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Hattiesburg Zoo: Giraffe isn't pregnant, staff is 'grieving for a baby that wasn't there'
Sue Ellen, Hattiesburg Zoo's reticulated giraffe won't be having a baby after all, zoo officials said Wednesday.
"Sue Ellen has experienced a pseudopregnancy resulting in no calf," the zoo said in a news release.
Sue Ellen and her daughter Alberta came to the zoo in April 2021 and made their public debut in May that year.
The pair came from the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center's wildlife conservation program. The Hattiesburg Zoo also participates in animal conservation.
In December, Sue Ellen began to gain weight. A month later, zookeepers noted mammary development — a common sign of pregnancy.
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Results from testing done in March showed an elevated level of the hormone progesterone, another indicator of pregnancy.
“Through the testing process with Sue Ellen, we have been able to contribute to research that is being done to better test for pregnancy in giraffes,” said Jeremy Cumpton, director of Conservation, Education and Wildlife at the zoo. “There is some comfort that comes from knowing our experience will help other zoos better understand and manage pseudopregnancy.”
The gestation period of a giraffe is roughly 15 months, so zookeepers began to watch and wait.
"After Sue Ellen’s due date passed, and extra time was taken into account because her previous pregnancy was long, the animal care team ran another pregnancy test, which came back with a negative pregnancy report," zoo officials said.
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An ultrasound was not run when the zoo first learned Sue Ellen was pregnant, "because they are often inconclusive and can be very stressful to the mother, which can lead to other complications," the zoo said. "Upon receiving the negative test result at the end of July, a decision was made to move forward with an ultrasound as a means of assurance along with other testing. These results when combined with the negative pregnancy test point toward a pseudopregnancy."
Zoo officials were disappointed in the news.
“This is a difficult time for our animal care staff,” said Kristen Moore, animal curator for the Hattiesburg Zoo. “Essentially we are grieving for a baby that wasn’t there, and though this is not an unprecedented situation, our team is experiencing some sadness."
A pseudopregnancy is a condition that resembles pregnancy, but there is no fetus incubating in the uterus despite showing symptoms of a real pregnancy, zoo officials said. Pseudopregnancies happen across many species, including humans.
During the time Sue Ellen was believed to be pregnant, she and Alberta were separated since the mother wanted Alberta to nurse. Alberta and Sue Ellen were still allowed to see each other without physical contact.
Sue Ellen is doing fine as she comes out of her pseudopregnancy and will be on exhibit again with Alberta later in the week. Giraffe feedings will resume in the fall.
“We love Sue Ellen and are happy that she is naturally cycling out of the pseudopregnancy and is doing well,” Moore said.
Up close and personal:Hattiesburg Zoo visitors feed Sue Ellen the giraffe
Zoo officials were assisted by a team of veterinarians and animal experts including, veterinarians Drs. Scott Rosenbloom and Sean Perry; Michelle Hatwood, general curator with Audubon Species Survival Center; Dr. Liza Dadone, giraffe medicine and conservation specialist with Cheyenne Mountain Zoo; and Rodrigo Salvador Garces Torres, associate veterinarian, Audubon Species Survival Center.
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Richmond-based CarLotz plans to close more locations as part of its planned merger with a San Francisco-based e-commerce company.
CarLotz, which sells used vehicles on consignment, plans to close seven inventory inspection, reconditioning and storage facilities — which it calls hubs — as part of a strategic review of the business, according to regulatory filings.
The closings will take place during the third and fourth quarters and will reduce CarLotz’s workforce by 60%, the Security and Exchange Commission filing said.
CarLotz announced late Tuesday it plans to merge in a stock-for-stock deal with Shift Technologies Inc. The combined company’s headquarters will be based in San Francisco. The deal, which is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter, would need approval from shareholders of both companies.
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Shift said in a release that it plans to consolidate the merged operations around its most efficient, online-centric fulfillment channel, and the company is adjusting its physical footprint and headcount accordingly.
That means CarLotz hub locations will close in Seattle; San Diego; Sacramento, Calif.; Austin, Texas; Houston; San Antonio; and Dallas.
As a result of the workforce reduction and hub closures, the company expects to incur a one-time severance cost of approximately $2.4 million, and a one-time non-cash charge of $11.5 million to $14.5 million associated with the impairment of lease assets and associated fixed assets, according to the regulatory filings.
The planned closures come less than two months after CarLotz said it would close 11 of its 22 hub locations as part of a “strategic review of the business.” Those closures were expected to be complete by July 8, saving about $12 million, the company said in June.
The company started in 2011 with one store off Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield County. A year later, it opened its second store off West Broad Street in Henrico County.
CarLotz, which has its headquarters in Scott’s Addition, became a publicly traded company in January 2021. | https://richmond.com/business/local/carlotz-merger-will-result-in-workforce-reduction-and-closure-of-hubs/article_e88ffa60-0b05-5187-ad63-c7bce4e042bd.html | 2022-08-11T00:53:19 | 1 | https://richmond.com/business/local/carlotz-merger-will-result-in-workforce-reduction-and-closure-of-hubs/article_e88ffa60-0b05-5187-ad63-c7bce4e042bd.html |
COPPERAS COVE, Texas — The video above and below are from previous segments on Belton rebuilding after fire in the area.
A house fire in Copperas Cove left one person dead and six others removed from their homes, out of those six are three pets, according to Copperas Cove Fire Department.
Around 7:08 a.m. last Friday, the fire was reportedly coming from the 100 block of January Street in Copperas Cove.
Two residents were said to be upstairs in the home when firefighters arrived to smoke coming from the upstairs portion of the home. Mutual Aid assistance was immediately requested from Fort Hood Fire Department for a Fire Engine and Fort Hood EMS for one ambulance, as stated by authorities.
Firefighters were able to get one person from out of an upstairs window with help from a neighbor and law enforcement. Responding firefighters eventually found the other resident in the home unconscious, as reported by CCFD.
The resident was taken to AdventHealth where they were pronounced dead, according to Copperas Cove fire Department. The other resident who exited out of the window was also transported to AdventHealth for further evaluation.
About 30 minutes after firefighters arrived, CCFD says the fire was declared under control.
The residence sustained heavy flame and smoke damage to the entire upstairs portion of the home.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the Fire Marshal’s office.
More on KCENtv.com: | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/copperas-cove-fire-one-dead-six-without-a-home/500-e0d2005b-257f-49d2-869c-0addf3b6c3a4 | 2022-08-11T00:53:54 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/copperas-cove-fire-one-dead-six-without-a-home/500-e0d2005b-257f-49d2-869c-0addf3b6c3a4 |
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. – A 41-year-old man is dead after a crash in Alleghany County, according to the Virginia State Police.
On Wednesday around 9:45 a.m., police said a Chevrolet pickup was traveling north on Route 629 near Whispering Circle when it ran off the left side of the road and hit a tree.
Police said they identified the driver of the truck as 41-year-old Ricky Poore of Roanoke, Va.
Poore was not wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash, according to police.
VSP said the crash is still under investigation. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/41-year-old-man-dead-after-crash-in-alleghany-county/ | 2022-08-11T00:54:04 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/41-year-old-man-dead-after-crash-in-alleghany-county/ |
AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – Amherst County leaders want to review their Public Safety Department to see how they can be better prepared for any situation.
Virginia’s Fire Services Board would evaluate the county’s resources, personnel, and organization.
Amherst County administrator Dean Rodgers said the last study was conducted in 2013, and a lot of those recommendations are still relevant today.
Rodgers said their biggest challenge is staffing. They have enough firefighters, but more volunteers are always needed. While EMS currently has 18 careered employees – they need 27 staff members.
“If we can get volunteers to help and draw on [people] that are public-service minded, who want to make a difference in their community; this is how they can do it,” Rodgers said.
The study would help them identify what training and incentives they need to offer in order to get more volunteers.
The review could take several months to complete. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/amherst-county-looks-to-conduct-study-address-concerns-over-fire-ems-services/ | 2022-08-11T00:54:10 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/amherst-county-looks-to-conduct-study-address-concerns-over-fire-ems-services/ |
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – A man has been charged with abduction, sexual assault and other charges after an incident involving a female mail carrier, according to the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities said that Jerry Orange Jr., 45, was arrested on Aug. 8 in connection to an incident that happened on Aug. 2.
Police said Orange has been charged with the following:
- Abduction
- Stalking
- Simple assault
- Sexual assault
Orange is being held at Botetourt County Jail without bond and the case is still under investigation, according to the sheriff’s office. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/botetourt-county-man-charged-with-abduction-sexual-assault-of-mail-carrier/ | 2022-08-11T00:54:16 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/botetourt-county-man-charged-with-abduction-sexual-assault-of-mail-carrier/ |
DANVILLE, Va. – A new casino-entertainment center is coming to Danville soon.
On Wednesday, Caesars Entertainment Inc. and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians announced their partnership in the development of the center, Caesars Virginia, and their construction officially begins this week.
The project cost about $650 million, and according to the release, it will hopefully bring more people to the area, acting as a tourism engine and economic driver to the area.
Caesars in Danville will have 500 hotel rooms, a world-class casino gaming floor, a WSOP poker room, and a Caesars Sportsbook, the release said.
According to the release, their gaming floor will offer over 1,300 slots, 85 live table games, and 24 electronic games.
Not only that, but the release said the resort will also offer a spa, pool, bars, and restaurants, with a 2,500-seat live entertainment theatre with 40,000 square feet of meeting and convention space.
The project will also provide many employment opportunities – the facility will create thousands of construction and operational jobs, according to the release.
Leaders said they are excited to see the construction set in motion.
“We are excited to build a world-class Caesars resort in Danville with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a valued partner of Caesars Entertainment for more than 20 years,” said Anthony Carano, President and Chief Operating Officer for Caesars Entertainment. “Caesars’ diverse collection of destinations across the U.S. is synonymous with unparalleled service, impressive benefits through our Caesars Rewards loyalty program, superstar entertainment talent, and culinary excellence. We will bring these same phenomenal offerings to the Danville region for people to enjoy.”
The release said that the project will be completed in 2024. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/danvilles-650-million-casino-resort-construction-begins/ | 2022-08-11T00:54:22 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/danvilles-650-million-casino-resort-construction-begins/ |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Today, 10 News is helping this fluffy feline find her purrfect family.
Earthsea has been at the Lynchburg Humane Society and has spent most of her kitty life at the shelter – she’s been there for over 400 days just waiting on a perfect match.
She’s one year old, sweet, and well-mannered – not to mention just about as fluffy as they come.
This girl is unique, and we aren’t just talking about her beautiful coat and personality.
Earthsea has feline leukemia, otherwise known as Felv+. Don’t be worried, though – Earthsea can live a long, happy life, she just has a weak immune system.
Having the condition also means that Earthsea is looking for a cat-free home, unless your cats have feline leukemia, too.
If you think that Earthsea would be a purrfect fit in your home, you can apply or learn more here. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/earthsea-is-a-fluffy-feline-waiting-for-her-perfect-match/ | 2022-08-11T00:54:28 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/earthsea-is-a-fluffy-feline-waiting-for-her-perfect-match/ |
A former Rocky Mount police officer who pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer deserves to avoid a prison sentence for his cooperation and trial testimony against the other officer, federal prosecutors argued in a court filing Tuesday.
Justice Department prosecutors recommended six months of probation along with a period of home detention or “community confinement” for former Rocky Mount police officer Jacob Fracker. He pleaded guilty to a felony charge that he conspired with a former colleague, Thomas Robertson, to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Prosecutors have recommended an eight-year prison sentence for Robertson, who was convicted by a jury of attacking the Capitol to obstruct Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021.
Robertson is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday and Fracker, next Tuesday.
Sentencing guidelines calculated by the court’s probation department recommend Fracker receive a term of imprisonment ranging from 15 to 21 months. His lawyer requested a sentence of house arrest, probation and community service.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper isn’t bound by any of the recommendations when he sentences Robertson and Fracker.
Fracker was scheduled to be tried alongside Robertson before he pleaded guilty in March. He described Robertson as his mentor and a father figure.
Prosecutors said they wouldn’t have known that Robertson destroyed two cell phones containing incriminating videos and photos taken on Jan. 6 without Fracker’s “fulsome” cooperation.
“In addition, Fracker’s testimony substantially helped establish Robertson’s corrupt intent to obstruct the proceeding,” prosecutors wrote. “Prior to Fracker’s cooperation, the evidence of Robertson’s intent relied on his social media postings, which Robertson sought to discount as online bragging.”
Fracker testified at Robertson’s trial that he initially believed that he was merely trespassing when he entered the Capitol building. But he ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiring with Robertson to obstruct Congress.
Under cross-examination by one of Robertson’s lawyers, Fracker said he didn’t have a “verbal agreement” with anybody to obstruct the joint session of Congress. Fracker said he believed everybody in the mob “pretty much had the same goal” and didn’t need for it to be “said out loud.”
Robertson didn’t testify at his trial before a jury convicted him in April of all six counts in his indictment, including charges that he interfered with police officers at the Capitol and that he entered a restricted area with a dangerous weapon, a large wooden stick.
If an eight-year prison sentence were to be handed Robertson, it would be the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. The lengthiest so far is seven years and three months for Guy Reffitt, a Texas man who attacked the Capitol while armed with a holstered handgun.
Robertson traveled to Washington, D.C., on the morning of Jan. 6 with Fracker and a third man, a neighbor. They donned gas masks as they approached the Capitol and joined the mob of rioters.
Fracker said he and Robertson both believed the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from former President Donald Trump.
The town fired Robertson and Fracker after the riot. Rocky Mount is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Roanoke and has roughly 5,000 residents. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/feds-ask-for-probation-for-former-rocky-mount-police-officer-jacob-fracker-who-stormed-capitol/ | 2022-08-11T00:54:34 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/feds-ask-for-probation-for-former-rocky-mount-police-officer-jacob-fracker-who-stormed-capitol/ |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty University has hired an executive search firm that will lead a nationwide search to find the university’s next president.
CarterBaldwin, an Atlanta-based company known as a leading provider of executive search services, has been repeatedly listed among America’s top 40 executive search firms, according to a release from the university.
Search committee chairman Gilbert “Bud” Tinney says the move will help them optimize outside resources and find a president that is best suited for the university.
“During this season of institutional transition, Liberty University has benefited tremendously from a combination of stabilizing leaders with vast institutional experience and some of the nation’s best outside experts,” says Tinney. “The selection of CarterBaldwin demonstrates clearly Liberty’s ongoing commitment to excellence and its determination to work with the absolute best advisors to find the right individual to lead Liberty University into its next 50 years.”
The university’s current and interim President, Jerry Prevo, was hired in Aug. 2020 after the university announced that former President Jerry Falwell Jr. would be taking an indefinite leave of absence.
In the press release, the university praised Prevo for his uncompromising commitment to supporting the university’s Christian mission and for his ability to lead with excellence.
Before serving as the university president, Prevo chaired the Board of Trustees of Liberty University for several years as well.
“President Prevo has been a gift from God and exactly what Liberty needed over these transitional years. He has positioned Liberty well for the future,” said Board Chairman Tim Lee who also led the selection of the Board’s search committee members. “Liberty University will always be indebted to President Prevo for stepping out of retirement for these three years to serve Liberty tirelessly and sacrificially. His exceptional work will ensure a good start for our next leader and his own contribution to Liberty University will be remembered, and celebrated, for generations.”
The university said it plans to release a full position profile in mid-September as it starts the official process of reviewing potential candidates.
The search committee of the Board of Trustees hopes to have a new university president selected before the 2023-24 academic year. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/liberty-university-hires-executive-search-firm-to-find-next-president/ | 2022-08-11T00:54:40 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/liberty-university-hires-executive-search-firm-to-find-next-president/ |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Part of Lakeside Drive in Lynchburg is closed, according to Lynchburg DES.
Officials said part of the road is closed due to an accident involving power lines.
Drivers have been asked to avoid the 2600 block of Lakeside Drive between Billy Craft and Sheetz. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/part-of-lakeside-drive-in-lynchburg-closed-due-to-accident-involving-power-lines/ | 2022-08-11T00:54:47 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/part-of-lakeside-drive-in-lynchburg-closed-due-to-accident-involving-power-lines/ |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Virginia Congressman Ben Cline visited Lynchburg Wednesday to assess the damage at the Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center.
The facility was vandalized in June following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade.
The Republican Congressman, who represents Virginia’s 6th District, said that since Congress is currently in recess, he has the opportunity to visit and lend his support.
“Political violence in all its forms is unacceptable, and we have to stand strong against it and stand behind facilities like this and the great work that they do,” said Cline.
Lynchburg police are still searching for four suspects caught on surveillance video. The FBI is also helping with the investigation. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/rep-ben-cline-visits-lynchburgs-blue-ridge-pregnancy-center/ | 2022-08-11T00:54:53 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/rep-ben-cline-visits-lynchburgs-blue-ridge-pregnancy-center/ |
Roanoke, VA – During their meeting today, the Roanoke City Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously approved the two special exception applications concerning the controversial Crystal Springs hotel.
The exceptions include both the construction of the hotel itself, as well as the proposed bar and restaurant accompanying it.
This decision comes after several months of concern from neighbors over parking and disruptions to the area.
Owner and developer Rudy van Thiel tried to ease concerns during a neighborhood meeting last month and said he will continue to work with residents as the hotel is built.
“Will someone park wrong? Yes, it will happen,” van Thiel said. “Will we help if a neighbor comes and asks if somebody can move the cars? Of course, we will because we want to stay friends with the neighbors.”
Construction is set to begin next year, with a tentative opening sometime in 2024. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/roanoke-city-leaders-unanimously-approve-plans-for-crystal-spring-hotel/ | 2022-08-11T00:54:59 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/roanoke-city-leaders-unanimously-approve-plans-for-crystal-spring-hotel/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Many school districts are making final safety preparations to welcome your kids back to the classroom.
T.J. Slaughter, the Director of School Safety for the Martinsville School Division, recently informed city leaders about how they are keeping students safe.
One of those safety additions is a gunshot detection system.
“When gunfire is detected, a text message is sent to our 911 center and local law enforcement,” Slaughter said.
Slaughter said Martinsville school leaders are working with local law enforcement to ensure school resource officers are prepared to handle an active shooting event.
Leaders also bought window armor designed to protect students and faculty from gunfire. It’s made of ten-gauge steel and locks in place.
“That would take numerous rounds to get through that,” Slaughter said.
And they aren’t the only ones putting safety first this year. Henry County, Pulaski County, Amherst County, Bedford County, and Franklin County schools are all making changes to ensure their students and teachers are safe while roaming the halls.
All hands are on deck at Henry County – leaders said they have SROs at the middle and high schools, and that the public must go through an extra set of doors before accessing the school.
“If you enter our schools, we have double doorways. Many people call it a fishbowl area that ensures that anyone who enters our building is waiting to enter,” Monica Hatchett with Henry County Schools said.
In Pulaski County, leaders have worked with law enforcement and emergency management to have plans in place in case there’s an active shooter.
“Our administrators do a great job of evaluating and training their teachers on our response,” Dr. Kevin Siers, Pulaski County Schools Superintendent, said.
You can find an entire list of back-to-school dates here. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/school-districts-prioritize-safety-as-students-get-ready-for-school/ | 2022-08-11T00:55:05 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/school-districts-prioritize-safety-as-students-get-ready-for-school/ |
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – It looked a lot like Christmas this summer at America’s resort – filming on a Hallmark movie just wrapped up at the Greenbrier.
Filming for the movie began in mid-July and ended in early August, according to the Greenbrier’s Facebook, and compensation was stated to be volunteer-only.
Posted by The Greenbrier on Friday, July 15, 2022
Staff members at the resort were not able to say much about the production, but the Greenbrier County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau said that there’s been increased excitement from visitors.
“I think it definitely brings people here, especially anytime we are in that national spotlight. I think people have a sense of curiosity. There’s so much going on within this county that, you know, you can come ... come for one thing and stay for many,” said Valerie Pritt, Communications Manager for the Greenbrier County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Many other people also said the resort served as the ideal backdrop for this type of project.
Local businesses also hope this brings more opportunities to the area.
You can view more pictures of the Greenbrier decorated for the filming below.
Posted by The Greenbrier on Friday, July 15, 2022 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/was-that-santa-hallmark-movie-filming-wraps-up-at-the-greenbrier/ | 2022-08-11T00:55:12 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/was-that-santa-hallmark-movie-filming-wraps-up-at-the-greenbrier/ |
Some children in Southwest Virginia are already heading back to the classroom, but if you are still working on shopping for supplies, don’t worry. There are still great ways to save money before the school year.
According to Consumer Reports, prices on some products are still just as low or even lower than they were a few weeks ago. This is good news for last-minute shoppers.
CR always recommends shopping with a plan. If you set a budget before you go to the stores, you can figure out how much you can spend on various items on your list and you will avoid impulse purchases.
Electronics are popular during the back-to-school season, but as we all know, they can be expensive. Consumer Reports suggests buying refurbished electronics, rather than splurging on brand-new ones.
Samantha Gordon, the Deals Editor at Consumer Reports says, “As long as they are from a reputable dealer, whether it is from Amazon as a reseller or the manufacturer themselves, you can also look at previous year models. That item that came out in 2020 that might not be as brand new as the 2022 version is still going to perform really well.”
Gordon also advises that you compare prices before you buy. A few minutes of searching online can help you make sure you are getting the best possible deal.
CR also recommends spreading out your shopping to save money.
Most shoppers will look to major retailers like Amazon, Target and Walmart, but these are not your only options. Good places to find discounted school supplies are the dollar stores, office supply stores and wholesale retailers. You might be able to save money by buying different items at different stores.
If you notice that something has gone on sale after you bought it, you still might be able to get some of your money back.
“A lot of retailers have policies in place for this. So, if you reach out to customer services and you can give them your receipt or your shopping order, if you bought it online, they might refund you that partial difference,” Gordon says. “So you can get money back even though you have already made the purchase. So it is a good idea to keep an eye out for those items after you bought them to see if the prices drop.”
You can also benefit from waiting to shop. Don’t feel pressured to get every single item on your child’s supply list before the first day of school. It’s best to ask the teachers which items are needed right away, then purchase the remaining supplies later. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/ways-to-save-on-back-to-school-shopping/ | 2022-08-11T00:55:18 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/ways-to-save-on-back-to-school-shopping/ |
CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. – A woman has been arrested after assaulting a deputy in Campbell County, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office said.
On Saturday, a deputy responded to a welfare check of a female who was sleeping in a vehicle in the parking lot of a Dollar General located at 12283 Wards Road, according to authorities.
Authorities identified the woman as Faith Thompson, who they said appeared to be passed out in the vehicle.
When a deputy made contact with Thompson, she told the deputy she would slap her, according to the authorities.
The Sheriff said that as the deputy stood near the vehicle’s door, Thompson reached from inside the vehicle and slapped the deputy on her face.
The deputy then attempted to take Thompson into custody but authorities said that the deputy was kicked and struck several times in the process.
When the deputy got Thompson out of the vehicle, a Dollar General employee and another unknown person stepped in to help the deputy take Thompson into custody successfully, according to the Sheriff.
Authorities said that Thompson has been charged with the following:
- Assault and battery on a law enforcement officer,
- Obstruction of justice,
- Driving under the influence of drugs.
The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office extended their thanks to those two people that helped the deputy during the incident. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/woman-arrested-after-slapping-kicking-deputy/ | 2022-08-11T00:55:24 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/woman-arrested-after-slapping-kicking-deputy/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – A local organization just received a grant to aid in the fight against substance abuse.
The Roanoke Valley Collective Response was awarded $1.4 million and will use the money to develop a peer recovery network for substance abuse.
The award comes from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration and will support them in the development of the network over the next four years.
The proposed project will allow trained people who have struggled with substance abuse to work alongside first responders across the Roanoke Valley.
”Quite frankly, we’re asking law enforcement and EMTs to be mental health counselors, and that’s not their jobs,” the director of Roanoke Valley Collective Response Niles Comer said. “This grant is really here to lower to overdose mortality rate while simultaneously providing a service to law enforcement and first responders.”
The hope is that this new program will assist with reducing barriers to accessing treatment, along with introducing individuals into the spectrum of recovery. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/11/grant-to-combat-addiction-in-the-roanoke-valley/ | 2022-08-11T00:55:30 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/11/grant-to-combat-addiction-in-the-roanoke-valley/ |
The National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are looking for the person or people responsible for destroying at least one protected shorebird egg off Breezy Point in Queens, N.Y. -- offering up to $5,000 to anyone who may have information on the incidents.
"Our reaction is one of anger and disgust. Small-minded cowards, who like to hide in the shadows, commit such heinous acts. But with that, the message is now clear," said Chris Allieri, founder of the NYC Plover Project, to NBC New York.
Allieri is a Brooklyn resident who last year launched the nonprofit NYC Plover Project, a New York City organization run by volunteers carefully patrolling the dunes to protect its endangered residents. Since then, the volunteer group grew to 75 members and plans to double its force next year, according to Allieri.
Since May of this year, a number of instances have occurred across the boroughs and Long Island where eggs, nests and exclosures were damaged. One piping plover was found dead off Beach 47 in Arverne, Queens on May 15.
