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A taste of New York is coming to Mason City this week.
"It has been a quick road. Less than four months ago we came up with this idea," said The Corner Pizza and Alehouse general manager Chris Burk.
The Corner Pizza and Alehouse, located at 30 E. State St., will have its grand opening Wednesday, Aug. 17. The restaurant specializes in New York-style pizza and will have 50 to 60 brands of beer available.
It has taken 104 days to get the building ready for the grand opening, according to Burk.
“There’s been a lot of things happen in a short amount of time, a lot of trials and tribulations already, a lot of hardships already within opening up a brand new restaurant and being the first-time restaurant owners,” Burk said.
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The Corner Pizza and Alehouse owners Adam and Shannon Gold had their eye on the building for a few years. They were fond of the location but weren’t sure about what to put inside the building. Burk said the idea finally formed after he and fellow general manager Casidey Burk came back from the funeral of a loved one who had a passion for pizza.
Casidey Burk has family who have owned a pizza shop right off of Long Beach Island in New Jersey for the last 40 years. Her step-father, Neil Vicidomini, came from Italy to America and would constantly tell her about what made a good pizza.
“He would constantly tell us that people in the Midwest don’t know what good pizza is, and that someday there would be good pizza here,” said Casidey Burk.
She would joke with Vicidomini about opening a pizza shop in North Iowa. He would reply that it would never happen because of the cold winters, but was adamant that if it did, she should be the one to open up a shop.
“If he could see it now, I think he would be super proud,” Casidey Burk said.
With Casidey Burk’s family recipe and Adam Gold’s knowledge of New York pizza — he's a New Jersey native — the space had winning ingredients. The quartet set out to start the The Corner Pizza and Alehouse.
“It’s so much different than anything we get around here,” said Chris Burk.
“I don’t think people know what New York-style pizza is. When you can fold a piece of pizza and eat it and you got grease dripping down your fingers, like that’s New York style,” said Casidey Burk.
The Corner Pizza and Alehouse had soft opening events last week to give people a taste. Chris Burk said he could see on customers’ faces that they liked the slices.
“It’s bigger than the paper plate that it comes on, and then they see how to eat it. They take that first bite and the flavors with the crust is just different,” said Chris.
Both the Golds and the Burks are excited to be part of the development in downtown Mason City alongside other locally owned businesses.
When Tony and Brenda Brownell saw the vacant corner space in the Brick & Tile Building, …
“There’s so much that downtown Mason City has and is going to grow and develop, and I’m just excited to be part of that,” said Chris.
More information about the restaurant can be found on "The Corner Pizza and Alehouse" Facebook page.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Work continues to expand mental health care services to those living in Wichita and Sedgwick County. However, funding for the project has been delayed a bit longer.
On Monday, Gov. Laura Kelly was in Wichita for a roundtable at the COMCARE Crisis Center. During the roundtable, leaders discussed plans to build a 50-bed mental health hospital in the area.
“It is very clear that an inpatient facility is the missing link that has got to be resolved. It is creating huge problems in law enforcement, it is creating huge problems in your acute care facilities, your hospitals, and just an overall problem within the community,” Kelly said.
Gov. Kelly tells KSN News that $15 million has been placed in the budget this fiscal year for the hospital. However, an additional $25 million will come from SPARK (Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas) funding. A meeting involving that funding was supposed to happen Monday but was postponed due to a scheduling conflict. The meeting will be rescheduled in the future.
Sedgwick County Commissioner David Dennis said the funding is needed to get the project moving.
“All we need is the funding. People keep asking where is it going to go? Can’t tell you. I don’t have any money, so once we get the funding, we will move forward as quickly as possible,” Dennis said. “I still feel confident that we are at the top of the list. I think that we will get the $25 million. I just don’t know when.”
Other participants at Monday’s meeting included Sedgwick County Manager Tom Stolz, Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple, Robyn Chadwick, president of Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph, Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter, Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett, and Wichita Police Department Captain Jason Cooley. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/leaders-meet-to-discuss-mental-health-hospital-in-sedgwick-county/ | 2022-08-15T21:28:23 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/leaders-meet-to-discuss-mental-health-hospital-in-sedgwick-county/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Sedgwick County Zoo (SCZ) is morning the loss of Buck, the zoo’s eldest male Chacoan Peccary, who died Sunday.
According to the SCZ, Buck was 23 years old and one of the oldest Chacoan Peccary in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums population. His advanced age was attributed to medical conditions that could no longer be managed effectively. It led the zoo to make a difficult but necessary quality of life decision to euthanize him.
The SCZ says Buck’s caretakers will remember him as a gentle old man who was full of personality and that his absence from the peccary squadron will be felt for some time.
“Buck arrived at Sedgwick County Zoo in May of 2002. He sired 10 offspring, two of whom still reside at SCZ. His legacy lives on in the 68 grandkids, 73 great grandkids, and 3 great-great grandkids that have been part of the worldwide zoo population of Chacoan peccary,” said the SCZ.
According to the zoo, the Chacoan Peccary squadron now consists of Karl, the only male, and Kaiya and Toni, both daughters of Buck.
The Chacoan peccary is an endangered species found only in the Gran Chaco region of South America, according to the SCZ. Their endangered species status is primarily due to habitat loss and over-hunting. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/sedgwick-county-zoo-mourns-loss-of-chacoan-peccary/ | 2022-08-15T21:28:24 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/sedgwick-county-zoo-mourns-loss-of-chacoan-peccary/ |
A North Iowa woman is facing misdemeanor and felony charges after police say she broke into a local business and stole merchandise.
Jessica Lynne Elbert, 35, of Mason City, was arrested Saturday and charged with third-degree burglary for her apparent role in burglarizing Mason City comic book store Now and Then on May 30.
Court documents allege Elbert and an unnamed accomplice broke into the store after hours, wearing masks and gloves and carrying duffle bags, and filled the bags with merchandise.
Security footage of the incident was captured by cameras at the store.
Elbert was also charged with possession of methamphetamine, a serious misdemeanor, and is being held at the Cerro Gordo County Jail on $2,000 bond.
A preliminary court hearing is scheduled for 1:15 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 23.
Photos: RAGBRAI rolls through Mason City on Wednesday
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down First Street Northwest into downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down First Street Northwest into downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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Residents watch and wave as RAGBRAI cyclists stream down 1st Street Northwest into downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down 1st Street Northwest into downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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Cyclists claim their baggage from the RAGBRAI trailers as they set up camp at East Park in Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI participants roam through the vendors and entertainment in downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists set up camp at East Park in Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists set up camp at East Park in Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down 19th Street into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down Lark Avenue into Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down 1st Street Northwest into downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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Residents watch as RAGBRAI cyclists stream down 1st Street Northwest into downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down 1st Street Northwest into downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down 1st Street Northwest into downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down 1st Street Northwest into downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists stream down 1st Street Northwest into downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI participants roam through the vendors and entertainment in downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI participants roam through the vendors and entertainment in downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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Danny Grause performs on the Principal Pavilion stage as RAGBRAI participants roam through the vendors and entertainment in downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI cyclists set up camp at East Park in Mason City on Wednesday.
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ROUND ROCK, Texas — Round Rock and Austin police are responding to a barricaded subject call in Round Rock, with reports of "rigged explosives" inside the residence.
The RRPD first reported the incident before 1 p.m. on the 2300 block of Vernell Way. At the time, Bradley Lane and David Curry Drive were shut down to Bowman Road and Tiger Trail.
At 1:50 p.m., officials confirmed reports of explosives at the residence. Police have not found any explosives as of now, RRPD told KVUE around 4 p.m.
Police said one man was inside the home.
A "few dozen" homes nearest to the incident scene were evacuated as a precaution. The Allen R. Baca Center (301 W. Bagdad Ave.) has a room set up for any evacuees.
The APD bomb squad is responding, along with the FBI, ATF, WCSO SWAT and Central Texas Regional SWAT.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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NAMPA, Idaho —
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
Saltzer Health has donated $50,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Nampa in hopes of providing a safe environment for teens.
Saltzer Health is an Intermountain Healthcare company that provides primary and specialty care in 11 clinic and outpatient service locations in the Treasure Valley. Saltzer Health COO Matt Kaiserman recently visited the Boys & Girls Club of Nampa.
“At Saltzer Health and Intermountain Healthcare, our goal is to help kids reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens,” Kaiserman said in a news release from Saltzer Health. “We particularly applaud the Boys & Girls Club of Nampa for focusing more resources on meeting the behavioral health needs of vulnerable children in our community.”
Serving approximately 50 youth ages 13-17 every day, the BGCN plans on replacing outdated furniture, computer equipment and educational materials with the donation money.
“We are excited to be able to improve the quality of our teen center and provide a more welcoming environment where youth are excited to be together,” Melissa Gentry, CEO of BGCN, said in the release. “At the Boys & Girls Club of Nampa, we offer counseling, etiquette training, volunteer projects and many other opportunities for our teen club members.”
The BGCN’s main site is located off Garrity Boulevard near downtown Nampa. To learn more, visit bgcnampa.org.
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CALDWELL, Idaho —
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
In the previous year, multiple Canyon County sheriff deputies have been exposed to illegally produced fentanyl, an opioid drug, and required hospitalization.
Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue first shared the story on a segment of “Fox & Friends” that was published online on July 27.
Fentanyl is one of the most powerful opioids in the world, and is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin, according to a fact sheet for first responders from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The drug’s effects on local communities follows decades of the U.S. facing opioid addiction from over-prescribed pain medications.
Donahue’s “Fox & Friends” interview runs about four and a half minutes. The Idaho Press interviewed Donahue to have him expand on some of the statements he made in the segment, including what happened to the deputies and the scope of the fentanyl crisis in Canyon County.
DEPUTY EXPOSURE
Four sheriff’s deputies have required hospitalization following fentanyl exposure at the county jail in the previous year, Donahue told the Idaho Press by phone. The exposures occurred in two separate instances, two weeks apart, with two different pairs of deputies: two male deputies, and two female deputies, he said.
In both instances, the exposure happened during the intake process for people being brought into the jail, Donahue said. This process includes fingerprinting, as well as removing items such as jewelry from the person for safekeeping, he said.
In both instances, the deputies encountered an “alleged powder” in the possession of the person, and opened the vessel containing it, Donahue said. Donahue said he could not go into too much detail about what held the powder in the first incident, but in the second instance, it was a bag, he said.
When the vessels were opened, both of the deputies in both instances had an immediate reaction, Donahue said. Medical staff present at the jail administered Narcan, a drug that reverses opioid overdose, and the deputies were taken to a hospital, Donahue said.
One deputy in the first incident became unresponsive at the hospital and was given a Narcan drip, Donahue said.
Donahue noted that there has been conflicting information between the medical community and first responders about whether it’s possible for first responders to come in contact with enough fentanyl to cause an overdose.
According to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s fentanyl safety sheet for first responders, “the risk of absorbing enough fentanyl to cause an overdose is low.” It also says that “accidental skin contact with fentanyl is very unlikely to result in overdose symptoms,” and that “it takes 200 minutes of breathing in fentanyl to develop overdose symptoms.”
First responders should take precautions such as wearing nitrile gloves and an N95 or P100 mask to prevent exposure, the sheet says.
But Donahue said that in both instances, the deputies were wearing gloves and masks. He thinks that such guidelines offered by health institutions may apply best to medical-grade fentanyl, used in hospital settings and regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. In contrast, illegal fentanyl products taken from the streets can contain between 50% to 100% pure fentanyl, he said.
“Medical science doesn’t know how much pure or nearly pure fentanyl is going into a pill or a baggie … we don’t know and we certainly haven’t had time to study it,” he said.
Though some have suggested that officers are actually having a panic attack when exposed to fentanyl, Donahue is unconvinced.
“(Deputies are) trained in what they do,” Donahue said. “They don’t have a panic attack when a gun is pointed at them, you know what I mean?”
THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
In the “Fox & Friends” interview, Donahue says the county, despite being 2,000 miles from the southern U.S. border, is fighting a battle with local Mexican drug cartel operatives that import product, including driving it up from the southern border.
Though some pill presses produce fentanyl products locally, the vast majority is smuggled into the U.S., most often from the southern border by Mexican drug cartels, Donahue said. The fentanyl itself is often produced in China, Donahue said.
The Oregon-Idaho High Intensity Drug Trafficking area’s 2023 Drug Threat Assessment report also points to China and Mexico as the primary sources of fentanyl products in the U.S. (Donahue is on the executive board of the organization, which is overseen by a group of officials working in the region.)
In the video segment, Donahue says that the county and the rest of the country are on the verge of collapse from fentanyl and other illegal drugs.
By phone, Donahue expanded on that statement, saying the sheer volume of illegal drugs is making it difficult to get ahead of the problem.
“It’s crushing the health and welfare field, the work force, and we’re just continuing to build, and build, and build addiction, and we can’t build buildings or resources fast enough to deal with the addiction in our country, and that’s being propelled and promoted by China, by the Mexican drug cartels,” Donahue said.
In Idaho, 44% of overdose deaths were caused by fentanyl in 2021, up from 12% in 2019, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s fentanyl safety sheet for first responders. In 2021, the Idaho State Police seized 125,000 fentanyl pills, an increase of 562% from 2020, the sheet said.
During the segment, Donahue’s video is put alongside video of people crossing the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, and being moved in and out of border patrol cars. The host opens the segment by relating the influx of people coming to the U.S. border with the fentanyl crisis.
U.S. foreign policy has played a role in destabilizing the Latin American region, with consequences such as poverty, food insecurity, and violence driving people to the border, according to an article from The Guardian.
The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 was both the U.S. saying no to interference by European powers in the Americas, and the beginning of the U.S. asserting its own foreign policy in Latin America.
In the latter half of the 20th century, the U.S. worked to prevent communist leaders from rising to power, instead propping up dictators who often violently maintained the divide between the powerful and the poor, according to the Guardian. Additional policies, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, have proved controversial for destabilizing food growing economies in Mexico, according to an article from The Counter.
When asked if relating increased migration with the fentanyl crisis is accurate, Donahue said yes. Though the vast majority of opioids are driven into the county by cartel members, anyone crossing the border is having to pay someone who has a connection to the cartels, he said. Further, the cartels may use migrants to smuggle in product to drop houses in the U.S., may traffic the migrants themselves for sex, and may keep people in indentured servitude working for the cartel to pay off the cost of bringing them to the U.S., Donahue said.
“It’s all part and parcel at this point,” he said. “It’s very accurate and it’s just incredible victimization of these poor people.”
Erin Banks Rusby is a reporter with the Idaho Press. She covers Canyon County, including agriculture, education, and government.
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BOISE, Idaho — A man is in police custody after he reportedly tried to shoot another camper near the Swan Falls dam late Sunday night.
According to the Ada County Sheriff's Office, a 66-year-old Garden City man, later identified as Mark. R. Allen, was charged with aggravated assault and arrested.
Police said dispatch received a call around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, reporting shots being fired near the dam.
Deputies arrived at the scene and spoke to a man who said he was checking on Allen after seeing him fall down at a campsite north of the dam. The man said Allen had pulled a gun out and pointed it at him, causing him to jump in the river to escape since he believed Allen might shoot him.
The man told police he swam over to the Swan Falls Dam, got out and used the emergency phone to report the incident to law enforcement.
During the interview with the man, deputies heard shots being fired in the distance. Due to the time of day and the remoteness of the area, the SWAT team was called in to locate the shooter.
The SWAT team organized a ground search with assistance from an aerial drone, and was able to locate Allen shortly after 2 a.m.
Allen reportedly surrendered without resistance and was taken into custody. After a medical evaluation, it appeared Allen was intoxicated.
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Law enforcement agencies will be cracking down on speeding and aggressive driving this week through a targeted campaign intended to prevent crashes and promote safe driving.
According to New York State Police, speed contributes to nearly one-third of all fatal crashes in the state. Recent data from the Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research in Albany show 361 people were killed in speed-related crashes in 2021 and more than 11,000 were injured.
Troopers will be using marked and unmarked vehicles as part of the initiative, which will continue through Sunday, Aug. 21.
While speed limits will be heavily enforced this week, troopers will also be on the lookout for drivers who violate the state’s ‘Move Over’ law, which requires drivers to use caution when approaching law enforcement or emergency vehicles on the side of the road.
During last year’s speed week in June of 2021, troopers issued nearly 13,000 speeding tickets. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/state-police-focusing-on-speed-limit-enforcement-during-annual-speed-week/article_9ee18500-1cda-11ed-aa7b-cb6ad603a5d4.html | 2022-08-15T21:31:58 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/state-police-focusing-on-speed-limit-enforcement-during-annual-speed-week/article_9ee18500-1cda-11ed-aa7b-cb6ad603a5d4.html |
One New Jersey teenager has taken the Spotted Lanternfly problem into her own hands, or feet rather.
The 13-year-old burgeoning field scientist is fighting off the beautifully vibrant yet dangerous bug, currently raising alarms in New Jersey and New York, and she says to go directly for the head.
Milan Zhu, about to enter eighth grade at Rafael de J. Cordero elementary school in Jersey City, is among many in the tri-state to spot the troublesome bug in recent weeks. Her first encounter was close to home, just outside her apartment window in fact, after the insect managed to climb up nearly 30 floors to invade her home.
"I live in an apartment building that's just infested with them -- they're everywhere," said Zhu to NBC New York.
After repeated crushing, this teen started investigating the pests under a microscope given to her by the school's science department. Zhu noticed the top and border of the wings were covered by microscopic hair-like structures called setae.
The teen scientist later hypothesized these bristle structures are used for sensing predators by monitoring wind speed and pressure, which lets the bug know exactly when to leap out of harm's way. Zhu realized the most productive way to effectively stomp out the critter is to go head first and avoid contact with the wings and setae.
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"When people step on the wings, [the Spotted Lanternfly] can track that you're there and know when to fly away. When you step on the head, they have eyes that know when to evade, but they don't know that you're actually on top of them," noted Zhu, who tested this head-on squashing technique with her family.
Out of 50 attempted squishes from the side and back, only 20 lanternflies were killed. When attacking at the head-first approach, 42 out of the 50 hits were successful at ridding the plant hoppers.
While stepping on these bugs will only make a dent in the growing problem, Zhu hopes to spread the word on how communities can better exterminate these pesky inhabitants by saying "the head way is the best way."
The Spotted Lanternfly arrived in Pennsylvania around 2014 by possibly hitching a ride from a stone shipment coming in from China, according to the New York State Dept. of Agriculture. The bug was first seen two years ago in Staten Island, N.Y. and has been spreading further into Long Island and Rockland County.
The species feeds on over 70 plant species including grapevine, which could be devastating to the economy and agriculture. The New York wine industry brings in over $6.65 billion in economic benefits, based on the New York Wine and Grape Foundation.
Looking at the upcoming N.Y. state budget, Sen. Chuck Schumer is pushing for an extra $22 million in addition to $200 million already in the hands of the federal Department of Agriculture to contain the Spotted Lanternfly.
Besides stepping on the pests, there are additional actions to take against the pests. The Montgomery Township in Somerset County listed a few, such as spraying vinegar, vacuuming critters and setting milkweed bait. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/see-a-spotted-lanternfly-meet-the-nj-teen-behind-the-perfect-squish/3825017/ | 2022-08-15T21:34:54 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/see-a-spotted-lanternfly-meet-the-nj-teen-behind-the-perfect-squish/3825017/ |
A 19-year-old Lincoln man who was arrested earlier this month for his alleged involvement in a string of shootings in Beatrice is among suspects in a costly vandalism at a Lancaster County construction site, police said in court records.
Fugitive task force investigators arrested Jordan Meyer in Lincoln on Aug. 8 after a Gage County judge signed a warrant for his arrest stemming from the Beatrice shootings, according to the court records.
Beatrice Police investigators alleged Meyer and his friend, Colten Anderson, of Firth, shot six rounds from a 20 gauge shotgun and 16 rounds from a .40 caliber pistol into a Beatrice home at about 2:30 a.m. Aug. 3, Beatrice Sgt. Brian Carver said in the affidavit for Meyer's arrest.
Police found matching shell casings near several vandalisms in rural Gage County, where mailboxes and vehicles were shot the same morning, Carver said.
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Meyer and Anderson were charged in Gage County with discharging a firearm near a building and use of a firearm to commit a felony.
In Lincoln, investigators have used phone records to link Meyer, Anderson and a third person to a vandalism site near 40th Street and Saltillo Road, where vandals caused $104,000 in damage by smashing windows, wrecking machinery into other equipment and vehicles, Lincoln Police Investigator Jason Adams said in a newly filed search warrant affidavit.
That vandalism occurred sometime between July 29 and July 31.
A Lancaster County judge last week signed the warrant, which gives police access to the pair of shoes Meyer was wearing at the time of his arrest.
In the affidavit, Adams said the tread on Meyer's Nike's match a footprint documented at the construction site.
Meyer and Anderson have not been charged for their suspected roles in the Lincoln vandalism.
Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-arrested-for-beatrice-shootings-now-suspected-in-100-000-vandalism-police-say/article_8039e23f-acd9-59e6-b509-3ba1d75e4a0a.html | 2022-08-15T21:36:23 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-arrested-for-beatrice-shootings-now-suspected-in-100-000-vandalism-police-say/article_8039e23f-acd9-59e6-b509-3ba1d75e4a0a.html |
One person is dead and two people were treated for minor injuries after a semi truck crashed into another on Interstate 80 early Sunday morning in Seward County, according to the county sheriff's office.
Authorities responded to the crash near the intersection with Nebraska 15 around 3:15 a.m. Sunday after a semi that had been headed west on I-80 crashed into a truck that was pulled off to the shoulder, according to a news release.
The crash, which occurred 4 miles south of Seward, caused the westbound truck to catch fire, according to the news release. The westbound truck's driver, who remains unidentified, died at the scene.
Two occupants who had been in the stationary semi were treated for minor injuries at Memorial Hospital in Seward, the sheriff's office said.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
Photos: Firefighters in action
Photos: Firefighters in Action
A firefighter backs off from the heat of the flames Sunday coming from the roof of Romantix, 921 O St. Fire crews responded to the adult novelty store blaze at about 9 a.m. and needed most of the afternoon to extinguish the flames. The building is described as a total loss, but no one was injured.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
A massive plume of fire erupts in front of Lincoln firefighters Nick Thill (left) and Mark Sullivan moments after Sullivan ventilated the roof with the blade of his chainsaw at a working fire at 1717 A Street in Lincoln on Wednesday evening, April 6, 2011.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
With a fire hose at the ready, Lincoln firefighters look over the underside of a pickup truck which rolled over at the intersection of 16th and L Streets Monday afternoon, April 11, 2011. The scanner call mentioned there was leaking gasoline. One person was taken away on a stretcher to an ambulance.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Marie Yost (left) and Nancy Harter (right) watch from the median on O Street as Lincoln firefighters pour water on the smouldering remains of the Lincoln Public Schools adminstration building on Tuesday morning, May 31, 2011. Harter, who worked in the building for 11 years, said a supervisor contacted staff at 6 a.m. to let them know of the fire.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Heavy smoke envelopes the house fire at 236 S. 27th Street as Lincoln firefighters apply water to the attic fire on Tuesday afternoon, August 16, 2011.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Lincoln Firefighter Nancy Engelbrecht (right) attempts to comfort Shari Elder as Elder watches smoke pour from the apartment building where she lives on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 27th and Randolph streets.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Protected against the 1600 degree temperatures emanating from the fire pit, Dorchester Vol. Fire Dept. firefighter Brant Pracheil tosses the Stars and Stripes into the flames on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, during a flag retirement ceremony at the Dorchester American Legion Post 264. A total of 1957 unserviceable flags from the communities of Dorchester, York, Fairmont, Lincoln, Wilber, Fairbury and Crete were retired from life during the ceremony.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
The Stars and Strips opens to the swirling wind from the ladder of Lincoln Fire & Rescue Truck 1 on Friday, March 31, 2017, during the bridge dedication ceremony for Staff Sgt. Patrick Hamburger at the Spirit of '76 Armory.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Surrounded by black smoke, a Lincoln Fire Department firefighter uses a pike pole to open the porch ceiling at the scene of a house fire on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at 1800 Euclid Avenue.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Matt Barnard, with Beatrice Rural Fire District, uses a torch to spread flames during a prescribed burn of 45 acres of the prairie at Homestead National Monument of America on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Lincoln Fire and Rescue teams help Alex Lekai and his mother, not pictured, evacuate from her south bottoms home on Thursday, May 7, 2015.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Cuddling her grandson's dog Milo, homeowner Deborah Ganz is consoled by a neighbor as she watches her garage burn on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in west Lincoln.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
A Lincoln firefighter directs his hose on the roof of La Mexicana Market & Restaurant, 17th and P Streets, on Monday, April 13, 2015.
