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YORK, Pa. — The new school year is just a few weeks away, and with that comes concerns from parents about what they can expect for their kids.
School officials are saying parents and students can expect a better school year.
“Almost every school leader that I know and have talked with wants their kids and their staff back in school, getting back into a normal routine, and I think parents can expect that too," said Mark D. DiRocco, the executive director at the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators.
However, that doesn’t mean there won’t be measures in place to ensure the safety of students, staff, and faculty.
“Students who get sick with COVID-19 are going to stay home, if we do have a significant outbreak in the building, we might have to shut that building down for a few days, but we’re much better equipped to do online learning for a few days," said DiRocco.
Health experts, on the other hand, say it’s likely the commonwealth will see another surge in COVID-19 cases in the fall.
“Kids are back in school, they spread respiratory viruses, they often take it home to the parents, parents then take it to the grandparents, so we’re likely to see a surge in cases," said Dr. John D. Goldman, an infectious disease expert with UPMC.
Experts don’t believe the case surge will cause school closures, or for schools to do remote learning though.
“Although we’ll see cases, I expect them to be mild, and I expect them not to overwhelm our medical system. I think that we’re going to see what’s the equivalent of a bad flu season when school starts again," said Dr. Goldman. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/new-school-year-what-can-parents-expect-covid-19-officials-coronavirus-health/521-c7b854a5-9f76-4095-bd27-899a851e9d7f | 2022-08-08T21:02:40 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/new-school-year-what-can-parents-expect-covid-19-officials-coronavirus-health/521-c7b854a5-9f76-4095-bd27-899a851e9d7f |
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — A local healthcare provider is doing its part to combat hunger in the York area.
Highmark Wholecare has partnered with New Hope Ministries to bring a mobile food pantry to York County. New Hope Ministries' first mobile food pantry served 20,000 residents in 2021.
As inflation continues to affect families and individuals across Pennsylvania, Highmark Wholecare announced it will double down on its funding of frontline nonprofits with $500,000 in statewide donations.
Part of the donation includes fully funding the mobile food pantry that will serve community members at eight outreach locations.
In addition to providing food, caseworkers will also be on hand at the various locations to provide services such as resume building and job training.
"It's a privilege to serve Pennsylvania's citizens," said President and CEO of Highmark Wholecare Ellen Duffield.
"We believe in treating the whole person, part of that is addressing the needs and issues that our members encounter on a daily basis. We do that through partnering with community-based organizations who are helping and making a difference in our members' lives," said Duffield. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/partnership-brings-mobile-food-pantry-to-york-county-pennsylvania/521-c1c19a9c-ab33-4722-b721-580596559ff1 | 2022-08-08T21:02:46 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/partnership-brings-mobile-food-pantry-to-york-county-pennsylvania/521-c1c19a9c-ab33-4722-b721-580596559ff1 |
Coroner in Delaware County seeks help in finding deceased Muncie residents' families
MUNCIE, Ind. — The Delaware County coroner's office is seeking the public’s help in finding family members of two Muncie residents who died over the weekend.
Haley Paige Hines — who would have observed her 33rd birthday this week — died Sunday at a home in the 2800 block of South Vine Street, according to Gavin Greene, Delaware County's chief deputy coroner.
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And County Coroner Rick Howell said he was seeking relatives of Steven R. Smith, 68, who died Saturday at Muncie Care Center-Brickyard.
Anyone with information on survivors of either Hines or Smith is asked to call the coroner's office at 765-747-7724. A voice-mail message can be left if the call is made when the office is not staffed.
Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/delaware-county-coroner-hopes-to-find-deceased-residents-survivors/65395916007/ | 2022-08-08T21:04:30 | 1 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/delaware-county-coroner-hopes-to-find-deceased-residents-survivors/65395916007/ |
Folk duo The Small Glories to headline Three Trails concert Saturday
MUNCIE, Ind. — Acclaimed folk/roots duo The Small Glories will perform a free outdoor concert on Saturday, Aug. 13, as part of the 2022 Muncie Three Trails Music Series.
The concert will be at 7 p.m. Saturday at Canan Commons, 500 S. Walnut St., in the heart of downtown Muncie. Paul Marhoefer will open the show.
The Small Glories are Cara Luft, a founding member of The Wailin’ Jennys, and JD Edwards. Their material is welcoming in terms of subject, folk-pop melody and instrumentation, all delivered with soaring, interwoven vocals and various combinations of stomping clawhammer banjo, guitar and harmonica, according to a release.
Their 2019 sophomore album, "Assiniboine and The Red," led to the duo winning Album of the Year, Ensemble of the Year, and Vocal Group of the Year at the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards. They were also named 2019’s “Artist of the Year” by the International Folk Music Awards, and Paste Magazine selected them as one of the “Top 10 Folk Artists You Need to Know."
The Muncie Three Trails Music Series is a non-profit partnership between Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, Muncie Arts and Culture Council, and Rick Zeigler, series founder and organizer. The mission of the series is to bring critically acclaimed, national recording artists to perform at Canan Commons. A second mission is to promote the many recreational, artistic, and cultural attractions located along, or in close proximity to, Canan Commons and Muncie’s popular “Three Trails”: the White River Greenway, Cardinal Greenway and Muncie Arts and Culture Trail.
Information: munciethreetrails.com.
Southside Class of 1972 plans 50th reunion
MUNCIE — The Southside High School Class of 1972 will celebrate its 50th reunion with a prom-type party and other gatherings Aug. 26-28.
Activities will begin Aug. 26 with a meet-and-greet 6-8:30 p.m. at Pizza King, 2425 S. Macedonia Ave., followed by an after-hours gathering at The Oasis Bar and Grill, 1811 S. Burlington Drive.
On Aug. 27, classmates and guests are invited to a golf outing at 9:30 a.m. at Crestview Golf Club, 3325 S. Walnut St. Cost is $30 and is limited to the first 20 golfers who sign up. Call Harold Mason Jr., 765-212-0888, to reserve a spot.
The 50th Class Reunion “Prom” will be 5-9 p.m. at Southside Middle School (formerly Southside High School), 1601 E. 26th St. It is free for classmates and $25 for guests. The event will include a school tour, dinner, class photo, prizes and entertainment. Call Donna Sorrell Penticuff, 765-748-1543, for reservations. Reservations are due Aug. 17. No formal attire required. The evening will continue with an after-party at The Guardian Brewery, 514 E. Jackson St.
The reunion will conclude on Aug. 28 with church service and a fish fry. Both will be at Greater Mount Calvary Church of God in Christ, 1524 E. Butler St., with the Rev. Earl Venable, a classmate, presiding. Reservations would be appreciated for the fish fry. Call Ron White, 765-760-0093.
Donations are being accepted to support the reunion and so the class can make a donation to the Southside Middle School Panther Pantry, which provides food, clothing and other essential items to students in need. For details, call Penticuff or email donnakpenticuff@yahoo.com. Or visit the class’s Facebook page Muncie South Class of 1972 | Facebook
Send news items to The Star Press at news@muncie.gannett.com. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/folk-duo-the-small-glories-to-headline-three-trails-concert-saturday/65395403007/ | 2022-08-08T21:04:36 | 1 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/folk-duo-the-small-glories-to-headline-three-trails-concert-saturday/65395403007/ |
Man killed and child critically hurt in Ind. 46 crash Saturday night
A Bloomington man was killed and a 5-year-old child seriously hurt Saturday when an SUV reportedly ran a red light and collided with a pickup as it was turning from Ind. 46 onto an I-69 ramp.
Richard L. Compion, 33, died from injuries sustained in the 7:08 p.m. crash. The child was taken to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, and was listed in critical condition Monday afternoon. The 46-year-old woman driving the sport-utility vehicle, whose name wasn't released, was taken to IU Health Bloomington Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
An autopsy for Compion is scheduled for Wednesday at Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Monroe County Coroner Joani Stalcup said.
An accident report said the 1999 Chevrolet S-10 was turning onto the southbound I-69 ramp from westbound Ind. 46, with a green turn arrow. The 1998 Toyota 4Runner was eastbound on Ind. 46 and failed to stop at the traffic signal, which was red, and hit the truck in the passenger side.
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The pickup came to rest on top of a guardrail on the southeast corner of the intersection. Compion and the child were trapped inside and were extricated by Bloomington Fire Department first responders, police said.
In a news release, BPD Capt. Ryan Pedigo said Compion was rushed to emergency surgery, but later died. The 5-year-old child was flown to Indianapolis by medical helicopter.
The eastbound lanes of Ind. 46 were closed for two hours Saturday, and the investigation is ongoing, Pedigo said. No charges in connection with the fatal crash had been filed as of Monday afternoon.
Contact H-T reporter Laura Lane at llane@heraldt.com or 812-318-5967. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/bloomington-man-killed-in-crash-on-indiana-46-at-i-69-child-injured/65396035007/ | 2022-08-08T21:09:03 | 0 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/bloomington-man-killed-in-crash-on-indiana-46-at-i-69-child-injured/65396035007/ |
Dogs rule at Drool in the Pool
Nearly 200 dogs — poodle mixes, lots of Labrador retrievers, hounds, mutts of all kind and a good-natured and large pit bull named Bubba — went swimming at Mills Pool the evenings of Aug. 3 and 4.
It was Drool in the Pool, an end-of-summer tradition that's been happening in Bloomington for 17 years.
The city parks and recreation department puts on the event every year. A local business that caters to canines, Mad 4 My Dog, provides bags filled with treats and toys for winners in the Most Photogenic, Best Dog Trick and Dog-Owner Look-Alike contests.
Small and timid dogs swim in the kiddie end of the pool, while dogs more comfortable with water and swimming enter the deeper end on rubber mats floating in the water to launch from. Some dogs run and plunge right into the water from the cement deck to retrieve tennis balls their owners toss into the pool.
The event is held after the city pools close for the season, when school resumes in August. In the days after the event, the pool is drained, cleaned and made ready for colder months to come.
Contact H-T reporter Laura Lane at llane@heraldt.com or 812-318-5967. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/dogs-go-swimming-pool-at-bloomington-mills/65393165007/ | 2022-08-08T21:09:09 | 0 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/dogs-go-swimming-pool-at-bloomington-mills/65393165007/ |
End of an era: Poplars Building coming down
The Poplars Building, a city landmark with countless, shifting identities, is being put to rest once and for all. The eight-story building is being demolished after nearly 60 years on East Seventh Street. Though technically residing just outside of IU's official boundaries, it's considered a university landmark for those who stayed or worked in it as students, guests and employees. Originally built in 1964 as a luxury dormitory for female Indiana University students, the building was converted into a hotel only three years later, where it housed celebrity guests including Elvis Presley. Several years later, Poplars found new purpose as office space for hundreds of Indiana University employees. In 2022, demolition company Renascent razed the building. Current plans are to retain the area as greenspace. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/poplars-building-next-to-iu-campus-razed/65395326007/ | 2022-08-08T21:09:15 | 0 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/poplars-building-next-to-iu-campus-razed/65395326007/ |
Albuquerque police seek car in killings of 4 Muslim men
ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities investigating whether the killings of four Muslim men are connected said Sunday that they need help finding a vehicle believed to be connected to the deaths in New Mexico’s largest city.
Albuquerque police said they released photos of the vehicle suspected of being used in the four homicides, hoping people could help identify the car. Police said the vehicle sought is a dark gray or silver four-door Volkswagen with dark tinted windows, and appears to be a Jetta.
Police did not say where the images were taken or what led them to suspect the car was involved in any of the crimes.
“We have a very, very strong link,” Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said Sunday. “We have a vehicle of interest … We have got to find this vehicle.”
Police still are trying to determine if there are any connections among the killings. A Muslim man was killed Friday night in Albuquerque and ambush shootings killed three Muslim men over the past nine months. The common elements in all the victims are their race and religion, deputy police commander Kyle Hartsock said.
Police said Saturday that the victim in the latest killing was a Muslim from South Asia who is believed to be in his mid-20s.
The man, whose identity hasn’t yet been confirmed by investigators, was found dead after police received a call of a shooting.
Earlier this week, police confirmed that local detectives and federal law enforcement officers were looking for possible ties among the separate crimes.
Two of the men — Muhammed Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Aftab Hussein, 41 — were killed in the past week, and both were from Pakistan and members of the same mosque. The third case involves the November killing of Mohammad Ahmadi, 62, a Muslim man of South Asian descent.
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Police declined to say whether Friday night’s homicide was carried out in a way similar to the other deaths.
Authorities said they can’t say yet if the shootings were hate crimes until they have identified a suspect and can determine a motive.
“We will bring this person or these persons to justice,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Sunday. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2022/08/08/albuquerque-police-seek-car-in-killings-of-4-muslim-men/65395463007/ | 2022-08-08T21:09:44 | 0 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2022/08/08/albuquerque-police-seek-car-in-killings-of-4-muslim-men/65395463007/ |
TONIGHT: Most downpours fizzle out this evening, but a lingering shower or storm can’t be ruled out overnight. Patchy fog could develop after midnight. Lows in the low to mid 70s.
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: No break from the stormy pattern through the middle of this week. We’ll start out each day dry, but showers and storms develop around lunchtime, and become numerous through the afternoon and early evening. Some spots could deal with heavy rain, gusty winds, and frequent lightning. Some localized flooding can’t be ruled out through Thursday, particularly in flood-prone areas. A few instances of wind damage will also be possible in some of the strongest storms.
Highs will climb into the upper 80s and low 90s each day, before storms provide some rain-cooled air. Thursday, a slow-moving cold front dives south across the state.
That will trigger storms Thursday, but cooler and drier air behind the front will help shut down rain chances for the end of the week.
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: That aforementioned cold front will be pushing south of us through the end of the week. That means drier air will be in place, making for sunnier and more comfortable weather through the weekend. Highs will be in the upper 80s, and rain chances look to remain slim to none through the weekend before moisture returns next week.
TROPICS: The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave south of the Cabo Verde islands that is moving westward. Sea surface temperatures and environmental conditions are favorable for gradual development, and this could become a tropical depression later this week. At this time, this system is too far away from the U.S. to consider it a threat, but we’ll monitor it as it continues westward this week.
BEACH FORECAST: Stormy weather will continue along the Alabama Gulf Coast through the middle of this week. The rip current risk will increase later in the week, becoming a high risk by Thursday. It’s possible that as the risk trends up beach flags could be upgraded to red. Purple flags have been flying recently due to the presence of jellyfish.
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Despite the urging of the state’s health department to resume school-based COVID-19 testing for students this fall, officials at several Illinois districts said this week they are halting the program due to waning interest from parents and the availability of home tests.
“We’ve decided not to offer SHIELD testing as we start the new school year, but we’re always cautious, and will be ready to pivot back to that partnership if things change,” said Mary Gorr, superintendent of Mount Prospect School District 57.
The SHIELD Illinois program offers K-12 students weekly PCR saliva screenings they can opt into with the permission of a parent or guardian. Gorr said while the free testing was not a financial burden, “it disrupted learning time and was a lot for our nurses and front office staff.”
Another group who may have found the weekly screenings disruptive: parents making quick arrangements for their children to stay home from school if they tested positive on a routine screening, even if they weren’t sick.
“We feel like we’re turning a corner now, with all of the availability of testing and vaccines, and we hope our schools can return fully to institutes for learning,” Gorr said. “The demand from parents for school testing started dwindling last year, and now, it really isn’t there.”
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced in June it renewed an agreement with SHIELD offering every public school outside of Chicago as well as the state’s private schools the opportunity to use the University of Illinois’ saliva-based testing platform at no cost for the 2022-23 school year. Chicago Public Schools has a separate testing program.
School districts were asked to sign up by July 15 in order to guarantee testing on the first day of school.
Around 180 of the roughly 850 public school districts in Illinois have signed up for SHIELD testing so far, and given the program’s rolling enrollment, that number is expected to increase during the coming weeks, said Beth Heller, a spokeswoman for SHIELD Illinois.
Last year, 258 public school districts signed up for the program, with testing conducted at about 1,700 public and private school buildings, Heller said.
Bloomington-Normal's major school districts are split on whether to get the state tests or not.
Bloomington District 87's COVID plan for 2022-23 includes recommending at home and healthcare provider testing for people with symptoms, but not testing at school. District Communications Director Gina Lavazza confirmed the district does not plan to have school nurses doing testing.
The district's guide for students recommends students get tested if they have COVID symptoms, and then to stay home for at least five days if they test positive or make their decision based off the district's general illness guidance in the student handbook if they test negative.
McLean County Unit 5 will be providing testing in schools, spokeswoman Dayna Brown said. The testing will be voluntary, being for those students whose parents want to use the service. It is also only for students who are showing symptoms.
As always, Unit 5 is also asking students who are sick to stay home.
A spokeswoman for Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday, “Protecting access to in-person learning is the state’s top priority.”
“That’s why IDPH and ISBE (the Illinois State Board of Education) have worked diligently to ensure school districts have access to free resources, like tests, to control the spread of coronavirus,” spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh said in a statement.
In addition to SHIELD testing, “The state will also make one million rapid tests available to schools,” Abudayyeh said.
In 2021-22, through various federal funds, $136 million from the IDPH plus roughly $10 million from Chicago Department of Public Health was used on around 6 million tests in K-12 schools, community colleges, universities and community-based sites in Illinois, Heller said.
The cost of the program for 2022-23 “is unknown, but expected to be much less,” Heller said.
The program covers the cost of testing supplies, support for collection and transportation of samples, and lab work. But schools producing fewer than 50 samples on a given day must collect and deliver the samples for analysis themselves, though they are reimbursed $8 for each test they collect and transport, according to Heller.
“Over the past year plus, SHIELD Illinois has worked to reduce as many barriers as possible to make this manageable for schools,” Heller said. “We know how challenging their roles are and COVID is not their only concern.”
One way SHIELD is trying to make the initiative more accessible is to give schools choices on how they want to run their programs, including selecting an option for unobserved testing, where students collect their saliva samples at home.
“They do have to consider their own community and bandwidth as they decide what to do and once they select testing as a way to keep their community safe from COVID, SHIELD will help them with that process,” Heller said.
While it is too early to predict the impact of the virus once schools reopen, Dr. Robert Murphy, executive director of Northwestern University’s Institute for Global Health and a professor of infectious diseases at the Feinberg School of Medicine, said the easing of virus mitigation requirements statewide in recent months is already having consequences for public health.
“Nobody should be surprised when cases are up, hospitalizations are up and deaths are up,” Murphy said.
“I think everyone has COVID burnout, but COVID is not burned out,” he said. “Everyone is tired of it, but you can’t let your guard down in the middle of a pandemic.”
Officials who are resuming SHIELD testing say given the surge of the highly contagious BA.5 variant — as of Friday, all six counties covering the Chicago area reported high community levels — it is important for school districts to remain vigilant.
“The great thing about SHIELD is it catches the virus even before a student shows symptoms, which means we can immediately take them out of circulation so they don’t infect anyone else,” said Robert Machak, superintendent of Woodland School District 50 in suburban Lake County.
Last year, the district handled an average of 3,000 tests per week, collecting a total of 90,000 samples during the 2021-22 school year, Machak said. Of those, 2,000 came back positive.
Machak said the pre-K-8 school district tested more than half of its roughly 4,800 students once a week and “honored the requests of the parents who decided to opt out.”
“We found almost 2,000 cases, around 2% of the tests, and those 2,000 people did not have symptoms, so screening allowed us to find them and keep them out of school while they were in quarantine,” he said.
“SHIELD has been a game changer for us, and has helped us keep everyone healthy,” Machak said. “We’re all looking at the greater good, and it’s wonderful to see the community pulling together.”
While those who agree to have their children participate in SHIELD programs say they appreciate the convenience of free, school-based screenings, others, including Deerfield parent Michelle Hammer, say as students begin their fourth year of school during a pandemic, “it’s time to move on.”
“It will perpetuate unnecessary anxiety for students to start testing them again,” said Hammer, whose 16-year-old daughter is a junior at Deerfield High School, which is resuming SHIELD testing later this month.
Hammer said school-based COVID-19 testing is disruptive and leads to unnecessary absences.
“We’re not testing for the cold, flu or strep ... Why is this being dragged on?” she asked. “We need to go back to the days of when if your kids don’t feel good, they stay home from school. It’s just common sense.”
Still, for parents with children who are at risk of serious illness if they are infected with COVID-19, the state’s lifting of mandatory indoor masking and easing of other virus mitigation tools makes SHIELD screenings a valuable safeguard.
“I really felt like SHIELD testing was a win-win, because it’s not an extra expense for the school district, and the goal is to keep our kids healthy and in school by preventing outbreaks,” said Alexis Hammond, a mother of two children enrolled in Arlington Heights School District 25, one of whom, Carter, 8, was diagnosed with a serious medical condition.
Last year, Carter qualified for District 25′s home-based instruction, and was provided with a tutor five hours a week. But after improvements in Carter’s medical condition in recent months, Hammond said her son is excited to meet his new classmates at Patton Elementary School later this month.
“Our family is still choosing to mask indoors, but a lot of families are not, so I hope no one bullies them,” Hammond said.
“The bottom line is, we’re not all looking at the public health guidance, which is there to protect everyone in the community, especially kids like Carter,” Hammond said.
The Pantagraph's Connor Wood contributed to this report. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/some-illinois-school-districts-to-ditch-covid-19-tests-this-fall/article_61fafc5a-1732-11ed-a4b9-d7f3288cb28a.html | 2022-08-08T21:14:46 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/some-illinois-school-districts-to-ditch-covid-19-tests-this-fall/article_61fafc5a-1732-11ed-a4b9-d7f3288cb28a.html |
NORMAL — Residents could be asked on upcoming ballots whether Normal's town government should change to a district-based system, similar to Bloomington's ward-based representation.
A petition signed by nearly 2,200 people was filed at town hall in Uptown Normal on Monday to add a referendum to Nov. 8 general election ballots: "Shall the town be divided into six districts with one trustee elected from each district?"
Currently, Normal Town Council members are elected at large, meaning the representatives who receive the most votes are seated to represent the community as a whole. The new system would provide for residents of a district to elect a candidate from each district to represent them.
It's unclear who exactly is leading the effort. About 10 Normal residents were present for the petition filing but declined to comment or give their names to a reporter.
Calling themselves Citizens for a Better Normal, organizers issued a press release saying the referendum will allow for voters to decided whether districting is best for the future of the town. The group's leadership is not identified on its website.
"We are a diverse group covering the political spectrum who care deeply for Normal," the group said in a statement. "Despite our diversity, we were able to work together toward this joint effort, thus proving that the politically diverse can come together to create positive change."
Town trustee Stan Nord provided the group's press release to media outlets and is listed as the organizer of a GoFundMe fundraiser connected to the effort, but declined to be interviewed about the campaign. He did clarify, in response to a question, that the map of districts would only be created if voters pass the referendum.
Resident Susan Lash was also present at the filing and spoke in support of the effort, but said that she does not represent the petition organizers.
Lash said a majority of council members live in a narrow area bounded by Beach Street and Towanda Avenue, making it difficult for them to know what is happening in other neighborhoods.
"I think it's a problem across the country but local issues get ignored a lot and for me, they're the most important," Lash said. "It is kind of sad that we do tend to have a low turnout for the local elections, but I would hope that people would consider it seriously and think about what they want from their local government."