The most recent case was on July 6 at 6:00 P.M. when wrecked American oystercatcher eggs were discovered at Rockaway Point, New York. The exact day and time of the happening remain unknown.
Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, penalties are $15,000 and/or up to six months imprisonment per each oystercatcher egg taken. For piping plover destruction, the fines are even higher at $25,000 with the same terms of imprisonment.
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New York City and Long Island are home to migratory birds, such as the piping plover and American oystercatcher. The first is considered an endangered species in New York state and threatened on a federal level, according to the NYC Parks Dept, while the latter is protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
In spring, these two species arrive at the breeding grounds in New York and stay up until late summer before migrating south for the winter.
"These incidents only make us stronger, bolder and more committed. We will continue to find ways to work with schools and kids on the peninsula to help spread the message, but we also expect law enforcement to find those responsible for these barbaric acts and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law," added Allieri.
Federal investigators are asking the public to report any information on these events to USFWS Special Agent Kathryn McCabe at (516) 318-7383; the NPS Jamaica Bay Unit 24-hour dispatch at (718) 354-4700; or 1-844-FWS-TIPS (397-8477).
In an effort to help these shorebirds, the National Park Service posted what guests should keep in mind when hitting the beach, such as following the posted rules, keeping dogs leashed, respecting roped protected areas, carrying out trash and not feeding the birds. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/feds-offers-5k-reward-for-info-on-nyc-shorebird-destruction/3818675/ | 2022-08-11T01:00:48 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/feds-offers-5k-reward-for-info-on-nyc-shorebird-destruction/3818675/ |
A Fort Wayne man was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in federal prison on drug and gun charges.
Alfred Gomez, also known as “Vulture”, 33, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Fort Wayne to distribution of methamphetamine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Holly A. Brady sentenced Gomez to 200 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
According to documents in the case, from August 2018 through January of 2019, Gomez sold methamphetamine along with a number of guns to another individual, often while armed with a handgun. Among the firearms sold by Gomez were an AR-15 and a handgun. Gomez was previously convicted of felony cocaine possession in Allen County and was prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/drug-gun-charges-net-16-years-in-federal-prison/article_620a5bce-1902-11ed-9fd5-53393a3e0654.html | 2022-08-11T01:02:01 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/drug-gun-charges-net-16-years-in-federal-prison/article_620a5bce-1902-11ed-9fd5-53393a3e0654.html |
Three Rivers Ambulance Authority is closer to officially parting ways with its contractor after nearly two years of unacceptably slow response times to top-level emergencies.
PatientCare EMS Solutions, which was formerly known as Paramedics Logistics, has been the contractor for Three Rivers Ambulance Authority, also known as TRAA, since 2019. The contractor manages medics, ambulances and operations, and the ambulance authority handles billing and administrative work.
The city’s contract requires medics to arrive to at least 90% of top-priority emergency calls with life-threatening emergencies within 8 ½ minutes. PatientCare EMS Solutions has not met the required standard for the last 23 months, according to the ambulance authority's data.
In July, the ambulance authority board gave Executive Director Joel Benz the authority to approve and execute the agreement to end the contract with PatientCare once it is finalized. The board also approved allowing Benz to take over operations once the contractor has stopped managing the city’s ambulance operations.
Benz said Wednesday the agreement to part ways with the contractor appears to be in its final draft. For now, PatientCare EMS Solutions continues to provide emergency medical services in Fort Wayne.
Mike Bureau, who manages operations for the contractor, typically presents a report at board meetings, but he was absent Wednesday. Board President Rachel Guin asked Benz if he had advance notice that Bureau wasn’t going to be at the meeting, and Benz said he didn’t think so.
Bureau has attributed slow response times to low staffing of medics, especially those with paramedic training.
Benz said Wednesday the organization currently has 65 full-time and 18 part-time medics. He said the ambulance authority will be fully staffed once it has 80 full-time medics.
The contractor’s compliance rate in top-level emergencies increased slightly in July to 71% from 69% in June. The highest PatientCare’s compliance rate has been this year was 77% in May.
The contractor’s staffing and slow response times have required more calls for mutual aid from county fire departments as the firefighters are trained as medics to provide emergency medical services for their rural communities.
The ambulance authority saw an upswing in county mutual aid responses into Fort Wayne in July. Benz said the city has averaged six county assists daily in the last 90 days.
The board will soon see the recommendations from a consultant who spent time talking with local stakeholders before giving advice on how the ambulance authority should move forward after the relationship with the contractor ends.
The consultant has suggested the ambulance authority use local resources to assist in staffing before the workforce is stabilized. Benz said the ambulance authority can look into contracting paramedics from county fire departments.
“The idea would be rather than another service staffing a unit, we could utilize their pool of resources, hopefully reducing their need to respond into the city,” Benz said.
A medic from a county fire department would theoretically work part-time for the ambulance authority, driving an ambulance with a medic from the authority, Benz said.
The ambulance authority is also transitioning to a new billing vendor. EMS MC was hired about a year ago, but Benz said the ambulance authority board decided to find a new vendor after noticing reduced revenue and recurrent billing issues.
Benz said the new vendor, Med Bill, appears to be ready to take over, but the ambulance authority is still looking at how the transition will work because EMS MC has a wind-down clause. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/traa-board-continues-toward-ending-relationship-with-contractor/article_f483fcb4-18fb-11ed-b4cb-1fbbe3e413b2.html | 2022-08-11T01:02:07 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/traa-board-continues-toward-ending-relationship-with-contractor/article_f483fcb4-18fb-11ed-b4cb-1fbbe3e413b2.html |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A woman who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of one of her infant sons has been ordered to serve jail time for violating her probation, according to a representative from the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office.
Christy Rollings, 42, pleaded guilty in 2018 to involuntary manslaughter and four counts of endangering a child in the death of her son, Patrick Kempton, who was two months old.
According to the Wichita Police Department, Rollings and her baby’s father, Kyle Kempton, were drunk the night before at a west Wichita hotel and awoke to find one of their twins, Patrick, not breathing.
On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, Rollings was arrested on the original 2018 charges.
Judge Dave Dahl ordered Rollings to serve 120 days in the Kansas Department of Corrections. After Rollings’ serves that time, her probation will be reinstated. The judge also ordered an additional year of probation.
The State of Kansas had asked for her original sentence in 2018, 34 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter, to be imposed.
According to court documents, Rollings violated her probation due to several incidents between October 27, 2021, and January 11, 2022, including failing to report to scheduled probation meetings, failing to re-engage in substance abuse treatment after a relapse, and failure to report for a urine analysis. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-mom-to-serve-time-after-sons-2018-death/ | 2022-08-11T01:04:34 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-mom-to-serve-time-after-sons-2018-death/ |
Paula Lambert founded the Mozzarella Company in Deep Ellum 40 years ago due to her simple love of mozzarella cheese.
"I love Italy. I love the food in Italy," said Lambert, who lived in the country for five years.
Yet when Lambert returned to Texas, she felt like something was missing.
"They didn't have fresh mozzarella," Lambert said. "So I started this factory to make it."
Today, Lambert's 3,000-square-foot spot on Elm Street makes more than 30 different kinds of cheese.
Awards from over the years line the walls in the factory's entry room. This year, Lambert added two-lifetime achievement awards; one from the American Cheese Society and the other, the Grande Dame Award from Les Dames d'Escoffier, an international organization of women in food, wine, and hospitality.
"It's so fabulous because the other people who have won it: Julia Child, Alice Waters," Lambert said smiling. "It's good for Dallas."
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Lambert is set to formally receive the Grande Dame Award, this fall. Still, she's not resting on her acolytes.
"Hard work and dedication, loving what you do, and not giving up; that's what it took," Lambert said. "I just want them to recognize all the things that come together to make a perfect product." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-cheese-company-celebrates-40-years-numerous-recognitions/3045367/ | 2022-08-11T01:08:52 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-cheese-company-celebrates-40-years-numerous-recognitions/3045367/ |
Neighbors in an East Dallas neighborhood say they're fed up and tired of not feeling safe where they live. Several residents say their home security videos show possibly two people who may be connected to the incidents.
"I know I was scared the first several nights to sleep there. Something needs to happen I mean we shouldn’t have to feel unsafe living in our homes," said Adean, a resident from the area.
She moved in two months ago and on her first day, was greeted with a threat.
"Upon moving in, there was a gentleman who seemed a little disheveled who basically yelled at me, ‘I’m going to kill you,' and I kind of just ignored him," explained Adean. "Shortly after that, one of the neighbors came over and told me to be careful, that he’s been causing a lot of issues in the neighborhoods for several years."
Several weeks later, she heard a loud noise at her front door and saw that someone threw a heavy boulder. When Adean reviewed her security video, she noticed it was the same person who yelled the threat at her.
Most recently the attacks became more violent.
“I was in my master bedroom, I heard pounding at my door I quickly looked at the video doorbell, at what I thought was a baseball bat, there was a gentleman just slamming at my front porch," she explained. "I called 911 and told them someone was trying to break in, I knew who the person was because I saw it on the video. They told me to stay tight, the cops responded within a few minutes."
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Still, that wasn't all. The next day she found even more damage to her home.
“I looked out into the alley and he cut all the wires into my house literally pulled the conduit out to the ally, then he threw over the fence the 2X4 and the Viviant Security sign that he stole the night before to let me know, send me a message. I came home from work that day, and had cut all my wires to my landscape lights in my front yard, stole several lights, smashed my side gate," explained Adean about the thousands of dollars worth of damage.
She went to social media and posted in the Next Door app about what happened and then other residents started to share their own stories and concerns of incidents that happened to them.
"My nanny was out with my son, he threatened to hurt her unless she went back into the house," detailed another homeowner who did not want to be identified.
She said there's a video of someone coming up to her door acting erratically in the middle of the night. People who live there said the attacks are becoming more aggressive with vandalism to property, break-ins, and assaults.
Many neighbors have an idea of who they believe is responsible for the incidents based on their own home security cameras. They believe it's possibly two men who live in the neighborhood.
The one neighbor who didn't want to be identified said they've lived in the neighborhood since 2013 and said the men have had a presence since then.
"It’s only recently it’s become clear that their mental state is perhaps deteriorating or they're on drugs, they’ve become more aggressive and more brazen in approaching people in the neighborhood," she said.
Wednesday afternoon Dallas Police said they are actively investigating, but no arrests have been made.
"I know our neighbors are very vigilant at calling the cops of these incidents," said Adean about a break-in that happened just this past Sunday. "So this obviously I think is on their radar, I think they know there’s some issue going on in our neighborhood, I just wish we could come up with a solution.”
Most recently on Wednesday afternoon, another possible run-in with one of the two people neighbors believe to be causing problems. NBC 5 was there when Dallas police arrived moments after the call.
“He walked by our yard and he threw a weekly pill bottle at us, my dog started barking, so he turned around and came back in our yard. I asked him not to, he came back in anyway," said neighbor Julia Cardali. “He had a book that he was pointing at the book, yelling and cursing. My neighbor came outside and scared him off, he ran away down the street."
She said she moved in three months ago, and this is not the first time she has seen the person.
“I’m scared to take my dog out now, I work from home a couple days a week," she said.
According to the Homeowners Association for Vickery Place, they have a safety meeting that happens every year, but this time they plan to focus on the recent incidents. Dallas Police said they plan to have a representative in attendance.
When reached out, Dallas Councilmember Paul Ridley's office had no comment at the time.
Neighbors continued to echo they were frustrated and very concerned about what could happen if nothing is done.
"The big fear of myself and many in the neighborhood is that someone is just going to get seriously hurt," said another neighbor who did not wish to be identified.
“We know that the police are trying really hard and also know that they’re working with limited resources," she said and hopes the next city budget will afford more officers.
In the meantime, neighbors continue to look over their shoulders.
"I am somebody who always takes safety to mind, I feel secure in my house, you know what I mean. I have protected myself and will continue to protect myself," said Adean. "I was a little uneasy sleeping the first few nights, but overall I do feel like I’ve built an extremely safe home and I would do whatever it takes to protect myself and my home." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/east-dallas-residents-concerned-after-camera-exposes-home-vandals/3045427/ | 2022-08-11T01:09:00 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/east-dallas-residents-concerned-after-camera-exposes-home-vandals/3045427/ |
The events of Uvalde forced every school district in Texas to revisit its safety plans.
Fort Worth ISD presented an update on its safety and security policies at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
“We spent a greater part of the summer re-doubling our efforts and focusing on safe schools and our practices and procedures,” said Superintendent Dr. Kent Scribner.
Out of those efforts came a new internal emergency communication system. The district is also working to install lockdown shades at high schools with large, glassed areas.
Fort Worth police are offering a free, four-hour course on civilian response to active shootings and “stop the bleed” training to any teacher or staff.
“We’ve had many teachers participate in that, but it goes beyond the individual training. There is a comprehensive partnership,” said Scribner.
Fort Worth police have access to the district’s internal cameras and they offer an after-hours line. Anyone can call in concern at 817-814-2699 and Fort Worth officers will immediately begin an investigation.
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District leaders said they would also be reinforcing habits like requiring staff and secondary students to wear their ID badges at all times and making sure doors remain secured.
While campus monitors staff high school and middle schools, the district leaders said only half of the district’s 80 elementary campuses have one.
“We’re continuing to recruit and fill those vacancies and invite anyone to apply who wants to volunteer or as an employee – and help be another set of eyes and ears on our elementary campuses," Scribner said.
During Tuesday’s presentation, district leaders said they’re also working to reduce the number of portable buildings as campuses undergo construction. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-isd-presents-safety-security-update/3045386/ | 2022-08-11T01:09:13 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-isd-presents-safety-security-update/3045386/ |
Lincoln City Council Chairwoman Tammy Ward presided over her first council meeting this week since she was injured in a car accident June 21.
Ward, who is still using a wheelchair since the accident less than a block from her home in the Capitol Beach area, presided over the budget public hearing and council meeting Monday, and another budget meeting Wednesday morning.
She was welcomed back by a member of the mayor’s staff and the director of the Downtown Lincoln Association, who testified on a proposal to expand the city’s food truck program, an issue Ward has championed.
“Councilwoman Ward’s injuries were pretty severe and we are glad to have her back,” vice chair Tom Beckius said after the meetings.
Ward had surgery for broken bones in an arm and leg, and spent time recovering at Madonna Rehabilitation Center.
Margaret Reist is a recovering education reporter now writing about local and county government and the people who live in the city where she was born and raised.
Election Commissioner Dave Shively said the petitions did not include a statement indicating whether petition circulators were paid or volunteer, as is required in state law.
A group handed in 11,000 petition signatures to allow a vote on expanding city protections to include sexual orientation, gender identity, military veterans and updated disability protections.
The City Council unanimously approved a three-year contract that will cost the city $3.2 million this year and $5 million in the second year of the biennial budget.
Foxtail Meadows, the planned development near South Folsom Street and West Pioneers Boulevard, hits many of the city's comprehensive planning goals including affordable and mixed income neighborhoods.
The study is called "scenario planning" to assess the impact of development both inside the city and beyond, and what Lincoln can do to mitigate that impact. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lincoln-city-council-chairwoman-back-after-being-injured-in-a-car-accident-in-june/article_68c7b02e-7bde-51ff-979f-2e56694fc020.html | 2022-08-11T01:09:58 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lincoln-city-council-chairwoman-back-after-being-injured-in-a-car-accident-in-june/article_68c7b02e-7bde-51ff-979f-2e56694fc020.html |
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A jury here looked at grisly photographs of a San Antonio woman hacked to death in 2020 with a machete and an ax as the murder trial of Rafael Castillo began Wednesday.
He was 26 when he was arrested and charged in the death of Nicole Perry, 31, on Nov. 19, 2020.
A Bexar County public works crew contacted the Sheriff’s Office after they found Perry’s remains wrapped in plastic and placed in blue bins and garbage bags off of W.W. White and Higdon roads.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar called it “a gruesome attack,” and said at the time that Perry was dismembered partly out of anger and in an attempt to hide her body.
On Wednesday, prosecutors said Castillo killed Perry to teach her a lesson.
An affidavit supporting his arrest indicated the woman and her boyfriend went to a home where Castillo was staying in the 300 block of West Harlan Avenue, where about 10 others lived at times. Prosecutors said known drug users would hang out there to do methamphetamine together.
“She was dumped along the side of the road like garbage,” prosecutor Jennifer McDaniel told jurors in her opening statement.
Castillo was “not someone you could mess with,” but Perry, known as “Niki,” who met him 24 hours before she was killed, “at times said things that bordered on rude and would make people mad,” McDaniel said.
“He did not think she showed him the appropriate respect,” she said.
Defense attorney Matt Allen told jurors they would hear from numerous people who either lived at or frequented the house and “did meth all day.”
These witnesses, he said, have changed their stories numerous times. He asked the panel to question their credibility and have an open mind.
Dr. James Feig, a forensic pathologist with the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s office, displayed several gruesome photographs of Perry, taken before and after her autopsy.
Feig said Perry had been bound with duct tape at her feet, and a zip tie and towing strap were wrapped tightly around her neck. Her hands were chopped off with a machete before she was struck on the right side of her head and ear with an ax.
Perry’s hands were never located.
The medical examiner could not identify which injury occurred first. As the jury viewed the photos, he said any of them — the amputation of both hands, the chop to the head, or the zip tie wrapped so tightly that it “would have cut off the blood supply and interfere with breathing” — could have caused her death.
The case is being heard in the 290th District Court. If convicted, Castillo, now 27, faces up to life in prison.
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UVALDE — The Uvalde City Council got through routine city business and authorized a committee to work toward a monument to the 21 victims of the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School — but only after a line of speakers stood in line to vent.
That’s been the norm for weeks — shouting matches, warnings and threats — but on Tuesday the speakers included a fair number from out of town, including a New Yorker convicted of a misdemeanor charge in the Jan. 6, 2021, ransacking of the U.S. Capitol.
Jack Miller, a self-described investigative journalist and civil rights activist from the San Antonio area, made a podium-pounding demand that all Uvalde police officers who were at Robb Elementary on the day of the shooting be fired.
Miller, whose business card says, “I expose bad cops,” predicted that police who were on the scene that day would fail to act again.
“They were trained to run in and stop the shooter, and they didn’t,” Miller said. “I’m not anti-cop, I’m just telling you that’s the facts, right? … They didn’t, so what do you do? You disband. You get rid of every single one that was there, that did not run in there when that guy was shooting.
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“Is it going to cost you money? Absolutely! And I don’t think there’s one citizen in here that will not sign that check. Let them sue! Let them sue!”
Some in the crowd applauded. A few cried out, “Yeah!” as he continued to speak.
Held in the small confines of the council chamber, meetings have required an overflow room and Tuesday’s was perhaps the most heated since the shooting. Many of those who spoke were regulars — locals who made the same points at the school board meeting the night before.
But a handful were argumentative men toting video cameras, interrupting other speakers at times and getting repeatedly warned by Mayor Don McLaughlin Jr. to be quiet. The mayor banged his gavel in anger at one point. One of the men was escorted out.
Miller, 50, of Kirby warned council members who defied him that they would face a recall election.
“If you guys don’t get rid of your police department — nothing against you, I commend you for everything you’re doing for these residents and children — but I’m going to teach your residents how to recall you,” he said.
“You’ve got a smirk,” Miller then told Councilman Earnest “Chip” King.
“I already know who you are and I know why you’ve got a smirk, and that’s OK,” Miller continued. “Call Leon Valley and ask them what happened the last time I told a city that I was going to have you recalled. We had two council people recalled, police chief fired … True story.”
“Sir, I’m going to tell you right now, you want to start a recall on me, start the damned thing,” McLaughlin said at the council session.
“That sounds good,” Miller replied.
“The one thing that I’m tired of, people like you come from outside —”
“I don’t care what you’re tired of,” Miller shouted.
King later said he didn’t remember smirking.
“I typically don’t smirk. That is not my MO, to smirk at people,” he said.
Sitting in the audience was Daniel Warmus of Alden, N.Y. He was 38 when he pleaded guilty May 23 in federal court for unlawful parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, during which he observed rioters using Mace on police, the Buffalo News reported.
Warmus told the council that he drove from western New York to address the session.
“So what I want is accountability for these officers who put all the other officers in danger,” he said. “You guys want to talk about officer safety, we ought to talk about heroism because officer safety is nothing more than cowardism, all right?”
Warmus identified himself on the council’s sign-in sheet as “Dan, Erie County,” but gave his full name to a San Antonio Express-News photographer.
Unlike most recent council meetings, few in the audience mentioned the now-suspended Uvalde school police chief, Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, who was forced off the council last month. His critics have said he failed kids at Robb Elementary and their parents, who continue to grieve.
The Uvalde school district superintendent has recommended the school board fire him but has twice canceled a hearing to determine his fate.
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Despite the apparent support of the out-of-town activists, some of the locals didn’t fully embrace their message or methods.
One woman said McLaughlin “is the only person who listens to us. I know y’all don’t know that because you’re not from here … We have to live it, we have to live it, we have to live it. We’re here every day.”
As she talked, one of the men sitting nearby constantly interrupted her.
“We have to send out kids back to school,” she continued.
“I wake up —” he retorted, but was drowned out by the woman before telling her, “I love you.”
Beyond the memorial to the 19 children and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary, the council’s regular meeting Tuesday was preoccupied with the mundane business of running a city, with the biggest item a resolution setting a hearing for a proposed property tax rate on which the budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year is based.
The council also reviewed a request from the school district and Gabriel Salazar, principal of Flores Elementary School, to change the direction of traffic on Schwartz Street.
One longtime Uvalde resident who has strenuously advocated for families and friends of the school victims, Jesse Rizo, 51, said most of the locals at the meeting were put off by the out-of-towners.
“We welcome the support, but we’re uncomfortable with the tactic,” he said, describing it as confrontational and “borderline disrespectful to the families.”
“That’s the feedback. They’ve lived it already. They’ve screamed and yelled,” Rizo said.
McLaughlin dismissed the visitors as combative and disconnected from Uvalde’s citizenry.
“In my opinion they claimed that they’re here to take care of our citizens and our community folks,” he said after the meeting. “One of them was sitting right by one of the family groups that lost a family member and wanted to argue with her and so forth.”
“They have an agenda of their own, and I don’t believe it’s to take care of these families.”
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SAN ANTONIO — A boil-water notice was issued Wednesday evening for residents in the small community of La Coste, with no indication of how long it may last.
According to a release from city officials, the community is dealing with a water outage in order to "fix mainline leaks caused by recent drought conditions." Residents are being advised to hold any water they plan on consuming – including water for brushing teeth, cooking and washing – at a rolling boil for at least two minutes first, in order to destroy potential bacteria.
No word has been received on efforts to distribute free bottled water to the community as of yet.
"The boil-water notice will be in effect pending results of water sample testing indicating our water is safe for consumption," the release states.
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A handful of protesters, some from out of town, gathered outside Bellingham's Wink Wink Boutique ready for a confrontation.
Some held American flags, another carried a bullhorn.
However, they appeared to be fooled when the storeowner didn't show up.
A handwritten sign was taped outside the shop saying the store was closed, and thanked customers for their support after an attack by vandals Sunday morning.
A security camera inside the store captured 5 young men throwing rocks through storefront windows.
"It feels incredibly violating," said Mason. "This is supposed to be a safe space for us as a staff, and our community."
Wink Wink has come under attack after reports the store's owner was offering sex education classes to children as young as 9 years old.
"I've had death threats," said owner Jenn Mason. "I've had people call my phone, mention my home address and say that they're coming after me. They've shown up at the store intimidating our employees."
Mason is an elected, two-term Bellingham school board member.
She concedes she offers classes to kids between the ages of 9 and 17 but says they are age-appropriate, voluntary, and parents were the one who requested classes for 9 to 12-year-olds.
"Children have questions at that age. Some have even started going through puberty," said Mason. "I think we should be teaching sex education the way we teach anything else. We don't wait for kids to learn math the wrong way and then correct what they've learned wrong. We help them get it right from the start."
On Wednesday, about a half-dozen people stood outside the store accusing the owner of everything from pedophilia to smashing her own windows as a publicity stunt.
Some said they were part of the anti-vaccine mandate group The People's Convoy, others the offshoot 1776 Restoration Movement.
None were available to speak with KING 5 on camera.
Across the street, the Wink Wink storefront stood boarded up.
Earlier, community members painted a mural on the plywood in support, as Mason told KING 5 the classes would go on later that day in an undisclosed location.
"We don't negotiate with bullies. The classes are still going to happen," said Mason. "This is important work. This is work that families want and we will deliver."
A spokesperson for the Bellingham School District told KING 5, "Our school board members are elected by voters. There is no connection between this board member’s store and the school district. Events/classes at the store are not connected to the school district or any of our schools."
In the meantime, support for Wink Wink continues to grow with two online fundraisers raising more than $15,000. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/protest-fizzles-bellingham-sex-shop-following-recent-vandalism/281-2c71986c-9341-43cd-9e95-a8c48d9396a6 | 2022-08-11T01:23:01 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/protest-fizzles-bellingham-sex-shop-following-recent-vandalism/281-2c71986c-9341-43cd-9e95-a8c48d9396a6 |
SEATTLE — King County is officially calling fentanyl a public health crisis. So far this year, the county reports more than 300 overdose deaths involving fentanyl.