TED KIRK, Journal Star
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PALM COAST, Fla. – An accused Flagler County drug dealer got a big surprise over the weekend when deputies say he accidentally texted a county commissioner to try to sell drugs.
With elections around the corner, commissioner chair Joe Mullins said he’s been calling residents from his cell phone about voting but Sunday night he got an interesting call back from one of the numbers.
“The guy said ‘Hey do you still need what you needed the other day?’ and I went ‘What are you talking about?’ It really, really threw me off. I said ‘I think you have the wrong number.’ He said ‘You don’t need the eight ball’,” Mullins said.
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Mullins said being in recovery from cocaine and alcohol for a decade himself, he knew what was happening and to get the drugs off the streets. He said he called the sheriff’s office which asked him to help detectives set up a fake drug deal.
“For four hours we went back and forth on text and he finally agreed that he would walk down to the Lake at Birds of Paradise and he would bring the drugs,” Mullins said.
Investigators said Jack Fisher, 18, showed up Sunday night expecting to sell cocaine to a person but was instead met by detectives and attempted to throw the drugs in the lake when he saw them.
Sheriff Rick Staly said he also didn’t have cocaine but instead 3.17 grams of fentanyl.
“That sounds like not much but it’s enough to kill over 1,500 people,” Staly said.
Staly said it’s another example of the rise in drugs in the area getting ahold of the younger population and how a lot of the drugs aren’t what dealers or buyers believe or say they are.
“Our seizures on fentanyl is up over 275% so far this year compared to all of last year,” he said.
Fisher is now in jail on a $3,000 dollar bond. He’s facing felony drug possession and illegal use of communication device charges.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A new pop-up restaurant is making its debut inside the popular Chicken Fire restaurant in Orlando’s Coytown neighborhood.
Cow & Cheese is setting up shop inside Chicken Fire’s kitchen, 2425 E. Colonial Drive, on Tuesday evening, starting at 6 p.m.
Kwame Boakye, the owner of Chicken Fire and That Wing Spot, is also the person behind Cow & Cheese, which specializes in smash burgers.
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“I know I become mostly associated with chicken — fried chicken and things like that — which is great, but I’m not as one-dimensional as that makes me out to be,” Boakye said. “I’ve always loved burgers a lot.”
Boakye said smash burgers in particular have been his passion for several years.
“I want to say I really got into making smash burgers at home in 2017 (or) 2018 — smoking up the house, it’s really high heat cooking and there’s a lot of smoke from the fat with the beef searing,” he said.
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The restauranteur said he had been thinking about launching the pop-up for about a year.
“Cow & Cheese was something I was ruminating on — definitely like in and out — for the past year, year and a half,” Boakye said. “This is something that should have been done many months ago. I was the waffler.”
Boakye said he just wanted to make sure that the burgers could be executed to the right level of excellence.
“I really care, at this point, that anything we do 100% matches the quality standard we’ve set at Chicken Fire,” he said.
Boakye said his burgers will be made with fresh, high-quality beef and American cheese, not “cheese product,” with a brioche bun made at a bakery in Winter Garden. He added that the real difference maker with his burgers will be the technique.
“The most important thing is in the technique and we’ve mastered the technique which involves being able to cook under extreme high heat conditions,” he said. “It’s the motions, in terms of which you can press and smash and sear the patty, to season it well, to be able to get the timing down to get this perfect crisp, to get the lattice crunch on the edges and really be able to cook it without overcooking and still maintain some moistness, tenderness and juiciness in there.”
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Tuesday will be the first pop-up for Cow & Cheese, but hopefully not the last. If the event goes well, Boakye hopes to do more in the future and eventually wants to open Cow & Cheese as its own restaurant.
“It’s not about the money. For me, it’s about building the brand, building the reputation and getting the recognition,” he said. “What’s most important, and my overarching mission is to create people’s favorite places. So for Chicken Fire, it’s to create people’s favorite place to eat hot chicken; for That Wing Spot, it’s to create people’s favorite place to eat Buffalo-style wings and for Cow & Cheese, it’s to create people’s favorite place to eat burgers.”
Boakye believes everything else will fall into place so long as he can maintain his high standards for the food he serves.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Two men were sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for trafficking in fentanyl, according to the office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody.
Carlos Rodriguez and Antonio Izquierdo were found guilty of trafficking fentanyl and conspiracy to traffic in fentanyl.
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Rodriguez sold heroin to an undercover officer and introduced the officer to Izquierdo, another fentanyl dealer.
According to a release put out by Moody’s office, Rodriguez and Izquierdo both sold and delivered more than 28 grams of fentanyl.
Fentanyl is a deadly narcotic that has been responsible for the growing number of drug overdoses in Central Florida, according to law enforcement.
“If you traffic fentanyl in Florida, you will go to prison for a long time,” Moody said in a statement. “This synthetic opioid is killing tens of thousands of people across our nation every year, and here in Florida, we will prosecute anyone caught trafficking this deadly substance in our state to the fullest extent of the law. I am proud of my prosecutors for ensuring the traffickers in this case will be locked away for a long time.”
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Animal Services posted to its Facebook page Saturday, discussing the hundreds of animals stored at the shelter and asking local residents for support.
The desperate, passionate plea from Animal Services over the weekend was seen by 21,000 people by Monday morning, some of whom showed up at Animal Services to take home a dog.
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“We want our community to understand our situation,” the post read. “This isn’t about an agenda or about a crusade. This isn’t about people’s personal opinions on shelters, certain breeds, legislature, management, or policies. This is about our animals.”
Diane Summers, animal services manager, said it didn’t even put a dent in the problem.
“From the moment we started sharing just how full we are, Saturday and Sunday were packed in our lobby with people coming in to adopt,” Summers said. “But unfortunately, we still saw so many animals coming in that the number of people coming in didn’t outpace the animals coming in. To a certain extent, I think we’re spinning our wheels.”
The shelter has been forced to house two-to-three dogs in a single kennel.
“And every day brings 20-25 more animals; as surrenders, strays, abandonments, cruelties. We are doing everything we can, but we cannot do this alone,” the shelter wrote.
As of Monday morning, 209 dogs were housed at Animal Services. Usually, capacity is about 175 dogs.
“Anytime you do that, you have a risk for potential kennel fights or spread for disease,” Summers said. “That’s why we’re really trying to promote how full we are in an effort to get these animals out of here and not face the risk of overcrowding.”
Summers said the shelter is facing an unprecedented situation; the only other shelter in Orange County, the Pet Alliance, shut down last year after a fire; the economy, inflation in particular, is making it difficult for some people to afford their pets; and some breeders shouldn’t be breeding.
“To a large extent, it’s irresponsible breeding,” Summers said. “What that means is people breeding dogs without solid plans for where they’re going, breathing high volumes of litters and unfortunately, a lot of bully breeds, which means it can be difficult to find housing because of housing restrictions. We need our people to make better choices when it comes to breeding animals. Unfortunately, those dogs have a really hard time because a lot of people have either apartment restrictions or HOA restrictions, and so they are a breed that is predominantly prohibited from a lot of housing types.”
Summers said that’s about half the problem. Many of the dogs in the shelter right now are pit bulls or pit bull mixes.
Orange County Animal Services is an “open-admission” shelter, which means no dogs are turned away, but some are euthanized because of sickness or behavior issues.
“This is us really laying it out there, being as honest as we can, saying we need help,” Summers said. “This is a community issue, and we can’t ignore this. We just really need help right now.”
Summers pleaded with people to seek alternatives before bringing pets to Animal Services. She said to check with neighbors, friends or family before giving up dogs to the shelter because it could cost the dog its life. Animal Services should be a last resort.
Orange County is currently waiving all fees for adoptable dogs.
“It’s up to our community now. To step in, step up, and lend a hand. This is about our animals,” the shelter said.
For more information on Orange County Animal Services, click here.
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GENEVA, Fla. – A long-time member of the Red Apple Dining team died after being found unresponsive at Geneva Elementary School, Seminole County Public Schools said in a statement Monday.
According to the statement, the team member was found laying unresponsive on the school’s kitchen floor. First responders made life-saving efforts to rescue the team member, but they were unsuccessful, and the member eventually died, the statement said.
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Grief counselors will be available to students and staff in the coming days, SCPS officials said.
Neither the cause of death nor identity of the team member has not been released at this time.
Red Apple Dining is a third-party staffing agency that provides food services to Seminole County Schools.
Seminole County Public School Statement:
It is with heavy hearts that we inform our Geneva Elementary School community of the passing of a long-time member of our Red Apple Dining team. The employee, who is contracted through a third-party staffing agency, was found unresponsive in the kitchen of Geneva Elementary. Despite the rapid response and transport of the individual, life-saving efforts of first responders proved unsuccessful.
We extend our sincerest condolences to all friends and family.
Grief counselors will be available on site in the days ahead to support students and staff.
Seminole County Public Schools | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/15/red-apple-dining-team-member-dead-found-unresponsive-at-geneva-elementary-school/ | 2022-08-15T21:42:04 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/15/red-apple-dining-team-member-dead-found-unresponsive-at-geneva-elementary-school/ |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland State Board of Elections voted Monday to file an emergency petition in court that seeks an earlier count of mail-in ballots for the general election in November.
In a statement after the vote, the board said that the continued expansion of mail-in balloting and the inability of the local boards of elections to count mail-in ballots before Election Day could have significant implications.
“It could leave local, statewide, and even federal contests without certified results until late December 2022 or early January 2023,” the board said. “Maryland is currently the only state in the union that forbids any kind of processing of mail-in ballots until after Election Day.”
Currently, mail-in ballots can’t be counted until two days after Election Day. That caused delays in determining winners in the state’s primary last month. The state elections board certified the primary election on Monday.
Maryland’s primary was delayed by three weeks due to legal challenges involving congressional and legislative redistricting.
Severn Miller, an elections board member, said the board is restricted in terms of what it has authority to do on its own on the matter.
“I think the appropriate avenue here is to seek judicial relief in a circuit court to allow the counting of mail-in ballots before Election Day, so that we can get ahead of the curve and to simply not release those results until after Election Day is completed,” Miller said during a board meeting Monday.
About 345,230 mail-in ballots were received from around the state in the primary. That compares to 671,160 total votes cast in the Democratic gubernatorial primary and 295,068 total votes cast in the Republican gubernatorial primary.
Sen. Cheryl Kagan spoke to the board about a bill she sponsored that was passed by the General Assembly this year. The measure would have enabled mail-in ballots to begin to be counted before Election Day, but Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed the bill.
“It was unfortunate and avoidable, but really big kudos to the four of you for just voting unanimously to bring a legal initiative, and we hope that that will be approved by the circuit court, and we can make sure that votes are counted in a timely manner,” Kagan, a Montgomery County Democrat, said.
In his veto letter about the bill, the Republican governor cited election security concerns about another provision in the legislation that would have allowed voters who forget to sign their mail-in ballot envelope to do so after mailing it to get it counted.
Meanwhile, a recount is expected to begin this week in the race for the Democratic nomination for Montgomery County executive. Marc Elrich, the incumbent, leads David Blair by 35 votes. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-board-seeking-earlier-mail-in-ballot-count/2022/08/15/bf1815be-1cda-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | 2022-08-15T21:45:28 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-board-seeking-earlier-mail-in-ballot-count/2022/08/15/bf1815be-1cda-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html |
ARLINGTON, Va. — Police investigating a crash that injured more than a dozen people at a popular northern Virginia pub over the weekend said Monday that they don’t believe the crash was intentional.
Arlington police said three patients remained hospitalized Monday. One was in critical condition and two were in stable condition.
Police said their preliminary investigation indicates that the crash was accidental and alcohol was not a factor. They said the ride-share driver is cooperating with investigators. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-car-crash-that-injured-15-at-pub-appears-accidental/2022/08/15/0611283e-1ce0-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | 2022-08-15T21:45:34 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-car-crash-that-injured-15-at-pub-appears-accidental/2022/08/15/0611283e-1ce0-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html |
Nick Alahverdian charged with third sexual assault. What we know as he fights extradition
A third charge has been added to the slate of sexual assault charges awaiting fugitive Nicholas Alahverdian if he is extradited to Utah from Scotland where he is being held.
On the same day last month that Scottish police charged the former Rhode Islander with threatening a doctor and a nurse at a Glasgow hospital, Utah authorities were quietly filing another warrant for his arrest, alleging he committed sexual battery against yet another woman in 2008.
The allegation brings the number of women accusing him of assault in 2008 alone to at least five.
Latest charges against Alahverdian
Alahverdian, 35, who faked his death in 2020 while on the run in the United Kingdom, is also facing two rape charges previously filed against him in Utah.
Utah court documents state that in 2008 Alahverdian was living with a roommate in Orem, Utah. The woman told police she went over to his apartment because her roommate was dating Alahverdian’s roommate. She told investigators she was talking to him in the hallway when "suddenly" he forced her into a bedroom, got on top of her and groped her.
She reported she couldn't get him off her and screamed for help. Someone entered the room and pulled Alahverdian off her.
The misdemeanor charge has a two-year statute of limitations. However, Utah law states that the statute of limitations clock does not run while a defendant is out of the state following the commission of an offense.
Court documents note that Alahverdian left Utah after February 2010, so the statute of limitations hasn’t yet expired.
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The Utah County District Attorney had previously charged Alahverdian with raping an Orem woman in September of 2008. And the Salt Lake County District Attorney has charged him with raping a Salt Lake woman sometime between Nov. 1 and the end of the year.
Alahverdian was living in Ohio at the start of 2008, where in less than a month’s time, two female students at Sinclair Community College, in Dayton, told police he groped them while exposing himself.
One of those women took her case to trial, where Alahverdian was convicted of misdemeanor sexual imposition and public indecency. As part of his sentence, he was ordered to register as a sex offender.
Alahverdian fakes his death
Alahverdian was already overseas in December 2019 and living under several aliases, when he set in motion an elaborate ruse to make people back in Rhode Island – and law enforcement authorities around the country - believe he was dead.
Though he tricked some media representatives into reporting his demise in February, 2020, some people who say they knew his manipulative ways were skeptical.
Including some law enforcement officials.
Months after the widespread announcement of his death from a woman claiming to be his wife and the “Office of Nicholas Alahverdian," Utah officials charged him with rape.
Authorities arrested him last December in a Glasgow, Scotland hospital where he was on a ventilator suffering from COVID-19 and pretending to be a transplanted Irishman named Arthur Knight.
He has returned to the hospital several times since in deliberate attempts to delay his extradition proceedings, prosecutors have charged.
Last month when he was arrested for threatening two hospital staff members, fingerprints confirmed his identity.
At the time of his arrest, Utah officials said police in four states had reports of Alahverdian allegedly assaulting or threatening women.
The FBI also had a warrant for his arrest for credit card fraud.
As Alahverdian has fought his extradition – claiming authorities have arrested the wrong person – a woman from Essex, England has also come forward and alleged Alahverdian raped her in 2017 during a five-week relationship.
Alahverdian’s extradition hearing is scheduled to resume later this week.
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Providence's guaranteed income program gets six month extension with ARPA funds
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza on Monday announced a six-month extension of the city's guaranteed-income program using $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act dollars.
The program, launched last year, offers $500 monthly payments to 110 randomly selected participants, all of whose incomes were at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. Those payments were set to end in October but will now be continued.
Brandi Landry, a Providence resident who was homeless in the past but found an apartment using the income, called it "a blessing."
"It's not just about the money," she said. "It's about what comes after that. Now I can kind of change my future around and make different decisions and go different directions."
The program's extension means Landry can go "a little longer to get a little further," she said.
Elorza, reflecting on his own youth on Cranston Street, described his family as "very humble and incredibly poor," though his parents earned two incomes and, unlike some children in his neighborhood, Elorza had a father who was present in his life.
"I was one of the fortunate ones," the mayor said. 'However, we know that being poor is not only difficult, but being poor is expensive. There’s certain challenges that once you find yourself in ... quicksand that keeps pulling you down, it is harder and harder for you just to do the basics that other people take for granted."
Who is in the guaranteed income program?
According to the Center for Guaranteed Income Research, part of the national network Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, Providence recipients are 24% male and 76% female, with a reported median monthly income of $913. At 45%, Hispanic or Latino participants make up the single largest share of recipients, while 31% are white, 19% are Black, 5% are Asian and 38% identify as other races, meaning they may be multiracial or an ethnic makeup not listed.
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Groups hope program will continue with new mayor
Amos House President and CEO Eileen Hayes said she had spoken to mayoral candidates about continuing the program during their potential tenure, but none of the three candidates — Gonzalo Cuervo, Nirva LaFortune and Brett Smiley — had yet indicated their support. Amos House administers the program along with Dorcas International, a local organization that helps immigrants settle, find jobs and achieve citizenship.
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Rhode Island Foundation President and CEO Neil Steinberg echoed that point, contending that the six-month extension isn't long enough and that he will work with the next mayor to extend it further.
Elorza said he is not interested in playing mayor once his term is up, but is continuing to advocate for the program while he's in office, hoping the next mayor will pay attention to data being collected on the program's effectiveness.
"All I ask is for leadership at the city level, and frankly at the state level, too, to follow the data where it leads us, and I'm confident that the data's going to tell us that there are compelling reasons to invest in a program like this," Elorza said. "And then I'll leave it to the decision makers to make those decisions in the future." | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/15/providence-ri-guaranteed-income-program-extended-six-months-arpa-funds/10328454002/ | 2022-08-15T21:58:36 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/15/providence-ri-guaranteed-income-program-extended-six-months-arpa-funds/10328454002/ |
PLEASANT GARDEN — Crews have closed a section of Fieldview Road to replace a faulty pipe with a culvert, according to a news release from the N.C. Department of Transportation.
The road is expected to reopen early September, weather permitting.
Crews discovered the drainage problem last month while investigating runoff from recent rainstorms.
During construction, a detour will guide traffic to Appomattox Road and Charnel Lane. Motorists are advised to slow down as they travel near the work zone. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/guilford-county-road-closed-for-culvert-installation/article_e349cab8-1cda-11ed-a7e0-e772518de4aa.html | 2022-08-15T21:59:00 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/guilford-county-road-closed-for-culvert-installation/article_e349cab8-1cda-11ed-a7e0-e772518de4aa.html |
GREENSBORO — Authorities are investigating an attempted robbery of a business on Monday afternoon, according to a news release from Greensboro police.
At 12:57 p.m., police responded to the Shell Gas Station at 1102 Summit Ave. A man wearing all black and a white mask had displayed a handgun equipped with a laser sight. However, he left the area on foot without taking anything of value, according to the release.
The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000. Citizens can also download the mobile P3tips app to submit a mobile tip, or go to P3tips.com to submit a web tip. All tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-attempted-to-rob-greensboro-gas-station-police-say/article_ad33c572-1ccc-11ed-9129-4b4f64cd027e.html | 2022-08-15T21:59:06 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-attempted-to-rob-greensboro-gas-station-police-say/article_ad33c572-1ccc-11ed-9129-4b4f64cd027e.html |
ARKANSAS, USA — This brother-and-sister duo did a fantastic job at reeling in two giant 'monsters.'
While on a late-night fishing trip on Lake Conway last week, Logan and Haylee Applegate caught two giant flathead fish.
The fish caught by Logan topped 50 pounds, and the fish caught by Haylee was equally as large weighing somewhere between 45-50 pounds as well.
The two huge hauls caught the attention of Arkansas Game and Fish who celebrated the siblings on their latest catch.
The two siblings are always outside with their family whenever they get the opportunity away from work. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/brother-and-sister-giant-catch/91-69fa2a68-f48d-4186-a4bd-eb2bb4b34bd3 | 2022-08-15T22:12:54 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/brother-and-sister-giant-catch/91-69fa2a68-f48d-4186-a4bd-eb2bb4b34bd3 |
PEA RIDGE, Ark. — The Benton County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing 49-year-old woman accused of murdering her husband.
Dawn Rene Wynn was last seen in the area of Jennifer Lane in Pea Ridge. She is 5 foot 2 inches tall, weighs between 150 and 170 pounds and has short black hair.
Officials say she is believed to be headed to northeastern Oklahoma but has ties in southwestern Missouri.
According to court records in McDonald County, Missouri, Wynn was out of jail on a $100,000 bond pending her hearings on a case where she faces charges of 2nd-degree murder and armed criminal action. According to the McDonald County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), the case stems from the shooting of her husband in November of 2021.
Court records show she pleaded not guilty on June 16, 2022, and she was scheduled for a pre-trial conference in this case on Sept. 15, 2022.
Wynn's bond was revoked on Aug. 14 and a warrant was issued for her arrest. According to the McDonald County Circuit Court, the warrant was issued because she "violated conditions of release by failing to report to pre-trial services."
The MCSO wrote the following statement on Facebook:
"Please be on the lookout for Dawn Wynn. Due to a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling, over objections from the prosecuting attorney, Wynn was out on bond and on pre-trial release where she had to check in by telephone. She is accused of murder and armed criminal action stemming from the shooting of her husband. She should be considered dangerous and could be armed. She is accused of, and charged with shooting her husband in the back of the head while he slept. If you have any information regarding her whereabouts, please call the McDonald County Sheriff’s Office at 417-223-4318 or your local law enforcement agency. Exercise caution and do not approach!"
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Benton County Sheriff’s Office at 479-273-5532.
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SEATTLE — A 39-year-old woman died Sunday after she became trapped between a light rail train and the Mount Baker Station platform, according to the Seattle Police Department (SPD).
Seattle Fire Department crews were called to the station to extricate the trapped woman at around 1:30 p.m. Crews were able to extricate the woman, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses told police the woman appeared to have stumbled and fell off the platform and was hit by the moving light rail train.
Sound Transit tweeted that the Link shuttle buses replaced the 1 Line between Beacon Hill Station and Columbia City Station while police investigated. Service has since resumed to all stations.
After the incident, Sound Transit reminded passengers to stand behind the yellow line until the light rail train has made a complete stop.
The SPD’s Traffic Collision Investigation Squad responded to the scene and is investigating the incident.
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NEW YORK — Dollar General faces nearly $1.3 million in penalties after government inspectors visited three of the chain's stores in Georgia earlier this year and found worker-safety violations, federal regulators said Monday.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said its inspectors found obstructed exit routes, boxes of merchandise stacked unsafely and electrical panels that were hard to access. It said those were “violations often cited at Dollar General locations.”
Since 2017, OSHA has proposed more than $6.5 million in penalties after 78 inspections at Dollar General locations nationwide, including more than $450,000 in penalties as a result of three inspections in Georgia.
The agency said its inspectors frequently find unsafe conditions that put workers at risk and that could lead to disaster for employees and customers in an emergency.
“Dollar General continues to demonstrate a willful pattern of ignoring hazardous working conditions and a disregard for the well-being of its employees,” said Doug Parker, OSHA's assistant secretary of occupational safety and health. “Despite similar citations and sizable penalties in more than 70 inspections, the company refuses to change its business practices."
In response, Dollar General said that following the Georgia inspections, it took immediate action to address issues and reiterated its safety expectations with store teams.
