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Washington Boulevard will be restricted Friday between Webster and Ewing Streets near the Allen County Public Library while crews inspect and repair a water line, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
For questions or to report problems, contact the city's right of way department at 427-6155. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/washington-boulevard-portion-limited-friday/article_6ab07484-18f3-11ed-9c72-63d3e44a89e3.html | 2022-08-10T22:38:56 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/washington-boulevard-portion-limited-friday/article_6ab07484-18f3-11ed-9c72-63d3e44a89e3.html |
A Fort Wayne woman was charged Wednesday with attempted murder for allegedly hitting a man in the head with a metal baseball bat, leaving him in need of protective headgear for the rest of his life.
Brittany S. Shears, 28, of the 2100 block of Parnell Avenue, is also charged with felony aggravated battery and felony neglect of a dependent (endangerment) in the July 17 incident. It started with a fight over a child they had together, according to the probable cause affidavit filed by Fort Wayne Police Detective Aaron Johnson.
During a brief visit before she allegedly hit the man, Shears got into a verbal argument with him, court documents said. She then got angry, jumped on the man and punched him simultaneously on both sides of the head while he held his hands up in defense.
The man’s live-in girlfriend grabbed Shears when she was hitting his head a second time, and the two women got into a physical altercation, the girlfriend told police. The women fought until the man told Shears she had to leave. While Shears was leaving, she told the girlfriend she was dead.
Shortly after that, the man received a text from his juvenile son with Shears asking to hang out. There was soon a pounding on the front door about 1:29 a.m., and the woman saw shadows of people run to the back door and bang there.
She opened the door after she heard the voice of the man’s son. Shears, the son and two other women were there and armed with blunt weapons, court documents said.
Eventually Shears and the man’s girlfriend fought physically until the man came out and told everyone to stop fighting. He and Shears began arguing again, and his son became physical combative with him, hitting him in the head with an unnamed tool, according to court documents.
While the man was holding his head in pain, Shears hit him in the head with the metal bat, and he fell to the ground.
He told police later he knew right away that he needed to go to the hospital. At the hospital, the man had to be intubated because his injuries were life-threatening, court documents said.
A doctor there told police the man had a lacerated artery on the left side of his head, and his condition was critical. The medical team rushed the man to surgery after he was intubated.
The man remained in critical condition until July 22, still intubated and in a medically induced coma, according to court documents. When the man was able to talk to police, he told them that Shears knew he’d been shot in the head before.
He left the hospital July 28 with more than 50 surgical staples to close the laceration from the middle of his forehead to the middle of his neck, according to court documents. He had a hematoma on the left side of his scalp from internal bleeding, and doctors were not able to work with his previous surgical opening into his skull, which became enlarged.
Medical teams were unable to replace the bone where he’d been shot before because of multiple small fragments.
The man was prescribed rehabilitation, and after he completes it, he’ll need a cane or walker to walk and will have to wear protective headgear when he’s mobile. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/woman-charged-with-attempted-murder-for-attack-with-bat/article_f48f5292-18f3-11ed-b02f-c39b6d01e487.html | 2022-08-10T22:39:02 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/woman-charged-with-attempted-murder-for-attack-with-bat/article_f48f5292-18f3-11ed-b02f-c39b6d01e487.html |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Midland Airpark will be hosting the "Fly Into Fall" event on Aug. 27.
The event will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is free and open to the public. It aims to be an educational event for all ages.
Aircraft and helicopters from local pilots will be on hand, and there will be displays, educational booths, food trucks, jumpers and more.
Former NASA Astronaut Don Thomas will also be in attendance.
To learn more about the event you can visit the City of Midland website.
There will also be the first ever Run for the Runway one mile run/walk and 5k. Fees for the race range from $20-30 and packet pick up runs from 6:45-8 a.m.
You can sign up for that race by clicking or tapping here. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/fly-into-fall-features-aircraft-local-pilots/513-dd7160af-5bb7-485e-8ab9-b00fe5b70371 | 2022-08-10T22:41:12 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/fly-into-fall-features-aircraft-local-pilots/513-dd7160af-5bb7-485e-8ab9-b00fe5b70371 |
The overall number of people experiencing homelessness in the Richmond area has decreased since last summer, but more people are living on the street than ever before, according to the region's shelter and homeless services coordinator.
Following the recent completion of its biannual Point in Time count last month, the Greater Richmond Continuum of Care announced Wednesday that at least 447 people were homeless at the end of July, with only 243 of them in shelters.
"It's really disheartening to see the people who are unsheltered living outdoors. That to me is a call to action," said Kelly King Horne, executive director of Homeward, the nonprofit that oversees shelter programs and service providers across Richmond, the town of Ashland and the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan.
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"We really need to identify how we can connect people to resources, but especially housing," she said. "We're entering a new phase of a housing affordability crisis."
Officials say that the number of people who are unsheltered is usually higher in the summer, but expect significant challenges in the months ahead after government rent relief programs and temporary housing protections adopted because of the COVID-19 pandemic expired this spring.
The figures released Wednesday show that homelessness has fallen below pre-pandemic levels.
In January 2020, just two months before world health officials declared COVID a pandemic, the Continuum of Care reported that 549 people were experiencing homelessness at the time. Homelessness then increased by 53% the following January as the total of people experiencing homelessness rose to 838, which was a seven-year high.
King Horne said acute emergency aid helped to address the spike in people experiencing homelessness, but some advocates and local officials say they are concerned that there is not enough dedicated shelter space in the area, especially as rents continue to rise and home vacancy rates reach historic lows.
Over the past two years, the city has spent millions in federal dollars to shelter hundreds of people in hotel rooms around the region. While it helps address immediate needs, advocates in the community have said that approach has made accessing shelter difficult for many.
The health crisis came as the city and regional service providers have struggled to adopt permanent plans for a seasonal cold weather shelter.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney promised to find a permanent location for the shelter after the city stopped using the city-owned Public Safety building on North Ninth Street in 2018 because of building safety issues.
The city then moved the shelter to the Annie Giles Center, formerly known as the Conrad Center, but ceased operations there when the pandemic began. The city then moved the shelter to a hotel ballroom at the Quality Inn on Arthur Ashe Boulevard.
After years of upheaval, the city has not yet formed cold weather shelter plans for this coming season.
In June, Commonwealth Catholic Charities announced that it would return $1.8 million that the city had awarded the nonprofit to renovate its facilities at 809 Oliver Hill Way to add 75 emergency beds for the inclement weather shelter program. Officials from the nonprofit organization said "extended delays" had made it impossible for them to complete the work in time for the shelter to open at the start of the season.
Councilwoman Stephanie Lynch and King Horne on Wednesday said the city has issued a new contract solicitation to identify a partner for the shelter program. Lynch said bids are due to the city on Aug. 25.
Lynch, who has been a vocal about the need for a shelter and better services, said the release of the homeless data Wednesday demonstrates the need or a new facility that also serves as a point of entry for people who need services in addition to emergency shelter.
"It hasn't been a good situation," she said. "It’s heartbreaking. ... We need to see some true intentionality and care put into the improvement of this system and the way that it serves them." | https://richmond.com/news/local/number-of-unsheltered-people-in-richmond-area-hits-record-high/article_fe670583-05f7-58e1-8d13-f942d660378e.html | 2022-08-10T22:42:34 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/number-of-unsheltered-people-in-richmond-area-hits-record-high/article_fe670583-05f7-58e1-8d13-f942d660378e.html |
ROAN MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Cherokee National Forest officials and members of the Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club teamed up to improve a section of the Appalachian Trail.
Last summer, the club approached the Forest Service about mitigating an area in the Bradley Gap section of the trail, which is located in the Roan Highlands nearly seven miles northeast of Carvers Gap.
The problem: the area is constantly wet, resulting in trail issues.
So, the Eastman club built bog bridges and installed locust posts in the area to rehabilitate steps. The Forest Service provided all-terrain vehicles for transporting the materials.
“Working along with the Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club has helped a lot in being able to maintain the Appalachian Trail and ensuring the safety of the public,” said Chad Ingle, natural resource specialist for the Cherokee National Forest.
The Eastman group is the club that maintains the section of the trail located in the Watauga District of the Cherokee National Forest. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/eastman-hiking-club-repairs-section-of-appalachian-trail/ | 2022-08-10T22:42:35 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/eastman-hiking-club-repairs-section-of-appalachian-trail/ |
Indianapolis Airport down a runway for massive reconstruction project spanning 3 years
Crews liken the landscape to that of Egypt.
Giant, pyramid-shaped mounds of crushed concrete dot the airfield next to the Indianapolis International Airport in preparation for a massive project that drew large fanfare from officials Wednesday. A fence along Col. H. Weir Memorial Drive, being decorated now with a locally commissioned mural, blocks most of the view for passengers on their way to the airport.
"This right behind us is one of the largest, if not the largest, projects in the entire state, and nobody knows about it," Executive Director Mario Rodriguez told an enthusiastic crowd of airport executives and elected officials.
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The Indianapolis Airport Authority is reconstructing one of its two main runways top to bottom, a $190 million project that is expected to span three construction seasons and wrap up in late 2024.
The mounds of concrete are the remains of the former runway, which, at about 30 years old, outlived its typical lifespan of about 20 years, senior planning and development director Jarod Klaas said.
That concrete will be reused in one of the sub-base layers of the new runway. With a thicker layer of new concrete on top, the runway is expected to have a lifespan of about 40 years, officials said.
The 22-inch top concrete layer will also contain waste carbon dioxide, which officials said makes the airport the first in the country to use carbon-capture technology in a runway. The amount of carbon being sequested is the equivalent of planting 1.2 million trees, Klaas said.
The pandemic-influenced explosion in online shopping also prompted the Indianapolis Airport Authority to look at this runway, which is used by both commercial airlines and FedEx flights. Rodriguez told IndyStar in the fall that the IAA wanted to reconstruct it in anticipation of ever-increasing demand. And, he said Wednesday, aircraft continue to get bigger and heavier, placing more demand on the concrete.
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In the fall, the airport received a large chunk of federal grant money ― $56 million, the largest single grant the airport has ever received ― that it's putting toward the runway project. The rest will come from airport capital improvement funds, which are funded by the fees airlines pay to fly in and out of the airport, Klaas said.
The federal money came from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program, which doles out money each year to support sustainable airport infrastructure.
That $56 million was also the largest portion of the national pie.
The airport has two primary runways, plus a crosswind runway. During the winter months of November through March, the completed portion of the runway under construction will be put back into temporary operation.
Rodriguez said being down one runway won't mean delays for passengers on the tarmac. Doing the project now, while the airport is not at full capacity, should safeguard against delays years into the future, when the airport fills up with more airlines and traffic, he said.
"You'll never notice. Remember, we're not LaGuardia," he said. "We have enough capacity with one runway to handle everybody."
Contact IndyStar transportation reporter Kayla Dwyer at kdwyer@indystar.com or follow her on Twitter @kayla_dwyer17. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/transportation/2022/08/10/indianapolis-international-airport-runway-construction/65392543007/ | 2022-08-10T22:45:24 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/transportation/2022/08/10/indianapolis-international-airport-runway-construction/65392543007/ |
Detroit Election Commission rejects marijuana ballot proposal
Detroit — The Detroit Elections Commission this week rejected a ballot proposal seeking to overhaul the city's marijuana ordinance, which was enacted earlier this year.
The commission, made up of Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey, Corporation Counsel Conrad Mallett Jr. and City Council President Mary Sheffield, unanimously voted on Monday against moving the proposal to the November ballot.
The vote came one week after Detroit City Council unanimously approved advancing the proposal to the ballot during a special session.
Sheffield voted yes when the issue was before the council and did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday about her election panel vote. Winfrey's office also did not respond to a request to explain her decision.
It aimed to amend the ordinance that authorizes adult-use marijuana establishments to operate at a location that has a conditional land use. The ordinance allows unlimited microbusinesses, establishments and designated consumption establishments for zoning approval. It also authorizes temporary marijuana events subject to City Council's approval.
During the Aug. 1 special session, Mallett told the council that the proposed ballot initiative is unlikely to make it to the November ballot because it lacks enough valid signatures. Petitioners needed 2,811 signatures under the Detroit City Charter and 4,844 signatures were submitted. Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett's office deemed 3,087 as valid.
The Law Department argues the initiative requires a minimum of 6,475 valid signatures under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act.
President Pro Tempore James Tate, who sponsored the adult-use marijuana ordinance, said last week that council's vote was but one attempt to protect it.
"I’ve known from the onset there would be roadblocks and challenges, but I will remain steadfast in my efforts to bring Detroit a fair and balanced adult-use recreational marijuana ordinance," Tate has said.
A 2018 ballot proposal to legalize recreational marijuana in Michigan was supported by 68% of Detroit voters.
The council approved a revised ordinance in April, two years after the city opted to allow recreational marijuana, governing how it would award business licenses to the lucrative industry.
The city plans to award 100 retailer licenses in three phases as well as 30 microbusiness licenses and 30 consumption lounge licenses. Applications opened Aug. 1.
The city is facing a handful of lawsuits from established medical marijuana businesses in Detroit alleging the ordinance violates state law by preventing them from obtaining one of the limited recreational licenses until 2027.
The city's attorneys will argue before Judge Leslie Kim of the Wayne County Circuit Court on Friday after she granted a temporary restraining order on July 29, preventing the city from accepting applications for adult-use businesses.
"The city of Detroit remains devoted to bringing forth major opportunities that many committed residents across our city have been working and waiting to obtain," Tate said last week. "It does not go without notice that each attempt to slow down or halt the current ordinance continues to be ill-sufficient.”
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Twitter: @SarahRahal_ | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/10/detroit-election-commission-rejects-marijuana-ballot-proposal/10291319002/ | 2022-08-10T22:45:54 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/10/detroit-election-commission-rejects-marijuana-ballot-proposal/10291319002/ |
Charter amendment on residency requirement for Deltona manager, attorney likely headed to ballot
DELTONA — Residents this November will likely find the following proposed charter amendment, or something similar, on their general election ballot: The city manager and in-house city attorney should reside within Volusia County or within 25 miles of city boundaries.
The City Commission during a special meeting Monday night voted 5-1 in favor of putting the matter to the voters. Commissioner Anita Bradford cast the dissenting vote; Vice Mayor Maritza Avila-Vazquez was absent.
Bradford said she personally wants the manager to live in the city.
"We need a city manager who lives here, so that city manager is attending events," Bradford said. "If they’re dedicated and we’re paying them what we pay them, they should live in the city."
Currently at Deltona's helm, as acting city manager, is DeBary resident John Peters III, who initially joined the city in June 2019 as the public works director.
The commission brought him on as acting manager via a contract without a residency requirement at the end of 2020. His current annual salary is $169,680, and his car and phone allowances are $6,269 and $1,100, respectively.
Bradford also said residents made their position known in November 2014 in response to a municipal referendum: "Shall the Deltona City Charter be amended to remove the residency requirements for City Manager?"
Voters, 22,622 to be precise, responded with 17,245 voting against changing what was put in the charter when Deltona incorporated in 1995. Census records put the city's population in 2014 at 86,355 and at 53,347 in 1995.
The voters were also asked in 2014 if the residency requirement for an in-house city attorney should be removed. A total of 22,682 voters responded with 15,681 voting against changing it.
Voters were first asked if the in-house attorney should reside in the city in 2008 when Deltona's population was 84,141. A total of 31,946 voters responded with 22,126 voting in favor of the referendum.
Mayor Heidi Herzberg, who served as a commissioner from 2010-2018 and was then elected as mayor, cited the city's history of charter-officer turnover, the lack of temporary housing options and the current housing market in general as reasons it could be time to ask residents to take another look at the residency requirement.
"Would you give up your home that you’ve invested in to take a job where the average lifespan of that job is two years?" Herzberg said. "That's the bigger picture."
Charter city without charter officers
The matter was before the commission Monday as Commissioner Dana McCool brought it up during a meeting last month.
During the July 18 meeting, she requested and received consensus to have staff work up language for an amendment that would let voters decide on whether or not it would be acceptable for a city manager to live within 50 miles of the city.
At the beginning of Monday's meeting, commissioners, McCool included, agreed that 50 miles is too far. Eventually, they narrowed it down to within Volusia County or within 25 miles of city boundaries.
McCool pointed out during the meeting last month that Deltona, a charter city, currently has no true charter officers.
"If we're good with that as a city, let's rock and roll, but I'm pointing that out again, as has been pointed out to me," she said.
As the city is technically represented by the Orlando-based firm Fowler, Feeney & Associates, P.A., and not one particular attorney, the city's legal representatives also don't live in Deltona.
McCool also pointed out, as other commissioners and engaged residents have, that under Peters "this is the most stability we’ve had in a while."
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"When we say that somebody needs to live in Deltona, we cut out a part of the talent pool that we could be hiring from," McCool said.
A few residents during public comment suggested the individual at least live within Volusia County as they would at least be more familiar with the region's people and resources.
The ordinance will come before the commission for a final vote on Aug. 15. If it passes, the proposed referendum goes to the ballot in November. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/10/deltona-residents-likely-see-referendum-charter-officer-residency/10274893002/ | 2022-08-10T22:49:24 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/10/deltona-residents-likely-see-referendum-charter-officer-residency/10274893002/ |
Bronze Mary McLeod Bethune statue settles in on Daytona Beach riverfront
DAYTONA BEACH — The last leg of the very long journey taken by the bronze likeness of Mary McLeod Bethune is now complete.
Made from a maquette and carefully crafted in an artists' studio in a tiny Italian hamlet, the bronze statue was crated and shipped across the Atlantic to Miami, then trucked to Daytona Beach.
On Wednesday morning, the 829-pound bronze sculpture and its separate 14,050-pound granite pedestal base were hoisted into place in their new home inside the city's Riverfront Esplanade.
The 13-foot-tall display now stands in a plaza specially created for the bronze work of art that celebrates the founder of Bethune-Cookman University, who was also a civil rights and women's rights pioneer, a force in Washington, D.C., for decades and the champion of Black Daytona Beach residents who fought for their most basic needs and rights.
It was no easy task maneuvering the 8-foot-tall, 40-inch wide bronze sculpture, nor the 5-foot-high granite pedestal the statue now stands on. It took three hours Wednesday morning to carefully unpack and place the statue made by an artist who lives part of the year in Florida and the rest in Pietrasanta, Italy.
With barricades closing off Beach Street between the News-Journal Center and the Brown & Brown insurance company office tower, the 7.5-ton statue base was first to be hoisted into position in the plaza on the east side of Beach Street.
Large yellow straps were looped around the pedestal, and then hooks on an all-terrain crane attached to the straps. The crane with a 165-foot-long boom then lifted the pedestal over power lines, traffic lights and light poles and gently placed the hulking block of shiny granite into place.
As Brown & Brown employees watched from the windows of their offices and a few dozen people at street level took in the spectacle, the same procedure was used for the statue.
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As the sculpture still hung in the air over the plaza about five feet off the ground, key statue project organizer Nancy Lohman slipped a note into a hole on the bottom of the work of art.
The message left to be found in the future said the statue was "created with love by Nilda Comas." It said the work was made to honor Bethune, and added, "May she always be our guiding light for the Daytona Beach, Florida, community to live harmoniously with one another."
As Lohman was slipping in the note, four pins were attached to the corners of the bottom of the statue and eased down into holes on the top of the pedestal to secure the bronze work of art into position. Epoxy was squeezed into the holes to lock everything in place.
Grout was poured under the base to prevent water from seeping underneath it in the future, and to help level the statue.
Daytona Beach's celebration of Bethune
The statue now stands in the round plaza facing west down Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard and toward the school she led from the early 1900s until her death in 1955. The plaza named for Bethune is elevated above street level and framed by six magnolia trees.
All four sides of the pedestal are engraved with gold lettering. The front features a quote from Bethune: "Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it may be a diamond in the rough." The other sides list names of dozens of donors.
The plaza flanked by Beach Street and the Halifax River is part of the $31 million transformation of Riverfront Park into an esplanade with dozens of new mature trees, newly planted flower beds, chairs and benches to sit and gaze out at the river, swings for both kids and adults, a raised overlook behind the News-Journal Center and a dog park.
The bronze statue will be officially unveiled Aug. 18 during a 9 a.m. ceremony open to the public. The ceremony will be held rain or shine.
After the statue was secured into its new post Wednesday, it was boxed with large wooden panels that will shield the work of art from view until next week's unveiling.
Because it's likely to be hot and most people at the event will have to stand, the ceremony will last only 30 minutes and fans will be handed out to help participants stay cool. Two tents will be set up for those who need a break from the sun, and bottled water will be available for anyone getting too parched.
On the front of the special commemorative fans are pictures of both the bronze and marble Bethune statues created by master sculptor Nilda Comas. The marble statue was unveiled July 13 in its new home, National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building.
The back side of the handheld fans includes passages from Bethune's last will and testament: "I leave you love, I leave you hope, I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another, I leave you a thirst for education, I leave you respect for the uses of power, I leave you faith, I leave you racial dignity, I leave you a desire to live harmoniously with your fellow man, I leave you finally a responsibility to our young people."
The Bethune-Cookman University Concert Choral will perform twice during the ceremony, and the invocation will be delivered by the Rev. Courtney Allen of Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church.
The pledge of allegiance will be led by Derrick “D.J.” Henry, Jr., son of Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry.
Speakers at the event will include the mayor; Lohman, who is president of the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Statuary Fund, Inc.; Volusia County Councilwoman Billie Wheeler; Robert W. Lloyd, executive vice president and general counsel for Brown & Brown Insurance; Lawrence Drake, interim president of Bethune-Cookman University; Johnny McCray, Jr., president of the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune National Alumni Association; and Florida state Rep. Tom Leek.
Organizations that gave sizable financial assistance as well as in-kind service support were invited to attend. On that invite list are Volusia County officials, those involved with the ECHO program, city of Daytona Beach officials, Ormond Beach city officials, and Racing & Recreational Facilities District officials. Also invited are top Bethune-Cookman officials, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune National Alumni Association leadership and members of the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Statuary Fund Board of Directors.
How the Bethune statues came to be
The decision for Comas to create the bronze statue was made shortly after the initial approvals were in place for the marble state to be permanently displayed in the Capitol.
Every state is represented in National Statuary Hall by two statues. In 2016, Florida lawmakers passed legislation allowing one of the state's two statues to be removed and replaced with a new work of art.
In 2018, Bethune was chosen to represent Florida in the room ringed with statues. Shortly after that, Comas was chosen to create the marble Bethune statue. Last month she became the first Hispanic woman to have her work displayed in the National Statuary Hall State Collection.
Comas earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the New York Academy and she studied at the Accademia di Belli Arte in Carrara, Italy.
Comas chose to clothe Bethune in academic regalia in the two identical statues to symbolize her commitment to education. The walking stick in her right hand is modeled after a gift she received from President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The black rose in her left is a reminder of how she lovingly referred to her students as black roses after seeing a black rose while visiting Switzerland in 1927. Black roses became her symbol of unity for all people.
The stacked books at the statues' feet are each sculpted with the tenets of her Last Will and Testament and her core values.
The names of everyone who donated $1,000 or more to the statue effort are engraved on the granite pedestal beneath the statue.
The Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Statuary Fund, Inc. was formed in 2018 to raise private revenue for the statuary project. Nearly 400 individual donors contributed.
The Statuary Fund board also raised money to create a feature-length documentary on Bethune, which will be shown for the first time in October.
The board also raised money for a new K-12 curriculum module on Bethune and sponsorship of five Bethune-Cookman University graduates who performed at the blessing ceremony of the marble statue in Italy in July 2021.
A temporary exhibit of the marble statue in Daytona Beach last fall was sponsored and facilitated by the board and seen by nearly 15,000 visitors. The marble statue also made a stop in Bethune’s South Carolina hometown on its way to Washington, D.C.
Who was Mary McLeod Bethune?
Bethune was born on a farm near Mayesville, South Carolina, in 1875. She was the 15th child of former slaves, and she rose from humble beginnings.
When she moved to Daytona Beach at the turn of the century, she dreamed of starting a school for girls. In 1904 she made that dream come true with $1.50 and five girls.
That little school in a rented building evolved into Bethune-Cookman University.
Bethune became a respected educator, civil and human rights leader, and advisor to five U.S. presidents.
She championed civil rights, education, women’s rights, voter registration drives, antilynching campaigns and employment opportunities for Blacks and women. As president of the State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, she led the fight against school segregation and inadequate health care for children.
She was president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs and founded the National Council of Negro Women. She was appointed to numerous commissions including Calvin Coolidge’s Child Welfare Conference, Herbert Hoover’s National Commission on Child Welfare, and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s "Black Cabinet."
Roosevelt appointed her to be director of the National Youth Administration, establishing her as the first Black woman to lead a federal agency. Bethune was also a delegate to the inaugural 1945 United Nations Conference.
You can reach Eileen at Eileen.Zaffiro@news-jrnl.com | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/10/new-mary-mcleod-bethune-statue-now-stands-on-daytona-riverfront/10276485002/ | 2022-08-10T22:49:30 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/10/new-mary-mcleod-bethune-statue-now-stands-on-daytona-riverfront/10276485002/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – As a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Melani Candia did not qualify for federal aid when she was at the University of Central Florida.
She said she had to pull two or three jobs a semester to help pay for all expenses as she pursued her bachelor’s degree.
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Candia, who was born in Bolivia and is now a teacher, applied for UCF’s Project SPEECH when she was pursuing her master’s degree in exceptional student care in 2020. It is a federally-funded program that provides funding for courses that lead to certain master’s degrees.
Project SPEECH accepted Candia, but near the end of her first semester, UCF demanded thousands of dollars back.
“Someone somewhere in a position of authority gave me the wrong information, and when they rescinded my funding, it didn’t leave me with a balance of zero,” Candia said. “All the classes I had previously taken… left me with about $13,000 in debt, completely tanked my credit.”
When interviewing for the project, Candia received two emails from university leaders saying her status would not affect her eligibility.
“Your DACA status would not preclude you from participating in the program,” one email said in March 2020 before Candia’s first semester in the summer.
Near the end of the summer, UCF backtracked. Candia said she tried working with UCF to solve the issue but to no avail. She withdrew in spring 2021.
“Coming from the background that I come from, coming from the traumatic experience that it is trying to fund education,” Candia said. “The days where I was going through this with Project SPEECH and where I was trying to figure out how to just fund my education... it was just a huge weight.”
The U.S. Department of Education sent News 6 an email, saying an institution is responsible for ensuring the eligibility of students who are being offered scholarships funded through this program. The email also said an institution must return the federal funding to the department.
News 6 requested to speak with the UCF leaders involved in Candia’s situation to understand how this mistake happens and what steps are taken to resolve it.
But UCF spokesman Mark Schlueb said in an email that federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act regulations “prevent us from disclosing information about any student’s particular situation.”
News 6 also obtained emails sent to Candia by Dean Pamela Carroll from the College of Graduate Studies. In one email, she told Candia the situation was “out of our hands.”
However, the DOE said an institution should work with the student to take reasonable steps to resolve the issue when a student is determined ineligible after signing a federal pre-scholarship agreement.
“Determining ‘reasonable steps’ is a matter that’s left up to the university and the student since each situation is unique,” the DOE said.
Schlueb said an adviser would encourage a student to drop a course, which would leave them owing nothing to UCF if a situation like this happens. Carroll also emailed Candia, saying she should delay taking classes until her finances improve.
Candia said the university could have helped her more to solve the issue and that it’s a shame UCF continues to be vague. She said she still does not understand why she had to repay UCF in full when leaders gave her the wrong information.
