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COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP, PA — An investigation is underway in Monroe County after police say a dog was shot.
Pocono Mountain Regional Police say a yellow Lab mix was found in the area of Ryans Road and Horned Owl Lane in Coolbaugh Township.
Police in the Poconos are not saying how badly the animal was injured.
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STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Liz Johnson of Stroudsburg has been a foster parent since 2012, welcoming more than 30 kids into her home over the years.
"I don't think people realize how many kids there are. It's kind of like the unseen community in our society that we don't always know the kids in foster care," Johnson said.
Johnson found very few resources to help foster families here in northeastern Pennsylvania. That's when she came across The Kindness Project, a nonprofit in the Lehigh Valley. The organization helps foster families with everything from clothing to hygiene products.
After taking advantage of what they offered, Johnson joined The Kindness Project to bring their mission to those families in the Poconos and the region.
She's getting ready to open The Kindness Cottage, the nonprofit's second location in Stroud Township.
"We just hope that the cottage just becomes an experience for the kids. That they can just feel loved and accepted and along with the foster parents. They're doing the hard work of bringing the kids in, and we want them to feel that support around them."
The Kindness Cottage runs off kindness from those right here in the community. Volunteers say all this wouldn't be possible without donations.
"We have formula. We have bottles. We have everything from undergarments to clothing to school supplies — whatever the foster family may need."
Johnson says she hopes to provide more convenience and support to foster families and the children with the cottage.
"That's just what we want to do. Bring them some light when it's a really hard and scary place — you know, give them some hope and encouragement."
You can donate online to The Kindness Project HERE.
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GREENSBORO — The city has shifted the manner in which it can spend $59.4 million in federal COVID-19 relief money.
The City Council unanimously agreed this week to authorize using the U.S. Treasury’s “general allocation method” to spend its American Rescue Plan Act funding.
So what does that mean? It means the city can use that money to reimburse itself for expenses already provided for in the city’s budget. That includes salaries and benefits, utility costs, maintenance, infrastructure and emergency services.
In return, that frees up the money budgeted for those things to fund projects that were submitted to the city for ARPA funding.
Why the money swap? City officials say it comes down to the stringent federal reporting requirements attached to the ARPA funding.
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“Some of the agencies that we're going to be giving money to may struggle already to meet even our own reporting requirements in terms of audits, financial letters and so forth,” Assistant City Manager Larry Davis said at a work session last week. “The federal requirements are even more strict.”
Direct allocation to the city will make administering the funds more streamlined “… and ultimately more effective because, in some cases, … these agencies may end up having to spend more money just to do the record keeping,” Davis said.
At least 80 other cities, counties and states are using the same method, including New York City, Florida and Cook County, Illinois, according to the nonprofit Results for America.
“We're allowed to reimburse these expenses up to the amount of the revenue loss that the city sustained during the pandemic,” Marlene Druga, director of the city’s financial and administrative services department, told council members.
Druga said Wednesday that as of December 2021, the city lost an estimated $76.8 million in revenue due to the pandemic. Those figures are based on the U.S. Treasury formula applied nationwide and includes a factor of anticipated revenue growth had the pandemic not occurred.
Some council members questioned how the public will know how that $59.4 million was distributed from city-generated funds.
“I don't want it to appear like we're now hiding money in another pot,” Councilwoman Sharon Hightower said at the work session.
Councilwoman Tammi Thurm said the intent is to use the money "strictly for ARPA qualified projects."
"If we mix it in with the budget it's really hard to see that,” she said.
Davis said: “We can certainly document the end product at a very detailed level.”
Druga said city staff was meeting Thursday to explore how to enhance the city’s American Rescue Plan webpage to provide more details on funded projects.
Councilman Hugh Holston also wanted local guidelines to mirror the federal guidelines “so that we're not just out here willy-nilly spending monies on things that we shouldn't spend money on with these COVID funds.”
The resolution that passed Tuesday specifies the funds will be specially designated until the full ARPA award of $59.4 million is formally allocated by City Council to projects. It also copies the federal deadlines, that the money be obligated by Dec. 31, 2024, and spent by Dec. 31, 2026.
Druga said Wednesday that the agreements for city funding will include an audit or financial review, insurance requirements, methods for measuring program success, eligibility requirements and how payments will be made.
Davis said the council would have to approve spending any of the funding.
“We will be able to document each dollar that council approved that was tied to an ARP project and they need to add up to $59.4 million — or we do have some explaining,” he said. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/greensboro-shifts-how-it-will-allocate-millions-in-pandemic-relief-money/article_409b8f60-1e4f-11ed-8a3b-9f131addbb82.html | 2022-08-18T22:14:47 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/greensboro-shifts-how-it-will-allocate-millions-in-pandemic-relief-money/article_409b8f60-1e4f-11ed-8a3b-9f131addbb82.html |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Local and state leaders discussed panhandling laws with an increase in Northwest Arkansas.
Fayetteville city attorney Kit William explained that cities can't do much about panhandlers, especially after a Supreme Court decision in 2015, Reed v. Town of Gilbert, put panhandling as protected speech under the first amendment.
"Economic speech, which is what they termed panhandling, was then protected basically as much as even religious and political speech," said Williams. "Basically for a government that meant you can't regulate."
The city attorney explained that Fayetteville removed most regulations on panhandling in 2016 after the supreme court decision. Not long after, other cities were sued for regulations they kept in place for panhandling.
Williams explained that Fayetteville did implement some regulations For being in traffic. He said the intent was for the safety of panhandlers and others crossing roads.
"If they would get into the street briefly, to collect money or something that's very hard for us to enforce because a police officer would actually have to see that occur," said Williams. "If a police car is in an area, they're [panhandler] probably not going to get out into the street"
The Fayetteville city attorney recognized that some panhandling across the area imitated scams from other states. In Florida, the Martin county sheriff's office has warned residents of scammers out panhandling. Williams explained that even if a panhandler's story was untruthful, it would take extra manpower from the police which would divert them from more serious crimes.
"You've got to prove things beyond a reasonable doubt. Which means a policeman would have to witness all of those fraudulent transactions and add them together before it ever comes close to being a felony or anything serious," said Williams. "And even a small amount. It would be very difficult really to prove that they have to would have to hear it. They'd have to listen to it themselves, to see it in action before they can really try to do something."
Instead, the Fayetteville city attorney suggested residents think through their potential donations.
"I'm not going to risk my money by giving it to someone that I don't know what they're going to use the money for," said Williams
Executive Director Holly Dickson of the ACLU of Arkansas said in a statement the following regarding the Panhandling situation in Northwest Arkansas:
"Although the state and a number of cities have attempted to ban panhandling, seeking assistance in public spaces and when going door to door is a First Amendment right. People can report factual information about potential criminal activity to police - and there are laws that apply to charitable solicitation - but the government cannot criminalize people for asking for assistance. The real solution to this problem is addressing the underlying causes that lead people to need to ask for assistance in the first place."
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HEYBURN — Mini-Cassia’s 38th annual CROP Hunger Walk will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Riverside Park.
Registration will start at 10:15 a.m. near the Mini-Cassia Chamber of Commerce.
Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty (CROP) is an interdenominational organization with 20 different churches and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stakes that participate.
One-quarter of the donations stay in Mini-Cassia.
The local recipients this year will be Hope Community Food Pantry in Paul, Open Hearts Food Pantry in Rupert, Community Food Share in Burley along with the Minidoka County Senior Center and the Burley Senior Center.
The remainder of donations will go to national and international hunger and disaster relief.
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All ages are encouraged to participate.
The theme of the walk is “We walk because they walk” referring to people who have to walk for miles to get water, education and health care for their families.
For more information or sponsor envelopes, call Colleen Parkin, 208-431-0569, or Barbara Ward, 208-670-3305. To donate online go to https://events.crophungerwalk.org/2022/event/burleyid. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/mini-cassias-38th-hunger-crop-walk-set-sept-10/article_bd343374-1f08-11ed-8254-977a2f081782.html | 2022-08-18T22:20:04 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/mini-cassias-38th-hunger-crop-walk-set-sept-10/article_bd343374-1f08-11ed-8254-977a2f081782.html |
A new jury has awarded a total of $175 million in damages to the families of two women who were killed and to the survivor who was severely injured in a 2015 crash on the Bismarck Expressway.
The amount is much lower than the initial $1.2 billion award, which the state Supreme Court sent back for a new trial.
The suit was filed by the families of Taylor Goven, 21, of Mandan, and Abby Renschler, 22, of Lincoln, who died in the crash; and Shayna Monson, 21, of Dickinson, who suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Jordan Morsette, 28 at the time of the crash, had a blood alcohol content just less than 0.3% -- more than three times the legal limit of 0.08% -- and was driving the wrong way on Expressway. He pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular injury and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
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Morsette appealed a 2019 civil trial verdict that totaled $1.2 billion: $885 million in punitive damages, and $242 million in compensatory damages. Punitive damages are awarded as punishment; compensatory damages are to cover losses.
The North Dakota Supreme Court later ruled that the district court was wrong to allow the plaintiffs’ claim for punitive damages. Though Morsette’s conduct could be “characterized as grossly negligent or extremely reckless,” the justices wrote, there were no special circumstances “such as intent to injure or personal ill will toward the plaintiffs, to support a finding of actual malice,” which is necessary when punitive damages are sought. The justices wiped away the monetary award and sent the case back for a new trial.
A jury of nine heard testimony for two days and on Wednesday returned a verdict of $50 million each for the families of Renschler and Goven, and $75 million for Monson. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/jury-awards-175-million-in-second-expressway-crash-trial/article_c00b926c-1f22-11ed-8827-838005284355.html | 2022-08-18T22:21:30 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/jury-awards-175-million-in-second-expressway-crash-trial/article_c00b926c-1f22-11ed-8827-838005284355.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Students entered Irving Elementary School walking down a red carpet to the cheers of their parents, teachers, administrators and community members on Thursday, as the school year started for Bloomington District 87.
Third grader Riley Baize said he was excited to be back at school and seeing his friends after a summer of video games, TV and football. His favorite subject is math.
“You learn so much, I can’t explain it,” he said when asked why math is his favorite.
Most elementary students in District 87 started school Thursday, along with students in ninth and sixth grades. The other junior high and high school students have their first day Friday, when kindergarteners will also have their first full day.
Most students in McLean County Unit 5 started Wednesday. The other districts in McLean County also started Wednesday and Thursday.
Irving Principal Messina Lambert is going into her fifth year as principal at the school. She said one of her favorite things about the start of school is seeing the students she has known since they were in kindergarten move up in grades.
“It’s nice to get back to what we know and to have a really great community come out to welcome our kids,” she said.
Katherine Riggins’ son started third grade on Thursday and her daughter will have her first day of kindergarten on Friday. Both are at Irving this year, something the kids, especially her daughter, are looking forward to.
“I’m more excited for them to start their new journeys,” she said.
Marsela Gomez was at Irving dropping off her fourth grade daughter. Gomez said she was feeling both excited and nervous for her daughter to start school again this year.
“I’m only nervous because she’s nervous,” Gomez said of her daughter.
The start of school this year looks practically normal, as masks and other restrictions have been lifted after three school years deeply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lambert had just one full school year as principal before the 2019-20 school year when the pandemic started.
Speaking to The Pantagraph last week, Bloomington Education Association president Julie Riley said teachers were feeling better about the return to school this year, too.
"I think people's anxiety level is definitely less than it was last year at this time," she said.
There will probably be some permanent changes from the pandemic, like encouraging kids to wash their hands more often, she said, but things like plastic barriers in classrooms are gone.
"We would just really like to have a school year that feels like a school year," she said.
There were other challenges going into the school year, such as inflation. Riley said she had heard from more colleagues making Amazon wish lists for classroom supplies. There is also the issue of behavioral concerns as students adjust to being back in classrooms around many other students. Students need support in being around other kids, Riley said, and teachers want to work with families on that.
Inviting parents to walk their students inside and then have a group meeting with the principal was something the school has not been able to do for the past few years. The challenges of the pandemic helped the staff and students grow, Lambert said, but she is also relieved to have a more normal start.
“That’s what we know, that’s what we’re used to,” Lambert said. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/watch-now-excitement-abounds-as-bloomington-district-87-returns-to-school/article_063bf00a-1f0b-11ed-bb38-cf82bdefc5da.html | 2022-08-18T22:25:34 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/watch-now-excitement-abounds-as-bloomington-district-87-returns-to-school/article_063bf00a-1f0b-11ed-bb38-cf82bdefc5da.html |
A forklift removes a Ford Model T from the second floor of Secure-Idle in Saybrook.
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A Ford Model T car is removed from the second floor of 210 W. Lincoln St. in Saybrook on Thursday. Two of the antique vehicles had been in the building since 1971.
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Corey Christensen gives a thumbs up sign as he helps with the removal of a 1923 Ford Model T.
SAYBROOK — Family and friends gathered in downtown Saybrook on Thursday morning to witness the end of an era as two early Ford Model T cars were removed from a two-story building.
Visible through the windows of Secure-Idle, 210 W. Lincoln St., the vehicles had been stored on the second floor of the business for over 50 years.
"When Dad bought the building, they left the cars up there and they've been there all this time," Secure-Idle President Vicki Kennedy said. "There was just this agreement between them and they shook on it."
Eldon Christensen, Kennedy's father and the founder of Secure-Idle, said the cars were there before he rented the building in 2003 to turn it into a manufacturing facility. He later purchased the building in 2006 from Randy and Nancy Coile.
Robert Pearson, the previous owner of the cars and the building, had asked Christensen to leave the cars there until he knew what to do with them.
"I knew he was good for it," Christensen said. "We had no use for the upstairs besides using it for storage from time to time."
Pearson had owned a car dealership out of the building, showing cars on the second floor before loading them into an elevator and bringing them down to the ground level for sale, Christensen said.
Christensen founded Secure-Idle in 1992 after securing a patent for his electronic anti-theft device. The device allows first responders to push a button to keep their squad car or ambulance running without a key in the ignition, while also locking the transmission to prevent theft.
As a founding member of the Bank of Gibson City, Christensen already had experience in insurance, real estate and building businesses, but took on the anti-theft device after a good friend ran out of money and was unable to pursue the patent.
The device did not catch on with law enforcement agencies until 1996, when the Illinois State Police began using it. It is now used in police and fire departments across the U.S. and Canada.
As for those two Model T's, Robert Pearson's son Terry said one is from 1923 and the other is from 1927, with their frames in near perfect condition. The elder Pearson had purchased the cars in the 1950s, and Terry owns them now.
With the Secure-Idle building due for new windows, though, it was time to find a new resting place for the Model T's.
After removing the windows from the building, workers used an extendable boom forklift to lift the vehicles under both axels and bring them down to the ground, said Secure-Idle engineer Alex Akers.
"They used to be able to bring them down in the elevator, but of course that was so long ago and it's no longer operational," Akers said. "So we had it pretty much figured out on how we would bring them down, other than piecing them out and walking them down the stairs."
Akers, who has worked with Secure-Idle for 15 years, said the cars have practically become a landmark in Saybrook, with people stopping by the store to reminisce over their childhood.
"One guy in his 70s came in once and he remembered living here, running around when he was about 8 years old, and talked about seeing those car up there back then," Akers said.
Paula Haney, owner of Havenly Bliss next door, said she would occasionally see people "cranking their necks" outside their car windows to catch a glimpse as they drove by.
Terry said he plans to sell the cars at at Martin Auction Services in Clinton, and put the funds toward a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro convertible.
Meanwhile, Kennedy said business is well at the firm, as they continue to gain new customers. Next up is a renovation of the building, starting with the windows, now that they have already been removed.
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Ryan Weaver, front left, and others stand for "The Star-Spangled Banner" before playing the Lafayette Aviators on Aug. 5.
An essay by former president John F. Kennedy's son was among the papers left behind by Becky Leach O'Donnell's brother. Its topic adds an air of tragic irony to the story.
A Ford Model T car is removed from the second floor of 210 W. Lincoln St. in Saybrook on Thursday. Two of the antique vehicles had been in the building since 1971.
Corey Christensen helps with the removal of two Model T cars on Thursday from the second of a building at 210 W. Lincoln St. in Saybrook. The cars had been in the second floor of the building since 1971. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/watch-now-ford-model-ts-longtime-icons-in-saybrook-headed-for-new-home/article_2e39dd84-1f19-11ed-889e-a7a6f9b0eb88.html | 2022-08-18T22:25:40 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/watch-now-ford-model-ts-longtime-icons-in-saybrook-headed-for-new-home/article_2e39dd84-1f19-11ed-889e-a7a6f9b0eb88.html |
TEXAS, USA — H-E-B will be hosting a one-day hiring event for potential employees for full- and part-time positions.
This is the company's largest ever one-day hiring event. For those wanting immediate positions, there will be on-the-spot interviews at the career fairs at every H-E-B, Central Market and Mi Tienda store in Texas.
H-E-B has been giving out jobs for years now as one of the biggest companies in Texas.
The career fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 23. To find open positions at stores in your area visit careers.heb.com/careerfair. An online application must be submitted before interviews are conducted.
If you're in the Midland area, H-E-B locations include the one on Andrews Highway and West Wadley Ave in Midland. If you're in Odessa there's locations on East 42nd St. and West University Blvd.
For more information about the event visit https://newsroom.heb.com/h-e-b-to-host-one-day-career-fair-at-stores-across-texas/. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/find-your-future-career-at-h-e-b/513-5fc1d3c1-4789-4f7c-9674-35b6daa6b446 | 2022-08-18T22:34:52 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/find-your-future-career-at-h-e-b/513-5fc1d3c1-4789-4f7c-9674-35b6daa6b446 |
The charges said the company disciplined an employee for taking part in a protest at the Chester center and that Maximus called police on striking workers and a group of community supporters.
A separate charge said that Maximus violated federal labor law by requiring employees to listen to a presentation urging them to reject a union.
Reston-based Maximus handles calls for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Employees have been protesting what they say are poor working conditions, including unfair attendance and break policies, and compensation. Workers in Chester; Bogalusa, Louisiana; Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and London, Kentucky, walked off the job this month in a strike.
The charges were filed with the National Labor Relations Board. Charges are review by regional field examiners and attorneys.
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SAN ANTONIO — As Texas’s trigger law banning virtually all abortions prepares to go into effect August 25, there remains ongoing challenges for various nonprofit organizations tasked with helping women seek abortion care.
“We typically are a practical support abortion fund, meaning we help people to travel by paying for flights, hotels, gas, childcare, reimbursement and those types of cost. Unfortunately, that has been paused,” said Jaylynn Farr Munson, manager of development and communications with Fund Texas Choice.
Fund Texas Choice (FTC) formed followed the passage of Texas House Bill 2, which closed almost 75% of over 40 Texan clinics in 2013 and 2014. But the Supreme Court struck down provisions of the law in 2016.
FTC’s mission has been hampered by Senate Bill 8, which bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and carries the risk of civil suits filed against someone who assists with providing an abortion.
Farr Munson said the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in June, along with Texas’s trigger law, creates barriers and hinders FTC's ability to fully aid women looking for abortion care.
“We know that trigger ban is going to compound the consequences of the pre-Roe laws that ban abortions, and threaten criminal and civil penalties for anyone who furnishes the means for an abortion,” Farr Munson said. “We simply don’t know what furnishing the means of an abortion will look like for the anti-abortion legislators that are threatening us with the criminal and civil penalties, but we are not going anywhere.”
Fear of legal consequences hasn’t stopped all activity at these organizations. The Lilith Fund’s Erika Galindo noted abortion fund organizations in Texas are keeping their phone lines open, providing guidance on resources for finding clinics statewide and across the country.
“All of Texas’s local abortion funds are working really hard right not to pivot and figure out ways we can still show up for Texans,” Galindo said.
Abortions sought outside the Lone Star State, meanwhile, surged in the months following the passage of SB 8. Nearly 1,400 Texans each month secured abortions in other states between August and Dec. 31 last year, according to UT Austin’s Texas Policy Evaluation Project.
Almost three out of four Texans who received an abortion during that time frame traveled to Oklahoma and New Mexico.
“Folks are having to leave the state, take time off work, take time away from their kids, travelling still in a pandemic to get basic health care—and that’s atrocious and a tragedy,” Galindo said.
The trigger law, SB 8 and pre-Roe statutes dating back to the 1920s provide no exceptions to rape or incest. The only exception to perform an abortion is to save the life of the pregnant patient.
Doctors who provide abortions face life in prison and fines of at least $100,000 for each offense, once the law goes into effect in a week's time. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-abortion-trigger-law-ban-health-care-women/273-ff9b9b39-9c4f-4727-8861-74ca7737e1ea | 2022-08-18T22:34:58 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-abortion-trigger-law-ban-health-care-women/273-ff9b9b39-9c4f-4727-8861-74ca7737e1ea |
A temporary closure of sidewalks and travel lanes will start Monday as a contractor pulls fiber optic conduit in Richmond.
The closures are from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 2:
- North Belvidere Street at Leigh Street to Chamberlayne Avenue at Overbrook Road
- Brook Road from Westbrook Avenue to Azalea Avenue
Richmond-area business expansions, openings and closings
The Floor Store
Mattress King
My Favorite Muffin
Raising Cane's
Marshalls
Pet Paradise
Retail or Resell
Three Notch'd Brewing
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Sidewalks and curb lanes on a portion of West Broad Street will be closed starting Monday as crews install conduit.
The project is from Shenandoah Street to North Thompson Street.
The closures are planned from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Sept. 2.
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RVA Duck Race and Festival of Inclusion
Down Home Family Reunion
The Shins
Dashboard Confessional
Festival of Virginia Fiddling | https://richmond.com/news/local/traffic-alert-west-broad-street-lane-closure-planned-starting-monday/article_d06656c4-8c24-5b3e-9b39-1532649eefaf.html | 2022-08-18T22:35:10 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/traffic-alert-west-broad-street-lane-closure-planned-starting-monday/article_d06656c4-8c24-5b3e-9b39-1532649eefaf.html |
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Three men have been charged with attempted murder in relation to a shooting near a West Philadelphia recreation center that left five young men wounded.
Marlon Spurell, 22; Azyear Sutton-Walker, 22; and Tahmir Pinckney, 24, are also charged with aggravated assault, illegally carrying a gun and related crimes, the Philadelphia Police Department announced Thursday.
The shooting Tuesday night wounded five young men, two of whom were shot in the head, as nearly 100 bullets were fired during a drive-by outside the Shepard Recreation Center at 57th Street and Haverford Avenue in the Haddington neighborhood, police said.
Three of the injured were targeted as they left outdoor basketball courts at the recreation center, officials said. The two others were random victims. Their ages range from 17 to 25 years old, police said.
City officials, including District Attorney Larry Krasner and Mayor Jim Kenney, said at a press conference Wednesday that the shooting happened because of an ongoing feud.
"Sadly, this is an incident that involves groups in Philadelphia," Krasner said, adding that law enforcement officials would not identify the groups involved.
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Community activists are calling for an investigation at Lakeland Police Department stemming from a drug bust back in March.
Video from the scene that day appears to contradict the officers’ version of how the arrest went down.
“You don’t expect it coming from officers. It was just very disturbing,” Pastor Clayton Cowart, President of the Poor Minority Justice Association, said.
Cowart says it’s not a question of whether police were doing their job back on March 18 during the drug bust on Kansas Avenue in Lakeland. What is at the forefront, he says, is the number of inconsistencies and discrepancies in a deposition given to the public defender.
