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December 24, 1930 – August 13, 2022
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Muriel Bowron, 91, of Lakeside, will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at the Lakeside Assembly of God Church, 230 N. 8th Street. A private family graveside was held at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Coos Bay.
Muriel was born on December 24, 1930 to parents John and Irene Cabral in Portland, Oregon. She passed into Heaven on August 13, 2022 at her home in Lakeside.
Muriel’s parents moved to Lakeside, Oregon when her and her younger sister, Margaret were very young. Muriel graduated from North Bend High School, class of 1949. She met and married Jack Bowron following graduation (actually Jack and Muriel knew each other since grade school). Jack and Muriel married on July 22, 1950 and they built their home in Lakeside, Oregon.
Muriel loved being a homemaker and mother. Their first child was welcomed into the world on July of 1952, a daughter, Janet. Their second daughter, Glenda, arrived in June of 1955.
Retirement opened a new chapter for Jack and Muriel, where beginning in January of 1993 they would spend their winters in Yuma, Arizona for the next 28 years. It was there that Muriel became the social director in the gated community of Country Roads, their home away from home. Jack and Muriel loved meeting new friends. Jack said that they probably danced 1,000 miles. They traveled with family and friends to all parts of the world.
Muriel and Jack were married for 72 years. Muriel loved her family dearly.
Muriel is survived by her husband, Jack; daughter, Janet and her husband, Hal; daughter, Glenda and her husband, Timothy; granddaughters, Shannon (George), Jennifer, Andrea (Jamie), and Elyea (Kyle); great grandchildren, David, Hannah, Isaiah, Jayden and Owen; and many nephews, nieces and extended family members.
Friends and family are encouraged to sign the online guestbook at www.coosbayareafunerals.com and www.theworldlink.com. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-756-0440. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/muriel-bowron/article_64b7f1d2-224a-11ed-91a5-1f8b2e8c4473.html | 2022-08-22T21:49:05 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/muriel-bowron/article_64b7f1d2-224a-11ed-91a5-1f8b2e8c4473.html |
September 22, 1950 – July 24, 2022
A gathering of friends and family for Thomas “Tom” Alan Mills will be held at 12 pm, Saturday, October 1, 2022 at the Coos Bay Yacht Club.
Tom was born September 22, 1950 in Coos Bay to John Brewer Mills and Lola Dale (Lody) (Pickens) Mills. He died July 24, 2022, at his home on South Tenmile Lake.
Tom attended Coos Bay Schools, graduating from Marshfield in 1968, and from Linfield College, in 1984. This March he and his wife Anjo (Brelage) Mills celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their children and grandchildren. Tom enjoyed the outdoors and his years as a local home builder. He was an active, 40 year member of the Coos Bay Yacht Club. He loved the camaraderie and competitive sport of sailing and enjoyed sharing his knowledge with those wanting to learn. Many summer vacations and lifelong memories were centered around sailing regattas in Canada, Washington, Montana, Oregon, and California. He was active in SWOYA as a coach (soccer, volleyball, and basketball) for his three children. As a member of Forest Hills Country Club in Reedsport and the Chapala Country Club in Mexico he had many sunny days of golfing. He and Anjo spent winters in Central Mexico and enjoyed exploring the area with family and friends.
He is survived by his wife, Anjo Mills; his three children, Lisa Dickover (Jason) of Winston, Tim Mills (Ilana) of Portland, and Laura Mills Stevenson of WA; granddaughters, Amy and Ally Dickover (Lisa), Alice, Lucia and Ana Mills (Tim) and Gwendolyn Shumaker (Laura); siblings, Kay Mills, and Jim Mills (Trisha); and 10 nieces and nephews.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Coos Bay Yacht Club Foundation: P.O. Box 296, Coos Bay, OR 97420 or the ALS Association of Oregon and SW Washington: online donations can be done on their website: https://secure2.convio.net/alsa/site/SPageServer/?pagename=OR_homepage or checks can be mailed to: ALS Association Oregon and SW Washington Chapter 825 NE Multnomah St. Suite 940, Portland, OR 97232.
Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.coosbayareafunerals.com | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/thomas-tom-mills/article_f6e901a0-2249-11ed-bf7c-b7da3902915f.html | 2022-08-22T21:49:06 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/thomas-tom-mills/article_f6e901a0-2249-11ed-bf7c-b7da3902915f.html |
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A man was shot and killed by an Olympia Police Department (OPD) officer Monday morning.