“The safety of our employees and customers is of paramount importance to us, and we will continue to work cooperatively with OSHA," said the company based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/dollar-general-stores-georgia-osha-violations/85-c43ab01b-1120-489d-9831-6bd1337a1d35 | 2022-08-15T22:16:09 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/dollar-general-stores-georgia-osha-violations/85-c43ab01b-1120-489d-9831-6bd1337a1d35 |
Salem Fire Department responding to house fire on 14th Street
Dejania Oliver
Salem Statesman Journal
The Salem Fire Department is responding to a house fire in the 300 block of 14th Street.
One person was in the house at the time of the fire and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to Deputy Chief Brian Carrara. Fire crews responded to the fire just after 11 a.m.
14th Street is closed while fire crews work. People are advised to take alternate routes. The street is expected to remain closed for several hours.
Dejania Oliver is the breaking news reporter for the Statesman Journal. Contact her at DAOliver@salem.gannett.com or follow on Twitter @DejaniaO. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/15/salem-fire-responding-to-house-fire-on-14th-street/65404546007/ | 2022-08-15T22:16:10 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/15/salem-fire-responding-to-house-fire-on-14th-street/65404546007/ |
Jonah Holland was known as a problem-solver and a generous spirit who loved nature, her family and connecting people.
She was an athlete who loved cycling and open water swimming. She completed triathlons and meditated often, identifying herself as a yogi and a seeker in a biography for her job at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
Over the course of 14 years working as the nonprofit group's digital content manager, she became widely recognized as a social media expert.
Jonah Holland, 49, was struck and killed by a driver as she was cycling along Osborne Turnpike in Henrico County on Aug. 13, 2022. She worked for the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden as a digital content manager. Outside of work she was a mom, a yogi, an open water swimmer and a gardener.
Chris Suarez
Holland, 49, died early Saturday morning as she was cycling on Osborne Turnpike with Natalie Rainer, who remains in critical condition after suffering life threatening injuries from a motorist who authorities have charged with driving under the influence and manslaughter.
"It is hard to put into words what a tremendous loss this is for our Garden family and for the community, said her coworker Beth Monroe. "Those who knew Jonah recognize that her caring heart, generous spirit and passion for life touched us all.
Monroe, the nonprofit's chief marketing officer, said Holland was an inspiration to scores of interns and other employees, and that she was deeply passionate about community and social issues, including health and fitness, accessibility and the environment.
"We were honored to have her as a colleague and a friend," Monroe said. "She fiercely loved her family and friends and we grieve with them."
Josh Silverman, former president of the Richmond Area Bicycling Association , said he became friends with Holland in the past year as she was getting back into cycling.
"She blew us away in terms of how quickly she got up to speed, both literally and figuratively," he said. "It wasn't long before she was able to do 100-mile rides without it being really a huge challenge to her."
Silverman said he got to know her well on a large group trip riding approximately 400-mile from Nashville to Natchez, Mississippi, a few months ago.
While she didn't work as a gardener at the botanical garden, she knew a lot about flowers and plants, and taught others on the trip about the flora they came across during the weeklong trip.
He said they also bonded as the parents of teenagers, noting that she has a daughter in college and a son who just graduated high school this spring.
Silverman said the low humidity and relatively mild temperature Saturday morning was prefect for cycling. He said he was also on Osborne Turnpike and saw the scene of the crash, but learned only later that it was his friend who died.
A Henrico County police news release said both Holland and Rainer, the other victim, were wearing protective cycling equipment.
"I probably rode 1,000 miles with her in the last eight months. ... She knew how to ride safely and the rules of the road. She was always conscientious," Silverman said. "There's no doubt in my mind that Jonah did everything right, and that there's only one cause alone for this."
While authorities have charged Jeffrey Brooks, 18, with driving under the influence in connection to the fatal crash, the incident has raised questions about bicycle and pedestrian safety.
Brantley Tyndall, president of the Virginia Bicycling Federation and a safety advocate with Sport Backers' Bike Walk RVA program, said many cyclists have feared that they could be seriously hurt or killed on certain roads.
He said Osborne Turnpike is a popular spot for cyclists because of its proximity to the Capital Trail, but that some people have expressed concerns about the risk of being hit by a car there.
"It's a pretty narrow road without much of a shoulder, and there's ditches and trees on both sides in a lot of areas," he said. "Our roads are not optimized for bicycle safety."
Data from the Department of Motor Vehicles show there had been been only two people killed in crashes involving bicycles in the Richmond-Petersburg metro region before the incident Saturday in Henrico County. Four died last year.
Todd Eure, the assistant director of transportation and development for Henrico, said the county has developed a 10-year wish list that includes $423 million for infrastructure to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety.
He said county officials are also working on drafting a new bicycle network plan to guide the development of shared-use paths and protected bike lanes throughout the county.
While no upgrades are planned for Osborne Turnpike, Eure said that could be subject to change, and also noted that the draft plans includes designs for a new shared-use bike path that runs parallel to it.
"It goes back to the priority our board and administration has," he said. "We're doing whatever we can to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety. Our priority is where ever we can provide separated facilities. That's the safest and preferred alternative."
Both Tyndall and Silverman said they are also concerned about the well being of Rainer, whose family has set up a GoFundMe page that's raised $43,000 as of Monday evening.
Richmond police on Monday identified a teen killed in a shooting Saturday night in Gilpin Court.
The page notes that Rainer currently works for SwimRVA, and that she's previously been involved with Richmond's Project Yoga and the Weinstein Jewish Community Center.
"Natalie's hospital bills are expected to be staggering due to a combination of uncertain insurance payments from the driver and the sheer amount of treatment required for the damage she has sustained," a note attached to the fundraising page says. "She’s long since dedicated herself towards the betterment of her beloved Richmond community. Now, she needs that community’s help."
Relatives and friends of Holland said a memorial service and a possible memorial ride are being planned. The family has requested privacy in the meantime.
From the archives: 100 photos of Pony Pasture
05-08-1989: Aqua cycling--Mark Oliver (left), 20, and his 16 year-old brother, Justin, drove down to Riverside Drive from the Fan district yesterday to look for "aqua cycling" challenges. Here, they pedal through flood waters in the parking lot of Pony Pasture. Richmond police had closed off sections of about 10 streets yesterday because of flood waters.
P. Kevin Morley
Fishing the James River is a natural pasttime and has been for as long as there have been inhabitants in the area. Here, Dale Huggins tries to lure a fish in on fly rod near the Pony Pasture. July 11, 1998
STUART T. WAGNER
Dam between Huguenot Bridge and the Pony Pasture. July 2, 1998
STUART T. WAGNER
Courtney Webb, 16, meets 'Bo-Bo' while enjoying a day off from school, Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at the Pony Pasture section of the James River. Courtney and other students flocked to the river to enjoy a 'snow day.' She is a student at Manchester High School.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Local high school students flocked to the Pony Pasture section of the James River on Tuesday, May 26, to take advantage of a 'snow day.' (Since local schools did not have to use any 'snow days' since snow did not cause any school closings this winter, Tuesday was a day off.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Sandra Slocum and her son, Brooks, 6, cool off in a puddle of the James River at the Pony Pasture area of James River Park. They and Brooks' brother, Phil, 8, spent part of the afternoon having fun and checking out the low water conditions created by the current drought. It was the boys' first romp in the river.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Kristi McCullough and her ten-month-old son Andrew took a break from errands to enjoy the warm weather at Pony Pasture Thursday, February 10, 2000. They live in Chesterfield.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
With just a few days left before the summer ends and school begins, Godwin High School senior Ashley Gill and her boyfriend, Stephen Serge, spend a day on the rocks at the Pony Pasture, a popular summer hangout for students. Serge attends a private school in Hampton, Virginia, so the two will see less of each other when school begins.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Cheryl Richards, 20, right, tries to coax Gracie, her 17-week-old Beagle mix puppy, into the James River at the Pony Pasture Friday, July 20, 2001. Gracie was less than thrilled with the water and later had to be carried back to dry land.
BOB BROWN
People enjoying the James River at the Pony Pasture . A report issued by the state Department of Envrionmental Quality says that the Pony Pasture and other parts of the James are too polluted with fecal bacteria to be fit fit for swimming . July 18 , 2002
CLEMENT BRITT
A dog plays in the James River at the Pony Pasture . A report issued by the state Department of Envrionmental Quality says that the Pony Pasture and other parts of the James are too polluted with fecal bacteria to be fit fit for swimming . July 18 , 2002
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These swimmers on rocks in the James River at the Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA, were ignoring several signs posted in the immediate area warning against swimming, since the river was over five feet over flood stage Monday, July 7, 2003.
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Jos Munos enjoys the dryer weather by skip's rocks at Pony Pasture with his friends Monday, June 9, 2003.
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Elizabeth Esfahani relaxes at pony pasture Wednesday, August 20, 2003.
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The Pony Pasture proved to be just the right spot to cool off for Norma Ryan and a friend's children. From left: Emilio Lyton, 6; Raquel Lyton, 4; Norma Ryan; Sabrina Lyton, 2; and Catalina Lyton, 8.
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Low water on the James River near Pony Pasture . October 10 , 2007
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Warm weather brought bathers to Pony Pasture on 8/3/07.
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Riverside Dr. , shot near Pony Pasture , is being proposed to be designated as Virginia's first urban scenic byway. December 24 , 2008
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A goose glides through fall colors reflected in the James River along Riverside Drive near the Pony Pasture.
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The Pony Pasture rapids of the James River. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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As the sun starts to illuminate fog on the James River, a photographer waits for just the right moment on the rocks of the Pony Pasture lower rapids.
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Sunrise at the Pony Pasture section of the James River.
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Sunrise on the James River lights up the stepping stone-like highly accessible area of the James River known as the Pony Pasture.
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With the arrival of cold air, mixed with relatively warm water, fog forms on the James River in the lower rapids of Pony Pasture. The Carillon tower is in the background.
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A canine visitor to the dog-friendly Pony Pasture jumps (successfully) to a rock.
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Jamie Wilbar, 13, of Glen Allen, leaps from a rock at Pony Pasture for what might have been his last James River swim of the year.
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Jamie Wilbar, 13, of Glen Allen, jumps into the rapids at Pony Pasture for what might have been his last James River swim of the year.
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Despite written warnings that swimmers must wear life jackets, river-goers play in the water at Pony Pasture Rapids, in Richmond, on June 02, 2009.
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A couple heads for the Pony Pasture along the James River in Richmond, VA Monday, June 8, 2009.
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Jumping into the James was the rule of the day for many who flocked to the Pony Pasture on Memorial Day.
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Swimmers at Pony Pasture watched the Regional training of the Tactical Rescue Teams doing a quarterly drill and swift water awareness course on Aug. 4. Morning showers gave way to another hot humid day. Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield, Hanover agencies were involved in the river rescue training.
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Participants in the "Dive & Draw!" program head into the James River near Pony Pasture on Saturday. The program, a collaboration between Chesterfield County Environmental Engineering and Friends of the James River, is designed to promote stewardship of the river.
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Lorne Field of Chesterfield county's Environmental Engineering department talks of algae blooms during a "Dive & Draw!" event in the James River near Pony Pasture on Saturday. The program, a collaboration between the Chesterfield County agency and Friends of the James River, is designed to promote stewardship of the river.
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Participants in the "Dive & Draw!" program head into the James River near Pony Pasture on Saturday. The program, a collaboration between Chesterfield County Environmental Engineering and Friends of the James River, is designed to promote stewardship of the river.
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The James River, downstream a few hundred yards from the Pony Pasture, on Richmond's southside.
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Med-Flight paramedic David Powell, with Chesterfield County Fire, grabs a 'cinch' vest lowered to him from a Virginia State Police helicopter during a training exercise in the James River in Richmond Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters, paramedics and pilots with Med-Flight ran through medical evacuation drills near the Riverside Meadow Greenspace along Riverside Drive, near the Pony Pasture. Two choppers were involved in the drills.
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Med-Flight paramedic David Powell, with Chesterfield County Fire, hangs from a 'cinch' vest om a cable hanging from a Virginia State Police helicopter during a training exercise in the James River in Richmond Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters, paramedics and pilots with Med-Flight ran through medical evacuation drills near the Riverside Meadow Greenspace along Riverside Drive, near the Pony Pasture. Two choppers were involved in the drills.
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Waterfowl in the James River's Pony Pasture catches the attention of swimmers, June 30, 2012.
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The ever-popular Pony Pasture area of the James River draws hundreds on warm summer days. Sept. 1, 2012.
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After putting his head into the cold water at Pony Pasture, Luke Logan, 9, emerges during the Polar Bear Plunge, Jan. 1, 2013.
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Lorene Davidson and a family friend, Rachel Cryster, 11, bundle up to keep warm after jumping into the frigid water of the James River at Pony Pasture for the annual Polar Bear Plunge, Jan. 1, 2013.
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Fog covers the James River across from Pony Pasture Monday afternoon, January 15, 2013.
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Mike Martin kayaks in the James River near Pony Pasture Thursday, May 9, 2013.
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Amelie Williams, 9, climbs across a log at the James River Parks' Pony Pasture a few minutes after the winter solstice hit at 12:11 pm Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. She and some of her friends were enjoying the unseasonal weather.
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Nicole Harrison of Durham celebrates to recorded music Funk Brothers played at Pony Pasture on Riverside Drive during the Richmond Marathon Saturday, November 15, 2014.
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James Richardson, center foreground, misses his tube as he and his friends, all of Yorktown,from left, Raychel Blanchette, Bryce Burgner, and Devin Lapp visit Pony Pasture Rapids, part of The James River Park System, for tubing in Richmond on Monday, June 16, 2014.
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A video camera stationed in James River Park caught these river otters between the Huguenot Bridge and Pony Pasture Rapids in South Richmond. A project that started last spring is using video to document wildlife in the park.
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Many sought refuge from the heat by jumping into the James River at the Pony Pasture, June 23, 2015.
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Kayakers start their guided tour by Riverside Outfitters at Pony Pasture in Richmond on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
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Lucas Crain and his five-year-old daughter McKenzie Crain head back to their car after taking a cooling dip in the James River at the Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA Monday, August 24, 2015.
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(L-R) Emmett Shreve, age 3, his friend Alice Hunter, age 4, and her cousin Ford Hunter, age 3, watch the churning waters of the James River at Pony Pasture after the river rose to over nine feet Sunday, October 4, 2015.
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Deepannita Hossain, left, 22, and Sahba Abolfazli, right, 22, (cqbb both names) both senior chemical engineering students at UVA, pause to watch the James River flow by the Pony Pasture area in Richmond, VA Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. Hossain is a native of Bangaladesh and Abolfazli is a native of Iran.
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Interpretive signs for the John Smith Trail are located at a few historic sites around Richmond, including this one on at Pony Pasture Rapids Park. Photo taken Nov. 11, 2015.
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His first visit to the Pony Pasture rapids, part of the James River Park System, and Wyatt Lifsey said he picked a good day to relax. He moved to Richmond from Blacksburg, Va. about one month ago. April 21, 2016.
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Oeuyown Kim (left) and friend Morgan Moore relax with drinks in the James River at the Pony Pasture early Saturday evening before a thunderstorm rolled through. Aug. 6, 2016
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Two young women jump off a log into the James River at the Pony Pasture area in Richmond, VA Thursday, August 11, 2016 as high temperatures and humidity caused many people to head to the river to cool off.
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Geoffrey Zindren of Richmond makes his way to a spot for fishing at Pony Pasture in Richmond on Tuesday, September 13, 2016. Zindren said he doesn't expect to catch any fish but this is his excuse to be out more often.
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With temperatures in the mid-80's, fall break for these VCU students has been feeling more like summer vacation. The six friends (and a dog named Leona, lower left) spent part of the afternoon reclining and eating cookies at the Pony Pasture along Riverside Drive. From left: Muneera Hassan, Tiffany Tran, Connie Tran, Igor Tsvetkov, Isaiah Klimek, and Samantha Muehlbauer. Oct. 20, 2016
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Ryan McKinnon and his dog Rudy sit on a rock at Pony Pasture on Sunday May 29, 2016.
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Rudy took her first plunge into the James River at Pony Pasture on Sunday May 29, 2016 and jumped right back onto the dry rock after her owner Ryan McKinnon pulled her into the water with him.
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Driftwood and high river levels kept many of the popular granite boulders hideen at Pony Pasture Rapids, May 16, 2016.
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A prothonotary warbler. The small songbird was spotted by bird watchers along the James River at the Pony Pasture section of James River Park. May 11, 2016.
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Barbara Eck (left) and Alice Boller look for birds along the James River at the Pony Pasture, May 11, 2016. The two joined a few other local birders there Wednesday morning.
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Lightning Bug at Pony Pasture in Richmond on June 20, 2017.
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The James River in Richmond, VA offered some relief from the upper 90's heat Thursday, July 13, 2017 to many folks who visited the Pony Pasture rocks.
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This couple had a little difficulty getting their dog interested in entering the water at the Pony Pasture area of the James River in Richmond, VA Thursday, July 13, 2017. The dog eventually entered the water and appeared to enjoy it.
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A couple share a quiet moment on the Pony Pasture rocks in the James River in Richmond, VA Monday, August 7, 2017.
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A group of swimmers enjoy a cooling dip in the water along the Pony Pasture rocks in the James River in Richmond, VA Monday, August 7, 2017.
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Canada geese appear to be performing a water ballet in the Pony Pasture area of the James River in Richmond, VA Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. The geese were actually feeding on underwater plants.
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Some land along the James River in Richmond's West End was recently cleared, and state officials say the work violated a law requiring that a 100-foot buffer of natural vegetation be maintained along the river to protect it from pollution. The home of Stuart and Dawn Siegel sits above the cleared area. City officials say the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation, which allowed Siegel to have the work done, is responsible because it owns the land. This view is from the Pony Pasture Rapids section of James River Park in South Richmond. Pic taken 11/17.
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Jay Ross, age 8, swings on a grape vine along a Pony Pasture trail Sunday, February 25, 2018. It is a native plant to Virginia.
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Jay Ross, age 8, gets a higher view while standing on a grape vine along a Pony Pasture trail Sunday, February 25, 2018. It is a native plant to Virginia.
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Some sunbathers were ignoring warnings posted by sitting on the rocks amid rapids at the Pony Pasture section of the James River in Richmond, VA Wednesday, May 2, 2018. A half-dozen others sat on rocks along the stretch also.
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A young woman sat on the bank at the Pony Pasture section of the James River in Richmond, VA Wednesday, May 2, 2018. A half-dozen others chose to ignore high water warnings and sat on rocks out in the rapids.
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Annika Licht, 15, left, from Charlotte, NC, rides a line down a 100 ft tall hickory tree with the help of instructor Jocelyn Lohse, right, with Riverside Outfitters, in the woods near the Pony Pasture section along the James River in Richmond, VA Friday, July 6, 2018. This and other activities are part of the Riverside Outfitters Day Summer Camp program.
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Two hikers (no names given) paused to look at the James River as it flowed past the Pony Pasture area in Richmond, VA Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 on a balmy fall day.
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Cade Cooper, left, from Powhatan and Amanda Yowell, right, from Culpeper, took advantage of great weather on the first day of summer to float down the James River near the Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA Friday, June 21, 2019.
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Cade Cooper, left, from Powhatan and Amanda Yowell, right, from Culpeper, took advantage of great weather on the first day of summer to float down the James River past a group of sunbathers near the Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA Friday, June 21, 2019.
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A couple took advantage of great weather on the first day of summer to share a quiet moment in the James River near the Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA Friday, June 21, 2019.
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A young boy watches a family of ducks swim past as he stands beside the James River at the Pony Pasture section in Richmond, VA, Monday, July 15, 2019 as the temperature climbed above 90 degrees.
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A man talks on his phone while cooling off in the James River at the Pony Pasture section in Richmond, VA, Monday, July 15, 2019 as the temperature climbed above 90 degrees.
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Brothers Shawn (11) and Miguel Johnson (6) from Washington, DC spent part of Monday afternoon at Pony Pasture in the James River with their grandparents, who are from Richmond. Miguel looks toward his runaway Croc, which his older brother retrieved.
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Brothers Shawn (11) and Miguel Johnson (6) from Washington, DC spent part of Monday afternoon at Pony Pasture in the James River with their grandparents, who are from Richmond.
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Ballard Payne, 17, transports his friend Claire Zeno, 17, back to shore after the two spent part of the afternoon swimming the waters of the James River at the area known as the Pony Pasture along Riverside Drive. The two went straight to the river after classes ended for the day at Trinity High School.
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7:08 a.m.-Along Riverside Drive, between Williams Dam and Pony Pasture, a group of runners sets out on a 6.5-mile training run for a half-marathon they will run in August. Scenic Riverside Drive attracts many runners.
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9:37 a.m.-Bob Willis, 62, gives his dog “Valentine” a treat while walking along the Louise Burke Nature Trail at the Pony Pasture. Willis has been coming to the park for many years. He remembers the time when there were no trees.
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12:48 p.m..- At the bottom of the staircase boat ramp at the Pony Pasture, children venture into the chilly water of the James River. The children are: On the left, Brando Contreras, 3; Jasmine Vigil, 3 (right); Arlett Vigil, 9 (left, center) and Armondo Guevara, 7 (right, center). JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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7:42 a.m.- Geese fly above the rapids at Pony Pasture. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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11:15 a.m.- Trevor Frost slides down the staircase boat ramp and into the James River at the Pony Pasture. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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1:15 p.m.- "Duke" romps in the rapids of Pony Pasture. He was there with his owners, Emily and Brandon Hoffman. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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7:33 a.m.-The rocks at the Pony Pasture rapids were accessible enough to lure this man out for some shoes-off time. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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1:56 p.m.- The rapids at Pony Pasture make venturing into them a challenge and potential hazard. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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1:30 p.m.- After spending a few hours on the rocks at Pony Pasture, Danielle Schaevitz gives Lindsey Crawford a hand crossing back to shore. They were with fellow University of Richmond students Casey Kelly (third from left, on rock), Natalie Simons (to Casey Kelley’s left). JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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A swimmer snorkels in the Pony Pasture, near shore.
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A visitor to the Pony Pasture section of the James River Parks system navigates the rocks which are normally covered with what is referred to as the "Upper Rapids."
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Greg Mills (front) and Chad Horohoe relax in the Pony Pasture section of the James River.
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The flow of the water in the James River's Pony Pasture was just right Thursday afternoon for Tobias Barth, 14, of Chesterfield, and about a hundred others.
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A retriever returns a stick from its thrower in the James River's Pony Pasture section.
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The heat was no problem for 7-year-old Jose' Gill Thursday afternoon. He and his two brothers and a cousin soaked in the waters of the James River near the Pony Pasture. About two hundred others had the same idea. Later in the afternoon, a thunderstorm rolled in and most of the rivergoers left. But Jose' and his brothers and cousin stayed in the water.
P. KEVIN MORLEY | https://richmond.com/news/local/cyclists-killed-injured-in-vehicle-crash-saturday-beloved-by-community/article_8828828c-ca0f-5b54-b2e3-61b7fc9e976a.html | 2022-08-15T22:16:37 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/cyclists-killed-injured-in-vehicle-crash-saturday-beloved-by-community/article_8828828c-ca0f-5b54-b2e3-61b7fc9e976a.html |
The Richmond City Council members will meet in a special meeting Wednesday to discuss upcoming plans for a board retreat and to formally introduce legislation for consideration at a later date.
While the council typically does not meet during the month of August for its annual summer break, city leadership has called the meeting to address several items, including a resolution regarding a $900,000 state grant application to support the renovation of commercial and industrial facilities that's due Friday.
Details about the city's grant application were not immediately available Monday evening.
The special session will be held in the City Council Chambers at Richmond City Hall at 900 E. Broad St. starting at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Other items on the agenda include discussions about executive appointee performance evaluations, proposed council retreats and an annual strategy session with the city administration.