“And you can’t hold others accountable,” Cowart said, “When you’re not accountable yourself. I think there’s rules and there’s laws and that’s why we have law and order.”
Cowart says he’s not sure whether Lakeland police officer Jason McCain knew – when he sat down for that deposition to discuss his police report – that there was a doorbell video taken the day of the arrests.
“If we’re just going to go off everything that your client is telling you, again, you know, that’s more along the lines of a trial I would think, not a deposition,” McCain can be heard telling the public defender.
“I think it goes more towards your credibility,” she responds.
The sometimes-contentious deposition exposed several details contradicted by the video.
The defendant, Joshua Chatmon, claims police rolled past the car he was in and then backed up.
Officer McCain said their police vehicle did not, but the video clearly shows it did. McCain testifies the three police officers slowly approach the defendants for what he described as a cordial conversation, but that the two men opened the doors to their car to flee when they saw police pull up.
Again, the video shows the car doors were already open and while the men do get out of the vehicle, police seem to quickly grab both defendants placing them in handcuffs — even pushing one onto the hood of a nearby car.
“We are never condoning anyone committing a crime, but I think you’ll have to decide certain things in court," Cowart said. "And that person has to go through due process.”
During the deposition, Officer McCain also says his police report makes no mention of searching Chatmon‘s car but the video clearly shows he did. He tells the public defender he omitted that detail because they didn’t find anything in it.
Officer McCain’s report also says Chatmon confessed to the marijuana seized, but his lawyer says Chatmon denies that.
“Where would that conversation have been?” she asks.
“At the Lakeland Police department,” McCain answers.
“So, there was a capability of that being recorded and you did not record that statement?” she questioned.
“No, we did not,” he concedes.
McCain also says he didn’t recall police inspecting nearby mailboxes although, again, the video shows it happened.
And when asked what became of the suspect vehicle McCain says he assumed it was left there since it wasn’t in his report and was not blocking traffic. The video clearly shows police taking the car with them when they left.
“Again, unless we’ve got the wrong video,” Cowart said, “something is wrong about that story.”
Cowart says he has been in contact with Lakeland Police Chief Ruben Garcia, and that Chief Garcia told him an internal investigation is underway.
Had it not for the doorbell camera video, Cowart questions whether that would have happened.
“We would only have the officer’s word,” Cowart said. “And the officer’s word against someone charged with a crime in a court, the officer automatically wins.”
The Lakeland Police Department says all citizen complaints are reviewed by their office of professional standards and that they do not comment on complaints under review. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/community-activists-investigation-lakeland-drug-bust-video/67-7f57cb69-8737-4248-ab6d-cbad3f463e8d | 2022-08-18T22:41:44 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/community-activists-investigation-lakeland-drug-bust-video/67-7f57cb69-8737-4248-ab6d-cbad3f463e8d |
BLAINE COUNTY, Idaho — A bat caught in Blaine County has tested positive for rabies, the South Central Public Health District announced Thursday.
The bat is the first this year to test positive for rabies in south central Idaho, but rabid bats have been found in other parts of the state, including downtown Boise and Bannock County.
The rabies virus can cause a disease that, if left untreated, is almost always fatal for people and pets. South Central Public Health urges getting dogs, cats and horses are vaccinated, and advises taking these precautions around bats:
- If you see a bat, give it plenty of space. If a bat appears to be acting injured or sick, contact Idaho Fish and Game for assistance.
- Avoid direct contact with bats and never handle a bat with your bare hands.
- If you've had any direct contact with a bat, or you find a bat in the same room with a person who might not know they had direct contact with a bat, safely capture that bat without allowing direct contact with your skin.
After a rabies exposure, the virus has to travel to the brain before it can cause symptoms. The incubation period varies, and may take weeks or even months.
The first symptoms may be similar to the flu, according to the CDC. In addition to flu-like symptoms of weakness or discomfort, fever, and headache, there may be discomfort, prickling or an itching sensation at the site of the bite. Symptoms then progress to brain dysfunction, anxiety, confusion and agitation.
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The Twin Falls Police Department recognized a Magic Valley man Tuesday after he helped save someone's life on the Perrine Bridge.
Earlier this week, Chief Craig Kingsbury presented Antonio I Venegas-Hernandez with the Chief's Partnership Award, after the Magic Valley man helped prevent a "suicidal male" from jumping off the bridge.
In a Facebook post, Twin Falls Police said Venegas-Hernandez stopped his car while driving across the bridge on the night of June 12. Venegas-Hernandez jumped in to help as officers held onto the man on the other side of the railing.
Venegas-Hernandez helped police hold onto the man as they waited for additional assistance on the Perrine Bridge.
Twin Falls Police said Venegas-Hernandez saved the man from going into the Snake River Canyon, almost 500 feet below.
"The TFPD would like to thank Mr. Venegas-Hernandez for his help during this situation that resulted in saving a life," the Facebook post said.
Venegas-Hernandez received a 'Chief's Partnership Award' wood plaque. The display reads, "The Courage of One Makes a Majority," as seen below:
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TEXAS, USA — Leander and Cedar Park officials are urging residents to conserve water while an underwater leak is repaired.
On Thursday afternoon, Leander officials reported that a leak was discovered by the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority in the 36-in raw water pipeline previously repaired in 2021. That's the pipeline that brings raw water from Lake Travis to the BCRUA water treatment facility for use by residents.
The leak is diverting about a million gallons of water from within the lake a day, which is 3% of the total pipe capacity. The City said water officials are conducting additional underwater assessments this week to confirm pipeline stability and will determine how to repair it within a month to a month and a half.
For now, the City is asking residents to continue following Phase 2 water conservation, which is once-a-week watering. Residents are also asked to minimize nonessential water uses.
The leak is also impacting Cedar Park, which reported a leak at the BCRUA regional water utility after Leander. The regional facility serves as Cedar Park's secondary water treatment plant and provides about 20% of Cedar Park's overall water use.
Cedar Park officials said the City has a secure water supply and is confident indoor use will not be impacted. However, residents should expect additional outdoor watering restrictions during the repair.
Later in the afternoon, Leander officials reported an unrelated effluent, or waste, discharge into part of Brushy Creek. During the construction of planned improvements at the Leander wastewater plant at 10201 RM 243, waste from the plant was inadvertently discharged into Brushy Creek.
An estimated 4.5 million gallons of "unauthorized effluent" was discharged into the creek from the plant's outfall location between Aug. 15-17. The discharge happened after one of the plant's basins was temporarily disabled for construction.
The amount spilled is in excess of the limit set by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. TCEQ officials notified the City of the damage to aquatic life in Brushy Creek near Journey Parkway the afternoon of Aug. 17.
The area affected by the sewage overflow extends along Brushy Creek from the wastewater treatment plant to Journey Parkway. The City reported that signs have been placed in prominent areas along the creek to notify the public.
Property owners of privately-owned drinking wells within half a mile of the affected area will be notified in person, the City said.
City officials also said they are working with the TCEQ on remediation activities, involving cleanup of creek areas over the next few weeks.
Construction activities are still ongoing and contractors are working to restore plant operations to normal working conditions.
In the meantime, the City issued several precautions as required the State of Texas:
- Persons using private drinking water supply wells located within 0.5 miles of the spill site or within the potentially affected area should use only water that has been distilled or boiled at a rolling boil for at least one minute for all personal uses including drinking, cooking, bathing, and tooth brushing. Individuals with private water wells should have their well water tested and disinfected, if necessary, prior to discontinuing distillation or boiling.
- Persons who purchase water from a public water supply may contact their water supply distributor to determine if the water is safe for personal use.
- The public should avoid contact with waste material, soil, or water in the area potentially affected by the spill.
- If the public comes into contact with waste material, soil, or water potentially affected by the spill, they should bathe and wash clothes thoroughly as soon as possible.
PEOPLE ARE ALSO READING: | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/leander-cedar-park-underwater-pipeline-leak-lake-travis/269-70e2ec3c-45e8-45b6-8fe7-9f05bd7e90a6 | 2022-08-18T22:50:40 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/leander-cedar-park-underwater-pipeline-leak-lake-travis/269-70e2ec3c-45e8-45b6-8fe7-9f05bd7e90a6 |
GEORGETOWN, Texas — As some much-needed rain is moving into Central Texas, the strong storms associated with it is causing some headaches for some.
Pedernales Electric Co-op on Thursday reported service interruptions in Georgetown and Liberty Hill.
Around 5:45 p.m., a total of 10 outages have been reported with around 440 meters affected. Despite those outages, more than 99% of its meters still had power.
According to Georgetown ISD, Wolf Ranch is among those experiencing outages. The district said phones are down at the campus but staff and students are safe. Dismissal was on track to occur on time.
Liberty Hill ISD said the high school was also affected by the outages. The school district asks that people drive with caution as the school gets ready for dismissal. Police officers will be stationed at intersections to direct traffic.
Meanwhile, Bluebonnet Electric Co-Op said it is working to replace storm-damaged equipment. An outage was impacting more than 400 members near Lake View Drive in Burleson County.
The co-op said it was also working to repair an outage affecting more than 200 members near Apache Hills Road.
At 4:30 p.m., the co-op reported that power had been restored to all storm-related outages west of Somerville in Burleson County.
As of 5:40 p.m., Austin Energy on the other hand is reporting around 20 active outages affecting more than 5,400 customers.
The Austin Department of Transportation also reported that the storms were causing traffic lights to flash red across the city. The department asks drivers to treat these intersections as a four-way stops.
The Austin Fire Department reported that the storms also caused a "flurry of weather-related calls." Those included a downed tree on Collingwood Drive and a structure fire on Arbor Downs due to a lightning strike.
Meanwhile, Austin-Travis County EMS reported that it was working on a wilderness rescue on the 3900 block of the S. MoPac Expressway service road southbound. A patient was reportedly stranded on the greenbelt due to flooding.
PEOPLE ARE ALSO READING: | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/power-outages-structure-fire-downed-trees-storms-central-texas/269-d239b505-d89b-4e9f-b501-699b2cc68410 | 2022-08-18T22:50:46 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/power-outages-structure-fire-downed-trees-storms-central-texas/269-d239b505-d89b-4e9f-b501-699b2cc68410 |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) confirmed Thursday that Texas is set to receive its third round of monkeypox vaccines, with an estimated 12,550 doses for Texas and an additional 5,050 for the City of Houston alone.
"The federal government allocates vaccine to the state and a separate allocation is made directly to Houston," a spokesperson for the DSHS told KVUE on Thursday. "A shipment of 16,340 vials (approximately 81,700 doses) allocated to the state arrived at local health departments late last week and early this week."
Officials said this next shipment could start arriving as early as Friday and into the following week.
When vaccine administration recently began, it was initially injected subcutaneously with one vial equaling one dose. However, recent emergency use authorization from the FDA now allows for it to be injected intradermally in most cases. This means one vial now equals five doses.
"However, it’s not always possible to get a full five doses out of a vial and children under the age of 18 can only get it through the subcutaneous injection method, so the doses allocated number represents an approximate number of doses that are available to vaccinate Texans," the spokesperson said.
As of Wednesday, Austin health officials have confirmed 93 cases of monkeypox locally.
For more information on vaccine eligibility in the Austin area, click here.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police are asking for the public's help locating a missing man.
Shawn Lapp, 38, was last seen on Wednesday, August 17, according to IMPD. He is described as a 5-foot, 11-inch, 230-pound white male with brownish blonde hair and blue eyes.
Police say he may be in need of medical care.
If you spot Shawn Lapp, call 911. If you have information about his whereabouts, call the IMPD Missing Persons Unit at 317-327-6160 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS.
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-searching-for-missing-indianapolis-man-shawn-lapp/531-1fe9575b-4551-45dd-9574-917e00e2ff26 | 2022-08-18T22:51:10 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-searching-for-missing-indianapolis-man-shawn-lapp/531-1fe9575b-4551-45dd-9574-917e00e2ff26 |
Section of Harmont Avenue NE in Canton to close for repairs
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CANTON −The 3600 block of Harmont Avenue NE will be closed during the day from Monday through Friday next week as Dominion Energy crews replace a gas line, according to the Canton Engineering Department.
The road will reopen at night. Detours will be posted. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/08/18/harmont-avenue-ne-in-canton-to-close-for-gas-line-replacement/65409440007/ | 2022-08-18T22:54:54 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/08/18/harmont-avenue-ne-in-canton-to-close-for-gas-line-replacement/65409440007/ |
Henry Avenue SW railroad crossing to close
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CANTON − Crews will replace the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad crossing in the 1900 block of Henry Avenue SW from Monday through Aug. 27, according to the Canton Engineering Department
. The crossing will be closed, and detours will be posted. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/08/18/wheeling-lake-erie-crossing-at-henry-avenue-sw-to-be-repaired/65409395007/ | 2022-08-18T22:55:00 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/08/18/wheeling-lake-erie-crossing-at-henry-avenue-sw-to-be-repaired/65409395007/ |
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – Northeast State Community College is providing students with a new opportunity to join the home construction industry.
The college announced partnerships with D.R. Horton’s East Tennessee Division and Sync Space Thursday. The partnership will create a workforce program dedicated to developing construction trade skills, professional development and small business support.
The program will function as an introduction to the industry workforce for untrained people. Students complete certification programs and additional pieces of training.
“What gets even more challenging over the next decade is 40-45% of the national construction workforce retires, and so there is a lot of opportunity for folks to get into this trade and over the next ten years have a lot of great opportunity,” said Barak Saltzman, D.R. Horton’s vice president of city operations.
The program is expected to start in the coming months, and Northeast State officials stated that an itinerary of the program will be released prior to that time. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/northeast-state-launches-new-workforce-program/ | 2022-08-18T22:57:12 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/northeast-state-launches-new-workforce-program/ |
ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) – The Abingdon Police Department (APD) is investigating after a man was found dead.
According to a release from the APD, officers responded to the 300 Block of Depot Square in the Town of Abingdon on Thursday to a possible deceased person. When they arrived, police found the body of a 58-year-old man.
The APD requested assistance from the Investigation Division and notified the medical examiner’s office. Police said there is no foul play suspected as of Thursday.
No further details have been released. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/police-investigating-after-man-found-dead-in-abingdon/ | 2022-08-18T22:57:18 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/police-investigating-after-man-found-dead-in-abingdon/ |
MAYS LANDING — A Hamilton Township man admitted sexually assaulting a minor and filming the encounters on his phone, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.
Christian R. Navarette, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child by filming prohibited sexual acts.
Navarette said he committed several sexual acts with the minor that involved penetration while in his home between July 18, 2017, and Dec. 15, 2019, storing more than 80 videos of the encounters on his phone, the Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
The prosecutor's Special Victims Unit was notified by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency about the assaults, the Prosecutor's Office said. County detectives interviewed the juvenile, then found the videos on Navarette's phone.
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Navarette is set to be sentenced Oct. 3. before Judge Donna Taylor.
Under Navarette's plea, the prosecution is seeking a 25-year prison sentence. He also must be registered as a Megan's Law offender after he's released, in addition to undergoing lifelong parole supervision, a sex offender evaluation and having no contact with the victim, the Prosecutor's Office said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mays-landing-man-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-assaulting-minor/article_1548b07c-1f3a-11ed-ad02-9359cf5ea251.html | 2022-08-18T22:58:20 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mays-landing-man-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-assaulting-minor/article_1548b07c-1f3a-11ed-ad02-9359cf5ea251.html |
MARGATE — Former Villanova University head basketball coach Jay Wright may only call the Jersey Shore his summer home, but by helping raise $130,000 for a Katz JCC scholarship program, his dedication to its communities may make some locals feel as though he fits in with the year-round crowd.
That fundraising initiative was celebrated last week when Wright was the guest speaker at the JCC's seventh annual Jackie & Hank Herskowitz Sports Night. Former Margate residents, the Herskowitzes have a scholarship named for them by the JCC that provides money for services that help children and seniors, the JCC said Wednesday in a news release.
Wright, who stepped down from his head coaching duties at Villanova in April, had renowned success in his 21 years with the program, most notably guiding the Wildcats to national championships in 2016 and 2018. The 1983 Bucknell University graduate also was named Associated Press men’s college basketball Coach of the Decade in January 2020. Wright was enshrined on Sept. 11, 2021, in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
"Jay Wright was the perfect fit for this year’s keynote speaker,” said Jeff Herskowitz, chairman of the Katz JCC Sports Night fundraising event and the son of Jackie and Hank. “After coaching in the Tokyo Olympics and his recent retirement, the timing was right to feature Coach Wright and continue to raise money to support the children and families in our community.”
Wright has been out in public along the Jersey Shore this week, having stopped by Villanova football practice at Ocean City High School on Wednesday. He also served as grand marshal of Ocean City's Night in Venice boat parade last month.
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Former Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright, third from left, celebrates after speaking at the Katz JCC's Jackie & Hank Herskowitz Sports Night on Aug. 11. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ex-villanova-coach-wright-helps-raise-thousands-for-local-jcc-scholarship/article_024fc384-1ef9-11ed-b4ce-a752bbd4c84a.html | 2022-08-18T22:58:26 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ex-villanova-coach-wright-helps-raise-thousands-for-local-jcc-scholarship/article_024fc384-1ef9-11ed-b4ce-a752bbd4c84a.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — Even as a teenager, Shawnea Byrd's room was the place to go shopping.
Curating her purchases with care and style, she displayed them on the walls of her little bedroom in Sharon Hill and invited friends to come over to pick out the outfit they needed or just check out her latest finds.
Her vision was always to make that personal walk-in closet experience she'd shared with friends into a full-fledged boutique.
And it was in Atlantic City, along a stretch of Atlantic Avenue that once was part of a busy hub of fashionable shopping, where Byrd, who also works full time at nearby Caesars Atlantic City as a bartender, has made that vision into a reality: Nay's Closet.
With its cute French Eiffel Tower motif on the front door at 2724 Atlantic Ave., Nay's Closet stands out for its ambition and style, and for being a rare Black-owned store in a city whose shopping experiences are dominated by casinos, discount stores and national outlets.
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It's across from the city's police station, next to the recently-opened Green Apple Fresh & Natural smoothie & juice bar, a half-block from Tony's Baltimore Grill and the new Union Hall Arts studio, and in the shadow of Tropicana Atlantic City. A few blocks away at 3111 Atlantic Ave. is My Fashion Style, a new bridal and quinceañera shop. Entrepreneurs are trying.
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"After I got here and I saw someone open a wedding dress shop, I thought, 'What if this is a chain of events where a lot of people open up shops in this area, and it turns into a street, like South Street in Philadelphia?'" Byrd said in a recent interview and tour around the boutique. "You can come to Atlantic Avenue and go shopping."
Nay's Closet is still the only Black-owned independent clothing boutique in the city, Byrd said. It is an adorable and stylish, whimsical and fun boutique of clothing, shoes and accessories, with selections for women, men and children, with a tag line of "Add something different to your closet."
And to Atlantic City.
“Something like this can encourage all people,” said Byrd, who has three children and whose mother is Angelita Byrd, a Realtor and success coach who goes by “Miss Realtor Philadelphia.” Her mother’s motto, clearly embraced by her daughter, is “going from P.O.O.R. (Passing over opportunities repeatedly) to R.I.C.H. (Realizing it can happen).”
And happen it did for her daughter.
But it was not without its challenges, past and present. Her mom was just 15 when she was born. She split her youth between her mom's home in Philadelphia and her grandmother's home in Sharon Hill. Both she and her mom are self-made success stories.
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Even before the boutique, Byrd said she would often cart around her "items" in a bag, or jewelry in a case, promoting her business, always looking to sell her collection, while working as a bartender in a series of places. It was the casino job, though, with its union stability, paycheck, steady tips and benefits, that gave her the final lift to open the shop.
"My story is rare," said Byrd. "A lot of people who have children don't get an opportunity to be entrepreneurs. This is something for me that did not happen overnight. This took time for me. Along the way, I had to go through struggles and roadblocks. My story can be very inspirational to a lot of people."
She hopes it will inspire other entrepreneurs to look to downtown Atlantic City to locate their business. There are a handful of independently owned shops at nearby Tanger Outlets The Walk, including City & Cole children's boutique and two Black-owned businesses, SwapzAC and Vegans R Us.
At Caesars, she has access to a lot of visitors to town who she hopes will make Nay's Closet a regular stop along with the casinos. Ultimately, she'd like a bigger shop, and wouldn't mind landing at the outlets herself.
"A lot of locals come here and shop with me," Byrd said. "They love the shop. They actually said, this is something that they needed. I felt like I needed to be here.
"There should definitely be much more of that in Atlantic City," said Byrd. "I feel like I'm making history being the only Black-owned boutique. I hope it will start some chain of events, with others having the courage to do the same thing."
New Jersey’s casinos, horse tracks that offer sports betting and the online partners of both types of gambling outlets won over $480 million in July, an increase of 6.7% from a year ago. But the resort's nine casinos continue to struggle to return to pre-pandemic levels in terms of the amount won from in-person gamblers, with five of them winning less in July 2022 than they did in July 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic began. Figures released Tuesday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show that the casinos collectively won just under $299 million from in-person gamblers.
As for the store itself, she's stocking it in her signature eclectic way that allows people to shop the boutique to come up with their own sense of style.
"I think that moms can shop here. I think teenagers can shop here. I think dads can shop here. I think the transgender community can shop here. I think anyone who is Pride can shop here. I feel like anybody can find something suitable that they like in Nay's Closet."
Recently, she noticed a green button-down cinched blouse she sells being worn by a character on the "P-Valley" television show. "I thought, did they get that from Nay's Closet?" she said.
She's also stocking sneakers from the locally owned FN label, with a symbol that means justice, and its latest hot-selling FN 1 sneaker release, the popular "salmon on rice" model.
On one wall near the entrance are a series of sayings, including "Be Bold," and "You are Really Pretty." "I want to remind women they can be bold. They are pretty. They can dress in something fancy.
"They can pick their styles: classy, sassy, chic or rebel," she said. "The point of this is to uplift women." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/nays-closet-is-a-rare-independently-owned-boutique-in-atlantic-city/article_b103ecd8-1e4b-11ed-bda8-f3458102dc74.html | 2022-08-18T22:58:32 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/nays-closet-is-a-rare-independently-owned-boutique-in-atlantic-city/article_b103ecd8-1e4b-11ed-bda8-f3458102dc74.html |
Isaih plays catch with neighbor Exodus DeJesus, 10.
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Isaih’s bedroom dresser doubles as a shrine to lost family members, in addition to storing his many trophies. Below, his parents, Julio Pacheco and Felicia Cannon, join him on the field at Senior Night.
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, has a mirror in his room with some obituaries and memories on his mirror of his lost family. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, has a mirror in his room with some obituaries and memories on his mirror of his lost family. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, plays with his next door neighbor,Exodus DeJesus,10 , throwing a football in his yard. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland’s Isaih Pacheco all smiles in the 4th quarter against Atlantic City. Oct. 20, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland’s Isaih Pacheco runs into the end zone for a touchtown during the Fighting Clan’s victory over Atlantic City.
Charles J. Olson / for the press
Isaih celebrates after a win over Atlantic City at Gittone Stadium.
Charles J. Olson / for the press
Vineland’s Isaih Pacheco after scoring, uses headset to communicate with coaches during the game against Atlantic City on Oct. 20, 2017.
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Vineland High School senior Isaih Pacheco runs against Atlantic City High School during fourth-quarter action in a game last week. Pacheco, one of the state’s top players, ran for 222 yards and a touchdown in a game three days after his sister was fatally shot.
