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SUMMIT HILL, Pa. — Robert Graver of East Ludlow Street in Summit Hill is taking matters into his own hands, after learning about a rodent problem on his street.
"My neighbors complain that they see, you know, several rats running on their property in broad daylight. What do I think about it? I don't need any rats here, "Graver said.
Summit Hill Police Chief Todd Woodward says several people have called with rat sightings all over the borough.
"Typically, rats are seen as a pest problem, as a filth problem. The town is relatively clean however people have been seeing them in multiple places. So we're trying to take efforts to try and mitigate that," Chief Woodward said.
Since learning about the problem, the borough has begun citing people for those who aren't keeping up with their property.
"That includes making sure properties are clean from high grass and weeds over 10 inches high, accumulation of animal feces in yards, any junk, and inoperable vehicles that have been sitting around, the garbage that's accumulated in people's yards," Chief Woodward said. "Garbage that's put out to the curb more than 24 hours before pick up. Those are the items we're going to be focusing on over the next couple of weeks."
Chief Woodward says this is a violation of the Quality of Life ordinance.
People we spoke with are happy something is being done.
"That's exactly what they should be doing. Ordinances are laws. If the property owners are in violation, they should be cited," Graver said.
Chief Woodward says if the rat problem continues, the borough will look into perhaps bringing in an exterminator.
See more pets and animal stories on WNEP’s YouTube playlist. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/carbon-county/rodents-on-the-rise-in-summit-hill-rats-animals-ordinance/523-44f59ec4-77be-43d4-938e-d0891fd0f3ff | 2022-08-19T22:50:38 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/carbon-county/rodents-on-the-rise-in-summit-hill-rats-animals-ordinance/523-44f59ec4-77be-43d4-938e-d0891fd0f3ff |
LEHIGHTON, Pa. — Set up is well underway outside the Ukrainian Homestead near Lehighton. In less than 24 hours, these grounds will be packed with people for this year's Ukrainian festival.
"This is both a cultural celebration. We also mark the anniversary of Ukrainian independence," Paula Holoviak, one of the organizers, said.
Holoviak says the festival offers an experience of Ukrainian culture through food, music, and vendors.
"If you are looking for something to support Ukraine, embroidered shirts, or a t-shirt or any sort of souvenir, we have over 20 vendors attending this year," Holoviak said.
Every year, money raised from the festival goes to a charity in Ukraine. But organizers say this year, it's even more important because the money raised will go towards humanitarian aid.
Holoviak says this year's festival has special importance as the war in Ukraine continues.
"Remember that Ukraine is still at war, and even once this war ends in victory for Ukraine, there's going to be a lot of rebuilding. I mean trillions. So people have immediate needs right now for food and shelter, and clothing. But there is going to have long-term needs as well as they try to rebuild their infrastructure," Holoviak said.
See more videos on our area's connection to the Crisis in Ukraine. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/carbon-county/ukrainian-festival-returns-amid-war-homestead-lehighton/523-082f9bd7-e455-4d22-aefe-335944f35f10 | 2022-08-19T22:50:39 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/carbon-county/ukrainian-festival-returns-amid-war-homestead-lehighton/523-082f9bd7-e455-4d22-aefe-335944f35f10 |
SCRANTON, Pa. — Dozens gathered in Fellows Park just off of South Main Avenue in Scranton to celebrate another successful year of park cleanups and the crews behind it all.
William McDonald, a youth advocate behavioral health technician, couldn't be more excited.
"The program is really special because the kids are showing up and showing out in the Scranton community and giving back and making the parks a little bit safe, one location at a time," McDonald said.
The My Work Initiative, a partnership between the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) and Youth Advocate Programs, helps young people with disabilities and other challenges learn the skills to be successful in their daily lives.
Scranton Parks and Recreation agreed to be one of our My Work Initiative summer jobs employers.
Tina Sanko of Dalton was one of the members who came into the program with no idea what to expect.
"You think you're not going to learn something. You think you're just going to work, but you do. You learn family. You learn values, but you mostly learn that you have people by your side," Sanko said.
The ceremony opened with a few words of congratulations for the workers on all they've done for the parks in Scranton — from painting pavilions, planting new bushes, trash cleanup, and more.
Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti is grateful for the hard work done to help keep all of Scranton's parks beautiful.
"This is a culmination on these days at the end of the summer of all the hard work these kids have done. I don't see a reason why we shouldn't keep expanding it," the mayor said.
A group photo wrapped up another successful year of hard work and park cleanup.
Joe Burke, a member of the Youth Advocate Program, has advice for people who want to visit the parks that he and his new friends worked so hard to clean up.
"Treat a park like your own backyard and keep it clean."
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/celebrating-a-job-well-done-in-scranton-fellows-park-my-work-initiative-vocational-rehabilitation/523-0892d385-dcaf-4637-ab38-9f8e40a388a8 | 2022-08-19T22:50:40 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/celebrating-a-job-well-done-in-scranton-fellows-park-my-work-initiative-vocational-rehabilitation/523-0892d385-dcaf-4637-ab38-9f8e40a388a8 |
SCRANTON, Pa. — A man now faces attempted homicide charges after police say he stabbed an employee inside a shopping mall in Lackawanna County.
Officers responded around 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a call of a man walking around the Viewmont Mall with a knife.
Police have identified that man as Kevin McDermott, 32, from Scranton.
According to court papers, McDermott was seen walking around the mall with that knife before approaching the eyebrow threading kiosk outside the entrance to Macy's.
He's then accused of stabbing a worker at the kiosk, Heena Patel, in the neck, causing serious injuries.
After the alleged stabbing, McDermott continued to walk through the mall for a time before exiting and getting in his car.
Police caught up with him in the parking lot outside Dick's Sporting Goods and took him into custody.
McDermott is being held with no bail at Lackawanna County Prison on charges including aggravated assault and criminal attempted homicide.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/scranton-man-charged-in-mall-stabbing-viewmont-mall-kevin-mcdermott-knife-stab/523-7fabce80-fdbd-495c-9bb0-dcdb6aa6c7f5 | 2022-08-19T22:50:57 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/scranton-man-charged-in-mall-stabbing-viewmont-mall-kevin-mcdermott-knife-stab/523-7fabce80-fdbd-495c-9bb0-dcdb6aa6c7f5 |
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — When you think of animal shelters, you think of dogs and cats, but there's another animal that's beginning to hop into the shelters.
"Dogs and cats people seem to prioritize, but there are just as many rabbits as any other animal," said Emma Ripka, a worker at Blue Chip Animal Refuge near Dallas.
Ripka says their phones ring daily with people looking to get rid of rabbits. The refuge has 30 rabbits in its "rabbitat" and in foster families.
"When the rabbit becomes too big or lives too long, or they don't want it anymore, they decide to dump it or rehome it to somebody else who doesn't know what to do either, and then they end up in a shelter or outside."
The cages at the Luzerne County SPCA are also filled with rabbits. Staff members say many of them are surrenders.
"We do have some in foster, so when they start fluctuating back in, and they get spayed and neutered, they will be up for adoption," said Amy Reakes, adoption supervisor at the Luzerne County SPCA.
For the month of August, the SPCA is running half-price adoptions on all animals to help clear the shelter, including rabbits for $25.
With all of these animals to take care of, the staff says it's overwhelming.
"We do have a lot of great volunteers that help clean, and we are always looking for more volunteers, so that's also an opportunity to spend time with the animals."
Blue Chip has so many rabbits it's unable to take in any more. Both rescue centers tell Newswatch 16 that it's up to people to be responsible pet owners to avoid overcrowding.
"A lot of people mistake rabbits for animals that can be in a cage," Ripka said. "They're cute to be around. They are fun, but they have no idea what actually goes into them. Rabbits specifically, they need space. They don't do well as singles, and they need to be spayed and neutered just like dogs and cats, and no one realizes that."
Blue Chip is looking to expand its "rabbitat" to accommodate the record-breaking number of the animals in its care.
See more pets and animal stories on WNEP’s YouTube playlist. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/shelters-swamped-with-bunches-of-bunnies/523-13f09026-7806-4106-af05-784df30cd90d | 2022-08-19T22:51:03 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/shelters-swamped-with-bunches-of-bunnies/523-13f09026-7806-4106-af05-784df30cd90d |
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A Little League player from Utah continues to recover after suffering a serious head injury.
Easton Oliverson was able to take a few steps down the hospital hallway with help from two nurses.
Easton underwent surgery at Geisinger after falling out of his bunk bed at the Little League complex on Monday.
The doctor we spoke with says Easton's case was about as severe as it gets when it comes to a brain injury.
It's hard not to smile when watching 12-year-old Easton Oliverson take his first steps at Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital, especially knowing just how sick the boy was earlier this week.
Easton was flown to Geisinger early Monday morning after falling out of a bunk bed at the Little League World Series complex.
Geisinger Dr. Frank Maffei is on Easton's care team and says the child's condition was severe.
"He went from ED to the CAT scanner to the OR in literally a matter of 12 to 14 minutes. We believe that's what saved his life. We really did not have much time to spare because he was showing among the worst prognostic features of an epidural hematoma in a child."
Dr. Maffei says Easton had an epidural hematoma, which causes bleeding between the skull and brain.
In Easton's case, every second counted. To put it in perspective, the Glasgow Coma Scale is used to measure a person's level of consciousness after a brain injury.
"Generally, it's graded from 3 to 15, and he was a 3 or 4. It was boding for a very difficult course."
It was all hands on deck to save the boy from Utah.
"You probably would have about 50 individuals that in some way touched this child's life in the first 24 hours."
Dr. Maffei says Easton's condition improved by the hour, and within 24 hours, he was taken off the ventilator.
"What we have seen is a remarkable recovery," Dr. Maffei said. "Truly, a remarkable recovery."
Dr. Maffei stressed the importance of following all recommendations when it comes to bunk beds, making sure they have rails on the top bunk.
A spokesperson for Little League said after this incident, all bunk beds were pulled apart. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/truly-a-remarkable-recovery-doctors-detail-little-leaguers-comeback-little-league-world-series-easton-oliverson-janet-weis-childrens-geisinger/523-992621bd-ee91-4d90-ac67-f719175200d1 | 2022-08-19T22:51:09 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/truly-a-remarkable-recovery-doctors-detail-little-leaguers-comeback-little-league-world-series-easton-oliverson-janet-weis-childrens-geisinger/523-992621bd-ee91-4d90-ac67-f719175200d1 |
MORRIS, N.Y. – New York State Police have identified the woman whose body was found buried in a remote area in the town of Morris earlier this month as 38-year-old Laura Rous, of Otego.
Police learned about the remains after two people who were metal detecting in the area called authorities when they smelled something concerning.
State police released details the following week asking for help from the public identifying the woman.
The Otsego County district attorney told NEWSChannel 2 that the remains were likely at that location for about two months. He also said the circumstances around her death initially appeared to be suspicious.
State police say they are still investigating the cause of death and any potential foul play.
Anyone with information that may help police with their investigation can call 607-561-7400 to make a report. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/new-york-state-police-identify-woman-whose-remains-were-found-in-otsego-county/article_990563c6-2000-11ed-b3f9-dbe3c1da727e.html | 2022-08-19T22:51:28 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/new-york-state-police-identify-woman-whose-remains-were-found-in-otsego-county/article_990563c6-2000-11ed-b3f9-dbe3c1da727e.html |
PHOENIX — Phoenix police have arrested a man accused of murdering someone over a dispute involving a stolen bicycle, records show.
Richard Archuleta, 36, was taken into custody Thursday for allegedly killing Gabriel Towne on Tuesday near 31st and Northern avenues.
Court records show Towne was shot in his chest and witnesses told police the victim had gotten into an argument with Archuleta before he was killed.
The suspect allegedly admitted to shooting the victim because Towne had accused him of stealing a bicycle.
"Archuleta said he stole the bicycle from a different person and it did not belong to Gabriel," a police report states.
Archuleta has a lengthy criminal history and was not authorized to be in possession of a firearm at the time of his arrest, records show. He was booked into the Maricopa County jail for several charges, including second-degree murder.
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The Greene County Board of Elections finished certifying petitions for the November election during an emergency meeting Friday.
The board called an emergency meeting Thursday night for Friday morning to certify county liquor option votes and the petition of Melissa Dodd, who is running unopposed for the fiscal officer seat in New Jasper Twp.
Elections Director Alisha Lampert cited a clerical error at the Board of Elections’ Aug. 16 meeting, plus future scheduling conflicts as reasons for the emergency Friday meeting.
Petitions for state races and tax issues were certified earlier, Lampert said.
Local candidates for county auditor, sheriff, county commission and two common pleas judges, all incumbents, are running unopposed in November. Republican incumbent Brian Lampton will face off against Democrat Eric Price for the Ohio House of Representatives District 70 seat, and GOP incumbent Bill Dean faces Democrat James Duffee to represent Ohio House District 71.
Candidates in seven precincts will also vote on nine liquor options, predominantly in Beavercreek and Jamestown, and voters in several jurisdictions will decide on local tax issues.
Early voting begins Oct. 12.
Ohio normally doesn’t have an August primary, but did this year because legislative maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission were repeatedly ruled unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court. The primary for the Statehouse races was moved from May to August, and one of the maps ruled unconstitutional was ordered to be used for the August primary to make the election happen.
Contested races in Greene County’s November election
Governor & Lt. Governor: Mike DeWine and Jon Husted (R) vs. Nan Whaley and Cheryl L. Stephens (D)
Attorney General: Jeffrey A. Crossman (D) vs. Dave Yost (R)
State Auditor: Keith Faber (R) vs. Taylor Sappington (D)
Secretary of State: Chelsea Clark (D) vs. Frank LaRose (R)
Treasurer of State: Scott Schertzer (D) vs. Robert Sprague (R)
U.S. Senator: Tim Ryan (D) vs. J.D. Vance (R)
Representative to Congress (10th District): David Esrati (D) vs. Mike Turner (R)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Jennifer Brunner (D) vs. Sharon L. Kennedy (R)
Justice of the Supreme Court: Pat Fischer (R) vs. Terri Jamison (D)
Justice of the Supreme Court: Pat DeWine (R) vs. Marilyn Zayas (D)
State Representative (70th District): Eric Price (D) vs. Brian Lampton (R)
State Representative (71st District): Bill Dean (R) vs. James Duffee (D)
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Want to be an honorary commander at Barksdale Air Force Base? Here's how
The 2nd Bomb Wing is asking any and all leaders in the local community to serve as Honorary Commanders.
What is the Honorary Commanders Program?
This programs is a way for Barksdale to promote and maintain open and positive relationships with the community through education about the Air Force and its mission.
The 2BW Commander will select Honorary Commanders from among nominated community leaders who are business leaders, non-federally elected or appointed officials to spend two years with a Barksdale unit to learn about the various parts of the bases mission and role in the nation's defense.
Barksdale said if you are interested or know someone who would serve well as an Honorary Commander, go to the Barksdale AFB Public Affairs webpage www.barksdale.af.mil/Units/Wing-Staff-Agency/Public-Affairs/, download and complete the nomination form and email it to 2BW.PA@us.af.mil.
The deadline for nominations is no later than Sept. 12.
More:Get to know Col. Scott P. Weyermuller, 2nd Bomb Wing commander for Barksdale Air Force Base
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/08/19/heres-how-community-leaders-can-get-more-involved-barksdale-afb/7843649001/ | 2022-08-19T22:59:54 | 1 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/08/19/heres-how-community-leaders-can-get-more-involved-barksdale-afb/7843649001/ |
FILER — A man faces multiple felony charges after he tried to strangle his wife with a sweater, court documents say. Later that day he threatened his wife and two others with a knife.
Police say Jorge Cruz-Ruiz, 37, of Filer got into an argument with his wife Thursday afternoon that led him to strangle her and afterward throw her to the ground and kick her.
Later that night, he threatened the woman with a kitchen knife as he stood over her, police say, and his wife escaped through a window. Police say Cruz-Ruiz also threatening two males — one of them his brother — with the knife.
When questioned by police, Cruz-Ruiz admitted to slapping his wife and he said some of the knife incidents were self-defense, court records say.
Cruz-Ruiz faces one count of attempted strangulation, one count of battery-domestic violence inflicting traumatic injury, and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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A preliminary hearing has been set for Sept. 2. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/filer-man-accused-of-attempted-strangulation-assault/article_364152a6-2003-11ed-b1f3-93142fd73da9.html | 2022-08-19T23:02:57 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/filer-man-accused-of-attempted-strangulation-assault/article_364152a6-2003-11ed-b1f3-93142fd73da9.html |
TWIN FALLS — Students at 20 Magic Valley schools will get the chance to explore fresh fruit and vegetable options free of charge this school year, thanks to state-administered grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra announced.
The Department of Education administers the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program as an effective way to expand Idaho students’ knowledge of and access to a variety of fresh, healthy foods. Schools are reimbursed for providing the fruit and vegetables to all students, free of charge, during the school day.
Under the National School Lunch Act, schools with the highest enrollment of students identified for free and reduced-cost meals are given priority. This ensures that the program benefits children who may have fewer chances to integrate fresh fruits and vegetables into their everyday diets.
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Schools in the Magic Valley collectively qualified for 709,800 in funding. In total, 118 schools in Idaho qualified for the program, with a total award amount of $3,362,650.
Schools were awarded grants through a competitive application process. The grant period runs from July 1, 2022, though June 30, 2023, and all grants are contingent upon USDA funds availability. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/fresh-fruit-and-vegetables-coming-to-magic-valley-schools-through-grant-program/article_e6bb3bc6-1f3e-11ed-b99f-5befa767eae2.html | 2022-08-19T23:03:03 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/fresh-fruit-and-vegetables-coming-to-magic-valley-schools-through-grant-program/article_e6bb3bc6-1f3e-11ed-b99f-5befa767eae2.html |
BRIDGEPORT TOWNSHIP (WJRT) - There will be one recount of a Saginaw County election result.
The Bridgeport Township trustee race on the Democrat side was decided by 23 votes.
The candidate who is asking for the recount says one reason for the request has to do with the results he was seeing on the bottom of his TV screen.
"It's costing me money, it's not a good thing," said Roger Rosalez with a bit of laughter.
It will cost Rosalez $200 to have the ballots in the Bridgeport Township trustee recounted. He lost to Brandell Adams in the Democrat primary earlier this month by just 23 votes, 521 to 498.
"Twenty-three votes, I was amazed, because I didn't even go out there and campaign, I just put up three banners," Rosalez said.
He's a longtime Bridgeport Township resident, General Motors retiree, and businessman. He wants the recount for a few reasons, including questions over what he saw as he watched TV coverage of the results.
He said at three in the morning, Adams had a 23-vote lead with only 58% of the vote counted. Rosalez went to bed and several hours later, he turned his TV back on and the vote total was the same with 100% of the vote in.
"We got 58% of the votes reporting, then a 100% of the votes reporting, the numbers don't change and they were same as they were in three o'clock in the morning. I have to put this to bed," he said about his concern over the results.
Rosalez also has questions over absentee and rejected ballots and other election procedures as well.
"It came as a shock at first that Mr. Rosalez asked for a recount," said Adams.
He understands that Rosalez has a right to ask for the recount, but he believes election workers in the township and the county got it right.
"It it comes down to it, the results stay the same. I would be concerned that we wasted taxpayers time and money," Adams said.
The recount will be Tuesday at the Saginaw County Courthouse. The last recount in the county was for the Birch Run millage vote in June 2021, where a four-vote loss did not change.
Rosalez said he understands a 23-vote difference would be difficult to make up.
"If it does, the change starts with me. If it doesn't, we go back at it again," he said.
There was no Republican primary in the race. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/bridgeport-township-trustee-candidate-requests-recount-in-race-he-lost-by-23-votes/article_2da27104-1ff7-11ed-a165-3b6b0086dcf0.html | 2022-08-19T23:03:44 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/bridgeport-township-trustee-candidate-requests-recount-in-race-he-lost-by-23-votes/article_2da27104-1ff7-11ed-a165-3b6b0086dcf0.html |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – East Tennessee State University students are getting ready to kick off the fall semester Monday, Aug. 22.
However, the university is experiencing growing pains as students flock to campus. For the first time in five years, on-campus dorms are full.
“Our residence halls are at complete capacity. We are putting students in hotels,” said Dr. Brian Noland, ETSU President.
The university says this is only a temporary solution.
“About 70 to 75 students will be staying in local hotels. waiting for spaces to open up on campus for the next few weeks. After two to three weeks, we should be able to work them all in,” said Dr. Joe Sherlin, vice president of student life and enrollment.
Sherlin anticipates the typical influx of some students dropping for the fall semester or making other living arrangements. He predicts all students currently in hotels should find their homes on campus soon.
About 3,000 students, primarily freshman and sophomores, are living on campus this fall of the around 14,000 enrolled for the semester.
ETSU says running out of space in the dorms is not the worst problem to have. It is indicative of a trend they are pleased with: the university is growing.
“Our freshman class will be north of 2,000, which is up almost 400 over where we were during COVID,” said Noland.
Leaders say students come from all 50 states and more than 50 countries. With this large freshman class, university leaders attribute it to investments that have been made to improve the quality of education.
“That speaks to the quality of our academic programs, the student experience, the affordability,” Sherlin said. “ETSU is a destination institution. Increasingly, our first-year students are seeing that.”
News Channel 11 spoke with freshmen who were able to get a spot in campus residence halls.
“I’m right here around everything. It makes it so much better,” said Addison Burns.
Her roommate, McKinzie Journey, agrees and said they took quick action ahead of the semester.
“We applied early so we could make sure we got that dorm room that we wanted,” said Journey.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, this semester marks the first time dorms have been allowed to be at full capacity. In 2020, only 50% of capacity was allowed in residence halls to protect the safety of students in the onset of the public health emergency.
In 2021, the number went up to 90%.
For fall 2022, 100% capacity in dorms is once again allowed – and 100% is what they got.
ETSU is in the early stages of planning to build a new residence hall on campus. The earliest it could open would be the fall of 2026.
“We may, in the interim, need to look at lease agreements with off-campus providers to make sure we can provide capacity for certain students who want that experience,” said Sherlin.
This would prevent the university from having to look to hotels for temporary housing for students. Instead, the lease agreements could be made with nearby apartments.
Students who are staying off campus in hotels currently are still paying their campus housing fees. The university housing department is making up the difference of the cost for them to stay in the hotels.
As ETSU grows, university leaders are setting a lofty goal of 18,000 students enrolled within the next several years. Sherlin says the school is looking to increase on-campus housing capacity by several hundred in the next few years.
Freshmen are not required by ETSU to live on campus. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/etsu-dorms-at-capacity-some-students-staying-in-hotels-temporarily/ | 2022-08-19T23:08:24 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/etsu-dorms-at-capacity-some-students-staying-in-hotels-temporarily/ |
WISE, Va. (WJHL) — The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) says people should avoid recreational activities along a stretch of the South Fork Powell River after hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage were released into the river.
The department issued a recreational water advisory Friday for the South Fork Powell River near East Stone Gap to the Powell River at Big Stone Gap. People should avoid recreational activities like swimming, wading, kayaking, tubing, or any other activity where submersion in the water is likely.
The VDH says the advisory was issued “out of an abundance of caution” due to a sewage release from a Big Stone Gap Department of Public Utilities sewer force main on Thursday into the Powell River. As of noon Friday, the utility reported that around 438,000 gallons of sewage had been released. Repair works were expected to continue Friday.
The health department says it has not observed any impacts to drinking water.
Activities that are not likely to result in water submersions, such as boating, fishing, and canoeing, may continue with caution to avoid contact with the water, according to the VDH.
The department says people should:
- Avoid contact with the waterbodies noted above and observe advisory signage posted at waterbody access points.
- Avoid any area of the waterbody where there is water with a foul odor, dead or dying fish, or discolored water.
- Promptly wash skin with soap and water if you cannot avoid contact with water in the vicinity.
- Seek medical care and notify your practitioner of the waterbody exposure if you experience adverse health effects after contact with the waterbody.
