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NATALIA ANASTASOVSKI
BRISTOL — J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue will be hosting an exotic pet surrender event on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Pringle Nature Center, located at 9800 160th Ave. in Bristol.
“There’s no pound for fish. If you have an exotic animal that you need to re-home for any reason, you can’t just call the Humane Society and drop them off,” John Moyles, owner of J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue, said. “We want people to know that they have options when it comes to surrendering an exotic animal.”
Animals being accepted at the event include fish, invertebrates, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and exotic small mammals such as sugar gliders and hedgehogs.
No domestic animals, such as cats and dogs, will be accepted at the exotic pet surrender event.
Moyles first began working in the pet industry in 1994.
“The pet industry and my educational background in natural resources intersect with invasive species, and people releasing exotic pets into the wild,” said Moyles, “We want to inform people about the impacts these things have on their surroundings and provide resources to exotic pet owners.”
Educators from the Wisconsin Sea Grant and additional animal ambassadors will be present at Saturday’s event at the Nature Center to provide information on invasive species. Several exotic animals will also be on site for visitors to learn about, and take photos with. Staff at Pringle Nature Center will also be in attendance discussing the impacts of invasive species and releasing pets.
Any animal that is surrendered at the exotic pet surrender event will be available for adoption after a brief quarantine period either through J&R Aquatics or through one of its rescue network partners.
For more information on the event, or to see J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue’s current adoptable animals, head to jraar.org .
How to protect your dog from hot weather
How to protect your dog from hot weather
While sunny months may seem like an ideal time for dog owners to be out and about with their pets, the hot weather can be harmful to dogs. ManyPets analyzed research and reports from veterinary schools and other pet experts to compile a list of ways to protect your dog from hot weather.
The health issues dogs experience during the summer season underscore the dangers of extreme weather — pet parents need to be proactive about their dogs' safety. According to American Veterinary Medical Association research, hundreds of dogs die yearly from heat exhaustion after being left in hot cars. A U.K. study released in 2020 discovered that dogs are just as likely to die from exercise-induced heat stroke as they are from being left in hot cars.
Heat stroke in dogs is a potentially deadly condition, and with the rise in global temperatures, it might become more common. This condition in dogs usually occurs when body temperatures rise beyond 106 degrees Fahrenheit, even without previous signs of illness. However, a U.S. military study shows that working canines' temperatures may routinely approach 108 degrees Fahrenheit without causing harm. While military dogs can withstand extreme temperatures, other dogs, like flat-faced breeds and older dogs, are at greater risk of heat stroke.
As severe and extreme as heat stroke is, it is not the only dog health issue that accompanies hot weather. Heat cramps and heat exhaustion are less severe conditions that may arise. Common symptoms are excessive panting or difficulty breathing, fever, rapid pulse, and muscle tremors. Once these symptoms are observed, it is best to take your dog out of the sun into a cool environment.
Continue reading for seven ways to help keep your dog cool and protected during the hottest months of the year.
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Take them swimming
Nothing beats a cold dip on a bright and sunny day. Dogs love splashing in the water to cool down, and swimming is a terrific alternative to walking in the summer heat. Swimming is an excellent aerobic exercise that tones and strengthens a dog's muscles and cools the body down.
While swimming is fun for dogs, owners must take certain precautions to keep their pets safe. It's a common belief that all dogs can swim, but this is a myth. If a dog does not enjoy swimming, do not force them to do it, and never toss a dog into the water. Dogs can and do drown. Lakes and rivers can also be attractive swimming spots, as long as owners take care to observe the current at the river.
Dog owners also need to steer clear of areas with cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, which can cause severe neurological or liver damage. After swimming—whether in a pool, river, lake, or ocean—pet owners should always rinse off their dog with clean water to remove any chemicals or debris.
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Cover their paws
Sunny days often mean more play time for dogs, but owners must be mindful of the hazard to paws when the temperature rises. Common paving materials can reach 150 degrees Fahrenheit in the height of summer, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Asphalt surfaces, for example, absorb a great deal of the sun's heat and even contribute to the surrounding air temperature.
When owners walk their dogs on hot surfaces for too long, they risk getting pad burns, which can cause blistering, tissue loss, and severe pain. Find out whether the surface is too hot by pressing the back of your hand against the surface. If you can't hold it there for seven seconds, it's too hot for a dog's paws. Covering their paws with dog shoes, socks, Covering their paws with dog shoes, socks, or peel-and-stick pads help protect the paws from heat and injuries.
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Keep them groomed
In hot weather, regular grooming helps keep dogs cool. Although dogs do not sweat through their skin, grooming helps brush off dead or extra hair, leaving your dog with a thinner coat that is better for remaining cool. In the process, dog parents also get the chance to spot infections, allergies, fleas, and ticks.
A common misconception is that shaving a dog's hair helps keep them cool. It might sound surprising, but shaving has little effect on cooling them down; rather, it exposes the dog and its sensitive skin to health risks. When the temperature rises, a dog will naturally undergo a coat change (molting), meaning its thicker coat thins out. Therefore, instead of shaving, dog groomers advise trimming the hair. Shortening the hair reduces the heat trapped against the skin and helps the dog stay cool.
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Give them frozen treats
Cold treats can keep dogs happy and cool them down when they feel hot and listless. Dog owners can make tasty frozen treats with peanut butter, tuna, salmon, or other dog-friendly food.
As with any new treats, start with a modest quantity to ensure your dog's digestive system can manage the treat without leading to vomiting or diarrhea. Dog owners must also be mindful of the added calories to prevent their dogs from becoming obese or overweight. The frozen treats must be a suitable size for your dog; owners should not feed a little dog a chunky frozen treat because it might be a choking hazard. In these cases, smaller treats or even ice flakes are preferable. These are also beneficial for dogs—regardless of their size—who have a tendency to wolf down food.
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Limit walks to early mornings and evenings
Rain or sun, summer or winter, regular walks are necessary to help dogs exercise and stay healthy. Experts agree that taking your dog for a walk in temperatures up to 68 degrees Fahrenheit is generally safe.
But anything above 77 degrees Fahrenheit is regarded as risky. This is especially true for large-breed or flat-faced dogs, dogs that are very young or very old, pregnant dogs, and dogs that suffer from obesity or other underlying health problems. It's even possible for dogs to suffer heat stroke at temperatures as low as 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
The best time of the day to walk your dog is in the morning or evening when it's cooler. Taking a dog on a walk at these times reduces the risk of heat stroke, which can lead to severe and even life-threatening conditions like kidney failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, seizures, and other neurological issues. Walking your dog in the morning or evening also reduces the risk of dogs burning their paws on pavement.
Just keep in mind: While certain dogs are at higher risk, all dogs are vulnerable to heat-related health conditions, including heat stroke.
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Wrap them in a cool towel
The average body temperature of a dog is between 101 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit. If a dog's internal temperature reaches 104 degrees or above, it's an emergency, and indications of heat exhaustion may appear. Between 105 and 107 degrees, their thinking processes may be affected. Excessive panting is one of the first symptoms of heat exhaustion. Dogs, with their fur-covered bodies, release heat by panting. In cases of excessive heat, they are sometimes unable to remove heat quickly enough to cool themselves; this could lead to heat stroke or heat exhaustion.
To help dogs cool down, especially during the hot weather, owners can soak a towel in cool water—not ice cold water—and place it around their dog. The towel should not be left on the dog for too long because it can become hot and raise the dog's temperature instead of lowering it.
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Protect their skin from the sun
It's no secret dogs love being outside, but dog owners must safeguard their furry friends from harmful UV rays that can cause skin conditions. This is why protecting your pooch's skin is essential.
Sunscreen keeps pets safe from harmful rays. However, applying the incorrect type of sunscreen might also cause issues. Dog owners must only use sunscreen designed exclusively for dogs. These products do not include zinc oxide or para-aminobenzoic acid, compounds that are hazardous to dogs if consumed. A waterproof, odorless dog sunscreen with a sun protection factor of 30 is also recommended. For dog owners unable to find a suitable sunscreen, UV-blocking sun shirts are a good alternative.
This story originally appeared on ManyPets and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.
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ATLANTIC CITY — Police are looking for a man they say assaulted a paramedic Saturday at the TidalWave Music Festival on the beach.
The man was involved in a scuffle that resulted in a paramedic being assaulted, police said. The paramedic did not sustain serious injuries, Sgt. Paul Aristizabal said Tuesday.
Police released photographs of the man and provided a general description, saying he wore a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a black belt.
Anyone with information can call police at 609-347-5766 or text tip411 (847411), beginning the message with "ACPD."
GALLERY: TidalWave Music Festival in Atlantic City
Erin Kinsey performs in the Nashville tent.
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Nashville singer Landon Parker speaks about his experiences starting out in the music industry and what is coming next for him.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City. Nashville singer Landon Parker speaks about his experiences starting out in the music industry and what is coming next for him.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City. Nashville singer Landon Parker speaks about his experiences starting out in the music industry and what is coming next for him.
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Alexis Borbor and Vicki Long, of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, were excited to experience their second day of the festival.
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Tamara Baer and her daughter Rylie, 17, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, look for the perfect fit at a cowboy hat merch tent.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City. Keith Baker of Wilmington DE tries out a swimming with the sharks themed VR experience.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City. Jen Walsh takes a look at her freshly painted design art on her arm.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City. (l-r) Sisters Beverly Weaver and Deborah Blosnich, from Harrisburg, loved the ocean access while they listened to the live music.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City. Erin Kinsey performing in the Nashville tent.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City. Lindsey Eel and her band performing on the main stage.
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Lindsey Eel and her band perform on the main stage Saturday during the TidalWave Music Festival on the Atlantic City beach.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City. Lindsey Eel and her band performing on the main stage.
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Riley Green performs Friday during the inaugural TidalWave Music Festival on the Atlantic City beach.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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Scenes from the Tidal Wave Music Festival on Saturday by the Playground Pier in Atlantic City.
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CAPE MAY — Police are looking for a man who allegedly stole 100 feet of copper wire from an Atlantic City Electric construction site Aug. 7.
Police on Tuesday released photos taken from surveillance footage. They said the man appears to be white and was wearing sandals, a wool hat, a mask and a long-sleeve T-shirt with wording on the back.
The man used bolt cutters to open a chain link fence. He then grabbed the wire and fled in a light-colored sedan believed to possibly be a Honda Civic, police said.
Anyone with information can call police at 609-884-9500. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/cape-may-police-seek-wire-thief/article_2066dc46-1d7c-11ed-be93-0b97d4bf0c98.html | 2022-08-16T18:57:26 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/cape-may-police-seek-wire-thief/article_2066dc46-1d7c-11ed-be93-0b97d4bf0c98.html |
HAMMONTON — Detectives are investigating two "distraction burglaries" and an attempted third, police said Tuesday.
In a distraction burglary, a suspect tries to lure someone out of their home to gain access or have an accomplice enter through another location, such as a back door, police said.
Most distraction burglary victims are elderly, with the average age being 81, police said.
Without providing details about the incidents, police said they're looking for two suspects, one of whom is a 5-foot-7 white male last seen wearing black pants, a yellow bandana around his face and speaking a different language to another suspect on the phone.
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The suspects are believed to be driving a dark-colored Chrysler Town and Country registered in Pennsylvania, police said.
Until the suspects are caught, police are urging residents to be wary of possible distraction attempts by unexpected visitors.
Police said anyone who is lured outside their home should lock the door behind them or call a neighbor who can survey their property. They also should ask anyone identifying themselves as a municipal employee to present their identification card.
Anyone with information about the burglaries or who believes they may have been a victim should call police at 609-561-4000. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/hammonton-police-seek-2-in-distraction-burglaries/article_e4a70640-1d76-11ed-95b4-57ee92211831.html | 2022-08-16T18:57:32 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/hammonton-police-seek-2-in-distraction-burglaries/article_e4a70640-1d76-11ed-95b4-57ee92211831.html |
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state.
New positive cases: 1,837
New deaths: 10
Total positive cases: 2,250,999
Total number of deaths: 31,315
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,178,800
Rate of transmission: 0.9
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 63,375 cases, 970 deaths, 381,448 doses administered
Cape May: 12,610 cases, 269 deaths, 134,675 doses administered
Cumberland: 37,640 cases, 582 deaths, 187,368 doses administered
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Ocean: 153,194 cases, 2,895 deaths, 704,531 doses administered
Source: N.J. Department of Health
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VENTNOR — Police plan to crack down on driving under the influence via their annual end-of-summer "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign.
From Friday to the end of Labor Day, police will set up saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints, searching for drivers who may be intoxicated behind the wheel, police Chief Joseph Fussner said Monday in a news release.
Over the past five years, New Jersey has recorded more than 33,000 vehicle crashes tied to alcohol, resulting in 662 deaths, police said. Last year, 23% of all motor vehicle fatalities in New Jersey were alcohol related.
Nationally, 11,654 people died in 2020 in drunken-driving crashes, police said. The societal cost associated with these crashes is estimated to be $44 billion annually. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ventnor-police-preparing-dwi-checkpoints-as-labor-day-approaches/article_8e0897d2-1cbc-11ed-a89e-2fe6b74d5b22.html | 2022-08-16T18:57:45 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ventnor-police-preparing-dwi-checkpoints-as-labor-day-approaches/article_8e0897d2-1cbc-11ed-a89e-2fe6b74d5b22.html |
It's the end of summer, which is the time most families start preparing to send their children back to school. The Center of Disease Control says this is also a crucial time for healthcare providers to communicate to families about adding routine childhood and COVID-19 vaccinations to back-to-school checklists.
According to the CDC, during the 2020-2021 school year, vaccination coverage among kindergarteners nationwide dropped more than one percent. With most schools now back to in-person learning, efforts must be made to ensure:
- All school-aged children are up to date on their routine vaccines and have received recommended COVID-19 vaccines.
- Routine vaccination coverage is equitably distributed and sufficiently high to protect children, their families, and communities against vaccine-preventable diseases.
Since parents and guardians trust healthcare providers for information, they can also help families make the informed decision to vaccinate.
How healthcare providers can help make vaccines more accessible, according to the CDC:
- Send reminders to families whose children are behind on well-child visits and routine vaccinations.
- Notify families when children are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines.
- Tell them where they can find COVID-19 vaccine for their children if they're not offered in the office or clinic.
- Offer vaccine-only appointments or hold vaccination clinics.
- Administer COVID-19 vaccines at the same time as other routinely recommended vaccines, if recommended and appropriate.
The CDC says catch-up vaccination will require efforts from healthcare systems, healthcare providers, schools, state and local governments, and families by sharing the facts about routine and COVID-19 vaccines and answering families' questions using resources such as CDC's Quick Conversation Guide on COVID-19 Vaccines for Children.
Facts about routine vaccines
- Vaccines are safe and effective for your child to receive at the recommended age and the recommended dose.
- Did you know your child may be eligible for free vaccines? CDC's Vaccines for Children (VFC) program helps provide free vaccines to children who qualify.
- Getting your young child vaccinated may reduce disruptions to childcare and in-person learning and activities.
Facts about COVID-19 vaccines
- Clinical trials and ongoing safety monitoring show that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children 6 months and older.
- Emerging evidence indicates people can get added protection by getting vaccinated after having been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. So even if a child has had COVID-19, they should still get vaccinated.
- COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines can be given at the same visit.
The CDC also says that healthcare providers should make strong recommendations.
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Healthcare providers should be encouraged to use every visit - including well-child checks, sports physicals, and other appointments - as an opportunity to administer COVID-19 vaccines, as well as other vaccines that are due or might have been missed because of pandemic-related disruptions. Routine vaccination and well-child visits or check-ups are all key to helping keep children safely in school, childcare, and participating in other activities.
There is no way to tell in advance if a child will get a severe or mild case.
Vaccination is critical to helping protect those disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. They include children from certain racial and ethnic minority groups and children with disabilities.
For more information, visit the CDC. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/back-to-school-checklist-cdc-recommends-routine-covid-19-vaccinations/3049549/ | 2022-08-16T19:01:29 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/back-to-school-checklist-cdc-recommends-routine-covid-19-vaccinations/3049549/ |
The City of Mesquite is receiving a five-cent tax rate reduction after it was approved in the 2022-23 Budget meeting on Monday. The tax rate for Mesquite now stands at 0.65814.
Officials say the new budget reflects changes citizens hope to see like improved public safety, street repairs, and an overall vibrant economy.
"We are able to do this while setting a tax rate that is competitive with other cities in the area," said Daniel Aleman Jr. "We are a growing city and an aging city many needs. This budget will help us move forward in a number of areas."
The $306.7 million budget accounts for:
- A 3% salary increase for all employees and additional funding for market adjustments for competitive pay.
- Nine additional firefighter positions for a future station.
- Two additional police officers including an additional School Resource Officer for Horn High School.
- A bilingual communications position.
- Additional staffing for Economic Development, Municipal Court, Public Safety Dispatch, Solid Waste, Parks Maintenance, and Code Enforcement.
- Additional funding for roadways, parks, and public safety projects to accelerate the timeline for several much-needed projects.
Visit The City of Mesquite website to find more information about the budget and city finances. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/mesquite-2022-23-budget-includes-five-cent-tax-reduction/3049553/ | 2022-08-16T19:01:43 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/mesquite-2022-23-budget-includes-five-cent-tax-reduction/3049553/ |
A Fort Worth woman was shot in her apartment Tuesday while she was sleeping Fort Worth police reports.
Around 4 a.m., west division officers were accompanied by Fort Worth Fire Department and MedStar when they were sent to investigate a shooting at the Carmen Apartments.
When officials arrived, they discovered an adult female victim with a single gunshot wound to her upper chest.
Officers said the victim was asleep in her first floor bedroom when an unidentified suspect fired a shot, from the yard or road, hitting the victim.
The suspect then fled the scene. Officials are not sure whether the suspect was on foot or had a vehicle.
The victim was transported to Harris Hospital Downtown in stable condition.
Currently, no suspect is in custody and the gun violence unit detectives will now be in charge of this case. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/sleeping-fort-worth-woman-shot-in-her-home-police/3049509/ | 2022-08-16T19:01:49 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/sleeping-fort-worth-woman-shot-in-her-home-police/3049509/ |
Michigan hits COVID-19 spike as state adds 23,165 cases, 103 deaths over last week
The state added 23,165 cases and 103 deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, including totals from the previous six days, a 44% increase from last week, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Michigan reported an average of about 3,309 cases per day over the last seven days, a double-digit increase from 2,305 cases per day a week prior. On Aug. 9, the state said it had added 16,137 cases and 137 deaths from the virus in the previous week.
On Monday, the state reported that 1,004 adults and 33 pediatric patients were hospitalized with confirmed infections, an increase from last week's 969 adults and 22 children. Inpatient records were set on Jan. 10, when 4,580 adults were hospitalized with COVID.
On Monday in Michigan, about 6.4% of the state's hospital beds were filled with COVID-19 patients, and there was an average of 1,208 emergency room visits related to COVID-19 per day in the state. That compares with 24% of hospital beds being full and 2,889 daily emergency room visits due to the virus in the first week of January.
Between Aug. 5-11, about 21.5% of Michigan's COVID-19 tests returned positive.
All Metro Detroit health departments are following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that recommend indoor masking for public settings and K-12 schools as the rate of infection has grown from "medium" to "high."
Tuesday’s additions bring the state's overall totals to 2,731,787 cases and 37,774 deaths since the virus was first detected here in March 2020.
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Ten counties in Michigan this week are considered at a "high" level for the increased burden on health care or severe disease including Baraga, Crawford, Dickinson, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon, Otsego, Roscommon, Schoolcraft and St. Joseph.
The majority of Michigan counties have a "medium" transmission level, according to the state health department.
Case counts are well below early January, when the state set a new high mark with more than 20,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 per day.
In Michigan, variants of the virus have moved at a high rate, proving more contagious than past variants and infecting unvaccinated and vaccinated residents.
A new iteration of the omicron variant, BA.5, now is the dominant strain across the country, and thanks to its elusiveness when encountering the human immune system. The size of that wave is unclear because most people are testing at home or not testing at all.
Antibodies from vaccines and previous COVID infections offer limited protection against BA.5, leading experts to call it "the worst version of the virus that we've seen."
In Michigan, 308 cases of a rare inflammatory condition in children linked with the coronavirus have been reported to the CDC. About 63% of kids with the syndrome are admitted to intensive care units, and there have been five deaths.
As of Monday, just three outbreaks were reported over the prior week. The state is tracking 19 ongoing outbreak cases.
About 66% of state residents, or 6.6 million, have received their first doses of a vaccine, and 60% are fully vaccinated. More than 238,000 children ages 5-11 in Michigan, or 29%, have received their first dose of the vaccine.
More than 3.2 million individuals, or 35% of the eligible population, have received a vaccine booster in Michigan and 5.6 million are fully vaccinated.
U.S. regulators authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin this week. The Food and Drug Administration's panel unanimous recommend the shots from Moderna and Pfizer for children between 6 months and 5 years old.
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WOODSTOCK, Va. — A Virginia volunteer firefighter charged with setting fire to an abandoned building was with the first crew to arrive on the scene, an investigator said Monday.
Assistant Fire Marshal Joe Loving said investigators retrieved surveillance video of a man in front of the building about 30 minutes before the fire was reported and his “very distinct” clothing led them to a suspect, WHSV-TV reported.
Investigators noted that Ray Kerns, a member of the Woodstock Fire Department, was wearing matching clothing, officials said. Loving said Monday that Kerns was with the first crew to arrive on the scene, The Northern Virginia Daily reported.
Kerns confessed to starting the fire and gave investigators information about the fire that only the person who started it would know, Loving said. Kerns was arrested and charged with burning or destroying any other building and intentionally destroying, defacing or damaging a building, both felonies. The Woodstock Fire Department released a statement saying Kerns has been suspended.
Kerns, 36, of Toms Brook appeared Monday in Shenandoah County General District Court and was denied bond. Online court records note that Kerns is represented by a public defender, however Winchester Public Defender Timothy Coyne declined to comment.
“The next step in the investigation will be to determine if there’s any other parties involved, if he acted alone, if there are other incidents that are unsolved related and, you know, obviously we’re working in conjunction with Woodstock (Police Department) in the ongoing investigation related to that building,” Loving said.
The building that was destroyed is owned by Lena Frances Keegan, officials said. Keegan is the subject of a missing person investigation that began last year and law enforcement had searched that property and two others in June, the newspaper reported. Loving said he couldn’t comment on whether or not the fire is connected to the missing person case. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/firefighter-charged-with-setting-fire-to-abandoned-building/2022/08/16/f2ade3cc-1d8e-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | 2022-08-16T19:05:17 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/firefighter-charged-with-setting-fire-to-abandoned-building/2022/08/16/f2ade3cc-1d8e-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A 19-year-old woman was injured in a shooting Monday night at Joe Harris Park near Bethune-Cookman University, according to police.
Officers responded to the west side of the park near the basketball court located at 315 Pearl St. around 10:30 p.m., an incident report reads.
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Upon arrival, investigators said they found a woman shot in the leg and transported her to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. People ran in different directions following the shooting, but no others injuries were reported at this time, according to officers.
According to an incident report, video shows a man approached the basketball court before shooting at several people and running away. Police also added there were multiple shooters involved.
Investigators said they found 17 casings on the ground near the sidewalk and parking area, as well as cars with bullet holes through the windows.
One of the cars in the park lot was a gray 2006 Honda with a dog inside, the report shows. When the owner of the vehicle returned, he told police he was unable to start his car before the shooting happened and left the park, according to investigators.
Officers said due to a video showing a possible shooter entering and leaving shortly after the shooting, the Honda was towed away as a potential suspect vehicle.
Officers are still searching for the shooters and an investigation is underway.
This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A lockdown prompted by a homicide investigation has been lifted for three schools in Daytona Beach, according to Volusia County Schools.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Beachside Elementary School, Lourdes Academy and Riverview Alternative Education Center were on lockdown due to police activity on Grandview Avenue, the district said.
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A spokesperson with the district said around 2:30 p.m. that the lockdown was lifted for all three schools.
Daytona Beach police said the homicide happened near 315 Glenview Blvd.
Officers have shut down Halifax Avenue between Seabreeze Boulevard and University Boulevard. They have also shut down Peninsula Drive between Seabreeze Boulevard and University Boulevard.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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CLERMONT, Fla. – An 81-year-old man who was injured in a shootout with Clermont police has died, according to the department.
The Clermont Police Department said Wallace Sims Wainwright died on Tuesday. The Clermont Fire Department and Lake EMS responded to a mobile home complex on Aug. 6 after receiving a medical call for Wainwright’s wife.
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The department said Wainright began shooting at crews, prompting police to respond to the home. Clermont officers were shot at as soon as they arrived, police said. Wainwright stopped shooting upon being struck by an officer who returned fire, a news release said.
Police released the body camera video showing the shootout. The video shows police loudly demanding several times that the man in the doorway, identified by police as Wallace Sims Wainwright, drop his gun. Then the officer is heard saying, “He’s aiming it,” followed by the sound of gunshots.
