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Note: District 6 includes Guilford County and part of Forsyth County; District 10 includes all of Yadkin, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Lincoln, most of Catawba and Iredell and part of Forsyth counties; District 13 includes all of Davie, Davidson, Rowan, Randolph, Alamance, Caswell, Person and parts of Chatham and Lee and a small section of Iredell counties. These boundaries will change with the new Congress after the 2022 election.
WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted recently.
There were no key votes in the Senate this week. Both the House and the Senate are now in a recess that is scheduled to last until September.
U.S. House
Energy, taxes, health care programs: The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to a tax and spending bill. The bill's spending measures include changes to Medicare prescription drug programs and various subsidies for non-fossil fuel sources of energy and energy efficiency programs, while its tax policy changes include a 15% alternative minimum tax on large companies and about $80 billion of increased funding for the Internal Revenue Service. The vote on Aug. 12 was 220-207.
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Nays: U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-Denver, 10th District; U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, R-Advance, 13th District
Yeas: U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning, D-Greensboro, 6th District | https://greensboro.com/news/local/how-the-local-n-c-delegation-to-congress-voted-recently/article_e2923682-1fcd-11ed-ae38-7f8b96bc8650.html | 2022-08-20T17:43:32 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/how-the-local-n-c-delegation-to-congress-voted-recently/article_e2923682-1fcd-11ed-ae38-7f8b96bc8650.html |
Beer keg company may be on tap for Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls may become home to a manufacturer of beer kegs.
A representative of Compass Container Works made a pitch for a $1,500,000 forgivable loan from the city's 4A Sales Tax Corporation Thursday. The company is looking for a 30,000 to 50,000 square foot building to get production started in the first quarter or 2023.
After establishing its beer keg business, Compass wants to expand to custom chemical containers. The company would employ 35 to 70 workers.
"We have a group of local investors chomping at the bit to get this thing going," said company founder Gerek Foote.
He said most kegs are made overseas and are often inferior quality.
"We think American chemicals and American beer should be placed in American beer kegs.' he said.
Foote said Compass is "scouring the countryside" for the right location, including Lawton.
The board voted to offer the company the loan.
In other business, board members:
Approved a two-month extension to a $2.8 million incentive agreement with Panda Biotech to open a hemp gin in Wichita Falls.
Approved $118,220 toward alterations to a hanger to attract an aircraft repair company to Wichita Falls Regional Airport.
Approved spending $133,979 in a matching FAA grant deal to assist Sheppard Air Force Base meet airfield safety needs. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/20/beer-keg-company-may-be-on-tap-for-wichita-falls/65410742007/ | 2022-08-20T17:44:36 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/20/beer-keg-company-may-be-on-tap-for-wichita-falls/65410742007/ |
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Name: Doug Damery
Position: Director of parks and recreation for the Town of Normal
1. What is your role at the Normal Parks and Recreation Department and how did you get there?
I have been the director of parks and recreation for the Town of Normal since November 2016. An Illinois native, I attended Metamora Township High School and graduated from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, as a recreation administration major in 1991. Following that, I served as a graduate assistant in the Office of Intramural and Recreation Sports at Miami University in Ohio. After working for a short time at the world-class facilities of Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis, I moved to municipal recreation as the first recreation coordinator of Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation in Carmel, Indiana.
In 1995, I returned to Illinois as a recreation supervisor at Itasca Park District. In 1999, I took over as superintendent of recreation/operations. I accepted the position of executive director of Washington Park District in Washington, Illinois, in 2003 and spent more than 13 years there before landing in Normal.
2. Normal's aquatic centers close as summer winds down. What goes into opening and closing them for the season?
Anderson Aquatic Center closed Aug. 14. Anderson always closes the Sunday prior to Unit 5’s first day of school. Once school is in session, many patrons and staff also return to school.
However, Fairview Family Aquatic Center remains OPEN with a modified and reduced schedule. Hours are Fridays, 4-7 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays are noon-6 p.m. Fairview’s last day will be Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, from noon-6 p.m. We also open the spray pad at Fairview Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. No admission fee is required. The spray pad does not require staff and is accessible on the west side of the facility.
Much goes into opening and closing the pools. We start recruiting staff, including facility managers, lifeguards, cashiers, concessions, slide dispatchers and tube wranglers, in January. We hire over 200 staff for both facilities. Lifeguards complete intense training in April/May. Park maintenance staff begin preparing the pool for water as soon as the weather allows. This includes evaluating and testing several pumps, sensors, inlets, drains, pipes and filters for each pool basin.
Closing the pools involves draining the water and winterizing everything, which takes several weeks. In the fall, we go through regular repair or replacement of pool mechanical equipment as necessary.
3. Many people may not know Normal has a cricket pitch. How did that come about and is there a league people can watch or join?
Yes, a cricket pitch was installed at the Kelly Detention Basin at 1000 Henry St. I am not sure how it came about, but it is a very popular location and well-used by the Central Illinois Cricket Association. They play matches almost every weekend, April through September, and are also developing a Youth Cricket Academy.
4. What is one thing you wish more people knew about parks and recreation?
The town and the parks and recreation department have consistently and successfully hosted a variety of state, national and even world competitions. These events bring in teams and participants who compete at elite levels and spectators from long distances. Here is a sampling of the type of events the town has hosted:
• International Softball Federation World Fastpitch Championships
• USA Softball 12U division national championship events, receiving the James Farrell Award of Excellence each year
• Exhibition games for Olympic Softball teams
• USA Softball (formerly ASA) state tournaments
• Illinois Elementary School Association state softball tournament and state cross country meets
And Ironwood Golf Course serves as one of five sites for the Youth Classic Golf Tournament, which attracts young golfers from all over the country.
Most recently, the renovated disc golf course at Maxwell Park was one of several sites in Central Illinois that hosted competitors participating in the Professional Disc Golf Association World Masters and Juniors Championship as well as one of the largest professional disc golf events, the Ledgestone Open.
All these events have a tremendous economic impact on the community. Attendees fill hotel rooms and dine and shop during their stay.
5. What do you see as the future of parks and recreation?
Every community is different and needs to adjust to the needs of their community.
Locally, Town of Normal Parks and Recreation continues to adjust to meet the needs of an ever-changing community. The Town of Normal will continue providing quality programs, events, services and facilities that offer opportunities to participate in healthy active lifestyles. This not only improves the quality of life for our residents but also provides a positive economic impact to the community. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/5-questions-with-doug-damery-director-of-normal-parks-and-recreation/article_15c80d36-2016-11ed-9045-6b9fcc9f2957.html | 2022-08-20T17:44:36 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/5-questions-with-doug-damery-director-of-normal-parks-and-recreation/article_15c80d36-2016-11ed-9045-6b9fcc9f2957.html |
BLOOMINGTON — McLean County's household hazardous waste collection scheduled for Sept. 17 has been canceled due to a processing site in Liverpool, Ohio, having insufficient capacity for collections following a June structure fire.
Heritage Environmental, which owns and operates the facility, has ceased collections of many categories of hazardous waste materials until repairs are made, according to a news release from Bloomington-Normal's Ecology Action Center. It is unlikely that the processing facility will be operational until late fall.
Michael Brown, executive director of the Ecology Action Center, said this is the first waste collection event cancellation in Illinois as a result of the facility's temporary closure. He added that because Heritage Environmental is the selected contractor for the state's HHW disposal program, there may not be any alternative disposal opportunities available to residents until the Ohio site is operational.
"We looked at the possibility of another service provider but no one was available on such short notice," Brown said.
Events scheduled in East Moline, Quincy and Springfield for September and October are being rescheduled.
Illinois EPA spokeswoman Kim Biggs said her agency is working with the contractor to evaluate alternatives for disposal. This could include one-day HHW collections planned for the fall or the use of long-term HHW disposal facilities in Chicago, Naperville, Lake County, Rockford and Madison County.
HHW collection events allow residents to safely dispose of materials and chemicals that may be toxic, flammable, corrosive, reactive or explosive. Materials gathered during these events pose a threat to public health or water supplies if they are improperly discarded with nonhazardous trash or dumped down the drain.
This could include harsh chemical cleaners, paints, thinners, antifreeze, weed killers, insecticides and pesticides, and similar hazardous household products.
Since residents may have to hold onto hazardous materials for another year, Brown recommends ensuring that any waste products are well packaged.
For any leaky containers, especially if they have liquid, Brown recommended doubling the containers, making sure one of them has a good lid.
"We're always trying to provide safe opportunities for property disposal," Brown said.
McLean County's collection events are coordinated by the Ecology Action Center with support from the Illinois EPA, City of Bloomington, Town of Normal, McLean County and the Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation District.
To sign up for an email notification list for future household hazardous waste collection events, visit www.ecologyactioncenter.org. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/mclean-co-hazardous-waste-collection-canceled-due-to-ohio-site-fire/article_a366cc30-2003-11ed-8a28-2f4d502c8910.html | 2022-08-20T17:44:42 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/mclean-co-hazardous-waste-collection-canceled-due-to-ohio-site-fire/article_a366cc30-2003-11ed-8a28-2f4d502c8910.html |
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies made an arrest Friday in connection to an attempted armed robbery of an internet café that left a security guard hurt.
Deputies responded to Hot Spot in Dona Vista around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. They learned two men had since entered the business and were confronted by the guard, who was shot by one of the suspects during a physical altercation among them, according to an arrest affidavit.
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The affidavit states deputies followed up on “another internet café robbery also with (two) black male suspects,” obtaining a data extraction of a cell phone that turned up cards belonging to Travontae Harley, 33, of Mount Dora. News 6′s request to clarify if Harley is or is not suspected in more than one robbery was under review by the sheriff’s office at the time of this report.
Friday, around 9:35 p.m., sheriff’s office street crimes personnel executed a traffic stop on a vehicle Harley was inside, taking him into custody. A search of the car netted a Wawa receipt dated to approximately three hours before the robbery attempt at Hot Spot, during which deputies said Harley and an unknown man were recorded on surveillance cameras at the store.
The arresting officers recommended charges of robbery with a firearm and attempted murder while engaged in a robbery, the affidavit states. Arrest records show Harley now faces those charges, with a court date set for Sept. 12.
The September court date also concerns charges of providing false info to a law enforcement officer and possession of a controlled substance (amphetamine). Harley remained jailed Saturday on $78,000 bond, records show.
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On Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott signaled support for a years-long call by women's health care advocates to remove taxes on menstrual products like like tampons, sanitary pads and pantyliners. His statement comes after Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and state Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, voiced their support from eliminating the "tampon tax" on Thursday.
Hegar and Huffman said they’d support efforts in next year’s legislative session to make such products nontaxable.
Other health care necessities, such as medicine and bandages, are exempt from sales tax in Texas. Advocates have called for the repeal of the tax, arguing that menstrual products should be classified as “wound care dressings,” which prevent bacterial infections and “maintain a moist or dry wound environment.” Given that wound dressings like Band-Aids are exempt from sales tax, supporters of repealing the sales tax on menstrual products argue that taxing them discriminates on the basis of sex.
Menstrual products are already tax-free in 24 states. Texas is among those states where consumers still pay tax on those products.
Previous attempts to repeal the sales tax in Texas have failed and will likely face more hurdles during next year’s legislative session. Proposals to eliminate the sales tax on menstrual products, spearheaded by state Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, have come before the legislature every session since 2017. None of those bills have made it to the governor's desk.
If next session's legislation reaches Abbott's desk, he would support eliminating the tax.
“Governor Abbott fully supports exempting feminine hygiene products from state and local sales tax,” Renae Eze, a spokesperson for the governor, told The Texas Tribune in a statement on Friday. “These are essential products for women’s health and quality of life, and the Governor looks forward to working with the legislature in the next session to remove this tax burden on Texas women.”
But Huffman’s support of the measure as the chair of the Senate Finance Committee —that branch’s budget chief — is notable. The 2017 bill to remove the feminine hygiene tax died in that committee.
“Every woman knows that these products are not optional. They are essential to our health and well-being and should be tax-exempt,” she said in a press release Thursday announcing her support.
Hegar pointed to Texas’ strong economy and state revenues in explaining his support for the tax repeal. Given increasing prices and inflation, Hegar said the opportunity to exempt these products from taxation is a critical need for Texans.
“Texas can absorb this lost revenue easily, but for countless Texas women, this will mean significant savings in their personal budgets over time,” Hegar said in a press release. “This is a small amount of money relative to the overall revenue outlook for Texas.”
Hegar’s latest revenue estimate for the next two years, beginning mid-July, projects Texas will generate $27 billion. The sales tax revenue on menstrual supplies over the next two years would represent about 0.1% of that amount.
In Texas and across the country, institutions are working to improve greater access to menstrual products. Over the summer, the Austin Independent School District spent over $150,000 to provide free menstrual products to students in bathrooms.
This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-tampon-tax-repeal-efforts/285-6c0ae333-aacf-46ed-89aa-58669ee89d6b | 2022-08-20T17:48:02 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-tampon-tax-repeal-efforts/285-6c0ae333-aacf-46ed-89aa-58669ee89d6b |
SAN ANTONIO — A woman is injured after she was hit by a car while trying to cross Culebra Road early Saturday morning, officials said.
San Antonio Police and the San Antonio Fire Department responded to the 1400 block of Culebra for the crash.
Police said a woman was trying to cross Culebra Road when she was struck by a vehicle. Witnesses told police that they saw a vehicle swerve to avoid hitting the woman, however another vehicle was unable to avoid hitting the woman.
After hitting her, that driver sped off. The victim was taken to University Hospital in critical condition and police say they are working to get a description of the vehicle. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/woman-injured-after-being-hit-by-car-news/273-671017c3-8ea8-4fd0-bc84-947157f908b1 | 2022-08-20T17:48:08 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/woman-injured-after-being-hit-by-car-news/273-671017c3-8ea8-4fd0-bc84-947157f908b1 |
Companies in Fairborn and Beavercreek will have a share in a hefty, nearly $5 billion Department of Defense contract serving the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Altamira Technologies Corp. of Fairborn; Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc. of Beavercreek; Radiance Technologies, in Huntsville, Ala. — a company that also has Beavercreek offices — and two Virginia companies have been awarded a $4.79 billion multiple award contract to support NASIC, the DOD said.
The companies will serve NASIC’s requirements for “research, development, and sustainment of new and existing hardware, systems, and software capabilities enabling scientific and technical intelligence production for the Air Force, Department of Defense (DOD), and national-level intelligence efforts,” the Pentagon said in a contract announcement Friday.
Additionally, this contract involves the production of technical intelligence through collection, analysis, planning, processing, dissemination, archiving and more for NASIC, the Air Force, DOD and national-level intelligence efforts, the DOD also said.
Work will primarily happen in Dayton and is expected to be complete by Aug. 22, 2033.
“Anything that’s near a billion, that has a ‘B’ on it, is going to have a community impact. And it’s going to get a lot of attention from all over the nation,” Jeff Graley, president of Dayton defense contractor and software creator Mile 2, told the Dayton Daily News last year, when discussing the contract.
This award is the result of a competitive acquisition, the solicitation was posted on SAM.gov and 10 offers were received, the DOD noted.
The contract came from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson.
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Oil and gas prices continued their decline this week with regular gas hitting $3.93 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA. Crude is trading at roughly $91 per barrel. Gas prices have fallen every day for the last nine weeks and crude oil has fallen by 30% in roughly that same period.
Prices could decline further if Iran agrees to the restoration of a 2015 nuclear deal. The deal would, among other things, lift sanctions against Iran’s energy sector, infusing the global oil market with 1 million more barrels of crude a day.
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Charleston, WV metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of Aug. 19, 2022. State gas tax data is from World Population Review. Connecticut and New York have temporarily suspended gas taxes to help consumers while the cost of gas has increased.
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Charleston, West Virginia by the numbers
– Gas current price: $3.98
— West Virginia average: $3.92
— West Virginia gas tax: $0.36 per gallon (#11 highest among all states)
– Week change: -$0.14 (-3.4%)
– Year change: +$0.92 (+30.1%)
– Historical expensive gas price: $4.99 (6/15/22)
– Diesel current price: $5.17
– Week change: -$0.11 (-2.0%)
– Year change: +$1.95 (+60.4%)
– Historical expensive diesel price: $6.05 (6/20/22)
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#3. Virginia: $0.162 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-charleston-west-virginia-in-the-last-week-4/ | 2022-08-20T17:56:08 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-charleston-west-virginia-in-the-last-week-4/ |
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK)—Deputies are investigating after a body was found in the Cross Lanes area on Friday.
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office says that they were dispatched to the 5000 block of Saulton Dr. for a well-being check.
There, they found a deceased person. The body was sent to the medical examiner’s office to determine the cause of death.
No other details are being released at this time. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/kanawha-county-deputies-investigate-body-found-in-cross-lanes/ | 2022-08-20T17:56:14 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/kanawha-county-deputies-investigate-body-found-in-cross-lanes/ |
Ellis County officials announce that 39-year-old Jon Russell Whitson, of Waxahachie, has been sentenced to a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for the promotion of child pornography.
Whitson was also convicted of ten counts of Possession of Child Pornography.
On Thursday, May 5, Instagram flagged Whitson's account and sent a cyber tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding an image of child pornography, along with a video that Whitson shared. Instagram disabled the account but Whitson created a new one within a month.
The information regarding the tip was sent to the Waxahachie Police Department a few weeks later and they began an investigation.
The Waxahachie Police Department served a search warrant on August 18 to Whitson's resident, where investigators seized his phone for subsequent forensic testing and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations Division conducted the data extraction of Whitson's phone.
According to Ellis County officials, the phone contained several images and videos of the sexual abuse of children. Due to graphic nature, only a few of those videos and images were shown to the jury.
The judge determined that Whitson would serve the 20-year sentence, followed by an additional 2-year sentence assessed by the jury.
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District Attorney Ann Montgomery says her office will prosecute anyone who would promote or profit from child pornography.
"Each image of child sexual abuse represents a real child who was victimized. This child continues to be victimized every time an offender downloads, possesses, and trades these horrendous and vile images."
After Whitson is released from prison, he will be placed on community supervision to serve out the rest of his sentence. He will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
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According to numbers recently released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas added 80,300 jobs in July.
The Texas Employment Forecast estimates show that there will be a 5.2 percent increase in jobs in 2022, with an 80 percent confidence band of 4.5 to 5.8 percent. This estimate is higher than last month's projection of 4.5 percent.
"Texas employment continued to grow at a very strong rate, only moderating slightly from June's pace and bringing year-to-date job growth to a very robust 6.1 percent," said Christopher Slijk, Dallas Fed associate economist. "Expansion in July continued to be broad-based across industries and major metro areas, with Fort Worth and Austin leading growth in the state. However, we expect employment for the remainder of the year to decelerate to under 4 percent as forward-looking indicators for production and hiring point to a slowing in the state economy."
Additional key takeaways from the latest Dallas Fed report:
- The forecast suggests that 674,200 jobs will be added in the state this year, and employment in December 2022 will be 13.7 million
- Texas employment grew an annualized 7.4 percent in July after increasing a revised 8.2 percent in June.
- Among Texas' major metro areas, unemployment rates in July increased in San Antonio, New Braunfels, Dallas, Plano, and Irving, according to seasonally adjusted numbers from the Dallas Fed.
- The unemployment rate decreased in McAllen, Edinburg, and Mission and remained unchanged in Houston, The Woodlands, Sugar Land; Austin and Round Rock; El Paso, Fort Worth and Arlington, Brownsville, Harlingen, and Laredo.
- The Texas unemployment rate declined from 4.1 percent in June to 4.0 percent in July.
- Additional information about the Texas Employment Forecast, plus seasonally adjusted and benchmarked Texas jobs data and metro unemployment rates may be found on DallasFed.org.
Texas added a revised 87,700 jobs in June. In total, the state has added 460,000 jobs year-to-date.
For additional information about the Texas Employment Forecast, visit DallasFed.org. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/federal-reserve-bank-of-dallas-texas-added-80300-jobs-in-july/3053230/ | 2022-08-20T18:09:42 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/federal-reserve-bank-of-dallas-texas-added-80300-jobs-in-july/3053230/ |
ATLANTA — A congressional report examining evictions during the pandemic highlights how larger, corporate landlords were responsible for a staggering proportion of evictions that occurred in metro Atlanta despite a CDC moratorium that was introduced at the beginning of the pandemic.
The report was issued last month by the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.
It mentions Atlanta specifically as a market where large landlord operators flouted the CDC moratorium on evictions. It describes the "machine-like eviction filing system" that one company operating predominantly around Atlanta, Ventron, employed.
The report - titled "Examining Pandemic Evictions: A Report on Abuses by Four Corporate Landlords During the Coronavirus Crisis" - defines such larger corporate landlords as those with more than 1,000 units in their holdings.
It says such landlords were responsible for "as much as 80% in the Atlanta area... of all pandemic eviction filings following the issuance of the CDC eviction moratorium."
That was according to data from April 2021 - the moratorium remained in place for more than a year, until a Supreme Court ruling that ended it in August 2021.
That 80% figure is significantly disproportionate to the actual ownership rates of these large landlords - "half of all rental units units in the United States are owned by individuals (who generally only own one or two properties)," the report notes.
In Atlanta, the report highlighted Ventron Management. The report notes the company has 8,000 apartments across 26 properties in Georgia, Florida and Alabama, with most located in metro Atlanta.
Between March 2020 and July 2021, according to the report, Ventron filed 4,401 eviction actions.
Ventron, along with two companies, engaged in eviction filing practices that were described as "concerning even if not unlawful."
The thresholds for eviction Ventron and another company used were described as "very low, with more than 90% of Ventron's eviction filings involving tenants who were only one month behind on rent."
"Even as state and local governments worked to set up emergency programs to distribute $46 billion in federal rental assistance funds, these companies continued to file thousands of eviction actions," the report states.
As a Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta report from last year noted, these evictions often fell on Black neighborhoods or other neighborhoods where people of color were in the majority.
That report found the census tracts with the highest eviction filing rates in Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton counties from April-mid September 2020, all were at least 77% composed of Black, Indigenous or other people of color (BIPOC) residents. That figure was more than 90% in seven of those census tracts.
The companies in some cases actively worked against residents even if they had applied for rental assistance.
In the case of Ventron and two other companies, "each had a policy or practice of filing eviction actions on tenants that had pending rental assistance applications."
These policies were pursued even as the companies themselves received millions in federal pandemic aid money. The report states Ventron took a $2.57 million Paycheck Protection Program loan in April 2020 - with the government eventually forgiving $2.51 million of it.
"These companies’ policies and practices of not accepting rental assistance in some situations or filing eviction actions against tenants with pending rental assistance applications were not unlawful, but their actions put many tenants at risk of homelessness weeks or months before they may have obtained assistance that may have kept them in their homes," the report states.
In many cases, while the CDC moratorium did not ban all evictions the aggressive eviction practices of Ventron and three other companies resulted in "eviction cases against many tenants who almost certainly" met the criteria for protection from eviction.
That resulted in those residents being put at "risk of losing their housing, particularly if they did not understand available protections or did not have access to counsel."
The report also highlights the "evident glee" some companies carried out their eviction practices with.
It states an executive with Siegel, which operates primarily in Nevada and Arizona, directed property managers to use a legal order to "bluff people" out of their homes.
One manager responded that he "loved getting to say that this means the eviction may happen sooner than expected and seeing the look on their faces."
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Kenosha County Parks' scheduled "Picnic in the Park" celebration Saturday in Petrifying Springs Park has been postponed due to the possibility of poor weather.
Concerns that those attending would have shelter from a possible thunderstorm led to the decision.
County officials said the free event, featuring music, kids' activities, food trucks and fireworks, has a rain date planned to hold it on Saturday, Aug. 27, but specific details for the rescheduled event are still being worked out.
Details of the rescheduled event will be released next week.
UPDATED: IN PHOTOS: Images from the 2022 Kenosha County Fair
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Maggie Massey, 2, of Atlanta, enjoys a ride in the midway at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. The merry-go-round-style ride was the first carnival ride Massey had ever been on.
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Fair-goers cheer as ducks race around a track at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Friday.
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Jeff Beal, of The Real Beal's One Man Band, plays multiple instruments as he sings at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Friday.
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Fair-goers enjoy rides in the midway at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Friday.
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Liv Olandese, 7, left, her sister, Murphy, 5, right, and Michael Alberts, 17, handle chicks at the Discover Barnyard at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Friday.
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Shane Hansen jumps from 65-feet in the air in front of a crowd during the Rock-N-Circus show at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Friday.
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Friday at the fair
Haley Curran, of Kenosha, pulls her son, Griffin, 1, along in a wagon in the parade.
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Friday at the fair
Papa Ron Rieter shows off his inflatable pig costume as he and Vivienne Seaburg, 6, Brennan Seaburg, 2 and Amy Gibbs walk alongside their parade float during the Kenosha County Fair Children’s Parade on Friday morning on the grounds in Wilmot.
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Friday at the fair
Logan Feivor, 4, pedals as fast as he can in his first children’s pedal tractor pull event at the Kenosha County Fair.
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Friday at the fair
Sean and Carri Johnson push their chicken coop float with their grandkids inside in the parade.
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Friday at the fair
Rebekah Pflueger, left, and Mary Taylor, right, pose with Levi Pflueger-beal, age 2, in the center. Levi is dressed as Doug from the Liberty Mutual commercial.
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Friday at the fair
Stephen Vagnini pushed a stroller with 3-week-old Elijah Vagnini and a prop of Cousin Itt from the Addams Family, as Lisa Floeter, right, and Olivia Floeter, age 9, dressed as Wednesday Adams, walk alongside in the parade.
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Friday at the Fair
Alphie, 10, Isaac, 5, Kolbe, 4, and Max, 2, McDonald show off their Pac-Man-inspired costumes in the children’s parade.
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Caden Warren, 17, shows his crossbreed pig at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
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Molly Schwertfeger, 16, shows her crossbreed pig at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
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Jalyn Warren, 17, center, shows her crossbreed pig at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
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Visitors make their way through the grounds at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
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Jimmy Storck makes bubbles of all sizes for children at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
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harper Calcagno, 5, hits the sky while doing the Xtreme Jump at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
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Caden Warren, 17, left, gets a hug from his sister Jalyn, 19, after his crossbreed pig was named the overall grand champion of the junior swine show at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
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Young farmers show their crossbreed pigs at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
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Max Marquardt, 8, gets help from his mom, Christie, with getting onto a 1956 J.I. Case Model 400 tractor at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Wednesday.
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Sheep show at Kenosha County fair
The judge of the sheep show examines the sheep while the contestants brace them.
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Sheep show at Kenosha County Fair
Sheep are braced by competitors Thursday in the Kenosha County Fair Sheep Show for the judge to examine.
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Sheep show at Kenosha County Fair
Competitors line up their sheep as they wait for the judge to choose the champion market lamb.
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Combine demolition derby
Combines push and shove each other at the demolition derby at the Kenosha County Fair on Thursday evening.
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Truck pulls
Trucks compete in different categories during the truck pulling competition at the Kenosha County Fair.
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Tractor pulls
Like the trucks, tractors competed in different categories during the tractor pulls at the Kenosha County Fair on Thursday evening at the grounds in Wilmot.