“Their handling of it was insensitive,” Candia said. “I do think that people in a position of authority should definitely be responsible and be accountable for any mistakes they may have made.”
Florida has the fifth most DACA recipients with about 23,600 recipients, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reports.
USCIS spokesperson Sharon Scheidhauer said that USCIS does not have a number for how many DACA recipients have pursued or finished college.
Candia said she is grateful for her education at UCF, but she is considering transferring to another university instead. She said she is sure she is not the only student this has happened to.
“All these little obstacles push you to remember ‘OK, I’m here and I’m not going anywhere,’” Candia said. “This is not just my home but it’s my community.”
Candia said despite any turmoil she has endured, she continues to celebrate her triumphs — big or small.
“It hurts and it’s something to definitely take care of so it doesn’t overwhelm,” Candia said. “But it does remind you I have to keep going.”
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A trial is scheduled for Thursday morning following the arrest of ex-NFL player Zac Stacy at the Orlando International Airport last year, in which he was accused of attacking the mother of his child in her Central Florida home.
Stacy was arrested at the airport after arriving on a flight in November from Nashville, Tennessee, due to an aggravated battery warrant out of Oakland, according to Orlando police.
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Stacy, who is originally from Alabama but played football for Vanderbilt in Nashville, told detectives last year that he had gotten out of rehab for anxiety and depression around eight months prior to the arrest and moved to Orlando nearly six months prior to support the mother of his child, whom investigators said is the victim in this case.
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Stacy went on to say the victim was “bitter” and out to destroy his reputation. He mentioned that the victim “got a reaction out of (him)” when she “knew (he) was down,” referring to the attack in question, which circulated on social media.
The victim told police she and Stacy have a child together. She said that she was allowing him to see the child as an “olive branch” as they are currently in mediation, investigators said.
Surveillance video from the attack shows a man hitting a woman. The man then throws her into a television, which falls on her after she hits the ground. Police said this video was given to them by the victim and was used in the investigation.
Stacy faces multiple charges for battery and criminal mischief, according to an affidavit. The trial will be held virtually Thursday at 9 a.m.
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – The Osceola County school district began its Student Ridership Program Wednesday to help kick off the 2022-2023 school year, according to district officials.
The program involves the installation of tablets next to the door of district school buses, which students will be required to use to scan their district-issued ID cards as they get on and off the bus, officials said.
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A release from the district shows the program will tell school administrators and transportation leaders when and where students get off the bus to help ensure student safety.
Officials said that because the program is new this school year, students who forget their ID will not be turned away as the district incorporates the program — though students will eventually be required to use it.
According to officials, the program will also alert bus drivers when a child is trying to get on the wrong bus or get off at the wrong stop, in which cases drivers will not allow the student to get on or off without permission from administrators.
The district is also introducing additional tracking software called “Here Comes The Bus,” which parents can use to track their child’s bus on a map. District officials said that service would be activated Aug. 25.
For more information on “Here Comes The Bus,” visit the district’s website here.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Bring out your artistic skills with classes at CityArts!
Did you know that CityArts, located at 334 N. Mead, offers a variety of art classes for people of all ages and skill sets?
Adult classes:
- Drawing and Painting
- Drawing
- Drawing Fundamentals
- This course develops students’ visual awareness and understanding of the range of drawing materials and techniques. Students will develop responses to the visual environment by employing varied stylistic and technical approaches. Exercises will include still life, figure study, portrait, and cityscape (weather permitting). This class is also perfect for those just wanting to brush up on past skills. Supplies will be provided for the first day of class only.
- Drawing with Soft Pastels and Charcoal
- In this mixed media class, soft pastels are combined with charcoal to create representational drawings/ paintings. The class starts at a beginner’s level. The student will become acquainted with the characteristics of these two traditional media and will acquire fundamental drawing skills, such as perspective, position, overlap, figure-ground relation and other essential aspects. Drawing and painting desire is required for this hybrid course. Ages 12+ Supplies will be provided for the first day of class only.
- Drawing Fundamentals
- Painting
- Abstract Painting
- Create a custom abstract work of art! Students will learn to work with techniques such as balance, shape and line. Students will be responsible for providing an 11×14 canvas and preferred paint. Age 16+
- Acrylic Painting
- Learn to paint using various applications on a variety of surfaces. This class is mixed with beginners and more advanced students to provide a collaborative work environment with positive feedback from peers, all while exploring different methods of acrylic painting. Supplies will be provided for the first day of class only.
- Oil Painting
- Learn how to get started in oil painting or improve and expand your current skills. You will gain a technical understanding of using oil paints in both a classic and modern way. Supplies will be provided for the first day of class only.
- Pet Portraits
- Have you always wanted to get portraits done of your pets? Come learn how to do them yourself! In this class, students will cover some of the basics of oil painting, such as transferring an image to your canvas with the grid method, color mixing, and paint application techniques. Students will be responsible for providing an 11×14 canvas, paint and a photo of your pet.
- Watercolor Painting
- Learn the basic techniques of watercolor painting, including flat and graded wash, wet-onto-wet and glazing. Various elements of design will also be covered. This class is designed for a beginner or someone wanting to brush up on their skills. Supplies will be provided for the first day of class only.
- Abstract Painting
- One Day Workshops
- Digital Painting with Procreate
- Ever done a digital painting? In this one-day workshop, students will learn the basics of Procreate. Students will need to bring their own iPad and purchase Procreate prior to class. All Ages
- Digital Painting with Procreate
- Drawing
For more information on drawing and painting classes, as well as to enroll, click here.
- Glass Blowing
- Glassblowing — Paper Weights
- Perfect for the beginner wanting to learn more about glass blowing. Learn how to navigate through the glass blowing process and create a paperweight, the starting point for future glass blowing projects. Age 16+
- Glassblowing
- Learn the basics of this unique art form and produce different pieces and forms in hot glass. Demonstrations and instructions will be given for more complex forms. Beginners must attend the first class orientation. Glass fee is included in the class price. Note: Students must wear clothing made of natural fibers, a pair of tennis shoes and bring a pair of sunglasses. Age 16+
- Glassblowing — Paper Weights
For more information on glass blowing classes, as well as to enroll, click here.
- Glass Fusing
- Kiln Work
- Glass Fusing
- Using System 96 glass, you will learn the fundamentals of glass fusing and work to design and create jewelry, tiles, slump dishes, plates, wind chimes and other items. Information on fusible glass, design, use of color, mold prep, fusing and more will be available. Students are responsible for purchasing their glass. Glass sheets can be purchased at CityArts.
- Glass Fusing
- Glass Bead Making
- In this class, students will learn the basics of this ancient art form using glass rods and torches. A variety of techniques will be discussed. All supplies included. Ages 16+
- One Day Workshops
- Glass Fusing Basics
- This workshop will teach you how to cut glass and design your own small dish or coaster. You will learn the basics of kiln-formed glass as well as cutting techniques and project layouts. Students will go over types of fusing and firing temperatures to achieve those results. The fee includes materials for projects and the use of tools.
- Glass Fusing Basics
- Kiln Work
For more information on glass fusing classes, as well as to enroll, click here.
- Mixed Media
- Basic Leathercraft
- Learn the basics of working with raw leather, including the carving of designs, cutting, dying and painting. Students will start with basic carving patterns and complete a small project involving all that the students have learned. Creating your own pet collar is a popular option for a completed project in this class. Students will need to purchase their own basic leather supply kit (which will be discussed on the first day of class), and CityArts will provide the leather, dyes, paints, and specialty tools. Ages 16+
- Collage and Assemblage
- In this workshop, students will be creating an abstract collage! Tearing, cutting, pasting and reassembling fragments of paper, found objects, or fabrics into a new art form is the basis of collage. Students will be using multiple medias to create an amazing work of art. All supplies included.
- Dragon Heads
- In this class, students will be making a wearable dragon mask. The dragon heads will be made out of foam rubber, hot glue, spray paint and your imagination. All supplies included. Age 16+
- Fiber Art
- In this one-day workshop, students will learn the basics of a fiber material of their choice, either crochet or embroidery. All supplies included. 16+
- Gel Printing Workshop
- Gel printing is a form of printmaking using a reusable gel block. You can apply paint to it, and add stencils and texture. Students will create multilayered prints. All ages. All supplies provided.
- Handmade Paper
- Make your own paper in this two-day workshop! You can bring in any recycled paper material or use what is available in the recycling bin. Students can also bring in local wildflower seeds to create seed paper! Handmade paper is relatively simple to make once you understand the process and have all the materials. Come see if it’s right for you while all materials are provided. Students can create cards or even add some simple printmaking. All ages welcome. Need a parent if under 16. All supplies provided.
- Leather Pet Collars
- In this class, students will be making leather pet collars (one inch or 1/2 inch) for a furry friend. Collars will be carved with patterns, stamped with names and colored with dyes or paint. Supplies will be discussed during the first class. Age 13+
- Reed Light Sculptures
- This lesson focuses on a modern example of two types of sculpture: abstract sculpture and light sculpture. Reed is an inexpensive and easy-to-use medium with diverse possibilities. Commonly used for functional items, in the hands of an artist, the reed can be formed into highly innovative fiber art. You will create one-of-a-kind laminated paper and reed light sculptures. The structures can be simple in their design, or they can become quite complex. They can be abstract or representative. It is a beautiful and unique art form. Age 16+
- Basic Leathercraft
For more information on mixed media classes, as well as to enroll, click here.
- Photography
- Introduction to Digital Photography
- This basic entry-level class is designed to familiarize you with the different DSLR/Mirrorless camera functions. The class is designed for beginners who are starting to learn about digital photography and their DSLR/Mirrorless camera and includes lessons on menus, buttons and settings.
- Digital Photography
- Level 1
- In this class, your camera will be in full manual mode as you learn topics of complete control and understanding of aperture, shutter and ISO. You will look at how they all work together to achieve equivalent value exposure, histogram and custom white balance. Intro required or instructor permission.
- Level 2
- You will advance your ability to use DSLR/Mirrorless features and knowledge of the basics of photography, including lens perspective and distortion, balanced exposures, photographing water drops, panning, close-up photography and more. Intro, Level 1 required or instructor permission.
- Level 3
- Get ready for an interactive experience that covers lighting, patterns, filters, external flash units, controlling natural light, reflectors, action/sports photography, low light and nighttime photography. Night outings may take place in addition to the normal class schedule. Intro, Levels 1 and 2 required or instructor permission.
- Level 4
- This class is all about the rules of composition and lighting. You will learn and practice Forced Perspective Photography techniques as well. Photo assignments will be given throughout the class that will be evaluated to prepare you for Level 5. Levels 1, 2 and 3 required or instructor permission.
- Level 1
- Introduction to Digital Photography
For more information on mixed media classes, as well as to enroll, click here.
- Pottery
- Pottery Experience
- Looking for a unique artistic experience? Have you ever wanted to try your hand at throwing on a pottery wheel? Learn the basics of wheel-throwing in this two-hour workshop! All supplies included. Reenacting the scene from “Ghost” is not required. Ages 14+
- Pottery — All Levels
- In this fun and lively class, you will learn basic throwing techniques for the potter’s wheel, along with glazing and firing. Advanced students will be encouraged to attempt more difficult projects, such as complex forms and multi-piece throwing. Students may complete class projects or pursue special interests. An additional $20 clay/firing fee will be required. Ages 16+
- Pottery — Advanced
- Learn advanced techniques in throwing, glazing and decorating. An additional $20 clay/firing fee will be required. Ages 16+ Prerequisite: must be able to center and throw a simple cylinder and bowl.
- Pottery Workshops
- In this class, students will make a ceramic maraca. You will gain skills in hand building with clay. This can be a fun way to start or continue using clay. Students will be using the pinch pot technique to form the maraca and will decorate them by glazing and carving. All supplies included. Age 8+
- Pottery Experience
For more information on Pottery classes, as well as to enroll, click here.
- Silversmithing
- Silversmithing
- In our versatile metal smiting studio, students will be offered experiences in jewelry fabrication (sawing, soldering and stone setting), lost wax casting (centrifugal), forging, forming, enameling and lapidary. The purchase of silver and stones will be discussed during the first class (approx. $30 per project). Sheet copper in different sizes is available for purchase at the front desk.
- Workshops
- Metal Forming
- Metal forming is one of the fundamental processes in creating one-of-a-kind jewelry. In this class, students will learn a variety of techniques on copper and incorporate them into designing their own jewelry. Copper will be provided for the first class.
- Textured Sterling Ring Band
- In this one-day workshop, students will learn to size a ring, texture sterling silver, solder, shape and finish a band ring. All supplies included. Ages 16+
- Wire Wrapping
- In this two-day workshop, students will learn a variety of wire wrapping techniques. The wire will be provided by CityArts. Students are responsible for providing a cabochon (stone/pendant: 1″ -1.5″).
- Metal Forming
- Silversmithing
For more information on pottery classes, as well as to enroll, click here.
Youth classes:
- Drawing & Painting
- Kawaii Drawing Workshop
- Learn to make anything irresistibly cute using the Japanese style of Kawaii — “cute” in Japanese. Turn cakes into adorable smiling characters, scary monsters into cuddly friends, and make any animal super cute! Students will be working with pens and colored pencils. By the end of the class, you will complete an adorable sticker to take home with you. Skill level Beginner.
- Beginner Drawing Concepts
- This class is geared toward teens, where students will learn the beginning concepts of drawing techniques. Using charcoal and still lifes, this class will push them beyond simply drawing what they see to really capturing the essence of what they are observing accurately and artistically. They will learn drawing concepts that will further their art practice, such as gesture drawing, line, visual measuring, and shading. All supplies included. Ages 12-18
- Kawaii Drawing Workshop
- Mixed Media
- Hand Kite Workshop
- A one-class craft workshop for little ones to make something they’ll enjoy, a hand kite! This workshop will be a simple way to get their creative juices flowing whilst also practicing fine motor skills, such as tying knots! All supplies included. Ages 4-9
- Young Creatives
- Explore a variety of art methods, including drawing, painting, clay, photography, and more! Create fun and interesting art to add to your young artists’ gallery. All supplies included. Ages 6-12.
- Hand Kite Workshop
- Pottery
- Teen Pottery
- Teens will explore basic wheel throwing techniques, hand-building and glazing. All supplies included. Ages 11-16
- Youth hand building
- This class is good for youth students who are too young to operate a throwing wheel but would still like to experiment with clay. In this course, students will learn pinch pots, slab building and coil building. An array of projects can be created in this class: doggy/kitty dishes, ceramic shakers, bird houses, animal sculptures., etc. Low pressure and fun for young kiddos looking to create. Ages 6-11
- Teen Pottery
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ROANE COUNTY, WV – (WOWK) — An important West Virginia bridge project got a high-level progress report today.
Congresswoman Carol Miller, (R) West Virginia and State Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston, visited the Colonel Ruby Bradley Memorial Bridge that is under construction in Roane county.
The bridge is named after Spencer native Ruby Bradley, who was one of the most decorated female military personnel in U.S. history. Colonel Bradley served in World War II, but was captured by the Japanese, and later freed by U.S. troops.
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ELK GROVE, Calif. — Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) has revealed it is dealing with a shortage of bus drivers as the start of the 2022-23 school year approaches.
Currently, there are 130 bus drivers available in the district, about 17 less than the year prior, according to EGUSD spokesperson Xanthi Soriano.
“Definitely for the past five years, we've been as low as 144 drivers,” Soriano said. “This year is probably the lowest of that five years,” Soriano said.
Incoming drivers close to getting certified, about four according to Soriano, will likely be added on later this school year.
“There's a few that are also now doing their behind-the-wheel training, and then we have a class that's going to be starting," Soriano said. “There will be about 20 people in there and that'll be in August, so hopefully they'll bring us up to about 150.”
Soriano said the ideal number of bus drivers for a district the size of Elk Grove would be 165, about 35 less than what is currently available.
Despite the anticipation of incoming drivers, all Elk Grove district schools will officially be in session for the new year by August 11, with a number of factors that may challenge the lack of staffing.
“The difficult thing that we have to deal with there are delays – delays in the morning or delays in the afternoon,” Soriano said. “What makes it complex is our geographical footprint is pretty large, about 320 square miles and that's combined between urban area and rural area.”
Additionally, Soriano said the district is anticipating the impacts of the new changes to school schedules this year.
“Transportation played a big role in looking at how we would roll out the time change,” Soriano said.
A newly implemented law requires all middle and high school students to start no later than 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., creating convenience and schedule adjustment issues in schools across the state.
Soriano said the bus driver shortage is a nationwide issue that has been prevalent at all districts around the country for at least the last decade.
A recent report by the Transit Center noted a number of reasons for the shortage such as compensation, safety and the role the pandemic had in worsening the existing crisis.
EGUSD has made efforts to address and revise potential deterrents to the career field, including pay.
“We try to be as competitive as we can when it comes to salary, and that's something that we worked on this past year,” Soriano said.
The district recently approved an increase in bus driver salary to $22.49 - $30.55 per hour for contracted drivers, $21 per hour for substitute drivers and $15 for trainees in effort to boost staffing.
“We have some of the highest paid bus drivers or salaries available in the region, but that's only one element,” Soriano said. “The other is just access to people who are willing to go through the actual training, getting behind the wheel and getting the certification.”
Soriano said she is hoping the efforts the district is making will help recruit people in the area to begin the challenging but rewarding career.
“It's not an easy job,” she said. “But it's a great job that, for those that I've talked to, they love it and they definitely recommend other people to become drivers.”
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67-year-old man saved from drowning in Union Valley Reservoir after falling off his boat
The California Highway Patrol's Valley Division Air Operations H-20 requested search and rescue operations for a man who fell off his boat in Union Valley Reservoir.
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. — A 67-year-old man who reportedly fell overboard at Union Valley Reservoir on Wednesday was saved by El Dorado County Fire Protection District and California Highway Patrol personnel.
The patrol's Valley Division Air Operations H-20 was initially requested by Cal Fire for a search and rescue of the Greenwood man in a remote part of the reservoir.
While air rescue personnel found the man near his boat, there was no area for the helicopter to land.
A H-20 medic and El Dorado County Fire Protection District firefighter were able to get into the area and begin providing care.
The man was then transported on his own boat to the Union Valley Reservoir boat ramp where the H-20 helicopter was able to land. He was flown to Sutter Roseville hospital. His condition has not been disclosed.
H-20 was requested by CalFire Camino, for a search and rescue of a 67 year old man from Greenwood. The man had fallen while getting off his boat on a remote portion of Union Valley Reservoir. H-20 located the victim near his boat; however, there was no suitable landing area nearby. H-20 subsequently picked up an El Dorado County Fire Protection District fire fighter who, along with H-20's medic, were one-skidded into the area to begin patient care. The victim was packaged and transported on his own boat to the Union Valley boat ramp, where H-20 was able to land. The victim was loaded into the helicopter and flown to Sutter Roseville Hospital.
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DAVIS, Calif. — University of California, Davis has launched new clinical trials focused on improving treatments for a viral cat disease.
Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), or a feline coronavirus variant, can develop in cats of all ages and is one of the most common causes of death in young cats with infectious diseases, according to UC Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine. Up to 95% of cats diagnosed die without treatment.
Currently, there is no successful treatment approved for veterinarians in the United States.
Three UC Davis professors are expanding on previous research that uncovered “several promising treatments,” according to a UC Davis statement.
They are seeking cats in the early to mid-stage of FIP disease for inclusion in clinical trials.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Police are searching for a suspect following a hit-and-run in North Austin last month that left a cyclist with severe, life-threatening injuries.
The Austin Police Department said the crash happened on Wednesday, July 27, at approximately 9:46 p.m. on the 10300 block of Burnet Road, across from the Q2 soccer stadium.
A preliminary investigation revealed the victim was riding his bicycle north on Burnet Road when a car hit him from behind, police said. The driver fled the scene heading north without attempting to check on the victim or call 911 for assistance.
The victim suffered severe, life-threatening injuries.
Based on vehicle parts found at the scene, investigators determined the suspect vehicle is a white Mercedes ML350 manufactured between 2005 and 2011.
APD provided a stock photo of the suspect vehicle.
The car may have the following damage:
- Right headlight: damaged or missing
- Front right reflector: missing
- Front right fog light grille: missing
- Possible dent/crack to the front right "consistent with a collision"
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 512-472-TIPS or submit a tip via the Crime Stoppers website. Tips can be submitted anonymously.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Emergency crews are responding to an explosion involving at least one house that reverberated across a neighborhood in Evansville, killing three people, according to media reports.
The Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office told WFIE-TV three people died in the explosion that occurred in the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue at about 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday.
The explosion had a 100-foot blast radius, Evansville Fire Chief Mike Connelly told the newspaper. The cause had not been determined.
A total of 39 houses were damaged in the explosion, firefighters said, including four which were destroyed. Fire officials told WFIE-TV in Evansville most of the houses in the surrounding area were unoccupied, except for pets, at the time of the explosion.
Aerial video posted on social media shows damage strewn in a residential neighborhood with numerous police and fire vehicles on the scene.
Jacki Baumgart, an office manager at Award World Trophies about 2 1/2 blocks from the site of the explosion, said she and other employees in their building panicked when they heard the blast.
“It was loud,” Baumgart said. “There was huge smoke.”
“We thought a tree fell on the building or a car ran into the place,” she said. “Debris from the ceiling came down."
She continued: "Everybody here immediately ran out of the building. We thought the building was going to come down.”
Officials say that most surrounding houses were unoccupied except for pets. A security camera at nearby ABK Tracking captured the explosion on video and shared it with WFIE.
This is a developing story. Check back for further updates. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/house-explosion-in-evansville-injures-at-least-2-indiana/531-5f243a16-770d-4707-a187-c7abdea5ef12 | 2022-08-10T22:59:37 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/house-explosion-in-evansville-injures-at-least-2-indiana/531-5f243a16-770d-4707-a187-c7abdea5ef12 |
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The National Fish Hatchery has a newly completed mural at the Cook, Wash., Little White Fish Hatchery visitor center, 56961 State Road 14, thanks to local artist Janet Essley.
The mural displays all predators to the salmon lifecycle along two walls and down the stairs leading visitors to the salmon viewing window, where the big fish swim by.
Essley, who lives in White Salmon, said it was important to her that the mural be realistic, with all elements as proportioned as possible in the available space. She used a grid, both on a small canvas and the walls, to be sure all details were correct.
“The site was definitely a challenge — to physically reach all the corners, both top and bottom, and because the changing perspective of a viewer moving down or up the stairwell created such interesting design options,” she said. “Fishery employees were very helpful in answering questions about the fish that affected color and position in the mural. What was most fun was taking breaks and going outside to warm up and to look at the beautiful surroundings, and inside watching the salmon swim past the window was fascinating.”
She spent 120 hours creating models for each mural, measuring approximately 11 feet, 8 inches by 15 feet, 8 inches — a project she worked on last winter. She began with a list of basic items to include, provided by Cheri Anderson, information and education specialist for the Columbia River Gorge National Fish Hatchery complex.
Essley is also the artist behind the Spring Creek mural, another hatchery in the Columbia Gorge complex.
Anderson said when the idea for a second mural came up, it took months to decide how to get it done. Classrooms where one idea, but COVID caused disruptions. She remembers thinking, “If only I could get a hold of Janet Essley.”
And then one day, many years after their first introduction, Essley was visiting her mural work at Spring Creek with some friends when the two were reunited.
“Creating public murals has always been interesting for me because the topics are so varied — researching the information necessary to know for different murals has been lifelong learning in many subjects,” Essley said. “Even though I had learned much about the salmon life cycle and the history of hatcheries along the Columbia while doing the Spring Creek mural in 2001, I needed to know more about salmon, sturgeon, lampreys, and aquatic invertebrates for this one.”
Anderson's wish list “presented fascinating artistic challenges,” she said: “How to present tiny, barely visible salmon eggs and invertebrate larvae underwater along with huge above-water structures such as barges, hydroelectric dams, and Mount Adams in the same, apparently rational space, and how to fit animals of diverse sizes within a limited space when in nature, they would be much more widely dispersed.
“Traditional means of showing space on a two-dimensional surface were complicated because many viewers would not have a good understanding of the relative sizes of the birds and animals shown,” Essley continued. “Most important in the design was that the optimal viewing space of the painting would be constantly changing as one walked up and down the stairwell, and different for adults and children.”
Anderson, who has 24 years’ experience and works out of the Spring Creek hatchery location, said she expects the new mural at Little White Fish Hatchery to be a talking piece for visitors, much like Essley’s Spring Creek mural.
“(Essley’s) got the lifecycle in there,” said Anderson. “She’s got salmon predators — everything that’s in both of those murals is completely accurate. Like there’s not a bird in there that does not have some interaction with salmon, whether it’s eating them or not, so I just think it’s going be an opportunity to talk about the bigger picture, the bigger story.”
She added, “This will be helpful for tours as well, giving a visual aid. And visitors are always commenting on the mural at Spring Creek hatchery on the history of Salmon fishing and asking who the artist is. This new mural should be very popular as well.
“(Essley’s) got a great use of color,” Anderson said. “Both of our murals are realistic, you know, so I feel like she captures that integrity.”
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Coming up in the Aug. 10 issue of Columbia Gorge News: The long history of fish hatcheries in the Columbia River Gorge, the educational opportunities they provide, and their collaboration with Native peoples. | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/hoodriver/news/local/art-salmon-and-history-combine-for-fish-hatchery-mural/article_a0ec7666-182f-11ed-840a-9fe40c86d3fd.html | 2022-08-10T23:00:21 | 1 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/hoodriver/news/local/art-salmon-and-history-combine-for-fish-hatchery-mural/article_a0ec7666-182f-11ed-840a-9fe40c86d3fd.html |
John Steinbrink Jr., the former director of the Pleasant Prairie Public Works Department facing multiple felony charges alleging theft and misconduct in public office, made his initial appearance at intake court Wednesday afternoon.
Steinbrink Jr., 53, appeared in court in a dark suit and what appeared to be sunglasses.
Court Commissioner Loren Keating set a $25,000 signature bond.
“These are allegations that strike to the heart of public trust,” Keating said.
As a condition of his bond, Steinbrink Jr. is not allowed to contact former or current employees of the Public Works Department. He is also not allowed to discuss the case with relatives employed by the department or the village.
His father, John Steinbrink Sr. is the current village president.
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The case is being prosecuted by Racine County Assistant District Attorney Chris Steenrod. Pleasant Prairie turned over the misconduct investigation of Steinbrink Jr. to the Racine County Sheriff’s Office to avoid conflict of interest.
Steinbrink Jr. faces one count of theft-false representation and five counts of misconduct in public office-excess authority. The theft charge can come with up to $25,000 in fines and/or up to 10 years in prison. Each misconduct charge can come with up to $10,000 in fines and/or up to three years and six months in prison.
Steinbrink Jr. had been the public works director since 2010 and employed with the village the last 28 years. He was placed on administrative leave following an alleged undisclosed complaint filed earlier this spring.
The complaint states that interviews with employees painted Steinbrink Jr. as a “angry narcissistic and manipulating person,” who was feared by employees. Those who disagreed or did not do as he instructed would be “out of a job.” One employee described the work environment as “being happier since Steinbrink Jr. had left the department.”
He’s also alleged to have taken advantage of village resources.
“This was not a favorable work environment that Mr. Steinbrink, Jr. fostered,” Steenrod said.
1 charge dismissed
During the hearing, Steinbrink Jr’s attorney, Richard Joseph Smith, pointed out that the criminal complaint against Steinbrink failed to explain what incident had occurred on Feb. 3, 2022 as listed as Count 4. Keating dismissed the charge, although he said it could be refiled at a later date.