Wainwright was taken to the hospital following the shooting, where he died over a week later.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Daytona Beach Police Department is set to hold a public vigil Wednesday night, marking a year since one of its officers died after being shot in the line of duty.
Officer Jason Raynor, 26, was shot in the head on June 23, 2021, when investigating a suspicious vehicle.
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Raynor, who had been with the Daytona Beach Police Department for about three years, was rushed to Halifax Health in critical condition before succumbing to his injuries nearly two months later on Aug. 17.
He was laid to rest on Aug. 23 in a tribute that took place across Volusia County.
The suspected shooter, Othal Wallace, was arrested after a multi-state manhunt 56 hours after the shooting and will now stand trial for the crime in April 2023.
The Daytona Beach Police Department recently honored Raynor on June 23 of this year, marking one year since the shooting. The department said its officers would be wearing a badge to honor Raynor from that date until the vigil on Wednesday.
Raynor’s family released the following statement one year after his death:
We have mourned what has been the most tragic loss of our lives. Every second of every day feels like groundhogs day. With each day that passes, our feelings remain the same. Our brother, and son, was taken from us by someone who had motive from the start. Violence and hate was the motivator. In 29 seconds, someone made a decision that put Jason to endure 55 days of pain and suffering until he was called home. We promise that Jason’s name will never be forgotten and we will continue to fight for him. Thank you to the community for your continued strength, prayers and love towards our family. We feel that regardless of the trial, one ultimately has to face their creator, who knows the truth.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A search is underway on Tuesday for a man accused of shooting a 30-year-old woman to death in Daytona Beach, according to the police department.
The Daytona Beach Police Department said the fatal shooting happened at 11:56 a.m. near Glenview Boulevard. Officers found Karli Elliott, who was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead.
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Police said officers are looking for Chad Keene, 37, in the shooting and said he was last seen near 315 Glenview Blvd.
Halifax Avenue is closed between Seabreeze and University boulevards as police continue investigating.
Police also shut down Peninsula Drive in that area.
Three schools in the area — Beachside Elementary School, Lourdes Academy and Riverview Alternative Education Center — were on lockdown, but Volusia County Schools said around 2:30 p.m. the lockdown was lifted.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more information as we receive it.
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— Daytona Beach Police (@DaytonaBchPD) August 16, 2022
The heavy police presence on the beachside is us investigating a homicide near 315 Glenview. We have temporarily shut down Halifax Ave. between Seabreeze Blvd and University Blvd. We will send out an update as soon as possible.
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Salem man, passenger die in crash on Highway 293
Dejania Oliver
Salem Statesman Journal
A Salem man is dead after a single-vehicle car crash last week on Highway 293 in Wasco County.
Oregon State Police said a Chevrolet Cobalt operated by Elijah Wilson, 23, of Salem, was southbound on the highway on Aug. 10 and left the road for unknown reasons. The car went down an embankment and crashed into a tree on private property.
Wilson and a passenger, Tabitha Scott, 24, of Newberg, were declared dead at the scene.
The crash was reported to law enforcement by the landowner who found the vehicle on his property. An investigation revealed the vehicle was reported stolen earlier in the day.
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/2022/08/16/salem-man-elijah-wilson-passenger-tabitha-scott-dies-fatal-crash-highway-293-oregon-stolen-car/65406059007/ | 2022-08-16T19:10:02 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/salem-man-elijah-wilson-passenger-tabitha-scott-dies-fatal-crash-highway-293-oregon-stolen-car/65406059007/ |
Salem teen dies in crash on I-5 near Woodburn that stopped traffic Monday
An 18-year-old Salem man is dead after a crash with a semitruck near Woodburn on Interstate 5 on Monday afternoon that closed southbound traffic on the freeway for about two and a half hours.
Jacob Hernandez-Arellano, 18, of Salem, was driving southbound in a Honda Civic and made a lane change from the left lane to the middle lane of the freeway, according to Oregon State Police.
The car went into the path of a semitruck with a trailer operated by Jasvir Singh, 52, of Yuba City, California. The vehicles crashed and Hernandez-Arellano was pronounced dead at the scene.
Law enforcement responded to the crash on Monday around 2:40 p.m. Two lanes of I-5 southbound reopened 4 miles north of Woodburn to traffic at about 6 p.m. after the crash.
The passenger in the Honda Civic had non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a Salem hospital. Singh was not injured.
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/2022/08/16/salem-teen-dies-in-i-5-crash-near-woodburn-that-stopped-traffic-monday/65406106007/ | 2022-08-16T19:10:08 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/salem-teen-dies-in-i-5-crash-near-woodburn-that-stopped-traffic-monday/65406106007/ |
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP — Porter County police say an intoxicated driver tailgated a motorcyclist and then pushed her off her bike once they came to a stop sign.
The motorcyclist reportedly told police she was driving eastbound on County Road 700 North shortly before 5 p.m. Monday when a black vehicle began tailgating her.
As the vehicle came extremely close, the motorcyclist said she gave the driver the middle finger, according to the incident report. When the biker stopped for a sign at County Road 50 West, she said the tailgating driver, later identified as Makayla Martin, 23, of Kouts, exited her vehicle and shoved her to the ground.
A witness who lives in the area supported the story given by the motorcyclist, police said.
Martin, who smelled of alcohol and had watery eyes, reportedly told police she was just trying to speak to Martin because she too had driven motorcycles.
"Makayla, through slurred speech, told me that she was tailgating (the motorcyclist) because she was attempting to protect (her)," police said.
Martin claimed the motorcyclist had been the one to approach and was pounding on her vehicle window forcing her to exit, police said. She said she shoved the biker "to get her away."
Martin's blood alcohol content was found to be 0.156, or nearly twice the legal limit, according to police.
Martin, who reportedly voiced threats toward the biker while on the way to the county jail, faces criminal charges of operating while intoxicated and battery.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
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Teddia “Teddy” Caldwell formally pleaded guilty to two of 20 felony counts he faces — conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine between 2016 and 2018 and ordering a fatal 2017 robbery.
A father gunned down a man at a park Saturday because he suspected the man pulled his 10-year-old son’s hair and threw basketballs at him during the child’s earlier visit to a Hammond park. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/motorcyclist-flips-the-bird-prompting-assault-by-intoxicated-woman-police-say/article_ba279ab8-af9e-5cbd-aa26-91e03038d532.html | 2022-08-16T19:10:55 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/motorcyclist-flips-the-bird-prompting-assault-by-intoxicated-woman-police-say/article_ba279ab8-af9e-5cbd-aa26-91e03038d532.html |
Looking back 150 years at the three men who helped established Hutchinson
Multiple people from Hutchinson helped to establish its 150-year history. Several were known as city founders.
From C. C. Hutchinson founding the town in 1871 to Frank Colladay beginning a century-old hardware company, many members of the early Hutchinson community created a city to last.
"(Hutchinson) wasn't worried about just establishing a town as quick as he possibly could — he was interested in setting up a town that was going to continue to grow without having growing pains," said Reno County Museum chief curator David Reed.
Frank Colladay
In 1885, Colladay arrived in Hutchinson on the Santa Fe Railroad. He was heading to California, but after stepping off the train car, he decided to remain in Kansas and establish a company.
Colladay began a hardware retail store at 16 N. Main St. in Hutchinson in 1888. He named it Frank Colladay Hardware.
"He was able to expand his reach far beyond the county and saw the demands of what the state was going to need as far as materials and tools," Reed said. "The things that a growing population was going to need to help establish themselves."
According to the Reno County Museum's archives, Colladay sold general hardware, stoves, sheet metals, sporting goods, cutlery, horse saddles and accessories and manufactured a full line of harnesses and straps for farm work.
He expanded into Texas and New Mexico, sending his sales team across state lines.
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Emerson Carey
According to a biography written by Teresa Chansler in 1974, Carey began his business in Hutchinson with a coal mining company in partnership with a man known as R. E. Conn in 1885. By 1887, the company changed to Carey, Beers and Lee.
Carey and his business partners grew Carey, Beers and Lee for three years until 1890.
Frequent land trades in Hutchinson caused a land collapse, straining local banks and driving wheat prices up to 30 cents a bushel .
"Right there, I learned my first real business lesson. It was: never borrow money to buy something you don't need," Carey stated in the biography. "In 1890, I got my second lesson. It was this: Remember that, nine times out of 10, a poor man cannot afford to pay interest."
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After selling his properties to pay off his debts, Carey recovered and began his next business, an ice manufacturing company.
The business began in 1895, but Carey quickly turned to salt several years later.
The Santa Fe Railroad and two other rail lines in Hutchinson aided Carey with his business, utilizing it for trade and shipments across the state.
Carey began Carey Salt Company in May 1901, according to Willard Welsh's 1946 book "Hutchinson, a Prairie City in Kansas," despite threats from the other salt companies that were already established in Hutchinson.
He utilized the profits from his coal and ice manufacturing businesses to keep Carey Salt Company afloat — today, it continues in the exact location of Strataca in Hutchinson.
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C. C. Hutchinson
Hutchinson, the city's namesake, visited its soon to be location on the Arkansas River in the summer of 1871. He was a Santa Fe Railroad Company surveyor.
According to literature by Fred Henney in a pamphlet titled "The Hutchinson Story" from 1950, Hutchinson created the city's first draft.
"Hutchinson made a rough draft of a townsite not quite one-mile square. A wide Main Street was intersected at the center by a street to be called Sherman, after a lovely Vermont girl, Gertrude Sherman," Henney wrote. "Two years later, she became Mr. Hutchinson's wife."
Reed said that Hutchinson aimed to create a prohibition city, so he banned saloons in town, trying to rid it of criminals.
According to Welsh, Hutchinson and earlier settlers wanted to create a city founded on peace so the town could grow without the hindrances of crime.
"He saw the potential where the town was, which is why I think he fought so hard for it to become the county seat," Reed said.
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DETROIT, Mich. (WJRT) - Tuesday marks 35 years since one of the worst airplane crashes in Michigan's history.
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 went down just seconds after taking off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport bound for Phoenix. The flight originated in Mid-Michigan before stopping in Detroit.
The crash killed 156 people, but one person survived -- a 4-year-old girl. Pieces of the aircraft were strewn across I-94.
Years later, investigators confirmed the cause of the crash was from a pilot who failed to extend the plane's wing flaps.
Family members of the victims lobbied for tougher air safety rules and in 1994 convinced Congress to pass an act that helps the relatives of crash victims. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/tuesday-marks-35-years-since-northwest-airlines-crash-in-detroit/article_0706a890-1d85-11ed-a7d7-43807287463b.html | 2022-08-16T19:14:38 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/tuesday-marks-35-years-since-northwest-airlines-crash-in-detroit/article_0706a890-1d85-11ed-a7d7-43807287463b.html |
The Richmond Education Association is set to begin its initial contract negotiations with the school district next month.
Last December, the Richmond School Board became the first in the state to grant collective bargaining rights to its teachers and staff. In April, the School Board certified the results of the exclusive bargaining representative election which, as a result, named the Richmond Education Association as the representative for four bargaining units: teachers, instructional assistants, care and safety, and food and nutrition employees.
Collective bargaining, as defined by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, “is the process in which working people, through their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment, including pay, benefits, hours, leave, job health and safety policies, ways to balance work and family, and more.”
At Monday’s School Board meeting, RPS Chief of Staff Michelle Hudacsko said that members of the superintendent's administration met in July with REA and representatives of each of the four units to discuss potential collective bargaining topics. All present agreed to the bargaining topics of compensation and the definition of additional duties/compensation for additional duties.
The School Board did not have any questions or comments related to collective bargaining Monday.
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Prior to a Richmond school board meeting at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, Richmond Public Schools superintendent Jason Kamras, third from left, posed for a photo with teachers and supporters of collective bargaining. They attended the meeting to push that agenda. School board chair Cheryl Burke, fourth from left, was also in the photo. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/collective-bargaining-for-richmond-public-school-units-begins-next-month/article_88cfe784-2d8d-5573-85c2-5382f9e9a3ff.html | 2022-08-16T19:20:19 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/collective-bargaining-for-richmond-public-school-units-begins-next-month/article_88cfe784-2d8d-5573-85c2-5382f9e9a3ff.html |
What to Know
- Nine members and associates of organized crime families -- including a Nassau County detective -- were charged Tuesday on racketeering, illegal gambling and other charges, federal prosecutors said.
- According to court filings, members of the Genovese and Bonanno organized crime families operated a number of illegal gambling operations in New York City and Long Island.
- "The defendants tried to hide their criminal activity by operating from behind the cover of a coffee bar, a soccer club, and a shoe repair shop, but our Office and our law enforcement partners exposed their illegal operations," United States Attorney Breon Peace said in a Tuesday statement.
Nine members and associates of organized crime families -- including a Nassau County detective -- were charged Tuesday on racketeering, illegal gambling and other charges, federal prosecutors announced.
According to court filings, members of the Genovese and Bonanno organized crime families operated a number of illegal gambling operations in New York City and Long Island.
Beginning in at least May 2012, the Genovese and Bonanno families jointly operated a lucrative illegal gambling operation in a café located in Lynbrook, New York, prosecutors allege.
The Genovese crime family also operated illegal gambling locations at a shoe repair site, an Italian social club, and a soccer club.
The profits from these locations were allegedly laundered through cash transfers to the accused and to the crime families’ leaders.
Additionally, the alleged acting captain in the Genovese crime family was also charged with operating an illegal online gambling scheme in which sports bets were placed on “PGWLines" -- a website he used to allegedly extort an individual who lost several thousand dollars in bets. Prosecutors alleged that in an October 2019, he instructed another individual to relay a new message to a delinquent debtor: “Tell him I’m going to put him under the f------g bridge.”
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Court filings in the case also allege that a detective with the Nassau County Police Department accepted money from the Bonanno crime family in exchange for arranging police raids of competing gambling locations. The detective was charged with obstructing a grand jury investigation by federal prosecutors and lying to the FBI.
“Today’s arrests of members from two La Cosa Nostra crime families demonstrate that the Mafia continues to pollute our communities with illegal gambling, extortion, and violence while using our financial system in service to their criminal schemes,” United States Attorney Breon Peace said in a Tuesday statement.
“The defendants tried to hide their criminal activity by operating from behind the cover of a coffee bar, a soccer club, and a shoe repair shop, but our Office and our law enforcement partners exposed their illegal operations. Even more disturbing is the shameful conduct of a detective who betrayed his oath of office and the honest men and women of the Nassau County Police Department when he allegedly aligned himself with criminals," Peace went on to say. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/9-mob-associates-including-nassau-cop-charged-with-racketeering-other-crimes-feds/3826889/ | 2022-08-16T19:23:23 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/9-mob-associates-including-nassau-cop-charged-with-racketeering-other-crimes-feds/3826889/ |
The closure of southbound Huguenard Road between Washington Center and Goshen roads has been extended through Thursday, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
A southbound detour uses Lima Road and Coliseum Boulevard, the city's traffic engineering department said in a statement.
For questions or to report problems, contact the city's right of way department at 427-6155. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/southbound-huguenard-road-closure-extended/article_b4e6a5d0-1d8c-11ed-86c5-3ff13b2a6b87.html | 2022-08-16T19:31:31 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/southbound-huguenard-road-closure-extended/article_b4e6a5d0-1d8c-11ed-86c5-3ff13b2a6b87.html |
ODFW is looking for two hunter representatives to serve on the Access and Habitat Program’s Southwest Region Council. Positions are voluntary.
The Southwest region covers Douglas, Coos, Curry, Jackson, and Josephine counties and applicants should live or work in these counties. Council members participate in up to four public meetings yearly in various communities in this region.
At the meetings, council members review and consider funding A&H project proposals and conduct other business. A&H projects open private land to hunting access or improve wildlife habitat for game animals.
The A&H Program is funded by a $4 surcharge on hunting licenses and the sale of deer and elk raffle entries and auction tags. Over the years, the program opened millions of acres of private land to hunting and has improved game animal habitat. Find A&H properties available to hunt at http://oregonhuntingmap.com/#/map
For information, contact Dylan Edwards, A&H Southwest Council regional coordinator, at 541-857-2408. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/access-and-habitat-board-members-sought-for-southwest-oregon/article_21582c56-1c0d-11ed-b4ff-376ca6d8134d.html | 2022-08-16T19:31:31 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/access-and-habitat-board-members-sought-for-southwest-oregon/article_21582c56-1c0d-11ed-b4ff-376ca6d8134d.html |
CARLISLE, Pa. — A group of Carlisle businesses will host a Back To School Pop-Up Shop Saturday in Memorial Park, Rebellious Rose Fashions announced Tuesday.
The shop will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the park, located at 149 W. Penn St.
Hosted by local residents and business owners Lakeyva Davis and Aunye Stackfield, this event will feature backpack and school supply giveaways, minority-owned businesses, food vendors, and plenty of activities for the kids.
Davis and Stackfield previously hosted the Unity in the Community October Festival last year as a way to highlight minority-owned small businesses in the Carlisle community. That event was a success, so they began planning the next one, this time with children in mind, organizers said.
With the Back to School Pop-Up, Davis and Stackfield aim to host a fun event for kids to celebrate the start of school, as well as provide them with much-needed school supplies.
“We just want to give back to the community and give the kids what we were given when we were growing up,” the organizers said.
In addition to the business and food vendors, the Back to School Pop-Up will feature plenty of games and entertainment for kids. There will be a bounce house and a dunk tank at the event, as well as a D.J. and free popcorn, cotton candy, and water ice.
Local barbers will be providing free haircuts to school-aged boys.
Due to time commitments, preregistration was held for girls, and over 20 girls will receive free hairstyles at the event, according to organizers.
Every child in attendance will also receive a free backpack and school supplies. No sign-up or registration is required for children to receive backpacks and supplies, organizers said.
The Back to School Pop-Up could not take place without donations and support from local businesses and organizations. The organizers wish to thank Carlisle Hope Station, Carlisle Events, Carlisle Borough and the Borough’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission, West Street AME ZionChurch, American Legion Post 826, Eastern Stars, the Hamilton Restaurant, and community leaders for their generosity.
They also wish to thank members of the community who donated backpacks and school supplies.
“We are thrilled and grateful that this event is happening,” said Mayor Sean Shultz. "It's a win for the kids while supporting black-owned businesses that were disproportionately hurt by the pandemic, and it's another step on the path to a stronger Carlisle."
Davis and Stackfield said they are looking forward to hosting more events in the future.
“Now that we have the backing and support from several community leaders, we want to continue to be a platform for local black business owners to show the community what they have to offer,” they said.
West Penn Street will be closed at the intersections of North Pitt and North West Streets from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the day of the event.
Convenient parking is available on-street, at the Professional and Educational Empowerment Center building, 219 North Pitt Street, and at the Carlisle Police Department, 240 Lincoln Street. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/carlisle-back-to-school-pop-up-shop-august-20/521-895b450c-8ed5-46e1-884a-3195f8c39956 | 2022-08-16T19:33:24 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/carlisle-back-to-school-pop-up-shop-august-20/521-895b450c-8ed5-46e1-884a-3195f8c39956 |
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Spring Garden Township Police want residents to avoid being victimized by thieves after a series of thefts from vehicles occurred recently in the Elmwood neighborhood.
In every one of the reported thefts, police say, the vehicles involved were unlocked.
The department shared videos of the recent incidents on its Crimewatch page.
"We would remind our residents when leaving your vehicle unattended, LOCK YOUR DOORS, CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AND REMOVE YOUR KEYS/FOBS, including spares, from your vehicles," the police department said in a press release. "Additionally, avoid leaving valuables inside your vehicle where passersby can see them."
Police also advise residents to stay alert for suspicious activity in their neighborhoods.
"If you see someone or something that looks out of place, please contact the police department by dialing 911," the department said. "Be smart. Be safe. Don't be an easy target."
Anyone with information about the recent incidents in Elmwood is asked to contact Spring Garden Township Police Officer Robert Lusk at (717) 843-0851 or RLusk@sgtpd.org. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/spring-garden-police-unlocked-vehicle-thefts/521-2a2e641a-19b4-4d85-952f-1732be22ea8a | 2022-08-16T19:33:25 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/spring-garden-police-unlocked-vehicle-thefts/521-2a2e641a-19b4-4d85-952f-1732be22ea8a |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A death investigation is underway after a Portland man was found dead on Highway 30 on Saturday, authorities said.
In a release on Tuesday, Oregon State Police said troopers responded at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday to the highway near milepost 89. Once there, troopers say they found 32-year-old Kevin Lilly deceased.
Anyone that saw a maroon Mercedes passenger car in the area between midnight and 2:30 a.m. is asked to contact OSP at *677 or 800-442-0776 and reference case number SP22-210574.
Officials did not immediately release the cause or manner of Lilly’s death.
OSP and the Clatsop County Major Crime Team are handling the investigation. | https://www.koin.com/local/death-investigation-underway-after-body-of-portland-man-found/ | 2022-08-16T19:35:26 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/death-investigation-underway-after-body-of-portland-man-found/ |
What to Know
- A strong rotten eggs-like smell wafted across parts of South Jersey and South Philadelphia last week.
- The smell came from multiple release of a chemical from a trailer at the TA Travel Center truck stop on Berkley Road in Paulsboro Tuesday.
- The chemical released was Lubrizol-1389 (Zinc alkyldithiophosphate), officials said.
As the rotten-egg smell caused by a chemical release continues to waft in parts of South Jersey, a lawsuit has been filed against the trucking company and maker of the chemical causing the stench and a town hall is planned to address residents' concerns.
A woman filed the suit against TransChem USA and the Lubrizol Corporation Monday in U.S. District Court in Texas. Gina Slavin-Borgesi's suit on behalf of herself and a minor. The suit seeks $1 million in damages.
Slavin-Borgesi chose not to comment further about the suit when reached for comment by NBC10 Tuesday.
A Lubrizol spokesman said the company does not comment on pending litigation. A message was also left for TransChem USA, the trucking company, seeking comment about the lawsuit.
The chemical leak that caused a rotten smell to stink up parts of South Jersey and downwind from a truck stop off Interstate 295 was contained, authorities said Thursday. But the smell continued to waft in some areas on Tuesday.
In recent days, the Gloucester County Office of Emergency Management has called it a "complex situation."
Emergency officials said they received "hundreds" of calls Wednesday from residents in Gloucester and Camden counties reporting a strong chemical odor outside. People even reported that the bad smell had wafted across the Delaware River into South Philadelphia.
The incident occurred at the TA Travel Center in Paulsboro off I-295. Officials said air quality testing showed, that while it may stink, the smell was not unsafe.
"The chemical, Lubrizol-1389 (Zinc alkyldithiophosphate), expels a nuisance odor that may linger for some time," officials in nearby Camden County said in a news release Thursday. "However, Haz-Mat Technicians have monitored and tested the air quality of the immediate incident scene as well as all surrounding areas that have experienced the odor. The results of the testing have confirmed that there is no risk to the public."
The stench lingered for days, even after Camden County officials said shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday that the chemical leak from a tractor-trailer was finally contained. HAZMAT crews had surrounded the truck since Wednesday afternoon and at least two controlled releases of a chemical identified as a fuel additive occurred, officials said.
"After initial maneuvers the Tanker was immediately placed back into the monitor and vapor recovery phase of this project prior to any next planned maneuvers," Gloucester County OEM said Sunday afternoon. "The residual product along side of the tanker was part of the initial vapor releases."
In a statement posted to the Gloucester County Emergency Management's Facebook page, TransChem and CTEH, an environmental consulting firm, claimed the smell has been caused by Hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans, which are colorless gases "often used in various industrial processes."
"Simply because a person can smell these compounds in the air does not mean their exposure in harmful," the FAQ's posted on Facebook said.
Emergency officials said the smell was coming from a trailer "venting off large amounts of gas."
Lubrizol-1389 can cause eye and skin irritation, officials said.
The chemical is manufactured by Lubrizol Corp., which is a Berkshire Hathaway company headquartered in Ohio. The company has a chemical plant in Pedrickstown, New Jersey.
"Lubrizol is aware of the incident in Paulsboro, New Jersey, involving Transchem USA, an independent trucking company, which was transporting product manufactured by Lubrizol. The trucking company is investigating the incident and leading the response with local authorities," a company spokesman said in an email last week. "Lubrizol specialists are on site offering expertise on the chemistry of our product to support our transportation supplier and to coordinate with first responders and local health officials. We continue to closely monitoring the situation."
Lubrizol-1389 is used as a lubricant in machine parts, according to the American Chemical Society.
"Zinc dialkyl dithiophosphates (ZDDPs) are very effective antiwear agents that are used as machine lubricants (e.g., greases, hydraulic oils, and motor oils), including applications in the automotive industry," the ACS said on its website.
The tanker truck was carrying 7,000 pounds of the chemical.
In response to the ongoing smell and concerns from the community, a town hall meeting was planned in East Greenwich township Tuesday night at 6. People could join the event in person or on Zoom.
Meeting organizers asked that people submit questions in advance of Tuesday's meeting.
A hotline has also been set up from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can call the GC OEM call center at 856-384-6800.
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Emergency crews have removed a tractor-trailer that became stuck under a bridge in Winslow Township, Camden County.
