sweet Corn Circus. She went on to study songwriting at Belmont University in Nashville for two years. She released her third album, "Many Colors," in March.
Marlene expressed several times in recent weeks, both in comments on her social media and on the show itself, how much she wanted to make it to the final round so that she could bring the "Idol" cameras home. On Tuesday afternoon during a pep rally at Normal West, she walked out to the football field with the marching band as students cheered from the stands.
Characterizing the situation as surreal, Marlene told the students that she was "still so confused, but I'm so grateful."
The experience of being on the show "has changed everything about my life," she told the students. "I'm living inside a literal dream right now. I was literally just in your shoes. ... Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
During the pep rally, her former social studies teacher John Bierbaum presented two gifts: a Wildcat Idol pass, "for when you come back to see us" and a yellow quilted jacket.
"It’s almost like a senior quilt into a jacket," Bierbaum said of the jacket made by former Spanish teacher Jama Lindahl and former musical director Ellie Marvin.
A flower covers the back of the jacket with cut T-shirts and other quilted items that symbolize her time in Normal schools, acting in musicals and even playing goalie as a hockey player.
"She is a really, really easy person to love," Bierbaum said of his former student. "Everywhere she goes, she has a contagious laugh and people just want to be around her; they want to root for her, and when she’s performing, it’s just her. That has just carried her the entire way and it’s going to carry her the rest of the way."
Prairieland Elementary Principal Scott Peters said he wasn't at the school during Marlene's time as a student, but she was widely known as a talent, even then.
"People who have known her growing up have said, what you see is what you get with Leah," Peters said. "She was that way when she was here — that outgoing, bubbly, kind of quirky kiddo.
"And that’s what everybody has loved about her and that’s what she is. She’s genuine to what you see."
Third grade teacher Suzie Schertz remembered her former student as having an extroverted personality, much the same as she appears on "Idol."
"Her style choices were very similar to what they are now. She had a fedora that she wore a lot in third grade," Schertz said.
And when it was time for the third grade talent show, she brought in a guitar and "just wowed us," Schertz said.
"You know when a kid comes in and puts a clamp on their guitar at 8 years old and she’s changing keys and things like that — OK, she’s got some serious talent," she said. "Things like that kind of clued us in that something bigger was in the future for her."
Marlene's former kindergarten teacher, Amy Lucas, is set to retire at the end of this month. A visit from her now-famous former student was a great end to her teaching career, she said.
"It’s gonna make me cry," Lucas said. "We’re just so proud of her because she’s done this ever since she came here; she’s always been so musically inclined and to watch her grow and turn into what she’s turned into is just, it’s wonderful. I’m so proud."
Marlene's ascent has also given her students an example to follow. Lucas, who now teaches first grade, said she has used Marlene's experience as a way to inspire the children.
"Don’t think that you can’t do something and be famous or do something and do very well," she told them, "because when Leah was here, she wasn’t thinking about being famous.
"But you can do it; look at what happened to her. It’s quite the honor."
Photos: Leah Marlene's 'American Idol' journey
'American Idol' - May 15
'American Idol' - May 15
'American Idol' - May 15
'American Idol' - May 15
'American Idol' - May 15
'I'll Stand by You' - May 15
'American Idol' - May 15
'Sanctuary' - May 8
'Sanctuary' - May 8
'Sanctuary' - May 8
'Electric Love'
'Electric Love'
Leah Marlene and dad Derry Grehan
Leah Marlene and dad Derry Grehan
Leah Marlene at Disneyland
Leah Marlene and Derek Hough
Leah Marlene and Derek Hough
Leah Marlene - May 1
Leah Marlene and dad Derry Grehan
Leah Marlene - May 1
Pixar Pier
Pixar Pier
American Idol - ... Bruno
Bruno
Leah Marlene - 'Make You Feel My Love'
Leah Marlene - "Happy Together"
Leah Marlene - top 11
Leah Marlene - April 14
Leah Marlene - April 17
Leah Marlene - Audition
Contact Kelsey Watznauer at (309) 820-3254. Follow her on Twitter: @kwatznauer.
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“Can’t find a better man.”
— Pearl Jam
There is always at least a grain of truth when someone utters the time-worn adage: “This is the most important election of our lifetime.”
Some — Republicans seeking to maintain their increasingly tenuous, but as of now gerrymander-protected, control of state government; Democrats praying for a miracle that would allow them to keep their razor-thin advantages in the U.S. House and Senate, and a local race for the Dougherty County Commission chairmanship that many say is an ongoing effort to “purify” local government racially — have made the most-important-election claim already as the 2022 cycle kicks off with next week’s party primaries.
With the state’s governor’s race in play, the historical likelihood of lost seats in the U.S. House and Senate by the party in charge (Democrats) — plus the miserable poll numbers of the current administration — and the quirk in local politics that demands voters make a sometimes tough decision on which ballot to select in the primaries, the current political decisions made by voters Tuesday could indeed have a significant impact at all levels.
Early voting has drawn record numbers — particularly among state Republicans — as the Georgia party makes a decision on how much sway former President Trump still holds. Some individual candidates he’s endorsed appear headed for primary victories, while others are nowhere near sure things. (Which would have been the case with or without Trump’s much-ballyhooed endorsements.)
For example, Trump-endorsed former football player Herschel Walker has a seemingly safe lead in the GOP primary to challenge Raphael Warnock for Warnock’s U.S. Senate seat even though Walker has a sketchy past and no political history. But Trump-backed former Sen. David Perdue, who was one of Trump’s biggest yes-men while in the Senate, is trailing incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp by a significant margin in the Republican gubernatorial race.
The state ballot also features an interesting race between incumbent Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who famously recorded a call from Trump after the 2020 election asking Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn presidential results in the state, and another Trump acolyte, Jody Hice.
The state lieutenant governor’s race features a gaggle of Republicans who all want to out-Pro Life each other — “Outlaw all abortions, no matter if the pregnancy is the result of rape or if the mother’s life is endangered,” they all say — a drastic change from outgoing progressive Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan.
Locally, two-term Commission Chairman Chris Cohilas faces one candidate who has government experience — former County Commissioner Harry James — and one who was soundly defeated in his quest to gain a Dougherty School Board seat — Lorenzo Heard.
Some groups in the county are pushing — some behind the scenes, but many openly — to “elect all blacks” to the various government seats, a factor that could impact this race.
A lesser-known element of Republican and Democratic primary ballots are party questions that, in theory, could impact each party’s platform among the candidates who move on to the general election in November.
The Republican-led state legislature passed what they called election reform laws during the recently completed legislative session that opponents say were designed to lessen the impact of minority (usually Democratic) voting, while Republicans — most of them, like Perdue, Hice and lieutenant governor candidate Butch Miller still campaigning on the call to overturn the 2020 election — say they “restored integrity” to the voting process in the state. (Opponents point to the fact that most of the “reform” was designed to assure incumbents’ re-election.)
The most important election of our lifetime? Not bloody likely. But one that will answer a whole lot of questions? Yeah ... unless it becomes a mindless re-re-rehashing of the 2020 election.
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JASPER, Ala. (WIAT) – The Jasper Fire Department is struggling with staffing shortages and firefighters worry it is impacting safety for crews and city residents.
According to fire administration, there are about 10 fewer employees than when the department was fully staffed.
“If y’all don’t do something about retaining these guys, someone is going to get hurt or killed. It almost happened,” said current firefighter Justin Vinson as he addressed city leaders at a council meeting Tuesday.
Firefighters, family members, and friends packed city hall to share frustrations and concerns after an incident last week that almost left two team members hurt.
Brittany Vinson’s husband Justin wasn’t even on the clock but still helped.
“They got paged out. They did not have enough men there, so he went on the call. He was the first in. Him and his partner went in, something happened that went bad, it could have been extremely bad. The hose caught on fire,” said Brittany Vinson.
Vinson shared a photo on social media showing her husband’s helmet that was burned and melted.
Jasper Fire Chief Dante Fields said if it wasn’t for the two firefighters experience, it could have been much worse.
“They knew what they were doing. They had the knowledge and experience to get out of there and we were really lucky with that, because we have quite a few new personnel and experience means a lot,” said Fields.
Current and former firefighters blamed low pay, reduced benefits, and a lack of support from city leadership on the reasons for the shortages.
“You’re 10 short now, probably fixing to be four more short. You know why? Because you will not pay them to go in and risk their lives to save your home [or] to save somebody’s life,” said Donnie Naramore, who is the father of a firefighter.
Naramore said firefighters often leave for other nearby departments that are paying significantly higher salaries with additional benefits.
“Entry level at Sumiton is $43,000. Entry level at Adamsville is $45,000. Entry level here is $33,000. My goodness why do you think you are 66 percent of your work force,” said Naramore.
Fields said he has gone to the Tuscaloosa Fire School to try and recruit new employees, but has found his city is behind on what it can offer.
“People were saying they were getting offers of bonuses and contractual things and this has never happened. I have never seen that before and it is just a highly competitive time,” said Fields.
City Councilor Jennifer Williams-Smith said she recognized public safety members and city employees in general were underpaid compared to other cities, citing studies from a recent municipal league conference.
We can build all these wonderful things, but if you don’t have people to protect and take care of those properties, it is not going to do any good,” said Williams-Smith
Recently, Jasper had one of the lowest pay rates in the state for a city of its size, she said.
Williams-Smith floated the idea of using federal funds from the American Rescue Plan to raise pay and increase benefits but no action was taken during Tuesday’s meeting.
Firefighters and their families hope their strength in numbers will turn up the heat on city leaders and bring additional support to the emergency department.
“This is his home and he loves his people and he loves his brothers that he worked with and our kids go to the school system and he don’t want to leave, but if that is what it takes, he will,” said Brittany Vinson.
Jasper Mayor David O’Mary refused to comment on the issue after Tuesday’s council meeting.
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Missing U.S Bureau of Land Management firefighter's body found
Adam Terro
Arizona Republic
The body of a missing U.S Bureau of Land management firefighter was found Tuesday afternoon near a Walmart in Sierra Vista.
According to Sierra Vista police, the body of Patrick Gladics, 38, was found around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in a desert area near a Walmart in Sierra Vista, according to a Facebook post from Sierra Vista police.
He had last been seen "on foot heading north toward the open desert from the parking lot" early Saturday, police said.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Reach breaking news reporter Adam Terro at adam.terro@arizonarepublic.com.
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Records: Suspect accused of sexually assaulting blind woman he met on dating app
A man suspected of sexually assaulting a blind woman he met on a dating app early Sunday was arrested by Phoenix police.
According to Maricopa County Superior Court records, the woman invited 35-year-old Terrence Cooper to her apartment about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Cooper was drinking and became aggressive, the court records said. When the woman asked Cooper to leave, he refused and "grabbed the victim by her arm and threw her to the ground," according to the court documents.
The court records say Cooper grabbed the woman's phone and told her she could have it back if she had sex with him.
She was able to break free and escape out the front door of her apartment, court records said. Cooper then ran away and approached officers in the area and claimed that his belongings were stolen after hanging out with a blind woman, the court records stated.
In an interview with police, Cooper said he believed the woman was faking being blind to trick him and set him up, according to the court documents.
Cooper was arrested and booked into a Maricopa County jail on suspicion of one count of sexual abuse, kidnapping, aggravated assault, assault and preventing the use of a telephone in an emergency.
Bond was set at $10,000 and a court date is scheduled for Friday.
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BALTIMORE — A website established to collect money for the legal defense of Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby and State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby now is mostly blank following the release last week of a ruling from the Baltimore Board of Ethics outlining several alleged violations of the city’s ethics code by the council president.
The website, which reads “maintenance mode is on” and lacks links, previously promoted a fundraiser to assist with the political power couple’s legal bills.
A former trustee for the Mosby 2021 Trust, a tax-exempt political organization associated with the legal defense fund, said the trust is in the process of being dissolved.
Robyn Murphy, the trustee for the fund when it was established, said Monday the process of dissolving the trust has been underway for some time. Murphy said she has since relinquished her duties as the trustee. The current trustee for the fund has not been named.
According to the city’s Board of Ethics, the council president committed multiple violations of the city’s ethics law by indirectly soliciting and accepting donations from two city contractors via the legal defense fund.
Baltimore’s code of ethics bars city officials from soliciting and accepting money, directly or indirectly, from “controlled donors,” a category that includes city contractors and many others who do business with the city.
In the case of Nick Mosby, who presides over City Council as well as the city’s Board of Estimates, controlled donors are considered anyone who seeks to do business with the City Council, the council president’s office, the Board of Estimates or any city governmental or quasi-governmental entity with which the council president is affiliated. Also included are subcontractors doing business with or seeking to do business with the above groups, and those who engage in activities regulated or controlled by those groups.
According to the Board of Ethics, the legal defense fund received $5,000, its largest individual contribution, in August from the “resident agent” for a contractor that is a city-certified minority- or woman-owned business. The business was a subcontractor on a deal considered by the city’s spending board in 2020, the board reported.
The fund also received a $100 donation from the executive director of a nonprofit organization that was awarded a multi-thousand-dollar grant of federal funds by the city in March.
The Board of Ethics ordered Nick Mosby to instruct the fund’s organizers to return any money collected from controlled donors, cease fundraising activities and provide the Board of Ethics with a list of fund donors. The board gave him 30 days to comply with the order or face a penalty of $1,000 per day.
Nick Mosby has denied violating the ethics code and reiterated that defense Monday. The council president said he intends to comply with the orders from the ethics board, but said there is no money to return.
“There is no money to pay back,” he said. “There was never any money that was passed along.”
“If you read through the 17 pages clearly, I had nothing to do with it, and at this point it’s just time to move on,” he said. “I’m going to comply with whatever stipulations that they’re asking me.”
On Saturday, six members of Baltimore City Council sent a letter to Nick Mosby calling on him to comply with the order. The council members, who make up less than half the 15-member council, said the ethics board’s report made it “unmistakably clear” the council president violated the city’s ethics laws. “We write to express to you our dismay at the ethics board’s findings in their investigation of the Mosby Trust, of which you are a beneficiary, and your financial disclosure,” states the City Council members’ letter.
The letter was signed by Council members Kristerfer Burnett, Zeke Cohen, Ryan Dorsey, Phylicia Porter, Odette Ramos and James Torrence, a group that also co-wrote an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun calling on Nick Mosby to apologize for a raucous meeting in council chambers last month.
On Monday, several City Council members who opted not to sign the letter cited concerns with the letter’s timing and language. A draft letter was circulated to council members via email at 3:16 p.m. Friday by the six signing members, according to an email obtained by the Baltimore Sun. Any interested council members were asked to sign on by 5:15 p.m. that evening.
Council member Mark Conway said Monday he had not yet read the 17-page report from the Board of Ethics on Friday afternoon and didn’t feel comfortable signing. “I had some initial concerns about the language, the sensitivity of the language,” Conway said. “I didn’t think it was the right action for me to take in the moment.”
Conway said he chose instead to speak directly to the council president.
“I told him it was imperative he take care of the situation,” Conway said. “It’s a distraction from the important work we’ve got to do. This is not going to be helpful toward anything.”
Conway said Nick Mosby told him he has complied with almost everything in the order, but one piece remains to be addressed, Conway recalled.
“I told him, in so many words, ‘You believing you’ve met the requirements of that and the ethics commission believing so, that’s two different things,’ ” Conway said.
Council member Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer said his decision not to sign came down to timing. The council members who coordinated the letter never spoke to him directly, he said. Schleifer said he did not see the letter until it was published in news reports Saturday. Schleifer, however, declined to comment on the allegations against Mosby. Council member John Bullock said he saw no need for the letter.
“From my perspective, the report seemed pretty straightforward in terms of what the council president needs to do,” Bullock said.
Bullock said he has not spoken to Mosby since the ethics ruling was released. Bullock said he gets the sense from the council members who did not sign the letter that they want to give the council president time to comply with the order. “The decision lays out what needs to happen,” he said. “If that doesn’t happen, that’s something the council could look at.”
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A factory shutdown in China is causing issues in hospitals half a world away here in Arkansas.
This nationwide shortage is now putting certain medical tests on hold.
It's called contrast dye. Basically, it's what hospitals use for CT scans to better detect things like heart problems or cancer.
While hospitals here in Arkansas are feeling the impact of this shortage, they're figuring out ways to adjust.
Scanning the radiology room at CHI St. Vincent, it's hard to miss the big white machine and true to its size, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Gerry Jones said it carries a lot of weight in the hospital.
"Diagnostic studies, called CAT scans or computerized tomography, really give us a very good picture of what's going on inside the body," he said.
Dr. Jones said sometimes doctors need that picture to be even more detailed and that's where contrast dye comes into play, but right now, it's hard to come by.
"The shortage of this IV contrast is requiring us to be more thoughtful in how we use a resource that before seemed unlimited and now we know is indeed limited," he said.
Being more thoughtful at the hospital, according to Dr. Jones, means prioritizing exams that are most important. That includes trauma patients, using different tests like MRI or ultrasounds, and if it's just a routine exam, it may get postponed.
Over at UAMS, Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Michelle Krause, said it's the same story.
"Things that are just a more routine or surveillance, we're trying to kind of spread them out of the schedule, so that we can take care of things that are more urgently needed," she said.
Over the past ten days, Dr. Krause said they've really noticed the shortages impact on their day-to-day operations.
She believed the temporary shutdown reduced their supply by 75 to 80%.
"We're just making sure that we're smart about who we're giving it to, probably for the next handful of weeks," Dr. Krause said.
If the pandemic taught these hospitals anything though, it's that they'll get through this.
"It is the world that we live in now," Dr. Jones said.
"We will overcome, you know what I mean, we've learned to be very resilient, so we'll be fine," Dr. Krause said.
The manufacturing facility that started this whole shortage is back up and running.
Both Dr. Jones and Dr. Krause believe the supply could be back to normal by the end of June.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Addressing food insecurity isn't an easy thing to do, but it has to start somewhere, no matter how small. It's exactly what Lacy Selig is doing in her neighborhood.
"There seem to be people who have a little bit more and a little bit less than us," she said. "We just wanted to do our part."
Doing that though started with something negative.
"Six months ago, we had a break in in our home," Selig said. "It was scary because we were home that night."
While you might be thinking the person responsible was after valuables, they weren't.
They were after food.
"Made a quick right, another quick right, and opened our refrigerator," Selig said. "Took out some frozen meals and went right back out."
After calling the police, Selig said her family decided not to press charges – instead, they wanted to help.
"We as a family had been racking our brain about a way that we could not just call the police and file the incident report, but really try and connect with the community about the issue," she said. "That's what led us to our sharing pantry."
A small box just off the corner of the families property off Broadway in Little Rock, but it's already having a big impact.
"We installed it and a neighbor came by and said, you know, 'Somebody's gonna clear you out of that,'" Selig said. "I paused and I thought, 'Yeah, that's the point!'"
Selig said the pantries only been up for just over a day, but they've already had to refill it multiple times. Others in the area, like State Representative Denise Ennett, say it's good to see community solutions.
"The community has had a hand in it, the government can't always solve all the problems," Rep. Ennett said. "So what Lacy has done with her and her family, it's just one of the ways the community can get involved."
Selig doesn't want to dwell on what inspired the box – but rather, what it's inspiring.
"This is not the answer to all those problems, this is just here for our community and neighbors," Selig said. "There are bigger issues, cooling centers, lots of things that the city and the community can do, I just hope our small part makes a difference."
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Fayetteville, Arkansas as one of its top 10 Best Places to Live in the United States.
The city that's home to the University of Arkansas and dozens of local businesses ranked No. 7.
To determine its ranking, the publication uses data from sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI, U.S. Department of Labor and internal sources. The 150 rankings are based on the job market, housing affordability, quality of life, desirability and net migration.
Fayetteville ranked No. 8 in Cheapest Places to Live, No. 18 in Fastest-Growing Places and No. 83 in Best Places to Retire.
Out of 10, the city received an overall score of 6.7, a 6.8 for quality of life and a value of 8.3.
Fayetteville has appeared in the top 10 since 2016.
Click here to view all of the rankings from the U.S. News & World Report.
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LAREDO, Texas — There are likely some very angry cartel leaders in Mexico right now after a massive meth bust on the Texas border.
CBP officers seized $18 million worth of methamphetamine earlier this month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
It was hidden in a bunch of buckets on board a truck stopped at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo.
The meth was found when a CBP officer referred an international trailer hauling a shipment of stainless steel scrap for a secondary inspection. A K9 was sent onto the truck and they also examined it with an imaging system.
That's when they discovered nearly 913 pounds of meth in the lidded buckets.
The 33-year-old driver from Mexico was arrested.
“Officers assigned to CBP cargo facilities ensure effective border security by preventing and countering the flow of suspected narcotics entering the country,” said Port Director Alberto Flores, Laredo Port of Entry. “Large-scale seizures, such as this one, provide an excellent example of border security management and how it helps prevent illicit contraband from reaching our communities.”
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — According to a North Little Rock Police Department social post, they are asking the public for help in locating a 15-year-old boy last seen at his home.
Alex Lott reportedly ran away from his home in the Rose City area toward Meadow Park Elm around 4:10 p.m. on May 16, police said.
NLRPD also added that Alex was wearing a black shirt and gray sweatpants.
Police ask anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Alex, you can contact NLRPD at (501) 758-1234 and remain anonymous.
We will update this article with more information as it becomes available.
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DUMAS, Ark. — The Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission held their sixth non-violence youth summit of the year at Dumas High School. In light of the recent shooting that impacted a Dumas community event, they wanted to empower the youth.
"Dumas shows resilience in wanting to advocate for their community. What took place was unfortunate, but it doesn't speak to who they are as a community," said the commission's executive director, DuShun Scarbrough.
The commission brought in actress, Vivica A Fox as a keynote speaker, hoping her influence will encourage the next generation.
"I was so sad to hear about this mass shooting that happened almost two months ago. So I'm here to offer hope healing and restoration. Us as celebrities, sometimes we can bring a little bit more awareness to it. So if I can do that it's a part of my mission," Fox said.
Break out sessions included teaching young people about financial literacy, healthy living, employment, education, and community advocacy.
They also encouraged combating gun violence and bullying.
Grand Master Richard Anderson with Anderson's Taekwondo taught a "Mind Over Matters" session on anti-bullying by incorporating skits with children in his class.
"You can be anyone. You can be the best of anything, but you have to put your mind to it," Anthony told the teens.
Dumas High School Principal Jacob Lanehart encouraged Dumas middle and high school students by telling them they're not alone in feeling like violence is affecting them.
"We wanted to put this together and bring this here to make you all better people. To make Dumas, Arkansas a better place. We're so honored and welcome all of our guests who came here today," said Lanehart.
Students took a pledge for non-violence and promised to follow the six principals of non-violence:
- Non-violence is a way of life for courageous people
- Non-violence seeks to win friendship and understanding
- Non-violence seeks to defeat injustice, not people
- Non-violence holds that suffering can educate and transform
- Non-violence chooses love instead of hate
- Non-violence believes that the universe is on the side of justice
The Arkansas MLK Commission said they'll keep the momentum going with more non-violence events across the state.
Their next event will be a unity in the community in Monticello.
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PORTLAND, Ore — It’s been about a month since the city unveiled it’s 90-day reset plan to "repair, rebuild and reopen the Old Town corridor.” The city is doing this primarily through homeless camp cleanups and removals. Through this process, dozens of people lose their belongings and are left searching for the next corner to call home.
“I was the only tent there. There was nothing posted saying that it was going to be swept,” said Douglas Marcks, who sat at a picnic table Tuesday morning.
Marcks has been living on the streets for about 10 years. On Monday night, the city removed his camp.
“I was pretty furious actually,” Marcks said. Most of his belongings were taken too.
“All my clothing other than what’s on my back, all my electronics except for what’s in my backpack, all gone — that’s several hundred dollars’ worth of stuff,” he said.
“Honestly, I think its rude,” added Danny Junior who also lives in Old Town. He watched the city remove his friend’s camp earlier this week. "It’s hard, you know, seeing somebody get everything they pretty much own get taken away.”
“It’s been a very loud, tumultuous time the last couple weeks,” said Kaia Sand. She runs Street Roots, a homeless advocacy group and newspaper.
She described watching camps get cleared outside her office window.
“We saw all these flashing lights and yells,” Sand said.
Earlier this month, the city’s Impact Reduction Program cleaned two sites and removed 19 others in Old Town, and 25 more sites in the neighborhood are scheduled to be removed.
“I’m just scared for the ways in which this is just so destabilizing for people,” said Sand.
In the past three days, the city says it has helped 23 people affected by the Old Town cleanups find a shelter bed.
“They’re surviving. The man that was camped here, he moved around the corner and then he was swept again,” said Sand.
“The streets have not been safe — not safe for the folks who are living on them, not safe for the pedestrians,” said Carrie Saum, business navigator for the Old Town Business Association. She works to attract new businesses to the area, which she said it's hard to do when the streets are filled with homeless camps.
However, this past weekend she saw a change.
“The streets were very clean, they were safe and what we’re hearing from business owners and folks who love the neighborhood but haven’t felt safe, their experience this weekend was night and day," Saum said. "Everyone was thrilled with how different it was down here.”
For people like Marcks who choose not to be in the proffered shelters, the search for a new, safe place to sleep continues.
“That’s what happens it’s like people just cycling through having more trauma more stress having a new place to survive and then it goes on,” said Sand.
The city is working to connect with each person displaced by these cleanups. They’ve set aside about 65 shelter beds for them and are offering free rides to the shelter.
