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SCRANTON, Pa. — Organizers of an event in Scranton hope to bring more awareness to overdose deaths.
Clean Slate Addiction Treatment Centers held an overdose awareness event at Nay Aug Park Sunday.
Other groups were also there to offer information about addiction services and spread awareness about overdose deaths.
Organizers say events like these are important to break the addiction stigma.
"People do recover. People with substance use disorder are great people, we've just made bad choices in life. There is recovery out there, and we need to change the stigma," said Gina Paglianite, organizer.
All proceeds from the event, including a basket raffle, will go to the Recovery Bank in Scranton.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/overdose-awareness-event-at-nay-aug-park-clean-slate-addiction-treatment-centers-gina-paglianite/523-abbc0b5d-dc36-4fa0-8d8a-d5d4f7f3344f | 2022-08-22T06:37:55 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/overdose-awareness-event-at-nay-aug-park-clean-slate-addiction-treatment-centers-gina-paglianite/523-abbc0b5d-dc36-4fa0-8d8a-d5d4f7f3344f |
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A long-standing tradition came racing back along the Susquehanna River this weekend in Luzerne County.
It was the return of the Dragon Boat Races.
The Riverfront Parks Committee organizes the races, which launch from Nesbitt Park in Wilkes-Barre.
Newswatch 16 was there as the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins staff, with tux cheering them on, took on the Wilkes-Barre Business Association.
Tux and the Penguins staff claimed victory.
"It's really fun I mean, it's a great team-building event. At Wilkes, I'm the Adventure Education Coordinator, so we do a lot of team building, so it's been a good experience to have people from all avenues of Wilkes come together and spend a day on the river," said Jill Price, Wilkes University Events Coordinator.
The Dragon Boat Races were put on hold amid the pandemic. This is the first time they've been held since 2019 in Luzerne County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/dragon-boat-race-returns-to-luzerne-county-riverfront-parks-committee-jill-price-wilkes-university/523-276b2b3a-9a00-45e3-b73e-b97f02f0cfc9 | 2022-08-22T06:38:01 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/dragon-boat-race-returns-to-luzerne-county-riverfront-parks-committee-jill-price-wilkes-university/523-276b2b3a-9a00-45e3-b73e-b97f02f0cfc9 |
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — In another part of Luzerne County, the 'Karate for a Kause' tournament was held Sunday to help a back mountain family battling medical issues.
Allyson Moyer, a Lake-Lehman High School student, organized the karate tournament as part of her senior project.
'Karate for a Kause' was open to nearly all ages, with proceeds going to help the family of Robert Wilson with medical costs.
Wilson was diagnosed with a neurological disorder back in March and had been hospitalized since.
"It really makes my heart happy knowing I succeeded very well with everyone who was around to help and also knowing I can help this family," said Allyson Moyer, organizer, Lake-Lehman senior.
There were also basket raffles, concession stands, and t-shirt sales to help raise money for the Wilsons in Luzerne County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/karate-for-a-kause-in-luzerne-county-robert-wilson-lake-lehman-allyson-moyer/523-45755ccb-54d6-460e-9a13-0be89aa0f2fe | 2022-08-22T06:38:07 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/karate-for-a-kause-in-luzerne-county-robert-wilson-lake-lehman-allyson-moyer/523-45755ccb-54d6-460e-9a13-0be89aa0f2fe |
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Police are searching a body of water in Luzerne County for a missing man.
They say forty-three-year-old Adrien Hachey went camping with his family along Mount Pleasant Lane in Hazle Township Sunday near the Humboldt Industrial Park.
Sometime between 1 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Hachey left his family and hasn't been seen since.
The investigation into Hachey's disappearance is still ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Pennsylvania State Police-Hazleton Barracks at (570) 459-3890.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/search-underway-for-missing-man-in-luzerne-county-hazle-township-adrien-hachey-state-police/523-58ba418b-90b4-46c3-9c93-6afbc8bdebcf | 2022-08-22T06:38:13 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/search-underway-for-missing-man-in-luzerne-county-hazle-township-adrien-hachey-state-police/523-58ba418b-90b4-46c3-9c93-6afbc8bdebcf |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — At least one person is injured after a shooting in Williamsport.
The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. along Boyd Street in the city.
Officials have not said how many were injured.
No one is in custody yet after the shooting in Williamsport.
This is a developing story, please check back for more updates.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/shooting-in-williamsport-lycoming-county-boyd-street-police-injured/523-0c93ad17-c59c-4bf9-a2f2-78b50133e2b9 | 2022-08-22T06:38:19 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/shooting-in-williamsport-lycoming-county-boyd-street-police-injured/523-0c93ad17-c59c-4bf9-a2f2-78b50133e2b9 |
Alumni team's Gus Callen, Class of 2010, reels in the ball during the second annual Friday Night Lights game Friday evening at Jerome High School.
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"Guns and Hoses" player Mike Mercado, right, tries to juke the Alumni team's Cory Musgrave, Class of 2003, during the second annual Friday Night Lights game Friday at Jerome High School.
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The Guns and Hoses team — made up of first responders — takes the field for the second Annual Friday Night Lights game Friday evening at Jerome High School.
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The Alumni team's Mike Williams, class of 1999, celebrates an interception during the waning seconds of the second Annual Friday Night Lights game against the first responders Friday evening at Jerome High School.
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Guns and Hoses' Cole Hoffman dives to make the catch during the second annual Friday Night Lights game Friday evening at Jerome High School.
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Jerome's alumni team takes on the Jerome first responders during the second annual Friday Night Lights game Friday evening at Jerome High School.
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The Jerome High School Alumni takes on the Jerome First Responders during the second annual Friday Night Lights game Friday evening at Jerome High School.
JEROME — The second annual Friday Night Lights charity games took place Friday at Jerome High School.
The Guns and Hoses team of first responders from Jerome and the surrounding area took on Jerome’s Alumni team. With players ranging from the classes of 1988 through 2015, the night was filled with sounds of laughter and high-fives from both teams.
The game was simple; with two 12-minutes halves, the offense had five seconds to snap the ball while the defense only needed to get one hand on the ball carrier to stop the play. In the end, the Alumni defeated the First-responders in a tight back-and-forth contest.
Two more games were played that evening that included the Jerome High School Junior Varsity and C teams.
"Guns and Hoses" player Mike Mercado, right, tries to juke the Alumni team's Cory Musgrave, Class of 2003, during the second annual Friday Night Lights game Friday at Jerome High School.
The Guns and Hoses team — made up of first responders — takes the field for the second Annual Friday Night Lights game Friday evening at Jerome High School.
The Alumni team's Mike Williams, class of 1999, celebrates an interception during the waning seconds of the second Annual Friday Night Lights game against the first responders Friday evening at Jerome High School.
The Jerome High School Alumni takes on the Jerome First Responders during the second annual Friday Night Lights game Friday evening at Jerome High School. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/2nd-annual-friday-night-lights-charity-game-filled-with-fun/article_d61415a2-20ad-11ed-a2b5-affe0ec183d5.html | 2022-08-22T06:48:58 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/2nd-annual-friday-night-lights-charity-game-filled-with-fun/article_d61415a2-20ad-11ed-a2b5-affe0ec183d5.html |
John Victor (Jack) Yasaitis Jr., 83, of Idaho Falls and formerly of Burley, Rupert and Twin Falls, died Aug. 19, 2022, at his home. Arrangements are under the care of Wood Funeral Home and Crematory, Ammon.
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“He has a much better disposition this morning than I would have if it would have been me,” Leslie Warwood said. “I was furious when I found out what had occurred. It could have ended horrifically.”
“I would like to say I’m sorry for the entire situation and how it turned out,” Michael Guizar said when Tribe asked him if he’d like to make a statement. “I have children of my own and I can imagine the problems they would have and I wouldn’t want my children to go through that...”
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Resident worries about potential health problems said to be caused by sewer gas coming into his home.
Concerned that a massive wind energy project would have a negative impact on their rural county, Minidoka County Commission passed a resolution in opposition to the Lava Ridge Wind Project.
Opinion: Regular as rain, the Idaho Legislature has lost another lawsuit for passing an unconstitutional law, and it is paying those who sued the state with your money.
This week's Most Wanted from the Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_2d5a66c4-21b0-11ed-8927-7fe6287f8e2f.html | 2022-08-22T06:49:04 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_2d5a66c4-21b0-11ed-8927-7fe6287f8e2f.html |
John Victor (Jack) Yasaitis Jr., 83, of Idaho Falls and formerly of Burley, Rupert and Twin Falls, died Aug. 19, 2022, at his home. Arrangements are under the care of Wood Funeral Home and Crematory, Ammon.
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“He has a much better disposition this morning than I would have if it would have been me,” Leslie Warwood said. “I was furious when I found out what had occurred. It could have ended horrifically.”
“I would like to say I’m sorry for the entire situation and how it turned out,” Michael Guizar said when Tribe asked him if he’d like to make a statement. “I have children of my own and I can imagine the problems they would have and I wouldn’t want my children to go through that...”
Man tried to strangle wife, then threatened her with knife, court records say.
Almost $4,000 worth of items were taken, court records allege.
A group of elected officials, traffic engineers and ITD met on Wednesday in Jerome to discuss a potential third bridge over the Snake River Canyon.
July 16, 2003—Aug. 4, 2022
Resident worries about potential health problems said to be caused by sewer gas coming into his home.
Concerned that a massive wind energy project would have a negative impact on their rural county, Minidoka County Commission passed a resolution in opposition to the Lava Ridge Wind Project.
Opinion: Regular as rain, the Idaho Legislature has lost another lawsuit for passing an unconstitutional law, and it is paying those who sued the state with your money.
This week's Most Wanted from the Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_9464823e-21b3-11ed-b5a6-43cdb5856f6b.html | 2022-08-22T06:49:10 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_9464823e-21b3-11ed-b5a6-43cdb5856f6b.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a person was injured in a shooting on Indianapolis' northeast side early Monday morning.
IMPD officers responded to an apartment complex in the 3800 block of Cooper Square Court, near the intersection of East 38th Street and North Sherman Drive, around 1:15 a.m. for a report of a person shot.
There they located a victim outside with apparent gunshot wound/s.
At the time of publishing, IMPD had not provided any information on the victim's condition or what may have led up to the shooting.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-investigating-northeast-side-shooting/531-bb6377fd-8607-46d6-b95a-cdfc3a9165e3 | 2022-08-22T07:28:22 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-investigating-northeast-side-shooting/531-bb6377fd-8607-46d6-b95a-cdfc3a9165e3 |
Officials are installing a Wall of Honor at the Morton County Courthouse.
The Wall of Honor is a digital indoor billboard showcasing North Dakotans who have served, including veterans, active and retired military personnel, emergency responders and medical professionals.
The Wall of Honor nonprofit organization has placed dozens of the digital billboards around North Dakota. The one in the Morton County Courthouse is sponsored by Marathon Petroleum Corp., which owns the Mandan refinery. It will be installed at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30.
For more information go to https://www.thewallofhonor.org. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/morton-courthouse-getting-wall-of-honor/article_12362db6-1ff7-11ed-9f34-e3f32536faf2.html | 2022-08-22T07:37:25 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/morton-courthouse-getting-wall-of-honor/article_12362db6-1ff7-11ed-9f34-e3f32536faf2.html |
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Check out these stories about steps you can take to manage your health. Our special is hosted by KENS 5's Roma Villavicencio and sponsored by University Health. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/outreach/wear-the-gown/wear-gown-kens5-special-san-antonio-health-august-20-2022/273-d07ce67e-de7b-40fd-9eb4-039dc36d7e95 | 2022-08-22T07:37:27 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/outreach/wear-the-gown/wear-gown-kens5-special-san-antonio-health-august-20-2022/273-d07ce67e-de7b-40fd-9eb4-039dc36d7e95 |
SEATTLE — Two boating collisions happened on Lake Washington in less than 24 hours over the weekend. One collision sank a boat, and police are searching for a boat involved in the second collision that sent five people to the hospital.
Seattle Fire Department said Sunday afternoon a boat and jet ski collided on Lake Washington near Seward Park. Five people swam to shore. No one was injured. The boat involved was three-quarters underwater by around 6 p.m.
Saturday night, a small speed boat with seven people onboard collided with another boat on Lake Washington near the SR 520 Bridge. Five people were taken to the hospital in stable condition.
"All of the sudden this boat just came on top of me. It was like a big shadow," said boater Ted Dominguez.
Dominguez said he was on the boat with six friends. He said his boat was runover and submerged underwater. The boat that hit Dominguez didn't stop.
"I thought they were going to loop around and help us," said Dominguez, "No, they left us."
He claims the boat was significantly larger than his speed boat and wasn't using lights.
Seattle Police are investigating. Sunday, the department's harbor unit stressed the importance of using proper lights.
"Especially, at night it's really important to use, they call them, navigational lights or running lights and it sounds like that was a factor in this," said Seattle Police Harbor Unit Officer Aaron Frausto.
The accident happened around 9:45 p.m., more than an hour after sunset.
Frausto said the collision is an example of why it's important to have easy access to life jackets.
"Things can happen pretty rapidly so you want to be able to get those out in seconds, way less than a minute," said Frausto."Really, has to do with keeping your head above water so you can breath."
Anyone with information about the collision can contact police at the non-emergency line: (206) 625-5011. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/lake-washington-boat-collisions-safety-concerns/281-fc483517-51f8-402c-aa01-52249aecfbb3 | 2022-08-22T07:50:39 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/lake-washington-boat-collisions-safety-concerns/281-fc483517-51f8-402c-aa01-52249aecfbb3 |
TROY, Texas — A local snowcone food truck is coming up on its one year anniversary.
Petey's Snow Cones is a food truck in the Temple and Troy with nearly 1,000 followers on Facebook. Pedro Benavidez and Elizabeth Guarjado had their lives changed when Pedro suffered a work incident where he lost his leg.
With hospital bills mounting, the couple was concerned how they would be able to support themselves financially.
"It was just a real hard time for us," Guarjado said. "We didn't know what we're gonna do where we were gonna you know how we're gonna pay our bills and survive."
A friend came along with a food truck for them. It already had a snow cone machine inside, so the question then became how to get started.
"We didn't know anything about a food truck, you know?" Guarjado said. "But it came with a snow cone machine already attached to it and you know, snow cones are pretty easy."
So, they got started. Originally, Guarjado said she planned to handle the brunt of the work while Benavidez with his prosthetic leg would be able to help as best he could.
"I didn't want her to do it all alone," Benavidez said. "I knew I could do the work. I knew I could grind it out."
Benavidez and Guarjado have been up and running with Petey's Snow Cones since last November.
Their menu constantly changing and growing. They thank the community for not only supporting them but also offering new ideas and pushing them to be better.
Now, they're calling on Central Texans for more ideas as they approach their one year.
Their most recent post on their Facebook page mentions how they're always looking for new ideas and now you can help them come up with their next one.
They say they wouldn't be where they are without the community.
"We had no idea what we're doing in the beginning," Guarjado said. "A lot of our customers, our followers, they helped us through this. Other food trucks came and showed us what to do what not to do. And that's how we learn and that's how we continue to learn and make our business better." | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/peteys-snowcones-gearing-up-for-one-year-anniversary-never-expected-business-to-take-off/500-a96f96af-df14-4a38-ab56-ed296f01f9ec | 2022-08-22T08:01:21 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/peteys-snowcones-gearing-up-for-one-year-anniversary-never-expected-business-to-take-off/500-a96f96af-df14-4a38-ab56-ed296f01f9ec |
The wet weather Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon made a significant impact on the forest fire potential in Midland County, according to Texas A&M University.
The University’s Texas Weather Connection shows daily results from the Keetch-Byram Drought Index, which is used to determining forest fire potential. The drought index is based on a daily water balance, where a drought factor is balanced with precipitation and soil moisture (assumed to have a maximum storage capacity of 8-inches) and is expressed in hundredths of an inch of soil moisture depletion.
On Sunday, following 2.43 inches in around 10 hours, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index showed Midland County dropped 149 points to 491. That meant in a matter of a week, the index went from threatening a top-level ranking (between 700 and 800) and had fallen to below burn ban levels.
Instead of being at a level “Often associated with more severe drought with increased wildfire occurrence” and where “intense, deep-burning fires with extreme intensities can be expected,” Midland County is at a level where “Lower litter and duff layers contribute to fire intensity and will burn actively. Wildfire intensity begins to increase significantly.”
Midland County Fire Marshal Justin Bunch previously told the Reporter-Telegram that the county will not “enact a burn ban until our KBI is at or above 575.” The score Sunday is dramatically lower that the burn ban level.
The current burn ban is scheduled to end in September.
The National Weather Service has reported 3.00 inches of rain at Midland International Airport this month. The typical average for the month of August is 1.72 inches | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Drought-Index-Midland-Co-provided-major-relief-17388625.php | 2022-08-22T08:18:20 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Drought-Index-Midland-Co-provided-major-relief-17388625.php |
A Columbus couple appealed to state regulators to have their newly built Marysville home withdrawn from AES Ohio electric service territory after agreeing to pay AES Ohio nearly $30,000 to extend electric service to their new home — a service the couple says another company can perform for just $2,500.
A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) settlement conference on the matter between the couple and AES Ohio is scheduled for Thursday.
According to a formal complaint to the PUCO by Michael and Rachel Hart, they face an AES Ohio bill of nearly $30,000 for work to extend service to their new home on state Route 736 just south of Marysville, northwest of Columbus.
The proposed construction would involve three utility poles, a riser, underground and overhead cables, as well as a transformer, according to a Feb. 23 Dayton Power & Light invoice the couple offered to the PUCO as part of their complaint. (Dayton Power & Light rebranded to AES Ohio last year.)
The utility’s total quote for service came to $29,569.54, while a rural electric service company says it can do the job for $2,500, according to the couple’s explanation of their situation.
“I am filing this complaint to communicate an unreasonable practice of AES Ohio,” wrote Rachel Hart in her complaint to the PUCO. “My home is on the border of (service) territories of Union Rural Electric and AES Ohio. The home is within the territory of AES. I received a quote of electric service of nearly $30,000.
“URE (Union Rural Electric) quoted me $2,500 for service if I was released from AES Ohio territory,” she added. “AES Ohio is refusing to release me from their territory.”
She added: “It is unreasonable for me to pay ten times more for electric service when my home is on the border of the territory.”
In a filed answer to the couple’s complaint, AES Ohio told the PUCO that Hart requested the construction of an electric line extension to supply service to a single-family residence to be located at or near 12132 State Route 736.
An invoice attached to the Harts’ complaint puts the cost of the project at just over $29,569. But in its response to the complaint, the utility said the Harts agreed to pay $30,925.78 for the service extension.
“This dispute concerns a line extension project requested by a customer,” AES Ohio spokeswoman Mary Ann Kabel told the Dayton Daily News. “AES Ohio proactively asked the PUCO to schedule a mediation between the company and the customer to explore solutions to resolve the dispute.”
Asked about the difference between the two quoted prices, Kabel said: “AES Ohio is committed to exploring potential solutions for this customer, and is following the PUCO’s process for doing so.”
“At all pertinent times, AES Ohio has complied with all relevant statutes, regulations, orders, and approved tariffs,” the utility told the PUCO in its filing answering the complaint.
AES attorney Christopher Hollon asked PUCO to dismiss the complaint, arguing that AES Ohio has “exclusive right” to furnish electric service to the new home’s location.
In an interview, Rachel Hart acknowledged that she signed a contract with AES Ohio for the service infrastructure because she wanted to ensure her family’s new home had electric service by the time her family moved in by the end of September.
The Harts are building the home. She said she learned of the cost of the proposed work in February this year. She appealed to the PUCO with a formal complaint in June. She said she signed the contract with AES Ohio in July.
Hart asked how one company can quote a job at nearly $30,000 while another offers the same service at $2,500.
“I had spent five months fighting it, had gotten nowhere and was back where I started,” Hart said. “Legally, no one was obligated to do anything for me, and I’m still going to continue fighting it.
“But the choice was between having power in my home and not having power in my home,” Hart added.
She said she did not know how long construction might take, another reason to sign the contract, as she described the choices before her.
“I don’t live a mile off the road,” Hart said. “Why are they able to charge me that much money?”
A spokeswoman for the PUCO said the cost of extending electric service in rural areas depends on factors such as a home’s distance from roads, underground and above-ground infrastructure requirements, existing lines and more.
“It hard to say whether an estimate like that is usual or unusual,” said the spokeswoman, Brittany Waugaman.
The amount tied to the work surprised at least one observer.
“That is very unusual,” said Billie Duncan-Hart, the 2022 president of the Dayton Realtors trade organization of real estate brokers. “I have not seen that in my 30 years in the business.”
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Residents at an Arden Arcade apartment complex are raising alarms about a river of raw sewage that flows through their parking lot multiple times a day. To make matters worse, there are often children walking through it or playing near it.
"It smells like an outhouse, like a bad outhouse that hasn’t been cleaned in months," said tenant Tristan Sulgar.
Sulgar lives at the Carla Apartments, which is now owned by the private equity real estate company Trion. Pump trucks come to the property a few times a day to suck out the sewage, but Sulgar says management has not explained why it keeps happening.
"You can see fecal waste, you can see toilet paper, I’ve seen tampons. I mean everything, everything you flush down the toilet, we’ve seen that flowing right here," he said.
Sulgar took his complaint to the county.
"I’ve talked to the environmental department, I’ve talked to hazardous waste. They all know about the problem, but they all kept pushing me around to the next department...," Sulgar said.
Sulgar has also seen children walking and riding their scooters through the mess.
"I’ve warned them. I’m like, 'Hey, stay away from there. That’s dirty water. Poo-poo water,' or whatever, and the kids usually ignore me," he said.
Residents are seeking answers and a fix that will stop the flow of sewage. ABC10 reached out to Trion, but their offices were closed on Sunday.
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NELSON COUNTY, Va. – All Nelson County Public Schools will be closed Monday, August 22.
The school system posted on Facebook Sunday that schools would be closed due to flooding in the County.
“Please be safe and alert if you must travel as some of the roads are in a dangerous condition due to the flooding,” the post said.
Nelson County Public Schools (VA) will be closed on Monday, August 22, 2022 due to flooding in areas of the County. ...
Posted by Nelson County Public Schools on Sunday, August 21, 2022 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/nelson-county-schools-closed-monday-due-to-weekend-flooding/ | 2022-08-22T09:39:43 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/nelson-county-schools-closed-monday-due-to-weekend-flooding/ |
Wilmington project opens streets for residents to learn more about each other
Since last year, Open Streets Wilmington has partnered with Urban Bike Project, West Side Grows Together, corporate sponsors, and the city of Wilmington to shut down city streets to vehicular traffic for residents to walk, bike, dance, or socialize.
Open Streets is a national initiative to improve the quality of life of city residents by bringing people together in public spaces.
Open Streets Wilmington co-organizer Starr Wilson of Cornerstone West Community Development Corporation, said they hope the project will encourage community members to meet each other, as well as inspire a reimagination of public space for other community activities.
Once a month, Open Streets Wilmington events close neighborhood streets for three hours so people can use the street for their recreational interests. Local businesses and organizations are invited to set up tables to introduce their services and activities to visitors.
Saturday’s August Open Streets event closed 4th Street between Union Street and Greenhill Avenue. There were many vendors along the road including, project collaborator, the Urban Bike Project, which fixed bikes and scooters for free. True Access Capital provided information about local Black-owned businesses and services for small businesses, and the Food Bank of Delaware offered produce kits for free while DJ Timdogg played music.
Michael Beltran, president of the Roberto Clemente Baseball League said the event “had a whole bunch of kids and a lot of people just having fun and smiling and having a good time and great music.”
Not only did sales at his group’s concession stand raise funds for the organization that gets kids age 4 to 18 into baseball, but according to Beltran, the experience gave league participants an opportunity to learn about services offered by different organizations.
“The main point for us to do something today was to show that there's different vendors of different organizations that are doing things, as well.” Beltran said. He said it is important for kids to understand that they have opportunities outside of baseball.
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Open Streets Wilmington 2022 continues on Sept. 17 at Delaware Avenue, between Union Street and Brinkle Avenue, and wraps up on Oct. 15 at Baynard Boulevard between 18th Street and Concord Avenue.
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WATERLOO — Cars lined the streets and people packed the park to take their community back.
Sunday morning was filled with events designed to bring people together – from a march reenactment to a backpack giveaway, there was something for everyone.
At Sullivan Park, Mike Robinson’s 13th “Take Back Our Community” event offered back-to-school supplies, various community resources and free food. Bouncy houses were set up for kids and items were also being sold by vendors.
“There’s so many resources out here and people don’t know everything that’s available to them,” Robinson said. “Having these (events) go on and having kids in the park, we’ll be running into the resources. The odds are more likely they’ll run into something they need.”
The Jaycees and Boys and Girls Club of the Cedar Valley provided around 450 backpacks filled with school supplies to give out to families.
Volunteers handed out 100 tickets an hour to streamline the process, after a similar event on Thursday where the organizations ran out of 400 backpacks in a matter of minutes.
Backpacks were filled with binders, folders, markers, pencils, pens – anything on the Waterloo Community School District’s supplies list, except gym shoes, earbuds and tissues.
It took the Jaycees three hours to fill a total of 1,300 backpacks, according to organizer Ryan McGeough. Organizers said they spent around $20,000, which was raised through events such as the Waterloo Open golf tournament and the Live to Nine outdoor summer concert series in Cedar Falls.
They said for next year the Jaycees will need more sponsors and donations.
