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The upcoming restoration project at St. Mary's Catholic Church will prioritize the landscaping on the west side, according to Ted Czerniak, chairman of the restoration committee.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
The Rev. Joseph Walsh stands outside of St. Mary's Catholic Church, which is slated to undergo renovations for the next several years.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
The north side retaining wall at St. Mary's Catholic Church has sustained damage over the years.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
The stairs and foundation walls at St. Mary's Catholic Church have sustained damage over the years.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
The upcoming restoration project at St. Mary's Catholic Church will prioritize the landscaping on the west side, according to Ted Czerniak, chairman of the restoration committee.
St. Mary's Catholic Church has witnessed construction of the surrounding Capitol District for more than a century.
And now the church, which sits across the street from the Capitol and has been around since 1888, will be doing its own construction when it begins a $5 million to $7 million restoration project later this month.
Last July, just a month after he arrived at St. Mary's, the Rev. Joseph Walsh said he started becoming more aware of much-needed repairs.
"A parishioner came up to me and said, 'Father, we need to take care of this building, it's an eyesore,'" Walsh said.
Shortly after that conversation, 15 parishioners formed a restoration committee and began meeting once a month.
Those members had different specialties that related to the restoration; some were architects, construction workers, water specialists and business owners.
Cheever Construction and Clark & Enersen, who will be leading the project, are owned and operated by St. Mary's parishioners.
Other parishioners got involved simply out of love for the church.
"We just want to clean it up to restore the integrity of the building," said Melinda Pearson, a longtime parishioner.
Ted Czerniak, chairman of the restoration committee, says the restoration will be comprised of four different phases: west side restoration, mechanical, exterior and interior.
The church has chosen to prioritize repairing the landscape on the west side first, Czerniak said.
Walsh said over the years water infiltration on the west side has affected the church's brick and paint, and caused humidity issues. To solve this, they'll be removing the entrance on the west side and placing a statue base at the old door.
The current confessional and vestibule space will also be rebuilt into new sound-proof confessional booths that meet ADA standards.
Although they anticipate the entire restoration process to take about five to seven years, the first phase should only take up to three months.
The second phase will focus on upgrading the church's heating, ventilation and air conditioning system that's been in place since 1960.
Exterior and interior restorations will focus on plastering and repainting walls damaged by water.
With several parts of the church undergoing repairs, Walsh says they anticipate their services will be affected.
As of now, the church is unclear about what fundraising efforts will look like — they're awaiting fundraising approval from the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln.
Although the church has wanted to restore its building for years now, Bishop James Conley said the former school ate up most of their finances.
"It was difficult to focus on repairing the church's foundation when we were worried about being able to pay our teachers and school staff," Conley said.
The restoration, Walsh says, reaffirms their commitment to preserve a historical and cultural monument in the community.
“It’s seen the whole history of the 20th century and now we want to make sure that it continues to see the 21st century,” he said.
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Election Commissioner Dave Shively said the petitions did not include a statement indicating whether petition circulators were paid or volunteer, as is required in state law.
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.
While the area has been home to prayer gatherings and protests in the past, officials say the clinic has seen an uptick in activity since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
The upcoming restoration project at St. Mary's Catholic Church will prioritize the landscaping on the west side, according to Ted Czerniak, chairman of the restoration committee.
The upcoming restoration project at St. Mary's Catholic Church will prioritize the landscaping on the west side, according to Ted Czerniak, chairman of the restoration committee. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/watch-now-historic-st-marys-church-in-downtown-lincoln-to-undergo-restoration-project/article_688cbc64-265c-5284-9e28-92f00b3eea74.html | 2022-08-12T15:03:23 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/watch-now-historic-st-marys-church-in-downtown-lincoln-to-undergo-restoration-project/article_688cbc64-265c-5284-9e28-92f00b3eea74.html |
New York City health officials have found polio virus in wastewater samples, they said Friday, suggesting the virus is now circulating in the city.
“For every one case of paralytic polio identified, hundreds more may be undetected,” State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett said in a statement. “The detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in New York City is alarming, but not surprising."
Earlier this week, federal officials confirmed a team was deployed to New York to investigate the state's one positive case of polio — found in an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County who suffered paralysis.
The CDC confirmed its presence in the Empire State as health officials issued an urgent call for the unvaccinated to get inoculated against the virus, citing new evidence of possible "community spread."
The polio patient in Rockland County is the first person known to be infected with the virus in the U.S. in nearly a decade. Wastewater samples collected in June and July in adjacent Orange County also contained the virus.
Polio, once one of the nation’s most feared diseases, was declared eliminated in the United States in 1979, more than two decades after vaccines became available.
A majority of people infected with polio have no symptoms, but can still shed the virus and give it to others for days or weeks. A small percentage of people who get the disease suffer paralysis. The disease is fatal for between 5-10% of those paralyzed.
All school children in New York are required to have a polio vaccine, but enforcement of vaccination rules in some areas can be lax. Rockland and Orange counties are both known as centers of vaccine resistance. Statewide, about 79% of have completed their polio vaccination series by age two. In Orange County, that rate is 59%. In Rockland it is 60%.
In New York City, 86.2% of all children under age 5 have completed the recommended three-dose vaccination series. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/polio-found-in-nyc-wastewater-suggesting-virus-is-spreading/3822307/ | 2022-08-12T15:03:31 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/polio-found-in-nyc-wastewater-suggesting-virus-is-spreading/3822307/ |
What to Know
- Poliovirus has now been detected in at least six NYC sewage samples, further evidence community spread of the once-dreaded childhood disease is underway in the Empire State
- No new confirmed cases have been reported. There's only one -- a Rockland County patient, and investigators say there's no evidence that person is the source of the transmission. Polio has also been found in Orange County
- The confirmed NY case involved a vaccine-derived strain of the virus that indicates it would have been contracted by someone who had a live vaccine, which the US hasn't used for some time. In rare instances, experts say people given the live virus can spread it to other people who haven’t been vaccinated.
The virus that causes paralytic polio infections has been detected in New York City wastewater samples, state and city health officials jointly announced Friday, sounding the latest in a series of escalating alarms about potentially ongoing community spread of the once-dreaded childhood disease declared eradicated in the United States more than 40 years ago.
Concerns about the re-emergence of another viral scourge started to intensify over the summer, when wastewater samples detected polio in London and in Israel. Then, New York confirmed the first U.S. polio case in decades, in an unvaccinated Rockland County man who had a strain of the virus that likely came from a live vaccine used only outside America. More wastewater samples yielded more worrisome links, health officials recently said, and more evidence of community spread.
Polio can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and even death in some cases. And yet, New York City kids are increasingly less likely to get their routine vaccines since 2019, "putting us at risk for outbreaks and devastating complications of vaccine-preventable diseases," health officials said in their news update on Friday.
As of Friday, CDC analysis confirms the presence of poliovirus in 20 samples genetically linked to the Rockland County patient. Of those samples, 13 were collected in Rockland County in May, June and July and seven samples were collected last month in neighboring Orange County. Six positive samples of concern -- two collected in June, two collected in July -- have now been identified in New York City, health officials say. While they haven't yet been genetically linked to the Rockland case, sequencing analysis shows they appear to be vaccine-derived strains or variants or another kind of polio that can cause illness in humans.
There's no evidence to indicate the Rockland County patient is the source of the community transmission, officials say. The investigation into the source is ongoing.
"For every one case of paralytic polio identified, hundreds more may be undetected," State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett said in a statement. "The detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in New York City is alarming, but not surprising. Already, the State Health Department – working with local and federal partners – is responding urgently, continuing case investigation and aggressively assessing spread."
"The best way to keep adults and children polio-free is through safe and effective immunization – New Yorkers’ greatest protection against the worst outcomes of polio, including permanent paralysis and even death," Bassett added.
Just 86.2% of NYC children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years have had three doses of the polio vaccine and nearly 14% aren't fully protected, health officials say. Neighborhoods where vaccine coverage rates are lower than 70% for those aged kids put kids at higher risk for contracting polio, they added. Most NYC kids are already vaccinated against polio. It's one of the immunizations required to attend public schools. The CDC says 99% of kids who get all recommended doses are protected.
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Last week, New York state health officials warned "hundreds" of people could be infected locally.
The state health department, which launched wastewater surveillance earlier this month after officials announced the first confirmed U.S. polio case in nearly a decade in an unvaccinated patient in Rockland County on July 21, recently said the CDC confirmed polio virus in samples taken from June and July in two geographically different locations of Orange County.
While there are no active confirmed polio cases in Orange County or New York City, based on the data available, the former has a much lower three-dose vaccination rate among kids younger than 2 (58.68%) than the state average (78.96%) as of Aug. 1. Rockland County's three-dose rate for those children is 60.34%, officials said.
Polio can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and can be fatal due to paralysis in the muscles used to breathe or swallow, officials say. Most people infected with the virus do not have any symptoms, though some will have flu-like symptoms, like sore throat, fever, tiredness, nausea and stomach pain. One in 25 people with infection with get viral meningitis and about one in 200 will become paralyzed. While there is no cure for polio, it is preventable through safe and effective immunization.
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How to Protect Yourself From Polio
The most important way for children and adults to protect themselves from polio is to get vaccinated right away if they have not received all recommended polio vaccine doses. Health officials have increased communication to healthcare providers, stressing the importance of timely administration of the polio vaccine among their patients. In accordance with CDC:
- All children should get four doses of the polio vaccine, with the first dose given at 6 weeks through 2 months of age, followed by one dose given at 4 months of age, 6 through 18 months old, and 4 through 6 years old.
- People who are unvaccinated or are unsure if they have been immunized should receive a total of 3 doses if starting the vaccine series after age 4.
- Adults who have only had 1 or 2 doses of the polio vaccine in the past should get the remaining 1 or 2 doses – it does not matter how long it has been since the earlier doses.
Most adults do not need another dose because they were already vaccinated as children. New Yorkers who are not up-to-date with vaccination should speak to their healthcare providers or their child’s provider to schedule an appointment for vaccination against polio and other dangerous diseases, such as measles, mumps, whooping cough, chickenpox and COVID-19.
If you don't have a provider, call 311 or 844-NYC-4NYC (844-692-4692) for help finding one. Care is provided in New York City regardless of immigration status, insurance or ability to pay. Also, children ages 4 years and older can get low- or no-cost vaccines at the NYC Health Department’s Fort Greene Health Center at 295 Flatbush Ave. Ext., Fifth Floor, Brooklyn, NY, from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. To make an appointment, visit nyc.gov and search "immunization clinic."
Learn more about polio vaccination rates and wastewater surveillance here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/polio-now-detected-in-nyc-sewage-officials-say-and-you-know-what-that-means/3822304/ | 2022-08-12T15:03:38 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/polio-now-detected-in-nyc-sewage-officials-say-and-you-know-what-that-means/3822304/ |
The Pomerelle Pounder Bike Race is returning this weekend. Pomerelle Mountain Resort will host the annual event, one of the oldest bike races in the Gem State.
The mountain will be open to the public for hiking, biking, lift riding and hamburger eating. This event culminates the summer season for Pomerelle, which hosted earlier, private events.
“Though this is a regional event focused on the competitors, it’s also a fantastic time for all guests, young and old to visit the mountain and have fun watching the series,” marketing director Gretchen Anderson said. “We encourage all our regular guests to come enjoy a cooler environment and visit us this weekend during the Pomerelle Pounder.”
This event is produced by Go-Ride and Salamander Racing and is part of the Utah Downhill Gravity Series. Racers and spectators alike will love the challenging course and technical rock garden sections of the downhill races at Pomerelle. The Pounder encompasses an exciting, one-mile trail that descends 1,000 vertical feet.
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Online registration has closed. On-site registration will be from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday.
The SlopeSide Grill will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day for breakfast, lunch and early dinner. Please call 208-673-5525 or 208-673-5599 for more information on public hours of lift access, biking and pricing. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/pomerelle-set-for-the-24th-annual-pounder/article_8b56862e-199d-11ed-907a-0f52ef966e75.html | 2022-08-12T15:09:14 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/pomerelle-set-for-the-24th-annual-pounder/article_8b56862e-199d-11ed-907a-0f52ef966e75.html |
JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a missing man.
According to a release from the sheriff’s office, William Dana Kimberlin was last seen on Monday, August 8 in the Butler area. The release states he was seen leaving the community on foot but has not been seen or heard from since.
The sheriff’s office described Kimberlin as a 5-foot 11-inches white man weighing about 260 pounds.
Anyone with information on his location is asked to call the sheriff’s office. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/police-missing-johnson-co-man-last-seen-monday/ | 2022-08-12T15:09:20 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/police-missing-johnson-co-man-last-seen-monday/ |
Hessen Cassel Road between Rudisill Boulevard and McKinnie Avenue will have lane restrictions Monday, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A gas line crew will be working in the area and should finish Aug. 19.
For more information, call 260-427-6155 or visit www.trecthefort.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/hessen-cassel-lane-restrictions/article_d4953f36-1a44-11ed-9d0a-63b0d2a950b8.html | 2022-08-12T15:11:44 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/hessen-cassel-lane-restrictions/article_d4953f36-1a44-11ed-9d0a-63b0d2a950b8.html |
Charlevoix Area Community Pool to close temporarily for maintenance
CHARLEVOIX — The board of directors of the Charlevoix Area Community Pool has announced that the pool has received $34,200 in grants from local organizations to help fund a $52,000 pool resurfacing project.
The pool will be closed starting Aug. 15 for the resurfacing maintenance work and hopes to reopen by Oct. 1. The resurfacing project, which is needed every 5-8 years, involves draining the pool, sanding down and repairing all surfaces, and then resealing the surface using special compounds. The pool will be closed for the entire process.
Donations were received as follows: $10,000 from the Oleson’s Foundation; $10,000 from the Charlevoix County Community Foundation; $9,200 from the Petoskey Harbor-Springs Community Foundation, and $5,000 from the Great Lakes Energy People Fund.
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“We are overwhelmed by the wonderful generosity in our community,” said Christine Abbey, pool board president. “Our nonprofit community pool depends on significant donations for capital projects and to keep our user fees low. We thank these generous donors for their support.”
Officials said the pool will be losing about $1,500 a week in user fees while the pool is closed, making these donations even more appreciated. The pool's board and staff hope pool patrons will continue their water exercise routines in the local freshwater lakes that make Northern Michigan special.
The pool also received around $34,000 in contributions from area businesses, patrons, and supporters who contributed to the annual pool fundraiser called “Aqua Magic,” which was held on June 30.
More information on the pool schedule and new safety restrictions are available at www.CharlevoixPool.org. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/charlevoix/2022/08/12/charlevoix-area-community-pool-closed-august-through-october/10289224002/ | 2022-08-12T15:11:54 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/charlevoix/2022/08/12/charlevoix-area-community-pool-closed-august-through-october/10289224002/ |
I-75 retrospective: One of the most important 20th century events for Gaylord
GAYLORD — Former Mayor Bill Wishart attended the official ceremony that marked the completion of Interstate 75 in Gaylord 60 years ago.
Back in 1958, the Michigan Highway Department unveiled plans to build a new super highway beginning at the state's southern border and ending in Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula. Eventually this highway would pass through Otsego County on the western edge of Gaylord.
"It was a bright sunny day and there was a ribbon cutting," Wishart recalled. "Miss Michigan was here and our town was pretty excited about I-75 coming to Gaylord."
It is hard to imagine Gaylord without I-75, yet the town still managed to grow and prosper from its founding in 1873 before becoming a village in 1881 and then achieving city status in 1922.
Wishart and Phil Alexander of the Otsego County Historical Society agree that the arrival of Interstate 75 in 1962 was probably the most significant event to occur in Gaylord and Otsego County in the 20th century, leading to economic and social gains that continue to this day.
"If I-75 didn't happen, what would Gaylord look like," asked Alexander. "I think you would have to look at places like Atlanta for a clue."
Alexander has written a book, "Otsego County after I-75 1962-2022" which has been published by the historical society.
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Alexander points to the growth Gaylord and the county experienced after the highway was opened. In 1960, the population of Gaylord was 2,568 while the county had 7,545 people. By 1970, those numbers had grown to 3,012 and 10,422, respectively.
In the 1980 census, Gaylord had a population of 3,011 while the county had 14,993.
If anything, the arrival of I-75 made it much easier to reach Gaylord, especially from the heavily populated urban areas downstate.
"It was quite a trip to come to Gaylord from a place like Flint," Wishart said. "It was a five-hour drive and you had to travel on two-lane roads through small towns to work your way up north."
"(I-75) made it much easier to reach Gaylord. There was a lot of stuff going on in metropolitan Detroit and a lot of those families wanted to have a summer home up here or retire and move here," Alexander added.
He believes that I-75 was particularly good for the tourism, real estate and services sectors in the economy. Wishart also noted that shortly after I-75 opened so did a U.S. Plywood plant that would employ hundreds. The plant had been in the works since the late 1950s.
The U.S. Plywood plant originally manufactured particle board under a Swiss patent. U.S. Plywood later merged with Champion International in the1970s and became part of Georgia-Pacific Corp. before the facility was closed in 2006.
"We were enjoying the construction of U.S. Plywood on Dickerson (Road). That meant jobs and people moving here. I-75 was one of the great things that happened to us," said Wishart.
Alexander said the economic growth that the plant and I-75 brought to the area also led to an influx of people, many of whom would become pillars in the community.
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"You have all of those people moving up here and bringing skills with them," he said. "Gaylord received many transplants who would become important volunteers in the community."
Of course not everyone was happy about the arrival of the highway.
"Everything that came north into town was on U.S. 27 (now called Old 27). Some businesses along U.S. 27 were affected and some of them had to move or had to make it easier for folks to drive into their business," Wishart said.
"There was some fear about the unknown," Alexander added. "If the main highway (U.S. 27) was right in front of your business, you probably wouldn't be thrilled to have all of that traffic move away."
Shortly after I-75 and the U.S. Plywood plant, the city introduced the Alpine motif for the downtown.
"About the same time I-75 opened, downtown Gaylord was looking bad and something had to be done to spruce it up," Alexander said.
The Alpine motif was was introduced to downtown Gaylord by local businessman Gordon Everett.
An early proponent of the Swiss chalet design theme was Harold Elgas, the president of the Gaylord State Bank.
Much like I-75, Elgas played a prominent role as Gaylord and the county began to expand in the 1960s and transition into an economic and social center point for Northern Michigan.
"You could write a book on Harold. He moved here from Cadillac to become president of the bank. That was back when the bank was a big deal and basically the only bank in the county," Alexander said.
"Harold was instrumental in a lot of the things in the community," Wishart added.
Alexander said Elgas and the bank were major factors in businessmen converting their shops to the Alpine theme.
Wishart was employed by Glen's Market at the time I-75 opened. Regarding the owner, C. Glen Catt, Wishart said "He always liked to look ahead."
Shortly before I-75 opened, Catt took an employee on a drive past a big open field located off of what is now Wisconsin Avenue near M-32 or Main Street.
The field was part of a farm. Catt pulled his vehicle into the big field and told the employee he was going to build a grocery store in that spot soon.
Eventually Gordon Everett heard about Catt's plan and told him: "Glen, you have done a lot of really smart things in your life but nobody is going to drive way out in the country to buy groceries," Wishart said.
Catt did build the store and now it is called Family Fare and sits just off the I-75 exit ramp onto eastbound M-32. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/08/12/75-retrospective-one-most-important-20th-century-events-gaylord/10278576002/ | 2022-08-12T15:12:00 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/08/12/75-retrospective-one-most-important-20th-century-events-gaylord/10278576002/ |
Gaylord MSP post establishes new outreach organization
GAYLORD — A new outreach organization has been established by members of the Michigan State Police post in Gaylord.
Called the the State Trooper Outreach Partnership (S.T.O.P.), the Gaylord chapter is modeled after one that started in Paw Paw.
"This originally started when some of the troopers (in Paw Paw) thought they would have to dig into their own pockets to help someone in need," said Sgt. Ashley Miller of the Gaylord post. "They teamed up with a local business and it has worked out real well."
In addition to Paw Paw, there are also chapters in the Niles and Wayland posts.
"In June we created the S.T.O.P. chapter in Gaylord. As troopers we come across many instances of someone in the community who needs some help," Miller said.
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Dedicated to improving the lives of community members, S.T.O.P. provides mentorship, outreach and volunteer assistance. Organizing yearly events as well as impromptu acts of service, chapters work to ensure that members of the community are taken care of, from assisting with car repairs and mentoring youth to building wheelchair ramps and providing tents to homeless families.
Miller said the Gaylord S.T.O.P. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is hosting the group's inaugural golf outing at 9 a.m. on Sept. 8 at the Garland Lodge and Golf Resort, 4700 N. Red Oak Road in Lewiston. The cost is $125 per player and all the proceeds will stay in the Gaylord post communities in the following counties: Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet and Otsego.
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If you are interested in participating in the golf outing, email mspstopgaylord@gmail.com to register. Make checks payable to “STOP-Gaylord” and payments are due by Aug. 31.
More information on S.T.O.P. is available at www.mspstop.com. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/08/12/gaylord-msp-post-establishes-new-outreach-organization/10268597002/ | 2022-08-12T15:12:06 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/08/12/gaylord-msp-post-establishes-new-outreach-organization/10268597002/ |
Three counties in the Miami Valley dropped to a “medium” COVID-19 community level, but most of the region remains at “high”, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Champaign, Clark and Miami counties went from “high” last week to “medium” Thursday, according to the CDC’s most recent data. Butler, Darke, Greene, Montgomery, Preble and Warren counties remained at a “high” coronavirus level.
There are no counties in Ohio at a “low” COVID community level. The state has 32 counties at “medium” and the remaining 56 are at “high.”
More than 39% of counties in the U.S. have a “high” community level, with 40.55% at “medium” and 19.8% at “low”, according to the CDC.
The CDC recommends the following for people in a “high” community level county:
- Wear a mask indoors in public regardless of vaccination status;
- Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines;
- Get tested if you have symptoms.
People who are immunocompromised should talk to their doctor about additional health precautions they can take, as well as treatment options available to them if they test positive for coronavirus.
The CDC uses the number of new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people in the past week, new COVID hospital admissions and the percent of staffed inpatient hospital beds occupied by coronavirus patients to determine COVID community levels.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — The weather is going to be warming back up in North Texas over the weekend and in Central Texas, some storms could possibly show up. NWS Fort Worth has shared its weekend and extended weather outlook.
Friday won’t quite reach triple-digit temperatures but Saturday and Sunday could see temps reach that reality. “A warmup is expected through the weekend with temperatures near 100 degrees by Saturday and Sunday under mostly sunny skies. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will generally be confined to areas south of I-20 Friday and Saturday afternoons.”
More heat is expected for the beginning of the work week with triple-digit temps; shortly after as midweek arrives some chances for precipitation return. “The triple digit heat will return by early next week across North and Central Texas. Fortunately, unsettled weather will return across the region by mid week as the upper level ridge shifts to the west. Low rain/storm chances and near normal temperatures return by late week.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/checking-out-north-texas-weekend-next-weeks-weather-forecast/ | 2022-08-12T15:25:30 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/checking-out-north-texas-weekend-next-weeks-weather-forecast/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s Friday and Dallas Love Field Airport is wanting to have some fun on Twitter with some new polling.
Airport officials tweeted, “Happy #Friday! Let’s have some fun with a travel edition of “this or that.” ✈️”
Here are the this or that questions they are asking North Texans:
- Solo travel or group travel
- Beach or mountains
- Plans for each day or just wing it
- Sightseeing or shopping
- Tourist spots or hidden gems
- Airbnb or hotel
- Local street food or fancy restaurant
- Adventure trip or relaxing trip
If you would like to vote in these polls, go to the airport’s Twitter page. | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-love-field-airport-puts-out-travel-edition-of-this-or-that/ | 2022-08-12T15:25:36 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-love-field-airport-puts-out-travel-edition-of-this-or-that/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Vintage is in and out of fashion as the years come and go but nowadays vintage is atop of the fashion world. The older the better they say and that rings truer than true at the DFW Vintage Swap Meet as it celebrates its fifth year on Saturday.
From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on August 13 DFW Vintage Swap Meet will be alive and well at the Dallas Market Hall where people can buy, sell and swap for vintage 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s apparel, sneakers, music, art, memorabilia and more!
Admission is $10 and if you’re feeling frisky, $20 for VIP; children under 12 get in free with adult supervision. Parking will be free at the event.
Here’s what you need to know, “DFW Vintage Swap Meet is a transcendent BUY, SELL, SWAP vintage experience unifying enthusiasts and connoisseurs from all over the world to share their passion for timeless vintage pieces while creating an organic network amongst business savvy entrepreneurs.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/vintage-clothes-music-art-more-showcased-at-dfw-vintage-swap-meet-saturday/ | 2022-08-12T15:25:42 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/vintage-clothes-music-art-more-showcased-at-dfw-vintage-swap-meet-saturday/ |
OLIVE HILL, KY (WOWK)—An Ashland man is in custody on sexual assault-related charges.
Kentucky State Police say that a juvenile girl reported that she had been given alcohol and was then raped by 19-year-old Jeremiah James. Police say the girl also told them she had seen James commit a sex crime with an animal.
James was arrested and charged with rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, unlawful transaction with a minor, and sexual crimes against animals.
He is currently being held at the Carter County Detention Center. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/kentucky-man-arrested-for-rape-sex-crimes-against-animals/ | 2022-08-12T15:27:57 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/kentucky-man-arrested-for-rape-sex-crimes-against-animals/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—A Putnam County man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted sex trafficking as a minor.
Court documents say that 40-year-old James Michael Pritt, of Buffalo, arranged to pay another man $150 to provide him with a 14-year-old girl with whom he could have sexual intercourse. Pritt was arrested when he arrived at their agreed-upon meeting place in South Charleston.
Pritt will serve 10 years of supervised release after he serves his 10-year prison sentence, and he will also be required to register as a sex offender. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/putnam-county-west-virginia-man-to-serve-10-years-for-attempted-sex-trafficking-of-a-minor/ | 2022-08-12T15:27:58 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/putnam-county-west-virginia-man-to-serve-10-years-for-attempted-sex-trafficking-of-a-minor/ |
Flagstaff families started school this week, with K-12 schools around the city welcoming students back for another year of learning.
This is the second year of fully in-person instruction after the COVID-19 pandemic forced a quick adjustment to new learning styles. The pandemic’s effects can still be seen in school policies, which for most have included updates to COVID mitigation and Safe Return to In-Person Instruction plans.
Northland Preparatory Academy (NPA) Superintendent David Lykins said local schools have been working together to respond to COVID, sharing information and approaches to dealing with the disease.
“We’re all working together to keep all of our kids in Flagstaff [healthy],” he said. “It’s a community-wide approach and we’re all trying to do our best work to support everybody in the community, because the only way it can help our community is if everybody’s working together.”
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NPA is taking a four-pronged approach to COVID this year: its mitigation plan; its Safe Return to In-Person Instruction plan; a dashboard reporting COVID cases in the school; and biweekly meetings with Coconino County's Health and Human Services Department (CCHHS) and Education Service Agency (CCESA) as well as other Flagstaff schools to update guidance.
“We’re always concerned about anything that impacts the safety of our students and our staff -- and then with COVID, it's still fluid with the new variants, so we're doing our best work to try to make sure we have this four-pronged approach of our mitigation plan,” Lykins said.
According to Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy's (FALA) executive director, Eli Cohen, the school's mitigation plan is very similar to last year, with masks recommended indoors, additional cleaning and ventilation, and keeping doors and windows open as much as possible. It will also include pooled testing and assistance to students and staff who need to isolate after an exposure or when sick.
“Fingers crossed that all keeps us as low as possible,” he wrote in an email.
Montessori Charter School of Flagstaff is in the process of seeking feedback from families to develop its COVID strategy. It started the school year last week with a plan, but also sent a survey to families and staff to make adjustments so it will better meet its community’s needs. Leadership will be meeting at the end of this week to finalize the plan based on this input.
“We’ve learned a lot, but things are always changing, so even though we have more information, things are still shifting,” said head of school Whitney Owens.
She said the Montessori learning environment was especially well-equipped to respond to the pandemic, as it focuses on “caring for the whole child” and allows teachers to adjust to individual needs.
“Never has it been more important to having children in this kind of an environment; their whole selves are appreciated and seen, so whether it be academic needs or emotional needs, they’re cared for as a whole person and teachers are adjusting based on what those needs may be," she said.
The plan’s main focuses are “the needs of families, preventing community spread and trying to keep kids in classrooms.”
“I think it really does come down to balancing keeping children in classrooms as much as possible while keeping our community safe and that’s what’s always on our mind," Owens said. "We know it's important for kids to be in classrooms, and our Montessori classrooms depend so heavily on having children present, so that’s a big priority. We want to do it in a healthy way.”
As of the most recent update from CCHHS, the county is at a low community level. The level is based on the rate of new cases, the rate of hospitalized COVID patients and the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID patients in the area, with areas being designated as high, medium or low transmission levels.
On Thursday, the CDC announced it would be streamlining its COVID guidance.
“We’re in a stronger place today as a nation, with more tools -- like vaccination, boosters and treatments -- to protect ourselves and our communities from severe illness from COVID-19,” Dr. Greta Massetti said in the announcement. “We also have a better understanding of how to protect people from being exposed to the virus, like wearing high-quality masks, testing and improved ventilation. This guidance acknowledges that the pandemic is not over but also helps us move to a point where COVID-19 no longer severely disrupts our daily lives."