Here are steps the city told KGW people can take to retrieve their belongings lost in the cleanups:
- Property collected from campsites will be stored by a City contractor for at least 30 days. Property left for longer than 30 days will be destroyed or donated.
- To arrange pickup, please call 503-387-1336 with the date, location and a description of items collected Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- No identification or name is required for obtaining removed property unless obtaining prescription medications, personal identification or credit cards (in which case name is required).
- There is no fee, fine, ticket or citation for retrieving personal property and that the City does not perform warrant checks or ICE referrals in connection with the retrieval of personal property.
- If you are unable to retrieve your personal belongings within 30 days, please call the number to work out an extension.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento City Teachers Association announced on Tuesday they filed what is known as an unfair labor practice charge against Sacramento City Unified School District over its response to the recent strikes.
In their filing to the California Public Employment Relations Board made on Friday, the teachers union alleged that school district officials continue to refuse bargaining "in good faith."
Both parties have yet to come to an agreement over make-up days to cover the eight days district educators and staff were on strike.
Now Sacramento City Unified faces $46 million in penalties if officials fail to provide California's required number of instructional days to students.
According to the district, students lost around 2,400 minutes of learning time because of the strike.
In the district's latest statement on Saturday, officials said there is a tentative agreement with the union to extend the school year from June 17 to June 24.
While Sacramento City Teachers Association leaders said they agreed to the district’s framework to extend the school year, both parties have disagreements over staffing levels during the extended days.
Currently, both parties agreed to allow up to 30% of certified school staff approved leaves of absences between June 17 and June 24.
ABC10 reached out to the school district for comment, but the inquiry was not immediately returned.
Union leaders allege a number of charges in the complaint, which can be viewed in the PDF below.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — Two Stockton homicide cases are moving forward as police announced on May 16 that detectives made three arrests.
The most recent of the two homicide cases happened on Sunday when a 20-year-old male was killed near West Lane and Knickerbocker Drive in Stockton. Police identified 30-year-old Antonio Hoskins and 38-year-old Roverta Howard as the suspects arrested in the case.
Antonio Thomasson, 35, was arrested In connection with the other incident that February 11, 2022. The case involved the shooting death of a 31-year-old male near the 8000 block of N. El Dorado Street.
Though police have yet to announce the official charges, they said all three suspects were booked into the San Joaquin County Jail.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — Police are investigating a reported child luring incident at a middle school in Vancouver, authorities said.
On Tuesday morning, VPD said it responded to Covington Middle School where a 13-year-old girl reported that she was walking to school earlier that morning in the area of Northeast 49th Street and Northeast 112th Avenue. She told police she was approached by an unknown male who emerged from some bushes, attempted to engage in conversation and “loosely” grabbed her to get her into the bushes with him.
Police say she was able to break away from him and continued to walk away. According to authorities, the male – who is described as Hispanic – was last seen in the area of Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard and Northeast Gher Road.
The suspect is also described as 20 to 30 years of age, short ‘buzz’ cut black hair and thin build.
Anyone with information on this incident, or the identity or location of the suspect, is asked to call Vancouver Police Detective David Jensen at david.jensen@cityofvancouver.us.
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The Southeast Community College Board of Governors wants to build a standalone welding facility at its Lincoln campus.
On Tuesday, the board unanimously approved a program statement for an 80,000-square-foot welding technology center to be built at the 8800 O St. campus.
The $43.5 million facility would be paid for through the college's property tax levy, according to the program statement, which now goes to the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education for review and approval in July. The commission must approve the project since it relies on tax funding.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has identified welding as one of the fastest-growing job areas in America, with Southeast Nebraska being deemed a "hot spot" in local demand for skilled welders. SCC serves 15 area counties.
More than 140 welding jobs need filled on an annual basis in the region, with growth in the industry expected to increase by 7% by the end of the decade, according to the labor department.
The classroom and labs within the current welding facility, located inside SCC's hulking Main Building, are used more than 230 hours each week during the semester, but do not allow for students to get the kind of hands-on experience needed to set them up for success in the workforce, the college said.
"Analysis of the learning spaces within the welding technology program demonstrated undersized, crowded labs that were unsafe for students and faculty," the program statement says.
SCC's welding program has room for 84 welding booths for all levels of learners but cannot expand to accommodate increased enrollment as students seek high-paying welding jobs in Nebraska.
The limited space also doesn't facilitate partnering with companies for training opportunities, testing and other events, SCC said.
According to the program statement, in addition to allowing SCC to expand to 184 welding booths to accommodate learners of various skill levels, moving the welding program into a standalone facility would address several safety concerns that exist in the current space.
SCC would improve fire safety by removing an ignition source, as well as alleviate overcrowding caused by an influx of students and new equipment used to teach to industry standards, the college said.
The existing welding facility would be repurposed into an expanded gymnasium, esports arena and athletic training center, which would be paid for through existing funds.
It would also create room to move SCC's offices currently located at 301 S. 68th St., and further the college's plans to divest from that property, according to the proposal approved by the board.
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Monday, Thomas claimed a no-trespass order handed down to him from the district in September prevented him from experiencing his first grader's school year.
A federal judge dismissed much of a lawsuit alleging UNL officials acted with "deliberate indifference" in responding to reports of rape or sexual harassment by Husker athletes.
"We are dropping like flies, and it's not like no one knows, everyone is well aware," an Omaha Public Schools employee said. Since the pandemic began, student misbehavior has been steadily rising in OPS and other schools.
The 3.81% salary and benefits increase for four LPS associate superintendents is slightly lower than the 4.11% total compensation package increase slated for teachers.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will hand out degrees to 737 graduate, professional and doctoral students on Friday, breaking the previous record of 698 set in May 2018.
After reading "Seedfolks," a book about a group of immigrants who bond over a community garden, English language learner students at Lincoln Northeast were inspired to discover their own green thumbs.
Sen. Matt Williams will take on former State Board of Education member Kathy Wilmot for the District 7 seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. Regent Paul Kenney will face Julie Hehnke in the District 6 general election.
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Members of Riverside Community Church United Church of Christ publicly apologized on May 13, 2022, for their silence as a church on May 13, 1942, the day 431 people of Japanese ancestry were forced onto train cars in Hood River to be transported to detention centers in California by order of the U.S. military.
“On May 13, 1942, 431 people of Japanese ancestry were forced onto trains less than 600 steps from the sanctuary where we now gather,” said Reverend Vicky Stitfer. “Few of us were here then, but it has impacted us all whether we are aware of it or not. This history lives on in the land and in our bodies, in our relationships and in this community. And without an honest reckoning, we cannot live into the just and flourishing future that we desire for ourselves and our children and our grandchildren,” she explained. “And so we gather on this day to remember, to reflect and declare, ‘never again.’”
Bishop Diana Akiyama, who grew up in a Japanese-American community in Hood River, expressed gratitude for the acknowledgment. Akiyama was the first Japanese American woman ordained into the priesthood of the Episcopal Church in 1989, and was consecrated as the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Oregon at Trinity Cathedral in Portland in 2021.
Speaking before a crowd that filled the small church to capacity, Akiyama said her own story was shaped by the internment of Japanese-Americans in 1942, even through she was not alive at that time. “My story is a continuation of the trauma that my family — my father and his family and the entire community — suffered when they were taken,” she explained.
Akiyama explained that most of the Nisei (Japanese-Americans) in his generation did not talk about the internment experience, but while in college, she pressed for answers. “I challenged him for his silence, asked why he didn’t share more about the experience. I felt that it was important for us to know the story, for him to tell us. And in the midst of my pummeling him with questions and challenging him, he paused and said, ‘I think it’s a little bit like those rape victims that you work with.’
She was at the time working on a rape crisis line, she explained. “That was really when I really began to understand how trauma works,” and how trauma can impact generations. “We now know that trauma is actually a physical phenomenon. It actually becomes part of the body and it can be passed on as if part of one’s DNA to generation after generation after generation.”
“Trauma changes not just the lives of those who experience it,” she explained. “It changes generation after generation after generation.”
But so does healing, she added. “What the congregation of Riverside Church has done is a courageous and radical act of healing. It’s so perfect and fitting that a church who should understand reconciliation and forgiveness, that a church should call itself together and begin to examine what it would mean to participate in the act of reconciliation.”
The apology, and the acceptance of that apology in gratitude, were the beginning, Akiyama said. “You have begun the process of healing, which is a return to the fullness of what has been fractured.”
The declaration, read by Yvonee Arbogast, read in part, “We now declare as a congregation that our silence 80 years ago was wrong, and that by remaining silent, we too caused harm. We are sorry for our silence when voices mattered most. We therefore are signing on to this declaration as a form of public apology for that silence and a vow to never again stay silent in the face of oppression.”
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Following the reading of the declaration, those gathered formed a silent procession through downtown Hood River to the nearby train station. Faith leaders, church members and Japanese Americans detained in 1942 were represented, as well as their families.
Large luggage tags resembling those used to identify those slated for removal were carried by many in their memory. The tags included the name and age of the person removed, and a number assigned them for the duration of their internment by the United States government.
At the train station, Thay Kozen of Trout Lake Buddhist Abbey led those assembled in a Metta Prayer, and a Peace Pole was placed at a corner of the train depot and blessed by Rev. Tyler Connoley, the conference minister of Central Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ.
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As part of an effort to combat sharply rising opioid overdose deaths in Wasco County, a local task force has secured 300 doses of naloxone, a nasal spray medicine that can reverse overdoses.
The opioid overdose prevention task force, started about a year ago, has twin goals: Putting naloxone (also called Narcan) into the hands of people who need it; and removing the stigma associated with opioid overdose.
Debby Jones leads the task force — which also covers Sherman County — and heads Wasco County’s alcohol and drug prevention program, YouthThink.
She secured the 300 doses — which come in 150 kits with two doses each and is worth about $10,000 — from the Save Lives Oregon Harm Reduction Supply Clearinghouse.
Naloxone is “a great tool,” Jones said. “We really want to prevent death. We have people in our community who are struggling with this disease of addiction and we can’t give up on them, we shouldn’t give up on them. And if this gives them another chance to get their lives back we want to be sure that’s available to them.”
Jones said Wasco County has had 11 fatal drug overdoses in a recent 10-month period. “If naloxone was maybe more available, maybe we wouldn’t have that,” she said. “We’ll never know, but we want to do everything we can to prevent death and promote hope and continued recovery. This gives people a second chance, and they’re worth it.
“I think there’s just a lot of misunderstandings about the disease of addiction, whether it’s nicotine, alcohol, meth, opioids, even marijuana, this is still someone’s son or daughter, mother or father,” she said.
“The other issue is that fentanyl, a very powerful and potentially deadly opioid, is flooding the market,” Jones said. “Fake pills laced with fentanyl are in our community. Heroin, meth and marijuana may also be laced with fentanyl. Most often with unregulated fentanyl, it is not a quick high but a quick, ugly death. If it’s not your own prescription from your own doctor, don’t take it.”
Oregon ranked first in the nation in the percentage of population that had used illicit drugs in the past year, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released in December 2021.
But Oregon ranked last in the country for having access to substance abuse treatment, according to the same report.
Having a naloxone supply is a start toward providing help, Jones said. “YouthThink has not always been comfortable in the ‘harm reduction’ business, which Narcan distribution technically falls under. However, preventing death so that a person has another chance at life and hope is part of our overall mission.”
The naloxone distribution plan is in its early phases, and the task force is looking for feedback from the community regarding proper and effective distribution. “It’s about $75 per dose, so we want to really be smart about how we use it and distribute it, but we want it to be used, and make sure we get it into the hands of people that need it,” she said. Jones encouraged the public to contact YouthThink at 541-506-2673 for questions or ideas regarding naloxone distribution.
“We need to do a lot more education in the community,” she said. An overdose could accidentally happen to an elderly patient taking prescription opioids. Or it could be a working professional who has become addicted to painkillers. Or it could be a teen who takes a pill offered to them at a party that turns out to be laced with fentanyl.
“We don’t want to say, certain types of people are the ones that need Narcan, and that’s not true in this day,” Jones said.
Stigma abounds when it comes to opioids. “This type of addiction is so often in the shadows, users could be people that you know,” she said.
Jones urged people not to use opioids alone, if possible, since, like CPR, you can’t self-administer naloxone.
Naloxone is easy to administer, and a short video, available from Reverse Overdose Oregon, provides instruction.
The Oregon Health Authority states: “Naloxone can very quickly restore normal breathing for a person whose breathing has slowed down or stopped because of an overdose of prescription opioids or heroin.
“Naloxone only works for opioid drugs, including heroin, morphine, oxycodone (e.g. OxyContin, Percocet), oxymorphone (e.g. Opana), methadone, hydrocodone (e.g. Vicodin), codeine and fentanyl.”
Signs of an overdose are:
Snoring or gurgling sounds
Slowed or stopped breathing
Cold, clammy hands
Discolored lips or fingernails
The first step is to call 911, then administer naloxone. It is harmless to administer if the person is not overdosing on opioids. A Good Samaritan law in Oregon protects people from liability if they use it on someone in good faith.
Also under Oregon and Washington laws, if you think someone is overdosing and you seek medical help for the victims, neither of you will be charged for possessing or using a small amount of drugs.
It can take more than one dose, or even two or more doses, to reverse an overdose, and naloxone is only short acting, so even if someone is revived, they need to be taken to the hospital for treatment because they will soon slip back into an overdose coma.
“It’s temporary help to get them more help,” Jones said.
She said helping to provide people a medicine to reverse a drug overdose is “kind of a tricky line for YouthThink, because we want to be in the prevention business. But prevention is across the continuum, and right now if we can get parents help, their kids will have less adverse childhood experiences.”
“The ideal scenario,” said Wasco County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Scott Williams, “is to get help to get clean and get off drugs. There is treatment available. Also, educate your children that experimenting is dangerous and they should not do drugs or alcohol.”
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Matt Herriges, member of the Fort Dalles Fourth Committee, appeared at the regular city council meeting on Monday, May 9, to address concerns about the amount of city funds provided to the committee for the Fourth of July fireworks show.
According to Herriges, the city was expected to put $25,000 for the fireworks into their budget. The contract for the fireworks is $50,000, so half was supposed to come from the city and the committee would raise the other half. However, Herriges said that only $10,000 was allotted for them by the city.
Herriges requested that the council consider reinstating the additional $15,000, as he believed concerns came out of a misunderstanding. The Fort Dalles Fourth Committee was not present at the meeting where the budget was allocated, but Herriges said they weren’t aware they should go.
Additionally, Herriges said the committee submitted a profit and loss statement to former City Manager Julie Krueger, but with her retirement and period of family leave, that statement apparently didn’t make it to the meeting, making it look like the committee wasn’t willing to share financial information.
“At that meeting, it was implied that we weren’t being … upfront and willing to reveal our monies and where we’re at, and that is not true,” he said. “... We’re just looking for a good event, we’re more than willing to share all the financials and make sure that we’re honest and transparent with our funding.”
City Councilor Tim McGlothlin, who was leading the meeting as council president due to Mayor Richard Mays’ absence, told Herriges he would direct the issue to new City Manager Matthew Klebes, as the budget hasn’t yet been approved, meaning money can still be added back in.
“Matthew and I have spoken,” McGlothlin said. “He’s fully aware of your commitment and we’re willing to sit down and … listen to your request for $15,000 to reinstate so that the fireworks could go ahead.”
Herriges said he was grateful for the city’s willingness to listen to his request.
“It’s an event that can’t be pulled off without the city’s support,” he said.
Fireworks spark behind an American flag at Festival Park in The Dalles during the 2021 Fort Dalles Fourth celebration.CGN photo/file
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Oregon State Police Senior Trooper Mark Jubitz happened to be nearby when a call was dispatched last summer about a possible overdose at a motel in The Dalles.
He arrived quickly, went inside, and saw a maintenance man wheeling a lifeless-looking person down the hall in a chair. The maintenance man had removed a needle from the person’s arm moments earlier in the hotel room, where they had gone to do a welfare check because the person hadn’t checked out on time.
The person “looked like they were dead and I’ve seen a lot of dead people,” Jubitz said.
Like other local law enforcement officers, Jubitz has naloxone (brand-named Narcan) in his patrol car. It’s an easily administered treatment — a nasal spray — that can temporarily reverse an opioid overdose.
When he got closer, he could see the person barely breathing. He squirted a dose of naloxone in their nose, then “watched and watched and watched — it seemed like forever — and they’re not responding.”
He was preparing to administer a second dose “and all of a sudden they took this big gasping breath and started breathing and was very slowly coming back to moving a little bit.”
A minute later, an ambulance crew arrived and he got out of the way.
One of the crew told Jubitz, “You probably just saved their life.”
“It’s just a matter of minutes, seconds, between having the time to use it and have it work, to it’s not gonna do anything because they’re already deceased,” Jubitz said.
As medics worked, the person was becoming more awake, to the point Jubitz grabbed their hands to keep them from flailing around. The person was able to answer questions.
“When it works, it works, there’s no two ways about it,” Jubitz said of naloxone. Troopers have carried it in their patrol cars for several years now, for just this purpose, he said.
“This person would’ve died, more likely than not, if I had not been there. And that’s not to pat myself on the back,” Jubitz said, “I was just at the right place at the right time with the right tool, which is why the state gives us that tool, so we can help people.”
In Sherman County, Deputy Kyle Pfeifer responded to an overdose earlier this year. The person — who’d been found purplish blue, drug paraphernalia nearby — had been somewhat revived by family members who had done CPR for 15 minutes. He arrived minutes after medics provided a dose of naloxone that fully awakened the person. “Pretty amazing,” Pfeifer said.
The person “was pretty fired up and angry,” Pfeifer recounted. “It ruins the high, so they get kind of agitated. That feeling they just had is now totally gone, and they’re feeling the effects of the CPR and the broken ribs.”
The person customarily used both fentanyl, an opioid, which are depressants, and methamphetamine, a stimulant. It is not an unusual combination of drug use. “They use fentanyl but then do a meth chaser so they can reduce the negative effects of drug and don’t miss the high,” Pfeifer said.
The person had to be given another dose of naloxone on the way to the hospital because its effects had started to wear off.
Naloxone blocks the receptors in the brain that opioids attach to, but it is short-acting. When the naloxone wears off, the overdose can resume. It’s not uncommon to have to give people several doses of naloxone to keep them from slipping back into overdose.
That’s why people treated with naloxone are taken to the hospital so they can continue treatments to prevent the overdose from continuing.
“What’s crazy is I could give you naloxone right now and it would do nothing to you unless you were on drugs,” Jubitz said. “It will not harm you. We’ve done it in training. We’ve taken an expired one, we can shoot it up your nose and it will do nothing.”
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High school students in Flagstaff gathered in front of city hall Monday morning to protest the leaked Supreme Court document indicating a potential overturn of Roe v. Wade.
About 20 students from BASIS Flagstaff left school between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and lined up on the sidewalk in front of city hall, holding handmade signs as part of the demonstration. Several cars honked while passing by, and every time, the students met the response with cheers.
The student protesters are the latest in a series of protests that are in opposition to the potential decision, including a Bans Off Our Bodies March that took place Saturday.
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A crowd of nearly 300 protestors gather on the corner of Butler and Lonetree Saturday afternoon at a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v Wade.
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors cross the street near Dutch Bros on Butler Saturday afternoon at a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v Wade.
Debra Block addresses a crowd of nearly 300 protestors Saturday afternoon at the Murdock Community Center as they prepare to march down Butler Avenue and back. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade.
Lia Melis stands on the median of the crosswalk at Butler Avenue and Lone Tree Road Saturday afternoon, waving an American flag and holding a pro-choice sign. Melis participated in a Bans Off Our Bodies march that was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court is considering overturning Roe v. Wade.
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors cross the street at Butler Avenue and Lone Tree Road Saturday afternoon during a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back.
Macey Velky (left) and Max Harbeson (right) walk down the sidewalk on Butler Saturday afternoon during a Bans Off Our Bodies March which attracted nearly 300 participants. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v Wade.
Lexi Gilroy cheers enthusiastically as passing cars honk in support of the Bans Off Our Bodies march down Butler Avenue Saturday afternoon. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade.
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors walk down Butler Avenue Saturday afternoon, holding signs, waving flags and chanting during a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade.
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors gathered in Flagstaff on Saturday afternoon during a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back.
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors gathered in Flagstaff on Saturday afternoon during a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back.
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors gather on the corner of Butler and Lonetree Saturday afternoon at a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v Wade.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun
Bans Off Our Bodies March
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors cross the street near Dutch Bros on Butler Saturday afternoon at a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v Wade.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun
Bans Off Our Bodies March
Protestors raise their fists and cheer as cars passing by honk in support of the Bans Off Our Bodies March down Butler Avenue Saturday afternoon.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun
Bans Off Our Bodies March
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors walk down Butler Saturday afternoon, holding signs, waving flags and chanting during a Bans Off Our Bodies march.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun
Bans Off Our Bodies March
Debra Block addresses a crowd of nearly 300 protestors Saturday afternoon at the Murdock Community Center as they prepare to march down Butler Avenue and back. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun
Bans Off Our Bodies March
Lia Melis stands on the median of the crosswalk at Butler Avenue and Lone Tree Road Saturday afternoon, waving an American flag and holding a pro-choice sign. Melis participated in a Bans Off Our Bodies march that was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court is considering overturning Roe v. Wade.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun
Bans Off Our Bodies March
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors cross the street at Butler Avenue and Lone Tree Road Saturday afternoon during a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun
Bans Off Our Bodies March
Macey Velky (left) and Max Harbeson (right) walk down the sidewalk on Butler Saturday afternoon during a Bans Off Our Bodies March which attracted nearly 300 participants. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v Wade.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun
Bans Off Our Bodies March
Lexi Gilroy cheers enthusiastically as passing cars honk in support of the Bans Off Our Bodies march down Butler Avenue Saturday afternoon. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade.
Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun
Bans Off Our Bodies March
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors walk down Butler Avenue Saturday afternoon, holding signs, waving flags and chanting during a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back. The march was organized in response to the leak of a document indicating that the Supreme Court could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade.
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors gathered in Flagstaff on Saturday afternoon during a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back.
A crowd of nearly 300 protestors gathered in Flagstaff on Saturday afternoon during a Bans Off Our Bodies march from the Murdoch Community Center down Butler to Whole Foods and back.
Ninth-graders Samantha Molengraft, Gretchen Faus, Nadia Wilson and Ariel Gilmore had organized the protest as part of a civics project for an AP government and politics class. Molengraft said the students had been working with teachers and the school’s administration about the protest and handing out flyers over the past week.
“We’re protesting the whole decision, the leaked draft about overturning Roe v. Wade,” she said. “I guess we just hope to bring more attention about it and to try and fight for our rights.”
She said they were hoping Roe v. Wade would not be overturned and that they could raise awareness of how important abortion -- and access to it -- really is.
She said it “felt like the right time” to hold the protest.
“It’s the most prevalent issue with us right now," she said. "…To bring the youth into it too felt important, because I know it can be harder to get youth involved in things.”
Eleventh-graders Naomi Crowder, Alina Skrocki and Jenna Crumb, and ninth-grader Niya Crowder were among the BASIS students who showed up to the protest Monday morning. They said the potential overturn of Roe v. Wade meant it was “really important to advocate for it right now.”
“I just care a lot about the rights of women, and I feel like everyone should have their own choice and have a chance to say over that,” Crowder said.
She added: “I hope people’s eyes are opened to that it’s actually a choice and that they don’t have to have [an abortion] if they don’t want it, but that should be up to us and not to them at all.”
Skrocki added that people should better educate themselves on what abortion actually means.
“Abortion isn’t just a women’s issue,” Molengraft said. “It applies to anyone who can get pregnant. It is crucial to our rights and to our healthcare and to how we are represented in the community.”
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Four Flagstaff-area high school athletes took first place in various events at the state track and field meets in Mesa on Saturday.
One athlete from each of Flagstaff's four schools that has an athletic varsity program came away with gold. Flagstaff junior Mia Hall dominated the Division II 3,200-meter championship race, finishing with a time of 10:39.52.
D-III Coconino senior Matt Reber won the high jump with an effort of 6 foot, 4 inches.
Northland Prep junior Lukas Pico also won the high jump, finishing with a score of 6-03 in the D-IV championships. Basis Flagstaff senior Brian Hofstetter rounded out the title-winning performances with victory in the D-IV 800m race, clocking a 1:57.54.
