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Four buildings were heavily damaged and one partially collapsed when a raging fire erupted in the Bronx early Wednesday, authorities say.
The fire erupted at a four-story building on East 143rd Street at Willis Avenue in Mott Haven around 2:45 a.m. and quickly escalated to three alarms as it spread to adjacent buildings.
Nearly 140 fire and EMS personnel responded to the scene, officials said. One firefighter suffered a minor injury. No civilian injuries were reported.
Vacate orders were issued for all four affected buildings, which were the site of a separate fire in October 2021.
An investigation into the cause of the blaze is ongoing.
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The Tiburon mariposa lily — also known as Calochortus tiburonensis — is rare. So rare it’s found in only one spot in the entire world: a serpentine outcrop in Marin County’s Ring Mountain Preserve. Adding to the flower’s geographic rarity is a temporal one. The flower only blooms a few weeks each year — usually appearing in late May or early June, and all but disappearing by July.
I wanted to hunt down this lily for myself, so I headed to Ring Mountain on two different weekends in May and June 2021. While there are many entrances to visit Ring Mountain, I started my visit at the Phyllis Ellman Trail off Paradise Drive. (Ellman, who died in 2009, was crucial in the preservation of 372 acres of Ring Mountain in the 1970s.) The Phyllis Ellman Trail is about 0.9 mile long and gains around 450 feet of elevation. Partway through this trail, you’ll start to see the distinctive green-gray of serpentine. This is where you should start looking for the lily.
On my first visit to the preserve in May of last year, the air was hot and the grass was brown and dry as I started hunting for the elusive blooms. I had looked at several images online before heading to the park, and based on those, I could see the plants, but they were just buds, not yet ready to bloom. I knew I needed to give these flowers time and I’d need to make another visit.
That second visit came in mid-June, and the timing was perfect. I headed to the same rock outcrop where I had seen the buds previously, and the blooms were now out. But with their small size and muted coloring, the flowers are very easy to miss if you’re not explicitly looking for them.
The Tiburon mariposa lily is part of a larger family of mariposa lilies, most of which call California home. They grow from bulbs and thrive in rock outcrops often inhospitable to other flowers. They are called “mariposa” (Spanish for “butterfly”) lilies as their delicate petals when blowing in the wind are reminiscent of a butterfly’s wings.
While walking on Ring Mountain in 1971, Marin doctor and plant enthusiast Robert West took notice of this flower and photographed it. When he looked for it in reference books on Marin and California flora and couldn’t find it, he started talking to people to figure out what it could be. Others started seeing and talking about the plant, and soon enough word got around to Albert Hill at the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley. Hill collected some of the lilies in 1972, gave the new species its name, and officially introduced it to the world in a 1973 edition of the California Botanical Society’s quarterly journal Madroño.
With similar weather to last year, I'd expect the flowers to be in bloom around early to mid-June, but if you have any time to spare, it's always best to go to the park early to scout out the rock outcrops and see if buds or flowers have appeared. If you do find yourself in the park with no Tiburon mariposa lilies in sight, you can always come back, and in the meantime enjoy plenty of other already blooming wildflowers. The Phyllis Ellman Trail and the Loop Trail make for a quick 1.5-mile route — and you can explore the fire roads at the park’s higher elevations to enjoy views of the San Pablo Bay, Richardson Bay, Mount Tamalpais, Mount Diablo, San Francisco’s skyline and more.
The flower is classified as “threatened” under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and gets a 1B.1 rating from the California Native Plant Society’s rare plant ranking system, meaning it’s rare, threatened or seriously endangered in California. This is just one step away from the 1A rating given to plants that are thought to be extinct in California and rare or extinct elsewhere. Aside from being just a single population of plants, the flower is at risk of losing its habitat due to recreational usage on Ring Mountain, its nearness to a population center, and the proliferation of invasive species.
As Hill explained in his 1973 Madroño article, we need to watch over plants in these sensitive environments. He writes, "Had this population not been noticed soon, it might have well become extinct without ever having been recorded."
If you catch a glimpse of ephemeral beauty, tread lightly so that the flower may bloom again next year and for future generations. If you’re posting on social media, you can use #nowildflowerswereharmed in your posts to share that you didn’t go off-trail to take your photo and left the flowers and their habitat as you found them.
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If you’ve lived in San Francisco for more than, well, a day, you probably know you need a lot of money to feel financially secure. According to a new report, it actually takes a net worth of $1.7 million.
If feeling “wealthy” is more important, that’ll take a net worth of $5.1 million, the Charles Schwab Modern Wealth Survey found. The annual analysis examined how 750 San Franciscans aged 21 to 75 think about finances.
These numbers are up substantially from the 2021 survey, which found it would take $3.8 million to feel “wealthy” and $1.3 million to be “financially comfortable.”
Nationally, those figures went up as well, with it taking $774,000 for Americans to feel “financially comfortable” in 2022, up from $624,000 in 2021, and $2.2 million to feel “wealthy,” up from $1.9 million in 2021.
While these numbers might not be surprising, the survey included a new question asking how many San Francisco workers are interested in changing employers over the next 12 months. Nearly half (43%) said they were. For those looking, respondents said that work-life balance and salary are the top factors influencing their decision, higher than other considerations such as job title or stock options.
In the nationwide survey of Americans, the percentage of people interested in a new job was the same at 43%, supporting the theory of the Great Resignation all across the country. Sixty-five percent of Gen Z respondents said they’re most likely to change jobs.
The survey also focused on how Americans have changed their behaviors since the pandemic began two years ago. Personal values such as doing what’s best for others guide more of Americans' decisions now than they did back then, and more said supporting causes they care about are important when making financial decisions.
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The Ohio Department of Health will provide an update on the status of COVID-19 in Ohio during a press conference this morning.
ODH Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff and OhioHealth Medical Director of Infectious Diseases Dr. Joe Gastaldo will share the latest on coronavirus at 10 a.m.
The press conference will be available for the public to watch live on YouTube.
This story will be updated throughout the press conference as information is released.
It’s the first press conference held by the state health department on the virus in nearly two months. At the time, the state was seeing COVID continuing to decline after the omicron surge resulted in record cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions earlier this year.
In recent weeks coronavirus has started to rise, but still isn’t near the record-breaking levels reported in January or previous surges.
The number of weekly cases recorded by the state have continued to increase since April 7, with Ohio averaging 11,905 cases a week as of Thursday. While hospitalizations and ICU admissions have remained low, both have started to show increases in the past few weeks.
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Unity Park opens in Greenville: Here's what to know before you go
After years of planning and 22 months of construction, Unity Park opens Thursday with an official ceremony at 10 a.m..
The 60-acre park runs from the A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering on the southeastern edge to Norfolk Southern railroad tracks.
The Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail runs through the park, flanked by trailside businesses such as The Commons food hall on Welborn Street and businesses on Delano Drive.
The park includes green space, the Mayberry baseball field, pedestrian bridges, a splash pad and playgrounds as well as the restoration of the Reedy River, which flows through the heart of the park.
An observation tower and wetlands with boardwalk are slated for the park's second construction phase.
The park also includes several walking trails:
- Michelin Green loop: 0.32 mile
- Playground loop: 0.23 mile
- River loop: 1 mile
- Mayberry Field loop: 0.32 mile
- Meadowbrook Green loop: 0.66 mile
Here's what to know before you go:
Park hours
Beginning May 19, park hours are 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Unity Park will be open year-round.
Prisma Health Welcome Center hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, although its opening date is yet to be announced.
The welcome center will be closed on the following holidays:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Presidents' Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Day after Thanksgiving
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
Getting to Unity Park
Unity Park is located west of downtown Greenville in what now encompasses Mayberry Park and the former Meadowbrook Park.
The park's address is 320 S. Hudson St, Greenville, SC, 29601.
The city has 362 free parking spots on site, according to the Unity Park website.
The park can also be accessed via the Swamp Rabbit Trail, which runs through the park.
Reservations at Unity Park
The city will begin accepting facility reservations and rental requests on July 5.
Is alcohol allowed at Unity Park?
Alcoholic beverages are prohibited in the park, except when they are provided at a permitted special event at the Prisma Health Welcome Center. In that case, a temporary special event alcohol license may be required. See the city's parks and recreation regulations for more information.
Are dogs allowed at Unity Park?
Leashed dogs are allowed in the park, but only service animals are permitted in indoor facilities and at special events. Under state regulations, only service animals are allowed in the splash pad and playground area.
The Greenville Water Splash Pad
The Greenville Water Splash Pad opens May 19. It is recommended for all ages, but children under 12 must have an adult with them.
Children who wear diapers must wear a swim diaper in the Greenville Water Splash Pad.
Macon Atkinson is the city watchdog reporter for The Greenville News. She's powered by long runs and strong coffee. Follow her on Twitter @maconatkinson.
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After acquiring lethal injection drugs, Arizona struggles to administer them
Frank Atwood is the next man scheduled to be executed in Arizona, on June 8. He was sentenced to death in Pima County in 1987 for the murder of an 8-year-old girl, Vicki Lynne Hoskinson.
Because Atwood’s crimes occurred before the gas chamber was outlawed in Arizona in 1992, he has a choice between death by lethal gas or lethal injection.
His attorneys argue both methods would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. They say the lethal injection would cause Atwood a “tortuous” amount of pain because he suffers from a spinal condition, and would likely have to be restrained while laying down to a gurney for more than 20 minutes.
A review performed by Atwood’s attorneys of 14 previous lethal injections in Arizona prior to Clarence Dixon’s found the total IV insertion time ranged from seven minutes, all the way up to 54 minutes, with a median time of 23 minutes.
“The time that patently unqualified people spend attempting to install an IV line is just one of the steps the department takes after restraining the condemned to their execution table,” said Atwood attorney Joseph Perkovich “All told, these people have spent upwards of an hour strapped to the gurney before the lethal injection itself even begins.”
Perkovich said Atwood is disabled and frail and has spent his past years in a wheelchair, and it would be difficult to access his femoral vein if the primary attempts by the IV team are not successful in his arms.
Atwood has until May 19 to choose the method of execution. If he does not specify, the default method the state will use is lethal injection.
Dixon’s attorneys say the IV insertion process took 40 minutes
While media witnesses said it appeared to take around 25 minutes to insert IVs into Dixon’s body, notes from Dixon’s legal team shared exclusively with The Arizona Republic put the time at 40 minutes.
That belief is based on the legal team’s observations of execution team members beginning to look for a vein to insert the first IV at 9:33 AM, and not finishing with the IV insertion process until 10:13 AM.
“9:33A – medical staff member starts looking at left upper arm in apparent attempt to locate a vein after placing tourniquet on upper arm,” Dixon’s attorneys observed. “9:36A – medical staff member’s hands appear to be shaking.”
The notes indicate Dixon grimaced, said “ow” and moved his feet around while medical staff attempted to insert an IV into his veins, causing correctional staff to have to hold him down.
Both Dixon’s legal team and media witnesses said they saw the execution team give up on inserting an IV into one of Dixon’s arms, and instead make an incision to insert an IV into his groin.
AP reporter Paul Davenport said he saw the team wiping up “a fair amount of blood” after making this incision.
The legal teams’ notes indicate Dixon spoke of the ironic nature of the execution team trying to carry out his death in a sterile manner.
“How bizarre is that? How twisted is that?” Dixon questioned, calling the execution team members “ghouls one and all.”
While it appeared execution team members administered a local anesthetic to his groin area, Dixon’s attorneys and media witnesses at the execution said they saw him repeatedly grimacing during the process.
“10:00A – Clarence makes face of pain – continues to grimace in pain – big grimace from Clarence in obvious pain,” the legal team documented in their notes.
Assistant federal public defender Amanda Bass said records provided to them by the Department of Corrections did not provide any insight as to the level of training or qualifications held by the execution team members who failed to properly insert IVs in both of Dixon’s arms.
“Since Arizona keeps secret the qualifications of its executioners, we don’t know whether the failure to set two peripheral lines in Mr. Dixon’s arms was due to incompetence, which resulted in the unnecessarily painful and invasive setting of a femoral line,” Bass said.
Clarence Dixon execution:His last words, and victim's sister and execution witness speak
Where Arizona stands with executions
With the execution of Clarence Dixon, Arizona resumed to the death penalty this month for the first time since 2014, when a botched lethal injection process took nearly two hours to kill Joseph Wood.
Wood’s problematic execution drew scrutiny of the two-drug combination used at the time in Arizona, and prompted injunctions from the courts that stopped the process entirely.
Arizona announced it would return to executions in 2021 after settling lawsuits related to the Wood execution and announcing it had acquired pentobarbital, a barbiturate used by the federal government in a series of lethal injections in 2020.
State law prohibits the disclosure of any details about the way the state carries out the death penalty, and attorneys for death row prisoners have had little success prying loose even the most basic information about the drugs, like where they were acquired, or how they are turned into an injectable form by a pharmacist.
Legal fights leading up to the recent execution of Dixon produced limited details, including some information about when the drugs were prepared and their potency.
After a series of legal challenges, the state agreed to produce a new batch of the compounded pentobarbital just two days before Dixon’s execution.
Who is Frank Atwood? What to know about Arizona's next scheduled execution
What protocols require of the execution team
The Arizona Department of Corrections execution protocols define an “Intravenous Team” as the people responsible for administering the IVs during the execution process: “The IV Team will consist of any two or more of the following: physician(s), physician assistant(s), nurse(s), emergency medical technician(s) (EMTs), paramedic(s), military corpsman or other certified or licensed personnel including those trained in the United States Military. All team members shall be currently certified or licensed within the United States to place IV lines.”
The Department did not respond to questions about whether the members of the IV team in Dixon’s execution had any kind of certifications or licensure, or whether such licensure exists in Arizona.
The leader of the IV team is also responsible for ensuring the lines for the procedure that run from the syringes to the catheter, preparing syringes and supervising “the administration of the chemicals.”
The execution protocols specifically reference qualifications of the IV team for the use of a prisoner’s femoral vein to administer the drugs, as was done with Dixon: “A central femoral venous line shall not be used unless the person placing the line is currently qualified by experience, training, certification or licensure within the United States to place a central femoral line.” The femoral vein is a vein deep in the thigh.
Former executioner speaks:A man who participated in 17 Arizona executions shares his story
According to protocols, state IV team members are required to participate in “at least one training session with multiple scenarios within one day prior to the scheduled execution.”
While current Department of Corrections protocols call for at least two members of the execution team to be certified in IV insertion, this was not always the case.
Retired corrections officer Jim Klein, who participated in 15 lethal injection executions, told the Republic he and other members of execution teams in the 1990s had absolutely no experience in administering IVs. Klein said a medical consultant taught them to practice on a prosthetic arm, before eventually practicing on one another.
Despite the training, Klein said IV insertion remained a difficult task. In one instance that took multiple attempts, Klein said a prisoner quipped “What are you trying to do Klein, lethally inject me or stab me to death?”
Dixon made similar remarks during his execution, according to witnesses. He asked members of the execution team if they were in fact doctors, but witnesses could not hear the response. Whatever was said in return to Dixon, he asked the execution team members if what they were doing was in violation of their Hippocratic oath, according to media and attorney witnesses.
“I thought you took a Hippocratic oath,” Dixon’s attorneys recorded him saying. “But money is better than that, right?”
Klein said this is the very essence of problems with administering lethal injections. While it is a complex medical task, he said the Department was not able to find medical professionals to perform it because it would go against their oath to “do no harm.”
The Arizona Department of Corrections did not return requests for clarification asking if the people who inserted Dixon’s IVs were medical professionals, or had any medical training. Witnesses described them as two men wearing medical scrubs, while correctional officers in the execution room were wearing all black, and had masks and sunglasses covering their faces.
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IV insertion difficult even for trained medical professionals
Rebecca Aguirre-Guerra is a registered nurse who practices at a local valley hospital. She says she first learned how to do IV insertions during clinicals in nursing school. They were first taught in simulation labs where they practiced with prosthetic arms several times a week for a month, she said, then they would move on to conduct the procedure on real patients during clinical rotations.
While she says she was a quick study, Aguirre-Guerra says inserting an IV is a very delicate process, which can be difficult even for trained medical professionals.
“Several of my classmates had difficulty no matter how often they were trying,” Aguirre-Guerra said. “Not everybody is good at it. You have some individuals that are superb, and can always get it on the first shot, then there's those that try three times, and they still can't get it.”
Aguirre-Guerra said in the hospital setting, there are even special IV teams composed of people with extra training and knack for needle sticks, who can be called in to assist in difficult cases, such as frail, elderly patients or someone with veins that are difficult to locate.
“If a patient is severely dehydrated, it can make it very difficult to find veins,” Aguirre-Guerra said. “I know I myself am a hard stick because I have what we call rolling veins. So that can make it very difficult to start IVs as well.”
She said at her hospital, there is a designated team that can be called in to perform an insertion in a femoral vein if the IV’s cannot be put into a patient’s arms. But in her 11 years as a nurse, Aguirre-Guerra says she has never seen a case where that procedure was necessary.
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CARMEL, Ind. — For the third time in six weeks, a newborn baby was surrendered to firefighters in Carmel.
A baby boy was left in the Safe Haven Baby Box at Carmel Fire Station 45, the third infant safely surrendered at the station since April 5.
Monica Kelsey, who founded Safe Haven Baby Boxes program, said the baby is healthy. Two babies were surrendered at Station 45 in April and Kelsey calls the third surrender "a record number" for one station among the 107 baby boxes nationwide.
In all, 19 newborns have been left in Safe Haven Baby Boxes since the program began in 2017. The Carmel box was installed in December 2018 and hadn't been utilized until the baby was dropped off on April 5.
"So proud of the mom for making this anonymous life-saving decision and very proud of Carmel firefighters and their quick professional response," Carmel Fire Chief David Haboush said after the second baby was surrendered at his station on April 16.
Safe Haven Baby Boxes are temperature-controlled and sound an alarm when an infant is placed inside, alerting firefighters. Once taken out of the box, the baby is checked by medics and taken to the hospital. Newborns who are surrendered in the boxes are usually adopted in about a month.
Families who are interested in adopting the newborns surrendered at Carmel Fire Station 45 should contact the Hamilton County Department of Children Services.
Kelsey said a news conference is planned for Wednesday to discuss more details about the latest surrender.
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A Mandan man who police say had 700 videos and images of child sexual abuse on his phone has been charged with two felonies, one of which could send him to prison for 20 years.
Authorities following up on tips arrested Trevor Duenas, 21, after executing a search warrant Monday at a Lewis Road Northwest residence, according to an affidavit. The tips were from August 2020 to March 2022, with most dated between March 17 and March 29 of this year.
Officials investigating the tips found 23 files had been uploaded to accounts associated with email addresses which Duenas later admitted owning, authorities allege. The files depicted girls ages 6-16 engaged in sexual conduct, the affidavit states. Investigators sought a search warrant after discovering the files and obtaining street address information linked to the account owner.
Investigators said they found 500 videos and 200 images on Duenas’ phone, which he provided to them as they executed the search warrant. He admitted to possessing and distributing the materials since moving to North Dakota in 2020, according to the affidavit.
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Duenas is charged with promoting or directing an obscene sexual performance by a minor and possessing prohibited materials, according to court documents. Defense attorney Justin Balzer declined comment to the Tribune.
Reach Travis Svihovec at 701-250-8260 or Travis.Svihovec@bismarcktribune.com
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A Lincoln Southwest High School student has been connected with "appropriate support and care" after posting threats of violence online Tuesday night, prompting a police investigation, according to the school's principal.
Multiple people and family members reported concerns to police Tuesday after the student "posted disturbing comments and photos mentioning violence at Southwest" to social media, John Matzen said in an email to Southwest parents Wednesday morning.
"I want to be clear — there is no active threat at Southwest High School today," Matzen said. "We are grateful to the people who reported the concern to Lincoln Police, and to Lincoln Police’s quick response and investigation."
The student won't attend school Wednesday, Matzen said, and is still receiving care. The school district will send extra support from Lincoln Public Schools Security and its Threat Assessment Team to Southwest Wednesday.
Matzen in the email reminded parents and students to report any safety concerns to Southwest staff members, the police department or through the district's online Safe to Say portal on the LPS website.
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Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial.
Reach the writer at 402-473-7223 or awegley@journalstar.com.
On Twitter @andrewwegley
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Shasta County supervisors press for more COVID-19 relief money to get new jail built
Shasta County supervisors are intent on spending the bulk of federal COVID-19 relief money on the construction of a new jail.
Presented with spending ideas for the $35 million in American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) money coming to the county, supervisors on Tuesday directed administrators to find a way to allocate $25 million of it toward a new jail.
“There isn’t a single item that I would put a higher priority than a jail,” said Supervisor Les Baugh, who chairs the board. “I would eliminate all these items in favor of a jail.”
In her presentation, County Deputy County Executive Officer Mary Williams told supervisors that $10 million could be spent on the construction of a jail.
“I am not bringing a spending plan to the board. Instead, we have compiled a list of project opportunities for the board to consider and look to the board on which projects to move forward with and that will compose our spending plan,” Williams said.
The list, which in part was derived from community feedback, included, among other things, $7.8 million in community support programs, $4.9 million on infrastructure projects, $1.4 million in marijuana eradication and $8.7 million on housing.
But spurred by Baugh asking if there was a way more could go toward the jail, County Counsel Rubin Cruse Jr. said conceivably the money could be used to build ancillary components within the jail, like mental health services and job placement programs. That would be a way to squeeze more ARPA money for the jail, he added.
Cruse said the county would have to make its case to the federal government.
“I think it would be justified,” he said.
The federal money allows governments to support their pandemic response but move forward with recovery.
Supervisors voted 4-1 to direct county staff to come back with a plan that spends $25 million on a new jail, $3.9 million on administrative costs to get the jail built and the best use for the balance of the ARPA funds, about $6.5 million.
Supervisors have been told that it would cost $100 million to $125 million for a new jail.
County Executive Officer Matt Pontes said in March the new jail facility could be built with a combination of county general fund dollars, state and federal funds and possibly bond funds.
In late March, Sheriff Michael Johnson presented to supervisors and the public a multi-year corrections facility project he called the "wagon wheel of justice and rehabilitation."
He said the focus would be on providing various services to prisoners — such as mental health evaluations, overcoming addictions and job training — to steer them away from crime and achieve productive lives. Those who didn't want help would face regular jail time.