The council will also introduce legislation related to federal aid from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for housing construction and preservation and a proposed vehicle lease agreement contract between the city and the Richmond Ambulance Authority.
The council will then meet in closed session for discussions about an economic development topic and personnel matter.
When it comes to whether a casino should be built in Petersburg or Richmond, one of nation's most influential media tycoons in the center of the debate envisions a political battle on a biblical scale in front of her.
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors on Wednesday night opted to defer a vote that, if approved next month, would shuttle up to $28 million in tax breaks to a developer building what officials have dubbed "an entertainment district unlike anything on the East Coast."
Bolt Mobility officially ceased its e-scooter operation in Richmond on Monday after informing the city that it would not renew permits with the city in June.
City council members take their seats before a meeting where labor unions were expected to speak on a collective bargaining issue on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Richmond. | https://richmond.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/richmond-city-council-to-meet-in-special-session-wednesday/article_30fa4af9-009f-538d-91e5-946dcb3a8981.html | 2022-08-15T22:16:44 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/richmond-city-council-to-meet-in-special-session-wednesday/article_30fa4af9-009f-538d-91e5-946dcb3a8981.html |
DART is offering new drivers up to $3,500 in sign-on bonuses through Sept. 30.
The breakdown for CDL drivers includes $1,000 awarded after successful completion of training, $1,000 awarded after successfully completing a six-month probationary period and $1,500 awarded after 12 months after probation ends (18 months).
Drivers without a CDL, but with an active Commercial Learner Permit (CLP), can earn up to a $1,800 bonus. They will receive $400 after successful completion of training, $400 after successfully completing a 6-month probationary period and $1,000 after twelve months after the probation period ends (18 months).
New drivers who live outside of the Dallas/Fort Worth region, 150 miles or more, will be eligible for a relocation stipend of $1,500.
DART offers starting pay at $21.13 per hour along with traditional medical and retirement benefits. They also offer free rides on DART, TRE and DCTA systems for the employee and a designated dependent.
For more on the position and benefits, click here. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/new-bus-operators-eligible-to-receive-3500-sign-on-bonus-to-dart-through-sept-30/3048496/ | 2022-08-15T22:16:46 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/new-bus-operators-eligible-to-receive-3500-sign-on-bonus-to-dart-through-sept-30/3048496/ |
GARLAND, Texas — One person is dead and five others remain in critical condition after a house fire in Garland on Sunday morning, police said.
Police said they responded to reports of "some type of explosion" around 11 a.m. Sunday in the 600 block of East Ridgewood Drive, near Dairy and East Miller roads.
Six family members, with ages ranging from 3 to 54, were inside the home at the time and suffered critical injuries, according to police.
Police said a 54-year-old woman died from her injuries in the overnight hours and that the five other family members remain in critical condition.
The identities of the family have not yet been released.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/one-dead-five-critically-injured-fire-garland-home-explosion/287-d10bcfbd-ea03-466f-8038-6b23a6c8ef9a | 2022-08-15T22:18:45 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/one-dead-five-critically-injured-fire-garland-home-explosion/287-d10bcfbd-ea03-466f-8038-6b23a6c8ef9a |
'Nobody is above the law': Police announce arrest of Fulton High School resource officer
A resource police officer at Fulton High School was arrested by Knox County Sheriff's Office deputies Monday afternoon on a charge of aggravated domestic assault, the Knoxville Police Department announced.
Officer John Pickens' wife met with investigators Monday at the Knoxville Family Justice Center and he was arrested after. He has been placed on paid leave and his police powers have been suspended.
“Officer Pickens’ alleged actions are concerning and completely unacceptable, and we take those allegations seriously," Knoxville Police Chief Paul Noel said in a statement. "Nobody is above the law, and that especially applies to those who are sworn to uphold those very same laws. We are working to gather all of the pertinent facts surrounding his arrest and will act as quickly as possible to handle this matter definitively and appropriately.”
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Pickens has worked for KPD since 2006. He has been awarded officer of the month at least two times.
Online court records say the victim told officers Pickens choked her during an argument to the point where she couldn't breathe and the next day injured her again. The woman said the incidents occurred Aug. 1 and 2 and officers said marks were still visible when they talked to her Monday.
Pickens declined to give a statement, records show.
Nearly a year ago, school resource officer Coy Tucker – who worked at West High School – was charged with aggravated stalking of his ex-wife. His court hearing is at the end of the month.
In the two months since Noel has been chief, two officers have been charged with drunken driving, and now Pickens has been arrested. Additionally, Lt. Lance Earlywine was fired and Capt. Don Jones suspended for their roles in covering up an officer’s racist conduct.
Since 2019, 10 KPD officers have resigned or been fired for cause while being investigated for misbehavior. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/15/knoxville-school-resource-officer-arrested-domestic-assault-charge/10333026002/ | 2022-08-15T22:20:37 | 1 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/15/knoxville-school-resource-officer-arrested-domestic-assault-charge/10333026002/ |
YORK, Pa. — Noah Spaulding was supposed to move into Messiah University last fall, however, plans fell through when he couldn’t find a caregiver. So, he’s been living with his parents.
"I've been remote at Messiah the whole time I’ve been here," he said.
Noah has Cerebral Palsy and requires an aide. He and his family have been looking for help for almost a year.
“It was very frustrating, very grinding. It took a toll on me, actually," Spaulding said.
However, last week he was able to secure help.
“I have two caregivers that are going to be helping me out, for 12 hours each. So, they’ll swap shifts," said Spaulding.
Not everyone has been lucky in finding help though. Some organizations say the shortage has been a reality for many years, but has only now become a noticeable problem since the start of the pandemic. They believe this job has always been overlooked.
“People look at healthcare, they look at nurses and doctors, as a vital workforce. This workforce is just as vital, and I don’t think we give it enough attention. We need to invest in this workforce, just as we would our hospital, our nurses, and our doctors," said Shona Eakin, the Chief Executive Officer at Voices for Independence and TRPIL
Noah says he’s grateful that he never gave up.
“College is one of the greatest things that could ever happen to me. For me to be on campus… I’m a person that wants to form connections with people," he said.
The Department of Human Services provided FOX43 with a statement saying:
The Department of Human Services used American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to provide $38.5 million to Strengthen the Workforce. Providers were allocated funding based on the unit of services provided in a certain period of time. In order to claim the payment, the home and community-based provider, including home care agencies and home health agencies, needed to attest they would use these funds on their workforce (uses are detailed in the letter linked above). DHS is still receiving attestations and sending out these funds to strengthen the direct care workforce. In addition, home care agencies and home health agencies providing personal assistance services were appropriated an additional $59.9 million in ARPA funding by Act 54 of 2022. This funding will be allocated based on the home care agency or home health agency’s Medical Assistance (fee-for-service and Community HealthChoices) units of service provided in the 3rd quarter of 2021. These funds can be used for COVID-19-related expenses, which can include staff recruitment or retention expenses. More information on this funding will be released by DHS in the coming weeks.
We know, though, that this is only a first step, and future investments are needed to ensure this essential workforce remains a sustainable and attractive field for people seeking to work in a caring profession. The Wolf Administration and DHS are committed to doing what we can to support this workforce and people who require services by investing where we can in this field and the caring industry more broadly. It’s important to understand that these challenges, while severely exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic and workforce instability, are not new. Additionally, they are not limited to direct care and are something the entire human services industry is experiencing.
Since 2015, the Wolf Administration has worked across multiple agencies to consider options and potential interventions and solutions to address the direct care crisis. In 2019, Pennsylvania’s Long-Term Care Council released a blueprint to strengthen this essential workforce, including a pathway from wages that had been stagnant at $10-11/hour to a living wage, professionalizing the field with professional development and growth opportunities, and establishing better worker supports. We are making progress on these goals, but the turmoil of the pandemic has shown how greater investment in essential systems are needed.
The American Rescue Plan Act gave Pennsylvania the opportunity to make a substantial investment in this field and the people who make up this critical infrastructure. However, absent a sustained commitment that recognizes the urgency of this moment, direct care workers and other caring professionals will not be able to afford this career path and providers will find themselves operating in the same delicate balance. All work has value, but we must recognize the inherent obligation we, as a society, have for caring for others. This industry is a catalyst for all other sectors of our economy and we are responsible for setting a sustainable path forward for these essential services and the people who do this work every day. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/families-in-central-pa-struggling-to-find-personal-caregivers-amid-nationwide-shortage-cerebral-palsy-care-workers-messiah-univeristy-college-student/521-e0f0f2f5-ea09-490f-9d4b-6d37e90081e3 | 2022-08-15T22:20:46 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/families-in-central-pa-struggling-to-find-personal-caregivers-amid-nationwide-shortage-cerebral-palsy-care-workers-messiah-univeristy-college-student/521-e0f0f2f5-ea09-490f-9d4b-6d37e90081e3 |
A second civil trial starts Tuesday for the driver who caused a 2015 Bismarck Expressway crash that killed two women, injured a third and brought a $1 billion jury award.
The North Dakota Supreme Court in May 2021 granted Jordan Morsette another trial after unanimously ruling in his favor regarding some of his appeal arguments.
The crash killed Taylor Goven, 21, of Mandan, and Abby Renschler, 22, of Lincoln, and caused a traumatic brain injury to Shayna Monson, 21, of Dickinson.
Morsette, 28 at the time of the crash, was driving east in the westbound lane of Expressway in Mandan when his pickup truck crashed head-on with the vehicle Monson was driving. Morsette had a blood alcohol content just less than 0.3%, which is more than three times the legal limit of 0.08%. He pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular injury and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
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A jury in a November 2019 civil trial awarded $295 million in punitive damages each to Monson and the families of Renschler and Goven. Jurors also awarded compensatory damages totaling $170 million to Monson and $36 million each to the families of the two women who died. The district court later reduced the total damage award to about $690 million, according to Supreme Court documents.
The new trial will deal only with compensatory damages, which are meant to cover losses. Punitive damages are awarded as punishment.
Morsette, now 35, appealed the civil verdict to the Supreme Court after a district judge denied his request for a new trial. His attorney in the appeal, Kay Nord Hunt, argued that the district court judge was wrong to admit evidence of Morsette’s intoxication because he had already admitted liability for the crash. She argued further that the judge erred by not telling the jury that punitive damages would be considered separately, leading to an excessive award of compensatory damages.
The justices ruled that evidence of Morsette’s intoxication was irrelevant, and that the lower court did err in its instructions to the jury. The high court ruled that the jury because of the errors made by the trial judge "was motivated by emotion and enhanced its compensatory damages verdict to punish Morsette."
Morsette’s conduct while driving intoxicated “can be characterized as grossly negligent or extremely reckless,” the panel said, but added that there were no special circumstances “such as intent to injure or personal ill will toward the plaintiffs, to support a finding of actual malice.”
A jury of nine people will hear attorneys present opening statements, evidence and closing arguments during the scheduled three-day trial. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/2nd-civil-trial-starts-in-fatal-2015-bismarck-expressway-crash/article_0a02bab2-1cd0-11ed-b679-ab63ce453d43.html | 2022-08-15T22:25:36 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/2nd-civil-trial-starts-in-fatal-2015-bismarck-expressway-crash/article_0a02bab2-1cd0-11ed-b679-ab63ce453d43.html |
Saltzer Health has donated $50,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Nampa in hopes of providing a safe environment for teens.
Saltzer Health is an Intermountain Healthcare company that provides primary and specialty care in 11 clinic and outpatient service locations in the Treasure Valley. Saltzer Health COO Matt Kaiserman recently visited the Boys & Girls Club of Nampa.
“At Saltzer Health and Intermountain Healthcare, our goal is to help kids reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens,” Kaiserman said in a news release from Saltzer Health. “We particularly applaud the Boys & Girls Club of Nampa for focusing more resources on meeting the behavioral health needs of vulnerable children in our community.”
Serving approximately 50 youth ages 13-17 every day, the BGCN plans on replacing outdated furniture, computer equipment and educational materials with the donation money.
“We are excited to be able to improve the quality of our teen center and provide a more welcoming environment where youth are excited to be together,” Melissa Gentry, CEO of BGCN, said in the release. “At the Boys & Girls Club of Nampa, we offer counseling, etiquette training, volunteer projects and many other opportunities for our teen club members.”
The BGCN’s main site is located off Garrity Boulevard near downtown Nampa. To learn more, visit bgcnampa.org. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/50-000-donated-to-the-boys-girls-club-of-nampa/article_286f3797-7eed-5f1d-ad1e-6758d5065abb.html | 2022-08-15T22:28:35 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/50-000-donated-to-the-boys-girls-club-of-nampa/article_286f3797-7eed-5f1d-ad1e-6758d5065abb.html |
Originally published Aug. 15 on IdahoEdNews.org.
Colleges and universities across the country are changing their health policies in light of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion in the U.S. Some states are requiring schools to provide abortion pills, and others are ramping up access to emergency contraceptives.
But Idaho’s colleges and universities don’t have much freedom to move.
That’s because the Idaho Legislature made it illegal in 2021 for public colleges and universities to disperse emergency contraception under a law preventing the use of public money for “abortion-related activities.” The legislation applies to all public schools in Idaho, from large universities to two-year community colleges.
The bill also made it illegal for public schools to refer students to abortion providers.
Often referred to as the morning-after pill, emergency contraception is an over-the-counter medication used to prevent pregnancy within 72 to 120 hours of having unprotected sex. Common brand names include Plan B and Ella.
The medication does not induce an abortion. Instead, it can prevent the release of an egg, prevent the fertilization of a pre-released egg or stop a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb.
The Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn Roe triggered another Idaho law banning abortion in almost all cases. The ban is set to take effect on Aug. 25.
Some are concerned that the abortion ban, combined with limited access to emergency contraception on campus, will result in a higher rate of unplanned pregnancies among college students — something they consider to be a negative impact.
“Especially if it’s out-of-state students, they might not know any of the resources around,” said Zoey Bevington, a Boise State graduate who attended a pro-abortion rights rally in Boise. “They might only be limited to the university for their resources for health. If they can’t get it there then they might … have an unplanned pregnancy that they don’t want.”
But lawmakers responsible for the bill say they intended for it to be a reprieve for taxpayers, not an attack on contraception.
“These are things I didn’t think that taxpayers should be paying for,” said Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, a sponsor of the bill. “It has nothing to do with it being contraception … it’s simply for the taxpayers.”
Skaug added that he does not believe the bill will have any additional impacts on college students when combined with a statewide abortion ban.
Idaho’s public universities say not much is changing after the SCOTUS decision.
Stuart Summers with Idaho State University says the school will provide the same services it has since Idaho law changed in 2021. Lisa Salsbury, director of the Women’s Center at the University of Idaho, says the issue is “highly complicated,” but the center is working on a plan to support students as they return to campus. Boise State did not respond to a request for comment.
According to the latest data released by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, the largest share (41.5%) of abortions statewide in 2020 involved individuals aged 18-24. People aged 25-29 accounted for another 25.2%. Most college students fall within these age groups.
This data was gathered in 2020, so it’s unclear whether or not the 2021 legislation has impacted the abortion rate among college-aged individuals to date.
One private college provides emergency contraceptives
The College of Idaho, located in Caldwell, is likely Idaho’s only higher education institution that provides emergency contraception. The college is exempt from the 2021 restrictions because it’s privately funded.
Brigham Young University Idaho – another private college — does not provide emergency contraception for reasons unrelated to the legislation. A third private school, Northwest Nazarene University, refused to comment.
C of I students can access the medication through the college’s health center after meeting with an on-campus medical professional. The contraception is provided at no cost to the student.
“It’s legal, and it’s a safe form of reproductive health,” said Paul Bennion, dean of students at C of I. “We try and be as inclusive as possible in terms of the reproductive health options that we have available to students, and let students, in consultation with medical staff, make those decisions that are in their best interest.”
C of I also provides free condoms, STD testing and pregnancy tests. The college does not track who uses the resources or how often – something that is intentional, said Bennion.
If students need other services, like IUD insertion or birth control, the health center refers them to medical providers within the community.
C of I student Lily Archuleta has worked in the health center and will enter the Advocates program this year, acting as a confidential resource for students experiencing mental health crises or instances of sexual assault and abuse.
Through her work at the college, Archuleta has helped at least one student get Plan B through the health center this summer.
“College is really hard,” said Archuleta. “It’s really scary to think that maybe there would be something completely impacting your ability to finish schooling. And if there’s anything that a college can do to make sure that doesn’t happen and allow their students to finish their four years, I think it’s really important.”
Archuleta says her own experience as the daughter of a mother who had an unplanned pregnancy lends her more understanding of the complications that might arise.
“You’re paying a lot of money to be (at college),” she said. “There’s a lot of social expectations as well as the academic expectations. And I think an unplanned pregnancy would just flip literally everything on its head.”
The senior has not heard any campus pushback against the resource. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-colleges-don-t-have-much-freedom-to-move-in-a-post-roe-climate/article_6223133c-2473-5c9c-ac13-61f8d5d6922d.html | 2022-08-15T22:28:41 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-colleges-don-t-have-much-freedom-to-move-in-a-post-roe-climate/article_6223133c-2473-5c9c-ac13-61f8d5d6922d.html |
Idaho expects to collect more than $6 billion in taxes in fiscal 2023, but it may not keep all the money.
Gov. Brad Little issued a news release Friday promising to work with the Legislature next year to “deliver even more education investments and tax relief to Idahoans.”
“The Legislature and I are committed to more education investments and tax relief, on top of the historic steps we’ve (already) taken to support schools and cut taxes,” he said.
Idaho lawmakers have approved nearly $1 billion in one-time and ongoing tax relief the past two sessions. That includes a $251 million reduction in corporate and individual income tax rates and one-time tax rebate worth $350 million that were approved earlier this year.
Partly because of the income tax cut, an updated revenue forecast released Friday indicates Idaho expects to collect about $6.09 billion in fiscal 2023, which began July 1.
That’s a decrease of $107 million, or 1.7%. from the record $6.197 billion the state collected last year.
However, the Legislature only approved $4.62 billion in expenditures for the fiscal year. That suggests there will be plenty of room within the budget to address the governor’s education and tax relief priorities, once the Legislature reconvenes in January.
“Today’s numbers reflect something we all see every day,” said Little, who is up for reelection in November. “Idaho’s economy is booming. People are working and business is thriving … Working together, the Legislature and I have adopted a ‘kitchen table economics’ approach to governing where we live within our means, pay off our debt, save for a rainy day and make investments where they count.”
The state collected $416 million in tax revenues in July, the first month of fiscal 2023. That included $149 million in individual income taxes, $22 million in corporate income tax and $214.5 million in sales tax. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-predicts-6b-revenue-in-fiscal-2023/article_0b73dce6-73ac-5735-8ec0-01cb04f49f0b.html | 2022-08-15T22:28:47 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-predicts-6b-revenue-in-fiscal-2023/article_0b73dce6-73ac-5735-8ec0-01cb04f49f0b.html |
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A trip home on a school bus Monday afternoon in Hillsborough County came to an abrupt stop for some students following a crash.
Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office responded to a crash at around 4:15 p.m. involving a school bus rear-ended by a Jeep, according to the agency.
The accident happened on Gibsonton Drive, near Oakridge Avenue.
A group of students was seen standing on the side of the road. At this time, there are no reported injuries, the sheriff's office explains.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/car-crash-rear-ends-hillsborough-school-bus/67-545c648c-ca2e-4c71-8cb4-1dbb38ff34ff | 2022-08-15T22:29:19 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/car-crash-rear-ends-hillsborough-school-bus/67-545c648c-ca2e-4c71-8cb4-1dbb38ff34ff |
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Downtown Partnership is looking to fill full-time and part-time positions in two upcoming hiring events, the non-profit organization said in a news release Monday.
The available job openings are for Tampa's Downtown Guides and the Clean Team. People who attend the events will have the chance to learn more about the Partnership and the main duties and requirements for each position, as well as the incentives provided.
Tampa Downtown Partnership will also interview attendees on the spot at its operations center located on North Ashley Drive.
Those who wish to apply for Tampa’s Downtown Guides will work as on-street ambassadors and provide information about Downtown Tampa to the public, report code enforcement issues and more.
The job description for being part of the Clean Team involves providing supplemental debris removal, pressure washing, minor landscaping and other duties.
Below are the dates for each hiring event at North Ashley Drive in Tampa.
Tuesday, Aug. 23 | 6 p.m.- 8 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 27 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
To learn more about each hiring position, click here. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/tampa-downtown-partnership-hiring-events/67-71129796-489c-42b7-9c64-e38b35ccf09d | 2022-08-15T22:29:25 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/tampa-downtown-partnership-hiring-events/67-71129796-489c-42b7-9c64-e38b35ccf09d |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Pete Police are investigating after several people were hit by gel beads in the downtown area. The viral social media trend called the Orbeez challenge involves teens shooting strangers with gel beads.
Mike Schuman said last Saturday, he was saying goodbye to some friends near his parked car.
"I just saw this white and orange gun sticking out of the back window," Schuman said.
Schuman said he was hit by the gel beads several times in the face area. He says the beads ruptured blood vessels near his eye. He said it disrupted his vision and caused a lot of pain.
“I was really worried I was going to lose my eyesight," he said.
Although Schuman's eye has healed, he says the incident has left him feeling uneasy.
“I’m always going to be nervous as cars pass me when I’m going out," he explained.
A St. Pete couple who was taking their daily walk was also hit by gel beads that weekend. The woman said she started to scream because she was startled and one of the beads went inside her mouth causing her to choke.
“My tongue was swelling so bad I felt like I was having trouble breathing," she said.
The St. Petersburg Police Department is still searching for the people responsible. They believe a black Nissan Altima was involved. They are asking anyone with information to give them a call at 727-893-7780. You can also text SPPD plus your tip to TIP411.
Other law enforcement agencies nearby have also been seeing an increase in incidents involving this viral trend. Clearwater Police said a woman was injured after being shot at with an Orbeez gun on the beach not too long ago.
Rob Shaw with Clearwater Police says they make sure their officers are aware of these viral social media trends.
“Sometimes we distribute internal bulletins to officers saying this is something you need to be on the lookout for," he said. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/viral-tiktok-orbeez-challenge-injuries/67-4280b932-2080-432b-a16c-830e8c962ab4 | 2022-08-15T22:29:31 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/viral-tiktok-orbeez-challenge-injuries/67-4280b932-2080-432b-a16c-830e8c962ab4 |
WACO, Texas — The City of Waco is loosening up on its mandatory water restrictions imposed on the city, giving residents a little more time in the mornings to water their lawns.
On July 13, the city imposed Stage 2 of its Drought Contingency Plan due to low water levels at Lake Waco caused by extreme drought, as shown on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Because of the restrictions, water production is down nearly 10 percent compared to pre-restriction levels, the city said. This means about 98 million gallons of water ( or 2.2 days of water use) has been saved, the city said.
As a result, the City of Waco wants to give residents two more hours of watering their lawns from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Before, lawns were not allowed to be watered at the start of 6 a.m.
Instead, watering is not allowed between 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on any day.
There are also no changes to the water schedule based on address, which is detailed below:
- Odd-numbered addresses: Tuesdays and Saturdays
- Even-numbered addresses: Wednesdays and Sundays
- Non-residential, like businesses: Mondays and Fridays
- No one is allowed to water their lawns Thursdays
- No one can water their lawns between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. any day
- Runoff water cannot extend past 10 feet of your property
Buried drip irrigation systems and hand watering are also allowed every day.
If you are violating the restrictions, you can face up to a $2,000 fine.
As the water levels continue to decline, the City of Waco is projecting a transition to Stage 3 restrictions between late October to early November, which you can learn more here.
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TEMPLE, Texas — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is donating over $57,000 to the City of Temple to purchase a composter, according to an announcement made Monday.
The composter is expected to operate in Fall 2022. It will hold 500 pounds of food scraps and biodegradable materials, as well as create 50 pounds of soil amendment after processing, which can be used to organically grow plants, according to the announcement.