Division II girls top 10 results:
- 1,600m - Mia Hall - Flagstaff - 7th - 5:17.73
- 4x800 relay - Flagstaff - 2nd - 9:50.09
- High jump - Teagan Martin - Flagstaff - 7th - 5-00
- Pole vault - Audrey Ketter - Flagstaff - 9th - 8-06
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Division II boys top 10 results:
- 1,600m - Lance Harris - Flagstaff - 8th - 4:25.40
- 3,200m - Lance Harris - Flagstaff - 9th - 9:30.95
- 4x800 relay - Flagstaff - 3rd - 8:07.79
- Pole vault - Tyler Tucker - Flagstaff - 7th - 12-06; Scott Palmer - Flagstaff - 9th - 12-00
Division III girls top 10 results:
- 100m hurdles - Wheaten Smith - Coconino - 10th - 17.10
- 300m hurdles - Wheaten Smith - Coconino - 8th - 49.78
- 4x800 relay - Coconino - 5th - 10:08.24
- Pole vault - Raely Palmer - Coconino - T-7th - 9-00
Division III boys top 10 results:
- 300m hurdles - Matt Reber - Coconino - 42.40
- Pole vault - Mason Palmer - Coconino - T-6th - 13-00; Carter Palmer - Coconino - T-6th - 13-00
Division IV girls top 10 results:
- 100m - Mollie Donahoe - NPA - 4th - 13.03
- 200m - Mollie Donahoe - NPA - 6th - 26.96
- 400m - Miyah Weiss - NPA - 8th - 1:03.24; Dena Pappas - NPA - 9th - 1:04.18
- 800m - Miyah Weiss - NPA - 9th - 2:31.26
- 3,200m - Emily Mullaney - Basis Flagstaff - 9th - 12:09.18; Meg Moyer - NPA - 10th - 12:10.48
- 100m hurdles - Bella Berardi - NPA - 4th - 17.39
- 4x100 relay - NPA - 3rd - 51.57
- 4x400 relay - NPA - 5th - 4:18.99
- 4x800 relay - NPA - 4th - 10:20.99
- High jump - Abigail Yanka - NPA - 3rd - 5-00
- Triple jump - Audrey Gillenwater - NPA - 4th - 32-04.25; Lotee Baker - Basis Flagstaff - 10th - 31-03.25
Boys Division IV top 10 results:
- 400m - Brian Hofstetter - Basis Flagstaff - 6th - 51.65
- 4x100 relay - NPA - 7th - 45.35
- 4x400 relay - NPA - 5th - 3:32.26
- 4x800 relay - Basis Flagstaff - 2nd - 8:16.63; NPA - 5th - 8:31.29
- 110m hurdles - Lukas Pico - NPA - 2nd - 15.59
- Long jump - Evan Hofstetter - Basis Flagstaff - 4th - 21-02.50; Marcus Dufek - Basis Flagstaff - 8th - 19-11.75
- Triple jump - Evan Hofstetter - Basis Flagstaff - 2nd - 42-08; Marcus Dufek - Basis Flagstaff - 9th - 39-10.25
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Among the survivors of the mass shooting at Tops on Jefferson Avenue... is an eight-year-old girl.
She hid from the gunman in a milk cooler.
Londin Thomas was at the store with her parents Saturday when the shooting started.
"We all ran to the back where the milk freezes were at and he was shooting at the milk and the milk was leaking through the metal, but the bullet did not go through the metal. My dad was just trying to hide me."
Londin's mom says the moments when she was looking for her daughter were the most terrifying of her life.
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DALLAS — A suspect has been arrested for the triple shooting at Hair World Salon on Royal Lane in Koreatown, Dallas.
Jeremy T. Smith is facing three charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He shot and injured three Korean women on Wednesday.
As Dallas Police Department and the FBI investigate the shooting as a hate crime, one of the victim's is using this as motivation to make her neighborhood safer.
Just days after being shot three times, the co-owner of Hair World Salon stood in front of more than a hundred people at the safety town hall meeting on Monday night.
Speaking Korean, she said thank you and respectfully bowed to the crowd and to the city leaders in attendance.
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Chief producer and radio host Jeremy Kim at DKNet, the only Korean radio station in Texas, interpreted her words for WFAA. DKNet is based in Koreatown of Dallas, just blocks away from Hair World Salon.
"She felt like she has been reborn, a new life," Kim said. "She said because of the incident, the community has become safer."
She described the incident saying eight people were inside the salon when the shooter unloaded the gun. She was shot in her arm, which worries her.
Kim said, "She is worrying what to do for a living."
The victim had a 4-hour surgery on her broken arm and torn vessels.
She told the audience that a situation like this could happen to anybody.
"This happened to me this time, but hope nothing like this crime happens again in the community," Kim translated.
While it is being investigated as a hate crime, Kim said the victim doesn't want to divide people.
"She doesn't want to focus on racial hate or racial discrimination," he said.
Instead, she wants to focus on improving safety in her neighborhood.
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IRVING, Texas — Irving police arrested a man Tuesday who is charged with sexually assaulting multiple children over the past 14 years.
The suspect, Jose Aguado Robles, was charged with indecency with a child and is accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old. The victim was being babysat by Robles’ daughter at the Agave Apartments in the 3300 block of Willow Creek Drive, police say.
Irving Police Spokesman Officer Robert Reeves said police began investigating Robles after two additional victims came forward, a 22-year-old and a 23-year-old, and accused Robles of sexually abusing them as well. The 10-year-old came forward independently with his parents, he added.
Reeves said one of the adult victims had overheard Robles telling others about how great a guy he was. When he told this to another person, the man confirmed he had been victimized by Robles as well and they both went to the police.
“He just hangs out in the apartment complex, tries to befriend young people, come across as a good guy,” Reeves said.
Additional charges will be coming Wednesday, Reeves added, including aggravated sexual assault and continuous sexual abuse of a young child under 14.
“We are certain there are multiple victims we have not contacted yet,” Reeves said.
The probable cause affidavit states the 10-year-old victim told police Robles had touched his penis over his clothes and squeezed it while they were in Robles’ living room.
All of Robles’ victims have been Hispanic males between the ages of 9 and 12, police say, and parents who lived at Tanner Place or Agave Apartments since 2008 who may have been in contact with Robles are being asked to talk to their children, family members and friends about Robles to make them aware of the situation.
Anyone who is a victim or knows of a victim can call the Irving Police Department at 972-273-1010 or call 911.
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Time to celebrate Mason City student achievements.
The Mason City Alternative School will be celebrating the graduation of its senior class and honoring accomplishments at the annual awards ceremony. The ceremony will be on June 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the FEMA Safe Room, located on the Mason City High School campus.
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MANSFIELD, Texas — The struggle to find baby formula is real. Just ask the moms, as WFAA did, who are showing up at a popular Mansfield restaurant, because it's become an unexpected, but welcome, source.
"We ordered as many as we could that first day," said Jessy Kennedy, manager of Our Place Restaurant on W. Debbie Lane in Mansfield.
Late last week, the restaurant learned its usual food distributor, U.S. Foods, did have Gerber infant formula available. They ordered 15 cases at first, 16 cases Monday, and another 18 cases arrived Tuesday morning. By noon, Kennedy said they had seven cases left.
They are offering the baby formula for free.
"This is just something that we've noticed parents are stressing over and dealing with. And it's something that we wanted to reach out and do whatever we could," said Kennedy. "I've had people drive two hours to get over here to get a can of formula. That's how scary it's gotten."
Midday Tuesday, Whitney Tanner was one of those desperate, but now thankful, moms. Her drive from Saginaw took more than an hour. She hasn't been able to find baby formula any closer to home.
"This means a lot," she said with a jar of formula in her hand. "And it's been hard. It's really hard."
"I have gone to Tom Thumb. I have gone to Kroger. I've gone to Walmart. It's very, very frustrating to say the least. It really is. But, even this one can, this will last me two to three weeks. So that's a big thing for me," she said.
The formula is for her six-month-old son Elijah, who was asleep in his car seat in the Our Place Restaurant parking lot, accompanied by his sister, two cousins, and their grandfather--now, with their jar of formula, ready for the one-hour trip home.
As for continuing supplies, Kennedy says Our Place will continue to offer as much as it can get.
"If you are struggling to find formula please don't hesitate to reach out. Call the restaurant. Ask for Jessy or Sandi or Benji and we're here to help you guys," she said.
Near the cashier at the restaurant, one of the souvenir shirts you can buy says "a friend is like a piece of pie...you can never have too many."
The same apparently goes for a can of baby formula too.
Parents looking for formula can call Our Place at 817-473-9996.
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The math is equaling to new curriculum at the Mason City School District.
The Mason City School Board approved the purchase of new math curriculum for grades sixth through eighth on Monday night. Buying the math materials for these grade levels is part of a curricular rotation cycle.
The new curriculum was presented to the school board during the May 2 committee of the whole meeting. Committee members, made up of middle school math teachers and instructional coaches, and Curriculum Director Bridgette Wagoner walked the board through the process of finding new curriculum.
The process of finding the new curriculum started in spring of 2020. Major focal points with teaching math is studying the major works, solid conceptual understanding, and applying what students learn. Math teachers at the middle school level piloted three different curriculums to see what they liked best and engaged students.
After explaining all the changes in teaching math and the curriculum piloted, the committee recommended Illustrative Mathematics from publishers McGraw-Hill and Kendall Hunt. The curriculum from both publishers are the same just slightly different materials.
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Sixth grade, Pinecrest, and Mason City Virtual Academy grades sixth through eighth would use the McGraw-Hill version. Seventh and eighth grade will use the the Kendall Hunt version.
The cost of six year digital and print textbook from McGraw Hill is close to $40,000, the six year digital and consumable kit from Kendall Hunt is just over $10,000, and the professional learning will be $20,000. Paying for the curriculum will come from the 2021-22 budget. The textbooks would be adopted for the 2022-23 school year.
Purchasing the curriculum part of the districts plan to increase math proficiency in the seventh through ninth grade. Spring 2022 ISASP data on the math test showed 44.71 percent proficiency in seventh grade, 35.92 percent proficiency in eighth grade, and 39.17 percent proficiency in ninth grade.
"We got to take those kids where they are and figure out how to move them forward, not just pass them on from grade to grade," said Wagoner in early May.
Wagoner said at the previous meeting the current curriculum for those grade levels were "not up to par." The purchase of the new curriculum is meant to address math proficiency.
High school will be up for new math curriculum next year according to Wagoner.
Abby covers education and entertainment for the Globe Gazette. Follow her on Twitter at @MkayAbby. Email her at Abby.Koch@GlobeGazette.com
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Reclaim Idaho cofounder Luke Mayville will be in Idaho Falls on Thursday to speak about the Quality Education Act.
Mayville will speak in a City Club of Idaho Falls forum from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Bennion Student Union on 1776 Science Center Drive. Gallery seating tickets can be purchased for $5 on City Club’s website.
The Quality Education Act is a ballot initiative that will likely appear on the November 2022 ballot which would increase funding for K-12 public schools by $323 million a year if passed.
According to Reclaim Idaho, the initiative includes no new taxes on anyone making under $250,000 a year. The initiative restores the corporate income tax rate to 8% and adds a 4.5% income tax on amounts earned over $500,000 a year for married couples or $250,000 a year for individuals.
The additional educationfunding would be directed toward better pay for teachers and support staff, increased support for programs ranging from career-technical courses to arts, music and special education.
Reclaim Idaho is a nonpartisan organization that spearheaded the Medicaid Expansion ballot initiative in 2018. The measure passed with 61% of the statewide vote and provides health care to more than 100,000 Idahoans, while also bringing back more than $400 million federal funds to Idaho that is directed to Idaho’s rural hospitals.
The group recently submitted nearly 97,000 signatures in support of the Quality Education Act to the Secretary of State and says this is more than enough signatures to ensure the initiative will appear on the November ballot.
Free parking for the City Club forum is available on the upper parking lot by the Bennion Student Union.
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DETROIT — Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years as Americans returned to the roads after the coronavirus pandemic forced many to stay at home.
The 10.5% jump over 2020 numbers was the largest percentage increase since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began its fatality data collection system in 1975. Exacerbating the problem was a persistence of risky driving behaviors during the pandemic, such as speeding and less frequent use of seat belts, as people began to venture out more in 2021 for out-of-state and other road trips, analysts said.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said America faces a crisis on its roads. The safety administration urged state and local governments, drivers and safety advocates to join in an effort to reverse the rising death trend.
"Our nation has taken a dangerous and deadly step backwards in traffic safety and impaired driving," said MADD National President Alex Otte, who urged strong public-private efforts akin to the seat belt and air bag public safety campaigns of the 1990s to stem reckless driving. "More families and more communities are feeling the crushing magnitude of this crisis on our roads."
Preliminary figures released Tuesday by the agency show that 42,915 people died in traffic crashes last year, up from 38,824 in 2020. Final figures will be released in the fall.
Forty-four states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico had increases in traffic deaths in 2021 compared to the previous year, led by Texas, California and Florida. Posting declines were Wyoming, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Maryland and Maine. Rhode Island's figures were unchanged.
As the Post Register previously reported, Idaho saw the single largest percentage increase in traffic deaths of any state in the country in 2021.
According to the National Highway Safety Administration, there were 206 traffic related deaths in Idaho in the first nine months of 2021, compared to 151 deaths in 2020. That’s an increase of 36%.
Americans drove about 325 billion more miles last year, 11.2% higher than in 2020, which contributed to the increase.
Nearly 118 people died in U.S. traffic crashes every day last year, according to the agency's figures. The Governors Highway Safety Association, a group of state traffic safety officials, blamed the increase on dangerous behavior such as speeding, driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs, and distracted driving, as well as "roads designed for speed instead of safety."
The combination, the group said, "has wiped out a decade and a half of progress in reducing traffic crashes, injuries and deaths."
Deaths last year increased in almost all types of crashes, NHTSA reported. Crashes occurring during out of state travel jumped 15%, compared to 2020, many of them on rural interstate roads or access roads off city highways. Fatalities in urban areas and deaths in multi-vehicle crashes each rose 16%. Pedestrian deaths were up 13%.
By age, fatalities among drivers 65 and older rose 14%, reversing a declining trend seen among them in 2020. Deaths also surged among middle-aged drivers, led by those 35-to-44, which rose 15%. Kids under age 16 saw traffic fatalities increase 6%.
By vehicle, fatalities involving at least one big truck were up 13%, while motorcycle deaths were up 9% and deaths of bicyclists rose 5%. Fatalities involving speeding drivers and deaths in alcohol-related crashes each were up 5%.
Government estimates show the rate of road deaths declined slightly from 2020. Last year there were 1.33 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, compared with 1.34 in 2020. The fatality rate rose in the first quarter of last year, but declined the rest of the year, NHTSA said.
Traffic deaths began to spike in 2020. NHTSA has blamed reckless driving behavior for increases during the pandemic, citing behavioral research showing that speeding and traveling without a seat belt have been higher. Before 2020, the number of fatalities had fallen for three straight years.
Deputy NHTSA Administrator Steven Cliff, the Biden administration's nominee to run the agency, said the roadway crisis is urgent and preventable. "We will redouble our safety efforts, and we need everyone — state and local governments, safety advocates, automakers and drivers, to join us," Cliff said in a statement. "All of our lives depend on it."
Buttigieg pointed to a national strategy unveiled earlier this year aimed at reversing the trend. He said earlier that over the next two years his department will provide federal guidance as well as billions in grants under President Joe Biden's new infrastructure law to spur states and localities to lower speed limits and embrace safer road design such as dedicated bike and bus lanes, better lighting and crosswalks. The strategy also urges the use of speed cameras, which the department says could provide more equitable enforcement than police traffic stops.
In Tuesday's statement, the department said it opened up its first round of applications for the program, which will spend up to $6 billion over five years on local efforts to cut crashes and deaths.
The Transportation Department is moving in the right direction to stem the increase in deaths, but it will take years for many of the steps to work, said Michael Brooks, acting executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety.
NHTSA, for instance, has regulations pending to require electronic automatic emergency braking and pedestrian detection systems on all new light vehicles, and to require automatic emergency braking on heavy trucks, he said. Automatic emergency braking can slow or stop a vehicle if there's an object in its path.
The agency also is requiring automakers to install systems that alert rear-seat passengers if their safety belts aren't buckled.
"Responding to this is difficult," Brooks said. "It takes a lot of work on a lot of different strategies to address these issues. They've got a lot of work on their hands."
The Post Register contributed to this article.
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BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — Oakmont at Gordon Park in Bristol, Virginia gave out special kits to help families prepare in case a loved one becomes lost.
The Silver Alert kits were sponsored by Alzheimer’s Tennessee, which covers the Tri-Cities region, including Southwest Virginia. In Tennessee, a Silver Alert is issued to help find missing people who have dementia, physical impairment, or disability.
Angie Gibson, the community relations director for Oakmont at Gordon Park, said the kits contain brochures with information on what to do if a loved one goes missing and forms to fill out.
“So it is all in this packet so if you do have a loved one that goes missing, all you do is pull this out,” she said.
Photographs were taken on Tuesday so that families won’t have to search for one.
“You immediately can put their picture on television instead of trying to scramble to find one,” Gibson said. “They’ve got all of their information about them. Their height, their weight, where they usually go, retracing their steps, that type of thing.”
May is Silver Alert Awareness Month in Tennessee.
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19-year-old Phoenix man found shot and killed near Western Avenue and Litchfield Road in Goodyear
Angela Cordoba Perez
Arizona Republic
Goodyear police are investigating the death of a man who was found shot in a backyard Saturday near Western Avenue and Litchfield Road.
Officers responded to the area about 1 a.m. and found Mohamed Salim Abdullah, 19, of Phoenix, who had been shot. He was taken to a hospital, where he died, according to Goodyear police.
The suspect remained unidentified and outstanding as of Tuesday afternoon, according to police.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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Four drownings in four weeks: Sheriff's Office urges lake safety as Memorial Day approaches
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is now urging Arizonans to practice water safety at lakes in preparation for Memorial Day weekend after Lake Pleasant's fourth drowning of the year — which officials say is "unheard of."
"Drownings are preventable. If these individuals were wearing a life jacket, they'd be with us today," said Det. Rob Marske with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. "Lake Pleasant, all of our lakes here, are large open bodies of water. What we're seeing in these drownings are young men that traditionally think they're better swimmers than what they are."
An 18-year-old man was swimming near Sunset Ridge at Lake Pleasant on Sunday when he went under the water and didn't resurface.
On May 8, Rosario Benitez, 83, died after she was thrown from a boat at Lake Pleasant. On the day of the incident, several other people were also thrown from their boats due to harsh waves caused by windy conditions.
On April 24, the body of Neria Aranbayev, 20, was recovered after he went underwater and never resurfaced in the Agua Fria area at Lake Pleasant.
Deputies also found the body of a man who was swimming at Lake Pleasant and didn't resurface on May 2.
In February, Arimus Nazareth, 22, and his 14-year-old brother died of hypothermia after their canoe flipped near Waddell Dam in Lake Pleasant.
According to Marske, two of the drownings happened near the shore. Both "young men" drowned about 100 feet apart. One was in 19 feet of water and the other was in 26 feet of water.
Marske said that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is encouraging people to take swimming classes and prepare for a day at the lake.
"I want to stress that this is not a life-saving device," said Marske, holding up a circular floatie. "Way too many people are bringing these out to the lake to float on and treat it as a life-saving device. It is a toy. These are super thin and are meant for your backyard pool."
In addition, Marske said that the Sheriff's office is "appropriately staffed" out on patrol boats to enforce boating laws.
"As far as being more proactive, I don't know what more we can do," said Marske. "I think the more of the issue is at home, before you come out here and in preparation. People think they're better swimmers than what they are."
The Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona has partnered with the Ryan Thomas Foundation and Arizona Game and Fish Department for a lifejacket loaner program, which was created to make lifejackets available lakeside at 18 kiosks statewide.
The program will offer stations located near the dock of each lake and will allow boaters to use a life vest from the loaner station and return it at the end of the day.
Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez with Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said that Memorial Day Weekend is the busiest time of year for lakes in Arizona.
"We will be citing for anybody not wearing a life jacket, coast guard approved, that's twelve years and under," said Enriquez. "We will be doing boat checks on the water. Honestly, it's to keep everybody safe. Alcohol enforcement will be done on the water."
Safety tips for lake-goers
For swimmers, Maricopa County Parks and Recreations advise these safety tips:
- Always swim with a partner. Swimming alone can be unsafe.
- Never leave young children unattended near water, and do not ask another child to supervise your children near water.
- Avoid distractions when supervising children near water.
- If a child goes missing, always check the water first.
- Non-swimmers and inexperienced swimmers should ALWAYS wear a life jacket or personal flotation device.
- Protect your skin. While you're busy cooling off and having fun in the water, your skin is also soaking in the sun. Apply and reapply sunscreen frequently.
- Wear a hat and sunglasses to keep the sun off of your face and out of your eyes.
- Drink plenty of water regularly, even if you're not thirsty, to avoid dehydration. Just because you're floating in a cove of water does not mean your skin is absorbing enough to maintain your bodies water levels. Avoid drinks with caffeine and alcohol in them.
"We want everybody to have fun, don't get me wrong. But at the same time, we want everybody to get home and we want to avoid these tragedies," Enriquez said. "This Memorial Day weekend, be safe, make smart choices and don't come out here doing things you wouldn't do on any other day."
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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BLAINE COUNTY, Idaho —
The Blaine County Sherrif’s Office (BCSO) sent an urgent public assistance request over Facebook regarding a bear sighting around a residential subdivision Tuesday.
BCSO said that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game is asking for the public to ensure their garbage cans are locked up and secure.
"A cinnamon-colored black bear has been seen throughout the day today in the Starweather Subdivision across from Ohio Gulch. The bear is getting into unsecured residential garbage. We REALLY need residents throughout the Wood River Valley to secure the garbage cans, either inside their garage or inside a shed/enclosure that a bear can't get into," Regional Communications Manager for the Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game Magic Valley Region, Terry Thompson said.
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A bronze sculpture of a young girl drawing in a sketchbook will soon grace Sunken Gardens — a tribute to the late Beatrice "Mike" Seacrest, an avid supporter of both the arts and city parks.
A few years ago, members of the Seacrest family reached out to the city saying they’d like to commission a sculpture in honor of their mother, who was involved in many civic activities during her lifetime, including being president of the Nebraska Art Association and a member of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation advisory board.
Seacrest also played an active role in the construction of Sheldon Museum of Art on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus and development of public art in the city.
Family members reached out to the Parks and Recreation Department about creating a memorial to Seacrest in Sunken Gardens a couple of years ago.
Director Lynn Johnson said the department didn’t hear much until March, when the family called to say it had commissioned San Diego artist Mary Buckman to create the sculpture.
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Buckman is now finishing the work, which is about 30 inches high by 48 inches wide, and it will be shipped to Lincoln and installed in the northern part of the gardens May 28, said Bobby Bartja, a city park planner.
It will be placed on a stone pedestal — the same limestone used in other places in the park.
Public Art Lincoln, an advisory group to city officials, approved the design and placement, Bartja said.
Down to the wire
The small but very determined group trying to save the Pershing Center mural just got another short reprieve — it now has until June 1 to raise the rest of the $1 million needed to safely get the 763,000 tiles off the building before it's demolished.
The new goal: 12 days, not two, to raise about $350,000.
The group has been furiously fundraising since March to reach the total amount — $3 million — to remove, restore and relocate what was the largest mural of its kind when it was created 65 years ago.
Along the way, the group realized if it got the first $1 million, that would be enough to get the tiles safely off the building, and the group could raise the rest of the money after that.
Then it got an extension to May 20.
Then fundraising guru and arts advocate Liz Shea-McCoy again appealed to the city with her latest pitch: If the group could have until June 1, it could take advantage of Give To Lincoln Day on May 26 to solicit more donations.
Hallie Salem, redevelopment manager for the city’s Urban Development Department, said she spoke with other city officials who decided it was a good idea.
“We think that strategy of using Give To Lincoln Day ... could generate some interest,” Salem said.
Getting the mural down is time-sensitive because the city is working with Omaha-based developer White Lotus on a $25 million-$30 million redevelopment project of the Pershing block.
The redevelopment project has cleared the first step with the City Council, but the federal financing — using affordable housing tax credits — is a complicated process and the city has agreed to give the developer up to three years to purchase the site because of the uncertainty around funding.
But city officials say the demolition of Pershing, which is full of asbestos and has fallen into disrepair, must happen — and will be one of the “next steps” discussed with White Lotus officials.
All that is to say, time is a little less short than it was, but not much.
“If people care about that mural, make that investment now,” Salem said. “Don’t wait for the demolition crew to be out front.”
Tax-deductible donations may be made online at www.nshsf.org/projects/pershing-mural/ or by mailing to the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation, 128 N. 13th St., Suite 1010, Lincoln, NE 68508, noting Pershing Mural Preservation Project on the check.
Learning to be better leader
One of the City Council seats will be empty for the three July meetings and Council member Tom Beckius wants his constituents to know why: He’ll be at a three-week program designed to help him become a better councilman.
Beckius, elected to the council last year, was selected to participate in the Harvard Kennedy School’s state and local government executive series, a program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The program is designed to train public officials to better address concerns of their constituents and community.
He also was chosen as a David Bohnett Foundation Leaders Fellow, a program designed to develop the next generation of municipal leaders.
Good marks for Lincoln parks
Lincoln’s parks ranked 24th on a national score index that rated park systems in the 100 largest U.S. cities.
Created by Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit that works with communities to create parks and protect public land, the ranking is widely considered the gold standard for evaluating parks.
Lincoln received the strongest marks for park access because 91% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park, far exceeding the national average of 75%.
Lincoln also received above-average marks for park amenities, including basketball hoops and restrooms.
Washington, D.C., was rated the best big-city park system in the country for the second consecutive year.
The index is based on five factors: park equity, which compares access of communities of color to white communities and low-income neighborhoods to high-income neighborhoods; park access; park acreage; park investment; and park amenities.
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YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. — A medical examiner has confirmed the human remains found inside a vehicle pulled from the Willamette River last week are those of 77-year-old Ralph Brown, the former mayor of Cornelius who had been missing for a year.
Investigators from the Yamhill and Washington County Sheriff's Offices responded to Rogers Landing, a small park and boat launch near Newberg, on Friday, May 13 to investigate reports of a vehicle in the water.
Adventures With Purpose, a dive team that travels around the country to help families find missing loved ones, initially located the vehicle.
The car was located about 40 feet beneath the surface of the water, WCSO said. Divers from the team took a license plate from the vehicle, and a Yamhill County deputy was able to confirm that it was the car Brown had been driving when he disappeared.