Meanwhile, in voting no Tuesday, Supervisor Mary Rickert reminded supervisors that the list of projects Williams brought to them was based on community feedback.
“Was there a huge number that specifically talked about a jail? I want us to remember that our responsibility is the people and to respond to what they’re asking for,” Rickert said.
Williams said the survey that went out asked residents what projects they want to see and they could pick three. Fire prevention was the top choice with the jail coming in a distant second.
“As the attorney would say, I rest my case,” Rickert said. “It sounds like fire prevention safety is really a high priority and if we put the vast majority of the money into a jail, how are we going to explain that to the public?”
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Two Coconino County leaders, David Engelthaler and Andrew Hettinger, have been selected as Flinn-Brown Fellows for 2022.
The Flinn-Brown Fellowship is a state policy and politics leadership program started in 2011. Engelthaler and Hettinger are among 27 statewide leaders to join its 14th cohort.
According to a press release, the fellowship was “created to foster civic leaders in Arizona by building knowledge, skills and a robust network to find solutions for Arizona’s long-term issues.”
Fellows in this program are granted membership to the Flinn-Brown Network and participate in a 12-session policy institute known as the Flinn-Brown Academy. This runs from August to November and culminates in a network-wide conference.
“The Flinn-Brown Fellows are a perfect example of the good that can arise in our state by identifying and supporting future leaders,” said Tammy McLeod, Flinn Foundation president and CEO.
Engelthaler is the director of TGen North as well as a professor. According to a profile on Flinn’s website, he oversees infectious disease research groups, which work to detect and understand Valley Fever, COVID-19 and tuberculosis, among others. His other credits include being the Arizona state epidemiologists, starting for and non profits businesses and leading Flagstaff’s establishment as a STEM City.
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Hettinger is the presiding magistrate for the city of Page’s magistrate court. His profile lists that he graduated from Brigham Young University and the University of Texas, Austin School of Law and has served as an Arizona judicial officer for the last five years. He is a certified mediator and public manager and has been a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona for seven years.
“Flinn-Brown is a chance for these professionals to learn from our state’s top experts,” said Flinn Foundation vice president for civic leadership Dawn Wallace. “They’ll also build friendships and networks that will advance their understanding of policy and the political landscape–and provide the support they need to become impactful civic leaders throughout Arizona.”
More about the program can be found at flinn.org/civic-leadership/programs/flinn-brown-fellowship.
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Rising materials costs have delayed phase one of a housing development that will demolish the historic home of one of Flagstaff’s founding families.
The five-story, 146-unit affordable housing development proposed by nonprofit Foundation for Senior Living (FSL) was set to break ground at 320 N. Humphreys St. in June, but is now delayed to an undetermined date in mid- to late summer while FSL raises funds. Once funded, the development intends to move forward with the first phase, which will begin with the demolition of the David Babbitt House that has stood on the plot since the early 19th century.
FSL had originally budgeted $18 million for construction costs, said Steve Hastings, chief of real estate services for FSL. An increase in materials costs over the last couple years has forced them to readjust that number to $24 million.
According to the National Association of Home Builders, overall prices of building materials have increased about 36% since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The increased prices have been “exacerbated by the uncertainty of when supplies will be available” — an uncertainty brought on by supply chain disruption and industry failure to retain adequate labor.
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The FSL development will be in the delay until it can make up the $6 million difference in projected costs.
“We’re still as committed to the project,” Hastings said. “We don’t want to back off the plan.”
The plan is to develop the entire city block in three phases. The first phase will include clearing the lot and constructing five-story, 70-unit, age-restricted senior living development on the north half of the block. The second phase will include another five-story, 76-unit family-orientated development. The third phase includes finishing a 100-space parking lot “dedicated for City Courthouse and public use.”
Hastings hopes FSL will see increased support from the Arizona Department of Housing.
“If we can get additional funding from the state in June, that would cover enough of the shortfall for us to go forward,” he said.
All the “prep work,” such as the rezoning through the City of Flagstaff, obtaining elevation approvals, and consulting with the Arizona Department of Transportation to ensure noninterference with power lines, has been completed.
“The city staff, city manager, mayor and council have been helpful and gracious,” Hastings said. “We really got a clear shot at this once we can get the additional funding in place.”
FSL was also required by city code to complete a phase 2 cultural resource study on the David Babbitt House currently onsite.
Dating back to 1886, the home is a “contributing component” of Flagstaff’s North End Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The home is architecturally significant as a rare representative of the transition between the Queen Anne style of the late 19th century and the Craftsman style of the early 20th century, and locally significant as the home of David Babbitt, an early industrial leader considered one of the founders of Flagstaff.
The cultural resource study on the David Babbitt House was completed and approved by the Heritage Preservation Commission during a meeting on Jan. 20, 2021. The minutes from this meeting state that FSL made “efforts to save the building” but concluded that “saving the house on this property is not possible.”
The minutes also state that Heritage Preservation Commission was “skeptical of these efforts because the applicant (FSL) hadn’t reached out to the commission about relocation and preservation on site previously.”
Before the commission’s approval, Chairman Hayward stated “the importance of affordable housing to the community is recognized by the chair; otherwise the commission would likely deny this application for a phase 2 approval. However, the commission wants to be a good community partner.”
Affordable housing is a dire need in Flagstaff, where there is currently an "extreme disparity" between incomes and housing costs. The FSL development claims that it will produce "permanently affordable" units to help to address the housing need.
There is a “salvage plan” in place that Hastings said will entail relocating certain assets from the David Babbitt House for permanent preservation, but neither Hastings nor the City of Flagstaff elaborated further.
The delay in development is not likely to produce any further preservation efforts.
FSL “loves preservation,” Hastings said, but preserving the David Babbitt House “doesn’t make sense” for their project.
“What makes sense to us in a community like Flagstaff is Nativity Church,” Hastings said. “If there's any movement to preserve, I would think Flagstaff would want to move that direction.”
There are currently efforts to preserve Nativity Church, which is directly across the street from the David Babbitt House. Roberta “Birdie” Wallace, who is leading the charge on the church’s restoration, is also one of the community members who has lamented the intended demolition of the David Babbitt House. Wallace has family ties to the home, and is concerned that the height of the FSL development will overshadow Nativity Church, forcing its stained glass windows to go dark.
“I’m really sad that there’s going to be a five-story building next door,” Wallace said.
Other community members have said the demolition plan demonstrates a “lacking” historic preservation code and a failure of developers to consider community values. Historic character is a “silo” that helps drive the tourism, said Meg Roeder, communication specialist for Discover Flagstaff.
Tourism is Flagstaff’s main industry, accounting for $563 million in commerce and over 8,000 jobs.
“I wish we could do more for the historic preservation,” Hastings said. “But maybe there's something we can do to help with Nativity Church or some other effort.”
At the other end of the current delay, FSL will have to apply for a demolition permit in order to demolish the David Babbitt House and move on with phase one of the development. As of press time, city staff confirmed that FSL has not yet applied for a demolition permit.
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Under the name Jester Comedy, Flagstaff father of two, J.C. Anderson, showruns Flagstaff’s last bastion of standup comedians.
When he started performing his comedy routine in 2004, it was due to a bucket list checkoff after his father’s passing.
“I went to a comedy club, did three minutes, killed it; it was awesome,” Anderson said. “I thought I was the best in the world. Even the club owner was like, ‘Oh, you're so good.’ Came back, did another five minutes, tanked and I was like, ‘I ain't doing comedy anymore.’”
Whether a glutton for punishment or using failure as a fuse for improvement, Anderson continued on.
When he moved to Flagstaff in 2005, he started making connections with local bars and clubs to host an open mic for local comedians, mainly out of necessity, due to none being virtually in operation at the time.
The lower-level time slots at places like the Green Room (now Yucca Tap Room) and Museum Club eventually gained traction among the public and allowed Anderson to promote himself as a performer who could take charge of an underdeveloped comedy scene.
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Now, every other Saturday, Anderson hosts a comedy show called “Anger Management” at the Orpheum Theater, where he finds and pays local comedians and traveling road comics to perform.
Due to the pandemic and ownership turnover, many of the old open mics no longer exist, leaving Anderson at the Orpheum as currently the only independent showrunner for Flagstaff comedians. To Anderson, this leaves the scene in limbo.
“It's hard now because there are no open mics here,” Anderson said. “So the only time you can go do comedy is by going to a coffee shop when there's a local open mic for bands and poetry. And then you get up and try to do standup comedy and it's like, ‘No, we want to hear poetry.’”
In a city known for its music festivals and art galleries, the comedy scene falls to the wayside while “anybody with a banjo and a washboard can draw a crowd,” as Anderson puts it.
Open mics, Anderson says, are the piece of the puzzle that’s missing. His comedy events at the Orpheum tend to do well and have allowed him to branch Jester Comedy out to Las Vegas and Phoenix. Seats get filled at his shows, but to cultivate a culture of comedy in Flagstaff, many believe there should be more opportunities available for amateurs or enthusiasts who want to try it.
If the opportunity does present itself, what comedians will then need most is a crowd -- the unsung hero of a well-done routine.
“It's hard to do an open mic when it’s just in front of other comics,” Anderson said. “It would be like presenting a science project in front of a bunch of scientists. At the same time they have other science projects they want to present to you. So now it’s like they’re kind of waiting for you to get done with yours so they can go up and do theirs.”
Local comedian Aricka Haller remembers a time when her organization, FlagLaffs, would host open mics at Museum Club, Firecreek Coffee and Southside Tavern pre-pandemic. Anybody was welcome to sign up, putting most on an even playing field. She predicts that if the pandemic never happened, the open mic scene would be a lot bigger than where it is now -- which is practically nonexistent.
But when businesses started shutting down in 2020, so did the FlagLaffs operation.
Haller has been performing comedy for seven years, all of it in Flagstaff, and when she decided to stop hosting open mics because of the pandemic it was a tough decision, but one she thought was the best move for the community she cared about so deeply.
“Comedians are germophobes and we’re paranoid,” Haller laughed. “I didn’t want to get myself or other people sick.”
Other comedy venues moved to an online format to try to keep the laughs alive, but Haller didn’t see the value in that shift. She noted that awkward Zoom glitches, long pauses and the inability to see her audience react was reason enough to stay away from the act for a while.
Laughs on tap
However, the time off allowed her and many other comedians to beef up routines and start writing more.
“I've had lots of time to write new material,” Haller said. “I think, kind of, that taking time off was nice because there's a lot of people starving for comedy now and we're in a place where we're getting back to a semblance of normalcy.”
The hunger Haller feels for local laughter is what is prompting her to begin another open mic, partnering with Mountain Top Tap Room to make it happen. The hope is that this will kick-start a comedy revival for FlagLaffs and the Flagstaff comedy community, and allow for more comedians to get the opportunity to work out their material on stage.
Currently, Mountain Top Tap Room hosts a music-focused open mic every Monday. FlagLaffs has started hosting an open mic every other Wednesday, with the next one slated for today.
Haller credits standup comedy as a treatment for her mental health, saying that going on stage and talking about her problems has allowed her to face them with more confidence head on.
“One of the funniest comments I ever got from somebody was after I did comedy and they said, ‘I'm really sorry about how sucky your life is,’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, but at least I can share it,’” Haller said. “And I can tell people the funny things that I think about the crappy situations I've had in my life. It has really helped me mentally get to a place where if I can get up in front of people and tell things about me that make people laugh, then I have all the confidence in the world to stand up and do other things.”
Jack Svetz, a local comedian and NAU student, agrees that more shows would be the best to make Flagstaff comedy grow, as he doesn’t have many ways of getting stage time and practice due to a current lack of venues that offer it.
Svetz is also the co-leader of FlagLaffs with Haller. He opens every Anger Management show ran by Anderson, and Svetz said he owes it to Anderson for his ability to be able to perform, because without Jester Comedy he wouldn’t be on stage anywhere at this time.
“My advice being in Flagstaff and being a comedian is to grab the opportunities you can because there are very little,” Svetz said. “Which is why I consistently do the Orpheum Theater, because it's the only place I know that does comedy up here right now.”
Being a college student, Svetz notes that while his friends and fellow students are interested in seeing comedy, there isn’t much to see. When there is a big-name comedian booked, people tend to show out for it.
Recently, before a sold-out crowd, comedian and Internet personality Noel Miller performed his show in Prochnow Auditorium to around 1,000 people. The event was sponsored by Northern Arizona University and Sun Entertainment.
For a young up-and-coming comedian like Svetz, he sees Flagstaff as a stepping stone in his career and hopes to take what he’s learned to a bigger hub like New York, Los Angeles or Austin, Texas in the future.
However, he could see Flagstaff comedy becoming more popular under the right conditions.
“There's either people that live here for four years or people that have lived here their entire life,” Svetz said. “I think it works as a little town, but I'd love to see it become a bigger scene. I would absolutely love to see it. It's just, you need more people for that.”
Svetz's sentiment is echoed through Haller and Anderson, who see a potential in Flagstaff’s ability to put on a show, but notice a lack of willing participants.
By expanding their outreach, the hope is to inspire Flagstaff residents to go outside their comfort level and start cracking a few jokes.
“Standup is an art form –– it takes a lot of guts to go on stage and consider failure -- which is why a lot of people don’t try even if they want to,” Anderson said. “But if you want to make people laugh and you have a few minutes of material, I tell them to give it a shot.”
Jester Comedy’s next standup show will take place on June 10 at the Orpheum Theater and be hosted by Anderson. More information regarding future comedy events can be found on the Orpheum website.
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Coming into the spring 2022 season, Coconino freshman pitcher Kaitlyn Tso had expectations of making an immediate impact at the varsity level.
In her first year of high school softball, she not only performed extremely well but dominated at times. Tso pitched 164 innings this season, recorded 287 strikeouts and allowed just 38 earned runs. Her strikeout total was good for third in the 4A Conference. She threw four no-hitters, including two perfect games, and was named the Grand Canyon Region Defensive Player of the Year.
The 4A Conference Panthers went 17-5, won the Grand Canyon Region with an 11-2 mark and earned the No. 5 seed for the state tournament. Much of their success came from defense and pitching, with Tso as a leader in the circle.
Tso said that after years of competing in club softball in Phoenix, playing at Coconino and having success with friends from school was rewarding. It felt, at times, like her Little League days, with a lot of the same girls she grew up with.
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“It was really fun to experience,” Tso said. “High school ball is fun and I get to represent my hometown and community.”
Tso came in with obvious talent and was a starter early in the season. Manager Kimberly Dennis was impressed with Tso’s skills, but more importantly her development in her mental game throughout the season.
“She’s shown a lot of maturity. Obviously she’s had a great year and we expect her to continue,” Dennis said.
Fellow freshman and teammate Danica Kern noticed Tso’s control in the circle, appreciating the work the pitcher did to make the fielders’ jobs easier.
“I think it’s really fun. You see her pitching and see how well she places the ball,” Kern said.
“And it’s just fun when she strikes everyone out,” she added, chuckling.
Tso is part of a young Panthers core that has already started to build toward possible greatness at Coconino. Of the Panthers’ 16 players on the varsity roster, just five were seniors.
The staff at Coconino has been impressed with the team’s collective effort and maturity, despite its youth. The path, it appears, has been set for continued success with the returning players in seasons to come.
“The seniors were really fun to play with, but I think the next few years are going to be really good. We all know how to play with each, other and we’re going to have new teammates who can play, too,” Tso said.
Tso added that she has a lot of individual work to do to keep improving. She wants to be one of the top performers in Arizona high school softball by the time she graduates.
“I think I did good this year, but maybe I could have done more to help the team,” she said. “My goals are probably to win state for sure, because I think we can do it. And then I want to break my own records for Coconino and continue playing with my friends.”
Tso will begin summer club softball in Phoenix.
She also played on the Panthers basketball team in the winter and will likely do so again in the 2022-23 winter season.
“I have a little bit of a break, but once the next week comes you’ve got to get back to it, you have to get back to work,” she said.
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Birmingham, Ala. (WIAT)– Tarrant is open for business. That’s according to Tarrant Mayor Wayman Newton.
Newton spoke with a crowd of investors Tuesday night in Birmingham.
“My message is simple,” he said. “We are a new Tarrant. We are open for business and the city wants to partner with businesses and investors to bring families to our city.
Newton attended Tuesday’s REI Live event at Vulcan. He told potential investors they want homeowners and families in the Jefferson County city. Tarrant is situated just north of Birmingham with a population of 6,216, according the 2020 Census.
Newton welcomed the chance to get in front of investors.
“My administration, we have a policy we want homeowners, we want families in our community. we are willing to work with anyone, any organization, person, entity, or business to make that happen,” he said. “Tarrant, like many small cities throughout Jefferson County, (has) have been on the decline and we have a large inventory of homes that need to be renovated.”
Newton said he was invited to the REI Live event by Rob Malcom who, along with his wife Shannon, owns 3-D Construction in Tarrant and EXIT Realty Birmingham. Newton told CBS 42 at the REI Live Real Estate Investment event at Vulcan, “I’m not the guest speaker. Rob Malcom is the guest speaker. He actually owns a real estate company in our city. He has been very instrumental in kind of helping shape my policy in terms of redeveloping our downtown and redeveloping our communities.”
Malcom said he and his wife opened their construction company in Tarrant 11 years ago in the old Tarrant Post Office that they renovated and met Newton shortly after he was elected in 2020.
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Hot air will move into the region this weekend, possibly above 90 and breaking records
The temperature could reach 90 degrees or higher this weekend and potentially break some daily records, according to the National Weather Service.
"A significant warmup" begins Friday, "peaking this weekend with 90 degree highs possible on both Saturday and Sunday," the Weather Service says in its forecast discussion.
"Daily record highs may be challenged," the Weather Service says.
The record in Providence for May 21 is 93 degrees, which was set in 1996.
The record for May 22 is 94 degrees, set in 1941 and matched in 1992.
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"With a stout southwest flow and the antecedent anomalously dry conditions, there is above average confidence that daily record high temperatures could be challenged or broken," the Weather Service says.
"Sunday could potentially be another scorcher," the Weather Service says, adding that high dew points could push the heat index into the 95 to 100 range, even if the air temperature "falls short" of 90.
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Temperature along the coast should be considerably cooler because of cool water temperatures.
The weekend heat will mark a dramatic jump. Providence reached 80 degrees for the first time this year on Sunday. The temperature dropped into the 30s as recently as May 1.
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Before the heat arrives, expect a "gorgeous weather day today," with a lot of sunshine, diminishing winds and low humidity, the Weather Service says. The high temperature in Providence should reach 73.
The combination of dry air and strong wind has prompted the Weather Service to issue a special weather statement for increased brush fire risk today.
Rain is likely Thursday before Friday is dry and the warming trend begins.
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SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash — Wednesday marks 42 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state. The deadly eruption happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 1980, following months of small explosions and earthquakes.
The catastrophic blast devastated an area of around 230-square-miles, causing more than $1 billion in damage.
Fifty-seven people were killed, making the eruption the deadliest in U.S. history.
The first sign of an eruption was recorded on March 20, 1980, when a magnitude 4.2 earthquake caused snow avalanches to occur on parts of the volcano, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Between March 20 and May 18, 1980, there were more than 2,800 earthquakes recorded at the volcano. A bulge began to develop on the volcano's left side.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled the mountain on May 18, causing the bulge to burst and landslide down the mountain. Once the bulge was gone, the volcano's magma system was depressurized and blew off the top of the mountain, according to the USGS.
Archive photos: 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
Ash, rock and hot gasses spewed into the air. Ash blanketed the Pacific Northwest and stretched to 11 states and Canada.
The blast reduced the mountain's height by 1,314 feet. The USGS said it took just two weeks for the ash from the eruption to circle the globe.
Autopsies showed that most of the people killed in the eruption likely died from asphyxiation after inhaling hot ash, according to the USGS.
In addition to human lives lost, an estimated 7,000 big game animals – such as deer, elk and bears – were also killed. Birds and small mammals also died.
The eruption destroyed 158 miles of highway, 200 homes and 15 miles of railways, the USGS reported.
Washington state worked to remove about 900,000 tons of ash from highways and roads, according to the USGS. The International Trade Commission determined the total cost of damage and rebuilding efforts from the eruption came to an estimated $1.1 billion.
Seismic activity around Mount St. Helens quieted after the mid-80s. According to the USGS, the area experienced the fewest earthquakes since the eruption ended in the early 2000s.
On Sept. 23, 2004, earthquake frequency increased, and a new formation was reported on the southeast margin of the 1980-86 lavadome, according to USGS.
By Sept. 26, 2004, scientists warned of an increased chance of explosion from the dome.
Explosions began on Oct. 1, 2004, sending ash and gases into the air. In all, five explosions occurred through Oct. 5 of that year.
Two more "significant" explosions occurred in 2005, the last on March 8. Blocks of rock landed hundreds of yards away, along with dustings of ash that ended up in Ellensburg, Yakima and Toppenish more than 90 miles away.
The USGS’s Cascades Volcano Observatory was established in the wake of the 1980 Mount St. Helens explosion to track volcanic activity from Mount Baker near the Canadian border to Crater Lake in Oregon.
Five of the volcanoes it tracks are in Washington state. In a 2018 update to the National Volcano Threat Assessment, Mount St. Helens held the position as the second biggest threat in the U.S., following Mount Kilauea in Hawaii.
Mount St. Helens remains the most active volcano in the Cascade Range. Of the volcanoes in the contiguous U.S., it is the most likely to erupt in the future and even in "our lifetimes," according to USGS. However, neither a large avalanche nor lateral blast like those in 1980 is likely due to the deep crater.
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RICHMOND, Va. — A woman pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Virginia to a $1.2 million scheme that defrauded COVID-19 pandemic relief programs using victims’ personal information that she obtained through her state government employment, a prosecutor said.
As an employee of the Virginia Motor Vehicle Dealer Board, Mitchell had access to a government database, officials said. The conspirators filed at least 30 fake applications in the names of other people whose personal information was obtained, in part, through Mitchell’s database queries, officials said. Through this scheme, the conspirators collected approximately $1 million in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and unemployment insurance benefits.
From June 2020 to June 2021, Mitchell submitted five fake Paycheck Protection Program applications containing false information, officials said. She also submitted fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications to the Small Business Administration for businesses that didn’t exist.
Mitchell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. She faces up to 30 years in prison when she is sentenced on Aug. 23.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) —Fairmont Elementary School fourth-graders designed egg containers to put to the test on Wednesday morning as they participated in the annual Humpty Dumpty Egg Drop Challenge.