Last week, a narcotics operation in the Seattle Police Department’s West Precinct led to eight people being arrested in Seattle’s downtown core. Officers seized 101 grams of fentanyl pills and 60 grams of powder fentanyl.
Rick Yoder, the owner of Wild Ginger and Triple Door, located near 3rd and Union, believes fentanyl is fueling the problems of theft, vandalism, and other crimes happening downtown.
“I see it day in and day out, people are walking around with foil. They have the tube in their mouth," Yoder said. "This block has been historically known for where they can buy drugs and we've got to stop that."
In March, Mayor Bruce Harrell, launched Operation New Day, bringing more police officers into the Pike/Pine corridor.
"We have our good days and our bad days,” said Yoder.
He added that last Thursday was one of the bad days because a man was arrested after hurling a rock through the restaurant's window while customers were inside.
"He was back out on the street in about less than four hours,” Yoder said.
Yoder has had four windows damaged in recent months and says it will cost $20,000 to replace them all.
"This is going to put us out of business. You know, we are struggling as it is on a lot of different levels. And this just makes it worse because people feel unsafe to come down here,” he said.
The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said last month 26 felony drug-dealing cases were filed. The county also has a Drug Court Program to help people address crimes fueled by addiction.
On Wednesday, the Downtown Seattle Association issued the following statement regarding fentanyl use and crime downtown:
“The ongoing public safety issues on Third Avenue illustrate the need for a robust law-enforcement presence throughout downtown. DSA supports Mayor Harrell’s Seattle Police Recruitment and Retention Plan approved by the City Council Public Safety and Human Services committee yesterday. The initiative is an opportunity for our elected leaders to show their commitment to a fully staffed and responsive police department. The council should continue moving this legislation forward to ensure the security of everyone who lives, works and visits Seattle’s core.” | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/narcotics-operation-fentanyl-eight-arrests-seattles-downtown/281-8439eb70-9226-41d8-b628-adc351d04e77 | 2022-08-11T01:23:07 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/narcotics-operation-fentanyl-eight-arrests-seattles-downtown/281-8439eb70-9226-41d8-b628-adc351d04e77 |
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Inflation is causing even more food insecurity across the country and right here in our area.
Fork Over Love held a distribution event in downtown Wilkes-Barre.
This distribution was sponsored by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Restaurants in Luzerne County donate about 400 meals per week, then Doordash delivers dinner for free directly to people's homes.
"The need has always been there, right? Hunger has always been an issue in our community, but since the pandemic, it just seems to be continuing to increase. We keep hearing food insecurity is a major, major issue and it's not going away," said Katie Kemmerer, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Since Fork Over Love was founded in 2021, the organization has served over 26,000 meals to those in need.
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A mainstay in the Northern Arizona women's basketball record books and a recognizable face around the program in the years since her Lumberjacks career came to an end, Peggy Kennedy has been selected to the 2022 Arizona Sports Hall of Fame class.
The Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission announced the newest induction class Wednesday, with the induction ceremony scheduled for Nov. 1 at Chateau Luxe in Phoenix.
A legend within the Northern Arizona women's basketball program and an NAU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee in 1984, Kennedy will be the second Lumberjack honored by the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame, following Mike Nesbitt's induction in 2019.
Kennedy's induction class includes Larry Fitzgerald Jr., Karen Self, Jennifer Gillom, Pedro Gomez and Michael K. Kennedy.
Peggy Kennedy began her career at Northern Arizona in 1976, just the third year of the program's existence, and set the record for points in a career (1,082), in a season (411) and in a single game (45) during her three-year career. Still the program's record holder for single-season rebounding average (12.7, 1976-77), career rebounding average (11.3) and career scoring average (19.0), Kennedy's name remains a constant throughout the program's record book.
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Scoring 45 points against Utah State on Feb. 10, 1979, Kennedy's single-game mark remains atop its category as well. While some of her records have fallen, they stood for decades before a Lumberjacks player was able to replicate them. Kennedy's 20.6 points per game from the 1978-79 season remained a record until 2014, and her total of 644 rebounds in a season stood as a record from 1979 until 2007.
The first 1,000-point scorer in program history, Kennedy was named a Kodak All-American in 1977-78 and a National Scouting Association All-American in 1978-79. Northern Arizona's female athlete of the year for three consecutive years, Kennedy also was named All-Region 7 Intermountain Conference three times and Kodak All-Region 7 in 1977-78.
Drafted by the Chicago Hustle in the 1979 WBL draft, Kennedy played in the first professional women's basketball league in the United States and was part of the league's induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as the league's members were recognized as "Trailblazers of the Game."
To be eligible for the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame, an individual must be a native of Arizona, be immediately recognized as an Arizonan or have made at least two significant contributions to the athletics community in Arizona. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-peggy-kennedy-named-to-arizona-sports-hall-of-fame/article_2f348dc2-18cc-11ed-9945-c32b1f61b9a5.html | 2022-08-11T01:26:11 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-peggy-kennedy-named-to-arizona-sports-hall-of-fame/article_2f348dc2-18cc-11ed-9945-c32b1f61b9a5.html |
GREENTOWN, Pa. — A welcome reunion in Pike County.
Sylvia, a 20-year-old horse, went missing earlier this month in Promised Land State Park.
Her owner and a group of volunteers spent every day searching for any sign of Sylvia.
Until a woman biking a nearby trail spotted something a little out of the ordinary, a horse standing in her path.
The bicyclist actually has experience with horses, so she was able to keep her calm until Sylvia's owner arrived.
There was a $1,000 reward for Sylvia's safe return, but the rescuer asked for the money to be donated to area animal organizations instead.
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Sam Verdini of Loyalsock Township is in possession of history. He owns a ticket stub from the 1962 NBA game that was played in Hershey — otherwise known as the game when Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points, the most by a single player in one game.
"Wilt was never a good foul shooter but he scored 31 points from the foul line that game and ended up scoring his 100 points," said Verdini.
Verdini remembers going to the game with his two friends. Just over 4,000 people attended the game.
"The only other thing I remember is Paul Harrison, who also played for Philadelphia, kept trying to shoot and not pass the ball to Wilt and people were booing him," added Verdini.
Verdini says the ticket has been sitting in a junk drawer for the past 60 years.
"I was talking to my buddy that I was at the game with and we were talking about the game. I said I still have my ticket stub and he said it might be worth some money, but I didn't know," he said.
Just recently, he took it to Shawn Vuocolo in South WIlliamsport to find out how much its worth. Vuocolo owns Finding Nostalgia, a business that deals with vintage sports memorabilia and appraisals.
"This is a valuable ticket. It is probably one of the most sought-after NBA collectibles, if not the most sought after," said Vuocolo.
The ticket was sent off to Professional Sports Authenticators to be authenticated and graded. The ticket stub will soon be auctioned off. It has the potential to sell for six figures.
"We are sending it off to Robert Edwards Auctions and we are actually sending it off today. It will be auctioned off in the November auction," added Vuocolo.
"It is fantastic. It couldn't have cost me more than a couple of dollars back in 1962," said Verdini.
There are currently only 23 authenticated tickets from this game in existence.
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TWIN FALLS — A customer quietly laid his items on the counter Wednesday at Poindexter’s Costume and Novelty Shop and paid $175 for the clothing and accessories. That simple act brought a smile to the face of owner Susan Buhler’s face.
“It feels good to have income coming in," Buhler said, "instead of going out.”
Poindexter’s reopened its doors Wednesday after being closed for four months since an April 12 fire next door at Radio Rondevoo caused significant damage to her store.
She remembers the day vividly.
“I got a call from the alarm company saying the alarm had gone off,” Buhler said.
Living only six blocks away, she went down to the store that morning with the intention of turning it off. Instead, she saw smoke.
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“It had just started,” she said of the fire. “I got here really quick.”
Regular customers won’t notice much difference with the newly reopened store. Buhler has kept light-colored walls and keeps the inventory in the same locations. One thing couldn’t be saved: The aging blue-gray carpet that was in the building when she started the business 23 years ago. She selected a patterned gray carpet to take its place.
Water damage from the fire hoses caused more damage than the smoke from the blaze, Buhler said.
It took a week for power to be restored to the building before the cleanup began. Damaged items were placed in a storage pod outside, where they still remain, and the undamaged items were boxed and put in the back of the store.
Buhler and store manager Robert Sanchez Jr. put in their share of work, along with a restoration company.
"I earned my paycheck those months," Sanchez said.
Buhler said that during that time, friends told her she was handling the situation well.
“There’s no sense in crying," she said. "I was focused on cleaning it up.”
Sanchez said it was fortunate that the fire happened during the time of year that business at the store wasn’t brisk. Now, he’s getting ready for a busy Halloween, Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Several customers strolled into the store Wednesday morning.
Suzana Chavez, who had been to the store a few times, had heard about the store reopening.
“I came in to take a peek,” Chavez said.
Buhler said she will be spending the next two weeks doing paperwork for the insurance claim and is glad the store is back in business.
"You need to look for the silver lining," she said. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/twin-falls-costume-shop-reopens-after-fire-next-door/article_1336e9f4-18df-11ed-bd5b-9786381ee664.html | 2022-08-11T01:37:30 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/twin-falls-costume-shop-reopens-after-fire-next-door/article_1336e9f4-18df-11ed-bd5b-9786381ee664.html |
The Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor recently launched a new electric vehicle pilot program as part of an effort to create "a greener, energy-resilient and sustainable port."
The deepwater port on Lake Michigan in Porter County is now letting port operators, businesses and trucking companies try out all-electric heavy-duty trucks, yard jockeys and forklifts. They can give trial runs to Class 8 electric semis from Peterbilt, Nikola and the electric yard tractor manufacturer MAFI to see how they can be used during real-world port operations.
“Ports are all about transportation and logistical connections,” said Andrea Hermer, Ports of Indiana’s chief operating officer. “We are looking at electricity and other sources of energy in the same way — critical connections to port operations and the future.”
Current Trucking and NIPSCO provided the vehicle and chargers for the demonstration pilot program.
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“We are showcasing the best available heavy-haul electrification technology from the industry’s leading manufacturers,” said Pip Decker, Current Trucking founder and project team member. “We hope to demonstrate to operators how emobility adoption reduces total operating costs.”
Any interested port tenants and trucking companies can try out the electric vehicles, which account for fewer carbon emissions.
“Connecting best available technology with port users is key to gaining their confidence in implementing electric-power into their trucking operations,” said Hermer. “Having port businesses participate in the program, including Bulk Equipment Corp., is essential for a successful program and ultimate adoption at the port.”
For more information or to sign up a company to demo a heavy-duty electric vehicle, contact port director Ryan McCoy at rmccoy@portsofindiana.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/ports-of-indiana-burns-harbor-launching-electric-vehicle-pilot-program/article_34731e3b-0e43-543d-8f91-3b412035f391.html | 2022-08-11T01:38:47 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/ports-of-indiana-burns-harbor-launching-electric-vehicle-pilot-program/article_34731e3b-0e43-543d-8f91-3b412035f391.html |
CROWN POINT — A judge said Wednesday he believed a woman who testified she was forced to lure a man to his execution in Gary in 2020 and found a defendant guilty of murder and robbery resulting in serious bodily injury.
Jason D. "Lafa" Hinton 26, of Chicago Heights, also was found guilty of a firearm enhancement, which could add another five to 20 years to his sentence.
Lake Criminal Court Judge Samuel Cappas said Jazmin J. Garcia, 21, initially lied to police about her involvement in the homicide of Jacquice Baylock, 18, of Lynwood, on July 1, 2020.
Jacquice Baylock, an 18-year-old from Lynwood, was fatally shot July 1, 2020, in the 1800 block of Taney Place in Gary.
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However, her motivation to lie at that time was reasonable because she was afraid of her children's father, Devin S. "Devo" Barron, Cappas said.
During a two-day bench trial, Lake County Deputy Prosecutors Christopher Bruno and Infiniti Westberg laid out evidence to prove Barron and Hinton shot Baylock to death in the 1900 block of Taney Place in Gary after Garcia lured him there under the pretense of going to a hotel party.
Garcia testified Barron broke her jaw in May 2020 when he caught her with Baylock at a hotel in Illinois. Barron also beat up Baylock, who ran from the hotel partially clothed, according to trial testimony.
Garcia testified Barron was arrested and charged in Illinois in a separate incident after he broke into her relatives' home, dragged her out by her hair and forced her into a vehicle.
Garcia said Barron had a gun in his hand and threatened to kill her and her children when he ordered her to contact Baylock, setting into motion a series of events that ended in Baylock's murder.
Defense attorney Patrick Young said Garcia had every reason to lie because she wanted to get home to her children.
She pleaded guilty to aggravated battery, a level 3 felony, which carries a significantly shorter possible sentence than murder.
Cappas said he agreed with Bruno's argument that Garcia's story was so elaborate it could not have been fabricated.
Evidence and testimony during the bench trial corroborated Garcia's story, the deputy prosecutor said.
Garcia testified she picked Baylock up in a silver Chevrolet Impala and later returned so he could get money.
A doorbell video from his Lynwood neighborhood showed a gray or silver car in the street after he initially left his home. Later, he was seen leaving again with money in his hand.
Garcia testified Barron and his friends directed her to a location in Gary as they drove behind her and Baylock in a black car, but they directed her to the 1900 block of Taney Place when they saw police cars near the first location.
Detective Sgt. Antwan Jakes testified he was at the scene of a separate homicide, which occurred a few hours before Baylock's, in the area of 15th Avenue and Cleveland Street.
Bruno said a 911 caller, who did not want to give police her name, described seeing multiple men get out of a car parked on Taney Place. The caller said the men walked down an alley and shot Baylock.
Garcia testified Barron ordered her to get out of the Impala after she pulled up. As she walked to an alley off Taney Place, she saw Barron and Hinton standing there holding guns, she said.
Garcia said she got into the black car, which was driven by Dwain E. "Gllizo" Cunigan, and watched as Hinton shot Baylock several times, including once in the shoulder.
A forensic pathologist for the Lake County coroner's office testified one of Baylock's eight gunshot wounds was to the shoulder. In all, he was shot once in the head, twice in the back, twice in the arm and shoulder, once in the upper chest and neck, and twice in the chest.
Garcia testified Baylock began to run away, but he fell to the ground and Barron stood over him and fired several more shots.
Bruno said the pathologist's findings supported Garcia's account.
Capt. Henry Hatch, of the Lake County Sheriff's Department Crime Scene Investigation Unit, testified he examined 21 casings collected from the scene and concluded they were fired from two guns: a 9mm and a .45-caliber.
Young argued Hatch testified he could not rule out a third gun because he could not determine if bullets recovered from Baylock's body were fired from one of the guns used to fire the spent casings.
Bruno said Hatch was able to determine the bullets were fired from a .35-caliber family gun, which includes 9mm firearms.
Garcia didn't know about the 911 call when she finally began to tell detectives the truth about what happened, yet it supported her story, Bruno said.
Cappas said Facebook photos showed Barron holding money that appeared to be stained with blood, similar to what was found at the crime scene and Garcia's testimony.
The evidence also showed Garcia and Barron were in possession of a cash app card that was found at the crime scene, the judge said.
"We know she was there," Cappas said. "It is believable."
He set Hinton's sentencing for Sept. 23.
Barron and Cunigan each were being held at the Cook County Jail, prosecutors said at a previous hearing. The men's cases were expected to remain sealed until they're extradited to Lake County.
Another co-defendant, Laquan M. Tolliver, 20, of Chicago Heights, has pleaded not guilty to murder and robbery and does not yet have a trial date.
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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CROWN POINT — A judge gave a defendant a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison last week for his role in the murder of a Gary man inside a Glen Park gas station two years ago.
Myles Thomas, 28, of Gary, pleaded guilty in June to one count of aggravated battery in the homicide of 29-year-old Rayvon Harris on Aug. 22, 2020, inside the Save gas station in the 4500 block of Broadway.
Lake Criminal Court Judge Salvador Vasquez accepted Thomas' plea agreement, which called for a sentence of three to 10 years. Thomas was represented by attorney James Thiros.
The judge gave Thomas credit for nearly two years served in jail while awaiting a resolution in his case.
Rayvon Harris poses for a photo with his son, Rayvon Harris Jr.
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Thomas' co-defendant, Courtney M. Moss, 32, of Gary, was convicted of murder in May and subsequently sentenced to 65 years in prison.
Moss testified he acted in self-defense, but a jury rejected his claim after watching surveillance videos of the confrontation between Harris and Moss and his three co-defendants.
Moss; Thomas; Willie A. Jones Jr., 22, of Gary; and Roy C. Akins Jr. were among a group of people gathered outside a bar across the street from the gas station, according to trial testimony.
When Harris arrived at the gas station, Thomas followed him inside and confronted him.
Moss testified he had his 9mm handgun in his waistband as he watched Thomas and Jones each strike Harris.
Videos showed Harris had his hands up as if he were signaling he was prepared for a fist fight. As the men fought, Thomas dropped a gun, Jones was shot and Moss moved in to fire several shots at Harris.
Before walking away, Moss turned back and shot Harris one last time.
Harris, a father of one son, died at the crime scene.
Jones, who lost a limb as a result of his gunshot wound, pleaded guilty in October to battery resulting in serious bodily injury, a level 5 felony. He testified against Moss and could face a sentence of one to six years.
Akin is accused of running into the gas station as the fight ended and firing an assault-style rifle at Harris. He has never been arrested in the case.
The U.S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to his arrest. Tips can be submitted by phone at 877-926-8332 or online at USMS Tips .
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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MICHIGAN CITY — NIPSCO held a virtual information session discussing the closure of the Michigan City generating station Tuesday, a little over a week after a crowd of about 40 people rallied outside the city hall demanding NIPSCO complete a "clean closure" at the site.
The generating station has operated along the Lake Michigan shoreline since 1931, burning coal to produce electricity and creating coal ash as a byproduct. For decades, utilities disposed of coal ash by dumping it in large ponds. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, coal ash contains contaminants like mercury, cadmium and arsenic.
In 2015 the EPA ruled that all unlined coal ash impoundments that have detected groundwater contamination above regularity levels must stop receiving ash and begin the closure process. In 2020 the EPA expanded the requirement, mandating that all unlined ponds begin to close.
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All five of the coal ash ponds at the Michigan City generating station are unlined. In 2018, NIPSCO announced all of the utilities' five remaining coal-fired generating stations would be retired within the next decade. The Michigan City generating station will be closed between 2026 and 2028.
NIPSCO Director of Environmental Policy and Sustainability Maureen Turman explained that the Michigan City closure would be completed in three phases. The first phase, separating the coal ash ponds from the boilers, has been completed. Turman said no ash has been placed in the ponds since early 2019. NIPSCO is currently in the midst of the second phase: cleaning up the coal ash ponds.
The cleanup process involves removing 171,000 cubic yards of coal ash and replacing it with clean fill. The coal ash will be transported to a lined landfill at the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station located in Wheatfield. Project Engineer Rob Ridge said the cleanup is about 40% complete and will likely be done sometime this December.
The third and final phase will be the ongoing monitoring of the surrounding groundwater. NIPSCO has a network of groundwater wells. Turman said data collected by the wells showed that coal ash contaminants were present in the groundwater; however the levels were below state and federal standards.
"(The data) indicates there is no threat to human health or the environment and no impacts to drinking water in neighboring communities,” Turman said.
According to residents and local environmentalists, NIPSCO's three-phase plan leaves out one key step — the legacy coal ash beneath the ponds.
Shortly after the station was opened in the 1930s, NIPSCO began creating "made land" by mixing coal ash with sand. The made land sits behind the seawall along Lake Michigan.
The nonprofit Just Transition Northwest Indiana fears the seawall will give way, contaminating the lake and nearby Turkey Creek. Earthjustice recently commissioned Burgess Environmental to review past inspection reports detailing the integrity of the wall. The report said the sheet wall has corroded and moved over the years. Just Transition NWI has also estimated as much as 2 million tons of coal ash exists within the made land; however NIPSCO says the actual number is far lower.
NIPSCO Director of Environmental Remediation Marc Okin said the legacy coal ash is "interspersed in thin layers throughout" the 42 acres of made land. Okin said the five coal ash ponds are "presumed to be the main source" of any groundwater contamination, which is why removing ash from the five ponds is a top priority. Once the pond cleanup is complete, NIPSCO will continue to study the groundwater.
NIPSCO will work with the EPA, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and residents before selecting a final "groundwater remedy" to address contamination.
During the hour-long information session, NIPSCO also responded to concerns about the wall.
Turman said that NIPSCO inspects the wall weekly and that third-party engineers evaluate it annually.
"The conditions assessment rating continues to be fair with some level of deterioration, but nothing to significantly reduce the walls' ability to do what it was designed to do, which is protect the shoreline,” Turman said. “The wall was never designed to provide an impermeable barrier between the station and the surrounding groundwater."
While NIPSCO does not know what the site will be used for once the generating station is retired, Turman said whatever the utility ultimately does to address groundwater contamination would "attempt to adapt to any future use that property will have."
In an email statement to the Times, Just Transition NWI Director of Legislation Susan Thomas said it is difficult to have faith in the NIPSCO, as the utility has faced issues with contamination in the past.
"We need to watch their actions, not their words," Thomas wrote. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/michigan-city/nipsco-holds-virtual-information-session-to-address-concerns-with-cleanup-at-michigan-city-generating-station/article_dd5c3714-a179-5dd7-9ae5-69ca3c18189a.html | 2022-08-11T01:38:52 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/michigan-city/nipsco-holds-virtual-information-session-to-address-concerns-with-cleanup-at-michigan-city-generating-station/article_dd5c3714-a179-5dd7-9ae5-69ca3c18189a.html |
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The rent stabilization proposal, passed through the Orange County commission Wednesday in a close 4-3 vote, now heads to the Supervisor of Elections to be placed on the ballot in November.
Commissioners Wednesday told News 6 that it will now be up to voters to decide.
Commissioners Mayra Uribe and Emily Bonilla — the latter of whom introduced the plan back in April — are two of the four who voted in favor of placing the rent control ordinance on the ballot.
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“I don’t want to regulate rent. I don’t want to control landlords. I’m actually trying to find a solution for our housing problem,” Uribe said.
The plan has received pushback from housing experts and other members of the commission, who warned about the possible consequences of the plan.
An independent study that cost the county $60,000 found that the rent situation in Orange County is not unique and could not be solved at the local level, saying that the proposal could result in less rental housing and worse conditions for tenants.
Mayor Jerry Demings was one of the three members who voted against the plan.
“I really feel that the mayor voting no just really shows them that you have people who really are there fighting for the people, and unfortunately, others who are thinking more about their campaign donations and endorsements,” Bonilla said.
Here’s what the ordinance includes:
- The rent increase would be limited to the consumer price index
- It would only impact multi-family structures with four or more units
- In terms of oversight, it would largely be in the form of responding to complaints
- It would be enforced through the civil citation process
“My reaction was that this was a great win for the people. It’s a historic moment for Orange County, and the people are going to benefit from this, and I can’t wait to see it implemented,” Bonilla told News 6.
The vote came after nearly two hours of public comment, in which 53 people spoke.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — Carrying signs reading "Listen to the Blind" and "Defund CCBVI," a small group of advocates for the blind protested on the sidewalk in North Stockton.
The group with megaphones stationed themselves in front of the Community Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CCBVI) on Grand Canal Blvd.
"We are out here for a change in leadership and a change in the toxic environment here at the center. We want this executive director gone. We want, at a minimum, the board president gone," said Jennifer Gass.
Gass has been blind since she was 18.
From 2009-2017, she says she worked for the center for eight years as activities director and also did marketing and outreach.
"We want inclusion of the blind in every level of this organization for our input to be heard instead of being shut down all the time and ignored," Gass added.
Bob Cole has been blind since birth and is a single father of two. He says he got his first job ever working for the center last October as an assistive technology instructor, but says the stressful environment, including what he believes was a mini-stroke, led him to quit this past March.
"They don't deserve to be treated as miniscule or less than human by a place whose mission is supposed to be to help them," Cole said.
When asked if the center would like to respond to allegations of a "toxic work environment," Executive Director Elsie Hirata said "personnel issues" would not be discussed.
While it's "appointment only" for clients for now, Hirata said social programs curtailed by the pandemic are being "reevaluated" by herself and the center's board of directors.
As a non-profit since 1956, the center has over 100 clients who are taught independent living skills, computer skills, braille along with other services.
The center says it is "dedicated to providing quality instruction to persons who are blind or visually impaired in San Joaquin County."
In a statement given to ABC10, it said in part CCBVI must "successfully pass a rigorous biennial DOR audit to maintain its state certification."
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/stockton-blind-alliance-protest/103-1f1a9962-60a3-4d20-95a9-ac72cb37dfbd | 2022-08-11T02:01:20 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/stockton-blind-alliance-protest/103-1f1a9962-60a3-4d20-95a9-ac72cb37dfbd |
TURLOCK, Calif. — 5 people were displaced after a fire spread to the attic space of a duplex apartment building in Turlock.
Turlock Fire Department responded to the 3300 block of Radcliffe Way for a fire on Aug. 9, just after 10 p.m.
Arriving firefighters found heavy smoke and fire coming out of the garage of a duplex apartment building that would eventually extend to the attic space above the living area.