“We are incredibly grateful for Meta’s generous donation,” said Justin Brantley, solid waste division director. “Our division is becoming increasingly focused on responsible waste management. The composter will benefit our organization, our community and the environment.”
Residents will be allowed to bring biodegradable waste and pick up organic soil for free when operations start.
Back in March, Meta announced plans of building an $800-million data center in Temple, which is expected to bring a number of jobs to the area. During talks with the city, Meta also committed to helping with sustainability in the area. The city said the new composting program is part of that commitment.
"Meta data centers are supported by 100% renewable energy, and are among the most advanced, energy-efficient data centers in the world," a news release said. "Meta diverts an average of 80% of data center construction waste from landfills by reusing and recycling materials."
Meta and their partnering vendors plan to also use the composter during the data center construction to divert food waste and other biodegradable materials from landfills.
“Temple is our home, and we are committed to playing a positive role here and investing in the community’s long-term vitality. We’re excited to partner with the city and help establish this new composting program,” said Holli Davies, community development manager at Meta. “The composting equipment will not only benefit Meta’s sustainability goals at our data center, but also help create a greener community in Temple. We’re thrilled to offer a valuable service to our neighbors.” | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/meta-donates-over-57000-temple-for-new-composter/500-d93fe0ae-d6ff-4664-9cd2-6acea4db1143 | 2022-08-15T22:30:19 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/meta-donates-over-57000-temple-for-new-composter/500-d93fe0ae-d6ff-4664-9cd2-6acea4db1143 |
DFW Restaurant Week is marking a 25-year milestone this year.
It's North Texas' largest culinary event of the year and the second longest-running restaurant week in the country. It is also a major fundraiser for charitable partners; the North Texas Food Bank in Dallas and Collin counties, and Lena Pope in Tarrant County.
"If you look over those 25 years, DFW Restaurant Week has raised, just for the North Texas Food Bank, over $8.5 million," NTFB President and CEO Trisha Cunningham said. That translates to about 25 million meals over the last quarter of a century.
"We are serving needs higher than ever because of inflation," Cunningham said. "People can go and try new restaurants. They can enjoy their favorites at a time of the year when they have a fixed price menu and know that they can also eat for good."
Eating for good in Tarrant County benefits Lena Pope, which helps provide mental health counseling, education, and supportive services for children and families. Since the pandemic, referrals for help have doubled.
"We're not out of this yet," said Keegan Hand, Lena Pope director of development. "Mental health is certainly something that needs to be taken seriously, and it's something that there's not enough services."
DFW Restaurant Week is one of Lena Pope's largest annual fundraisers, providing more than $2.3 million over the last 24 years.
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"So, it really does make a huge impact for us, for our agency," Hand said. "And ultimately the kids and families that we serve."
Most venues extend DFW Restaurant Week offerings through Sept. 4.
For information about participating restaurants click here. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dfw-restaurant-week-fundraiser-benefits-2-north-texas-charities/3048849/ | 2022-08-15T22:33:42 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dfw-restaurant-week-fundraiser-benefits-2-north-texas-charities/3048849/ |
CARMEL, Ind. — A man who's been named a person of interest in his wife's disappearance from Carmel earlier this year was acquitted in an unrelated stalking case.
A jury found 37-year-old Xavier Breland Jr. not guilty of aggravated stalking on Aug. 11, 2022.
The charge stemmed from a March 2021 incident in Georgia when, documents say, he hid a tracking device to stalk the mother of his child. At the time, the woman he was accused of stalking had a restraining order against him.
After being arrested and released, Breland allegedly violated the restraining order again and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was booked into the Coweta County Jail in Georgia on March 16 after being extradited from the Hamilton County Jail.
It's not the first time he's been extradited. Court records say he was arrested in 2007 on a fugitive warrant in Florida and sent back here to Indiana.
Most recently, Breland was named a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife, Ciera Breland (Locklair). The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information that helps them find her.
Ciera was last seen Feb. 24, 2022, in Johns Creek, Georgia. She was visiting family there with Breland, their 5-month-old son, and their dog.
Breland reported his wife missing to the Carmel Police Department on Feb. 26, but the FBI said there's no evidence that Ciera ever returned home from Georgia.
Ciera's last known location was 10545 Highgate Manor Ct. in Johns Creek, Georgia at 7:17 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24. She was driving a 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan with Georgia license plate TMB5869.
The FBI is working with both the Johns Creek Police Department and the Carmel Police Department in the investigation. Law enforcement officers have not yet ruled out foul play in her disappearance and Xavier has been named as a person of interest in the case.
Ciera is described as a 31-year-old woman who has blonde hair, is 5 feet tall and weighs 120 pounds.
Anyone with information regarding Ciera's disappearance should call the Johns Creek Police Tip Line at 678-474-1610 or the Carmel Police Department at 317-571-2500. Tips can also be reported to the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or online at tips.fbi.gov. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/husband-of-missing-carmel-indiana-mom-found-not-guilty-of-stalking-woman-in-unrelated-case/531-02b397c4-a01a-4337-b32e-add0c63c5b85 | 2022-08-15T22:41:39 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/husband-of-missing-carmel-indiana-mom-found-not-guilty-of-stalking-woman-in-unrelated-case/531-02b397c4-a01a-4337-b32e-add0c63c5b85 |
Redford Twp. man charged with shooting at Detroit police, fleeing from traffic stop
Detroit — A Redford Township man has been charged with shooting at Detroit police officers while fleeing a traffic stop, the county prosecutor said.
Sahr Richardson was arraigned Sunday in the 36th District Court. Bond was set at $250,000 and he must wear a GPS tether if released. He is due back in court Aug. 22 for a probable cause conference.
Detroit police pulled over Richardson, 21, and two others just after 10 p.m. Thursday at the Southfield Freeway and Outer Drive because a license plate did not match the vehicle he was in, prosecutors said Monday.
The officers were about to stop pursuing the vehicle when someone inside fired shots at them, said Assistant Chief Charles Fitzgerald on Friday during a media briefing. The three people in the vehicle, Richardson and two juveniles, ages 14 and 17, shot at officers four times, with multiple rounds each time, Fitzgerald said.
The driver stopped at the Southfield Freeway and Outer Drive and the three occupants abandoned the vehicle and continued to flee on foot, according to a press release from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.
Prosecutors haven't determined charges for the teens, said Maria Miller, a Wayne County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman, in an email. They will look at the suspects' background and determine how to charge them, she said.
Fitzgerald on Friday said "it's terrifying" how often Detroit police officers are shot at by people they are trying to arrest.
The 14-year-old had been arrested two days prior for a nonfatal shooting, Fitzgerald said. He was charged in Juvenile Court with careless discharge of a firearm, Miller said.
"When you're taking the right people off the street, you're taking bad people off the street and they're being released back to the street. It's not helping our cause at all," Fitzgerald said.
Charges against Richardson include attempted murder, assault with the intent to do great bodily harm felonious assault and third-degree fleeing and eluding.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — We're hearing from the friend of a man who was shot and killed Wednesday night in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood.
Shawnte Harris said he wants answers as police continue to search for a suspect in the murder of 40-year-old Dejohntae Campbell. Campbell was shot to death Wednesday night in Southeast Portland.
Portland police have not said if this was a random or targeted shooting, but we do know officers responded to a report of shots fired Wednesday night on Southeast Bush Street near Southeast 134th Avenue. They said the shooter or shooters took off and confirmed one person was dead. No arrests have been made.
"We're living in a lawless town, basically," Harris said. "The police are going to the crime scene and putting their little numbers at where the bullets were, and then they clean up the scene and then it's off to the next one because there's already another in progress."
Since 2020, the uptick of fatal violence in Portland has been rapid and unprecedented. Police cite a lack of resources — fewer patrol officers and overworked homicide detectives can't keep up with the caseload.
"You know everybody said, defund the police ... well, this is what we got, so now what are we going to do?" said Harris.
As he mourns the loss of his Campbell, Harris also pleads for the end of gun violence, saying he just wants people to come together.
Correction: A previous version of this story referred to Harris as Campbell's cousin. Campbell's close family members say that Harris was a family friend but not a cousin. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/cousin-man-killed-southeast-portland/283-28623a23-1720-4617-b713-53b4f479198e | 2022-08-15T22:47:39 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/cousin-man-killed-southeast-portland/283-28623a23-1720-4617-b713-53b4f479198e |
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state.
New positive cases: 833
New deaths: 1
Total positive cases: 2,248,817
Total number of deaths: 31,305
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,176,963
Rate of transmission: 0.91
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 63,332 cases, 970 deaths, 381,404 doses administered
Cape May: 12,590 cases, 269 deaths, 134,667 doses administered
Cumberland: 37,587 cases, 582 deaths, 187,346 doses administered
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Ocean: 153,072 cases, 2,893 deaths, 704,462 doses administered
Source: N.J. Department of Health
Figures as of 5:15 p.m. Aug. 15 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-800-new-covid-19-cases-1-new-death/article_af3bbf52-1cde-11ed-a7ee-7fd8dbcc67db.html | 2022-08-15T22:47:52 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-800-new-covid-19-cases-1-new-death/article_af3bbf52-1cde-11ed-a7ee-7fd8dbcc67db.html |
Four-time world champion Adrien Broner withdrew Monday from his nationally televised fight against Omar Figueroa on Saturday night, citing mental health.
Broner announced his decision on Instagram, apologizing to his fans and asking for prayers. He said mental health is real and that "I've watched a lot of people die playing with they boxing career and that is something I won't do ..."
Showtime was scheduled to televise the fight from Hollywood, Florida.
The 33-year-old from Cincinnati also said he loves boxing and "I feel like I came up short before because my mind was not 100% there."
Broner said he needed to make some changes instead of worrying about other's people's feelings.
"In all reality I have nothing to prove to nobody," Broner wrote. "I'm a 4 time world champion in 4 different weight classes and if I never lace up another pair of gloves again I feel like it's safe to say I will be inducted into the #BoxingHallOfFame."
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Broner last fought on Feb. 20, 2021, posting a unanimous decision over previously undefeated Jovanie Santiago, also on Showtime. It ended a 25-month absence from boxing and improved his record to 34-4-1. There was one fight ruled no contest.
Broner has had issues away from boxing, including several arrests. In 2019, he had a restraining order issued against him after making homophobic threats on social media. He later was ordered to pay over $830,000 for sexually assaulting a woman in a Cleveland nightclub.
Broner was jailed for a parole violation last year after failing to enroll in a court-mandated alcohol treatment program. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/boxing/4-time-boxing-champ-adrien-broner-withdraws-from-saturday-fight/article_9d35c8ae-1ce1-11ed-b7d5-a3f444fd0f75.html | 2022-08-15T22:48:23 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/boxing/4-time-boxing-champ-adrien-broner-withdraws-from-saturday-fight/article_9d35c8ae-1ce1-11ed-b7d5-a3f444fd0f75.html |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Following one of the biggest international events to come to Birmingham in years, World Games organizers confirm they did not hit their projected revenue for the week’s worth of games and entertainment.
Nick Sellers, CEO of the World Games in Birmingham, released a statement Monday saying that while he was proud of his team for putting together the event, there was an eight-figure shortfall. Originally budgeted for an estimated $75 million, the World Games ultimately cost $65 million to produce.
“This event is a major platform for the Summer Olympic Games. And we delivered an Olympic caliber program,” Sellers said in a statement. “However, for many reasons, our revenues left us with a $14 million deficit.”
Sellers said he and his staff are working with their partners to pay off the debt and close the gap, adding he had every intention of raising the necessary funds to pay vendors.
In his statement, Sellers pointed to several factors in the World Games ultimately not breaking even, including the COVID-19 spike over the summer and fewer international travelers coming to the city. Originally scheduled for July 2021, the Games had to be pushed back another year due to the pandemic, as well as to accommodate the Tokyo Olympics that year.
Sellers also said that the delay ended up adding more costs to the group. Sellers added that in the weeks leading up to the World Games, two unnamed vendors pulled support due to a “challenging economy.”
“This was a massive undertaking,” Sellers said. “And we’ve communicated an expected budget deficit to our public and private partners since the pandemic. The challenging economy and recent spike in COVID made the deficit worse than expected.”
Between July 7 and July 17, over 3,400 athletes from across the world competed in 223 events across the city. In addition, the World Games also featured an opening and closing ceremony at Protective Stadium, where artists like Alabama and Lionel Ritchie performed.
However, despite financially coming up short, Sellers said having the World Games in the Magic City would “pay dividends for our city and state for years to come.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-organizers-look-to-close-14-million-deficit-from-world-games/ | 2022-08-15T22:50:27 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-organizers-look-to-close-14-million-deficit-from-world-games/ |
(WOWK) — If you are from West Virginia, it is likely that you have heard the legend of the Mothman.
The red-eyed, winged creature was first reportedly spotted in 1966 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and has perplexed many people for decades. Left with questions, some people have taken to the World Wide Web to get answers.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – A West Virginia man will spend the next seven years behind bars for drug-related crimes.
According to the United States Department of Justice, Scott Edward Hudson, 50, of St. Albans was sentenced to prison Monday, Aug. 15, 2022 for intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He will spend seven years in prison, which will be followed by three years of supervised release.
Court documents and statements, Hudson admitted to to taking part in a drug trafficking organization, which is allegedly responsible for large quantities of meth being distributed throughout Kanawha County.
According to the DOJ, during the investigation Hudson sold approximately 3.5 grams of meth to a confidential informant in March 2019. In a search of his home the following day, authorities found approximately 230.8 grams of pure meth and $5,160 in cash. The DOJ says marked bills used during the undercover buy were included in the cash.
The DOJ says in May 2021, Hudson also admitted to having a firearm in his possession, which he was prohibited from having due to a prior conviction.
According to authorities, the case was part of a long-term investigation that led to 17 convictions in three indictments. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-man-gets-7-years-for-meth-trafficking/ | 2022-08-15T22:51:42 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-man-gets-7-years-for-meth-trafficking/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Humane Society (KHS) is at maximum capacity with cats and dogs and is in need of adoptees.
In a Facebook post, the KHS stated, “Please consider adopting, fostering, volunteering, or donating to help save innocent lives. Right now we have over 360 cats and 200 dogs in our shelter and foster care (not all are available for adoption) and many more animals at the Wichita Animal Shelter waiting to come to KHS.”
To see all adoptable dogs at the KHS, click here. Many adult dogs have reduced adoption fees.
To see all adoptable cats at the KHS, click here. The week of Monday, Aug. 15, you can adopt two kittens for the adoption fee of one.
To see all adoptable small animals at the KHS, click here.
If you are unable to adopt an animal, you can help the KHS in other ways:
Donate. The KHS is a nonprofit that relies solely on donations to keep its doors open and offer services to the community of Wichita and the surrounding areas.
Foster. Fostering at the KHS is free, and they provide the supplies you need. To sign up to foster, click here.
Spread the word. Share posts on social media to bring awareness that pets are needing to be adopted.
Volunteer. You can volunteer at the KHS. They accept help with walking dogs, cuddling cats, doing laundry and dishes, cleaning kennels and assisting with spay/neuter surgeries in their clinic. To sign up to volunteer, click here.
Waiting to surrender your pet. The KHS accepts owned pets by appointment, and they state that they have no available appointments or open kennels left. They ask that if you need to rehome your pet immediately, to please check with family and friends, or try posting your pet online. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-humane-society-at-max-capacity-with-cats-and-dogs/ | 2022-08-15T22:51:43 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-humane-society-at-max-capacity-with-cats-and-dogs/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Johnson City drivers spotted a cement truck drum that came loose from its carrier and landed on University Parkway Monday afternoon.
According to the vehicle’s driver on the scene, the rig was traveling on University Parkway toward Elizabethton when it began taking a turn onto Interstate 26. While turning, the drum reportedly slipped from the vehicle’s platform and landed in the road.
In images taken on-scene by News Channel 11, scrape marks and dents can be seen on the drum as crews work to remove it from the road.
The mixer, which belonged to local construction company Summers-Taylor, contained a small amount of cement at the time. According to company spokesperson Grant Summers, no cement ended up spilling during the incident.
“We are currently investigating and gathering information regarding this incident,” Summers said in response to a News Channel 11 inquiry. “What we do know is that no one, including the driver, was hurt.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/loose-cement-truck-drum-rolls-down-university-pkwy/ | 2022-08-15T22:53:40 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/loose-cement-truck-drum-rolls-down-university-pkwy/ |
STOCKTON, Calif. — Police recovered a gun from a student during a fight involving at least two other students at Lincoln High School in Stockton Monday.
The student reportedly flashed a loaded hand gun during a fight on campus during lunch time around 12:20 p.m., according to Stockton Police.
A school resource officer was able to confiscate the gun and the student was arrested.
Two students were injured from the fight, but no shots were fired.
Stockton Police are still investigating the incident and none of the students involved have been identified yet.
Watch more from ABC10: 2 dead, multiple injured in shootings during violent week in Stockton | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/gun-confiscated-from-lincoln-high-stockton/103-b11f027d-6f13-4651-ae68-fe85efce3fbe | 2022-08-15T23:02:01 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/gun-confiscated-from-lincoln-high-stockton/103-b11f027d-6f13-4651-ae68-fe85efce3fbe |
WEIMAR, Calif. — The Placer County Sheriff's Office is calling for evacuations along a portion of Live Oak Road due to a wildfire near Colfax.
Authorities said the Oak Fire is between seven to 10 acres with multiple structures currently threatened. The fire is burning near Live Oak Road and Interstate 80 in Weimar near Colfax.
Evacuation orders are in effect for the 1300 block of Live Oak Road.
Firefighters said a commercial vehicle extended into the vegetation at a critical rate of spread.
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Wildfire Preps
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
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Wichita Falls gets first crosswalk beacons
Lynn Walker
Wichita Falls Times Record News
Wichita Falls has a pair of crosswalk beacons — a first for city.
The city is the only recipient of The America Walks 2021 Crosswalk Grant that awarded two Rectangular Rapid FlashingBeacons.
They were installed at the intersection of Hines Boulevard and Lucas Avenue.
Last year the America Walks nonprofit organization offered the opportunity for a community in Texasand 11 other states to receive the beacons. Wichita Falls ended up being the sole recipient.
The beacons, built by Carmanah Technologies, alert drivers that a pedestrian is in the crosswalk. It's another safetymeasure for Lamar Elementary School students and faculty, and people who live in the Sunnyside neighborhood.— | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/15/wichita-falls-gets-first-crosswalk-beacons/65404623007/ | 2022-08-15T23:03:10 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/15/wichita-falls-gets-first-crosswalk-beacons/65404623007/ |
Two of the most famous criminals in American history made multiple stops in the San Antonio area during their notorious crime spree in the early 1930s.
On this day in 1932, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow dropped off a New Mexico law enforcement agent who was believed to be dead on the old Vance Jackson road outside of the city.
According to reports, Joe Johns, the then-deputy sheriff of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was kidnapped by the criminal couple and later beheaded. His decapitated body had been apparently found in El Paso, a wire report said.
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To the surprise of many, Johns showed up at the Bexar County Sheriff's office on Aug. 15, 1932, after he was let go by the gang led by Bonnie and Clyde. They set Johns free during an attempted carjacking. Johns said in a 1934 interview that Bonnie was the one to convince her compatriots to let him go.
"They finally let me out and asked if I had money to get home on," Johns said in a 1934 interview. "'If you haven't, we can get it for you damn quick.'"
According to the Roswell Daily Record, Johns stopped to investigate a car he noticed at the home of D.M. "Nellie" Stamps, Bonnie's aunt, who lived in Carlsbad. At the time, it was rare to see a car at the home, the Daily Record reported.
When the deputy sheriff looked into the car window, he saw plenty of pistols and rifles inside, according to the newspaper.
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Bonnie answered his knock at the door and invited him inside the home, where Clyde greeted the law enforcement officer with a rifle. Clyde shot at Johns twice when the latter attempted to reach for his gun but missed both times, according to Daily Record reporting.
The gang then forced Johns into the vehicle. Johns is believed to be Bonnie and Clyde's first kidnapping victim. He was then driven about 1,000 miles in about 13 hours to San Antonio, where he was let go.
The Bonnie and Clyde gang killed nine law enforcement officials and kidnapped another seven others, five of whom were also police officers or sheriff's deputies. The gang was known to release those kidnapped far from home and give them money to help them return, the Daily Record said.
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Since the overturn of Roe v. Wade and the loss of abortion access in many states, some conservative leaders have suggested abortion is unnecessary because of the option of adoption. They argue people do not need to terminate unwanted pregnancies because they can seek adoption placements after giving birth.
Before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to revoke the constitutional right to an abortion, U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, tweeted, “Less abortion, more adoption. Why is that controversial?” In late June, Mike Pompeo, former U.S. secretary of state, tweeted, “Adoption, not abortion. With Roe overturned, we should find ways to make the adoption process in our country easier and safer.”
However, experts on adoption and abortion say offering adoption as a replacement for abortion access misrepresents the reality of the process. Lawmakers must work to provide financial and mental health support for the adoption triad — birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptees — before advocating for increased adoptions, they added.
But the most important point that often goes overlooked is that adoption and abortion are unrelated issues, said Malinda Seymore, a law professor at Texas A&M University School of Law who researches and teaches adoption law.
“Women are making decisions about pregnancy when they are considering abortion, and it’s only after they have made a decision to continue the pregnancy that they are making a parenting decision about whether to parent or place for adoption,” she said.
Adoption may relieve birth parents of parenting responsibilities, but it does not resolve the pregnancy, she added.
“Adoption doesn’t do what abortion does,” Seymore said. “It does not end a pregnancy, it does not relieve the burden of pregnancy, it does not avoid the health risks of pregnancy, it does not alleviate the psycho-social harm of relinquishing for adoption. It is not at all a substitute for abortion.”
Gretchen Sisson, a research sociologist at the University of California, San Francisco, said people who are seeking abortions are rarely interested in the option of adoption. Proposing adoption as an alternative to abortion does not meaningfully address the reasons why people seek abortions in the first place: Many abort because they don’t want to be pregnant anymore, not just because they want to avoid parenting, Sisson said.
Pregnant people can experience a range of health conditions that can create complications, but even without the health risks, a pregnancy can make it difficult to keep a job or provide for already existing children. Being forced to carry a pregnancy to term, even with the option of adoption, does not address those issues.
Family outcomes
Kenna Hamm, assistant director of the Texas Adoption Center, said adoption agencies such as hers are ready to handle a potential influx of expectant parents seeking adoption placements now that abortions are mostly banned in the state. But she said most people who are unable to end their unintended pregnancies will choose to parent the child once they are born, as adoption is a difficult decision.
Seymore pointed to The Turnaway Study, a long-term study at the University of California, San Francisco, that examined the effects of unwanted pregnancies on women’s lives.
The team followed about 1,000 women who sought abortions, and about 15 percent of those women were denied access to the procedure because of gestational limits. Only 9 percent of those women who were denied an abortion chose to seek an adoption placement; the rest decided to parent.
The outcomes for those families are not as strong as families who decided from the beginning to keep their pregnancies and raise their children, said Sisson, who helped conduct The Turnaway Study. People who were not intending or wanting to have a child are much more likely to live in poverty and to have a hard time bonding with their children, the study found. They are also more likely to stay in abusive relationships, which also keeps their children in situations where they may experience abuse.
“If you’re actually wanting to support families and ensure that children are in loving homes that are capable of caring for them, we need to have a social safety net that is far, far more robust in these states that are limiting abortion access,” Sisson said.
Rory Hall, executive director of Adoption Advocates Inc., said she also expects most people who are denied abortion access to continue to choose parenting over adoption. However, Hamm said she recently has seen more people in the early stages of their pregnancy contacting the Texas Adoption Center to explore adoption as an option.
Hamm and Hall both agreed that it’s too soon to say whether the end of Roe has led to more adoption placements than before.
Grief and trauma
Choosing to seek an adoption placement is difficult and it’s rarely the first choice for expectant parents.