The health department advised that swallowing contaminated water can cause gastrointestinal illnesses. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vdh-issues-advisory-after-438000-gallons-of-sewage-released-into-south-fork-powell-river/ | 2022-08-19T23:08:30 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vdh-issues-advisory-after-438000-gallons-of-sewage-released-into-south-fork-powell-river/ |
TAMPA, Fla. — There was another crash that left a bicyclist injured at an intersection in South Tampa known for being dangerous and deadly.
In December, two teenagers were killed at this very location at Bay to Bay Boulevard and Lois Avenue.
A car hit a bicyclist during the morning rush hour on Friday. Fortunately, Tampa Fire Rescue said the person riding the bike was not taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Cohen Wills said he witnessed the crash. According to Wills, the bicyclist was traveling on Lois Avenue and stopped and waited for all the cars to stop before he rode his bike across Bay to Bay Boulevard.
Wills said he crossed three lanes but as he reached the last lane, a car hit the other biker.
"He went about 5, 6 feet in the air. It was a miracle that he was okay," said Wills who never walks through this intersection because of the crashes he's witnessed over the last few months.
"I never would in a million years with my two kids would cross that street by walking," he said.
The deadly crash from last year is still fresh in the minds of neighbors who live around the area.
"It was crushing, it was heartbreaking, I cannot go through that intersection without thinking about them and remembering what I saw," said Carroll Ann Bennett, a member of the Virginia Park Neighborhood Association and longtime resident.
Since then, flashing beacons were installed at the crosswalk but Bennett and others say a traffic light is still needed.
"Today reminded me the clock is ticking, anything can happen at any time, we need a traffic light, we needed it years ago," said Bennett.
Earlier this week, a 13-year-old girl was hit by a car in Sarasota County while riding her bike inside a crosswalk on the way to school. Many counties in our area are dealing with crossing guard shortages and local enforcement are reminding people to slow down and pay attention especially during school hours. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/bicyclist-injured-dangerous-south-tampa-intersection/67-a861e606-f505-4e8f-9e29-f2dd60c9ff5e | 2022-08-19T23:13:15 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/bicyclist-injured-dangerous-south-tampa-intersection/67-a861e606-f505-4e8f-9e29-f2dd60c9ff5e |
LAKELAND, Fla. — Florida is in the thick of hurricane season now, and there are fewer and fewer options to get your home insured. So what happens if you run out of options?
10 Tampa Bay spoke with a woman who did: Kimberly Smith.
When Smith's home insurance policy was up for renewal, she said her rate was well out of budget.
"My insurance rates had almost tripled to $3,000," Smith said.
Then her search began for a more affordable option. That's when she landed on a policy with Citizens Property Insurance. Within a few months, she got a notice of cancellation for her new policy.
"I have no insurance going into the heat of hurricane season," Smith said.
The policy cancellation went into effect on Aug. 19, 2022.
To stay insured, Smith was told she would have to get her roof repaired and replace support beams in her home.
"Fixing all of this would be in the thousands because I would have to hire someone," Smith said.
So what happens when a last resort insurance option terminates your policy?
"You know that's a question that's hard to answer," Michael Peltier, a spokesman for Citizens Property Insurance said. "Citizens is the state's insurer of last resort. We try to make every accommodation that we can to insure as many people as we can. But at the end of the day, there are underwriting guidelines that insurers have to follow to cover a policy."
Reporter Malique Rankin asked specifically about Smith's policy. Citizens is not allowed to disclose policy specifics but shared they would look into her case and work with her. In a matter of hours, a positive resolution was reached.
"We worked with the agent and Ms. Smith’s policy has been renewed," Peltier said. " Any defects noted in the inspection must be repaired or policy will not be renewed when it comes up for renewal next year."
Citizens is a last resort option. And it's one many Floridians have turned to in recent months. But in order to keep your policy, you still have to comply and pass inspections.
"If repairs need to be made, if the property is not insurable anymore, due to age of roof or deficiencies, our hands are tied at that point," Peltier said.
Smith shared that her home is paid off. She lives paycheck to paycheck, receiving disability, making it difficult for her to cover the costs of pricey expenses.
"All of the other companies said – no. 1 since the roof was older they would not take me, and no. 2 since I was now under a cancellation notice, they wouldn't touch me," Smith said. "So I couldn't get any other insurance."
Now, she'll be able to get through hurricane season with her home still insured. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/last-resort-home-insurance-florida/67-231f8070-61ed-4922-a8c0-7d0e6c9e7571 | 2022-08-19T23:13:21 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/last-resort-home-insurance-florida/67-231f8070-61ed-4922-a8c0-7d0e6c9e7571 |
PUTNAM COUNTY, Indiana — A Putnam County deputy was injured when his SUV was hit by a semi Friday.
Deputy Randy Patrick was on patrol near North Jackson and Frazier streets in Greencastle, when a semi and pickup truck collided in the northbound lane of North Jackson Street.
The collision sent the semi and pickup across the centerline right into Patrick's SUV in the southbound lane. The 20,000-pound semi went into the side of the deputy's SUV, pushing it off the road and pinning it to a tree.
Fortunately, Patrick only suffered minor injuries and was freed from the SUV by Greencastle firefighters.
The crash is under investigation. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/putnam-county-deputy-minorly-injured-in-crash-deputy-randy-patrick-indiana/531-bfb37fae-c644-4776-b6d2-61ea26cfa0b0 | 2022-08-19T23:14:20 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/putnam-county-deputy-minorly-injured-in-crash-deputy-randy-patrick-indiana/531-bfb37fae-c644-4776-b6d2-61ea26cfa0b0 |
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Juan David Ortiz was a supervisory intelligence agent in the U.S. Border Patrol when a distraught woman jumped shirtless from his pickup and ran to a nearby Texas Department of Public Safety trooper in Laredo.
She told the officer she had been terrorized by Ortiz but managed to escape. The pickup sped off, but a day later, Ortiz, then 35, was under arrest, accused of killing four women in the border city — two of them in the hours after the initial outcry.
It was Sept. 15, 2018, and Ortiz has been in jail ever since, charged with capital murder, unable to make bail set at $2.5 million and facing a possible death penalty if convicted.
His alleged victims — Melissa Ramirez, 29; Claudine Ann Luera, 42; Guiselda Alicia Hernandez, 35, and Nikki Enriquez, 28 — had been shot in the head or neck in a two-week period. All were prostitutes who worked a stretch of San Bernardo Avenue, just north of downtown, authorities said.
Webb County Sheriff's Office investigators said he confessed to the slayings, revealing an anger at the local sex trade and saying he wanted to clean it up, vigilante-style.
The extensive media coverage of the lurid case enabled his San Antonio-based defense team, attorneys Joel Perez and Raymond Fuchs, to persuade a judge this week to move the trial away from Webb County and the surrounding area.
Instead, the trial will be in Bexar County, with jury selection set to begin Oct. 21, more than four years after the killings.
“Because of the negative publicity, we felt we’d have a tainted jury pool” in any courtroom near Laredo, Perez said in an interview Friday.
Ortiz also is charged with aggravated assault and unlawful restraint involving his fifth alleged victim, Erika Peña.
Those who worked with Ortiz — a U.S. Navy veteran, married with two kids, with a master’s degree from St. Mary's University — agonized over how he “went rogue,” a Border Patrol chief said at the time.
Local and federal officials said he took his victims out of town and shot them while he was off duty, possibly with his service weapon. When he was arrested in a parking garage, Ortiz attempted “suicide by cop,” pointing his cellphone as if it were a weapon, authorities said.
He has been held in the Webb County jail and is to be transferred to the Bexar County jail on Oct. 17, court records indicate.
Because this is a death penalty case, jury selection will take three to four weeks, as potential jurors fill out questionnaires and are interviewed by prosecutors and defense attorneys. Testimony is expected to begin some time in mid-November and could last three weeks, Perez said.
Webb County District Attorney Isidro R. “Chilo” Alaniz had opposed the change of venue but said prosecutors will be prepared for trial in Bexar County and are making arrangements for the families of the victims to attend.
“The most important thing here is that the evidence does not change,” Alaniz said. “The confession that they were going to challenge is still intact. It’s still legal. Where he confessed to killing the four women, it’s also going to be presented to the jury. We are very confident that we can still bring justice to the families of this case.”
State District Judge Oscar J. Hale Jr. of the 406th District Court granted the change of venue Wednesday and will hear the case in Bexar County.
If convicted, Ortiz, now 39, faces either life in prison without the possibility of parole, or death.
César Rodriguez of the Laredo Morning Times contributed to this report.
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Kyle City Council will have an empty seat at the dais until the November election following the resignation of Dex Ellison.
The District 1 councilman submitted his letter of resignation July 26, and it was accepted by the city council Aug. 2, though it would have gone into effect automatically after eight days per state law. The letter did not include a reason for his resignation.
“I sincerely feel the best way to assist in future efforts is to step away from my position and allow this staff and the remaining council to take on the challenging work and lead to the best of your abilities,” his letter reads.
Ellison was first elected to the seven-member city council in November 2017 and was elected to a second term in 2019. He served on the Kyle Planning and Zoning Commission for two years prior to that.
He posted about his resignation on his campaign Facebook page, Citizens for Dex Ellison, thanking community members for their support. Though his message didn’t include a reason for leaving the position, he did note that he never felt that he met the standard he had envisioned but continued to try, and that he “never felt comfortable in the public position.”
Since the resignation comes within 120 days of a general election, the city will not hold a special election to fill the vacancy, though it will be on the ballot in November. Monday at 5 p.m. is the deadline to file for a place on the ballot.
“We are thankful for his years of service to the City of Kyle and the many things Council Member Ellison accomplished with his time on Council, such as the creation of the Dialogues for Peace and Progress events as well as the passing of the bond for the Public Safety Center in 2020 and much more,” Director of Communications Rachel Sonnier said in an email.
The resignation comes soon after Ellison was issued a citation for a sale of cigarettes or tobacco to a minor, according to the Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch.
Ellison did not immediately respond to a Facebook message requesting an interview.
Council members complimented Ellison’s work with the city before voting to accept his resignation, though Ellison was absent from the meeting.
“Thank you for everything you’ve done for the city and for the residents,” District 6 Councilman Michael Tobias said at the meeting. “This is a very challenging time for all of us but we will get through all this together as a council and I want to wish you the best. ... You made a difference. I want you to know that.”
The city of Kyle is also seeing some shifts in its leadership lately. Kyle City Manager Scott Sellers is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into an internal complaint. Assistant City Manager Jerry Hendrix is serving as acting city manager.
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The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office dedicated a North Side facility that houses the department’s SWAT and special operations units after a deputy who died exactly one year ago.
The Floyd M. Cardenas Law Enforcement Annex was unveiled with the namesake’s family, state and law enforcement officials present Friday morning at 15903 University Oak.
Sheriff Javier Salazar said although it was a solemn occasion, it was the celebration of a “hero.”
“We talk about ‘a hero remembered never dies,’ and it sounds like a catchphrase, but we live it,” Salazar said. “For generations to come, SWAT operators are going to work out of this facility and proudly say ‘I work at the Floyd Cardenas building,’ and it’s going to mean something to them.”
Deputy Floyd Manuel Cardenas, 41, died in his sleep last year on Aug. 19. An 18-year veteran of the force and head trainer for the K-9 unit, Cardenas worked with his K-9 partner Tango for about six years on more than 100 federal, state and local investigations.
Cardenas’ wife, Kimberly, was present with their two children, Cayleb and Jayden. She fought back tears as she addressed a briefing room full of SWAT deputies and command staff.
“Everyone that knew him knew that he was 120 percent committed to the county and the deputies and K-9s,” Cardenas said. She said his partner Tango is enjoying his retirement at their home, dutifully watching over the family in her husband’s absence.
Command staff and deputies who spoke during the ceremony described Cardenas as a driven deputy who was eager to partner with a K-9 unit and greatly deserving of the honor. Assistant Chief Deputy Roland Schuler said Cardenas becoming a K-9 unit deputy was a “game changer.”
“That was really something that made us all proud, and Floyd was proud to bring his dog to work every day,” Schuler said.
The deputy had been on call for about 36 hours, training with Tango before assisting another K-9 deputy with a search the night he died.
“His commitment was ‘I’ll go home, but I’ll help first,’ “ Schuler said. “Everyone who remembers Floyd knows he never turned his back on anyone.”
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“Should I go to Austin Pride?”
“Can you die from monkeypox?”
“Will there be vaccines like there are for COVID-19?”
These were among questions answered by public health experts Thursday night at Luther’s Cafe, which sits in the heart of The Strip, a section of North Main Avenue with LGBTQ bars and clubs and a rainbow crosswalk.
The forum hosted by the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District drew about two dozen attendees who wanted to know more about the disease that has so far disproportionately affected men who have sex with men.
Among U.S. monkeypox cases, 99 percent occurred in men — 94 percent of whom reported recent intimate contact with men — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“This does not mean that it’s just in this population. Anyone participating in high-risk activities is susceptible to contract monkeypox,” said George Perez, an emergency management coordinator who has worked at Metro Health for 32 years and moderated the event at Luther’s.
There will be other forums throughout the community, including UTSA and TAMUSA.
Metro Health advises residents who believe they have been exposed to monkeypox to call 210-207-8876, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The virus primarily spreads through skin-to-skin contact with the rash, scabs, body fluids and respiratory secretions of a person with monkeypox, but symptoms can take up to three weeks to appear.
People with monkeypox are asked to isolate at home. It can take up to six weeks to fully heal.
“Sometimes it starts as flu symptoms, and then you see what looks like a heat rash,” said Anita Kurian, assistant director of Metro Health’s communicable disease division. “It’s being misdiagnosed as herpes.”
The monkeypox outbreak has infected at least 22 people in San Antonio and more than 1,000 people in Texas.
The outbreak currently spans 94 countries with more than 40,000 lab-confirmed cases, resulting in 12 deaths. So far, there have not been any deaths related to monkeypox in the United States.
Free vaccines are available, but are in short supply because they were designed to prevent smallpox — a deadly disease that was eradicated in 1980, Kurian said.
Kurian said vaccine doses are being prioritized for residents most at risk, such as people identified through contact tracing, those who have had close contact with an infected individual in the past 14 days and people living with HIV or who take PrEP, the medication for the prevention of HIV.
“It is voluntary,” she said of the JYNNEOS vaccine. “Not everyone we offered it to has taken it.”
Some answers to the questions posed were not cut and dry, as was the case for whether people should attend Austin’s parade and festival Saturday.
The last event was in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, and attracted more than 400,000 people, according to the organizer’s website.
Medical Director Junda Woo pointed to a poster that showed how certain behaviors can be riskier than others, but stopped short of telling a man not to attend.
“Everyone has their own threshold for risk,” she said.
There are ways to be safe in social settings, she added, such as making sure you are clothed while hugging or dancing, not sharing eating utensils and staying home if you’re sick.
Woo said while it’s a good idea to check whether your sexual partner has any rashes on their body, they could have lesions on their body that aren’t visible.
Perez said they don’t want to scare people, but they want to inform the public about riskier activities.
“You can engage in Pride without kissing or body touching,” he said. “You can still have a wonderful happy Pride as long as you’re doing it being mindful of what the risk factors are in your engagement of other people.”
At one point, Robert Anthony Chavez, 66, asked Perez for the microphone.
Chavez, who has long been part of the local LGBTQ community, urged attendees to be careful and to get tested.
He shared that he has been living with HIV, a virus that weakens the immune system, for the past 10 years and plans to ask his doctor at his next appointment whether he should get the monkeypox vaccine.
“I believe people should know what’s going on with diseases that are out there,” he said. “Nowadays, with everything out here, you have to get checked.”
For people who get the virus, the CDC advises that there is an antiviral treatment for smallpox called TPOXX recommended for people with severe disease or for those more likely to get severely ill.
Scientists are studying modes of transmission and cases in which people test positive for the monkeypox virus, but have no symptoms.
“There’s still so many unknowns,” Woo said.
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A good Samaritan called 311 for an unusual sighting early Thursday morning — seven pups running loose on the runway at Stinson Airport.
The dispatcher alerted Marcus Machemehl, a member of the San Antonio International Airport safety and wildlife team. One of four wildlife biologists employed at an airport across the nation, his sole role is to mediate encounters with animals and wildlife on area runways.
Machemehl rescued six of the tan and white pups from the airstrip on the South Side. He transported the Labrador mix pups to the Animal Care Services campus, where they were placed in the care of the Animal Defense League of Texas. Friday morning, Machemehl returned to Stinson Airport and found the missing pup that dashed away from the group. ADL staff are caring for the pack that will be put up for adoption.
ACS spokeswoman Lisa Norwood said the pups weren’t hurt during their morning romp. She named the dogs Maverick, Goose, Iceman, Cowboy, Rooster and Bob — a nod to pilots in the Top Gun sequel, “Maverick.”
“When they find new families — that’s when their stories will really take off,” Norwood said.
Nadia De La Garza, ADL development and marketing manager, said the situation could have resulted in an uncertain fate for the dogs.
“These puppies were in danger and left unaided could’ve presented a health hazard within the neighborhood,” De La Garza said. “We advocate for responsible pet ownership and want your pets to be a long-term commitment. However, if that’s not feasible, please refrain from abandoning your pet.”
She said ADL has an intake process to safely surrender a pet and help find it a new home. The ADL spokeswoman said while the process could take a few weeks, the nonprofit would work with residents to find resources to help in the meantime.
“Our hope is to avoid situations like this in the future,” De La Garza said.
Kathi Holzschuher, ADL director of development and marketing, said ADL staff thought the pups were around two and half months old. An exam showed they were healthy and received appropriate vaccinations and medications for their age.
“It’s unfortunate and probably a case of an abandoned litter,” Holzschuher said. “A location like that is so tremendously dangerous. They’re adorable. We want to find forever homes for them for sure.”
vtdavis@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/We-want-to-find-forever-homes-Seven-17385478.php | 2022-08-19T23:15:53 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/We-want-to-find-forever-homes-Seven-17385478.php |
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Placer County Public Health announced Friday that a minor had died from COVID-19 earlier in the summer. This is the county's first COVID-19 death of someone under 18 years old with no underlying health conditions.
“We extend our deepest sympathies to the family for their loss,” Interim Health Officer Dr. Rob Oldham said in a statement. “Every life lost prematurely to COVID is tragic, and this is particularly heartbreaking.”
Placer County Public Health told ABC10 that they would not be releasing any more details about the age or vaccination status of the person.
“It is important that residents stay up-to-date on COVID vaccinations,” Oldham said in a statement. “For the youngest children, that might mean completing their initial series. For older adults, that might mean a second booster. If you are eligible, do not wait to get your booster.”
Placer County has had more than 650 COVID-19 deaths since March 2020, most of which are elderly adults. According to Placer County Public Health, some case data is "less precise at this stage of the pandemic" partially because of increased at-home testing.
According to the Placer County COVID-19 Dashboard, there have been 2 confirmed COVID-19 deaths so far in August and 11 confirmed deaths in July.
Find more information about where to get a COVID-19 vaccine HERE.
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WOODLAND, Calif. — Former Yolo Food Bank Executive Director Michael Bisch is suing the nonprofit, alleging wrongful termination and retaliation for whistleblowing.
Back in June, Bisch alerted news outlets the Yolo Food Bank (YFB) Board of Directors fired him.
In his June 2 news release, he said, “After leading Yolo Food Bank through significant growth and transformational change for nearly four and a half years, including the most successful Big Day of Giving outcome of any Yolo County nonprofit in history on May 5, the organization’s board of directors on Tuesday informed me that I would no longer be serving as Executive Director, effective immediately.”
Two weeks before his termination, Bisch and seven other members of YFB’s executive team signed a letter of no confidence in the organization’s board of directors, the Davis Vanguard reported.
In the wake of Bisch’s firing, at least two other executive team members left the organization.
ABC10 obtained a June 2 letter of resignation by then-Director of Accounting, Katie Schroeder, announcing her resignation in protest.
The Sacramento Business Journal then reported Director of Programs Zane Hatfield was fired on June 7.
Now, an attorney representing Bisch said the former executive director is suing YFB.
A news release about the lawsuit says Bisch, "alleges various causes of action including wrongful termination against public policy, whistleblower retaliation, and defamation."
ABC10 reached out to the Yolo Food Bank for comment. Interim executive director Karen Baker said the nonprofit hasn't received the lawsuit yet and therefore can't comment on it.
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — A new dessert and coffee place is opening soon in Roseville.
Tokyo Cream has its soft opening on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is a free "The boba" milk tea with every purchase over $10, according to a post on Tokyo Cream's Instagram page.
They offer soft serve ice cream, choux pastry, and specialty coffees, according to their website.
Some of their soft serve flavors include Hokkaido milk and black sesame swirl, among others. Some of their specialty coffees include flavors Japanese ube, salted caramel, and mint among others.
Tokyo Cream is located at 1906 Taylor Road in Roseville.
Watch more on ABC10: Rainbow fentanyl found in Placer County | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville/roseville-tokoyo-cream/103-1370f16b-8c7f-4e97-ae6d-66f58780b951 | 2022-08-19T23:19:04 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville/roseville-tokoyo-cream/103-1370f16b-8c7f-4e97-ae6d-66f58780b951 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif — Hey! Does a hot wheel convention, a rib cookoff, or even a banana festival sound fun to you? If so, then it goes to show there's something for everyone this weekend in Northern California.
A foodie-inspired multi-cultural food and entertainment event. There will be over 150 vendors ranging from lobster pasta to mini donuts. These vendors plan to bring a variety of amazing foods, arts, crafts, games, and entertainment for the whole family.
- 1-10 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20 and Sunday, Aug. 21
- Located at Cal Expo (1600 Exposition Blvd., Sacramento)
- Organized by FoodieLand Night Market and Cal Expo
- More information about this event HERE.
A weekend full of banana foods, music, art, health, and family fun! This year's theme is Banana International, celebrating cultures in Asia, Africa, and the Americas that use the banana as a source of food, art, and culture.
- 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21
- Located at William Land Park (3800 W Land Park Dr., Sacramento)
- Organized by Banana Festival Sacramento and Night Market Series
- More information about this event HERE.
Soul Fest ’22 is back, featuring live performances by The Whispers, Jeffrey Osborne, Alexander O’Neal, Cherrelle, Evelyn “Champagne” King and more. It's a gathering of soul legends in one fantastic summer show!
- 6 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20
- Located at the Thunder Valley Outdoor Amphitheater (2368 Athens Ave., Lincoln)
- Organized by Thunder Valley Casino and Resort and WorldOne Presents
- More information about this event HERE.
The Indian Association of Sacramento (IAS) is celebrating India’s 76th Independence Day (India Day) and all are welcome to celebrate! There will be an India Day Car Parade on Saturday followed by a get-together at the West Lawn of the Capitol Building. Sunday, or India Day, is a day that will showcase the diversified Indian heritage with a wide variety of regional languages, colorful costumes, cultural dances, music, food, stalls, and more.
- 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20 and Sunday, Aug. 21
- Located at The University Union at Sac State (600 J St., Sacramento)
- Organized by the Indian Association of Sacramento
- More information about this event HERE
A weekend filled with hot wheels for all collectors, all kids, and all adults who want to embrace their inner child! Come enjoy car shows and vendors, a hot wheels play area, and even a cornhole tournament.
- 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20; 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21
- Located at Arden West Hilton Sacramento (220 Harvard St., Sacramento)
- Organized by Weekend of Wheels
- More information about this event HERE.
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A two-day toy show, so come and check out over 100 tables of nothing but toys and meet the people and voices behind some of your favorite characters!
- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 and Sunday, Aug. 21
- Located at Arden West Hilton Sacramento (220 Harvard St., Sacramento)
- Organized by Sacramento Toy Show
- More information about this event HERE.
The sauciest event of the year with a rib cookoff, live music, and vendors selling both handmade and homemade items. The Vice Mayor of Rancho Cordova, Linda Budge, will be the emcee for the night so come enjoy good food and good community.
- 3-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20
- Located at the Rancho Cordova Moose Family Center (10124 Coloma Rd., Rancho Cordova)
- Organized by Rancho Cordova Moose Family Center
- More information about this event HERE.
Join your neighbors and community for a mural tour around Sacramento! All the murals visited were created as part of Wide Open Walls 2022. There will be background information and history on the pieces and the artists who created them. Take it at a casual pace, not a race and enjoy all of Sacramento's art.