In Flagstaff, K-12 schools have made new mitigation plans for the 2022-2023 school year, containing guidance similar to previous years for cleaning, distancing and other precautions. Many of the major strategies are the same across these plans, though there are differences in each school’s specific approach.
Masks
No Flagstaff schools are requiring masks as of Aug. 10, with many referencing state legislation preventing them from doing so.
May’s HB2453 says “a governmental entity may not impose any requirement to wear a mask or face covering anywhere on the governmental entity’s premises, except where long-standing workplace safety and infection control measures that are unrelated to COVID-19 may be required.”
Instead, many are strongly recommending students and staff wear masks, especially when the county is at a high community level. They are also making them available on campus for students and staff to use if they choose.
CDC and CCHHS mask recommendations are based on community level -- at low, they are not advised; at medium, they are recommended indoors and when in contact with someone at high risk; and at high they are recommended in public, regardless of community level.
Exposure and illness
School plans ask families to monitor their students’ health and keep their students home from school if sick or displaying symptoms of COVID. Each includes a chart or list of criteria for when a student or staff member should quarantine and when it is safe to return.
Montessori has not finalized the specifics of its plan, but Owens said keeping kids in school as much as possible was a priority for this year.
“We will be flexible with new information that comes out,” she added.
Basis Flagstaff’s mitigation plan, which is shared with other Basis schools, explains that the school will have a COVID waiting room and decontamination protocol for cleaning a space after exposure.
NPA first hired its health aide in response to the pandemic, meaning that role mainly focuses on responding to COVID.
The nurse’s station at the school functions as a COVID isolation area and is located away from other classrooms. Students who have been exposed or have COVID symptoms can wait in that area until their families come to pick them up.
Some schools are also offering ways to make sure their staff can take the time to isolate and test when needed.
At FALA, staff who aren’t feeling well will be encouraged to stay home without deductions to their PTO and students will be able to access online materials on their school Chromebooks, Cohen said.
NPA will be offering four extra days of paid leave to staff who need to isolate due to COVID, funded through the school’s maintenance and operations budget.
Last year the school had the funding to be able to offer an additional 10 days on top of the 10 sick days staff already have, Lykins said.
“We’re telling our families if their kids are sick or have symptoms, don’t come to school, and we’re telling our staff the same thing,” he said. “That’s how this works. They also are teachers who, in my opinion, don’t get paid enough in this state or any state really. ... Because they’re helping us stay safe or they may have been a positive case, we want to help them the best we can financially within reason.”
CCESA is still offering wraparound support services for K-12 students and families who have tested positive for COVID since July 1, 2021. This includes reimbursement for groceries, laundry and lodging -- which can each be requested by a household once per school year.
More information, including about how to request services is available online.
Cleaning and mitigation
Cleaning and other mitigation strategies across Flagstaff schools include seating charts, signage and hand sanitizer stations. Improving air quality through upgraded filtration systems that are frequently changed is another common approach to mitigation.
In addition to cleaning and mitigation measures similar to other schools, NPA included a video library in its mitigation plan that is accessible to both staff and school families. These could be used in a variety of situations, Lykins said, including in classrooms on the first day of school.
Testing
Flagstaff Junior Academy (FJA) announced its plan in a letter to families earlier this month. It will be participating in the ADHS School Pooled Testing Initiative. Students from families who opt in to the free program will have a weekly nose swab. All swabs from one classroom will be sent to a lab for screening, with results returning to the school within 24 to 36 hours.
“Screening testing identifies infected people, including those with or without symptoms (or before development of symptoms) who may be contagious, so that measures can be taken to prevent further transmission,” according to the newsletter.
FALA also plans to continue its weekly pooled testing program.
NPA will be providing Binax testing to students and staff. It will not be conducting pooled testing, as Lykins said this strategy is more effective in lower grade levels where students are not moving between classes.
Vaccines
COVID vaccines are now available for children 6 months and older, with boosters recommended for most groups. Flagstaff schools are not requiring vaccines, but some are recommending them.
“I’m hopeful that a high majority of our staff, I consider them very educated, so I'm sure they make the best educated decision for them,” Lykins said. “We do have some staff that have shared with me that it's not an option for them because of existing health conditions that they're concerned about, so we're not 100% vaccinated for sure, but I would say a pretty high percentage.”
CCHHS will be hosting a back-to-school vaccination event Aug. 20 to administer all childhood vaccinations. It will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the CCHHS clinic (2625 N. King St.). Walk-ins are welcome at this event, though appointments can be made by calling 928-679-7222.
It continues to host COVID vaccine clinics for children and adults on Wednesdays and Fridays in the CCHHS clinic. An appointment is required for these clinics, which take place from noon to 4:30 p.m.
More about CCHHS clinics is available at coconino.az.gov/1976/Health-and-Wellness-Clinic.
Case Reporting
In a communication to schools, CCHHS wrote that it has “adapted COVID-19 reporting as we move into the endemic stage of the pandemic.” The weekly schools report has been discontinued, though it will continue to publish its overall COVID report each Friday.
Some schools plan to report their case numbers as well: Basis Flagstaff “will continue to meet COVID reporting requirements" and NPA will update a data dashboard on its website on a weekly basis.
“We’ll stay communicative, not just with our families, but with our other agencies and districts here in town, with the health department .. to make sure that NPA is doing its part to keep its staff, students and families safe and healthy as we continue to learn what's next on the COVID-19 horizon," Lykins said.
More on FUSD's COVID policies is available at fusd1.org/safelyforward.
Guidance for Basis Flagstaff, FALA, FJA and NPA are available on each school's website (linked). Montessori Charter School of Flagstaff is in the process of developing its COVID mitigation plan, which will be available on its website.
Information about COVID in Coconino County can be found at coconino.az.gov/2294/COVID-19-Information. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/flagstaff-charter-schools-plan-covid-mitigation-for-new-school-year/article_dc51df1a-19d4-11ed-a438-5b50b2c7523f.html | 2022-08-12T15:35:33 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/flagstaff-charter-schools-plan-covid-mitigation-for-new-school-year/article_dc51df1a-19d4-11ed-a438-5b50b2c7523f.html |
A Northern Arizona University researcher is in the process of developing a feedback tool to help second-language learners with their pronunciation.
Okim Kang, a professor of applied linguistics at the university, received a $300,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant last year to develop language acquisition technology.
The grant is from the Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research program (EAGER), which according to NSF’s website, “supports exploratory work in its early stages on untested, but potentially transformative, research ideas or approaches.”
John Hansen from the University of Texas - Dallas and Stephen Looney from Penn State University are co-principal investigators on the project alongside Kang.
Called Objective Speech Intelligibility Measures (OSIM), the project focuses on creating a program that can analyze language learners' speech and provide useful feedback to improve pronunciation.
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Kang's hope is to create a free program eventually that could give learners feedback on speaking in a language they are trying to learn, as well as practical methods to help them improve.
The team will be submitting a follow-up proposal for an additional $850,000 of funding in October, with the hope for the project to take four years.
Kang said in the next three years she is trying to make a “freely available, individualized pronunciation feedback program” for language learners.
The team is currently developing one for English and might expand to other languages if it is successful.
“My goal is to develop this specific computer program that can evaluate or assess students’ overall speaking skills, but especially on pronunciation and provide specific pronunciation features along with the intelligibility score. This type of information can be presented to both teachers and students so that they know what they are doing,” Kang said.
There are more objective assessments for the other primary language skills: reading, writing and listening. Tests for speaking skills, however, often involve teachers making an assessment based on their speaking with students.
In the year since receiving the first grant, Kang has been working primarily with international teaching assistants, a group that typically has a high level of proficiency with English, but may have trouble with intelligibility.
The researchers chose a variety of speech features -- stress, pausing, speed -- and worked with the assistants to give feedback and see the ways they improved or changed their pronunciation in response.
“It's not like one thing can determine your accent or pronunciation. Many of the speech components can play a role,” Kang said.
When it comes to being understood, some features are also more important than others.
“When you and I are communicating, I want to emphasize certain words because that word is important," she said. "So I pronounce it strongly and more slowly. ... This type of information and this kind of feature is way more important than teaching one consonant.”
The tool compares a learner’s speech to that of second-language learners with the same native language, something Kang said was unique in automatic speech recognition (ASR) feedback programs. Rather than making a comparison to native speakers’ speech, it focuses on improving how well learners can be understood.
“The learner’s target goal is not native speech, but a very, very intelligible speech level, so it’s much more achievable and it’s much more specific for them,” she said.
Kang developed a patented pronunciation model years ago, focusing on 35 features that determine a speaker’s accent. The model for this project is more simplified, focusing on the features that have the biggest impacts on speech and based on the computer’s capabilities.
Two sets of data are put into the model: linguistics information on speech properties and human perceptual information. The first comes from biolinguistic analysis of speech, and the second from consultation with linguistic experts and teachers listening to the same speech files.
“Eventually with the sets of data … like, lots and lots of speech data, we ultimately train the technology to produce the outcome that we want," she said.
The model can then also be used as the base for a program focusing on learners of a different language, or for those who have a different native language, using additional data sets to train the computer.
The finished product could be used for both individual study and as a supplementary material in language classrooms.
Language learning classrooms often use textbooks and informal conversation between students to teach speaking skills. The approach, and gaps in teacher training, can cause several issues.
“Having taught classes myself, I know teachers are looking for a tool like this because, especially teaching a pronunciation or speaking class, evaluating learners’ progress is extremely hard ... . It’s almost this instant, intuitive decision made by teachers," Kang said.
She said she hopes OSIM will be the first step in realizing her "big idea": a new kind of teaching tool for language learners. She has been working with pronunciation for years, and said she'd tried for this particular NSF grant several times.
Eventually, she hopes the project will lead to a personal AI tutor program that can work one-on-one with language learners on language skills, including pronunciation.
“Traditional classrooms are important, but I realize nowadays, more and more people rely on technology,” she said. “They’re more individualized and ... undocumented immigrants, they can’t even go to classes and their resources are extremely limited. So I want a freely available language tutor program.”
More about Kang’s research is available here. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/nau-researcher-developing-tool-to-help-language-learners-with-pronunciation/article_bb079b0a-18ef-11ed-994e-83663c188327.html | 2022-08-12T15:35:39 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/nau-researcher-developing-tool-to-help-language-learners-with-pronunciation/article_bb079b0a-18ef-11ed-994e-83663c188327.html |
Stacy Chukwumezie said he is on a mission to make up for lost time in his final season with the Lumberjacks.
After two consecutive All-Big Sky teams in the 2019 and 2021 spring seasons, the senior receiver was named to the Preseason All-Big Sky Third Team ahead of the 2021 fall football campaign. Chukwumezie -- known as "Chuk" by many on the team -- played in four games, collecting 213 yards and a touchdown before going down with a knee injury that would cut his year short.
Eleven months later, after receiving a medical redshirt, Chukwumezie is not yet fully cleared to play, but is taking part in nearly all the drills in preseason camp and could be available to compete in the first few weeks of the 2022 season. At first, the prognosis was that he would miss the rest of last year, but a majority of the next campaign as well. He wouldn’t accept that.
“I’m just feeling good right now, starting to feel like my old self,” he said. “Everyone on this team -- the players, the trainers, the coaching staff -- they all know my goal, which is to play in the NFL, so I’ve got to be out there. And to be on this team and be able to produce and help this team win a championship is the end goal. That’s what I’m striving for right now.”
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Chukwumezie’s official return date is not set in stone, but coach Chris Ball has seen improvement from one of his top players, whether it’s on the field or elsewhere.
“He’s doing a good job of leading and learning, and we’re just waiting to see. When he’s ready, we’ll put him out there,” Ball said.
When he’s at top form, Chukwumezie serves as a deep threat. He can beat defensive backs one-on-one and get over the top of the secondary.
He said that in the spring period, many of the fastest players raced after practice. Even while recovering from injury, he said, he was step-to-step with even the quickest teammates.
When he was first out, Chukwumezie had to make adjustments in how he served as a veteran. In terms of talent, the receiving group makes up one of Northern Arizona’s deepest units. Chukwumezie had to be vocal, as he couldn’t produce on the field. He often spoke to defensive back Anthony Sweeney, who suffered his own season-ending injury ahead of 2021 and had to figure out other ways to be productive without actually playing.
“When I couldn’t physically lead, I’ll lead by example. I bring the young guys around. I’ve been here a little while, so I know a couple things. I put them on game and try to help them,” Chukwumezie said.
Ball noticed the same attributes.
“Stacy’s been really helping them as far as learning the offense, keeping their head up, because there’s a lot to learn and we go fast. Chuk helps those guys in that way," Ball said.
Still, it was difficult for Chukwumezie to see the game go on without him for a period. He described many months of “happy jealousy” during which he was rooting on teammates and watching many of them have outstanding games at the receiver spot. But he was also envious of their ability to compete on a regular basis.
Now, when he is finally cleared again at some point, Chuk hopes to take some of that aggression out on a defender.
“The first DB I line up against is going to pay. Whether it’s my team or someone else, I’ve got a lot of stuff built up and I need to get it out,” he said. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/chuk-set-to-make-return-at-receiver-spot-during-fall-season-for-lumberjacks/article_346f8a60-199b-11ed-8ec7-ef3cbab5ca35.html | 2022-08-12T15:35:45 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/chuk-set-to-make-return-at-receiver-spot-during-fall-season-for-lumberjacks/article_346f8a60-199b-11ed-8ec7-ef3cbab5ca35.html |
Alice Wright wants to earn some serious hardware on a holiday in Munich.
The NAZ Elite marathoner is set to take on a 26.2-mile race that's part of the grand European Championships in Germany on Monday, which is Assumption Day in the country.
“Should be a lot of fans. It’s a holiday in Germany on Monday," said Ben Rosario, NAZ Elite's executive director.
Rosario likened Monday's marathon event in Munich to Boston's taking place on Patriots Day.
Moreover, the women's marathon starts the running events of the athletics portion of the European Champions, which is being touted as a huge event overall.
The 2022 edition of the European Championships features nine Olympic sports total, including athletics, beach volleyball, cycling and gymnastics. Outside the lines, a party will be taking place.
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It's like a "mini Olympics," Rosario quipped.
“It's a big stage and it’s a big deal in Europe. So we’re pretty excited for her," he added.
Wright will be running just her second marathon -- not very far removed from Houston in January, when she clocked a 2:29:08 for second place and a qualifying time for the European Championships. She has not raced since.
Rosario said Wright is even more fit than she was for Houston and now has experience at the distance. Wright's training segment for the marathon went well, he said, all but for a a brief battle with feeling "fatigued and beat down" toward the end of the block.
"She feels good, and she's freshened up," he said.
But Wright has not raced since Houston, deciding, along with Rosario, to stick solely with training. There was some thought put into racing during the buildup for Munich, but the summer never really offered the opportunities Wright and Rosario saw fit for her buildup.
"I just wanted her to be ready for Munich. I didn’t care about anything else," Rosario said.
Both the heat and the field will present challenges for Wright, who ran her first marathon in low 50-degree weather. The weather is forecast to be near 80 degrees Monday, and there is a chance of rain as well. The competition, meanwhile, consists of marathoners from across the continent -- particularly the Germany team -- who own standout times.
Wright will toe the start line with the second-fastest marathon time of her fellow runners from Great Britain, following only Becky Briggs' PR of 2:29:06. Just one runner representing Germany falls outside of the two-hour and 28-minute range, while three have produced sub-2:27 performances.
Running her best race, however, is all Wright should be concerned about as she takes on the flat, looping course that takes runners past iconic parts of the city, including the Siegestor and the Odeonsplatz.
“I think to run a PB in those conditions would be pretty hard. We’re not really concerning ourselves with the time," Rosario said, "except to say that we’re trying to come up with a time that we believe she can run on that day with those conditions because that’s what’s going to give her the best chance to finish as high as possible.”
Wright's big race essentially kicks off the marathon season for NAZ Elite, which saw three of its members named to the start list of the New York City Marathon earlier this week in Matt Baxter, Aliphine Tuliamuk and Stephanie Bruce.
Rosario said he has six athletes set to run a marathon before the season ends. And Wright can start it all off with a strong showing.
“To get a medal at Europeans would be a really big deal,” Rosario said.
Mike Hartman can be reached at 556-2255 or at mhartman@azdailysun.com. Follow him on Twitter @AZDS_Hartman. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/naz-elite-this-week-wright-ready-for-european-athletics-championships-marathon-in-munich/article_d232f180-19c1-11ed-8fba-339c21b71cb4.html | 2022-08-12T15:35:51 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/naz-elite-this-week-wright-ready-for-european-athletics-championships-marathon-in-munich/article_d232f180-19c1-11ed-8fba-339c21b71cb4.html |
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University of Arizona faculty members are churning out new inventions at a record pace as the school is pushing more technology into the marketplace.
Tech Launch Arizona, the UA’s technology commercialization arm, recorded 303 new faculty inventions in the fiscal year ended June 30, up from 274 in the prior year — and the most registered for a single year in the university’s history.
Doug Hockstad, UA assistant vice president for Tech Launch Arizona, said topping 300 annual invention filings has been a longtime goal, noting the importance of such faculty filings as the raw material for successful licensing deals and startups.
“I’ve been here 9½ years, and I would say more or less from the day we got here, we said our goal was to hit 300, so this was gratifying to hit that mark,” said Hockstad, who joined TLA as director of its technology-transfer office in February 2013 and was named head of TLA in 2017.
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But there’s still work to be done as the number of startups TLA helped launch fell to 10 last fiscal year, from 17 in fiscal 2021.
Hockstad said that was partly due to the disruptions wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“All the projects that come into the office that get into the startup funnel, that has shrunk a lot over the last few years, we believe because of COVID,” he said. “And so we’re going to focus a lot on that this year, rebuilding that startup funnel.”
Other TLA results from fiscal 2022:
The agency filed 389 patents for new inventions and received 87 issued patents for technologies that had been filed in previous years, compared with 391 filings and 100 patents issued in fiscal 2021.
The office executed 116 licenses and options for UA technologies, down from 124 in fiscal 2021 but second-highest since 2013.
Royalty and other licensing income to the UA was $10.4 million, compared with $8.6 million in the prior fiscal year.
Hockstad said TLA is restarting in-person orientation sessions for faculty, which were moved online at the height of the pandemic.
The lack of personal interaction may have reduced participation in the orientation sessions, where faculty members learn about the technology commercialization process and are encouraged to submit new invention disclosures.
But the virtual sessions also may have captured some faculty members who wouldn’t want to attend in-person, Hockstad said.
“So it’s kind of good and bad — you don’t get as much interaction or as much contact but you might reach some people that you might otherwise not have,” he said.
Despite the challenges, a recent report shows TLA is having a positive impact not only on campus but on the Tucson community as a whole.
An economic impact report released by TLA in May shows that startups and business generated through the office supported over 2,500 jobs and $561 million in labor income between fiscal years 2017 and 2021, producing more than $1.6 billion in economic activity since 2016.
Since the formation of TLA a decade ago, the number of new UA startups has nearly tripled, from 73 to more than 200.
And in the past eight years, TLA says, its startups have raised more than $600 million in grant and equity funding — an indicator that the startups are attractive to outside investors and poised for success.
For a recent example, last November the UA startup NeuroID raised $35 million in a second round of venture-capital funding to help it commercialize technology that reads an online users’ behavior to help fight fraud.
In April, UA startup Auxilium Technology Group won a $300,000 award to build a demonstration plant to produce an insulated foam product from mine tailings, as one of two finalists in an international technology challenge sponsored by Australian mining giant BHP.
Here’s a look at the startup companies TLA helped launch in fiscal 2022, and the UA people behind them:
BG Networks Inc., developing a cybersecurity framework for adaptive risk assessment and automated mitigation. Founded on technology invented by Professor Jerzy Rozenblit and Professor Emeritus Roman Lysecky of the College of Engineering.
Clade Therapeutics Inc., advancing a platform that uses pluripotent stem cells as a basis to develop off-the-shelf cell transplantation therapies. (Arizona Cancer Center Professor Deepta Bhattacharya and College of Medicine – Tucson Research Specialist Hannah Pizzato)
MetFora LLC, using metabolite biomarkers to detect chronic lung disease, heart disorders and cancers in their early stages. (Associate Professors Ruslan Rafikov and Olga Rafikova, College of Medicine)
FAKnostics LLC, developing diagnostics and therapeutics around focal adhesion kinase, the major cancer protein. (Inventors include Dr. William Cance and Assistant Professor Tim Marlowe of the Arizona Cancer Center and the College of Medicine – Phoenix, and Research Scientist Warren Weiner of the College of Medicine – Tucson.)
Fringe Metrology LLC, developing software for high-precision fringe projection metrology, an optical measurement system. (Doctoral student Joel Berkson and Senior Research Associate Justin Hyatt of the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences)
CarbeniumTec LLC, organic-based redox flow battery technology for utility, commercial and residential uses. (Assistant Professor Thomas Gianetti, postdoctoral Research Associate Jules Moutet of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
CoreA Therapeutics Inc., specializing in cancer immunotherapies and antibody-drug conjugates for treating solid tumors. (Dr. David Bull, Associate Professor Youngwook Won and postdoctoral Researcher Daniel Lee of College of Medicine and the BIO5 Institute)
Arizona Assist, LLC, a member-driven marketplace that provides connections between University of Arizona sports fans, programs and players. (Founded initially to commercialize the names, images and likenesses of UA basketball players)
Teleport Pharmaceuticals LLC, developing glycopeptide drugs that penetrate the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of degenerative neurological diseases and conditions. UA chemistry and biochemistry Professor Robin Polt and Associate Professor Michael Heien; neurology and pharmacology Associate Professor Torsten Falk and Associate Professor John Streicher)
Gloss Institute Inc., tools and procedures developed by College of Education Professor Samuel Supalla based on American Sign Language Gloss, a method of describing ASL signing, to help deaf students’ learning and English literacy.
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PHOENIX — State GOP chair Kelli Ward has no legal right to block a U.S. House committee from getting her phone records about her activities leading up to the Jan. 6th insurrection, an attorney for the government is telling a federal judge.
Douglas Letter said Ward "participated in multiple aspects'' to interfere with the electoral count that was taking place.
"She told Maricopa County to stop counting ballots, and promoted inaccurate allegations of election interference by Dominion Voting Systems,'' wrote Letter, who is the general counsel for the U.S. House.
Even after the state's election results were certified showing Joe Biden won Arizona, she and others convened as electors for Donald Trump "and sent a set of unauthorized Electoral College votes to Congress that she misdescribed as 'representing the legal votes of Arizona,' '' he wrote.
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Ward filed suit earlier this year seeking to block a subpoena of her phone records. She argued providing the records would violate her rights and those of her husband, Michael, who, like she, is a doctor. She also said it would expose her patients who go to her for weight loss.
Ward also argued the Select Committee is operating illegally. That's because only nine members were appointed to what was supposed to be a panel of 13 after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to accept some suggestions from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
But Letter told U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa everything the committee did, including issuing the subpoena, complied with congressional rules.
He also urged the judge to reject Ward's claim that going after her phone records violates her First Amendment rights, including the right of "political association.''
"The subpoena does not seek the content of any communication,'' Letter said. Instead, he said, it seeks only the information about who Ward communicated with, when, and for how long.
"None of the data reveals any speech or associational rights protected by the First Amendment," Letter told Humetewa.
And even if they did — a point he is not conceding — he said it would be "outweighed'' by the overwhelming interests of Congress.
"The Select Committee's subpoena seeks records relevant to determining the root causes of the Jan. 6th insurrection against Congress, a violent attack on the seat of our nation's government that resulted in the deaths of several law enforcement officers and deepened public distrust in our political processes,'' Letter said.
He also said Ward has no legal standing to challenge the subpoena.
"The Select Committee is not criminally investigating the Wards or anyone else,'' he wrote. "Nor is the Select Committee, by investigating the Jan. 6th attack trying to expose information for the sake of exposure.''
Letter told Humetewa the mere prospect that misconduct may be exposed does not make the subpoena improper.
"And Dr. Kelli Ward's extensive efforts at overturning the presidential election ... provide ample basis for issuing the subpoena,'' he said.
T-Mobile, the company that provides Ward's phone, submitted its own request to have the subpoena quashed.
Humetewa has set no date for a ruling.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — Dana Duckworth, who led the Alabama women’s gymnastics program for eight seasons before stepping down, has now moved on to the next chapter of her career.
Starting today, Duckworth will join AFFLINK as vice president of supply chain issues. AFFLINK, which is based in Tuscaloosa, works with suppliers across the country to meet their shipping goals and potential.
“Dana’s passion, mindset, and positivity, along with a fresh perspective from her recent career as an NCAA Division 1 Head Gymnastics Coach, will positively impact AFFLINK’s next chapter of growth and success,” AFFLINK President and CEO Dennis Riffer said in a statement.
As part of her job, Duckworth will be responsible with developing end-user business in key market segments, as well as “leveraging relationships within the supplier/distributor community to foster growth among new and existing B2B customers,” the statement announcing her hiring read.
This is not Duckworth’s first time working in the private sector. Prior to her time in Alabama gymnastics, where she first joined as an assistant coach under Sarah Patterson in 2000, she had worked for Pfizer in pharmaceutical sales, as well as marketing director for Southern Comfort Conversions and vice president of business solutions at MCM Technology.
“We are all strong believers that Dana’s competitive mindset that led her to become a 2x NCAA Balance Beam Champion and her head coaching experience are more than transferable to our business,” Riffer said.
“For me, it’s a blessing to join AFFLINK and work for a subsidiary of a Fortune® 500 company, Performance Food Group (PFGC),” Duckworth said. “It is an exciting time to be a part of AFFLINK. The company is expanding tremendously, and I look forward to joining such a successful organization. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/former-alabama-gymnastics-coach-dana-duckworth-joins-tuscaloosa-based-afflink/ | 2022-08-12T15:44:36 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/former-alabama-gymnastics-coach-dana-duckworth-joins-tuscaloosa-based-afflink/ |
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WIAT) — A popular Homewood bakery will close its doors permanently this weekend after working to overcome the pandemic, ingredient shortages and an increase in prices and wages.
Dreamcakes Bakery’s owners thought the pandemic would be the worst of their problems, but add in double the cost for the dozens of eggs and thousands of pounds of sugar it takes to keep them going and it just became too much.
“I think once it gets quiet and we can think about it, I think the emotions will actually start to kick in,” Co-Owner Jan Potter said.
Potter and her husband and business partner Dwight Potter said the decision to close was not easy.
The business has received nonstop phone calls, messages and visitors since Tuesday’s announcement on Facebook that both Dreamcakes Bakery in Homewood and Dreamcakes Café in Hoover are closing for good.
They opened the main headquarters in the heart of Homewood’s Edgewood neighborhood almost 13 years ago.
“Everything is at least doubled, if not tripled,” Dwight said.
The impact of a pandemic combined with inflation and a tough job market have created the perfect storm to cease operations.
“The rent was kind of the final straw,” Jan said. “That was something we absolutely could not overcome.”
University of Alabama Associate Dean for Research at the Culverhouse College of Business Dr. James Cochran said labor shortages, high gas prices driven by the Russian war and pent-up demand for products are all putting stress on the supply chain.
“The pandemic was going to create a lot of economic pressure,” Cochran said. “It’s going to take time to correct these problems and bring inflation down, but it does look like some of these pressures on our economy are easing somewhat.”
The U.S. Senate recently passed legislation to help lessen the pressure of inflation, but Cochran said we will eventually see the benefits of that bill, but it will take time. He said he did not see a focus on small business, but more so on the environment and Medicare.
The lessening of inflation is not happening quickly enough for the Potters.
“We’ve just been blessed the whole time,” Dwight said. “We feel like it’s been a wonderful ride. We just want to end it at the right time and go out on a good note.”
The Potters said they promise to stay around town in one way or another, now they’re figuring out what to do next.
“Thanks Birmingham we love you. Yeah, thank you,” the Potters said.
Time is running out to get your last taste of Dreamcakes. Both locations will close on Saturday. The Potters said you can expect a line outside before they open on Friday and Saturday. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/inflation-pandemic-force-homewood-bakery-to-close-after-nearly-13-years/ | 2022-08-12T15:44:43 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/inflation-pandemic-force-homewood-bakery-to-close-after-nearly-13-years/ |
DUNMORE, Pa. — Two men have been arrested for theft in Lackawanna County.
Dunmore police say Jeffery Kaub, 44, and Jeremy White, 42, both of Scranton, broke into Datom Products on Monahan Avenue on Sunday.
They allegedly stole three catalytic converters and some copper coil.
Both men were arrested Tuesday after police used social media to identify them.
They are both facing theft and conspiracy charges in Lackawanna County.
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WILDWOOD — Country singer Blake Shelton is the first headliner announced for next year's Barefoot Country Music Festival on the city's beach.
Shelton, 46, has racked up several Grammy awards and has a list of hits, including "Honey Bee," "Sangria" and "Sure Be Cool If You Did."
Over his career, Shelton has released 12 studio albums, starting with his self-titled record released in 2001.
Tickets for next year's festival are already on sale.
Shelton isn't a stranger to filling a Jersey Shore beach.
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The singer performed on the Atlantic City beach in 2014 to a crowd of thousands.