Prior to the event, civil rights advocates gathered in Lincoln Park before walking almost a mile to Sullivan Park to reenact the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
On Aug. 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people took park in the historic march. It called for fair treatment and equal opportunity for Black Americans and the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Martin Luther King Jr. also gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at the protest.
Mayor Quentin Hart was at both events. Even though greats like King and Rosa Parks were mentioned, he said it’s the local people who provide help to the community.
Photos: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence Speaks to Bremer County Republicans
Payne Memorial African Methodist Episcopal held a one-stop-shop event providing free school clothes, haircuts, food and entertainment on Sunday afternoon. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/march-community-event-bring-people-to-sullivan-park/article_d79025b3-d045-56b2-be7f-0c9e59615138.html | 2022-08-22T09:54:35 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/march-community-event-bring-people-to-sullivan-park/article_d79025b3-d045-56b2-be7f-0c9e59615138.html |
Organizers and sponsors of the Back to School Extravaganza Sunday at Payne African Methodist Episcopal Church included, from left, Darrell Caldwell Sr., Karmin Teague, and Ashley and Charles Arceneaux.
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Karmin Teague, second from right, and Back to School Extravaganza volunteers gather outside of Payne Memorial AME Church.
WATERLOO — “It takes a village” was the motto for a back-to-school event providing school clothes for families.
Payne Memorial African Methodist Episcopal held a one-stop shop “extravaganza” providing free school clothes, haircuts, food and entertainment on Sunday afternoon. Classes start Tuesday in the Waterloo and Cedar Falls public schools. Waterloo Community Schools students in grades 3-5, 7-8 and 10-12 report for their first day on Wednesday.
Dozens of families lined up at the church’s door to fill up the lobby right when the event began. Almost all of the 130 pants, shirts and shoes were gone within an hour.
Parents brought their kids and signed up for clothing with their preferred sizes. Volunteers from the church filled bags according to their needs and then read the orders off through a microphone.
Karmin Teague, the organizer of the event, said the biggest contributors included Mix & Match’s Charles and Ashley Arceneaux and D&D Construction’s Darrell Caldwell Sr. CUNA Mutual in Waverly also donated $500 for the event. Teague said the community made monetary contributions of $2,300 along with clothing donations.
Kiara Bates, who works for the Waterloo Community Schools, said her heart was full after attending the event.
“Being in the schools I get a firsthand look at parents who need help. And being able to see an organization put something together that can help families during these times is a true blessing,” Bates said. “If people took time to think about other people like this – if the world would be like that – it’d be a better place.”
Teague said she saw the need for uniforms after watching children be bullied for the condition of their clothing. In some cases, the kids would even miss the first few weeks of school because they didn’t have what they needed to wear. She and the Rev. Lawrence E. Marshall said these factors can affect self-esteem and students’ ability to thrive in school.
“Everyone didn’t get everything but no one left with nothing,” Teague said. “I felt like crying. There’s just so much love.”
This was the first event of its kind for the church but Teague said they’re not done yet.
The church has a number of projects it’s working on – including a thrift store that would provide clothing, hygiene products and community services.
Photos: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence Speaks to Bremer County Republicans
Sunday morning was filled with area events to bring people together – from a march reenactment to a backpack giveaway, there was something for everyone in Waterloo.
'That’s what our festival is about – giving the community the chance to experience coming together as one. What unites us is much stronger than what divides us.'
Organizers and sponsors of the Back to School Extravaganza Sunday at Payne African Methodist Episcopal Church included, from left, Darrell Caldwell Sr., Karmin Teague, and Ashley and Charles Arceneaux. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/payne-ame-church-hosts-school-clothing-giveaway/article_0ec67ecc-66a6-5d0e-8e22-da8357b5b473.html | 2022-08-22T09:54:41 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/payne-ame-church-hosts-school-clothing-giveaway/article_0ec67ecc-66a6-5d0e-8e22-da8357b5b473.html |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Harrisburg River Rescue and Emergency Services (HRRES) offered the people of Harrisburg an option for a lazy Sunday: a leisurely float down the Susquehanna River.
Attendees were welcome to join the float in any non-powered watercraft they owned. People came out with kayaks, canoes, and inner tubes—to name a few—to participate.
This is the first river float HRRES has organized.
"We had our inaugural float today, where we’re just trying to bring back awareness of the Susquehanna River, as well as awareness of our organization, and so we brought back a float to the Susquehanna, which was really exciting to do for our inaugural year,” Tony Reigle, chief of HRRES, said.
Floaters pushed off from the Fort Hunter Boat Launch at noon on Sunday. Pre-registration (and a $10 ticket) scored participants a spot in the water and a free drink voucher for the afterparty.
The event was a way for HRRES to engage with the people they serve and raise money for their volunteer organization.
"I think we’re gonna be able to raise around $1,000 for this event, which is gonna be instrumental in upgrading our equipment, sustaining operations, and funding future training and activities in the future," Reigle said.
HRRES volunteers even got a chance to practice their water safety protocols when a storm interrupted the event. Staffers ensured all participants were accounted for on the water during severe rain.
The float ended at City Island, where there was an afterparty. Participants could enjoy food from various vendors, as well as live music, cornhole, and other entertainment. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/harrisburg-river-rescue-susquehanna-river-float-fundraiser-emergency-services/521-b469c498-3d8c-4634-ae10-53f26ea7428d | 2022-08-22T10:22:59 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/harrisburg-river-rescue-susquehanna-river-float-fundraiser-emergency-services/521-b469c498-3d8c-4634-ae10-53f26ea7428d |
YORK, Pa. — Update 8/21, 4:11 p.m.: York County officials confirmed that one patient was taken to the hospital after yesterday's shooting.
Previously:
The York City Police Department is responding to a reported shooting in downtown York.
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 a developing story, additional information will be added to this article as it's released. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/shooting-york-city/521-440d1557-cb29-4a8e-a4a5-3fb3025c1e74 | 2022-08-22T10:23:05 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/shooting-york-city/521-440d1557-cb29-4a8e-a4a5-3fb3025c1e74 |
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/superintendents-office-harrisburg-head-coach-charged-odometer-scheme-resume-duties-athletic-director-calvin-everett/521-5984eb59-e711-47a3-b6a2-6c2ef73f4b24 | 2022-08-22T10:23:11 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/superintendents-office-harrisburg-head-coach-charged-odometer-scheme-resume-duties-athletic-director-calvin-everett/521-5984eb59-e711-47a3-b6a2-6c2ef73f4b24 |
The economic indicators are all over the place, some positive and some not, as this economy continues its 29 month journey through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Dayton Daily News took at in-depth look at the numbers and talked to experts about what they mean for the Dayton region, the state and the U.S. and what people can expect in the months ahead as the nation grapples with inflation and signs of a slowing economy, even as robust job growth continues.
You can see the full story here: Job growth, moderating inflation spur hope amid recession fears
Here are some additional things the experts had to say about this economy:
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Stuart Hoffman, senior economic advisor, PNC Financial Services Group
“Industrial production rose by a solid 0.6% in July, close to our above consensus forecast. This is another clear indication, along with the strong 528,000 rise in July payroll jobs, that the U.S. economy is not in recession, despite the two consecutive quarters of small declines in real gross domestic product. Indeed, real GDP growth is off to a solid start in the current quarter.”
Amanda Agati, chief investment officer, PNC Financial Services Group
“In July, equity markets delivered their best monthly return in nearly two years, with the S&P 500 up 9.2%. However, year-to-date returns remain firmly in negative territory. Given the market has experienced three other rallies of 5% or more this year only to quickly fizzle out and mark new lows for 2022, investors are wondering whether the most recent rally is just another false start. Based on the guideposts we monitor, we believe the probability for continued positive market momentum has increased.”
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Kevin Willardsen, associate professor of economics at Wright State University
“I’m kind of bearish. I think the jobs numbers are an upwards sign. I think people are putting a little too much emphasis on the unemployment rate. These yield curve inversions as they are becoming more more frequent are starting to concern me. I also think there is a fall in people’s disposable income. I think you are going to start to see consumer spending retract.”
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Kara Hitchens, public affairs manager Miami Valley AAA
“I would say road trips are still the highest mode of transportation that people are using this summer....Despite high gas prices people are still determined to go.”
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Matt Sheridan, senior lecturer in finance at Ohio State University
“For companies the question is can they pass off increased prices to consumers? For the better part of the year we’ve seen companies large and small raising prices and getting away with it.”
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Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors
“Has consumer price inflation peaked? More importantly, has the mortgage rate peaked? The slight deceleration in the latest reading suggests this, especially considering the sustained decline in oil prices. Consumer price inflation rose 8.5% in July compared to 9.1% in the prior month. That level is still high and uncomfortable but may indicate the start of a steady retreat.”
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Rea S. Hederman Jr. vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute
“You can say inflation is moderating, but if you look how much food is going up that’s not comforting to a somebody that has to feed a family of four or five.”
Michael Shields, researcher at Policy Matters Ohio
“Firms have really taken advantage of this moment when people are enduring and expecting higher prices to not only cover their costs, they are boosting their profits. Inflation would be running about half of what it is today if that were not true.”
Michael Hart, leader of management advisory services at Schneider Downs
“I think major companies are expecting things to soften. I think the fed is going to do whatever it has to do to get inflation down.”
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INDIANAPOLIS — There's a new way positive stories are being told on the far east side of Indianapolis, and it's done through a magazine put together by students.
Students and staff at Warren Central High School have been publishing "The Indy Far East," a magazine focused on telling the positive stories on that side of Marion County.
"There was no publication on the east side that was really dedicated to showing and talking about the positive things that are happening here on the far east side, and we wanted to change the narrative of that," said Dennis Jarrett, communications director for Warren Township Schools.
The magazine is now in its fourth edition. It was started back in May by journalism students and staff at Warren Central High School, led by Jarrett.
In addition to student writers, the magazine also features stories written by former students and community contributors.
"We gave some really good tips to our community about what's going on as for education, what's going on in Warren Township," Jarrett said.
"I just had a bunch of ideas popping in my head, like how can I contribute," said Warren Central junior Cory Duncan.
Duncan has been living on the far east side of Indy his entire life and said this magazine means a lot to him.
"I see a bunch of great stories every single day," Duncan said. "I really love this magazine because it tells stories in a place that's really portrayed in a negative light."
The school even helps with printing around 4,000 copies each month, in a room at the Warren Career Center.
"And we have to pay a dollar per copy, and if you see the quality of the magazine that's a great price of one dollar per magazine," Jarrett said.
Jarrett said funding comes through a nonprofit called Next Gen Initiative, allowing students like Duncan and others at Warren Central to learn the journalism trade, leaving a lasting impact.
"It's not just one thing I can do, it's like I can film, I can edit and now I can write as well," Duncan said. "I feel like this is really impacting my life, really helping me hone my journalism skills."
Jarrett said the school has a goal of getting the magazine in every neighborhood in Marion County, so they're looking for community partners and distributors.
You can sign up to be added to the mailing list for a free digital or hard copy each month at this link. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/student-led-magazine-shining-light-indianapolis-far-east-side/531-9c709b3a-50a1-4780-9b1b-d6ea1211f2ae | 2022-08-22T11:10:55 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/student-led-magazine-shining-light-indianapolis-far-east-side/531-9c709b3a-50a1-4780-9b1b-d6ea1211f2ae |
Landis Avenue was filled with people for Vineland’s annual Food Truck Festival on the Ave held Sunday.
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Landis Avenue was packed with people during Vineland's annual Food Trucks on The Ave event on Sunday.
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Maria Bacon, of Vineland, picked up a new fashion accessory at the food truck festival.
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Scenes from Main Street Vineland's fifth annual Food Trucks on the Ave event on a section of Landis Ave, Aug. 21, 2022. Zaina Saem-El-Dahr, from Marlboro, finishes an order of a Chiminey Cake.
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A “gel-blaster” course offered festival goers a chance for a game of fun.
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Scenes from Main Street Vineland's fifth annual Food Trucks on the Ave event on a section of Landis Ave, Aug. 21, 2022.
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Melissa Morales, of Philadelphia and owner of Melmos Dog Treats, gives Millvillle resident Javonna Alavarez’s pooch Apollo a treat during the food truck festival.
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Scenes from Main Street Vineland's fifth annual Food Trucks on the Ave event on a section of Landis Ave, Aug. 21, 2022.
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Scenes from Main Street Vineland's fifth annual Food Trucks on the Ave event on a section of Landis Ave, Aug. 21, 2022.
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VINELAND — Main Street Vineland held its annual “Food Truck Festival on the Ave” on Sunday. Dozens of trucks and thousands of people lined Landis Avenue between the Boulevard and Fourth Street for food, fun and a community celebration.
Robert Scarpa, the business director of the Vineland Downtown Improvement District, said he was impressed by the turnout. He credited the sunny weather during the early afternoon for drawing a large crowd and said the event amounted to a great opportunity for local and statewide businesses.
“This is one of the best food-truck events that they attend,” Scarpa said.
There were scheduled to be over 50 trucks at the event, 23 food trucks and 30 non-food vendors. Some of the vendors were based immediately in the Vineland area, whereas others trekked down several hours from North Jersey. Scarpa estimated that between 8,000 and 10,000 people would tour the festival, which was set to run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Food Trucks on the Ave was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before making its return in 2021.
Among the food vendors Sunday were Chank’s Pizza Cones, the Chimney Cake Factory, Cousins Maine Lobster, G’day Gourmet Aussie Pie Truck, Julio’s on Main, the Little Sicilian Riceballs, and Pirate Pete’s Soda Pop Company.
Kate Lairson, of Greenwich Township, was at the festival with food from her bakery, Black Bird Local. She said it was her second time at the Vineland food-truck festival and that the event was an outlet to get exposure. Her table was selling environmentally-conscious foods with locally sourced ingredients.
“This is a huge clientele out here, so it gets me out there, to meet new people,” Lairson said.
Butch Dellapietro from Edison, Middlesex County, came down with a table for his store, Butch’s Hot Sauce. He said he had been coming to the festival for two years and was starting to build a following in the area.
For some vendors, Vineland food truck festivals are a longstanding tradition. Joe Jacobs, of J.R.’s Hot Dogs, said he had been coming to the city’s festivals for 23 years. He began coming out to the festival when his daughter was 16, and now he was out with his grandchildren Joey, 7, and Brianna, 9.
“We come out faithfully every year,” said Jacobs, a lifelong resident of Hammonton.
Yazmin English, a Vineland local, was at the festival with her children as part of a company outing with her job at Ranch Hope in Alloway Township, Salem County. She said the festival was a great atmosphere for businesses and families to have fun — and added that she was looking forward to having a pizza cone.
The food trucks were complemented by a lineup of entertainment. There was a “Kids Korner” with attractions including a bounce house, obstacle course and balloon animals and a chance to get a picture taken with Cinderella.
There was also D.J. playing music and a dance show put on the Vineland High School cheerleader squad. There was also a course for “gel-blaster” a game similar to paintball with less mess.
State Sen. Michael Testa, R-Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, was at the event with his family. He noted that Vineland was his hometown and that his law and legislative offices are nearby. He is also the former chairman of the Vineland Downtown Improvement District, which organizes the festival.
“I just want to come out and support all of these small businesses, our wonderful food trucks and the food-truck culture that exists, not only in New Jersey, but throughout the United States,” Testa said.
While the titular draw was the food trucks, an array of non-food businesses set themselves up on Landis Avenue as well.
Kristy Acevedo, of Millville, had a stand for her business “Kristy’s Wreath Kreations.” She said that she runs her business, which sells custom-made wreaths, while working as a teacher. Shows like the Vineland food-truck festival are critical for promotion.
Michael Avagliano was promoting his and his fiancé’s business Lodestone Games, which features handcrafted board-game materials and fantasy maps. A Hanmonton resident, Avagliano agreed that it was worth coming out to the festival and rolling the dice on growing their customer base.
“A lot of people are going to be walking by and even if we don’t sell everything that we bring to the table at least people will find us online and maybe get a Christmas present down the line,” Avagliano said.
Heather Davis was promoting her business making Pysanky eggs — a traditional Ukrainian decoration — which she started in 2019. She uses an assortment of different eggs for her work, including those from chicken, quail, emu and ostrich, and decorates them with wax and dyes. While she has had a presence online on websites such as Etsy, Instagram and TikTok, it was her first live show. Davis, who had been making the eggs since she was young, acknowledged that her work has taken on heightened importance given the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“I have used my platform to do a couple of different fundraisers to donate to Ukrainian relief,” Davis said.
Maria Bacon said she has lived in Vineland since 2012, but has never been to the food-truck festival before. Donning a balloon-animal hat, she was excited to bring her children out to the event and get involved in the community.
“I wanted to bring (my children) out for socialization for both of them and good food and to support our community,” Bacon said.
While serving as a place for businesses to build a customer base, the festival was fertile ground for new ideas. Annie Oh, a Vineland resident, said she was thinking about opening her own food truck and was looking for inspiration, having already toured a food-truck festival in Long Island. Being of Korean descent, Oh said she thought there was a niche available for a truck that sold Korean food. She also drew a bit of a crowd herself, walking Wyatt, her 5-month-old Great Dane that was already several feet tall.
“It’s a food-truck event,” Oh said when asked why she wanted to come out to the event. “Why not?”
New Jersey’s casinos, horse tracks that offer sports betting and the online partners of both types of gambling outlets won over $480 million in July, an increase of 6.7% from a year ago. But the resort's nine casinos continue to struggle to return to pre-pandemic levels in terms of the amount won from in-person gamblers, with five of them winning less in July 2022 than they did in July 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic began. Figures released Tuesday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show that the casinos collectively won just under $299 million from in-person gamblers.
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Landis Avenue was filled with people for Vineland’s annual Food Truck Festival on the Ave held Sunday.
Scenes from Main Street Vineland's fifth annual Food Trucks on the Ave event on a section of Landis Ave, Aug. 21, 2022. Zaina Saem-El-Dahr, from Marlboro, finishes an order of a Chiminey Cake.
Melissa Morales, of Philadelphia and owner of Melmos Dog Treats, gives Millvillle resident Javonna Alavarez’s pooch Apollo a treat during the food truck festival. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/thousands-take-to-the-streets-in-vineland-for-annual-food-festival/article_230d298c-2196-11ed-ada9-076e96c13e80.html | 2022-08-22T11:14:32 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/thousands-take-to-the-streets-in-vineland-for-annual-food-festival/article_230d298c-2196-11ed-ada9-076e96c13e80.html |
Investigators are searching for a driver who struck and critically injured a man riding bikes with his girlfriend in Northeast Philadelphia early Monday morning.
Police said the 43-year-old man and his girlfriend were riding bicycles at Bustleton and Cottman avenues shortly before 1 a.m. when they were struck by a vehicle that left the scene.
The two were traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Bustleton Avenue, police said.
The man was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said. The woman was treated at the scene.
The two bikes remained in the street where the crash happened as officers investigated – one of them bent and missing a tire. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/bicyclist-critically-injured-in-northeast-philadelphia-hit-and-run-crash/3341484/ | 2022-08-22T11:16:22 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/bicyclist-critically-injured-in-northeast-philadelphia-hit-and-run-crash/3341484/ |
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100 years ago
Aug. 22, 1922: Bloomington will have a careful, expert and rigid inspection of the materials which go into the new asphalt-coated pavements to be laid in the business district. Determined that there should be no easy-going inspection on these new streets, the city council has arranged with Walter Flood laboratories of Chicago for an expert chemist to inspect all the asphalt used. Samples from each train car will be sent to Chicago for testing.
75 years ago
Aug. 22, 1947: Banshee brakes of the Bloomington-Normal city buses were doctored by troubleshooters from the Ford Motor company and the Bendix corporation. According to manager Hal Hughes, the experts claim the squeaks and shrieks are due to overheating of the drums. Two vehicles were being equipped with air-cooled drums designed to eliminate the noise that has prompted irate citizen complaints to city officials and the bus company.
50 years ago
Aug. 22, 1972: Stanley Lantz, farm editor of the Daily Pantagraph since 1960, has been named a member of the Governor's Agricultural Trade Mission to Russia. Lantz will leave with the 15-member delegation in late September and will spend about nine days behind the Iron Curtain. Lantz will be one of three Illinois journalists on the tour. The mission will visit Soviet agriculture and trade ministries and farms.
25 years ago
Aug. 22, 1997: After spending the past six years helping push Illinois State University forward, Judith Riggs is making personal plans to be more laid back. Riggs, 56, vice president of institutional advancement, will retire June 10, 1998, to spend more time with her family. Since 1991, Riggs has headed institutional advancement, which oversees alumni services, development, university communications, media relations and the ISU Foundation.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/75-years-ago-heat-makes-blono-buses-shriek/article_24c6b0ac-1f54-11ed-a756-db063be80e0b.html | 2022-08-22T11:50:14 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/75-years-ago-heat-makes-blono-buses-shriek/article_24c6b0ac-1f54-11ed-a756-db063be80e0b.html |
Q: My father served in the Army from 1966 through 1968. He served in Vietnam and received several medals for his service. However, his medals and ribbons were mostly lost during a fire in his home and a several moves across several states in subsequent years. I am now old enough to appreciate my father’s service and his patriotism. Can I get replacements for his ribbons and other awards? I would like to have them mounted so they can be hung on the wall where he can be proud of them, and we can recognize his sacrifices for us and the country.
A: The National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis will replace most of the medals, ribbons and commendations. Standard Form SF 180 is available by browsing "SF 180" on your computer. Complete the SF 180 and send it to the National Personnel Records Center at the address provided with the SF 180. Honoring your father’s military service will endear you to him in ways you cannot imagine!
Q: I served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I am familiar with the burn pits used to incinerate unusable items, human waste, fouled equipment, tainted fuel, etc. I did not work at the burn pits but saw the smoke plumes that emanated from them. I am in good health and have gone about my life. What should I do about my exposure to burn pits now that the Burn Pit Act has passed, and service-connected disability claims can be filed and processed?
A: The Burn Pit Act identified over 20 medical conditions that are now considered to be “presumptively” caused by exposure to burn pits. To file a claim for service-connected disability compensation, you must be able to show that you served where burn pits were used. Second, you must have one of the 20-plus medical conditions on the list of presumptive causation by exposure. This may lead some in the same situation as you are in, to feel they need not do anything. REMEMBER! It was not long ago that there were no “presumptives” for Burn Pit exposure. The status of medical conditions usually changes over time as more information about the exposure is gained by the VA for evaluation. I would recommend that you obtain your military records that confirm your claim that you may have been exposed to Burn Pit toxins. I would suggest that you browse "VA Airborne Hazardous Exposure Registry." Once at the website, sign on the registry set up for burn pit exposure. You will be asked to provide your exposure time and location and any information about diagnoses with any of the presumptive medical conditions listed on the registry. Currently you claim to not have any appropriate diagnosis. Be alert! if you develop any of the current presumptive conditions, or presumptive conditions that may be added to the registry, you should file a service-connected disability compensation claim.
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There are two main types of government spending: mandatory (entitlements) and discretionary spending.
Mandatory spending is determined by pre-determined laws or regulations. It cannot be changed without an act of Congress. Discretionary spending, on the other hand, is set by Congress and can be changed at any time. Government spending on programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and many other programs involving government payments to those who are low income are considered mandatory. Mandatory spending makes up most government spending. Funding for the Veterans Administration is discretionary and often falls prey to political posturing and “horse trading” and therefore must be fought for each time the VA budget is considered by Congress. Properly funding programs to help veterans who served their country honorably should be a no-brainer when compared to mandatory funding aiding mostly those who did not serve their country. It is time that veterans and their veteran organization lobbyists should push for including VA funding in the mandatory category. Contact your local members of Congress and your U.S. Senators to take up this call to action as our veterans, active-duty military, National Guard and Reservists have done when they served. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/veterans-corner-q-a-and-government-spending-on-va-programs/article_a5f5937e-1e63-11ed-afe8-939a94d0467c.html | 2022-08-22T11:50:20 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/veterans-corner-q-a-and-government-spending-on-va-programs/article_a5f5937e-1e63-11ed-afe8-939a94d0467c.html |
Riders take off along West Street at Bulldog Park in Crown Point Sunday for the Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run. Over 70 riders participated, riding from Crown Point to Hebron and Lowell in support of the Crown Point EMA.
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Doug Drummond, of Crown Point, waits for the start of the Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run near Bulldog Park in Crown Point Sunday morning. Over 70 riders participated riding from Crown Point to Hebron and Lowell supporting Crown Point EMA.
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Steve Meece and Ryan Olson cook burgers at Bulldog Park in Crown Point Sunday after the Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run.
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Riders head to their motorcycles for the start of the Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run at Bulldog Park in Crown Point Sunday morning.
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Riders and spectators listen to local band Dirt Born after the Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run at Bulldog Park in Crown Point Sunday.
CROWN POINT — Motorcycle engines were roaring once again Sunday at Bulldog Park for the eighth annual Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run.
More than 70 riders showed their support for those behind-the-scenes people who work to keep their community safe.
Crown Point Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 176 sponsored the run, with proceeds going to the city’s emergency management system.
FOP President Tom Widener said emergency management assists fire and police personnel with traffic control, storm watches, security details, and search-and-rescue operations.
“They help us a lot. They’re a godsend,” Widener said. “They free us up to do our police work.”
Starting and finishing from the downtown park, the 51-mile run went through Crown Point, Hebron, Lowell and Cedar Lake before returning. The benefit also featured a raffle, food vendors, silent auction, vendors and musical entertainment.
With participants gathering at the park, Rebecca Evans of Chesterton and Enchanted Rose Photography was shooting the event. She’s a regular at these events.
“It’s for the heroes of our towns, the police and military,” she said. “It’s our way of thanking them, of giving back.”