According to OPD spokesperson Paul Lower, officers were called to the Starbucks near Sleater Kinney Road Southeast and Martin Way East around 10:30 a.m. for a “disorderly conduct” call. Lower said the man was allegedly damaging the restroom inside the Starbucks.
When officers arrived, the man went into the Starbucks parking lot. As officers were attempting to arrest the man, police said the man pulled out a knife and “attacked officers.”
The OPD said one officer shot the man.
The man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died.
The OPD tweeted officers were treated at the scene for injuries.
Drivers in the area should expect traffic congestion and delays during the investigation.
The Capital Metro Independent Investigations Team is responding to the scene and will conduct an independent investigation.
Download our free KING 5 app to stay up-to-date on news stories from across western Washington. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/olympia/police-shoot-man-olympia-starbucks-parking-lot/281-1428de28-fdd9-49bf-ae5d-4f3cfe40b0d3 | 2022-08-22T21:53:37 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/olympia/police-shoot-man-olympia-starbucks-parking-lot/281-1428de28-fdd9-49bf-ae5d-4f3cfe40b0d3 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — State officials are again calling out a desperate need to raise Pennsylvania dog licensing fees, which have not changed since 1996.
Currently, an annual license is $8.50 and a lifetime license is $51.50. If the animal is spayed or neutered, the annual fee is $6.50 and the lifetime fee is $31.50. Discounts are available to older adults and people with disabilities. Violators can be cited with a maximum fine of $300 per violation.
The fees fund the Dog Law Enforcement Bureau, which employs dog wardens for services such as kennel inspections and other canine services.
Right now, there aren’t nearly enough dog wardens. Since the last time the dog licensing fee was raised in 1996, the number of dog wardens went down by 14. At the same time, the bureau’s costs have more than doubled.
Costs went up significantly following the passage of stricter kennel regulations passed in 2008. The regulations came in the wake of public outcry over the state’s reputation as a puppy mill hotbed.
“We have some of the highest standards in the nation, but we need the people to get out and inspect the kennels and uphold them so that we don’t return to that reputation of being a puppy mill capital,” said Shannon Powers, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Dog Law Enforcement Bureau.
York and Lancaster Counties are among the counties currently without a dog warden, even as Lancaster County has by far the most kennels of any county in the state.
“If your dog gets lost or you encounter a dangerous dog, you expect somebody from the state to be able to assist you with that. That’s the dog warden,” said State Sen. Judy Schwank, (D- Berks), who supports raising the dog licensing fee. “We do not have enough funding within the Department of Agriculture to maintain the number of dog wardens that we need. It’s just kind of crazy.”
State officials, including the Secretary of Agriculture and Auditor General, have called to raise the dog licensing fee since at least 2016.
State lawmakers have introduced multiple bills to raise the fee. The most recent iteration would raise the fee to $8 a year or $80 for a lifetime. It would also raise kennel fees, which have not changed since 1965.
State Sen. Elder Vogel (R-Beaver), who introduced the bill, said the fee is a small price to pay, especially considering how much dog owners spend on their pets. Americans spent $123.6 billion on their pets in 2021, according to the American Pet Products Association. Top breeds alone can cost thousands of dollars each.
“Paying $1,500 [or] $3,000 for one of those Labradoodles or something like that and then you’re worried 10 or 20 bucks for a dog license? Yeah, that’s not an issue,” Vogel said.
The measure also has broad support in the state House.
“But yet to try to raise $2 in a fee, people come unglued,” said State Rep. Dan Moul (R-Adams).
That’s where bipartisan agreement meets political reality: no one wants to be seen voting to raise fees.
“No, it won’t happen. Especially right before an election, it won’t happen,” Moul said. “Maybe in January or February, we can take another stab at it.”
State Sen. Judy Schwank said bills like this take time, but she’s optimistic it will eventually get passed. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dog-licensing-fee-1996/521-5f462c96-bfb2-4c5e-bff3-3b29101ef30d | 2022-08-22T21:58:04 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dog-licensing-fee-1996/521-5f462c96-bfb2-4c5e-bff3-3b29101ef30d |
LANCASTER, Pa. — Families are looking for ways to relieve their wallets and save money amid high inflation. To combat the rising prices, some are turning to their local libraries.
“In the past, when we’ve had inflation, our numbers have gone up," said Lissa Holland, the Executive Director for the Lancaster Public Library.
“We are a source for free entertainment, be it books, be it music, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays," said Holland.
Lancaster Public Library says that more people are taking advantage of the resources libraries provide as they deal with high inflation.