Outside of music, Shelton is famously known for being a judge on NBC's hit reality singing show "The Voice," manning the far-right judge's chair since the show first aired in 2011. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/blake-shelton-first-headliner-announced-for-barefoot-country-music-festival-in-wildwood/article_654d6d54-1a4b-11ed-a3e7-b71cacea0438.html | 2022-08-12T15:45:46 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/blake-shelton-first-headliner-announced-for-barefoot-country-music-festival-in-wildwood/article_654d6d54-1a4b-11ed-a3e7-b71cacea0438.html |
BRIDGETON — A city man was arrested on carjacking charges following an altercation on Wednesday.
Police were called to a business on S. Laurel Street around 4:39 p.m. after they received reports of a someone threatening people with a knife.
Through a description, officers arrested Alfonso Perez-Lopez, 37, of Oak Street, police said in a news release.
Perez-Lopez allegedly ordered a driver out of their vehicle while pointing the knife at them.
Perez-Lopez is charged with carjacking, possession of a weapon (knife) and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Officers transported him to the Cumberland County jail, police said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bridgeton-man-with-knife-arrested-following-carjacking-attempt/article_8b6f301a-1a48-11ed-a022-3f5e49a9c2fd.html | 2022-08-12T15:45:52 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bridgeton-man-with-knife-arrested-following-carjacking-attempt/article_8b6f301a-1a48-11ed-a022-3f5e49a9c2fd.html |
BOSTON — A New England man guilty of sex trafficking crimes across seven states forced one of his victims into prostitution in Atlantic City.
Ronald Hall, 48, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to four counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and one count of transportation of an individual with the intent to engage in prostitution. Hall was indicted by a grand jury in October 2020.
Hall is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani on Nov. 3, the U.S. District Attorney's Office of Massachusetts said in a news release.
From at least 2010 to 2019, Hall, using force and threats, intimidated at least five victims between Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Florida and Nevada, to engage in prostitution, the U.S. District Court said.
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One victim interviewed by Special Agent Evan Picariello said Hall used her in Atlantic City, and that any girl working for Hall, also known as "Riz," would need to make at least $1,000 per night, according to an affidavit filed in 2020.
"The behavior he (Hall) engaged in was unconscionable," U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins said in a written statement on Tuesday. "Although nothing will ever erase the profound, long-lasting hurt and pain these women have suffered at the hands of Mr. Hall, today’s conviction hopefully brings some long-awaited justice and accountability."
The District Attorney's Office on Tuesday said Hall recruited several women suffering from substance use disorder, using their addiction as a tool for coercion, exchanging drugs for their earnings as prostitutes. Hall's victims usually would be forced into prostitution seven days a week and at numerous times during the day, having their profits returned for himself, the District Attorney's Office said.
The victim forced into prostitution in Atlantic City told the investigator that drugs would be withheld from them by Hall, causing his victims to become sickened by withdrawal.
He would also intimidate his victims by searching them for outsourced drugs and having them ask for permission to leave their hotel rooms, the affidavit said.
Hall also subjected his victims to starvation, regular threats of injury, physical abuse, forced intercourse, violent assaults with weapons including knives, belts and bats, and made some of the victims brand themselves with a tattoo of his nickname, the U.S. District Attorney's Office said.
Hall faces a possible life sentence for the sex trafficking offenses. He also faces an additional 10 years for transporting charge, the U.S. District Attorney's Office said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/rhode-island-man-pleads-guilty-to-sex-trafficking-in-atlantic-city/article_cff147f6-1a42-11ed-bcea-23598c587888.html | 2022-08-12T15:45:58 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/rhode-island-man-pleads-guilty-to-sex-trafficking-in-atlantic-city/article_cff147f6-1a42-11ed-bcea-23598c587888.html |
TITUSVILLE, Fla. – A Brevard County judge revoked the bond of a Titusville woman who is accused of killing a foster child, according to the 18th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office.
Lakeisha Mitchell, 42, was arrested last August after telling investigators she placed a 4-year-old girl in a bathtub full of water to calm a temper tantrum, but doctors said the child’s injuries were not consistent with the story, according to Titusville police.
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She was given a $135,000 bond in December, but prosecutors argued in court Thursday she violated the conditions of her pre-trial release, citing she was traveling to places that were not work-related, church, medical or essential activities, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said she visited restaurants, retail stores, shopping centers and residences in Brevard County and in places as far away as Orlando. The State Attorney’s Office also said during her pre-trial release, Mitchell obtained a job as a security guard at the Titusville Courthouse and when recognized, she provided a fake birthdate and avoided questions about her case.
According to an arrest report, Mitchell told investigators the 4-year-old girl kept throwing herself on the ground and “pretending her legs did not work.” Mitchell said the girl would pretend she was sleeping and Mitchell thought she was faking. The 41-year-old told police the girl has “extreme behavioral issues” including “speaking with demons.”
She put the girl, fully clothed, in a bathtub with water in an attempt to get her to stop faking being unconscious, according to the report. Mitchell told officers this method has worked in the past.
Mitchell left the bathroom and when she returned the girl was facedown and her lips were blue.
She is charged with first-degree murder and will remain in jail on no bond ahead of her trial.
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OCALA, Fla. – Police and firefighters responded to a scene Wednesday in southwest Ocala where officers said a naked, bruised and bloodied toddler was found alone in a roadway, according to the Ocala Police Department.
According to a Facebook post Thursday by Ocala police, a U.S. Postal Service worker found and reported the unsupervised toddler to first responders around 11:15 a.m. Ocala Fire Rescue and police were dispatched and an officer noted upon their arrival, a witness had since given the child a shirt to wear.
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The toddler, who was covered in sand, had several scratches on their body, a bruise near their right eye and a bloody nose, police said. Firefighters provided care to the child until Marion County Fire Rescue arrived to take the toddler to the hospital, the post said.
Two officers reportedly set out to check residences in the area, eventually approaching a house with dirty diapers outside, a stroller on the porch and two doors left open, suspecting it to be the child’s home. After door knocking and multiple callouts elicited no response from inside, the officers opted to enter the residence for a well-being check, police said. The toddler’s parents and an infant child were found asleep, according to the post.
The parents reportedly explained they had left their child in the care of Qualinda Robinson, 33, a woman who lives with them yet wasn’t home at the time. Officers called Robinson back to the scene, where she stated she had informed the child’s mother earlier that morning of her plans to go to the store, police said.
Robinson was booked at the Marion County jail and faces a charge of child neglect without great bodily harm. Records show she has since bonded out.
No other details were shared.
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Pedestrian killed in multi-vehicle crash in Merritt Island Friday morning
A pedestrian was hit and killed in Merritt Island early Friday morning in a multi-vehicle crash, highway troopers said.
The crash occurred at about 6:04 a.m. Friday at the intersection of North Courtenay Parkway and Queensland Avenue in Merritt Island, Florida Highway Patrol troopers said.
It involved a 2017 Jeep Limited, a 2018 Chevy Sonic and a pedestrian, though troopers did not provide information on the individuals involved in the crash. They also did not specify if both vehicles hit the pedestrian.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Neither drivers were injured.
The southbound lanes of North Courtenay Parkway were temporarily blocked Friday morning following the crash.
This story will be updated.
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Dry county: St. Johns River three feet below normal as residents fear worse is yet to come
Lake Poinsett is parched beyond what Doug Sphar ever recalls seeing or believing could happen in more than six decades living along the Cocoa lake.
"This is all the talk of the people out here," Sphar said. "The consensus is that none of us remembers it this low this time of the year."
The lake, a favorite local spot to launch airboats, is an outflow of the St. Johns River, one of the few surface water supplies of drinking water in Florida. The fact that it is so low is raising concerns that more trouble is coming.
Less volume and flow into the river that feeds half of Brevard's water supply increases the risk of toxic algae taking hold. The algae makes it hard to treat the water and can fuel fish kills. It's happened before. Sphar and his neighbors worry it can and will happen again.
The way-below-low water levels aren't just happening here. Water levels are plummeting throughout the West this summer, as La Niña and climate trends converge and take a toll. Western states have griped about it for decades.
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Indeed, the end of Tucker Lane where folks launch airboats looks like a moonscape. Airboat clearance at the State Road 520 bridge has seldom been better but the boat rides reveal an emaciated river stressed by drought.
And where Sphar once saw lake water lapping up against neighborhood seawalls, there is now a wide sandy beach between the waterlines and the homes where Sphar can now stand high and dry.
The water in the lake looks blacker and more stagnant than usual. That stagnation can spawn other troubles, especially for fish, farmers, airboat tours and potentially for water utilities.
"You'd think the conditions would be ripe for an algae bloom," Sphar said. "It's just a whole bunch of strangeness going on."
If algae blooms explode in Lake Washington or Taylor Creek — also outflows of the St. Johns River — that could complicate treatment of Melbourne and Cocoa's drinking water supplies. The low river levels in the St. Johns echo what's been going on throughout the southern United States this summer as short and long-term climate patterns converge to deny the nation rain and hint at more worrisome long-term trends that may one day render taps dry.
The dry conditions stretch across Florida.
Take Manatee River, at State Road 64 near Myakka Head, in Manatee County, Florida, it was also between two and three feet below the long-term average water levels this week.
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The St. Johns River — which supplies about half of the drinking water in Brevard County — is almost three feet below its six-decade normal this summer in the Cocoa area, with similar dips throughout Brevard, according to real-time water gages operated by the U.S. Geological Survey.
The USGS gage height just north of Lake Poinsett — at the State Road 520 bridge in Cocoa — neared its record low of 9.1 feet this week, dipping to 9.6 feet, on Thursday. The median level over the past 66 years is 12.5 feet. The record maximum height was 15.5 feet in 2002.
The lower water levels this summer, climatologists say, are driven by an ongoing La Niña cycle and global warming. La Niña, a cooler-than-usual pulse of water near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, is the flip side of El Niño's warmer-than-usual water in the same region. Both patterns happen every several years, fueling global climate patterns.
La Niña tends to result in hotter, fierier summers that can favor more frequent and fierce hurricanes, but otherwise dry times for crops, forecasters warn. So far, the dryness has prevailed in east Central Florida. Melbourne has seen only 1.97 inches of rain in July, compared with the normal long-term average rainfall from the city of 6.5 inches of rain.
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On Aug. 8, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted La Niña would last through the end of the year. But odds of the pattern continuing decrease in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer (60% chance through September) before increasing in the fall and early winter (62-66% chance).
Droughts are not a given during La Niña, which spared Florida unusually dry weather the past two winters. But climatologists say droughts tend to happen seven or eight times out of every 10 La Niñas.
La Niña has fueled bad Florida fires in the past. In 2008, La Niña spelled catastrophic consequences in what came to be called the Mother's Day infernos, which destroyed 36 Palm Bay homes, damaged 250 others and scorched an estimated 13,500 acres in the city. Fires also burned several hundred acres in Cocoa.
This week, the Keetch-Byrum Drought Index – a key indicator of fire risk – put much of central Brevard County in the "red" danger zone for wildfires and showed the county among the driest in Florida.
While not too worried quite yet, the City of Melbourne and the St. Johns River Water Management District say they are monitoring the water levels and have plans in place to adapt if the summer gets drier.
City officials say they maximize groundwater use before drawing water from Lake Washington.
"We have an additional intake to draw water from the lake, if necessary," Cheryl Mall wrote in a email.
Melbourne's Joe Mullins Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant, put into operation in 1995, has a five million gallon per day capacity and a four million gallon ground water storage tank. The reverse osmosis plant's raw water supply comes from four Floridan Aquifer wells 650 to 850 feet underground. Each yields 3.1 million gallons per day.
Water treated at the John A. Buckley Surface Water Treatment Plant is pumped from Lake Washington. The lake generally provides two-thirds of the water supply for the city's 59,000 connections, serving about 180,000 people. The rest comes from wells.
And when algae blooms happen on the lake, toxins from the algae are difficult to cleanse from the water. When toxic algae plagued the lake in the summer of 2019 and customers smelled weird odors from their taps, Rep. Randy Fine held a town hall on the matter.
Any algae toxins from Lake Washington are removed from the water before it reaches customers' taps, city officials assert. But the lake has been plagued by blue-green algae blooms for decades. Nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizers, sewage sludge land application, leaking sewage systems and other sources can fuel excess algae growth, biologists say, especially in warmer summer months.
If St. Johns River flows and levels get low enough, it's up to the St. Johns River Water Management District to open levees to replenish Lake Washington and other water supplies.
"If it was of serious concern, we would issue a water conservation request asking customers to refrain from things like washing cars, watering lawns, hosing decks," Mall wrote. "There are multiple variables involved we use to determine this, such as the amount of rain and amount of upflow stream."
The water management district has been monitoring the water level in Lake Washington to ensure it does not get low enough to cause concern for the utility, Ashley Evitt, spokeswoman for the district, wrote in an email. "If the water level drops, the district is able to open S-257 (levee), which will route water from Three Forks Marsh Conservation Area to Lake Washington. Work is currently underway to construct a permanent fix and should be completed within the next two weeks."
"While current conditions, including decreased water levels and increased water temperatures, would be conducive to algal blooms, it is not a guarantee," Evitt added. "The high color of the river water does help provide some resistance to bloom formation."
That's because the dark tea-like color of tannins and humic acids from rotting bits of plants in the river reduce available light in the water to support photosynthesis algae needs to grow.
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Sphar sees a deeper undercurrent to the wildly fluctuating water level in Lake Poinsett – global warming. In April and May there was very anomalous high water immediately followed by the recent lows. "Seems to be part of all this crazy weather that is afflicting the country this year," he wrote in an email. "Seems to get more unstable every year as part of the climate change."
Some relief may be on the way. Starting Saturday, forecasters put rain chances at just over a coin toss for the following seven days.
But as this year's usual summer rains stall or fail to fall to expectations, Sphar sees an upside: The lower lake levels expose the mud flats and the tiny organisms, making for easy pecking for famished fowl.
"It's a boon for the wading birds," he said.
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Nimishillen Township trustees approve road department contract
Nimishillen Township trustees
Thursday meeting
KEY ACTION: Approved a road department contract.
DISCUSSION: The three-year agreement is effective Aug. 1 through July 31, 2025, and includes an 8% increase, plus a 6% equity adjustment tied to the inflation rate.
Part-time seasonal employees will receive $17.50 per hour, full-time employees will get $20.87 per hour and the superintendent will receive $26.35 per hour. Information on the cost to the township for the increases was not available at the meeting due in part to the absence of the fiscal officer following the executive session.
In a related matter, the board followed a closed-door executive session by naming Jamie May as road superintendent and Lee Gonzales as his assistant. May had served as interim on five different occasions over the past several years.
OTHER ACTION:
- Assessed three properties for mowing to be collected with property taxes by the Stark County auditor for 5122 Glenoak Ave. in the amount of $180, 5935 Rosedale St. in the amount of $390, and 6311 Louisville St. in the amount of $220.
- Heard from Ohio Edison that helicopters will be used to repair the power lines in the township, and the company will become more proactive in enforcing encroachments into the rights-of-way due to the potential hazard to both property and employees.
- Approved prior meeting minutes, road and zoning reports, and payment of $2,079 to Ohio Billing for July's services.
- Set 9 a.m. Aug. 23 for a work session on office procedures to include the road superintendent, secretary and zoning inspector.
UP NEXT: Meets in regular session at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 at Township Hall.
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Here are the election issues on the November ballot in Stark County
CANTON ― The Stark County Board of Elections has released a list of issues that will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Voters across Stark County will cast their ballots on a variety of issues, ranging from renewal levies for the Massillon City School District and Marlington Local School District, a replacement levy for the Lawrence Township Police District and a charter amendment in North Canton to decide whether to change the city council and mayor terms from two years to four.
The deadline for voter registration for the upcoming election is Oct. 11.
To view your voter registration status and find your precinct and polling location, visit the Ohio Secretary of State's website at https://voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.aspx.
The Board of Elections still must certify local option petitions and candidates’ petitions in nonpartisan races by Aug. 22. Write-in candidates must file their declarations of intent by 4 p.m. on Aug. 29.
School districts and other districts
RODMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
- Renewal, 1.5 mills, current expenses, 10 years, commencing in 2023. (Stark, Columbiana and Mahoning counties)
LOUISVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Substitute, 3.8 mills, necessary requirements of the school district, continuing period of time, commencing in 2022.
TRI-DIVISION AMBULANCE DISTRICT
- Renewal, 4.0 mills, ambulance levy, 5 years, commencing in 2023. (Stark and Tuscarawas counties)
MASSILLON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Renewal, 6.5 mills, emergency requirements of the school district, 5 years, commencing in 2022.
MARLINGTON LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Renewal, 8.5 mills, current expenses, 5 years, commencing in 2023.
Municipal issues
CANTON
- Sale of wine and mixed beverages, Riddhi Siddhi 2020, LLC, dba Express Mini Mart, 1225 Raff Road SW, Canton 44710.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages, Riddhi Siddhi 2020, LLC., dba Express Mini Mart, 1225 Raff Road SW, Canton 44710.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Factory of Terror LLC dba Factory of Terror, 4125 Mahoning Road NE, Canton 44705.
- Sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, HD Productions and Entertainment LLC DBA "Special Occasions," 220 Dueber Ave. SW Canton 44706.
- Sunday sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, HD Productions and Entertainment LLC DBA "Special Occasions," 220 Dueber Ave. SW, Canton 44706.
HILLS AND DALES
- Renewal, 5 mills road levy, 5 years, commencing in 2022.
MAGNOLIA
- Renewal, 3 mills, current expenses, 5 years, commencing in 2023. (Stark and Carroll counties)
- Replacement, 0.5 mill, cemetery, 5 years, commencing in 2023. (Stark and Carroll counties)
MASSILLON
- Replacement, 1.5 mills, museum, 5 years, commencing in 2023.
- Local option. Massillon 1-B: Sunday sales, wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Social Hospitality Group LLC, DBA Social & Porches also known as Social at the Stone House, 824 Lincoln Way E, Massillon 44646.
- Local option. Massillon 6-C:Sunday sales, wine and mixed beverages, Cherry Road Winery, LLC & Patio, 1133 27th St. NW, Unit W1, Massillon 44647.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Chloe's Diner LLC, DBA Chloe's Diner and Patio, also known as Chloe’s Diner, 112 First St. NE, Massillon 44646.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Lamoore Enterprises Inc, DBA Erie Street Sports Pub, also known as Erie Street Pub, 2700 Erie St. S (and patio) Massillon 44646.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Benders Inc, DBA Benders Restaurant and Lounge and Patio, also known as Benders Food & Spirits, 50 Lincoln Way E (first floor and basement), Massillon 44646.
NORTH CANTON
- Charter Amendment, Ordinance 47-2022. Amend the terms of City Council and Mayor from two-year terms to four-year terms.
- Charter Amendment, Ordinance 50-2022. Amend the publication of legislation adopted by City Council.
- Charter Amendment, Ordinance 51-2022. Amend the deadlines for the submission of annual expenses and revenues estimates to City Council by striking the deadlines as written.
- Sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages, and spirituous liquor, Hyphens, Inc., (dba New Berlin Brewing Co.), 1664 N. Main St., Suites 13 and 14, North Canton 44720.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages, and spirituous liquor, Hyphens, Inc., (dba New Berlin Brewing Co.), 1664 N. Main St., Suites 13 and 14, North Canton 44720.
- Sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages, Meijer Stores Limited Partnership DBA: Meijer Store, 15.08 acres, south and west of the southwest corner of the intersection of Stratavon Street NW and North Main Street, North Canton 44720.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages, Meijer Stores Limited Partnership DBA: Meijer Store, 15.08 acres, south and west of the southwest corner of the intersection of Stratavon Street NW and North Main Street, North Canton 44720.
- Sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages, Meijer Stores Limited Partnership DBA: Meijer Express, 15.08 acres, south and west of the southwest corner of the intersection of Stratavon Street NW and North Main Street, North Canton 44720.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages, Meijer Stores Limited Partnership DBA: Meijer Express, 15.08 acres, south and west of the southwest corner of the intersection of Stratavon Street NW and North Main Street, North Canton 44720.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Taki Hospitality Group, LLC doing business as The Howlin Bird, 123 S. Main St. (first floor, basement and patios) North Canton 44720.
WILMOT
- Continuation of 1.5% income tax, fire and rescue services, effective Jan. 1, 2023, 3 years.
- Increase of 0.25% in the income tax rate, from 1.5% to 1.75%, to provide supplemental general fund income, the additional revenues for general use of operations, maintenance, new equipment, extension, enlargement of village services and facilities and capital improvements, effective Jan. 1, 2023, 2 years.
Township issues
CANTON TOWNSHIP
- Replacement of 4 mills and increase of 1.9 mills, to constitute a tax of 5.9 mills, fire levy, 5 years, commencing in 2023.
- Sunday sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages, Smith's Waco Market LLC dba Smith's Waco Market, 1660 Waynesburg Road SE, Canton Township, Canton 44707.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Tim's Tavern LLC, 3323 Parkway St., Canton Township, Canton 44708.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP
- Renewal, 4 mills, road levy, 5 years, commencing in 2023.
LAKE TOWNSHIP
- Renewal, 1.5 mills, fire levy, 5 years, commencing in 2023.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages, Tamarkin Co., dba Hartville Giant Eagle 1618, 907 W. Maple St., Hartville 44632.
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP
- Replacement, 1.25 mills, police levy, 5 years, commencing in 2023.
- Additional, 1.45 mills, road levy, 5 years, commencing in 2022.
LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP
- Renewal, 0.75 mills, current expenses, 5 years, commencing in 2023.
NIMISHILLEN TOWNSHIP
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, 52 Group Inc, DBA Bud's Corner, 5750 Columbus Road (patio and garden) Nimishillen Township, Louisville 44641.
PARIS TOWNSHIP
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Sandy Springs Brewing Co. LLC, doing business as Sandy Springs Brewing Co., (first floor and basement and patios) 226 & 228 & 232 N. Market St., Minerva 44657.
PERRY TOWNSHIP
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Nut House Saloon LLC, also known as the Nut House Saloon, 5990 Navarre Road SW (first floor and patio) Perry Township, Canton 44706.
PIKE TOWNSHIP
- Renewal, 0.5 mill, fire levy, 5 years, commencing in 2023.
- Replacement, 1.0 mill, road levy, 5 years, commencing in 2023.
PLAIN TOWNSHIP
- Sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages, Aldi, Inc., Ohio, dba Aldi 86, 8100 Cleveland Ave. NW, North Canton (Plain Township) 44720.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages, Aldi, Inc., Ohio, dba Aldi 86, 8100 Cleveland Ave. NW, North Canton (Plain Township) 44720.
- Sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Rack It Up Arcade, LLC, dba Rack It Up Arcade, 3208 Whipple Ave., NW, Canton (Plain Township) 44718.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Rack It Up Arcade, LLC, dba Rack It Up Arcade, 3208 Whipple Ave. NW, Canton (Plain Township) 44718.
TUSCARAWAS TOWNSHIP
- Renewal, 1 mill, fire levy, 5 years, commencing in 2023.
- Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor, Lamoore Enterprises Inc, DBA Bison St., also known as Bison Street Burgers & Brews, 1409 Bison Ave. NW (and patio), Tuscarawas Township, Massillon 44647.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
- Renewal, 1.25 mills, road levy, 5 years, commencing in 2023. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/08/12/election-issues-list-2022/65400399007/ | 2022-08-12T16:08:13 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/08/12/election-issues-list-2022/65400399007/ |
White Marlin Open live updates: 286 boats head out for potentially wild final day
It's the final day of the 2022 White Marlin Open in Ocean City, and after a wild Day 4, the world's largest billfishing tournament finally got some billfish on the leaderboard. With only one day of fishing left, whether those billfish remain in the lead will be the question of the day.
You can follow along here for updates throughout Day 5 of the 2022 White Marlin Open as The Daily Times/Delmarva Now report live from the scales at the Harbour Island Marina from the time they open at 4 p.m. until they close at 9:15. Everything from Twitter coverage, video, interviews with anglers and photos from Day 5 of the tournament will be available on this live blog.
Continue to check back for updates throughout the night Thursday.
How many boats went out today in the White Marlin Open?
For the final day of the 2022 White Marlin Open, 286 of the tournament's 408 boats are fishing Friday. After 352 boats went out on Thursday, the 286 that are competing today will be looking for one last shot at grabbing a piece of this year's $8.6 million in prize money.
Day 4 Recap
First came Bill Britt of the Cabana, who brought a 511-pound blue marlin to the scales, stunning the crowd and becoming the first qualifying billfish caught in the tournament. And shortly after, Keeley Megarity of the C-Student brought in the tournament's first white marlin, weighing 71.5 pounds, and currently sitting alone on top of the white marlin leaderboard.
Along with there finally being qualifying white and blue marlin after a three-day wait, the dolphin division saw a new first place leader come to the forefront Thursday afternoon, with Frank Sinito bring a 59.5-pound dolphin that blew right past the previous leader in its category by 30.5 pounds. In the tuna and wahoo divisions, Jason Hersh and Chris Thompson held onto their leads for at least a day, while the tournament still waits for its first qualifying swordfish in the first year of the new division.
The tuna division continues to be the highlight of this year's tournament, with multiple bigeye tuna being brought to the scales again Thursday. The biggest was caught by Richard Hawse aboard the Komotose, who brought a 242.5-pound bigeye to the scales right before the closes on Thursday, winning the daily tuna competition and putting him in third place overall in the tuna division.
MORE:Who's in the lead at the White Marlin Open with one day to go?
MORE:White Marlin Open heats up as white and blue marlins roll into the scales on day 4
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SAN ANTONIO — An empty school bus was involved in a three-vehicle crash early Friday morning on the northeast side of town.
SAPD was called out to the the intersection of Wetmore Rd. and Thousand Oaks around 6:30 a.m. for reports of an accident.
According to police, a driver ran a red light and crashed into the North East ISD bus, as well as another vehicle. No students were on board the bus at the time of the crash.
One person was taken to to the hospital for their injuries. Police say it was not the bus driver.
No other injuries were reported.
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RICHMOND, Ind. — A Richmond police officer remains in "extremely critical condition" following a shooting during a traffic stop Wednesday.
On Thursday evening, Richmond Police Chief Michael Britt said Officer Seara Burton was still in "extremely critical" condition after suffering a gunshot wound to her head. He said surgery has been performed and she was initially showing slight signs of responsiveness, but has yet to regain consciousness. On Friday morning, the chief told 13News that Officer Burton was back on a ventilator after breathing on her own Thursday night. Her fellow officers continue to be at the hospital around the clock with the officer's family.
Britt also acknowledged the support of the community his department has received since the shooting.
"Let me also mention the selfless outpouring of support, not only by our Law Enforcement brothers and sisters, but the outpouring of support from many members of our community, including local businesses," Britt said in a social media post. "It has been truly heart-warming to witness the things I’ve seen and heard of today. This truly defines our communities’ interest in the well-being of their first responders and fellow citizens. For this, I thank you all from the bottom of my heart."
State Police said Officer Seara Burton was assisting other officers with a traffic stop in the area of 12th and C streets around 6:30 p.m. Aug. 10. The Richmond Police Narcotics Unit was conducting an operation when they saw 47-year-old Phillip M. Lee stop at a detached garage and believed a drug transaction happened.
Lee's moped was stopped by officers and Burton was called in to assist with her K-9 partner, Brev. During an "open-air sniff" of the moped, police said the dog indicated the possible presence of narcotics. The stop was being recorded on video by a narcotics officer north of the stop.
According to court documents, while officers were speaking with Lee, he allegedly pulled out a concealed firearm and shot several rounds toward officers. Court documents claim video of the incident shows Lee aiming at the officers' "head and facial areas." Officer Burton was struck by the gunfire. An officer next to her was nearly shot in the head. Other officers on the scene returned fire, and Lee shot at them as he ran away.
"Like in the snap of your fingers, it went bad that fast. The officers were going to come towards him on the scooter to let the dog go do its job, and he didn’t like it. He didn’t want that for some reason," said Michelle Partin, who is Lee's neighbor and witnessed the shooting. "Whatever she was going to find, he didn’t want her to find because that’s when he went blank, no kind of emotion for that second, and he just pulled the gun and fired and he was so close to her, she didn’t stand a chance.”
After a brief foot chase, Lee was shot and apprehended on the porch of the home he lived at. Police said the gun he used was a 9mm with a 10-round magazine.
Lee was treated for gunshot wounds by the officers and later transported by ambulance to Reid Hospital in Richmond." Lee is being held on a $1 million bond. He is charged with to counts of attempted murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon. possession of methamphetamine, possession of cocaine and another drug charge.
“He just pulled the gun and fired. He was just so close to her. She didn’t stand a chance. It’s just not fair to her. It’s not fair to her family," Partin said. “He fired one shot and pop and there was a slight pause and then pop, pop, pop where [officers] returned fire and there was anywhere from 10 to 15 shots.”
Britt said Burton was taken to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, in "very critical condition, fighting for her life."
"Those of you who pray, I ask that you pray for her, because she could use it," Britt said.
"This is a heavy evening in our community. Ofc. Burton has been a tremendous officer. She has supported this community, she has worked hard for this community and tonight, we need to return that to her," said Richmond Mayor Dave Snow. "Tonight, she needs our prayers, our department needs our prayers, and I'm thankful that our officers were able to apprehend the assailant that committed this violence that just won't be tolerated in the city of Richmond."
On Monday, Snow thanked the community for their show of support for Burton and the police department and reiterated a call for prayers for the officer.
