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The latest news from around North Texas. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/richardson-isd-looks-to-test-pouches-to-lock-up-student-cellphones/3046079/ | 2022-08-11T18:20:16 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/richardson-isd-looks-to-test-pouches-to-lock-up-student-cellphones/3046079/ |
Consumers agrees to power 1,274 state buildings with renewable energy
Michigan and Consumers Energy have entered into a 20-year agreement to power 1,274 government buildings with renewable energy, the state government and Jackson-based utility said Wednesday.
The power will come from new wind turbines and solar arrays in Michigan, Consumers Energy spokesman Brian Wheeler said. The new sources will create approximately 68 megawatts of renewable power.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a goal in 2020 to power all state government buildings with renewable energy by 2025. The state is on track to meet that goal, Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget spokesperson Caleb Buhs said.
Michigan also has contracts with DTE Energy and the Lansing Board of Water and Light to provide renewable power. Buhs said he could not provide copies of the contracts on Wednesday afternoon.
Transitioning to exclusively renewable energy will initially increase cost, he said, but "with the expectation that costs will go down as more investment is placed in renewable energy sources and the price to produce gets less expensive."
More:How Whitmer plans to make Michigan carbon-neutral by2050
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Man, 67, dies after crashing semi hauling tanker trailer in Lenawee Co.
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
A 67-year-old man is dead after a crash involving a tanker-trailer in Lenawee County, Michigan State Police said.
Troopers from the Monroe Post were called at about 3:35 p.m. Wednesday to Southard Highway south of Burton Road in Rome Township for a single-vehicle crash.
According to a preliminary investigation, a semi hauling a tanker trailer traveling north on Southard left the roadway, struck several trees, then rolled onto its driver's side.
The truck's driver, a 67-year-old Addison man, was the vehicle's sole occupant, authorities said. Medics pronounced him deceased at the scene.
Officials said investigators believe the driver may have had a medical emergency before the crash and they do not think alcohol or drugs were factors. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/11/man-67-dies-after-crashing-semi-hauling-tanker-trailer-lenawee-co/10298183002/ | 2022-08-11T18:20:49 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/11/man-67-dies-after-crashing-semi-hauling-tanker-trailer-lenawee-co/10298183002/ |
TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — A west Georgia woman whose remarkable life experiences include being a professional driver and poet is celebrating her 101st birthday.
The family of Cornell "Connie" Dansby reached out to 11Alive to share the news of her special occasion.
Connie was born in Troup County on Aug. 11, 1921, and her family believes that she's one of the oldest living persons in Hogansville. They said she had been a presser, professional driver and poet in her lifetime.
According to the family, she attributes her longevity to several reasons - among them exercising, remaining active, stimulating the mind through reading and composing her poetry as well as praying, reading the Bible and keeping her faith.
Connie's family also shared a photo from her birthday last year, when she turned 100, that shows she's still ever the queen as she races past 100! | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cornell-connie-dansby-hogansville-turns-101/85-576d1106-d785-4543-9460-3a818ae53528 | 2022-08-11T18:31:02 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cornell-connie-dansby-hogansville-turns-101/85-576d1106-d785-4543-9460-3a818ae53528 |
ATLANTA — The federal government has approved $25 million in funding to go toward improvements at the Five Points MARTA station.
The funding will go toward MARTA's plan to renovate the plaza around the station and install a new canopy over the station's entrance.
The funding was announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday, and comes through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program.
A DOT release said: "The project will improve the experience of travelers at the station and make transfers easier. By rebuilding an aging and confusing station, the project eliminates long walks to bus transfers in areas that are not adequately monitored, and users will not need to cross streets, improving safety by eliminating modal conflicts."
MARTA tweeted its thanks to a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers who have supported the project, including Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, Democratic Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican Georgia House Speaker David Ralston.
A second, roughly equal batch of funding - $24.9 million - was also approved to improve North Avenue in Downtown Athens.
A release said Athens-Clarke County will be using that money to:
...make Complete Street improvements along North Avenue from Downtown Athens, at the intersection of North Avenue and Willow Street, to just north of SR-10 at the intersection of Freeman Drive/Collins Industrial Boulevard. Ten bus stops along the corridor will be upgraded to accommodate sidewalks and transit stops. Throughout the corridor, traffic signals will be upgraded with pedestrian signals, and lighting and wayfinding will be installed. The road will be resurfaced with drainage improvements, and a shared use path will be constructed. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/five-points-marta-station-downtown-atlanta-25-million-approved/85-23e5fc4e-c9d1-4b77-88a7-2eef421b1265 | 2022-08-11T18:31:08 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/five-points-marta-station-downtown-atlanta-25-million-approved/85-23e5fc4e-c9d1-4b77-88a7-2eef421b1265 |
The Ohio Department of Health updated its COVID-19 guidance for students quarantining ahead of the new school year.
“Our guidance for this school year will focus on the recommendation that students stay home from school for five days when they’re ill and test positive for COVID-19,” Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff said.
ODH is no longer recommending the state’s Mask to Stay and Test to Play school guidelines. Instead, the state is asking people who feel ill to stay home and away from others, as they would with other illnesses.
Vanderhoff added the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also expected to release updated guidelines soon.
He also encouraged Ohioans to stay up to date with COVID vaccinations, as well as other vaccinations, as students and teachers prepare to return to school.
Akron Children’s Hospital Chief Academic Officer Dr. Michael Forbes said vaccines help prevent the preventable, whether it’s COVID-19 or other illnesses.
While data suggests coronavirus isn’t as severe in children, Forbes noted kids can carry the virus and some children do get sick from the virus.
The combination of natural immunity with the vaccine creates a durable immunity against severe disease, he said.
“Investing in child health is investing in the future of your community,” Forbes said. “It’s really important to make sure our resource allocation focuses on prevention. Many of the conditions we’re dealing with today in adult health care began in childhood.”
While Ohio saw a slow, but steady increase in coronavirus cases this summer, it appears to have started to level off.
“It appears the modest surge in cases recently caused by the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 may have hit its peak or at least leveled off,” Vanderhoff said.
Cases declined in Ohio Thursday for the second week in a row.
ODH reported 26,016 weekly cases, compared to 27,892 cases the previous week.
Hospitalizations also decreased, with 608 added Thursday, compared to 664 last wee. ICU admissions climbed slightly. The state reported 46 ICU admissions in the past week, compared to 26 the previous week.
As of Thursday, there were 1,309 people hospitalized with COVID in the state, including 123 in west central Ohio and 205 in southwest Ohio, according to the Ohio Hospital Association.
Southwest Ohio, includes Butler, Warren, Hamilton, Adams, Brown, Clermont and Clinton counties, reported a 4% decrease in inpatients in the past week, but is up 97% from 60 days ago.
In west central, which consists of Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Shelby counties, the number of people hospitalized with COVID decreased 10% over the last week but has increased 132% in the past 60 days, according to OHA.
Ohio had 187 people with COVID in its ICUs Thursday, with 43 in southwest Ohio and 14 in west central Ohio.
It was a 26% decrease compared to last week for west central Ohio, but a 250% increase from 60 days ago.
Southwest Ohio reported a 48% increase in ICU patients with COVID over the last week and a 169% increase over the past 60 days, according to OHA.
Vanderhoff also said the coronavirus vaccines continues to hold up well against serious illness.
When cases rose over the summer, the number of people needing oxygen or admission into the ICU remained low, he said.
“With this type of illness infections are going to occur, but if you’re vaccinated and have a good immune system your symptoms should be more limited,” Vanderhoff said.
More than 7.48 million Ohioans have started the COVID vaccine and 6.88 million have finished it, according to the state health department. About 63.5% of the state’s population has received at least one dose of the vaccine and 58.9% have completed it.
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Twin sister's DNA match helps identify remains of Knox County woman missing since 1996
A DNA match with a woman's twin sister led to the identification of remains found more than 25 years ago, investigators said.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents now are asking for the public's help in solving the homicide of 38-year-old Brenda Clark, who was first reported missing by her family in 1996.
TBI agents had been called out to investigate the remains in September 1996 when Clark's remains were initially found by hunters in a wooded area just off Dale Road in the Powder Springs section of Grainger County. The case was ruled a homicide at that time but investigators could not determine the woman's identity and she was listed as a Jane Doe, according to a TBI press release.
With assistance from the University of Tennessee Anthropology Department, the remains were determined to be those of a female who was believed to be 30-40 years old. In 2018, a sample of the woman’s remains was submitted to the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification, a DNA profile was developed and entered into the Combined DNA Index System.
In 2019, TBI agents were notified of a possible match with a woman living in Knoxville, the release stated. After contacting with the woman, agents learned she had a missing twin sister. Additional DNA samples were collected from her and another family member for analysis. Last week, agents received confirmation the DNA profile was from Clark.
Investigators now are looking for any information that could help them determine what happened to Clark and who is responsible for her death. Anyone with information, specifically any knowledge about individuals Clark may have been with before her death, can call 1-800-TBI-FIND. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/11/dna-match-twin-sister-helps-identify-tennessee-woman-cold-case/10297187002/ | 2022-08-11T18:39:12 | 1 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/11/dna-match-twin-sister-helps-identify-tennessee-woman-cold-case/10297187002/ |
ORLANDO, Fla – Deputies said they are still looking for the person who shot and killed a 19-year-old woman in Orange County on June 1.
Crimeline said they are doubling the reward from $5,000 to up to $10,000 for anyone who knows the whereabouts of the shooter.
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Raniyah A’shanti Gandy was shot at her apartment complex, The Park at Highgate in Orlando, where she was found in her car by deputies with serious injuries and was taken to the hospital where she later died.
Deputies believed the shots were fired from a vehicle, according to a news release.
Video from the scene showed bullet holes in the driver-side window of a car and deputies marked dozens of evidence around the area.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crimeline at 800-423-8477.
If the information provided by the caller leads to an arrest, they might be eligible for a reward.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/11/crimeline-doubles-reward-to-10k-for-info-in-death-of-woman-found-shot-in-car-in-orange-county/ | 2022-08-11T18:39:45 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/11/crimeline-doubles-reward-to-10k-for-info-in-death-of-woman-found-shot-in-car-in-orange-county/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida is a boom state when it comes to rental rates.
“I’m not shocked that rents went up. I am shocked by how much they went up,” said Ken H. Johnson, a real estate economist with Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business.
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Johnson uses Zillow’s Observed Rent Index to track rental trends across the nation’s largest metro areas. According to the latest data collected in June, 9 of the top 15 cities with the highest premiums are in the Sunshine State.
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale came in the top spot with the average rent at $2,848. Johnson’s research shows the average rent should be $2,361.53.
Orlando came in with the ninth highest premium with the average rent at $2,062 when it should be $1,808.75. Daytona Beach has the 10th highest premium with the average rent at $1,903 and the average rent should be $1,675.70. Melbourne came in with the 13th highest premium with the average rent at $1,974 and it should be $1,742.38.
“We’re highest in premium, near the highest in actual rent, year over year change we’re the highest,” Johnson said.
Johnson’s research also shows Florida has some of the most overvalued rental markets. The highest rent surge was in Ft. Myers with renters paying 29% more than they did in June 2021.
Orlando and Daytona Beach saw a 22% increase in rent year over year, while Melbourne saw a 21% increase, the study shows.
“We’re seeing this huge pent-up demand and supply unable to keep pace with that,” said Trinity Kutschinski, the director of public affairs for the Apartment Association of Greater Orlando.
Kutschinski said one reason for the rise in rent is more people moving to Central Florida and not enough units.
“And it’s put a lot of additional pressures on the market,” she said.
Kutschinski added the industry isn’t immune to record high levels of inflation and operational cost increases which also contribute to high rent rates. But she said there are signs the rental market is stabilizing.
“It will take time. I wouldn’t expect rents to drop again. I think the market is finding, it’s adjusting, it’s finding what that perfect price is at,” Kutschinski said.
Johnson also said a reason rent could start leveling off is because so-called “COVID refugees” are leaving. These are people who moved to Florida during the pandemic and worked remotely who are now returning home as restrictions are lifted across the country.
“Is this enough to make the rental crisis go away? No, but I think this departure of folks to other parts of the country, going back to where their permanent jobs (are) and where they’re going to be going into the office is helping slow down the rate of rent increases,” Johnson said.
Johnson cautioned that even though rent rates are expected to level out that doesn’t mean you will likely see a drop in your payments anytime soon. He said the only long-term solution to the rental crisis is building more units.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/11/florida-has-the-most-overvalued-rental-markets-in-the-nation-fau-study-shows/ | 2022-08-11T18:39:52 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/11/florida-has-the-most-overvalued-rental-markets-in-the-nation-fau-study-shows/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – If you need a new passport (or a renewal), stop what you’re doing and follow this link: MyTravelGov.
Registering at MyTravelGov is the first step of a new State Department pilot program that, among other things will, for a limited time, allow applicants to request a new passport or passport renewal online. If registration is approved after signing up at MyTravelGov (usually within about 24 hours), applicants can then start their online passport application.
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“We are opening the portal to a limited number of volunteers during this pilot program,” the State Department says on its website. “To test the portal, we are seeking up to 25,000 applicants in August to follow the steps on this page.” Details for the pilot program are spelled out here.
Traditionally, passport applicants would mail in forms and required documents to the State Department or make an appointment for an in-person application. Need to skip online or the mail-in process and get it expedited? There’s a page for that too, but it gets tricky and expensive.
As of late, the State Department has been inundated with requests for new passports and renewals, a process made even more difficult by the pandemic. Last year, the log jam of passport requests pushed application processing times to 12 to 18 weeks.
Will this new online application cut down on the time it takes to get a passport?
A little – the website says processing times for new passports and renewals will be the same as those done by mail, but processing times have eased up a little since last year with routine applications taking 8-11 weeks and expedited down to 5-7 weeks. If a traveler is going abroad within 14 calendar days, the State Department says to call them at 877-487-2778.
The advantage here is not relying on the USPS for delivery and the chance your application and docs will get lost or damaged in the mail. Once you apply for a new passport or renewal, you can track the status on this page.
Can anyone use the new online portal to apply for a passport? You have to meet a number of qualifications:
- Your most recent passport is/was valid for 10 years, and you are age 25 or older
- Your recent passport was issued over 9 years ago (in 2013) but less than 15 years ago (in 2007) from the date you plan to submit your application. Your passport can be expired.
- You are not changing your name, gender, date of birth, or place of birth
Finally, if you are going to apply online, remember that you’ll need to be able to fill out forms (easier on a computer or laptop than a smartphone), scan a passport photo, and pay for the application online as well.
There are even more things you need to understand to make sure you qualify. See the entire list here. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/11/state-department-tests-new-online-passport-application-process/ | 2022-08-11T18:39:58 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/11/state-department-tests-new-online-passport-application-process/ |
Singer and Atlantic City resident Angela Burton received the President’s Volunteer Service Award in recognition of her community service May 20 during a gala in Orlando, Florida. Burton also recently received a congratulatory letter from U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd.
Some of Burton's accomplishments include traveling to 35 countries with the United Service Organizations and performing for U.S. service members; organizing the Rain Boots for Children initiative that distributes donated rain boots to local children; and founding the Creative Multi Media Organization, a nonprofit that honors people in the arts who have “unselfishly given back” to their communities. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-resident-angela-burton-recognized/article_48d4aefe-1996-11ed-a0a2-efe909dbc89f.html | 2022-08-11T18:45:25 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-resident-angela-burton-recognized/article_48d4aefe-1996-11ed-a0a2-efe909dbc89f.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — Former NFL running back Frank Gore allegedly dragged a 28-year-old woman across a casino hallway by her hair while she was naked, according to the criminal complaint.
Gore, 39, was charged with simple assault following the domestic incident at Tropicana Atlantic City last month. He's set to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in Atlantic City.
Court documents say Gore "violently drag(ged) her nude person along the floor of the 59th hallway" of the resort's Havana Tower.
Police were called to the casino at 8:11 a.m. July 31 for the reported domestic dispute, where they found the 28-year-old Miami woman speaking with hotel security.
Given she showed no signs of injury, Gore was not arrested or charged at the time, police said Tuesday.
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Charges were later handed down through a subsequent investigation, and the former NFL star was issued a summons.
Gore, who is the NFL's third all-time leader in rushing yards, retired from football in June following a 16-year career spent mostly with the San Francisco 49ers.
After hitting the free-agent market in 2015, Gore was set to join the Philadelphia Eagles, but he backed out after the team offered him a three-year contract.
Gore's alleged incident isn't the first in Atlantic City for a professional athlete.
Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was captured on camera punching his then-fiancée Janay Palmer in an elevator at Revel Casino Hotel in 2014. Revel has since been renamed Ocean Casino Resort.
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Both Rice and Palmer were charged following the incident. Rice's charges were dismissed after he completed the pretrial intervention program, but he was never offered another NFL opportunity after the Ravens released him following the incident.
In 2019, former Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera was arrested for assaulting his then-girlfriend Melany Martinez-Angulo at Golden Nugget Atlantic City. Charges against Herrera were dropped after the 20-year-old woman declined to testify against him.
Herrera rejoined the Phillies following an 85-game suspension. He stayed with the team, often occupying the center-field lawn, until he was designated for assignment Aug. 2 and eventually released. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-nfl-player-frank-gore-dragged-woman-by-her-hair-at-atlantic-city-casino/article_5c47038c-1979-11ed-9346-733331430d74.html | 2022-08-11T18:45:31 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-nfl-player-frank-gore-dragged-woman-by-her-hair-at-atlantic-city-casino/article_5c47038c-1979-11ed-9346-733331430d74.html |
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state.
New positive cases: 2,939
New deaths: 10
Total positive cases: 2,241,517
Total number of deaths: 31,285
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,179,647
Rate of transmission: 0.91
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 63,081 cases, 966 deaths, 381,544 doses administered
Cape May: 12,523 cases, 269 deaths, 134,746 doses administered
Cumberland: 37,434 cases, 582 deaths, 187,285 doses administered
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Ocean: 152,703 cases, 2,891 deaths, 704,765 doses administered
Source: N.J. Department of Health
Figures as of 1 p.m. Aug. 11
Source: NJ Department of Health | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-2-900-new-covid-19-cases-10-new-deaths/article_edf04d96-1999-11ed-ad57-23feb2337d4d.html | 2022-08-11T18:45:37 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-2-900-new-covid-19-cases-10-new-deaths/article_edf04d96-1999-11ed-ad57-23feb2337d4d.html |
Wisconsin health officials plan to stretch the monkeypox vaccine supply with smaller doses
MADISON – State health officials plan to stretch an inadequate supply of monkeypox vaccine by giving people one-fifth of a normal dose under their skin instead of in muscle to meet growing demand and rising cases.
Wisconsin has received about 54% of the total allocation of monkeypox vaccine state officials have requested, Ryan Westergaard, chief medical officer with the state Department of Health Services, said Wednesday in a news conference.
"Each vial was initially designated to contain a single dose of vaccine. But with action taken by the FDA yesterday we will be working to implement the new guidance that each vial could be used to vaccinate up to five people using an alternative dosing method," Westergaard said.
The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday issued an emergency use authorization for the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine so it can be available for adults as a so-called intradermal injection, which penetrates only the top layer of skin.
In a Tuesday afternoon call with news media, members of the Biden Administration urged state and local officials who still have doses of Jynneos available to immediately switch to intradermal injections to conserve vaccines.
The federal government has purchased and already allocated more than 600,000 Jynneos doses. States and localities can order additional vaccine once they have used 90% of the stock allocated to them.
Using the new approach, the 441,000 doses of vaccine that have not yet been distributed will be able to provide 2.2 million shots, according to Dawn O’Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response in the department of Health and Human Services.
The extra doses are intended to bring more control to an outbreak that has now caused at least 8,900 monkeypox infections in the United States alone. Thirty-two infections have been recorded in Wisconsin, according to the state DHS.
Westergaard said Wednesday that Wisconsin has received about 3,286 doses of the 5,986 it has requested.
He said given the short supply, health officials should continue to prioritize people considered to be at high risk for contracting monkeypox, which include:
- People who have been in contact with someone who has monkeypox.
- People who know that a sexual partner in the past 14 days was diagnosed with monkeypox.
- Gay men, bisexual men, transgender men and women, and any other men who have sex with men who have had multiple sexual partners in the past 14 days.
"Data from the current outbreak show that the virus is disproportionately impacting some members of the LGBTQ community with the highest numbers of infections occurring among men who have sex with men as well as transgender and nonbinary individuals," Westergaard said.
The federal government has ordered another 5 million vials of vaccine, which will begin arriving in September and should now provide as many as 25 million shots. Shots are available at no cost to the recipient and have generally been distributed at government-sponsored vaccination clinics.
Karen Weintraub of USA Today contributed to this report.
Contact Molly Beck at molly.beck@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @MollyBeck. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2022/08/11/wisconsin-officials-use-smaller-doses-stretch-monkeypox-vaccine/10297910002/ | 2022-08-11T18:46:28 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2022/08/11/wisconsin-officials-use-smaller-doses-stretch-monkeypox-vaccine/10297910002/ |
ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) – The Town of Abingdon is preparing for its fall Town-Wide Yard Sale on Saturday, August 20.
The “8.2 miles of trash to treasure for you to discover” will feature more than 65 locations, a release from the town states. Abingdon residents and property owners will hold their yard sales in the town limits between Exit 19 and Exit 14.
The town plans to post a map of the yard sale to the official event page in the near future. Residents can still submit a permit to participate in the yard sale, but the deadline to be featured on the map has passed.
Town leaders expect an increase in vehicle and foot traffic on August 20 and ask everyone to plan accordingly. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/abingdons-8-2-mile-town-wide-yard-sale-returns-aug-20/ | 2022-08-11T18:49:08 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/abingdons-8-2-mile-town-wide-yard-sale-returns-aug-20/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A bridge that has plagued drivers in west Wichita is scheduled to be replaced starting in 2025. The Kellogg/U.S. 54 bridge over what most people know as the Big Ditch is narrow, with lots of ruts and potholes.
The Kansas Department of Transportation says about 86,900 vehicles travel the bridge each day. Of those, 2,660 are heavy, commercial vehicles.
KDOT will begin a field survey on Monday, Aug. 15, for the proposed bridge replacement over the M.S. “Mitch” Mitchell Floodway, the proper name of the Big Ditch.
The survey is expected to take 90 days. Because of the high traffic numbers, any survey work that restricts traffic or closes a lane will likely take place in the evening or overnight hours.
The survey includes utility locations, floodway channel characteristics, current roadway features, and other necessary measurements for design work and construction sequencing.
The proposed bridge replacement plan is for two bridges to be constructed to replace the single bridge that currently carries traffic for both directions of U.S. 54. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/west-kellogg-bridge-replacement-project/ | 2022-08-11T18:53:18 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/west-kellogg-bridge-replacement-project/ |
HOOD COUNTY, Texas — A 9-year-old boy has died after he was accidentally shot by his father, according to the Hood County Sherriff's Office.
The sheriff's office said deputies responded to a home on Abbey Park Court in the Acton area of Hood County. Sheriff Roger Deeds told WFAA that "a terrible accident occurred where a father accidentally shot his 9-year-old son."
The boy was taken by air ambulance to Cooks Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, where he later died, according to Deeds.
