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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds who fell victim to their crimes.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to nearly 300 plaintiffs in a long-running civil suit against the judges.
In what came to be known as the kids-for-cash scandal, Mark Ciavarella and another judge, Michael Conahan, shut down a county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2.8 million in illegal payments from the builder and co-owner of two for-profit lockups. Ciavarella, who presided over juvenile court, pushed a zero-tolerance policy that guaranteed large numbers of kids would be sent to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care.
Ciavarella ordered children as young as 8 to detention, many of them first-time offenders convicted of petty theft and other minor crimes. The judge often ordered youths he had found delinquent to be immediately shackled, handcuffed and taken away without giving them a chance to say goodbye to their families.
"Ciavarella and Conahan abandoned their oath and breached the public trust," Conner wrote Tuesday in his explanation of the judgment. "Their cruel and despicable actions victimized a vulnerable population of young people, many of whom were suffering from emotional issues and mental health concerns."
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out some 4,000 juvenile convictions after the scheme was uncovered.
Ciavarella is serving a 28-year prison sentence. Conahan, who was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison, was released to home confinement in 2020 — with six years left on his sentence — because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It's not clear whether the plaintiffs — now well into adulthood — will see any of the eye-popping damages award. Luzerne County, a one-time defendant, was dismissed from the case years ago.
Marsha Levick, deputy director and chief counsel of the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center and a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said she "can't imagine there is any money out there."
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MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — At least one person is dead after a fire in Monroe County.
The fire started around 7 a.m. Wednesday in Chestnuthill Township near Effort.
Our crews say the coroner arrived to the scene just before 9 a.m.
There's no word how many people were injured or the cause.
This is a developing story; check back for updates.
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At the request of city officials, a Richmond Circuit Court Judge has officially entered an order to remove the casino referendum question from local ballots in this year's election.
The court order comes after Urban One, the national media company behind the One Casino and Resort project that 51% of voters rejected last year, announced that it had asked the city to stop trying to hold the referendum because of legal problems that could arise.
Though the court had granted a city request last March to hold the do-over referendum this year, the General Assembly in June passed a new state budget that included an explicit provision that said Richmond could not hold another casino referendum until 2023. The budget language says that a study on the potential impact a casino in Petersburg would have there must also be completed first.
Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins and his mother Cathy Hughes, the founder and chairperson of the company, have said they want the city to hold another referendum in Richmond next year.
Urban One and city officials have said the casino resort could generate approximately $30 million in annual tax revenue for Richmond, though opponents take issue with allowing casino gambling in the city for moral and social reasons, such as an anticipated rise in crime, poverty and addiction.
“The City stands ready to move the proposed One Casino + Resort forward in 2023," Mayor Levar Stoney's administration said in a media release earlier this month. "This temporary delay will not deter Urban One or the City of Richmond from working together to ensure a bright future for our residents."
State Sen. Joe Morrissey, D-Richmond, and several Petersburg officials, however, have said they want state lawmakers to amend the state casino law in the upcoming 2023 legislative session to allow a casino referendum there instead.
When it comes to whether a casino should be built in Petersburg or Richmond, one of nation's most influential media tycoons in the center of the debate envisions a political battle on a biblical scale in front of her.
"It's sad that so many hopes and dreams in Richmond and Petersburg are invested in a proposed casino, a project inherently rife with moral and economic ambiguity," writes columnist Michael Paul Williams.
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Zhykierra Guy was found fatally shot in an SUV not far from North Airport Drive in the early morning of Aug. 5. Guy lived in the area where she died, police said.
The case, which had been watched nationally, tested the constitutionality of a "geofence" warrant that allowed Chesterfield County police to obtain Google location records of 19 cellphones near the bank at the time of the heist.
On Election Day, a pedestrian walked by an anti-casino display along West Grace Street by the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU in Richmond. The city’s referendum for a casino failed with 51% of voters opposed to the project. | https://richmond.com/news/local/its-official-one-casino-wont-be-on-richmond-ballots-this-november/article_a60749d9-bccc-5d72-88bb-0d4f7e4e27bb.html | 2022-08-17T14:58:48 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/its-official-one-casino-wont-be-on-richmond-ballots-this-november/article_a60749d9-bccc-5d72-88bb-0d4f7e4e27bb.html |
The Dominion Energy Charity Classic and the First Tee - Greater Richmond are collaborating on a new golf tournament for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
The River City Collegiate Classic will start the day after the DECC on the Country Club of Virginia-James River Course, while the conclusion will be the next day at Belmont.
“It is of paramount importance to the PGA Tour, the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, and First Tee to continue to grow the game of golf while also bringing increased diversity to the sport,” said DECC Executive Director Steve Schoenfeld. “It was an easy conversation with First Tee, Virginia Union University and The Country Club of Virginia to bring this concept to life.”
The seven schools scheduled to compete are Elizabeth City State University, Johnson C. Smith University, Livingstone College, Saint Augustine’s University, Virginia State University, Virginia Union University and Winston-Salem State University. | https://richmond.com/sports/local/new-hbcu-golf-tournament-will-start-in-richmond-after-dominion-energy-charity-classic/article_cf9dc8ea-d882-59e6-a2dc-5a761779f78c.html | 2022-08-17T14:58:50 | 0 | https://richmond.com/sports/local/new-hbcu-golf-tournament-will-start-in-richmond-after-dominion-energy-charity-classic/article_cf9dc8ea-d882-59e6-a2dc-5a761779f78c.html |
Freshly grown basil in February. In Kenosha. You heard that right.
Dill, parsley and cilantro, too. And, not to forget the mixed greens.
These and more were part of the celebration Tuesday at Square Roots’ largest and newest indoor urban “smart” farm located on the Gordon Foods Service campus at 10915 38th St. in Kenosha.
While the 10,000-square-foot farm site where production takes place inside a two-story structure built with 20 repurposed shipping containers initiated operations in late January, officials had yet to formally introduce Square Roots. They did so with invitation-only festivities Tuesday amid sunny skies, an occasional cloud cover on an otherwise perfect 78-degree day. Dozens of guests mingled beneath a tent to enjoy refreshments and appetizers made with the harvested bounty “just a few feet away,” as the menu with the specials du jour proclaimed.
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Among those present at reception and presentations were Square Roots’ co-founders Kimbal Musk and Tobias Peggs, who is also the farming venture’s CEO, and Hans Hansen, Gordon Food Service regional general manager.
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“Today, we’re celebrating an important example of our continuing pursuit of innovation that better serves our food service customers and, very importantly, our customers’ customers … by bringing fresh, nutritious local food to communities while also being good stewards of the environment,” said Hansen. “As part of that effort, we’re building exciting relationships which change agents that are helping reshape how food is produced, prepared and served, and the many critical inputs that go into that equation.”
Hansen said his company knows its “imperative” role in being part of the future in the present “to ensure we are relevant tomorrow.”
“And, it’s really exciting to be building a relationship with Square Roots,” he said. “It’s such an amazing organization.”
According to Hansen, Gordon Food Service is the first “broad line” food service distributor to play host to an urban farm on their campuses. Based in Wyoming, Mich., the company is a leading family-owned food distributor.
“So, we can bring fresh, hyper-local produce to customers year round,” Hansen said. “Together, we’ve created this fantastic new facility.”
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Gordon Foods’ Kenosha location is also home to the indoor farming operation’s fourth site in North America and is the largest facility Square Roots’ has built to date. It is also Square Roots’ only farm in Wisconsin. Other sites can be found in Wyoming, Mich., Springfield, Ohio and Brooklyn, New York, Square Roots' headquarters.
“This is the largest farm, the most (technologically) advanced farm that we have deployed to date. We’ve created 24 local jobs here in Wisconsin and several more (regional headquarters staff) to support the local efforts,” Peggs said.
Peggs told those gathered that the local operation was already growing a “wonderful range of leafy greens, microgreens and herbs” touting the “tasting menu” that included grown-on-site produce for Kimbal Musk’s Basil and Plum Salad, a Peruvian ceviche with cilantro and radish sprouts a beef crostini with arugula pesto an “electric lemonade” with basil and Butterfly Pea powder and a refreshing cucumber water.
According to Peggs, an important bond is formed between the food grown locally and the people who consume it.
“That’s a really important point because whereas industrial food can often be shipped from thousands of miles away … of course, this farm growing this food that you will taste is literally on the site of the Gordon Food Service distribution center,” he said. That results in the shortest supply chain, minimizing the amount of travel for the food to arrive on local plates.
“Which not only reduces the carbon footprint, but it also means that Square Roots fresh produce can often get into the hands of customers the same day as we harvest it,” he said.
The Kenosha indoor farm facility has the capability of producing more than 2.4 million packages of herbs and salad greens annually, according to company officials.
Square Roots’ modular, smart-farm technology platform uses a proprietary, cloud-connected software that constantly monitors and controls multiple climates, according to Peggs. He said the technology ultimately enables its farmers to grow a wide range of crops to meet the needs of local markets.
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While most who came for the celebration were not allowed inside to tour operations, from the exterior tinted windows they could see a series of hydroponic growing systems, which re-circulates the water used to grow the crops. The system uses 95 percent less water than conventional farming methods and all Square Roots produce is in 100% recyclable packaging.
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Square Roots is the brainchild of co-founders Peggs and Musk, who, according to Musk “cut our teeth in the technology world” together two decades ago.
Musk, a billionaire restaurateur and chef who is the younger brother of Tesla’s multi-billionaire CEO Elon Musk, spoke of his and Peggs’ founding of Square Roots and their journey to revolutionize locally-grown food.
“Locally grown food is hard,” said Musk. “We do love supporting local farmers, but they’re only for a few months a year even available.”
About eight years ago, Musk, who is rarely seen without his trademark straw hat, said he spent time talking to and listening during a gathering of 200 to 300 farmers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was shocked not by the average age of farmers (59), but by the age of those who own farm land, which is 79 years.
“The one that really stuck with me was a woman named Mary, 84, and she was really sad because she did have a big farm. Her kids did not want to farm it. Her grandkids wanted nothing to do with it,” he said. “She was essentially on a pension because the government made her farm corn and there was a management company that would do it.
“But there was a real sadness that she could not get her own family to farm their land,” he said.
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Musk and Peggs continued to develop their indoor-farming concept, brainstorming while at Musk's The Kitchen American Bistro in Chicago, full of ideas that sought to bring hope to the next generation of farmers, and perhaps, older farmers, as well. Their ideas, of course sprouted Square Roots.
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“This is local farming in your community … I think young people would actually be into this. And, Mary in Iowa would actually be psyched to see her kids get into farming,” he said. “And, we need young people into farming.
“We need you guys,” he said gesturing to the young growers at the Kenosha farm and thanking them. “You are a part of America’s future. COVID taught us that the supply chain is not reliable. We need to grow locally. We aren’t going to grow everything locally, but, wow, we need a lot of it grown locally. So, thank you guys. You guys are part of an incredible future.”
Square Roots' range of fresh produce is available in approximately 300 retail locations around the country, including Gordon Food Service Stores, Whole Foods Market, SpartanNash corporate stores, Fresh Thyme Market, Meijer’s market format stores, Busch’s Fresh Food Market, Fresh Direct, and Getir. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-square-roots-newest-largest-operation-celebrates-opening-empowering-kenoshas-next-generation-of-farmers/article_ab3eb244-1d13-11ed-8ffe-3bbf6b1f0b37.html | 2022-08-17T15:04:26 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-square-roots-newest-largest-operation-celebrates-opening-empowering-kenoshas-next-generation-of-farmers/article_ab3eb244-1d13-11ed-8ffe-3bbf6b1f0b37.html |
South Carolina Senate committee meeting today to hear public comment on proposed abortion ban
The South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee will hear public testimony Wednesday about its proposed statewide abortion ban.
The senate's proposed legislation called the "Equal Protection at Conception - No Exceptions - Act" would fully ban abortion in the state and would also make it illegal to aid a person seeking an abortion. It would also make it illegal to help a minor cross state lines to receive an abortion.
According to the Medical Affairs Committee agenda, today's meeting will consist of testimony from individuals invited by the committee throughout the morning, followed by public comment from no more than 100 pre-registered speakers beginning at 12:30 p.m.
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Throughout the day, Planned Parenthood of the South Atlantic will also be hosting a “Show Up for Abortion Justice” event at the statehouse in opposition to the proposed legislation with a rally scheduled for noon.
South Carolina currently bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
Check back for more on this developing story.
– Tim Carlin covers county government, growth and development for The Greenville News. Follow him on Twitter @timcarlin_, and get in touch with him at TCarlin@gannett.com. You can support his work by subscribing to The Greenville News at greenvillenews.com/subscribe. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/08/17/proposed-abortion-ban-sc-senate-committee-hear-public-comment/10341165002/ | 2022-08-17T15:10:10 | 0 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/08/17/proposed-abortion-ban-sc-senate-committee-hear-public-comment/10341165002/ |
Polk has recorded 6 monkeypox cases: 1 confirmed, 5 probable
Gary White
The Ledger
The Florida Department of Health has recorded six cases of monkeypox in Polk County.
The department reported one case among a person in the 25-to-29 age group, two in 35-to-39 and one each in 40-to-44, 45-to-49 and 65-to-69. The agency lists one case as confirmed and the other five as probable.
The department had reported 1,317 cases statewide as of Tuesday. The overwhelming majority of those were in Miami-Dade County (513) and Broward County (446). | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/17/monkeypox-cases-recorded-polk-county-florida/10336528002/ | 2022-08-17T15:10:16 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/17/monkeypox-cases-recorded-polk-county-florida/10336528002/ |
If your heart sinks a little bit every time you hear New York announce a "first case" of something these days, you're not alone. This latest development out of the Empire State needn't make it sink further, but it is something of which state Department of Environmental Conservation officials urge you be aware.
The agency confirmed Wednesday that a white-tailed deer in Dutchess County's Dover Plains recently died after contracting Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD), a more often than not deadly infection transmitted by biting midges -- those infamous pests that are so hard to see many people refer to them simply as "no-see-ums" or "punkies."
The itchy bites, though, are far more difficult to ignore. Humans do get bitten by those insects, but EHD can't be transmitted to people, state officials say. The disease can't even be transmitted from deer to deer. It comes directly from the bug bites.
The Dutchess County case marks the first confirmed EHD case in New York this year. Multiple other deer deaths are under investigation, officials say, and New Yorkers are asked to report sightings of sick or dying deer here.
EHD is endemic in the southern United States, which sees annual outbreaks of the virus, but northeast outbreaks are sporadic, leaving deer in the Big Apple with no immunity, officials say. Once infected, deer usually die within 36 hours.
Symptoms include fever, hemorrhage in muscle or organs and swelling of the head, neck, tongue, and lips. A deer infected with EHD may appear lame or dehydrated. They're often found dead by water sources. There is no treatment for EHD and no preventive measures. Dead deer cannot spread the infection. Typically, EHD outbreaks don't end in the northeast until the first hard frost kills the no-see-ums that transmit the disease, officials say.
The EHD virus was first confirmed in New York in 2007, with relatively small outbreaks in Albany, Rensselaer and Niagara counties and in Rockland County in 2011. The lower Hudson Valley saw a large EHD outbreak in 2020, one centered in Putnam and Orange counties that saw the public report about 1,500 dead deer as part of the viral outbreak investigation.
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That 2020 outbreak was likely obfuscated entirely by the virus affecting people, COVID-19, and awareness of a 2021 EHD outbreak that saw more than 2,000 reports of dead deer primarily in Ulster, Dutchess, Columbia, Oswego and Jefferson counties was likely a casualty of the same.
While EHD outbreaks don't have significant long-term implications for deer populations, the mortality rate can be high in small geographic areas where immunity lacks, environmental authorities say. Learn more about EHD here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-reports-1st-2022-case-of-another-deadly-virus-this-time-its-not-about-you/3828159/ | 2022-08-17T15:17:01 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-reports-1st-2022-case-of-another-deadly-virus-this-time-its-not-about-you/3828159/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The employees of Starbucks Coffee at the intersection of Rock Road and Central voted to unionize on Tuesday, becoming the first store in Wichita to do so. The vote for unionization was 9-6.
According to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the parties now have five business days to file objections to the elections. If no objections are filed, the results will be certified, and the employer must begin bargaining in good faith with the union.
This store is the first Starbucks in Wichita to do so and the third in the state, joining Overland Park and Lawrence locations.
Stores in Massachusetts, Tennessee, New York, Illinois, Colorado, Arizona, Washington and Oregon have also filed petitions. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/starbucks-employees-in-east-wichita-vote-to-unionize/ | 2022-08-17T15:19:27 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/starbucks-employees-in-east-wichita-vote-to-unionize/ |
FORT SMITH, Ark. — According to Fort Smith police, a child died after being left in a hot car on Tuesday, Aug. 16.
Police say around 2 p.m., officers were called to the scene and were there for about three hours. Police say an "undisclosed person" allegedly had to break the car window before taking the child to a nearby hospital. Later, the child was pronounced dead. The incident reportedly happened near a home on Boone Avenue.
5NEWS spoke with the National Weather Service and it confirmed the official temperature at the time was 100 degrees with a heat index of 104.
5NEWS also spoke with an adjunct professor of meteorology who specializes in the dynamics of how hot cars can get. He says the last pediatric vehicular heatstroke death in Arkansas was in Booneville in July 2020 with the current incident being the 19th in Arkansas since 1998. He also says an infant or small child's body cannot cool itself off like an adult's would, but that it heats up three to five times faster.
“In the first 10 minutes a car is closed up, the temperature rises by 19 degrees. So let's say on a 100-degree day or 100 plus degree day like it is in Fort Smith, today….you know you’re at about 120 degrees in 10 minutes," said Jan Null, San Jose State University Adjunct Professor of Meteorology.
Fort Smith police and the Crisis Intervention Unit responded to the hospital. 5NEWS has reached out to Fort Smith Police and has not heard back.
No other information has been released at this time.
We will update this article with more information as it becomes available. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/child-dies-fort-smith-hospital-hot-car/527-74c32547-d078-47e2-8ae9-5554bf1d9d20 | 2022-08-17T15:25:35 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/child-dies-fort-smith-hospital-hot-car/527-74c32547-d078-47e2-8ae9-5554bf1d9d20 |
DALLAS — A new video obtained by WFAA shows another angle of the fatal shooting of a coach at a youth football game in Lancaster over the weekend.
In the video you see the moments before coach Mike Hickmon was shot.
Witnesses say a person wearing a hat and white sneakers in the video is former NFL cornerback, Aqib Talib. They say he walked across the field first to the opposing side.
Coach Heath Mays witnessed what happened.
”He ran across the field and ran over on our sideline and got in the ref's face,” said Mays.
Multiple witnesses say Aqib Talib was the one who started the brawl because he was upset about referees.
"He threw the first punch, and you see Mike trying to defend himself," said Mays.
Then you can hear the gunshots. Lancaster police arrested Aqib Talib’s brother, Yaqub Talib, saying he killed coach Hickmon.
In an arrest affidavit, police say this all started over an argument about the score of the game but doesn’t say who started the fight.
Aqib Talib’s lawyer, Frank Perez, issued a statement saying his client "was present when this unfortunate incident occurred and is very distraught and devasted over this terrible loss of life. He would like to convey his condolences to the family of the victim and to everyone who witnessed this unfortunate tragedy.”
The Talib brothers are no strangers to law enforcement and have been investigated for multiple shootings, including in 2016 when Dallas police believe Aqib Talib was shot at the V Live strip club. Two other people were also shot that night.
Aqib Talib and his brother were also investigated in 2015 after someone fired a gun inside a downtown Dallas night club. Dallas police say the brothers had gotten into a fight.
Police say they couldn’t find enough evidence to charge them with any crimes.
But now, Yaqub Talib is charged with murder while police continue to investigate if any other charges will be filed. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/witnesses-say-aqib-talib-started-brawl-led-to-fatal-shooting-of-youth-coach/287-e313872d-e507-4064-9652-1ea858f6a0d4 | 2022-08-17T15:25:41 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/witnesses-say-aqib-talib-started-brawl-led-to-fatal-shooting-of-youth-coach/287-e313872d-e507-4064-9652-1ea858f6a0d4 |
WATERLOO — After installing new technology on trash cans to track pick-ups, the city of Waterloo allowed an amnesty period for returning damaged cans that ends Aug. 17.
People who deliberately damage or remove their can's radio frequency identification tags could be fined $250 after that date. Any subsequent offenses will incur a $500 fine.
The carts can be returned to Waterloo Public Works at 625 Glenwood St.
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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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Dogs and their owners head for the water at The Falls Aquatic Center in Cedar Falls on Monday to participate in the annual Doggie Dip. More photos, A3.
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People and their pets plunged into the pool Monday at The Falls Aquatic Center during the Doggie Dip.
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People and their pets plunged into the pool Monday at The Falls Aquatic Center during the Doggie Dip.
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This World War I flying ace made a stop at The Falls Aquatic Center Monday for the Doggie Dip.
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Furry friends filled the water Monday during the Doggie Dip at The Falls Aquatic Center.
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Belle Isle Park's giant 6-lane slide to reopen Friday
Myesha Johnson
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The giant slide will once again operate at Detroit’s Belle Isle Park.
The six-lane slide is set to open this Friday and will continue to operate from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day.
The cost is $1 per slide.
The slide opened in 1967 and had 1,400 sliders during its first two weekends.
Belle Isle said this is a partnership with its Summer Youth Employment Program to expose kids to parks and natural environments through its work cohort, in hope that participants consider natural-resource based careers in the future. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/17/belle-isle-park-giant-slide-reopens/10346593002/ | 2022-08-17T15:28:23 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/17/belle-isle-park-giant-slide-reopens/10346593002/ |
Key insider: 2 men were ‘very eager’ to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
Two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 were “very eager” to move forward with the plan and expressed no reluctance, a key witness testified Wednesday.
Ty Garbin also downplayed the influence of two FBI informants who trained with the group, saying he couldn’t recall them suggesting that Whitmer should be kidnapped.
“Not that I saw, no,” Garbin told jurors in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. are on trial for the second time on conspiracy charges. A jury in April couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict but acquitted two other men.
Garbin is an important witness for the government: He quickly agreed to cooperate following his arrest and pleaded guilty. Kaleb Franks pleaded guilty and will also testify.
Prosecutors say Fox and Croft wanted to trigger a national revolt. The government said disgust over COVID-19 restrictions inspired them to make kidnapping plans in 2020. Defense lawyers, however, argue that undercover FBI agents and rogue operatives created the scheme.
Garbin said he trained with Fox, Croft and others in a remote area, practicing inside a handmade “shoot house” to simulate a kidnapping. He told jurors how they traveled to Elk Rapids at night to see Whitmer’s vacation home and a bridge that could be blown up to distract police during an attack.
“It wasn’t anybody’s idea but my own to participate,” Garbin said when asked if he was entrapped by agents.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler asked if Fox and Croft were reluctant.
“No,” Garbin replied. “Very eager to continue forward with it.”
Garbin’s testimony was tighter than in the first trial. Last spring he said kidnapping the Democratic governor could be the “ignition” for civil war and “prevent Joe Biden from winning the presidency.”
But Kessler didn’t ask questions to draw out those answers Tuesday or Wednesday.
Fox, 39, was living in the Grand Rapids area, and Croft, 46, is from Bear, Delaware.
Whitmer has blamed then-President Donald Trump for stoking mistrust and fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn hate groups and right-wing extremists like those charged in the plot.
Trump recently called the kidnapping plan a “fake deal.” | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/17/key-insider-2-men-were-very-eager-kidnap-gov-whitmer/10347075002/ | 2022-08-17T15:28:29 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/17/key-insider-2-men-were-very-eager-kidnap-gov-whitmer/10347075002/ |
Bridge closed on MLK Jr. Blvd. in Pontiac for critical repairs
Due to structural damage, Pontiac has closed a bridge on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard until significant repairs are made.
The bridge handles consistent traffic that will cease, rerouting vehicles as well as pedestrians and bicyclists. Roadblocks are in place along MLK Jr. Boulevard, closing off CN/Grand Trunk Western Railroad.
A recent city inspection in July rated the bridge in critical condition and pictures in the report show rusted-through steel supports, cracked concrete abutments, missing steel components and exposed underground utilities, among other issues.
It is closed to all traffic until repairs are complete, and MDOT did not say when it expects to reopen the bridge.
The bridge has no posted load limits, as it has been supporting passengers since 1976.
MLK Jr. Boulevard will remain open between Woodward Avenue and the bridge, but will be closed between the bridge and South Blvd. E.
Detour information is below:
- WESTBOUND SOUTH BLVD.: South Boulevard to Woodward Avenue. Woodward Avenue south back to ML King Blvd Ave.
- EASTBOUND SOUTH BLVD.: Northbound Woodward Avenue to South Boulevard. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/08/17/pontiac-road-closes-mlk-repair-bridge-critical-condition/10346230002/ | 2022-08-17T15:28:35 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/08/17/pontiac-road-closes-mlk-repair-bridge-critical-condition/10346230002/ |
DALLAS — A new video obtained by WFAA shows another angle of the fatal shooting of a coach at a youth football game in Lancaster over the weekend.
In the video you see the moments before coach Mike Hickmon was shot.
Witnesses say a person wearing a hat and white sneakers in the video is former NFL cornerback, Aqib Talib. They say he walked across the field first to the opposing side.
Coach Heath Mays witnessed what happened.
”He ran across the field and ran over on our sideline and got in the ref's face,” said Mays.
Multiple witnesses say Aqib Talib was the one who started the brawl because he was upset about referees.
"He threw the first punch, and you see Mike trying to defend himself," said Mays.
Then you can hear the gunshots. Lancaster police arrested Aqib Talib’s brother, Yaqub Talib, saying he killed coach Hickmon.
In an arrest affidavit, police say this all started over an argument about the score of the game but doesn’t say who started the fight.
Aqib Talib’s lawyer, Frank Perez, issued a statement saying his client "was present when this unfortunate incident occurred and is very distraught and devasted over this terrible loss of life. He would like to convey his condolences to the family of the victim and to everyone who witnessed this unfortunate tragedy.”
The Talib brothers are no strangers to law enforcement and have been investigated for multiple shootings, including in 2016 when Dallas police believe Aqib Talib was shot at the V Live strip club. Two other people were also shot that night.
Aqib Talib and his brother were also investigated in 2015 after someone fired a gun inside a downtown Dallas night club. Dallas police say the brothers had gotten into a fight.
Police say they couldn’t find enough evidence to charge them with any crimes.
But now, Yaqub Talib is charged with murder while police continue to investigate if any other charges will be filed. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/witnesses-say-aqib-talib-started-brawl-led-to-fatal-shooting-of-youth-coach/287-e313872d-e507-4064-9652-1ea858f6a0d4 | 2022-08-17T15:28:53 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/witnesses-say-aqib-talib-started-brawl-led-to-fatal-shooting-of-youth-coach/287-e313872d-e507-4064-9652-1ea858f6a0d4 |
Wednesday is the first day of school for Burleson ISD, and the district did Something Good to pump up the excitement and energy.