Crews were able to get everyone out of the building and get the fire under control.
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BIRMINGHAM Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham is seeing City Walk BHAM in full effect after many received a sneak peek at The World games.
Chairman of economic development and tourism, Hunter Williams, says the park provides a quality space for enjoying the outdoors while giving an economic boost to the city.
After the world games, various portions of City Walk BHAM have opened incrementally. Williams says the park provides a multi-functional space with several different amenities for community members and tourists to enjoy.
The park currently offers a skate park, roller rink, playground, dog park and pickleball courts.
“It is something I’m excited about and it’s even more exciting to see its utilization- to see the public there,” said Williams. ”And I think that it’s going to be very positive overall for the city of Birmingham.”
Williams says the city wants to make sure entertainment districts flow seamlessly with downtown districts. He believes City Walk BHAM provides the perfect segue through easy access to local businesses and restaurants.
“It will have a snowball effect of making sure that is one area of north Birmingham that is cohesive for business- for small businesses,” said Williams.
Above all else, Williams says it is the city’s intention to make the City Walk BHAM as safe as possible for all who visit.
He says cameras and security are present at all times to help provide safety. The park also has a daily curfew of 10pm.
“Some people have complained a little bit about the park closing, but as with any city park there are hours to it,” said Williams. “And that is part of making sure that it is a safe and well-maintained environment.”
Williams says some portions of the park are still growing. The dog park is expecting new equipment during the first week of September, and an outdoor classroom is under discussion. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/city-walk-bham-is-open-and-continuing-to-grow/ | 2022-08-11T02:09:14 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/city-walk-bham-is-open-and-continuing-to-grow/ |
GREENSBORO — Authorities are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a 63-year-old Greensboro man overnight on Interstate 73.
Terry Joe Simmons was walking south on I-73 when an unknown vehicle struck him and left the scene. Troopers responded just before 3 a.m. to the scene near the I-85 northbound off-ramp in Guilford County, according to a news release from the Highway Patrol.
Simmons died at the scene.
The State Highway Patrol’s Crash Reconstruction Unit was notified for assistance. During the collision scene examination, parts believed to be from the suspect vehicle were collected. Investigators are seeking information that will aide in locating a black Nissan Altima, four-door sedan passenger vehicle.
The suspect vehicle will have passenger side front bumper/headlamp damage. More specifically, a large portion of the passenger side front bumper and passenger side lower fog lamp will be missing, troopers said in the news release.
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Authorities ask anyone to call the Highway Patrol at 1-800-445-8621. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/highway-patrol-seeking-driver-of-vehicle-involved-in-fatal-hit-and-run-overnight-on-i/article_8939bcd8-18e1-11ed-bae5-bf1042d5dfc5.html | 2022-08-11T02:09:46 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/highway-patrol-seeking-driver-of-vehicle-involved-in-fatal-hit-and-run-overnight-on-i/article_8939bcd8-18e1-11ed-bae5-bf1042d5dfc5.html |
ELON — The slate for Elon University’s latest speaker series includes a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a CNN medical reporter, an actor and more.
The 2022-23 Elon University Speaker Series includes events centered on the theme of “Living Well in a Changing World” and will offer audiences “the opportunity to hear from thought leaders and changemakers,” the university said Tuesday in a news release.
Tickets are $15 or free with an Elon ID and can be reserved by calling 336-278-5610 or visiting elon.universitytickets.com.
The season kicks off Sept. 12 with Dr. Robert Sallis, the past president of the American College of Sports Medicine. He will speak at 7 p.m. at McCrary Theatre in the Center for the Arts.
Actor and activist Ashley Judd follows on Sept. 30. Judd has a long list of activism that includes speaking out against sexual assault as part of the #MeToo movement. The star of such films as “Double Jeopardy” has also traveled the world to advocate for maternal health, human rights and other issues. She will speak at 3:30 p.m. at the Schar Center.
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Next up on Oct. 20 is Dorothy Roberts, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has written and lectured extensively on the interplay of race, gender and class inequalities in U.S. institutions. Roberts will speak at 7:30 p.m. at Whitley Auditorium.
On Nov. 1 is world-renowned neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. She is best known for her research examining how the brain forms long-term memories. Her more recent work has focused on how aerobic exercise can be used to improve learning, memory and higher cognitive abilities. She will speak at 7 p.m. at McKinnon Hall in the Moseley Center.
Pulitzer Prize finalist Tommy Orange will give the university’s MLK commemorative address on Jan. 10. Orange’s debut novel “There There” contains several essays on Native American history and identity. Orange, a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, will speak at 6 p.m. at McCrary Theatre in the Center for the Arts.
The March 6 speaker is Indira Turney, a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University Medical Center studying issues of memory and brain aging. Her goal is to understand how racism becomes embedded in the body and brain and, as a result, affects health. She will speak at 7:30 p.m. at Whitley Auditorium.
The series concludes with Dr. Sanjay Gupta on March 28. Gupta is the Emmy Award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN. A practicing neurosurgeon, Gupta’s coverage for CNN since 2001 has included a range of top health issues, from the 2014 Ebola outbreak to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He will speak at 7 p.m. at the Schar Center. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/dr-sanjay-gupta-actor-and-activist-ashley-judd-among-speakers-for-elon-series-this-year/article_4bd5955a-18c4-11ed-92e9-43f973057b31.html | 2022-08-11T02:09:53 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/dr-sanjay-gupta-actor-and-activist-ashley-judd-among-speakers-for-elon-series-this-year/article_4bd5955a-18c4-11ed-92e9-43f973057b31.html |
GREENSBORO — U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is taking some steps she expects will provide more transparency about a planned facility for unaccompanied migrant children in the city.
Congressional members of both political parties, as well as local leaders, news media and community members have been trying to gain more information from the federal agency about its plans for the site.
DHHS has said it wants to use the campus of what was once the American Hebrew Academy boarding school to temporarily house immigrant children while they await reunification with family members or sponsors in the United States.
The department's Office of Refugee Resettlement said in June that to meet its legal responsibility, the agency “continuously explores potential facility options for future needs to ensure that children do not have to remain in border patrol facilities, which are not appropriate locations for children.”
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By law, DHHS must provide care for children who have no lawful U.S. immigration status; are younger than 18; and who have no parent or legal guardian available to provide care and physical custody here.
In a news release, Manning said that after she met with DHHS officials last week, the agency set up an email address for questions and concerns.
The Greensboro Democrat also said that DHHS will "have a fact sheet available with information about the facility" and "will provide regular updates through an onsite public information officer once the facility is operational."
Manning was unavailable to speak with the News & Record due to being booked with meetings in her district, according to her scheduler.
“I am pleased HHS has agreed to my request to better engage with the local community regarding the Influx Care Facility and to provide detailed information to local officials, who have expressed concerns over the lack of information-sharing and transparency,” Manning said in the release.
Mark Hobson, a Westridge Forest resident who has previously voiced concerns about the planned facility, said he was "skeptical" that DHHS is actually taking steps to be more open.
"It sounds like motherhood and apple pie," he said. "Check the box ... not really saying anything."
Hobson doesn't think that it makes sense to spend the money to house migrant children on what he termed a "five-star" campus. He added that his skepticism is bolstered by past experience — information-sharing meetings DHHS held last month were by invitation only and largely for city and county officials.
"Until such a time that there is a real track record, that any and all questions are answered quickly, honestly and without spin or bias, I will remain skeptical," he wrote in an email.
According to local officials who attended that July meeting, DHHS said that the facility wouldn't open until Jan. 1 at the earliest. When first announced in June, DHHS anticipated opening this summer.
Also, DHHS officials said that up to 800 teenagers could be housed and educated at the facility, and that the average stay would likely be between 15 and 40 days.
Terry Billings, president of the Westridge Forest Homeowners Association, said he thought having a public information officer onsite "absolutely would be helpful."
Still, Billings said he would like to see community meetings for local residents to share their concerns on topics such as traffic, security and the timing of the children's arrival.
Billings said he hasn't really gotten any more information since reading the news reports of the July meetings with local officials.
"If Kathy Manning has got a pipeline of information, I would love to share that with the association members," he said. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/some-are-skeptical-but-dhhs-says-itll-be-more-transparent-about-greensboro-facility/article_fefd4ac2-18ee-11ed-be39-f79aec833ccb.html | 2022-08-11T02:09:59 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/some-are-skeptical-but-dhhs-says-itll-be-more-transparent-about-greensboro-facility/article_fefd4ac2-18ee-11ed-be39-f79aec833ccb.html |
MINIDOKA COUNTY, Idaho — December 7, 1941 - a date that will live in infamy. The bombing of Pearl Harbor may be a day of infamy for a generation of Americans, but for Japanese-Americans of that era, there's another day that shoulders just as much shame.
On February 19, 1942, ten weeks after that attack, President Franklin Roosevelt showed the status of anti-Asian sentiment, by signing Executive Order 9066.
That order authorized the military to round up Japanese-Americans living along the west coast, remove them from their homes, force them to abandon their businesses and leave behind everything, but what they could carry. Brutality based on their ethnicity.
"The justification for the incarceration orders was that Japanese-Americans were committing acts of espionage. The truth of the matter is that the military, through the help of the FCC, realized pretty quickly that none of that was true."
Still, beginning that March, the War Relocation Authority would send more than 120,000 people to 10 remote camps, scattered from California to Arkansas, including here in Idaho.
On August 10, 1942, the Minidoka internment camp opened, unfinished. The water systems were not ready until October, two months after construction.
Today, the story of the camp shares the same status, as the impacts of that prejudicial imprisonment are still being felt generations later.
80 years ago today, the Minidoka internment camp opened.
When the thousands of Japanese-Americans arrived, a lot of it was unfinished. With most of them coming from the lush coastal areas around the northwest, you can imagine the shock of showing up to this dry, dusty destination, Jerome County, Idaho and told this is where they would live for the duration of the war.
So, they had to help build their own confinement, finish the barracks, the other buildings and figure out how to grow food.
80 years later, most of the 13,000 Japanese-Americans who spent time there, are no longer with us. However, their stories are being kept alive through the Minidoka Pilgrimage Committee, a group that tries to make regular trips to what is now a national historic site in Hunt, operated by the National Park Service.
The committee made another one this summer and the 208 was fortunate enough to tag along, to try to grasp the full magnitude of this day in Idaho history.
The guard tower; one of eight that watched over the property and also the first thing you see at the west entrance, like those who arrived 80 years ago to what was then called the Minidoka Relocation Center.
The lava rock guard house controlled who came in, and who was allowed to leave.
The perimeter, lined by a fence installed months after the camp opened, was wrapped in barbed wire. A pretty clear indication of why the "relocation center" was later renamed as an incarceration's camp.
Kurt Ikeda is the Director of interpretation and Education at Minidoka. His job is to explain why Japanese-Americans were forced to live at the camp, and how they transformed 33,000 dusty and desolate acres into fertile farmland in the process.
"120,000 of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated during World War 2," Ikeda said. "Over 13,000 who were incarcerated here at Minidoka during the three years of operation; the majority being from the Pacific Northwest, Seattleites, Portlanders, 135 folks from Alaska."
With more than 640 packed buildings, 40 feet between each barrack, the community was almost a self-sustained city. Which would have been Idaho's seventh largest city in 1943.
"A 20 by 120 size barrack would have been where our families were incarcerated," Ikeda said.
Today, the national historical site has been reduced to just 73 acres, and only six original buildings.
Eugene Tagawa arrived to the site in 1943 with his parents and two older sisters.
"I was born in June of that year so I was three months old when I came here," Tagawa said, "my younger was born here."
Eugene was too young to remember much about his time "at camp", but its why he continues to come back.
"Every time is a new experience, because the people are different," Tagawa said.
He has been apart of the Minidoka Pilgrimage Committee since 2009; a group that was formed nearly 20 years ago as a way of bringing the friends and family of former incarcerated people to the barracks.
Before the pandemic, over 300 people would attend the pilgrimage to not only see the conditions their ancestors faced, but to also honor that generation. A generation that had their livelihoods, rights and more taken from them.
Eugene has been back nearly a dozen times, but each time is still fresh.
"The first time I came on a pilgrimage, I met this man that I'd known in junior high school as a church leader," Tagawa said. "He looked at my name tag and he said, 'I know this name,' and I said, 'yeah, Howard, I went to Faith Bible Church when I was in junior high school.'
"He said, 'no I knew your father, I played baseball with your father in camp.' And then he told me some stories about my father that I never knew. I didn't know my father played baseball in camp, so that was my first pilgrimage, and I said, 'wow what a gift, right?' so I kept coming back."
That is also why Tagawa is so encouraged to see younger generations participate.
Erin Shigaki's family spent nearly 3.5 years at Minidoka. She said her grandfather's bitterness led them to being one of the last to leave.
"I guess I can feel the energy and I just think about my family and the things they endured," Shigaki said. "He was just so angry the whole time and he was just one of those guys, 'we'll leave when they kick us out'."
That was who Shigaki wanted to commemorate when joining the pilgrimage committee almost 10 years ago.
"I also realized I didn't know a thing, there was like a paragraph in my 8th grade Washington state history book," Shigaki added.
"When we think about Minidoka, we think about dust, we think about lack of privacy," Ikeda said. "45 cents per person, per day in 1942, was the amount of money spent per person."
"I want them to learn the whole story about how a whole community and people were unconstitutionally incarcerated because of their race," Shigaki said, "and I want them to understand, to a certain degree, it's still happening now. I don't think as a country we've fully grappled with it, I know as a community we're not done grappling with it."
"When these truths can really become part of the American narrative we're going to be better for it. I really believe that, but we have to tell it all, you know?"
Telling the whole story includes what they did for distraction. There was music, dancing, stage shows, swimming holes, golf, basketball and baseball.
"It was one of the only past times out here, one of the only distractions from their reality. It was just this desolate place with nothing around them," Jonnie Narita, a family member of one of the incarcerated people, said. "And they were just able to forget their situation just for a little bit."
Jonnie only knew about Minidoka through family stories.
"Growing up you always hear about camp, I guess at some point my family kind of gave me the rundown of what it was, what happened, the gravity of it all, and it never sunk in until I came out here," Narita said.
In 2016, Jonnie joined his grandpa George Nakagawa, a former player for the hunt team, for the dedication of the baseball field.
"This place has a certain power to it. It's like a place of great trauma and pain and it's also a place of healing," Narita said. "And so they honored my grandpa and the other baseball players and we like played catch for a bit and I think I ran around the bases. Yeah, I'm never going to forget that."
George left his ball and glove at the Minidoka Museum, but one year later when George passed, he left something else for his grandson.
"It's out legacy for better or for worse. It's a part of American history that we can't erase and we shouldn't try to erase it," Narita said.
That is what the Minidoka Pilgrimage Committee is all about.
"Minidoka will always be a community centered historic site," Ikeda said.
Most of the buildings may be gone or falling apart, but to those that keep them from fading away in memory or the history books, it is more about staying connected.
"We are here together now and we get to reclaim this story," Narita said. "We get to reclaim this place and remember it for what it is which is a terrible place."
"It's about remembering this," Tagawa said. "Not forgetting and just saying 'never again'."
There is one other thing you notice when entering the Minidoka historical site: a three-panel wooden sign with an eagle attached to the top.
That sign is called the "honor roll" and it lists the names of the young men and women who served in the military while their families remained incarcerated.
There are nearly 1,000 names on the honor roll; 418 when the sign was first erected in 1943 and in full view of the guards at the gate.
Minidoka had the highest percentage of prisoners serve in the military. When the war was over and the incarcerated people were allowed to go home, most of the 33,000 acres of the camp were offered to returning veterans for them to farm.
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BLAINE COUNTY, Idaho — When Rob Ditch started his career as a school principal, he did not expect how the job description would change.
“The string of school shootings that we've had over the past several years has really kind of changed the landscape of education in a lot of ways,” Ditch said. “When I started my career, it was more about preserving order.”
Now, Ditch’s number one priority is keeping students and faculty safe. He said school resource officers are a big help in achieving that goal.
Blaine County School District and Hailey Police Department leaders agree.
This year, there is a new SRO agreement for the school district. The two Hailey Police SROs will cover five schools. This is an increase from the three schools they monitored last year, said Jim Foudy, Blaine County School District Superintendent.
He said additional law enforcement officers from different agencies will provide coverage to the three remaining schools in the district.
“This is an ongoing effort to provide the highest safety measures for all of our schools throughout the community,” Foudy said.
Not only is the new SRO plan expanding coverage, it is also cutting costs for the district. Before this year, Hailey Police Chief Steve England said the Blaine County School District paid for SROs during all twelve months.
With this new agreement, the City of Hailey is picking up the summer months. England said he believes this new agreement will hopefully give parents peace of mind sending their kids to school.
“There's a lot of you know, a lot of tension and anxiety throughout the community and nationwide,” England said. “And, so we wanted to make sure between the city and the school board that we were all on the same page.”
The school district’s response to an emergency was tested last year during a scare at Wood River Middle School, Ditch said. A popped balloon in a bathroom, which someone called in as a possible gun shot, led to a full response by law enforcement.
“It was, you know, kind of a scary event for the people in the building because we really didn't know what we were dealing with at the time,” he said.
England said the incident was a learning experience.
“It was a good wake up call for us,” he said. “We were able to fix all those things that didn't go so well and improve upon those and hopefully, [have an] even better response and quicker coverage next time.”
Having SROs in the building is a decision Ditch said hopefully helps prevents tragic events.
“It increases the feelings of safety in the school because we have the SRO here,” Ditch said. “I actually really just find them to be a kind of an indispensable part of my team here at the school.”
Calling an official when you hear something suspicious is also extremely important to keeping one’s community safe, Foudy said. He encourages people keep an ear open at all times.
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BOISE, Idaho — The Boise Police Department held an annual training Wednesday for their school resource officers (SRO) on how to respond to an active school shooter.
Boise Police SRO's are assigned to the Boise School District (BSD); a few schools in the West Ada School District also sit in their jurisdiction, according to Boise Police Capt. Spencer Fomby.
"The main thing we need is for the officers to understand their role in society. The public expects us to respond to these events, to make decisive action, and to make the right decisions under stress," Capt. Fomby said.
The annual active shooter training comes one week before BSD begins the upcoming school year. The training isn't new, according to Capt. Fomby; however, the tactics have changed over time.
"We want the officers to be very proficient in the physical skills so they can focus on making decisions," Capt. Fomby said.
It takes a certain type of officer to be an SRO. Officers specifically asks for the assignment, and it can be competitive.
Kari Fratusco has been an SRO for 17 years. She currently works at Lowell Scott Middle School.
"You gotta be able to reach out to all the kids in all the groups," Fratusco said. "They’re all good. You just gotta reach out to them and make them realize how good they are. Even if they make a poor choice."
Breaking down those figurative walls are why Fratusco chooses to be on the job, but breaking down literally doors and clearing a room from a potential threat is why she's needed.
"You hope that we do all of this training and never have to use it, but we just never know if a situation is every going to arise," Fratusco said.
All Boise Police SRO's are equipped with medical gear to respond to a mass casualty event, according to Capt. Fomby. Each SRO also has the proper equipment on-site to breach a locked door.
"Ya know, it's unfortunate," Timberline High School SRO Tyjuan Lynn said. "Back when I went to high school, the hardest thing we did was fire drills. Getting people lined up to get to a patch of grass. Today, it's an unfortunate thought you have to go to school to prepare for active shooters."
Toward the end of the training, SRO's practiced clearing rooms with potential threats. The training utilized fake bullets, mimicking paintballs, to give immediate feedback on performance.
In response to the images seen from the hallways of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, both Lynn and Fratusco confirm they are willing to breach a door and confront a shooter on behalf of the kids in their school.
"And I think a majority of us are prepared for that," Fratusco said. "If you don't go in, you have to live with that also."
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COVID-19 weekly update: Cases increase by 13,501, with 59 new known deaths
Reported COVID-19 cases in Arizona were slightly lower last week, as was the percentage of tests returning positive for the virus, according to the state's weekly update.
Health officials on Wednesday added 13,501 new COVID-19 cases and 59 new known deaths over the weeklong period ending Aug. 6. June and July saw relatively similar weekly case additions, and Wednesday's was the lowest reported since May.
Case counts are still far below the winter, state data shows. Case numbers in recent months likely are not showing the full picture of infections as many more people have used at-home test kits and may not report positive results to their doctors or county health departments.
Arizona, like other states, is seeing ongoing elevated cases largely driven by two contagious subvariants of the virus, BA.4 and BA.5, with BA.5 the more dominant of the two. It's also likely contributing to reinfections given its contagiousness and ability to evade antibodies.
Residents in five of Arizona’s 15 counties should be wearing face masks indoors in public because of COVID-19 levels, according to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of Aug. 4. Those counties were Mohave, Navajo, Apache, Yuma and La Paz.
The CDC’s “community level” guidance is updated weekly and ranks counties as low, medium and high, or green, yellow and orange. The six Arizona counties designated as “medium” were Coconino, Gila, Graham, Cochise, Santa Cruz and Pima. Maricopa, Yavapai, Pinal and Greenlee were “low” as of Aug. 4.
The metrics are based on a county’s COVID-19 hospital bed use, COVID-19 hospital admissions and case rates for the virus over the past week.
Reported cases since the pandemic began are over 2.2 million. Known deaths in Arizona are at about 30,900.
Wednesday marked the 24th of the weekly updates to the state's data dashboard, instead of daily updates that Arizonans became accustomed to following for the latest data on infections, illnesses and deaths.
The previous week's update added 15,034 cases and 74 deaths, compared with 17,249 cases and 70 deaths three weeks ago and 18,135 cases and 66 deaths four weeks ago.
This week's update shows the differences between data reported for the week of July 31-Aug. 6 and July 24-30.
Health officials say weekly updates match how public health monitors trends and other disease reporting.
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Case numbers generally were relatively lower in the past couple of months, and public health experts estimate cases of the highly contagious omicron variant peaked in Arizona around mid-January.
The state data dashboard no longer shows key hospitalization information since Gov. Doug Ducey ended the COVID-19 emergency declaration March 30. State health officials said hospitals are no longer required to report some COVID-19 surveillance data to the state, meaning certain graphs showing weekly hospitalization levels for the disease and bed usage by COVID-19 patients are no longer updated.
At the time that data reporting stopped, hospitalizations for the disease had dropped steadily since late January.
The CDC still reports state hospitalization data for Arizona and showed a 4.9% decrease in the seven-day average of COVID-19 hospital admissions during Aug. 1-7 compared with July 25-31. Hospital admissions last week were down 83.3% from the peak seven-day average in early January 2021.
The number of known deaths in the state was at 30,901 as of Wednesday, after passing 30,000 known deaths in the May 4 update, 29,000 deaths in the March 30 update, 28,000 deaths in the March 9 update, 27,000 deaths on Feb. 10 and 26,000 deaths on Jan. 28. The state surpassed 25,000 deaths on Jan. 13. Deaths are now reported with a four-week lag.
Arizona's overall pandemic death rate since early 2020 is the third-highest nationwide.
State data on breakthrough infections
The state in December began publicly disclosing data on breakthrough COVID-19 infections, and state officials say the data underscores the effectiveness of the vaccine, especially for people with booster doses.
Data from June show that 23.3% of hospitalizations and 22.4% of COVID-19 deaths were among fully vaccinated people without a booster, with 47.3% of hospitalizations and 42.7% of deaths among unvaccinated people. Fully vaccinated people with a booster made up 29.4% of hospitalizations and 34.9% of deaths in June.
The monthly data no longer includes a breakdown of cases by vaccination status, just hospitalizations and deaths. Health officials said that's because testing changes, including more at-home testing, made that comparison "far less reliable."
The COVID-19 virus' disproportionate impact on older adults, who are also more likely to have a booster dose, could help explain why a higher percentage of people who were fully vaccinated and boosted died of COVID-19 in June than those who were fully vaccinated and not boosted. The effectiveness of boosters also appears to wane after several months. But the precise explanation for those percentages of deaths is unclear.
Looking at the proportions of deaths by vaccination status does not tell the risk, though. State health officials recommend considering the rates of death among boosted individuals versus unvaccinated individuals, which show significantly lower death rates in vaccinated and boosted individuals compared with unvaccinated individuals.
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Health officials emphasize the best protection against severe illness from COVID-19 is to remain up to date with recommended vaccinations, including second booster doses for those 50 and older and people who are immunocompromised.
Unvaccinated people 12 and older in Arizona had a 9.8 times greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 and 12 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19 in June compared with fully vaccinated people with a booster, according to a state analysis.
Unvaccinated people had a 8.4 times greater risk of hospitalization and 10 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19 compared with individuals who were fully vaccinated without a booster.
As of July 13, there had been 2,057 breakthrough deaths in fully vaccinated individuals, according to state health officials’ preliminary data, which works out to a breakthrough death rate of about 0.04% among fully vaccinated people.
Case rates and death reports
Contagious omicron subvariants, particularly BA.5, are contributing to many of the cases in Arizona, according to results from sequencing labs.
Percent positivity, which refers to the percentage of COVID-19 diagnostic tests that are positive, varies somewhat based on how it's measured. It was high in the winter months, a sign of more community spread. Then it was much lower but began climbing upward in April.