A photo released by Winslow Township Police showed the truck wedged under the bridge on Tuesday afternoon.
Fleming Pike was closed for hours between South Egg Harbor Road and White House Pike while crews worked to remove the truck, according to Winslow Township Police. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/crews-remove-truck-stuck-under-bridge-in-camden-county/3337034/ | 2022-08-16T19:39:28 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/crews-remove-truck-stuck-under-bridge-in-camden-county/3337034/ |
WATERLOO — A Waterloo man has been arrested for allegedly threatening hospital staff with a knife last week.
Police arrested Jason Coyne Russell, 41, of 919 Conger St., on Monday on a charge of assault on health care workers while displaying a weapon, a felony. Bond was set at $7,500.
Police allege that on Thursday morning Russell was carrying a filet knife and threatened staff at MeryOne Waterloo Medical Center, 3421 W. Ninth St., telling them to get back.
Officers found Russell walking in a grassy area off of San Marnan Drive. Police told him to drop the knife, and he told police “get back or you’re going to get cut.”
Police used a Taser to detain him.
PHOTOS: Doggie Dip at The Falls 2022
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Photos from the Doggie Dip at The Falls Aquatic Center in Cedar Falls on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022.
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WATERLOO — Bob and Betty Hellman are bringing their passion for youth athletics and love of Waterloo together through the establishment of the Hellman Family Fund at the Waterloo Community Foundation.
Their fund will benefit youth athletics, including facilities, throughout the city to ensure future generations have thriving programs to enjoy.
“Our wish is that this fund will provide the boys and girls in the Cedar Valley the opportunity to play sports and to learn from teamwork,” Betty Hellman said in a news release.
Youth athletics, especially baseball, has been a lifelong interest for Bob Hellman. Growing up on the east side of Waterloo near the current location of Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence, he has many fond memories of playing little league baseball in the community.
“Having been involved with little league baseball from its inception in 1947 and experiencing the great times this sport provided, we are pleased to be supporters in any way we can to help young men and women experience the thrills I did many years ago,” Bob Hellman said.
After a successful career as founder and chairman of Hellman, a Waterloo advertising agency, he wanted to give back to the game he loves. An opportunity arose to build a ball field at Cunningham School. The completion of Hellman Field sparked excitement in the community and he was inspired to develop high-quality ballparks in other needed areas.
He founded Build Our Ballpark, an organization that builds and refurbishes baseball and softball fields in largely low-income neighborhoods. In the 14 years since it was established, Build Our Ballpark has built or restored 59 playing fields in 13 communities and three states – 18 of which are in Waterloo.
Learn more about the Waterloo Community Foundation by calling (319) 883-6022 or going online to wloocommunityfoundation.org .
Photos: 2022 UNI Football Media Day
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Deion and Vance McShane pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterback Theo Day poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Teammates egg on linebacker Spencer Cuvelierposes as he posees for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterbacks Theo Day and Matt Morrissey pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp III and his father Benny Sapp Jr. pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Linebacker Spencer Cuvelier poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Head Coach Mark Farley speaks during a press conference during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Tristan Roper poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Players pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Players goof around and pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Tristan Roper poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Teammates egg on linebacker Spencer Cuvelierposes as he posees for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Linebacker Bryce Flater poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterback Matt Morrissey poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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The new University of Northern Iowa football team meeting room overlooking the UNI-Dome.
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Defensive lineman Devin Rice poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Matthew Vanderslice poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Nick Ellis poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Korby Sander poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive lineman Caden Houghtelling poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Linebacker Spencer Cuvelier poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Takulve Williams poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Placekicker Matthew Cook poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp III and his father Benny Sapp Jr. pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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The new University of Northern Iowa football team meeting room overlooking the UNI-Dome.
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Wide receiver Quan Hampton poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterback Matt Morrissey poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Head Coach Mark Farley speaks during a press conference during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Matthew Vanderslice poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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NEW HARTFORD — The Black Hawk Radio Control Pilots will host a Warbird Model Airplane Fly-In 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.
The event will be held at the club flying field on County Highway T-55 south of New Hartford. There will be demonstration flights of scale models of military and classic aircraft from World War I to the modern day with an emphasis on World War II warbirds airplanes.
The public is invited, and the event is free of charge. Lunch is available onsite. Information and directions to the flying field are available online at bhrcp.org.
The request was for Parks & Rec commissioners to “work with the group to encourage the City Council to approve spending by the city of $8 million,” a hike from the original $5.1 million. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/model-airplane-fly-in-planned-sunday/article_20be1d9d-d8b6-59a7-922b-1eed331398f3.html | 2022-08-16T19:44:03 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/model-airplane-fly-in-planned-sunday/article_20be1d9d-d8b6-59a7-922b-1eed331398f3.html |
WATERLOO — North Star Community Services is now accepting food service contract bids.
The lunch meals must follow the Child and Adult Care Food Program guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For more information and to submit a bid, contact Dawn Powers at (319) 234-1391. Deadline to submit a bid is Aug. 25.
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Justin Stockdale stands outside the new special education class in the safe room connected to Dike-New Hartford High School and the elementary school.
Superintendent Justin Stockdale watches construction going on at Dike-New Hartford High School from the new front office. Construction has been going on since March 2021 and will continue throughout the school year.
Superintendent Justin Stockdale shows off the amenities in the improved Dike-New Hartford High School science wing. These classrooms and all others will be ready for students on Aug. 23.
Justin Stockdale stands outside the new special education class in the safe room connected to Dike-New Hartford High School and the elementary school.
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Superintendent Justin Stockdale watches construction going on at Dike-New Hartford High School from the new front office. Construction has been going on since March 2021 and will continue throughout the school year.
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The new gym at Dike-New Hartford High Schools measures 15,000 square feet and the district hopes to have it ready for basketball season.
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Superintendent Justin Stockdale shows off the amenities in the improved Dike-New Hartford High School science wing. These classrooms and all others will be ready for students on Aug. 23.
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Books ready for young readers in a fifth-grade classroom at New Hartford Elementary.
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New Hartford Elementary preschoolers can look forward to play sets like these when school starts on Aug. 23.
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The wrestling room at New Hartford Elementary School.
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Superintendent Justin Stockdale walks around to the entrance of the new gym at Dike-New Hartford High School.
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Chemistry equipment ready for student use at the high school.
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Superintendent Justin Stockdale walks through New Hartford Elementary School, where the HVAC is being worked on overhead. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/north-star-community-services-program-seeks-meal-bids/article_ac7196cc-3b4e-5487-9016-77b38c1a9d48.html | 2022-08-16T19:44:09 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/north-star-community-services-program-seeks-meal-bids/article_ac7196cc-3b4e-5487-9016-77b38c1a9d48.html |
CEDAR FALLS — This week a contractor will close the alley running from 22nd Street to Seerley Boulevard between Franklin and Clay streets in order to work on its reconstruction.
In the meantime, garbage and yard waste collection will be moved onto the side roads, Franklin and Clay streets, during what’s estimated to be a six to eight week closure.
The time and day of pickup will not change.
The city advises people to stay away from the construction zone, which will include heavy equipment moving back and forth, and behind the sidewalk on the property side.
Kyle Wiebers, a school psychologist, and Jennifer Onuigbo, a theater community relations manager, are the two newest commissioners.
For additional information about the 2022 Alley Reconstruction Project, go onilne to www.cedarfalls.com/1462/Alley-Reconstruction-Project.
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To receive alley closure notices by e-mail and/or text message, go to www.cedarfalls.com/notify and follow the instructions for road construction as shown. Questions or concerns can be directed to Brett Armstrong. Call (319) 268-5161 or email Brett.Armstrong@cedarfalls.com.
The City Council voted 5-2 in favor of staff investing the time and energy in diving into all the possibilities. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/work-to-begin-on-cedar-falls-alley-from-22nd-street-to-seerley-boulevard/article_031fa6db-cad5-5620-af2d-f68a4c029c2a.html | 2022-08-16T19:44:16 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/work-to-begin-on-cedar-falls-alley-from-22nd-street-to-seerley-boulevard/article_031fa6db-cad5-5620-af2d-f68a4c029c2a.html |
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Running out of money, Central Coventry Fire District weighs $1m credit line from a neighbor
COVENTRY - The Central Coventry Fire District, which is weeks away from running out of money, has an offer from its neighboring fire district of a $1 million line of credit.
The goal: temporarily keep the fire and rescue trucks running while the troubled district figures out a long-term solution to its financial problems.
“We respond to them and they respond to us,” said Bryan J. Testen, chairman of the board of directors of the Coventry Fire District, which is making the line of credit offer. “All of a sudden, if there’s a void in the middle of town where they’re unable to send out trucks from their stations, that’s going to be a problem.”
Coventry, with a population of 35,000, has four self-governed fire districts: Central Coventry, Coventry (also known as Anthony), Hopkins Hill and Western. They have their own charters and are financially independent from each other — and from the town of Coventry. But they rely on each other, and at times surrounding towns, for mutual aid.
Earlier this year:Taxpayers reject giving extra money to strapped Central Coventry Fire District
What happens if Central Coventry Fire District runs out of money?
Central Coventry, with a $5 million annual budget, covers the largest area with the most calls, nearly 4,500 a year. The question around the district this summer: what would happen if the district runs out of money?
“I would just pack my family into the car and drive myself to the emergency room, but a lot of people can’t do that,” said Cynthia A. Fagan-Perry, chairwoman of Central Coventry’s board of directors. “They depend on the fire and rescue truck. Someone will show up, it’s just a matter as of how long it will take to get there.”
Testen agreed: “When seconds matter and the next nearest station is 15 minutes away, that’s when bad things happen,” he said.
Sounding a warning:Central Coventry Fire District says it'll cease operations by June without cash from state
Conditions on the $1 million credit line
Testen said he has been thinking about offering the financial lifeline to Central the past several months. His own district has been saving for new equipment, but supply chain issues have delayed delivery.
“I can make use of funds that I have on hand to make sure my taxpayers are not at risk,” he said.
But with the offer comes a list of conditions. Testen told The Hummel Report that this was a temporary measure, not a takeover, and that it would be a gradual draw on a line of credit to be used only for firefighter salaries if Central ran out of money. Testen added that his district would offer to help negotiate a new contract with the firefighters union. A major issue facing Central has been minimum manning requirements that have resulted in hefty overtime costs.
In April, Central Coventry asked the state for $3 million in American Rescue Plan Act money - saying it had lost significant revenue from rescue runs during the pandemic, and was dealing with the fallout from a 2019 Rhode Island law that resulted in higher overtime costs for its firefighters. The state told the district it was a local problem and would not help.
Central Coventry Fire District funds may run out in September
In order to keep paying its firefighters, the district’s treasurer, Gayle Corrigan, has delayed payments on street lights and hydrants. Central has also seen increased revenue from rescue runs as the pandemic eases, but Corrigan said the district will likely have no funds to pay its firefighters by the second week of September.
On Thursday evening, Central’s board is scheduled to discuss the line of credit offer, as well as a proposed budget for next year that voters will decide at September’s annual meeting.
“It’s a nice gesture, but I’m skeptical about taking (Testen) up on his offer,” Fagan-Perry she said. “Because I feel we may not be able to pay it back.”
Fagan-Perry noted that the district’s voters have consistently rejected tax increases that would put Central of firmer financial ground. The board on Thursday will consider budget options that would result in tax increases ranging from 4% to 14%.
“There are many retired people on fixed income here. I don’t know how you can get more money out of them,” she said.
Meanwhile the district has also asked the town of Coventry for some of the ARPA money it has received. The council will discuss that request at a meeting Monday.
The Hummel Report is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that relies, in part, on donations. For more information, go to HummelReport.org. Reach Jim at Jim@HummelReport.org. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/central-coventry-fire-district-offered-million-dollar-credit-line/10337504002/ | 2022-08-16T19:54:08 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/central-coventry-fire-district-offered-million-dollar-credit-line/10337504002/ |
MINNEAPOLIS — For four months, they've been waiting.
In one hospital room: Maddy Fleischacker, age 6, from Buffalo, Minnesota.
In another room: Rinken Braun, 21-month-old, from Brookings, South Dakota.
Separating the girls are four years and a few hundred feet. Yet, daily, Maddy and Rinken are joined by hearts.
“They're just inseparable,” Emily Johnson, Rinken’s mother says.
In April, both girls arrived at Children’s Minnesota as strangers. Rinken’s heart defect had been detected before she was born. Maddy’s was only discovered in January. To survive long-term, both need heart transplants.
So, they wait. And they play.
If Rinken is on a riding toy, Maddy will be pushing it. If Maddy is guest-hosting the hospital’s in-house TV show, Rinken will be at her side.
And if Maddy is drawing a picture, there’s never a doubt who the recipient will be.
“Rinken,” Maddy says, looking up from her crayons.
Rinken calls Maddy, "Mae Mae." She may as well call her "sister."
“I think it was at that level the day they met,” Rinken’s mother says.
Both girls require around-the-clock IVs. To leave their rooms means poles and plastic tubing comes with them.
It’s been this way for four months and will continue to be so until donor hearts can be found.
“We're waiting for a gift that is the hardest thing in the world to ask for – life,” Emily says.
Listening nearby, Miguella Fleischaker, Maddy’s mom, wipes away tears. “For another parent to have to lose their child for ours to survive is so hard,” she says. “I don't want to pray for it because I don't want someone to lose their child.”
It’s unlikely both girls will be matched with hearts at the same time.
It’s also unlikely either mom will feel a tinge of envy, should her daughter be left waiting while the other girl proceeds to a transplant.
“If they were to interrupt us right now to say Mae Mae's getting a heart, I would jump for joy,” Emily says.
Same for Miguella.
“Absolutely,” she says. “I mean, how could you not?”
The girls play in a hospital activity center. Maddy is dressed in her favorite shirt. On the front of the gray t-shirt, inside a red heart, are the words, “Rinken Strong.”
“It means I love her a lot,” Maddy says.
The girls wait, but seldom have a bad day.
Why would they, when their best friend is just an IV line away?
UPDATE: On the morning of Aug. 15, Maddy successfully underwent heart transplant surgery after a donor heart became available. Rinken continues to wait for her heart.
According to LifeSource, more than 3,000 people locally remain on the transplant waiting list. For more information on becoming an organ donor, click here.
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ELWOOD, Ind. — The Elwood Board of Works and Public Safety approved a request by Chief Jason Brizendine to equip police vehicles with bullet-resistant windshields.
Chief Brizendine said all 17 patrol vehicles in Elwood will receive the new windshields.
The chief said each windshield will cost up to $2,200.
Dana Safety Supply will supply the windshields.
The announcement came nearly three weeks after Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz was shot and killed during a traffic stop. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/all-elwood-indiana-police-patrol-vehicles-to-receive-bullet-resistant-windshields/531-a37e137f-09ac-4ca1-b898-1d99deb95042 | 2022-08-16T20:08:20 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/all-elwood-indiana-police-patrol-vehicles-to-receive-bullet-resistant-windshields/531-a37e137f-09ac-4ca1-b898-1d99deb95042 |
BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Brownsburg Fire Territory Fire Marshal Stephen Jones will serve as the Indiana state fire marshal.
Jones started his career in 1984 as a firefighter and EMT. He joined the Pike Township department in 1989 and held many positions over the years including fire inspector, deputy chief of administration and division chief of prevention services. In 2013, he became fire marshal in Brownsburg.
"Fire Marshal Jones brings 38 years of experience to the State of Indiana, and his expertise makes him the right person to lead our work in improving public safety for Hoosiers," Holcomb said. "He will continue to promote fire prevention efforts and brings incredible investigation experience to the state."
Holcomb appointed former state fire marshal Joel Thacker as the executive director of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security in June.
The fire marshal leads the Indiana Department of Homeland Security Division of Fire and Building Safety. The division investigates suspicious fires, promotes fire prevention and enforces fire and building safety codes.
Jones will begin his new position Aug. 29. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/brownsburg-fire-territory-fire-marshal-stephen-jones-named-new-state-fire-marshal-joel-thacker-indiana-department-of-homeland-security/531-571fe429-fda0-4d2f-a802-58d6ea3d9f50 | 2022-08-16T20:08:26 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/brownsburg-fire-territory-fire-marshal-stephen-jones-named-new-state-fire-marshal-joel-thacker-indiana-department-of-homeland-security/531-571fe429-fda0-4d2f-a802-58d6ea3d9f50 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Violent crime is down significantly in Indianapolis this year, but remains higher than it was before the pandemic. It's progress that city leaders are happy to see, while remaining focused on efforts to further reduce the violent crime that has been plaguing the city.
New data from IMPD shows things are getting better. Intentional homicides are down 20% from last year. If you include accidents, homicides are down 18%. Nonfatal shootings are down, too. The data shows nonfatal shootings have dropped by nearly 12% from last year.
Still, all these numbers are higher than they were in 2019.
Nonfatal shootings are up 37% from 2019 and, so far in 2022, Indianapolis is averaging two people shot every day.
So, while the drop in violence compared to last year is welcome news, those championing change in the city say there's still more to do.
The Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition is one of those groups working to reduce violence and homicides by engaging with the community, promoting education and helping foster employment opportunities for people throughout the city.
Rev. Charles Harrison with the TenPoint Coalition said recent progress to combat violence has been uneven.
"People will let you know whether or not they're feeling safe in a particular area where they are. When people don't feel safe there are more conversations about what's going on, who may be involved in the violence in the neighborhood and, I would say, we have heard less of that," Harrison said.
He went on to say that some areas have seen significant drops in crime, but there's still a lot of work to be done.
It's work that police agencies say they've been dedicated to, especially over the last year when central Indiana police agencies came together for a new approach to tackling violent crime.
In July 2021, the Indianapolis Crime Gun Intelligence Center officially became a regional task force now known as the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force (ICGTF). It was funded in 2021 with $10 million for operating costs over two years in the state budget.
The task force gave a recap Tuesday where they announced that, in their first year of being established, they tracked down hundreds of guns used in crimes and arrested hundreds of shooting suspects.
“After a year with a new regional focus, the ICGTF has led to the removal of hundreds of guns used or trafficked illegally in our community,” said Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett. “In Indianapolis alone, we have seen a corresponding dip in shootings and the largest decline in homicides in more than a decade.”
From July 1, 2021, to present, the task force has:
- Seized 369 firearms
- About 95% of all firearms seized are eligible for the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, which helps determine if the gun was used in other crimes.
- Arrested 397 people | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/violent-crime-on-the-decline-in-indianapolis-indiana-impd-data-shows/531-9b79b5ee-fcab-406b-8153-df1a49c79e7a | 2022-08-16T20:08:32 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/violent-crime-on-the-decline-in-indianapolis-indiana-impd-data-shows/531-9b79b5ee-fcab-406b-8153-df1a49c79e7a |
FORT HOOD, Texas — The Coryell County Sheriff's office released the identity Tuesday of a man found dead near Fort Hood.
Thomas Harold Carter, 53, of Killeen, was found on Aug. 8 along I-14 east near Fort Hood's Clarke Road exit. The sheriff's office said he was inside a tent near a line of trees.
The sheriff's office said his cause of death remained under investigation. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/coryell-county-sheriffs-office-identifies-man-found-dead-near-fort-hood/500-be157494-5c21-4aa9-9120-d991274071cd | 2022-08-16T20:10:42 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/coryell-county-sheriffs-office-identifies-man-found-dead-near-fort-hood/500-be157494-5c21-4aa9-9120-d991274071cd |
Developer takes ownership of Alliance's Carnation Mall
ALLIANCE – Carnation City Mall has a new owner.
Fairmount Properties Alliance has taken ownership of the shopping center at 2500 W. State St., according to records from the Stark County Auditor. This comes more than a year and a half after Alliance City Council took its first steps toward revitalizing the mall property.
Fairmount Properties, a developer based in Orange Village, plans to redevelop the mall into a new "supercenter retail facility" that includes a near 160,000-square-foot store Meijer store with a gas station and convenience store and three new retail spaces. Dunham's Sports is expected to move into the former J.C. Penney store.
"This transfer of property begins the process of a big, new economic development venture in the city of Alliance," said Alliance Mayor Alan Andreani.
The mall previously was owned by D&L Ferguson, LLC.
Alliance: What's next for Carnation City Mall amid decline of traditional shopping centers
It is unknown at this time when mall demolitions will begin, but Andreani said it could be any time.
Cinemark Carnation Cinema 5 announced its final day of operations will be Aug. 28.
Alliance Area Development President Rick Baxter said Meijer hopes to start construction in early 2023 and have the superstore completed by December of that year.
Carnation City Mall opened in 1983. The once-bustling shopping center has fallen on hard times in recent years, with many tenants leaving the facility and a parking lot filled with deep potholes.
Baxter expects the mall redevelopment project to bring "a lot of good things for the city."
He said Meijer's presence in Alliance likely will attract other businesses to the area.
The Carnation City Mall sale has been in the works for some time.
In recent months, the city was working to finalize a tax incremental financing program that will exempt the property owners from 100% of real property taxes for 30 years. The TIF required the city, developer (FP Alliance LLC) and property owner (D&L Ferguson, LLC) to sign an agreement transferring the land from the property owner to the city and then back to the property owner before finally to the developer.
City officials hope the project will give new life to the mall property. Andreani previously told the Gannett newspapers in Stark County that Meijer could bring between 300 new jobs to the Carnation City.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/08/16/fairmount-properties-takes-over-alliances-carnation-mall/65406335007/ | 2022-08-16T20:15:02 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/08/16/fairmount-properties-takes-over-alliances-carnation-mall/65406335007/ |
Lake Local school board appoints new member
Lake Local Schools Board of Education
Monday meeting
KEY ACTION: Voted to fill the board vacancy created by the passing of longtime board member David VanderKaay.
DISCUSSION: The board appointed Scot Nabors as the newest member, effective Aug. 15. He will serve through December 31, 2023.
Nabors is a corporate security specialist at Farmers Insurance Group, where he has worked since 2016. He has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Arkansas Grantham. Nabors also served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 2008-2017.
He belongs to several civic and professional organizations, including the American Legion, ASIS International and Association of Threat Assessment Professionals. He is also a Lake youth coach in baseball, basketball, football and softball.
Nabors has been in the Lake community for 30 years and graduated from Lake High School. He and his wife, Angela, have two children, Reagan (8) and Trenton (6). Both attend Lake Local Schools.
“It’s an honor to serve the district that I graduated from and it’s special to have my own children going through the same district,” Nabors said. “I look forward to serving the community and plan on running for the seat in 2023.”
OTHER ACTION:
- Board member Deb Cain received a 15-years of service certificate from Reno Contipelli of the Ohio School Board Association.
- Approved the school bus routes for the 2022-23 school year.
- Approved certified and non-certified personnel contracts, tutors and personnel supplements, cafeteria personnel, mentors and support teachers for the upcoming school year.
- Accepted the following donations: $4,300 from the Lake Academic Boosters Endowment Fund for the Tom Tod Program; $25,000 from the Lake Academic Boosters Endowment Fund for VEX Robots for grades two through 6; Over $4,800 from over 24 donors for the David VanderKaay Memorial Scholarship.
UP NEXT: Meets 6 p.m. on Sept. 19 at Lake Elementary cafetorium.
Patricia Faulhaber | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/hartville-lake/2022/08/16/lake-local-board-of-education-appoints-new-member-scot-nabors/65405883007/ | 2022-08-16T20:15:08 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/hartville-lake/2022/08/16/lake-local-board-of-education-appoints-new-member-scot-nabors/65405883007/ |
Residents speak to Louisville City Council about Metzger Park renovations
Louisville City Council
Monday meeting
KEY ACTION: Heard feedback on Metzger Park renovations.
DISCUSSION: Four people signed up to speak in response to Council's Aug. 1 approval of an ordinance to the Thrasher Group for design services for the addition of four baseball/softball fields. Thirteen individuals spoke at the public hearing on the ordinance prior to second reading and council action. Both groups were praised by City Manager Thomas Pukys for their respect of those with opposing opinions.
Supporters of the planned additions included many whose children are involved in the sports, while those opposed fear a reduction in the grasslands that support nearly 100 species of birds. Pukys indicated that the acreage of the grassland will be increased from that currently dedicated to the birds.
Service Director Dan Millsap said there will be no runoff of storm water to affect the adjacent to the north and east of the Declarations Commons residences and that the five trees that were removed will be replaced by the same type of tree along with the dedication plagues related to them.
OTHER ACTION:
- Learned that income tax revenues continue to be greater than 2021 dollars by 12.1%.
- Learned that Mayor's Court revenues are up $3,335 from 2021 dollars of $4,510.
- Established a fund to account for receipt of the OneOhio Opioid Distributor Settlement.
- Approved the 2023 Alternative Tax Budget to be sent to the Stark County Auditor by Aug. 20.
UP NEXT: Meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 at Constitution Center 1022 W. Main Street due to the Labor Day Holiday on Sept. 5.