The challenge, a part of Leadership Day, encourages students to use material from Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to develop strategies. The event promotes critical thinking and other skills the students apply outside the classroom.
“All year, students have been learning and implementing the 7 Habits, and now they get to show what they have learned through a hands-on experiment,” said fourth-grade teacher Amy Marion.
The project entailed students creating egg containers and dropping them from varying heights from a Bristol Tennessee Essential Services bucket truck. The young learners used science and mathematics to determine how quickly the containers would fall and whether the containers (and eggs) would survive.
After the egg drop, Leadership Day will launch with student-led tours that show how the Leader in Me program, which builds leadership and life skills in students, is implemented throughout the school.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Kingsport Police Department (KPD) on Wednesday asked for the public’s help in finding a missing man and woman.
According to separate releases from the KPD, both Dalton L. Ramey, 26, and Crystal A. Carter, 45, were reported missing on May 13. KPD Public Information Officer Tom Patton told News Channel 11 that the two cases are unrelated.
Police described Ramey as standing 5’8″ and weighing 143 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He has multiple tattoos on both arms. Carter stands 5’6″ and weighs 135 pounds, according to the report, and she has brown hair and brown eyes.
Those who reported Ramey missing revealed they have not seen him since May 6, and police noted that when Carter was reported missing on May 13, she had “not been seen or heard from for a few days.” Detectives do not have a reason to believe foul play is involved in either of the disappearances.
The KPD urges anyone with information to call the Criminal Investigations Division at 423-229-9429 or Kingsport Central Dispatch at 423-246-9111.
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ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) — The Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) efforts to improve I-81 N near exit 17 will result in 24-hour lane closures throughout June.
According to a news release, the first lane closure will start at 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 5 and will run until 6 a.m. on Thursday, June 9 to replace the left travel lane and left shoulder of the bridge deck above Route 75.
The second lane closure will begin at 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, and will last until 6 a.m. on Thursday, June 16.
The I-81 exit 17 projects will entail fixes to the exit’s northbound on and off-ramps, a segment of Route 75, reconstruction and relocation of Gravel Lake Road and the relocation of the frontage road located adjacent to the northbound exit 17 off-ramp (Commerce Drive).
Those who travel these areas should find alternate routes as crews work on improving the roadway.
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Manatee County violated public records law during animal shelter living conditions case
Manatee County was found to have violated public records laws after a volunteer raised alarm about living conditions at the county's animal shelter.
The civil lawsuit, filed in November by Paul David Daniels, claims Manatee County withheld emails he requested without a valid statutory citation in violation of Florida statutes.
The violation came amidst a years-long legal battle between Daniels and Manatee County.
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In that case, Daniels filed a lawsuit in the Florida Middle District Court against the county after he was fired on June 16, 2020, from a volunteer position for posting negative information on Facebook about living conditions at the county's animal shelter, according to court records.
Daniels had grown increasingly concerned over the way animal services housed dogs outdoors with little to no air ventilation, particularly during Florida's extreme summer heat. The matter came to a head in September 2019, when a dog that was kept outdoors all summer had become ill and was found dead in her cage, court records show.
Daniels took to Facebook to voice his concerns and was fired from his volunteer position in June 2020. Daniel's claimed the termination was retaliation and violated his first amendment rights to free speech, court records show.
The case was dismissed in February after the case was settled.
However, in November 2021, Daniels filed a civil lawsuit against Manatee County for open records violations related to requests he made during the court case between August and September 2021, where he requested emails from various county officials associated with his lawsuit.
Daniels — who represented himself on the civil case — received thousands of pages of documents in response, but he was able to prove that some records had not been released by providing screenshots of emails between county employees that should have been included in response to his public records request, records show.
Seven months later, the county then produced 40 emails that should have been provided at the time of Daniels' request, records show.
Records Manager Deborah Scaccianoce testified that the failure stemmed from a change in the county's procedures for public records requests for public emails, according to court records.
Scaccianoce was previously allowed to search for emails within the county's system herself until "somewhat suddenly, in the fall of 2021, that duty was out-sourced to the county's IT department," according to court records.
The IT department found the 40 emails in an archive folder after she asked them to search for records once again, records show.
The court ruled in favor of Daniels and found that the county failed to respond to his public records request and that the delay was not reasonable nor justified.
"This was not a close call," 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Edward Nicholas wrote in April 11 court records.
"As an aside, Ms. Scaccianoce is experienced and well-credentialed and, in this court's opinion, likely would not have missed the emails that IT inexplicably failed to locate," he also wrote.
Daniels, who sought reimbursement of his filing and service fees, was awarded $711 on the case on May 9, with the court stating that the matter will be dismissed upon payment.
Commissioners raise questions
On Tuesday during a special meeting, Manatee County commissioners questioned Information Technology Services department head Drew Richardson and County Administrator Scott Hopes about details surrounding the case.
County Attorney Bill Clague indicated a willingness to appeal the decision.
Richardson told commissioners the IT department took over responsibilities for email searches in October 2021. He said by removing the responsibility from the records department the county now had inventory control and could trace public records requests from start to finish.
Hopes — who was hired as county administrator in April 2021 — said the changes were made to ensure that records are preserved and every public records request is logged.
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"There was a period of time when records were searched, email records, other records on the system, where there did not appear to be consistency with how records and search histories were preserved," Hopes said. "Some search histories were preserved, other search histories were not. They were deleted. So you could not readily tell what was searched for, who it was produced for, what happened to these electronic copies."
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LOS ANGELES — A woman who is serving a life sentence for murder in California is charged with masterminding a $2 million fraud scheme involving COVID-19 unemployment money from behind bars, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Natalie Le Demola, 37, is among 13 people charged with using stolen identities to apply online for — and receive — benefits from the California Employment Development Department, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.
Most of the money had been earmarked for relief for people suffering from business lockdowns and restrictions aimed at reducing the deadly spread of COVID-19 and most of the fraud occurred in the second half of 2020, when infections were rising rapidly.
Some of the identities were those of people who weren't eligible for state unemployment insurance benefits because they were working, retired or in prison, prosecutors said.
Some of the personal identifying information used — such as names, birth dates and Social Security numbers — was provided by a state prison official who wasn't named, the indictment alleged.
Unemployment fraud has been a nationwide problem during the pandemic, as benefit applications overwhelmed state unemployment agencies. Criminals were able to buy stolen identity data on the dark web and use it to file a heap of phony claims.
The U.S. Department of Labor has said that about $87 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits could have been paid improperly nationwide, with a significant portion attributable to fraud. An Associated Press review in March 2021 found that estimates ranged from $11 billion in fraudulent payments in California to several hundred thousand dollars in states such as Alaska and Wyoming.
Prosecutors said Demola, from Corona, is currently serving a life sentence after she was convicted in 2005 of first-degree murder. They didn't provide other details.
It wasn't immediately clear whether Demola had a lawyer who could speak for her regarding the new case.
If convicted, the defendants could face up to 30 years in federal prison for each conspiracy and bank fraud charge.
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Two people from Sacramento have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the death of a man on Monday in Roseville.
Andrew Aguiar, 21, was arrested on suspicion of killing a man and assault with a deadly weapon. Shirley Horton, 19, was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to a crime, according to the Roseville Police Department.
The fight on May 16 happened near a hotel on North Sunrise Avenue that has been used by Placer County as a Project Roomkey shelter for the past two years. Police said in a Facebook post that the fight happened between the two men.
Officials told ABC10 the man who was killed was a resident at the shelter, but the two people who were arrested were not. The Roseville Police Department said this is their first homicide of the year. Erica Wright's death in April happened in unincorporated Placer County and was under Placer County Sheriff's jurisdiction.
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Placer County officials said the site does have around-the-clock security and they are looking into potential improvements.
"We're exploring, especially after this tragedy, if additional measures are necessary," Dr. Rob Oldham, director of Placer County Health and Human Services, said.
Placer County was recently awarded more than $23.5 million to begin converting the former hotel into permanent supportive housing in June.
The deadly fight is still under investigation. Both Aguiar and Horton were booked into the South Placer Jail.
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SAN DIEGO — You probably have already seen the video where a navy pilot named commander David Fravor engaged with a UFO along with commander Chad Underwood in 2004.
Or the one called “The 2019 UFO Swarm” where 10 navy warships off the coast of San Diego recorded the video in 2019. Both of these videos have not only gone viral, they have also been recognized by the Pentagon as military filmed UFO events.
"Definitively UFOs are real. You have been told by your own government as well as other governments on this earth that there are crafts that are technologically advanced far beyond what we have in our military arsenal” said Investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbel about the recent disclosures by the federal government.
So whether you believe in UFOs or not, humans have been curious for a very long time with video evidence being studied by what is called the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force.
“I know there are alien crafts here from another planet. I was inside one." said Bob Lazar. “I’m known for working at a classified base and reverse engineer alien spacecraft."
"What are UFOs, what are they doing when they’re here? They’ve been observed for thousands of years really if you go back into recorded history. Why so many? Some people think UFOs are prepping the battlefield, preparing for something here on earth,” Corbell said????
Corbell has worked closely with Las Vegas journalist George Knapp over the years. Knapp has investigated UFO's and extra-terrestrial phenomenon for 30 years.
They both recognize San Diego as a hot spot for UFO sightings. According to Knapp, San Diego is ranked fourth in the country for UFO sightings. Los Angeles is ranked number one.
"Historically in our country and around the world, UFOs - whatever they are, wherever they’re from - have focused on military assets ships, bases, nuclear weapons as if they’re monitoring our progress," said Knapp.
Knapp says one reason for "more" UFO sightings in San Diego is because there are so many advanced sensors here. The Navy, for example, has the most advanced sensors and radar platforms in the world and they're always watching the sky for possible threats.
Knapp says there is a UFO government program called advanced aerospace weapon system applications with the largest database in history currently used by intelligence agency today. This was the largest funded government UFO study in history.
"The program that I made public called AAWSAP. It’s the largest UFO Program in the history of the U.S. Government so far as we know, the largest in terms of the number of employees. They had 50 full time employees, much bigger than project blue book and much bigger than AATIP," said Knapp.
“Project Blue Book” was the code name to study unidentified flying objects by the US Air Force back in 1952. The project closed in 1969 stating there was no information of sightings beyond the date.
Years later, declassified documents revealed the federal government funded another project, called the advanced aerospace threat identification program (AATIP).
What started at 2011, is still going on today to gather information about unidentified flying objects and potential threats.
"The U.S. military has reluctantly told the American people these things are flying around" said Knapp.
But there are always two sides to everything.
Mick West is a former video game programmer and is a YouTuber. He’s made a career out of debunking videos like the Tic Tac or swarm videos.
"I just don’t think we have good evidence that we are being visited by aliens here on earth," said West. “All of those things that are supposedly good evidence of alien visitors; UFO videos, UFO photos, they’re invariably very, very poor quality – you really can’t tell by looking at these videos."
He says modern technology has allowed people to manipulate so much, that’s it’s impossible to tell if something is real or not.
“If aliens were visiting Earth to the extent that people are describing, I think we’d have much better footage by now and a lot more of it," said West.
West also responds to the Pentagon which released a statement in June last year explaining that there were more than 100 instances of unidentified flying aircrafts saying these “aircrafts” could be anything: birds, a plastic bag, or anything else.
"We are so far past this deception that are being put forth by these debunkers that they’re irrelevant at this point," said Corbell.
So could it be that we're really not alone?
"The fact is, until they tell us why they're here, we're only going to keep guessing," said Knapp.
We may never know...
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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A vegetation fire broke out Wednesday morning near Sacramento.
The fire was located along South River Road, just east of Village Parkway. The fire was extinguished by 7 a.m. Fire crews took some time to monitor hot spots. The fire was not near any structures.
No acreage was given to ABC10 because the relatively small size of the fire.
On Wednesday morning, the air quality near Southside Park was unhealthy, according to Purple Air.
The California Air Resources Board says during wildfires and smoky conditions, the best health prevention is to stay indoors with the windows and doors closed. The board also suggests:
- If you have an AC unit, run it on recirculate while also consistently updating the air filter
- Avoid activities that increase indoor pollution
- Avoid exercising outdoors
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and know your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
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Forests often regenerate after wildfires. Why the climate crisis could change that
In the absence of crystal balls and time machines, scientists use natural records like ice cores to understand what happened on the planet before we arrived, and math and computers to predict whether humans can survive the changes ahead. It's not a perfect approach, but it's the best available outside of sci-fi films and fairy tales.
In Arizona, the science ecosystem change has a lot to do with trees.
Donald Falk is an associate professor with the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. He uses trees and forests as a lens to study how southwestern ecosystems respond — in the past, present and future — to challenges such as the rising average temperatures, worsening drought and more intense wildfires linked to climate change.
In March, Falk and colleagues published a review paper in the journal Forest Ecology and Management titled "Mechanisms of forest resilience." It is a comprehensive academic look at the ecological processes behind what, in the Southwest, is plain to see: The forests are dry, brittle and burning at unprecedented rates. Sometimes they don't come back as forests.
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In 2020, more than 32 million people visited Arizona, even as the pandemic put a sizable dent in tourism. As any nature-loving Arizonan already knows, many of the state's most popular destinations are forested: the north rim of the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Flagstaff, the Sky Islands and the White Mountains.
The Arizona Republic spoke to Falk about whether Arizona will still have Douglas firs and Ponderosa pines to visit in 2122, how resilient the state's forests might be to increasing threats and what people can do to protect these beloved landscapes. He conjured up his tree ring time machine and his Rip Van Winkle crystal ball to give his best predictions.
Dr. Falk, you study the history of wildfire in the Southwest to better understand its future. Can you explain how that works?
I've been studying wildfire in all its aspects in the Southwest since the late 1990s. My Ph.D. was on fire history in New Mexico. You can think of what I do in a past, present, future framework. We study the past mostly with tree rings. In the present time, we study how forests recover following wildfire and we watch how ecosystems are resilient. And then, on the future side, I'm part of a group that does simulation modeling. We try to wind the clock forward and ask, "What's the Southwest going to look like in 100 years?"
The past has a lot to teach us about how ecosystems are resilient, because we have records going back many centuries all over the Southwest and they show us that wildfires, historically, were something the forest was very well adapted to. We have individual trees that have 35 fire scars on them, meaning that fire passed by that tree at least 35 times and left an imprint in the growth of the tree but clearly didn't kill it. That tells us something very important about fires that were happening in the past – they were frequent, but generally not the kind of burn-down-the-forest conflagration that we’re seeing today.
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How have you seen wildfire change Arizona landscapes?
After the year 2000, it's like a switch was flipped. Wildfires are 10 times as large. We are seeing ecosystems change, and I would say that the pace of change has really picked up. We're seeing a lot of mortality of trees, from wildfire and just because it's getting too hot and dry for the kinds of forests that we used to have to survive.
But nature abhors a vacuum. So, something else is going to come in and take its place.
We see oaks replacing pines, we see shrubs replacing trees, sometimes we see grasses replacing everything. Many of these grasses are invasive, brought in by humans, and are what we call pyrophilic, or fire-loving. You’re not going to burn them out, and it’s tough to push back that tide. So the landscape is converting to different kinds of vegetation. And once those changes are in place, it's very hard to turn around and go back to where we started.
What have been the major drivers of these changes?
I think it's reasonable to think of the combination of climate, wildfire and insect pests as being the immediate drivers. But clearly, the most important thing that happened was the onset of the multi-decadal drought and associated high temperatures, and that's not showing much sign of letting up.
Droughts do occur periodically in North America and all over the world, driven by background climate variability. But the intensity of this drought and the duration right now is making it exceptional. It's one of the worst droughts in the last 2,000 years.
Now we could step back from that, of course, and ask, "Well, what's driving those drivers?" The signs are that human alteration of global climate is driving the climate part of the equation. And one of the direct effects you get from that is these longer, deeper, hotter droughts. Our attempts, for more than a century, to keep fire out of ecosystems that need fire has also contributed to the severity of wildfires. And then insects are, in a way, responding to both of those because a dense forest with weakened trees is ideal habitat for many insects.
Unfortunately, we have only ourselves to blame for a lot of what we're seeing now in terms of the destructive impacts of climate and wildfire on our forests in the Southwest.
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In your recent review paper, you define resilience as consisting of three parts: persistence, recovery and reorganization. Can you explain this process and why it matters?
Resilience is something everyone is thinking about. It's our way of asking ourselves, "how are we going to get through this stressful period and are these things that matter to us still going to be there?" So we wanted to make sure we understood what we actually mean by resilience.
We looked at hundreds of studies and found an interesting pattern. The first thing a forest seems to do is try to persist, or ward off change. Healthy trees can tolerate a certain amount of stress. A big, old Douglas fir or Ponderosa pine, we might see in the pattern of the growth rings that some years were probably dry and hot and not optimal for growing. But the tree didn't die, it simply grew less that year.
The second line of defense is called recovery and that's not at the level of the individual tree but of the entire forest. Let's say a fire comes through and kills an entire acre of trees that had been weakened by insect pests. Seeds from nearby trees find these open patches and become established and, over many decades, the forest recovers.
Persistence and recovery are what most people generally think of as resilience. But we also saw a third pattern, and this is what we call reorganization, that's where ecosystems are different from human beings. If we go through an illness, we're not going to turn into a different kind of organism, right? But ecosystems do that all the time.
In the face of the stress of climate and disturbance (as from fire), ecosystems will shuffle what species are in their community. This is not new, nor is it particularly a problem. Reorganization of ecosystems is a natural process.
But the climate that we've created by our own stupidity is completely unnatural. So what we're seeing is the extinction of species, the loss of forest, the reduction in available water, the die-out of major groups. And that is not something that we as humans should be proud of.
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What does all this mean for the future of Arizona’s forests and the people who live and recreate there, in terms of both short-term and long-term impacts?
We've been seeing short-term impacts for the last 20 years with these gigantic wildfires, including the largest fire ever in New Mexico that is burning right now. They're affecting our economy, the quality of our air, the availability of water and the integrity of our soil. People are losing their houses, and their jobs and their livelihoods. Their health has been compromised. These events are not good for people, no matter how you look at it them.
In the longer run, we have pretty good reason to believe that species are going to rearrange where they're living in the Southwest. Some will migrate to higher elevations or farther north. There are lots of species in Mexico, grasses and trees, that are well adapted to the climate we're creating in the future, that will come in and take their place.
So, if you were to be Rip Van Winkle, go to sleep for 100 years, what would you see when you woke up in 2122? I would say that you would see a lot of areas that used to be forest that look now like grassy savannas that are heat tolerant, because it's going to be considerably hotter and rainfall is going to be more erratic.
Is there anything Arizonans can do to help resist the loss or conversion of our forests?
The first thing we can do is to support the people who manage our public lands. They're trying their best to keep our forests and grasslands resilient. How they do that is by forest thinning, prescribed burning and a variety of treatments for grasslands to keep them in healthy condition.
We can also make sure that we don't have bad impacts on ecosystems ourselves. That means maybe not driving off-road and causing a huge scar that might take decades to recover. We're past the point where we can tolerate the damage happening with ecosystems as it is.
Obviously, being very careful with fire is as critical as it ever was. And being very careful how we use water, because the wasteful use of water creates an additional stress on many ecosystems. We are just sucking water out of our ecosystems at an incredible rate. And a lot of it, honestly, is used more for human vanity than for any essential purpose. Conspicuous consumption of water in the desert is really unforgivable.
But beyond that, if you love forests, if you love streams and you love wildlife, then do everything in your power to reduce your carbon footprint. Don't be a contributor to what's making the problem worse. That involves some hard choices: not flying somewhere just for the weekend, maybe living in a smaller house, not driving a big gas-guzzler a quarter mile to the store for a quart of milk. There are a lot of changes we can make individually.
Then, of course, we need to make sure that we have people in Congress who understand the importance of climate change and the extreme urgency of addressing it. We can support ecosystems by supporting the movement to try not to make climate change worse. Every little bit we can do to reduce our emissions, it adds up, and it makes us more conscious citizens of the planet.
Joan Meiners is the Climate News and Storytelling Reporter at The Arizona Republic and azcentral. Before becoming a journalist, she completed a Ph.D. in Ecology. Follow Joan on Twitter at @beecycles or email her at joan.meiners@arizonarepublic.com.
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Arizona Gives Day 2022 raises more than $6 million for nonprofits
Arizona Gives Day 2022 raised more than $6 million for 900-plus nonprofits statewide. Additionally, more than 36,000 volunteer hours were pledged by folks who want to give some of their time to help state charities.
“Given the nature of the economy, the global unrest and the fact that we were just climbing out of the pandemic, we weren’t sure where Arizona Gives Day would end up,” said Kristen Merrifield, CEO of the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, which co-sponsors the event with the Arizona Grantmakers Forum.
“The results certainly show that the people of Arizona are more than willing to generously step up to support the incredibly important work being done by nonprofits in every community in our state."
In 2021, the day of giving generated more than $7 million, which was a record-breaking amount. Since 2013, Gives Day has raised more than $36.4 million for Arizona nonprofits and given nearly $2 million in incentive prizes to large and small organizations.
Phoenix Rescue Mission has participated in the event every year since it began. The group provides meals and shelter for homeless individuals and families. Last year, Phoenix Rescue Mission raised more than $150,000. This year: more than $160,000, including a $4,500 cash prize incentive.
"We love participating in this event each year because of how the community gets involved. Phoenix Rescue Mission is almost entirely funded by individual donations, so being part of the community and building rapport with community leaders makes a huge difference," said the Mission's Ryan Brown.
"It’s a chance for our advocates and supporters to show the community that they care for those who need a hand up or a second chance."
Even though Arizona Gives Day is over for this year, donations are still accepted at azgives.org year-round.
Roxanne De La Rosa covers Arizona's nonprofit community. Reach her at rdelarosa@azcentral.com.
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The third annual Ohio Space Forum opened today at the NASA Glenn Research Center near Cleveland.
The goal for forum participants is simple: Learn how Ohio can contribute to national defense in space and the American return to the moon.
The Dayton Daily News is covering the forum from Cleveland and will bring our readers updates throughout the day from speakers at the event.
Terry Slaybaugh, JobsOhio vice president for sites and infrastructure, said Ohio is blessed with a strong technical pipeline, with more than 30 companies setting up shop in Ohio from the coasts and elsewhere in recent months.
“Our research and development base is extraordinary,” Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in a video message, with DeWine particularly calling out the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which he called: “a real Ohio gem.”