David Miller, a rider from Cedar Lake, noted, “We love these events. We come out every Saturday and Sunday, with sometimes multiple rides each day.”
He added, “We want to support these groups. If I’ve got it, they can have it.”
Several motorcycling groups participated, including Chopper Coppers, a group largely made up of law enforcement staff, family and friends. The group has two chapters, one in Crown Point and the other in Florida.
“We’re a first responder charity,” said Steve “Woody” Burton of Hobart, the local group’s president. “We try to help in any way we can.”
At a recent annual benefit, the group raised $16,000 for a trauma nurse.
Jeremy “Big Sexy” Hinrichsen of Merrillville, president of the Iron Pack Brotherhood, said his group raises funds for youth charities, including Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis.
“We do this to support our officers, for camaraderie, and for a common cause,” Hinrichsen said.
Crown Point’s FOP takes part in other charities, including Shop With A Cop, done in December in cooperation with the school system. Police helped 15 families and 21 children at the 2021 event.
Other charities were also represented at the ride. Fidelity National Title was promoting its Dog Days of Summer in support of local animal shelters and pet adoptions. Mission One Foundation, which supports first responders and veterans, assisted in escorting riders.
“We just came out to support them,” Mission One’s Johnny Boersma said.
Tony Papadopoulo, of Valparaiso, is preparing for the ninth annual motorcycle blessing at Ss. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Merrillville.
Papadopoulos said he participates in these rides “for one common goal, to create awareness of our hometown heroes, our fallen heroes. There’s a lot of people who respond to emergencies when nobody is looking, and they do this gladly.”
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Riders take off along West Street at Bulldog Park in Crown Point Sunday for the Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run. Over 70 riders participated, riding from Crown Point to Hebron and Lowell in support of the Crown Point EMA.
Doug Drummond, of Crown Point, waits for the start of the Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run near Bulldog Park in Crown Point Sunday morning. Over 70 riders participated riding from Crown Point to Hebron and Lowell supporting Crown Point EMA. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/watch-now-motorcyclists-ride-to-support-crown-point-emergency-management/article_b8d4d646-3dbd-5a20-8b3f-a142bca9f924.html | 2022-08-22T11:51:54 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/watch-now-motorcyclists-ride-to-support-crown-point-emergency-management/article_b8d4d646-3dbd-5a20-8b3f-a142bca9f924.html |
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A 17-year-old boy is dead after being shot by his twin brother overnight, according to DeKalb County Police.
This all happened at a home on Young Knoll Road in Stone Mountain.
According to DeKalb County Police, both brothers were playing with a gun in one of the home's bedrooms.
That's when officers said the gun went off, shooting one of the brothers in the face. He later died at Grady Hospital.
The teen who fired the weapon is now possibly facing manslaughter charges, according to police.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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It's an unusual robbery, even by New York City standards -- cops are looking for three women who robbed two men of their clothes on the street in broad daylight.
The NYPD released limited details of the Aug. 12 incident Sunday night. Around 3:30 p.m. that day, on a Bronx street in the 44th Precinct, the women approached two men, ages 37 and 38.
The women flashed a knife and took some of the mens' clothes before fleeing. (Police did not say what exactly was taken, or even identify the street where it happened.)
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips on the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/3-women-robbed-men-of-their-clothes-on-the-street-at-knifepoint-cops-say/3833357/ | 2022-08-22T12:00:12 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/3-women-robbed-men-of-their-clothes-on-the-street-at-knifepoint-cops-say/3833357/ |
At least five people were shot, one fatally, and at least two people were stabbed in another wave of violence in New York City Sunday night into Monday morning.
The fatality happened in the 100 block of Rockaway Parkway in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn around 1:15 a.m. Monday. Police responded to a call of shots fired and found a 42-year-old woman in the lobby of an apartment building, shot multiple times. She was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where she died.
Her death followed a wave of shootings in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn just a few hours prior.
Between 6:30 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. Sunday, police responded to three separate, and as of now unrelated, shootings on Washington Avenue (25-year-old man heard shots, was hit in leg), Albany Avenue (18-year-old man heard shots, was hit in leg) and Nostrand Avenue (27-year-old man shot in the back).
Two suspects are in custody in the Nostrand Avenue shooting, but the suspects in the other three incidents remain at large.
But it was not just Brooklyn - there were also multiple violent attacks in Manhattan overnight.
Around 1:30 a.m. at 136th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem, an armed robbery left a 55-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the arm. A suspect is in custody.
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A short while later, there were two unrelated stabbing incidents. About 2 a.m., a man was stabbed in Washington Square Park; two suspects fled.
Just 20 minutes later, in the 47th Street-Rockefeller Center subway station, two men got into a fight on a southbound B train and one stabbed the other in the abdomen before fleeing.
The surge of violence across the city actually runs counter to recent trends, as things had improved recently following a brutal start to July.
In the four weeks ended Aug. 14, shooting incidents were down 16% year over year, and murders down 36% year over year, according to NYPD data. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/5-shot-2-stabbed-in-overnight-violence-in-nyc/3833298/ | 2022-08-22T12:00:16 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/5-shot-2-stabbed-in-overnight-violence-in-nyc/3833298/ |
This article was originally published on Aug 22 5:40am EDT by THE CITY
Proposed fees on city drivers that are supposed to generate billions of dollars for mass transit upgrades also threaten to take a crippling toll on the livelihood of cabbies and the long-suffering yellow taxi industry.
The proposed Central Business District Tolling Program — aka congestion pricing — could tack up to $19 in new fees onto every metered cab trip south of 60th Street in Manhattan, under one of the seven possible scenarios for the system.
An environmental assessment released Aug. 10 predicted the tolls would reduce demand for taxis by up to 17% in the congestion zone, potentially pushing some cabbies and “for-hire vehicle” drivers out of work.
“Whenever they have a problem, they [the MTA] come to us,” said Allen Kaplan, owner of Team Systems Taxi in Long Island City, noting other transit-supporting surcharges that have been in place for years. “We’ve helped out and we’ve sacrificed, but this is another robbery.
“This is a gun to our head.”
The potential fees would be on top of an existing $2.50-a-trip congestion surcharge added in 2019 to all yellow taxi trips south of 96th Street in Manhattan, while $2.75 is tagged on to trips in green cab and for-hire vehicles. Those fees have generated more than $1 billion in three years, according to the Taxi and Limousine Commission.
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Additionally, a 50-cent-per-ride MTA surcharge on all yellow and green cab hails has, since 2009, generated about $750 million for the transit agency through taxi trips, according to the TLC.
“The cab drivers are all hard-working people, but it’s getting harder and harder for them,” said Kaplan, who has been in the taxi business for more than half a century. “We are that old boxer that gets into the ring and keeps getting punched, punched, punched, punched and punched.”
Pounded by the Pandemic
The congestion pricing scenarios come as the beleaguered yellow taxi industry slowly bounces back from the pandemic, when demand for trips plummeted, many vehicles were pulled out of service and medallion owners continued to struggle with debt.
TLC numbers show there were an average of 5,490 yellow taxis on the road daily in June — not even half of the 13,587 medallion vehicles in the city — each completing approximately 20 trips a day.
At the same time, there were an average of 49,341 high-volume for-hire vehicles — which include Uber and Lyft — which each did about 12 trips per day.
The potential impacts on the struggling street-hail industry are spelled out in hundreds of pages of documents made public this month as part of the required environmental assessment for the long-delayed program.
The report lays out seven different tolling possibilities for motorists driving into Manhattan south of 60th Street, with peak-hour tolls ranging from $9 to $23 and overnight tolls from $5 to $12. The first of six August public hearings on the proposed tolling program is scheduled for Thursday, August 25.
“We encourage drivers and their representatives to share their views with the public and the project sponsors by participating in the public hearings or submitting comments for the record,” said Aaron Donovan, an MTA spokesperson.
Mario Galindo, who has been a taxi driver since 1994, said he expects Midtown Manhattan will remain his go-to spot for fares even if congestion pricing passes, but he worries that new fees could shrink his customer base.
“There are trips to the airport and attractions around the city,” Galindo, 64, told THE CITY, while taking a break in his parked taxi on West 28th Street and Tenth Avenue in Manhattan. “I need to be in Midtown to make the most money.”
Under one of the seven tolling options to be considered by the state’s Traffic Mobility Review Board — a six-member panel in charge of recommending toll rates and exemptions — taxi passengers could face a $19 fee on all peak-hour trips in the most congested parts of Manhattan.
“Whenever you’re taking money from people, it’s going to be a bad thing,” said 51-year-old cabbie, Adam Sidib while at a Harlem taxi garage. “We’re just cab drivers, we can’t do anything about it.”
Another option could hit taxis and for-hire vehicles (FHV) with a once-a-day $23 fee, while the lowest-priced scenario would add a $9 peak-hour charge no more than once daily.
“We are excited that the process has taken an important step forward by outlining the options and inviting public input,” TLC Commissioner David Do said in a statement to THE CITY. “We look forward to important discussion on fairness for taxis and for-hire vehicles as the public review period progresses, and as the Traffic Mobility Review Board gets to work in recommending a final toll plan.”
Preparing for Job Losses
The environmental assessment report acknowledges that “scenarios that charge every taxi and FHV trip would lead to higher overall prices paid by customers” and adds that some options could reduce employment among taxi and FHV drivers.
“A potential disproportionately high and adverse effect would occur to taxi and [FHV] drivers in New York City, who largely identify as minority populations, in tolling scenarios that toll their vehicles more than once a day,” an executive summary of the report says.
According to the report, TLC data shows 96% of yellow and green taxi drivers were born outside of the United States, compared with 91% of for-hire vehicle drivers.
Advocates for taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers have called for them to be exempt from congestion pricing fees altogether. But State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-Queens), who oversees a legislative committee with MTA oversight, has said “there should be no exemptions.”
Trips in FHVs could, under one of the seven proposals, face a $23-per-trip fee up to three times a day.
“The MTA should leave the status quo in place for the drivers and reassess in a few years,” said Brendan Sexton, president of the Independent Drivers Guild, which represents more than 80,000 for-hire drivers in the city. “They cannot gamble with the livelihood of tens of thousands of New Yorkers.”
To mitigate the potential economic fallout of any tolling structure that would toll taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers more than once a day, the report says that when a passenger is present, the passenger pays the toll.
The environmental assessment also raised the possibility of connecting “drivers experiencing job insecurity” with a “direct pathway to licensing, training and job placement with MTA or its affiliated vendors at no cost to the drivers.”
Norman Buenaventura, who has been driving a taxi for a decade, said there is “not a chance” that he would seek employment with the transit agency.
“I could have applied for that a while ago,” the 49-year-old cabbie told THE CITY, while on a break in Chelsea. “We need our freedom, but I won’t have that freedom if I take a job with the MTA — I have two kids.”
At his Long Island City base, Kaplan said one of the biggest rewards of his more than 50 years in the taxi business has been when long-time drivers put their kids through college and “live the American dream” after getting their start as cabbies.
“We all want to help the city, we all want to help the MTA,” he said. “But at what point does it become ridiculous?”
THE CITY is an independent, nonprofit news outlet dedicated to hard-hitting reporting that serves the people of New York. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/struggling-taxi-drivers-see-congestion-pricing-as-fee-that-breaks-their-backs/3833402/ | 2022-08-22T12:00:17 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/struggling-taxi-drivers-see-congestion-pricing-as-fee-that-breaks-their-backs/3833402/ |
The latest North Dakota coronavirus news: Post-pandemic cities, food aid and more.
Placemaking class
The state Commerce Department and AARP are hosting a free master class on community placemaking on Wednesday.
“Community placemaking is a pivotal approach to ensure the longevity of healthier and happier residents across North Dakota,” Commerce Interim Commissioner Shawn Kessel said. “Placemaking is very effective in creating vibrant and healthy communities for all ages by taking an innovative approach in capitalizing on a community’s existing assets.”
The founder of 8 80 Cities, Gil Penalosa, will provide an overview about the resources and tools that can be used to create more welcoming and inclusive cities and public spaces. Penalosa's priority is on the post-coronavirus pandemic city.
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The class will be offered in-person at the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum in Bismarck, and also virtually. Registration is at msnd.link/AARP-Master-Class.
Mobile food pantry
Trucks carrying fresh vegetables, bakery items and boxed goods will make stops in North Dakota this week.
Food through the Great Plains Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry is available at no cost to those in need. Scheduled stops are (all times are local):
Wednesday
- Stanley, Mountrail County South Complex, 8103 61st St. NW, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Bowbells, United Methodist Church back parking lot, 215 Main St.
- Crosby, Concordia Lutheran Church (west side), 204 Main St. NE, 4:45 p.m.
Thursday
- Wildrose, Fire Hall, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
- Ray, 24 Railroad Ave. Suite 1, 10:30 a.m.
- Garrison, 71 S. Main St., 12-2 p.m. and 3-7 p.m.
- Turtle Lake, 515 Kundert St., 2-3:30 p.m.
- Washburn, McLean Family Resource Center, 205 Seventh St., 5 p.m.
For more information, go to https://bit.ly/3lkvv80.
Testing and vaccines
A comprehensive list of free public COVID-19 testing offered in North Dakota can be found at health.nd.gov/covidtesting. That site also lists where free at-home test kits are being offered.
People can go to https://www.ndvax.orgor https://bit.ly/3N3IMxb or call 866-207-2880 to see where COVID-19 vaccine is available near them.
County-level COVID-19 risks determined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can be found at https://bit.ly/3Clifrq.
Guidance and resources for businesses are at https://bit.ly/3w0DpKj.
General information is at https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus and https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/north-dakota-coronavirus-news-aug-22-post-pandemic-cities-focus-of-class/article_3093ef20-1e6f-11ed-8f61-f313b01be559.html | 2022-08-22T12:05:26 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/north-dakota-coronavirus-news-aug-22-post-pandemic-cities-focus-of-class/article_3093ef20-1e6f-11ed-8f61-f313b01be559.html |
Longtime Mandan Business Development and Communications Director Ellen Huber is leaving her position in January.
Huber recently notified the City Commission of her decision. She said she wants to devote time to family, decompress and assess other opportunities.
Mandan hired Huber as its first business development director in 2006 after receiving input from residents wanting an advocate for the city to supplement the work of metro entities such as the chamber and the convention and visitors bureau. The role evolved to encompass leading the city's economic and community development programs and projects, and serving as the city's spokeswoman.
"In addition to her knowledge of programs that benefit residents and businesses in Mandan, her knowledge of state programs is second to none," Mandan Mayor Tim Helbling said. "One thing that has set her apart is her drive and passion for our community. It shows in everything she does."
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Huber served on the Economic Development Association of North Dakota board from 2012-21, including a two-year term as president from 2017-19. In 2016, she was named Governor’s Choice for Large Community Economic Developer of the Year.
The city in a statement said officials will "evaluate priorities and fine-tune staff roles" before starting the hiring and transition process. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/mandan/longtime-mandan-business-leader-spokeswoman-leaving/article_3e18676a-1e61-11ed-9387-9b2c3b541cea.html | 2022-08-22T12:05:32 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/mandan/longtime-mandan-business-leader-spokeswoman-leaving/article_3e18676a-1e61-11ed-9387-9b2c3b541cea.html |
In the nearly two years since Jason Kutt was killed by a hunter who said he mistook the teen for an animal at a Bucks County state park, his parents, Ronald and Dana Kutt, have kept alive their son’s legacy by holding events, forming a nonprofit organization and more.
“We’re just trying to change a negative into a positive, so hopefully something like this never happens again,” Ronald Kutt said Sunday.
Pennsylvania took a positive step last week when officials announced the state was banning rifles and pistols in hunting areas at four of its parks, including Nockamixon State Park in Bucks County where Jason Kutt was killed. More specifically, center-fire and rim-fire rifles and handguns are now prohibited for hunting, according to the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
The state did not single out the tragic shooting of the Kutts’ son in its news release Tuesday announcing the weapons ban.
“DCNR’s state parks staff have worked earnestly with key stakeholders to develop new firearms restrictions to increase public safety, while continuing to provide opportunities for those who hunt at state parks,” said John Hallas, state parks director. “We expect all parties to adhere to rules and regulations while visiting state parks and recreation areas to ensure the health and safety of our visitors.”
Ronald Kutt said he and his wife, who created the Jason Kutt Legacy Fund to advocate for safer state park regulations, pushed for the ban. But Kutt said conservation officials, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub and area state legislators were among the stakeholders involved in the change.
“We’re just looking to try to get safer parks,” he said.
Jason Kutt was 18 years old when he was shot and killed Oct. 24, 2020, by a hunter while watching the sunset with his girlfriend, Erin Richardson. Kenneth T. Heller of Warminster pleaded guilty last year in that case and was sentenced to seven to 20 years in prison.
Heller was sentenced on involuntary manslaughter, possession of an instrument of killing, failure to render assistance after a hunting incident and other charges in what prosecutors described as a tragic but criminal hunting mishap. Authorities said Heller shot Kutt with a bullet from his 0.17-caliber Marlin rifle.
It’s that sort of weapon hunters will not be able to use, effectively immediately, state officials said, at Nockamixon, which straddles Haycock and Bedminster townships. The new rules also apply to Evansburg State Park in Montgomery County and Marsh Creek State Park and White Clay Creek Preserve, both in Chester County.
Shotguns, muzzleloaders, and bows and arrows are still permitted during established hunting seasons, except for a portion of White Clay Creek Preserve, where only the use of muzzleloaders and bows and arrows is allowed, according to the state.
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Conservation officials said visitor safety will be improved by restricting the use of rifles and handguns for hunting at these multi-recreational-use state parks. Hunting is only permitted in designated areas during designated times at state parks, and the department advises non-hunters to wear orange during hunting seasons to make yourself more visible.
The Kutts are not finished in their effort to improve park safety, Ronald Kutt said. And besides those attempts, they have held various fundraisers to support the community’s needs. A “Party at the Park” event beginning 1 p.m. Sept. 10 at Univest Performance Center in Quakertown. Search eventbrite.com for more information.
“We’re trying to get it out there,” Ronald Kutt said of the park event. Besides several bands scheduled to perform, a guitar signed by the rock group Poison, which performed at Musikfest, will be raffled off, he said.
Kutt, of Sellersville, said he was impressed with Poison members discussing his son’s life, his love of music and more, and his tragic death. “Talking to them, they knew about [Jason],” he said. “They said, ‘That was the kid with red hair.’ It’s kind of impressive how far this has reached.”
More on new hunting rules
Questions about the new rules can be directed via email at ra-park-operations@pa.gov, or by calling 717-787-6640 or 800-654-5984 (TDD users) for hearing and speech impaired.
The state in its release also reminded those hunting at state parks to:
- Practice extreme caution with firearms at all times, as other non-hunters use the park during hunting seasons.
- Use firearms and archery equipment only in authorized hunting areas during hunting seasons.
- Keep weapons in vehicles or elsewhere when not in use or during non-hunting seasons.
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For those tuned in to the gobble of a wild turkey, but who haven’t heard that sweet sound in a while, don’t despair.
Pennsylvania’s Eastern wild turkey population does naturally fluctuate, but data from the Pennsylvania Game Commission show a decline in the population in the northeast, including the Lehigh Valley; in the western counties, however, populations appear stable.
While that may seem troubling, that data may not be providing a full or true picture of the population, which is one of the reasons the Game Commission has been undertaking what it’s calling the largest ever field study of wild turkeys.
The four-year study started in January, with goals that include validating a new method of counting birds and data that could help evaluate the reasons for declines and rises in the population, such as evaluating habitat, hunter success, bird health, levels of predation and survival rates.
Mary Jo Casalena, the commission’s lead turkey biologist, said the study, which focuses on hens or female turkeys, said previous methods of counting birds showed the turkey population peaked in the 2000s.
While those methods have been under some scrutiny, they showed the turkey population at 280,000 in 2001 and 159,000 in 2021.
In the early 2000s, Casalena said, there were conservative hunting seasons, few exotic wild turkey diseases and a more diverse landscape than exists today, including more young forests, agricultural land and fewer exotic plant and insect species.
“There were 230,000 hunters [in 2006], and now we have under 200,000,” she said. “The age of those hunters is now also higher.”
“Or it might be spring weather, habitat changes. It might be diseases we never studied.’’
The current study is not being conducted in every Pennsylvania county, but in designated areas the commission labels as Wildlife Management Units, which in this case are units 2D, 3D, 4D and 5C.
Casalena said these areas were selected because they each represent different landscapes, habitat types, turkey populations and birds taken during the spring hunting season.
The Lehigh Valley and some of the surrounding region is in 5C, and represents what she said is a mix of urban and large agricultural lands with the second lowest number of turkeys taken during the hunting season.
The other units in the study are 3D (roughly including Monroe, Pike and southern Lackawanna and Wayne counties); 2D (Armstrong, Butler, Clarion and surrounding counties), and 4D (portions of Centre, Mifflin, Snyder, Union and surrounding counties.)
Casalena explained that the study process starts by capturing 25 hens per study area per year during the winter, when they are flocked together and easily attracted to bait.
Once captured, researchers collect blood for disease testing, attach a transmitter and a leg band to adult and juvenile (or one-year-old) hens, then monitor their movements, habitat use, survival, nesting rates, nest success, brood survival, predation and harvest during the fall turkey season.
Turkeys fitted with transmitters are tracked by field crews with radio telemetry equipment to monitor survival, range of movement and nesting.
“We’re also assessing the impacts of weather on nesting rates, nest success and poult (or newly hatched birds) survival,” Casalena said.
At this point in the study, she said, “106 hens were fitted with transmitters with another 100 transmitters to be added each year. Of the 106, she said 54 have died. Several died during winter but the majority have died during nesting season which typically is the period of highest hen mortality.”
In addition to the 12-member field crew and many other biologists from the commission involved in the study, Casalena said the study is unusual in that it is being done in conjunction with other organizations.
They include researchers from Penn State University, the U.S. Geological Survey at Penn State, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s Wildlife Futures Program..
Next year, she said, the study will be expanded in a cooperative effort with state wildlife agencies in New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio and researchers from Ohio State University.
In addition, the commission is seeking help from the public in the form of reporting winter turkey flock sightings. That would assist in locating potential flocks to trap for research purposes. All turkeys are released at the trap site after biological data are collected, leg bands are attached, and transmitters are fitted.
That winter observation period is January-March throughout the four-year study. This is in addition to the annual public summer turkey sighting survey, July through August.
The Eastern wild turkey prefers an environment of about 60% wooded and a 40% mix of low shrubs and open areas.
Casalena said the turkey’s strongest sense is hearing but they also have excellent sight. However, she said, “They can’t see that well at night. And like most diurnal [or animals most active during the day] birds they roost in trees to sleep to try and hide from predators. Fortunately they will fly off their roost to avoid night-time predators, but hens that are incubating their nests on the ground do sometimes get killed before they can escape. They have a poor sense of smell.’’
Their favorite foods are determined by the season, so she said the diet could include insects, grasses, berries, nuts, seeds and sprouts.
“They scratch the leaves most seasons to get whatever they can find,” she said. “Protein-rich insects form the majority of their diet during summer when poults are rapidly growing and hens are replenishing their resources after the energy-intensive egg-laying and incubation season.”
The average lifespan of a turkey, if they survive to adulthood, is 3-4 years and they mate in the spring, Casalena said.
“They do not mate for life. The dominant male creates a harem of hens and some subordinate males will remain in the group. Mostly the dominant male will breed the hens in the harem, but genetic analyses have shown that there can be multiple fathers from one clutch, so the hen either visits different dominant males or, sometimes a subordinate gobbler will breed a hen. But we do not yet have good data on genetics. Hens incubate the eggs and raise the young. Males do not assist.”
A hen, on average, lays 10 to 12 eggs per nest and, if they aren’t eaten by a predator or otherwise die, 6 to 12 will hatch. They would reach maturity in about a year, provided they aren’t killed by predators or die from other causes.
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Ben Franklin supposedly wanted the national bird to be the turkey, but ccording to the Franklin Institute website, that was just a myth that resulted from a letter he wrote to his daughter Sarah.
In that letter, displayed on the website, Franklin criticized the original eagle design for the new country’s seal saying it looked more like a turkey.
However, he called the Bald Eagle “a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly … he is too lazy to fish for himself,’’ according to the website.
In that same letter, he praised the turkey “as a much more respectable bird and withal a true original native of America.”
“He defended the honor of the turkey against the Bald Eagle, but did not propose its becoming one of America’s most important symbol,” the website said.
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Joe Haener, a fixture of the Bay Area music scene and the fiancé of garage rock icon Shannon Shaw, died early Tuesday morning after a truck collision just outside of his family farm in Aurora, Ore. He was 41 years old.
Shaw, who planned to marry Haener in her hometown of Napa later this year, confirmed his death in an Instagram post on Wednesday morning.
“I can’t even believe I am typing this but my beloved Joe has passed away. Please send every bit of love and support you can to the Haener family who I would have joined in November,” Shaw wrote. “The last couple of days of our lives were some of the best ever. He got to play music with Toody [Cole, the last surviving member of the legendary Portland punk band Dead Moon.] His whole family came to see him play drums! He comforted me with various things and we wedding planned and honeymoon planned. The last week he just had this big gorgeous smile cuz he was thinking about drums and how good and freeing it feels to play them. I don’t know what I’m gonna do without you.”
Haener was driving a Ford F-150 southbound on Ehlen Road near Donald, Ore., and attempted to turn left into his driveway when his vehicle was struck by another truck heading eastbound. Emergency responders arrived at the scene of the crash at 6:45 a.m. and airlifted Haener to a nearby hospital, where he later died from his injuries, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office told multiple outlets.