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Chase Lois, 14, calms his steer as he competes for grand champion in the junior division at the Kenosha County Fair Beef Show in Wilmot on Thursday.
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Hailey Harpster, 15, center, shakes hands with judge Kyle Adams after her steer is named grand champion in the junior division at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Thursday.
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Hailey Harpster, 15, shows her steer while competing for the title of grand champion in the junior division at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Thursday.
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Hailey Harpster, 15, smiles after her steer was named the grand champion in the junior division at the Kenosha County Fair Beef Show in Wilmot on Thursday.
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Nick Datillo, of Kenosha, leads a group of kids in dance during his show, “Nick’s Kids Show” at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Thursday. Datillo has been performing at the Kenosha County Fair for 30 years.
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Madison Bell, 6, runs into her twin brother, Timothy, as they skirt across the water in inflatable balls at the S.E.A. Hunter game booth at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on Thursday.
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A shooting early Saturday at the 6800 block of 23rd Avenue, near the Las Margaritas bar, left three people injured, including two hospitalized in serious condition.
According a Kenosha Police Department release, a 31-year-old man is in custody, and all four people involved reportedly know each other. The shooting reportedly stemmed from a fight at a nearby bar.
Police indicated it occurred at 1:45 a.m. Saturday.
Residents who were awakened by the shooting and subsequent police response said they found a woman who had been shot sitting on the sidewalk.
At least two vehicles were struck by bullets.
The street was closed off until about 6:30 a.m. At 8:55 a.m., the final police cruiser left, after officers returned from canvassing residents' backyards. It’s uncertain at this time what they were searching for.
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One resident said they caught someone possibly involved in the shooting running through their backyard on a security camera, although it was unclear if it was a victim or the shooter.
The two victims in serious condition remain hospitalized, while the third was treated and released.
Cooperation is minimal from those involved according to the police release, and while the suspect is in custody the police are requesting the public’s help to piece together the events leading up to the shooting. Anyone with information can contact detectives at 262-605-5203, or Crime Stoppers at 262-656-7333.
“We need the community to step up and talk to police … very few people who illegally possess a gun keep it a secret,” the department stated. “Every victim of senseless shootings is cared for by someone. Tell us for the people that care.”
The case remains under investigation.
Mugshots: Racine County criminal complaints, Aug. 16, 2022
Today's mugshots: Aug. 16
These are images of people charged with a crime in Racine County. Booking photos are provided by Racine County law enforcement officials. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.
Mitaiya A. Watkins
Mitaiya A. Watkins, Waldo, Wisconsin, possession of a controlled substance, possession of THC, possession of a drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor bail jumping, failure to install ignition interlock device, operate motor vehicle while revoked.
Chad P. McCloskey
Chad P. McCloskey, 3400 block of 5th Avenue, Racine, possession with intent to deliver cocaine (between 15-40 grams), possession with intent to deliver schedule IV drugs, possession of narcotic drugs, maintaining a drug trafficking place, misdemeanor bail jumping, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Paul D. Horne
Paul D. Horne, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, felony bail jumping.
Cameron L. Holbrook
Cameron L. Holbrook, 1100 block of Reschke Avenue, Racine, misdemeanor retail theft (intentionally take less than or equal to $500), misdemeanor bail jumping, felony bail jumping.
Monique L. Valentine
Monique L. Valentine, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, obstructing an officer, misdemeanor bail jumping.
John K. Moore
John K. Moore, 4500 block of Taylor Avenue, Racine, possession of THC, misdemeanor bail jumping, disorderly conduct (use of a dangerous weapon).
Eric Jeremy Brannon
Eric Jeremy Brannon, 2000 block of DeKoven Avenue, Racine, criminal damage to property (domestic abuse assessments), disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments), misdemeanor bail jumping (domestic abuse assessments).
Marell D. Lacey
Marell D. Lacey, 1400 block of Carlton Drive, Racine, attempting to flee or elude an officer, possession with intent to deliver/distribute/manufacture THC (less than or equal to 200 grams), possession of drug paraphernalia. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/one-in-custody-after-23rd-avenue-shooting-early-saturday-morning-that-left-three-injured-including/article_9bc05bba-20a1-11ed-93df-6f9a0dbf75ff.html | 2022-08-20T18:21:46 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/one-in-custody-after-23rd-avenue-shooting-early-saturday-morning-that-left-three-injured-including/article_9bc05bba-20a1-11ed-93df-6f9a0dbf75ff.html |
Just the name Harley-Davidson brings out some sort of emotion in many people – excitement, joy, fear. There is just something about Harleys that make them stand out.
For some, owning and riding one is more than transportation, more than fun, more than excitement. For some, it’s a way of life.
Last weekend, that was evident across the region as more than 200 Harley enthusiasts came to Coos Bay for the Central Coast Rally, giving Harley lovers from throughout Oregon and opportunity to visit, celebrate and ride together.
The highlight of the three-day rally at The Mill Casino was when one lucky rider won a brand-new Harley XL 1200NS, but winning a new bike was not the goal for many.
Hawk Camacho came down for Canyonville to take part in the rally, his first rally in Oregon. He said he has ridden a Harley for eight years and has attended rallies in Texas and biggest of all in Sturgis, S.D.
So, what is that makes a Harley special to him?
“The sound,” he said instantly, “and the ride. You’re buying into the name. You’re keeping the Harley-Davidson name going.”
He said he enjoys attending rallies to spend time with others and to explore new areas.
“When you do the Poker Run, you learn the area. I saw a nice beach I didn’t know was there,” he said.
Alex Glover for Portland came to Coos Bay, saying spending a few days away from work and with other Harley riders is always fun.
“Being with other riders, being in beautiful weather, being able to ride all weekend and get away from jobs and have fun,” he said about why he attended the rally. “I’m going to get a good sunburn and hangover, maybe gamble a little bit and make some money.”
So why does Glover love the Harley?
Harleys just have more character than a lot of other bikes,” he said. “There’s an irreplaceable feeling riding a Harley.”
That feeling is something Josh Frecrksen understands well after nine years of riding a Harley. Frecrksen didn’t have to go far to attend since it was held in his hometown, but the said he enjoys rallies due to the camaraderie and joint interest among attendees.
So what is it about the Harley that speaks to Frecrksen?
“Freedom,” he said. “It just relaxing when you’re out there riding. Even though you may have 30 or 40 other guys around you, you’re alone.”
Frecrksen was one of the first riders to finish the Poker Run, and he said it was an enjoyable time among friends.
“You spend more time waiving at other riders than you do anything else,” he said. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/harley-lovers-unite-in-north-bend/article_2675fada-1e68-11ed-abfe-936959d63666.html | 2022-08-20T18:22:24 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/harley-lovers-unite-in-north-bend/article_2675fada-1e68-11ed-abfe-936959d63666.html |
Last year was the best year ever for Nebraska startups in terms of money raised from investors, with 40 deals that injected more than $300 million into these growing companies.
And according to Invest Nebraska, a public-private partnership that invests in and mentors startup firms, that pushed total venture capital raised in the state past the $1 billion mark over the past decade.
Invest Nebraska recently released a report analyzing where that money came from and what companies it went to.
There were a few notable points from the report that stood out.
One is that the vast majority of the deals are small investments that come at the pre-seed and seed stages. Of 269 total deals over the past decade, 201 were of the early-stage variety.
Of course, those deals only totaled about $158 million, or less than 16% of all the money raised. The 68 later-stage deals were worth $843 million. And the 22 Series B deals, which were for companies that have proven market demand and substantial sales, garnered nearly $537 million.
Another interesting tidbit from the report is the types of companies that get the most deals and the most money. Business-to-business software companies had the most deals, with 101. On the other hand, the hardware, robotics and advanced manufacturing category had the fewest deals, 12, but got the most money, $328.6 million.
One final interesting bit of information from the report: There have been 138 firms that have invested in Nebraska startups over the past decade. Of those, only 12 are based in Nebraska and only 14 others are even based in the Midwest. That means more than 90% of the companies investing in Nebraska startups are from outside Nebraska, and about 80% are from outside the Midwest.
Lincoln startup ranking down All that venture capital momentum did not help Lincoln when it comes to how its startup ecosystem ranks compared with other Midwest cities.
The city dropped two spots to No. 21 in the 2022 Best of the Midwest: Startup Cities Rankings, which are put together by Victor Gutwein, founder and managing partner of venture capital firm M25.
It's not really clear from the data why Lincoln saw it's rank decline, but I will note that a number of other Midwest university towns, including Fargo, North Dakota; Champaign, Illinois; and Ames and Iowa City in Iowa saw much larger drops.
Lincoln continues to rank highly among cities of a similar size, beating Des Moines, Sioux Falls, Wichita and Cedar Rapids, while trailing Madison, Wisconsin; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and South Bend, Indiana.
You can see the full report at: tinyurl.com/2prh5y92 .
More cheap broadband in the Cornhusker State? Nebraska already has fast and relatively cheap broadband internet. In fact, a recent report from Uswitch found that the state has the second-cheapest broadband in the country when measured by price per megabits per second.
The report said Nebraskans pay 6 cents for each megabit of speed on average, a rate eclipsed only by California, where residents pay 4 cents per megabit.
I'm guessing a lot of that has to do with the expansion of Allo, which is now in dozens of cities large and small around the state. The company has provided competition to larger, more-entrenched providers, which has forced them to upgrade their services and get more aggressive with pricing.
But now Allo itself could face some stiff competition from a company with some of the deepest pockets in the world.
Google Fiber announced earlier this month that it will expand into five states, including Nebraska.
In an Aug. 10 blog post , Google Fiber CEO Dinni Jain said the company has been "talking to city leaders" in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Idaho.
Only Arizona so far has a publicly identified city (Mesa) and timeline (work started in July).
Jain did say in his blog post that the five states, "will be the main focus for our growth for the next several years."
A follow-up email to Google Fiber's media representative got me exactly zero additional information. If I had to guess, I'd say it's probably Omaha or an Omaha suburb such as Bellevue that Google is targeting, but I guess we'll just have to wait to find out.
Listing the lists Regular readers of this column know I like to end it with a rundown of recent rankings of Lincoln and/or Nebraska in national reports. The latest:
* Fifth-best city for renters (WalletHub )
* State with the third-lowest energy costs (WalletHub )
* State with the 11th lowest credit card debt (WalletHub )
Lowest-paying jobs in Lincoln
Lowest-paying jobs in Lincoln
The U.S. may be one of the wealthiest countries in the world but there’s a growing trend of financial inequality, with middle-class households feeling the most impact. In fact, the number of adults who live in middle-class households dropped from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021, according to an April 2022 analysis from Pew Research Center. On the other hand, the upper-income level rose from 14% to 21%. The declining middle class in the U.S. can be attributed to various factors including a decrease in unions and manufacturing jobs and an increased need for college-educated, tech-savvy employees.
The COVID-19 pandemic also played a major role in exposing the harsh financial gap as those who fell under the middle- and upper-income brackets were able to keep their jobs and/or work remotely. At the start of the pandemic in the U.S., workers who fell under the lower-income tier found themselves unemployed or having to be out of work, even if temporarily, as their place of employment was closed.
Those who worked in the leisure and hospitality industries were hit the hardest financially. In December 2020, employment in the hospitality industry was down by 23% compared to pre-pandemic levels in February 2020, an unemployment rate that surpassed other industries. Service employees such as housekeepers, food preparation workers, kitchen cooks, automobile glass installers, and animal caretakers were some of the lowest-paying jobs in the nation .
Stacker compiled a list of the lowest-paying jobs in Lincoln, NE, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by average annual salary with information up to date as of May 2021.
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#50. Nursing assistants
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $32,350
- #165 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,290
National
- Annual mean salary: $33,250
- Employment: 1,314,830
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($47,690)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($47,500)
--- Salinas, CA ($44,210)
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#49. Cooks, restaurant
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $32,140
- #108 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 640
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,630
- Employment: 1,193,860
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($43,900)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($43,380)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($41,690)
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#48. Funeral attendants
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $31,900
- #41 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,630
- Employment: 32,490
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($45,440)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($45,270)
--- Trenton, NJ ($43,730)
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#47. Social and human service assistants
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $31,750
- #341 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320
National
- Annual mean salary: $40,460
- Employment: 398,380
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($56,140)
--- Danbury, CT ($54,870)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($54,590)
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#46. Receptionists and information clerks
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $31,670
- #151 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,050
National
- Annual mean salary: $32,910
- Employment: 983,150
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($45,080)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($44,680)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($41,290)
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#45. Bakers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $31,590
- #136 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200
National
- Annual mean salary: $32,300
- Employment: 181,800
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($41,850)
--- Chattanooga, TN-GA ($41,660)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($41,160)
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#44. Automotive and watercraft service attendants
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $31,440
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $29,960
- Employment: 111,480
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($50,340)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($41,840)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($39,120)
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#43. Cooks, institution and cafeteria
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $30,900
- #174 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,520
- Employment: 392,860
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($48,130)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($47,400)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($47,000)
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#42. Switchboard operators, including answering service
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $30,580
- #130 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $34,590
- Employment: 48,190
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($51,610)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($51,250)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($47,440)
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#41. Demonstrators and product promoters
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $30,540
- #98 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $36,990
- Employment: 40,680
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($64,820)
--- Boulder, CO ($51,470)
--- Prescott, AZ ($47,200)
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#40. Floral designers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $30,390
- #114 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110
National
- Annual mean salary: $32,100
- Employment: 36,000
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New Haven, CT ($44,600)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($43,780)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($43,120)
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#39. Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $30,320
- #141 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550
National
- Annual mean salary: $30,550
- Employment: 351,960
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($40,840)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($38,980)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($38,780)
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#38. Tire repairers and changers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $29,670
- #229 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150
National
- Annual mean salary: $32,520
- Employment: 93,180
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($44,520)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($43,520)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($43,370)
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#37. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $29,650
- #202 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,440
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,860
- Employment: 2,036,680
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($42,030)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($41,240)
--- Barnstable Town, MA ($41,150)
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#36. Dietetic technicians
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $29,490
- #76 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $34,160
- Employment: 21,610
- Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($55,550)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($52,700)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($48,370)
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#35. Stockers and order fillers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $29,390
- #283 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,100
National
- Annual mean salary: $33,020
- Employment: 2,451,430
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($42,240)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($41,960)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($40,620)
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#33 (tie). Sewing machine operators
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $29,280
- #157 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $30,880
- Employment: 116,220
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Appleton, WI ($43,060)
--- Glens Falls, NY ($42,270)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($40,660)
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#33 (tie). Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $29,280
- #158 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,780
- Employment: 98,970
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Ames, IA ($44,000)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($43,680)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($41,920)
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#32. Animal caretakers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $29,210
- #120 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280
National
- Annual mean salary: $29,520
- Employment: 225,680
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($40,460)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($39,720)
--- Salinas, CA ($37,420)
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#31. Shuttle drivers and chauffeurs
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $29,200
- #167 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210
National
- Annual mean salary: $32,570
- Employment: 175,660
- Entry level education requirements: not available
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($43,740)
--- Napa, CA ($42,730)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($42,000)
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#30. Retail salespersons
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $28,970
- #270 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,020
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,920
- Employment: 3,693,490
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($41,150)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($41,150)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($38,790)
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#29. Food preparation workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $28,820
- #124 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,080
National
- Annual mean salary: $28,810
- Employment: 783,350
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($39,950)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($39,230)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($38,340)
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#28. Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $28,460
- #132 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 860
National
- Annual mean salary: $29,580
- Employment: 723,430
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($45,430)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($44,940)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($44,580)
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#27. Cooks, short order
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $28,380
- #92 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300
National
- Annual mean salary: $28,110
- Employment: 124,800
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($39,670)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($38,060)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($37,940)
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#26. Counter and rental clerks
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $28,250
- #360 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 670
National
- Annual mean salary: $36,170
- Employment: 371,620
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($48,760)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($47,080)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($45,760)
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#25. Packers and packagers, hand
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $28,110
- #230 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 560
National
- Annual mean salary: $30,950
- Employment: 585,270
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($38,960)
--- Rome, GA ($38,830)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($38,460)
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#24. Recreation workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $28,070
- #274 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360
National
- Annual mean salary: $32,020
- Employment: 264,020
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($50,710)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($45,730)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($44,200)
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#22 (tie). Food servers, nonrestaurant
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $27,500
- #150 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 960
National
- Annual mean salary: $29,500
- Employment: 243,030
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Napa, CA ($46,270)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($43,930)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($43,400)
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#22 (tie). Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $27,500
- #140 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200
National
- Annual mean salary: $27,830
- Employment: 157,400
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($38,740)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($38,290)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($35,690)
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#21. Couriers and messengers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $27,020
- #200 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150
National
- Annual mean salary: $34,270
- Employment: 68,310
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($43,430)
--- Modesto, CA ($42,550)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($42,220)
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#20. Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $26,990
- #136 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280
National
- Annual mean salary: $28,040
- Employment: 220,380
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($52,150)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($48,900)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($39,910)
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#19. Driver/sales workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $26,930
- #308 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 850
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,970
- Employment: 477,020
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bismarck, ND ($48,560)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($46,390)
--- Fargo, ND-MN ($46,360)
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#18. Choreographers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $26,500
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $49,630
- Employment: 3,990
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($94,910)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($79,760)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($63,250)
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#17. Pharmacy aides
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $25,850
- #138 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $34,560
- Employment: 43,560
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($59,160)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($57,630)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($56,450)
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#16. Physical therapist aides
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $25,830
- #142 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $30,370
- Employment: 42,390
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($45,060)
--- Jackson, MS ($42,210)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($40,510)
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#15. Childcare workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $25,750
- #161 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,600
National
- Annual mean salary: $27,680
- Employment: 438,520
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($39,390)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($39,120)
--- Napa, CA ($36,850)
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#14. Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $25,730
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,390
- Employment: 54,970
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Charlottesville, VA ($48,540)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($39,670)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($37,140)
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#13. Cashiers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $25,720
- #147 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,220
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,780
- Employment: 3,335,170
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($37,860)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($36,910)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($35,400)
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#12. Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $25,640
- #141 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160
National
- Annual mean salary: $27,690
- Employment: 336,970
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($38,490)
--- Ithaca, NY ($38,170)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($37,910)
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#11. Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $25,290
- #76 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $28,110
- Employment: 26,910
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($39,040)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($37,370)
--- Springfield, MA-CT ($36,530)
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#10. Fast food and counter workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $24,920
- #134 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,930
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,060
- Employment: 3,095,120
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($37,090)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($36,360)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($34,240)
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#9. Parking attendants
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $24,720
- #130 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $29,210
- Employment: 91,160
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($38,920)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($37,670)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($35,420)
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#8. Cooks, fast food
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $24,660
- #130 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 760
National
- Annual mean salary: $25,490
- Employment: 768,130
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($36,820)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($36,640)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($35,040)
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#7. Bartenders
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $24,530
- #285 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 670
National
- Annual mean salary: $30,340
- Employment: 485,330
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($50,180)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($47,820)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($47,440)
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#6. Telemarketers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $24,140
- #112 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440
National
- Annual mean salary: $30,670
- Employment: 115,130
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($63,030)
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($49,120)
--- New Haven, CT ($48,680)
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#5. Dishwashers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $23,920
- #214 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350
National
- Annual mean salary: $27,350
- Employment: 377,040
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($37,560)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($37,200)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($36,440)
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#4. Amusement and recreation attendants
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $23,770
- #177 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,030
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,110
- Employment: 262,170
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($37,560)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($36,800)
--- Anchorage, AK ($36,020)
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#3. Waiters and waitresses
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $23,140
- #289 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,980
National
- Annual mean salary: $29,010
- Employment: 1,804,030
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Glens Falls, NY ($47,570)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($47,080)
--- Ithaca, NY ($44,970)
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#2. Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $23,070
- #156 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $27,320
- Employment: 114,320
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($43,930)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($38,420)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($37,930)
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#1. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
Lincoln, NE
- Annual mean salary: $22,640
- #229 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300
National
- Annual mean salary: $26,000
- Employment: 324,690
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($37,560)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($37,060)
--- Madera, CA ($36,490)
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Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state.
New positive cases: 1,947
New deaths: 10
Total positive cases: 2,259,457
Total number of deaths: 31,357
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,188,277
Rate of transmission: 0.89
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 63,654 cases, 974 deaths, 381,651 doses administered
Cape May: 12,679 cases, 269 deaths, 134,697 doses administered
Cumberland: 37,830 cases, 584 deaths, 187,458 doses administered
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Ocean: 153,659 cases, 2,899 deaths, 704,781 doses administered
Source: N.J. Department of Health
Figures as of 1 p.m. Aug. 20 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-1-900-new-covid-19-cases-10-new-deaths/article_c8c62926-20ad-11ed-ae79-ffaab094ff8d.html | 2022-08-20T18:40:22 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-1-900-new-covid-19-cases-10-new-deaths/article_c8c62926-20ad-11ed-ae79-ffaab094ff8d.html |
WATERLOO — The Waterloo Public Library announces upcoming events:
- Monday 5-7 p.m. – Hive main room: Pride Buttons Drop-in. Learn how to use the button maker and create your own Pride buttons just in time for Cedar Valley Pridefest.
- Tuesday 5-7 p.m. – Board game night for teens and adults in the conference room. Bring your own or choose from the library's growing list of games for patrons to check out.
- Wednesday 5:30-6:30 p.m. – The monthly Altered Reality Book Club will meet at a local restaurant to discuss "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo. Email Sarah at ssellers@waterloopubliclibrary.org to register and receive more meeting details. A limited number of copies of each month's selected titles will be available for checkout and digital copies from Hoopla.com can also be downloaded.
- Thursday 5:30-6:30 p.m. – Hive main room: Make DIY Pride T-shirts using the Cricut. Bring your own T-shirt. Registration is required and limited to 15 participants. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-public-library-announces-events/article_d3528cfc-2ebc-527f-abdd-15c89f2f4dea.html | 2022-08-20T18:47:52 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-public-library-announces-events/article_d3528cfc-2ebc-527f-abdd-15c89f2f4dea.html |
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — No one was injured following a small plane crash in Tuscaloosa Count Saturday.
According to the Carroll’s Creek Fire Protection District, the crash happened off of Wint Dunn Road near Wiley.
CBS 42 is working to gather additional details at this time and will be updating this story as more information comes into the newsroom. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/small-plane-crashes-in-tuscaloosa-county/ | 2022-08-20T19:05:12 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/small-plane-crashes-in-tuscaloosa-county/ |
ROCKVILLE, Md. — President Joe Biden is scheduled to rally with Maryland Democrats in Rockville.
The official list of speakers is not yet finalized. Campaign spokespeople for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore and Democratic comptroller nominee Brooke Lierman said the candidates will be in attendance.
The White House indicated last week Biden and First Lady Jill Biden would attend a Democratic National Committee event in Montgomery County in the suburbs of the nation’s capital. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/biden-to-rally-with-maryland-democrats-in-rockville/2022/08/20/1d6c98b8-20b6-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | 2022-08-20T19:05:28 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/biden-to-rally-with-maryland-democrats-in-rockville/2022/08/20/1d6c98b8-20b6-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html |
One person was killed and 16 others were injured in a crash on Route 77 in Upper Deerfield, New Jersey on Friday, police said.
A Nissan Maxima was traveling south on Route 77 near County Route 612 (Polk Lane) at 6:06 p.m. when the driver of a Chevy Express 3500 van traveling west on CR-612 disregarded a stop sign and entered the intersection, state police said.
The van hit the driver side of a Nissan Maxima and overturned onto its passenger side, police said. Both vehicles came to a stop in a grass field southwest of the intersection.
The van's front passenger, Rey Cornelio Diaz, 35, of Elmer, N.J., was partially ejected and sustained fatal injuries.
The driver of the Nissan, Paul Holsopple, 66, of Sewell, N.J., sustained moderate non-life threatening injuries and was taken to an area hospital.
The driver of the van, Heriberto Espinoza, 29, of Elmer, N.J. was not injured, police said. The remaining 15 passengers suffered minor to moderate non-life threatening injuries and were taken to area hospitals.
The intersection was closed for approximately six hours, police said. The crash investigation is ongoing. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/1-dead-16-hurt-in-south-jersey-route-77-crash/3340899/ | 2022-08-20T19:09:43 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/1-dead-16-hurt-in-south-jersey-route-77-crash/3340899/ |
ODESSA, Texas — UPDATE: Helen Woods has been found according to the Odessa Police Department.
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The Odessa Police Department is asking for help locating a missing woman in Odessa.
79-year-old Helen Woods has a medical condition and was last seen in a 2012 red Buick LaCrosse on August 20 at 10:00 a.m. on Dixie and University.
Contact the Odessa Police Department at 432-333-3641 if you have any information about her whereabouts. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/opd-asks-for-help-locating-missing-person/513-0923199a-3da7-468d-9b5a-166fb6130352 | 2022-08-20T19:18:49 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/opd-asks-for-help-locating-missing-person/513-0923199a-3da7-468d-9b5a-166fb6130352 |
MIDLAND, Texas — Robert Allen Dickson has filed to run for Midland Mayor.
Dickson will be competing against City Councilwoman Lori Blong who will be leaving her District 4 seat.
The deadline to apply for the office is August 22.
MIDLAND, Texas — Robert Allen Dickson has filed to run for Midland Mayor.
Dickson will be competing against City Councilwoman Lori Blong who will be leaving her District 4 seat.
The deadline to apply for the office is August 22.
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One person was shot and wounded by a Tucson police officer early Saturday morning.
Just after 3:30 a.m., south side patrol officers received reports about a fight that involved weapons in the 3700 block of South 16th Avenue, near West Ajo Way. When officers arrived at the business, they were able to talk to staff outside, which notified them that an armed man was inside.
The man then exited the business and officers confronted him in the parking lot, resulting in an officer shooting him, police said.
Officers rendered aid until Tucson Fire arrived and took him to a local hospital, police said. There are no updates on his condition.
No officers were injured.
Police are asking witnesses to come forward and call 911 or 88-CRIME, the anonymous tipster line.
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The Pima Regional Critical Incident Team will handle the investigation.
Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tucson-police-armed-man-shot-wounded-by-officer/article_b5602de4-209b-11ed-b314-cf9126318b89.html | 2022-08-20T19:19:39 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tucson-police-armed-man-shot-wounded-by-officer/article_b5602de4-209b-11ed-b314-cf9126318b89.html |
A 77-year-old woman from Southern Arizona sent nearly $400,000 to an online boyfriend who turned out to be part of an international romance scam ring based in Nigeria, court records show.
A federal judge in Tucson recently sentenced one of the ring members, Onovughe Ighorhiohwunu, to 130 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering and ordered him to return a total of $1.3 million to 10 scam victims across the country.
Most of the victims "were elderly or older women" an FBI agent said in a written statement to the court.
U.S. District Court Judge Scott Rash also imposed a $25,000 fine on the defendant in his Aug. 16 ruling.
The 77-year-old victim, who lives in Sierra Vista about 90 miles southeast of Tucson, told authorities she became lonely in 2019 after her husband with dementia went to live in a care facility, and sought company by playing the online game Words with Friends.