- 8:30-11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 21
- Located at Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters (4749 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento)
- Organized by Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates
- More information about this event HERE.
Come laugh out loud with some local and national comedians! Hosted by comedian Dru Burks, there will also be comedians Ace Mcallister, Alex Woody, and headliner Mario Hodge.
- 7-9 p.m. Saturday , Aug. 20
- Located at The Guild Theater (2828 35th St., Sacramento)
- Organized by The Guild Theater
- More information about this event HERE.
A new pop-up retail vendor location, this is a special grand opening that allows local entrepreneurs to utilize their space to support and grow their thriving businesses!
- 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20
- Located at SacTown Collab Spot (2732 Marconi Ave., Sacramento)
- Organized by SacTown Collab Spot
- More information about this event HERE.
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UVALDE, Texas — Nearly three months after the tragedy in Uvalde and Family Service continues to help the impacted community members navigate the complex path of grief.
The San Antonio-based non-profit has been one of many organizations on the ground in Uvalde assisting families following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Family Service offers immediate and long-term counseling. The non-profit’s presence in Uvalde goes back two decades.
“They’re still in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy and there’s so much going on trying to figure out what all that means,” said Family Service CEO Mary Garr.
Garr said everyone experiences grief differently. It’s a journey she noted can take years to learn how to properly cope with.
Family Service’s team of counselors is meeting with families and children during a vital time, where fear and anxiety are driven by the return to school in the next few weeks.
“Help them understand about coming back into the school environment or going to school remotely and for some it’s even looking at schools in other districts to not trigger emotions or grief. Just how to find a way to move forward,” Garr said.
It’s emotional and mental support needed more than ever in a community torn by tragedy.
“Having that ability to meet face to face and sit down at a table or sit down on the floor with the children, play therapy or conversations and just finding ways to connect, it’s an ongoing process to deal with the trauma and the grief and then moving forward.”
Family Service in Uvalde is located at 3100 E Main St in the Walmart. Those who wish to receive mental health support and other human service’s needs can enter through door outside of the Home and Pharmacy entrance.
Visit their website to learn more. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/family-service-mental-emotional-support-uvalde-school/273-4f8b5e26-a5f2-4665-aa85-605bed9da039 | 2022-08-19T23:19:10 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/family-service-mental-emotional-support-uvalde-school/273-4f8b5e26-a5f2-4665-aa85-605bed9da039 |
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Army veteran from San Antonio Stephanie Bennett was looking to use the skills she developed in the military for a civilian job.
“My background is in logistics,” she said.
She thought it would be a great fit when a trucking company contacted her about a work from home job.
“I received an email one day and they were saying they saw my resume,” Bennet said. “I think it was $23 an hour, Monday through Friday, work from home. That is what really did it for me. If I can work from home, that’s even better.”
A phone interview made her suspicious after she called the number back.
“I inquired about the number not working and they were saying the only way for us to communicate has to be through email,” Bennett said.
Then they ask her to give them access to her bank account so they could train her on invoicing.
“I was like, yeah, this doesn’t seem legit,” Bennett said.
“If they ask for money, at any point, if they ask you for money to run a background check, a credit check, any kind of indication they want to access to your wallet, that’s the tip-off right there it’s going to be a scam,” said Jason Meza of the Better Business Bureau.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) saw job schemes in Texas triple from March through June 2022.
“That’s the lure cyber criminals are using now to say listen you can do the job in the comfort of your home and any time you want,” Meza said. “Great pay, instantly qualify, no prerequisites.”
Bennett said schemers contacted her three times in April about jobs.
“This is kind of scary that this keeps occurring,” said Bennett.
You can lose both money and open yourself to identity theft with these schemes.
“You are releasing a lot of sensitive data into the world thinking you’re going to get a job and in the end you don’t,” Meza said.
Each time Bennett said she found red flags when she researched the company.
“Google it,” Bennet said. “We have the information at our fingertips so it’s all out there. Call to verify. The Better Business Bureau, if it’s an official business, it’s going to be on the BBB website.”
Other tips a job offer is a scheme include:
- vague information about the position
- asking you for money for training or background checks
- telling you to cash a check to pay for materials
- poor grammar
- will communicate only through text or email
“Are they answering my question about the company, about the position?” Meza said. “If they are very vague and general, that should be your first tip-off that they don’t know much about the job itself.”
Bennett is still job searching. She said she hopes a legitimate job offer comes soon. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/job-schemes-triple-in-texas-san-antonio/273-111c72d9-1e9f-4dbe-a912-50f300447faf | 2022-08-19T23:19:17 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/job-schemes-triple-in-texas-san-antonio/273-111c72d9-1e9f-4dbe-a912-50f300447faf |
SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County authorities are working to apprehend a suspect who they say ran into Ingram Park Mall Friday afternoon after leading deputies on a vehicle pursuit.
It's unknown what started the pursuit, but the Bexar County Sheriff's Office is urging anyone inside the west-side mall to shelter in place where they are, while also emphasizing "this is not an active shooter event."
It's unknown, however, if the suspect had a weapon when he entered the mall. He's described as standing between 5-feet-7 and 5-feet-9, and wearing a black/blue shirt along with black shoes.
"We are asking the public to not attempt to enter the parking lot," BCSO said via social media, adding the facility was closed for now.
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SAN ANTONIO — Some of the parents at the IDEA Carver school are fed up with the danger posed by the old, abandoned Friedrich complex next to the school on East Commerce.
After a decomposing body was found in the building Thursday, there is a renewed push for demolition - an action that was promised a long time ago.
San Antonio Police were called to the building by a maintenance worker who noticed a foul smelling coming from a third floor bathroom.
The worker told police he found the body and called for help.
Police said they are investigating, but they said it appears as though the person died of natural causes.
Neither his name nor autopsy results have been released.
Since at least March, officials with the San Antonio Housing Trust have been saying that as soon as the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development approves the project, the part of the compound that is not historic will fall to the wrecking ball.
But this project was announced in mid-2018 and there has been virtually no visible progress since then.
Many parents are boiling with frustation.
Annalisa Perales, who has had two children attending the school for the past five years, said "You have beer cans, you have graffiti cans. There's, I saw needles the other day on the other side of the sidewalk and that's public property! That's the city! Look! There's marijuana joints right there and I'm, this just needs to go!"
Inspecting a rickety cyclone fence that surrounds the parcel, Perales said "This is just a cesspool of crime written all over it. This is what I see it as. This is just a nest for pedophiles and drug addicts and people just wait around and have a stake out to wait for any little children that comes by to take them over the fence and boom! We'll never see them again."
In March, the San Antonio Fire Department responded to a series of small fires in the building.
A woman was arrested on an arson charge, but months later, the case was dismissed for lack of evidence.
The long-abandoned manufacturing building is supposed to be torn down to make way for 350 new apartment units.
But after years of bureaucratic red tape, HUD, which has a financial connection to the deal, on Friday, gave a conditional approval for the start of the abatement process. The project manager said progress will not come quickly.
There will have to be permits, environmental testing, abatement and TCEQ approval. But they said maybe they could move forward with construction on this $60 million dollar investment one year from now.
The San Antonio Housing Trust website describes the project like this:
"Friedrich Lofts – Private Equity Structure
The SAHT PFC partnered with PRA Realty Group to convert approximately 4 acres of blighted industrial vacant buildings into 358 units of rental housing at 1617 E. Commerce in Council District 2. This apartment community has 24 units reserved for those at 60% AMI, 155 units reserved for those at 80% AMI, and 179 units at market rents. This project cost approximately $60 million at the time of development. The project will close equity financing in August 2022 and commence demolition."
The project was first announced in 2018 and a developer is working on the new residential space. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-friedrich-project-building/273-bacb45c0-e538-4828-be1c-be9189946b17 | 2022-08-19T23:19:29 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-friedrich-project-building/273-bacb45c0-e538-4828-be1c-be9189946b17 |
Body identified as that of missing Daytona Beach man James Oliver Williams
The body found near Halifax Health Medical Center was confirmed as that of James Oliver Williams, who had been missing since last month, according to a press release from Daytona Beach Police on Friday.
Williams’ body was found on Aug. 11 in the woods on the south side of Clyde Morris Boulevard behind an employee parking lot, according to an email from Daytona Beach Police Sgt. Tim Ehrenkaufer.
Police were unable to identify the body at that time due to its condition, he wrote.
The body was transported to the medical examiner’s office for an autopsy and identification.
Williams, who lived in Daytona Beach, was positively identified through dental records, police stated.
“Mr. Williams' death appears to be from natural causes and no foul play is suspected,” Ehrenkaufer wrote.
His next of kin has been notified.
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Daytona Beach Police issued a Florida Purple Alert for Williams on Aug. 1.
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Investigators said previously that Williams suffers from depression and did not have his medication.
Williams' father, Stanley Williams, reported him missing on July 27.
According to a report filed by Stanley Williams, his son was last seen at Daytona International Speedway, where he worked, on July 23. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/19/missing-daytona-beach-man-james-oliver-williams-body-identified/7846112001/ | 2022-08-19T23:22:38 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/19/missing-daytona-beach-man-james-oliver-williams-body-identified/7846112001/ |
“This was really inspired by what you would call the commoner, who was using a flame to actually keep their home warm, and turning that into a multi-purpose cooking capability,” said Sho Group CEO Joshua Sigel, dressed in a black suit, with what appeared to be a Black Magic Hublot watch (retails for $9,400) and squeaky clean Alexander McQueen low-top sneakers (retail for $590).
He gestured around the empty husk of the building that will, if all goes smoothly, soon sell NFT memberships between $7,500 and $300,000 to join a hospitality club at a yet-to-be-constructed Japanese fine-dining restaurant in the middle of Salesforce Park, an ambitious plan my SFGATE colleague Andrew Chamings thoroughly lambasted last month as “wrong for San Francisco.”
“We’re clearly dressing it up a little bit, but that’s really the inspiration,” Sigel helpfully clarified of a venture that he later referred to as “one of the more expensive restaurants built west of the Mississippi in quite some time, if ever, perhaps outside of Las Vegas.”
On a gray, chilly Thursday evening, Sigel led a “hard hat tour” of assorted media in and around the cold shell structure that’s supposed to begin formal reconstruction next month, with a grand opening date of September/October 2023, as Sho — a ritzy Japanese restaurant that will probably be the first in the United States to employ the irori grill style of cooking, which inspired Sigel’s “commoner” quote.
The cuisine and credentials of Sho’s chef — Shotaro "Sho" Kamio, known for the Iyasare restaurant in Berkeley — are impeccable. The food and dining experience will be very good. During a brief speech to onlookers on Thursday night, Sho himself came across as affable, charismatic, oblivious to NFTs, and determined to make this work. He retold a story about a long-ago karaoke night, far away from California (he grew up in western Japan), where he sang his favorite song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” And now? “I’m standing right here in the middle of San Francisco,” he said to applause.
But Kamio’s money line — a funny joke that’s also absolutely not a joke! — revealed the tension at play with Sho the restaurant and its Sho Club, the latest playground for the wealthy literally floating above the rest of us. “Today is all free,” he ribbed about the sushi offerings being passed out to the media and esteemed guests. “Next time, you guys pay, OK? I’ll be charging a lot.”
At 6:30 p.m., Sigel kicked off his media tour by guiding us to the back of the structure, which, for clarification, already exists, but will require a hearty rebuild to transform into his vision for the restaurant. Sigel told us that as far as he understood it, the structure here, in the middle of Salesforce Park, was always supposed to be a restaurant.
The entryway to the building is park level, but the dining room experience will be “subterranean,” Sigel said. The kitchen will be in the rear. They’re working on how to squeeze through custom-built kitchen equipment to fill the space, he explained. A dining mezzanine for Sho Club members — which Sigel insisted is also available to the public for, uh, private event reservations — will be above the kitchen.
We walked inside the structure and were handed hard hats, which the PR folks cheerfully said were for us to keep. In the future kitchen and dining room area, Sigel pointed around at things where there will someday be staircases and a bar and seating, all of which are currently impossible to visualize. There will be 300 seats in all, Sigel thinks, spread between the dining room and members’ lounge and outdoor patio (weather permitting).
Sigel paused for questions. He noted that both floors of the restaurant, “for the most part,” are open to the public. I asked him how many seats will be open to the public, given Sho Group’s emphasis on its 3,275 memberships, which provide priority reservations and other perks.
“We’re going to always have seating available to the public,” Sigel responded. “In terms of the numbers, we haven’t gotten to a place where we could say, ‘Here’s how many seats are being allocated to members versus the public.’ But without the public support, this restaurant is not possible. So serving the public at large is a critical component for us, and extremely important.”
The public will have allocated reservations too, Sigel said, without revealing numbers. “Then what’s the selling point for a membership?” a reporter interjected.
There will be special events, a monthly membership dinner for certain tiers, and concierge service, among other benefits, Sigel said. There are three membership tiers for Sho Club; the $7,500 “Earth” membership tier has 2,878 openings, the $15,000 “Water” membership tier has 377 openings, and the $300,000 “Fire” membership tier has 20 openings.
The $300,000 tier — which grew from 10 people to 20 of late — will also include a “once-in-a-lifetime” trip to Japan. At the $300,000 price point, members are actually investors in the restaurant, Sigel later added. (A Sho Group spokesperson emailed me on Friday that the jump from 10 to 20 people is due to “demand and interest” and “in an effort to expand the opportunity for more representation and diversity across the Fire member board.”)
Reporters (myself included) snapped pictures of the emptiness, then exited the structure. Most of us lugged around our hard hats for a chunk of the evening until we realized we absolutely did not need them anymore.
We headed upstairs to an outdoor area that was quickly filling up with guests. “As we all know, in the Bay Area, in San Francisco, when it’s windy and a little bit chilly, it’s important to have the ability to enclose this space,” Sigel explained of the construction plans for the spot where we stood. “What we decided to do is really focus on creating a space that was protected from the elements, but also had the ability to be opened up and give you the essence of an indoor/outdoor experience.”
Reporters went rapid fire at Sigel. He confirmed a portion of membership fees will go toward offsetting construction costs, but earlier in the night said he couldn’t reveal construction costs yet as they haven’t been finalized. He noted that they have a 25-year lease on the space (15 years plus two five-year renewal options), and so potential members are actually getting quite the deal, longevity-wise.
“If you think about a $7,500 fee, and you break that down over a 10-year period … that breaks down to around $65 a month,” Sigel said.
Sigel said there’s “fantastic” interest in Sho Club memberships, that they’ve had thousands of sign-ups on their website, and they anticipate rolling out a private NFT sale next week, followed by a public sale in mid- to late September. But also: “We don’t need membership revenue to make this happen,” he added, alluding to strong interest from accredited investors as a “plan B.” I asked Sigel to expand on the “plan B” option and he quickly backtracked, arguing the accredited investors stuff is a moot point, given the strong membership interest that, again, Sho Group doesn’t need in the first place.
Inevitably came web3 talk. Once the 3,275 NFTs memberships are sold, that’s it, no more. If you want to become a member after that, you’ll have to obtain a Sho Group NFT on OpenSea, a secondary market for NFTs. The initial NFT offerings can be purchased with good old American dollars; on OpenSea, Ethereum — a cryptocurrency that’s had a hellish year, like all of crypto — is the currency of choice. Sho Group will get a 10% kickback on any secondary market sales of NFTs.
A reporter astutely asked how the restaurant will keep tabs on who its new members are, once the NFTs start exchanging hands. In other words: What happens when a genuine piece of s—t snags a secondary market membership? Sigel assured us the restaurant will have a terms and conditions agreement to deal with unruly forces.
Sigel reiterated that it’s not accurate to say this restaurant will be a private members club, because memberships are being sold to the public, in addition to the unknown number of seats non-members will have access to on a nightly basis. But he also used web3 jargon that’s isolating to anyone who isn’t rich enough to consider a significant NFT investment in a San Francisco restaurant.
“We are big believers in the metaverse,” he said. “We don’t see the metaverse as a cartoony type of experience. Given my background in technology, we truly believe over time, a lot of various experiences will be moving to the metaverse. So it’s something that’s very much top of mind, but our focus is on the real world right now.”
Ah yes, the real world. Someone abruptly asked Sigel if he’ll be helping the homeless, a non sequitur of epic proportions that does, in fairness, loom over everything related to this fancy restaurant located in an ostensibly public park.
“Great question,” he started, announcing that in the next few weeks, his group will be rolling out a foundation of some kind. “For those who know Sho and I well, giving back and supporting the community is a very big thing for us. You specifically asked about the homeless — I have a family member who’s homeless. It’s near and dear to my heart, in terms of serving not only the unhoused, but also those who are in need of food.”
After a roughly 30-minute Q&A session, the media dispersed into a growing sea of nonmedia guests. The crowd was exactly — and I mean exactly — what you are picturing. Women mostly in beautiful dresses and post-work business casual garb, and a shocking number of men wearing what I would politely call “casual” attire.
I spotted a couple of lanky early-20-something men, one with a skinny chain and tie-dye shirt under a suit jacket, the other head bopping to thumpy music in a gray Nike hoodie while wearing a Kolo backpack. A short walk from there revealed a guy wearing a cardinal sweater emblazoned with the word “Wellness,” followed by “sporty and rich” directly underneath. Another journalist told me there was a person with a Pokemon shirt in the crowd, but I missed them.
Sushi and drinks flowed all about. The tunes were provided by DJ Dave, an “experimental electronic-pop artist” who mixes live coding with her music. Her manager said she previously DJed at Elon Musk and Grimes’ Met Gala afterparty.
After some mingling, Sigel and Kamio and a few others gave customary “thank you” speeches. Sigel shouted out the “group of warriors” on his team. There was a shovels-in-dirt photo op, and the crowd began to thin. I waited my turn and then pulled Sigel aside, where I formally introduced myself as Alex from SFGATE. I launched into a couple of quick follow-ups, all of which were blocked by terse responses. I realized what was going on: Sigel thought I was Andrew Chamings, my colleague, who wrote the aforementioned critical essay about this whole project.
Sigel requested to go off-the-record, and I agreed. We had a cordial chat; he knows my less-than-flattering on-the-ground update about the club and restaurant is incoming.
I left the event feeling the same about Sho Club and its restaurant as I did before. My colleague Andrew, meanwhile, absolutely owes me a beer now. And I think it’s safe to say I’ll be skipping the grand opening event next fall. | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/inside-salesforce-park-sho-groundbreaking-17384522.php | 2022-08-19T23:23:12 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/inside-salesforce-park-sho-groundbreaking-17384522.php |
A counselor for the state’s largest public school system kept his job for more than a year and a half after his arrest in Chesterfield on charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor.
Virginia has in place processes to prevent sex offenders from working in K-12 schools, but it’s unclear at which point in the process there was a breakdown.
Darren Thornton, 50, who also previously worked for Hanover schools, was arrested in Chesterfield County in an undercover chat operation in November 2020. At the time, he was employed by Fairfax County Public Schools as a school counselor.
Authorities in court documents said Thornton chatted with an undercover officer and set up a meeting for sexual acts. The officer told Thornton she was 17, and Thornton agreed to meet up with her, according to chat transcripts included in court documents. He showed up to the apartment and was met by police, authorities said.
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Thornton was convicted March 11 and sentenced to five years, court documents show. But the court suspended the sentence on the condition that he has good behavior, follows the law and pays court costs.
Thornton also had to register with the Virginia State Police as a registered sex offender. The database lists him as living in the 1300 block of Wentbridge Road in Richmond. From fall 2006 to spring 2020, he was a school counselor and boy’s varsity basketball coach for Hanover County schools.
Thornton in June 2022 was arrested in another online chatting operation on charges of solicitation of prostitution and frequenting a bawdy place.
In brief phone calls with The Times-Dispatch, Thornton said that he was set up by police in the two undercover chat operations and that police do not tell the exact truth about what happened. He did not elaborate.
According to state law, an arresting agency is required to report anyone charged with a felony who is known to be, or discovered to be, a school employee to their school superintendent.
Chesterfield police spokeswoman Elizabeth Caroon said that the department’s records indicate the Fairfax Schools system was notified of Thornton's November 2020 arrest the following day, and again when Thornton was arrested this June.
But when contacted by The Times-Dispatch last month, Fairfax Schools spokeswoman Julie Moult said that Thornton was still employed by the school division.
Virginia Department of Education spokesman Charles Pyle said he could not recall a similar circumstance.
“We take (educator misconduct) very seriously,” Pyle said. “Back in 2008, it was the (VDOE) that strongly pushed for legislation to tighten reporting requirements around educator misconduct and that's when the requirement was placed on law enforcement to inform employing school divisions of the arrests of teachers.”
Since 2000, the state has taken more than 400 actions against teacher licenses and the majority of those cases involve educator misconduct, according to Pyle.
“Any given year we have more than 100,000 teachers in our system so it's a small fraction, but one case is one too many,” Pyle said. “That's why we've been very intentional over the last 15 years to do everything we can at the state level, in terms of statewide policies and reporting requirements, beefing up our capacity to track cases and hold up our end and act when school divisions fail to act. But it really is a shared responsibility.”
Thornton’s staff page was deleted from the school system’s website on the afternoon of July 28 after The Times-Dispatch began inquiring about the case.
Helen Lloyd, also a Fairfax schools spokeswoman, declined to make school division officials available for interviews or answer questions about the safety processes.
On Thursday, Fairfax Superintendent Michelle Reid sent a message to families addressing the issue and said that the division “took immediate steps to dismiss the employee” as soon as the school board and herself knew of the situation.
It is not immediately clear where the breakdown of communication happened, and Fairfax district officials declined to answer questions. The school system counted 178,636 students last year, according to state data.
Reid was appointed to her post in April and began the job July 1. She follows former superintendent Scott Brabrand, who now serves as the executive director of the Virginia Association of School Superintendents. Brabrand was not immediately available for an interview on Friday afternoon.
Reid said in the message to families that she initiated a comprehensive, independent investigation by outside counsel into the circumstances surrounding the situation.
“There is no higher priority than the safety of our students and, on behalf of the school board and myself, I want to make this very clear: this entire situation is unacceptable from any perspective. We are deeply concerned about how this happened in one of our schools,” Reid said in the message. “I want to assure you that we are doing everything possible so this cannot happen again. I am committed to keeping you updated on this issue.”
Thornton’s next court date for his June arrest is Sept. 27 in Chesterfield District Court. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sex-offender-was-employed-as-va-school-counselor-for-20-months-after-arrest/article_6d73a16d-750a-5e1b-a61e-5cdcfb5e0ab1.html | 2022-08-19T23:23:29 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sex-offender-was-employed-as-va-school-counselor-for-20-months-after-arrest/article_6d73a16d-750a-5e1b-a61e-5cdcfb5e0ab1.html |
With Richmond Public Schools students still underperforming, according to state testing scores released Thursday, Mayor Levar Stoney on Friday blamed it on learning loss during the coronavirus pandemic and the school board.
“No one should be surprised that prolonged virtual learning and the trauma of the (coronavirus) pandemic would negatively impact academic outcomes," the mayor said in a press release Friday afternoon.
"That’s why I continue to be disappointed that the RPS School Board declined to adopt a year-round academic calendar, despite extensive research showing that this would be the single most effective way to combat pandemic learning loss."
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Richmond Public Schools maintained its 47% reading SOL score from last year but fell further behind in math and science compared with last year’s scores, with only 37% and 32% of students passing in those subjects, respectively.
“We must acknowledge the hard work and dedication of RPS staff, teachers and students over the past few years who have fought to recover from unprecedented disruptions to traditional learning," Stoney said. “Superintendent Jason Kamras has said he’ll provide a thorough update at a School Board meeting next month, and I look forward to his analysis.”
RPS was one of the last of public state school divisions to return to 100% in-person learning.
The School Board in spring 2021 considered adopting a year-round calendar that would be supported by the use of federal aid during the pandemic through the 2022-2023 school year.
Superintendent Jason Kamras and several school leaders supported the idea, saying it would help improve student outcomes. But the board declined to adopt the plan with several opponents say there had not been enough community engagement.
A man who police believe took his own life by jumping from the state Route 10 bridge into the Appomattox River in Hopewell was a U.S. Army captain based at Fort Lee, a base spokeswoman confirmed Friday.