After a brief discussion outside of the courtroom with his attorney, Steinbrink Jr. chose to waive his right to a preliminary hearing.
A statement was sent to the Kenosha News by Nola Hitchcock Cross, an attorney with a firm in Milwaukee who said she was also representing Steinbrink Jr. Cross said Steinbrink Jr. denied “all charges against him,” and expected them to be dropped “once the facts are fully understood.”
“Unfortunately,” Cross said in the statement, “the charges seem to stem from a misunderstanding about what occurred. Not only did Mr. Steinbrink do nothing wrong, but his personal contributions to the Village attest to his civic spirit, dedication to the Village, and generosity to the community. When the facts are fully known, Mr. Steinbrink will be vindicated.”
The next time Steinbrink Jr. will appear in court will be for arraignment, scheduled for Aug. 26.
After his appearance, he declined to speak with reporters outside of intake court.
— Kenosha News journalist Daniel Gaitan contributed to this report. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-pleasant-prairie-public-works-director-makes-initial-appearance/article_55629d6e-18e9-11ed-855e-9795628e75c0.html | 2022-08-10T23:07:12 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-pleasant-prairie-public-works-director-makes-initial-appearance/article_55629d6e-18e9-11ed-855e-9795628e75c0.html |
PHOENIX — Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is planning to visit the Valley this Thursday and Friday to announce significant infrastructure investments made in Arizona.
12News has learned Buttigieg is scheduled to hold a press conference Thursday morning in Tucson with U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly before traveling up to Phoenix in the afternoon to host another conference alongside U.S. Representatives Greg Stanton, Ruben Gallego, and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego.
The secretary will be making project announcements tied to funding allocated through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed by Congress last November.
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend and one-time presidential candidate, will also visit United Aviate Academy and host a town hall Friday morning with students.
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How big is Maricopa County?
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
The county was named after the Maricopa, or Piipaash, Native American Tribe. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/sec-pete-buttigieg-scheduled-to-visit-phoenix/75-a2f8bf36-66b7-4ffa-9c21-d5e3ce54d708 | 2022-08-10T23:07:23 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/sec-pete-buttigieg-scheduled-to-visit-phoenix/75-a2f8bf36-66b7-4ffa-9c21-d5e3ce54d708 |
DALLAS — Dallas City Councilmembers almost unanimously passed the "Grace Act," an ordinance aimed at deprioritizing investigations into abortions by local police departments.
The measure passed 12-1 with only one "no" vote cast by District 10 Councilmember B. Adam McGough. Three city councilmembers, Cara Mendehlson, Chad West and Jesus Moreno, were absent from the Wednesday morning meeting where the vote took place.
This resolution comes after similar resolutions were passed both in Denton and Austin in response to the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, which made possible for the state's "trigger law" to take effect Aug. 25.
The law will increase penalties for Texas abortion providers, deeming abortions to be a felony which can be a punishment of up to life in a sentence and a $100,000 fine for any doctor who performs one, without exception for rape or incest. The only exception is if the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother.
This new resolution prevents city resources from being used to create records for a person seeking an abortion, or to provide governmental bodies or agencies about pregnancy outcomes or to conduct surveillance to determine if an abortion occurred.
Investigations or prosecutions of abortion allegations will also be the lowest priority for law enforcement under the "Grace Act."
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia was in attendance for the City Council meeting and was asked before the ordinance passed how the Dallas Police Department would enforce the resolution while complying with their sworn oath to enforce state law.
"We don't know yet," Garcia said plainly. "Myself and other chiefs in other cities don't know exactly how this is going to look."
Once DPD gets some direction from other cities or the state, Garcia said he would work with the city manager to figure out what standard operating procedures will be with the new resolution in mind.
"Having a policy that says you will not enforce a law on the books would be a violation of our police officer's oath," Garcia said. "Using discretion is different than saying you will not enforce a law in the State of Texas."
"By passing the abortion resolution, Dallas City Council put unborn lives in danger and recklessly compromised the oath law enforcement officers have taken to uphold the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas. This political posturing puts the city on shaky legal ground and potentially wastes thousands of taxpayer dollars while denying science and hurting women," said Jonathan Covey, director of policy for Texas Values. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-city-council-passes-resolution-limiting-abortion-investigations/287-fd9c654f-ef46-4cc0-a5f3-5f356a7f0ce5 | 2022-08-10T23:08:18 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-city-council-passes-resolution-limiting-abortion-investigations/287-fd9c654f-ef46-4cc0-a5f3-5f356a7f0ce5 |
DALLAS — Dallas County Health and Human Services is preparing to administer the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine "intradermally," which means between the layers of the skin, instead of under the skin.
The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for intradermal injection Tuesday. The procedure considerably stretches the supply of the vaccine, DCHHS Director Dr. Philip Huang told WFAA.
"It multiplies the number of people, essentially, that we can administer vaccine to, by five," Dr. Huang said.
The math is easy.
Right now, Dallas County has about 1,500 vials of vaccine. Multiplied by five, intradermally, those vials can vaccinate 7,500 North Texans.
But not quite yet.
Dr. Huang said his team can't administer the shot intradermally, immediately.
"Hopefully in the next couple of days, I don't know exactly," he told WFAA.
That's because the new procedure requires new syringes and needles, Dr. Huang said.
"We need to sort of re-train the staff with the new procedure. But we are in, going through that process as we speak," he said.
And when they're done, Dr. Huang anticipates his team will be able to expand vaccine eligibility even further.
Right now, these are the only two groups eligible at DCHHS:
- Persons who had close, intimate, skin-to-skin contact with someone who has tested positive for monkeypox.
- Men (cisgender and transgender) 18 and older who have sex with men and who also have had multiple or anonymous sex partners in the past 14 days. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-county-change-monkeypox-vaccination-method/287-e187e41a-c9ba-441e-bd90-88bda7b0abdf | 2022-08-10T23:08:24 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-county-change-monkeypox-vaccination-method/287-e187e41a-c9ba-441e-bd90-88bda7b0abdf |
DALLAS — There are some incredible moments in life we never forget. For 16-year-old Roderick, one of those moments happened last week.
The Dallas Mavericks invited WFAA to tape his Wednesday's Child segment with them. It was definitely a moment in time. WFAA hopes it leads Roderick to his forever home.
Sometimes life doesn't deal you the best cards. Roderick said you cannot choose what you get, but you can certainly choose how you play them.
"I can't focus on the negativity. I gotta [sic] focus on the positive in my life. I play with the cards I'm dealt with," he said.
They are words of wisdom from a young man with a slam dunk attitude.
"I'm smart. I like to draw. I want to become an architect when I get older. I want to go to college at Texas Tech, and I want to be very successful in life. When I do, I want to help other kids just like me," said Roderick.
He has been in foster care five years. He described what it’s been like moving from placement to placement. Sometimes, he says, there’s been no place to live.
"Hectic. Hard to find placements. It's hectic."
Roderick got a shot to help him find a forever family when the Dallas Mavs invited him to tape his Wednesday’s Child story with them. Roderick has mad skills on the basketball court.
He had fun showing Mavs CEO Cynt Marshall how to make a basket. He also got to shoot some hoops with new Mavs center Christian Wood. Wood was impressed with Roderick’s height. The 16-year-old is 5'11".
“Wow, you're tall man. Wish I was that tall when I was your age," commented Wood.
"It feel like a dream. I can't believe I'm here. I'm so excited. I'm nervous. I haven't smiled this much in a while," said Roderick.
The Mavs gave Roderick a taste of what home could feel like. Wood offered Roderick words of encouragement, opening up about his own troubled childhood and how he never knew his father.
Roderick absorbed all of it. He heard things he doesn't hear often.
"My favorite part was when you said you see God in me, that really brightened me up," said Roderick, after WFAA's Cynthia Izaguirre told him she saw God in his heart.
No child should be starved of love and kindness, especially not someone as loving as Roderick.
"All I want is someone to care for me," he said about the kind of family he wants to adopt him.
If you think Roderick smiled a lot today, just wait until the day his advocates help score his forever family.
For more information on how to adopt Roderick, please send all approved home studies to LaQueena Warren at LaQueena.Warren@dfps.texas.gov. Please remember to include Roderick’s names within the subject line.
If you're not licensed, please visit adoptchildren.org to find out more information on how to become licensed to foster and/or adopt or contact LaQueena Warren at 817-304-1272. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/outreach/wednesdays-child/wfaa-wednesdays-child-16-year-old-roderick-in-foster-care-needs-adopted/287-8f306207-a38b-4593-8e67-4b8d6e5a4b17 | 2022-08-10T23:08:30 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/outreach/wednesdays-child/wfaa-wednesdays-child-16-year-old-roderick-in-foster-care-needs-adopted/287-8f306207-a38b-4593-8e67-4b8d6e5a4b17 |
HEATH, Texas — The City of Heath is the latest Rockwall County municipality to beg residents to cut back on water use to avoid potential water disruptions exacerbated by the continuing drought.
Starting next Monday, Heath is asking residents to water only once a week, and between the hours of midnight and 10 a.m. or 6 p.m. and midnight.
The city also asks that residents water on days depending on their address. If your house number ends in 1 or 2, water on Mondays. If your house number ends in a 3 or 4, water on Tuesdays.
The problem in Heath is the same as it is for their neighbors in Forney and McClendon-Chisolm. They can only fill up their water storage tanks so fast. But people desperate to keep their lawns alive have been using up that water at a faster and faster rate.
The result: water companies have to threaten cutting off that water supply just to give storage tanks time to fill back up.
Forney Lake Water Supply is already at Drought Contingency Stage 4. That means that "the use of automatic sprinkler systems or hose end sprinklers is prohibited at all times." Also, that "irrigation of landscaped areas shall be limited to hand-held hoses or drip irrigation" on a schedule based on street addresses ending in odd or even numbers.
Forney LWS gets its water from RCH Water Supply, the same company that supplies the town of McClendon-Chisolm. In late July, RCH temporarily cut off the water supply to McClendon-Chisolm homes to allow the water storage tanks that service the city to fill back up. That was followed by a boil water notice.
"We've got to have that three or four days in a row to make sure it's leveled out and we don't have another episode that we run out again, and then we're right back in the boil water notice," RCH Water Field Technician Dwight Lindop told WFAA on July 20. "So, we need to get everything straightened out for four or five days in order to make sure it doesn't happen again."
At a Tuesday night city council meeting, Heath City Manager Aretha Adams warned residents of that same potential scenario if they can't get homeowners in Heath to cut back on water use.
"As soon as we can we will back off of Stage 3. But what I don't want to happen is for the tanks to run out and for us to go under a boil notice. Because that's a much more difficult problem to come back from than a Stage 3 problem," she said, of Heath's current water restrictions.
"It's just bad. We all know where it can lead," said Heath resident Terri Castleberry, who lives just 100 yards from one of Heath's three water storage towers and tanks. "There's really not a lot you can do but just pray for rain you know." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/rockwall-county-heath-texas-asks-residents-to-follow-water-restrictions/287-38e16492-d708-4136-a14c-d4bee0409943 | 2022-08-10T23:08:36 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/rockwall-county-heath-texas-asks-residents-to-follow-water-restrictions/287-38e16492-d708-4136-a14c-d4bee0409943 |
TEMPLE, Texas — Temple Police have now identified the man who drowned in Belton Lake park Monday as 21-year-old Jared Gomez.
Police received a call around 10:30 a.m. after getting reports that Gomez had gone underwater and not resurfaced. Several people tried to go in after him but were not able to save him.
The Morgan's Point Resort Dive Team, Temple Fire and rescue, Army Corps of Engineers and Texas Parks and Wildlife found Gomez around 1:30 p.m.
This case is still under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Temple Police Department at 254-298-5500 or the Bell County Crime Stoppers at 254-526-8477.
More on KCENtv.com: | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/police-identify-temple-lake-park/500-d2a45f58-f332-4a8e-a1fe-c036aa0161a1 | 2022-08-10T23:12:41 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/police-identify-temple-lake-park/500-d2a45f58-f332-4a8e-a1fe-c036aa0161a1 |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – A new band director has been appointed for Capital High School, but that does not mean it’s the end of that special relationship between Capital and Herbert Hoover that’s grown in the past few weeks.
Chris Shew, the current band director at Parkersburg South, starts tonight as the new band director of Capital High. He will be taking over for Matthew Kelly, who left in July.
Principal Larry Bailey says he is excited to have Shew on as the new band director.
“He’s super creative, high energy, he knows the program. Several years ago, he worked under one of our former band directors, so he knows our students, he knows our community, he knows the expectations,” Bailey said.
Meanwhile, Meleah Fisher, the band director at Herbert Hoover High School, has been directing both bands…literally night and day.
Although her work with them is finished, she says the two bands will continue to support each other throughout the season.
“There’s a partnership with us now. And the parents were kind of like, we’re going to be pulling for your kids, and I said, well our kids will be pulling for yours,” Fisher says.
Chris Shew met with his new band this evening, and they will begin practicing tomorrow. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/new-capital-high-band-director-relieves-herbert-hoover-director-from-double-duty/ | 2022-08-10T23:15:29 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/new-capital-high-band-director-relieves-herbert-hoover-director-from-double-duty/ |
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Some parents of Turner/Bartels K-8 School students are worried about air conditioning problems when they send their kids off to school.
Marquetta Wilson's son is a third grader at the school. She says he had to deal with AC issues in the classroom for weeks.
“My son would come home and he’s like, 'Mom, it’s so hot in class, I can't focus sometimes because I’m sweaty and I’m thirsty,'" she said.
Wilson says a few days ago, they stopped by the school to meet her son's teacher for the upcoming academic year. She says her whole family was hot and sweating.
“It should be fixed. I don’t understand, we had all summer to get it fixed," Wilson said.
Wilson explains her biggest worry is her son feeling uncomfortable like last year.
“He was like, 'Mom, it's too hot in school. I can't do it,'" she said.
A representative with the school district says they are waiting for parts to come in for the school's air conditioning system. They say the delay in equipment has been caused by supply chain issues happening right now.
As a temporary fix, the district has added handlers and chillers inside the school. They noted the classroom environment is comfortable for students and staff when the temporary air conditioning is in place.
Despite the addition of handlers and coolers, some parents are still worried the classroom won't be cool enough, especially living in Florida.
“I'm concerned about my grandson as well as the students, faculty and staff," said Gwendolyn Hinson. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/parents-worry-ac-issues-inside-hillsborough-county-school/67-2d70c007-2749-49d0-8022-a0c64bd4396e | 2022-08-10T23:19:56 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/parents-worry-ac-issues-inside-hillsborough-county-school/67-2d70c007-2749-49d0-8022-a0c64bd4396e |
Glendale woman charged on suspicion of boyfriend's murder
A woman is in jail after reportedly admitting to stabbing her boyfriend to death Monday night at a Glendale apartment following an argument.
Raeann Tyree Antonio, 24, was charged on suspicion of one count of murder in the death of Nathaniel Richard Yardley, 29, according to Glendale police.
Just after 7 p.m., police received a 911 call from a neighbor saying Antonio told her she had stabbed Yardley, police said. Officers found Yardley with multiple stab wounds in Antonio's apartment and was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, according to Glendale police.
Antonio was located and arrested shortly afterwards at her apartment complex, according to police. Officers determined there was some type of argument inside Antonio's apartment before officers arrived, police said.
Maricopa County Jail records on Wednesday morning showed Antonio was still in custody. In addition to the murder charge, Antonio is facing probation violation charges. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale-breaking/2022/08/10/glendale-woman-charged-suspicion-boyfriends-murder/10287897002/ | 2022-08-10T23:21:55 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale-breaking/2022/08/10/glendale-woman-charged-suspicion-boyfriends-murder/10287897002/ |
Phoenix veterans moved from VA nursing home after rat infestation
The Community Living Center, the Veteran Affairs nursing home in Phoenix near 7th Street and Indian School Road, was closed due to rats being in the housing area, VA staff said on Monday during a news conference.
Phoenix VA medical director Michael Welsh said the date when the full inspection of the nursing home will be completed and when residents can move back in is currently unknown.
Welsh said that a worker at the Veteran Affairs nursing home noticed a crack in the ceiling of the staff office on July 22. This led to a deeper investigation that found rat activity on the first and second floors of the facility.
According to Welsh, what they assumed was a crack was actually chew marks in the ceiling.
Further investigation in the facility showed more rats on the second floor, which was not occupied by residents.
"There has been no interaction between rodents, staff and veterans at all," Welsh said at the news conference.
Welsh said that the staff believes that rats are located in between the walls and ceilings, and have begun placing rat traps throughout the nursing home.
"We immediately started planning to get the residents out of that environment to a safer environment," said Stephanie Kendricks, chief nurse of the Phoenix VA center.
Kendricks said communication between the residents and their families was an important step in the process of moving residents. Many aspects were looked at before moving residents such as walking ability and if residents have family. Welsh did not specify when the nursing home began moving residents.
Kendricks said residents are 70 and older.
"For us we were able to send them to some of our sister facilities which also follow the same mission and they are also a veteran center. Patient safety was first," said Kendricks.
Kendricks did not disclose how long residents will be housed at other facilites.
Reach Breaking News Reporter Jodicee Arianna at Jodicee.Harris@gannett.com. Support local journalism, subscribe to https://www.azcentral.com/. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/08/10/phoenix-va-nursing-home-moves-patients-after-finding-rats/10279933002/ | 2022-08-10T23:22:01 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/08/10/phoenix-va-nursing-home-moves-patients-after-finding-rats/10279933002/ |
Tucson Unified School District, still short of educators, will hire up to five teachers from a third-party company to fill vacancies in high-need areas, particularly secondary math education.
The measure, approved 3-1 by the governing board on Tuesday, allocates up to $385,000 to hire five general education teachers through Maxim Healthcare Services, a company with offices in Tucson that provides educational and health-care staffing and other services nationwide.
“The reason we’re bringing this topic, once again, to the governing board is because of the high need of teacher positions … across the district,” said Flori Huitt, TUSD's assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.
While she did not provide a full list of schools and positions, Huitt said the Maxim teachers will be assigned to areas such as secondary math and schools in southwestern Tucson, such as Pistor and Valencia middle schools.
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Board members approved a similar item in February, Huitt said, because of vacancies in general education. Board member Ravi Shah said it's a measure that's been ongoing for the past two years.
Prior to assigning a Maxim teacher to a position, school administrators would need to meet four requirements, Huitt said: to have identified the vacancy as a hard-to-fill position, offered teachers on campus the opportunity to cover the vacancy, maximized the number of students in classrooms and requested a long-term substitute from the district.
The Maxim teachers would be hired for the full school year, but Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo said TUSD will still continue its teacher hiring efforts.
If the district finds a qualified candidate for a position already filled by a Maxim teacher, he said, the school will make the switch at the start of the spring semester to minimize disruptions to students’ learning experiences.
Board members Shah, Adelita Grijalva and Natalie Luna Rose voted in favor of hiring the Maxim teachers. Member Sadie Shaw voted against it.
Last month, the district discussed an emergency solution of hiring third-party online teachers from a Chicago-based company, Elevate K-12, to virtually cover secondary math classes if unable to find qualified candidates for those vacancies.
At that time, TUSD needed up to 24 more math teachers at a dozen schools; no update on total vacancies was provided at Tuesday's board meeting. Also, it was unclear from Tuesday's presentation whether the option of hiring that company is still on the table. The new school year started Aug. 4.
Reluctant votes
Shaw said it would be a better investment to increase the pay rates for the district’s substitute teachers to fill those positions, rather than hire contracted teachers from an outside company.
“I feel that we keep kicking the can down the road in getting these contracted teachers, and I feel like it’s destroying the morale of our sub group,” she said.
But Grijalva said filling the vacancies with rotating daily substitutes who are not qualified in math wouldn't help advance the students’ education.
“I would like to see how much more we could do with the teachers we already have that are willing to do it,” Grijalva said in reference to asking current teachers to take on additional workloads to fill those vacancies.
She suggested working with the teachers’ union, the Teachers Education Association, to look at how the district could make that additional workload more attractive to teachers by increasing compensation.
“I think the teachers that are doing (it) are doing it because they know that’s what’s good for kids and they’re trying to pitch in,” she said. “But I don’t think a daily sub and changing a person repeatedly is something that works for schools.”
Shah, noting that the district has relied on hiring third-party teachers for two years, said, “We’ll have to continue addressing the system issues to try and make this the last time."
He said he was only in favor of approving the measure to address students' current needs.
Grijalva said she also reluctantly voted in favor but didn’t think it was an ideal solution.
“I know this is not something that anyone wants to bring forward,” she said. “But I do know that the vacancy issues are real. … It is a ripple effect and that is not good for our kids.”
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The whirring of sewing machines fills Sonoran Stitch Factory — a cut and sew manufacturer of women's apparel and industrial sewn products for the health care industry, university and college dormitories, hotels, resorts and cruise ships — on Tucson's north side.
Some workers sew medical hijabs for Muslim women in the medical field. The hijabs have slits over the ears for a stethoscope and also for a face mask. Others sew trail gaiters for runners and hikers to keep dirt and rocks out of their shoes.
And some sewers make shower curtains. Orders include pillow and mattress covers made out of vinyl and other commercial fabrics. Orders for items can go up to several thousand a month.
Erica Yngve is the entrepreneur behind the 25,000-square-foot facility at 625 W. Rillito St. — within the San Ignacio community of the Old Pascua Yaqui Village, near West Grant and North Oracle roads.
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Since 2020, the factory has grown to serve over two dozen apparel and sewn good companies across the country. Yngve employs 16 workers and Sonoran Stitch Factory, which has become Southern Arizona's largest cut and sew manufacturer, offers customers warehousing and assembling of their products on down to shipping docks to deliver their orders.
"This full service enables clients to focus on new product development, marketing and sales," said Yngve, a 2000 University of Arizona graduate with two bachelor's degrees in business management and German studies, and a master's in business administration in 2005 from DePaul University in Chicago.
She believes Tucson can become a strong hub for industrial sewers — attracting more companies and growing the economy.
"I am very passionate about this. We have access to Mexico and the West Coast, and we can distribute throughout the country through package carriers, trucks, trains and planes," said Yngve.
"More local brands in apparel are looking to manufacture domestically because of problems with the supply chain because of COVID-19. It has made it very difficult to manufacture off shore. There are lockdowns and backlogs in shipping," explained Yngve.
Closing the gap
She partnered with the city of Tucson, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and MoonshotAz of Flagstaff, which is a program to help entrepreneurs develop their business, and created Arizona Stitch Lab to train and certify sewers. The lab is housed inside the Sonoran Stitch Factory. The lab, which has three instructors, provides a free workforce development program to address the skill gap in the industrial sewing trades. MoonshotAz, a nonprofit organization, is associated with the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology campus.
The city awarded $300,000 over two years in economic stimulus monies to Arizona Stitch Lab to train participants in basic industrial sewing skills to ultimately revitalize the sewing hub in Tucson, said Yngve. Those accepted into the six-week course do not have to pay, she said. The course teaches students factory setting and machine safety protocols; industrial machine operations, including different stitch types; basic patterning, markers and cutting applications; introduction to fabrication; and materials and fabric handling. Future training will include sewing machine repair classes, and 3D pattern-making for apparel and interior design.
Upon completion, graduates are expected to start with wages of $15 an hour and with experience climb to $25 an hour. As training is extended, sewers have an annual earning potential of up to $100,000, Yngve said. Graduates can look for job opportunities in fields including aviation interiors, interior decoration, apparel production, shade sails and awnings, and upholstery. The program's goal is to train up to 100 students a year in industrial sewing.
For continued studies, the lab offers workshops and one-day intensive training throughout the year, such as apparel construction and introduction to shade sails. In the fall, the lab will launch a 10-week entrepreneur class for those who want to build their own sewing trade business.
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is contributing up to $50,000 this year to pay for supportive services for tribal members enrolled in the lab. It includes transportation and child care costs. The tribe also helped with the purchase of machines for instruction. Twenty tribal members have gone through the program. A total of 40 participants have graduated, and graduates range in age from 18 up to 65 and come from multicultural backgrounds.
Graduates include unemployed and underemployed workers on up to those with college degrees who are interested in starting their own businesses that require sewers to manufacture handbags, costumes and upcycling vintage clothing. Positions for sewers in Southern Arizona include industries that manufacture interior products such as upholstery, linens, curtains and pillows for private jets; interior decoration; shade sails for playgrounds and sail boats; awnings for commercial and residential structures; and upholstery businesses.
Passion for sewing
Four recent graduates were hired by Sonoran Stitch Factory. One is Anthony Toro who enrolled in the program, along with his mother who also was hired by the factory to cut patterns for women's apparel.
"I liked the classes, and it was my first time sewing. I have made T-shirts, pillows, bandanas, shirt pockets, and have done some upholstery work for cars," said Toro, 25, a graduate of Pima Vocational High School, a charter school. "I want to learn as much as I can, and my dream is to do freelance upholstery manufacturing for the auto industry, or manufacture handbags and wallets."
Andrea Garcia, 23, a Cholla High Magnet School graduate, said she was "super excited and surprised" when she was hired by the factory after graduation from the lab. She is working on a team of four that produce 2,000 hiking and running gaiters a month. "I also am helping with packing and shipping products to customers throughout the United States," said Garcia. She also ships products for factory clients to Canada.
"I like this business. I began sewing when I was 15 after my grandmother suggested I sew clothing for our Virgin Mary statue of the Immaculate Conception," said Garcia, adding that her 90-year-old grandmother makes blankets, clothing for the family and also sews clothing for images of saints.
Yngve, who began sewing at age 9 when she was in 4-H, smiled when she heard about Garcia's grandmother and her love of sewing. She, too, is drawn to sewing and design, progressing to clothing alterations for friends, and sewing bridesmaids dresses and her own wedding dress. The native of Casper, Wyoming, moved as a child with her parents to Tucson, and is married and has three sons. | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-industrial-sewing-factory-works-to-grow-economy-careers/article_f778f754-151c-11ed-91c4-17eecf97e811.html | 2022-08-10T23:27:22 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-industrial-sewing-factory-works-to-grow-economy-careers/article_f778f754-151c-11ed-91c4-17eecf97e811.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Westview High School graduate is heading off to college with two published books under his belt.
Aditya Sood’s latest book, “Trailblazing into Data Networking: For Newbies!” was published July 18.
In his “For Newbies” series, Sood aims to find simple ways to explain complex topics and in the process, he often learns more about them himself.
“I actually remember an old adage; it says, ‘Teaching somebody is the best way to learn something.’ I already had excellent backgrounds in these fields, but when I wrote this book, it actually showed me some of my own, perhaps holes in my own knowledge,” he said.
The world of computer science can be daunting, Sood said, but his “For Newbies” books help simplify complicated concepts. His first book, “Trailblazing into Cryptography: For Newbies!” which was published Dec. 30, 2020, does this using illustrations and helpful analogies.
Cryptography involves some intense mathematics, but Sood left those out, opting instead to focus on helping people understand the concepts.
His latest book on data networking does the same.
“Data networking is also definitely a pretty challenging topic to grasp just because there’s so many layers and protocols that just make everything a little bit overwhelming,” he said.
Data networking is a fairly broad topic. It covers everything from video calls to Instagram to email use to web browser searches. Sood said the pandemic inspired him to dive deeper into the topic.
“During the pandemic, everything was on Zoom, everything was online, and a lot of people were actually just wondering, ‘How are these companies able to make everything digital so seamlessly? What is happening on the back end?’” Sood said.
He wanted to help answer those questions.
Sood said a lot of his previous research into cryptography could be applied to data networking, but he also took a class on the subject at Portland Community College and conducted his own research project on the topic, with the help of his mentors at Intel and Google.