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Another player struck up an conversation and invited her to chat on an instant messaging app, then by text and email. The two began a "romantic, online relationship" and he started asking for money, ostensibly for medical care he needed to be able to visit her in person.
She ended up sending him more than $388,000 in less than a year, court records show.
"Internet-based scams like this one starkly illustrate both the greed of the perpetrators and the generosity of the elderly victims,” U.S. Attorney Gary Restaino of the District of Arizona said in a news release announcing the sentence.
Ighorhiohwunu, 47 and a resident of Georgia, has been behind bars since mid-2021 when he was arrested by Atlanta FBI agents and transferred to Tucson to await trial.
Court heard evidence he worked as a money mule for the Nigerian scammers, collecting funds from victims and transferring them overseas. | https://tucson.com/news/local/romance-scammer-took-400k-from-sierra-vista-woman/article_6779e442-1ff8-11ed-abc8-179645e66356.html | 2022-08-20T19:19:45 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/romance-scammer-took-400k-from-sierra-vista-woman/article_6779e442-1ff8-11ed-abc8-179645e66356.html |
Nearly 40 Marana students were rescued from a school bus that got stuck on a flooded road Friday afternoon, officials say.
The bus got stranded West Ina and North Sandario roads after heavy rain throughout Friday caused flooding across the area, damaging the road.
First responders, the Pima County Sheriff's Department and Picture Rocks Fire, safely unloaded 39 students and two employees from the bus.
There were no injuries.
Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/students-rescued-from-school-bus-stuck-on-storm-damaged-road/article_a7a01086-20b7-11ed-a148-333c108ad193.html | 2022-08-20T19:19:51 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/students-rescued-from-school-bus-stuck-on-storm-damaged-road/article_a7a01086-20b7-11ed-a148-333c108ad193.html |
Arizona spent $6 million erecting a border barrier on federal land without permission that is unlikely to stop undocumented migrants from entering the country because it's north of the actual international border.
Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order on Aug. 12 that directed the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to fill some gaps in the U.S. border wall in the Border Patrol's Yuma Sector.
The sector is a part of the border where large groups of migrants have come through in recent months and largely turned themselves over to the Border Patrol with the intent of seeking asylum in the United States.
The gaps, which Arizona began filling with shipping crates and was still working on into the week, are on land managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and Arizona placed them there without authorization from the federal government.
The Bureau of Reclamation has reached out to Arizona’s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to discuss this issue, said regional spokesperson for the agency Michelle Helms.
The Governor's Office hadn't heard from a federal agency about the crates as of Thursday, according to Ducey's spokesman C.J. Karamargin.
“Arizona has had enough,” the Republican governor said in a statement. “We can’t wait any longer. ... For the last two years, Arizona has made every attempt to work with Washington to address the crisis on our border. Time and time again we’ve stepped in to clean up their mess.”
The money spent on the shipping-crate barrier is just part of the $335 million Arizona allocated in its budget passed in June for a border barrier.
The problem with the state building a physical barrier on the border is that the southern border in Arizona is all federal land. After passing the budget, a state official said the barrier would be more of a “virtual barrier,” which could include motion sensors, infrared cameras, mobile towers and aerial drones, as well as barriers around critical infrastructure, which could include things like canals, wastewater treatment plants and defense installations.
The federal government recently said it would close the gaps before Arizona placed the shipping crates. Customs and Border Protection said it was not prepared to comment on this matter.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, met with Yuma Sector Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem two days before Arizona brought in the shipping crates to discuss the federal government’s effort to close the gaps, which has no timeline that’s been made public yet.
“Senator Mark Kelly and Governor Ducey share the same urgency and concern for border security,” said Kelly’s spokeswoman Marisol Samayoa. “These shipping containers are a temporary solution, which is why Senator Kelly worked closely with Yuma officials and Border Patrol to secure a long-term solution to close the Morelos Dam gaps in a manner that is safe and effective for law enforcement and the community.”
Yuma wall not on the border
The reason filling those gaps won’t stop people from entering the country is because they are not on the actual border. The border wall in Yuma veers off the border in some places because of waterways like the Colorado River, which runs upstream from the Morelos Dam, a popular border crossing point. Once people are on U.S. soil, Border Patrol has to process them, regardless of what side of the barrier they are on.
Anywhere that the U.S. border follows a river, which is true in this section of the Arizona-Mexico border as well as swaths of border that follow the Rio Grande in Texas, the border wall is necessarily built back onto U.S. soil, says Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director at American Immigration Council, a nonprofit immigrant advocacy group.
“So in those locations migrants can cross the border, walk up to a gate and simply ask to be let in,” he said. “And that is because once they are on U.S. soil, if they don't voluntarily choose to walk back to Mexico, the U.S. Border Patrol has to do something about that.”
In other words, even if they are impeded by a barrier from heading farther north, they will be on U.S. soil, which means Border Patrol has to process them.
Just like those migrants who are not impeded by a barrier, some get sent back to Mexico under public health policy Title 42, but most are processed and sent to local nonprofit organizations, which help them get to their sponsors all over the country.
Despite the fact that filling the gaps won’t stop the flow of people coming to the country, it could slow or deter people, says Clem, the Yuma Sector chief.
People may be deterred simply because there is a barrier stopping them from going further into the United States, and it could deter people who are drug smuggling or doing other illegal activity, Clem said.
Not many drugs come through the Yuma Sector compared to other parts of the border. The amount of drugs seized in the Yuma Sector has been 244 pounds so far this fiscal year, an eighth of what it was this time last year.
Even with the gaps closed, people will just find other areas to come through, but having those high-traffic gaps closed will better allow Border Patrol to prioritize, Clem said. One part of the border in Yuma that doesn’t have a barrier is on the Cocopah Reservation, where the tribe has said they don’t want a border wall.
If migrants seeking asylum come up to the south side of a barrier that is on U.S. soil on both sides, they would be a lower priority to someone who is absconding from Border Patrol, he said.
“If you have people that have come across and we can see them whether through cameras or an agent observation, and they're OK, nobody seems to be in distress, versus four guys running from me across the border, heading into the town — we're gonna go after those people because they are likely the threat versus the low-threat, non-threat situation of folks maybe giving themselves up,” Clem said.
Addressing the root of the problem
The Yuma Sector has about 900 agents and recently hired immigration processing specialists, which allows more agents to be out in the field, to help them manage the influx of migrants crossing the border there over the last two years.
The number of encounters Border Patrol agents have had with people crossing the border in the Yuma Sector has increased from 7,385 by the end of July in fiscal year 2020 to 259,895 by the end of July this fiscal year.
Clem says the staff additions and new technology and equipment have helped them process all the people and do rescues, which have increased 100% compared to last year, at 253 rescues this fiscal year, including responding to 911 calls, water rescues, heat distress, people caught on top of the wall, snake bites, other environment-related illnesses or injuries and pre-existing conditions that become life threatening.
But there needs to be a higher level conversation to address the root of the problem, Clem says.
“At the end of the day, it's important to recognize we're still operating under a 1986 and 1990 immigration framework. This is 2022. We need comprehensive immigration reform,” he said.
“We do need those types of legislative fixes to address some of the issues in regards to this regional, and I would say worldwide, irregular migration flow,” he said. “So we need to make some updates.”
Reichlin-Melnick with the American Immigration Council agrees that ultimately immigration reform is the answer. He said it should include a modern humanitarian protection system that puts people in touch with services and allows them to ask for asylum at ports of entry so that they don't have to cross between ports of entry. It should also provide federal resources to state and local communities at the border, which some organizations at the border are already receiving, so that they are not required to spend their own resources, Reichlin-Melnick said.
“What we really need is a long-term overhaul of the system as well as an acknowledgement that there is no silver bullet that is simply going to stop people from coming,” he said.
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One of the double-stacked shipping crate structures, the only one that hadn’t been secured, was toppled over into the Yuma Salinity Canal at about midnight after being erected last weekend by Arizona’s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs.
Someone likely pushed the structure over because it’s unlikely that a shipping container that weighs nearly 9,000 pounds would blow over, said C.J. Karamargin, spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey.
Crews righted it the next morning, once Border Patrol said it was safe to do so, and planned to secure them in place, he said. There was no extra cost for this, as it was part of the original contract.
Danyelle Khmara covers the U.S.-Mexico border and immigration. She joined the Star in 2018 and covered K12 education for two years. Danyelle has won statewide awards for her investigative, watchdog and enterprise reporting.
For Star subscribers: Conservation group Wildlands Network says in new report that the border wall in Arizona needs immediate remediation in sensitive areas to avoid serious public safety issues and damage to native wildlife.
For Star subscribers: The mayor of Washington, D.C., says Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s migrant busing program is overwhelming migrant services in the nation’s capital and filling up D.C. homeless shelters.
Shipping containers are used to fill in the gaps along the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Yuma, Ariz. near the Morelos Dam on August 17, 2022. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ordered that two containers be stacked on top of one another and concertina wire is added on top.
Sandals, clothing and other items are on the ground left by migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Yuma, Ariz. near the Morelos Dam on August 17, 2022.
Concertino wire atop shipping containers placed by the State of Arizona to fill in the gaps along the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Yuma, Ariz. near the Morelos Dam on August 17, 2022. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/arizonas-new-border-barrier-may-deter-but-not-stop-people-from-entering/article_cb687ad0-1cd9-11ed-8998-07e4ed00f3ad.html | 2022-08-20T19:19:57 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/arizonas-new-border-barrier-may-deter-but-not-stop-people-from-entering/article_cb687ad0-1cd9-11ed-8998-07e4ed00f3ad.html |
The union representing hundreds of service employees within the School District of Philadelphia voted Saturday to authorize a strike as both parties continue contract and safety negotiations.
The Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ announced that its members voted to authorize a strike amid demands to address low wages and safety concerns.
“There are still workers in our bargaining unit at the Philadelphia School District who make poverty wages. There are workers in this bargaining unit who have not been trained to mitigate asbestos, they have not been trained to de-escalate dangerous situations in schools, they have not been trained on what to do if there is an active shooter. This is unacceptable,” John Bynum, Assistant District Leader at SEIU 32BJ said in a statement.
Union officials said in a press release that their members will strike if they do not have a new contract by the time their current contract expires which is set to be on August 31, 2022.
According to the union, an estimated 2,000 Philadelphia School District workers, which include attendants, building cleaners, bus drivers, engineers, mechanics, and trades workers, are represented under the expiring contract. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/philly-school-district-workers-vote-to-strike-as-contract-negotiations-stall/3340917/ | 2022-08-20T19:22:46 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/philly-school-district-workers-vote-to-strike-as-contract-negotiations-stall/3340917/ |
GARY — First-generation college students living in Northwest Indiana, and others similarly struggling to pursue higher education, may find an easier route to academic success thanks to programs and services made possible by a federal grant.
The Lake County campus of Ivy Tech Community College recently was awarded $323,420 from the U.S. Department of Education to provide academic, career and financial counseling to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in higher education.
"Programs like this are critical in meeting the needs of our community and students who are working to improve their lives through education," said Ivy Tech Chancellor Louie Gonzalez.
"Ivy Tech appreciates the continued federal support that allows us to serve close to 600 first-generation students in Gary and the surrounding communities," he added.
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U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, congratulated Gonzalez and other Ivy Tech leaders for taking the initiative to secure federal funds that will benefit Region students who might otherwise not consider, or fail to complete, a postsecondary education program.
"This is the type of action that invests in the future prosperity of Northwest Indiana and prepares the next generation of the workforce to thrive in their careers," Mrvan said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/education/federal-grant-aids-regions-first-generation-college-students/article_09e06e54-a06f-5e85-9435-3c30ece1c34c.html | 2022-08-20T19:27:25 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/education/federal-grant-aids-regions-first-generation-college-students/article_09e06e54-a06f-5e85-9435-3c30ece1c34c.html |
Multiple adults are either on Traditional Medicare/TM already or are looking to move to Medicare as they turn 65 and have many questions about: Will Traditional Medicare always be the primary insurance after 65? Is there ever a time it won’t be? Great questions and as always, there are multi-layered answers.
When Medicare began in 1965, it was the primary payer for all claims except for those covered by Worker’s Compensation, Federal Black Lung and Veteran’s Administration benefits. In 1980, Congress passed legislation that made Medicare the ‘secondary payer’ to certain primary plans in an effort to shift costs from Medicare to the appropriate private source of payment. This change is referred to as “Medicare Secondary Payer/MSP”. The MSP provisions applies to specific situations where another payment source is determined to pay primary and Medicare will pay secondary.
Let’s look at the basic process and some common situations. (A full listing of the MSP coverage outline can be found at https://www.cms.gov. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services/CMS- shortened and referred to as Medicare/Traditional Medicare.)
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1) Working Aged. Individual is age 65 or older, is covered by a Group Health Plan/GHP through their current employer or spouse’s current employer and the employer has 20 or more employees, the Group Health Plan/GHP is primary. Medicare is secondary. If the employer has less than 20 employees, Medicare is primary. GHP is secondary.
2) Retired employee. Once the individual is retired, even if the employer offers insurance as part of their retirement package, Medicare will become primary. Retirement coverage is secondary.
3) Worker’s Compensation. Worker’s compensation pays primary for healthcare items or services related to job-related illness or injury claims. Medicare generally will not pay for a work-related injury or illness. If the worker’s comp claim is denied then Medicare will become primary.
4) No-fault insurance and liability insurance. Individual is entitled to Medicare and was in an accident or other situation where no-fault or liability insurance is involved. No-fault or liability insurance pays primary for the accident or other situation related healthcare services. Medicare pays secondary. If there is no medical or liability insurance, then Medicare will pay primary. Unfortunately, this process can take an extended period of time to resolve.
Healthcare providers are required to screen every Medicare patient, at each encounter, to determine who is primary. EX) The patient may have had a liability incident where follow-up care was still occurring. The initial visit and all follow-up related to the accident are billed to the liability insurance. This is identified during the registration process for each visit. Any other services the patient may need that are unrelated to the accident, Medicare could be primary if no other MSP situation is occurring. When in doubt, ask your healthcare provider as they are required to query for MSP situations and are trained on the regulations.
Day Egusquiza is the president and founder of the Patient Financial Navigator Foundation Inc. — an Idaho-based family foundation. For more information, call 208-423-9036 or go to pfnfinc.com. Do you have a topic for Health Care Buzz? Please share at daylee1@mindspring.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/health-care-buzz-what-is-medicare-secondary-payer-and-when-does-it-apply/article_fd317808-1fd3-11ed-9962-0bb543d1c17f.html | 2022-08-20T19:30:35 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/health-care-buzz-what-is-medicare-secondary-payer-and-when-does-it-apply/article_fd317808-1fd3-11ed-9962-0bb543d1c17f.html |
The city hosts its first gun buyback event in Partnership with Liberation Church and the Robby Poblete Foundation on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Vehicles began lining up around 9am for a 10am event start time. The buyback was available for anyone 18 years of age or older and in exchange for firearms, participants received gift cards from one or more of the following stores: Amazon, Foot Locker, Walmart and Kroger. The value of the gift cards depended on the weapon. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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The city hosts its first gun buyback event in Partnership with Liberation Church and the Robby Poblete Foundation on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Vehicles began lining up around 9am for a 10am event start time. The buyback was available for anyone 18 years of age or older and in exchange for firearms, participants received gift cards from one or more of the following stores: Amazon, Foot Locker, Walmart and Kroger. The value of the gift cards depended on the weapon. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
The city hosts its first gun buyback event in Partnership with Liberation Church and the Robby Poblete Foundation on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Vehicles began lining up around 9am for a 10am event start time. The buyback was available for anyone 18 years of age or older and in exchange for firearms, participants received gift cards from one or more of the following stores: Amazon, Foot Locker, Walmart and Kroger. The value of the gift cards depended on the weapon. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
The city hosts its first gun buyback event in Partnership with Liberation Church and the Robby Poblete Foundation on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Vehicles began lining up around 9am for a 10am event start time. The buyback was available for anyone 18 years of age or older and in exchange for firearms, participants received gift cards from one or more of the following stores: Amazon, Foot Locker, Walmart and Kroger. The value of the gift cards depended on the weapon. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
The city hosts its first gun buyback event in Partnership with Liberation Church and the Robby Poblete Foundation on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Vehicles began lining up around 9am for a 10am event start time. The buyback was available for anyone 18 years of age or older and in exchange for firearms, participants received gift cards from one or more of the following stores: Amazon, Foot Locker, Walmart and Kroger. The value of the gift cards depended on the weapon. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Participants were asked to arrive in their vehicles with their unloaded firearms stored in the trunks of their cars. From there, Richmond police weapon masters would retrieve and inspect the weapon.
Police worked in tandem with the nonprofit Robby Poblete Foundation to host this event. The California-based organization has hosted several gun violence intervention campaigns across the country.
"It's a lot safer to have people put their unloaded firearms in the trunk rather than have people come up holding weapons," said Pati Navalta, founder and executive director of the foundation.
Navalta's life was forever changed when her 23-year-old son, Robby Pobelte, was shot and killed in broad daylight Sept. 21, 2014, in Vallejo, Calif. Since then she’s made it her life’s mission to prevent gun violence from impacting the lives of loved ones across the country.
"There should be no other parents like me who had to bury their children because of senseless gun violence," Navalta said. "My son was killed because of a gun that was obtained illegally. ... One weapon off the streets can save numerous lives.”
The firearms confiscated Saturday will be reduced to material used in the foundation’sArt of Peace initiative, according to Navalta. She said her foundation will work with local artists to transform these tools used for violence into symbols of hope.
Navalta said the communities her organization has visited have always been grateful for hosting such events, but she also recognizes the criticism brought forward by researchers who say gun buybacks don’t always curb gun violence.
With that said, Richmond’s gun buyback program is just one piece of the city’sGun Violence Prevention and Intervention Framework, which Mayor Levar Stoney outlined during his state of the city address in February.
“I think it’s about the layered approach to gun violence,” said Petula Burks, a spokesperson for the City of Richmond. “There are so many people that say this is not going to work and we say it's not about one thing, it's about all things.”
Burks said city administrators like Samuel Brown, the city’s new safety coordinator, are hard at work building partnerships and investing in the city’s gun violence prevention efforts.
To date, Richmond has committed $1.5 million from the American Rescue Plan to fund its violence prevention and intervention framework.
The city allocated around $80,000 for Saturday’s gun buyback event. This initiative could yield a few hundred guns or possibly up to 1,000 firearms, according to the mayor’s office.
City officials will release the number of firearms collected in the near future when the final turn-in count has been determined.
In a joint agreement signed by both the prosecution and defense, Richmond Circuit Judge Claire G. Cardwell revoked a $15,000 bond that had been granted to Julio Alvarado-Dubon, 52, on Wednesday.
Monday’s hearing was scheduled after Richmond prosecutors appealed the bond granted by Richmond General District Court Judge David Hicks.
Had Cardwell upheld bond for the defendant, he likely would have remained in custody due to U.S. immigration authorities placing federal detainers on both defendants on July 6. During Monday’s hearing, Cardwell asked defense attorney Jose Aponte about the detainers, which Aponte confirmed.
Immigration Customs and Enforcement last week advised news outlets that both men are from Guatemala and were illegally residing in the U.S.
During Monday’s bond hearing, the revocation order signed by the judge set Aug. 3 as a preliminary hearing date for Alvarado-Dubon.
In a separate hearing Monday in Richmond General District Court-Manchester, the second defendant, Rolman Balcarcel Ac, 38, was arraigned during a brief proceeding via video feed from the Richmond City Justice Center. It was his first appearance in a Richmond courtroom since he was arrested in Albemarle County on July 5.
His preliminary hearing date is Aug. 3, which coincides with Alvarado-Dubon’s. Richmond attorney Samuel P. Simpson has been retained to represent Balcarcel Ac.
Both men are charged with possession of a firearm as a non-citizen and being illegally present in the U.S.
The person who tipped Richmond police identified Balcarcel as the person who was planning the shooting, according to a search warrant affidavit. The tipster further advised that Balcarcel, known to the tipster as “Chapin,” had connections to a gang called “Los Zetas.” Police said Zetas is a reference to the Zetas cartel that operates in Mexico and the U.S.
In court records made public Monday, Balcarcel told a Richmond magistrate that he has been living in Richmond for three or four months and resided in Denver for three years before that. He was employed doing electrical work and earned $1,100 weekly when working 40 hours a week.
Alvarado-Dubon has lived in the Richmond area for three years and worked full time in construction, according to court documents.
Balcarcel and Alvarado-Dubon were living in a house at 3112 Columbia St. in Richmond. During a search of the residence, police said they recovered two AR-15 semiautomatic assault-style rifles, a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol and about 200 rounds of ammunition, police said.
Court records filed so far in the case, which include an affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for the suspects’ residence, makes no mention that Dogwood Dell was the intended target of the mass shooting, as police announced last week. After questions arose about the location, Richmond police late Friday issued a “supplemental release” in an effort to clarify.
In the release, police said that following the tip they said they received from a concerned citizen about a plot to conduct a mass shooting that targeted the city’s Fourth of July celebration, “the Richmond Police Department began an exhaustive investigation to determine its validity.”
Based on the initial information and subsequent investigation, investigators concluded that Dogwood Dell was the intended target, police said without elaboration.
“Over the course of the investigation, we believed it necessary to keep the information secure, not wanting to risk tipping off any suspects while also not desiring to incite fear in our residents,” said Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith in a statement. “I stand behind the thoroughness of this investigation and continue to be proud of the work that our officers did to thwart a plot that could have proven disastrous for Richmond.”
Rolman Balacarcel Ac and Julio Cesar Alvarado-Dubon, both charged with felony possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, stand before Judge David M. Hicks during a preliminary hearing in Richmond City General District Court in Richmond on Wednesday. READ MORE HERE.
In a joint agreement signed by both the prosecution and defense, Richmond Circuit Judge Claire G. Cardwell revoked a $15,000 bond that had been granted to Julio Alvarado-Dubon, 52, on Wednesday.
Monday’s hearing was scheduled after Richmond prosecutors appealed the bond granted by Richmond General District Court Judge David Hicks.
Had Cardwell upheld bond for the defendant, he likely would have remained in custody due to U.S. immigration authorities placing federal detainers on both defendants on July 6. During Monday’s hearing, Cardwell asked defense attorney Jose Aponte about the detainers, which Aponte confirmed.
Immigration Customs and Enforcement last week advised news outlets that both men are from Guatemala and were illegally residing in the U.S.
During Monday’s bond hearing, the revocation order signed by the judge set Aug. 3 as a preliminary hearing date for Alvarado-Dubon.
In a separate hearing Monday in Richmond General District Court-Manchester, the second defendant, Rolman Balcarcel Ac, 38, was arraigned during a brief proceeding via video feed from the Richmond City Justice Center. It was his first appearance in a Richmond courtroom since he was arrested in Albemarle County on July 5.
His preliminary hearing date is Aug. 3, which coincides with Alvarado-Dubon’s. Richmond attorney Samuel P. Simpson has been retained to represent Balcarcel Ac.
Both men are charged with possession of a firearm as a non-citizen and being illegally present in the U.S.
The person who tipped Richmond police identified Balcarcel as the person who was planning the shooting, according to a search warrant affidavit. The tipster further advised that Balcarcel, known to the tipster as “Chapin,” had connections to a gang called “Los Zetas.” Police said Zetas is a reference to the Zetas cartel that operates in Mexico and the U.S.
In court records made public Monday, Balcarcel told a Richmond magistrate that he has been living in Richmond for three or four months and resided in Denver for three years before that. He was employed doing electrical work and earned $1,100 weekly when working 40 hours a week.
Alvarado-Dubon has lived in the Richmond area for three years and worked full time in construction, according to court documents.
Balcarcel and Alvarado-Dubon were living in a house at 3112 Columbia St. in Richmond. During a search of the residence, police said they recovered two AR-15 semiautomatic assault-style rifles, a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol and about 200 rounds of ammunition, police said.
Court records filed so far in the case, which include an affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for the suspects’ residence, makes no mention that Dogwood Dell was the intended target of the mass shooting, as police announced last week. After questions arose about the location, Richmond police late Friday issued a “supplemental release” in an effort to clarify.
In the release, police said that following the tip they said they received from a concerned citizen about a plot to conduct a mass shooting that targeted the city’s Fourth of July celebration, “the Richmond Police Department began an exhaustive investigation to determine its validity.”
Based on the initial information and subsequent investigation, investigators concluded that Dogwood Dell was the intended target, police said without elaboration.
“Over the course of the investigation, we believed it necessary to keep the information secure, not wanting to risk tipping off any suspects while also not desiring to incite fear in our residents,” said Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith in a statement. “I stand behind the thoroughness of this investigation and continue to be proud of the work that our officers did to thwart a plot that could have proven disastrous for Richmond.”
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A 19-year-old Henrico County man was sentenced to serve eight years in prison last week in the shooting death of his 18-year-old girlfriend, whose body was found partially propped up against the back door of an apartment where they were temporarily staying. Whether the shooting was intentional or accidental was never resolved.
Zhykierra Guy was found fatally shot in an SUV not far from North Airport Drive in the early morning of Aug. 5. Guy lived in the area where she died, police said.
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.
The city hosts its first gun buyback event in Partnership with Liberation Church and the Robby Poblete Foundation on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Vehicles began lining up around 9am for a 10am event start time. The buyback was available for anyone 18 years of age or older and in exchange for firearms, participants received gift cards from one or more of the following stores: Amazon, Foot Locker, Walmart and Kroger. The value of the gift cards depended on the weapon. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
The city hosts its first gun buyback event in Partnership with Liberation Church and the Robby Poblete Foundation on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Vehicles began lining up around 9am for a 10am event start time. The buyback was available for anyone 18 years of age or older and in exchange for firearms, participants received gift cards from one or more of the following stores: Amazon, Foot Locker, Walmart and Kroger. The value of the gift cards depended on the weapon. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
The city hosts its first gun buyback event in Partnership with Liberation Church and the Robby Poblete Foundation on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Vehicles began lining up around 9am for a 10am event start time. The buyback was available for anyone 18 years of age or older and in exchange for firearms, participants received gift cards from one or more of the following stores: Amazon, Foot Locker, Walmart and Kroger. The value of the gift cards depended on the weapon. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
The city hosts its first gun buyback event in Partnership with Liberation Church and the Robby Poblete Foundation on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Vehicles began lining up around 9am for a 10am event start time. The buyback was available for anyone 18 years of age or older and in exchange for firearms, participants received gift cards from one or more of the following stores: Amazon, Foot Locker, Walmart and Kroger. The value of the gift cards depended on the weapon. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
The city hosts its first gun buyback event in Partnership with Liberation Church and the Robby Poblete Foundation on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Vehicles began lining up around 9am for a 10am event start time. The buyback was available for anyone 18 years of age or older and in exchange for firearms, participants received gift cards from one or more of the following stores: Amazon, Foot Locker, Walmart and Kroger. The value of the gift cards depended on the weapon. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH | https://richmond.com/news/local/richmond-host-the-citys-first-gun-buyback-event/article_93103cd2-b9b0-5654-9c35-6b6aab3e7598.html | 2022-08-20T19:33:51 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/richmond-host-the-citys-first-gun-buyback-event/article_93103cd2-b9b0-5654-9c35-6b6aab3e7598.html |
Three people were shot leaving a club early Saturday morning, police say.