David Scheurer | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/louisville/2022/08/16/residents-speak-to-louisville-city-council-on-metzger-park-renovations/65405933007/ | 2022-08-16T20:15:14 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/louisville/2022/08/16/residents-speak-to-louisville-city-council-on-metzger-park-renovations/65405933007/ |
Lawrence Twp. trustees support conservation group's land purchase
Lawrence Township trustees
Monday meeting
KEY ACTION: Approved a resolution supporting a conservation’s group purchase of 152 acres of mostly woodland in the township.
DISCUSSION:The land, located at 10824 Lafayette Dr. NW, has been in a conservancy easement with the Western Reserve Land Conservancy (WRLC) since 2019 and owner Carl Dorn is ready to sell the property for $750,000 to the Nature Conservancy of Ohio. Grants have been and will continue to be sought to pay for the acreage. There is no cost to the township.
Andy McDowell of the WRLC explained that Dorn will continue to live on the Dorn Forest Conservancy and the land will be used passively as long as he remains in the home and thereafter. Conservancies allow for only passive use of the land and prohibit any development. Plans are for limited public access to a short trail at first and then expanded access to the woodlands in the future.
OTHER ACTION:
- Approved the 2023 tax budget.
- Agreed not to host an electronics recycling day. Instead area residents may take their electronics to the Canton Recycle Center, 742 Schroyer Ave. Appointments are required. More information is available at www.cantonhealth.org and www.timetorecycle.org.
- Approved a 2022 contract with the city of Massillon for its Police Department to transport prisoners from jail to court and back to jail for $150 a person. To date, the township has been charged $1,800 for prisoner transport this year.
- Heard that the Board of Zoning Appeals will hold two public hearings at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24 at the township administration building to consider two variance requests. The first hearing is for a house to be built at the corner of Orrville Street NW and Deerfield Avenue NW that would be too close to the road according to zoning regulations regarding frontage; the other is for a home to be built near Coronado Lake off Erie Avenue NW. That property has no road frontage.
- Scheduled a public hearing during the regular Sept. 19 meeting to discuss a fence to contain escaping cows on the Knickerbocker farm. Trustees will visit the property at 5 p.m. Sept. 12. Neighbors have complained that the cows are damaging their properties.
UP NEXT: Will meet in person and via Zoom at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at the township administration building. The date was changed from Sept. 5, Labor Day.
Joan Porter | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/08/16/lawrence-twp-trustees-support-conservation-groups-land-purchase/65405906007/ | 2022-08-16T20:15:20 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/08/16/lawrence-twp-trustees-support-conservation-groups-land-purchase/65405906007/ |
A 1-year-old child was found on the side of the road after the mother’s car was stolen on Tucson’s east side Tuesday morning.
Just after 7:20 a.m., Tucson police received a report that a white SUV was stolen at a convenience store, located at South Wilmot Road and East Nicaragua Drive, which is south of East Golf Links Road. The caller also told officers her young child was in the backseat.
Around 10 minutes later, police received a call about a child found at the side of the road at the 4500 block of East 28th Street. Officers found the child unharmed and returned him to his mother.
The stolen vehicle is still outstanding. Police said it was not a carjacking, and the vehicle was taken without any force or weapons involved.
Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/child-in-stolen-car-found-safe-on-road-side-on-tucsons-east-side/article_0d81a02a-1d90-11ed-8a4e-db1edc770954.html | 2022-08-16T20:15:59 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/child-in-stolen-car-found-safe-on-road-side-on-tucsons-east-side/article_0d81a02a-1d90-11ed-8a4e-db1edc770954.html |
Ohio residents have filed lawsuits against vehicle manufactures Kia and Hyundai alleging that the automobiles they built are too easily stolen.
Two federal lawsuits filed this month, one in Cincinnati and the other in the Northern District of Ohio, allege the companies sold “defective vehicles” at multiple locations throughout the country.
The Dayton Daily News has reported the past two weeks that Dayton Police said it has seen many similar thefts and encouraged owners to lock their doors, not leave keys inside the vehicles and park in well-lit areas.
The Northern Ohio lawsuit defines the defective vehicles as “all Kia models from 2011-2021 and all Hyundai models from 2015-2021.”
The suits say that the vehicles are defective because they were designed and manufactured without “engine immobilizers,” which the lawsuits say are electronic security devises that would make the vehicles tougher to steal without a key.
“This is a class action claim arising from a defect in defendant’s vehicles which make them easy to steal, unsafe and worth less than they should be, if they did not have the defect,” both lawsuits say. “Defendants did not disclose this defect, which is a material fact, and a fact that a reasonable person would rely on when purchasing a vehicle.”
A Hyundai representative said the company does not comment on pending litigation. But in a media statement, the company said it is concerned about the recent rise in auto thefts.
“While all of our vehicles meet or exceed Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, unfortunately, our vehicles have been targeted in a coordinated effort on social media,” the statement says. “Criminals are targeting our vehicles without engine immobilizers. Immobilizers became standard on all vehicles produced after November 1, 2021.”
“In order to assist customers with earlier model year vehicles without an immobilizer, Hyundai has been working with and will continue to support local police departments to make steering wheel locks available for affected Hyundai owners. Additionally, Hyundai has identified a Firstech / Compustar security kit that targets the method of entry thieves are using to access these vehicles,” the company said.
The company said the security kits will be available for purchase and installation at Hyundai dealerships and other locations beginning Oct. 1.
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A message seeking comment sent Kia was not responded to Tuesday. Previously, it said it is “aware of the rise in vehicle thefts of a subset of trim levels. All 2022 models and trims have an immobilizer applied either at the beginning of the year or as a running change.”
Messages to the attorneys representing the Ohio residents who are suing were not returned.
Dayton Police last week said dozens of Kias and Hyundais have been stolen in Dayton this year and it is believed that viral videos on social media are partly to blame. Dayton Police Major Jason Hall said criminals are always trying to come up with ways to steal things and Dayton Police are developing plans to try to stop it from happening in the future.
Police also encouraged owners to invest in third-party anti-theft devices like alarms and vehicle immobilizers, such as brake and steering wheel locks.
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The Northern Arizona women's soccer team tied Hawaii in an exhibition Sunday in Flagstaff, 1-1.
The match started off slow for each side, as both teams adjusted to the rain and rough field conditions. Hawaii's leading returner, Kelci Sumida, found an opening in the 37th minute of the match in Lumberjack Stadium, with the assist coming from Eliza Ammendolia.
"We're building confidence," Lumberjacks coach Kylie Louw said, "and it is an opportunity early in the season through exhibition for our players to understand what they are capable of, build confidence, prove that what we're working on in training is going to come through in the game, and I thought they did that today."
The Lumberjacks answered Sumida's goal quickly when Emilie Bennett drew a foul and Taylor Gomez sent a quick shot on the ground to the left corner of the goal for the equalizer.
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"Taylor came in and she said she wanted it. "She told me after the game that she felt it," Louw said. "You need players that know their ability and that have confidence. She stepped up tonight and it paid off."
Trinity Corcoran started in goal for the Lumberjacks, while Lauren Marquez started in goal for Hawaii. The teams were tied at the half, and each coach decided to swap goalkeepers out of the break. Ashley Williams came in for the Lumberjacks and Sophie Augustin came in for Hawaii.
Williams played high out of the box, challenging multiple Hawaii forwards on the run and diving for the saves. Through two exhibition matches, all three goalkeepers have played for the Lumberjacks, showing the team's depth at the position.
"All of our goalkeepers are doing awesome," Louw said. "They are competing against each other and they just make each other better. The game landed into Ashley's strength in the second half and that's what she's good off, being quick off the line."
Augustin was forced to make five saves for Hawaii, as the hosts created multiple chances and had a few solid opportunities in the box in their final exhibition match.
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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – City leaders are looking to start testing wastewater for Polio among other viruses in Altamonte Springs.
City Manager Frank Martz said officials started looking into testing the water for Polio well before the news broke out of New York that a person tested positive for the disease. He said now, they’re just weeks away from the start of testing.
“Altamonte Springs was one of the first cities in the United States to test for COVID at the outbreak of the pandemic,” Martz said.
Since then, Martz said they started working with the city’s lab to figure out how to also test for other viruses like Monkeypox or Polio in the wastewater.
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“Right now, Polio is not a health threat in Florida but we want to nail the protocols down while we have the resources in place so that if it ever is a concern we can react to it much more quickly,” he said.
Martz said city leaders are glad they thought ahead after hearing in New York an unvaccinated man tested positive for Polio, the first U.S. Case in almost a decade. The New York health department then revealed the virus was found in New York City and two other counties’ wastewater, meaning other people have it too but may not be symptomatic.
“We suspect it’s going to be within the next couple of weeks before we have something that’s ready to do the (research and development) on and we’ll probably roll something out within the month,” said Martz about the city’s testing.
The CDC said Polio usually infects people through the mouth, typically by hands contaminated by an infected person’s fecal matter.
The agency said over 92% of U.S. Children are vaccinated against it as a school requirement and those vaccinated have little to no chance of catching it. If you were to get it, The CDC said most people won’t show symptoms but one in four people will have flu-like symptoms.
Martz said the city is also working to test the area’s wastewater for other viruses to be prepared and substances like synthetic opioids, too.
“Assisting our local law enforcement and health care providers and mental health providers and drug counselors helping them understand the prevalence of usage appears to be,” he said.
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MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A man accused of molesting a boy was arrested Monday in Marion County, and deputies believe there may be more victims, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies were called to Golden Hills Mobile Home Park — 7865 W. State Road 40 — on Monday and arrested 38-year-old Rogelio Argote Munoz, records show.
The victim told deputies Argote Munoz invited the victim over to his trailer and lured the boy into his bedroom to feed baby chickens, according to a news release.
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Deputies said Argote Munoz exposed himself, began touching the boy and attempted to sexually batter the victim.
The victim told deputies that similar incidents had happened previously with Argote Munoz, adding that the man claimed he had performed sexual acts on other children, the release said.
Argote Munoz faces charges of lewd or lascivious conduct, lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years of age and attempted sexual battery on a victim less than 12 years of age.
If you have any information about other victims of sexual abuse by Argote Munoz, deputies ask that you call the Marion County Sheriff’s Office at 352-368-3535.
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CHARLESTON, WV (AP) — A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife withdrew their guilty pleas Tuesday in a case involving an alleged plot to sell secrets about American nuclear-powered warships after a federal judge rejected plea agreements that had called for specific sentencing guidelines.
Jonathan and Diana Toebbe of Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty in February in federal court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to one count each of conspiracy to communicate restricted data.
The sentencing range agreed to by lawyers for Jonathan Toebbe had called for a potential punishment between roughly 12 years and 17 years in prison. Prosecutors said Tuesday that such a sentence would be one of the most significant imposed in modern times under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Prosecutors also sought three years for Diana Toebbe.
U.S. District Judge Gina Groh said that while she generally honors plea agreements, in this case she said the sentencing options were “strikingly deficient” considering the seriousness of the charges.
Groh said the act to which the couple pleaded guilty was done “for selfish and greedy reasons, but could have caused great harm” to the Navy and others.
“I don’t find any justifiable reasons for accepting either one of these plea agreements,” Groh said.
Wearing orange jail jumpsuits and seated at separate tables, the couple then separately withdrew their guilty pleas, leading Groh to set a trial date for Jan. 17.
Prosecutors said Jonathan Toebbe abused his access to top-secret government information and repeatedly sold details about the design elements and performance characteristics of Virginia-class submarines to someone he believed was a representative of a foreign government but who was actually an undercover FBI agent.
Diana Toebbe, who was teaching at a private school in Maryland at the time of the couple’s arrest last October, was accused of acting as a lookout at several prearranged “dead-drop” locations at which memory cards containing the secret information were left behind.
The memory cards were devices concealed in objects such as a chewing gum wrapper and a peanut butter sandwich. The couple was arrested after he placed a memory card at a dead drop location in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
None of the information was classified as top secret or secret, falling into a third category considered confidential, according to testimony Tuesday.
The FBI has said the scheme began in April 2020, when Jonathan Toebbe sent a package of Navy documents to a foreign government and wrote that he was interested in selling to that country operations manuals, performance reports and other sensitive information. He included in the package, which had a Pittsburgh return address, instructions to his supposed contact for how to establish a covert relationship with him, prosecutors said.
That package was obtained by the FBI in December 2020 through its legal attaché office in the unspecified foreign country. That set off a monthslong undercover operation in which an agent posing as a representative of a foreign country made contact with Toebbe, ultimately paying $100,000 in cryptocurrency in exchange for the information Toebbe was offering.
Jonathan Toebbe, who held a top-secret security clearance through the Defense Department, had agreed as part of the plea deal to help federal officials with locating and retrieving all classified information in his possession, as well as the cryptocurrency paid to him.
The country to which Jonathan Toebbe was looking to sell the information has not been identified in court documents and was not disclosed in court.
FBI agents who searched the couple’s home found a trash bag of shredded documents, thousands of dollars in cash, valid children’s passports and a “go-bag” containing a USB flash drive and latex gloves, according to court testimony last year.
During a December 2021 hearing, Diana Toebbe’s lawyers denied prosecution assertions that cited 2019 messages exchanged by the couple in which she had contemplated fleeing the United States to avoid arrest. Instead, the defense said it was contempt for then-President Donald Trump as the reason behind the couple’s emigration plans. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/judge-rejects-wv-couples-plea-agreement-in-submarine-espionage-case/ | 2022-08-16T20:34:09 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/judge-rejects-wv-couples-plea-agreement-in-submarine-espionage-case/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The Mountaineer Rental Assistance Program phase out its emergency rental assistance created during the COVID-19 pandemic and focus on its next phase.
The West Virginia Housing Development Fund created the Mountaineer Rental Assistance Program in March 2021 to help West Virginia residents get emergency assistance with their rent and utility payments as many people were laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials say the fund has distributed more than $139 million to satisfy more tan 45,000 claims.
“The Mountaineer Rental Assistance Program has helped tens of thousands of West Virginians during this unprecedented health emergency,” said Erica Boggess, Executive Director of the West Virginia Housing Development Fund. “Millions of Americans were deeply affected by the Pandemic, experiencing unemployment, reduced wages, and increased costs. Congress responded by making emergency funding available to address several issues, including housing so that people could maintain housing stability even in dark economic times.”
According to the WVHDF, the program’s new phase will focus on only first-time applicants, and will no longer be accepting applications from residents who have already received assistance. For those first-time applicants, new applications will be taken and processed through the Rental Assistance Online Application portal until funds are depleted, according to the guidelines from the U.S. Treasury.
The WVHDF says those who already have applications submitted should monitor the online portal to make sure the organization has received all requested documents for the application and to see if they have any messages from their case workers.
To receive rents associated with their tenant’s applications, landlords must be registered in the Mountaineer Rental Assistance program’s system.
Both tenants and landlords can review eligibility and required documents online. For help, renters and landlords can go online or call 1-866-623-6284.
The WVHDF says the program will continue to offer support to renters who are faced with eviction and housing stability issues through a partnership with Legal Aid of West Virginia and the Legal Help for West Virginia Renters Program to help renters access free legal services. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/mountaineer-rental-assistance-program-to-phase-out-covid-19-emergency-rental-assistance-in-west-virginia/ | 2022-08-16T20:34:15 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/mountaineer-rental-assistance-program-to-phase-out-covid-19-emergency-rental-assistance-in-west-virginia/ |
FORT DAVIS, Texas — The Texas Camel Corps is making its way to the Fort Davis Historical Site Wednesday.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. you can learn all about how camels helped settlers here in West Texas as part of the US Army Camel Experiment.
Back in 1855, congress decided to test if camels could adapt in the west and be used to replace oxen and mules as transportation.
While the experiment was ultimately abandoned, the Texas Camel Corps still lives on and works to educate the public about the experiment with tours, reenactments and educational visits all including live camels.
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NEW YORK — Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died. He was 81.
Petersen, born in Emden, Germany, made two features before his 1982 breakthrough, “Das Boot.” Then the most expensive movie in German film history, the 149-minute “Das Boot” (the original cut ran 210 minutes) chronicled the intense claustrophobia of life aboard a doomed German U-boat during the Battle of the Atlantic, with Jürgen Prochnow as the submarine’s commander. Heralded as an antiwar masterpiece, “Das Boot” was nominated for six Oscars, including for Petersen’s direction and his adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s best-selling 1973 novel.
To Petersen, who grew up on the northern coast of Germany, the sea long held his fascination. He would return to it in the 2000 disaster film, “The Perfect Storm,” a true-life tale of a fishing boat lost at sea.
“The power of water is unbelievable,” Petersen said in a 2009 interview. “I was always impressed as a kid how strong it is, all the damage the water could do when it just turned within a couple of hours, and smashed against the shore.”
“Das Boot” launched Petersen as a filmmaker in Hollywood, where he became one of the top makers of action adventures of massive cataclysms that spanned war (2004’s “Troy,” with Brad Pitt), pandemic (the 1995 ebolavirus-inspired “Outbreak”) and other ocean-set disasters (2006’s “Poseidon,” about the capsizing of an ocean liner).
Petersen is survived by second wife Maria-Antoinette Borgel, a German script supervisor and assistant director whom he wed in 1978, son Daniel Petersen and two grandchildren. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/wolfgang-petersen-blockbuster-filmmaker-of-das-boot-dies/2022/08/16/b5638630-1d9c-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | 2022-08-16T20:36:28 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/wolfgang-petersen-blockbuster-filmmaker-of-das-boot-dies/2022/08/16/b5638630-1d9c-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – What better way to celebrate Black Business Month than with a festival recognizing Black joy?
That’s what the 2nd annual BLK JOY Festival in Orlando aims to do.
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The event will be hosted by the Black Health Commission, Inc. from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, in Blue Jacket Park.
According to the organizer, the event will feature everything from music and art to food and vendors to curate the celebration.
Event officials also said local organizations will provide resources for social services offered to the community.
For more information about the festival, click here.
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It’s known that alligators might eat other gators, but you might not really comprehend it until you see it.
Tammy Shaw saw it happen on Aug. 4 in Silver Springs in Marion County.
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Shaw said she was paddling through the spring on her inflatable paddleboard when she came upon the encounter.
“I was fascinated just by the sheer size of the gator and the one he was eating,” Shaw said. “I wasn’t too afraid because he was obviously busy but when he went under the water, I was a bit concerned where he was gonna pop up.”
Shaw posted the video on a Facebook group called Alligators of Florida.
One commenter on the video said, “I never knew they would actually eat one of their own,” while another one chimed in, “Me either.”
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Death at Peoria County Jail being investigated as possible suicide
PEORIA– An inmate at the Peoria County Jail has died as a result of an apparent suicide, the Peoria County sheriff said.
On Aug. 13, jailers noticed the man unresponsive in his cell, said Sheriff Chris Watkins. Jailers, as well as paramedics from Advanced Medical Transport and Limestone Fire and Rescue, performed lifesaving measures, and the man was taken to UnityPoint Health-Methodist while he was still alive.
On Monday at 4:53 p.m., he died, the sheriff said. The death is being investigated as a suicide, Watkins said.
The inmate, whose name hasn't been released by the coroner's office yet, was booked into the jail on Aug. 9 on multiple charges and a no-bond warrant from another county, Watkins said.
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The incident is being investigated by the Illinois State Police and the Peoria County Coroner's Office. There are no signs of foul play. The Peoria County Coroner's Office will release the man's identity after all notifications are made.
Watkins said the man was not on suicide watch and had given no indications to jail staff that he could possibly hurt himself. Under national jail standards, inmates are to be checked every 30 minutes by a correctional officer. If a person is on suicide watch, that is shortened to every 15 minutes, the sheriff said. | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/inmate-dies-apparent-suicide-at-peoria-county-jail/65406009007/ | 2022-08-16T20:40:19 | 0 | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/inmate-dies-apparent-suicide-at-peoria-county-jail/65406009007/ |
The McDonalds is part of a larger development planned for the south side of 109th Avenue, near I-65.
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CROWN POINT — McDonald's is looking to open a restaurant at the southeast corner of Delaware Parkway and 109th Avenue.
The proposed restaurant would have a double drive-thru, 48 parking spots and a patio area. The Crown Point Plan Commission unanimously approved site development for the project during a meeting last week.
The current design shows a building with dark wood framing and brick siding topped with metal.
Dan Olson of Watermark Engineering Resources said the goal is to begin construction "as soon as possible" this fall. The McDonald's is part of a larger developmen t planned for the south side of 109th Avenue, near Interstate 65.
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I-65 Partners LLC is in the process of developing a Texas Roadhouse and a TownePlace Suites hotel near the McDonald's site. Other businesses may be added to the area in the future.
During an April Plan Commission meeting, Jeff Ban, principal with DVG Team Inc., representing I-65 Partners, said all three businesses will help serve families and athletes visiting the nearby Crown Point Sportsplex.
The development area will have ample sidewalks connecting the businesses to ensure accessibility. Olson said the McDonald's will also include a bike rack in the northwest corner.
“This is great layout for McDonald's and a great location for McDonald's," Olson said.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Two more commissioners of the embattled South Fork Utility District in Sullivan County have resigned, leaving just one original member on the utility district’s board of commissioners.
The state comptroller’s office was notified of the resignations of commissioners Barry Jessee and Tim Leonard on Aug. 11. While Jason Webb is the only original member still on the board, he was not a member during the majority of the time when most of the utility district’s issues took place, according to the comptroller’s office.
In the wake of the latest resignations, the Utility Management Review Board, which is under the comptroller’s office, plans to hold a special called meeting in Nashville next week to discuss the South Fork Utility District case. According to the comptroller’s office, staff members plan to request that the Utility Management Review Board dismiss the case to remove South Fork commissioners during the special called meeting.
The meeting will be held on Aug. 24 at 9:30 a.m. Members of the public will be able to attend virtually or in person at the Cordell Hull Building. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/two-more-south-fork-utility-district-commissioners-resign/ | 2022-08-16T20:42:44 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/two-more-south-fork-utility-district-commissioners-resign/ |
ELK GROVE, Calif. — The Sky River Casino opened around midnight Tuesday as a surprise opening. The casino posted on social media and within half an hour 600 people started streaming through the doors.
The casino was originally set to open at the end of October but in July, they announced they were pushing for a September date and now they are open 24/7.
There were originally three sites to choose from, but the location won out for its close proximity to CA-99 and the blueprint for having a lot of traffic was already in place from the mall. Chris Gibase, president and chief operating officer of Sky River Casino, said if everything goes well this could potentially be the first phase of opening with much more to come.
“We have 2,000 slot machines, 80 table games and 17 bars and restaurants. But it’s on a 100-acre site so we can expect hotels, entertainment facility, spas pools, pretty much everything you would see in a Las Vegas strip casino you’re going to see here,” said Gibase.
Gibase said the reason the first opening is on a smaller scale without the amenities is that construction was during the pandemic.
They sized down to just the games and food. The casino estimates this will bring in about 2,000 jobs both full and part-time for residents.
The casino is also trying to keep its local ties. The president told ABC10 back in July that the goal is to source 75-80% of their product within 150 miles of the casino.
They have 65 local wines available and two of the restaurants are also locally owned in the region. Gibase said there was a lot of advance planning on this project so they were able to avoid supply chain issues.
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — A new mental health crisis center is opening to the public in early September in Roseville.
The Lotus Behavioral Health Crisis Center is a voluntary urgent care center available for Placer County residents who are experiencing a mental health crisis -- regardless of insurance.
"During the pandemic, we definitely saw an uptick and more importantly, a change in the way people were accessing mental health treatment. So more tele- mental health and so we expanded our capacity there," said Health and Human Services Director, Dr. Rob Oldham.
Oldham said it's the first 24/7 crisis center in Placer County and is meant to lower the barriers to care.
"Staffing has also been a big challenge. So with -- I think the need went up, we across the system -- have changed to try to meet that need, but we also continue to be impacted by staffing, especially for some of the harder-to-fill positions like mental health counselors, psychiatric and so forth," Oldham said.
The center is a short-term place for people to stay and decompress for up to two days where they will work with clinicians to address the crisis and create a plan to use wrap-around services before leaving the center. Some of those services could include housing needs, social services or treatment for substance abuse.
“We’ve increased supports for those in crises in recent years, now offering a mobile crisis team for both adults and children that works alongside various partners. This latest addition does even more to help meet individuals’ needs in a welcoming space, at a time when mental health needs are growing,” said Amy Ellis, Adult System of Care Division Director, in a statement.
Adults in Placer County experiencing mental health challenges can call a 24-hour phone line at 1-888-886-5401 to see if they are eligible for the crisis center or other mental health programs. People can also be referred to law enforcement, healthcare and other partners, according got the release.
Learn more about the center HERE.
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BLOOMINGTON — Multiple drug and weapon charges are pending against a Bloomington woman.
Ynella S. Jackson, 57, appeared in court on Monday after multiple bills of indictment were signed by a McLean County grand jury.
Jackson is charged across two cases with three counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, Class 2 felonies, for allegedly having a stun gun. She is also charged with four counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. The substances included buprenorphine, fentanyl, heroin and naloxone.
Court records indicate the drug offense occurred on Nov. 28, 2021, and the weapon offense occurred on Jan. 14.