The idea came up again briefly in a School Board meeting last month, with board members Jonathan Young, Cheryl Burke and Shonda Harris-Muhammed saying they support it.
Though a schools division spokesman on Thursday said that Kamras would provide a detailed analysis on the SOL scores in a School Board meeting next month, a special session has been called for next week.
The School Board is scheduled to hold a special meeting 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at John Marshall High School to "discuss school division academics," according to a meeting notice. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/stoney-takes-richmond-school-board-to-task-over-test-scores-year-round-calendar-plan/article_fcb01c20-5cab-5e29-8a2f-894bab833c4a.html | 2022-08-19T23:23:30 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/stoney-takes-richmond-school-board-to-task-over-test-scores-year-round-calendar-plan/article_fcb01c20-5cab-5e29-8a2f-894bab833c4a.html |
PHOENIX — Arizonans have no constitutional right to block lawmakers from cutting — or even eliminating — taxes, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday.
In an 18-page decision, the majority of the court acknowledged the framers of the Arizona Constitution gave broad powers to voters to not only create their own laws but to review — and veto — those approved be elected legislators.
But that right does not extend to measures for the "support and maintenance" of the state, Justice John Beene, write for for himself and four others.
Attorneys for Invest in Arizona never really contested the idea that a referendum could not challenge a measure to increase taxes.
That's because such a move, if backers get sufficient signatures, would hold up enactment until a public vote. And that could deny government the dollars needed to operate.
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In this case, however, attorney Andy Gaona representing Invest in Arizona, pointed out to the court that the measure approved in 2021 by the Republican-controlled legislature actually cut tax revenues by $1.9 million, and in a way to largely benefit the most wealthy.
Put another way, he told the justices the only thing that his organization sought to send to the ballot for voter review was the desire of GOP lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey, who signed the measure, to forego revenues that otherwise would flow into state coffers. Gaona said holding up the tax cut plan and giving the public a chance to review it — including who benefits — would not have affected the ability of state agencies to do their jobs.
Friday's ruling, however, shows the majority were unwilling to constrain lawmakers that way.
Until last year, Arizona had a "progressive" income tax, with the rate tied to earnings.
So, anyone with a taxable income up to $26,500 a year paid a tax rate of 2.59%, with the earnings number doubled for married couples filing jointly. That rate increases in steps, to the point where taxable earnings on individual earnings above $159,000 were taxed at 4.5%.
The law imposed a single 2.5% tax rate on all incomes beginning in 2025. Legislative budget staffers peg the revenue loss at $1.9 billion a year.
Ducey has repeatedly sought to portray the measure as providing a tax cut of about $300 a year for the "average Arizonan."
But an analysis of the package by legislative budget staffers puts the annual savings for someone making between $25,000 and $30,000 a year at $11. That increases to $96 for those in the $50,000 to $75,000 taxable income range.
At the other extreme, taxpayers with income of between $250,000 and $500,000 would see an average $3,071 reduction in what they owe. And that increases to more than $7,300 for those earning from $500,000 to $1 million.
Invest in Arizona, the successor to the group that got voters in November 2020 to approve Proposition 208, an income tax surcharge on the wealthy, gathered the necessary signatures on petitions to put the measure on hold until votes can decide whether to ratify or reject it.
That led to a legal challenge by the business-oriented Free Enterprise Club, citing that "support and maintenance" provision in the constitution — the one the majority accepted.
David Lujan, director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress, one of the organizers of the petition drive, said the ruling is disappointing.
"The income tax cuts passed by the legislature last year will have a devastating impact on our state's future," he told Capitol Media Services. And then, Lujan said, there's the analysis that those cuts "disproportionately benefit only the richest 5%."
He also said the permanent reduction will make it "extremely difficult to adequately fund education or other critical state needs."
But the problem is even more complex than that.
Theoretically speaking, future lawmakers could undo the tax cuts if collections do not keep pace with expenses.
Only thing is, a separate constitutional provision says it takes a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate to enact new taxes or even to rescind prior reductions. And that has never happened.
"We chose to do the referendum because we knew that once tax cuts go into effect, there is little chance of reversing them later," Lujan said.
Nothing in Friday's ruling keeps any group from gathering signatures to put a tax hike on the ballot.
Even that, however, is not simple.
Voters did approve Proposition 208 in 2020 to impose a 3.5% surcharge on income of individuals making at least $250,000 a year, with the more than $900 million it was estimated to raise earmarked for K-12 education. But the Supreme Court voided the levy after concluding there was no legal way to spend the dollars collected without exceeding a constitutional limit on education spending.
And there's something else.
Republican lawmakers put a measure on the November ballot that would put an additional hurdle in the path of those seeking voter-approved tax hikes. Proposition 132, if approved, would require any such future levy to be approved by 60% of those who vote, versus a simple majority.
"We are making it increasingly difficult to raise revenues in this state," said Lujan. "And that is going to be a big problem when we have our next economic downturn."
There is another possible workaround.
Invest in Arizona or some other group could ask voters to amend the section of the constitution the court said Friday denies voters the right to overrule changes in tax law.
Such a change would spell out that the public does get the last word when lawmakers actually are cutting taxes. But the earliest that could go to the ballot is 2024.
Not everyone on the high court agreed with Lopez.
Justice Bill Montgomery, writing for himself and Justice James Beene, said the history of the creation and early interpretation of the Arizona Constitution convinces them that the framers never intended to create a blanket immunity protecting legislatively approved tax measures from voter purview.
"A categorical exemption from the referendum is a categorical limitation on a power reserved by the people in (the constitution) that has no support in the historical record," Montgomery wrote.
Only those revenue measures "immediately necessary" for state operations cannot be referred to the ballot, he said.
In this case, Montgomery said, there was no finding by lawmakers the tax cut was immediately necessary. And he noted it passed without a two-thirds vote of either the House or Senate, something that would have designated the tax cut was an emergency.
Friday's ruling pleased Scot Mussi, president of the Free Enterprise Club, which successfully quashed a public vote.
"The referendum process was never meant to be used to block the legislature's ability to appropriately budget and set tax rates,'' he told Capitol Media Services. "Now the court has affirmed that position.''
Howard Fischer is a veteran journalist who has been reporting since 1970 and covering state politics and the Legislature since 1982. Follow him on Twitter at @azcapmedia or email azcapmedia@gmail.com. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/ruling-arizonans-lack-right-to-block-tax-cuts/article_65c10afa-1ff2-11ed-b4b6-9fa707816b9c.html | 2022-08-19T23:25:01 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/ruling-arizonans-lack-right-to-block-tax-cuts/article_65c10afa-1ff2-11ed-b4b6-9fa707816b9c.html |
'Desirable' business that fizzled: When college football came to Rehoboth Beach
“Baseball is called our national game,” the Milford Chronicle declared on Sept. 19, 1930, “and yet it does not seem to arouse the intense enthusiasm that is created by football … Something in football thrills the hearts of the people. It is full of dramatic surprises, it has the clash and conflict of a real fight, so that people love it.”
In the 1930s, the infant National Football League was just beginning to garner creditability, which allowed college football to become the king of fall sports; and in 1931, college football came to Rehoboth.
On Aug. 21, the Delaware Coast News announced, “The Georgetown University Football Team will establish its training quarters here starting September 1st and will remain until September 19th. There will be 54 players in the squad and the entire assembly will consist of 70 men. They will make their headquarters at the Hotel Henlopen.”
At the time, Georgetown University was considered a powerhouse in college football. Led by head coach, Tom Mills, and his four assistants (including the legendary Frank Leahy, who went on to win fame as a coach at Notre Dame), the Georgetown team traveled to Rehoboth, where they checked into the Hotel Henlopen. Coach Mills then assembled the squad on the beach and conducted a workout on the heavy sand.
Most of the workouts were held on Walter J. Dick’s farm, where a temporary football field had been laid out, goal post erected, and tracking dummies put into place.
Two weeks before the team arrived, the field had been graded, rolled and planted with a special fast-growing grass seed. Football fans from all over the Delmarva Peninsula gathered to watch the two daily practice sessions on the Dick farm.
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On Aug. 21, the Delaware Coast News noted, “After the first week, scrimmages will be held and on one or two occasions the squad will hold practices on the beach front in order to strengthen their legs and pulling power.”
Each morning began with a breakfast approved by the team’s trainer, followed by a quick trip to the Dick farm for practice. After lunch, the team returned to the practice field for another two-hour workout. By the end of the day, most players were exhausted, and they reportedly hit the hay every evening between 8 and 8:30 o’clock. After a few days of practice at Rehoboth, most of the players were sunburned, but otherwise in good shape.
The leaders of Rehoboth considered the football training camp a “desirable class of business,” and they saw it as a valuable addition to the fall shoulder season.
On Sept. 18, the Delaware Coast News commented, “Already plans are being made to establish a permanent sports field as a nucleus around which to build facilities that will attract and properly provide for athletic groups who indulge in training periods away from home … It will be a welcome addition to the growing resort business and will help answer the problem of how to extend the fall season which is conceded as being the most beautiful season of the year in Rehoboth.”
The Milford Chronicle repeated an all-too familiar claim, “Educators think that the students devote too much time and energy and though to this sport. But the college alumni keep demanding that their alma mater strengthen its football team, and will contribute liberally for expensive coaches and equipment. Producing a winning football team seems to do more to push a college ahead in popularity, than producing a superior record for scholarship among its students.”
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Football may have been a “desirable class of business” for Rehoboth, but the dream that the resort would become a training center for college teams failed to materialize.
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Milford Chronicle, Sept. 19, 1930
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Surfers Healing camp in Ocean City: Catching waves, big smiles for kids with autism
Walking from 37th Street onto the beach, the sound of crashing waves could be heard Wednesday alongside the sound of cheers. Autistic children and young adults were cutting through the waves on surfboards to the delight of the crowd watching.
Professional surfers were guiding them and working hard to give the families a fun, safe and perfect day at the beach.
“I’m so grateful to be part of this magic day,” Israel Paskowitz, co-founder of Surfers Healing, said.
On the surface it sounds like a bunch of surfers from California taking out autistic kids but it’s deeper than that.
“It’s young families with their precious little sons and daughters that have just got a new diagnosis of autism and that’s forever. It’s a forever commitment on shepherding and taking care of that child,” Paskowitz said.
Paskowitz and his wife, Danielle, started the nonprofit Surfers Healing 25 years ago because of their son Isaiah.
“He’s 31 years old and doesn’t talk. All this joy is because of him. It’s prophetic to have him and have this because of him because he suffers, and I know that’s the wrong word, but because of his autism,” he said.
When Isaiah would have meltdowns and sensory overload, it was riding waves with his father that calmed him down.
'It's super exciting to be here'
If even for a day, that’s what Surfers Healing brings to families who come to the camp.
Karen Oosterhous of Selbyville and her son Jamie have attended the camp twice.
“It’s been a great experience. With this great weather, and everybody has really shown up for the kids and it’s super exciting to be here,” she said.
Her son Jamie has a number of disabilities that require a lot of support to participate in different activities, and Surfers Healing is a place where he can enjoy surfing and being in the water with the level of support that he needs.
“The main reason we’re here is to have a great time and have him enjoy the ocean, but there definitely is, I would say like a social emotional aspect to it. Especially with the community showing up and the support from all the sponsors,” Oosterhous said.
Surfers Healing is a free camp that brings in many volunteers to help for the day. Lauren Cancila has been driving in from Baltimore for the last six years with several friends from high school to help with the camp.
“After we graduated (high school) our coach got us involved to come out, and ever since then we’ve all pretty much fallen in love with it and come back every year. It’s just amazing to see what this organization does and what they do for the kids,” Cancila said.
As the campers come out of the ocean, they are given cheers, leis and a plaque for their accomplishment.
“This is the time for families and parents to not have to apologize,” Cancila said. “If they’re acting up at all, we get it. We’re here for them and everybody’s here to have a good time and it’s for the kids and watching their faces when they come in from the water. It’s awesome. That’s what makes it all worth it.”
For the families and campers, it’s a day of acceptance.
“Everyone else is in the same boat and you’re going to have a different very unique life, but it ain’t all bad,” Paskowitz said.
The day of the camp in Ocean City, the waves were rough and the tide was high.
Paskowitz said it was an insane juxtaposition of nobody should be out there, let alone all these kids.
“But when you have the best guys in the world and the most important thing to have is heart. That’s when something really special transcends, the sport of surfing into something magic and beautiful,” he said.
Ossian Farmer first started helping with the camp 12 years ago during the northeast tour into New Jersey and Long Island.
“When I first did it, I came in totally blind, not knowing anybody and not knowing much. It’s challenging. But on the other side of that, it’s really, really gratifying. We get a lot out of it, and just seeing the smile on the kid’s faces and the families' faces really does a lot,” Farmer said.
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When he’s not teaching people to surf in Hawaii, where he owns a surf school, he also works to recruit professional surfers to help with the camp.
Mikey O’Shaughnessy is a professional big wave surfer who started helping the nonprofit about eight years ago on the beach in Waikiki in Hawaii.
“A friend told me to come down and help out. I didn’t know what to expect. It changed my life, in many ways putting things in perspective,” O’Shaughnessy said.
His biggest and strongest love is the ocean, and being able to share that with the campers is special to O’Shaughnessy.
“A lot of times you get a kid that’s fighting you and doesn’t want to even get on the board. When you accomplish that, getting them on the board, it’s so awesome. And then getting a wave, you can feel the energy in the child shift immediately from chaotic to just peaceful bliss.” | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/sports/local/maryland/2022/08/19/surfers-healing-camp-autistic-children-ocean-city-maryland/65410765007/ | 2022-08-19T23:26:25 | 0 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/sports/local/maryland/2022/08/19/surfers-healing-camp-autistic-children-ocean-city-maryland/65410765007/ |
Charlene Renaud is the first to admit she was ready to leave 10 weeks of back unemployment benefits behind.
The 71-year-old finance manager told News 6 she was frustrated because no matter what she tried or who she called there was no way to access her account with the Department of Economic Opportunity.
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Renaud said she lost her job on April 29, 2021, and made several attempts to file for state and federal unemployment benefits
“I went through different channels and so forth,” she said, “I tried state representatives, I tried calling every single day and I wasn’t getting anywhere.”
Renaud, who moved to Florida from Ohio after her fiancé passed away, said her family urged her to keep fighting and then she remembered the Make Ends Meet reporting.
“I hear you telling people not to give up and I put my trust in you,” she said. ” I kept going.”
That motivated her to send email messages to Make Ends Meet and our team helped her through the appeals process.
“You said to file an appeal process which I did,” she said. “I put my claims in for all of those weeks, I had 50 pages worth (of claims).”
On Aug. 8, Renaud received the full 10 weeks of state and federal benefits totaling more than $4,800.
“The one thing I would stress is that even though you feel hopeless, put your trust in your family and to WKMG Getting Results, hang in there don’t give up,” she said.
Make Ends Meet has helped residents in Florida and across the country secure their unemployment benefits.
To date, we have helped secure well over $3 million in benefits and funds garnished by the DEO for mistaken overpayments.
If you have an unemployment issue email makeendsmeet@wkmg.com or text the words make ends meet to 407-676-7428.
Remember to include the issue and a screen shot of your DEO account with claimant number and monetary status.
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DELTONA, Fla. – A Deltona High School student and his mother have been charged in an identity theft scheme affecting victims across the U.S., according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they first investigated Elijah Duett, a 14-year-old from Deltona, in May over accusations that he made written threats to kill another student who didn’t pay into an organized pyramid fraud scheme he was running.
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During the investigation, detectives said they discovered Duett had bought a “significant amount” of stolen personal and financial data online, including Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and login information for multiple banks and websites.
Investigators added Duett also had detailed instructions on the steps and equipment needed to forge money orders.
According to the sheriff’s office, investigators identified 17 victims of identity theft and grand theft across the country in connection with this case — 15 of whom wanted to pursue criminal charges when contacted.
Deputies said they also found messages between Duett and his mother, 38-year-old Selena Wallace, who told her son she wished he could “use his special abilities in a legal way.”
Deputies said, however, Wallace then asked Duett to “raise his prices to make higher profits.”
Investigators found 12 laptops, four printers, four cell phones and several gaming systems through a search warrant at Duett’s house, deputies said.
Duett was taken into custody and faces charges for several counts of identity theft, obtaining property by fraud, illegal use of credit cards and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.
Duett’s mother was arrested as an accomplice and faces principal charges to each count, along with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Deputies said this is an ongoing investigation and additional charges may be possible.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A Kissimmee mother is looking for her community to help get results after her daughter was killed in Georgia.
“I don’t see how I can... I am barely making it,” mother Christina Grayson said.
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Grayson shared pictures and memories with News 6 of her daughter, 19-year-old Delila, who was found dead Monday in Clayton County, Georgia.
Officers say 20-year-old Kathan Guzman choked Delila to death. He’s faces charges of malice murder and aggravated assault.
Investigators said it happened after the two had an argument at their home in Georgia.
According to officers, Guzman called dispatch, admitting to choking Grayson.
When police arrived at the scene, Delila was found dead in a bathtub.
“How could you? How could you take her from us like this?” Christina Grayson said during her interview with News 6.
Grayson said she is now left with more questions than answers.
Both Guzman and Delila attended Poinciana High School, according to Grayson, before moving to Georgia to start a new life.
Grayson said it stings because Delila was set to come back and attend Valencia college to study nursing.
She said the sign of something going wrong for her daughter wasn’t visible until it was too late
“If I would’ve known when she came back two weeks ago, I would’ve never let her go,” Grayson said.
Grayson currently has 100% disability after serving 14 years in the Army.
She still supports four children on her own. Grayson said she and Delila’s father are divorced, and both are having a hard time burying their daughter.
Grayson said, “We need help. The military is paying for some of her proceeds, but it’s hard being a single parent.”
Grayson said it’ll be a long road to heal, but she’ll hold on to her memories of her Delila.
“She loved everyone, everyone... She wanted to travel. She wasn’t afraid to go. I was so proud,” Grayson said.
Guzman is currently being held on no bond at Clayton County Jail.
Grayson said any bit of help will be appreciated, she has left us with a link to a GoFundMe to help bury Delila. You can find that link by clicking here.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Hundreds of service members, families and international travelers have descended on the Walt Disney area to compete in the 2022 Warrior Games.
Crowds of families were at the Coronado Springs Convention Center making posters to support athletes, who will compete in the series of events being held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
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Athletes from all military branches, including some international nations like Canada and Ukraine, are set to compete in various sporting events.
Each athlete is a wounded warrior, looking to win big and take home the gold.
News 6 caught up with one mother, Christine Lucier, who said she is rooting for her boyfriend, Tim Williams. She told News 6 he is competing in cycling, track, archery and swimming.
Both served in the Air Force before being medically discharged.
Lucier says she competed back in 2019 and won four gold medals herself in track and cycling, but she is now here to show support.
“We just kind of just keep each other going. We’re motivated,” Lucier said.
Lucier had help making it to the games from the Fisher House, which sponsors all athletes’ families.
They told News 6 that it’s important for families to be present during these games.
“Being here is a chance for them to celebrate their loved one’s recovery and that long road that they’ve been on,” said Ken Fisher, chairman and CEO of the Fisher House Foundation. “They’re not wounded warriors anymore. Now, they’re athletes. They’re not family of wounded warriors — they’re spectators.”
Another competitor, Corey Remsburg, hopes to do his best and compete in the indoor rowing event next Monday.
He served in the Army’s Special Forces and is now blind in his right eye and paralyzed on the left side of his body after being hit by an explosive device during a deployment.
“He doesn’t give up, and he refuses to be defined by his injuries,” said Craig Remsburg, Corey’s father.
While these games are competitive, all athletes said in the end that it’s about being around family.
“When you get out of the military, you get this sense of, like, you are alone and nobody understands you, but when we come here, we kind of all come together and support each other,” Lucier said.
The Warrior Games kick off Friday night with its opening ceremony and continue until Aug. 28.
If you wish to watch any of the events live or wish to see when you can catch one in person, click here for more information.
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A month after $1.43 million was approved for a new county fire communications system, an Allen County councilman asked a question that he wasn’t able to get answered: How long is it going to take?
In June, the Allen County Fire Chiefs Association requested the funding to replace its paging and radio system that Mike Reichert of the public safety radio shop has called archaic and said is one disaster, such as a lightning strike, away from catastrophic failure.
The council members unanimously approved the request in July as about 30 uniformed first responders showed their support in the gallery of the meeting room. The council allocates county funds, but making purchases is up to the commissioners.
The commissioners are actively working on the purchase with the fire chiefs, said Chris Cloud, the commissioners’ chief of staff. Cloud said Thursday that the chiefs would prefer the county buy the equipment itself.
The commissioners have to make sure they are following state and local purchasing laws. The process includes gathering required information, such as justification for why the chiefs want a specific product. Fries said the system the county chiefs want is the same product the city uses.
When Cloud said he didn’t know how long the process would take, Fries continued with a shorter question: “A week?”
Cloud said he isn’t involved with the project.
“Well, who is? So we can talk to them,” Fries said. “There are firemen out there who need this paging system. There are citizens out there who need to make sure they have this paging system. And we’re allowing government to get in the way again.”
Cloud said he knows Commissioner Nelson Peters has had ongoing conversations with Huntertown Fire Chief Robert Boren. Cloud was the only representative from the commissioners’ office at Thursday’s County Council meeting.
Fries said he didn’t know what was holding up the process, but he knows county fire crews are frustrated.
“We want the equipment purchased. We authorized the money to have it purchased,” Fries said. “Why don’t they have the equipment? It’s a simple question.”
Scott Schroeder, Marion Township trustee and Poe Township Fire Department chief, was asked to update the council members from the chiefs’ perspectives. Schroeder said the chiefs have answered the questions as needed, and he offered to share copies of the emails with council members.
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ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) – A single-vehicle crash in St. Clair County claimed the life of a Steele woman Friday morning.
At approximately 5:23 a.m., Ashley Hughes, 33, was fatally injured when the 2010 Pontiac G6 she was driving left the roadway, struck a culvert and overturned.
Hughes was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The crash occurred on St. Clair County 24, approximately 10 miles east of Ashville, in St. Clair County.
Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/woman-killed-in-st-clair-county-car-crash/ | 2022-08-19T23:31:42 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/woman-killed-in-st-clair-county-car-crash/ |
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man Friday morning in the township.
At 4:08 a.m., police responded to a 911 call on Delilah Road for a report of a male gunshot victim, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. The man was subsequently pronounced dead.
Authorities did not release the deceased's name, citing the ongoing investigation.
Anyone with information can call the Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800 or visit acpo.org/tips. People also can call Atlantic County Crime Stoppers at 609-652-1234 or 800-658-8477 (TIPS), or visit crimestoppersatlantic.com. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those who commit crimes in Atlantic County. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/authorities-investigating-egg-harbor-township-fatal-shooting/article_0590efac-2014-11ed-b376-0f6dcf67abbd.html | 2022-08-19T23:36:50 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/authorities-investigating-egg-harbor-township-fatal-shooting/article_0590efac-2014-11ed-b376-0f6dcf67abbd.html |
PHOENIX — A former Pleasantville woman was sentenced to consecutive life sentences Friday for murdering her two daughters last year while living in Arizona.
Retta Cruse, 36, sobbed as she sat by attorney Jason Gronski and told the court during her sentencing that she and her husband, Michael Coleman, had planned a murder-suicide to kill themselves and daughters Aleyah, 9, and Royal, 4, to avoid a custody battle.
Cruse was sentenced Friday for killing the young girls by giving them prescription drugs in their Phoenix apartment. The siblings were found dead, cuddled against each other in a bed in the couple's apartment, having overdosed on oxycodone given to them by Cruse. Cruse said the drugs belonged to Coleman.
A New Jersey judge had ordered Aleyah back home to Cumberland County with her father, Kevin Maddox. The legal battle had drained Cruse both financially and emotionally, she told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Margaret LaBianca.
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Cruse, a mother of four, claims she took the drugs as well, but they didn't have a fatal effect on her. Desperate to die, she said she resorted to various methods of suicide, including cutting herself with a knife.
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"I appreciate you stepping up and doing the right thing and not dragging this on longer than it needs to," Hamas said. "But also understand that ripple effect this has caused, not just for your family, for the girls' families, but for everyone involved, even the courts."