Col. Maurizio Calabrese, the commander of NASIC, has recently been nominated and confirmed for his first star as an Air Force brigadier general.
Calabrese leads more than 4,000 professionals who work to learn more about the air and space weapons national adversaries are developing.
“It’s an amazing, classified mission. It is a very special place, and it is here in Ohio,” Calabrese told listeners at NASA Glenn.
Great power competition has been extended once again into space, with China and Russia creating space weapons, preparing for space warfare and sending out satellites, whose number has doubled since 2018.
That’s especially dangerous since international norms have not kept pace with the fast-moving technology, the NASIC commander said. Many satellites support a growing number of civilian purposes.
“War in space affects everyone, not just military forces,” Calabrese said.
NASIC is focused on its own array of emerging technologies, often with NASA, he said.
Joe Zeis, a retired Air Force colonel and DeWine’s senior advisor for aerospace and defense, said critical work to solve space and aerospace problems is happening across Ohio.
“Each one of these dots represents critical manufacturing development”, Zeis said, referring to a map he showed of Ohio military and defense installations, dots that spread across the Buckeye State from Cincinnati to Cleveland.
With about 3,000 people directly employed, NASA Glenn has an approximately $2 billion economic impact, impacting some 9,000 jobs overall.
“This institution and its visibility are critical,” Zeis said, referring to NASA Glenn.
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DAYTON — A postal service key that unlocks all Dayton-area mailboxes was stolen recently, police records show.
A May 14 Dayton police report states the key was taken from a mail carrier “a week back,” days before the Dayton Daily News was first to report a series of outdoor postal service drop boxes thefts were reported in Beavercreek, Dayton and Kettering.
Kettering police told the Dayton Daily News they think an unknown number of checks were stolen in the thefts.
The report was filed after a Dayton post office manager notified police at 2:30 a.m. Saturday that he discovered the drive-up mailbox was open at 1111 E. Fifth St. building.
The post office manager said the key “unlocks all mailboxes in the Dayton area” and “that several mailboxes have been opened around different locations in the city since the key has been stolen,” the police report states.
The Dayton Daily News has reached out to the U.S. Postal Service and is awaiting a response.
The call to Dayton police came less than an hour after Beavercreek and Kettering law enforcement reported mail thefts from drop boxes outside post offices in those cities, documents show.
Beavercreek police saw at least one person flee the Dayton-Xenia Road post office in a minivan at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday, records show. An officer was unable to catch the vehicle after a short chase in which the driver ran a red light after leaving “at a high rate of speed” on Research Park Boulevard, a police report states.
All four drop boxes were later found open with two nearby “mail totes” empty except for one envelope and an alert was issued to surrounding law enforcement, according to the police report.
About 2:10 a.m. Saturday, Kettering police responded to a post office at 1490 Forrer Blvd. on a “self-initiated” theft complaint, documents show.
The thieves used a key to gain access to Kettering’s Forrer post office drop boxes and apparently later disposed of any mail that did not contain checks, Detective Vince Mason said.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Dallas Southern Pride officials say they expect more than 20,000 people to descend upon North Texas to celebrate Juneteenth.
The organization will be hosting an entire weekend of Juneteenth events to celebrate the freeing of African American slaves. Events include a festival, a pool party, an Emancipation ball, concerts and more.
Music artists performing include:
- Yo Gotti
- Moneybagg Yo
- The City Girls
- Saucy Santana
- Yella Beezy
- Erica Banks
Juneteenth, June 19, is a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The idea for the holiday first originated in Texas at Galveston back in 1865.
Just recently, in 2021, the U.S. government made Juneteenth a national holiday, making this year the second year the holiday has been recognized by the federal government.
For more information, visit dallassouthernpride.com.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Wednesday, May 18 in North Texas is set to be hot and breezy once again, however, NWS Fort Worth says there is some potential for some isolated storms in the northwest portion of the region.
The center explains North Texas will experience a hot and breezy Wednesday with temperatures expected to be well above normal. “Daily high temperature records are forecast at both DFW and Waco this afternoon.”
DFW’s daily high temperature record of 96 degrees from 1956 could be broken as NWS Fort Worth forecasts the high temp reaching 98 degrees.
The center also says that a conditional severe threat exists in the afternoon across the far northwestern counties. “Very isolated storms are possible after 4 p.m. near a dryline. If storms are able to develop, damaging wind gusts are the primary threat.”
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A 31-year-old Rikers inmate died early Wednesday, the fifth inmate to die in custody since the start of the year inside the New York City jail.
Mary Yehudah passed just after 5 a.m. at Elmhurst Hospital, the Department of Correction said in a statement. A cause of death is pending, the DOC said.
Yehudah had been in custody at the Rose M. Singer Center since Feb. 12 on a 1st-degree robbery charge.
"Ms. Yehuda’s passing fills us with sadness, every life here is precious," Commissioner Louis Molina said in a statement. (The DOC spelled her name both "Yehudah" and "Yehuda" in its statement.)
The commissioner is facing a fast-approaching deadline to address the ongoing crisis at the nation's second-largest jail system to avert a federal takeover.
Yehudah will go down as the 20th inmate death in less than 18 months, following 15 who died at Rikers last year,
In a four-year span from 2017 to 2020, Rikers saw 24 deaths, according to an AP tally of DOC data.
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Bloomington bus schedule aims to stop late-night bus service, add Uber/Lift this summer
Bloomington resident Noel Caffey sat at one of the benches at the downtown transit hub late Friday waiting for a bus to take him back home.
Caffey works at Cracker Barrel. The restaurant closes at 10 p.m., but he said by the time he and his coworkers finish cleaning, he may not get to leave until after 11 p.m.
“We depend on the bus to get home,” he said.
However, beginning next month, Caffey won't be able to ride the bus home anymore, as a driver shortage and low ridership numbers are prompting Bloomington Transit to stop most late-night bus routes.
Bloomington plans to stop running most city buses two hours early, around 9 p.m., starting next month. Instead, would-be riders will be able to call an Uber or Lyft at the city’s expense.
While transit officials hope the move, a pilot program to last at least six months, will reduce driver burnout and overtime pay, some local riders said the switch would make it more difficult to get to or from work and may reduce other trips they take to run errands or visit friends.
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Eliminating late-night bus routes
Buses usually leave the bus terminal, at Third and Walnut streets, for the last time at 11:10 p.m., before bus service is paused until around 7 a.m. the following morning. Under the new schedule, the last buses would leave the terminal at 9:10 p.m. Riders would still be able to hop on at subsequent stops, but they would be able to ride only to the route’s final destination — not back to the terminal.
How much will bus riders pay for ride-share?
Late evening bus users will be able to call a ride-sharing service and pay on the services' apps with a discount code. The riders would have to pay the first dollar, with the city picking up the next $19. Riders would have to pay any amount over $20. Riders who are outside the coverage area of the bus routes will not be able to use the city's discount code.
People who do not have a smartphone can call the bus service’s main line, 812-336-7443, and have a dispatcher call a ride-sharing service.
The changes would apply to all routes except 6 and 9, which cover the campus of Indiana University.
Transit officials said the switch will happen next month, though an exact date has yet to be determined.
Few drivers, some routes canceled
Bloomington Transit General Manager John Connell said a continued bus driver shortage and low ridership are two reasons why the agency is making the changes.
New hourly wages of $19.02 went into effect in January, but the service still needs about 10 additional drivers, meaning many bus operators are working mandatory overtime, Connell said.
That can get frustrating, especially on the late-night routes, which often carry fewer than five passengers per hour, he said.
Connell said providing the service that late with so few passengers also makes little economic sense. Running a bus costs about $78 per hour, which means the city is incurring a cost of between $16 and $26 per rider if three to five riders use the service.
At the same time, Connell said he knows some people rely on the service, and he believes the Uber/Lyft option should offer an adequate alternative.
Drivers are guaranteed to work at least 37 hours a week, but Bloomington bus driver Jesse Merritt said drivers regularly work 10 hours more.
Some drivers may finish a shift at 11:30 p.m. only to find out they’re working a 5 a.m. shift the next morning, he said.
“It can be exhausting,” Merritt said.
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The stress has pushed some older workers into early retirement and some younger workers to leave for other transit departments, which makes life even more difficult for the drivers who remain, he said.
The transit service has been forced to stop some routes on short notice when a driver calls in sick.
Merritt, who has worked with the transit service since 2018, said he previously wondered whether late-night service with few riders makes sense for the community, but now that it’s increasing driver frustration, he said he believes it makes sense to try to cut it.
'We depend on the bus'
Some late night bus riders said last week they worry the switch may sometimes leave them stranded.
Caffey, 48, moved here from Chicago eight months ago because he has family in Bloomington. He said he usually sees fewer than 10 people on the bus late at night, but has seen as many as 20.
He suggested the transit service give raises to the drivers or even raise the bus fare.
A few feet away, Shane Terrell was waiting for a different bus. He sat on a bench as his dog, a mountain cur named Pretty Pearl, sat by his side.
Terrell, 39, said if the transit service stops late-night buses, he simply wouldn’t take as many trips downtown, even though that likely means he sees his friends less often.
“I’d come to town less frequently,” he said. “Only if I absolutely needed to.”
Crystal Blankenship, who sat next to Terrell, said she does not drive and she, too, relies on the bus service to run errands. She said she probably would take up the city’s offer to pay for a ride-sharing service.
The riders also worried they may encounter times when no drivers are available when they’re needed.
Transit officials share that concern, Connell acknowledged, and will keep an eye on Uber/Lyft availability. He said representatives of both services said they would communicate to their drivers that they can expect additional business late in the evening.
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The city initially planned to make the switch this month, but announced on May 2 it would push it to June.
Connell said the department hopes to begin the new service in early June but has refrained from announcing a specific date because of an "unexpected delay" related to a legal review. He said Fort Wayne-based law firm Rothberg Logan & Warsco is reviewing the contracts the department is signing with the ride sharing companies.
"We're real close," Connell said.
At the latest, he said, the new service would be implemented the last week of June.
Connell said the department plans to collect six months' worth of data before analyzing how to proceed. If the switch produces an unexpected and outsized boost of late-night riders, it could signal that the community has a need for such a service. Connell said that could prompt the department to consider offering an in-house micro transit program.
Boris Ladwig is the city government reporter for The Herald-Times. Contact him at bladwig@heraldt.com.
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Two third-grade friends thought they'd never meet again. Until Facebook reunited them.
Layla Tanksley isn’t typically one to ask for help from strangers on the internet. But for her son, James, she would try.
“I’m trying Facebook as my last ditch effort,” she wrote in the Bloomington, IN - What's Going On? group. “If you guys maybe even think you know Brody’s parents or grandparents or whoever, please help us connect with them!”
When the Tanksley family moved away, James thought he would never see his preschool best friend again. He didn't even know his last name. But when Layla posted on Facebook, she was met with hundreds of comments offering help and wishing luck.
“Maybe this will actually work,” she thought. Maybe the community will come together and reconnect the boys.
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Searching for a lost friend
James and Brody met when they were in preschool together at Grandview Elementary School. After, James often talked about his friend with his parents, Layla and Daniel.
The boys are both in third grade now, and the Tanksleys have lived outside of the Monroe County Community School Corp. district for years. James still talks about his friend.
“It was continuous,” Layla said. “He’d always be like, ‘My friend Brody really likes this cartoon,’ or, ‘My friend Brody used to do this.’”
Although Layla and Daniel had heard all about Brody, they’d never met him and didn't know what he looked like. James usually just made comments in passing. But one night last month, they heard him whimpering from his bedroom.
When Layla walked in the room, she found James hidden beneath his blankets, crying. He missed Brody so much, he said.
Layla knew she had to at least try to find him.
She tried calling Grandview, but administration wouldn’t give out any students’ names since James wasn’t a student there anymore. So she used the only other idea she had.
“Maybe Brody Higgins? I’m not sure,” she wrote in her Facebook post. “James can’t remember.”
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One commenter suggested she use Kirkwood Photo, which keeps yearbook photo archives of local schools such as Grandview. Layla loaded the website on her phone and scanned through the Grandview classes. No Brody.
Just as she was about to give up, Layla noticed the website’s shopping cart icon was blocking one student in the bottom right corner. She looked at the page again, this time on a desktop version, and there he was. Brody Winters.
Layla raced back to the Facebook comments with the name, and soon enough, someone tagged his mom, Brandi Stillions — is this your Brody?
By then, it was 11 p.m., but Layla and Daniel were wide awake.
“We were almost in tears,” Layla said, “Like, we found him.”
James, who has autism, doesn’t often show physical affection, even to his parents. But when Layla showed James they had found Brody, he hugged her three times.
'It put a huge smile on his face'
Nine months ago, the Tanksleys sat in their truck in a Georgia parking lot, on the run from Hurricane Ida, knowing they may not have a home to return to.
The family already had moved to Florida twice. When they fled the hurricane, they returned to Monroe County and stayed with Layla’s aunt after learning their home had been destroyed.
They lived there for six months until they were able to buy a house in Judah. James now attends Needmore Elementary School in Bedford.
Making friends has been difficult for James because the family has moved so much. His autism and Tourette Syndrome makes it even harder.
Some of James’ classmates tease him in school. Maybe they haven’t been taught how to treat others who act differently from them, Layla said.
For Brody, though, it was never a problem. He and James became instant friends.
When Brandi let Brody read Layla’s Facebook post, he said he remembered James. He missed his friend, too.
“It put a huge smile on his face,” Brandi said. “He’s just always out to make friends and doesn’t see anybody as any different from him. It makes me feel like I’ve done something right.”
A reunion, with more to come
When James spotted Brody at Switchyard Park a few Sundays ago, Layla expected a tearful reunion. Instead, the two acted how kids often do — a little awkward at first, then quickly behaving as if they'd never spent time apart in the first place.
For three or four hours, the boys talked, ran through tunnels and climbed a rock wall. Their faces grew red and their hair dripped with sweat, but they didn’t mind.
When the play date ended, James wasn’t upset about letting Brody go. They knew they would be able to see each other again soon, and many more times after that.
“I recognize that things are going to be different than other mothers and their sons,” Layla said about herself and James. “We’re not going to get the same lifetime of things … but as a mom, you hope that connection will be made one day. So to see that happen with Brody was just really nice.”
Contact Christine Stephenson at cstephenson@heraldt.com.
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Monroe County observes Peace Officers Memorial Day
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Law enforcement officers and others gathered on the lawn outside the Monroe County Courthouse Monday at 11 a.m. to commemorate Peace Officers Memorial Day, which honors police officers killed in the line of duty. Indiana University student Jeffrey Parker played Taps on a trumpet during the ceremony, during which the names and stories of the eight from Monroe County killed in the past century were said aloud: James Driver, 2021; Sarah Irene Haylett-Jones, 2008; William Rollin Brand, 2005; Donald Eugene Owens, 1975; Jerry A. Green, 1967; Dale W. Mishler, 1955: Samuel Perry Cardwell, 1928 and Ralph Wayne Pogue, 1928.
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Algal blooms threaten Bloomington's drinking water. Can you do something about it?
What can individuals and property owners do to protect the Lake Monroe watershed?
The League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County and Friends of Lake Monroe want residents of Bloomington and Monroe and Brown counties to learn how they can help keep their drinking water safe.
Over the past two years, the Friends group has developed a watershed management plan for Lake Monroe, which provides drinking water to more than 130,000 people. The management plan identifies the top threats to the lake, including algal blooms fed by sediment, pollution and fertilizer runoff.
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More than 20 different groups worked with the Friends to compile data, collect and analyze water samples and information about the habitats surrounding Lake Monroe, the state's largest manmade lake. That information was the basis for the watershed management plan.
While the plan will serve as the guiding document for how to tackle threats to the lake's water quality, it will only be effective if people who live around Lake Monroe take action. The League and Friends groups will host three public meetings for people to learn more about the plan and how they can help.
Maggie Sullivan, watershed coordinator for Friends of Lake Monroe, helped with the first forums conducted when the management plan was beginning. She knows the public meetings provided a way to educate area residents and find volunteers to put the plan into action.
There will be three forums — an in-person meeting in Bloomington, an in-person meeting in Brown County and a virtual meeting — to continue the community discussion.
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The plan identifies ways to address threats to Lake Monroe over the next 20 years.
The three public forums are the first of the actions to implement the watershed plan. A social media campaign about how to protect the water quality in Lake Monroe also will begin soon.
The plan can be viewed the 10-page summary online or view the entire, 203-page plan at friendsoflakemonroe.org/watershed-plan/. The plan also is available at public libraries in Monroe, Brown and Jackson counties.
Attending the public forums
The three public meetings are the first part of the action plan. All three meetings will cover the same information and provide a time for input from participants. They will be:
- 6:45-8:30 p.m. May 24 at St. Thomas Lutheran Church, 3800 E. Third St., Bloomington
- 6:45-8:30 p.m. June 9 at the Brown County Public Library, 205 Locust Lane, Nashville
- 6:45-8:30 p.m. June 15 via Zoom.
Advanced registration for the in-person forums is encouraged but not required. To register, go to friendsoflakemonroe.org/events.
Contact Carol Kugler at ckugler@heraldt.com, 812-331-4359 or @ckugler on Twitter.
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Authorities in New Jersey released a sketch of a possible serial rapist wanted for the sexual assault of a woman on a park trail that took place in Franklin Township Monday and possibly a number of other incidents.
Shortly after 6 p.m., Franklin Township Police responded to a report of a sexual assault at Six Mile Run park trail near Blackwells Mills and Canal roads, according to Somerset County Acting Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart.
When officers arrived, they found a woman who reported being assaulted by an unknown man while she was running, Taggart said. The woman said the man got off of his bicycle, tackled to too the ground and attempted to sexually assault her.
The woman was able to fight and break free from the attacker before calling 911, Taggart said. Shee was taken to the hospital for treatment and has since been released, according to Taggart. The man allegedly fled the area on his bicycle.
Authorities describe the suspect as about 5'6" to 5'7" in height with a heavier build, and around his mid-30s. He was last seen wearing black pants or shorts, a green hoodie and a blue gator face covering.
The New Jersey State Police Forensic Imaging Unit released a composite sketch of the suspect in the Franklin Township attack.
However, authorities are also trying to determine of the suspect is the same involved in attacks in Somerset and Middlesex counties.
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Law enforcement sources say Monday's attack is similar to a September incident and somewhat similar to another in July, making them think it could be the same person responsible.
Authorities urge anyone with information to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Sex Crimes Unit at (908) 231-7100 or the Franklin Township Police Department at (732) 873-5533.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — Vancouver Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services was awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars to expand summer recreation opportunities for youth in the area.
The city received the money from the Summer Experiences and Enrichment for Kids Fund, according to a press release. City officials say the funds will support programs that create safe, supportive and equitable recreation opportunities for K-12 youth.
Those programs are summer day camps, the Urban Youth Leadership Program, and youth sports camps and clinics.
“Safe outdoor recreation opportunities are so important to the physical, mental and emotional health of young people,” Recreation Manager David Perlick said. “This SEEK funding will allow us to expand these programs and serve more youth and families in our community.”
The purpose of the SEEK Fund is to increase access to quality, outdoor summer programming for youth and communities who have historically been underserved and who have been most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the city added.
The SEEK Fund is made up of federal funds distributed to the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction under the American Rescue Plan Act.
In collaboration with the Association of Washington Cities and the Washington Recreation & Park Association, the city said, OSPI will provide over $10 million for 2022 summer programs to over 70 parks and recreation agencies across the state.
To learn more about Vancouver Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services programming, click here.
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FARGO -- North Dakota State University’s new president is officially on the job.
David Cook is the school's 15th leader. He took the helm on Tuesday, Prairie Public reported.
Cook was previously vice chancellor for public affairs and economic development for the University of Kansas. North Dakota's State Board of Higher Education in February chose him to succeed Dean Bresciani, who stepped down as president after a dozen years to become a tenured NDSU professor in health sciences and education. Bresciani butted heads with the board and university system on issues involving research, enrollment and personnel.
Cook beat out two other finalists for the job: Marymount provost and vice president Hesham El-Rewini, and University of Minnesota Crookston chancellor Mary Holz Clause.
Cook said he’s spending a lot of time listening to people to see what everyone wants for NDSU -- students, faculty, citizens and alumni.
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"I think a big part of what I'm trying to do is get a sense of what people want to see in this institution, where we need to go, how well we are aligned with the economic needs of the state, the workforce needs of the state," he said. "This is a really important institution for the entire state, for the Fargo-Moorhead area, and I think a lot of that starts with continuing to listen to them to see what we can do for them."
Cook said some of the discussions involve how to address declining enrollment, how to boost the potential of NDSU’s research capacity, and even what it might look like to advance NDSU athletics into a higher tier of NCAA Division I competition. The Bison football team has dominated the lower tier for years.
Cook has experience at a large university, and one with a major sports program. Kansas has more than 28,000 students, 2,800 faculty and 7,200 staff members, an annual budget of $1.2 million, and one of the top basketball programs in the nation. Cook’s role at the school included working with lobbyists to bring state and federal money to a liberal school in a conservative state, according to The Associated Press.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Addressing food insecurity isn't an easy thing to do, but it has to start somewhere, no matter how small. It's exactly what Lacy Selig is doing in her neighborhood.
"There seem to be people who have a little bit more and a little bit less than us," she said. "We just wanted to do our part."
Doing that though started with something negative.
"Six months ago, we had a break in in our home," Selig said. "It was scary because we were home that night."
While you might be thinking the person responsible was after valuables, they weren't.
They were after food.
"Made a quick right, another quick right, and opened our refrigerator," Selig said. "Took out some frozen meals and went right back out."
After calling the police, Selig said her family decided not to press charges – instead, they wanted to help.
"We as a family had been racking our brain about a way that we could not just call the police and file the incident report, but really try and connect with the community about the issue," she said. "That's what led us to our sharing pantry."
A small box just off the corner of the families property off Broadway in Little Rock, but it's already having a big impact.
"We installed it and a neighbor came by and said, you know, 'Somebody's gonna clear you out of that,'" Selig said. "I paused and I thought, 'Yeah, that's the point!'"
Selig said the pantries only been up for just over a day, but they've already had to refill it multiple times. Others in the area, like State Representative Denise Ennett, say it's good to see community solutions.
"The community has had a hand in it, the government can't always solve all the problems," Rep. Ennett said. "So what Lacy has done with her and her family, it's just one of the ways the community can get involved."