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer/
Vineland’s Isaih Pacheco shows number #1 in the 4th quarter against Atlantic City. Oct. 20, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland's Isaih Pacheco breaks a tackle by Mainland Regional's Dean Deveney, Friday Nov. 6, 2015, during their high school football game in Linwood.
Michael Ein / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, plays with his next door neighbor,Exodus DeJesus,10 , throwing a football in his yard. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland High School senior Isaih Pacheco lost his sister Celeste Cannon to gun violence in September. ‘My sister was like my best friend,’ Isaih said. His brother, Travoise Cannon, was stabbed to death in Bridgeton in January 2016.
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco pump up for the game. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland football coach Dan Russo, right, was able to keep homegrown talent, including Isaih Pacheco, left, from going to Non-Public or choice schools in recent years. Pacheco, now a freshman running back at Rutgers University, is one of a handful of former players for Russo who have gone on to play at the NCAA Division I level. Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco with his coach Dan Russo. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer/
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, with his parents Julio Pacheco and Felicia Cannon. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, with his parents Julio Pacheco and Felicia Cannon at Senior Night. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
A picture of Pacheco’s brother Tavarios Cannon, was stabbed to death last year. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
‘He warms my heart,’ mom Felicia Cannon says of Isaih, shown with his father, Julio Pacheco, left, and dog Kylie.
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, with his parents Julio Pacheco and Felicia Cannon at Senior Night. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
A picture of Pacheco’s sister, Celeste Cannon, who was murdered in September. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco during National Anthem. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, with his parents Julio Pacheco and Felicia Cannon. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
VINELAND — Isaih Pacheco moved his sister Celeste Cannon into her new home on West Main Street in Millville this summer.
He carried beds, couches, dressers and televisions up the four steps that led into the house.
The Vineland High School football standout and his older sister had always been close. Celeste attended Isaih’s games and made sure he had a few extra dollars or new clothes when the school year began.
“My sister was like my best friend,” he said.
Three months later, on the morning of Sept. 20, a cousin appeared at the door of Isaih’s Vineland home and told him and his mother, Felicia Cannon, that Celeste had died.
“It was like, ‘What?’ It was confusing,” Isaih said. “It was out of nowhere.”
Isaih, his mother and his father, Julio Pacheco, rushed to Millville and found police surrounding Celeste’s home. She had been killed by a gunshot. Celeste was 24 years old.
“It’s crazy,” Isaih said. “I was (flashing) back to helping her move in. It can’t be true.”
Police wouldn’t let anyone inside the home. Isaih watched as officers carried his sister out in a body bag.
It wasn’t the first time Isaih confronted tragedy. His brother, Travoise Cannon, was stabbed to death in Bridgeton in January 2016. He was 29.
But despite those tragedies — and maybe in some way because of them — Isaih has emerged as one of the state’s top players. The 18-year-old quarterback and defensive back will finish his high school career Thursday when Vineland plays at Millville in their annual Thanksgiving Day game. He will attend Rutgers University on an NCAA Division I football scholarship.
“I don’t want to disappoint anybody,” he said. “I don’t want to be one of those kids who says, ‘I could have done this, or I wish I would have done that better.’”
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Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, plays with his next door neighbor,Exodus DeJesus,10 , throwing a football in his yard. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, has a mirror in his room with some obituaries and memories on his mirror of his lost family. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, has a mirror in his room with some obituaries and memories on his mirror of his lost family. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, plays with his next door neighbor,Exodus DeJesus,10 , throwing a football in his yard. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Isaih’s bedroom dresser doubles as a shrine to lost family members, in addition to storing his many trophies. Below, his parents, Julio Pacheco and Felicia Cannon, join him on the field at Senior Night.
Vineland High School senior Isaih Pacheco lost his sister Celeste Cannon to gun violence in September. ‘My sister was like my best friend,’ Isaih said. His brother, Travoise Cannon, was stabbed to death in Bridgeton in January 2016.
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland football coach Dan Russo, right, was able to keep homegrown talent, including Isaih Pacheco, left, from going to Non-Public or choice schools in recent years. Pacheco, now a freshman running back at Rutgers University, is one of a handful of former players for Russo who have gone on to play at the NCAA Division I level. Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco with his coach Dan Russo. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior Isaih Pacheco, who Rutgers football recruit and start quarterback for the Fighting Clan. Pacheco has had to overcome some horrible tragedies in his life, which includes seeing two siblings shot and killed. Nov. 9, 2017 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Vineland senior quarterback Isaih Pacheco has rushed for 14 TDs this season. The 7-1 Fighting Clan will try to earn the school’s first playoff win Friday night.
Vineland High School senior Isaih Pacheco runs against Atlantic City High School during fourth-quarter action in a game last week. Pacheco, one of the state’s top players, ran for 222 yards and a touchdown in a game three days after his sister was fatally shot.
Vineland and Millville have one of the longest-running football rivalries in the state. (left) Isaih Pacheco (Vineland), Clayton Scott (Millville), Marcial Ramos (Millville), Nihym Anderson (Vineland) Thursday, August 24
Vineland and Millville have one of the longest-running football rivalries in the state. (left) Isaih Pacheco (Vineland), Clayton Scott (Millville), Marcial Ramos (Millville), Nihym Anderson (Vineland) Thursday, August 24
Vineland and Millville have one of the longest-running football rivalries in the state. (left) Isaih Pacheco (Vineland), Clayton Scott (Millville), Marcial Ramos (Millville), Nihym Anderson (Vineland) Thursday, August 24
Vineland and Millville have one of the longest-running football rivalries in the state. (left) Isaih Pacheco (Vineland), Clayton Scott (Millville), Marcial Ramos (Millville), Nihym Anderson (Vineland) Thursday, August 24
Vineland and Millville have one of the longest-running football rivalries in the state. (left) Isaih Pacheco (Vineland), Clayton Scott (Millville), Marcial Ramos (Millville), Nihym Anderson (Vineland) Thursday, August 24
Vineland and Millville have one of the longest-running football rivalries in the state. (left) Isaih Pacheco (Vineland), Clayton Scott (Millville), Marcial Ramos (Millville), Nihym Anderson (Vineland) Thursday, August 24
From left, Vineland football players Isaih Pacheco and Nihym Anderson have been playing against Millville’s Marcial Ramos and Clayton Scott through high school and all the way back to youth football.
Millville's #1 Carlton Lawrence brings down the ball as Vineland #1 Isaih Pacheco looks for the interception during their Thanksgiving Day Game against held at Gittone Stadium in Vineland Thursday, November 24, 2016. Dave Griffin / for the Press
Vineland will be led by two NCAA Division I recruits. (Top) Isaih Pacheco at quarterback, who has verbally committed to Rutgers, and (bottom) linebacker Nihym Anderson, who’s headed to Maryland.
Vineland #1 Isaih Pacheco carries the ball during their Thanksgiving Day Game against Millville held at Gittone Stadium in Vineland Thursday, November 24, 2016. Dave Griffin / for the Press
Vineland's QB 1 Isaih Pacheco celebrates his 3rd quarter TD with teammate 74Ivan Haile. Friday November 11 2016 Howell at Vineland Football first round Group V. (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto)
St. Augustine Prep quarterback Joshua Zamot runs for a touchdown against Vineland’s Isaih Pacheco during the first half of Friday’s game in Buena Vista Township.
Vineland's Isaih Pacheco (left) celebrates a touchdown with teammate Timothy Jones during the Clan's victory over Atlantic City at Gittone Stadium on Saturday, October 22, 2016. Photo/Charles J. Olson | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/isaih-pacheco-overcomes-family-tragedy-to-lead-vinelands-football-team/article_fdfe61f2-0793-539d-8866-e4660c1d9ca9.html | 2022-08-18T22:58:38 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/isaih-pacheco-overcomes-family-tragedy-to-lead-vinelands-football-team/article_fdfe61f2-0793-539d-8866-e4660c1d9ca9.html |
YORK, Pa. — On Tuesday, Aug. 16, York City Council voted to adopt the changes to York's Stormwater Ordinance.
The new ordinance makes washing a parked car on a city street, alley, driveway, or in a garage without floor drains while using any type of soap illegal.
Those who need to wash their vehicle may use only water to rinse off the vehicle. Dawn soaps, car washing soaps, environmentally friendly soaps, and detergents are no longer allowed.
According to the city, soaps contain harsh chemicals that flow into nearby storm drains and then into creeks and streams. These changes were reportedly necessary in order to improve the water quality of Pennsylvania creeks, streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay.
Alternatives to washing cars on the street are washing them on the grass, your lawn, or a stone pad. The grass or stone will promote infiltration instead of it freely running into the storm drains.
Residents are also permitted to take their vehicles to a commercial car wash where water is recycled.
Community or charity car washes are generally not allowed in York due to the runoff risk. A discussion may need to occur with the interested party and the City of York to work out a potential solution.
The following ordinances were amended:
Title Four Article 935 – General Provisions (Bill #43)
Title Four Article 936 – Definitions (Bill #44)
Title Four Article 937 – Stormwater Management Standards (Bill #45)
Title Four Article 938 – Stormwater Management (SWM) Site Plan Requirements (Bill # 46)
Title Four Article 942 – Detection and Elimination of Illicit Discharges to the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) (Bill #47)
Title Four Article 943 – Enforcement and Penalties (Bill #48) | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/the-city-of-york-announces-stormwater-ordinance-changes-making-some-home-car-washes-illegal-pennsylvania/521-2e01f237-23f2-41c3-888f-239792e69f57 | 2022-08-18T23:00:51 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/the-city-of-york-announces-stormwater-ordinance-changes-making-some-home-car-washes-illegal-pennsylvania/521-2e01f237-23f2-41c3-888f-239792e69f57 |
Nestled cozily between Bed Bath and Beyond and Deseret Book in the Teton Spectrum Shopping Center in Ammon, dozens of volunteers, thousands of books and a new library have appeared seemingly out of nowhere.
After its 42nd year of contractual agreements, the Bonneville County Library District has ended its connection with the city of Idaho Falls' Library District and is preparing for the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of Ammon's first-ever library. The festivities are set for Oct. 1, the day after the county's contract with the city of Idaho Falls expires.
"With the growth of the county and rising costs of continuing service, the board decided that it was time to create our own library system," said Michelle Tolman, director of the Bonneville County Library District. "For decades people have been asking for libraries closer to the people and that is what we are trying to give them."
The Ammon Branch is one of four new libraries being developed by the Bonneville County Library District following its split with the Idaho Falls district.
Discussions about the contract began in February when the Idaho Falls board asked that Ammon residents assume responsibility for 42% of the Idaho Falls Library District's annual budget, rather than the 31% they were contributing.
Those living within the Bonneville County Library District's boundaries would have seen their total library taxes rise from $1.1 million to $1.94 million without receiving any new library services, Tolman said.
Though some residents felt the new amount the Idaho Falls district requested was worth paying, a majority were not using the Idaho Falls library's services enough to make the increase feel justifiable, Tolman said. These findings led to the Bonneville County Library District board’s decision to move forward with the separation.
The contract with Idaho Falls expires Sept. 30, meaning library patrons who live outside of Idaho Falls city limits will have to pay a non-resident fee for the city's library services after that date if they want to continue using the Idaho Falls library's services. The fee will change from $65 to $120 when the contract ends.
Severing the contract gave the county library district reason to build and maintain libraries of its own. Tolman proposed to the board that for the same price that residents were currently paying, the district could create small libraries closer to the people, start small and get bigger over time.
After voting in May to end the contract, board members and volunteers with the county library district have garnered support from residents, leased two spaces, collected more than 30,000 books, done thousands of combined hours of volunteering, and are feeling excited and prepared for their official opening date.
"I came here as a volunteer because I adore books, but I am going to have to put in an application because I have loved every second of the time I've spent here," volunteer Jennifer Jones said. "It is amazing to see so many people have so much passion for providing a library, and we are all working toward that goal."
Kendall Purser, a library employee who began as a volunteer, started collecting books for an Ammon library branch before he even knew if there would be one.
"I heard all of the discussions about the libraries and I got angry and I started collecting," Purser said. "Ammon is the largest city in Idaho without a library and we need one."
Purser has collected nearly 7,500 books on his own. Purser has been hired for his technological expertise and cannot count the number of hours he has spent getting the library ready.
Christy Shelby, Bonneville County Library District vice president, also started as a volunteer. She has helped with everything from laying carpet to labeling books and is learning firsthand the work it takes to set up and run a library.
"I think these libraries are truly going to draw people in," Shelby said. "They are a lot closer to (the residents) and will be easier to reach.
"Books help people understand people better, I hope that people will come and use this resource to do that. Just gain deeper understanding of those around them."
Books, shelving and furniture as well as trades expertise, passion and time have been donated to making these libraries a reality for Bonneville County and the volunteers and board members aren't finished yet.
The four branches of the Bonneville County Library District are the main Ammon Branch, 3015 S. 25th East, Iona Branch, 3548 N. Main St., located within the Iona city building, Swan Valley Branch, 3389 U.S. Highway 26, located within Swan Valley Elementary School, available to the public after school hours, and the Westside Branch, 250 S. Skyline Drive, Suite 6.
The Ammon and Westside branches will both be operational Oct. 1 but the Iona and Swan Valley branch-opening dates are yet to be determined.
The Bonneville County Library District will cover everything in Bonneville County, minus the city limits of Idaho Falls. Anyone in the city limits of Idaho Falls can still obtain a library card within the Bonneville district for a $65 fee, reflective of household fees, Tolman said.
Tolman hopes that with libraries closer to residents, and more focused on their individuality as a community, the libraries will be more representative of the area's needs and that people will begin to frequent the libraries more.
"Only 26% of our population has an active library card, our usage has gone way down and those we have interviewed have only been using the online resources," Tolman said. "We want to be specific to the needs of the people in our areas and we can do that better when we are in their communities.
All the district’s library branches will have a connected collection so books may be requested and transferred or picked up at any of the four branches. The libraries also will continue to have weekly story time, many online resources and activity packets and resources specific to the Bonneville district.
In order to get the branches open, the library district's board and volunteers are doing more than a year's worth of work in less than four months and need all the help they can possibly get, Tolman said. Whether or not the libraries are ready to open and the Ammon Branch is completely prepared for its ribbon-cutting will depend on the support and understanding of the community.
"We want people to have a clear understanding of the situation and understand the decision that we have made," Tolman said. "We are positive, we are building, but we need people help."
Tolman said the district has encountered some unexpected expenses that must be offset to stay on budget, but district officials are making adjustments to absorb those costs.
"We will be ready Oct. 1," she said. "We may not have everything catalogued but we will have books and resources for people and we will go as fast as we can to do the best with what we have been given to work with."
The district is accepting volunteers of all ages to work between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The district also is accepting book donations.
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OCALA, Fla. – Three men have been indicted in connection to the 2018 beating death of James “Whitey” Bulger, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
“Freddy” Fotios Geas, 55; “Pauly” Paul DeCologero, 48; and Sean McKinnon, 36, were charged Wednesday with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, DOJ officials said in a news release.
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Geas and DeCologero were accused of striking Bulger several times in the head, causing Bulger’s death, while the three were incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary Hazleton in West Virginia, authorities said.
According to the DOJ, Geas and DeCologero are also facing charges for aiding and abetting first-degree murder and assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
Geas faces a separate charge of murder by a federal inmate serving a life sentence. McKinnon faces a separate charge of making false statements to a federal agent.
While Geas is still being held at USP Hazleton, DeCologero was moved from the prison but remains in the federal prison system, officials said.
McKinnon was on a federal supervised release at the time of the indictment and was arrested Thursday by FBI agents in Ocala, according to FBI Jacksonville Public Affairs Officer Amanda Videll.
Bulger was serving a life sentence during his incarceration at USP Hazleton following a conviction in 2013 for a multitude of crimes, including 11 murders. He was one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives for 16 years before his arrest in 2011.
According to DOJ officials, Bulger was 89 years old when he died.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A recent study from Lending Tree found Orlando has some of the highest immigrant homeownership rates in the nation.
Homeownership is part of the American dream.
“What better than to have your roots and your legacies for generations to come,” Susan West, the president of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals North Orlando chapter said.
The non-profit is made up of 100 real estate professionals from realtors to lending and title companies. They all work with the goal of increasing sustainable Hispanic homeownership in Central Florida.
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“We want to assist with them buying a home, buying the right home, being qualified financially to do so and then keeping the home,” West said.
That is a growing trend in Central Florida, according to a recent study from Lending Tree.
Jacob Channel, a senior economist with Lending Tree, said the study found Orlando ranks in the top 15 in the nation of cities with the highest share of homes owned and occupied by people born outside of the United States.
“Florida as a whole is and has been for quite some time a very, very popular area for people born outside of the United States,” Channel said.
Channel analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau 2020 American Community Survey. He found about 20% of the total Orlando population is foreign-born. Of that, he said nearly 60% live in owner-occupied housing units compared to 63% of people born in the U.S.
“So right there you can see a little bit of a discrepancy start to emerge where if you’re born in the United States you’re more likely to live in a home that you own whereas if you’re born outside you’re a little bit less likely,” Channel said.
Channel adds foreign-born homeowners shouldn’t be blamed for the rise in home prices.
“The reality is the majority of the activity in the housing market is being conducted by people who live in the area, who are born in the area, and ultimately as a result they’re probably going to have a little bit more influence over how the overall housing market is doing,” he said.
The study also found immigrant homeowners are more likely to be housing cost-burdened, which means they spend 30% or more of their monthly income on housing costs.
Channel adds foreign-born homebuyers can face different challenges when entering the housing market, including language barriers and not understanding America’s financial and lending systems.
West said as more Hispanic families become mortgage ready, the nonprofit is there to help them.
“Our job is to get out in the communities and say here you are mortgage ready. Here we are as real estate professionals to show you the homes you can qualify for and to put you in the communities where you can increase your legacy, create roots and really take advantage of the American dream,” West said.
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MARION COUNTY, Fla. – After more than a decade of retirement, a Marion County woman says she is headed back to work.
The reason? The cost of her property insurance.
Even lawmakers who supported new legislation said, what they passed in May, and has already taken effect, is not enough.
When Pamela Kelley opened the latest notice from her property insurer, her reaction was quick and decisive.
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“I’m going to have to go back to work,” Kelley said. “I’m going to have to get a part-time job or I’m going to lose my home,” she said.
Two years ago, Kelly’s insurance premium was $611 per year. In 2021, it more than doubled to $1,552 a year.
This year, it hit an all-time high of more than $2,248 annually, nearly quadrupling what she paid just two years ago.
“Living here where there’s hardly any hurricane activity, I mean very little, this is exorbitant,” Kelley said. “I mean, this is unbelievable,”
“The increase in your insurance rates, that’s the tipping point for you having to go back to work?,” News 6 asked.
“Absolutely, because that’s going to increase my house payment considerably,” Kelley said.
News 6 has been investigating the state’s property insurance crises for more than a year, and Kelley is by no means alone.
State Sen. Jeff Brandes pushed for the legislature to have a special session on property insurance. It happened back in May and even he is disappointed with the outcome.
“The whole special session was like we treated stage-1 cancer, but the patient has stage-4 cancer, and we should have gotten a lot more aggressive than we actually did,” Brandes said. “There are people on fixed incomes who are really going to struggle unless the legislature gets their hands around this thing.”
The first shot at homeowners seeing some relief was supposed to be at the end of June. That’s when insurers that participated in the state’s newly created RAP program were supposed to reduce their rates to reflect the cost savings from participating in the program.
More than 60 insurance companies filed rate reductions with the Office of Insurance Regulation. The average reduction was about 1-2%, but most companies had already raised their rates upwards of 40%.
“The simple truth is the RAP program is spit and chewing gum compared to what the state really needs,” Brandes said. “So if the outcome we wanted was more competition, lower prices, and a better, healthier market, that bill didn’t get us there.”
The legislation passed during the special session was written by Republicans and passed overwhelmingly in the Republican-controlled legislature. Brandes is a Republican.
“I think the entire legislature bears responsibility for not doing enough in this space,” Brandes said.
Brandes said the legislature still has work to do.
Meanwhile, for Kelley, it’s back to work, too. She said she never thought she would have to return to work.
“Never dreamed that this would ever come about,” Kelley said.
Brandes believes the state should do away with “one-way” attorney’s fees, which basically allows insurers to pay attorney’s fees for a homeowner’s lawsuit in some cases. He also believes the state should do away with Assignment of Benefits, which is an agreement that transfers the insurance claims rights or benefits to a third party. He also believes in allowing for actual cash value or prorating roof replacements.
“If all three things are done, the market will eventually correct itself,” Brandes said.
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The average price of gasoline in Midland has dropped nearly $1 in the last two months.
From a record high of $4.52 set on June 11, the price is down to $3.57. That 95-cent drop pales in comparison to the average across the state – $1.21 – during the same time.
Still, the price in Midland is dropping much like most of the state. This week, the price drop in Midland was 9 cents, one of the highest declines of the largest 27 metropolitan areas in Texas. The average across the state fell 3 cents. That means the difference in the average in Midland and across the state went from 17 cents to 11.
In Odessa, the average price fell 10 cents to $3.49, which is 3 cents behind the state average ($3.46).
AAA Texas stated in its weekly report that for the ninth consecutive week, the Texas statewide gas price average has fallen and that most retail pump price averages are still falling as crude oil continues to stay below $100 per barrel.
“With demand for gasoline stronger week-to-week and supplies tightening, drivers in some areas across Texas are seeing pump price averages increase,” said AAA Texas spokesperson Daniel Armbruster in the report.
Across the state, drivers in Midland are paying the second highest average for gas – second only to College Station-Bryan ($3.64). Odessa’s average is the fourth highest.
Across the region, AAA Texas reports the following averages -- $3.31 in Abilene (an increase of 4 cents this week), $3.36 in Lubbock (a decrease of 4 cents), $3.38 in Amarillo (a decrease of 3 cents), $3.38 in El Paso (a decrease of 7 cents) and $3.40 in San Angelo (a decrease of 9 cents).
One year ago, Midland drivers were paying 57 cents less than the average this week. The state average was 62 cents less.
Highest averages in state
This week
College Station-Bryan $3.64
Midland $3.57
Victoria $3.51
Odessa $3.49
Dallas $3.48
Longview $3.48
Texas $3.46
National $3.93
Last week
College Station-Bryan $3.72
Midland $3.66
Odessa $3.59
Victoria $3.58
Beaumont-Port Arthur $3.58
Texas $3.49
National $3.99
Source: AAA Texas | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Gas-price-down-in-Midland-almost-1-in-last-two-17382638.php | 2022-08-18T23:07:13 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Gas-price-down-in-Midland-almost-1-in-last-two-17382638.php |
TALLADEGA, Ala. (WIAT) — Central Alabama CrimeStoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information about a Talladega shooting that killed a local woman last month.
On July 28, Talladega Police Department officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Brignoli Street on a call of shots fired. When they arrived, they located a 30-year-old Black male suffering from a single gunshot wound to the hand.
They were then directed to a silver Nissan Altima. They discovered a female on the front passenger side suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was identified as Kelis Cook, 19, of Talladega. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
There are no suspects at this time. Investigators are asking anyone that may have information on this case to contact the Talladega Police Department at 256-362-4163, or the Investigations Division at 256-362-4508.