Haener was born on Jan. 1, 1981 in Portland, Ore. He went to La Salle High School in Milwaukie and later attended the University of Oregon before making his way to the Bay Area and becoming a staple of Oakland's DIY music scene. Haener was the drummer for the psychedelic rock group Gris Gris and a touring percussionist for the Dodos following the release of their 2008 album “Visiter.” Cody Blanchard, a guitarist and vocalist of Shannon and the Clams, told SFGATE that Haener started drumming when he was in fifth grade, developing his style early on by playing along to James Brown records.
“His parents let him set up a kit in the living room at the far end of the house and bang away as long as he wanted, no matter who else was in the house or how loud it was,” Blanchard said in an email.
Haener was part of several bands that helped cultivate the Bay Area’s thriving DIY scene during the early to late aughts, including the post-hardcore band Battleship, as well as Blanche Devereaux, Case Studies, Dream Date, Eatskull and Little Queenie. Prior to joining Gris Gris, he played in Rock N Roll Adventure Kids with Marc Ribak, who now runs Bay Area punk fest Mosswood Meltdown and Thee Stork Club, and Oscar Michel, the co-founder of Tacos Oscar in Oakland and a longtime friend and bandmate who would have catered Haener and Shaw’s wedding.
“We obviously played so many shows in the Bay. Too many to remember,” Michel told SFGATE in an email. “We had a fun two-night stint at Bimbo’s [365 Club] opening for the YYYs in Gris Gris … We loved playing at the Hemlock Tavern (RIP) in all the bands we were in together. The Stork Club was a fave also.”
Among the most memorable shows Michel played with Haener was Gris Gris’ last gig at the now-shuttered Ghost Town Gallery, better known as the Creamery, in West Oakland in 2009.
“A live recording was made. The room was packed, sketchily packed, but it was a magical night,” he said.
Michel also had fond memories of a surprise Rock N Roll Adventure Kids reunion show last December. When the punk band got together for a rehearsal ahead of the gig, they hadn't practiced together in nearly a decade, but it was as if no time had passed at all, he said.
“We caught up, had a blast reminiscing and realized we didn't even have to rehearse because the songs were so easy and ingrained in us,” he said. “The show itself was a fun, drunken blur.”
Blanchard said the band’s performance at Mosswood Meltdown last month was Haener’s last show in the Bay Area. The musician, who often filled in on drums for the band after he and Shaw started dating, also played at Shannon and the Clams’ pre-festival show at Eli’s Mile High Club, which was emceed by John Waters and held in celebration of Thee Stork Club’s revival. At one point during the performance, Shaw turned around to introduce her backup singers, the Donettes, as well as each member of her seven-piece band. When she mentioned that she would be marrying the drummer later that year, the audience erupted in some of the loudest cheers of the night.
“Joe and Shannon initially had a long-distance relationship and he would frequently hop in the van to join the Clams on tour so he could be with Shannon,” Blanchard told SFGATE. “He became a fixture in our lives, an ever-present family member of the band.”
Blanchard said Haener and Shaw “orbited each other in the Bay Area music scene for years” before they had a serendipitous encounter at a Starbucks in Oregon about six years ago. Haener had relocated from California to work on his family’s farm in Aurora, and Shaw was in the middle of a tour with her band, en route to play a friend’s wedding in rural Oregon.
On that particularly rainy morning in October, the band made a pit stop at the coffee shop, where Haener approached Shaw and asked if she remembered him from the Bay Area.
“She did, of course, and that chance meeting crystallized their interest in each other and set in motion events that lead to their romance, courtship and eventual engagement,” Blanchard said.
In an Instagram statement shared by Shannon and the Clams on Saturday, the band said it would be taking some time off and canceling its upcoming appearances at Purple City Music Festival in Canada and Nelsonville Music Festival in Ohio “in light of this unfathomable loss.”
“We are heartbroken,” the statement read. “We will update you as soon as we have clarity about future dates beyond those and appreciate your sympathy and understanding as we navigate such a painful time for our band.”
In his obituary, Haener’s family described him as “a passionate collector of vinyl” and “a true audiophile” who often toiled away creating mixtapes for loved ones. He was a diehard Portland Trail Blazers fan, loved cooking and baking and, “despite his quiet demeanor, was super competitive at game night.”
Haener is survived by his mother and father, Delbert and Nannett, four siblings, Malinda, Danny, Sarah and Beth, and his grandmother, Beverly, as well as seven nieces and nephews. Blanchard said a funeral will be held Tuesday at St. Luke Catholic Church in Woodburn, Ore.
“He was unbelievably sweet, without judgment, rarely had an unkind word to say about anyone,” Blanchard said. “He was deeply loyal to friends and remembered everyone, always so happy to revive old friendships with people he had lost touch with for years. He loved Shannon so much and planned to spend his life with her.” | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Joe-Haener-Shannon-Shaw-Bay-Area-17388215.php | 2022-08-22T12:17:35 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Joe-Haener-Shannon-Shaw-Bay-Area-17388215.php |
TJ Vandiver and Tucson Rubberized Coatings: Local roofer TJ Vandiver Construction is installing a new roof, free of charge to a Green Valley couple, Carlos and Betty Olson. The Olsons, who are both 83 years old, are service oriented and have been customers of the company for years. The couple said they contribute to Desert Hills Lutheran Church, the local food bank, White Elephant and Friends in Deed. Carlos Olson also helps in the community with repair projects when he can, or recommends someone else he knows who can help. “This is just a great opportunity to give to somebody in the community that gives a lot of himself in Continental Vistas by helping everybody there,” said Vandiver. “Over the years we’ve done repair work on it here and there, but he’s never wanted to do the whole roof. So, I decided we’d give him one.” Tucson Rubberized Coatings is donating the material for the $6,000 roof overhaul.
Arizona Pest Control: Arizona Pest Control has committed over $20,000 to sponsoring sports and education programs at the following high schools: Sabino, Ironwood Ridge, Catalina Foothills, Mountain View, Salpointe, Empire, Canyon del Oro, Tucson, Cienega and Pusch Ridge Christian. Additionally, it made a $5,000 contribution to the Catalina Foothills School District Foundation and $5,000 to the Catholic Tuition Support Organization. Arizona Pest Control is interested in supporting additional after school programs and educational initiatives. Email requests to Caleb Tennenbaum at ctennenbaum@azpest.com for consideration.
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Larry H. Miller Dealerships: A caravan of vehicles stuffed with food donations from Larry H. Miller Dealerships in Tucson delivered 1,740 pounds of non-perishable food to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. The donations will provide 1,450 meals to Tucson children and their families. Larry H. Miller Dealerships partnered with the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona and St. Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix for its second annual month-long “Food Fuels Learning” campaign to support children and the families of children who went back to school this month.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida gas prices continue to plunge, with the cost declining for the 10th straight week.
According to AAA, the average price per gallon in Florida is $3.54, making it the lowest daily average since March 1.
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“Gas prices are still falling, but not quite as fast as they did in recent weeks,” AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said. “The state average was previously declining at a rate of 15-17 cents per week. Last week, however, the state average dropped 11 cents. This could be a sign that pump prices could soon begin to level out. Oil prices are currently trading at levels we saw in February, before Russia invaded Ukraine. During that time, the state average was in the $3.40s, which could be where pump prices eventually plateau.”
Drivers are still paying about 55 cents more per gallon now than they were this time last year, AAA said.
Regional prices
- Most expensive metro markets: West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ($3.75), Tallahassee ($3.68), Naples ($3.66)
- Least expensive metro markets: Crestview-Fort Walton Beach ($3.42), The Villages ($3.43), Orlando ($3.43)
Ways to save on gasoline
- Combine errands to limit driving time.
- Shop around for the best gas prices in your community.
- Consider paying cash. Some retailers charge extra per gallon for customers who pay with a credit card.
- Remove excess weight in your vehicle.
- Drive conservatively. Aggressive acceleration and speeding reduces fuel economy.
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Two federal agencies — the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention — have indicated that it’s time to minimize the disruption of COVID-19 in our lives, and that includes the workplace.
Employers have been grappling with their COVID policies as the pandemic wanes. Last month, the EEOC updated its pandemic guidance. Earlier this month, the CDC announced it was “streamlining” its guidance.
Vaccines and testing
Under former Gov. Ralph Northam, employees working for the commonwealth were required to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to regular testing. While this policy ended when Gov. Glenn Youngkin took over in January , a routine “get vaccinated or test” policy would no longer be legal, according to the EEOC.
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Employers can now implement mandatory screening measures (such as viral tests) only if the employer can show that the testing is “job-related and consistent with business necessity.” The EEOC said it would no longer presume that COVID-19 testing is “job-related and consistent with business necessity” which previously had been the case during the pandemic to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
In determining whether testing is a “business necessity,” employers can consider a variety of factors such as the level of community transmission, the vaccination status of employees, the accuracy of speed in processing the tests, the population the workforce serves, among other factors.
The EEOC suggests that, in making these assessments, employers should check the latest CDC guidance (and any other relevant sources) to determine whether screening testing is appropriate for these employees.
The CDC announced in its news release, “Recommending screening testing of asymptomatic people without known exposures will no longer be recommended in most community settings.”
Thus, taken together, employers should stop testing asymptomatic employees unless there is a shown business need.
The EEOC noted that employers are also not permitted to require employees to submit to antibody testing (to show prior infection or possible immunity) before re-entering the workplace, unless doing so meets the “business necessity” requirement.
Symptoms screening
Employers are still permitted to screen for COVID-19 symptoms for those employees entering the workforce, but should not screen employees working remotely.
Employers are also permitted to screen job applicants for symptoms of COVID-19 after making a conditional job offer, so long as it does so for all employees entering the workplace for similar jobs. If an employer screens everyone entering the workplace (including visitors) for symptoms, the employer can also screen job applicants who enter the workplace pre-offer (i.e.: for job interviews). However, this screening is limited to the same as that given to everyone.
Time away from work
According to the CDC, those who have been exposed to someone testing positive for COVID-19, even those who are not up to date on their vaccines, no longer need to quarantine. The CDC instead recommends that the individuals wear a mask for 10 days and get tested on day five of exposure.
Employers should advise employees of this new recommendation from the CDC, and no longer require employees to take leave (paid or unpaid) following exposure, unless the individual has symptoms and/or tests positive for the infection.
Employers should recommend mask-wearing for the recommended 10- day period while around other employees or customers.
The CDC still recommends isolation for those with symptoms until they can be tested, and then additional isolation if a person tests positive. Symptomatic individuals who test negative for COVID can end isolation and return to the workplace.
Employees testing positive for COVID-19 should remain out of the office for five days, and if they are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication and their symptoms are improving (or they never had symptoms) they can return to the workplace after five calendar days in isolation, according to the CDC. When they return to the workplace, employees should wear a high-quality mask until day 10.
Hiring and COVID-19
In previous guidance, the EEOC advised employers it could withdraw a job offer for anyone testing positive, or who has symptoms of COVID-19, or who had been exposed to someone with the virus. Now, employers must comply with the CDC guidance on whether the person can safety return to the workplace.
The new CDC guidance which eliminated quarantine rules for those exposed to someone testing positive, and minimizing the time when someone who tests positive to just five days, calls into question whether a job offer can be rescinded.
Employers are also no longer required to contact trace infected individuals other than health care settings and high-risk congregate settings.
All of these are recommendations from the CDC but businesses should implement additional protections as they deem appropriate.
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Four more Bradenton police officers file complaints against the chief of police
Four more former and current Bradenton Police Department officers have filed complaints against the agency's chief.
Affidavits sent to Mayor Gene Brown from the four officers said that the command staff encouraged unlawful arrests and stealing from an officer. Mike McHale, president of the Southwest Florida Police Benevolent Association, has asked Brown to investigate the allegations.
On Aug. 8 McHale wrote a letter to the mayor requesting an investigation into Bradenton Police Chief Melanie Bevan's alleged "unlawful search" during a response to an arrest warrant, which was reported by a former Bradenton police officer. The officer who filed the complaint and her husband have since resigned from the department.
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Since then, officers from the department have begun speaking out against actions from the command staff that they say have "put all of the citizens in Bradenton at risk, including any and all BPD officers."
'They're literally on the verge of complete nervous breakdowns'
Stephanie Webster, general counsel for the PBA, said the complaints that have been filed within the last two weeks have been a culmination of worsening relations over the last two years. She said the union has tried to get the mayor's attention on its complaints for a while.
"I've had several (officers) that their doctors have had to put them on anxiety medication," Webster said. "They're literally on the verge of complete nervous breakdowns because they're more afraid of their chief and administration than they are of the bad guys on the street."
Brown could not be reached by the Herald-Tribune for comment on the latest complaints filed by former and current police officers. In an email to McHale on Aug. 9, Brown wrote that the initial complaints against Bevan and the Internal Affairs Division are under active administration investigation and can't be discussed but that they would be added to the investigative files.
A representative with the Bradenton Police Department said due to the ongoing investigation, additional statements from Bevan would not be available.
In response to the earlier allegations of an alleged unlawful search, Bevan said in a letter that it was "no coincidence" that the PBA and McHale launched the criticism amid a standstill in union contract negotiations.
"The PBA has obviously failed in its responsibility to successfully negotiate the contracts of its members, and is therefore shifting blame and accountability elsewhere," Bevan said in a letter.
McHale said the union contract negotiations are a separate issue.
'Sense of betrayal'
The first affidavit and complaint listed was from Bradenton Police Sgt. Joseph Kelly. After his wife committed suicide, Bevan and BPD command staff tried to "intercept" her phone, Kelly said in his affidavit. He suspects this was in connection to a possible affair the former Deputy Chief Paul McWade had with his wife, Kelly said in his affidavit.
"I also heard from multiple officers who attended training seminars where St. Pete officers were also training, that St. Pete officers would chide BPD officers to 'hide your wives' from Deputy Chief McWade," Joseph Kelly wrote in his affidavit.
Joseph Kelly was married to Eva Kelly, a dispatcher for the city of Bradenton who committed suicide on Dec. 2, 2019. Her death was investigated by the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, and her phone was impounded by detectives. During the investigation, BPD command staff tried accessing her phone before it got back to Joseph Kelly, according to the complaint.
The command staff went as far as assigning "buddy officers" ostensibly to support Joseph Kelly but instead were asked to "intercept" Eva Kelly's phone.
Joseph Kelly said that McWade ordered Det. Patrick Mahoney to follow him and to take any opportunity to grab Eva Kelly's phone without his knowledge. He said that after his wife's death Mahoney spent considerable time at his house.
"It is incomprehensible to learn now that BPD was paying officers to spy on me and directing them to steal my property under the guise of compassion and sympathy," Joseph Kelly wrote in the affidavit.
Joseph Kelly called a meeting with Bevan, and he alleged she admitted that she wanted information off Eva Kelly's phone and that McWade was involved, his affidavit stated. Joseph said that the police department reached out to the evidence technician at the Manatee County Sheriff's Office to get Eva's phone.
"I cannot overstate the sense of betrayal that I felt after learning that 'admin' within BPD was conspiring to steal my late wife's phone from me at one of the lowest points in my life," Joseph wrote.
Mahoney confirmed Joseph's statement in his affidavit. He wrote that after Eva's suicide, he was ordered to "stick with" Joseph. He alleged that McWade wanted to prevent Joseph from learning of communications Eva had on her phone.
"It was clear that Deputy Chief McWade did not have any regard for Sgt. Kelly's personal property or for his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unlawful seizure," Mahoney wrote in the affidavit.
At Eva's funeral, McWade allegedly directed Mahoney and former detective Christopher Capdarest to arrest her ex-husband if he showed up, despite not having for a basis for arrest.
"I recall Deputy Chief McWade specifically telling Det. Capdarest to just 'find something' to arrest him for because he was not supposed to be at the funeral," Mahoney wrote in the affidavit.
Capdarest confirmed this in his affidavit.
"I was not provided any probable cause to justify the order to arrest Eva Kelly's ex-husband, but it is a prime example of how BPD command staff is willing to violate the Constitution and the Fourth Amendment," Capdarest wrote.
Alleged misconduct
Officers also complained about misconduct that was encouraged by the command staff as officers conducted investigations.
Mahoney said that while working on an investigation of the murder of Tara Reilly, command staff, including Bevan, asked officers to unlawfully arrest a suspect.
He came in contact with a suspect who could identify the person or persons who murdered Reilly, but the suspect would not cooperate with the investigation.
Bevan asked if the suspect had a valid driver's license and suggested they should crash into his car and arrest him for driving on a suspended license, the officer alleged.
"Chief Bevan went on to further suggest we repossess the individual's truck, get his power disconnected, and even have his children removed from his custody," Mahoney said in his affidavit.
The suspect at the time was also in the hospital recovering from surgery, and Mahoney was told by the State Attorney's Office to stay away from the suspect. He presented an arrest warrant but was denied.
He told Internal Affairs Det. Curulla that he could not arrest someone since he knew the state was not going to prosecute.
"At that point, Internal Affairs Det. Curulla stated, 'Well if he thinks he's under arrest, that's his problem'," Mahoney said in the report.
Bradenton Police Lt. Shannon Seymour took part in the same meeting and confirmed Mahoney's statement. He wrote that Bevan encouraged officers to engage in criminal conduct to get the suspect to talk.
Another complaint centered on Christopher Herron, who was assigned to work with the Special Investigations Unit at the police department by Bevan, despite not being sworn in as an officer, Mahoney wrote in his affidavit. Mahoney said that Herron initiated a traffic stop while operating a patrol car, despite being told by a superior not to.
"Chief Bevan did not inform me that Mr. Herron was not sworn to serve with BPD and she allowed Mr. Herron to conduct himself as if he were a sworn BPD officer," Mahoney wrote in the report.
Mahoney wrote that Herron was physically abusive and would use his relationship with Bevan to avoid complaints.
"The enabling of Mr. Herron's repeated violent behavior by Chief Bevan put all of the citizens in Bradenton at risk, including any and all BPD officers," Mahoney said.
Of the four who filed the complaints, Capdarest is the only one who has resigned. He resigned after being threatened with termination during an internal affairs investigation, Capdarest said in his affidavit.
Before they began recording the interview, investigators told him that if the chief thought he was covering up anything that he would be fired, Capdarest said in his affidavit.
"By the time the recorder was first activated, I was terrified," Capdarest wrote in his complaint. "My son was only a few months old at that point, and I was terrified of losing my job and my ability to provide for my family."
He said they threatened him with termination at least 12 times. Most of those times the recorder was off during the interview, he wrote in the affidavit.
Webster said the union will continue to support officers as they come forward with complaints and try to change the trajectory of the police department.
"I think they were just like, 'We're done. If we don't step up and save this agency, it's never gonna get done.'" | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/bradenton-police-officers-file-complaints-against-chief-melanie-bevan/10339970002/ | 2022-08-22T12:51:05 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/bradenton-police-officers-file-complaints-against-chief-melanie-bevan/10339970002/ |
FDOT adds bus/bike lane to Ringling Bridge; a separate bike lane is coming later on
A new bus lane could expedite the popular Bay Runner trolley’s trips over the John Ringling Causeway.
This month, the Florida Department of Transportation re-striped the lanes on Sarasota's Ringling Bridge to add shared bus bike shoulders (SBBS). The shoulder, which FDOT expects to open for trolley use in early October, is meant to keep the Bay Runner’s wait times down.
The blue, orange and white trolley comes by each of its stops every 20 to 30 minutes, and the city of Sarasota wants to maintain those wait times even during congested traffic, said city engineer Nikesh Patel.
"The SBBS provides for part-time shoulder use under certain congested conditions for public transportation, which is currently the Bay Runner trolley," said FDOT spokeswoman Tricia Pichette in an email. "The SBBS is currently open for bicycles and scooters."
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The city has been promoting multi-modal transportation by establishing the trolley service – which runs from downtown to the barrier islands and back – and by starting to offer a bike and scooter sharing service.
City Commissioner Liz Alpert said that for the city to promote these kinds of transportation, there has to be “some advantage” to them.
“Certainly, the trolley has been really popular because it’s fun to ride,” she said, “and this will, I hope, make it even more popular to be able to do that.”
The shared bus bike shoulders are 10 feet wide. There are still two lanes for motorists in each direction.
FDOT is also planning another project on the bridge, which is expected to begin in the summer or fall of 2023, according to Patel. Construction crews will repair the bridge’s its surface and add a 5-foot bike-and-scooter lane. The bus lane will also be widened to 11 feet, and the other lanes will each be changed to 10.5 feet in width.
But, until the bike lane is added, bicyclists will use the bus lane. Patel said that before trolley drivers are allowed to drive in that lane, they have to complete an FDOT training.
The drivers will check to see if any bikes or emergency vehicles are traveling in the shared bus bike shoulder. If they are, the trolley won’t use it.
Sarasota County Area Transit buses can also access the shoulder, but city spokeswoman Jan Thornburg said SCAT currently doesn’t have any bus routes across the bridge.
SCAT also has a van service that picks people up at their homes or other locations and takes them where they need to go. FDOT has deemed the service as an allowable use for the bus lane, according to SCAT's director.
Anne Snabes covers city and county government for the Herald-Tribune. You can contact her at asnabes@gannett.com and follow her on Twitter at @a_snabes. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/08/22/sarasotas-john-ringling-causeway-gets-bus-lanes/10351128002/ | 2022-08-22T12:51:11 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/08/22/sarasotas-john-ringling-causeway-gets-bus-lanes/10351128002/ |
City partnership would let Habitat for Humanity of South Sarasota County sell Venice land
VENICE – The City Council is set to discuss a partnership agreement with Habitat for Humanity of South Sarasota County to sell a two-acre Knights Trail Road parcel, with the proceeds going to create affordable housing in the city.
The decision is the next step for the council, which in March asked its staff to bring back conditions for an agreement that would facilitate the sale of the land at 749 Knights Trail Road that was deeded to Habitat in 2014.
The nonprofit was not able to build on that site because of lack of infrastructure.
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City stipulations attached to the master plan of the commercial parcel next to Habitat's – now being developed as the Mirasol Town Center – called for the commercial property to provide stormwater retention for the housing site, up to 20 parking spaces that would be used by Habitat, a receptacle for solid waste collection, access to the parcel from a public street and easements for water, sewer and electric utility connections.
On several occasions Habitat officials approached the city asking if it could sell the land and use the proceeds to build elsewhere in the region.
Previous councils resisted that idea, partly because they hoped that affordable homes could be built within the city limits.
Meanwhile, Habitat paid property taxes on the land.
According to a memo from Assistant City Manager James Clinch, Ian Black Realtors estimated that the market value of the 85,213-square-foot property is between $12 and $14 per square foot, which equals $1 million to $1.2 million, based on comparable sales and a change in zoning for the property.
Under the terms of the proposed partnership agreement, Venice would hold net proceeds of the sale in an interest bearing account for up to seven years.
Within that period Habitat must submit a plan to for construction or redevelopment of at least one home in Venice, or the purchase of land in Venice.
If Habitat does not meet that requirement, the proceeds of the sale would be absorbed by the city's general fund.
The council meets Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Venice City Hall, 401 W. Venice Ave.
Earle Kimel primarily covers south Sarasota County for the Herald-Tribune and can be reached at earle.kimel@heraldtribune.com. Support local journalism with a digital subscription to the Herald-Tribune. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2022/08/22/venice-council-consider-partnership-so-habitat-2-acres-city/10355159002/ | 2022-08-22T12:51:17 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2022/08/22/venice-council-consider-partnership-so-habitat-2-acres-city/10355159002/ |
MILTON, Pa. — Flames destroyed a home in Northumberland County.
The fire broke out around 4 Monday morning on Myrtle Street in Milton.
Emergency officials tell us everyone made it out.
There's no word what caused the fire here in Northumberland County.
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MOOSIC, Pa. — Rock 107's morning radio host Prospector is at it again, driving his giant shopping cart through the streets of Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. It's all to help feed families in need.
The street-legal grocery cart brings attention to collecting food and monetary donations for CEO Weinberg Food Bank. The donations are then distributed to food banks across northeastern Pennsylvania.
The Pantry Raid runs Monday, August 22, 2022, and Tuesday, August 23, 2022.
Newswatch 16's Elizabeth Worthington spotlighted the event Monday morning at Gerrity's in Moosic and explained how to get involved.
Prospector's Pantry Raid will be riding through Lackawanna County and Luzerne County on Monday, August 22, and Tuesday, August 23.
To make a donation online, click here.
Check out his schedule here:
Monday, August 22
- Gerrity's in Moosic, from 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
- Jo-Dan Buick GMC on Birney Ave. in Moosic from 9:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
- Highway Federal Credit Union on Laurel St. in Pittston from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
- Gerrity's in West Pittston from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
- Old Mill Pine on Exeter Ave. in West Pittston from 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
- Gerrity's in Wyoming from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
- Gerrity's in Hanover from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Gerrity's in Luzerne from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 23
- Gerrity's Supermarket/Gerrity's ACE Hardware on Keyser Ave. in Scranton from 5:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
- NET Credit Union on Mulberry St. in Scranton from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
- Gerrity's ACE Hardware on Main St. in Peckville from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
- Century Dental on Route 6 in Eynon from 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
- Gerrity's ACE Hardware in Clarks Summit from 1:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
- Gerrity's Supermarket in Clarks Summit from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
- Gerrity's Supermarket in West Scranton from 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
- Gerrity's Supermarket in Meadow Ave from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/prospectors-annual-pantry-raid-back-heres-how-get-involved-21-years-gerritys-rock107/523-338fb7c3-a079-401f-bac1-259ba9dc5f4c | 2022-08-22T12:52:14 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/prospectors-annual-pantry-raid-back-heres-how-get-involved-21-years-gerritys-rock107/523-338fb7c3-a079-401f-bac1-259ba9dc5f4c |
INDIANAPOLIS — If you're in the Broad Ripple neighborhood anytime soon, you might recognize a familiar face.