Yamhill County deputies and the Adventures With Purpose team worked to pull the car from the river. Once it was ashore, investigators were able to confirm that there were human remains inside.
Members of Brown's family were at Rogers Landing on Friday.
"Although it is sad, it is not a sad day for us," said Megan Closson, Brown's granddaughter. "It is a happy day that we get the closure that we had wanted for so long. When I first got the call from my mom I just broke down in tears — happy tears. Because I was so glad that someone was still doing something and that … they gave us the answers."
According to Doug Bishop and Jared Leisek with Adventures With Purpose, this dive was their 10th search for Brown and their fourth search at this location. One of Brown's last cell phone pings kept them coming back.
"Oregon is our backyard, and Ralph was an incredible community figure," they told KGW. "It’s one of those cases that we could just not let go … especially with us being out on the road for the past year. We have learned, and we’ve grown so much ourselves with the sonar technology."
Brown was 76 at the time of his disappearance, and family members reported that he suffered from dementia. He committed his life to public service, serving as mayor of Cornelius and a Forest Grove School Board member. He was involved in the Oregon Road Runners Club, worked in multiple Oregon school districts as principal and vice principal and was a member of the United Church of Christ of Forest Grove.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Workers at four Portland Starbucks stores have reportedly voted in favor of unionization, according to tweets from the local and national Starbucks worker union Twitter accounts and a story in the Portland Mercury.
The four stores are the first Starbucks locations in the Portland area to unionize, joining a string of victories that the union has racked up in recent months, both nationally and in the Pacific Northwest.
The four Portland locations are at Southeast 28th Avenue and Powell Boulevard, Southwest 5th Avenue and Oak Street, Northeast 23rd Avenue and Burnside Street and Northeast Grand Avenue and Lloyd Boulevard, according to a post from the local union Twitter account.
All four filed for union elections with the National Labor Relations Board back in March, according to stories in Eater Portland and the Mercury.
The four are the first Portland-area stores to hold votes, but not the first to petition for unionization. Willamette Week reported back in January that three other locations — one in Southwest Portland and two in Beaverton — were seeking to hold elections. Three other Portland-area stores have vote counts planned for June 3, according to the Mercury story.
The vote was reportedly 14-2 in favor of unionization at the Powell location, 7-2 at the Burnside location and unanimous at the other two.
KGW reached out to the National Labor Relations Board office in Portland to confirm the vote totals and to Starbucks for comment, but has not yet heard back from either.
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GASTON, Ore. — Despite heavy rain in the Willamette Valley this spring, most of Oregon is under a drought, and state officials are expecting hazardous wildfire conditions in southern and eastern parts of the state this summer.
To prepare for what's expected to be a busy season, more than 500 firefighters have spent the last couple weeks in training. That includes firefighters with Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue (TVFR) and neighboring fire agencies, who have been going over various drills.
TVFR and neighboring agencies are undergoing the annual, month-long training in partnership with the Oregon Department of Forestry.
Lt. Travis Kanoff, a wildland fire coordinator for TVFR, said it’s important for crews to get familiar with the conditions they might be face when they are working on a real fire.
He said crews have been working on creating firebreaks — gaps between areas with combustible vegetation to help contain fires that start to burn out of control — in a rural area of Washington County. Other training activities include spraying wet lines to reinforce fire breaks and utilizing portable water tanks to create a continuous water supply for fire crews.
Many who are participating in the training have been fighting wildfires for more than two decades, and that includes Kanoff. He’s worked on some of the most destructive wildfires the West Coast has seen over the past several years.
Kanoff said he fought the Eagle Creek Fire that broke out in the Columbia River Gorge nearly five years ago. He also helped fight the Camp Fire that devastated the town of Paradise, California a few years ago.
"Eighty-five fatalities. It looked like a moonscape," he said. "A lot of destruction but great experience for the crews at the same time."
Firefighters at the training said doing the small things now will prepare them for when it’s not just practice.
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CLEBURNE, Texas — One person is dead following a single engine plane crash Tuesday evening in Cleburne, the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed.
Emergency crews were called to the crash site around 5:50 p.m. at a field south of Cleburne Regional Airport, located in the 4800 block of South Nolan River Road.
DPS told WFAA the pilot was the only one aboard the plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), along with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be investigating the incident. After investigators verify the aircraft registration number at the scene, FAA says it will release it.
The victim's name has not been released at this time.
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DALLAS — Fifteen months ago, retired schoolteacher Arnold Young left his family a small real estate empire valued at more than a million dollars -- or so his family thought.
But within weeks of Young’s death at 82, his family found that deeds transferring ownership of nine of Young’s houses had been filed with the Dallas County Clerk’s office. The deeds transferring title had allegedly been signed by Young.
Eight houses were transferred into the name of a nonprofit. The ninth house was transferred into the name of a tenant.
Young’s niece, Audrey Hogg, alleged his signature was forged. Police and a handwriting expert hired by the family agreed, and now so does a Dallas County grand jury.
A Dallas County grand jury has indicted the founders of the nonprofit--Belinda Tucker and her husband, Anthony Tucker--on a felony theft charge accusing them of engaging in a “scheme” to steal the nine houses.
Belinda Tucker has also been indicted on a theft charge, accusing her of fraudulently selling one of the houses to an unsuspecting buyer.
“We were never able to grieve for him because we got to fight this battle,” Hogg told WFAA.
The Tuckers didn’t respond to a request for comment about the indictments. But last fall, Belinda Tucker provided WFAA a six-page statement.
“It must be explicitly understood that there is no deed fraud in my case,” the statement said.
Tucker has alleged she was the victim of a conspiracy involving Young’s family, the police and city officials.
Belinda Tucker told WFAA Young transferred eight of the nine properties to her nonprofit, Mutual Freedom.
“It was hard to say no to someone who was being so generous to me,” the statement said.
Since 2019, WFAA has detailed how easy it is to forge signatures on property deeds – even the signatures of dead people. Once those deeds are filed with the county clerk, scammers can take control of properties they don’t own.
In the Tucker case, the deeds were dated July 8, 2020 – seven months before Arnold Young’s death, but not filed in the county clerk’s office until after his death.
Belinda Tucker was the notary on all nine deeds.
Young’s family and their attorney, Alisha Melvin, have questioned how Belinda Tucker could notarize deeds giving control of the properties to herself.
According to the Texas Secretary of State’s rules for notaries, a notary is a “third party who has no personal interest in the transaction.”
Police have told WFAA that Belinda Tucker failed to provide any evidence – no phone records, no emails, nor text messages – to help substantiate that she knew Arnold Young.
Hogg says the legal battle over the houses has cost the estate more than $100,000. Those expenses included paying more than $30,000 to a local attorney the judge appointed to oversee the estate for a period of time.
The Tuckers filed a contest to Young’s 2014 will.
His 2014 will meticulously listed the relatives who would inherit his properties.
The Tuckers claimed in court filings that Young had created another will, but Melvin said that alleged document was never produced.
In January, the probate judge threw out the Tuckers’ challenge of the will and concluded that the 2014 will was the “valid Will.” The judge also appointed Hogg as executor of his estate as Young had directed be done in his will.
In a court filing, the family is now asking the courts to set aside the “fraudulent” deeds filed by Tucker and her nonprofit, and return the houses to Young’s estate.
“That's going to be a process because now I am sure the Tucker's are going to plead the fifth,” Melvin told WFAA.
"I'm just so happy that we finally have the indictments," Melvin added. "It's a long time coming."
For Hogg, her happiness at the indictments is now tempered by another loss. Her mother unexpectedly passed away over the weekend.
Her mother, Ezell Hogg, was Young’s younger sister.
“It just weighed down so heavily on her,” Hogg said of the battle over the houses.
Hogg said she believed her mother died of a broken heart.
Ezell Hogg was to have inherited four of the nine houses. Her family said she died without receiving her rightful inheritance and they blame the Tuckers.
“She just could never get over why were these people so evil?” Hogg said. “Why would they do something like that?”
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MODESTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget revision reveals a $5 million proposal efforted toward California’s first new state park in over a decade to be built near Modesto.
The park is set to be constructed on Dos Rios Ranch Preserve, a 2,100-acre stretch where the San Joaquin and Tuolumne Rivers meet in Stanislaus County.
California State Parks Director Armando Quintero, who has been to Dos Rios, says there are sections of the new park that contain centuries old Oak trees, looking across the river at a large national wildlife refuge.
“We believe that everyone deserves to have a close-to-home park and access to a place where they can recreate and restore themselves,” Quintero said.
The new public park will feature a number of services and activities that are projected to have positive economic impacts on the surrounding area.
“This is only 20 minutes from downtown Modesto, and during the heat events of summer that we are now seeing, it's places like this where you can be near the water and be in the shade,” Quintero said. “Bringing people to a park like this will bring people into the community, and they'll be going out doing things like renting kayaks, paddleboards and things like that.”
The new state park, which has not been officially named, is part of an effort to provide additional space for outdoor family space and activities in light of the recent pandemic.
“I think that we all saw during COVID that places like parks and public lands became essential landscapes,” said Quintero. “So many people went to those areas and in some cases, they were pretty crowded. So, I think we could use a few more parks for the public of California and more parks like this one.”
The nonprofit organization River Partners, which does restoration work on rivers throughout California, is currently doing restorative work surrounding Dos Rios.
According to Quintero, its goal is to revert the surrounding land that had been previously used for agriculture, back into a riparian woodland of the Central Valley.
“Within the middle of this park, there is an area that's about 1,500 acres, where some time ago there was a levee built so that farmers could grow crops there... and the crops would be protected from floods,” Quintero said. "Well, that's now been restored, and what River Partners will be able to do, is remove a part of that levee, so that during heavy rain in winter, we can actually direct floodwaters to this former floodplain.”
As preparations for the project begin, officials are awaiting approval from the state legislature to use the proposed funds to begin adding state park features to Dos Rios.
“What we are requesting is that that money be allowed to be used for the planning and early investments in amenities for visitors,” Quintero said. “Originally, that $5 million was supposed to be to purchase property for a new park, but River Partners is actually going to just transfer the land to the state so it's a real win for the state and for the public.”
The park is projected to begin opening to the public within the next year, according to Quintero, following funding approval and preparation from the state parks department.
Watch more from ABC10: Top 10 California summer road trip destinations | Bartell's Backroads
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two candidates are running for Sacramento County District Attorney this year —Thien Ho and Alana Mathews. Both candidates have several years of experience and a long list of endorsements.
Who is Thien Ho
Ho was born in Vietnam but when he was almost five years old.
"We escaped Vietnam on a fishing boat. We were in a refugee camp for six years, came to the United States, not only standing a word of English. I learned how to speak English by watching Bugs Bunny cartoons and going to ESL class. 22 years later, I graduated from law school," Ho said.
Now, he’s been a prosecutor for 20 years and currently serves as the Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney for Sacramento County. He's prosecuted sexual assault, gang, and homicide cases but is best known for being the lead prosecutor on the Golden State Killer case.
Ho said he's running for district attorney because he wants to give back to the country that gave him and his family everything they hoped for.
Who is Alana Mathews
Mathews is from Gary, Indiana, which she describes as one of the murder capitals of the country. She shared one of the many experiences growing up as a teenager that shaped her passion for law.
"One day, we were all visited my pastor's house hanging out there and a truck drove down the street slammed on his brakes, backed up, and opened fire on us. Just a random drive-by shooting and it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. You know, just not knowing if your next breath is going to be your last," Mathews said.
She was the first in her family to go to college and began her legal career began when she became Deputy District Attorney in Sacramento County, a position she held for eight years. She has now lived in Sacramento County for 25 years and works for the Prosecutors Alliance of California.
Mathews is the founder of the Community Justice Collaborative and a mother. She believes the system has failed many people and shares that she wants to create a system that works for everybody.
Stopping crime in our community
Sacramento has been devastated by gun violence. Most recently from a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento. Here’s what both candidates said they would do differently when it comes to stopping crime in our community.
"...We need to have prevention and intervention programs going into the schools right now, our students in elementary school have no mental health resources. I'm also a law professor, so I do a lot of research, I study a lot of data. I look at data-driven solutions. The data lets us know that if you are a victim of crime, you know, you may be more vulnerable to actually committing crime in the future. So, when we talk about intervention, we're looking at what are those drivers of violence, what are those drivers of crime, and we need to address the root causes. Because as I said earlier, the only tool we have is to react to crime, prosecuted in the courtroom, but we cannot incarcerate our way to safety. It's not sustainable to lock everybody up," Mathews said.
"...One of the things that I think we do a really good job of is prosecuting and holding those who commit violent offenses accountable. Having prosecuted nearly 100 jury trials having supervised our gang team and having been a homicide prosecutor for almost four years in prosecuting the East Area Rapist, the Golden State killer, I think our office, and I along with that office, we do a great job of holding people accountable for violent crimes. But I think what we can also do as well is work with our community-based organizations-that intervention and prevention of crimes. Rather than reacting to crime, be proactive and really work with our younger, you know, juveniles to make sure that they are diverted, and they move away from gangs from a life of crime," said Ho.
Prosecuting police
ABC10 asked both candidates how they plan to address holding police accountable.
Ho said,"...Whether you're a police officer, or you're on probation, whether you're wearing blue jeans or blue uniform, the law applies equally to everybody. If you violate the law, no matter who you are, you are going to be held accountable by the law to the fullest extent of the law. And in regards to prosecuting police officers, prosecutors, good police officers, and our everyday citizens want to make sure that we don't have bad officers or bad actors in the process. So we're just going to follow the facts and the law wherever it takes us and hold the people that violate the law accountable."
Mathews shared, "I think anyone who breaks the law ought to be held accountable. It doesn't matter how much money you make, the position you hold, or the uniform you wear. I think prosecutorial independence is absolutely essential to building trust and confidence in the work of our justice system. And so I've not accepted donations, money from police unions, and I've done that I say this all the time, I think that's the most pro-police thing that I can do. Because when I make a decision that you support was justified, then the community can have confidence. So that's based on the merits and the law. Unfortunately, in Sacramento, we haven't seen a level of accountability for police officers. "
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A state grand jury has declined to file criminal charges against a white New Jersey state trooper who fatally shot a Black motorist during a traffic stop on the Garden State Parkway two years ago, the state attorney general's office said Tuesday.
Maurice Gordon's death occurred two days before the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked protests around the world against police racism and brutality.
The 28-year-old Gordon was from Jamaica and had been living in Poughkeepsie, New York, while studying chemistry at a community college.
William O. Wagstaff III, an attorney representing Gordon's family, called the grand jury's decision “not a surprise” and said data provided by the state showed that police use force against Black people eight times more than against white people in similar scenarios.
“Today's vote of no true bill is another reminder that police accountability still escapes Black people in New Jersey,” he said in an email Tuesday.
State Police Sgt. Randall Wetzel stopped Gordon at about 6:15 a.m. on May 23, 2020, after Gordon was witnessed driving over 100 mph.
In the hours leading up to the stop, Gordon was ticketed for speeding and an off-duty police officer and two other state troopers stopped to assist him at various locations after his car ran out of gas, according to the state attorney general's office. At one point, a car passing by pulled over and gave Gordon a ride to a convenience store to get gas.
In video released by the attorney general's office two weeks after Gordon's death, Wetzel and Gordon can be heard discussing moving Gordon's car further off the road, and Wetzel is seen guiding Gordon away from the road and to the back of the police car.
Gordon is seen in the video sitting in the back of the car without handcuffs, and Wetzel tells him he needs to pat him down. Wetzel also offered to give Gordon a ride and call a tow truck.
About 20 minutes after the beginning of the encounter, Gordon released his seat belt and got out of the police car. Wetzel was off camera but could be heard telling Gordon to return to the car. Gordon appeared to walk to the driver’s side of the vehicle in an attempt to get in.
“Get out of the car!” Wetzel yelled, before the men moved off-screen. Scuffling sounds could be heard, followed by gunshots. Wetzel used pepper spray and fired six times, according to the attorney general's office.
Wetzel can be heard on the video telling a fellow trooper who arrived on the scene that Gordon, while handcuffed, tried to grab his gun. It wasn't clear when the handcuffs were placed on Gordon.
Also released were audio recordings of a 911 call from the day before the shooting made by one of Gordon’s friends, who said Gordon had left his house in the middle of the night looking “really panicked.”
Gordon's family has filed a lawsuit against against Wetzel, State Police Col. Patrick Callahan and then-Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, arguing race was a factor in Gordon’s death. That suit is pending in federal court.
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Suzy Prucka Andreasen is a perfect example of a Midlander who went away to seek fame and fortune and then returned to find fame and fortune here.
An outstanding Lee High School soccer player, she attended Southwestern University where she participated on the soccer and swim teams. She graduated cum laude with a political science major and moved to the northeast to attend the University of Maryland School of Law because she wanted to be close to the action in Washington, D.C. Her summer activities led to a job as legal policy intern on the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign and a law clerk position on one of Sen. John Cornyn’s subcommittees.
After clerking in the Maryland Court of Appeals, Suzy served as an Honors Attorney/Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Appeals Division for eight years. She also taught part-time in the political science department of the University of Maryland’s Baltimore campus for three years.
She returned to Texas in 2016 and became a Brazos County assistant district attorney in the Appellate Division. Shortly thereafter, she moved to assistant U.S. attorney in the Appellate Division for the Southern District of Texas.
In 2017, she moved back to Midland and worked first as an assistant district attorney in Ector County and then in Midland County. Earlier this year she joined the firm Eckman Bidwell PLLC. She also teaches part-time at UTPB.
Although Suzy accumulated accolades in high school, college, law school, and in her career, her volunteer leadership in Midland qualified her for the Betty Whitmire Sumner Award presented by the Junior League of Midland at its annual meeting on May 10.
Betty was a third-generation Midlander who died in 2012. A Rice University graduate, she taught school in Kermit and Midland and worked at The Western Company before becoming a stay-at-home mother and community volunteer. In addition to serving as president of the junior league, Hospice of Midland, the Aphasia Center of West Texas and chair of the Midland Memorial Hospital board of trustees, Betty Sumner devoted hours to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission, PTA, First United Methodist Church, United Way and Trinity School.
When nominating Suzy for this award, her legal colleague and fellow junior leaguer Tanya Bidwell wrote, “Suzy embodies the spirit of the junior league and its founders.” Just like Betty Sumner, she served on multiple local boards including Centers, REACH Network and the city’s Parks & Recreation Commission. She’s volunteered as a soccer coach and referee, for Midland Teen Court, Midland County Bar Association and Museum of the Southwest.
She joined the Junior League of Baltimore in 2008 where she ultimately served as president. Other positions she’s held in 13 years at three leagues include treasurer, membership and public relations vice president.
Her nomination listed two major highlights of her Junior League of Midland career. She spearheaded the rebranding and renewed marketing effort which included a new website design, video, social media short clips, new logo and created a weekly internal newsletter, which is e-mailed to the entire membership. In 2020-2021, she revitalized training opportunities impacted by COVID-19 protocols yielding 400 hours. Courses ranged from women in leadership to basic skills like how to install car seats and fun activities.
When told of the award, Suzy mentioned that Mary Beck, JLM sustainer and former executive director of Midland Teen Court, first encouraged her to join the junior league in Baltimore to meet like-minded women. When she came home, she affiliated for the same reason. She’s heard the phrase Midland Mafia applied to junior leaguers but realized that it was the pre-eminent local women’s leadership organization and past members were responsible for starting so many of Midland’s nonprofits, including Midland Teen Court. So, she considers membership a badge of honor.
Presented by Tanya Bidwell, this award illustrates the league’s vision statement of “hand in hand we build a better Midland.” It also reminds Midlanders who have left that “you can go home again” and find fame and fortune.
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One of Texas’ largest oil and natural gas producers is celebrating its 25th anniversary by distributing dozens of employee-built children’s playhouses to numerous destinations throughout the Midland area, where the company’s operations are based.
Pioneer Natural Resources is donating 25 of the playhouses to dozens of nonprofits, schools, libraries and museums. Some destinations include the West Texas Food Bank, Midland Public Library, the Bynum School and the Museum of the Southwest, among others.
The company, headquartered in Dallas, is donating 10 additional playhouses to the north Texas-based Irving Family Advocacy Center, a nonprofit that provides free counseling and education services for victims of crime, domestic violence, and families with high-risk juveniles.
“I can’t think of a better way to commemorate our 25th anniversary this year than by building and donating these unique playhouses, which will be enjoyed by scores of children for years to come,” said Pioneer Natural Resources Operations Executive Vice President Joey Hall. “Since our founding, we 've long held the belief that investing our time and resources back into area communities is not only the right thing to do—it’s the Pioneer thing to do. It’s a pleasure to celebrate our milestone birthday in this special way and, as we head into our next quarter-century, Pioneer looks forward to continuing our longstanding commitment to supporting worthwhile causes through service projects like these.”
For weeks, teams of Pioneer employees donated their time and talent to design, paint and assemble the playhouses, with each featuring its own look and style. The Museum of the Southwest, for example, requested an outer space theme because its playhouse will go inside an onsite planetarium.
“It’s hard to put into words the feelings I have for this project,” said Pioneer lead maintenance technician Brent Shuler, who was among the dozens of employees who volunteered on the project. “I am overwhelmed by the generosity the company and its employees always show.”
For Shuler, working on his team’s playhouse—a colorful structure destined for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Permian Basin—was one way to thank Pioneer for taking care of him after a cancer diagnosis last year. He said the company’s involvement in charitable projects like this demonstrates that Pioneer is “a family, not a workplace.”
“From the construction to the painting to the overall theme we were assigned, this team rocked,” Shuler said. “Looking at the other teams, I can honestly say some have missed their calling as professional artists.”
Another employee volunteer, Kevin Jumper, said the project shows the company’s commitment to Permian Basin communities.
“It’s been great for Pioneer to build relationships with these organizations and show in a small way that we support the work and services they provide,” said Jumper, Pioneer area construction superintendent.
To mark both its 25th anniversary milestone and Permian Basin Gives Day, Pioneer presented two of the playhouses on Tuesday to the West Texas Food Bank, which has forged an enduring partnership with the company.
“We are so excited to be the recipient of not one, but two of these special playhouses from Pioneer,” said Libby Campbell, CEO of the West Texas Food Bank. “So much of our programming revolves around children and their care. Any additions to our children’s play areas will make the kiddos feel special and will help them know that our community will always rally to provide for the children. “We are so grateful to our friends at Pioneer for their continued support of our children’s programming through their sponsorship of our school pantry program and beyond!”
Since its founding in 1997, Pioneer has established itself as a state and regional leader in oil and gas exploration, industry innovation and production. Throughout its growth in Texas as a large independent energy company, among its enduring missions has been a deep devotion to community philanthropy and volunteerism.
One playhouse recipient is the Sibley Nature Center, a 49-acre preserve in Midland’s Hogan Park that celebrates the region’s natural history by offering a broad range of educational programs to visitors. The center’s playhouse will be placed in an educational garden and serve as an extension of its gardening program.
“The playhouse project will allow families with young children to experience everything a garden has to offer, such as insect identification, butterfly and bird migrations, as well as plant and flower lifecycles,” said Paul Acosta, the center’s executive director.
Distributing most of the project’s 35 playhouses in the Midland area again demonstrates Pioneer’s corporate giving focus as a 100% Permian Basin company.
The company closed out 2021 by donating 35 acres of land in November to Midland Habitat for Humanity valued at around $2 million and followed less than a month later with a pledge of $2.5 million toward a partnership aimed at redeveloping 120 acres of Hogan Park.
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FORT SMITH, Ark — Update: She was found safe by police.
Fort Smith Police are investigating a missing child who reportedly wandered from her home.
Police are looking for 3-year-old Yaretzi Leal, who reportedly wandered off from her residence in the 3100 block of N 6th Street at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17.
Leal is 2 feet tall, weighs 41 pounds, has black hair, brown eyes, and an extra thumb on her right hand. She was last seen wearing multi-colored unicorn shorts, a white tank top, and had her hair in a ponytail.
If you have any information that can help locate her, dial 911 or (479) 709-5100.
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ROGERS, Ark. — A Rogers man is in a hospital in Springfield, Missouri after a crash involving his motorcycle and an SUV Monday night.
The crash is one of several motorcycle crashes that have happened in the last few weeks.
Allen Davis, the motorcycle driver in this crash was airlifted to a hospital in Springfield, Missouri after being taken to Northwest Medical Center Bentonville.
"I'm going down Walnut, Walton or whatever,” said Davis, speaking through a yellow neck stabilizer and a hospital bed recalling what happened to him Monday night.
"Basically, from the knee down is destroyed,” said Davis’ sister Shannon Sharp. Telling 5NEWS, Davis’ knee, along with nearly every bone in his leg and foot is crushed.
"He also has 12 stitches on his head and some road rash," Sharp said.
However, Davis says he is thankful to be alive.
"When I turn left on 34th street,” Davis said. “I get off that light, there's a white SUV in the turning lane and they start turning. I lock up my break. I wait on my horn."
"He has a really, really loud train horn on his motorcycle and it didn't get her attention," Sharp said.
According to Rogers Police, the driver of the SUV was cited for careless driving.
Allen's entire family are avid motorcycle drivers. Allen himself has been driving for the past ten years and is asking motorists to pay attention and look out for bikers.
"We pay attention to cars a lot more than people think,” Sharp said. “Because we don't want to die!
As for Allen, he is still in the hospital and remains in stable condition. However, the road to recovery will be long and Allen is a contractor so, he'll be out of work for a while. The family has created this GoFundMe to help with oncoming medical bills.