Those who wish to remain anonymous can leave a tip through CrimeStoppers using the 24-hour tip line at 334-215-STOP (7867). | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/1000-reward-offered-for-info-on-talladega-homicide/ | 2022-08-18T23:08:52 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/1000-reward-offered-for-info-on-talladega-homicide/ |
In what Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner described as a rare, "gratifying" end to a vandalism case, deputies cited a 52-year-old Firth man who they say shot several rounds from a .22-caliber rifle into a county stop sign Wednesday night.
Authorities responded at 11:30 p.m. to the intersection near South 54th Street and Stagecoach Road, about 10 miles south of Lincoln's city limit, after two young men who had been stopped at the intersection heard 12 to 15 bullets whiz by, some of which struck a stop sign at the intersection, Wagner said.
The two men drove toward where the bullets came from, Wagner said, and passed along a detailed description of the suspected shooter and his vehicle to deputies.
Using the description, deputies found the 52-year-old's white, four-door vehicle, where he had a .22 caliber rifle and an open alcohol container, the sheriff said.
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Deputies cited and released the man on suspicion of criminal mischief, possession of a public sign, DWI, possession of an open container and hunting or shooting from a highway.
"You drive around the county, there's stop signs, street signs shot up all over," Wagner said.
"It happens more than it should, for sure." | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/firth-man-52-accused-of-shooting-at-stop-sign-while-drinking-driving-sheriff-says/article_e2c2dbf5-6e5a-5227-b7bb-0136c67aab5b.html | 2022-08-18T23:08:57 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/firth-man-52-accused-of-shooting-at-stop-sign-while-drinking-driving-sheriff-says/article_e2c2dbf5-6e5a-5227-b7bb-0136c67aab5b.html |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Dinosaurs will be invading the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in an event for families and prehistoric enthusiasts that lasts through the weekend.
Jurassic Quest is the largest and most realistic dinosaur exhibition in North America, with its animatronics showing dinosaurs from different eras throughout history. The event will be hosted at the BJCC Friday through Sunday.
Dinosaur fans will have the chance to explore a variety of indoor experiences for the whole family including life-like moving and roaring dinosaurs, dinosaur-themed rides and attractions, live dinosaur shows and more.
Tickets and times are available on Jurassic Quest’s website. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/jurassic-quest-invades-the-bjcc-this-weekend/ | 2022-08-18T23:08:59 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/jurassic-quest-invades-the-bjcc-this-weekend/ |
An 18-year-old Omaha man accused of four felonies for a fatal crash on O Street that killed two women over Memorial Day weekend has pleaded not guilty.
Kyvell Stark had been set for arraignment Wednesday, but instead filed a written plea and waived his appearance on two counts of manslaughter and two counts of DUI causing serious bodily injury, all felonies.
Police say Stark was driving a Ford Taurus close to 90 mph moments before colliding with a Toyota Corolla at 52nd and O Streets about 10:45 p.m. May 29.
Two Cozad women, Emily Siebenhor, 20, and her passenger, Edith Hermosillo, 22, died in the crash.
Police said in the crash report that a breath test on Stark was negative for alcohol, but they believe he had been under the influence of marijuana at the time, which could have contributed to his reaction time as Siebenhor turned in front of his fast-approaching vehicle.
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Twenty others — all there watching the annual unsanctioned cruise night festivities — were injured when both vehicles jumped the curb after the crash.
Stark later turned himself in on the charges.
He hasn't yet been given a trial date.
Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/omaha-man-pleads-not-guilty-in-lincoln-fatal-crash/article_5bd2deee-7754-5d03-8bf7-e5e6dade799a.html | 2022-08-18T23:09:04 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/omaha-man-pleads-not-guilty-in-lincoln-fatal-crash/article_5bd2deee-7754-5d03-8bf7-e5e6dade799a.html |
FORECAST OVERVIEW: We’re going to remain in a high-moisture environment over the next several days, with precipitable water values (a measure of how much moisture is in the atmosphere) in the 90th percentile climatology through the rest of this week. In the upper levels, northwest flow will funnel upper air disturbances into Alabama. That coupled with a near stationary front that will remain across the state for the next several days will provide lift to support scattered to numerous showers and storms through the start of next week. While the overall pattern doesn’t support widespread flash flooding, some isolated flooding issues are possible through the end of the week, particularly in low lying areas or areas with poor drainage.
THURSDAY NIGHT: A few scattered showers and perhaps a thunderstorm will remain possible overnight. Lows dip into the upper 60s and low 70s.
FRIDAY: The near stationary front in South Alabama begins to lift further north. With ample moisture in place, showers and storms again become fairly widespread, especially along and south of I-59. Highs in the low 80s. Overnight lows in the upper 60s and low 70s.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: An isolated downpour possible for Thursday night games this week, but otherwise muggy and partly to mostly cloudy with temperatures falling through the 70s. A bit better chance for some widely scattered downpours for Friday night’s games, with temps again in the 70s.
THE WEEKEND: With sufficient moisture and the near-stationary front nearby through the weekend, scattered afternoon storms will remain possible, but rain coverage may not be as widespread as Friday. Highs in the upper 80s. Overnight lows in the low 70s.
EARLY NEXT WEEK: The rainy pattern won’t go anywhere as we head into the new week. High moisture content and that persistent northwest flow will keep at least scattered showers and storms in the forecast next week, although there are some indications that we could see rain chances dip a bit by mid-week.
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Choosing a college is one of the most important decisions a person will make for their education, impacting everything from future earnings and employment to potential student loan debt and social circles.
While every student wants to get the best education they possibly can, there are myriad other considerations to take into account: location, size, diversity, areas of focus, study abroad opportunities—the list goes on. While best college lists are often topped with the same handful of expensive Ivy League schools, the U.S. is home to more than 4,000 degree-granting schools spread out across all 50 states and several territories, with amazing education offerings for students of every age.
Stacker compiled a list of the best colleges in Nebraska using rankings from Niche. Keep reading to see the best schools in your state.
#7. Concordia University, Nebraska (Seward)
- Acceptance rate: 78% (1060-1350 SAT)
- Net Price: $21,786
#6. College of Saint Mary (Omaha)
- Acceptance rate: 49% (— SAT)
- Net Price: $14,299
#5. University of Nebraska at Omaha (Omaha)
- Acceptance rate: 83% (840-1100 SAT)
- Net Price: $12,899
#4. University of Nebraska at Kearney (Kearney)
- Acceptance rate: 85% (990-1170 SAT)
- Net Price: $15,890
#3. Nebraska Wesleyan University (Lincoln)
- Acceptance rate: 68% (1070-1240 SAT)
- Net Price: $24,015
#2. University of Nebraska - Lincoln (Lincoln)
- Acceptance rate: 78% (1120-1360 SAT)
- Net Price: $17,093
#1. Creighton University (Omaha)
- Acceptance rate: 74% (1170-1350 SAT)
- Net Price: $32,145
You may also like: Counties with the worst commutes in Nebraska | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/department-of-education-clears-debt-of-nebraskans-who-attended-itt/article_efe5f78a-0f7e-511c-8317-592f41edfcf0.html | 2022-08-18T23:09:10 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/department-of-education-clears-debt-of-nebraskans-who-attended-itt/article_efe5f78a-0f7e-511c-8317-592f41edfcf0.html |
PORTLAND, Maine — Aimsel Ponti from the Portland Press Herald joined 207 to preview upcoming concerts in Maine, including Aerosmith in Bangor and The Ghost of Paul Revere’s final show.
SHOW: Lake Street Dive with Lady Lamb.
WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, Aug. 21 at Thompson’s Point in Portland. Click here for tickets.
INFORMATION: The show on Saturday, Aug. 20 is sold out, but there are still tickets left for Sunday, Aug. 21. The band, fronted by incredible singer, Rachael Price, was formed in 2004 while they were students in Boston at the New England Conservatory of Music. “Obviously” is their most recent album and their next EP of covers called “Fun Machine: The Sequel” is out on Sept. 9 and includes their takes on “Nick of Time” by Bonnie Raitt and Carole King’s “So Far Away,” as well as an entirely different, upbeat take on “Linger” by The Cranberries. Oh, and also Shania’s “You’re Still the One” LSD is pure magic live.
SHOW: Ghostland featuring The Ghost of Paul Revere, with Hiss Golden Messenger, Marco Benevento, and GoldenOak.
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, Sept. 3 at Thompson’s Point in Portland. Click here for tickets.
INFORMATION: This is your last chance to see Maine’s holler-folk act "The Ghost of Paul Revere." It promises to be a memorable, huge, and epic show.
RELATED: From playing in Maine bars to touring the world: Sitting down with The Ghost of Paul Revere
SHOW: Aerosmith, with Extreme.
WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, Sept. 4 at the Maine Savings Ampitheatre in Bangor. Click here for tickets.
INFORMATION: Fairly historical show, as it’s kicking off a huge tour and is Aerosmith’s first live show in three years!
SHOW: Christopher Cross.
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Sept. 8 at Aura in Portland. Click here for tickets.
INFORMATION: 40th-anniversary tour for the five-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter known for hits such as "Ride Like the Wind," "Sailing," and "Arthur’s Theme." | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/heres-whats-coming-up-next-for-maines-rock-and-roll-scene-entertainment-music-portland-bangor/97-169ff66a-c323-4037-95dd-4b0f2cd97b03 | 2022-08-18T23:19:47 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/heres-whats-coming-up-next-for-maines-rock-and-roll-scene-entertainment-music-portland-bangor/97-169ff66a-c323-4037-95dd-4b0f2cd97b03 |
MAINE, USA — 207’s tech guy, Rich Brooks of Flyte New Media, spends a lot of time following trends in technology, watching to see what might catch on with millions of users, and what might fizzle out to end up in the Silicon Valley ash heap.
He doesn’t pretend to be even anything close to a perfect crystal ball, but he does have a pretty good feel for the big technological waves that are likely coming.
Brooks joined us on 207 to talk about two developments he believes will be particularly significant. Here are the talking points he provided:
Technology is always moving forward, and although no one can predict the future, we turn to our tech guru to tell us what he sees coming. So what's on the horizon?
"What's going to be driving a lot of innovation and changes in our lives, is Web 3.0 and the metaverse."
What is Web 3.0?
"First came Web 1.0, where websites were static and we consumed the information. Then came Web 2.0, where we were more collaborative, updating Wikis, blogging, and the advent of 'social media.'
"With Web 3.0, since it's still currently evolving, there's no one definition. However, some of the key elements of what it will ultimately become include AI (artificial intelligence), decentralized applications, blockchain technology, and the semantic web."
Sounds very futuristic, but what does that mean to the average person? How will our lives change?
"Websites should become more helpful as AI and machine learning can tap into lakes of data to answer our questions. Semantic technologies help AI understand language like humans do, helping them understand our intent when we ask questions like 'What's playing tonight at the drive-in,' or 'Where can I get rid of my broken computer?'
"We're already seeing this in our interactions with Siri or Alexa."
So, better websites? What else?
"Because there's a big push to decentralize information, there's also going to be a need for a way to verify information. Who created something, who sold something, who bought it, who owns it now? That's where blockchain comes in. Blockchain is what cryptocurrency and NFTs are built on.
"Now, even if you haven't invested in cryptocurrency or purchased any NFTs, blockchain will still impact your life. It can enable an 'immutable ledger' of transactions and activity, helping to authenticate transactions in a decentralized world.
"However, even if you haven't been using cryptocurrency, it is a key element of Web 3.0, so it's likely you will be using it in the future."
How does this all connect to the "metaverse?"
"Like Web 3.0, the metaverse is an evolving definition. Depending on who you ask, the metaverse is a shared space that includes VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), and XR (extended reality), which combines the two. A good example of VR is when you put on an Oculus headset. A good example of AR is when you hold your phone camera up and information is layered on top of what you already see.
"Where Web 3.0 is about what the internet is evolving into, the metaverse may be one way in which we experience it. I can put on my Oculus headset and enter the metaverse, play games, watch VR YouTube videos, take meetings, or just surf the web."
Any last thoughts?
"If you're curious and want to dip your toe in Web 3.0 or the metaverse, there are plenty of resources online to learn more. If you want to dive into the deep end, you might want to pick up a VR headset and start playing around, and even invest in some cryptocurrency or NFTs. And if you want to avoid this entirely, you can do that as well. The underlying forces of AI and blockchain will likely impact you on some level, but it won't stop you from grabbing a book and sitting under a tree for a good read, working in your garden, or going for a bike ride." | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/this-may-be-the-next-big-thing-in-personal-technology-maine-207-tech-science/97-02ad2bb6-0776-4cd4-96b6-e07d085ae807 | 2022-08-18T23:19:53 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/this-may-be-the-next-big-thing-in-personal-technology-maine-207-tech-science/97-02ad2bb6-0776-4cd4-96b6-e07d085ae807 |
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — A man was found dead in Presque Isle on Thursday afternoon, and a suspicious package located during the investigation prompted a road to be shut down, police say.
A news release from the Presque Isle Police Department stated authorities were called at about 2 p.m. to 17 Parsons St.
During the investigation, a suspicious package was found at the home, and officers vacated the area. Police said they also shut down Parsons Street from Park Street to the five-way intersection on State Street.
"There is no danger to the public," the release stated.
Police are still investigating, and the man's identity hasn't been released, according to authorities. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/aroostook-county/police-man-found-dead-in-presque-isle-suspicious-package-shuts-down-road-authorities/97-362413fc-97c5-46df-99c8-68a0f7950dac | 2022-08-18T23:19:59 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/aroostook-county/police-man-found-dead-in-presque-isle-suspicious-package-shuts-down-road-authorities/97-362413fc-97c5-46df-99c8-68a0f7950dac |
CALAIS, Maine — The body of a diver was recovered from St. Croix River, near St. Croix Island, around 2:45 p.m. on Thursday afternoon.
The diver's body was identified as John Morris, 54, of Cape Charles, Virginia, according to a news release issued by the Maine Department of Marine Resources on Thursday.
According to the release, Morris reportedly did not have dive tanks and did not resurface after descending to a depth of 18 feet at approximately 1 p.m.
Authorities say others attempted to locate Morris after observing that he failed to resurface as expected, according to Maine Marine Patrol reports.
The group reportedly did not have dive tanks at that time but contacted a nearby diver with dive tanks who was able to locate and retrieve Morris' body, the release says.
The release reports Morris' body was then moved to the shore and transported to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta for an autopsy.
A preliminary investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard, according to the release.
No additional information has been released. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/body-of-diver-recovered-from-st-croix-river-maine-calais-police-investigation/97-607c43bd-2a9e-4b77-9723-3f8c32e2a74a | 2022-08-18T23:20:05 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/body-of-diver-recovered-from-st-croix-river-maine-calais-police-investigation/97-607c43bd-2a9e-4b77-9723-3f8c32e2a74a |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The body of a missing person was pulled from the Willamette River near Harrisburg, Benton County Sheriff’s Office said.
On Wednesday morning, Benton County officers reportedly pulled a man’s remains out of the river.
The body was allegedly found on a small island in the river by a woman who was canoeing in the area that morning.
Benton County Sheriff’s Office deputies recovered the body and were able to identify the remains as 36-year-old Justin Grossman who went missing in May.
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office says that Grossman was camping on an island in the river and was using a canoe to travel to shore when the boat capsized.
Authorities said on May 7 they responded to a report of a capsized canoe on the river but were unable to find Grossman. | https://www.koin.com/local/body-of-missing-eugene-man-pulled-from-willamette-river/ | 2022-08-18T23:25:10 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/body-of-missing-eugene-man-pulled-from-willamette-river/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The city of Portland swept two homeless campsites on Thursday, one in southeast Portland near Cesar Chavez Boulevard and the other at Laurelhurst Park.
A spokesperson for the city’s Urban Camping Impact Reduction program acknowledged these cleanups are not a solution — saying they are meant to reduce the impact homelessness has on the environment and community.
During the sweeps, camp cleanup crews loaded up people’s belongings and transferred them to a storage space.
KOIN 6 News talked to Robert Goff, one of those 25 campers forced to pack up their belongings.
Goff said he came to Oregon in 2021 and spent 8 months living in his RV until the city towed it. Goss explained he has a list of health issues and wants a place to live, but said there is no way he can afford rent.
“My disability check is less than $800 a month… who can afford rent with $800 a month?” Goff explained.
Goff said the city told him they would put his name on a list for services to help him get a house.
A spokesperson for the city told KOIN 6 News they are aware camp cleanups are not meant to be a permanent solution to Portland’s homeless crisis.
“We remove trash, biohazardous materials and needles from our parks and public spaces for the health and safety of our community,” the spokesperson said. “This program was never meant to offer a permanent solution to Portland’s homelessness crisis. Most people will agree we need access to permanent, affordable housing in order to solve homelessness.”
The spokesperson went on to say that homelessness is not a crime and there are limited options for people to go.
“We are very aware that people experiencing homelessness often return to camp sites. People create a community and prefer to stay in familiar locations. The City does not currently prevent this. We firmly maintain that being homeless is not a crime and there are limited options for people to go,” the city spokesperson said. “This upsets many residents, but again, our primary goal is to reduce the impact camping has on the community — not to prevent camping in public spaces.” | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/portland-notes-need-for-affordable-housing-amid-homeless-camp-sweeps/ | 2022-08-18T23:25:10 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/portland-notes-need-for-affordable-housing-amid-homeless-camp-sweeps/ |
Three men were indicted on murder charges in the beating death of Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who was killed four years ago in a West Virginia prison.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of West Virginia announced the charges Thursday.
Fifty-five-year-old Fotios "Freddy" Geas, 48-year-old Paul "Pauly" DeCologero, and 36-year-old Sean McKinnon were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Bulger was 89 years old when he was beaten to death on Oct. 30, 2018. He had recently been transferred to United States Penitentiary Hazleton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. He was placed in general population less than a day before he was killed — a move that has sparked heavy criticism.
The year after his death, Bulger's family filed a wrongful death claim against the federal government.
"We believe that James Bulger was deliberately placed in harm’s way," the Bulger family said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal. "There is simply no other explanation for the transfer of someone in his condition and inmate status to be placed in the general population of one of the country’s most violent federal penitentiaries."
Bulger was reportedly transferred to USP Hazelton for disciplinary reasons after his medical classification was suddenly changed.
According to the New York Times, video images showed two inmates rolling Bulger into a corner of his cell and beating him savagely with a padlock in a sock. He was later found wrapped in blankets, posed to appear as if he were sleeping.
Bulger was serving a life sentence for participating in 11 killings at the time of his death. He worked as an FBI informant who ratted on the New England Mob while simultaneously running his own crime ring responsible for loansharking, extortion and a string of murders.
He fled Boston in late 1994 after being tipped off by his FBI handler that he was about to be indicted. He spent the next 16 years as one of America's most wanted fugitives until he was found in 2011, living with his girlfriend in a rent-controlled apartment in Santa Monica, California.
Federal officials have only said they are investigating Bulger's death as a homicide. No charges have been filed.
Bulger's killing was the third at Hazelton over the course of six months. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/3-men-charged-in-prison-murder-of-whitey-bulger/3830780/ | 2022-08-18T23:26:01 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/3-men-charged-in-prison-murder-of-whitey-bulger/3830780/ |
The suspect accused of brutally beating another man in an unprovoked attack after following him outside a New York City restaurant is back on the street, as the attempted murder charges he faced have been downgraded.
Police said Bui Van Phu was out of jail Thursday on supervised release, and he now just faces assault and harassment charges — neither of which are bail-eligible, the Bronx district attorney's office said. It was not immediately clear why the charges were downgraded, with the DA's office only saying they "pursued charges based on the investigation."
The 52-year-old victim, identified by his brother as Jesus Cortez, was in front of Fuego Tipico Restaurant on 188th Street in Fordham Heights around 10:45 p.m. on Aug. 12, surveillance video showed. In jarring footage of the attack, Phu can be seen calmly walking up behind Cortez, arms folded low behind his back.
Phu, 55, then slugs him violently with his right arm, the right hook to the head immediately rendering Cortez unconscious on the ground. Phu stands over the motionless victim, looking down on him for a moment before walking back inside the restaurant. Police said there was no prior conversation or argument before the attack.
Cops say it appears Cortez had left the restaurant and stopped just outside of it when he saw several people talking. That's when the attacker came from behind him, put on a pair of gloves and socked him in the head in the wordless attack. The victim suffered a skull fracture, broken cheekbone and brain bleeding in the attack. He was said to be hospitalized in critical condition.
Cortez's brother, Juan, told NBC New York that his brother is "day to day. We simply ask God to help him, for the justice system to be hard-handed" against the attacker.
"My brother is in this condition because of these criminals walking the street. I don’t wish this upon anyone," Juan Cortez said. "The only thing I want justice is for my brother. Apparently this person has a criminal record."
Phu was said to be a convicted sex offender, and was part of a gang rape in 1994. He was released from state prison in 2015. The Bronx DA said Phu contacted his parole officer following the attack.
Motivation for the attack was not clear, and it was not clear if Phu had an attorney. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/suspect-released-charges-downgraded-for-skull-cracking-knockout-punch-outside-nyc-restaurant/3830802/ | 2022-08-18T23:26:07 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/suspect-released-charges-downgraded-for-skull-cracking-knockout-punch-outside-nyc-restaurant/3830802/ |
Three men were indicted on murder charges in the beating death of Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who was killed four years ago in a West Virginia prison.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of West Virginia announced the charges Thursday.
Fifty-five-year-old Fotios "Freddy" Geas, 48-year-old Paul "Pauly" DeCologero, and 36-year-old Sean McKinnon were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Bulger was 89 years old when he was beaten to death on Oct. 30, 2018. He had recently been transferred to United States Penitentiary Hazleton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. He was placed in general population less than a day before he was killed — a move that has sparked heavy criticism.
The year after his death, Bulger's family filed a wrongful death claim against the federal government.
"We believe that James Bulger was deliberately placed in harm’s way," the Bulger family said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal. "There is simply no other explanation for the transfer of someone in his condition and inmate status to be placed in the general population of one of the country’s most violent federal penitentiaries."
Bulger was reportedly transferred to USP Hazelton for disciplinary reasons after his medical classification was suddenly changed.
According to the New York Times, video images showed two inmates rolling Bulger into a corner of his cell and beating him savagely with a padlock in a sock. He was later found wrapped in blankets, posed to appear as if he were sleeping.
Bulger was serving a life sentence for participating in 11 killings at the time of his death. He worked as an FBI informant who ratted on the New England Mob while simultaneously running his own crime ring responsible for loansharking, extortion and a string of murders.
He fled Boston in late 1994 after being tipped off by his FBI handler that he was about to be indicted. He spent the next 16 years as one of America's most wanted fugitives until he was found in 2011, living with his girlfriend in a rent-controlled apartment in Santa Monica, California.
Federal officials have only said they are investigating Bulger's death as a homicide. No charges have been filed.
Bulger's killing was the third at Hazelton over the course of six months. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/3-men-charged-in-prison-murder-of-whitey-bulger/3339533/ | 2022-08-18T23:28:35 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/3-men-charged-in-prison-murder-of-whitey-bulger/3339533/ |
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Grand Prairie Police are asking for help investigating a homicide that took place along Interstate 30 Sunday night.
According to police, 38-year-old Olman Rodriguez was killed while driving along the highway near Belt Line Road.
Investigators originally said Rodriguez's 2007 black Dodge Ram was disabled in the eastbound lanes of traffic when it was struck by a person driving a Cadillac at about 9:15 p.m.
After more than a dozen officers walked the highway looking for evidence Wednesday, police said Thursday it was not the collision with the Cadillac that took Rodriguez's life.