“It’s very important that people are not saying ‘OK, well there’s no abortion so you should just do adoption,’” Hamm said. “We need to be able to really meet these women where they’re at, understand what they’re going through and have that empathy and compassion for their situation.”
There is no evidence that abortion leads to widespread trauma among those who get one, Sisson said. Meanwhile, those who place their babies for adoption often experience “adoption birth mother trauma,” according to the Texas Adoption Center website. This trauma is the physical or psychological response birth parents feel during or after they place their baby for adoption. It can include feelings of guilt, denial, shame, hopelessness and depression.
Scarlett Anderson, an Austin resident and birth parent who chose adoption for their biological child, said they struggled with the decision. Their ex-husband pressured them into seeking an adoption placement, even though it was their lifelong desire to be a mother. In retrospect, Anderson said they believe adoption was ultimately the best choice for their now 2-year-old daughter because of their financial and physical circumstances, but the choice has weighed heavily on them since.
When their daughter was 5 months old, Anderson attempted suicide. Bearing the guilt and loss from their daughter’s adoption was too much to bear, they said.
“It gets easier, sure. I’m definitely in a better place than I was the first year,” Anderson said. “Does it still break my heart every day? Yes.”
One aspect that has made the experience easier is their daughter’s open adoption. Open adoption is a form of adoption in which the biological and adoptive families have access to varying degrees of each other's personal information and have an option to keep in touch. It allows Anderson to see their daughter once every three months.
When people tout adoption as a replacement for abortion access, they often don’t understand the emotional challenges that birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptees experience during an adoption, Hall said. The adoptive parents gain a child, but their joy comes from the birth parents’ pain, she said. As the adoptee grows up, they also may experience a sense of loss and identity crisis from not being raised by or knowing who their birth parents are.
“I just would like for (adoption) to not be talked about as an easy option,” Hall said.
Carrying a fetus for the duration of pregnancy builds an emotional bond between the expectant parent and the fetus, which in turn makes it difficult to relinquish for adoption, Hall said. Almost none of Hall’s clients fully commit to adoption until it is time to sign the legal papers because of how difficult it is to make that decision, she said.
Unacknowledged problems
Jade, a woman who grew up in an adoptive home and asked to be identified using only her middle name because she was abused and does not want to be recognized by her abuser, said her adoption was highly traumatic. She now feels compelled to speak out about the issues that some adoptees go through, she said.
Jade thinks it’s important that lawmakers and legislators make room for adoptees, adoptive parents and birth parents to have a say in policies and legislation regarding adoption. She said adoptees have a right to speak out and help shape “a system that quite frankly failed us.”
By the time she was 15, Jade had been shuffled through multiple foster homes and was adopted twice through the Texas foster care system. Her experience as a foster child and adoptee was riddled with multiple sexual assaults beginning when she was 6 years old, intense corporal punishments from both foster and adoptive parents, and emotional and psychological abuse.
Adoptive children are often seen as second-best or inferior to their adoptive parents’ biological children, Jade said. In her first adoptive family, her adoptive brother repeatedly sexually abused her. When she approached her adoptive mother to seek help, she made Jade explain what happened in “painstaking detail” and then promised to “have a talk” with her son. Jade, who is now 32, endured abuse from him for several more years before he was finally caught and eventually convicted.
Even after her adoptive brother was proven guilty of sexually abusing her, Jade remained with her adoptive family for several more years, which led to increased anxiety and trauma. She said Child Protective Services should have been more involved in following up with adoptive families to ensure adoptees’ safety and well-being.
It “went on for so long, and just nobody noticed,” she said.
Hall said she’d like to see more people educate themselves about the adoption system and its problems before it’s promoted more.
Studies have shown that adoptees have unique traumas and mental health issues relating to being adopted. About 12 to 14 percent of adopted children in the U.S. between the ages of 8 and 18 are diagnosed with a mental health disorder each year, according to the Claudia Black Young Adult Center, a program for young adults ages 18-26 who struggle with emotional trauma, addiction or both. Adopted children are almost twice as likely as children raised by their biological parents to suffer from mood disorders like anxiety, depression and behavioral issues.
These mental health issues can be managed with the right resources, but adoptees tend to need a lot more care and understanding than many receive, Seymore said. Some adoptive parents incorrectly believe all their children need is love and fail to provide them with the resources they need to cope with these issues, she said.
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“It just would be nice if the entire world was more educated on adoption and what it’s really like,” Hall said. “When they’re not part of the triad or don’t work in adoption, they just really don’t understand all of the grief and loss associated with adoption.”
Sisson said that if lawmakers who oppose abortion want adoption to become a viable alternative, they should first seek to expand Medicaid and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children in their states. They should make sure that children have health insurance and parents have access to basic necessities for raising infants, like baby formula, she said.
Anderson wants to see open adoption become a federal policy. They said birth parents should always have the option to stay connected with their birth children to mitigate the loss and grief.
Birth parents also need increased access to mental health therapy, Anderson said. After their daughter got adopted, they attempted to seek a therapist but couldn’t afford one.
In addition, Anderson wants to see a rigorous, standardized process for vetting potential adoptive parents. People who adopt through foster care are not nearly as vetted as those who adopt through private agencies, they said. This can lead to abusive situations like Jade’s.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has said the Legislature would continue to strengthen adoption programs in Texas. State Rep. Steve Toth, R-The Woodlands, said the expansion of safety net programs like adoption would be a “moral response” to the outlawing of abortion in the state. The Tribune reached out to Patrick’s and Toth’s offices to ask how they planned to expand or strengthen the state’s adoption programs but received no response.
But Anderson said they don’t believe conservative lawmakers care enough about children once they are born to actually work to improve their lives beyond the process of getting adopted. That’s why they believe abortion should always be an option alongside adoption.
“I ‘chose life,’” Anderson said. “But I actively vote pro-choice because (adoption) is not for everybody.”
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Parts of Texas have experienced so little rain this summer that when storms rolled through the state during the last few days, it was a cause for celebration for some.
In the age of social media, Texans shared their embrace of the wet weather for the masses to see on platforms like TikTok.
A TikTok user @zimmermanallie posted a video of herself lying in the rain with the caption, "don't move to Texas if you like the rain."
The video, set to Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten," has collected more than 41,000 likes and more than 353,000 views since being posted on Thursday.
"It felt and smelled so amazing," one person wrote in response.
Another TikTok video from @himandherofficial shows a father celebrating the rainfall with his young children.
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Uvalde County commissioners will launch an independent review of the actions of sheriff’s deputies during the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School, but probably not for at least six months — after state police finish their criminal investigation.
County Commissioner John Yeackle and County Judge Bill Mitchell said the report will also examine Sheriff’s Office policies and procedures.
“We didn’t have an active-shooter policy at the county,” Yeackle said. “That is not surprising because many small communities never think that it will happen to them, and don’t have a written policy to that effect. That will be something that will definitely have to be addressed going forward.”
County commissioners approved the measure 3-0 on July 25 — with one important figure absent: Mariano Pargas. Aside from being the county’s elected commissioner for Precinct 2, Pargas is a lieutenant with the Uvalde Police Department and was acting chief the day of the mass shooting.
Pargas was among more than 375 officers from nearly two dozen federal, state and local agencies who responded. A Texas House committee investigating the incident issued a scathing report in mid-July that outlined “systemic failures and egregious poor decision-making” among responding officers during the incident.
Police waited more than an hour to confront and kill the gunman.
The report said Pargas and other officers were aware of 911 calls coming from the classrooms during the delay. Some were waiting for more officers and better equipment to arrive, Pargas told the committee.
Pargas was put on administrative leave with pay the day the report was released, pending an independent review of the actions of city police officers.
He was the second officer to be suspended in the fallout over the police response.
In June, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District suspended its police chief, Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, whom the Texas Department of Public Safety said was considered the overall commander of the police response. Pargas told the committee he assumed Arredondo was in charge and that Uvalde police were there to assist.
The report said officers of various agencies took a “lackadaisical approach” and that many of them were unsure who was in charge.
Pargas could not be reached for comment Monday.
Frustrations boil over
The county’s promise of an independent review did little to appease some families of the victims and community members last week. Some blasted Pargas for missing the July 25 meeting and sought answers on how to launch a recall effort to remove him from office.
Arredondo, who was elected to the Uvalde City Council weeks before the massacre, was sworn in privately after the shooting but resigned the seat after it appeared he would be kicked off council for missing three consecutive meetings — a provision allowed by the city charter.
“Once again, we’re having all these officers in all of these positions,” said Brett Cross, guardian of 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia, one of the 19 slain students. “We don’t trust these officers to make decisions for our county, for our city or our schools and everything like that. I mean ... we need justice. Nobody has given it to us. Nobody is accepting accountability.”
The victims’ family members and others also criticized Sheriff Ruben Nolasco and District Attorney Christina Mitchell Busbee for not being present at the meeting to answer their questions.
The criminal investigation is in the hands of Texas Rangers and the DPS, which are also conducting an internal review of their officers’ own actions in the response. Once finished with the criminal investigation, DPS will hand the results to Busbee for her review and possibly for presentation to a grand jury.
Busbee previously told the San Antonio Express-News that the criminal review may account for “the actions of every adult in that school” that day. She acknowledged the process could last several months, but she asked for patience.
Yeackle said Busbee is not expected to present any case to a grand jury for at least six months, though he acknowledged it could be longer.
“We have to wait until the criminal investigation is complete and the grand jury is set before we begin any kind of (internal) investigation on the events that day,” Yeackel said.
He said Sheriff Nolasco agreed, in writing, to the post-incident review. The county commissioners have not yet selected a firm to examine the Sheriff’s Office.
Nolasco did not respond to a message seeking comment Monday.
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A new legal fight over Georgia’s elections laws is picking up steam and could upend many years of precedent in the Peach State. In the case of Rose v. Raffensperger, plaintiffs are challenging the state’s model of electing public service commissioners — claiming that it “unlawfully dilutes” the influence of black votes. While the case was easily overlooked at first, it has the potential to help shape upcoming elections.
Just days ago, a federal court handed down its decision on the case — agreeing with the plaintiffs and throwing the two coming elections into limbo, although a federal court panel ruled in a 2-1 vote Friday that the election could proceed. Rose v. Raffensperger promises to be mired in a complex web of appeals, but however it is resolved, the courts need to do it quickly so as not to confuse voters.
Originally established in 1879 as the Railroad Commission of Georgia, the commission has evolved and expanded its scope. “In 1922, the Legislature changed the name of the Railroad Commission to the Georgia Public Service Commission to reflect the increasing variety of services and utilities included under the commission’s jurisdiction,” according to the PSC’s website.
Today, “the Georgia Public Service Commission has exclusive power to decide what are fair and reasonable rates for services under its jurisdiction,” including those stemming from the electricity, natural gas and telecommunications industries. Over time, the commission has grown incredibly powerful and is composed of five commissioners who are elected on a statewide basis, but beginning in 1998, they were required to live in regional districts. This is a point of contention in Rose v. Raffensperger.
“Georgia’s system of statewide elections for the commissioners denies black voters an opportunity to elect their preferred candidates. While nearly one-third of Georgia voters are black, they’re always outnumbered by the state’s white majority that tends to elect Republicans,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote.
In fact, there have been only two black public service commissioners in Georgia’s history — David Burgess, who was originally appointed by former Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes, and Fitz Johnson, who was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican.
The plaintiffs make a fair point. Statewide elections — rather than district elections — can have a way of “diluting” minority voices, and it seems odd to assign regional districts to public service commissioners yet elect them on an at-large basis. Given these realities, and citing the Voting Rights Act (VRA), a federal court judge ruled that Georgia must end statewide elections for PSC races and even postponed the two PSC elections slated for November. The Friday ruling overturned that decision.
“While delaying elections for Districts 2 and 3 until a later date will regrettably cause disruption to the candidates currently running for those offices, the court does not find that such disruption outweighs the important VRA interests that are implicated,” the judge ruled. This doesn’t necessarily mean that lawmakers originally created the PSC election law in an effort to silence black votes, but that isn’t the point in the eyes of the law. “It is the result of the challenged practice — not the intent behind it — that matter[s],” wrote the presiding judge.
It remains to be seen whether this ruling will ultimately stand. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is challenging it, and the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has since blocked the ruling from going into effect before the November elections. However, this is far from the end of the matter. It could eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court, which would ensure that it becomes a drawn-out process, and the timing is terrible.
The November elections are fast approaching, and this puts two PSC elections in limbo, which is a bit of a disservice to incumbents and challengers alike. Republican incumbent Tim Echols is running against two challengers: Democrat Patty Durand and Libertarian Colin McKinney; and incumbent Fitz Johnson, also a Republican, is facing off against Democrat Shelia Edwards. Now, it isn’t clear what will happen with these races or how these campaigns should proceed.
This ruling has created uncertainty not only for candidates, but also voters, which could leave them frustrated. As it stands, many on the political left and right are already suspicious of elections thanks to recent events. Georgia’s voting law of 2021 drew loud rebukes from Democrats, and the contested 2020 elections resulted in claims that the general election was stolen, which appear to have depressed voter turnout for the subsequent runoffs. “Over 752,000 Georgia voters who cast ballots in the presidential election didn’t show up again for the runoffs,” wrote the AJC.
The PSC election lawsuit, while not at the forefront of many voters’ minds, could end up being problematic if it becomes a prolonged legal affair. This could lead to further confusion that might discourage voter turnout. In whatever way the suit is settled, it should be expedited to avoid as much uncertainty as possible.
Marc Hyden is the director of state government affairs at the R Street Institute. You can follow him on Twitter at @marc hyden.
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A teenager has been charged with aggravated robbery and property damage after allegedly robbing two gas stations and leading police on a “high-speed” chase Friday, Casper police said Monday.
Police responded to reports early Friday morning of a robbery at a Loaf ‘N Jug on Centennial Court, finding a male suspect had allegedly shown what looked like the handle of a gun and demanded the clerk give him money. He reportedly left the scene with an “undisclosed” amount of money from the register, police said, and the clerk was unharmed.
Twenty minutes later, a release from Casper police said, officers received another report of a robbery with a concealed weapon at a Loaf ‘N Jug in Evansville.
Later Friday, around 9 p.m., Evansville officers attempted to stop a car police say was “associated” with the robberies. The driver fled, beginning a chase through Evansville and into Casper, ending with a crash near Second and Kimball streets when the driver lost control in rainy conditions.
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Two people, both male and under 18, were “apprehended” by police, the statement said. They were treated by medical crews on-site, and one was taken to Wyoming Medical Center with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.
Casper Lt. Jeff Bullard said Monday that only one has been charged criminally.
“The other person in the car was not associated, we don’t believe, with the robbery,” Bullard said.
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Flying out of JFK, LaGuardia or Newark airports tonight? Prepare to possibly face some big delays.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that delays of two hours at any of the three major New York City-area airports can be possible Monday evening. The FAA said that the delays come as a result of "unexpected staff availability" that forces them to "reduce the flow of aircraft around New York City."
The possible delays are nothing new for passengers to deal with this summer, as many airlines have canceled a significant number of flights over the past few months due to staffing issues. Airline executives have said that air travel has seen such a sharp rebound from pandemic lows, many companies have not been able to replace workers who left or were laid off during those down times.
Back in June — when many flights were delayed or cancelled ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend, leading to long lines at many airports — the FAA said in a statement that the agency continues to recruit and train controller annually, including during the pandemic.
At that time, the FAA said there was no nationwide shortage of workers. Government sources said that Monday's staffing issue was a result of too many people in key positions being out on unexpected sick leave. The sources insist that it was not an organized movement, and that it was not necessarily all COVID-related.
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Staten Island GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and New Jersey Democrat Rep. Josh Gottheimer could not be at more opposite ends of the political spectrum - except when it comes to the idea drivers might have to pay extra to ride in Manhattan.
Gottheimer and Malliotakis on Monday launched a bipartisan effort to use federal powers to stop the MTA from imposing congestion pricing on the island.
Under an MTA proposal unveiled last week, drivers might have to pay as much as $23 to cross below 60th Street during weekday daylight hours. (There are multiple proposals on the table, and some of the scenarios have charges as little as $5.)
The MTA says congestion pricing will decrease traffic, improve air quality and fund upgrades to the city's transit infrastructure. Opponents decry it as nothing more than an extra tax on commuters, many of whom live elsewhere and won't share in many of those benefits.
Gottheimer and Malliotakis said they will introduce legislation requiring the Transportation Department's inspector general to audit the billions of dollars in federal funds the MTA has received, and they raised the prospect of moving to cut off the agency's federal funding altogether.
"We should be doing more to incentivize people to come into Manhattan and come into our city," Malliotakis said at an event near the Manhattan side of the Lincoln Tunnel. "What the leaders of our city and state continue to do is urge people basically not to come into Manhattan."
They also called on E-ZPass to stop letting the MTA email customers about the congestion pricing proposal; Gottheimer blasted it as a "Soviet-era propaganda campaign."
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But Gottheimer and Malliotakis weren't the only opponents of the congestion pricing proposals speaking out Monday.
Rep. Ritchie Torres has said he supports the idea in principle - but the MTA's environmental assessment gave him pause. By the agency's own estimate, truck traffic will increase in the South Bronx as a result of their proposals, which Torres said could exacerbate already serious air quality problems in the area.
The South Bronx has one of the highest rates of asthma disease and death in the entire country, and Torres has pushed for capping traffic in the area.
Torres held a news conference Monday as well, calling for a review of the environmental impact assessment the MTA conducted, with the goal of lessening the traffic burden the new plan would have in the Bronx.
Community concerns are a key reason the plan is not yet final, MTA leadership emphasized Monday.
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New York commuters know that using public transportation can be brutal during the summer months.
This past July was the 10th hottest one that New York City has had in over 150 years.
News 4 New York had the chance to talk with Dr. Margarita Rohr from NYU Langone to gather her tips on how New Yorkers can remain cool in the summer heat.
Tip #1: Plan ahead
Dr. Rohr said it's crucial for commuters to plan ahead before you hit the subways. Being unprepared —whether it be with what one is wearing or not having enough water —can lead to a less than pleasant commute.
Tip #2: Wear comfortable clothing
Another tip she has for keeping cool is wearing clothing made of cotton or natural fabrics that are loose-fitting. Wearing tight clothing that clings to the body won't allow the skin to breathe, and in turn, will produce more sweat.
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Tip #3: Stay hydrated
Staying hydrated means not waiting to drink water until you're thirsty, Dr. Rohr says. She recommends drinking water before you leave for your commute (as well as during) so you stay ahead of the game.
Tip #4: Leave early to avoid rushing
Dr. Rohr emphasizes that leaving early to avoid rushing will also help avoid overexertion. By avoiding exertion, she says you won't feel the heat as much, and that it's always better to pace yourself especially in times of extreme heat.
For people who face health conditions, are on certain medications, or are over 65, Dr. Rohr says it may be more difficult for these groups to deal with the heat. While she would not absolutely recommend staying home during days of extreme warmth, she urges them to be cautious of the weather and pay attention to how the heat affects them.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Three Volusia County men were arrested in a nationwide child sex sting operation after the suspects sent explicit messages to, and traveled to meet, who they thought were girls 15 or younger, the sheriff’s office announced Monday.
Deputies said they arrested the suspects — MarcAnthony Fernandez, 26; Christopher Alan Geske, 32; and William M. Baldwin, 30 — as part of “Operation Cyber Scumbag,” a sting coordinated by multiple law enforcement and criminal justice agencies state and nationwide.
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According to investigators, Fernandez, of Deltona, thought he was communicating with a 12-year-old girl, texting her, “If we do this you can’t tell nobody” before arriving at the meeting place with a box of condoms.
Geske, of Port Orange, thought he was texting a 14-year-old girl, even commenting how he was “like twice your age” and bringing a box of condoms and a change of clothes to the meeting with deputies, the sheriff’s office said.
Baldwin, of New Smyrna Beach, was chasing after who he thought was a 15-year-old girl, deputies said, and was arrested holding the phone where he had the chats between them opened, according to deputies.
Each suspect faces several charges, including using a computer to seduce/solicit/lure a child, traveling to seduce/solicit/lure a child, attempted lewd and lascivious battery and use of a two-way communication device to commit a felony.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Brightline, a private passenger rail line in Florida, announced a list of traffic advisories Monday as it works to construct a rail line extension connecting Orlando to West Palm Beach.
The advisories consist of lane closures, work zones, railroad crossings and bridge work information. The extension project will run through several counties, including Orange, Brevard and Indian counties, Brightline said in a statement.
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According to Brightline, drivers should use caution and adhere to speed limits as they pass through these advisory areas.
View the full list of advisories in the attachment below:
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OCALA, Fla. – A dog and a cat died, and four other cats were injured, in an Ocala apartment fire Monday morning, crews said.
According to Ocala Fire Rescue, crews responded to the scene around 9:23 a.m. at NE 14th Street and NE 17th Avenue after hearing reports of smoke in the area.
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Firefighters said they saw a two-story apartment building with smoke coming through the roof from a unit located in building #1700.
Crews burst through the door of the unit and doused a kitchen fire before completing a search of the apartment, according to fire rescue.
Fire officials said they found no people in the building but did find a dog and five cats on the second floor.
Despite using oxygen masks to treat the animals for breathing in smoke, firefighters said a dog and one of the five cats died.
According to fire rescue, the apartment was deemed uninhabitable due to the damage and Red Cross assistance was requested.
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WINTER PARK, Fla. – The city of Winter Park is asking residents to recycle election signs and stands for the primary and midterm elections, saying they can be turned into an alternative energy source.
According to the city, the recycling initiative will prevent signs from ending up in a landfill, instead transporting them to NuCycle Energy, a green energy company in Florida.
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NuCycle Energy will then transform the signs and stands into the company’s designed Enviro-Fuelcubes, which can be used to replace coal as a cleaner energy source for producing electricity, officials said.
Following the November 2020 campaign season, the initiative collected and recycled more than 15,000 signs from Winter Park, according to city officials.
City officials said Winter Park residents can bring their campaign signs and stands to be recycled on the following dates:
- Primary election campaign sign drop-off dates: Friday, Aug. 19 at noon through Tuesday, Sept. 6 at noon
- General election campaign sign drop-off dates: Friday, Nov. 4 at noon through Wednesday, Nov. 23 at noon
Drop-off locations will include:
- Cady Way at 2525 Cady Way
- Mead Botanical Garden at 1300 South Benning Drive
- Fire Station 64 at 1439 Howell Branch Road
For a list of additional election sign recycle locations outside of Winter Park, visit the City of Orlando’s website here or the Orange County website here.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – After more than an hour of discussion, Monday, city commissioners unanimously passed the first reading of a new ordinance aimed at reducing crime downtown. It comes more than 2 weeks after police say seven people were hurt in downtown Orlando after a fight led to gunfire near Wall Street and Orange Avenue.
The new ordinance addresses three key areas, including making sure private parking lots open after 10 p.m. have a security guard present, and proper lighting. Also, the city wants to ensure there is compliance with the noise ordinance, including limiting the size of outdoor speakers.
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And it requires a Special Use Permit for new businesses or when there’s a change of ownership for bars open after midnight.
“I’d like to see some of the attention paid towards the occupancy and how we deal with the promoters late at night,” said Commissioner Patty Sheehan.
“Do we want to shut down downtown Orlando? I don’t think that’s the way to go. We still want to make it where people can come downtown is equitable and inclusive,” said Commissioner Regina Hill.
Downtown business owners, residents, and many others weighed in too.
“Nightclubs are not to blame, the sound of music is not to blame. We are here on the ground and we want our staff to be safe more than anyone,” said one person.
Following that July 31 shooting, Mayor Buddy Dyer enacted six access checkpoints downtown on Friday and Saturday evenings.
He said patrons have to go through metal detectors and a weapons check before walking into the access areas.
“We’ve had a couple of incidents where people were shot and we don’t want any of that. We don’t want anyone to be shot and we don’t want that to be our reputation,” said Dyer.