At about 2:00 a.m., off-duty officers were working in the 200 block of Llewelyn when a crowd argument began in a parking lot outside.
According to police, two vehicles fired into the crowd while driving off. One of the officers working off-duty fired in the direction of the moving vehicles. Two people inside one of the vehicles were shot.
A total of three people went to the hospital with gunshot wounds; one person is in surgery and the other two are in stable condition.
The Dallas County District Attorney's office and the Office of Community Police Oversight were notified and responded to the scene.
No suspects are in custody at this time. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/3-shot-in-officer-involved-shooting-leaving-a-dallas-club-pd/3053239/ | 2022-08-20T19:36:35 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/3-shot-in-officer-involved-shooting-leaving-a-dallas-club-pd/3053239/ |
DeSoto police are investigating the fatal shooting of a security guard at a lounge on Friday night, officials said.
According to the DeSoto Police Department, officers responded to a call at the Brickhouse Lounge in the 2000 block of North Hampton Road at approximately 10 p.m.
Police said when officers arrived, they found that the establishment's security guard, 47-year-old Derek Phillips of Arlington, had been shot multiple times.
Officers and responding paramedics provided emergency first aid at the scene, and the victim was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
According to police, security tapes and witnesses confirmed that a lounge patron, 48-year-old Toussel Kuhn of Savannah, Texas, had been arguing with Phillips over lounge rules prior to the shooting.
Police said the altercation escalated, at which point Kuhn shot Phillips.
Kuhn was reportedly wounded by a bystander during the incident, and he fled the scene in a vehicle before crashing in Glenn Heights, police said.
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According to DeSoto police, Glenn Heights officers were dispatched to the scene and determined that Kuhn was wanted by DeSoto Police in connection to the lounge shooting.
Police said Kuhn was taken to a local hospital for treatment and is now in custody for the security guard's murder. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-man-arrested-in-connection-to-fatal-shooting-of-desoto-lounge-security-guard/3053261/ | 2022-08-20T19:36:41 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-man-arrested-in-connection-to-fatal-shooting-of-desoto-lounge-security-guard/3053261/ |
A state investigative board cleared two former St. Stephens Indian School administrators of wrongdoing following a May report that implicated them in widespread misconduct at the school.
Matthew and Macey Mortimore, the former high school principal and a curriculum director at the school, respectively, were swept up in a Bureau of Indian Education investigation of the school that found some personnel had engaged in the use of drugs and alcohol on school property and at school events, sexual misconduct and harassment, bullying, nepotism, financial exploitation and other misconduct.
A federal investigation found school officials had engaged in the use of drugs and alcohol on school property and at school functions, sexual misconduct and harassment, bullying, nepotism and financial exploitation.
An anonymous witness in the Bureau of Indian Education investigation report said in writing that she saw the Mortimores, along with other administrators, encouraging a student who was "intoxicated and dancing topless" on a coffee table to "do more." Another witness testified that employees at the school "fear for their jobs" because of administrators, including Matthew Mortimore, who intimidated staff by raising their voices and telling them that their job was at risk if they had a disagreement.
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Following the investigation, the inter-tribal council ousted Matthew Mortimore, along with other administrators such as former superintendent Frank No Runner, former K-8 principal Greg Juneau and food services supervisor Pattee Bement, as well as school board members. Macey Mortimore said she continued to teach until the end of the school year and then was put on unpaid leave.
The Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board, which oversees teacher licensure in the state, conducted an independent investigation to look at the alleged misconduct and determine if the Mortimores could still be licensed. The investigation found that neither had violated the board's rules or code of conduct, according to letters sent to them from PTSB in July and August. Both were able to keep their licensure.
Questions about the allegations against the two former St. Stephens employees abounded shortly after the Bureau of Indian Education report was published; a group of school employees who talked with the Star-Tribune and other media outlets after the investigation said they felt the allegations against the Mortimores were false. The employees asked to remain anonymous for fear of possible retaliation and risk to their jobs.
"When I read the report, I just thought, 'I can never in a million years imagine them doing that,'" one of the former employees said.
Travis Draper, the principal of an elementary school in Idaho who used to work with Matthew Mortimore at St. Stephens, sent a letter to him vouching for his credibility following the report's publication.
"My professional growth and advancement is due to the leadership and culture that Mr. Mortimore created and modeled at St. Stephens High School," he wrote in the May letter.
"His leadership and dedication and willingness to do what is best for students kept that school going in a positive direction."
"I feel bad that Matt got thrown in that group," Draper told the Star-Tribune in June. "I don't think that's real fair."
St. Stephens Indian School staff will need to reapply for their positions following a federal investigation that found widespread wrongdoing among top administrators and board members.
It's not clear why witnesses made these allegations against the Mortimores.
"As far as accusations against us, we have no idea where they came from," Matthew told the Star-Tribune on Friday. It's also unclear if the witnesses will face some kind of discipline. The PTSB and the Bureau of Indian Education did not return the Star-Tribune's calls by deadline.
Even though the Mortimores have been cleared of wrongdoing, the allegations continue to have an impact on their lives. Both said they have applied to several jobs, both at St. Stephens and at other schools, with no luck so far.
"I would anticipate I guess that we would just have to switch career fields, which would be unfortunate," Macey told the Star-Tribune.
Both sent emails on Wednesday to representatives of the Bureau of Indian Education, St. Stephens and the Wind River Inter Tribal Council requesting that they be paid out for the remainder of their contracts. They don't know yet if their requests will be accepted.
The Mortimores said they may pursue legal action to alleviate damages from the allegations.
"We're going to follow the advice of legal counsel on what to do," Macey said. "Even if it's not a lawsuit, it could be a mediation of some sort."
Northern Arapaho Business Council Spokesperson Matthew Benson said he doesn't know if there will be a public statement acknowledging the findings of the PTSB investigation, although he emphasized that both tribes, as the inter-tribal council, would have to jointly make the decision on whether or not to do this. Northern Arapaho Business Council Chairman Jordan Dresser said he could not comment on the PTSB investigation. The inter-tribal council did not confirm by the Star-Tribune's deadline whether or not there would be a statement.
St. Stephens Indian School is a K-12 school on the Wind River reservation. Part of its funding comes from the Bureau of Indian Education.
The Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone business councils requested the bureau to conduct an investigation following “various allegations” against No Runner, including that he had created a "toxic environment" and engaged in “sexual harassment, bullying" and "consumption of alcohol on school property,” the resulting report states.
Following the investigation, the inter-tribal council voted to fire No Runner and other administrators — including Matthew Mortimore — as well as school board members. On May 4, Northern Arapaho Business Council Chairman Jordan Dresser and Eastern Shoshone Business Council Chairman John St. Clair signed a resolution that "barred in perpetuity" No Runner, Juneau, Bement and Matthew Mortimore "from ever holding" a board or employment position on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
The Bureau of Indian Education also took over control of the school. Later that month, all St. Stephens School staff were told that they had to reapply for their positions through a federal portal if they wanted to stay at the school. It's not clear how many former employees were rehired at the school. Neither the school board's chairperson Ben Ridgley nor board member Boniface Ridgley responded to text messages from the Star-Tribune by deadline to clarify. | https://trib.com/news/local/education/two-former-st-stephens-administrators-cleared-of-wrongdoing-following-state-investigation/article_24f2ed04-1fc5-11ed-865f-bb71092f251f.html | 2022-08-20T19:36:47 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/education/two-former-st-stephens-administrators-cleared-of-wrongdoing-following-state-investigation/article_24f2ed04-1fc5-11ed-865f-bb71092f251f.html |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Calvin Everett, the Harrisburg head football coach charged in an odometer-tampering scheme, will return to the office and the field for the coming school year.
Eric Turman, the school's superintendent, shared a message on Saturday regarding the charges filed against Everett and his return to campus:
"Dear Harrisburg School District Parents, Guardians, Students, Staff, and Community,
I am writing to inform you of the District’s internal investigation regarding a summary citation recently issued to our Athletic Director and Head Varsity Football Coach, Mr. Calvin Everett. Mr. Everett received the summary citation in relation to his association with a local car sales group that is facing charges of fraud.
While the details of this matter are confidential as they are a personnel matter, we can share with you that a summary citation is the most minor type of offense/charge in Pennsylvania, and is often referred to as a 'non-traffic citation.' It most often results in a fine, which Mr. Everett has paid in full. In Pennsylvania, a summary offense does not bar someone from employment in public schools.
After careful review of the summary citation by the District’s legal counsel and interviews with Mr. Everett, the Harrisburg School District has concluded its investigation.
We want to make it clear that we hold high professional standards for our staff, and every one of our current and new staff members must pass background checks.
Mr. Everett will resume his duties as Athletic Director on August 24, 2022, and his coaching duties on September 11, 2022. Interim coaching duties for the football team will be overseen by Assistant Coach, Mr. Shawn Lee.
Sincerely, Mr. Eric Turman, Superintendent."
Court documents show that Everett pleaded guilty to the civil penalty last Friday and paid a $1,059 fine.
Former Harrisburg football player Micah Parsons also previously shared a message supporting Everett. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/superintendents-office-harrisburg-head-coach-charged-odometer-scheme-resume-duties-athletic-director-calvin-everett/521-5984eb59-e711-47a3-b6a2-6c2ef73f4b24 | 2022-08-20T19:37:12 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/superintendents-office-harrisburg-head-coach-charged-odometer-scheme-resume-duties-athletic-director-calvin-everett/521-5984eb59-e711-47a3-b6a2-6c2ef73f4b24 |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Another day another jackpot from Mega Millions surpassing $100 million as Friday’s drawing saw no winners across the United States for its $99M jackpot.
But that didn’t happen without someone in the Lone Star State getting a smaller piece of the pie. The Texas Lottery reports a $10,000 winning ticket was sold somewhere in Texas after it matched four of the five winning numbers along with the Mega Ball.
The winning numbers were 12, 18, 24, 46, and 65 with the Mega Ball number, 3. In total there were over 45,000 winners from the state of Texas from Friday’s drawing who won at least $2 and as much as $10,000.
The next Mega Millions drawing is set for August 23 with a jackpot of $116 million which has a cash value of $65.6 million. | https://cw33.com/news/local/10000-winning-mega-millions-ticket-sold-in-texas-as-jackpot-rolls-over-100-million/ | 2022-08-20T19:48:52 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/10000-winning-mega-millions-ticket-sold-in-texas-as-jackpot-rolls-over-100-million/ |
Oil and gas prices continued their decline this week with regular gas hitting $3.93 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA. Crude is trading at roughly $91 per barrel. Gas prices have fallen every day for the last nine weeks and crude oil has fallen by 30% in roughly that same period.
Prices could decline further if Iran agrees to the restoration of a 2015 nuclear deal. The deal would, among other things, lift sanctions against Iran’s energy sector, infusing the global oil market with 1 million more barrels of crude a day.
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Dallas, TX metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of Aug. 19, 2022. State gas tax data is from World Population Review. Connecticut and New York have temporarily suspended gas taxes to help consumers while the cost of gas has increased.
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Dallas by the numbers
– Gas current price: $3.48
— Texas average: $3.45
— Texas gas tax: $0.20 per gallon (#42 highest among all states)
– Week change: +$0.11 (+3.2%)
– Year change: +$0.61 (+21.4%)
– Historical expensive gas price: $4.84 (6/16/22)
– Diesel current price: $4.57
– Week change: +$0.02 (+0.4%)
– Year change: +$1.66 (+57.0%)
– Historical expensive diesel price: $5.48 (6/20/22)
Metros with the most expensive gas
#1. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA: $5.70
#2. Lihue (Kauai), HI: $5.67
#3. Kahului, HI: $5.54
Metros with the least expensive gas
#1. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX: $3.13
#2. Laredo, TX: $3.15
#3. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX: $3.15
States with the highest gas tax per gallon
#1. Pennsylvania: $0.59
#2. California: $0.53
#3. Washington: $0.52
States with the lowest gas tax per gallon
#1. Alaska: $0.0895
#2. Hawaii: $0.16
#3. Virginia: $0.162 | https://cw33.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-dallas-in-the-last-week-14/ | 2022-08-20T19:48:58 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-dallas-in-the-last-week-14/ |
Oil and gas prices continued their decline this week with regular gas hitting $3.93 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA. Crude is trading at roughly $91 per barrel. Gas prices have fallen every day for the last nine weeks and crude oil has fallen by 30% in roughly that same period.
Prices could decline further if Iran agrees to the restoration of a 2015 nuclear deal. The deal would, among other things, lift sanctions against Iran’s energy sector, infusing the global oil market with 1 million more barrels of crude a day.
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of Aug. 19, 2022. State gas tax data is from World Population Review. Connecticut and New York have temporarily suspended gas taxes to help consumers while the cost of gas has increased.
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Fort Worth by the numbers
– Gas current price: $3.48
— Texas average: $3.45
— Texas gas tax: $0.20 per gallon (#42 highest among all states)
– Week change: +$0.11 (+3.3%)
– Year change: +$0.62 (+21.5%)
– Historical expensive gas price: $4.84 (6/16/22)
– Diesel current price: $4.55
– Week change: +$0.04 (+0.8%)
– Year change: +$1.63 (+56.0%)
– Historical expensive diesel price: $5.45 (6/20/22)
Metros with the most expensive gas
#1. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA: $5.70
#2. Lihue (Kauai), HI: $5.67
#3. Kahului, HI: $5.54
Metros with the least expensive gas
#1. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX: $3.13
#2. Laredo, TX: $3.15
#3. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX: $3.15
States with the highest gas tax per gallon
#1. Pennsylvania: $0.59
#2. California: $0.53
#3. Washington: $0.52
States with the lowest gas tax per gallon
#1. Alaska: $0.0895
#2. Hawaii: $0.16
#3. Virginia: $0.162 | https://cw33.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-fort-worth-in-the-last-week-14/ | 2022-08-20T19:49:05 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-fort-worth-in-the-last-week-14/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s going to be a seasonal-type Saturday for North Texas in the middle of August as temperatures will be around the mid-90s for much of the region along with a chance for thunderstorms and showers in the afternoon.
NWS Fort Worth says, “There will be enough sunshine today to allow temperatures to reach seasonal normals. Some afternoon showers and thunderstorms will be possible.”
Next up, make sure you’re weather aware on Sunday in North Texas as widespread rainfall is expected with possible flooding issues. Highs will range from the high 80s to the low 90s for much of the region.
The weather center says, “Rain chances will ramp up on Sunday with widespread showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Heavy rainfall could result in flooding issues.”
When standing water is visible on the roadways, it’s simple, turn around, don’t drown. “Heavy rainfall on drought-stricken soil may cause flooding early next week. The greatest chances for rainfall will start Sunday afternoon and continue through midweek. There is still uncertainty on specific locations of greatest rainfall chances and highest rainfall accumulations at this time. Keep up to date with road conditions as commutes on Monday could be affected! Remember to never drive through flooded roads or past barricades. When driving through heavy rain, make sure to slow down as visibilities will be diminished.”
Some more rain in the forecast as August continues, so, how much rainfall will you get?
“There is high confidence in all areas receiving rain next week, but possible rainfall amounts vary considerably. An inch or two of rainfall is likely through next weekend, but there is low potential for a few areas to receive over 10 inches,” NWS Fort Worth said. | https://cw33.com/news/local/seasonal-temps-in-north-texas-saturday-with-possible-afternoon-storms-widespread-rain-on-sunday-with-possible-flooding-issues/ | 2022-08-20T19:49:11 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/seasonal-temps-in-north-texas-saturday-with-possible-afternoon-storms-widespread-rain-on-sunday-with-possible-flooding-issues/ |
Federal investigators haven’t been able to determine why prominent personal injury attorney Steve Barnes lost control of his plane and crashed in 2020, killing him and his niece.
Barnes, a registered pilot, died along with his niece, Elizabeth Barnes in the crash near Corfu, about 15 miles east of Buffalo. Steve Barnes was half of Cellino & Barnes, a firm known for its catchy TV jingle.
In a report Friday, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded Barnes lost contact with air traffic controllers for about 25 minutes on the flight from New Hampshire to Buffalo, then reestablished contact about 30 miles from Buffalo and said “everything’s fine.”
Shortly afterward, the single-engine Socata TBM-700 began to descend at high speed, entered a spiral dive and crashed in some woods.
The fact that Barnes was still at a cruising altitude of 28,000 feet that close to his destination “suggests a clear breakdown in awareness of his position through distraction or impairment,” the NTSB found. But the report concluded Barnes’ communication with controllers was clear and didn’t suggest any impairment at that moment.
The NTSB attributed the probable cause of the accident to the pilot’s “failure to maintain control of the airplane for undetermined reasons during the descent to the destination airport.”
Neighbors described the plane making a loud, whining noise, then dropping into a wooded area, Genesee County Sheriff William Sheron had said.
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Cellino & Barnes began as small firm in Buffalo but became well known in New York City and beyond for its ubiquitous advertising on billboards and on television.
Its old-time jingle, in which the law firm’s phone number was put to song, has been the subject of a sketch on Saturday Night Live, and other late-night TV host jokes for years. Broadway actors in 2018 posted viral videos of themselves singing the jingle in what was dubbed the “Cellino & Barnes Challenge.”
The law firm’s principal lawyers, Barnes and his partner Ross Cellino, appeared together in the advertisements, but had a falling out in recent years and battled each other in court.
Cellino said that Barnes is survived by his three children, and his longtime partner Ellen Sturm, who is also an attorney at the firm. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cause-of-steve-barnes-of-cellino-barnes-ny-plane-crash-remains-unclear/3832566/ | 2022-08-20T19:56:03 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cause-of-steve-barnes-of-cellino-barnes-ny-plane-crash-remains-unclear/3832566/ |
Health officials in New York have recorded the state's first known case of monkeypox in a person under 18, new data released this week shows.
According to a new breakdown of probable and confirmed cases, the state reported the virus was detected in a child or teen outside of New York City. Its report didn't provide further specifics on where in the state the case is, but as of Wednesday morning the lion's share of positives are in the downstate region.
Also outside NYC, monkeypox has been detected in two women, in additional to the 16 positives cases reported in women in the city. Another 48 transgender or nonbinary people tested for monkeypox in the city, as well as 14 people with unknown gender identities.
NYC accounts for 25% of America's largest-ever monkeypox outbreak and nearly half of the cases are in Manhattan. That borough is reporting more than double the cases (1,104) of the next closest borough (Brooklyn, 576), and accounts for 44% of New York City's monkeypox outbreak.
The number of Black and Latino people infected account for roughly 56% of citywide positives. Both of those groups, however, have only received 35% of inoculations, far outpaced by white New Yorkers who make up nearly half of all those given the vaccine.
That said, men still make up 97% of the NYC cases where gender is known, and among those who disclosed their sexuality, 66% identified as LGBTQ+. Almost 100 cases have been reported in New Yorkers who identity as straight.
A citywide public health emergency over the still-spreading disease took effect earlier this month, a day after Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration issued both state and public health emergency orders for monkeypox.
How to Prevent Monkeypox
The New York State Department of Health listed steps people should take in order to help prevent the spread of monkeypox:
• Ask sexual partners whether they have a rash or other symptoms consistent with monkeypox.
• Avoid skin-to-skin contact with someone who has a rash or other monkeypox-related symptoms.
• Contact a healthcare provider following exposure or symptoms, and check with your local county health department about vaccine eligibility.
• New Yorkers who receive the JYNNEOS vaccine should receive both doses, given four weeks apart, and stay vigilant until fully vaccinated, two weeks following the second dose.
• If you or your healthcare provider suspect you may have monkeypox, isolate at home. If you can, stay in a separate area from other family members and pets.
• Follow reputable sources of health information, including NYSDOH, CDC, and your local county health department. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-york-reports-1st-case-of-monkeypox-in-juvenile-patient/3832476/ | 2022-08-20T19:56:09 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-york-reports-1st-case-of-monkeypox-in-juvenile-patient/3832476/ |
A Fort Wayne man has been charged in a crash that killed his daughter last year.
A Lee, 37, of the 2400 block of East Paulding Road, is charged with felony neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury and faces a sentence of three to 16 years. He’s also charged with misdemeanor driving with a suspended license and faces up to a year incarceration on that.
Court documents do not give the girl’s age but state she was younger than 14.
The accident happened about 7 a.m. Sept. 14 at Paulding and Hartzell roads southeast of Fort Wayne. Witnesses told police that a 2009 Hyundai Elantra traveling east on Paulding was moving too fast to obey the stop sign, according to court documents.
Lee was driving the Elantra and hit a 2008 Dodge Caravan on the driver’s side. Both vehicles ended up in a wheat field, and the three people in the Dodge were able to leave it, according to court documents.
The girl had been ejected from the Elantra. A man from the Caravan and a witness said they saw the girl in the field under a door from the Elantra, and she appeared not to be breathing.
Evidence showed the girl wasn’t wearing a seat belt or in a child restraint device while being driven in the car.
Witnesses saw Lee lying across the front driver and passenger seats, court documents state. At the hospital, medical personnel found he had a fractured neck and fractured left pelvis.
He told hospital workers he didn’t know the child and wasn’t driving, according to court records. Officers talking with family members found the child was at her grandparents’ home and woke at 2 a.m. hungry and asked her father to take her to a gas station to get a snack.
On Feb. 11, Lee told officers he picked the girl up for a snack, then went to his nephew’s apartment, court documents state. The Elantra’s battery died in the apartment’s parking lot, he said. A friend he called for a jump arrived about 5 a.m., and the girl made a Facetime call with her mother about 5:10 a.m. They then drove off.
Lee told officers they didn’t want to go back home yet and drove around “from one stop sign to another,” according to court documents. He admitted he didn’t check whether she was properly buckled in and that the girl would remove her seatbelt to take pictures.
Lee has an initial hearing scheduled for 8 a.m. Monday. Court records show a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
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A Fort Wayne man who allegedly ran an SUV off the road in downtown Fort Wayne and killed the vehicle’s passenger was angry at the driver, according to court records.
Richard L. Schlatter, 45, of the 1600 block of Steup Avenue in Fort Wayne, now faces two to 12 years in prison for felony leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, as well as six months to 18 months for felony leaving the scene of an accident with bodily injury and up to a year for misdemeanor driving with a suspended license.
The charges were filed Thursday for the crash that happened at 4:19 p.m. Jan. 17, 2021, at West Washington Boulevard and Fairfield Avenue. A warrant has been issued for Schlatter’s arrest. No bond amount is listed in online court records.
Minutes before the SUV crashed in 2021, Fort Wayne police received calls about a green vehicle and a white van chasing each other downtown and driving up on sidewalks. Callers then reported that the green SUV, a 1999 Subaru Forester, hit a tree and had two people in it, one apparently dead.
Robert “Bobby” Allen Koenig Jr., 38, of Fort Wayne was pronounced dead at the scene. An Allen County coroner’s report from April 2021 listed the cause as multiple blunt force injuries and the manner of death as accidental.
The driver, Albert Eccard, told police that Schlatter had hit the vehicle with a “pit maneuver,” causing Eccard to spin out and lose control. He knew it was Schlatter because they’d been friends for 20 years and roommates once, and he recognized Schlatter’s white Chevy Astro Van with lettering.
Schlatter used it for his business, Mobile Mechanic Van.
Eccard was driving the SUV to St. Joseph Hospital because Koenig had been stabbed, according to the probable cause affidavit written by Sgt. Matthew Wilson of the Fort Wayne Police Department. Eccard had taken Koenig to retrieve a phone at a location not named in the probable cause affidavit, and that visit devolved into an altercation.
After being stabbed, Koenig called 911 while Eccard drove. During the drive, Eccard saw in his rear-view mirror Schlatter trying to ram him, court documents said. Because of the crash, Eccard had his neck, back and several ribs broken.
Four surveillance cameras on the south side of the Allen County Public Library downtown recorded the crash. Police investigators found paint from the Subaru on the Chevy and vice-versa.
Eccard told police that Schlatter was jealous because of a car issue and the relationship he had with Schlatter’s mother, who later told police that her son was mad that she sold the Subaru to Eccard.
At a police interview two days after the crash, Schlatter denied he had been there and said he was working on customers’ vehicles. He called Eccard a “thief and a junkie” and accused Eccard of stealing from him, impregnating his sister and getting his sister hooked on heroin, court documents said.
Schlatter also told police that the Subaru had been at his home for a long time, and he did a lot of work on it before his mother sold it to Eccard. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-man-charged-in-fatal-2021-hit-and-run/article_76f0d0e8-2025-11ed-a4dd-1b65f59d0814.html | 2022-08-20T20:03:03 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-man-charged-in-fatal-2021-hit-and-run/article_76f0d0e8-2025-11ed-a4dd-1b65f59d0814.html |
A Silver Alert has been issued for a 15-year-old Wabash girl missing since Thursday night, Indiana State Police said.
Austin Gail Hinsey is 5 feet tall, weighs 108 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black hoodie and black pants.
Austin may be in extreme danger and might need medical help.
Anyone with information is asked to call Wabash County Sheriff’s Department at 260-563-9223 or 911. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/silver-alert-issued-for-wabash-teen/article_53b1bf54-20b9-11ed-8654-174b072d41bf.html | 2022-08-20T20:03:10 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/silver-alert-issued-for-wabash-teen/article_53b1bf54-20b9-11ed-8654-174b072d41bf.html |
BLOOMINGTON — First responders were called to a house fire shortly after noon Saturday in west Bloomington.
Bloomington Fire Department Battalion Chief Gavin Pitcher said they responded at 12:11 p.m. to the reported fire in the 1600 block of Indiana Street.
He said workers were renovating the unoccupied home at the time, and one of them was soldering pipes.
Pitcher said they believe that may have started the fire, but the cause is still officially under investigation.
The battalion chief said they had the fire out by 12:25 p.m. Saturday. It was unclear how extensive the fire damage was.
No one was hurt by the fire, Pitcher said.
Check out this tour of Bloomington-Normal-area football fields
BLOOMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL: Fred Carlton Field
The field was completed in 1929 and named Davis Field in honor of former Supreme Court Justice David Davis, a Bloomington resident. The name was changed to Fred Carlton Field in 1944 following the death of Carlton, a 27-year engineer of schools. New grandstands were added in 2010, a new track in 2013, along with a new scoreboard in 2017 and FieldTurf was laid in 2018.
Football coach Scott Godfrey: "This football field is a big-time high school venue. We have top-notch facilities, and there is no place like Fred Carlton Field on a Friday night. I still get goosebumps each time I take the field or drive by knowing I get to coach there each season."
Jim Benson
NORMAL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL: NCHS Football Stadium
The stadium opened in 2003 when the school moved to the east side. The most recent addition was the Josh Rodgers Memorial at the south entrance to the game field. Rodgers was a former NCHS student and football player who was an Army Ranger sergeant when he was killed in action in Afghanistan in April 2017.