"Further investigation into this incident has revealed evidence to support that the deceased was a victim of homicide, unrelated to the vehicle crash," police said.
Homicide investigators are asking that anyone who may have seen Rodriguez interacting with another vehicle please contact investigators at 972-237-8790. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fatal-grand-prairie-crash-on-i-30-now-a-homicide-investigation/3052056/ | 2022-08-18T23:29:15 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fatal-grand-prairie-crash-on-i-30-now-a-homicide-investigation/3052056/ |
Students in Frankie Weathers' fifth-grade class have some big shoes to fill.
"I hate to brag or be boastful, but I did have the highest scores in the building," said Weathers, who teaches fifth-grade reading and social studies at Edna Rowe Elementary in the Dallas ISD.
Her class was the only class in the entire school with 100% STAAR growth achievement last year, her first year back at the head of the classroom.
"Like I told my kids, 'I came off the bench for you guys,'" Weathers said. "I was at home eating bonbons!"
Weathers took early retirement from Garland ISD in 2020. It didn't stick.
"I would watch the news and they would say, 'teacher shortage, teacher shortage,'" Weathers said. "I was like, I could go back and teach!"
This is her second year back in the classroom in the same district, Dallas ISD, where she started in 1989.
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"I just came back home," Weathers said. "Retired teachers, we know how to weather the storm. We weathered 30 years of budget changes, TRS changes, staffing, COVID. Like, we just get it done!"
Last year, Weathers was given her school's "Night Owl" award.
"Because I'm the last one to leave the building," Weathers said. She stays late to plan for the next school day.
Weathers believes God called her back to the classroom.
"Really, He makes sure those students are successful. I'm just the vessel," Weathers said. "I'll retire when the Lord lets me know, 'hey you have done everything I needed you to do, you can rest.'" | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/teacher-returns-from-retirement-to-fill-staffing-gap-becomes-standout-in-dallas-isd/3052010/ | 2022-08-18T23:29:27 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/teacher-returns-from-retirement-to-fill-staffing-gap-becomes-standout-in-dallas-isd/3052010/ |
Three men were indicted on murder charges in the beating death of Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who was killed four years ago in a West Virginia prison.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of West Virginia announced the charges Thursday.
Fifty-five-year-old Fotios "Freddy" Geas, 48-year-old Paul "Pauly" DeCologero, and 36-year-old Sean McKinnon were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Bulger was 89 years old when he was beaten to death on Oct. 30, 2018. He had recently been transferred to United States Penitentiary Hazleton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. He was placed in general population less than a day before he was killed — a move that has sparked heavy criticism.
The year after his death, Bulger's family filed a wrongful death claim against the federal government.
"We believe that James Bulger was deliberately placed in harm’s way," the Bulger family said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal. "There is simply no other explanation for the transfer of someone in his condition and inmate status to be placed in the general population of one of the country’s most violent federal penitentiaries."
Bulger was reportedly transferred to USP Hazelton for disciplinary reasons after his medical classification was suddenly changed.
According to the New York Times, video images showed two inmates rolling Bulger into a corner of his cell and beating him savagely with a padlock in a sock. He was later found wrapped in blankets, posed to appear as if he were sleeping.
Bulger was serving a life sentence for participating in 11 killings at the time of his death. He worked as an FBI informant who ratted on the New England Mob while simultaneously running his own crime ring responsible for loansharking, extortion and a string of murders.
He fled Boston in late 1994 after being tipped off by his FBI handler that he was about to be indicted. He spent the next 16 years as one of America's most wanted fugitives until he was found in 2011, living with his girlfriend in a rent-controlled apartment in Santa Monica, California.
Federal officials have only said they are investigating Bulger's death as a homicide. No charges have been filed.
Bulger's killing was the third at Hazelton over the course of six months. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/3-men-charged-in-prison-murder-of-whitey-bulger/3052071/ | 2022-08-18T23:33:02 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/3-men-charged-in-prison-murder-of-whitey-bulger/3052071/ |
Outside Dallas City Hall Thursday, a call to action rally started with prayer followed by strong words from the podium.
"How do we make good on such a horrible situation?” asked Dr. Keisha Lankford with Lankford Avenue Services. “We all need to look in the mirror and ask, 'what do we need to do? What can I do?' We cannot pass blame. We cannot look to people outside our community. We have to look within."
Members of Urban Specialists, several other community organizations and coaches all came together to show solidarity against violence.
"I'm here just to show unity,” said Terry "Coach X" Mayo, founder of The Action Network. “That's what it is. Everyone has on different logos. It doesn't matter what's on your jersey. We're all the same team."
Urban Specialists brought together the group as a call to action. They want to provide answers to senseless violence like the death of Michael Hickmon.
Hickmon was shot during an altercation after a youth football league game in Lancaster Saturday.
"We need you because it's time to change,” said Varonika Wilson with Urban Specialists. “It's time to control the narrative and it's time for us to shift the energy towards positivity, love and oneness."
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Urban Specialists’ action plan for change includes hiring police officers instead of just security guards at games. They want a new search policy for guests including only clear bags allowed in games. There will be zero tolerance for weapons on the field, conflict resolution training, and more.
"If you don't know how to resolve a conflict then conflicts are going to continue to arise,” Real Youth Mentoring founder Tim Jackson said. “So, we have to teach our boys, specifically because they are the ones who tend to fight more, how to walk away. How to deescalate."
Hopefully, by finding answers they can end the senseless violence.
"The answer is love,” Mayo said. “The answer is unity."
To learn more about Urban Specialists click here. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/community-organizations-rally-together-after-the-death-of-lancaster-youth-football-coach/3052103/ | 2022-08-18T23:33:04 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/community-organizations-rally-together-after-the-death-of-lancaster-youth-football-coach/3052103/ |
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Over the past two decades, drug overdoses have increased across the country, reaching more than 100,000 deaths just last year. In Oregon, the number of overdose deaths have tripled over the past few years, with about 800 deaths last year.
Vancouver resident Lyn Anderson is left with memories of her 18-year-old son Ryan, who died from a heroin overdose about ten years ago.
"There’s always that hole within your family," she said while holding a picture of Ryan that she said brings her back to better days.
Ryan's "laughter and his heart" are what she misses the most.
"He was a very kind, very kind boy, young man, but just his presence he could change the room," she said.
Anderson said she believes Ryan's addiction started when he was just a boy. He was in the eighth grade when he broke his leg, and doctors prescribed him Oxycontin.
"That started his drug and alcohol use, from marijuana and alcohol and then pills, and it led to heroin," she said.
Ryan went through various treatment programs over the years, and at one point he was clean for seven months. But eventually he started using again.
"He didn't communicate with us that he had found his way back to heroin, and we got a text message August 19th, 2012 from someone who was concerned about him, and shortly after the deputies showed up at our door," Anderson said.
She now works in the recovery field, supporting other grieving families and fighting to change the stereotype around overdoses.
"There’s a lot of stigma and shame associated with people who use drug and alcohol, or misuse, and that needs to stop," she said.
"There’s a lack of empathy," added Jeremiah Lindemann, who lost his younger brother to heroin more than twelve years ago.
Lindemann later created an online map called Celebrating Lost Loved Ones where families can post photos and a description of who they've lost.
"It’s a great vehicle to help families that have lost people to get over our fear that they feel their loved one’s memories will just go away and will be forgotten," he said.
The map keeps their stories alive, he said, even though it’s a map no family wants to be on.
"We continue hoping to break that stigma, tear down that shame and get those resources out there," Anderson said.
Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. Clark College will host a public training for administering naloxone, the generic name for several brands of emergency medication that can reverse opioid overdoses. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mother-lost-son-heroin-fights-stigma-overdoses/283-54cf8015-f0dc-4b26-975c-51d549bd1319 | 2022-08-18T23:33:28 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mother-lost-son-heroin-fights-stigma-overdoses/283-54cf8015-f0dc-4b26-975c-51d549bd1319 |
Worcester, Somerset, Howard counties join Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network
The Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network is expanding to add three new counties, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday at the Maryland State Police barrack in Berlin.
Worcester and Somerset counties will join Dorchester County in the Lower Shore Coalition, while Howard County will join the larger network, as well. Wicomico County was already active in the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network.
The network is a "key element of Maryland’s public safety strategy," using information and data sharing to target gangs and others involved in drug, firearms and human trafficking, according to the state website. First formed in 2017, the network now includes 18 of Maryland’s 23 counties, as well as Baltimore City.
The additions of Worcester, Somerset and Howard counties were made possible by $6.5 million in state funding, making the network’s total funding $25 million this year. The money will be used, in part, to install program coordinators, data analysts and prosecutors in the three counties, according to a news release from Hogan’s office.
The network had a record year in 2022, the release said, when it “disrupted or dismantled” more than 400 criminal organizations, including:
- 68 local gangs, 26 multistate gangs and 43 international gangs.
- 197 local drug trafficking organizations, 39 multistate drug trafficking organizations and eight international drug trafficking organizations.
- 30 local firearm trafficking organizations, three multistate firearm trafficking organizations, three international firearm trafficking organizations.
In addition, the network more than doubled its cash and asset seizures, including:
- $5.7 million in cash, vehicles and other property alleged to be involved in criminal activity.
- 860 pounds of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana and other illegal drugs, with a total value of $2.2 million.
- Over 300 illegal firearms.
“Over time, we developed MCIN from an offender-based, eight-jurisdiction program into a robust information-sharing, data-driven network,” said Kunle Adeyemo, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services.
Part of the network’s efforts this year included the facilitation of “the largest drug bust ever on the Eastern Shore,” the release said, “including the seizure of enough heroin and fentanyl to kill more than 250,000 people.”
That case occurred in Caroline County in, with warrants served in Preston, Hurlock, Federalsburg, Lanham and Crofton in April, according to Maryland State Police. It resulted in at least nine arrests and the seizure of:
- 18 kilograms of cocaine.
- 2.7 kilograms of heroin/fentanyl.
- 5.9 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.
- 170 pounds of marijuana.
- Approximately 34 firearms.
- An undisclosed amount of cash.
“I can assure you that we are going to continue to use every tool at our disposal to make our neighborhoods safer,” Hogan said, “And we will not stop pursuing these criminal gangs who have been terrorizing our communities.”
Hogan spoke earlier in the day at Maryland Association of Counties, or MACo, conference in Ocean City. | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/08/18/governor-larry-hogan-maryland-criminal-intelligence-network-worcester-county/65408924007/ | 2022-08-18T23:37:37 | 1 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/08/18/governor-larry-hogan-maryland-criminal-intelligence-network-worcester-county/65408924007/ |
A Caldwell woman who took part in a protest outside the home of an Ada County commissioner and Central District Health board member in December 2020 has been sentenced for disturbing the peace.
An Ada County Magistrate Court judge on Wednesday sentenced Susan Lang, 52, to seven days in jail, with credit for two days already served. A jury found Lang guilty of disturbing the peace in a trial that ended July 27.
Lang was part of a group of people protesting on Dec. 9, 2020, outside the home of Diana Lachiondo, who was then an Ada County commissioner and a member of the Central District Board of Health. Other protesters had gone to the homes of other board members. A larger group had also protested outside the CDHD building earlier that evening as the board met to discuss a response to COVID-19.
When police responded to Lachiondo's home, the protesters had already left, but officers found evidence that included chalk on the sidewalk and videos posted online. Neighbors also signed a complaint allowing police to seek warrants for disturbing the peace. Lang was later arrested, then booked into the Ada County Jail and released.
Following Wednesday's sentencing, Lang began serving the remaining five days of her seven-day sentence at the Ada County Jail.
Lang has a trial scheduled for Sept. 14 on another misdemeanor charge, resisting or obstructing arrest. Online court records show it's related to something that happened Dec. 4, 2020. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/caldwell-woman-who-protested-central-district-health-officials-home-sentenced-to-jail/article_ed507e8a-65fd-5154-b75f-ee76a6fc01fb.html | 2022-08-18T23:38:20 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/caldwell-woman-who-protested-central-district-health-officials-home-sentenced-to-jail/article_ed507e8a-65fd-5154-b75f-ee76a6fc01fb.html |
Residents of all ages celebrated Tuesday at the groundbreaking ceremony for Nampa's new fire station. The new facility will also house paramedics and is expected to significantly cut emergency response time.
Residents watch the groundbreaking for Nampa's sixth fire station Tuesday. The new facility will also house paramedics and is expected to significantly cut emergency response time.
City officials and representatives of various agencies turn the first shovelfuls of dirt for Nampa's new fire station. It is expected to be operating by August 2023.
Residents of all ages celebrated Tuesday at the groundbreaking ceremony for Nampa's new fire station. The new facility will also house paramedics and is expected to significantly cut emergency response time.
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Residents watch the groundbreaking for Nampa's sixth fire station Tuesday. The new facility will also house paramedics and is expected to significantly cut emergency response time.
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City officials and representatives of various agencies turn the first shovelfuls of dirt for Nampa's new fire station. It is expected to be operating by August 2023.
NAMPA — Nampa fire districts celebrated the groundbreaking for a new station on Tuesday at 1725 W Roosevelt. It has been 15 years since Nampa built a new station and, according to Fire Chief Kirk Carpenter, the first request for a sixth station was made in 2011. The new station will also house Canyon County Paramedics.
“This is a hugely needed asset,” Carpenter said. “It's planned well enough that we have the ability to grow as Nampa continues to grow.”
Response time, Carpenter said, will probably be the biggest effect Nampa residents will see from this new station.
“Right now EMS calls would be covered by station two, station four, or station one depending on who's available,” Carpenter said. “And it can take up to 11 minutes to get out there.”
That 11 minutes will drop down to five or six minutes with this new station, he said.
In addition to faster response times, the new station will save money by housing paramedics and the fire department. And according to Daniel Bates, deputy fire chief of operations at Canyon County Paramedics, there are already several ambulances throughout Canyon County that are co-housed with fire stations.
“I think it's a great partnership between the ambulance district and the fire departments to be able to co house our units,” Bates said. “It just speaks to our ability to work well together and provide the services that we do.”
The 2009 recession really made building fire station six difficult, Carpenter said, particularly the long-term expense of having employees there.
“Really one of the main drivers of the annexation of the fire district and the city fire department becoming one entity is it opened up the opportunity for us to have more control over the budgeted dollars,” Carpenter said.
He said the new station is expected to be operating by August 2023. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/long-awaited-sixth-fire-station-groundbreaking-held-in-nampa/article_0d4ef41e-18ce-57ad-b303-67895cb1396d.html | 2022-08-18T23:38:26 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/long-awaited-sixth-fire-station-groundbreaking-held-in-nampa/article_0d4ef41e-18ce-57ad-b303-67895cb1396d.html |
More than 100 people crammed into an overflowing room Wednesday to testify on how the Meridian Library District handles its collection. Most supported the district, while a few accused them of peddling pornography to minors.
More than 100 people crammed into an overflowing room at the Meridian Library District on Wednesday – the vast majority of whom pushed back against an effort to purge books largely featuring LGBTQ themes and characters.
Out of the nearly 100 people who testified in-person Wednesday or submitted comments to the board directly, just 15 demanded such books be pulled from shelves.
Some of those, referring to themselves as “Concerned Citizens of Meridian” accused the library’s staff of “grooming” children to be more receptive to being molested by adults.
“Even the briefest of scans will make it clear that these books have but one purpose: to introduce children to sex and make them more susceptible to manipulation,” said Phil Reynolds, a founding member of the group.
Those include books like “Gender Queer,” the sexual education resource “It’s Perfectly Normal” and the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” children’s series.
Library officials said most of those books are not available in the children’s section.
At one point, a woman shouted at a line of people filing out of the room, calling the LGBTQ community “groomers” before being led out by Meridian Police officers.
Most, though, said parents should make individual decisions about what their children read and to not make those choices for others.
Some added a little flourish to their testimony.
Eric Gironda, who said he lived in the South during segregation, accused the library’s opponents as coming to “lynch minds” with their testimony – comparing their complaints to the Ku Klux Klan.
Gironda then sang a few bars from “You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught,” a song from the 1949 Broadway musical, “South Pacific.” The song outlines how people must be taught to hate and fear others who look differently than they do.
He ended his testimony by slapping a $20 bill in front of Meridian Library District Board Chair Megan Larsen, urging others to give as well. By the end of the night, it appeared she had collected at least $80 in support of the library from those who attended.
Larry Etter later floated what he called “a modest proposal” modeled off the satirical essay of the same name by Irish author Jonathan Swift.
“The children and the juvenile’s section of this library should be permanently closed and the books destroyed,” Etter said, tongue-in-cheek.
“The public needs to be aware that there are books on these shelves that portray animals walking, talking, dressing like human beings,” he joked. “Some of them don’t even have pants on and are exposing their lower extremities.”
No action was taken Wednesday night during the nearly three-hour meeting, though the board plans to have further discussions about the legal risks it could take on by trying to segregate certain books. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/meridian-residents-overwhelmingly-support-library-during-banned-books-open-meeting/article_2eaa6c5b-76c8-5d46-8dc4-918cfa4cb3bf.html | 2022-08-18T23:38:32 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/meridian-residents-overwhelmingly-support-library-during-banned-books-open-meeting/article_2eaa6c5b-76c8-5d46-8dc4-918cfa4cb3bf.html |
Multiple people are alleged to have taken part in the beating death of 22-year-old Luis Garcia in 2021, but one of them was sentenced Wednesday. Sergio Jimenez received 30 years in prison for second-degree murder, and will be eligible for parole after nine of those years.
After Jimenez received his sentence and the judge left the courtroom, a relative of Garcia's began to cry.
"This is not justice!" she yelled.
Garcia was lured out of a Walmart in Nov. 2021, the state prosecuting attorney said, and there was some type of scuffle in the car he got into. Unknown men also called Garcia's father to demand $2,000 in ransom money.
Garcia ended up in a trailer home off of Sugar Street in Caldwell, where he was repeatedly kicked in the head by Jimenez wearing steel-toed boots. Garcia was also tied up, beaten with golf clubs and cut up with knives, the state said.
Garcia was later abandoned in a driveway with his head and face taped up. According to an affidavit, he was transported to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Court documents say that police observed the house was cleaned up, ropes used to tie up Garcia were discarded, trash cans were missing along with some furniture and a trail of discarded items led out the back door.
"There were so many impact points it was impossible to tell which one was the killing blow," the state told the judge on Wednesday.
After Garica died, his family chose to donate his organs.
Jimenez's defense told the court that he was nearly desensitized to kidnapping and crime after his father was kidnapped and murdered, and that Jimenez was used to drug cartel violence.
"I can't see that he has had a life without tragedy," the defense said.
Garcia's father, Pedro Garcia, looked directly at Jimenez during his victim impact statement, where his words could be heard through quiet sobs.
"I want you to seek God and get forgiveness for yourself," he said.
Another man in connection with Garcia's murder, Sean Anthony Tambini, was just found in Nevada on Monday and brought back to the Canyon County Jail. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/nampa-man-gets-30-years-in-prison-for-participating-in-beating-murder/article_93870fc2-764e-51a0-99f7-fd8f6f9e01b2.html | 2022-08-18T23:38:39 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/nampa-man-gets-30-years-in-prison-for-participating-in-beating-murder/article_93870fc2-764e-51a0-99f7-fd8f6f9e01b2.html |
Louisiana Department of Health data shows racial disparity among state monkeypox cases
On Thursday, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) released data that revealed striking news about the monkeypox cases in Louisiana.
The LDH monkeypox dashboard showed that nearly 60% of monkeypox cases in Louisiana have occurred among Black Louisianans and about 27% among white Louisianans. With approximately 95% of the cases affecting males.
"We felt it was critical to release this analysis so we could shine a light on these disparities and the need for us all to do more," said LDH State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter. "This requires a whole of Louisiana effort. Now that we have more vaccine supply, we will be able to do many more community vaccination events."
The disparity tracks with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finding that the national monkeypox outbreak is disproportionately affecting minorities in America.
The CDC said that data from 43 states revealed that Black people make up 12% of the population but 26% of all monkeypox cases. Hispanic people accounted for 19% of the population and 28% of all cases.
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These groups make up a third of the U.S. population but account for more than half of the cases of monkeypox. Kanter said, "this is a priority for the Department -- we must do all we can to protect our at-risk residents and communities."
Cases have been identified in six of Louisiana's nine public health regions, with a vast majority of them being identified in southeast Louisiana. LDH said with equity in mind they are prioritizing raising awareness, communicating with at-risk groups, partnering with local providers to removed barriers and organizing vaccination events.
To learn more about monkeypox and the vaccination process, visit www.ldh.la.gov.
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/08/18/monkeypox-louisiana-cases-2022-racial-disparity-ldh-data/7834975001/ | 2022-08-18T23:40:04 | 0 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/08/18/monkeypox-louisiana-cases-2022-racial-disparity-ldh-data/7834975001/ |
Shooting on Shreveport interstate leaves one with life-threatening injuries
Just after 3:30 a.m. Shreveport Fire Department was called to the westbound of I-20 near Fairfield Avenue. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered a male victim who had been shot.
Shreveport Police Department was called to the scene and discovered that the victim was driving down I-20 when he was shot and lost control wrecking his vehicle.
First responders transported the victim to a local hospital where he is battling life-threatening injuries.
The wreck left I-20 blocked off for most of the morning.
Shreveport Police Department said there is no new updates on this shooting and it is currently under investigation.
More:Louisiana Department of Health data shows racial disparity among state monkeypox cases
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/08/18/shooting-left-20-closed-most-day-thursday/7836257001/ | 2022-08-18T23:40:10 | 0 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/08/18/shooting-left-20-closed-most-day-thursday/7836257001/ |
BEND, Ore. — More than 100 people, including dozens of emergency first responders, lined Greenwood Avenue in Bend on Wednesday for a procession in honor of Bend Fire & Rescue engineer Daniel Harro and his twin brother, Mark Harro, both of whom died in a plane crash in Idaho on Monday.
An ambulance carrying the brothers from Idaho to Bend drove alongside dozens of fire, law enforcement and other public safety vehicles past the shuttered Pilot Butte Drive-In, where a large gathering of firefighters stood watching. Firefighters saluted the vehicles as they passed. Some dotted their eyes with handkerchiefs, embraced and sighed deeply.
“People haven’t slept since we heard this,” said Melissa Steele, a fire inspector with Bend fire.
The Idaho State Police escorted the brothers, who were 38, to the state’s border with Oregon, where Oregon State Police took over and escorted them home.
Dan Derlacki, Bend’s deputy fire marshal, said the large gathering of firefighters around him showed how much Daniel Harro meant to the department. He remembered Harro as a humble man who displayed great leadership qualities.
“He was a special man,” Derlacki said, looking toward the surrounding firefighters and saying, “This is his family.”
Steele said she met Daniel Harro several times. A new inspector in the department, she said he was one of the first people she met and that he helped her feel welcome. Steele added that she was impressed by the outpouring of support she saw from the department, and the broader community, on Wednesday.
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“Seeing all the people out here today, it’s amazing,” she said, appearing choked up. “Everybody deserves to welcome him home.”
The procession passed through NE Greenwood Avenue between Eighth and 12th streets and headed toward downtown Bend. Onlookers waved American flags, hugged their loved ones and looked west as the long line of emergency vehicles and their flashing lights crested the hill.