Many of his mentors praised his latest book, including Nancy Cam-Winget, a Cisco fellow in networking.
“This is a very easy read to understand the fundamentals of how the Internet works and how to protect yourself from attackers,” Cam-Winget wrote.
Sood plans to continue the “For Newbies” series and is considering branching out from computer science and focusing on genetics in his next book. In 2021, he took part in a research internship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he studied genetics. He’s also done similar research with Oregon Health & Science University in recent years.
While genetics is the topic he’s leaning toward now, he said there are a lot of possibilities.
“I guess we’ll just kind of see,” he said.
In September, Sood is heading to Stanford where he plans to study computer science. He’s also interested in studying biology, genetics and economics and how computer science is being used in those fields.
While Sood might be moving away from the Portland metro area, he hopes his books will continue to be used by local schools.
Already, Portland Community College is using his cryptography as a supplementary text and the data science teacher at Westview High School has added a small piece of the book to her class curriculum. He donated several copies to the Beaverton School District.
“My entire idea behind the ‘For Newbies’ series is to kind of make the information… accessible to everybody,” Sood said.
He’s already reached out to professors and educators in the area to inform them of the release of his second book.
“Trailblazing into Cryptography: For Newbies!” is available to purchase on Amazon. | https://www.koin.com/local/local-teen-publishes-second-book-before-heading-to-stanford/ | 2022-08-10T23:28:40 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/local-teen-publishes-second-book-before-heading-to-stanford/ |
A car struck three people, including a toddler, in Queens as the driver attempted to flee from officers who had pulled the vehicle over, police said.
The vehicle was pulled over Wednesday afternoon near Wyckoff Avenue and George Street in Ridgewood, according to police. As the officers approached the car, the diver accelerated quickly, abruptly taking off from the scene.
While driving away, the car struck three people, including a mother pushing her 2-year-old child in a stroller, police said. Both the mother and child were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.
A 35-year-old man was also hit by the car, and was taken to Wyckoff Hospital with minor injuries as well.
The vehicle did not stop and sped away from the scene. The two officers did not pursue the vehicle, choosing to attend to the victims instead.
The car was later recovered in Bushwick, but without the driver. No arrests have yet been made.
An investigation is ongoing. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/3-people-including-mom-pushing-toddler-in-stroller-struck-by-car-fleeing-police-in-queens/3819635/ | 2022-08-10T23:29:16 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/3-people-including-mom-pushing-toddler-in-stroller-struck-by-car-fleeing-police-in-queens/3819635/ |
The Lincoln City Council on Wednesday made several changes to the mayor’s proposed biennial budget that would have the net effect of using $1.5 million from two cash reserve funds to add money for incentive programs for homeowners and businesses.
The proposals include adding $1 million to a little-used business incentive called the Fast Forward Fund; adding $250,000 each year for incentives for homeowners buying more efficient heating and cooling systems; $100,000 to study the impact of development on the Salt Creek watershed; and freezing fee increases for child care programs and food service businesses.
The council also approved shifting money from an unfilled City Council position to pay for an additional employee in the city clerk’s office — a net savings of $133,121 over the two-year budget cycle.
Of the six proposals offered by council members Sändra Washington, Richard Meginnis and Bennie Shobe, the group voted against only one change: a proposal by Meginnis to remove a new Health Department employee position.
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The council voted 4-3 against Meginnis’ proposal, which means the new position will remain a part of the budget. Tammy Ward, Meginnis and Jane Raybould voted to remove the position; Washington, Tom Beckius, Shobe and James Michael Bowers voted to keep it.
The new position in the Health Department would use unfilled one-fourth full-time equivalent hours and money from existing fee revenue to pay for an environmental health educator.
Meginnis said he didn’t see the point of creating a position for someone to educate people about climate change, but Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department Director Pat Lopez said the position would be used to create an emergency management plan for natural disasters.
While the city has infrastructure plans for emergencies caused by the accelerated rate of climate change — events like floods or drought, it doesn't have plans for dealing with people. Those plans would include such things as where to move elderly people when there are floods, Lopez said.
“It’s a much different plan to address human needs,” Lopez told the council. “It’s not about educators going out and talking to people.”
Beckius and Washington both noted that the Health Department isn’t asking for additional funding for the position. Bowers said he saw this as an investment in public safety, and Washington said she supports investing in planning.
Ward said she supported Meginnis’ request to remove the position because the 67 new positions included in the mayor’s biennial budget gives her pause.
“A total 7% (budget) increase at a time when we don’t know about an upcoming recession, and we did approve an extensive nursing program, I just can’t support this in good conscience,” she said.
Meginnis said he’d like the council to look into what fee revenue is used for, saying residents or businesses that pay fees for such things as pollution emissions or well inspections expect the revenue to go toward the service for which they’re being charged, not to fund new jobs.
Another proposal to remove an unfilled position from the City Council’s budget and use the majority of that money to pay for an additional employee in the city clerk’s office passed on a 6-1 vote.
Bowers voted against it, saying the job of a research analyst for council members — though unfilled — would help keep the council independent from the executive branch, reduce the learning curve for new council members and enable them to be more responsive to constituents.
Other council members noted that city department heads are responsive to their questions, and the position — unfilled for at least three years — leaves money sitting unused.
“I think $190,000 sitting in a fund is not doing taxpayers any good,” Meginnis said. “I think we need to move it.”
The City Council position would cost the city $192,622 during the two-year budget cycle. Meginnis proposed using $133,121 of that money over the two budget cycles to pay for an additional employee in the city clerk’s office — one of the 67 new jobs added in the mayor’s budget.
That city clerk position would remain in the budget and the $133,121 would be used to increase general fund reserves. The remaining $59,451 from the City Council analyst position would remain in the council budget for education and training for council members.
The council unanimously passed four other proposed changes:
* Shobe’s proposal to add $250,000 in each of the two budget years from the general fund reserves for education and incentives for residents replacing heating and cooling systems. He tweaked his request after council members failed to support it earlier, reducing the amount each year by $50,000 and expanding the request to include all property owners, not just low-income residents.
* Meginnis’ proposal to freeze fee increases for child care programs and food service businesses for two years. Freezing the funds would cost $20,000 in 2022-23 and $40,600 the following year. The money would come from reserves in the Health Department budget.
* Washington’s proposal to add $100,000 to the capital improvement program in 2022-23 to study the impact of development on the upper Salt Creek watershed. Environmental concerns raised by opponents of a planned development called Wilderness Crossing adjacent to Wilderness Park prompted the study. It would look at the effect on the watershed if the development goals of the 2050 Comprehensive Plan are realized.
* Meginnis’ proposal to add $1 million from the general fund cash reserves to the Fast Forward Fund. Until this year — when the city gave $3.35 million from the fund to Duncan Aviation — it was a little-used business incentive fund created in 2009 using $6 million in surplus special assessments.
Wednesday’s votes on proposed changes to the budget aren’t binding, but allow city budget analysts to tweak the budget before the council’s final vote on Aug. 22. Council members could still make changes until then.
The mayor proposed a $243.5 million tax-funded budget for 2022-23, a 7.4% increase in spending — or nearly $16.7 million. The budget would increase $9.8 million, or 4%, the following year. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lincoln-city-council-proposed-budget-changes-would-take-1-4-million-more-from-cash-reserves/article_7388e73d-938e-5d7b-9e42-8c8bba1176e5.html | 2022-08-10T23:29:58 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lincoln-city-council-proposed-budget-changes-would-take-1-4-million-more-from-cash-reserves/article_7388e73d-938e-5d7b-9e42-8c8bba1176e5.html |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A year after having to make last-minute changes to breakfast and lunch menus, school district leaders say this year is different. Compared to last year, many school districts are in a good spot supply-wise.
Wichita Public Schools has enough food on hand for 20 to 25 days, which is more than they expected to have to start the year.
“We received a lot of deliveries in May and June that we were supposed to receive back in December and January. So the supply chain caught up with itself to a degree,” said David Paul, USD 259 Director of Nutrition Services.
Paul says it is still too soon to determine if this kind of supply will hold up, “We’re still in that in that phase where we’re not sure what we’re going to get, in what quantities, and when. So there is still a lot of uncertainty, but to start the school year, I think we’re in really good shape.”
Over in Hays Public Schools, their deliveries are just started coming this week.
“There’s a few things that we haven’t been able to get yet, but luckily we have other vendors that we can reach out to that can get us something another one can’t, or we just, you know, change our menus and move forward with something different,” said Jessica Younker, USD 489 Director of Nutrition Services.
The biggest change they are seeing is the price tag.
“We’ve noticed our prices have increased. Some pretty dramatically, as much as double or triple what it was prior to the pandemic,” Younker said.
During the pandemic, all districts offered free lunches to every student that no longer applies. So both Wichita and Hays districts are encouraging families to apply for free or reduced meals. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/how-are-schools-preparing-to-keep-kids-fed-this-year/ | 2022-08-10T23:31:47 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/how-are-schools-preparing-to-keep-kids-fed-this-year/ |
Ford plans to make what it's billing as "the largest renewable energy purchase from a utility in U.S. history."
The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker, which operates the Chicago Assembly Plant on the far South Side and the Chicago Stamping Plant in Chicago Heights, reached an agreement with the utility DTE, which will add 650 megawatts of new solar energy in Michigan for Ford.
The deal will increase solar arrays in Michigan by 70% and allow Ford to make all its vehicles in Michigan with 100% carbon-free electricity by 2025. That's a decade sooner than Ford's goal of global net zero.
Ford estimates it will prevent as many as 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year by powering all of its manufacturing in Michigan with solar panels.
“This unprecedented agreement is all about a greener and brighter future for Ford and for Michigan,” said Jim Farley, president and CEO of Ford Motor Co. “Today is an example of what it looks like to lead … to turn talk into action.”
The construction project is estimated to create 250 temporary construction jobs and 10 permanent full-time jobs.
“Ford was the first large industrial customer to enroll in our MIGreenPower program in 2019 and we thank Ford for its continued commitment to using MIGreenPower to help decarbonize its operations and meet its sustainability goals,” said Jerry Norcia, chairman and CEO of DTE Energy.
Ford, a major employer in the Calumet Region, was one of the first automakers in the United States to pledge to fight global warming in accordance with guidelines set out in the Paris Agreement.
“I want to congratulate DTE Energy and Ford Motor Company for taking this significant step to increase our state’s solar energy production and to position Michigan as a leader in climate action,” Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said.
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The Michigan-based movie theater chain completed the first phase of its two-phase renovation plans to add amenities like faux-leather recliners and brick oven pizza.
Historic Maplewood Cemetery Sexton Tom Hawes has been digging up the old Crown Point Mausoleum more than a half century after its demise at the cemetery at 347 Maple Lane.
The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 filed unfair labor practice charges against California-based SOLV Energy and recruiter Aerotek charging they are recruiting workers from outside Indiana for the Mammoth Solar Farm Project and paying them "substantially lower than Indiana standards."
The United Steelworkers union said it is continuing to work toward a new contract with both Cleveland-Cliffs and U.S. Steel, even as many of its negotiators left Pittsburgh to head west to the union's constitutional convention in Las Vegas. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/ford-announces-largest-renewable-energy-purchase-in-u-s-history/article_dc9a4065-fbe9-514f-9b3e-978b3eb886ca.html | 2022-08-10T23:31:48 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/ford-announces-largest-renewable-energy-purchase-in-u-s-history/article_dc9a4065-fbe9-514f-9b3e-978b3eb886ca.html |
Sullair, a major employer in Michigan City, recently marked five years of being a subsidiary of Japan-based Hitachi Group.
The air compressor manufacturer, which has had a significant presence in LaPorte County since 1965, hosted a ceremony with dignitaries including the Consul-General of Japan in Chicago and Michigan City Mayor Duane Parry. They hosted a company picnic and planted a cherry blossom tree to commemorate the occasion.
“Hitachi is a world-class, innovative and values-driven organization,” Sullair President and CEO John Randall said. “Joining a company of this caliber and capability has been extremely positive for Sullair, not only because of the direct investments Hitachi has made in our business, but the company’s promotion of Social Innovation Business — a strategy that seeks to improve the lives of people in our community and around the world.”
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Hitachi, a multinational that specializes in engineering, electronics, transportation and industrial systems, acquired Sullair in 2017 and has since invested more than $45 million in its Michigan City plant. The company made Sullair part of its Hitachi Industrial Equipment & Systems Group to expand its footprint in North America and expand its compressed air capabilities.
At the ceremony, Hitachi gave Sullair a warrior's helmet known as a Kabuto, which symbolizes courage and good health.
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U.S. Steel has released its first-ever Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report highlighting its effort to be a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place to work.
“The U. S. Steel Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report recognizes that when we respect and value our differences and share common goals, we create an environment where our employees and our company can reach our fullest potential — together,” President and CEO David Burritt said. “That’s why we’ve made DE&I a priority within our 'Best for All' strategy, which aims to deliver profitable, sustainable steel solutions that are best for people and the planet.”
U.S. Steel said it is pursuing several initiatives to be more inclusive, such as by offering talent communities for women, veterans and early career professionals.
“We’ve made important, measurable progress in our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion strategy execution consistent with our core values associated with safety, trust and respect. We can — and will — continue to do more and be better because our work in this critical area is not done,” said Barry Melnkovic, U. S. Steel’s senior vice president and chief human resources officer. “We have developed a multi-year approach to DE&I to guide us into the future, and this report is part of our journey to foster a true ‘Culture of Caring’ with workplaces that work for all employees.”
The steelmaker, one of the Region's largest employers, launched two new employee benefit programs. It started providing emergency dependent backup care and online tutoring to parents during the pandemic.
U.S. Steel also created a People Analytics Diversity Suite to monitor the diversity of applications, hiring, promotion, attrition and pay equity. It is providing unconscious bias training to managers and benchmarking its disability inclusion program with Disability:IN, a leading nonprofit resource for disability inclusion.
“For more than 120 years, U. S. Steel’s success has been possible thanks to the hard work and creativity of our talented people. Today, we’re more committed than ever to creating diverse, inclusive and equitable work environments that serve the well-being of our employees and the communities where we operate. We continually strive to proactively meet the needs of our people. As those needs change, we continually reevaluate what we can do to best support them,” said Mona Dine, general manager of talent management and corporate human resources at U. S. Steel.
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The Michigan-based movie theater chain completed the first phase of its two-phase renovation plans to add amenities like faux-leather recliners and brick oven pizza.
Historic Maplewood Cemetery Sexton Tom Hawes has been digging up the old Crown Point Mausoleum more than a half century after its demise at the cemetery at 347 Maple Lane.
The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 filed unfair labor practice charges against California-based SOLV Energy and recruiter Aerotek charging they are recruiting workers from outside Indiana for the Mammoth Solar Farm Project and paying them "substantially lower than Indiana standards."
The United Steelworkers union said it is continuing to work toward a new contract with both Cleveland-Cliffs and U.S. Steel, even as many of its negotiators left Pittsburgh to head west to the union's constitutional convention in Las Vegas. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/u-s-steel-releases-first-ever-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-report/article_73985a80-eece-5eab-938b-47f15ca45e52.html | 2022-08-10T23:31:50 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/u-s-steel-releases-first-ever-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-report/article_73985a80-eece-5eab-938b-47f15ca45e52.html |
CROWN POINT — Prosecutors dropped charges last week against a 19-year-old man accused of shooting his soon-to-be former stepfather in 2021 while he and his relatives were gathering his relative's belongings.
Freeman Wright, who moved to Illinois after his arrest last year, was facing one felony count of aggravated battery and two counts of domestic battery.
In a motion to dismiss the charges, Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Jacob Brandewie wrote the state lost contact with the victim in the case and could no longer meet its burden of proof.
Wright was represented by attorney Darnail Lyles.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Samuel Hill
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206626
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanors
Armaun McKenzie
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206525
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Ciserella
Age : 34
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206650
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyon McNeil
Age : 47
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206687
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dale Rollins
Age : 61
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206707
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Andre Ruff
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206664
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicholas Aubuchon
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206592
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Colin Westbrooks
Age : 32
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206624
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gregory Swiontek II
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206590
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mitchell Pritchard
Age : 42
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206747
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dakar Brown
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206741
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH MINOR/FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Louise Dagnillo
Age : 59
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206669
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Fandl
Age : 33
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206539
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alijah Williams
Age : 19
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206562
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Maurishia Brown
Age : 28
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206521
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Leroy Blackwell
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206619
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devon Dunbar
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206714
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Fair
Age : 57
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206657
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Allen Pick II
Age : 47
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206673
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Javyon George-Boatman
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206595
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH MINOR/FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Hollis
Age : 46
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206713
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Nichols II
Age : 38
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206545
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE IV
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brooke Elrod
Age : 29
Residence: N/A
Booking Number(s): 2206654
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angelos Lujano
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206731
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION - STALKING VIOLATIONS; RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT; ROBBERY; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Renee Rodriguez
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206556
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Laron Hudson
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206608
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffery Gawlinski
Age : 53
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206512
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devante Winters
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206614
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Frederic Dellenbach
Age : 64
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206686
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amador Santos
Age : 49
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206696
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jose Rios
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206752
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jerry Boyd
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206570
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lilia Hernandez-Cervantes Beltran
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206695
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Freeman
Age : 47
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206710
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Duane Jackson
Age : 53
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206698
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: HABITUAL TRAFFIC VIOLATOR - LIFETIME
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyata Williams
Age : 32
Residence: Fort Wayne, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206247
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Aguilar-Tapia
Age : 26
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206573
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michal Skrzyniarz
Age : 37
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206685
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Aaron Collins
Age : 28
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206629
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Francesca Brown
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206746
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Steven Galecki
Age : 52
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206653
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Russell III
Age : 21
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206661
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESSION - COUNTERFEITED SUBSTANCES
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Raynold Gore
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206551
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ivan Torres
Age : 35
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206723
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Genardo Diaz
Age : 35
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206667
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POSSESSION - STOLEN PROPERTY; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Christopher Swan
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206697
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandt Guzman
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206706
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON; CONFINEMENT; CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Charles Roy Sr.
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206563
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Denise Johnson
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206582
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 32
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206625
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Gutierrez Delgado
Age : 30
Residence: Greenfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206655
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Austin Click
Age : 23
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206568
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Otis Marshall
Age : 34
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Booking Number(s): 2206745
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Kirincic
Age : 40
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206630
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Deidra Merritt
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206726
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Melissa Carraway
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206724
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Guzman
Age : 26
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206538
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lakeisha Walker
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206754
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tony Vitaniemi Jr.
Age : 29
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206712
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: COMMON NUISANCE - MAINTAINING - LEGEND DRUGS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Alexander
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206577
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jack Fiorio
Age : 19
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206670
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Murphy Jr.
Age : 63
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206579
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darlene King
Age : 49
Residence: Country Club Hills, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206704
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Leonard Johnson
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206578
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gloria Blue
Age : 51
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206709
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Featherston
Age : 43
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206609
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dana Stevens
Age : 41
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206507
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Coleman
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206569
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Andres
Age : 19
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206662
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Veela Morris
Age : 52
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206611
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Famous McKenny
Age : 45
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206647
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Emmett Williams Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206739
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Safa Alrub
Age : 36
Residence: Orland Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206564
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Darrick Royal
Age : 47
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206601
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Demarco Gillis
Age : 25
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206622
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Goodpaster Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206721
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jourdan Castellanos
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206529
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Junice Stewart
Age : 64
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206516
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Igras
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206543
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ulysses Perry
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206627
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cedric Higdon Jr.
Age : 25
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206692
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicholas Cruz-Lopez
Age : 31
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206580
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Luis Rangel Sanchez
Age : 28
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206693
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rodney Youngblood
Age : 32
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206742
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Badovinac
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206640
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kamari Stephens
Age : 29
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206591
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Stoddard
Age : 38
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206523
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Bogard
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206555
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnny Peluyera
Age : 41
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206524
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS (AGGRESSIVE DRIVING/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hailee Newell
Age : 29
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206588
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donald Collins Jr.
Age : 55
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206520
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Porter Jr.
Age : 39
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206638
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Idubis Nash
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206743
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tywoun Nixon
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206530
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyrone Dabney
Age : 59
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206576
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vernell Hemphill Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206631
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marta Rodriguez
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206711
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Rodriguez
Age : 75
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206641
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Wardell Sanders
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206651
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
William Lipsey
Age : 58
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206535
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carl Hopkins Jr.
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206668
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Sade Boyd
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206644
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jacob Stewart
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206602
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shaun Brame
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206561
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kori Arguelles
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206603
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jimmie Lee
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206733
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ria Swelfer
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206617
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Duque
Age : 29
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206506
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rick Thang Ngo
Age : 26
Residence: Key Largo, FL
Booking Number(s): 2206722
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keith Price
Age : 51
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206552
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leobardo Costilla
Age : 22
Residence: Shelby, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206674
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Vasquez
Age : 25
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206528
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Leon Elliott Jr.
Age : 50
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206575
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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LAPORTE — The LaPorte County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance to locate a man last seen July 31 in LaPorte County.
Police said Brett A. Lawson, 38, is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 225 pounds and has red hair and blue eyes. He also has a large tattoo on his right forearm.
His last known location was at a rural home in the 3100 block of West Small Road between 1 and 2 a.m. July 31, according to the sheriff's office.
Anyone with information about Lawson is asked to contact Captain Andrew Hahn, chief of detectives, at 219-326-7700, ext. 2340, or by email: ahahn@lcso.in.gov; or Detective Austin Howell at 219-326-7700, ext. 2562, or by email: ahowell@lcso.in.gov.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into LaPorte County Jail
The election will be a bit trickier in LaPorte County since it's split between the 1st Congressional District, represented by U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, and the 2nd Congressional District.
The new collective bargaining agreement between Lake County government and the correctional officers union increases pay for new probationary officers to $43,412 a year — a 7% boost.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a lawsuit alleging the city of Michigan City, through its then-Mayor Ron Meer, defamed LaPorte County Prosecutor John Lake and his wife, Mary Lake.
"Given this new law, we will be forced to plan for more employment growth outside our home state," said Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co.
Indiana is the first state to legislatively impose new abortion restrictions following the June 24 Dobbs v. Jackson ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that rescinded the right to abortion.
"I urge our state to begin taking proactive steps as well so we can get out ahead of this health issue before there’s a further spike in cases," said state Sen. Eddie Melton, D-Gary.
The government of Indiana is on the verge of mandating nearly every Hoosier woman who becomes pregnant to carry the pregnancy to term and deliver a baby.
Anyone with information about Brett A. Lawson is asked to contact Captain Andrew Hahn, chief of detectives, at 219-326-7700, ext. 2340, or by email: ahahn@lcso.in.gov; or Detective Austin Howell at 219-326-7700, ext. 2562, or by email: ahowell@lcso.in.gov. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sheriffs-office-seeking-help-to-find-missing-person/article_c972dff4-738c-56fa-a84d-39b2b3f6267d.html | 2022-08-10T23:32:14 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sheriffs-office-seeking-help-to-find-missing-person/article_c972dff4-738c-56fa-a84d-39b2b3f6267d.html |
CROWN POINT — A jury trial for a man charged with murdering a prominent Region attorney was continued Wednesday from September to the week of April 24.
Jason M. Vazquez, 39, of Hammond, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, murder in perpetration of a burglary and two counts of burglary in connection with William "Bill" Enslen's homicide June 24, 2021, inside his Hobart home.
Attorney William Enslen speaks in 2010 at a town meeting in Winfield. Enslen was killed in June 2021 during a burglary at his Hobart home, police said.
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Vazquez's attorneys, Kurt Earnst and David Payne, said their client would waive any time under Criminal Rule 4, which requires prosecutors to bring criminal defendants to trial within a certain time frame while holding them in custody.
Lake Criminal Court Judge Natalie Bokota granted their motion for a continuance after Lake County Supervisory Deputy Prosecutor Eric Randall and Deputy Prosecutor Douglas Shaw raised no objection.
Enslen, 75, a partner at Enslen, Enslen & Matthews in Hammond, was recalled after his death as a well-respected attorney who was fair and honest. He served as a U.S. Marine during the Vietnam War.
Payne and Earnst were appointed to represent Vazquez after the Lake County public defender's office said it was ethically precluded from representing him because of Enslen's role on the Lake County Criminal Division Public Defender Board.
Bokota set a pretrial hearing for Feb. 22.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Samuel Hill
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206626
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanors
Armaun McKenzie
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206525
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Ciserella
Age : 34
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206650
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyon McNeil
Age : 47
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206687
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dale Rollins
Age : 61
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206707
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Andre Ruff
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206664
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicholas Aubuchon
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206592
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Colin Westbrooks
Age : 32
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206624
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gregory Swiontek II
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206590
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mitchell Pritchard
Age : 42
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206747
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dakar Brown
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206741
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH MINOR/FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Louise Dagnillo
Age : 59
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206669
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Fandl
Age : 33
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206539
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alijah Williams
Age : 19
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206562
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Maurishia Brown
Age : 28
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206521
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Leroy Blackwell
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206619
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devon Dunbar
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206714
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Fair
Age : 57
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206657
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Allen Pick II
Age : 47
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206673
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Javyon George-Boatman
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206595
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH MINOR/FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Hollis
Age : 46
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206713
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Nichols II
Age : 38
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206545
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE IV
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brooke Elrod
Age : 29
Residence: N/A
Booking Number(s): 2206654
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angelos Lujano
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206731
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION - STALKING VIOLATIONS; RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT; ROBBERY; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Renee Rodriguez
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206556
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Laron Hudson
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206608
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffery Gawlinski
Age : 53
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206512
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devante Winters
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206614
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Frederic Dellenbach
Age : 64
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206686
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amador Santos
Age : 49
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206696
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jose Rios
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206752
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jerry Boyd
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206570
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lilia Hernandez-Cervantes Beltran
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206695
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Freeman
Age : 47
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206710
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Duane Jackson
Age : 53
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206698
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: HABITUAL TRAFFIC VIOLATOR - LIFETIME
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyata Williams
Age : 32
Residence: Fort Wayne, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206247
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Aguilar-Tapia
Age : 26
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206573
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michal Skrzyniarz
Age : 37
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206685
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Aaron Collins
Age : 28
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206629
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Francesca Brown
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206746
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Steven Galecki
Age : 52
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206653
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Russell III
Age : 21
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206661
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESSION - COUNTERFEITED SUBSTANCES
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Raynold Gore
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206551
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ivan Torres
Age : 35
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206723
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Genardo Diaz
Age : 35
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206667
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POSSESSION - STOLEN PROPERTY; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Christopher Swan
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206697
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandt Guzman
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206706
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON; CONFINEMENT; CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Charles Roy Sr.
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206563
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Denise Johnson
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206582
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 32
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206625
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Gutierrez Delgado
Age : 30
Residence: Greenfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206655
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Austin Click
Age : 23
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206568
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Otis Marshall
Age : 34
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Booking Number(s): 2206745
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Kirincic
Age : 40
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206630
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Deidra Merritt
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206726
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Melissa Carraway
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206724
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Guzman
Age : 26
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206538
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lakeisha Walker
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206754
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tony Vitaniemi Jr.
Age : 29
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206712
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: COMMON NUISANCE - MAINTAINING - LEGEND DRUGS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Alexander
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206577
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jack Fiorio
Age : 19
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206670
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Murphy Jr.