"Officer Burton is a brave young officer who put her life on the line daily so all of us could live in a safer community. Right now, she is in a difficult fight, and we are all fighting with her," the mayor wrote. "If you are privileged to know Officer Burton, you know she is a strong, resilient woman, and it’s her strength and your prayers that will give her the best chance to win this fight."
A prayer vigil for Burton is planned for Friday at 7 p.m. at the City Building in Richmond.
A witness told 13News she heard "dozens" of gunshots in the area and saw a female officer and another man who had apparently been shot. Both were taken away in ambulances, the woman said.
The suspect's condition is not known at this time.
Britt said his "entire department" responded to provide support for Burton and their fellow officers after the shooting happened.
"The police department is obviously devastated. She's a fine officer, and we have a family environment here," Britt said, describing some of his officers as "emotionally injured" by the incident.
State police are taking over the investigation and say there was only one suspect in the incident and there is no threat to the community at this time.
Britt called Burton "a fantastic officer" who had recently been elevated to work as a K-9 handler with the department. A Facebook post from the Richmond Police Department K-9 Unit congratulated Burton and K-9 Brev on their graduation in April.
The chief also said Burton is engaged and is scheduled to be married in the coming weeks. She was sworn in as an officer four years ago this week.
Britt said it's the second time this year a Richmond officer has been injured while on duty. In February, an officer was thrown from a stolen semi. That officer returned to work only recently and was at the scene of Wednesday's shooting.
Suspect's criminal history
According to the Indiana Department of Correction, Lee has been in prison five separate times:
- Feb. 28, 1994 - April 10, 1997
- June 6, 1998 - June 28, 2000
- Sept. 25, 2002 - Nov. 29, 2012
- June 26, 2014 - March 25, 2017
- May 23, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2021
Lee has been convicted on multiple charges, including possession of cocaine and multiple burglaries.
13 Investigates has learned Lee spent nearly 22 out of the last 28 years in state prison.
In his 2018 sentence, he had 108 days credit and was released on parole on Dec. 31, 2021. Lee was set to finish his parole requirements on Dec. 31, 2023.
Responses from local law enforcement
Within 30 minutes of ISP announcing the shooting, thoughts and prayers started to roll in on social media.
Among the messages was a statement from IMPD North District officers that said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the Richmond Police Department and the officer who was shot on duty a short time ago. The status of the officer and details are unknown at this time."
The Southport Police Department, which recently marked five years since Lt. Aaron Allan was fatally shot in the line of duty, also offered prayers to Burton.
This shooting comes less than two weeks after an Elwood police officer was shot and killed.
Officer Noah Shahnavaz was killed while conducting a traffic stop on July 31.
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According to Indiana State Police, Shahnavaz tried to stop a vehicle at State Road 37 and County Road 1100 North in Madison County around 2 a.m.
Investigators say Carl Roy Webb Boards II got out of his vehicle and fired multiple rounds at Shahnavaz, striking him several times.
Boards has been charged with murder and is also facing charges of resisting law enforcement and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
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SLIDELL, La. — Beloved Slidell K-9 Kano passed away Thursday after tracking and catching a suspected burglar.
“Kano was an instrumental part of the police department and served everyday with a drive that we all could only hope to match, “said Slidell Chief of Police Randy Fandal.
According to police, Sergeant Morris and Officer Kano, an 8-year-old German Shepard, responded to a call early Thursday morning at Alliance Bus Group on Frank Pichon Drive. Police say there had been repeated reports of catalytic converter thefts.
When officers arrived, the suspect hid from police in the nearby woods. Sergeant Morris and K-9 Kano tracked the alleged thief hiding in a nearby body of water. According to police, after the suspect was arrested Kano was lethargic and unable to catch his breath.
The K-9 was rushed to Pontchartrain Animal Clinic where an ultrasound showed undiagnosed spleen cancer. Veterinarians tried to stabilize Kano, but he was unable to recover from the exertion.
Officer Kano bravely served the Slidell community since 2017. The four-legged hero rose to fame on the hit reality show Live PD alongside Sergeant Morris. The team shared their bond and dedication to police work with national audiences.
Police say, Kano died doing what he loved, protecting Slidell and the great State of Louisiana.
The Slidell community will honor the K-9 with a procession beginning 8:00 a.m. Friday Aug. 12 at Pontchartrain Animal Hospital and continue east to Old Spanish Trail. The procession will end at Unforgettable Pets on frank Pichon Road.
A funeral will be held at the Slidell Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday, August 17 at 10:30 a.m., and services will begin at 11:00 a.m..
“My heart goes out not only to Sergeant Morris and his family, but to the blue family and all of our citizens who lost a hero today, “Chief Fandal said.
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SAN ANTONIO — While the kids and coaches walk past an empty trophy case every day at Pieper High School, they feel the weight of the future on their shoulders.
"It's a little degrading because you see that there's nothing there," Junior Linebacker Landon Ashpaugh said. "It's also motivating because you'll know that you'll be the first one to put something in there."
The emptiness of the trophy case speaks volumes. It holds the promise of new beginnings, to someday get something. Pieper High School in the Comal ISD recently in the 2021-2022 school year.
We know if we do what we're committed to do and follow our process, that the trophies, the championships, all of that will take care of itself," Head Coach Nick Rogers. "We can be the first to put that put trophies in there, whether it's a state championship trophy, an all district trophy or a district championship."
"We want Piper High School to be on the map. So that is a big focus. It's definitely weird not seeing something, not seeing a team photo, not seeing some type of trophy. You know, it's exciting to know that's what we can bring to the table," Tight End David Huntsman said.
"Not many people will understand. It's very special because everything you do is going to be put down in the history books," Ashpaugh said.
"I'm not worried about it. We will put stuff up on there. It's just a matter of time," Huntsman said.
In the meantime, the students and coaches hope the wait and the weight is over soon. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/we-can-be-the-first-pieper-warriors-look-to-make-history-this-season-high-school-football/273-1c063243-9cea-4d47-9142-cddc7541219d | 2022-08-12T16:22:27 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/we-can-be-the-first-pieper-warriors-look-to-make-history-this-season-high-school-football/273-1c063243-9cea-4d47-9142-cddc7541219d |
SAN ANTONIO — Passengers at the San Antonio Airport will be greeted with an unexpected group of animals on Friday.
A sloth, an alligator, a macaw and a python are headed there to greet travelers as part of the airport’s summer tradition to give folks a fun and unexpected animal encounter. Zoomagination, a local non-profit, is bringing the animals to the airport.
People of all ages will have the opportunity to snap sloth selfies, listen to the macaw and pet the alligator and python while learning more about them.
The animals will be at the Terminal B baggage claim from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m., then the Terminal A food court from 3:00p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University and Purdue University announced plans to split IUPUI into separate academic organizations.
IUPUI, which stands for Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, has been providing education to college students for 52 years.
The changes are expected to be completed in time for the fall 2024 semester.
Among the changes are the creation of a join biosciences engineering institute.
Part of the change is to help better direct students into needed field in sciences, engineering, technology and health care.
"This new arrangement will give us opportunities to create immersive new programs in innovation and entrepreneurship that strengthen Indianapolis’ position as one of our country’s great urban centers," Whitten said.
Both universities will listen to suggestions during the two-year migration.
According to the schools, the change will have little effect on current students, as they continue earning their degrees from either IU or Purdue, and all existing programs will continue being offered on the Indianapolis campus.
What this means for IU and Purdue
IU owns the IUPUI campus, but the partnership allowed graduates of certain programs to get Purdue degrees.
IU will take over operation of what is now the School of Science at IUPUI, except for its Department of Computer Science, which will become part of Purdue.
IU will expand the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering on the campus, along with its School of Medicine.
IU will maintain the intercollegiate athletic program, which means the IUPUI Jaguars athletics teams will be associated with IU's new school.
Purdue will handle the engineering, computer science and technology as an expansion of its West Lafayette campus. Purdue will open a branch of its Purdue Applied Research Institute on or near the current IUPUI campus.
Purdue will also have a new residential building near its academic buildings.
Statements from university presidents
Both university presidents noted the positive effects for the future.
"This is an historic moment for Indianapolis, for IU, and for our entire state,” IU President Pam Whitten said. "We are building on IUPUI’s more than 50 years of accomplishment to propel us into becoming one of the preeminent urban research universities in this country. In addition to expanding our science and technology programs, we plan to grow across the board, create more opportunities for students, and become even more deeply integrated with the Indianapolis community through close relationships with local businesses, nonprofits, sports organizations, and more."
"This new vision will enable the number of Purdue’s STEM graduates to grow and also provide more opportunities to our students and faculty both in Indianapolis and in West Lafayette," Purdue President Mitch Daniels said. "What we are announcing today responds to calls we have heard from Indianapolis and across the state for a bigger and more visible Purdue in Indianapolis. Our state and its largest city require a world-class, high-technology research presence of the quality Purdue represents."
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PORTLAND, Maine — One person has died in a house fire that broke out early Friday morning in the Franklin County town of Industry.
A family of four lived at the home on Moe's Cove Road.
A woman and her two children, ages 6 and 10, were able to escape the fire after reportedly waking up when the smoke alarm alerted them, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss said in a news release Friday, but the father reportedly did not make it out of the residence.
Initial investigation identifies the deceased as 46-year-old Ryan Hallman, the release states. His remains were brought to a local funeral home where he will be examined by the Office of the Chief Medical Center.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but Moss says there is no evidence of foul play.
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RICHMOND, Ind. — A Richmond police officer remains in "extremely critical condition" following a shooting during a traffic stop Wednesday.
On Thursday evening, Richmond Police Chief Michael Britt said Officer Seara Burton was still in "extremely critical" condition after suffering a gunshot wound to her head. He said surgery has been performed and she was initially showing slight signs of responsiveness, but has yet to regain consciousness. On Friday morning, the chief told 13News that Officer Burton was back on a ventilator after breathing on her own Thursday night. Her fellow officers continue to be at the hospital around the clock with the officer's family.
Britt also acknowledged the support of the community his department has received since the shooting.
"Let me also mention the selfless outpouring of support, not only by our Law Enforcement brothers and sisters, but the outpouring of support from many members of our community, including local businesses," Britt said in a social media post. "It has been truly heart-warming to witness the things I’ve seen and heard of today. This truly defines our communities’ interest in the well-being of their first responders and fellow citizens. For this, I thank you all from the bottom of my heart."
State Police said Officer Seara Burton was assisting other officers with a traffic stop in the area of 12th and C streets around 6:30 p.m. Aug. 10. The Richmond Police Narcotics Unit was conducting an operation when they saw 47-year-old Phillip M. Lee stop at a detached garage and believed a drug transaction happened.
Lee's moped was stopped by officers and Burton was called in to assist with her K-9 partner, Brev. During an "open-air sniff" of the moped, police said the dog indicated the possible presence of narcotics. The stop was being recorded on video by a narcotics officer north of the stop.
According to court documents, while officers were speaking with Lee, he allegedly pulled out a concealed firearm and shot several rounds toward officers. Court documents claim video of the incident shows Lee aiming at the officers' "head and facial areas." Officer Burton was struck by the gunfire. An officer next to her was nearly shot in the head. Other officers on the scene returned fire, and Lee shot at them as he ran away.
"Like in the snap of your fingers, it went bad that fast. The officers were going to come towards him on the scooter to let the dog go do its job, and he didn’t like it. He didn’t want that for some reason," said Michelle Partin, who is Lee's neighbor and witnessed the shooting. "Whatever she was going to find, he didn’t want her to find because that’s when he went blank, no kind of emotion for that second, and he just pulled the gun and fired and he was so close to her, she didn’t stand a chance.”
After a brief foot chase, Lee was shot and apprehended on the porch of the home he lived at. Police said the gun he used was a 9mm with a 10-round magazine.
Lee was treated for gunshot wounds by the officers and later transported by ambulance to Reid Hospital in Richmond." Lee is being held on a $1 million bond. He is charged with to counts of attempted murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon. possession of methamphetamine, possession of cocaine and another drug charge.
“He just pulled the gun and fired. He was just so close to her. She didn’t stand a chance. It’s just not fair to her. It’s not fair to her family," Partin said. “He fired one shot and pop and there was a slight pause and then pop, pop, pop where [officers] returned fire and there was anywhere from 10 to 15 shots.”
Britt said Burton was taken to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, in "very critical condition, fighting for her life."
"Those of you who pray, I ask that you pray for her, because she could use it," Britt said.
"This is a heavy evening in our community. Ofc. Burton has been a tremendous officer. She has supported this community, she has worked hard for this community and tonight, we need to return that to her," said Richmond Mayor Dave Snow. "Tonight, she needs our prayers, our department needs our prayers, and I'm thankful that our officers were able to apprehend the assailant that committed this violence that just won't be tolerated in the city of Richmond."
On Monday, Snow thanked the community for their show of support for Burton and the police department and reiterated a call for prayers for the officer.
"Officer Burton is a brave young officer who put her life on the line daily so all of us could live in a safer community. Right now, she is in a difficult fight, and we are all fighting with her," the mayor wrote. "If you are privileged to know Officer Burton, you know she is a strong, resilient woman, and it’s her strength and your prayers that will give her the best chance to win this fight."
A prayer vigil for Burton is planned for Friday at 7 p.m. at the City Building in Richmond.
A witness told 13News she heard "dozens" of gunshots in the area and saw a female officer and another man who had apparently been shot. Both were taken away in ambulances, the woman said.
The suspect's condition is not known at this time.
Britt said his "entire department" responded to provide support for Burton and their fellow officers after the shooting happened.
"The police department is obviously devastated. She's a fine officer, and we have a family environment here," Britt said, describing some of his officers as "emotionally injured" by the incident.
State police are taking over the investigation and say there was only one suspect in the incident and there is no threat to the community at this time.
Britt called Burton "a fantastic officer" who had recently been elevated to work as a K-9 handler with the department. A Facebook post from the Richmond Police Department K-9 Unit congratulated Burton and K-9 Brev on their graduation in April.
The chief also said Burton is engaged and is scheduled to be married in the coming weeks. She was sworn in as an officer four years ago this week.
Britt said it's the second time this year a Richmond officer has been injured while on duty. In February, an officer was thrown from a stolen semi. That officer returned to work only recently and was at the scene of Wednesday's shooting.
Suspect's criminal history
According to the Indiana Department of Correction, Lee has been in prison five separate times:
- Feb. 28, 1994 - April 10, 1997
- June 6, 1998 - June 28, 2000
- Sept. 25, 2002 - Nov. 29, 2012
- June 26, 2014 - March 25, 2017
- May 23, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2021
Lee has been convicted on multiple charges, including possession of cocaine and multiple burglaries.
13 Investigates has learned Lee spent nearly 22 out of the last 28 years in state prison.
In his 2018 sentence, he had 108 days credit and was released on parole on Dec. 31, 2021. Lee was set to finish his parole requirements on Dec. 31, 2023.
Responses from local law enforcement
Within 30 minutes of ISP announcing the shooting, thoughts and prayers started to roll in on social media.
Among the messages was a statement from IMPD North District officers that said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the Richmond Police Department and the officer who was shot on duty a short time ago. The status of the officer and details are unknown at this time."
The Southport Police Department, which recently marked five years since Lt. Aaron Allan was fatally shot in the line of duty, also offered prayers to Burton.
This shooting comes less than two weeks after an Elwood police officer was shot and killed.
Officer Noah Shahnavaz was killed while conducting a traffic stop on July 31.
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According to Indiana State Police, Shahnavaz tried to stop a vehicle at State Road 37 and County Road 1100 North in Madison County around 2 a.m.
Investigators say Carl Roy Webb Boards II got out of his vehicle and fired multiple rounds at Shahnavaz, striking him several times.
Boards has been charged with murder and is also facing charges of resisting law enforcement and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
(Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the suspect was taken to Reid Hospital in Richmond, not a hospital in Dayton, Ohio as earlier reported.) | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/richmond-indiana-police-officer-shot-suspect-shot/531-1904bac6-2f6a-4c1b-9cbd-f0c83a68a4cd | 2022-08-12T16:26:08 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/richmond-indiana-police-officer-shot-suspect-shot/531-1904bac6-2f6a-4c1b-9cbd-f0c83a68a4cd |
ANTELOPE, Calif. — Crews with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District responded to a vegetation fire in Antelope Thursday afternoon.
The fire broke out off North Antelope Road and Antelope Road. There was dry grass in the area so embers spread and sparked smaller fires in the area.
The fire burned 15 acres and arson investigators are looking into the cause of the fire.
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A 24-year-old Scranton man who authorities said orchestrated a violent home invasion in the Poconos has been sentenced.
Unique K. Rainey received 5 ½ to 11 ½ years in state prison, followed by a year’s probation, according to a news release Thursday from the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office. He earlier pleaded guilty to burglary and robbery for a home invasion on May 17, 2021.
State police said Tyheem Downs fought off intruders at his home in the 900 block of McKinley Way in Smithfield Township, near East Stroudsburg. Downs fatally shot a 23-year-old New Jersey man and badly injured another, police said.
Authorities said the self-defense killing by Downs was justified, and that the home invasion specifically targeted Downs and was isolated.
Two additional accomplices previously were sentenced. Michael N. Clarke, 20, pleaded guilty to burglary and received 2 to 10 years in state prison, and Kayla S. Watts, 22, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery and received 8 to 24 months in county jail, followed by three years of probation.
One other male defendant, Samaad Zambrano, awaits trial, according to a criminal complaint.
Monroe County President Judge Margherita Patti-Worthington sentenced Rainey July 26. A county official said the news release was not issued until Thursday because Rainey’s defense attorney had 10 days to file a motion for reconsideration of the sentence. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-poconos-man-sentenced-deadly-home-invasion-20220812-rfdlice6ereabp6mosmxyvm4rm-story.html | 2022-08-12T16:34:48 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-poconos-man-sentenced-deadly-home-invasion-20220812-rfdlice6ereabp6mosmxyvm4rm-story.html |
Police seek tips after bicyclist shot, killed in June on Detroit's west side
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
Detroit — Police are asking the public for help to find the person who shot and killed a man who was riding a bicycle on the city's west side.
The shooting happened at about 1:30 a.m. on June 13 in the 14600 block of Chatham near West Outer Drive and Eaton, according to authorities.
Police said the victim, 50, was on his bicycle when several shots were fired from a dark-colored, four-door sedan. The victim was fatally wounded, they said.
Investigators said the vehicle fled the area and was last seen traveling west on Wannamaker Place.
Anyone with information about the shooting should call the Detroit Police Department’s Homicide Unit at (313) 596-2260 or Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1 (800) SPEAK-UP. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/12/police-seek-tips-after-bicyclist-shot-killed-detroit-west-side/10308102002/ | 2022-08-12T16:37:46 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/12/police-seek-tips-after-bicyclist-shot-killed-detroit-west-side/10308102002/ |
Newport man accused of attacking man with incendiary device, shotgun charged
A Newport man accused of attacking someone with an incendiary device and a shotgun has been charged, officials said.
James Michael Pattenaude, 38, was arraigned Thursday in 1st District Court in Monroe on several charges, including felonious assault, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and using a firearm during a felony, related to the attack, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
A judge set bond for Pattenaude at $50,000 and scheduled his next court appearance for Wednesday.
If convicted, he faces at least up to four years in prison for the felonious assault charge, up to four years for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and up to two years for using a firearm during a felony.
Authorities said the charges stem from an incident that happened at about 2 a.m. Tuesday in the 8000 block of South Huron River Drive in South Rockwood.
Deputies were called to the location for a report of a man attacking another man with an incendiary device. According to a preliminary investigation, the man's attempts to ignite the device failed. He then produced a shotgun and fired it at the victim.
Police said the man then fled in his vehicle before deputies arrived.
They began investigating and identified the suspect as Pattenaude. Deputies located him at his home in Newport and took him into custody.
Officials said detectives continue to investigate the incident and anyone with information should call the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau at (734) 240-7530. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/12/newport-man-accused-attacking-man-incendiary-device-shot-gun-charged/10306767002/ | 2022-08-12T16:37:52 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/12/newport-man-accused-attacking-man-incendiary-device-shot-gun-charged/10306767002/ |
White supremacy group member sentenced on civil disorder conspiracy
Caro — A member of a national white supremacist group that advocates for violence against the government has been sentenced to probation and court supervision for assessing abandoned jail facilities as potential paramilitary firearms training areas.
Tuscola County Circuit Court Judge Amy Gierhardt sentenced Tristan Webb, 19, on Wednesday to five years of probation for guilty pleas to being a member of a gang, conspiracy to train with firearms for civil disorder and a felony firearms enhancement.
His two incarceration sentences — one year in jail and two years in prison — were deferred or delayed. Webb also was charged with larceny, which the court dismissed as a part of a plea agreement.
Webb was arrested for visiting the Michigan Department of Corrections Camp Tuscola annex and the Tuscola Residential ReEntry Program in Caro in October 2020, according to Attorney General Dana Nessel's office. Webb and two other members of white supremacy group The Base took state-issued clothing from one of the facilities.
The other men, Justen Watkins and Thomas Denton, were sentenced to time in prison for conspiracy to train with firearms for civil disorder and a felony firearm enhancement.
Watkins, the self-proclaimed leader of The Base, is serving at least four years and eight months in prison for those charges and was sentenced to more than six years in prison for gang membership in Washtenaw County.
Denton was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for conspiracy to teach the use of firearms and explosives and a felony firearm enhancement.
Read more:
- Nessel: Base members cased former Michigan jail as possible training area
- FBI arrests white supremacy leader in extremism crackdown in Michigan
- FBI reveals items seized at white supremacy leader's heavily guarded 'hate camp'
- Accused neo-Nazi leader had manifesto, wanted race war, prosecutors say
The Base, a literal English translation of "Al-Qaeda," is a white supremacy group that advocates for violence and criminal acts against the country and says they are training for a race war to establish white ethnonationalist rule in parts of the country, including the Upper Peninsula
Webb became involved with The Base at 17. He hosted a "hate camp" for The Base at his property where they underwent firearms tactical training and learned various paramilitary-style techniques, according to a press release from Nessel's office.
The convictions against Webb and other members of The Base for conspiring to train for a civil disorder mark the first in state history, according to Nessel's office. The charges came as a part of a crackdown on extremism in Michigan in the weeks after the FBI said it thwarted a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
“My department will hold accountable any individual that commits crimes as part of a domestic terrorist organization,” Nessel said in a statement. “Make no mistake, these are violent gangs intent on harming others and their actions will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
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Alleged rogue juror under investigation in Whitmer kidnap retrial
The possibility of a rogue juror has been discovered in the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnap retrial, but the judge is handling the issue privately in his chambers and the defense is crying foul, according to a now-sealed court filing by the defense.
The filing, obtained by the Free Press, states that a juror in the case told co-workers that the person was hoping to be selected for the jury in the Whitmer kidnapping case, and "had already decided the case and intended to ensure a particular result at the conclusion of the trial."
The judge, who learned of this information on Thursday morning — the second day of trial — held a brief conversation about the matter with the prosecution and defense in his chambers before the trial started, the filing states.
But the juror remains on the panel, with the trial entering day three Friday.
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Judge to meet with juror privately
According to the defense filing, U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker, who is overseeing the trial, opted to have the jury clerk investigate the issue and take up the matter at the end of the day.
When the trial finished for the day Thursday, the judge held another private conference with both sides in his chambers, where he "explained his findings from the jury clerk’s investigation." The filing did not disclose those "findings."
The judge also "expressed an intention to handle the matter" by meeting with the juror privately, though it's not clear if that has happened yet. The defense requested to participate in the hearing, but the judge denied their request — triggering this filing by a lawyer representing Barry Croft Jr., the Delaware truck driver who is facing a retrial after his last case ended in a mistrial in April.
Croft and Adam Fox are being retried in Grand Rapids after the jury in the first trial could not reach a verdict. It acquitted two other defendants. They were among six originally charged in federal court; the other two agreed to guilty pleas.
"Mr. Croft is entitled to an evidentiary hearing regarding the alleged misconduct," defense lawyer Joshua Blanchard argues in court records. "The Sixth Amendment guarantees a criminal defendant a trial by an impartial jury."
That means, the filing continues, that a jury must base its verdict upon the evidence
made at trial, nothing else.
Potential 'grounds for a new trial'
"The presence of even a single biased juror deprives a defendant of his right to an impartial jury," Blanchard argues, stressing that if a court receives evidence "of things like juror bias, it must hold a 'hearing with all interested parties permitted to participate.'"
The filing continued: "A prospective juror's failure to disclose material information is grounds for a new trial if it demonstrates bias."
Blanchard is pushing for a prompt investigation to determine whether the "taint-producing event actually occurred," and to assess "the magnitude of the event and any resulting prejudice."
In a Friday court order, Jonker said he will continue to handle the juror issue privately.
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"For now, the court expects to continue addressing the situation in non-public hearings and filings while the case is pending to limit the risk of mistrial," Jonker wrote. "The court had assumed counsel understood that, and would make its own filings in similar fashion. But now the court makes the point explicitly and orders that all filings and proceedings regarding any jury issues occur in nonpublic hearings with restricted access filings until the jury is discharged, or until otherwise ordered by the court."
Meanwhile, here is what the jury — and the controversial juror — heard at trial Friday morning as testimony continued.
'Sleeping in the same room'
The third day of witness testimony opened with defense lawyers scrutinizing the relationships FBI informants had with the defendants.
Croft's lawyer focused on how the informants accompanied Croft on his several trips to the Midwest for militia trainings and meetings during the summer of 2020, and questioned whether one informant crossed a line by sharing a hotel room with Croft.
In his cross-examination of FBI Special Agent Christopher Long, Blanchard argued that FBI informants Jenny Plunk and Steve Robeson had an unusual relationship with Croft, smoking weed with him, trying to keep him included at meetings and, in Plunk’s case, sharing a hotel room with him.
According to trial testimony, Plunk shared a hotel room with Croft during July 2020 field training exercise in Cambria, Wisconsin. Agent Long said the two shared the room as a cost-cutting measure, noting neither of them had a lot of money at the time.
However, Blanchard argued it was an improper involvement for an FBI informant and an individual the FBI was actively monitoring.
“Does the FBI have a policy about opposite-gender sources sleeping in the same room?” Blanchard asked. He then asked Long if he had ever monitored a case where sources of the opposite gender stayed in the same room.
Long said he hadn't.
FBI feared 'lone wolf' acts
The defense has long argued that rogue FBI informants and sources induced the defendants into a conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer, maintaining the FBI hatched the scheme and ran the show. While the men were fed up with Whitmer’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the defense argues, they were only tough talkers, and the only danger to the governor was caused by rogue informants.
Blanchard continued pressing Long in his cross, recalling messages Long sent to Plunk. At one meeting, when others present were wary of Croft’s involvement, Long directed Plunk to keep Croft close to the group.
“We were trying to maintain access to this group by having a source inform on them, yes,” Long testified. “We wanted the group to remember Mr. Croft had brought them together and we didn’t want them to kick him out.”
Long added that FBI agents were worried about the group splintering off separately, noting many of the individuals present were considered to have violent, anti-government sentiments. Long said the FBI wanted to keep them together out of fear of one of the individuals committing “lone wolf” acts of violence.
Testimony continues. The government has called FBI Special Agent Mark Schweers, an undercover agent known to Fox and Croft as “Mark Woods” during operations, as its next witness.
So far, three FBI agents have testified about how the government built its case against six men charged with plotting to kidnap Whitmer, largely out of anger over her handling of the pandemic.
Croft and Fox are charged with kidnapping conspiracy and weapons of mass destruction charges and face up to life in prison if convicted.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals has rejected a request to overturn the murder conviction of a Hammond man who killed a woman after attending a concert with her and attempted to hide her body at an Illinois nature preserve.
James E. McGhee Jr., 41, was sentenced in December to 80 years in prison for the July 2019 slaying of 27-year-old Sidne-Nichole Buchanan, and for being a habitual offender, according to court records.
Records show McGhee and Buchanan attended a Wiz Khalifa concert in Tinley Park, Illinois, where they had an initial altercation with McGhee pushing Buchanan into a vehicle.
Instead of taking Buchanan home afterward, McGhee brought Buchanan to his apartment, "lost it" in a jealous rage, and jumped on Buchanan's neck until she was dead. He subsequently stuffed Buchanan's body into a suitcase and dumped it at the Thornton-Lansing Road Nature Preserve, according to court records.
Records show Buchanan's family repeatedly reached out to McGhee when Buchanan didn't return home only to be falsely told by McGhee that he dropped Buchanan off at her home.
That spurred Buchanan's mother to file a missing person report with the Gary Police Department and an FBI task force promptly took over the investigation into Buchanan's disappearance, according to court records.
Records show the FBI immediately obtained cell phone location records for McGhee and Buchanan showing their devices both were located at McGhee's apartment during the overnight hours following the concert.
The FBI then secured a search warrant for McGhee's apartment, where they found Buchanan's blood and evidence of recent attempts to hastily clean the apartment. They also learned from an informant where McGhee took Buchanan's body, according to court records.
In his appeal, McGhee argued the trial court erred by allowing his cell-phone location data to be admitted as evidence because it was obtained without a warrant.
The appeals court, in a 3-0 decision, said the exigent circumstances of the case, including Buchanan's status as a missing person for more than 48 hours and that she last was with a person having a criminal history of violence toward women, justified the warrantless acquisition of McGhee's cell-phone location data.