Cruse's other children, Icyss McIntyre, 20, and Elijah Simmons, 16, attended their mother's sentencing virtually. In separate statements, both described their mother as a loving person and not the monster some may see her as.
"My mom really, really loved us," McIntyre told the court. "She put us before anything, and I'm still trying to process everything now."
Cruse admits killing her youngest children, but she insists she didn't act alone, having planned with Coleman on Sept. 3, 2021, to keep her family together, even if it meant killing themselves.
Coleman has not been charged with a crime connected to the murders, according to Gronski, and it's unclear that any charges will be brought. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office directed questions regarding Coleman to Phoenix police, who in turn directed questions to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, who could not be reached for comment late Friday afternoon.
Cruse said she was preparing to return Aleyah to New Jersey, but her husband reminded her how much pain doing so would place on her daughter.
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Maddox had had little contact with his child, and Coleman was more of a father figure to her, Cruse said Friday.
Coleman backed out of the plan, she said, but pressured her to follow through.
"It was like no matter what option I tried, Michael didn't see us prevailing, and I didn't care at that point either," Cruse told The Press of Atlantic City on Wednesday. "No matter what I said, Michael kept bringing me back to the reality that we weren't going to ever win, and that my daughter would have to suffer."
Speaking to The Press with her attorney present via conference call, Cruse recalled Aleyah as a "mama's girl" who suffered from ADHD and was active and outgoing. Her younger sister Royal was the opposite. She had a tomboyish personality, enjoying the outdoors, especially splashing through puddles once a rainstorm passed, she told The Press.
Both of her daughters were confused about taking the drugs days before they died but understood it would help seal their family together, Cruse said in court Friday.
Coleman told Cruse he planned on "using a spirit box" to communicate with them once they died, Cruse said.
"I want to know if he ever did it, if he was ever able to speak to the girls and what did they say to him," Cruse said.
After her girls were found unresponsive, Cruse was still alive but sickened by the drugs.
"When Michael confirmed that the girls were gone, I just was trying to focus on going with them," Cruse said. "I can just remember crying. I was confused on how I woke up."
She tried to kill herself through a toxic combination of alcohol and drugs, she said. Those failed, and her suicide attempts became violent, having used a razor in an attempt to bleed to death.
At one point, Cruse tried drowning herself in her bathtub, and later placed a radio in the tub for a fatal jolt of electricity, she said.
She then turned to stabbing herself with a knife as a last-ditch effort, she told the court.
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Cruse claims days passed before first responders were called to her house on Sept. 8, 2021. When they did, they found her daughters dead and the bloody scene by her. She was taken to a hospital and later arrested.
Cruse has been held in the Estrella Jail in Phoenix. Coleman has since returned to New Jersey. Cruse can't know where he is or how to contact him under Arizona statutes, Gronski said.
She says not a day goes by that murdering her daughters out of desperation doesn't burden her.
"I'm taking full responsibility because there's no need to lie," Cruse said. "My girls aren't here anymore, and that's the most devastating thing I've had to deal with."
Cruse also must pay restitution to anyone who can prove they suffered economic losses due to her crimes, LaBianca said.
LaBianca, while noting the crime's devastation to everyone involved, cited mitigating circumstances, including abuse Cruse suffered and poverty.
"I also want to think that I know you, Miss Cruse, are so much more than the crimes that brought you here in court today," LaBianca said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-pleasantville-woman-gets-life-sentences-for-daughters-deaths/article_3ad09562-1f17-11ed-a864-7be0f02f7ce2.html | 2022-08-19T23:36:56 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-pleasantville-woman-gets-life-sentences-for-daughters-deaths/article_3ad09562-1f17-11ed-a864-7be0f02f7ce2.html |
Brianna Nurse, left, 20, of Brooklyn, New York, spars against Kaitlyn Vong, 20, of Columbia, on Friday during the Amerikick International Karate Championships at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
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Lindsey Ledford, 20, of Atlanta, performs with a sword Friday during the Amerikick International Karate Championships at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
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Derrick Barnes, 16, of Brooklyn, New York, is pretty good with a bo staff.
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Alessandra Alinea, 17, is the 2021 NASKA world champion in the synchronized teams division with her partner Shane Billow, 17.
Karate teaches discipline, respect, focus and helps participants get stronger and improve balance while developing "mind, body and spirit," said Mark Russo, CEO of Amerikick Martial Arts, a primary sponsor of the 41st annual International Karate Championships held at the Atlantic City Convention Center from Thursday through Saturday.
More than 800 athletes from nearly a dozen countries gathered for the event, an open karate tournament for people of all ages and skillsets. Competitors ranging in age from 3 to 70, from amateur white belts to master level black belts, competed for a chance to win ranking points, a world title and cash prizes.
"The Amerikick International Karate Championship is one of the most prestigious and well known events in sports karate," said Russo, who was present at the championships Friday morning. "It also generates one of the largest crowds."
Hundreds of karate athletes could be seen wearing gis, or karate uniforms, either warming up, watching other competitors or browsing the vendor sections at the Convention Center.
Alessandra Alinea, 17, is the 2021 North American Sports Karate Association world champion for team synchronized form demonstration.
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Alinea said karate not only allows her to stay active, it helps her build good relationships with people and make friends from all over the world.
"Karate is another form of expression," said Alinea, of Voorhees, Camden County, who was competing Friday in the synchronized form team division with partner Shane Billow, 17. The two compete in different divisions when they're not competing as partners, but both have a number of karate accolades under their belts.
Russo said kids like Alinea can benefit from karate since it keeps them healthy while teaching them anti-bullying techniques and self-discipline.
The Amerikick Internationals are sanctioned by the NASKA and the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations, the largest professional sports karate sanctioning bodies in the world. The event also was partnered with the Amerikick Karate League and Point Fighter Approved.
Athletes at this year's championships came from countries including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nepal and Japan.
Russo said all the staff and judges at the Amerikick Internationals are certified, trained professionals, ensuring "a great experience" for both onlookers and participants.
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The competitions happened on 15 different mats, although not all the mats were used simultaneously. Each competition could last anywhere from one to four minutes.
There were a variety of team and individual kata, or form, competitions. The divisions included team demonstrations, fighting divisions and performance divisions with weapon.
"Team sports are a good way to get active, but I like karate because it's more of an individual sport. It highlights one person," Alinea said.
Karate involves precision, muscle memory and a focus on breathing, which takes months of practice that Alinea does at the Amerikick Karate dojo in Marlton, Burlington County.
"You don't have to sit on a bench and wait your turn," said Russo about what makes karate a different kind of sport. "You always have the opportunity to go out there and get better, whether you're competing or practicing. You always have the opportunity to excel."
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The event also showcases two form competitions. The CMX (Creative, Musical and Extreme) form of karate has athletes doing acrobatics, flashy moves and sometimes weapons handling, all set to music. The traditional "kata" form of karate focuses on power and technique.
"It's like a violent dance," Alinea said, quoting her instructor. "It's exactly what every jazz dancer or tap dancer does, just with fists and kicks."
Alinea has been involved in competitive karate for almost five years but first started at least eight years ago, she said.
She credits her older sister with getting her interested. She said she would tag along with her sister to karate class. Her sister didn't like it, but Alinea said she thought it was "neat."
Alinea will continue to compete at the Amerikick championships Saturday. After surviving Friday's elimination rounds, she will have the chance to take home another world champion title.
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Brianna Nurse, left, 20, of Brooklyn, New York, spars against Kaitlyn Vong, 20, of Columbia, on Friday during the Amerikick International Karate Championships at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
Lindsey Ledford, 20, of Atlanta, performs with a sword Friday during the Amerikick International Karate Championships at the Atlantic City Convention Center. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/like-a-violent-dance-atlantic-city-hosts-karate-championships/article_292083ce-1fc9-11ed-8d0e-a7493a861c38.html | 2022-08-19T23:37:02 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/like-a-violent-dance-atlantic-city-hosts-karate-championships/article_292083ce-1fc9-11ed-8d0e-a7493a861c38.html |
LEWISTON, Maine — This weekend, members of the public can put their eyes to the sky to see magnificent hot air balloons floating about in Lewiston and Auburn.
From Aug. 19 to Aug. 21, the 28th Great Falls Balloon Festival launches along the Androscoggin River.
According to the festival's website, its Board of Directors announced the festival theme for 2022: "Returning from the Wild!"
Accompanying this year's theme will be a lion-shaped special hot air balloon named “Simba the Lion” and a sloth-shaped special hot air balloon named “Tico the Sloth," the website says.
The festival's mission is to "provide fundraising opportunities for local non-profit organizations and promote the Lewiston/Auburn area as a visitor destination," the website states.
According to the website, the following activities can be expected at the festival this year:
- Balloon launches
- Live entertainment
- Fireworks
- A moon glow
- A parade
- Pancake breakfasts
- A carnival
- Fair food
- Craft and trade booths
- Much more!
Balloon launches are scheduled for 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day of the festival, according to the website. The special-shaped hot air balloons will only be launched during the morning launches.
"At our evening launches, the special shape balloons will inflate and stay at the field to glow for the crowd," the website says.
Members of the public can attend the Great Falls Balloon Festival at the following two locations:
- Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. (This is the main launch site).
- Festival Plaza in Auburn.
For more information about the 28th Great Falls Balloon Festival, click here. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lewiston-auburn/annual-great-falls-balloon-festival-launches-this-weekend-lewiston-auburn-maine-entertainment-hot-air-balloons-life-community-events/97-d4361faa-528d-4183-8911-ad2751216816 | 2022-08-19T23:44:24 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lewiston-auburn/annual-great-falls-balloon-festival-launches-this-weekend-lewiston-auburn-maine-entertainment-hot-air-balloons-life-community-events/97-d4361faa-528d-4183-8911-ad2751216816 |
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — A Pierce County sergeant officially returned to duty this week, months after he was injured in a shootout during a SWAT operation near Spanaway.
Sgt. Rich Scaniffe, 45, suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound on March 15 while serving an arrest warrant on a suspect who was potentially facing a life sentence. Deputy Dominique “Dom” Calata, 35, was also shot during the operation and later died.
Department members lined the road with emergency lights and greeted Scaniffe upon his return.
At the time of the shooting, Scaniffe had served with the department for 21 years and was with the SWAT team for 14. He had also been the team's commander for a year.
Scaniffe is married and has a young daughter.
Scaniffe and Calata were shot while assisting the South Sound Gang Task Force, which had asked for help from the sheriff's department SWAT team due to the suspect's prior felony convictions.
During the operation, which took place south of Spanaway, gunfire was exchanged. The suspect, 40-year-old Jeremy Dayton, was shot and killed.
Dayton was called a "third-strike candidate," meaning he was potentially facing life in prison. Law enforcement was serving a warrant for an alleged assault with a firearm at the time of the shooting.
According to documents obtained by KING 5, Dayton had nine felonies, including multiple counts of second-degree assault. He was arrested eight times and imprisoned three times.
Calata died the day after the shooting surrounded by his wife, parents, sister, and some of his coworkers. Scaniffe was able to say goodbye to Calata before he died.
Calata served with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department for six-and-a-half years and was assigned to the patrol division of the Edgewood Police Department. He was married and had a 4-year-old child. He was also a U.S. Army veteran and served in the National Guard for the past seven years. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/pierce-county-sergeant-rich-scaniffe-return/281-8ee2f027-277c-4c6d-a1a4-d831bde6c284 | 2022-08-19T23:46:44 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/pierce-county-sergeant-rich-scaniffe-return/281-8ee2f027-277c-4c6d-a1a4-d831bde6c284 |
DALLAS — Signs posted around Peter Pan Park in North Dallas are alerting neighbors to coyote sightings in the area.
The park is temporarily closed, as workers from Dallas Animal Services work to control the issue.
“We have been monitoring that situation, working to haze that specific coyote. Which is basically the practice of using sound and other humane methods to try to increase the fear of the coyote,” explained Whitney Bollinger, assistant director at Dallas Animal Services.
Some reports claim the coyotes were roaming dangerously close to the children’s playgrounds. The city’s field crews are escalating efforts to scare the animals away from the park.
“We’ve had a team out there the last three mornings. They have not seen the coyotes in that time. So, we are hopeful that the hazing has been effective,” added Bollinger.
Some neighbors said coyote sightings in the area around the park are not uncommon.
Tom Hansell lives nearby. He said he’s seen the animals roaming the area at night. He used his cellphone to capture images of a coyote in the park early afternoon a couple of years ago.
“I know recently there’ve been some contacts where people were scared or almost attacked or whatever. So, obviously there’s more of a reaction than there’s been in the past,” said Hansell.
For now, Dallas Animal Services and Dallas Park and Recreation departments are urging anyone who sees a coyote to call the city’s coyote sighting hotline at 496-676-9813.
“We also ask that residents keep their dogs on 6-foot, non-retractable, leashes. That’s very important because if you’re walking your dog on a longer leash, coyotes often perceive that dog as being unattended,” said Bollinger.
City workers say its best for folks to be vigilant and aware of their surroundings. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-park-shut-down-due-to-coyote-sightings/287-3d05310d-744d-496a-8299-88d41e838877 | 2022-08-19T23:49:58 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-park-shut-down-due-to-coyote-sightings/287-3d05310d-744d-496a-8299-88d41e838877 |
AUGUSTA, Kan. (KSNW) – The space race is on, and a Kansas business is lending a helping hand.
D-J Engineering in Augusta is playing a role in NASA’s next trip to the moon with Artemis 1.
“It’s the largest rocket ever. It’s the beginning of going back to the moon after a half-century, and instead, this time, we’re going back to learn, to live, and we are getting ready, so we can send humans to Mars and even further out into the cosmos,” explained Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator.
D-J Engineering is manufacturing parts for the Space Launch System for Artemis 1.
“We’ve been working on this project for, I think, we started in 2013 with our first parts and to see it come as far as it has and be on the launch pad and ready to go. We’re extremely excited and extremely prideful,” said Ryan Hernandez, D-J Engineering, Vice President of Engineering.
The machine is creating the two rings that will go on top of the fuel tank.
“I would say it’s one of the most prideful things I’ve done in my career and for us as a company,” Hernandez said.
On Friday, Nelson and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran visited Augusta to see the progress.
“I think space is a growing business, both in the public and in the private sector, and we want to make sure that area manufacturers and their employees have an opportunity to participate,” said Senator Moran.
The test launch for Artemis 1 is set for Aug. 29. Then, the rocket will send four people up to the moon and beyond two years later. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-business-playing-role-in-nasas-next-trip-to-the-moon/ | 2022-08-19T23:53:01 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-business-playing-role-in-nasas-next-trip-to-the-moon/ |
BLOOMINGTON — The McLean County Health Department reported another 334 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, which brings the total number of confirmed cases to 58,672 since the pandemic began.
No new COVID-related deaths were reported in the past week, leaving that total at 388.
Individuals in their 20s made up the highest number of new COVID cases with 60, followed by people in their 30s with 49, and people in their 50s with 48.
Although cases are up over last week, McLean County dropped back down to a low community level.
At this level, the Centers for Disease Control recommends that individuals and households stay up to date on their vaccinations and boosters and maintain improved ventilation through indoor spaces.
For those who are immunocompromised or at a higher risk for severe disease, the CDC recommends having a plan for rapid testing and talking to a health care provider about oral antivirals, PrEP and monocolonal antibodies.
CDC data also showed 9.3 new county hospital admissions for COVID-19 per 100,000 people in the seven-day period ending Tuesday, which is up from last week. But in a seven-day period ending Wednesday, there were an average of 160.92 new cases per 100,000 people, which is down from last week.
A total of 298,333 doses of of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the county. As of Friday, 63.15% of the population are fully vaccinated and 65.46% of Illinois residents are fully vaccinated.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that 42 counties in the state remain at a high community level for the virus, including nearby Champaign and Ford counties.
Another 39 counties are at the medium community level, including Tazewell and Macon counties.
MCHD continues to offer COVID vaccines, including boosters, to those who qualify. Everyone 6 months and older is now eligible for the vaccine. To schedule a vaccine, call 309-888-5435 for adults and 309-888-5455 for children.
The next testing clinics are scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday and Wednesday at the McLean County Customer Service Center on East Street between Front and Washington streets.
Walk-ups are welcome, but people can also register in advance at health.mcleancountyil.gov. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/mclean-county-reports-334-new-covid-19-cases/article_cb5213c0-2009-11ed-9b1e-f304fe039941.html | 2022-08-19T23:53:32 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/mclean-county-reports-334-new-covid-19-cases/article_cb5213c0-2009-11ed-9b1e-f304fe039941.html |
Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie's behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, one week after he was attacked onstage in the western part of the state and hospitalized with stab wounds.
Rushdie's condition has improved, and, according to his literary agent, he has been removed from a ventilator.
Jeffrey Eugenides, Tina Brown and Kiran Desai were among those who shared wishes for a full recovery, told stories of Rushdie as an inspiration and defender of free expression, and read passages from his books, essays and speeches, including from “The Satanic Verses,” the 1988 novel that was condemned by some Muslims as blasphemous.
Rushdie spent years in hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death, but had traveled freely over the past two decades.
The hourlong “Stand With Salman" gathering was presented in part by the library, by Rushdie's publisher, Penguin Random House, and by the literary and human rights organization PEN America. Hundreds were in attendance, many affiliated with PEN, of which the 75-year-old Rushdie is a former president.
“He's been a constant, indefatigable champion of words and of writers attacked for the purported crime of their work,” said the day's first speaker, PEN CEO Suzanne Nossel. “Today, we will celebrate Salman for what he has endured, but even more importantly, because of what he has engendered — the stories, characters, metaphors and images he has given to the world."
The rally did not include any new words from Rushdie, but Nossel said he was aware of the event and even made suggestions for what to read. Rushdie's son Zafar Rushdie, who has been with his father, tweeted that “it was great to see a crowd gathered” outside the library.
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“Stand With Salman” took place the day after a judge in Mayville, New York, denied bail to 24-year-old Hadi Matar, who has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault. While in jail, Matar told the New York Post that he disdained Rushdie as anti-Muslim and expressed admiration for the Ayatollah.
On Friday, other readers included the author and journalist Gay Talese, author and former PEN president Andrew Solomon, and the poet, lawyer and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts. Actor Aasif Mandvi read from Rushdie’s upcoming novel, “Victory City,” which he completed before the attack and includes the passage “I myself am nothing now. All that remains is the city of words. Words are the only victors.”
Eugenides, whose novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Middlesex,” remembered traveling to London in the early 1980s. Eugenides was 20 and Rushdie's breakthrough novel “Midnight's Children” had recently been published. He knew Rushdie lived there and decided he wanted to meet him. It was years before “The Satanic Verses,” and Eugenides found his name and address in the phone book.
“I took the tube out to his house. As it turned out, Salman wasn't at home; he was in Italy, vacationing," said Eugenides, who was greeted by Rushdie's then-mother-in-law and left a note for the author.
“That was the world we used to live in," Eugenides added. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/authors-and-friends-rally-and-read-for-salman-rushdie/3831926/ | 2022-08-19T23:57:11 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/authors-and-friends-rally-and-read-for-salman-rushdie/3831926/ |
A New York state trooper should have been disciplined for getting romantically involved with one of Andrew Cuomo’s adult daughters while serving on the Democrat's security detail when he was governor, the state inspector general said in a report.
The watchdog report released Friday comes two years after the relationship — and the trooper's apparent banishment to a post near the Canadian border — became the subject of newspaper headlines.
There was public speculation at the time that Cuomo had personally ordered the trooper transferred to a post about 150 miles north of the governor's mansion because he was upset about the relationship.
The report by Inspector General Lucy Lang does not address whether the governor requested the trooper's transfer and does not say which of Cuomo's three daughters was involved.
A top aide to Cuomo told the commander of the governor's security detail about the relationship May 22, 2020, the day after the governor found out from his daughter, according to the inspector general's report.
Word of the relationship was then passed up to Kevin Bruen, who is now the superintendent of the state police but at the time was the first deputy. Bruen told a colleague at the time that the governor was “very upset.”
The trooper, Dane Pfeiffer, who got involved with Cuomo's daughter told state police that the relationship began about two months earlier and that he never physically interacted with her while on duty. He described his actions as “professional." But Bruen thought Pfeiffer was “compromised.”
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“You can’t be in this position and have that kind of a relationship with one of the protectees," Bruen told the inspector general's investigators. "You might be ... at a particular assignment, and if there’s a fire in the house, you run to your beloved. Right. But that’s not your job.”
Bruen declined to formally discipline Pfeiffer for a consensual relationship but wanted him removed from the protective services unit. Pfeiffer soon afterward requested a transfer to a troop in northernmost New York. Pfeiffer told inspector general investigators he didn't actually want to go but was “voluntold” to change assignments.
“On paper I volunteered, but no, I don’t want to go up there, never want to go there again,” Pfeiffer testified.
Pfeiffer was promoted to sergeant in November and had reportedly been posted to New York City.
The inspector general's report does not conclude Cuomo did anything wrong but faulted state police for not following their own procedures after finding out about the relationship.
The inspector general concluded that Pfeiffer should have been disciplined. The report notes that regulations require officers to refrain from activities that could “interfere with the proper, impartial, and effective performance of official duties.”
In contrast, the report noted that Bruen decided to discipline Pfeiffer’s supervisor for failing to notify superiors upon learning about the relationship. The supervisor, a sergeant, chose to retire.
The troopers' union, the New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association, said it was “shocked and appalled” by the conclusion that the trooper should have been disciplined.
The union said he had engaged in “off-duty conduct that was personal in nature and had nothing to do with his duties or responsibilities.”
State police said in an emailed statement the protective services unit was overhauled last year “and we are already working with the Inspector General to ensure the recommendations in the report are implemented.”
Cuomo resigned a year ago in a sexual harassment scandal. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/relationship-with-cuomo-daughter-led-to-nys-troopers-transfer/3832037/ | 2022-08-19T23:57:51 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/relationship-with-cuomo-daughter-led-to-nys-troopers-transfer/3832037/ |
Searchers found a teen safe on Muddy Mountain earlier this month after he got separated from the rest of his group, the Natrona County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
A Wyoming Army National Guard helicopter crew spotted the teen after thunderstorms in the area initially hampered the search. He was taken to Wyoming Medical Center for a medical assessment.
The child, who was in his early teens, left a group of people in the area of Lodgepole Campground on Muddy Mountain at about 1 p.m. on Aug. 5. Rescuers were told the teen has a cognitive disability, the sheriff's office said.
Deputies and Natrona County Emergency Management staff launched a search and rescue operation. They were assisted by multiple agencies as they searched the campground and surrounding area. They soon determined the teen was quickly moving south -- away from searchers.
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The national guard attempted to deploy a Blackhawk helicopter to help in the search, but the flight was initially delayed by thunderstorms in the area. But during a break in the storms, the helicopter crew was able to take off from Cheyenne and travel to the search area.
During the flight, ground teams learned the teen was still moving quickly away from them, "likely due to the extremely stressful nature of the situation and the cognitive disabilities of the missing juvenile," the sheriff's office said.
Within minutes of arriving, the helicopter crew spotted the teen not far from where ground teams were advancing.
"The efforts of rescuers involved to safety return this missing person to their family is a demonstration of their fervent dedication to their neighbors," Natrona County Sheriff John Harlin said in a statement. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/teen-found-safe-after-search-on-muddy-mountain/article_f9b9e5d8-1ff7-11ed-bb63-e7d894fd743a.html | 2022-08-20T00:03:59 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/teen-found-safe-after-search-on-muddy-mountain/article_f9b9e5d8-1ff7-11ed-bb63-e7d894fd743a.html |
Inside iVibe Salon in Red Oak owner CeCe Sillemon-Williams made sure it honors her sister Shelbi Stephens.
"We have put her in every part of the salon and I mean because when you see pink, pink is always for her,” Shelbi Stephen’s sister CeCe Sillemon-William said. “From the pink chairs to the pink wall to even the silhouette in the B is hers."
They would have worked side by side in the salon but Stephens’ life was cut short in 2019. A wrong-way driver on the Dallas North Tollway crashed into the car she was in with several friends. Stephens did not survive.