Deeds said the incident is still under investigation by the sheriff's office and the Texas Rangers, which will be presented to a grand jury.
No further information was available.
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BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge has ordered the State of Idaho to pay more than $300,000 in legal fees that stem from a lawsuit challenging a bill over birth certificate changes passed in 2020 by the Idaho Legislature.
The total amount, $321,224.50, will be paid using funds from a source yet to be decided on by the Board of Examiners.
The Board of Examiners is made up of several elected officials, including the governor, attorney general, state controller and the secretary of state.
On Tuesday, Aug. 9, a Board of Examiners subcommittee met to approve the request for payment. Subcommittee member Brian Benjamin, who is part of the Controller's Office, stated the funds request was referred to the Legislature as a supplemental appropriation instead of paying it using the Constitutional Defense Fund.
The Legislature's Constitutional Defense Fund has paid more than $3 million in legal fees and court costs since it was first formed in 1995. Most of the payments have been made in the past decade.
The aforementioned lawsuit came following the Idaho Legislature's decision to pass House Bill 509 in 2020. The bill would have required birth certificates to record vital statistics and provide an outline for how someone would be able to amend their birth certificate, preventing transgender individuals from being able to change their sex on the documentation.
In 2018, the federal government ruled that preventing people from being able to amend their birth certificate was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause in the U.S. Constitution.
After Gov. Brad Little signed H.B. 509 into law, plaintiffs from another case against the state requested the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) allow transgender individuals to change the sex listed on their birth certificates.
On June 1, just two months after Gov. Little signed the bill, U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale prohibited IDHW from rejecting applications from people who wanted to change the sex on their birth certificates. The magistrate also ordered the department to reevaluate its process for reviewing and accepting applications, and make changes that are "meaningful and constitutionally sound", according to the order.
Idaho tried to argue that transgender individuals were still able to change their birth certificate by obtaining a court order, but the court did not approve that process.
"The plain language of the statute, as quoted, forecloses any avenue for a transgender individual to successfully challenge the sex listed on their Idaho birth certificate to reflect their gender identity," Dale wrote in the order.
The plaintiffs were able to request that the state pay their legal fees. Judge Dale approved the plaintiff's request in the form of $321.224.50.
On Aug. 16, the Board of Examiners will meet and address the motion on its agenda.
Deputy Attorney General Steven Olsen wrote to the State Controller's Office, and stated the board would authorize the payment of the award, plus any accrued interest at a rate of 2.14%.
"Any delays in payment of this amount will result in the State being responsible for the additional interest on this amount at that rate," Olsen wrote in the Aug. 4 letter.
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SEATTLE — After recently completing construction milestones, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced Thursday morning that the West Seattle Bridge is expected to reopen to traffic on Sept. 18.
The department said all traffic restrictions on the Spokane Street Swing Bridge, also known as the West Seattle low bridge, will also end on Sept. 18.
The planned reopening is dependent on crews completing the remaining work on the bridge, which includes finishing epoxy injections, carbon fiber wrapping, paving and safety inspection platform installation. The SDOT said crews will also conduct “robust safety testing” of the bridge before reopening it to traffic.
"We recognize how painful this closure has been for so many people, businesses, and communities,” said Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. “Their safety has been at the core of this repair effort since the beginning. As we reopen the bridge and reconnect our city, we are bringing our communities together with the confidence that the bridge is now stronger and safer for everyone."
The SDOT said crews installed “an intelligent monitoring system inside the bridge made up of hundreds of movement sensors, cameras, and other instruments.” The department said the system will monitor the bridge 24/7 to detect “subtle movements” or any growth of existing cracks in the bridge.
The West Seattle Bridge closed in March 2020 after inspectors found cracks rapidly growing in the structure. The bridge was 40 years old at the time of the closure. Crews finished emergency repairs in 2020 to keep the bridge standing and to prevent further cracking.
Last month, the SDOT announced crews completed a “major construction milestone” and finished tightening steel post-tensioning cables inside the bridge. The steel cables help reinforce and support the bridge, prevent it from cracking, and helps the bridge “respond to environmental factors such as weather, vehicle loads, and other external forces.”
“This monumental effort has repaired the cracks and made the bridge stronger and safer,” said Heather Marx, director of the West Seattle Bridge Safety Program. “SDOT is confident that the bridge will now stand strong for decades to come, fulfilling its original intended lifespan. We appreciate the community’s resilience as we navigated the uncertainties of this challenging project.”
The city said post-tensioning is one of the three “key repair procedures” to bring the bridge back into service. The other repair procedures include epoxy injections to fill cracks in the bridge and carbon-fiber wrapping to add strength to the structure.
The bridge is opening a few months later than the initial estimate. Officials said the delay was caused by a months-long concrete strike, which prevented the contractor working on the bridge from receiving concrete deliveries for two months. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/west-seattle-bridge-reopening-september/281-39b5100d-4ce5-4574-95b2-c892e18cdbbc | 2022-08-11T19:00:51 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/west-seattle-bridge-reopening-september/281-39b5100d-4ce5-4574-95b2-c892e18cdbbc |
GALLIA COUNTY, OH (WOWK) – Two people in Gallia County are under arrest after a suspect barricaded himself in a home.
According to the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office, the incident began Thursday, Aug. 11, when deputies and the U.S. Marshal’s Service Southeast Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team were serving an arrest warrant to a wanted person on Africa Road in Cheshire Township.
Deputies say while they were attempting to take the man, identified as Joseph W. Lewis, 36, of Cheshire, Ohio into custody, he barricaded himself in the home. Authorities say they suspected the man had weapons inside the home.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. team responded for assistance while officers on scene negotiated with the suspect. Gallia County Sheriff Matt Champlin says Lewis eventually chose to comply and was then arrested.
“I am thankful to report that Mr. Lewis had a change of heart and decided to comply with his arrest, thereby allowing us to take him into custody without injury or further incident,” Champlin said. “We are grateful for the assistance of the Marshal’s Service, The Washington County Sheriff’s Office and Gallia County EMS for their assistance in resolving this incident without anyone being injured. It is these great working relationships with our fellow law enforcement agencies that continue to make our efforts to keep our citizens safe throughout Gallia County.”
Champlin says through the investigation, authorities also seized a “sizable amount” of suspected methamphetamine and fentanyl.
A second person at the scene, identified as Christina McKinster, 36, of Cheshire, was also taken into custody on outstanding felony indictments, the sheriff’s office says. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/2-arrested-in-gallia-county-after-suspect-barricaded-in-home/ | 2022-08-11T19:09:52 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/2-arrested-in-gallia-county-after-suspect-barricaded-in-home/ |
DUNBAR, WV (WOWK)—The 1800 block of Roxalana Road is shut down in Dunbar due to an accident.
Kanawha Metro says that one person was injured in the crash, but there is no word on the extent of their injuries.
No timeline has yet been given for when the road will reopen.
This is a developing story. We will provide updates as new information becomes available. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/crash-closes-roxalana-rd-in-dunbar/ | 2022-08-11T19:09:58 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/crash-closes-roxalana-rd-in-dunbar/ |
UPDATE: (12:41 P.M. Aug. 11, 2022) – The West Virginia Division of Highways says they will need to replace the culvert and the pipe is too damaged to reuse. Crews say they are waiting for the right sized pipe to put in, and are hoping it will arrive this afternoon.
Crews say Martin’s Branch Road could be reopened as early as tonight, but it will possibly be morning before they are able to reopen the roadway.
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Construction is underway to repair a portion of Martin’s Branch Road, or WV 622, between Sissonville and Charleston. The damaged road is near the intersection of Utah Hollow Road and Bragg Farm Road.
According to the West Virginia Division of Highways, a section of the roadway was damaged by a culvert washing out during flooding on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The DOH says because of the flood damage impacting the road, drivers should use another route until the repairs have been completed.
Officials say the flooding from storms also washed out culverts on Kelly’s Creek Road and Camp Virgil Tate Road, but both of those roads were repaired overnight and reopened.
“Our crews were on the scene last night and are there as well this morning,” said District 1 Maintenance Engineer, Kathy Rushworth, P.E., “We’ll have a pipe in there and the road reopened today, barring any unusual circumstances.” Crews on the scene removed debris on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 following localized flash flooding in several West Virginia counties.
The DOH says the damage on Martin’s Branch road was more extensive and requires a large excavator to dig out the damaged pipe. Crews say they plan to reuse the existing pipe if it is not to badly damaged. They say, due to the large size of the culvert pipe, this will allow them to repair the pipe and reopen the road faster. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/culvert-repairs-close-part-of-martins-branch-road-in-kanawha-county/ | 2022-08-11T19:10:04 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/culvert-repairs-close-part-of-martins-branch-road-in-kanawha-county/ |
MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - Nearly two dozen beaches are closed due to contamination across Michigan, including eight swimming areas around Mid-Michigan.
Three beaches in Huron County were closed Thursday: Bird Creek County Park in Port Austin, Jenks Roadside Park south of Port Austin and Wagener County Park south of Harbor Beach. All three closed Thursday due to high bacteria levels.
Four beaches in Arenac County were closed Thursday: Singing Bridge Beach has been closed since July 12 due to persistently high bacteria levels. Cemetery Beach east of AuGres, Twining Road Beach northeast of AuGres and Whites Beach east of Standish all were closed for the same reason.
The beach on Big Seven Lake at Seven Lakes State Park in Holly also was closed Thursday. The swimming area was closed on Tuesday and also closed for three days last week due to high bacteria levels.
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Usually, the reward money comes before the catch. That's not the case here. Now we know it's serious.
The Suffolk County SPCA announced a $5,000 reward Thursday for information leading to the arrest of the person "responsible for owning and endangering the public" with a Eurasian lynx.
The lynx in question was captured in late July after a three-day jaunt through the streets of Central Islip. It was taken to an animal shelter and police had said they believed something was keeping it illegally as a pet.
What's the big deal, you ask?
The Eurasian lynx is one among many "dangerous animals" banned to own in New York without a special license, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. (See the full list here.) Releasing any animals on that list into the environment also violates state law and can lead to arrests and fines.
Furthermore, the SPCA points out, "According to Article 26 of the NYS Agriculture and Markets Law, no person shall knowingly own, possess, harbor any wild animal capable of inflicting bodily harm upon a human being or failing to exercise due care in safeguarding the public."
Don't want a lynx to inflict bodily harm on you? The SPCA says if you see one, don't touch or handle it. Call professionals with the SPCA (631-382-7722) or NYSDEC (631-444-0250), which have trained people to handle them and get them to appropriate sanctuaries. Anyone with information on the Eurasian lynx owner is asked to call one of those numbers.
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There was no update on the status of the Eurasian lynx recently caught on Long Island in the SPCA's Thursday update. It initially was taken to Strong Island Animal Rescue League for evaluation, but it's not clear where it is now. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/5000-offered-for-person-endangering-the-public-in-long-island-lynx-mayhem/3820956/ | 2022-08-11T19:16:38 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/5000-offered-for-person-endangering-the-public-in-long-island-lynx-mayhem/3820956/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — Droughts and wildfires continue to plague Texas. In just the past week, fire crews fought the Smoke Rider fire in Hays County, Big Sky fire near Fredericksburg and Blue Bluff fire in eastern Travis County, among others.
Several counties surrounding Austin have instituted burn bans as a result of these heightened drought and wildfire conditions.
Here is a list of counties and their current burn ban status:
Travis County
The county's burn ban has been in effect since June 7. Residents can sign up for burn ban status text alerts.
Williamson County
On June 21, the county issued a burn ban lasting no more than 90 days. Violators could be fined up to $500.
Hays County
The county is actively in a burn ban.
Bastrop County
The Austin American-Statesman reported Wednesday that the county has extended their burn ban to Sept. 12.
Mason County
The county is under burn ban until Sept. 13. The ban started June 15. The ban allows for "outdoor welding and other hot work" under specific conditions, such as the presence of a spotter and minimum 100 gallons of water. It also only allows for agricultural crop and prickly pear burning under certain conditions but permits commercial and personal barbecue.
Llano County
The county's burn ban began back in January.
Burnet County
The county adopted a burn ban on July 12.
Gillespie County
On June 27, the county's burn ban went into effect. It does not include "outdoor burning activities related to public health and safety that are authorized by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."
Blanco County
The county's burn ban ends Aug. 23 at noon.
Caldwell County
The county is under active burn ban.
Lee County
The county's burn ban began June 13.
Fayette County
Since June 6, the county has been under burn ban.
Milam County
The county's burn ban took effect June 16.
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Video shows the chaotic moments a large group of teens force themselves into a Philadelphia restaurant, only to begin ransacking the place.
The ordeal happened Saturday night at the Zion Cuisine restaurant in Germantown and involved some 15 to 20 youths, the restaurant’s owner told NBC10.
The group flipped tables and tossed chairs at the plexiglass security barriers. At one point, someone even threw a bicycle into the restaurant. Somehow, no one was injured.
“They destroyed the glass, they broke my chairs, they messed up my refrigerator. It might be little stuff, but it costs a lot,” the eatery’s owner, who did not with to be identified, said.
The incident happened despite Philadelphia imposing a modified summer curfew last month specifically aimed at keeping minors safe and away from crime.
The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating and hopes the public can recognize some of the youths in the video. In the meantime, the restaurant’s owner is afraid of going back to work in a neighborhood that she said is becoming more and more dangerous.
“We have done nothing to nobody except open a restaurant trying to make a living, as well as trying to provide a service. Nobody’s expecting that they’re going into business to get their place trashed,” she said. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/watch-group-of-teens-ransack-philadelphia-restaurant/3332834/ | 2022-08-11T19:22:05 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/watch-group-of-teens-ransack-philadelphia-restaurant/3332834/ |
BLOOMINGTON — A 46-year-old Normal woman who was reported missing Tuesday morning has been identified as the person found dead in a parked vehicle later that afternoon.
Brittany A. Mitchell was pronounced deceased at 1:09 p.m. Tuesday in the 1100 block of West Front Street in Bloomington, according to a Thursday press release from McLean County Coroner Kathleen Yoder.
An autopsy has been completed, but a cause of death is pending toxicology results, the release said.
The Bloomington Police Department was also notified Tuesday that a dead person was found inside a parked vehicle just before 1 p.m.
This incident remains under investigation by BPD and the McLean County Coroner’s Office.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Raisbeck, 309-434- 2593, Det. Law, 309-434-2527, or BPD, 309-820-8888.
Those who want to submit a tip and remain anonymous may contact the Crime & Intelligence Analysis Unit at 309-434-2963 or email CIAU@cityblm.org . The CIAU office is staffed from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Photos: McLean County Museum of History
Tax Day Tea Party - April 2010
Susie Wrede, of Bellflower, holds a sign Thursday, April 15, 2010, at the Tax Day Tea Party at the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington.
CARLOS T. MIRANDA, THE PANTAGRAPH
Tax Day Tea Party - April 2010
Event organizer Diane Benjamin speaks to the crowd Thursday, April 15, 2010, at the Tax Day Tea Party at the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington.
CARLOS T. MIRANDA, THE PANTAGRAPH
Downtown Farmers Market - May 2010
Kim Thomas, right, of Trailside Gardens, Bloomington, sells a Nasturtium to customer Candy Harrison of Bloomington during the debut of the Farmers' Market on three city blocks surrounding the McLean County Museum of History, 200 N. Main St. on Saturday May 15, 2010.
STEVE SMEDLEY, THE PANTAGRAPH
Latinos United for Change - May 2012
Yhaira Garcia, 9, and Lilyana Alvarez, 8, both of Bloomington, hold a sign and watched Latinos United for Change rally with Illinois People Action and other friends , Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at the McLean County Museum of History in downtown Bloomington.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Veterans Day - November 2012
Mike Moffitt, Commander of the American Legion Post 56, and Jim Nagel, 17th District Commander of the American Legion, place signs for each of the wars and conflicts in preparation for the Veterans Day observance at the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington on Nov. 11, 2012.
LORI ANN COOK-NEISLER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Christmas - December 1936
Christmas as celebrated in 1936.
MCLEAN COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY
Memorial Service for the Unborn - Jan. 14, 2014
Father David Gifford with Epiphany Catholic Church of Normal spoke Jan. 22, 2014, to about 80 people during the Memorial Service for the Unborn on the west side of the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington to mark the 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court's abortion decision Roe v. Wade.
LORI ANN COOK-NEISLER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Hanging with Abe - June 2014
The Fleer family of Bloomington is hanging out with the Abraham Lincoln sculpture outside the McLean County Museum of History, on Friday, June 20, 2014. From left, Josiah, 5, Sophia, 2 and Isabella, 7, enjoy the morning with parents Brandon and Rose Fleer of Bloomington.
STEVE SMEDLEY, THE PANTAGRAPH
Racial justice demonstration - August 2014
Angelique Racki of Bloomington spoke to about 25 people on the east side of the McLean County Museum of History on Aug. 18, 2014. Racki was inspired to do something in her community after the events following the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
LORI ANN COOK-NEISLER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Downtown Walk Around - April 2015
The McLean County Health Department's observance of National Public Health Week 2015 Downtown Walk Around finds walkers passing the McLean County Museum of History, during the walk Friday, April 10, 2015.
STEVE SMEDLEY, THE PANTAGRAPH
Take Back the Night - April 2015
Following the march across downtown Bloomington, Take Back the Night participants joined in a candlelight vigil on April 28, 2015, at the McLean County Museum of History.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Route 66 memories - July 2015
Denise Jones of Normal, and husband Roger, right, record Rt. 66 memories on the van being used to promote the proposed Mother Road-Mojave Trails National Monument. Members of the preservation movement visited the McLean County Museum of History in downtown Bloomington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Denise and Roger have traveled the entire length of the Mother Road.
STEVE SMEDLEY, THE PANTAGRAPH
Veterans Day - November 2015
Gary Pearson of Normal, a U.S. Army veteran, observed Veterans Day at the McLean County Museum of History on Nov. 11, 2015.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Interfaith rally - December 2015
Mohammed Zaman, president of the Masjid Ibrahim Mosque, leads a combined crowd of Christians, Jews and Muslims in an interfaith rally on Dec. 16, 2015, at the McLean County Museum of History. The event, sponsored by First Christian Church, New Covenant Community, the Presbytery of Great Rivers interfaith group, Moses Montefiore Temple, the Islamic Center of Bloomington-Normal, Masjid Ibrahim Mosque and Not In Our Town, called for an end to religious bigotry in the wake of ISIS-sponsored violence across the world.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Interfaith rally - December 2015
Michael Gizzi, moderator elect of the Presbytery of Great Rivers interfaith group, leads the interfaith rally on Dec. 16, 2015, at the McLean County Museum of History. Faiths of all types from across the Twin Cities came together to call for unity and respect.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
May Day - May 2016
A May Day rally to celebrate 10 years of Latino activism and to mobilize the Latino vote as they look ahead to the upcoming presidential election. About 50 people attended the rally at the McLean County Museum of History on May 1, 2016.
LORI ANN COOK-NEISLER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Stations of the Cross - April 2017
Father Jeff Windy led Christians during a celebration of 14 stations of the cross to mark Jesus' death on the cross as part of a Good Friday remembrance in front of the McLean County Museum of History at noon on April 14, 2017.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
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Steven Smith, left, and Maeve Devlin at the annual YWCA McLean County Stepping Stones Take Back the Night Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington. CARLOS T. MIRANDA, The Pantagraph
CARLOS T. MIRANDA
Domestic violence awareness rally- October 2017
More than 100 men and women joined together outside the McLean County Museum of History on Oct. 30, 2017, as they remembered victims of domestic violence. Sponsored by Mid Central Community Action's Countering Domestic Violence Program, the event was designed to symbolically encircle those who have experienced domestic violence.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Veterans Day - November 2017
Illinois Army National Guard Maj. Bradley E. Roach speaks during the Veterans Day observance Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 outside the McLean County Museum of History in downtown Bloomington.
LEWIS MARIEN, THE PANTAGRAPH
Anti-abortion demonstration - January 2018
Bob Hermes, right, leads about 100 opponents of the Roe v. Wade decision in prayer as they gathered on the steps of the McLean County Museum of History on Jan. 22, 2018. The protest is the 45th in Bloomington since the 1973 decision.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
March for Our Lives - March 2018
Attendees gather outside the McLean County Museum of History for the March for Our Lives event Saturday, March 24, 2018 in downtown Bloomington.
LEWIS MARIEN, THE PANTAGRAPH
Stand Up With Me Domestic Violence Awareness Rally - October 2018
Special Morgan of Neville House, center, is surrounded by staff from Mid Central Community Action and other agencies as they display T-shirts created to combat domestic violence during a Stand Up With Me Domestic Violence Awareness Rally on Oct. 30, 2018, outside the McLean County Museum of History. The event brought together community leaders who are working to educate the public about the needs of victims and perpetrators of domestic violence.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Presidents' Day - February 2019
The statue of Abraham Lincoln in front of the McLean County Museum of History celebrated Presidents' Day on Feb. 18, 2019.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Domestic violence awareness rally - October 2019
Participants in the annual Domestic Violence Awareness Rally, sponsored by Countering Domestic Violence Services of Mid Central Community Action on Oct. 28, 2019, stood along Washington St. at the McLean County Museum of History.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPH
Memorial Service for the Unborn - January 2020
The Rev. Bob Smart, lead pastor of Christ Church PCA in Normal, right, speaks to a group during an annual memorial service for the unborn victims of abortion Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, on the west steps of the McLean County Museum of History in downtown Bloomington. Sponsored by the McLean County Right to Life Committee, about 50 people attended to mark the 47th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
LEWIS MARIEN, THE PANTAGRAPH
Forward Into Light - August 2020
The former McLean County Courthouse, now the McLean County Museum of History, participates Friday night, Aug. 28, 2020, in the "Forward Into Light" nationwide campaign, where buildings and landmarks across the country will be lit up in gold and purple. The museum and the League of Women Voters of McLean County are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
LEWIS MARIEN, THE PANTAGRAPH
Pork Chop Day - June 2011
Illinois Shakespeare Festival stage manager Adam Fox and members of the staff filled a lawn next to the McLean County History Museum, on June 9, 2011, during Bloomington Rotary Club's "Pork Chop Day" fundraiser.
STEVE SMEDLEY, THE PANTAGRAPH
war protest
Over 150 people gathered Saturday morning Sept 25, 2005 near the steps of the McLean County History Museum to protest the war in Iraq. Rosemarie Moews Scarbeary of Bloomington, seated, was one of many to speak. She read a quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower.
MAUREEN O'CONNOR, THE PANTAGRAPH
Abortion rights protest - May 2022
The Rev. Jennie Edwards Bertrand of Hope United Methodist Church speaks to those assembled in downtown Bloomington on May 3, 2022.
ALLISON PETTY, THE PANTAGRAPH
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ANDREWS, Texas — One Andrews chef is helping to put West Texas on the map.
Raul Vasquez is the owner of the private chef company Ratengo along with his brother. The two are known for their Latin-Asian fusion.
Vasquez recently got the chance to compete on "Supermarket Stakeout" on the Food Network.
The show features four chefs who have to purchase items from the carts of people coming out of a grocery store, then cook it in the parking lot.