Moreover, any intrusion on McGhee's constitutional rights only was moderate because his phone records were obtained from his wireless provider, a third-party, and McGhee was not obligated to surrender his phone to authorities for the search, the court said.
The court also denied McGhee's claim that prosecutors failed to bring him to trial in a sufficiently speedy time frame after determining the delay, due to the temporary unavailability of an essential witness, was authorized by state law.
McGhee still can ask the Indiana Supreme Court review his case and consider overturning his murder conviction.
Otherwise, his earliest possible release date from prison, assuming good behavior, is Dec. 10, 2080, according to the Indiana Department of Correction.
Gallery: Indiana historical markers in the Region
First Physician
First Physician
Location: 2985 W. 73rd Place, Merrillville
Erected by Woman's Auxiliary, Lake County Medical Society
Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves.
Great Sauk (Sac) Trail
Great Sauk (Sac) Trail
Location: Van Buren Street at West 73rd Avenue (Old U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway) on traffic median east of Calumet Cemetery and west of Broadway, Merrillville
Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1966
Part of a transcontinental trail used by prehistoric peoples of North America, it passed through modern Detroit, Rock Island and Davenport in the Midwest. The trail was important into the 19th century.
St. John's Lutheran Church Tolleston
St. John's Lutheran Church Tolleston
Location: 2235 W. 10th Avenue at Taft Avenue, southeast corner, Gary
St. John's Church, the oldest surviving institution in Gary and north of the Little Calumet River, began with the work of the Rev. Henry Wunder in the early 1860's. He regularly came from Chicago by horse and buggy. Baptism records date from 1863; the first church was built on this site in 1868 or 1869; 1870 is celebrated as date of organization. The church served German immigrants to Tolleston (named for George Tolle who came in 1856). Tolleston was annexed to Gary in 1910.
Dutch in the Calumet Region
Dutch in the Calumet Region
Location: 8941 Kleinman Road, Highland
Erected 1992 Indiana Historical Bureau and Lamprecht Florist & Greenhouse, established 1923
Dutch immigrants after 1850 began moving to this area because of its similarities to their homeland. They helped to locate ditches to drain water from the extensive marshes, leaving rich land to expand successful horticultural activities.
St. John Township School, District #2
St. John Township School, District #2
Location: 1515 Joliet Street (Old U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway), east of St. John Road at the St. John Township Community Center, Schererville
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau and Committee to Save Township School #2
Built, 1853, approximately one half mile south; closed, 1907; moved to this site and restored for educational and community uses, 1993-1994. One of twelve St. John Township schools; structure typical of early one-room school buildings in Indiana.
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
Location: Southeast corner U.S. 30 (Joliet Street) and Janice Drive, Schererville
Erected 1996 Indiana Historical Bureau, Northwest Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, Dyer and Schererville Historical Societies, Sand Ridge Bank, Welsh, Inc.
United States' first transcontinental highway, constructed 1913-1928, from New York City to San Francisco. Dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Conceived by Carl G. Fisher to encourage building "good roads." Sponsored by Lincoln Highway Association and supported by automotive industries.
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
"Ideal Section" - 1.5 miles - of Lincoln Highway, completed 1923, designed and built as a model for road construction. Funded by county, state, and U.S. Rubber Co. Features included 100 foot right-of-way, 40 foot paved width, 10 inch steel-reinforced concrete, underground drainage, lighted, landscaped, bridge, and pedestrian pathways.
Froebel School - side 1
Froebel School - side 1
Location: 15th Avenue and Madison Street, Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Froebel Alumni Park Committee, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Froebel opened here, 1912, as many European immigrants and southern blacks moved to Gary for jobs in steel mills. An experiment in progressive education, it served students of diverse backgrounds and the local community. Despite early status as integrated school, black students were excluded from many extracurricular activities and facilities into 1940s. Closed 1977.
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Froebel School
Froebel School
Location: 15th Avenue and Madison Street, Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Froebel Alumni Park Committee, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company
After WWII, Froebel made national headlines when hundreds of white students walked out protesting "integration experiment" there. "Hate strikes" lasted several weeks in 1945 and reflected growing racial tension in North. In 1946, Gary school board adopted desegregation policy, but discrimination continued. Indiana state law desegregating public schools passed 1949.
Stewart Settlement House
Stewart Settlement House
Location: 1501 E. Massachusetts St., Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Landmarks, and Christ United Methodist Church
Stewart House was organized during depression of 1921 to provide social services for Gary’s black community. A vital neighborhood center for unemployed WWI veterans and southern blacks who migrated for jobs in steel mills, it helped thousands adjust to urban life. Services included lodging and meals, as well as legal, medical, and employment advice. Moved here, 1925.
Stewart Settlement House
Stewart Settlement House
Location: 1501 E. Massachusetts St., Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Landmarks, and Christ United Methodist Church
U.S. Steel, with an interest in regulating its workers, helped fund the settlement house, designed by architect W.W. Cooke. The Methodist Episcopal Church and Gary’s blacks also donated funds. Rev. Frank Delaney guided its development as superintendent, 1920-1939, and made it a source of pride for blacks. During Great Depression, it aided hundreds daily. Closed 1970s.
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Location: 1927 Madison St., Gary
Installed 2019 Indiana Historical Bureau, KHEF, Inc., Atty. Junifer Hall, Atty. Jacqueline Hall, and Law Office of Deacon-Atty. John Henry Hall
Rep. Katie Hall (1938-2012)
Democratic leader Katie Hall was born in rural Mississippi and moved to Indiana in 1960. She taught in Gary before serving in the Indiana General Assembly, 1974-82. Hall became the first African American U.S. Representative from Indiana, serving 1982-85. During her tenure, she authored and sponsored the bill that made Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a federal holiday.
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Location: 1927 Madison St., Gary
Installed 2019 Indiana Historical Bureau, KHEF, Inc., Atty. Junifer Hall, Atty. Jacqueline Hall, and Law Office of Deacon-Atty. John Henry Hall
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
The struggle to make Dr. King’s birthday a federal holiday began soon after the civil rights leader’s death in 1968. Growing interest, publicity, and advocacy helped Representative Hall secure passage of a bill in 1983. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law that November, designating every third Monday in January as the holiday. Celebration began in 1986.
Bailly Homestead
Bailly Homestead
Location: Bailly Cemetery, U.S. 12
Marker no longer standing.
Home of Joseph Bailly, a French Canadian, who established a fur trading post here on the Detroit-Chicago road in 1822. It became a center of trade, culture and religion. The family cemetery is on the land near by.
Iron Brigade
Iron Brigade
Location: Eastbound U.S. 20 at southeast corner of Ind. 49 overpass, Chesterton
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau, Porter Co. Tour. Com., Indpls. Civil War Rnd. Tbl., Porter Cmp. 116, Dept. of Ind., Sons of Un. Vets. of Civil War
Composed of infantry regiments from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, the Iron Brigade fought with Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861-1865). Received name for valor at battle of South Mountain, Maryland (1862). Sustained combat fatalities among the highest in the Union armies.
Willow Creek Confrontation
Willow Creek Confrontation
Location: Southeast corner of Woodland Park, 2100 Willow Creek Road, Portage
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau
As railroad lines expanded through U.S., conflict occurred between competing lines. Michigan Central Railroad, with track in Porter County since 1851, briefly defied state militia and court orders (1874) to allow Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to cross its track. Crossing was built at Willow Creek Station.
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Ogden Dunes Ski Jump
Location: Kratz Field, 82 Hillcrest Road at Boat Club Road, Ogden Dunes
Erected 1997 Indiana Historical Bureau and Historical Society of Ogden Dunes.
Steel and wood ski jump with adjustable height and length was built here for Ogden Dunes Ski Club, incorporated in 1927 to promote winter sports. Five annual events with international competitors were held 1928-1932, with 7, 000 to 20, 000 spectators. Reputed to be the largest artificial ski jump at the time. Dismantled after 1932 event.
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Edwin Way Teale
Location: 285 E. U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton
Installed: 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and Musette Lewry Trust
Born 1899 in Illinois, Teale became an influential naturalist, author, and photographer[ who won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for his book Wandering Through Winter. Teale wrote that boyhood summers and holidays spent near here at his grandparents’ farm inspired his interest in nature. Teale moved to New York City; employed by Popular Science Monthly 1928-1941.
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Edwin Way Teale
Location: 285 E. U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton
Installed: 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and Musette Lewry Trust
Teale published his first critically acclaimed book, Grassroot Jungles, in 1937. In 1943, he published Dune Boy, recollections of time spent exploring the dunes and woodlands in this area. During his life, he wrote, edited, and contributed to over 30 books, which educated Americans about nature’s importance and beauty. He died in Connecticut in 1980.
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Legacy of Steel/Burns Harbor Steel Plant
Location: Burns Harbor Town Hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd., Burns Harbor
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau, ArcelorMittal, and the Town of Burns Harbor
In the early 1900s, steel plants were developed on southern Lake Michigan to improve access to growing Midwest markets. After purchasing 3,300 acres in Porter County, Bethlehem Steel built and began its Burns Harbor operations in 1964. The plant’s development spurred local conservation efforts leading to the creation of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1966.
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Legacy of Steel/Burns Harbor Steel Plant
Location: Burns Harbor Town Hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd., Burns Harbor
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau, ArcelorMittal, and the Town of Burns Harbor
The Burns Harbor plant was key to building the Port of Indiana and incorporation of the Town of Burns Harbor in 1967. Designed as a fully integrated plant, it relies on the port for transporting raw materials. Since 1969, Burns Harbor remains the newest integrated U.S. steel facility. Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal gained ownership of the Burns Harbor plant in 2007.
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Civil War Camps
Location: Ind. 2 W and Colfax Avenue, La Porte
Erected by the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963
Two Civil War training camps: Colfax and Jackson, were located near La Porte. The 9th and 29th Indiana Volunteer Infantry regiments were organized and trained here.
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Old Lighthouse
Location: Old Lighthouse Museum in Washington Park, Michigan City
Marker no longer standing. Replaced by local marker.
Built on the water’s edge, 1858, by the United States Government. One of the first lights on the Great Lakes. Harriet E. Colfax was the tender from 1853-1903. Remodelled 1904, electrified 1933, discontinued 1960.
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Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad
Location: CR 250 and Ind. 39, south LaPorte
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau.
Proposed in 1905 as a 742 mile, straight-line, high speed route, without crossings; estimated ten hours travel time at a cost of ten dollars. Just under twenty miles, between LaPorte and Chesterton, were constructed, 1906-1911.
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Camp Anderson
Location: 2404 E. Michigan Boulevard at Carroll Street, Michigan City
Erected 1996 Indiana Historical Bureau and McDonald's Restaurant
One of three Civil War training camps in La Porte County. Site is one fourth mile west. Named for Colonel Edward Anderson. Used 1863-1864 to train Indiana Union volunteers of the 127th, 128th, and 129th regiments.
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Indiana Territory Boundary Line
Location: 213 Pine Lake Avenue, LaPorte
Erected 1999 Indiana Historical Bureau, the Hinton Family, and L Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Northwest Territory formed 1787; Indiana Territory formed 1800. Admission of Ohio 1803 and formation of Michigan Territory 1805 established Indiana Territory's northern boundary at southern tip of Lake Michigan. When Indiana became state in 1816, Congress moved boundary ten miles north giving Indiana part of Lake Michigan.
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Indiana Territory Boundary Line
Location: 213 Pine Lake Avenue, LaPorte
Erected 1999 Indiana Historical Bureau, the Hinton Family, and L Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Northern boundary of Indiana Territory established at southern tip of Lake Michigan when Michigan Territory formed in 1805.
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LaPorte County Courthouse
Location: 813 Lincolnway and Michigan Avenue, southeast corner of LaPorte County Courthouse lawn
Installed: 2001 Indiana Historical Bureau, LaPorte County Board of Commissioners, and LaPorte County Historical Society
County formed by Indiana General Assembly and LaPorte selected county seat 1832. Three courthouses built on this site: first 1833, second 1847-1848. Present courthouse constructed 1892-1894 of Lake Superior Red Sandstone; designed by Brentwood S. Tolan of Fort Wayne in Richardsonian Romanesque Style. Incorporates cornerstone from 1848 courthouse.
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LaPorte County Courthouse
Location: 813 Lincolnway & Michigan Avenue, SE corner of La Porte County Courthouse lawn, LaPorte
Installed: 2001 Indiana Historical Bureau, La Porte County Board of Commissioners, and La Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Features include open-arched central tower, stained glass window transoms, wood paneling, and gilded friezes. Goddess of Justice stained glass graces courtroom. Tower has 272-piece glass skylight; gargoyles decorate exterior. Included in Downtown La Porte Historic District, listed in National Register of Historic Places 1983.
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LaPorte's Carnegie Library
Location: LaPorte County Public Library, SW corner of 904 Indiana Avenue/US 35 & Maple Avenue
Installed: 2002 Indiana Historical Bureau and Friends of the LaPorte County Public Library
La Porte's first public library was established 1896. La Porte City School Board was awarded $27, 500 Carnegie grant 1916; by 1919 local support had been secured to meet grant requirements. Architect Wilson B. Parker designed the Neo-Classical style structure. Library opened in 1920 with 30, 000 volumes.
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LaPorte's Carnegie Library
Location: LaPorte County Public Library, SW corner of 904 Indiana Avenue/US 35 & Maple Avenue
Installed: 2002 Indiana Historical Bureau and Friends of the LaPorte County Public Library
Renovation and expansion designed by architect William Koster; building dedicated 1991. Original 1920 section retained. Library has played a major role in community's development. One of 1, 679 libraries built in U.S. with funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Indiana built more Carnegie libraries than any other state.
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The Rumely Companies
Location: NW corner of Madison Street & Lincolnway, La Porte
Installed: 2003 Indiana Historical Bureau and Rumely Historic Recognition Committee
Meinrad Rumely (1823-1904), a German immigrant, founded a blacksmith shop here 1853, which grew into a dominant company through reorganizations and acquisitions. Rumely companies in La Porte benefited from available rail transportation plus German and later Polish immigrant laborers. Products included a wide variety of agricultural machines.
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The Rumely Companies
Location: NW corner of Madison Street & Lincolnway, La Porte
Installed: 2003 Indiana Historical Bureau and Rumely Historic Recognition Committee
Rumely's prizewinning thresher later became one of the earliest powered by steam. Thousands of OilPull tractors sold worldwide 1910-1930. Rumely companies were at the forefront of mechanization of American and world agriculture and had significant impact on La Porte. Allis-Chalmers acquired the firm 1931 and closed La Porte plant 1983.
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The Lincoln Funeral Train
Location: 100 E. Michigan Blvd. (U.S. 12), Michigan City
Installed 2010 Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln's funeral was April 19, 1865 at the White House. The funeral train left for Springfield, Illinois April 21 directed by military; stops en route allowed the public to pay homage. From Indianapolis, train passed mourners lighted by bonfires and torches along the way; arrived in Michigan City by 8:35 a.m., May 1.
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The Lincoln Funeral Train
Location: 100 E. Michigan Blvd. (U.S. 12), Michigan City
Installed 2010 Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Residents decorated depot north of here with memorial arches adorned with roses, evergreens, flags, and images of Lincoln. Train stopped to switch engines and to allow dignitaries from Illinois and Indiana to board. Sixteen women entered funeral car to place flowers on casket. Train left for Chicago on Michigan Central Railroad; track was lined with mourners.
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LaPorte University/Indiana Medical College
Location: Lincoln Elementary School, SE corner of Clay St. and Harrison St., LaPorte
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau and the Healthcare Foundation of LaPorte
LaPorte University was established in the early 1840s to include law, literary, and medical departments. The medical department, later Indiana Medical College, began classes by 1842. Its distinguished faculty attracted students from across the U.S. Notable attendees included Dr. William W. Mayo, whose practice evolved into Mayo Clinic, and Dr. William H. Wishard.
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LaPorte University/Indiana Medical College
Location: Lincoln Elementary School, southeast corner of Clay Street and Harrison Street, LaPorte
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau and the Healthcare Foundation of LaPorte
Before the university’s founding, Indiana offered few opportunities for professional medical training. The medical college trained skilled doctors in the Midwest, preparing them for the region’s medical needs in surgery, anatomy, theory, and obstetrics. Classes ceased circa 1850; it consolidated with Indiana Central Medical College (1849-1852) in Indianapolis, 1851.
Source: Indiana Historical Bureau, www.in.gov/history/
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Gary Roosevelt High School
730 W. 25th Ave., Gary
Installed 2020 Indiana Historical Bureau, Lady Panthers & Supporters '63, Roosevelt Adult Booster Club, National Gary Theodore Roosevelt Alumni Assoc., Inc., and Indiana Landmarks
As Gary grew in the early 1900s, African American students were segregated within white schools or overcrowded into small, separate schools. To compensate, officials transferred some Black students to Emerson High School in 1927. After over 600 white students walked out in protest, the school board reinforced segregation by building a new school for the Black community.
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Gary Roosevelt High School
730 W. 25th Ave., Gary
Installed 2020 Indiana Historical Bureau, Lady Panthers & Supporters '63, Roosevelt Adult Booster Club, National Gary Theodore Roosevelt Alumni Assoc., Inc., and Indiana Landmarks
Theodore Roosevelt High School was dedicated in 1931 as an all-Black K-12 school. While many community members opposed segregation, they took pride in Roosevelt, and strove to make it equal to Gary’s white schools. It employed highly educated Black teachers, pushed students to excel in academics and sports despite discrimination, and produced many distinguished alumni.
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CHESTERTON — The state has stepped in and put the brakes on for semi-trucks travelling along the local stretch of Ind. 49.
The Indiana Department of Transportation officially reduced the speed limit this week for trucks on the local stretch of highway from 50 mph to 40, the town reported.
The speed reduction, which does not apply to passenger vehicles, is in effect between the Interstate 94 interchange and the Indiana Toll Road to the south, the town said. This is in addition to a requirement that the large trucks remain in the right lane of the two-lane highway.
The reduced speed limit is part of an effort to improve safety along the highway.
Town officials had referred to the May incident of a northbound semi-truck running a red light on Ind. 49 and seriously injuring retired Chesterton High School swim coach Kevin Kinel, who was crossing the highway in his vehicle with the green light at East Porter Avenue.
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Police have been given a further tool in enforcing the new crackdown on Ind. 49. Three median crossovers — two between East Porter Avenue and County Road 1100 North and one just north of Gateway Boulevard — have been installed to make it easier and safer for police to enforce traffic laws.
"Not only can officers conduct stationary patrols now, from tactically chosen locations," the town said. "They can also execute timely U-turns on witnessing infractions in the oncoming lanes of traffic."
The reduced speed limit applies to trucks with a gross weight over 13 tons, according to the town.
"Though the drivers of passenger vehicles are just as likely to speed along the Ind. 49 corridor, a semi going 50 mph — be honest, going 55 or 60 — on the one hand requires considerably more stopping distance than a compact car or minivan does traveling at the same speed," the town said. "And on the other, will also cause vastly more damage in rear-ending or T-boning someone."
Chesterton Police Chief Tim Richardson said, "Finally we have in place all the tools we need to enforce traffic laws more efficiently and responsively."
"Already we've seen positive results from enforcement efforts when officers use the three new turnarounds, and I'm confident that as word spreads, not simply among the truckers but the commuters as well who travel frequently through our town, compliance will be much improved and along with it safety." | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/state-puts-brakes-on-trucks-along-duneland-stretch-of-ind-49/article_079ddc55-7938-58b2-9be0-0593e58b0bc7.html | 2022-08-12T16:48:50 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/state-puts-brakes-on-trucks-along-duneland-stretch-of-ind-49/article_079ddc55-7938-58b2-9be0-0593e58b0bc7.html |
DALLAS — A Spirit Airlines agent, employed through a local partner company according to the airline, has been suspended after a video surfaced online that shows him fighting with a woman who called him racial and homophobic slurs in the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
Video of the fight was posted on Twitter by DTX Daily with the date "7/11/22," but the statement from Spirit confirmed that the incident occurred on Aug. 11 and not on July 11.
The video has gone viral online, garnering more than 5 million views in only 24 hours.
In the video, you can see a man in a maroon shirt – the airline employee – yelling at a woman, saying "you have lost your mind... don't you touch me ever in your life."
"You touched me first, and then you got in my face," the man added. "Don't ever invade my personal space."
The woman then yells "get out of my face" back at the man while pushing him multiple times. Throughout the video, the woman says racial and homophobic slurs at the man. Another man intervenes, then the woman hits the airline employee. In response to being hit, the man then runs after the woman and eventually hits her back.
The video also shows multiple people trying to subdue the man and break up the fight.
At the end of the video, another man confronts the Spirit Airlines agent for "fighting a woman," where the two square off chest-to-chest with their hands behind their backs.
You can watch the video here (warning: the video contains language some may find offensive. Viewer discretion is advised.):
Spirit Airlines and the DFW airport told WFAA in a statement Friday morning they were aware of the altercation between the agent and the passenger. They added the "vendor at DFW has suspended the agent."
"Spirit Airlines does not tolerate violence of any kind, and we are working with local law enforcement to investigate this matter," the statement continued.
WFAA has reached out to law enforcement to see if the woman is facing any charges from the incident, as well.
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TERRELL, Texas — ProRodeo Hall of Famer Neal Gay died on Aug. 11 at his ranch in Terrell, Texas, according to the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He was 96 years old.
The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo issued a statement on its Facebook page about Gay's passing, which also included a statement from Gay's family. It reads:
"We are saddened to learn of the passing of Rafter G Rodeo's founder and patriarch, Neal Gay. Neal was a truly legendary rodeo leader who played a pivotal role in the FWSSR's World's Original Indoor Rodeo for decades. His legacy lives on through his hardworking and dedicated family that are taking Rafter G Rodeo to exciting new heights. Please join us in keeping everyone at Rafter G Rodeo in your thoughts and prayers.
Below is a statement from the Gay family.
On behalf of everyone here at the Gay family and the extended family and friends of Rafter G Rodeo, we are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved father, grandfather and founder Neal Gay.
We are so very thankful for the 95 years of wisdom, friendship and memories we have shared with so many. We are currently in the planning stages of a memorial service and will provide information very soon.
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers as we work to honor this great man."
Gay was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1993. His career began in 1945 in Atoka, Okla.
In May 1958, Gay opened up the Mesquite Championship Rodeo. It has grown from a small event to one that is now watched by millions on TV every year.
According to PRCA, funeral and memorial services will be announced at a later date.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – Lynchburg City Schools wants to make sure all students are fed this year.
School officials announced on Thursday that all schools in the division will be providing students with free nutritious meals each day as part of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
This is thanks to the Community Eligibility Provision, a free meal service option for schools and school districts in low-income areas.
All students will be able to get one free breakfast and lunch each day, and parents and/or guardians will not need to submit an application for the free meals.
Those with questions are asked to contact The Office of School Nutrition at 434-515-5060. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/12/lynchburg-city-schools-offering-all-students-free-meals-this-year/ | 2022-08-12T16:56:40 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/12/lynchburg-city-schools-offering-all-students-free-meals-this-year/ |
Pennsylvania’s first park dedicated for use by ATV enthusiasts and those who enjoy other motorized recreation vehicles will open within two years, the state announced Friday.
It’s not far from the Lehigh Valley.
The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said Friday it has acquired 5,600 acres that will be turned into an area for recreational vehicles in Weiser State Forest. The state forest’s main office is in Cressona, Schuylkill County, about an hour drive from Allentown.
The motorized recreation area is expected to open in the summer of 2024, according to a news release.
“We at DCNR are very excited to announce the acquisition of this property and look forward to it being developed into the Catawissa Recreation Area, the first such area within our state forest system,” department Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said.
Pennsylvania’s state parks, which saw an increase in visitors at the height of the pandemic, have struggled to meet visitor expectations while also dealing with problems associated with aging infrastructure.
In Allentown and other urban communities, police have been dealing with motorists and pedestrians avoiding bands of unregistered dirt bikes, ATVs and motorcyles being driven recklessly. Last month, Gov. Tom signed legislation that provides deterrents to drivers who are operating vehicles illegally. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-pennsylvania-atv-park-20220812-bh4wqt4rsfg2zavvnstnqmipze-story.html | 2022-08-12T17:05:07 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-pennsylvania-atv-park-20220812-bh4wqt4rsfg2zavvnstnqmipze-story.html |
Services were set to begin Friday for young siblings who died last week in a Pennsylvania house fire that also killed eight other people, as investigators continued to look for the cause.
The fast-moving, middle-of-the-night inferno destroyed the home in the small community of Nescopeck, where members of an extended family had gathered for a summertime sleepover.
The coroner determined that all 10 victims died of smoke inhalation. The Luzerne County district attorney, Sam Sanguedolce, has said a preliminary investigation suggests the fire broke out on the front porch. Three people were able to escape.
The cause remains under investigation, according to Sanguedolce.
As state police continued their probe, the first two funerals were set to get underway Friday afternoon, with mourners gathering at a funeral home in Mansfield to remember Ariana Trout, 7, and her brother, 5-year-old Bradley Trout.
Ariana “loved learning about styling hair and makeup,” according to her obituary, while Bradley enjoyed spending time at the library and playing Pokemon GO. He would have turned 6 on Thursday.
More funerals were scheduled for Sunday and Monday, including a joint service for 19-year-old volunteer firefighter Dale Baker and his sister, Star Baker, 22. Their father, also a firefighter, was one of the first firefighters on the scene of the Aug. 5 blaze. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/funerals-nescopeck-blaze-killed-10/3333529/ | 2022-08-12T17:08:04 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/funerals-nescopeck-blaze-killed-10/3333529/ |
MARSHALL COUNTY, Iowa — Law enforcement in Marshall County believe human bones may have been found in the Iowa River, and have launched an investigation.
The Marshall County Sheriff's Office said a possible human jaw was discovered while conservation staff was conducting a wildlife and biological survey of the area Wednesday afternoon.
After further searching, three more bones were found.
The jawbone is thought to be several years old, and will now undergo testing at the Iowa State Medical Examiner's Office to confirm it is human. If it is, authorities will test for DNA to determine some traits of the person it belonged to.
The sheriff's office said there is no threat to public safety. However, a lack of rain over the last few weeks has created low water levels in the Iowa River, so parts of the river that were previously underwater are now being uncovered.
Authorities ask anyone who is using the river recreationally and finds what may be other human remains to contact the sheriff's office at 641-754-6380 or the county communications center at 641-754-5725.
The findings remain under investigation. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/possible-human-bones-remains-found-iowa-river-marshall-county/524-00042f31-3f0e-462b-b2cb-45c09c97e2f6 | 2022-08-12T17:09:03 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/possible-human-bones-remains-found-iowa-river-marshall-county/524-00042f31-3f0e-462b-b2cb-45c09c97e2f6 |
WEST POINT, Ga. — Five West Point police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave after a resident's video surfaced and went viral.
In the video captured by home security footage, one of the officers is heard saying the N-word before appearing to throw a security camera across the resident's yard.
The five officers placed on administrative leave have been identified as Officer Donald Bramblett, Officer Dylan Harmon, Officer Zachary Heyboer, Sgt. William Osteen and Detective Elizabeth Wegienka, according to public information officer C.O. Thomas.
Tomeshia James Madden posted the video to Facebook on Monday and said an officer took her camera off her porch and threw it in the bushes.
"Can someone explain to me why he would do this?" Madden posted.
Madden has since appointed attorney Wendell Major, who told a local media that the officers were serving a warrant on Madden's son at the time of the incident, and that the son has since turned himself in to authorities and they intend to resolve that situation in court. It is uncertain what the warrants were in regard to.
The West Point Police Department says it's taking this matter very seriously and has turned the investigation over to the GBI, officials say. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/5-georgia-officers-placed-leave-calling-resident-n-word/85-0c81395b-9623-41bf-afaa-4146fd5530fa | 2022-08-12T17:09:22 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/5-georgia-officers-placed-leave-calling-resident-n-word/85-0c81395b-9623-41bf-afaa-4146fd5530fa |
ATLANTA — Atlanta has already seen 100 homicides this year.
Atlanta Police Department officials confirmed that as of Aug. 11, its officers have handled at least 100 homicide cases, marking the third year in a row that Atlanta's homicide rate has increased.
To note, APD hit this milestone slightly earlier than last year. Data shows for the week of Aug. 15, APD chalked in its 100th homicide case. Around this same period in 2020, APD data shows there were 92 killings.
Last week, Atlanta's interim police chief Darin Schierbaum said the city's homicide rate has declined since April.
"When you look at the homicide trends, they've been decreasing since April of this year," he said during an impromptu news conference. Schierbaum was offering an update on the day's three separate shootings at the time.
Though the statistic is true, as 17 killings alone were recorded in April, for the past three years in a row, the FBI shows the number of murders in Atlanta increasing.
APD hit this grim milestone the same week Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens told city council members there are glimmers of hope in crimes, pointing to police crime data.
By the end of July, Dickens told the committee crimes in the city’s public parks had dropped by 14% this year.
Among the other data he cited
- 20% drop in arrests of juvenile offenders.
- 14% reduction in crimes committed in city parks.
- 3% drop in crimes against persons in July, compared to the previous month.
- No violent crimes in 2022 at Lenox Square, the site of some high-profile violence in recent years.
- Sharp drops in "calls for service" in complaints about individuals peddling water alongside public streets.
As Atlanta works to execute more crime-fighting initiatives, leaders are asking the public to rethink how they approach conflict resolution and to keep their emotions in check.