After several motorcycle crashes in the area such as the one on Interstate 40 on May 12, which left three dead. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation gives these tips for car and truck drivers:
1. Over half of all fatal motorcycle crashes involve another vehicle. Most of the time, the car or truck driver, not the motorcyclist, is at fault. There are a lot more cars and trucks than motorcycles on the road, and some drivers don't "recognize" a motorcycle – they ignore it (usually unintentionally).
2. Because of its narrow profile, a motorcycle can be easily hidden in a car’s blind spots (door/roof pillars) or masked by objects or backgrounds outside a car (bushes, fences, bridges, etc). Take an extra moment to look for motorcycles, whether you're changing lanes or turning at intersections.
3. Because of its small size, a motorcycle may look farther away than it is. It may also be difficult to judge a motorcycle’s speed. When checking traffic to turn at an intersection or into (or out of) a driveway, predict a motorcycle is closer than it looks.
4. Motorcyclists often slow by downshifting or merely rolling off the throttle, thus not activating the brake light. Allow more following distance, say 3 or 4 seconds. At intersections, predict a motorcyclist may slow down without visual warning.
5. Motorcyclists often adjust position within a lane to be seen more easily and to minimize the effects of road debris, passing vehicles, and wind. Understand that motorcyclists adjust lane position for a purpose, not to be reckless or show off or to allow you to share the lane with them.
6. Turn signals on a motorcycle usually are not self-canceling, thus some riders (especially beginners) sometimes forget to turn them off after a turn or lane change. Make sure a motorcycle's signal is for real.
7. Maneuverability is one of a motorcycle's better characteristics, especially at slower speeds and with good road conditions, but don't expect a motorcyclist to always be able to dodge out of the way.
8. Stopping distance for motorcycles is nearly the same as for cars, but slippery pavement makes stopping quickly difficult. Allow more following distance behind a motorcycle because you can't always stop "on a dime."
9. When a motorcycle is in motion, see more than the motorcycle – see the person under the helmet, who could be your friend, neighbor, or relative.
10. If a driver crashes into a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or pedestrian and causes serious injury, the driver would likely never forgive himself/herself.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Two Hollywood legends have been added to the "Yellowstone" universe, according to Paramount Plus.
Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford will both star in the upcoming "Yellowstone" prequel, "1932," which is one of many upcoming projects connected to the Dutton family origin story.
"Yellowstone" universe creator Taylor Sheridan has copious North Texas ties as he grew up in Fort Worth and Cranfills Gap.
The first season of "1883" -- the Fort Worth-filmed "Yellowstone" prequel -- was filmed in Fort Worth. It got renewed for a second season right before it wrapped up in March on Paramount Plus.
The streaming service company has not revealed yet where "1932" will be shot, nor what roles Mirren and Ford will take on.
There also isn't an official release date for "1932" yet, but it will likely arrive around late 2022 or early 2023.
Along with "1883" and "1932," Sheridan is bringing back "Yellowstone" for a fifth season and starting a spin-off series called "6666" as well.
Ford and Mirren join "1932" as some of the most award-winning actors to become part of the "Yellowstone" universe. Mirren won the Academy Award for Best Actress on 2007 for her role of Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen." Ford was nominated for Best Actor in 1986 for his role of Detective Captain John Book in "Witness."
Sheridan said he chose the 1930s for this next "peek back in" on the Duttons because the children from "1883" are raising families of their own.
Watch Sheridan explain his thought process for developing another prequel below:
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BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office honored fallen deputies with a memorial service on Tuesday.
A total of 12 sheriff’s office deputies and one constable have died in the line of duty.
Sheriff Jeff Cassidy said he wants to make sure they are not forgotten.
“I think it really puts into light the dangers of this job,” Cassidy said. “You know this job is extremely dangerous and we’re working in unprecedented times.”
This week is National Police Week and Tuesday’s memorial is one of many across the area.
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WEBER CITY, Va. (WJHL) – Weber City’s four-man police department is hoping the town can provide them with hazardous duty retirement pay in their upcoming budget. If not, it could mean officers leaving Weber City’s force.
At Tuesday night’s Weber City Town Council meeting, multiple members of local first responder agencies and concerned citizens spoke on behalf of the Weber City Police Department’s request.
Although the hazardous duty pay was not on the agenda, Chief of Police Matt Bishop spoke to News Channel 11, and said the pay could be key to keeping his officers in Weber City.
“We have to do what we need to do financially, so would some of those decisions be made to probably go to another department that does have these benefits? Most likely,” Bishop said. “You can’t blame the officer. It’s a financial decision, not an emotional decision.”
Bishop said the department’s pay at $18 an hour for certified officers past 90 days of service is competitive with neighboring departments.
Gate City Police Department pays $16 an hour for certified officers with less than two years experience, but the pay increases with more experience. Kingsport Police Department offers a $17.84 an hour starting pay.
Hazardous duty pay would ensure officers the ability to retire at 50 and provide monthly payments so they can afford health insurance.
The payments continue from age 50 until the officer is old enough to receive Social Security payments.
Bishop said hazardous duty pay allows officers to attain a better quality of life as they age, despite the physical and mental stresses of the job.
“There does come a point where you’re just not physically able to do the job, so the enhanced retirement allows you to retire at a respectable age where you’re still in halfway decent health and you can enjoy yourself,” Bishop said.
Donald Harding III is one of the four employees currently at the department. He said he had no intention of leaving, but the lack of retirement benefits may force his hand.
“I wanted to stay here until I made it until retirement. So that’s not my goal, was not to leave,” Harding said. “The big picture, you look at what’s going to make it through, and where you’re going to be at in 15 years, and ultimately you have to do what’s best for you and your family.”
Harding said most of the departments in Southwest Virginia offer the hazardous duty pay except Weber City, Gate City, Coeburn, St. Paul and Pennington Gap.
Gate City Chief of Police Justin Miller said his department is looking at adding hazardous duty pay in the near future.
But Harding said a department in Tennessee is not an option.
“Tennessee has a horrible retirement as well,” Harding said. “That was actually one of the recruiting tools when I came back to Weber City was because of the retirement.”
For Weber City officers to receive the retirement pay, Weber City officials would have to elect for the coverage with the Virginia Retirement System.
Weber City Mayor Christopher Powers said that would cost about $30,000 a year. With a tight budget already coming together, he said they’ll have to move some money around to make it happen.
“Money’s always an issue but if we can work a way around it, come up with another plan, there’s a good possibility we can do it,” Powers said.
Concerned Weber City citizens made public comment urging the town to install the retirement benefit so the town can retain its police force.
“They seek to do this and seek to serve this community, and being able to retain and attract qualified people to do this is possible when you offer them good retirement benefits,” Suzanne Kerney-Quillen said to the town council.
If Weber City is to put the hazardous pay into the budget, they’ll have to do it by the end of June.
A public hearing on the budget is set for June 16, with approval on June 28.
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Incumbents John Sweet and Melissa Cribbins are off to a strong start as the first returns were released in Coos County.
Sweet leads the Position 2 commissioner’s race with 5,101 votes or 55.86% of the vote. Cribbins leads the Position 3 race with 5,004 votes or 53.62%. If the two incumbents maintain the lead and stay above 50%, they will both earn another term in office.
In the Position 2 race, Pam Lewis is in second with 3,210 votes or 35.15% while Cristina Bettesworth has 789 votes, or 8.64%.
In the Position 3 race, Rod Taylor is in second place with 3.459 votes or 37.06% while Chase Carlson is in third with 835 votes, or 8.95%.
The race for county clerk could also be wrapped up in the primary if the early returns hold. Julie Brecke has taken the early lead with 5,123 votes, or 59.7% of the ballots cast. Diane Rich is second 2.341 votes or 27.28% and Matthew Borgens is third with 1.097 votes, or 12.67%.
The county clerk’s office said the results are from ballots cast prior to Election Day. Votes cast today will be counted and released later tonight. Final results will not be known for a week as state law allows ballots mailed by today to be counted up to seven days after the election.
This post will be updated as new results come in.
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Wanda Lee Houston, 71, of Redmond, Oregon passed away May 8, 2022 after a long battle with dementia.
Wanda grew up in Coquille, Oregon. She loved the country and spending time outdoors. Wanda had many hobbies that filled her cup throughout life. She loved trail riding, barrel racing, hiking, furniture restoration, painting and photography. In her later years, found happiness in spending time with her grandchildren doing arts and crafts, watching their sporting events and collecting heart shaped rocks with them. Her life was filled with many exciting adventures. Living in Alaska for several years was one of them. While in Alaska, she was very passionate about whale watching, crabbing, deep sea fishing and her biggest adventure of all being skydiving!
Wanda is survived by three children, Shawna of Coos Bay, Jason of Redmond, Amy (Cody) of Terrebonne; ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Cheryl (Bill) Hall of Windsor, CA; her brother, Daryl (Trina) Houston of Fairview, OR; many cousins, nieces and nephews. Wanda was preceded in death by her parents, Dan and Leona Houston.
A graveside service will take place this summer in Terrebonne, Oregon.
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MCSO seeks man suspected of crashing stolen car into deputy's vehicle near Peoria
Law enforcement is searching for a man suspected of ramming a stolen vehicle into a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office patrol car and another vehicle while attempting to escape.
Sgt. Calbert Gillett, an MCSO spokesperson, told The Arizona Republic a deputy activated his emergency lights behind a car parked at a QuikTrip gas station near Olive and 111th avenues just outside of Peoria when the vehicle's license plate was reported as being stolen.
Kahri Harrison, MCSO spokesperson, said deputies were dispatched to the scene about 4:20 p.m. Tuesday.
Gillett said the deputy was waiting for additional units to respond when the man crashed the car into a vehicle in front of him and then reversed into the deputy's vehicle before fleeing. The deputy was not injured, Gillett noted.
Law enforcement found the vehicle a short distance away but discovered the driver had already fled and remains on the run. Gillett described the suspect as a Black man in his mid-20s and wearing a white T-shirt.
Gillett asks anyone with information regarding the incident to call MCSO at 602-876-1011.
Reach the reporter Perry Vandell at 602-444-2474 or perry.vandell@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @PerryVandell.
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3-year-old girl in extremely critical condition after nearly drowning in Phoenix
A 3-year-old girl is in extremely critical condition after family members found her underwater and not breathing at an apartment complex pool located southwest of Thomas Road and 43rd Avenue in Phoenix.
Capt. Scott Douglas, spokesperson for the Phoenix Fire Department, said initial reports indicated no one performed CPR on the girl before first responders arrived.
Douglas said crews performed "advanced life support measures" on the child immediately after arriving and rushed her to an emergency department in extremely critical condition.
Douglas said fire crews faced a language barrier as the girl's family only spoke Swahili.
Additional information regarding the incident was not immediately available as of Tuesday evening.
Reach the reporter Perry Vandell at 602-444-2474 or perry.vandell@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @PerryVandell.
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From right, Paula and Eva Williamson, and Jackie Reese, all of Tilton, hold up signs expressing their support for Leah Marlene before a free concert Tuesday in Normal.
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Left is Hannah Hinthorn, 12, of Bloomington, holding up a sign asking for American Idol finalist Leah Marlene's signature with Linda Jackson, right, before Marlene's concert Tuesday in Normal.
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American Idol finalist Leah Marlene, front right, takes in the crowd on Tuesday before Town of Normal Mayor Chris Koos, left, officially declares Tuesday, May 17, 2022, as Leah Marlene Day following a parade in Uptown Normal.
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Livi Blade, 10, of Bloomington, left, and family friend Nicki Green, right, pose for a photo in advance of Leah Marlene's parade and concert Tuesday in Normal.
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From left, Jeremy, Jennifer, and Julia Rady, brush up on coverage of Leah Marlene's homecoming plans published in that day's edition The Pantagraph prior to Marlene's appearance at the Uptown Circle in Normal. The trio traveled from Mukwonago, Wisconsin on Tuesday to see Marlene's free show.
NORMAL — Thousands of people turned out Tuesday in uptown Normal to catch a glimpse of "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene as she returned to her hometown for a parade and concert.
The 20-year-old singer-songwriter performed four songs: "Wisher to the Well," a single that she has performed twice on the show; "Make You Feel My Love," a Bob Dylan song she performed on the show April 25; "Happy Together" by The Turtles, which she performed April 24; and "Flowers," a new single that was released Friday.
The hometown visit is a tradition for "Idol" finalists. Footage will be shown during the finale episode Sunday, when Marlene competes against Noah Thompson and HunterGirl for the top spot.
Before she performed "Flowers," Marlene shared a message about its meaning with the crowd:
"The two years leading up to this show were the two worst years of my entire life, and holy moly, if you told me a year ago that I'd be looking out at a sea of thousands of people right now, as a finalist on 'American Idol' — I would have never, in a trillion, billion, kajillion years, believed you."
She said she wrote "Flowers" in December, right after she learned that she would be advancing as one of the top 24 competitors on the show.
"Before I auditioned for 'Idol,' I had just really sprung back to myself after those two years of really going through the ringer with mental health stuff," she said. "I was just coming back to Leah, just coming back to being a healthy, functioning human. And then this 'Idol' thing came along.
"It was the last thing I ever thought I was going to do, but I had this weird gut instinct to follow through with it, so I did, thank God," she said, as the crowd cheered in support.
"The whole time, it was just like, 'OK, well, I don't think anything is going to come out of this, but for some reason I feel like I should give it a shot. So let's just have fun. Show up. Be yourself. Whatever.' And it has been the most beautiful experience of my entire life.
"... Me on this show has been me relearning who I am as a healthy human after those two years. It's so crazy to me that like, that coming out of those years, when I finally am able to experience the vibrance of life again, it's through this show, which is the biggest dream I could have ever chased, ever. I'm just constantly mind-blown that I'm here right now."
She said the song is about that journey, calling it a letter to her past self.
"She didn't even think there was a way out of that situation," she said, referring to herself. "I know there's lots of people here that probably feel that way right now, so this is for you."
Earlier in the night, Marlene traveled with her family in a yellow convertible through uptown, where an enthusiastic crowd — many wearing "Leah Marlene" shirts and holding homemade signs — watched as Normal Mayor Chris Koos declared May 17, 2022 to be Leah Marlene Day.
Leah Marlene performs during a concert in uptown Normal on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, as part of filming for "American Idol," where she is competing against two other finalists for the top spot.
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene is honored with a proclamation from Normal Mayor Chris Koos, who declared May 17, 2022, to be Leah Marlene Day for the town.
From right, Paula and Eva Williamson, and Jackie Reese, all of Tilton, hold up signs expressing their support for Leah Marlene before a free concert Tuesday in Normal.
Left is Hannah Hinthorn, 12, of Bloomington, holding up a sign asking for American Idol finalist Leah Marlene's signature with Linda Jackson, right, before Marlene's concert Tuesday in Normal.
American Idol finalist Leah Marlene, front right, takes in the crowd on Tuesday before Town of Normal Mayor Chris Koos, left, officially declares Tuesday, May 17, 2022, as Leah Marlene Day following a parade in Uptown Normal.
Livi Blade, 10, of Bloomington, left, and family friend Nicki Green, right, pose for a photo in advance of Leah Marlene's parade and concert Tuesday in Normal.
From left, Jeremy, Jennifer, and Julia Rady, brush up on coverage of Leah Marlene's homecoming plans published in that day's edition The Pantagraph prior to Marlene's appearance at the Uptown Circle in Normal. The trio traveled from Mukwonago, Wisconsin on Tuesday to see Marlene's free show.
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TEXAS, USA — On Friday, ERCOT sent out a request for electricity conservation after six Texas power plants tripped offline. ERCOT had also told power plants, which were down for maintenance, that they must get back online and cut that maintenance short.
Then, on Tuesday, ERCOT CEO Brad Jones told reporters the grid was never actually in danger:
"This wasn't a conservation alert or a conservation appeal, it was just a request to Texan's to help us out over the weekend," Jones said. "It wasn't that we were in a dangerous situation, it was that we were doing everything possible to keep the grid reliable."
ERCOT had released the following press release last Friday:
With unseasonably hot weather driving record demand across Texas, ERCOT continues to work closely with the power industry to make sure Texans have the power they need. This afternoon, six power generation facilities tripped offline resulting in the loss of approximately 2,900 MW of electricity. At this time, all generation resources available are operating. We’re asking Texans to conserve power when they can by setting their thermostats to 78-degrees or above and avoiding the usage of large appliances (such as dishwashers, washers and dryers) during peak hours between 3pm and 8pm through the weekend.
How close was the grid to a dangerous situation?
The demand for power on Friday afternoon rose to around 65,000 Megawatts. On Tuesday, Jones said available power was briefly less than 3000 Megawatts from failing to meet that demand at the time.
PUC Chairman Peter Lake said ERCOT's current goal is have around 23 percent more power available than the amount in use.
While a margin of 3000 MW is less than ideal, ERCOT does have several options to increase the margin before moving into an Energy Emergency Alert. There are three stages of alerts, and each can be found here. ERCOT can add several thousand Megawatts to the grid as they move through each stage.
Both Lake and Jones stated ERCOT purposefully called for conservation earlier than in past years.
"It's important to note that in the past, under similar circumstances, no conservation notice would have been issued. This was ERCOT being proactive about tight grid conditions," Lake said. "We were tested last weekend and our reforms worked."
What happened to Texas power plants?
Jones would not tell reporters Tuesday why six Texas power plants went offline before the weekend. He said ERCOT would have some information on generation outages on Thursday, but would not release more specifics during the press conference.
"Bottom line. We really don't have any concerns specifically with the various reasons. It was a coincidence with a number of units coming off at the same time. But the coincidence happened at or near peak (demand)," Jones said.
He also said there were "a few smaller units " that tripped offline.
Fortunately, 6 News was able to speak to Texas Competitive Power Advocates Executive Director Michele Richmond to learn more about the situation Texas power plants were facing at the time.
On May 11, ERCOT issued an Operating Condition Notice asking power plant owners and generators to postpone planned maintenance and to return from maintenance already in progress. Richmond said some of the plants that went offline still needed to complete that maintenance. She also said some maintenance was scheduled more than a year in advance.
"Generators are provided two time frames to schedule maintenance. Two and a half months in the spring and two months in the fall," Richmond said.
Richmond confirmed that at least two of the power plants that went offline didn't get to complete maintenance.
"I know there were a couple of generators that have rescheduled their outages a couple of times in response to these requests (by ERCOT) and I belief at least two that tripped were those resources," Richmond said. "Doing that maintenance is really crucial."
Richmond also said ERCOT is running plants harder than before to ensure their is enough power on the grid and meeting the demand is becoming increasingly difficult in Texas.
"I think what this shows is a larger problem that the PUC is dealing with. We don't have enough installed dispatchable generation capacity," Richmond said. "When it's cloudy and we don't have the solar the grid expects or the wind drops off, we need generators that can be turned on and turned off at command."
Richmond said ERCOT is having to squeeze timelines for the existing fleet to get things done and she worries this will not be sustainable in the future.
PUC Chairman Lake told reporters Tuesday the PUC is working on phase two of a plan to change the Texas power market and attract more power generation in the state. He said that plan would need to be sent to the Texas legislature in 2023.
"The blue print adopted in December includes two components. The load-side reliability mechanism and the backstop reserve service. We are in the process of building those market designs out but both of those will put new steel in the ground and will incentivize new dispatchable generation and resources," Lake said.
Lake said they will be able to deliver those "in the next session."
Also on KCENTV.com:
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TRINITY COUNTY, Calif. — A woman and her dog were attacked by a mountain lion as they went down a walking path near Big Bar Monday afternoon.
The woman and her dog Eva were traveling along State Route 299 when she pulled over near a picnic area and started walking on a path with Eva leading slightly ahead of her.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Captain Patrick Foy told ABC10 the woman had noticed movement beside her before a mountain lion attacked and swiped her across the left shoulder.
The screams alerted Eva, a Belgian Malinois, who authorities said immediately engaged the mountain lion.
The mountain lion bit Eva on the head and would not let go as her owner tried to save her by throwing rocks and trying to gouge the lion's eyes, officials said.
After being unable to separate them, the woman went back up to the road and flagged down a passing vehicle. The driver stopped and retrieved a can of pepper spray from her car, spraying the mountain lion in the face with little to no effect.
When the mountain lion began to drag Eva to a different location off the trail, officials said her owner and the passerby got a piece of PVC pipe which they used to hit the mountain lion over the head until it released Eva.
The woman drove Eva to a veterinarian for emergency treatment. At this time, Eva's condition is unknown.
Eva's owner drove herself to a hospital in Redding where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, including bite wounds, scratches, bruises and abrasions.
CDFW said the initial evidence from the investigation is strong enough to treat it as a legitimate attack.
Officials said they are working with allied agencies to trap the mountain lion and will further evaluate the situation if it is caught.
Captain Foy said, "being attacked by a mountain lion is extremely rare," but in the case that you encounter one, "fight back."
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — After a fight in Roseville turned deadly, some people have safety front of mind as Placer County plans to convert a Project Roomkey shelter into permanent housing.
Officials said the person killed was a resident at the shelter, but the suspects were not.
The building along North Sunrise Avenue looks like a hotel but, for the past two years, it's been used by Placer County as a Project RoomKey shelter.
Café worker Francisco Bou and other area workers said they've seen growing problems with homelessness in the area since the nearby hotel became a shelter for the homeless during the pandemic.
"The only thing is the trouble they've been causing. Sometimes, they disturb customers," Bou said.
He reacted to the recent deadly fight and its connection to the hotel, saying he wasn't surprised.
"Honestly, we been having this problem with a crisis with the homeless, and like now, it kind of brings poverty. Now, poverty kind of brings in crime," Bou said.
A long-time business owner that didn't want speak on camera said they've dealt with break-ins and property damages recently, and are considering moving as a result.
Placer County was recently awarded more than $23.5 million to begin converting the former hotel into permanent supportive housing in June.
Some area workers, like Bou, support the site since its helping the homeless, but hope county officials will do more to address safety concerns in the surrounding area.
"It would be good to have security in hand, in case there's a situation that goes out of control," Bou said.
Placer County officials said the site does have around-the-clock security and that they are looking into potential improvements.
"We're exploring, especially after this tragedy, if additional measures are necessary," said Dr. Rob Oldham, director of Placer County Health and Human Services.
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Allan Robert Schuler
April 11, 1974-May 6, 2022
Family and friends are invited to gather at Al's farm located at 12178 410th Street, Thompson, Iowa 50478, from 3:00 to 6:00 PM, Saturday, May 21, 2022, to honor Al's life.
Allan Robert Schuler, son of Robert Schuler and Diann Boelman, was born April 11, 1974, in Mason City, Iowa. He lived with his mom in Clear Lake, Iowa until 6th grade, when he moved to Arizona where he lived with his father. Al graduated from Bradshaw Mountain High School in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Upon the birth of his daughter Krista, he moved to Thompson, Iowa. Al owned and operated Schuler Construction Company before venturing into the trucking industry. He was a truck driver for TMC for two years, then Monson and Sons, Inc. for twelve years. Al died May 6, 2022, in a trucking accident in rural Kossuth County, Iowa.
Survivors include his children: Krista (Louis) Valetti, of Algona, IA, Ty Schuler of Woden, IA, and Lane Schuler of Thompson, IA; grandchildren: Izabel Valetti, Neo Ramirez, Keegan Gremmer, and Brayden Schuler; mother Diann (Vic) Lambert of Clear Lake, IA; aunt Terry (Bruce) Carlson of Clear Lake, IA; and girlfriend Molly Williams of Jackson, MN. Al was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, maternal grandparents Helena and Clarence Boelman, and father Robert Schuler.
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William “Bill” Patton, 81, of Hampton, died Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City. Arrangements: Counsell Woodley Funeral Home of Hampton.
Terry Smith, 68, of Cottonwood, AZ and formerly of Nora Springs, died May 4, 2022 at Flagstaff Medical Center in Flagstaff, AZ. Arrangements: Sheckler Colonial Chapels.
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OREGON CITY, Ore. — In Clackamas County, Tuesday's election night ended with 10,356 votes counted but no percent of total results to display and no updated number of ballots cast since Monday.
The delay in results stemmed from an unexpected issue with about two-thirds of the ballots sent to county voters. According to the Clackamas County Clerk, there was a printing issue with the bar codes on impacted ballots, making them appear either too light or too blurry, which caused elections machines to reject them.
The fix has been two person, bi-partisan volunteer teams which have been duplicating the faulty ballots and entering them by hand to make sure they count.
In a statement issued late Tuesday night, Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan criticized the delayed of results.
"As Oregon’s chief election officer – and a Clackamas County voter — I am deeply concerned about the delay in reporting from Clackamas County Elections tonight,” she said. “While I am confident that the process they are following is secure, transparent and the results will be accurate, the county’s reporting delays tonight are unacceptable. Voters have done their jobs, and now it’s time for Clackamas County Elections to do theirs.”
Clackamas County Clerk Sherry Hall on Tuesday said she had no guess for how long counting all of the votes would take.
“Our top priority is to get this election done very accurately and on time,” said Hall. “Accuracy is way more important than speed.”
Hall said the official number of ballots turned in stood at around 65,000 on Monday, with around 16,000 more votes collected by noon on Election Day. She said volunteers would spend Tuesday night verifying signatures on ballots collected by 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Volunteers will return on Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. to begin counting them and duplicating faulty ballots when necessary.
“We are doing it by the book and anyone who wants to can come in and watch it,” said Hall.
Many voters did, including Suzanne Westfall. She spent hours watching volunteers from the observation room.