The process for placing the referendum on the ballot is outlined in state statute. It requires a petition signed by more than 5% of voters.
The representative of each of the newly formed districts would be required to have lived in the district for at least six months before the election after the redistricting has taken place.
The petition can also be challenged for inaccuracies or unethical behaviors by the petitioners between now and Aug. 15. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/effort-seeks-to-change-normal-government/article_0d71f086-1731-11ed-9609-db554d649c7e.html | 2022-08-08T21:14:52 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/effort-seeks-to-change-normal-government/article_0d71f086-1731-11ed-9609-db554d649c7e.html |
Philadelphia police are searching for a 37-year-old man wanted for arson in connection with last week's fire at an abandoned rowhouse in West Philadelphia where dozens of one-gallon jugs of gasoline had been found the day prior.
Officials called the discovery "very dangerous" and "very bizarre."
The more-than 150 gallons of gas were stashed in plastic gallon containers on the first floor of an abandoned, partially burned-out rowhome on the 100 block of North 59th Street, police said last Monday night.
Shortly after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, a fire broke out. It was unclear what caused the flames to begin. Firefighters had the fire under control shortly before noon, but a family of seven were forced to evacuate because of the blaze. Two other adjacent rowhomes were also being investigated for fire damage.
On Monday, police asked the public for their help locating Darren Arnold, 37, from the 100 block of North 59th Street. He's wanted for arson and related charges for both incidents on Aug. 1 and Aug 2.
Neighbors said the man whose mother owns the house was standing outside the home Monday night drinking a beer. The mother, neighbors say, is in a nursing home. The man was questioned by police last night after the gasoline was found in the home, according to officials. It is not known where the man is as of Tuesday afternoon.
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Firefighters said that all of the gas jugs had been removed overnight.
The man detectives questioned Monday night used to live in the house before it first caught fire in March of this year, police said. It has been vacant since then. Three houses in total were damaged by the new fire.
Investigators found the jugs after police received a 911 call for a strong smell of gasoline coming from inside the residence around 8 p.m.
SkyForce10 was overhead as hazmat crews responded to the scene shortly after.
“A very volatile, dangerous situation for 154 gallons [of gasoline], all in separate one-gallon milk containers, inside of a property, in a residential neighborhood – what a fire hazard that is,” Small said.
Small said the man was in the area at the time of the discovery Monday night, and he's known to frequent the property.
Officials said the Philadelphia police and fire departments as well as the ATF will conduct a joint investigation to see why the more-than 154 jugs of gasoline were in the home, how they were acquired, and how the fire happened Tuesday.
“Is it stolen? Was it possibly going to be used for arson?" Small said about the gasoline. "We’re not certain at this time."
Detectives were also looking into the possibility the gas may have been for sale.
No injuries were reported Monday night or Tuesday morning, officials said.
If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Arnold, Philadelphia police asked you contact the Southwest Detectives Division at 215-686-3183/3184 or 911.
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BRUNSWICK, Maine — In 2020, Maine was ready to launch a big, year-long party to celebrate its 200th birthday as a state. Then COVID-19 came along and crashed the party — the festivities ended before they even had a chance to get rolling.
One of the events that had been planned for the bicentennial celebration was an exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art called “At First Light: Two Centuries of Artists in Maine."
It is now, better late than never, on display.
The exhibition contains paintings, photos, baskets, and more, and while it’s not a comprehensive survey, it offers a deep look at the art and artists that have defined the state since 1820.
“We are very mindful of the fact that we are barely even skimming the surface in this exhibition,” museum Co-Director Anne Collins Goodyear said. “We have approximately one hundred works on view, but in many ways, this is a sampling and, we hope, a launching pad for the future projects to really dig into the visual arts in Maine.”
The hope is that the exhibition and the book that accompanies it, also called “At First Light," will get people to look at Maine art with fresh eyes and then talk, argue, debate.
“Museums are not supposed to be quiet places,” said museum Co-Director Frank Goodyear. “We want to provoke responses. We want to encourage conversation.” | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/a-lively-look-at-200-years-of-maine-art-bicentennial-visual-artwork-artists-bowdoin-college-museum-of-art/97-a692dd68-d12e-498c-b79b-505679128e2a | 2022-08-08T21:20:50 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/a-lively-look-at-200-years-of-maine-art-bicentennial-visual-artwork-artists-bowdoin-college-museum-of-art/97-a692dd68-d12e-498c-b79b-505679128e2a |
DEXTER, Maine — After a two-year hiatus, the Maine Red Hot Dog Festival is back Saturday in Dexter.
The festival was started five years ago as a way to bring more revenue to the town, and it has quickly grown into a highly anticipated event. Organizers expect to see upwards of 7,000 people come to Dexter to celebrate one of Maine's most infamous staples: the red snappah.
"We've got a really good committee that puts their heart and soul into this," Diane Porola, one of the festival organizers, said. "We meet often; everybody has great ideas, and everybody just sort of takes the ball and runs with it, and it shows. It's a great festival."
If you're not into the red hot dogs, other food and beverage vendors will be in attendance. There will also be live music and entertainment all day, as well as a chance to meet the Maine Cabin Masters, who are scheduled to attend the festival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All of the red hot dogs will be supplied by W.A. Bean and Son. There is a huge tent designated solely for people to enjoy red snappers. Porola said that they would just run to the store and grab more if they run out.
If you're looking to be entertained, Porola said a crowd favorite is the hot dog eating contest.
"Folks have to eat as many hot dogs as they can in five minutes. So, it's timed. The record, I believe, is seven. And the winner gets a nice coveted hot dog trophy and a $50 prize, so we make it fun. And, keep in mind ... there are no losers ... only weiners," Porola said jokingly.
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MAINE, USA — It can be hard for parents to find even five minutes to themselves some days, but local chiropractor and 207 wellness expert, Dr. Allyson Coffin, says it's not impossible.
"When we take care of ourselves as human beings, we are modeling that behavior, so we become sort of an influencer for [many]," Coffin said. "They can watch us do these things, and it doesn't even have to be your kids. It can be your friends."
Coffin says that improving behavior can be as simple as asking someone about the best part of their day and sharing yours with them. Making time to meditate or drink water is also a form of self-care.
Modeling this behavior for your children gives them the opportunity to see self-care in action, which means there's a better chance they will build upon their own emotional resilience. Stronger emotional resilience leads to a happier and healthier life, according to Coffin.
Coffin also says studies show that children need nine minutes per day of playtime or interaction to feel connected with their caregiver.
"That's a thing that you can do together, and it really folds in the connection practice and then also the movement patterns which engage different parts of our brain," Coffin said. "The peace that we create today creates a generation of peaceful people. If we don't make time for it today, when are we going to do it?"
Coffin added to not get discouraged if it's hard to incorporate self-care or emotional resilience tips into your day in the beginning. It's okay to fail and try again, and those moments can actually end up teaching your children some pretty important lessons.
"Failing is the best," Coffin said. "If your kid is playing baseball and they strike out at bat, you aren't going to tell them to quit baseball. You're going to say, 'Let's go work on that.'" | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/simple-ways-parents-can-incorporate-self-care-tips-into-their-lives-life-wellness-health/97-38ed2142-2ff9-4367-ab60-884d4e7d0e23 | 2022-08-08T21:21:02 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/simple-ways-parents-can-incorporate-self-care-tips-into-their-lives-life-wellness-health/97-38ed2142-2ff9-4367-ab60-884d4e7d0e23 |
AUBURN, Maine — Gifford's Ice Cream announced in a Facebook post on Monday that its family-owned stand in Auburn has closed early this season.
The ice cream company wrote the following in the post, noting that a staff shortage is a culprit for the Auburn stand's premature closure:
"Like many businesses around the country and here in Maine, we have been working through significant staffing difficulties this summer, and our Auburn stand has proven to be the most challenging. At Gifford’s, we care greatly about the customer experience we provide at our family-owned stands, and right now, without adequate staffing, that experience doesn’t meet our standards in Auburn."
The stand closed for the season this past Sunday at 9 p.m.
"We know this will be a disappointment to many in the community, and we are working hard to find a creative solution so that we can serve Gifford’s HomeMaine ice cream in the area," Gifford's wrote in the Facebook post. "Our hope is to host a series of pop-ups with our new mobile Scoop Shack at various locations in the local community."
According to the post, Gifford's will share the dates and locations of the pop-ups on their social media accounts, as well as through their newsletter when they have them.
"We appreciate all of our customers and enjoy being a part of their summer traditions each year," Gifford's wrote in the Facebook post. "We look forward to being back next summer!" | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/giffords-closes-auburn-ice-cream-stand-early-for-the-season-food-business-maine/97-53594f89-0365-4b83-b5b8-901005258311 | 2022-08-08T21:21:08 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/giffords-closes-auburn-ice-cream-stand-early-for-the-season-food-business-maine/97-53594f89-0365-4b83-b5b8-901005258311 |
WELLS, Maine — Wells Police announced Monday in a Twitter post that Wells Harbor has been shut down due to a sewage leak, the fourth time it's happened this summer.
The harbor was previously closed on July 8, July 21, and July 24 from sewage leaks, according to the Wells Police Twitter page.
Wells Interim Town Manager Bill Giroux previously told NEWS CENTER Maine that a sewage pipe running through the harbor is floating just high enough in the water that boats occasionally hit it, causing the pipe's joints to break and leak sewage into the harbor.
According to Giroux, the outer beaches nearby have remained open during all of the harbor closures as beach waters were tested and found to be safe to the public.
The Wells Police Department wrote in Monday's tweet, "There is NO swimming, fishing or shellfish harvesting between the jetty and in the harbor until further notice."
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BOISE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
In 2015, Idahoans registered 139 electric vehicles. In 2021, that number was up to 2,990 vehicles, a 2,000% increase, according to data from the Idaho Department of Transportation.
As the climate warms and gas prices increase dramatically, Idaho has seen its highest number of electric vehicle registrations. Idahoans have registered over 2,300 this year, as of late July, with five months to go before the new year.
“Electric vehicles are the future,” said Patti Best, senior program specialist at Idaho Power, which provides information to customers about electric vehicles. “How fast they come is the real question. Idaho’s a little slower to adopt than other areas.”
In addition to providing information, Best said, Idaho Power guides customers in planning for that potential transition.
Residential customers don’t necessarily need help — vehicles can be plugged into a three prong outlet, Best said. If people want a charging station, an electrician should be able to help them. Idaho Power works more with commercial customers such as businesses that want to transition their fleets to electric vehicles.
Idaho Power also has planning scenarios, including what to do in a high-electrification scenario. If everyone got an electric car tomorrow, Best said, there would be options for people to use electricity, though it is unlikely that rate of adoption would occur.
“There’s a lot that goes into it. First, most people, even fleets, and people can charge overnight when energy use is really low,” Best said. “We are constantly planning for this and we will be ready.”
However, the number of electric vehicles registered is a fraction of the total noncommercial vehicles registered in the state — over 1.5 million in 2021.
Once a consumer buys an EV in Idaho, they have to contend with extra fees. Both electric vehicle owners and hybrid owners have to pay extra in car registration fees, KTVB previously reported. The Legislature in 2017 exempted hybrids like the Prius from the $75 fee; it only applies to plug-in hybrids.
Nationwide, sales surged in 2021, as well as in China and Europe, according to the New York Times. At the same time, deliveries of fossil fuel vehicles stayed flat, the Times reported. For example, Ford sold out of the 2022 models of both its electric F-150 Lightning pickup and Mustang Mach-E vehicle, Car and Driver reported. Ford said it delivered the truck to customers in all 50 states.
At the Boise dealership Fairly Reliable Bob’s, a sign proclaimed “SAVE $$ GO ELECTRIC” to the drivers zipping down Main Street on Friday afternoon. A black banner advertised “Never buy gas again,” and a blue Tesla was parked, charging, behind the building. The lot also featured hybrids, like the now-discontinued white Chevy Volt.
But less than 1% of the 250 million vehicles on the road are electric, Reuters reported in February. It’s going to be a slow process, in part because vehicles now last longer. Fewer than 20 million new cars are sold each year.
A 2021 Pew Research Center report found that some American consumers have said they are unlikely to seriously consider an electric vehicle purchase and many view electric vehicles as more expensive. Others might have concerns about a vehicle’s range or a lack of sufficient charging infrastructure.
However, most people drive less than 30 miles a day, Best said. The ranges on electric vehicles are approaching 200 to 300 miles, some even more than that, she added. Electricity is also cheaper than gasoline or diesel fuel, she said.
Even heavier-duty vehicles, like garbage trucks, can travel 100 miles but they return to base at night and don’t actually go very far.
“Today’s vehicles can work for most needs,” Best said. “Infrastructure is important if you want to do a road trip from here to Seattle, or here to Salt Lake.”
Idaho will receive $28 million in federal funding over five years to create a network of charging stations every 50 miles along the interstate, the Idaho Capital Sun reported.
ITD did not make anyone available for an interview for this story.
Many car companies have started reshaping themselves as “high-tech” and “climate friendly,” NPR reported last year. Plus, stricter emissions standards in Europe and China as well as government subsidies have made many carmakers announce new electric vehicles, including higher end brands like Porsche, CNN reported.
These electric vehicles could help respond to the climate crisis. Over 25% of greenhouse gas emitted in 2020 came from transportation, which includes burning fossil fuels for cars, trucks, ships, trains and planes.
In Idaho, 32.5% of Idaho Power’s electricity is from hydroelectricity.
The climate changes even without humans, but human activities are putting out gases into the atmosphere that absorb more solar radiation and warm the earth, said Russell Qualls, University of Idaho associate professor and Idaho state climatologist.
“One of the biggest impacts of climate change that we watch or that we would be interested in is changes to the snowpack,” Qualls said.
The mountains in Idaho are high enough that temperatures are nearly continuously cooler than freezing through the winter, he said. But when it comes to snowpack there’s a “toggle switch effect” with temperatures.
For example, if it was 25 degrees Fahrenheit on average one year versus 20 degrees on average the next year, the snow would still accumulate just as much.
But if temperatures went from 29 to 34 degrees on average the switch would be flipped and precipitation would come down as rain instead of snow. This would impact snowmelt.
Water from the rain can still runoff, but it would come at a time where it wasn’t needed. Snowmelt usually ends up in reservoirs for use in things like agriculture and irrigation. But in the spring, the reservoirs also serve as flood storage.
In the spring, there could be too much water for the rivers to accommodate, so reservoirs have to be somewhat empty to handle any potential overflow and avoid river flooding. So if rain runs off after a winter rainfall, officials might have to choose between storing it and letting it go.
“In the northwest, what we’re really interested in looking at is shortening of the snow accumulation season,” Qualls said. “As well as the potential for the beginning of the melt season to begin earlier, before there’s enough to make it a beneficial use for irrigation.”
However, it isn’t clear how much support there is in Idaho for easing the way toward electric vehicles, which some expect to become the dominant type of personal transportation.
On a party line vote, the House Ways & Means Committee last year introduced a bill to increase electric vehicle fees from $140 to $300. The bill did not pass however, after Idaho Power reached out with concerns that the fee would discourage people from buying electric vehicles.
On the other hand, the city of Boise in 2020 began requiring new construction single-family homes and townhouses with garages to have high-voltage circuits to accommodate electric vehicle charging, the Idaho Press previously reported.
Idaho Power has set a goal of providing 100% clean energy to its customers by 2045.
“It’s cleaner to drive on electricity than it is on gas or diesel,” Best said.
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BOISE, Idaho —
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
The state of Idaho and the U.S. Department of Justice will face off in court Aug. 22 over the DOJ’s legal challenge to Idaho’s far-reaching anti-abortion “trigger” law.
The Department of Justice filed suit against Idaho on Aug. 2, charging that the 2020 “trigger” law, which makes all abortions in Idaho felonies except for narrow exceptions in cases of rape, incest or to prevent the death of the mother, violates federal laws guaranteeing emergency medical treatment. It was the first major federal challenge to a state trigger law after the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion nationwide.
Idaho’s trigger law is currently set to take effect Aug. 25, 30 days after the formal judgment was entered to enact the high court’s June decision. In a separate state lawsuit, the Idaho Supreme Court is currently weighing whether or not to block the law from taking effect while it’s challenged in state court.
In the federal lawsuit, U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill held an informal status conference with the parties and established a briefing and hearing schedule. The United States will file its motion for injunctive relief by the end of Monday. The state will file its response by Aug. 16.
Following that, the U.S. will file a reply brief by noon on Aug. 19, and then the parties will meet in court for a hearing on the motion on Aug. 22.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland held a press conference on Aug. 2 to announce the lawsuit filing, and said, “We will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that pregnant women get the emergency medical treatment to which they are entitled under federal law. And we will closely scrutinize state abortion laws to ensure that they comply with federal law.”
Both Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden last week decried the filing of the federal lawsuit, with Little calling it “federal meddling” and Wasden calling it “unnecessary” and “politically motivated.”
Wasden maintained that rather than filing suit, the federal government could have worked with Idaho to “reconcile” the Idaho trigger law with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, which requires emergency care to be provided by hospitals that receive Medicare funding.
The trigger law would create an affirmative defense for doctors accused of performing abortions in cases of rape or incest in which a police report was provided to the doctor, or to prevent the death of the mother other than by suicide. All other abortions in Idaho, at any stage of pregnancy, would be felonies.
It is one of three far-reaching anti-abortion laws in Idaho currently being challenged at the Idaho Supreme Court in lawsuits filed by Planned Parenthood.
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WARNING: This story is graphic in its description of the crime.
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – A South Charleston man has changed his plea to a guilty plea on animal cruelty charges for decapitating a cat last year.
Kekel was charged of decapitating and dismembering a cat in July 2021 after animal body parts, including the cat’s head, were found in jars in his home during a welfare check. Kekel admitted in court on Aug. 8, 2022 that he gave the cat Benadryl to cause it to overdose before decapitating and dismembering it.
He originally pleaded not guilty to the charges in January 2022.
The court says Kekel is set to be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 11, 2022. The judge also ordered Kekel is not to be around or possess any animals.
ORIGINAL STORY: A man in South Charleston is facing animal cruelty charges.
On July 20, 2021, South Charleston Police responded to a welfare check on the 1200 block of E Village Drive in South Charleston after a phone call request from the defendant’s sister.
Officers met the defendant, 20-year-old Gabriel Kekel outside his residence. The defendant told officers that he had overdosed his cat and then decapitated it and dismembered its body.
Kekel led officers to the attic of his home where three jars containing animal body parts were found. One of the jars contained the previously-mention cat’s head, which the defendant said he removed with a machete.
The crime of cruelty to animals is defined as a person who intentionally tortures, mutilates or maliciously kills an animal, or causes, procures or authorizes any other person to torture, mutilate or maliciously kill an animal. It is a felony, and it could mean up to five years in prison and up to $5,000. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/man-changes-plea-to-guilty-in-cat-decapitation-case/ | 2022-08-08T21:29:58 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/man-changes-plea-to-guilty-in-cat-decapitation-case/ |
WISE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – A Wise County pedestrian attempting to help an injured driver was seriously injured herself after a crash Friday.
According to the Virginia State Police (VSP), at 10:21 p.m., a Jeep Grand Cherokee heading west on State Route 58A ran off the right side of the road. The Cherokee hit an embankment, overturned and came to a rest in the right lane.
After the initial crash, a pedestrian arrived to help the driver, VSP reports.
While the pedestrian was helping the driver, a Jeep Renegade hit the overturned Cherokee.
“The impact of the crash caused the pedestrian to be thrown into the embankment and the Renegade overturned,” VSP reports.
The drivers of both vehicles received minor injuries. VSP reports both had been wearing their seat belts.
The pedestrian was seriously injured in the crash, according to VSP.
The driver of the Renegade was identified as Kristin Calton, of Pound. She was charged with following too closely.
As of Monday afternoon, the crash remains under investigation. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vsp-pedestrian-trying-to-help-hurt-driver-seriously-injured-after-wise-co-crash/ | 2022-08-08T21:32:56 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vsp-pedestrian-trying-to-help-hurt-driver-seriously-injured-after-wise-co-crash/ |
A van crashed into a pole at a Montgomery County intersection Monday afternoon, bringing down wires which caught the bus on fire, police said.
The crash happened shortly after 4 p.m. at Fort Washington Avenue and Susquehanna Road in Upper Dublin Twp., Pennsylvania.
SkyForce10 overhead showed the van's burnt-out front end smashed against the utility pole on the corner.
Police said none of the occupants of the van were injured.
PECO said they are responding for an outage in the area due to the downed wires. The energy company reported 86 customers without power as of 5 p.m. The estimated restoration time was 6:20 p.m.
The intersection remained closed through the afternoon rush hour as crews worked to clean up the scene. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/van-crashes-into-pole-catches-fire-in-montgomery-county/3329429/ | 2022-08-08T21:33:54 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/van-crashes-into-pole-catches-fire-in-montgomery-county/3329429/ |
About two dozen automobiles were reported stolen in the Dayton Police Department’s west district area in roughly the last week of July and more than half were Kias and several were Hyundais, according to police.
Dayton police said they have seen a large increase in motor vehicle thefts that seem to be tied to a way that thieves can steal Kias that were manufactured since 2011 and Hyundais that were made since 2015, according to an alert issued Monday on social media.
A variety of communities across the nation have seen a spike in thefts of Kias and Hyundais that authorities believe are related to viral TikTok and YouTube videos that show how to easily steal these types of vehicles using a simple USB cord or other everyday items.
Some local victims say police recovered their vehicles but they were badly damaged and they plan to sell or trade in their cars as soon as they can because they are far too easy to steal.
“It should not be this easy,” said Mary Nurrenbrock, whose Kia was stolen in front of her home northwest Dayton. “This is ridiculous — this is something that needs to be recalled and remedied.”
Nurrenbrock’s 2017 Kia Soul was stolen overnight Friday, while parked on the street in front of her home.
She said police had already found the car by the time she woke up Saturday morning and noticed her vehicle was missing and contacted authorities.
At about 5:40 a.m. Saturday morning, someone who was driving her car very fast along Marsha Lane apparently lost control and then crashed into a utility pole, a parked car and a home, according to a crash report. The driver fled.
Nurrenbrock’s car, which was taken to a tow yard, sustained significant damage.
The driver-side window and dashboard were broken, both sides are damaged, the side mirror is missing and there’s a large dent on the back of the car, Nurrenbrock said.
Nurrenbrock said she learned from social media posts that a large number of Kias have recently gone missing in Dayton.
She said she also learned there is a “nationwide epidemic” of Kias getting stolen by thieves who watch and post TikTok videos showing how to steal the vehicles with very little effort.
Videos and news articles suggest that thieves only need a standard USB charger cord, or something similar, to engage the ignition and start the car.
Nurrenbrock said so many Kias have been stolen that she believes she will have to wait a long time to get her car fixed because there’s a big backlog on parts.
She said her insurance is paying for a temporary rental car but she’ll have to return the rental before her car is out of the shop. She said she plans to sell her Kia as soon as possible.
Class action lawsuits have been filed in Kansas and Missouri that claim Kia and Hyundai intentionally failed to install anti-theft devices in some of their vehicles to cut costs, according to news reports.