It kicked off the new school year with Our Town, a song parody of the 2002 hit My Town from Montgomery Gentry.
The lyrics sung by homegrown Andrew Dolan and the Dolan Band are all about the Johnson County town of 47,000.
"We were so honored to be able to be a part of celebrating our amazing town and the people in it!" Dolan said in a news release. "I'm excited for a great school year and thrilled that my son will get to be a part of such an amazing district! We love our Burleson, TX!"
The video shows off city landmarks and celebrates the district and its 12,500-plus students.
The 1,400 administrators, teachers, and staff members got to see the video first at convocation last week.
The Our Town parody is the fifth of its kind for the district.
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In August 2019, Superintendent Bret Jimerson, trustees, and principals rapped to Lil Nas X's megahit "Old Town Road," after showcasing their dance moves to a parody of Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling" in 2018.
To kick off the 2017-18 school year, Superintendent Bret Jimerson, Trustee Pat Worrell, and principals pumped up employees with "Burleson ISD, That's What I Like," a parody to Bruno Mars' summer hit.
For the 2016-17 school year, Superintendent Bret Jimerson and School Board Trustee Pat Worrell helped teachers get into a "BURLESON STATE OF MIND" with a parody of Jay Z's "Empire State of Mind" rap. The video celebrated new and historical places in Burleson.
"Each year, we set the tone for the excitement and energy that goes on inside Burleson ISD," said Dr. Bret Jimerson, BISD Superintendent in a news release. "This year, we highlighted the sense of community our students and staff experience by being a part of 'Our Town,' putting clips from this past year to music played by Burleson's own Andrew Dolan and the Dolan Band."
You can watch Burleson ISD Our Town here.
And sing along with lyrics provided by the district:
There's an exit sign for Renfro 'round the corner
You can't miss it it's the first thing that you see
Just up the road's the city water tower
By the backroad that's covered with green trees
Hey that's my alma mater by the courthouse
And bands play in Old Town when the sun goes down
And this is my town
Nah na nah nah nah
Yea this is my town
Nah na nah nah nah
Hey where I was born
Where I was raised
Where I keep all my yesterdays
Where I went off, played in the band
I got that education, man
Where I came back to settle down
It's where I'll always be around
This is my town
Nah na nah nah nah
Yea this is my town
Well I'm cruising Wilshire with the windows down
School's about to start - excitement's in the air
And in the city plaza, families gather 'round
You can't miss it - everyone is there
We're off to watch some football at the stadium
And if we want a seat we better leave right now
So stick around
And soon you'll know,
this is Our Town
Nah na nah nah nah
Yea this is my town
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A man who fatally stabbed a real estate agent inside a model home in suburban Dallas faces execution Wednesday evening, more than 16 years after the slaying.
Kosoul Chanthakoummane was on parole when he was condemned for killing 40-year-old Sarah Walker in July 2006.
She was found stabbed more than 30 times in the model home in McKinney, about 30 miles north of Dallas.
Prosecutors say Chanthakoummane entered the model home and then beat Walker with a wooden plant stand and stabbed her before stealing her Rolex watch and a silver ring, which were never found. DNA evidence showed Chanthakoummane's blood was found in various places inside the model home, including under Walker's fingernails.
Walker had been a top-seller for home builder D.R. Horton. She had been recently divorced and had two children.
Chanthakoummane, 41, the son of immigrants from Laos, has acknowledged he was in the model home but said he only went inside to get a drink of water. He had been on parole in Texas after serving time in North Carolina for aggravated kidnapping and robbery.
"I am innocent," Chanthakoummane said in a letter filed in federal court in March.
His attorneys had asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stay his execution, challenging the DNA evidence, which was previously described by the appeals court as the "linchpin of the state's case." The appeals court this week denied the request. Eric Allen, one of Chanthakoummane's attorneys, said he hadn't decided if he would file a final appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.
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His attorneys had argued new science raises the possibility Chanthakoummane's DNA could have been transferred to Walker's fingernails without any direct contact between the two.
But authorities say prior DNA testing in his case has failed to clear Chanthakoummane.
"Any belief by Chanthakoummane that further DNA investigation would yield results that will be helpful to his case is a fantasy," lawyers with the Texas Attorney General's Office wrote in court documents last month.
On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to grant Chanthakoummane either a 120-day reprieve or a commutation of his death sentence to a lesser penalty.
Chanthakoummane's attorneys say their concerns about the DNA evidence is part of a pattern by prosecutors of using faulty evidence in the case.
At Chanthakoummane's trial, a forensic dentist testified the death row inmate was the source of a bite mark on Walker's neck. Such evidence has since been discredited and in 2016, Texas became the first state to call for banning bite mark analysis in criminal cases.
The two witnesses who said they saw Chanthakoummane near the murder scene were hypnotized by officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety, or DPS, to help identify him.
A 2020 report by the Dallas Morning News found most Texas judges still allow evidence derived from hypnosis despite criticism it can distort memories and lead to wrongful convictions. In January 2021, DPS stopped using hypnosis. Last year, Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned people who have been hypnotized from testifying in a criminal trial.
In October 2020, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals found that while the bitemark testimony would no longer be admissible in court, Chanthakoummane's attorneys had failed to discredit the hypnosis-related testimony.
The appeals court also found the DNA evidence was still strong.
At his trial, Chanthakoummane's attorney, Keith Gore, told jurors his client was guilty "and he wanted to rob (Walker), and it didn't go the right way, and he killed her."
Walker's father, Joseph Walker, who died last year, had opposed Chanthakoummane's execution and had told the Times Union in New York in 2013 he had forgiven his daughter's killer.
If Chanthakoummane is executed, he would be the second inmate put to death this year in Texas and the ninth in the U.S.
While Texas has been the nation's busiest capital punishment state, the use of the death penalty in the state has reached near historic lows. Juries have continued to issue fewer death sentences and in the last couple of years most executions have been delayed by the pandemic or by legal questions over what spiritual advisers can do in the death chamber. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-to-execute-man-convicted-of-murdering-mckinney-real-estate-agent/3050405/ | 2022-08-17T15:29:13 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-to-execute-man-convicted-of-murdering-mckinney-real-estate-agent/3050405/ |
TEXAS, USA — Texas plans to execute Kosoul Chanthakoummane on Wednesday for the 2006 murder of a real estate agent in a Collin County model home. It would be the second execution this year in a state that typically puts more people to death than any other.
Chanthakoummane, now 41, is set to die for the murder of Sarah Walker, who was brutally beaten and stabbed to death while showing a home in a McKinney subdivision. The 40-year-old’s Rolex watch and ring were missing when police arrived.
Witnesses placed Chanthakoummane at the model home, and a bite mark on Walker’s back and blood under her fingernails and at the scene were linked to him, according to court records. The death row prisoner has long claimed he is innocent.
Over his nearly 15 years on death row, the prisoner’s attorneys have chipped away at the reliability of evidence against him. Forensic scientists have largely debunked the ability to match bite marks to an individual. And the witnesses who testified Chanthakoummane was the man they saw on the day of the murder had previously been hypnotized by police investigators, despite scientific evidence that the practice can distort memories.
But analysts also determined his DNA was on Walker’s fingernails and elsewhere at the crime scene, and that evidence largely has convinced the courts they have the right man. In his last appeals to Collin County and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals filed last week, Chanthakoummane’s attorneys argued that the DNA evidence is also questionable.
Under a 2013 Texas “junk science” law, courts can overturn a conviction when the scientific evidence presented at trial has since changed or been discredited.
“Critically, current scientific knowledge contradicts the trial court’s previous finding that the ‘only reasonable inference’ to be drawn from the DNA evidence is that Mr. Chanthakoummane violently attacked Ms. Walker,” wrote attorneys Catherine Clare Bernhard and Eric J. Allen.
In a court filing, the Collin County district attorney’s office replied that “Chanthakoummane presents no new science in the field of DNA analysis, and even if there were something new, he fails to show it would have prevented his conviction.”
After Walker was killed, police initially looked at people close to her. Friends pointed to her ex-husband or romantic partners, and others reported foreign investors were upset with her for big losses in real estate deals, according to Chanthakoummane’s latest filing. Walker was also robbed and attacked at her home several months earlier, while Chanthakoummane was incarcerated in North Carolina for an armed robbery committed when he was 16.
DNA from blood samples and another real estate agent’s report shifted the investigation’s focus to Chanthakoummane. The other agent, who was selling a home near Walker’s model home, and her husband told police they saw an Asian man in a white Ford Mustang park across the street from the model home around the time of the murder. The couple later agreed to hypnosis by a Texas Ranger to see if they could remember more, but the state said the controversial practice did not significantly alter their testimony.
At trial, another real estate agent testified that the day before Walker’s murder, Chanthakoummane came to her home and asked to use the phone, saying his car broke down, according to court documents. She called the police when he refused to leave.
Chanthakoummane originally denied ever going to the model home, but under police interrogation said he went into the home to use the phone and drink some water after having car trouble. He said he didn’t see anyone inside and noted previous injuries on his hands could have left blood behind.
Police and prosecutors rejected the statement, but Chanthakoummane’s lawyers say new scientific research shows his DNA could have been transferred to Walker’s fingernails without any direct contact between them — for instance, if she touched an object he had left a blood mark on. The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a draft report last year that said the possibility of such transfers can’t be ignored in criminal investigations.
Chanthakoummane’s lawyers noted an example of a man who was suspected of murder because his DNA was found on the fingernails of a homicide victim. It was later discovered the suspect had been injured on the day of the killing and ridden in the same ambulance as the homicide victim hours earlier, resulting in his DNA transfer.
Collin County Assistant Criminal District Attorney Lisa Braxton said the concept of DNA transfers, however, is not new.
“Contamination and transfer are and always have been a consideration in the interpretation of mixtures,” the prosecutor wrote in her filing. “And even if the review’s conclusions constituted ‘new’ science, Chanthakoummane presents no evidence that the lab misinterpreted the DNA mixture on the victim’s fingernails – or any other mixture, for that matter.”
Chanthakoummane’s last appeal also attempts to discredit witness testimony stating his car was outside the model home around the time of Walker’s murder. His lawyers stated that a former deputy chief of the Richardson Police Department told homicide investigators he spoke to Walker in the model home for several minutes around the time she is believed to have been killed. The deputy chief mentioned another car with a woman driving on the street, but not a white Mustang.
The prisoner’s attorneys also noted new DNA testing done last year on samples from a plant stand, thought by prosecutors to have been used to fatally beat Walker, did not match Chanthakoummane and instead possibly implicated another person.
“Unsurprisingly, the defense did not highlight the gaps and inconsistencies in the State’s theory, including the inconsistent accounts regarding when the white Mustang was observed near the crime scene,” Bernhard and Allen wrote.
In 2019, Chanthakoummane had argued for a new trial because his lawyer told jurors he was guilty against his wishes. The prisoner told the courts he insisted on maintaining his innocence, but instead, his lawyer said in his opening statement that Chanthakoummane wanted to rob Walker and ended up killing her.
The Court of Criminal Appeals rejected the prisoner’s pleas for a new trial, saying he could have raised the issue earlier, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2018 that the Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant the right to insist that his counsel refrain from admitting guilt.
Without court intervention Wednesday, Chanthakoummane will be injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville after 6 p.m.
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A player for Utah's Snow Canyon Little League team will not be playing in the Little League World Series after suffering a head injury.
The boy, an outfielder and pitcher on the team representing the Mountain Region, fell out of his bunk bed early Monday at the Little League dormitory complex in South Williamsport, according to a statement from Little League.
He underwent surgery at Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital near Danville and is in critical condition.
His father, an assistant coach, says he wants his team from Utah to play while keeping the boy in their thoughts. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/little-league-player-seriously-injured-world-series-south-williamsport/523-b9519471-4788-4f0b-aa2c-a6257bc83e56 | 2022-08-17T15:42:41 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/little-league-player-seriously-injured-world-series-south-williamsport/523-b9519471-4788-4f0b-aa2c-a6257bc83e56 |
KATY, Texas — Well-known powerlifter James Strickland might look intimidating.
“I’m the third heaviest bench press of all time,” Strickland said.
But the Katy ISD dad is a softie when it comes to his kids and their classmates.
"Male engagement programs have been around for a while," he said. "I just championed it here in Katy.”
He’s part of a group at Amy Campbell Elementary called the “Watch DOGS” or “Dad Of Great Students.”
They're volunteers who work to be positive male role models while providing an extra set of eyes and ears to enhance school safety.
"Basically, every one of those spots is a dad and one child they come up for,” Strickland said as he pointed to a bulletin board where names will be placed.
Right now, Watch DOGS, or similar programs, are in about 50 Katy ISD schools which is a majority of campuses.
Volunteer Gary Aston said making connections with kids is the reason he keeps coming back to his daughter’s school, Bethke Elementary.
"Most all students recognize when a Watch DOGS in the room, in the hallway, on campus," Aston said. "And you get more smiles, more high fives, a lot of neat involvement. It’s unique.”
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Watch DOGS are also known by other names depending on the campus and may include grandfathers, uncles, or any other father figure as well.
All of them must pass a more rigorous background check like all other volunteers as of this year.
"You feel really, really good about yourself being a servant of the school and giving back and volunteering your time,” Strickland said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/outreach/katy-isd-watch-dogs/285-a1b84608-049b-4111-82cf-60717adbe015 | 2022-08-17T15:42:47 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/outreach/katy-isd-watch-dogs/285-a1b84608-049b-4111-82cf-60717adbe015 |
PLEASANTVILLE — A city man was arrested over the weekend on drug charges after police were initially investigating complaints about unruly behavior at an apartment complex.
The man, Dante Cody, 25, is charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS) and possession with intent to distribute, police said in a Wednesday news release.
Cody was arrested while police monitored an area near the Sassafras Run apartment complex on Sunday following resident complaints of BB guns, dirt bikes, drug activity and unruly juveniles nearby.
Around 4:40 p.m., Officers Kamen Potts and Kamau Bazemore found a dirt bike leaning against a fence near the complex's 200 building. Cody approached the officers, saying the bike belonged to him, police said.
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Police determined the bike was not stolen and not being operated during the incident.
Cody was found to have an outstanding warrant. Before being taken into custody, Cody was found carrying an unidentified CDS, police said.
He was taken to the Atlantic County jail pending a hearing, police said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pleasantville-man-with-warrant-faces-drug-charges-following-dirt-bike-probe/article_bdaaf7a0-1e38-11ed-9c54-474cfadffa67.html | 2022-08-17T15:44:17 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pleasantville-man-with-warrant-faces-drug-charges-following-dirt-bike-probe/article_bdaaf7a0-1e38-11ed-9c54-474cfadffa67.html |
PHOENIX — An Arizona woman formerly of Pleasantville is set to be sentenced Friday for her involvement in killing her two daughters in September.
Retta Cruse, 36, was indicted on two counts of murder after her daughters, Aleyah, 9, and Royal, 4, were found dead at her Phoenix home Sept. 8, 2021. Cruse originally pleaded not guilty to the crimes but has since changed her plea, according to her attorney, Jason Gronski.
Cruse will appear Friday before Judge Margaret LaBianca in Maricopa County Superior Court, Gronski said.
Cruse admitted to giving her daughters drugs, causing them to overdose. On Sept. 8, officers found the girls huddled together on a bed dead with their mother barricaded in a bedroom at the Arizona home, having stabbed herself multiple times, according to police reports.
Detectives said drugs were found near the girls' mouths and a bottle of oxycodone also was in the room.
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Cruse was living with Michael Coleman, the biological father of the youngest girl, Royal, in Arizona amid a custody dispute between her and Kevin Maddox, of Cumberland County, over the oldest girl, Aleyah.
A New Jersey Superior Court judge had ordered the 9-year-old be returned to the Garden State with her father, and Maddox had been trying to have his daughter returned home before her death.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pleasantville-woman-guilty-of-murdering-daughters-in-arizona-to-be-sentenced-friday/article_4aa379b2-1e2e-11ed-9008-530751e569db.html | 2022-08-17T15:44:23 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pleasantville-woman-guilty-of-murdering-daughters-in-arizona-to-be-sentenced-friday/article_4aa379b2-1e2e-11ed-9008-530751e569db.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — For Karen Pelaez Moreno, using a college degree she'll earn in a few years to give back to her hometown would help resolve a disconnection she says so many city students experience.
“I want to be a role model for other kids in Atlantic City,” Moreno, who is majoring in Health Science at Stockton University said in a statement released Tuesday. “They often don’t have anyone else to talk to besides their parents and having somebody that would be able to guide them on the right path is something that I really want to do.”
Moreno is one of a handful of Stockton students getting a college education through the Engelberg Leadership Scholarship program. The students hail from other nations but call Atlantic City home, something Stockton says portrays how the city's youth are looking to help make their hometown better.
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The scholarship fund was started by Alfred Engelberg, an intellectual property lawyer and 1956 Atlantic City High School graduate, according to Stockton's website.
Earlier this year, the Engelberg family provided an additional $700,000 to continue the scholarship program for three-additional cohorts.
To qualify for the Engelberg Leadership Scholars Program (ELSP), students must be rising sophomores and either live in Atlantic City or have graduated from Atlantic City High School, Stockton said.
Each year, four students are chosen who will have all costs — tuition, room and board, fees, books — paid for during their remaining time at Stockton.
By continuing the program, Stockton hopes its courses can spawn some of the city's next-generation leaders.
Moreno is the first in her family to go to college. With four other siblings, the scholarship helps her parents with the financial load, she said.
“I wish that everyone had this opportunity, but I’m going to make the most of it and fulfill my dreams of becoming a nurse and be able to give back to Atlantic City the same way the Engelbergs did,” Moreno said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/stockton-scholarship-program-reflective-of-atlantic-citys-diversity/article_207976ea-1da8-11ed-b0e0-97036536baa6.html | 2022-08-17T15:44:29 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/stockton-scholarship-program-reflective-of-atlantic-citys-diversity/article_207976ea-1da8-11ed-b0e0-97036536baa6.html |
'I just want to know why:' Mother left with questions in son's death
Demetra Miller last saw her son, Deandre Lamar McCoy, the day of his death.
"When I got off from work, he was at home getting up to shower. And this was around 2:30 (p.m.)," she said.
Two hours later on June 9, she got a call. McCoy, who was 20 and called "Dre" by his friends and family, was found in a vehicle outside S & K Express convenience store at 549 N. Chester St., near Davidson Avenue in the Highland community. He had been shot, and he was dead.
O'Darrius Montrea Glenn, 17, has been charged with first-degree murder in McCoy's death.
"Why did he have to kill him? I mean, why can't y'all just fight it out, or whatever it was? You didn't have to kill him," Miller said. "You've taken away from me and his family, my son, my only son that I had. I just want to know why."
She said that as far as she knew, her son had no enemies.
"I mean, he was a quiet guy. He got along with everybody. He didn't have no enemies that I knew of," she said. "Like I said, everybody loved him. So that's why I didn't understand, why would you kill him? I really still don't know the full details about what really happened."
Police have released few details that might answer Miller's question.
Glenn, now that he has been charged as an adult, must appear in Gaston County Superior Court. Glenn would be sentenced to life in prison without parole if convicted as charged.
"I want to be there," Miller said.
Still, Miller said, even if Glenn is convicted, it will not bring her son back.
"It's never going to end with me," she said. "He's gonna be gone away from his family, which they can see him, talk to him. I cannot talk to my son. I have to go to the graveyard to talk."
Reporter Kara Fohner can be reached at 704-869-1850 or at kfohner@gannett.com. Support local journalism by subscribing here. | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/gastonia-woman-left-questions-sons-murder/10339893002/ | 2022-08-17T15:45:16 | 1 | https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/gastonia-woman-left-questions-sons-murder/10339893002/ |
The weight of student loan debt in the U.S. has become a genuine crisis—millions of Americans now cumulatively owe $1.75 trillion in student debt as of 2022, an amount second only to mortgage debt in terms of individual indebtedness. And the debt crisis is only one issue impacting prospective college students; the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on college enrollment, with over a million fewer students deciding to attend school since the pandemic began in 2020. The rising cost of college, combined with economic and physical hardship brought on by the pandemic, has contributed to a growing belief that college is not worth the cost.
And yet, the worth of a college degree in the workplace continues to grow, as college education becomes less financially attainable. In a phenomenon known as degree inflation, employers are increasingly seeking employees who hold four-year degrees, even for roles that have never required that level of education. In a world where a college degree is a potential path to financial success, but the degree itself comes at such a high cost, what’s a student to do?
In some countries, such as Poland and Denmark, getting an affordable (virtually free) public education is within reach of all citizens and residents of other EU nations. In the United States, the cost of public school depends on state residency. Some public universities have remained relatively affordable options for both in-state residents and out-of-state students. Others, however, have become more expensive on both fronts, or have had to hike up out-of-state tuition costs to keep in-state prices low. Here, Stacker has ranked the 50 best public universities in the country in order, from most to least expensive.
To compile this list, Stacker scoured data from Niche, a site that reviews and ranks schools according to factors like acceptance rates, the average student loan amount, diversity, quality of professors, and more. In 2022, the weight of ACT/SAT scores was reduced, as colleges put less emphasis on test scores as part of the admissions process.
This list comprises Niche’s 50 top public colleges of 2022, and has been ranked in terms of the average cost per year after financial aid for students receiving grants or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
Read on to find out which entirely free university will leave more money in the bank, and which pricey school still has some of the happiest students in the country, as well as which affordable university held an honorary graduation in space.
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#50. Colorado School of Mines
Location: Golden, Colorado
Net price: $27,675
Acceptance rate: 53%
SAT Range: 1270-1440
The Colorado School of Mines, known to most simply as “Mines,” is a school devoted to preparing its graduates for careers in engineering and applied science, with a focus on technical skills and hands-on training. The school is one of the smallest on this list, with a student body of about 6,000—including both graduate students and undergrads.
Both in-state and out-of-state tuition at the Colorado School of Mines are relatively expensive. But the school also has the numbers to prove it’s a worthwhile choice: Mines boasts the biggest collegiate section of the Society of Women Engineers in the country, a retention rate of over 90%, and an average starting salary for graduates of $73,418.
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#49. Penn State
Location: University Park, Pennsylvania
Net price: $26,151
Acceptance rate: 56%
SAT Range: 1160-1360
Penn State comprises several campuses throughout the state, the largest and most prominent of these being the University Park location. In addition to the tens of thousands of undergraduates who call Penn State home—thousands of whom live on campus—an additional 6,000 graduate students spend their days at University Park. During the fall 2021 semester, nearly 60% of Penn State students were Pennsylvania residents.
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#48. Auburn University
Location: Auburn, Alabama
Net price: $24,028
Acceptance rate: 85%
SAT Range: 1150-1320
The vast majority of Auburn University’s 31,526 students come from the state of Alabama, with Georgia and Florida supplying the second and third greatest numbers of students to the school in fall 2017. For undergraduates, the colleges of Business, Engineering, and Liberal Arts were popular choices. In June 2018, Auburn University’s Board of Trustees voted to approve raising tuition by 2%; however, that followed several years of a 3% annual hike.
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#47. Clemson University
Location: Clemson, South Carolina
Net price: $22,935
Acceptance rate: 62%
SAT Range: 1210-1390
Clemson University is home to about 20,195 undergraduates students, as well as 5,627 graduate and professional students as of fall 2019. About 60% of the student body comes from within South Carolina. Though Clemson is fairly expensive for both in-state and out-of-state students, the school created hundreds of new scholarship opportunities available to students transferring in from South Carolina technical colleges.
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#46. University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Location: Amherst, Massachusetts
Net price: $22,505
Acceptance rate: 65%
SAT Range: 1200-1390
The University of Massachusetts – Amherst has almost more students than it knows what to do with. In fact, to accommodate a growing student body, UMass Amherst is offering some incoming freshmen discounted student housing in the future in exchange for commuting from off campus this academic year. In 2019, Massachusetts officials proposed a tuition freeze intended to maintain affordability, but UMass officials responded with concern that freezing tuition could cause damaging cuts elsewhere in the university.
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#45. University of Pittsburgh
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Net price: $22,346
Acceptance rate: 64%
SAT Range: 1250-1420
Pell Grants are federal aid usually awarded to incoming undergraduates who express great financial need and rarely have to be repaid. The only downside to this generous package is that sometimes seeing that a student has received a Pell Grant stops colleges from offering that student additional aid, even when it may be needed.
For this reason, the University of Pittsburgh instituted a revolutionary Pell Grant matching program in 2019. Through the program, the school offers each Pell Grant recipient the same amount as the grant in additional financial aid, which officials believe will bring the total amount up to a much more impactful level.
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#44. University of Oklahoma
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
Net price: $21,836
Acceptance rate: 83%
SAT Range: 1100-1300
Despite its large student population, the University of Oklahoma keeps class sizes small—4% of classes on the OU campus have 100 or more students, which may be a factor in the high retention rate. OU, which came under fire in 2019 for allegedly misreporting some information to U.S. News & World Report, boasts impressive financial numbers. The Princeton Review named OU one of the “best value colleges” in the country in 2021.
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#43. University of South Carolina
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Net price: $21,784
Acceptance rate: 68%
SAT Range: 1140-1340
The Columbia institution has been around since 1801, and today freshmen enjoy one of the best introductory years of any college in America: U.S. News & World Report ranked South Carolina #3 among “First-Year Experiences” due in part to its lauded “University 101″—a unique adjustment program to campus life.
The Gamecocks compete in the vaunted SEC with heavyweights like Auburn and Alabama, one of the reasons over 25% of students highlighted the “school spirit” to Niche. Prior to the 2019-20 academic year, SC increased tuition by the smallest percentage since 1998: $76 or 0.6%.
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#42. California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo
Location: San Luis Obispo, California
Net price: $20,491
Acceptance rate: 28%
SAT Range: 1240-1440
With a selective admissions rate, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (often shortened to the much pithier Cal Poly SLO) is an academically revered college, especially for those interested in computer science and aerospace studies. In 2018, students were concerned by a proposal to hike tuition at all Cal State campuses by 4%, but the plan was ultimately rejected by the Board of Trustees after sufficient backlash. Officials insist the CSU system needs increased funding to thrive, but will seek this money from the state instead.
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#41. Virginia Tech
Location: Blacksburg, Virginia
Net price: $20,247
Acceptance rate: 66%
SAT Range: 1170-1370
Virginia Tech—home to nearly 30,000 undergraduates—is almost too popular for its own good: The school accepted more students than it could handle for its incoming freshman class in 2019, and has taken measures to bring the class size down by 1,000. All who end up at Virginia Tech will participate in the Engineering and Architecture programs for which the school is known. Oh, and they’ll be able to eat the best-rated college food in the country.
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#40. Texas A&M University
Location: College Station, Texas
Net price: $19,906
Acceptance rate: 63%
SAT Range: 1160-1380
Texas A&M University, once an all-male college known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College, is today a sprawling university known for its engineering and accounting programs. In November 2019, Texas A&M approved tuition hikes that would raise the cost of attendance by 2.6%, thereby generating funding for enhancing classroom technology, adding faculty members, and more.