But within minutes of the procession’s conclusion, the many firefighters who gathered to honor the Harro brothers had hopped back in their vehicles and were gone. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/central-oregon/firefighters-gather-honor-brothers-killed-idaho-plane-crash/283-126e86cf-3aac-4353-9452-2078fb7855c3 | 2022-08-18T23:43:22 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/central-oregon/firefighters-gather-honor-brothers-killed-idaho-plane-crash/283-126e86cf-3aac-4353-9452-2078fb7855c3 |
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Clark County Public Health issued a warning Thursday for high levels of cyanotoxins and cyanobacteria at Round Lake near Camas, after issuing a similar warning last week for the nearby Lackamas Lake.
The Oregon Health Authority has issued similar warnings for cyanobacteria or another toxin called microcystin at multiple swimming sites around the state, including the Willamette River at Cathedral Park in Portland as of Wednesday.
Water samples taken Monday at Round Lake showed cyanotoxins levels beyond the safe limit recommended by the Washington Department of Health, county officials said in a press release.
Warning signs are being placed at public access points around the lake. Officials will monitor both lakes and take weekly water samples to test for toxins when algae blooms are present.
Cyanotoxins are produced by harmful algae, and can rise to unsafe levels during algae blooms. The toxins can be harmful for people, especially children, and deadly for pets if they drink the water.
Cyanobacteria can cause wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath if inhaled and abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting and dizziness if ingested, according to Clark County health officials, and skin contact can cause rashes, itching, blisters or eye irritation.
While the advisory is in effect, officials recommend that people avoid swimming or water skiing and don't let their pets have any contact with the water. Boaters and kayakers are advised to steer clear of areas with visible scum or algae.
Officials began monitoring Lacamas Lake in July and had to issue a cyanotoxin warning for a few weeks, but were able to lift it as water quality improved. New tests last week prompted it to be re-issued.
Vancouver Lake was also placed under a cyanotoxin warning back in June, although it has since been lifted. A harmful algae bloom is still being monitored by officials at the lake, however, according to Clark County's database. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/harmful-algae-prompts-health-warnings-multiple-lakes/283-3c09ae4b-f457-41c1-81a5-a3c0551bd08f | 2022-08-18T23:43:28 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/harmful-algae-prompts-health-warnings-multiple-lakes/283-3c09ae4b-f457-41c1-81a5-a3c0551bd08f |
SALEM, Ore. — The head of Oregon’s public defenders’ office was fired Thursday in a clash over how to solve a dire shortage of attorneys to represent people too poor to afford a lawyer.
Critics for years have said Oregon’s unique public defense system is in crisis, with far too few attorneys to represent defendants. A report by the American Bar Association released in January found that Oregon has only 31% of the public defenders it needs.
The executive director of the Office of Public Defense Services, Stephen Singer, was fired by an oversight panel. The vote Thursday was six to two, with one member absent. Critics cited an abrasive, combative style Singer brought to his job.
The action by the Public Defense Services Commission capped an extraordinary week in which Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters took the unprecedented step of firing all the members of the commission. She then reinstated five of them while appointing four new members.
“This is what happens in Third World tin pot dictatorships,” Singer told the reconstituted panel Thursday before it took the vote. “This is when the ... parliament won’t do the bidding of the chief executive and so the dictator then dismisses the parliament and reconstitutes a new parliament that will be more pliable and do the dictator’s wishes.”
Singer was brought in to solve Oregon's public defense problem, and he said his ouster nd the loss of the commission’s independence would make low-income people charged with a crime, who disproportionately are people of color, suffer the consequences.
“In the end, I’m not the loser. You’re not the losers. The chief justice isn’t the loser. The court system isn't the loser. The real losers here are the clients,” Singer said.
Oregon’s public defender system is the only one in the nation that relies entirely on contractors: Large nonprofit defense firms, smaller cooperating groups of private defense attorneys that contract for cases and independent attorneys who can take cases at will.
Some firms and private attorneys are periodically refusing to take new cases because of the workload. Poor pay rates and late payments from the state are also a disincentive.
Singer said Walters had suggested he recruit volunteers, civil lawyers, retired lawyers, retired judges and third- and fourth-year law students to address the backlog of unrepresented defendants. Singer said he refused.
"It’s an extraordinarily reprehensible and unethical way to treat poor people charged with crimes,” he told the commission. “They are not people to be experimented on.”
"Even a misdemeanor criminal case can have significant consequences for the client and can result in deportation," he said. "It has implications for housing, for jobs, for education, access to loans."
One of the commissioners who voted against firing Singer was Jennifer Parrish Taylor, a Black woman who is with the Urban League of Portland. She had recommended that an investigation be conducted into Singer's conduct and effectiveness, and said firing him amounted to a lack of due process, since he wasn't able to bring witnesses before the panel and almost half of its members are new and unfamiliar with the situation.
She compared Singer's predicament to low-income defendants who aren't afforded due process because the court system can't find attorneys to represent them.
Singer, appearing before the commission via video link, appealed to the new commission to allow him to keep his job and said Walters — an ex-officio permanent, non-voting member of the commission — was threatening the independence of the commission by firing the commission and appointing a new one to do her bidding.
“The commission and its employees, including myself, is supposed to be independent from from the judiciary,” Singer said.
Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation due to a shortage of public defenders filed a lawsuit in May that alleges the state is violating their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial.
Walters said her personality conflicts with Singer had nothing to do with her actions this week.
“We need to advance the next phase of our work to create the systemic changes and immediate support for those serving and those in need of public defense services in Oregon,” she told the commission on Wednesday.
“I know that emotions are still running high for some,” Walters said. “And there have been accusations and suggestions that personality conflicts were what drove my decision. That’s counterproductive and needs to stop.” | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/head-oregon-public-defense-system-fired/283-0a4a98fb-ebe0-4ea0-8605-84cf15174de5 | 2022-08-18T23:43:35 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/head-oregon-public-defense-system-fired/283-0a4a98fb-ebe0-4ea0-8605-84cf15174de5 |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Fayetteville's 112 Drive-In is one of three Arkansas drive-in theaters remaining in 2022. Soon, there will only be two left in the state once the drive-in closes after 42 years in Northwest Arkansas.
The 112 Drive-in opened in 1980 off of Highway 112 in Fayetteville after the closing of Springdale's 71 Drive-In. Last spring after rezoning the land, the owners sold the property.
According to The United States Drive-In Theatre Owners Association, there are only 318 drive-in theaters across the US.
Jimmy Terry was area manager when the Fayetteville drive-in opened. He helped pick the land where the drive-in would eventually be.
"If you really enjoy your work, you never have to work a day in your life," Terry said.
He explained that he'd worked in the theater business all his life in Lawton, Oklahoma, and Northwest Arkansas. Terry worked at Malco Cinemas as the general manager and at multiple drive-ins during his career.
"I worked in all those theaters and I've also helped make some pictures. Along with Robert De Niro and Shelley Winters. It was called Bloody Mama and it was made here in Northwest Arkansas."
Jonathan Harvey was an employee for the theater in the early 2000s. He traveled from Kansas to see the drive-in before its closing.
"I heard that it was closing and I had to bring my family here," Harvey said. "So my kids would know what a drive-in was."
Jason and Elaine Thomas of Springdale say they remember coming to the drive-in when they were young.
"It's just a fun place to come in the evenings and hang out with the family. We got a Jeep we've put a bed in the back of. We lay down and watch the movies."
For the final two weekends, the drive-in decided to go retro. You can find the showtimes on their website.
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A North Iowa man grabbed a $10,000 lottery prize playing a "Super 20s" scratch ticket.
Miguel Ramirez of Mason City bought the winning Iowa Lottery ticket at Midtown Liquor & Vape, located at 824 N Federal Ave. in Mason City, according to a press release.
Ramirez claimed his prize at the Mason City regional office on Wednesday.
Super 20s is a $20 scratch game that features 16 top prizes of $100,000, 16 prizes of $10,000 and overall odds of 1 in 2.40.
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LONG POND, Pa. — Fans at Pocono Raceway in Lond Pond are used to the sound of roaring racecar engines, but for this weekend only, the sounds of electronic dance music will fill the grounds instead.
The raceway is hosting Elements Music and Arts Festival.
"We want this to be a homegrown Pocono Festival. We have guests coming from 44 states this year. Yeah, it's an amazing site. It's super convenient, only 90 minutes from New York, 90 minutes from Philly, and if you live in NEPA, then it is down the road," Brett Herman, the festival's co-founder, said.
The three-day festival features major electronic dance music performers like Fisher, Kaskade, Zed's Dead, and dozens more.
Herman says the new venue will alleviate many of the logistical and weather challenges they faced at the old location in Wayne County.
"The infrastructure was one of the first things. I mean, NASCAR has had huge crowds here for the past 50 years. So there used to be lots of guests coming. The woodlands here are gorgeous," Herman said. "The parking areas are perfect. We even had a couple of thunderstorms here, and there was barely a puddle left on the ground afterward."
The festival isn't all about the music and the main stages. Herman says art and wellness play two very big roles.
"We have a huge neon forest area," Herman said. "A health and wellness area that's kind of more secluded for when you need a break from the music and tons of activities besides just stages."
Herman says the raceway's property offers them more space to build and grow in the future.
"We really want to be a 72-hour immersive experience, and so you can escape to a new magical world for just a bit and obviously listen to incredible music with world-class touring DJs," Herman said.
The festival officially kicks off Friday.
For Elements Music and Arts Festival tickets, click here.
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MUNSTER — The daughter of former state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, D-Munster, is pleading with Republican precinct leaders in north central Indiana to reject the attempted political comeback of former Attorney General Curtis Hill Jr.
In an open letter to the approximately 500 individuals set to participate in Saturday's 2nd Congressional District caucus to replace on the ballot the late U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Elkhart, Victoria Reardon writes it would betray Walorski's legacy as a public servant to choose Hill as her successor.
Reardon said Hill committed battery against her mother and three bipartisan Statehouse staffers, Niki DaSilva, Samantha Lozano and Gabrielle Brock, by groping them on their backs or buttocks at a party celebrating the end of the 2018 Indiana General Assembly.
"Not only do they have names, but they have families, families that love them and pray for their safety and well being. Niki, Samantha and Gabby have families, like mine, that have seen the toll that the battery committed by Curtis Hill has taken, the panic attacks, the sleepless nights and the disillusionment with a system that is supposed to protect all of its citizens," Reardon said.
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"Curtis Hill has shown zero remorse and has not accepted any responsibility for the battery committed on Niki, Gabby, Samantha or my mom. I implore you to not replace a committed public servant like Jackie Walorski with a deeply flawed Curtis Hill," she added.
Records show a special prosecutor declined to file criminal charges against Hill in connection with his sexual misconduct and the Republican-controlled General Assembly likewise repeatedly stymied proposals to impeach Hill and consider removing him from office.
However, the Indiana Supreme Court in 2020 said there's no question Hill committed battery against the four women and the state's high court unanimously voted to suspend Hill's law license for a 30-day period.
Republican state convention delegates that year also denied Hill the GOP nomination for a second term as attorney general, opting instead for Todd Rokita, a Munster native.
Hill is the most prominent of the 12 Republicans vying to replace Walorski on the ballot after the five-term congresswoman, whose district includes portions of LaPorte County, was among four people killed in a two vehicle crash Aug. 3 near Nappanee, Indiana.
According to the Associated Press, Hill doesn't believe the 2018 groping incidents are an impediment to his candidacy.
"I'm sure someone’s going to bring up all sorts of old business, but that’s old news,” Hill told WISH-TV. "The folks in this district need somebody who's a fighter, who can take the heat. And if there’s one thing that I’ve proven over the last several years is I can take a licking."
Reardon closes her letter by urging caucus-goers to consider her mother's advice as they weigh Walorski's successor: "When you know better, you do better."
"Please do better by the citizens of the 2nd District, and our state, and reject Curtis Hill — not only for Niki, Gabby, Samantha and my mom, but for your family too," Reardon said.
There were 176 new Indiana laws approved this year by the Republican-controlled General Assembly and enacted by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, mostly during the month of March. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-leaders-reminded-of-hills-sexual-misconduct-as-they-weigh-walorski-successor/article_b4a05426-7c18-53e9-acc6-88a3e9d49ff3.html | 2022-08-18T23:53:30 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-leaders-reminded-of-hills-sexual-misconduct-as-they-weigh-walorski-successor/article_b4a05426-7c18-53e9-acc6-88a3e9d49ff3.html |
MESA, Ariz. — Mesa police say a woman reported missing out of Kingman earlier this week was found deceased Wednesday in the East Valley near Main Street and Recker Road.
Brenda Marshall, 71, of Kingman was reported missing Sunday and local police put out alerts asking the public to be on the lookout for the missing woman.
Mesa police say Marshall's car was found Wednesday and officers discovered the missing woman deceased inside. Investigators believe Marshall's car had been parked at the Mesa location since Sunday.
Police say investigators have not yet determined whether foul play was a factor in Marshall's death and medical examiners are working to determine how she died.
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“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
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Nightlife has always had an activist streak — for some clubgoers, simply celebrating together in a public place can feel like an act of protest. But this weekend at 1015 Folsom, an unprecedented contingent of San Francisco’s DJ community is uniting to speak up on one of the most pressing political issues today: reproductive rights.
In response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, 25 DJs described by the organizers as “femme-centric” will perform this Friday at 1015 Folsom, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the National Network of Abortion Funds and Planned Parenthood. Tickets start at $15 (with a $3.97 fee), but for those who’d like to show more support, there are three additional tiers of tickets available (each comes with the same access).
The show is headlined by veteran Los Angeles-based DJ Heidi Lawden, whose long-running show on Dublab radio is known as a melting pot of classic and trending house, techno and disco. She has donated her fee for the event.
Melissa Garcia, who performs as DJ Madre and is tentatively scheduled to play at 11 p.m., recounted her personal experiences as part of her motivation to participate in the event.
"Coming from an activist background myself, being a mom, and being someone who has had a lifesaving abortion, for me it’s pretty plain to see that a lot of the policies around abortion are rooted in white supremacy and racism, and these laws disproportionately affect women of color," Garcia said.
Garcia stressed that despite the boys’ club reputation of the professional DJ circuit, the Bay Area has a long legacy of trailblazing female DJs. She cites inspirations like Pam the Funkstress, who became known as Purple Pam when performing with Prince, as well underground hip-hop icon DJ Stef.
Collectives like Peaches and Pu Tang Clan (among many more) are still carrying that torch, but it’s rare for so many female, trans and nonbinary DJs to perform under one roof, playing a diverse array of musical styles ranging from reggaeton to hard techno in support of a single cause.
“Bringing this community together to support the National Network of Abortion Funds and Planned Parenthood is special. I think it's a once-in-a-lifetime event,” Garcia said. | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/sf-djs-unite-abortion-rights-17382546.php | 2022-08-18T23:54:52 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/sf-djs-unite-abortion-rights-17382546.php |
CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
California lawmakers this month are considering a fast food bill that would significantly shift the relationship between restaurant workers and the corporate chains whose products they sell.
If Assembly Bill 257 passes, California would be the first state to assign labor liability to fast food corporations and not just their individual franchise owners.
The bill’s provisions would let workers and the state name fast food chains as a responsible party when workers claim minimum wage violations or unpaid overtime at a franchise location.
The bill’s language also would allow a franchisee to sue a restaurant chain if their franchise contracts contain strict terms that leave them no choice but to violate labor law.
It’s part of a larger bill pushed by unions to more strictly regulate fast food businesses. AB 257 also includes a measure to create a state-run, fast food sector council to set wage and labor standards across the industry.
Last week the bill survived the “suspense file” process, where controversial bills often are quietly killed. After clearing the Senate Appropriations Committee, the bill awaits a vote on the floor.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has not stated a position on the bill, but his Department of Finance opposes it, saying it would create “ongoing costs” and worsen delays in the state’s labor enforcement system.
If it becomes law, proponents said it could deter wage theft and other abuses in the low-wage industry.
“How you hold the companies at the top of the food chain, who are really setting the terms and conditions of employment, responsible for the lower levels — California has been way ahead on that,” said Janice Fine, professor of labor studies and employment relations at Rutgers University. “What’s happened in California is a real effort to try to figure out the fissured economy.”
California’s fast food bill
The fast food bill is one of the most contentious measures the Legislature is considering during its final weeks in session.
The California Chamber of Commerce and the state restaurant association have lobbied hard against it, arguing the bill would upend the franchise business model and ultimately raise costs for franchise owners and consumers. On Wednesday, a group of franchisees flooded the Capitol to oppose the bill.
The Service Employees International Union and its Fight for $15 campaign led a series of strikes this summer to rally for the bill’s passage, including an overnight rally at the Capitol this week.
Currently most workers who allege wage theft, say, at a McDonald’s, Burger King, or a Jack in the Box can only name the owner of their specific franchise location as responsible for paying them back — even as they work under the banner of a multibillion-dollar fast food corporation.
In other industries, California already has done some of what AB 257 proposes to do for fast food. In some cases, the state has expanded responsibility for employment conditions beyond the subcontractor or supplier level to the larger companies they do business with, even though they don’t directly employ the workers.
For instance, in 2014 the Legislature made businesses that use contract workers liable for wage theft committed by those workers’ agencies. Lawmakers later did the same for contractors in the janitorial, gardening, construction and nursing home industries.
Last year the Legislature passed a measure putting major fashion brands on the hook for wage theft by garment manufacturers in their supply chains.
Wage theft in fast food
Fast food is the latest industry attracting this type of regulation, and it is one of the largest and most visible.
Restaurants such as fast-food joints, take-out businesses and cafes employed more than 700,000 workers across the state, according to June federal data. Proponents of the bill estimate 80% of the workers are Black, Latino or Asian and two-thirds are women.
SEIU and Fight for $15 say the industry is rife with labor violations. The union released a survey of 400 workers this year in which 85% said they were victims of wage theft.
Business groups said the bill targets fast food unnecessarily. The Employment Policies Institute, a national think tank with restaurant ties, published a report this month showing the percentage of wage claims filed against this segment of business is lower than its share of the California workforce.
If approved, the proposed legislation could mark a turning point in American labor law.
Typically under the franchise model, fast food corporations strike agreements with franchisees that dictate a variety of standards for selling food under their brand — but leave wages, hours and labor conditions up to the franchisee.
The model has provided inroads to business ownership for many minority entrepreneurs, supporters point out.
But critics say companies like McDonald’s and Domino’s have been allowed to profit while distancing themselves from any responsibility for how restaurant employees are treated.
Joint employers?
The question of franchisors’ relationship to workers remains unsettled at the federal level. Across three presidential administrations the National Labor Relations Board has gone back and forth on whether to automatically consider franchisors and franchisees “joint employers.” The courts, including the California Supreme Court, have generally rejected that idea under current laws.
“These franchise models have been an avenue and way for companies to avoid responsibility for being employers,” said Emily Andrews, director of education, labor and worker justice at the Center for Law and Social Policy, a national, left-leaning anti-poverty organization.
Studies have found franchisors can exert a significant amount of pressure and control over franchise business owners.
In a paper published last year, law professors at the University of Miami and Cornell University examined 44 franchise contracts from 2016 and found that more than three-quarters gave the chain exclusive power to terminate contracts, putting a franchisee “in a position of economic dependence.”
“Franchisees can respond to intensive franchisor monitoring and tight profit margins by unlawfully chiseling wages as the only cost variable that the franchisor does not directly monitor,” the law professors wrote.
The International Franchise Association disagrees, arguing the business model is defined by franchise owners’ independence in labor decisions. The fast food bill, they said, would reduce those owners to middle managers, and larger companies would pull back opportunities in California if they’re required to monitor labor law compliance.
“You’d be holding an entity responsible or assigning liability for things they don’t have control over,” said Jeff Hanscom, spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based association which includes franchisors and franchisees. “You’re taking a franchise and turning it into the corporate entity.”
The Cheesecake Factory case
That argument holds some sway with lawmakers in the state Senate.
During a June hearing for the fast food bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee, some Democratic lawmakers questioned if an automatic expansion of liability is necessary. Sen. Bob Wieckowski, a Fremont Democrat, pointed out that under current law a judge can already find a franchisor liable for a labor violation if it’s proven on a case-by-case basis.
Representatives for some franchisors, including McDonald’s, Jack in the Box and Burger King, did not respond to requests for comment on California’s fast food bill.
To worker advocates, extending liability is key to enforcing wage and labor laws.
Yardenna Aaron is executive director of the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund, a janitorial worker center that pushed for joint liability in that industry in 2015.
Prior to that law’s passage, Aaron said, contractors often closed up shop or declared bankruptcy when faced with allegations of wage theft, only to reopen under another name or business entity later.
The new law has enabled the state’s labor commissioner to issue citations against larger and more prominent companies in cases of alleged wage theft.
In a highly publicized 2018 case, the California Labor Commissioner named the Cheesecake Factory jointly responsible with a janitorial services firm, saying they owed nearly $4 million to 559 janitorial workers who cleaned eight of the chain’s Southern California restaurants. It was one of the state’s largest cases of wage theft.
The state has brought similar cases against electric car manufacturer Tesla for its contractors allegedly underpaying janitors at its San Jose factories, and e-commerce giant Amazon for a contractor allegedly failing to pay overtime to its delivery drivers.
The power of the purse
Labor experts said it’s too soon to tell if joint liability has made it easier for the state to recover unpaid wages. State investigations of wage theft take months. And when the state cites employers, seeking unpaid wages and penalties, employers usually appeal, setting off administrative hearing processes that can take years.
The Cheesecake Factory case is still awaiting a hearing, four years later. Advocates expect a resolution this year, Aaron said. The Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund represented the workers interviewed in that case; its director at the time, Lilia Garcia-Brower, is now the California State Labor Commissioner.
Officials in the labor commissioner’s office in 2020 pointed to the growing complexity of liability laws for the long delays in processing the tens of thousands of individual wage claims workers file each year.
Still, legislative staffers predicted joint liability would “almost certainly” improve labor compliance in fast food by forcing the larger businesses to monitor the behavior of franchisees.
Aaron said that has been evident in the janitorial industry since the 2015 law change. The worker center meets with client companies that hire janitorial contractors to educate them about labor laws.
“We find, generally, clients want to avoid the liability that contractors would bring in terms of wage theft cases,” Aaron said. “The power of the purse is real.”
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ELK GROVE, Calif. — Additional law enforcement is at Monterey Trail High School in Elk Grove Thursday after a student was attacked the day before.
The victim’s father, Kawame Curry, also returned to the school Thursday seeking answers.
He told ABC10 he was back to speak with the school about the handling of the situation. He said the school originally told him his son had breathing problems and passed out -- nothing about the attack.
“Them saying it was just like a medical thing and then all the sudden it’s, 'Oh, your son was assaulted.' Then, the video comes out and then everyone wants to be concerned, act like they handled so much stuff, you know what I mean? And the video clearly shows what happened. If the video wouldn’t have surfaced the way that it did, then they probably would have just swept it under the rug,” Curry said.
He said he's done everything in his power to keep it together for his family after watching video of the attack.
“Looking at that video, you can tell he has no sense of consequence, no sense of nothing, you know what I'm saying? You could have literally taken my son's life,” Curry said.
The exact series of events leading to the attack is unclear, but Curry believes it started over a student trying to steal his son’s tennis shoes.
The video shows a 15-year old student walking behind his son with a fire extinguisher, pulling a fire extinguisher from his bag, and taking a full swing. The fire extinguisher hits the back of Kawame Curry Jr’s head, and he can be seen falling to the ground before being hit a second time.