Also gone, is the dream her father says she had since she was a little girl of becoming a stylist.
"I remember getting her a Barbie doll head that she first started creating with," her father Wayne Stephens said.
Despite her death, her dream became a reality Friday. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation granted her an honorary license.
"Even though she was taken from me early, or taken from us early, God had a purpose and that purpose was for her to complete life and that's what she did," Wayne Stephens said.
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"It was important to us and the family because she had sacrificed and worked very hard to get through cosmetology school and supporting her son," Sillemon-Williams said.
This moment means Stephens can still inspire her little brother and others with her accomplishment.
"She still kept pushing forward even through tough times she still continued to push for to achieve her main goal," her brother Carrington Stephens said.
Family and friends released balloons in Stephens’ favorite color to honor her achievement.
"Today brings a lot of joy," Wayne Stephens said.
And to let go of a bit of sadness.
"It brings closure," Sillemon-Williams said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/aspiring-cosmetologist-killed-by-wrong-way-driver-receives-honorary-license/3052965/ | 2022-08-20T00:04:00 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/aspiring-cosmetologist-killed-by-wrong-way-driver-receives-honorary-license/3052965/ |
Cars filled the parking lot. People leaned over giant red carts stamped with "Casper College" in white letters, their possessions piled high, pushing them up the concrete walkway to the residence hall. People in blue shirts labeled "Move-in crew" escorted students down the hallways.
It's the start of another school year at Casper College. Students — some of them away from home for the first time — moved into the residence halls Thursday.
Ella Echo, a first-year student, and her older brother Eian, who studies computer science at the University of Wyoming, unpacked in Ella's dorm room. She wore shorts, a white tank top, high-top sneakers. She's from Rawlins. Her family moved there from the Philippines about 17 years ago so that her dad, Ronaldo, could take a nursing job at the hospital. Ella's following in her dad's footsteps and studying nursing at Casper College. It's her first time being away from home. She hadn't met her roommate in-person yet.
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"I'm a little overwhelmed, but I think I'll be OK," she said.
Her parents walked in with her little brother Earl. "This one, he missed his first day of school today because we don't have anybody to pick him up after school," Ella's mom said.
He sat on one of the bare beds and played with an orange M&M pillow.
Colored paper streamers decorated the dorm hallways. A red announcement board hung on the wall next to a lounge area on the first floor. "Amazing Things Happen Here," it said in rainbow-colored letters. Miley Cyrus sang "Party in the U.S.A" amid the sound of carts wheeling on the concrete path outside and on the carpet floor, the whir and ping of the elevator arriving.
John Scheuerman leaned against the threshold of a dorm room on the second floor, talking with his wife Tyeta, who stood inside. They're from Worland. Their son, Gabriel, the middle kid of three siblings, walked up to the room. He's a sophomore at Casper College. This is the second year he's lived in the dorm.
"It takes a while to get used to, it's just so much bigger, just figuring out the layout of Casper," Gabriel said. "The city planner, I'd like to have a word with him."
Gabriel's studying agribusiness. His family owns a 1,300-acre farm in Worland called Jordan Farms Inc., and he's hoping to take over the family business someday. They produce barley, corn, sugar. They're in the middle of the barley harvest right now.
"The combine runs all day, and then the baler runs all night," Gabriel said. "Hauling bales and field work. It's a really busy time for us."
He's gotten into snowboarding on Hogadon since moving to Casper. "I started out by renting, but I ended up buying a snowboard with my tax returns."
"When he went last year, it was hard, but I think it's just more exciting to them growing up and spreading wings and taking opportunities," Gabriel's mom, Tyeta, said. "I try not to over hover as a mother, but I still make them check-in."
Flyers hung in the hallways. "Mandatory floor meeting." "Welcome Back BBQ." "Go Grease Drive-In." "Campus Ventures: Helping you figure out life and faith." Name tags printed with a cartoon wizards decorated some of the doors.
Jessica Cowen, a resident assistant, opened her dorm room door. It's her second year at Casper College, her first year as a resident assistant (she had just finished her training the day before). She's studying psychology and musical theater.
"It's really nice meeting everybody and helping them get familiar with the campus," she said.
This is also her first time living in the dorms.
"Fun fact, I actually grew up, like, two minutes away from here." (She went Natrona County High School).
"I will say it was kind of emotional having to leave my parents because this is my first time being completely independent from them. But I was also looking forward to it, because I feel like this is a really incredible opportunity and a new beginning as well."
That new beginning includes getting to decorate her dorm room, which is painted yellow.
"It just worked out because a lot of my decorations are yellow-themed," she said. "I love bees, I love wildflowers like lilacs."
Katie Baumstarck walked with her mom down a quiet hallway on the second floor, carrying a blue laundry basket. She's also a second-year student from Worland, where her family lives on a ranch. She's studying kinesiology and will likely transfer to the University of Wyoming to finish her education (all eight years of it).
What does she plan to do during her first days back on campus?
"Just see all my friends, go play pool at the Union," she said. "We play pool a lot, I love it."
She walked out to the parking lot to her car. On the back window were faint letters spelling out "Davie."
"I'm a huge Dave Ramsey fan," she said, laughing. "I have all his books. I have written letters." | https://trib.com/news/local/education/at-casper-college-move-in-day-mixes-nervousness-and-excitement/article_a85f1a08-1fe0-11ed-9ace-2b017c6566b4.html | 2022-08-20T00:04:05 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/education/at-casper-college-move-in-day-mixes-nervousness-and-excitement/article_a85f1a08-1fe0-11ed-9ace-2b017c6566b4.html |
There's a reason Don Artemio Mexican Heritage on 7th Street in Fort Worth doesn't have the word 'restaurant' in its name.
"We wanted to bring not just the cuisine of northeast Mexico and other parts of Mexico, but the elements," General Manager Adrián Burciaga said. "So we just wanted to share the true and original Mexican cultural heritage with the community."
That cultural heritage is in every detail. Burciaga and his business partner, Chef Juan Ramón Cárdenas Cantú, are from Saltillo, Mexico. Their home is in every detail.
"Saltillo is known for clay," Burciaga said, pointing out the 250 planters in front of the restaurant and 20,287 bricks inside were all handmade by artisans in Saltillo. "But different designs, different textures."
Saltillo is also known for serapes, which are made on a loom. Serapes and looms from Saltillo are used in the light fixtures.
"It's challenging times. It's hard to travel these days," Burciaga said. "So instead of you buying a $500 ticket to visit Saltillo, as you enter the restaurant, create a wow factor."
Part of that includes a book collection with works authored by the restaurant's namesake, Don Artemio.
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"It's not just, 'Let's go dine out.' It's, 'Let's go have an experience,'" Burciaga said. "We want people to connect." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/authentic-taste-of-mexico-comes-to-fort-worth/3052952/ | 2022-08-20T00:04:06 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/authentic-taste-of-mexico-comes-to-fort-worth/3052952/ |
A Colleyville woman pleaded guilty Thursday for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol and will be sentenced later this year.
Katherine Schwab said she accepted an offer to fly on a Facebook friend's private jet and admitted to writing in messages before the Capitol attack that "s--t will go down" and that she needed to "stop the steal."
Schwab traveled to Washington, D.C., with codefendants Jenna Ryan and Jason Lee Hyland, and admitted she was the first of the trio to enter the Capitol on Jan. 6.
“I went into the f---ing Capitol," Schwab admitted saying in a video recording on the day of the riot, calling police “traitors,” “sheep” and “pathetic."
“You want a revolution, the revolution’s gonna come… you want a f---ing revolution, it’ll happen," Schwab also admitted saying.
Schwab also said she kicked and threw media equipment with other members of the mob outside the capitol.
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NBC News reported Schwab said she went inside the Capitol because then-Vice President Mike Pence had "f--ked us over."
Pence, of course, was inside the U.S. Capitol building overseeing a joint session of Congress counting electoral votes and affirming the election of Joe Biden as president.
Schwab pleaded guilty Thursday to engaging in disruptive or disorderly conduct in a restricted building. U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper set Schwab's sentencing hearing Thursday for Dec. 9.
Hyland was sentenced to a week behind bars earlier this month, while Ryan — who had declared she was "not going to jail" — was sentenced in November to 60 days in prison. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/colleyville-woman-who-flew-to-d-c-on-private-jet-entered-capitol-and-damaged-equipment-pleads-guilty/3052947/ | 2022-08-20T00:04:18 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/colleyville-woman-who-flew-to-d-c-on-private-jet-entered-capitol-and-damaged-equipment-pleads-guilty/3052947/ |
A North Texas mother grieving the loss of her teenage daughter is asking the public’s help in finding her late daughter’s puppy that has been missing for several days.
Penny the pug is not just a family pet for Summer Herrera.
“Penny was my daughter Zofia’s pug,” she said through tears. “Penny is the last present that Zofia got from us.”
Tragically, 13-year-old Zofia died suddenly after suffering a cerebral aneurism on New Year's Eve while visiting her father in Florida.
“Penny’s the last thing that we have of Zofia,” she said.
Herrera said shortly before her daughter died she was busy collecting clothes for her new puppy to wear. But Zofia didn’t just collect clothes for Penny, for years the girl had also worked to collect clothes for homeless people in the community.
“Zofia started collecting jackets for people that were homeless when she was five,” said Herrera.
After she died, Zofia’s friends and teachers in Crowley continued to collect jackets for the homeless in her honor, calling the effort, ‘Warmed by Zie.’
“They collected so many jackets that we had to have a U-Haul truck come in and get them to take them to where they were needed,” said Herrera.
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This grieving family now hopes someone will help them in their time of need.
Mom said 9-month-old Penny appears to have dug a hole under their fence at their Crowley home and taken off. She was last seen Tuesday near the town's Walmart. She is fawn in color and is not microchipped.
The Herrera’s have checked area shelters and followed up on tips but have had no luck tracking down the puppy.
“If you see Penny or any pug, let us know,” pleaded Herrera. “We’ve been helping other people this week find their dogs.”
She hopes someone has the dog and will return her, even offering to buy the person another pug if they cannot afford one.
If you have any information about Penny’s whereabouts, please contact Summer Herrera at summer.z.herrera@gmail.com. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/crowley-mom-pleads-for-return-of-late-daughters-missing-pug/3052964/ | 2022-08-20T00:04:26 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/crowley-mom-pleads-for-return-of-late-daughters-missing-pug/3052964/ |
GREENSBORO — Nearly a year after a Greensboro police officer was attacked in the parking lot of police headquarters, the department is still in the process of upgrading security there.
“That was a brutal attack,” interim Police Chief Teresa Biffle said at a news conference Friday. “It just brings to light the current climate and what (police officers are) dealing with.”
The suspect in the attack, 41-year-old Christopher Corey Moore, was killed after attacking Officer J.M. Chavez on Aug. 27, 2021. Chavez has fully recovered from his injuries, Biffle said.
Earlier this week, the Guilford County district attorney announced the three city police officers involved in the fatal shooting — Chavez, A.L. Dellinger and R.T. Brooks — were justified in using deadly force.
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All three officers remained on administrative duty — standard procedure in officer-involved shootings — until District Attorney Avery Crump’s announcement this week.
Although security cameras caught Moore setting a police vehicle on fire before the attack on Chavez, the attack itself was out of the cameras’ view, according to the State Bureau of Investigation.
However, additional security cameras, fencing, lighting and intercom systems are planned as part of security upgrades to the facility at 100 Police Plaza.
In April, the City Council approved more than $1.15 million from federal COVID-19 relief money to improve security at police facilities.
The city is still getting quotes to get the work done, "but we’re actively getting that work underway,” Biffle said.
The building will remain open to the public for such things as getting police reports, public fingerprinting or talking to investigators.
But the design of the building — it was built in 1954 — complicates some of the improvements.
“Our steps … they're quite steep. But then with the right of way of the sidewalk, we can't really get a ramp in,” Biffle said. “So there's a lot of considerations we have to take into account because we really want it to be accessible to all.”
Biffle hopes the additional security measures will be in place within a year.
“This doesn't only affect officers that work out of this building,” Biffle said. “It affects the civilian employees and it also affects the community that comes to the building to have services provided.” | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/attack-at-greensboro-police-headquarters-highlights-need-for-additional-security-interim-chief-says/article_9060353e-1fc9-11ed-bfa2-8b1d3f96b870.html | 2022-08-20T00:12:41 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/attack-at-greensboro-police-headquarters-highlights-need-for-additional-security-interim-chief-says/article_9060353e-1fc9-11ed-bfa2-8b1d3f96b870.html |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – A fire broke out at a home in Charleston this evening.
According to Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatchers, the call came in around 6:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19. at a home in the 800 block of Amity Drive.
There is no word if the home is occupied or abandoned. No injuries have been reported at this time, according to dispatchers.
The Charleston Fire Department and Charleston EMS are responding. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/crews-battle-fire-at-charleston-house/ | 2022-08-20T00:16:03 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/crews-battle-fire-at-charleston-house/ |
HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) – The Huntington Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect who lured two children into his vehicle earlier this week.
According to the HPD, the incident happened around 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 7th Street West and 5th Avenue West. HPD says the man pulled up in a dark-colored Subaru Forester by the 9-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl offering them $20 to babysit a child for him.
Authorities say the man drove the children to an area near 19th Street and 10th Avenue where stopped and allegedly asked the boy to get out of the vehicle and inspect a tire. Once the child was out of the vehicle, authorities say he continued driving with the girl still inside.
HPD says the girl demanded to be let out, but the man ignored her. She then opened the door and got out of the vehicle a few blocks away.
According to the HPD, neither child reported being injured during the incident.
Police say the man was the only person in the vehicle. He is described as a “heavy-set, white man in his 30s or 40s” and was clean shaven with bald and had a skull tattoo on his upper right arm. Authorities also say the Subaru Forester had a donut tire on the rear-passenger side.
The investigation into this incident is ongoing. Anyone with information should call the Huntington PD at 304-696-4420 ext. 1034 or the anonymous tip line at 304-696-4444. Anyone who sees the vehicle should immediately call 911. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/huntington-police-seek-kidnapping-suspect/ | 2022-08-20T00:16:09 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/huntington-police-seek-kidnapping-suspect/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – It has been a challenging few school years for many students. They’ve had to deal with major learning hurdles because of the pandemic. One of the main goals in Kanawha County Schools this year will be to focus on social and emotional learning to help students and teachers be their best.
This week, Kanawha County Schools hosted a kickoff meeting for school counselors. They worked together to come up with goals for their schools in the upcoming year.
“We know that a student’s social and emotional skills are highly correlated to their success in the classroom, to their success at home, to their relationships as well as to their future success,” explained Jon Duffy, Director of Counseling for Kanawha County Schools.
They’ll use those ideas to help guide their students by putting strategies in place to help young people improve academically and when it comes to preparing for a career.
“So when they find themself mad at someone on the playground they can use these coping skills to get themselves calmed down and walk away and not let it go any further,” explained Cross Lanes Elementary School Counselor, Nola Willard.
The school system is even doing a survey soon to assess the social and emotional needs of students at the beginning of the school year so they can target those areas where the students need extra help and support.
Kanawha County Schools will also launch some new programs targeting teachers and their mental health as well.
“There’s a direct connection between a teacher’s wellbeing and the students they are teaching,” Duffy said.
Just a few years before the pandemic disrupted school, the Clendenin and Elkview communities in Kanawha County were impacted by catastrophic flooding that wiped out schools and forced students to be moved outside of the area to learn.
Five schools in the Herbert Hoover High School feeder area will be testing out a program called edwell. The edwell program launched nationally in 2020 at the height of the pandemic when many were trying to deal with instability, fear and anxiety. The program offers educator specific mental health coaching.
“We had a flood, natural disaster in the Elk River area,” Duffy said. “That community has been impacted for years. So we offered it to those principals and they felt like it would be an benefit to their staff. They’ll be able to receive support and coaching on an array of areas from their professional performance to their personal mental health.”
School leaders say if edwell is beneficial in that area, they may expand the opportunity to other schools.
“Teaching is a challenging profession,” Duffy said. “So it can be very stressful. Fewer and fewer people are choosing teaching nationwide.”
Another teacher specific program this year is TeacherWISE. It is focused on teacher wellbeing. That program was developed at Georgetown University.
You can find additional mental health related resources here. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/programs-aim-to-help-students-and-teachers-in-kanawha-county-with-social-and-emotional-learning/ | 2022-08-20T00:16:15 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/programs-aim-to-help-students-and-teachers-in-kanawha-county-with-social-and-emotional-learning/ |
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Monday’s unprecedented storm brought flooded roadways, destroyed homes and lost memories. All things residents in the unincorporated community of Rand said is nothing new but for their community is preventable.
“We need help here, and we need it yesterday,” said Bryan Smith.
Bryan Smith is the son of disabled U.S. army veteran John Smith who’s lived in Rand for over five decades with his wife Barbara Smith.
John Smith said the flooding has gotten worse over the years.
“We would have some high water, but not to the extent that every time a cloud goes over you get flooded,” he said.
So, what’s the problem? John Smith claims it started when a new sewer system was installed in the late seventies.
“After they put in supposedly a sewer system to save us from ourselves, it just went completely crazy – flooding all the time in places where we never had water and everything there,” he said.
Rand residents said they’ve been trying to get help for years, but they’ve never gotten results.
“We want to see digging, heavy equipment machines, then we know that they mean business,” said Mack Reed, Rand resident.
Every time it rains, people in Rand said the problem just gets worse.
“It’s been four block high in here at least a dozen times,” Bryan Smith said.
For John Smith, it all comes down to basic human dignity.
“I’ve done everything by the numbers according to our society,” he said. “I’ve graduated from high school. I’ve served in the army. I worked at a job for 39 years and I got more coming to me than that and if not me certainly my family here so I’m just plain angry about it.”
According to Sen. Glenn Jeffries (D-Putnam), he’s been assisting with fixing the issue for about a year now. He said phase one, which includes assessing the problem, is complete. Now, they’ll move onto phase two, but he could not specify what that entailed. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/rand-west-virginia-residents-deal-with-constant-high-water-disasters/ | 2022-08-20T00:16:21 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/rand-west-virginia-residents-deal-with-constant-high-water-disasters/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is now the law of the land and those who passed it are out detailing it to the public.
When the Senate split 50-50 on this bill, there were a lot of critics, but President Biden signed it into law after Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote.
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin was the one of the key authors of the legislation, and as so often happens, he was one of the pivotal votes. Manchin held a round table discussion in Charleston on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 surrounded by key business leaders, labor and civic leaders and others with vested interests in the provisions.
One of the key pillars of the law is to allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for senior citizens.
The measure will also allow for a mix of traditional fossil fuels along with more clean, renewable energy development sources, which have been growing in popularity in West Virginia.
“More energy is going to be produced. We’re going to be producing more oil and gas. We’re going to be developing more opportunities as far as in energy with wind and solar. Hydrogen in West Virginia,” said Sen. Joe Manchin (D) West Virginia.
“Medicare is going to negotiate for the top ten most expensive drugs. It can save, according to the Congressional Budget Office, more than three billion dollars,” said Gaylene Miller, State Director of the West Virginia AARP.
The cost savings of lower prices can then be passed along to consumers, and it is hoped that that will help lower inflation. The negotiated lower drug prices, including a cap on insulin payments and vaccines for seniors, will go into effect on January first.
Now many Republicans, including the governor and the other members of the state’s Congressional delegation, believe the new law will add to inflation because of a big increase in government spending.
The public will have to wait and see. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/senator-manchin-holds-round-table-talks-in-west-virginia-on-inflation-reduction-act-of-2022/ | 2022-08-20T00:16:27 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/senator-manchin-holds-round-table-talks-in-west-virginia-on-inflation-reduction-act-of-2022/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — The City of Austin and the Austin EMS Association reached a tentative agreement on one a one-year contract on Friday, the City announced.
The $4.2 million wage proposal includes pay raises that range from 4% to 11.2% depending on position and tenure. The City said the new agreement will allow it to hire experienced paramedics directly into the rank of paramedic to address the ongoing staffing shortage.
Here is a look at the wage proposal in the tentative agreement:
- Starting pay for EMTs – the entry-level position – will increase by 12.5%, to $22 an hour.
- Starting pay for paramedics – which rank higher than EMTs – will increase by 11.2%, to $30.03 an hour.
- All current employees will receive a pay increase ranging from 4% to 11.2% depending on position and tenure.
“I am very pleased that the City and EMS Association have come to a tentative agreement. This agreement will allow us to continue to focus on recruitment and retention of our sworn staff through improvement of their quality of life, while helping us enhance the already exceptional care provided by our Austin-Travis County EMS clinicians to the residents and visitors of Austin and Travis County,” said EMS Chief Robert Luckritz.
Deven Desai, chief labor relations officer for the City of Austin, said the agreement addresses the financial pressures EMS medics face.
"This agreement responds directly to the very real financial pressures facing many EMS medics by providing $4.2 million in additional pay over the next year, while also balancing the City’s responsibility to our taxpayers,” Desai said in part.
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WATERLOO — A Waterloo man accused of shooting at a nightclub in 2021 has been sentenced to prison.
Judge C.J. Williams sentenced Jyshawn Tamar Robertson, 24, to 10 years on Friday on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. He was also sentenced to a consecutive year for violating his supervised release in a prior firearm conviction from 2017.
Authorities were called to a report of gunfire at Club Legacy, 120 Sumner St., on April 3, 2021, and police noticed a vehicle speeding away from the scene. A short case followed, and officers found a discarded 9 mm Taurus handgun along the pursuit path. No injuries were reported.
Robertson, a passenger in the vehicle, and the driver, Ted Alfonso Scott, were detained.
On Friday, prosecutors argued for a stiff sentence because of the crime.
“Defendant wasn’t just trying to scare anyone. Defendant didn’t merely discharge the firearm one time. He didn’t fire the gun into the air. He fired ten rounds of ammunition directly at an occupied building. Bullets struck building, broke the glass of one of the main doors, and lodged in the club’s sign,” prosecutors said in a sentencing memo.
Robertson had denied firing the shots but admitted to handling the gun, court records state.
The government also sought to increase the sentence by tying Robertson to two guns – a .45-caliber Kimber handgun and a .22-caliber Armscor rifle – found during a police search of his mother’s home months earlier, in February 2021.
The defense argued that Robertson wasn’t living at the home, but others at the home had been charged with firearm offenses.
Scott was charged with intimidation with a weapon and eluding in state court, and the case remains pending.
Photos: Guns in Northeast Iowa crime cases
Photos: Guns in Northeast Iowa crime cases
Evidence photo of the Ruger 9mm pistol used to kill Jada Young-Mills in Waterloo in November 2020.
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Evidence photo of the .44-caliber revolver used to shoot Jean Smith at her Dundee home in March 2009.
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Evidence photo shows a 9mm Taurus PT92F handgun found in a couch during the search of 122 W. Wellington St. in January 2021.
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Hi-Point C9 9mm handgun police seized from Marcus DeShawn Harmon-Wright in April 2020.
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Court exhibit photo shows a shortened .22-caliber Mossberg Plinkster rifle seized in May 2019 that had the fingerprints of Devonner Coleman.
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Court exhibit photo shows a shortened .22-caliber Mossberg Plinkster rifle and bags of marijuana seized in May 2019 that had the fingerprints of Devonner Coleman.
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A SIG Sauer pistol investigators found near a truck parked at Dan Niebuhr’s Fairbank home in March 2019.
A SIG Sauer pistol investigators found near a truck parked at Dan Niebuhr’s Fairbank home in March 2019.
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Police seized four handguns in connection with an investigation into three shootings on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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Court exhibit photo shows military-style rifles, a handgun and ammo found in a trunk during a March 12, 2016, traffic stop in Charles City.
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Prosecutors allege Kyle Hattrup pointed this Mossberg shotgun at an officer who went to his home after Hattrup allegedly started a fire in his parents’ garage in 2015.
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Courier staff writer
Prosecutors allege Kyle Hattrup pointed this Mossberg shotgun at an officer who went to his home after Hattrup allegedly started a fire in his parents’ garage in 2015.
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One of five shotgun shells found in the street near where Gary Lee Wilson collapsed after being shot in the early morning hours of Aug. 2, 2014.