Vasquez had a good run, finishing in second place. He said this was a big dream of his.
If you would like to learn more about Ratengo, you can visit their Facebook page.
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EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters and bystanders came together as heroes Tuesday to rescue a woman moments before her car got swallowed up in a flooding sinkhole.
Working together, they pulled her out of the back window right before the vehicle became submerged.
It happened in El Paso, Texas after the sinkhole opened up due to a water main break.
The woman was hospitalized with minor injuries.
The massive size of the sinkhole was revealed Wednesday when crews removed the vehicle and worked to repair the water main break.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A professional bull rider is being held on a $2 million bond at the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of rape.
According to jail records, João Ricardo Vieira was booked around 5 p.m. on Aug. 4 after being arrested on three warrants: rape, oral copulation by force or fear of bodily injury, and penetration by a foreign object by means of force or fear.
The 38-year-old Brazilian bull rider has been a top rider in the Professional Bull Riders circuit for nearly a decade.
According to an Aug. 9 post on the PBR Facebook page, Vieira was suspended from competition until further notice due to his charges.
According to the PBR website, Vieira is ranked 3rd in the 2022 World Ranking.
Based on a list of events he participated in, the last time he was in the Sacramento area for a competition was Jan. 28 at the PBR Wrangler Long Live Cowboys Classic. He placed 18th and won $0. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/joao-ricardo-vieira-bull-rider-booked-suspicion-rape-sacramento/103-26211e5c-6811-4f4e-b726-c0ee34ec4988 | 2022-08-11T19:47:00 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/joao-ricardo-vieira-bull-rider-booked-suspicion-rape-sacramento/103-26211e5c-6811-4f4e-b726-c0ee34ec4988 |
STOCKTON, Calif. — The Stockton Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting near Stockton's Sherwood Mall.
According to the San Joaquin Delta College Police Department, the shooting happened at the mall on Pacific Avenue, across from the campus of San Joaquin Delta College. College officials said that the campus is safe and the suspect went away from the campus.
The shooting was first reported around 11 a.m. Thursday. The Stockton Police Department's public information officer confirmed that a man was killed in the shooting. They said it was the result of a disturbance outside the bank.
In 2020, a shooting near the food court at the Sherwood Mall left a teenager dead and another person injured. Following the March 2020 shooting, mall officials announced a rebrand and renovation project.
Construction on the mall as part of its rebranding is still ongoing.
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A Virginia Commonwealth University employee transferred $470,000 to a group of Nigerian scammers who defrauded millions of dollars from government entities, construction companies and universities in Virginia, Texas and North Carolina, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday.
The FBI has extradited three Nigerian citizens from the United Kingdom, and authorities charged Olabanji Egbinola, 42, in Virginia federal court with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The FBI alleges that Egbinola defrauded VCU in the fall of 2018 by claiming to be a Richmond construction company doing business with the university.
A VCU spokesman said the university recovered a significant portion of the money though insurance. The university also implemented safeguards to protect against future instances of fraud.
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Online scammers often target real estate purchasers, the elderly and others by convincing them to make wire transfers to bank accounts the criminals control. The scammer may impersonate an employee or business partners and they are often members of transnational criminal organizations that originated in Nigeria and spread throughout the world, the FBI said.
The following account of the scam is based on an FBI news release and a criminal complaint filed in federal court.
In the fall of 2018, someone using the name "Rachel Moore" contacted an employee in the procurement department at VCU using the email address "accounts@kjellstromleegroup.com." Kjellstrom and Lee is a construction firm located in Richmond that has done business with VCU. Its email address is similar to the one used in the scam.
The scammer wrote that Kjellstrom and Lee's bank account was being audited and asked if VCU could send the next payment to a foreign bank account. The scammer and the VCU employee corresponded several times over the course of three months.
"Hope you are good," the scammer wrote. "Can you please notify us at remittance@kjellstromleegroup.com when a payment has been made."
On Dec. 20, 2018, VCU sent $469,819.49 to an account with the Bank of Hope. On Jan. 3, VCU's bank contacted the university, concerned the payment was made to a fraudulent account.
VCU contacted Kjellstrom and Lee and learned the construction company doesn't employee a Rachel Moore.
The roughly $470,000 could not be recovered. Authorities claim the money was redistributed through at least 50 wire and check transactions in the five days after VCU sent it.
An investigation by the FBI's Richmond Division determined that someone used the account "bridgetclark" to create fraudulent email addresses through the Internet domain registrar NameCheap, Inc. The scammer registered more than 50 domains with names similar to legitimate construction companies.
The scammer who created the bridgetclark account used a variety of techniques to conceal his or her identity. The account was paid for using Bitcoin cryptocurrency, which is hard to trace. The scammer also used a virtual private network (VPN) to conceal his or her IP address and physical location.
In February 2019, the FBI sent a network investigative technique, or NIT, to the fraudulent email address used in the scheme. An NIT is a technology used by the government to gain access to a computer.
Once the scammer opened the email and its attachment, a file was executed, providing data to the FBI, including the IP address of the computer that opened the attachment. The scammer was in the United Kingdom.
Police in the United Kingdom determined that the IP address originated from a two-story brick house in Chafford Hundred, about 20 miles east of London. Authorities say one resident of the home was Egbinola, the man charged this week by U.S. authorities.
Egbinola has a criminal history, U.S. authorities said. In 2008, officials say, U.K. police arrested him for money laundering and discovered a large quantity of U.S. currency at his residence. His computer contained information related to bank accounts of individuals who were victims of fraud. It's unclear if Egbinola was ever tried for the crime.
In 2015, Egbinola traveled to Los Angeles, and the address he visited is associated with another investigation of fraud and money laundering. When traveling to the U.S., Egbinola listed his email address as aegbinola@gmail.com. The FBI says Egbinola used that email address to communicate with another address that is the subject of an FBI investigation for scamming construction companies in North Carolina.
The FBI also arrested Oludayo Kolawole John Adeagbo, 43, a Nigerian citizen and U.K. resident, and Donald Ikenna Echeazu, 40, a dual U.K. and Nigerian citizen, with defrauding a North Carolina university for $1.9 million through an email scheme.
Adeagbo is also charged with defrauding Texas government entities, construction companies and a Houston-area college of more than $3 million.
U.K. officials arrested all three in April 2020, and the United States requested extradition. The defendants filed appeals, but the U.K. High Court rejected them last month. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/nigerians-claiming-to-be-richmond-construction-firm-defrauded-vcu-of-470-000/article_470e2b66-1cac-5759-ac8b-2b9e6f4b9973.html | 2022-08-11T19:47:23 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/nigerians-claiming-to-be-richmond-construction-firm-defrauded-vcu-of-470-000/article_470e2b66-1cac-5759-ac8b-2b9e6f4b9973.html |
Just days after surveillance video surfaced of him wearing a NASA sweater after one alleged assault, a man has been charged with fondling a woman at a SEPTA trolley stop and another inside a Wawa store in Philadelphia.
Tyree Blake, 30, is charged with indecent assault and harassment for both the July 30 and Aug. 7 incidents, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.
The latest assault happened shortly before noon near 19th and Market streets, police said in a news release Monday. The woman told police she had exited an eastbound SEPTA trolley and was walking up the stairs to exit the station when "an unknown male sexually assaulted her."
The man then walked off eastbound on Market Street, police said.
SEPTA police had investigated a similar assault on Wednesday, Aug. 3, where a 17-year-old girl said a man wearing the same type of NASA hoodie followed her to a trolley stop under JFK Plaza, near Philadelphia City Hall. However, the DA’s office on Thursday did not link Blake to that attack.
The July 30 incident involved Blake allegedly fondling a woman at a Wawa on 19th and Market streets.
Blake had an open misdemeanor case from 2020 that is being investigated by the Mental Health Court, the DA’s office said.
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Blake is being represented by a public defender, according to online court records. NBC10 reached out to the Defender Association of Philadelphia for comment.
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It’s a hard election year to gain traction as a moderate Wyoming Republican.
Republican candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer Zerba, a self-described moderate, has gotten a taste of that difficulty on the campaign trail.
The crowd at Casper’s Politics in the Park event Wednesday evening cheered when Zerba’s opponent, Megan Degenfelder, promised to “fight back against radical political ideologies like critical race theory that belong nowhere near our classrooms.” Incumbent candidate Brian Schroeder, who was appointed to the position in January, brought on more cheers when he encouraged the crowd to “push back against the cultural currents,” warning those present that the “virus is spreading fast.”
Then Zerba stood to introduce herself.
“I’m the only candidate who is an educator who has taught in Wyoming public schools. Here we are, riling people up over something we’re not doing, and unless you’re in the classroom, you don’t have any idea,” she said regarding critical race theory, an academic framework for examining how racism is embedded in U.S. institutions and society. (It isn’t taught in Wyoming public schools.)
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Community members got to hear from GOP candidates for the Wyoming superintendent of public instruction position during an election forum in Casper. Here are the candidates' take on some issues.
Degenfelder and Schroeder overlap quite a bit in their stances, although Degenfelder focuses more on industry partnerships (she’s currently the government and regulatory affairs manager for Morningstar Partners Oil & Gas), while Schroeder is more about resisting cultural currents and “recovering the purpose of education” which, he said, is “to learn to think.”
Zerba, a Casper-based substitute teacher who’s getting her doctorate in education at the University of Wyoming, shares a lot of their views too. But in other areas, she diverges, sometimes dramatically, from her two opponents. (A fourth Republican candidate, Rock Springs-based underground trona miner Robert White, did not attend the forum. Sheridan-based chair of the American Military University political and military science department Thomas Kelly dropped out of the race earlier this month to cast his vote for Schroeder).
Zerba decided to file her candidacy on the last day possible to do so because she was “alarmed” at the stances of the other candidates. She’s very unlikely to beat out Schroeder or Degenfelder. Both have the advantage of more name recognition, Schroeder as the current superintendent, Degenfelder as a lifelong Wyomingite who has worked as a chief policy officer with the Wyoming Department of Education and in various roles in the private energy sector. They’ve gotten big endorsements, Schroeder from former president Donald Trump, Degenfelder from U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis and former U.S. Sen. Al Simpson, who recently received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Republican schools superintendent candidate Jennifer Zerba decided to join the race last-minute because she was “alarmed to see some of the issues and topics” that other candidates were running on.
The moderator at Wednesday’s event asked about candidates’ thoughts on religion in the classroom and whether or not they will support gender identity and pronouns to be taught in schools. They talked about parental involvement, charter schools and teacher recruitment and retention.
Degenfelder said that the country was “founded on religious freedoms” and that it’s important to “realize that balance” in schools and make sure “we’re not discriminating on anyone’s religious freedom.”
Schroeder, who has a background in pastoral ministry and was formerly head of Veritas Academy, a private Christian school in Cody, said public schools should be preparing kids for a society that believes in religious freedom.
“That means kids shouldn't have to be nervous about bringing their Bibles to school, or the coach didn't have to be nervous about praying with his kids, or the valedictorian shouldn't have to be nervous about when she gets up at graduation and saying a prayer or talking about her faith,” he said. “That means in our literature classes we would include the Bible as one of the great books of literature and of Western civilization rather than nixing it out and bringing in leftist ideology.”
Zerba put her view on teaching religion in public schools pretty bluntly: “It’s a violation of our constitution.”
(Public schools are required to be secular under the Wyoming Constitution).
“If you want to believe whatever at home, that's fine, but not in the classroom,” she said.
The crowd didn’t give her any applause for that. Some of Zerba’s other stances were met with an equal lack of enthusiasm.
A former top official at the Wyoming Department of Education announced Thursday she will run for superintendent of public instruction.
On whether or not they would support gender identity and pronouns to be taught in school, Degenfelder said that those discussions belong “within the home between a parent and a child.” (A man in the crowd yelled, “Thank you!” to this).
Schroeder said simply, “No, absolutely not.”
“I stand against gender ideology, both by conviction, by my faith and in fierce defense and representation of where the Wyoming people and the Wyoming parents are at, and I feel that's my appropriate role,” he said.
The crowd cheered. The same man yelled again, “Thank you!”
Schroeder has issued several statements strongly denouncing a new federal requirement to update nondiscrimination policies and signage to include protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The update is meant to give LGBTQ students an avenue to file a complaint if they experience discrimination within a Food and Nutrition Service program based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Noncompliance could impact funding for school meals in Wyoming. Schroeder has frequently referred to these kinds of policies as “social engineering.”
Wyoming's schools leader suggested a federal nondiscrimination update on gender and sexual orientation would impact pronouns and locker rooms, when the guidance he received behind-the-scenes indicated otherwise.
Zerba has a different perspective on talking about gender identity in classrooms: “Yes, parents are involved with that,” she said. “But I do believe that we need to create a safe environment and allow the local school districts to be able to handle how they want to do that.”
She’s also the only Republican candidate who doesn’t like the idea of charter schools. Degenfelder and Schroeder think it’s good to have more options for kids who learn best in different ways. But Zerba worries that charter schools will siphon money away from traditional public schools. And she’s concerned about the possible religious overtones of some proposed charter schools.
Wyoming Classical Academy and Cheyenne Classical Academy, two potential charter schools slated to open in fall 2023, if successful in their applications for charters, are “Member School Candidates” of Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian liberal arts college in Michigan that has opened charter schools across the country. Some people have raised concerns about the university’s possible religious influence on the proposed Wyoming charter schools. Others say that, because charter schools are public schools funded by state money, they will be held to the same secular requirements as traditional public schools.
Prairie View Community School in Chugwater, Wyoming Classical Academy Charter School in Casper and Cheyenne Classical Academy Charter School have applied for charters. If their charters are approved, the schools will likely open their doors in fall 2023.
Wyoming has a big teacher retention and recruitment problem. The Wyoming Education Association and the University of Wyoming released a study in early June showing that 65% of surveyed teachers would quit their jobs now if they could.
Schroeder said teachers have “too much on their plates.”
“They're just overwhelmed. Too many standards, too many content areas. They can't do it all.”
As state superintendent, Schroeder’s been working on a new teacher apprenticeship program with the department of education, the Professional Teaching Standards Board and district school board members, administrators and teachers. It’s meant to lower the financial and experiential barriers for people who want to become teachers and hopefully alleviate Wyoming’s teacher shortage crisis. It’ll be piloted in three school districts this fall.
Degenfelder said that Wyoming should increase incentives for teachers, support them with mentors, empower them in communities and figure out why fewer people want to go into teaching. She also thinks there are too many standards for teachers to keep track of.
“They have more standards than they have days in school,” she said. “We're expecting them to prioritize those and then do the guesswork of what's on the assessment. Let's take that from the state level and reduce that for them.”
“We've been talking a lot about CRT,” Zerba said. “We've been talking about this whole gender identity thing. We're attacking our teachers every chance we get. Our teachers are tired of it. They have no support. They're being attacked by the school board, they’re being attacked by parents,” she said.
“We need to start supporting our teachers. I will be their number one cheerleader.”
The crowd was silent.
“I don’t get a lot of reception because they’ve bought into the big lie,” Zerba told the Star-Tribune after the forum.
But Zerba said she nevertheless wants to give voters “another choice.”
“I’m planting a seed,” she said. “I'm out here. I’m a voice for educators.”
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Walkway to be removed at Charlevoix's South Pier due to safety concerns
CHARLEVOIX — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to remove the ancillary walkway on the Charlevoix Harbor South Pier in Charlevoix due to safety concerns.
In a press release, the Army Corps of Engineers said waves and ice movement have repeatedly caused damage to the walkway and its removal will provide cost savings and improve the wave attenuator's functionality on the adjacent walkway. The purpose of the attenuator is to reduce energy and impact of incoming waves.
"This particular section of the pier has been closed since October 2020 because it is unsafe for pedestrian traffic," said Elizabeth Newell Wilkinson, Grand Haven Resident Engineer. "The benefits of removing it outweigh the alternative of extensive repairs and costly maintenance."
The South Pier and part of the adjacent Michigan Beach Park will be closed while work is underway.
"The ancillary walkway being removed provided additional pier access around the wave attenuator," said Wilkinson. "Following removal of the ancillary walkway, the adjacent wave attenuator walkway will remain available for South Pier access."
A Corps of Engineers floating plant is scheduled to arrive from Detroit on Aug. 15 to perform the work and will be on site for approximately three weeks.
The Corps of Engineers is coordinating with local officials regarding ferry and water traffic to ensure the least impact possible to the public. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/charlevoix/2022/08/11/walkway-removed-charlevoixs-south-pier-due-safety-concerns/10300810002/ | 2022-08-11T19:53:14 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/charlevoix/2022/08/11/walkway-removed-charlevoixs-south-pier-due-safety-concerns/10300810002/ |
An FBI official said the bureau is aware of the “Abolish the FBI Protest” Friday and that the “FBI respects the rights of individuals to peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights.”
The response came from the El Paso regional office. Earlier in the week, Midland’s Jenny Cudd reported on Twitter that there will be an “Abolish the FBI Protest” at noon Friday outside its Midland office, which is located at 1004 N. Big Spring St.
“We are aware of the planned protests at the FBI El Paso-Midland Resident Agency,” said Jeanette Harper, special agent, Public Affairs officer. “The FBI respects the rights of individuals to peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights.”
The Midland Police Department is also aware of the protest. Cudd tweeted Wednesday that “police came by to ask questions about my protest.”
When asked about the visit, Midland Police Department Chief Seth Herman told the Reporter-Telegram through a text, “We try to contact organizers of such events in an effort to establish clear lines of communication and understanding of legal requirements. … Better than everyone going in blind.”
The former mayoral candidate and Midland businesswoman tweeted earlier this week that the “Midland, TX protest against this tyrannical government.” She also expressed her displeasure with the FBI’s raid of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Florida, home.
Cudd pleaded guilty in October to one misdemeanor charge related to her participation in riots at the U.S. Capitol building as part of a plea deal with the federal government. She was sentenced to two months of probation and a $5,000 fine. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/FBI-about-Midland-protest-We-respect-rights-of-17367259.php | 2022-08-11T19:55:40 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/FBI-about-Midland-protest-We-respect-rights-of-17367259.php |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The fitness trend "Hot Girl Walk" started during the pandemic and nationwide women started walking together in groups. The organizer for Wednesday's walk in Fayetteville got inspired and wanted to bring a sense of harmony to the area.
“I just wanted to get a strong community of women together and kind of see where we can take things,” said walk organizer Katarina Derrick.
Derrick was a gymnast at the University of Arkansas and during her career, she had three knee surgeries and struggled to find ways to exercise.
“So, I figured now would be a great time to combine walking, which I love and starting a new community of girls who are either new to college or just looking for a group of friends to kind of help out with,” Derrick said.
She says the group that gathered on Aug. 10 just so happened to be young women, but her goal for the walking group is to have women of all ages come together.
“Like you said, I want it to be all-inclusive and I want everyone to feel like they can come by themselves or bring friends,” Derrick said.
Those who took part in the walk say it’s a way to have an outlet with women in the community and improve your overall mental and physical health.
“But, mentally I think that it’ll definitely push everyone to get outside and even surrounding yourself with people is really good for mental health,” said walk participant Hailey Garner.
The event has already made an impact on women and organizers say it will continue to grow.
“It definitely takes a toll on my life…like getting to know people and meeting new people so I hope that it does the same for everybody else,” Garner said.
Additionally, Fayetteville Health Officer Dr. Marti Sharkey says walking has several benefits for both physical and mental health.
"The increased blood flow and circulation boost your mood by calming your nervous system and decreasing stress," Dr. Sharkey said. "A consistent walking routine can reduce cholesterol and improve cardiovascular health. Any increased movement can aid in weight loss.”
Derrick says going forward she plans to take walks with the group bi-weekly.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Little Rock Police Department has asked for the help of the public in locating a missing woman.
49-year-old Melissa Fields was last seen in Little Rock in October of 2020.
If you have any information regarding her whereabouts, please contact Detective Dearing at (501) 404-3014, Detective Boyd at (501) 404-3016, or the Little Rock Communications Center at (501) 371-4829. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/missing-persons-reports/little-rock-police-search-for-missing-woman/91-c21f4b3a-5adf-47c9-aad3-b6a4adeee31c | 2022-08-11T20:01:15 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/missing-persons-reports/little-rock-police-search-for-missing-woman/91-c21f4b3a-5adf-47c9-aad3-b6a4adeee31c |
Dallas County Health and Human Services on Thursday reported the county's second heat-related death so far this year.
DCHHS says the Dallas resident was a 77-year-old man who had underlying health conditions. For privacy reasons, DCHHS is not disclosing personal information about the patient.
"We are very saddened to report our second heat-related death this season," said Dr. Philip Huang, Director of DCHHS. "We encourage everyone to take precautions to protect themselves and their children from heat-related illness as temperatures remain high throughout the summer. Hydrate constantly and limit your time outdoors to protect against the intense heat."
DCHHS says heat-related illness occurs when the body is unable to properly cool itself. They also say to monitor symptoms and follow the CDC tips for heat-related illness prevention below:
- Stay indoors as much as possible
- Limit outdoor activities, exercise during cooler parts of the day and stay in shady areas
- Drink plenty of water
- Follow local news for extreme heat alerts and other safety tips
To learn more and for more tips, visit the CDC's website.
The Dallas County Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program provides free air conditioning and heating units to low-income families who qualify.
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It's a year-round program for heating and cooling, and also covers electric bills.
Go online for details or call 214-819-1848 for assistance. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-county-reports-second-heat-related-death-this-summer/3046159/ | 2022-08-11T20:04:40 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-county-reports-second-heat-related-death-this-summer/3046159/ |
Several local organizations and community members across North Texas are helping provide families with backpacks and other school supplies for the upcoming school year.
This list of drives and events for DFW residents will be updated regularly. Here are a few events we've gathered so far:
DALLAS
Not My Son's Back to School Community Festival
The event is free for students of all ages and their families. Registration is required through Aug. 13 to receive back-to-school essentials. Parents or guardians must be able to provide each student's name, age, gender, school name, and grade. Students must also be present to receive supplies. Wristbands and food tickets will be given to parents and students at the registration tent at the park.
- Saturday, Aug. 13
- 10 a.m.
- J. P. Hawn Park, 2600 N St Augustine Rd., Dallas
To register for the event, visit this link.
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For Oak Cliff's Infinity Back to School Festival
Dallas-based nonprofit For Oak Cliff is hosting its 8th Annual Infinity Back to School Festival Saturday, August 13 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Glendale Park. Pre-Registration for backpacks has closed but the organization is inviting families to attend and register students on-site on Saturday. Learn more on the organization's website
- Saturday, Aug. 13
- 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Glendale Park, Dallas
FORT WORTH
Race to Register: Fort Worth ISD Family Fun Day Student Enrollment and Resource Fair
Fort Worth ISD will offer online registration support for students as well as backpack and book giveaways along with music games, food trucks and more. The event will also feature a car show by the DFW King and Queen Corvette Club.
- Saturday, Aug 13
- 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Polytechnic High School, 1300 Conner Ave., Fort Worth
To learn more, visit this link.
Fort Worth PD Back to School Backpack and Supplies Giveaway
Several local businesses including Townsquare Mortgage, Providence Title and Prosperity Bank are joining forces to host this supply giveaway event on Sunday, Aug. 14th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Fort Worth Police Department located at 1000 Calvert St.