Schierbaum has said much of the violence stems from anger.
"But moments of anger? That is why we're appealing to the citizens. We can't stop moments of anger," he said.
Below is a map of homicides comparing 2021 to 2022. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-marks-100-homicides-cases/85-51a06798-8b3b-49cd-8967-50c7affc241d | 2022-08-12T17:09:28 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-marks-100-homicides-cases/85-51a06798-8b3b-49cd-8967-50c7affc241d |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Work is expected to begin around Sept. 12 on a nearly $8.23 million bridge replacement on K-55 between Belle Plaine and Udall.
During the construction, the bridge will be closed, and signs will direct traffic to a detour to the north of K-55 on state highways. From the west, the detour route from K-55 will be north on U.S. 81 to K-53, east on K-53 to K-15 and south on K-15. The map below shows the detour route, traced in red, and the location of the bridge, marked with a red dot.
The Kansas Department of Transportation project involves replacement, including grading and surfacing, of the K-55 bridge over the Arkansas River. The bridge is 7.6 miles east of U.S. 81 in Sumner County.
The new bridge is expected to open to traffic in October of 2023.
The new bridge will be wider, with the addition of 8-foot shoulders. The bridge being replaced was built in 1933. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/bridge-between-belle-plaine-udall-to-be-replaced/ | 2022-08-12T17:09:31 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/bridge-between-belle-plaine-udall-to-be-replaced/ |
Anybody who has taken a course in marketing, psychology or sociology is likely familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. First detailed by psychologist Andrew Maslow in his 1943 work “A Theory of Human Motivation,” the hierarchy breaks down the complex network of human thoughts into a categorical triage, placing self-development at the top and security and physical health at the bottom. In setting up this pyramid, Maslow framed self-recognition and creative development as ultimate goals, while also prioritizing personal safety and strong physical health.
As such, it has never been more important to recognize the health care professionals who work tirelessly to keep the population healthy. In 2020, the United States spent 19.7% of its GDP on health. While it’s encouraging to know that the country is investing in those responsible for maintaining the nation’s well-being, not all health care professionals receive equal compensation.
Stacker compiled a list of the highest and lowest paying health care jobs in Wichita using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2020 annual mean wage. Job descriptions are from O*NET. Keep reading to see which health care jobs make the most and least in your city.
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#44. Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $25,220
– #234 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 210
National
– Annual mean salary: $30,980
– Employment: 98,810
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($45,950)
— New Haven, CT ($45,360)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($41,210)
– Job description: Feed, water, and examine pets and other nonfarm animals for signs of illness, disease, or injury in laboratories and animal hospitals and clinics. Clean and disinfect cages and work areas, and sterilize laboratory and surgical equipment. May provide routine postoperative care, administer medication orally or topically, or prepare samples for laboratory examination under the supervision of veterinary or laboratory animal technologists or technicians, veterinarians, or scientists.
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#43. Pharmacy aides
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $27,050
– #100 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 150
National
– Annual mean salary: $32,250
– Employment: 38,900
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($55,930)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($48,360)
— Fresno, CA ($45,210)
– Job description: Record drugs delivered to the pharmacy, store incoming merchandise, and inform the supervisor of stock needs. May operate cash register and accept prescriptions for filling.
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#42. Orderlies
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $27,270
– #86 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60
National
– Annual mean salary: $31,780
– Employment: 43,570
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($54,270)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($51,580)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($51,170)
– Job description: Transport patients to areas such as operating rooms or x-ray rooms using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. May maintain stocks of supplies or clean and transport equipment. Psychiatric orderlies are included in Psychiatric Aides.
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#41. Nursing assistants
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $27,680
– #296 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 4,250
National
– Annual mean salary: $32,050
– Employment: 1,371,050
– Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($48,420)
— Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ($43,960)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($42,200)
– Job description: Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.
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#39. Opticians, dispensing
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $29,840
– #259 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 80
National
– Annual mean salary: $41,380
– Employment: 68,180
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Utica-Rome, NY ($71,220)
— Danbury, CT ($68,590)
— Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($66,900)
– Job description: Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames. Includes contact lens opticians.
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#38. Medical assistants
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $31,790
– #296 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,560
National
– Annual mean salary: $36,930
– Employment: 710,200
– Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($53,960)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($53,660)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($52,520)
– Job description: Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
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#37. Veterinary technologists and technicians
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $32,010
– #233 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 280
National
– Annual mean salary: $37,860
– Employment: 109,490
– Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA ($56,020)
— Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($53,580)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($53,440)
– Job description: Perform medical tests in a laboratory environment for use in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases in animals. Prepare vaccines and serums for prevention of diseases. Prepare tissue samples, take blood samples, and execute laboratory tests, such as urinalysis and blood counts. Clean and sterilize instruments and materials and maintain equipment and machines. May assist a veterinarian during surgery.
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#36. Medical equipment preparers
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $32,890
– #156 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 80
National
– Annual mean salary: $41,070
– Employment: 56,870
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($65,400)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($65,280)
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($64,970)
– Job description: Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.
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#35. Pharmacy technicians
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $34,970
– #181 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 890
National
– Annual mean salary: $36,450
– Employment: 415,310
– Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($56,620)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,020)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($52,810)
– Job description: Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. May measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders.
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#34. Phlebotomists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $35,210
– #132 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 250
National
– Annual mean salary: $37,280
– Employment: 128,020
– Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Redding, CA ($52,770)
— San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($51,920)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($51,620)
– Job description: Draw blood for tests, transfusions, donations, or research. May explain the procedure to patients and assist in the recovery of patients with adverse reactions.
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#33. Ophthalmic medical technicians
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $35,370
– #158 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available
National
– Annual mean salary: $40,010
– Employment: 59,960
– Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($67,300)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($57,190)
— Duluth, MN-WI ($56,200)
– Job description: Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions. May administer eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct the patient in care and use of corrective lenses.
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#32. Dental assistants
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $37,120
– #300 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 660
National
– Annual mean salary: $42,310
– Employment: 312,140
– Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Santa Rosa, CA ($58,570)
— Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($56,240)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($54,550)
– Job description: Perform limited clinical duties under the direction of a dentist. Clinical duties may include equipment preparation and sterilization, preparing patients for treatment, assisting the dentist during treatment, and providing patients with instructions for oral healthcare procedures. May perform administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes.
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#31. Medical transcriptionists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $38,070
– #80 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 90
National
– Annual mean salary: $37,310
– Employment: 49,530
– Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV ($58,050)
— Bend-Redmond, OR ($56,450)
— Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($55,720)
– Job description: Transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate abbreviations into fully understandable form. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form for review and signature, or correction.
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#30. Recreational therapists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $38,300
– #103 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60
National
– Annual mean salary: $51,260
– Employment: 20,080
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($92,840)
— San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA ($89,970)
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($85,230)
– Job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate medically-approved recreation programs for patients in hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions. Activities include sports, trips, dramatics, social activities, and crafts. May assess a patient condition and recommend appropriate recreational activity.
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#29. Surgical technologists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $42,080
– #230 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 170
National
– Annual mean salary: $51,510
– Employment: 107,400
– Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($79,230)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($74,080)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($73,460)
– Job description: Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons’ assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
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#28. Massage therapists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $43,080
– #129 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 90
National
– Annual mean salary: $47,350
– Employment: 85,040
– Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Port St. Lucie, FL ($81,640)
— Anchorage, AK ($77,530)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($72,730)
– Job description: Perform therapeutic massages of soft tissues and joints. May assist in the assessment of range of motion and muscle strength, or propose client therapy plans.
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#27. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $43,980
– #297 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,600
National
– Annual mean salary: $50,090
– Employment: 676,440
– Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($75,950)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($74,820)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($74,520)
– Job description: Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.
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#26. Athletic trainers
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $47,810
– #112 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50
National
– Annual mean salary: $52,230
– Employment: 27,430
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Trenton, NJ ($71,890)
— Macon, GA ($68,350)
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($67,280)
– Job description: Evaluate and treat musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses. Provide preventive, therapeutic, emergency, and rehabilitative care.
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#25. Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $51,350
– #122 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 160
National
– Annual mean salary: $60,940
– Employment: 55,980
– Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($104,430)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($89,930)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($88,450)
– Job description: Conduct tests on pulmonary or cardiovascular systems of patients for diagnostic, therapeutic, or research purposes. May conduct or assist in electrocardiograms, cardiac catheterizations, pulmonary functions, lung capacity, and similar tests.
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#24. Radiologic technologists and technicians
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $53,200
– #275 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 420
National
– Annual mean salary: $64,840
– Employment: 206,720
– Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($120,270)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($116,250)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($114,850)
– Job description: Take x-rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient’s bloodstream for diagnostic or research purposes. Includes radiologic technologists and technicians who specialize in other scanning modalities.
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#23. Respiratory therapists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $56,970
– #192 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 320
National
– Annual mean salary: $65,640
– Employment: 131,890
– Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($104,200)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($100,710)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($100,080)
– Job description: Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures; maintain patient records; and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment.
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#22. Registered nurses
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $59,480
– #355 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 6,220
National
– Annual mean salary: $80,010
– Employment: 2,986,500
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($149,200)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($146,870)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($142,140)
– Job description: Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.
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#21. Physical therapist assistants
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $59,510
– #136 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 170
National
– Annual mean salary: $59,440
– Employment: 92,740
– Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($81,510)
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($78,370)
— Visalia-Porterville, CA ($78,240)
– Job description: Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with state laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist. Generally requires formal training.
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#20. Occupational therapy assistants
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $60,930
– #110 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 160
National
– Annual mean salary: $63,420
– Employment: 42,750
– Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($89,380)
— McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX ($86,850)
— Visalia-Porterville, CA ($84,370)
– Job description: Assist occupational therapists in providing occupational therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with state laws, assist in development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, direct activity programs, and document the progress of treatments. Generally requires formal training.
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#19. Chiropractors
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $61,120
– #120 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60
National
– Annual mean salary: $83,830
– Employment: 34,760
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($273,530)
— Raleigh, NC ($149,430)
— New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($139,970)
– Job description: Assess, treat, and care for patients by manipulation of spine and musculoskeletal system. May provide spinal adjustment or address sacral or pelvic misalignment.
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#18. Dietitians and nutritionists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $63,440
– #102 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70
National
– Annual mean salary: $64,150
– Employment: 66,330
– Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Santa Rosa, CA ($95,140)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($95,060)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($93,640)
– Job description: Plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.
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#17. Dental hygienists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $67,260
– #254 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 590
National
– Annual mean salary: $78,050
– Employment: 194,830
– Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($133,730)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($120,340)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($118,980)
– Job description: Administer oral hygiene care to patients. Assess patient oral hygiene problems or needs and maintain health records. Advise patients on oral health maintenance and disease prevention. May provide advanced care such as providing fluoride treatment or administering topical anesthesia.
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#16. Audiologists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $71,720
– #67 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 30
National
– Annual mean salary: $89,230
– Employment: 13,300
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Reno, NV ($151,460)
— Tulsa, OK ($128,620)
— Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR ($127,210)
– Job description: Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. May fit hearing aids and provide auditory training. May perform research related to hearing problems.
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#15. Veterinarians
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $72,160
– #269 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 180
National
– Annual mean salary: $108,350
– Employment: 73,710
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($169,220)
— Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($150,370)
— Akron, OH ($150,330)
– Job description: Diagnose, treat, or research diseases and injuries of animals. Includes veterinarians who conduct research and development, inspect livestock, or care for pets and companion animals.
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#14. Radiation therapists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $72,240
– #71 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available
National
– Annual mean salary: $94,300
– Employment: 17,390
– Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($150,950)
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($145,420)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($141,130)
– Job description: Provide radiation therapy to patients as prescribed by a radiation oncologist according to established practices and standards. Duties may include reviewing prescription and diagnosis; acting as liaison with physician and supportive care personnel; preparing equipment, such as immobilization, treatment, and protection devices; and maintaining records, reports, and files. May assist in dosimetry procedures and tumor localization.
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#13. Speech-language pathologists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $74,660
– #221 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 360
National
– Annual mean salary: $83,240
– Employment: 148,450
– Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Modesto, CA ($128,540)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($120,920)
— Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($115,480)
– Job description: Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.
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#12. Diagnostic medical sonographers
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $76,580
– #85 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 200
National
– Annual mean salary: $77,790
– Employment: 73,920
– Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA ($138,130)
— Santa Rosa, CA ($126,610)
— Stockton-Lodi, CA ($121,710)
– Job description: Produce ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by physicians. Includes vascular technologists.
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#11. Occupational therapists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $89,960
– #93 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 240
National
– Annual mean salary: $87,480
– Employment: 126,610
– Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— The Villages, FL ($115,920)
— Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($115,060)
— Modesto, CA ($112,870)
– Job description: Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual’s environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.
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#10. Physical therapists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $90,670
– #151 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 410
National
– Annual mean salary: $91,680
– Employment: 220,870
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— El Centro, CA ($143,500)
— Modesto, CA ($123,370)
— Visalia-Porterville, CA ($119,510)
– Job description: Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.
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#9. Optometrists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $96,150
– #137 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 90
National
– Annual mean salary: $125,440
– Employment: 36,690
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Columbia, SC ($228,340)
— New Haven, CT ($186,950)
— Evansville, IN-KY ($182,980)
– Job description: Diagnose, manage, and treat conditions and diseases of the human eye and visual system. Examine eyes and visual system, diagnose problems or impairments, prescribe corrective lenses, and provide treatment. May prescribe therapeutic drugs to treat specific eye conditions.
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#8. Nurse practitioners
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $98,190
– #327 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 420
National
– Annual mean salary: $114,510
– Employment: 211,280
– Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($188,070)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($177,800)
— Salinas, CA ($155,310)
– Job description: Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x rays. May prescribe medication. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.
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#7. Physician assistants
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $104,390
– #240 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 310
National
– Annual mean salary: $116,080
– Employment: 125,280
– Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Salinas, CA ($168,220)
— Waterbury, CT ($165,230)
— Portsmouth, NH-ME ($158,020)
– Job description: Provide healthcare services typically performed by a physician, under the supervision of a physician. Conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, and counsel patients. May, in some cases, prescribe medication. Must graduate from an accredited educational program for physician assistants.
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#6. Pharmacists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $122,510
– #239 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 590
National
– Annual mean salary: $125,460
– Employment: 315,470
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Madera, CA ($165,350)
— Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($162,540)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($161,120)
– Job description: Dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide information to patients about medications and their use. May advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications.
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#5. Pediatricians, general
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $140,060
– #68 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available
National
– Annual mean salary: $184,570
– Employment: 27,550
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($280,860)
— State College, PA ($275,730)
— Salt Lake City, UT ($275,610)
– Job description: Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries in children. May refer patients to specialists for further diagnosis or treatment, as needed.
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#4. Dentists, general
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $162,030
– #191 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 210
National
– Annual mean salary: $180,830
– Employment: 95,920
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Dover-Durham, NH-ME ($286,540)
— North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL ($278,790)
— Portland-South Portland, ME ($278,390)
– Job description: Examine, diagnose, and treat diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums. May treat diseases of nerve, pulp, and other dental tissues affecting oral hygiene and retention of teeth. May fit dental appliances or provide preventive care.
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#3. Nurse anesthetists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $163,570
– #80 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available
National
– Annual mean salary: $189,190
– Employment: 41,960
– Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Duluth, MN-WI ($271,940)
— Ann Arbor, MI ($262,890)
— Green Bay, WI ($239,140)
– Job description: Administer anesthesia, monitor patient’s vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia. May assist anesthesiologists, surgeons, other physicians, or dentists. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.
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#2. Family medicine physicians
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $199,310
– #184 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 150
National
– Annual mean salary: $214,370
– Employment: 98,590
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA ($309,800)
— Napa, CA ($302,040)
— Gadsden, AL ($292,110)
– Job description: Diagnose, treat, and provide preventive care to individuals and families across the lifespan. May refer patients to specialists when needed for further diagnosis or treatment.
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#1. Obstetricians and gynecologists
Wichita, KS
– Annual mean salary: $205,170
– #48 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available
National
– Annual mean salary: $239,120
– Employment: 18,900
– Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI ($294,450)
— Tulsa, OK ($294,400)
— Albuquerque, NM ($292,740)
– Job description: Provide medical care related to pregnancy or childbirth. Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases of women, particularly those affecting the reproductive system. May also provide general care to women. May perform both medical and gynecological surgery functions. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/highest-and-lowest-paying-health-care-jobs-in-wichita/ | 2022-08-12T17:09:37 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/highest-and-lowest-paying-health-care-jobs-in-wichita/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas Department of Transportation announced the list of the most qualified progressive design-build teams for the U.S. 54/East Kellogg progressive design-build project.
The three teams are:
- Ames Construction
- Dondlinger/Wildcat Joint Venture, LLC
- Kiewit Infrastructure Co.
The progressive design-build will include adding travel lanes and frontage roads, interchange improvements at K-96 and grade-separated intersections at 143rd and 159th Streets. The project is a priority to reduce congestion, increase safety, and improve trip reliability.
KDOT evaluated the teams on their qualifications, including organizational structure, key personnel assigned to the project, and firm experience on similar projects. The final team will be chosen in October.
For more information on the East Kellogg project, click here. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kdot-announces-short-list-of-teams-for-kellogg-project/ | 2022-08-12T17:09:43 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kdot-announces-short-list-of-teams-for-kellogg-project/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Wichita sixth- and ninth-grade students began school on Friday with a half day of class.
KSN News was Wilbur Middle School for the arrival of the sixth-grade class. Principal Mitch Linn says they use the day to help students get acclimated, so they don’t get intimidated.
“They’re in a rotation this morning. So, we rotate through all of their classes, just a short, little rotation. They meet all of their teachers,” Linn said. “We do a little assembly in the auditorium and welcome them.”
Linn added that they had an excellent turnout for the open house held at the school earlier this week.
“You know with COVID, It was tough the last couple years in so many ways, but, man, we are just so pumped about this year and kind of get some semblance of normalcy,” he added.
The rest of the USD 259 district starts class on Monday. Click here for more on what you need to know before school begins in Wichita. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-sixth-and-ninth-grade-students-start-class/ | 2022-08-12T17:09:49 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-sixth-and-ninth-grade-students-start-class/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Fire crews from the area were busy Friday as they battled a grass fire in northwest Wichita.
It started around 11 a.m. near Kansas Highway 96 and Ridge Road. Several units were called to battle the fire.
The Kansas Highway Patrol closed the entrance ramps from Ridge Road to westbound K-96 as crews worked to contain the fire. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/crews-battle-grass-fire-at-k-96-and-ridge-road/ | 2022-08-12T17:10:49 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/crews-battle-grass-fire-at-k-96-and-ridge-road/ |
Our solutions journalism beat here at the Star is turning one year old on Aug. 15.
While reflecting on the occasion, I admitted to my editor that when I'd pitched the idea of a whole beat focusing on people and groups working to fix problems, I wasn't sure if I'd generate enough reader interest or would even find enough stories to keep it going. Sure, we've done projects involving solutions journalism at the Star for years, but we hadn't taken on regular, sustained coverage of solutions that are underway (or needed) in our community.
Turns out, my fears were all for naught.
I've had a backlog of story ideas from the start and the beat has grown in ways I couldn't have imagined.
Thanks in large part to my participation in the Solutions Journalism Network's 2022 LEDE Fellowship, I've been able to engage with readers both virtually and in-person, soliciting feedback on our coverage and trying to learn what the community wants me to write about.
At in-person events I talked to attendees about my job and what kinds of stories they'd like to read. I launched a survey that has generated hundreds of responses, organized an hours-long community conversation where two dozen people helped guide future solutions coverage, and for the past six months, I've been giving readers a behind-the-scenes look at our work through my Southern Arizona Solutions newsletter.
I've also authored or co-authored more than 55 solutions-oriented stories covering topics including public safety, education, housing and homelessness, criminal justice, health, community groups, politics, mental wellness, substance use issues and more. To make it easy for readers to find our solutions coverage, we created a solutions page on our website.
And it's not just me producing solutions stories. We've recently started training other Star reporters, interns and apprentices on how to do solutions journalism on their own beats.
Solutions is growing and thriving at the Star, and the impact on our community has been even better than I'd hoped.
Emails from readers praising our solutions coverage and the way it affects their lives are constant and regular. Here's a portion of a recent one:
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"I just read your Solutions email stories this morning. It was extremely uplifting to hear of people here in Tucson helping others. And certainly a breath of fresh air amidst the horrendous news I am bombarded with daily. Thank you! I look forward to reading more of the Solutions email."
Messages like these let me know that what we're doing is important. I couldn't sustain this beat without the interest of readers.
Our solutions coverage has also impacted story subjects, including local nonprofit The Homing Project, which received a land donation after a solutions story about its quest to find land for a village of secure, tiny homes for unhoused individuals.
Our efforts to make solutions journalism a priority this past year recently garnered some national attention by way of an article in Better News, a journalism website that serves as a hub of best practices and provides guidance on industry issues. The Better News article has gained some traction, including a recent appearance in an international newsletter as an example of a solutions journalism best practice. Based in Germany, the Bonn Institute researches best practices and works with media outlets and research institutions to analyze the impacts of innovations in solutions journalism and provide training to employees.
And we're still going and growing. Now you'll be able to read more solutions coverage about the environment — a topic that participants in our community conversation spent significant time discussing. My quest for community feedback is never ending. I want this to be a beat guided by and produced for the community.
We also want to make sure that our solutions coverage is reaching the people who need and want to read it. To celebrate our first year, we're offering our lowest-ever 5-month rate, just for solutions readers. (Please write down Source W, Promo TN in case you have questions about this deal later.)
In addition, if you subscribe to our newsletter, you'll be entered in a drawing to win a $50 gift card that can be used on gas or groceries. If you know someone who could benefit from our solutions coverage and these offers, please feel free to share them.
We couldn't have accomplished all that we have this past year without the support of our community, and my colleagues at the Star and I are very grateful for the enthusiasm with which our solutions beat has been met.
You know that overused cliche, "Time flies when you're having fun?"
Well, wouldn't you know it? It's true.
Get the latest Southern Arizona solutions news here
Contact Star reporter Caitlin Schmidt at 573-4191 or cschmidt@tucson.com. On Twitter: @caitlincschmidt | https://tucson.com/news/local/a-look-back-and-ahead-one-year-of-solutions-journalism-at-the-star/article_e7a5e23c-1991-11ed-90a2-af05bffdc5d0.html | 2022-08-12T17:13:00 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/a-look-back-and-ahead-one-year-of-solutions-journalism-at-the-star/article_e7a5e23c-1991-11ed-90a2-af05bffdc5d0.html |
DALLAS — A Spirit Airlines agent, employed through a local partner company according to the airline, has been suspended after a video surfaced online that shows him fighting with a woman who called him racial and homophobic slurs in the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
Video of the fight was posted on Twitter by DTX Daily with the date "7/11/22," but the statement from Spirit confirmed that the incident occurred on Aug. 11 and not on July 11.
The video has gone viral online, garnering more than 5 million views in only 24 hours.
In the video, you can see a man in a maroon shirt – the airline employee – yelling at a woman, saying "you have lost your mind... don't you touch me ever in your life."
"You touched me first, and then you got in my face," the man added. "Don't ever invade my personal space."
The woman then yells "get out of my face" back at the man while pushing him multiple times. Throughout the video, the woman says racial and homophobic slurs at the man. Another man intervenes, then the woman hits the airline employee. In response to being hit, the man then runs after the woman and eventually hits her back.
The video also shows multiple people trying to subdue the man and break up the fight.
At the end of the video, another man confronts the Spirit Airlines agent for "fighting a woman," where the two square off chest-to-chest with their hands behind their backs.
You can watch the video here (warning: the video contains language some may find offensive. Viewer discretion is advised.):
Spirit Airlines and the DFW airport told WFAA in a statement Friday morning they were aware of the altercation between the agent and the passenger. They added the "vendor at DFW has suspended the agent."
"Spirit Airlines does not tolerate violence of any kind, and we are working with local law enforcement to investigate this matter," the statement continued.
WFAA has reached out to law enforcement to see if the woman is facing any charges from the incident, as well.
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MIDLAND, Texas — An Alamo Junior High teacher has resigned after Midland ISD conducted an investigation into alleged racial comments the teacher made.
MISD released a statement about the incident and said:
"Midland ISD conducted an investigation into alleged comments made by a former Alamo Junior High teacher this week. The teacher has resigned and is no longer employed by the school district. Midland ISD is committed to safe and welcoming environments for all students."
We will continue to update this story as we receive more information. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-isd-teacher-resigns/513-6f592d4d-75f8-470f-96bc-773cf0b12f74 | 2022-08-12T17:17:10 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-isd-teacher-resigns/513-6f592d4d-75f8-470f-96bc-773cf0b12f74 |
MIDLAND, Texas — Tall City Brewing Company will be introducing its newest beer on August 13.
The brewery has once again partnered up with the Mandujano Brothers Produce to create a beer using Pecos Watermelons. The radler will have a watermelon and lime combination that will help refresh customers during this summer heat.
'Carnival de Agua Fresca' will be going on at the brewery as well with some past favorites making a return. Those beers include hibiscus and lime, blueberry and lime and Pecos Cantaloupe. There will be food trucks and live music at the event throughout the day. The carnival will run from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
For those who do not want beer, the Mandujano Brothers Produce will also have their Watermelons and Cantaloupes for sale from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/tall-city-brewing-co-to-unveil-newest-beer-on-august-13/513-87a518b4-be05-4e42-a04d-625cd1be212e | 2022-08-12T17:17:16 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/tall-city-brewing-co-to-unveil-newest-beer-on-august-13/513-87a518b4-be05-4e42-a04d-625cd1be212e |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The month of July saw water use skyrocket according to the city water department. Much of it possibly fueled by people concerned about keeping their grass, plants and trees alive. Not to mention their worries over their foundations.
Kevin Gibbs is an ornamental horticulturalist for the Texas A&M AgriLife extension service. He offered important advice to homeowners.
"Foundation repairs are extremely costly and the best thing to do is to try to keep it moist up next to the foundation," Gibbs said. "A lot of people will use a soaker hose but in this case with their house they've got plants planted up next to the foundation so if they water the plants it's going to keep the soil moist hopefully keep that foundation from cracking."
Gibbs says his specialty is helping homeowners with their yards. 3NEWS spotted a house on Cascade Drive which was a good example of a homeowner doing everything right. Everything from the grass to the plants and trees looked great.
"They've got the mulch up to the foundation so I like I said earlier like I said earlier as they're watering moisture it's keeping the moisture in the bed in the soil and also helping to keep the foundation from cracking."
Another thing this homeowner is doing correctly according to Gibbs is watering infrequently but heavily. We could see that every plant looked healthy and thriving in the middle of this drought." Most plants like to be watered heavily and then allowed to dry out between watering so they don't like to stay wet or have wet feet all the time and they don't like to go to dry."
But Gibbs says watering your yard is usually the most expensive and time consuming aspect of maintaining a yard. "It's usually going to be somewhere between 45 minutes to an hour and in clay soils that's going to run off in the street."
So, Gibbs recommends that you move the sprinkler around your yard during that hour watering period. It should help to get the water 8 inches down in the soil and also help to fill in those cracks a lot of people are seeing in their yards. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/texas/advice-for-homeowners-yards-during-extreme-texas-drought/503-52c447fb-dd2c-49ee-9243-d32b6f74c4c6 | 2022-08-12T17:17:22 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/texas/advice-for-homeowners-yards-during-extreme-texas-drought/503-52c447fb-dd2c-49ee-9243-d32b6f74c4c6 |
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — Milligan University held its annual Campus Work Day on Friday.
From dusting tables and chairs to pressure washing and landscaping, faculty, staff and students came to campus to clean the university before the semester begins. With many helping hands, staff said it’s no wonder that the university is as beautiful as it is.
“People feel really at home here, there’s a real sense of belonging and comradery among our students and among our faculty and staff,” said Dr. Bill Greer, president of Milligan University. “I want our students, particularly our new students, when they first arrive, to really feel that. To really feel that sense of welcome and community.”
With welcome week coming up, Milligan staff are excited to have their family back and welcome new students.
For more information on start dates and enrollment, click here. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/milligan-university-hosts-campus-work-day/ | 2022-08-12T17:17:33 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/milligan-university-hosts-campus-work-day/ |
All invited to CARE-a-van parade for Senior Citizens Day
LAS CRUCES – Haciendas at Grace Village is hosting its annual CARE-a-van parade Friday, Aug. 19 in honor of Senior Citizens Day.
The national holiday is recognized each year on Aug. 21 as a way to celebrate the accomplishments of older members of the community. At 10 a.m. Aug. 19, members of the Las Cruces community are invited to do just that through a parade for residents of the local assisted living facility.
According to a news release, HGV started the parade tradition early on in the COVID-19 pandemic to support residents. In prior years, facility employees have helped residents sit outside of the buildings on the campus to take in all the merriment.
Community members are invited to participate by decorating their vehicles and heading to the facility to make noise for the seniors. Officials with the Las Cruces police and fire departments will attend, along with members of local car and motorcycle clubs. A singer will also be on site to entertain participants.
HGV is at 2802 Corte Dios. For information, call the facility at 575-524-1020.