A mural has gone up this past week dedicated to DJ Indiana Jones, a well-known artist, promoter and disc jockey in the Indy scene who passed away in late 2020.
The mural on The Vogue Theatre on College Avenue marks a full-circle moment for his family and friends in the spot where he got his start.
In life, Miner was the kind of person who came into a room and instantly filled it up.
For years, Miner brought the party to some of the city’s hottest clubs and events, performing as DJ Indiana Jones. From behind turn tables and a microphone, he eventually expanded into other roles as a promoter, talent manager and philanthropist.
“He got his start here at the Vogue,” said younger brother Jeff Miner.
But to Jeff and the kids who came up with Miner from Ben Davis High School on Indy’s west side, he was Ronnie Miner before he became DJ Indiana Jones throwing parties at The Vogue.
“He was Ron. He was DJ Indiana Jones, but what he was was a proprietor and cultural motivator,” said Jeff Miner.
“I would describe him as somebody who blazed a trail here," said longtime friend Brian Presnell. "He was one of the early hip-hop DJs.”
Miner was 50 when he passed away unexpectedly in 2020, leaving a void not only for his friends and family, but for the city’s music, art and fundraising scene.
“Ron is one of those people that created spaces and places where a community could find their place," said Dan Thompson, the mural's artist and also Miner's friend.
Thompson is helping give Miner his place, right on this wall outside The Vogue, where Miner and his friends all came of age.
“To paint him on The Vogue is something I’d never thought I’d be able to do, and it just feels exactly perfect,” Thompson said.
“You got the west siders over here painting The Vogue," laughed Presnell.
“To see this happen in such an iconic place for such an iconic person," said another friend, Ryan Hickey. "Ron was the ultimate networker. I’ve never known anyone who connected with people like he did.”
And even though he’s gone, Miner will continue to connect through a mural that’s a metaphor for all that he was to anyone who knew him.
“These colors represent him,” brother Jeff said, standing in front of Thompson's mural.
“He was Ronnie. He was Ronnie,” Presnell repeated.
“He had this ability to make everything feel like it was more powerful,” Thompson recalled.
“We were lucky to have him," Presnell concluded. "He was a real gem for our city.” | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/mural-honoring-dj-indiana-jones-vogue-broad-ripple/531-c7c49a85-a24f-4e74-8023-63e4d5e40c7a | 2022-08-22T12:55:12 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/mural-honoring-dj-indiana-jones-vogue-broad-ripple/531-c7c49a85-a24f-4e74-8023-63e4d5e40c7a |
Oregon State University Extension Service and the Coos Bay Public Library are offering teens 14-19 an opportunity to learn how to eat well on a budget in a practical, two-part cooking program offered the last two Tuesdays in August (August 23 and 30) from noon-2 p.m. Lunch will be provided each day.
Teens will learn how to make a vegetable and beef skillet meal August 23 and a chicken, broccoli and cheese skillet meal August 30. During the program, participants will talk through how to meal plan and will receive ingredients for the recipes served to take home and re-create for their families. Parents or caregivers are welcome to attend with their teens.
All participants will receive a free electric skillet after attending both sessions. Pre-registration at is recommended but not required at https://beav.ed/iuk. This free event will be held at the Coos Bay Public Library in the Myrtlewood Room. Any registration questions or questions about the program should be directed to Nicole Wells at Nicole.wells@oregonstate.edu.
Oregon State University Extension Service partners with local communities to provide trusted expertise and science-based knowledge to address critical issues and help every Oregonian thrive. The Coos County Extension Office is based in Myrtle Point and offers a wide range of programming throughout the year for all ages, including outreach with the Food Hero program, food preservation, gardening, and support for 4-H. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/program-will-teach-teens-to-cook-on-a-budget/article_623ac478-1e5f-11ed-9b18-5395d1aa0995.html | 2022-08-22T12:57:42 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/program-will-teach-teens-to-cook-on-a-budget/article_623ac478-1e5f-11ed-9b18-5395d1aa0995.html |
Indiana Landmarks named the state's 10 most endangered historic sites. See where they are.
Once centers of culture, industry and community, these historic Indiana sites are now in peril. On Monday, Indiana Landmarks released its 10 Most Endangered list for 2022, which includes a high school gymnasium, an industrial tycoon’s neglected mansion and Indiana's oldest covered bridge that remains in its original location.
The list places a spotlight on historical sites facing a series of problems — such as abandonment, dilapidation, neglect, lack of funding or unreasonable above market asking prices — among others.
Marsh Davis, president of Indiana Landmarks, said in a written statement the 10 Most Endangered list has several functions, from education and advocacy to assisting in fundraising and saving pieces of Hoosier history.
“Every listing comes with significant challenges,” Davis said in a news release. “In all cases, when an endangered place lands on our list, we commit to seeking solutions that lead to rescue and revitalization.”
Since 1991, when the list was introduced, only 20 of the 159 most endangered sites have been demolished. Meanwhile, nearly 100 sites have been restored or are no longer endangered. Three sites — the Courthouse Annex, the James M. Shields Memorial Gymnasium and Kamm and Schellinger Brewery — are back on the list for a second year after being on it in 2021.
Here are the stories behind the sites on this year’s list.
Birdsell Mansion
511 W. Colfax Ave., South Bend
Built in 1898, industrial titan J.B. “Ben” Birdsell’s mansion was once a paragon of grandeur: hardwood paneling, fireplaces and a third floor ballroom. In its heyday, it was to an adequate rival of other iconic South Bend mansions, Tippecanoe Place and Copshaholm. But these days, it’s fallen into disrepair and is plagued by code violations, according to Indiana Landmarks.
Today, Birdsell Mansion has fallen into disrepair. The house’s water gutters are leaking, windows are missing and water is seeping in, according to Indiana Landmarks.
Cades Mill Covered Bridge
West Cades Hollow Rd., about four and a half miles southwest of Veedersburg
Built in 1854, the Cades Mill Covered Bridge in Fountain County is Indiana's oldest covered bridge still in its original location, but its fate is in trouble.
The bridge was built to help Fountain County’s early settlers travel to a mill located at Coal Creek and for decades has functioned as a pedestrian bridge for the area. But the Cades Mill Covered Bridge has serious safety hazards: a broken chord could cause the 150-foot long bridge to collapse if left unrepaired, according to Indiana Landmarks.
The Fountain County Art Council Historical Committee is fundraising to completely rehabilitate the bridge. However, the cost of repairing the bridge is estimated at over $800,000, a figure which will likely increase with the cost of labor and materials shortages due to the pandemic.
Carol Freese, Fountain County historian and member of the Art Council, told IndyStar that as of Friday the group has raised nearly $300,000 in total towards bridge restoration.
Geter Means House
2044 Monroe Lane, Gary
Means Brothers, Inc., founded by brothers Andrew and Geter Means, built nearly 2,000 homes and rental units in Gary alone, making it one of the largest Black-owned real estate development companies in the Midwest by the 1950s.
The Means Manor neighborhood quickly became a preferred area for Black middle-class homebuyers, and it remains, to this day, a neighborhood where many residents have lived for their entire lives. Geter Means’ mid-century ranch home, built in 1954, sat on a corner and was once a focal point of the area.
However, in recent years, neighbors have taken to caring for the Geter Means House as vandalism, neglect and abandonment have turned a once well-loved home into a neighborhood eyesore, according to Indiana Landmarks.
Hulman Building and Garage
20 N.W. 4th St. and 109-111 N.W. 3rd St., Evansville
The Hulman Building in Evansville is a 10-story commercial building with an art-deco style. The building was built in 1929, the garage in 1927 and the site was acquired by Hulman in the 1930s.
However, after sitting vacant and neglected for years, the building has water leaking in through its windows and roof, according to Indiana Landmarks.
Knox County Poor Asylum
2830 Arc Ave., Vincennes
So-called "poor farms," where people would work in exchange for shelter and food, were the crux of the state's plan for caring for those who were poor and living with disabilities in the 19th century. Every one of Indiana’s 92 counties had a farm, though these places eventually faded from relevancy as counties looked to find new uses for the county homes.
The Knox County Poor Asylum, located in Vincennes, was built in 1882 and last occupied in 2004. A nonprofit that acquired the property in 2020 wants to make it into a hospice facility, but the site is in need of repairs and investment after nearly 20 years of vacancy, according to Indiana Landmarks.
First Friends Church
1501 S. Adams St., Marion
First Friends Church is one of the few buildings designed by Black architect Samuel Plato left in Marion. The Quaker congregation that established the church, which supported abolitionist efforts, hired Plato to design the building in 1914.
However, the church has been empty for over a decade, according to Indiana Landmarks. There’s damage to one of the stained-glass windows, while the paint job inside is peeling and plaster is collapsing.
Stinesville Commercial Buildings
8211-8237 W. Main St., Stinesville
A small mining town just northwest of Bloomington, Stinesville was a boomtown in the 19th century as the limestone industry came to Indiana.
The two-story I.O.O.F lodge, which houses the historic store Stinesville Mercantile and post office, as well as the limestone faced commercial buildings downtown were constructed between 1884 and 1894. The structures are a relic of a past era of prosperity for the small boomtown.
The four buildings have been vacant for decades, with serious deterioration behind the scenes, Indiana Landmarks said. The block is no stranger to the 10 Most Endangered list: It first made the list in the 1990s.
In 2021, the city of Stinesville offered the block of four buildings for just $1 to anyone who could stabilize and restore them, but no one took the offer, according to Indiana Landmarks.
Courthouse Annex
105-115 S. 12th St., New Castle
In the beginning of the 20th century, New Castle was a thriving center of the manufacturing industry. But when the gas wells dried up, factories closed and people began to move away, leaving its downtown desolate.
The Courthouse Annex in New Castle is a relic of that booming era, but in the many years since, it’s been vacant and has accumulated the need for repairs. The structure needs its exposed interior wall fixed, as well as a new roof, according to Indiana Landmarks.
The annex made the 10 Most Endangered list last year, and in the time since, Henry County commissioners put out a request for redevelopment for the property.
James M. Shields Memorial Gymnasium
400-418 W. 5th St., Seymour
There’s nothing more Hooiser than high school basketball, and this Seymour gym, built in 1941 by Works Progress Administration workers, has so many stories on its court and within its stands. The gym is all that remains of the high school, which was previously demolished.
But it’s seen better days: people have broken windows and vandalized the walls with graffiti, and the leaky roof has let water into the building, according to Indiana Landmarks. Still, the building is structurally sound, according to an architectural assessment.
The structure first made the list last year and though there’s community support for saving and repurposing it, it’s surrounded by open land which Indiana Landmarks noted could make the spot attractive to residential developers.
Kamm and Schellinger Brewery
100 S. Center St., Mishawaka
This historic brewery, along the St. Joseph River in Mishawaka, operated from 1887 until 1951, where it at one time produced 30,000 barrels of beer a year. The original four-story brewery building dates back to 1853.
Despite its past success, Kamm and Schellinger has a long list of code violations, as well as dilapidation, according to Indiana Landmarks.
The brewery made the 10 Most Endangered list last year. A series of buyers have expressed interest in the brewery, but tax sales on the property cast a cloud of uncertainty over Kamm and Schellinger's future. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/indiana-landmarks-birdsell-mansion-geter-house-first-friends-church-endangered/65408942007/ | 2022-08-22T13:01:57 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/indiana-landmarks-birdsell-mansion-geter-house-first-friends-church-endangered/65408942007/ |
317 project: Painting by Indianapolis artist brightens busy portion of airport concourse
The 317 Project tells stories of life in all of Indianapolis’ vibrant neighborhoods – 317 words at a time.
Imagine a background of a series of brushstrokes, blocks of pink, blue, tan, purple, white and yellow with small swoops of white arching over parts of the scene.
Painted on top of the colorful setting are figures with triangle-shaped bodies and perfectly circular black faces with no facial features. Each one of them has a distinct accessory – a hairstyle, piece of jewelry or color of their garment.
Also on the mural are multiple electrical outlets – because the mural surrounds the blocked-off area of what once was a Starbucks in Indianapolis International Airport.
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The painting, “We the People,” was made by Indianapolis-based artist Dana Powell-Smith.
Powell-Smith said she painted her “triangle people” with hairstyles that would be suited for a family reunion or wedding. She gave some of the people styles that look like long ponytails, sectioned off into little bubbles by glittery hair ties, while she painted others with afros, made using layered black circles that fade in with the head.
All of the characters are painted side by side.
“It means a united front,” she said. “We stand together.”
The mural sits at the end of Concourse B, surrounded by seven gates. The piece will remain there until the restaurant The Tap takes over the space sometime in 2023, said Caity Withers, arts program and marketing specialist for the airport.
The area has lots of foot traffic because many flights from Southwest, one of the airport’s most popular airlines, load at these gates, Withers said.
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Withers said she and other airport employees picked Powell-Smith’s painting because they wanted an art piece that would pop for the passengers. The bright colors and the simply-drawn but complex figures in the piece grabbed Withers' attention.
“They don’t have faces,” she said, “but they just have so much personality.”
Have a tip for a story in one of Indianapolis’ neighborhoods? Let us know at 317project@indystar.com.
Contact IndyStar reporter Madison Smalstig at MSmalstig@gannett.com. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2022/08/22/indianapolis-international-airport-concourse-b-mural-dana-powell-smith/65387017007/ | 2022-08-22T13:02:09 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2022/08/22/indianapolis-international-airport-concourse-b-mural-dana-powell-smith/65387017007/ |
Giant Belle Isle slide to reopen - again - after adjustments made to stop bouncing
Detroit — The historic giant slide at Belle Isle is expected to be open for the next two weekends after a few adjustments to stop riders from bouncing their way down.
After a two-year closure due to the pandemic, the slide reopened in a short stint last week. It reopened Friday and quickly closed early on its first day back after people were seen bouncing on it while coming down too fast, officials said.
The slide's surface was retouched with wax to slow down riders, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
"We are closed today due to rainy weather however, we have scrubbed down the surface and started to spray a little water on the slide between rides to help control the speed. It seems to be working well so please come out and give it a try," DNR officials posted to Facebook Sunday.
Saturday evening, DNR parks and recreation ranger Todd Schultz said the slide had been open during the day and there had been no injuries. They periodically wet the surface of the slide to slow riders down.
The six-lane slide will continue to operate from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day.
The cost is $1 per slide and riders must be at least 4 feet tall.
"Please follow the operators instructions when riding, remember to lean forward," the DNR said.
The slide first opened in 1967 and had 1,400 sliders during its first two weekends. Last week, the slide had about 400 people visit on Friday.
Belle Isle representatives said this is a partnership with the park's Summer Youth Employment Program to expose kids to parks and natural environments through its work cohort, in hope that participants consider natural-resource based careers in the future.
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Twitter: @SarahRahal_ | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/22/belle-isle-giant-slide-reopens-after-people-bouncing-speed/7863038001/ | 2022-08-22T13:05:23 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/22/belle-isle-giant-slide-reopens-after-people-bouncing-speed/7863038001/ |
Home explodes in Sumpter Township; man hospitalized from burns
A Sumpter Township home was completely destroyed in an explosion Saturday, police said.
The home on Martinsville near Oakville Waltz Road hit the ground around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, minutes after a couple returning home from vacation walked through their front door.
Sumpter Township Fire Department Chief Rick Brown said they are still investigating the cause of a possible propane leak inside the residence.
A man was injured as he entered the home with light cigarette burns to approximately 40% of his body, Brown said. He was taken to the hospital.
"Nothing left of the home or much of the foundation upon arrival," Brown said. "Care and maintenance of existing and operating equipment can help prevent a possible disaster."
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Twitter: @SarahRahal_ | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/08/22/home-explosion-sumpter-township-man-hospitalized-burns/7863150001/ | 2022-08-22T13:05:29 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/08/22/home-explosion-sumpter-township-man-hospitalized-burns/7863150001/ |
Duke, Waldo, maybe Cooper? Livonia PD seeks name for its newest K-9 recruit
The Livonia Police Department is seeking the public's help in selecting a name for its newest recruit.
Few details were shared by police about the K-9 cadet, but the department is leaving a voting form open through 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Through a Google Form, residents can vote online for either:
- Duke
- Waldo
- Cooper
- Otis
- Chase
Commenters were quick to jump in with suggestions for the golden retriever.
"He looks like a Cooper for sure," wrote Wafa Dinero, a Livonia resident and executive director for New Economy Initiative, a project of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.
Amy Lynne Rico suggested Doughnut.
"We have a golden/lab named Butter," she wrote.
Other popular suggestions early Monday were Aero, Mega, Blue, Dug and Dash.
More:Belle Isle Aquarium gets an octopus, and you can help name him
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One person is dead following shooting in the 1000 block of West Fifth Street, Waterloo, on Sunday.
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Yellow placards mark bloody clothing, a cigarette box and other evidence in the sidewalk following a fatal shooting in the 1000 block of West Fifth Street, Waterloo.
WATERLOO — One person is dead following a Sunday night shooting in Waterloo.
Residents called 911 after hearing gunshots in the 1000 block of West Fifth Street shortly before 10:20 p.m. Sunday. A patrol officer was about a block away and arrived to find the victim on the sidewalk.
The officer attempted CPR, and the victim was taken to MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
No arrests have been made.
PHOTOS: Homicide, West Fifth Street, Waterloo Aug. 21, 2022
Yellow placards mark bloody clothing, a cigarette box and other evidence in the sidewalk following a fatal shooting in the 1000 block of West Fifth Street, Waterloo. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/watch-now-one-dead-in-overnight-shooting-in-waterloo/article_281fef12-0cff-5bc6-85a3-6a1a2ee6e486.html | 2022-08-22T13:20:13 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/watch-now-one-dead-in-overnight-shooting-in-waterloo/article_281fef12-0cff-5bc6-85a3-6a1a2ee6e486.html |
DEL RIO, Texas — A Corpus Christi attorney is back home after spending six days behind bars. He was arrested Aug. 13 near the border in Del Rio with four migrants in his rental car.
Attorney Timothy Dan Japhet said he was cited on four cases of human smuggling but has not been indicted or formally charged. He was released Friday after posting a $40,000 bail bond.
"I'm out on bond until they indict me," Japhet told 3NEWS. He added he does not think they will ever indict him and thinks the case will eventually get dropped.
News of the arrest went viral on Saturday when a constable from Galveston posted about it on Facebook to congratulate his deputies. They were in Del Rio as part of Operation Lone Star, the task force that Gov. Greg Abbott created to combat illegal immigration.
Japhet was arrested while wearing an orange Corpus Christi Hooks jersey.
Japhet said he was actually heading to an Eagle Pass casino and had his dog with him. He said he mistakenly agreed to give some hitchhikers a ride, got nervous about his decision and then tried to get pulled over.
He said a man approached him when he had stopped to let his dog use the bathroom. The man asked if Japhet would give him and his friend a ride. Japhet said yes, but then two more people suddenly appeared. Japhet said he protested but felt pressured to take them.
"I thought, this is not looking good for me right now," Japhet said. "I made a bad decision."
Japhet said he tried to drive fast to get the attention of law enforcement.
"There were cops every turn. There was DPS, Homeland Security, Border Patrol, city, county..."
Japhet says deputies working with the Department of Public Safety stopped him initially and then Border Patrol showed up. He said he allowed Border Patrol to search his phone, look at his apps, and read his text messages and call log.
He thought they were going to let him go -- until the tow truck showed up.
A 'federally appointed immigration magistrate?'
Japhet said Galveston County Constable Jimmy Fullen got two things wrong in his viral Facebook post. Japhet said he was not cited for resisting arrest and that he is not a "federally appointed immigration magistrate."
He said the only immigration law he practices is property-based when someone owns property in Mexico.
3NEWS was not able to independently confirm Japhet's charges, but both Fullen and Japhet agree he was arrested for human smuggling. Japhet says it was four counts of human smuggling since there were four people in his car. He said it's a third-degree felony.
Attorney has not gotten his car or dog back
Japhet said when he was locked up for six days, his dog was also taken away. Japhet still has not gotten his animal or his rental car back, although he hopes to possibly get his dog back on Monday.
"I'm missing my dog terribly. I'll go back to Del Rio, I'll get a car and go back [Monday] and get my dog. And find out how much it's going to cost me." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/bad-decision-corpus-christi-attorney-arrested-for-human-smuggling-says-he-gave-ride-to-hitchhikers/503-ea5ad239-01d5-4384-a3f6-c2b0f1722df5 | 2022-08-22T13:31:21 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/bad-decision-corpus-christi-attorney-arrested-for-human-smuggling-says-he-gave-ride-to-hitchhikers/503-ea5ad239-01d5-4384-a3f6-c2b0f1722df5 |
SAN ANTONIO — A local barber shop spent Sunday afternoon offering free haircuts, bookbags and shoes to students ahead of the new school year. But the hope is that the kids walked away with much more.
“Just tell that young lady what you want boss,” Charlie James said, greeting one of the kids who walked into King’s Mane Barbering at 4963 Stahl Rd.
James and co-owner Damon Collier have been offering the free cuts to local kids aheaqd of the school year since 2016.
“Nobody’s getting paid to be here today,” Collier said. “This is complete voluntary, and they’re all independent contractors.”
James said he heard of the idea being done from a fellow freemason with whom he served in the military. Most of the barbers at King’s Mane are veterans. James said that is a factor in free haircut offer.
“In the Military, you have to be involved in the community, one way or another,” he said. “If you want to get promoted, you have to do volunteer work, so it’s like second nature to come and do this out in the civilian sector.”
Collier said seeing young boys come into the shop reminds him of the time he spent in shops growing up.
“Actually, it’s a rite of passage for boys,” he said. “To get their hair cut there, and to talk to older gentlemen and to kind of learn from them.”
Dominic Staples, who moved to San Antonio from Washington ahead of the school year spent a chunk of his haircut lobbing corny jokes back and forth with the barbers. But most of them, they had already heard.
“I guess my jokes are in short supply,” he said.
Staples Mother, Sandra Sanchez, said bringing her son to the shop is a good confidence builder.
“As they get up off the chair, their smile is bigger, they’re a little bit taller,” she said. “They’re like happier, it’s a weight off of them.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/barbershop-gave-kids-free-haircuts-ahead-of-the-school-year/273-51ae3fe4-fce9-4d25-9919-7df6856444de | 2022-08-22T13:31:27 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/barbershop-gave-kids-free-haircuts-ahead-of-the-school-year/273-51ae3fe4-fce9-4d25-9919-7df6856444de |
SAN ANTONIO — Police are searching for a suspect who shot two men in an apparent drive-by shooting on the east side of town early Monday morning.
It happened around 12:36 a.m. on the 4600 block of Belinda Lee St. just east of downtown.
Police say the two men were standing outside of the home when the suspect pulled up and opened fire on them. Both victims are in their 20s, and one was shot in the leg while the other was grazed by a bullet on the side of his head.
Both victims were taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Police and Eagle searched the area for the suspect's vehicle but were unable to find it. Officials say the vehicle fled towards WW White Rd. after the shooting.
Detectives arrived on scene and started gathering more information. No suspect information was provided and no other injuries were reported.
No other details were provided.
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RICHMOND, Ind. — Richmond police officer Seara Burton has been fighting for her life in an Ohio hospital, after being critically injured in a shooting a week before her wedding.
It wasn't the wedding they had planned, but on Saturday, her fiancée Sierra Neal posted a video on TikTok of her walking in a white dress toward Burton's hospital room.
In the video, "Something in the Orange" by Zach Bryan plays in the background as Neal walks toward the room, surrounded by hospital staff standing in support of her and Burton.
"This walk was supposed to look a lot different, but I will always be thankful we still got to celebrate. Even if it is not legal on paper, you are my wife. I love you Seara," Neal wrote in the caption for the video.
A photo hangs on the door of Burton's room, showing the Richmond officer and her K-9 partner Brev, who was with her when she was shot on Wednesday, Aug. 10.
The video has been viewed millions of times and has more than 260,000 likes. It's gained attention from people across the country, offering their prayers for Burton, Neal and their families.
A suspect, Phillip Lee, shot Burton at close range as Brev was checking his moped for drugs. She's been clinging to life in a Dayton, Ohio hospital ever since.
Neal continues to show her strength in the face of tragedy, posting on social media last week to publicly thank everyone for their support.
In the post she said, "Seara is the strongest person I know and she continues to prove that every single day. She is the most beautiful human inside and out and anyone who has ever been lucky enough to know her will tell you the same."
Neal ended her post with, "Seara Burton I love you more than anything in this entire world and I am so very proud of you. You are my person." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/tiktok-injured-richmond-indiana-officer-seara-burton-fiancee-sierra-neal-wedding/531-3d683eec-b521-4bc3-aa17-0fa80f6fe0ca | 2022-08-22T13:31:40 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/tiktok-injured-richmond-indiana-officer-seara-burton-fiancee-sierra-neal-wedding/531-3d683eec-b521-4bc3-aa17-0fa80f6fe0ca |
SAN ANTONIO — A woman is in the hospital after getting out of her car to check the damage on her vehicle following an accident, and getting struck by a vehicle that didn't stop.
It happened around 3:05 a.m. early Monday morning on the I-35 access road at Dinn Drive on the northeast side of town.
Police say a woman in her 30s was driving on the access road when she swerved to avoid hitting a woman on a bicycle. She then reportedly lost control and slammed into the guardrail and the highway concrete divider.
The woman got out of her vehicle to check the damage on her car when she was struck by a driver in a silver sedan, who did not stop.