Abbe Matthews, 38, who lives in the Dayton’s Santa Clara neighborhood, said her husband’s 2018 Kia Forte was stolen from the front of their home in late July.
She said police recovered the vehicle behind a home on Philadelphia Drive the next day. She said it was on blocks and it looked like the thieves were preparing to strip it of parts.
The vehicle sustained about $5,000 worth of damage.
She said the car is at a Kia dealer, but the repairs likely won’t be completed until mid-September because of large backlog of parts, evidently due to a large number of thefts.
“There have been so many that everything is on back order,” she said.
She said luckily she and her husband have a second car and that she works from home.
But she said it’s still very inconvenient.
“If we didn’t have a second car, this would be costing us a lot of money,” she said.
Matthews said Kia needs to recall vehicles that are very vulnerable to theft.
“As soon as we get the car back, I’m trading it in because I’m not doing this again,” she said.
Kias recently have been stolen from neighborhoods including Cornell Heights, North Riverdale, Wesleyan Hill, Philadelphia Woods, Fairview, Highview Hills and Greenwich Village.
Hyundais have been stolen from Chapel Hill, Lakeview and other neighborhoods.
Dayton police say some tips to preventing car thieves for all types of vehicles include:
-- Lock doors and not leaving keys or spare keys in the vehicle
-- Close windows
-- Park in well-lit areas
-- Install alarm systems and anti-theft devices
-- Install vehicle immobilizer system or tracker system
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Major reported crime rose 28 percent in Richmond during the first six months of this year, although property crime — not violent crime — was the driving factor, Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith said during a crime briefing Monday.
"Property crime for the year is up 32 percent, and this a whopping difference of over 1,000 [offenses]," Smith said. "This is what's driving crime right now. Not violent crime but property crime is pushing the envelope for us here in Richmond."
Reported violent crime — homicides, rapes, robbery and aggravated assaults — rose by a modest 1.7 percent, from 522 offenses during the first six months of 2021 to 531 for the same period this year. By comparison, property crime — larcenies, burglaries, vehicle thefts and arson fires — surged from 3,119 offenses to 4,134, the chief reported.
The number of homicides remained even from Jan. 1 through June 30 — a total of 31 killings — compared with the same period in 2021. Of those, 28 were committed by firearms. Smith noted the department has created a new category that tracks killings by guns.
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Non-fatal shootings also were even — 109 offenses — for the first six months of 2021 and this year.
A Times-Dispatch analysis of state crime data shows the number of murders and non-negligent manslaughter killings soared in 2020 to the highest level since 1994.
The chief began Monday's briefing with a statement about the ongoing controversy concerning the alleged mass shooting that police said was planned for Dogwood Dell on July 4.
"We are closing all discussion about the planned Fourth of July mass shooting," Smith announced at the onset. "The matter is now in the hands of the federal government. As it has already been stated, we'll follow wherever the investigation leads us."
The chief then reiterated his previous account that the investigation started with a tip about a mass shooting plot on July 4, and that the tipster provided information about firearms and other noteworthy information to assist in the investigation. "While the tipster did not explicitly say Dogwood Dell as the location, the department, based on all information available at the time, determined Dogwood Dell was the most likely target."
At briefing's end, two reporters tried asking questions about the incident but Smith quickly squelched further discussion.
During a preliminary hearing last week for the two suspects in Richmond General District Court, a Richmond prosecutor told Judge David Hicks that he had no evidence that the alleged July 4 mass shooting was planned for Dogwood Dell. The prosecutor said there was evidence to support "the potential for a shooting" but not at a specific location.
The prosecutor then withdrew state charges against Guatemalan immigrants Julio Alvarado-Dubon, 38, and Rolman Balcarcel-Bavagas, 52, because he noted the U.S. Attorney's Office has assumed prosecution of the case and filed federal charges against the pair.
A Richmond prosecutor on Wednesday told a judge during a hearing for two Guatemalan immigrants charged in connection with an alleged July 4 mass shooting plot that he had no evidence that it was to planned for Dogwood Dell, as the city's police chief and mayor noted during a July 6 press conference.
Watch now: Defendants in alleged July Fourth mass shooting plot appear in Richmond court
Both men are scheduled to appear Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Richmond for detention hearings.
Continuing with his crime report, Smith noted the surge in property crime was fueled by a 33 percent jump in larcenies — from 2,403 offenses in 2021 to 3,194 so far this year.
"We've seen vehicles being the main target," he said. "Car break-ins, theft of vehicles. We're also seeing quite a few packages that are being stolen. Lock your cars, keep your valuables in your car out of sight."
Reported vehicle thefts rose 32 percent, from 340 to 449. "Don't leave your car running, even if you're running into the convenience store," the chief said. "Take your key fob with you; also, don't leave your valet key in the car. That is a great deal of how these thefts happen, is the valet key is left in the car, and people are just going through cars and will take the valet key and take the car."
Arson fires spiked a whopping 254 percent, from 11 in 2021 to 39 so far this year. Between April 1 and June 30 alone, there were 15 buildings, six vehicles and six super cans were set ablaze, Smith said.
Break-ins also rose during the first six months of this year, but less significantly than the other categories of property crime. A total of 410 burglaries were reported through June 30, a 21 percent increase over the 339 reported during the same period last year.
Under violent crime, reported rapes inched up from 24 to 27, while robberies dropped from 162 to 133, or 18 percent. Reported aggravated assaults rose from 305 to 340, or 11 percent.
As part of the department's ongoing efforts to reduce gun violence, Smith noted that officers seized 532 firearms through the first six month of the year.
"We've gone back five years to find out where exactly the violent crime occurs, and we've located some areas — and 2 percent of [the city's] land mass for the last five years account for 26 percent of the violent crime here in Richmond," the chief said.
Richmond police have identified the victim in Thursday’s homicide on Forest Hill Avenue as Candice Gomness, 23, of Chesterfield County.
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The Chapter 11 trustee in Christopher “Chris” Pettit’s bankruptcy is beginning to unwind the disgraced ex-San Antonio lawyer’s empire.
Trustee Eric Terry filed a motion late Friday seeking court approval to hire real estate brokers to sell the mansion at 555 Argyle Ave. in Alamo Heights, which overlooks Olmos Dam. It’s one of the area’s most recognizable houses.
The property is one of the more valuable assets in the consolidated bankruptcy cases of Pettit and his now-defunct law firm. They sought Chapter 11 protection June 1 after about a dozen lawsuits were filed against them alleging they had stolen millions of dollars from clients. They reported $40.5 million in assets and $115.2 million in debts.
Pettit has valued the Argyle property at $3.6 million in his bankruptcy, with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage owed about $2 million.
It is not Pettit’s residence. He has been leasing the mansion to former Spurs player and current team executive Brent Barry for $11,000 a month. Terry wants to hire broker Fred Hutt of Compass RE Texas Inc. and Corie Properties Group to sell the property.
Pettit has claimed a house on Champions Run in a gated community in Stone Oak as his primary residence. He has valued the property at $1.8 million.
It’s almost certain that creditors will object to any claim by Pettit that the Champions Run property is exempt from the bankruptcy estate and out of creditors’ reach. Objections would have to be filed within 30 days of the conclusion of the meeting of creditors. The meeting resumes Friday, but it’s not known if it will conclude that day.
The bankruptcy code states that if a debtor engaged in “fraud, deceit or manipulation in a fiduciary capacity,” then the debtor’s homestead exemption is limited to about $190,000 — taking into account inflation.
It’s likely the Chapter 11 trustee will file a motion seeking court approval to sell the Champions Run house.
Terry was in Florida on Monday to inspect a mansion Pettit had been living in immediately before and after his bankruptcy filing. In an amended filing last month, Pettit claimed the mansion in Golden Oak, which is part of Disney World, is owed by an entity connected with a trust set up for the benefit of his 10-year-old son.
In the June 1 bankruptcy petition, however, Pettit claimed the Golden Oak mansion as his own. He valued it at $6.4 million but had listed it for sale at more than $8 million prior to the bankruptcy.
A lawyer for the trust told U.S. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Craig Gargotta last week they are working toward a sale of the mansion and a New Orleans apartment building that the trust also owns.
Wedding ring
At a hearing Monday, Gargotta mentioned it had been pointed out to him that Pettit was was wearing a wedding ring in court last week.
That prompted the judge to wonder if Pettit, if he is married, is obligated to report his spouse’s income on the bankruptcy schedules.
Gargotta didn’t further elaborate. It couldn’t immediately be determined if Pettit is married.
At the hearing, the judge granted the trustee’s request to get numerous financial institutions that Pettit or his firm did business with to turn over financial records and funds in bank, brokerage and investment accounts. Some 149 accounts have been identified.
“We’re not getting as much cooperation from the banks as we need,” Patrick Huffstickler, an attorney for the Chapter 11 trustee, said in arguing for the motion.
Leslie Luttrell, a lawyer for some creditors, joined the trustee in asking the judge to grant the motion. She recounted how she’s been unable to get certain records from Wells Fargo Bank.
Pettit maintained a trust account with the bank in New Mexico to hold funds for the benefit of clients, but evidence presented last week showed Pettit wrote numerous checks to himself from the account.
Gargotta said it’s critical for the trustee to get the financial records given Pettit’s spending. He spent about $260,000 in the 50 days after filing bankruptcy.
“Mr. Pettit, not withstanding the fairly recent nature of these transactions in amounts that I suspect over my lifetime I’ll never make … could not recall a single one,” the judge said. “He either didn’t know or didn’t recall. So the demonstrated need for this motion is more than met.”
Pettit practiced law for more than 30 years before giving up his law license and closing his law office. He specialized in estate planning and personal-injury cases, but also provided financial advice, prepared taxes and served as trustee for trusts.
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On this day in 1950, the first Whataburger stand opened, selling $50 — or approximately $614 in today's money — in burgers, chips and drinks.
Just four days later, the restaurant sold 551 burgers for $141.80, which would be about $1,743.44 today. The first burgers were sold for just 25 cents, although the price quickly rose to 35 cents by 1951, according to the Texas State Historical Association.
The first Whataburger stand was a small portable, metal building that opened at 2609 Ayers St. in Corpus Christi. The location now serves as a cellphone repair shop.
The San Antonio-based chain has expanded over the past 72 years to include more than 890 locations, according to its website. The vast majority of locations remain in Texas.
A majority stake in the chain was sold to Chicago-based BDT Capital Partners in 2019, leading to a further expansion of the chain into the deep south and Midwest, including new stores in the Atlanta area as well as Colorado.
The first Whataburger was opened by Harmon Dobson, offering 5-inch burgers so big people "had to hold it with two hands," Whataburger wrote.
A year after the first location was opened, Dobson split from his business partner, Paul Burton, due to Dobson's decision to raise prices of the burgers. Burton was given the franchise rights to all San Antonio-area locations.
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Dobson began to expand the business to other markets in short order, and there were 17 Whataburger locations by the end of the 1950s, including the first outside of Texas in Pensacola, Florida.
The first of Whataburger's signature orange and white-striped A-frames was built in Odessa in 1962. The 1960s also saw the addition of fries to Whataburger's menu.
"On this special day, we honor Harmon, Grace and the rest of the Dobson family and thank them for creating a lasting foundation built on great food and huge smiles," Whataburger wrote in a social media post.
In June, Whataburger inked distribution agreements with 16 grocery brands, including H-E-B, Kroger and Walmart. The deals allow Whataburger products to be sold in 18 states, reaching past the 14 where Whataburger locations can currently be found.
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Roughly 83 percent of the San Antonio Water System’s residential customers would see their water bills reduced, while all customers would see declines in their wastewater bills under a proposed rate structure recommended last week by SAWS’ rate advisory committee.
How much of a reduction customers will see depends multiple factors, including water usage and whether they’re enrolled in SAWS’ affordability program. The proposal generally aims to aid those with lower household income, to incentivize reducing water consumption, and to simplify bills.
The advisory committee will seek customer input and feedback on the proposal for the next four months. In November, the board and the City Council will vote on the changes. If approved, the rate structure would take effect in January 2023.
Here is an explanation of how these changes would affect most residential and commercial customers.
Residential customers
The fixed charge — a base fee separate from water usage charges — for residential customers will be cut about 20 percent for everyone. The charge will be $9 for customers who use less than 4,000 gallons of water a month and $11 for those who use more than 4,000 gallons. That’s down from $10.25 and $12.82, respectively.
The fixed charge for wastewater service would be reduced from $14.53 to $10.
The new rate structure reduces the number of rate tiers, which are based on the gallons of water used, from eight to five. The combined effect of the new tiers is that customers using less than 9,000 gallons of water a month could see up to a 16 percent decline in their water bills, while those who use more than that will see higher bills.
Customers using 9,000 to 11,000 gallons of water per month could see about a 2 percent increase, while those using more than 12,000 gallons would see an increase closer to 7 or 8 percent.
As for wastewater, all residential customers will see their bills reduced, from as much as about 32 percent for those who produce little wastewater to about 4 percent for 30,000 gallons discharged.
For a residential customer making the median monthly household income, $4,857, 1.12 percent of that income that will go toward what’s considered essential water and wastewater — calculated by SAWS’ average customer winter usage of 5,062 gallons. Such customers would pay $54.62 for essential water and wastewater under the proposed rate structure, down from $59.65 under the existing structure.
Residential customers enrolled in affordability program
Under SAWS’ current affordability program, lower-income residential customers receive a discounted rate based on their income.
Customers with annual income at or below 50 percent the poverty level, which is $6,585 for a single person in San Antonio, receives a $28.35 discount on their monthly combined water and wastewater bills, while those at the poverty level — $13,171 — get a monthly discount of $12.50.
Under the new plan, which does not included such flat-rate discounts, all customers in the affordability program will see a decline in their water and wastewater bills as a result of overall reductions in the rate structure.
To start with, customers in the program who use 2,000 gallons of water or less per month will not be assessed a fixed charge. And the fixed charge for those using more than 2,000 gallons will be $3.
The usage charges for those in the affordability program will be significantly reduced: $2.65 per 1,000 gallons for those using 6,000 or less and $4 per 1,000 gallons for up to 10,000 gallons — or $15.90 for 6,000 gallons and $40 for 10,000 gallons. The most a customer under the affordability plan will pay for water is $9.27 per 1,000 gallons for 15,000 or more gallons, or $139.05 for 15,000 gallons.
Customers in the affordability program will also not be assessed a fixed charge for wasterwater service. And they won’t incur usage charges until they reach 2,000 gallons discharged, at which point, they’ll be charged $2.70 per 1,000 gallons.
Overall, most customers in the affordability program will pay at least 50 percent less than those not in the program. For example, a customer at or below the poverty line will spend $25 less for 5,000 gallons under the new plan than under the current structure.
General class, commercial customers
General class customers — which include commercial, industry and multifamily establishments — who use 1,000 gallons or less a month will see their bills reduced by 2 percent. A business customer who uses 700 gallons per month will be charged $33.48 for water and wastewater under the new plan, down slightly from $34.22 under the existing rate structure.
Customers who use more than 1,000 gallons of water will see their combined water and wastewater bills rise by up 2 or 3 percent, depending on usage. For example, a large business that uses 200,000 gallons may see its bill rise from $1,986.45 to $2,088.59.
For those on a typical meter, the fixed charges for water and wastewater would be reduced to $12.70 and $10, respectively, down from $14.07 and $14.59.
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The last day of business at Kroger No. 306, which was located at 1020 San Pedro Ave., was a mixture of sadness and savings.
Customers searched the half-empty aisles of the 11-year-old store for good deals on the 20 percent-off merchandise that remained on Aug. 7, 1993.
“Employees went about their jobs as normally as possible, but they had trouble smiling, except when customers wished them well,” the Express-News reported at the time.
That day — 29 years ago this week — Kroger permanently closed 15 area stores.
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While the chain returned to San Antonio last week as a delivery service, it was once a competitor of H-E-B and was one of the first grocery stores to allow credit cards.
The first Kroger arrived in San Antonio in 1980 at 5254 Blanco Road in Blanco Plaza, which is now a Family Dollar. Long lines formed at least an hour ahead of the scheduled opening, according to the San Antonio Light. Throngs of shoppers “made their way into the big, beautiful store and shopped aisle after aisle for the grand opening specials,” the newspaper reported.
Over a decade later, Kroger had opened 15 stores around San Antonio.
In 1991, Kroger became the first grocery chain to accept credit cards. Only 15 percent of supermarkets in the United States accepted credit cards at the time, and many customers thought it was illegal. It wasn't illegal, but consumer groups fought its usage, believing that shoppers shouldn't be using credit cards for something as fundamental as food, according to a Express-News story.
H-E-B and Handy Andy, then the city’s oldest grocery chain, had yet to follow the trend.
In 1993, Ariz.-based Megafoods Stores Inc. bought the regional Kroger stores for $13.5 million. Kroger, then the nation’s largest grocer and publicly held, left the San Antonio area after failing to agree on a wage-and-benefit package with the two unions representing its 1,700 regional employees.
Megafoods later expanded in San Antonio by purchasing the Handy Andy chain from local ownership.
Operating first under the underwhelming names of Texans’ Warehouse Foods, then Texans’ Supermarkets, Megafoods Stores learned it could not be the low-price grocer in San Antonio because of H-E-B’s aggressive pricing stance. It later went back to the respected Handy Andy name.
But Megafood Stores was unwinding, having lost $19.3 million in 1993, much of it in San Antonio. Shortly after, Megafoods Stores filed for bankruptcy in August 1994.
In 2012, Handy Andy’s remaining six stores were bought by Arlan’s Market. There are now only two Arlan stores in the Alamo City.
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The first year of the coronavirus pandemic amplified and already existing trend of people migrating to the Sunbelt from some of the nation's largest, most densely-populated metropolitan areas.
But what type of person was most likely to move in or out of an area like Bexar County during this timeframe?
The answer lies in data recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau. It goes beyond changes in broad demographic categories, instead focusing on specific combinations of them, incorporating age range, sex, race and ethnicity all at once.
The following chart shows which cohort saw the largest percentage increase or decrease during the depths of the pandemic.
Non-Hispanic Black men between the ages of 40 and 44 had the largest bump in the Bexar County, jumping 9.2 percent from 5,059 to 5,523 residents in the first year of the pandemic.
The greatest dip was among non-Hispanic White women between the ages of 45 and 49. This cohort's population declined 5.6 percent, going from 16,022 to 15,131.
Bexar County saw a 0.9 percent increase in its population during the pandemic, slightly underperforming Texas as a whole. Statewide the increase was 1.3 percent.
The following charts show which cohort had the largest increase and decrease in their populations in 33 Texas counties. We only analyzed counties with at least 5,000 or more people in at least one of the cohorts.
Driving the bulk of Bexar County's population change — regardless of sex, race or ethnicity — were those 40 and older. This cohort grew 2 percent during the pandemic, from 1,179,651 to 1,181,825. Compare that to young adults and children, who only saw a 0.2 percent boost to their population.
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STROUD TOWNSHIP, PA — The cat cages are packed at AWSOM Animal Shelter near Stroudsburg.
Employees say this year, they have taken in more pregnant cats, leading to an abundance of kittens and they don't have space for any more.
"It's a crazy town with a bunch of cats and kittens. We are beyond full. We have tons here," Wendy Edwards, a vet tech at the shelter, said.
She said at the moment, the shelter has about 200 cats and kittens and those are just the ones at the shelter.
They have been reaching out to fosters to help.
"We are so full with mamas, adult cats and kittens and everything else our foster homes were available so we put cats and kittens in foster homes," Edwards said. "Now we are to the point where some of them are ready to go up for adoption and we are waiting for space available to bring them back and put them up for adoption."
Employees at the shelter said the best thing you can do to help is to adopt or foster one of them.
"Offer up your home to foster," Edwards said. "We have foster applications and once approved we will try to get you rolling and all setup. We provide all the supplies. We just have a protocol that you follow as far as medical treatments and everything else."
The shelter said if you're looking for an easy animal to take care of, a cat or kitten is the right way to go.
"Anybody who's home a lot or has kids, cats and kittens are fantastic. They're low maintenance. They're not like a dog that you have to take out in the winter, during snowstorms, or in the rain to go for walks. They kind of maintain themselves," Edwards said.
If you are interested in adopting or fostering a cat or kitten from AWSOM, click here.
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CARBONDALE, Pa. — Liquidation stores have been growing in popularity. They are a great place to get a good deal on household items, appliances, and more.
Anthracite Liquidation in Carbondale is one of those places packed with items that haven't been sold in major retail stores.
Fred Schultz says he shops here because he knows he'll get a great deal.
"It's cheaper than going retail. That refrigerator there we just got for $125."
Store owner Mike Melnick says a major retailer reached out to him recently, asking him to sign up for an inventory program as items they've overstocked start to pile up.
Melnick says many people remodeled homes during the pandemic, and now some of those stores have a large inventory surplus and need to move it quickly.
"Go on their appliances, and they'll sell you a truckload of appliances. You can be looking for clothing; they'll sell you a truckload of clothing. You could get some mixed loads. You can get pretty much anything that you like," Melnick said.
One of the reasons that liquidation stores like this are filling up so fast is because of returns being made at big-box stores, and that means a great bargain for those that are shopping.
"If you're dealing with a return, they're not going to sell a return because they don't know what's wrong with it. When we get it, we test all the products and then sell them," Melnick explained.
Melnick says the deliveries never stop. Newswatch 16 was there when a truck loaded with new inventory showed up and had to wait until employees could make room for the new merchandise.
"8,000 to 10,000 square feet, and then we have property upstairs, and then I have a 6,000 or 8,000 square foot warehouse, so there's a lot of space to put the inventory."
Melnick says they don't mind being busy because he knows he's helping his customers save money when costs are rising.
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NESCOPECK, Pa. — A community continues to grieve the loss of ten people — including three children —after a house fire Friday in Luzerne County.
We spoke with a neighbor of the family who says many in the neighborhood are still in shock after what happened.
Sounds of summer have been replaced with silence on 1st Street in Nescopeck.
"It's very solemn. It's not anything. There's no laughter, no, none of that," said neighbor Richard Powlus.
Flames ripped through the home early Friday, killing ten of the 13 people staying there at the time. The victims range in age from 5 to 79 years old.
"It's a shame what happened; too many people in a small house. They could not get out."
Neighbors tell Newswatch 16 that support for the surviving family members continues to be shown both at the scene and throughout the community.
"A lot of support; fire company had a dinner for them. There's fundraisers being done in Berwick and Nescopeck. My church did one on Saturday evening," Powlus said.
Despite the generosity and signs of support Newswatch 16 saw over the weekend throughout the greater Nescopeck area, neighbors say they will need more time for the reality of the situation to sink in.
"It hasn't totally set in to my wife yet, or myself."
Newswatch 16 saw state police detectives conducting interviews on 1st Street on Monday, but when we asked if there were any updates on a cause, they did not have any for us at this time.
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MUNCY, Pa. — Alana Jones has been teaching the art of twirling in the Lycoming County area for nearly 30 years. She is the owner of Phillips Fancy Footwork. She works with her students at her studio in Muncy.
"It is best to start when they are little. So, they are learning the skills from a young age and progressing. We hope one day they can compete at the advanced level," said Jones.