“We have hotspots, so if families can’t get the internet, they can borrow a hotspot," said Holland.
There is a $10 fee to borrow the hotspot for the week. Another thing the library provides is access to public computers.
“[Families or individuals] can come in and use the internet on our public computers, or they can sit within the library if they have a device of their own, an iPhone, or anything else and use our Wi-Fi," said Holland.
John G. Miller with York County Libraries says families needing to trim technology costs can use public access computers and use Wi-Fi at the library with their own devices. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/some-families-are-looking-to-combat-inflation-by-using-the-library-resources-computers-wifi-hotspot-books-entertainment/521-01609d32-441b-4a92-8caa-329cea37634a | 2022-08-22T21:58:10 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/some-families-are-looking-to-combat-inflation-by-using-the-library-resources-computers-wifi-hotspot-books-entertainment/521-01609d32-441b-4a92-8caa-329cea37634a |
SAN ANTONIO — The Bexar County Sheriff's Office is still looking for a 14-year-old suspect who ran into Ingram Park Mall after evading arrest, Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
On Friday, deputies received a call for shots fired on Old Onyx in far west Bexar County. Authorities found a vehicle matching the description of what the suspects were inside, and when they tried to pull the driver off, a pursuit began and lasted several minutes.
There were two people inside the vehicle, both 14-years-old. The car stopped at Ingram Park Mall, and both got out and ran.
One of the teens was caught soon after inside a Macy's, but the other teen was never found. The incident led to a shelter-in-place for at least two hours for those who were inside the mall.
The teen who was caught was not armed at the time of the arrest. But Sheriff Salazar said they found a gun inside the abandoned car, which came back as stolen. Upwards of 40 deputies were at the scene, the sheriff added, along with K-9 units and SWAT teams.
As for the teen that has still not been found, surveillance shows him running into the mall. He is the one on the right of the two running:
However, authorities are not identifying him as he is a minor. In another surveillance video, the teen is seen walking calmly in a nearby establishment parking lot to another vehicle.
The person inside the car has been identified as 48-year-old Mike Fuentes. It is believed Fuentes is the father of the suspect.
Fuentes reportedly brought the teen a change of clothes after speaking to him on the phone. He has been charged with Hindering Apprehension.
BCSO obtained a search warrant for Fuentes' home, not far from where the shots fired call came in, and found three guns; two handguns and one AR-type weapon.
Sheriff Salazar said if you recognize the teen seen in the surveillance video, do not confront him as he is believed to be armed and dangerous.
Watch the full livestream of the news conference here: | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/ingram-park-mall-teen-arrest-searching-deputies-bexar-county-sheriff/273-158b11a5-6cd6-47af-91b1-9f4e1cd23ce3 | 2022-08-22T21:58:10 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/ingram-park-mall-teen-arrest-searching-deputies-bexar-county-sheriff/273-158b11a5-6cd6-47af-91b1-9f4e1cd23ce3 |
$7M grant to fund 4 more electric buses for Detroit transportation department
Detroit's transportation department buy four electric buses with funding from a $7 million grant.
Detroit officials said Monday the Federal Transit Administration will fund the costs of the electric buses and electric charging equipment.
Two of the buses will be 40 feet and two will be 60-foot buses manufactured by New Flyer, said Mikel Oglesby, the transportation's department director, said in a release.
The Detroit Department of Transportation operates four electric buses manufactured by Proterra; the new buses will double its electric buses.
“This funding allows DDOT an excellent opportunity to get information and user feedback as to which electric bus is best for Detroit’s riders,” Oglesby said in the release. “We’re excited about this chance to make the smartest, greenest investment possible, which will benefit not only DDOT’s riders but the entire city of Detroit.”
DDOT recently launched 28 new clean diesel buses and decommissioned 28 of its oldest models. According to the release, DDOT's fleet of buses are the youngest and the most eco-friendly they have been in years. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/22/7-m-grant-fund-4-more-electric-buses-detroit/7865464001/ | 2022-08-22T22:01:40 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/22/7-m-grant-fund-4-more-electric-buses-detroit/7865464001/ |
Q: My dog was just diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Could you explain a little bit about the disease and what I should expect long-term?
A: The thyroid gland is in the neck near a dog's trachea and is responsible for producing thyroid hormone.