Arizona's percent positivity for COVID-19 testing was at 3% for the week of April 3, 4% for the week of April 10, 5% for the week of April 17, 6% for the week of April 24, 8% for the week of May 1, 11% for the week of May 8, 15% for the week of May 15, 18% for the week of May 22, 21% for the week of May 29, 22% for the week of June 5, 23% for the week of June 12, 27% for the week of June 19, 26% for the week of June 26, 28% for the week of July 3, 29% for the week of July 10, 29% for the week of July 17, 27% for the week of July 24 and 25% for the week of July 31. The percentages are now for all diagnostic tests conducted, rather than for unique individuals tested, after a change to the state dashboard.
A positivity rate of 5% or less is considered a good benchmark that the disease's spread is under control.
The state's overall COVID-19 death and case rates since Jan. 21, 2020, still remain among the worst in the country.
The COVID-19 death rate in Arizona since the pandemic began is 423 deaths per 100,000 people as of Tuesday, according to the CDC, putting it third in the country in a state ranking that separates New York City from New York state. The U.S. average is 310 deaths per 100,000 people as of Tuesday, according to the CDC.
New York City has the highest death rate, at 491 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by Mississippi at 426.
Arizona's first known death from the disease occurred in mid-March 2020.
Many of the reported deaths occurred days or weeks before because of reporting delays and death certificate matching.
A total of 2,224,964 COVID-19 cases were identified across the state through Aug. 6.
Vaccination update
Arizonans ages 6 months and older are eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, while the Moderna vaccine is approved for children ages 6 months to 5 years and people 18 and older. The CDC has recommended the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on a more limited basis for people 18 and older. Many individuals are eligible for booster doses, too.
The state reported nearly 5.3 million people in Arizona — about 73.5% of the total state population — had received at least one vaccine dose through Aug. 6, with about 4.5 million residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The state’s data dashboard now separates out doses administered to Arizona residents versus all doses administered in the state.
Arizona's rate of fully vaccinated people out of the total population was 62.8%, which was behind the national rate of 67.2%, according to the CDC as of Aug. 3.
Out of people ages 5 and older, 66.7% of those in Arizona were fully vaccinated, compared with 71.4% at the national level, CDC data shows.
Health experts strongly recommend booster shots for those eligible, especially with the omicron variant spreading. About 47.7% of fully vaccinated Arizonans over the age of 18 had received a first booster shot as of Aug. 3, below the national rate of 51.4% for that same age group.
What to know about latest numbers
Reported cases in Arizona: 2,224,964, as of Aug. 6.
Cases by county: 1,399,709 in Maricopa; 283,188 in Pima; 144,191 in Pinal; 66,610 in Yuma; 62,861 in Mohave; 53,610 in Yavapai; 48,679 in Coconino; 42,901 in Navajo; 35,115 in Cochise; 29,781 in Apache; 19,191 in Gila; 18,036 in Santa Cruz; 13,005 in Graham; 5,669 in La Paz; and 2,418 in Greenlee, according to state numbers.
The rate of cases per 100,000 people since the pandemic began is highest in Apache County, followed by Navajo, Gila, Santa Cruz, Graham and Coconino counties, according to state data. The rate in Apache County is 41,473 cases per 100,000 people. By comparison, the U.S. average rate since the pandemic began is 27,752 cases per 100,000 people as of Tuesday, according to the CDC.
The Navajo Nation reported 60,723 cases and 1,859 confirmed deaths as of July 28. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The Arizona Department of Corrections reported 15,313 inmates had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, including 2,470 in Tucson, 2,277 in Eyman, 2,242 in Yuma, 1,785 in Lewis and 1,532 in Phoenix; 57,767 inmates statewide have been tested. A total of 5,550 prison staff members have self-reported testing positive, the department said. Sixty-two incarcerated people in Arizona are confirmed to have died of COVID-19, with 16 additional deaths under investigation.
The race/ethnicity breakdown of cases since the start of the pandemic in 2020 is 40% white, 29% Hispanic or Latino, 5% American Indian, 4% Black and 2% Asian/Pacific Islander. Race/ethnicity of positive cases since the onset of the pandemic is unknown in 15% of cases and listed as other race in 6% of cases.
Of those who have tested positive in Arizona since the start of the pandemic, about 21% were younger than 20, 42% were 20-44, 13% were 45-54, 11% were 55-64 and 12% were age 65 or older.
Laboratories had completed 20,442,677 total diagnostic tests for COVID-19 as of Aug. 6, 12.6% of which have come back positive. That number includes both PCR and antigen testing.
Percent positivity was at 25% for the week of July 31, slightly lower than previous weeks but still at a high level. The state numbers leave out data from labs that do not report electronically.
The state Health Department includes probable cases as anyone with a positive antigen test, another type of test to determine infection. Antigen tests (not related to antibody tests) use a nasal swab or another fluid sample to test for current infection. Results are typically produced within 15 minutes.
A positive antigen test result is considered very accurate, but there's an increased chance of false-negative results, Mayo Clinic officials said. They say a doctor may recommend a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test to confirm a negative antigen test result.
Arizona as of Tuesday had the 14th highest overall case rate in the country since Jan. 21, 2020. Ahead of Arizona in cases per 100,000 people since the pandemic began are Alaska, Rhode Island, North Dakota, Guam, Kentucky, New York City, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Delaware, according to the CDC.
Arizona's infection rate is 30,383 cases per 100,000 people, according to the CDC. The national average is 27,752 cases per 100,000 people, although the rates in states hard hit early in the pandemic may be an undercount because of a lack of available testing in March and April 2020.
Reported deaths in Arizona: 30,901
Deaths by county: 17,692 in Maricopa; 3,932 in Pima; 1,707 in Pinal; 1,511 in Mohave; 1,253 in Yavapai; 1,192 in Yuma; 923 in Navajo; 619 in Apache; 586 in Cochise; 489 in Coconino; 391 in Gila; 237 in Santa Cruz; 182 in Graham; 148 in La Paz; and 39 in Greenlee.
People age 65 and older make up 22,012 of the 30,901 deaths, or 71%. About 15% of deaths were among people 55-64 years old, 8% were 45-54 and 5% were 20-44 years old.
While race/ethnicity was unknown for 4% of deaths, 56% of those who died were white, 26% were Hispanic or Latino, 7% were Native American, 3% were Black and 1% were Asian/Pacific Islander, the state data shows.
The global death toll as of Wednesday was 6,425,791. The U.S. had the highest death count of any country in the world, at 1,034,877, followed by Brazil at 680,531 and India at 526,826, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Arizona's 30,901 deaths represent about 3% of COVID-19 deaths in the United States.
Republic reporter Stephanie Innes contributed to this article.
Reach the reporter at Alison.Steinbach@arizonarepublic.com or at 602-444-4282. Follow her on Twitter @alisteinbach.
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Flagstaff to receive thousands more pre-filled sandbags to help mitigate flooding
After multiple rain events caused serious flooding across neighborhoods near the Pipeline Fire burn scar over the past few weeks, more pre-filled sandbags are on the way to help residents mitigate the impact of flood waters.
Flagstaff Mayor Paul Deasy announced Wednesday afternoon that the city is expecting 250 pallets of pre-filled sandbags from the Coconino County Flood Control District, adding at least 10,000 more sandbags to what is already in the city.
At least 28 homes have reported external or internal damage caused by flooding, Deasy said, and many of them already have countless sandbags on their properties.
"Even those who already have sandbags have been requesting and needing more," he said. "Some of these properties have 5,000 plus sandbags on a single property."
The pallets began arriving at the "Schultz Y" sandbag filling location at the intersection of Schultz Pass and Mt. Elden Lookout roads just before 3 p.m. Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the Flagstaff city council authorized $270,000 to purchase around 100,000 more pre-filled sandbags from a private contractor. Over the next 48 hours, Deasy said, trucks should be bringing around 40 pallets a day to be spread throughout the city and county.
"We previously, with supply and demand, have had difficulty finding a private vendor to assist us with pre-filled bags," Deasy said. "And once we did find someone, we pounced on it as quickly as possible."
There's a good chance Flagstaff could see more rain and flash flooding as storm systems continue to move through the area.
"The high-pressure system that drives the monsoon is in a favorable location so were going to be in a deep moisture pattern with shower and thunderstorm activity most common along the higher terrain and then moving into the lower elevations of Yavapai County later in the day," said National Weather Service meteorologist Benjamin Peterson.
"And that pattern is going to hold at least through the weekend if not into much of next week," he said.
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Chandler boy says he was sexually assaulted at his apartment complex; investigation underway
Chandler police said an investigation is underway after a man reportedly led a boy away from his bus stop and sexually assaulted him in July near Warner and McQueen roads at an apartment complex.
The boy told police a man driving a golf cart approached him at his apartment complex. The man reportedly took the boy to a different location of the complex and sexually assaulted him.
According to Chandler police, officers went to the apartment complex on Wednesday morning to canvas the neighborhood and gave residents a letter regarding the case information.
The suspect is described as a white or Hispanic man with dark eyes. Police said the man wore a dark blue or black shirt with lettering on it with dark blue or black pants.
Police urged anyone with information to contact the Chandler Police Department at 480-782-4130.
Reach breaking news reporter Jodicee Arianna at Jodicee.Harris@gannett.com.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A popular Valley steakhouse had to close down after a huge fire Sunday that sent huge plumes of smoke into the air.
But now, after a few days, Fogo De Chao is already fixed up and back open to customers.
General Manager Merhawit Keleta credits the quick response of Scottsdale fire crews for keeping the massive fire at bay.
"The firefighters are incredible. They were here in, I think, less than five minutes, and how they were able to put that fire out, I think, really saved the entire restaurant. It did not affect the inside of the building at all, our guests and our team were not affected, but we did rush everybody out, you know, as a precaution," said Keleta.
Captain Dave Folio with the Scottsdale Fire Department said the roof fire was sparked by grease.
"They've got a grease trap for their kitchen inside, which it caught fire and moved into a larger grease trap on the roof," he explained.
Despite the size of the fire, Keleta says, surprisingly, there was little damage. She's grateful for that, along with the outpouring of support from the community.
"We've gotten text messages, calls from people checking on us to see how everybody is doing, so it’s just amazing to see that kind of support from our community," she said.
All 80 customers and staff were able to get out safely, and city inspectors cleared the restaurant to reopen.
"All the food that was in the dining room was discarded, and the meats in the back were also thrown out; there was some loss; however, that's nothing compared to being able to get everyone out safely," Keleta said.
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PHOENIX — New photos from Phoenix police show the devastation after four people were killed as a result of street racing in north Phoenix.
One of the victims, was a 28-year-old Lyft driver, Terry Hill. He had two passengers in his car when they were hit by a Toyota Camry racing a dark-colored sedan. Hill's car burst into flames, killing everyone inside.
"It's unacceptable behavior," Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said. "It's an unacceptable risk."
Mitchell addressed the penalties currently in place for cases involving street racing.
This is just one instance of many to have happened across the area.
Mitchell said recent legislation increased penalties for the crime, and that her office is clamping down on the problem.
"Previously it had been a misdemeanor, now subsequent offenses within 24 months are a felony and it also comes with mandatory fines as well as impounding of the vehicle," she said.
She also mentioned Phoenix police have a task force that focuses specifically on street racing, which seems to help.
"It's an extremely impressive squad of detectives," she said. "They all want to be there, they all understand how dangerous street racing is, we've had a number of people killed because of street racers."
The number of incidents, she says, is plateauing. Still, if more is needed, Mitchell says they have no problem adjusting the punishment's severity.
"The Legislature increased the penalties and of course, it more severe things happen because of street racing, because of death or serious injury, we have in our hands, we can charge aggravated assault, which is a mandatory prison sentence as well as manslaughter," she said.
12News reached out to Julie Gunnigle's campaign for Maricopa County Attorney about this issue and it sent a statement saying:
"We need to be using evidence-based strategies, and that starts with community education. We can get to the root cause of risky behavior by getting out into the community, listening to residents, getting the word out in schools and enlisting community support to address the problem."
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RICHARDSON, Texas — The Richardson Independent School District is pumping the brakes on proposed 'locking cell phone pouches' for students to utilize throughout the day during the upcoming school year -- at least districtwide at secondary schools.
Superintendent Tabitha Branum originally wanted school board members to vote on implementing the pouches at middle and high school campuses at a meeting Thursday night.
But after a strong parent reaction, the vote was pulled from the agenda, and Branum announced that a small pilot program for the pouches would be done at Forest Meadow Junior High at the beginning of the school year.
Under the pulled proposal, students would have to put their phones in protective cases that would be locked throughout the school day. Students wouldn't be able to access their phones until the end of the day or in case of an emergency.
The action item says administrators think it's "necessary" to restrict cell phone access so there can be "an orderly learning environment on Richardson ISD secondary campuses."
According to the action item, Superintendent Tabitha Branum hoped to start the program at a price no higher than $401,000.
Per Branum, the district is spending $25,000 for the FMJH campus.
"One of the things we've heard from our educators -- especially our classroom educators -- is the real distraction that cell phones can be for our students," Branum told WFAA. "It can be a real barrier for them focusing on what they're meant to do in class, which is to keep their focus on their learning."
The superintendent also said the district does have a cell phone-free policy outside of lunch. But because of the stress teachers have endured during the pandemic, the district loosened enforcement of the policy.
Branum intends to enforce the policy more strongly this semester and compare discipline handed out at FMJH and other secondary schools to see if the pouches should expand.
"We will share that data publicly, and it will allow us to see how the implementation works and then collect data," Branum said. "At all other schools, turn the phones off, keep them in your backpacks except at lunch, and if we see it, we will take it."
Branum said many parents had an issue with the idea of a phone barrier in the way in case of some sort of emergency like an active shooter situation.
Other parents praised the idea of reducing screen time.
Some parents didn't like that they wouldn't be able to be in constant contact with their children.
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CABELL COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — Two large road slips are still impacting Union Ridge Road in Cabell County, and drivers say it is just getting worse.
Jennifer Dooley, a spokesperson with the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT), tells 13 News they are waiting on utility relocation. Dooley says WVDOT was hoping to have it done a few days ago, but it is still undergoing.
Dooley says WVDOT cannot start repairs on the road slip until utility relocation is complete. On the other hand, drivers say they are sick of waiting.
“It’s scary,” said Glenwood resident William Prather. “Like oh gosh, is this going to fall through now? Is it going to fall through later on? Because you don’t know when it’s all going to fall.”
Those are Prather’s thoughts as he makes the trek across Union Ridge Road, which has not one, but two large road slips only about 2 miles apart.
“My mom, my dad, my brother-in-law all have to drive through this area worrying about the road from here to here falling out,” said Prather.
Prather, like many drivers in this area, relies heavily on this road. He says it is the only way in and out, unless you want to add on a hefty amount of time to your drive.
“If this here falls out, we are going to have to go the other way around, and that’s a pain in the butt,” Prather said.
As many drivers brave the journey across, many tell me they are worried not only for their safety, but their neighbors.
“It’s kind of got me worried bad,” Prather said. “I mean, I don’t know if it’s going to fall through. My neighbors Steph and them can’t get out. I mean, it’s bad.”
Another major concern residents have is the school bus crossing the one-lane road filled with students. Jedd Flowers, a spokesperson for Cabell County Schools, tells 13 News they have not yet determined if the buses will be able to run the route this school year. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/cabell-co-drivers-say-half-the-road-is-gone-and-it-is-just-getting-worse/ | 2022-08-11T02:29:02 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/cabell-co-drivers-say-half-the-road-is-gone-and-it-is-just-getting-worse/ |
KNOTT COUNTY, KY (WOWK) — Parts of Eastern Kentucky are under a flood watch right now, and some people in Knott County say they are exhausted as they have only recently gotten their power back on.
Holly Bush Road in Knott County was one of the last areas to get restored power.
Some say they have had power on for almost two days, but others say it was restored on Tuesday night.
People say they have had to do things like sitting outside and depending on others to bring them food because their refrigerator had no power.
Some credit the flood-damaged roads for how long it took crews to get the power back on.
“I feel like usually it only takes a few days, but where the roads were so bad, they had to work on it pretty much every day until we got the power back on,” said Knott County resident Andrea Smith.
Another resident explains it has been an extremely challenging two weeks taking care of her father-in-law.
“He is on oxygen twenty-four-seven since COVID, and we have the Generac Generator system,” Brittany Thornsberry said. “It was impacted by the flood as well because the water had gotten so high. It was hard because we were having to go in and out of our holler 10 times a day just to get gasoline and oxygen to meet the guy because he couldn’t drive up here.”
Now, those residents say they are feeling a bit of normalcy with the power back on. Although, they hope with more rain expected in the area, the results this time will not be as bad as the last. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/ky-residents-relieved-after-finally-getting-power-restored/ | 2022-08-11T02:29:08 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/ky-residents-relieved-after-finally-getting-power-restored/ |
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A longtime Lincoln boxing gym is poised to make a big move and also give a boost to the sport.
Southside Boxing Club has a deal in place to buy the former Champions Fun Center at 1555 Yolande Ave. and turn it into a training facility as well as an arena that will host boxing and MMA events, and, potentially, concerts.
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to recommend changing the zoning on the 6-acre site back to industrial to facilitate the boxing operation and potential future large events.
Champions closed last year after nearly 25 years of offering bowling, arcade games, minigolf, go-karts and other activities.
There had been plans to turn the building into a recreational center for kids, and the zoning on the site was changed to highway commercial in February to facilitate that, but those plans apparently fell through.
Tina Arsiaga, whose husband, Tommy, is president of Southside Boxing Gym, said the organization is scheduled to close on the property next month and is hoping to hold its first event in October.
Southside is partnering with Lincoln MMA fighter Andrew Sommers, who will open an MMA training facility in the building called Calculated Violence, as well as other fitness organizations.
Arsiaga said the building has mostly been stripped of game equipment and will be remodeled into one large space that will be able to hold 1,500 to 2,000 spectators for events.
She said the boxing and MMA events the facility plans to hold will be similar to ones that have been held at the Ice Box, including a recent kickboxing event on July 30.
Over 35 years, Omaha's Tenaska Energy has grown into an $18 billion business. Co-founder Howard Hawks is stepping down as company chairman but will stay on the board.
Ray Ward’s dream was to put his knowledge of soil health and fertility to work for farmers, but he had to convince them of the value and necessity of testing their soil.
Warren Buffett's company has bought up more than $11 billion worth of Occidental Petroleum stock this year, giving Berkshire Hathaway control of more than 20% of the oil producer.
The Nebraska Department of Revenue started taking applications Monday for the credits, which are available to retailers that sell fuel with more than 10% ethanol.
Airport Executive Director David Haring said he's already in negotiations with at least one airline and is "optimistic" an agreement could be signed as early as next month.
The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission has given approval for WarHorse Gaming and the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association to begin work at Lincoln Race Course to accommodate the temporary casino.
The former Champions Fun Center at 1555 Yolande Ave. is under contract to be sold, with plans to turn it into a boxing and MMA training center and arena. | https://journalstar.com/business/local/former-lincoln-fun-center-slated-to-become-boxing-club-and-arena/article_3dec2a8d-d9aa-5425-8885-2089184ca771.html | 2022-08-11T02:43:18 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/business/local/former-lincoln-fun-center-slated-to-become-boxing-club-and-arena/article_3dec2a8d-d9aa-5425-8885-2089184ca771.html |
A 21-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a man on July 25 on the west side, sheriff's officials said.
Alex Maldonado was arrested at the port of entry in Nogales just before noon and booked into the Santa Cruz County jail awaiting extradition to Pima County.
Maldonado is facing a charge of failure to remain on the scene of a fatal collision in connection with the death of David Moreno, 26.
Moreno's body was found by deputies just off the road near South Kinney and West Gates Pass roads. His injuries were consistent with being hit be a vehicle, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
The driver who struck Moreno did not stay at the scene of the crash, the release said.
The sheriff's department said Maldonado was driving the Dodge Charger involved in the crash. The vehicle has been recovered, the department said. | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-arrested-in-connection-to-fatal-crash-on-tucsons-west-side/article_77d6c0b6-1919-11ed-9650-1f2bad6d1287.html | 2022-08-11T02:43:23 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-arrested-in-connection-to-fatal-crash-on-tucsons-west-side/article_77d6c0b6-1919-11ed-9650-1f2bad6d1287.html |
SEATTLE — Behind a steel gate and through a locked door you’re safe to get lost in the music.
“We’ve cultivated something in here. We love inside these gates we create our own world,” said Trevor Boone a co-owner of Emerald City Guitars.
It's what happens on the outside that keeps the Boone family awake at night. They showed us video after video captured by store employees that appears to show drug use in plain sight. Needles at times in piles and a situation they say is out of control.
“I’ve got a full staff down here and for the umpteenth time over all the years we’ve been down here, especially like the last ten years we’ve got crazy violent stuff going on down here,” said founding owner Jay Boone.
Tuesday’s incident stepped everything up a notch. Trevor Boone says he asked the occupants of a green tent to move down the block and was met with, “A hand came out of the tent and showed ‘we have bullets’,” he said.
“I did not see a pistol, I mean I don’t want to see a pistol, bullets are enough,” Trevor Boone continued.
Police responded but no one was cited. That green tent is still there, moved just a few feet down the sidewalk. A situation that caps years of run dangerous run in’s that they say show no sign of stopping.
According to the Downtown Seattle Association, 500 businesses have either moved or shut down since March of 2020. Emerald City Guitars says they don’t want to follow that lead.
While to them it appears there is no help on the way the owners of Emerald City Guitars make it clear they don’t want to leave – at least not yet.
“We want to fight, we want to fight for our right to run a business in downtown Seattle and run a business without having employees come to work with their lives in danger every day,” Jay Boone said.
In a statement from Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's Office, a spokesperson said the mayor agrees Pioneer Square and all downtown neighborhoods "must be safe and welcoming places for residents and visitors."
A spokesperson pointed to initiatives the mayor has implemented in an attempt to reduce crime downtown, like increasing Seattle police presence and expanding programs to put small businesses and arts exhibits in vacant storefronts.
"Issues created over years cannot be solved overnight, but we will continue to work with residents and businesses to develop a comprehensive approach to public safety and drive sustainable progress," a spokesperson said. "This includes efforts to diversify public safety responses, ensuring the most effective and appropriate approach depending on the issue. Further, the mayor presented his plan to increase SPD staffing and recruitment so we can improve response times." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/pioneer-square-seattle-guitar-shop-owners-frustrated-crime-drug-use-police/281-896b0ff8-edd2-462c-a040-0956ec5758f5 | 2022-08-11T02:51:58 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/pioneer-square-seattle-guitar-shop-owners-frustrated-crime-drug-use-police/281-896b0ff8-edd2-462c-a040-0956ec5758f5 |
TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma Union Station is now officially a federal building.
Officials from the City of Tacoma and Washington, D.C. held a ceremony to celebrate the transfer of ownership on Wednesday.
Speakers took a moment to highlight the history that Union Station has seen since opening in 1911, and the new purpose the building has found once it was turned into a U.S. Courthouse in 1990.
“President Harding was here in 1923, FDR was here in 1937, Babe Ruth, Ella Fitzgerald, you name it, they walked through these halls,” said Robin Carnahan of the General Services Administration.
In the time since the General Services Administration entered into its lease agreement with the City of Tacoma, Union Station has housed 10 courtrooms for judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
“This building today is a beacon for justice in our community at a time when it’s desperately needed,” said former Washington Congressmember Norm Dicks.
At the end of the lease, the GSA exercised an option to purchase the property from the City of Tacoma for $1, but will continue overseeing the building, which Deputy Mayor Catherine Ushka said will allow the Union Station to continue serving Tacoma.
“When the community wants to come together because they’re worried about justice, where you’ll find them in Tacoma is right outside those doors, so this is an important part of Tacoma placemaking,” Ushka said. “It’s not about making money, it never was. It’s about making sure that all that hard work and grit that I talked about that makes Tacoma the City of Destiny continues for generations forward and this allows that to happen.”
Ushka went on to say there are plans in the works to restore and preserve other historic buildings like Gault Middle School. She said although the work is expensive and difficult, it’s also necessary. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-transfers-union-station/281-5869290b-9673-4117-a6a9-f5ad271f275e | 2022-08-11T02:52:04 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-transfers-union-station/281-5869290b-9673-4117-a6a9-f5ad271f275e |
A Richmond man who terrorized four bank employees and a customer at gunpoint, herding them into a back room before forcing them to their knees, was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to nearly 12 years in prison for a $196,000 bank heist that was solved with Google location data from his cellphone.
Following a sentencing hearing that capped nearly three years of litigation in state and federal courts, Judge M. Hannah Lauck sentenced Okello T. Chatrie, 27, to 141 months in prison for the May 20, 2019, armed robbery of the Call Federal Credit Union at 3640 Call Drive in Chesterfield County.
The judge denied a defense request for a downward variance in punishment of 130 months. “Too many victims,” she said from the bench. But the term she imposed was at the low end of discretionary federal sentencing guidelines, which called for an active term of between 141 and 155 months. Chatrie also will get credit for the nearly three years he’s already served.
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The case, which had been watched nationally, tested the constitutionality of a “geofence” warrant that allowed Chesterfield police to obtain Google location records of 19 cellphones near the bank at the time of the heist. Chatrie’s phone was among them.