Age : 63
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206579
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darlene King
Age : 49
Residence: Country Club Hills, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206704
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Leonard Johnson
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206578
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gloria Blue
Age : 51
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206709
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Featherston
Age : 43
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206609
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dana Stevens
Age : 41
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206507
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Coleman
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206569
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Andres
Age : 19
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206662
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Veela Morris
Age : 52
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206611
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Famous McKenny
Age : 45
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206647
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Emmett Williams Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206739
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Safa Alrub
Age : 36
Residence: Orland Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206564
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Darrick Royal
Age : 47
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206601
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Demarco Gillis
Age : 25
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206622
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Goodpaster Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206721
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jourdan Castellanos
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206529
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Junice Stewart
Age : 64
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206516
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Igras
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206543
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ulysses Perry
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206627
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cedric Higdon Jr.
Age : 25
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206692
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicholas Cruz-Lopez
Age : 31
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206580
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Luis Rangel Sanchez
Age : 28
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206693
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rodney Youngblood
Age : 32
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206742
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Badovinac
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206640
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kamari Stephens
Age : 29
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206591
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Stoddard
Age : 38
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206523
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Bogard
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206555
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnny Peluyera
Age : 41
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206524
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS (AGGRESSIVE DRIVING/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hailee Newell
Age : 29
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206588
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donald Collins Jr.
Age : 55
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206520
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Porter Jr.
Age : 39
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206638
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Idubis Nash
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206743
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tywoun Nixon
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206530
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyrone Dabney
Age : 59
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206576
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vernell Hemphill Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206631
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marta Rodriguez
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206711
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Rodriguez
Age : 75
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206641
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Wardell Sanders
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206651
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
William Lipsey
Age : 58
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206535
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carl Hopkins Jr.
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206668
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Sade Boyd
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206644
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jacob Stewart
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206602
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shaun Brame
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206561
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kori Arguelles
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206603
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jimmie Lee
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206733
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ria Swelfer
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206617
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Duque
Age : 29
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206506
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rick Thang Ngo
Age : 26
Residence: Key Largo, FL
Booking Number(s): 2206722
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keith Price
Age : 51
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206552
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leobardo Costilla
Age : 22
Residence: Shelby, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206674
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Vasquez
Age : 25
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206528
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Leon Elliott Jr.
Age : 50
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206575
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – Parents in Hawkins Co. could see some financial help this school year. The Board of Education is set to vote on moving $250,000 from the General Purpose Fund to the Instructional Supply Allotment to help purchase school supplies for students.
The amount is based on the 2021-2022 year enrollment numbers and amounts to $40 per student across the district.
“In light of the economy, the higher price that all of us are paying not only at the gas pump but for our groceries but for just life, for living… I think this is a way for us to give back,” said Debbie Shedden, the Vice Chair for the BOE, who introduced the idea. “Those families that need the most relief, this is going to assist them in helping their child to get the best start for school. We want every child in Hawkins County to have what they need to have a successful school year.”
Shedden says each student will get $40 in an individual account to use on school needs, despite Hawkins Co. Schools already starting the school year Monday.
“Many of our parents may have already bought school supplies, but that $40 will remain with their child through the course of the year because what they’re buying initially is not going to last them throughout the entire year,” Shedden said. “This could be a help to them in January, it could be a help next spring.”
Parents told News Channel 11 that any amount is helpful as prices are rising.
“School supplies are expensive, especially with the cost of living around you right now,” said Makayla Arnold, whose son started kindergarten at Joseph Rogers Primary School. “Plus school lunches. I feel like if they help you with the supplies, especially being a single parent, I feel like it would help us a lot.”
Arnold said that shopping for this school year cost her and her son’s father about $150 each.
“We had to have like tissue paper, paper towels, stuff for the classroom, plus the normal basic things like pencils, paper, binders, notebooks,” she said.
Rebecca Johnson says she’s noticed that the school year costs rise as her children get older.
“I have an older daughter in high school, and she had to have scrubs for cosmetology class,” Johnson said. “So that’s another expense that you have, and it adds up. I have three children all together so it really adds up when you’re buying for all of those supplies that are requested.”
Along with being a mom to her three children, Johnson also teaches sixth-grade social studies at Rogersville Middle School.
“As a teacher, it gives me leeway to provide my students with things, supplies that they need that their parents may not be able to provide for them, understandably,” Johnson said.
The president of the Hawkins Co. Education Association, Quinn Kersey, echoed that sentiment.
“We need that saving,” Kersey said. Kersey also teaches sixth-grade math at Rogersville Middle. “It might offset some costs on pencils, paper, notebooks and backpacks. It also saves money for our teachers because that’s money that doesn’t come out of their pocket that they’re spending on their students in a normal year. Teachers don’t get a lot of things that they want. You might want to decorate your room or [buy] sanitizing hand wipes. During COVID, we were given those types of things to keep our rooms clean and sanitized.”
The board of education will take the matter up at their meeting Thursday night. If passed, it goes to the county commission for approval. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/back-to-school-news/hawkins-co-boe-to-vote-on-40-school-supply-allotment-per-student/ | 2022-08-10T23:33:31 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/back-to-school-news/hawkins-co-boe-to-vote-on-40-school-supply-allotment-per-student/ |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) -It’s the perfect stop on a hot summer day, complete with Blue Bell’s best selections and an array of specialty sandwiches.
Two Dads Downtown Deli and Ice Cream Parlor is an expansion for co-owner Randy Slagle, who also owns Two Dads Cafe up the street from Charlemont Avenue.
He said he and his business partner, Chris King, were ready to bring more life to downtown Kingsport and open up yet another shop.
“I’m a firm believer in small businesses. I think that’s how a lot of us downtown survived COVID because we all networked together and depended on each other,” said Slagle.
Since opening in early July, he said business has been pretty great. “It has been fabulous. One thing I brag to everybody about, we opened July 2 and we’ve already in that 5 or 6 weeks sold 175 banana splits,” he said.
He said opening up in Kingsport was the perfect place.
“I fell in love with downtown Kingsport years ago,” Slagle said. “I just think Kingsport has the nicest downtown of the whole Tri-Cities area, and I feel like if you’re going to live here, you need to be a part of the community.”
The new shop is located at 235 East Charlemont Avenue in Downtown Kingsport and is said to serve up a delicious banana split. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/new-to-town-two-dads-downtown-deli-and-ice-cream-parlor/ | 2022-08-10T23:33:37 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/new-to-town-two-dads-downtown-deli-and-ice-cream-parlor/ |
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL)- Students across the Tri-cities are back to school and back to paying for lunches.
School systems now require parents to fill out applications to qualify for free and reduced school lunches. This is after the federal waiver allowing all students to eat for free at school since March 2020 is no longer in effect.
“Parents are struggling with the fact that they now have to re-apply like they did prior to covid for free and reduced consideration. My word is to really encourage parents even if they don’t think they’re going to qualify to go ahead and fill out the application,” said Hawkins Co. School Superintendent Matt Hixson.
“We can weigh that, we can value that… we can get them a determination but at no stretch of the imagination… no stretch in time are we ever going to refuse students the ability to eat. They will always be fed in Hawkins Co. Schools but if I could give them any encouragement at all- if I could really emphasize with parents the need to get an application turned in- the sooner the better so we can start processing those.”
Hixson expects about 60% of the students across Hawkins Co. to qualify. He says Central Office is fielding calls about it each day.
“We’re able to determine not only those that would eat for free but those that can see a reduction in their lunch bills. So, we’re going to have everybody from full pay- those that don’t qualify for any assistance to those that are somewhere in between a full pay and a fully free lunch and those reductions are beneficial as well. My encouragement is even if they don’t feel like they would qualify– go ahead and apply and see what happens.”
You can apply on the Hawkins Co. Schools website. Applications are evaluated as they come in. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hawkins-co-schools-asks-all-parents-to-apply-for-free-and-reduced-lunches/ | 2022-08-10T23:33:43 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hawkins-co-schools-asks-all-parents-to-apply-for-free-and-reduced-lunches/ |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — An inpatient recovery center planned for the former Carter County Work Camp stands to get a bit less than $2 million of Washington County Tennessee’s $4.2 million in Baby Doe opioid settlement money.
The county’s budget committee approved a slate of recipients at its meeting Wednesday. If passed by the full commission this month, the Northeast Tennessee Regional Recovery Center will get $1.9 million.
Criminal Court judges Stacy Street and Lisa Nidiffer Rice had encouraged local governments across a nine-county region to pledge about $21 million of the settlement money from the lawsuit to the abstinence-based program.
The judges got about half that total, Street said after Wednesday’s decision, but that will be enough to run the program in combination with a $1.3 million recurring state grant and a $1 million state startup grant.
“The Baby Doe Fund money was always sort of our safety net,” Street said. “Right now, Ms. Rice’s total, depending on Kingsport, we’ve got about $10 million (pledged through local government resolutions).”
In a 2-1 vote with budget commissioner Larry Cate opposed, the budget committee recommended that ETSU’s social work department and the Johnson City Recovery Community receive $1.2 million. $500,000 was allocated for the Bristol Lifestyle Recovery Program, $250,000 for the Recovery Drug Court, $240,000 for the Salvation Army and $100,000 for the Recovery Resources Living Program.
Street said the Carter County-based residential program, which now has an official board and non-profit status, is leasing the former Northeast Correctional Center annex for $1 a year for the next five years.
“That $1.3 million reoccurring (state) funding, we’re going to operate the program on that,” Street said. “This Baby Doe money will supplement that as this subcommittee of the First Tennessee Development District sees fit to give us each year, so we can make it bigger, smaller, depending on what they tell us.”
Street said the standalone residential recovery court will complement existing recovery courts overseen by criminal court judges in three judicial districts. Participants in those drug courts don’t live in a congregate setting but on their own.
Street and Rice both said the program will fill a critical gap once it launches. The state grant contract is set to be signed in October, and the effort may start soon after at the 185-bed former prison.
“We’ll start out at about 45 or 50 just to make certain we’ve got everything the way we need it, and then we’ll expand it from there,” Street said.
He said the program will serve citizens whose addictions place a huge drain on local resources, from child protective services and health care to the cost to victims of crime.
“But there’s all kinds of programs that we can’t service in recovery court that also need that funding,” he said. “The misdemeanor recovery courts — there’s a lot of good programs out there.”
Street said a residential facility with ties to the court system has been a missing piece.
“We’d like to have every single dime but we’re very thankful for what we’ve gotten, and the cooperation between these counties and cities, and the state and the judges and the various committees … shows just how bad that problem is.
“Ten years ago people would have laughed us out of the room. Now, everyone knows somebody that’s affected and they understand that we need to do something. That was the grand vision of Judge Rice and that’s what we’ve been able to come up with.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/multiple-agencies-could-receive-washington-county-opioid-settlement-money/ | 2022-08-10T23:33:49 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/multiple-agencies-could-receive-washington-county-opioid-settlement-money/ |
SAN ANTONIO — There are many drives underway around town to supply kids with most of what they need to go back to school.
But there is one unmet need that Northside ISD hopes to start addressing next week.
When teachers and staff return for Convocation next week, they are being asked to participate in the "Fill The Bin" campaign.
It is an effort to bring in brand new socks and underwear for the district's free clothes closet.
"Threads" has been in operation since 2018.
The facility, which is housed at 5223 Blessing at the Northside Family Engagement Center, is an effort to reduce barriers and increase attendance by helping students have the clothes and shoes they need to be comfortable and focused on learning.
It is a simple process.
Needy families are identified by school counselors and given a referral which allows them to 'shop' for items they need for free.
Every child enrolled in NISD is allowed to select 5 tops and 5 bottoms, as well as socks and underwear.
The center is staffed by volunteers and they accept donations of gently used clothes. There are laundry services on site to make sure every item is ready for use.
Edgewood ISD has a similar program at 216 Purcell. Kym's Kupboard is administered by local non-profit Eagles Flight Advocacy and Outreach.
JonDavid De Leon said the need for donations is great throughout the year.
"We just gave six backpacks to a family in need and the mother was so appreciative. 'You don't know how much we needed this'," De Leon said.
De Leon said they solicit donations of gently used clothing and shoes, but when it comes to personal items, they welcome new items, or the funds to purchase them.
"We want new items, socks and underwear, because the kids, the families deserve the best. We look at it here as what we would give to our family. Could I give this to someone else? So let's give the best. Let's let the kids have a great school year," De Leon said.
De Leon said they serve many immigrant families who are starting from scratch and have next to nothing - but gratitude.
"We make hygiene packs here. We put toothpaste, a toothbrush, even a razor for adults. We have products for women, shampoo, soap and those kinds of items. We load as much as we can as a hygiene bag for them," De Leon said.
De Leon said they know San Antonians will come through for local needy families.
"San Antonians give big, so let's help the families. Let's help the kids. All ages elementary, middle school, high school. New underwear, new socks, new items for them to enjoy."
Here is a partial list of local districts offering help with essential items for a happy new school year. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fill-the-bin-campaign-schools-clothes-donations/273-5f8322b2-38fc-49b2-869e-d40b9136fbfa | 2022-08-10T23:34:02 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fill-the-bin-campaign-schools-clothes-donations/273-5f8322b2-38fc-49b2-869e-d40b9136fbfa |
SAN ANTONIO — Some of San Antonio’s most vulnerable homeless residents could start moving into Towne Twin Village on the east side as soon as October. It will be the community’s first residential campus built for single-site permanent supportive housing needs.
Towne Twin Village has been in the works for the past three years under the leadership of the Housing First Community Coalition. But the non-profit’s vision for such a project goes back even further.
The 17-acre plot of land off Dietrich road (formerly a drive-in theater) is the eventual campus of more than 200 units consisting of tiny homes, RVs and on-site resources for residents in the process of recovering from homelessness.
The Housing First Community Coalition’s inspiration for the project comes from a similar venture in Austin known as the Community First Village.
“Our model is not to house somebody and then come check on them in a month or two months or three months to see how they’re doing in their home. We are here to provide support as they’re transitioning out of homelessness and as they’re coming into their new residence,” said Edward Gonzales, executive director of the Housing First Community Coalition.
Towne Twin Village utilizes the Housing First permanent supportive housing model of care for the community’s most at-risk homeless residents.
“They’re going to be individuals that are 50 years of age or older that have a disabling condition and have been homeless for more than a year, some of them of which have been homeless for 10 years,” Gonzales said.
Phase one of the project, which features 25 new RV units and 36 tiny homes, is expected to wrap up by the end of the year, although residents could start moving in starting in October.
“This is the cluster, the first cluster of tiny homes for phase one so not every home in the cluster is going to look the same. I think the major thing is providing something that’s your own, that’s different from everybody else,” Gonzales said.
The first of three phases of construction also includes a transportation pavilion, chapel and multi-purpose complex. Unlike other permanent supportive
“If a resident is needing dental service or medical needs or if they have a need for mental health or behavior health services, those services are here on site,” Gonzales said.
Towne Twin Village is being funded by the city, Bexar County, the San Antonio Housing Trust and through donations. Capital funding for phase one amounted to just over $12 million.
“I think what’s especially magical about Towne Twin Village is the sense of community that they’re going to cultivate there,” said Katie Vela, executive director of the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless.
Vela noted many of the unsheltered community members she’s heard from want to move out of homelessness but they’re unable to find a permanent option that’s also going to help them address all of that trauma.
One of the big challenges of replicating single-site permanent supportive housing is finding the proper location and enough land.
But Vela stressed it’s crucial that another critical funding source be considered.
“The voters approved the housing bond, which included $25 million for permanent supportive housing, so I think there a lot of compassionate San Antonians that want to see people have options to move out of homelessness,” Vela said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/homeless-housing-project-for-san-antonio/273-55df5ccb-4a00-422d-9100-7eeae9506dbe | 2022-08-10T23:34:04 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/homeless-housing-project-for-san-antonio/273-55df5ccb-4a00-422d-9100-7eeae9506dbe |
SAN ANTONIO — Northside ISD (NISD) leaders added a new student holiday on what's usually a busier than normal school day -- Election Day. It was a decision that simply made sense to Melina Espiritu-Azocar, Chief of Staff for the Northside American Federation of Teachers (Northside AFT).
"Many of our schools are used as election voting sites and they should be...it also makes sense so there's not meetings in the afternoon and our staff can go and vote," Espiritu-Azocar said.
Bexar County Elections Supervisor Jacque Callanen proudly supported the decision at Tuesday's Commissioners Court meeting.
"If we are a school and they are still open, the school may move us to another location because in many instances we’re in the libraries, we’re in the front halls, and of course that is problematic for the schools," Callanen told commissioners.
School staff could move polling sites further towards the back of the school, but Callanen said that usually becomes an ADA compliance issue, depending on how far voters have to walk.
Espiritu-Azocar believes school buildings should be seen as community centers and polling sites at schools makes voting accessible to more people.
An NISD spokesperson said the board of trustees made the decision to make November 8th a holiday back in August of 2021 and the calendar was approved in May of 2022.
Following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Espiritu-Azocar said members of Northside AFT expressed safety concerns.
"They did bring up that there were different folks on their campuses because of elections, their buildings were opened," she said. "Not having students in the building, it eliminates some of those safety concerns."
At Tuesday's commissioners court meeting, Precinct 1 Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores told Callanen "My office has gotten lots of calls and I have lots of friends who are teachers, because of the Uvalde shooting and other concerns, they don’t want to be in the schools."
So far, NISD is the only area school district to make election day a student holiday. A spokesperson for Northeast ISD told KENS 5 "North East ISD may consider a change to our calendar, it’s something we will take a look at.
If a change is recommended, it will then need approval by the Board of Trustees."
San Antonio ISD says November 8th remains a regular school day and they do not anticipate revisions to their calendar. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/northside-isd-election-day-holiday/273-c88abd8d-aabd-4ddf-b74f-e7e417da635c | 2022-08-10T23:34:05 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/northside-isd-election-day-holiday/273-c88abd8d-aabd-4ddf-b74f-e7e417da635c |
CASTROVILLE, Texas — Tracking students who ride the bus will be easier for Medina Valley Independent School District parents this upcoming school year.
This district, located west of San Antonio, is implementing new safety technology on all school buses that will alert parents via a mobile app when their child is on and off the bus.
The free app is called Transversa Ride 360.
"This is a process that started about two years ago with an upgrade to our routing software which included navigation. The buses are equipped with a tablet that will give turn-by-turn navigation for drivers as well as track our students as they load and unload our bus," said Tobie Kennedy, the district's Director of Transportation.
Kennedy said the school board approved the technology at the end of the 2019 school year. However, this will be the first year all 80 of the district's buses will have the capability to have the technology on board.
"It was quite a bit of money but there was no hesitation that we do what's right for our kids," said Kennedy.
Kennedy explained how the technology works.
"As students board the bus, they're going to scan their ID card. At which point, their student information should pop up on the tablet for the driver to see. It will tell the driver whether they are getting on at the right bus stop. As these students scan, it will send a notification to their parent or guardian through the Ride 360 app,' he said.
Kelly Evers said the new feature gives her peace of mind ash she prepares to send her 5th grader back to school.
"I'm very excited about it. I think it's going to be a great feature. It will be a nice thing to just log on the app and get a notification that my sons on the bus and then when he actually gets off the bus after school," said Evers.
MVISD is asking parents be patient when the technology rolls out as they expect it to be a few weeks into the school year until it's fully implemented. The district is also looking to hire more bus drivers amid a shortage. Visit their page for info.
The school year for MVISD begins Tuesday, August 16. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/peace-of-mind-new-technology-will-allow-medina-valley-isd-parents-to-track-students-on-the-bus/273-f7da6946-49d9-487a-994f-92e6cec7527c | 2022-08-10T23:34:06 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/peace-of-mind-new-technology-will-allow-medina-valley-isd-parents-to-track-students-on-the-bus/273-f7da6946-49d9-487a-994f-92e6cec7527c |
Melissa Cribbins, Coos County commissioner, joined nearly 3,000 county leaders and partners July 21-24 in Adams County, Colo. the National Association of Counties Annual Conference.
“The National Association of Counties meeting is a great opportunity to work on issues that are common to all counties: housing, broadband, opioid addiction, infrastructure investment, energy and transportation. These are areas where we need to work together to find common solutions, because they don’t end at county lines,” said Cribbins of the recent meeting.
NACo Immediate Past President Larry Johnson highlighted the year’s accomplishments, including significant local investments of American Rescue Plan resources, a new opioid solutions center and the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
County elected and appointed officials discussed strategies to drive recovery in our communities, as well as federal policies and best practice trends on a wide range of key issues. More than three dozen workshops and meetings explored topics including infrastructure, broadband accessibility, housing affordability, cybersecurity and technology, workforce development, economic diversification, early childhood development, behavorial health and justice, disaster preparedness and recovery and other topics important to counties nationwide.
Commissioner Cribbins participated in several meetings including, serving as the vice chair of the Energy, Environment, and Land Use Committee and vice chair of the Rural Action Caucus.
“I was able to listen to other counties talk about their best practices on working with their citizens to find solutions to difficult problems. We have so much in common, and it is important to take advantage of the opportunity to hear from other counties on the solutions that they have identified,” Cribbins stated.
NACo members elected Will County, Ill. Board Member Denise Winfrey president and celebrated the leadership of county officials pursuing innovative solutions to challenges facing our communities.
Notable speakers included U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper; Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; Heather McGhee, best-selling author; and Mick Ebeling, founder and CEO of Not Impossible Labs. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/county-leaders-pursue-local-solutions-to-address-national-issues/article_06927e24-1692-11ed-9dd9-37c1c309b057.html | 2022-08-10T23:34:58 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/county-leaders-pursue-local-solutions-to-address-national-issues/article_06927e24-1692-11ed-9dd9-37c1c309b057.html |
On Saturday, August 13, at 10 a.m., a test of the Pony Creek Dam Warning System will take place. The test of area sirens is being conducted by Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board. The purpose of this test is to give the public an opportunity to hear the siren and familiarize themselves with the audible warning should a dam breach occur.
Sirens located at the North Bend High School and the Water Board Service Center will be activated at 10 a.m. for one test. The test will consist of a three-minute (15 seconds on – 10 seconds off) siren blast representing a dam failure warning. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/siren-test-of-the-upper-pony-creek-dam-early-warning-system/article_390d91cc-1692-11ed-9963-87d541d858fa.html | 2022-08-10T23:35:05 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/siren-test-of-the-upper-pony-creek-dam-early-warning-system/article_390d91cc-1692-11ed-9963-87d541d858fa.html |
Former Miss America Cara Mund says she is running for Congress due to her desires to preserve abortion rights and to be the first North Dakota woman elected to the seat.
Mund, 28, was the first North Dakotan to win the Miss America title, in 2017. The Bismarck native is a 2016 Brown University alumna and recently graduated with honors from Harvard Law School.
She announced on Saturday her efforts to gather the 1,000 signatures needed by Sept. 6 to make the November ballot as an independent candidate for the state's lone U.S. House seat. She would square off against Republican incumbent Kelly Armstrong and Democrat Mark Haugen.
"I already know it's an uphill battle, and some people likely aren't even going to vote for me because they think there's no shot, but you don't know until you try," Mund said. "I think the best part is I can take the best of both parties and find what's best for North Dakotans."
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Abortion ruling
The House race interested Mund for being "the people's house." She said she's also disappointed in Armstrong's voting record. A third reason she cites is her expectation that the next Congress will "probably, hopefully" bring forth legislation to try to make federal law the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
The U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, which triggered a state abortion ban in North Dakota that's set to take effect later this month.
Mund refers to abortion rights as "privacy rights," saying, "I don't feel comfortable telling another woman what she can and cannot do. I don't think the government should tell a woman what she can and cannot do."
She's concerned about enforcement of abortion bans, saying, "Just because we give it back to the states and we have the trigger laws doesn't mean abortions aren't going to happen, but we want to do what we can to protect our people, and trying to make sure that if that is an option or something a woman is going to do, she has a safe environment where she is supported by a doctor."
She said she also is concerned about the ruling opening the door to rolling back decisions on rights to same-sex marriage and contraceptives.
"If we're going to allow the government in our bedrooms, in our doctor's appointments, where are they going to try to go next? What are they going to try to take away next?" Mund said.
Armstrong said he supports the court's ruling, and said the state Legislature would be a better place from which to seek change for abortion rights.
Haugen told The Associated Press that “If she’s pro-choice, then she’s running to the left of me on that issue.”
Opponents
Armstrong, a former Dickinson-area state senator who was first elected to Congress in 2018, expects Mund to secure the signatures and be a candidate. Her name recognition "doesn't change what we do," he said.
"She's obviously well-known in North Dakota, a Brown undergrad, a Harvard graduate," Armstrong told the Tribune. "We'll take it seriously. We take every opponent seriously."
Mund said she respects Armstrong and plans to run "a race of integrity." But she also criticized several of his recent votes, citing his opposition to the Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act and a bill capping insulin costs.
Armstrong said he opposed the infrastructure package for its debt consequences, and called the infant formula bill "a money slush fund bill" to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Haugen, a University of Mary graduate adviser in Bismarck who has long worked as a paramedic, didn't respond to a Tribune phone message seeking comment on Mund's campaign.
Experience
Mund rejects criticism she's heard that she doesn't have experience for Congress.
She cites her starting of a decadelong charity fashion show at age 14, her involvement at Brown leading groups and running a dance company, her work as the National Goodwill Ambassador for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, her work with the United Service Organizations, her time spent with soldiers and veterans, and her Harvard accolades, including securing an acquittal at trial.
"I have the leadership skills. I have the background in government. I know the importance of upholding our Constitution. I recognize case law," Mund said.
She said she is her own campaign manager, speech writer, treasurer and social media coordinator.
"If anything I know that when I go for something, I don't do it unless I'm 100% in and I know I'm ready," Mund said.
She hopes her Miss America name recognition will help her, but said it comes with a stereotype, especially in national media.
"It's always 'Miss America runs for Congress.' It's not 'Harvard Law School grad runs for Congress,'" Mund said. She said she's proud of her former title, but more so for being the first North Dakotan to win.
In the last few weeks of her reign as Miss America, Mund drew national attention for criticizing the Miss America Organization, claiming she had been bullied and silenced by leadership. Board Chairwoman Gretchen Carlson later resigned.
Mund acknowledges her "uphill battle" as an independent, but also as a woman for a seat that has always been held by men. She cited the vast majority of men in state elected office, including "one of the most jarring things to me" being a recent press conference of state leaders who were all men.
"There are no women in this sphere, and no women's voices are being heard," Mund said.
North Dakota has elected one woman to federal office: former U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., who served from 2013-19.
'In the middle'
Mund rejects being associated with a political party, saying, "If we want to get any policy done, there must be compromise, there must be middle ground."
She said she has avoided even wearing blue and red clothing to not give the impression she is a Democrat or Republican, respectively.
"At the end of the day, I genuinely do not think I am a one-way street. I'm very much in the middle," she said.
She called U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., for whom she once interned, "an incredible boss, an incredible leader."
She acknowledged North Dakota as a "very Republican state," and disagrees with the state Republican Party's new rule requiring candidates seeking the supermajority party's endorsement to pay fees, ranging from $2,500 for statewide office to $5,000 for U.S. Senate and governor.
"I don't think I should have to pay my way for public office," Mund said. "I think I should have to earn it, and that's why the independent seemed so appealing to me because I'm not going to pay to be on the ballot, I'm going to put the work in."
Party Chairman Perrie Schafer has said the fees are meant to help with costs and ensure candidates can raise money and support. But other Republicans have said the fees appear prohibitive of newcomers and protective of incumbents. Former GOP Gov. Ed Schafer has expressed opposition to the fees.
Mund said she would have considered seeking the GOP endorsement if there were no fee.
She declined to say for whom she voted in the 2020 congressional races, but said she has voted for Democrats and Republicans.
Chances?
Mund has "built-in" North Dakota celebrity name recognition as a former Miss America, and her run likely will bring national attention to the race, according to University of North Dakota Professor of Political Science & Public Administration Mark Jendrysik.