The thyroid hormone plays a significant role in metabolism, growth, and regulating body functions. Specifically, it is essential for controlling heart rate, muscle and digestive function, brain development, and bone maintenance, among other roles. It is obviously a necessary hormone for the normal functioning of the body on a day-to-day basis. The thyroid is constantly releasing a steady amount of thyroid hormone into the bloodstream.
Hypothyroidism is a condition where the thyroid gland stops producing normal amounts of thyroid hormone, and so there are low amounts of the hormone circulating through the body.
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As you can imagine, this can be detrimental to the body's normal functioning. Some common signs of hypothyroidism in dogs include weight gain, lethargy, hair loss, dry skin, and cold intolerance.
Since the thyroid hormone is so essential for normal functioning, it is vital to have a dog's thyroid checked if they are exhibiting signs of low thyroid.
To diagnose hypothyroidism, your veterinarian will run a thyroid panel which is a simple blood test. Once hypothyroidism has been diagnosed, it is a simple disease to manage. It just requires twice daily dosing of thyroid supplementation that comes in a pill or liquid form. Staying consistent with the dosing of the thyroid medication is essential for good control of the condition.
If your dog has significant symptoms from hypothyroidism, starting thyroid supplementation can provide some rapid and dramatic improvements in your dog's symptoms. Since hypothyroidism can occur in dogs at any age, it is important to get your dog checked if it exhibits any signs of low thyroid.
Q: My dog broke her toenail, and my veterinarian placed a bandage on her foot. It fell off after I got her home, and I want to put on my own bandage. Is this a good idea, or should I have my veterinarian replace it?
A: We use bandages daily to cover wounds, and sores, support splints, protect incisions, etc. Although bandaging can seem to be an easy skill to learn and perform at home, it is quite a complex skill and, if not done appropriately can be very detrimental to your pet. Placing bandages on animals is quite tricky due to their hair, activity levels, and their keen ability to rip bandages off.
So, we must place multiple layers in a precise fashion and with a very specific tightness to allow for the animal's constant motion without disrupting blood flow. There are also many different types of bandages specific to other kinds of issues that we might be treating. Although it might look like a simple bandage, there can be many different materials or wound treatments underneath the bandage that are important for healing.
The other issue is that an animal cannot tell you if the dressing is too tight. The consequences of a tight bandage can be devastating. They can include complete blood loss to the limb leading to the need for amputation.
We have seen this with very simple bandages that someone has placed at home that has tightened over time and cut off circulation to the foot leading to the need for amputation of the foot.
The other issue is that your veterinarian must monitor the healing of the wound that the bandage is covering so they can intervene as needed if there are issues.
We never recommend you replace bandages at home. The best thing you can do is cover the foot with a sock and get your dog to your veterinarian as soon as you can to get the bandage replaced. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/ask-the-vet-dealing-with-hypothyroidism-in-dogs/article_8e6fdb4a-2261-11ed-a6a4-2398fc08745b.html | 2022-08-22T22:12:18 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/ask-the-vet-dealing-with-hypothyroidism-in-dogs/article_8e6fdb4a-2261-11ed-a6a4-2398fc08745b.html |
A Southern Arizona soldier killed during the Korean War 72 years ago will be laid to rest in Tucson next month.
Army Pvt. Felix M. Yanez of Douglas, Arizona, will be buried in Tucson at South Lawn Cemetery on Sept. 3. Yanez, then 19 years old, was killed July 16, 1950, while fighting the North Korean People's Army along the Kum River, north of Taejon, South Korea.
However, the ongoing battle prevented his body from being recovered at the time, a U.S. Army news release said. Less than a year later in March 1951, a set of unknown remains were recovered near the village of Tuman-ni, South Korea, along the main road that the 19th Infantry Regiment had used to withdraw.
The remains were designated X-789 Tanggok, and buried in the United Nations Cemetery Tanggok, the news release said.
In August 1951, the Central Identification Unit Kokura in Japan began a reexamination of X-789. After declaring the remains unidentifiable, all 848 unidentified sets of Korean War remains at CIU-Kokura were sent to Hawaii in 1956 and buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
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Sixty-eight years later, in August 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency disinterred X-789 and sent the remains to a laboratory for analysis.
Yanez was accounted for this year on July 13, after his remains were identified using circumstantial evidence, chest radiograph comparison, and dental, anthropological and mitochondrial DNA analysis, the news release said.
Yanez was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division.