ABC10 has seen the video, but is choosing not to show it due to the graphic nature.
“He’s hurting. My other son, my 18-year-old son, literally had to take his phone and delete so much stuff off social media and his accounts just so he doesn’t see it and have to relive the situation over and over and over and over again,” Curry said.
Curry said with everything that’s happened, he only hopes his parenting is strong enough to get them through. He said he's had multiple children go through the Elk Grove School District and never had any problems before.
“To hear my son say that he never wants to come back to this school ever again... it hurts, it hurts,” Curry said.
ABC10 reached out to the school district about the meeting and the grievances from the father. Their representative was in a meeting at the time.
The 15-year-old accused of attacking Curry Jr. is in custody and is facing two felony counts of “attempted homicide” without bail. The investigation is ongoing.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — In a 5-2 vote during their special board meeting Tuesday, Stockton Unified School District trustees moved to suspend any public town hall meetings about this summer's scathing grand jury report, which found mismanagement and a lack of transparency at Stockton’s largest school district.
The vote followed nearly 20 minutes of discussion among board members and one person who filed a public comment card on the item.
In early August, the school district announced a two-hour long town hall meeting allowing members of the public to address board members regarding the grand jury report for up to three minutes.
The move to create the town hall was an action called upon by community members such as recent Stockton Early College Academy graduate and critic of the district’s board, David Sengthay.
“I was disappointed but not surprised,” Sengthay said following Tuesday's vote. “They were unable to take the criticism well and I think that their move to cancel any further town halls was, in fact, a way to prevent more negative press and to prevent that sort of publicity around the school district.”
The June grand jury report found poor business practices, an inadequate duty of care, and a lack of transparency at the district are pushing it towards a $30 million budget shortfall by the 2024 fiscal year.
The report said the state's Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team has been brought in to conduct an audit of the financial issues faced by SUSD to avoid a potential state-ordered takeover by the San Joaquin County Office of Education.
SUSD has until Sept. 15 to submit a formal response to the grand jury.
Sengthay says by canceling any future town hall meetings on the report, the school district, also California’s 13th largest, is perpetuating issues outlined in the report.
“The decision to vote on these town halls was done during a special board meeting, which means it wasn't publicized well, and it was done during work hours -- at 1 p.m.,” Sengthay said. “The town hall was definitely a way for the public to get involved and stay engaged and now we're losing that sort of aspect."
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Board president Cecilia Mendez made the motion to cancel any future town hall meetings saying the district should first formulate a response to the report and then allow the community to speak on the drafted response during the board’s next regular meeting, before the board votes to approve or revise the response.
The motion was approved by trustees Alicia Rico, Ray Zulueta, Scot McBrian and Zachary Avelar.
“No town halls, we’re not going to have any more town halls right now,” Cecelia Mendez said during Tuesday’s meeting. “We have to finish to respond to the grand jury, we need to do this, you know we have to do this."
Trustee Rico said if more town hall meetings were held, she would decline to participate due to a lack of respect from community members.
"I hear the video, the audio from the last town hall you guys had, it was nasty. There is no respect for people," Rico said. "We're not doing nothing against them. By the way, they come to the meetings and start saying a lot of things, this is not a community that we need. We need community to resolve these issues, not to make those issues worse."
Trustees Maria Mendez and AngelAnn Flores voted against the motion, citing calls from community members who requested the town halls and to discuss the report with board members before a response is drafted.
“This is not very transparent and not very respectful to the community voice,” Flores said during Tuesday's meeting. “By taking this vote the way we are in the motion for this vote, is in clear disrespect to the results of the grand jury report. This is exactly what they called us out on.”
In a statement to ABC10, SUSD Interim Superintendent Traci Miller said in light of the board's decision, she will begin hosting her own public meetings across the district.
“I will be hosting meetings with the public called Community Conversations. I am anticipating having fruitful discussions on matters of the school district,” the statement said. "I plan to host at the school district and in each of the 7 areas of the district. I am willing to put in the work to make improvements where needed.”
Following the Tuesday vote, Sengthay and other activists are calling for the five board members who voted in favor of canceling the town hall meetings to resign.
"We had some board trustees ridicule the public for only demanding transparency and respect saying it was too much," Sengthay said. "It's ridiculous for a board trustee to go public and say that we don't deserve them as a community when it's in fact the community that voted them in."
An online petition calling for the resignation of Trustees Cecilia Mendez, Rico, Zulueta, McBrian and Avelar has gained over 160 signatures in less than a day.
McBrian, Avelar, Flores and Maria Mendez's seats on the board are all up for election in November.
The district's legal consultant Jack Lipton said he believes the district's response to the grand jury report will be ready for consideration at the board's next meeting on Aug. 23.
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Prosecution rests case in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial
The federal government has wrapped up its case in the retrial of two men charged in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from her vacation home — a scheme that the feds say also involved killing her security detail and blowing up a bridge to slow down cops — because they were upset over her handling of the pandemic.
Attorneys for defendants Adam Fox and Barry Croft are not expected to call many witnesses, meaning jurors could begin their deliberations after closing arguments Friday.
After the government rested, the defense sought an acquittal from the judge, arguing the government had not proven its case based on the evidence presented. But the judge concluded that a reasonable jury could find the defendants guilty — not that they should, but that they could — and denied the request.
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Jurors heard from a handful of government witnesses Thursday, mostly FBI agents and analysts who gathered and examined evidence shortly after the October 2020 arrests of six men facing federal charges in the alleged kidnapping plot. Five were arrested in an FBI sting outside an Ypsilanti warehouse. Croft was arrested at a gas station in New Jersey.
The government rested its case after seven days of testimony from more than a dozen witnesses, including Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks — two co-defendants who pleaded guilty early on and agreed to testify against their alleged cohorts.
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Franks and Garbin testified in the first trial, which ended in no convictions after five days of jury deliberations. The jury acquitted defendants Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta and deadlocked on the charges against Fox and Croft, triggering a mistrial.
The defense subpoenaed Harris and Caserta to testify in the retrial, but both men opted not to testify.
If convicted, Fox and Croft both face up to life in prison on kidnapping conspiracy and conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction.
The jury was dismissed at 1:30 p.m. Thursday after hearing from the defense's first witness: a friend of Croft who attended many of the events that were cited during trial.
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A recall has been announced for a baby swing and a baby rocker after the products led to the death of a 10-month-old infant and injuries to another 10-month-old, according to the recall from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Thorley Industries, LLC, doing business as 4moms.
The recall affects about 2 million MamaRoo swings and 220,000 RockaRoo rockers in the U.S., as well as 60,000 MamaRoo swings and 10,000 RockaRoo rockers in Canada.
When the swing or rocker aren’t being used, restraint straps can hang below the seat, and crawling infants can become tangled in them, the recall said.
The company said it had received two reports of infants becoming caught in the strap, including the 10-month-old who died of asphyxiation and the second infant, who suffered bruising to his neck before being rescued. Both incidents involved the MamaRoo swing.
The recall specifically is affects MamaRoo models that use a three-point harness with model numbers 4M-005, 1026 and 1037. Models with five-point harnesses are not included.
RockaRoo models included in the recall have model number 4M-012.
Model numbers for both products are located on the bottom of the unit, according to the recall.
The safety commission said consumers with crawling infants should immediately stop using the recalled swings and rockers, and put them somewhere the infant can’t access, then contact 4moms to register for a strap fastener to keep the straps from extending below the swing when not in use.
Swings and rockers were sold in person at BuyBuy Baby and Target stores nationwide, as well as online at 4moms.com and Amazon from January 2010 through August 2020 for between $160 and $250.
The company said it is contacting all known purchasers directly, but consumers can contact the company by calling 877-870-7390 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Monday through Friday, by emailing safetyandrecall@4moms.com, or only at https://www.4momsrecall.expertinquiry.com/.
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BLOOMINGTON — An Illinois State University alumnus who leads a Bloomington church will be the keynote speaker for the Bloomington-Normal NAACP's Freedom Fund Gala next month.
Bishop Larry Taylor
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Bishop Larry Taylor, lead pastor of Center for Hope Ministries, will speak at the event, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Parke Regency Hotel, 1413 Leslie Drive in Bloomington. The event will also include entertainment, the presentation of awards, a silent auction and booths from various businesses and organizations, a press release said.
Taylor graduated from ISU in 1982 and started Center for Hope Ministries in 2000. He has also worked in banking and financial counseling.
Another of the honorees will be Jeanne Morris, who is the Bloomington-Normal NAACP Woman of the Year. She was one of the first Black professors at ISU and has long been active in civil rights advocacy and the NAACP. She and her husband were recently the subject of a documentary made by the Bloomington-Normal NAACP's Youth Council.
Dr. Jeanne Morris
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"In times like these, people are searching for answers and the NAACP continues to provide solutions, standing in the gap for those who need an advocate who will speak out against racism and all of the injustice in our communities and world, with the vision of freedom for all," said Willie Holton Halbert, Freedom Fund chairperson and second vice president for the local NAACP chapter.
This year's event will recognize the 104th anniversary of the local chapter and the theme of the gala is "This Is Power."
Tickets are available through Sept. 6 and cost $60 for a single person, $110 for a couple or $450 for a table of eight. Youth tickets for those younger than 17 cost $30. Tickets can be purchased by check made out to and mailed to NAACP Bloomington/Normal Branch, P.O. Box 925, Normal, IL 61761.
Photos: Illinois State Fair political days through the years
2012 State Fair
Illinois House Minority Leader Tom Cross, R-Oswego, participates in a rally on Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 in Springfield.
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2012 State Fair
Republican party supporters participate in a rally on Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 in Springfield.
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2015 State Fair
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner bid $61,000 for the Grand Champion Land of Lincoln steer, during the auction held at the Illinois State Fair, Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Rauner poses with Taylor Donelson, 19, of Clinton, along with country music star Scotty McCreery.
STEVE SMEDLEY, THE PANTAGRAPH
2015 State Fair
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signals thumbs up as he bids $61,000 dollars for the Grand Champion Land of Lincoln steer, during the auction held at the Illinois State Fair, Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Taylor Donelson, 19, of Clinton, showed the steer.
STEVE SMEDLEY, THE PANTAGRAPH
2015 State Fair
Gov. Bruce Rauner pets the Grand Champion Land of Lincoln steer he bid $61 thousand dollars for during the auction held at the Illinois State Fair, Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Taylor Donelson, 19, of Clinton, showed the steer.
STEVE SMEDLEY, THE PANTAGRAPH
2007 State Fair
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, seated, shakes the hand of House Speaker Michael Madigan as Madigan walks to the podium to address the crowd during the Democrat Rally at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007, in Springfield.
JONATHAN KIRSHNER, THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER VIA AP
2008 State Fair
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, right, and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, participate in a Democratic rally on Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2008 State Fair
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is surround by reporters at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill., Friday Aug. 8, 2008.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2009 State Fair
Illinois Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, campaigns while at the Illinois State Fair during a Republican Day rally in Springfield on Thursday, Aug 20, 2009.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2012 State Fair
Union protesters, supporters and labor leaders protest Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn saying he is betraying the Democratic party’s tradition of supporting working men and women, on Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 in Springfield.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2012 State Fair
Surrounded by booing union members, supporters and labor leaders Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, right, tries to still greet those attending the Governor's Day rally at the Illinois State Fair Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 in Springfield.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2005 State Fair
Illinois gubernatorial candidates from left; Bill Brady, Ron Gidwitz, Jim Oberweis, and Steve Rauschenberger sit together during a Republican Day rally Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005 at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2004 State Fair
Illinois Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Barack Obama, left, is surrounded by supporters hoping to get an autograph or shake his hand during Democrat Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2003 State Fair
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, third from left, his wife, Patti, left, daughter, Amy, second from left, Miss Illinois County Fair Queen 2003 Jamie Bolander, fourth from left, Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin, third from right, Sen. Vince Demuzio, D-Carlinville, second from right, and Illinois Director of Agriculture Chuck Hartke, right, cut the opening ribon of the Illinois State Fair in Springfield on Friday, Aug. 8, 2003.
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2003 State Fair
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, shakes hands with fellow Democrats, sitting from left, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, and Illinois State Comptroller Daniel Hynes during Democrats Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2006 State Fair
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama is surrounded by reporters as he attends a "Democrat Day" rally at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2007 State Fair
Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, D-Chicago, left, and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, right, confer during the Democrat Rally at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield on Wednesday, Aug 15, 2007.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2012 State Fair
Mike Phillips, of Vandalia, and other union protesters, supporters and labor leaders boo Gov. Pat Quinn in protest saying he is betraying the Democratic party’s tradition of supporting working men and women, on Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 in Springfield.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2018 State Fair
Gov. Bruce Rauner greets supporters before he takes the stage at Governor's Day on Aug. 15, 2018, at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.
RICH SAAL, THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
2012 State Fair
Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, left, and Gov. Pat Quinn, right, confer as union members, supporters and labor leaders protest on Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 in Springfield.
SETH PERLMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2021 State Fair
Illinois State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, a republican candidate for Illinois Governor, visits with supporters during Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair on the Director's Lawn at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021.
JUSTIN L. FOWLER, THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER VIA AP
2021 State Fair
U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., delivers her remarks during Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair on the Director's Lawn at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Aug. 19.
JUSTIN L. FOWLER, THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER VIA AP
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DALLAS — Ahead of its afternoon meeting, the Dallas City Plan Commission took a bus tour of West Oak Cliff to discuss and review the "West Oak Cliff Area Plan."
The 94-page development plan's been in the works for more than two years. The city says it'll draw new residents and businesses to the area by improving sidewalks, parks, and bike paths, and by encouraging development in neighborhoods close to transportation.
Several neighbors voiced their concerns about that development Thursday, following the city's bus tour displaying signs expressing opposition.
"Up-zoning would mean someone might be able to build something really large right next to me without regard for a small home," Yolanda Alameda told WFAA.
Alameda said she supports parts of the plan.
"Improved sidewalks, green spaces, the neighbors that are here have been asking for for years," she said.
She's not the only neighbor concerned about development. Jerry Figueroa owns J&E express auto.
"We would love to see new businesses," he told WFAA. "We just don't want to see the old Oak Cliff that we love destroyed."
Figueroa said he's got neighbors worried they'll be priced out of the area.
"'They obviously don't want their taxes to go up, if someone builds a million-dollar complex next to their house they may not be able to live here," he said.
But City Councilman Chad West, who represents the Oak Lawn neighborhood, said the plan will protect the zoning for existing single-family home neighborhoods.
"We do have to protect our single-family neighborhoods," West told WFAA. "But we also have to be thoughtful about what are we gonna do with all these people who are moving in to the city of Dallas."
West said he believes making more housing available for people moving to the area will actually help ease the cost burden on existing homeowners.
He said the city took thousands of comments from neighbors into consideration.
"Ultimately, this is a neighborhood-driven plan," he said. "It's a concern a lot of us have is, you know, how do we keep Oak Cliff cool. Alright, how do we keep it diverse and culturally significant?"
West and the rest of the council won't vote on the plan until after it reviews a final draft proposal from the city plan commission. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/city-moves-forward-with-development-planning-in-west-oak-cliff-neighborhood/287-a0f2fd01-de6d-467f-910c-fd0735483847 | 2022-08-19T00:08:22 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/city-moves-forward-with-development-planning-in-west-oak-cliff-neighborhood/287-a0f2fd01-de6d-467f-910c-fd0735483847 |
WILMER, Texas — About 15 miles south of Dallas and sandwiched between Lancaster, Hutchins, Seagoville and Ferris, there's the small City of Wilmer, Texas.
“Our city is unique. We’re growing,” said Mayor Sheila Petta.
The City of Wilmer is experiencing a major population boost.
“Last year, our city had a population of 4,600. This year, we have a population of 6,690. I'm very proud of that,” said Petta.
The energy and interest in Wilmer is something city leaders said they’ve been forecasting for an area boasting the lowest tax rates in Dallas County.
Big businesses like Amazon, Nike, and Whirlpool are among those building warehouses and distribution centers in city. In addition to jobs, new schools are opening in the area. Housing for more families is also in view.
“With the increase of the population, we know we have a place that people are wanting to come to,” said Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Steele.
City leaders say growth is allowing them the opportunity to expand public safety resources.
“With our budget this year, the police department has expanded double since the last five years,” added Steele.
Wilmer Fire Department staff has also increased.
Even with its positive momentum, the city is still facing some critical challenges.
Wilmer is described as being situated in a health care desert and food desert. That means, convenient access to full service grocery stores and medical facilities is outside the city. Mayor Petta said the closest full service grocery store is about nine miles away.
“If someone would put a grocery store in here, they're going to make money. And there going to make a lot of money," said Petta.
City leaders said they’ll continue lobbying for the community’s quality of life needs, while proudly boasting the potential and possibilities the City of Wilmer have to offer. They’re optimistic the city will continue seeing growth. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/wilmer-texas-growing-population/287-21b3ab77-c019-454a-a3c7-0f1ddbda63f1 | 2022-08-19T00:08:28 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/wilmer-texas-growing-population/287-21b3ab77-c019-454a-a3c7-0f1ddbda63f1 |
Man shot while driving on Loop 202 near Power Road in Mesa
Mesa police are investigating a Wednesday shooting on Loop 202 that left a driver injured.
Police received a call around noon about a 32-year-old man driving southbound on the freeway near the Power Road area being shot in the shoulder by a bullet coming through a passenger side window, according to Mesa police Detective Richard Encinas.
The victim, who drove himself to the hospital, is expected to survive, according to Encinas. There were no passengers on board with the victim, the detective said.
The description of the shooter is that of a white man in his 50s with salt and pepper hair, driving a silver Toyota Tacoma, who was last seen traveling east on State Route 24, Encinas said.
An investigation was ongoing, Encinas said.
Reach breaking news reporter Jose R. Gonzalez at jose.gonzalez@gannett.com or on Twitter @jrgzztx.
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TAMPA, Fla. — Dozens of Ukrainian wounded warrior athletes, along with their families, coaches and caregivers, landed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa Wednesday night.
As they got off the plane, they spent some time with U.S. military servicemembers and distinguished British visitors before loading onto buses to head to Orlando where the Ukrainian team will take part in the annual U.S. Department of Defense Warrior Games.
The Warrior Games kicks off Aug. 19 at ESPN Wide World of
Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.
Including the wounded warriors from Ukraine, there are roughly 300 athletes from around the world that will compete as part of U.S. military and international teams.
They’ll take part in sporting events like wheelchair basketball and rugby, cycling, indoor rowing and more.
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FBI agents in Richmond on Thursday outlined steps they’re taking to address cyberattacks that target business email addresses and other digital areas. A surge in cases came as more people worked remotely during COVID-19.
“Our job is to identify, detect and deter,” said Supervisory Special Agent Chris Cope. “What we need is for people to let us know they’ve had an attack.”
The FBI invited the media to a roundtable discussion held at its offices on East Parham Road, which oversees operations across multiple Central Virginia counties.
“Cybersecurity is everywhere, from our essential businesses to the energy sector,” said Stanley Meador, special agent in charge of the Richmond field office. “And cybercrime issues have no borders.”
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2021 recorded $6.9 billion worth of losses due to cybercrime. A total of $178 million came from Virginia.
Meador said cybersecurity has been a focus for local, state and federal law enforcement as remote work, virtual learning and cash transfer apps became more prevalent.
The cyber team in Richmond is actively tracking trends among cyberattackers and reminding people to protect privacy and information, Meador said.
Cope said victims should report cyberattacks to quickly no matter the degree of severity. He said businesses large and small have fallen victim to phishing scams like phony domain names, fake mail services, ransomware and malware.
A typical scam may involve tricking an employee into unknowingly downloading an attachment that allows a criminal access to a business’ computer system. Sometimes data is held hostage until a business pays a ransom.
One such ransomware case in 2019 cost the city of Baltimore $18 million.
The campaign started with $2.5 million from the Bezos Day Families Fund, a group started by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
“Sometimes there’s a certain reluctance to come to us because companies want to protect their reputation,” said
Cope, special agent in charge of the Richmond Division’s cyber team. “But data is perishable. If you take a few weeks to contact us we may not be able to investigate.”
Cope also suggested good “cyber hygiene,” including being wary of who you’re talking to online, keeping devices up to date, using different passwords for personal and company devices, and having a plan in place should a cyberattack occur.
“Individual victims matter to us as much as any big company,” said David Lewis, assistant to the Richmond division’s special agent in charge. “That’s why we want to build partnerships between us and the community.”
The FBI estimated there were 19,954 business email compromise complaints in 2021, for a net loss of around $2.4 billion.
Richmond-area business expansions, openings and closings
Stanley Meador, the special agent in charge of the FBI division in Richmond, spoke to reporters Thursday about the importance of cybersecurity during a roundtable discussion where his team analyzed trends and best practices surrounding cyberattacks. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/how-richmond-fbi-agents-combat-cyberattacks/article_c3e0845f-57db-5a55-8808-ca963101de48.html | 2022-08-19T00:14:46 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/how-richmond-fbi-agents-combat-cyberattacks/article_c3e0845f-57db-5a55-8808-ca963101de48.html |
A developer seeking to convert Southmoore Golf Course into warehouse space is disputing Moore Township’s zoning rules in order to get his plan approved.
Attorney Marc Kaplin, representing Jack Muschlitz of Water’s Edge at Wind Gap LLC, told the township’s zoning hearing board Wednesday that they seek to challenge the validity of both the Northampton County township’s zoning ordinance and that which pertains to subdivision and land development regarding multiple aspects of their redevelopment plan for the 18-hole course at 235 Moorestown Drive.
The plan calls for two warehouses — one scaled at 350,000 square feet, the other 140,000 square feet — on 51.12 acres.
He said they are challenging portions of both the zoning and land development ordinances and will potentially seek variances if their efforts fall short.
Under zoning law, a developer must demonstrate undue hardship in order for variances to be granted.
Most of the legal fencing between the township and applicant’s legal representatives during the three-hour hearing at Moore Elementary School centered around two key issues — the requirement of a berm along Jones Road, which borders the 151-plus acre property to the north, and whether or not the developer should expand an anticipated traffic study in conjunction with PennDOT to include busy intersections removed from the project that might be affected by their development.
Zoners did not arrive at a decision and the hearing was continued until 6 p.m. Sept. 21 at Moore Elementary School.
Kaplin said that the township’s requirement of a 100-ft. wide buffer along Jones Road cannot be met because of a mature tree-line already there. In order to establish the berm, they would have to take down a good amount of the trees, which would run afoul of ordinance requirements that no more than 60% of woodlands be disturbed.
“We’re here to challenge the ordinance that puts the berm and the trees in the same location,” he said.
Under Moore’s Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, that threshold rises to 80%.
In the alternative, the developer wants relief from constructing the berm and seeks to leave the woodlands in place as a natural buffer.
“We’re seeking to not build the berm, we’re seeking to protect the woodlands and thus would not need a variance,” said project manager Steve Walsh of Dynamic Engineering.
They are also required to construct a similar berm along Moorestown Drive.
A more contentious topic during the hearing was that of the scope of the traffic impact study that the developer must undertake, with the township contending that it should include Route 946 within the township as well as the intersection of Route 512 and Route 248 in Bath.
Kaplin said township engineer Kevin Horvath’s requirement is arbitrary, and that the township “does not have the right” to make them do any improvements.
“[He] wants to force us to get PennDOT to make us study something else,” he said. “The rule is if you’re doing a study you’ve got a 50% chance of having to fix it.”