“If they're having people from multiple parties observing, then I'm good with it,” Westfall said.
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KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Eight-year-old Levon Brevard-Mays of Elgin is now an author. He decided to write after receiving a little inspiration from his family.
"Cause my brother was bullying me," Levon Brevard-Mays said. "He didn't think I wrote about him."
Shy and energetic Levon picked up a book his mom had written and became interested, which sparked the vision.
"He showed interest in kind of writing a book and asked if I would help him, so I basically transcribed it for him," Levon's mother Stacy Brevard-Mays said.
Levon's book is about a child who gets bullied, but with a little work, he's able to turn the situation around and eventually turns the bully into a buddy. It's called "The Big Mean Mean Bully."
His mom Stacy says writing the book was not easy.
"I had to keep prompting him because they will want to stop after five pages, and a book can't be five pages," she chuckled.
The book was published last month and has even made it into bookstores and online.
She hopes this book inspires other parents and kids to write.
"It's a great way for kids to get their feelings out if they are experiencing things they can't really talk about, they can write about it. It's an all-around great way for kids to be creative."
Stacy is working to host a Kid's night out in Camden on August 2, 2022, to help promote literacy.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
The first time Namirah Jones visited the dentist at age 5, her meltdown brought the office to a halt. Her mother, Mia Costley, her grandmother and a dental assistant held her down while she screamed. The dentist couldn’t even get a mirror in her mouth.
“That’s when it was determined that no dentist could ever work on her; she would have to be put to sleep,” Costley said from their apartment in Corona.
Jones, now 19, has severe autism and an intellectual disability. She’s among tens of thousands of patients across the state whose disabilities — ranging from cognitive and physical disabilities like autism and cerebral palsy to complex health conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s — require sedation during dental procedures, making basic dental care largely inaccessible.
A typical dental office cannot perform general anesthesia nor can it accommodate other disabilities requiring wheelchair lifts or other specialized equipment.
Instead, disabled patients languish on waiting lists for years at the few places that can see them — usually dental schools. When they get an appointment, it’s frequently a financial hardship requiring time off of work for caregivers, long drives from remote areas of the state, overnight hotel stays and out-of-pocket surgical fees.
“For more serious procedures people can be waiting for a year, which if you think about it, living with dental pain for a year is like torture,” said Tony Anderson, executive director of Valley Mountain Regional Center in Stockton. Regional centers oversee the coordination and delivery of services for Californians with disabilities.
The situation is untenable, said California Dental Association president Ariane Terlet. The association is asking the Legislature to include $50 million in the budget to build special needs clinics and surgery centers across the state.
“The state is responsible for ensuring access to dental care for patients with special health care needs,” Terlet said. “If California is serious about its commitment to health equity, people with special health care needs must be provided timely access to dental care.”
Jones is non-verbal and, like many people with autism spectrum disorder, is hypersensitive to certain sights, sounds and sensations, making the dentist’s office a nightmare.
In 2019, she began touching her mouth repeatedly. Her mother worried she was in pain and called Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, where she had previously been able to get her teeth cleaned under sedation. This time, they said her weight gain made the procedure too risky.
UC San Diego said Jones, then 16, was too old for their pediatric clinic. The University of Southern California never called back. Only UCLA’s’ dental school would see her, but the next available appointment was 16 months out. It would be another three months from the initial visit before Jones could be scheduled for surgery. She fought the anesthesiologist until she fell asleep — all for a routine teeth cleaning and cavity filling.
“As her parent and caregiver, it’s triggering and traumatizing to watch,” Costley said.
Not enough providers
Without a centralized database, the number of patients that need special dental care is hard to quantify. Approximately 1.3 million children, or 15% of all children, in the state have chronic physical, developmental or behavioral conditions — although of course not all of those require special dentistry. The Department of Developmental Services also serves an estimated 330,000 individuals with disabilities. And California’s growing aging population includes 690,000 seniors with Alzheimer’s disease.
But, according to the dental association, there are only 14 dental schools and surgery centers that can handle these special needs patients. Some hospitals give dentists admitting privileges to perform surgery, but they say it’s often difficult to book operating time.
“When I started, roughly 20% of our adult consumers needed hospital dentistry or surgery center dentistry,” said Karissa McGuffin, dental coordinator at Valley Mountain Regional Center, which serves San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties.
McGuffin was hired in 2019 to address the severe need for dental care among the center’s 18,000 consumers. The inability to find a dentist was the No. 1 issue facing their clients, she said, and 20% is likely an undercount.
One of the primary reasons it’s so difficult to find a dentist is that most don’t accept Medi-Cal, the state health plan for its poorest residents, which a majority of people with disabilities rely on. Less than one-third of all licensed dentists in the state take Medi-Cal, a number that has remained stagnant despite the growing number of Medi-Cal enrollees.
“In our five counties we don’t have a single (hospital) or surgery center for dentistry that takes Medi-Cal,” Anderson said.
Even private insurance is reluctant to reimburse a dentist for anesthesia, frequently claiming that it’s not medically necessary, said Richard Barnes, a dentist in Visalia who runs a private practice and surgery center.
Barnes built his surgery center specifically to address the lack of special needs providers in his area. Initially he accepted all insurance, but he said he had to start charging $850 out-of-pocket for anesthesia in order to keep his practice afloat.
“We were writing off close to $1 million a year because (insurers) weren’t paying,” Barnes said.
He subsidizes the loss from the surgery center with the rest of his dental practice. In a normal year, he sees around 2,000 special needs patients from across the state — but he still wishes he could do more.
“The phone rings all day long, but we’re excluding a lot of patients right now because we have to charge them,” Barnes said.
According to a 2018 report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office on improving dental access for patients with disabilities, only a third of Medi-Cal enrollees received any dental care between 2014 and 2016 while even fewer regional center clients — 20% — saw a dentist in the same time period.
Nowhere to turn
With few options, special needs patients and their families drive hours to see a dentist, said Eric Sung, chair of special patient care at UCLA’s dental school and Jones’ dentist. About 36% of Sung’s patients drive between one and two hours to the UCLA clinic while an additional 30% drive more than two hours.
“They’re coming in from Palm Desert or Lancaster and Bakersfield,” Sung said. “I’m getting people from really far away.”
Rebecca Creede’s son, CJ, is one of those patients. CJ, 9, is autistic and broke a tooth a few months ago.
“The ones that are supposed to accept Medi-Cal can’t do the work, and they’re dumbfounded. They don’t know where to send you,” Creede said. In the past two years, Creede, who lives in Redding, has driven CJ to Stockton, San Francisco and most recently Visalia for dental care. It’s exasperating, Creede said, because CJ is non-verbal and can’t tell her if he’s in pain. Every dead end is another day that he might be suffering.
“It’s really frustrating that there’s not somewhere in local areas or in each region that can take care of your kids with special needs,” Creede said.
Eventually, she found Barnes in Visalia. The Creede family saved up money for two months in order to afford the out-of-pocket anesthesia fee. They rented a car and a hotel room and drove seven hours south. It cost them $2,500 altogether. CJ got a root canal and dental restoration on two teeth.
“Dr. Barnes, he was absolutely amazing,” Creede said, but he shouldn’t be the only one who could treat CJ. Frequently she sees messages from parents in local special needs Facebook groups asking where to find a dentist for their kids.
“I comment that we had to go to Visalia, and they’re like, ‘Are you serious?’” Creede said. “A lot of people don’t have the means.”
It’s even harder for adults with special and complex health needs to find a dentist. Medi-Cal is more likely to reimburse sedation for children than for adults, and while many pediatric dentists have some experience working with special needs patients, most adult dentists do not.
Although use of Medi-Cal dental benefits among all adults has doubled in the past seven years, it still remains far below childhood visits. In 2019, nearly two-thirds of Medi-Cal kids ages 6-9 had an annual dental exam while only 22% of adults ages 21-34 and 27% of seniors ages 65-74 saw a dentist.
“You get told no a lot,” said Laura Mulvihill, whose 26-year-old son Troy has severe autism and a seizure disorder. “I just kind of gave up after a while. A lot of parents give up.”
Troy hadn’t seen a dentist for 16 years before they found Barnes. Like the Creedes, Mulvihill had to get a hotel room and drive four hours to get to the clinic. Troy had three cavities.
It’s a common story, said Sung, the dentist at UCLA, where the waiting list is more than a year long. “A lot of families, literally when I see them on screening day, meaning one year after they called, say it’s been a decade or more since they’ve seen a dentist,” Sung said.
By the time adult special needs patients find a dentist that can accommodate them, their dental disease may have become severe.
“Unfortunately, once in a while it’s not one or two cavities, it’s 20 cavities or we’re taking a lot of teeth out,” Sung said.
Improving access improves outcomes
For a lot of special needs patients, facilities designed to handle their needs could cut down wait times and reduce the need for sedation, which carries risks.
Desensitization to simple procedures is possible for patients with mild to moderate behavioral difficulties. Patients with physical disabilities, too, generally just need a facility with wheelchair lifts or a space that can accommodate a gurney.
Richard Kunihara, a dentist in the Inland Empire, has operating room privileges at Kaiser Fontana but tries to reduce patients’ need for sedation to once every two years or so. He takes the time to get patients used to the dental office and the sensations in their mouth and teaches parents and caregivers how to gently brush their teeth at home.
At his private practice, he sees one to three special needs patients a day, 80% of whom are on the autism spectrum and a majority of whom are on the moderate to severe end. Some of the patients who previously struggled now allow teeth cleaning and X-rays to be done without sedation. It’s hard, however, for most practices to operate this way.
“Most dentists aren’t going to find that spending the time is economically feasible,” Kunihara said. “It is unfortunately the nature of the system.”
The state Department of Health Care Services now allows dentists to bill Medi-Cal for extra time spent on special needs patients, but the time must be accompanied by a procedure.
“There might not be a procedure (to reimburse),” Sung said. “You need to desensitize them, have them come in, visit you and perhaps not perform work at all. The second time, come a little bit closer. Look in your mouth and maybe touch therapy just so that they get used to the whole experience, the new environment.”
But if more dentists were able to accommodate special needs patients, it would help those with more intensive needs.
“The problem is, the number of people able and willing to see special needs patients in the private sector is fairly low,” Sung said. “They are referring to university. So when we see that population plus the extremely sick, we’re basically being overwhelmed.”
Back in Corona, Jones, 19, hurriedly jams a toothbrush in her mouth for barely 10 seconds before putting it down.
“You’re doing good. You’re doing awesome,” Costley says, taking over. She holds her daughter’s hand and gently runs the bristles over Jones’ teeth and tongue. “Uh uh, we’re almost done,” Costley says when Jones tries to push her hand away.
Jones has made a lot of progress in the past three years. She’s learning how to brush her teeth, do the laundry and wash the dishes. She’s less combative and doesn’t exhibit as many signs of frustration. Right now, Costley is teaching her how to use a speaking device to answer yes/no questions and increase her vocabulary. She has her practice the phrase “I want burrito,” and when Costley asks if Jones loves her, she giggles and presses the “yes” button.
In a lot of ways Jones is just like any other teenager. She tries to get out of her chores and loves to hide in her room. Her bed sports a Rick and Morty bedspread, and accents of hot pink (her favorite color) adorn the room. She’s been listening to a lot of Lizzo and 90s R&B, and likes to watch “King of the Hill” on TV. Her favorite body sprays are neatly lined up on a shelf.
Despite the progress she has made, Costley doesn’t think Jones will ever be able to see a dentist without sedation.
“She doesn’t like brushing her teeth. She has to be prompted. I think it’s a sensory issue. She doesn’t like the top brushed or the tongue,” Costley said.
Although her daughter’s teeth seem fine now, Costley is preparing to put in a request for an appointment at UCLA. She knows the year and a half wait means they have to start planning now.
“My daughter is not a burden,” she said. “It’s everything else that’s a burden.”
CalMatters COVID and health care coverage is supported by grants from the Blue Shield of California Foundation, the California Health Care Foundation and the California Wellness Foundation.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — In the Starlight Estates subdivision off Yorktown Boulevard in Corpus Christi, everywhere you look there's a street named after a Marvel character and even several DC comic heroes.
New subdivisions have been popping up on Corpus Christi's southside for years now, but this one is getting recognized for its fun and unusual street names.
You can find Superman, Spiderman, Iron Man and Hulk drives, all cross streets of Krypton Drive, at the new subdivision.
"I live off of Superman. It's pretty awesome. A lot of my friends think it's absolute bonkers that I actually live on that street," said Val Ramirez, who lives on Superman Drive. "They don't believe me, but once they see the address they laugh and chuckle."
James Lott lives on Hulk Drive. He said it was extremely difficult trying to find a home these days. He just happened to find this subdivision with new homes still going up. The street name was just a bonus.
"I put in a couple of bids on three different homes and I was getting out-bidded, so I said, 'Let me find new construction where I can find one,'" Lott said. "So I kind of fell into this one."
Neighbors said they have heard that more streets are going to be built in the area. The developer confirmed that and they will have superhero character names on those street signs as well.
Rumor is that another subdivision is coming to Corpus Christi where the streets will be named after Game of Thrones characters. Khaleesi Drive, anyone?
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ABC is bringing actress Hilary Swank and the writer of the 2015 Oscar-winning film “Spotlight” together for a new drama about a journalist working in Alaska.
The Thursday series “Alaska” headlines a fall schedule announced Tuesday that also includes an hourlong celebrity version of “Jeopardy!” and leans heavily on returning favorites.
Swank will play Eileen Fitzgerald, described as a “recently disgraced” reporter who leaves a high-profile New York life behind to seek personal and professional redemption up north. The creator is Tom McCarthy, who wrote the film about the Boston Globe’s investigation of sexual abuse by Catholic priests.
Craig Erwich, ABC entertainment president, calls it a brave show for this era.
“Telling stories about journalists as heroes is something that’s going to get a lot of conversation,” Erwich said in an interview Tuesday. “It’s a very optimistic look at the profession.”
“The Rookie: Feds,” a spinoff of ABC’s “The Rookie,” also earned a spot on the network’s fall schedule. Niecy Nash-Betts stars as the oldest newcomer in the FBI academy in the series set for Tuesday night.
“Jeopardy!” will be paired with a celebrity edition “Wheel of Fortune” on Sunday nights. ABC said a host for the show will be named at a later date.
In perhaps providing a blueprint for a broadcast network in a world where streaming services are ascendant, ABC is emphasizing live and unscripted programming in the new season. Aside from its Wednesday night comedy lineup and three dramas on Thursday, scripted shows account for only three of 16 prime-time hours the rest of the week.
“American Idol” will return in midseason, while ABC has said the “Dancing With the Stars” franchise is moving to Disney+. The long-running celebrity dance contest will cede its time slots on ABC to a combination of reality series “Bachelor in Paradise” and NFL Monday night games.
“ABC is a network that is very much about community,” Erwich said. “Whether it’s bringing people together through the power of live events, we bring people together to watch family sitcoms, dramas with heroes at the center. We really think that’s an opportunity, not just for broadcast television, but it’s a place where ABC excels.”
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Media Writer David Bauder reported from New York, and Television Writer Lynn Elber reported from Los Angeles.
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for Johnny Depp on Tuesday questioned the truthfulness of Amber Heard’s accusation that Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle.
Heard was cross-examined for most of the day after her testimony in Depp’s libel suit against her.
Depp is suing Heard in Virginia’s Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name. The trial is now in its fifth week.
Depp’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez, questioned Heard about a variety of incidents in which she says she was assaulted by Depp.
Questioning was particularly intense over a March 2015 fight the couple had in Australia, shortly after they were married, while Depp was shooting a fifth film in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise.
It was during that fight that Heard says she was sexually assaulted. Depp, on the other hand, says he was the victim, and that he lost the tip of his middle finger when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him.
Vasquez questioned why Heard never sought medical attention, even though she said her feet were cut by broken glass and she was bleeding after the attack.
“You’re the one who assaulted someone with a bottle in Australia, isn’t that right, Ms. Heard?” Vasquez asked.
“I didn’t assault Johnny in Australia. I didn’t assault Johnny ever,” Heard responded.
Vasquez then questioned why Heard wrote a series of love notes to Depp in the months after she said she was assaulted.
Heard has said she believed Depp had hit rock bottom after the Australia fight and was committed to sobriety. She has said most of the assaults occurred while Depp was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
“When things were good, they were really good,” she said.
The jury also saw a recording of a deposition Heard gave in 2016 in connection with her divorce in which she appeared to inadvertently admit that she had tipped off the celebrity news outlet TMZ to aspects of her initial divorce proceedings.
Heard testified to the jury that she was taken aback when paparazzi swarmed her courthouse appearance seeking a temporary restraining order and that she tried to avoid publicity as much as possible.
During the 2016 deposition, though, Heard puts hands to her lips as though she mistakenly blurted something out after she said she wanted Depp to learn of the divorce filing “from some other source other than TMZ, which was alerted …”
“You slipped up there, didn’t you, Ms. Heard?” Vasquez asked.
“That’s not what I’m talking about,” Heard responded.
During redirect examination, Heard, said she “asked my team to file in the most discreet way, literally to put it under a stack of papers and file it at the end of the day so it kind of had more of a shot of being missed by the paparazzi and by TMZ.”
The redirect questioning of Heard lasted only a few minutes, as Depp’s lawyers objected to nearly every question that Heard’s lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, tried to ask.
After Heard’s testimony concluded, jurors heard recorded testimony from a mutual friend of the couple, iO Tillett Wright, who said Depp confided to him that he hated sobriety.
“He wanted to get sober for Amber,” Tillett Wright said. “He didn’t enjoy being sober. It wasn’t fun, and that it was distressing and exhausting and very hard to do. He really, really resented having to be sober.”
Tillett Wright said Depp’s personality turned mean and paranoid when he was using alcohol or drugs.
There was also testimony about Heard’s $100 million counterclaim against Depp. She says she was defamed by Depp’s lawyer, Adam Waldman, when he called Heard’s accusations a hoax.
Heard has said the accusations hurt her career, but Vasquez pointed to a series of negative articles about Heard that preceded Waldman’s comments.
The jury also heard an audio recording of a verbal fight between the two in which each belittled the other’s acting career. Heard laughed mockingly at Depp’s career-making role in the ’80s television show “21 Jump Street.”
“Hey, at least I didn’t do, like, a teeny show where I’m a heartthrob. God that would be, like, embarrassing,” Heard said.
Depp responded with dismissive commentary about Heard’s biggest film role to date, shouting “Aquaman!” in a mocking way to denigrate the superhero film.
And Heard took offense when Vasquez suggested that Heard only got the role in “Aquaman” with Depp’s help.
“Excuse me?” Heard said. “No, Ms. Vasquez, I got myself that role by auditioning.”
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GHENT, Belgium (AP) — A Belgian court on Tuesday ruled again that Spanish rapper Valtonyc should not be extradited to Spain, where he has been sentenced to prison accused of writing lyrics that praise terror groups and insult the royal family.
The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jose Miguel Arenas Beltran and who has been living in exile in Belgium since 2018, faces prison sentences in Spain totaling three-and-a-half years.
Francis Clarysse, a Ghent prosecutor, told The Associated Press that the prosecution now has 24 hours to decide whether to appeal the decision to Belgium’s highest court, the court of cassation. Tuesday’s ruling marked the fourth time the Spanish judicial authorities’ requests for extradition were denied.
Clarysse said the latest appeal was declared “unfounded, meaning no extradition is possible.”
Valtonyc’s case has become popular in Spain among organizations who claim Spanish authorities are cracking down on free speech. The singer and composer from Palma de Mallorca was sentenced to prison over songs he wrote when he was 18 that were deemed to have praised terror groups, threatened a Spanish politician with violence and insulted the royal family.
During his trials in Spain, courts rejected Arenas’ argument that the point of rap lyrics is to be provocative and they should be protected by free speech laws.
Rights organizations and activists regarded Valtonyc’s case as an example in a wider legal and political dispute over freedom of expression, rebuking the way prosecutors have overreached in using the criminal code to punish anyone who “glorifies terrorism” or insults the Crown.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — With jury selection less than a week away, attorneys scrambled to deal with shifting evidence Tuesday in Bill Cosby’s civil trial over allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl at the Playboy mansion nearly 50 years ago.
Plaintiff Judy Huth said in a recent court filing that she now believes the assault happened in 1975 when she was 16, not in 1974 when she was 15 as she had long alleged, spurring cries of foul and a request to dismiss the case from Cosby’s attorneys, who said the change has upended their defense on the eve of trial.
“It’s not fair,” Cosby’s lawyer Jennifer Bonjean said outside court. “It’s called trial by ambush.”
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Craig Karlan gave no indication he planned to throw out the 8-year-old case just before a trial that he is determined to have start as scheduled on Monday, and forged ahead in preparations.
Cosby, 85, will not attend any of it, his attorneys said. The case has taken on renewed significance as one of the few remaining legal actions against him after the Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out his criminal sexual assault conviction in June and released him from prison, and many other lawsuits were settled against his will by his insurer.
Huth’s attorneys said the change in her story came after research of archival evidence led them to determine the dates when Cosby was shooting the movie “Let’s Do It Again” at a Los Angeles-area park, where Huth says the two met before he took her to the mansion.
The evidence included a dated photo of Cosby with a beard and a tuxedo looking exactly as Huth had remembered him.
The change was revealed in a declaration that was attached as an exhibit to a May 5 motion. But Bonjean said she should have gotten direct notification, and told the judge the move was “subversive.”
One of Huth’s attorneys, Nathan Goldberg, took offense.
“We filed it with the court, that was subversive?” Goldberg said.
He suggested the defense had long been concealing the timing of the mansion visit.
“They’ve known all along it was 1975,” Goldberg said.
Cosby’s attorneys said they had built much of their trial defense around the timing of the trip to the Playboy Mansion, including going to great lengths to establish Cosby’s whereabouts at the time, and basing their planned questions for Huth on the witness stand around her account of the chronology.
Huth’s lawsuit alleges Cosby forced her to perform a sex act on him in a bedroom of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s famed Los Angeles mansion.
Bonjean acknowledges that Cosby met Huth and took her to the mansion — a photograph shows the two there together — but that the visit happened later when Huth was not a minor, and that no sexual assault took place regardless.
Bonjean also said the changed story also means changes to the relevance of the case’s law, which treats 15-year-olds and 16-year-olds differently.
Without dismissing the case or delaying the trial, the judge did agree with Huth’s lawyers that they should have clearly notified the defense of the timing change, and he ordered Huth and a friend who is corroborating her story to sit for new depositions this week.
“It is extraordinarily difficult to defend against an allegation from 50 years ago. Nobody could do it, innocent, guilty or something in between,” Bonjean, who also represented Cosby in his criminal case and is representing R. Kelly in his Chicago child pornography trial, said outside court. “You work you work you work to create a defense, and then all of a sudden at the last minute, it’s a bait-and-switch.”
Huth attorney Gloria Allred declined comment outside court.
Cosby gave a videotaped deposition early in the case, but will not be required to testify the trial.
He will not make the trip to California from his Pennsylvania home because of glaucoma that has left him blind, his representatives said.
But his absence is no indication of how vigorously he intends to fight.
“Mr. Cosby is a guy who has never settled for anything in life, and he’s not going to settle in this case,” Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt said after the hearing.
The Associated Press does not normally name people who say they have been sexually abused, unless they come forward publicly, as Huth repeatedly has.
Cosby, the groundbreaking Black actor and comedian, had been the first celebrity convicted of sexual assault in the #MeToo era. The jury at his 2018 retrial found him guilty of drugging and molesting a college sports administrator. However, the conviction was later reversed.
A barrage of such sexual assault allegations destroyed his image as “America’s Dad” and led to multimillion-dollar court settlements with at least eight women.
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CANNES, France (AP) — The 75th Cannes Film Festival kicked off Tuesday with an eye turned to Russia’s war in Ukraine and a live satellite video address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who called on a new generation of filmmakers to confront dictators as Charlie Chaplin satirized Adolf Hitler.
After tributes and musical numbers, Zelenskyy was streamed live for the formally attired audience who had gathered for the premiere of Michel Hazanavicius’ zombie comedy “Final Cut.”
Zelenskyy, dressed in his signature olive green shirt, drew a thunderous standing ovation and and spoke at length about the connection between cinema and reality. He referenced films like Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” and Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” as not unlike Ukraine’s present circumstances.
Zelenskyy quoted Chaplin’s final speech in “The Great Dictator,” which was released in 1940, in the early days of World War II: “The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people.”
“We need a new Chaplin who will demonstrate that the cinema of our time is not silent,” implored Zelenskyy.
The Ukrainian president pushed filmmakers not to “stay silent” while hundreds continue to die in Ukraine, the largest war in Europe since WWII, and show that cinema “is always on the side of freedom.”
The war is to be a regular presence in Cannes, where the festival has barred Russians with ties to the government from attending this year. Set to screen are several films from prominent Ukrainian filmmakers, including Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary “The Natural History of Destruction.” Footage shot by Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius before he was killed in Mariupol in April will also be shown by his fiancée, Hanna Bilobrova.
Even “Final Cut,” the latest film from “The Artist” filmmaker Hazanavicius, was renamed from its original title, “Z,” after Ukrainian protesters noted that the letter Z to some symbolizes support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Formally attired stars including Eva Longoria, Julianne Moore, Bérénice Bejo and “No Time to Die” star Lashana Lynchwere among those who streamed down Cannes’ famous red carpet Tuesday. More star-studded premieres — “Top Gun: Maverick!” “Elvis!” — await over the next 12 days, during which 21 films will vie for the festival’s prestigious top award, the Palme d’Or.