Jones twirled all over the world in different events. She shares that knowledge with her students, and many of those students have gone on to twirl in college. She says practice is key.
"There is lots of stuff you don't see — lots of practice and hard work, sweat. These girls not only take twirling lessons, but they also take dance and gymnastic classes," added Jones.
For anybody who thinks twirling is easy, it's not.
"It takes a lot of hard work and a lot of practice to get as good as a lot of twirlers are," said Bentley McNett of Watsontown.
"I like twirling because it is fun, and it is like sports, and I like sports too," said Hayden Bender of Hughesville.
The girls credit their coach for their success.
"I love my coach," said Anabelle Bender of Hughesville. "She is so nice. Sometimes she can be strict, but she is really fun. She likes to correct us a lot which gets kind of annoying, but then she is helping us get better."
Twelve girls, who form a group known as the Marshaletts, recently competed at Nationals in South Bend, Indiana. They were all coached by Jones. 9-year-old Anabelle Bender placed first in two categories.
"So, I am a national champion in my strut for beginner and 9-year-olds, and I am a national champion in show twirl," added Anabelle.
The girls and their coach tell Newswatch 16 that they have already begun practicing for next year.
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EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — There's no shortage of school buses at the East Stroudsburg Area School District bus lot behind J.T. Lambert Intermediate School, but there is a shortage of drivers.
"Last year was the hardest year I think any bus driver has had to endure because of the lack of drivers," said Maryann Rosario, a bus driver with the school district.
Rosario believes this year could be just as bad, if not worse. She says the district hopes to get more people behind the wheel because the lack of drivers is putting strain on her and her fellow employees.
"You figure we're driving three, four hours in the morning, three, four hours in the afternoon; that's a lot of driving for one person. So, imagine having to do multiple runs for multiple drivers. It can be stressful."
The district is looking for full-time drivers and substitutes. Damaris Robins, the director of transportation, says becoming a bus driver has its benefits.
"You have a split shift, so it gives you the opportunity to go home and handle some of your affairs during the middle of the day. If you have to go home and cook and clean, you have the time to do so. Get back out, pick up the students, get home by the time your student gets home and half of your work is done."
Robins says that in addition to offering different positions, the district is hosting free CDL classes to help people get the training they need to transport kids to and from school.
The district is looking to hire two dozen drivers.
"We have a class starting on (August) 22 to 25, and the classes start at 5 o'clock. So it's from 5 to 8:30, and again, they're free, no charge. We used to charge; now, we're just offering them for free to get anybody in here so they can come on board and transport our students."
If you're interested in becoming a bus driver, more information is available here.
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MILTON, Pa. — If you live in or around Milton, you're probably familiar with the Arrowhead Restaurant.
The drive-in has been a staple on Route 405 for 75 years and has survived multiple floods. But customers and employees were sad to learn the place will close next week.
"I worked seven days a week trying to keep this place going through the whole up and down of Covid and just the customers when they come in and tell us they used to come here when they were kids," owner Alicia Hoffman said.
Alicia Hoffman owns the restaurant and said the owner of the building wants to sell the property. Unless someone buys it and keeps it open, the Arrowhead Restaurant will close next week.
"I really appreciate all the customers, my employees," Hoffman said.
The Arrowhead Restaurant celebrated its 75th anniversary this summer. Many employees have worked here for decades.
"It will be 27 years next month," Kathy Shaffer said.
For Beryl Smith, it has been 21 years.
Kathy Shaffer and Beryl Smith love working here.
"My customers, that's the only thing that kept me coming back," Shaffer said.
She also said she will miss her customers and coworkers the most.
Smith said she will miss Kathy and people who come to the restaurant, like Bob Cook of Pottsgrove.
"I'm in here at least once a day, sometimes two and three," Cook said.
"I like the food. I like people that work here, and a lot of the people who come in are the same people, and we have a clique. We come in to socialize," Cook said.
Besides the people, the Arrowhead Restaurant is known for its pig-in-a-blanket sandwiches. In fact, the restaurant received 85 orders as soon as it announced it was closing.
"It starts off as a pork loin, and we break it down. We do everything to it, and it ends up between two pieces of bread," Hoffman said.
The Arrowhead Restaurant will close next Thursday, August 18th.
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POTTSVILLE, Pa. — Volunteers filled the Salvation Army in Pottsville to pack backpacks with new school supplies.
Through the Stuff The Bus initiative from Schuylkill United Way, 2,115 students across the county will walk into their first day of class with everything they need.
It's a record year as this is the most backpacks the Schuylkill United Way has ever donated.
“Right now, the families are not able to make ends meet. I so wish that they were but they're not. So with us doing this, it gives them approximately $80 into their pockets," Kelly K. Malone, Schuylkill United Way executive director, said.
Over the past 20 years, the Schuylkill United Way has seen the need for school supplies grow. And has partnered with programs across the county to reach more families.
“Our kids that are coming to SARCC, they've already experienced some kind of trauma. And having to worry about 'if my backpack is cool' or 'if I have the right colored pens' is something we can take off of their plates so they can work on school work and dealing with their own traumas," Clarissa Geary, Sexual Assault Resource And Counseling Center, said.
The backpacks are not just for the first day of school. Agencies like the Red Cross distribute them throughout the school year for families who have fallen on hard times.
“This kind of day-to-day stuff is a lot of what people lose and they don't think about how challenging it can be to replace,” Peter Brown, Red Cross PA Rivers Chapter director, said.
Volunteers say their goal is to make sure students in need have the same supplies as their classmates.
“It's a great thing for the community, it's going to bring a smile to 2000 faces and it's hard not to feel awesome about being able to help with that,” Brown said.
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A Silver Lake man is facing numerous possession of child pornography charges.
Matthew B. Boyer, 45, was charged with 15 felony counts of possession of child pornography Monday in Kenosha County Circuit Court.
Boyer made his initial appearance at Intake Court and is being held on a $20,000 cash bond. His preliminary hearing is set for Aug 16.
In 2006, Boyer pleaded guilty to two counts of child pornography, according to Wisconsin Court records.
In June a Kenosha County Sheriff's Department detective received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The report indicated a person had uploaded an image reportedly depicting suspected child sexual abuse material.
A Department of Justice subpoena to an internet provider identified the individual as Boyer, according to the criminal complaint. Numerous files containing child pornography were reportedly found in one of his online accounts.
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Last week the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant on on Boyer's residence, according to the complaint, and on the content of all the electronics possessed by Boyer. Child pornography was reportedly found on an external hard drive that was located in the garage at Boyer’s residence.
When questioned by investigators after his arrest, Boyer reportedly confessed that he had downloaded child pornography on the external hard drive which was located in the garage.
Mugshots: Racine County criminal complaints, Aug. 4, 2022
Today's mugshots: Aug. 4
These are images of people charged with a crime in Racine County. Booking photos are provided by Racine County law enforcement officials. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.
Keory M. Jones
Keory (K-Juice) M. Jones, 1300 block of Douglas Avenue, Racine, possession with intent to deliver heroin (between 10-50 grams), possession with intent to deliver narcotics, possession with intent tot deliver cocaine (between 15-40 grams), possession with intent to deliver LSD (less than or equal to 1 gram), possession with intent to deliver schedule IV drugs, possession with intent to deliver/distribute/manufacture THC (less than or equal to 200 grams), possession of a firearm by a felon, obstructing an officer, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Rayner J. Jorge-Gonzalez
Rayner J. Jorge-Gonzalez, Ypsilanti, Michigan, retail theft (intentionally conceal $500-$5,000).
Isaiah J. McGlorn
Isaiah J. McGlorn, 1600 block of Douglas Avenue, Racine, possession of THC, felony bail jumping.
Martin M. Ibarra
Martin M. Ibarra, 1800 block of Clayton Avenue, Racine, misdemeanor battery (domestic abuse assessments, felony domestic abuse repeater), disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments, felony domestic abuse repeater).
Jameel L. Lomack
Jameel L. Lomack, 1900 block of Mead Street, Racine, misdemeanor battery (domestic abuse assessments), disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments).
Kevin A. Petty
Kevin A. Petty, 1100 block of Center Street, Racine, operating without a license (2nd offense within 3 years), misdemeanor bail jumping, operating without a license (3rd or subsequent offense within 3 years).
Sabrina E. Pompey
Sabrina E. Pompey, 1600 block of South Memorial Drive, Racine, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct.
Ladell O. Bogan
Ladell O. Bogan, 1600 block of Charles Street, Racine, possession of narcotics, disorderly conduct, resisting an officer, possession of cocaine. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/silver-lake-man-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/article_0588a5c0-175b-11ed-aaca-0ba2a7f30253.html | 2022-08-08T21:50:13 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/silver-lake-man-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/article_0588a5c0-175b-11ed-aaca-0ba2a7f30253.html |
The Little Leaguers of Kenosha were edged Monday morning by the state team from Minnesota, 3-1, in a Little League World Series Regional contest in Whitestown, Ind.
Coon Rapids Andover American Little League team scored three runs in the sixth and final inning of a scoreless game to take the victory.
Both teams were strong on the pitcher's mound on Monday, but Minnesota was just a little bit stronger at the plate in getting the victory. Parker Jeserig started the game for the Kenosha team and recorded 18 outs.
Chase Groshong took the win for Minnesota. The righty went five and a third innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out two. William Weltz threw two-thirds of an inning in relief out of the bullpen.
Jeserig took the loss for Wisconsin. The righty lasted six innings, allowing five hits and three runs while striking out four.
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Nick Falk, Mallory Meier and Max Payette each collected one hit to lead Wisconsin. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/little-leaguers-of-kenosha-falls-monday-to-minnesota-in-little-league-world-series-regional-action/article_c4bb789e-1753-11ed-be50-cbc5c1f4119c.html | 2022-08-08T21:50:19 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/little-leaguers-of-kenosha-falls-monday-to-minnesota-in-little-league-world-series-regional-action/article_c4bb789e-1753-11ed-be50-cbc5c1f4119c.html |
Due to staffing limitations, Anderson pool and Washington pool will be closed some days this season.
Splashpads will be operational daily at Roosevelt and Schulte Parks and at the lakefront. The splashpad at Anderson will be open on pool days only.
After being closed on Monday, the following is the pool schedule for the rest of the week, weather and sufficient staff permitting:
- Tuesday: Anderson Open / Washington Closed
- Wednesday: Anderson Open / Washington Closed
- Thursday: Anderson Closed / Washington Open
- Friday: Anderson Closed / Washington Open
- Saturday: Anderson Open / Washington Closed
- Sunday: Anderson Closed / Washington Open
The City will provide updates regarding operations, including feature closures, capacity limitations or pool closures on its web page: https://www.kenosha.org/departments/publicworks/parks/locations-amenities#swimming-pools.
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The week of Aug. 15 will be the last week Anderson and Washington pools will be open for the season. The last day pools are open will be Aug. 21.
Regular pool hours are 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. The pools are closed on Mondays.
Daily pool fees are $5 for individuals, age 3 and up, and $3 for adults over 60. The daily fee for a non-swimming adult is $3. Children age 2 and younger are admitted free with a paid adult (maximum of three children per adult).
What do you do when you're drowning? 4 water safety tips from the experts
More common than you think
Dave Benjamin, co-founder and executive director of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, usually starts his water safety classes by talking about fire. “What do you do in case of a fire emergency?” He normally asks the crowd of children. “Stop, drop and roll,” they say.
“What do you do if you’re drowning?” More often than not, the kids stay silent.
“Now, how often do you play in fire?” He asks. Heads shake. “And how often do you play in water?” For many children and teens, the answer to this last question is: Every. Single. Summer.
Drowning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is responsible for more deaths among children age 1 to 4 than all other causes except birth defects. For children age 1 to 14, drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths, just behind motor vehicle crashes. Water safety, Benjamin (pictured speaking) said, “is not common sense.” Even the most advanced swimmers could be at risk.
A precautionary tale
On July 27, 2013, 15-year-old Matthew Kocher was away from home on a camp trip to New Buffalo City Beach in New Buffalo, Michigan, earning community service hours for school. While standing in the shallow Lake Michigan waters, Kocher got caught in a rip current.
“We were basically pool people, like most people,” John Kocher (pictured in orange), Matthew’s father, said.
Matthew had little experience in open water. Kocher suspects his son and several other people in his camp group, were unaware that the waving red flags on the beach signaled hazardous water condition
The Matthew Kocher Foundation
After Matthew’s funeral, John and his wife, Kathy, set up a foundation in their son’s name. They have since partnered with Benjamin and the GLSRP to sponsor more than 300 water safety talks in Illinois.
The following are the water safety tips they hope will save a life.
“We would have told Matt about this. Matt would have listened,” John said. “He was that kind of kid.”
1. Know before you go
“Check the weather reports, check the wave reports and check for a rip-current warning. See if any flags are up,” Kocher said.
All of this information can be found on the National Weather Service’s website weather.gov. It is updated each day with watches, warnings and other advisories.
When at a beach, red flags signal hazardous conditions that would make swimming more dangerous. Yellow flags indicate rough but non-life threatening water conditions and green flags signal normal conditions.
2. Keep an eye on your child
Whether at the beach or pool, the National Drowning Prevention Alliance suggests parents designate a water watcher or water guardian.
“Even if you are with a group of people, have one adult whose main responsibility is to keep an eye on the kids in the water,” Adam Katchmarchi, the executive director of NDPA said.
Lifeguards should be additional, rather than sole supervisors.
3. Flip, float, follow
In a water emergency, GLSRP recommends swimmers flip, float and follow.
First flip over onto your back to float. Keep your head above the water, remain calm and conserve energy.
If in open water with a current, swim perpendicular to its flow, parallel to the shore, until you reach an area free of the current. If you see someone who appears to be drowning, toss a flotation device into the water then alert lifeguards.
4. Learn to swim
Swimming is an essential skill. However, 64% of African American children, 45% of Hispanic children and 40% of white children cannot swim.
This statistic becomes even more harrowing when it is revealed that of all nonswimming children, 87% plan to visit a beach or pool at least once during the summer. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/when-are-kenoshas-swimming-pools-open-this-week/article_f516d09c-174e-11ed-bc85-2f49a5433e45.html | 2022-08-08T21:50:25 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/when-are-kenoshas-swimming-pools-open-this-week/article_f516d09c-174e-11ed-bc85-2f49a5433e45.html |
SAN ANTONIO — The 21-year-old mother of Baby James Chairez, whose remains were discovered last year, will remain behind bars on a five year sentence, a district court judge ruled on Monday.
Baby James Chairez was 18 months old when he was reported missing in 2021. He was later found dead in the mobile home where he lived with his mother, D'Lanny Chairez.
In May, Chairez pleaded no contest to one of two charges of tampering with evidence. The first charge was dropped as part of the plea deal where five years of jail time was also agreed on.
"I guess giving her five years is better than letting her go," said Marisol Benavidez, James's great-aunt.
It's possible D'Lanny Chairez could face an extended prison sentence, after a Bexar County grand jury on Monday returned a multicount indictment on charges that she caused her child's death. According to District Attorney Joe Gonzales, the indictment was for injury to a child-intentionally or knowingly causing serious bodily injury to a child.
The indictment alleges that on April 28, 2021, Chairez intentionally or knowingly caused serious bodily injury to her baby, a child who was 14 years of age or younger, by manner and means unknown to the grand jury.
Gonzales said the charges amount to a first-degree felony, punishable by five to 99 years or life in prison, along with a possible fine of up to $10,000.
"We have every intention of moving forward and seeking justice for Baby James," the district attorney added.
Bill Simmons, who is representing Chairez, said he wasn't worried about the new charges and told reporters he's "confident the DA will do the right thing."
Benavidez hopes it will lead to more time in jail for her niece.
"Having her not walk the same streets I walk is justice," she said.
San Antonio Police initially started searching for the missing mom and baby in February of last year, in a case that received national attention. Surveillance video last showed James alive on Jan. 4 of 2021, with Chairez pushing him in a stroller. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/baby-james-death-case-dlanny-chairez-san-antonio-texas-prison-crime/273-f3d06488-9b99-4eb4-bd79-043b844130e9 | 2022-08-08T21:51:05 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/baby-james-death-case-dlanny-chairez-san-antonio-texas-prison-crime/273-f3d06488-9b99-4eb4-bd79-043b844130e9 |
GALVESTON, Texas — Four victims of a horrible Galveston crash involving a golf cart over the weekend have been identified. All of them were from Rosenberg and their ages ranged from 4 to 49, according to Galveston police.
We don't know how -- or if -- they are related, although the youngest and oldest victims have the same last name.
Editor's note: The video above originally aired on Aug. 7.
- Kaisyn Bentancur, 4
- Felipe Bentancur, 49
- Brailyn Cantu, 14
- Destiny Uvalle, 25
How the crash happened
The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday on 33rd Street, a few blocks away from Seawall Boulevard.
Police said a black Hyundai SUV failed to stop at the intersection of Avenue R and 33rd Street, hitting the golf cart and a black Dodge truck.
The driver was identified as Miguel Espinoza, 45, from Rosenberg. Police said he faces four counts of intoxication manslaughter.
Police said Felipe Bentancur was driving the golf cart and he died at the scene. The other three victims died at the hospital.
Two more people, an adult and another child, were riding in the golf cart and were badly injured. Both remain in the hospital in critical condition, at last check.
Police said Espinoza suffered minor injuries. At last check, he remained jailed on a $400,000 bond.
“It’s just a really bad, tragic accident that a drunk driver that’s from Rosenberg hit someone from Rosenberg,” family friend Sylvia Martinez said.
'It was terrible'
Neighbors are still traumatized by the devastating scene.
"The image of them kids won't get out of my mind at all," Donna Bekkema said.
Bekkema's neighbor tried to save one of the victims.
"My friend is holding the boy's hand and the other little boy is over there and the other little boy is under the truck like a ball," she said.
Family and friends said the people in the golf cart were on vacation.
“It hasn’t really hit. We know about it," Minnie Villaloboz said. "We felt it, but it will take time.”
Kimberly lives near the crash site. She said the tragedy hits especially close to home.
“It was hard. I mean, I have four children of my own, and having to see what we witnessed last night ... it was terrible,” she said.
Another neighbor said her mother is still traumatized from what she saw in the aftermath of the crash.
“There’s always a lot of traffic around here. Maybe if they had a four-way stop, maybe the golf cart would have seen the guy run the stop sign,” Nayeli Perez said.
The Galveston Police Department along with TABC are actively investigating this incident.
We have a crew in Galveston and will have a live update at 4 p.m. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/golf-cart-crash-victims/285-b91d89bc-e8a0-4dbf-b71c-595ec38bfc1c | 2022-08-08T21:51:11 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/golf-cart-crash-victims/285-b91d89bc-e8a0-4dbf-b71c-595ec38bfc1c |
GAS TRACKER: Olmsted Co. down to $3.84 per gallon, Cerro Gordo at $3.33 Aug 8, 2022 Aug 8, 2022 Updated 2 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here's the latest as of Aug. 8. Gas prices IA/MN Infogram Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More From KIMT News 3 Cerro Gordo County Mask mandate for Mason City not being planned at this time Updated Dec 2, 2021 Freeborn/Mower counties Albert Lea shooter sentenced for reckless gunfire Updated Dec 2, 2021 Community Rochester Salvation Army partners with OCPH to give free flu shots Jan 4, 2022 News Man stabbed multiple times at Rochester apartment; 20-year-old in custody Updated Dec 27, 2021 Local Olmsted County man pleads not guilty to child sex crimes Updated Dec 9, 2021 Cerro Gordo County Former MCPD officer wins lottery shortly after his wife's death: 'I think my wife was looking out for me' Updated Dec 2, 2021 Recommended for you
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Police seek man allegedly involved in homicide in Gila Bend
Laura Daniella Sepulveda
Arizona Republic
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man accused of killing another man on Sunday near Interstate 8 and Paloma Road in Gila Bend.
The suspect was identified by police as Javier Arvallo, 23.
The Sheriff's Office asked the public for help in locating Arvallo, who they said fled the scene in a red Dodge Journey with Arizona Cardinals plate TSA7LG.
Sgt. Monica Bretado asked anyone with information to call the department's tip line at 602-876-TIPS.
No further details were available.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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Goodyear man arrested on suspicion of videotaping under women's skirts at bar in Scottsdale
A Goodyear man suspected of videotaping under women's skirts at Casa Amigos in Scottsdale in December has been arrested.
Ryan Kocak, 36, was originally arrested for disorderly conduct after staff at Casa Amigos reported on Dec. 4 that he was using his phone to take videos up women's skirts, according to Aaron Bolin, a spokesperson with Scottsdale police.
A security guard said Kocak walked over to a group of women and started speaking with them, according to court documents. Then he placed his phone, which had the flash activated, below the women's dresses, the guard said. After seeing this, security guards contacted Kocak, escorted him outside, took his phone away and told him they were calling police.
Kocak tried to go inside and take his phone from security, according to the guard. His phone and surveillance footage were impounded as evidence.
Kocak was booked into Scottsdale City Jail and was released on Dec. 5 pending additional charges and further investigation for the videotaping.
Detectives reviewed the surveillance video and saw who they believe to be Kocak talking to the group of women "as his cellphone is at his waist level with the camera facing upwards and his cellphone light activated," court documents state. About 15 videos of surreptitious recordings were found in Kocak's phone, according to the documents.
Detectives arrested Kocak in Goodyear on Wednesday on suspicion of surreptitious videotaping, Bolin said in an emailed statement. After a search warrant was served in his residence, detectives found additional evidence of other crimes such as sexual exploitation of a minor as investigators also found digital files of child sexual abuse material, according to Bolin.
Kocak was booked into the Maricopa County Jail with charges including sexual exploitation of a minor, surreptitious recording and voyeurism. His next court hearing is set for Aug. 12.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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Man hospitalized with a gunshot wound after shootout with MCSO deputies in Litchfield Park
A man was hospitalized after a police shooting in Litchfield Park on Saturday.
At 7:30 p.m., Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a domestic violence report near Perryville Road and Olive Avenue. A man had entered a home in the area and was threatening the residents, who knew him, with a gun, according to a statement from spokesperson Sgt. Monica Bretado.
Deputies surrounded the house and gave the man several commands to exit, all of which he refused, police say.
The man later emerged from the garage with a gun and threatened the officers, Bretado said. It is unclear from the statement how he threatened them. At that point, police say gunfire was exchanged between the man and deputies before the man then retreated back into the house.
A SWAT team entered the house and took the man into custody without further incident. He had suffered a gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. It is unknown if the injuries he received were from a self-inflicted gunshot or from the shootout with deputies, Bretado said.
No deputies were injured.
The investigation is still in its early stages and no other information is available, according to Bretado.
Reach criminal justice reporter Gloria Rebecca Gomez at grgomez@gannett.com or on Twitter @glorihuh.
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CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Several local fire crews were dispatched to the Watauga Lake location of Southern Craft BBQ on Monday after witnesses at the scene reported smoke rising from the building.
Chris Isaacs, chief of the Hampton Volunteer Fire Department, told News Channel 11 that when crews arrived, they found smoke inside in the main floor and attic.
After they confirmed the fire, Isaacs said a county-wide fire page was issued for all local agencies as well as a request for vehicles from the City of Elizabethton, Washington County and Sullivan County.