Sunday, Aug. 14
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
1000 Calvert Street
The event will offer limited haircuts, hot dogs and drinks and backpacks and other school supplies. Learn more on the Fort Worth Police Department's Facebook page.
St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church's Back to School Fair
The event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church at 5500 East Berry Street in Fort Worth. The fair will include over 15 vendors and offer free haircuts and school supply giveaways along with fun activities for kids, including face painting. Learn more about the event on its Facebook page.
- Saturday, Aug.13
- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- St. Matthew’s Baptist Church, 5500 East Berry St.
GRAND PRAIRIE
Tony Shotwell Life Center's Back to School Drive
Tony Shotwell Life Center is partnering with Amerigroup to giveaway back free backpacks and school supplies on Saturday, Aug. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon, or as long as supplies last.
- Saturday, Aug. 13
- 10 a.m. to noon
- 2750 Graham St, Grand Prairie
This is a first come, first serve event and organizers will hand out tickets to receive the backpacks. There is a maximum of 2 backpacks per family. There will be additional vendors at the event handing out school supplies. For more information please call 972-237-7529.
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SAN ANTONIO — A dog named Lucky has been reunited with his grateful owner thanks to having a chip with his owner's information.
Lucky was brought to the City of San Antonio Animal Care Services (ACS) by folks over at JBSA-Lackland last Friday around 2:30 p.m. They said he'd been roaming around the Air Force Base.
ACS took one look at this freshly groomed senior puppers and just knew he probably belonged to a family. The dog was scanned for a microchip, an lo and behold, it turned out his name was Lucky.
The contact information registered to the microchip was pulled up and Lucky's human, Mr Y, was called.
ACS said Mr. Y was at home, petting Lucky’s brother, when his phone rang.
He answered the phone and immediately said that his missing dog was not missing, he was at home with him. “You have the wrong number; my dog is in the house with me,” said Mr. Y.
ACS explained that his contact information was registered to the microchip number found on a dog brought in to ACS. Mr. Y asked for a description and was told, “Freshly groomed, senior, well-mannered, golden retriever-type dog.”
Mr Y immediately yelled out to his family, "Honey, someone let the dog out!" He said he'd be right there to pick him up.
"Losing your pet is scary and nerve-racking. Lucky for Lucky, he wasn’t even missing long enough for his family to notice," said ACS. "This is all thanks to Mr. Y ensuring Lucky was microchipped and registered with up-to-date contact information."
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BLOOMINGTON — Pediatrician Andrea Kane gets a list of medical students she will be working with every year, but this summer was the first time it included the name of a former patient.
Annabelle Shaffer grew up in Bloomington-Normal and started seeing Kane when she was 8, Shaffer said. Now she is a student at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the medical school at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
“I remember her being probably the first female doctor I ever met,” Shaffer said of Kane.
In that way, Kane was a role model who helped encourage Shaffer's interest in the medical field.
Kane, who has been with Normal's Carle BroMenn Medical Center since 2008, went to medical school at Rush Medical College and did her residency Northwestern. She has been working with the UIUC medical school for more than five years.
“I love seeing the students, especially ones that I know outside of here,” she said.
Shaffer, 23, is doing her clinical clerkships right now as part of her second year of med school. The family practice clerkship involves five weeks of pediatrics, five weeks of internal medicine and 10 weeks of family medicine. Her time with Kane wrapped up earlier this month.
“This is one of our first clinical experiences,” Shaffer said.
Shaffer has her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UIUC as well. In Bloomington-Normal, she went to Grove Elementary School, Chiddix Junior High School and Illinois State University lab schools before switching to home-schooling.
Home-schooling led to an opportunity to participate in a neuroscience research project at Illinois State University, which The Pantagraph covered in 2015.
Shaffer has two years of medical school left, and then up to seven years of a residency. She might go on to a fellowship after that as well, she said.
During clinical clerkships, students have opportunities to interview patients and perform some exams as appropriate, Kane said. Pediatric patients’ parents are asked for permission before med students take part in their care.
“We want (the student) to get a full experience when they’re here for their education,” Kane said.
Both Kane and Shaffer said these past few weeks have been busy with the lead-up to the new school year, as students come in for physicals and to get any vaccinations needed before school starts.
“It’s been pretty quick lately with all the physicals,” Shaffer said.
Pediatrics takes a different approach than adult medicine, she said. Kids have more respiratory problems than adults, which surprised her.
“There’s a lot of little things you don’t think about with kids,” she said.
Those differences were part of what attracted Kane to the specialty, she said. Kids generally bounce back from illness and injuries, and when they do get sick, it's typically from an outside source, and not due to their own lifestyles, Kane explained.
Shaffer does not plan to specialize in pediatrics, opting for neurosurgery instead.
“I was always fascinated by it as a kid (…) to this day we don’t know where that fascination came from,” she said.
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The McLean County Fair continues this weekend with children and families participating in a plethora of 4-H show events ranging from visual arts and aerospace to crops and livestock.
Road closures due to move-in days next week at Illinois State University include part of Fell Avenue. Drivers should also expect extra traffic around Illinois Wesleyan in two weeks.
Illinois State University has announced its next board meeting will be Monday. The meeting will cover the items postponed from the canceled July 22 meeting.
Bloomington police officers this week underwent active training for scenarios they hope they never encounter. “It’s as live and as actual as you can get,” one instructor said.
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SOUTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — All is quiet inside Joseph Chermak's dealership in South Abington Township; no ringing phones or chatting with customers.
The dealership doesn't have phone or internet service.
Saturday afternoon, a tree came down along a road behind the dealership, tearing down phone and internet lines.
"There's basically nothing we can do but handwrite some bills and do some service work," Chermak said.
Nearby, Lisa Accardi is trying to continue business as much as possible in her hair studio.
She has been without internet service for five days and isn't sure when it will be fixed.
"It's a struggle because for people to use credit cards, we can't do that because I have no Wi-Fi or internet, so it just really stinks," Accardi said.
The businesses are trying to operate as normal as possible, but it's hard to communicate the problem to customers when the phone lines are out as well.
"Our customers are upset. They're trying to call in and they can't. The ones that live close drive in to see what happened and can't understand why," Chermak said.
Accardi said she's thankful she can use her cell phone to communicate with customers and run credit cards but is choosing not to if customers have other means of paying her.
"Square charges you more when you swipe the cards and use the chip and not through the main thing, so it just really stinks. I'm losing money," she said.
The longer these businesses go without phone or internet, the more it hurts the bottom line, and time is money when you're running a small business.
"We have seven lines that come in. If we can get one line and the internet service going, at least we can function and try to get things caught up," Chermak said.
Frontier Communications is responsible for the lines.
Business owners said they were told that repairs may not be completed until Saturday.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — A man from Scranton has died from injuries he received in a house fire last week.
Harry Layaou, 62, died Wednesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest.
The coroner said he died from burns he got in a fire at his home on Green Place on July 31. The cause of death is listed as accidental.
Investigators believe Layaou was smoking cigarettes while using oxygen which may have sparked the fire.
Editor's note: A previous version of this story listed the incorrect address of the fire.
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LA PLUME, Pa. — Beetles, butterflies, and more are all on display at the first What's Bugging You camp, hosted by the Keystone College Environmental Education Institute.
Woodlands Campus Director Kelley Stewart oversees the three day program where campers are taught by college professors and students.
Stewart said kids learn about all the little creatures found in their own backyards.
"One of the professors came in and he shared his parasitic wasps and tomato horn worm which he is doing research on so the kids get to experience a little bit of science with nature as well," Steward said.
The camp features arts and crafts, readings, and live demonstrations which include a variety of insects.
Penny Lane of Clarks Summit said her favorite session was about the difference between butterflies and moths.
"I learned that there is something called a skipper which is not exactly a butterfly, but it's not exactly a moth either," she said.
The camp offers an up-close look at the many insects that are native to our area, and encourage kids to get outside and enjoy the nature around them.
"Kids are like sponges, they absorb everything. So just to see them absorb in one day and then at the end some things that maybe you are I wouldn't pick up on, they're picking up on immediately. And they are taking it home and correcting their parents," instructor Alexandra Thornton said.
Thornton is the campers' go-to butterfly and caterpillar expert.
She said she enjoys seeing how much information the kids are able to learn on such complicated subjects, like the life cycle of a butterfly.
"There's a lot to them so breaking that down can be a bit difficult, but I mean it's a lot of fun to experience it from a young eye and things like that. Everything is new, everything is exciting," Thornton said.
The Keystone College Environmental Education Institute plans to have more nature camps next summer.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Mikey Ash, age 17, of Exeter, keeps his eye on the ball during a Wyoming Valley Challenger baseball game at Evercor Field in Wilkes-Barre.
Since Mikey was 4 years old, he's been treated by a team of therapists at Allied Services for complications with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS), a rare genetic disorder.
"It's like 1 in 300,000. Mikey's version of that went through his whole body. It went through every gene in his system, so Mikey is medically affected from head to toe," said Mikey's mother Nicole Ash.
Years ago, doctors told Nicole that this diagnosis would be a setback, and things like walking, talking, and eating were likely impossible.
But Nicole says with the help of Allied Services over the years, now, Mikey does it all.
"That was at age 4. He is now 17, and he is eating. He still has a feeding tube as a supplement. We did the feeding program through Allied."
Days like these were made possible with items bought for Allied Services through WNEP's yearly campaign.
"We've been lucky to utilize a lot of the purchases that all of the money that total strangers have raised for us who don't even know us."
After this game, Mikey went to the hospital for a number of surgeries he needed, followed by weeks of recovery, which made Nicole a little nervous, but therapists at Allied Services told her not to worry.
"I was like, 'Well, is this surgery going to set us back?' And she just looked at me like, 'No.' And she didn't know me to give me that reassurance. She was just so confident without being pumped. I was just so reassured like, 'Yeah, we got this.'"
Because no matter the conditions on or off the field, Team Allied will continue to have their back
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OLYPHANT, Pa. — You may remember Alex Douglass as the Pennsylvania State Trooper who survived the deadly shooting at the Blooming Grove barracks in 2014.
While Alex will always live with the reminders of the darkest moment in his life, now he's living in the light.
"You know, it's changed, but right now, it's changed for the better," Douglass said during an interview at his home in Lackawanna County.
Alex married his wife Jackie in 2019, and together, they're raising Jackie's two daughters.
"I wouldn't be in the position I am now if it wasn't for my wife and the girls. It's done wonders for me," he said.
Also doing wonders — Alex's twice-weekly physical therapy sessions at Allied Services in Scranton.
"He's wanting to do more, try new things. Now it's like, we're able to go for a walk around the neighborhood. He can do more things, he has more energy," Jackie said.
Alex is taking steps he never thought he'd take thanks to this machine- called an AlterG treadmill.
It was purchased with proceeds raised during the 2021 marathon for Team Allied Services. Jackie was a member of last year's team.
"It feels like you're in a big balloon because it fills up with air, and it actually takes that pressure off, or that impact off, if you start walking, or running, in that case, which I'm just starting to do," Alex added.
Jackie's marathon helped to bring the specialized therapy to Allied Services — a wife helping to realize her husband's dream.
Alex has participated in the TCS New York City Marathon for Allied before using a handbike. They both believe he will one day run the race.
"I can definitely see in the future that he can be able to have better range of motion, be stronger in the leg. I hope that with Allied's support, he will be able to do more things and will be able to get back to doing a marathon," Jackie said. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/outreach/team-allied/team-allied-services-alex-douglass-running-through-recovery-marathon-trooper-physical-therapy/523-bf9e2928-8027-4767-9eef-631977200d83 | 2022-08-11T20:10:17 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/outreach/team-allied/team-allied-services-alex-douglass-running-through-recovery-marathon-trooper-physical-therapy/523-bf9e2928-8027-4767-9eef-631977200d83 |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives are asking the community to help them identify a man who may have information concerning a 40-year-old man beaten to death in an Orange County empty lot back in May.
Deputies said Omar Toro died on Aug. 6 due to his injuries after he was beaten in an apparent transient camp at 1505 25th St. on May 20.
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According to the sheriff’s office, Crimeline is asking the community to help identify a man shown in the video below wearing white sneakers and khaki shorts who may have information about the beating.
CAN YOU ID: Detectives need to identify this man, who may have info about the May 20 beating of 40 yo Omar Toro in an empty lot at 1505 25th St. in what appeared to be a transient camp. On August 6, 2022, Toro died of his injuries. Call @CrimelineFL at 800-423-8477 w/info. pic.twitter.com/ESmtH9tLh7
— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) August 11, 2022
Crimeline is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for anyone who has information that could lead to an arrest in the death investigation.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crimeline at 800-423-8477.
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FRIDLEY, Minn. — A Coon Rapids woman is suing Walmart over a 2019 fire in the parking lot of the company's Fridley store that took the life of her 6-year-old daughter.
Essie McKenzie alleges that Walmart's policy to allow RVs and other vehicles camp in their store parking lots led a California couple to stay overnight in August of 2019, and eventually use a hotplate that started McKenzie's van on fire with her two children sleeping inside. The lawsuit alleges wrongful death, and says by allowing people to camp with no supervision, permit requirements or sanitation, Walmart has maintained dangerous conditions on store grounds.
"These unregulated, unlicensed, and unmonitored campgrounds pose a threat of illness, injury, noise, and crime to a considerable number of members of the public," the court documents read.
The suit seeks damages in excess of $75,000.
First responders were called to the Walmart Superstore at 8450 University Avenue in Fridley around 7:15 a.m. the morning of Aug. 6, on reports that a van had caught fire and jumped to multiple vehicles parked nearby. One of those vehicles belonged to Essie McKenzie and inside were her children, who were napping while she shopped for groceries. McKenzie said the children were tired after being awakened quite early that morning so she could take relatives to the airport.
McKenzie's 6-year-old daughter Ty-rah sustained injuries that would prove fatal, and her eldest daughter Taraji, who was nine at the time of the incident, suffered severe injuries that the lawsuit claims will leave her physically and emotionally scarred for life.
Investigators discovered that the origin of the fire was a hot plate being used by Robert Lino Hipolito, who was camping in the Walmart parking lot with his wife in their minivan. The 72-year-old Hipolito was charged with second degree manslaughter, but eventually pled guilty to two felony counts of negligent fire. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail and three years probation.
“She (her daughter Taraji White) watched her six-year-old sister (Ty'rah) lose everything in the palm of her hand,” said McKenzie at the time of the sentencing. Taraji White survived the fire but was left with severe burns and lung damage.
“I wished that this never happened, and I wish I could do something to fix it, but I can do nothing,” Hipolito told the court.
The lawsuit says Walmart allows overnight camping in its parking lots with the expectation those campers will then purchase goods from the store. It alleges Walmart failed to monitor the activities of overnight campers, specifically the Hipolitos, though having the capability to do so.
While McKenzie's attorney did not respond to inquiries Wednesday, Walmart sent a statement saying, "Our sympathies remain with the friends and family impacted by this tragic event three years ago. We plan to defend the company and will respond in Court to the Complaint as appropriate."
In 2020, a Hennepin County judge approved a separate, $130,000 settlement in a civil case filed on behalf of McKenzie's surviving daughter against the California man.
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No football at Circle City Classic for 1st time in nearly 4 decades: Indiana Black Expo
For the first time in 37 years, the Indiana Black Expo’s Circle City Classic will not feature a football game, but a battle of the bands.
At least five bands from historically Black colleges and universities from across the country will go head-to-head in a battle, allowing them to showcase the spirit of HBCUs, Indiana Black Expo announced on Facebook this week.
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So far, the bands confirmed to perform are the Miles College Purple Marching Machine, Kentucky State University Marching Machine Thorobreds and the Talladega College Great Tornado Band. Other bands will be announced closer to the event.
IBE officials did not respond to IndyStar's requests for more information.
Immediately after the battle, 10 sororities and fraternities across the country will compete in a step competition for money and bragging rights.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — The Dallas Zoo is hosting opportunities for people on the autism spectrum or people with sensory sensitivities to enjoy a fun day at the Zoo.
These experiences are called Sensory Friendly Days and they allow people to explore the zoo without the noise, crowds and stimulation of a typical day at the zoo. There will also be fun and inclusive sensory-friendly activities developed by the Zoo and its partners for families to enjoy.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Who’s ready for a good time in Dallas this weekend? Country music fans, it’s time to dust off your boots and head over to Strauss Square this weekend.
Country music artist Jessie James Decker is performing at the square on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 8 p.m. The 34-year-old American country music pop singer is known for her country bops and her reality tv show Eric & Jessie: Game On.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Going viral is a dream of many artists across the world these days whether it be on TikTok, Instagram, music streaming services like Apple Music or Spotify and even nationally televised talent shows like America’s Got Talent.
North Texas’ Drake Milligan is seeing his dreams come true in real-time not only on America’s Got Talent which is the nation’s biggest talent show televised on NBC, but also on iTunes Top 100 Country Songs. The singer-songwriter and actor has found himself in the show’s finals after an amazing semifinal performance this week.
Milligan tweeted, “I am absolutely blown away by all the love and support from you guys on @AGT last night! Y’all just brought #KissGoodbyeAllNight to the top of the @iTunes country chart! See you guys tonight for the results show!”
Born in DFW, Milligan is becoming a country music star in front of our very eyes and is even releasing his debut album this fall, fittingly called, Dallas/Fort Worth. He’s not stopping there, over the weekend he’ll be performing in Royse City at Southern Junction and in Katy at Mo’s Place on August 13.
He won’t be gone long though as he’s also set to perform at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth and then in San Antonio the day after on Sep. 23-24.
“We did it, guys! We made it to the @AGT finals. This was fan voted, so we truly couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you to every single one of you that voted or cranked up #KissGoodbyeAllNight after the show last night! Love y’all. #AGT,” the singer tweeted Wednesday night.
He got high praise from talent-finding extraordinaire and AGT judge, Simon Cowell, “It’s quite amazing to get your song to number 1 during @AGT and then come back and carry on the competition. You have my absolute respect @DrakeMilligan.”
Drake Milligan’s upcoming album
“It’s been a long time comin’! My debut album Dallas/Fort Worth will be available on September 15th! I am so proud of all 14 songs on this record and I can’t wait to share it with y’all. You can go ahead pre-save/pre-add it right now: https://bit.ly/3Qv5Jf1,” he tweeted on Aug. 8. | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-music-artist-dazzles-americas-got-talent-topping-country-music-charts-set-to-perform-in-2-texas-cities-this-weekend/ | 2022-08-11T20:20:49 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-music-artist-dazzles-americas-got-talent-topping-country-music-charts-set-to-perform-in-2-texas-cities-this-weekend/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Have extra school supplies lying around? You could drop them off at Six Flags Over Texas!
Iconic Texas amusement park Six Flags Over Texas and Mission Arlington are partnering up for a school supply drive On Aug. 13 and Aug. 14. There, guests can donate at least six items at the front gate of the park during the drive.
For every person who donates at least six school supplies, they will get a $10 Six Flags Fun Money voucher that can be used in-park at select food and retail locations.
Here are the school supplies event officials recommend donating:
- Notebook Paper (wide ruled)
- Spiral Notebooks (70 count)
- 3-Prong Pocket Folders (Red, Green, Yellow, Blue only)
- Composition Notebooks (Black Marble 100 count)
- #2 Pencils
- Pink Erasers
- Glue (4oz. or sticks)
- Color (Map) Pencils
- Crayons
- Washable Markers
- Rulers/Protractors
- Scissors (blunt & sharp point)
- Manila Paper (9×12 & 12×18)
- Construction Paper (9×12 & 12×18 assorted, & 9×12 white)
- Black, Red Pens
- Back Packs
- Zipper Pencil Bags
For more information, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/six-flags-over-texas-mission-arlington-hosting-school-supply-driver-this-weekend/ | 2022-08-11T20:20:55 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/six-flags-over-texas-mission-arlington-hosting-school-supply-driver-this-weekend/ |
The 82nd annual South Jersey Lifeguard Championships, considered the top area beach patrol event of the summer, will be held 6:30 p.m. Friday at the 31st Avenue beach in Longport.
The format is simple: a doubles row, a swim and a singles row. But all the winners join a long list of renowned area lifeguards. The event began in 1924. It was not held a few times, including 2020 due to the pandemic, but it has a lengthy history. Many of the lifeguard rowers and swimmers train all summer with the South Jersey Championships in mind.
The Longport Beach Patrol has won the team title five times in a row. The team that wins the team competition gets to host the event the following year.
“It’s great that our patrol has won it five in a row,” Longport Beach Patrol first-year Chief Tom Kresz said. “I’m proud of all our competitors and all our lifeguards. They do a great job. Coming out on top makes it even better.”
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Scoring is 5-4-3-2-1 for the first five places.
Longport rowers Mike McGrath and Sean Duffey won the doubles row last Friday at the Margate Beach Patrol World War II Memorial Lifeguard Races. McGrath returned to win the singles row. The Margate Memorials, patterned like the South Jerseys, had the same scoring system. That gave Longport 10 points, but host Margate finished second in the two rows and the swim, and Margate won with 12 points.
“Rowing is important but the swimming component is important too,” Kresz said. “Mike and Sean are back for us, and our swimmer this time will be Pat Armstrong Jr.”
Armstrong was part of Team Thunderdome, the four-person relay that won the 22.75-mile Around The Island Swim on Tuesday in Atlantic City.
A few things have changed in a year in the South Jerseys. Margate’s Chuck Gowdy and Chris Graves won the South Jersey doubles last year, but Gowdy will row Friday with Bob Bechtel. Swim winner Joey Tepper of Longport isn’t lifeguarding this summer. But 2021 singles row winner Danny Rogers of Sea Isle City is back, and he’ll also row doubles with Pat Scannapieco. The Sea Isle crew finished second in the South Jersey doubles row last year, and they won at the Dutch Hoffman Memorials on Aug. 1.
Atlantic City brothers Sean and Rick Blair were third in the doubles at the Margate Memorials. The Blairs are the grandsons of the late Richard “Boomer” Blair, a great Atlantic City rower and one of South Jersey lifeguarding’s many legends.
Many of the 15 teams have done well this year. Host Atlantic City won the Atlantic City Lifeguard Classic on July 22. Avalon has won several team titles this summer, including the Hoffman Memorials. Sea Isle, second to Longport last year in the South Jersey team scoring, is again one of the top teams.
Avalon’s Dolan Grisbaum, second to Tepper at last year’s South Jerseys, has been the dominant swimmer this year. Ventnor patrol captain David Funk will be in the singles row. Margate’s Chris Spiers was second to McGrath last week in the singles. Spiers returns, along with Margate swimmer Zach Vasser, who was second to Grisbaum.
“The competitiveness has been great,” Kresz said. “We’ll see who puts it together the best. It should be really exciting.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/longport-b-p-hosts-south-jersey-championships-on-friday/article_f3fbd592-19a4-11ed-9726-0f74e9fa6ae3.html | 2022-08-11T20:21:00 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/longport-b-p-hosts-south-jersey-championships-on-friday/article_f3fbd592-19a4-11ed-9726-0f74e9fa6ae3.html |
HAWKEYE — A Hawkeye man who spent prison time in a 2007 torture and kidnapping case may be headed back behind bars after authorities allegedly found two guns at his home.