Jackson’s bond is at $50,000 at 10% for the weapon case and $20,000 at 10% for the drug case. She is being held in lieu of posting $7,035 to be released from jail.
An arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 9 for both cases.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexandria S. Macon
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MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze, 32, is charged with unlawful possession of:
15 to 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony) Less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Less than 15 grams of clonazepam (Class 4 felony) 30 to 100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor) She also is charged with two counts of permitting the unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin S. Waller
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary at a Bloomington smoke shop. He is separately charged with three counts of burglary at the Corn Crib.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E. Reynolds
Brandon E. Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a charge of grooming.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E.J. Frieburg
Brandon E.J. Frieburg, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brenden P. Cano
Brenden P. Cano , 23, of LeRoy, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography production.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brennen M. Whiteside
Brennen M. Whiteside, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of vehicular invasion and aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brettais J. Lane
Brettais J. Lane, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in a public park and ulawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
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Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Caleb W. Collier
Caleb W. Collier, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class 1 and 2 felonies). He is accused of possessing between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
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Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Chester Johnson
Chester Johnson, 69, of Chicago, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher A. Johnson
Christopher A. Johnson, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher Garza
Christopher O. Garza, 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
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Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, was sentenced to 167 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, was sentenced to 142 days in jail in June 2022 for aggravated battery to a peace officer. He was originally charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey B. Dowell
Corey B. Dowell , 24, of Bloomington, is charged with failure to report an accident or injury.
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Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey W. Elizondo
Corey W. Elizondo, 31, of Peoria, is charged with possession of a stolen or converted stolen vehicle and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Craig O. Harrington
Craig O. Harrington , 23, of Chicago, was sentenced to 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of burglary.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius J. Heard
Darrius J. Heard, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced to six days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destinee M. Nuckolls
Destinee M. Nuckolls, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine and permitting unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 31, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 36 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery-strangulation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Duane K. Martin
Duane K. Martin, 34, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, three counts of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine and four counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dujuan L. Enos
Dujuan L. Enos, 48, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of fentanyl.
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Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Enrique D. Sosa
Enrique D. Sosa, 55, of Spanish Fork, Utah, is charged with theft, financial institution fraud, wire fraud and two counts of computer fraud.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 22, of Chicago, was sentenced to 60 days in jail, plus 30 months of probation, after pleading guilty July 2022 to illegal possession of stolen vehicle parts. He was previously charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Franklin P. Roberts
Franklin P. Roberts, 50, of Bloomington, is charged with threatening a public official (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
George E. Wisehart
George E. Wisehart, 44, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and two counts of meth possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hannah J. Jackson
Hannah J. Jackson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter A.W. Williamson
Hunter A.W. Williamson, 23, of Heyworth, is charged with cannabis trafficking and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
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Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob S. Upton
Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahda R. Davis
Jahda R. Davis, 20, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James Canti
James Canti, 48, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates, 24, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason M. Harris
Jason M. Harris , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated arson (Class X felony), residential arson (Class 1 felony) and two counts of arson (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jawarren L. Clements
Jawarren L. Clements, 25, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jesse S. Duncan
Jesse S. Duncan, 28, of Bloomington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property with a value of between $500 and $10,000.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica N. Huff
Jessica N. Huff, 35, of Peoria, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua A. Lindsey
Joshua A. Lindsey, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of MDMA) Two counts of unlawful possession of meth (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of MDMA) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (amphetamine) Four counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of amphetamine, less than 15 grams of clonazepam, less than 15 grams of lorazepam, less than 15 grams of cocaine) Unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (30 to 500 grams) Unlawful possession of cannabis (30 to 500 grams)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua K. Wilson
Joshua K. Wilson, 39, of Normal, was sentenced to 152 days in jail and 24 months on conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, was sentenced to 143 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to one year in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kavion J. Anderson
Kavion J. Anderson, 18, of Hazel Crest, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He earned credit for 197 days served in jail. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular hijacking.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kelyi G. Kabongo
Kelyi G. Kabongo, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession 5 to 15 grams of meth and less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver, possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth and possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta C. Chissell
Kenyatta C. Chissell, 40, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerrigan T. Spencer
Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal, is charged with two counts of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerry M. Huls
Kerry M. Huls, 47, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of meth, unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, was sentenced to five years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Malik A. Wilson
Malik A. Wilson, 23, of Chicago, is charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mason A. Artis
Mason A. Artis, 22, of Shirley, is charged with possession of a stolen license plate, unauthorized use of a license plate and three counts of theft. He is separately charged with unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 102 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael S. Parkerson
Michael S. Parkerson, 54, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
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Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Noel R. Castillo
Noel Ramirez-Castillo, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful vehicular invasion, aggravated battery, theft, criminal damage to government supported property and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Randy M. Turner
Randy M. Turner, 39, of Danville, is charged with two counts of disarming a peace officer, five counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, attempted possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to government supported property and driving under the influence of drugs.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhiannan O. Keith
Rhiannan O. Keith, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhonda L. Davis
Rhonda L. Davis , 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Richard L. Kletz
Kletz
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ronnie Cannon
Ronnie Cannon, 43, of Chicago, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Roosevelt Williams
Roosevelt Williams, 43, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion, criminal trespass to a residence and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Sarah E. Myers
Sarah E. Myers, 39, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after she knowingly made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature by spitting upon a correctional officer, court documents said.
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Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
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Shanarra S. Spillers
Shanarra S. Spillers , 36, of Normal, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, was sentenced July 13, 2022, to 68 days in jail and 30 months of probation after pleading guilty to residential burglary, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stephon T. Carter
Carter
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Terrance T. Jones
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 60, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 months on probation and 96 days in jail for one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Trevon J. Triplett
Triplett
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler C. Neely
Tyler C. Neely, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with four counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class X and Class 1 felonies), reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) and methamphetamine possession (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyrone L. McKinney
Tyrone L. McKinney, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 1 to 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyson Brown
Tyson Brown is charged with burglary and forgery for attempting to cash a stolen check at CEFCU in Normal.
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Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
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Xavier M. Moreau
Xavier M. Moreau, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and violation of the Firearm Owner’s Identification Card Act.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Zachary J. Williamson
Williamson
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Cierra A. Hazlett
Cierra A. Hazlett, 26, is charged with unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) as well as six other related charges across two separate cases.
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Edin O. Portillo-Lopez
Edin O. Portillo-Lopez, 37, is charged with 30 counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and child pornography (Class 2 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Matthew T. Huett
Matthew T. Huett, 40, was arrested Wednesday after multiple bills of indictments were signed by a McLean County grand jury. He was charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies) and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyson S. Moore
Tyson S. Moore, 40, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after he knowingly made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature by pushing a corrections officer, court documents said.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jeremiah D. Bivens
Jeremiah D. Bivens, 47, is charged with aggravated domestic battery (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery as a subsequent offense (Class 4 felony) on Aug. 9.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Chemier M. Lewis-Sangster
Chemier M. Lewis-Sangster, 18, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of armed violence, a class 3 felony, and one count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, a class 2 felony.
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Tye Z. Thomas
Tye Z. Thomas, 24, of Bloomington is charged with multiple counts related to drug possession, possession with the intent to sell, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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Angela R. Oss
Angela R. Oss, 43, is charged with unlawful possession of more than one gram but less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) and unlawful delivery of cocaine (Class 2 felony).
MACON COUNTY JAIL
Tabu H. Triplett
Tabu H. Triplett, 53, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of more than one gram of cocaine and two counts of unlawful delivery of less than one gram.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Izaiah N. Lemos
Izaiah N. Lemos, 18, is charged with two counts of armed violence for possessing a loaded firearm while in possession of and attempting to deliver cannabis and methamphetamine.
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PONTIAC — A Livingston County jury is deliberating after hearing more than three hours of closing arguments and rebuttals in the murder trial for the Cullom man accused of killing his wife, son and neighbor.
Clifford Brewer, 55, was arrested Christmas Day 2019 after initially telling police he woke up to find his wife Shirley Brewer, 48; his son Christian Brewer, 27; and his neighbor Norman Walker, 51, dead in his home.
He declined to testify Monday. In closing Tuesday, Brewer’s attorney, Stephen Richards, pointed to statements Brewer made to his daughter, saying the defendant’s wife killed herself after killing her son and neighbor, arguing that the evidence supports that statement.
“Whatever the exact scenario, … there is overwhelming physical evidence that this is what happened,” Richards said, questioning how Brewer could have known what forensic evidence would be recovered and how it would align with his story. He argued there is reasonable doubt in the case and asked the jury to return a not guilty verdict.
Scientific evidence presented during the trial, which began last Monday, included a female DNA profile identified on Brewer’s handgun that was found lying in Shirley Brewer’s blood, a male DNA profile on the gun that did not match any of the men present and gunshot residue found on the defendant’s hands, his wife’s left hand and Walker’s hands.
In his rebuttal to the defense’s closing, State’s Attorney Randy Yedinak said Brewer knew what the evidence would show because he is the only living person who was there that night.
“His statements match the evidence, ladies and gentlemen. He was talking about stuff that he would have no idea that this evidence would turn up. How does he know? How does he know that these things would happen? Because he was there,” Yedinak said to the jury, asking them to return a guilty verdict. “That’s how he knows that that stuff would match up. He was there and he saw it.”
Richards argued Shirley Brewer fired the fatal shots, which included one shot to the right side of Christian Brewer’s head, one shot to the front of Walker’s head and one shot to Shirley Brewer’s forehead. He said there was a struggle between Brewer and his wife and he tried to stop her.
During the defense’s presentation of evidence Monday, forensic pathologist Shaku Teas said the wife’s gunshot wound was atypical, fired at a downward angle from just left of the middle of her forehead and exited near her right ear.
Teas said she believed Shirley Brewer, who was left handed, had shot herself.
Messages exchanged between Shirley Brewer and Walker also indicated she considered taking a large amount of pills before inviting him over to drink with him because she “really needed a friend.”
In closing, Assistant State’s Attorney Mike Regnier said forensic pathologist Scott Denton, who had performed the autopsy, determined all three victims died by homicide and their wounds could not be self-inflicted.
Denton also opined that Christian Brewer was shot from a distance of 2-3 feet, Walker from about 2 feet and Shirley Brewer from 12-18 inches, the prosecutor said Tuesday.
Regnier noted Brewer had lied to police, despite “multiple opportunities to tell this story about what happened … multiple opportunities to explain why he’s alive and they’re all dead,” and contaminated “the very evidence he wants you to believe shows he didn’t do it.”
Law enforcement witnesses testified last week the Brewers’ washing machine was running when officers arrived after the 2 a.m. call to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency number, and it was set to sanitize on extra high heat. A raincoat, hat, blanket and pair of slippers were later removed from the washing machine, prosecutors said.
Jury deliberations began Tuesday afternoon and could continue Wednesday.
While Brewer is charged with first-degree murder in the three deaths, the jury will have the option to find Brewer guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Shirley Brewer’s death. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/jury-deliberations-begin-in-cullom-triple-murder-trial/article_139b8ed4-1d9b-11ed-8557-c314214b592e.html | 2022-08-16T20:47:02 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/jury-deliberations-begin-in-cullom-triple-murder-trial/article_139b8ed4-1d9b-11ed-8557-c314214b592e.html |
NORMAL — McLean County Unit 5’s board is expected to vote Wednesday on putting a referendum on the November ballot to increase the districts maximum tax rate for its education fund.
The vote is the latest step in a months long process to decide how to address a structural deficit in the education fund.
The district has worked with consulting firm EOSullivan during the process. At their last meeting in July, Unit 5 board members expressed support for moving forward to a vote to put the referendum on the general election ballot later this fall.
While the action item is on the agenda, Unit 5 had not released details on the referendum in the documents for the meeting as of press time on Tuesday.
The board meets at Normal West High School at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. There will be a chance for the public to make comments, with sign up to speak to the board running from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. ahead of the meeting.
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4 Bedroom Home in Carlock - $189,900
Completely renovated 4 bed 2 full bath home with heated 3 car garage only about 5 miles from Rivian in Unit 5 school District! Renovations include NEW ROOF- home and garage 2019, new 200 amp electrical system, completely updated plumbing throughout, carpet, paint, new kitchen and bathrooms (renovated down to the studs!) Huge oversized 3 car garage has its own electrical box, baseboard heating newer garage door opener with 1 remote and lighting at the flip of a switch for the attic space. Huge living room that has a convenient laundry room located in a custom laundry closet that has a Pinterest look to it! Home has a newly poured cement walkways to get to the spacious heated detached 3 car garage! New beautiful covered backyard porch for relaxing and enjoying a morning cup of coffee. Come check it out before it's gone! In addition to all the original updates the current owners purchased a water filtration system- Proline Plus Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water Filtration System and HydroSpring Water Softener and Conditioner $5,000 , an amazing master ceiling fan/light and a Liberty Home Guard-5 year home warranty that covers the septic plumbing coverage $3,050- it's transferable to new owners.
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $95,000
Large and spacious four bedroom, three full bath home that has the room count and size that you have been looking for! Nicely landscaped and fenced backyard too. This home has so many rooms and so much space for your family's needs. Nice enclosed front porch too! Home used to be subdivided into a tri-plex and could easily be put back as one to generate tremendous income potential. All freshly painted four bedrooms upstairs, with new carpet as well. Newer furnace and air conditioning, along with newer water heater. New roof in 2015. Nice two garage off the back/side alley. Access to the alley is from Olive St. Basement used to function as a separate apartment and has a kitchen with those appliances that stay and a full bathroom. The basement has two other finished rooms (finished walls and ceiling) that just need new flooring. House only has seepage with that "100-year storm" last June. The laundry was moved to the back enclosed porch, hookups are still in the basement as well. Come see all the space that this home has!
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $285,000
Enjoy all the comforts of today with the character and charm of a classic home in one of Bloomington's most coveted neighborhoods! The Kitchen, all 3 bathrooms, and the Basement Family/Theater room have been completely remodeled. Kitchen has custom cabinetry with quartz countertops and Stainless Steel appliances. Every bathroom features quartz tops, tile showers & floors and heavy glass shower doors! Huge master bedroom with 2 closets. Theater room in basement family room. Affordable utilities with new boiler in 2017, Unico central AC system and spray foam insulation. 4 floors of living area, spacious screened porch, white marble fireplace, built-in custom lockers & cabinets, high ceilings, walk-up attic, crown moldings and much more. Updates include new roof in 2011 & the exterior was painted in 2017. Additional concrete parking pad off alley behind garage. Shared driveway.
4 Bedroom Home in Normal - $325,000
Rare chance for Country Living - SO close to town!! Relax on the multi-level deck with a morning coffee and nice breeze! First floor Master BR (19 x 19) with walk in closet. Master bath has heated ceramic tiles! Outbuildings for workshop and plenty of storage! The barn has two levels of decking. The corncrib allows for additional storage! The property has plenty of trees for privacy. The perfect place to entertain family and friends. Items staying with the home - Kitchen stainless steel appliances, office desk and bookcase, LR TV stand. Central air, but 3 window units stay for additional AC. Regular furnace and wood furnace. Wood supply stays with the home! West side of barn has LED lighting, insulated and has a barrel stove! 10/06 - new HVAC. 11/02 - new pressure tank for well. 8/99 - new septic system. Septic tank recently cleaned out in 8/20. It's time to buy your piece of the world!
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $196,900
Remodeled 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home close to everything! Two block walk to Fell Park and just across Fell from IWU Shirk Center, Carle BroMenn Hospital. Rough-in in basement for full bath. 2021 roof and ac install Newer with in last 7 years windows, furnace and, baths and kitchen. Large deck on the front of the home and another overlooks the Large back yard and Patio off the 30 x 21 extra large 2-car garage. Can put 2 cars in and have a large shop.
4 Bedroom Home in Towanda - $219,900
4 bedrooms 2 baths on 1.44 acres with many updates throughout. Perfectly located right in the middle of nothing and everything at the same time. Country living with no neighbors, but just minutes away from different townS including Bloomington/Normal. Beautiful views on all sides of the property. Newer laminate and tile flooring throughout. Mostly all newer paint. Kitchen has updated countertop and sink. Machine shed has newer poured concrete and has been divided into two separate areas. One is completely insulated and has a heater that keeps up all winter. This part has been turned into a gym but can be used for so many other ideas as well. The other part is perfect for storing any extra toys, storage, lawn equipment, etc. New well in 2016. Generator included. Stamped concrete patio perfect for entertaining or relaxing and taking in the peace and quiet. Beautifully landscaped. 1.44 acres holds an asparagus patch, garden, grapevine, apple tree and different gorgeous flowers however, it's open to your imagination. Is priced to sell and will be sold AS IS. Enclosed porch is currently being used as a 5th bedroom. Possibilities are endless.
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $187,000
Character is EVERYTHING and this home definitely will not disappoint. As soon as you arrive the massive stone covered porch says welcome. Main level has so many features in addition to all of the hardwood flooring, crown molding, period mill work and more. Oversized living room with wood burning fireplace as well as a flex space nook for your office, reading, game time needs. The large dining room is truly a focal point. Updated kitchen with all appliances remaining, pantry and more opens up to the fully fenced in back yard. The second level hosts 4 bedrooms, full bath and upper level attic access. Detached OVERSIZED garage provides for so much additional storage. Fully fenced in back yard with driveway gate. Conveniently located close to all that Downtown Bloomington has to offer including the summer farmers market, concerts on the square, restaurants, shopping and so much more. Additional updates include: HVAC - 2011, Updated plumbing including tankless water heater - 2011, Updated electrical - 2019, Roof - 2016. As if that wasn't enough the sellers are also providing a 1 year home warranty for buyer peace of mind.
4 Bedroom Home in Normal - $169,900
1.5 Story home ready for its new owners! This home provides 4 bedrooms (main floor bedroom and 3 bedrooms upstairs on second level)! Each floor provides a full bath, too! Features also include charming "old home" characteristics like exposed brick and delicate woodworking. Beautiful hardwood floors throughout most of the first and second floors. Awesome oversized 2 car detached garage. (Shared driveway is owned by Unit 5 and the owner has easement rights to it.). Updates include: Furnace 2000, AC 2022, Electric Water Heater. Schedule your showing today!
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $145,900
So much new here you will certainly be impressed! This home has an inviting open floor plan with 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, eat-in kitchen with a breakfast bar, formal dining room & a living room with a contemporary electric fireplace. The 1st floor offers bedroom #1, a full bath with a new tub surround and laundry with trendy sliding barn doors! The washer and dryer remain of course. The 2nd floor has 3 bedrooms up and a huge full bath! Every inch of the space is used here with a cozy nook under the steps for lounging, reading or an office space. ALL NEW paint, flooring, window coverings, brand new tub surround in 1st floor bath, countertop, new iron railing, recessed lights & contemporary lighting. The current lighting is amazing! The kitchen has ALL stainless steel appliances, with a French door style refrigerator and a BRAND NEW dishwasher. There is a separate entryway and a 5X14 porch off the kitchen that leads to the backyard, which is completely fenced with 2 gates. ALSO in the backyard is a 21x10 deck with a built-in bench, a huge 30x20 patio AND a 8x8 L-shaped grill and bar area with a concrete countertop! The Andirondack chairs & grill remain of course. The cement driveway has space for 3 vehicles and there's a 12x10 storage shed for additional storage. Notice the great curb appeal with a stone area added for flowers! Look fo the USB port by the breakfast bar, where all 4 bar stools remain! Newer double pane windows too! The roof is about 6 years old and the furnace /AC are about 10 years old. (This house went pending on day 2 on the market and is now back on the market due to financial fall through from the buyer.)
4 Bedroom Home in Normal - $269,900
Historic home with many recent updates in Old North Normal. The main level has original hardwood flooring in excellent condition, french doors, 10' ceilings, modern lighting, and new window treatments. The entire home is bright and open with many large windows. Basement has recently been finished and has a bathroom with a shower. Third floor is finished with plenty of space for storage, bedroom, or game room. All 4 bedrooms on the second floor are larger than you would expect for a home this age. All closets are walk-in and have recently been remodeled with high-end hardware. There is plenty of outdoor space with a patio in front and back, with a new deck off the rear door. The detached two car garage has electric vehicle charging and a carport. Furniture is negotiable. Updates since 2021: basement remodel, window treatments throughout, rear deck, many lighting upgrades, built-in closets, electric vehicle 14-50 plug, sump pump w. backup, carpeting upstairs Updates since 2016: many windows, fresh paint inside and out, central A/C and heat, electric, plumbing, water heater, and roof.
4 Bedroom Home in Normal - $387,000
Now is your chance to own this one-of-a-kind, historic John Gregory house in Normal sitting on nearly a one acre lot. This iconic home is "the oldest and most scrupulous piece of architectural restoration within the town of Normal, the finest Italianate-styled structure in Normal & one of the best in Central Illinois," according to the town and an Old House Society Historic Preservation award recipient. Attention to detail and the timeless efforts to restore the home by the current Sellers can be seen from the basement all the way to the tippy top of the cupola showcasing stunning 360 views of the town that is heated, insulated and air conditioned. Hardwood floors throughout that have been restored, cedar closets, built-ins, unique architecture, wood stove and fireplaces throughout. Entryway features 100-year old salvaged oak flooring and one-of-a-kind spiral walnut staircase. Attention to detail is an understatement: barn beams w/ mortise and tenon joints in the heated garage, 1" hickory on the walls along with historic ceiling tiles in kitchen. Parlor features lawyer bookcases, fireplace and access to your private flagstone patio and wrap-around porch. Upstairs you will find 4 bedrooms including a room featuring a library ladder w/ built-ins, master bedroom, spacious service quarters that feature a fireplace and full bath that has access to the separate stairwell. *NEW* 2020 water heater , *NEW* 2019 top-of-the-line, high efficiency furnace and heat pump for upstairs, *NEW* 2019 professionally sealed dry lock basement. *NEW* 2018 full-blown insulation and cedar siding along with foam insulation in attic. *NEW* 2020 water softener and osmosis system. *NEW 2017 exterior paint*, *NEW* 5" inch gutters added. ALL appliances to stay! Additional updates throughout include restoring 1900's wallpaper, water pressure pump added, Rich Murray (Bartonville) installed custom granite countertops w/ antique kitchen light fixtures, Anderson windows in cupola, and extended driveway and topcoated in 2021. Garage floor was professionally coated by TSR. Outside features a few private gardens, professionally landscaped and maintained along with rubber mulch and mature trees. Enjoy your morning cup of coffee or evening glass of wine while watching the sunrises and sunsets. The 18 Douglas fir trees provide year-round greenery along with the dianthus, rhododendrons, groundcover, rising sun redbud, two cherry trees, forsythia and hostas provide color all summer long. All plants are established and do well on their own. Maintenance is minimal. Unit 5 schools! Close to Illinois State University, stadiums, Uptown Normal, highways, shopping and more. Make this house of a lifetime yours today!
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $119,900
Don't miss this well cared for home. 6 ft privacy fence added. 2 car detached garage and a storage shed that remains. Lovely covered front porch. The attic is partially finished with ceiling, walls and floor coverings. Some recent updates include: New siding 2010, Roof (tear off) July 2020. Fresh paint entry of house 4/2021, Furnace and central air under 12 years old. Plumbing and electrical updated in 2009. Water heater installed 2019. Remodeled bathroom 2020. It was being rented for $1400. Tons of space.
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $389,900
Amazing 4 bedroom 3 bathroom Pool home in Founders Grove! Love living at Glacier Point, this wonderful property has all the things you need to have the best Summer ever. Inside there are so many updates that you need to read the 3 page list, and when you step outside you truly have it all, fantastic pool, great seating areas, beautiful landscaping, and of course one of the best locations in town. This is the one you've been waiting for.
4 Bedroom Home in Danvers - $145,000
Nice 4 bedroom home just mins from Blm-Nl. Detached 2-c heated garage, fenced yard, wood fire pit/grill on patio, lovely backyard, plumbing & elect updated, 2 furnaces, 2 A/C's, priced to sell.
4 Bedroom Home in Downs - $125,000
4 Bedroom Home in Downs - $79,900
Tons of Potential with this 4-bedroom home in Coveted Tri-Valley School District. Home is located in unincorporated village of Holder just 10 minutes from East side of Bloomington with Downs address and schools. House needs a little TLC but mostly cosmetic, home has vinyl replacement windows, homes siding needs painted as well as some other repairs. Great opportunity for some sweat equity in an owner-occupied home or investment property.
4 Bedroom Home in Normal - $170,000
ATTENTION ALL INVESTORS! First time on the market since the mid 1970s making this a rare opportunity to own 2 "iconic" homes used as ISU student rentals for over 3 decades. Located right on the edge of ISU campus making for a very short commute for students. Each home offers 4 bedrooms and 1 bath. Each home has a licensed special use variance permit allowing more than 2 unrelated occupants. Must be sold together with 421 W. Vernon. Don't miss your chance to own a piece of ISU "history."