Selig doesn't want to dwell on what inspired the box – but rather, what it's inspiring.
"This is not the answer to all those problems, this is just here for our community and neighbors," Selig said. "There are bigger issues, cooling centers, lots of things that the city and the community can do, I just hope our small part makes a difference."
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Lancaster County Sheriff's deputies got into a 20-minute foot chase with two Lincoln men Tuesday afternoon near South 56th Street and Pioneers Boulevard.
Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said shortly before 4 p.m. deputies were called to the 6200 block of West Claire Avenue about a suspicious vehicle and arrived to find a BMW with two men inside.
He said the car drove a short distance and got high-centered, then the two men took off running.
Houchin said at the end of one of the department's longest foot-chases, they caught Chase Larsen, 31, and Dakota Wagner. 27, and arrested them after finding four cut-off catalytic converters in the BMW and saws in their backpacks.
He said they were booked into jail on suspicion of possession of stolen property and burglar's tools.
The return of Yo-Yo Ma, American Ballet Theatre and Danny Elfman along with newcomers Diana Krall, Alton Brown and "Winnie The Pooh" highlight the Lied Center's 2022-23 season that will also include the Lincoln premiere of "Hamilton."
Out of the more than 750 providers surveyed by the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, two-thirds said they are experiencing staff turnover, with 69% reporting staff leaving the early childhood field entirely.
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BLOOMINGTON — Police say arson is suspected in a Bloomington apartment fire that displaced residents earlier this week.
Bloomington firefighters and police officers were dispatched about 8:20 a.m. Monday to an apartment building in the 2200 block of Todd Drive where officials found fire inside one apartment.
Bloomington police spokesman Brandt Parsley confirmed on Tuesday that the department’s criminal investigations unit has assigned the fire for further investigation for aggravated arson.
No arrests have been made and there is no suspect information available, police said.
No injuries were reported from the fire.
The building sustained fire and smoke damage, but the extent of damage was not available Tuesday.
Fire crews cleared the scene around 11:30 a.m. and fire investigators stayed at the scene into the late afternoon Monday, officials said.
The cause of fire remains under investigation.
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NORMAL — A Bloomington man was arrested this week after an accusation of battering a child earlier this month at a Normal grocery store, police said.
Brandon J. Anderson, 20, is accused of striking a child May 1 at the Meijer grocery store in Normal.
Anderson has not been formally charged and has not appeared in court. McLean County State’s Attorney Don Knapp said his office has not received all final reports.
Anderson was arrested Monday after Normal police posted his photo on social media in an effort to identify him, police said.
Normal police said Anderson’s preliminary charge is for battery, which is a Class A misdemeanor.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
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Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
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Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of meth, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and aggravated assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and two counts each of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams (Class 2 felony) and less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, is charged in McLean County with aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery as a subsequent offense.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
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Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
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Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
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Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
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Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 21, of Chicago, is charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
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Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, is charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 59, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, each a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated domestic battery, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 30, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery, charged as a Class 3 felony for a subsequent offense.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
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Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
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Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
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Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Editor's Note: The vide above first aired on KARE 11 on May 12, 2022.
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane has pleaded guilty to the state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd in May 2020.
Lane appeared before Judge Peter Cahill in Hennepin County Court Wednesday morning to enter the plea.
As part of the deal, Lane will serve three years in a federal facility, to be served concurrently with a federal sentence that has yet to be announced. He will be officially sentenced on the state charges following his federal sentencing.
Attorneys for fellow ex-officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng, also charged with aiding and abetting manslaughter, were in the courtroom Wednesday but did not discuss plea deals for their clients, according to KARE 11's Lou Raguse.
According to the Associated Press, Lane wasn't taken into custody and a presentence investigation was ordered. He's scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 21 on the state charge.
"I am pleased Thomas Lane has accepted responsibility for his role in Floyd’s death," Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement. "His acknowledgment he did something wrong is an important step toward healing the wounds of the Floyd family, our community, and the nation. While accountability is not justice, this is a significant moment in this case and a necessary resolution on our continued journey to justice."
Lane, along with Thao and Kueng, was convicted of violating Floyd's civil rights in a federal trial back in February by not intervening when Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck.
All three officers were charged with denying Floyd his right to medical care, while Kueng and Thao also faced charges for failing to intervene with Chauvin's use of force.
On May 13, a federal judge denied motions by the three former officers to acquit them after their convictions involving Floyd's murder.
The state trial, at this point for just Thao and Kueng, is scheduled to begin with motions on June 13. Jury selection begins June 14 with opening statements set for July 5. Judge Peter Cahill has said he expects the evidence phase to take four or five weeks, meaning the trial could last into early August.
At his state trial in April 2021, Derek Chauvin was convicted of second-degree manslaughter, second-degree murder and third-degree murder for Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, and was sentenced to 22.5 years.
Then in May 2022, the judge overseeing the federal civil rights cases of the four former Minneapolis police officers accepted the terms of Chauvin's plea agreement. Under the plea agreement both sides agreed Chauvin should face a sentence ranging from 20 to 25 years, with prosecutors saying they would seek 25.
This is a developing story. KARE 11 will provide more details as new information becomes available.
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UTICA, N.Y. – Four people were left without a home Tuesday following a fire on Nichols Street.
Fire crews were called to the scene around 8:30 p.m.
Fire Chief Scott Ingersoll says flames were coming from the side of the home on the first and second floors. According to the chief, no one was home at the time and no injuries were reported.
Three adults and one child live in the home, but cannot return at this time due to smoke and fire damage on both floors.
Ingersoll says the cause is still under investigation.
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UTICA, N.Y. (UPDATED) – Utica police are searching for a missing 59-year-old man who left the Focus Senior Living at Utica on Tuesday and never came back.
Police say Scott Imundo walked away from the Kemble Street assisted living facility and didn't return, but did not specify at what time.
Imundo requires vital care and treatment, so police are seeking help from the public to locate him as soon as possible.
Anyone who has seen Imundo is asked to call UPD at 315-223-3563.
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'Such perfect condition': couple buys Masonic lodge in downtown Alliance
ALLIANCE – Sunlight streamed through gauze curtains in the room with wide, high ceilings. The walls were sky blue, and the hardwood floor creaked softly. A small stage sat in the center of the room. The Square and Compasses symbol – an emblem associated with Freemasonry – hung on the wall behind it.
In the back of the room, Julie Brown sat at a round table. She and her husband, Chris, have spent many hours cleaning and rehabilitating the building on South Linden Avenue that they purchased two months ago.
But what inspired a Tallmadge couple to buy a 207-year-old Masonic Lodge? Julie Brown acknowledged that it might seem unusual, but the couple has always wanted to live somewhere with unique architecture.
"It ticked all the right boxes for us," she said.
More:Former McCaskey Register building torn down in Alliance
The Browns are both eBay sellers. Chris sells car parts, while Julie sells a variety of items. They keep most of their inventory in storage units.
"We had been looking to rent a storage facility, a place to store more stuff ... the temple popped up several times on Facebook Marketplace, and I just kept blowing it off," Julie Brown said.
They continued their search. Time passed. The property seller dropped their asking price, reigniting the couple's interest. They toured the building at 144 S. Linden Ave., asked questions and talked about it with friends.
Days later, the Masonic Lodge was theirs.
The building was constructed in 1815. It once served as the home of Alliance's Conrad Lodge Masons. The Freemasons are one of the oldest fraternal organizations in the world.
The building has changed hands several times in recent years. City Director of Planning and Economic Development Joe Mazzola said it was sold to Sarchione in October 2020 and again in 2021 to South Linden LLC before the Browns bought it in March.
Julie Brown said the lodge needs some cosmetic repairs, but is in "such perfect condition" despite its age.
Inside, the building seemed like a collage of different decades. Black-and-white tile covered the kitchen floor, while a room formerly reserved for the Masonic Lodge's female visitors bore green carpet and pistachio-colored walls; bulbous light fixtures and gold accents appeared throughout many of the rooms; and a rope-pulled dumbwaiter connected the basement to the kitchen.
Brown said they have given tours of the building to many friends and family members in recent weeks. Everyone has been amazed by the building, she said.
The Conrad Masons left behind many items, including old robes, books, signs, handwritten ledgers, and bulky, old-fashioned suitcases. Brown said she doesn't know much about the history of Freemasonry, but she has been going through the items.
"Being eBay sellers, there's lots to sell. We haven't sold anything yet, but we're getting there," she said.
She said she and her husband have not yet decided what they will do with the building. Several area groups have contacted them about renting the space for meetings and rehearsals. They might convert some of the space into a rental hall.
"We'll probably have vendor fairs of some sort (at some point). Honestly, we just don't really know. We have plans ... but we haven't committed to any of that yet," she said.
One certainty is that they plan to preserve the historical elements of the lodge.
"When I was younger, I was a nanny in New York City, and I lived in a building at the time," Brown said. "And I always said 'I'm going to live in a building someday.'"
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn.
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ALBANY -- Despite COVID numbers that have been in the single digits in recent weeks, "cautiously optimistic" officials with Phoebe Putney Health System are reminding southwest Georgians that the pandemic is not over.
More than three months after the peak of the omicron surge, COVID-19 hospitalizations at Phoebe remain low, but there has been a slight increase recently in COVID transmission in the region. Phoebe health system facilities were caring for seven patients with COVID-19 on Wednesday, all of them at Phoebe’s main hospital. Three of the COVID patients are recent admissions with a primary diagnosis of COVID, hospital officials noted in a news release. One is a long-term COVID patient who is no longer infectious, and the other three have COVID but were admitted primarily for treatment of other issues.
“The Phoebe Family certainly deserves this extended period without the added pressures that come with a major COVID surge," Phoebe Health System President and CEO Scott Steiner said. "We are cautiously optimistic about the coming months, but we also know the pandemic is not over, and we want people to take steps to protect themselves from serious COVID illness."
As of Wednesday morning, Phoebe’s COVID-19 numbers were:
-- Total COVID-19 patients at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital: 7;
-- Total COVID-19 patients at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center: 0;
-- Total COVID-19 Patients at Phoebe Worth Medical Center: 0;
-- Total inpatients who have recovered: 4,336;
-- Total COVID-related deaths at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital: 458;
-- Total COVID-related deaths at Phoebe Sumter: 124;
-- Total COVID-related deaths at Phoebe Worth: 1;
-- Total vaccines administered: 80,151.
In the last week, Phoebe reached a vaccination milestone by administering its 80,000th COVID-19 vaccine dose. On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized a Pfizer vaccine booster for children ages 5-11 who received their second shot at least five months ago. That means all Americans who are at least 5 years old may now receive the initial two-dose vaccine regimen, as well as a booster shot. Anyone who is at least 50 years old and anyone younger than 50 who is immunocompromised is also eligible to receive a second booster.
“The vaccines and booster doses do a great job of kicking your immune system into high gear to protect you from serious illness from a COVID infection, but that protection can begin to wane four to six months after you get a shot," Phoebe Putney Health System Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dianna Grant said. "We recommend getting a booster when you are eligible to ensure you stay protected."
Phoebe officials advised southwest Georgia residents to take all recommended steps to help contain the virus. Those steps include making sure everyone is up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations and seeking medical care immediately if they develop COVID symptoms.
“We are in a much better position now to prevent a surge in hospitalizations than at any point during the pandemic, largely because of the wide availability of antiviral pills that are effective at halting progression of the illness,” Grant said. “If you start developing symptoms, you should get tested right away. If you are positive, you should see a health care provider immediately so they can determine if the oral antiviral medication is right for you.”
The antiviral medication is the preferred primary treatment for COVID. A prescription for the pills is appropriate for most people who are within five days of their first symptoms. Because of potential adverse interactions with other medications, the pills may not be appropriate for some patients.
“If your doctor determines, you should not take the antiviral medication, Phoebe is still offering monoclonal antibody infusions that also offer outstanding protection from severe illness," Grant said. "The sooner you see a provider when you start getting sick, the sooner you can get the treatment that will have the best chance of making you feel better quickly."
Appointments for an initial vaccination or a booster shot at a Phoebe clinic can be scheduled by calling (229) 312-MYMD. Those who develop COVID symptoms may call that number or use the Phoebe mobile app to schedule an appointment at a Phoebe primary care or urgent care clinic.
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RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia State Police pilot was temporarily blinded during a search for a suspect when a person on the ground aimed a laser pointer at the police aircraft, officials said.
When the pilot regained his vision, he and his co-pilot identified the source of the laser and provided troopers on the ground with an exact location and address. As the airplane continued to assist with the search, the laser continued to track the aircraft.
Crewe police officers and Virginia State Police troopers found a woman and the laser pointer and took her into custody. The woman was charged with one felony count of interfering with the operation of an aircraft, police said.
The Federal Aviation Administration was notified of the incident, which is under investigation.
WRIC-TV reports that state police said the woman and the suspect police were searching for were not connected.
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ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) – Starting in June, the Town of Abingdon will have a new town manager.
In January 2022, former town manager Jimmy Morani resigned, prompting a nationwide search. Following that search, the town council selected Mike Cochran.
Cochran currently serves as city manager in Hanahan, South Carolina, but as he told News Channel 11, he fell in love with the Tri-Cities region after vacationing in the Appalachian Mountains for years.
“South Carolina is great, but I’m in the low country, which means really humid, and it keeps getting increasingly more and more traffic oriented,” Cochran said. “And while I still love the low country, I’ve always loved the mountains. And so I happen to see that Abingdon had been looking, and I looked where it was at and I was like ‘wow.'”
Cochran, a graduate of Western Carolina University, said he was drawn to the town by its beautiful parks and opportunities.
Goal-wise, Cochran hopes to develop the town’s economy along Main Street and rebuild Abingdon’s tourism industry after the havoc wreaked by COVID-19.
“I know there’s some opportunity for some business redevelopment and some further redevelopment along the main street,” Cochran said. “And those are all things that are very viable in that area. I mean, if you see that tourism is a huge part of the community and particularly in the post-COVID era and trying to redevelop some of the businesses that weren’t able to sustain the COVID situation.”
Cochran describes himself as a “consensus builder” and “idea guy” who wants to see Abingdon flourish and thrive.
His first day on the job will be June 13.
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Jack Petocz says Flagler schools officials are barring him from student council election
The Flagler-Palm Coast High School student at the center of a protest that gained national attention says the school is retaliating against him by barring him from running for senior class president.
And a New York-based nonprofit that works to defend and celebrate free expression, that is giving Jack Petocz an award for heroism, is also backing him with a news release issued Tuesday.
Petocz, a 17-year-old gay student activist who's finishing his junior year, says school officials broke a "verbal agreement" related to his removal from school following the March 3 school walkout involving more than 500 FPC students and thousands at high schools across Florida.
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The students were protesting Florida's Parental Rights in Education law, named by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay" bill because it limits classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3 of Florida public schools.
Petocz, a political strategist associate with Gen-Z for Change, had previously said FPC Principal Greg Schwartz had told Petocz not to hand out 200 pride flags he had bought for the walkout. Petocz distributed the flags anyway.
He was then told not to attend classes during an administrative excused absence investigation, Flagler schools officials said at the time.
Petocz was allowed to return to school after four days and following a petition signed by more than 7,000 people calling for his discipline to be rescinded.
"The administration assured me that no further disciplinary action would be taken. A month later, they broke this verbal agreement and placed a level 3 referral on my record," Petocz wrote in a letter he tweeted. "Now, due to this high level of discipline, I am being prevented from running for my senior class president."
Jonathan Friedman, director of the Free Expression and Education program at PEN America, said the disciplinary mark against Petocz is one among "other efforts to censor or intimidate students raising their voices or LGBTQ+ rights across Florida," in the wake of legislation limiting what teachers can say.
"This is unconscionable. Jack exercised his right to protest as a citizen, and he led the walkout with the school’s approval," Friedman said. "No student ought to be intimidated or punished by school authorities for their political speech, and the school already told him he would not be disciplined."
PEN America will present its 2022 PEN/Benenson Courage Award to him at a gala in New York on Monday.
Petocz has also received support from the ACLU of Florida, Equality Florida and David Hogg, one of the founders of March for Our Lives.
Jason Wheeler, a spokesman for Flagler County Schools, emailed The News-Journal to say district officials were in a board meeting Tuesday and he wouldn't likely have a response to Petocz and PEN America until Wednesday. He has previously declined to comment on discipline against Petocz, citing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
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A state agency in New York has filed an administrative complaint against Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant discriminated against pregnant and disabled workers by denying them “reasonable accommodations” and forcing them to take unpaid leave, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday.
Amazon has more than 39,000 workers across New York in nearly two dozen worksites, which employ in-house consultants who evaluate accommodation requests, according to a statement from the governor’s office. But the New York State Division of Human Rights, the agency that filed the complaint, alleges the retailer has a policy that allows onsite managers to override recommendations from the consultants, which has led to denials in the worker requests.
State law requires all employers to provide reasonable accommodation for pregnant and disabled workers. The governor’s office lists three separate employee requests from pregnant or disabled workers that it says were denied.
The complaint also alleges that under Amazon’s policy, employees with disabilities are forced to take unpaid medical leave even when the accommodation consultant “has identified a reasonable accommodation that would allow the employee to perform the essential functions of their position without an undue burden,” the governor’s office said in a statement. It said such practices violate state law.
“My administration will hold any employer accountable, regardless of how big or small, if they do not treat their workers with the dignity and respect they deserve,” Governor Hochul said in a statement.
Among other thing, the complaint seeks to require Amazon to cease what it calls its discriminatory conduct and pay fines and penalties. Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Arson probe after 14 homes being built in Marana destroyed
MARANA — Authorities in the Tucson suburb of Marana are investigating whether a fire that destroyed 14 homes under construction homes was arson.
Marana police officials said the fire started about 11:30 p.m. Friday in an area near Saguaro Peaks Boulevard and Lambert Lane, police said in a news release posted on social media.
By the time crews from the Northwest Fire District arrived, 14 homes were on fire.
There were no reported injuries.
The value of the total damage was unknown.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms also is investigating the fire along with the Marana Police Department and the Northwest Fire District, according to police.
Anyone with information about the fire is asked to call Marana Police Department at 520-682-4032 or 88-CRIME (520-882-7463).
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Man, girl injured in shooting near 27th Avenue and Thomas Road in Phoenix
Angela Cordoba Perez
Arizona Republic
A man and a girl were shot around midnight near 27th Avenue and Thomas Road, Phoenix police confirmed Wednesday morning.
They were taken to a hospital with injuries "believed to be gunshot wounds" that were not life threatening, police said.
Police did not say if or how the man and girl were related.
Officers were on scene Wednesday morning investigating what led to the shooting, according to police. No further details were released.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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Nicholas Cowan pleads not guilty in shooting of Phoenix police officer in April
A man charged in connection with a shooting that critically injured a Phoenix police officer last month pleaded not guilty at an arraignment hearing last week.
Nicholas Cowan, 35, was charged with suspicion of possession of a weapon by a prohibited person, drive-by shooting, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and two counts of attempt to commit first-degree murder with premeditation. During an arraignment hearing held on May 10, he entered a not guilty plea for all charges.
Police arrested Cowan April 17, three days after he was suspected of shooting at officers at a gas station near Cave Creek and Beardsley roads and then fleeing. Officers had responded to the area after a woman called police concerned about her boyfriend committing "several criminal acts" and being suicidal.
The three-day manhunt for Cowan ended after a citizen tip led police to a rental property in Scottsdale where he was staying. He was taken to a hospital for injuries he received during the shooting, when police fired back, according to police.
A day after Cowan was released from the hospital and booked into jail, he was taken back to the hospital for monitoring.
Phoenix police spokesperson Sgt. Andy Williams in said in an email the decision to return Cowan to a hospital was made during the booking process and before he was "officially turned over to MCSO custody." Williams provided no further details, including why officials thought Cowan needed additional monitoring at a hospital.
Three people were accused of helping Cowan while authorities searched for him. Nicole Montalbano, 33, faces charges on suspicion of hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence, according to court documents. The charges possibly faced by Caroline Coster, 35, and Michael Hankins, 41, are unclear.
On April 28, Phoenix police released edited body camera footage and audio clips from the 911 call that ultimately led to the shooting.
Officer Denise Bruce-Jones who was hospitalized after being shot multiple times was released from a rehab center Friday. In a video posted on Twitter, Phoenix police said Bruce-Jones was discharged from Honor Health Rehabilitation and would be “resting and recovering at home with her family.”
Cowan is scheduled for an initial pretrial conference on June 29.
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Over 150 firefighters battle large Phoenix fire in pallet yard near 35th Avenue and Buckeye Road
Over 150 firefighters and personnel attacked and controlled a four-alarm fire in a pallet yard Tuesday night near 35th Avenue and Buckeye Road.
Around 10 p.m. crews responded to the wind-driven fire, according to a statement from Capt. Scott Douglas, a Phoenix Fire Department spokesperson. After calling for additional units, firefighters set up a perimeter to extinguish the flames with water and prevent them from spreading to nearby businesses.
Douglas said the main body of the fire was controlled, and crews remained on scene throughout the night to attack hot spots. There were no reported injuries.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, according to Douglas.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Tops employee says the shooter was kicked out of the store the day before the shooting. Shonnell Harris Teague is the operations manager for the store; she says two customers complained about the teen Friday night after he was asking for money.
“I met him in the meat department area and I asked him if he could leave the store because he can’t be soliciting in the store asking for change because he’s making customers feel uncomfortable, and asked him ‘can you please leave the store?’ He said ‘ok.’ And I noticed when he was leaving the store, his eyes were wandering, he was wandering,” said Harris Teague.
Harris Teague says the shooter was wearing the exact same clothes on Friday as he was Saturday when she saw him again.
But her encounters with the shooter don’t end there; Harris Teague says she was inside the store during the shooting. But, she was almost in the parking lot, where the shooting started; her daughter asked to buy snacks, so they walked back inside the store.
“We went back into the store and right before we went into the store, the first lady who got shot was coming across the parking lot,” said Harris Teague.
Now, Harris Teague is left with many ‘what ifs.’
“I can’t sleep… I can still see with my eyes closed, hearing any loud noise just makes me jump because I can still hear the guns shooting, people screaming, people crying,” she said.
Harris Teague says Tops employees are being offered extra help. She says she's been able to talk to someone both Monday and Tuesday and plans to go again on Wednesday. She says she has not decided if she will continue to work at the store.