Deputies with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday arrested Rusty Joe Barker, 38, on charges of felon in possession of a firearm. Bond was set at $5,000.
According to court records, deputies executed a search warrant at Barker’s home at 415 E. Burger St. around 7:20 p.m. on Wednesday and found a loaded 9 mm Ruger LCP on a closet shelf and 20-gauge Winchester Model 370 shotgun in the same closet with 20 shells.
Deputies also seized several boxes of .380-caliber ammo.
Court records show Barker, formerly of Waterloo, has a prior felony conviction for third-degree kidnapping and willful injury causing serious injury in connection with a 2007 case where he and others detained and beat a man at a rural Chickasaw County farmhouse.
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The man was struck with a pipe and wrench and burned with a cigarette, and this captors encouraged girls to kick him in the groin, according to Courier archives. A battery charger was also hooked to his testicles during the ordeal.
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WATERLOO — A man who was shot in the chest during a 2020 gunfight in Waterloo has been sentenced to prison on weapons charges.
Judge C.J. Williams sentenced Chad Edward Lee, 20, to up to eight years and four months in federal prison during a Thursday hearing in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. His prison time will be followed by three years of supervised release.
Authorities allege Lee and others were involved in shootout between members of rival criminal groups in the 100 block of Argyle Street around 2 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2020. During the battle, Lee ran out of ammunition, and as he started to flee Chandrique Yarquez Day chased him and shot him.
Lee suffered a serious injury and underwent emergency surgery.
Investigators found around 30 spent shell casings at the scene, and surveillance video showed Lee exchanging gunfire, authorities said.
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Another person was shot in the leg.
After Lee was released from the hospital, Waterloo police searched his home on Aug. 26, 2020, and found a 9 mm Springfield XD. Lee admitted to taking part in the gunfight, but he told investigators he was wielding a Beretta pistol and discarded the weapon during the shooting. He said he acquired the Springfield for protection after the gunfight.
Lee was earlier sentenced to up to 10 years in state prison on intimidation charges in the shooting.
Day, 21, was sentenced up to 10 years in state prison for the shooting during a February 2022 hearing and a concurrent 10 years in federal prison on firearm charges. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-injured-in-2020-gunfight-sentenced-on-gun-charges/article_ef28dc86-212a-5be8-a6df-743d76b7027b.html | 2022-08-11T20:22:10 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-injured-in-2020-gunfight-sentenced-on-gun-charges/article_ef28dc86-212a-5be8-a6df-743d76b7027b.html |
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WATERLOO — UnityPoint Clinic will open a new orthopedic and sports medicine clinic and begin seeing patients Monday at United Medical Park, located at 1731 W. Ridgeway Ave. Dr. Rafael Serrano will lead the practice focused on orthopedic services including total joint replacement, sports-related injuries, bone fractures and more.
Serrano is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with fellowship training in sports medicine. He comes to the Cedar Valley from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and specializes in ACL reconstruction, rotator cuff injuries and cartilage restoration.
The clinic will be temporarily located inside Entrance 1 at United Medical Park before moving to its permanent suite near Entrance 6 this fall. For more information about services or to schedule an appointment, contact the clinic at (319) 833-5789.
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Deion and Vance McShane pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterback Theo Day poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Teammates egg on linebacker Spencer Cuvelierposes as he posees for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterbacks Theo Day and Matt Morrissey pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp III and his father Benny Sapp Jr. pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Linebacker Spencer Cuvelier poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Head Coach Mark Farley speaks during a press conference during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Tristan Roper poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Players pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Players goof around and pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Tristan Roper poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Teammates egg on linebacker Spencer Cuvelierposes as he posees for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Linebacker Bryce Flater poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterback Matt Morrissey poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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The new University of Northern Iowa football team meeting room overlooking the UNI-Dome.
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Defensive lineman Devin Rice poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Matthew Vanderslice poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Nick Ellis poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Korby Sander poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive lineman Caden Houghtelling poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Linebacker Spencer Cuvelier poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Takulve Williams poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Placekicker Matthew Cook poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp III and his father Benny Sapp Jr. pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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The new University of Northern Iowa football team meeting room overlooking the UNI-Dome.
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Wide receiver Quan Hampton poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterback Matt Morrissey poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Head Coach Mark Farley speaks during a press conference during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Matthew Vanderslice poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher, shown in a file photo, is among 44 House members who signed a letter to several major banks opposing their policy of paying expenses for employees who must travel to another state for an abortion.
Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, joined 43 other U.S. House members to send a letter to the CEOs of eight major banks expressing opposition to the companies’ established policies of paying travel expenses for employees seeking abortions in other states.
Members of Congress sent the letter on July 20 to the CEOs of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs and State Street Corporation, all of whom have announced policies that will cover travel costs for employees seeking legal abortions. Members of Congress already sent a letter earlier this year urging the U.S. House of Representatives’ chief administrative officer to cancel the Citi-backed credit cards provided to members of the House because of its abortion policy.
In the July letter, Republican members of Congress said the policies are not only morally wrong but also a violation of fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders.
“Ultimately, by your paying for these travel expenses, you are using the money and resources of your investors, your board, and your clientele to allow for abortion procedures to take place when many of these individuals may not wish for their hard-earned dollars to be used for abortions or access to abortions,” the letter said. “Your decisions allow you to pick winners and losers in a social policy debate rather than focusing on your shareholders’ and investors’ bottom line.”
It’s unclear if any of the bank’s leaders have responded to the letter. Fulcher announced he signed on to the letter in a tweet on Tuesday.
“Alongside my Republican colleagues, I am urging the CEOs of America’s major banks to reconsider their new policies regarding paid abortion travel, which goes against the beliefs of many of their customers, shareholders and investors,” Fulcher wrote.
Others in Idaho have also expressed opposition to companies paying for employees to travel for abortion care, including Blaine Conzatti, director of the Idaho Family Policy Center. Conzatti said he is working on legislation that would prohibit Idaho businesses from “furnishing” an abortion by paying for travel. Businesses within Idaho, including Chobani and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, have stated policies of paying for employee travel for abortions as well.
Other House members who signed the letter include Reps. Madison Cawthorn, R-North Carolina; Paul Gosar, R-Arizona; Matt Gaetz, R-Florida; and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-rep-fulcher-joins-house-members-letter-opposing-major-banks-abortion-policies/article_0f81ed0c-8b06-5039-a6a3-433f80e6f55c.html | 2022-08-11T20:26:29 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-rep-fulcher-joins-house-members-letter-opposing-major-banks-abortion-policies/article_0f81ed0c-8b06-5039-a6a3-433f80e6f55c.html |
Search continues for Carlos Pena, 84, last seen in Yucca on Aug. 2
More than a week after he was last seen at his Yucca residence, the search for 84-year-old Carlos Pena continues, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.
On Thursday, the search operation transitioned to a limited continuous search until Pena is found, according to a statement from the Sheriff's Office.
Pena was last seen at his home near Frontage Road and Shep Lane on Aug. 2 around 1 p.m. Officials believe he left his home sometime between that day and Aug. 5, according to the Sheriff's Office. He is known to go for walks and does not drive.
It is unknown what Pena was wearing when he left his home. He is described as being about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing about 134 pounds, with brown eyes, gray and brown hair and possibly wearing glasses.
Officials have received information that Pena may have been walking toward Lake Havasu City or the town of Yucca, the Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. The search area has been expanded, and drone teams, air support and ground teams have taken part in the search efforts.
"Several different types of resources have been deployed with no leads or clues to his whereabouts," the Sheriff's Office said in a statement on Thursday.
Officials are asking the public to search their private properties and areas with overgrown vegetation. Anyone with information on Pena is asked to contact the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office at 928-753-0753.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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Phoenix bicyclist dies after being struck by car near 39th Avenue, Camelback Road
A bicyclist died Wednesday evening after being struck by a car near 39th Avenue and Camelback Road, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
The crash happened just before 9:45 p.m., according to police. Police said the bicyclist was already lying in the roadway just before the crash for an unknown reason, and the car "was not able to avoid" him.
The bicyclist, an unidentified man in his 60s, was taken to a hospital where he later died, police said. His identity was not released.
Police said the woman driving the car was evaluated for impairment, but no signs were found.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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Phoenix residents sue city over homeless encampment, claiming irreparable harm
A group of Phoenix residents are suing the city over a homeless encampment west of downtown saying it has caused them irreparable harm and that the city needs to fix it.
Fifteen residents, who own homes, businesses and land between between 7th and 15th avenues and between Van Buren and Grant streets, say the encampment has subjected them to violence and damaged property and has littered their area with trash and human waste.
Worse, they say in a lawsuit filed Aug. 10 in Maricopa County Superior Court, is a "humanitarian crisis" unfolding in which individuals who live on the streets are regularly found dead in the area. They pointed to news media articles that showed 500 individuals who were homeless died in Phoenix in 2021.
The residents claim the city has acted illegally and unconstitutionally by enacting policies that "concentrate" individuals experiencing homelessness in this area by transporting them there from other places. The city then doesn't enact policies that prohibit illegal activity, like loitering or drunken and disorderly conduct, the lawsuit alleges.
In effect, the city has "simultaneously neglected and exacerbated" the homelessness crisis, the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit does not target the Human Services Campus in the area, which provides nightly shelter to 470 individuals experiencing homelessness, but rather the surrounding areas on 9th and 13th avenues where at least 400 people have set up tents.
Attorney Ilan Wurman said the residents suing have always understood a certain amount of homelessness exists in the Valley, particularly in their area. But it's gotten worse since 2019 after a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit struck down a law in Boise that made urban camping illegal, they say.
The 2018 ruling set a precedent that cities could not criminalize homelessness if there's no accessible, indoor shelter for individuals.
"To be clear, we're not challenging that decision at all. We do not want to send these homeless persons to jail," Wurman said. "What this case is about is the city of Phoenix has used the 9th Circuit case as an excuse to abdicate responsibility for the homelessness crisis."
Wurman said most of the home and property owners suing were part of a residential coalition that tried to work with the city amicably to get their concerns addressed but they feel like the city has given up.
The residents are not asking for monetary damages from the city but are asking a judge to order the city to "refrain from expanding, maintaining, and/or operating" the encampment and to "immediately abate the nuisance."
Wurman said the residents would like to see a long-term solution like permanent shelters made available for the people living in tents but in the near term, the city should create "structured camping grounds" where the law can be enforced and cleanliness maintained on city lots perhaps near the airport.
It's not expensive or hard to do, Wurman told The Arizona Republic. "The city ... doesn't have the political will. They don't want to solve this problem."
City officials could seek to challenge the legality of the lawsuit. Otherwise, a court judge may call for a hearing on the residents' request for immediate relief.
City officials did not immediately respond to request for comment from The Republic.
Mayor Kate Gallego declined to comment, saying it was in litigation.
Human waste and dangerous conditions a burden, residents suing say
Photographs included in the complaint show car windows smashed from apparent break ins, individuals engaging in drugs, and individuals actively urinating on buildings as well as what appears to be human feces littered throughout various areas.
Photos also show people who appear to be homeless sleeping alongside buildings, and rows of tents and trash covering streets and sidewalks.
Freddy Brown, president of PBF manufacturing who's one of the plaintiffs suing the city, said his employees frequently clean urine off the building walls and that the waste sometimes makes its way inside the facility.
At night, the employees are scared to leave the building for their safety and one of his workers was assaulted by a person living on the streets, the lawsuit claims.
Joel and Jo-Ann Coplin say the encampments have essentially shut down their business, Gallery 119.
They've had their yard set on fire, car windows smashed and a rock thrown through their property windows, according to the lawsuit. They're contemplating selling their business but are afraid the property won't be worth much.
The complaint also alleges that owners of a sub shop in the area, Joe and Deborah Faillace, find drug needles in or around their business and that it has made it difficult to comply with county health regulations.
Reach reporter Taylor Seely at tseely@arizonarepublic.com or 480-476-6116. Follow her on Twitter @taylorseely95 or Instagram @taylor.azc.
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Community Health Center of Mason City will be holding its annual block party from 5-8 p.m. today at its facility at 404 N. Federal Ave. in Mason City in observance of National Health Center Week.
According to a press release the annual event brings awareness of the unique and comprehensive features of our community’s health center to the public, as well as providing needed services, outreach, and resources to the community.
“As part of the celebration the health center will provide medical and dental services that kids need for back-to-school,” said Cori Frein, Outreach Coordinator. These services include well-child checks, immunizations, sports physicals, and dental exams.
Other highlights of this year’s back-to-school block party include a free meal grilled by Hy-Vee of Mason City, backpack and school-supply distribution from the Salvation Army, kids’ school-shoe distribution from the United Way of North Central Iowa, vision checks from the Lions club, and inflatables courtesy of the North Iowa Youth Center.
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Community partners will join the efforts and provide games, activities, giveaways, and useful information for families. “This is a way to give back to the community. This year there is such a need and we are blessed to have so many sponsors,” Frein said. She said about 300 people were served last year and she anticipates around 500 this year.
The block party is a fun event that is open to anyone and everyone in Mason City, Clear Lake, and surrounding areas. The no-cost activities and services provided at the block party allow for resources to be available to all within the community, including those who have resource scarcity.
At the heart of the Community Health Center of Mason City’s mission is a desire to accommodate patients' unique needs by helping them overcome obstacles to high-quality health care, the press release stated.
The Community Health Center accepts most insurance and has a sliding pay scale for those who qualify.
During the block party, children’s medical and dental services will be run through insurance, if available, or free of cost to those who do not have insurance.
Community partners and resources providing games, activities, information and giveaways include: Mason City Police Department, Four Oaks, Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, Crisis Intervention Services, Iowa State Extension and Outreach - Cerro Gordo County, Cerro Gordo Public Health, Amerigroup, Mason City Community School District and Cent Credit Union.
They would also like to thank North Iowa Youth Center, CG Pork Producers, Clear Lake Bank and Trust and Atlantic Bottling Company for their support.
Mary Loden covers city and county government for the Globe Gazette. You can reach her by emailing Mary.Loden@globegazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/community-health-hosts-block-party-thursday/article_718bc6bc-2910-545b-a9f6-4386660e3cc1.html | 2022-08-11T20:35:07 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/community-health-hosts-block-party-thursday/article_718bc6bc-2910-545b-a9f6-4386660e3cc1.html |
A new year, a new district, a new role.
Pat Hamilton, Mason City School District's new superintendent, has big goals for the school system.
"I can go to any building and then I'll find pockets of greatness, and we've just got to keep expanding those pockets," said Hamilton.
Hamilton stepped into the superintendent role in early July, replacing the now-retired Dave Versteeg.
Hamilton has spent more than 30 years in education. He started his career as a social studies teacher at Algona Community Schools. Hamilton spent more than 20 years with the district, leaving in 2013.
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He filled the role of middle school principal for Spencer Community Schools for six years, and since 2019 served as the director of student services, organizing both special education and English language learner programs.
Hamilton has been learning the ins-and-outs of each building since coming to Mason City.
"(I have been) meeting a lot of people," Hamilton said. "I have been working with the cabinet here and the admin here and going through the processes. I have been meeting with principals and sitting in on what their building plans are for the year."
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Each person Hamilton has come to know has increased his excitement for the 2022-23 school year. Hamilton described the people as "passionate" about the Mason City School District who want it to be the "school of choice."
"We have got to work on our strengths, which is our people, and we've got to work on that continually: working on our people, reaching out to students, building relationships, connecting with kids and engaging our kids," said Hamilton.
One of Hamilton's goals is finding creative ways to meet students' needs. He wants to do this by getting people out of their "silos" and working with the community.
"The community needs to work with us on what's best for kids and to help provide those needs that kids have. Keep students and families out of crisis as much as we can so they can learn," said Hamilton.
A common goal that administrators, the school board, and Hamilton have is building a positive image of Mason City schools. Hamilton explained they are working to build the school's culture by surveying the community's thoughts about the district. Learning what the community thinks has shown where the district can improve.
"When you have a great culture, other things seem to fall in place," said Hamilton.
Building a positive image and a better culture will help with enrollment numbers, Hamilton said.
"We have to have a culture where people want to be here. They feel like their kids are safe and can feel that their kids are valued. They feel like their kids are going to get a world-class education," said Hamilton. "That's something we hope we can control."
The new superintendent has a goal of finding ways to be innovative for students so they can face a changing world. Being innovative will help students be ready for the jobs that haven't yet been developed, according to Hamilton.
Creating new options for Mason City students is a common goal to improve the community as a whole.
Another part of being innovative is making the opportunities available for students who want to go down a certain path after high school. Hamilton said the district needs to make options available besides a direct line to college.
"We need people that can go into the workforce and be good worker, who is trainable, nimble, and flexible enough to be able to adapt as the job adapts and be the taxpayers of the future," said Hamilton.
Hamilton asks the community to become engaged with the school system to uplift students. For parents and guardians, he wants engagement and for them to understand the importance of bringing kids to school. To students, Hamilton asks that they become involved with their school and help create an environment they are proud of.
Finally, Hamilton's message to the teachers is that it is not an easy job, but "there is a lot of power in a great educator."
"You take a great teacher and give them any curriculum and they can make it work. You take a teacher that works on building relationships, they can make a difference at any level, and we have that here," said Hamilton.
Abby covers education and entertainment for the Globe Gazette. Follow her on Twitter at @MkayAbby. Email her at Abby.Koch@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/new-superintendent-outlines-goals-for-mason-city-school-district/article_611ece40-4d51-5be5-80ea-75c08fa9b5a5.html | 2022-08-11T20:35:13 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/new-superintendent-outlines-goals-for-mason-city-school-district/article_611ece40-4d51-5be5-80ea-75c08fa9b5a5.html |
As a lawsuit lingers, Manitowoc tourism director says building new city department has been 'very fun and exciting'
MANITOWOC – The new Tourism Department for the city of Manitowoc is on a mission to bring local marketing and promotion into the digital age and into the downtown.
“It’s very fun and exciting to be able to build it from the ground up and really, every step along the way, just shoot for the stars,” said Courtney Hansen, Manitowoc’s tourism director.
The tourism department was formed earlier this year by the Manitowoc Room Tax Commission after the city broke its ties with the Manitowoc Area Visitor and Convention Bureau, which has since sued, claiming the city is required to contract with the bureau.
The city also evicted the Visitor and Convention Bureau from its location on Calumet Avenue last year. The bureau now operates its Visitor Center from the former Lakeshore Technical College campus on Dewey Street.
Hansen's goals for the new tourism department since starting in February have been twofold — create a strong digital marketing and social media presence, and establish a new Visitor Center in downtown Manitowoc.
One of the first pieces in her destination marketing plan was to create an identity for Manitowoc tourism. So, “Visit Manitowoc” was born.
Under that title, the department has created profiles and pages in Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
One TikTok video about cheese curds in Manitowoc has reached over 20,000 views.
“One of our goals, number one, was to do things differently than they have been done before and really bring this department and this industry within our community to the next generation,” Hansen said.
She said the COVID-19 pandemic changed how people travel – many are looking for a “beautiful, charming lakeshore community like ours.”
“We don’t need to just be that destination that you just happen to stop at to go to the bathroom on the way to somewhere else,” Hansen said. “We really want to market our community as a destination.”
Another piece of the marketing puzzle is to create a visual identity, so that people not only recognize the name “Visit Manitowoc,” they recognize the logo and other designs as part of the tourism effort.
Hansen said all those pieces will be tied together with a new website the department is working on.
The second goal, establishing a downtown Visitor Center, is partially filled by the Tourism Department’s presence at the car ferry ticket office, but Hansen said there are plans for a more permanent location.
“This isn’t something I would have recommended 10 years ago, or even five years ago, but our downtown has changed so much, and this is where we really want to drive people,” Hansen said.
The Tourism Department plans to always have a presence at the ticket office during the S.S. Badger’s operating season, May to October, since hundreds of people come through that office each day.
The Tourism Department, which is overseen by the city of Manitowoc’s Room Tax Commission, is completely funded with an 8% tax levied specifically on hotels and other places of lodging and used to promote tourism in the area.
Under past agreements with the Manitowoc Area Visitor and Convention Bureau, the city would send roughly half of the room tax money generated in the previous year to the bureau.
However, last year the city of Manitowoc’s Room Tax Commission decided not to renew the services agreement with the bureau and instead create a tourism department with the city.
The city of Two Rivers followed suit and created its own tourism department, which is currently headed by interim director Amy James.
James did not respond to the Herald Times Reporter's requests for an interview.
The city of Manitowoc is now entangled in a lawsuit with the Visitor and Convention Bureau. The bureau claims that as the only tourism entity in the county, the city has no choice but to contract with its organization, and that the newly developed Manitowoc tourism department does not meet the state’s requirements of a tourism entity.
The city of Two Rivers was added as a third-party defendant but was withdrawn from the case on Aug. 8.
Attorneys for the city of Manitowoc say the state law on spending room tax money says the funds can be forwarded to a tourism entity like the Visitor and Convention Bureau, or to a commission dedicated to tourism.
The next date for the case is a scheduling conference on Oct. 7.
Despite the lawsuit, both Manitowoc and Two Rivers have not only moved forward with their tourism departments, but Hansen said the two cities are collaborating.
“We’re excited to be working together,” she said. “We know that our communities are very close … so we’ll continue to promote both of our communities together.”
Hansen’s department has already made a mark in Manitowoc. Recently, it announced $75,000 in new Christmas decorations for the city, including light pole garlands and a 26-foot Christmas tree that will be on display in the downtown area.
Manitowoc’s tourism department also will organize the Lakeshore Holiday Parade and next year’s Fourth on the Shore event.
Contact Alisa Schafer at aschafer@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @AlisaMSchafer. | https://www.htrnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/11/manitowoc-tourism-director-building-department-fun-and-exciting/9844886002/ | 2022-08-11T20:35:46 | 1 | https://www.htrnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/11/manitowoc-tourism-director-building-department-fun-and-exciting/9844886002/ |
A 34-year-old Kenosha man was arrested after allegedly stabbing his husband at their home while intoxicated.
Sean D. McCully was charged Thursday in Kenosha County Circuit Court with felonies of first-degree recklessly endangering safety with a dangerous weapon and substantial battery causing bodily harm with a dangerous weapon. He also faces misdemeanors of criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct.
McCully made his initial appearance at Intake Court Thursday afternoon. Court Commissioner Loren Keating set a $2,000 cash bond.
Around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a home in the 6000 block of 63rd Street for a reported stabbing.
A caller who was not on scene stated that her friend was stabbed by his husband later identified at McCully, according to the criminal complaint. Upon arrival, deputies reportedly made contact with McCully who appeared highly intoxicated. McCully reportedly had slurred his speech, glassy eyes and had what appeared to be smeared blood on the front of his shorts. He also had scrapes on his neck and knuckles, and a small cut on a cheek.
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When questioned by investigators about injuries, McCully reportedly stated that he does not normally drink and that his husband was “being an (expletive).”
When asked if anyone was injured, McCully reportedly stated “he said that I stabbed him” and that he took something out of the sink to get his husband away from him while making a slashing motion with his arm.