4 Bedroom Home in Normal - $170,000
ATTENTION ALL INVESTORS! First time on the market since the mid 1970s making this a rare opportunity to own 2 "iconic" homes used as ISU student rentals for over 3 decades. Located right on the edge of ISU campus making for a very short commute for students. Each home offers 4 bedrooms and 1 bath. Each home has a licensed special use variance permit allowing more than 2 unrelated occupants. Must be sold together with 423 W. Vernon. Don't miss your chance to own a piece of ISU "history."
4 Bedroom Home in Mackinaw - $149,900
Welcome to 303 E Madison. Enjoy all of the beauty of a turn of the century home with all of the modern updates. Soaring 10' ceilings really give each room a grand feeling and the extra tall windows let in tons of natural light. Original hardwood floors with tile and carpet inlays. The ornate millwork on the stairway as you enter really sets the tone for this home. Beautiful French doors lead from the entry to the living room. Stained glass windows just add to the charm. The main floor master suite includes a walk-in tile shower that is just beautiful, and walk-in closet. If you like walk-in closets, you will love this home as 3 bedrooms have them. The basement includes a storm shelter that was believed to be a fall-out shelter originally. Nestled nicely between the high school and primary schools, and walkable to shops and restaurants in uptown Mackinaw.
4 Bedroom Home in Mackinaw - $149,900
Welcome to 303 E Madison. Enjoy all of the beauty of a turn of the century home with all of the modern updates. Soaring 10' ceilings really give each room a grand feeling and the extra tall windows let in tons of natural light. Original hardwood floors with tile and carpet inlays. The ornate millwork on the stairway as you enter really sets the tone for this home. Beautiful French doors lead from the entry to the living room. Stained glass windows just add to the charm. The main floor master suite includes a walk-in tile shower that is just beautiful, and walk-in closet. If you like walk-in closets, you will love this home as 3 bedrooms have them. The basement includes a storm shelter that was believed to be a fall-out shelter originally. Nestled nicely between the high school and primary schools, and walkable to shops and restaurants in uptown Mackinaw.
4 Bedroom Home in Stanford - $110,000
This beautiful home built just before 1900 sure does not show like its age. Beautiful dark wood tone laminate floors throughout the first floor with the almost open floor plan. Real wood burning fireplace in the living room is a cozy invitation for your guests. The old beauty has 4 bedrooms , 3 of which on the 2nd floor with nice open hall space. This home has all the major updates completed, all you need to do is move on in and make yourself at home. There is no other place like it. This one is a must see!! HVAC 2018, new roof 2012, new vinyl siding 2013, new windows 2012. Culligan water softener is rented. Large 3 car garage is heated. All information believed to be accurate. Be advised Ring doorbell is active.
5 Bedroom Home in Downs - $375,000
Sitting on over an acre, this classic farmhouse with modern accents just minutes from Moraine View State Park in the desired Tri-Valley school district is sure to impress! The new siding currently being installed is just the latest in a number of updates to this rural gem. Take in all the fresh country air on the wraparound front porch before heading inside to discover charming character and beautiful original details throughout. In the front living room, you'll appreciate the gorgeous hardwood flooring, coffered ceiling, and large window letting all the light stream in. The hardwoods continue through the large cased opening into the spacious family room, complete with bay window and updated lighting. Find great entertaining space in the breakfast nook which could also be used as main floor bedroom or head into the expansive kitchen/dining room to find a large island with seating and rustic brick accent, updated light fixtures, beautiful backsplash, granite countertops, and stainless appliances. A convenient drop-zone with storage, laundry room, and full bathroom complete the main level. Your private retreat awaits upstairs where you'll discover the primary bedroom with a large walk-in closet and updated full bath. Three additional bedrooms with great storage space, including one with a built-in loft bed, share the third full bathroom. Keep all your tools and toys organized out in the 24x50 barn or play in the large, fenced backyard. All brand new siding in 2022 plus many updates in the last several years including electrical, plumbing, flooring, HVAC, water heater, cabinets, windows, doors, metal roof, gutters, and more! Check out this remarkable find today!
5 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $275,000
Beautiful Historic home on Franklin Square near downtown Bloomington. 2019 Completely New Roof, New copper piping throughout the whole house, new appliances, new light fixtures, 2020 completely remodeled main floor bathroom, master bath, second playroom on the main floor, new 75 gal Water Heater, all electrical is updated, new flooring in back entryway, landscaping 2021 new HVAC system, new floor in mudroom, remodeled second upstairs bathroom, new sidewalks to the garage and house off the driveway, freshly painted. Huge attic ready to be finished or makes for great storage. Do not miss out on this one!
5 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $975,000
This is your chance to own a one of a kind, elegant and custom built Bloomington Country Club golf course and lake view home that is proudly situated on a just under 1 acre lot. From the moment you walk inside you are surrounded by character, quality, and inclusion. Enjoy entertaining and dining in the massive 39x42 great room with solid hardwood beams, exposed woodwork, pool and golf course views, pool access, full kitchen with multiple refrigerators, freezer, additional ice machine, dishwasher, double oven, Jenn-Air cook-top and a massive limestone entertaining counter. Large floor to ceiling stone hearth with digital remote gas fireplace. This addition was designed by well known architect Francois & Associates and built by AJS Construction with the full sized pool and deck designed and installed by Barrington Pools. Interior design throughout this home uniquely crafted by Laurie Wallace Interior Designs. From the Great Room you are welcomed by the skylighted atrium with slate tile flooring, full bath, changing space and laundry for guests. This space is perfect for those entering and exiting from the pool and patio. Stunning library with additional golf course views and large gas fireplace also opens up to an exterior patio. You and your guests will enjoy relax time in the formal sitting room with exterior screened in patio which overlooks the stunning West facing views. Kitchen 2 is packed full of features including Jenn-Air appliances and Sub Zero refrigerator/freezer. Private breakfast dining room is conveniently located right off of kitchen 2 and opens into the formal dining room. Beautiful terra-cotta flooring and custom painted walls through out these 3 spaces. Within the turret of this home you are blown away by the spiral staircase taking you to the 2nd floor. Note the hand painted artwork within the turret ceiling. The 2nd floor boasts a primary suite with en-suite that includes a jetted deep soak tub, separate shower, and dual sink vanity. Additionally you will enjoy the massive 18x12 walk-in closet with prep vanity and arial views of the entire course and lake. Guest rooms abound with 3 currently used for sleeping and a 4th that is used as a workout room with adjoining office/flex space and laundry. 2 additional full baths provide for plenty of prep space for your guests. The basement level is finished and packed with amenities. From the full family room to the wine cellar/wet-bar, spa sized steam room and powder room, the lower level will be enjoyed by all. As if that was not enough you have a 3rd kitchen that is primarily used for prep and food storage when hosting larger functions. Additional storage for all of your needs throughout the multiple lower level storage rooms. More storage is available and easily accessible in the walk up attic space. The slate stone roof and exposed brick with an abundance of professionally maintained landscaping truly make this home stand out as a show stopper from the curb. Slate stone bordered circle drive with exposed aggregate flatwork provide parking and access to the attached 3-car heated garage and detached 2-car garage with 4 garage doors, 2 opening directly to the golf course. Perfect for your private golf cart storage. This is a once in a lifetime chance to own a home of this magnitude on coveted Country Club Dr.
5 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $450,000
Built in 1897 & the Winner of the 2001 Old House Society Historical Home Award! Character, Charm & Quality radiate in every sq ft of this 5 Bedroom, 3.5 Bath gem! Located in Bloomington's coveted Elmo neighborhood across from Bloomington Country Club on a HUGE fenced lot! Stunning outdoor living area- an entertainer's dream with a gorgeous enclosed courtyard that flows from the sprawling front porch and offers a deck with pergola, patio and even a natural gas line run for a grill! The yard is an oasis with lush professional landscaping, plenty of green space and a beautiful koi pond with granite water spill bowls! The home itself, as noted, is award winning... and rightfully so! With beamed ceilings, french doors, refinished hardwood floors, period millwork, double pane windows, built-ins GALORE and all the charm and character one would hope to find in a home of this magnitude! The Chef's Kitchen is spacious and offers a built-in booth with custom table, Corian counters, Prairie Woodwork Amish Hickory cabinets with all the bells and whistles (pull-out shelving, cutting boards, a HUGE pantry cabinet & more)! The kitchen also has glass backsplash, tile flooring, a cabinet faced sub-zero fridge, two dishwashers, two ovens, a desk & a gas range cooktop. The main level is also home to the Front Family Room with a lovely working fireplace, a Living Room with a so many windows that it feels like a sunroom, a Formal Dining with a built in wood hutch and a sunken Den with a soaring ceiling and a fireplace flanked by built-in shelving. Dual staircases lead to the second floor, which is home to 4 bedrooms and a full bath with a jetted tub. The THIRD floor is the amazing Master Suite featuring a full bath with tiled shower and skylight, dual walk-in closets and window seats! Oversized 2-car garage and brick driveway with room for 3 cars. SOME of the many recent updates include: Roof 2018. 3rd Floor Bath Remodel 2019. Deck & Courtyard Remodel & Fence 2020. 3rd Floor Bathroom Remodel 2019. A must see home in a PRIME LOCATION that is priced to sell! | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/vote-expected-wednesday-night-on-unit-5-referendum/article_870f1fa0-1d89-11ed-a558-dbb60f5258b7.html | 2022-08-16T20:47:08 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/vote-expected-wednesday-night-on-unit-5-referendum/article_870f1fa0-1d89-11ed-a558-dbb60f5258b7.html |
NORMAL — Connect Transit will use the $13 million it is receiving from a federal grant program to purchase new electric buses and vehicles to use for a new on-demand service.
The funds are coming from the Buses and Bus Facilities Program run by the Federal Transit Authority. Connect Transit announced its intended uses for the funds on Tuesday, in conjunction with the FTA's overall announcement.
"I can't emphasize enough what this funding means for a system our size," said Ryan Whitehouse, chair of the Connect Transit board, in a statement. "This is system changing for Connect Transit and will help us to provide a vital connection to the Bloomington-Normal community for all current and potential riders."
The vehicles Connect Transit is planning to purchase are all electric and will go to replace older vehicles, some dating as far back as 2003, General Manager David Braun said.
Right now, four out of 39 buses are electric, Braun told The Pantagraph. That is expected to increase to 12 out of 39 by the end of 2022, 17 in 2023 and then 22 with the addition of the five this grant will purchase.
Braun thanked Bloomington-Normal's congressional representatives, including Durbin and Duckworth and Congressmen Rodney Davis and Darin LaHood, for their support in securing funding.
"These federal funds will give Illinois' transit systems the resources they need to bring themselves up to speed with technology while providing reliable, affordable services for Illinoisans," Durbin said in the announcement.
The FTA announced a total of $1.66 billion in grants on Tuesday, including around $550 million through the Buses and Bus Facilities Program. Another $1.17 billion was distributed through the Low or No Emission Grant Program. There were a total of 530 project proposals submitted to the agency, with 150 receiving funding.
Connect Transit will use the funds to purchase five battery-electric buses as replacements for diesel vehicles. Additionally it will buy smaller electric vehicles to use in residential neighborhoods as part of a new Microtransit on-demand service. The funding covers a maintenance and training facility as well.
Braun told the Pantagraph the Microtransit service is budgeted to start next calendar year. Connect Transit plans to do a study over the winter to determine which neighborhoods are most in need of the service, as they may lack access to the current fixed routes.
If the new service starts as planned, Connect Transit will need to use its existing fleet, likely the Mobility Transit vehicles, until the new electric vehicles are delivered later in the year, Braun said.
Switching to electric helps on a variety of fronts, Braun said. The electricity to charge them costs less than the current cost of diesel, for instance. Maintenance is also cheaper, without oil changes and the like. It also improves the rider experience.
"From our perspective, from a passenger perspective, these are quieter vehicles, they don't produce emissions," he said.
The size of the grant Connect Transit is receiving was a bit of a surprise for him as well.
"We didn't expect to receive the full amount we asked for," he said.
Photos: Check out all the fun from the Bistro’s Pride Fest 2022
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Ken Bays, Jan Lancaster, Bloomington Police Chief Jamal Simington
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Former Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner, Celeste Randolph, Kris Williams holding Abby, Vicki Hightower
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David Braun, General Manager of Connect Transit manning their Pride booth
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Chef Allen Chambers, Letoyia Miller
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The streets of Downtown were packed
Tim Downey, Ken Butler, John Tollensdorf, Raul Almanza
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McLean County Museum of History celebrating Pride
Contact Connor Wood at (309)820-3240. Follow Connor on Twitter:@connorkwood
A Connect Transit bus cruises down Alexander Road in southwest Bloomington in July 2020. A grant of $13 million from the Federal Transit Administration will go toward purchasing electric buses and new, smaller vehicles to use in a new Microtransit service. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/connect-transit-to-use-federal-funds-for-new-electric-vehicles/article_a3865066-1d81-11ed-92cb-277e08b85924.html | 2022-08-16T20:47:15 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/connect-transit-to-use-federal-funds-for-new-electric-vehicles/article_a3865066-1d81-11ed-92cb-277e08b85924.html |
NORMAL — Native bees and insects traveling through the Refuge Food Forest in Normal will find some expansive lodging, tailored to their needs by a group of local kids.
The children, part of the STEAM Camp through the Children's Discovery Museum, used materials like cardboard, cedar, bamboo and pine cones to fill a pollinator hotel built by Illinois State University students.
The STEAM camp was part of three one-week long programs the museum offered this summer. Students filled the hotel on Aug. 10 after rain canceled the original session on Aug. 2.
Rachel Carpenter, education manager at the museum, said the camp focused on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM). In addition to chemistry, building, space and the James Webb telescope, "one of our days, we focused on pollinators and the environment."
According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, more than 150 crop plants require pollinators, like bees. But many are facing reduced habitats due to a long list of factors, several manmade, like "habitat loss, pesticide use, mites, competition from nonnative species and diseases."
The Food Forest, a diverse planting of organically grown edible plants that aims to mimic natural ecosystems, is a partnership between the Town of Normal and University of Illinois Extension.
The town, extension, children's museum and Wansook Kim School of Fine Arts at Illinois State University partnered to create the pollinator hotel project.
ISU students built the structure, which looks somewhat like an open dollhouse, but the "rooms" needed to be filled with material that would entice bees and insects to stay there.
Carpenter said this activity "was very easy for me to incorporate into my curriculum." She said it was important "to create a a curriculum that really focused on environmental sustainability in a way that was accessible for out students."
She also said these museum programs make it easier on parents. "It's much easier for us to do the super messy things with 40 students," Carpenter said. "If the museum can make the mess and do the learning and us clean it up, then that's what we want to do.
"I mean really, have you had fun if you don't go home dirty?" she said laughing.
Carpenter said using local materials helps prevent disease and parasites. "What our goal is, is to use the materials that we have found here. So we work with the master naturalists," she said while helping a student.
"What we've worked on is making sure that all the materials are natural," Carpenter said. "We need to make sure that we don't have materials that are manmade or will decompose in a way that's not good for our pollinators."
While they did use cardboard tubes, Carpenter said these were "specifically designed for our bees."
The pinecones, Carpenter said, were donated by local families and dried out in the museum's basement so that "there's no larva, there's no bugs" that would hurt the hotel.
She estimated that the hotel will service hundreds, if not thousands of pollinators throughout the year.
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Ryan Weaver, front left, and others stand for "The Star-Spangled Banner" before playing the Lafayette Aviators on Aug. 5.
Brittany A. Mitchell was pronounced deceased at 1:09 p.m. Tuesday in the 1100 block of West Front Street in Bloomington, according to a press release from McLean County Coroner Kathleen Yoder.
Izaiah N. Lemos, 18, is charged with two counts of armed violence for possessing a loaded firearm while in possession of and attempting to deliver cannabis and methamphetamine.
Background from left: Kate Adams, Saheli Sura and Sejal Sura fill the pollinator hotel. Foreground: John Adams prepares cardboard tubing with clay for the pollinator hotel Wednesday, Aug. 10, in Normal.
Left to right: Kate Adams, John Adams, Saheli Sura and Ana Esteves Fischer at the pollinator hotel in the Refuge Food Forest Wednesday, Aug. 10, in Normal. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-normal-pollinators-get-5-star-accommodations-tailored-by-kids/article_838ab46a-1cc7-11ed-b097-4bce3fe56ac7.html | 2022-08-16T20:47:21 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-normal-pollinators-get-5-star-accommodations-tailored-by-kids/article_838ab46a-1cc7-11ed-b097-4bce3fe56ac7.html |
Restoring water service to 7 towns will be delayed extra week, GLWA officials say
Water service to seven Southeast Michigan communities is being delayed an extra week and is unlikely to be completed until early September, Great Lakes Water Authority officials said at a Tuesday press conference.
Seven communities in Oakland, Macomb and St. Clair counties have been under a boil advisory for drinking water since Saturday and service was originally expected to be restored by Aug. 27. GLWA officials initially estimated it would take two weeks for repairs to be completed and the boil water advisory to be lifted.
But GLWA Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Coffey said an initial inspection of a 120-inch water main that broke at the agency's Lake Huron Water Treatment Facility revealed more damage than anticipated. More pipe is needed to fix the damage and has been ordered, GLWA officials said.
The repair timeline has been extended by a week and full, sanitary water flow is expected to be restored to all impacted communities Sept. 3, Coffey said.
Pipe was ordered immediately after the break was discovered on Saturday. The 48 feet of additional replacement pipe is expected to arrive next Tuesday and is currently being manufactured, officials said. The damaged pipe was planned to be removed Tuesday from the grouns.
"When the break occurred, we immediately ordered everything that we could get in the us. There is no other pipe this size, this type of pipe, available, than what we have on site right now," Coffey said.
In response to the broken water main, 23 communities were placed under a boil water advisory The number is down to seven — including Rochester, Imlay City and three Macomb county communities — Bruce, Shelby and Washington townships.
The cause of the break is still unknown but remains under investigation, GLWA officials said Tuesday.
hmackay@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/08/16/restoring-water-service-7-towns-delayed-extra-week-glwa-says/10340997002/ | 2022-08-16T20:49:08 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/08/16/restoring-water-service-7-towns-delayed-extra-week-glwa-says/10340997002/ |
Whitmer does not need to testify Wednesday, appeals panel rules
An appellate panel on Tuesday denied a request seeking to have Gov. Gretchen Whitmer take the stand in a hearing on her lawsuit seeking to upend Michigan's abortion ban.
The three-judge panel said it would not reverse a lower court order that quashed a subpoena requiring Whitmer to testify.
In a brief order, the appellate panel said it was not persuaded "of the existence of manifest error requiring reversal and warranting peremptory relief without argument or formal submission."
The order from Court of Appeals judges Mark Cavanagh, Colleen O'Brien and Sima Patel upheld last week's lower court ruling from Oakland County Circuit Judge Jacob Cunningham, who ruled Whitmer had shown good cause why she shouldn't be made to testify.
David Kallman, a lawyer for two of the 13 prosecuting attorneys named as defendants in Whitmer's case, subpoenaed the governor for Wednesday's hearing on the argument that she should have to explain how she would be expressly harmed by the state's abortion ban.
Kallman argued Whitmer, as the sole plaintiff, does not represent all of the women in the state, but just herself.
"Defendants did not bring this lawsuit, the governor did. She brought this on herself," Kallman said in the motion to appeal Cunningham's ruling. "It is the height of hypocrisy to bring a lawsuit, seek immediate and extraordinary relief, and then claim to be too busy to participate in the suit when challenged."
On Tuesday, Kallman, who represents Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker and Jackson County Prosecutor Jerard Jarzynka, said there was no time to file any further appeals before Wednesday's hearing.
"It’s a sad day in Michigan when a party in a lawsuit can avoid having come to court to answer questions about their claims," Kallman said. "I don’t know what the governor’s afraid of. But the court’s ruled so we’re ready to move ahead tomorrow with the hearing.”
Whitmer had argued that she brought the suit on behalf of the state, not in an individual capacity, and that her appearance in court would require additional security.
"It is apparent the defendants' subpoena of the governor is not necessary (or perhaps even meant) to aid this court in resolving the questions before it, and would only serve to detract from the governor's performance of her official duties, needlessly complicate the proceedings before this court, and improperly raise the level of spectacle surrounding the case," Whitmer's attorneys argued in a motion filed last week.
Cunningham will weigh a potential preliminary injunction in Whitmer's case at the Wednesday hearing. A temporary restraining order issued by Cunningham has been stopping prosecutors' enforcement of the abortion law through most of the month.
Whitmer filed her suit in Oakland County in early April against 13 county prosecutors, arguing the state abortion ban is nullified because a right to abortion already exists in the state Constitution. Planned Parenthood of Michigan filed a similar suit in April in the Court of Claims against Attorney General Dana Nessel, who has said she would neither enforce nor defend Michigan's abortion ban.
In May, Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher ruled Planned Parenthood was likely to succeed on its argument that there was a right to abortion under the constitutional rights of due process and bodily autonomy. Gleicher issued a preliminary injunction and directed Nessel to convey her preliminary injunction to prosecutors.
But earlier this month, a Court of Appeals panel said county prosecutors are not bound by Gleicher's ruling, setting off a daylong scramble to stop county prosecutors from moving forward with enforcement.
Cunningham issued a temporary restraining order in the Oakland County case that stops those prosecutors from enforcing the abortion law through Wednesday, when he'll hear arguments for and against a preliminary injunction that would extend the ban on enforcement through the pendency of the case.
eleblanc@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/16/whitmer-does-not-need-testify-wednesday-appeals-panel-rules/10340205002/ | 2022-08-16T20:49:14 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/16/whitmer-does-not-need-testify-wednesday-appeals-panel-rules/10340205002/ |
A Washburn man in prison after pleading guilty to rape in Morton County has pleaded guilty to three felony sex charges in Burleigh County.
Authorities accused Aaron Brewer, 33, of using a false name and arranging meetings with a 14-year-old girl. The girl told Bismarck police Brewer represented himself as being 17 and that the two had a dating and sexual relationship. She went to police when she learned his true age and identity through media stories, police said. The charges stem from alleged incidents in March 2020, court records show.
Brewer in March 2021 pleaded guilty in Morton County to luring a 13-year-old girl and having sex with her. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
South Central District Judge Lindsey Nieuwsma ordered a presentence investigation in the Burleigh County case. A sentencing date isn’t listed in court records. Two of the three felony charges against Brewer carry possible life sentences. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/imprisoned-washburn-man-pleads-guilty-to-sex-crimes/article_6fb69a6a-1d96-11ed-bbbf-a71d0948c51a.html | 2022-08-16T20:51:20 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/imprisoned-washburn-man-pleads-guilty-to-sex-crimes/article_6fb69a6a-1d96-11ed-bbbf-a71d0948c51a.html |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will be hosting a public hearing on Sept. 8 to address groundwater contamination in northeast Wichita.
The contamination was discovered during investigations related to the 21st Street Corridor Redevelopment Project. It was discovered in the area of 29th Street N and Grove and eventually traced to the Union Pacific Railroad rail yard located south of K-96 highway between highway I-135 and Grove Street.
The primary contaminant was determined to be trichloroethene (TCE), a chemical normally to remove grease from metal. A joint investigation by the KDHE and Union Pacific found that the contamination had spread from the original site down to Murdock Ave.
A corrective action plan to remediate the contamination has been developed that will involve cleaning the original contamination site, along with treating the groundwater to remove TCE. The public is invited to learn about the plan on September 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Atwater Neighborhood Resource Center, 2755 E. 19th St N., Wichita, Kansas.
The proposal is currently available for the public to review at the Angelou Northeast Branch Library at 3501 E. 21st N., Wichita and at KDHE offices in Topeka, and online on the KDHE website.
Public comment will be taken at the September 8 meeting, but they can also be submitted by mail:
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Bureau of Environmental Remediation
Attention: Mary Daily, Professional Geologist
1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 410
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1367
They can also be submitted by email. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kdhe-to-hold-public-meeting-on-groundwater-contamination-in-northeast-wichita/ | 2022-08-16T20:54:48 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kdhe-to-hold-public-meeting-on-groundwater-contamination-in-northeast-wichita/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – An open house will be held Tuesday on proposed redistricting maps for the City of Wichita.
It will be from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Wichita Art Museum, 1400 Museum Boulevard, upstairs Beren room.
Attendees will have an opportunity to provide feedback on proposed redistricting maps. City staff will also be available to answer questions. It is come and go event.
For more information on redistricting, click here. You can provide feedback at this link. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/redistricting-wichita-open-house-to-be-held-tonight/ | 2022-08-16T20:54:49 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/redistricting-wichita-open-house-to-be-held-tonight/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The victim of a deadly shooting in southeast Wichita on Monday has been identified by Wichita police.
The Wichita Police Department (WPD) says 49-year-old Dennis Haynes of Wichita was shot and killed when two men entered his home in the 5200 block of E. Gilbert St. and shot him.
Haynes was transported to a local hospital in critical condition, where he later died of his injuries.
WPD says they don’t know the relationship between Haynes and the suspects, but they are looking for two men who fled the scene on foot.