Football coach Jason Drengwitz: "I have been coaching football at NCHS for 17 years and there have been so many memories that I will never forget. In general, I love how Friday nights/home games at NCHS bring our student body, families, players, coaches and community together. I cherish all of the time spent in the stadium with our current players and coaches as well as all of our former players and coaches."
Jim Benson
NORMAL WEST HIGH SCHOOL: Wildcat Stadium
The field was opened in 1995 during the first year of the high school. Wildcat Park, an area inside the stadium with a pavilion and bench seating, was dedicated in the honor of Brian Baker, a Normal West student and football player who died of cancer in 1996.
Jim Benson
CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Bill Hundman Memorial Field
The Saints moved to their east side location in 2005 and began play on the field named for former Central Catholic player Bill Hundman. The facility has a grotto and a statue of Hundman, who died in a traffic accident in 2004.
Football coach Kevin Braucht: "Tradition, Family and Go Saints! People might forget that Saints football has had many homes over the decades. Although many of the storied Central Catholic football teams never played on this field, many former players, parents, coaches and alumni had an instrumental role in the development, fundraising and building of this great facility.”
Jim Benson
UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: Hancock Stadium
Officially opened in 1963 and named after former Illinois State head football coach and athletic director Howard Hancock. In 1969 became Illinois' first college stadium with artificial turf. The stadium was renovated in 2013 which included a new east side grandstand with bleacher back seating and a 5,500-square foot indoor club that is accessible to ISU club seat holders and a new press box. The new Daktronics video board and sound system were added in April 2014.
Athletic director Steve Evans: "There is nothing better than looking up in the stands and seeing all the students cheering on their friends, laughing or smiling, and enjoying the Friday Night Lights. It is a night where a large group of students (and parents) are truly enjoying the atmosphere and supporting the Pioneers."
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PONTIAC HIGH SCHOOL: Williamson Field
Named for A.C. Williamson, a former Pontiac High School coach and administrator, the field opened in the third week of the 1968 season. Decatur St. Teresa beat Pontiac, 19-12, in the first game on the field.
Athletic director Gary Brunner: "There have been a lot of great games on the field. One was probably against Montini in the (Class 3A) semifinals in 1993 before I got here. Another was a playoff game against Joliet Catholic (2000 Class 4A semifinals) where they beat us in the last seconds."
Jim Benson
PRAIRIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: Lewis Field, Fairbury
First opened in 1948 and was most recently renovated this summer with the addition of new home bleachers and a press box. Lewis Field first opened as a new field for Fairbury High School. The field was named for the Lewis family who donated the land for the high school and athletic fields. The former football field is located at the center of the current high school building.
Football coach Andrew Quain: "One of the unique parts of Lewis Field is that it is an East-West field. Early in the season the sunset is a factor and the wind can be a big factor come playoff time. In 2006 in an opening-round playoff game vs Pontiac a PAT kick, going west, went though the uprights before being blown backwards onto the field of play. Hawks went on to win, 15-6."
Athletic director Austin Wenger: "Being a Prairie Central alumni, I have several memories of attending games at Lewis Field on Friday nights while growing up, as well as memories of playing a couple years of high school football here myself while Coach Phil Morrison was the head coach. Getting to see first-year head Coach Andrew Quain leading the Hawks into a quarterfinal playoff game at Lewis Field last year was exciting. But, my favorite memories of this field were watching my younger brother, Nathan Wenger, and his team go undefeated in the regular season on their way to a state runner-up finish in 2003."
Jim Benson
OLYMPIA HIGH SCHOOL: Olympia High Stadium, Stanford
The field has been in use since 1972 when the school opened.
Jim Benson
TRI-VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL: Viking Field, Downs
Construction of the field at the school began when Tri-Valley, which was in a football co-op with LeRoy, decided to have a team of its own. The Vikings had a freshman-junior varsity squad in 2001 before its first varsity season in 2002 which resulted in a playoff appearance.
Former football coach/athletic director Brian Knutson: "Steve Epperson was the superintendent and said go out and build this field. The beauty of it is it was built by the community. Tom Morrison from the (Downs) department of maintenance and Steve Brady were instrumental in it, and Howard Springer built the press box. It was really a town effort."
Jim Benson
EL PASO-GRIDLEY HIGH SCHOOL: El Paso-Gridley Football Field, El Paso
EPG's artificial turf field was installed during the summer of 2013. An eight-lane all-weather track was also installed around the field. The first game on the new field was Aug. 30, 2013.
Jim Benson
HEYWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: Hornet Stadium
The field opened in the fall of 2008. Heyworth was the Heart of Illinois Conference co-champions the first year the field was used.
Jim Benson
FIELDCREST HIGH SCHOOL: Veterans Park, Minonk
The field opened in 1999 with former football coach Jim DeMay getting credit for heading the project.
Football coach Michael Freeman: "It is home to some pretty rocking Friday nights. The noise is filled with cow bells, noise makers, horns and, of course, fans cheering on their beloved Knights! Crisp playoff games in November are unforgettable there!"
Jim Benson
EUREKA HIGH SCHOOL: McCollum Field
Named for former football coach Warner McCollum, the field underwent its last renovation in 2012 with new home and visitors stands.
Football coach Jason Bachman: "Have I Done My Best Today? This quote hangs on the wall going into our home locker room. It was brought to my attend by a past Hornet football player that played from Coach McCollum."
Jim Benson
DEER CREEK-MACKINAW HIGH SCHOOL: Jim McDonald Field, Mackinaw
The artificial turf field was dedicated in 2018 and is named for the former Chiefs coach who served for 25 years, compiling a 179-83 record that included 21 winning seasons, 19 playoff appearances, eight conference championships and a Class 2A State runner-up finish in 1987.
Jim McDonald at induction ceremony: "I’m overwhelmed. I’m obviously humbled to say the least. It’s great for the community. The community built the program. For them to have this, they really identify with all their sports. Football is very special to them here. And to see them get this football field makes me very happy.”
Jim Benson
LEROY HIGH SCHOOL: L.A. McKean Field
Home to LeRoy football since 1937. L.A. McKean was the head football coach of Empire Township High School (LeRoy) and LeRoy High School from 1920-1936 and 1942-1945. His record was 102-83-10 with four undefeated seasons.
Football coach/athletic director BJ Zeleznik: "There are big old maple trees that line the western edge of our facility. Each year at the end of October, those leaves are bright red and orange. The fields are plowed under. You can smell grill smoke in the air. It's cool and damp and that sun starts to set by 5 p.m. You know it's playoff time. Fans four rows deep not 10 feet off of the field. In two weeks, all those leaves will be on the ground, symbolic of the end of a season and perhaps a career, but if you're still practicing, you know you're having a season to be remembered. And the crowds grow larger. Wonderful memories for many in our community. Those old trees have witnessed a lot of football."
Jim Benson
GCMS HIGH SCHOOL: GCMS Football Field, Gibson City
It is believed the field opened in 1955 when the new building for Gibson City High School was built. Gibson City merged with Melvin-Sibley in 1993 to form GCMS. Class 2A State championships teams in 2017 and 2018 played on the field.
Athletic director/football coach Mike Allen: "I have two favorite memories from our field. First, was the Senior Night from 2016 when GCMS and Heyworth came together to allow our manager, Dylan Brownlee, to run for a touchdown on his Senior Night. Secondly, was playing the semifinal game in 2017 vs. Sterling Newman at home with all our fans, cheerleaders, band, student section and alumni. It rained heavy, sleeted, snowed, was windy and sunny all in that one day. It was crazy! We thought for sure that our field would never recover."
Jim Benson
FLANAGAN-CORNELL HIGH SCHOOL: Flanagan-Cornell Football Field, Flanagan
The field opened in 1941.
Football coach Todd Reed: "There is no greater feeling than being able to coach a football team I once played for. I love being able to share the experiences that I had as a young player on this field and look forward to creating more memories with them on the field I played on. My favorite memory as a player would have to be beating Fieldcrest my senior year in 1996."
Jim Benson
TREMONT HIGH SCHOOL: William H. Poorbaugh Field
Opened in 2007 and named for William H. Poorbaugh, who was a former superintendent of Tremont Schools.
Jim Benson
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL: Handlin Field
Named for W.C. Handlin, a former principal/superintendent at Lincoln High School for 32 years. New bleachers were installed and the home and away sides were flipped this summer.
Jim Benson
DWIGHT HIGH SCHOOL: Oughton Athletic Field
Eight acres of land was donated by the Oughton Estate and the field was dedicated to the memory of Dr. James H. Oughton, with the first game in 1936 against Forrest. An all-weather 6-lane track surrounds the field, while new lights were put up eight years ago. Three years ago, the original gates were restored by Dave Kincade of Dave's Welding Shop in Dwight. There is a "wall" that was built to honor William Gilkey, a longtime Dwight head football coach, with plaques that have been purchased in honor of a variety of people who have graduated from the high school.
Athletic director Cathy Ferguson: "I was a cheerleader on this field for four years, played powder puff football games here, attended many, many games after graduating, watched my own son play here, my daughter play powder puff and now have been given the opportunity to support our students, cheer them on and watch them enjoy the sports that they love. My fondest memory was raising the flag at the north end of the field to start off each game, while the band played the National Anthem."
Jim Benson
RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL: Ridgeview High Football Field, Colfax
The first team played on the field in the 1949-1950 school year. Octavia won its first playoff game in 1978 at home against Chatsworth.
Coach Jake Kennedy: "Our football field will continue to be a place that brings athletes, students, parents, and community members from different towns, lifestyles, and backgrounds together. On Friday nights during the season it's the place that people want to go and watch the game and see current friends and former classmates. When we were shut down last spring it was the one place that our community was able to come together and see each other, during the light up the night activity."
Jim Benson
FISHER HIGH SCHOOL: Kellar Field
Named for Kenneth Kellar, a long-time Fisher resident who served as village president and a founding board member of the Fisher National Bank. He also was a member and helped organize the Sangamon Valley Fire Department and Rescue Squad. After his retirement, Kellar worked for the Fisher School District. Kellar Field was named in his honor to recognize his service to the community and commitment to young people. A renovation of the stadium was completed in the fall of 2014.
Coach Jake Palmer: "A lot of teams play next to corn fields or on their school campus. Keller Field is unique because it sets in a neighborhood. Houses surround it on every side and it really provides an awesome environment to play that 1A, small-town football that we love in Fisher."
Jim Benson
CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL: Sprague Field
The field is named in honor of Charles Sprague, who volunteered for over 30 years as the head usher for the ushers association at the high school. He was also an official and citizen of Clinton. The field first opened in 1972-1973 school year at the current location. The track was redone this summer as the most recent upgrade to the facility.
Athletic director Matt Koeppel: "I will say that our facility is a great source of pride for everyone in our community. I also take pride in being the one that gets to maintain and keep our facilities looking good. Nothing better than the people of Clinton coming here for a sporting event and enjoying that Friday Night Lights atmosphere or great track meet in the spring."
Jim Benson
BLUE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL: Kenneth Rittenhouse Memorial Field, Farmer City
Kenneth Rittenhouse was a player on the 1974 Farmer City-Mansfield High School team who was paralyzed from the neck down on the field. He lived for a couple weeks before passing away. In 1985, Farmer City-Mansfield and Bellflower merged to form Blue Ridge.
Jim Benson
STREATOR HIGH SCHOOL: Streator High School Athletic Fields
Athletic director Rory Bedeker said Streator High School Field opened up in the early 1930s.
Jim Benson
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ATLANTA — Just one block off old Route 66, near the edge of downtown Atlanta, sits one of the only restored wooden grain elevators in Illinois.
Painted a deep mahogany red on the beveled outer siding, the J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator opened in 1904 as a hub for grain storage and commerce throughout the region, with locally farmed grain being shipped to cities like Chicago, Decatur, Peoria and Terre Haute, Indiana.
Over 100 years later, the studded walls are still standing, a contrast to most modern-day grain elevators. Today, the structure serves as an outdoor museum where visitors can learn about agriculture and what it took to operate the old grain elevator.
Museum officials and local volunteers agreed to give a tour of the 55-foot-tall elevator to Pantagraph journalists as part of a new series, “Off Limits,” taking a peek into places that are typically restricted or closed off from the public.
That’s not to say people can’t tour the elevator, said Julianna Nordman, co-director of the Atlanta Public Library and Museum.
“A lot of what surrounds Atlanta is agriculture,” Nordman said. “So (with) this beautiful building, everyone’s like, ‘What’s a grain elevator? I’ve never seen one before and especially a wooden one,’ so this is a huge tourist stop.”
Nordman said she sees everyone from local farmers to Route 66 travelers stop by for a look at the grain elevator. She's even had visitors from as far as Australia, China, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Early beginnings
Construction of the elevator began in 1903, and it opened in 1904 near the crossover of the Chicago and Alton Railroad — now known as the Southern Pacific Railroad — and the Old Illinois Midland Railroad, whose tracks have since been removed.
According to the National Register of Historic Places, the elevator was built by the McIntyre and Wykle construction company, which had previously built Atlanta High School and the Chicago & Alton Railroad Depot in Atlanta.
With a capacity of 30,000 bushels, Nordman said the elevator operated for decades before closing down in 1976. In 1988, the city had planned to burn it down as a training opportunity for the local fire department.
Instead, a group of concerned citizens banded together to create the Atlanta Historical Preservation Council and begin restoring the elevator. Their work eventually landed the elevator a listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
“When I was a kid, it was just an old building and the paint was all worn off,” said Bill Blankenship, a member of the Atlanta Historical Preservation Council. “If somebody doesn’t maintain it, repair it and work with it, then in time it’ll go right back to where it was 25 years ago, and it doesn’t take long for an old building.”
The elevator reopened July 17, 1999, as an outdoor museum, where guests can view the elevator's scale house, engine house and a 1927 boxcar that once traveled between the city and the outside market.
How it works
Inside the elevator is a driveway extending across the full length of the building. A vintage farm wagon sits on two dump logs once acted as a teeter-totter to tilt the rear of the wagon down, letting the grain slide into the receiving pit below, said local historian Larry Brandt.
“As the horse pulled forward to leave, the dump logs or ramps would then tilt back down to the level of the floor and lock into position for the next load,” Brandt said.
Twelve-inch cups positioned on a conveyer belt then carried the grain from the pit to the top of the elevator, where a spout would drop the grain into one of four storage bins positioned on either side of the main floor, Brandt said.
From the bottom looking up, you can see the wood framing and studs where they would carousel around the elevator. A stairwell leads individuals to the top floor underneath a gabled roof.
Those who brave the sweltering heat and a thick layer of dust upstairs will see the individual tubes that funneled the grain into the bins. A look outside the windows reveals a birds-eye view of downtown Atlanta.
Back on the ground, the brick engine house just east of the elevator building holds a 10-horsepower 1920 Fairbanks Marris gasoline engine with a drive shaft to run power to the pulleys and conveyors belts inside the elevator. The engine itself was reconstructed by late Atlanta-area farmer Dean May.
Historical Preservation Council President Laura Coleman said the engine house was reconstructed with materials from the period, including old bricks that had to be cleaned and rebuilt on the original foundation.
“Looking at that building, I would have never guessed that it was not the original, but I mean, it looks like the real deal,” Coleman said.
A building once used by the Cracker Jack Co. sits on the foundation of the original scale house, where workers used to weigh and record grain amounts. The building is filled with period items including a wood-burning stove, sieves used to grade the grain, and a scale made by the Chicago Scale Co., Coleman said.
Agricultural connection
Coleman said her family moved to Atlanta in 1973 and her mother, Marge, always had a passion for agriculture and preserving the grain elevator. Both of her parents, including her father Jim, were part of the group that founded the Historical Preservation Council.
After moving around the U.S. for 10 years, Coleman moved back home in 2012, and the council asked her to join.
“I just think that it’s something that a lot of people drive by and don’t really notice, but it’s worth the time to stop and look because it is a really unique structure and unique part of our history,” Coleman said of the grain elevator. “Even if you’re not a farmer, it still holds the roots of this area, its development, and the reason we’re here today.”
Nordman, originally from Belvidere, said she grew up on a farm, where she raised pigs to show at the county fair. When she first gained access to the elevator, she wanted to share photos with her parents.
Whitney Ortiz, tourism development director for Atlanta, said the city's story cannot be told without highlighting the importance of the elevator.
“It definitely brings tours back to that time in history because it's been there for so long,” Ortiz said. “It also brings a new set of people who are interested in coming to Atlanta, and they will never just go to the grain elevator because there is always something to check out.”
In terms of repairs, Nordman said the elevator may need a new coat of paint and the roof fixed someday, but that will not possible without the necessary funds.
“Although it’s not my story, I can really relate to it,” Nordman said of the grain elevator. “Things like this that are historical and need to be preserved — it’s able to tell a story for future generations.”
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A Nebraska nonprofit began approaching recent arrestees in Lancaster and Douglas counties this week to ask if they would participate in a new Harvard School of Law study investigating the effect of short-term incarceration on people's lives.
Those who agreed had a 50-50 chance of randomly being chosen for the "Extra-Chance Group," with their bonds being paid by RISE, a local group that focuses on habilitative programming in prisons and reentry support.
The other half would stay in jail unless they came up with their own bond money, the same as they would if there were no study.
Jim Greiner, director of Harvard Law School's Access to Justice Lab, said the premise of the study is to investigate whether there is a population of folks who could be safely released into the community before trial.
"Does it produce better outcomes for them? Does it produce better outcomes for the whole community?" Greiner said.
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To find a location to carry out the study, he said, they looked for areas without charitable bail funds already in place. It led them to choose courts in Lincoln and Omaha, in addition to Bexar County, Texas.
Greiner said RISE, their Nebraska partner, will have an employee do interviews at the jails to tell arrestees about the study and ask if they're willing to participate.
April Faith-Slaker, one of the researchers and a former Nebraskan, said they will work with RISE, which will post bail for some defendants recently arrested for nonviolent offenses, "for whom a lack of bail money is the only thing standing between them and release from pretrial incarceration."
The research team then will compare a range of outcomes for those bailed out by RISE to those who weren't.
"At the end of the study, we will be able to measure the effects of pretrial release on criminal case processing, recidivism, employment, housing, family stability, physical and mental health, and public benefits, among other things," Faith-Slaker said.
Greiner said it's the same kind of study, using empirical data, that the FDA requires to test new drugs before they're released to consumers.
There have been studies before that compare consequences of various kinds of incarceration, but they haven't taken into account that the people who can post bond are fundamentally different than those who can't, he said.
Typically, those who can have stronger family ties and social networks.
This study takes those differences into account, he said. So it's comparing groups that are alike to each other.
"The same, exempt for that one thing," Greiner said.
He said they're shooting for hundreds of participants over the next three years of enrollment, two years of follow-up surveys and several years of administrative data collection.
Greiner said to be patient. It won't be a quick process.
"Studies like this take a lot of time to produce credible information," he said.
It's just the latest study Harvard has undertaken at the Access to Justice Lab, which does research in both civil and criminal access to justice areas with an aim at using empirical research to make the U.S. justice system work better for everyone.
Greiner, who has been in the legal field for more than 30 years, said it's surprising to many people to know that the field of law isn't an evidence-based field.
"Law typically puts the cart before the horse," he said, unlike other fields, such as medicine.
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NORMAL — While friends and community leaders are mourning the death of former Normal Town Councilman Garrett Scott, they say he left a legacy that will continue for years to come.
Scott, a speech pathologist at Bloomington District 87, served on the council for 23 years. A lifelong chess lover, he taught the game to thousands of children over decades and founded a tournament that was held every year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for over 30 years.
He was also instrumental in the creation of Constitution Trail, a collaborative effort between Bloomington and Normal that faced some opposition at the time of its development.
"Garrett was the type of council member that didn't let the politics of the day really get in the way of his vision for the community, what he thought the community should be," Normal Mayor Chris Koos said last week, "and he would fight pretty hard on certain issues if he felt it was best for the community."
Scott died Aug. 8 at his home. He was 78. A memorial service is planned for later in the fall, according to his obituary.
Starting his tenure on the council in 1983, Scott was an early advocate for trail development, which was vital to the construction of the Constitution Trail, said former council member Jeff Fritzen.
"It seems so natural today, but it wasn't an easy concept to grasp back then with the idea of a linear park," Fritzen said. "His approach to things was collaborative and he was an educator, so his goal was to help us understand how this could work and what the benefits could be, even thought they were difficult to see."
The trail opened in 1989. Now spanning 37 miles, it is used by thousands of Twin Cities residents each year.
Scott never missed a meeting or made his mind up beforehand because he made sure to listen to what others had to say, Fritzen said.
"I always appreciated the time I served with Garrett because I knew that he was going to be very thorough in his consideration of things, and through his questioning he would provide me with a broader understanding of specific issue or matter," Fritzen said. "He was very open to hearing what everybody else had to say and not all of us are built that way."
Even when he thought he was done serving on the council in 1993, Scott was still brought back after then-councilman Kent Karraker ran for Normal mayor that same year, said former council member Sonja Reece.
"At that point Garrett thought he was going to have to take some coursework to continue to do his speech pathology work," Reece said. "Then we had a open seat on the council after Kent won and he immediately had to look for someone to fill his seat in the meantime.
"Garrett had discovered that he didn't have to take the classes so it was a bit serendipitous for all of us," Reece said.
Scott worked in multiple schools and grade levels at District 87, said Patsy Bowles, also a former speech pathologist for the district.
"He had a lot of experience in all the schools and in all the neighborhoods, and so a lot of people knew Garrett," said Bowles, who knew Scott when from they both completed graduate school at Illinois State University in 1970. "He just had a good sense of humor, knew what to do and enjoyed working with kids."
Speech pathology is a field that practices speech therapy and other issues involving sound production and articulation.
Bowles said she and Scott would work with kids on language development, syntax and word structure, vocabulary and sentence structure. But any time Scott wasn't working on speech pathology he was expressing his love for chess.
"He would talk about how he absolutely loved working with kids and chess," Bowles said. "Not only to play successfully, but he was into it for just having fun, and he felt as though chess did a lot for your mental state as well."
Scott would normally train and teach students how to play the game after school. He founded the annual Martin Luther King Scholastic Chess Tournament in 1988 to bring chess to the twin cities and highlight the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s memory, Bowles said.
In 1999, Scott became only the second chess coach in the nation with teams winning state titles at the primary, elementary, junior high and high school levels.
He told The Pantagraph at the time that the game appealed to him in part because it allows players to temporarily abandon life's anxieties. "All other thoughts go away," he said. He enjoyed passing along that love of the game to children and seeing them excel.
Scott's wife Sandra, who served on the McLean County Board and then as director of zoning, preceded him in death on Oct. 31, 2009.
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Salem Police investigate death of man in parking lot of Woodmansee Park
Cherrill Crosby
Salem Statesman Journal
A man was killed Saturday morning in the parking lot of Woodmansee Park off Sunnyside Road SE after being struck by a vehicle, Salem Police said in a statement.
Police were called about 9:15 a.m. Saturday when the man was struck by the vehicle, according to the statement.
"The man is deceased, and the driver has been questioned," the statement said. No other information was released.
The park is closed while detectives investigate. A police presence is anticipated in the area for the next several hours.
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Phoebe Putney Health System President/CEO Scott Steiner stands in front of the former Albany High School building that Phoebe and Albany Technical College plan to turn into a “Living and Learning Community.”
At a “steep cost” Phoebe Putney Health System’s plan for the former Albany High School building is to preserve the facade of the school entryway and incorporate it into the design of a new facility.
An artist’s rendering shows the repurposed Albany High School building owned by Phoebe Putney Health System that would be repurposed as a “Living and Learning Community” by Phoebe and Albany technical College.
Phoebe Putney Health System President/CEO Scott Steiner stands in front of the former Albany High School building that Phoebe and Albany Technical College plan to turn into a “Living and Learning Community.”
At a “steep cost” Phoebe Putney Health System’s plan for the former Albany High School building is to preserve the facade of the school entryway and incorporate it into the design of a new facility.
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An artist’s rendering shows the repurposed Albany High School building owned by Phoebe Putney Health System that would be repurposed as a “Living and Learning Community” by Phoebe and Albany technical College.
ALBANY -- A deadline set unanimously Wednesday by the Albany City Commission for the city's Historic Preservation Commission to sign off on Certificates of Approval that would allow Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to move forward with construction of a planned joint "Living and Learning Community" with Albany Technical College passed with no action Friday, negating a ruling by the preservation commission and allowing Phoebe to move forward with the $40 million project.
The Historic Preservation Commission, an appointed board that, among other duties, makes recommendations to the city and county on issues that arise in the city's historic district, had voted 4-3 to deny Phoebe five Certificates of Approval that would have allowed the hospital to build a nursing education facility that would give Albany Tech the capacity to train nurses in a facility that would allow access to instruction at the adjacent hospital. The facility, Phoebe and Albany Tech officials said, would address the severe nursing shortage at Phoebe and, indeed, across the nation.
The HPC instead wanted Phoebe to, essentially, restore the property that, at times served as Albany High School and Albany Middle School, to its former appearance, a procedure that Phoebe officials said would not allow for 80 residential apartments at the facility and would more than double the projected cost of the facility.
"I appreciate the fact that some members of the Historic Preservation Commission, while acknowledging the significance of this property, understood how our proposed project would positively impact this community," Phoebe Putney Health System President and CEO Scott Steiner said. "It strikes me as surreal, though, that there was opposition to this significant investment by two of the community's longest-serving organizations.
"I can't help but think back to a comment made by (Planning Services Director) Paul Forgey (who recommended opposing the Phoebe/Albany Tech project). He said 'The land that a property sits on has as much historic value of the structures that may have been built on it.' Yet members of the HPC said they didn't care what's on the property as long as we keep that (Albany High/Middle) structure."
Steiner said the Phoebe/Albany Tech project would "allow for education to continue on the property for another 100 years." Steiner said he was surprised that the Historic Preservation Commission members didn't see the impracticality of rebuilding a 100-year-old structure to standards that are no longer viable.
"I don't get surprised easily, but this logic was surprising," the health care CEO said. "This is a wooden building that was built in 1920 to 1920 standards."
In a ruling signed by Albany City Attorney Nathan Davis and Mayor Bo Dorough following a called meeting of the commission, the city said the HPC had "abused its discretion" in denying Phoebe the Certificates of Approval.
A document sent to the HPC read, in part: "(T)he city finds that the proposed material change (to the property) would not have substantial adverse effects on the aesthetic, historic or architectural significance and value of the historic property or the historic district." Noting also that the "HPC did not supply particulars to support its decision," the document said, "We conclude that the HPC abused its discretion. The judgment of HPC is reversed, and this matter is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this decision, to wit: HPC is to issue the five COAs by 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 in view of the gravity of the situation. If HPC fails to do so, PPMH and the (Albany-Dougherty) Hospital Authority are entitled to make whole relief. Thus, this decision will then stand as issuance of the five COAs."
Davis said Friday the HPC had no legal standing in members' threat to take the city to court for overturning the commission's decision.