Chatrie is a Jamaican national who immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 2018 as a legal permanent resident, a status he’ll lose with his federal conviction. He’ll likely be deported after finishing his term.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth Simon Jr. urged the court to impose a punishment at the top of the guidelines due to the violent nature of the robbery, which involved Chatrie threatening the lives of five bank employees and one customer at gunpoint after forcing them to their knees.
“This is a premeditated robbery,” Simon told the court. “He went in there to terrorize those folks and get money.”
‘I know where you live’
Chatrie entered the bank 10 minutes before closing, stood briefly in line and then passed a note to a teller demanding a minimum of $100,000. His note read, in part, “I got your family as hostage and I know where you live. If you or your coworker alert the cops or anyone else your family and you are going to be hurt.”
After the teller said she didn’t have access to that kind of money, Chatrie pulled a Taurus 9mm semiautomatic pistol that he had purchased legally 21 days earlier from Bob Moates Sports Shop in Chesterfield. Waving around the firearm, Chatrie then directed the teller and other bank employees, along with one bank customer, to move to the center of the lobby and get on the floor.
Once there, he led the victims behind the counter and into a back room that contained the bank’s safe. Chatrie then forced the bank’s manager to open the safe and place $195,000 into a bag he brought with him. After getting $196,932 in cash, Chatrie left the bank on foot and traveled toward an adjacent business west of the bank.
“It’s very terrifying,” bank manager Kevin Caldwell testified as he narrated a surveillance video of the holdup played in court. “It seemed unreal at first.” But once it sank in, “Then it got a little more terrifying.”
Chatrie hit the jackpot, apparently by chance. The bank had a larger supply of cash than usual to load the ATMs the following day.
Following the robbery, Chesterfield police Detective Joshua Hylton interviewed witnesses and obtained bank surveillance video of the holdup. In viewing the footage, Hylton noticed that when the robber first walked into the bank, he appeared to be holding a cellphone to the side of his face. To Hylton, this suggested the man could have been speaking with a co-conspirator.
After pursuing two other leads that went nowhere, Hylton turned to geofence technology, and applied for and received a geofence warrant roughly three weeks after the holdup.
The warrant drew a geofence with a 150-meter radius (a diameter of 300 meters, longer than two football fields) in an area that encompassed 17.5 acres. The warrant sought data for every device present within the geofence from 4:20 to 5:20 p.m. on the day of the robbery.
In keeping with Google’s protocol, the geofence warrant described a three-step process by which police would attempt to narrow down the list of users for which authorities would obtain the most invasive information.
Google turned over location data for 19 devices without providing any identifying information. Police then narrowed down the request to three devices, for which Google provided the information. Based on their analysis of the data, detectives arrested Chatrie on Aug. 13, 2019 — nearly three months after the holdup.
Police recovered $102,293, including bills wrapped and signed by the bank teller and a Taurus 9mm pistol during a search of his residence.
The case was transferred to federal court in Richmond, where Chatrie’s lawyers and the federal public defender office, along with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, argued that geofence warrants are “digital dragnets” that violate the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Chatrie’s attorneys and interested parties urged Lauck to suppress the evidence in Chatrie’s case on constitutional grounds.
But federal prosecutors strongly defended the propriety of the geofence warrant, writing in a legal brief that Chatrie had chosen to have Google keep a record of where he went with his cellphone in order for Google to provide him with location-based services. As a result, his presence at the bank robbery was stored in a database that Google accesses freely to provide services to it users and advertisers.
In a 63-page opinion issued March 3, Lauck ruled the geofence warrant was unconstitutional in this specific case because it failed to establish probable cause to search every one of the 19 people within the targeted area.
But the judge denied Chatrie’s lawyers’ request to suppress the evidence produced by the warrant, finding the detective was not at fault because he had acted in good faith by consulting with prosecutors before applying for the warrant and relied on his experience in obtaining similar warrants.
Lauck ruled that the “good faith” exception to the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule, which prevents the government from using most evidence gathered in violation of the Constitution, shields the evidence by the geofence from suppression. The U.S. Supreme Court found in 1984 that evidence should not be suppressed if an officer acts in “good faith” when carrying out a warrant that is later determined to be invalid.
Chatrie then pleaded guilty May 9 to armed robbery and use of a firearm in the holdup.
‘Brutal childhood’
Chatrie has been diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and recurrent major depressive disorder as a result of the trauma he suffered while living in Jamaica as a child and young man, his attorney, public defender Laura Koenig, told the court.
The defendant was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, which was overrun with uncontrolled violence and poverty, with street gangs carrying out killings in Chatrie’s community. At age 5, Chatrie saw people being murdered as he walked home from school, the attorney wrote in a sentencing memorandum.
Chatrie’s mother was attacked violently by four men and hospitalized for two weeks, and after several years, she became sick and eventually died. Chatrie held his mother’s head in his lap when she took her last breath. He was devastated by the loss and “has never been able to get any professional help for the enduring grief he suffers from,” the attorney wrote.
Until his federal conviction, Chatrie had no criminal record, and Koening said the bank robbery case is a “complete aberration” for him. One of the bank tellers described Chatrie during the holdup as being “unorganized, scared and sweaty,” and she feared he might accidentally shoot bank employees from being so nervous, Koening said.
The judge, who said she took into account Chatrie’s “brutal childhood,” ordered that he receive mental health counseling in prison with an emphasis on trauma. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/richmond-man-gets-11-plus-years-for-196k-midlothian-bank-heist-solved-with-geofence-warrant/article_18361a3a-328a-5d56-b49a-ec3cd2b358b6.html | 2022-08-11T02:54:52 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/richmond-man-gets-11-plus-years-for-196k-midlothian-bank-heist-solved-with-geofence-warrant/article_18361a3a-328a-5d56-b49a-ec3cd2b358b6.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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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Rural Health Mental Health Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville is set to open their doors on Sept. 1.
"It promises to be a game changer because what we are going to do is we're going to be a type of hub for research, community engagement, policy initiatives," said Founding Director Steve Bain with the institute.
This week, Bain was at the state capital testifying at a joint select committee. He urged lawmakers to fund an initiative to put mental health care professionals in all school districts.
"Actually we have less than 20% of our youth who are receiving ongoing, consistent and effective counseling services as we speak," Bain said. "So, that means 80% of our youth are not getting the services, the timely services they need, the quality of services they need."
A&M Kingsville is also working to try and get future counselors well trained. Bain said it's the only university in the state and probably in the nation to offer a master of science in clinical mental health counseling with an emphasis on rural mental health.
"I don't think it's so much a question of convincing your school districts to put a professional counselor or licensed social worker in their district its funding that position," Bain said.
Recently, the federal government stepped up and sent the university $1.3 million to provide more mental health assistance to its own students.
Rito Silva is the Vice President of Enrollment Services and Student Affairs at TAMU-K and said the money will help multiple students get the help they need.
"We are going to be able to help students by increasing the amount of tele-mental health services that we offer," Silva said. "We'll also be able to help students with their food insecurities by expanding our food pantry, and also by offering a meal plan to students that qualify for the program," Silva said.
At A&M Kingsville the talk about doing more to address mental health issues has now turned into real action and we will see if the rest of the state follows their lead.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has agreed to a single debate against his Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke.
But O’Rourke, the former West Texas congressman, is pushing for three debates as negotiations continue among the campaigns.
Abbott announced he accepted a debate offer in the Rio Grand Valley against O’Rourke, but the Sept. 30 debate is still in the air.
O’Rourke countered saying he wants to do three town hall-style debates across the state -- not just one.
KHOU 11 political analyst Bob Stein said that for Abbott’s campaign, one debate is enough.
“He feels one debate will be sufficient. The polling data now is pretty consistent. The margin that is between the two candidates has shrunk to single digits,” Stein said.
Nexstar, which proposed the late September debate, said in a statement to KHOU 11 News the debate, “is still in negotiations.”
Abbott’s campaign is hoping to capitalize on a made-for-TV debate.
“He said we’ll do one debate -- not any more, but we need to do one debate. And his hope is that that will give him a lot of what we call video clips, mistakes,” Stein said.
But O’Rourke, who has spent the last few weeks traveling and campaigning throughout the state, wants to answer televised questions from voters.
His campaign said, “while Beto has held 80 town hall meetings where he has answered over 500 questions from Texans from any political party in every part of the state, Abbott has not held public town halls where he takes questions in person from those he is supposed to serve.”
Stein said Abbott’s campaign sees an opportunity with O’Rourke chipping away at the governor’s voting coalition.
“You debate him to draw out your base. You debate him to undermine confidence that his base could help win the day for Beto O’Rourke but not more than one debate,” he said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/gov-greg-abbott-beto-o-rourke-debate-plan/285-3486c98d-0c44-4961-85e9-f27510f0f2ef | 2022-08-11T02:58:52 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/gov-greg-abbott-beto-o-rourke-debate-plan/285-3486c98d-0c44-4961-85e9-f27510f0f2ef |
LEHIGHTON, Pa. — Students have all the supplies to kick start the school year, thanks to a church in Carbon County.
First Presbyterian Church of Lehighton hosted a backpack giveaway at Upper Park.
Families with kids in kindergarten through sixth grade could stop by for the free backpacks, school supplies, and even some books.
The giveaway is spearheaded by a retired teacher who knows firsthand what kids need to succeed.
"There were three middle school girls that came up the hill and came over and wanted to know if they could get bookbags. I said absolutely. They took it, and the one girl looked at me and said, 'this will really help my family,' and that made it all worth it," said Martha Cox, First Presbyterian Church of Lehighton.
Up for grabs were 132 book bags and 180 bags of supplies in Carbon County.
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DUNMORE, Pa. — Avanti Cigar Company's history in the Scranton area dates back almost a century.
Then known as Parodi, the cigar company opened a factory in the Electric City in 1930 before moving to Dunmore about a decade ago.
Now, the company's manufacturing is moving again, this time out of the country.
"Most folks always remember the Parodi brand and the building on Main Street in north Scranton," said Bruce Reddock from the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce. "I think it brings back memories to a lot of folks who grew up here, who remember those products."
Avanti Cigar Company has made cigars in a building at the Keystone Industrial Park in Dunmore for about a decade.
But now, the company plans to move production to the Dominican Republic.
A lawyer representing several Avanti employees shared a letter with Newswatch 16.
Dated July 6, the letter details the company's plans to close the plant at the end of this month, telling 17 employees they'll soon be out of a job.
The letter cites rising costs, higher employee wages, labor shortages, and turnover as reasons for the move.
"It's always a tough situation when you have a company that has been such a staple in our community and a driving force in our local economy really take that next step into the global marketplace, which ultimately results as a loss of jobs to our community," Reddock said.
Avanti cigar products are hot items at Dunmore Cigar, a few minutes down the road from the plant.
"We sell thousands of dollars worth of Parodi's every week. It's popular. It's just a popular cigar in the area," said John Azzarelli, the store owner. "People like to take them out and smoke them cutting their grass, golfing; they use them for everything."
Azzarelli keeps his shelves stocked full and despite the move, he expects they'll stay that way.
"It's unfortunate for the jobs that are going to be lost, but I'm sure we're still going to have our local distributor," he said. "We have a long history with them, so I'm sure we won't have any problem with supply."
The impending closure marks another change for the Keystone Thompson building, a facility that once housed RCA. Reddock wants the plant to remain productive.
"Hopefully, we can partner and identify an alternative tenant for them and identify opportunities out there," he said.
The letter Avanti sent to employees last month indicates all but two workers will be eligible for severance packages, receiving one week's pay for every five years of employment and two months of health insurance.
Newswatch 16 reached out to Avanti Cigar Company representatives for comment but, as of publishing, has not heard back.
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EUGENE, Ore. — This week, the University of Oregon hosted its first Oregon Tribal Broadband Bootcamp, where representatives from tribes all over Oregon learned how to expand internet access and improve the digital divide. The event was the first event of its kind in the state.
Jason Younker, UO’s assistant vice president and chief of the Coquille Indian Tribe, said that the five-day boot camp takes on a challenge many rural tribal communities face.
"We do not have the internet connectivity that everyone else does," he explained.
Younker said the issue was amplified ten-fold when the pandemic hit and access to the internet became critical to remote learning.
"So here you have a mandated education in a virtual presence, yet you don’t have virtual capability at your reservation," said Younker. "We had kids sitting in their school’s parking lot trying to do homework before the internet was shut off."
That’s a fact he said people often find hard to believe.
"They see tribes ... they believe casinos solve all the problems, but sometimes when you are rural these types of things just don’t solve themselves," added Younker.
That’s where the Oregon Tribal Broadband Bootcamp comes in. Fifty tribal members from around Oregon and the Pacific Northwest attended the event to learn the nuts and bolts of establishing and improving internet infrastructure in their communities. Topics ranged from funding opportunities to building wildfire cameras, and hands-on sessions on how to crimp and splice cables.
Methius Barney is from Burns, Ore. and is a member of the Burns Paiute Tribe. He attended the boot camp to eventually give back to his community.
"It’s a rural area, our connection is not always the best," said Barney. He hopes to one day expand his tribe's broadband with the things he’s learned at the boot camp. "To improve and make it even better for my children and hopefully make it better for them to keep our culture and our tribe alive."
"We want them building out for the next 20-50 years," said Younker, "so that they know and have confidence that what they build there today will be there for future generations."
The solution to this problem may start here at the University of Oregon, with far-reaching impacts for rural tribal communities.
The Oregon Tribal Broadband Bootcamp runs until Thursday this week at the Ford Alumni Center. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-tribal-broadband-bootcamp-rural-internet-access/283-eae57304-18d6-4c29-b14d-6707e9f0184b | 2022-08-11T03:02:03 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-tribal-broadband-bootcamp-rural-internet-access/283-eae57304-18d6-4c29-b14d-6707e9f0184b |
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A judge has reinstated third-degree murder charges against a woman in a crash on a Philadelphia interstate that claimed the lives of two Pennsylvania troopers and a civilian earlier this year.
Common Pleas Court Judge Lillian Ransom’s decision Wednesday comes more than a month after a municipal court judge dismissed the charges against 22-year-old Jayana Tanae Webb of Eagleville.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Ransom cited previous witness testimony and tweets Webb is alleged to have sent that night along with video footage played in a previous hearing of the time-frame of the early morning crash on March 21 on Interstate 95.
Police said Troopers Martin Mack III and Branden Sisca were trying to get a man to safety after he was reported walking in the southbound lanes of I-95 near the sports stadiums in south Philadelphia. Police said a vehicle “traveling at a high rate of speed” struck all three, and all died at the scene. Mack enlisted in 2014 and Sisca did so last year. The other victim was identified as 28-year-old Reyes Rivera Oliveras of Allentown.
Defense attorney Michael Walker said he would seek reconsideration of the ruling, which he said had “deeply saddened" his client's family.
Webb is also charged with vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter and vehicular homicide while driving under the influence. The judge denied a motion by prosecutors to revoke bail for the defendant, which was set at $600,000 at a June hearing. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/murder-charges-reinstated-in-dui-crash-that-killed-2-del-troopers-pedestrian/3331823/ | 2022-08-11T03:02:16 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/murder-charges-reinstated-in-dui-crash-that-killed-2-del-troopers-pedestrian/3331823/ |
Boil-water advisory issued for mobile home park in Doña Ana County
LAS CRUCES – New Mexico's Drinking Water Bureau issued a "boil water advisory" Wednesday afternoon for a mobile home park located in Doña Ana County.
The Madrid Mobile Home Park in San Ysidro, north of Las Cruces, was ordered to notify those who receive drinking water from its distribution system that E. coli bacteria was repeatedly detected in drinking water samples. The state Environment Department said that approximately 64 users are affected. Notice of the violation by the park is required within 24 hours under drinking water regulations.
The bureau specified that the notice applies only to the mobile home park's water system and not other systems in the area.
Users of the Madrid Mobile Home Park water system were advised to boil water for three minutes before drinking or using the water to make beverages such as tea or coffee; cooking, washing fruits or vegetables, or making ice; brushing teeth; or feeding water to infants or pets.
According to the bureau's website, boil-water advisories are issued when a public water system's level of certain bacteria exceed safety standards, or when an event has occurred that might contaminate the water system. They are also issued if there is evidence of a disease outbreak.
The advisory remains in effect until the system is tested and found to meet water quality standards.
Additional information about boil water advisories is available in English and Spanish online at https://www.env.nm.gov/drinking_water/boil-water-advisories/.
E. coli , or Escherichia coli, refers to a group of a bacteria that includes harmless strains as well as some that induce sickness including diarrhea, urinary tract infections and numerous other illnesses, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The bacteria can be found in the intestines of people and animals as well as in food and the environment. More public health information can be found online at https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/index.html. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/county/2022/08/10/boil-water-advisory-issued-for-madrid-mobile-home-park-in-dona-ana-county/65399537007/ | 2022-08-11T03:06:20 | 1 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/county/2022/08/10/boil-water-advisory-issued-for-madrid-mobile-home-park-in-dona-ana-county/65399537007/ |
County officials rip sheriff over comments on school security; Stewart responds
LAS CRUCES ‒ Sheriff Kim Stewart was the focus of stern criticism at the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning over comments the sheriff made at a community event last week.
Stewart had just left the chambers after announcing a break in a 37-year-old unsolved murder case when Commissioner Diana Murillo accused Stewart of scapegoating the board for a lack of school resource officers in the southern part of the county.
"This is all misinformation, making us the commissioners look bad, like we're not doing our job," she remarked.
On Aug. 4, Stewart was part of a panel discussion in Anthony focusing on school security within the Gadsden Independent School District, most of which is located over a large area of Doña Ana County south of Las Cruces including communities that do not have municipal police departments but are covered by the sheriff's department.
Explaining during the Anthony forum why her agency did not provide full-time school resource officers (law enforcement officers posted at school sites) for the district, Stewart pointed to the budgeting process. The county began its 2022-23 fiscal year on July 1.
"... this year, we're down in numbers overall," Stewart said. "We could use 25, 30 deputies. I asked for 12 for the fiscal year 2023, and I was denied the 12. What can you do? Your commissioner, I don't think is here. Chaparral has another commissioner now because of redistricting. Those are the people that really need to be lobbied."
Stewart has cited staffing shortages in previous interviews regarding SROs, telling KFOX television in June, "We just don’t have the number of personnel we had 12 years ago."
Murillo, who is the mayor of Anthony as well as a county commissioner representing Anthony and other communities within Gadsden ISD, had not been present at the forum, she said, because of a funeral. Having heard about the sheriff's comments following the meeting, Murillo said she had some questions.
'Thrown under the bus'
"Did we ever vote on bringing 12 officers for the sheriff, and when was this?" she asked.
Chairman Manny Sanchez replied that they had not, though there may have been a discussion about adding positions in a preliminary budget meeting in June.
Commissioner Susana Chaparro recalled the sheriff asking commissioners for additional money, but remembered the request being for $50,000 for a new server.
Continuing her criticism, Murillo said the sheriff's department had 19 vacancies as of last week and said, "Common practice in local government, county government, or even state government — you need to fill your positions first before asking for more officers."
Murillo then turned to the budget, pointing out that the sheriff's department did not use $2.3 million of its $25.2 million budget for the previous fiscal year.
"DASO has gotten the biggest total budget this year than the last 10 years," Murillo said, adding: "They have the money to get those vacancies filled."
Referring to the sheriff's comments, Murillo complained she had been "thrown under the bus with my fellow commissioners."
'The commission has properly funded all departments'
The discussion erupted during a part of the agenda regularly scheduled for commissioner comments. Commissioner Shannon Reynolds said it wasn't the appropriate venue to air the issue and suggested a follow-up meeting with the county's human resources office to better understand hiring processes.
That's when county manager Fernando Macias entered the discussion, saying the matter in dispute was not to do with HR any more than the commissioners.
"There are, as we speak right now, 44 total vacancies in the sheriff's department," Macias said, a figure which includes all administrative personnel at DASO. He also said that approximately 19 positions had remained vacant for three to four years while the board had approved two new detectives, three evidence technicians and a mobile evidence collection unit.
Under questioning from Reynolds, Macias said the county government currently had 979 authorized positions in total, of which 780 were filled. He added that county departments are rarely granted additional staff members if they have vacancies.
"The suggestion that the commission has failed to do its responsibility is false," Macias declared. "The commission has properly funded all departments with adequate numbers of personnel."
When Reynolds suggested HR bore responsibility for filling positions that had been funded, Macias was having none of it, retorting: "It's the responsibility of every department, especially in this hybrid system that we have with elected officials. They bear a burden to ensure that their positions are being filled. If there is some kind of issue they have every opportunity to raise that kind of concern in terms of not being able to fill positions."
Press criticism and a possible explanation
At that point, Reynolds shifted to criticism of news reporting about the meeting, which had been covered by the Las Cruces Sun-News and CBS-4 television. Turning to Murillo, Reynolds said, "I apologize that you were attacked by the paper; I don't think that was fair, or the county being attacked by the paper without due diligence, without understanding what was going on."
Reynolds was not available for comment Tuesday afternoon.
"The issue becomes where facts are not all put out there by the paper," Sanchez said during the meeting, "so it becomes not a full discussion of the facts that are available."
Stewart was quoted in the Sun-News as the elected head of her agency. A Democrat, Stewart was elected to her first term in 2018 and is seeking reelection on Nov. 8. The county commissioners are Democrats as well. Stewart's Republican challenger, Byron Hollister, has also criticized her over the SRO issue.
Following the meeting, Sanchez told the Sun-News that departments submit budget requests to the county manager for review and a preliminary budget is presented to commissioners. He said a request for deputies had been dropped during that meeting but that Stewart had not raised an objection when she had the opportunity.
"The DASO budget increased from $22.7 million to $25.2 million from last fiscal year to this fiscal year," he elaborated. "I felt that over-10-percent increase was a sizeable amount given that the department was already the largest in the county in terms of dollars. The county manager had asked my thoughts on her original request and I suggested to him to see what was absolutely necessary for this budget year. After the discussions, I believe the request for deputies was dropped at the time."
That left open the possibility that in Anthony Stewart may have been describing a budget request that was dropped before commissioners voted on the final budget.
Sheriff Stewart responds
Stewart said she had not been aware Murillo planned to raise the matter in open session. "I am sorry the commissioner did not ask me to remain to answer her concerns," she wrote Tuesday afternoon.
In an email, Stewart told the Sun-News DASO has 26 unfilled law enforcement positions, including an undersheriff position that has been vacant since January, two lieutenants and a sergeant plus 22 deputy positions. She said four lateral transfers were in the application process, leaving 18 positions, and she wrote, "We must keep vacant positions open for cadets." She expected nine cadets will graduate from the academy's current class.
Stewart also acknowledged 18 civilian vacancies, some of which are required for various assignments and some left open "for the purpose of reclassifying outdated positions to better fit our needs." Those reclassifications require approval by the county manager, and Stewart claimed Macias was not currently approving them.
As reported previously in the Sun-News, Stewart and Macias have engaged in ongoing disputes over hiring and promotions at DASO.
Responding further on Tuesday, Stewart called claims that DASO didn't use $2.3 million of its budgeted dollars "disingenuous" and said $2 million was from salaries for unfilled positions plus savings in operational costs.
"It is complicated and that is something folks talking without a full understanding of how this works are at a disadvantage," she wrote.
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...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest Idaho, including the following
counties, Ada, Canyon and Owyhee.
* WHEN...Until 900 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 751 PM MDT, The public reported heavy rain and flooding in
the advisory area due to thunderstorms. A spotter 4 miles
southwest of Murphy reported flooding and measured 1.21
inches of rainfall. Idaho Department of Transportation
reported standing water on Highway 78 near Murphy.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Melba, Reynolds, Murphy, Silver City, Guffey, Walters Ferry,
Squaw Butte, Delamar Mine and Succor Creek Reservoir.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
Weather Alert
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Payette, northwestern Canyon, southwestern Gem and east central
Malheur Counties through 845 PM MDT...
At 820 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Adrian, or 9 miles southwest of Parma, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Owyhee around 830 PM MDT.
Parma, Nyssa, New Plymouth and Letha around 840 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
In this screenshot, a man is seen hitting his dog in Caldwell. The man has since been issued a misdemeanor citation for animal cruelty and has been assigned a court date.
CALDWELL — The Caldwell man who was recorded allegedly abusing his dog over the weekend has been issued a misdemeanor citation for animal cruelty and has been assigned a court date.
The man, whose identity has not been shared, was issued the citation on Wednesday morning, Caldwell Police Lt. Doug Winfield said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. The incident took place in the 1000 block of Seventh Avenue, Caldwell Chief of Police Rex Ingram said.
Video of the man punching the dog was captured with a Ring doorbell camera and circulated widely on sites such as Nextdoor, Ingram said. The person who called 911 did not know who the man was, but on Monday the man identified himself to the authorities, Winfield said.
As of Wednesday evening, the video had 677 comments on Nextdoor.
Officers, including animal control personnel, interviewed the man and assessed the dog at the person’s residence. Animal control personnel are certified veterinary technicians, Winfield said.
“She did an evaluation of the dog and didn’t note any injuries on the dog,” Winfield said. “The dog didn’t seem to be afraid of the owner. The dog seemed to be in good health.”