If you have any information on the shooting, call detectives at 316-268-4407, the See Something Say Something hotline at 316-519-2282, or Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/victim-identified-in-fatal-wichita-shooting/ | 2022-08-16T20:55:01 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/victim-identified-in-fatal-wichita-shooting/ |
MAYS LANDING — A registered sex offender released from prison in 2021 is charged with sexually assaulting a minor, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.
Marcelino Cruz, 33, of Mullica Township, faces two counts of sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child by sexual conduct, the Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
Authorities were led to Cruz after the juvenile's mother uncovered "disturbing electronic communications" with the parolee on the juvenile's phone, the Prosecutor's Office said. After the juvenile's disclosure, officers recovered the discussions between the minor and Cruz as evidence.
Cruz was previously convicted of endangering the welfare of a child using sex acts in 2010. He was sentenced to five years in prison in October 2019, according to the state Department of Corrections website.
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He was paroled from South Woods State Prison on Nov. 15, 2021. Upon his release, Cruz was ordered to undergo lifelong parole supervision, the Prosecutor's Office said.
Investigators say they have evidence linking Cruz to sexual activity with the minor during the first week of August.
Cruz is being held in the Atlantic County jail. He is scheduled for a detention hearing Friday before Judge Patricia Wild.
Chief Assistant Prosecutor John Flammer has moved to detain Cruz pending the resolution of the charges, the Prosecutor's Office said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/paroled-sex-offender-from-mullica-charged-with-sexually-assaulting-minor/article_fdecf598-1d9d-11ed-87b4-333a7b2dccff.html | 2022-08-16T20:55:55 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/paroled-sex-offender-from-mullica-charged-with-sexually-assaulting-minor/article_fdecf598-1d9d-11ed-87b4-333a7b2dccff.html |
Thirty-eight Richmond-area companies, including Summit Human Capital coming in at No. 20, made the newest Inc. 5000, an annual list published by Inc. magazine of the 5,000 fastest-growing, privately held businesses in the United States measured by revenue growth.
The Inc. 5000 list was published online Tuesday.
Summit Human Capital, founded in January 2018, describes itself as an “IT human capital management company striving to connect talent to opportunity.” It has experienced 14,413 percent revenue growth over the last three years.
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent. The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million.
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No. 1 on the list is BlockFi, a financial services firm in Jersey City, N.J., with a three-year growth in revenue of 245,616 percent.
Dotted Line, a Richmond-based creative agency led by Lauren Sweeney, debuted on the list at No. 2,039 with a growth rate of 294%. By the end of 2021, Dotted Line tripled its staff to 21 team members, adding to its in-house creative and account teams to sustain business growth through new and existing clients.
Other Richmond-area companies on the list include:
(350) Cloud Qnect, IT services, Glen Allen; (485) Git The Trucking Commercial Tires, retail, Richmond; (717) Cloth & Paper Co., consumer products, Henrico; (955) 3 Reasons Consulting, business products and services, Mechanicsville; (1,655) Elite Force Holdings, human resources, Chester; (1,715) Old Dominion Mechanical, construction, Richmond; (2,039) Dotted Line, advertising and marketing, Richmond; (2,117) Capital Square, real estate, Glen Allen; (2,520) ITEK Software, IT services, Richmond; (2,627) Terazo, IT services, Richmond; (2,641) Executive Placements, human resources, Richmond; (2,776) Conserva Irrigation Franchisor, construction, Glen Allen; (2,1918) Paymerang, software, Richmond; (2,942) Brandito, advertising and marketing, Richmond; (2,951) The Hilb Group, insurance, Richmond; (2,961) Applied Frameworks, business products and services, Glen Allen.
Also, (3,017) Astyra Corp., human resources, Richmond; (3,174) Keeping Current Matters, real estate, Richmond; (3,208) Simple Thread, software, Glen Allen; (3,319) APEX Anesthesia Review, education, Ashland; (3,366) Scents of Serenity Organic Spa, consumer services, Glen Allen; (3,464) Avertest, health services, Richmond; (3,512) VetEvolve, health services, Richmond; (3,865) Spurrier Group, advertising and marketing, Richmond; (3,887) Assura, IT services, Richmond; (3,894) Daybreak IT Solutions, IT services, Richmond; (3,922) Productive AV, business products and services, Richmond; (4,119) Oakhill Investments, environmental services, North Chesterfield; (4,357) ProfitOptics, software, Glen Allen; (4,440) Madison+Main, advertising and marketing, Richmond; (4,450) Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, consumer products, Glen Allen; (4,505) Jenny Maraghy Team, real estate, Richmond; (4,649) Vape Guys, consumer products, Colonial Heights; (4,762) DJB Hospitality-Sedona Taphouse, food and beverage, North Chesterfield; (4,794) AIS Network, IT services, Richmond; (4,829) Genesis Consulting Partners, IT services, Richmond; (4,946) COLAB, advertising and marketing, Richmond. | https://richmond.com/business/local/38-richmond-area-firms-make-the-inc-5000-list-of-the-nations-fastest-growing-companies/article_1c3bd5b9-3884-5f14-b7d3-b62082fc8d46.html | 2022-08-16T20:56:17 | 1 | https://richmond.com/business/local/38-richmond-area-firms-make-the-inc-5000-list-of-the-nations-fastest-growing-companies/article_1c3bd5b9-3884-5f14-b7d3-b62082fc8d46.html |
A U.S. Navy lieutenant based in Tidewater has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Hampton woman, whose remains were discovered by the side of the road last month in Hanover County.
Emmanuel Dewayne Coble, 27, of Hampton, was also charged with felony use of a firearm in the killing of Raquiah Paulette King, 20, also of Hampton, whose remains were found July 21 near the intersection of Winns Church and Greenwood roads. The state Medical Examiner's Office determined she was shot to death.
Coble and King were involved in an intimate relationship, and King was 3 months pregnant at the time of her death, Hanover Sheriff's spokesman Lt. James Cooper said. Charges are pending related to the death of the fetus, Cooper added.
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Following an "extensive investigation" involving multiple agencies, Hanover investigators were able to quickly identify Coble as a suspect, Cooper said.
Coble holds the rank of LTJG, or junior grade lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and was recently assigned to the USS John C. Stennis, a nuclear-powered supercarrier, Lt. Commander Robert Myers, public affairs officer for the Commander of the Naval Air Force Atlantic fleet, said in a statement. The vessel is temporarily based in Norfolk for a major overhaul.
Jonah Holland was known as a problem-solver and a generous spirit who loved nature, her family and connecting people.
"The Navy is cooperating with law enforcement agencies involved with this case, and we extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the victim," Myers said.
In a GoFundMe page established for King to cover her memorial and burial costs, Gregory King wrote that Raquiah was killed because she refused to get an abortion.
The GoFundMe narrative says Raquiah met a young man and moved to Virginia to live with him while he pursued a career. They fell in love and conceived a child, but "while in the womb of Raquiah, the father changed his mind about having the baby and forced Raquiah to have an abortion, which she refused."
That led to numerous arguments. Eventually, Raquiah and her boyfriend went to an abortion clinic but once inside Raquiah changed her mind "and her boyfriend became furious," according to the narrative.
"They then got into a fight outside in the car on the way home [and] the killer killed her and her unborn baby," the narrative states. "They both died instantly on the scene."
Coble was arraigned on the charges Tuesday in Hanover General District Court. A preliminary hearing date was set for Dec. 6.
"I am incredibly proud of the diligence of our investigators and our law enforcement partners which led to the arrest of Emmanuel Coble," Hanover Sheriff David Hines said in a statement. "This arrest is the first step in bringing justice to Raquiah King and her family." | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/update-naval-officer-charged-in-slaying-of-pregnant-hampton-woman-whose-remains-were-found-in/article_86b37c98-1632-56b0-8f2d-e92f1ea63f59.html | 2022-08-16T20:56:35 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/update-naval-officer-charged-in-slaying-of-pregnant-hampton-woman-whose-remains-were-found-in/article_86b37c98-1632-56b0-8f2d-e92f1ea63f59.html |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 103 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Idaho and
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* WHEN...From 3 PM to 9 PM MDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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CALDWELL — The government accused a former high-ranking Caldwell police officer of having a pattern of "retaliative and abusive use of force".
KTVB obtained a new document the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Idaho filed on Friday: a notice of intent to present evidence relevant to a case currently playing out in district court.
The six-page document says the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho plans to present new evidence in trial outlining multiple instances when former Caldwell Police Lt. Joseph Hoadley allegedly assaulted people he was arresting, and then bragged about it to other officers.
The government said it may present evidence showing on at least five occasions Hoadley displayed abusive and intentional use of excessive force.
Hoadley was first indicted by a grand jury in the spring on federal felony charges of deprivation of rights under the color of the law and destruction, alteration or falsification of records in a federal investigation.
Last week, Hoadley was indicted on two more felony charges: tampering with a witness by harassment and tampering with documents.
The initial two charges center around Hoadley allegedly punching a man in the head that he arrested in 2017 and then lying about it in his incident report.
The government's new document states that at trial the jury is tasked with deciding whether Hoadley willfully deprived that man of his constitutional right to be free from excessive force during his arrest.
All the charges came out of an ongoing FBI investigation into current and former Caldwell police officers.
In this new document, the district attorney's office said several officers reported the following incidents that allegedly occurred over the last decade:
An officer says they saw Hoadley jump on top of a detainee who was lying face down and started choking them. The officer physically forced Hoadley off the person.
In 2017, Hoadley allegedly punched a person, referred to as "R.C." multiple times while they were sitting and handcuffed. In his incident report, he did not state he hit R.C.
Another officer said that in 2013, Hoadley punched an arrestee, "S.C.", in the back of the head while he was handcuffed. The man was also lying face down on the pavement. The officer "will testify that Hoadley's use of force was to punish S.C. for fleeing from law enforcement". The officer will also testify Hoadley told S.C.: "Don't you ever run" during the assault.
In 2016, two other officers say they saw Hoadley push and hit a person referred to as "K.W." as the man was walking away after an interaction outside his house. Hoadley allegedly assaulted K.W. in retaliation for the man saying: "Don't you touch me".
The new document filed Friday also alleges Hoadley bragged, laughed and showed a video to multiple fellow officers of him punching a Hispanic man who was handcuffed. Some of the officers reported it to department leaders and the FBI, according to the document.
Hoadley was fired from Caldwell Police Department in May after he was federally indicted on his initial two charges: deprivation of rights under color of the law and falsification of records in a federal investigation.
Last week, he pleaded not guilty to all four charges. His trial is Sept. 19 at the U.S. District Courthouse in Boise.
If convicted, Hoadley could face up to a total of 70 years in federal prison and a million dollars in fines. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/ex-caldwell-officer-allegedly-had-a-pattern-of-hitting-arrestees-bragging-about-it/article_a0b6faa1-c6b1-5b2c-9a32-38fc2a23724b.html | 2022-08-16T20:58:11 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/ex-caldwell-officer-allegedly-had-a-pattern-of-hitting-arrestees-bragging-about-it/article_a0b6faa1-c6b1-5b2c-9a32-38fc2a23724b.html |
LANCASTER, Pa. — A bicyclist died following a crash with a vehicle in Lancaster County early Tuesday morning, according to police.
Brian Kozera, 44, was wearing a bicycle helmet at the time of the incident, but succumbed to his injuries sustained from the crash.
The crash occurred on South Pool Forge Road at the intersection of Nolt Road in Caernarvon Township in Lancaster County. Kozera approached the intersection and was struck by a 1994 Ford truck that allegedly did not stop at a stop sign on Nolt Road, according to police.
The force of the crash knocked Kozera off his bicycle, which was caught under the rear passenger wheel of the truck.
The truck driver, 62-year-old John Good, was uninjured.
Kozera was taken to the Reading Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
It is unclear at this time if charges will be filed against Good. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/bicyclist-killed-following-morning-crash-in-lancaster-county-pennsylvania/521-8a1a4dbf-876b-4987-aff5-8802fa3a244f | 2022-08-16T21:04:41 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/bicyclist-killed-following-morning-crash-in-lancaster-county-pennsylvania/521-8a1a4dbf-876b-4987-aff5-8802fa3a244f |
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — As a way to combat inflation, many local restaurants have been forced to raise menu prices.
Greystone Public House in Lower Paxton Township says they’ve had to increase some of the food prices by almost 30%.
"Like most places, we’ve had to do some price increases, across the board," said General Manager Bill Collier.
The restaurant says they’ve also been working with their suppliers to find value-added items.
“When crab prices really went through the roof, we actually switched over to a Chilean Sea Bass, that we have on the menu now. So it’s a little bit of a value added to the customer cause the price stays lower but it still has that same great flavor," said Collier.
The Handsome Cab in York has also made adjustments in order to combat inflation.
“We’ve had to raise prices, we’ve had to change the menu, certain things had to come off, because of the price," said Owner Robert Godfrey.
They say meals like scallops had to go off the menu because the price was increasing up to $50.
The businesses say the situation has been frustrating and has created a lot of challenges for them.
“We’ve really been doing our best to make sure [we] put our guests forward, but we also [have] got to make sure that we are staying afloat," said Collier.
The businesses add that they’ve been offering happy hour, bringing in live music, and doing specials on menus as a way to bring people in. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/central-pa-restaurants-find-creative-ways-to-deal-with-inflation-rates-menu-prices-rise-costs-food/521-db98f1f2-59c5-4806-960a-62782523a512 | 2022-08-16T21:04:44 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/central-pa-restaurants-find-creative-ways-to-deal-with-inflation-rates-menu-prices-rise-costs-food/521-db98f1f2-59c5-4806-960a-62782523a512 |
YORK, Pa. — Editors note: The attached video is from Aug. 10.
The Dallastown Area Education Association (DAEA) announced Tuesday that its members have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if the negotiations team deems it necessary.
The strike authorization means that the bargaining team will be able to call a strike at any time, as long as they provide the district with a 48-hour notice.
“Our teachers have spoken loud and clear,” said Ellen Connelly, a gifted-support teacher and DAEA president. “With our 2020-21 contractual wage freeze, significant cost-saving health-care concessions and an additional $12 million in federal and state funding, the district has the resources without raising taxes."
The school board has been unable to reach an agreement with teachers, who are fighting for better pay and the bargaining has been ongoing for nearly two and a half years.
Connelly emphasized that teachers are making an effort to avoid the strike, but their members are not willing to take another pay cut.
“Settling this contract is a top priority of the bargaining members and in the best interest of our students and community," she said.
DAEA's negotiating team has invited the school board members to come to Thursday's board meeting to bargain in a fair and reasonable manner.
DAEA has 415 members in its organization, which includes teachers, counselors, nurses, psychologists, athletic trainers, and education specialists. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dallastown-educators-vote-to-authorize-strike-york-county-pennsylvania/521-a2a3b009-e5e2-4d83-b426-ca9298e15e0c | 2022-08-16T21:04:44 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dallastown-educators-vote-to-authorize-strike-york-county-pennsylvania/521-a2a3b009-e5e2-4d83-b426-ca9298e15e0c |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Harrisburg Police are currently searching for Elmer Vargas, 61.
Vargas was last seen Monday, Aug. 15 during the evening hours. He lives on the south side of Harrisburg.
Anyone with information on where Vargas may be has been asked to contact the Harrisburg Police at 717-558-6900. Information can also be submitted through the CRIMEWATCH website. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/harrisburg-police-searching-for-missing-61-year-old-man-pennsylvania-elmer-vargas/521-4f0b8020-dbe5-423f-972b-9eedc436189a | 2022-08-16T21:04:51 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/harrisburg-police-searching-for-missing-61-year-old-man-pennsylvania-elmer-vargas/521-4f0b8020-dbe5-423f-972b-9eedc436189a |
YORK, Pa. — Today, York County is celebrating its poll workers as part of Help America Vote Day. With the 2022 Midterms just 84 days away, the county board of elections is hoping to bolster its roster of volunteers.
“Depending on the size of the poll, we need between 5 to 15 folks helping us at the polling location," said Julie Wheeler, York County Commissioner.
Commissioner Wheeler says an average of 1,200 poll workers are required for each election in York County. Despite having a database of 3,800 volunteers, Wheeler says they’re working to recruit more people in anticipation of higher voter turnout in November.
“We want to do whatever we can to keep the lines short at polling locations," said Wheeler. "One way we can do that is have more poll workers.”
“Poll workers are essential. They’re the frontline workers to our democracy," said Leigh Chapman, acting Pa. State Secretary.
Chapman says over 9,000 polling locations throughout the commonwealth are looking for volunteers. She says Pennsylvania is working to recruit high school students to help fill in the poll worker shortage.
“In Pennsylvania, you can serve to be a poll worker at 17 years old, which is something other states don’t have," said Chapman. "It’s a great opportunity to really see how democracy is administered and to be a part of history as well.”
With the governor’s office and U.S. Senate seat up for grabs, election officials say having plenty of poll workers is crucial this November.
“If we don’t have sufficient poll workers, we’re not going to be successful running an organized and efficient election," said Wheeler.
Anyone who is interested in becoming a poll worker can fill out the Department of State's Poll Worker Interest Form. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pa-election-officials-looking-for-more-poll-workers-2022-midterms-york-county/521-15aca2ce-e1de-497f-a070-5cb908167fdb | 2022-08-16T21:04:59 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pa-election-officials-looking-for-more-poll-workers-2022-midterms-york-county/521-15aca2ce-e1de-497f-a070-5cb908167fdb |
DETROIT, Mich. (WJRT) - Repairs on the massive 10-foot diameter water main that broke near Port Huron over the weekend will take an additional week to repair.
That means a precautionary Boil Water Advisory for seven communities in Lapeer, Macomb and St. Clair counties will continue for three weeks.
The communities remaining under the advisory as of Tuesday afternoon are Almont, Bruce Township, Burtchville Township, Imlay City, City of Rochester, Shelby Township and Washington Township.
Residents in those seven communities who receive municipal water should boil it for 60 seconds before cooking, drinking, making ice or brushing teeth. Residents in the affected area also are asked to stop watering their lawns.
“I know that adding an additional week to the repair timeline and the Boil Water Advisory is going to create further burden on the residents and businesses of the seven impacted communities,” said Suzanne R. Coffey, GLWA Chief Executive Officer. “But I want them all to know that we are doing everything within our capabilities to expedite this repair and return them to full service."
The massive water main failed on Saturday morning near the Great Lakes Water Authority treatment plant in Port Huron, which serves the northern part of Metro Detroit.
The authority says an engineering inspection on Monday uncovered additional damage to the 120-inch diameter pipe, which is the largest in its distribution network around Metro Detroit.
A 20-foot-long section of replacement pipe was delivered to the site on Sunday. However, that will not be enough to replace the section that broke over the weekend.
The authority has ordered an additional 48 feet of replacement pipe from a manufacturer in Texas. The new section of 10-foot pipe needs to be specially ordered, because the Great Lakes Water Authority obtained the only section available in the U.S.
The additional 48 feet of replacement pipe is scheduled for delivery on Aug. 23. Crews anticipate several days of work to install the pipe, followed by days of required flushing and testing before it can return to full service.
Initially, 23 communities serving 935,000 people were under a Boil Water Advisory, but that was trimmed to seven communities by Monday.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a State of Emergency for Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland and St. Clair counties as the response continues. That allows additional state resources to help local officials respond to the issue.
The authority is working with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy to see if the Boil Water Advisory can be modified now that adequate pressure has been restored to the water system in the affected area.
Genesee County's water system is providing additional water to the city of Flint and communities in Lapeer County, which are affected by the Great Lakes Water Authority outage.
Flint normally receives 95% of its water from the Metro Detroit system and 5% from Genesee County. However, the city switched to receiving 100% of its drinking water from Genesee County's system until further notice. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/boil-water-advisory-for-seven-communities-extended-to-three-weeks/article_fc78a7d0-1d97-11ed-aba0-63c8f457c29e.html | 2022-08-16T21:08:09 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/boil-water-advisory-for-seven-communities-extended-to-three-weeks/article_fc78a7d0-1d97-11ed-aba0-63c8f457c29e.html |
Nearly three dozen Nebraska companies have made the list of the fastest-growing private firms in the country.
The Inc. 5000 list of fast-growing private companies includes 34 from the Cornhusker State, six of which are from Lincoln.
Though nearly all the companies on the list are from Lincoln and Omaha, the fastest-growing company in the state hails from elsewhere.
Summit Medical Staffing, based in Fremont, ranked 114th on the list with three-year revenue growth of 3,893%. The company provides temporary nurses, therapists and other health professionals.
The top-ranked Lincoln-based company was CompanyCam, which offers a photo app to help contractors track their projects. The company ranked 1,045th with three-year revenue growth of 619%
It was CompanyCam's third-straight appearance on the list and the second time it's been the fastest-growing company from Lincoln.
Other Lincoln companies that made the list are:
* Law firm Hilgers Graben, 1,280th with 509% growth;
* Midwest Barrel Co., 1,632nd with 385% growth;
* Law firm John Stevens Berry PC, 3,522nd with 146% growth
* Business training company Vivayic, 4,265th with 107% growth
* Marketing firm redthread creative, 4,488th with 98% growth.
One other area company that made the list was Sideline Power based in Greenwood, which sells headsets, end zone cameras, drones, portable sound systems and other technology used at football games and other sporting events. It ranked 3,221st with 165% growth.
To see the full list, go to: inc.com/inc5000/2022.
Highest-paying construction jobs in Lincoln
Highest-paying construction jobs in Lincoln
The term “recession-proof” has taken on a new and important meaning in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, a meaning that has been renewed during the pandemic. One recession-proof industry has proven to be construction. Residential and commercial real estate, roads, bridges, power and energy, hotels—each of these sectors has weathered economic storms and proven to be dependable ways for a person to support a family.
The American Institutes of Architects’ Consensus Construction Forecast predicts that nonresidential construction will grow 4.6%, while the overall commercial construction market will see a 5.4% increase. This is against market expectations of global construction gains of 3.7%, meaning the U.S. market is expected to be ahead of the curve. Moreover, road and highway construction is expected to reach $108 billion annually by 2024.
Aside from ongoing supply chain woes that have caused delays in materials delivery, one source of concern in construction is workforce shortages. Analysis from Deloitte says that labor shortages are the result of a lack of qualified candidates and a skills gap between generations in an industry growing more technologically savvy by the year.
But this does not mean there are no jobs out there—to the contrary, there are a great number of construction jobs out there, and many of them are high-paying and offer career opportunities. To that end, Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying jobs in construction in Lincoln using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics . Jobs are ranked based on annual pay as of May 2020. Job descriptions are from O*NET .
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#20. Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $35,600
- #56 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $40,190
- Employment: 21,410
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- St. Louis, MO-IL ($63,660)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($61,010)
--- Reno, NV ($54,490)
- Job description: Help brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, or tile and marble setters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
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#19. Construction laborers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $35,730
- #238 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 830
National
- Annual mean salary: $43,000
- Employment: 971,330
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($66,670)
--- Kankakee, IL ($65,730)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($63,860)
- Job description: Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.
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#18. Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $38,840
- #120 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $48,500
- Employment: 40,240
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($106,100)
--- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($84,840)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,360)
- Job description: Operate or tend machinery at surface mining site, equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets to excavate and load loose materials.
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#17. Tile and stone setters
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $39,050
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $48,490
- Employment: 38,150
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Champaign-Urbana, IL ($78,200)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($69,740)
--- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ($63,630)
- Job description: Apply hard tile, stone, and comparable materials to walls, floors, ceilings, countertops, and roof decks.
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#16. Hazardous materials removal workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $39,410
- #110 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $49,170
- Employment: 44,010
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Knoxville, TN ($79,260)
--- Salinas, CA ($72,170)
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($70,300)
- Job description: Identify, remove, pack, transport, or dispose of hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead-based paint, waste oil, fuel, transmission fluid, radioactive materials, or contaminated soil. Specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling or a confined entry permit are generally required. May operate earth-moving equipment or trucks.
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#15. Roofers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $40,750
- #162 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330
National
- Annual mean salary: $47,010
- Employment: 128,680
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($82,700)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($71,520)
--- Trenton, NJ ($71,260)
- Job description: Cover roofs of structures with shingles, slate, asphalt, aluminum, wood, or related materials. May spray roofs, sidings, and walls with material to bind, seal, insulate, or soundproof sections of structures.
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#14. Carpenters
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $41,130
- #294 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,270
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,200
- Employment: 699,300
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($82,950)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($82,300)
--- Hanford-Corcoran, CA ($79,870)
- Job description: Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.
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#13. Highway maintenance workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $42,090
- #165 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
National
- Annual mean salary: $43,200
- Employment: 149,890
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($72,040)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($66,270)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($65,290)
- Job description: Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.
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#12. Cement masons and concrete finishers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $42,160
- #198 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 690
National
- Annual mean salary: $49,390
- Employment: 195,580
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($86,370)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($81,730)
--- Rockford, IL ($78,320)
- Job description: Smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools. Align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters; patch voids; and use saws to cut expansion joints.
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#11. Drywall and ceiling tile installers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $43,340
- #99 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $51,930
- Employment: 99,700
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($90,640)
--- Bellingham, WA ($78,580)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($78,170)
- Job description: Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.