"(After 5 p.m. on Friday), Phoebe can proceed immediately with all the things it must do to move forward the project," Davis said. "(The HPC) had nothing in their minutes that would lead to their conclusion, no facts, no legal basis. And the (city) statute says they must provide such reasons for their decisions. There's just no legal standing for what they tried to do."
Steiner, said the Living and Learning Community would immediately impact the nursing shortage at Phoebe and also lead to economic development in the area around the hospital.
“Phoebe today has 500 open positions,” he said. “Three hundred of those are nurses. It’s a crisis for sure. The center is expected to allow Albany Tech to increase its number of nursing graduates from a projected 233 this year to 350 next year and 470 in 2024.
"What box doesn't this (project) tick off? You've got new development along Jefferson, which is a short distance from downtown. You've got classes of 200, most of whom will want to live here. They'll have jobs that pay them $70,000, so they're going to have money to spend on food, haircuts, clothing, housing."
Steiner said Boyd Brothers Construction has applied for demolition permits, and that the company -- and Phoebe -- has begun the process of filling out all state and locally required paperwork. He said he expects all paperwork to be in order and work to start either "at the end of next week or the first of the following week."
"If you look up the word 'historic,' it's more than something just being old," he said. "Is a tree 'historic' because its 30 or 40 or 50 years old?
"It's sad that some of these keyboard warriors who always oppose Phoebe have tried to intimidate members of the HPC and city officials in this matter. It shows we really need to come together as a community if we want to see progress."
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From left to right, 2022 Fair Royalty Shannon Diedrich, 2023 Fairest of the Fair Wylie Jackson, 2023 second runner-up Michelle Edmonds, 2023 Fair Royalty Summer Zilisch and 2022 Fair Royalty Katelyn Hannah.
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Wylie Jackson gives an acceptance speech after she is declared the 2022 Kenosha County Fairest of the Fair Saturday morning at the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot.
WILMOT -- Although the weather outside was rainy and dreary, the energy inside the Creekside Stage tent at the Kenosha County Fair was bright and cheerful when Wylie Jackson, of Paris, was crowned 2023 Fairest of the Fair Saturday morning.
"It feels unreal," Jackson said.
Jackson holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and communication studies and a master's degree in school psychology from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. She is continuing her education at UW-LaCrosse to earn a school specialist's degree, and wants to be a school psychologist.
This was Jackson's first year entering the contest, and she is excited to make connections with the community as the 2023 Fairest of the Far.
"It's a great opportunity that I'm really looking forward to," Jackson said. "I think when you think of the fair, you think mainly livestock animals, but we have so much more to offer here in Kenosha County."
Summer Zilisch, of Kenosha, was bestowed the title of 2023 Fair Royalty during the crowning. It was also Zilisch's first time entering the contest.
"It's very exciting (to earn this title)," Zilisch said. "I have always been really involved in our community, and I'm excited to spread my passion with everybody else and also take time to educate myself but also educate others."
Zilisch will begin her first year at Carthage College this fall and is pursuing a biology degree with a focus in genetics.
"I'm excited to share that passion with the community and continue to educate people and learn a few things myself," Zilisch said.
Michelle Edmonds was declared the 2023 second-runner up.
Duties for the Fairest of the Fair include attending a minimum of 12 events throughout the year-long reign, such as Bristol Progress Days and school visits, participate in events and contests, perform media interviews, greet fair-goers, attend judging sessions and crown the next Fairest of the Fair.
As winner of Fairest of the Fair, Jackson will receive a $1,000 award and a lifetime membership to the fair. She will reign during 2023 and represent the Kenosha County Fair at the State of Wisconsin Fairest of the Fair competition in January 2024.
UPDATED: IN PHOTOS: Images from the 2022 Kenosha County Fair
The owner of the proposed cannabis dispensary on the border with Wisconsin said, to be honest, the value of the location is because he knows people will come across the border from Wisconsin, where they cannot buy marijuana legally. “I don’t want to pretend anything else.”
The three people were injured outside the park when shots were fired from a single vehicle, according to a spokesperson for the park, which is located about 45 miles north of Chicago.
From left to right, 2022 Fair Royalty Shannon Diedrich, 2023 Fairest of the Fair Wylie Jackson, 2023 second runner-up Michelle Edmonds, 2023 Fair Royalty Summer Zilisch and 2022 Fair Royalty Katelyn Hannah.
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MADISON, Ill. (AP) — IndyCar points leader Will Power won the pole for the Saturday night race at World Wide Technology Raceway and tied Mario Andretti for series pole record.
The 67th pole of Power’s career was won Friday on the short oval outside St. Louis. The Australian turned a lap at 183.089 mph to easily earn the top starting spot for the critical race in the IndyCar championship fight.
Power goes into Saturday night clinging to a six-point lead in the standings over Scott Dixon, and seven drivers are separated by only 59 points. In all, 11 drivers remain mathematically eligible to win the championship with three races remaining.
Power’s fourth pole of the season was the one he’s been chasing since 2020, when he finally realized that Andretti’s mark was within reach.
“It’s something I’ve had my eye on for a while. I think when I got to 60, I was like ‘This could be possible,’” Power said. “It’s definitely a big box to tick.”
Andretti expects the record to soon fall. Two weeks ago at Nashville, Dixon won for the 63rd time to pass Andretti for second on the all-time list.
“He’s tied now, but he’ll break the record because he wants it bad and knows how to do it,” Andretti wrote on Twitter.
But now that Power has tied the record, he’s turning his attention solely toward the championship fight.
“I’m not feeling any relief because I’m so focused on the race and the championship. I can think about that later and feel good about it,” Power said. “Right now it’s just so important to have a good car in the race and have a solid day.”
Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson, who held the points lead for six races this season, qualified second for Chip Ganassi Racing.
“I think I’ll do everything I possibly can to try and win this championship,” said Ericsson, who is third in points and trails Power by 12.
Ericsson was followed by Power’s teammates at Team Penske, Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin. Newgarden is the defending race winner and 22 points behind Power in the standings in fourth.
IndyCar champion Alex Palou qualified fifth for Ganassi and was followed by teammate Dixon in sixth. Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren SP was seventh as the top seven drivers in the standings swept the top seven spots — four Chevrolets to the three Hondas from Ganassi.
“I think a lot of the time you’re going to find yourself racing people that you’re actually fighting the championship with,” O’Ward said ahead of qualifying. At 59 points out, he said his goal is clear: “I need to win. I need to win races in order to be able to have a chance.”
Takuma Sato of Dale Coyne Racing qualified eighth and said after his run he’s working on a deal to return to the team next season.
“I think everyone is happy with where we are, but a lot of things have to be done before we tick the box,” Sato said. “It would be a pity if we stop. We want to build up with this team, it’s small, but it’s a great competitive team and I’d love to continue to keep it together.”
The four-car Andretti Autosport lineup qualified ninth through 12th and was led by Romain Grosjean, who made his oval debut at Gateway a year ago. Devlin DeFrancesco was 10th and followed by Alexander Rossi and Colton Herta.
DeFrancesco, a rookie, tested at Gateway last week in preparation for the race and said his comfort level on ovals has dramatically improved since the start of the season. He also said he doesn’t know why he’s in the rumor mill as a driver about to lose his job.
“I have a multi-year deal with Andretti Steinbrenner Racing. I have no idea where the rumors are coming from,” DeFrancesco said. “What I know if I have a multi-year contract.”
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Many of the University of Arizona’s 14,298 employees will now have the option to create a flexible work schedule.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees at the UA — and in most office-style workplaces — to transition to remote work to mitigate viral transmission, the UA’s new flexible work initiative is not driven by public health necessity.
Instead, one of Tucson's largest employers is joining a nationwide trend of taking the pandemic-era lessons learned about what work can look like beyond commuting to an office five days a week and applying them to a longterm vision for work post-pandemic.
“As you all know, the pandemic has introduced us to a number of flexible work tools and practices,” UA President Robert Robbins said in an email to employees last week.
“Like other employers and higher education institutions, we are embracing evolving workforce trends to help sustain the university’s position as a great place to work and ensure we remain competitive in the labor market.”
What is flexible work?
Some jobs at the university, like teaching and student support positions, require time on campus, but there are still options to find flexibility in those schedules, too. That’s because flexible work doesn’t just mean fully remote, though that is an option for some UA employees. Flexible work can also include:
Hybrid work week, which means an employee works some of the time at an office and some of the time at home.
Flexible schedule, which means an employee is allowed variations on when they start and end work each day, but they work a full work week.
Compressed work week, which means an employee completes their scheduled hours for the week in fewer than five work days.
Core business hours, which refers to established times (example: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) when all employees in a unit or department must be working. Time outside of those hours is flexible.
Flexible work arrangements like these allow workers more options for arranging child care or other responsibilities, managing a chronic illness or simply working at a time of day or in an environment most suited to their productivity.
Although some UA employees have had flexible work options since before the pandemic, Celina Ramirez, vice president for university initiatives, said the pandemic exposed more people to its benefits.
“The pandemic made a lot more supervisors open to flexible arrangement than they had in the past,” she said. “We also had a lot more employees asking about it because they saw how it works for their lives as well.”
Ramirez, who has worked at the UA for 15 years, said she’s grateful to have had a flexible work schedule during most of her time on campus, which has coincided with raising two children.
“To some extent I’ve chosen my jobs based on how much flexibility they had so that I could meet the parenting needs I had,” she said. “The goal should really be getting the work done and getting it done effectively. That may look different from person to person.”
More job satisfaction
Last spring, Ramirez and a team of administrators conducted a survey to gain more concrete information about employee perspectives on flexible work.
According to the workers who responded to the survey, 42% of staff already had a flexible schedule; 44% had a hybrid work week; 26% were fully remote. The survey also found that 88% of employees who didn’t already have some kind of flexible work arrangement wanted one.
Rank-and-file workers aren’t the only ones who see benefits to flexible work options.
According to the survey, more than 70% of supervisors saw increased productivity among staff who worked remotely or partly remote. But staff — more than 90% — said the biggest benefit of flexible work is increased job satisfaction and employee wellbeing.
Over the summer, the university ran a pilot program for remote work across 22 departments, and is now in the process of analyzing the results.
Alex Underwood, registrar for the UA, was part of the pilot. Prior to the pandemic changing the look of office work, the 40-plus full-time employees in the Registrar’s Office were expected to work in an office on campus from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, with few exceptions.
Since the office is public-facing, it’s made sure to have enough staff on-site to support students in person. Some workers prefer to work in the office five days a week, while others prefer to work remotely or during non-traditional business hours. Underwood has found a compromise by requiring staff to come into the office at least two days a week, which is when they have their all-staff meetings.
Overall, he said it’s benefiting his department.
“Having that flexibility and letting people know that the office cares about them as people has made a big difference in both recruiting talent and retaining talent,” Underwood said. “We’re doing everything we can to both serve our students and the university, but also serve our workers.”
Although it will be up to individual supervisors and department heads to allow flexible work — the survey noted that those under the age of 35 were most likely to support the idea — backers of the initiative are encouraged by Robbins’ recent endorsement.
“One of our key takeaways was that supervisors felt like they needed leadership’s support,” said Alex Robie Harris, senior project director in the Office of University Initiatives.
“Just seeing that email is going to give supervisors the support and permission they’ve been looking for — that this wasn’t just a reaction to COVID. This is a longterm way that will change the way we all work.”
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After the disruption of online learning, first-year college students are arriving arrive on U.S. campuses unprepared for the demands of college-level work, experts say. Colleges from New Jersey to California have expanded summer bridge programs aiming to get students up to speed in math and English before they arrive this fall. Experts say it's clear remote instruction caused learning setbacks, most sharply among Black and Hispanic students. The stakes are high: Research shows that students who start college a step behind are less likely to graduate.
For Star subscribers: With 1 million square feet of office space available in Tucson that was not vacant pre-pandemic, a new approach is needed to get employees to return.
Azucena Hughes is a stellar Pima Community College student and a mom who needs relief from juggling child care and school work. When she saw PCC has 20 spots at its new, free, on-campus child care center, she immediately applied.
For more than 50 years, the University of Arizona has held New Start, which is a six-week summer program geared toward helping mostly low-income and first-generation college students adjust to the quirks of college life.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Deputies have launched a homicide investigation after a teenager was shot and killed in southern Travis County on Friday night.
The Travis County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the 11900 block of Menchaca Road around 11:40 p.m. after reports someone had been shot and a vehicle left the scene.
When deputies arrived, they found a male in his teens with a gunshot wound, TCSO said.
Austin-Travis County EMS medics treated the teen, but he succumbed to his injuries at 12:10 a.m. on Saturday morning. His identity is pending autopsy results.
Detectives believe the victim was targeted and this was an isolated incident.
Deputies are searching for multiple suspects who were reportedly seen running away, then leaving the scene in a dark-colored four-door sedan.
Anyone with any information on the case is asked to call the TCSO tip line at 512-854-1444 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 512-472-TIPS.
This is the 10th homicide TCSO is investigating this year.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) The Washington County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) said a man led police on a pursuit after breaking into a house and setting it on fire on Saturday.
According to Blake Andis, Sheriff of Washington County, Virginia, a male was reported to have broken into a house, destroyed the interior and then set the house on fire.
A deputy then responded to a call that the unidentified male was allegedly trying to break into a house next door to the one he destroyed. Once the deputy arrived at the scene, the suspect tried to run him over, said Andis.
The police pursuit went through Sullivan County on Route 421 into Johnson County where WCSO deputies were able to successfully spike the tires of the vehicle. The male was then placed under arrest.
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office assisted once the pursuit passed into Tennessee.
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Actor Gary Busey has been charged with multiple sexual offenses in connection with an incident at the annual Monster Mania Convention in New Jersey, police said.
Busey, 78, best known for playing the musician Buddy Holly in the 1978 film “The Buddy Holly Story,” was charged Friday with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment, according to a press release from Cherry Hill police.
The charges stem from offenses at the annual Monster Mania Convention at the Doubletree Hotel on Aug. 12-14 in Cherry Hill, a Philadelphia suburb, police said.
Busey, who lives in Malibu, California, was scheduled as a featured guest for all three days of the event.
Police did not immediately respond to a message seeking details. It also wasn’t clear whether Busey has an attorney to comment on the charges, and a representative didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment Saturday. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/actor-gary-busey-hit-with-several-sex-offense-charges-at-south-jersey-hotel/3340934/ | 2022-08-20T21:02:51 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/actor-gary-busey-hit-with-several-sex-offense-charges-at-south-jersey-hotel/3340934/ |
WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. — Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker says he's declined an invitation to participate in a debate in Macon against Senator Raphael Warnock.
During an appearance in Wrightsville on Friday, Walker said he has no plans to attend the Oct. 13 debate.
Warnock accepted the invitation to participate about a month ago. Walker’s campaign had not responded to the invitation since it was sent in June.
On Friday, Walker said he has no plans to debate in Macon and explained why.
“I'm not going to respond to anything because you know that's not a debate, and you know that,” Walker said. “You've got people that are contributors to his campaign and it's in this room that only two people gonna see it on a Sunday night, I think. NFL Football, I am giving you an opportunity to be statewide so everybody can see what it is, see the contrast between the two of us. I don't know how you can ask for anything better.”
The debate is set for a Thursday night, not a Sunday. It is a co-sponsored debate by 13WMAZ, our Atlanta station 11Alive, Georgia Public Broadcasting, The Telegraph and Mercer’s Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University.
There will have a live audience and the debate will be available across all WMAZ platforms and with our media partners.
Walker has accepted a debate invitation on Oct. 14 in Savannah. The debate is hosted by the Nexstar Media Group and other television stations.
"It is like the 'Rumble in the Jungle.' Everyone gets a chance to see he and I go at it," Walker said in Wrightsville on Friday. "This little country boy that's not too smart, and I am trying to unseat a Senator who is wrecking things. I’m going to call him Wreck-It Ralph. He ought to get to Savannah, Georgia, to go up against Herschel Walker."
Walker accepted the Nexstar debate during an appearance on Fox News during Sean Hannity’s show in early August.
“It is time that people see the difference. So on Oct. 14, I want Sen. Warnock to be ready because I have accepted a debate,” Walker said during the appearance. “Now he can quit talking and show the people he’s going to stand behind his words and show up for the debate.”
The invitation to Walker for the debate in Macon on Oct. 13 remains open, and we will update on any further response from Walker or his campaign.
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A beautiful Saturday afternoon on the water turned fiery for a group of boaters whose vessel caught fire in the Hudson River.
Thick, dark smoke was seen billowing from the boat as emergency crews moved in and started spraying down the previously out of control burn.
All passengers aboard the 48-foot yacht were rescued by a good Samaritan, who aided the group to an NYPD rescue boat once it arrived. No injuries were immediately reported.
The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the yacht, which caught fire around 3:30 p.m., had submerged after a losing battle with the fire.
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- Two people are dead after their illegal ATV ride in Queens -- in the wrong lane with no helmets -- ended in a gruesome collision with a tractor-trailer
- The incident happened just before 2 a.m. at Queens Plaza South and Jackson Avenue, not too far from the Queensboro Bridge
- Cops say the two men were on an ATV, which is illegal to ride in New York City, when they hit the side of an 18-wheeler
Two NYPD officers have been placed on modified duty while the department investigates whether they were involved Friday morning's mangled ATV crash that killed two people.
The incident happened just before 2 a.m. at Queens Plaza South and Jackson Avenue -- not too far from the Queensboro Bridge. Cops say two men in their 30s were on an ATV, which is illegal to ride in New York City, when they hit the side of a tractor-trailer truck.
One died at the scene, and the other died a short time later at a local hospital.
Police said neither of the men riding the ATV was wearing a helmet at the time of the impact. They were apparently riding on the wrong lane when they hit the side of the 18-wheeler.
On Saturday, the police department confirmed its officers had been moved to restricted duty as officials investigate whether the pair was chasing after the ATV, first reported by the Daily News.
Meanwhile, people who live in the area where the crash occurred are saying that more needs to be done, saying this is not the first time ATVs have taken to the streets.
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"They're pretty fast, and you have to be careful if you're walking," Giselle Nyandwkwe, a local, said.
"I think more should be done to stop them from being on there, but there's not enough enforcement," said Nicholas Perez, another local.
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TWIN FALLS — Glanbia Nutritionals hosted its 29th annual Charity Challenge Golf Tournament on Monday to raise money for local nonprofit organizations in the area.
Twenty-five volunteers and 192 golfers came together at Blue Lakes Country Club on Monday, where Glanbia Nutritionals donated $200,000 to 11 organizations ranging from food banks, senior centers, critical services, mental health services and community resource centers that have an impact on the community.
“This event brings out many smiles and emotions to the local charities, golfers and volunteers," Jayde Wilson, Glanbia marketing and PR coordinator, said. "Glanbia is committed to supporting our local community and these organizations embody this commitment.”
The top five charities attended the awards banquet in the evening to receive their checks for their organization and speak on the impact this event and donation will make.
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OSHA determines Rawhide Western Town worker died due to safety failures
The work-related death of a Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse employee has led to the U.S. Department of Labor citing the business's operators with a little more than $20,000 in fines.
"A federal investigation determined the fatality could have been prevented if the employer had implemented required safety measures," read a statement Tuesday from the labor department, which described the incident as a "tragedy."
Upon "serious" safety violations, Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $20,302 in penalties on Wild Horse Pass Development Center, which operates the theme-park business located at the Gila River Indian Community, according to the press release.
An investigation by OSHA determined that a 30-year-old person died at an area hospital after being severely injured while working during the early hours of Feb. 25 at Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse.
The employee was driving on a cargo scooter and ran into a nylon tow strap strung across the opening of a damaged gate, according to the press release.
"The strap was hung to try to keep the damaged gate closed," read the news release.
The Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse is located at the Gila River Indian Community near Chandler and is operated by the Wild Horse Pass Development Center, according to the press release.
OSHA found Wild Horse Pass Development Center "exposed workers to serious injuries from struck-by hazards by failing to ensure the gate arm and strap were adequately reflective, and by failing to erect appropriate signage alerting drivers to the road closure and detour," read the press release.
Per safety standards, barricades and gate closures must be "clearly marked" with reflective materials topped with vertical stripes along its entire length, the press release continued. The company also did not train its workers on safe cargo scooter operation and use, according to the press release.
“A worker’s life was lost because Wild Horse Pass failed to follow federal safety requirements,” said T. Zachary Barnett, the Phoenix-area OSHA director. “Employers are legally obligated to ensure a safe and healthful workplace and train workers on the hazards they may face so that they can return home safely at the end of each workday.”
The labor department did not disclose the employee's identity.
The company has 15 business days to comply, request a talk with the OSHA area director, or contest the findings before the OSHA review commission, the news release noted.
The Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse, also branded as Rawhide Western Town and Event Center, sits on 160 acres and includes an Old West theme town and a multi-use sports stadium, according to information on its website.
Representatives of the business could not be immediately reached for comment on Saturday.
Reach breaking news reporter Jose R. Gonzalez at jose.gonzalez@gannett.com or on Twitter @jrgzztx.
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The Cornhusker Marching Band held its annual exhibition Friday at Memorial Stadium.
The free concert featured highlights from the band's preseason camp, its popular "drill down" contest and a preview of its first halftime show.
While the exhibition is a chance for the band to have a "dry run" of a gameday, Tony Falcone, the band's assistant director, says this is something just for them.
“They get to show off for friends and family, who may not be able to attend a game," Falcone said. "It’s one of the only things we do during the course of a season that’s just for us. It’s not attached to any other kind of event.”
A 50-member pep band will be sent to Ireland for the season opener Aug. 27. The band will perform at all seven home football games this season.
The stolen Nissan crashed into a tree south of Tierra Briarhurst Park. Four teens fled the scene, leaving a "heavily intoxicated" 15-year-old girl in the backseat, police said.
TheJournal Starhas heard from fans coming from 19 different states, as well as two European countries for the Huskers game against Northwestern in Ireland.
Nebraska State Patrol troopers arrested Oscar Villa, 36, and Johana Madrid, 27, both of Los Angeles, after a rural Winside resident reported them on their property.
"You drive around the county, there's stop signs, street signs shot up all over," Sheriff Terry Wagner said, after deputies cited a man who fired rounds toward a stop sign.
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CEDAR FALLS — Cedar Falls Public Safety says a missing Cedar Falls woman has now been found.
LuAnn Gates was located in Charles City and her family has been notified.
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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.
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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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MISHAWAKA — The late U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Elkhart, remains a potent political force in Indiana's 2nd Congressional District.
Republican leaders in north central Indiana overwhelming voted Saturday to nominate Rudy Yakym III, Walorski's former campaign finance director, to take her place on the Nov. 8 general election ballot, and to run that same day in a special election to finish Walorski's unexpired term.
Walorski died Aug. 3 in a two-vehicle, head-on collision near Nappanee, that also killed three other people.
Yakym was endorsed prior to the GOP caucus by both Walorksi's husband, Dean Swihart, and her mother, Martha Walorski.
Swihart also personally introduced Yakym to the 373 Republican precinct committee leaders from across the district, including portions of LaPorte County, who participated in the nominating event at Grissom Middle School in Mishawaka, near South Bend.
He said while Walorski never can be fully replaced by anyone, he's confident Yakym is best suited as a "pro-Trump, pro-life and a Christian family man" to continue her legacy than any of the other 11 candidates who competed for the GOP nomination.
"I want to be clear with you, I don't take this endorsement lightly at all. Rudy and I had a brutally honest conversation about what it would mean to continue the work that Jackie did in D.C. That's not backing down from a fight, that's never losing sight of your principles and beliefs, and that's always putting the people of the 2nd District first," Swihart said.
Yakym, 38, of Granger, is director of growth initiatives at Kem Krest, an Elkhart-based chemical and parts management company. He's also a former board member at the Indiana Finance Authority and currently serves on the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission, which recommends candidates to the governor for potential appointment to the Indiana Court of Appeals and Indiana Supreme Court.
He vowed if he prevails in the special and general elections to focus on serving every resident of the 2nd District and to always take the time to listen — just as Walorski did.
"Jackie was a friend to all of us, and she was a friend to me. And what she taught us is true now, more than ever. Our faith matters and it drives our decision-making," Yakym said. "Dean, you have my word, I will work every day to honor Jackie's legacy and to make you proud."
At the same time, Yakym said if voters send him to Congress his top goal in Washington will be to "destroy the Biden-Pelosi agenda and take back our country."
He said Democratic President Joe Biden and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., are pursuing an "America Last" agenda, in contrast to Republican former President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda.
Yakym said he never will support face mask mandates or business closures to minimize the spread of a viral pandemic. He also pledged to get the federal budget under control, fund the U.S. military and veterans programs, always support Israel, and vote "100% pro-life."
"Let me be clear, it is never OK for the government to come in and dictate how we live our lives," Yakym said.
In the end, it wasn't even close. Yakym was nominated on the first ballot for the general election vacancy with a 55% majority. He then was nominated by acclimation as the Republican candidate for the special election.
"First and foremost, I want to thank our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and our God above," Yakym said after the results were announced to sustained cheers and applause.
"There was a number of people, good people, who stepped up to run for this seat, and that's OK. I make no bones about it, I'm a free-market enterprise guy and I believe that competition is good for the marketplace. The competition this week has been stiff, and I appreciate every single one of them," he added.
Yakym then announced he'd purchased 400 Chik-fil-A sandwiches for all the precinct leaders, and his opponents, as a gesture of gratitude for participating in the caucus, and for their continuing support in the weeks and months and years ahead.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Now let's go to Washington, D.C. and take this social agenda back," Yakym said.
Indiana GOP Chairman Kyle Hupfer, who led the caucus, was among the first to congratulate Yakym on his victories.
"Rudy will be a strong voice for northern Indiana and continue Jackie Walorski’s legacy of fighting for conservative values in Washington, D.C.," Hupfer said.
Among those defeated by Yakym were former Attorney General Curtis Hill Jr.; state Rep. Curt Nisly, R-Milford; and former state Rep. Christy Stutzman, R-Middlebury.
All offered a similar vision of Christian conservatism, Trump loyalty, and an enthusiasm to disrupt the ordinary workings of the federal government.
"I am a threat. I'm a threat to the power-brokers and the political insiders of the Washington D.C. swamp because I'm fighting for you," Hill said. "America is in the battle of our lifetime. A battle for its very soul....The woke cancel culture wants to destroy your American dream."
Records show Hill earned 23% of the caucus vote, followed by Nisly at 8%, Stutzman at 7% and everyone else well under 5%.
The Democratic caucus for the special election is scheduled for Tuesday. It's likely to nominate Paul Steury, an environmental educator from Goshen, since he's already the Democratic nominee for the general election after winning the May 3 primary.
"I implore you to not replace a committed public servant like Jackie Walorski with a deeply flawed Curtis Hill," said Victoria Reardon, daughter of former state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, D-Munster.
The election will be a bit trickier in LaPorte County since it's split between the 1st Congressional District, represented by U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, and the 2nd Congressional District.
Following Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Indiana lawmakers are almost certain next month to enact severe restrictions on abortion access, or outright ban the procedure in the Hoosier State.
"This issue continues to be in the national spotlight and for good reason as women have worked hard for equal opportunities on the playing field — and that's exactly what they deserve."