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#39. University of Delaware
Location: Newark, Delaware
Net price: $19,747
Acceptance rate: 71%
SAT Range: 1150-1330
Who doesn’t love a good college love story? President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden first met in 1975, when Jill was a student at the University of Delaware. Joe had received his college degree from the same university and was by that point serving as a U.S. Senator for Delaware.
Besides serving as a plot point in the Biden romance, the University of Delaware has also established itself as a respected choice for those interested in chemical engineering, and the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics is ranked amongst the best undergraduate business programs in the nation. In 2019, the university announced it would increase tuition for in- and out-of-state students, by $600 and $1400 respectively, as well as adding fee increases for some specific programs.
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#38. University of California – Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, California
Net price: $19,329
Acceptance rate: 17%
SAT Range: 1310-1530
A roster of Cal Berkeley alumni reads like a list of Silicon Valley greatest hits: the CEO of Intel, an inventor of PowerPoint, and perhaps most notably, Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple. For Cal students who may not go on to become tech billionaires, rising costs are a concern: hikes for out-of-state students have many worried that UC campuses are becoming an option only for the wealthy. According to Niche, 74% of University of California – Berkeley students came from within California, while 13% came from other states, and the remaining 13% were international.
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#37. University of Virginia
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Net price: $19,043
Acceptance rate: 23%
SAT Range: 1320-1510
At the University of Virginia, in-state residents make up 67% of the total student body, and graduate students comprise just under a third of the population. Many of UVA’s graduate programs rank among the best in the nation: The schools of Business, Nursing, and Education are particularly well regarded, and for undergrads, English and Economics are popular majors. In the year 2000, tuition and required fees for out-of-state students amounted to just over $17,000; in 2021, the cost reached nearly $54,000.
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#36. Virginia Military Institute
Location: Lexington, Virginia
Net price: $18,969
Acceptance rate: 60%
SAT Range: 1070-1260
Virginia Military Institute was founded in 1839 and is the oldest state-supported military college in the U.S. In 1997, the school was the last senior military college to admit women, following a Supreme Court decision that required coeducation in order to continue to receive federal funding. The small undergraduate college has a student body of around 1,700 cadets, and requires all attendees to participate in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), though students are not required to serve in the military post-graduation. VMI prides itself on offering an education suited for “citizen-soldiers,” which includes both military and liberal arts training.
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#35. The Ohio State University
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Net price: $18,884
Acceptance rate: 68%
SAT Range: 1210-1430
The Ohio State University in Columbus is home to 42,000 full-time undergraduates, who describe their school as “spirited”, “awesome”, and “diverse.” About 71% of the student body has a primary residence in Ohio, with 25% of students coming from out of state and the remainder coming from outside the country. The university openly prioritizes affordability, and since the late 2010s has instituted an “Ohio State Tuition Guarantee.” This means that incoming freshmen are guaranteed steady tuition prices for their four years at school.
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#34. James Madison University
Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Net price: $18,592
Acceptance rate: 80%
SAT Range: 1120-1280
James Madison University, founded in 1908 and named after the fourth President of the United States—who was, in all likelihood, not as vocally gifted as the musical “Hamilton” would have you believe—is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. JMU’s tuition increased annually for many years in a row in the late 2010s. In 2018, it was announced that out-of-state tuition would rise by $684, and in-state tuition would rise by $370. However, in 2019, the Board of Visitors at JMU excited many by voting not to hike in-state tuition prices for the first time in nearly two decades—instead, more than $50 million additional state dollars were pledged towards the university.
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#33. College of William & Mary
Location: Williamsburg, Virginia
Net price: $18,588
Acceptance rate: 42%
SAT Range: 1300-1490
The College of William & Mary is one of the more expensive state school options for both in-state and out-of-state students. It’s a far cry from the good old days of the early 1970s, when the total cost of attending the school (room and board included) sat at a modest $1,590 for Virginia residents and $2,524 for out-of-state students. The College of William and Mary goes back much further than the 1970s, however: the school was founded in 1693 and is named for King William III and Queen Mary II. It also has a lengthy list of “firsts” under its belt, including being the first American college to institute an honor system in 1779.
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#32. Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Net price: $17,835
Acceptance rate: 67%
SAT Range: 1180-1410
Rutgers University – New Brunswick is no stranger to higher education—the New Jersey school, founded in 1766, is one of the 10 oldest collegiate institutions in the United States. As is to be expected, in the past 200 and some years, tuition prices have risen just a touch. For the 2022-23 school year, Rutgers—which encompasses three locations in addition to the New Brunswick campus—and its Board of Governors instituted a 2.9% increase in tuition and fees.
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#31. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Net price: $17,832
Acceptance rate: 26%
SAT Range: 1340-1520
The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor has been ranked the #1 public research university in the country, and offers some of the top business, engineering, and psychology programs in the nation. Of course, for out-of-state students, that prestige comes with a high price tag: The Board of Regents approved a 3.7% tuition increase for out-of-state students prior to the 2019-20 academic year. However, the cost of tuition seemingly doesn’t bear too much of a burden: Niche still ranks Michigan as the #5 best college for student life in America.
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#30. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Net price: $17,729
Acceptance rate: 70%
SAT Range: 1240-1460
With an enrollment of over 52,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has one of the largest student bodies in the country. Duluth native Bob Dylan famously attended the university from 1959 to 1960, before he dropped out to move to New York and start his music career. Many of the school’s most popular majors are in STEM and social science-related fields, including biological and biomedical sciences and engineering.
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#29. University of Maryland – College Park
Location: College Park, Maryland
Net price: $17,643
Acceptance rate: 44%
SAT Range: 1270-1480
The University of Maryland is doing good work: In 2019, the public research university was awarded $175 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to be put towards research about Earth’s atmosphere. The University of Maryland in College Park is strong in areas of study such as Criminal Justice, Architecture, and Agricultural Sciences, and boasts a diverse array of alums such as Larry David and Gayle King. Though the school is fairly mid-level in terms of price for out-of-state students, it’s one of the most affordable options on this list in terms of in-state tuition.
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#28. University of Iowa
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Net price: $17,452
Acceptance rate: 84%
SAT Range: 1110-1310
The University of Iowa looks pretty good considering it’s over 160 years old. Since its founding in 1847, the University of Iowa has established itself as a strong academic choice and is regarded as one of the best schools for creative writing in the country. UI’s graduate programs are well respected, and graduate students make up about one-sixth of the student body presence on campus. In 2019, officials approved a proposed 3.9% tuition hike at both the University of Iowa and Iowa State. Prior to that, the UI student president responded by noting that raising tuition by even $300 would mean many students having to work an additional 30 hours to pay that extra cost.
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#27. Georgia Institute of Technology
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Net price: $17,410
Acceptance rate: 21%
SAT Range: 1370-1530
You’re not alone if the term “SlothBot” makes you think of an extremely adorable sloth robot, but in reality, the SlothBot is a Georgia Tech creation that looks nothing like a sloth. Instead, it’s a robot that will sit in a forest canopy and monitor environmental changes, moving only when absolutely necessary—hence its name. Around 88% of students who attend Georgia Tech—which is known for its computer science and engineering programs—come from the United States, with 53% and 35% coming from in-state and out-of-state, respectively.
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#26. Michigan Technological University
Location: Houghton, Michigan
Net price: $17,356
Acceptance rate: 70%
SAT Range: 1160-1350
Michigan Technological University, founded in 1885, is home to a little over 5,000 undergraduate students, as well as around 1,400 graduate students. Across the nation, men are actually becoming the new college minority, but Michigan Technological University has not experienced the same trend; the school is predominantly male, with the gender breakdown falling at 71% male and 29% female. Nearly all students at the university are on some form of financial aid, and the school is ranked well in terms of salaries students receive soon after graduation.
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#25. University of California – Santa Barbara
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Net price: $17,223
Acceptance rate: 37%
SAT Range: 1230-1460
The University of California – Santa Barbara in 2022 ranked as #75 on a list of best schools in the country, and #15 for best public schools in the country. As of the same year, 83% of all undergraduates who attended UCSB were California residents. Though the school is much cheaper for these students than those coming from other states, many still require loans to attend.
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#24. University of California – Davis
Location: Davis, California
Net price: $17,026
Acceptance rate: 46%
SAT Range: 1160-1400
The student population at UC Davis is around 30,000, but would be much higher if another popular group were taken into account—that would be the cows, plenty of whom call this campus their home, and who often serve as a basis for university research. Besides bovine cuteness, UC Davis also provides excellent programs in agriculture and managerial economics. As a member of the UC system, Davis has been impacted by the same tuition hikes as many others on this list, and is one of a few UCs to institute a cap on out-of-state undergraduates at 18% of the student body.
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#23. University of Texas – Austin
Location: Austin, Texas
Net price: $16,892
Acceptance rate: 32%
SAT Range: 1210-1470
Yes, the University of Texas – Austin is a revered university, but it’s also the final note in a truly heartwarming story: In 2019, a homeless man who dropped out of the school decades prior and was later diagnosed with schizophrenia returned to UT Austin to finally finish his degree. Best of all, his tuition was paid in full to finish up a degree in studio art. UT Austin also offers free tuition to students—90% of whom come from within Texas—from households in which the gross adjusted income is less than $30,000.
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#22. Michigan State University
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Net price: $16,655
Acceptance rate: 76%
SAT Range: 1100-1300
Michigan State University isn’t just renowned for its undergraduate engineering programs; it’s also one of the earliest American prototypes of a land grant university, which is a university that receives federally granted land for the purposes of improving agriculture, science, and more.
In the many years since its founding in 1855, Michigan State University’s tuition rates have certainly seen a few changes: In 1979, tuition per credit sat at just $24.50, and by fall 2021, that figure had hit $491.75. A part of this large increase can be attributed to the fact that in 1992, MSU switched from a four-quarter system to a three-semester system, thereby increasing the cost of each individual credit.
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#21. University of Georgia
Location: Athens, Georgia
Net price: $16,580
Acceptance rate: 48%
SAT Range: 1250-1460
Fraternity houses tend to be full of college boys and warm beer, but not necessarily Ponzi schemes—that is, until the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2019 accused a University of Georgia graduate of operating a Ponzi scheme while a student and fraternity brother.
For most UGA students, however, time on campus is spent participating in well-regarded programs like Communications and Criminal Justice. About 86% of the student body comes from within the state, and 58% of undergrads identify as female.
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#20. University of California – Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles, California
Net price: $16,474
Acceptance rate: 14%
SAT Range: 1300-1530
The University of California – Los Angeles has long been considered a “Public Ivy,” and is especially revered for its graduate programs in fine arts and public health. With an acceptance rate of just 14%, the school is a competitive choice. The most popular majors include biology, political science, psychology, economics, and sociology. In early 2019, the UC Board of Regents voted to increase out-of-state tuition by $762, while in-state tuition would remain steady.
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#19. Mississippi State University
Location: Mississippi State, Mississippi
Net price: $16,402
Acceptance rate: 80%
SAT Range: 1050-1270
Originally an agricultural school and now the largest university in the state, Mississippi State University is made up of nine colleges. These include the College of Veterinary Medicine, which is one of the top ranked in the country, as well as the College of Architecture, Art, and Design and the College of Forest Resources. The library at MSU Mitchell Memorial Library is the official home of Ulysses S. Grant’s Presidential Library, which contains the Civil War general’s letters, photographs, scrapbooks, and personal research.
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#18. Iowa State University
Location: Ames, Iowa
Net price: $16,105
Acceptance rate: 92%
SAT Range: 1010-1310
Iowa State University offers the traditional spectrum of majors, but students tend to gravitate towards a particular few: in the fall of 2018, 20% of students were studying mechanical engineering, kinesiology, aerospace engineering, animal science, or computer engineering. Gender also plays a role in this breakdown: female students, who comprise 44% of the student body, are also largely interested in elementary education, biology, and psychology. About 3 out of every 5 students at Iowa State are native Iowans.
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#17. University of California – San Diego
Location: La Jolla, California
Net price: $15,222
Acceptance rate: 37%
SAT Range: 1270-1480
The University of California – San Diego is an institution widely regarded for its strength in the sciences—particularly biology, biochemistry, and neuroscience—but the school was also ranked by U.S. News & World Report in the top 30 universities globally for Arts and Humanities. With a student body of over 30,000 students, less than half of whom live on campus, UCSD has struggled to meet housing demands; the school in 2019 announced plans to raise rent by at least 3% in order to pay for new residential housing. This comes hand in hand with rising costs for out-of-state UC students.
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#16. Oklahoma State University
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
Net price: $14,763
Acceptance rate: 70%
SAT Range: 1020-1250
Oklahoma State University offers 87 majors for undergraduate students, including options in aerospace and aviation, plant biology, and a pre-veterinary track. Before aid, the school costs $24,920 for in-state residents, and $40,440 for out-of-state students. According to the admissions office, more than half of students graduate without any student loan debt. Famous alums include Anita Hill, the country singer Garth Brooks, and actor James Marsden.
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#15. Arizona State University
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Net price: $14,653
Acceptance rate: 88%
SAT Range: 1100-1320
While tuition for out-of-state students at Arizona State University hovers just under $30,000 annually, 94% of ASU students receive some form of financial aid. The school has been ranked fifth in the nation as a recruitment source, meaning employers favor graduates of the school when seeking new hires. As of 2019, ASU is working on a new plan for structuring its fees and tuition costs that would include only four broad fee categories, as opposed to lengthy lists of fees that are entirely specific to each major and degree type.
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#14. North Carolina State University
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Net price: $14,600
Acceptance rate: 46%
SAT Range: 1230-1410
With Business, Biology, and Engineering as some of its strongest and most popular majors, North Carolina State University was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as #32 on the list of Top Public Schools in America. As of 2022, there were nearly 23,000 undergraduates on campus, and 87% of students came from in-state. Fun fact: NC State students often take part in the annual “Krispy Kreme Challenge,” which involves racing to a local Krispy Kreme and then attempting to scarf down a dozen doughnuts.
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#13. University of Wisconsin
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Net price: $14,030
Acceptance rate: 57%
SAT Range: 1260-1460
The University of Wisconsin in Madison is a highly regarded university and often considered one of the “Public Ivies”—a term coined in the 1980s to refer to public colleges whose academics are at an Ivy League standard. Notable alumni include architect Frank Lloyd Wright, writer Joyce Carol Oates, and former U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. The university is devoted to maintaining access and affordability for its in-state students; “Bucky’s Tuition Promise” means Wisconsin residents whose household income falls below $56,000 can attend for free—but out-of-state students are looking at rising tuition costs.
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#12. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Location: Urbana, Illinois
Net price: $13,517
Acceptance rate: 63%
SAT Range: 1200-1460
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has produced 27 Pulitzer Prize winners, including noted film critic Roger Ebert and novelist Richard Powers. The school also has one of the biggest Greek systems in the U.S., with nearly a quarter of all students participating. The university has 16 colleges, which include the College of Media and the School of Social Work. The library also boasts one of the biggest collections of any public university in the world, with over 24 million items.
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#11. Indiana University – Bloomington
Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Net price: $13,191
Acceptance rate: 80%
SAT Range: 1120-1350
In 2018, Indiana University – Bloomington was recognized by the Academic Ranking of World Universities for the strength of its programs in business management and administration, education, psychology, and more. Bloomington is the oldest of all of IU’s campuses, and out of the 2019 freshman class of around 8,000, more than 4,500 students were from Indiana. IU Bloomington’s tuition structure is based around banded tuition, which means that students taking anywhere between 12 and 18 credits will pay a single fixed tuition price, allowing students more predictability in terms of tuition cost and on-time graduation.
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#10. University of California – Irvine
Location: Irvine, California
Net price: $13,106
Acceptance rate: 30%
SAT Range: 1230-1430
Once upon a time, all California residents could attend the University of California schools for free. But alas, all good things must end, and beginning in the 1920s, small “fees” were introduced for both in- and out-of-state residents. By the 1970s, tuition and fees amounted to just over $1,000 for residents, and by 2012, the UC system received more money from student tuition and fees—a whopping $3 billion—than from from the state at $2.3 billion. At Irvine, a school revered for both criminal justice and performing arts programs, the total cost of living is still a bit lower than that of most of the other UC system campuses.
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#9. University of Utah
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Net price: $12,881
Acceptance rate: 79%
SAT Range: 1130-1350
The Salt Lake City institution has been around since 1850 and is renowned for its School of Medicine and primary care program. Besides other high-ranking grad programs, its undergraduates enjoy a 17-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio as well as a geographically diverse population, as 36% attend from out of state or internationally. A member of the Power 5 conference Pac-12, the Utes were one of the top college football teams in the nation in 2019.
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#8. Florida State University
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Net price: $12,815
Acceptance rate: 36%
SAT Range: 1220-1350
Founded in 1851, Florida State University is both a space-grant and sea-grant university, meaning it participates in cutting-edge space and sea research on a national level. About 87% of FSU students are Floridians, meaning they get to attend one of Florida’s designated “preeminent universities” at the relatively low tuition cost of $5,656 annually. There are more than 29,000 undergraduates at FSU, with women making up more than half of total enrollment.
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#7. Purdue University
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Net price: $12,294
Acceptance rate: 67%
SAT Range: 1170-1420
Over the years, Purdue University and NASA have developed quite the friendship. Many future astronauts—including Jerry Ross, John Casper, and the inimitable Neil Armstrong—spent their college days at Purdue. In fact, in 2018, Purdue even granted an honorary doctoral degree via live stream to an astronaut still aboard the International Space Station. Purdue has held a tuition freeze since the 2012–2013 school year (through at least the 2019–20 academic year), which both garnered positive press and raised whether such an act was a real solution or a publicity stunt.
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#6. University of Central Florida
Location: Orlando, Florida
Net price: $11,108
Acceptance rate: 44%
SAT Range: 1160-1340
Located in Orlando, the University of Central Florida boasts a full-time undergraduate student body of over 43,000. Popular majors include psychology, health sciences, and nursing. The school is known for its robust research programming, with researchers attracting more than $200 million each year in grants and sponsored awards.
The university was originally founded to support the burgeoning U.S. space program, and its proximity to Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center has made space research a particularly interesting facet of UCF’s offerings. Currently, the school is home to the Florida Space Institute, which collaborates on space missions.
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#5. University of Florida
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Net price: $10,075
Acceptance rate: 31%
SAT Range: 1290-1460
The University of Florida, which comprises just over 30,000 full-time undergraduate students, has particularly strong Accounting and Engineering courses, and was rated by U.S. News & World Report as #5 in Top Public Schools. The school also offers unique courses, such as its seven-year Medical Honors Program, which allows students to spend their first two years of school as typical undergrads, then graduate from medical school five years later with a dual degree in science and medicine.
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#4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Net price: $10,038
Acceptance rate: 25%
SAT Range: 1280-1490
While UNC Chapel Hill has many renowned undergraduate programs, including creative writing, its graduate programs are the ones receiving buzz: In 2018, U.S. News & World Report ranked the School of Medicine’s Primary Care course #1 in the nation, with Social Work and Nursing programs also faring extremely well. Like many other public universities, UNC at Chapel Hill has had to confront the issue of rising tuition prices; while keeping in-state tuition prices fairly low has been a high priority, rising out-of-state tuition prices and fees have been a concern for out-of-state families.
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#3. University of South Florida
Location: Tampa, Florida
Net price: $10,004
Acceptance rate: 49%
SAT Range: 1160-1320
The University of South Florida has been lauded for its graduate programs, with grad students comprising more than 10,000 spots on campus, and ranks well for undergraduate studies in nursing, technology, and criminal justice. Both the in-state and out-of-state tuition for this university make it a relatively affordable option, though out-of-state students make up a small portion of the student body at 9%.
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#2. University of Washington
Location: Seattle, Washington
Net price: $9,661
Acceptance rate: 56%
SAT Range: 1200-1470
Applying to college is an undeniably stressful process, but some students certainly have particular advantages or hardships along the way that impact their academic performance. That’s why the University of Washington, along with a handful of other schools, has helped the College Board develop a tool called the Environmental Context Dashboard; the goal is to provide more context to a UW student’s application through data sets that highlight, for instance, how many adults in a student’s community attended college. A few fast facts: 64% of undergrad students at UW come from Washington state, 64% of the school’s revenue comes from tuition, and nearly half of all declared STEM majors are women.
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#1. United States Military Academy at West Point
Location: West Point, New York
Net price: $0
Acceptance rate: 12%
SAT Range: 1210-1440
In a world where college prices are rising and student debt is at an all-time high, the United States Military Academy at West Point stands apart as a completely free option for a four-year education. It’s not just classes that are covered, either: students at this military academy receive room, board, and health care entirely free of cost. Most West Point students—about 93% of them—come from outside of New York state, but getting into USMA is no cakewalk for anyone, as the acceptance rate is about 12%.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — NWS Fort Worth reports rain and storm chances to increase as a cold front moves into the region and while it will still be hot on Wednesday, Thursday will prove much cooler.
The center says that the region will be seeing highs above 100 degrees in the region due to warming before the incoming cold front settles into North Texas. “The cold front will move through North and Central Texas this afternoon and evening, bringing increased chances for showers and storms.”
Highs across North Texas will dwindle to the high 80s and low 90s on Thursday as storm chances will be present but more likely across Central Texas.
NWS Fort Worth said, “The highly anticipated cold front arrives today, bringing increased chances for showers & thunderstorms. Storm chances will become more likely across Central Texas on Thursday with temperatures considerably cooler than today.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/cold-front-arrives-in-north-texas-wednesday-with-rain-chances-cooler-temps-for-remainder-of-week/ | 2022-08-17T15:46:11 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/cold-front-arrives-in-north-texas-wednesday-with-rain-chances-cooler-temps-for-remainder-of-week/ |
When looking at the makeup of American families today, it’s rare to see a home where a pet isn’t part of the family. According to the most recent data from the APPA National Pet Owners Survey, 67% of households—or around 85 million homes—own a pet. Of these households, dogs and cats top the list of most popular pets, with 63.4 million and 42.7 million households owning dogs and cats, respectively.
In exploring the history of animal shelters and rescue organizations in the country, nothing proves as problematic as the lack of a centralized reporting system to collect data on these organizations. Most of the shelter statistics that are available and accepted today are estimates based on several period surveys, including the aforementioned APPA National Pet Owners Survey along with the AVMA U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook. Without a nationally codified and streamlined process for collecting, organizing, and reporting on shelter data, there has been a grave lack of transparency around the country’s shelters. That makes it difficult not only to pinpoint accurate statistics regarding sheltered animals in America but also to understand the true state of animal welfare in the country, which is the first step to improving that welfare.
If you’ve been considering bringing home a furry companion, be sure to keep reading. Stacker compiled a list of dogs available for adoption in Dallas, Texas on Petfinder, ranging in age, breed composition, temperament, and needs. It’s important to note that pet adoption is a huge responsibility and requires available savings for emergency and routine veterinary care, a day-to-day routine and game plan for coverage if the pup needs to be left at home during the day (i.e. hiring a dog walker), and time and attention devoted to training your newest family member. Be sure to do due diligence on breed research to see what kind of dog will be the best fit for your lifestyle.
Without further ado, here are adoptable dogs in your home city.
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Pearl
– Gender: Female
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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Daphne
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Hound, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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Kelsey
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Weimaraner (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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Harper
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Weimaraner
– Read more on Petfinder
5 / 16Petfinder
Pickle
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Weimaraner
– Read more on Petfinder
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Depp
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Shepherd, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
7 / 16Petfinder
Yoshi
– Gender: Female
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, American Staffordshire Terrier (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
8 / 16Petfinder
Bentley
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Papillon (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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Taffy
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Yorkshire Terrier (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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ZIA
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: German Shepherd Dog, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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A
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
– Read more on Petfinder
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HARMONY
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Mixed Breed
– Read more on Petfinder
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NEMO
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Chihuahua, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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Red Heeler Girl
– Gender: Female
– Age: Young
– Breed: Australian Cattle Dog / Blue Heeler
– Read more on Petfinder
15 / 16Petfinder
Wiley
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Husky
– Read more on Petfinder
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Cuddles
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: English Bulldog, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder | https://cw33.com/news/local/dogs-available-for-adoption-in-dallas-14/ | 2022-08-17T15:46:17 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dogs-available-for-adoption-in-dallas-14/ |
Canal Fulton OKs loan agreement for properties in historic district
Canal Fulton City Council
Tuesday meeting
KEY ACTION: Approved a loan agreement to improve properties in the city’s historic district.
DISCUSSION: Earlier this year, the city enacted the Historic District Community Improvement Loan Program to provide interest-free loans to both residential and commercial property owners in the historic district to make exterior improvements to their properties. Property owners can receive a loan of up to $3,600. Loans will be available until all of the $20,000 allocated for the program has been disbursed. Only one loan is permitted per water bill and must be repaid in monthly installments of $100 until the loan is paid in full. Improvements must begin within 45 days of funding or the loan must be repaid immediately. Loan agreements are available at City Hall.
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OTHER ACTION:
- Discussed a sample ordinance for garbage and rubbish collection and disposal. The ordinance addresses how property owners are to dispose of their trash. In an effort to reduce the number of days that trash cans are set at the street, all residential haulers must collect trash on Wednesdays between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. In addition, trash haulers must acquire a permit from City Hall and pay an annual fee of $100 per vehicle operating in the city.
- Heard that the 30-year-old St. Helena III canal boat has serious problems with taking on water. A rubberized coating that was applied to the concrete hull earlier this year has not held up and the boat has been in dry dock since May. Options to repair or replace the boat are being considered. The boat will sail for one weekend in October as part of the Haunting on the Canal event.
- Police Chief Sarah Wilson advised council and residents to be cautious about guarding their finances and identities, because there has been and uptick in financial crimes and identity fraud through phone calls, email, text messages, and social media.
- Heard that the Ohio Department of Transportation will begin milling state Route 93 through the city this week.
- Heard that 2022 year-to-date income tax collections are 15% higher than they were last year. This year’s collections are $1,937,646 compared to $1,679,885 last year.
- Authorized Parks Director Chris Bundy to apply for a $90,000 playground grant. The matching grant would require the city to pay $45,000 toward the project.
- Heard that 113 Northwest High School seniors will participate in the city’s Day of Caring on Aug. 26. Students must do two community service projects during their senior year in high school to graduate.
- Approved a 2022 contract with Massillon for its Police Department to transport prisoners from jail to court and back to jail for $150 a person.
- Heard that 2023’s Olde Canal Days Festival will be held July 6-8.
- Scheduled a work session to discuss the 2023 budget for 6 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Safety Center.
UP NEXT: Will meet at 6 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Safety Center. The meeting will begin with a work session.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — “Hey Macklemore. Can we go thrift shopping?“
Vintage is in these days. People are flocking to vintage/secondhand stores to find the coolest items for the cheapest prices.