Around 11:42 p.m., dispatch informed deputies that the husband was at an area hospital receiving medical treatment for a stab wound. Upon arrival, hospital staff advised that the man was stabbed in the back and was having a CT scan completed, and later advised that the wound was not in a critical area.
The man received two stitches to close the wound on his back, which was approximately three centimeters long, just left of his spine, according to the complaint.
He reportedly told deputies that earlier that day McCully was drinking and then went to a nearby bar to continue drinking. A few hours later, the man reportedly told deputies he awoke to McCully yelling at him and breaking property in their house. In an altercation, he said McCully allegedly grabbed a knife and stabbed him in the back.
The man reportedly fell to the ground, called a friend to tell her what happened, then drove himself to the hospital.
McCully’s preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 19.
Mugshots: Racine County criminal complaints, Aug. 8, 2022
Today's mugshots: Aug. 8
These are images of people charged with a crime in Racine County. Booking photos are provided by Racine County law enforcement officials. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.
Jaiveer S. Lall
Jaiveer S. Lall, 8400 block of Fox Haven Chase, Sturtevant, terrorist threats (public panic or fear, use of a dangerous weapon), misdemeanor bail jumping (use of a dangerous weapon), disorderly conduct (use of a dangerous weapon), misdemeanor battery (domestic abuse assessments), resisting an officer.
Robin M. Stark
Robin M. Stark, 400 block of Oakhurst Avenue, Union Grove, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (4th offense, general alcohol concentration enhancer), operate motor vehicle while revoked, failure to install ignition interlock device.
Richard J. Albert
Richard (aka Marlinzo Drane) J. Albert, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (3rd offense, general alcohol concentration enhancer), failure to install ignition interlock device, operate motor vehicle while revoked, obstructing an officer, disorderly conduct.
Jason L. Cauthen
Jason (aka X Smooth) L. Cauthen, Rockford, Illinois, obstructing an officer.
Hosea V. Cobb
Hosea V. Cobb, 1500 block of Packard Avenue, Racine, disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments).
Kenneth L. Hagge
Kenneth L. Hagge, 10000 block of Saratoga Drive, Caledonia, resisting an officer, disorderly conduct.
Archie D. Phillips
Archie D. Phillips, 6100 block of 23rd Avenue, Kenosha, operate motor vehicle while revoked.
Jeremy P. Rannow
Jeremy P. Rannow, 1400 block of River Knoll Street, Burlington, misdemeanor battery (domestic abuse assessments), criminal damage to property (domestic abuse assessments), disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments), misdemeanor bail jumping.
Abelino D. Ruiz
Abelino D. Ruiz, 2600 block of 63rd Street, Kenosha, operating without a license (2nd offense within 3 years).
Antawin Jamar Williams
Antawin Jamar Williams, 1400 block of 11th Avenue, Union Grove, operate motor vehicle while revoked, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Emmanuel James Williams
Emmanuel James Williams, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operate motor vehicle while revoked, failure to install ignition interlock device, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Brian Baumgardner
Brian Baumgardner, 1500 Martin Luther King Drive, Racine, felony intimidation of a victim (domestic abuse assessments, use of a dangerous weapon), false imprisonment (domestic abuse assessments, use of a dangerous weapon), strangulation and suffocation (domestic abuse assessments), possession of a firearm while intoxicated (domestic abuse assessments), misdemeanor battery (domestic abuse assessments), resisting an officer.
Lamarion D. Blair
Lamarion D. Blair, 1800 block of Racine Street, Racine, first degree recklessly endangering safety, possession of a firearm by adjudicated delinquent, felony bail jumping.
Sarfina M. Butler
Sarfina M. Butler, 1900 block of 12th Street, Racine, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (2nd offense), operate motor vehicle while revoked, resist officer (failure to stop vehicle), disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer, threat to a law enforcement officer, felony bail jumping.
Danielle Judith Cefalu
Danielle Judith Cefalu, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, possession of narcotic drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Timothy S. Elmer
Timothy S. Elmer, 4500 block of Shianne Street, Union Grove, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (5th or 6th offense, general alcohol concentration enhancer), operate motor vehicle while revoked.
Calvin E. Gibson
Calvin E. Gibson, 1000 block of Center Street, Racine, first degree recklessly endangering safety (use of a dangerous weapon), discharging a firearm by a felon, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of THC.
Raymond G. Gibson
Raymond G. Gibson, 200 block of North Memorial Drive, Racine, possession of a firearm by outstate felon.
Willie Gibson
Willie Gibson, 200 block of North Memorial Drive, Racine, possession with intent to deliver cocaine (between 5-15 grams), possession of a firearm by outstate felon.
Travis L. Johnson
Travis L. Johnson, 1000 block of Main Street, Racine, felony bail jumping.
Jennifer L. Kutzner
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Jennifer L. Kutzner, Oak Creek, Wisconsin, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (7th, 8th or 9th offense, general alcohol concentration enhancer), resisting an officer. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-charged-after-allegedly-stabbing-husband-in-kenosha-home/article_0688a4ca-199a-11ed-8307-abf45b2f7bb1.html | 2022-08-11T20:39:11 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-charged-after-allegedly-stabbing-husband-in-kenosha-home/article_0688a4ca-199a-11ed-8307-abf45b2f7bb1.html |
Raising a number of questions and concerns, a small group of residents participated in the first of two listening sessions hosted by the Kenosha County's Racial and Ethnic Equity Commission.
The session Wednesday night was designed to gather public input from the community and hear residents' concerns about the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department's response to incidents involving people of color.
The panel expects to bring a report of its findings to the County Board's Executive Committee at a later date. A second listening session is planned for Aug. 17.
Kenosha resident Joel Trudell questioned just how serious the commission was examining the disparities of law enforcement.
Trudell was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge June 21 during the County Board's hearing on the repeal of a policy that had previously banned weapons in all county buildings. County deputies arrested Trudell, 43, when he refused to stop talking after County Board Chairman Gabe Nudo told him to stop for allegedly being out of order. He posted bail a day later. Charges have yet to be filed, however, and Trudell's case has been referred to the district attorney's office in Walworth County.
Trudell said he was "struggling to understand the seriousness" of the listening session.
"First there are measurable and quantifiable disparities in how deputies and police officers enforce the law. All one must do is look at the prison population demographic statistics," he said. He spoke on what he described as the failure of the local sheriff's department to "enforce the law" during the rioting and civil unrest that broke out following the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot seven times by a white Kenosha Police officer, on Aug. 23, 2020.
"The Kenosha (County) Sheriff's Department failed to enforce the law that resulted in two deaths on our streets. A white, underage armed militia member was allowed to walk past deputies while my neighbors protesting Kenosha police violence were shot at with rubber bullets, tear gas and got arrested — not the white militia member walking around with an assault rifle."
He was referring Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teenager, who was not arrested immediately after shooting and killing two men and seriously injuring another man. Rittenhouse was later acquitted of criminal charges, his attorneys having argued successfully that his actions were in self defense.
"Unconscious bias and racism are universal in this country," Trudell said.
He asked the commission to examine why "90 percent of people arrested are too poor to afford an attorney."
"What does that say about the kind of crime that our sheriff's department chooses to investigate," he asked.
Questions about eventual report
Other residents wondered whether the commission's eventual report and whether recommendations would result in action. They also had many questions about the commission's purpose.
Gayle Clark-Taylor of Kenosha said she was concerned about the commission, in part, because of the listening sessions that were held in the City of Kenosha, which also produced a report that she believes has resulted in little action.
"In the report, every single task force said they wanted to be involved in going forward to making sure that their recommendations about activities were going to be happening," she said. "The Task Force sas done meeting in 2021. In February 2022, the report came out and still nothing is happening there. I can't get anyone in the city government to tell me what's going to be happening or when it's going to be happening.
"So, I am worried about this commission that you are just going to be going this useless path," she said. "And it's just a way for the Republicans to say, yeah, we've had this commission. And in the end, no action, no change."
Kenosha resident Steve Hartfield said he shared Clark-Taylor's concerns, asking what "tangible, hands-on actions" would come about from the commission and that he had more questions.
"What are we going to expect out of this? I know there can be many things that you just can't do," Hartfield said. "It's good to talk. But you can't talk and talk and talk and have no action."
Goal and future sessions planned
Following the comment period that lasted less than 30 minutes, Commissioner Derrell Greene, who facilitated the meeting, said the goal of the listening sessions was to gather as much information as possible through comments and data that will also be analyzed in the report for the Executive Committee.
Earlier, Greene said the commission's mission is to "realize greater racial and ethnic equity and dismantle racism in Kenosha County through research, education and ongoing review of current policies and procedures so as to implement transformative ideas, borne of research, collaboration and community engagement."
Along with the forum on law enforcement disparities, the commission is expected to play host to several future listening sessions that will address other systems in the county, including education, justice, physical and mental health, housing and economic opportunity.
History of diversity and inclusion policies in the workplace
History of diversity and inclusion policies in the workplace
1920: Congress establishes the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor
1948: President Truman orders desegregation of the armed forces
1961: President John F. Kennedy pushes for “affirmative action” in federal services
1961: JFK establishes President’s Commission on the Status of Women
1963: The Equal Pay Act becomes law
1964: Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin is prohibited
1965: President Johnson signs order for equal opportunity employment in federal services
1967: Discrimination against workers over the age of 40 is prohibited
1972: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission gains right to pursue its own lawsuits
1973: The Rehabilitation Act marks first step toward inclusivity for individuals with disabilities
1982: The first company grants domestic partner benefits for LGBTQ+ workers
1986: Sexual harassment in the workplace is prohibited
1987: The Hudson Institute publishes Workforce 2000
1988: Congress passes the Women’s Business Ownership Act
1990: Discrimination against individuals with disabilities is prohibited
1990s: Employees successfully sue major corporations for discriminatory practices
2010-14: Media outlets push Silicon Valley companies for diversity records
2014: President Obama signs orders supporting pay transparency and LGBTQ+ rights
2020: Discrimination against LGBTQ+ employees is prohibited
Joel Trudell of Kenosha addresses the Kenosha County Racial and Ethnic Equity Commission at a listening session on racial disparities in law enforcement Wednesday night, Aug. 10, 2022.
Kenosha resident Gayle Clark-Taylor addresses the Kenosha County Racial and Ethnic Equity Commission at a listening session on racial disparities in law enforcement Wednesday night, Aug. 10, 2022.
Steve Hartfield of Kenosha addresses the Kenosha County Racial and Ethnic Equity Commission at a listening session on racial disparities in law enforcement Wednesday night, Aug. 10, 2022.
Kenosha County Racial and Ethnic Equity Commissioner Derrell Greene talks about the purpose of the listening session in gathering information on racial disparities in law enforcement at the event held at the Job Center, 8600 Sheridan Road, Wednesday night, Aug. 10, 2022. Not pictured but also attending the session were County Board supervisors Brian Thomas and Daniel Gashke who are on the commission and commissioners Brad Backer and Justin Crosby. The commission has a total of nine members. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-residents-question-whether-listening-sessions-will-result-in-action-on-racial-disparities/article_9f613264-192e-11ed-8022-b72a1b01981e.html | 2022-08-11T20:39:17 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-residents-question-whether-listening-sessions-will-result-in-action-on-racial-disparities/article_9f613264-192e-11ed-8022-b72a1b01981e.html |
Community Healthcare System heard the need for more audiology services in Northwest Indiana.
The health care system now offers audiology services at six locations in Northwest Indiana for patients who hear ringing or buzzing, have trouble understanding speech or need to increase the volume of electronics.
It just opened a new site in Hobart at St. Mary Medical Center at 1500 S. Lake Park Ave. in Hobart.
“It is common to develop hearing loss as we age,” said Tricia O’Halloran, a licensed audiologist and director of Audiology Services for Community Healthcare System. “The key is to get an evaluation to determine type and degree of the loss in order to provide best recommendations for treatment options.”
The Community Healthcare System audiology team offers treatments and the latest in hearing aid technology at Community Hospital at 901 MacArthur Blvd. in Munster, at Community Hospital Sandridge Professional Center at 9046A Columbia Ave. in Munster, at Community Hospital Outpatient Center St. John at 9660 Wicker Ave. in St. John, at Community Neuroscience & Sports Medicine Center at 1545 W. U.S. 30 in Schererville and at St. Catherine Hospital at 4321 Fir St. in East Chicago.
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“Modern technology goes beyond amplification to make speech and sounds audible for patients,” O’Halloran said. “Hearing aids change automatically with each environment. This allows you to engage effortlessly in conversation even in the most difficult listening situations.”
For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit comhs.org/services/audiology.
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That traffic nightmare on the George Washington Bridge that made you late for dinner last night? Blame "some guy," officials say. It was swatting.
Fort Lee police said they got a call from a blocked number just after 6 p.m., the height of the peak evening rush, from a man who said he was armed with a rifle on the lower level of the span. The Port Authority was notified.
Port Authority and Fort Lee police couldn't locate the caller, which escalated the response. Port Authority command called in additional resources as well as more backup from Fort Lee to assist.
Eventually, cops say the caller said he was outside the United States and offered a hearty congratulations to emergency services personnel who responded to the not-so-real emergency, hence the swatting.
The investigation by Port Authority Police is ongoing. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/blame-swatter-for-latest-george-washington-bridge-mess-fort-lee-cops-say/3821058/ | 2022-08-11T20:48:14 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/blame-swatter-for-latest-george-washington-bridge-mess-fort-lee-cops-say/3821058/ |
What to Know
- New Jersey’s top environmental officer says the state is not ready for the worsening effects of climate change and rising seas.
- Testifying Thursday to a joint state Senate-Assembly panel on coastal issues, Shawn LaTourette, the commissioner of Environmental Protection, said New Jersey is not where it needs to be in the face of a warming planet and rising seas.
- He said rainfall has increased over the last 23 years by between 2% to 10% in the state, with larger percentage increases forecasted for the near-term future.
New Jersey’s top environmental officer says the state is not ready for the worsening effects of climate change and rising seas.
Testifying Thursday to a joint state Senate-Assembly panel on coastal issues, Shawn LaTourette, the commissioner of Environmental Protection, said New Jersey is not where it needs to be in the face of a warming planet and rising seas.
“We should all be alarmed,” he said. “We are not ready. But empowered by sound science, we can get ready. We have the power now to change this.”
LaTourette noted that the state is coming up on the anniversary of Hurricane Ida, which he said was responsible for 30 deaths in the state.
He said rainfall has increased over the last 23 years by between 2% to 10% in the state, with larger percentage increases forecasted for the near-term future.
“The Idas and the Sandys will come,” he said. “We need to plan for it.”
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LaTourette said the state needs to combine engineered projects such as bulkheads, replenished beaches and other hard barriers with natural solutions, including restoring marshes and wetlands to absorb flood waters and blunt the force of storm waves.
In April 2021, the state proposed an ambitious resiliency plan aiming to incorporate the impacts of climate change and rising seas into all its major policy decisions in the near future and seeking to share the costs of protecting the state among all levels of government and the private sector.
The plan seeks to incentivize people to move from flood-prone areas to safer ones, help low-income communities who are least able to respond to the effects of climate change and seek new funding for resiliency measures.
LaTourette said conditions “will only get worse” in years to come, and that even if the state fully adopted nuclear, wind and solar power, it still would not offset the damage already done to the environment by past emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases.
“We could do all that tomorrow, and conditions still would get worse,” he said. “We have no choice but to become resilient. These alarming conditions are exactly what scientists and the DEP said were coming.”
Eric Olsen, director of conservation programs with The Nature Conservancy, called on the state to make a major push to restore salt marshes and wetlands.
“Increasing the health of New Jersey’s salt marshes will protect people’s homes by storing water, absorbing carbon and reducing wave action,” he said.
Raymond Cantor, vice president of government affairs at the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, said climate change and rising sea levels are real and are occurring now. But he also urged the elected officials not to go too far with proposed solutions.
“There is no need at this moment to retreat from the Jersey Shore,” he said.
Tom Fote of the Jersey Coast Anglers Association said warming ocean temperatures are negatively impacting fishing off the state’s coast, pushing cold-water species out and bringing in others that never used to be found this far north.
“We had a viable lobster industry, and we’ve seen that collapse,” he said. “We have a manatee that usually lives in Florida that makes a trip to New Jersey each year.”
LaTourette said the state, its residents and businesses need to summon “political courage” to address resiliency challenges that could take years to show benefits.
“If you hear urgency in my voice, it’s because we are not ready,” he said. “But we can be.”
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What to Know
- Searches for "fallout shelter near me" in New York have dramitically increased in the last 24 hours, according to Google Trends.
- Fear of nuclear disaster has lingered in the back of Americans' minds since it was first threatened decades ago, yet recent fears seem to lack a credible backbone.
- So, why are New Yorkers feverishly googling where they can find a nuclear fallout shelter? There may be more than one reason.
Searches for "fallout shelter near me" in New York have dramatically increased in the last 24 hours, according to Google Trends Thursday afternoon.
Fear of nuclear disaster has lingered in the back of Americans' minds since it was first threatened decades ago, yet recent fears seem to lack a credible backbone.
So, why are New Yorkers feverishly googling where they can find a nuclear fallout shelter? There may be more than one reason.
The shelling of a Ukrainian nuclear plant
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made dozens of nuclear threats since the start of the war in Ukraine. After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, Putin put his nuclear forces on high alert, alarming the West.
International fear of nuclear catastrophe grew on Monday after shelling over the weekend of a Russian-controlled Ukrainian power plant, Zaporizhzhia, that is almost twice Chornobyl's size, NBC News reports.
News
Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations over who attacked Europe's biggest nuclear power plant.
Ukraine, who claims Russian shelling hit the power plant on Friday and Saturday, has called for the site to be demilitarized, NBC News reports.
The Russian Defense Ministry alleges that it was Ukrainian artillery launched from a nearby town that damaged the plant.
Ukrainian state nuclear agency, Energoatom, quoted a Russian major-general saying that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant had been mined and that "there will be either Russian land or a scorched desert."
NBC New York has not verified claims from either side.
"I'm extremely concerned by the shelling at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which underlines the very real risk of a nuclear disaster that could threaten public health and the environment in Ukraine and beyond," Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in a statement.
These statements have caused growing international fear that a nuclear disaster may be imminent as Ukraine's fight against Russia continues.
The 1986 disaster at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant near the northern Ukrainian city of Pripyat is considered the worst on record given the evacuation of more than 100,000 people living within nearly 19 miles, and resulting radiation detected across Europe, according to NBC News. Although, officially, fewer than 50 people died as a direct result of Chornobyl, a figure that scientists and environmental groups contest this number.
Meanwhile, a serious incident involving the Zaporizhzhia plant could mean the death of as many as 3 million people and affect 51 million through radiation, according to Ukrainian lawmakers, NBC News reports.
NYC Emergency Management's recent nuclear PSA
New York City Emergency Management shared a criticized video in July on steps to follow in the case of a nuclear attack.
"So there's been a nuclear attack. Don't ask me how or why. Just know that the big one has hit," says a woman entering the screen once the PSA begins.
The video highlights the three steps New Yorkers can take should they find themselves within the midst of nuclear fallout "as the threat landscape continues to evolve."
Viewers questioned the timing of the video release as Russian nuclear threats loom around the world, which has sparked international fear.
The corresponding press release for the video did make clear that "the likelihood of a nuclear weapon incident occurring in/near New York City is very low," which had people questioning the necessity of the PSA. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/why-is-fallout-shelter-near-me-trending-in-new-york/3820836/ | 2022-08-11T20:48:26 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/why-is-fallout-shelter-near-me-trending-in-new-york/3820836/ |
The Comal County Sheriff's Office is looking for the owner of a horse that was found Wednesday on private property.
The quarter horse stallion is approximately 4-feet, 8-inches tall and is 2 to 3 years old, the sheriff's office wrote in a social media post. It was found with a halter in the 4100 block of FM 482 in New Braunfels.
"The caller who called it in located the horse on the property and no owners were found," Jennifer Smith, a spokesperson with the sheriff's office, wrote in an email.
The horse is currently being housed by Comal County's "contract cowboy," Smith wrote. Contract cowboys are officers with the Comal County Sheriff's Office Estray/Loose Livestock Unit who pick up stray animals.
The sheriff's office is asking anyone with knowledge about the horse to call 830-620-3400.
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Liberty Mills Road between West County Line and Amber roads will be closed from 8 a.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Aug. 18 during crossover-pipe replacements, the Allen County Highway Department said today.
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The Elkhart man accused of throwing an explosive device at a state trooper during the racial injustice protests in downtown Fort Wayne two years ago was found not guilty Thursday of all charges against him.
Juan Pablo Gonzalez, 43, wept after the jury returned its verdict, wiping his eyes with a handkerchief. His weeping became more profuse after Allen County Superior Judge Fran Gull pronounced him free and security guards unlocked the leg irons on him.
He faced up to 30 years in prison on the highest felony he was charged with -- detonating a destructive device or explosive.
The racial injustice protests happened May 29-31 in 2020, and local officials said people from out of Allen County instigated violence into what had been peaceful protests. About 100 protestors were arrested over the three days, although some cases didn’t proceed to court.
On Nov. 4, the prosecution dropped two misdemeanor charges against Gonzalez, rioting and disorderly conduct.
Gonzalez was still accused of throwing a water bottle with two objects attached to it, one to the bottom and one on the side. The device exploded, injuring Indiana State Trooper Tyson Waldron and leaving chemical burns on his pants, according to court documents. The documents state it was consistent with an “overpressure device.”
Court documents filed in 2019 for a separate case in Elkhart County said Gonzalez was convicted of murder in California, supporting local contentions of outside instigators. He has been in Allen County Jail since June 2020. Allen County Magistrate John Bohdan ordered him held in lieu of $25,000 bond for each of the four felony charges.
Defense attorney Ryan Gardner said Gonzalez was charged with the highest level felony of anyone arrested through the protests and riots. The other charges the jurors found him not guilty of were possession of a destructive device battery with bodily injury to a public safety officer and battery against a public safety official.
Gardner said he preferred not to let Gonzalez talk to the media after the emotional moment on the jury’s verdicts.
“The tears said it all,” Gardner said.
Allen County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Mike McAlexander said he was disappointed with the verdicts but respected the jury’s decisions.
“In this particular situation, there was a lot of chaos going on, and we couldn’t prove what every person in downtown Fort Wayne was doing,” McAlexander said. “That’s what we have jury trials for.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/man-accused-of-throwing-explosive-in-riots-found-not-guilty/article_8346bf02-19a8-11ed-815e-4f3946f43e67.html | 2022-08-11T20:50:33 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/man-accused-of-throwing-explosive-in-riots-found-not-guilty/article_8346bf02-19a8-11ed-815e-4f3946f43e67.html |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita Parks & Recreation is cutting back hours and closing some Wichita splash pads and swimming pools. The City of Wichita said it is because of a staff shortage and because children are returning to school.
Splash pads closing for the season
These splash pads are closing Monday, Aug. 15:
- Fairmount
- Lincoln
- Old Town
- Osage
Swimming pools closing for the season
- Harvest — Last day open is Friday, Aug. 12
- Minisa — Last day open is Sunday, Aug. 14
Splash pads new hours
These splash pads will continue to operate through Sept. 30, but they will have shorter hours during the work week:
- Boston
- Buffalo
- Edgemoor
- Evergreen
- Linwood
- Riverside
The new hours will be 4 p.m.-8 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays. The splash pads will keep regular hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends.