Attorney David Backenstoe, representing the township, said traffic impact studies must include intersections within two miles of a project’s boundaries, and that 512 and 248 should thus be included.
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Walsh said they do not want to include those sections of roadway in their study because they are not being required to do so by PennDOT.
Preliminary traffic calculations submitted by the developer to the township based on accepted national standards call for 180 truck trips during the a.m. peak hours and 110 during the p.m. peak, Walsh said.
Kaplin also pointed to other recommendations in Horvath’s review letter that called for improvements to Jones Road or monetary contributions to the township’s road improvement fund in lieu of such improvements; compliance with zoning requirements pertaining to remediation of steep slopes within a project area; and his findings identifying inadequate lighting.
He contends that the requirement to cure steep slopes doesn’t pertain to man-made ones constructed to make the golf course more appealing to players, and that Horvath is not a lighting expert and does not have standing to reach such a conclusion.
Walsh said improvements to Jones Road are unnecessary because access onto the road will be for emergency services only and not for employees.
He said the remaining 100 or so acres not part of their redevelopment plan might remain as a golf course.
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Richmond police announced Thursday that the victim of Wednesday's fatal shooting in South Richmond has been identified.
The victim's name is Jeremy Cornelius, 43. of Richmond. Cornelius was found after officers responded to reports of a person shot near the 2300 block of Halifax Avenue.
Officers arrived on scene around 3:10 p.m. with Cornelius outside, down and unresponsive suffering from a gunshot wound, said police.
He was transported with life-threatening injuries to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call Richmond police at (804) 646-3927 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000.
Top 5 weekend events: RVA Duck Race, Down Home Family Reunion & The Shins
RVA Duck Race and Festival of Inclusion
Saturday
The RVA Duck Race is back, now hosted by the Autism Society of Central Virginia, and with a new event: a Festival of Inclusion, Richmond’s first sensory-friendly festival designed to include individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities. The event will kick off with music and family activities on Brown’s Island, followed by 15,000 plastic ducks racing down the canal. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Fifth and Tredegar streets. Free to watch; fee to race a duck; pay as you go at the festival. https://ascv.org/
Patience Salgado
Down Home Family Reunion
Saturday
The Down Home Family Reunion celebrates African American folk life with music, dance, stories, food and shopping. Featuring go-go music from Big Tony & Trouble Funk as well as Africa Unplugged and the Pan Masters Steel Orchestra and many more. Abner Clay Park, 200 W. Clay St. 4-11 p.m. Free entry; pay as you go. (804) 644-3900 or www.efsinc.org
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The Shins
Saturday
Indie rock stars The Shins head to Richmond on their 21st anniversary tour for “Oh, Inverted World,” their album that marked a major shift in indie music in 2001. 8 p.m. The National, 708 E. Broad St. $70-$77. (888) 929-7849 or thenationalva.com
Marisa Kula Mercer
Dashboard Confessional
Friday
Florida rockers Dashboard Confessional, known for their 2006 hit “Stolen” and “Vindicated” from the “Spider-Man 2” movie head to the After Hours concert series at The Meadow Event Park. Andrew McMahon opens. 6 p.m. (doors at 5 p.m.) 1319111 Dawn Blvd., Doswell. $31-$99. www.afterhoursconcertseries.com
MICHAEL MCKENNA
Festival of Virginia Fiddling
Saturday
In its second year, the Festival of Virginia Fiddling at Dogwood Dell will feature Skip Ashby and Free State Ramblers from Fauquier County performing old-time music; Los Cardenales de Morazan, a family band playing the music of El Salvador; Kamalakiran Vinjamuri, playing carnatic violin music of South India; and Andy Cleveland and The Irish Session, sharing music from central Virginia. There will be a public jam session in the morning, free fiddling workshops from noon to 3 p.m., concerts from 5 to 9 p.m. and an open square dance until 10 p.m. Adjacent to 1300 Blanton Ave. Free. (804) 646-1031 or rva.gov/parks-recreation/dogwood-dell
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A portion of Libbie Avenue will be closed starting Monday for crews to install conduit.
The closure is between Grove Avenue and Cary Street from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Sept. 2.
Richmond-area business expansions, openings and closings
The Floor Store
Mattress King
My Favorite Muffin
Raising Cane's
Marshalls
Pet Paradise
Retail or Resell
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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) – Lockhart Chemical Co. may be responsible for more substances being released in the Flint River recently, according to a new violation from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
“The site is going to have to have a lot of improvements done, and that's going to take time, there are issues that they're going to need to address on site,” said Cheri Meyer, EGLE'S Lansing district supervisor.
Back on June 15, EGLE determined thousands of gallons of an oil-based substance was discharged into the Flint River. The source was just a mile up the road at Lockhart Chemical Company.
Now the company faces another violation from EGLE after Lockhart failed to improve its housekeeping and operating procedures to minimize spills.
“The second violation notice was issued to officially cite Lockhart as violating water quality laws and regulations as a result of the discharge that happened,” Meyer said.
In the issued violation, Meyer says that Lockhart not only illegally discharged substances into the river but failed to report the release of the waste water to EGLE.
Lockhart has a history of violations from EGLE prior to the June 15th spill. Records indicate the most recent violation was given nine months before.
The new violation outlines a timeline of steps to complete between now and Sept. 16 to avoid or prevent future spills.
“They're going to have to figure out ways to change the way they've been operating to make sure that this doesn't occur again,” Meyer said. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/michigan-issues-second-violation-to-lockhart-chemical-co/article_00b26582-1f39-11ed-b4a5-c32d11f05a3b.html | 2022-08-19T00:17:53 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/michigan-issues-second-violation-to-lockhart-chemical-co/article_00b26582-1f39-11ed-b4a5-c32d11f05a3b.html |
SAN ANTONIO — After surveying 5,000 of the city’s civilian employees, city leaders say one of the employees’ top priorities was getting vacancies filled. The City of San Antonio is laying out a plan to accomplish that.
In last week’s FY 2023 budget presentation, city manager Erik Walsh proposed raising the starting wage of city employees up to $17.50 an hour from the current $15.60 per hour wage. Walsh said his son makes more money than city employees by bagging groceries and retrieving shopping carts.
All employees will also get a market rate adjustment of at least 2%, including a 5% market rate adjustment across the board. Employee benefits will also improve with a 20% healthcare premium reduction.
“We want to make sure that we hire, we recruit, and we retain folks. We’ve seen a jump in our voluntary turnover earlier in the year because it’s an employee’s market,” Walsh said last week after the budget presentation.
City staff say the average number of applications they receive per job posting has dropped 57%.
The vacancy rate for the city is currently at 9.6%, during the height of the pandemic, the rate was between 11% and 12% and pre-pandemic it was 7.6%.
Council members supported a wage increase and were hopeful the recruitment efforts will attract homeless outreach coordinators. Council members Dr. Adriana Rocha Garcia and Phyllis Viagran expressed concern they were losing the coordinator for their districts.
“The homeless coordinators are one of probably 250 examples in different job classes, so they’re obviously a critical part. So are the 911 dispatchers, the folks taking care of the airport…we are working quickly to fill all positions as quickly as possible,” Walsh told reporters.
The city says it will be providing a more detailed breakdown of the employee compensation at its work session next week. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-proposes-increasing-starting-wages-for-all-civilian-employees-1750-an-hour/273-378660d3-f517-4d98-a313-c0be7683ec29 | 2022-08-19T00:19:19 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-proposes-increasing-starting-wages-for-all-civilian-employees-1750-an-hour/273-378660d3-f517-4d98-a313-c0be7683ec29 |
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The Indiana Commission for Women announced the six women who will receive Torchbearer Awards at an awards ceremony next month.
One of the six, Amy Hanna, is from Fort Wayne; the other five – RaeVen Ridgell, Consuelo Lockhart, Dr. Judith Monroe, Mary Russell and Holli Harrington – are from Indianapolis.
Hanna is the executive director of RespectTeam, a northeast Indiana youth-aimed organization that promotes self-respect and the respect of others.
The Indiana Commission for Women, a bipartisan state commission that advocates for and celebrates Hoosier women, will honor the six women at its annual Torchbearer Awards Ceremony on Sept. 28.
“Women are a strong force in our history and our future,” ICW Chair Dr. Lindsay Weaver said in a statement Thursday. “Each year in celebration, The Indiana Commission for Women hosts the Torchbearer Awards to honor exceptional women who, through their character, resiliency, and leadership, have made significant contributions to their communities and to Indiana.”
WNBA legend Tamika Catchings, a long-time star for the Indiana Fever and the recipient of the 2020 Heart of Indiana Torchbearer Award, said a torchbearer “is someone who has accomplished so much through the adversity that has shaped their journey.”
“They stand strong and courageous and always willing to not only fight for those around them but be a voice to the ones who feel that they may not have one,” Catchings said. “Torchbearers light up the room and the community because of their commitment to change the spaces that they're in.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-politics/political-notebook/fort-wayne-woman-to-be-recognized-at-torchbearer-awards/article_46da54e8-1f39-11ed-b9df-8ba9aa11f8e8.html | 2022-08-19T00:21:52 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-politics/political-notebook/fort-wayne-woman-to-be-recognized-at-torchbearer-awards/article_46da54e8-1f39-11ed-b9df-8ba9aa11f8e8.html |
Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray announced a major change in leadership Wednesday, appointing Sen. Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, as majority floor leader ahead of next year’s legislative session.
Garten immediately replaces Sen. Mark Messmer, R-Jasper, who had held the position since 2018.
In a statement, Bray said he is grateful for Messmer’s contributions and that Bray will “continue to play an important role” in the senate GOP caucus.
However, longtime statehouse journalist Abdul-Hakim Shabazz reported on IndyPolitics.Org Tuesday that Messmer was replaced because of his vote against Senate Bill 1 – the high-profile abortion ban approved by legislature earlier this month.
Messmer initially voted against SB 1 on third reading and was absent when the Senate voted to concur with the amendment bill after it returned from the House. Messmer told IndyPolitics he opposed the bill “because the timing of bringing the bill in a rushed special session was wrong” and because of opposition from both anti-abortion and abortion rights voices.
A spokesman for Messmer confirmed Thursday that the senator's comments to IndyPolitics accurately convey the reasons he was given for his removal from the second-highest ranking position in the majority caucus. However, Messmer did not provide any further comment.
Bray, R-Martinsville, did not immediately return a request for comment.
According to the news release, he appointed Garten because of his leadership and “principled, common-sense approach.”
“Sen. Garten has proven himself a highly capable and passionate leader, and I'm looking forward to working closely with him on our leadership team in the coming legislative session,” Bray said. “Chris is a problem-solver who is dedicated to public service, and I think he will do a great job in this new role.”
Bray also said Messmer will remain chair of the Senate Committee on Environmental Affairs. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/senate-gop-makes-leadership-change/article_508a9170-1f38-11ed-a94d-8bec0910a535.html | 2022-08-19T00:21:58 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/senate-gop-makes-leadership-change/article_508a9170-1f38-11ed-a94d-8bec0910a535.html |
HAGERSTOWN, Ind. — Searching for the heart of Hagerstown won't take too long.
“I’m not sure these boys know how big this is," said Shellie Gray, manager of The Logo Shoppe. "It’s not just Hagerstown, they’re representing Indiana.”
With a population of about 1,700, most are wearing Hagerstown Little League World Series t-shirts The Logo Shoppe has been printing since Monday.
“We think we’ve maybe printed 1,000," said Gray, who is helping the community show support for the Little League squad that’s playing over 500 miles away in Williamsort, Pa.
“After a few days, I just said there’s not enough going on, so we just started doing stuff and trying to decorate the town," said Gray.
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The team's success is also inspiring local restaurants like The Dairy.
“We decided to do something a kid would eat. Nacho cheese, french fires and bacon," said The Dairy's owner, Jon Bell. “A dollar out of every hamburger sold will go to the families of the Little League players to help with hotel, food, whatever their expenses are out in Williamsport.”
That promotion has made patrons hungrier than usual.
“We started the promotion Monday morning," said Bell. "So far, we have sold 150 hamburgers of just the World Series burger. Yesterday, we ran out of hamburgers. We close at 8:30 and we were out of hamburgers by 7:30.”
The Dairy said it will match every dollar that is donated with a purchase of its Little League World Series burger. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/hagerstown-businesses-rallying-around-little-league-world-series-team/531-988a40b3-4ecb-41ba-9624-2e36eae39f28 | 2022-08-19T00:22:24 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/hagerstown-businesses-rallying-around-little-league-world-series-team/531-988a40b3-4ecb-41ba-9624-2e36eae39f28 |
HAYLEY — A bat caught in Blaine County tested positive for the rabies virus this week. This is the first bat this year to test positive for rabies in south-central Idaho.
The rabies virus can cause a fatal disease in both people and their pets. The South Central Public Health District reminds residents to take precautions around bats and make sure their dogs, cats and horses are vaccinated for rabies.
“Rabies is nearly always fatal if left untreated,” said Tanis Maxwell, SCPHD epidemiology program manager. “It is so important you avoid coming in to contact with bats at any time. If you have direct contact with a bat, or find one in your home while you were sleeping it is important you contact your health care provider right away and ask about treatment”.
Bats play an important role in the ecosystem and most are healthy. If you see a bat, please give it plenty of space. Avoid direct contact with bats and never handle a bat with your bare hands. If a bat appears to be acting injured or sick, please give it plenty of space and contact Idaho Department of Fish and Game office for assistance. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/health-district-encourages-precautions-after-rabid-bat-discovered-in-blaine-county/article_fed0c578-1f25-11ed-9810-c7b3a15928eb.html | 2022-08-19T00:23:49 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/health-district-encourages-precautions-after-rabid-bat-discovered-in-blaine-county/article_fed0c578-1f25-11ed-9810-c7b3a15928eb.html |
RUPERT — The Minidoka Healthcare Foundation donated $6,665 to Minidoka school nurses for medical supplies and equipment for the schools.
The money will allow the nurses to evaluate, examine and treat students and faculty more effectively. The money will also help the nurses provide emergency preparedness, better tourniquet training, and purchase needed supplies.
The nurses have an annual budget of $1,000 to buy health-related items for all the district’s schools and will ensure the schools have the necessary items to provide proper care. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/minidoka-healthcare-foundation-donates-6-665-to-schools-for-medical-supplies/article_8144dc8a-1f10-11ed-a46b-abf3d6b37cb1.html | 2022-08-19T00:23:55 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/minidoka-healthcare-foundation-donates-6-665-to-schools-for-medical-supplies/article_8144dc8a-1f10-11ed-a46b-abf3d6b37cb1.html |
JEROME — A third rim-to-rim bridge crossing the Snake River Canyon is in the early stages of planning, and studies that aim to answer some of the many questions for the project are underway.
With the Snake River Crossing Study, the Idaho Transportation Department hopes to gather enough information to make a recommendation.
The study is expected to be completed by the end of 2022, when it will be presented to the public for feedback.
A group of elected officials, traffic engineers and highway district leaders met on Wednesday in Jerome to discuss goals for a potential third crossing. Those goals will be used to guide study areas to help determine what impacts the possible options for a new bridge would have on current and future traffic congestion.
“This is our guiding group, this is our local leaders that are helping to guide the process,” said ITD Project Manager Nathan Jerke. “It is really a community effort that is going to get this bridge project moving forward.”
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To help keep the public informed, ITD has created a website with information about the project. Jerke said that because the study is still in its early stages, the website is currently a little sparse. More information will be added as the studies continue, he said.
“We have a lot more questions than we have answers,” Jerke said. “We want to stop the rumor-mill, but at the same time we have to make sure that we are providing the right information so people are talking about the right things.”
ITD made a presentation to the Twin Falls City Council on April 25 where they identified five potential locations for crossings of the Snake River Canyon.
Idaho Department of Transportation has added a new option to the slate of locations being considered for a third crossing of the Snake River Canyon. It's taken some people by surprise.
At the April meeting, focus was placed on a location just east of the Perrine Bridge. That suggestion caused quite a stir among lawmakers and residents in Twin Falls, who feared that additional traffic from a bridge in north Twin Falls would not resolve some of the bottleneck issues at Blue Lakes Boulevard and Pole Line Road.
A potential crossing east of the Perrine Bridge initially met many of ITD's criteria, being both fiscally feasible and providing redundancy to the existing Perrine bridge.
Need for redundancy was shown this summer, when significant traffic congestion from lane closures during construction resulted in hours-long wait times to cross.
A new bridge east of the current bridge has many in Twin Falls feeling trepidation — the resulting additional traffic would likely be routed onto the Eastland corridor. Councilor Jason Brown represented those views earlier this week at Tuesday’s State of the City address.
But after the executive and technical work group meeting on Wednesday, Brown came away feeling more assured that any bridge location would be from consensus, and that ITD wouldn’t decide on a bridge location without buy-in from lawmakers and stakeholders.
Brown said he got a better sense that the location of the bridge is still up for grabs.
“I think it was a better representation that (the bridge location) is not as fixed as it may have been presented at that April 25th meeting in the city of Twin Falls,” Brown said. “I get a better feeling that there is still some flexibility around that.”
The goals for the study to focus on include reducing congestion at Blue Lakes and Pole Line Road, which frequently sees gridlock from 38,000 average daily trips from both heavy freight traffic and passenger vehicles.
Another goal is to provide redundancy. As was seen this summer, gridlock during construction on Blue Lakes had traffic at the Perrine Bridge backed up for over an hour on many occasions.
Other goals for the study are to determine what impact a third crossing would have on local roads and whether that would improve or impede traffic flow.
And, importantly, any bridge plan must be fiscally feasible. ITD has budget for road projects in the near term, but may be more likely to support a shorter span over a 3,000-foot.
Jerome County Commissioner Charles Howell was at the executive work group on Wednesday, and he saw benefits and challenges in evaluating any location.
“On one end in Jerome County, that would help us because you’re not going to interfere with all the farm ground west of town,” Howell said.
On the other hand, Howell said that an eastern option for crossing would affect the Snake River Canyons Park, in which Jerome County has made considerable investment over the last handful of years. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/snake-river-crossing-study-looks-for-answers-to-questions-about-3rd-bridge/article_eb3c269a-1f0e-11ed-b92e-6314fb0828aa.html | 2022-08-19T00:24:01 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/snake-river-crossing-study-looks-for-answers-to-questions-about-3rd-bridge/article_eb3c269a-1f0e-11ed-b92e-6314fb0828aa.html |
NORFOLK, Va. — Three men were killed and two people were injured in a shooting in Norfolk, police said Thursday.
TV station WTKR reported the shooting took place at an apartment complex.
TV station WTKR reported the shooting took place at an apartment complex. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/norfolk-police-3-dead-2-hurt-in-shooting/2022/08/18/2d4222cc-1f48-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | 2022-08-19T00:25:20 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/norfolk-police-3-dead-2-hurt-in-shooting/2022/08/18/2d4222cc-1f48-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – COVID-19 is still making its way through communities as students head back to school. Things are getting closer to normal than they have been for a while. But health experts say that doesn’t mean it is time for parents and students to let their guard down.
“It was kind of good but we had to wear masks and stuff and we wouldn’t go to the cafeteria and stuff. We’d eat in class,” explained third grade student Aubriana Lark. Most of the time she has been old enough to go to school Lark has been dealing with challenges created by COVID-19. In Kanawha County this year, masks will be encouraged but not required.
“The school I’m going to we don’t have to wear masks anymore and we can eat in the cafeteria now,” Lark said.
Alicia Warden is the Lead School Nurse for Kanawha County Schools. She said prevention will remain a top priority.
“We are still going to encourage cleanliness, things like that. We don’t have any mandated guidelines for social distancing and things like that, but we do have extra funds available for Clorox wipes, masks and hand sanitizer. Those kinds of things are going to be readily available,” Warden said.
Dr. Steven Eshenaur is the Health Officer with the Kanawha Charleston Health Department. He said this year all school-aged children can be immunized which should reduce the number of COVID cases. COVID vaccinations are not required.
“Vaccinations are now available all the way down to preschoolers. This is very important because those children also get COVID as well,” Eshenaur said. “But all school aged children are now within an age group to receive the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.”
Now that some of those precautions have been relaxed, students are excited about the possibilities. For Lark it is a chance to reconnect. She is looking forward to the simple things that kids think about this time of year.
“Reading and stuff, making new friends and studying with people,” Lark said.
But since the risk of getting COVID-19 hasn’t gone away entirely, parents can help by coaching their kids before sending them to school.
“Because COVID still is within our communities, it is important that we remind children that if they do develop symptoms that are consistent with COVID they need tell their parents so they can get tested,” Eshenaur said.
Another thing to keep in mind is the flu. Health leaders say for the past few years since people were wearing masks, it slowed cases of the flu. But this year as masking becomes less common, it’ll be important to remember to get flu shots for your family and take standard precautions.
“Work with them at home about hygiene, tissues, covering your cough and your sneezes, all of those types of things that we should do anyway with regard to childhood illnesses,” Warden said.
For additional information from Kanawha County Schools regarding COVID-19 click here.
For additional resources from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) click here. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/parents-can-help-prevent-covid-spread-by-talking-to-students/ | 2022-08-19T00:25:22 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/parents-can-help-prevent-covid-spread-by-talking-to-students/ |
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – An update is coming for the Park Place Plaza.
According to South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullens, the new Chick-fil-A set to come to the plaza will break ground on Aug. 29.
The planned anchor store, Menards, is expected to break ground soon after, Mullens said.
The plaza will be located at the old fly ash pond near Riverwalk Plaza on MacCorkle Avenue. Construction on the plaza is expected to be complete in 2025. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/park-place-plaza-chick-fil-a-to-break-ground-this-month-in-south-charleston/ | 2022-08-19T00:25:28 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/park-place-plaza-chick-fil-a-to-break-ground-this-month-in-south-charleston/ |
Clemson Area Transit awarded $3.9 million grant for low-emission buses
The Clemson Area Transit (CAT) was awarded a $3.9 million grant to reduce its carbon footprint.
On Tuesday, The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced $1.66 billion in grants to transit agencies, territories, and states across the country to purchase 1,800 new buses.
Among the several cities listed on the FTA’s website, Clemson was the only city in South Carolina to receive a grant.
City of Clemson Budget & Grants Administrator Heather Lollis said the city was elated to receive funding for more electric buses.
“We're very pleased that we received the grant, especially proud of being the only city in South Carolina to receive it,” Lollis said.
“We appreciate the FTA allowing us to be awarded this grant and applying for it. Therefore, we can reduce our carbon footprints and remove these aging diesel buses that put out more pollution as they age.”
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With the funding, CAT will receive four or five electric buses, depending on the cost, to replace some of the older diesel buses.
CAT currently has 14 electric buses, four of which operate in Seneca, and 13 diesel buses. It currently has routes that service Clemson, Central, Pendleton, and Seneca. The buses also have connectivity with Greenville and Anderson.
Lollis said they are currently working on a request for a proposal and are hoping to award it to a bus manufacturer by the end of October.
Before the pandemic, the time of completion between having a pre-production meeting with the bus manufacturer and having the bus delivered was around 12 to 18 months. Lollis said that now with the supply chain issue, it could be anywhere between 18 to 24 months.
Alexis Hamilton is a Beaufort, SC native covering growth and development in Pickens County. Reach her at 727-514-5734 or ahamilton@gannett.com | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/19/clemson-area-transit-awarded-federal-grant-electric-buses/10336065002/ | 2022-08-19T00:25:32 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/19/clemson-area-transit-awarded-federal-grant-electric-buses/10336065002/ |
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