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Leah Romero is the trending reporter at the Las Cruces Sun-News and can be reached at 575-418-3442, lromero@lcsun-news.com or @rromero_leah on Twitter. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2022/08/12/all-invited-to-care-a-van-parade-for-senior-citizens-day/65399549007/ | 2022-08-12T17:26:44 | 0 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2022/08/12/all-invited-to-care-a-van-parade-for-senior-citizens-day/65399549007/ |
Albuquerque Muslims help bid to keep killings suspect jailed
ALBUQUERQUE — Members of New Mexico's Muslim community pushed Thursday for the Afghan refugee suspected of killing four Muslim men to remain behind bars pending trial — citing previous accusations of domestic violence and video surveillance that appeared to show him slashing the tires of a vehicle parked outside the local mosque.
The video from early 2020 had prompted leaders of the Islamic Center of New Mexico at the time to admonish Muhammad Syed and tell him not to return to the mosque.
The woman whose tires were slashed never went to the police and charges were never filed, said Ahmad Assed, the Islamic center's president.
But nearly two years later, her brother-in-law became one of the victims. Muhammad Zahir Ahmadi was fatally shot last November behind the market he owned with his brother.
Police have named Syed, 51, as the primary suspect in Ahmadi's death and in the fatal shooting of another man in early August. Authorities already have charged him with two counts of murder in the deaths of two other Muslim men in recent weeks.
Syed was arrested late Monday more than 100 miles from his Albuquerque home. He told authorities he was on his way to Texas, citing the ambush-style killings as his concern.
Albuquerque police on Thursday released two brief videos showing part of Syed’s arrest. The footage from body-worn cameras includes an 18-second clip of Syed face-down on the ground as officers tell him to put his hands behind his back. He appears to tell them he does not speak English as they put him in handcuffs.
In the other clip, he is shown walking from the back of a police cruiser into the department's headquarters. He wore a striped long-sleeved shirt, dark pants and sandals.
Syed is scheduled to appear in court Monday, when a state judge will consider a motion by prosecutors seeking to detain Syed without bond pending trial. Prosecutors have argued that Syed is dangerous and that no conditions of release will ensure the community's safety.
Syed denied any connection to the crimes that shook the city and its small Muslim community after he was arrested during a traffic stop, saying he was heading to Houston to find a new home for his family over fear about the killings.
His public defenders declined comment on the case Thursday except to say that they were reviewing evidence and preparing for Monday's hearing.
“Given the level of media attention, we need to be very careful to not let this case be tried in the public forum and not a court of law,” said Tom Clark, one of Syed's state appointed attorneys.
Assed and other members of the city's Muslim community said they were working with law enforcement to try to keep Syed in custody.
Despite police saying personal conflicts might be part of the motive for the killings, Assed said in an interview that Muslims are struggling to understand why the men who were killed were targeted and that the killings raised questions and concerns about whether more attacks had been planned.
“It’s certainly our concern for this community as we move forward and it’s a concern because not knowing more about the motive, we are at a disadvantage in understanding whether that was what was planned, that was it, or whether more victims were on the radar,” Assed said.
The first killing in November was followed by three between July 26 and Aug. 5.
According to a criminal complaint, police determined that bullet casings found in Syed’s vehicle matched the caliber of the weapons believed to have been used in two of the killings and that casings found at the crime scenes were linked to guns found at Syed’s home and in his vehicle.
Police said they received more than 200 tips and one from the Muslim community that led them to the Syed family. Syed knew the victims, authorities have said.
Syed has lived in the United States for about five years. When interviewed by detectives, Syed said he had fought against the Taliban, according to a criminal complaint filed in court Tuesday.
He lived in an apartment in Albuquerque with family members who told reporters that he was a truck driver but hadn't worked for a company in a long time.
Court documents show the domestic violence allegations Syed was accused of involved separate altercations with his wife, a son and his future son-in-law. The cases were dismissed because the victims declined to press charges. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2022/08/12/albuquerque-muslims-help-bid-to-keep-killings-suspect-jailed/65401659007/ | 2022-08-12T17:26:50 | 1 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2022/08/12/albuquerque-muslims-help-bid-to-keep-killings-suspect-jailed/65401659007/ |
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A Dutch teenager who is chasing two Guinness World Records made a stop at Fort Worth's Alliance Airport Thursday.
Mack Rutherford, known as Mack Solo, wants to be the youngest person to fly solo around the world and the youngest person to fly solo in a microlight aircraft.
Rutherford, 16, received a warm welcome at Alliance Airport and even met some fans who have been following his journey.
He had a message for other young people chasing their dreams.
"I'm trying to show the young people to make a difference. you don't have to be 18 to do something special, just follow your dreams and they'll eventually happen," he said.
Rutherford, who has been flying since he was 10 years old, says he was inspired by his family, his parents and his sister who are all pilots.
If all goes well, he should complete his journey by the end of the month. The current record holder is 18 years old | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dutch-teen-chasing-two-world-records-makes-a-stop-in-fort-worth/3046982/ | 2022-08-12T17:26:59 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dutch-teen-chasing-two-world-records-makes-a-stop-in-fort-worth/3046982/ |
Weston Brown was scrolling through Twitter last month when he came across a video that made his chest tighten. It showed a woman at a school board meeting in North Texas, calling on district leaders to ask for forgiveness.
“Repentance is the word that’s on my heart,” she said near the start of the video.
For months, the woman in the clip had been demanding that the Granbury Independent School District ban from its libraries dozens of books that contained descriptions of sex or LGBTQ themes — books that she believed could be damaging to the hearts and minds of students. Unsatisfied after a district committee that she served on voted to remove only a handful of titles, the woman filed a police report in May accusing school employees of providing pornography to children, triggering a criminal investigation by Hood County.
Now, in the video that Weston found online, she was telling the school board that a local Christian pastor, rather than librarians, should decide which books should be allowed on public school shelves. “He would never steer you wrong,” she said.
The clip ended with the woman striding away from the lectern, and the audience showering her with applause.
Weston, 28, said his heart was racing as he watched and rewatched the video — and not only because he opposes censorship. He’d instantly recognized the speaker.
It was his mother, Monica Brown.
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CAMDEN — An Atlantic City woman was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for running a drug distribution operation.
Rajeri Curry, 33, was convicted in November in federal court of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, as well as possession with intent to distribute heroin. The jury did not reach a unanimous verdict on another charge, distribution of heroin and fentanyl that resulted in a death. A mistrial was declared on that charge.
Curry was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Friday in a news release. She also was ordered to undergo three years of supervised release.
The charges stem from the drug-induced death of a Ventnor man in 2018.
An Atlantic City woman was convicted Wednesday of multiple drug distribution charges, acting…
Jeffrey Giannini, 30, was found dead June 1, 2018, inside his car parked outside the McDonald’s on North Arkansas Avenue in Atlantic City. Investigators determined he suffered a fatal overdose, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in 2019 after Curry was indicted.
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Curry was spotted on surveillance footage giving Giannini narcotics, authorities said.
Inside Giannini's vehicle, detectives found wax folds of heroin and fentanyl stamped with the words "BODY COUNT." The same phrase, as well as the letters "DOA," was found etched onto other packages of heroin at Curry's home when authorities raided the Stanley Holmes Village property on Jan. 17, 2018.
Investigators found Curry was conspiring to sell the drugs to customers in Atlantic City, also working with a supplier to plan a distribution scheme in Newark. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/atlantic-city-woman-sentenced-for-drug-distribution-linked-to-ventnor-mans-2018-death/article_5ae6f004-1a57-11ed-af42-e3d6608c97aa.html | 2022-08-12T17:30:06 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/atlantic-city-woman-sentenced-for-drug-distribution-linked-to-ventnor-mans-2018-death/article_5ae6f004-1a57-11ed-af42-e3d6608c97aa.html |
WILDWOOD — Country singer Blake Shelton is the first headliner announced for next year's Barefoot Country Music Fest on the city's beach.
Shelton, 46, has several Grammy awards and a list of hits, including "Honey Bee," "Sangria" and "Sure Be Cool If You Did."
Over his career, Shelton has released 12 studio albums, starting with a self-titled record in 2001.
Tickets for next year's festival, scheduled for June 15-18, 2023, are already on sale. Four-day general admission passes start at $189, according to the festival’s website.
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Shelton isn't a stranger to filling a Jersey Shore beach.
The singer performed in Atlantic City in 2014 to a crowd of thousands.
Outside of music, Shelton is known for being a judge on NBC's reality singing show "The Voice," manning the far-right judge's chair since the show first aired in 2011.
Next year’s festival will mark the third time the show has visited the Jersey Shore. This year, fans were entertained by singers including Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch and Eric Church.
PHOTOS Barefoot Country Music Festival in Wildwood
On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue. (l-r) Zach Berg, Kaitlyn Hoover, and Zoey Berg, all of Hagerstown PA, waiting for the main act to begin at 3pm.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue. (l-r) Kristi Shane and Lori Lunger of Hunterton County, waiting for the main stage act to perform at 3pm.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue. Mallory Devinney of Delaware County PA gets setup for a USMC pull-up challenge.
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Aundrea Munt, of Waretown, plays a round of cornhole toss. More than 20,000 fans were expected to attend the four-day event.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue. (l-r) Angie Bradley from Asbury, and Olivia Bosko from Howell.
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Chase Rondeau, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, tries a pullup challenge at the U.S. Marine Corp tent at the festival.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue. (l-r) Brittany Boyle, David Smith, Addisyn Smith, 8, and Kathy Smith, seasonal residents as well from Voorhees and Philadelphia, pose by the BCMF sign at the entrance to festival.
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Dean and Kelly Delisa, of Trenton, snap a photo while the band Bowman performs Saturday at the Barefoot Country Music Festival on the beach in Wildwood. The four-day event concludes Sunday night.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue. (l-r) Karl Vollmer and Brandan Kane of Poughkeepise trying to hit the bullseye with an axe.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue. Terry August of Forty Fort PA, taking part in a 360 degree camera shot.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue. Kayleigh Munt of Waretown playing a round of cornhole toss.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue. (l-r) Don and Denise Peterson of Jamesburg PA, waiting in front of the main stage for the headline act.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue. (l-r) Kodey and Nicole Biscoe of Maryland, waiting for the first act at 3pm to play on the mainstage.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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The Barefoot Country Music Festival, held in June on the Wildwood beach, is one of the city’s biggest summer events and is planned to return next year.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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Fans capture a performance at the Barefoot Country Music Festival on the beach in Wildwood on Saturday.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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The festival lineup includes established stars but also up-and-coming performers.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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More than 40 performers were scheduled to appear throughout the festival, which had several stages set up.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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On June 18 2022, in Wildwood, the Barefoot Country Music Festival was underway with crowds filtering into the afternoon venue.
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Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters waited until the end of today's meeting to refute what he called misrepresentations from several people who oppose a new jail.
HenryEtta Savage shared several concerns at today’s meeting about the proposed plans for a new 1,100-bed jail on 200 acres at 5080 Adams Center Road near East Paulding Road. Savage’s grandchildren attend the nearby East Allen County Schools.
Savage said she was frustrated when she called the commissioners’ office to report concerns. When she asked where information about the jail was being publicized, Savage said a woman said, “Facebook,” before abruptly ending the call.
Peters asked Savage if she was sure she called the correct phone number because he said he doesn’t believe the staff would do that.
Savage said she does not lie. Peters said he wanted to follow up on the issue after the meeting and asked Savage to connect with him to show him what phone number she called.
“We have an office of professionals that have treated this matter very seriously and with dignity,” Peters said. “I just don’t know anybody in our office that would do that.”
Savage said she appreciated Peters’ help.
The commissioners post updates on the ongoing jail project at www.allencounty.us/jail. Their weekly Friday meetings can be watched online at www.facebook.com/AllenCounty. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/commissioner-defends-staff-at-public-meeting/article_228906be-1a5e-11ed-9728-ebb5ab2dc15a.html | 2022-08-12T17:30:56 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/commissioner-defends-staff-at-public-meeting/article_228906be-1a5e-11ed-9728-ebb5ab2dc15a.html |
The Allen County commissioners said today they are still open to other location options for a new county jail, but seven people voiced their anger at the proposed southeast site.
The commissioners said at today’s meeting they are meeting with Fort Wayne City Council members who oppose the county officials’ proposal to put a new 1,100-bed jail on 200 acres at 5080 Adams Center Road near East Paulding Road. They are also meeting with some local pastors and a small group from the Help Not Handcuffs advocacy group to share their opposing sides to addressing overcrowding and understaffing at the Allen County Jail.
“Again, (I) apologize for some of the lack of communication, but we were put in a position where we had to move before we had to opportunity to really even talk to each other,” Commissioner Nelson Peters said.
The commissioners and Sheriff David Gladieux are required by a federal court order to fix the Allen County Jail's conditions. A lawsuit filed by Vincent Morris and the American Civil Liberties Union said the jail is chronically overcrowded and understaffed, leading to numerous problems that threaten and cause inmates' injuries.
Seven people spoke against the commissioners’ plan for a new confinement center during public comment. Some asked the commissioners to look for a location in any other part of the county than the southeast side, which has historically not seen the amount of economic and residential development as other parts of the county.
Others asked the commissioners to look for a different solution to the county’s jail problems than a new facility.
Peters tried to clear up misconceptions at the end of the meeting, including how the commissioners feel about building a new jail.
“We don't get up every morning and say, ‘Yay! We get to build a new jail, and we get to make some of our constituents really unhappy,’” Peters said. “That just isn't the way this thing works.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/commissioners-respond-to-concerns-about-new-jail/article_d556a11c-1a58-11ed-9881-cf41056658cd.html | 2022-08-12T17:31:02 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/commissioners-respond-to-concerns-about-new-jail/article_d556a11c-1a58-11ed-9881-cf41056658cd.html |
For the grandmother of a 17-month-old boy whose heart was literally ripped in half during physical abuse, 20 years in prison wasn’t enough for the man who did it, especially if he didn’t account for how he did it.
“You do not get to hide behind silence,” Nicole Clark said to Shaquille Rowe at his sentencing Friday. “Admit what you’ve done.”
Rowe, 29, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter on July 18. As conditions of the plea agreement, he was sentenced to 30 years total, 20 of those to be served in prison and 10 to be suspended.
Six of the suspended years will be served on probation, including a year on some sort of community corrections, such as electronic monitoring, according to the sentence Allen Superior Court Judge Fran Gull set down. Rowe originally faced 65 years in prison on a murder charge, but that charge was dropped as part of the plea agreement, as were felony charges of aggravated battery and neglect of a dependent resulting in death. The felonies could’ve each resulted in sentences of 40 years if he’d been found guilty of either.
The child, Aiden Mishawn Clark, died of blunt-force trauma to his chest May 17, 2021, according to the autopsy performed by Dr. Scott Wagner. He designated the death a homicide and said that along with Aiden’s heart being ripped in half, his pericardium sac was torn and there was a massive amount of internal bleeding.
The infant’s left midsection suffered blunt force trauma with a lacerated spleen, he had bleeding around the left kidney and pancreas and his sternum was fractured.
Rowe was alone with Aiden and his twin sister in the apartment that morning and called 911 about 12:30 p.m. He told the dispatcher that he had gotten out of the shower and heard the twins crying. The girl was standing, and the boy laying on the ground, wheezing and raspy.
Clark said, “I just don’t think the plea is enough.” She said Rowe could get out in 10 years with good behavior.
She told the judge that she and her daughter, Aiden’s mother, Jasmine Clark, gave Rowe the benefit of a doubt and let him continue living with them in the 2700 block of Millbrook Drive until he was arrested. Then Rowe tried to communicate with Jasmine Clark all through the legal proceedings, as though they were still a couple.
She was also mad that Rowe didn’t plead guilty until a week before the trial was scheduled instead of ending their anxiety by pleading earlier.
Allen County Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca Grove and defense attorney Jeff Stineberg both told Gull that the investigation, interviews, depositions of people involved and consideration of circumstances, adding the possibility of voluntary manslaughter and making the plea was the best possible option.
Rowe addressed both Nicole and Jasmine Clark, without speaking their names, when given a chance to speak to the court. “I apologize for everything you guys have been through, the pain and the suffering,” Rowe said.
At the end of his sentencing, the judge seemed to agree with Clark’s need to know what happened to get closure.
“You owe them more than an apology,” Gull said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-infants-death/article_2435a612-1a49-11ed-b700-cf207fbb1b32.html | 2022-08-12T17:31:08 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-infants-death/article_2435a612-1a49-11ed-b700-cf207fbb1b32.html |
Southbound Huguenard Road between Washington Center and Goshen roads will be closed to through traffic from Monday to Wednesday during roadway-improvement work, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
A southbound detour will use Lima Road and Coliseum Boulevard, the city's traffic engineering department said in a statement.
For questions or to report problems, contact the city's right of way department at 427-6155. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/southbound-huguenard-road-section-to-be-closed/article_f7531560-1a4a-11ed-b1b5-cfcd32f9144c.html | 2022-08-12T17:31:14 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/southbound-huguenard-road-section-to-be-closed/article_f7531560-1a4a-11ed-b1b5-cfcd32f9144c.html |
UTICA, N.Y. – A Mohawk Valley Water Authority crew was on Cosby Road Friday morning after officials say a water main “popped” and blew out a section of the road.
The affected part of the road near Innis Street is closed as crews work on repairs.
Drivers are advised to use caution in that area.
Residents in that area did not have water service overnight but it has since been restored.
On Thursday afternoon there was a fire on Buchanan Road not far from where the main blew. MVWA officials say sometimes when a fire hydrant is closed too quickly, it can cause an issue with the main, but it is not yet clear if that’s what happened in this case.
It is not yet clear how long it will take to fix the road. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/road-repairs-underway-in-north-utica-after-water-main-break-destroys-part-of-cosby-road/article_1d4b4cd0-1a53-11ed-8d41-ef84d512dab2.html | 2022-08-12T17:31:47 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/road-repairs-underway-in-north-utica-after-water-main-break-destroys-part-of-cosby-road/article_1d4b4cd0-1a53-11ed-8d41-ef84d512dab2.html |
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office on Friday said its deputies were searching for a 15-year-old boy missing out of Ormond Beach.
Ethan White was last seen “a week ago,” the sheriff’s office said. Though White has run away in the past and eventually returned home, officials said the extended absence prompted the bulletin Friday.
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Anyone who sees White or has knowledge of his whereabouts is encouraged to call 911.
No other information has been provided.
Missing runaway juvenile: Ethan White, 15, was last seen a week ago at his home in the Ormond Beach area. In the past, he's run away and eventually returned home, but due to his extended absence this time, we're asking anyone who sees him to give us a call on 911. Thanks all! pic.twitter.com/t1mNU4hnz4
— Volusia Sheriff (@VolusiaSheriff) August 12, 2022
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JESSUP, Pa. — A woman shot her boyfriend in Lackawanna County Thursday night, but he is the one facing criminal charges.
Police say the woman was acting in self-defense when she shot Eric Stepkovich at a home in Jessup.
The woman told officers Stepkovich threw her to the ground, and she was afraid for her life.
Police say she shot Stepkovich in the leg with a pistol she is licensed to carry.
Stepkovich was treated for his injuries and is facing charges of assault and harassment in Lackawanna County.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/police-woman-shot-boyfriend-in-self-defense-jessup-shooting-assault-harassment/523-bbed9051-420a-4d21-8d0f-a81fb7698504 | 2022-08-12T17:34:11 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/police-woman-shot-boyfriend-in-self-defense-jessup-shooting-assault-harassment/523-bbed9051-420a-4d21-8d0f-a81fb7698504 |
PITTSTON, Pa. — After a tough workout, sometimes there's no better way to cool down than with an ice-cold beer. You can have both on Saturday at the Anthracite Fitness Factory in Pittston.
The gym is hosting a new event called Ultra Fit Fest.
"It's a four-hour event. The first two hours are filled with fitness. We have all different types of classes that are 20 minutes each. Everyone gets to pick four classes, and kind of rotate around, and jump out of their comfort zone and do something new," Jenna Strzelecki explained.
The following two hours, it's happy hour time right across the street at the Red Mill, drinks courtesy of Michelob Ultra and Northeast Eagle Distributors.
"I think there's no other event that's happened like this in NEPA, ever. We're mixing beer, we're mixing fitness, fun, live music," Jeremy Davis said.
Ultra Fit Fest started on the west coast Davis wanted to bring it here. After seeing the initial response, he's glad he did.
"My goal was to get 50 people. We're going to be at about 250 people. Hopefully, tickets are still available," he said.
"I don't even know what 200 people in this building will look like, so it's going to be super-exciting to see everybody here filling the gym and the outside parking lots," Strzelecki said.
You can try anything from yoga, to cycling, to dance fitness.
The goal is to highlight area gyms and fitness studios and give back directly to two local charities: Paint Pittston Pink, and Shop with a Cop.
"I am so excited about the fact that such a large organization like Michelob Ultra has recognized the advancements that Pittston has made in the last several decades. It's been a labor of love for a long time, but certainly everyone is noticing all the great things that are happening in downtown Pittston," said Michelle Mikitish.
100 percent of the ticket sales stay in the Pittston community, supporting breast cancer awareness, and local kids at Christmastime.
You can buy tickets online, or in person the morning of the event.
It's all happening Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/cheers-to-getting-fit-fun-and-fitness-to-benefit-local-charities-ultra-fit-fest-anthracite-fitness-factory-workout-happy-hour-red-mill/523-bf090610-c5fe-4948-a90b-c3e24e9f0db0 | 2022-08-12T17:34:18 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/cheers-to-getting-fit-fun-and-fitness-to-benefit-local-charities-ultra-fit-fest-anthracite-fitness-factory-workout-happy-hour-red-mill/523-bf090610-c5fe-4948-a90b-c3e24e9f0db0 |
Nearly half of North Dakota counties are now considered to have a high risk for coronavirus transmission, and 17 people are reported to have died with COVID-19 in the past week.
The number of weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions has topped 100 for the first time since the state went to weekly pandemic reporting in mid-March. The total hit 102 this week, up from 91 the previous week, according to the state Health Department's coronavirus dashboard, which is updated every Friday.
The percentage of North Dakota hospital patients with COVID-19 also ticked up this week, to about 5.1% of occupied inpatient beds and 6.5% of intensive care unit beds statewide. That's up from 4.5% and 5%, respectively, a week ago.
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The number of weekly COVID-19 cases in the state slid backward, however, totaling 1,820, down from 1,952 the previous week. That ended a six-week stretch of increases tied to highly contagious mutations of the omicron variant of the virus. The seven-day case total for Burleigh and Morton counties was 216, the fourth straight week of a decrease.
Both Burleigh and Morton remain at a high transmission risk, however, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Twenty-one other North Dakota counties also are at high risk, and 17 are considered at medium risk. The other 13 counties are considered at low risk.
County risk levels can be found at https://bit.ly/3AfSY2A. The CDC recommends that people in high-risk areas wear a mask indoors in public and on public transportation, regardless of vaccination status.
Federal data showed 17 new virus-related deaths in North Dakota in the past week, raising the state's pandemic total to 2,326. County-level death data is not available. There have been 261,045 confirmed COVID-19 cases in North Dakota during the pandemic that began in March 2020.
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Federal data shows that North Dakota continues to have some of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country: 67.2% of adults in the state are fully vaccinated, with the rate for all vaccine-eligible people -- age 5 and older -- at 60.8%. The national averages are 77.2% and 71.5%, respectively.
COVID-19 booster shots are recommended for people 12 and older. North Dakota's first booster rate is 46.4%, compared to 49.8% nationally. Second booster doses are available for three main groups of people:
- All adults 50 years and older.
- All people 12 years or older who are moderately to severely immunocompromised.
- Adults 18 to 49 years who received two doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
State Health Department guidance and resources for businesses is at https://bit.ly/3w0DpKj.
Go to https://www.ndvax.org or https://bit.ly/3N3IMxb or call 866-207-2880 to see where COVID-19 vaccine is available. Information on free public testing and free test kits is at health.nd.gov/covidtesting. More detailed pandemic information is at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus and https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/covid-19-hospitalizations-deaths-up-in-north-dakota-this-week/article_5f33125e-1a58-11ed-a111-8f0398767bb4.html | 2022-08-12T17:35:25 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/covid-19-hospitalizations-deaths-up-in-north-dakota-this-week/article_5f33125e-1a58-11ed-a111-8f0398767bb4.html |
DALLAS — A Spirit Airlines agent, employed through a local partner company according to the airline, has been suspended after a video surfaced online that shows him fighting with a woman who called him racial and homophobic slurs in the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
Video of the fight was posted on Twitter by DTX Daily with the date "7/11/22," but the statement from Spirit confirmed that the incident occurred on Aug. 11 and not on July 11.
The video has gone viral online, garnering more than 5 million views in only 24 hours.
In the video, you can see a man in a maroon shirt – the airline employee – yelling at a woman, saying "you have lost your mind... don't you touch me ever in your life."
"You touched me first, and then you got in my face," the man added. "Don't ever invade my personal space."
The woman then yells "get out of my face" back at the man while pushing him multiple times. Throughout the video, the woman says racial and homophobic slurs at the man. Another man intervenes, then the woman hits the airline employee. In response to being hit, the man then runs after the woman and eventually hits her back.
The video also shows multiple people trying to subdue the man and break up the fight.
At the end of the video, another man confronts the Spirit Airlines agent for "fighting a woman," where the two square off chest-to-chest with their hands behind their backs.
You can watch the video here (warning: the video contains language some may find offensive. Viewer discretion is advised.):
Spirit Airlines and the DFW airport told WFAA in a statement Friday morning they were aware of the altercation between the agent and the passenger. They added the "vendor at DFW has suspended the agent."
"Spirit Airlines does not tolerate violence of any kind, and we are working with local law enforcement to investigate this matter," the statement continued.
WFAA has reached out to law enforcement to see if the woman is facing any charges from the incident, as well.
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KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Authorities found one person dead in a house fire in Kanawha County, according to Metro dispatchers.
Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatchers say they received a call around 11:06 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, of a house fire on Middle Patch Road in Gallagher.
Dispatchers say at this time, authorities are not sure if the fire is the cause of the person’s death.
Crews have knocked down the fire, dispatchers say. Fire units from Pratt, Montgomery and East Bank responded along with Kanawha County medics. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/1-found-dead-in-kanawha-county-west-virginia-house-fire/ | 2022-08-12T17:43:04 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/1-found-dead-in-kanawha-county-west-virginia-house-fire/ |
JOHNSON COUNTY, KY (WOWK) – Authorities in Johnson County are investigating after a juvenile’s body was discovered on Thursday evening.
According to Johnson County Coroner J.R. Frisby’s Office, a search party found the body of a female juvenile in the Miller’s Creek area of Boons Camp, Kentucky around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, August 11, 2022. Authorities say the juvenile had been deceased for several hours.
Though the body has not yet been identified, search parties had been searching for a missing 12-year-old girl in the area. On Thursday, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office requested the public’s help in finding 12-year-old Stacia Leigh Collins from Van Lear, Kentucky.
The coroner says the body has been taken to Frankfort for an autopsy. Johnson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/juveniles-body-found-in-johnson-county-kentucky/ | 2022-08-12T17:43:18 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/juveniles-body-found-in-johnson-county-kentucky/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Two is better than one and when it comes to collecting winnings from the Texas Lottery, the more, the merrier!
The Texas Lottery reports two $25,000 winning tickets from Thursday night’s Cash Five drawing were sold in North and Southeast Texas. The tickets matched all five of the winning numbers from the August 11 drawing; those numbers were 4, 5, 13, 20, and 23.
The first of the winning tickets was sold at a Ferrets Fresh Express on Walters Road in Houston, the second was sold at a Red Bird Mart on North Duncanville Road in Dallas; both of the tickets were Quick Picks.
In total there were over 26,000 winning tickets throughout the Lone Star State who won at least a free Cash Five QP and as much as $25,000. | https://cw33.com/news/local/2-25000-winning-texas-lottery-tickets-sold-in-dallas-houston/ | 2022-08-12T17:45:19 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/2-25000-winning-texas-lottery-tickets-sold-in-dallas-houston/ |
Greening a city isn’t just good press. According to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, a more climate-conscious city supports economic growth by creating jobs, increasing property values, and improving public health factors such as better disease outcomes. By committing to improving air and water quality, cities can reduce their residents’ exposure to harmful pollutants. Designing more green spaces can welcome cooler summers, reduce the risk of heat-related illness; and bring forth additional recreation spaces to the community, increasing opportunities for both physical activity and social engagement.
In its June 2021 report on building resilient nature-based local communities, FEMA reported that Los Angeles added more than 2,000 jobs due to a $166 million investment in nature-based solutions from 2012 to 2014. Such greening investments have demonstrated immediate and long-term benefits to the environment and populace alike. Another notable example from Massachusetts showed that, rather than build a costly treatment facility for the Quabbin and Wachusett Reservoirs, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority instead invested $130 million on nature-based solutions to protect the more than 20,000 acres of watershed that drain into the reservoirs. The move saved an estimated $4 million per year on maintenance costs for a treatment facility and kept local drinking water clean in the bargain.
Nature-based solutions are defined as sustainable planning, design, environmental management, and engineering practices that weave natural features or processes into the built environment. These solutions promote adaptation and resilience, enlist natural solutions to combat climate change, reduce flood risks, restore and protect wetlands, and more.