The owner said he had become upset at the dog for getting out of the yard when he was late for work, Winfield said. The owner was issued a citation for the dog’s lack of a license and up-to-date rabies vaccine, he said.
But after a meeting with the prosecuting attorney, officials decided they would issue the misdemeanor animal cruelty citation and the dog would be taken to a local shelter, Winfield said. It was the suspect’s first offense, Winfield said.
When Winfield watched the video of the incident, he said “it seemed very unnecessary to me,” noting he is also a dog owner.
Ingram said there is talk on social media about a protest of the incident happening on Thursday outside of City Hall.
“I would urge them to to exercise their constitutional right to assembly, however, we will have officers monitoring that event and with the hopes that they hear me on this press conference and they do not do a form of protests which could disrupt the nature of the city and the business of the city and traffic,” Ingram said. “And it could pose a threat to the community by having a protest that is spontaneous and not pre-planned with permits in such a fashion.”
Ingram said it’s generally his experience that protests happen when people are misinformed or do not have all the facts, and expressed hope that the information shared during the press conference would provide the public with the information they need.
“My posture and our department’s posture is to facilitate a peaceful protest,” he said. “That’s a First Amendment right. But hopefully my goal here is to ... ensure that everyone is safe and that anyone that wishes to protest understands that they can’t break the law when they’re protesting,” he said, adding that an officer presence will ensure that people stay safe.
Erin Banks Rusby is a reporter with the Idaho Press. She covers Canyon County, including agriculture, education, and government. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/caldwell-suspect-in-viral-video-served-animal-cruelty-citation/article_5901daa9-5373-5036-a300-9956ac636e89.html | 2022-08-11T03:06:48 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/caldwell-suspect-in-viral-video-served-animal-cruelty-citation/article_5901daa9-5373-5036-a300-9956ac636e89.html |
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest Idaho, including the following
counties, Ada, Canyon and Owyhee.
* WHEN...Until 900 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 751 PM MDT, The public reported heavy rain and flooding in
the advisory area due to thunderstorms. A spotter 4 miles
southwest of Murphy reported flooding and measured 1.21
inches of rainfall. Idaho Department of Transportation
reported standing water on Highway 78 near Murphy.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Melba, Reynolds, Murphy, Silver City, Guffey, Walters Ferry,
Squaw Butte, Delamar Mine and Succor Creek Reservoir.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
Weather Alert
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Payette, northwestern Canyon, southwestern Gem and east central
Malheur Counties through 845 PM MDT...
At 820 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Adrian, or 9 miles southwest of Parma, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Owyhee around 830 PM MDT.
Parma, Nyssa, New Plymouth and Letha around 840 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Caldwell Police Chief Rex Ingram speaks at a press conference on Wednesday as Lt. Doug Winfield looks on.
CALDWELL — Former Caldwell Police Lt. Joseph Hoadley faces two additional charges as part of the FBI’s ongoing investigation into members of the department.
The additional charges are “tampering with a witness by harassment” and “tampering with documents,” said Caldwell Police Chief Rex Ingram at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
In April, Hoadley was charged with “deprivation of rights under the color of law” as well as “destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in a federal investigation,” as previously reported. He pleaded not guilty to both charges in May and was fired from the department that same month, according to reporting from KTVB. His trial is scheduled for Sept. 19 on those charges.
Ingram said that he was informed about the additional charges Wednesday morning and that he did not have information to share beyond what is publicly available through PACER, the federal court records system.
Regarding the witness tampering charge, Ingram said, “You know, obviously someone is a protected witness by the FBI, and it appears that Mr. Hoadley may have, or is alleged to try to dissuade that witness from testifying under oath.”
“On or about June 29, 2021,” Hoadley allegedly “harassed another person,” referred to as “C.H.,” “and thereby attempted to hinder, delay and dissuade C.H. from reporting to a law enforcement officer a federal offense,” according to a court filing dated Aug. 9, 2022.
And “on or about April 20, 2022,” Hoadley allegedly “did corruptly alter, destroy, mutilate, and conceal a record, document, and other object, and attempted to do so, with the intent to impair its integrity and availability for use in official proceeding(s),” according to the same document.
“I’ll say that prior to my appointment here, there wasn’t the most full cooperation from this organization with the FBI,” he said.
“I want to ensure the public that if they have any complaints or they want to report misconduct, they can call us, they can call the FBI, they can call anyone, but I will take them seriously,” he said. “And at this point, due to the nature of the criminal case pending, there’s a lot of people that are coming forward with information and I would encourage that people continue to do that.”
Erin Banks Rusby is a reporter with the Idaho Press. She covers Canyon County, including agriculture, education, and government. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/former-caldwell-police-lieutenant-to-face-two-additional-criminal-charges/article_8144a9fc-7108-5a65-806f-cb6a98b847fe.html | 2022-08-11T03:06:54 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/former-caldwell-police-lieutenant-to-face-two-additional-criminal-charges/article_8144a9fc-7108-5a65-806f-cb6a98b847fe.html |
Idaho doctors are coming together in a grassroots effort to understand the impacts of the state’s abortion law, forming the Idaho Coalition for Safe Reproductive Health Care this summer.
More than 320 medical professionals, many of whom are part of the coalition, recently signed a letter imploring citizens to contact their legislators and recommend revising the law, which aims to ban abortions under almost any circumstance.
The coalition’s members include physicians, nurses, health care administrators, and representatives from multiple subspecialty organizations, the letter said.
“Medicine is really complex and making very specific blanket legislation to try to block one entire procedure without thinking about all the subtle gray in between is really, really challenging,” Lauren Miller, a maternal fetal medicine doctor who along with others helped start the coalition, said in an interview.
Miller said she doesn’t know what the legislators intended, but the group wants to help write legislation that protects everyone’s health and the will of the people.
There are varying personal beliefs about abortion among those who signed the letter. However, providers are concerned about potential criminal charges for doctors who provide care to someone in a serious-life-threatening pregnancy complication.
Idaho’s law makes all abortions felonies except for narrow exceptions in cases of rape, incest or to prevent the death of the mother, the Idaho Press previously reported.
And although saving a mother’s life is one of the exceptions included in Idaho’s abortion ban, pregnant women have received care later than needed in other states with such an exception, as previously reported.
“Uncertainty about the risk of criminal charges for providing evidence-based care during such a complication could result in catastrophic outcomes,” the letter said.
Those problems include ectopic pregnancy, which is when a fertilized egg implants itself outside of the uterus, usually in a fallopian tube. The tube can rupture and lead to hemorrhaging. Women can also experience an early incomplete miscarriage. In an incomplete miscarriage, there can be heavy bleeding which poses a danger to the mom’s health, said Amelia Huntsberger, an OB-GYN in northern Idaho who signed the letter and has been involved with the coalition since the beginning.
“What is a woman and her doctor supposed to do in the circumstances where evidence-based life saving recommendations are colliding with state laws?” Huntsberger said. “I think it’s important for people to ask themselves, ‘Do I want the government making my medical decisions?’”
Many conditions also occur along with or because of the pregnancy, for example, pre-viable preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a high-blood pressure situation where the only cure is delivering the baby. Left unchecked, there’s a high risk of the mother having a stroke or other serious medical issues.
A woman could be diagnosed with cancer while pregnant, or have pulmonary hypertension or heart failure.
“With no option but to continue the pregnancy, patients with these conditions face an unacceptably high risk of death or permanent disability,” the letter said. “Sadly, this could result in the loss of two lives, while also taking a mother from her children, a wife from a spouse, and a daughter from her parents.”
There’s also no exception in the law for “lethal or severely life-limiting fetal diagnosis,” the letter said.
For example, a woman could have been trying to get pregnant for years and finally manage to be pregnant, the letter said. But the 20-week ultrasound shows the baby has no skull or brain or chance of survival.
“Continuing this pregnancy increases the risk of major maternal complications, while also further delaying the ability to conceive a healthy pregnancy,” the letter said. “Our mothers, our daughters, our relatives, our friends, and our colleagues – all the women in our state – are depending on us, the citizens of Idaho, the lawmakers, and the medical community, to get this right.”
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, it created a web of varying laws across states that doctors and pregnant women must navigate. Idaho is one of 18 states that has bans in effect or soon will following the decision; legal battles are playing out in several U.S. states. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Idaho over its abortion law, with a hearing set for Aug. 22.
For Kylie Cooper, a Boise-based doctor specializing in maternal fetal medicine, said the coalition’s biggest concern right now is the vague language which “impacts our ability to care for many types of pregnancies.”
Cooper was drawn to maternal fetal medicine because of the continuity with patients. Pregnancy is a joyous time for most people but for many others is complicated and can end badly, she said. Her drive to be a doctor was to help patients through complex and scary situations.
Overall, the coalition’s goal is to bring together entities like health care organizations and individual providers to talk about the laws and share expertise, she said. Another goal is to protect the doctor-patient relationship.
“We are aiming to help inform future legislation to reduce harm to pregnant people to ensure legislation is congruent with the standards of medical practice,” Cooper said. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-doctors-form-coalition-to-revise-state-abortion-law/article_3b800001-44e2-57c1-8659-ad6bd533dc52.html | 2022-08-11T03:07:01 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-doctors-form-coalition-to-revise-state-abortion-law/article_3b800001-44e2-57c1-8659-ad6bd533dc52.html |
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Kuna firefighter Pat McConnel Jr., Capt. John Charlton, and engineer/paramedic Greg Johnson have a conversation in one of the vehicle bays at Kuna Fire District Station 1 on Wednesday.
Kuna Fire District engineer/paramedic Greg Johnson, firefighter Pat McConnel Jr., and Capt. John Charlton have a conversation in one of the vehicle bays at Kuna Fire District Station 1 on Wednesday.
Kuna firefighter Pat McConnel Jr., Capt. John Charlton, and engineer/paramedic Greg Johnson have a conversation in one of the vehicle bays at Kuna Fire District Station 1 on Wednesday.
The Board of Fire Commissioners for the Kuna Rural Fire District listens to public comment about the districts 2023 budget on Wednesday.
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Kuna Fire District engineer/paramedic Greg Johnson, firefighter Pat McConnel Jr., and Capt. John Charlton have a conversation in one of the vehicle bays at Kuna Fire District Station 1 on Wednesday.
KUNA — On Wednesday, the Board of Fire Commissioners for the Kuna Rural Fire District met and passed two resolutions regarding the language of a levy and a bond that will be placed on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.
The levy would fund six new firefighter positions for the short staffed fire district. Currently, the fire department has a total of 15 firefighters, two of which are injured and one who just turned in a resignation letter, Fire Chief T.J. Lawrence said at the meeting.
When all of the firefighters are healthy and positions are filled, this staffing allows for a three-person engine company when the national standard calls for four, according to a press release sent out by the district. Two other firefighters are in a smaller squad vehicle primarily used for medical emergencies. According to Capt. Matt Coffelt, last rotation there were only three firefighters on duty to service the 30,000 people who live in the district.
The bond would fund a second fire station in the district to serve the area south of the train tracks in Kuna. The commission decided on a location to serve residents in the south end of town because of concerns about emergency personnel getting stuck on the north side of the railroad in an emergency due to a train blocking the way.
Should the measures pass in November, the projected cost for the levy and the bond would be $6.59 per month — or $79.06 per year — for the average homeowner, according to a press release from the district.
Both resolutions passed unanimously.
But the meeting was not without impassioned back-and-forth, which occurred between Commissioner Randall Feaster and members of the community who signed up for the public comment period on the district’s 2023 budget.
Feaster questioned if the proposed 2023 budget, which included a payroll increase to allow for the hiring of three additional firefighters and one additional administrator, was fiscally responsible, stating he thought the commission was “hoping for the best and preparing for the best.”
This brought out some emotion from the firefighters who attended the meeting, who expressed concern for their safety, the safety of the people calling them for help and the fatigue other fire departments in the valley have expressed about constantly coming out to Kuna to help the thinly stretched district.
“You guys have a responsibility as fire district commissioners, to look out for your community,” Coffelt said. “When you guys signed up as commissioners, you took an oath that it’s your job to do what’s in the best interest for the citizens of this fire district. That’s on you guys.”
Feaster said, “OK, first off, don’t scold me. I’m not scolding you.”
Coffelt apologized for his emotions explaining, “This is my job. I’ve lived here over 14 years, employed with the district for the same amount.”
His coworkers backed him up on the need for more firefighters.
“It’s also a concern for me as a firefighter because it’s not just about response time, it’s about my safety,” Matt Graham said.
Kymber Jenkins, a member of the community who had a fire on her property in July, also voiced support for the payroll increase. She said the response time for the fire at her house was 13 minutes, and it was 18 minutes before the first engine got there.
“While I really appreciate you wanting to be fiscal and fiscally sound with the budget I just want to encourage you to think about it’s not every time the doors open, but as insurance policy for every moment of every day for the what ifs,” Jenkins said. “My house could have burned down, right? And so looking at, we only lost a few acres and a trailer and about 230 feet and it could have looked very different … it is personal.”
In the end, the proposed budget passed the commissioner board unanimously, including a vote in favor by Feaster.
More information about the fire district’s bond, levy and 2023 budget can be found at kunafire.com | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/kuna-board-of-fire-commissioners-passes-levy-and-bond-resolutions-2023-budget/article_8dc4ea17-17fb-5d35-bd68-683d40ed30b9.html | 2022-08-11T03:07:07 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/kuna-board-of-fire-commissioners-passes-levy-and-bond-resolutions-2023-budget/article_8dc4ea17-17fb-5d35-bd68-683d40ed30b9.html |
More than 60 community leaders gathered at Citizens Square on Wednesday with two messages they want Allen County elected officials and residents to know: they do not want build a $350 million jail and they certainly don’t want it on the southeast side near schools.
They took those messages to the elected officials’ home base, holding a news conference outside the building where both county and city officials hold their public meetings. The group calls itself Help Not Handcuffs and is a coalition of various nonprofits, ministries and neighborhood groups, as well as private citizens.
On July 15, the Allen County commissioners proposed building a new, 1,100-bed jail on about 70 acres at 5080 Adams Center Road. The new jail would take five years to build and would be a little more than a block away from three schools on the southeast side.
The county is considering a new jail to help alleviate problems in the current 732-bed jail downtown. In late March, U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty ordered the commissioners to develop plans to stop problems that violate detainees’ rights, including overcrowding and understaffing.
His ruling was the result of a lawsuit inmate Vincent Morris filed in January 2020.
Also at Wednesday’s news conference, coalition members asked local business owners, community leaders and politicians to sign a “No New Jail Southeast, and No New Jail Period” pledge, a promise to oppose it.
During the news conference, speakers said they want to take an active part in the county’s talks about the jail, they want alternatives to more incarceration and they want an independent body to do an assessment of Allen County’s legal system to see what’s really needed.
“It is us, the people, who will decide our destiny,” said Pastor Karen Staton of Destiny Life Center. “After all, it is us, the people, who will foot the bill.”
Staton, who said her father had been the jail chaplain years ago, told the crowd that the problem with building a bigger jail for projected future growth is that it creates a financial incentive instead of reinvestment in programs and services that help the community – if you build it, they will come.
“We have to overcome our reliance on overincarceration,” Staton said. “It’s the new Jim Crow.”
Many of the speakers championed programs for mental health and substance abuse as ways of alleviating both jail population and getting people stuck in the system.
Rev. Kimberly Koczan, director of Wisdom’s Well Ministries, said 74% of inmates report not receiving necessary mental health help, and studies show 80% of jail populations struggle with mental illnesses. Allen County lacks treatment options for the incarcerated that other communities have.
“We don’t have a criminal problem in our community, we have a problem criminalizing mental health issues,” Koczan said.
Other speakers said that the jail would derail progress the southeast side has been experiencing lately and devalue property values.
Cookye Rutledge of Young Scholar Academy disagreed with the commissioners that this would be a financial benefit for the area.
“I’m ashamed that they could even open their mouths to present this as a source of economic development,” Rutledge said. She doesn’t see jail jobs as a big boon to the area.
Rutledge suggested the community invest in teacher salaries, advocating educational resources like entrepreneurial and scholarship programs. She also said the commissioners could consider another parcel of land with room for the jail, near Canterbury High School.
“I can hear the audible gasps of fear, commissioners, because you would not dare build a jail there,” she said. But students in all parts of Allen County deserve not to have a jail near their houses of education, she added. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/help-not-handcuffs-want-jail-alternatives/article_e5efbe2c-1905-11ed-84d1-eb6009be377c.html | 2022-08-11T03:12:46 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/help-not-handcuffs-want-jail-alternatives/article_e5efbe2c-1905-11ed-84d1-eb6009be377c.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif — Experts say there’s a need for 41,000 more registered nurses in California, and a new campaign launched Wednesday to address it.
Stand Up 4 Nurses said the State's Board of Registered Nursing is in part to blame because it puts excessive caps on enrollment, limiting the amount nurses.
Robyn Nelson once supported the California Board of Registered Nurses.
“I remember when I was at Sac State (as a professor) actually getting up and testifying before the legislature in support of the board of nursing, and now it's a it's a different world,” Nelson said.
A nursing school dean, board member of the American Nurses Association (California chapter) and a board member of the California Association of Colleges of Nursing, Nelson said there are reasons for the shortage outside of the board.
“The age of faculty and the faculty are retiring; nurses are retiring” Nelson said. "Sometimes, it's because it's very competitive.”
She added, however, that the Board is one of the big reasons there’s been 252,000 people denied entry into nursing programs over the last decade in California.
“When a school is approved, they're given a number that they can admit," Nelson said. "Then they will often, and do, go back to the Board of Nursing ask for increase, but the board is controlling that enrollment and there's a lot of reasons, of which I don't think any of them are justified.”
The Board of Nursing declined an interview with Political Reporter Morgan Rynor, so she followed up with a list of questions asking about the caps. By the time this story aired and was published, they did not respond.
“So they are really trying to say that it's quality, they have to control the quality," Nelson said. "They (nurses) have their national examination, if they pass and are eligible for licensure, why isn't that a sufficient indication quality?”
There’s a bill in the state legislature that would extend the powers of the board for another year. Stand Up 4 Nurses wants to add an amendment to it and take away the ability of the board to cap enrollment.
“Hospitals are just, there's so many nursing vacancies in the hospital,” Nelson said.
Assemblymember Marc Berman authored the bill. Morgan Rynor reached out to his office for an interview or statement, but did not get back by time of publication.
The bill already passed the Assembly. A senate committee just added it to the suspense file. That means sometime in the coming weeks there will be a suspense file meeting where they go through hundreds of bills, and they either make it to the floor for a vote or they are dead.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-nursing-shortage/103-53f510ed-97ef-4f4f-b8f4-cd3197f7b8de | 2022-08-11T03:32:59 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-nursing-shortage/103-53f510ed-97ef-4f4f-b8f4-cd3197f7b8de |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Setting up camp along the American River Parkway could soon be a criminal act in Sacramento.
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors are set to vote Wednesday to potentially bar anyone from being on the parkway between the first hours of sunset and sunrise starting as early as September, pending a final vote on Aug. 23.
The board is also considering a second measure to restrict camping near critical infrastructure like schools and government buildings.
“It’s ugly,” Charlie Ramirez, a Sacramento business owner, said. “It’s ugly for visitors, it’s ugly for the city, it’s ugly for businesses.”
Some in the community are hopeful this aggressive action will increase safety, prevent fires in encampments and help keep the river clean.
“The people living there leave their stuff and it gets sucked into the water and it’s doing irreparable damage to the waterway,” said Crystal Tobias, with Sacramento Picks It Up.
However, homeless advocates say the changes go too far and will not solve the homeless crisis in Sacramento.
“What it seems to me they’re doing is they’re trying to make homelessness less visible in a certain area but the thing is it’s not going away,” Joseph Smith, Loaves & Fishes Advocacy Director, said. “It’s simply going to become visible in another area somewhere else, which is going to upset another part of the population, and in the meanwhile, they’re traumatizing these folks by making them uproot from somewhere most of them have been for quite a long time.”
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg agrees more housing options and resources must be made available before any enforcement occurs.
“I wish that the county would not go forward with that measure, and they would link whatever humane enforcement to actual legal obligation to provide more shelter, housing and mental health and substance abuse services,” Mayor Steinberg said.
On Tuesday, the mayor along with the Sacramento City Council voted 7 to 2 to amend a homeless measure set to appear on the November ballot that would issue a misdemeanor to any person living on city streets who reject offers for available housing. However, that is only if the city first builds thousands of shelter spaces for them to go.
He hopes to work in collaboration with the county to provide housing and mental health resources to address the area’s rise in homelessness.
“We’re far from a place of celebration because there’s too many people suffering and the community is frustrated,” Mayor Steinberg said. “But last night was a big deal, because for the first time, we’ve legally connected a city action to a to-be partnership agreement with the county, so let’s get that partnership agreement done.”
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/camping-ban-vote-american-river-parkway/103-08bb504e-a0fe-4ca6-acd7-38b8da39377f | 2022-08-11T03:33:02 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/camping-ban-vote-american-river-parkway/103-08bb504e-a0fe-4ca6-acd7-38b8da39377f |
SEDONA, Ariz. — The city of Sedona is willing to pay thousands of dollars to local homeowners who offer long-term leases to local workers who can't find a place to live.
A lack of affordable housing in the area has prompted city officials to allocate funds for a pilot program that incentivizes homeowners to stop leasing out their homes to visiting tourists.
On Tuesday, the Sedona City Council approved spending $240,000 on stipends for property owners who currently rent out their homes through short-term rental services like VRBO and Airbnb.
The program would pay homeowners anywhere from $3,000 for a single bedroom all the way up to $10,000 for a 3-bedroom house. In exchange, the homeowner would agree to rent to a local worker for a one-year lease.
“You'd be really hard pressed to find anything for rent under $2,000,” Sedona Housing Director Shannon Boone said. “With gas prices rising, we can't keep expecting people to live an hour away."
Some resorts have already begun buying houses in neighboring cities to provide cheaper housing for their employees.
But the Rent Local program does not, in most cases, provide as much money to the homeowner as a short-term rental would.
One rental owner texted 12News that he’d consider the plan, “If the City of Sedona is willing to be paying $6,000 a month because that’s the average amount of income we make.”
Other rental owners said they wouldn’t be able to take the city up on its offer because they live in their rentals part-time and couldn’t commit to a year lease.
“It's huge, you know, to have two homes and you know, it helps to offset that,” Kesha Engel said. “I mean, we don't make a profit per se, but we're able to live there and cover the utilities and a lot of the expenses.”
Engel bought her home in 2017 and has rented it out while she lives out of state during the summers.
City officials acknowledge that their program isn’t for everyone, and won’t replace the income from a successful short-term rental.
“Some people are less successful, some people aren't willing to put in the work that's required,” Boone said. “And hopefully some people just recognize the need and the incentive is what they need.”
Public records indicate that 15% of Sedona's homes currently operate as vacation rentals at unattainable prices to most of the community's workers.
Under the city's new program, the owner of a two-bedroom home who offers a one-year lease to a local worker can receive up to $8,500 from the city. Owners of a one-bedroom property can be paid $7,000 and studio owners can get $6,000.
Homeowners can also receive smaller stipends if they lease out individual rooms or spaces of their property.
The owner must also set rental prices at a fair market rate that doesn't exceed $2,200 per month for a three-bedroom home, city records show.
To qualify, a tenant must have been employed with a Sedona business for at least 30 days and worked at least 30 hours per week. Retirees and disabled residents are also eligible to become a tenant under the pilot program.
Tenants and homeowners who are related to each other cannot qualify for the incentive.
Sedona will offer its rental incentives for at least one year or until the allocated funds run out.
City officials say the new program is modeled after similar incentives offered in communities in Montana and California that had also become overwhelmed with too many vacation rentals.
"The reason for doing this program is to lessen the number of short-term rentals and raise the number of long-term rentals for workers," said Sedona Councilwoman Jessica Williamson.
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Two frequent critics of the property assessments in Lake County, and especially Calumet Township, got an unusual opportunity Wednesday night to take their complaints straight to the top.
For the first time in state history, the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) convened a public hearing following receipt of a taxpayer petition for state review of all the land values in Lake County.
Taxpayers Andy Young and Jim Nowacki, two land speculators who each own dozens of Lake County properties, including many empty or abandoned Gary parcels, urged the DLGF to use its statutory authority to modify or disapprove of the property assessments calculated by the Calumet Township and Lake County assessors.
Young claimed the land order setting out the assessments failed to follow state law and must be set aside.
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He also said many of the assessments are too high, inconsistent or based on antiquated neighborhood divisions and should be revised on that basis by DLGF.
"The assessed values far exceed any market value in almost all possible cases," said Young, a resident of Wadsworth, Illinois. "One neighborhood with bombed out buildings and burned out hulks has a base rate twice that where people are living and have utilities."
Nowacki, meanwhile, suggested a conspiracy is afoot between the mayor of Gary, the Lake County assessor and the Calumet Township assessor, all of whom are Black, to misuse property assessments and the tax sale system to "steal" property from Black Gary residents and transfer it to their "rich white friends."
"That's not only illegal, that's immoral too," said Nowacki, who is white.
Lake County Assessor LaTonya Spearman and Edward Gholson Sr., of the Calumet Township assessor's office, both rejected the allegations put forth by Young and Nowacki.