Police found a shotgun shell after responding to a report of gunfire in the area of Linn and Cottage streets on Thursday, June 4, 2015.
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Police seized a .40-caliber Glock pistol found in Steve William Fordyce’s pickup truck shortly after Donald Harrington was shot on Locust Street in August 2015.
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A pistol and magazine sit in a squad car after police found the weapon in the backyard of a home following gunfire on West Parker Street on Sunday.
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Evidence photo shows a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson pistol ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Court exhibit of a .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol found while searching Damon Montano’s RV in July 2018.
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Exhibit from government's sentencing memo shows photo of three pistols found on Wayne Jones' phone.
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This .22-caliber Sig Sauer pistol was stolen during an April 2011 burglary to a home on William Drive. Police recovered it when they stopped Queshandis Seals in July 2014. Seals was found guilty of firearm and drug charges following trial in August 2015.
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A .22-caliber Chiappas Firearms pistol found during a May 2014 traffic accident in Dunkerton had been stolen from a New Franken, Wis., gun shop in May 2013.
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Police seized a .25-caliber Raven Arms pistol following a shooting at the former Rumors Bar on July 22, 2012.
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Waterloo police seized a 9mm Tec-9 handgun, left, and a .380-caliber Lorcin pistol while searching a home at 525 Locust St. on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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Evidence photo shows an AR-7 takedown rifle ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Evidence photo of a refurbished Mosin Nagant, a Russian bolt-action surplus rifle ATF agents found when searching Michael Duane Strain’s Elma home in 2011.
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Authorities found this Ruger rifle during a June 6, 2017, search in Ossian while investigating opioid sales. The same gun had been seized in October 2012 during an investigation into a shooting in Calmar.
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Evidence photo showing a rifle seized during a search of an Ossian home during the investigation into furanyl fentanyl and heroin distribution on June 6, 2017.
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Police found a handgun, sawed-off shotgun and a shortened rifle in a Lehman Circle mobile home following a shooting Nov. 23, 2013.
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Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Evidence photo shows a shotgun that ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Authorities found this Remington shotgun during a June 6, 2017, search in Ossian while investigating opioid sales. The same gun had been seized in October 2012 after it was used in a shooting in Calmar.
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Police found this altered Mossburg shotgun in the back of a parked car in August 2013. On Dec. 31, 2013, jurors found Patrelle Green-Bowman guilty of felon in possession of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a sawed-off shotgun following trial.
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Police found this altered Mossburg shotgun in the back of a parked car in August 2013. On Dec. 31, 2013, jurors found Patrelle Green-Bowman guilty of felon in possession of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a sawed-off shotgun following trial.
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Authorities said a resident found this Smith & Wesson handgun in an alley in April 2014 a few blocks from a June 2013 fatal shooting. It was entered as evidence in the trial of Antonio Hutchins on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
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Waterloo police said they found this .22-caliber Beretta handgun in an alley behind Travon Jones’ Iowa Street home in Cedar Falls in January 2015.
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Police photo of a .45-caliber handgun and a .22-caliber handgun recovered during the investigation into the death of Ronald Randall.
Waterloo police said they seized this H&R revolver in September 2017. The weapon was an exhibit in the trial of Davionte Dashawn Barksdale in February 2018.
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An AR-15 rifle recovered by police in a traffic stop following a July 2018 shooting in Waterloo.
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An AR-15 rifle recovered by police in a traffic stop following a July 2018 shooting in Waterloo.
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The .38-caliber revolver that Vickie Butler was shot with during an argument with Michael Fristo in October 2016. Fristo was acquitted of charges in the shooting following trial on Nov. 30, 2017.
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A photograph of the .357-magnum revolver prosecutors said was used to kill Robert Shannon as he sat in a car on Dec. 14, 2011. Introduced as evidence in the trial of Montez Caples on Oct. 31, 2012. (JEFF REINITZ/ Courier Staff Writer)
Police found a sawed-off Ithaca .410-bore shotgun in the back of Adrian Zarate’s girlfriend’s SUV when it was parked at the Isle Casino Hotel parking lot in October 2018.
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Police found a Jimenez Arms .380-caliber handgun with an obliterated seriall number in Adrian Zarate’s hotel room in October 2018.
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Savage Model 67F 20-gauge shotgun found while searching Levi Farren Miller’s West Mullan Avenue in Waterloo in February 2019.
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Crime scene photo shows were police found a shotgun resting in a cat dish while searching a Waterloo apartment on Feb. 2, 2019.
Police found this Ruger handgun under Delvonn Battles’ seat during a traffic stop in Waterloo in January 2013. The weapon was used in a Des Moines shooting in December 2012. (Contributed photo)
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WATERLOO — A Waterloo man on probation for cocaine has been arrested after police found him with heroin during a traffic stop.
Damien Lamont Cobbins, 41, was arrested Thursday for one count of possession of heroin with intent to deliver. Bond was set at $25,000.
Cobbins was in a vehicle police stopped on Interstate 380 around 2 a.m. Officers found more than 5 grams of heroin and more than $2,000 in cash.
Cobbins is currently on probation for a March 2020 drug task force traffic stop on Interstate 380 where police found more than 60 grams of cocaine.
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CEDAR FALLS — Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Cedar Falls woman.
LuAnn Gates, 64, was last seen leaving her home around 3 p.m. on Thursday. She was reported missing around 9:30 p.m. that night.
Gates is described as a white female about 5 feet 7 inches tall weighing 170 pounds. She was last seen wearing a navy blue T-shirt and gray pants. She drives a silver 2015 Toyota Camry with license plates KNU053.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Cedar Falls police or local law enforcement.
Photos: Missing children in Iowa
Photos: Missing children in Iowa
Jade Colvin
Jade Colvin
Missing Since: Jun 10, 2016
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB: 2002
Age Now: 18
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 135 lbs
When Jade was last seen, her hair was dyed auburn. She may dye her hair.
Contact
1-800-843-5678
or
Des Moines Police Department (Iowa) 1-515-283-4811
NCMEC: 1408941
Fredrick Workman
Fredrick Workman
Missing Since: Aug 2, 2013
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB:1998
Age Now:22
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color:Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 145 lbs
He was last seen on August 2, 2013. Fredrick has a scar under his chin. He may use the alias last name Shields. Fredrick may go by the nickname Fred.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Des Moines Police Department 515-283-4811
NCMEC: 1222001
Benjamin Roseland
Benjamin Roseland
Missing Since: Feb 9, 2008
Missing From: Clinton, IA
DOB: 1988
Age Now: 32
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height5'11"
Weight: 175 lbs
He was last seen at home on February 9, 2008. He has a vertical scar which extends from his lower lip to his chin, a scar on the right side of his mouth, a scar on the left side of his nose, and a scar on the upper left side of his chest. His nickname is Ben.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Clinton Police Department 563-243-1458
NCMEC: 1092332
Erin Pospisil
Erin Pospisil
Missing Since: June 3, 2001
Missing From: Cedar Rapids, IA
DOB: 1986
Age Now: 34
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 125 lbs
She was last seen at home on June 3, 2001 and she has not been seen or heard from since that day. She has a small scar above her left eye. When she was last seen, Erin had red highlights in her hair.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Cedar Rapids Police Department 319-286-5491
NCMEC: 919997
Marc Allen
Marc Allen
Missing Since: March 29, 1986
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB:1972
Age Now: 48
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 85 lbs
He was last seen leaving his home is Des Moines, Iowa, on March 29, 1986. He was on his way to a friend's home, but never arrived. The last time he was seen, Marc was wearing a light blue t-shirt, blue jean shorts, white socks, and gray tennis shoes.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Des Moines Police Department 515-283-4811
NCMEC: 1053047
Eugene Martin
Eugene Martin
Missing Since: Aug 12, 1984
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB: 1970
Age Now: 50
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 110 lbs
He was last seen between 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. as he was delivering newspapers. A paper bag was found outside of Des Moines with papers still inside. He has a scar on his right knee and has had a broken right wrist.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Des Moines Police Department- Missing Persons Unit - 515-283-4864 Or Your Local FBI
NCMEC: 601815
John Gosch
John Gosch
Missing Since: Sep 5, 1982
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB: 1969
Age Now: 51
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Lt. Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 140 lbs
He was last seen delivering newspapers. He has facial freckles, a gap between his front teeth, a birthmark on his left cheek, and a horseshoe-shaped scar on his tongue.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
West Des Moines Police Department 515-223-3211 Or Your Local FBI
NCMEC: 601763
Kimberly Doss
Kimberly Doss
Missing Since: Sep 1, 1982
Missing From: Davenport, IA
DOB: 1966
Age Now: 54
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 120 lbs
She was last seen in the Davenport, Iowa area on September 1, 1982. Kimberly has not been seen or heard from since. She may use the alias name of Kimberly Kathleen Gardner. She has a gap between her two front teeth.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Davenport Police Department 563-388-3664
NCMEC: 601057
Colleen Simpson
Colleen Simpson
Missing Since: Oct 5, 1975
Missing From: Bedford, IA
DOB: 1960
Age Now: 60
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Hazel
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 90 lbs
She was last seen at home where she disappeared during the night. Colleen has a scar on her right forearm.
Call 911 or 800-THE-LOST
or
Taylor County Sheriff's Office 712-523-2153
NCMEC: 601905
Xavior Harrelson
Xavior Harrelson
Missing Since: May 27, 2021
Missing From: Montezuma, IA
DOB: 2010
Age Now: 11
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 4'9"
Weight: 100 lbs
Xavior was last seen on May 27, 2021.
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
1-800-843-5678
or
Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office (Iowa) 1-641-623-5679
NCMEC: 1421892
Fatima Conteh
Fatima Conteh
Missing Since: May 19, 2022
Missing From: Des Moines, IA
DOB: 2006
Age Now: 16
Sex: Female
Race: Biracial
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 4'11"
Weight: 120 lbs
She has tattoos on her chest, left forearm and right shoulder.
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
1-800-843-5678
or
Des Moines Police Department (Iowa) 1-515-283-4811
NCMEC: 1450978
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One dead in head-on crash in Louisville
LOUISVILLE ‒ One driver was killed and another injured in a head-on collision Friday afternoon on state Route 44.
The crash occurred just before 12:30 p.m., according to a news release from the Highway Patrol's Jackson Township post.
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A 2014 Mitsubishi Lancer going south on Route 44 went across the center line and struck a 2017 Honda Accord, according to the patrol.
The Accord driver, 86-year-old Kenneth Russell, of Louisville, was later pronounced dead at Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital in Canton, according to the patrol.
The Lancer driver, Justin Keister, 36, of Minerva, had injuries that were not life-threatening and was taken to Aultman Hospital by Louisville emergency crews, according to the release.
No charges have been filed but drugs are suspected as a contributing factor, according to the patrol.
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The Northern Arizona soccer team opened the regular season with a draw, tying Utah State 2-2 Thursday at home.
Pushing Utah State's back line, Northern Arizona found itself in control of the ball for the majority of the second half and did not allow a shot on goal in the period. Down 2-1 late, Northern Arizona tied the match on an own goal to equalize with 6:30 left in the second half.
The Lumberjacks were the aggressor throughout the contest, putting up 19 shots total and only allowed Utah State to take five. The Aggies scored both goals in the first half -- just 22 minutes apart from each other.
Utah State's Tess Werts saw her chance in the seventh minute on a quick pass from Sammie Murdock.
The Lumberjacks responded quickly. Mikhail Johnson showcased her footwork just ahead of midfield, sending a pass through two Utah State defenders to find Day Williams. Williams found freshman Avery Ott just in front of her and passed to her. Ott didn't hesitate, finding the back of the net from the top left corner.
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It was Ott's first goal as a Lumberjack.
"We knew what she was capable of. A freshman coming in and gaining some confidence is awesome and she does that in training all the time. The fact that she's able to step up for her team is something that we can rally around," Lumberjacks coach Kylie Louw said.
Jordan Foraker intercepted a pass minutes later and scored to give the Aggies a 2-1 lead at halftime.
Her team down one goal at the break, Louw told the players to focus on defense in the second half.
"My challenge to them was zero shots on goal for the opponent, and I wanted a ton of shots on goal for us, and they did exactly what I asked," Louw said. "The second half, no shots is a testament to the pressure we put on the back line of Utah State. Our back line was solid as well, it was a true team effort."
The Lumberjacks capitalized on putting pressure on Utah State's back line, creating set-piece opportunities while looking for something to tie the game.
Grace Quinn stepped up after winning a one-on-one battle for the ball with an Aggies defender, sending a shot right into the box. Utah State sent a defender in the air in an effort to head the ball out of reach, but the header went wrong and flew into the net for an own goal.
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FORT SMITH, Ark. — A bike ride event will be held on Friday, Aug. 19 at The Bakery District in Fort Smith.
Bikes at the Bakery District is a community bike ride activity for everyone in the community.
The bike ride will start at The Bakery District and go to the Fort Smith National Historic Site trail, to the Riverfront trail, along the Arkansas River levee and back. Participants will meet between 6-6:30 p.m. at The Bakery District and depart at 6:30 p.m.
The ride is estimated to be a little over four miles.
Fort Smith's bike share program, Ride 4 Smilies, will be available on-site with bikes to rent. To RSVP, click here.
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ROGERS, Ark. — Channel 5 parent company TEGNA and its foundation recently awarded four nonprofits a total of $10,000. One of those agencies is the Arkansas Crisis Center.
"We were established in 1985 after a rash of suicides at the Rogers High School. So a group of volunteers decided that these students needed someone to talk to. So they developed a hotline for them to call in and to have someone listen to their needs on the other end of the line," said Rebecca Brubaker, the Arkansas Crisis Center (ACC) executive director.
The ACC is now in its 37th year serving those in Northwest Arkansas and around the state. It offers its own hotline and helps the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline with calls in Arkansas.
"Our calls since COVID started in 2020 have risen 700% so prior to COVID, we were serving about 296 individuals on our lines. And today we’re serving 2,470 per month," Brubaker said.
Right now, the Crisis Center has seven to eight call specialists with a 75% answer rate and only one person per shift. But new federal funding will help double that number along with this local grant.
"We’re very happy to receive the money from the TEGNA Foundation, Channel 5. We will use the money to help with operating expenses," Brubaker said. "With the 988 new easy-to-remember number and so many individuals stressed with mental health issues, I think our numbers are going to continue to climb."
If you are struggling and need help, don't hesitate to pick up the phone.
"There’s a listening ear available 24/7 through our agency and we would love to talk to you," Brubaker said.
The Arkansas Crisis Center is also working on adding text and chat features to its hotline. Training for staff will begin soon and those services will be available once the center is accredited to offer those extra options sometime in the next six to nine months.
Arkansas Crisis Center Hotline: (888) 274-7472
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
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ELWOOD, Ind. — August 19 marks one year since Elwood pastor Ben Capshaw died in a car accident on State Road 37. He left behind a wife and two sons.
Ben and his wife, Amanda, had long held a vision to open a youth center in the community they served. That vision is now fulfilled in Ben's memory. Students in grades six through 12 have a new, safe place to hang out after school in Elwood called the Catalyst Youth Center.
"Not a lot of positive influences going on, so I feel like with a place like this, that can really benefit my community and like my peers,” said Jasmine Tevalan, an Elwood High School freshman who comes to the youth center.
The Catalyst Youth Center opened in July in a former dentist office at 213 N. 16th Street. The center offers mentoring, tutoring and after school programs.
"We have to show them that they can come and show up at a place and not be judged,” said Amanda Capshaw, Catalyst Youth Center's executive director. “It doesn't matter what they look like, doesn't matter what their behavior was at school. It doesn't matter what decisions they've made that maybe aren't the best decisions. We know that God loves them and so we're going to love them through it as well."
Capshaw and her husband, Pastor Ben Capshaw, had a vision to open a youth center for almost 20 years, dating back to their days together at Indiana Wesleyan University. Amanda had just quit her job at school last year to focus on getting the center started when Ben died in a car accident.
The community has come alongside to support the family and fulfill the couple’s vision. Amanda formed a board. Catalyst Youth Center became a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Programming in January, with a mentoring program meeting at local churches.
"It gave me something to do in my grief,” Amanda said. “It gave me something to put my energy towards, something that we had a vision for, and just a way that I could keep his legacy alive."
A local company bought the building and is selling it on contract interest free to Catalyst. Office and classroom space are already in use. Phase two involves converting about half the building, which was divided into individual exam rooms, into one large recreation area. Amanda hopes that is complete before the weather turns cold.
For now, the garage and parking lot provide activity space for the after-school Snack Attack program. Students receive a light snack and are offered a variety of activities from 3 – 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students can ride a bus straight from Elwood Schools to the center. They must sign in and out when they attend.
Tutoring is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 – 7:30 p.m.
The mentoring program takes about 10 boys and 10 girls selected through the school system through a 9- to 18-week course teaching positive values. Some of these include identity, goal setting, making good choices, among others. After the course, students will stay connected and help to lead the next group of students.
Tevalan was part of the first mentoring class.
“I knew of this idea that they had and the fact that it sprung up so fast, just after we tragically lost (Ben) is just so beautiful,” Tevalan said.
Amanda's last night with Ben before he died included a two-hour prayer meeting about starting the Catalyst Youth Center.
"The only way that I've been able to press on is that we have this vision together and that we can continue to move forward beside Christ," Amanda said.
Friday night's season opening football game at Elwood High School is dedicated to Pastor Ben Capshaw and Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz, who was killed in the line of duty last month. There will be banners, t-shirts, and pregame ceremonies to remember the two community servants. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/inspiring-indiana/widow-fulfills-shared-vision-with-late-husband-with-youth-center-open-in-elwood-catalyst-indiana-ben-capshaw-amanda/531-9ef87cf2-531c-4109-b330-b0e4b36a5819 | 2022-08-20T00:44:39 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/inspiring-indiana/widow-fulfills-shared-vision-with-late-husband-with-youth-center-open-in-elwood-catalyst-indiana-ben-capshaw-amanda/531-9ef87cf2-531c-4109-b330-b0e4b36a5819 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Neighbors near Portland’s Laurelhurst Park say a homeless camp is back just hours after the city removed it on Thursday.
The city told KOIN 6 News they know that after crews remove these camps, people will likely return in the following days or weeks. However, the camp that was swept on Thursday was back within a few hours, according to neighbors.
The same sidewalk that crews cleared now has a handful of tents, an old RV and some people living in their cars, along with scattered trash.
Some of the same campers KOIN 6 News talked to on Thursday say they came back after cleanup crews left.
“It’s a community, you know, upwards of 30 people that are always here they view it as their home, that’s why they keep coming back here specifically,” Dan Plimmer, one of the campers, said.
A neighbor reached out to KOIN 6 News and said she saw the camp popping up again Thursday night.
“You hear that they’re going to sweep, that it’s on the schedule, and you have this hope. This hope that this time that it will take, and they will keep them away and we will have our safe neighborhood back,” the neighbor said.
The neighbor, who wanted to remain anonymous for safety reasons, said many homeowners feel like they cannot walk or drive along the street and says this has impacted her mental health.
“I don’t think you can realize the impact of living near a homeless camp unless you really live very close to one. Every day, you see the trash and the debris and drug deals and the drug use,” she said. “I had compassion for a long time.”
In a statement on Thursday, the City of Portland told KOIN 6 News, in part, “we firmly maintain that being homeless is not a crime and there are limited options for people to go. 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.”
KOIN 6 News reached out to the city on Friday and asked what it costs taxpayers each time a camp is removed. They said it varies depending on the camp but noted the one at Laurelhurst was swept a month ago — taking crews 25 hours and costing around $2,000. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/laurelhurst-park-homeless-campers-return-hours-after-city-sweeps-camp/ | 2022-08-20T00:45:42 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/laurelhurst-park-homeless-campers-return-hours-after-city-sweeps-camp/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Neighbors who live by Rocky Butte say their street, Rocky Butte Lane, is experiencing issues after the Portland Bureau of Transportation installed gates at the park.
PBOT told KOIN 6 News the gates at the top of Rocky Butte are closed as part of an agreement with Portland Parks & Recreation, crime prevention, the Madison South Neighborhood Association as well as the Rocky Butte Homeowners’ Association.
But the people living right next to Rocky Butte feel unheard.
Rocky Butte is a well-known place for Portlanders to get a view of the city or stargaze.
“I recognize that it’s popular to look at the stars and look at the sky up here, when you get the 120 cars, it would be on a full moon night,” neighbor Bruce Duncan said.
However, PBOT says when the sun goes down, some unsavory behavior happens in the area.
In recent years, PBOT put in the gates, saying this effort started in response to concerns from the neighborhood to curtail the illegal and undesired activities. This includes drinking and driving, vandalism and shootings that happened on the back street loop beyond the gates.
“I’ve objected to the gates by the park since the day they were put in,” Duncan said. “I’ve been complaining about it with PBOT for years.”
But neighbors who live on Rocky Butte Lane say the gates are not stopping any of the bad behavior.
Instead, it shifted the problems onto their street, like Thursday’s shooting that had bullets flying through Duncan’s house.
“The whole area gets congested, and it all comes over here because the park is closed,” Duncan explained.
While the gates stop cars from going in a circle around the park, residents say it has turned their cul-de-sac into the easiest way for traffic to turnaround and now serves as illegal overflow parking at all hours of the day and night.
Portland Police say they are open to hearing suggestions to solve this problem, but that they are not the police bureau they used to be.
“We attempt to play our part and enforce laws where we can, but we also have to be realistic about what we’re capable of doing and sometimes we may not have the resources to respond to a party call,” Portland Police Bureau Sergeant Kevin Allen said.
Meanwhile, PBOT and the Portland parks department declined to go on camera to discuss the problem.
Portland Parks and Recreation said they are “always interested in partnering with other City bureaus on ways we can help promote positive activities in parks and to keep our spaces safe for visitors. This was an opportunity to explore an option to reduce nuisance activity that was primarily driven by vehicles parking in and around the loop of the park, on roads owned and managed by PBOT. PP&R worked with PBOT on how this may impact visitors and our crews, and determined that the benefits of the seasonal gate closure outweighed any negatives.”
KOIN 6 News also reached out to the entire board of the Madison Square Neighborhood Association and are waiting to hear back with their input on the issue. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/rocky-butte-neighbors-say-city-installed-gates-do-little-for-crime/ | 2022-08-20T00:45:48 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/rocky-butte-neighbors-say-city-installed-gates-do-little-for-crime/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An officer was reportedly involved in a shooting near the Hillsboro Police Department Friday afternoon.
According to the Hillsboro Police Department, a witness said the officer was attacked near his patrol vehicle around 1 p.m. — then a shooting occurred.
It is not yet clear if anyone was injured during the shooting or who is involved aside from an officer.
Police have shut down Southeast Washington Street between Southeast 10th Avenue and Southeast 12th Avenue as they investigate.
The shooting has also closed the MAX line near Southeast 10th Avenue and Southeast Washington Street. MAX lines are also impacted west of Southeast 12th Street.
HPD said there is no active threat to the public and no outstanding suspects. However, they did not release any arrest information.
Washington County’s Major Crime Team is investigating.
This is a developing story, KOIN 6 News is on the way to the scene to learn more. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/officer-reportedly-attacked-shots-fired-near-hillsboro-police-department/ | 2022-08-20T00:45:54 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/officer-reportedly-attacked-shots-fired-near-hillsboro-police-department/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A woman fell to her death at Multnomah Falls Friday afternoon, officials say.
At around 1:20 p.m., Corbett Fire Department firefighters hiked up the Multnomah Falls trail to a woman who had reportedly fallen about 100 feet. She was located near Wisendanger Falls, past the top of Multnomah Falls itself.
Bystanders at the scene were reportedly attempting to perform CPR — but sadly, she was declared dead at the scene.
Officials say the woman was hiking with a group of friends when she fell. Mental health professionals are on the scene to provide emotional support to those in need.
Corbett Fire was assisted by AMR and the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.
This is a developing story. | https://www.koin.com/local/woman-falls-to-her-death-while-hiking-at-multnomah-falls/ | 2022-08-20T00:46:00 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/woman-falls-to-her-death-while-hiking-at-multnomah-falls/ |
Just-reopened Belle Isle slide closes after riders bounce down it
Detroit — The historic giant slide that reopened Friday on Detroit's Belle Isle closed early on its first day back after people were seen bouncing on it while coming down too fast, officials said.