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The City of Little Rock announced Wednesday that it has adopted a $15 per hour minimum wage for full-time city employees.
In a press release, the city said the move was made to "ensure that all employees of the City of Little Rock earn a living wage."
The ordinance was passed with an emergency clause meaning it will take immediate effect. That change in pay will impact around 100 employees with the city.
Workers that were already at $15 per hour will be adjusted based on an equity policy.
“I want to thank to Board for their approval of this measure, which will have an immediate and tangible impact on some of our most financially vulnerable people, bringing them up to livable wage and making sure our City remains a competitive employer”, said Mayor Frank Scott, Jr.
According to the city, the departments most impacted are public works, parks and recreation, and the Little Rock Zoo.
Nearly $300,000 will be set aside for additional salary and benefits.
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AUBURN, California — The Placer County Sheriff's Office is investigating whether dogs were abused at an unlicensed facility in Auburn since at least November 2021.
The Placer County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post that the business Auburn K9 described itself as a dog boarding and training facility, but after investigating several complaints, detectives found the co-owners were not licensed or permitted to run the business.
The facility is located on Industrial Court in Auburn. According to the Placer County Sheriff's Office, the current owner, Antoine Deshaun Moore, led dog owners to think he offered obedience training. However, deputies found dogs in crates in his unventilated garage in Nevada County. The dogs also went to the bathroom in the crates.
Throughout the investigation, detectives learned officers from Nevada County Animal Control went to Moore's property at least 10 times since December 2021. In December, animal control officers seized the majority of the dogs because of the unsafe living conditions.
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office arrested Moore on April 30 on suspicion of felony theft by false pretenses. He posted bail on May 3. He is scheduled in Placer County Superior Court in Roseville on June 27.
The website and social media pages for Auburn K9 have since been taken down. If you or someone you know have been a victim of Auburn K9, you can call the Placer County Sheriff’s Office to file a report at (530) 886-5375.
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FOLSOM, Calif. —
Marguerite Storbo has lived in her Folsom home in the American River Canyon community since 2013. In her nearly 10 years living there, she had never seen a cockroach until this year.
In February, Storbo noticed one cockroach in her garage near the litter box she had under the water heater.
“I saw the cockroach and was ready to grab the flame thrower,” Storbo said. “I was completely disgusted because I had never seen a cockroach in my home before."
Storbo decided to move the litter box to a different location in her home, in hopes she would not see any more cockroaches. Sure enough, Storbo did not see another cockroach until she put the litter box back under the water heater.
“I consider us pretty lucky since we only saw one cockroach compared to other Folsom residents who are seeing loads of them in their homes,” Storbo said.
Akoni Berman, the Director of Quality Control for EcoGuard Pest Management, said last summer, they had nearly 100 reports of roach sightings in the Folsom area alone. This year, they have already received several hundred roach reports in Folsom and are expecting to see thousands in the coming months.
Berman said roaches typically appear when the weather starts to warm up and get the most active when it is much hotter in the late summer months. He said roaches do not go away in the winter but do tend to stay out of people’s way during the colder months.
According to Berman, roaches tend to be attracted to any sort of public water or moisture.
“Roaches are often found at homes that are in front of storm drains, sewer openings or irrigation boxes,” Berman said. “That's simply because roaches do prefer a warm, wet environment.”
Berman also noted roaches tend to like areas where there is a lot of material from nature, bark, or river rock as those areas make good harvests for them. He encourages residents who see one or two roaches either in the garage, inside the home, or near one of their doors not to panic.
"If you see them in your home, then they probably just slipped inside and are lost, trying to find a place to go as roaches prefer to be outside," Berman said.
According to Berman, roaches do not discriminate and can pop up in your home whether it is clean or quite messy.
Here are a few tips from Berman about how residents can prevent roaches:
- Keep up with sanitation and good housekeeping practices both inside and outside
- Store food properly and do not leave food remnants out in your home
- Keep your lawn well-kept and free of debris
- Empty garbage regularly
- Mop your floor regularly
- Ensure you do not have any sources of leaks or standing water
In the event a resident spots roaches in their home, Berman recommends:
- Leaving out sticky traps around the home
- Leaving out bait traps around the home
- Mopping the floor
- Cleaning out drains
- Removing any left out cat or dog food
- Calling a professional pest control company to help with cockroach extermination
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Smokey Bear says, only YOU can prevent wildfires. But are you doing absolutely everything that you can to help protect the forests and lands typically ravaged by these uncontrolled fires?
Most wildfires are caused by people, according to the National Park Service. Since meteorologists are not able to predict these natural disasters, it's up to all of us -- and especially those who live in fire-prone areas -- to plan ahead in the event of a wildfire.
Here are some tips that can help you stay on top of wildfire prevention and ultimately help protect your home from fire damage:
Call your local fire department or park service immediately if you notice an unattended or out-of-control fire.
Don't worry about bothering your local law enforcement. Your call could save lives and precious forests!
Playing with fire is always a bad idea.
Never play with matches or lighters in an area with vegetation that could easily be ignited.
Create defensible space.
Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris is completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended. This reduces the spread of fire and can save your home or building from igniting. And yes, it really works!
Clear those leaves from your yard!
Dry leaves on the ground are a common sight this time of year, and while that multicolored foliage is beautiful, they are also highly flammable.
Never leave a fire unattended.
Ever. Seriously. Always be sure to completely extinguish a fire by dousing it with water and stirring it until the ashes are cold.
Discard your cigarettes responsibly!
Do not discard cigarettes, matches, or other smoking materials from a moving vehicle. Dry brush on the side of the road could ignite. Completely extinguish your cigarettes and matches before disposing of them.
Avoid backyard burning and open burning, especially on windy days.
Besides the smoke contributing to air pollution, these types of fires are often not as well managed as you might think. Open burning is also illegal in most parts of Sacramento County.
Prevent a draft.
Close all windows, vents, and doors in your home to restrict air movement.
Fill large vessels with water.
Pools, hot tubs, garbage cans, tubs, even pots and pans — all of these can be filled with water. This can help to slow or discourage fire.
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Family, friends and community members gathered Wednesday morning at a rally and memorial for the 11-year-old girl who was shot and killed when law enforcement sources say two people on a moped opened fire at a group of men on a Bronx street corner in broad daylight, as they demand an end to the gun violence plaguing the city and the search for child's killers intensifies.
Kyhara Tay was with family members when she was shot in the stomach while on Westchester Avenue in Longwood Monday evening. She died at Lincoln Hospital.
Family members gathered Tuesday night at a vigil for Kyhara, Kyky for short. Her parents were inconsolable as they visited the memorial that has taken over the street where she was shot. At a vigil, balloons soared through the air as loved ones said goodbye.
"I'm sad and I miss her a lot and I can't believe she's dead. It hurts," said friend Kaylany Alvarez, who said she knew Kyhara since preschool. "She would come over sometimes and we would be together and I woke up today and I found out that she got shot. I really miss her and I hope she's doing OK in heaven."
On Wednesday, a crowd gathered for a rally in the Bronx in the girl's memory and to support her family, saying they are tired of living in fear of the violence in the streets, and angry those responsible are still being sought.
"These kids are doing wild, wild west out here," Longview resident Luis Torres said, adding "this is the worst tragedy I have seen in my whole entire life."
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Law enforcement sources said the sixth-grader did not appear to have been the intended target of the shooting. No one else was wounded.
The girl, who was struck by a bullet in the stomach, was rushed to Lincoln Hospital, where she died. She was with family members at the time of the shooting.
Surveillance video released by police shows a man running down nearby Fox Street, apparently being chased by the two moped riders. The man riding on the back opened fire, the video showed. The child was half a block away from where the gun was fired.
The two men on the moped, both wearing dark-colored sweatshirts, immediately fled from the scene of the shooting, heading north on Fox Street.
Witnesses described the horrifying aftermath.
"The girl, she just kept saying 'Ow, ow, ow' and holding her stomach. We were trying to figure out where she got shot at, we checked her leg there was nothing," said witness Maya Jones. "She kept holding different places, then she stopped responding."
"When I heard her age I broke down, because it's like, she just came from school, and it's like, why her? Why it had to be her? Why y'all doing this?" Jones added.
Kyhara's family said they believe people in the neighborhood may know something, but could be hesitant to come forward.
"We're talking about an 11-year-old girl with her whole future. Her whole family is devastated with this loss," said the victim's aunt, Norka Sanchez. "At this point, we cannot bring her back. But we want somebody to say something. Please, please, please say something if you know. Because this is ridiculous."
The girl was at least the second young child to be shot in the Bronx in 2022. In January, an 11-month-old girl, just days away from her first birthday, was shot in the face while sitting in a car with his mother in the Bronx. That victim left the hospital just days ago after having to relearn how to eat and walk again on her own.
NYPD Crime Stoppers has distributed a flyer of the scooter-riding duo wanted in the death of Kyhara Tay and is offering up to $10,000 in reward for information in connection to the case.
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Firefighters were called to a home near North 10th and Superior streets Tuesday afternoon on a fire alarm and discovered a fire smoldering in the walls.
Lincoln Fire and Rescue Capt. Nancy Crist said they were called to 4040 N. Ninth St. just before 1 p.m. and arrived at the home to find no smoke or fire but a black spot on the ceiling.
They used a thermal imaging camera to discover a smoldering fire that registered 385 degrees in the wall of the kitchen. Firefighters opened the wall to find the floor joists damaged from the heat.
Crist said the family had a fire on the stove that morning around 7:30 a.m. and had put it out. They left and came back to the smoke alarm sounding.
She said if it had been left smoldering in the walls much longer it could have been a complete structure fire.
She advised people to call 911 for all fires, even if they've been put out so firefighters can come and check the area.
The girl told police she met the 19-year-old through social media and invited the man to her house after he posted and said he wanted to play video games with someone, police said in court filings.
Courtney Hubbell had nearly finished crossing the road at 9:20 p.m. Tuesday when she was struck by a 2007 Pontiac G6 traveling east through the intersection, according to the state crash report.
Isaac A. Sanchez was charged with third-degree sexual assault of a child and felony child abuse for his alleged role in the incident, which occurred at a central Lincoln apartment April 29, police said.
"Despite legal protections, Nieveen, who suffers from mental illness, will lose her home of nearly 50 years based on today's ruling," Sandra Nieveen's attorney said.
Jury Commissioner Troy Hawk said they've always had people here or there not show up. But in the past three to six months more people have been ignoring the summons they're required by law to fill out.
The woman was smoking near 41st Street and Baldwin Avenue around 1 a.m. Monday when she told the man she didn't have any cigarettes left to spare, according to police.
Officers responded to the area of 56th and Fremont streets at around 8:45 p.m. Friday and found the victims, a 29-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman, according to police.
Banks, a Lincoln High School and UNL graduate, officially took his seat in the captain's office on Monday, 15 years after first joining Lincoln's police department.
"I want to be clear — there is no active threat at Southwest High School today," Principal John Matzen said in an email to parents after Lincoln Police investigated "disturbing comments and photos mentioning violence at Southwest."
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FARMER CITY — Eastern Illinois Foodbank will distribute food to area families facing food insecurity at Trinity Community Fellowship in Farmer City from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 11.
The giveaway is open to residents of DeWitt, Piatt and McLean counties. Those who plan to attend are encouraged to bring boxes or bags to transport food.
The distribution is part of the food bank's foodmobile program, a system of mobile food pantries designed to help bring nutritious food to rural or underserved areas.
Attendees should pre-register at EIFclient.com, but this does not guarantee a spot in line. Income guidelines will apply.
Newly listed homes for sale in the Central Illinois area
3 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $199,900
You will be impressed with this house!!! Super price for this Ranch home in desirable Apollo Acres. This home offers 3 Bedrooms and 2 full baths. Spacious eat-in kitchen. Large backyard with above ground pool and deck. Unfinished basement with ample storage space. Mature trees and landscaping give this home great curb appeal. Updates include: Furnace 2022, Water Heater 2022, Roof approx. 10-15 years old, Pool 2017. Come take a look!
3 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $395,000
Come this could be your next home! Better than the pictures. With a full apartment for your visitors. Upgraded cabinets and counter tops. Recently added Separate shower in first floor master. The loft's reinforced floor extends over the great room. Soaring ceiling with 2nd story daylight windows. Built in display shelving flanks fireplace, great room has multiple recreational areas, flows into open dining room. U-shaped kitchen with pull out shelving, coffee bar, breakfast bar provides excellent storage. Walk through laundry has deep sink and lots of storage, The master bath had a luxurious deep whirlpool. Third bedroom is open to great room has its own sink and laminate flooring. Imagine art projects or playtime for your family. The 2nd floor mass of windows provide great light and views of roof tops. 3rd bedroom is quiet and has bath attached. Computer room now is cedar lined. Basement has full apartment: bedroom w/full egress window, attached bath and kitchen includes double sink, refrigerator and stove. Huge family room will accommodate conversation, music, TV and games. Double sink in storage room. Gas dryer. Note zero lot not condo. HOA fees include Comcast cable (X-finity) internet as well as maintenance of the subdivision. Beautiful counter tops, waist high in master. Newer Toto toilets. Newer appliances.
4 Bedroom Home in Normal - $199,000
Pride of Ownership shows in this updated tri-level home in Parkside. This move-in ready home features 4 nice sized bedrooms, 2 car attached garage, 2 separate living areas, and cozy wood-burning fireplace. Several updates include: New windows '18, roof '14, overhead garage door '17 & new front door '21. Lower level bathroom is also updated with newer vanity, countertop, & flooring. Outdoors features mature trees, patio, fenced yard, and a peaceful view of cornfields. Great proximity to Parkside schools & Normal West. All you have to do is move-in! Hurry, this one won't last long!
6 Bedroom Home in Downs - $625,000
You must see this beautiful 6 bedroom, 6.5 bath home in Sherwood subdivision with an amazing backyard oasis to appreciate all of the special features and upgrades. And, it is handicapped accessible with an elevator to all 3 levels. The huge kitchen/hearth room provides an abundance of countertop and storage areas, as well as plenty of seating areas for entertaining. Granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, walk-in pantry, island with seating, and gas fireplace. The main level also features a family room with brick accent wall & fireplace, a bedroom, full bath, an office, half bath and laundry. All of the bedrooms upstairs feature their own private full bath including bedroom 2 with hardwood flooring and handicapped roll-in shower. Huge owner's suite with whirlpool tub, walk-in closet, and a deck overlooking the incredible backyard with in-ground pool. There is a back staircase which accesses each level including the walk-up attic which is partially finished and a great storage area. The walkout basement with a recreation room (plumbed for a wet bar), bedroom, full bath, and exercise/flex room accesses the patio area. The outdoor upgrades include in-ground pool, outdoor kitchen, firepit area, amazing landscaping, brick pavered patio & walkway, and much privacy with a tree lined lot. Three car heated garage, award winning Tri Valley school district, and minutes from Bloomington/Normal.
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $310,000
You are going to love this beautifully maintained 4 bed, 2.5 bath home in Eagle Crest Subdivision. The large kitchen has been updated with white cabinetry, a large island, granite counters, and all stainless steel appliances. The front room, living room, and dining room boast beautiful hard wood bamboo floors and tons of natural light. On the second level you'll find 4 generously sized bedrooms and two full baths. The large primary bedroom has an impressive en suit bathroom with a gorgeous walk in tiled shower and garden tub. The basement offers a finished office and plenty of space to make your own!
2 Bedroom Home in El Paso - $339,900
ALMOST 30 ACRES HUNTING AND FISHING PARADISE!! Look no further than this gorgeous property offering 29.96 acres with a 3.5 acres lake. The property offers a large Ranch style mobile home sitting on a full walk-out basement with high ceilings. The home has over 1300 sq ft on main level and features a spacious galley style kitchen and informal dining area. The huge unfinished basement is super clean and has endless potential for additional living space or storage. The home has a front patio with lake view perfect for entertaining family and friends. The lake is stocked and there's a stream running through the southwest corner of the property offering incredible hunting opportunities. Kitchen appliances remain with agreed upon offer. Call today to schedule a private showing of this beautiful property!
3 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $89,000
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3 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $189,900
This is the one you have been waiting for! Great east-side location Townhome! Unit 5 schools. Close to parks, shopping, and restaurants. 3br, 1.5 bath. 2-car garage. New paint in 2021-22, Main floor flooring 2021, carpet and wood flooring up replaced in 2022. Roof 2017. Seller is offering $500 allowance for carpet in basement.
1 Bedroom Home in Normal - $130,000
This is a great investment or first time homebuyer opportunity! Excellent location close to ISU, The Constitution Trail, and UP Town Normal! There are two bedrooms on the main level with hardwood floors, spacious living room. The lower level has a family room and two other finished rooms. All the appliances stay as well as the treadmill in the basement. The yard is finished. Home is being "Sold AS-IS".
3 Bedroom Home in El Paso - $154,900
A Perfect Mix of the Old and New! Timeless front room with antique wood fireplace, chandelier, and french doors. Original hardwood floors and wide woodwork, leaded glass and ornate railings. Formal dining room with wainscoting and antique light fixture. Newer addition family room with laminate wood floors, ceiling fans, and full bath. Custom kitchen cabinets with ceramic backsplash, ceramic tile floors, and full stainless steel appliance package. First-floor laundry and additional full bath with walk-in tub. Ornately designed, custom original staircase leading to second floor. Three spacious bedrooms with hardwood and carpeted floors. Great sized closets and ceiling fans. Newer second floor full bath. Custom Stained Glass entry door to both spacious Foyer and DR. East side deck and large Corner lot. Detached 2-car deep garage with loft and heated workshop area. Roof (2014). Windows (2012). Coleman forced-air Gas Furnace (2008). Westinghouse On Demand, tankless water heater.
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BLOOMINGTON — Regional Office of Education 17 plans to launch a new program for students who might be hospitalized or have been discharged from a hospital, with most students expected to be those experiencing mental health concerns.
The Central Illinois Bridge Academy will be a public school for students in 7th through 12th grade who are at least 13 years old, a Tuesday press release from ROE 17 said. It is expected to launch this fall and have up to 40 students.
The students will be referred to the Bridge Academy by their home district if they need support beyond what the district can offer, the press release said. ROE 17 covers McLean, DeWitt, Livingston and Logan counties. The Bridge Academy will be based in Bloomington-Normal.
The school will include individualized plans for students, as well as opportunities for on-site therapy and experiential learning. There will also be a focus on access to natural spaces and natural light.
The Bridge Academy is being funded by a youth mental health initiative through an intergovernmental agreement between the Town of Normal, City of Bloomington and McLean County. Additional funding will come from the Illinois State Board of Education and United Way of McLean County. Funding was sought for the first two years of the program, the release said.
Additional details, including the school’s calendar and open houses, are expected this summer.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — For many pet owners, it's probably impossible to imagine giving up their animals – let alone leaving a dog tied to a fire hydrant.
But that's exactly what happened earlier this month in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Fortunately, a story that started out steeped in sadness has a happy ending.
Back on May 5, the Wisconsin Human Society shared a heartbreaking photo of a dog, named Baby Girl, tied to a bright yellow fire hydrant in the middle of a neighborhood. A backpack stuffed with her favorite toys and worldly belongings was next to her.
Baby Girl's story quickly went viral, both for the photo and for the way the Wisconsin Human Society handled her situation.
Instead of responding with judgement or anger, the WHS shared a heartful post on their Facebook page directed toward Baby Girl's previous owner:
"First and foremost, we are so sorry you had to part with your best friend. It’s evident just how much you loved her and we can see you did your best while struggling with your own medical complications and challenges of life. We see your love in the bag you carefully packed with all of her favorite things. We see your love in the way you secured her leash so she wouldn’t get hit by a car. We see your love in the way you placed her in the middle of a neighborhood where she’d be quickly found. We see your love in how happy and healthy Baby Girl looks. And we see your love in the note you left, pleading for someone to help her when you no longer could."
The post has been shared nearly 4,000 times on Facebook since, and was featured on popular Instagram account WeRateDogs, which has 2.3 million followers.
"What a compassionate response," one person commented on Facebook. "I didn’t feel as compassionate when I first saw the photos, but you’ve helped me see with a new perspective."
The Wisconsin Humane Society, which cared for Baby Girl over the past two weeks, posted an update May 10 to say that the agency met with Baby Girl's previous owner and was "grateful for the chance to connect with her, and honor her wishes for Baby Girl to find a new home "
Mission accomplished.
The humane society said a bunch of families were eager to meet Baby Girl when she was made available for adoption, and she officially found a new home on May 12.
Looking to add a four-legged friend to your family? Click here to view a list of adopted dogs from the Wisconsin Human Society. If you're based in Minnesota, click here to view animals up for adoption through Minnesota's Animal Humane Society.
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WILLS POINT, Texas — An accident involving an 18-wheeler truck left one North Texas high schooler dead and sent three others to the hospital, according to the Wills Point Police Department.
Wills Point police on Tuesday night received a dispatch call from the Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office about a crash at U.S. Highway 80 and F.M. 2965 in Wills Point, just east of Wills Point High School.
This is about 50 miles east of Dallas.
When officers arrived, they found a passenger car and an 18-wheeler truck had been in an accident. Officers immediately began helping everyone on the scene, which included four Wills Point High School students in the passenger car and a man driving the 18-wheeler.
One of the high school students died at the scene, according to Wills Point Police Chief Aaron Long. The three other high schoolers were taken to a Tyler hospital for their injuries.
The driver of the 18-wheeler was evaluated and released at the scene.
Authorities did not provide more information about how the crash happened. It was still under investigation Wednesday.
As of Wednesday, Long said until he can confirm all family members of the four high school students have been notified, no names will be released.
Wills Point High School posted on Facebook on Tuesday night, asking for prayers for students and staff. More information has not been released by the school district.
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No, the 1883 San Francisco Victorian forever immortalized for its place in the “Full House” (and its Netflix reboot “Fuller House") is not on the market for $37 million.
A Zillow spokesperson confirmed to SFGATE on Wednesday morning that the listing was fraudulent and has been taken down less than 24 hours after SFGATE first reached out to the real estate listing platform.
“Our teams use a number of different tools to prevent inappropriate content from publishing in the first place, but if a listing is found to be fraudulent after it’s posted, our team takes steps to remove it,” a Zillow spokesperson told SFGATE in an emailed statement. “In this case, we discovered a 'For Sale By Owner' listing was illegitimate after it was posted, and have since taken it down. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.”