They said their assessments of properties in Lake County and Calumet Township followed the proper procedures and there's no need for the DLGF to intervene.
Gholson also noted Young and Nowacki have no evidence of valuation errors, only their opinions.
"We are following procedure," Gholson said. "We have complied with the standards associated with the land values."
More than 100 Lake County property owners signed the petition required for DLGF to hold a public hearing. But besides Young and Nowacki just one other taxpayer spoke during the 75-minute online forum.
Joslyn Kelly, a residential and business property owner in Gary and Merrillville, said she has no problem with the property assessment process and believes all the rules and regulations have been followed.
However, she alleged Young and Nowacki are contributing to blight in north Lake County by not paying their property taxes, failing to maintain their properties and seeking to undermine funding for local governments as part of an effort to "create and sustain havoc."
Jennifer Thuma, DLGF deputy general counsel, said that officials already have begun evaluating the Lake County land order and that the agency plans to issue comprehensive findings and conclusions in coming months. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/disgruntled-taxpayers-urge-state-agency-to-revise-lake-county-land-values/article_879999bd-68c3-5ef9-94a7-38140dc6be02.html | 2022-08-11T03:33:48 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/disgruntled-taxpayers-urge-state-agency-to-revise-lake-county-land-values/article_879999bd-68c3-5ef9-94a7-38140dc6be02.html |
On August 10 2022, Scenes from the Bill Howarth Women’s Invitational on Wednesday night in Ventnor. Stacey Price of Ventnor placed first in singles row.
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On August 10 2022, Scenes from the Bill Howarth Women’s Invitational on Wednesday night in Ventnor. With an assist from a well timed wave,Megan Fox of Longport placed first in swim.
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On August 10 2022, Scenes from the Bill Howarth Women’s Invitational on Wednesday night in Ventnor. Ventnor's Meghan Holland and Stacey Price placed first in the doubles row.
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The Ventnor Beach Patrol celebrates winning the Bill Howarth Women's Lifeguard Invitational on Wednesday.
VENTNOR — Stacey Price of the Ventnor Beach Patrol was a winner in all three of her races Wednesday at the 27th Bill Howarth Women's Lifeguard Invitational at the Suffolk Avenue beach.
Price won the doubles row with Lt. Meghan Holland in a dense fog to begin the evening. She had 15 minutes of rest while the swim, won by Longport's Megan Fox, was going. Price returned to win the singles row. About 10 more minutes passed, and Price anchored Ventnor's surf dash relay to the Ventnor patrol's third win and the team championship.
Ventnor's victories in three of the four races gave the patrol a winning total of 15 points. Sea Isle City scored in each race and took second place with nine points. Atlantic City finished third with eight points, and Margate placed fourth with six. Longport was fifth with five points. Ocean City also totaled five points, but Longport took fifth with a higher finish in the doubles row, the South Jersey Lifeguard Chiefs Association tiebreaker.
"The more, the merrier, I like competing," said Price, a 26-year-old former Jacksonville University rower. "The doubles was a close race, really tough. The competition was fierce, but Meghan and I communicated well. The singles was awesome. I kept the course as straight as I could. The surf dash was great because my teammates got the lead for me. We've added Paige Ortzman to the team, and she's one of the fastest I've ever seen."
Ventnor's Holland and Price appeared out of the fog at the end of the doubles row, about two boat-lengths ahead of Atlantic City's Morgan Simpson and Julianna Granese. The Ventnor boat caught a wave and came in on an angle to the finish line.
Atlantic City finished second, and Upper Township's Lorna Connell and Kailey Grimley were third.
"Once you rowed out about 30 strokes the fog was gone and you could see fine," Holland said. "We had a good start and could see most of the other boats. It was really hot and a tough row. All the girls did a great job."
Winning the swim was a good sendoff for Fox, who leaves Thursday for the University of South Carolina. Avalon's Becca Cubbler was second and Mary Kate Leonard of Sea Isle was third.
"I couldn't see at all but I knew everyone else had the same problem too," said Fox, 18, about navigating through the fog. "Once I got to the singles flag I could see the swim flag. The competition was really tough, so it was exciting to win today."
Simpson of Atlantic City was second to Price in the singles, and Margate's Amanda Auble placed third.
Ventnor's winning surf dash was Madison Lisitsin, Grace Bancheri, Ortzman and Price. Wildwood Crest's Sofia Jurusz, Maddie Priest, Emie Frederick and Regan Kobierowski were second. Ocean City's Haley Clayton, Annie Dollarton, Morgan Decosta and Kat Soanes finished third.
Ventnor Beach Patrol Captain David Funk praised all the competitors and the Ventnor winners.
"The women on all the patrols are tremendous athletes who adapt to the conditions on the job," Funk said. "Tonight the ocean was calm but there was a dense fog and they navigated through it.
"The Ventnor women train every day, and it shows in their racing."
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On August 10 2022, Scenes from the Bill Howarth Women’s Invitational on Wednesday night in Ventnor. Stacey Price of Ventnor placed first in singles row.
On August 10 2022, Scenes from the Bill Howarth Women’s Invitational on Wednesday night in Ventnor. With an assist from a well timed wave,Megan Fox of Longport placed first in swim.
On August 10 2022, Scenes from the Bill Howarth Women’s Invitational on Wednesday night in Ventnor. Ventnor's Meghan Holland and Stacey Price placed first in the doubles row. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/stacey-price-leads-host-ventnor-to-victory-at-bill-howarth-womens-lifeguard-invitational/article_1174a56a-18d6-11ed-bfbe-d315fd815cc2.html | 2022-08-11T03:36:49 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/stacey-price-leads-host-ventnor-to-victory-at-bill-howarth-womens-lifeguard-invitational/article_1174a56a-18d6-11ed-bfbe-d315fd815cc2.html |
MIDLAND, Texas — Jenny Cudd, the owner of Becky's Flowers in Midland, is planning to hold a protest outside of the Midland FBI field office on Friday.
"On Monday night, when the news broke that President Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago was raided by the FBI, I decided that was yet again a final straw," said Cudd.
Cudd's shop got a visit from Midland police after the department heard about the protest.
"We've had several people come into the shop today, including the Midland Police Department doing their job, asking what the intentions are, what we hope to accomplish, how many people we expect, and then of course reminding us of the laws when it comes to protesting on the sidewalk, the street, private property, different things like that," said Cudd. "So I was a little surprised that the police was here first thing this morning."
Right now Cudd doesn't know how many people will show up for the protest.
"This is something that has never happened before, it's completely unprecedented, so there may be four of us, I may be the only one there, or there may be 400 or 4,000," said Cudd.
Cudd said she has heard about counterprotests and welcomes them.
"Which I think is fantastic, because you have a constitutional right, you have a constitutional right to freedom of speech, so I would completely support that if there were a counterprotest," said Cudd.
The goal of the protest is action, but also to get the attention of the people and agencies like the FBI.
"Do I think that the FBI will be abolished by this tiny protest on Friday afternoon in Midland, Texas? Absolutely not, that's ridiculous," said Cudd. "Do I think that it sends a message to, if nobody else, local people? Absolutely."
The FBI is aware of the protest and sent NewsWest 9 the following statement:
"We are aware of the planned protests by the FBI El Paso-Midland Resident Agency. The FBI respects the rights of individuals to peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights. We advise individuals taking part in protest activities to remain aware of their immediate surroundings and to report any suspicious activity to local law enforcement.” | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/fbi-aware-of-abolish-the-fbi-protest-organized-by-local-business-owner/513-f0d8611b-9e73-46e8-ae1f-e81cfd890ee1 | 2022-08-11T03:45:24 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/fbi-aware-of-abolish-the-fbi-protest-organized-by-local-business-owner/513-f0d8611b-9e73-46e8-ae1f-e81cfd890ee1 |
MIDLAND, Texas — A Midland Police Department spokesperson confirmed that officers responded to a barricaded subject call Wednesday night.
A reporter on scene said the call was in the 6900 block of Burnett Lane in the Lone Star Trails neighborhood.
The situation was no threat to neighbors and there are no reported injuries at this time, according to MPD.
This is all the information we currently have on the situation. We will update this story as more details are released. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-police-responding-to-barricaded-subject-call/513-2ffa6257-b887-4a52-b395-00d401425518 | 2022-08-11T03:45:30 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-police-responding-to-barricaded-subject-call/513-2ffa6257-b887-4a52-b395-00d401425518 |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — ‘Stop the violence’ that’s the message behind the magic city’s latest mural.
It’s no secret gun violence is a growing trend in the Birmingham metro area. City leaders and now an international artist are sending a clear message to the community to stop the violence.
Wednesday, artist Kyle Holbrook unveiled a mural. It’s part of a gun violence awareness national tour in all 50 states. Holbrook said he’s lost 46 friends and family members to gun violence. The goal is get people to take selfies with the mural, post it on social media and help spread the message of peace.
This comes as the city sees an increase in homicides. Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond said homicides are up 23%.
“It’s just sickening to continue to see these senseless homicides in Birmingham here in our city. When you look at the incidences as to why they have occurred, they’re just absolutely senseless. As I’ve said before, the city has to become stakeholders. Law enforcement can’t be everywhere at all times. Just like the mayor said it’s takes everyone to deal with these issues,” Chief Thurmond said.
Chief Thurmond says gun violence and homicides are the city’s biggest problems when it comes to crime–and he’s ready to change that.
You can join in on that effort by snapping a pic at the new mural. It’s located at the corner of 23rd Street South and 2nd Alley South. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/peace-birmingham-mural-unveiled-in-north-avondale-area/ | 2022-08-11T03:49:08 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/peace-birmingham-mural-unveiled-in-north-avondale-area/ |
CONWAY, Arkansas — On Wednesday, the City of Conway announced they received a $25 million dollar grant to create a new trail system.
The grant, which came from the United States Department of Transportation will be used to build the Connect Conway greenway trail.
It's been four years in the making and it's one of the biggest grants the city has ever received.
"It makes us very connected. I think it's going to have a good economic impact on Conway," said Conway Mayor, Bart Castleberry.
The new trail will be 15 miles long and will connect already existing paths from the east side to the west side of the city.
"People who perhaps don't have transportation can walk, can ride their bikes, kids can ride their bikes to school safely," said Shelley Mehl, the councilwoman for Ward 2.
Ward 2 is a part of the east side of Conway. As Mehl worked on the grant, she was able to show just how deserving the city is of this expansion.
"Conway can compete with any city in the nation. We believe in ourselves and what our city can be," said Mehl.
As a part of the grant, the money must be spent by 2031.
U.S. Representative of Arkansas, French Hill spoke at the announcement on Thursday and said in a statement, “Over the past four years my office has worked with the city of Conway to fine-tune its grant application and I’m delighted that hard work has persevered, and now the Connect Conway vision is one step closer to reality." | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/conway-receives-25-million-for-new-trails/91-d111a742-c8d7-4d55-8d74-ea5b4838b85b | 2022-08-11T03:53:37 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/conway-receives-25-million-for-new-trails/91-d111a742-c8d7-4d55-8d74-ea5b4838b85b |
A Fort Worth couple whose pastor never showed up to their wedding still found a way to finish the ceremony when the barbecue caterer just so happened to be an ordained minister.
"We were ready to get married,” groom Luis Garcia said.
"I had already gotten ready,” bride Sarah Garcia said. “My dress was on."
But then they realized, there was a problem.
"I was like, where's the pastor?" Luis Garcia said.
The officiant never made it, but the caterer, Jube Joubert of Jube's smokehouse, was there with barbecue food for everyone.
With the ceremony starting soon, the bride's mother asked Joubert a longshot question.
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"You wouldn't happen to be an ordained minister?” Joubert quoted her as saying. “I just thought that was funny. I go, 'Fact about it, I am.'”
"I busted out crying,” Sarah Garcia said after hearing the news.
"I was like, 'Have no fear, the preacher is here!'" Joubert said.
Within minutes, the pitmaster was pulling double duty as a preacher.
"I would have sped home and put on a 3-piece suit from three different Easters if that's what they wanted,” Joubert said.
But that wasn't necessary, the couple wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. Overall, the wedding went from desperation to celebration.
"And then we signed the marriage license," Garcia said.
"Ten minutes later, they were smooching!" Joubert added.
"It's really crazy,” Garcia said. “I don't believe this was an accident. I believe this was supposed to happen."
The high school sweethearts, who both played the trumpet in the Northside High School band and started dating two years ago, said their wedding was just perfect after all.
"After that, we just had great food. It was amazing," Luis Garcia said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/barbecue-caterer-doubles-as-officiant-to-save-fort-worth-wedding/3045599/ | 2022-08-11T03:53:48 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/barbecue-caterer-doubles-as-officiant-to-save-fort-worth-wedding/3045599/ |
Dallas leaders are getting new promises about solutions in a new budget to severe building permit delays that have some builders claiming they are moving to the suburbs for better cooperation.
Currently, Dallas is in need of more housing, especially affordable housing, as home prices soar.
One builder of affordable homes said he has not seen the permit improvement that city officials claim they have made already. Kevin Hemphill with BIIG, LLC said ongoing delays make it very difficult to keep prices low.
Hemphill said he has built 70 affordable homes in South Dallas with the goal of building 100.
“I could have thrown up a couple of cheap rental houses and collected the rent and allowed the drug trade and the chaos to continue. I chose to go with bringing in homeowners and creating a new day, something better,” he said.
For example, Hemphill said his permit application for one lot on Eugene Street has been pending since January and another on Poplar Street since March.
An Aug. 1, 2022 briefing to the City Council said residential permits are being issued on average in 6 weeks with a goal of 15 days. That is far faster than Hemphill’s recent experience.
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Hemphill said since the COVID 19 pandemic Dallas building permits have been much slower than before and much slower than in other cities.
“We go down and call them, we get the same thing over and over. ‘We’re trying.’ And then they mocked me. And that’s what bothers me. ‘What’d you think, I’ve got the permit in my hip pocket.’ You know, things like that. That’s not how we should play out,” Hemphill said.
Dallas City Council Members have complained about permit delays for the past two years. They made building permit issues a top priority for City Manager T.C. Broadnax.
At a Dallas City Council Budget Briefing Tuesday, additional funding and changes in building department procedures were discussed.
Councilman Chad West, who has been critical of building department issues in the past, said he is impressed with the new plans. Still, he wanted more attention to affordable housing.
“Why aren't we prioritizing affordable housing, putting them at the front of the line, to try to push those mixed-income projects out faster,” West said.
Andrew Espinoza, the new building department director, said affordable housing will receive higher priority.
The department staff is getting 39 additional employees and outside contractors are helping with plan review.
“The culture that we’re trying to implement in development services is one of responsive customer service, one that is facilitative, a can-do attitude. And one that really understands why we exist and why we’re here, to serve the community and make a difference in our economic vibrancy and sustainability,” Espinoza said.
Councilman West pushed further for a layman’s translation on how will change for simply permit applications.
“We’re going to deliver a lot faster and you’re going to receive an experience that is positive and one that is really engaged with the applicant,” Espinoza said.
Hemphill said he hopes to see those changes.
He said the city benefits in many ways when neighborhoods like South Dallas get new homes.
“We’ve created a tax base. The City of Dallas is able to collect taxes on a yearly basis and we bring solidity to the neighborhood because once I build this house, all the houses in the neighborhood begin to clean up,” Hemphill said.
About Hemphill’s Eugene Street lot, the City of Dallas on Thursday said in an email for information that there are issues with utilities and platting that have been discussed with the builder.
A building permit for his Poplar Street lot should be issued within days, the city said.
That would be approximately five months since his application, not the average of six weeks the city claims and much longer than the goal of 15 days. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-building-permits-delays-continue-for-community/3045563/ | 2022-08-11T03:53:56 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-building-permits-delays-continue-for-community/3045563/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Pride is right around the corner, and kicking off festivities on Thursday is an upbeat jazz concert called "Jazz at Pride."
In a snug downtown studio, jazz bounces off the walls – but not just the typical jazz sound. This one gets you off your feet.
"It's OK to come to one of my shows and twerk," said Bryan Carter.
Carter brought his concert, "Jazz At Pride," from the Big Apple to the place where everything is bigger.
"You guys are keeping the Renaissance alive here in Austin," said Carter.
The Julliard grad didn't just arrange the show; he is singing, orchestrating and beating down the drums.
Carter has been on the road with Grammy-winning artists and was the associate orchestrator for the Tony-winning Broadway show "A Strange Loop."
"I work on TV a lot and have done work on 'Saturday Night Live,'" said Carter. "Most recently, I've been playing drums on 'Sesame Street' – shout out to Elmo, Broadway."
Yes, "shout out to Elmo," but there's nothing elementary about the ensemble he put together. Out of the 30-piece orchestra and five singers, only about 10 are part of his original team. The rest are from Austin.
Singer Kenny Williams is one of the local artists.
"There's amazing musicians in the city, and amazing singers, and amazing performers," said Williams.
Listening to them, you wouldn't know it was their first day playing together.
What's even more remarkable is the meaning behind their now one sound.
"Growing up, I didn't know any queer musicians anywhere, jazz musicians specifically," said Carter.
Here in Austin, Williams still sees the disconnect between jazz and LGBTQ artists.
"I think this would be the first and probably hopefully a new beginning for that being seen more," said Kenny.
They are already paving the way. A good chunk of the artists are part of the LGBTQ community.
"We're about creating safe spaces and starting conversations," said Carter.
Carter plans to take this safe space on the road and share what it truly means to move as one.
Jazz at Pride is Thursday at 7 p.m. at Skybox on Sixth Street.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating after two people were injured in a shooting on the northwest side of Indianapolis on Wednesday.
IMPD officers were called to a shooting at around 5 p.m. in the 4200 block of Village Trace Boulevard, which is near Guion Road and 38th Street.
According to IMPD, two people were shot at this location. They are both in stable condition.
Police have not offered further details about the circumstances of the shooting or if any suspects have been arrested. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/2-injured-in-shooting-on-northwest-side-of-indianapolis-impd-says/531-cb7d74e8-cfb7-4db3-a74a-4148e9f6a2db | 2022-08-11T03:58:01 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/2-injured-in-shooting-on-northwest-side-of-indianapolis-impd-says/531-cb7d74e8-cfb7-4db3-a74a-4148e9f6a2db |
GREENFIELD, Ind. — As students head back to the classrooms, Hancock County schools are beginning the year with safety in mind.
"We try to take that fear away as much as we can, so they can focus on the kids," said Greenfield-Central High School Principal Jason Cary.
Laken Rosing, an English teacher at the high school, said a lot has changed since she became an educator a decade ago.
"There were a lot of different things going through my mind, like how I would decorate my classroom, or how would I reward my students or grading. This is not what goes through your mind," said Rosing.
Now the decisions she's forced to consider are a lot more serious.
"I have had students ask me, 'Mrs. Rosing, would you be willing to die for us?' I don't know how you respond to that. Of course I say yes, but in your head, you're processing all these other things. I have children, I have a husband, I have a family," said Rosing.
For the past five years, Hancock County schools have relied on the Rave Mobile Safety Panic Button app, along with other safety protocols. They recently secured an extension for the app helping keep them safe for another five years.
"It's another tool in the tool belt. It's been nice to have that. Like I said, it provides a little bit of peace of mind," said Cary.
When a user presses a button on the app, it uses geofencing technology to dispatch first responders - in under a minute - to the exact location of the user.
"Everything that's happened in the past year, especially over the past summer, we've seen how crucial that time is. With a Rave Panic Button like this, we are getting officers, medics, firemen to the kids and faculty quicker," said Hancock County 911 spokesperson Greg Duda.
Rosing said the app is a reminder of the reality of the threat schools face, but she is pleased her school district is taking safety seriously.
"They're not just hoping it never happens. They are giving us the resources that we would need to eliminate any threat," said Rosing.
Indianapolis Public Schools, the state's largest school district, shared a list of safety protocols they have implemented in their schools.
- IPS officers are assigned on-site in middle and high schools Monday through Friday to respond as needed.
- Patrol officers are available to respond to the elementary schools as needed.
- Random metal detections are conducted daily by IPS Officers throughout the district.
- At each school, doors remain locked and visitors must be buzzed in by the main office who can see and talk to visitors prior to buzzing them in.
- All schools have security film installed.
- Heavy duty locks are installed at all IPS buildings.
- All schools have safety bollards installed at entrances.
- Security cameras have been updated.
- All schools have new radios that have the direct call button to IPS police.
- IPS has partnered with IMPD on the ShotSpotter system which will identify shoots fired near IPS schools.
- IPSPD and IMPD share concurrent jurisdiction over IPS properties and will work together in the event of an active threat.
- IPS conducts three “man-made” drills per school year. The first man-made drill is an “armed intruder” drill. This drill is typically performed as a lockdown drill.
- Each school has a safety plan (emergency preparedness plan) in place. This plan is reviewed at the beginning of each school year and submitted to the central office. IPS then certifies to the IDOE that each plan has been reviewed and updated as needed within 60 days of the start of school. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/greenfield-schools-renew-agreement-for-panic-button-app-safety-police-ems-fire/531-fb343605-588e-4e1d-8ce2-ed9c41f313c1 | 2022-08-11T03:58:07 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/greenfield-schools-renew-agreement-for-panic-button-app-safety-police-ems-fire/531-fb343605-588e-4e1d-8ce2-ed9c41f313c1 |
CLARKSVILLE, Ind — It's a cliché because it's true. If you love your job, you won't work a day in your life. That's what Mary Pickerrell said, anyways.
The Clarksville native is celebrating a huge milestone this year at her dream job. She's taught thousands of students at the very school she attended as a kid. And this year, just like so many students across Kentuckiana, she marked the occasion with a Facebook post.
It's what caught WHAS11's attention last week, with a back-to-school photo, of Pickerrell standing on her porch. The sign read "Mary's 50th first day of First Grade." Her husband Greg posted the photos and a stream of comments from past students followed.
One woman wrote, Taught me and my girl. There are a lot of lucky kids to have been blessed by her talents!
"I'm just like an energizer bunny," Pickerrell said.
Now, she's a mother of six, but as a young girl, she grew up just down the street from St. Anthony Catholic School in Clarksville. You could call it her second home, spending countless hours with her then-teachers, 'sisters' as they used to be.
"I graduated from this school. I came here in the first grade because kindergarten hadn't been invented yet," Pickerrell said.
Even as a student, she just couldn't get enough of the classroom setting.
"I always wanted to be a teacher and I just love the little ones," she said.
So she never left. She started her career as a first-grade teacher at St. Anthony 50 years ago. That's five decades of lesson planning, books and bulletin board decorations.
"I've been out of room for years," she smiled. "It's all junk, but it's my treasures."
Her most treasured memories are with the thousands of kids who've crossed her path.
"My oldest from the first class I had, is 56 years old! I said, they're going to retire before me! Because I have no intention to retire as long as I stay healthy, and God has blessed me with health. I take a calcium pill every day, that's it," Pickerrell said. When asked about retirement, she said that's what summers are for.
A lot has changed since she began teaching. Back then, her walls were covered in blackboards.
"Only blackboards and chalk, and they had to go outside every day and beat the erasers together to clean them. Now, they have Chrome books. I never thought I'd see that day. We had whiteboards, then smart boards, and then these wonderful things, whatever they're called," she laughed. "And I had to learn all this stuff because it's hard for me. Because I like chalk and erasers!"
The field of education, of course, has its ups and downs, but Pickerrell chooses to focus on the joys of the job. Her favorite subjects are religion and reading.
Standing in front of the class, she tells all 21 kids, "if you learned something, it's a good day."
"I just love it that much, that it's in my heart and I could just hug them to death," Pickerrell said.
As her students filed out of the room and headed for home, each one received a hug and an "I love you."
"They're all lovable and I've never met a child I don't love," she said.
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PHOENIX — Authorities are investigating a shooting involving law enforcement officials in Central Phoenix Wednesday night.
The Department of Public Safety said the incident started with a car crash on the Interstate 17 and Grant Street overpass.
12News video shows multiple law enforcement vehicles setting up a perimeter in the area. Police could also be seen putting crime scene tape up at a business near 22nd Avenue and Hadley Street.
Officials said traffic headed eastbound on Grant Street is now closed at the I-17 off-ramp. Commuters are advised to avoid the area while police investigate.
No injuries have been reported at this time.
Authorities said officers are searching for the suspect.
This is a developing story. Stay with 12News for updates.
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The heat can make anyone a little crazy, especially the heat New York City had been dealing with for a number of days. But maybe don't take drastic — even dangerous — measures just to stay cool.
The New York City Department of Buildings tweeted a photo of an illegal pool that was found on the rooftop of a Williamsburg building. The department said that the 480-square-foot pool, which was not built up to code, had the capacity to hold 60 tons of water.
The building on Flushing Avenue where the pool was found is not equipped to support that kind of weight, the DOB said, hence why it was ordered to be town down.
The department said the pool was installed without proper permits or professional construction.
Footage from Wednesday afternoon showed the pool still up, but all the water had been drained. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/illegal-60-ton-pool-found-on-brooklyn-building-roof-ordered-taken-down/3819882/ | 2022-08-11T04:03:08 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/illegal-60-ton-pool-found-on-brooklyn-building-roof-ordered-taken-down/3819882/ |
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