The woman was taken to BAMC in stable condition. Police closed the northbound access road between Rittiman and Eisenhauer Road while they investigated the incident.
No other injuries were reported and no other details were provided.
Police are searching for the vehicle that hit the woman.
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Over the years, KENS 5 has worked to transform local news. Our cameras have been the lens bringing history into local viewers' homes. We're proud of our legacy as we serve San Antonians today.
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SAN ANTONIO — A woman is in serious condition after she was struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross the street late Sunday evening.
It happened around 11:19 p.m. on the 900 block of Bandera Rd. at W. Woodlawn Avenue northwest of downtown.
Police say the woman, who is in her 40s, was struck by a vehicle heading east on Bandera Rd.
Officials are investigating how she ended up in the street.
The driver of the vehicle stayed on the scene and rendered aid until EMS arrived.
The victim was taken to a local hospital in serious but stable condition.
No charges are expected to be filed on the driver.
No other injuries were reported and no other details were provided.
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KENS 5 has brought numerous firsts to South Texas television, including being the first local station with a helicopter, the first with its own Doppler radar and the first to air a local morning news program.
Over the years, KENS 5 has worked to transform local news. Our cameras have been the lens bringing history into local viewers' homes. We're proud of our legacy as we serve San Antonians today.
Today, KENS 5 continues to set the standard in local broadcasting and is recognized by its peers for excellence and innovation. The KENS 5 News team focuses on stories that really matter to our community.
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HEYWORTH — More than 250 motorcycles will pass through Heyworth at approximately 9:45 a.m. Wednesday as part of the American Legion Legacy Run, a five-day, 1,150-mile motorcycle ride bringing awareness to post-9/11 veterans and their children.
The group will gather at the Heyworth Casey's, 710 W. Cleveland St. American Legion National Commander Paul E. Dillard will be on hand to collect donations for the Legacy Scholarship Fund and to discuss the Legacy Run, the American Legion and the new BE THE ONE initiative. Accompanying Dillard will be Sons of the American Legion National Commander Michael Fox and American Legion Auxiliary National President Kathy Daudistel.
The Legacy Run took off from Mobile, Alabama, on Aug. 21, and will conclude in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on Aug. 25, stopping at monuments, memorials and American Legion posts along the way.
The event, now in its 16th year, raises money for the Legacy Scholarship Fund, which benefits the children of fallen military personnel and disabled veterans who served post-9/11.
This year's run will also help raise awareness for the American Legion's new BE THE ONE campaign, designed to facilitate a national conversation about veteran suicides. BE THE ONE endeavors to destigmatize tasking for mental health support, activate the American Legion's peer-to-peer support network and provide resources and safe spaces for veterans to be open about the silent wounds of war.
"We are encouraging all American along the route to join us and show your support," Dillard stated in a news release. "Wave a flag or join us at one of our many stops. With over 250 motorcycles carrying the spirit of America, you'll hear us roar through as we ride for the children of our nation's heroes."
For more information, go to www.legion.org/riders/legacyrun. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/monday-memos-american-legion-legacy-run-stops-in-heyworth-wednesday/article_c1a5e4be-1fdc-11ed-aa3c-5fb153f04f53.html | 2022-08-22T13:43:17 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/monday-memos-american-legion-legacy-run-stops-in-heyworth-wednesday/article_c1a5e4be-1fdc-11ed-aa3c-5fb153f04f53.html |
GREENSBORO — A Greensboro Police officer shot and killed the driver of a stolen vehicle Sunday night during a traffic stop after the driver rammed into the officer's patrol car and then accelerated, police officials said in a news release.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have not released the driver's name or the name of the officer, who has been placed on administrative leave per department policy.
Officials said in the news release that the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is conducting a criminal investigation into the incident. The Greensboro Police Department’s Professional Standards Division will conduct an internal investigation to determine whether Greensboro Police Department policies were followed.
Officials said the traffic stop was initiated at approximately 9:08 p.m. for a traffic violation in the 4900 block of West Market Street. Moments later, it was determined the vehicle was stolen.
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"As the officer approached the stopped vehicle, the vehicle fled from the traffic stop. The officer attempted to stop the car again and multiple occupants fled from it," police officials said in the news release. "While the officer was attempting to detain the vehicle and remaining occupants, the suspect vehicle struck the police car. The vehicle then accelerated, and the officer discharged their weapon."
Additional details were not immediately available.
This story will be updated as more information is released. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/officer-fatally-shoots-driver-who-struck-patrol-car-then-accelerated-after-traffic-stop-greensboro-police/article_9fb2edec-220d-11ed-ab2f-bfca5b30c8b3.html | 2022-08-22T13:44:28 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/officer-fatally-shoots-driver-who-struck-patrol-car-then-accelerated-after-traffic-stop-greensboro-police/article_9fb2edec-220d-11ed-ab2f-bfca5b30c8b3.html |
State bans campfires at RI parks due to drought, but is rain on the way?
Don't expect to sing around the campfire in a Rhode Island state park anytime soon.
With the state in extreme drought and and facing a "dangerous" risk for wildfires, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has banned open campfires at state campgrounds and open fires at state parks.
"These prevention measures are in place to reduce the threat of human-caused wildfires that can seriously threaten life and property," the DEM said in a press release.
The Providence area has gotten less than an inch of rain since July 1, a period of time that normally produces more than five inches, according to the National Weather Service. But the Weather Service has rain in the forecast Monday and Tuesday, forecasting a chance of showers Monday with thunderstorms also possible after 10 a.m.
With the drought, Rhode Island is "witnessing increased wildfires," the DEM said in announcing the ban. The state has had more than 70 reported wildfires this year, with 42 acres of land burned, the DEM said.
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On Aug. 14, the DEM said, an illegal campfire sparked a wildfire in the Burlingame Management Area on the Charlestown/Hopkinton line that "consumed" 2.75 acres. Firefighters from the DEM and other departments spent eight hours extinguishing the blaze and several days monitoring it and extinguishing hot spots, the DEM said.
"If the wind conditions were stronger this incident may have been completely different," the DEM said.
Campers and park patrons can still use portable gas cooking stoves and grills, liquefied or bottled fuels, and propane/liquid-fueled lanterns in designated areas, the DEM said. The department said it will keep monitoring and evaluating conditions to decide when it can lift the ban.
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Veterans Voice: Relatives of RI Aviation Hall of Fame honorees sought
Since 2003, the Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame has been recognizing the state’s aviation heroes. The group has honored those with Rhode Island connections who have made contributions in a number of ways; pilots, inventors, aeronautical engineers, airline execs, manufacturers — even an aviation artist.
(Wearing one of my other hats, I head up that organization.)
As you might imagine, war heroes make up a large number of those honorees. Rhode Islanders began serving their country in the air as far back as the Civil War when the Allen brothers answered Lincoln’s call and flew observation balloons for the Union Army. This tradition continued during two World Wars, as well as in Korea and Vietnam. Many others distinguished themselves in Iraq or Afghanistan, and in the numerous other conflicts such as Panama, Grenada and Kosovo.
Over the years, RIAHOF has identified a number of those war heroes whose gallantry and/or military aviation service fully merits recognition by the Hall of Fame. Recognition of a number of these veterans has been deferred because no living relatives were identified to accept the awards. Each year, RIAHOF hopes that advances in internet research tools will allow them to track down more families.
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COVID forced the cancellation of 2020 and 2021 events
Sadly, the pandemic forced RIAHOF to cancel their its induction dinner/honors ceremony in both 2020 and 2021. Leadership decided those classes would be drawn from the ranks of candidates without known relatives. RIAHOF identified about 15 individuals who fit that description.
While space does not allow publication of the entire group, here is the information and family data we have on five honorees. Perhaps this will provide leads to living descendants.
LCDR Weldon Lee Hamilton (1906-1943)
A Central Falls resident and 1928 graduate of the Naval Academy, Lieutenant Hamilton was awarded two Navy Crosses within the first six months of WWII. For his second award, he planted a 1,000-pound bomb on the flight deck of a Japanese carrier during the Battle of the Coral Sea while serving as CO of VB-2, the dive bombing squadron aboard USS Lexington. After promotion to LCDR and assuming command of Air Group Eleven, he participated in a greater number of attacks than any other pilot in his command during the period April-June 1943. Weldon was lost "in an accident near Tontouta Noumea, on 8 June 1943, while a passenger in a transport plane." He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously for his heroism and extraordinary achievement.
Family notes: Although he and his wife Inez had no children, Hamilton was one of four siblings. His older sister Carrie Goodman lived in East Providence for many years and had four sons. Widowed, she outlived two other husbands (DeGrenia and Dansereau) before dying in North Attleboro in 1992. Efforts to track her grandchildren continue.
William H. Helme (1827-1864?)
Helme, a Providence dentist, was an early aeronaut, active in ballooning from the late 1850s through the Civil War. In 1860, he went aloft over Providence with renowned photographer William Black, and they took what were the very first aerial photographs in the United States. Four days after Lincoln issued the call for troops in April 1861, Helme joined the first RI Volunteers, and along with James Allen, delivered balloons to the Union Army in Washington for observation purposes.
On June 9, they made the American military’s first trial captive balloon ascent. They can be considered the first military aviators in the U.S. After returning to Rhode Island, he assisted in the formation of a company (later a regiment) of heavy artillery in 1863, manned entirely by Black soldiers. This regiment was deployed to Louisiana in early 1864. Helme apparently joined them there in some non-military capacity, which seems to have led to his strange and untimely death.
Family notes: RIAHOF has been unable to find any relatives who lived beyond the early 1900s.
BG Bruce Johnson, USAF (Ret) (1896-1985)
Johnson was born in Binghamton, New York, and moved to Warwick after he retired from the Air Force, living in Rhode Island for the last 35 years of his life. As a pursuit flying instructor during WWI, he flew with James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, the noted flier and air pioneer. They developed a lifelong friendship, and Johnson was Doolittle's deputy and headquarters commandant in the 8th Air Force in England, the 12th Air Force in Africa and the 15th Air Force in Italy. He was involved in the invasions of Africa, Italy and France. He also supervised the relocation of the 8th Air Force to Okinawa in 1945.
He retired in 1951 and went to work in Washington as Deputy Special Assistant to the Chief Of Staff – Reserve Forces. In the 1960s, he wrote a book titled, "The Man with Two Hats," chronicling his military exploits alongside his friend of a half century, the legendary Doolittle, who wrote the foreword. In civilian life, Mr. Johnson was president of Bruce Aiders Inc., a wholesale medical supplies distributing firm in Providence.
Family notes: He married Ruth Hains of Newton, Massachusetts in 1922. They had three sons and a daughter: Bruce Johnson, who died in Virginia in 2012; Robert who died in Connecticut in 2011; and Evans B. Johnson who was living in Warwick at the time of his father’s death in 1985. RIAHOF traced Evans to Florida as late as 2019, but has been unable to locate him since. RIAHOF has also been unable to track the descendants of his daughter, Ruth Ann Bennett.
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Wilfred A Mack (1896 -1980)
Born January 1896, in Pawtucket, Mack was one of the first two volunteers to sign up for the Aeronautical Unit of the R.I. Naval Militia in 1915, thus becoming one of this state’s very first military aviators. Perhaps more importantly, he wrote an oral history about the birth of this unit and early flying on Narragansett Bay. He left the Naval Militia because “the winds canceled flying all the time,” and enlisted in the Army Air Service. The outbreak of WWI eliminated pilot training for Army enlisted men, and he became a sergeant mechanic serving with the 41st Aero Squadron in France.
After the war, he reenlisted to stay in Europe and served with the last aviation unit active in Germany during the occupation. He later transferred to Army Ordnance, becoming First Sergeant of the 60th Ordnance Company, managing one of the largest ammunition salvage operations of the war. He returned to the U.S. and by 1926 he was living in Newark, New Jersey. According to his obituary, he worked in Morristown for the National Oil Products Company (later NOPCO Chemical) for 30 years, retiring in 1964. His WWI memoirs appeared in an issue of the Cross and Cockade, the publication of the Society of WWI Aero Historians.
Family notes: He married his first wife Sarah in 1924. They had two daughters in 1926 and 1930. When he died in Forked River, New Jersey in 1980 his obituary listed his second wife, Veronica Jakubowsky; two daughters (Geraldine Liles of Pensacola and Frances Masino of Fairfield, New Jersey); eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Russell Falconer Stearns (1896-1938)
Stearns was one of the very few Rhode Islanders to serve with the famed Lafayette Flying Corps during WWI. Born in Pawtucket in 1896 into a successful textile manufacturing family, he was educated at the Moses Brown School before entering the University of Virginia. In January 1917 Stearns left to join the American Ambulance Service. Following two months of service at the front, he enlisted in the French Flying Service. After six months of training, he earned his wings and flew as an enlisted pilot with Escadrille SPA 150, Group de Combat 16.
Unfortunately, Stearns hated flying from the beginning. Still, he fought his demons and flew a number of successful combat patrols and escorted bombers over the Alsace/Lorraine sector. In March 1918, Steams transferred to the U.S. Marines Reserve Flying Corps. He joined the 1st Marine Aviation Force, but the same mental health issues which dogged him in France rendered him unfit for duty. He received an honorable discharge after suffering a nervous breakdown. Following the war his mental state deteriorated. His sister, Margaret Stearns, devoted her life to taking Russell throughout Europe trying to find a cure. When their father died in 1935, he and Margaret inherited the family fortune. Steams was unable to care for himself and was institutionalized. He died in a mental hospital in Aiken, South Carolina on January 10, 1938 at age 42.
Family notes: His sister Margaret lived until 1977. For many years there was an active Margaret Stearns Trust in Rhode Island, for the benefit of Arnolds Mills Community House. When she died, her obit said her only survivors were two cousins, Betty Flather of Providence and Howard B. Stearns of New York City. RIAHOF has had no luck tracking them further.
Volunteer help welcomed
If you have an interest in internet sleuthing and genealogical research, RIAHOF would welcome your volunteer help. The group is always on the lookout for nominations of other potential honorees, as well as contributions to an endowment so that they might continue this work. Please email info@riahof.org, or visit the website at www.riahof.org.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Service Members/Veterans sought for “Learn to Weld Training Program” at The Steel Yard, 27 Sims Ave, Providence 02909. This is a one-week-long program running from August 29 to September 2; Applications started July 17. Attendees will learn foundational welding & employable soft skills through an artistic curriculum. Participants will receive a $250 stipend and a Certificate of Completion. There is NO COST for you to apply or attend the training. To apply, email workforce@thesteelyard.org
FREE Summer Writing Workshop for vets will be offered by the Providence Clemente Veterans Initiative (PCVI). Starting August 7, USMC veteran Lucas Pralle will teach this class on Zoom on Sunday nights from 6-8 p.m. It will run through September 11, skipping Labor Day Weekend. To apply, contact Dr. Mark Santow, director of PCVI, by email at pvdclementevets@gmail.com.
The Providence Vet Center’s Dungeons and Dragons Campaign currently has two open slots for interested participants. This group meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month from 5 to 8 p.m. No experience is required, but you do need access to a computer with an internet connection as this group is conducted virtually. Vet Center eligibility is required. Contact Justyn.Charon@va.gov or call (401) 739-0167.
Ocean Therapy available free to veterans through October 16. One-on-one sessions, as well as an 8-week program, are available. Break Through Waves combines yoga, mindfulness, and breathing exercises with surf therapy or stand-up paddle boarding. The one- to two-hour session is free and is specifically designed for those who have experienced trauma or who have been diagnosed with PTSD.
Surfing Program takes place at Easton’s Beach (First Beach), 175 Memorial Blvd., Newport. Stand Up Paddle Boarding — West Island Corner of Goulart Memorial Drive and Alder Street, Fairhaven, Massachusetts. For details or to sign up visit www.breakthroughwaves.com
This programming is made available through the Providence Vet Center
Learn Archery in North Kingstown every Monday, 4-8:30 p.m; Narragansett Bow Hunters, 1531 Ten Rod Rd., North Kingstown are offering an opportunity to learn archery at no charge. Everything you need will be provided (bows, arrows, arm guards, targets, finger tabs, and instruction). This is strictly target shooting — no hunting, or desire to hunt, is required. The range is indoors so this event is rain or shine. No RSVP needed. For further information call (401) 295-7228 or visit www.narragansettbowhunters.org
CALENDAR
Saturday, August 27, 8 a.m.: The Providence Vet Center’s Scuba Diving Group event will take place at Fort Wetherill in Jamestown. To sign up please contact Paul Santilli or Chris Morse by phone at (401) 739-0167 or via email to Paul.Santilli@va.gov / Christopher.Morse@va.gov
Thursday, September 15, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.; Learn to Surf Cast for Free. At Scarborough Beach, Providence Vet Center is teaming up with the Narragansett Surf Casters to offer a class to 15 service members/veterans. All the equipment you need to learn to catch fish from shore, along with instruction, will be provided by members of Narragansett Surf Casters. Please sign up with Justyn Charon by phone at (401) 739-0167 or via email at Justyn.Charon@va.gov.
Saturday, September 17, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.: RI National Guard Resource Fair, Camp Fogarty, East Greenwich. Resources and Connections to help Service Members and Families.
To report the outcome of a previous activity, or to add a future event to our calendar, please email the details (including a contact name and phone number/email address) to veteranscolumn@projo.com | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/veterans-voice-relatives-hall-fame-honoreveterans-voice-relatives-of-hall-of-fame-honoreeses-sought/7842624001/ | 2022-08-22T13:52:20 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/veterans-voice-relatives-hall-fame-honoreveterans-voice-relatives-of-hall-of-fame-honoreeses-sought/7842624001/ |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Bethesda Mission celebrated the opening of its new women’s shelter in Harrisburg on Aug. 18.
The center, which serves struggling women and women with children, doubles the mission’s previous women’s shelter capacity from 25 to 50.
The old space, a 100-year-old school building, was razed to build the new 18,400-square-foot facility. The entire project took seven years and cost $4.4 million.
“It’s been a seven-year dream," Executive Director Scott Dunwoody said. "Sometimes dreams take place and sometimes dreams don’t take place. This is a dream that’s actually going to occur."
The Bethesda Mission program focuses on long-term recovery, meaning women stay at least six months to a year. Services include substance abuse support, education on parenting, finance, and health, employment counseling, and medical and dental care.
The facility is located at 1933 Forster Street in Harrisburg.
The opening ceremony included tours of the new facility, and Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams came to the ribbon cutting ceremony. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/bethesda-mission-new-womens-shelter/521-a7ed3d70-cde4-478f-8d87-c21b0f0e8094 | 2022-08-22T13:52:31 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/bethesda-mission-new-womens-shelter/521-a7ed3d70-cde4-478f-8d87-c21b0f0e8094 |
Who hasn’t driven down a bumpy, pothole-filled road and wondered where their taxpayer dollars are going? In 2018 alone, highway and road repairs across the U.S. totaled a whopping $145.33 billion—but that hasn’t been enough to keep up with the nation’s ailing transportation infrastructure. It’s estimated that 1 in 5 miles of highways and major roads—along with 45,000 bridges—are in poorly maintained condition. States usually charge motorist taxes to pay for the construction and maintenance of these roads.
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To determine which states depended the most on taxes for roadway maintenance projects, Jerry compiled data from local and state government finance sources, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Tax Foundation, an independent, nonprofit tax policy institute that uses figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. States that have more highway repairs needed than they have tax income to fund often turn to other additional taxes to make up the difference.
Variables like inflation and the popularity of electric cars are throwing a wrench into states’ highway funding plans. In addition, newer cars, which were once reliable sources of revenue in the past, now have better fuel economy, decreasing the amount of fuel-related taxes that states can collect. Looking ahead, many federal and state legislators are exploring a vehicle miles traveled tax, according to the Tax Foundation. This alternative approach is based on the number of miles a motor vehicle user travels instead of how much they spend on fuel. Though it would bring in more revenue, it also raises alarm bells regarding taxpayers’ privacy.
The four states that managed to raise 100% for their road-related costs through charges and tolls, licensing fees, and motor fuel taxes are California, Tennessee, Montana, and Indiana. Not surprisingly, California’s expenditures dwarf the others, with the Golden State spending $12 billion on roadway maintenance. Tennessee and Indiana spent about $1.6 billion for their shares of highway expenditures and Montana came in at less than $500 million.
Among all four states, the largest amount of taxpayer money came in the form of motor fuel tax revenues. Indiana sourced 78% of its infrastructure revenue from gas taxes, with Tennessee (67%), Montana (57%), and California (53%) following behind. The other funding sources include licensing revenue and tolls.
On the other side of the spectrum are the states where taxpayer money accounted for only a small share of their highway spending. These include Alaska, where only 17% of highway spending was sourced from state infrastructure revenue, and North Dakota, where it was only 29%. To make up for their shortfall, both of these states turn to revenue from severance taxes, which are levied when natural resources like oil and natural gas are extracted from the state.
When it comes to size, Wyoming taxpayers, who live in the least populated state, contributed 58%, or $409 million, to their state infrastructure expenses. By comparison, the two most populous states after California are New York and Texas. New Yorkers contributed 60%, or $13 billion, to the total cost of maintaining their roadway while Texans kicked in 74%, or $11 billion. All of these states must turn to other sources for funding, such as revenue collected from other levies or the federal government.
Below are the state infrastructure revenue and highway spending numbers for every state and Washington, D.C. Using 2018 figures from a Tax Foundation study, the following data does not include contributions to the individual states and Washington D.C. from the federal government, only those portions for which the states themselves are responsible. Those states that raised more than 100% of their highway- and road-related costs were ranked according to the percentage that exceeded the full portion raised. Any ties in the rankings are the result of rounding the figures.
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#51. Washington D.C.
- District's highway spending in 2018: $433.2 Million
- District infrastructure tax revenues: $66.5 Million
- Amount of district's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 15%
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#50. Alaska
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.05 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $180.8 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 17%
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#49. North Dakota
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.15 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $335.8 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 29%
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#48. Vermont
- State's highway spending in 2018: $452.6 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $158.2 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 35%
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#47. Utah
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.67 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $736.7 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 44%
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#46. Arkansas
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.48 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $665.8 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 45%
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#45. Wisconsin
- State's highway spending in 2018: $3.94 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.78 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 45%
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#44. Connecticut
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.62 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $734.9 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 45%
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#43. Rhode Island
- State's highway spending in 2018: $316.4 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $147.3 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 47%
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#42. Nebraska
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.32 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $618.3 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 47%
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#41. Minnesota
- State's highway spending in 2018: $4.15 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.96 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 47%
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#40. South Dakota
- State's highway spending in 2018: $666.3 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $315.5 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 47%
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#39. Alabama
- State's highway spending in 2018: $2.10 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.01 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 48%
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#38. Nevada
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.72 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $836.0 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 49%
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#37. Mississippi
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.23 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $623.3 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 51%
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#36. Louisiana
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.40 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $768.6 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 55%
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#35. Iowa
- State's highway spending in 2018: $2.41 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.36 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 56%
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#34. Wyoming
- State's highway spending in 2018: $409.8 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $238.3 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 58%
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#33. Arizona
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.90 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.12 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 59%
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#32. New York
- State's highway spending in 2018: $13.03 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $7.84 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 60%
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#31. Virginia
- State's highway spending in 2018: $4.48 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $2.76 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 61%
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#30. Kentucky
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.57 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $994.1 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 63%
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#29. Colorado
- State's highway spending in 2018: $2.77 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.78 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 64%
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#28. North Carolina
- State's highway spending in 2018: $4.64 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $2.99 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 65%
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#27. Maine
- State's highway spending in 2018: $785.5 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $513.0 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 65%
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#26. Kansas
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.30 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $852.3 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 66%
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#25. Pennsylvania
- State's highway spending in 2018: $9.08 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $6.00 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 66%
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#24. West Virginia
- State's highway spending in 2018: $846.4 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $559.9 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 66%
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#23. Missouri
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.56 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.06 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 68%
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#22. Ohio
- State's highway spending in 2018: $4.61 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $3.16 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 69%
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#21. New Hampshire
- State's highway spending in 2018: $586.8 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $419.1 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 71%
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#20. Illinois
- State's highway spending in 2018: $6.35 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $4.59 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 72%
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#19. South Carolina
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.64 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.21 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 74%
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#18. Texas
- State's highway spending in 2018: $11.54 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $8.59 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 74%
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#17. Georgia
- State's highway spending in 2018: $3.04 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $2.29 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 75%
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#16. Maryland
- State's highway spending in 2018: $3.07 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $2.35 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 76%
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#15. Oregon
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.58 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.23 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 78%
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#14. Florida
- State's highway spending in 2018: $9.15 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $7.26 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 79%
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#13. Massachusetts
- State's highway spending in 2018: $2.82 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $2.24 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 79%
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#12. New Mexico
- State's highway spending in 2018: $572.0 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $460.4 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 80%
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#11. Michigan
- State's highway spending in 2018: $3.56 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $2.91 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 82%
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#10. Oklahoma
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.93 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.59 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 82%
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#9. Idaho
- State's highway spending in 2018: $735.0 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $611.8 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 83%
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#8. Hawaii
- State's highway spending in 2018: $700.2 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $588.6 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 84%
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#7. New Jersey
- State's highway spending in 2018: $3.98 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $3.38 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 85%
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#6. Delaware
- State's highway spending in 2018: $583.6 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $515.0 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 88%
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#5. Washington
- State's highway spending in 2018: $3.72 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $3.53 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 95%
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#4. California
- State's highway spending in 2018: $12.03 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $11.99 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 100%
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#3. Tennessee
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.60 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.61 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 100%
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#2. Montana
- State's highway spending in 2018: $433.6 Million
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $446.7 Million
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 100%
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#1. Indiana
- State's highway spending in 2018: $1.61 Billion
- State infrastructure tax revenues: $1.81 Billion
- Amount of state's highway spending funded by motorist taxes: 100%
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PITTSBURGH — A local church was struck by lightning just before Sunday’s service.