The fire, it turned out, was burning inside an exterior wall of the building that formerly housed the Captain’s Table. To reach it, boards and siding were pried away by crews on-scene.
At the time, no customers were inside the business since it closes on Mondays. Employees were inside at the time, with no injuries reported to local crews.
Isaacs said that the exact cause of the fire was still under investigation as of Monday, but added that no foul play is suspected. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/crews-respond-to-fire-at-carter-co-southern-craft-location/ | 2022-08-08T21:59:06 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/crews-respond-to-fire-at-carter-co-southern-craft-location/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Wichita Police Department is holding a news conference at 3:30 p.m. regarding the officer-involved shooting that happened in north Wichita on Sunday, August 7.
According to the Wichita Police Department, the officer-involved shooting started when 911 received a call for the report of a domestic disturbance with shots being fired Sunday morning. Officers arrived at the scene, and an hours-long standoff ensued. The suspect had fired shots out of the shed that he had barricaded himself in, resulting in an officer shooting the suspect. He was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/live-now-wichita-police-department-holds-news-conference-regarding-sundays-officer-involved-shooting/ | 2022-08-08T22:00:04 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/live-now-wichita-police-department-holds-news-conference-regarding-sundays-officer-involved-shooting/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Wichita Police Department (WPD) is investigating a two-vehicle crash that left one person in critical condition Monday.
It happened around 1:25 a.m. on Kellogg near Seneca. The WPD has not released details of the crash, only saying that it appears speed was a factor, and a car ended up rolling several times.
A police spokesperson said the person in critical condition is expected to live. Two other people suffered minor injuries. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-person-injured-in-early-morning-crash-on-kellogg/ | 2022-08-08T22:00:06 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-person-injured-in-early-morning-crash-on-kellogg/ |
An unseasonably cool weekend is giving way to another warm week in North Dakota.
Bismarck's high temperature on Saturday was 75 degrees; on Sunday it was 72 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Normal highs for this time of year are in the mid-80s.
In some areas the weekend weather bordered on chilly -- Jamestown on Sunday had a high of only 68 degrees, with a low of 50.
"Those (high temps) are about 10 to 15, maybe in some spots 20, degrees below average for this time of year," said James Telken, a weather service meteorologist in Bismarck.
The cool snap followed a week in which much of western and central North Dakota saw near-record heat due to a mass of trapped warm air known as a heat dome that brought widespread high temps in the 90s. Dickinson on Thursday hit 102, breaking a city record that had stood for more than a century. Two days later, the city's high was 65, a drop of 37 degrees.
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The weekend cooldown was caused by Canadian air swooping in from the north. Such sudden changes aren't all that unusual, even for August, according to Telken.
"Our entire climate record is an average of extremes," he said.
The change this week is due to warmer air from the west and southerly winds moving in. The forecast for Bismarck-Mandan calls for highs mostly in the 80s.
"Pretty close to 90, but it's not looking like those 100-degree days we had last year," Telken said.
Bismarck last August reached a record for most days in a year at or above 100 degrees -- 15. That was due mainly to the devastating drought that gripped the state in 2021 and caused the weather to have "a hard time cooling down," Telken said.
Drought has relaxed its grip on most of the state this year, though dryness has crept back into the southeastern corner of North Dakota in recent weeks, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a partnership of the National Drought Mitigation Center, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Weather the rest of this month might be conducive to dryness spreading in the state. The August outlook from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center indicates above-average temperatures and below-average precipitation for western North Dakota. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/weather/another-warm-week-in-store-in-north-dakota-after-chilly-weekend/article_ea4e2568-1747-11ed-9752-13107cda5f88.html | 2022-08-08T22:03:27 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/weather/another-warm-week-in-store-in-north-dakota-after-chilly-weekend/article_ea4e2568-1747-11ed-9752-13107cda5f88.html |
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The two men police believe are responsible for a shooting inside the Mall of America on Aug. 4 remain at-large, but three others have been arrested and charged with helping them flee from police.
Denesh Raghubir, Selena Raghubir and Delyanie Kwen-Shawn Arnold are each charged with felony aiding an offender to avoid arrest - harbor/conceal, according to criminal complaints filed in Hennepin County.
On Monday, Bloomington Police Chief Dr. Booker Hodges identified the alleged shooter as 21-year-old Shamar Lark, and an additional alleged accomplice as 23-year-old Rashad May.
According to criminal complaints for each man, Lark is charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, intentional discharge of a firearm and carrying a pistol without a permit in a public place. May is charged with aiding an offender to avoid arrest
Nationwide arrest warrants have also been issued for both men.
On Thursday, Aug. 4, police said two groups were involved in an argument inside the Nike store at Mall of America around 4:15 p.m. One of those groups included Lark and May, police said. After briefly leaving the store, police said Lark and May returned to the store and Lark opened fire at the other group of men involved in the initial fight, according to the criminal complaint.
No injuries were reported from the shooting, but the incident prompted Mall of America to go into a lockdown and close early for the day.
Bloomington Police said Lark and May were seen on surveillance video running out of the mall and into the IKEA parking lot across the street, and according to a criminal complaint, investigators learned that they were picked up by a Best Western shuttle and taken to the nearby hotel location just south of the mall.
Cell phone records revealed that May contacted 23-year-old Delyanie Kwen-Shawn Arnold multiple times immediately after the shooting and asked him to help them escape from the scene, police said.
Chief Hodges explained at a press conference Monday that Arnold then contacted his girlfriend 23-year-old Selena Raghubir, who was the assistant general manager at the Best Western. Police said Selena then sent her cousin, 21-year-old Denesh Raghubir, who worked at the hotel, to drive the hotel shuttle to the IKEA parking lot and picked up Lark and May, the criminal complaint states.
The pair were driven back to the Best Western, at which point Selena drove them to her and Arnold's residence in Bloomington, police said.
When officers arrived at the Best Western, police said Denesh Raghubir told them the alleged shooters were still inside the hotel – which police said was misinformation that impacted the investigation.
According to the criminal complaint, police executed a search warrant at Arnold and Selena Raghubir's residence on Aug. 5 where they located shirts worn by Lark and May, which were visible on surveillance camera, inside Selena Raghubir's vehicle.
Denesh Raghubir, Selena Raghubir and Delyanie Kwen-Shawn Arnold are all in custody.
"Anybody else that helps Lark and May, we're gonna lock up," Chief Hodges said.
"Please, please turn yourself in," Hodges said, speaking to Lark and May during Monday's press conference. "But understand our detectives are not gonna rest until we have you in custody."
Best Western released a statement on Monday, noting the employees allegedly involved have been terminated.
“We are deeply saddened by the violence that took place at the Mall of America last week and our thoughts are with the Minneapolis community," Best Western said in a statement. "Noting this hotel is independently owned and operated, we support the hotel’s decision to immediately terminate the employees who were allegedly involved in this terrible event. The actions of these employees stand in stark contrast to our brand’s values and the sense of community that is at the heart of our hotel family.”
Watch the Bloomington police chief's Monday, Aug. 8 press conference below: | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/3-charged-with-helping-alleged-mall-of-america-shooters-evade-police/89-d89fdcd9-49a3-4910-8ee0-236bfc34e36c | 2022-08-08T22:03:34 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/3-charged-with-helping-alleged-mall-of-america-shooters-evade-police/89-d89fdcd9-49a3-4910-8ee0-236bfc34e36c |
CINCINNATI — Keepers at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden revealed Monday that the new hippopotamus calf born last week is a boy.
The new boy calf is the sibling of Fiona, a famous hippo who was born prematurely in 2017.
“We’re just happy that the calf is healthy. The sex didn’t matter much to the hippo team, but it will be interesting to observe and compare the behavioral differences between a hand-raised girl and a mom-raised boy,” said Cincinnati Zoo’s director of animal care, Christina Gorsuch. “Will this calf be as comfortable with humans as Fiona is? Will he be less independent? Will he love cameras?”
The hippo’s mother, 23-year-old Bibi, has been close to her newborn since its birth last week, so determining the sex was not immediate. The two will continue to bond for another week or two in privacy, but visitors to the zoo are still able to see two other hippos, Fiona and Tucker, the Cincinnati Zoo said.
“Bibi and the baby, yet to be named, will spend the next two weeks bonding behind the scenes,” said Gorsuch. “A female would take her newborn away from the bloat for about that amount of time in the wild, and we try to give Bibi the choice to do what feels natural to her.”
The zoo is looking for name suggestions for the baby hippo.
Submit your name idea here. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/cincinnati-zoos-hippo-fiona-gets-a-new-baby-brother/530-347d2592-9b07-46c6-92c3-e560e3454dcd | 2022-08-08T22:03:40 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/cincinnati-zoos-hippo-fiona-gets-a-new-baby-brother/530-347d2592-9b07-46c6-92c3-e560e3454dcd |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi police and firefighters are at La Palmera Mall responding to an incident. Details are limited at this time.
3NEWS can confirm police were called to the scene at around 3:34 p.m. Ambulances and police units can be seen at the mall near P.F. Chang's.
"This was an altercation between two individuals and we don’t believe it is a continuing threat at the mall," said CCPD Senior officer Travis Pace.
No one has been arrested at this time and the suspect did leave the scene. Police have identified the suspect and are in the process of looking for him, according to a social media post from CCPD.
Police are asking that residents avoid the area until officers have properly investigated the scene, according to the social media post.
Statement from La Palmera
The incident involved two employees inside the restaurant, according to a social media post from La Palmera.
"The mall is secured and Corpus Christi Police Department is on site as an investigation is underway," said the social media post.
La Palmera said they will continue to provide more information regarding the situation.
3NEWS has a crew at the scene and will keep you updated as more information becomes available.
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ROUND ROCK, Texas — A dog that was in the car at the moment its driver was arrested for DWI died after the car’s engine and air conditioning turned off, Round Rock police said.
At around 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a report of a reckless driver in the 100 block of University Oaks Blvd.
As officers began the DWI investigation, they left the engine of the suspect’s car running and the air conditioning turned on, according to the Round Rock Police Department. The driver was arrested for DWI.
“At some point while an officer was waiting for Animal Control, the engine turned off on its own, unbeknownst to the officer,” RRPD said.
When Animal Control arrived, the dog was found dead. The owner was immediately notified, police said.
The dog has been sent to College Station for a necropsy.
“This was an unfortunate incident and we are trying to determine how this happened,” RRPD said.
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Gates man sentenced to 35 years in prison for child exploitation
Dejania Oliver
Salem Statesman Journal
A Gates man on Monday was sentenced to 35 years in prison for exploiting children online.
According to the Linn County Sheriff's Office, John Anthony DiMolfetto, 39, created dozens of profiles online and texting accounts to manipulate children as young as 7 years old for nearly a decade.
He was found guilty on 23 counts involving online sexual exploitation of children on Wednesday. DiMolfetto will spend a total of 35 years and 10 months in prison.
Investigators believe DiMolfetto exploited or attempted to exploit over 300 children across the U.S. in the six months before his arrest in May 2020.
DiMolfetto has been held in Linn County Jail since his arrest. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/gates-man-sentenced-to-35-years-for-child-exploitation/65396242007/ | 2022-08-08T22:07:01 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/gates-man-sentenced-to-35-years-for-child-exploitation/65396242007/ |
Salem Police ask for help in reaching train death victim's family
Salem Police are asking for the public's help in locating the family of a man who was hit by a train on Aug. 2.
The victim has been identified as 55-year-old Wesley James Crossman. Investigators have been unable to locate Crossman's family to notify them of his death.
Crossman was hit by a train in the early morning of Aug. 2 along the Union Pacific Railroad's rail line at 14th and Hines Street SE. An investigation by the Salem Police Traffic Team found that Crossman was walking along the track as the northbound train neared. The train's crew sounded the horn and attempted to stop but were unable, according to police. Crossman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators are asking anyone who knows Crossman or his family to call the traffic team at 503-588-6293. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/salem-ore-police-seek-help-in-reaching-union-pacific-train-death-victim-wesley-james-crossman-family/65396274007/ | 2022-08-08T22:07:07 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/salem-ore-police-seek-help-in-reaching-union-pacific-train-death-victim-wesley-james-crossman-family/65396274007/ |
Salem Sikh community feeds the homeless in remembrance of mass shooting victims
The Sikh community in Salem fed about 150 homeless people Sunday in remembrance of a mass shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in 2012.
Nine volunteers came to the ARCHES parking lot at 615 Commerical St. at 5 p.m. with pans of food and cold drinks. In Sunday’s 99-degree weather, the volunteers made sure everyone had their fill.
Navneet Kaur, the organizer of the community service project, said she felt doing this was the best way to remember those who were killed 10 years ago. Six Sikh worshippers were shot and killed by a white supremacist in Oak Creek and a seventh victim was left paralyzed from the attack and died in 2020.
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“We had a few options, like a candlelight vigil. But the point of this service is to bring communities together,” Kaur said. “So, we chose to do this. It’s a better way of remembering them.”
In a statement released Friday, President Joe Biden remembered the 10-year anniversary of the shooting.
"The Oak Creek shooting was the deadliest attack on Sikh Americans in our nation’s history. Tragically, attacks on our nation’s houses of worship have only become more common over the past decade," the president said. "It is up to all of us to deny this hate safe harbor. No one should fear for their life when they bow their head in prayer or go about their lives in America."
The Sikh community served fruit, salad, rice, garbanzo beans and lentil soup. Sodas and waters sat in a cooler with ice, which many people kept coming back to as a way to stay cool.
Dinner time is usually handled by Jerry Barza, who helps out ARCHES. He goes there every night to make sure whatever group is bringing food has tables set up as covering in case it rains, as well as garbage cans.
Barza said even when there is no group coming, he has no problem gearing up his own propane grill.
“If no group is doing dinner, I’ll do hotdogs,” Barza said. “They need to have something to eat.”
By 6 p.m., all of the food was gone, except for about a dozen to-go containers, which Kaur gave to ARCHES. People sat on the grass in the parking lot while they enjoyed their meal and talked amongst each other.
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Kaur said most of the people who came for food heard about the event through word-of-mouth so she was happy there was almost nothing left.
Once the food was gone, Kaur and the volunteers began packing everything up. Many people took cold drinks with them or bags of ice. Kaur was satisfied and said she would try to do this more often.
“One of the main beliefs (of Sikhism) is sharing your belongings,” Kaur said. “That’s exactly what we’re doing here. It makes perfect sense.” | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/salem-sikh-community-feeds-homeless-in-remembrance-of-mass-shooting/65395358007/ | 2022-08-08T22:07:13 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/salem-sikh-community-feeds-homeless-in-remembrance-of-mass-shooting/65395358007/ |
Critical fire weather could affect containment efforts on McKinney Fire
As crews continue to build containment lines around the McKinney Fire, a National Weather Service red flag warning will make for challenging conditions Monday.
"Firefighters are keeping their heads on a swivel with the red flag warning in effect, expecting periods of critical weather conditions across Northern California," the U.S. Forest said in its daily update.
Officials caution that the critical fire weather could affect fire-suppression efforts "as hot and dry afternoons, along with winds, could make control efforts difficult."
The red flag warning is in effect until 11 p.m. Monday.
As of Monday morning, the McKinney Fire had burned 60,379 acres. Containment was still at 40%, the Forest Service said.
The McKinney Fire, the state's largest wildfire to date this year, broke out July 29 near the community of Klamath River. Driven by strong winds that came up in the evening during the first day of the blaze, the fire destroyed an estimated 132 buildings, including 87 homes.
A community meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in Fort Jones at Scott Valley Junior High School, 237 Butte St. The meeting also will be livestreamed on YouTube and the Cal Fire Siskiyou Unit Facebook page.
The cause of the McKinney Fire is still under investigation.
At least four people have died in the McKinney Fire, including a longtime fire lookout who had worked in the Klamath National Forest since 1974. The Forest Service said Monday that Kathy Shoopman, 73, died in her Klamath River home.
Meanwhile, several other fires continue to burn around the North State.
The largest of those were the Yeti and Alex fires west of the McKinney Fire. As of Monday, those two fires were just over 8,000 acres, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
The Yeti Fire is 50% contained, while the Alex Fire is 80% contained.
"The Yeti Fire held again overnight. Crews continued to patrol Highway 96 to ensure that no falling snags or blowing embers cross the river and threaten containment," the Forest Service said.
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Crews continue to mop up the Alex Fire. "While little heat has been detected, there are still areas of unburned fuels within the fire perimeter, and crews are being extremely cautious to make sure that no pockets of heat remain," the Forest Service said.
Fires that make up the Six Rivers Lightning Complex are burning in the area of Willow Creek in eastern Humboldt County. Those fires had torched 6,773 acres as of Monday. There is zero containment.
The fires burning in far Northern California have cost federal and state agencies about $34.75 million in suppression costs, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The McKinney Fire alone has cost $28 million.
David Benda covers business, development and anything else that comes up for the USA TODAY Network in Redding. He also writes the weekly "Buzz on the Street" column. He’s part of a team of dedicated reporters that investigate wrongdoing, cover breaking news and tell other stories about your community. Reach him on Twitter @DavidBenda_RS or by phone at 1-530-338-8323. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today. | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/critical-fire-weather-could-affect-containment-efforts-mckinney-fire/10266264002/ | 2022-08-08T22:09:27 | 1 | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/critical-fire-weather-could-affect-containment-efforts-mckinney-fire/10266264002/ |
Siskiyou sheriff investigating media conduct during McKinney Fire
Five media outlets are under investigation for their conduct while reporting events during the McKinney Fire, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said.
“I’d like the public to know we are actively investigating complaints of the media’s conduct during the McKinney Fire. I am in communication with the (Siskiyou County) District Attorney’s Office about these allegations, and once our investigation is complete, we will be submitting it to the District Attorney,” Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue stated in a Facebook post Monday.
The allegations involve ABC News, KRCR News Channel 7, CBS News, KDRV News Channel 12 and the Los Angeles Times, the sheriff said.
LaRue said over the past week his office has learned the media have allegedly brought unauthorized people into evacuation zones, heard reports of trespassing on private property and disturbing the property where homes have burned where law enforcement continues to search for human remains.
In addition, “We are looking into complaints of media personnel opening burnt car doors of vehicles burned in the fire to photograph and film them,” Siskiyou County sheriff’s spokeswoman Courtney Kreider said.
News of the investigation of the five news outlets comes nearly a week after the sheriff’s office sent out a reminder to media not to violate state law when entering fire zones and other disaster areas.
That notice was prompted by an incident on Aug. 1 in which a news outlet brought someone who was not affiliated with the media past a McKinney Fire closure checkpoint, went onto private property and televised a segment with that person, according to the sheriff's office.
Under the California Penal Code, the media has access into closed areas to report about events in disaster areas that are often closed to the public, including active fires.
“I cannot emphasize enough how critical it is that fire scenes are not tampered with and that burned homes are not disturbed in order to preserve the integrity of each scene for the investigations,” LaRue said.
Kreider said the sheriff’s office has seen the reports in question and “we have gotten complaints also from the community and from our deputies and law enforcement officers that are assisting us, so it’s been a compilation.”
The McKinney Fire started July 29 and is the largest wildfire to date this year in California. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
As of Monday, the McKinney Fire was 60,379 acres and 40% contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
At least four people have died in the fire and the blaze has destroyed an estimated 132 buildings, including 87 homes.
Kreider did not know when the sheriff's office will forward its investigation to the Siskiyou County District Attorney's Office.
KRCR, the ABC affiliate in Redding, the Los Angeles Times and KDRV, the ABC affiliate in Medford, Oregon, did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
David Benda covers business, development and anything else that comes up for the USA TODAY Network in Redding. He also writes the weekly "Buzz on the Street" column. He’s part of a team of dedicated reporters that investigate wrongdoing, cover breaking news and tell other stories about your community. Reach him on Twitter @DavidBenda_RS or by phone at 1-530-338-8323. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today. | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/siskiyou-sheriff-investigating-media-conduct-during-mckinney-fire/10268419002/ | 2022-08-08T22:09:33 | 0 | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/siskiyou-sheriff-investigating-media-conduct-during-mckinney-fire/10268419002/ |
Bath & Body Works to open in new location
Popular store becomes latest to leave mall for Quail Creek Crossing
Bath & Body Works will leave Sikes Senter for a new location at the Quail Creek Crossing shopping center on Lawrence Road, according to the Quail Creek Crossing property manager.
Andy Lee, property manager at Quail Creek Crossing, confirmed the move Monday.
"They're one of the top sales per square foot here in town, but there's nobody left in the mall," Lee said.
Social media posts implied the company was staying in Sikes Senter but opening a second store. The company had not answered inquiries from the Times Record News by Monday afternoon and a manager at the local store said she could not comment.
Lee said construction will probably start in the next two weeks with an opening likely in October. He said Bath & Body Works will have a little more space than in its present site at the mall.
"We're going to split the old Dress Barn space in half and move them over there next to Five Below," he said.
Bath & Body Works, headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, has more than 1,900 stores worldwide. The stores are popular for fragrances and body care products.
Sikes Senter was purchased in February by Kohan Retail Investment Group, a New York company that specialized in buying distressed malls.
Dillard's Department Store, an anchor store since the mall opened in 1974, confirmed in May it was getting out. Old Navy, another mall stalwart, announced its move to Quail Creek Crossing in August 2021 before Sikes Senter changed hands.
While Sikes Senter loses large retailers, Lee said Quail Creek Crossing is thriving, with only a few vacant store fronts.
"Hopefully, we'll get that thing completely filled up by Christmas," he said. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/bath-body-works-to-leave-sikes-senter/65395554007/ | 2022-08-08T22:09:40 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/bath-body-works-to-leave-sikes-senter/65395554007/ |
Lake levels recede, but rain is possible this week
North Texas will have a chance to get rain for the next three days, but odds are not great. The National Weather Service has chances ranging from 20 to 30 percent through Wednesday night.
The rainfall is not likely to end the lingering drought. Wichita Falls is seven inches below normal precipitation totals for this date in the year. Areas to the west are seeing even worse rain deficits.
As of Monday, the combined level of lakes Arrowhead and Kickapoo -- the primary reservoirs that serve Wichita Falls and surrounding communities -- was 71.8 percent. If that combined level declines to 65 percent, more stringent water-use restrictions will kick in.
On Monday the Lake Arrowhead level was 74.5 percent of capacity and Lake Kickapoo was 64.9 percent. The city can also draw water from Lake Kemp, but it is not included in the combined levels. As of Monday, Lake Kemp was at 60.3 percent of capacity. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/lake-levels-recede-but-rain-is-possible-this-week/65395292007/ | 2022-08-08T22:09:46 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/lake-levels-recede-but-rain-is-possible-this-week/65395292007/ |
WFPD release victim’s name from Sunday’s fatal wreck
Wichita Falls Police released the victim’s name from a Sunday morning fatality accident.
Police spokesman Sgt. Charlie Eipper said Marion Cason Lee Miser, 24, of Devol, Oklahoma, was killed Sunday morning in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident.
One dead in overnight motorcycle crash
According to the WFPD Crash Unit investigators, it appears the motorcycle failed to negotiate the curve as the roadway turns from Southwest Parkway. Miser’s 2009 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle struck a concrete pillar after he failed to negotiate the curve. Miser was not wearing a helmet.