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, has secured some $45 million in federal funding to support 10 Northwest Indiana infrastructure and economic development projects.
Rudy Yakym III, of Granger, is joined by his family after being nominated Saturday as the Republican candidate in Indiana's 2nd Congressional District, which includes portions of LaPorte County. Yakym replaces the late U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Elkhart, who died along with three other people in an Aug. 3 car crash near Nappanee, Indiana. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/former-walorski-aide-nominated-to-carry-on-her-legacy-in-congress/article_134ba34f-ac8d-5960-93cc-683c12e51bec.html | 2022-08-20T21:57:33 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/former-walorski-aide-nominated-to-carry-on-her-legacy-in-congress/article_134ba34f-ac8d-5960-93cc-683c12e51bec.html |
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Police Department says a man was found with upper body trauma near the University of South Florida around 3 p.m. Saturday.
He was found on Leroy Collins Boulevard and East Fowler Avenue and was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, the police department said in a new release.
The man was reportedly pronounced dead at the hospital due to his injuries.
The incident did not happen on the university's campus, law enforcement says.
Police say there is currently an active investigation and East Flower Avenue will be closed between 46th Street North and McKinley Drive for several hours.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to CrimeStoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/1-person-dead-tampa-shooting-usf/67-00773577-5d9a-4382-bff9-c1aa02986e42 | 2022-08-20T21:59:40 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/1-person-dead-tampa-shooting-usf/67-00773577-5d9a-4382-bff9-c1aa02986e42 |
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A 61-year-old man is recovering in the hospital after almost drowning in a Greensboro apartment pool Thursday.
His 8-year-old grandson is being called a hero after saving his life.
Christian Matos said he and his grandfather love spending time together.
"He takes care of me when I'm sad. He gives me Gatorade or soda, even coke, or we go on a walk," said Matos.
Thursday they decided to take a trip to their pool at an apartment complex off Cotswold Avenue.
"While we were at the pool we started laughing and playing and stuff," said Matos.
Until the unthinkable happened, Matos said his grandfather went under the water to wet his hair and came up too quickly.
"He swallowed too much of the water and I just saw him laying there with his head down and arms like this and I felt his heart and it wasn't doing anything," said Matos.
His grandfather nearly drowned until Matos managed to drag his grandfather out of the pool and performed CPR, a procedure the mother said he's never learned before.
"I have never taught him that. It has never even dawned on me to teach him that. It’s a shame but it’s true. All of it goes to God. It had to have been God to step in and let this boy do what he did," said Cerise Hammie.
The grandfather is now recovering in the hospital after the family called 911.
"I want to hang out with him again, hug him and stuff, take him on a walk, but no pool anymore," said Matos.
The family told News 2 that doctors were able to extract more water from the grandfather's lungs.
The family plans to give him a call and they're thankful they'll be able to hear his voice again. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/i-felt-his-heart-and-it-wasnt-doing-anything-greensboro-boy-saves-grandfather-from-drowning/83-f11b55ec-3c97-4a2f-a77a-56fc30bf659c | 2022-08-20T21:59:46 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/i-felt-his-heart-and-it-wasnt-doing-anything-greensboro-boy-saves-grandfather-from-drowning/83-f11b55ec-3c97-4a2f-a77a-56fc30bf659c |
A Bethlehem landscaping contractor accused last month of bilking 11 customers has been charged with defrauding nearly two dozen more consumers, authorities said.
David J. Grant owner of Lehigh Valley Curb Appeal Landscaping, was arraigned Friday by District Judge Nicholas E. Englesson and sent to Northampton County Prison on $20,000 bail for numerous felony counts including theft, theft of services, receiving stolen property and receiving advance payment but failing to perform services.
Grant, 39, of the 1100 block of North New Street, primarily promoted his business via the social media app Nextdoor, according to court papers filed by Bethlehem police. In many cases, consumers paid Grant up front, but the contractor failed to perform the work, police said.
Some 23 customers were victimized by Grant, police said, with losses ranging from $200 to $4,500. In a separate case, a Bethlehem resident gave Grant a personal loan of $54,000 with an agreement that the money be paid back in monthly installments, police said. Grant gave the resident three checks totaling $9,900, police said, but the checks were voided because Grant’s checking account was closed.
Another consumer from Freemansburg agreed to allow Grant to dump dirt and various landscaping byproducts on his property for $45 per trailer load, police said. Grant stopped paying the resident in March and owes about $650, police said.
Several transactions between Grant and consumers occurred via electronic-purchase accounts of Grant’s. police said. In conducting a search warrant of Grant’s accounts, such as PayPal, police said they found Grant engaged in 1,121 gambling transactions using such accounts totaling nearly $107,000.
Bethlehem police first charged Grant, last month with bilking the 11 consumers $13,750. Police began their probe in early June when two city victims told investigators they paid Grant an initial 50% deposit of $1,750 for work to be done April 25. Grant told the consumers he wasn’t going to do the work and no refunds were made, police said.
After arraignment on the earlier counts, Grant was released on $50,000 bail, court records show. It was not clear Saturday if the charges would be consolidated. The earlier crimes took place in Bethlehem, Bethlehem Township and Lower Nazareth Township, police said, while the more recent incidents also happened in other communities, including Lower Saucon and Upper Nazareth townships.
Court papers don’t list an attorney for Grant and a telephone listing for the business said calls are not being accepted.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Bethlehem Detective Daniel Kennedy at 610-997-7682. Police from multiple Northampton County departments investigated, along with the Lehigh and Northampton district attorneys offices.
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RICHMOND, Va. — The city of Richmond is holding its first gun buyback.
Participants were asked to arrive in their vehicles with their unloaded firearms stored in the trunks of their cars. From there, Richmond police weapon masters would retrieve and inspect the weapon.
Residents were also asked to fill out a form and declare in writing why they wanted to turn over their firearm, which is standard procedure under Virginia law.
Police worked in tandem with the nonprofit Robby Poblete Foundation to host this event. The California-based organization has hosted several gun violence intervention campaigns across the country. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/richmond-holds-citys-first-gun-buyback-event/2022/08/20/60147690-20cf-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | 2022-08-20T22:08:13 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/richmond-holds-citys-first-gun-buyback-event/2022/08/20/60147690-20cf-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html |
Young riders enjoy Pony Par-Tea at Red Sky Farm
LAS CRUCES - Young horse lovers from as far away as Tularosa had an opportunity to spend time with horses and ponies at a Pony Par-Tea at Red Sky Farm in Las Cruces on Saturday, Aug. 13. More than a dozen young riders and their families met at the East Mesa equestrian facility for introductory lessons in horse grooming, basic riding, crafts and a summer version of a "high tea."
"We had so much fun," said barn owner/head trainer Susie Ouderkirk. "We laughed the whole time and the horses received a lot of loving attention."
In addition to working on brushing the horses and picking their hooves, participants learned to mount and ride with supervision.
"The pool-noodle ponies were a big hit," Ouderkirk said.
Red Sky Farm assistant Lauren Meske led the group in making stick horses from colorful pool noodles and organized races under the farm's covered arena. A "high tea" finished the morning, during which the riders sampled three varieties of iced tea.
"Well, hot tea would have been just too ... hot," Meske said.
Red Sky Farm is a hunter/jumper equestrian facility on Las Cruces's East Mesa, offering lessons, training, showing and other equine services.
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A crowd of about 50 people, most dressed in purple, made their way down 52nd Street to the Wyndham Hotel with a police escort, chanting and shouting the name of Montreach Mitchell of Kenosha, a domestic violence victim, Saturday afternoon.
Family and friends organized the march in Montreach’s memory, and to raise awareness about domestic violence.
In late May, Montreach was reportedly shot to death in a hotel room by her boyfriend, Timmy Brooks. Brooks later turned himself in to the Milwaukee Police Department, reportedly admitting to police that he shot her in the back of the head after an argument.
Those attending Saturday's event united in remembering her.
Starting from the Regimen Barber Collective, 1345 52nd St., the crowd was led by Montreach’s three daughters, the oldest not yet a teenager, carrying banner of Montreach, nicknamed “Woo.”
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Monisha Mitchell, Montreach’s younger sister, had come all the way from Arkansas for the event. She said her family has struggled recently.
“This is the third sibling I’ve had to bury,” Monisha said. She warned people that, when it came to domestic violence, “don’t just sit there.”
Phyllis Mitchell, Montreach’s mother and a Kenosha resident, said she hoped some change could come out of her daughter’s death. Phyllis also recently lost her grandson, Anderail Armstrong, to a different kind of violence, after he was murdered on July 4 during a mass shooting.
“I just want this violence to stop,” Phyllis said. “I want to let the public know this stuff is happening, I want this to make a difference.”
As the crowd made its way down 52nd Street, one attendee, a cousin of Montreach, talked about learning of her death.
“It was a painful thing,” said Precious Gooch. “Nobody should have to go through that.”
Montreach’s father, the Rev. Monroe Mitchell, said domestic violence is an issue that cuts across racial and social lines. He asked people to push beyond the stigma of feeling like a “snitch” when they saw domestic violence, encouraging them to “see something, say something.”
“This is something we need to stay aware of,” Monroe said. “We need to stay educated. This is something that affects the whole family.”
In front of the Wyndham hotel, other families of domestic violence victims and a domestic violence survivor spoke to the gathered crowd. Teanna Washington, a Kenosha resident and a domestic violence survivor, shared her story.
“I was scared to leave, I thought he was going to kill me,” Teanna said. “People always tell you to go, but it’s not that easy to leave. But you can do it. I’m here.”
Monisha thanked everyone for their support.
“It’s not always about money or donations,” Monisha said. “Sometimes it’s just showing the love and support that we would show others.” | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/memorial-march-held-for-domestic-violence-victim/article_87360456-20bf-11ed-8e54-cf7343097a4c.html | 2022-08-20T22:25:22 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/memorial-march-held-for-domestic-violence-victim/article_87360456-20bf-11ed-8e54-cf7343097a4c.html |
An off-duty Bexar County sheriff’s corporal was arrested early Saturday after being accused of damaging a door when she showed up at a residence and no one answered.
Adelina Agosto, a 17-year veteran of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, has been charged with criminal mischief greater than $100 and less than $750, a Class B misdemeanor.
Agosto, 41, is accused of “drunkenly destroying” the door when it wasn’t answered, according to a news release from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. San Antonio police arrested her after responding to a 911 call from the person inside the residence, who believed someone was trying to break in, according to the sheriff’s office.
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She has been served termination paperwork and is currently on unpaid administrative leave.
Sheriff Javier Salazar condemned her behavior in a statement released by the sheriff’s office.
“In my opinion, this tenured corporal choosing to drunkenly destroying the property of another is no better than the criminals we are sworn to guard society against,” Salazar said. “I personally believe she has no place in this profession, and she will soon have no place in this agency.”
Bexar County said a “separate but concurrent administrative investigation is underway.”
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Three people accused of hiding the body of a slain woman in a box on the West Side were indicted this week by a Bexar County grand jury.
Alysson Paredes, 25; Adam Rangel, 18; and Frank Rangel, 42, were charged with intentionally concealing a human corpse. The charges were among 264 indictments handed down this week, according to the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office.
Paredes and Adam Rangel are the children of Frank Rangel.
The body of Gloria Martinez, 19, was found last month inside a gray plastic bin in the driveway of an abandoned house on the West Side.
She was discovered after an anonymous call to 911 on July 20, according to San Antonio police. Her death was ruled a homicide after authorities concluded that she had been stabbed multiple times.
The charge, a second-degree felony, is punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a possible $10,000 fine.
In another case, Kenith Harden, 54, is accused of fatally shooting Darion Tremer Dixon, 49, on April 28 at an apartment complex in the Medical Center area. He’s facing a sentence of five to 99 years to life imprisonment on a murder charge, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Harden initially went on the run before police caught him shortly after the crime had taken place, authorities said at the time.
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Gov. Greg Abbott has signaled support for a years-long call by women’s health care advocates to remove taxes on menstrual products like tampons, sanitary pads and pantyliners. His statement comes on the heels of Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and state Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, voicing their support for eliminating the “tampon tax.”
Hegar and Huffman said they’d support efforts in next year’s legislative session to make such products nontaxable.
Other health care necessities, such as medicine and bandages, are exempt from sales tax in Texas. Advocates have called for the repeal of the tax, arguing that menstrual products should be classified as “wound care dressings,” which prevent bacterial infections and “maintain a moist or dry wound environment.” Given that wound dressings like Band-Aids are exempt from sales tax, supporters of repealing the sales tax on menstrual products argue that taxing them discriminates on the basis of sex.
Menstrual products are already tax-free in 24 states. Texas is among those states where consumers still pay tax on those products.
The effort likely will face hurdles during next year’s legislative session.
Proposals to eliminate the sales tax on menstrual products, spearheaded by state Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, have come before the Legislature every session since 2017. None of those bills has made it to the governor’s desk.
If next session’s legislation reaches Abbott’s desk, he would support eliminating the tax.
“Governor Abbott fully supports exempting feminine hygiene products from state and local sales tax,” Renae Eze, a spokesperson for the governor, said in a statement. “These are essential products for women’s health and quality of life, and the Governor looks forward to working with the legislature in the next session to remove this tax burden on Texas women.”
But Huffman’s support of the measure as the chair of the Senate Finance Committee —that branch’s budget chief — is notable. The 2017 bill to remove the feminine hygiene tax died in that committee.
“Every woman knows that these products are not optional. They are essential to our health and well-being and should be tax-exempt,” she said in a news release last week announcing her support.
Hegar pointed to Texas’ strong economy and state revenues in explaining his support for the tax repeal. Given increasing prices and inflation, Hegar said the opportunity to exempt these products from taxation is a critical need for Texans.
“Texas can absorb this lost revenue easily, but for countless Texas women, this will mean significant savings in their personal budgets over time,” Hegar said in a news release. “This is a small amount of money relative to the overall revenue outlook for Texas.”
Hegar’s latest revenue estimate for the next two years, beginning mid-July, projects Texas will generate $27 billion. The sales tax revenue on menstrual supplies over the next two years would represent about 0.1 percent of that amount.
In Texas and across the country, institutions are working to improve greater access to menstrual products. Over the summer, the Austin Independent School District spent over $150,000 to provide free menstrual products to students in bathrooms.
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WEST CAPE MAY — Hundreds of people turned up at Rea's Farm on Saturday afternoon for the Lenape Nation's Lower River Treaty Signing and Finale celebration.
"It's a beautiful day to celebrate our Native heritage, and we can't thank everyone enough for coming out to support," said Chief Chuck DeMund of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania.
The celebration marked the end of the group's monthlong rising river journey in which they paddled down the Delaware River with the goal of raising awareness of the Lenape people living in Pennsylvania.
The journey began July 30 at the beginning of the Delaware River in Hanover, New York, and ended Friday along Cape May's Sunset Beach.
During the journey, the group carried a treaty called the Treaty of Renewed Friendship. At each stop along the way, they hold public treaty signings where a multitude of organizations including environmental groups, churches and members of the general public sign it to show their support for the Lenape people and their way of life.
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The treaty states that those who sign it acknowledge the Lenape as caretakers of the land and agree to support the Lenape Tribe in any way possible. The document is not legally binding but an agreement of the heart, mind and spirit.
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Local organizations and members of the public lined up and began to sign the Lower River Treaty about 3 p.m.
The Lenape Nation has been making this rising river journey since 2002. It takes place every four years, as that is when the treaty is re-signed.
A native prayer kicked off Saturday's event, followed by a dance to honor veterans.
"Although some of these veterans here might not be American Indian, we still want to honor them because they too are warriors," DeMund said.
A series of tribal dances got underway shortly after the veterans one, and each dance had a specific meaning to it. Men's traditional dancing represents all Native men who have battled to protect their families, while women's traditional dancing tells a story of refinement.
Jonathan Baca, of Brigantine, just moved to New Jersey from Colorado and said he enjoys getting to take part in Native events.
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"It is a lot of fun to come to these powwow events and celebrate Native American heritage," Baca said. "It is pretty hot today, but we have a great turnout of dancers and it's great to see so many people here supporting us."
Baca, dressed in all black with feathers, took part in several of the men's dances. He said he's been all over the country to take part in these kinds of ceremonies.
Since moving to New Jersey, Baca has participated in some of the local Lenape events and is set to participate in one Sept. 10 and 11 in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. He wishes New Jersey had more opportunities for people to get involved in Native culture.
"Since I've been here, I've done some of the area events and have had a lot of fun with it," he said. "This is a little bit different from Colorado because of where I was, you were able to do more things related to Native culture."
The event also drew members from other tribes who came to support the Lenape.
David White Elk, a member of the Muscogee Nation and Cherokee Nation, said the two tribes have a close relationship with the Lenape.
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"They are like our brothers and sisters, so it's important to be here and show our support for the Lenape people," White Elk said.
Jeremy Stevens, of Avalon, came down to West Cape May after hearing about the event from a friend.
"I didn't have much going on today, so I said, 'Hey, let me come down here and see what this is about,'" Stevens said.
Stevens said he's interested in learning more about the Lenape culture.
"It was pretty cool to hear some of the stories about their heritage and the meanings behind some of the dances. I'm definitely going to look into the culture online," Stevens said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/lenape-nation-ends-rising-river-journey-with-treaty-ceremony-in-west-cape-may/article_deaa9214-20a2-11ed-bf0b-a3555ae9a09a.html | 2022-08-20T22:30:44 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/lenape-nation-ends-rising-river-journey-with-treaty-ceremony-in-west-cape-may/article_deaa9214-20a2-11ed-bf0b-a3555ae9a09a.html |
GALLLOWAY TOWNSHIP — The Absegami High School field hockey program celebrated its inaugural Alumni Game on Saturday morning on a sunny, hot day at the Braves' field at the school complex.
Because so many former Absegami players showed up for the event, the alumnae had two teams, the older women wearing black and the more recent graduates wearing white.
One of the few former players in attendance who didn't play was referee Denise Murrray, a 2003 graduate and a former Absegami field hockey coach.
"The idea for the Alumni Game was mine and Megan Bene's, my former assistant coach," Murray, 37, said. "For the first year, I was really happy with the turnout. We knew a lot of people from both coaching and playing, so we had two networks to get in touch with people."
The current Absegami team played the older alumnae first in a 20-minute half. The current Braves were outplayed by the veterans at first, but the young players then had chances of their own and it ended at 0-0. The younger alumnae scored twice and beat the current Braves 2-0 in a second 20-miinute half.
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The older alumnae beat the younger alumnae 1-0 in the final 20-minute session. The goal was scored by Melissa Murray, Denise's sister.
"Refereeing was a good time, but the last game was very competitive, so it was a little stressful," Denise Murray said. "I think everybody had a good time, and we're all excited to do this again next year."
It turns out, the game was part of a larger Absegami school celebration.
"Our school is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and we're hoping to have 50 events, from the various clubs and sports and activities," said Bonnie Wade, 48, another former Absegami head coach. "This is one of them."
Wade is now the the head of Absegami's Guidance Department.
Wade also played for the older alumnae. After high school, she played at Division II Mansfield University in Pennsylvania and then in a league for a couple years.
"It feels great," Wade said about playing again. "I haven't picked up a stick in about 15 years. We (the alumnae) didn't have any practices. I was a little rusty, but it felt good."
A pretty good crowd of family and friends was on the sidelines, considering the heat. One of the fans was Matt Berk, 43. He was there rooting for wife Kristen (a 1997 graduate), who was playing for the older alumnae. Daughters Rylee and Reese, 11 and 9, respectively, were watching, too.
"This is the first chance I've ever had to see her play field hockey," said Berk. "We never met until after college." (Kristen played field hockey for Rowan University, and Matt played men's lacrosse at Drexel University.)
"I've always known she was competitive. To see her out here enjoying herself is nice," he said.
Alyssa DeStefano, a 2019 graduate, played right wing in high school and also played that position Saturday for the younger alumnae.
"For not playing for a few years we did our best," DeStefano said. "It was exciting to be back on the field, especially with old teammates."
Kaitlyn Pecan is Absegami's current head coach. She's a former Braves player and a 2006 graduate. Absegami went 4-12 last year in her first season at the helm, but the team was sometimes competitive in the powerful Cape-Atlantic League American Conference.
Pecan instructed her high school players, and then played against them for the older alumnae.
"They (the current Braves) were reacting and critiquing me," Pecan, 34, said. "They were doing some heckling on the sidelines. I haven't played except (instructing) with the girls. It's always good to play. It comes back to you." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/absegami-field-hockey-holds-first-alumni-game/article_a3728e9c-20b4-11ed-aca8-cb73f4d777b2.html | 2022-08-20T22:30:47 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/absegami-field-hockey-holds-first-alumni-game/article_a3728e9c-20b4-11ed-aca8-cb73f4d777b2.html |
The city of Tucson is considering a new rule that would prevent property owners from rejecting applicants with rental subsidies, a move the city hopes will increase housing options for its most vulnerable residents.
The city’s Housing and Community Development Department, or HCD, is soliciting public input for the ordinance that would prohibit landlords from rejecting prospective tenants based on their source of income, including those using housing choice vouchers, formally known as Section 8.
HCD will continue receiving feedback through a public survey that closes Wednesday, Aug. 24, and Tucson’s City Council will consider final approval of the ordinance on Sept. 27. Although the ordinance wouldn’t necessarily require landlords to accept housing vouchers, they wouldn’t be able to deny a tenant on the basis of rental subsidies.
The city already has a human service ordinance that bars “prejudice and discrimination” based on factors like race, religion, sex and familial status. By adding “source of income” to the ordinance, HCD hopes those depending on rental assistance such as child support, social security, disability insurance or “any other form of governmental assistance, benefit, or subsidy,” will expand the limited housing options for voucher holders.
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The federal government’s housing choice voucher program is intended to help low-income families, people with disabilities and seniors living on fixed incomes to afford housing in the private market. Recipients are not supposed to spend more than 30% to 40% of their overall income on housing.
“The reality out there today is that if I have a voucher, and I have some other income, and I apply, a landlord will just look at it and say, 'No, I don't accept vouchers,' and we believe that this is a form of discrimination,” said Ernesto Portillo, the public information officer for HCD. “This is just one more layer of protection for a class of people that currently have no protection, the federal government doesn't give this protection.”
Twenty-one states and more than 100 municipalities have some sort of law banning source-of-income discrimination, according to the Poverty and Race Research Action Council. Tucson would be the first Arizona city to adopt such an ordinance.
Under the proposal, the city would work with the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and the Southwest Fair Housing Council to educate property owners on the source-of-income rules. Tenants who believe they have been rejected due to their source of income would file a complaint, and if discrimination is found, the city would enter into a conciliation agreement with the landlord without penalties. If there are repeat offenses or “blatant disregard” for the ordinance, the city says, property managers could incur civil infractions or penalties.
The waitlist to get a housing voucher in Tucson has been closed since January 2018. According to HCD, the department receives about $43 million a year to fund the vouchers, but fewer landlords are willing to accept them, and most of the housing designated for voucher holders is at capacity.
Currently, 610 voucher holders in Tucson are looking for housing. The average search time, according to HCD, lasts 68 days. That number increases to 80 days for those coming from homelessness.
“Having a policy that we just don't participate in voucher programs is all too often the reality in Arizona, especially in a hot rental market like we have right now,” said Michael Shore, CEO of HOM, Inc., a supportive housing provider that facilitates vouchers through the state’s Medicaid agency. “There's not a lot of reason for property owners and managers to work with subsidy programs, because for every one unit that is available in the community, you have 20 applicants waiting.”
Property owners push back against proposal
The source-of-income ordinance is part of the city’s Housing Affordable Strategy for Tucson, or HAST, plan that mayor and council adopted in December. But many local property owners have pushed back against the proposed rule, largely due to discontent with the long wait times and other bureaucratic delays that come with the federal housing voucher program.
“The property managers and landlords I've spoken to about this all highlight the challenges and inefficiencies of the program as the biggest obstacle,” said Shawn Cote, the government affairs director for the Tucson Association of Realtors. “Unfortunately, renters throughout the housing rental market are experiencing challenges. We're in the middle of an epic housing supply crisis right now. It's not just Section 8 voucher holders.”
Tucson’s HCD has a troubled history of handling housing vouchers with payment and paperwork delays deterring landlords from accepting the subsidies. However, the city says it’s cleaned up its act under the leadership of HCD Director Liz Morales, who joined the city in 2019 and previously worked as housing director in Mesa for four years after overseeing Section 8 housing in Phoenix for six years.
According to the city, HCD has ensured landlords with tenants using housing vouchers get their first payment within 15 days after their contract is finalized, down from 39 days in 2019. The turnaround time for the inspections required for housing in the voucher program has dropped to an average of four days from 13 days in 2019, the city says.
“Generally speaking, prior to Director Morales' arrival the Section 8 department was in shambles,” Portillo said, adding Morales was hired specifically to fix the program. “(HCD) has shortened the inspection time for landlords, for apartments, it has been more vigilant and has been more attentive to landlords.”
Despite the changes, property owners are still hesitant to accept housing vouchers, according to Portillo.
“Unfortunately, landlords have left the Section 8 program, I would say largely because the housing market is so hot. A landlord can get more money for an apartment or a home in the open market than participating in a Section 8 program,” he said.
Ben Buehler-Garcia, a Southern Arizona advocate at the Arizona Multihousing Association, said the source-of-income ordinance is “the wrong trajectory” to increasing the supply of affordable housing in Tucson. The rising costs of a limited housing supply should be dealt with first, he said.
“Even with the source-of-income ordinance on the books, it's not really going to address the problem, because most people won't be able to qualify just based solely on the lease rates,” said Buehler-Garcia, whose organization represents developers and property managers across the state.
Cote from the Tucson Association of Realtors believes incentives for property owners to take housing vouchers would be more effective than a blanket policy.
“One of the concerns is that we're messaging that this issue is for the landlords to solve,” he said. “And we're encumbering landlords with federal guidelines and telling them how to operate their rentals rather than encouraging and finding incentives for them to expand their operation to include Section 8 vouchers.”
Portillo says he hopes the ordinance will increase housing options for tenants with housing vouchers, but with more than 600 on the waiting list to find housing using the federal subsidy, landlords’ cooperation is key.
“Say there are three applications, one has source of income, and the other two don't. The landlord can say I'm going to take the third one for whatever reason,” he said. “We’re just hoping that landlords will be more open and willing to take Section 8 vouchers and to work with the city of Tucson to help resolve this critical crisis that we're in.”
Shore from HOM Inc. acknowledges the ordinance wouldn’t solve the housing crisis but believes it's a needed change to expand housing options for the most vulnerable.
“This isn't like a silver bullet. But it will give more individuals and families a chance to be considered for tenancy if the landlords are prohibited from just excluding them outright,” he said. “It's needed right now more than ever. Someone should not be discriminated against or prohibited from applying for tenancy in the community based on their source of income. It's just as simple as that.”
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BOISE, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
The Boise Police Department, Downtown Boise Association and Boise City Councilmember Holli Woodings are looking to crack down on one of the city’s long-standing traditions – the street cruise, which circles a primary portion of downtown typically on Friday and Saturday evenings.