St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, located on East Street in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill-City View neighborhood was just about to hold mass at around 8:55 a.m. when the lighting hit.
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Our crew at the scene learned that close to 150 parishioners were inside the building at the time.
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The dome of the church is moderately damaged with tiles hitting the road below.
The speaker and electrical systems inside were also damaged.
“We heard it inside the church, knocked off the electricity. Some of the lights came on but there’s electrical damage inside. The sound system is not in good shape. We had some other little problems but mainly the roof is in not the best of shape,” said Father Larry DiNardo.
DiNardo said no one was hurt and gatherers were able to start services after emergency crews cleared the scene.
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A motorcycle crash in northwestern North Dakota over the weekend killed a Williston man.
Lonnie Brannin, 51, lost control of the bike while passing other traffic on state Highway 1804, according to the Highway Patrol. The crash happened about 3:30 p.m. Saturday, 5 miles west of Trenton.
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Bismarck Parks and Recreation is launching a bike share program.
The BisParks BCycle program begins Tuesday with a public event at the Sertoma Park Bike Station, at 300 Riverside Park Road, between Sweet Avenue and Bowen Avenue.
“We are excited to get it launched this fall to give visitors and citizens the opportunity to have this service," Bismarck Parks Executive Director Kevin Klipfel said.
The BCycle program will allow users to rent a bike from one of four kiosks, at Sertoma Park, Pioneer Park, Peace Park, and the BSC Aquatic & Wellness Center. Rides will cost $5 for the first hour and 7 cents for each additional minute until the bike is returned to a kiosk. Users must be 18 or older to rent a bike.
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Users rent bikes by using a touchscreen at the kiosk that takes them through the process. A maximum of six bikes can be rented at once using the same credit card. The program doesn't accept cash.
Another option is for users to create an account by downloading the BCycle app on their phone.
Bikes can be rented for as long as 15 hours, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. Users are charged a missing bike fee if a bike is not returned within 24 hours. The fee covers the cost of the bike.
The bikes are classic pedal bikes and can be used on any shared-use trail within the city.
A Bismarck-Mandan Chamber leadership group has been working toward starting a bike share program since 2020. The park district purchased 50 bikes, along with kiosks and docking stations, in December 2021 from Great Rides, a defunct bike share program started by students at North Dakota State University in Fargo. Many of the bikes had been in storage since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Fargo program seated over 450,000 rides in five seasons, according to Great Rides' website. The program was cut after NDSU Student Government and Great Rides decided the project no longer made sense for the campus.
The Bismarck program will be available through the fall. Its first full season of operation will start once snow has fully melted next spring. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck-parks-to-launch-bike-share-program/article_3f13e1d6-1d70-11ed-b70b-f3a488eb1888.html | 2022-08-22T14:04:51 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck-parks-to-launch-bike-share-program/article_3f13e1d6-1d70-11ed-b70b-f3a488eb1888.html |
When a lifelong dream is finally reached, it's something good. And a woman from Euless is still celebrating that big moment.
Margarita Trevino walked across the stage and proudly received her paralegal certificate from the Center for Advanced legal Studies in Houston on Saturday.
Earning that diploma has always been in the back in her mind. As a child, she wanted to study or work in law.
Life took her in other directions. She went into cosmetology after high school, then became a mom.
When the pandemic hit, Trevino created a bucket list and reached back to that dream about going to college to get into the legal field.
Now after more than 35 years in cosmetology, two kids raised and now a grandmother, Trevino has her paralegal certificate and hopes to enroll next semester to get her associates of applied science.
Her daughter Nataly tells us, "I'm so proud of her. She set her mind on something and did not let anything hold her back. She is one of the strongest people I know."
Let us know when you see something good. Send pictures and information to isee@nbcdfw.com. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/euless-woman-achieves-childhood-dream-earns-law-degree-after-35-years-in-cosmetology/3053542/ | 2022-08-22T14:10:26 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/euless-woman-achieves-childhood-dream-earns-law-degree-after-35-years-in-cosmetology/3053542/ |
Heavy rain and floods are affecting Monday morning travel from the roads to the sky.
DFW International and Dallas Love Field Airports have both seen a rise in flight delays and cancellations as the rain continues to move through North Texas.
So far, both airports have seen more than six and a half inches of rain overnight into Monday.
Please make sure to check with your airline before heading to the airport. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/torrential-rain-causes-flooding-and-travel-disruption-across-north-texas/3053815/ | 2022-08-22T14:10:32 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/torrential-rain-causes-flooding-and-travel-disruption-across-north-texas/3053815/ |
PROCTORVILLE, OH (WOWK) – The Hall Funeral Home held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sunday to celebrate the official opening of their new pet crematorium.
Officials there say residents can bring their pets anytime Monday-Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to use their services.
The funeral home can also pick up pets from veterinary services anywhere in the Tri-State to perform the cremation.
Workers there say this is the only on-site facility that offers a pet crematory as well as an on-site cemetery in Lawrence, Wayne, or Cabell County.
“Once the animal is in our care, it stays in our care,” said Jason Chapman, an employee for the Hall Funeral Home and Pet Crematory.
Chapman says the facility also sells urns on-site for anyone interested as well. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/new-pet-crematorium-comes-to-proctorville-ohio/ | 2022-08-22T14:23:30 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/new-pet-crematorium-comes-to-proctorville-ohio/ |
Hobson Road will be restricted Tuesday between Varsity Lane and Eastwood Drive during communication-line installation, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
For questions or to report problems, contact the city's right of way department at 427-6155.
Hobson Road will be restricted Tuesday between Varsity Lane and Eastwood Drive during communication-line installation, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
For questions or to report problems, contact the city's right of way department at 427-6155. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/hobson-road-section-restricted-tuesday/article_8e454be6-2207-11ed-bb3b-b3b97d542bbb.html | 2022-08-22T14:29:11 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/hobson-road-section-restricted-tuesday/article_8e454be6-2207-11ed-bb3b-b3b97d542bbb.html |
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San Antonio investor Sardar Biglari has lost five proxy fights with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., but he hasn’t given up his quest to have some say in the restaurant and retail chain’s operations.
Biglari, chairman and CEO of San Antonio-based Biglari Holdings Inc. — parent company of the Steak n Shake restaurant chain — has nominated two candidates to serve on Cracker Barrel’s board.
The move comes about 2½ months after Biglari penned a letter to fellow Cracker Barrel shareholders calling for Cracker Barrel CEO Sandra Cochran’s ouster. She previously described Biglari as a “threat” to the company.
He has been a longtime critic of Cracker Barrel’s performance, particularly since the start of the pandemic, despite it generating hundreds of millions of dollars in returns since investing in the company 11 years ago.
On Friday, Biglari disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that he has nominated two longtime executives — Kevin Reddy and Jody Bilney — to become Cracker Barrel directors.
Reddy, who has spent almost 40 years in the restaurant industry, is a director of San Antonio-based Whataburger. He was CEO of Colorado-based pasta chain Noodles & Co. for about a decade before stepping down in 2016. Prior to that, he served as chief operating officer at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and in various operational and executive roles at McDonald’s Corp., where he started his career.
Bilney served as health insurance provider Humana Inc.’s chief consumer officer for seven years until her retirement in 2020. She has held executive roles with Bloomin’ Brands Inc., the parent company of such restaurant chains as Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba’s Italian Grill, and with Charles Schwab Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc.
Cracker Barrel issued a statement Monday in response to Biglari’s nominees.
“In keeping with our established practices, our Board will evaluate these nominees and determine whether their addition to our Board would be in the interest of our shareholders,” it said in an email.
Cracker Barrel shareholders will get to vote on the candidates at its annual meeting, which typically is held in November at its corporate offices in Lebanon, Tenn.
Biglari holds more than 2 million Cracker Barrel shares, or about 9 percent, through various entities including an investment partnership. It represents Biglari’s largest investment. Those shares were worth about $224.5 million based on Friday’s closing price of $109.25.
At one time, Biglari was Cracker Barrel’s largest shareholder with just under 20 percent of the stock.
That led the chain to adopt a poison pill in 2012 to ward off Biglari, or anyone else, from acquiring control of the chain without offering a premium to all shareholders.
Cracker Barrel has produced a minus 28.1 percent total shareholder return over the past five years and a minus 35.9 percent return since the start of the pandemic, Biglari wrote in a June letter to the company’s shareholders. It’s lagged the collective performance of its peers, he added.
Biglari criticized management for neglecting “core issues” relating to “customer traffic and store-level (profit) margins” while pursuing the opening of new stores. He also cited the company’s struggles to return to pre-COVID profit levels.
Biglari’s last proxy fight with Cracker Barrel occurred two years ago and represented his most lopsided defeat. His nominee, New Jersey restaurant owner Raymond “Rick” P. Barbrick received 2.5 percent of the votes cast — excluding those shares held by Biglari.
In opposing Barbrick’s nomination, Cochran cited Biglari’s “long-term track record of lagging performance and problematic governance practices at his own company.”
Biglari Holdings didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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USAA is apparently settling a lawsuit alleging that it breached its contracts with policyholders in Mississippi by not covering the cost of state taxes and dealer fees when they had to buy new vehicles after being involved in accidents.
Two Mississippi residents filed the suit in July 2020, saying the San Antonio-based insurance and financial services company should have reimbursed them for taxes and fees on new vehicle purchases. Those taxes amount to $571 for the average vehicle, while dealer fees average about $300, according to the initial complaint.
USAA contends its policies aren’t written to cover such costs. The policies require the company to reimburse a policyholder for the loss in value of a totaled vehicle, it says, not for the cost of purchasing a new one.
“Plaintiff’s entire case rests on a misinterpretation of his policy and of insurance policies generally,” the company said in a filing in November. “Nowhere in the policy does USAA promise to pay taxes and dealer fees in the event of a total loss.”
It was unclear whether the case has been settled. On Aug. 12, U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock ordered the lawsuit to be dismissed, saying the court had been advised “that this action was settled or is in the process of being settled.”
The lawsuit was filed as a class-action complaint, but it doesn’t appear to have been granted class-action status.
USAA spokesman Roger Wildermuth declined to comment. Andrew Shamis, a managing partner at the Shamis Gentile law firm in Miami who represents the plaintiffs, said in an email that he could not comment “on the details of this settlement.”
In July, Aycock denied USAA’s motion for judgment on the case — in effect, allowing it to move forward — writing that the court found USAA’s policy “to be ambiguous as to whether it requires the defendant to pay the (cost of buying a comparable vehicle) or the amount of ‘loss.’” | https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/USAA-Mississippi-auto-coverage-lawsuit-17385571.php | 2022-08-22T14:32:42 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/USAA-Mississippi-auto-coverage-lawsuit-17385571.php |
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Boerne’s reputation as a retreat from the bustle of San Antonio could change should a development concept meant to attract younger residents achieve its goal.
Blending commerce and residential areas separate the SoBo area from Boerne’s traditional housing, taking inspiration from places like La Cantera and The Pearl.
“The idea was this was always going to be some sort of retail with restaurants or urban-type living,” Boerne City Councilwoman Nina Woolard said.
A stroll through the area shows the stages of progress: the Commons at Menger Creek residential area is under development, an office building is almost complete, and the Bevy Hotel is open for business.
Although the commercial side of the project is moving along faster than its mixed-use counterpart, Woolard feels improvements to Interstate 10 and businesses settling in the area will attract more developers.
Woolard said many service industry and retail employees, whose labor and workplaces are the bedrock of Boerne’s economy, are not enticed by Boerne after work hours, and many cannot afford to live in the city. Most restaurants close before 9 p.m. — a string of breweries in the historic downtown the only exceptions.
“We had some business owners that own some restaurants and they said, ‘All of my employees are 20-something, and they live in San Antonio because there’s no reason to live here because everything shuts down at 5:30 or 6,’” Woolard said.
U.S. 87 — the Boerne stretch of which is Main Street — divides the roughly 500-acre SoBo into two sections where many of Boerne’s attractions sit. There’s a commercial-use area propped right next to Interstate 10 and a mixed-use area just east of the first lot, populated with restaurants bordering nearby Menger Creek and various residence types within walking distance.
Planning and Community Development Director Laura Haning said the concept emerged from a market study in August 2015 to identify and fill the city’s needs on a fairly underdeveloped stretch of land on the city’s southern threshold. Eventually, the study evolved into an overlay plan for the area and a conceptual plan for developers to follow.
The intent behind SoBo “is really based on location,” Haning said. Right off I-10, “it truly is one of the first things you see when you’re coming into Boerne. (It’s) meant to really pop out, stand out, be unique.”
Although Kendall County is booming with construction, the city asks for SoBo developers to bring business with a separate appeal from the historic and delicately maintained downtown to avoid any siphoning of clientele.
The businesses that fit the bill for SoBo are asked to fit the Hill Country aesthetic: build with limestone, incorporate green space and preserve local flora. The idea is to enhance the city’s appeal without subtracting from what drives the development in the first place.
“Well, (a developer) had some specific businesses that (they) wanted to go in there, but they really wanted what we felt like we’d take away from the whole concept of what SoBo was envisioned (to be). And if you’ve got multiple, individual businesses with drives going out to Herff Road, you destroy this whole concept.”
Family-oriented restaurants and cafes further north should not be affected by the nightlife the development wishes to cultivate, Haning said.
“The historic downtown is a huge draw,” Haning said. “And we don’t want to take away from that with this development. This is supposed to be something very unique.”
Woolard said the general consensus over SoBo is positive, as the development is compact, as opposed to the sprawling housing developments usually encroaching in burgeoning areas, which Boerne-area residents often resist.
“It is meant for people to be able ... to walk there, but if you just want to come for the afternoon and park and shop or whatever, and then go out to dinner,” you can, Woolard said. “So it is very well received.”
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After a recent drive-by shooting in Dignowity Hill, residents took their fear and frustrations to Eddie Martinez.
Martinez, president of the neighborhood association, said they wanted more cops patrolling their near East Side community to counter a rise in violent crime. Their city councilman, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, agreed. He said the Police Department should send officers where they’re most needed.
Yet McKee-Rodriguez also is council’s most ardent opponent of increasing the size of San Antonio’s police force.
For some Dignowity Hill residents, that’s a problem.
“I know that’s frustrating to a lot of individuals who live in the neighborhood who do want police presence,” Martinez said.
McKee-Rodriguez wants to channel tax dollars to social services instead of hiring more police officers to attack the roots of crime.
How much money the city spends on law enforcement is just one hot-button issue brought forth by a group of first-term City Council members who may be the most liberal in recent memory.
Mario Bravo in the downtown and near North Side District 1, McKee-Rodriguez in the East Side District 2 and Teri Castillo in the near West Side District 5 were elected last year as an assumed new voting coalition, although Bravo has since taken a back seat.
Their image, often combative, may alienate some voters. Others say it makes sense that neighborhoods home to some of the city’s poorest, long-neglected residents want to see bold new politicians who will break with the status quo.
“Disagreement can be good,” Castillo said. “That’s important for folks to observe.”
McKee-Rodriguez and Castillo represent a shift in their communities. Past voters in District 2 produced one of the city’s most conservative mayors in modern history in Ivy Taylor. Those in District 5 supported a business-friendly agenda in former Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales.
The two new council members are part of a national wave of progressive elected officials who resemble Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Austin’s Greg Casar, a former councilman who’s running as a Democrat for Congress. Voters placed them in office partly in response to growing income inequality and an authoritarian shift in GOP politics that crystallized under former President Donald Trump.
More than halfway through their first terms, their presence so far has not shifted their colleagues to the left. But they can count some wins. They tend to gain support for classic liberal goals, such as protecting abortion access.
By bringing issues such as law enforcement resources to council, other members are forced to take a public stance they may otherwise have not, McKee-Rodriguez said.
Martinez is personally glad to see his council member seek solutions to crime outside the Police Department. But he recognizes others have a different reality.
“I think it’s well-intentioned, but we have to triangulate with what’s happening in the community,” Martinez said.
In one of council’s more high-profile votes this year, the trio stuck together in voting no on the police union contract with the city, saying new reforms to discipline were necessary but didn’t go far enough. They wanted to see a more independent civilian review board and to remove a provision allowing officers to use vacation days instead of unpaid suspension.
In raising those issues, council members echoed calls from ACT 4 SA, which consists of former organizers behind San Antonio’s Proposition B. The proposition called for stripping the police union of its right to collectively bargain with the city. It was narrowly defeated.
All three said their vote was about police accountability. But District 3 Councilwoman Phyllis Viagran, who represents the South Side, said their votes pointed toward a larger goal.
“I don’t understand how my council colleagues are gonna go back out into the community and explain how a vote ‘no’ wasn’t a vote to defund,” Viagran said at the time.
Her comment was followed by shouts from community members who showed up at council chambers to ask for changes. Tension in the room was palpable as activists said those who supported the new contract didn’t have the same political willpower as Bravo, McKee-Rodriguez and Castillo.
But it’s not always the same three in sync.
Bravo doesn’t vote with McKee-Rodriguez and Castillo as often as some political analysts assumed. His District 1 predecessor, Roberto Treviño, was also a liberal member. While Bravo was seen early on as someone who could bolster an assertive left wing of council, he hasn’t proved to be the firebrand voice the other two provide.
Instead, District 7 Councilwoman Ana Sandoval often joins the so-called progressive ranks. District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry, known as the lone conservative on council, also votes with the progressives regularly.
‘Urgent shift’ leads voters to progressives, but how productive are they?
Most council members make a show of pushing for infrastructure needs such as roads and drainage. When McKee-Rodriguez and Castillo advocate for the essentials, they make it about equity.
The pair represent low-income communities that see little business investment and few city services such as street repairs.
The East Side has more miles of “F streets,” or city roads in the worst condition, than any other district. McKee-Rodriguez asked for a different formula in how the city distributes road repair funds, one that would make a larger dent in the streets of his district.
He may soon be able to claim the change as a victory in the upcoming city budget.
The West Side often bears the brunt of code enforcement complaints. Castillo secured money in last year’s budget for a pilot program to repair aging homes at risk of city demolition orders, which could keep affected homeowners in place.
Still, these urban neighborhoods battle new development and rising property values that threaten to force out longtime residents.
It follows that those districts would elect more progressive council representatives, said Christian Anderson, a political consultant.
“I think in those communities it makes perfect sense for them to elect council members based off this urgent shift in the community,” Anderson said. “And it’s certainly energized longtime residents to take an interest they hadn’t in the past.”
At the same time, gentrification has accelerated. Younger, more liberal voters may have replaced some longtime voters.
From council chambers, McKee-Rodriguez and Castillo focus on those poorer neighborhoods.
Both voted down a rate hike from city-owned utility CPS Energy this year. McKee-Rodriguez said a $5 per month increase in bills would push many of his constituents over the edge. Castillo said the timing of a rate hike was wrong and would burden low-income households.
The vote allowed the liberal council members to showcase a stand for their communities facing poverty and record-high inflation. It likely also satisfied younger, more liberal voters who have demanded action on climate change from CPS, such as the closure of the coal-fired J.K. Spruce power plant.
If council had said no to the rate increase, they could have gained leverage to make more changes at the utility, Castillo said. Her comments again mirrored those of activists.
The two council members’ comments show them seeing themselves as playing a larger role — reforming CPS and not bowing to its business needs.
Political sparring grows more common
While nonpartisan in name, council is composed mostly of Democrats. They tend to be more liberal than past council members, Anderson said. But many are still moderate and often take pro-business and pro-development stances.
The disagreements lead to political skirmishes once considered rare in San Antonio.
McKee-Rodriguez clashed with District 8 Councilman Manny Peláez when Peláez introduced a proposal to create a permanent cite-and-release program limited to marijuana arrests. Local activists and supporters of McKee-Rodriguez said it undercut their efforts to push for a more expansive program.
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McKee-Rodriguez had been preparing his own proposal on the subject, one that would have covered other low-level offenses such as graffiti, driving with an invalid license and theft. Peláez didn’t support adding those to the program, and he moved on with his own version. He said council should still do what it can by including marijuana arrests. Activists working with McKee-Rodriguez said it made their goals less likely to become reality.
Such spats have increased in frequency.
Council this month passed a mostly symbolic resolution in support of abortion access. The rowdy meeting saw jeers from public speakers on both sides of the debate — but by the end, it was McKee-Rodriguez and Castillo who scoffed at Peláez for his vote.
Peláez said no to the resolution after emphasizing the work he’s done to support women’s rights. He said the city needs access to abortion but that the resolution wasn’t strong enough to make a difference.
Castillo, who drafted the resolution and felt San Antonio had to do what it could to send a message about abortion rights, derided Peláez.
“I appreciate the mansplaining,” Castillo said. “And I also understand how as a straight male, you don’t understand the impact this resolution will have on and for individuals who can carry a child.”
Mayor Ron Nirenberg cut her speech off shortly after, when Castillo referred to Peláez as “homie.”
Relationships among council members and city staff are often key to accomplishing goals. Despite their clashes, McKee-Rodriguez and Castillo said they have worked to build rapport with colleagues and find common ground.
But some colleagues are frustrated that policy proposals aren’t realistic.
That may include McKee-Rodriguez’s arguably most unique and consequential ask — that the city establish a new office employed by criminologists who will re-envision San Antonio’s response to crime. It has languished amid bureaucratic delays.
Nirenberg has not introduced the proposal fast enough to make it into council’s ongoing budget talks. Officials have instead turned to an academic study of the Police Department.
When voters elected McKee-Rodriguez and Castillo, they knew that on some level it may be harder for them to achieve results.
“Their voters elected them knowing they would be working against the status quo,” Anderson said.
During a first council term, a member’s votes are important. They show their direction and morals.
“But as they move forward, they will have to create results and deliver on issues,” Anderson said.
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Gilbert De Hoyos offers a refuge from the rushed pace of life.
Barrio Barista Coffee is a place where the clamor of conversations mixes with vintage jazz and Latin rock flowing from overhead speakers. It offers cafecito, fruit smoothies and the West Side Special — a barbacoa grilled cheese sandwich with avocado and tomato basil soup.
De Hoyos usually is busy behind the front counter.
When folks flock to his eatery, he greets them as if they’re a member of his family, his black hair with streaks of gray tucked beneath his newsboy.
The warmly lit coffee shop, at 3735 Culebra Road, reflects De Hoyos’ appreciation of life’s blessings he shares with patrons.
“It’s what’s you learn in the process of your growth that gets you to the next level,” said De Hoyos, 71. “Being here is where I’m supposed to be, at this longitude and latitude.”
De Hoyos’ philosophy and commitment to his community is a family tradition.
A 22-year veteran of the Air Force, Vincent T. Davis embarked on a second career as a journalist and found his calling. Observing and listening across San Antonio, he finds intriguing tales to tell about everyday people. He shares his stories with Express-News subscribers every Monday morning.
He grew up in the West Side neighborhood, where his father, Jose, taught him the importance of humility. From 1968 to 1983, De Hoyos helped his father run a grocery store and meat market out of the one-story building. People from that era say they had the best barbacoa tacos in the city.
Henry Cisneros was San Antonio’s mayor when De Hoyos left to work in the corporate world. But in 1996, he hung up the stress and suits he wore as a pharmaceutical representative in a field he said was void of feeling. He leaned on his faith and father’s teachings to survive the storms.
De Hoyos cared for his father until he died at the age of 98 in 2012. Then De Hoyos built on his dad’s legacy by restoring the old market in his old West Side district. His sons, Gilbert II and Brian, helped resurrect the building according to his vision.
Old church pews with cushions bookend walls. A flat TV monitor is tilted above each booth. The aroma of roasted coffee fills the space, from the honey-colored wood ceiling to the green-and-beige tile floor.
The barista has hosted open mic night, where everyday people and poets of all ages shared verses about their lives. An outside covered patio has served as a haven for a wide array of patrons. College professors, students, active military members, neighbors and politicians are among guests who have dined at De Hoyos’ cafe.
Currently, the shop has temporary hours and a temporary menu, a result of the COVID pandemic. During a closure, they remodeled the exterior and interior, adding a new bar. In June, De Hoyos reopened three days a week — Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For the past three months, Gilbert Parra, 65, has taken a break for a cup of decaf coffee and a barbacoa grilled cheese on multigrain toast. He scrolls through the news on his digital tablet, listens to soothing music and supports De Hoyos, his friend.
On Friday, Ashton Jeffers, 21, spent lunch on the deck with several peers and their professors. It was the St. Mary’s University graduate student’s first visit to the coffee shop. She said it was reminiscent of family-favorite diners in New Braunfels and Comfort.
“It’s good to come to San Antonio and see a different style of community,” Jeffers said, “and different cultures that kind of emulate that same feeling.”
Jerry Poyo, 72, a history professor at St. Mary’s, said it’s not often that restaurant owners mingle with patrons as De Hoyos did during their visit.
“It makes you feel welcome,” he said. “He takes the time and understands that’s part of his business.”
De Hoyos extends that approach to his staff in a firm yet nurturing way. He said one of his responsibilities is passing on knowledge to his employees.
For Joselin Estrada, 19, De Hoyos has been a father figure. She’s worked with him for the past three years, through high school and being accepted at St. Mary’s, one of her top choices. She’s learned culinary practices from De Hoyos, along with leadership skills, character and how to navigate the business world as a woman.
“He’s made me set my feet on the ground and hold my head up even though things may be going totally wrong,” Estrada said. “He’s been there even though I’ve been impulsive with my decisions.”