According to a previous Times Record News story, WFPD Sgt. Paul Newton said a passerby discovered the wreck just before sunrise.
Eipper said an autopsy has been ordered and the exact time of the crash is not known because there were no witnesses. This is the 11th vehicle fatality in Wichita Falls this year. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/wfpd-release-victims-name-from-sundays-fatal-wreck/65395586007/ | 2022-08-08T22:09:52 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/08/wfpd-release-victims-name-from-sundays-fatal-wreck/65395586007/ |
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard Public Schools said the district has 143 classroom teaching openings just two days away from the start of the 2022-23 school year.
The teacher’s union said it the district had more than 200 openings just a few weeks ago.
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In addition to new hires, the district said some substitute teachers are expected to fill the vacancies.
Carrie Gerace, who now chairs Brevard County’s Moms for Liberty chapter, said she’s one of those teachers not coming back.
Gerace said she resigned from Brevard Public Schools in the spring.
“I was in disagreement with the school board’s policy in terms of how they chose to handle things during the pandemic,” Gerace said.
Whatever their reason for resigning, the district said it is mailing former teachers, encouraging them to come back.
Last year, the district started the year with more than 90 classroom vacancies, the most it had ever seen before 2022.
Dr. Mark Mullins, Brevard Public Schools superintendent, said teachers were still successful in classrooms.
“It was all hands on deck and we filled where the needs were, and that’s what this organization will do again this year,” Mullins said during the July 28 school board meeting.
District spokesperson Russ Bruhn said applicants can be considered even if their four-year degree is not in education and teaching certificates can be earned while teaching.
“We’re doing what we can to get people who want to shape the future and make a difference,” Bruhn said.
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TITUSVILLE, Fla. – A Daytona Beach man was arrested after stealing a mother’s car as she was loading her children for the first day of school Monday morning, according to the Titusville Police Department.
Police said the mother was was getting ready to take her kids to school when Peña dropped his bicycle, jumped into her car and drove away.
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Officers said they identified the stolen 2013 white Kia within minutes of responding to the 911 call at about 7:30 a.m.
Santiago Peña, 43, was arrested after a car and foot chase. Police said he did not comply to a traffic stop and fled, driving at high speeds.
Peña, of Daytona Beach, crashed the stolen car and fled the scene on foot, police said. He was then arrested in a wooded area near the 3500 block of Cheney Highway at approximately 8:30 a.m.
“This crime against a mother and her children will not be tolerated in our city,” Sgt. Timothy Werring said in a news release. “Our vigilant officers worked skillfully and urgently to take this criminal into custody.”
Peña faces the following charges: grand theft, fleeing and eluding law enforcement, leaving the scene of a crash with damage, driving with a suspended license with knowledge, reckless driving and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Annual retraining this summer for Osceola County Sheriff’s Office SROs was longer and more intensive than ever before, according to Sheriff Marcos Lopez.
School resource officers extensively drilled active shooter training at actual school campuses for an additional 36 hours last week, making entry, breaching doors, and barging into classrooms as if an active shooter were on the loose inside a school.
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“In the wake of so many things that have been happening across the nation, I don’t want to beat on Uvalde too much, but we need to learn from other people’s mistakes,” Lopez said. “We’re going to be reinforcing this training on top of the 40 hours that we get, on top of the crisis intervention training.”
Lopez said all SROs also spent a full day on the firing range, practicing with handguns and long guns. Lopez is planning to put a gun locker in every school that will house a shotgun or AR-15. SROs trained when to use those and when not to.
“If they have the threat on campus and if it’s a long gun and they’re on their way to that threat, they can grab that rifle and continue forward,” Lopez said. “We’re also training if the threat is a lot closer than that rifle, guess what, you’re going to rely on this handgun and you’re going to go straight to this threat. We have to address these threats as quickly as possible.”
Deputies also drilled what the Sheriff calls the “lone response” — the standard plan now in schools across Central Florida: no resource officer has to wait for permission to enter a school. They are expected to go straight for the shooter.
“And every SRO that we’ve talked to understands this and is here because they want to and are willing to take out a threat,” Lopez said.
They also got a day of crisis intervention training, including roleplaying, learning how to listen, and talking to children in crisis.
“These men and women who do this every day, I haven’t had one who says you know what I don’t want to be in the school anymore,” Lopez said. “We’ve actually had people that are staying as SROs and they’re taking this training seriously and they’re continuing to want to keep our children safe.”
Crime analysts inside the Real Time Crime Center at the sheriff’s office can monitor live video feeds from inside a school in case of a threat, and guide responding SROs and responding deputies to that threat. The sheriff is working on getting all of the cameras at all of the schools connected to feed into the RTCC; currently about half are connected.
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“If an active shooter does want to come to an Osceola County school or is contemplating it, they better be aware they’re going to probably face not only severe consequences under the law but also they could meet their maker,” Lopez said. “Because these SROs are trained and done extra training to make sure they eliminate the threat.”
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County Public Schools announced Monday that the district will require parents and guardians to provide consent for school staff to provide first-aid to their children.
According to the district, parents will need to have their consent on file with the district before school clinic assistants can use certain materials — such as ice packs, Band-Aids, wound coverings, anti-itch creams or taking a student’s temperature — on students.
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School officials said the policy stems from Florida Statute 1014 — the Parental Bill of Rights — which prohibits the school district from “providing, soliciting, or arranging health care services without prior written consent from a parent/guardian.”
Parents can find the consent form on the back of the Seminole County Public Schools Student Emergency Card, which will be sent home with students on the first day of school, the district said.
If the school does not have consent on file, parents will be notified each time their child goes to the school clinic for care, officials said. Officials added that in this case, parents will be expected to pick up their child if they appear sick, unwell or need first aid care.
The district stated that school staff will still have the right to call 911 and provide emergency care for children in the event of “a serious accident, injury or illness,” regardless of whether consent is on file.
Furthermore, parents will need to provide separate consent for the following services:
- Health screenings
- Medication administration (prescription or nonprescription)
- Vaccinations
- Invasive screenings
- COVID-19 screenings
- Therapy (physical, occupational, etc.)
- Medical procedures ordered by a doctor
The first day of school in Seminole County for the 2022-2023 school year is scheduled for Aug. 10.
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MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. – A 35-year-old Stuart man whose body was found on Hutchinson Island likely died due to an accident, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the sheriff’s office, an early-morning beachgoer called for help after they spotted part of the body sticking out of sand on the beach south of the House of Refuge on Hutchinson Island.
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Deputies said it appeared as though the man died hours earlier from asphyxia due to being trapped under the sand.
According to the sheriff’s office, no foul play was evident, and it appears the man was resting beneath a sand dune while taking video of a sunrise when the dune collapsed — trapping him underneath.
Investigators said they are waiting on toxicology tests, though they expect the tests to confirm the incident being a “tragic accident.”
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Roseville high schools switch start times with some elementary schools as new law goes into effect
Roseville Joint Union High School District and Roseville City School District share buses, so they've had to move elementary school start times earlier.
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California schools push back school start times Subtitle here
Pencils are sharpened, notebooks are ready, and backpacks are hanging by the door in preparation for the first day of school.
As school starts for many California students, this year, high schoolers are preparing to sleep in and elementary school students in Roseville will be waking up earlier to attend their classes.
A law passed in 2019 made school start times for all middle schools and high schools in California begin no earlier than 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively, by the start of the 2022-23 school year. The law doesn't apply to non-mandatory "zero period," or rural schools.
The new law will make little or no difference for some California high-school students, but for students in Roseville, it pushes start times back by about 45 minutes.
The reason for pushing start times back? According to the law, early school start times can lead to sleep deprivation, which impacts students' health and academics.
Will students actually get more sleep?
Since the law passed, it's led to a debate among students, parents, teachers and school boards about whether it would actually help students get more sleep.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends children ages 6-12 should regularly sleep 9-12 hours per day, and teenagers between 13-18 should sleep 8-10 hours per day.
Based on results from Youth Risk Behavior Surveys in 2015, 57.8% of middle schoolers weren't getting enough sleep and 72.7% of high schoolers weren't getting enough sleep.
Alicia Wright is a mom with five kids who attend Stoneridge Elementary School, Eich Middle School and Oakmont High School.
"At first, when I heard that the high schoolers got to start later, I was excited about that just because I think it's so early for them to have to get to the school and I think that they could use some extra sleep," Wright said.
But after she found out elementary school students would be starting school at an earlier time, Wright said it likely won't improve sleep for her kids.
"Once I found out that the middle school and the elementary school is flip-flopping schedules that actually makes it harder than what we're doing right now, just because my high schooler will not get to sleep in because I drive them all to school, so she's going to have to get up with her siblings," Wright said.
Lisa Schrider teaches at Eich Middle School and she previously said the transition from middle school to high school could be difficult for some because they would have to get up much earlier.
"In retrospect, we always worry about our middle schoolers starting at 9 a.m. now and then going to the high school and starting at 7:45 a.m. and they seem to adjust. But, now it'll be the flip so we'll just have to see how it all plays out," Schrider said.
Rob Hasty, the executive director of Human Resources for the Roseville Joint Union High School District, said whether or not the new schedule helps improve sleep depends on the students.
"If students continue to stay up late into the night, early morning hours then all of this will not have the positive impact that we're hoping. As for kids, if they're taking advantage of that and getting the rest that they need, then I think we're going to be in really good shape and we hope that we will see the results as we start to look more deeply at the data and the information that comes to us from our students," Hasty said.
What time do schools start? Subtitle here
There are three elementary and middle school districts in Roseville feeding into the high school district, said Pete Constant a board trustee with Roseville Joint Union High School District.
Roseville Joint Union High School District
Schools start on Aug. 9 in the Roseville Joint Union High School District, and will typically start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3:20 p.m. There are also special schedules for minimum days and school events that may vary by school.
Roseville City School District
Middle schools in the Roseville City School District will typically start at 8:05 a.m. and end at 2:16 p.m., and they go back on Aug. 11.
"In addition, since we do share transportation for our students with Roseville Joint Union High School District, our elementary schools will also be impacted next year with most sites moving up their start times to around 7:45 am in order to accommodate bussing for all students," Michele Perrault, the Executive Director of Communications for this district, wrote in an email to ABC10.
Eureka Union School District
For the Eureka Union School District, there are two middle schools starting at 8:25 a.m. on a typical day and ending at 2:55 p.m. School starts on Aug. 11.
Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District
Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District schools start on Aug. 10, and the two middle schools will start at 8 a.m. and end at 2:11 p.m. on a typical day.
"Staff and families actually will feel very little to no impact on this as we are only needing to move two of our schools' bell schedules (Silverado Middle School and Antelope Crossing Middle School) by five minutes. Currently, each school starts at 7:55 a.m., and next school year they will begin at 8 a.m. We keep all of our bussing needs in-house, so this will also not impact us in this area either," Gina Nielsen, the Chief Communications Officer wrote in an email to ABC10.
Two Roseville school districts share buses
While not every school is heavily impacted by the changing start times, the Roseville Joint Union High School District and Roseville City School District face a unique issue because they share buses.
Pete Constant, a board trustee with Roseville Joint Union High School District, said the buses would have time to drop off students at both schools when high schools started at 7:45 a.m.
"Some of those issues that we had solved previously, like 'what does a family do when two kids have to go to school at two different schools?' well now they have to be there at the same time, which means the parent can't be in two places at one time. It also means our school buses can't be at two places at one time," Constant said.
The solution? Moving up the start time at elementary schools in the Roseville City School District.
"In addition, since we do share transportation for our students with Roseville Joint Union High School District, our elementary schools will also be impacted next year with most sites moving up their start times to around 7:45 am in order to accommodate bussing for all students," Perrault wrote in an email to ABC10.
Myndi White is a parent with a student at Sargeant Elementary School and a student at Oakmont High School.
"With the elementary, it's more of just a getting your younger kid up in the morning and going, which can be difficult at times. Just like with a teenager, it can be — you know all kids are different and out the door by like 7:15 a.m. so they can be at school at 7:30 a.m. that's pretty early for little kids that aren't used to that, so we'll see how it goes."
White's teenager at Oakmont High School is on the swim team and she wonders how athletic practices will be affected by the later start time.
"They’re not done until 5 p.m. or 4:45 p.m.... well, if it’s a whole another hour and fifteen minutes added on to school, they aren’t going to be done until like six, then it’s dinner time, then homework and before you know it it’s time to go to bed again," White said.
What about Zero Period?
One of the exceptions to the law guiding the new bell schedule is classes or activities offered to a limited number of students before the start of school, often referred to as "zero period."
Zero period isn't offered at every school, but for some students, it could mean their schedules won't really change with the start of the academic year.
Theresa Tran is a senior this year at Granite Bay High School. She's in International Baccalaureate and said she has to go to zero period as part of her program. Zero period at Granite Bay High School starts at 7:30 a.m. this year.
Tran said shifting back start times just means she's getting home later.
"I'm not really looking forward to it because like with the amount of sports I'm taking and like the rigor of academic work I have, I like getting to leave school earlier in a way like 2:30 p.m. in comparison to 3:30 p.m. I get home at around 7 p.m., I don't want to get home at around 8 p.m. where my brain completely shuts off at that time so I don't really like that idea," Tran said.
But for fellow Granite Bay International Baccalaureate senior Maggie Lindhurst, her dream is to go to bed at 9 p.m., but she usually gets to bed around 11 p.m.
"I think that shifting the start time earlier is gonna actually do a lot to help me get to bed at a reasonable hour. Because then if I fall asleep at 11 p.m. then I would get probably more like 8 hours of sleep, which is really, for me, like what my body needs and that would be very nice to have every night even if I was still not going to bed as early as I wanted — would be very, very helpful to have just a little bit of extra sleep like right before school," Lindhurst said.
Pete Constant said he thinks more school districts will take advantage of zero period.
"I think you're going to see a lot of school districts take those after-school activities and move them before school, which means it circumvents the whole purpose of the law. But again, you only have so many hours on a clock, and so if you can't do things after school, the only thing you're left with is before school because we can't have kids on campus at 10 p.m. at night either, so we've got to find a way to work all this out," Constant said.
For more information on schools in Roseville, click on each of the respective websites: Roseville Joint Union High School District, Roseville City School District, Eureka Union School District, and Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Netflix's "Most Hated Man on the Internet" is a three-part documentary-style series following Hunter Moore's website built on explicit photos used without consent.
"Determined to remove her daughter's photos from a revenge porn website, a persistent mother launches an online crusade to shut down its cruel founder," Netflix writes in its description.
Here are five things to know about the series.
5 things to know about the "Most Hated Man on the Internet"
- Hunter Moore, who owned and ran the revenge porn site, IsAnyoneUp.com, is from Woodland, California. Woodland is in Yolo County and is about 15 miles northwest of Sacramento.
- Some of the photos Moore posted on his site were stolen through hacking. They often included names, addresses and employer information.
- The term “revenge porn” was coined because many of the images were posted by jilted lovers to get even with former partners.
- Moore appeared in Sacramento federal court in 2014, and later pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting in the unauthorized access of a computer.
- He was released from jail in May 2017. Moore wrote a book in 2018 called "Is Anyone Up!? The Story of Revenge Porn." He is still banned from Facebook.
You can watch the full series on Netflix.
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Gas prices fell 21 cents a gallon in Indiana and Illinois last week, which both had among the 10 steepest drops in gas prices nationwide.
The price dropped by as much as 50 cents a gallon in Newton County, where it now averages under $4 a gallon again.
The national average of a gallon of gas dropped to $4.05 last week, according to AAA.
The cost of fueling up one's ride is 67 cents less than a month ago and 97 cents more than a year ago, according to AAA.
Gas now costs an average of $4.14 a gallon in Lake County, $4.08 a gallon in Porter County and $4 per gallon in LaPorte County, according to GasBuddy.com. As of Monday, the average price of gas was $3.89 in Newton County, $3.95 in Pulaski County, $4 in Starke County and $4.15 in Jasper County.
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Gas prices fell 11 cents per gallon in Lake County, 13 cents per gallon in Porter County, 21 cents per gallon in LaPorte County, 50 cents per gallon in Newton County, 34 cents per gallon in Pulaski County and 29 cents in Starke County over the past week.
“Oil is the primary ingredient in gasoline, so less expensive oil is helpful in taming pump prices,” said Molly Hart, spokesperson for AAA–The Auto Club Group. “Couple that with fewer drivers fueling up, and you have a recipe for gas prices to keep easing. It’s possible that the national average will fall below $4 this week.”
The Energy Information Administration estimates gas demand dropped from 9.25 million barrels per day to 8.54 barrels per day last week. That's 1.24 million barrels per day lower than last year.
An estimated two-thirds of adults in the United States told AAA they have adjusted their driving habits since the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent gas prices soaring worldwide in late February, such as by driving less and combining errands.
Gas prices have now fallen eight straight weeks and are down 68.7 cents as compared to a month ago, according to GasBuddy.com.
“The national average is poised to fall back under $4 per gallon as early as today as we see the decline in gas prices enter its eighth straight week. By the end of the week, 100,000 stations will be at $3.99 or less,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “Diesel continues to decline as well, and will likely soon fall under $5 per gallon. We’ve even seen nearly a dozen stations in low-priced states fall under $2.99, a welcome return to some lucky motorists in areas of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa. The groundwork is laid for a ninth week of decline, with areas of the West Coast soon ditching the $5 per gallon average. While I’m upbeat the drop can continue for another couple weeks, we’re starting to see some activity in the tropics which may increase risk of potential disruption.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/gas-prices-fall-21-cents-a-gallon-in-indiana-and-illinois-now-under-4-a/article_761610be-2513-56c3-b60f-3defebe4d4ab.html | 2022-08-08T22:13:06 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/gas-prices-fall-21-cents-a-gallon-in-indiana-and-illinois-now-under-4-a/article_761610be-2513-56c3-b60f-3defebe4d4ab.html |
CROWN POINT — Michael A. Brown has returned to the role of Lake County clerk after being caucused in Saturday morning.
Brown replaced former Lake County Circuit Court Judge Lorenzo Arredondo, who resigned July 14 due to continued health issues following a Jan. 13 fall. County Clerk Chief Deputy Nikki Angel temporarily led the clerk's office after Arredondo's resignation.
Brown was the only person to declare his candidacy for the caucus. He won the Democratic nomination for county clerk at the May 3 primary and will run unopposed for a four-year term in the Nov. 8 general election.
Brown previously served as Lake County clerk from 2010 to 2018. He resigned in 2018 after he was caucused in to fill the at-large Gary Common Council seat previously held by current state Rep. Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary. Brown has continued to work as an administrator in the county clerk's office.
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On Saturday morning, Brown resigned from the council, and he said he expects the caucus to fill his position will take place later this month.
"I believe in serving the community. I believe we all have a gift of some sort and we should use it," Brown said. "I truly believe that public service is my calling, it is part of who I am."
Brown said he learned a lot working alongside Arredondo in the county clerks' office.
"I have so much respect for what he brought as a mentor for all of us over the years," Brown said. "He set a standard that we (the clerk's office) would like to maintain."
Brown also served as county recorder from 2005 to 2010.
The various elected positions Brown has held taught him how to work with the public, how to establish positive working relationships with members of the business community and showed him the ins and outs of the budgeting process, he said.
For Brown, the bottom line has always been service.
"It's an honor that the voters continue to place their trust in me," Brown said. "We (elected officials) are taking care of peoples' lives, we have a huge responsibility." | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/gary-councilman-mike-brown-replaces-lorenzo-arredondo-as-lake-county-clerk/article_bda9bc32-830c-5839-a800-3054adc7b67b.html | 2022-08-08T22:13:19 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/gary-councilman-mike-brown-replaces-lorenzo-arredondo-as-lake-county-clerk/article_bda9bc32-830c-5839-a800-3054adc7b67b.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police are investigating a death in the Parkrose Heights neighborhood in northeast Portland.
Officers at the East Precinct responded to a call reporting an assault at 1:33 a.m., according to a news release from the Portland Police Bureau.
When they arrived at Northeast 104th Avenue near Weidler Street, the officers found an adult woman dead at the scene.
The Portland Police Homicide Unit responded to investigate. The identity of the victim will be released after they are positively identified, their family has been notified and the medical examiner has confirmed their cause of death, police said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Eric McDaniel at 503-823-0833 or Eric.McDaniel@portlandoregon.gov or Detective Jeff Pontius at 503-823-0433 or Jeffery.Pontius@portlandoregon.gov and reference case number 22-212419.
Portland has seen at least 50 homicides so far in 2022, the latest of which appears to have been a fatal shooting near an Amazon warehouse in north Portland in the early hours of Saturday morning. Officers responded to a report of someone shot and arrived to find a man dead, with no suspects at the scene.
The city has seen a spike in homicides in recent years amid a wave of gun violence. A report released last month found that Portland saw a 144% increase in homicides from 2019 through 2021 and a 241% increase in non-fatal shootings.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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ROUND ROCK, Texas — A dog that was in the car at the moment its driver was arrested for DWI died after the car’s engine and air conditioning turned off, Round Rock police said.
At around 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a report of a reckless driver in the 100 block of University Oaks Blvd.
As officers began the DWI investigation, they left the engine of the suspect’s car running and the air conditioning turned on, according to the Round Rock Police Department. The driver was arrested for DWI.
“At some point while an officer was waiting for Animal Control, the engine turned off on its own, unbeknownst to the officer,” RRPD said.
When Animal Control arrived, the dog was found dead. The owner was immediately notified, police said.
The dog has been sent to College Station for a necropsy.
“This was an unfortunate incident and we are trying to determine how this happened,” RRPD said.
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GALVESTON, Texas — Four victims of a horrible Galveston crash involving a golf cart over the weekend have been identified. All of the victims were from Rosenberg and their ages ranged from 4 to 49, according to Galveston police.
Editor's note: The video above originally aired on Aug. 7.
- Kaisyn Bentancur, 4
- Felipe Bentancur, 49
- Brailyn Cantu, 14
- Destiny Uvalle, 25
Destiny was Felipe Bentancur's niece and both children were his grandkids. His wife and a third grandchild were also in the golf cart and both were critically injured.
Friends and family brought balloons and other items to the scene Sunday, still processing the sudden loss of four people.
In Rosenberg, four candles lined a front porch in the victims' neighborhood.
“Like a bad dream, like a really bad dream," family friend Sylvia Martinez said.
“It’ll take time to heal, and you can’t express what the other people are feeling until you’ve been there," relative Minnie Villalobox told us.
Relatives say the family was on a quick vacation to the island before the kids returned to school. They were Lamar Consolidated ISD students and family members said Brailyn was excited about beginning his freshman year.
How the crash happened
The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday on 33rd Street, a few blocks away from Seawall Boulevard.
Police said a black Hyundai SUV failed to stop at the intersection of Avenue R and 33rd Street, hitting the golf cart and a black Dodge truck.
The driver was identified as Miguel Espinoza, 45, from Rosenberg. Police said he was drunk and he faces four counts of intoxication manslaughter.
“It’s just a really bad, tragic accident that a drunk driver that’s from Rosenberg hit someone from Rosenberg,” family friend Sylvia Martinez said.