The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is home to everything, including a multitude of great thrift shops. If you haven’t found your go-to thrift shop, no worries. The Sustainable Living Guide has done the hard work and has released a list of the best thrift stores in Dallas.
Here is their list:
- Genesis Benefit Thrift Store
- Thrift Giant
- Dolly Python
- The Resale Shop
- Lula B’s
- Uptown Cheapskate
- St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store of Dallas
- Out of the Closet
- The Salvation Army
- Second Chance Treasures
- Thrift World of Dallas
- Prime Thrift
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For decades, America has seen a decline in native-born births. Current population projections aren’t enough to compensate for the accelerated mortality curve that will occur with the passing of the baby boomers. In many communities throughout the United States, the number of deaths exceeds the number of births as the boomer generation has moved past childbearing age and is coming into old age. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that by 2034, the nation, like many other countries, will have more senior citizens than kids.
The Center for Immigration Statistics found that, between 2008 and 2019, native births fell by 2.3 per thousand, while immigrant births fell by 7.1 per thousand. With recent crackdowns on immigration and an increase in life expectancy, many communities may soon have too few residents of childbearing age to replenish the workforce. These areas in the U.S. report either a stalled population growth rate, or a shrinking population and an overall increase in the average age of their residents. This leads to a reduced workforce, which in turn drives down tax revenues, hamstringing local and state governments’ abilities to reinvest in communities and encourage migration. These factors reduce the workforce even further.
As times change, a community’s makeup can change, too. The factors that can result in a county-level population decline are many, and some are more immediately impactful than others. The closing of a foundational industry can make an area less attractive—a town or string of towns that relies heavily on a manufacturing or automotive production facility for employment can become a ghost town when that facility shutters operations. A community that relies heavily on a single employer, such as a military base, will offer few high-paying, private sector jobs. And if an area is not drawing high-income workers, it may not have amenities that would be expected in more developed areas, such as gyms, coffee shops, parks, quality schools, and established or big-box retailers. These factors may make the choice between staying local and moving to a bigger market a painful but necessary one.
Looking at data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in the United States from April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021—which was released in March 2022—Stacker determined the counties in each state that have had the greatest drop in population by percentage. For this list, we considered counties and county-equivalents. For each state, the county with the greatest decline in population from 2010 to 2020 has been included. There is one caveat: the state of Delaware did not have a single county that showed a population decline; the only county that came close was New Castle County, which gained a little more than 23,000 residents during this time period. Delaware is thus absent from this list.
Each state has its growth regions, and each has its areas of decline. Read on to find out which counties across the country have been facing a shrinking population.
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Alabama: Perry County
– County population in 2020: 8,940 (down from 10,577 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +2.84%
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Alaska: Bristol Bay Borough
– County population in 2020: 840 (down from 997 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +2.41%
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Arizona: Cochise County
– County population in 2020: 127,248 (down from 131,359 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +15.83%
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Arkansas: Phillips County
– County population in 2020: 17,769 (down from 21,755 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +3.71%
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California: Lassen County
– County population in 2020: 30,694 (down from 34,895 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +5.49%
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Colorado: Bent County
– County population in 2020: 5,578 (down from 6,499 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +15.06%
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Connecticut: Litchfield County
– County population in 2020: 180,396 (down from 189,876 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: -0.62%
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Florida: Gulf County
– County population in 2020: 13,498 (down from 15,863 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +15.32%
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Georgia: Baker County
– County population in 2020: 3,047 (down from 3,447 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +10.27%
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Hawaii: Kalawao County
– County population in 2020: 87 (down from 90 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +3.15%
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Idaho: Clark County
– County population in 2020: 838 (down from 982 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +16.30%
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Illinois: Alexander County
– County population in 2020: 5,791 (down from 8,238 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: -1.97%
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Indiana: Blackford County
– County population in 2020: 11,787 (down from 12,766 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +4.07%
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Iowa: Emmet County
– County population in 2020: 9,224 (down from 10,302 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +3.70%
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Kansas: Morton County
– County population in 2020: 2,536 (down from 3,233 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +1.94%
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Kentucky: Leslie County
– County population in 2020: 9,880 (down from 11,310 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +2.96%
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Louisiana: Tensas Parish
– County population in 2020: 4,319 (down from 5,250 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +2.22%
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Maine: Aroostook County
– County population in 2020: 67,092 (down from 71,873 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +1.69%
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Maryland: Allegany County
– County population in 2020: 70,527 (down from 75,042 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +4.61%
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Massachusetts: Berkshire County
– County population in 2020: 125,217 (down from 131,274 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +4.98%
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Michigan: Ontonagon County
– County population in 2020: 5,713 (down from 6,780 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +0.90%
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Minnesota: Lac qui Parle County
– County population in 2020: 6,628 (down from 7,258 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +6.52%
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Mississippi: Coahoma County
– County population in 2020: 22,095 (down from 26,151 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: -0.13%
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Missouri: DeKalb County
– County population in 2020: 10,802 (down from 12,888 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +2.59%
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Montana: Toole County
– County population in 2020: 4,709 (down from 5,324 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +9.07%
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Nebraska: Dundy County
– County population in 2020: 1,686 (down from 2,008 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +5.90%
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Nevada: Mineral County
– County population in 2020: 4,516 (down from 4,770 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +16.13%
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New Hampshire: Coos County
– County population in 2020: 31,421 (down from 33,052 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +3.76%
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New Jersey: Cumberland County
– County population in 2020: 148,995 (down from 156,610 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +0.94%
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New Mexico: De Baca County
– County population in 2020: 1,741 (down from 2,024 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +2.02%
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New York: Hamilton County
– County population in 2020: 4,438 (down from 4,842 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: -0.33%
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North Carolina: Hyde County
– County population in 2020: 4,932 (down from 5,817 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +10.72%
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North Dakota: McIntosh County
– County population in 2020: 2,473 (down from 2,813 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +13.42%
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Ohio: Monroe County
– County population in 2020: 13,708 (down from 14,631 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +1.33%
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Oklahoma: Cimarron County
– County population in 2020: 2,148 (down from 2,475 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +5.87%
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Oregon: Wheeler County
– County population in 2020: 1,348 (down from 1,441 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +10.52%
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Pennsylvania: Cameron County
– County population in 2020: 4,425 (down from 5,085 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +0.57%
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Rhode Island: Bristol County
– County population in 2020: 48,527 (down from 49,842 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +0.30%
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South Carolina: Allendale County
– County population in 2020: 8,627 (down from 10,419 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +12.56%
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South Dakota: Hyde County
– County population in 2020: 1,295 (down from 1,420 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +9.38%
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Tennessee: Lake County
– County population in 2020: 7,010 (down from 7,832 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +8.36%
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Texas: Concho County
– County population in 2020: 2,749 (down from 4,087 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +16.32%
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Utah: Emery County
– County population in 2020: 10,061 (down from 10,976 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +17.10%
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Vermont: Rutland County
– County population in 2020: 58,125 (down from 61,659 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: -0.41%
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Virginia: Buchanan County
– County population in 2020: 21,031 (down from 24,109 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +7.06%
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Washington: Columbia County
– County population in 2020: 4,023 (down from 4,078 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +14.10%
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West Virginia: McDowell County
– County population in 2020: 17,600 (down from 22,108 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: -3.75%
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Wisconsin: Price County
– County population in 2020: 13,347 (down from 14,159 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +2.50%
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Wyoming: Washakie County
– County population in 2020: 7,824 (down from 8,528 in 2010)
– State population change from 2010 to 2020: +3.15% | https://cw33.com/news/local/this-county-saw-the-biggest-percentage-drop-in-population-in-texas/ | 2022-08-17T15:46:29 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/this-county-saw-the-biggest-percentage-drop-in-population-in-texas/ |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Brendon Courson, 27, was killed after speeding and losing control of his motorcycle Saturday morning in St. Petersburg, authorities said.
The St. Petersburg Police Department said the crash happened on North Gandy Boulevard, and no one else was injured.
"My wife had wrote a note saying, 'My son, Brendon, was an amazing son and a beautiful young man. He made a really bad mistake. He lost his life,'" said James DeRusha, Courson's step-dad.
He said there's a lesson to be learned and urged others to think twice before hitting the road.
On Saturday, DeRusha said he knew something was wrong and had four missed calls from Bayfront Hospital.
"When I saw that [the missed calls], my heart dropped because he had just bought that motorcycle," he said.
Five weeks before the crash, Courson had his bike for the first time. DeRusha said high speed caused him to lose control and be thrown off the motorcycle.
"The neurologist told me within the first five minutes of walking into the emergency room that there's nothing they could do," he said.
Four days after the crash, Courson's family found out his life would continue in the form of saving the lives of others.
"My wife called me and said Brendon is going to be able to save five lives. She said his lungs, his heart, his liver and his pancreas are going to be donated. I kind of lost it and started crying again," DeRusha said.
Now, five people will live longer because of his organ donations.
"His legacy is going to save people's lives," DeRusha said.
The family said they still don't know who Courson's organs will go to but want to reach out and hopefully meet one of them in the future. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/brendon-courson-motorcycle-crash-organ-donation/67-8f7eec0f-ad3d-4f42-985b-ee9e4e2006d6 | 2022-08-17T15:48:48 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/brendon-courson-motorcycle-crash-organ-donation/67-8f7eec0f-ad3d-4f42-985b-ee9e4e2006d6 |
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, will do his time at a low-security federal prison camp in Colorado.
A court order Tuesday directs Lane to report to the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in the Denver suburb of Littleton on Aug. 30.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson had recommended that the Bureau of Prisons send Lane to the low-security prison camp in Duluth, closer to his home, but the bureau makes the final decisions on where to place inmates, including weighing safety concerns.
“He should be fine there,” said Lane's defense attorney, Earl Gray.
According to the Bureau of Prisons website, FCI Englewood is a low-security prison for men with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp. It holds 1,032 inmates, including 97 at the camp. Housing is dormitory or cubicle style. Life there is highly regimented, including frequent head counts and having to wake at dawn.
Mike Brandt, a Minneapolis-area defense attorney who has followed the case closely, said Lane's assignment made sense.
“They take into account a variety of factors including the offense for which they are sentenced, their criminal history score, recommendation from the judge, prior history of violence, etc.,” Brandt said “I think because this offense wasn’t necessarily a ‘violent’ offense and he had no prior record, his numbers were lower, qualifying him for a lower-security facility.”
Magnuson originally ordered Lane to surrender on Oct. 4, but moved up the date due to the complex interplay between his federal sentence and his sentencing in state court, which is set for Sept. 21, for for his guilty plea to aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
The judge has not so far changed the Oct. 4 surrender dates for former officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng, who were convicted of federal civil rights charges along with Lane in February. Magnuson sentenced them last month to 3 1/2 years and 3 years, respectively, and recommended that they go to Duluth or Yankton.
But Thao and Keung are scheduled to go on trial in state court Oct. 24 on separate charges of aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter. They formally rejected plea agreements Monday.
Legal experts say it's not unusual for people convicted in federal court to be allowed to report for sentencing weeks or months later, even in a case as emotionally charged as Floyd’s death under the knee of former Officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020, which sparked protests in Minneapolis and around the world in a reckoning over racial injustice and policing.
Chauvin, who was sentenced to 22 1/2 years on state murder and manslaughter charges and 21 years on a federal civil rights charge, remains in the state’s maximum security prison at Oak Park Heights pending his transfer to an as-yet unannounced federal prison.
The Littleton prison has held other former law enforcement officers convicted of federal crimes, including former North Charleston, South Carolina, Officer Michael Slager, who is serving 20 years on a civil rights charge for killing Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man who ran from a traffic stop in 2015; and former Orange County, California, Sheriff Mike Carona, who was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in 2009 for witness tampering.
Other well-known former Englewood inmates have included former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who reported in 2012 to serve 14 years for corruption but got his sentenced commuted by then-President Donald Trump in 2020. Another was former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, who served more than 12 years in Englewood and elsewhere starting in 2006 for securities fraud and other crimes.
Still there is former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle, who was sentenced in 2015 to more than 15 years for child pornography offenses and illicit sexual conduct with a child.
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ASHBURN -- A young woman was murdered in Turner County in the 1980s, and her killer has yet to be brought to justice.
Crystal Richardson -- her tombstone identifies her as Crystal C. Martin -- was found dead in the Sugar Hill neighborhood. She was stabbed, and her body was found on Josella Road. Some 12 years later, charges were filed against three men. One was brought to trial, twice. Both trials ended in hung juries.
In 2003, Richardson's sister, Tracey Laster, wrote a book about the matter. Now a documentary, "Justice for Crystal," is set to air on Amazon Prime later this month. It is already on several streaming services. An Atlanta movie production team is reviewing the documentary for a possible film.
While the increased attention is a good thing, Laster said all she wants, all the family wants, and all her late sister deserves and wants, is justice.
"I want them (everyone) to know her family wants justice," Laster said "We deserve justice. She definitely deserves justice. The documentary talks about a lot of things people don't know. Watch the documentary and get educated."
Laster said she hopes the increased attention will convince someone to come forward and speak out.
"I was told if we come up with something new, this case can be re-opened," she said. "I am willing to go so far as to have my sister's body exhumed. I am sure they will find something."
Richardson's body was laid to rest in Westview Cemetery.
"We are also looking at a private investigator to possibly open the case back up," Al Wynn, a publicist working with Laster, said.
"If we can get new evidence to come forth, I think it (a new trial) can happen," Laster said. "There is a murdered person. No one was sentenced for it. I want the truth to come out."
"She wants Crystal to be known as the person that she was," Wynn added. "She didn't deserve to be murdered. Most of all, Crystal deserves for her killers to be brought to justice. No one is being punished, and that is the travesty."
Laster said she was "not up to" attending the trials but was told the district attorney at the time did not do much to push for a conviction.
"I want people to know the whole thing was mishandled from the start," she said. "I didn't attend the trials. The ones who did said it was a show. The DA didn't fight like he should have. Justice wasn't served, and I want justice for my sister. That is what the documentary is all about."
Laster said she was told some of the witnesses were intimidated, and death threats were sent in the time leading up to the trial.
"There was a lot of intimidation that suppressed witnesses," Wynn said. "We plan to take this thing to the full extent."
Laster has not contacted any of the people who are potential witnesses to see if they will testify. She said someone else is working on that. As to the intimidation that was alleged in 1995, she said that likely won't happen today.
"Since 1995, that is 27 years, things have changed since then," she said. "Witnesses I know from that night came to our house that night to tell us about a dead body on Sugar Hill, but they did not say it was our sister. Rumor has it they were threatened."
After the first trial ended in a hung jury, some people took to the streets and trashed some structures on the west side of town. The second trial saw an increased law enforcement presence in town, and things were much quieter.
"That is not what I am for," Laster said. "I am a Christian. I want this done the correct way. I want non-violence and standing on the truth of what really happened. I want the truth to come out."
Laster's book is her account of the turmoil and the healing she went through after her sister's death and the resulting trial.
"The book is my testimony and the healing process I went through," she said. "This book is my testimony. I am speaking on behalf of my family. Nobody has heard from our family. The book is the family's side of the story, what we experienced, what we went through and how it affected our lives. … It was devastating when this happened."
When she died, Richardson had two small children. Raising them fell to her mother and her siblings. Richardson was one of six children.
"Me, being 15 years old, I had to help raise them," Laster said. "It affected all six of our lives. The six of us remaining, it tore our lives apart."
With that in mind, Laster calls the documentary bittersweet.
"The documentary was released in one week, and the next week, we lost our mom," she said.
While the book does not identify the three men charged in the '90s, the documentary does. Laster said the documentary producers relied on court transcripts and other public records to get that information.
Laster urges anyone who might know something about this murder case to contact the Turner County Sheriff's Office or the Ashburn Police Department. She said people can also reach out to her on her Facebook page.
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For the second time, Georgia Southwestern State University has received the top ranking as one of the “Top 10 Nursing Schools in Georgia” by Nurse.org.
AMERICUS — For the second time, Georgia Southwestern State University has received the top ranking as one of the “Top 10 Nursing Schools in Georgia” by Nurse.org.
GSW’s No. 1 rank is based on the nursing program’s reputation, NCLEX pass rate, tuition and acceptance rate. These factors were reviewed by a selection panel of five experienced registered nurses.
According to nurse.org, GSW is a “great destination for nursing students.” The “affordable” in-state tuition, “impressive” NCLEX pass rate at 96.88%, and “plentiful” programs to choose from is a “huge draw” for nursing students.
Only schools accredited through the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education were eligible for placement on the list.
“We are thrilled our CCNE-accredited nursing program was recognized as No. 1 in Georgia for a second time,” Sandra Daniel, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, said in a news release. “Our program’s success can be attributed to our expert faculty and excellent clinical experiences through our partnerships with southwest Georgia health care organizations such as the Phoebe Putney Health System and Magnolia Manor.”
GSW’s School of Nursing has a strong tradition of excellence in educating professional nurses by offering baccalaureate, masters and certificate programs designed to prepare nursing graduates to practice in a dynamic and challenging field of health care. They consistently perform above the national average on the nursing licensure exams, and nurse practitioners and nursing educators have a high pass rate on the certification exams.
Aside from a traditional four-year BSN program, GSW offers an ASN, second degree BSN, LPN-BSN, an online RN-BSN and online MSN programs. The addition of an ASN (Associate of Science in Nursing) began in fall 2022, helping to address the critical nursing shortage in the state of Georgia.
“Our faculty work hard to ensure our curriculum is current, and our students receive the level of education needed to prepare them to be successful in their careers,” Daniel said. “We set our standards high and are very fortunate to have highly motivated nursing students. As prospective students and their families are considering educational options, this ranking certainly provides them with an assurance that they will receive an excellent nursing education at GSW.”
GSW’s nursing program also was ranked the No. 1 nursing program in Georgia in 2019 by Nurse.org.
To learn more and apply to GSW’s nursing programs, visit www.gsw.edu/nursing.
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JEROME — Last year, some 7,800 calls into the Southern Idaho Regional Communications emergency center were classified as 911 hang-ups — an average of 21 a day.
More often than not, the calls are accidental, perhaps “pocket dials” or triggered when children were playing with phones. In one humorous case in California, a monkey at a zoo dialed 911.
It happened to Cassi Sotelo, of Twin Falls several years ago when her 2-year-old daughter was playing with her phone and dialed 911.
“I had no idea my daughter had called,” Sotelo said, “but after I checked my phone and saw the call I was embarrassed.” A law enforcement officer was dispatched to check on Sotelo, who was living in Blaine County at the time, to make sure everything was all right.
“The police officer that came out was very nice, especially to my child,” Sotelo said.
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Angel Hunsaker, deputy director of SIRCOMM, and Tami Lauda, manager of the Twin Falls Communication Center, understand how the calls can happen, as many cell phones now have “SOS” emergency features that make it easier to accidentally dial 911. But one thing they stress: Don’t hang up on dispatchers. Although some people might be embarrassed, dispatchers need to know whether it is an emergency situation.
“I think people just get nervous,” Lauda said, explaining the main reason for most of the hang-ups. Sometimes people hang up again after dispatchers call them back or won’t answer the phone. But when callers don’t respond to dispatchers, it can be extra-time consuming and draw dispatchers and first responders from real emergencies. Lauda estimated that the Twin Falls center receives 8 to 15 hang-ups per day.
When someone hangs up and then won’t answer calls from dispatch, law enforcement officers are usually dispatched to the scene as determined by GPS.
“Sometimes it is spot on,” Hunsaker said. “We do our due diligence” in trying to locate the person who made the call and determine whether the situation is an emergency.
“The thing to remember is to stay on the phone with the dispatcher,” Hunsaker said. “Tell them it was an accident and answer the dispatcher’s questions.”
Such information includes the individual’s location and other information about the situation. One key question dispatchers ask in determining whether to send law officers: Can they speak freely, Lauda said.
“Dispatchers aren’t going to be angry,” she said. “They just want to know if you need help.”
Law officers will sometimes respond to the location.
“If there is something that seems suspicious, dispatchers can send an officer to check,” Lauda said. “Dispatchers take a lot of phone calls and get very good at reading the situation.”
While Hunsaker said the number of hang-ups at SIRCOMM hasn’t generally hampered emergency efforts, the situation reportedly plagues dispatch centers in some parts of the country.
In 2010, New York City dispatchers received 4 million calls that were apparently accidental — a third of all the calls taken at the center for the year, according to a 2012 report. The number of calls reportedly bogged down communications when dispatchers were busy dealing with real emergencies.
And it’s impossible to know right away whether a 911 hang-up call is an emergency.
“We take all our calls seriously,” Hunsaker said.
Besides advising residents to cooperate with dispatchers, Hunsaker asks them to be “conscious” of their phones.
On some iPhones, hitting side buttons a number of times will trigger a call to emergency dispatchers. Officials say these quick-dial features could be valuable in times of a serious car crash or accident. But they also make accidental calls more likely.
“Apple has made the number of pocket dials go up dramatically,” Lauda said. She said iPhone owners can adjust their phone settings to make accidental calls to 911 less likely. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/accidental-911-calls-commonplace-in-mv/article_54832bfa-1d7d-11ed-a3e1-e34b179cc433.html | 2022-08-17T15:54:26 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/accidental-911-calls-commonplace-in-mv/article_54832bfa-1d7d-11ed-a3e1-e34b179cc433.html |
JEROME — The second Friday Night Lights football charity game is approaching, and the rivalries between teams is beginning to show.
Guns & Hoses, a team of 26 police, firefighter and emergency medical service, will return to the Friday Night Lights for two 7-on-7 flag football games.
In the first game Guns & Hoses will face the Football Alumni Team (or FAT), a squad of 16 former JHS players.
In the second game, they will face the Jerome Tigers varsity team in a rematch of last year’s game.
Jerome Firefighter Ben Landrian is captain of Guns & Hoses, and he is eager to return to the field for a rematch.
“I predict a win for the first responders,” Landrian said, “because we’re there to win.”
Players from the Jerome Tigers High School Team posted several videos throughout the summer, taunting Guns & Hoses ahead of the match. In one video, two players discuss whether the Guns & Hoses quarterback will use a regulation-sized football, or if he will need to use a youth-sized football because he has small hands.
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Landrian said that Guns & Hoses have not yet responded to the taunts of the Tigers, but he said they will have their emergency response kits on hand in case the contest is too much for the alumni.
“The first responders are bringing our med-bags and our AED (automated external defibrillators) for the alumni, just to make sure they don’t need it,” Landrian said.
Good-natured smack-talking aside, Landrian said the event is a great way to interact with the community and connect with high-schoolers.
“From the community aspect, it’s good for us to be able to interact on that level and also to help establish some camaraderie with a lot of those kids,” Landrian said. “When you’re that age you just kind of think everybody is a stick in the mud and we’re all grown up and old,” Landrian said.
The games will be played in a seven-versus-seven format with National Football League flag football rules.
Friday Night Lights is a joint venture between the Jerome Chamber of Commerce and Jerome 20/20. The first event, held in 2021, came together after Jerome High School Football coach Syd Butler had been looking for a way to raise money for the program. He approached the Jerome Chamber of Commerce for ideas, and director Cheryl Viola, had an idea.
“I had hosted a charity football game in another community out of state and I knew that this could work,” Viola said.
They pulled in partners, with 500 people in attendance, raising around $9,000 in cash and in-kind contributions.
The first time around they had so much fun, they wanted to try and go even bigger this year.
“Our goal for this year is for bigger and better,” Viola said. “We had 500 people for the first event. Our goal is to get 900 spectators in the stands this year.”
To help draw the fans, this year’s event will have two games. The admission cost is the same, $5 for an individual or $20 for a family.
Scott Burton is the athletic director and vice principal at Jerome High School. Burton is captain of the FAT alumni team. He said after last year’s match, everyone has been looking forward to doing it again this year.
“We didn’t anticipate it blowing up like it did,” Burton said. “We ran it last year for the first time to see what would happen, get some community spirit going, that kind of stuff, and the whole thing just blew up to the point where the first responders came up with two teams.”
Burton said there are 16 alumni on the roster for Friday’s game. A couple of those may be on injured reserve. Some alumni will travel in from Utah and Boise.
“We’re lucky to have several Jerome alumni that are on staff here at JHS,” Burton said. “That’s one of the cool things about Jerome, is we have a lot of our kids coming back and teaching here and coaching here.”
The last time he stepped onto the field for a game of football was before he graduated in 1988. He said he had one goal for the game: to survive.
“Being the oldest alumni that’s going to step on the field, I’m just hoping to make it out of there with all my appendages,” Burton said. “If I can walk off the field after the game, that’s a win.” | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/friday-night-lights-pits-tigers-alumni-against-first-responders-in-charity-double-header/article_b54fdd74-0857-11ed-ac44-3bc5badad1d4.html | 2022-08-17T15:54:32 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/friday-night-lights-pits-tigers-alumni-against-first-responders-in-charity-double-header/article_b54fdd74-0857-11ed-ac44-3bc5badad1d4.html |
Magic Valley Chorale’s 2022-23 season is starting at the end of the month.
The season will begin with their first rehearsal from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, in the choir room at CSI. Registration will begin at 6:30 p.m. Membership fees are $10 per semester.
Each rehearsal for the season will be held every Thursday at the same time.
The theme for this year’s concert is “Sounds of Christmas.” It will include both traditional and contemporary Christmas pieces.
The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4.
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People gather at the Anne Frank Memorial’s 20th Anniversary celebration on Tuesday, held by the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights.
BOISE — About 100 people gathered at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial to celebrate its 20th anniversary on Tuesday morning. It was a cool, sunny morning, with free rugelach — a pastry that originated in the Jewish communities of Poland — from Goldstein’s Bagels & Bialys and coffee from Neckar Coffee.
Wassmuth Center for Human Rights Executive Director Dan Prinzing spoke first, addressing both the history and future of the memorial.
“When we give tours here, the first question folks ask is ‘How the heck did this ever happen in Boise, Idaho?’” Prinzing said. “It’s because it’s who we are. It is the heart of the city. It is the heart of the community. It is us. It is a statement to the public that this is who we are in Boise. This is what we believe in.”
Prinzing then talked about a new initiative to bring an augmented-reality game, which are phone games where people interact with their environment like “Pokemon Go,” to the memorial.
“A game to counter the radicalization of youth,” Prinzing said. “How exciting for a new generation, to bring them into this space, to become involved in the story. It’s not somebody else’s story. It’s my story. It’s how I find myself within the space, how the space works in me, thinking and reflecting.”
Prinzing then introduced Boise Mayor Lauren McLean.
“I said to Dan (Prinzing) this morning, it’s really impossible for me to remember this space not being here,” McLean said. “It feels as though it has always been a part of the community because it is such an important part.”
She said, in the ‘90s, she wondered why the memorial was built in Boise.
“It was because at the time we needed to put a flag in the ground and remind ourselves, given all that was happening in our state and particularly in north Idaho, and everybody else who it is that we aspire to be and can be and are,” McLean said, “but how likely and easy it is to become that which we don’t want to be.”