So which cities are prioritizing policies toward a healthier and more sustainable environment? Calgary.com compiled a list of the greenest cities in North America according to the Carbon Disclosure Project, an international nonprofit that tracks the environmental impact of companies and municipalities around the world. The cities in this list were part of the CDP’s 2021 A List, an annual ranking of cities based on their climate initiatives. They include two districts (Washington, D.C. and the district of Saanich, British Columbia) and are listed in alphabetical order.
To make the list, each city must have a publicly available climate action plan, including emissions reduction and renewable energy targets. The cities were also required to complete climate risk and vulnerability assessments and show measured progress toward achieving their goals. More than 1,000 cities worldwide report to the CDP, 95 of which made the A List. The following are the greenest.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 49.7%
— Gas: 17.2%
— Oil: 0.3%
— Nuclear: 21.1%
— Hydro: 0.3%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 1.4%
— Wind: 9.8%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.3%
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Boston, Massachusetts
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.4%
— Gas: 39.0%
— Oil: 0.3%
— Nuclear: 25.0%
— Hydro: 7.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 6.0%
— Wind: 3.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.0%
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Boulder, Colorado
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 33.0%
— Gas: 37.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 1.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 25.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 4.0%
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Calgary, Alberta
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 36.0%
— Gas: 48.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 6.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 9.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.0%
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 22.0%
— Gas: 39.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 37.0%
— Hydro: 0.5%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 0.5%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 1.0%
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Cincinnati, Ohio
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 49.8%
— Gas: 16.7%
— Oil: 0.4%
— Nuclear: 27.6%
— Hydro: 0.9%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.6%
— Wind: 3.2%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.1%
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Cleveland, Ohio
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 34.9%
— Gas: 25.3%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 30.5%
— Hydro: 5.7%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.4%
— Wind: 2.3%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.0%
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Dallas, Texas
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 18.0%
— Gas: 45.7%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 11.0%
— Hydro: 0.2%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.1%
— Wind: 23.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 2.0%
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Encinitas, California
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 54.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 0.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 2.0%
— Wind: 16.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 18.0%
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Fayetteville, Arkansas
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 22.3%
— Gas: 44.2%
— Oil: 1.1%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 5.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 1.5%
— Wind: 25.1%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.4%
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Flagstaff, Arizona
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 20.8%
— Gas: 35.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 29.2%
— Hydro: 0.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.5%
— Wind: 1.7%
— Geothermal: 0.3%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.3%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 12.2%
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Fort Collins, Colorado
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 64.2%
— Gas: 0.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 19.3%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 11.8%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.6%
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Fremont, California
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 0.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 1.0%
— Hydro: 30.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 4.0%
— Wind: 36.0%
— Geothermal: 12.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 12.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 4.0%
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Hayward, California
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 0.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 25.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 37.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 38.0%
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Houston, Texas
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 18.6%
— Gas: 51.1%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 9.9%
— Hydro: 0.3%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.2%
— Wind: 18.3%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 1.0%
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Indianapolis, Indiana
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 43.0%
— Gas: 45.0%
— Oil: 2.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 0.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 8.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 2.0%
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Iowa City, Iowa
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 45.3%
— Gas: 2.1%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 13.0%
— Hydro: 0.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.2%
— Wind: 39.4%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.0%
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Kitchener, Ontario
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 6.1%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 58.2%
— Hydro: 24.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.5%
— Wind: 8.2%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 2.4%
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Lexington, Massachusetts
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 0.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 0.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 94.6%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 5.4%
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Los Angeles, California
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 21.0%
— Gas: 27.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 14.0%
— Hydro: 6.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 10.0%
— Geothermal: 9.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 9.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 12.0%
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Louisville, Kentucky
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 60.0%
— Gas: 37.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 3.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 0.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.0%
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Miami, Florida
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 2.1%
— Gas: 72.3%
— Oil: 0.3%
— Nuclear: 22.3%
— Hydro: 0.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 0.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 1.5%
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 17.6%
— Gas: 38.0%
— Oil: 0.2%
— Nuclear: 39.7%
— Hydro: 0.9%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 1.9%
— Wind: 1.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.4%
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Piedmont, California
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 0.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 0.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 50.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 50.0%
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Saanich, British Columbia
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 1.8%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 95.6%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 0.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.0%
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St. Paul, Minnesota
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 23.0%
— Gas: 23.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 28.0%
— Hydro: 6.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 2.0%
— Wind: 15.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 3.0%
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San Francisco, California
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 1.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 10.0%
— Hydro: 50.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 1.0%
— Wind: 18.0%
— Geothermal: 6.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 6.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 6.0%
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San Jose, California
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 0.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 13.0%
— Hydro: 31.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 2.0%
— Wind: 24.0%
— Geothermal: 3.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 3.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 17.0%
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San Luis Obispo, California
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 0.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 66.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 11.0%
— Geothermal: 12.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 12.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 11.0%
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Santa Monica, California
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 1.0%
— Gas: 10.9%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 2.9%
— Hydro: 5.3%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 1.5%
— Wind: 9.4%
— Geothermal: 1.5%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 1.5%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 65.1%
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 31.0%
— Gas: 45.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 18.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.0%
— Wind: 5.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.0%
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Seattle, Washington
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 0.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 5.0%
— Hydro: 84.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 1.0%
— Wind: 4.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.0%
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Somerville, Massachusetts
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.5%
— Gas: 48.5%
— Oil: 0.2%
— Nuclear: 30.5%
— Hydro: 8.9%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 2.5%
— Wind: 3.6%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 1.7%
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Surrey, British Columbia
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 2.0%
— Oil: 1.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 90.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 6.0%
— Wind: 1.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.0%
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Takoma Park, Maryland
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 29.8%
— Gas: 28.7%
— Oil: 0.3%
— Nuclear: 35.3%
— Hydro: 1.4%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 0.3%
— Wind: 3.1%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.3%
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Toronto, Ontario
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 29.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 34.0%
— Hydro: 23.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 1.0%
— Wind: 12.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 1.0%
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Vancouver, British Columbia
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 0.0%
— Gas: 2.0%
— Oil: 0.0%
— Nuclear: 0.0%
— Hydro: 91.0%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 6.0%
— Wind: 1.0%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.0%
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Washington D.C.
– Energy breakdown:
— Coal: 12.3%
— Gas: 45.7%
— Oil: 0.1%
— Nuclear: 36.9%
— Hydro: 1.6%
— Bioenergy (biomass and biofuels): 1.6%
— Wind: 0.9%
— Geothermal: 0.0%
— Solar (photovoltaic and thermal): 0.0%
— Waste to energy (excluding biomass component): 0.6%
This story originally appeared on Calgary.com and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio. | https://cw33.com/news/local/2-texas-cities-make-list-of-the-38-greenest-cities-in-north-america/ | 2022-08-12T17:45:25 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/2-texas-cities-make-list-of-the-38-greenest-cities-in-north-america/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — A North Texas school district could make Election Day a student holiday.
A new agenda item from the Dallas Independent School District’s Board of Trustees considers making Nov. 8, a student holiday and a “Virtual Professional Development Day” for teachers.
The agenda item cites “safety concerns of campuses being used as polling sites and individuals having open access to more than half of the District campuses” as the reason behind making Election Day a student holiday.
To read more about the agenda item, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-isd-is-considering-making-election-day-nov-8-student-holiday/ | 2022-08-12T17:45:31 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-isd-is-considering-making-election-day-nov-8-student-holiday/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — More H-E-B is coming to North Texas!
Popular Texas grocery store chain H-E-B has announced plans to open a store in Mansfield. In a new release, the chain said the new store will be located at the corner of US 287 and Broad Street.
“For years our residents have asked for an H-E-B, and on behalf of the City Council, we are proud to welcome this economic driver and much-desired business to Mansfield,” Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans said in the release. “With our growing economy and invested community, Mansfield is the perfect home for the first H-E-B location in southeast Tarrant County and we are excited about the continued economic growth coming to our city and the entire southeast Tarrant County region.”
Officials say this is the first H-E-B store built in Tarrant County joining Central Market in Fort Worth. | https://cw33.com/news/local/h-e-b-plans-to-open-store-in-mansfield/ | 2022-08-12T17:45:37 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/h-e-b-plans-to-open-store-in-mansfield/ |
Owner beware: Your pet mongoose is not welcome here.
Exotic animal ownership requires not only a willingness to care for unusual animals, but an understanding of the laws that regulate wildlife in particular states.
Laws vary widely across the country, but all are designed with the intent to protect public health and safety from animals considered to be inherently dangerous.
Banned animals range from the more obvious—lions, tigers, bears, wolves—to the obscure, such as mongooses (prohibited in Alabama) and the raccoon dog (banned in both South Dakota and Kentucky). Some regulations appear nonsensical: In Colorado, you can own a bison, but not a hedgehog. Bummer.
Some states have exceptions or require owners to obtain permits for particular animals, while a handful of states have no specific requirements for owning wild animals as pets. Many states are clear about the penalties for illegally owning exotic pets, which can range from fees to criminal charges.
Because the regulation of exotic animals is left to states, some organizations, including The Humane Society of the United States, advocate for federal, standardized legislation that would ban owning large cats, bears, primates, and large poisonous snakes as pets.
Read on to see which pets are banned in your home state, as well as across the nation.
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Alabama
– Banned pets: mongoose, jackrabbit, moose, deer, elk, fox
Alabama has a long list of banned species: the mongoose, jackrabbit, moose, deer, elk, fox, walking catfish, piranha, raccoons from outside of the state, wild rabbits or hare, coyote, skunk, and wild turkey, among others. Alabama also explicitly prohibits the release of any turkey (wild or tame) or nutria (a species of large, aquatic rodent). Residents cannot own any protected wild bird or animal, except with written permission from a designated employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Alaska
– Banned pets: bears, monkeys, wolves, and other live game animals
Alaska is one of many states that regulate exotic animal ownership through permits. Bears, monkeys, wolves, and live game animals are banned. Alaska will not issue permits for the “capture, possession, import, or export of any game animal” for use as a pet. But some animals can be owned as pets, like reindeer, llamas, and one-humped camels (dromedaries), as long as they aren’t released into the wild. Some species can be temporarily released for the purpose of hunting or falcon training.
Arizona
– Banned pets: jaguars, non-domestic canines, non-domestic felines, alligators, crocodiles, cobras, vipers
Don’t bring your jaguar to Arizona—the species is banned in the state, though Arizona does allow residents to own certain wild animals as pets as long as they obtain special licenses and permits.
Arkansas
– Banned pets: lion, tiger, bear, six or more bobcats, rabbits, quail, ape, baboon, macaque
If you own six or more bobcats, you’re out of luck in Arkansas. That specific amount of bobcats is prohibited, as are any lions, tigers, bears, rabbits, quails, apes, baboons, and macaques. Under certain conditions, however, wolves are allowed. People can legally own large carnivores only if they had the animal on or before the date the regulation went into effect—and even then, they must meet other requirements, including securing an annual permit for personal possession.
California
– Banned pets: wolverine, bighorn sheep, falcon
Wolverine, bighorn sheep, and shrews are some of the more unusual animals banned in the Golden State. California law calls out specific wild species that “pose a threat to native wildlife, the agriculture interests of the state or to public health or safety.”
Colorado
– Banned pets: general wildlife, wildebeest, raccoon, hedgehog, monk parakeet
Colorado law notes that there is “growing interest in the private possession of live wildlife” but also “considerable confusion over the laws regarding such private possession.” The state generally bans owning any species of wildlife native to Colorado, as well as exotic animals. There are some exceptions, however. You can own up to six live native reptiles or amphibians as pets, except for specifically banned species. Falcons, hawks, and eagles are allowed for falconry purposes.
Connecticut
– Banned pets: lion, leopard, bobcat, wolf, bear, chimpanzee
Connecticut considers the following animals to be dangerous and, as such, prohibited: the lion, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, ocelot, jaguarundi cat, puma, lynx, bobcat, wolf, coyote, and any species of bear. Those found in violation of the law face a fine of up to $100 for each offense.
Delaware
– Banned pets: general wildlife, non-native poisonous snakes
Delaware residents cannot own wildlife not native to or generally found in Delaware without a special permit. Non-native poisonous snakes are also specifically banned. Those who break the law face a fine of up to $500 and/or a prison sentence up to 30 days.
Florida
– Banned pets: chimpanzees, tigers, lions, crocodiles, jaguars, leopards, venomous reptiles
In 2011, a Florida woman and her boyfriend were sentenced to 12 years in prison after their Burmese python escaped from its cage and strangled the woman’s 2-year-old daughter to death. Venomous reptiles, as well as crocodiles, chimpanzees, tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards are banned in the state. Some wild animals are allowed via special permit.
Georgia
– Banned pets: kangaroo, monkey, fox, wolf, crocodile, alligator, cobra
In Georgia, specific animals are banned unless the owner gets a wild animal license or permit, and even that option is limited to certain groups—like those in the wholesale or retail wild animal business, those exhibiting wild animals to the public, and those using the animals for scientific or educational purposes. Animals including kangaroos, monkeys, foxes, wolves, crocodiles, alligators, and cobras are considered “inherently dangerous” to humans under state law.
Hawaii
– Banned pets: lion, leopard, cheetah, wolf, coyote, black bear, grizzly bear, brown bear
Hawaii explicitly bans the “uncontrolled” introduction of exotic animals, which present “serious danger to the agricultural, horticultural, and aquacultural industries, natural resources, and environment of Hawaii.” The law allows for an ad hoc panel made up of at least three people with expertise in vertebrate biology to determine if an animal should be added to the banned list.
Idaho
– Banned pets: big cats, all non-native canidae species, primates
Idaho law prohibits any non-native animal that is determined to be “dangerous to the environment, livestock, agriculture, or wildlife of the state.” People can only own exotic animals with special permits. “Deleterious” animals include deer, wolves, cheetahs, jaguars, lions, tigers, sheep, and the European hedgehog (American hedgehogs welcome!), among others.
Illinois
– Banned pets: big cat species, wolves, jaguars, poisonous life-threatening reptiles
Illinois prohibits the ownership of designated “dangerous” animals with special exceptions for zoos, federally licensed exhibits, circuses, scientific or educational institutions, research laboratories, veterinary hospitals, or animal refuges. The following animals are considered dangerous under state law: lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, jaguar, cheetah, margay, mountain lion, lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, bear, hyena, wolf, coyote, and any poisonous or life-threatening reptile. Violations of this law can result in a misdemeanor charge.
Indiana
– Banned pets: beaver, coyote, raccoon, skunk, wolf, venomous reptiles
Without permits, people in Indiana cannot own the following: foxes, raccoons, skunks, wolves, bears, wild cats, venomous reptiles, or crocodiles. The permits cost $10 each. If an “emergency exists”—i.e. the animal is in the position to harm another animal—that permit can be suspended.
Iowa
– Banned pets: wolf, hyena, leopard, bear, primate, crocodile, cobra, python
A cautionary tale for exotic animal owners: Last summer in Iowa, a 2-year-old girl was attacked by a pet wolf, sustaining injuries to her arm and hand. The wolf was later euthanized. Other prohibited animals include hyenas, leopards, bears, primates, crocodiles, cobras, and pythons. Those who own legal exotic animals in Iowa are subject to annual registration fees; a pet elephant, for example, will set you back $500 each year.
Kansas
– Banned pets: lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, bear, non-native venomous snake
Kansas bans large cats, bears, and non-native venomous snakes. Legal exotic pets come with stringent requirements, including registration fees, inspections, insurance coverage, and a “written recovery plan” in the event that the animal escapes.
Kentucky
– Banned pets: tiger, lion, bear, alligator, honey badger, raccoon dog
In Kentucky, “inherently dangerous” exotic animals—including primates, tigers, lions, bears, alligators, and honey badgers—are prohibited, unless they were owned before July 13, 2005, when the law was enacted. Other banned animals include weavers, flying foxes, jackrabbits, and raccoon dogs.
Louisiana
– Banned pets: bear, wolf, tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar, primate, fox
In the state of Louisiana, certain “potentially dangerous” quadrupeds, big exotic cats, and non-human primates are considered to pose “significant hazards to public safety and health” and are deemed “detrimental to the welfare of the animals.” The law warns that the “size and strength of such animals in concert with their natural and unpredictable and/or predatory nature can result in severe injury or death when an attack upon a human occurs.” Bears, wolves, non-human primates, and large exotic cats are not allowed—but with a permit, you can own a wolf/dog hybrid or venomous snake.
Maine
– Banned pets: bear, moose, wild turkey, deer, lion, cheetah, wolf, monkey, camel, alligator, monk parakeet, mute swan
In Maine, a permit is required to own most wild birds or animals. Several species are not allowed, however: bear, moose, wild turkey, deer, lion, cheetah, wolf, monkey, camel, alligator, monk parakeet, and swan. But the emu, domestic ferret, sugar glider, and chinchilla are allowed without a permit.
Maryland
– Banned pets: fox, bear, alligator, tiger, leopard, wolf, monkey, certain venomous snakes, skunk
Maryland prohibits the ownership of foxes, bears, alligators, tigers, leopards, wolves, monkeys, certain venomous snakes, and skunks. Consequences for violating the law are more severe here, where it’s considered a misdemeanor; if convicted, you are subject to up to $1,000 in fines.
Massachusetts
– Banned pets: non-domesticated, non-hybrid wild animals unless specifically exempted
In Massachusetts, state law warns that wild animals, “regardless of whether or not they are born in captivity, often revert to their wild nature when sexually mature and can do considerable harm to persons.” There are five classes of special licenses available to own exotic animals.
Michigan
– Banned pets: tiger, leopard, cheetah, lion, cougar, bear, wolf-hybrid (exceptions apply)
Michigan devotes several provisions to the regulation of wolf-dogs in memory of Angie Nickerson, a 5-year-old who was killed by the animal in 1989. Her mother advocated for the passage of legislation to prevent future deaths by wolf-dogs and other potentially dangerous animals.
Minnesota
– Banned pets: “regulated animals” including bear, tiger, cheetah, leopard, monkey, lemur (exceptions apply)
Minnesota has a designated list of “regulated animals” that are not allowed, including lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, cheetahs, ocelots, servals, bears, and non-human primates. Those who qualify for exemption to own a regulated animal must have registered the animal by March 2, 2005. A person who knowingly violates this law in Minnesota can be charged with a misdemeanor; if an animal causes bodily harm, the owner can also face a prison sentence of up to 90 days and/or a fine of up to $1,000.
Mississippi
– Banned pets: orangutans, macaques, mandrills, baboons, hyenas, elephants
Mississippi residents must obtain permits to own certain exotic animals considered dangerous. Before the permit is issued, the applicant must provide proof of liability insurance—$100,000 for each wild animal, up to a maximum of $1 million. Public zoos, university research facilities, governmental agencies, transient circuses, and rehabilitation or sanctuary facilities may be exempted from the permit, if the exemption is approved by a commission.
Missouri
– Banned pets: unregistered dangerous wild animals including ocelot, leopard, monkey, tiger, bear, wolf
In Missouri, owners of “dangerous” wild animals—including lions, wolves, or poisonous reptiles—must register their pets with their local law enforcement agency. Those who break the law face a misdemeanor charge.
Montana
– Banned pets: ape, bat, gibbon, raccoon, skunk, alligator; more than one large bear or large cat without permit
In Montana, keeping more than one bear, large cat, or a hybrid of a wild animal is banned without a permit. Permit and health certificates are required to bring certain animals into the state.
Nebraska
– Banned Pets: bear, tiger, leopard, wolf, skunk
Special permits are required for exotic animal ownership in Nebraska, but some animals are still not allowed no matter what—namely, bears, tigers, leopards, wolves, and skunks.
Nevada
– Banned pets: alligator, crocodile, bat, coyote, fox, raccoon, moose
Pet crocodiles are banned in Nevada, but if you own an elephant, you’re within state law. Explicitly prohibited animals include alligators, bats, coyotes, foxes, raccoons, and moose.
New Hampshire
– Banned pets: bear, tiger, leopard, monkey, ape, wolf, poisonous reptile, monkey
Like many other states, New Hampshire bans bears, tigers, leopards, monkeys, apes, wolves, poisonous reptiles, and monkeys. Permits are required for some but not all species—if you own a chinchilla, ferret, llama, sugar glider, camel, or bison, you’re in the clear.
New Jersey
– Banned pets: monkey, bear, tiger, leopard, crocodile, viper, cobra, alligator, prairie dog
Unusual animals banned in New Jersey include vipers, ring-necked parakeets, and gila monsters (a species of venomous lizard native to the southwestern United States). Owners of these and other prohibited “potentially dangerous” animals must have “extensive experience in maintaining” the animal, submit a written statement of purpose for ownership, and meet other requirements in order to obtain a permit.
New Mexico
– Banned pets: crocodile, monkey, alligator, wolf, skunk, tiger, leopard, bear
Commonly banned wildlife are prohibited in New Mexico, such as wolves, tigers, and bears. The state requires permits to import or own non-domestic animals.
New York
– Banned pets: “wild animals” including tiger, leopard, monkey, cheetah, bear, crocodile
If you’re interested in a marsupial or other exotic mammal, New York may be your place. The sugar glider, wallaby, kangaroo, capybara, and porcupine are allowed sans permit in the state. But you’ll need a permit for certain other wild animals, including wolves, coyotes, foxes, skunks, and raccoons.
North Carolina
– Banned pets: possession of dangerous animals regulated by cities and counties
In North Carolina, counties and cities can, by ordinance, regulate, restrict, or prohibit the possession of dangerous animals. Unique bans in the state include the ringtail, a mammal of the raccoon family, and the marten, a small carnivorous mammal that’s a member of the Mustelidae family. Permits to own these and other banned animals are only given to research institutes, public displays, or organized entertainment such as zoos or circuses.
North Dakota
– Banned pets: skunk, raccoon, venomous reptile
In North Dakota, licenses are required for animals that are “indistinguishable from wild, indigenous species or present a health risk to wild and domestic species” and those that are considered inherently or environmentally dangerous. A “nontraditional livestock advisory council” reviews special license applications.
Ohio
– Banned pets: lion, tiger, bear, elephant, alligator, monkey, serval
The state of Ohio considers hippopotami, Komodo dragons, and howler monkeys, among other animals, dangerous. Snakes that are 12 feet or longer are also prohibited. Permits are required for certain situations, including exempted dangerous animals.
Oklahoma
– Banned pets: illegal to own wildlife without license (law doesn’t cite specific animals)
Any unlicensed wildlife is off the table in Oklahoma. Permits are available for $48. If convicted of breaking this law, you face a fine of no less than $100 and the revocation of your wildlife license, if you have one.
Oregon
– Banned pets: wildcat, primate, any canine not indigenous to Oregon
Oregon residents must obtain a permit from the State Department of Agriculture to own exotic animals—although exemptions are in place for certain situations. People with disabilities who rely on service monkeys, for instance, would be granted an exemption. But in 2011, the Associated Press reported that the state would not issue any new permits until the existing population of exotic pets thins out over the course of time.
Pennsylvania
– Banned pets: tiger, lion, monkey, crocodile, leopard
Those who want to have exotic animals as pets in Pennsylvania must get a permit from the state wildlife commission. It is illegal to “fail to exercise due care in safeguarding the public from attack by exotic wildlife,” and anyone who violates that law is subject to penalties including fines.
Rhode Island
– Banned pets: permit required for primates, carnivores, amphibia, reptilia, canidae, and insecta
To protect the people of Rhode Island from physical harm and disease, a permit is required to own wild animals. If a legally owned wild animal poses a threat to public safety in some way, law enforcement can confiscate it.
South Carolina
– Banned pets: coyote, wolf, tiger, lion, non-native bear, great ape
Until this year, South Carolina was one of five states across the country with no restrictions on owning wild animals. On Jan. 1, 2018, a new law made it illegal to own large cats, apes, or non-native bears. Wolves, coyotes, peccaries (certain species related to pigs), bison, mountain goats, mountain sheep, bears, turkeys, and furbearers are also banned.
South Dakota
– Banned pets: non-domestic pig, raccoon dog
Non-domestic pigs and raccoon dogs are specifically prohibited in South Dakota. Permits are necessary to own any kind of non-domestic mammals. All animals are subject to a veterinarian exam and must be free of any contagious, infectious, epidemic, or communicable disease.
Tennessee
– Banned pets: baboon, wolf, bear, lion, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros
In Tennessee, five different classes of animals come with different requirements. Native species can only be possessed by zoos and temporary exhibitors, while residents can own animals such as rabbits, chinchillas, and llamas without a permit.
Texas
– Banned pets: lion, tiger, ocelot, cougar, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, chimpanzee, orangutan
Texas requires a certificate of registration to own what it considers dangerous wild animals. If an animal attacks a human, the owner must notify the registration agency within 48 hours—and if it escapes, immediately.
Utah
– Banned pets: cheetah, monkey, ape, gorilla, kangaroo, lemur
Utah residents are required to obtain a registration certificate to own certain “controlled” species, while other animals are specifically prohibited. If you’re a reptile enthusiast, you should know that it’s legal to own a desert night lizard with a permit, but the Glen Canyon chuckwalla (a relative of the iguana) is banned.
Vermont
– Banned pets: bear, lion, tiger, wolf, gorilla, monkey
Permits are required in Vermont to own restricted wild animals. However, unrestricted animals include llamas, bison, ostriches, and alligators, among others.
Virginia
– Banned pets: bear, wolf, coyote, weasel, badger, hyena
In Virginia, it’s illegal to own non-native exotic animals that are considered predatory or undesirable as a pet. According to the state, non-native exotic animals include, but are not limited to: bears, wolves, coyotes, weasels, badgers, hyenas, all species of non-domesticated cats, alligators, and crocodiles.
Washington
– Banned pets: crocodile, elephant, lion, tiger, cheetah, hyena
Washington bans many of the usual suspects: bears, certain types of snakes, and the like. People who owned banned animals before the law took effect were allowed to keep their animals until they pass.
West Virginia
– Banned pets: lion, tiger, bear, elephant, gray wolf, cheetah, alligator, crocodile, hyena
West Virginia’s exotic animals law aims to protect not only humans and domesticated animals from potential harm, but also to prevent the “mistreatment” of wild animals themselves. People can apply for permits to own animals considered potentially dangerous; those who break the law face a misdemeanor charge and a fee of up to $2,000 for each prohibited animal.
Wisconsin
– Banned pets: cougar, black bear, raccoon, bobcat
It’s illegal to own a wild animal in Wisconsin without a license, with some exemptions. Permits are not required to own chipmunks, rats, squirrels, weasels, and pocket gophers, among other species.
Wyoming
– Banned pets: big game animals, trophy game, wolf, wolf hybrids
Big-game and trophy animals are banned in Wyoming. Antelope, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, moose, and mountain goats are categorized as big-game animals; trophy animals include black bears, grizzly bears, and mountain lions. Permits are required for some wildlife. | https://cw33.com/news/local/these-pets-are-banned-in-texas-other-u-s-states/ | 2022-08-12T17:45:43 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/these-pets-are-banned-in-texas-other-u-s-states/ |
DALLAS — A Spirit Airlines agent, employed through a local partner company according to the airline, has been suspended after a video surfaced online that shows him fighting with a woman who called him racial and homophobic slurs in the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
Video of the fight was posted on Twitter by DTX Daily with the date "7/11/22," but the statement from Spirit confirmed that the incident occurred on Aug. 11 and not on July 11.
The video has gone viral online, garnering more than 5 million views in only 24 hours.
In the video, you can see a man in a maroon shirt – the airline employee – yelling at a woman, saying "you have lost your mind... don't you touch me ever in your life."
"You touched me first, and then you got in my face," the man added. "Don't ever invade my personal space."
The woman then yells "get out of my face" back at the man while pushing him multiple times. Throughout the video, the woman says racial and homophobic slurs at the man. Another man intervenes, then the woman hits the airline employee. In response to being hit, the man then runs after the woman and eventually hits her back.
The video also shows multiple people trying to subdue the man and break up the fight.
At the end of the video, another man confronts the Spirit Airlines agent for "fighting a woman," where the two square off chest-to-chest with their hands behind their backs.
You can watch the video here (warning: the video contains language some may find offensive. Viewer discretion is advised.):
Spirit Airlines and the DFW airport told WFAA in a statement Friday morning they were aware of the altercation between the agent and the passenger. They added the "vendor at DFW has suspended the agent."
"Spirit Airlines does not tolerate violence of any kind, and we are working with local law enforcement to investigate this matter," the statement continued.
WFAA has reached out to law enforcement to see if the woman is facing any charges from the incident, as well.
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The Egyptian Theatre will host regular showings of the film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Friday, August 12, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, August 13, at 2 p.m. On Saturday, August 13, at 7 p.m., the theater will have a special Beer & Movie Night showing of Monty Python and the Holy Grail for those who are 21 and older. Darrell’s Devil’s Food will be providing 7 Devils beer, cheese and pepperoni pizza, as well as a Monty Python pretzel for purchase at this special event.
All tickets can be purchased the day and time of the showing at the Egyptian Theatre. For the regular movie showings, prices for Egyptian Theatre members are $4 for adults, $3 for seniors, and $2 for children. Prices for the general public are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and $3 for children. Beer & Movie Night combo tickets are $20, which include one movie ticket and two drink tickets. General admission for Beer & Movie night is $6. This film is rated PG so please be advised. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/egyptian-theatre-to-host-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/article_26a28846-18e8-11ed-88f9-ab4889adb4a8.html | 2022-08-12T17:48:21 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/egyptian-theatre-to-host-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/article_26a28846-18e8-11ed-88f9-ab4889adb4a8.html |
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