But that wasn’t before the listing received credulous writeups by KRON and KGO — and the news of the alleged sale spread everywhere from Los Angeles to Myrtle Beach, Florida.
Some red flags emerged in the listing, which was seemingly posted Monday.
First, the home was listed on Zillow for nearly seven times the amount it last sold for.
In October 2020, the house sold for $5.3 million — a few thousand dollars less than the five-bedroom was initially listed for. Before that, it was owned by “Full House” creator Jeff Franklin with the intent of renovating the interior to resemble the “Full House” set. This plan was met with opposition from neighbors. Its current estimated value by Zillow, or “Zestimate,” is $6.5 million.
Second, details of the legendary home were sparse — with nary a mention of its place in pop culture history nor even Bob Saget’s death, which resulted in many fans visiting the home earlier this year. (It also got the year the home was built wrong by a century.)
Perhaps most damning of all, the phone number posted on the listing appeared to be disconnected after SFGATE made multiple calls.
So, if you were feeling lost out there with this wildly overpriced listing — even for San Francisco — you're not alone. But you can rest assured that this Victorian will stay with its current owner for now.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — NWS Fort Worth reports there is potential for late Friday night storms in North Texas.
After a hot week in the region chances for showers and storms will be back Friday night alongside a dryline and ahead of an incoming cold front. “Some storms could become strong to severe, with damaging winds and hail the main threats. It is still a bit uncertain how widespread and how intense storms will be, so check back for updated information over the next few days.”
The center adds that Friday evening the northwest portion of North Texas could experience some isolated thunderstorms and the potential for some of those storms could become severe with large hail and damaging winds as the main threats.
Overnight Friday into Saturday showers and storms cold move into a majority of the region with damaging wind gusts as the primary severe weather threat.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — The 2022 State Fair of Texas is getting closer and closer as the year seems to be flying by and Texans and visitors of the fair are chomping at the bit to get back out there.
This year, the fair is centering its theme and artwork to best capture the spirit of, “Taste of Texas.”
“The 2022 theme and artwork is here! Inspired by the fun nature of sticker collections, this year’s commemorative art highlights fan-favorite foods by creating a collage of caricatures that capture the spirit of “Taste of Texas.””
The theme was inspired by something nobody does better than the State Fair of Texas, fair food. “There is no doubt about it – the State Fair of Texas is known for its delicious food experiences. While all the outlandish fried foods available at the Fair gave us the nickname of “Fried Food Capital of Texas”, the more traditional fair food items remain a staple of our cuisine offering. Fan favorites like turkey legs, funnel cakes, and roasted corn can always be seen in people’s hands, usually accompanied with big smiles.”
Below is a look at some of 2022’s merch:
For more about the theme and 2022 State Fair of Texas, click here.
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6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denies immunity in coal ash cleanup for TVA contractor Jacobs Engineering
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied immunity for Jacobs Engineering in a lawsuit brought by workers who cleaned up the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston coal ash spill, the nation's largest environmental disaster.
Jacobs was the contractor hired by TVA to handle the massive operation to clean up the spill, which dumped 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash across 300 acres near the Kingston coal-fired power plant in December 20. Coal ash is the byproduct of burning coal to produce electricity.
More than 220 workers and more than 100 spouses of workers have filed suit in federal court asserting they are suffering from illnesses, or in come cases have died, from exposure to coal ash without proper protective gear during the cleanup.
Jacobs' request for immunity has come up multiple times throughout the case that was filed in 2013. The company's latest appeal to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals argued that it deserved the same immunity available to federal agencies like TVA because it worked on behalf of TVA, a concept known as derivative immunity.
The appeals court rejected the argument.
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"Jacobs concedes that it is immune from suit only if the TVA is immune. As analyzed in Part A above, we conclude that the TVA would not have been immune from suit on the grounds that Plaintiffs’ claims raise either “inconsistency” or “grave-interference” concerns," the court said in its opinion.
This is the second time the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a motion for derivative immunity for Jacobs.
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She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City. Happy, by species, is an Asian elephant. But is she also a person?
That's the question before New York's highest court Wednesday in a closely watched case over whether a basic human right can be extended to an animal.
Her advocates at the Nonhuman Rights Project say yes: Happy is an autonomous, cognitively complex elephant worthy of the right reserved in law for “a person.” The Bronx Zoo, where Happy resides, says no: Through an attorney, the zoo argues Happy is neither imprisoned nor a person, but a well-cared-for elephant “respected as the magnificent creature she is.”
Happy has lived at the Bronx Zoo for 45 years. The state Court of Appeals is hearing arguments over whether she should be released through a habeas corpus proceeding, which is a way for people to challenge illegal confinement.
The Nonhuman Rights Project wants her moved from a “one-acre prison” at the zoo to a more spacious sanctuary.
“She has an interest in exercising her choices and deciding who she wants to be with, and where to go, and what to do, and what to eat,” project attorney Monica Miller told The Associated Press. “And the zoo is prohibiting her from making any of those choices herself.”
The group said that in 2005, Happy became the first elephant to pass a self-awareness indicator test, repeatedly touching a white “X” on her forehead as she looked into a large mirror.
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The zoo and its supporters warn that a win for the advocates could open the door to more legal actions on behalf of animals, including pets and other species in zoos.
“If courts follow NRP’s demand to grant animals personhood for habeas corpus purposes elephants as well as other animals at every modern zoo in this country would have to be turned loose or transferred to the facility of NRP’s choosing,” Kenneth Manning, an attorney for zoo operator Wildlife Conservation Society, wrote in a court filing.
Happy was born in the wild in Asia in the early 1970s, captured and brought as a 1-year-old to the United States, where she was eventually named for one of the characters from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Happy arrived at the Bronx Zoo in 1977 with fellow elephant Grumpy, who was fatally injured in a 2002 confrontation with two other elephants.
Happy now lives in an enclosure adjacent to the zoo's other elephant, Patty. The zoo's attorney argued in court filings that Happy can swim, forage and engage in other behavior natural for elephants.
“The blatant exploitation of Happy the elephant by NRP to advance their coordinated agenda shows no concern for the individual animal and reveals the fact they are willing to sacrifice Happy’s health and psychological well-being to set precedent,” the zoo said in a prepared statement.
NRP's attorneys say no matter how Happy is being treated at the zoo, her right to "bodily liberty" is being violated. They argue that if the court recognizes Happy’s right to that liberty under habeas corpus, she will be a “person” for that purpose. And then she must be released.
Lower courts have ruled against the NRP. And the group has failed to prevail in similar cases, including those involving a chimpanzee in upstate New York named Tommy.
But last October, at the urging of a different animal rights group, a federal judge ruled that Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s infamous “cocaine hippos” could be recognized as people or “interested persons” with legal rights in the U.S. The decision had no real ramifications for the hippos themselves, given that they reside in Colombia.
Opponents hope the NRP's string of court losses continues with the high-profile New York court.
In a friend-of-the-court brief, the New York Farm Bureau and other agriculture groups said the NRP's “new-fangled theory of personhood" would sweep up pigs, cows and chickens. The National Association for Biomedical Research said authorizing such petitions on behalf of animals could drive up the costs of conducting critical research. State and national associations representing veterinarians filed a brief saying NRP's lawsuit promotes animals' personhood rights above animals’ welfare.
Supporters of NRP's action include public figures such as Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe. Many of them see this case as a chance for society to take a step forward in the ethical treatment of animals.
“We believe this legal moment for Happy represents a key cultural crossroads for thinking more openly and honestly—and less selfishly—about what it would mean to treat the particularity of non-human animals with the moral seriousness it deserves,” a brief submitted by Catholic academic theologians read.
The court's decision is expected in the coming months.
At least one animal rights advocate suggests a lone court decision won't change society's view of animal use. Rutgers Law School professor Gary Francione, who is not involved in the case, said that would require a broader cultural shift.
“I’ve been a vegan for 40 years. Don’t get me wrong, I disagree with animal use altogether,” Francione said. “Just to have the court start saying that non-human animals are persons under the law is going to raise all sorts of questions, the answers to which are not going to be amenable to many people.”
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A fire ignited Tuesday morning in the garage of a home near the 200 block of SW 21st Terrace in Cape Coral.
According to the Cape Coral Fire Department (CCFD), the fire was contained to the garage with no injuries and the cause was determined to be electrical and accidental.
CCFD stated two girls were home at the time of the fire. The girls went to a neighbors house who helped call 911 and get animals out of the house safely.
The garage fire caused an estimated $15,000 in damage, according to CCFD.
Further information is unknown at this time.
Count on NBC2 to provide updates as the story develops.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Fort Myers pilot pulled off the ultimate surprise proposal at 35,000 feet in the air.
“The plan of how I wanted to do it changed at least 10 to 15 times,” Alex Petrikas said.
Petrikas, and his then-girlfriend Macy Logan, were flying back to RSW after a trip to Dallas Monday. That’s where American Airlines is headquartered.
“Most people go to the airport to fly somewhere, we went there just to look at airplanes,” Petrikas said.
From the moment Petrikas and Logan met more than two years ago, aviation has been a part of their relationship.
“While flying back I was like, you know what, this is the perfect time to do this proposal.”
With the help of the flight crew, Petrikas concocted an elaborate plan. Logan thought someone else on the plane was about to get engaged. That’s what he told all 179 passengers.
Even one of Petrikas’ friends was there to record it.
“Good afternoon folks from the front of the aircraft. I am the pilot, not the pilot for this aircraft but a pilot for American Airlines group,” Petrikas told a packed plane as Logan stood next to him.
He even read the love letter the “other” guy wrote.
“Since the moment we met my life has changed in ways I never thought possible. My heart has learned to love in a whole new way. It felt safe and peaceful like all the worries in life had just vanished. While at the same time, it felt like a million volts of electricity surging through my veins every time we’re together,” Petrikas read over the intercom.
“As I’m sitting there reading the letter I was shaking so much, I’m telling myself ‘Alex, you can’t shake because she’s going to realize it’s for her and not somebody else’,” Petrikas told NBC2.
Luckily, Logan didn’t catch on. So Petrikas told her to grab the woman in 13C.
“Oh, sorry! Actually, Macy, can you come back for a second? I messed up. I got the wrong seat number. I’m sorry,” Petrikas said on the plane.
But there was no wrong seat number. As Logan walked back to the front of the plane, Petrikas was down on one knee.
“She said yes! Thank goodness. That would have been awkward,” he said over the intercom.
All the passengers cheered.
“I was super excited for whoever was being proposed to. It really didn’t hit me until he was down on one knee,” Logan said.
You could say this love story is just taking off.
“I’m so excited to build our lives together,” Logan said.
“My life has always been aviation and then I met Macy and it became Macy. Now I can combine the best of both worlds into one and I couldn’t think of any other way to do it,” Petrikas said.
The couple wants to get married in May 2023.
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LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A 68-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman from Alva are dead after a dump truck ran a red light and crashed into them at an intersection Tuesday in Lee County.
A dump truck, driven by a 55-year-old man from Lehigh Acres, was driving eastbound on Palm Beach Boulevard. The 68-year-old man driving a sedan with the passenger was driving northbound on River Hall Parkway and stopped at a red light. When the light turned green, the man drove into the intersection when the dump truck driver entered the intersection at his red light.
The dump truck slammed into the left side of the sedan, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The sedan came to an uncontrolled final rest on the southeast corner of the intersection. The dump truck came to a controlled final rest in the inside lane of eastbound Palm Beach Boulevard.
The driver and passenger of the sedan were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the dump truck was issued a traffic citation for failing to obey a traffic control signal resulting in serious bodily injury or death.
The Florida Highway Patrol Traffic Homicide Unit is continuing to investigate the crash.
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CASCADE, Idaho — The proposed Cascade Medical Center bond failed to get a 66% majority in the primary election Tuesday and did not pass.
If the bond had passed, it would have designated $19 million over the course of the next 30 years, using tax dollars from Cascade residents.
While a majority of residents voted in favor of the bond, it failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed to pass; almost 57% voted in favor, while 43% were against the measure.
"Asking taxpayers to help fund the expansion is not a decision we take lightly. But it is our responsibility as an appointed and elected Health District Board of Trustees to do what we feel is in the best interest of the health and wellness of our community," Trustee and Chairperson of the Finance Committee, Jacque Zemlicka said. " Assuring access to current and added health services locally, in our hometown, is an outcome worthy of additional investment."
In addition to tax funds, the project would have also used reserve funds saved in anticipation of the need for a new facility, loans and grants, and bond revenue. The Cascade Medical Center's Board projected that half of the building cost would have come from those funds.
The new Cascade Medical Center was first proposed in November as a way to replace the current facility and better meet community needs.
"The current hospital building is 50 years old, small, and outdated," George Greenfield, past Chairman of the Board, said.
In 2020, an independent healthcare consulting firm was hired to assess the practicality of a new medical center. That study, along with a community survey, found that in order to meet the current needs and anticipated increase in demand for services over the next 5 to 20 years, a facility three times the current size would be needed.
"Our staff has done a tremendous job of providing an outstanding level of care within the confines of our current facility," said Tom Reinhardt, CEO of Cascade Medical Center. "We need a medical center that can sustain our commitment to providing independent, quality healthcare close to home, now and for generations to come."
The Board was prepared to acquire property just north of Cascade on the west side of Highway 55 between the Catholic Church and the ITD road maintenance facility for the medical center. Had the bond been approved, the medical campus could have been completed as soon as 2025.
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NAMPA, Idaho — The City of Nampa Street Division will begin the process of chip sealing streets on Monday, June 6, if weather permits.
23 road sections are scheduled to be chip sealed, starting on Midway Road at West Orchard Avenue towards West Karcher Lane, followed by Midway Road at West Karcher Road towards Moss Lane.
Subdivisions will be the last to be chip sealed. A complete list of roads needing to be chip sealed is listed below.
Once crews have finished chip sealing the roads and subdivisions, they will then begin the process of fog sealing and then finally re-striping the roads. Street Division staff are hoping to have the chipping, fog sealing, paint and thermoplastic applications completed by the end of August.
Chip sealing is a cost-effective pavement maintenance practice that extends the life and durability of roads while providing a better surface for driving. It tends to be one-fourth to one-fifth the cost of a conventional asphalt overlay.
Reminders for Nampa drivers and residents:
- The speed in chip zone areas is 20 mph.
- Please help keep workers safe - be mindful of crews working in chip seal areas.
- Parking on streets during the chip seal process is prohibited from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Once signage is removed, street parking may be resumed. Every attempt will be made to notify owners of vehicles parked in the right-of-way prior to towing.
The Street Division website will be updated with work progress and any weather-related delays. For more information or questions, contact 208-565-5262 or email projects@cityofnampa.us.
ARTERIALS
- Midway Rd
- W Cherry Ln
- N Midland Blvd
- Moss Ln
- N Marketplace Blvd
- Middleton Rd
- N Merchant Wy
- W Sand Hill Dr
- W Flamingo Ave
- W Karcher Rd
- Sundance Rd
- Norco Way
- Madison Rd
- N Franklin Blvd
- N Devlin Wy/Fargo Ave
- Lone Star Rd
- Madison/Fargo/Ave/Elder
- Davis Ave
- W Orchard Ave
- Northside Blvd
- N Canyon St
- N Yale St
- N Broadmore Wy
SUBDIVISIONS
- The Ranch
- Eaglecrest
- Stiehl Falls
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GREENLEAF, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
A man seeking compensation filed a civil suit on May 12 in the Idaho District Court against the Nampa Police Department, Canyon County Sheriff’s Office, and Drug Enforcement Administration, alleging an unlawful detainment and excessive force toward a disabled person as well as unlawfully seizing $30,000 in cash.
The claim, filed by Paul Lietz, one of the plaintiffs, alleges that in May 2020, Nampa police, the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office and the DEA served a search warrant at his residence in Greenleaf. According to court records, Lietz was never charged, and the claim said police did not find drugs.
The DEA and Canyon County Sheriff’s Office declined to comment because it involved ongoing litigation. The Nampa Police Department did not respond to a request for comment.
The claim alleges that officers knew Lietz and others involved had disabilities, but detained Lietz and others anyway, telling them to get down on the ground when they could not do so.
“Law enforcement forced or tried to force them down thereby sustaining Lietz and Ouch (another plaintiff) injuries due to the necessary, unreasonable and excessive force being applied by the police,” the claim said.
Lietz suffered injuries to his wrist, elbow, hip and two tears to his labrum, which the claim said he did not have prior to the detainment.
The claim said the officers also restrained a juvenile in the home and pointed their weapons at her.
Officers also acted outside the scope of their search warrant, according to the claim, which stated that the DEA did not announce who they were before entering the home and the warrant was only authorized for law enforcement to search four cars. In addition to the four cars, officers searched four others, as well as a trailer and a boat, the claim said.
The suit said that officers damaged many things throughout the home, including two windows, two doors, and two cabinets.
The suit states Lietz, according to the First Amendment, has a right to record law enforcement, but when he attached a recording device to the front of his shirt, the claim said, an officer seized the device and threw it across the fireplace mantle. When they seized it, one of the officers replied, “You don’t need that, you cannot record us,” the claim said.
A police report by Special Agent Brandon Poggi said that Lietz was not keeping his hands within view, so officers turned Lietz and attempted to put him on the ground.
Lietz had a home security system that recorded the incident, but police disconnected the cameras, and seized and deleted all footage, the claim said, alleging destruction of evidence.
The DEA and accompanying officers seized $30,000 that Lietz had from his mother’s estate, according to the claim, but did not verify the property with the owner, which is a violation of Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedures, the claim said. The suit said law enforcement also had no probable cause to seize the money.
“DEA did not inquire about anything of value with the occupants,” the claim said. “DEA did not allow the occupants to be present when they found valuable property and U.S. currency.”
Additionally, the claim said, Lietz demanded a copy of the search warrant and was never given one. In the police report, Poggi said that Lietz was shown a copy of the warrant.
Lietz was taken to the Nampa Police Department after he was detained, where he was read his Miranda rights. The claim said law enforcement did not have any probable cause to detain and transport Lietz to the station. In the report by Poggi, he said Lietz was told he was not under arrest. Law enforcement asked if Lietz would be willing to be transported to the station, the police report said, and Lietz agreed.
The claim said when Lietz arrived at the station, he asked if he was being charged, and DEA Special Agent Dustin Bloxham told him “Not today, no.”
Lietz went to leave and was detained by Bloxham, who allegedly shut the door that Lietz tried to open, the suit said, because Bloxham said Lietz needed an escort to leave the building.
The claim also said Lietz was detained by two Nampa police officers, who he said assaulted him in the interrogation room by grabbing his arms and refusing to let him leave.
According to a use of force report filed by Nampa police, Lietz told the officers, “get the (expletive) out of my way,” and slapped the officers’ hands away from him. The officers pushed Lietz back and he was later released.
The suit said that officers also refused to allow Lietz to use the restroom or take prescribed medication.
Lietz is seeking compensation for damages, attorney fees and $500,000.
This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press, read more on IdahoPress.com.
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Today will be the hottest day of the streak of 100-degree heat that has baked Midland over the last week, according to the National Weather Service.
The NWS is calling for a high temperature of 105 degrees at Midland International, which would tie the record for May 18 in Midland set in 2020 and would be the third record either tied or set this week. The average high temperature for a May 18 in Midland is 89 degrees.
The NWS shows that a 100-degree day will bring the streak of triple-digit high temperatures to five. The National Weather Service on Wednesday also called for Friday to reach 100 degrees, which – if reached -- will extend the number of consecutive 100-degree days to seven.
Relief will come in the form of cooler temperatures – even 20-plus degrees cooler – this weekend. The NWS for the weekend showed high temperatures of 86 on Saturday and 81 on Sunday. The next chance of showers is expected Sunday night and Monday, according to the NWS.
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A 15-year-old boy was allegedly caught with two loaded guns at his Queens school Wednesday, police say.
Charges are pending against the boy, whose name has not been released because of his age.
According to the NYPD, the boy was found with the guns at York Early College Academy, which apparently shares space with public school J.H.S. 008 Richard S. Grossley at the 167th Street address.
A source within the School Safety Agents’ union said ammo cartridges were also found on the boy.
No injuries were reported in the incident, which happened around noon. It wasn't clear why the boy allegedly brought the weapons or how he got them. No other details on the circumstances were immediately provided by the school or law enforcement.
The Department of Education didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to its website, York Early College Academy serves almost 650 students in grades 6 through 12, along with those in special education programs.
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic translated into a labor trend known as the "Great Resignation."
Workers, many who are stressed, overworked or in need of change, have quit from their jobs to the tune of millions quitting each month.
However, the rate at which people walk away from their jobs isn't the same across the whole country.
With this in mind, WalletHub released a list detailing which states had the highest job resignation rates -- and it turns out New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are among the states with the lowest resignation rates.
The Empire State was crowned as having the lowest rate -- standing at 1.7% over the past month and 1.95% over the past 12 months, according to WalletHub's study.
Following close behind as having the third lowest rate, Connecticut had a resignation rate of 1.9% in the last month and 2.24% over the past 12 months, WalletHub's list revealed.
Meanwhile, the Garden State had the 9th lowest resignation rate. WalletHub reported a 2.3% resignation rate in the last month and 2.48% over the last year in New Jersey.
'GREAT RESIGNATION'
Given that the tri-state did not experience the highest rate in the country, which state saw the highest job resignation rate? That goes to Alaska. According to WalletHub, the resignation rate of the latest month stood at 3.9% and at 4.15% over the course of the last 12 months.
To see how each state and the District of Columbia fared in the survey, or to learn more about the methodology used, click here.
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BLOOMINGTON — The McLean County Chamber of Commerce will host a walk-up job fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, in the former Bergner's parking lot at Eastland Mall, 1615 E. Empire St., Bloomington.
The job fair is presented by Express Employment Professionals. Over 40 local employers from a variety of industries will be at the fair looking to fill 1,300 openings in a wide range of fields.
Food will be available for purchase from Gill Street Eatz and Tony's Food for the Soul food trucks. The job fair is free and open to all Central Illinois communities.
Those who plan to attend are encouraged to bring their official ID and several copies of their resume, and to dress in appropriate attire. Many employers will be prepared to interview and make job offers on the spot.
Visit mcleancochamber.org , call 309-829-1188 or email jessica@mcleancochamber.org for more information.