Investigators said Felipe Bentancur was driving the golf cart and he died at the scene. The other three victims died at the hospital.
Police said Espinoza suffered minor injuries and he appeared in court Monday morning. At last check, the suspect remained jailed on a $400,000 bond.
“This is a terrible situation and the Galveston Police Department is very disturbed by this incident," GPD Sgt. Derek Gaspard said.
In the wake of this tragedy, Galveston’s mayor says the city council will discuss additional safety measures regarding golf carts.
'It was terrible'
Neighbors are still traumatized by the devastating scene.
"The image of them kids won't get out of my mind at all," Donna Bekkema said.
Bekkema's neighbor tried to save one of the victims.
"My friend is holding the boy's hand and the other little boy is over there and the other little boy is under the truck like a ball," she said.
Family and friends said the people in the golf cart were on vacation.
“It hasn’t really hit. We know about it," Minnie Villaloboz said. "We felt it, but it will take time.”
Kimberly lives near the crash site. She said the tragedy hits especially close to home.
“It was hard. I mean, I have four children of my own, and having to see what we witnessed last night ... it was terrible,” she said.
Another neighbor said her mother is still traumatized from what she saw in the aftermath of the crash.
“There’s always a lot of traffic around here. Maybe if they had a four-way stop, maybe the golf cart would have seen the guy run the stop sign,” Nayeli Perez said.
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Recent growth from the Moose fire has decreased the area that firefighters have contained, pushing back the estimated containment date by two weeks.
As ofMonday morning, the human-caused fire had burned 68,771 acres in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, about 17 miles north of Salmon. The fire started July 17 and remains under investigation.
On Friday, the U.S. Forest Service reported containment of the fire had been reduced to 11%. Containment had been consistently above 20% during the week prior to Friday but the fire had grown during the week with little to no containment added, according to a Friday Salmon-Challis National Forest Facebook post.
According to a Monday InciWeb Incident Information System report, the fire is 16% contained and estimated to be fully contained by Sept. 15. Before Friday, the estimated containment date was Aug. 31.
There are 1,318 firefighters, 35 hand crews, 66 engines and 10 helicopters working to put out the fire and protect private property, the Salmon Municipal Watershed, powerlines and other important infrastructure in the region.
Light rains over the weekend helped firefighters strengthen containment lines, but increased fire behavior is expected to resume this week as warm and dry weather patterns are expected to move back into the area, according to a Monday update from the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
Residents from Tower Creek to North Fork remain in a “SET” evacuation status. Residents from Squaw Creek to Pine Creek on Salmon Road are also in “SET” status and all other zones are in “Ready” status.
The Lemhi County Sheriff’s Office recommends residents in “SET” status to prepare an emergency supply kit and be ready to evacuate to a safe location outside of the fire area.
The Salmon-Challis National Forest issued a closure order for the Moose fire on Saturday but land north of Salmon River Road remains open and the road is open to two-way traffic from North Fork to Spring Creek. Details and a closure map can be found at bit.ly/3Qq23ea.
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Police responding to a bomb threat at a New Jersey hospital discovered a massive weapons cache hidden inside an employee's unlocked closet that contained more than three dozen firearms, according to police.
A report of a bomb at Hudson Regional Hospital was called in to Secaucus Police just after 3 p.m. on July 18, the department said Monday. As officers and bomb detection dogs swept the medical center, one of the canines detected something in an unlocked closet inside an employee's office.
Inside, police found a hoard of rifles, shotguns and handguns, as well as ammunition. Secaucus Police said that 11 handguns, 27 rifles and shotguns, and a .45-caliber semi-automatic Kriss Vector rifle with a high-capacity magazine was found inside. Fourteen rounds of high-capacity ammunition was also found.
While the bomb threat turned out to be a hoax, according to police, officers did arrest the employee whose office closet the weapons cache was found inside. Reuven Alonalayoff, the marketing director for Hudson Regional Hospital, was arrested on Aug. 7 at Newark Liberty International Airport, with the help of Homeland Security Investigations.
The 46-year-old Alonalayoff was charged with possession of an assault firearm and two counts of possession of a high-capacity magazine. It was not clear how the employee was able to get so many guns inside the hospital, or how long they had been stashed at that location.
"The unsecured storage of a large cache of weaponry, especially in this location, certainly creates a risk to public safety," said Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller. "I commend the efforts and professionalism of all the police personnel involved in this investigation, an am thankful this situation was resolved without anyone being harmed."
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An arrest was made Monday in the 1996 killing of a 33-year-old woman in the Bronx, NYPD officials announced.
Gregory Fleetwood, 66, also of the Bronx, was arrested on murder charges for the death of Jasmine Porter. The circumstances surrounding his arrest weren't immediately clear, but officials said DNA was key to the investigation.
According to police, Porter was found dead in the building where she lived on Feb. 5, 1996. Officers found the 33-year-old at her Davidson Avenue residence unconscious with neck trauma.
This story is developing.
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LOUISVILLE, Ken. (KSNW) — Ava and Amy Jones, the Nickerson mother and daughter who have been hospitalized after being hit by a car while standing on a sidewalk in Louisville, Kentucky, are coming home soon.
The two have made incredible strides and are set to be released from a rehabilitation center on Aug. 17. Friends and family are working to have their home ready since both Amy and Ava are currently in wheelchairs.
Amy and Ava were injured on the night of Tuesday, July 5, while in Louisville for a basketball tournament. They were out for a walk with two other members of their family when an impaired driver drove onto the sidewalk and struck the family. All four were taken to the hospital.
Trey Jones, Ava’s father and Amy’s husband, was critically injured during the crash. He died two days later in the hospital. The other family member was treated and released.
The impaired driver, 33-year-old Michael Hurley, has been charged with murder, and allegedly told police responding to the scene that he had just taken Hydrocodone and was, “so tired he could not make the turn.”
Ava had just committed to play at the University of Iowa a few days before the crash. KSN News featured her on a Competitive Drive segment earlier this year.
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Greenville man pleads guilty, another convicted in armed robberies in Mauldin in 2019
One Greenville man pled guilty and another was convicted in connection to armed robberies at a Dollar General discount store and a Spinx convenience store in Mauldin in 2019.
Kendrell De'Angelo Warren Jr., 24, pled guilty Aug. 1 to two counts of armed robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of possession of a weapon and criminal conspiracy, according to Caroline Davis, a law clerk to Judge Edward W. Miller.
Days later, Keymore Barnwell, 27, was found guilty by jurors of armed robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of pointing and presenting a firearm, possession of a weapon and two counts of criminal conspiracy, according to the 13th Circuit Solicitor's Office.
Barnwell was sentenced to 35 years and Warren was sentenced 27 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections, according to a press release.
According to the Solicitor's Office, in January 2019, Barnwell and Warren entered a Dollar General in Mauldin armed with handguns and pointed their weapons to the clerk and robbed the store. After leaving, Barnwell pointed and presented his gun again to a woman who entered the store with her daughter, according to the solicitor, before Barnwell and Warren also robbed a Spinx gas station and fled on foot.
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The two men police believe are responsible for a shooting inside the Mall of America on Aug. 4 remain at-large, but three others have been arrested and charged with helping them flee from police.
Denesh Raghubir, Selena Raghubir and Delyanie Kwen-Shawn Arnold are each charged with felony aiding an offender to avoid arrest - harbor/conceal, according to criminal complaints filed in Hennepin County.
On Monday, Bloomington Police Chief Dr. Booker Hodges identified the alleged shooter as 21-year-old Shamar Lark, and an additional alleged accomplice as 23-year-old Rashad May.
According to criminal complaints for each man, Lark is charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, intentional discharge of a firearm and carrying a pistol without a permit in a public place. May is charged with aiding an offender to avoid arrest
Nationwide arrest warrants have also been issued for both men.
On Thursday, Aug. 4, police said two groups were involved in an argument inside the Nike store at Mall of America around 4:15 p.m. One of those groups included Lark and May, police said. After briefly leaving the store, police said Lark and May returned to the store and Lark opened fire at the other group of men involved in the initial fight, according to the criminal complaint.
No injuries were reported from the shooting, but the incident prompted Mall of America to go into a lockdown and close early for the day.
Bloomington Police said Lark and May were seen on surveillance video running out of the mall and into the IKEA parking lot across the street, and according to a criminal complaint, investigators learned that they were picked up by a Best Western shuttle and taken to the nearby hotel location just south of the mall.
Cell phone records revealed that May contacted 23-year-old Delyanie Kwen-Shawn Arnold multiple times immediately after the shooting and asked him to help them escape from the scene, police said.
Chief Hodges explained at a press conference Monday that Arnold then contacted his girlfriend 23-year-old Selena Raghubir, who was the assistant general manager at the Best Western. Police said Selena then sent her cousin, 21-year-old Denesh Raghubir, who worked at the hotel, to drive the hotel shuttle to the IKEA parking lot and picked up Lark and May, the criminal complaint states.
The pair were driven back to the Best Western, at which point Selena drove them to her and Arnold's residence in Bloomington, police said.
When officers arrived at the Best Western, police said Denesh Raghubir told them the alleged shooters were still inside the hotel – which police said was misinformation that impacted the investigation.
According to the criminal complaint, police executed a search warrant at Arnold and Selena Raghubir's residence on Aug. 5 where they located shirts worn by Lark and May, which were visible on surveillance camera, inside Selena Raghubir's vehicle.
Denesh Raghubir, Selena Raghubir and Delyanie Kwen-Shawn Arnold are all in custody.
"Anybody else that helps Lark and May, we're gonna lock up," Chief Hodges said.
"Please, please turn yourself in," Hodges said, speaking to Lark and May during Monday's press conference. "But understand our detectives are not gonna rest until we have you in custody."
Best Western released a statement on Monday, noting the employees allegedly involved have been terminated.
“We are deeply saddened by the violence that took place at the Mall of America last week and our thoughts are with the Minneapolis community," Best Western said in a statement. "Noting this hotel is independently owned and operated, we support the hotel’s decision to immediately terminate the employees who were allegedly involved in this terrible event. The actions of these employees stand in stark contrast to our brand’s values and the sense of community that is at the heart of our hotel family.”
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LANCASTER, Pa. — Blistering heat is causing local doctors to be concerned about roofers and other outdoor workers.
Dr. Anthony Guarracino from UPMC said that heat illness and exhaustion can creep up on people unknowingly.
“You're outside, you feel good, you're doing your normal activities and you don’t realize it's hotter or more humid than usual, " said Dr. Guarracino. "Your sweat isn’t evaporating and so, therefore, you're more likely to suffer from heat-related illness.”
And while working on a roof, Kevin O'Connell, owner and vice president of operations at Joyland Roofing, said temperatures can be even worse.
“The temperatures on a ninety-degree day are going to be up to 160, 170, or 180 degrees on that roof," said O'Connell. "A lighter roof will probably be between 110 to 115 degrees.”
Even so, these roofers have to work, but not without taking the proper precautions.
O'Connell said that every Monday in the summer, he teaches his staff about ways to stay safe in the heat and to be aware of heat exhaustion and heat illnesses.
“They know what the signs are, what to look for in themselves, and also what to look for in each other and keep an eye on the other guy,” said O'Connell.
The most important thing for O'Connell is to keep his staff hydrated.
“We have an ice chest full of drinks, we stay on that thing pretty consistently,” said Jason Martin, a repair technician for Joyland Roofing.
Besides hydration, O'Connell makes sure to not keep his team in the sweltering heat too long.
"The team is encouraged to start earlier in the day when it's cooler and to quit earlier in the afternoon, so we're not working till five or six o'clock like we usually are."
The key point to staying safe in the heat? Be smart.
“Mentally, if you're prepared for it, it's not too bad,” said Martin.
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NESCOPECK, Pa. — A community continues to grieve the loss of ten people — including three children —after a house fire Friday in Luzerne County.
We spoke with a neighbor of the family who says many in the neighborhood are still in shock after what happened.
Sounds of summer have been replaced with silence on 1st Street in Nescopeck.
"It's very solemn. It's not anything. There's no laughter, no, none of that," said neighbor Richard Powlus.
Flames ripped through the home early Friday, killing ten of the 13 people staying there at the time. The victims range in age from 5 to 79 years old.
"It's a shame what happened; too many people in a small house. They could not get out."
Neighbors tell Newswatch 16 that support for the surviving family members continues to be shown both at the scene and throughout the community.
"A lot of support; fire company had a dinner for them. There's fundraisers being done in Berwick and Nescopeck. My church did one on Saturday evening," Powlus said.
Despite the generosity and signs of support Newswatch 16 saw over the weekend throughout the greater Nescopeck area, neighbors say they will need more time for the reality of the situation to sink in.
"It hasn't totally set in to my wife yet, or myself."
Newswatch 16 saw state police detectives conducting interviews on 1st Street on Monday, but when we asked if there were any updates on a cause, they did not have any for us at this time.
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A trade like no other is rumored to be in the works and has captured the attention of diplomats and sports enthusiasts alike. The United States is purportedly working to secure the release of controversial WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian incarceration. But such a deal comes with strings attached and may be contingent upon releasing the so-called “Merchant of Death,” a high price for Griner by any measure.
For those who don’t know Griner’s backstory, she’s a professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury. She became a controversial figure in 2020 when she protested police brutality and racism by boycotting the national anthem. “I honestly feel we should not play the national anthem during our season,” she explained. “If the league continues to want to play it, that’s fine … I’ll not be out there.” Like former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the anthem, Griner’s choices attracted considerable attention.
While in Russia to play basketball earlier this year, officials found hashish oil — a form of cannabis illegal in Russia — in her luggage. That quickly landed her in jail, and she has since pleaded guilty, admitting, “I was in a rush packing and the [hashish oil] cartridges accidentally ended up in my bags.” Last week, she learned her fate. A Russian court sentenced her to a shocking nine years in a penal colony for possessing cannabis, which is legal in many U.S. states.
Naturally, the specter of almost a decade in Russian prison is terrifying, and Griner has begged for help from the United States government. Instead of showing any sympathy, some pundits have mocked her. “Bet she wants to hear the National Anthem now,” wrote Sebastian Gorka. Many like-minded folks responded similarly and seem to think that her national anthem protests are just cause for her home government to abandon her.
While I am happy to stand for the national anthem and recite the pledge, it is well within anybody’s constitutional rights to boycott them. Likewise, Griner is a U.S. citizen, and protesting the national anthem doesn’t nullify her citizenship. In fact, she should enjoy all of the benefits that the U.S. government has to offer any citizen, and I think one of the beauties of our form of government is that — in theory — Americans should enjoy equal protection regardless of how they exercise their rights.
With that being said, Griner broke Russian law and could spend the foreseeable future behind bars for a crime that is victimless and trifling. Some have suggested that she is a kind of political prisoner — caught in the middle of a diplomatic spat between America and Russia — given that her crime is so minor and she received such a serious penalty.
I don’t blame her for wanting the U.S. government to help her escape the Russian justice system, which may very well happen. However, I can’t imagine the U.S. government going out of its way to help a non-celebrity in a similar situation.
This aside, news outlets are reporting that a deal could be in the works to secure her release. The Russians might be willing to exchange her for Viktor Bout, the “Merchant of Death.” While Griner is a U.S. citizen, which makes her entitled to many privileges, the lengths that the U.S. is willing to go to help her must have limits, and officials need to realize that trading for Viktor Bout is a bad deal for America and the rest of the world.
“Bout, a 55-year-old Russian, was the world’s most notorious arms dealer before a U.S. court convicted him in 2011 and sent him to a prison,” reports NPR. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Bout managed to purchase Soviet weapons and sold them to various theaters across the world, including Afghanistan, Angola, Congo, Lebanon, Somalia and Yemen, according to some reports. He did so without any guiding ideology, selling to whoever was willing to pay him.
Why Moscow would want him freed might seem like a bit of a conundrum, but there are a couple of reasons. “It’s a real good public relations move for [Russian President Vladimir Putin] to show that he’s taking care of his own,” former CIA officer Dan Hoffman said. In the process, Putin can show the world that he extracted a massive concession from his main foe, the United States.
It remains to be seen whether this deal will go forward and what Bout would do upon his release, but it doesn’t seem beyond the realm of possibility that he might consider returning to his old trade. That would mean funneling deadly weapons into theaters of war, which will ensure that more people die.
While I am sympathetic to Griner, she shouldn’t be traded for an international arms dealer like Bout. The stakes and the price are simply too high.
Marc Hyden is the director of state government affairs at the R Street Institute. You can follow him on Twitter at @marc hyden.
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HERNANDO BEACH, Fla. — An elderly man in Hernando County is back safe and sound with his family after being found through a tracking device planted by his wife.
On Monday morning, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office received a report of a missing adult in the area of Hernando Beach. According to the agency, the elderly man, who suffers from dementia, was reported missing by his wife at 7:36 a.m.
Units were dispatched within moments.
The sheriff's office explains this isn't the first time the man has been reported missing — and this time, his wife was prepared. She attached a Bluetooth tracking device to her husband's belt.
Because she planted the device, she was able to give deputies a location to where to find her husband. Law enforcement was able to locate the man by 7:54 a.m.
He was returned safely home to his family.
"With the high heat index this time of year and the multiple access points to water in the area, we are thankful for this assistance of technology in order to locate this individual within 18 minutes," the sheriff's office wrote in a statement.
The sheriff's office says tracking devices like the one used in this incident can give families peace of mind when caring for an impaired loved one by being able to monitor their location.
"Whether it is a child with special needs or a senior who is forgetful, there are usually warning signs that a person is prone to wandering," Sheriff Al Nienhuis said in a statement. "Technology is one of the best tools family members can use to alert them when that individual has unexpectedly left the house."
"It also provides invaluable tools to increase the likelihood the person will be returned safely. We strongly encourage families to research what technology is right for their situation."
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TAMPA, Fla — After 93 years, Tony's Ybor Restaurant will be closing early next month.
Larry Scaglione says his grandfather started the restaurant off 22nd Street in 1929.
“We have a lot of loyal customers," Scaglione said.
Scaglione says the decision to close was difficult because they have so many regular customers. “We’ve actually grown really fond of a lot of them. We are good friends with them and their families," he explained.
A couple 10 Tampa Bay spoke to said they stop by the restaurant multiple times a week. Another man shared that he had a first date there and will never forget those memories.
Scaglione says all of their food is freshly prepared each day.
“I go to the market at five in the morning, and I pick up everything fresh," he said.
After a visit to the market, Scaglione stops by a local bakery to get some fresh bread. He then makes his way over to the restaurant and starts to get things cooking in the kitchen.
There are a few menu items that are crowd favorites.
“A lot of fresh vegetables and Cuban sandwiches," Scaglione said.
After years of hard work, Scaglione says he is ready to spend more time with his family and do some traveling.
“It's just time to step back and lighten my schedule a little bit," he explained.
Although the restaurant will be closing, Scaglione says he will be continuing his own catering company. The restaurants last day serving breakfast and lunch will be Sept. 2nd. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/ybor-city-restaurant-close-93-years-later/67-b8194d79-122f-4d1d-9b49-f6e52662828a | 2022-08-08T22:43:55 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/ybor-city-restaurant-close-93-years-later/67-b8194d79-122f-4d1d-9b49-f6e52662828a |
One in a series of articles looking at local artists who are contributors to Atlantic City's 48 Blocks mural project.
ATLANTIC CITY — The mural on the side of Little Water Distillery enhances the otherwise nondescript building. It also captures the city's historic and renowned spirit.
The "Spirit of Atlantic City" mural was created by local artist Christian Correa, of Brigantine, for the Atlantic City Arts Foundation's 48 Blocks mural program. Created in 2018, it gives onlookers a glimpse into some of the city's famous history.
The black-and-white mural on the gray brick wall of the distillery painted with regular exterior paint brings to life Club Harlem, which was the city's premier club for Black jazz performers founded in 1935. The mural also pays tribute to the Steer Pier's diving horse attraction, the God of the Sea Poseidon, and other attractions for which the city is known, including its gambling and casino history.
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"Art is usually geared towards beautification, and is nice to look at, but it can also be used as a conversation starter, a way to express feelings or concerns of the city," said Correa, 41 and a native of Atlantic City. "It gives people a reason to talk to each other and the community."
Correa said he doesn't feel like an artist since the distillery mural was the first he created and he did so with the help of fellow muralist Leah Morgan. Morgan is also tagged on the mural. Correa said he usually only makes art when asked since he is more into writing and comedy arts. But, he decided to enter into the 48 Blocks mural program as a way to facilitate his vision for the project.
"The Northside history is jazz. Club Harlem was the most iconic center for arts and culture when it was around, and now it's not here," said Correa, who used cross-generational, cross-cultural topics like the jazz club to articulate a concept that spoke specifically to the Northside neighborhood where the distillery is located.
The distillery itself also has leaned into the spirit of the murals project by dedicating some of its creations, such as the award-winning spirits 48 Blocks vodka and 48 Blocks dark chocolate martini to the artistic effort.
Correa, who is also the program director for Leadership Studio on South Tennessee Avenue, said supporting all sorts of art and artists is important to making Atlantic City the creative art hub it is striving to be. He believes it's a place where creative people can make art and get jobs. Correa said he believes supporting art is supporting wellness, since everything is art, from the music we listen to, the food we eat, and even the everyday things people do.
"The art scene in the city can go either one of two ways. Either it can become a cool art community that is organic, or it can become a fake art community that is commodified. It's up to the art community and the city to decide how to embrace it," said Correa. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/artist-christian-correa-brings-atlantic-city-history-to-life-with-his-48-blocks-creation/article_31d065b2-f723-11ec-ba6d-ef0fc55f7fb4.html | 2022-08-08T22:43:55 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/artist-christian-correa-brings-atlantic-city-history-to-life-with-his-48-blocks-creation/article_31d065b2-f723-11ec-ba6d-ef0fc55f7fb4.html |
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Isiah Pacheco were chosen by the Kansas City Chiefs on opposite ends of the draft spectrum, one of them a first-round pick with the accompanying expectations and the other a seventh-round longshot.
Midway through training camp, they might as well have been picked one after the other.
That's because Edwards-Helaire, the incumbent-if-injury prone starter, and Pacheco, the unheralded rookie, have swapped first-team reps on a near-daily basis.
And while veterans Jerick McKinnon and Ronald Jones II are fighting for roster spots of their own, the competition between Edwards-Helaire and Pacheco, a Vineland High School graduate and former Rutgers star, has become must-watch stuff for fans at camp.
"I'm curious to see those guys compete in games," Chiefs coach Andy Reid admitted. "We know a couple of (the running backs) because they've been here, and we're learning about the others. But it looks like a good group."
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The first chance to see them in games comes Saturday, when the Chiefs visit Chicago for their preseason opener.
Edwards-Helaire, the 32nd overall pick in the 2020 draft, is the known quantity in Kansas City, where he has started 23 games over his first two seasons. He's averaged nearly 4 1/2 yards per carry, caught 55 passes and has proven that despite his small, 5-foot-8 stature that he can protect Patrick Mahomes from would-be blitzers.
His biggest problem, though, has been that he's only played 23 regular-season games, thanks to a litany of injuries that put him on the sideline nearly as much as on the field. And along with missing seven games last season, Edwards-Helaire also missed the Chiefs' wild-card game before serving as a backup to McKinnon in the divisional round and AFC title game.