According to an email from Downtown Boise Association Executive Director Jenn Hensley to residents who live near Idaho and 14th streets, Boise police executed a meter hooding effort to break “gathering patterns” pertaining to the cruise last weekend.
This weekend, BPD is hooding parking meters in the area near Idaho Street from 13th to 14th streets, 14th Street from Idaho to Main streets, and Main from 14th to 13th streets, according to the email.
Hensley’s email also said there will be a town hall meeting to discuss the issue on Wednesday, Aug. 31, at 2 p.m. at Boise Centre. A BPD neighborhood contact officer and city council representative along with other policy makers will be in attendance, the email said.
When contacted by phone on Friday, Woodings said that downtown businesses are becoming increasingly concerned with the cruise. She added that it also is a noise and safety concern.
The cruise is a popular event at which people drive loud high-performance vehicles through downtown in front of gatherings, spectators, businesses and apartment complexes. It can stretch from Fifth to 14th streets to the east and west and Main to Idaho streets to the south and north.
“It’s been incredibly disruptive to downtown businesses,” Woodings said. “We’ve done so much work to build this wonderful, vibrant downtown with these thriving businesses that are the backbone of our downtown.”
Woodings acknowledged the tradition of the cruise, but also pointed out that Boise has changed a lot over the years.
“Boise is a city now,” she said. “We have a lot more users than folks just cruising downtown.”
Aside from the town hall, Woodings said that Boise city council will host a work session in September to continue discussing the issue and find a resolution.
Hensley and the Boise Police Department did not immediately return a request for comment.
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – Participants lined up at Persimmon Ridge Park Saturday morning to take part in the Annual Home Run Derby that benefits local police department programs.
The Derby helps support the Johnson City Police Department and Jonesborough Police Departments; Shop with a Cop program.
“It is a massive undertaking to say the least. It’s definitely a year-round process and we have to do fundraisers and things because both of our programs are entirely donation based. We don’t have any funds that are directly allocated to this so if we don’t raise the money, we can’t take kids shopping we can’t take care of them,” said Brittney Eberhardt, a JCPD Shop with a Cop organizer.
“We’ve kind of branched out from the original ‘Shop with a cop’ idea which is just around Christmas time where we partner officers with kids- they normally go for a dinner and then they go to Walmart for a shopping trip but we’re also trying to do things the entire year because kids are in need year-round they’re not just in need at Christmas time so we’ve moved into helping middle schoolers and cap and gowns,” Eberhardt added.
Funds raised will help provide Christmas gifts and food boxes for students and families in need. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/home-run-derby-raises-funds-for-local-police-departments/ | 2022-08-20T22:45:07 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/home-run-derby-raises-funds-for-local-police-departments/ |
A high tunnel with a solar panel used to power a ventilation system is in use at Happyville Farm in Idaho Falls. Thousands of Idaho households and small businesses will be eligible for tax credits to install clean energy sources from the Inflation Reduction Act.
A high tunnel with a solar panel used to power a ventilation system is in use at Happyville Farm in Idaho Falls. Thousands of Idaho households and small businesses will be eligible for tax credits to install clean energy sources from the Inflation Reduction Act.
The Inflation Reduction Act became law on Tuesdayafter President Joe Biden signed the bill, which passed both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate on party-line votes. As a result of the new law, many Idahoans will see reductions in the cost of health care and tax breaks for clean energy purchases.
The Biden administration said in a Thursday news release that the act will tackle climate change, strengthen energy security and reduce health care costs. The law is expected to raise nearly $740 billion, increase health care spending by $98 billion and invest $370 billion into clean energy initiatives.
Idaho’s entire congressional delegation — Republican Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch; and Republican Reps. Russ Fulcher and Mike Simpson — voted against the bill and said it would increase inflation and taxes while expanding the Internal Revenue Service.
“The ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ is as deceptively named as it is dangerous to our country’s economic well-being. Instead of addressing the worst inflation crisis in 40 years, this bill further inflames one of the main drivers of it: federal spending. Worse yet — Democrats are asking the middle class and businesses to pay for that spending with hundreds of billions in new taxes. I voted NO on H.R. 5376,” Fulcher said in an Aug. 12 news release.
Health care
For 251,000 Idahoans with Medicare Part D, their beneficiary out of pocket costs will be capped at $2,000 by 2025. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates about 8,100 Idaho residents pay more than $2,000 every year.
Another 15,000 Idaho Medicare beneficiaries who used insulin in 2020 will see their out-of-pocket costs capped at $35 for a month’s supply.
The website MarketWatch.comreported that in the United States a standard vial of insulin currently runs between $175 and $300, with some as high as $1,000, even though a vial of insulin cost less than $10 to produce. The average patient on insulin needs about two vials a month, the website reported.
Medicare Part D beneficiaries also will see a $0 cost share for vaccines like Part B beneficiaries do starting in 2023. About 24,000 Idaho Medicare beneficiaries received a Part D vaccine in 2020 and more are expected to receive vaccines with the $0 cost share.
The law also continues premium tax credits that were granted through the American Rescue Plan to improve the Affordable Care Act. The Biden administration estimates 54,000 Idahoans will save hundreds of dollars on average on their marketplace health care premiums. About 16,000 Idahoans are estimated to have health insurance next year where they otherwise wouldn’t without the Inflation Reduction Act.
Climate and energy
Hundreds of thousands of low- and moderate-income households will be eligible for rebates to cover 50% to 100% of the cost to install new electrical appliances. An additional 50,000 households in Idaho could install rooftop solarpanels with a tax credit to cover 30% of the installation cost.
The average homeowner in Idaho is expected to save $290 annually on their utility bills as grants become available to state and local governments to adopt the latest building energy codes.
A $320 million investment in clean power generation and storage will add to the 13,409 Idahoans employed in clean energy jobs according to the Biden administration.
Small businesses and electric cooperatives will be offered energy tax credits for clean energy practices.
Tax impact
The Inflation Reduction Act includes $80 billion in new IRS funding over 10 years. The Associated Press reported U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen directed the IRS to modernize its computer systems and develop a hiring plan with the additional funding, rather than increase audit rates on Americans making under $400,000 a year.
Several Congressional Republicans including Crapo and House minority leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., have said the law will increase audits on working-class Americans.
“When I offered my amendment to simply make it clear that the $80 billion being given to the IRS — six times its current annual budget — could not be utilized to audit people making less than $400,000, the most (Democrats) would agree to was to say they did not ‘intend’ to audit them,” Crapo said in an Aug. 11 statement.
The New York Times reported Friday that the IRS's staffing level is the same "as it was in 1970, when it processed far fewer individual tax returns." And that its enforcement staff has declined by more than 30% since 2010. Additionally, the number of audits of millionaires has decreased 70%, the Times reported. The agency also has a large backlog of unprocessed returns. The Times reported that as of late June, millions of taxpayers were still waiting for the agency to process their 2021 tax returns.
Senate Democrats rejected an amendment offered by Crapo, who sits as a ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, to prevent the IRS from using any of its $80 billion of funding for audits on individuals and small businesses with taxable incomes below $400,000.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville boy has not reached his second birthday yet, but has gone through so much in that little time.
One-year-old Clay Goodwin is finally home with his family for the first time in his life.
Clay was in the hospital for 283 days, since he was born with four congenital heart defects. He had open heart surgery when he was just two days old.
However, on July 5, he received a new heart.
The surgery was successful, and he was able to go home on Monday.
“It means a great deal to us because we know all the hard work they put in and all the challenges that he's given them to figure out, so we know he's not been the easiest patient, but they've loved on him and given their all for him," Clay’s dad Brandon Goodwin said.
Nurses, doctors and staff members threw a celebratory parade for him as the family left the hospital.
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A shocking surprise assault in Central Park has authorities searching for a sucker-puncher accused of hurting two people Saturday morning.
The man's victim had been sitting on a park bench near 62nd Street and Center Drive around 9:45 a.m. when he took the "unprovoked" punch, police said.
Authorities said the 34-year-old Columbia-native lives on Long Island.
As the assailant attempted to flee the scene of his attack, police said he pushed an 83-year-old woman to the ground, causing her to hit her head.
Both victims were expected to be OK.
Police had made no arrests by the evening, and were still searching for a man dressed in black.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – It’s a big milestone for the Model City – 200 years.
200 years ago, Kingsport’s first charter was signed. A celebration kicked off at the Netherland Inn Saturday with music, re-enactors and a mock charter signing.
Organizers said celebrating historical milestones is important so the City doesn’t forget where it came from.
“I think it’s important for us to remember that back in the early 1800s there were people here where we are now that we’re building a community,” Chairman of the Netherland Inn Steering Committee Glenda Bobalik said. “They were supporting each other, living together.”
Kingsport celebrated its Centennial in 2017 and that’s because the City has actually had two charters in its history. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/city-of-kingsport-celebrates-200-years/ | 2022-08-20T23:06:35 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/city-of-kingsport-celebrates-200-years/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Tri-Cities celebrated the fourth year of the “Meet the Mountains” festival.
Held in Founder’s Park, it had everything from rock climbing, to ziplining. Thousands of people came out to learn all about the nature and outdoors that make up our region and how to preserve it.
“We do take pride in promoting Leave No Trace and sustainability and advocating for sustainable initiatives throughout the entirety of the festival,” Director of Meet the Mountains Festival Ashley Cavender said.
Cavender said over 70 vendors, including food trucks, farmers and more made it out to the festival that keeps growing year after year. The Local Boy Scouts troop was among those.
“It doesn’t take long to realize, just the scope of the kinds of things that are here,” Johnson City Boy Scouts Leader John Dollard said. “It’s a lot of fun too.”
Cavender said they planned for 12,000 people to attend. Friday was the biggest day of the festival since it began, and the numbers from Saturday were expected to be large as well.
“Meet the Mountains is a literal mountain in itself to conquer,” Cavender said. “This being my first year as director, it has been a beautiful challenge through and through.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/meet-the-mountains-festival-wraps-up-fourth-year/ | 2022-08-20T23:06:41 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/meet-the-mountains-festival-wraps-up-fourth-year/ |
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Lost Books is a downtown Midland wine bar and restaurant owned by Seth and Hannah Streun with a title that catches one’s eye.
There are a couple reasons they came up with their name, one being their location.
“We basically wanted to take something local. Since we’re on the corner of Wall Street and Loraine Street, we decided to go with Loraine. Then we just kind of abbreviated it to just ‘Lo. St.,” said Seth Streun, who also serves as executive chef.
In addition to food, wine, cocktails and craft beer, the experience includes books that are available to purchase or thumb through while enjoying Lost Books’ menu.
“We kind of specialize in finding vintage table books. We work with a couple different publishers on getting local books or even Texas-based books,” Streun said.
He added that one of the publishers that Lost Books works with is the publishing press at the University of Texas, which sends them Texas-published or Texas-centric books.
“We have some books for sale. We had this idea of being this cozy, ‘Barnes and Noble’ but you can do what everyone wants to over there and sit there and drink a glass of wine as well,” Streun said.
Lost Books began as a wine bar and book shop, but expanded its kitchen to include food after winning the 2022 Midland Entrepreneurial Challenge and receiving grant money, according to its owner. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/What-s-in-a-name-Lost-Books-wine-bar-restaurant-17382050.php | 2022-08-20T23:08:31 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/What-s-in-a-name-Lost-Books-wine-bar-restaurant-17382050.php |
FORT SMITH, Ark — With legal fees already reaching almost $200,000 to defend against a lawsuit related to recycling services, the city of Fort Smith has appealed an Aug. 3 ruling by Sebastian County Circuit Judge Stephen Tabor requiring the city to pay $745,057 for lying about recycling.
Tabor ruled against the city in a class-action lawsuit related to its recycling services, saying the city owes $745,057 for not properly processing recyclable materials.
The city took recyclable materials to the landfill from October 2014 to June 2017, though residents were not notified that recyclables were not being recycled. From October 2014 to June 2016 some of the city’s recyclable material was taken to Green Source Recycling in Clarksville, though during that time 89% of the recyclable material was dumped in the landfill. The city claims the period in which recyclable materials were not properly discarded was July 1, 2015 to May 1, 2017.
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ARKANSAS, USA — A slower pace of job growth and a 2.5% rise in the number of jobless pushed Arkansas’ unemployment rate up slightly to 3.3% in July from the 3.2% in June. The jobs picture is better than a year ago when the July 2021 rate was 4%. The U.S. rate in July was 3.5%.
The number of employed in Arkansas during July was an estimated 1,311,345, up 33,357 jobs, or 2.6%, compared with July 2021, but just below the 1,311,381 in June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report posted Friday (Aug. 19). The July numbers are preliminary and subject to revision.
Arkansas’ labor force, the number of people eligible to work, in July was 1,355,903, up 1.86% compared with the 1,331,143 in July 2021, and above the 1,354,855 in June.
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The history of the Dallas Mavericks will be on display at this year's State Fair of Texas.
Mavs Vault will be on view for fair visitors from Sept. 30 to Oct. 23 at the Hall of State at Fair Park. The exhibit will showcase landmark moments of the team's 42 years with never-before-seen artifacts, a short historical film, interactive trivia kiosks, a photo booth, a progression display of the team's jerseys, exclusive merchandise and more.
Mavs Vault will cover the team's origin story, from its first decade in the 1980s to the 2011 championship win to today. There will also be special themed events including Mavs Legends Night, Nurses Night and MFFL Family Fun.
Admission is free with a State Fair of Texas ticket purchase. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-mavericks-history-exhibit-to-be-on-display-at-state-fair-of-texas/3053285/ | 2022-08-20T23:18:00 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-mavericks-history-exhibit-to-be-on-display-at-state-fair-of-texas/3053285/ |
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.
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YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Officials with York County 911 dispatch confirmed that the coroner was called to a vehicle crash in West Manchester Township.
First responders were dispatched to the scene of the crash at Trinity and Baker Roads at 4 p.m. on Aug. 20.
There is no word yet on how many vehicles were involved or what caused the crash, but dispatch has confirmed it is fatal.
West Manchester Township Police is investigating.
This is a developing story. FOX43 will provide updates as they become available. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/coroner-called-crash-west-manchester-township-trinity-raod/521-d3930747-d98f-40e2-afc5-5b0e2820587d | 2022-08-20T23:21:44 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/coroner-called-crash-west-manchester-township-trinity-raod/521-d3930747-d98f-40e2-afc5-5b0e2820587d |
YORK, Pa. — The York City Police Department is responding to a reported shooting in York City.
The shooting reportedly occurred on the 900 Block of West Market Street around 5:23 p.m. on Saturday.
Authorities have closed down West Market Street from the Exxon Mobile at 1000 W. Market St. to the intersection of West Market and Dewey Streets.
There is no word yet on injuries or fatalities, but York County 911 dispatch did confirm that the coroner has not been called at this time.
It is unclear if a suspect is in custody.
This is an updating story, additional information will be added to this article as it's released. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/shooting-york-city/521-440d1557-cb29-4a8e-a4a5-3fb3025c1e74 | 2022-08-20T23:21:50 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/shooting-york-city/521-440d1557-cb29-4a8e-a4a5-3fb3025c1e74 |
“A working-class hero is something to be.”
— John Lennon
Call it Phoebe-gate. Or maybe an attempted Historic Preservation Commission coup.
Whatever, the drama that has surrounded the aforementioned commission’s attempt to force Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to rebuild the former Albany High/Albany Middle School building that Phoebe owns to HPC-determined standards has been a confusing and often ugly bit of gamesmanship.
While the issue has played out, members of the HPC and others in the community — some of whom have undisguised and long-standing hatred for anything Phoebe — have attempted to force the hospital to rebuild a Living and Learning Community project the hospital has proposed with Albany Technical College to address a dire nursing shortage to, as Phoebe CEO/President Scott Steiner put it, “to 1920 standards.”
As Phoebe officials, other influential community leaders and the community at large, have touted the project’s benefits — to local health care, to the local economy, to economic development — the four members of the HPC have dug in their heels, refusing to budge, even after the hospital system announced plans to painstakingly remove and rebuild the facade of the entryway at a cost of $1 million and add displays that pay homage to the former school building’s history.
While the four on the Historic Preservation Commission — Bruce Capps, Hope Campbell, Jennifer Davis and Bryant Hardin — have steadfastly refused to budge, they’ve been emboldened by individuals Steiner called “keyboard warriors” who have taken to social media in an attempt to vilify Phoebe and city officials who have opposed the commission’s refusal to sign off on Certificates of Approval that would have allowed the Phoebe/Albany Tech project to move forward.
“These people will put the addresses (of Phoebe and city officials) out there, their phone numbers, and they’ll talk about individuals and their families trying to intimidate them,” Steiner said. “What they don’t understand is that we love this part of the world, and we’re trying to make it better. We could do this project somewhere else — two blocks away, in Worth County, on other property we own — but we think this project will have the most positive impact where we’ve designed it.
“We could definitely use the money it will take ($40 million) to do this and focus on the hospital and new equipment, but this project could have a long-standing positive impact on this community.”
Albany City Commissioner Chad Warbington said he is one of the individuals who has had to withstand the intimidation tactics Steiner mentioned.
“I don’t really feel threatened by the nonsense, and I’m certainly not scared of these social media hacks,” Warbington said. “But I have daughters, my mom and dad, other family members who might accidentally see some of the garbage that’s being put out there. It’s so disappointing when people like this try to make these issues personal.”
The City Commission, in a document drafted by City Attorney Nathan Davis, essentially told the HPC that it had overstepped its authority by first refusing to sign off on the COAs and, second, threatening to sue the city and Phoebe to keep the hospital from moving forward with the project. The document, in reversing the appointed commission’s ruling, said it had no legal basis for the action it has taken or threatened.
Which should mean that the issue is settled. Indeed, Davis said Phoebe could, beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, start preparations to move forward with the project, and Steiner said the hospital and its contractor were doing that.
But the anti-Phoebe faction in Albany, most of whom have personal axes to grind with individuals who in the past or currently have worked with the hospital system, are not easily dissuaded. One actually told me recently, “I don’t care what Phoebe does or how much they say what they’re doing is going to have a positive impact on this region, I will never support anything they do. There’s nothing but a bunch of crooks at that hospital.”
The kicker? That person was recovering at the time from health issues that threatened his life. He’s recovering from care he got at Phoebe. Now that’s hatred of Biblical proportions. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-spewing-hatred-of-biblical-proportions/article_277a2dea-20be-11ed-8aef-77e41c49ab27.html | 2022-08-20T23:29:42 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-spewing-hatred-of-biblical-proportions/article_277a2dea-20be-11ed-8aef-77e41c49ab27.html |
TWIN FALLS – A local man says the city has a sewer odor problem that at times has been unbearable and worries that sewer gas coming into his home presents health risks.
Nathan Bishop, who lives near Canyon Rim Road and Grandview Drive North, said there is a long history of odors emanating from the sewer main that runs in front of his house.
"We've smelled it, but it didn't fill up my house," Bishop said.
Through the years, the problem has worsened, he said. The city is working with him on the issue — and measures have been taken to lessen the stink — but Bishop still has concerns.
One time he searched under his deck because he thought an animal had died there. Another time, he said he called the fire department because he thought there was a natural gas leak in the neighborhood. Both turned out to be sewer odors, he said.
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Usually at night, the smell comes through the sewer line into his house and through the vents. Plumbers have told him the sewage line is overloaded and the pressure from it forces the gas into his home.
The home sits near the canyon rim, close to the sewer treatment plant, so the line handles a large amount of waste flowing to the plant, Bishop said.
Determining the odor problem to be an industrial discharge issue, the city has made the suspect industries aware of the problem, city spokesperson Josh Palmer said, and the companies have recently begun anaerobic microorganisms to their wastewater to lessen the smell.
Palmer declined to name the industry or industries suspected of causing the odor.
Both Palmer and Bishop agree that the sewer treatments have reduced the smell. But Bishop said sewer gas is still making its way into his home. He said he feels air coming through his sewer vents. When he opens his sewer clean-out cover, he can hear the sound of rushing air.
Bishop worries that the gas still presents health concerns and said the waste treatments, while lessening the smell, might be only masking a larger problem.
"This morning I woke up to a splitting headache," he said. Other times, he said he experiences a sore throat. He wants more investigation into potential health concerns.
Ultimately Bishop thinks the city needs to do more to address infrastructure concerns, including sewer line replacement, to handle the city's growth. He has talked to neighbors — most of them are on septic systems — about the odor problems.
Bishop and his wife have a meeting scheduled Monday with city officials to further discuss the situation.
"I want the problem fixed," he said.
The situation on Canyon Rim Road isn't the first Palmer has dealt with. He encourages city residents to notify officials when there are odor issues.
The more complaints, the easier it is for city officials to locate the problem and determine how large it is, he said.
Bishop, meanwhile, said he has registered complaints with the city for years.
An easy way to register concerns to Twin Falls is by going to the city's web page. The link asks responders to describe the odor, its duration, even which way the wind was blowing when the odor was noticed.
Don’t wait until the odor gets out of hand, because it takes time to remedy a situation, Palmer said.
“Odors aren’t new to Twin Falls,” he said. “We are obviously an agricultural community. We have food processors and livestock nearby that generate odors. And we hear about it.”
Palmer noted as the city expands, some residents might not be accustomed to agricultural smells that come with Idaho. For example, residents of a new development in east Twin Falls have complained about a livestock operation that has been there for years.
Chad Silver, compliance officer with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, said pinpointing odor sources can be tricky. DEQ officers responds to complaints, but many times can't smell what was described by those filing the complaint.
“Odors can come and go,” Silver said.
He encourages complaints to the DEQ office, especially if callers are reasonably sure of the source.
The DEQ alerts companies of odor complaints and works with them to get them resolved, Silver said. In the five years Silver has worked with the DEQ, he has found companies to be responsive. He isn't aware of any fines that have been levied to nearby factories or plants due to odor issues.
When a company gets a visit from DEQ, “the last they want to do is ignore it,” he said. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/twin-falls-resident-raises-complaints-about-sewer-odor/article_2cc6ddb4-20bb-11ed-976b-772ca62f302a.html | 2022-08-20T23:34:20 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/twin-falls-resident-raises-complaints-about-sewer-odor/article_2cc6ddb4-20bb-11ed-976b-772ca62f302a.html |
Fort Wayne residents Rick and Darlene Howard are fans of bourbon.
The pair has visited distilleries along the famous Kentucky Bourbon Trail, and so it seemed like pure serendipity when, during a raffle at Fort Wayne’s Germanfest, their son’s girlfriend won tickets to the Wings Beer & Bourbon Fest at Fort Wayne’s Headwaters Park, now in its 4th year.
By mid-afternoon Saturday, morning thunderstorms had given way to late-August sunshine. It was clear from the line forming at the gate that a few puddles weren’t going to keep festival-goers from enjoying themselves – and it certainly wasn’t going to stop a lineup of nine food trucks and vendors from filling the air around the Lincoln Pavilion with the aroma of barbecued chicken.
The food on display Saturday came various vendors, including Toncho Snack Bar, Payne’s Fish and Chips, One Love Jerk Chicken, Brooks BBQ & Chicken, Yard Bones BBQ, Timmy’s BBQ, and Hawkin’s Chicken. The event was sponsored by Key Exteriors and Grote Automotive.
The Howards were two of many guests who waited out the morning’s storms before coming downtown.
“I’m glad it didn’t get rained out,” Rick Howard said, chuckling. “I love Headwaters Park. I always love coming down here.”
Although there were 10 different bourbon selections to try on Saturday, Rick made special note of his favorite – Buffalo Trace, distilled in Frankfort, Kentucky.
About 500 people had passed through the gates to the Lincoln Pavilion by 2 p.m. Saturday, event coordinator Jake Slater said. He expected the event would draw about 1,500 to 2,000 guests by the end of the night. That’s much better attendance than in 2021, he said, but still lower than the festival’s record of about 4,500 in 2019.
The festival took a year-long hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’re starting to see (attendance) come back again, which is nice,” Slater said. “Hopefully, by next year that means we’ll be all the way back to full swing and everybody will be ready to be out and about and enjoy good weather, good food, some entertainment, some good company and sharing a beverage or two.”
That good company was front and center for Fort Wayne resident Erick Elliott who came to the festival with his wife, his sister and his brother-in-law. It was their first time attending the event, and the group agreed that good company was a big part of the day’s events.
“I’ve always been a second-shift guy and worked seven days (a week),” Elliott said, adding that he recently changed jobs and now has more free time. Coming to the Wings, Beer & Bourbon Festival was something he’d always wanted to do.
He and his wife both had the weekend off and “everything just fell into place right.”
“I like beer, bourbon and wings,” he said, grinning, adding that he would soon be heading toward the tasting table in his quest to find a bourbon that would pair well with a good cigar. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/bourbon-fans-gather-for-local-festival/article_8e91d472-20d4-11ed-99f3-877f3e2e4379.html | 2022-08-20T23:40:11 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/bourbon-fans-gather-for-local-festival/article_8e91d472-20d4-11ed-99f3-877f3e2e4379.html |
GRIZZLY FLATS, Calif. — A child is recovering at a hospital after a "long fall" in Grizzly Flats, officials with the El Dorado County Fire Protection District said.
Around 9:45 a.m. Saturday, officials say they received a call for help for a pediatric patient who had suffered a fall in the Grizzly Flats area.
Fire officials said that the child appeared to be in good spirits and the inujries appeared minor. The child was taken to a local trauma center via an air ambulance out of precaution.
The fire district said in a Facebook post that the child who was injured was at a trauma center by 11:20 a.m. Saturday and receiving treatment.
"When speed is of the essence, solid interagency communication, experienced ground-based paramedic assessment, and capable air medical providers come together for impressive care and transport times," the post said. "As a result, this child received the best possible medical care within a very short timeframe."
Watch More from ABC10: Body found in East Sacramento RV fire | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/long-fall-grizzly-flats/103-daf92123-71ef-4127-9d4f-11d127eca769 | 2022-08-20T23:40:28 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/long-fall-grizzly-flats/103-daf92123-71ef-4127-9d4f-11d127eca769 |
NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. — Officials with the Nevada County Office of Emergency Services have ordered mandatory evacuations for the Pleasant Fire.
Details surrounding the wildfire including when it started in Nevada County have not been released.
The evacuation orders have been issued for homes along McKitrick Ranch Road. Those living in the NCO-EO75 evacuation zone have been put on an evacuation warning.
A temporary evacuation point has been established at the Madelyn Helling Library at 980 Helling Way in Nevada City.
The Nevada County Fairgrounds are being opened by first responders to handle animal evacuations.
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WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
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WOODLAND, Calif. — A Saturday morning fire at a popular Woodland water park and event venue left a kitchen-bar structure and an outbuilding damaged, officials with the Woodland Fire Department said.
Around 8:52 a.m. Saturday, firefighters with the Woodland Fire Department, Willow Oaks Fire Department and the UC Davis Fire Department responded to reports of a commercial structure fire at Velocity Island Park on East Street in Woodland.
Fire officials say they are still investigating what caused the blaze but that the estimated value of the structure and equipment destroyed was over $300,000.
No injuries were reported during the firefight.
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