But she is challenging a Republican incumbent who has won landslide victories in a deep-red state, he added.
It's also unclear what financial resources she might have to support a campaign amid a dwindling election season with fewer than three months to go, he said.
"It will be an interesting thing to see how many votes she gets, but I doubt that she will dislodge the long-serving representative in the state given the tendency of people here to vote for the Republican Party at the current time," Jendrysik said.
Independents "can sometimes make a splash," especially if well-known, he said, citing former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, a former professional wrestler and actor who won election in 1998 as a Reform Party candidate.
"I'm not sure that's something that really will appeal here," Jendrysik said. Armstrong has "a strong appeal to the voters" and the advantage of incumbency, he said.
"I just don't see someone as a relative political novice without large-scale, personal wealth to finance a campaign at this late hour -- I just don't see that as making a major effect on the campaign," Jendrysik said. "Can she get traction on issues? I don't think so. That seems unlikely. The question becomes, then, how will she present herself? What sort of policy positions will she take? And I think it's just very late right now to make a case to the voters."
Mund said her decision to run was strategic. She made a point of announcing her candidacy on the 57th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed discriminatory obstacles to voting.
"This was thought out. It was planned on my behalf. I've been thinking about this for a while," she said. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/mund-sees-uphill-battle-in-congressional-bid-former-miss-america-cites-concerns-in-abortion-ruling/article_10c137a0-18d1-11ed-bbd1-976f8698204a.html | 2022-08-10T23:42:07 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/mund-sees-uphill-battle-in-congressional-bid-former-miss-america-cites-concerns-in-abortion-ruling/article_10c137a0-18d1-11ed-bbd1-976f8698204a.html |
Department of Environmental Management orders Johnson's Pond dam owner to raise water level
State authorities are taking legal action against Soscia Holdings over water levels in Johnson's Pond, a manmade reservoir in Coventry that is at the center of a bitter and highly litigious feud.
Johnson's Pond is ringed with summer cottages, whose owners typically use the pond for recreational activities like boating and jet skiing. But its water levels are determined by Soscia Holdings, the private company that controls the dam. Homeowners say Soscia Holdings routinely drains the pond to the point where it is unusable, effectively turning it into large mud pit.
Those frustrations prompted a push for legislation that was signed into law by Gov. Dan McKee last month to give the state more oversight.
New law bars water-level changes without state permission
Under the new law, private dam owners aren't supposed to make significant changes to water levels without the permission of the Department of Environmental Management. In July, shortly after the law went into effect, the DEM issued a cease-and-desist order to Soscia Holdings, saying water levels "are at historic lows for this time of year."
On Wednesday, the DEM announced that it had issued a compliance order to Soscia Holdings, charging the company with violating the new state law and ordering it to restore the water level to normal.
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The DEM will be working with the attorney general's office to enforce the order.
“Johnson’s Pond is an important community and state resource, and it is imperative that its water is held at reasonable levels in accordance with state law,” Attorney General Peter F. Neronha said in a statement. “As alleged by the Department of Environmental Management, the unchecked outflow of water from the pond by Soscia Holdings is not only a detriment to the pond and those who enjoy it, but not in compliance with a recently passed state law intended to protect water levels of dams and reservoirs."
Under the new law, private dam operators can be fined $1,000 a day for noncompliance.
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Soscia Holdings says the state's new law is unconstitutional and is challenging it in court. A lawsuit in federal court in July argues that the DEM is depriving the company "of all economically beneficial use of its property" by requiring it to be submerged.
The pond would be valuable as dry land, and preventing Soscia Holdings from draining the water is a "taking" of private property, the lawsuit claims.
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Johnson Pond's homeowners have long argued that low water levels are harmful to the environment, and may be the reason toxic blue-green algae is showing up in the pond.
In an affidavit submitted with the compliance order, DEM fisheries biologist Gabriel Betty stated that it was "more likely than not" that low water was harmful to freshwater mussels that live in the pond. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/dem-orders-johnsons-pond-dam-owner-raise-water-levels/10291575002/ | 2022-08-10T23:42:13 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/dem-orders-johnsons-pond-dam-owner-raise-water-levels/10291575002/ |
A 71-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were injured in a Pawtucket house fire
A 71-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were injured in a fire Wednesday morning in Pawtucket, according to the city's police.
The police and fire departments responded to the fire at 142 Ballston Ave. at about 9 a.m., Pawtucket Det. Sgt. Theodore Georgitsis said in a news release Wednesday afternoon.
Three people were inside the home when the fire broke out, Georgitsis said via email. Firefighters found the woman inside the house. The 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old got out via a fire escape and were helped by firefighters, Georgitis said.
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The woman and boy were taken to area hospitals. The woman was in serious condition, while the boy had minor injuries, Georgitsis said.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the state Fire Marshal's Office, the Pawtucket Fire Department and Pawtucket police detectives.
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Providence council overrides mayor's veto of hybrid school board, sending issue to voters
Providence City Council members voted on Wednesday to override Mayor Jorge Elorza's veto of a proposal for a hybrid school board, sending the question to voters who will decide.
Of the 14 members who were present, 11 voted in favor while three voted against: Councilwomen Helen Anthony and Nirva LaFortune, and Councilman David Salvatore.
The question to be placed on the ballot in November would ask voters whether they approve of expanding the board to 10 members, five elected and five appointed by the mayor. At present, the mayor is responsible for appointing the entire board. If voters approve, they will be able to select board members in the November 2024 elections.
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Anthony said the council was "making this decision without input from the stakeholders," including education experts, parents, teachers and administrators -- the same criticism raised during a press conference in Elorza's office last week.
Anthony raised concerns that a partially elected board "might have the unintended consequence of destabilizing our school system." She called it "a shame" that council leadership decided to package the question with nine others on smaller charter amendments, meaning the mayor and council members either had to approve them all or reject them all.
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Despite voting in support of the override, Councilman John Goncalves said he agrees with Elorza's opinion "that injecting more politics into the school board is not a great idea."
"I also agree that the process needed more community engagement," Goncalves said.
Councilman Nicholas Narducci, a vehement supporter of the override, contended that mayoral appointees are political anyway. Councilman Jim Taylor, who echoed Narducci's support, said, "Shame on the mayor for trying to stop that voice and have the people not vote on it."
In a statement shortly after the council's meeting, Elorza said he is "disappointed in today's vote."
"Now, we'll focus on defeating the referendum in November to make sure we do not inject more politics into our schools," the mayor said.
Council President John Igliozzi, who had scrambled to schedule the council's emergency meeting for the override, described the vote as a win for democracy.
"The people of Providence get to decide," he said. "Not one person, not one group, not one special interest. And that’s what democracy is about."
However, Elorza has said special interests are what will end up controlling school board elections. In a letter to the council on Friday, the mayor said "the grave danger of electing school board members is that special interest groups will likely run their own candidates for these seats," creating a "very real risk that the interests pursued by these members will not be in the best interest of our children."
Igliozzi called Elorza's concerns a "false narrative ... devaluing the entire democratic process." | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/providence-city-council-vote-overrides-mayor-elorza-veto-school-board/10287399002/ | 2022-08-10T23:42:25 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/providence-city-council-vote-overrides-mayor-elorza-veto-school-board/10287399002/ |
On Wednesday, a collection of colorful canoes appeared on the horizon of the Lenape Sipu (Delaware River) at Scott Park in Easton, growing larger and clearer by the moment. As the canoers paddled swiftly to shore, their singing and splashing filled the air. The paddlers are members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, and have rowed over 100 miles since the start of their journey.
The paddlers are participants in the sixth Rising Nation River Journey, a quadrennial odyssey in which Lenape rowers carry a Treaty of Renewed Friendship down the Lenape Sipu and hold treaty signings at locations along the way. This year’s journey marks the event’s 20th anniversary.
The paddlers began July 30 in Hancock, New York, and will conclude Aug. 20 in Cape May, New Jersey. There are 13 treaty signing destinations on their path, including the Sigal Museum in Easton.
The Lenape are the original inhabitants of Eastern Pennsylvania. By signing the Treaty of Renewed Friendship, organizations and individuals acknowledge the Lenape’s origins in the region and commit to supporting them in their stewardship of the land. The River Journey tradition aims to raise awareness for the presence and heritage of the Lenape people, encourage respect for their homeland, celebrate and pass on their culture. They are also fundraising for their cultural center in Easton.
“We do this every four years in order to get people to support us in taking care of the river and trying to keep it clean,” said Ken Macaulay, former cultural chief of the Lenape Cultural Center.
The Lenape also journey to interact with their land. The section of the Lenape Sipu below the Delaware Water Gap through the Easton area is one of the “most sacred, powerful” parts of the river, head coordinator Adam Waterbear DePaul said.
The River Journey also holds significance for its facilitation of communal gathering. It is an important opportunity to teach children about the Lenape culture and allow them to actively participate in it, Chief of Language and Education Shelley DePaul said.
Enx Eeden, minister of the healing arts and paddler on the journey, said they consider the bonds created by the trip to be invaluable.
“The connections that have been happening between myself, the elements and the other people here reconnecting to our lineage have been the most rewarding thing,” Eeden said. “It’s the safest place to be vulnerable. Every day you learn something new, go a little deeper with somebody and lean into the land a little bit more. And I’m truly seeing the next generation be raised and nurtured on the journey.”
On a typical day on the journey, the paddlers awaken at camp, gather their gear and hit the water, Waterbear DePaul said. They canoe until lunch, at which time they stop along an island or bank for food and presentations by partner organizations such as the National Park Service. On days with no official events, the paddlers swim in the river.
At Scott Park, local members of the Lenape Nation and friends gathered for a picnic to greet the paddlers. The nation also hosted the Bachmann Players to reenact a friendship speech by William Penn and held a drumming ceremony. The group then went to Sigal Museum for a presentation on Lenape history and the official signing of the Treaty of Renewed Friendship.
The paddlers camped at Wy-Hit-Tuk Park for the night, and planned to depart Thursday morning for their next destination, Milford, New Jersey.
The Lenape Cultural Center will reopen with regular hours Saturday. It is in the Bachmann Publick House, 169 Northampton St., and provides educational programming 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. most Saturdays. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/easton/mc-nws-lenape-rising-nation-river-journey-friendship-treaty-20220810-gtvlvehrivfdjfu7fabq353b2m-story.html | 2022-08-10T23:43:00 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/easton/mc-nws-lenape-rising-nation-river-journey-friendship-treaty-20220810-gtvlvehrivfdjfu7fabq353b2m-story.html |
The owner of the former Dixie Cup factory owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in overdue taxes on the Wilson property and is, in some cases, several years behind, records provided to The Morning Call show.
The news, first reported by Northampton County blogger Bernie O’Hare, comes amid a contentious debate over government tax incentives for a New Jersey developer who wants to buy and redevelop the massive, broken-down complex.
Stephen Barron, Northampton County director of fiscal affairs, said Wednesday that Dixie Cup owner Joseph Reibman owes nearly $405,000 in county, borough and school taxes, some dating to 2018.
With penalty and interest, that includes approximately $364,000 for Wilson Area School District, Barron said. About $40,600 is owed to the borough and county for 2021 and this year, Barron said.
Portnoff Law Offices, which collects the school district taxes, has filed liens against Reibman in county court. A message left at Portnoff’s main office in King of Prussia, Montgomery County, was not returned. Barron said the county could pursue a sheriff’s sale or hold what’s known as a tax “upset” sale if the property remains delinquent longer than two years.
Barron also said the taxes must be “cleared up” before a sale.
Reibman said he has paid taxes in installments over the years and acknowledged any sale would hinge on the taxes being paid. He declined further comment.
Wilson schools Superintendent Doug Wagner and borough solicitor Stanley J. Margle III did not return messages seeking comment.
Nick Tsapitsaris, who wants to buy the property, has said he needs tax help via the Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance program to redevelop Dixie Cup. Created by state law in the 1970s, LERTA partially exempts developers of certain blighted properties from land and new assessment taxes, typically for 10 years.
The borough and school district have approved LERTA ordinances but several Northampton County Council members expressed concerns about approving the tax help during their Aug. 4 meeting. County Council is expected to again consider the aid Aug. 18.
Reibman, a Salisbury Township resident, told council the building, which for years has been largely vacant, is in disrepair and needs new windows and roofs, elevators and more. After years of being unable to redevelop or sell the property, Reibman said Tsapatsaris will “do the building correctly.”
Before Reibman’s ownership, Dixie for decades turned out consumer-paper products from its Wilson plant. A giant but deteriorated water tank and brand name atop the 640,000-square-foot facility remains visible along Route 22.
While Reibman is not the only business or property owner behind on taxes, the delinquency casts a light on the struggling borough and efforts to move the Dixie Cup property forward. Holding back on or merely avoiding paying taxes can also put municipalities and school districts in a bind when it comes to paying for public safety, education and other services.
During another County Council meeting last month, borough Mayor Donald R. Barrett Jr. noted the aging plant and giant cup as part of disrepair in the community where he was raised. The mayor and other borough officials have expressed hope that Tsapitsaris, armed with the tax break, could jump-start redevelopment of the old property, which stretches between South 24th and 25th streets.
Under Reibman, the property was used for distributing ALPO pet food, Hefty trash bags and other products. But the market for the complex dried up around 2010 as more modern warehouses were built in the Lehigh Valley.
Contact Morning Call journalist Anthony Salamone at asalamone@mcall.com. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-dixie-cup-plant-delinquent-taxes-20220810-llpv5q464jdj3iikjpz2ztbasm-story.html | 2022-08-10T23:43:06 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-dixie-cup-plant-delinquent-taxes-20220810-llpv5q464jdj3iikjpz2ztbasm-story.html |
WATERVILLE, Maine — When organizers pulled the Senior League World Series from Bangor in 2016, after 15 years of hosting the tournament in the Queen City, it left a void in youth sports in Maine.
This week, a world-caliber tournament returned to the state in the form of the Cal Ripken World Series.
A total of 12 teams from around the country—including four from Maine—are competing in the Cal Ripken World Series in Waterville and Oakland this week.
It’s the first time Maine has hosted the 12-and-under baseball tournament.
The teams are playing on the Purnell Wrigley field in Waterville and the Fenway field in Oakland. The parks are smaller replicas of their namesakes.
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Tournament Host President Isaac LeBlanc, a Jay native, says the kids can feel the excitement the moment they step onto the turf.
"You just see 12-year-olds smile and playing baseball and recognizing the stage that they’re on and having a good time," he said, as two teams played catch and warmed up nearby on Wrigley Field. "And, that’s really, at the end of the day, that’s what they’re gonna remember, and that’s what it’s gonna be about because they’re gonna remember it for the rest of their lives for sure."
The tournament will be played each day this week, with pool play wrapping up Wednesday and the field narrowing down through the playoff bracket. The championship game is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m.
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BANGOR, Maine — Senator Susan Collins made her way through two Northern Light hospitals in Bangor on Wednesday. Collins is in support of nearly $3.2 million in funding for Eastern Maine Medical Center and Acadia Hospital.
The funding is part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill. The bill still needs to be voted on by the Senate and House.
The money would be used for two projects. The first would support the current construction of a new inpatient wing specifically for mental health patients to address some limitations at Acadia Hospital.
"Because of spacing requirements and the difficulty of housing patients two in a room, they cannot fully utilize the 100 beds that they are licensed for," Collins said.
Once completed, the hospital will have 100 private rooms for mental health patients, with a focus on it's youngest patients.
"The resources that we will have here at Acadia Hospital will allow those children to come out of the emergency room environment and into the therapeutic environment that they need," Lisa Harvey-McPherson, VP of government relations for Northern Light, said.
The second project would cover the cost of 28 new ventilators for EMMC's critical care units.
"I'm very excited about both of these two projects, they have quite a long ways to go yet but securing the approval of the appropriations committee is an essential first step and it's one that I as a member of that committee, as a senior member, advocated very strongly for," Collins said.
Collins says she is hopeful the bill will head to a vote next month.
Collins also addressed the historic Inflation Reduction Act that passed the Senate 51-50 on Sunday, without her support.
"I did not think that a lot of the provisions of the bill were well thought out," Collins said.
Collins says the spending package comes at a time when Mainers are still struggling with high gas prices and grocery bills.
Collins also weighed in on the search warrant of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
"I found it shocking... I think the justice department needs to release more information on what the basis was for the FBI raid," Collins said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/sen-collins-visits-northern-light-hospitals-in-bangor-maine-mental-health-care-funding-facilities/97-ea343ec7-ac95-43d2-b77d-3ab682705924 | 2022-08-10T23:45:58 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/sen-collins-visits-northern-light-hospitals-in-bangor-maine-mental-health-care-funding-facilities/97-ea343ec7-ac95-43d2-b77d-3ab682705924 |
STANDISH, Maine — Standish native Emily Durgin will make her marathon debut in New York City in November among a star-studded field of elite runners.
Durgin is a professional runner who now lives in Flagstaff, Arizona. She graduated from Cheverus High School in 2012 and earned a full-ride track scholarship to the University of Connecticut.
Here's the twist: Durgin has never run a marathon before. Not as a professional, not as an amateur.
"I've never even run 26 miles in my life straight," Durgin said. "I'm super excited. When I decided that I wanted to run a marathon, New York always stood out to me as where I wanted to debut."
Durgin is, however, hitting her stride: literally.
In January, she had a personal best time in the half marathon, 67 minutes and 54 seconds. Of her top 10 personal best finishes, five came in 2022 alone, including the TD Beach to Beacon 10K.
"My goal was just to be competitive and be in the front group. I didn't think I was going to be leading the race," Durgin said in a post-race interview with NEWS CENTER Maine on Saturday.
That's because she got into Portland just eight hours before she needed to be on a bus to the starting line.
A cancelled flight in Philadelphia meant renting a car at 3 a.m. Friday and driving the rest of the way. All that sitting for a woman whose livelihood depends on her body's performance, not to mention the time pressure to get home, gave her a little anxiety.
"I sat in a car. Didn't run all Friday. Went to bed, had to wake up, and I was like, 'Welp, it is what it is!'" Durgin said. "What made it very comforting is that I was coming home."
She is very familiar with the Beach to Beacon. She has run it so many times she has lost count. Maine is home, even though she now lives in Flagstaff, training with other elite runners. The high altitude makes it a great place to train to build up lung capacity and recovery ability, making races at lower elevations feel easier.
Before she moved to Flagstaff, she was training with pros on the New Balance Boston team, and nannying to make ends meet to get to Arizona.
"I mapped it all out how much I had to make a week to pay rent so that I could take a year to see if I could get good enough," Durgin said.
Before she dedicated her life to running, she was a dancer.
"That was my first true love. I thought I was going to be on Broadway or something," she said.
A love she had to sacrifice in middle school in order to become an elite runner.
"I always knew I was doing the right thing to get me where I wanted to be," she said.
Durgin has her sights set on making Team USA in 2024 to compete in Paris.
"I'm a lot more confident on the roads, so that's why I think my best bet for making an Olympic team will be on the road in the marathon," she said. "It would be incredible, but I don't define myself on making an Olympic team."
She says that her friends and teammates in the running community have made multiple Olympic teams, but come back after the games with added pressure.
"They feel every time they run a race their name is in bold letters because they're an Olympian. Obviously, it's great pressure to have, it it's kind of nice — in some ways, I'm still an underdog," she said. "You can always want to improve and get better. My coaches say 'you have the crazy gene.' You have to have that to be a good athlete, but I think it's really important to also be proud of where you've started and how far you've come."
Emily's next race is the Twin Cities 10-mile in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/standish-native-and-professional-runner-emily-durgin-to-debut-in-marathon-in-new-york-city-maine-olympics/97-7cbd305e-e048-49fd-aff9-fa557450d333 | 2022-08-10T23:46:04 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/standish-native-and-professional-runner-emily-durgin-to-debut-in-marathon-in-new-york-city-maine-olympics/97-7cbd305e-e048-49fd-aff9-fa557450d333 |
WOODINVILLE, Wash. — Washington’s wine industry is booming, but could wine grapes become the new “apples” of the state?
From cabernet, syrah, pinot gris, rosé, or however you like your pour, Woodinville has glass for you.
“I was the 19th winery in Woodinville when I showed up here in about 2001,” said Mark Ryan McNeilly, owner of Mark Ryan Winery, which has a tasting room in Woodinville.
Woodinville is the hub for great wines in western Washington, and it’s only growing.
“I bet you we have 140 wineries and tasting rooms here in Woodinville, so lots of growth,” said McNeilly.
The growth in Woodinville is only a sampling of the Washington wine industry as a whole.
McNeilly opened Mark Ryan Winery in 1999 and has since watched as the local industry has gone global. He returned this week from a trip to London where interest in Washington wines is in peak season.
“People were not only excited about the fact that we were there, but they knew about Washington state, they knew about Red Mountain and Walla Walla,” McNeilly said. “So, it felt good to show up and have these, a really good group of wine buyers looking for the wines that we’re making.”
With the growth in the wine industry, could grapes soon outpace apples as the fruit of Washington?
According to data given to KING 5 by the United States Department of Agriculture, apples took up 172,000 bearing acres in Washington in 2021. For wine grapes, it was 57,000 acres.
In terms of value, in 2021, the value of utilized production for Washington apples was $2.1 billion. Wine grapes were far behind at $262 million.
But it’s when those grapes are turned to wine that calls this all into question.
According to data from the Washington State Wine Commission, wine-generated revenues in Washington state were $3.9 billion in 2020. However, that includes revenue from wine tourism in Washington as well.
“It’s a little surprising to hear that, but then I drive back and forth all over the state of Washington, and it’s apples and it’s grapes. So, we see a lot of both,” McNeilly said. “I think there’s more acres of apples planted, but I think the revenue is greater for wine.”
There’s not as much of a tourism route for apples, and that’s what is bringing in the revenue for wine.
“You can’t sell an apple for $100,” said McNeilly.
With travel limited through the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism revenue was lower than normal. But McNeilly said they’ve never sold more wine than they are now, and tourism is picking back up. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington-grapes-wine-industry/281-8ee85e18-b052-4d59-924b-e4cad1df4ff1 | 2022-08-10T23:46:30 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington-grapes-wine-industry/281-8ee85e18-b052-4d59-924b-e4cad1df4ff1 |
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Titan VanCoug, the infamous corpse flower that resides on the Washington State University Vancouver campus is expected to bloom for a second time later this month, according to the university.
The flower bloomed back in 2019 and it was the first time in almost two decades. Now three years later, Titan VanCoug is back and getting ready to bloom again.
Dr. Steve Sylvester who taught Biochemistry at WSU Vancouver for over 20 years, first propagated this flower in a pot on his desk. As it grew, it was moved outside to a public space on campus.
When Titan VanCoug first bloomed, it was visited by 20,000 people during its blossoming window, which can last from 18 to 48 hours.
Today the flower has its own stairway green house where it can thrive in.
"Seems pretty darn happy with it. We're excited. Very excited to see how big this one is growing. It's really a unique plant and a neat opportunity in general for folks in this part of the world to come and see something unique," said Sylvester.
In early July, Titan VanCoug began new growth from one of its four corms. On August 3, Titan VanCoug grew to 34 inches tall and the spadex — the central floral spike — appeared, confirming a bloom is imminent, according to WSU Vancouver.
"We were able to get such a great and pretty darn big bloom coming out of it right now," said Dawn Freeman, a previous student at WSU Vancouver during the original planting and now the care taker of the flower.
Sylvester hopes to pollinate Titan VanCoug to create more seeds to share to other universities and conservatories.
Titan VanCoug is scheduled to bloom any day now. WSU Vancouver estimates the bloom to occur between Aug. 11-25. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wsu-vancouver-corpse-flower-expected-bloom-again/283-9c476261-4eeb-4357-bca8-b3592c325899 | 2022-08-10T23:46:36 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wsu-vancouver-corpse-flower-expected-bloom-again/283-9c476261-4eeb-4357-bca8-b3592c325899 |
The Little Falls Canal Celebration has been around for 35 years, and while the event is designed around enriching the community, there is an economic benefit for local businesses. City of Little Falls Mayor Mark Blask talked about the business aspect of the event.
"This will definitely help local businesses because there will really just be so many people here in the City of Little Falls. You’ll get those coming to check it out who live here, but others travel because it’s such a… it’s something that people put on their calendar each year because there’s so much going on."
This weekend there’s going to be live music, food trucks, bounce houses, a fishing derby, block party, basketball, baseball, and golf competitions, a youth run, theater shows, a car show and more. Canal Celebration Committee Member Laura Powers did point out one small change that reflects the current state of the economy.
"Certain companies are no longer in business that we used to utilize, so for example we will not have carnival rides this year in the park, so this year we’re doing something a little different. We’re going to have a giant waterslide. Connective Community Schools again is going to be providing some activities for the kids. R4K will be providing a chalk obstacle course. We’ll have a DJ. So we will be doing activities in the park, it’s just going to look a little different this year."
The event has already started with tours of the General Herkimer Home, and a book sale at the Little Falls Public Library. You can expect a return of some favorite events near the waterways.
"Chicks along the canal returns to Canal Place, which is awesome. It’s all female artisans and vendors. It’s really powerful, and you can get some really good merchandise there, and check out all those area businesses."
The celebration provides all members of the community a chance to participate in an event they’re hoping goes off like fireworks.
"It really I think improves the quality of the community. It pulls people in, but it also I think energizes the population to say like look what we can do, and aren’t we special for it, and then hopefully that generates more excitement for people to want to raise their hand and say how can I help?"
If you are interested in helping or just want to find a schedule of all the events happening, just go to Little Falls Canal Celebration’s facebook page. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/little-falls-canal-celebration/article_9e7bef08-18f5-11ed-968e-8752d099fc9e.html | 2022-08-10T23:46:39 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/little-falls-canal-celebration/article_9e7bef08-18f5-11ed-968e-8752d099fc9e.html |
SULLIVAN, N.Y. – The Madison County Health Department has received the first positive test results this season showing Eastern Equine Encephalitis is present in a mosquito pool in the town of Sullivan.
The sample was collected at a trap site on Smith Ridge Road on Aug. 3 and the positive results were received on Aug. 9.
According to the health department, the type of mosquito is a bird-biting species, but people should still take precautions.
“Residents should take steps at home to prevent mosquito bites,” said Madison County Public Health Director Eric Faisst. “Avoiding mosquito bites is the single best thing to do. Apply insect repellent when you are outside and limit outside activity between dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active. We live in areas where mosquitoes thrive and cannot be eliminated, so we must be vigilant with our personal protection.”
The health department is taking additional precautions as well, including establishing an additional trapping site and informing the public, veterinarians and horse owners in the county about what they can do to prevent exposure.
Health officials say horses are very sensitive to EEE and monitoring both human and animal health are key elements of the department’s surveillance program.
Veterinarians and horse owners are encouraged to contact the health department if a horse begins displaying neurological signs of illness.
As the county continues to monitor the situation, the public will be notified if additional steps, like aerial spraying, become necessary.
The Madison County Health Department recommends these steps for residents to take at home:
- Apply insect repellents that contain DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus, and follow label instructions.
- Make sure that doors and windows have tight-fitting screens to keep out mosquitoes and repair or replace screens with tears or holes.
- Eliminate standing water and containers that can hold water from around the home.
- Turn over wheelbarrows and wading pools when not in use.
- Clean, maintain and chlorinate swimming pools, outdoor saunas and hot tubs and drain pool covers. Report neglected swimming pools to your local codes enforcement officer.
- Change the water in birdbaths and horse troughs regularly, at least twice a week.