Sherwood Brown lives downtown and said the checkpoints are a good first step.
“After hearing about all the crime that’s been going on down here, I think it’s a good idea,” said Brown.
Though other downtown residents we spoke with said trying to get home on weekend evenings has been a burden.
One resident told News 6 he was told to come back around 4 a.m. when he was trying to get home around 2 a.m. because of the checkpoints.
The city said after feedback they’ve received, going forward East Pine Street will not be impacted by changes during those coordinated times of entry.
There will be a second reading of the ordinance and public comment on Sept. 12. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/15/we-dont-want-that-to-be-our-reputation-orlando-considers-new-safety-ordinance-for-downtown/ | 2022-08-15T23:11:49 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/15/we-dont-want-that-to-be-our-reputation-orlando-considers-new-safety-ordinance-for-downtown/ |
With the fall semester starting Monday, Aug. 22, University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins is encouraging students, staff and faculty to continue to get tested, vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19.
In addition, Richard Carmona, a UA distinguished laureate professor of public health, says individuals should get tested for monkeypox if they develop any symptoms.
COVID-19 testing kits will be available throughout the main campus through the Cats TakeAway Testing program, as they were last year, Robbins said. Pre-registration is required prior to picking up a test.
He said individuals should get tested if they develop any symptoms or had contact with a positive case.
Tests for monkeypox are available through Campus Health, he said.
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“We’re still within this pandemic. It has not ended yet, so we can’t put down our guard and, of course, flu season is coming upon us and monkeypox, as well,” Carmona said during a media briefing he and Robbins held on Monday.
“So the challenges are increasing, but I would be remiss if I did not say we’re up to the challenge,” added Carmona, a former U.S. surgeon general.
He said that nearly 71% of Pima County residents have been fully vaccinated. The number of new positive cases in the county is currently about 27 per day, slightly lower than the national average of 31 new daily cases.
Robbins said it will be up to the campus community to make the best decisions for their own well-being, including that of using a face covering.
“Given the varying levels of personal risks from COVID-19, I encourage members of the university community to have compassion for one another and be respectful of each other's personal choice about mask uses,” Robbins said.
While COVID-19 mitigation efforts have helped keep flu numbers low, Robbins said, he encourages people to get the flu shot.
“This is a proven vaccination and an important tool in our public health response to the annual flu season,” he said.
Monkeypox
Robbins said the university has received messages of concern regarding the spread of monkeypox, which was declared a national public health emergency this month.
“The disease, while significantly unpleasant or painful in many cases, does not commonly lead to hospitalization or death,” Robbins said.
Monkeypox can be transmitted through everyday activities such as sharing utensils and linens, or being in close proximity to respiratory droplets, he said.
“The good news is the same public health precautions we talk about for flu and we talk about for COVID, work with this disease of monkeypox, as well,” Carmona said, referring to frequent hand-washing and limited contact with others if there are symptoms present.
As of last week, Carmona said, there were 14 known monkeypox cases in Pima County and a total of 170 throughout Arizona.
Robbins said that while resources are limited nationally, the university is working with Pima County to explore treatment and vaccination options for monkeypox.
To find more information about the university’s COVID-19 and monkeypox resources, visit health.arizona.edu.
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Pima County’s supervisors unanimously approved the official tally of votes for the primary election Monday while directing elections staff to create a thorough overview of how the primaries went.
A total of 227,569 ballots were cast in the Aug. 2 primaries, according to the official canvass, for a voter turnout of about 36%.
Of all ballots counted, 196,624 were early ballots, 4,121 were provisional, and 17 were conditional, which are a type of provisional ballot cast when a voter provides invalid or no proof of identity.
This year’s primary election marked the county’s debut of e-pollbooks and voting centers, where poll workers check in voters with an iPad, or e-pollbook, that scans voters’ IDs and confirms their eligibility to vote. The e-pollbook then sends a ballot specific to each voter to a ballot-on-demand printer.
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The new voting model also replaces the precinct-based polling system under which voters were required to vote at the location assigned to them based on their residence. Pima County voters could show up at any of 129 vote centers across the county to cast a ballot regardless of the precinct they live in.
Before canvassing the election Monday, the board directed the Pima County Recorder and elections department to create an “after action” report on any issues encountered during the primaries and presented a variety of questions to be addressed in the report.
Supervisor Steve Christy asked that the post-primary election review be submitted to the Pima County Election Integrity Commission by its Sept. 16 meeting and presented to supervisors at its Oct. 4 meeting.
“Our office received numerous anecdotal information about voting problems, voting issues, that led to a lot of dissatisfaction with the process with a lot of concern about how this was going to be reflected in the final vote,” said Christy, the board’s sole Republican. “I think it's important that the elections department and the recorder, under their respective headings, address these issues to allay the fears in the community.”
Christy brought up a number of “issues” he said the report should address. Some of the supervisor's concerns reiterated problems Pima County officials reported on Election Day, including some ballot-on-demand printers experiencing technical challenges and some voting centers running out of supplies.
One such issue was delays at the Kirk-Bear Canyon Library, a vote center in Christy’s District 4, that received more voters than anticipated and ran out of ballot paper, causing a “less than an hour delay,” Mark Evans, the county’s communications director, said on Aug. 2.
Christy also asked for elections officials to address reports that federal ballots were issued to voters registered as Independents, and what he called “woefully inadequate” training of poll workers ahead of the primaries.
Board Chair Sharon Bronson concurred with Christy’s statements and said her District 3 office heard similar concerns.
Supervisor Rex Scott asked the post-election report to address if the main concerns raised at the time the new voting center process was approved by the board, such as long-wait times and connectivity issues, were experienced on Aug. 2.
“I think the main thing that I'd like to know is what are the key lessons that we learned in this first round of using vote centers and e-pollbooks that we can apply during the general election,” Scott said.
Supervisors Adelita Grijalva and Matt Heinz said they thought the election ran smoothly, with Grijalva adding: “I thought that you all did a remarkable job.”
Local elections results can be viewed here: tucne.ws/1l5g
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TWIN FALLS — A former Walmart employee faces a charge of grand theft after taking items from the store over a monthlong period, court records show.
Amy Marie Malberg, 44, of Twin Falls took almost $4,000 worth of items ranging from cosmetics, hardware, electronics and cat food from February 20 to March 28 in 23 separate instances, court records allege. The court complaint says that during her shifts at the Twin Falls store, she would "collect items and leave without paying for them."
A preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 26.
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WILMOT — Kenosha County government is going on the road to the county fair, County Executive Samantha Kerkman announced Monday.
Kerkman, along with representatives of various county divisions, will be available to meet with the public during office hours throughout the fair’s five-day run — this Wednesday, Aug. 17, through Sunday, Aug. 21.
The county activities and resources available at the fair will include free Narcan training, information about behavioral and public health services, veterans services, workforce development, careers with Kenosha County, and more.
“I’m excited to take county government out to the fair, to meet with folks and to help inform our residents about the many resources that we offer,” Kerkman said. “We’re all looking forward to a great week at a great County Fair!”
Kerkman and other county representatives will be located at a booth near the center of the fairgrounds, adjacent to the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department exhibit and the poultry barn. Narcan training will be available on demand during the hours the booth is staffed, and sessions will also be scheduled immediately after the Sheriff’s Department demonstrations Thursday through Sunday. Those who receive Narcan training at any time are invited to enter a drawing for a free admission pass at the Boundless Adventures aerial adventure park within Bristol Woods Park.
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Representatives of specific county divisions will be available at the following days and times:
Wednesday
• Division of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Division of Workforce Development, noon to 9 p.m.
• Kenosha County Public Health, 4 to 9 p.m.
• Sheriff’s Department Mobile Command Center open for tours throughout the day.
Thursday
• Kenosha County Public Health, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Division of Workforce Development, noon to 9 p.m.
• Division of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services, 1 to 9 p.m.
• Sheriff’s Department Bearcat/Tactical Response Team equipment on display from noon to 2 p.m.
• Narcan training session, 2 p.m.
Friday
• Division of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services, noon to 9 p.m.
• Medical Examiner’s Office, noon to 5 p.m.
• Division of Workforce Development, noon to 9 p.m.
• Kenosha County Public Health, 5 to 9 p.m.
• Sheriff’s Department bomb demos followed by Narcan training sessions, 4 and 6 p.m.
Saturday
• Kenosha County Public Health: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Division of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Division of Workforce Development, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Sheriff’s Department taser demonstrations followed by Narcan training sessions, 4 and 6 p.m.
Sunday
• Kenosha County Public Health, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Division of Workforce Development, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Division of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services, 1 to 7 p.m.
• Sheriff’s Department K-9 demonstrations followed by Narcan training sessions, 2 and 4 p.m.
The Kenosha County Fairgrounds are located on Highway W (Fox River Road) just north of Highway C (113 th Street) in Wilmot. For more information about the fair, including a full schedule of activities, visit https://www.kenoshacofair.com. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/kenosha-county-taking-government-to-the-fair-this-week-with-activities-resources-and-free-narcan/article_cfd800fa-1cdd-11ed-b199-636f080293ca.html | 2022-08-15T23:29:25 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/kenosha-county-taking-government-to-the-fair-this-week-with-activities-resources-and-free-narcan/article_cfd800fa-1cdd-11ed-b199-636f080293ca.html |
KTEC High School, a tuition-free public charter school opening this fall in Kenosha, has announced a series of staff additions to round out its support staff and technical educators.
The school will open to 9th and 10th graders at 7400 39th Avenue in Kenosha. The first day of classes will be Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Students who enroll in the new school will earn certifications that align with competencies identified by the building trades, transportation, information systems, or automation and robotics industries as being skills in high demand.
In preparation for the school year, Principal Brianne McPhee recently announced information on the new hires ahead of two question-and-answer scheduled at the school Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
In July, Stacey Duchrow was appointed to KTEC High School’s Director of Workforce Solutions position. She brings numerous years of educational and industrial experience to the position.
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Although Duchrow started her industry career as a Mmcrobiologist at Abbott Labs, she soon discovered her passion for education.
An experienced science teacher with Kenosha Unified School District and Union Grove High School, Duchrow also served in numerous roles outside the classroom. At Union Grove she was STEM coordinator, career & academies coordinator, district assessment coordinator, and RTI coordinator, all while developing three STEM pathways and working to strengthen the school’s college and career-ready culture.
Following Union Grove, Duchrow was the manager of Business and Educational Partnerships for Milwaukee 7 Regional Economic Development (M7). She worked to foster career pathways, career-based learning, and STEM education throughout Southeastern Wisconsin during her tenure. In addition, she partnered with numerous organizations throughout the region to strengthen business and educational partnerships.
After leaving M7, she returned to KUSD, serving as the assistant principal at KTEC East. During her time at KTEC East, she created a Festo Mechatronics camp that allowed 8th-graders to gain industry-driven skills in automation technology by gaining an NC3 certification.Her passion is creating a curriculum pathway that helps all students find their future through robust career exploration and unique skill-based learning opportunities.
Hailey DeLuca was named student services coordinator. She has worked in education since 2016. Her degrees include a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master of Science in Educational Psychology, an Educational Specialist Degree in School Psychology, and a Master of Science in Administrative Leadership, all from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
DeLuca began her career at Kenosha Unified School District, where she served as a school psychologist working with students grades 4K-12. She collaborated with educators, families, and other professionals to provide a supportive learning environment for general education and special education students. Her training emphasized preparation in mental health and trauma, educational interventions and assessment, child development, data analysis, and special education law.
In 2021, she transitioned to the role of dean of students for KUSD’s Virtual Elementary Program. Hailey worked directly with building and district administrators, teachers, community members, and families to provide a holistic educational experience for kindergarten through 5th-grade virtual students.
“As the student services coordinator, I’m most excited to help students find their niche. There are many career opportunities that students don’t often get to explore, and KTEC High School is here to give them that chance. I’m excited to work with the KTEC team to develop programs that are individualized to each student’s needs and prepare them to enter the trade industry or continue to higher education,” said DeLuca.
Kevin Howard has been named KTEC High School’s new Career and Technical Education teacher. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Technology Education. He also holds several industry-recognized certifications. Howard’s academic work experience includes several years as an advisor for Project GRILL, Skills USA, and Youth Apprenticeship. His post-secondary career also included a stint at Penn State in Williamsport, Pa., as an industry specialist, where he taught adult CNC Machining Apprenticeship and an MT1 Certification.
With over 16 years in manufacturing as a CNC machinist and fabricator, Howard’s professional teaching experience and manufacturing background bring, in his words, “a robust real-world work ethic and cultural responsiveness to my classroom and the relationships I develop with local and state business partners.”“I am very excited and looking forward to utilizing my expertise and skills, NC3 Certifications, and future CTE pathway opportunities for the betterment of the KTEC High School students,” shares Howard.
Liliana Tenuta has been named the administrative assistant of KTEC High School. serving as a resource for both KTEC staff and students with her previous experience as a school administrator and a Spanish bilingual translator/interpreter.
“I look forward to fostering and promoting a caring and creative learning environment for all KTEC High School students,” shared Tenuta.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Nurses Association announced Monday that over 200 members have joined a class action lawsuit against Providence for wage theft, claiming that the health care organization has failed to pay workers their earned wages.
According to ONA, the lawsuit’s goal is to “recover lost wages and damages incurred by thousands of frontline health care workers at Providence following Providence’s move to a faulty payroll system.”
ONA says the payroll system Providence switched to in July systemically underpays nurses and front-line workers, as well as other employees, including technicians, housekeepers and the food services staff.
“It would be a problem if this happened to a handful of workers. This is an out-and-out disaster. Providence is paying frontline nurses and health care workers pennies on the dollar and keeping the difference. This is a multi-billion dollar company cheating nurses and working families out of their hard-earned livelihoods. Robbing workers of the money they rely on for food, rent and basic needs is unacceptable,” said ONA Executive Committee Chair at Providence Portland Medical Center Richard Botterill, RN. “It’s a simple solution. Providence needs to pay frontline health care workers the money they’ve earned.”
Victims of Providence’s alleged wage theft who are not named in the lawsuit would still benefit from a settlement, according to ONA.
ONA says that nurses at all 10 bargaining units have also filed grievances against Providence, demanding that Providence make the following changes:
- Reinstate the prior payroll system as a backup to ensure payroll records are accurate and to prevent Providence from continuing to underpay frontline nurses and health care workers.
- Conduct a comprehensive audit of all time card records since the implementation of the Genesis payroll system to determine and correct all improper wage deductions and restore any lost benefits including potential lost paid time off.
- Pay direct and indirect damages to all workers affected by Providence’s improper wage deductions, including but not limited to banking overdraft fees, fines for missed rent or mortgage payments and credit card late payment penalties.
Providence released a statement Monday afternoon regarding the lawsuit.
“Providence apologizes to its caregivers and their families who have been affected by recent paycheck issues. We take these issues incredibly seriously and we are working daily to identify and resolve reported issues. To ensure our caregivers are kept whole during this unfortunate disruption, we are running off-cycle paycheck batches daily as needed, with the correct retroactive pay.
Here’s what happened: In early July, Providence implemented a new enterprise resource planning system – known as Genesis — to improve administrative processes, including human resources, timekeeping and payroll. Previously, multiple systems, including some outdated technology, had been used resulting in a fragmented experience and requiring manual processes.
As of today, less than 2% of Providence caregivers in Oregon continue to experience incorrect pay, specifically related to pay differentials and premium pay. These remaining issues are being resolved as quickly as possible. Oregon Nurses Association (ONA)’s suggestions that Providence is ‘robbing workers’ and intentionally underpaying its caregivers are completely and utterly false.
Again, we deeply regret that some valued caregivers, and their families, have had to bear any financial hardship, anxiety or disruption as a result of this transition. As an employer, providing accurate and timely pay for caregivers’ time and talents is one of the most fundamental roles we play.
The Providence Mission calls us to care for all. This includes our caregivers. We are absolutely committed to doing everything we can to resolve the remaining outstanding issues as quickly as possible. We also remain profoundly grateful to our caregivers for their patience and for all they do to serve patients in need.” | https://www.koin.com/local/over-200-oregon-nurses-join-lawsuit-against-providence-claiming-wage-theft/ | 2022-08-15T23:33:55 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/over-200-oregon-nurses-join-lawsuit-against-providence-claiming-wage-theft/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — Starting on Sept. 11, six local libraries will be opening on Sundays – something that hasn't been seen since Austin Public Library was forced to make pandemic-related changes in 2020.
The Central Library, four branch libraries and the Austin History Center will soon be open to the public from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
“We are thrilled that we will be able to return to providing library services to the Austin community seven days a week,” said Austin Public Library Director Roosevelt Weeks. “We know that many in the community appreciated the convenience of being able to access their libraries on Sundays, and I am pleased that we have the capacity to bring back this service.”
Austin Public Library said it has been gradually expanding its service and hours since closing in-person services due to COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic, many locations did offer Sunday hours. However, when the library expanded services in March 2022, Sunday hours were not available to be restored due to staffing shortages.
The six locations are:
Austin Central Library
- 710 W. César Chávez St.
Austin History Center
- 810 Guadalupe St.
Little Walnut Creek Branch
- 835 W. Rundberg Lane
Manchaca Road Branch
- 5500 Menchaca Road
Ruiz Branch
- 1600 Grove Blvd.
Spicewood Springs Branch
- 8637 Spicewood Springs Road
For more information on the Austin Public Library system, click here.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — One of the most talked-about roadway stops in the country is finally getting ready to break ground on its first location in Missouri.
Buc-ee's announced on Monday it will break ground on its Springfield, Missouri location on Tuesday, Aug. 23.
The gas station and travel center will be located at 3284 N. Mulroy Road in Springfield and take up 53,000 square feet with 120 fueling positions for drivers.
"Springfield is the Birthplace of Route 66," Stan Beard of Buc-ee's said in a news release. "It's perfectly natural that Buc-ee's, the ultimate road-trip destination, is coming to this gorgeous stretch of Americana history. We are delighted to be a part of this community and excited to make Springfield our first stop in Missouri."
Founded in 1982, Buc-ee's is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2022 and has locations in Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Along with this first Missouri location, Buc-ee's is also set to open a store in Colorado.
Buc-ee's prides itself on having the "cleanest restrooms in America", along with massive convivence stores featuring a large variety of food and drink options.
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TUPELO • After more than two and a half decades in office, Lee County Tax Collector Leroy Belk tendered his resignation during a Monday morning Lee County Board of Supervisors meeting.
Belk, 66, began his career as county tax collector in 1996 and would be up for reelection in Nov. 2023. The board unanimously approved Belk’s resignation effective Sept. 1.
“Today is the day I announce my retirement and respectfully tender my resignation,” Belk said, addressing the board. “I want to thank the Board of Supervisors for their help throughout the years. Together we accomplished much.”
When asked what his plans for retirement were, Belk said he planned to spend time with family, travel and eventually become a consultant.
County Administrator and Chancery Court Clerk Bill Benson, who was elected in 1992, said he has known Belk since high school and was proud to work with him over the years.
“We had a great working relationship,” Benson said. “He did a great job. I hate to see him go, but I am proud for him to have the opportunity.”
Benson said that according to state law it is too close to regular county elections in November 2023 to hold a special election for the position, leading to a brief executive session that saw the unanimous appointment of Deputy Clerk Crystal Heatherly as interim tax collector.
“(Heatherly) is one of the experienced people in my office staff,” Belk said.
Heatherly, who has been at the tax collector's office for 11 years, told the Daily Journal she was happy to get the opportunity to fill in for the remainder of Belk’s term. She said she believed Belk had done a great job of keeping the office at the “cutting edge” of tax collection technology and hopes to continue that trend.
“I am excited to be able to serve the taxpayers of Lee County,” she said. “I am really excited to follow in (Belk’s) footsteps and see what opportunities are out there to better tax collection in the county.”
When asked if she expected to run for election when she completed Belk’s term, Heatherly said she was undecided. The qualifying deadline for this and other state and county elected offices is Feb. 1.
“I haven’t made up my mind completely, but it is definitely in the forefront of my thoughts, and I will know by January,” she said.
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Short dry spell is expected for Phoenix before showers return
Normal high temperatures are briefly making a return to the Valley following a rainy week, but come Thursday, the National Weather Service forecasts more cooling monsoon weather lasting through next week.
Monday’s temperatures are expected to hit 102 degrees, then climb to 104 degrees on Tuesday and 105 degrees Wednesday, according to the the weather service’s seven-day forecast. Later in the day and overnight Monday, there is a slight chance of thunderstorms, but the forecast shows they are mostly isolated and more likely in higher terrain areas north and east of Phoenix.
Phoenix National Weather Service meteorologist Bianca Feldkircher said while there are no heat advisories in effect — as the 105-degree weather is even slightly below normal for Phoenix this time of year — those who are at higher risk for heat-related complications should still be cautious.
By Wednesday, especially overnight, a greater chance of rain returns and continues through the rest of the week and into the weekend. The weather service predicts the tropical disturbance currently over South Texas will move northwest, bringing rain to Arizona again. The conditions would also be ripe for more “widespread thunderstorms” later this week, especially Friday and Saturday, the weather service’s forecast discussion indicates.
The weather service’s forecast also shows high temperatures dip down to 100 degrees Thursday and all the way down to 95 degrees Friday.
While heat becomes less of a hazard, the weather service warned there could be local flash flooding occurring as well as strong winds as the storms roll in.
Feldkircher said those storms will most likely stick around into early next week.
“It still looks like odds are favored for above average (precipitation) and below average temperatures,” she said, although she advised forecasts past the next seven days are less certain.
Thus far for the month of August, the Phoenix area has received 0.93 inch of rain on average in the metropolitan area this month, according to the weather service’s rainfall index. The yearly average for August, calculated with weather service rainfall data since 1990, is around 1.16 inches.
This monsoon season has already been more productive than average, with Phoenix surpassing average precipitation levels both in June (with .19 inches compared with a 0.06-inch average) and July (with 1.12 inches compared with a 0.94-inch average).
As for whether Phoenix will surpass that 1.16-inch average for August, Feldkircher said “it’s hard to say,” but with the substantial amount of rain expected to come through later in the week, she said it’s very possible.
Reach breaking news reporter Sam Burdette at sburdette@gannett.com or on Twitter @SuperSafetySam
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Prosecutors have dropped charges against two Lincoln men initially accused with two others of holding a teen runaway and sexually assaulting her.
The other two — Talon Dennis and Marcelino Falcon — since have been sentenced on reduced charges of child abuse, Dennis a felony charge and Falcon a misdemeanor.
Dennis is serving a three-year prison sentence, and Falcon a one-year jail sentence.
Last year, Lincoln police arrested Dennis and Falcon, along with Ricky Ossler and Gianni Phillips, all on suspicion of sexual assault and false imprisonment on the 18-year-old's allegations.
The teen told police she had met Dennis on social media May 14, 2021, and went to his apartment, where he and others were using drugs and she felt pressured into using them, too.
She said when she asked to leave, they wouldn't let her, and one of the men told her to watch his children, clean and cook. She told police two days later she was intoxicated and woke to being sexually assaulted.
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On Monday, prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the charges against Phillips. They'd previously dismissed the case against Ossler. Both denied the allegations.
Phillips' attorney, Trevin Preble, said Phillips was persistent from the beginning that he didn't do it and asserted his rights, and now an innocent man won't be going to prison. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/charges-dismissed-against-2-initially-accused-in-teen-sex-assault-2-others-sentenced/article_715d0051-9c21-5f4a-b6a0-8a6b36d34ca8.html | 2022-08-15T23:49:26 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/charges-dismissed-against-2-initially-accused-in-teen-sex-assault-2-others-sentenced/article_715d0051-9c21-5f4a-b6a0-8a6b36d34ca8.html |
A Lincoln man was arrested after he allegedly stole several vehicles in eastern Nebraska and led authorities on a high-speed chase in the Norfolk area, according to the Stanton County Sheriff's Office.