Swimming pools open weekend days only
Beginning next week, these pools will be closed during the work week and will only be open one day on weekends:
- Aley — Open on these Saturdays: Aug. 20, 27, and Sept. 3
- College Hill — Open on these Sundays: Aug. 21, 28, and Sept. 4
- McAfee — Open on these Saturdays: Aug. 20, 27, and Sept. 3
- Orchard — Open on these Sundays: Aug. 21, 28, and Sept. 4
On the days the pools are open, their hours will be 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Wichita Parks & Recreation said to check its Aquatics website before heading to splash pads or pools to see if there are any other changes between now and the end of the season. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/less-time-to-enjoy-wichita-splash-pads-pools/ | 2022-08-11T20:52:21 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/less-time-to-enjoy-wichita-splash-pads-pools/ |
MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - Nearly two dozen beaches are closed due to contamination across Michigan, including eight swimming areas around Mid-Michigan.
Three beaches in Huron County reopened Thursday: Bird Creek County Park in Port Austin, Jenks Roadside Park south of Port Austin and Wagener County Park south of Harbor Beach.
All three closed Wednesday due to high bacteria levels and reopened after follow-up testing on Thursday showed acceptable levels of bacteria in the water.
Four beaches in Arenac County remained closed Thursday: Singing Bridge Beach has been closed since July 12 due to persistently high bacteria levels. Cemetery Beach east of AuGres, Twining Road Beach northeast of AuGres and Whites Beach east of Standish all were closed for the same reason.
The beach on Big Seven Lake at Seven Lakes State Park in Holly also was closed Thursday. The swimming area was closed on Tuesday and also closed for three days last week due to high bacteria levels.
Click here for a full list of beaches closed in Michigan. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/five-mid-michigan-beaches-closed-due-to-contamination/article_939b96dc-19a0-11ed-afe5-6bfead135415.html | 2022-08-11T20:53:11 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/five-mid-michigan-beaches-closed-due-to-contamination/article_939b96dc-19a0-11ed-afe5-6bfead135415.html |
SAN ANTONIO — A missing mother's family believes she could be a victim of human trafficking.
They say they're involving the FBI. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office is pleading to the public to help find Sharon Oglesby. The family just filed the missing person's report days ago. However, they say no one has heard from the 38-year-old since April.
Oglesby's sister Sarah Nolen said they are concerned because they haven't heard from her in several months. They admit Oglesby has lived a troubled life.
"We just love you and we need to know that you are okay," Nolen said. "We hope you are okay. We hope you are safe."
Nolen said at times her sister will disappear. But she was never gone this long.
"What is not normal is her being gone for four months," she said. "Nothing. Nobody has seen her. Nobody has heard from her."
The family said what else is disturbing is a phone call Oglesby had with a friend back in April, they just recently heard about.
"She said in mid conversation he gets mad when we talk at night, in mid conversation she stopped," the sister recounted. "And said, oh my God he is turning on the lights, I have to go. She just hung up very suddenly."
The family said that was the last time anyone has heard from the mother.
"We are freaked out that she was trafficked," the sister said. "We are freaked out that she is in some kind of weird abusive, I don't know if it is a trap house."
Nolen said her sister has been through a lot of trauma and has PTSD from abusive relationships. They waited to file a missing person’s report hoping they would find her. But, that hasn't been the case. They lean on their faith Oglesby is alive and well.
"God loves you and we love you," the sister said. "Please, sweetie. You just mean the world to us."
The family is also getting help from a private investigator. Sheriff investigators believe Oglesby may be in the Comal County area around Canyon Lake, New Braunfels, or in Travis County.
Anyone with information on Sharon's whereabouts is urged to contact the Bexar County Sheriff's Office at (210) 335-6000 or e-mail missingpersons@bexar.org | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/fbi-local-authorities-searching-for-mother-missing-for-months/273-409fbe55-a2e3-4937-9c26-2abe4187af29 | 2022-08-11T21:01:44 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/fbi-local-authorities-searching-for-mother-missing-for-months/273-409fbe55-a2e3-4937-9c26-2abe4187af29 |
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A lockdown has been lifted at Berkmar High School in Gwinnett County Thursday afternoon. Gwinnett Police said the lockdown was lifted around 3 p.m. The high school is located in Lilburn, Georgia off of Pleasant Hill Road.
The Gwinnett Police Department added that the school's police will be handling the investigation.
Berkmar High's Principal Durrant Williams said the school received "a report of a weapon" at the school but "no weapon has been found."
The principal said two students were involved in an altercation and another student reported seeing a weapon. The school was placed on a hard lockdown for 45 minutes, while the school's police investigated. The principal said no one was hurt.
Read the principal's full statement to parents and students below.
At Berkmar High, we are committed to our students’ success and well-being and strive to provide a positive school environment. Key to that positive culture is the work we do to ensure that our school remains safe. With that in mind, I want to make you aware of a situation that happened earlier today.
Shortly before dismissal, there was an altercation between two students. During that altercation, another student reported seeing a weapon. Following our safety protocols, the school was placed in a hard lockdown while our school police investigated. I want to reassure you, no one was hurt, and no weapon was found. The lockdown was lifted after 45 minutes once school police completed a thorough search.
As always, the safety and security of your children is our top priority. I thank you for your continued support of our school and students and encourage you to reach out to me if you have any additional questions about today’s event.
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ATLANTA — A law enforcement investigation is happening near a busy southeast Atlanta intersection.
Georgia State Patrol troopers and Atlanta Police Department officers were out in force by the intersection of Pryor Street and University Avenue Thursday afternoon. More than 10 law enforcement vehicles were in the area by the All American Package Store.
11Alive's Joe Henke watched the scene unfold and witnessed law enforcement approach a silver car that crashed at the corner of the store. A man was pulled from the driver's seat.
John Blackwell Jr. works at the auto parts store nearby. He said he was walking a customer across the parking lot when he saw GSP speeding behind the silver vehicle.
Blackwell said the alarming scene unfolded in a matter of seconds.
"He hit the fence and almost immediately the door came open and we heard one shot," Blackwell said about the driver of the silver vehicle.
He said he did not hear authorities exchange any fire.
"This section here sees its share of things," Blackwell said, adding that chases and accidents are not new to the area.
11Alive has reached out to APD and GSP about the scene. We are waiting to get more information about what happened.
The south Atlanta scene is not far from where Rayshard Brooks' 2020 police-killing unfolded in the parking lot of the Wendy's at 125 University Avenue. Eight-year-old Secoriea Turner was killed a few days later in the same area.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities are investigating reports of a suspicious substance found inside the Cobb County courthouse on Thursday afternoon, a Cobb County spokesperson said.
According to the Marietta Fire Department, a person in the mailroom was opening a letter when a powder substance fell out of the envelope. When Marietta Fire units arrived, the person had self-evacuated out of the building, a spokesperson told 11Alive.
The person that opened the letter is being monitored, but is not experiencing any issues, according to Marietta Fire.
The building was evacuated as a safety precaution, and Marietta Fire units are still on scene testing the substance, a spokesperson said.
Some roads around the courthouse complex near the Marietta Square are closed, according to a statement on Cobb County's official Twitter page.
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Why more spiders are crawling around Redding. Flights to Denver still in play? Ask the R-S
Ask the Record Searchlight is a newsroom-wide initiative to connect with you, our readers. If you wondered about something happening in town or had questions on a North State issue, tell us about it. We'll do our best to answer.
Here are answers to the latest R-S reader questions, which have been edited for clarity, length and accuracy.
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Redding to Denver flights: the latest
Q: I saw a story last fall that indicated Redding airport would be adding direct service to Denver in summer 2022. Is that still in the works?
Hi, this is David Benda.
A: The short answer is, yes, the Denver flight is still very much in play. And you are not the only one who’s eager to see Redding get direct flights to the Mile High City.
“That is the million-dollar question right now,” Economic Development Corp. of Shasta County President Todd Jones said. “So, basically, where we are at is that we have the grant, $760,000 from the Department of Transportation, we have support from United (Airlines). However, as most people can see the, the airline industry is under tremendous pressure right now and United has not been able to confirm when that flight is going to launch. We are optimistic, but we don’t have any idea right now when that flight could start.”
The biggest obstacle is the pilot shortage that is affecting United and other airlines, Jones said.
USA TODAY has reported that the headaches that have accompanied this summer’s travel season can be blamed in large part by a shortage of pilots.
Jones is part of the city of Redding’s airline recruitment team that has been working for years to bring more flights to the airport.
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“We will be meeting again in October with United to have this conversation,” Jones said. “We believe, based on our data of people flying east, we could support that flight today.
“I am optimistic that we may have an update then,” he added about the October meeting.
It’s been a year since the city got the DOT grant, which would help defray United’s startup costs for the Denver flight. Jones said the city has five years to spend the money.
Jones said the city is talking to other airlines about other destinations.
“I don’t think a lot of people know, including the City Council, the level of conversations we have,” Jones said.
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Denver is a destination Redding officials have pursued for more than 20 years. About 10 years ago, the city tried to leverage a $500,000 federal air service development grant to land United Airlines service to Denver. The effort failed.
Currently, Redding Regional Airport offers direct flights to Burbank, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.
Approximately 45,000 passengers flew in and out of Redding in the first quarter of 2022, up from about 7,500 passengers for the same three months a year ago, according to the Shasta EDC Economic Dashboard.
For the record, flights to Burbank, Seattle and Las Vegas had not started in the first quarter of 2021, and flights to Los Angeles had not yet resumed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spiders hanging out by the river. What's up?
Q: Why are there suddenly so many spiders along the Sacramento River Trail? What species are they and why are they there?
Hello. This is Jessica Skropanic.
A: Now is a great time to be a spider living next to North State waters. That's because there's plenty of food flying into webs.
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August through September is peak spider season, said Sharon Clay, animal programs curator at Turtle Bay Exploration Park. Insect populations are at their highest so there's plenty for spiders to eat.
For the past two to four years, spider populations were unusually low, Clay said. This year's population is normal: There are a "healthy" number of spiders.
Most are Western Spotted Orb Weavers, a shy species not venomous enough to harm most humans, according to entomology fan sites InsectIdentification.org and SpiderIdentifications.com.
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A lot of spiders choose to weave their webs next to the Sacramento River Trail because "that is where the most mosquitos and insects are for the spiders to eat," Clay said.
Spiders are a vital part of the ecosystem, she said. "They play an enormous role (in) controlling the insect population." That helps reduce the spread of diseases by mosquitos, including West Nile virus. "So the more spiders we have, the less diseases we have spreading around. This is why we don’t knock down the webs around Turtle Bay that are not blocking trails. We let the spiders do their job."
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Redding's VFW Post finds a new home. Here's where it is.
Q: I have heard a rumor that the Veterans Hall (VFW Post 1934) on Oregon Street is having to move after many years in that location because the building's owner is doubling the rent. Is this rumor true?
Hi, this is David Benda.
A: When we answered this question in April, VFW Post 1934 was still searching for a new home.
Well, the search is over.
Wes Tucker, the post commander, said they plan to move to 163 Locust St. in Cypress Square. The building most recently was Marshall’s Florist, which has since moved to Hartnell Avenue.
“We are working on getting it renovated and ready to move in,” Tucker said.
The VFW had a fundraiser barbecue Monday to help pay for the needed renovation of the former flower shop.
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“It’s expensive to convert a flower shop into a bar,” Tucker said.
Tucker estimated that the barbecue brought in about $8,000.
In addition, the VFW has had some people donate materials and labor to go toward framing and “we have somebody doing the plumbing for a pretty good discount,” he added.
Tucker would like to move by September, but he said much will depend on money and the pace of construction.
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The VFW has to move because the rent at its location on Oregon Street is increasing and Tucker said they cannot afford the increase. The post has been there since 1994.
Tucker has said their Oregon Street landlord has worked with them and "bent over backwards to help us out." He noted they are willing to let them stay put until the new location is move-in ready.
Anyone interested in helping the VFW with the move can call the post at 530-241-9168.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — If you’re in North Texas and looking to give a furry friend a forever home there’s quite an opportunity available in Cow Town.
Fort Worth Police say animal shelters across the city will be offering free pet adoptions through the end of the month of August. This offer is for all animals that are able to be adopted.
This offer is due to all of the shelters being over capacity. Here are the shelters available to visit according to FWPD:
- 351 Hillshire Drive
- 4900 Martin St.
- 4800 S.W. Loop 820 (I-20)
- 2901 Texas Sage Trail | https://cw33.com/news/local/animal-shelters-in-fort-worth-offering-free-adoptions-through-end-of-august/ | 2022-08-11T21:09:15 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/animal-shelters-in-fort-worth-offering-free-adoptions-through-end-of-august/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Anticipation builds for the opening of the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington and here’s some more exciting news. The museum will now feature a restored WWII-era plane.
The plane to be featured at the museum is the FM-2 Wildcat fighter. It is being restored by Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Center’s restoration team to its 1942 condition. After its restoration, it will be loaned to the museum as the centerpiece of its Above & Beyond: Naval Aviation Gallery.
This plane was acquired from the bottom of Lake Michigan after pilot William Forbe’s routine training flight went awry, causing the plane to crash into the lake.
“Ensign Forbes, who is learning to fly the Wildcat, needs to land on the U.S.S. Sable and during a very cold December 1944 day, he hits the carrier deck of the Sable and skids off the side into the waters below. He manages to get out of the cockpit as the plane sinks to the bottom of the lake,” Rob Shenk, Chief Content Officer of the Museum, said in a news release on the City of Arlington’s website.
You can find more details about the exhibit by clicking here. The National Medal of Honor Museum is expected to open in 2024. | https://cw33.com/news/local/new-national-medal-of-honor-museum-in-arlington-to-feature-restored-wwii-era-plane/ | 2022-08-11T21:09:21 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/new-national-medal-of-honor-museum-in-arlington-to-feature-restored-wwii-era-plane/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Living in a city whose economy doesn’t waver in the face of a pandemic or high gas prices is quite attractive if you’re looking to move or stay exactly where you are if you’re lucky enough to already reside within them.
Recently, SmartAsset released a study showcasing the cities with the most resilient economies in 2022 and multiple North Texas cities made the list. “Despite nationwide lockdowns and sudden economic instability unleashed early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. economy showed resiliency, roaring back in the months that followed. But inflation and a bear market are now presenting new challenges that are reshaping the concept of economic resiliency.”
The study found that small and mid-size cities rule when it comes to having a resilient economy; as well as housing in Texas cities is growing rapidly, “From 2010 to 2020, the number of housing units in Frisco, Texas grew by more than 76%, according to Census data. This marks the largest uptick in our study. Also ranking in our top 10, Pearland – just 15 miles south of Houston – saw a 41.28% increase in housing units over the same decade.”
Here’s where Texas cities landed among the top 50:
- Frisco No. 2
- Pearland No. 7
- McKinney No. 16
- Denton No. 20
- Round Rock No. 26
- Austin No. 27
- Plano No. 31
- Lewisville No. 41
- Carrollton No. 43
Here’s what SmartAsset had to say about Frisco, “Frisco, Texas – which is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex – has the third-highest score for housing, fifth-best score for employment and 13th-best rating for social assistance & healthcare. The city of 188,000 people ranks first overall for 10-year housing unit growth (76.58%) and 10th-best for housing costs as a percentage of income (18.57%). Meanwhile, less than 1% of households (0.70%) rely on public assistance, which ranks third-lowest for that metric.”
For more from this study’s findings as well as more information like tips for navigating economic uncertainty, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/study-shows-multiple-north-texas-cities-among-top-in-us-with-most-resilient-economies/ | 2022-08-11T21:09:27 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/study-shows-multiple-north-texas-cities-among-top-in-us-with-most-resilient-economies/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Grab the kiddos and get out of the house to enjoy some much-needed quality time this week or weekend! North Texas is filled to the brim with all sorts of kid and family-friendly activities around town!
There’s no better time like the present to get a jump start on making some fond/core memories with your little ones. Thursday, August 11 is National Son and Daughter Day!
NationalToday says, “National Son and Daughter Day is a time to go ahead and spoil the kids a little. Be a grandparent ahead of time for a day, and remind the kids that through all the ascents and descents of mayhem and joy, and however they’ve turned out so far, they’re the greatest loves of your life.”
A report from Family Destinations Guide says these are some of the best kid-friendly things to do around Dallas!
- Dallas World Aquarium
- Dallas Arboretum
- McKinney Avenue Trolley
- Perot Museum of Nature and Science
- Take a picnic or throw some ball over at Kylde Warren Park
- Check out Reunion Tower
- Take a swim or ride some bikes at White Rock Lake
- Six Flags Over Texas
- Dallas Museum of Art
- The Wild Detectives
For more on this amazing list, click here! | https://cw33.com/news/local/top-kid-friendly-things-to-do-in-dallas/ | 2022-08-11T21:09:33 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/top-kid-friendly-things-to-do-in-dallas/ |
FRISCO, Tx (KDAF) — Have you ever wanted to have coffee with your local elected official? If you live in Frisco, here is your chance.
The city is bringing back its “Coffee with the Mayor” series this Friday, Aug. 12. City officials invite residents to come to the 4th floor McCallum room at City Hall at 8 a.m. for a chance to grab coffee with Mayor Jeff Cheney.
There will also be guests from Visit Frisco present to discuss the latest exciting events and news about tourism. City Hall is located at 6101 Frisco Square Blvd. | https://cw33.com/news/local/you-could-have-coffee-with-the-frisco-mayor-this-week-heres-when-and-where/ | 2022-08-11T21:09:39 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/you-could-have-coffee-with-the-frisco-mayor-this-week-heres-when-and-where/ |
Fore! Wilmington Country Club is hosting this year's BMW Championship, bringing the best of the best in golf to Delaware starting Thursday, Aug. 16.
The tournament is the second event of three in the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Tour playoffs in the FedExCup. The outcome of the championship determines which 30 golfers will go on to play at Atlanta's East Lake Golf Club for the tour championship.
"The Wilmington Country Club has been part of the fabric of the Delaware and Delaware Valley area since its inception," President of the Wilmington Country Club Melissa Riegel told NBC Sports Philadelphia. "Boosting the economy and providing international exposure was one of several reasons why we agreed to host the BMW Championship."
From Aug. 16 through the 21, golf-lovers can grab tickets to see the top 70 golfers compete in the tournament right before their eyes in the First State.
Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki says they expect about 120,000 people to come to the country club over the course of the four days.
"For New Castle County, this is our Super Bowl," New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer said. "It's a chance for the world to see the beautiful community that we have, the beautiful golf course."
Purzycki said he looks forward to the pro golfers seeing Wilmington's character.
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"It's not a bad thing to have the entire pro tour walking around saying that Wilmington is a great place," he said.
Grounds tickets start at just $30. For more information on mobile entry tickets and the tournament, visit the website. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/bmw-golf-championship-coming-to-wilmington-del/3332776/ | 2022-08-11T21:10:42 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/bmw-golf-championship-coming-to-wilmington-del/3332776/ |
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Sheriff Ivey announces school resource officers will carry upgraded weapons in schools
Following concerns brought up by May's mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey announced in a video posted to Facebook that some school resource officers would carry long guns on campuses throughout the county.
"You are not coming into my schools and killing our children," Ivey said in the video posted Monday. "I firmly believe that if you do not meet violence with violence, you will be violently killed."
He said the Sheriff's Office and its partner agencies across the Space Coast have been working together to implement security plans for Brevard public school campuses. Students returned to the classroom Wednesday.
These plans include sheriff's school resource officers being outfitted with new uniforms with a "tactical appearance that clearly signifies that we mean business," as well as long guns.
Long guns were formerly kept in law enforcement vehicles in parking lots on school campuses, Ivey said.
Ivey did not say in his video what specific type of gun BCSO school resource officers would be carrying in schools. The video showed an image of a long gun, though it did not specify if this is what BCSO school resource officers would be carrying or its model. He also did not specify what model of long gun officers previously kept in their vehicles.
The Sheriff's Office did not respond to requests for comment.
Multiple county commissioners did not respond to requests for comment regarding where the money for the new equipment came from. Don Walker, a county spokesperson, said on behalf of the county budget director and county manager that they would not be able to provide "insight on how the sheriff spends his budget."
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Russell Bruhn, a spokesperson for Brevard Public Schools, said while the school district works to make schools safe, when it comes to how law enforcement on campus goes about their jobs, they "leave that to the experts."
"The sheriff is kind of our go-to when it comes to school security," Bruhn said. "He's our expert, he's the one that we trust and the one we work with to kind of set the tone for what is needed on our campuses to make sure that our staff and our students are safe and to make sure that all of our SROs can respond to whatever they face each day."
Bruhn said school resource officers have always been armed, carrying handguns in the past. But several people spoke in protest against any larger guns on campuses during Tuesday's school board meeting, bringing up concerns about "assault rifles" in schools.
Michelle Barrineau, vice president of Families for Safe Schools, said Ivey's plan will not make students feel safer.
"The intent, (Ivey) says, is to save time in the event of an active shooter. What it will do is create a prison or war-like environment in our schools," she said. "Nobody feels safer when they see this. They feel like they’re in imminent danger."
Criminal justice consultant and law enforcement training expert Roy Beddard reiterated that guns have always been on campuses. He said there are both pros and cons to the more visible long guns.
"People don’t like to walk around in what they feel like is a heavily armed campus, especially when you’re a kid, and everyone understands that," Beddard said. "The other side of that coin is that, because we do know that these things have happened and likely will happen again, we want to be ahead of the power curve by having those weapons immediately accessible and not have to take the time to cart them in."
Beddard went on to say long guns would likely be better in the case of an active shooting than the typical handguns school resource officers have carried in the past.
"I think that’s one of the problems you have with active shooters is they don’t come in with revolvers or semi automatic handguns, many of them are bringing rifles, and you don’t want to bring a handgun to a rifle fight," he said. "You want to be able to have at least comparable firepower to be able to manage a situation that is using that type of powerful weapon. I think the best hands to put those in would be trained deputies.”
Barrineau brought up concerns about an accident occurring with the guns present in the schools.
Beddard said deputies should undergo specific training to handle the guns on school property, saying they must train with the "ecology" of their environment in mind.
"We need the training to be ecologically valid, or we’re going to end up with tragic results from a perhaps not-so-well-trained deputy who is able to get a bullet on the mark but is not trained in the stress-related factors that are going to accompany an actual school shooting with children and administrators and teachers running around in a very confined environment," he said.
In his video, Ivey said his goal was to make the schools a "hard target" for those with "evil in their heart."
"I want to reassure our parents, our teachers and our students that our schools are among the safest in the country and are protected by who I believe are the most courageous deputies and officers in America," he said.
Finch Walker is a Breaking News Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Walker at 321-290-4744 or fwalker@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @_finchwalker | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/08/11/bcso-school-resource-officers-carry-upgraded-guns-schools-sheriff-says/10288977002/ | 2022-08-11T21:16:07 | 1 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/08/11/bcso-school-resource-officers-carry-upgraded-guns-schools-sheriff-says/10288977002/ |
Township Hall joining county sewage network
CANTON TWP. ‒ After decades of being served by an on-site septic system, Township Hall is about to become a customer of the Stark County Metropolitan Sewer District.