Photos: 'American Idol' finalist Leah Marlene returns to Normal for concert, parade
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene reacts to the crowd at a parade in her honor Tuesday, May, 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene waves to the crowd at a parade in her honor Tuesday, May, 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene is honored with a proclamation from Normal Mayor Chris Koos, who declared May 17, 2022, to be Leah Marlene Day for the town.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
A crowd gathers for "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene's concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
The crowd reacts to "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene during her concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
The crowd reacts to "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene during her concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
Leah Marlene waves to the crowd after Normal Mayor Chris Koos declared Leah Marlene Day on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
The crowd reacts to "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene at her concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
Leah Marlene performs during a concert in uptown Normal on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, as part of filming for "American Idol," where she is competing against two other finalists for the top spot.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene looks at the audience who gathered in uptown Normal to watch her being honored by Normal Mayor Chris Koos on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
Leah Marlene plays for a live audience Tuesday night at a free concert in Uptown Normal just two days after she became one of the top 3 performers in this season's American Idol contest.
Brendan Denison
From left, Paula and Eva Williamson and Jackie Reese, all of Tilton, hold up signs expressing their support for Leah Marlene before a free concert Tuesday in Normal.
Brendan Denison
Crowds fill North Street in Uptown Normal Tuesday evening for a free Leah Marlene homecoming concert.
Brendan Denison
Hannah Hinthorn, 12, of Bloomington holds a sign asking for "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene's signature with Linda Jackson, right, before Marlene's concert Tuesday in Normal.
Brendan Denison
Livi Blade, 10, of Bloomington, left, and family friend Nicki Green pose for a photo in advance of Leah Marlene's parade and concert Tuesday in Normal.
Brendan Denison
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene, right, takes in the crowd on Tuesday before Normal Mayor Chris Koos, left, officially declares Tuesday, May 17, 2022, to be Leah Marlene Day following a parade in uptown Normal.
Brendan Denison
From left, Jeremy, Jennifer, and Julia Rady brush up on coverage of Leah Marlene's homecoming plans in Tuesday's Pantagraph prior to Marlene's appearance at Uptown Circle in Normal. The trio traveled from Mukwonago, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to see Marlene's free show.
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BLOOMINGTON — Construction of White Oak Road, also known as CH 70 or Old US Route 150, between Locust Street and US Route 150, will begin Monday, May 23, and end Friday, July 22, weather permitting.
The road will remain open, but traffic may be stopped or shifted to ensure worker safety during construction. Motorists are encouraged to take a different route during this time to avoid delays.
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Photos: 'American Idol' finalist Leah Marlene returns to Normal for concert, parade
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene reacts to the crowd at a parade in her honor Tuesday, May, 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene waves to the crowd at a parade in her honor Tuesday, May, 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene is honored with a proclamation from Normal Mayor Chris Koos, who declared May 17, 2022, to be Leah Marlene Day for the town.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
A crowd gathers for "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene's concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
The crowd reacts to "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene during her concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
The crowd reacts to "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene during her concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
Leah Marlene waves to the crowd after Normal Mayor Chris Koos declared Leah Marlene Day on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
The crowd reacts to "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene at her concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
Leah Marlene performs during a concert in uptown Normal on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, as part of filming for "American Idol," where she is competing against two other finalists for the top spot.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene looks at the audience who gathered in uptown Normal to watch her being honored by Normal Mayor Chris Koos on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
Leah Marlene plays for a live audience Tuesday night at a free concert in Uptown Normal just two days after she became one of the top 3 performers in this season's American Idol contest.
Brendan Denison
From left, Paula and Eva Williamson and Jackie Reese, all of Tilton, hold up signs expressing their support for Leah Marlene before a free concert Tuesday in Normal.
Brendan Denison
Crowds fill North Street in Uptown Normal Tuesday evening for a free Leah Marlene homecoming concert.
Brendan Denison
Hannah Hinthorn, 12, of Bloomington holds a sign asking for "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene's signature with Linda Jackson, right, before Marlene's concert Tuesday in Normal.
Brendan Denison
Livi Blade, 10, of Bloomington, left, and family friend Nicki Green pose for a photo in advance of Leah Marlene's parade and concert Tuesday in Normal.
Brendan Denison
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene, right, takes in the crowd on Tuesday before Normal Mayor Chris Koos, left, officially declares Tuesday, May 17, 2022, to be Leah Marlene Day following a parade in uptown Normal.
Brendan Denison
From left, Jeremy, Jennifer, and Julia Rady brush up on coverage of Leah Marlene's homecoming plans in Tuesday's Pantagraph prior to Marlene's appearance at Uptown Circle in Normal. The trio traveled from Mukwonago, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to see Marlene's free show.
Brendan Denison
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One person died after a three-vehicle collision Wednesday morning near 64th Street and Cactus Road in Scottsdale, according to police.
It is unclear what led to the crash and whether there were other injuries.
The intersection was closed while investigators processed the scene, said Officer Aaron Bolin, a Scottsdale police spokespersond.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A canoe and kayak store in Portland is hosting an event to raise funds for Ukraine as the war continues.
According to an event by Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe, called Paddle for Ukraine, people will donate a sum of money to rent a kayak or canoe or to paddle using their own boat. Organizers say all proceeds will go to buy and send medical supplies for those impacted by the war.
Participants are encouraged to wear blue and yellow, bring food and stay for a picnic afterward.
“Participants will also find booths with Ukrainian food, traditional crafts, handwoven goods, merchandise and more,” the announcement stated. “The place will be easy to spot, as a specific gate with Ukrainian flags and other signs promoting the event will be easily visible. Volunteers will guide visitors, help with parking, and guide people to the waterfront.”
Alder Creek volunteers will help participants with the gear and will teach everyone the basics of paddling, added the press release.
The event begins at noon on Saturday, May 21.
People can paddle once the event begins, but people can also donate without going into the water. Paddling will continue until 4 p.m. with activities planned after.
At 2 p.m., organizers say Ukrainian singer Inna Kovtun will perform several traditional songs. An in-person auction is also planned for 3 p.m., with an online action after the event.
“It includes an artwork created in real-time by Ukrainian artist Tatyana Ostapenko (who will be painting it during the event), a kayak, Greenland style paddle and a gift certificate for a kayaking trip for two,” event organizers described.
Volunteers will also be present to provide a comfortable experience for people with special needs.
The event will take place at the Oaks Park Boathouse, located at 7815 S.E. Oaks Park Way. For more information, visit here.
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Harvard Business School made a special visit to Shreveport. Here's what you need to know
Shreveport welcomed over 60 Harvard business school students this past week. During their visits they helped 11 local businesses from Holy Angels to the Shreveport Regional Airport.
"What we're doing here, we're helping small businesses in the city, primarily with their business strategy and other problems that they're having," said Monami Chakraborty, Harvard Business School student. "HBS is around 1000 people, but we are around 70 to 80 here in Shreveport, the others are in different parts of the country, specifically cities where we usually don't go and visit. So it's a new flavor, new culture, new sorts of businesses and new sorts of problems for tackling."
Each business highlighted in this 11-day period was aided by five to six Harvard Master of Business students to help facilitate new perspectives and business strategies.
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"I was very aggressive in recruiting this program here," said Mayor Adrian Perkins. "I knew the impact it could have not just on students being exposed to cities like Shreveport, but Shreveport benefiting from that type of talent."
Students like Frederick Lamontagne and Brannon Jones worked in a group to help the Shreveport Regional Airport attract customers. Through their 10 days at the airport they created a plan to entice fliers to choose Shreveport.
Stacy Kuba, Deputy Director of Airports for the Shreveport Airport Authority said, “the dedication and hard work on their project while they were here was impressive and very much appreciated. The information from the results of their project will be used for the continued improvement of the airport in the future.”
"It's the first thing people see when they arrive in Shreveport, and it's the last thing they see when they're on their way out," said Lamontagne. "The Shreveport Regional Airport is a real hub for the city."
Read:Caddo-Bossier Port, stores opening and closing make headlines this week
While in Shreveport these students not only aided local businesses but were able to embrace the southern culture.
"We are not used to being in smaller cities and seeing what life is like and what it means to live in a different, not big city on the coast," said Shaq Walker, Harvard Business School student. "One thing that I noticed is a lot of people, they're not looking for what's the biggest thing, it's like I have to work to provide for myself and my family and to make a difference in my local community. For me, I thought that was extremely valuable.
"I think you're gonna to see Shreveport grow very, very fast. There's gonna to be a lot of growth."
More:Artbreak 2022 showed visual, literary, culinary, fashion, film. Here's what you need to know
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com.
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SUTTER CREEK, Calif. — A 16-year-old has been injured after a hit and run crash in the Amador County town of Sutter Creek Tuesday night, the Sutter Creek Police Department says.
Around 8:35 p.m. Tuesday, a 16-year-old boy was crossing a roadway near Highway 49 and Valley View Way in Sutter Creek with another person, officers say. The teenager was then struck by a car and transported to a trauma center in Sacramento in "grave condition," according to a Facebook post by the Sutter Creek Police Department.
The driver of the car fled after the crash, police say, but was eventually found and identified by police as Matthew Galea, 40, of Shingle Springs. He was booked into Amador County Jail on suspicion of felony hit and run resulting in death or injury.
Those with information on the case or who may have witnessed the crash are asked to call the Sutter Creek Police Department at 209-267-5646.
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BLOOMINGTON — Are you behind the times?
Better catch up on what’s happening Friday at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. That's when it's time to get together for "Forever Motown," a musical review of soulful classics by Marvin Gaye and Tammie Terrell, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Temptations and more.
Lend your ears to this sensational experience and you'll walk out with your "head in the air" like Smokey Robinson. Just reach out, and The Four Tops will be there with you, too.
Andrew Wegrzynski, marketing associate for the City of Bloomington's cultural arts department, said they know Bloomington-Normal likes Motown and soul music. He notes Friday's event will be their second soul review of the season at BCPA, and follows "Masters of Soul" from Dec. 8.
"These shows in particular put a lot of good feelings out there," he said. "Everyone gets up and groves. Everyone sings and dances along as well."
Wegrzynski said "Forever Motown" is a tribute to sounds made famous by Berry Gordy's Motown record label in Detroit, nicknamed "Hitsville U.S.A.," complete with a backing band and dance routines. He said the audiences get to interact with the performers, and the crowds keep coming back for these shows.
Coming to Bloomington Friday are big names in the theater scene, Wegrznski said. There's musical director Gary Kupper, who wrote the "Freckleface Strawberry" books; Tony Award-winning costume designer Evie Ross; and choreography directed by Terri Giordano with the American Dance Theater.
Wegrzynski said Friday's production is touring out of New York City to take guests back to the very sights and sounds of a Motown show in the genre's heyday, by pairing the nuances of the music with smooth moves and stunning costumes.
The timelessness of Motown is underscored by its lasting influences heard in contemporary music to this day. Wegrzynski notes Kendrick Lamar, Daft Punk and Run the Jewels all still cut samples from Motown's classic sounds. Additionally, Hollywood blockbusters like "Guardians of the Galaxy" include Motown in their soundtracks.
For Wegrzynski, and likely many other fans of music, Gaye's 1971 hit album "What's Going On" is an all-time best. He can't recommend it enough.
He said the album's upbeat, exciting music is ingrained with themes of civil rights, environmentalism and economic disenfranchisement. And those themes are all still relevant to today.
Wegrzynski said as the world changed, Motown changed with it: Stevie Wonder went from singing about the birth of his children to inter-city struggles, with amazing lyrics linked with a simply distinctive sound.
He also said the performers are doing it all because they love the show and Motown music.
"Can't put this much effort in without having a bit of love for it," he said. "There's so much that goes into this work that the passion just comes through."
Wegrzynski said while "Forever Motown" closes out the spring season of events at the BCPA, they're working to make the next one just as exciting.
"Our mission for us is to create an environment where all forms of artistic expression are appreciated, encouraged and seen as a contribution to the quality of life in our community," he said.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The successes are beginning to pile up for entrepreneur Colton Knittig and his Fayetteville-based company Grillight.
Knittig says his company, which makes barbecue tools and accessories, has secured a national distribution deal to supply its products to North Carolina-based home improvement giant Lowe’s. Earlier this year, Grillight announced a similar agreement with Tennessee-based Tractor Supply Co., the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States.
Knittig says Lowe’s is (or soon will be) carrying Grillight products on shelves at all 1,728 of its stores. As of Dec. 25, 2021, Tractor Supply operated 2,003 stores.
Knittig is Grillight’s president and co-founder. He launched the business in January 2014, about two months after developing a spatula with a built-in flashlight. Since then, new iterations have been created. The company’s product line now includes approximately 15 grilling tools.
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FORT SMITH, Ark. — What appears to be a young black bear made an unexpected stop outside a Fort Smith, Ark. home this week.
Jennifer Burr captured the encounter on her Ring doorbell camera.
"My Ring camera at my garage went off at 11:19 a.m. on Monday, May 16th. I was at work, and when I opened the live video and saw the bear, I started screaming, "there's a bear at my house!!"
Burr says the bear wandered off and caused no damage to the property.
As the weather warms, bears are coming out of hibernation and looking for treats to feast on. Experts advise not to leave any uneaten food outside and to lock your trash bins if you live in an area with a high bear population.
For Burr, she's just happy the whole ordeal was caught on film.
"When we moved in, we were told someone had claimed to see a bear on the property. We just got lucky and captured one on video!"
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South Carolina becomes the latest state to enact transgender sports ban
This week Gov. Henry McMaster signed the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” making South Carolina the latest state to ban transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports.
The law requires transgender students to compete with the “biological sex” listed on their birth certificates “filed at or near the time” of birth.
"We have to do everything we can to protect the young men and women in our state who choose to pursue athletic competition, and that’s why I proudly signed this bill into law yesterday," McMaster tweeted Tuesday.
South Carolina is the next state in a growing number of conservative states to enact legislation requiring transgender students to compete with the gender listed on their birth certificates.
Some of the other states that have passed a transgender sports ban include Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee.
According to the Associated Press, the idea began emerging in legislatures about two years ago with Idaho passing the first legislation in 2020. This law and a similar one in West Virginia have been blocked by the federal courts.
While the bill focuses on public schools, it also states that a private school or institution that competes against a public school or institution must also comply.
You can read the full bill here.
Alexis Hamilton is a Beaufort, SC native covering higher education in the Upstate. Reach her at 727-514-5734 or ahamilton@gannett.com
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December 18, 1937 – May 21, 2021
A celebration of life service for Maryon Adell (Primicias) (Boles) ( Sigman) Brooks, 83, of Coos Bay, will be held at 2 pm, Saturday, May 21, 2022 at the Harmony United Church, 123 Ocean Boulevard in Coos Bay, with Reverend Donald Ford, officiating.
Maryon was born December 18, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, to Hazel and Frank Primicias. She passed away May 21, 2021 in Coos Bay.
After her mother divorced and remarried, the family moved to a farm in Livingston, California in 1949, where Maryon attended and graduated from Livingston High School in 1955. In 1958, Maryon married Donald L. Sigman and they had two daughters, Lisa Dawn and Valerie Lynn.
Maryon’s career of 28 years in Federal Civil Service was with the United States Air Force, beginning at Castle AFB California. In 1974, she applied for a position at Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota and upon acceptance, the family was relocated. After divorcing in 1977, she applied for a transfer in 1981 to Beale AFB, Marysville, California to be closer to her mother who had Alzheimer’s disease. In 1983 she met and married Courtland B. “CB” Brooks. After taking a disability retirement at Beale AFB in 1986, she kept busy with volunteer work until her husband retired and they moved to Coos Bay, Oregon in 2006.
Maryon was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star (OES) Doric and Martha Chapters, National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE), United Methodist Women and a Life member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars.
Maryon and her husband regularly attended Harmony United Methodist Church. She was very active in OES having been Organist for both Chapters for several years and for one year was Grand Organist for the Grand Chapter of Oregon.
Maryon is survived by her beloved husband, CB Brooks; daughter, Lisa and husband, Scott Cozza; daughter, Valerie Sigman; step-daughter, Jennifer and husband, Chris McLeod; four grandchildren, Ian Campbell , Joshua Emrey, Nichole Emrey and Scotty Cozza; four great-grandchildren; six step-grandchildren, Stephanie Durst, Michael Dakota, Cody Walker and Montanna “Tanna” Hamilton, Mykah McLeod and Ryan McLeod; four step-great grandchildren; her newly found biological family; half-sisters, Paquita Reyes of San Francisco and Misako Oshiro of Okinawa; and half-brothers, Frank Primicias of San Diego and Tsutomu Ashimine of Okinawa.
Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.coosbayareafunerals.com
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DeLand to celebrate Florida Emancipation Day with weekend festival
The African American Museum of the Arts in DeLand will celebrate Florida Emancipation Day this weekend with live entertainment and reenactments of historical events.
“This is our first time doing this festival,” said Mary Allen, executive director of the museum. “The main goal is for the African American Museum to preserve history. That’s why I decided to join in and help with this festival. Florida Emancipation Day is very important and significant to Florida history. Many people have no idea that Florida has its own Emancipation Day.”
On May 20, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was read on the steps of Knott House in Tallahassee by General Edward McCook. McCook was a Union cavalry general during the Civil War and governor of the territory of Colorado.
President Abraham Lincoln first issued the proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863.
Florida Emancipation Day is not to be confused with Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the announcement to abolish slavery in Galveston, Texas, also in 1865.
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The festival is free and open to the public. On Friday, festivities will kick off at 6 p.m. with a showing of the documentary “Freedom Drumming,” at the The Noble "Thin Man" Watts Amphitheater located at 322 South Clara Ave.
On Saturday and Sunday, the festival continues at the amphitheater. Festival hours on Saturday are 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., beginning with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation and continuing with live entertainment. Sunday hours are 1-4 p.m.
“This is a moment for us to educate people about the importance of May 20, 1865,” said Allen. “We'll also have a reenactment of Frederick Douglass (as portrayed) by John H. Anderson Jr., who is well known throughout the state of Florida," she added.
For more information contact the African American Museum of Arts at 386-736-4004.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — For many pet owners, it's probably impossible to imagine giving up their animals – let alone leaving a dog tied to a fire hydrant.
But that's exactly what happened earlier this month in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Fortunately, a story that started out steeped in sadness has a happy ending.
Back on May 5, the Wisconsin Humane Society shared a heartbreaking photo of a dog, named Baby Girl, tied to a bright yellow fire hydrant in the middle of a neighborhood. A backpack stuffed with her favorite toys and worldly belongings was next to her.
Baby Girl's story quickly went viral, both for the photo and for the way the Wisconsin Humane Society handled her situation.
Instead of responding with judgement or anger, the WHS shared a heartful post on their Facebook page directed toward Baby Girl's previous owner:
"First and foremost, we are so sorry you had to part with your best friend. It’s evident just how much you loved her and we can see you did your best while struggling with your own medical complications and challenges of life. We see your love in the bag you carefully packed with all of her favorite things. We see your love in the way you secured her leash so she wouldn’t get hit by a car. We see your love in the way you placed her in the middle of a neighborhood where she’d be quickly found. We see your love in how happy and healthy Baby Girl looks. And we see your love in the note you left, pleading for someone to help her when you no longer could."
The post has been shared nearly 4,000 times on Facebook since, and was featured on popular Instagram account WeRateDogs, which has 2.3 million followers.
"What a compassionate response," one person commented on Facebook. "I didn’t feel as compassionate when I first saw the photos, but you’ve helped me see with a new perspective."
The Wisconsin Humane Society, which cared for Baby Girl over the past two weeks, posted an update May 10 to say that the agency met with Baby Girl's previous owner and was "grateful for the chance to connect with her, and honor her wishes for Baby Girl to find a new home "
Mission accomplished.
The humane society said a bunch of families were eager to meet Baby Girl when she was made available for adoption, and she officially found a new home on May 12.
Looking to add a four-legged friend to your family? Click here to view a list of adopted dogs from the Wisconsin Humane Society. If you're based in Minnesota, click here to view animals up for adoption through Minnesota's Animal Humane Society.
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WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Family Dollar will be closing its nearly 30-year-old West Memphis warehouse in 60 days, a company spokesperson said Wednesday.
On February 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that more than 1,000 rats were found inside the distribution facility. The chain then issued a voluntary recall that impacted over 400 stores in the South.
Inspection reports showed the building had violations related to rat infestations going back to January 2021, over a year before the infestation was announced and several stores closed.
A spokesperson with Family Dollar shared the following statement:
"Like most companies, we regularly assess our operational footprint to ensure we are running our business in the most effective and responsible way. As a result of that process, we determined the nearly 30-year-old facility in West Memphis would not be adequate to allow us to continue serving the needs and requirements of our stores and customers served by the distribution center.
This was a difficult decision we did not take lightly, especially because of our outstanding team in West Memphis, our relationship with the community, and the partnership we have had with the State of Arkansas since 1994. We are committed to treating impacted associates fairly and respectfully, and we are doing everything we can to support them with their transitions, including providing severance plans to those who are eligible, as well as offering outplacement services and employee assistance programs."
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Philadelphia police are searching for a dirt bike rider who struck and killed a teen skateboarder and then fled the scene.
On Sunday around 10:30 p.m., Jesus Gomez Rosario, 17, was riding a skateboard west on Allegheny Avenue. At the same time an unidentified man on a dirt bike was traveling at a high speed on Allegheny Avenue and doing wheelies on the street when he struck Rosario and fled the scene.
Rosario was taken to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead on Tuesday at 11:15 a.m.
Philadelphia Police released surveillance video of the dirt bike rider. Police say he was wearing a black helmet with a red bandana or scarf around his neck, a white t-shirt, black pants and white sneakers. Police also said he appeared to have suffered minor injuries. His dirt bike has green wheels, a green body and damage on the left side.
If you have any information on the suspect’s identity, call the Accident Investigation Division at 215-685-3184. If you see the suspect, do not approach. Instead, call 911 immediately.
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Motorcyclist killed in Wednesday morning wreck identified
Christopher Walker
Wichita Falls Times Record News
One person was killed in an early morning motorcycle accident in Wichita Falls.
WFPD officers responded about 6:55 a.m. to the crash at Seymour Highway and Polk Street, according to a press release from the police department.
The officers found a motorcycle crashed into one of the buildings of the school bus barn located at 2015 Seymour Highway.
The driver, Christopher Shane Cardwell, 32, of Wichita Falls, was transported to the URHCS from the scene. He was pronounced deceased at 8:12 a.m. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The investigation is ongoing.
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