But Tuesday’s opening and the carefully choreographed red-carpet parade leading up the steps to the Grand Théâtre Lumiére again restored one of the movies’ grandest pageants after two years of pandemic that have challenged the exalted stature Cannes annually showers on cinema.
“Dear friends, let’s come out of this dark together,” said opening ceremony host Virginie Efira.
After last year requiring regular COVID-19 testing and masks in theaters — and no kisses on the red carpet — Cannes has largely done away with pandemic protocols. Masks are recommended inside but are rarely worn.
Cannes presented an honorary Palme d’Or to Forest Whitaker, who received a standing ovation. Whitaker, who won best actor at Cannes 34 years ago for his performance as Charlie Parker in Clint Eastwood’s “Bird,” said that while ascending the steps to the Palais des Festivals on Tuesday, he could still hear chants of “Clint! Clint!” ringing in his ears. Eastwood is one of few others who have been awarded an honorary Palme.
On Tuesday, Cannes also unveiled the jury that will award the Palme d’Or. French actor Vincent Lindon is leading a jury that includes Deepika Padukone, Rebecca Hall, Asghar Farhadi, Trinca, Ladj Ly, Noomi Rapace, Jeff Nichols and Joachim Trier.
Questions of gender equality have long surrounded the Cannes Film Festival, where no more than five female filmmakers have ever been a part of the Palme competition lineup and only two women directors have won it. On Monday, Fremaux defended the festival, arguing that it selects films purely on the basis of quality. Hall, who last year made her directorial debut with the film “Passing,” was asked about her opinion on Cannes’ record.
“I believe that it is a work in progress. I mean for the whole film industry, not just the Cannes Film Festival,” replied Hall. “The way of dealing with these things needs to be addressed on a grassroots level as well. It’s not just the festivals or public-facing situations. It’s about all the minutiae of what goes into the industry at large.”
Farhadi, the Oscar-winning Iranian director, also spoke for the first time about an ongoing plagiarism suit regarding his previous film, “A Hero,” which won the Grand Prix in Cannes last year. A former film student of Farhadi’s, Azadeh Masihzadeh, has accused him of stealing the idea of the film from a 2018 documentary she made in a workshop taught by Farhadi.
Speaking at length, Farhadi said “A Hero” was not based on the documentary.
“It was based on a current event so this documentary and this film are based on an event that happened two years prior to the workshop,” said Farhadi. “When an event takes place and is covered by the press, then it becomes public knowledge and you can do what you like about the event. You can write a story or make a film about the event. You can look up the information on this event. ‘A Hero’ is just one interpretation of this event.”
At the tradition-upholding Cannes, the world’s largest and most glitzy temple to film, cinema, controversy and glamour swirl together in a 12-day spectacle of red carpet premieres and rampant movie deal-making up and down the Croisette. Theatrical release is a requirement of any film vying for the Palme, which has prevented streaming services from playing a big role at Cannes.
But this year, one new festival partner — TikTok — has raised some eyebrows. The festival is hosting TikTok creators from around the world and holding a separate contest for best (very short) videos created during the festival. Thierry Fremaux, artistic director of Cannes, granted TikTok wasn’t the future of cinema.
“The cinema remains the final art,” said Fremaux.
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Three huge matchups to kick off the college football season, the XFL, a new Australian Open agreement and two new “30 for 30” documentaries were announced Tuesday by ESPN as part of its presentation to advertisers in New York.
The five-year agreement with the XFL concluded the presentation. It includes all 43 games (40 regular season and the playoffs) on ABC, ESPN and FX. XFL owners Dany Garcia and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson were in attendance and presented the news. The XFL is slated to kick off on Feb. 18, 2023, with eight teams playing 10 regular-season games and the playoffs.
ABC has a doubleheader on Sept. 3 to kick off the college football season. Georgia will face Oregon in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff game in Atlanta at 3:30 p.m. EDT. Besides the Bulldogs opening their national title defense, it marks the first game for Ducks coach Dan Lanning, Georgia’s defensive coordinator for the past two seasons.
New Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman makes his debut on the road against Ohio State at 7:30 p.m. The day will begin with ESPN’s “College GameDay” originating from Columbus, Ohio, for its first on-campus show of the season.
Former Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly gets ABC’s prime-time spotlight the following night when LSU takes on Florida State in New Orleans.
Many thought ABC might have to give up the Notre Dame-Ohio State game as a way for Fox to let Joe Buck out of his contract early to join Troy Aikman in the “Monday Night Football” booth. But ESPN president of programming and original content Burke Magnus said that wasn’t considered.
“Fox has the No. 1 overall pick with the Big 10. That has historically and appropriately every year been Ohio State-Michigan. We knew that Notre Dame-Ohio State was going to come to us at No. 2, and then we weren’t going to let that go,” Magnus said. “That’s just an enormous matchup to kick off the season. Labor Day weekend has become such a franchise for us. It’s clear of NFL competition, and there are so many meaningful college football games played.”
ABC will have the Sept. 24 game between Wisconsin and Ohio State, Texas vs. Oklahoma in Dallas on Oct. 8, and Florida at Florida State on Nov. 25. The faceoff between Sunshine State rivals will take place on the day after Thanksgiving for the first time.
ESPN has renewed its deal for the Australian Open through 2031. It extended its deal with Wimbledon through 2035 last year and has the rights to the U.S. Open through 2025.
The nine-year agreement with Tennis Australia will include increasing hours on ESPN and ESPN2. Viewers complained about the decrease in coverage for this year’s tournament on the linear channels, especially during the overnight hours, which are the night matches in Australia. Those matches were on the ESPN+ streaming service.
“Frankly, we have the availability so we’re going to add back in some overnight coverage on the linear networks. I think that will even out the balance between linear and direct to consumer,” Magnus said. “There will still be hundreds of matches on ESPN+, but the mix between linear and digital will tilt back more in the direction of linear.”
ESPN+ will continue to have exclusive coverage of all matches not on ESPN or ESPN2, along with on-demand replays of completed matches and a daily highlights show. A one-hour highlights show will also air on ABC during the middle and final weekends of the tournament.
Among other ESPN announcements Tuesday:
ESPN Films will have two “30 for 30” documentaries sometime this year on pool great Jeanette Lee, nicknamed “The Black Widow,” and the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, who beat the New York Giants in Super Bowl 35.
The “Black Widow” documentary will be executive produced by ESPN Films in association with Words + Pictures with Ursula Liang (“9-Man,” “Down a Dark Stairwell”) directing and Cora Atkinson (“Summer of Soul”) as producer.
The Ravens film is in association with NFL Films, with Ken Rodgers and Jason Weber as co-directors.
Peyton’s Places on ESPN+ will expand with new shows hosted by Sue Bird (college basketball), John McEnroe (tennis) and P.K. Subban (hockey).
Manning’s production company, Omaha Productions, will have its first UFC Megacast on July 2 with UFC 276 from Las Vegas. It is headlined by the middleweight championship bout between titleholder Israel Adesanya and Jared Cannonier.
Peyton and Eli Manning hosted ESPN’s portion of the Disney Upfront, which also features the “Monday Night Football” crew of Buck, Aikman and Lisa Salters.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford will bring their combined star power to the newest addition to the “Yellowstone” TV franchise.
The pair will headline a Paramount+ series with the working title “1932,” which joins “1883” as part of what the streaming service called the “origin story” of its “Yellowstone” drama series.
Mirren and Ford are among the growing ranks of film actors who have added small-screen projects to their resume as streaming services vie for subscribers with prestige projects and big names.
The latest chapter in the Dutton family saga will be set in an early 20th century and a Mountain West beset by drought and the Great Depression, among other ills, Paramount+ said. It will debut in December.
Writer-producer Sheridan Taylor is the creative force behind the hit franchise, which began with the contemporary drama “Yellowstone,” led by Kevin Costner. The “1883” prequel stars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
Mirren is among today’s most highly regarded actors, a four-time Oscar nominee who won for her portrayal of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in 2006’s “The Queen.”
Ford’s extensive blockbuster movie credits include the “Star Wars” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” franchises. He was an Oscar nominee for the 1985 film “Witness.”
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Lee Lewis, the late country singer Keith Whitley and music executive Joe Galante will join the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Lewis, 86, nicknamed “The Killer,” wore a red sequined jacket and white shoes at Tuesday’s announcement, where he was introduced by duo Brooks & Dunn.
“I was wondering if they were ever going to induct me,” Lewis said at the press conference. “But they’ve come around and I was really glad and grateful for it.”
From Ferriday, Louisiana, Lewis found his initial fame under the guidance of Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Memphis, where he played alongside Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash in the now famous Million Dollar Quartet. His energy and ego were showcased on his early rock hits like “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”
Over the years, he’s been vocal about being snubbed from the Country Music Hall of Fame, saying he couldn’t understand not being recognized for his country records and contribution to the genre. The Country Music Association created the Hall of Fame and handles balloting. A veteran-era artist and a modern-era artist are inducted each year, along with a rotating category of non-performers, recording musicians and songwriters.
Lewis’ career was nearly derailed over the scandal of his marriage to his 13-year-old cousin, Myra, and he faced a backlash from fans during a tour in England in 1958, when crowds became combative.
Lewis spent several years blacklisted before mounting a return to the country charts in the late ’60s. He had top country singles like “What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me),” ″She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye,” and “To Make Love Sweeter for You.” He had No. 1 country hits with songs like “There Must Be More to Love Than This,” “Would You Take Another Chance on Me” and “Chantilly Lace.”
Whitley had a short career, spanning just four years and seven months on the Billboard charts before his death at the age of 34 in 1989. But the singer from Sandy Hook, Kentucky, found commercial breakthrough with hits like “When You Say Nothing at All” and “I’m No Stranger to the Rain.” He met Ricky Skaggs when they were both teenagers and they both were hired to be part of bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley’s band, the Clinch Mountain Boys.
The induction for Whitley has been a long time coming for many artists and fans who were captivated by his emotional voice and singing, including artists like Garth Brooks, who has been championing for Whitley’s induction. His widow, fellow country singer Lorrie Morgan, described during the press conference on Tuesday how much it meant to her family and their two children to have him inducted.
“Keith never knew how good he was,” said Morgan. “He would absolutely blown away if he were here today.”
Whitley met Morgan, then a receptionist at a studio, was while he was recording the demo of “Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind,” which became a hit for George Strait. They married in November 1986.
Morgan said that fans still visit Whitley’s grave site regularly, leaving mementos and paying their respects. She said that she also planned to visit his grave after the press conference to sit on a blanket with her family and cry.
Galante took the helm at RCA Nashville at age 32, the youngest person to ever lead a major label’s Nashville division. He would go on to sign artists like Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Lorrie Morgan and Keith Whitley, Vince Gill, The Judds, Martina McBride and more. He helped the band Alabama achieve crossover success with multi-platinum hits. In the 1990s, he returned to New York and became president of RCA, where he signed artists like Wu-Tang Clan and the Dave Matthews Band.
But he returned to Nashville and oversaw the evolution of RCA to Sony BMG Nashville, adding imprints like Arista Nashville and Columbia Nashville. Sony BMG Nashville is now Sony Music Nashville. He left Sony Music Nashville in 2010, and has seen many of the artists he worked with over the years become Country Music Hall of Famers, including The Judds only weeks ago.
“I’ve been here a bunch,” Galante said of the Hall of Fame and Museum building, where the inducted artists have plaques on the wall of the rotunda. “I always walked around saying, ‘I know him, I know her.’ But I didn’t believe my name would ever be on that and it’s not something that was on my mind.”
The three inductees will have a formal induction ceremony in October.
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NEW YORK (AP) — With the broadcast television season winding down and most scripted series about to go into hibernation for the summer, it’s instructive to look at the power of network franchises.
Of the Nielsen company’s 20 most popular scripted series on the air last week, 12 were parts of franchises — the three “Chicago” dramas on NBC, the three “FBI” shows on CBS, for example. That’s without counting the CBS comedy “Young Sheldon,” even though it began life as a spinoff to “The Big Bang Theory.”
At a time viewers are inundated with choices, particularly on the streaming services, broadcast networks have taken the power of these ideas to heart, knowing that their viewers will be attracted to familiar concepts and storylines.
That’s primed to continue, since ABC announced on Tuesday they will be trying to create a new franchise out of their drama “The Rookie,” with a spinoff due in the fall.
CBS won the week in prime time television, averaging 4.2 million viewers. NBC had 3.2 million viewers, ABC had 2.8 million, Fox had 2 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 950,000 and Telemundo had 830,000.
Behind NBA playoff games, TNT led the cable networks with a 3.36 million viewer average. Fox News Channel had 2.2 million, ESPN had 2.06 million, MSNBC had 956,000 and HGTV had 927,000.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race with an average of 7.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” averaged 6.2 million viewers and the “CBS Evening News” had 4.5 million.
For the week of May 9-15, the top 20 prime-time shows, their networks and viewerships:
1. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.44 million.
2. “FBI,” CBS, 7.16 million.
3. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 6.93 million.
4. “The Equalizer,” CBS, 6.84 million.
5. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 6.61 million.
6. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 6.31 million.
7. NBA Playoffs: Dallas at Phoenix (Sunday), Turner, 6.29 million.
8. NBA Playoffs: Memphis at Golden State (Friday), ESPN, 6.28 million.
9. “FBI: International,” CBS, 5.82 million.
10. “American Idol,” ABC, 5.57 million.
11. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 5.534 million.
12. NBA Playoffs: Boston at Milwaukee (Friday), ESPN, 5.529 million.
13. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 5.48 million.
14. “Survivor,” CBS, 5.35 million.
15. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 5.33 million.
16. “911,” Fox, 5.3 million.
17. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 5.28 million.
18. NBA Playoffs: Memphis at Golden State (Monday), Turner, 5.28 million.
19. “Bob Hearts Abishola,” CBS, 5.14 million.
20. NBA Playoffs: Boston at Milwaukee (Monday), Turner, 5.03 million.
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A teenager from the Bronx was indicted in the broad daylight shooting death of a honor student who was walking home from school when she was killed and two others were hurt.
District Attorney Darcel Clark said Tuesday that 17-year-old Jeremiah Ryan was indicted on murder and attempted murder charges for the firing the bullets that took the life of Angellyh Yambo within blocks of her high school.
At least six shell casings were recovered from the corner of Saint Ann's Avenue and East 156th Street in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, where the 16-year-old Yambo was shot in the chest on April 8. The other two students, both 17, were shot in the leg and buttocks.
"The defendant, sadly, is also 17 years old, and he allegedly used a 'ghost gun,' firearm made from components purchased online, with no serial numbers so that they are not traceable," Clark said. "These weapons are a major threat to public safety and are being used in crimes more and more in our city."
The shooting happened outside of the South Bronx Educational Campus, which is home to two schools, Mott Haven Village Prep (where two of the teens attended) and University Heights Secondary School. The third teen went to University Prep Charter High School, a short distance away.
The three students, who police said were not known to each other, had recently been let out of school when the shooter opened fire around 1:45 p.m. that Friday afternoon. Video recovered from the area that captured the deadly barrage of gunfire allegedly shows the gunman in a heated exchange with a group of men across the street at the intersection. The senior officials said hand gestures made between the men are "consistent with gang affiliation."
Additional videos tracked the suspect, Ryan, eastbound on East 156th Street where police located him at his residence on East 161th Street. While patrolling outside the home, police witnessed a black bag thrown out of his window. The two senior officials said officers searched the bag and found an unloaded black ghost gun.
Attorney information for Ryan, who had no previous criminal record, was not immediately available.
In the days after the shooting,Yambo's mother struggled to find the words to describe the pain of losing her daughter, who police said was an "unintended target," along with the other two teens.
"I lost my life, I lost my daughter. I have no words to say or even express to you what I'm feeling right now. I just can't," Yanelli Henrriquez, the teen's mother, told Telemundo 47.
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The mother of a 9-year-old girl who was found dead inside a Brooklyn apartment was arraigned on a slew charges including murder and assault on Tuesday, and some of the jarring details of her alleged abuse were shared for the first time.
Shemene Cato was remanded at Kings County Criminal Court after the charges she faces were laid out before the court. In addition to murder and assault, she stands accused of manslaughter, weapon possession and endangering the welfare of a child.
Court documents broke down what allegedly happened the morning of May 15, when the 48-year-old Cato allegedly went on an attack that ultimately claimed the life of 9-year-old Shalom Guifarro, her youngest daughter. Around 8 a.m., the mother beat both of her daughters with an electrical cord and a broom, in an assault that went on for about two hours, according to prosecutors.
As she tried to hide and escape the abuse inside their Crown Heights home, little Shalom crawled under a bed to hide. However, Cato picked the bed up and went to pull the child out from underneath, court documents state. As she went to do that, however, she dropped the bed, causing one of the legs to fall off.
That caused the bed to land on Shalom's head, prosecutors said. She also allegedly suffered other cuts and bruises on the lower half of her body as well. The medical examiner later found that multiple blunt force impact injuries to Shalom's face, head and body, which led to internal bleeding and ultimately killed her, documents state.
Attorney information for Cato was not immediately available. The mother was initially questioned by police on Sunday, but was released before being arrested Monday afternoon after the case was ruled a homicide by the city's medical examiner.
Neighbors near the home off Lincoln Place where the girl was found said a foul odor was coming from the home before police arrived around 1 p.m. Sunday.
The Administration for Children's Protective Services says it is investigating.
"Our top priority is protecting the safety and well-being of New York City's children. We are investigating this case with the NYPD, and we have taken action to secure the safety of the other child in this home," an ACS spokesperson said.
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Police are looking for the man they say assaulted a 43-year-old MTA train conductor in the Norwood section of the Bronx.
Investigators say it was on May 8th around 2:00 a.m. when the suspect approached the victim on the 'D' train platform of the 205 St.-Norwood subway station. The man shoved the conductor to the ground, injuring his back. The suspect then ran away.
The train conductor was taken to Montefiore Hospital and is expected to be okay.
Anyone with information incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II made a surprise visit Tuesday to a train station in central London to see a newly completed subway line named in her honor.
The 96-year-old monarch, who has reduced most of her public engagements, appeared Tuesday at Paddington Station and beamed as she unveiled a plaque stating she officially opened the Elizabeth Line. The new east-west train line is due to open to the public on May 24.
Calling the event “a happy development,” Buckingham Palace said “the organizers were informed of the possibility she may attend.”
The queen, who wore a sunshine yellow outfit with matching hat, walked slowly as she toured the station with a cane in hand, and she was seen smiling as she met with train workers.
The queen was also given an Oyster card and shown how to use it on a ticket machine. She was joined by her youngest son, Prince Edward, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the official visit.
“We’re all incredibly touched and moved and grateful to her Majesty for coming to open the Elizabeth Line today,” Johnson said. “It was fantastic to see her.”
Tuesday’s appearance is the queen’s first one outside the Windsor area, where she resides, since the monarch attended a memorial service for her late husband Prince Philip at central London’s Westminster Abbey seven weeks ago.
The monarch made her first public appearance in weekson Friday when she attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show, watching her beloved equines perform. On Sunday, she looked relaxed as the guest of honor at an equestrian show near Windsor attended by celebrities, including Tom Cruise and Helen Mirren.
Her public appearances are being closely watched as Britain prepares to celebrate the monarch’s 70 years on the throne with four days of Platinum Jubilee festivities June 2-5.
Last week, she asked her son and heir to the throne Prince Charles to preside over the state opening of Parliamentand deliver the Queen’s Speech, which lays out the government’s legislative program.
Palace officials have said she is experiencing “episodic mobility problems” in recent months and has difficulties moving around.
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Tom Brady will be on the hot seat – this time during a Netflix roast.
Netflix announced Tuesday the seven-time Super Bowl champion will be featured first in a series of upcoming specials called “Greatest Roasts of All Time: GROAT.” Brady is the executive producer of the series, with his roast set to tape in 2023.
“To quote my good friend, Marshawn Lynch … ‘I’m just here so I won’t get fined,’” Brady said in a press release, which refers to him as “Gisele Bündchen’s husband” and a “sixth-round NFL draft pick.”
“We can’t wait to burn three-time Super Bowl-losing quarterback Tom Brady, who only went back to the NFL in order to delay this roast,” said Robbie Praw, Netflix vice president of stand-up and comedy formats. “In all seriousness, it’s a huge thrill to work with the greatest football player of all time on this project. No one’s better at taking hits and still coming out on top, so we know the roast will be a breeze for Brady.”
After 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, Brady led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl win after the 2020 season. The 44-year-old Brady announced his retirement in January, b ut in March reversed course, saying he’ll return as Tampa Bay’s quarterback for another season.
Brady, the NFL leader in career passing yards and touchdown passes, recently announced he’ll become a Fox Sports analystwhen his NFL career is done.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year’s winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing. He was cited for his book “The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley.”
The Colby award, a $5,000 prize named for the former ambassador and CIA director, is given for “a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations or international affairs.”
Morgan was still a college student when he began embedding with military units in Afghanistan, more than a decade ago. He has since reported on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq for The New York Times, the Washington Post and other outlets.
“I’m excited to receive this award for military and intelligence coverage, since using the lens of Kunar province’s Pech valley to illustrate how those two subjects blended together at key points during the 20-year U.S. war in the Afghan east was one of my goals with ‘The Hardest Place,’” Morgan said in a statement Tuesday.
The Colby Award is presented by Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. Previous winners include Dexter Filkins, Karl Marlantes and Adam Higginbotham.
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Little burger, big impact: Plans underway to open Small Sliders franchise in Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg will soon be home to another Baton Rouge-based burger franchise when Small Sliders comes to town.
BGK Burgers plans to open seven locations in south Mississippi and Alabama, including Hattiesburg. The opening dates and locations have not been announced.
“A number of factors came together for us as we looked at the opportunity to bring Smalls Sliders to these markets,” said Travis Bolster of Hattiesburg, who owns a Smoothie King and Qdoba franchises in the Hub City. “The simple on-purpose operations is a big draw, but once we tried the craveable cheeseburger slider and saw the community engagement, we knew this brand would be something special."
Retail renaissance:Innovation and improvements are part of downtown Hattiesburg's success
Another four franchises are in the works for the Jackson metro area.
Smalls Sliders, which opened its first location in 2019, is a "hyper-focused cheeseburger slider drive-thru concept" with two locations in Baton Rouge. Its limited menu features cooked-to-order premium cheeseburger sliders.
BGK Burgers owners include Bolster, Clay Koenig and John Gordon, all Smoothie King franchise owners. The trio is joined in this endeavor by Joe Campbell and Paul and Cindy Koenig.
“We are strategically selecting franchise operators that not only have the restaurant industry know-how to execute our craveable cheeseburger sliders, but that also align with our mission of using small burgers to make a big difference in the communities we enter,” said Jacob Dugas, Small Sliders co-founder and chief operating officer.
Government:Former Mississippi state auditor Stacey Pickering resigns from state Veterans Affairs
Smalls Sliders is backed by Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux founder Brandon Landry and former Saints quarterback Drew Brees.
In addition to new locations in Mississippi and Alabama, Smalls Sliders is opening stores in Marrero, Prairieville, Slidell, Metairie, Alexandria and Shreveport. A Thiobodaux location opened Monday.
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Body of Laurel woman discovered by boaters in Leaf River. Here's what we know
Boaters found the body of a Laurel woman in the Leaf River in Jones County on Sunday.
She was identified Monday as 32-year-old Brittany Holifield.
"We are continuing our investigation into the untimely death of Brittany Nicole Holifield," said Jones County Sheriff Joe Berlin. "As the investigation continues and we are able, we will release additional information on the progress of the investigation."
The circumstances and cause of Holifield's death are under investigation.
The body was discovered near the U.S. 590 bridge and boat ramp and was recovered by the Jones County Sheriff's Department and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. The body was then transported to the Jones County Morgue in Ellisville.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Jones County Crime Stoppers at 601-428-7867.
Beignets to boutiques:What businesses opened in Hattiesburg in April?
Contact reporter Laurel Thrailkill at lthrailkill@gannett.com or on Twitter.
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A bond package to fund a new library and 9-1-1 call center at John Topics Park is failing in early results released by the Coos County clerk’s office.
With 2,169 ballots counted, 1,324 voters, or 61.04%, have voted against the bond package while 845 voters, or 38.96%, have voted in favor of it.
A bond package to fund repairs in the North Bend School District is also behind, but the margin is razor thin. with 2,483 ballots counted, 1,251 voters have cast ballots against the bond while 1,232 voters have cast ballots in favor of the bond.
A proposal to authorize a short-term lodging tax in Charleston appears to be passing handily in the early results. With 9,470 votes counted, 5,624 ballots, or 59.39%, have been cast in support of the tax while 3,846 votes, or 40.61%, have been cast against it.
The county clerk’s office said the results are from ballots cast prior to Election Day. Votes cast today will be counted and released later tonight. Final results will not be known for a week as state law allows ballots mailed by today to be counted up to seven days after the election.
This post will be updated as new results come in.
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What are they building near the Thurbers Avenue curve?
PROVIDENCE — If you've driven into the city from the south or headed out that way, you've probably noticed the five-story steel skeleton of a building rising there just south of the Thurbers Avenue curve on Route 95.
So what exactly is it?
According to a spokesman for A. Autiello Construction, it will be a self-storage operation with a slight twist from the typical storage facility: customers will be able to drive a U-Haul-type moving truck right into the building, close a garage door and unload their belongings securely and protected from the weather.
"If you're unloading boxes, you won't be doing it outside," Anthony Auteillo said Tuesday.