As they closed for the day, De Hoyos joined Estrada and her co-worker Thalia Hernandez, 18, a recent graduate of Kennedy High School, cleaning the kitchen and bar area.
When finished, he sat and looked over the room. There’s a sense of satisfaction in offering a place where patrons can gather and feel better, even if for a little while.
It’s also a place where their presence makes him hopeful for better days.
“We can survive better with understanding without opinions,” De Hoyos said. “We can guide more with patience. If I can give them laughter, I’m giving them a piece of medicine that they may not get somewhere else.”
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Trying to get from Bloomington's east side to campus on the bus? There's a new option
Editor's note: This story previously listed an incorrect phone number for Bloomington Transit. The correct number is 812-336-7433.
Bloomington resident Dave Underwood said changes to the city’s bus service last week have turned his easy bus commute into an impractically long journey.
That's because Bloomington Transit combined two routes on the city’s east side and two on the city’s south side.
But the system also is expanding its agreement with ride sharing services, which, Underwood said, would address most of his concerns.
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Underwood had enjoyed using an east side fixed bus route to get to his job at Indiana University, where he works as a technology specialist. But that route, number eight, has been eliminated.
“I had a 20-minute bus commute. Now it’s over an hour,” he said. “A lot of the staff here at IU. … They’re not happy at all.”
Bloomington Transit eliminated Route 8 Eastside Local and has combined it with a reconfigured Route 3 East, which also is taking riders to the new hospital campus. On the city’s south side, the system has combined Route 1 South and Route 7 Express into a new Route 7: S Walnut/Clear Creek.
Transit officials said they made the changes in response to a continued driver shortage and as a result of system improvements that have been discussed for years. For example, combining the two southern routes has enabled transit officials to reduce the remaining route’s intervals to 20 minutes while university classes are in session. It will otherwise run on 30-minute intervals.
Underwood said the eliminate of Route 8 required him to take a bus to the downtown transit center, transfer to a second bus and ride to his campus destination. That takes more than an hour and essentially eliminates any chance that he can ride a bus to work. He said the elimination of that route also makes it impractical for him and his wife, Irena, to ride the bus to eastside shopping destinations, such as College Mall.
However, starting Monday, the bus service will allow customers to ride with Uber or Lyft from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday in the area that formerly was serviced by the Route 8 bus. The new area will run roughly from the intersection of East 10th Street and North Smith Road southwest along College Mall Road and South Sare Road to Olcott Park.
Riders, including those with a CrimsonCard and BT passes, will have to pay $1 per ride, and BT will cover the next $19.
People can order the rides using an app on their phones and entering a discount code or by calling the transit service’s main line, 812-336-7433. The area is geofenced, meaning only people who are physically in that area can use their phones to order the service.
Bloomington Transit has used the ride sharing services since this summer for late-night riders, as some late-night routes saw only a handful of customers, which BT officials said was not efficient enough, especially during a driver shortage.
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John Connell, the transit system’s general manager, said the driver shortage is “still a major challenge for us.”
The system recently was down about eight drivers, but Connell said two drivers just graduated from training and will be added to the roster. Another training class will start soon.
The system’s drivers got big raises this year: A new contract that took effect Jan. 1 bumped starting salaries 14% to $19.02. The contract also pushed up wages much faster than before, allowing a driver with four years of experience to earn $28.53 per hour in 2025.
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The switch to late-night ride sharing services also has freed up two full-time positions and has reduced costs, BT officials said. In July, the transit system spent $3,300 on the ride sharing services. If it had run late-night buses, it would have incurred costs over $25,000.
Underwood said he plans to use the east-side ride sharing services to get to work, though he has some mixed feelings about the ride sharing companies, as they don’t consider their drivers employees and therefore dodge paying them benefits.
In addition, he said, he’d rather have “a green choice” in a fixed bus route that carries many more passengers than a ride sharing service.
But, he said, he appreciates having an option other than to use a private vehicle.
“My wife would say it’s better than me buying a sports car,” he said.
Reach reporter Boris Ladwig at bladwig@heraldt.com. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/bloomington-transit-eliminates-bus-routes-offers-uber-lyft-option/65409476007/ | 2022-08-22T14:44:01 | 0 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/bloomington-transit-eliminates-bus-routes-offers-uber-lyft-option/65409476007/ |
PLEASANT PRAIRIE -- A Patriotic Day flag retirement to be held on Sunday, Sept. 11th, the 21st anniversary of 9/11, at 2 p.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church, 9091 Prairie Ridge Blvd.
Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Archbishop Messmer Assembly 1201, the event will honor the men and women who gave their lives to defend the country.
The Knights of Columbus will be collecting worn and tattered flags at area Catholic churches, at ACE Hardware, 3508 80th St., and the day of the ceremony.
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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.” | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/flag-retirement-ceremony-to-be-held-in-pleasant-prairie-on-sept-11/article_ae7fb964-2095-11ed-af9d-0b4cc38e4485.html | 2022-08-22T14:53:50 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/flag-retirement-ceremony-to-be-held-in-pleasant-prairie-on-sept-11/article_ae7fb964-2095-11ed-af9d-0b4cc38e4485.html |
The Kenosha County Aging & Disability Resource Center offers no-cost Medicare workshops for those who are new to Medicare, or those who want to learn more.
Trained benefit specialists will be available to answer your questions and discuss the decisions you’ll need to make, including the basics of Medicare coverage, options for private health and drug coverage, and public benefits that can help with health care costs.
The next workshop is scheduled for the Kenosha Southwest Neighborhood Library, 7979 38th Ave., on Tuesday, Aug. 30, from 10 a.m. to noon
Due to limited seating, reservations are required. Call the ADRC at 262-605-6646 or 800-472-8008 to make reservations and to learn more.
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Tonight is your final chance this summer to test your riding skills on the historic Washington Park Velodrome, 1821 Washington Road in Kenosha. The track hosts Monday night Stock Bike Racing — open to everyone, from age 3 to adults. Registration starts at 6 p.m., with races starting at 6:30 p.m. (for tricycles) and 7 p.m. for the “big track.” To race, bring your bike and a helmet. Stock bike racing is an introduction to track racing, geared to younger riders but all ages are welcome. The cost is $5 (a one-time registration fee) plus $3 race fee for adults. For more details, go to kenoshavelodrome.com.
The Kenosha Public Library is hosting Chess Night in Lincoln Park, 6900 18th Ave. The Kenosha Chess Association hosts games from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays outside the park’s Oribiletti Center. All ages and abilities are welcome.Also: The library’s Book Truck will be parked nearby.You can sign up for a library card, check out and return items, and sign up for the Summer Reading Program.
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Prost! The Biergarten in Petrifying Springs County Park is open seven days, serving up cold beverages and warm pretzels. For more details, check the Biergarten’s Facebook page.
Monday night music: Who says Monday night has to be a downer? Not the folks at Union Park Tavern. Start the work week with DJ, Ted Runnels and Trombone Dave. They perform their “not your normal DJ schtick” show — with a mix of blues, jazz, soul, and soul jazz — from 5 to 8 p.m. every Monday evening at the venue, 4520 Eighth Ave. in Kenosha. It almost makes Monday a day to look forward to … almost. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-monday-aug-22/article_5353b524-1f3f-11ed-b835-8f8f57c9339e.html | 2022-08-22T14:54:03 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-monday-aug-22/article_5353b524-1f3f-11ed-b835-8f8f57c9339e.html |
ELLENTON, Fla. — No one was hurt after wicked winds from thunderstorms whipped through the Colony Cove mobile home park on Sunday, according to public safety officials.
About 14 homes were damaged in the areas of Lakeshore and Sunset drives, Manatee County Public Safety said in a statement. Much of the damage ranged from minor to moderate.
Strong storms formed from south to north along colliding sea breeze boundaries from the late afternoon to early evening hours. None reached severe levels that would prompt the National Weather Service to issue warnings, but those that formed were capable of significant wind gusts.
Showers and storms are expected again during the day Monday. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/colony-cove-storm-damage/67-bc7a0630-0d55-4e21-b989-ccab2ae7f2d9 | 2022-08-22T14:58:02 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/colony-cove-storm-damage/67-bc7a0630-0d55-4e21-b989-ccab2ae7f2d9 |
PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Pasco County deputies are asking for help finding a woman they say is missing and endangered.
Sandra Snure, 58, was last seen in the Ivanhoe Drive area of Port Richey.
She's described as 5 feet, 5 inches and approximately 110 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Snure was last seen wearing a red t-shirt with white lettering that says "Arrow," black shorts, blue and gray slippers and carrying a dark navy purse with brown pockets and a brown strap.
Anyone who knows where Snure might be is asked to call the Pasco Sheriff's
Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102 and select option 7. You can also report tips online. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/pasco-missing-woman-port-richey/67-5542a129-9779-44ae-bde7-9dd2fea33c34 | 2022-08-22T14:58:03 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/pasco-missing-woman-port-richey/67-5542a129-9779-44ae-bde7-9dd2fea33c34 |
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Officials will give an update on Monday morning in the search for the missing Truckee teenager, Kiley Rodni.
The Placer County Sheriff's Office says will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. (ABC10 will broadcast it on the Morning News at 11 and on our mobile app. Watch it HERE.)
A specialty search and recovery team, Adventures with Purpose, said Sunday that they found her car and a body inside it during a search of Prosser Creek Reservoir.
Adventures with Purpose says on a Facebook post that it found that they found it in 14 feet of water. The group says it has notified the Rodni family about the discovery. However, the Placer County Sheriff's Office has not confirmed whether the car is Rodni's or whether she was found inside it.
The search and recovery team has been searching the waters around the Prosser Family Campground after she vanished.
Linda Luchetti, a media coordinator for Rodni's family, said the family has no word from law enforcement on the validity of Adventures with Purpose's post.
Officials removed a light-colored SUV from Prosser Creek Reservoir Sunday evening.
Rodni vanished after attending a party near the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee and was last seen around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Officials said her phone is out of service, and her 2013 Honda CRV with license plate "8YUR127" cannot be found.
Despite Rodni having been at a party of up to 300 people, deputies said there have been few clues for investigators to follow.
Watch more on ABC10 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/kiely-rodni-truckee/103-12d28497-169c-47cd-9d1e-7e1a2bbfd336 | 2022-08-22T15:07:14 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/kiely-rodni-truckee/103-12d28497-169c-47cd-9d1e-7e1a2bbfd336 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Officers with the Sacramento Police Department are investigating a shooting Monday morning.
The shooting happened in the 400 block of North 16th Street at Capitol Casino. According to the police, one person has been taken into custody.
The Sacramento Fire Department told ABC10 that two people were shot and one of those people died. The other person who was shot was taken to a local hospital. There is no update on their condition at this time.
Police are investigating the shooting.
Watch more on ABC10 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-deadly-shooting-capitol-casino/103-d8f87dc6-6bb6-44d1-a66c-4a923d0bcbaa | 2022-08-22T15:07:20 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-deadly-shooting-capitol-casino/103-d8f87dc6-6bb6-44d1-a66c-4a923d0bcbaa |
CAMDEN — A trial for an Atlantic County man charged with participating in a healthcare fraud scheme is set to begin this week in Federal Court.
The trial of Northfield resident Thomas Sher is expected to begin Wednesday, a court official said.
Sher's case was set to begin Aug. 19, but was delayed until this week due to a positive COVID-19 test, according to court documents.
As of last summer, more than 45 people had been charged in the case, with 30 pleading guilty and three being sentenced. William Hickman, who authorities descripted as the leader of the scheme, pleaded guilty in June 2020 to defrauding state health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $50 million. Hickman is awaiting sentencing.
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The jury selection process for Sher's trial began Monday, where prospective jurors were vetted through a questionnaire. They'll be narrowed to a selected few Tuesday, with opening arguments before U.S. District Court Judge Robert B. Kugler anticipated to begin Wednesday morning in Camden, a court official said.
Sher is accused of participating in a massive healthcare fraud scheme in which prescriptions for unnecessary compounded medications were filled. Pharmacies that prepped the medications were given generous reimbursements that were later paid to a network of doctors, recruiters and employees taking part in the scheme, prosecutors previously have said.
Sher's brother, John Sher, 40, of Margate, and Christopher Broccoli, 50, of West Deptford, Gloucester County, pleaded guilty last month to conspiracy to commit health care fraud for their involvement in the scheme.
John Sher and Broccoli could each spend up to 10 years in prison and be ordered to pay a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or losses from their offenses, when they are sentenced.
The Sher brothers, both of whom are Margate firefighters, are two of several from South Jersey accused in March 2019 for taking part in a $50 million fraud scheme that went after payouts for compounded cream medications supplied through state health benefits plans.
Proceedings for all five men have been disrupted throughout the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last month, Brian Pugh, 45, of Absecon, and Thomas Schallus, 45, of Northfield, pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit health care fraud before Kugler last month.
Pugh and Schallus each face a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense. Schallus is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 14, and Pugh is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 17. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/trial-for-northfield-man-charged-in-federal-compounding-fraud-case-begins/article_81b1655a-2224-11ed-8518-b74e3cab223c.html | 2022-08-22T15:22:19 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/trial-for-northfield-man-charged-in-federal-compounding-fraud-case-begins/article_81b1655a-2224-11ed-8518-b74e3cab223c.html |
CAPE MAY — City government could see a major shift in January, with four of the five seats on City Council up for election this November.
Mayor Zack Mullock is the only member of the governing body whose seat is not up for a vote.
Potential candidates have until 4 p.m. Sept. 6 to file petitions for a spot on the ballot. Cape May’s non-partisan council election is held at the same time as the general election.
So far, Councilwoman Loraine Baldwin has filed petitions with the City Clerk’s office, as has former Mayor Clarence “Chuck” Lear and Mark DiSanto, who ran in 2018 and 2020.
City Council member Stacy Sheehan said last week that she does not plan to run for an additional term “at this time.” She declined to say why. She serves as the deputy mayor.
The three other members will seek new terms.
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Council member Shaine P. Meier will run for a third term this year. On Wednesday, he cited the numerous projects currently underway or about to get started, including planned work on the Lafayette Street Park and creating a new library branch at the former Franklin Street School.
“We have a lot of projects that I’ve worked on through the years. Some of them have taken eight years just to get going,” he said.
He said he ran twice unsuccessfully before winning his first term.
Councilman Michael Yeager said he recently decided to seek reelection, but has not yet filed petitions or chosen a campaign manager.
“I have a lot to do,” he said.
Former City Council member Patricia Gray Hendricks wants back on City Council.
“I’m going to run. I’m weighing my options,” she said last week.
There are three four-year terms on council up for election this year, as well as a single unexpired term with two years left.
City Clerk Erin Burke said other people have picked up petitions for a run, but she said, “It’s my practice not to give out the names of people who picked up petitions.”
Elections can be serious business in this small seaside community.
In 2016, Lear took the mayor’s seat from former Mayor Ed Mahaney in what was described as a landslide. In 2020, while already a council member, Mullock beat Lear, tipping the balance on City Council, where he and Sheehan often voted against Lear and Hendricks.
In the same vote, Hendricks lost her reelection to Chris Bezaire, who last year pleaded guilty to stalking and contempt of court. He eventually resigned from council, after defying calls for him to step down for months.
Last November, Yeager was appointed to fill that seat until the 2022 election. He could decide to run for a full term, but said he would run to fill out the remainder of the term, which would mean it would be up for a vote again in 2024.
Baldwin, whom council appointed to Mullock’s council seat after he became mayor, was the lone candidate on the ballot last year, easily winning the rest of the term.
In announcing her campaign, Baldwin cited her experience on Cape May committees and commissions, including the Historic Preservation Commission and the Washington Street Mall Business District board, and her love of the community.
“I love Cape May and was fortunate to move back home several years ago,” she said. “As a member of Council I want to continue to have the opportunity to serve the city. Through a spirit of cooperation and the intent to get things done, I have been part of a team that has accomplished much during my tenure.”
Lear, a retired police lieutenant, announced his campaign for a council seat on Friday.
In Cape May, the mayor is directly elected by the voters, but the city administrator runs the day-to-day operations of the municipality. The mayor has similar duties as the City Council president in other towns, running the meetings, and has a vote on council. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/four-of-five-cape-may-council-seats-are-up-for-a-vote-this-fall/article_2ba63902-1e68-11ed-ba50-6b31edc27701.html | 2022-08-22T15:22:25 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/four-of-five-cape-may-council-seats-are-up-for-a-vote-this-fall/article_2ba63902-1e68-11ed-ba50-6b31edc27701.html |
BRIGANTINE — Antisemitic messages are littering the city.
Bags containing antisemitic materials were put outside homes across Brigantine in the overnight hours between Saturday and Sunday, officials said.
The materials did not contain threats, but they were similar to other antisemitic incidents that have occurred across the country in recent weeks, Brigantine police said on Facebook.
The materials appear to have been placed randomly in public and seemingly did not target particular businesses or residences, police said.
Mayor Vince Sera commented Sunday on the antisemitic materials in a message he posted on Twitter.
"Our community is very saddened by the actions of the individual(s) who distributed antisemitic materials to many homes last night in #Brigantine," Sera wrote on his Twitter account about the incident. "This type of behavior is unacceptable & will not be tolerated in our community!"
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The Anti-Defamation League published a report in April indicating that there were 2,717 recorded antisemitic bias incidents in 2021 — the highest annual total since the ADL began tracking such incidents in 1979. New Jersey experienced 370 bias incidents, which was the highest annual total on record for the state and the second highest statewide total in the country. Only a fraction of the state’s antisemitic incidents, however, happened in South Jersey.
Police are investigating the distribution of the antisemitic materials as a bias incident. Those with information about the incident — particularly those in possession of surveillance-camera footage of those who left the antisemitic materials — are being urged to contact the Brigantine Police Department at (609) 266-7414. Sera urged people to aid the police investigation.
The police said on Facebook that it would not share images of the messages out of concerns it could propagate antisemitism. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/police-investigating-antisemitic-materials-left-at-brigantine-homes/article_a9fe50d0-2220-11ed-aa87-230ad3725707.html | 2022-08-22T15:22:32 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/police-investigating-antisemitic-materials-left-at-brigantine-homes/article_a9fe50d0-2220-11ed-aa87-230ad3725707.html |
An amateur boxing tournament will be held this week in Mays Landing.
Battle to Be a Legend Tournament, which will provide local boxers an opportunity to showcase their skills and compete for titles in various weight classes, is set for 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 at Festival Mall on the Black Horse Pike.
Mays Landing gym Legends Fitness & Boxing will host the new event, which is sanctioned by USA Boxing. Doors will open at 4 p.m., and the first bout will be at 5:30.
“If you have the fire in your belly to be a champion, the Battle to Be a Legend tournament is the perfect opportunity to prove you have what it takes,” Legends Fitness & Boxing Chief Executive Officer David Boateng said in a release.
“This tournament will provide many young boxers with their first chance to fight in a pro-style ring in front of a crowd. They’ll get to show off their skills and athleticism while gaining experience and self-confidence in an environment where sportsmanship and discipline are stressed.”
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Amateur boxers who wish to compete in the tournament are asked to call 609-222-0521 and submit their name, age, weight and record. Weigh-ins will take place at 4 p.m. the day of the event.
Tickets are $40 for general admission and VIP passes are $50. Children 10 years old and under are $20. Tickets can be purchased at legends-fitness.com/boxingbattle. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/battle-to-be-a-legend-boxing-tourney-set-for-saturday-at-festival-mall-in-mays/article_17e1016e-20ab-11ed-9b74-278b4fe16c0b.html | 2022-08-22T15:22:38 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/battle-to-be-a-legend-boxing-tourney-set-for-saturday-at-festival-mall-in-mays/article_17e1016e-20ab-11ed-9b74-278b4fe16c0b.html |
HIGH POINT — A 72-year-old High Point man was struck and killed Sunday night while attempting to cross South University Parkway, police said in a news release this morning.
Sanders Lee Henderson died at the scene.
No charges are expected against the driver of the SUV that hit him just after 9 p.m. Sunday while Henderson was attempting to cross South University Parkway near East Green Drive, police said.
At the time of the crash, it was dark outside, drizzling rain, and Henderson was wearing dark clothing, police said in the news release.
The High Point Police Department's Traffic Unit is investigating this crash. Neither speed nor alcohol or drugs are believed to be factors in the accident, police said.
This is the fifth traffic fatality for the City of High Point in 2022. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/pedestrian-72-struck-and-killed-sunday-night-high-point-police-say/article_94473eda-2222-11ed-a212-abda25bdd9dc.html | 2022-08-22T15:24:17 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/pedestrian-72-struck-and-killed-sunday-night-high-point-police-say/article_94473eda-2222-11ed-a212-abda25bdd9dc.html |
A 29-year-old Lincoln man was charged Thursday with first-degree sexual assault of a child nearly two months after a grade school-aged girl told a relative, and later investigators, that he had sexually assaulted her.
Lincoln Police Officer Kenneth Morrow fielded the initial report on June 9 after the relative had called the Child Advocacy Center, who called the State Department of Health and Human Services, which then contacted police.
In an interview with investigators June 15, the girl said Jess McConnell had touched her inappropriately and sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions, LPD Investigator Frank Foster said in the affidavit for McConnell's arrest.
McConnell denied the allegations when contacted by police. He was twice interviewed at the department's headquarters before prosecutors filed charges against him Thursday.
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Lincoln Pius X High School is putting iPads into hands of each of its students this fall, thanks to an influx of coronavirus relief dollars.
The new one-to-one device initiative at Lincoln's lone Catholic high school — which began classes Tuesday — will allow teachers to more quickly analyze test scores and other data while allowing students to turn in homework and check lessons from home, said Principal Terry Kathol.
"It provides another tool for (teachers) to be able to engage students," he said.
Each student will be equipped with a tablet that they'll keep the entire time they're at Pius X. The school purchased more than 1,100 devices over the past year or so for the rollout this fall.
The Diocese of Lincoln is using about $1.5 million from the Governor's Education Emergency Relief fund, a pool of virus dollars schools can tap into to address the digital divide in the classroom.
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The iPads have about a four-year life cycle, said the Rev. Matthew Zimmer, director of education technology with the Diocese of Lincoln, and Pius X plans to have families pay a small fee to replace the devices down the road.
Two high schools elsewhere in the diocese — Hastings St. Cecilia and Lourdes Central Catholic in Nebraska City — already had a one-to-one program in place, but Pius X was obviously the biggest school to bring on board, Zimmer said.
Some of K-8 Catholic schools in the diocese have also used the funding to purchase a "significant" number of devices but not all are going to one-to-one route.
"One of the realities of technology is you want to use it appropriately," Zimmer said.
For years, Lincoln Public Schools has had a one-to-one program to put Chromebook laptops into student hands. Last fall, kindergarteners and first graders became the last students to get their own Chromebooks.
Lincoln Christian, a K-12 private school in southeast Lincoln, instituted a one-to-one Chromebook program during the pandemic as well.
The shifts in education accelerated by COVID put pressure on the diocese to put more devices in the classroom.
"What we're hearing from publishing companies is more and more textbooks are going the route of digital," Zimmer said.
At Pius X, students will be able to access a variety of educational apps, including Canvas, a learning management system where they can take tests, look at lessons and turn in assignments.
"If a student is gone from class, they can go into Canvas and see what they missed," Kathol said.
The technology is not necessarily meant to replace old methods of learning, Kathol emphasized.
"By no means do we expect the technology to be our only tool to use," he said. "It's kind of another option that (teachers) have when they're developing lessons." | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/pius-x-rolls-out-one-to-one-ipad-program-with-virus-funds/article_e224b06b-e32b-5d55-8bf6-d94d9db81056.html | 2022-08-22T15:24:42 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/pius-x-rolls-out-one-to-one-ipad-program-with-virus-funds/article_e224b06b-e32b-5d55-8bf6-d94d9db81056.html |
BANGOR, Maine — There will soon be a new piece of artwork along the Bangor waterfront.
The city recently selected a Wabanaki artist to create a sculpture that will not only catch people's attention but also honor the Wabanaki people's historic ties to the Penobscot River.
Steven Hook, a welder and member of the Mi'kmaq tribe, was chosen by Bangor's commission on cultural development to make the art piece.
Hooke said he plans to create a 16-foot Wabanaki-style canoe out of stainless steel, which will be attached to a sewage exhaust pipe located along the waterfront between Hollywood Casino and the Maine Savings Amphitheater.
“It’s going to be high and tilted to kind of create the illusion it's on the water," Hooke said. "Being able to build anything in just the area I’ve grown up and lived in is kind of a huge honor."
The city received six proposals for the work.
Aubrae Filipiak who is on Bangor's commission for cultural development said Hooke’s proposal was accepted to not only showcase the art of a Wabanaki artist but also because of how large he plans to build the canoe sculpture.
“We thought the size and scale of [the sculpture] is going to be really eye-catching so that individuals getting off on 395 or driving down Main Street and also on the other end of the waterfront near the food trucks and near the Bangor Saving’s Bank headquarters would be able to see it from a distance and perhaps draw them down to this stack to interact with the piece of art and really check it out on a closer level,” Filipiak told NEWS CENTER Maine.
Filipiak said the artwork is expected to be finished sometime this October.
Bangor City Council is expected to vote Monday night to award Hooke a $10,000 grant for the creation of the sculpture. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor-waterfront-statue-honors-wabanaki/97-c70cec9e-bd5c-41a9-ad59-afc9d3b416a2 | 2022-08-22T15:28:43 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor-waterfront-statue-honors-wabanaki/97-c70cec9e-bd5c-41a9-ad59-afc9d3b416a2 |
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