McLean recounted her own experience as an undergraduate visiting Anne Frank’s house and Auschwitz. She still remembers the smallness of Frank’s house and how big Auschwitz was.
“I remember walking up the stairs, seeing and feeling those small spaces, and really not being able to imagine how someone just a little younger than me at the time could have written as she wrote and held such hope in such dark, dark times,” McLean said.
She said there is still work to do.
“We find ourselves in so many similar situations that we need to have this. We need to mark this memorial of 20 years,” McLean said. “More importantly, together, we need to say that in the next 5, 10, 15, 20 years, we’re going to be able to look back at this anniversary and remember that we not only marked this in our conscious as a city, but that we are willing to continue to take action together.”
Boise Police Department Chief Ryan Lee told the crowd about the partnership the police department has with the center and how officers routinely come here for tours and conversations.
“We come and listen to the important lessons that can be learned here,” Lee said. “We hear of the transgression of the past, and really sit down in question and understand what our roles are as police officers. Fundamentally, that is, for police officers in a free and private society, is swearing to protect human rights.”
He also spoke about how safe Boise is, not just because of the police, but because of the community.
“Frankly, the fact that this monument is here, this memorial is here, is a testament to the content of this city’s character,” Lee said.
Prinzing ended the speeches by talking about the new Wassmuth Education Center. The construction process will start behind the memorial’s waterfalls in mid-October and will finish in August 2023.
“How’s it happening?” Prinzing asked. “Because of you. Because of the support of a community that recognizes, in spite of everything, people are still good at heart.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boises-wassmuth-center-celebrates-anne-frank-memorial-s-20th-anniversary/article_8900aeb0-1f08-53a5-bbf0-5353ea02a032.html | 2022-08-17T15:54:45 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boises-wassmuth-center-celebrates-anne-frank-memorial-s-20th-anniversary/article_8900aeb0-1f08-53a5-bbf0-5353ea02a032.html |
BOISE — Many Idahoans watched with shock last August as the Taliban swiftly took over Afghanistan. The year since has been hard for some Afghan people in the Treasure Valley whose families still aren’t out of the region.
Boise resident Homeyra Shams last year told the Idaho Press her older sister and niece were still in Afghanistan. On Friday, Shams said her relatives were now in Pakistan but their immigration case had been denied.
“We are trying to help as much as we could help people in Afghanistan. But also we are so helpless that we cannot help our own family in there,” Shams said. “...We don’t have an answer for the future. We don’t know what’s going on.”
Shams fled Kabul when she was a toddler after the Taliban first took over.
Under Taliban rule, women were almost entirely banned from education and couldn’t leave their homes without a man, as previously reported. The Taliban ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, according to Congress.
The United States invaded Afghanistan in fall 2001 after Congress almost unanimously authorized military force in response to 9/11.
Former President George W. Bush launched attacks against al-Qaida and the Taliban after al-Qaida planned the 9/11 attack from bases within Afghanistan. The Taliban declined to turn over al-Qaida leaders.
The United States started nation building, University of Idaho Emeritus Professor of History Rick Spence told the Idaho Press last year.
Then, the Taliban quickly surged last summer and took the country in just over a week.
Tens of thousands of Afghan people who helped the United States were left behind, NBC News reported. A suicide bomber attacked at the airport, killing 13 U.S. service members. The chaotic American departure was a disaster for the Biden administration.
Multiple news outlets have reported on the restrictions since August 2021. In the year since, women again have been sent home from some jobs and barred from education past a certain level. The Taliban banned music. Beards are mandatory for government workers, and last September the Taliban told certain hairdressers they are not allowed to trim beards.
Women can no longer play sports. And 95% of Afghan people are not getting enough to eat, according to the United Nations. However, the New York Times reported that Afghanistan is largely at peace.
Shams said she has heard through family about the emotional impact of the situation in Afghanistan. She’s heard stories of young women and men who die by suicide because of what is going on and what they lost.
“Before they had hope, they were going to college and they lost all that,” Shams said. “A lot of younger people are committing suicides because of what their hope was. They were believing that they are going to college and they will have a better life….All of a sudden, everything has stopped for them.”
Her family in Pakistan is struggling as well. Without a visa, Shams and her family cannot send money. The family in Pakistan has one room they live in. They don’t know anybody. They don’t speak the language. Shams’ niece used to be in college and Shams’ sister lost her job as a doctor at a hospital. Shams’ sister also has diabetes.
Meridian resident Ramin Amini told the Idaho Press last August that his parents were still in Afghanistan.
On Friday, he said he was still working on their documents and that he was told his parents need to go through another country first. His parents are doing good, he said, but his dad mostly stays home and doesn’t go outside.
“They’re really in a bad situation,” Amini said. “The problem right now in Afghanistan is there is no U.S. Embassy. It’s very hard to get a passport for them.”
In the past year, Idaho has welcomed around 500 refugees from Afghanistan, according to Holly Beech, Idaho Office for Refugees communications manager.
Those who evacuated went through a “pretty arduous journey,” she said. Although many are grateful there’s also broken hearts from leaving family behind.
“It’s like in the moment of crisis and danger, you do what you do to get out and you’re operating off adrenaline and then comes the journey of adjusting to this new reality and building a new life,” Beech said.
Many who came were granted humanitarian parole, she said. However, humanitarian parole does not come with a pathway to permanent residency which is creating more anxiety.
There is federal funding available to help refugees from Afghanistan, said Chris Christensen, an immigration attorney and owner of Christensen Legal. Many of it goes to basic necessities but there are funds to help with immigration status.
Once refugees arrive, they are screened to determine the best immigration option, including family-based, asylum, temporary protected status or permanent residence.
The process is not without its challenges. Christensen said he needs an interpreter which adds time to meetings. Plus, many have been traumatized.
“There are very real mental health challenges. There are very real communication challenges,” Christensen said. “There are very, very real concerns about the family members who are still abroad.”
If humanitarian parole is approved, that is not a ticket safely out of Afghanistan, Christensen said.
“That’s a ticket into the U.S.,” Christensen said. “You may have a piece of paper that gives your family permission to enter the United States but unless they can make it safely out of Afghanistan, unfortunately, all that is a piece of paper.”
On Aug. 15, 2021, Afghanistan’s government collapsed. The Taliban entered Kabul as President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
A year later, Shams and Amini are still trying to help their relatives.
“I don’t know how to explain this feeling,” Shams said. “But it’s really hard.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/one-year-after-kabul-fell-afghans-in-idaho-reflect/article_b3b931a5-cc3e-5475-9000-857094b30d82.html | 2022-08-17T15:54:51 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/one-year-after-kabul-fell-afghans-in-idaho-reflect/article_b3b931a5-cc3e-5475-9000-857094b30d82.html |
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Lawmakers confer during a recess in the House of Representatives at the Idaho State Capitol on March 31.
Gov. Brad Little speaks as members of the Idaho GOP gather for a post-primary unity rally on the steps of the state Capitol on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
Gov. Brad Little delivers the annual State of the State address from the floor of the House of Representatives at the Idaho State Capitol on Jan. 10.
Brian Myrick / Idaho Press
Gov. Brad Little speaks as members of the Idaho GOP gather for a post-primary unity rally on the steps of the state Capitol on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
Idaho expects to collect more than $6 billion in taxes in fiscal 2023, but it may not keep all the money — and on Monday, Gov. Brad Little hinted that he “hasn’t ruled out” calling a special session of the Legislature.
The governor on Friday issued a news release promising to work with the Legislature to “deliver even more education investments and tax relief to Idahoans,” after a new economic forecast predicted a potential $2 billion state budget surplus by this time next year. Idaho closed the most recent fiscal year June 30 with a $1.4 billion surplus.
“The Legislature and I are committed to more education investments and tax relief, on top of the historic steps we’ve (already) taken to support schools and cut taxes,” Little said.
Idaho lawmakers have approved nearly $1 billion in one-time and ongoing tax relief the past two sessions. That includes a $251 million reduction in corporate and individual income tax rates and one-time tax rebate worth $350 million that were approved earlier this year.
Partly because of the income tax cut, an updated revenue forecast released last week indicates Idaho expects to collect about $6.09 billion in fiscal 2023, which began July 1.
That’s a decrease of $107 million, or 1.7%. from the record $6.197 billion the state collected last year.
However, the Legislature only approved $4.62 billion in expenditures for the fiscal year. That suggests there will be plenty of room within the budget to address the governor’s education and tax relief priorities, once the Legislature reconvenes in January.
“Today’s numbers reflect something we all see every day,” said Little, who is up for reelection in November. “Idaho’s economy is booming. People are working and business is thriving … Working together, the Legislature and I have adopted a ‘kitchen table economics’ approach to governing where we live within our means, pay off our debt, save for a rainy day and make investments where they count.”
The state collected $416 million in tax revenues in July, the first month of fiscal 2023. That included $149 million in individual income taxes, $22 million in corporate income tax and $214.5 million in sales tax.
On Monday, Little’s press secretary, Madison Hardy, said in a statement emailed to the Idaho Press, “The strength of Idaho’s economy and years of fiscal conservatism have led to another record budget surplus for Idaho, and Gov. Little has been very clear about his plans to propose additional investments in education and more tax relief for Idahoans. Gov. Little has not ruled out a special session to help Idahoans grappling with crushing inflation and, as always, continues to actively discuss options with his legislative partners.”
Lewiston Tribune reporter William L. Spence and Idaho Press reporter Betsy Z. Russell contributed to this report | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/with-strong-state-revenues-idaho-governor-hasnt-ruled-out-special-session/article_0b73dce6-73ac-5735-8ec0-01cb04f49f0b.html | 2022-08-17T15:54:57 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/with-strong-state-revenues-idaho-governor-hasnt-ruled-out-special-session/article_0b73dce6-73ac-5735-8ec0-01cb04f49f0b.html |
The Midland Animal Shelter will host a low-cost drive-thru vaccine and chip clinic Saturday.
The vaccine and chip clinic will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the animal shelter, 1200 N. Fairgrounds Road. The vaccines and services that will be offered are rabies: $5; dewormer: $5; microchip: $10; Nexgard: $15; and Parvo/Distemper/Bordetella: $15
Those attending are advised to enter on Cuthbert and follow the signs that will lead them to the back of the shelter. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Midland-Animal-Shelter-hosting-low-cost-17377770.php | 2022-08-17T15:56:39 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Midland-Animal-Shelter-hosting-low-cost-17377770.php |
Despite a record 1.24-million person attendance at Bethlehem’s Musikfest this year, police made just 21 arrests throughout the 10-day-festival, most of which were for low-level crimes.
But police have not made an arrest in a Saturday night shooting that left a 20-year-old man wounded and caused widespread panic at the festival, Chief Michelle Kott said Tuesday at a city council meeting.
Police did not publish details of the shooting until Monday morning, more than 24 hours after the incident. A news release called the shooting an “isolated incident” between two people.
Kott said that despite the initial “conflicting reports” about what occurred Saturday night near Main and Lehigh streets, officers quickly responded and rendered first aid to the wounded man. He remains at a local hospital in stable condition, she said.
[ Musikfest 2022: Bethlehem event welcomes more than 1.2 million people, setting record attendance ]
“Not only were [officers] immediately able to locate and render aid to the 20-year-old male, but they also safely evacuated the area surrounding the crime scene,” Kott said.
In one video of the Saturday incident, people can be seen sprinting away from the Plaza Tropical, with police yelling to clear the area. As the crowd fled, a shot could be heard, and police on horseback were seen heading toward the gunfire.
Kott said Bethlehem police handled 89 calls for service throughout the 10-day festival, with 33 calls on the South Side and 56 on the North Side. Of the 21 arrests made, 18 were “summary arrests” for low-level offenses like loitering and disorderly conduct. Of those arrested, 81% were males from outside of Bethlehem, and 71% were non-Hispanic white people, police said. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/bethlehem/mc-nws-bethlehem-musikfest-shooting-police-public-safety-arrests-20220817-cdumjd5ivrf6zczvqr57y3nbb4-story.html | 2022-08-17T16:00:37 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/bethlehem/mc-nws-bethlehem-musikfest-shooting-police-public-safety-arrests-20220817-cdumjd5ivrf6zczvqr57y3nbb4-story.html |
PHOENIX — Have you noticed more street art popping up around the Valley? Neighborhoods are becoming more colorful by the day, pleasing the eyes of drivers and walkers who pass by.
The street art is created to bring our senses to life while we’re milling around from day to day, and also causes us to pause and think about the designs around town. Now, a study is finding that the art is also lowering the number of crashes around them.
Jason Begay is a muralist who has commissioned art around Arizona.
"I’ve got several murals in the Coronado neighborhood downtown,” he said.
Taylor Victoria is another artist whose work you can see around Phoenix-metro.
“I love being a part of that," Victoria said. "I think that’s the greatest gift as an artist, to be able to contribute beauty to the community around us.”
That beauty is becoming more than eye-candy, according to research. A recent Asphalt Art Safety study found there’s a dramatic reduction in vehicle crashes where murals line the streets.
“I've heard those studies and I think it’s phenomenal," Victoria said.
The study revealed parts of cities with murals saw a 50% drop in crashes involving pedestrians or cyclists, a nearly 40% drop in crashes leading to injuries and a nearly 30% increase in the rate of drivers yielding to pedestrians.
“When I’m driving around, I definitely drive a little slower so I can check out murals," Begay said.
Victoria has a hunch as to why researchers found this data.
“Art creates that moment of pause to be able to escape from what’s going on and reflect on the beauty," Victoria said.
The streets aren’t the only place Victoria and Begay created their murals. Begay also designed a colorful piece on the walls of Brightside Studios in Phoenix.
“I really like dark backgrounds with the subjects coming out of the dark background and illuminated with really loud light," Begay said.
The Asphalt Art Safety study also found another 25% drop in potentially dangerous conflicts between drivers and pedestrians. Begay and Victoria's latest art projects can be found on social media.
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YORK, Pa. — Members of a union representing workers at the Harley-Davidson plant in York voted to ratify a new, five-year collective bargaining agreement, according to a press release issued Tuesday night.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 175 (District 98) union describes the new contact as "industry leading," and said the ballot margin passed by an overwhelming vote.
“We are glad that Harley-Davidson realized that a two-tier system for the workforce is not good for the bottom line,” IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President David Sullivan said in a statement. “This contract reflects IAM Local 175 members' skills and dedication to making Harley-Davidson one of the most successful iconic brands in the world.
"I want to thank the negotiating committee for their patience in getting our members a deal that locks in increased wages and benefits," he went on.
“Our members had concerns over the two-tier wage scale,” IAM District 98 Assistant Directing Business Representative Kermit Forbes said in a statement. “Their solidarity paid off, and together the membership won the day, eliminating the two-tier wage system at the end of the agreement. My thanks go out to the Negotiating Committee and the membership.”
The York facility is Harley-Davidson’s vehicle operations plant, assembles motorcycles, and performs other manufacturing functions. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/harley-davidson-york-plant-union-contract-ratified/521-099b5211-f767-4c13-84b1-40cf8c84e46b | 2022-08-17T16:05:59 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/harley-davidson-york-plant-union-contract-ratified/521-099b5211-f767-4c13-84b1-40cf8c84e46b |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Update, 8/17: According to Harrisburg Police, Elmer Vargas has been located safely.
Previously:
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/harrisburg-police-searching-for-missing-61-year-old-man-pennsylvania-elmer-vargas/521-4f0b8020-dbe5-423f-972b-9eedc436189a | 2022-08-17T16:06:05 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/harrisburg-police-searching-for-missing-61-year-old-man-pennsylvania-elmer-vargas/521-4f0b8020-dbe5-423f-972b-9eedc436189a |
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds who fell victim to their crimes.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to nearly 300 plaintiffs in a long-running civil suit against the judges.
In what came to be known as the kids-for-cash scandal, Mark Ciavarella and another judge, Michael Conahan, shut down a county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2.8 million in illegal payments from the builder and co-owner of two for-profit lockups. Ciavarella, who presided over juvenile court, pushed a zero-tolerance policy that guaranteed large numbers of kids would be sent to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care.
Ciavarella ordered children as young as 8 to detention, many of them first-time offenders convicted of petty theft and other minor crimes. The judge often ordered youths he had found delinquent to be immediately shackled, handcuffed and taken away without giving them a chance to say goodbye to their families.
"Ciavarella and Conahan abandoned their oath and breached the public trust," Conner wrote Tuesday in his explanation of the judgment. "Their cruel and despicable actions victimized a vulnerable population of young people, many of whom were suffering from emotional issues and mental health concerns."
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out some 4,000 juvenile convictions after the scheme was uncovered.
Ciavarella is serving a 28-year prison sentence. Conahan, who was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison, was released to home confinement in 2020 — with six years left on his sentence — because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It's not clear whether the plaintiffs — now well into adulthood — will see any of the eye-popping damages award. Luzerne County, a one-time defendant, was dismissed from the case years ago.
Marsha Levick, deputy director and chief counsel of the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center and a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said she "can't imagine there is any money out there."
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WHITING — Officials say they are awaiting notification of family before releasing the identity of a dead man found floating in Lake Michigan Tuesday afternoon near Whiting Lakefront Park.
A park visitor spotted the body around 2 p.m. about 200 yards off shore, according to Indiana Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Alex Neel.
"Upon arrival, first responders located and recovered the body floating northeast of the park near the BP Water Purification Plant," Neel said.
"Assisting agencies were Lake County Marine Unit, Whiting Police Department, East Chicago Police Department, and the Lake County Coroner’s Office."
Come back to nwi.com for updates as they become available. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mans-body-pulled-from-lake-michigan-id-pending-notification-to-family-dnr-says/article_10f7eb30-a222-57d4-98a8-b7cccc740d1d.html | 2022-08-17T16:07:02 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mans-body-pulled-from-lake-michigan-id-pending-notification-to-family-dnr-says/article_10f7eb30-a222-57d4-98a8-b7cccc740d1d.html |
VALPARAISO — A 25-year-old Chicago man is in custody after allegedly leading police on a pursuit along Interstate 94 Tuesday morning, Valparaiso police Capt. Joe Hall said.
A Valparaiso police officer, working as part of a county highway interdiction team, attempted to stop the vehicle along the westbound lanes of I-94 in the Duneland area, Hall said.
The vehicle fled, at which time Indiana State Police and the Lake County Sheriff's Department picked up the pursuit and nabbed the driver, he said.
The driver, later identified as Quinton Hawkins, was taken to the Porter County jail and faces felony counts of felon in possession of a firearm and fleeing law enforcement in a motor vehicle, Hall said.
Hawkins is also wanted on two warrants from LaPorte County on a traffic violation and a charge of identity deception, police said.
Valpo man charged after found slumped over in vehicle with syringe in hand, Portage police say
Portage police say they came under attack and were injured after responding to large brawl
Teen molested, recorded after sneaking out during sleepover, Porter County police say
Taxpayer rebate checks finally headed to Hoosier homes
Man dead after losing control of vehicle on I-94, Porter County coroner says
Valparaiso begins design process for new Community Sports and Recreation Complex
2nd shooting in 3 nights at Hammond park
Man charged with murder in MLK Park shooting
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Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
Tammy White
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203270
Charges: OWI, felony
Alexander Raudonis
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 27
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2203283
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Alexander Lute
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 45
Residence: Kewanna, IN
Booking Number: 2203280
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Krystal Harris
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2203271
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Stacey Stilley
Arrest date: Aug. 12, 2022
Age: 32
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2203246
Charges: OWI, felony
Claire Baldwin
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 21
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203278
Charges: Battery, misdemeanor
Jeffery Dowd
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 43
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203273
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Emma Seguin
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 18
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2203277
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Amber Martin
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 20
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203276
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Randy Summerlott
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 56
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2203268
Charges: OWI, felony
Alejandro Alicea-Velez
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 48
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2203281
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Jacob Georgiefski-Rios
Arrest date: Aug. 12, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2203261
Charges: Child molestation, felony
Angela Porphir
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 38
Residence: Hartford, MI
Booking Number: 2203272
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Daniele Kimbrough
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2203279
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Dylan Vogedes
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 26
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2203274
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Jeffrey Gutierrez
Arrest date: Aug. 13, 2022
Age: 50
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2203269
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Thomas Gross III
Arrest date: Aug. 7, 2022
Age: 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203171
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Blake Lesniak
Arrest date: Aug. 11, 2022
Age: 23
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203232
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Jason Coleman
Arrest date: Aug. 12, 2022
Age: 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2203250
Charges: Possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, felony
Sophia Silva
Arrest date: Aug. 10, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number: 2203221
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic substance, felony
Anthony Manson
Arrest date: Aug. 9, 2022
Age: 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2203213
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Scott Austin
Arrest date: Aug. 9, 2022
Age: 32
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203215
Charges: Battery, misdemeanor
Carl Scannel
Arrest date: Aug. 8, 2022
Age: 37
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203184
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Mathew Arwood
Arrest date: Aug. 10, 2022
Age: 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203229
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Kyle Knutson
Arrest date: Aug. 8, 2022
Age: 39
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2203180
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Michele Mau
Arrest date: Aug. 9, 2022
Age: 62
Residence: Mokena, IL
Booking Number: 2203203
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Elmer Aguilar Medina
Arrest date: Aug. 8, 2022
Age: 23
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Booking Number: 2203197
Charges: Theft/firearm, felony
Jessica Fisher
Arrest date: Aug. 10, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203219
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Brandon Sweeney
Arrest date: Aug. 10, 2022
Age: 40
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2203228
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Maurice Thomas Jr.
Arrest date: Aug. 11, 2022
Age: 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number: 2203240
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
William Dodaro
Arrest date: Aug. 9, 2022
Age: 42
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2203205
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Kristin Martin
Arrest date: Aug. 8, 2022
Age: 34
Residence: High Ridge, MO
Booking Number: 2203189
Charges: Possession of methamphetamine, felony
Aldino Gallo
Arrest date: Aug. 10, 2022
Age: 66
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2203223
Charges: Theft, felony
Patricico Soto Guerrero
Arrest date: Aug. 9, 2022
Age: 45
Residence: LaSalle, IL
Booking Number: 2203208
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jacob McKay
Arrest date: Aug. 8, 2022
Age: 32
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203182
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Brandon Gast
Arrest date: Aug. 8, 2022
Age: 33
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2203199
Charges: Residential entry, felony
Timothy Hutchinson
Arrest date: Aug. 10, 2022
Age: 71
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2203225
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
James Huspek-Hein
Arrest date: Aug. 9, 2022
Age: 26
Residence: Wanatah, IN
Booking Number: 2203217
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Jonathan Styers
Arrest date: Aug. 9, 2022
Age: 42
Residence: Redington Beach, FL
Booking Number: 2203211
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Stan Radake
Arrest date: Aug. 8, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: St. Louis, MO
Booking Number: 2203195
Charges: Possession of methamphetamine, felony
Felicia Cusic
Arrest date: Aug. 12, 2022
Age: 37
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203248
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Novise Alexander Jr.
Arrest date: Aug. 12, 2022
Age: 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2203249
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Robert Maddex
Arrest date: Aug. 9, 2022
Age: 51
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2203204
Charges: OWI, felony
Elysha Williams
Arrest date: Aug. 9, 2022
Age: 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2203206
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Terrell Rea
Arrest date: Aug. 8, 2022
Age: 56
Residence: Boardman, OR
Booking Number: 2203202
Charges: Dealing methamphetamine, felony
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U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, spent Tuesday on the beach, but it wasn’t just for fun. He toured a series of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in Northwest Indiana to see federal dollars at work.
At Michigan City’s Washington Park, the Corps placed armour stone — boulders — along the detached breakwater. The Corps also did emergency dredging work for the Coast Guard station, which needed deeper water to do its search and rescue work.
Coming up is work to repair the superstructure in and around the lighthouse. Erosion has caused voids in the structure, project manager Mike Nguyen said. Construction is expected to start in spring 2024.
Trail Creek needs to be dredged, but that’s a complicated project. It was last dredged in 2002 and should be dredged about every six to eight years.
The biggest question is what to do with the dredged sediment. “That’s one of the unique challenges right now,” Nguyen said.
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In the 1970s, a confined disposal facility — essentially a landfill — was built and used in Michigan City. It’s now closed. “Those are very expensive facilities to construct and close,” he said.
One of the challenges is ensuring continued funding for long-term projects. Another is deciding what the ultimate destination of the dredged material will be.
“Local partners who work with us, sometimes they can’t give that final answer,” said Timothy Kroll, deputy chief of operations at the Corps’ Chicago office.
The Michigan City Sanitary District can’t guarantee how long it would take to treat water sucked up from the bottom of Trail Creek, said Jeff MacDonald, technical support chief in the Chicago office.
East Chicago already has a confined disposal facility large enough to handle the Trail Creek material, but putting it there would be an environmental justice issue.
“This is one of the hottest real estate markets in the Chicagoland area,” Mrvan said, noting the Double Track NWI project’s impact on Michigan City.
“We do economic development projects that improve the environment,” he said.
His chief of staff, Mark Lopez, said money spent on projects like this pump dollars into the economy when tourists and others spend more money as a result.
Harbormaster Tim Frame said Michigan City Port Authority’s marina has been full for the last three or four years with half of the slip holders from outside the Michigan City area.
Kroll said that when the Corps does dredging projects like this, they work with local officials who often get additional dredging done while the equipment is already mobilized by the Corps. That saves the locals money.
Sand from the recent dredging in Michigan City has been deposited along the Mount Baldy shoreline, mitigating shoreline erosion.
Additional sand is expected to be placed there in 2023.
In Portage, the Corps is conducting sediment sampling.
“The Coast Guard has identified a shoal right at the mouth of Burns Ditch,” MacDonald said. That requires dredging, likely in 2024, MacDonald said. It was last dredged in 2013.
Portage Lakefront Park and Riverwalk, an Indiana Dunes National Park site managed in cooperation with the city, is hard to find, but people obviously do because it’s the most-visited site in the park, Superintendent Paul Labovitz said.
The National Park Service put 50,000 cubic yards of sand on the beach there two years ago, Labovitz said. “I would argue there’s a beach there now because of that sand we put in,” he said.
“We have two distinct starvation areas at the park” where sand doesn’t naturally get deposited on the shoreline. Michigan City’s harbor disrupts the flow of sand to Mount Baldy, and the Port of Indiana affects Portage and Ogden Dunes.
In East Chicago, dredging is expected to resume in 2024. A dike at the confined disposal facility needs to be raised first.
Since dredging there began in 2012, fish have begun appearing in the river, Kroll said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/watch-now-mrvan-tours-corps-shoreline-projects/article_fcc2365f-a4b0-5e5d-8531-ba0e83eb21e5.html | 2022-08-17T16:07:15 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/watch-now-mrvan-tours-corps-shoreline-projects/article_fcc2365f-a4b0-5e5d-8531-ba0e83eb21e5.html |
MIDLAND, Texas — Local Businessman Jim Gerety has filed to run for the District 4 Midland City Council seat.