The slide's surface will be retouched with wax to slow down riders, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
"For this evening, we're giving it a little scrub down, and we will be back open at 11:00 tomorrow," said Joel Thomas, Belle Isle supervisor for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
About 400 people rode down the slide on Friday.
"People were out there just having a ball today and it was really fun to watch," Thomas said.
When Kasey Chapple, 9, of Warren, caught her on the slide on Friday she thought: “Oh my God, I want to go down so bad.”
She went down and then: “Boom! Bounce. Bounce.”
Kasey would go down again, she said, but not on Friday. Maybe the next day.
The slide was “scary” to Donovan Harrison, 12, of Roseville. The wind made it “very shaky,” startling Harrison, who’s afraid of heights.
“It was fun, but I almost flew off the thing,” he said.
Max Maybee, 11, of Pleasant Ridge “got a bunch of air time on one of the jumps in the middle,” he said.
“Like I was flying through the slide and I came down like crazy.”
Max was there Friday with his mom, Nikki Maybee, who said the slide is “one of the best things to do” as a kid.
“It was terrorizing … and fun all at the same time," she said. "It’s just awesome to see the slide back open for another generation to enjoy. We love it. What a beautiful day out here on Belle Isle.”
The slide was closed in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic.
"Now that some things for the public are being reopened and we got all the approval ... we decided to go ahead and run it," Thomas added. "Our plan is to run it through Labor Day weekend and hopefully every year after that."
The six-lane slide will continue to operate from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day.
The cost is $1 per slide.
It first opened in 1967 and had 1,400 sliders during its first two weekends.
Belle Isle representatives said this is a partnership with the park's Summer Youth Employment Program to expose kids to parks and natural environments through its work cohort, in hope that participants consider natural-resource based careers in the future.
Myesha Johnson and Robin Buckson contributed. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/19/reopened-belle-isle-slide-closes-after-riders-bounce-down/7847577001/ | 2022-08-20T00:48:40 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/19/reopened-belle-isle-slide-closes-after-riders-bounce-down/7847577001/ |
Former Macomb County resident sentenced to 11 years for investment fraud
A 55-year-old former Macomb County man who defrauded 17 people of more than $4 million in a fraudulent investment scheme was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison this week, United States Attorney Dawn Ison said Friday.
After Gino Accettola pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges in April, U.S. District Judge Laurie J. Michelson sentenced him to 135 months in prison, Ison's office said in a statement.
The judge also ordered Accettola pay $4,199,846.35 in restitution to the victims.
From 2014-16, Accettola, according to court records, offered associates and acquaintances abnormally high short-term returns, telling them the money invested would back commercial construction projects in Michigan and Florida.
But many of these projects didn't actually exist, investigators said.
In one instance, Accettola sought investments supposedly for a Michigan-based manufacturing facility, claiming to be friends with the managing partner of the manufacturer when he had no connection, according to the release.
Accettola was previously convicted of sixteen fraud crimes between 1991 and 2019, officials reported.
“This defendant lied to his victims in order to carry out his fraud," Ison said. "He told his victims that he was investing their money for legitimate construction projects when in reality he used their money on himself at casinos, restaurants, and on entertainment."
The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sara Woodward. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/19/former-macomb-county-resident-defrauded-17-people-investment-scheme/7847969001/ | 2022-08-20T00:48:46 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/19/former-macomb-county-resident-defrauded-17-people-investment-scheme/7847969001/ |
Firefighters extinguish apartment blaze in Midtown Detroit
Kalea Hall
The Detroit News
Sixteen people were displaced after a Friday afternoon fire at an apartment complex in Midtown, according to fire officials.
No civilians or firefighters were injured in the blaze at 487 Charlotte Street, James Harris, the Detroit Fire Department's chief of community relations, said Friday.
"Everybody got out and we contained the fire," Harris said.
"We're still investigating the cause."
The fire call came about 3:30 p.m. Friday and firefighters extinguished it in about 40 minutes, Harris said. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/19/midtown-apartment-blaze-leaves-16-displaced/7847636001/ | 2022-08-20T00:48:52 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/19/midtown-apartment-blaze-leaves-16-displaced/7847636001/ |
Mount Clemens sex offender sentenced to 25 years on child porn charges
A 47-year-old man from Mount Clemens will spend 25 years in federal prison on child porn charges, federal officials announced Friday.
U.S. District Judge Denise Page Hood sentenced Glen William Vellner on the charges of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, receipt of child pornography and penalties for registered sex offenders.
As part of a guilty plea, Vellner admitted that on Jan. 8, 2021, he requested that a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl send him explicit pictures during a Google Hangouts chat, investigators said in a statement.
Vellner also admitted receiving child pornography over the internet between 2016 and 2019. When federal agents searched his house, he had 4,317 images and 320 videos of child pornography, according to the release.
He committed the offenses while he was a registered sex offender for prior criminal convictions against children, the U.S. Attorney's Office reported.
Vellner was previously convicted on 10 counts of child sexually abusive activity in 2006. He was released from prison in 2015, authorities said.
He also been convicted of two counts of criminal sexual conduct against a 13-year-old girl in 2001 and served only probation.
“Repeat sexual offenders who victimize children present a special danger and require significant sentences to assure the safety of our kids and the community," U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison said in a statement. "The court’s sentence today is just punishment and prevents this defendant from further victimizing children. This office will continue to strenuously prosecute these offenders to keep children safe.”
This case was investigated by the Southeast Michigan Trafficking and Exploitation Crimes Task Force of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/19/registered-sex-offender-sentenced-25-years-child-porn-crimes/7848093001/ | 2022-08-20T00:48:58 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/19/registered-sex-offender-sentenced-25-years-child-porn-crimes/7848093001/ |
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Model Mill has officially opened its doors in Johnson City.
On Friday, the Model Mill held a ribbon cutting for its official opening, and Lauren Jones, co-owner of Crumb Bakeshop, was okay with waiting over three years for the opening because she was happy to know it was coming to the area.
“We loved the location, we liked being close to the Tree Streets and we’re excited about people being able to walk from their community to here. We knew the renovation of the street – West Walnut – was coming so we were excited about that as well. We were okay with waiting because we were happy to know it was coming,” said Jones.
The Johnson City Chamber purchased the building back in 2008.
Bob Cantler, president and CEO of the Chamber, told News Channel 11 that the Model Mill is hopefully the front door for the community for business.
“If you are moving to Johnson City and want to start a business, we want you to come to the Chamber. It reflects kind of who we are, our Chamber is 107 years old and this building is over 100 years old, and it’s been repurposed to be relevant today,” said Cantler.
In 2016, Summers-Taylor, Inc. took over the project.
“We’ve done a few buildings, a few renovations downtown. I love doing that. I love old buildings. And when we were looking for some office space this was the biggest unrejuvenated building,” said Grant Summers, president of Summers Taylor R&G Ventures. “We are very excited about it. We are very excited about it being a catalyst for more development, not just us but for other people.”
The Model Mill currently houses Summers-Taylor, Baker-Donelson law firm, Crumb Bakeshop, the Johnson City Chamber, and various ETSU offices. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/model-mill-officially-opens-its-doors-in-johnson-city/ | 2022-08-20T00:54:05 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/model-mill-officially-opens-its-doors-in-johnson-city/ |
Lawyers for Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Choices Pregnancy Center asked a Pima County judge Friday to leave policy arguments to the state Legislature and allow prosecutors to enforce a near total ban on abortions enacted more than 100 years ago.
But Planned Parenthood of Arizona and the Pima County Attorney's Office urged Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson to not "go back in time," and to allow licensed physicians to continue to perform abortions up until the 15th week of pregnancy.
After an hour of arguments in the case — which centers around a 50-year-old lawsuit — Johnson said she would take the matter under advisement and issue a written ruling no sooner than Sept. 19.
Pima County finds itself at the epicenter of the battle over reproductive rights in Arizona because of a lawsuit that predated Roe v. Wade, in which Planned Parenthood sued both the Pima County Attorney's Office and the Arizona Attorney General's Office and obtained an injunction against an abortion ban that dates as far back as 1901.
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A Pima County judge sided with Planned Parenthood at the time, calling the law overly broad and saying it violated the fundamental rights of a woman's marital and sexual privacy.
But this June, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that there is a constitutional right to abortion. Brnovich then filed a motion in Pima County to lift the injunction, asking Johnson to restore his power and the power of local prosecutors to criminally charge doctors who perform abortions.
The Republican attorney general said that while the old, pre-Roe law is back in effect in 14 other counties in the state, the injunction still blocks his office's and Pima County prosecutors' ability to enforce the abortion ban in Pima County.
The lawsuit was filed in 1971 by the now-defunct Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson, 10 doctors and an anonymous pregnant woman who was seeking an abortion. After Pima County Superior Court Judge Jack Marks granted the injunction, the Arizona Court of Appeals initially overturned his ruling, but it reversed its position in 1973, after the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe.
In its response to Brnovich's motion, Planned Parenthood of Arizona cited multiple other laws approved by the Arizona Legislature in the years following the 1973 Roe decision, which meant a Pima County judge couldn't just dissolve the injunction without considering those facts.
On July 22, the Pima County Attorney's Office filed court documents supporting Planned Parenthood of Arizona's response to the motion to lift the injunction. In the filing, Chief Civil Deputy Sam Brown acknowledged the law on the book that dates back to territorial days, but pointed out that a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, approved earlier this year by the Legislature, contains specific language indicating it does not repeal the older, stricter law. He wrote that the new law falls in line with the Supreme Court's June decision, which leaves the question of abortion legality up to each state's legislature.
At the time, County Attorney Laura Conover, a Democrat, said her office sided with Planned Parenthood because the group had the more persuasive legal argument, saying that "a great deal of statutory legislative work and case law has occurred in 50 years" and that "the landscape has changed."
Judge hears arguments
During Friday's hearing, Assistant Attorney General Beau Royston III said the territorial-era law in question — which bans abortions unless the mother's life is in danger — should apply in full force now that Roe has been overturned. But he suggested Johnson could grant a limited stay that would allow plaintiffs to appeal the ban in specific cases, calling this option the "least disruptive."
But Sarah Mac Dougall, an attorney representing Planned Parenthood, said this option misunderstands the gravity of a situation patients might find themselves in.
"People's lives will be at stake... and doctors might not understand if they can provide care to patients," Mac Dougall argued.
She said that asking Johnson to "harmonize" the old and new laws — allowing existing restrictions and the 15-week ban to be enforced against doctors, with non-doctors being subject to the total ban — was nothing extraordinary, legally speaking.
"Arizona has a very well-established methodology of what courts do when there are statutes of the same subject, and that is to harmonize them," she said. "We cannot go back in time. The fact that I'm standing before you means it's 2022 and not 1973."
Mac Dougall said that Brnovich tweeted the day Roe was overturned that SB 1164, the newly passed Arizona law that bans abortions after 15 weeks except in the case of a medical emergency, would become the law. She argued that anticipating changes to Roe v. Wade, the Arizona Legislature could have opted to reinstate the pre-Roe ban, but instead passed the 15-week ban, and that the court should consider the Legislature's intent when making its decision.
But Royston said when SB 1164 was passed, there was "great uncertainty" about what the Supreme Court would do, and that the bill specifically says nothing in it repeals the original ban.
"This is the law, and as a court of law, its job is to apply the law. All these policy arguments can go to the Legislature, which convenes in January," Royston said.
The County Attorney Office's Brown argued alongside Planned Parenthood.
"There are three different definitions that suggest when an abortion is allowed in Arizona. If and when this injunction is lifted, there will be a fourth. On September 24th, there will be a fifth," Brown said, referring to SB 1164 taking effect. "The law in Arizona must be clear and concrete to prevent arbitrary enforcement."
Kevin Theriot, an attorney for the Alliance Defending Freedom representing Dr. Eric Hazelrigg of Choices Pregnancy Center, called Planned Parenthood's characterization of SB 1164 incorrect, saying the intention was to restrict abortion as much as possible.
"That this was actually an attempt to legalize abortions is a new idea they’ve adopted specifically for this case," Theriot said.
Hazelrigg is seeking to join the lawsuit as a guardian ad litem of unborn children, with the guardian in the original case having died. Planned Parenthood is opposing the succession, an issue Johnson is also taking under consideration.
Johnson said she would issue a ruling after Sept. 19, the deadline for last of the original plaintiffs to consent to be included in any resolution in the case.
Rally outside courthouse
Before and after the hearing, supporters of abortion rights gathered with Planned Parenthood representatives and Tucson Mayor Regina Romero at the courthouse to condemn Brnovich's effort.
Despite the rain, about 50 community members of all ages huddled underneath the eaves of Superior Court, chanting “Bans off our bodies” and “Sí, se puede.”
“At this day and time in history, we are seeing younger people have much less rights than our mothers and ourselves,” said Romero, a Democrat. “We cannot and should not let that happen and we will do everything we possibly can, including going to court, to defend our bodily autonomy.”
Romero said that while they wait for the ruling, supporters of abortion rights will continue to rally, march and organize voters in Arizona.
Hollis Toal, 84, carried a pro-choice sign at the rally, and said he is an avid supporter of Planned Parenthood.
“This is the worst thing that could’ve happened,” Toal said. “We need to do everything we can to correct the situation.”
After the hearing, Planned Parenthood Arizona President and CEO Brittany Fonteno also spoke.
"To our patients, Planned Parenthood Arizona doors stay open no matter what," Fonteno said, although clinics in Arizona have stopped providing abortions for now. "We will never stop fighting for you, your fundamental right to abortion and the right to make your own personal decisions about your bodies, your lives and your futures."
Contact Star reporter Caitlin Schmidt at 573-4191 or cschmidt@tucson.com. On Twitter: @caitlincschmidt | https://tucson.com/news/local/pima-county-judge-hears-arguments-will-rule-later-on-abortion-ban/article_adccd18a-1a0c-11ed-b6fc-9b4fb11f902f.html | 2022-08-20T00:57:59 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/pima-county-judge-hears-arguments-will-rule-later-on-abortion-ban/article_adccd18a-1a0c-11ed-b6fc-9b4fb11f902f.html |
Pima College picked up three key victories this week, adding a trio of experienced baseball coaches to a staff that may lead the NJCAA in experience.
Former major-league outfielder Brian Anderson, ex-Tucson High baseball coach Oscar Romero and former Badgers standout Alex Kelch join a staff that already features head coach Ken Jacome, the former boss at New Mexico; his brother, Jason, himself a former big-league pitcher; longtime high school and college coach Keith Francis; and former high school star Gil De La Vara.
Anderson played in the big leagues from 2005-09, winning a World Series with the White Sox as a rookie. He spent last season as an undergraduate assistant on coach Chip Hale's Arizona Wildcats staff. Anderson attended Canyon del Oro High School and the UA before turning pro.
"Brian Anderson is a local product who was a first-round draft pick. How many people from Tucson can say that?" Ken Jacome said in a news release. "I am excited to add Brian to our staff as he will bring energy every day. Experience in both college and professional baseball will certainly help our program."
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Romero coached at Tucson High from 1985-2018, winning 488 games. He spent the last four years as an assistant at Adams State University. Romero, a Pima College grad, is a member of the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame.
"I am so fortunate that 'O' has decided to jump on board with us," Jacome said.
Kelch played at Pima from 2019-21, earning All-ACCAC and All-Region honors. Jacome said Kelch "might be one of my most favorite players that I have ever coached. A leader on and off the field who is looking to get his feet wet in the coaching field," Jacome said. "Alex brings youth and recent experience that our players will gain a ton from." | https://tucson.com/sports/local/pima-adds-ex-wildcat-brian-anderson-tucson-highs-oscar-romero-to-coaching-staff/article_02801e50-200a-11ed-9d28-e7fe7426028f.html | 2022-08-20T00:58:11 | 1 | https://tucson.com/sports/local/pima-adds-ex-wildcat-brian-anderson-tucson-highs-oscar-romero-to-coaching-staff/article_02801e50-200a-11ed-9d28-e7fe7426028f.html |
MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Marion County deputies are searching for a person suspected of stealing a car and threatening a teen with a gun in a Pizza Hut parking lot on Wednesday night, according to the sheriff’s office.
The armed carjacking took place at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Pizza Hut located on SE Maricamp Road in Ocala, investigators said in a Facebook post.
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According to deputies, a woman entered the store after she and her teenage son drove to the chain restaurant to get food. Authorities then said the individual pictured above came up to the car, pointed a gun at the teen and told him to get out.
The person of interest then got in the vehicle and drove off, and deputies later located the vehicle abandoned on the side of the road, according to the sheriff’s office.
Anyone with information on the suspected armed carjacker’s identity is asked to submit anonymous tips at Crime Stoppers of Marion County at 352-368-7867 or at at www.ocalacrimestoppers.com. Tips that lead to an arrest could be eligible for a cash reward, deputies said.
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DELAND, Fla. – A man was arrested Thursday evening after attempting to drop a half-pound of meth under a patrol car during a traffic stop, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.
Video released by the department shows deputies arresting the man — identified as 49-year-old John Schneider — and one deputy reaches down to find another gram of meth in Schneider’s sock.
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Deputies said Schneider had just purchased the half-pound of meth outside Volusia County and was transporting the drugs to sell them out of 836 Hamilton Ave. in Orange City.
Schneider faces charges of trafficking in meth, tampering with evidence and resisting without violence. He is being held on a $511,000 bond.
Deputies said his girlfriend, 49-year-old Lee Sanberg, also faces charges for conspiracy to traffic in meth. She is being held on a $500,000 bond.
Schneider and Sanberg’s vehicle was seized afterward, according to the sheriff’s office.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Tucked away inside the Pinchot State Forest is the Seven Tubs Recreation Area in Luzerne County.
"Mother nature is the best thing to soothe the soul, so the more we get out in it, the better we are, and that's why we have our parks system, and we need to preserve it," said Ken Moran, Carbondale.
"This one is amazing. The rock formations are so cool, the water is so cold but refreshing, and it's just like a hidden gem," said Jenna Joyal, southern New Jersey.
The Department of Conservation of Natural Resources announced it will dedicate $1.5 million of state funding to park enhancements at the recreation area, something park-goers are looking forward to.
"The parks in Pennsylvania are one of my favorite things to come to, so the more money we put into preserving, the better we are, especially for our future generations," said Moran.
DCNR officials say since the start of the pandemic, visitors to state parks have jumped dramatically, so they want to make it a safer place for visitors.
Improvements include reconstructing the Route 115 entrance, expanding parking lots, pedestrian walkways, and access to the D and L Trail.
"It's great because I'm walking with a cane, so it's a little hard to walk, so if they smooth out the paving, it will be great," said Rite Marie Fieo, Pocono Lake.
"I think that will be awesome, anything to bring more people in. I think this is a really cool spot that more people should know about, so if that gets taken care of and brings more people in, I think a lot of people will enjoy this area," said Joyal.
Some park-goers tell Newswatch 16 there's one more improvement to the park DCNR should consider at Seven Tubs Recreation Area.
"We've passed here dozens of times and never knew where it was until we put it in the GPS, and even then, we almost missed it. It's just a tiny sign they have out there. Put a nice big sign out there. More people will come," said Fieo.
DCNR hasn't set a date as to when the improvements will get underway though they say it will be as soon as possible.
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NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — If you are driving down Middle Creek Road in Washington Township near Dornsife in Northumberland County, you see a big red barn, but it's actually much more. It is a gallery for both pottery and paintings.
"We have been making this pottery since the seventies back in Brooklyn. We moved out here and loved it," said Hart.
Mary Hart and her husband create pottery in their home next door. They moved to Northumberland County in 1984. The couple recently decided to call it quits and retire.
"We felt like it was time. We have been doing this for over 40 years, and after COVID, things slowed down. We realized we wanted to spend more time with our family," she said.
Kim Bordner has been shopping at Hart Pottery for years. He stopped by to check out the deals during the final week of business.
"This is actually the third time we have been here for this sale. It didn't start today. It started a couple of weeks ago. So, we came back three times to see what else is here," said Kim Bordner of Millersburg.
"The customers are wonderful. It is so nice to hear people compliment your work," added Hart.
The couple's work has been displayed in many museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Hart tells Newswatch 16 that she is going to miss making art for others.
"I am going to miss the creativity part of it. Having something to do that just inspires you," said Hart.
The business's last day is August 20. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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WILDWOOD CREST — A Florida woman is in jail for failing to hand over a child to a borough man as part of a custody order, police said.
With the help of U.S. marshals, Fernande Metrius, 42, of Palm Beach, was apprehended before being extradited to New Jersey, borough police said Friday in a news release.
She remains in the Cape May County jail pending a detention hearing, police said.
Metrius is charged with interfering with child custody for allegedly withholding the couple's 7-year-old son from the man, who was awarded custody of the child in court.
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Borough police on July 2 received a report that the man was unable to contact Metrius when he flew to Florida to take custody of the child. Metrius reportedly changed her phone number and other contact information, police said.
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Metrius also was not at her Florida home when authorities visited the property. The child was entered into a national database as missing, police said.
When other methods of contacting Metrius failed, a warrant for her arrest was issued July 26.
The Cape May County Prosecutor's Office assisted borough police in their investigation, as did multiple police departments in Florida and New Jersey State Police. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/florida-woman-arrested-amid-custody-battle-with-wildwood-crest-man/article_be17eb7c-2003-11ed-a889-5f141fffabdc.html | 2022-08-20T01:06:57 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/florida-woman-arrested-amid-custody-battle-with-wildwood-crest-man/article_be17eb7c-2003-11ed-a889-5f141fffabdc.html |
The Bexar County Sheriff's Office posted to social media Friday evening that it is currently "working a situation at Ingram Park Mall." Officials urge shoppers to shelter in place while they work to identify an individual, believed to be a male 16 or 17 year old, who fled police.
In a tweet, Bexar County Sheriff's Office clarified that it is not an active shooter event and it is unknown if the individual even has a weapon.
The sheriff's office says they are seeking a suspect involved in a vehicle pursuit that evaded deputies and ran into the mall. They have not identified the person they're looking for, but have posted to social media a video still of the individual.
Between 40 and 50 deputies and an unknown number of San Antonio police officers, including SWAT and K-9 units, are involved in the search for the man, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
The mall and its parking lot have been closed. Police are asking people not to try to enter the parking lot or building.
Sheriff Salazar said there have been no reported injuries so far.
This is a developing story.
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ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — Kristi Diaz describes her late niece Azaria Williams as a loving, spunky and fun little girl.
The 11-year-old died last Saturday in her family's mobile home fire.
"She’s just an absolutely amazing little girl, she would do anything for anybody," said Diaz.
With a week approaching of her passing, Diaz is now left with the sweet memories of her niece.
"She was always just so comforting to our family even when we were having a bad day she’d be like 'Come sit by me,'" said Diaz. "She’d give us kisses and hug us and she was just full of life so joyful and so full of life."
Diaz said when you saw Azaria, you saw her with her baby doll.
"Everywhere she went she’d have to have her baby dolls with her, she absolutely loved babies," Diaz said.
Just last week, Azaria was back starting her first day of school, a place her Aunt says she truly loved.
"She absolutely loved school, she loved her friends and her teachers, every single teacher she had she loved but she loved getting on the bus every morning," said Diaz.
Now with her family making funeral arrangements to remember her life that was cut too short, they're taking it one day at a time together for her.
"We’re taking it day by day it’s really hard. It’s almost been a week and we’re getting through it but it’s been very hard especially for my sister, that was her baby girl, she’d do anything for her. It’s just very hard," said Diaz. "She’s absolutely a wonderful person who is truly going to be missed by so many."
Funeral arrangements have been set for Azaria Williams. Services will be held at the Calvary Assembly of God Church in Midland at 11 a.m. on Aug. 23.
She'll be laid to rest at American Heritage Cemetery.
If you want to support the family, there will be a car wash Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in the parking lot of La Playa on 8th Street in Odessa. All donations will go to the family. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/azaria-williams-aunt-remembers-late-niece/513-c43ecd45-6afb-4ce4-852c-413f44449efa | 2022-08-20T01:17:55 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/azaria-williams-aunt-remembers-late-niece/513-c43ecd45-6afb-4ce4-852c-413f44449efa |
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