- Wear long sleeve shirts, long pants, socks and footwear if you must be outside.
- Use mosquito netting over infant carriers, cribs, and strollers.
Symptoms of EEE include sudden high fever, muscle pains, and a headache of increasing severity. Anyone experiencing these symptoms should seek medical attention immediately. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/pool-of-mosquitoes-in-madison-county-test-positive-for-eee/article_b9b595f0-18ee-11ed-83df-afe9fa5d7d7c.html | 2022-08-10T23:46:45 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/pool-of-mosquitoes-in-madison-county-test-positive-for-eee/article_b9b595f0-18ee-11ed-83df-afe9fa5d7d7c.html |
SEATTLE — Electricity costs in Seattle could be rising soon.
Seattle City Light proposed rate increases of at least 5% for residential customers during a city council hearing on Wednesday.
Under the proposal, rates for residential customers would increase an average of 5.7% in 2023 and another 5% in 2024. That translates to an increase of about $5 or less for monthly bills.
Pointing to inflation and rising costs of materials and labor, City Light said the increases are needed in order to deliver "reliable, clean and socially-responsibility electric services for the next two years."
Customer bills were not increased in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, City Light said in its strategic plan. In 2022, City Light increased customer bills by 2.1%, less than the 3.9% approved in the last strategic plan.
Rate increases would be lower for those enrolled in the Utility Discount Program, which offers a discount of about 60% on Seattle City Light bills and 50% on Seattle Public Utilities bills to households with incomes at or below 70% of the state median income.
For those using the discount program, the monthly bill increase would be $2 or less under the City Light proposed rate increases. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-city-light-proposes-rate-increase-residential-customers/281-60592373-54ee-4fc6-9b16-7f68ad270cb3 | 2022-08-10T23:51:42 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-city-light-proposes-rate-increase-residential-customers/281-60592373-54ee-4fc6-9b16-7f68ad270cb3 |
NAPLES, Fla. – An Old Naples resident is out anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 after falling victim to a gambling scam.
“If it’s too good to be true – it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” said Lt. Bryan McGinn with the Naples Police Department.
According to Naples PD records obtained by NBC2, a man reportedly placed tens of thousands of dollars worth of bets on this year’s “March Madness” basketball tournament – with a bookie.
The unnamed bookie said these bets were “guaranteed” and could “double your money.”
“They got them to basically give them money. By doing so you just did that – you essentially gave them money. It’s gonna be hard to prove, hard to investigate, that a he said she said event occurred,” said Lt. McGinn.
When looking to withdraw that money that was placed, the bookie was gone, along with the bets that were supposedly placed.
“I’m not sure how you’re betting with someone you don’t really trust … It’s kind of bizarre to me. You’re giving all this money to someone and he just runs away from you,” said J.T. Mooser, a casual sports bettor.
Naples Police say they do not know whether or not the scammer is still in the Naples area.
“Be cognizant of who you do business with, make sure you have all the proper entities, titles, taxes, insurance, and you’ll limit involvement in things like this,” said Lt. McGinn.
This investigation is ongoing. Count on NBC2 to continually update this story as more details develop. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/08/10/naples-man-scammed-out-of-thousands-in-gambling-hoax/ | 2022-08-10T23:52:14 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/08/10/naples-man-scammed-out-of-thousands-in-gambling-hoax/ |
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Philadelphia police released photos of a person investigators are looking to identify in connection to the shooting death of Joelill “Jaylill” Foy, a member of Philadelphia music group "Brotherly Love."
Foy, who once rubbed elbow with former President Barack Obama, was shot to death outside of his home on Wednesday, July 27. Investigators told NBC10 they struggled to come up with a suspect or motive – until Wednesday.
Philadelphia police released photos of a male suspect and a vehicle they're attempting to locate in reference to Foy's death.
The suspect was driving a 2014 Maserati Pennsylvania tag# LSB-8726, police said Wednesday.
Police said 26-year-old Foy was sitting on the front steps of his home on Sigel Street in South Philadelphia just before 7 p.m. when a gunman walked up and opened fire.
Foy was struck in the neck, investigators said, and he died at the hospital a short time later. The gunman fired at least seven shots.
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Loved ones of Foy remember him as a father with a golden voice. His cousin Jessica Curry told NBC10 his love for music started at an early age.
“We grew up as a musical family,” Curry said. “We did that for fun. We sung, we had talent shows. We were constantly performing, especially him. We also grew up in the church, so he was in church choirs, and then him and his brothers went off and formed a group.”
Foy, his two brothers, and two others, went on to form the music group Brotherly Love.
Brotherly Love performed for Obama in 2014 during a rally for Gov. Tom Wolf. Their talent had them rubbing elbows with A-list celebrities like Philadelphia’s own Kevin Hart.
The group’s former talent manager Charlie Mack released a statement Thursday night, which read in part, “I’m imploring everyone to please keep The Foy Family in your prayers as they travel this excruciating journey without their loved one. Jaylill was an amazing family man who filled his home with love, joy and indelible memories."
Police said no arrests have yet been made in the case.
Entering Wednesday, there were at least 337 homicides in Philadelphia this year, up 4% from the same time last year which was ultimately the deadliest in the city on record.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/photos-police-need-help-identifying-suspect-in-shooting-death-of-philly-singer/3331848/ | 2022-08-10T23:59:07 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/photos-police-need-help-identifying-suspect-in-shooting-death-of-philly-singer/3331848/ |
BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) – On Tuesday night, the Bristol, Virginia City Council approved an ordinance making it illegal to camp on city property. Meanwhile, downtown businesses and their employees have varying opinions on the ban.
The ordinance bans camping on sidewalks, alleys, or other public rights-of-way, and those in violation will face a Class 4 misdemeanor. Last month in Tennessee, a law was enacted making it a felony to camp on public property.
Kristopher Goins works at the Mini Corner Mart on State Street, but it wasn’t always that way. He struggled with homelessness.
“I lived under a bridge,” Goins said. “It was just under the bridge up here by the train station, and it was just a horrible experience. I had a fire but it was dead of winter.”
Goins said he struggled with sobriety, he applied to jobs without a birth certificate or even a photo ID.
“I would go to the library every day and put applications in online and walk up and down State Street,” he said.
Goins climbed his way out of homelessness, but there are still people in Bristol fighting their own battle.
Goins said he’s noticed a big increase in the homeless lately, especially since they make up about 50% of Corner Mart’s customer base.
“It is an issue that needs to be fixed quick or it’s going to get out of hand,” Goins said.
Goins, like so many other people working downtown, describes cleaning up trash from the homeless every morning when they come in. Karen Hester, owner of Cranberry Lane gift shop, said the same.
“It’s a very delicate situation you know and as a business owner I can’t afford for people to camp out on my front stoop,” Hester said.
So is the new ordinance the “fix” for this problem? Goins said he’s not sure.
“It’s a two-edged sword,” Goins said. “It’s going to keep the businesses and the people happy, but what’s it going to do in the long run? It’s just going to make them guys mad.”
Luckily, Goins said he is sober now. He just got his birth certificate recently, and he has a Social Security card on the way.
“It’s a struggle every day out there if you are homeless and got that mindset ‘I can’t find a job,'” Goins said. “It can be bad.”
Some council members said during Tuesday night’s meeting that it’s going to take a greater community effort to help the homeless long-term. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/following-public-camping-ban-bristol-man-shares-his-experience-with-homelessness/ | 2022-08-10T23:59:30 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/following-public-camping-ban-bristol-man-shares-his-experience-with-homelessness/ |
BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Police are investigating after a grandmother drowned in a creek at a park in Brownsburg on Wednesday.
Investigators said the grandmother was walking with her grandchildren at Arbuckle Acres Park located at 200 N. Green Street, when, for an unknown reason, she ended up in White Lick Creek.
The creek winds through the park and can be easily accessed on the park's paths.
Bystanders tried to help and attempted to give the woman CPR.
Medics continued attempting CPR, but were unable to revive her.
Police have not identified the woman or said if foul play is, or is not suspected.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/grandmother-dies-in-drowning-at-brownsburg-arbuckle-acres-park-white-lick-creek/531-8a3275d7-d61d-4316-8fd4-201fa6cb22ca | 2022-08-11T00:03:28 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/grandmother-dies-in-drowning-at-brownsburg-arbuckle-acres-park-white-lick-creek/531-8a3275d7-d61d-4316-8fd4-201fa6cb22ca |
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Emergency crews are responding to an explosion involving at least one house that reverberated across a neighborhood in Evansville, killing three people, according to media reports.
The Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office told WFIE-TV three people died in the explosion that occurred in the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue at about 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday.
The explosion had a 100-foot blast radius, Evansville Fire Chief Mike Connelly told the newspaper. The cause had not been determined.
A total of 39 houses were damaged in the explosion, firefighters said, including four which were destroyed. Fire officials told WFIE-TV in Evansville most of the houses in the surrounding area were unoccupied, except for pets, at the time of the explosion.
Aerial video posted on social media shows damage strewn in a residential neighborhood with numerous police and fire vehicles on the scene.
Jacki Baumgart, an office manager at Award World Trophies about 2 1/2 blocks from the site of the explosion, said she and other employees in their building panicked when they heard the blast.
“It was loud,” Baumgart said. “There was huge smoke.”
“We thought a tree fell on the building or a car ran into the place,” she said. “Debris from the ceiling came down."
She continued: "Everybody here immediately ran out of the building. We thought the building was going to come down.”
Officials say that most surrounding houses were unoccupied except for pets. A security camera at nearby ABK Tracking captured the explosion on video and shared it with WFIE.
This is a developing story. Check back for further updates. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/house-explosion-in-evansville-injures-at-least-2-indiana/531-5f243a16-770d-4707-a187-c7abdea5ef12 | 2022-08-11T00:03:34 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/house-explosion-in-evansville-injures-at-least-2-indiana/531-5f243a16-770d-4707-a187-c7abdea5ef12 |
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Airport Authority is trying to make traveling easier for everyone.
On Wednesday, officials gave a tour of the first phase of a three-year, $190 million project to enhance the runways at Indianapolis International Airport.
As part of the project, the existing concrete will be recycled into the new runway. The new runway will also use concrete that captures carbon dioxide, which will not only help the environment by reducing the airport's impact on global warming.
Airport officials said Indianapolis is the first airport in the country to use the new concrete.
An extra inch of concrete on the runway will also help it last longer, with a life cycle of 40 years instead of the current 20 years, the airport said.
"When people think about an airport, they think about the terminals, roadways, the parking garage, they barely think about the runways. The runways are critical to get from the ground to the sky safely and efficiently," said FAA regional administrator Elliot Black.
In addition to the concrete, the runway will include LED lighting and other sustainability improvements, including construction waste management, reusing water and other materials and reducing emissions and fuel by using onsite materials, the airport authority said.
The current phase of the project is expected to be completed in October. The final two phases will take place from April through October of the next two years. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-international-airport-runway-repaving-project-underway/531-e3b02a58-6816-4052-87d1-521721e02fc4 | 2022-08-11T00:03:40 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-international-airport-runway-repaving-project-underway/531-e3b02a58-6816-4052-87d1-521721e02fc4 |
KOKOMO, Ind. — Fire investigators are asking for help identifying a woman who may have information about a suspicious fire at a Kokomo apartment building.
Indiana State Fire Marshal investigators are sharing photos and a video of a woman who was at the Kokomo Manor Apartment complex in the 600 block of Elk Drive right before a fire was started there.
The apartment's staff reported smelling smoke just after 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8. Firefighters found evidence of a small fire on the second floor, but the fire had extinguished itself before they arrived.
Surveillance video showed a woman walk into the apartment and upstairs with something in her hand before the fire started.
In the video, she was wearing black jogging shorts with white trim, a black t-shirt, white shoes and glasses.
The woman left the scene in a red Dodge Caravan with a mismatched front rim on the passenger side and rear window stickers.
Investigators are asking anyone with information about the woman's identity or the fire to contact the Indiana arson hotline at 800-382-4628. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/investigators-seek-to-identify-woman-seen-at-kokomo-indiana-apartment-before-suspicous-fire/531-570397e7-ce0a-4866-99e2-a4259b91b56d | 2022-08-11T00:03:46 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/investigators-seek-to-identify-woman-seen-at-kokomo-indiana-apartment-before-suspicous-fire/531-570397e7-ce0a-4866-99e2-a4259b91b56d |
ANDERSON, Ind. — Although no decision has been made on seeking the death penalty in the shooting death of an Elwood police officer, the Madison County prosecutor has made a major step toward pursuing that penalty.
Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings on Wednesday told members of the Madison County Council that a death penalty case could cost up to $400,000, according to our partners at the Herald Bulletin.
Cummings asked the council for an additional $50,000 in the 2023 budget in anticipation of the filing of the death penalty against 42-year-old Carl Roy Web Boards II, the man charged with murder in the August 7 shooting of Elwood police officer Noah Shahnavaz.
Cummings said his office is meeting with the family of Shannavaz and a decision on seeking the death penalty could be made shortly.
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Bryan Williams, the chief public defender, told the council that if the prosecutor’s office files for the death penalty against Boards, he has to be represented by two attorneys that are death penalty certified.
He said that currently there are no attorneys in the county that have that certification and the county would have to hire an attorney from outside Madison County.
This, among other things necessary for the case, comes at a hefty price.
For reference, the last time Madison County took up a death penalty case was in 2005 at a cost of $300,000.
It was the case against Fred Baer, a man accused of killing a Lapel mother and her 7-year-old daughter in 2004. Baer was initially sentenced to death for the murders on June 9, 2005, but that sentence was overturned by an appeals court. He ultimately made a plea agreement of life imprisonment without parole for both murders in 2019.
In officer Shahnavaz's killing, Boards faces the charges of murder, resisting law enforcement and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
He's accused of killing Shahnavaz during a traffic stop on July 31, less than a year after he was released from parole for a 2006 incident where he fired at Indianapolis police officers.
Mike Kavanaugh, one of the officers who was fired upon, wrote a Facebook post decrying Boards' release last year.
"Officer SHAHVANAZ should still be alive. Boards should still be in prison," Kavanaugh wrote.
He explained he was frustrated because Boards was charged with attempted murder, but found not guilty. He also only served 13 of the 25 years he was sentenced to for the charges he was found guilty of.
Those charges include carrying a handgun without a license, possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, felony resisting law enforcement, possession of a controlled substance, and criminal recklessness. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/madison-county-prosecutor-requests-funds-to-pursue-death-penalty-in-elwood-officers-killing/531-a3265dce-92f1-4c25-a8de-ad983b3bd437 | 2022-08-11T00:03:52 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/madison-county-prosecutor-requests-funds-to-pursue-death-penalty-in-elwood-officers-killing/531-a3265dce-92f1-4c25-a8de-ad983b3bd437 |
MONROE COUNTY, Indiana — A heartfelt tradition continued Wednesday as the Monroe County Sheriff's Department escorted fallen Deputy James Driver’s daughter Lily to the bus for her first day of school.
Lily's dad died in the line of duty after a crash on State Road 45 on March 29, 2021.
While responding to an accident, a truck lost control and collided with his cruiser.
Driver, a native of England, was looking forward to becoming a U.S. citizen, becoming a full-time deputy and watching Lily, his princess, start kindergarten last year.
Last fall, officers lined the street in front of Lily's house and the bus stop for a special send-off to school. They also presented Lily with a teddy bear made from her dad's uniform.
A Monroe County dispatcher spearheaded that effort and got the bear through a nonprofit called Blue Line Bears. It was a pint-sized protector on this child's big day. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/police-join-fallen-deputys-daughter-for-sendoff-on-first-day-of-school-deputy-james-driver-lily-monroe-county-indiana/531-3b199c51-067c-4370-8eb1-69235e7ceeb9 | 2022-08-11T00:03:58 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/police-join-fallen-deputys-daughter-for-sendoff-on-first-day-of-school-deputy-james-driver-lily-monroe-county-indiana/531-3b199c51-067c-4370-8eb1-69235e7ceeb9 |
RICHMOND, Ind. — Indiana State Police confirmed a Richmond police officer and a suspect were both injured during an officer-involved shooting on Wednesday.
The shooting happened near 12th and C streets in Richmond, Indiana.
Both the officer and the suspect have been taken to an area hospital. At the time of publishing, ISP had not provided a condition update for the officer or the suspect.
13News has crews headed to the scene. We'll keep you updated in this story and continue our coverage on air. Check back for updates.
Within 30 minutes of ISP announcing the shooting, thoughts and prayers started to roll in on social media.
Among the messages, was a statement from North District IMPD that said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the Richmond Police Department and the officer who was shot on duty a short time ago. The status of the officer and details are unknown at this time."
This shooting comes less than two weeks after an Elwood police officer was shot and killed.
Officer Noah Shahnavaz was killed while conducting a traffic stop on July 31.
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According to Indiana State Police, Shahnavaz tried to stop a vehicle at SR37 and CR 1100 North in Madison County around 2 a.m.
Investigators say Carl Roy Webb Boards II got out of his vehicle and fired multiple rounds at Shahnavaz, striking him several times.
Boards has been charged with murder and is also facing charges of resisting law enforcement and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/richmond-indiana-police-officer-shot-suspect-shot/531-1904bac6-2f6a-4c1b-9cbd-f0c83a68a4cd | 2022-08-11T00:04:05 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/richmond-indiana-police-officer-shot-suspect-shot/531-1904bac6-2f6a-4c1b-9cbd-f0c83a68a4cd |
Casper-based homeless shelter Wyoming Rescue Mission last week opened a new Discipleship Recovery Center to house clients of its addiction treatment program.
The new center is located at the Rescue Mission’s north Casper campus at 320 N. Park Street, across from the organization's Park Street Center.
The organization is hosting a dedication and tour of the center's facilities at 9 a.m. Thursday
The Discipleship Recovery Center will house up to 40 men and 20 women in the "discipleship program," the mission’s one-year addiction treatment program for homeless people.
About 30% of people experiencing homelessness that the mission works with struggle with substance abuse, said Brad Hopkins, executive director of the Wyoming Rescue Mission.
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The new center nearly doubles the amount of people who can participate in the discipleship program at a time.
“We were basically at 32 beds prior,” Hopkins said.
Men and women in the program will live in two separate facilities on the same property. (The facilities don’t allow clients to bring children, Hopkins said.)
The center was designed to be a "home-like" environment, said Hopkins. People in the recovery program can cook and do their own laundry on-site.
“A healthy, supportive community is key to recovery,” he said.
The Recovery Discipleship program uses "Bible-based," 12-step curriculum, according to the Wyoming Rescue Mission's website. Enrollees take part in a series of educational courses and do volunteer work, in addition to undergoing addiction treatment and case management services.
The organization broke ground on the $3.3 million dollar center almost two years ago, Hopkins said. The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic delayed its completion.
It represents the second phase of a years-long campaign to grow the mission’s facilities.
The Rescue Mission’s Park Street Center, which provides meals and emergency shelter to homeless people, opened up about in 2018. That project cost about $6 million. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/wyoming-rescue-mission-opens-new-recovery-center-in-north-casper/article_2b945198-18ef-11ed-8153-3baf02c87237.html | 2022-08-11T00:16:32 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/wyoming-rescue-mission-opens-new-recovery-center-in-north-casper/article_2b945198-18ef-11ed-8153-3baf02c87237.html |
Authorities in Natrona County have arrested a man identified as a person of interest in an active double-homicide investigation, officials said Wednesday afternoon.
The man, Luke Thomas Young, was located roughly 16 hours after officers responded to the homicide, according to the Natrona County Sheriff's Office. Officers had warned the public Wednesday morning that Young may be considered armed and dangerous.
Young was arrested on an outstanding warrant from a different county, sheriff's spokesperson Kiera Grogan said.
Sheriff's deputies have been on scene since 11 p.m. Tuesday. Two people were found dead, and no other injuries have been reported, according to Grogan.
The Natrona County Coroner's Office identified the two people as Kameron Young Johnson, 27, and Acacia Colvin, 19, both of Casper. Autopsies for both have been scheduled.
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Earlier Wednesday, the sheriff's office said Young was last seen in the area of Ten Mile Road and Highway 20-26 west of Casper, and authorities suspected he might be traveling on foot.
The sheriff's office thanked the "many vigilant citizens" that reported pertinent information about the incident in a statement Wednesday afternoon.
He is the only suspect in the investigation, Grogan said. Young reportedly has warrants out for his arrest unrelated to this incident, from other counties possibly in the northern part of Wyoming, according to Grogan.
As part of the investigation, officers temporarily closed U.S. Highway 20/26 from Zero Road to Thirty Three Mile Road. The closure was lifted shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday.
On Wednesday morning, Natrona County School District said it would control access and have heightened awareness at all of its schools and buildings. Outdoor school activities will be limited, but summer school will occur as normal.
The sheriff's office also asked people in the area to secure their homes and cars.
Officers from the county's Special Response Team and Wyoming Highway Patrol were also on scene Wednesday morning.
Anyone with information is asked to contacted the sheriff's office at 235-9282. | https://trib.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/authorities-arrest-man-in-connection-to-double-homicide-investigation/article_9939009c-18f2-11ed-9574-9b1b83cd70b1.html | 2022-08-11T00:16:38 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/authorities-arrest-man-in-connection-to-double-homicide-investigation/article_9939009c-18f2-11ed-9574-9b1b83cd70b1.html |
Father of teen killed in car crash while on date sues Salem for $2.8 million
The father of a teen killed in a car crash is suing the city of Salem for $2.8 million for allegedly causing her death by failing to post proper speed signs, street lighting and signs warning of a stop sign at the intersection where she died.
Sara Schumann, 17, was on a date with Tristan Goodwin the night of Aug. 7, 2020, when he sped through a stop sign at Liberty Road S. and Mildred Lane SE. His Subaru Impreza crashed into an oncoming Saturn Ion.
Schumann, who lived minutes away with her family in South Salem, died at the scene.
One year after the crash, Goodwin, 20, was sentenced to three years in prison and his driver's license was permanently revoked after pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide and two counts of third-degree assault.
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Goodwin told police he was driving too fast and that he saw the stop sign and knew it was an intersection but didn't see any headlights, so he didn't stop, according to court records.
Mildred Lane had a posted speed limit sign of 35 miles per hour less than a mile from the Liberty Road intersection. Investigators determined Goodwin was driving more than 60 mph through the intersection.
Goodwin wasn't entirely to blame for Schumann's death, according to the lawsuit filed Aug. 4 by Schumann's father, Douglas Schumann.
Through his attorney, Schumann accused the city of negligently causing his daughter's death.
"The City of Salem knew or should have known the roadways and their intersection were unreasonably dangerous for the drivers and passengers of motor vehicles, given the nature and layout of the roadways, insufficient signage for motorists, lack of lighting along the roadways, vegetation that obstructed motorist view of the roadways, and the number of prior vehicle collisions at or near the roadways and the intersection," attorney Brady Mertz said in the complaint filed in Marion County Circuit Court.
The deadly crash in August 2020 was not the first collision at the intersection — it was a known hazard for drivers, Mertz alleged.
If the city had forced nearby property owners to maintain vegetation near the roadways, Goodwin's view of Liberty would not have been obstructed, according to the lawsuit. If speed signs and a warning for the stop sign ahead were posted on Mildred Lane, he might have had time to slow down and stop, the lawsuit said.
In a response to the lawsuit, city officials declined to comment on the allegations due to ongoing litigation.
"The City takes any loss of life very seriously and of course, our deepest sympathies go out to all of those that were involved in that tragedy," city spokesman John Winn said in a statement.
Reporter Whitney Woodworth covers city hall, economic development and business for the Statesman Journal. For questions, comments and news tips, email wmwoodworth@statesmanjournal.com, call 503-910-6616 or follow on Twitter @wmwoodworth | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/father-sara-schumann-sues-salem-oregon-negligence-deadly-2020-car-crash-tristan-goodwin-homicide/65398930007/ | 2022-08-11T00:23:23 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/father-sara-schumann-sues-salem-oregon-negligence-deadly-2020-car-crash-tristan-goodwin-homicide/65398930007/ |
KeizerFEST celebrates Keizer's 40th birthday
KeizerFEST is back, and this year's annual festival, which runs Thursday through Sunday, will celebrate Keizer's 40th birthday.
With the theme "Where Were You in '82?," the festival will be held at Keizer Rapids Park at 1900 Chemawa Road N.
This year's events
Highlights include a parade, 5K run, music, a cornhole tournament and farmers market as well as shows for cars, teen talent and pets.
The parade will be held along River Road on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. It will feature themed floats and marching bands. KeizerFEST is encouraging parade participants to run with this year's theme, even incorporating it into the music.
A list of events can be found on the Keizer Chamber of Commerce's website.
Kids will also have events to choose from, most notably a carnival. Tickets for rides will be available for purchase at the carnival.
Road closures
The Keizer Police Department will close River Road N. on Saturday at 9 a.m. for the parade from Plymouth Drive NE to Lockhaven Drive N. Detours will be in place for impacted areas. The road is expected to reopen around 12:30 p.m. The parade will end at the intersection of River Road and Glynbrook Street N.
Prior to the start of the parade at the parade's staging area, Lockhaven Drive N. will close at 6:30 a.m. to traffic between River Road N. and McClure St. N. Those traveling to the staging area should take Chemawa Road N. to Windsor Island Road N. then head eastbound on Lockhaven Drive.
Traffic will be allowed to periodically cross River Road at Chemawa Road prior to the parade's start. Signs advising of the street closures have been posted along River Road.
For information on KeizerFEST, email info@keizerchamber.com or visit the festival's Facebook page.
Dejania Oliver is the breaking news reporter for the Statesman Journal. Contact her at DAOliver@salem.gannett.com or follow on Twitter @DejaniaO. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/keizerfest-keizer-40th-birthday-salem-oregon/65398823007/ | 2022-08-11T00:23:29 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/keizerfest-keizer-40th-birthday-salem-oregon/65398823007/ |
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – When she’s not running her own business, one Brevard County native is paying it forward in the community she grew up in.
Marci Davis is a volunteer with the Cocoa Police Department, the head of a nonprofit and an operations manager of her church. Her role may change, but the mission is always the same — helping people.
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Giving her time through the police department’s Volunteer Citizen Observer Program, known as VCOP, Davis said she makes it her mission to regularly check on seniors and business owners throughout Cocoa.
She told News 6 she knows it means the world for many seniors just to see a smiling face.
“They smile, and they wave, ‘Hey, Ms. Marci, thanks for passing by,’” Davis said. “What I love most about working in the community is the contact that I have with people.”
VCOPS are trained volunteers who work alongside officers to assist with things like traffic control and patrol.
Her full-time job consists of bookkeeping and tax preparation through her business, MND Concepts. She also manages the operations at Celebration Tabernacle Church and two nearby plazas.
Born and raised in Cocoa, Davis loves getting results for her community.
“Sometimes, it’s something I may say that could make a great impact on someone, or they may have a need that I can help them with,” Davis said.
She also spends her free time running her nonprofit, Relief Center Brevard, which is aimed at mentoring teens and helping grieving families.
“Some of the kids in our church and in the community, I treat them like they’re my own kids. I talked to them just like they’re my own,” Davis said.
Cocoa Police Chief Evander Collier IV applauds Davis’ sacrifice and mission to help keep kids on track.
“Every time I see her, she always has a pleasant atmosphere about herself,” Collier said. “She does such a great job, and I’m very proud of her.”
Collier said she earned the award last year as VCOP of the Year because of her impact, commitment, and many would argue, her bright smile.
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MIDLAND, Texas — Midland City Councilwoman Robin Poole speaks about the improvements that are set to come to the Midland Airpark in the future.