After 23 years of building a business with more than 400 employees and raising a family here, Gerety says he wants to use his leadership skills to benefit fellow residents in District 4.
One of his platforms include increasing police pay to retain and hire more officers. He believes quicker infrastructure development is needed with a growing city, and not just maintaining our current roads, water and sewer system, but developing projects to handle the growth.
Gerety owns 24 Domino's Pizza restaurants in Texas including six in Midland and six in Odessa.
He will face off against Amy Stretcher Burkes. Current District 4 Councilwoman Lori Blong said she will be leaving her position to run for Mayor. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/local-businessman-jim-gerety-files-to-run-for-district-4-seat/513-2f04395c-92e3-4509-9779-dabd38e2d081 | 2022-08-17T16:14:18 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/local-businessman-jim-gerety-files-to-run-for-district-4-seat/513-2f04395c-92e3-4509-9779-dabd38e2d081 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Clackamas County Fair and Canby Rodeo is happening now.
There are several FFA and 4-H shows happening Wednesday morning, while the rodeo action is scheduled for later in the night.
Kohr Harlan went out to the Clackamas County Fairgrounds with all the exciting events planned this week. | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/kohr-explores-fair-rodeo-ride-into-clackamas-county/ | 2022-08-17T16:20:52 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/kohr-explores-fair-rodeo-ride-into-clackamas-county/ |
CORDOVA, Ala. (WIAT) — Parents of students at Cordova Elementary School are speaking out after two children left the school and went missing for over an hour Tuesday.
Kara Adams said that at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, she received a text message from her daughter’s teacher to call the school as soon as possible. Her four-year-old daughter’s third day of kindergarten quickly had become a parent’s worst nightmare.
“I called the school immediately, and they told me that she was missing and that another kid had took her,” Adams said. “It took me like 10, maybe 15 minutes to get there, and when I got there, I said, ‘How long has she been missing?’ and one of the teachers said ‘I don’t know, at least over an hour.’”
In a statement issued by the Cordova Public Safety Wednesday morning, Police Chief Krimson Culverson said the department was notified of the girls’ disappearance at 1:07 p.m. by a school resource officer employed through the Walker County Sheriff’s Office. Both agencies immediately dispatched officers to find the girls.
According to CPD, surveillance camera footage obtained from the school showed the two girls leaving the building at approximately 12:20 p.m.
Adams said she drove to the school immediately after talking with school officials. At 1:53 p.m., the two children were safe found by a CPD officer in the 300 block of Highland Avenue, approximately 0.3 miles away from the school.
The officer pulled up to the school with the two girls in the backseat. Adams said her daughter was crying and upset when she came out of the patrol car, but was back to her usual self by the end of the day.
CBS 42 is withholding the name of the 4th-grade girl who had allegedly taken Adam’s daughter off school premises.
Adams doesn’t believe the girls arrived at the location by any other means than walking, as that’s what her daughter told her.
“[My daughter] told me that [she] made her run. She kept telling her to run and [my daughter] kept telling her to take her back to the school and she said, ‘no, walk’, like keep walking,” she said. “[My daughter] said she made her run a lot and that they were sitting down, taking a break when they were found.”
Adams said she received no prior notice of her daughter being reported missing, either from Cordova Elementary or the law enforcement agencies who were searching for the two girls.
Adams also dismissed online rumors that the 4th grader was bullying her daughter. Adams said the two girls take the bus to school together, but are not particularly friendly or unfriendly with one another. She also believes the other girl had no malicious intentions when she decided to take her daughter away from school grounds.
The elementary school’s Facebook page notified parents of the situation at 3:13 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Shortly after the announcement was posted, comments were deleted and turned off after many parents voiced their concerns about the situation and the safety of the school.
Adams said she’s relieved the situation is over, but that Cordova Elementary needs to bear responsibility for the situation and ensure that certain protocols are put into place to ensure it doesn’t happen again. She said it was easy for her child to be taken out of her classroom due to lax guidelines on monitoring children.
“[The 4th-grader] told one teacher she was just going to the bathroom and she was gone for 15 minutes before they noticed that she was missing,” she said. “They didn’t even know [my daughter] was missing technically because [the 4th-grader] went to her classroom and said she was checking out. They allow older kids to go and take [other] kids out of the classroom.”
Adams said she is looking into getting her home rezoned for another school district.
“I really don’t want to send them back to the school,” she said. “I’m hoping I don’t have to.”
As of Wednesday, Cordova Elementary School officials did not respond to CBS 42’s request for comment. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/parents-outraged-after-2-children-went-missing-for-hours-after-walking-out-of-cordova-elementary-school/ | 2022-08-17T16:27:51 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/parents-outraged-after-2-children-went-missing-for-hours-after-walking-out-of-cordova-elementary-school/ |
MELBOURNE, Fla. – A young green sea turtle will go back to the ocean Thursday morning after five months of care, including surgery to remove fishing line from its intestines.
The Brevard Zoo will hold a sea turtle release at 10:30 a.m. at Lori Wilson Park for Nephron, a green sea turtle rescued on March 10 in Port Canaveral.
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Nephron has fishing line coming out of their mouth when they were rescued. Zoo officials say Nephron eventually passed about 150 centimeters of fishing line out of their system, but more remained.
So Nephron had to undergo surgery that involved pulling their intestines out and feeling them for the fishing line. The zoo’s animal care team removed an additional 50 centimeters of fishing line from Nephron’s intestines.
In all about 200 centimeters — roughly 6.5 feet — of fishing line wound up in Nephron’s system.
Nephron’s plight is a reminder that people who fish need to pack their fishing gear before and after use, and place unwanted fishing line in designated bins at the waterfront parks around Brevard County.
Nephron got their name because they were rescued on World Kidney Day. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/17/brevard-zoo-to-release-sea-turtle-after-surgically-removing-fishing-line-from-intestines/ | 2022-08-17T16:27:58 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/17/brevard-zoo-to-release-sea-turtle-after-surgically-removing-fishing-line-from-intestines/ |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With the Orion spacecraft sitting on launch pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, the countdown is on for the anticipated August 29th launch of the Artemis I mission to the moon.
It’s a critical test flight for future missions into deep space.
Three crew members will be waiting in the cockpit of the spacecraft for nearly two weeks with no food or bathroom breaks. (Seems cruel and unbearable, right?)
Well, the crew members aren’t people, they’re manikins. (Before you come for me about using the term ‘Manikin,’ let me explain the difference: Mannequins are statue-like forms representing the human body typically used for fashion. You know, the statues you see inside clothing stores. Manikins also represent the human body, but are more realistic in that they simulate skin, shape and properties of the human body. ‘Manikin’ is the preferred term by researchers and health training organizations, and in this case, when the forms are simulating human Astronauts.)
Now that we have that explanation out of the way, let’s meet the manikin crew.
Commander Moonikin Campos
Moonikin Campos will be sitting in the commander’s seat onboard the Orion spacecraft.
The public actually chose his first name ‘Moonikin’ in an online bracket contest that Nasa held in June. More than 300,000 people voted in the naming contest.
What you may not know, is that Moonikin’s last name, Campos, honors late Apollo engineer Arturo Campos.
Campos is credited with creating procedures that helped Apollo 13 astronauts survive a 1970 attempted mission to the moon. On the way to the moon, the mission has a loss of power after a fuel cell explosion. Campos created a solution that allowed the astronauts to make a safe return to Earth.
Moonikin is equipped with a ‘survival suit’ that also has radiation, acceleration and vibration sensors.
That data will help Nasa better prepare and protect astronauts in future Artemis missions to the moon and beyond.
Helga and Zohar
The other travelers, Helga and Zohar are manikin torsos manufactured from advanced materials that mimic human bones, soft tissues and organs of an adult female.
They are fitted with more than 5,500 passive sensors and dozens of radiation detectors to measure exposure during the mission.
Zohar, the manikin on the bottom is wearing a radiation protection vest and Helga will be traveling in her ‘birthday suit.’
It’s all to study the effectiveness of the vest that astronauts may be able to use for protection during solar storms.
It’s just a few of the many pieces of technology being tested during the flight to help with future crewed missions.
We’re hoping for a safe and successful flight test for the crew of manikins around the moon.
The launch window for Artemis I opens August 29th at 8:33 a.m. and will last for two hours.
Want to see the launch yourself? News 6 is giving away two VIP tickets to an Insider to get a front row seat from Kennedy Space Center’s Visitor’s Complex. The contest ends Tuesday, August 23.
We also compiled a list of best launch viewing spots from the Space Coast HERE. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/17/meet-the-test-crew-launching-on-artemis-i-mission/ | 2022-08-17T16:28:04 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/17/meet-the-test-crew-launching-on-artemis-i-mission/ |
Contractors working inside the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's underground tunnel system Tuesday danced with but avoided injury after a steam valve opened, releasing 500-degree steam at pressures as high as 250 pounds per square inch, according to officials.
Lincoln Fire and Rescue Capt. Nancy Crist said rescue crews were called to UNL's Othmer Hall, 820 N. 16th St., at around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday after a contractor had inadvertently opened the steam valve in the tunnel system.
The contractors who had been working in the tunnel system were all able to find exit hatches, and no one was ultimately injured in the incident, Crist said.
Fire crews searched the tunnel system after UNL maintenance employees cut the steam source and closed the valve, Crist said.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-fire-crews-respond-to-unl-after-underground-steam-valve-opens/article_8afc3e82-ff7a-5440-b4a9-4f5bbd94402b.html | 2022-08-17T16:39:39 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-fire-crews-respond-to-unl-after-underground-steam-valve-opens/article_8afc3e82-ff7a-5440-b4a9-4f5bbd94402b.html |
DENTON, Texas — A North Texas woman is accused of killing her husband by drowning him in a creek in Denton, police said Wednesday.
Dora Alvarez Maldonado, 44, faces a murder charge in the case, according to a news release from police.
Officers had responded around 3 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a drowning in the 1700 block of Spencer Road. A 911 caller had reported seeing a woman holding a man in a creek between Spencer and Shady Oaks Drive.
When officers arrived, Maldonado told them that an "unknown male" was involved in her husband's drowning, police said.
Maldonado "later told detectives that this male did not exist, and she had drowned her husband," the news release said.
Maldonado was arrested and taken to the Denton city jail. Her bond was set at $500,000.
Her husband's name has not been released. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office will release his name.
Other local news: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-denton-woman-dora-maldonado-arrested-on-murder-charge-in-husbands-drowning/287-c9489387-3b58-4e74-95d5-d9da004b9e0f | 2022-08-17T16:40:41 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-denton-woman-dora-maldonado-arrested-on-murder-charge-in-husbands-drowning/287-c9489387-3b58-4e74-95d5-d9da004b9e0f |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from the event's 2022 festivities.
"The world’s largest Christmas light spectacular" is set to return this holiday season and get Floridians in the holiday spirit with its grand opening on Nov. 25.
This winter, Enchant will roll out over four million dazzling lights and a 100-foot-tall holiday tree for the third year in a row in St. Petersburg.
Tickets to attend the event will go on sale on Sept. 15.
“We’re thrilled to host millions of guests again this year while introducing Enchant to millions more as we expand to cities across the U.S.,” Enchant Christmas founder and CEO Kevin Johnston said in a statement. “We bring a new story and exciting elements to our featured light maze each year, so guests always have something new to experience when returning to enjoy holiday nights at Enchant with family and friends.”
This year, Enchant will string its incredible light displays coast to coast from Florida to California and will be joined by its first-ever national sponsor, the Hallmark Channel.
The popular television network will be offering guests a variety of custom experiences, including a “Hallmark Cozy Christmas” lounge, photo opportunities, Hallmark Channel wine tasting and a chance for fans to win a set visit to a Hallmark movie while in production.
You can learn more about the holiday experience here. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/enchant-tropicana-field-christmas-light/67-aee8dd5d-cbf1-4785-80b9-94a378aa0ac1 | 2022-08-17T16:42:12 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/enchant-tropicana-field-christmas-light/67-aee8dd5d-cbf1-4785-80b9-94a378aa0ac1 |
Bob Longest, a forensic peer support specialist at Hope Lives (Vive Esperanza) in east Flagstaff, went bowling with his friends on Friday to celebrate 37 years of sobriety. Beside him in bowling shoes was the forensic program manager, Troy Grover, who was celebrating four years of sobriety.
They owe the success in their journeys so far, at least in part, to the faces around them. Sitting behind scoreboards and the thunder of marble balls crashing into once-white pins is a community of people who know what life is like on the streets, behind bars and in the grip of addiction. They are the beating heart of Hope Lives.
“We’re a forensic peer support agency. All of our staff, we’re all felons and we’re all in recovery,” Grover said. “We use the word forensic because we all have justice system involvement. That’s what makes Hope Lives unique. We’re the only peer support agency that’s represented in the courts."
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Hope Lives, a nonprofit organization, opened in northern Arizona in 2014, and it has helped hundreds of people since then with serious mental illness (SMI) diagnoses, substance abuse disorders, and criminal histories to find support and resources to maintain their overall wellness. In doing so, the organization has partnered with the local superior and municipal courts, and works closely with the mental health court.
If you drop into the Fourth Street location in the morning, a line will probably be forming in a kitchen partially visible the moment you walk in the door. As people chat and roll breakfast burritos, they’re preparing to share more than a meal. They’re sharing a kind of struggle most people won't encounter.
One woman, a survivor of suicide, openly shared her story in a chirping voice, a smile as bright as the flowers on her shirt lighting up her round face. To her left sat a lady with gray hair and a tie-dye shirt who just started the recovery process and a young man who has just finished treatment at the Guidance Center.
All of the program members at Hope Lives have been referred from behavioral health homes, including Southwest Behavioral and Health Services, The Guidance Center and the Northern Arizona Center for Addiction (NACA).
When Grover asked who in the room had been homeless, more than half of the hands responded.
“I had hypothermia,” said Mark Rudy. “I almost died on the streets. I come here to Hope Lives to stay sober. It’s a safe place. I never want to be on the streets again.”
The staff at the center provide transportation for people like Rudy -- in addition to breakfast, counseling and daytime activities.
“[Hope Lives] showed me the process of community involvement,” said Marvin Chee, a peer support specialist. “I went to prison. I came out sober.”
Chee said the experience of re-integrating into society was isolating after his release. Now he does jail in-reach (one of the programs that has grown and deepened in recent years), talking with people who are incarcerated about the support they can find at Hope Lives both in detention and upon release. He also coordinates with public defenders and probation.
“There’s a shadow that follows you when you’ve been rejected by the community,” he said.
Hope Lives helped him regain the confidence to talk to cashiers at grocery stores and begin to feel like a participant in society again.
“There’s no grocery store for felons. Just breaking through the stigma of all of that?" Grover said. "Our ultimate goal is just societal inclusion for our members who have a mental health diagnosis, who have substance use history, who have been incarcerated or have a history with the justice system. Because what happens is we get locked up, we have a substance-use disorder. Some people just never get out of it because we don’t know how."
That’s where having a guide to help you through the process can be critical.
Chee described recovery from addiction as a silent struggle. At Hope Lives, everyone is encouraged to use their voice, and share their experience with others.
The nonprofit provides peer support certification for the state. The certification program is 16 weeks long, beginning with six weeks of "basic training" and ending with specialty workshops and a monthlong internship.
Grover said new peer support specialists upon graduation are “thrown into the deep end” and allowed immediately to start working with folks who need one-on-one or group support with their addiction or mental illnesses.
The process is all about empowering people to share their struggles, experiences and successes.
Shauna Ben is a graduate of the peer support program, but she comes back from time to time.
On the morning of Grover and Longest’s shared sobriety date, she helped make breakfast. She talked about the support she received from fellow members, who helped her move in to her new home. Beyond that, she was able to cultivate a new career with Hope Lives support.
“They have helped me utilize and gain the tools to become a behavioral health professional. I’m now employed full time in behavioral health, and helping to support others in long term recovery,” Ben said.
Not everyone celebrates sobriety at the bowling alley, but over the years since the nonprofit opened, they’ve served 310 people like Ben, Longest and Grover — with the goal of helping every member leave feeling like a part of a community with success to share. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/community/celebrating-sobriety-with-hope-lives-a-nonprofit-peer-support-agency-in-flagstaff/article_86f8f826-1cbf-11ed-ba3c-eb893e5798f0.html | 2022-08-17T16:47:01 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/community/celebrating-sobriety-with-hope-lives-a-nonprofit-peer-support-agency-in-flagstaff/article_86f8f826-1cbf-11ed-ba3c-eb893e5798f0.html |
Veronica Ramirez-Godinez is facing charges for aggravated DUI, six counts of child endangerment, child abuse, driving with an open container, and obstruction of a thoroughfare. She was arrested Monday night after Coconino County Sheriff's Deputies received multiple calls about a wrong-way driver on I-17 northbound.
Officers said Ramirez-Godinez matched descriptions from callers reporting the traffic hazard. She was eventually arrested after her car was found parked in the middle of the road in Kachina Village.
Deputies searched the vehicle, which was stopped on Tovar Trail. According to CCSO, she had an open container in her vehicle and a passenger under the age of 15 in the car. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/wrong-way-driver-arrested-in-flagstaff-now-facing-dui-and-child-endangerment-charges/article_e6458216-1d93-11ed-a16c-1b6055ddd05d.html | 2022-08-17T16:47:07 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/wrong-way-driver-arrested-in-flagstaff-now-facing-dui-and-child-endangerment-charges/article_e6458216-1d93-11ed-a16c-1b6055ddd05d.html |
The Flagstaff Eagles volleyball team, which graduated nine seniors from its 2021 roster that went 15-4 (10-2 Grand Canyon Region), will put forward a young core in the fall.
Still hoping her team will be a state title contender in the 4A Conference, coach Beth Haglin said there could be some turbulence, but that she still has bright hopes for the Eagles.
There is a certain term that, while maybe applicable, she refuses to use for the state of Flagstaff.
“I don’t like to call them building years because I like to kick booty every year,” she said with a chuckle. “This will be a year where we’ll take some bumps and bruises, but we’ll win our share, too.”
The Eagles didn’t turn over the entire roster, but graduated two All-Conference players and will see many younger girls get starting roles or additional playing time.
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Among the players who moved on was Gracelyn Nez, who started for four years and tallied more than 1,000 kills before graduation.
One returner who will look to get more time on the court is Fallon Peters, a senior setter. She has seen the team grow in the first couple weeks of practice and believes the squad’s overall skill is at a solid level.
“It’s really cool how young the team is, but also how talented it is. It’s going to be a bright future because they bring something new and fresh,” Peters said.
Another returning senior, Haylee Gilleland, is looking to step up as a captain and leader. She was second on the 2021 team in kills (106) and serves received (265) and could find herself the leader in both categories this year.
Both of those aspects of the game will be important for the Eagles this year, Haglin said. She has seen some impressive defense, especially digs, but Flagstaff is working to improve in its preseason practices offensively and on the opponent’s serve.
“We did stats a lot during the last few days, and we have to work hard on getting the ball to the setters consistently in a good location. Right now the passes are getting up, but they’re not always in a good position. We have to be good at the serve-receive because you need that to win matches,” Haglin said.
Part of the consistency the Eagles are looking for comes with time and simply working out the kinks of the new offense and finding the players’ specific strengths on the court.
So far, Gilleland believes those aspects of the team are improving as the girls get to know each other more.
“As we all start working as a team, we’ve started building better relationships. We’ve started getting better at knowing where everyone wants the ball and talking about what we can all do,” she said.
With the amount of talented underclassmen on the roster, Flagstaff appears in great shape for the coming seasons. Haglin, however, and the seniors hope to capitalize on the talent available right now to make another run to the postseason.
“I just really want to have fun this year, and do as well as we can. We don’t want to end the season on the bad note, so we really want to get some wins. I think we all want to see that happen,” Peters said.
Flagstaff is scheduled to open the regular season with a home match against Thunderbird on Monday, Aug. 29. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/young-eagles-reloading-not-rebuilding-for-fall-season/article_dc3a861e-1d88-11ed-aac6-abe2d03c31e0.html | 2022-08-17T16:47:13 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/young-eagles-reloading-not-rebuilding-for-fall-season/article_dc3a861e-1d88-11ed-aac6-abe2d03c31e0.html |
A New Jersey preschool was evacuated Wednesday as multiple fire and police units responded to complaints about a strong gas odor, authorities say.
Reports of people possibly falling ill amid the stench on Okner Parkway in Livingston came in around 11 a.m. Meters showed high gas readings but said the issue appeared contained to the school.
No injuries were immediately reported.
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A 21-year-old Brooklyn woman has been arrested in a rush-hour subway attack on a 41-year-old woman who ended up punched in the face after speaking on her phone as she sat on the train, authorities said Wednesday.
Brianna Rodriguez is charged with assault as a hate crime and assault in the Monday, Aug. 8 morning attack in the Q train station at Flatbush and Seventh avenues.
According to investigators, the victim had boarded the Manhattan-bound Q at Newkirk Avenue, sat down and started talking on her phone. Rodriguez sat beside her and, the NYPD says, "without prior provocation or conversation," stood up and punched the 41-year-old several times in the face.
When the victim asked her, "Why did you hit me?" cops say she reported Rodriguez replying, "I hate Mexicans."
The train pulled into the Flatbush and Seventh avenues stop at that point and the victim snapped a photo of her attacker before the younger woman got off. The victim refused medical attention for minor injuries when she got off at Atlantic.
Information on a possible attorney for Rodriguez wasn't immediately available. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/woman-charged-with-hate-crime-in-subway-rush-hour-punch-frenzy-cops/3828371/ | 2022-08-17T16:48:07 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/woman-charged-with-hate-crime-in-subway-rush-hour-punch-frenzy-cops/3828371/ |
Dwight, an adult mixed breed pup, awaits the perfect family at the Richmond Animal League on July 24, 2022. The Richmond Animal League partnered with Best Friends Animal Society for their National Adoption Weekend July 22-24. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Richmond Animal League purchased 1.4 acres of land at 717 Branchway Road in North Chesterfield.
Animal rescue Richmond Animal League (RAL) has acquired 1.4 acres of land at 717 Branchway Road adjacent to its two existing properties in northern Chesterfield County.
RAL currently operates an animal rescue shelter and adoption facility in its Judith Talley Secor Adoption Center at 11401 International Drive and the Loving Spay & Neuter Clinic next door at 801 Branchway Road.
“We are thrilled to make this strategic purchase” said Larry Eason, Executive Director of Richmond Animal League. “This gives us the ability to expand facilities on our existing properties while retaining space for future growth as we increase our reach and impact in the coming years.”
RAL provides rescue, medical care, rehabilitation, and adoption services for animals in need. RAL homes more than 1,500 animals yearly and performs over 6,000 spay/neuter procedures annually.
RAL began shelter operations on International Drive in 1992 and previously acquired in 2018 the VACAP Federal Credit Union property on Branchway Road converting the facility into a larger spay/neuter clinic and office space. With this new purchase, RAL now has 4.5 acres in the three combined parcels just off Midlothian Turnpike.
Richmond-based CarLotz, a former startup that went from selling vehicles on consignment 11 years ago in Chesterfield to a publicly traded company with national expansion plans, will merge with a California firm under an agreement announced Tuesday. The business has faced ongoing challenges recently.
Richmond-based CarLotz, a former startup that went from selling vehicles on consignment 11 years ago in Chesterfield to a publicly traded company with national expansion plans, will merge with a California firm under an agreement announced Tuesday. The business has faced ongoing challenges recently.
Dwight, an adult mixed breed pup, awaits the perfect family at the Richmond Animal League on July 24, 2022. The Richmond Animal League partnered with Best Friends Animal Society for their National Adoption Weekend July 22-24. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH | https://richmond.com/business/local/richmond-animal-league-acquires-land-next-to-chesterfield-shelter/article_10e5c81d-b168-519f-ab65-9ae9985ca1f1.html | 2022-08-17T16:49:50 | 1 | https://richmond.com/business/local/richmond-animal-league-acquires-land-next-to-chesterfield-shelter/article_10e5c81d-b168-519f-ab65-9ae9985ca1f1.html |
In a joint agreement signed by both the prosecution and defense, Richmond Circuit Judge Claire G. Cardwell revoked a $15,000 bond that had been granted to Julio Alvarado-Dubon, 52, on Wednesday.
Monday’s hearing was scheduled after Richmond prosecutors appealed the bond granted by Richmond General District Court Judge David Hicks.
Had Cardwell upheld bond for the defendant, he likely would have remained in custody due to U.S. immigration authorities placing federal detainers on both defendants on July 6. During Monday’s hearing, Cardwell asked defense attorney Jose Aponte about the detainers, which Aponte confirmed.
Immigration Customs and Enforcement last week advised news outlets that both men are from Guatemala and were illegally residing in the U.S.
During Monday’s bond hearing, the revocation order signed by the judge set Aug. 3 as a preliminary hearing date for Alvarado-Dubon.
In a separate hearing Monday in Richmond General District Court-Manchester, the second defendant, Rolman Balcarcel Ac, 38, was arraigned during a brief proceeding via video feed from the Richmond City Justice Center. It was his first appearance in a Richmond courtroom since he was arrested in Albemarle County on July 5.
His preliminary hearing date is Aug. 3, which coincides with Alvarado-Dubon’s. Richmond attorney Samuel P. Simpson has been retained to represent Balcarcel Ac.
Both men are charged with possession of a firearm as a non-citizen and being illegally present in the U.S.
The person who tipped Richmond police identified Balcarcel as the person who was planning the shooting, according to a search warrant affidavit. The tipster further advised that Balcarcel, known to the tipster as “Chapin,” had connections to a gang called “Los Zetas.” Police said Zetas is a reference to the Zetas cartel that operates in Mexico and the U.S.
In court records made public Monday, Balcarcel told a Richmond magistrate that he has been living in Richmond for three or four months and resided in Denver for three years before that. He was employed doing electrical work and earned $1,100 weekly when working 40 hours a week.
Alvarado-Dubon has lived in the Richmond area for three years and worked full time in construction, according to court documents.
Balcarcel and Alvarado-Dubon were living in a house at 3112 Columbia St. in Richmond. During a search of the residence, police said they recovered two AR-15 semiautomatic assault-style rifles, a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol and about 200 rounds of ammunition, police said.
Court records filed so far in the case, which include an affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for the suspects’ residence, makes no mention that Dogwood Dell was the intended target of the mass shooting, as police announced last week. After questions arose about the location, Richmond police late Friday issued a “supplemental release” in an effort to clarify.
In the release, police said that following the tip they said they received from a concerned citizen about a plot to conduct a mass shooting that targeted the city’s Fourth of July celebration, “the Richmond Police Department began an exhaustive investigation to determine its validity.”
Based on the initial information and subsequent investigation, investigators concluded that Dogwood Dell was the intended target, police said without elaboration.