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#10. Sheet metal workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $44,490
- #193 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330
National
- Annual mean salary: $55,320
- Employment: 128,220
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($132,900)
--- Kankakee, IL ($91,140)
--- Olympia-Tumwater, WA ($87,030)
- Job description: Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.
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#9. Painters, construction and maintenance
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $45,570
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250
National
- Annual mean salary: $46,460
- Employment: 217,880
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($69,360)
--- Salinas, CA ($64,630)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($63,070)
- Job description: Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.
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#8. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $46,070
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $46,400
- Employment: 44,560
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($80,010)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($73,360)
--- Evansville, IN-KY ($71,030)
- Job description: Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways or for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.
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#7. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $46,880
- #224 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550
National
- Annual mean salary: $55,280
- Employment: 402,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($96,440)
--- Barnstable Town, MA ($93,620)
--- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ($93,320)
- Job description: Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.
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#6. Brickmasons and blockmasons
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $49,350
- #115 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $58,420
- Employment: 59,940
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Duluth, MN-WI ($90,610)
--- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA ($90,290)
--- Pittsfield, MA ($90,070)
- Job description: Lay and bind building materials, such as brick, structural tile, concrete block, cinder block, glass block, and terra-cotta block, with mortar and other substances, to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures.
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#5. Electricians
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $51,220
- #246 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 970
National
- Annual mean salary: $61,550
- Employment: 656,510
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($106,680)
--- Trenton, NJ ($90,210)
--- Kankakee, IL ($88,530)
- Job description: Install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. May install or service street lights, intercom systems, or electrical control systems.
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#4. Structural iron and steel workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $55,150
- #73 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160
National
- Annual mean salary: $58,650
- Employment: 71,490
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($91,360)
--- Rockford, IL ($90,160)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,740)
- Job description: Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.
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#3. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $55,690
- #161 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340
National
- Annual mean salary: $61,100
- Employment: 417,440
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($106,100)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($94,280)
--- Kankakee, IL ($93,420)
- Job description: Assemble, install, alter, and repair pipelines or pipe systems that carry water, steam, air, or other liquids or gases. May install heating and cooling equipment and mechanical control systems. Includes sprinkler fitters.
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#2. Construction and building inspectors
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $61,850
- #123 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $66,470
- Employment: 113,770
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,820)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($102,920)
--- Salinas, CA ($98,360)
- Job description: Inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.
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#1. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $67,270
- #195 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 970
National
- Annual mean salary: $72,990
- Employment: 614,080
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($107,870)
--- Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA ($103,930)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($100,620)
- Job description: Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
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He asked Lancaster County District Judge Jodi Nelson to let Schutte continue to seek the mental health help he's been getting since the incident.
Shortly after 7:30 a.m. Sept. 19, 2021, firefighters and rescue workers were called about a fire at Schutte's home near Waverly Road and U.S. 77.
Schutte told a Lancaster County Sheriff's deputy he poured two cans of gasoline on the roof and himself, then lit a fire in the bedroom with a candle and got on the roof.
No one else was home at the time, and Schutte let his dog out before he started the fire.
The prosecutor said the home and the belongings in it were a $370,000 loss.
In the end, Nelson said it was a case where there was tremendous damage done. Not just to property, but also to his family's trust. Spurred by serious mental health issues.
She said Schutte had no prior criminal history and has worked hard afterward to address the difficulties he was facing at the time.
"It is certainly a tragic case in many, many ways," Nelson said, before sentencing Schutte to three years of probation as Schutte wiped away tears.
The stolen Nissan crashed into a tree south of Tierra Briarhurst Park. Four teens fled the scene, leaving a "heavily intoxicated" 15-year-old girl in the backseat, police said.
Investigators served a search warrant on a west Lincoln residence and found a device that contained at least seven child pornographic videos, police said in court records.
"The state believes he has crossed the Rubicon, that he has passed the point of no return, where there are irreversible consequences for his actions," Deputy Lancaster County Attorney Chris Reid said.
Narcotics task force investigators met with the 30-year-old woman Wednesday at a north Lincoln hotel under the guise of a drug deal, according to police.
The traffic stop followed a tip from a trucking company, which told authorities the truck was believed to be in Nebraska about 12 minutes before troopers located the semi.
Instead of finding flames at the reported fire scene, near Northwest 38th and Webster streets, officers found an unattended vehicle and 17 stolen laptops, according to police.
Prosecutors on Friday filed a motion for mistrial over COVID-19 delays that meant the jurors would have been outside of the courtroom and unsequestered for at least six days.
Authorities responded to the crash 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.
Issa Augustino has been charged with sexual assault of a child and felony child abuse, but remains at large, with recent bank activity indicating he's now in Canada. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tragic-case-judge-sentences-lincoln-man-who-burned-down-home-during-manic-state/article_8fb3bde5-792e-5dce-87e6-4e462fabae43.html | 2022-08-16T21:11:53 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tragic-case-judge-sentences-lincoln-man-who-burned-down-home-during-manic-state/article_8fb3bde5-792e-5dce-87e6-4e462fabae43.html |
(NEWS CENTER) -- A man from Hermon responsible for causing a fatal crash last summer was sentenced Monday morning.
Keith Austin is charged with manslaughter and aggravated OUI for last June's car crash that killed one of his passengers. Family members said that the three passengers in the car left a party after a night of heavy drinking and smoking marijuana.
On Monday, Austin plead guilty and was sentenced for 32 months of a 10 year sentence. On count 2, aggravated OUI, Austin receives 6 months concurrent and a $2100 fine.
20-year-old Nick Frenette was a passenger in Austin's car when it crashed on Annis Road June 18th. Austin and his other passenger, 20-year-old Sarah Hawkins of Hermon were also injured.
Austin was discovered to have a blood alcohol content almost three times the legal limit.
NEWS CENTER will be in court for the sentencing hearing. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/driver-in-fatal-hermon-crash-charged-with-manslaughter-sentenced/97-35315964 | 2022-08-16T21:15:00 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/driver-in-fatal-hermon-crash-charged-with-manslaughter-sentenced/97-35315964 |
MINNEAPOLIS — For four months, they've been waiting.
In one hospital room: Maddy Fleischacker, age 6, from Buffalo, Minnesota.
In another room: Rinken Braun, 21-month-old, from Brookings, South Dakota.
Separating the girls are four years and a few hundred feet. Yet, daily, Maddy and Rinken are joined by hearts.
“They're just inseparable,” Emily Johnson, Rinken’s mother says.
In April, both girls arrived at Children’s Minnesota as strangers. Rinken’s heart defect had been detected before she was born. Maddy’s was only discovered in January. To survive long-term, both need heart transplants.
So, they wait. And they play.
If Rinken is on a riding toy, Maddy will be pushing it. If Maddy is guest-hosting the hospital’s in-house TV show, Rinken will be at her side.
And if Maddy is drawing a picture, there’s never a doubt who the recipient will be.
“Rinken,” Maddy says, looking up from her crayons.
Rinken calls Maddy, "Mae Mae." She may as well call her "sister."
“I think it was at that level the day they met,” Rinken’s mother says.
Both girls require around-the-clock IVs. To leave their rooms means poles and plastic tubing comes with them.
It’s been this way for four months and will continue to be so until donor hearts can be found.
“We're waiting for a gift that is the hardest thing in the world to ask for – life,” Emily says.
Listening nearby, Miguella Fleischaker, Maddy’s mom, wipes away tears. “For another parent to have to lose their child for ours to survive is so hard,” she says. “I don't want to pray for it because I don't want someone to lose their child.”
It’s unlikely both girls will be matched with hearts at the same time.
It’s also unlikely either mom will feel a tinge of envy, should her daughter be left waiting while the other girl proceeds to a transplant.
“If they were to interrupt us right now to say Mae Mae's getting a heart, I would jump for joy,” Emily says.
Same for Miguella.
“Absolutely,” she says. “I mean, how could you not?”
The girls play in a hospital activity center. Maddy is dressed in her favorite shirt. On the front of the gray t-shirt, inside a red heart, are the words, “Rinken Strong.”
“It means I love her a lot,” Maddy says.
The girls wait, but seldom have a bad day.
Why would they, when their best friend is just an IV line away?
UPDATE: On the morning of Aug. 15, Maddy successfully underwent heart transplant surgery after a donor heart became available. Rinken continues to wait for her heart.
According to LifeSource, more than 3,000 people locally remain on the transplant waiting list. For more information on becoming an organ donor, click here.
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PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — The Pflugerville Police Department has located a 90-year-old woman reported missing on Tuesday.
Ms. Betty Prout was last seen around 12:18 p.m. near Yale Drive wearing a blue shirt and grey pants.
She is around 5 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs around 90 pounds.
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AUSTIN, Texas — On Tuesday, Travis County commissioners honored the life of a longtime educator in Austin – Dr. Dorothy H. Orebo.
Dr. Orebo died last month at age 87.
She worked for Austin ISD for 32 years and, in 1974, she helped open Lyndon B. Johnson High School. In 1982, she was promoted as principal of LBJ, becoming the first Black woman principal of an AISD high school.
Commissioners issued a proclamation honoring her life and career Tuesday.
The following obituary was published in the Austin American-Statesman:
DR. DOROTHY H. OREBO, 87, of Frisco, TX, died Saturday, July 23, 2022. She was born in Austin, TX, January 31, 1935, a daughter of the late Gus Houston and Elee Owens Houston. The Celebration Service of her Life (can be viewed at https://livestream.com/accounts/7325565/dorothyorebo) will be 1PM on Saturday, August 20th St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 3417 E MLK Jr. Blvd, Austin, TX. Burial, Cook Walden Capital Parks, Pflugerville, TX. Public Visitation, Friday, August 19th, St. James Episcopal Church, 1941 Webberville Road, 4 PM – 6 PM. An Omega Omega Ceremony by the Delta Theta Sigma Sorority Inc., will follow, 6:30 pm. Flowers can be delivered on Friday, to ALCBF 1301 E. 12th, Austin, TX. Go to www.alcbf.com for greater information. This Celebration Service will be a Personal Signature Service under the Professional Guidance of Dr. Barry J.W. “The Shepherd” Franklin, CFSP at A Life Celebration by Franklin who will fulfill her final earthly celebration with great excellence.
More information on Dr. Orebo's life is listed online with A Life Celebration by Franklin.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Having strong businesses within your state and section of that state is paramount; the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is a perfect example of how strong businesses can help an area become so prominent.
Inc. 5000 2022 has released its list of the most successful companies in America and what their success showcases for the future of business. Three businesses in Dallas’ metro were named in the top 20 of this list:
- No. 4 eTrueNorth – Mansfield
- No. 13 StaffDNA – Plano
- No. 17 Blue Hammer Roofing – Dallas
The Mansfield company eTrueNorth and Plano’s StaffDNA deals in the health services industry, while Blue Hammer Roofing out of Dallas deals in construction.Inc. 5000 says eTrueNorth is a “Network of retail pharmacies increasing access to health and wellness services.”
There are many, many more businesses in the top 5,000 most successful in America that dwell in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex; click here for the full list and report from Inc. 5000. | https://cw33.com/news/local/3-dallas-fort-worth-businesses-in-top-20-of-inc-5000s-most-successful-companies-in-america/ | 2022-08-16T21:17:15 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/3-dallas-fort-worth-businesses-in-top-20-of-inc-5000s-most-successful-companies-in-america/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — That’s right fanatics, fantasy football season is within reach and drafting the best team is of the utmost importance to win your league and whatever crazy prize is in store while ensuring whatever ridiculous punishment is up for grabs for the worst team.
Naturally, America’s Team wants to help you out! North Texans and anyone just itching to get their fantasy football on in person are encouraged to buy tickets to the Dallas Cowboys Fantasy Football Fest at The Star in Frisco on Saturday.
Starting at 5 p.m. on August 20 the Cowboys will be teaming up with Miller Lite and bring the hype that is fantasy football to Ford Center and have you draft your team with them. You’ll be able to hear from experts, draft your team and more!
Here’s what you can expect:
“Draft your team while enjoying beats from a live DJ, food and refreshments Get former Dallas Cowboy Demarcus Ware’s thoughts on the NFC East during an on-stage interview Watch as The Players Lounge podcast’s former Dallas Cowboys safeties Danny McCray and Barry Church, join Zach Walchuk and Eric Chiafalo of 105.3 The Fan to talk about the Cowboys season Take part in autograph opportunities, including the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Test your skills in a combine-style activation & more!
“Tickets start at $15 per person. Team VIP Tables of 12 at $25 per player or $300 for the table also are available. Team VIP Tables include your first beer is complimentary. In order to secure all 12 seats, please enter promo code “DRAFTVIP”.”
For more information and tickets, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-cowboys-to-host-fantasy-football-fest-at-the-star-in-frisco-saturday/ | 2022-08-16T21:17:21 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-cowboys-to-host-fantasy-football-fest-at-the-star-in-frisco-saturday/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — The Texas Education Agency has released its ratings for each school district and campus in the Lone Star State this week.
These are the first ratings the agency has done since 2019 after the agency paused rating in the last two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
So how did North Texas School districts do? Well, here are the school districts in town that received an A-rating. To find out how your child’s school district did click here.
SEARCH: How did your school or district fare in TEA’s Accountability Ratings?
- Allen ISD
- Caroll ISD
- Coppell ISD
- Dallas ISD
- Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
- Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
- Frisco ISD
- Prosper ISD
- Rockwall ISD
- Lovejoy ISD
- Argyle ISD
- Sunnyvale ISD
- Princeton ISD
- Aledo ISD
- Melissa ISD
- Rockwall ISD
For more information, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/here-are-the-north-texas-school-districts-that-received-an-a-rating-from-the-tea/ | 2022-08-16T21:17:27 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/here-are-the-north-texas-school-districts-that-received-an-a-rating-from-the-tea/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — A North Texas tea shop is now serving a delicious option that will help support Ukrainian efforts.
The Cultured Cup in Farmer’s Branch is now selling Ukraine Uni-Tea, a mix of China and India black teas, dried apricot pieces, marigold and cornflower petals, flavoring, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, black pepper and licorice root.
Officials from The Cultured Cup say that all of the sales from this tea will support the Serhiy Prytula Foundation, providing humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine.
“The blend contains spices and fruits commonly used in Ukrainian recipes. Sláva Ukrayíni (Glory to Ukraine)!” as their website states. Ukraine Uni-Tea is available for purchase online. | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-tea-shop-now-selling-tea-that-supports-ukraine/ | 2022-08-16T21:17:34 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-tea-shop-now-selling-tea-that-supports-ukraine/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Online clothing stores are the bees-knees these days as fewer people are spending time in the mall and more on Tik Tok and Instagram searching up which shops are doing new clothing drops to feed into their online-shopping addiction.
Maybe it’s just a fun habit, who cares, it’s your money, do what you want with it! North Texas online shoppers will actually have an opportunity soon to take their talents to the IRL world as a popular online fashion retailer is hosting a pop-up shop at the end of August.
Plano’s The Shops at Willow Bend will play host to a SHEIN pop-up on Aug. 26-28. “SHEIN Pop-up will be located on the lower level near Grand Court and will be operating from August 26 – 28.”
There’s not much information other than that available but the mall does say the pop-up will be taking place during its normal hours. | https://cw33.com/news/local/popular-online-fashion-store-shein-to-host-pop-up-shop-in-plano-in-late-august/ | 2022-08-16T21:17:40 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/popular-online-fashion-store-shein-to-host-pop-up-shop-in-plano-in-late-august/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — It looks like North Texas is checking in at the Hotel California as the Eagles are making their way to Fort Worth this November.
The iconic rock band is making a stop at Dickies Arena as a part of its Hotel California 2022 Tour on November 25. They will start performing at 8 p.m.
Presale tickets will become available on Thursday, Aug. 18 at 10 a.m. Then tickets become widely available on Friday, Aug. 19, at 10 a.m. To get your tickets visit Ticketmaster.com. | https://cw33.com/news/local/the-eagles-are-coming-to-dickies-arena-in-november-heres-how-to-buy-tickets/ | 2022-08-16T21:17:46 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/the-eagles-are-coming-to-dickies-arena-in-november-heres-how-to-buy-tickets/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — North Texas golf fanatics rejoice! The PGA has announced tickets for the first-ever major championship at PGA Frisco are on sale now.
On August 16, it was announced that tickets for the 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship are available for purchase. This will be the first-ever major championship for the North Texas golf course.
It is set to take place May 23 through the 28; for tickets click here, www.srpgachampionship.com/tickets. “The most historic major championship in senior men’s golf visits Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco. The 83rd KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship will kick-off an unprecedented run of major championships at the new home of the PGA of America.”
The City of Frisco also said, “Additionally the @PGA announced that they will have approximately 1500 volunteer positions to be filled for the week of the @seniorpgachamp. Frisco residents can learn more about opportunities to participate in this inaugural event at: https://srpgachampionship.com/volunteer.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/tickets-for-pga-friscos-first-ever-major-championship-are-on-sale/ | 2022-08-16T21:17:52 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/tickets-for-pga-friscos-first-ever-major-championship-are-on-sale/ |
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The trustee administering the bankruptcy estate of Chimene Van Gundy, the self-described “Queen of Mobile Homes” and “the Mobile Home Millionaire” accused of running a Ponzi scheme, has asked a judge to toss her case.
Chapter 7 trustee Randy Osherow filed the motion to dismiss the liquidation case on grounds that Van Gundy has failed to comply with her obligations under the bankruptcy code.
Van Gundy did not appear at a creditors meeting conducted by telephone Thursday. Such meetings allow the trustee and creditors to question a debtor.
James Wilkins, Van Gundy’s bankruptcy lawyer, told Osherow as the meeting began that Van Gundy had been advised by her physician not to attend.
“The doctor says she can’t testify right now,” Wilkins said.
Van Gundy has said she sustained a brain injury late last year after falling and hitting her head on a concrete table at her home. She didn’t know what caused the fall, but said it has caused memory problems.
The New Braunfels businesswoman has boasted that she earned more than $10 million buying manufactured homes on the cheap, fixing them up and flipping them. She’s been a guest on numerous podcasts and other programs to tout her investing prowess.
But some who invested with her expecting big returns allege she reneged on principal and interest payments on the loans they made. They say she orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that collectively cost them and others at least a few million dollars.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating.
Various investors sued Van Gundy and her company, Outstanding Real Estate Solutions Inc., or ORES, including for fraud, civil conspiracy to defraud and breach of loan agreements.
Van Gundy responded by filing for personal bankruptcy April 27, putting on hold the litigation against her.
“If Ms. Van Gundy’s bankruptcy is dismissed, then the multiple lawsuits pending against her can proceed in the various courts and she will not receive a discharge on her debts,” said San Antonio lawyer David Jed Williams, who represents a group that sued her and her company.
The trustee wants the bankruptcy dismissed “without prejudice,” meaning Van Gundy could refile the case. Wilkins did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday, so it couldn’t be determined if he would oppose the motion to dismiss.
Williams said even if the bankruptcy isn’t dismissed, he expects many creditors will object to Van Gundy receiving a discharge of the debts she owes them because of the allegations of her fraudulent conduct.
In her bankruptcy papers, Van Gundy reported about $1.6 million in assets and almost $353,000 in liabilities. Her home, valued at $1.5 million, and two vehicles account for most of her assets. She didn’t list any financial assets. She described as “unknown” the amounts owed to more than a dozen creditors.
Some of the lawsuits against Van Gundy and ORES were filed in Comal County, where she resides.
Prior to the bankruptcy, Judge Dib Waldrip in Comal County appointed a receiver to take over ORES. It has not filed for bankruptcy.
The creditors meetings haven’t been particularly enlightening for creditors wanting to know where their money went.
At the first meeting May 26, Van Gundy told those listening roughly a hundred times that she didn’t remember, recall or know the answer when questioned.
That meeting, also conducted by telephone, was cut short after Wilkins said Van Gundy had suffered two seizures during the proceeding.
The meeting was reset to June 23 but it also ended early because she had a seizure, her lawyer said. The meeting was continued to July 14, but Van Gundy didn’t appear. Thursday marked the latest reset.
“It’s really up to the (bankruptcy) judge on how he wants to proceed on it,” Osherow said. “Obviously, I can’t do my job if Ms. Van Gundy fails to appear.”
pdanner@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/San-Antonio-trustee-wants-Queen-of-Mobile-17377287.php | 2022-08-16T21:23:23 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/San-Antonio-trustee-wants-Queen-of-Mobile-17377287.php |
A state government fundraiser to help bus migrants to Washington, D.C., and New York City has raised over $100,000 in private donations but, according to reports, does not match the costs associated with the initiative.
The fundraiser was set up as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's "Operation Lone Star" border mission, which includes busing migrants to "sanctuary cities." As of July 22, Texas has raised $118,297. Officials have not provided an updated total since then.
According to officials, the state has bused more than 6,900 migrants to the nation's capitol and another 360 to New York since April.
On ExpressNews.com: Busing migrants to D.C. a cruel political stunt
The amount the state has raised falls short of the costs it has incurred, according to media reports. The Washington Examiner, an American conservative website, says Texas received nearly $7 million in receipts from busing and security contractors in mid-July. NBC Dallas reported that buses coming from the border region charged $1,400 per rider in April and May.
When the plan was initially launched in April, Abbott's office cited an "outpouring of support from across our state and the entire country of people wanting to help and donate to the operation," according to the Texas Tribune. Initially, the state raised $63,000 in its first week but only $55,000 since.
The fundraiser states that any unused border transportation funding will be applied to Texas border wall funding. The fundraiser began in April.
According to the Texas Tribune, busing is voluntary for migrants, and Texas cities and counties must also request the transportation for those immigrants who want to stay in the U.S.
shepard.price@express-news.net | @shepardgprice | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Abbott-busing-New-York-fundraising-17376830.php | 2022-08-16T21:24:00 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Abbott-busing-New-York-fundraising-17376830.php |
They were big and known to be vicious. But that didn't stop some San Antonians from sitting on their backs for a photograph.
They were the 32 alligators that George W. Kimbrell packed up from the Alligator Garden at Brackenridge Park and moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, 47 years ago this week. Kimbrell had operated the popular attraction next to the Witte Museum on Broadway for 23 years.
The Alligator Garden consisted of a small ticket and souvenir building and 10 sunken, open-air cement tanks that held as many as 75 alligators at the park’s peak.
Dig deeper: At San Antonio’s old Alligator Garden on Broadway near the Witte Museum, kids could ride gators in 1950s
Founders Bill and Vera Kimbrell opened the Alligator Garden in 1952 after running a similar business, called the Texas Alligator Farm, on Roosevelt Avenue. They moved to Broadway after a reptile garden that had operated on the site adjacent to Brackenridge Park since 1933 went out of business.
Last year, Express-News staff writer Richard Marini spoke with Richard Kimbrell, the son of founders Bill and Vera Kimbrell.
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Kimbrell told the Express-News of one of the alligators: “Old Joe would be the one they usually sat on because he hardly ever moved. You could only get close to the other ones in the winter, because they go dormant in cold weather.”
George W. Kimbrell told the San Antonio Evening News in 1975 that the alligators would be donated to the Alligator Gardens of Hot Springs and would close down the Brackenridge location. In order to transport them, he needed permission from the U.S. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Below are photos of the old alligator garden:
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A Change.org petition calling to reinstate the books removed by North East Independent School District officials is nearing its goal of 15,000 signatures.
The petition, which had 14,431 signatures as of Tuesday, was started last school year by former Reagan High School student Mariajose Llama and asks the school district not to ban the books on the "Krause list," a list of 850 books sent to Texas school districts by state Rep. Matt Krause, a Republican from Fort Worth.
The petition, however, is more of a protest and the school district is not obligated to base its decisions on it.
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Last year, Krause sent a letter asking school districts for information on the 850 books, like how many copies each district had in their libraries and the location of those books.
Among the books on the lists were "How to Be An Antiracist" by Ibram Kendi and "It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying and Creating a Life Worth Living" by Dan Savage. The books were targeted because they could "make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress because of their race or sex," Krause wrote in a letter containing the list.
In December, NEISD temporarily pulled 432 books from its schools. According to a recent Hearst News analysis, North East ISD pulled more books for review than any other district in the state and 100 more than Pasadena ISD, which pulled the second-most books at 332.
On ExpressNews.com: ACLU demands NEISD, 2 other Texas school districts to stop removing books
"While this advice is in no way mandatory and NEISD has no legal obligation to comply with it, the school district made the decision to review them and potentially remove these books from our libraries," Llama wrote in the petition.
The district removed 110 books because of a "lack of publisher reviews, poor professional reviews, outdated content or the book not having been checked out recently," NEISD officials told the school board in March. Those books were replaced with "similar books" following the release of the Krause list and an investigation into "school district content," according to previous Express-News reporting.
NEISD pulled titles like "The Cider House Rules" by John Irving and "My Life as a Rhombus" by Varian Johnson from its shelves.
If the petition hits its current goal of 15,000 signatures, a default goal set by Change.org, it will simply increase in number for the next goal. The goal is not "meant to signify how many supporters are needed to deem the petition a success," according to Change.org.
Llama wrote that the petition is simply meant to show resistance to the banning of the books.
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