The building will be equipped with three elevators to bring belongings up to and down from the upper floors.
The 150,000-square-foot facility is expected to open between this October and December.
It doesn't have a brand name attached to it yet, said Brian Conix, of Cogent Capital Group, which is partnering with Autiello on the project. The location — sandwiched between Route 95 and Aldrich Street on the west side of Eddy Street — was chosen for its visibility, Conix said.
"It lets people know we're where they go everyday," he said. Plus, "we're excited to become part of the neighborhood. We love South Providence. We believe in South Providence and the neighborhood."
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Body camera footage released in fatal police shooting in Westover
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General has released body-worn camera footage from a police-involved shooting that resulted in the death of a Salisbury man.
William Robert Brink, 24, was shot by law enforcement on April 25 in Westover. The video footage, which lasts about 6 minutes and 30 seconds in length, is from the body-worn camera of a Princess Anne officer who did not fire their weapon.
A brief description in text first appears, followed by almost four minutes of footage from the body-worn camera. At the end, a portion of the footage is replayed in slower motion without sound.
The video appears consistent with information previously released by the attorney general, while providing additional detail and an apparent attempt by Brink to kill himself.
Somerset County Sheriff's deputies responded to a convenience store at about 11:30 a.m. that Monday after a 911 caller reported a man "had pointed a handgun at him and demanded money before fleeing the area," according to the attorney general's office.
"Shortly thereafter," about two miles away, Somerset County Sgt. Kevin Goepfert spotted a man matching the suspect's description and approached him, the attorney general's office said. Shots were exchanged between the two, though the attorney general's office has yet to say who fired first.
The video begins after the first exchange of gunfire and shows at least two law enforcement officers in the area of a stationary freight train. The officers move alongside the train cars, which border trees to one side. There's some radio chatter, and the officer with the camera says, "That's us, here." Another officer says, "He's coming right at us."
A few seconds later, a figure is seen ahead and an officer yells, "Let me see your hands!" The officer wearing the camera yells something unintelligible, but the word "gun" is heard.
BACKGROUND:Man dies after exchange of gunfire with law enforcement, Maryland attorney general says
The person, later identified as Brink, then ran into a field near the intersection of Route 13 and Perry Road. By this point, Somerset deputies, Maryland State Police and Princess Anne police are on scene, according to the attorney general's office.
In the video, the officer wearing the camera and two others run under the train, then alongside it going in the opposite direction. An officer with a vest on that says "SHERIFF" says into his radio, "We're about 300 yards off the road."
In the distance, officers are yelling, "On the ground!"
Brink comes into view. It's broad daylight, but he's at a distance from the officer wearing the camera and appears small in the frame.
What appears to be a single shot is heard and Brink falls to the ground, now out of view behind some vegetation. "He just shot himself," the officer with the camera says, though the footage is not clear at that distance and the Office of the Attorney General had not specified a self-inflicted injury as of May 16. Another officer calls for EMS on the radio; however, Brink resurfaces, again standing up.
There's background noise as the officer with the camera moves forward, then about a dozen shots are heard and Brink falls again.
RELATED:Fatal Somerset County shooting: Names of person shot, law enforcement involved released
"Subject's down," the officer radios. "Shots fired."
According to the attorney general, Maryland State Police Cpl. Jason Dykes and Somerset County Sheriff's Office Deputy 1st Class Anthony Jackson were the officers who fired their weapons.
In the video, two law enforcement officers who were closer, with guns drawn, reach Brink first, with the officer with the camera a few feet behind.
"Ambulance, call an ambulance," one of them says.
"They're on their way," the officer with the camera says.
Brink is laying on the ground, and his image is blurred from this point on by the Office of the Attorney General for "privacy."
"Everybody good?" an officer asks. "Talk to me," another says to Brink, "Talk, talk, talk!"
"No one's saying you're a bad guy," an officer says, presumably in response to an unintelligible remark by Brink. "How far out are they?" he yells to the others in reference to EMS.
The officer with the camera then traverses a ditch. When Brink comes back into view, an officer is on his knees next to him and asks him, "Do you have anything else on you?" Two other officers are standing with them.
The officer on the ground asks if anyone has gloves, and the officer with the camera says, "I'll get some." The officer on the ground again asks Brink if he has "anything else" on him, and the video ends.
Brink was the only person injured in the incident, and a gun was found next to him, the attorney general's statement said. Police "rendered aid until medical personnel arrived," the attorney general said.
Brink was pronounced dead after being transported to a local hospital.
Viewer discretion is advised. The video was released on YouTube and can be viewed here.
The Independent Investigations Division within the attorney general's office is leading the inquiry into the shooting. The unit is charged with investigating all civilian deaths involving police.
In such cases, the attorney general's office typically release the names of those involved within 48 hours of a fatality and body-worn camera footage within 14 days. The video in this case was released about three weeks after the incident; a reason for the additional days was not provided in the news release.
The Somerset County shooting is the third Eastern Shore case being investigated by the Independent Investigations Division since its creation as part of the 2021 police reform package passed by Maryland lawmakers.
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Venice searches for historical perspective while looking to rewrite rules for future development
VENICE – In many ways, the ongoing effort to rewrite Venice's land development rules for the first time since the 1970s is an attempt to formulate a new perspective of how to best view the history of a city that will mark its 100th anniversary on May 9, 2027.
Historic preservation – both of homes built while the city was developed under the auspices of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Mid-Century Modern examples that were built after World War II – has been moving to the forefront as well.
The city of Venice Historic Preservation Board will discuss both the purpose and need for creation of a historic district in Edgewood, and the possibility of offering educational classes on Mid-Century Modern architecture, when it meets at 9 a.m. Friday, in Venice City Hall, 401. W. Venice Ave.
Earlier:Downtown building heights debated at Venice council meeting
And: Venice home built by Orbry Crowley placed on Venice historic register
Transplants, drawn to the area by the city’s small-town charm have seized on – among other things – a quest to preserve and codify a 35-foot height limit within the city’s downtown core.
Lisa Jarvio has an active petition available at https://www.savedowntownvenice.com soliciting signatures in support of that.
Former Venice Mayor Ed Martin, a vehement opponent of allowing for construction of new buildings taller than 35 feet in downtown Venice, fears that the taller buildings will detract from the downtown look that many visitors – including Martin and his wife Peggy – first found attractive about the city.
“I remember when Peggy and I first drove down Venice Avenue and stayed at Inn on the Beach, I thought, ‘This town is nice, there’s no big McDonalds or department store on the corner,” Martin said. “It’s different, it's on a scale that’s livable.”
The push to allow taller downtown buildings illustrates the clash between older aesthetics and newer ones that favor spacious ceilings.
It doesn't help that a hard cap makes it difficult to build a three-story building that’s architecturally interesting – something that Mark Beebe, chairman of the Venice Architectural Advisory Board, noted in February, during a joint meeting between the Planning Commission and City Council.
He noted that the roofline and windows are typically the most memorable aspects of a building, but in the downtown a three-story 35-foot tall building was, at best, a square box.
When Beebe designed the 27-foot-tall FourThough Private Wealth building at 310 W. Venice Ave., the original goal was a three-story building, but the result was a more elegant two-story one.
Venice Historical Resources Manager Harry Klinkhamer observed that another aspect of the 35-foot height limit is also about preserving the existing historic buildings downtown.
Earliest Venice homes are in Edgewood
Proponents of codifying a city historic district in Edgewood point out that the Edgewood Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Houses in the Groveland area date back to 1925 and are built on 50-foot lots, as platted by John Nolen as part of his Venice master plan.
Edgewood is generally located along several blocks on either side of Groveland Avenue, east of U.S. 41 Bypass.
The modest homes, meant for the working members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, predate the larger mansions constructed on what people now consider the island of Venice.
“They were the first buildings built and it was going to be for the pensioners whose entire pensions were lost in the Great Depression because of the" Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, noted Tommye Whittaker, a local preservationist who along with her husband Curt, owns a home on the Venice Historic Register.
In Edgewood, about 36 of the original 100 homes remain, Whittaker said, with only about 25 recognizable for their historic charm.
Others have been changed or modified over the years with new clapboard siding and modifications.
The many modifications are a main reason that Planning Commission Chairman Barry Snyder has said that it would be better for homes in Edgewood to be put on the city’s list of Historical Resources on a case by case basis.
While conceding that may happen, Whittaker noted that Edgewood has considerable significance as a district.
“That area was the first of John Nolen’s plan to be implemented,” she said. “It has boulevards – just like I have a boulevard on West Venice (Avenue) – it has these houses, the original houses built for the pensioners.”
One of those original houses, a two-bedroom, one-bath home with 1,395 square feet of living space, sits at the northeast corner of Groveland Avenue and Live Oak streets.
The four lots immediately to the east have been cleared, with similar blue-gray single-family homes either complete or in various stages of construction.
Recognition for the Post World War II boom
In case you missed it:Venice will allow renovation of home once owned by Black Stallion author
While the Mediterranean Revival architectural style of the homes first built during the era of Nolen and the BLE have become Venice’s signature style in historical areas, more and more Venice residents are pushing for a deeper appreciation of Mid-Century Modern – emblematic of the childhood homes of many now retiring baby boomers, and the post-World War II building boom.
It’s been tough to break through the mindset that the most significant portion of Venice’s history was its founding with the land boom, John Nolen and the BLE. But earlier this month a two-bedroom, two-bath home built by developer Orbry Crowley in the Gulf View section of Venice became the first 1940s era home to be placed on the city’s list of Historical Resources.
“Venice could probably be the poster child for the post-World War II land boom in all of Florida because of the construction that started going up in the late 1940s and into the '50s and '60s,” Klinkhamer said, adding that the Crowley house represents the second kickoff to the land boom in Venice.
Historical Preservation Board Member Carol Orenstein wants to develop an educational program on Mid-Century Modern and the role the Sarasota School of Architecture played in that style.
“We talk a lot about the Mediterranean style homes,” she said. “There are some real beauties from the Mid-Century standpoint.”
One of those beauties, the onetime home of “Black Stallion” author Walter Farley, was listed by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation as part of “Florida’s 11 to Save” in the summer of 2020.
It was also on the History & Preservation Coalition of Sarasota County’s 2020 Six to Save list.
Craig and Julie Hoensheid, who purchased the home in January 2021, have pledged to save most, if not all of the original structure.
Plans are still being finalized.
Martin admits to having a layman’s appreciation of the simple Usonian house typified by Mid-Century Modern homes.
He noted that it’s important to protect “things that make Venice Venice” such as “the theme of history and architecture that runs through the town.”
Klinkhamer said that at one time, ranch houses and structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright were viewed as prime teardowns, “and now they’re revered.”
“Just because a certain contingent in today’s society doesn’t think something’s worth saving, that’s not to say that the next generation isn’t going to love it,” Klinkhamer said. “That’s what we’re seeing with Mid-Century: It’s being discovered by a wider audience and appreciated by a wider audience.”
Earle Kimel primarily covers south Sarasota County for the Herald-Tribune and can be reached at earle.kimel@heraldtribune.com. Support local journalism with a digital subscription to the Herald-Tribune.
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FAIRBORN — The city has voted to keep its fireworks ban, opting out of an Ohio law allowing them on a limited basis.
The Fairborn City Council voted unanimously on the issue Monday night after a recommendation from its police chief. It joins Beavercreek and Dayton among area cities continuing to outlaw fireworks, while others consider similar measures.
Fairborn Mayor Paul Keller has cited several reasons to maintain the ban, including concerns for public safety and military veterans who have issues with loud noises.
The vote came after a public hearing during which Fairborn residents who said they enjoyed fireworks understood the action.
But “maybe we could provide some better justification or reason that we’re doing this,” Nathan Haskell said.
“I’d be willing to bet that the fire chief has a plethora of information and statistics about the potential dangers of fireworks being used in the city,” he added.
Resident Jo Collins cited similar reasons expressed by Keller, saying the city should “take consideration and be respectful,” especially of veterans who have “flashbacks” or PTSD.
Loud noise “upsets them so much,” she said. “The more I talked with the veterans — we have a lot in this town — they don’t want to speak about war. They don’t want to think about war.”
Collins said the impact on pets also is disruptive.
“The neighbors are tranquilizing their dog. The dogs are running amuck,” she said.
Fairborn’s legislation states “the possession, discharge, ignition and/or the exploding of fireworks poses a danger to the public and may cause injury or property damage, especially in densely residential and business areas … "
Last year, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 172. Starting July 1, the law will allow the discharge of consumer-grade fireworks on private property except in communities choosing to opt out, according to the state.
Dayton opted out within weeks and Beavercreek followed this spring. Germantown and Oakwood are among those considering similar legislation. Riverside has also discussed it.
The law will permit people to set off fireworks on specific days, including the Fourth of July, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, records show.
They can’t be used by people in possession “or control of, or under the influence of, any intoxicating liquor, beer, or controlled substance,” according to the state.
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FORNEY, Texas — The housing market is showing no signs of slowing down.
As more people move to North Texas, the competition for home-buying is staying hot, which means prices are staying high.
And it also means it's harder and harder to get your offer accepted in the first place.
We've all heard the horror stories: A hopeful buyer might have offer after offer rejected, even if they're offering to pay tens of thousands over asking price.
So it got us thinking: What does it actually take to get a bid picked in this market? And what's it like to go through that process?
We talked with one North Texas couple and their realtor about everything they've tried -- and everything they're still trying -- to get into a home of their dreams.
15 offers, 15 rejections: "I was so exhausted"
Caroline and Tom Griffiths never imagined how difficult it would be to find a home right now.
The Griffiths, who live in Forney, have been searching for a home since November 2021, and their dreams of buying a house never felt so out of reach.
“We put in at least 15 offers, and we lost out on 15 houses, at least, and this was house 10," Caroline Griffiths said, showing us a picture of one rejection. "And I was so exhausted, I just started bawling my eyes out."
The Griffiths focused their search in one city they wanted to live in, but when "no" became a constant answer, they let go of most restrictions they had.
“At one point we said we don’t even care about the area anymore, as long as the schools are good and it’s a good commute to work,” Caroline Griffiths said.
The Griffiths spent their weekends driving up to an hour away to showings and open houses.
For one open house, they waited for two and a half hours, staying in line with their one-year-old son. When they finally got inside the door, they had five minutes to look around the home and make an offer.
“We didn’t even have time to go to the backyard. We looked around the house and that was it, and she was like ‘You’re done, who’s next?’” Caroline Griffiths said.
They still made an offer about $100,000 over asking price, but they didn’t get it.
What buyers are up against
It became clear the Griffiths had to pay even more over asking price, realizing they were up against out-of-state buyers, cash offers and appraisal waivers.
Their real estate agent, Joey Stanbery, explained what many buyers are willing to give up to close the deal.
“Even though if the house appraises at $400,000 or $300,000, people are paying $700,000,” Stanbery said.
This is an example of people who are buying homes in the North Texas market right now. Stanbery said they’re all serious buyers, and they’re doing whatever it takes for the seller to choose them.
In some cases, buyers are throwing in any perk they can.
“She (a real estate agent) said some people were sending fruit baskets to her client, saying, 'Hey pick us, pick us, pick us,'" Stanbery said. "So I said, 'OK, I’ve got to get creative.'"
When everyone wrote letters with their offer, Stanbery decided to pick up a camera and put together a video to send to the seller.
“Maybe a video gives them an idea of the personality," Stanbery said. "You know if they have kids, we can put kids in the video as well."
The goal with the video is to show the seller the next family who could move in, Stanbery said.
“I believe it helped," he said. "The realtor didn’t call me and say 'Hey, this is why we picked yours.' But I do believe that it helped, yeah.”
And the ideas to standout will keep coming as frustration grows among Texans.
“We are seeing so many people come here, taking advantage of their market," Stanbery said. "Which is awesome and good for them, and we’re so happy for them, but at the expense of us trying to compete against them it’s hard, it’s hard."
What's worked for you?
Ahead of this story, we asked WFAA followers on social media: How do you get your offer accepted in this market?
You can read the comments on the post below, but here were a few that stood out:
"As a realtor, I can answer this...give them the most money!"
"CASH and quick closing!"
"Over [listing], and a leaseback"
"Find you a for sale by owner. Those are the good buys!"
"Having a great agent and mortgage company for a fast and seamless closing"
"My daughter wrote a letter. The sellers had to sell because they needed to be closer to a older family member. Among other things she told them she would take care of and love their “forever house”. It worked."
"As a former seller, I accepted an offer based on the buyer waiving all contingencies [waiving all inspections], signing the 22AD [if house appraised less than offer, buyer covers the difference], and buyer offered $30K earnest, that way if financing didn’t go through I got to keep the $30K and put the house back on the market. We got a nicely written letter which was sweet but tbh, I wanted most I could get for my property with less things to worry about."
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Gas prices continue to soar across the country and the state. Texans are now paying $4.21 on average, the highest figure Texans have ever seen. And you can count our state among the lucky ones.
AAA reports the average nationwide was $4.52 a gallon on Tuesday. Six states are paying more than $5 a gallon, and California is seeing $6 a gallon prices.
AAA Texas says 24 of the 27 Texas metros it tracks broke new records Tuesday. The only ones that did not were Amarillo, Midland and Odessa. That means records fell in every major Texas metro with a population of more than 200,000.
Gas prices in Texas on May 17
- Brownsville-Harlingen - $4.10
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission - $4.11
- Corpus Christi - $4.13
- San Antonio - $4.14
- Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood - $4.16
- Austin-San Marcos - $4.20
- Beaumont-Port Arthur - $4.22
- Houston - $4.22
- El Paso - $4.29
- Fort Worth-Arlington - $4.29
- Dallas - $4.30
Prices rose overnight in Texas by six cents, are up nearly 15 cents since this time last week, jumped 50 cents in the past month, and are $1.75 higher than a year ago.
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Texas far from the cheapest state for gas prices
With all the oil and gas in Texas, you might think Texans are paying some of the cheapest gas prices in the country, but that's not the case.
Kansas and Oklahoma have the cheapest gas prices in the nation at $4.01 a gallon, but as you can tell, nearly everyone is paying more than $4 a gallon.
Cheapest gas prices by state
- Kansas - $4.01
- Oklahoma - $4.01
- Georgia - $4.06
- Missouri - $4.07
- Arkansas - $4.08
- Minnesota - $4.11
- Nebraska - $4.11
- Iowa - $4.12
- Mississippi - $4.12
- Colorado - $4.13
Texas comes in as the 14th cheapest in the country.
Highest gas prices by state
- California - $6.02
- Hawaii - $5.34
- Nevada - $5.20
- Washington - $5.10
- Oregon - $5.06
- Alaska - $5.00
- Illinois - $4.84
- Arizona - $4.81
- New York - $4.81
- Pennsylvania - $4.67
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AUSTIN, Texas — Why could some taxis on Texas streets soon not have a driver?
A robotaxi startup, Argo AI, announced this week it is testing autonomous vehicles without human safety drivers as backup in two U.S. cities: Miami and Austin.
But don’t assume you can go out for a night on the town in Austin and call for one of these self-driving cabs.
Right now, they're only available to Argo AI’s own employees.
The employees can use a test app to summon one of the company’s vehicles with no one behind the wheel.
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Argo AI is owned by Ford and Volkswagen, and has been working for over five years on this concept.
Just six months ago the company started offering rides in Miami Beach to the general public through Lyft.
But for now, those cars still have a backup safety driver in case something goes wrong.
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Argo AII is focused on testing its vehicles and system in larger congested cities, everywhere from Washington, DC to Munich, Germany.
They use heavily modified Ford and Volkswagen vehicles, turning existing cars into self-driving vehicles.
Argo AI is one of several companies working on robotaxis, but so far, no one is carrying paying passengers around the clock.
For that, you'll still need a driver behind the wheel.
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Teacher Maria Ramos pours milk as children aged 18 months to 3 years eat lunch at The Children's Place child care center Tuesday. According to a report from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, 87% of providers received some kind of COVID-19 relief funding in the last year.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Teacher Kathy Frizzell prepares lunch as children play at The Children's Place child care center Tuesday. According to a report from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, 87% of providers received some kind of COVID-19 relief funding in the last year.
In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, Chris Bruner's child care center was one of the first in Lincoln to close its doors because of a COVID-19 outbreak. The real impact of the virus, however, was just taking shape.
Soon, part-time staff at The Children's Place quit. Applicants were few. The center, facing a staffing shortage, had to take in fewer children, all the while contending with the invisible threat of COVID-19.
"We're licensed for 60 kids. We were at a point where we were barely meeting 30 enrolled because I couldn't take any more children because I didn't have staff," said Bruner, the center's director for more than 40 years.
It's a scenario that has been replicated across Nebraska in the past year, with many child care centers reporting difficulties hiring and retaining staff, paying sufficient wages and preventing the spread of COVID-19, according to a survey released Wednesday from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska.
Conducted in February, it paints a sober picture of a field still feeling the aftershocks of a worldwide public health crisis. The annual survey is the institute's third report on the state of early child care and education during the pandemic.
Out of the more than 750 providers surveyed — spread equally between urban and rural Nebraska — two-thirds said they are experiencing staff turnover, with 69% reporting staff leaving the early childhood field entirely.
Of providers who employ staff, nine in 10 said they had difficulty filling open positions because of a lack of applicants or inability to offer sufficient pay or benefits, the 35-page report said.
At The Children's Place, Bruner said she lost one staff member because she didn't offer insurance benefits and had to increase wages to retain another worker planning on leaving the field. Finding qualified applicants is even harder.
"What's sad is we've had to lower our standards of people we've had to hire," she said. "That's where everyone has gone to, it seems like, and those are the people that aren't sticking around."
As far as researchers know, the survey is also the first in Nebraska to gauge the actual health impacts of the coronavirus on child care providers, said Alexandra Daro, a research specialist at the Buffett Institute and one of the report's co-authors.
Daro and her colleagues found that more than half of providers — those actually in charge of operating a home- or center-based child care business — contracted COVID-19 at least once, a rate two times higher than the rest of the state, despite three-quarters of respondents saying they are vaccinated.
"I would say the impact of COVID directly was very surprising," Daro said. "Seeing that providers experiencing (COVID) at twice the rate, that was even more shocking."
The survey, conducted electronically, takes into account the unprecedented surge in cases from December to February driven by the highly virulent omicron variant.
But the health impacts go beyond just physical illness.
Most of the surveyed providers reported "experiencing symptoms of stress, including changes in sleep and eating," while many said they've felt anxiety, depression, sadness and had difficulty concentrating. That's troubling, Daro said, because it has a direct effect on children.
"In order for children to be well and thriving, we need a workforce that is well and thriving," she said.
Child care centers did receive much-needed injections of federal and state coronavirus relief that has come in waves over the past 2 1/2 years.
In the early days of the pandemic, Bruner said she used that money for cleaning supplies, masks and other things her center needed right away. Later, she used the funding for retention bonuses and even rent and utilities.
According to the Buffett report, 87% of providers received some kind of COVID-19 relief funding in the last year. But like Bruner, four in five providers said they used it to simply stay afloat by paying rent and utilities, with a majority saying they saw a drop in income in the past year. One in four also said they've experienced food insecurity over the past 12 months.
Daro said providers have seen some relief in the form of a state subsidy program put in place during the pandemic that allows providers to bill up to five absent days per child a month and receive reimbursement from the state.
But more is needed to address the early child care crisis, Daro said, including increased funding and expanded access to health care coverage, paid sick leave and mental health supports for workers.
At The Children's Place, things are steady. The center is nearing capacity again and part-time staff has been added. Many of the 13 employees have been there for decades and only one retired this year.
But she knows not everyone has been quite so lucky.
"We're kind of one of the fortunate ones," Bruner said. "We made it through."
Zach Hammack, a 2018 UNL graduate, has always called Lincoln home. He previously worked as a copy editor at the Journal Star and was a reporting intern in 2017. Now, he covers students, teachers and schools as the newspaper’s K-12 reporter.
Hundreds of people rallied on the north side of the Capitol for the second time since a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade was leaked.
After reading "Seedfolks," a book about a group of immigrants who bond over a community garden, English language learner students at Lincoln Northeast were inspired to discover their own green thumbs.
Teacher Maria Ramos pours milk as children aged 18 months to 3 years eat lunch at The Children's Place child care center Tuesday. According to a report from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, 87% of providers received some kind of COVID-19 relief funding in the last year.
Teacher Cindy Remmenga works with a child on the alphabet at The Children's Place child care center Tuesday. The Buffett Early Childhood Institute reported that of more than 750 providers surveyed — spread equally between urban and rural Nebraska — two-thirds said they are experiencing staff turnover, with 69% reporting staff leaving the early childhood field entirely.
Children in the pre-kindergarten age group eat lunch at The Children's Place child care center Tuesday. According to a report from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, 87% of providers received some kind of COVID-19 relief funding in the last year.
Teacher Kathy Frizzell prepares lunch as children play at The Children's Place child care center Tuesday. According to a report from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, 87% of providers received some kind of COVID-19 relief funding in the last year.
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MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday will continue a series of tours to schools across the state, making a stop in Johnson County.
Lee will visit Johnson County High School, which marks one of the last few stops in the Tennessee 225 tour initiative.
A spokesperson for the governor told News Channel 11 that Lee will visit the school to tour its diesel and mechanic program, housing construction project and tilapia project.
Johnson County High School received a $1-million GIVE grant from the state to expand CTE opportunities in the community, according to the Governor’s Office, and the school continues to partner with TCAT Elizabethton to promote career readiness.
Lee’s tours to 95 counties aimed to commemorate Tennessee’s 225th year.
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