“Over the course of the investigation, we believed it necessary to keep the information secure, not wanting to risk tipping off any suspects while also not desiring to incite fear in our residents,” said Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith in a statement. “I stand behind the thoroughness of this investigation and continue to be proud of the work that our officers did to thwart a plot that could have proven disastrous for Richmond.” | https://richmond.com/news/local/maryland-driver-dies-when-van-crashes-on-i-95-in-chesterfield/article_0224cc68-be28-5690-9ae8-2586d85e4071.html | 2022-08-17T16:49:57 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/maryland-driver-dies-when-van-crashes-on-i-95-in-chesterfield/article_0224cc68-be28-5690-9ae8-2586d85e4071.html |
REPLAY: Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss posthumously honored with Gibbs High School portrait
Officials are gathering to present a portrait memorializing Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss during a special ceremony to honor the memory of the Gibbs High School graduate. Knauss was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2021, by a suicide bomber while Americans were evacuating innocent civilians at Hamid Karzai International Airport.
Knauss was among 13 American service members who died in the attack blamed on the terrorist group ISIS-K, an offshoot of ISIS based in Afghanistan.
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Eighteen U.S. service members were wounded and more than 160 Afghans were killed in the bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport, the center of an evacuation effort that lifted more than 110,000 people from the country since the Afghan national government fell last year to the Taliban.
Knauss, 23, of Corryton, about 20 miles northeast of Knoxville, was married and had already served a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan. He grew up in Tennessee and joined the Army straight out of high school.
More:Fallen soldier's wife: Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss funeral costs covered by government
The Department of Defense said in a news release that Knauss was assigned to the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 8th Psychological Operations Group based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, among other decorations.
Col. Jeremy Mushtare of the 8th Psychological Operations Group said in a statement that the loss of Knauss was "devastating to our formation and Army family.”
“Ryan was the embodiment of an Army Special Operations Forces soldier, a testament to the professionalism of the non-commissioned officer corps, and a steadfast husband and teammate,” Mushtare said.
More:Hundreds gather to remember Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss at memorial in Gibbs High School
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GREENSBORO — The city got a matching $100,000 federal grant to study what's needed along part of the U.S. 421 corridor to support economic development spurred by the Toyota battery plant.
The Economic Adjustment Assistance grant, which is from the Economic Development Administration, will be paired with money from the city to conduct the land-use study, the city said Wednesday in a news release. The City Council in December authorized up to a $100,000 match for the grant, which city economic officials learned Monday they had received.
The project will study the availability of infrastructure, public services, and other resources along the corridor needed to support economic development spurred by Toyota’s recent announcement of plans to build a $1.3 billion electric vehicle battery plant at the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite in Randolph County.
Greensboro is already installing water and sewer infrastructure to the area.
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The study also will identify sites in the area suitable for supply and support businesses to the megasite and other companies in the region.
“Accounting for Toyota’s allocation and future improvements to the Big Alamance Lift Station for sewer capacity, we need take a look at this corridor carefully and work with our county partners to maximize the economic development impact,” Marshall Yandle, Greensboro's economic development manager said in the release. “This study will help us make more informed decisions.” | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/federal-grant-will-help-greensboro-study-economic-development-opportunities-connected-to-toyota-plant/article_95f4e03a-1e39-11ed-b3c6-67133643e239.html | 2022-08-17T16:51:43 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/federal-grant-will-help-greensboro-study-economic-development-opportunities-connected-to-toyota-plant/article_95f4e03a-1e39-11ed-b3c6-67133643e239.html |
WHITING, Ind. — Conservation officers are investigating after a body was found in Lake Michigan near a northwest Indiana park.
A person vising Whiting Lakefront Park in Lake County found a man's body Tuesday at around 2 p.m. that was floating in the lake about 200 yards from the shore.
Conservation officers said when they arrived, the body was floating northeast of the park near the BP Water Purification Plant.
Indiana DNR is not releasing the man's identity pending notification of his family.
Authorities have not said if the man's death would be investigated as a homicide.
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The suspect in a June 2021 slaying at a Lake James home has pleaded guilty to murder and burglary charges, the Steuben County prosecutor's office said today.
Prosecutors will recommend Matthew R. Hoover receive a sentence of 55 to 95 years in prison at sentencing, according to a plea agreement filed Tuesday in Steuben Circuit Court. Under the agreement, charges of attempted rape and attempted abuse of a corpse would be dismissed.
Hoover left two Michelob Ultra beer cans in the home of Wilma Ball, 82, providing detectives with DNA samples used to charge him with her June 23, 2021, slaying, court records said.
Ball was found partially clothed lying face-down toward the foot of her blood-soaked bed. County sheriff's deputies responded to the Ball residence after two friends said she missed her golf game, court records said.
When they searched the home, sheriff's deputies found a garage screen window cut or torn, and two male socks discarded that had animal hair on them close to the window. Ball did not have any pets, court documents said.
They also found a Michelob beer can upside down on a nightstand and another on top of the toilet tank in a bathroom. Both were empty and taken for DNA testing. DNA from at least one of the cans matched Hoover's DNA, court records said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courts/suspect-in-lake-james-slaying-pleads-guilty-to-murder-burglary-charges/article_43b10222-1e39-11ed-8163-5bcfbabff6b8.html | 2022-08-17T17:00:25 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courts/suspect-in-lake-james-slaying-pleads-guilty-to-murder-burglary-charges/article_43b10222-1e39-11ed-8163-5bcfbabff6b8.html |
McMillen Health announced Wednesday that Pat Parker, one of the center's original founders who started the initiative for a health education center in Fort Wayne, has died.
Parker worked throughout the 1970s and '80s to ensure money was raised to support the initiative. She also remained a participatory member of McMillen Health through more than 20 years of service on the center's finance committee.
Parker also participated in many other community endeavors, including president of Junior League and a founding member of the committee that has become Fort Wayne Sister Cities International.
McMillen Health will rename the Parker Scholarship to the Pat Parker Memorial Scholarship, which supports students who would otherwise not be able to attend McMillen Health programs, as well as name its auditorium the Pat Parker Theater.
McMillen will close for Parker's funeral service.
A public memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Sept. 12 at First Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Wayne St., followed by a private reception and burial service.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sept. 11 at D.O. McComb and Sons Funeral Home, 8325 Covington Road. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/pat-parker-dies-mcmillen-health-founder-community-activist/article_c3d96e52-1e3f-11ed-becb-bfaf5d33710f.html | 2022-08-17T17:00:31 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/pat-parker-dies-mcmillen-health-founder-community-activist/article_c3d96e52-1e3f-11ed-becb-bfaf5d33710f.html |
Rolling slowdowns are planned this weekend for U.S. 24 and Interstate 469 near New Haven, the Indiana Department of Transportation said today.
The slowdowns will take place after 10 p.m. Saturday and before 10 a.m. Sunday, the transportation department said in a statement.
It said Indiana Michigan Power is updating structures in the area, and new wires will be strung across both highways. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/rolling-slowdowns-planned-for-us-24-i-469-near-new-haven/article_39197ea8-1e3d-11ed-b3c0-3f7c8bb40734.html | 2022-08-17T17:00:37 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/rolling-slowdowns-planned-for-us-24-i-469-near-new-haven/article_39197ea8-1e3d-11ed-b3c0-3f7c8bb40734.html |
America's Hometown Band plans free concert for Aug. 25
MUNCIE, Ind. — “Romancing the Boulevard” is 2022’s last Big Band concert by the musicians of America’s Hometown Band, who will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 on the front lawn of the E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center, 400 W. Minnetrista Boulevard.
The special guest performer will be local crooner/vocalist Clay Arnett, who is the Yorktown High School music director. This program will feature a collection of timeless tunes made famous by Big Band stars such as Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Jule Styne.
Admission to the outdoor concert is free and open to all, and includes free parking at the fairgrounds, just north of the center. Attendees should take lawn chairs for seating. In case of rain, the concert will move to the Northside Middle School auditorium, 2400 W. Bethel Ave.
America’s Hometown Band is a nonprofit performance organization in Muncie. For information or to make donations to support the band, go to amhometownband.org or the America's Hometown Band Facebook page.
MPD sponsors back-to-school skating party
MUNCIE — The Muncie Police Department is hosting a free back-to-school youth skating party 6-8 p.m. Aug. 25 at Gibson’s Skating Arena, 2610 S. Mock Ave.
Free admission and skate rental will be offered to those 18 years and younger, according to a release. Guests will receive a coupon for a free drink and their choice of a hot dog or small popcorn.
Anyone over the age of 18 can rent skates for $3.
Henry County YMCA to host Diabetes Prevention Program kickoff
NEW CASTLE — People can learn how to live a healthier life and avoid type 2 diabetes by participating in the Diabetes Prevention Program at the Henry County YMCA. The YMCA will host a kickoff event at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 29 to explain the details and logistics of the program, according to a release.
Diabetes is a chronic disease that causes blood sugar levels to rise higher than normal. Diabetes affects more than 29 million people. A condition called prediabetes occurs when blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. More than 86 million Americans have prediabetes and are at risk of developing diabetes; 89% of them don't even know they're at risk. Diabetes has no cure, but prediabetes can be reversed.
The YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program is a small group that helps people with prediabetes eat healthier, increase their physical activity and lose weight, which can delay or even prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. This program is made possible through a partnership with Henry Community Health.
Benefits of the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program include:
- Y membership during the program (based on attendance).
- Free sessions with a personal trainer.
- Free blood tests through Henry Community Health.
Information: Kelsay Smith, 765-529-3804, ext. 2, or email ksmith@henrycountyymca.org.
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Rate of candidates filing for school board election lags with a week and a half to go
MUNCIE, Ind. — School board candidate filing for the Nov. 7 election continues through next week, but many local school board seats remain wide open on the ballot so far.
Filing for the school board election began July 27, and ends at noon Aug. 26. As of Tuesday afternoon, only eight candidates had filed for a total of 17 school board seats up for election in Delaware County, and just two Delaware County school boards out of six had as many candidates who'd filed so far as seats up for election, according to the Delaware County clerk's office.
School board seats up for election in Delaware County this November and candidates who have filed so far are:
- Cowan, three at-large seats: currently held by Angela Johnson, Mike Van Horn and Alan Wright. So far, Wright, Paul Hansard and Kimberly Campbell have filed to run.
- Daleville, two at-large seats: currently held by Diane Evans and Ron Halbert Jr., both of whom have filed to run.
- Delaware Community, three seats: Delaware Township (currently held by Lance Engle), Niles Township (currently held by Jacob Case) and Union Township (currently held by Trent Fox). No candidates had filed as of midafternoon Tuesday.
- Liberty-Perry, three seats: Liberty Township (currently held by Keith Davis), Perry Township (currently held by Robert Cook) and at-large (currently held by Kevin Thomas). No candidates had filed as of midafternoon Tuesday.
- Wes-Del, three seats: Harrison Township (currently held by Todd Trehearne), Washington Township (currently held by Larry Batt) and at-large (currently held by Richard Johnson). Trehearne and Batt both have filed to run.
- Yorktown, three at-large seats, currently held by Ryan Kelly, Pat LaVelle and Tom Simpson. LaVelle has filed to run.
The Muncie Community School Board is now appointed by the Ball State University Trustees and president, rather than being elected by voters in the school district.
In recent elections, few Delaware County school boards have had contested races, and in some case have had no candidate run for an open seat.
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To file to run for school board, a prospective candidate has to provide the county clerk's office with a petition of nomination signed by 10 registered voters from their district during the filing period, according to Delaware County Clerk Rick Spangler. That form and instructions can be found online on the Indiana Secretary of State's page, at in.gov/sos/elections/candidate-information/.
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Star Press needs newspaper carriers to ease delivery issues. Here's how to apply
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Newspapers across the country, including the Star Press, struggle to find enough delivery drivers to get papers to subscribers.
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For Muncie, we're looking for prospects to work six days a week (Monday through Friday, and Sunday mornings).
For those who love the tactile newspaper, rather than the digital format, this is undoubtedly frustrating. The Star Press deeply apologizes if you have been impacted by the worker shortage.
The Star Press knows a loyal team of subscribers welcomes their morning routine, which includes grabbing the newspaper as the day begins.
We like being part of that morning routine, too.
If you are a subscriber, we want you to understand our challenges and to know we’re doing everything in our power to get the situation resolved.
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A Devine man drew a 50-year prison sentence this week for fatally shooting two people outside a house in southeast Bexar County last August.
Fernando Rojas, 39, was indicted in November on a capital murder charge. He pleaded guilty to murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon under an agreement with prosecutors and was sentenced by state District Judge Frank J. Castro on Tuesday, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said.
Witnesses said Rojas brought an AR-15 rifle to the house after arguing with others there and opened fire after being ordered off the property by the homeowner, a news release by the DA’s office said. The gunshots killed Jonathan Kenneth Fann, 38, and Sareena Kay Bain, 28, and wounded a third person.
Rojas was arrested days later in Las Vegas.
“This plea spares the families of these victims from ever having to face this gunman again,” District Attorney Joe Gonzales said, according to the release. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Man-who-used-an-AR-15-to-turn-an-argument-deadly-17379555.php | 2022-08-17T17:11:33 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Man-who-used-an-AR-15-to-turn-an-argument-deadly-17379555.php |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A man is dead, and a gunman is on the loose after a deadly shooting overnight in Williamsport.
Police were called to the Victoria Gardens apartments in the 600 block of Hepburn Street around 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Officers say a man in his 20s was found dead inside from a gunshot wound.
There is no word if police have a suspect or motive for the shooting in Williamsport.
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SEATTLE — Washington's apple crop is forecast to be a bit smaller this year because of the cool spring.
The Washington State Tree Fruit Association on Monday projected the 2022 Washington state fresh apple crop will total 108.7 million forty-pound boxes. That's an 11.1% decrease from 2021’s 122.3 million boxes.
“We are pleased with the size of the harvest, particularly in the face of a long, cold spring,” said Jon DeVaney, WSTFA President.
The estimate shows that five popular apple varieties make up the majority of the harvest. Gala leads production at 20%, Red Delicious and Honeycrisp are each projected at 14%, followed by Granny Smith at 13.4%, and Fuji at 12.7% of total production.
Cosmic Crisp, which is grown only in Washington state, is 4.6% of the harvest, up from 3.2% last year.
Washington apples are sold in over 40 countries and are the state's top farm commodity, representing 20% of the state’s farm-gate agricultural value in 2020. On average, 30% of the harvest is exported.
Grapes could soon outpace apples as the fruit of Washington due to the recent growth of the wine industry
According to data given to KING 5 by the United States Department of Agriculture, apples took up 172,000 bearing acres in Washington in 2021. For wine grapes, it was 57,000 acres.
In terms of value, in 2021, the value of utilized production for Washington apples was $2.1 billion. Wine grapes were far behind at $262 million.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — When checking out areas for new homes, everyone looks at cities, counties and states to see what the move is for their next move, but what about zip codes?
Two Texas zip codes have found themselves among the top 50 hottest zip codes for high buyer demand and fast-selling homes according to realtor.com. “The hottest areas are those that have high demand from buyers, in other words, lots of unique viewers per each property listed for sale, and fast-selling homes, an indicator of limited supply.”
Coming in at No. 44 is 75060 (Irving) and rounding out the list at No. 50 is 79934 (El Paso); these were the only two Texas zip codes on the list.
Irving:
- Viewers per property vs. US: 2.5
- Median days on market: 18
- June 2022 median listing price: $339,000
El Paso:
- Viewers per property vs. US: 2
- Median days on market: 9
- June 2022 median listing price: $222,000 | https://cw33.com/news/local/irving-el-paso-among-top-50-hottest-zip-codes-in-us-for-buyer-demand-fast-selling-homes/ | 2022-08-17T17:16:47 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/irving-el-paso-among-top-50-hottest-zip-codes-in-us-for-buyer-demand-fast-selling-homes/ |
HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — What’s been called one of Texas’ “best kept secrets,” the Roy Creek Canyon Reserve, has been feeling the drought as much as the rest of the state. Landowner Lew Adams said it’s the worst condition the reserve has been in since 2011.
The drought isn’t the only thing that’s worrying Lew. A new development, Mirasol Springs, that’s planning to build on the land around the canyon recently filed permits to construct new water wells.
It’s been more than six months since KXAN last visited the canyon. “Its significantly changed,” Adams said.
“The water level has fallen several feet. The waterfalls, there’s two beautiful waterfalls that run here regularly, and they’re not flowing at all.”
According to Lew, the only thing supporting the water level at its current level is a “tiny trickle” from the nearby spring.
“I can really remember back to the 1950s when we had, you know, probably the most severe drought on record. And it was even lower than this,” Adams said. His family has owned the canyon for 80 years.
During that drought, he recalls watching the cattle on the land around the canyon being shipped off. Several hundred year old trees on the property died.
The same thing happened during the 2011 drought. Their stumps still line the property.
New water wells in a time of drought
Despite the current conditions, Adams is more concerned with a new filing by Mirasol Capital, the group behind a 1,400 acre “conservation-scale” development called Mirasol Springs.
The development has been in the planning stage for the past couple of years and sits on the Hays-Travis County line. The majority of the land is in Hay County.
Earlier this year, the development filed permits with the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, the organization that oversees well permits in Hays County, and with the Southwestern Travis County Groundwater Conservation District, which oversees permits in Travis County.
The developers requested five water wells, one in Travis County and four in Hay County, to be built as part of the development.
“What is most concerning to us, looking at the Mirasol development, is the amount of groundwater they’re talking about pulling from the aquifer,” Adams said.
According to the permits obtained by KXAN, the development estimates between irrigation and residential needs, demand will be around 89.67 acre feet of water per year. That’s around 80,000 gallons of water per day.
This water will be collected from several sources: the nearby Pedernales River, rainwater collection, treated wastewater and the five groundwater wells.
According to Jim Truitt, director of Mirasol Capital, “The goal of the project is to significantly limit the use of groundwater through conservation, including the use of reclaimed water and harvested rainwater to meet non-potable water demands.”
Mirasol Springs plans to draw water from the Pedernales River, but that contract can be suspended by the LCRA during a drought.
“On the limited occasions when surface water contracted from the LCRA is not available, Mirasol Springs will utilize groundwater to service the demand for domestic use and limited irrigation,” Truitt said.
Water wells impact on Roy Creek
Mirasol Springs’ wells will tap into the Middle Trinity Aquifer, which supplies water to the springs that feed the Roy Creek Canyon Reserve.
“It’s 90% fed by spring. This sustainability, it depends on the springs,” Adams said.
Hydrologist Doug Wierman served on the board of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District from 2004 to 2010. He said during his studies of the Roy Creek area, he found the spring shed is fairly confined.
“We know enough about the configuration of the aquifers that pumping groundwater will have an impact on the springs,” Wierman said.
While Mirasol Springs hopes it doesn’t have to rely on the wells, situations like this year’s drought may not make that possible. The company is taking additional steps to limit water usage. For instance, private wells will not be allowed on the property. | https://cw33.com/news/local/one-of-texas-last-untouched-waterways-down-to-a-trickle-amid-drought/ | 2022-08-17T17:16:53 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/one-of-texas-last-untouched-waterways-down-to-a-trickle-amid-drought/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Everyone needs to take time to love themselves. Whether it’s your body, mind, or soul, self-love and care are super important to living a healthy life.
While women tend to take better care of their feet than men, everyone is encouraged to take some to show some love for what keeps you standing. Wednesday, August 17 is National I Love My Feet Day and it’s the perfect time to get a pedicure!
NationalToday says, “We know feet are sometimes associated with being gross, but the truth is feet do a whole lot for us as humans: from carrying our entire body weight to carrying any extra load we carry, like groceries and other heavy materials. Feet are the foundation for the entire body in terms of support, balance, posture, and overall well-being, so they should be catered to.”
So, we wanted to make sure you know the best places to get your feet taken care of professionally if you aren’t inclined to do some at-home remedying. Here’s Yelp’s list of the best pedicure spots around Dallas:
- AURA Nail Bar – Uptown
- Nailed | Nail Bar
- Bellacures
- Adore Uptown Dallas
- Castle Nail Spa – Upper Greenville
- Riviera Spa – Uptown
- Vie Nail Bar – Lake Highlands
- Rose Couture Nail Bar – Northeast Dallas
- BeYOU Nail Bar
- PAINT Nail Bar – Lower Greenville | https://cw33.com/news/local/these-are-the-top-spots-around-dallas-for-pedicures-according-to-yelp/ | 2022-08-17T17:16:59 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/these-are-the-top-spots-around-dallas-for-pedicures-according-to-yelp/ |
YORKVILLE, N.Y. – Yorkville police are warning residents about a phone scam attempting to swindle people out of money by claiming there’s a warrant out for their arrest.
People have been receiving calls from a number that shows on caller ID as “police” or “Yorkville police” with a local area code. Police say this caller ID “spoofing” tactic is used by scammers because people are more likely to answer phone calls from numbers they recognize or that appear to be local.
According to police, the scammers identify themselves as deputies with the Yorkville Police Department, saying the victim needs to pay a bond or other fee to get the warrant removed from their file. The caller tells the person they need to pay with a gift card, which police say should be a red flag that it is a scam. Police say they would never ask for payment over the phone, much less with a gift card.
Police remind residents to never give out personal information over the phone unless they have initiated the call. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/yorkville-police-warn-of-new-phone-scam-asking-for-payment-to-remove-warrant/article_49536b5a-1e40-11ed-979b-fbea4edb4751.html | 2022-08-17T17:24:06 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/yorkville-police-warn-of-new-phone-scam-asking-for-payment-to-remove-warrant/article_49536b5a-1e40-11ed-979b-fbea4edb4751.html |
BLOOMINGTON — The approval of a $1.2 million Illinois Department of Transportation grant could be the only thing preventing the construction of a 4,800-foot bike trail along Easy and Bunn streets between Lafayette Street and Hamilton Road to begin in 2024.
On Tuesday, city officials and representatives of Hutchison Engineering, who are designing the trail, held an open house-style meeting to gather public feedback on the project.
Bloomington Public Works Director Kevin Kothe said this is one of the last steps in the first phase of the planning process for the proposed Constitution Trail extension. Public feedback then will be compiled into a project development report, which will become part of the public record.
Former Alderman Robert Fazzini said he is glad to see a project that has been under discussion for years finally move forward. He added that such a project had been under consideration when he served on the council a decade ago.
"We're a bike-riding community so I think it's a positive," Fazzini said.
Although several attendees were in support of another biking option for the city, some residents voice concerns about the accumulation of litter and possible illegal activities.
Some attendees suggested checking the police activity in the area to ensure public safety. The addition of blue light emergency phones along the trail also was suggested.
But before the project can move forward, the city must be awarded an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant. This state program offers funding for community-based projects that expand travel choices and improve the cultural, historic, aesthetic and environmental aspects of the state's transportation infrastructure, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation website.
The preliminary cost estimate for the Constitution Trail is $1.5 million. The grant would cover $1.2 million of the project's costs, and the city would commit the other $300,000.
"At this point, we don't have construction money in the city's budget for this," Kothe said.
Kothe added that he will be applying for the grant in September and the city should know this spring whether it is one of the recipients. Even if the project is rejected for grant funding, the city can reapply next year.
If the city is awarded the ITEP grant, construction could start this spring and finish in November.
Engineering analysis with drawings, maps and aerial photography presented during the hearing will be available for public inspection on the city of Bloomington's website.
Bloomington Public Works Director Kevin Kothe (second from right) and representatives from Hutchison Engineering show members of the public their plans for the 4,800-foot Constitution Trail extension running from Hamilton Road to Lafayette Street. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bloomington-officials-hope-state-grant-will-kickstart-1-5m-bike-extension-in-2024/article_d06aa644-1db4-11ed-9c2d-efb0d15b75e9.html | 2022-08-17T17:25:28 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bloomington-officials-hope-state-grant-will-kickstart-1-5m-bike-extension-in-2024/article_d06aa644-1db4-11ed-9c2d-efb0d15b75e9.html |
PATASKALA, Ohio — UPDATE: Voting is now underway for the USA Mullet Championship. Click here for vote.
It’s the way it was. And, it’s made a comeback the last couple years.
A fashion choice? Nay. A fashion staple.
And if ever anyone rocked this staple, this luscious head lettuce known as the American mullet, it’s Dale. He’s 8 and lives in Pataskala. Also, Jameson. He’s 4 and lives in Delaware.
Dale even has a special name for his head of hair.
“Freedom feather,” he said. “Because I have an American Flag shaved on the side and the feathers are my tail feathers.”
Dale and Jameson both entered into a contest, recently: The USA Mullet Championships.
“Because I just thought it would be fun and cool to kind of do,” Dale said.
A competition that, in their age group, started with 689 children. On Monday, the top 25 was announced across the nation, and, you guessed it, both Dale and Jameson are representing proudly.
Ashley Ramsey is Dale’s mom, and she’s all in.
“He just chose to have this haircut and we believe that if he wants that, it’s his hair,” she said.
Amber Munday is Jameson’s mom.
“He fell in love with the hair and now he cries if we say we’re gonna cut it off,” Munday said.
Munday says this competition crown belongs in the Buckeye state.
“We gotta get the Buckeye state name out there,” she said. “We need everybody to help us. If there’s gonna be a number one mullet, it’s gonna be from Ohio.”
The winner of the competition gets $2,500. If Dale wins, he wants to give some money to a charity that takes kids on fishing and hunting trips. And, part of the entry fee went to Wigs for Kids.
Ramsey says it’s part of Dale’s nature, who takes part in at least two charities a year.
“This is just part of his character,” she said. “He’s a good kid and has a big heart.”
Making Ohio and America fall in love with them and those glorious Kentucky waterfalls. Good luck, boys!
Top 25 voting will be from August 15-19, and you can vote once per day, per email. For more information, check out USA Mullet Championships. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/central-ohio-hosts-two-americas-top-25-kids-usa-mullet-championships/530-3a7b9971-ccad-485b-ab3b-c93f1fe64a38 | 2022-08-17T17:25:48 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/central-ohio-hosts-two-americas-top-25-kids-usa-mullet-championships/530-3a7b9971-ccad-485b-ab3b-c93f1fe64a38 |
CONCORD, N.H. — EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above aired August 6, 2021.
A hermit known as River Dave — whose cabin in the New Hampshire woods burned down after he had spent nearly three decades on the property and was ordered to leave — has found a new home in Maine.
David Lidstone, 82, has put in windows and is working on installing a chimney on his rustic three-room cabin, which he said is on land he bought.
“The foundation needs repair work," Lidstone, who received more than $200,000 in donations following the fire, said in a phone interview on Monday. “It's just an old camp, but I enjoy working (on it)."
Lidstone, who grew up in Maine, declined to say where he was living or provide a contact for the landowner. A search of Maine county registers of deeds did not show any recent transactions involving Lidstone, but a cousin confirmed that he had moved to Maine, and a Facebook post had photos of Lidstone with a family member in his new home.
“He's working on putting it together, and clearing land, and planting gardens, and he's got some chickens. He's moving on," said Horace Clark, of Vermont, Lidstone's cousin.