"Clyde has done a heck of a job — a heck of a job — staying healthy this entire offseason," said Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, who spent nine seasons playing running back in the NFL. "At the end of the day we've just got to make sure that we're emphasizing putting him in position to have an opportunity to make plays."
What could give Edwards-Helaire an advantage in the race for the No. 1 job? His ability to catch the ball out of the backfield — "I am a thousand-and-ten percent confident in my hands," he said — and his experience in Reid's offense.
Pacheco impressing
The playbook is thick. The terminology is complicated. The entire system takes time to learn.
Pacheco seems to be picking it up in a hurry.
He was the 251st overall pick in April's draft, which means only 10 players were selected after him, and his resume at Rutgers hardly made him a hot prospect. Pacheco only averaged 3.9 yards per carry last season, when he finished with 647 yards rushing for a 5-8 team, and he had a relatively modest 2,442 yards rushing in his four-year career.
Those numbers can be misleading, though. Pacheco was on a rapid rise before the pandemic caused chaos with his junior season, and the offensive line blocking for him the past few years wasn't exactly the best in the Big Ten.
It was at the NFL scouting combine that Pacheco jumped onto the radar of scouts. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds, the best among running backs, and backed up that sizzling speed with good numbers in just about everything else.
Based on raw athleticism, many teams no doubt would have made Pacheco a priority among undrafted free agents had the Chiefs not spent a seventh-round pick on him.
But it was clear their gamble could pay off big as early as voluntary summer workouts, when Pacheco began turning heads in Kansas City every time he stepped on the field.
"The thing you're guaranteed of is he's going to run hard. That's what he's going to do," Reid explained. "Will he have to learn the different schemes and how they work against certain defenses and at times be patient? He'll learn that. But you're guaranteed he's going to run hard. He's a good catcher. The rest of all that we can work with."
Notes: WRs Daurice Fountain (groin) and Gary Jennings (concussion), DT Taylor Stallworth (bruised knee) and TE Jody Fortson (quad strain) missed Monday's practice. ... The Chiefs waived DE Shalique Calhoun and signed DE Matt Dickerson, who appeared in 18 games with the Titans. Dickerson was released by the Cardinals on July 30. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/isiah-pachecos-strong-camp-has-put-chiefs-running-back-job-surprisingly-up-for-grabs/article_8c193506-1750-11ed-82d8-3fa4ea9229f1.html | 2022-08-08T22:44:01 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/isiah-pachecos-strong-camp-has-put-chiefs-running-back-job-surprisingly-up-for-grabs/article_8c193506-1750-11ed-82d8-3fa4ea9229f1.html |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Governor Asa Hutchinson called for a special session this August after a record surplus last year.
"This reinforces our need to lower tax cuts that's planned to lower our rates," he said.
In this special session, Gov. Hutchinson plans to provide tax relief. Those plans include:
- Lower the top individual tax rate to 4.9%, retroactive to January 1, 2022, saving taxpayers $295 million in 2022
- Lower the corporate income tax rate to 5.3%, beginning January 1, 2023
- Create a $150 nonrefundable low- and middle-income tax credit, saving taxpayers $156.3 million in 2022
The governor also plans to discuss aligning Arkansas law with the federal depreciation schedule.
He's hoping lawmakers agree to transfer $50 million from the state surplus for the purpose of a school safety grant program, consistent with the recommendations of the Arkansas School Safety Commission.
"That $50 million would be a good start," Gov. Hutchinson said. "A good support mechanism for our school districts as they try to carry out the responsibility that school children must be safe."
Spending for the recommendations will focus on threat assessment teams, mental health services and more.
"Which makes the need clear for a $50 million school safety grant program," he said.
The governor says the tax cuts will provide relief for all Arkansans.
"As inflation rises and the cost of living increases, Arkansans need more money in their pockets," he said.
The special session will begin this Tuesday, Aug. 9 and Gov. Hutchinson says he expects the session to last a week.
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SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — Salem police announced Monday that they identified the man who was recently struck and killed by a train.
According to the Salem Police Department, 55-year-old Wesley James Crossman was fatally struck by the train just after 6 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, while walking along the railroad tracks. The incident reportedly happened near 14th and Hines St.
Investigators say they have been unable to locate or contact Crossman’s family to notify them of his death. Police are asking the public to contact the traffic team at 503-588-6293 if they know Crossman’s family and how to contact them. | https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/police-identify-man-killed-in-salem-train-collision/ | 2022-08-08T22:48:38 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/police-identify-man-killed-in-salem-train-collision/ |
ATLANTA — The 404 Festival has canceled its 2022 event according to a statement released Monday.
"In light of recent events, we have made the conscious decision to pause this year’s 404 Festival to explore options that will allow our fans to celebrate the community inclusion, growth, and appreciation of the City of Atlanta," the statement read. "While every step was taken to responsibly host the event, a certain level of community sentiment ultimately led to the decision."
The festival is actively working to secure new dates for the event, which will be announced shortly, organizers said. Ticket holders and vendors will be automatically refunded in 7 to 10 business days.
The event, originally scheduled for Aug. 13 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Pullman Yards, featured headliners that included Big Boi, Outkast, Niko Moon, Roscoe Dash, Travis Porter, Ricky Petro and more, according to the website. In addition to the artists, the 404 Festival had also planned on highlighting over 50 Atlanta-based vendors.
"We look forward to coming back even stronger in 2023. For additional questions please reach out to havefun@atlantasportandsocialclub.com," the statement concluded.
The festival's cancellation comes one week after Music Midtown organizers also announced the beloved gathering will not be happening this year. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/404-festival-canceled-statement/85-9d288062-dccd-46ed-b010-e2f111c610ba | 2022-08-08T22:50:34 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/404-festival-canceled-statement/85-9d288062-dccd-46ed-b010-e2f111c610ba |
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DALLAS (KDAF) — August is Black Business Month and that means it’s time to acknowledge Black-owned businesses across the country by giving them your business to celebrate diversity and equality in the U.S.
NationalToday says, “When we celebrate the contribution of Black business owners and entrepreneurs, it pays homage to them and their legacies, especially since celebrating this month recognizes the importance of Black-owned businesses when it comes to contributing to the nation’s economy as well. Approximately 10% of all American businesses are Black-owned, and if we look at what statistics say about minority-owned businesses, about 30% of these would belong to Black business owners.”
These are some of the best Black-owned in Dallas according to Yelp:
- Brunchaholics – East Dallas
- Da Bomb Brownies
- Kitchen + Kocktails – Downtown
- Pangea Restaurant & Bar
- The Daiquiri Shoppe
- Da Munchies
- The Island Spot
- Whiskers Fish & Burgers
- Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles
- Krab Kingz – Desoto
- Soiree Coffee bar – Trinity Groves
- Whiskeys – Exposition Park
- The Breakfast bar – South Dallas
- Aunt Irene’s Kitchen – South Dallas
- Southern Classic Daiquiri Factory – East Dallas
Along with this list, earlier in the year Visit Dallas shared a “Full-day itinerary highlighting local Black-owned businesses.”
- Grit Fitness
- Pressed Roots
- Brunchaholics
- Good Cycle
- Shoal’s in Deep Ellum | https://cw33.com/news/local/august-is-black-business-month-these-are-some-of-the-top-black-owned-businesses-around-dallas/ | 2022-08-08T22:54:06 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/august-is-black-business-month-these-are-some-of-the-top-black-owned-businesses-around-dallas/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s about time you got your sport on and nowadays pickleball is king and it just so happens that Monday, August 8 is National Pickleball Day!
NationalToday says, “National Pickleball Day is on August 8, and we are here to show you can celebrate the day in a fun-filled way. Do you know that it has been 57 years since Pickleball was invented? The game combines traditional lawn tennis, ping-pong, a.k.a. table tennis, and badminton. The game is played with ping-pong rackets on a badminton court with a tennis net. Similar to tennis, but is less challenging, it’s suitable for people of all ages.”
There are plenty of places across the U.S. to play pickleball and Texas isn’t short of spots. In particular, North Texas has numerous spots around town to get your pickleball on. We checked out Yelp’s list best places and courts to play pickleball:
- High Point Park Tennis Center
- Oak Point Recreation Center
- Brookhaven Country Club – Farmer’s Branch
- Dove Park Tennis Courts
- Arlington Tennis Center
- Texas Open Pickleball
- Kingdom Performance Academy
- Franco Racquet Sports
- Life Time | https://cw33.com/news/local/check-out-the-top-spots-around-dallas-to-play-pickleball/ | 2022-08-08T22:54:12 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/check-out-the-top-spots-around-dallas-to-play-pickleball/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — “I’ll take a #2 meal please!”
Texas’ favorite burger place is turning 72 today: Whataburger. No matter whether you like their burgers, patty melts or breakfast the most, we can all agree that there is something delicious for everyone to enjoy at this iconic burger restaurant.
Harmon Dobson opened the first Whataburger in Corpus Christi all the way back on Aug. 8 in 1950 at the beginning of the golden age of drive-ins and the American automobile industry. Dobson opened a burger stand that was offering something the competitors didn’t; a burger so big you had to hold it with both hands when you ate it.
Now Whataburger has almost 900 different locations across the country and has expanded its menu to breakfast, chicken and signature items like Patty Melts and more.
Whataburger is celebrating the day on Twitter. “Today we turn 72 and we couldn’t be more proud of where we have come from, or where we are headed! Want to celebrate with us? Comment the reason you love Whataburger in 72 characters or less and we might hook you up with a free Whataburger reward on us,” they said. | https://cw33.com/news/local/happy-72nd-birthday-whataburger/ | 2022-08-08T22:54:18 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/happy-72nd-birthday-whataburger/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — “Winter is coming.”
Popular North Texas bar The Whipper Snapper is hosting the sixth iteration of its Game of Throne-themed pop-up event WHIPPERFELL in anticipation of the release of the new Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon.
Despite fans finding the ending of Game of Thrones to be lackluster, there is a lot of excitement mounting for House of the Dragon. This spinoff will be set 200 years prior to the events of Game of Thrones and will focus on the House Targaryen.
The event will begin this month on Thursday, Aug. 25 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. and will run until Oct. 15. It will operate weekly from Wednesday to Saturday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
The bar will undergo renovations to bring the world of Game of Thrones to North Texas with re-creations of different sets that will be easily identifiable from the popular Game of Thrones TV series.
Officials say guests will have the opportunity to explore the show’s history and a chance to sit on the coveted Iron Throne, a chair forged from 1,000 swords and whoever sits upon the throne is considered the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. Employees will also dress in costume.
There will be a photo booth present and other photo-worthy opportunities, themed food and drink menus, interactive experiences and entertainment. Customers can also buy exclusive merchandise which will be available behind the bar.
Food and drink menus will include:
Food
- Dothraki Burger – $8
- Dragon Claws – $8
- Wing & tail Sandwich – $9
- Little Fingers & Dragon Eggs – $4
Drinks
- Westeros Ale – $10
- Mother of Dragons – $12
- Unsullied – $12
- Iron Throne – $12
- Kings Blood – $12
- Milk of The Poppy – $12 | https://cw33.com/news/local/whipperfell-north-texas-bar-whippersnapper-hosting-game-of-thrones-event-beginning-on-aug-25/ | 2022-08-08T22:54:24 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/whipperfell-north-texas-bar-whippersnapper-hosting-game-of-thrones-event-beginning-on-aug-25/ |
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state.
New positive cases: 932
New deaths: 2
Total positive cases: 2,233,556
Total number of deaths: 31,243
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,170,857
Rate of transmission: 0.93
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 62,841 cases, 963 deaths, 381,368 doses administered
Cape May: 12,466 cases, 266 deaths, 134,676 doses administered
Cumberland: 37,238 cases, 581 deaths, 187,178 doses administered
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Ocean: 152,297 cases, 2,884 deaths, 704,502 doses administered
Figures as of 6:30 p.m. Aug. 8 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-932-new-covid-19-cases-2-new-deaths-rate-of/article_36bfc7ba-1768-11ed-9513-27c4e8870c23.html | 2022-08-08T22:56:57 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-932-new-covid-19-cases-2-new-deaths-rate-of/article_36bfc7ba-1768-11ed-9513-27c4e8870c23.html |
Detroit police arrest suspect, seek 2 others in deadly weekend shootings
Detroit police have arrested a suspect in one of the deadly mass shootings reported in the city last weekend.
The suspect is a male from Macomb County and remained in custody Monday evening, the Police Department said. No other details were released.
Investigators linked him to a shooting reported around 10:45 a.m. Saturday near Saratoga and Gratiot.
A 911 call reported hearing gunshots at an abandoned home police described as a known drug spot.
Officers found five people with gunshot wounds. One was pronounced dead at the scene and another victim died from their injuries, police said in a statement Monday.
Two victims were hospitalized in critical condition while a third was expected to make a full recovery, according to the release.
Nearly 12 hours later, about 7 miles away, another shooting was reported in the 19600 block of Andover on the city's east side.
Police said a group of people were playing a dice game when suspects sprinted around the corner spraying bullets.
The shooting is believed to have stemmed from an argument over the game, authorities said Monday.
Officers found six people wounded at the scene. A seventh victim later arrived at a nearby hospital.
A 35-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
By Monday, one victim remained hospitalized in critical condition, police said. The other victims were expected to recover.
Police continue to search for a suspect.
“It is sad to say, but Detroit is not immune to mass shootings,” police Chief James White said Monday. “We understand these numbers help make national media headlines, but to us, each one represents a person who is someone’s mother or father, a son or daughter, a loved one, or a friend.
"The two mass shootings were isolated and not random. I have full confidence in the men and women of the Detroit Police Department and their ability to get these violent offenders off our streets. Our thoughts and prayers are with the surviving victims and their families.”
Detroit police on Monday said they also seek a suspect in another weekend slaying.
At around 4 a.m. Saturday in the 11500 block of LaSalle, a man allegedly argued with another person then opened fire, possibly using a 9 mm gun, investigators said in a statement.
A composite sketch was released Monday of the suspect. Authorities describe him as a man 34-35 years old, 5-foot-6, 165 pounds, with a stocky build, bald head, mustache, long dark beard and cuts under his right eye and upper lip. He was last seen wearing a gray tank top and dark shorts.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Detroit Police Department Homicide Unit at (313) 596-2260. Crime Stoppers of Michigan accepts anonymous tips at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
Saturday's violence followed a mass shooting July 31 near Coyle and Plymouth on Detroit's northwest side that left two people dead and six injured. The shooting unfolded when the homeowner was angered over people attending a birthday party across the street, police said.
Last week, Winston Kirtley Jr. was arraigned in 36th District Court on charges including first-degree murder and assault with intent to murder in connection with the shooting.
Despite the recent violent uptick, as of Sunday, homicides in Detroit were down 5% in 2022 from the same period last year, while nonfatal shootings declined 13%, according to city statistics. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/08/detroit-mass-shootings-police-arrest-suspect-seek-another/10270901002/ | 2022-08-08T23:10:15 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/08/detroit-mass-shootings-police-arrest-suspect-seek-another/10270901002/ |
Q: My dog keeps scooting her backside on the ground and licking her paws. What is going on?
A: It can be quite unnerving to have your dog be so agitated and constantly scooting and itching! Unfortunately, these signs typically mean that your dog has allergies, and diagnosing what type of allergies can be challenging.
The most common symptoms of allergies are ear infections, skin irritation, and infection, scratching, hair loss, paw licking, scooting, irritated eyes and sneezing.
Skin allergies can be triggered by many causes. Still, they typically fall into two broad categories: food allergies, and environmental allergies.
Food allergies are the most difficult to diagnose as it can be quite challenging to determine what exactly your dog is allergic to when there are so many ingredients in commercial dog food.
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Typically, we recommend performing a food trial which requires switching to a novel protein and novel carbohydrate diet and feeding only that diet for six weeks. If after six weeks there is a significant improvement, then you can start adding in other ingredients, one at a time to see if the symptoms return.
Most commonly, dogs are allergic to chicken, beef, dairy, corn, and wheat but purchasing food that does not contain these ingredients can be challenging. There is a blood test to examine food allergies in dogs, but it is not as accurate as a food trial.
Environmental allergies are prevalent and mean that your dog is allergic to something in the environment. These allergens can cause issues seasonally or year-round and can cause grief for your dog. There are good blood tests and skin tests for environmental allergens; however, these allergens are harder to avoid, so we fall back on medical management to treat them.
Unfortunately, allergies cannot be fixed; they can only be managed. Any goal of medical management is to reduce the severity of the itch and give your dog some peace from irritated skin!
Q: With all the rain we have been getting, there are more mushrooms in my yard. Should I worry about my dog eating them?
A: The simple answer is yes; you should worry about your dog eating mushrooms. The monsoons have brought a wide range of “monsoon mushrooms” that we do not usually see in northern Arizona.
The mushrooms start poking up through the ground, and when you start looking, you can see them everywhere.
Not all wild mushrooms are bad. However, for the most part, unless you are an expert on mushroom identification, you should be very wary of any wild mushroom.
If your dog eats a mushroom, we recommend following up with your veterinarian as soon as possible. Typically, we would induce vomiting to get the mushrooms out of your dog’s system. This must be done within a couple of hours of ingestion. So, getting your dog treatment as soon as possible is highly recommended. If you do not see your dog eat a mushroom, some of the most common signs of mushroom toxicity are vomiting, diarrhea, disorientation, dehydration, and lethargy.
Unfortunately, these clinical signs can indicate many different ailments, so further assessment is needed. If you see any of these clinical signs, you should have your dog checked, as some mushrooms can be very toxic.
If mushroom ingestion is suspected, then the first diagnostics that we will run are to assess possible underlying organ issues. Some mushrooms can be very toxic to the liver and kidneys, so quickly evaluating the damage is essential.
For the most part, a dog will need to be hospitalized for fluid therapy and supportive care to treat the toxin exposure. Most dogs will do fine after mushroom exposure if caught early and treated aggressively. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/ask-the-vet-what-to-do-about-a-dog-scooting-and-itching/article_1717479c-1765-11ed-8f4a-93805f9d5216.html | 2022-08-08T23:10:24 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/ask-the-vet-what-to-do-about-a-dog-scooting-and-itching/article_1717479c-1765-11ed-8f4a-93805f9d5216.html |
This handsome boy is Lake! He is only 10 months old and was found in the Lake Mary parking lot next to a pile of dog food. It is illegal to dump or abandon animals but it happens more often than you would know. We are grateful that animal management was able to pick him up and bring him to the shelter where he could find a forever home! He is a sweet but energetic pup. He loves other dogs and would love to go to a home where he would have playmates. Make sure to always bring your dog for a meet and greet to make sure they get along.
As with all High Country Humane's animals, Lake is current on his vaccinations, neutered and microchipped. We are open 7 days a week from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., no appointments necessary! Check out more info, all our adoptable animals, and more on our website at highcountryhumane.org. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/pet-of-the-week-lake/article_8b6e4cda-1760-11ed-81c5-2bee9bde3882.html | 2022-08-08T23:10:30 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/pet-of-the-week-lake/article_8b6e4cda-1760-11ed-81c5-2bee9bde3882.html |
Zeus is a very handsome 5-year-old diabetic cat with gorgeous green eyes. Being diabetic, he requires an insulin shot once a day. It’s old hat for him, so if you do this while he’s eating, he doesn’t even notice. If you’re intimidated by the thought of giving shots, it’s really much easier than you think and we will teach you how it’s done. (After just a few days it’ll be old hat to you too.) He’s such a sweetie that he’s definitely worth the effort of learning! This guy has lived with, and gets along with other cats and dogs. He seems to prefer the company of female humans over males, but will adjust to you once he gets to know you. He’s a soft and silky long hair cat who came to the Coconino Humane Assoc. with his coat all wadded and matted. His body has been shaved and his coat is now starting afresh – but his coat will require occasional brushing to keep him looking sharp. If you are looking for a warm cuddle bug who enjoys tummy rubs look no further – Zeus is your guy! Check out other adoptable pets online at coconinohumane.org.
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RUPERT — Shippers are running low on fresh Idaho potatoes statewide and it will take careful planning over the next few weeks to make sure fresh spuds remain on grocery store shelves nationwide.
On Monday, Sun Valley Potatoes in Rupert received its first crop of the harvest season. The farmer-owned co-op had been out of potatoes for two weeks.
It's an unusual situation.
"This isn't the norm," Sun Valley Potatoes CEO Brian Jones said. "We usually run through the year."
The shortage of potatoes is a result of last year's lackluster harvest. Despite potato acreage in Idaho jumping to 315,000 acres in 2021, from 300,000 in 2021, unusually hot weather at the wrong time of year dropped yields and crop quality.
"We had some really hot weather early and it didn't cool off at night so it kept stress on the plant, said Shawn Boyle, president of the Idaho Grower Shipper Association. In normal summers, temperatures drop enough to reduce the stress on potato plants, to allow them to "regroup."
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The result was too many misshapen, bruised potatoes that had to be sorted out. "They weren't good enough to go into the sacks of potatoes," Boyle said.
Until this year's crop is harvested and new shipments begin, shippers are under the gun to keep supply chain issues to a minimum, he said, although he predicted that there won't be noticeable disruptions.
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Hungry restaurant patrons are still going to find french fries at restaurants, and there will still be potatoes in grocery stores, he said.
"Consumers might not notice anything," Boyle said, "but internally we will have to work hard to manage the food supply chain and keep people happy."
As far as the 2022 potato crop, potato acreage is down 8%, to about 290,000 acres, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. But better growing conditions should increase yields, Boyle said.
"From test digs that we've done, and better weather in general, we are optimistic that we will have a much better crop," Boyle said.
In a few weeks the potatoes are going to be coming out of the ground, and "they'll be beautiful," he said.
Jones, of Sun Valley potatoes, echoed that sentiment. Of the new crop dug in Glenns Ferry that he received Monday, "they are good-looking potatoes," he said. "They aren't huge but have good middles."
Sixty to 70 potatoes were filling a 50-pound box.
"Acreage is always going to fluctuate," Boyle said, explaining that 2022 numbers still hover in the normal range. And acreage isn't the best indicator of crop size.
"The best indicators are yields and pack-out," he said.
Oakley farmer Randy Hardy said the percentage drop in acreage this year was a bit surprising, although a slight drop was expected. Farmers, facing a low-water year, planted more grain instead of potatoes, which require lots of water to grow, he said.
Harvest might be delayed to allow potatoes to bulk up after cool spring weather slowed growth. At one point the crop looked to be two weeks behind, but recent hot weather might have helped reduce that time period, Hardy said.
"The crop looks really good," he said, "they just need some size."
Hardy, who has been growing potatoes for 50 years, doesn't predict a "huge bumper crop" but solid numbers this year.
While he has faced higher fertilizer and fuel costs, along with higher prices for parts, higher prices should compensate for most of it.
Processors contracting with growers expected a drop in acreage and bumped up prices.
"They were willing to move prices up because they knew they would have to compete for (the crop)," he said.
The new crop will be coming out soon. And farmers are ready for a busy harvest season.
The Idaho Grower Shippers Association has its 94th annual convention Aug. 24-26 in Sun Valley, which will give growers, shippers and processors a chance to connect with each other and learn more about the industry, Boyle said.
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