"We’ve got a lot of things up our sleeves to really enhance Airpark with making it more visible to the community," she said. "Once I found this community I knew that Airpark would be something I’d want to work towards not only saving but improving."
As they get the ball rolling, they'll start with the fences, roadway and signs.
"Well we’ve already started some of those plans, we are working on fence redevelopment, entry road redevelopment that would really enhance the aesthetics and give proper signage so people know it’s there," said Poole.
With the flight traffic here, more hangars will also be built due to the high demand.
"We’re going to be doing an infrastructure project so that the infrastructure will be in place and people are able to come out and build their hangars there. Hangar spaces are in high demand at Airpark and now that we’ve decided to keep Airpark we can offer that," said Poole.
She believes this expansion will be great because of the location the Airpark is in, in Midland.
"Ultimately the area in and around Ai park could be just a real hub where people can come and fellowship together. It’s gonna be a perfect area for a community corridor with the college being over there, ClayDesta. It’s just a prime spot in our city that development could grow up and around and just bring in a whole lot more for our community to experience," Poole said.
August 27th, from 9am-2pm the City will hold 'Fly Into Fall' a free and interactive aviation experience for the public. There will be aircrafts, displays, local pilots, food and much more. For more information, click here. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/new-improvements-coming-to-midland-airpark/513-a96a4901-ee11-4c47-b689-8a2dcf402f57 | 2022-08-11T00:25:32 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/new-improvements-coming-to-midland-airpark/513-a96a4901-ee11-4c47-b689-8a2dcf402f57 |
BOISE, Idaho —
Idaho Youth Ranch took a step forward on Wednesday to recover after a fire at its main distribution center in Boise last month.
Crews have begun removing tons of damaged clothing and household items from the facility’s outside yard.
On July 18, a fire destroyed everything in the facility’s outside yard, and smoke damaged everything in the nearly 100 thousand square foot warehouse. All of the remaining items must be thrown away.
Jeff Myers Idaho Youth Ranch’s VP of marketing and communication said that the clean-up is an important milestone.
"This is both an exciting and a sad moment because we see the donations that people have invested in the Idaho Youth Ranch being hauled away," Myers said. "But at the same time, it's the first necessary step in the recovery, and so in the coming weeks they'll get all of this out and be able to begin making repairs and in a few months hopefully be able to be back operating in the warehouse."
Across town, workers are now sorting donated items at Idaho Youth Ranch’s new, temporary warehouse on State Street. Interfaith Sanctuary homeless shelter offered its future location for the youth ranch to use. The Idaho Youth Ranch is taking donations once again after they temporarily pausing after the fire.
Myers said having the temporary facility is crucial to carrying out their mission.
"In addition to the financial donations from our donors and the community, we rely on our stores to provide that leg of funding for our programs. Having this space helps get that leg of support for our programs much healthier,” Myers said.
The nonprofit also provides counseling and other services to at-risk kids and young adults around the state.
While fire investigators ruled out a few potential causes of the fire, including fireworks, battery failure, smoking ash, electrical problems, operating equipment and incendiary, they ultimately ruled the cause as undetermined.
Boise Fire Department said that they could not pinpoint the cause because of the amount of water used to extinguish the fire and because they had to remove debris and items from the area where the fire started.
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BOISE, Idaho —
This week’s Wednesday’s Child is a fun-loving boy with a lot of cool interests. His name is Zack, he is 11 years old and he’s looking for a new place to call home.
Zack loves sea life, so KTVB caught up with him at the Boise Aquarium.
“Zack really likes animals; he loves dogs and cats,” said Eileen Ursillo, Zack’s social worker. “He is also fascinated by sting rays. So, he likes to come to the aquarium to see the sting rays.”
The Boise Aquarium was the perfect place to meet up with Zack.
“Zack is 11, and he'll be going into 6th grade,” Ursillo said. “He is a very curious kid, he really enjoys archeology and dinosaur bones. He enjoys reading books, he really likes to draw, he is a Pokémon collector, he really is a fan of Pokémon.”
Zack enjoys cooking and baking and he said he makes really good Jell-O. There is so much about Zack and he has a wish list for his future family.
“He'd prefer two parents,” Ursillo said. “He really cracks up over dad jokes! He would really like a family that enjoys making YouTubes, because he likes to make YouTube videos. He is a sports lover so I think a family that is active and enjoys sports would be important for Zack.”
He is also hoping his new family will encourage his relationship with his little sister.
“Zack has a younger sister; his sister is also in foster care,” Ursillo said. “They have a connection and he'd really like a family that will support that continued connection with her and he would like to have some visits with her someday as well.”
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STOCKTON, Calif. — Chicken sandwiches, waffle fries and renewable energy are now being served up under a new pilot program unveiled Wednesday at Stockton's Chick-fil-A location.
Stockton's mayor and local business leaders gathered for a "green ribbon cutting" Wednesday introducing the restaurant's solar-powered microgrid system.
"Today is amazing," said Chick-fil-A Stockton's Owner-Operator April Farage after cutting the green ribbon. "It's just so awesome to be able to show off this technology finally to everybody that has worked hard to put it together and to showcase the team and all the efforts that they do."
The new microgrid, which Chick-fil-A officials say is the first of its kind at a quick-service restaurant in the U.S., consists of solar panels which cover the restaurant's parking lot and drive-thru areas, providing shade for cars and employees working outside.
The solar panels collect sunlight, which is converted into renewable energy that powers the restaurant and supplies backup generators.
"We have a lot of equipment that we run in our building; several fryers that make our amazing hand-breaded chicken and our waffle fries, we have freezers and coolers that require a large amount of energy," Farage said. "This new technology has been developed to help us with that and be able to do that in a smaller footprint over our parking arrays."
Farage says the grid will turn the restaurant into a safe haven during power shutoffs and outages.
"If the power goes out in Stockton, we'll be able to be fully functional and serve our community and keep our team here working until the power comes on," Farage said. "We're really excited about that to provide a safe haven for everyone."
Aside from providing electricity to the restaurant, the microgrid program will give restaurant managers and owners the power to keep track of energy usage.
Also keeping track of the program are officials from Chick-fil-A's corporate office, who are looking to expand the pilot project later in the year to include two other Chick-fil-A locations in the state.
"It gives April the opportunity to kind of peek into her dashboard and understand how much energy she is using so she can potentially make some behavior changes in the restaurant," said Stephanie Armistead, manager of Chick-fil-A's corporate sustainability department. "We're a very caring company and it's a terrific opportunity for April to continue to demonstrate how much she cares for her staff, her team members, her guests and the community of Stockton."
Since activating the grid, the restaurant says it has reduced carbon emissions by 68 metric tons and reduced its reliance on the community's power grid by 60%.
Farage says she hopes to reinvest funds saved by the program into team members and local nonprofits supported by her employees.
During the ribbon cutting Wednesday, a check for $30,000 was presented to Mim's Croner, a San Joaquin County nonprofit that helps homeless kids and families.
"It means a lot. One, just from being a good steward of our resources in the community, but also be able to save on our utility bills to be able to reinvest in our team," Farage said. "We're really proud to be great financial stewards so our team members can serve the community of Stockton every single day."
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BRIGANTINE — The first week of dredging St. George’s Thoroughfare hasn’t discouraged visitors from enjoying the Cove beach, as many still pulled their cars up to the water’s edge despite crews working only a few feet away.
Some, like Patrick Maginnis, watched as different colors of sand spewed from a black steel pipe that was part of the operation, finding it entertaining. Maginnis, of Norwood, Pennsylvania, was visiting with his friend and her two children. He drove his silver Jeep Grand Cherokee onto the sand, parking the vehicle feet from both the water and construction.
Maginnis has been a devoted Brigantine visitor since the 1960s, and the Cove is one of his favorite beaches.
“There’s a lot of action going on here,” he said of the Cove, famous for allowing permitted vehicles on the sand.
Twenty to 40 cars lined the beach Tuesday, some straddling a makeshift fence erected to keep the public away from the work zone.
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The dredging project, which started Monday, is a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operation. Work is expected to be finished by mid-September, officials have said.
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As part of the project, contractors are removing sand buildup to make a workspace for themselves, after which a barge will dredge the inlet, Mayor Vince Sera said.
So far, the project is on schedule. Sera said the project’s timing actually benefits the city as the late-summer start means beach crowd sizes are beginning to wane.
“Sports are starting back up, and some Pennsylvania schools are starting to go back,” Sera said.
Originally, city and other local lawmakers struggled to convince the state Department of Transportation to include the Brigantine project in its 2022 dredging lineup, with the DOT instead prioritizing it for next year. But things changed last month, and the city was notified DOT would fit the project in this year.
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The Cove would have needed to be closed for an entire summer for the job to happen, but DOT developed a strategy to close off only a section of it.
Dredging is being done at the beach’s far north section, near where the sand leads into the thoroughfare’s waters. Sediment buildup has made that portion along the Absecon Inlet too shallow, threatening boat access and public safety.
Sera previously said the area is shallow enough to where boat owners have lost the capability of using docks behind their homes because the channel is impassable.
“Most people understand we need the project,” Sera said. “They know that now is not the most convenient time, but they also understand that DOT has done everything they can to minimize the impact to the beaches.”
That understanding was evident Tuesday on the beach.
Kayla Harrell, of Atco, Camden County, and her friends sat reclined in their beach chairs, savoring the sun’s rays. Despite a brief rumble in the ground, Harrell forgot workers were about 50 feet from her setup.
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“It (dredging) doesn’t phase me,” Harrell said.
In the water, DOT’s plan has accommodated boaters passing through the thoroughfare.
Sera said he was initially informed that captains would have to radio a warning into the workers about their approach about 20 to 30 minutes before coming into contact with the equipment. That’s lessened to only a few minutes, making it easy to maneuver around the dredging.
“They’re pretty much on track, and they seem like they’re moving along pretty good,” Sera said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/beachgoers-not-bothered-by-start-of-brigantine-dredging-project/article_34e43290-18b3-11ed-96a9-9b834034387a.html | 2022-08-11T00:34:12 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/beachgoers-not-bothered-by-start-of-brigantine-dredging-project/article_34e43290-18b3-11ed-96a9-9b834034387a.html |
OCEAN CITY — The Police Department has been accepted to join the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project as a partner agency, the city said Wednesday.
ABLE was developed by Georgetown Law’s Innovative Policing Program to provide strategies and tactics for officers to prevent misconduct, reduce mistakes, and promote health and wellness, the city said in a news release.
Ocean City is the first ABLE-certified law enforcement agency in Cape May County and one of 17 certified agencies in the state, the city said.
“The people of Ocean City trust our officers to keep them safe, and we will always be committed to developing the best practices,” police Chief Jay Prettyman said. “Our acceptance as an ABLE Project partner is an honor, and I’m excited to support the continued growth of our men and women as professionals and public servants.”
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The city’s application was backed by letters of support from Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6650, American Legion Post 524 and Mayor Jay Gillian.
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ABLE believes it is the responsibility of every officer to prevent mistakes, prevent misconduct and promote their fellow officers’ health and well-being, according to the city. The Police Department has committed to the 10 ABLE standards and has certified instructors available to the department from within the agency as well as from surrounding agencies.
ABLE’s 10 standards are to reduce unnecessary harm to civilians; reduce unnecessary harm to officers; reduce risk of officers losing their jobs; reduce risk of lawsuits against the department, the city and individual officers; improve police/community relations; improve officer health and wellness; improve officer job satisfaction; and improve citizen satisfaction with their law enforcement agency.
The department will provide, at least annually, training to both full-time and seasonal officers emphasizing not only the legal duty to intervene but specific tools, skills and techniques for how to intervene, the city said.
“I’ve always been proud that our department is part of our community and not just a law enforcement agency,” Gillian said. “This program will help ensure that our officers have the tools to avoid harmful situations.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean-city-police-receive-certification-in-misconduct-prevention-program/article_c8554de6-1905-11ed-9f05-2769f03d8837.html | 2022-08-11T00:34:19 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean-city-police-receive-certification-in-misconduct-prevention-program/article_c8554de6-1905-11ed-9f05-2769f03d8837.html |
AUSTIN, Texas — It's been a very busy wildfire season in the state of Texas, as firefighters have fought nearly 8,000 fires and more than 600,000 acres have burned so far this year.
The Texas A&M Forest Service is not only using firefighters on the ground to fight the fires but also aircraft.
The Texas A&M Forest Service has mobilized more than 100 aircraft, including a DC-10 airtanker. It can drop more than 9,000 gallons within eight seconds.
It is stationed in Austin, and it's only one of four DC-10 airtankers in the country fighting fires.
The DC-10 and other aircraft are very important assets to help firefighters on the ground working to contain fires.
Inside the DC-10, which is a former airline aircraft, all the seats have been removed.
"It is because we take out all the weight … to lighten up the aircraft for aerial firefighting. It doesn’t have any of the overhead bins, it doesn’t have any of the seats. There’s nothing downstairs. It’s a pretty stripped-down model of what these aircraft looked like when they were operational in a 121 or an airline configuration," said DC-10 captain Matt Ringlein.
The Forest Service said it is glad to have the DC-10 as a resource, and that it will use it when needed as the busy wildfire season stretches on.
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DALLAS — Dallas residents will get to decide if they want a bigger convention center this November, as a resolution will be on the ballot to approve funding the expansion of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.
The special election, initiated by an ordinance passed by Dallas city council members during their Tuesday meeting, will also include funding for improvements to Fair Park.
Should the resolution be approved, the expansion and improvements will be funded through a 2% hotel occupancy tax increase, tax revenue raised by local hotels and motels in the city, as allowed by the Brimer Bill. The tax would increase from 13% to 15% and is paid by individuals renting hotel rooms in Dallas.
Councilmembers had previously voted in February to move forward on a plan regarding the downtown convention center, even possibly doing a total rebuild, with a potential total cost of up to $2 billion. The city previously said the move could double annual event attendance and yearly hotel stays.
A presentation from Rosa Fleming, the city's director of convention and event services, cited a host of issues with the existing convention center: operational challenges from dated facilities and systems plus a lack of storage space and walkability options between various event spaces in the center.
The city's current "patch-and-repair" approach to maintaining the convention center has totaled $500 to $700 million in costs over the years, the presentation said.
Fleming's presentation said developing a "world-class convention center" could boost economic growth and better connect the complex to the rest of downtown.
The convention center, at 650 S. Griffin St., first opened in 1957. It was used last year as an Emergency Intake Site for unaccompanied young minor teens. It housed up to 2,300 boys between 13 and 17.
The site came under some scrutiny last year due to the living conditions of the minors, who one staff member said were confined to one building and not allowed outside. It also acted as a site for overflow patients at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Dr. Priya Bui is sounding the alarm for every driver with kids as passengers. The extreme heat outside can be dangerous to children left in vehicle.
As a HSC Health pediatrician, Bui fears the worst-case scenario.
"Losing the child. But other than that, you can have organ damage, right? So, you can have things that affect your kidney, or your heart, or your brain that can happen from severe heat exhaustion or heat stroke," Bui said. "It's just going to take minutes for a child to start to overheat."
Bui's warning comes just days after Fort Worth police responded to the 3500 block of North Littlejohn Avenue. On Sunday, officers found five children, ages 1 to 6, inside a vehicle asleep or passed out with the engine running without A/C.
It's something medics see far too often in our area.
John Hamilton works as a MedStar operations supervisor in Fort Worth.
"Since the first part of May, we've had 14 children left in vehicles," Hamilton said. "Luckily, the outcome hasn't been as tragic as it could be, but still, that's 14 kids too many."
Hamilton also stressed it's not just adults leaving children behind by accident in some cases. Children are sometimes naturally curious, and leaving your car keys in reach can lead to an incident.
"It's important also not to let children have access to the vehicle, even when your home, to be able to unlock it. About one-third of the fatalities have occurred because that child has been able to access a vehicle and just doesn't know to get back out of it," said Hamilton.
In the latest case, Fort Worth officers put the children in their air-conditioned squad cars before paramedics took them to the hospital. Police later arrested their 29-year-old father, identified as Jose Leal, on five counts of abandonment-endangerment.
Texas ranks number one in the U.S. for hot car deaths involving children, according MedStar. Last year, 23 kids died in hot vehicles -- two of them were Texas children.
Bui stresses anyone around children should know how to identify heat-related illnesses.
"They're going to start sweating profusely. They might be actually crying or trying to show that they're uncomfortable. But eventually, they're going to get really drowsy and sleepy," said Bui.
For more information on the dangers of hot cars for children, click here to visit MedStar's website. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-pediatrician-on-kids-in-hot-cars/287-0dc77aa3-4422-4975-8f2f-a84e3d761f1a | 2022-08-11T00:47:27 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-pediatrician-on-kids-in-hot-cars/287-0dc77aa3-4422-4975-8f2f-a84e3d761f1a |
PHOENIX — Some 2,000 competitors from 35 countries are all competing in the World Hip Hop Dance Championship being held at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa in Phoenix.
“Hip Hop is just an adrenaline rush,” said Andrew Palma, coach of the RhythmiKidz Hip Hop dance team.
Every team qualified for the opportunity to be crowned the world’s best – including Gilbert’s own Elektro Kidz.
“It was really fun. It was a really good experience for us all. We’re all so proud of each other,” said Isabella Gonzalez.
There was a whole lot of locking and poppin' going on, and Arizona wasn’t stopping. The RhythmiKidz from Mesa put on a good show.
“It takes a lot of practice and a lot of time and a lot of hard work,” said Nathan Rule, a member of the eight-member team.
The ballroom at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa was filled with supporters and fellow Hip Hop dancers. It was one big dance party with teams cheering each other on. Sharing the same passion for the dance.
Elektro Kidz from Gilbert was able to move onto the semifinals. Unfortunately, Rhythmikidz was unable to move on.
“They went up there and represented well. They had so much power. They had so much attack, and they had the time of their lives,” said Palma.
“It was so much fun because it was our first time, and I just love it when I’m dancing with them,” said Rule.
The World Hip Hop Dance Championship is going on through August 13. For more information, visit their website.
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CHANDLER, Ariz. — The Chandler Police Department is investigating after a young boy was reportedly sexually assaulted after being lured away from a bus stop last month.
Police said the reported incident happened on July 29 between 7:15 and 7:30 a.m. near Warner and McQueen roads.
Authorities said the child told officers he was led away from the bus stop by a man driving a golf cart. The boy said the suspect took him to an apartment complex nearby and assaulted him.
The suspect is described as a White or Hispanic man with dark hair and dark eyes. The boy told police the man was riding a black golf cart and wore a blue or black-colored shirt with lettering on it with dark blue and black pants.
Police said they are aware maintenance workers ride in carts and wear similar clothing, and they are currently looking for leads unrelated to apartment complex staff.
If you have any information, you are asked to call Chandler police at 480-782-4165.
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The program shares unsolved felony case information in multiple ways, including TV, radio and social media.
Anyone who has information on a crime or recognizes a suspect described by the program is asked to call 480-948-6377, go to the program's website online or download the Silent Witness app to provide a tip. The identity of anyone who submits a tip is kept anonymous.
Calls to Silent Witness are answered 24/7 by a live person and submitted tips are accepted at all times. Submitted tips are then sent to the detective(s) in charge of the specific case.
Individuals who submit tips that lead to an arrest or indictment in the case can get a reward of up to $1,000.
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City mulls plans for spending millions in excess funds
The city of Wichita Falls has set aside nearly $18 million in excess money from its proposed 2022-2023 budget for special one-time uses. City councilors will consider these proposals as they work toward adopting a budget Sept. 6.
The total proposed budget is $233.8 million compared to the present-year budget of $195,449,875. The additional revenue comes largely from the increased value of property taxes (the actual tax rate would decrease by six cents per $100 valuation) and an increase in sales-tax revenue. Residential water bills would increase by nine percent because of rising costs.
Here’s the city staff’s wish list for using the excess money:
Stormwater fund: $5,667,472 for continued work on the Quail Creek, Duncan Channel and Rhea Road projects.
Multi-Purpose Events Center: $2,689,00 mostly for exhibit-hall remodeling projects and $100,000 to attract entertainment acts.
Street improvements: $2,000,000 to add to the usual annual budget of $2,500,000.
Sanitation fund: $1,929,287 for new landfill scale and compactor.
Public safety radio replacement: $1,416,250 to include funds previously set aside for the project.
Police in-car video: $800,000 for cameras in 115 police vehicles and a license-plate recognition system. WFPD would look for a grant to buy officer body cameras to complement the system.
Parks & Recreation: $725,000 for replacement of equipment at parks and library plus creation of a parks plan.
Contingency: $700,000 for other expenses that might arise.
Castaway Cove Water Park: $575,000 to add a new water slide.
Champions Golf Course: $516,867 to build an events pavilion, add lighting to the driving range and for irrigation and capital improvements.
Health Department remodeling: $350,000 for interior work and to meet ADA needs.
Police SWAT vehicle: $340,000 to replace aging vehicle with newer, improved model.
Public safety needs assessment: $200,000 to hire a firm to study the police and fire department buildings.
Jessica Williams, the city's finance director, stressed that the excess money may be used only for one-time purposes, not for ongoing expenses such as salaries. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/city-mulls-plans-for-spending-millions-in-excess-funds/65398800007/ | 2022-08-11T00:49:45 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/city-mulls-plans-for-spending-millions-in-excess-funds/65398800007/ |
Dollar General to open new store on Seymour Highway
An old structure known colloquially around Wichita Falls as the "spider building" is coming down to make room for a new Dollar General location.
According to Dollar General public relations, “We are currently finalizing our due diligence phase for a new Dollar General in Wichita Falls that would be located on Seymour Highway.”
Heavy machinery and construction crews were seen clearing property on Seymour Highway near Fairway earlier this week.
“Based on our current timeline, we anticipate to break ground in the coming weeks,“ according to Dollar General.
Two-alarm fire called at Dollar General on Southwest Parkway
According to previous Times Record News reports, one of Dollar General's Wichita Falls stores on Southwest Parkway closed because of a fire caused by propane tanks. In late July, they temporarily closed a store on Call Field Road due to maintenance issues. That store has since reopened.
Dollar General on Call Field temporarily closed
“This store will be a new Dollar General location and does not currently plan to replace any existing stores,” according to their public relations.
Dollar General has over 18,000 locations in 47 states. The company was founded in 1939, according to their website.
Dollar General is also building a new store in the 1100 block of East Scott Avenue, which is slated to open this fall. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/dollar-general-confirms-second-location-to-open-on-seymour-highway/65398478007/ | 2022-08-11T00:49:51 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/dollar-general-confirms-second-location-to-open-on-seymour-highway/65398478007/ |
Farmers Association picks new location for downtown market
The head of the Farmers Market Association said his group has decided on a new temporary location.
Association President Scott Poenitzsch said the group voted Monday night to pick 807 Austin Ave. as a location for the remainder of the season. He said the site will be temporary until a permanent one can be found.
The location is the site of OneLife Community Church and will be open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays through Oct. 22.
The market will hold a grand opening and Salsa Day Aug. 20.
The move comes after the 129-member vendors association got into a three-way squabble with the city and Downtown Wichita Falls Development (DWFD), a not-for-profit group, over representation and rental rates.
"It's got great parking, great access and we are so pleased to be where we're going," Poenitzsch said of the new location. He said vendors are excited.
"They looked at the property, they voted on the property and this was the No. 1 choice," he said.
Poenitzsch said the new lease will lower booth fees to the vendors.
Even though a new location has been chosen, Poenitzsch said the door is "wide open" to the City Council to continue a relationship. He said he has sent a letter to the city expressing the association's willingness to talk about staying at the present location in a city-owned building at 713 Ohio Ave.
He said he also sent a letter to DWFD expressing a willingness to talk, "but we are certainly going down this path."
The city leased the property to DWFD which in turn sublet it to the farmers' association. Poenitzsch said the association found new rent terms unacceptable and in the dispute that followed, DWFD terminated its arrangement with the association. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/farmers-association-picks-new-location-for-downtown-market/65399026007/ | 2022-08-11T00:49:57 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/farmers-association-picks-new-location-for-downtown-market/65399026007/ |
First likely Monkeypox case reported in Wichita County
The Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District has reported the first probable case of Monkeypox in Wichita County. In a press release from the city Wednesday, the Health District stressed there is no risk to the public at this time.
A probable case, as identified by the Texas Department of State Health Services, is "an individual who tested positive for an ortho-pox virus, and has exhibited symptoms, but has not had a confirmatory Monkeypox test," the city said.
The patient is a 51-year-old male Wichita County resident who developed symptoms and was tested for Monkeypox in Fort Worth. The patient is no longer symptomatic or infectious. The Health District is investigating to identify any contacts or exposures that may have occurred.
JYNNEOS (also known as Imvamune or Imvanex) is an attenuated live virus vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent monkeypox. The Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District does not currently have any of this vaccine. The state allocates the vaccine to areas of the highest need. JYNNEOS, at this time, is given to those individuals who have been in contact with a confirmed case of monkeypox.
The Health District emphasizes residents can take the necessary measures to protect themselves and prevent the spread of Monkeypox by doing the following:• Avoid contact with people with new or unknown rashes, lesions, or scabs. This contact can happenduring activities such as wrestling, cuddling, or sexual contact.• Avoid contact with any material, such as bedding, that has been in contact with a sick person.• Isolate infected persons from others who can be at risk for infection. For example, after consultingwith the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District, persons who do not require hospitalization for medical indications may be isolated at home using protective measures.• The home and other areas where an infected person spent significant time should be cleaned using an EPA-registered disinfectant. Cleaning methods such as disinfectant wipes, sprays, and mopping are preferred. Dry dusting and sweeping should be avoided, as these activities can spread infectious particles.• Practice good hand hygiene after contact with any human. Wash hands with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer when soap and water are unavailable.
The Health District will continue to monitor and respond to any Monkeypox cases in Wichita County and inform the public as the situation evolves. For more information on the Monkeypox visit the CDC’s website at: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/first-likely-monkeypox-case-reported-in-wichita-county/65399445007/ | 2022-08-11T00:50:03 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/first-likely-monkeypox-case-reported-in-wichita-county/65399445007/ |
Health district to extend hours for return to school
The Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District will extend hours to accommodate back-to-school immunizations.In addition to regularly scheduled clinic hours, the immunization clinic is offering extended hours as follows:• Thursday, Aug. 11 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.• Tuesday, Aug. 16 from 8 am to 11:30 am and 1 pm to 6:30 p.m.• Monday, Aug. 22 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1p.m. to 6:30 p.m.The COVID-19 vaccine will be available.A current shot record and insurance card is required for immunizations.Regular clinic hours are Monday through Thursday 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. and Fridayfrom 8 a.m. until 1p.m. The immunization clinic at 1700 Third St. may be reached at 940-761-6841 or at http://www.wichitafallstx.gov/349/Immunization-Services | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/health-district-to-extend-hours-for-return-to-school/65399206007/ | 2022-08-11T00:50:09 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/health-district-to-extend-hours-for-return-to-school/65399206007/ |
New WFISD superintendent to answer questions on Facebook Live
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Wichita Falls ISD Superintendent Donny Lee will answer your questions during a Facebook Live event at 6 p.m. Thursday.
The event is designed to help community members get to know the new superintendent better and to get some of their questions answered and create open communication, according to a Facebook post.
Officials are requesting community members submit their questions in advance to WFISD Communications Officer Ashley Thomas at athomas@wfisd.net.
The new superintendent will do his best to answer every question, according to the post Monday on WFISD's Facebook page. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/superintendent-donny-lee-to-have-facebook-live/65396731007/ | 2022-08-11T00:50:15 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/superintendent-donny-lee-to-have-facebook-live/65396731007/ |
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