Joining the county sewage collection and treatment system involves township officials constructing a distribution line of about 700 feet to delivery sewage from Township Hall at 4711 Central Ave. SE to a nearby Stark County main in the 4600 block of Ridge Avenue SE.
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"It will be owned by the township," township Trustee Mark Shaffer said. "But it will connect with the Stark County sewer system. We will build a connection that will include a lift station. We believe once it is out to bid and comes back, it will cost between $200,000 and $300,000."
The Thrasher Group is designing the sewage infrastructure project for township officials.
What is prompting township officials to connect to the Stark County sewage system is the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency taking issue with how waste water from the washing of township trucks was being handled. That type of waste water is considered "industrial waste water," and therefore should be discharged into a sanitary sewage network or stored in a holding tank to be transported to a disposal facility.
In the view of state environmental officials, a septic system is a less than reliable disposal destination for industrial waste water.
"That tends to overwhelm an on-site waste water treatment (system)," said John Schmidt, an environmental engineer with the Ohio EPA.
Township officials feel building a connection to the county sewage system will be less expensive in the long run than constantly having the waste water hauled to a disposal facility such as a landfill.
"We have some funding available," township Fiscal Officer John Ring said. "We can put it together. We will be primarily targeting two areas. We will use American Rescue Act (funds) or road funds. We are waiting for the bids. We don't have the cost figures yet."
And just as with other property owners that discharge waste water into the county distribution and treatment system, Canton Township will pay a user fee.
"For them it will be a flat fee," said James Troike, director of the Stark County Metropolitan Sewer District. "They have to go underneath the Nimishillen Creek in order to get to our manholes."
Reach Malcolm at 330-596-0326 or malcolm.hall@cantonrep.com.
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Authors to discuss Thurman Munson-related book in Canton
CANTON ‒ Their admiration for former Yankees' catcher Thurman Munson brought Gary Kaschak and Tom Tunison together — a bond that ultimately led to a new book.
The cover of "Go The Distance" promotes the book as "The inspirational story of Tom Tunison, Thurman Munson and a lifelong quest for baseball immortality."
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Kaschak and Tunison will speak Friday at a luncheon meeting of the Canton Rotary Club. The event is from noon to 1 p.m. at Christ Presbyterian Church, 530 Tuscarawas St. W. Books will be available for purchase and signing by the authors.
Plenty of people in Stark County know Munson's story.
He graduated from Canton Lehman High. He went on to become captain of the New York Yankees, leading the team to two World Series titles and winning an American League MVP along the way.
Munson was in the middle of what appeared to be a Hall of Fame career when he died at age 32. The Cessna Citation jet he was piloting crashed near Akron-Canton Airport on Aug. 2, 1979.
Tunison's story, and his almost spiritual connection to Munson, though, is the crux of "Go The Distance."
Kaschak and Tunison met in 2019, as members of the Thurman Munson Hall of Fame Committee. The New York-area-based group was on a mission to get Munson inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum, an honor they believed was long overdue.
Munson was one of 10 named to the Modern Era ballot, but he fell short of votes that December.
Tunison, a member of the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors, has coached youth baseball for a quarter century and co-authored (with Christopher Hahn) "Thurman Munson's Decade of Unmatched Excellence."
Born with a rare hip disease discovered at age 6, Tunison endured years of bed rest, wheelchairs and crutches. During that time, he began watching New York Yankees telecasts, forming a bond with Munson, which has lasted to this day.
Munson's untimely death "propelled Tom onto a course of action full of heartbreaking tragedy, heartwarming triumph, and personal discovery," according to a promo for Friday's luncheon.
Kaschak, a former newspaper sports writer and editor, served as head writer for both the Munson and Dummy Hoy Hall of Fame committees. He's written five books, including the recent "My Amazin' Life as a New York Met (The Cleon Jones story)."
Kaschak told The Repository the 186-page book is full of serendipity, including the fact Tunison tried out for the Yankees on June 29. That happens to be the same date Archibald "Moonlight" Graham — made famous in the movie "Field of Dreams" — played an inning in the outfield in his only Major League Baseball appearance.
Dwier Brown, the actor who portrayed John Kinsella, father of Kevin Costner's character in the film "Field of Dreams," completed the foreword for "Go The Distance."
Kinsella, who grew up in Sharon Center in Medina County, wrote: "Let's hope Tom's incredible journey will bring justice to another oversight by giving a great player whose career was shortened by tragedy the place he deserves in the Hall of Fame."
Reach Tim at 330-580-8333 ortim.botos@cantonrep.com.On Twitter: @tbotosREP | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/local/2022/08/11/authors-of-go-the-distance-to-speak-about-thurman-munson-in-canton-gary-kaschak-tom-tunison/65399952007/ | 2022-08-11T21:16:27 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/local/2022/08/11/authors-of-go-the-distance-to-speak-about-thurman-munson-in-canton-gary-kaschak-tom-tunison/65399952007/ |
NESCOPECK, Pa. — Flowers and stuffed animals line a property on First Street in Nescopeck.
It's a tribute in memory of the seven adults and three children who died in a fire in Nescopeck last week.
Now, a business in nearby Berwick is stepping in to help spread the word about upcoming benefits and fundraisers for the family.
"We can do tickets, posters, flyers, anything of that nature that can help advertise their event to help bring people in and to raise money for them," Matt Getty, Campbell Printing Co. owner, said.
Campbell Printing Co. posted online that it would print everything free of charge. And it's already received a few flyers.
"Why not? I mean, really, this is a terrible situation in Nescopeck, and it's heartbreaking for anybody. I can't imagine being a family member. And everything we can do as a community to pull together to make it a little easier for them, for their funeral needs or anything else they would need," Getty said.
Campbell Printing said when tragedy strikes close to home, the community always finds a way to step up.
"Our community is always great when something like this happens. Our community always comes together, there's always events to raise money for people. It's always one of those things that it's really not a second thought. It's just like 'okay, this happened, let's do something for them,'" Getty said.
If your organization is planning a fundraiser for the family of the fire victims in Nescopeck, find contact information for Campbell Printing Co. here.
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YORK, Pa. — Since May of this year, there have been over 10,000 reported cases of Monkeypox in the U.S. The rapid situation has caused the White House to declare Monkeypox a public health emergency.
On Tuesday, The FDA issued an emergency use authorization that allows health care providers to reduce the dose of the Monkeypox vaccine.
“For the Jynneos vaccine to be administered intradermally the dose would be much smaller, than the shot in the arm type of thing," said Dr. Raghav Tirupathi with Wellspan Health.
The dose of the Monkeypox vaccine would be reduced to 1/5th of what it has been given prior.
“The dose was studied and found to be as effective as the subacute injections and that’s where that information comes from, that decision comes from," said Tirupathi
It will still remain a 2-shot regimen with 28 days in between.
“They went with that decision mainly to be able to vaccinate more at-risk population folks, and also increase the accessibility and the equity of the vaccine," said Tirupathi.
According to the CDC there are up to 1.7 million people at the highest risk for contracting Monkeypox right now. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/fda-approves-plan-to-reduce-dose-of-monkeypox-vaccine-to-stretch-limited-supply-low-spread-virus-infection/521-4c85e773-08cc-4dc4-98ed-4dbe8519f8a2 | 2022-08-11T21:17:31 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/fda-approves-plan-to-reduce-dose-of-monkeypox-vaccine-to-stretch-limited-supply-low-spread-virus-infection/521-4c85e773-08cc-4dc4-98ed-4dbe8519f8a2 |
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Sullivan County Tennessee Sheriff’s Office announced that Sheriff Jeff Cassidy will be taking on a statewide leadership role.
Sheriff Cassidy will serve as Vice President of the Tennessee Sheriff’s Association, Division I, and represent sheriffs in northeast Tennessee.
According to the announcement, Cassidy was elected in a vote held by sheriffs at the Tennessee Sheriff’s Association meeting on Thursday.
Cassidy has served as Sullivan County Sheriff since 2018. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sullivan-co-sheriff-elected-into-vp-role-for-sheriffs-association/ | 2022-08-11T21:19:25 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sullivan-co-sheriff-elected-into-vp-role-for-sheriffs-association/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health continued in 2020-21 (July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021) to provide the “public advantage” required to maintain its status as an inpatient monopoly, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) announced.
TDH’s annual report, required as part of the Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) that allowed Ballad’s 2018 creation through the merger of Wellmont Health System and Mountain States Health Alliance, was different than any before it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also came out later than previous ones, with the 2019-20 report being released in April 2021.
The report noted several areas of success Ballad achieved even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. It scored the hospital system only on its “economic sub-index,” one of four areas usually scored, though it did provide data on the other three (population health, access and quality).
“Ballad Health’s handling of the pandemic and the fact that all of Ballad Health’s 21 hospitals, including its many vulnerable rural hospitals, remained open throughout the year have been identified by TDH as two of the system’s greatest successes for FY21,” the report said.
Within its 95 pages are data and narratives showing areas where Ballad exceeded peer groups or expectations and others where it fell short of those. For instance, Ballad’s service area outperformed “peer counties” in rates of drug deaths and non-fatal overdoses and vaccination measures, the report noted, adding that it outperformed peer counties in more than half the population health sub-index measures.
Conversely, smoking rates, cardiovascular deaths and infant mortality were higher in Ballad’s “general service area” than in the peer counties.
Ballad CEO Alan Levine lauded the report’s finding that Ballad continues to provide a competitive advantage.
“The investments we have been making into population health initiatives, and our ongoing collaboration with hundreds of physicians in the region, has led to some compelling results,” Levine said in a news release. He added that Ballad has “reduced the overall cost of healthcare for the region … Lower cost of care and better quality go hand in hand, and we are grateful for the partnership we have with our region’s physicians as we seek to continue improving.”
The annual report is among numerous requirements of Ballad and the states of Tennessee and Virginia after they approved legislation that gave Ballad “state action immunity” from normal antitrust enforcement. That immunity stems, the annual report states, due to the COPA “replacing competition with state regulation and Active Supervision.”
Because the merger formed a monopoly the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) could have opposed, Ballad had to prove to the states that its benefits would outweigh any disadvantages created by lack of competition.
The report, the work of COPA Monitor Larry Fitzgerald and other intervention and oversight from TDH and the Tennessee Attorney General’s office, reflect the “ongoing supervision” that federal law requires when a monopoly is shielded. The FTC fiercely opposed the creation of the COPA, as it was developed in 2015-2017 and continues to scrutinize Ballad, albeit with limited to no enforcement power.
If the states ever determined the public advantage had ceased to exist, the merger could be subject to federal intervention and potentially be forced to be unwound.
The broad overview — good, not as good, and COVID-suspended
Ballad’s COPA requirements diminished significantly between March 2020 and early 2022, with numerous suspensions granted through Gov. Bill Lee’s state of emergency due to COVID. Ballad didn’t have to complete its own annual report for FY21. It didn’t have to meet spending commitments that are an important part of the COPA.
The report noted the major negative impact COVID has had on hospitals and health systems. It listed a half dozen “things that are working well” based on the 2020-21 time period. In addition to keeping open hospitals that were under threat of closure, those included:
- Efficiently redeploying staff across the system to respond to COVID “in ways that would not have been possible as two separate competing systems.”
- Ballad’s COPA compliance office responding “quickly and thoroughly” to inquiries from TDH and Ballad executives meeting regularly with Fitzgerald, the COPA monitor.
- Executive staff updating TDH staff through monthly calls and quarterly meetings to discuss progress in implementing three-year plans around behavioral, mental and children’s health, health research and graduate medical education, population health, and the system’s health information exchange (electronic medical records).
- The “size and range” of stakeholders involved in a regional “Accountable Care Community” that Ballad led establishment of.
The report found that Ballad maintained and even approved access for patients in many areas. It said struggles with quality improvement efforts and hospital-associated infections at Ballad were consistent with similar shortfalls nationwide as hospitals, particularly rural ones, adapted to the pandemic.
Fitzgerald’s report looked at pricing limits Ballad agreed to when it was formed. Those are found in the “Terms of Certification” (TOC) that govern the merger. They cover insurance companies and what they pay Ballad for services provided to their patients. Fitzgerald monitors contracts before they’ve been signed, if they’re going to be amended, during their terms and for a year following the start of new or renegotiated contracts.
“Based on the reviews … completed in fiscal year 2021, Ballad complied with the pricing limits in the TOC for fiscal year 2021,” Fitzgerald reported.
Fitzgerald’s report also noted that Ballad has fallen behind in its commitment to reinvest $308 million over 10 years on efforts to improve health in the region. The annual spending commitments were also suspended during the health emergency, so nothing was required during FY21, but those amounts will have to be made up in later years.
The population in Ballad’s area had a mixed record on various “population health” measures.
Adults smoked at a 21.8% rate, 2.4% higher than the peer counties and well above the 14.2% national rate, but youth who’d ever tried cigarettes was lower than peer or national statistics.
The region continued to struggle with neonatal abstinence syndrome, with a rate of 38.4 per 1,000 births, almost double the peer counties’ rate and quadruple the state’s. Overdoses were lower than the peer county and state rates.
People in the Ballad area were prescribed a higher level of morphine or morphine equivalents than peer counties and almost double the U.S. average — 827 milligrams to 789 for the peer counties, 569 statewide and 425 nationally.
On the outcomes/quality section, Ballad hospitals had improvements from baselines in 30-day death rates for stroke patients as well as for heart failure and heart attack patients. Postoperative respiratory failure rates were only half the baseline amount.
Rates of death from surgical patients with serious treatable complications were higher than baseline, as were 30-day readmission rates for most measured hospitalization categories.
Finally, the access issues surrounding emergency medicine that Ballad officials have acknowledged were clear in the “outcomes” section.
Ballad’s baseline for Medicare and Medicaid patients (2017) was 227 minutes “median time from ED arrival to transport for admitted patients,” or just under four hours for patients who ended up admitted to the hospital from the emergency room. In FY 2021, it was 366 minutes, having gone from just under four hours to just over six hours.
At Ballad’s Tennessee hospitals, the measure had gone from 232 minutes to 411 minutes – or nearly seven hours. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tdh-report-ballad-still-provided-public-advantage-in-2020-21/ | 2022-08-11T21:19:31 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tdh-report-ballad-still-provided-public-advantage-in-2020-21/ |
Two lanes of Interstate 95 in Chesterfield are closed for emergency repairs.
The Virginia Department of Transportation on Friday said the northbound left and center lanes at Route 288 (mile marker 62) will be closed until further notice. The right lane will stay open.
The department said motorists should expect delays and use other routes.
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In June, the General Assembly allocated $100 million of the state budget toward seed funding for the establishment of lab schools, an alternative form of public K-12 education that's allowed greater autonomy and is funded through a separate budget.
The case, which had been watched nationally, tested the constitutionality of a "geofence" warrant that allowed Chesterfield County police to obtain Google location records of 19 cellphones near the bank at the time of the heist. | https://richmond.com/news/local/2-lanes-of-i-95-in-chesterfield-closed-for-emergency-repairs/article_a22f9be0-15cf-5785-bb38-47414e6e2baa.html | 2022-08-11T21:19:56 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/2-lanes-of-i-95-in-chesterfield-closed-for-emergency-repairs/article_a22f9be0-15cf-5785-bb38-47414e6e2baa.html |
A Glen Allen man accused of shooting and wounding a Richmond police officer and who was critically injured when the officer returned fire has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding and four other charges stemming from the incident, court records show.
The officer, identified in a court affidavit as Timothy R. Burgess, on July 25 was grazed by a bullet that splintered his hip bone, and has bone fragments still lodged in his body. "The victim now utilizes a cane to walk," Richmond police Sgt. George Wade wrote in the affidavit.
Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Christine Cestaro obtained a five-count criminal information in Circuit Court against Dakari Jaden Reinhardt, 20, on charges of aggravated malicious wounding, felony use of a firearm, possession of drugs with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm while possessing drugs and hit and run driving causing more than $1,000.
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A criminal information is a formal charging document that describes the criminal charges against a person and the factual basis for those charges. It differs from an arrest warrant authorized by a magistrate or judge that authorizes the police to take someone accused of a crime into custody. An arrest warrant originates in lower court.
The affidavit in support of the charges provides a more detailed account of the events that led to the exchange of gunfire that wounded Reinhardt and Burgess. Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith provided a summary of the incident during a press briefing hours after the 3:25 a.m. incident, but noted at the time that police were still in the early stages of the investigation.
Richmond police officers in a marked unit initially observed Reinhardt speeding and followed him down Oliver Hill Way in the city. Officers saw him run a red light and drive recklessly before entering southbound Interstate 95, Sgt. Wade said in the affidavit.
Officers continued to follow Reinhardt, who exited I-95 at Maury Street and then crashed the car he was driving into a tree along Commerce Road. The car was estimated to have sustained more than $1,000 in damages, the affidavit says.
Officers, including Burgess, who was working in uniform, saw Reinhardt run from the crashed car along Commerce Road and pursued Reinhardt as he fled into a nearby housing complex. There, Reinhardt shot at Burgess repeatedly, and ultimately struck Burgess once, police said. Burgess returned fire "in an attempt to disable Reinhardt," according to the affidavit.
Another officer on scene saw Reinhardt toss a "pack" onto a nearby porch. The bag contained a digital sale and a rock of suspected crack cocaine weighing about seven grams. Police also found more than $1,000 in cash on Reinhardt after his arrest, the affidavit says.
"A narcotics distribution expert would testify that the cocaine of that weight, paired with such a large amount of cash and a digital scale, would be consistent with personal use," Wade wrote in the affidavit, adding that police also recovered a handgun on the ground next to Reinhardt.
At the July 25 news briefing, Smith said Reinhardt sustained life-threatening wounds to his upper torso.
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Smith said after the officers initially encountered Reinhardt after the crash and attempted to engage him, he fled on foot to the intersection of Commerce Road and Stockton Street. From there, the officers and Reinhardt entered a nearby apartment complex, where Reinhardt entered a breezeway. The exchange of gunfire occurred there, Smith said.
Reinhardt was to have appeared Wednesday in Richmond Circuit Court but the hearing was continued until Monday. Court records also indicate the Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney's Office will seek indictments against Reinhardt when a circuit court grand jury meets on Sept. 6.
Reinhardt, who according to court records lives in the 9900 block of Magnolia Point Court in Glen Allen, has several prior convictions.
Could records show he was convicted on Jan. 25 in Richmond of carrying a concealed weapon. He was given a 12-month suspended sentence. He also was convicted on Feb. 16 in Henrico County of petit larceny and forging a bank note, and on Dec. 22, 2020, of misdemeanor eluding police, court records show. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/glen-allen-man-charged-with-wounding-richmond-police-officer-in-exchange-of-gunfire/article_4829afd8-1c06-5e2a-8f9e-1a25a2414aa1.html | 2022-08-11T21:20:02 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/glen-allen-man-charged-with-wounding-richmond-police-officer-in-exchange-of-gunfire/article_4829afd8-1c06-5e2a-8f9e-1a25a2414aa1.html |
By 10:15 Thursday morning, roughly 12,000 brand new brightly colored backpacks stuffed with school supplies were ready to be placed in the hands of Richmond-area students.
But that was only the beginning.
The goal was to stuff 50,000 backpacks for students living in Richmond, Petersburg, and the counties of Hanover, Henrico, and Chesterfield in a single day. Backpacks will also be distributed to the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU.
Thursday marked the fifth annual Ultimate Backpack Drive hosted by the Virginia Commonwealth University Alumni Richmond Chapter and sponsored by the CoStar Group. Volunteers began arriving as early as 6 a.m. at the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center.
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“We want to put a smile on kids' faces,” Timmy Nguyen, organizer of the Ultimate Backpack Drive, said Thursday morning. “We want to give every kid the opportunity to pursue their ultimate dream.”
Partner organizations included Virginia Credit Union, Walmart, Communities in Schools, Dominion Energy, Comcast, Virginia 529, the VCU Alumni Association, and Richmond Public Schools.
"We continue to be grateful to the numerous community and corporate partners for their dedication to our students and for the generous contributions of our community members and local business partners,” RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras said in a statement.
All day long backpacks were being filled with school supplies for all age levels, from elementary school through high school.
Across the floor of the indoor track at the Arthur Ashe Center, stations were set up with donations of glue sticks, crayons, scissors, No. 2 pencils, composition books and more. The backpacks were also packed with information for families to receive a free internet connection.
Jamaal Ellison, program director of operations for the Communities In Schools of Petersburg, knows there’s a huge need among families to purchase school supplies for the start of the school year.
Providing backpacks creates “one less worry for families,” Ellison said. “The community is coming together to take care of families and students.”
Wanda Stewart, executive director for Communities in Schools of Petersburg, echoed Ellison, saying “our families are still exacerbated by the pandemic.”
The backpacks remove students’ anxieties about not being prepared for the first day of school, Stewart said. Removing that anxiety, Stewart said, provides students with the confidence to have a great start to the school year.
Over 500 volunteers packed backpacks that school districts will distribute to their students. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/fifth-annual-ultimate-backpack-drive-seeks-to-stuff-50-000-backpacks-for-students/article_c54b0b83-97f9-50e1-9cb6-540ad94819c7.html | 2022-08-11T21:20:08 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/fifth-annual-ultimate-backpack-drive-seeks-to-stuff-50-000-backpacks-for-students/article_c54b0b83-97f9-50e1-9cb6-540ad94819c7.html |
A Lancaster County judge on Wednesday signed an arrest warrant for a Lincoln man who police say fled to Canada as police investigated sexual abuse allegations against the 56-year-old, authorities said in court records.
Issa Augustino has been charged with third-degree sexual assault of a child and felony child abuse, but remains at large, with recent bank activity indicating he is now in Canada, Lincoln Police Investigator Tyler Nitz said in the affidavit for Augustino's arrest.
The investigation into Augustino began in June 2022, when a teenage girl told police he had been regularly sexually abusing her for at least five months, Nitz said in the affidavit.
In two instances, the girl filmed the alleged assaults to prove they occurred, she told investigators.
As the alleged abuse went on, the girl said Augustino began sending her money electronically, which she suspected was "'hush money' for the molestation," Nitz said.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021.
Narcotics investigators served the warrant around 7 p.m. Friday night at a house near 28th and Washington streets, where they found 193.2 grams of suspected methamphetamine, the authorities said.
Instead of finding flames at the reported fire scene, near Northwest 38th and Webster streets, officers found an unattended vehicle and 17 stolen laptops, according to police.
While on work release for a local construction company, a 37-year-old man began communicating with a 12-year-old girl in June, sending sexually suggestive messages.
A Lincoln orthopedic surgeon was sentenced to probation in federal court Tuesday for writing fraudulent prescriptions to a patient, then buying back thousands of painkillers. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-accused-of-sexual-abuse-fled-to-canada-police-say/article_74b3fe65-54f5-5fd1-9e09-6c85df578167.html | 2022-08-11T21:24:10 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-accused-of-sexual-abuse-fled-to-canada-police-say/article_74b3fe65-54f5-5fd1-9e09-6c85df578167.html |
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