Wednesday night, the Stanton County Sheriff's Office observed a vehicle on U.S. 275 about four miles east of Norfolk and attempted to stop it for a traffic violation.
Daniel McGuane, 36, fled at speeds of more than 100 mph into Norfolk, causing deputies to terminate the pursuit because of safety concerns.
An hour later, McGuane admitted to a citizen in Battle Creek that he fled from law enforcement and crashed his vehicle in the area. He was then detained by a citizen at gunpoint when he attempted to steal a vehicle, and later arrested by Madison County Sheriff's deputies.
Authorities later learned that McGuane had stolen at least three vehicles.
The first was a pickup stolen in Lincoln, which was abandoned near David City, where he stole another vehicle and abandoned it near Wisner. He then allegedly stole the Chrysler 300 that was involved in the pursuit.
McGuane was arrested on suspicion of speeding, theft by receiving stolen property and operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest.
Evelyn Mejia is a news intern and current sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She covers breaking news and writes feature stories about her community.
Preliminary information indicates that a Smithfield man reported mechanical issues with the single engine Piper airplane, a Sheriff’s Office news release said. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-arrested-after-pursuit-in-northeast-nebraska/article_ee701859-08f2-56c4-a87f-28607df7924f.html | 2022-08-15T23:49:32 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-arrested-after-pursuit-in-northeast-nebraska/article_ee701859-08f2-56c4-a87f-28607df7924f.html |
The first Falcons began arriving at about 7:30 a.m., some still rubbing sleep from their eyes, others nestled in their hoodies on a crisp, drizzly morning that foreshadowed fall.
The usual first-day nerves could be read in nearly every freshman’s face. Excitement, too, at finally getting their first look at Lincoln Northwest, the new high school whose identity they’ll shape — in a building still taking shape itself.
Principal Cedric Cooper, who directed traffic in the rain, captured the relief of a district that opened its seventh high school and first in nearly two decades Monday, the first day for freshmen across Lincoln Public Schools.
“We’re in the building! The kids are here!” Cooper said after the inaugural freshman class had walked through the doors of the south student entrance.
There, cheerleaders with purple-and-white pompoms greeted the freshmen, who spent the morning taking tours of the school near Northwest 48th and West Holdrege streets.
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Many of the students admired the school's sleek, open design. Some voiced concerns about the ongoing construction.
“Outside, it looks like it’s not going to be a school, but from the inside, it’s practically ready,” observed Kaiden Wood, who stood in a circle of fellow freshman football players.
“It worries me a little bit,” remarked classmate James King about the ongoing efforts to complete the building. “I thought it looked pretty unfinished, but I felt like it looked like a fun place to go to."
"It's cool getting to start the new programs," said Addie Murphy, who plays volleyball.
Northwest is one of two new high schools made possible by the $290 million bond issue voters approved in 2020. Standing Bear High School, which is identical in design, will open in fall 2023.
The high schools — built to address growing capacity issues at schools such as Lincoln High, North Star and Lincoln East — will initially be able to hold 1,000 students, with future expansions planned.
Robinson Elementary School, also part of the 2020 bond, will open two weeks late because of construction delays.
Roughly half of the 487 students enrolled at Northwest are freshmen, while sophomores and juniors form about a quarter apiece. There is no senior class because of low enrollment.
About 180 of those students are from outside Northwest's attendance area, while more than 130 students who live inside its boundaries chose other schools.
Amiia Valdez-Hartley, a sophomore on the Northwest dance team, came from Lincoln East so she could attend the new health sciences focus program — a partnership between LPS and Bryan Health.
She especially liked the learning hub, an innovative space near the center of the building featuring open-concept classrooms and the so-called "learning stairs," a set of graduated steps where students will be able to study or eat lunch.
"I thought that was really cool, because it's a change from the normal classroom setting," Valdez-Hartley said.
Associate Principal Heather Steiner stood outside greeting the first students to be dropped off Monday. The first day at a new school is something she's gone through before — Steiner helped open Schoo Middle School in 2009.
"It's an unbelievable experience to be able to do something like this," she said. "We know that there are still some things that need to be done, but we know that our kids are going to be flexible."
While the three-story instructional wing is practically ready, work continues on the athletic wing. The school's two gyms are expected to be ready in the next couple of weeks, said LPS Director of Operations Scott Wieskamp, while the auditorium and swimming pool likely won't be ready until after the first quarter.
And throughout the building, there are minor touchups needed, like painting and caulking. Officials are also monitoring things like ventilation, which can be a process to get exactly right, Wieskamp said.
"It will probably take us a couple of weeks to get us comfortable," he said.
Outside, elements of the facade still need finishing, while graded earth waiting to be seeded surrounds the school.
Labor snags have also delayed work on the school's football field, which will be shared by city schools and be able to initially seat about 2,800 spectators. Wieskamp said about a "third" of the field's turf has been laid. Northwest's football team hosts Ralston on Aug. 26.
Despite the work that remains, workers were hard to find Monday, a "purposeful" decision, Wieskamp said, to ensure things went smoothly.
"We wanted to get school started ... and stay out of the way," he said. "Our guys ... they've been pushing hard to get to this milestone. This is just a milestone. We're not done. They need a breath of fresh air momentarily so we can regroup and refocus on getting this finished."
Monday also kicked off the first school year under new Superintendent Paul Gausman, who began the day handing out doughnuts to bus drivers before touring schools, including Lincoln East, Irving, Saratoga and Beattie.
Gausman is expected to tour schools throughout the week. Monday was the first day for elementary schools and sixth graders and Tuesday is the first day for the rest of students.
At Northwest, the first day was a bit of an orientation for freshmen, Cooper said. They learned about protocols and the school's block schedule and could get their photo taken for IDs.
"Even if there are a few hiccups here and there, we're just all on the same page and excited, ready to give students the best opportunity," said English teacher Johnny Hower.
At the end of the tours, the Class of 2026 congregated on the "learning stairs" for a group photo.
Most had shaken off the morning's nerves and grogginess. Some had already made new friends.
"I'm so excited for the students," Cooper said. "They don't know because they're freshmen, but it's like you guys get to help build this school and mold it with the traditions. ... They get to build everything." | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/watch-now-the-kids-are-here-falcons-ready-to-build-identity-as-lincoln-northwest-opens/article_55508bcf-2fd3-51d1-814a-b5d620b153f0.html | 2022-08-15T23:49:38 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/watch-now-the-kids-are-here-falcons-ready-to-build-identity-as-lincoln-northwest-opens/article_55508bcf-2fd3-51d1-814a-b5d620b153f0.html |
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UTICA, N.Y. – Officials from the Mohawk Valley Water Authority say the closed portion of Cosby Road in North Utica should reopen in a day or two after a water main destroyed part of the road last week.
A water main popped on Cosby Road near Innis Road on Friday afternoon, one day after a fire on nearby Buchanan Road. Officials say the combination of fire hydrant issues after the fire and an old system could have caused the main to break.
“It’s an aging infrastructure we do have mains that are as much as 150 years old and it is getting costly, so, it is just going to require a lot of effort unfortunately more money, and a very systematic approach to changing out the ones that are the biggest problems. But people should know that when a main breaks it is unforeseen circumstances; we all have to bare with it,” said Pat Becher, executive director at MVWA.
Part of the road was destroyed but crews worked all day Friday to make the section passable as soon as possible.
Becher says the road should be fully repaired by Wednesday. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/mvwa-cosby-road-repairs-should-be-finished-by-wednesday/article_41cc6de8-1ce0-11ed-a6f2-ab0f763ef45b.html | 2022-08-15T23:55:18 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/mvwa-cosby-road-repairs-should-be-finished-by-wednesday/article_41cc6de8-1ce0-11ed-a6f2-ab0f763ef45b.html |
CROWN POINT — Attendance numbers were down from 2021, but Lake County Fair officials said Mother Nature, not fairgoers, was to blame.
The 10-day attendance at the Lake County Fair was 198,040, a drop of 5,000 from 2021, Publicity Director Arlene Marcinek said.
"After a difficult start with extremely high temperatures and humidity and two days of rain the first Friday through Monday, the weather finally cooperated to make the 170th Lake County Fair a success," Marcinek said.
Those numbers compare to 216,361 in 2019. There wasn't a fair in 2020 because of COVID-19, she said.
"With basically losing the first four days this year, being able to come back close to our annual attendance of 200,000-plus was great," she said.
There were some events canceled due to the weather, including a couple of horse shows at the beginning of the fair due to unsafe grounds in the arena, she said.
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In addition, rain was also the reason for the cancellation of some of the grandstand events. including the rodeo Aug. 8.
"The conditions were too dangerous for the rodeo to be held," Marcinek said.
The rest of the grandstand shows were three-fourths to full for every show, she added.
Weather from Tuesday on was great — and the numbers proved it.
"The temperatures were in the upper 70s to low 80s and our attendance showed it. We look forward to once again putting on the 171st Lake County Fair in 2023," she said.
The biggest attendance of this year's fair was on the last Saturday, when 28,744 people passed through the gates, she said.
The biggest hits of this year's fair included the return of the tethered balloon rides and the "glow brightly" event, the Harvest Tyme Farm Kids' Activities, the Livestock Nursery and the Show Me Swine Racers.
This year's fair is over, but the Lake County Fair Board will soon be making plans for 2023.
"Everyone has notes of what works and what doesn't work," Marcinek said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/lake-county-fair-recovers-from-early-weather-woes-to-nearly-200-000-attendees/article_6324d554-e492-5858-ab12-98053301d6af.html | 2022-08-15T23:56:38 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/lake-county-fair-recovers-from-early-weather-woes-to-nearly-200-000-attendees/article_6324d554-e492-5858-ab12-98053301d6af.html |
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Although Dave Cohen recently moved to Maine, he still works as director of VBike, a nonprofit “dedicated to shifting the bike and bike culture in Vermont towards a far more inclusive, fun, and transportation-oriented future.”
VBike has a special focus on promoting electric bikes, and Cohen has already seen how e-bikes have become significantly more popular in just the last two or three years.
“When I first started out in Vermont with this project, people would look at my cargo bike—which was a big bike and had an e-assist on it—and go, ‘That’s an interesting thingamajig with a doohickey on it,’" he said. "Now they go, ‘Oh, it’s a cargo bike. It’s a longtail cargo bike. You have a mid-drive motor.’ Their knowledge base has shifted.”
Some people might be skeptical of the term “cargo bike,” but it’s no misnomer. These bikes are work horses, not show horses, and they’re fully capable of carrying loads weighing hundreds of pounds.
“I’ve carried things you just wouldn’t believe,” Cohen says. “Furniture, refrigerators—and literally having a blast doing it.”
States and municipalities will need to play a role in promoting the use of e-bikes, according to Cohen, through better infrastructure such as bike lanes, and financial incentives.
Some of those incentives are substantial. Denver, for example, is offering $1200 to low-income families who buy an e-bike.
So how is Maine doing in encouraging the use of e-bikes? Cohen is less than impressed.
“I think Maine is pretty far behind,” he said. “Maine is just behind the curve at this point.” | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/e-bikes-are-changing-the-transportation-landscape-electric-vehicle-energy-maine/97-e5076eee-45c6-4fc7-84d1-79f8c280cffa | 2022-08-15T23:56:50 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/e-bikes-are-changing-the-transportation-landscape-electric-vehicle-energy-maine/97-e5076eee-45c6-4fc7-84d1-79f8c280cffa |
PORTLAND, Maine — Law enforcement in Southern Maine is investigating after another person being held at Cumberland County was found dead.
According to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, 30-year-old James Mannion of Portland was found unresponsive in his cell early Sunday morning.
A corrections officer was making rounds and discovered Mannion unresponsive in his cell. The officer reportedly called for help and attempted to revive Mannion with the help of medical staff at the jail and Portland MEDCU, but the efforts to revive him were not successful.
Mannion's cause of death has not yet been determined, however advocates for those in jail and prison, as well those that support individuals in recovery, are calling for increased resources inside of jails.
"We always hear from county officials and leaders across the state of Maine that jails are supposed to be a safe place. What we've seen in the last few months, in particular at the Cumberland County Jail, is that jails are not a safe place," Courtney Gary-Allen said.
Gary-Allen serves as the organizing director of the Maine Recovery Advocacy Project (ME-RAP).
Gary-Allen says she wants to see increased access to things like medication-assisted treatment, and mental health services inside of Maine jails and prisons.
"The recovery community is devastated by these losses. We lose many people in the community, and we're supposed to be able to trust the county jail to take care of people while they're inside, and they're obviously not capable of doing that," Gary-Allen said.
Mannion's death is being investigated by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Corrections and the Portland Police Department.
Mannion's death marks the fourth death of a person being held at Cumberland County Jail in 2022. There was also a death at York County jail in July.
"How can we sort of help the person and create a therapeutic environment instead of a punishing one," founder of Recovery Connections of Maine, and volunteer with the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition Jeremy Hiltz said.
"Returning somebody into our communities a better person makes sense. If people don't even get that opportunity to get out, it's not fair," Hiltz added. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/advocates-call-for-additional-resources-following-death-of-man-held-at-cumberland-county-jail-maine/97-0dca48ac-f691-4e20-b523-b76818d6661b | 2022-08-15T23:56:56 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/advocates-call-for-additional-resources-following-death-of-man-held-at-cumberland-county-jail-maine/97-0dca48ac-f691-4e20-b523-b76818d6661b |
BALDWIN, Maine — According to a news release issued by Cumberland County Regional Communications, a road closure has been announced for Route 113, also known as Pequawket Trail, in Baldwin.
Pequawket Trail is currently closed in the area of Rocky Dunn Road due to a motor vehicle accident, the release says.
The release reports the road is expected to remain closed for the next three to four hours. Drivers are urged to avoid the area. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/traffic-alert-route-113-closed-in-baldwin-maine-road-closure/97-7d6c31ca-0318-4dcf-be08-f676172ae055 | 2022-08-15T23:57:02 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/traffic-alert-route-113-closed-in-baldwin-maine-road-closure/97-7d6c31ca-0318-4dcf-be08-f676172ae055 |
TERRELL COUNTY, Texas —
Four people were killed and one more was injured in a three-vehicle car crash in Terrell County at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, troopers stopped a Nissan Titan on US 90 east of Sanderson.
As troopers walked up to the truck, it sped off and they began a pursuit.
As the pursuit entered Sanderson, the Titan turned north on US 285 and continued to speed.
As the Titan was driving north on US 285, near mile marker 484, in an effort to get away from the troopers, it drove into the opposite lane and hit a Ford F-150 head on.
The driver of the Titan, who is unidentified at this time, and rear passenger, 42-year-old Zuniga Roque-Flores, died in the crash. The front passenger of the Titan, 28-year-old Mirna Nohemy Rodriguez-Lopez, is in stable condition.
The driver and passenger of the F-150, 23-year-old Carlos Enrique Rico and 19-year-old Jesus Marcelo Garcia, were pronounced dead at the scene. However, due to the severity of the crash, the seating positions of Rico and Garcia is unknown.
A Kia Stinger that was traveling southbound behind the F-150 suffered disabling damage due to debris from the collision. The driver of the Stinger, 53-year-old Michael Anthony Proulx, was not injured.
All three vehicles caught fire and burned.
This is all the information we currently have on the incident. The investigation into the crash is ongoing, including efforts to confirm the identity of the unknown driver of the Titan. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/4-dead-after-terrell-county-car-pursuit-and-crash/513-c01c2a2a-e1be-4b32-90bf-0d0f74356ae5 | 2022-08-15T23:57:19 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/4-dead-after-terrell-county-car-pursuit-and-crash/513-c01c2a2a-e1be-4b32-90bf-0d0f74356ae5 |
SUTTON COUNTY, Texas — A Midland man died in a rollover crash early Sunday morning near Sonora, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
According to a preliminary crash report, Russell Jerome Conger, 50, of Midland, was traveling eastbound on Interstate 10, approximately 12 miles east of Sonora. Conger started to swerve between lanes, then entered the median.
When he tried to steer back onto the roadway, Conger overcorrected, causing his pickup truck to roll over. The report states because Conger was not wearing a seatbelt, he was ejected from the truck. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-man-dies-in-sutton-county-rollover/504-804d21a2-1883-4fab-be6e-c190574cdb86 | 2022-08-15T23:57:26 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-man-dies-in-sutton-county-rollover/504-804d21a2-1883-4fab-be6e-c190574cdb86 |
NAPLES, Fla. — A group of Naples residents is calling for a ban on drag shows in the city.
“I have a really big problem … when we as a culture are allowing men, dressed in underwear, laying on their backs with their legs spread open with sexual innuendos, when people just say their entertainers like at a play,” said Teddy Collins, a local resident.
Collins, alongside a number of other protestors, spoke to the Naples City Council during their budget meeting on Monday morning. The group asked the City Council to consider a ban on the shows for children.
“Banning drag shows for minors. I one hundred percent stand behind that. I think if you’re subjecting them … you wouldn’t take your kid to a strip club. It’s inappropriate. Its a form of visual sexual abuse,” said Collins.
Specifically, the group is protesting a Naples Pride event held on July 4th at Cambier Park that included drag kings and queens, as well as musical performances. Children were permitted.
“I disagree with a lot of stuff. When it starts to get forced upon our children I get more upset. I want to take action,” said Collins.
Naples Pride is a resource center based in Collier County for the LGBTQ+ community. The center offers a number of support and youth groups, as well as educational programming and large-scale events similar to the drag show.
“I said oh my god not again. It’s like, really? I couldn’t believe that some people just won’t let us be,” said Cori Craciun, the director of the Naples Pride Center.
Craciun said that this is not the first time an event they’ve planned has received backlash. However, they plan on continuing events in the future regardless of protestors.
“There’s nothing inappropriate about an entertainer dancing and singing. It’s the things you see at the theatre, the things you see when you go to a music festival. I don’t see anything different, kids go to concerts, kids go to football games where they see dancing cheerleaders in their costumes. Those costumes are no different,” said Craciun.
At this time there has not been any comment from the Naples City Council. There is no plan on any sort of ban on LGBTQ+ events or drag shows.
This is an ongoing story. Count on NBC2 for future updates. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/08/15/naples-drag-show-sparks-protest-and-calls-for-ban-on-shows-for-minors/ | 2022-08-15T23:57:47 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/08/15/naples-drag-show-sparks-protest-and-calls-for-ban-on-shows-for-minors/ |
My name is Candy and I am an 8-month-old cattle dog mix. I am a shy girl but I do warm up given just a bit of time. I do walk on a leash very well and am overall eager to learn. All of my siblings have been adopted, leaving me looking for my forever home by myself. I absolutely adore other dogs and it is highly recommended that you already own another dog for me to learn from and follow. I need someone patient who is willing to teach me and help me gain my confidence. I cannot go home with you if you don't meet with our trainer first, so if you want to meet me please come to the Coconino Humane Association on Wednesday-Saturday. See other pets up for adoption at coconinohumane.org.
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EL MIRAGE, Ariz. — Kids are back on campus at an El Mirage Elementary School Monday after their school was put on lockdown Friday morning.
Thompson Ranch Elementary School was put on lockdown after police said they received a call about a suspicious person at the school at 10:30 a.m.
Police said a man who was believed to have a handgun unsuccessfully attempted to gain access to the campus through an exterior door. The campus immediately went into lockdown, and police say the man fled, never having gained access to the building.
El Mirage Police said while officers continued to work on clearing the campus, parents began to arrive at the school while it was still in lockdown status.
Police said several parents attempted to force entry into the buildings past officers. It was at this time a man began an altercation with officers. Police say another man and a woman joined in the altercation. A video posted to social media shows two men being tased by officers.
Authorities said the two men, later identified as Vincent Castaneda, 22, and Jonathan Vincent Davis, 22, were taken into custody. The woman, later identified as Darlene Gonzales, 48, was transported the hospital to be treated for injuries she sustained in the scuffle.
In an interview with 12News, before her pending charges were announced by El Mirage police, Gonzales said she and her older son, Vincent Castaneda, were trying to get her daughter from school Friday afternoon when she said things took an unexpected turn.
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"I got a text from my daughter, she said. 'Mom, we're on lockdown right now and it's not a drill. There's somebody on campus trying to get in and he has a gun.' I told her to pay attention, listen to directions that mom is on her way, I'm not far."
Gonzales got to the campus and was told by police where to park and where to wait, in a spot across the street from the school.
She saw an officer come after her son Vincent, which is when things escalated.
"I put my hand in front and said hey, what are you doing? Why is this happening from that moment the commotion got real," she said. "I was trying to de-escalate what was happening and at the same time I was thinking they're going to hurt my son so I said, please listen."
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It shows an officer trying to grab her son, when people jump in to separate them. You then see an officer grab Gonzales by the arms and lead her off camera. She said that's when she was thrown to the ground.
At the same time, the handgun that belonged to Gonzales' son Vincent dropped to the sidewalk, which prompted officers to tase him.
"I got thrown," she said. "I felt like I lifted off the ground and when I fell the first that I hit my head and I bounced up and then the rest of my body, I blacked out for a very short amount of time."
Gonzales was taken on a stretcher to a nearby ambulance and was taken to a hospital. Her son Vincent was arrested and booked on several charges, including a weapons violation and obstruction.
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With safety as Dysart’s top priority, we are continually evaluating our protocols to ensure they are designed to keep our students, staff and campus environments safe and secure. Every situation is dynamic and requires a continual effort to balance our focus on immediately responding to the compounding situations as they occur, and keeping families informed as quickly as possible. It is important for parents to know that during emergency situations, Dysart only utilizes official communication channels to communicate with parents. These include email, phone, and/or text messages, depending on each parent's selected communication preferences.
For security purposes, we are unable to share specific details on our action plans and protocols, but parents should know that every Dysart school has an emergency response plan in place that has been reviewed and vetted by local police and fire officials, and meets the guidelines set forth by the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Division of Emergency Management."
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Many Afghan refugees in the metro are approaching the one-year anniversary of their arrival in the United States. This also marks an important deadline for their required documentation paperwork.
"This is a time of a lot of stress in the Afghan community right now," said Ann Naffier, who works as the managing attorney for the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice.
Her organization, along with the Drake Legal Clinic, Iowa Legal Aid and the Polk County Bar Association Volunteer Group have been working alongside refugee families to help them navigate the paperwork they need.
These families can apply for three types of status including a special immigrant visa, temporary protected status or asylum.
"Many Afghans will be applying for asylum," says Drake Law Refugee Clinic Co-Director Allison McCarthy. "Which is a path to permanent legal status in the United States and permanent protection."
"We've screened about 170 families," added Naffier. "And right now we have less than 15 pro bono attorneys who have stepped forward being willing to take on an asylum case. So clearly we have many, many families who right now do not have any representation."
And that heavy caseload comes as the clock is ticking down to many families' one-year deadline.
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SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — As the new school year gets underway, Sarasota County Schools is introducing the school district's athletic event bag policy requiring clear bags, according to an announcement on Monday.
As students, friends, parents and those attending athletic events show up to support their teams, guests should know only clear bags will make it through the doors.
Clear plastic, vinyl or PVC bags will be accepted and they cannot exceed 12" x 12" x 6", the school district says. Other acceptable containers include one-gallon clear plastic bags, a purse or small clutch that is about the size of a hand, with or without a handle or strap.
As a reminder, Sarasota County Schools says the following items are not allowed at athletic events:
Alcoholic beverages, animals, cans, glass, horns, laser pointers, open umbrellas, drones, strollers, tobacco products and weapons.
Just last week, Manatee County Schools also announced its clear bag policy for athletic events in addition to more safety precautions like wanding and a weapons detection system. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/sarasota-schools-clear-bag-policy/67-8f3e3a30-1c1f-4e41-bc22-1be5af46ae40 | 2022-08-16T00:05:15 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/sarasota-schools-clear-bag-policy/67-8f3e3a30-1c1f-4e41-bc22-1be5af46ae40 |
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