Lidstone said he had to leave Canterbury, New Hampshire, over his dispute with a different landowner since 2016 over a patch of forest near the Merrimack River that Lidstone called home for 27 years. A judge issued an injunction in 2017 for him to leave after the landowner, Leonard Giles, sued him, and another judge recently ruled Lidstone would receive a $500-a-day fine if he didn't move.
There have been many delays in the case. Besides the pandemic, Lidstone didn't always show up for court, and he was in and out of jail as he resisted the injunction.
It also was difficult to serve Lidstone with a notice to appear in court. There's no road access to the property, which is about a mile and a half (2.4 kilometers) into the woods. In January, one process server slipped, fell down an embankment and injured his leg in his attempt to reach Lidstone, according to a motion filed by Giles' attorney.
In March, a judge said Lidstone would face the daily fine if he didn't leave the area by April 11. The judge ruled Lidstone also has to pay some of Giles' legal fees. Separately, Lidstone faces trespassing charges in connection with the property.
Giles, 87, of South Burlington, Vermont, died in July. It wasn't immediately clear if his death changes the status of the case. His attorney didn't respond to a request for comment.
Lidstone said he was sad to hear that Giles died. “I had nothing against the old man," he said.
But he seems to be embracing his new life.
“I’ve got all kinds of friends up here," he said. “I’ve had friends every weekend, all summer."
Last August, while Lidstone was in jail over the property dispute, his cabin, which had solar panels, burned down as it was being dismantled at Giles’ request. The local fire chief said the fire was accidental.
Lidstone agreed to collect his remaining possessions. He had secured temporary housing as he figured out where to live next — he had offers — and believed that he could not go back to being a hermit. But late last year, he returned to live in a shed on the property that had survived the fire, prompting more legal action.
“Sometimes, you have to stand up for what is right,” he said in January.
Court records said the undeveloped property has been in the Giles family since 1963 and is used for timber harvests.
Lidstone, who represented himself in court, had claimed that years ago, the current owner’s father gave his word — but nothing in writing — allowing him to live there. He also disputed whether he was on the property in the first place.
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Funding lined up for rent and utility assistance, Williamson Blvd. widening, playgrounds
DAYTONA BEACH — The county is receiving more than $4.5 million in federal funds to help thousands of low-income Volusia County residents struggling to pay their rent, mortgage, heating and cooling bills, drinking water bills and wastewater expenses.
Some of the federal dollars are coming from American Rescue Plan Act funds, and the balance is flowing in through the Community Services Block Grant program.
"The grants all bring in money to help a lot of our low-income residents with much-needed services," said county Community Assistance Director Carmen Hall.
County Council members voted unanimously at their meeting Tuesday to accept the federal money that's passing through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
One grant is for a little over $1 million from American Rescue Plan funds, and it will be used to help low-income households cover the costs of heating and cooling their homes. An estimated 1,200 benefits will be paid out with the funds.
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The second federal grant is for $2.32 million and it will be used for about 3,134 benefits paid to low-income Volusia County residents experiencing a financial crisis to either heat or cool their residence. The funds need to be spent by Sept. 30, 2023.
The third grant is for $861,141, and it will fund approximately 1,667 benefits for eligible low-income Volusia County residents who need help paying their drinking water and wastewater expenses. These funds also need to be spent by Sept. 30 next year.
The fourth grant is for $502,600 in Community Services Block Grant funds. The CSBG program provides emergency assistance to eligible low-income Volusia County residents to help pay their rent, mortgage and water bills. More than 50 households will be assisted.
The CSBG program also funds the Family Self-Sufficiency Program, which provides intensive case management to households experiencing a housing crisis to obtain new rental housing or prevent homelessness while also addressing employment, transportation, education and childcare.
Those who want to apply for the government assistance can log onto Volusia.org and search under Human Services for more information.
Williamson Boulevard widening
Also at their meeting Tuesday, County Council members agreed on a funding plan to widen Williamson Boulevard between Beville Road and Madeline Avenue from two lanes to four lanes.
The county already had $5 million lined up for the $7.5 million widening project, but needed to decide where the remaining $2.5 million would come from. Council members unanimously agreed $2 million can come from impact fees, and $500,000 will be covered with proportionate fair share funds.
The road widening is not scheduled yet, but if it does move forward part of the project could include adding a new access point to the Pelican Bay neighborhood off of Williamson Boulevard.
Votran accident settlements
Council members also approved two settlement agreements involving accidents with Votran buses.
In one accident, 76-year-old Ethel Johnson was traveling east on Hand Avenue in Ormond Beach when her Ford Taurus was T-boned by a Votran bus that ran a red light, according to county records.
Johnson subsequently had knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus, and she has reported continued pain in her knee, hip and right shoulder. Johnson agreed to settle her lawsuit for $70,000 and Council members OK'd that resolution to the incident.
In the other incident, 30-year-old Benjamin Weldon sustained severe injuries when a Votran bus pulled out in front of his motorcycle, violating his right of way, according to county records.
Weldon was transported to the hospital for emergency surgery. Since the accident, he has incurred $219,187 in gross medical expenses, records indicate. Council members agreed to settle his case for $190,000.
New playground equipment
Three neighborhood parks in West Volusia County are poised for improvements after the Volusia County Council approved a contract Tuesday morning for new playground equipment.
The parks include two in the Spring Hill community of DeLand — Sylvester Bruten Park and Spring Hill Park — and Seville Village Park. The contract, which totals $741,665, covers the replacement of existing playground equipment that has reached the end of its useful life. That includes both playgrounds at Spring Hill Park.
The playgrounds will be designed for use by children between the ages of 5 and 12 and will include composite play structures, swing sets, slides and climbing features.
The playground equipment is being funded through the Community Development Block Grant Program, which provides federal funding for projects that improve the quality of life in low- and moderate-income communities.
The contract was awarded to Melbourne-based Advanced Recreational Concepts. Once the purchase orders are issued, the work is expected to take approximately four months to complete.
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PLEASANTVILLE — A city man was arrested over the weekend on drug charges after police investigated complaints about unruly behavior at an apartment complex.
Dante Cody, 25, is charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession with intent to distribute, police said Wednesday in a news release.
Cody was arrested while police monitored an area near the Sassafras Run apartment complex Sunday following resident complaints of BB guns, dirt bikes, drug activity and unruly juveniles nearby.
About 4:40 p.m., Officers Kamen Potts and Kamau Bazemore found a dirt bike leaning against a fence near the complex's 200 building. Cody approached the officers saying the bike belonged to him, police said.
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Police determined the bike was not stolen and not being operated during the incident.
But Cody was found to have an outstanding warrant. And before being taken into custody, Cody was found to be carrying an unidentified drug, police said.
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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — No injuries were reported in a minor two-vehicle crash Tuesday night that created traffic commotion around Atlantic City International Airport, officials said.
New Jersey State Police responded to the crash in front of the terminal at 9:26 p.m. Tuesday, Sgt. Alejandro Goez said Wednesday.
Several troopers responded to the scene, Goez said. An investigation determined that a vehicle was attempting to pull into the airport's cellphone parking lot when it collided with another vehicle.
Goez couldn't confirm if traffic in the parking lot was redirected around the crash site.
Jannah Bensch of Little Egg Harbor Township said she was at the airport Tuesday night to pick up her aunt who was arriving at ACY on a flight from Florida. She described a lot of state police on site as well as firetrucks. Bensch said officials weren't letting people park, sending them around in circles. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/no-injuries-in-tuesday-night-crash-outside-atlantic-city-airport-police-say/article_7e849aec-1e40-11ed-9a0e-578e5c26ebff.html | 2022-08-17T17:28:43 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/no-injuries-in-tuesday-night-crash-outside-atlantic-city-airport-police-say/article_7e849aec-1e40-11ed-9a0e-578e5c26ebff.html |
88-year-old woman found dead after leaving Mesa memory care facility
An 88-year-old woman was found dead after she left a memory care facility on Aug. 9, according to the Gilbert Police Department.
The woman was identified by authorities as Ina Jenkins.
Around 9 a.m. staff at Silver Creek Memory Care Center in Mesa notified police that Jenkins, who was a resident at the center, was missing.
Jenkins was last seen around 6 a.m. that morning and was believed to have left the facility on foot, police said.
A Silver Alert was issued through the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Jenkins was found dead in the evening hours in Mesa, police said. A location was not specified.
The Mesa Police Department was investigating the cause of the death, while Gilbert police continued to investigate how Jenkins went missing.
No further details were available.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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Phoenix police investigate after man was fatally shot
The Phoenix Police Department was investigating a shooting death Tuesday morning on 31st Drive between Northern and Dunlap avenues.
Around 8:15 a.m., officers responded to a call of a shooting, Phoenix police said. When they arrived, they discovered a man with gunshot wounds.
The injured man was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries, according to police. He was not identified by police.
The Phoenix Police Department said they were still investigating the case and have asked anyone with information to call them at 602-262-6151 or call Silent Witness at 480-948-6377 if they wish to remain anonymous.
Reach breaking news reporter Sam Burdette at sburdette@gannett.com or on Twitter @SuperSafetySam
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Phoenix police identify suspect, man killed in shooting at party
Phoenix police have identified the man who died in a shooting Sunday at a party near 46th Street and McDowell Road in which five others were injured, along with the suspect in his homicide.
The Phoenix Fire Department pronounced Carlos Santos-Noriega, 43, dead at the scene, according to Phoenix police. Three others were taken to a hospital, including one juvenile woman with a life-threatening gunshot wound and an adult man and woman each with gunshot wounds that were not life threatening. The other people involved remain unidentified.
Police said another man later arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound that was not life threatening.
The suspected shooter, who Phoenix police identified as 18-year-old Brian Sapon-Deleon, was also taken to a hospital with a laceration that was not life threatening, police said.
Around 2 a.m. early Sunday morning, officers with the Phoenix Police Department responded to a house where a shooting was reported, according to Phoenix police . When they arrived, they found multiple people with gunshot wounds and a man, Sapon-Deleon, being held down by witnesses. He was then taken into custody.
Police said detectives learned a group of men got into a physical fight during the party. During the fight, detective believe Sapon-Deleon pulled out a gun and shot into the crowd several times as he tried to run away.
On Tuesday, Sapon-Deleon was booked into the Maricopa County Jail and has been charged on suspicion of first-degree murder, along with multiple felony aggravated assaults.
Reach breaking news reporter Sam Burdette at sburdette@gannett.com or on Twitter @SuperSafetySam
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WATERLOO — Police are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital on Tuesday.
Details weren’t immediately available, but officers were called to UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital around noon on Tuesday after a man arrived by private vehicle with a gunshot wound.
Police said the man is expected to survive the injury. His identity wasn’t available.
Where the shooting happened and other circumstances haven’t been disclosed.
Photos: Guns in Northeast Iowa crime cases
Photos: Guns in Northeast Iowa crime cases
Evidence photo of the Ruger 9mm pistol used to kill Jada Young-Mills in Waterloo in November 2020.
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Evidence photo of the .44-caliber revolver used to shoot Jean Smith at her Dundee home in March 2009.
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Evidence photo shows a 9mm Taurus PT92F handgun found in a couch during the search of 122 W. Wellington St. in January 2021.
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Hi-Point C9 9mm handgun police seized from Marcus DeShawn Harmon-Wright in April 2020.
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Court exhibit photo shows a shortened .22-caliber Mossberg Plinkster rifle seized in May 2019 that had the fingerprints of Devonner Coleman.
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Court exhibit photo shows a shortened .22-caliber Mossberg Plinkster rifle and bags of marijuana seized in May 2019 that had the fingerprints of Devonner Coleman.
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A SIG Sauer pistol investigators found near a truck parked at Dan Niebuhr’s Fairbank home in March 2019.
A SIG Sauer pistol investigators found near a truck parked at Dan Niebuhr’s Fairbank home in March 2019.
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Police seized four handguns in connection with an investigation into three shootings on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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Court exhibit photo shows military-style rifles, a handgun and ammo found in a trunk during a March 12, 2016, traffic stop in Charles City.
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Prosecutors allege Kyle Hattrup pointed this Mossberg shotgun at an officer who went to his home after Hattrup allegedly started a fire in his parents’ garage in 2015.
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Prosecutors allege Kyle Hattrup pointed this Mossberg shotgun at an officer who went to his home after Hattrup allegedly started a fire in his parents’ garage in 2015.
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One of five shotgun shells found in the street near where Gary Lee Wilson collapsed after being shot in the early morning hours of Aug. 2, 2014.
Police found a shotgun shell after responding to a report of gunfire in the area of Linn and Cottage streets on Thursday, June 4, 2015.
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Police seized a .40-caliber Glock pistol found in Steve William Fordyce’s pickup truck shortly after Donald Harrington was shot on Locust Street in August 2015.
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A pistol and magazine sit in a squad car after police found the weapon in the backyard of a home following gunfire on West Parker Street on Sunday.
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Evidence photo shows a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson pistol ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Court exhibit of a .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol found while searching Damon Montano’s RV in July 2018.
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Exhibit from government's sentencing memo shows photo of three pistols found on Wayne Jones' phone.
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This .22-caliber Sig Sauer pistol was stolen during an April 2011 burglary to a home on William Drive. Police recovered it when they stopped Queshandis Seals in July 2014. Seals was found guilty of firearm and drug charges following trial in August 2015.
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A .22-caliber Chiappas Firearms pistol found during a May 2014 traffic accident in Dunkerton had been stolen from a New Franken, Wis., gun shop in May 2013.
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Police seized a .25-caliber Raven Arms pistol following a shooting at the former Rumors Bar on July 22, 2012.
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Waterloo police seized a 9mm Tec-9 handgun, left, and a .380-caliber Lorcin pistol while searching a home at 525 Locust St. on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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Evidence photo shows an AR-7 takedown rifle ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Evidence photo of a refurbished Mosin Nagant, a Russian bolt-action surplus rifle ATF agents found when searching Michael Duane Strain’s Elma home in 2011.
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Authorities found this Ruger rifle during a June 6, 2017, search in Ossian while investigating opioid sales. The same gun had been seized in October 2012 during an investigation into a shooting in Calmar.
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Evidence photo showing a rifle seized during a search of an Ossian home during the investigation into furanyl fentanyl and heroin distribution on June 6, 2017.
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Police found a handgun, sawed-off shotgun and a shortened rifle in a Lehman Circle mobile home following a shooting Nov. 23, 2013.
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Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Evidence photo shows a shotgun that ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Authorities found this Remington shotgun during a June 6, 2017, search in Ossian while investigating opioid sales. The same gun had been seized in October 2012 after it was used in a shooting in Calmar.
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Police found this altered Mossburg shotgun in the back of a parked car in August 2013. On Dec. 31, 2013, jurors found Patrelle Green-Bowman guilty of felon in possession of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a sawed-off shotgun following trial.
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Police found this altered Mossburg shotgun in the back of a parked car in August 2013. On Dec. 31, 2013, jurors found Patrelle Green-Bowman guilty of felon in possession of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a sawed-off shotgun following trial.
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Authorities said a resident found this Smith & Wesson handgun in an alley in April 2014 a few blocks from a June 2013 fatal shooting. It was entered as evidence in the trial of Antonio Hutchins on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
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Waterloo police said they found this .22-caliber Beretta handgun in an alley behind Travon Jones’ Iowa Street home in Cedar Falls in January 2015.
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Police photo of a .45-caliber handgun and a .22-caliber handgun recovered during the investigation into the death of Ronald Randall.
Waterloo police said they seized this H&R revolver in September 2017. The weapon was an exhibit in the trial of Davionte Dashawn Barksdale in February 2018.
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An AR-15 rifle recovered by police in a traffic stop following a July 2018 shooting in Waterloo.
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An AR-15 rifle recovered by police in a traffic stop following a July 2018 shooting in Waterloo.
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The .38-caliber revolver that Vickie Butler was shot with during an argument with Michael Fristo in October 2016. Fristo was acquitted of charges in the shooting following trial on Nov. 30, 2017.
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A photograph of the .357-magnum revolver prosecutors said was used to kill Robert Shannon as he sat in a car on Dec. 14, 2011. Introduced as evidence in the trial of Montez Caples on Oct. 31, 2012. (JEFF REINITZ/ Courier Staff Writer)
Police found a sawed-off Ithaca .410-bore shotgun in the back of Adrian Zarate’s girlfriend’s SUV when it was parked at the Isle Casino Hotel parking lot in October 2018.
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Police found a Jimenez Arms .380-caliber handgun with an obliterated seriall number in Adrian Zarate’s hotel room in October 2018.
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Savage Model 67F 20-gauge shotgun found while searching Levi Farren Miller’s West Mullan Avenue in Waterloo in February 2019.
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Crime scene photo shows were police found a shotgun resting in a cat dish while searching a Waterloo apartment on Feb. 2, 2019.
Police found this Ruger handgun under Delvonn Battles’ seat during a traffic stop in Waterloo in January 2013. The weapon was used in a Des Moines shooting in December 2012. (Contributed photo)
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CEDAR FALLS — A Waterloo woman has been arrested after leading the Black Hawk County sheriff on a motorcycle chase Tuesday afternoon.
According to court records, Kra-Saunda La-Nia Lloyd, 28, was detained when her Kawasaki developed engine trouble after making her way through a busy intersection in Cedar Falls.
Lloyd was arrested for carrying weapons, eluding, possession of marijuana and driving while suspended. She was also cited for allegedly running several red lights.
She was released pending trial.
Sheriff Tony Thompson spotted the motorcycle speeding and weaving in and out of traffic in the area of West Fourth Street and Ansborough Avenue in Waterloo around 3:45 p.m. The motorcycle fled down Ridgeway Avenue and entered Cedar Falls where it turned north on Highway 58, where Cedar Falls police joined the chase.
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BOISE, Idaho — Having dog daycares are not only convenient when you need someone to watch your furry companion, but they are also great for your pet’s health and exercise.
Dale Goff, President of Dogtopia in Boise, said their study shows dogs get around 30,000 steps a day at daycare compared to 4,000 when staying at home.
Dogs learn how to socialize with other dogs and people at daycare. This service also helps with separation anxiety and maintains a healthy routine for them.
"We've known for a long time that owning a pet is good for us as humans and we get sick less often, we get less depression overall, we are happier. What we are learning now is how to make those dogs healthier,” said Goff.
Goff says dog daycares have growing in popularity, so there is a bigger need for them in the Treasure Valley.
“I think with the growth and maturity that is occurring here within Boise. There is a number of businesses are growing up that were smaller before and there are more people now that need these types of services. If you look at it, most dog daycares are pretty much at their capacity,” said Goff.
Goff says regular daycare attendance can extend a dog’s life up to 3 years. He also says millennials and empty nesters are more likely to utilize this type of service.
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POST FALLS, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little visited Post Falls on Tuesday as a major construction project gets underway.
The I-90 and State Highway 41 interchange in Post Falls is getting a major facelift that will change the way drivers get around the area.
The work is starting a year earlier than expected, thanks in part to Idaho Gov. Brad Little's "Leading Idaho" initiative. The governor celebrated the beginning of construction with a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday.
“The traffic backed up here certain times a day, you never want to have an interstate backed up," Little said. "That was one of the reasons, for safety. It’s also time, just the growth that’s here from Rathdrum, Coeur D’Alene, the whole area out here, there’s just a lot of growth.”
The Idaho Transportation Department says the Post Falls interchange is getting shifted from Seltice to just north of I-90.
Traffic will then be controlled by a single signal at the center of the interchange. IDT says the project will improve safety, increase capacity and provide better connectivity to State Highway 41.
Since the interchange is shifting north, the current signal at Ross Point Road and Seltice will be removed and replaced with a stop sign.
Highway 41 will also be shifted west to connect at Seltice and Herborn Place instead of Ross Point Road. The redesign also lengthens the I-90 westbound off-ramp and so that it will no longer curve.
Construction is expected to be completed by summer 2025.
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FORT SMITH, Ark. — According to Fort Smith police, a child died after being left in a hot car on Tuesday, Aug. 16.
Police say around 2 p.m., officers were called to the scene and were there for about three hours. Police say an "undisclosed person" allegedly had to break the car window before taking the child to a nearby hospital. Later, the child was pronounced dead. The incident reportedly happened near a home on Boone Avenue.
5NEWS spoke with the National Weather Service and it confirmed the official temperature at the time was 100 degrees with a heat index of 104.
5NEWS also spoke with an adjunct professor of meteorology who specializes in the dynamics of how hot cars can get. He says the last pediatric vehicular heatstroke death in Arkansas was in Booneville in July 2020 with the current incident being the 19th in Arkansas since 1998. He also says an infant or small child's body cannot cool itself off like an adult's would, but that it heats up three to five times faster.
“In the first 10 minutes a car is closed up, the temperature rises by 19 degrees. So let's say on a 100-degree day or 100 plus degree day like it is in Fort Smith, today….you know you’re at about 120 degrees in 10 minutes," said Jan Null, San Jose State University Adjunct Professor of Meteorology.
Fort Smith police and the Crisis Intervention Unit responded to the hospital. 5NEWS has reached out to Fort Smith Police and has not heard back.
No other information has been released at this time.
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GROVES, Texas — There's a new millionaire in Groves this week!
A lucky Groves resident claimed a winning ticket worth $1 million from the Texas Lottery's scratch ticket game "$1,000,000 FRENZY" according to a news release Wednesday from the Texas Lottery.
The Groves winner, who has chosen to remain anonymous, bought the winning ticket at the Speedy Express at 3949 North Twin City Highway according to the news release.
The ticket is the second of four top prizes in the game that are worth $1 million.
More than $97 million in total prizes are up for grabs in this particular game according the Texas Lottery.
The overall odds of winning an instant prize in the game are one in 3.24, including break-even prizes the release said.
In January 2022 a Batson resident won $5 million on a scratch-off ticket sold at a Sour Lake convenience store.
Here's some more info about the Texas Lottery...
Beginning with the first ticket sold in 1992, the Texas Lottery has generated $35.3 billion in revenue for the state and distributed $76.6 billion in prizes to lottery players.
Since 1997, the Texas Lottery has contributed $29.4 billion to the Foundation School Fund, which supports public education in Texas.
As authorized by the Texas Legislature, certain Texas Lottery revenues benefit state programs including the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance. Since the first veterans’ themed scratch ticket game was launched in 2009, the Texas Lottery has contributed more than $189 million for programs supporting Texas veterans.
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DALLAS — A new video obtained by WFAA shows another angle of the fatal shooting of a coach at a youth football game in Lancaster over the weekend.
In the video you see the moments before coach Mike Hickmon was shot.
Witnesses say a person wearing a hat and white sneakers in the video is former NFL cornerback, Aqib Talib. They say he walked across the field first to the opposing side.
Coach Heith Mayes witnessed what happened.
”He ran across the field and ran over on our sideline and got in the ref's face,” said Mays.
Multiple witnesses say Aqib Talib was the one who started the brawl because he was upset about referees.
"He threw the first punch, and you see Mike trying to defend himself," said Mays.
Then you can hear the gunshots. Lancaster police arrested Aqib Talib’s brother, Yaqub Talib, saying he killed coach Hickmon.
In an arrest affidavit, police say this all started over an argument about the score of the game but doesn’t say who started the fight.
Aqib Talib’s lawyer, Frank Perez, issued a statement saying his client "was present when this unfortunate incident occurred and is very distraught and devasted over this terrible loss of life. He would like to convey his condolences to the family of the victim and to everyone who witnessed this unfortunate tragedy.”
The Talib brothers are no strangers to law enforcement and have been investigated for multiple shootings, including in 2016 when Dallas police believe Aqib Talib was shot at the V Live strip club. Two other people were also shot that night.
Aqib Talib and his brother were also investigated in 2015 after someone fired a gun inside a downtown Dallas night club. Dallas police say the brothers had gotten into a fight.
Police say they couldn’t find enough evidence to charge them with any crimes.
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- Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks have been ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.
- A federal judge awarded $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to plaintiffs in a long-running civil suit against the judges.
- In what came to be known as the kids-for-cash scandal, Mark Ciavarella and another judge, Michael Conahan, shut down a county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2.8 million in illegal payments from the builder and co-owner of two for-profit lockups.
Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to nearly 300 people in a long-running civil suit against the judges, writing the plaintiffs are “the tragic human casualties of a scandal of epic proportions.”
In what came to be known as the kids-for-cash scandal, Mark Ciavarella and another judge, Michael Conahan, shut down a county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2.8 million in illegal payments from the builder and co-owner of two for-profit lockups. Ciavarella, who presided over juvenile court, pushed a zero-tolerance policy that guaranteed large numbers of kids would be sent to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care.
Ciavarella ordered children as young as 8 to detention, many of them first-time offenders deemed delinquent for petty theft, jaywalking, truancy, smoking on school grounds and other minor infractions. The judge often ordered youths he had found delinquent to be immediately shackled, handcuffed and taken away without giving them a chance to put up a defense or even say goodbye to their families.
“Ciavarella and Conahan abandoned their oath and breached the public trust,” Conner wrote Tuesday in his explanation of the judgment. “Their cruel and despicable actions victimized a vulnerable population of young people, many of whom were suffering from emotional issues and mental health concerns.”
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out some 4,000 juvenile convictions involving more than 2,300 kids after the scheme was uncovered.
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It’s unlikely the now-adult victims will see even a fraction of that eye-popping amount, but a lawyer for the plaintiffs said it’s a recognition of the enormity of the disgraced judges’ crimes.
“It’s a huge victory,” Marsha Levick, co-founder and chief counsel of the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center and a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said Wednesday. “To have an order from a federal court that recognizes the gravity of what the judges did to these children in the midst of some of the most critical years of their childhood and development matters enormously, whether or not the money gets paid.”
Ciavarella is serving a 28-year prison sentence. Conahan, who was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison, was released to home confinement in 2020 — with six years left on his sentence — because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Conner ruled after hearing often-emotional testimony last year from 282 people who appeared in Luzerne County juvenile court between 2003 and 2008 — 79 of whom were under 13 when Ciavarella sent them to juvenile detention — and 32 parents.
“They recounted his harsh and arbitrary nature, his disdain for due process, his extraordinary abruptness, and his cavalier and boorish behavior in the courtroom,” Conner wrote.
One unnamed child victim testified that Ciavarella had “ruined my life” and “just didn’t let me get to my future,” according to Conner's ruling.
Said another plaintiff: “I feel I was just sold out for no reason. Like everybody just stood in line to be sold."
Another victim described how he shook uncontrollably during a routine traffic stop — a consequence of the traumatizing impact of his childhood detention — and had to show his mental health records in court to “explain why my behavior was so erratic.”
Several of the childhood victims who were part of the lawsuit when it began in 2009 have since died from overdoses or suicide, Conner said.
To calculate compensatory damages, the judge decided each plaintiff was entitled to a base rate of $1,000 for each day of wrongful detention, and adjusted that amount based on the circumstances of each case. Substantial punitive damages were warranted because the disgraced judges inflicted “unspeakable physical and emotional trauma” on children and adolescents, Conner wrote.
The damages award only covers plaintiffs who chose to participate in process.
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