His name was recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will now be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
More than 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War, the news release said. | https://tucson.com/news/local/southern-arizona-soldier-killed-in-korean-war-idd-after-72-years/article_09a43936-2254-11ed-b1c5-cf8d5cf9fc09.html | 2022-08-22T22:27:05 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/southern-arizona-soldier-killed-in-korean-war-idd-after-72-years/article_09a43936-2254-11ed-b1c5-cf8d5cf9fc09.html |
SCIOTO COUNTY, OH (WOWK) – Five men were arrested in Scioto and Lawrence counties in Ohio as part of a statewide sweep to combat human trafficking, authorities say.
According to authorities, as part of the sweep, called “Operation Time’s Up,” the Southern Ohio Organized & Major Crimes Task Force conducted undercover operations in both counties to make arrests and locate victims.
Ohio Attorney General David Yost, Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman, Portsmouth Police Chief Debby Brewer, New Boston Police Chief Carl Compton, Scioto County Prosecuting Attorney Shane Tieman, Pike County Sheriff Tracy Evans and Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless announced the effort in a joint press release Monday, Aug. 22.
Authorities say the task force conducted an operation focusing on arresting those attempting to buy sex in the City of Portsmouth on Friday, Aug. 19. On Saturday, Aug. 20, the operation moved to Lawrence County, Ohio where the focus shifted to locating victims.
According to the task force, six victims were found and offered medical and social services from nongovernmental agencies and nonprofits who work alongside law enforcement.
Authorities say on Sunday, Aug. 21, the operation focused on finding and arresting adult offenders who were seeking minors with the intent of engaging in sexual activity.
The task force says those arrested include:
- David Copas, 60, of West Portsmouth, Ohio – Charged with Soliciting, a 3rd-degree misdemeanor.
- Robert Harris, 49, of Jackson, Ohio – Charged with Soliciting, a 3rd-degree misdemeanor.
- Ray Vestal, 55, of Franklin Furnace, Ohio – Charged with Soliciting, a 3rd-degree misdemeanor.
- Kline Adam Hobstetter, 72, of West Portsmouth, Ohio – Charged with Soliciting, a 3rd-degree misdemeanor.
- Jonathon Murphy, 25, of Portsmouth, Ohio – Charged with Compelling Prostitution, a 2nd-degree felony.
All five men were scheduled to appear in court this morning, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Authorities say Murphy is currently being held in the Scioto County Jail on a $25,000 bond and his case will be forwarded to the Scioto County Prosecutor’s Office to present to a grand jury. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/5-arrested-in-southern-ohio-human-trafficking-sting-6-victims-located/ | 2022-08-22T22:29:13 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/5-arrested-in-southern-ohio-human-trafficking-sting-6-victims-located/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is suing some state agencies and officials for not allowing a citizen to record a public government proceeding.
Officials with the ACLU-WV say they filed a pair of legal actions in both the state and federal courts alleging that the West Virginia Senate, West Virginia Division of Protective Services – the Capitol Police, and four officials who are employed by the Senate and Capitol Police violated their client’s legal right to record a government proceeding.
The proceeding in question was a debate on House Bill 302, in which the ACLU-WV says officials allegedly barred the public from recording the debate and allegedly threatened to have the ACLU-WV’s client arrested for attempting to record the proceedings. ACLU-WV officials say in doing so, the defendants violated their client’s First Amendment rights.
According to the ACLU-WV, the client traveled to the West Virginia State Capitol to hear the debate on July 29 during the special session of the West Virginia Legislature. ACLU-WV officials say she was permitted to record the debate over West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s proposed tax bill. However, when the client began to record the debate over HB 302, the bill introduced to clarify West Virginia’s abortion laws, authorities allegedly “intervened almost immediately.”
Officials with the ACLU-WV said when the client told authorities she was within her rights to record, she was “laughed at” and told she would be arrested if she didn’t leave the gallery.
The ACLU-WV’s staff attorney Nick Ward, refusing to allow the client to record the debate also violates the “sunshine law” the West Virginia Open Governmental Proceedings Act. He says a 2019 advisory opinion from the West Virginia Ethics Commission on Open Governmental Meetings also demonstrated her right to film the proceeding. That opinion stated that a proposed ordinance in the city of Winfield to prohibit private citizens from recording public council meetings would have violated the state law.
“The Constitution, court rulings and state law are all quite clear: members of the public have every right to record public officials during public proceedings,” Ward said. “Sunshine laws lie at the very heart of our democracy. Without transparency, government cannot be held accountable by the people it serves. That’s why we’re also asking a court to remind politicians at the state Capitol of their responsibility to uphold and protect transparency laws.”
The ACLU-WV says the federal court action was filed in the U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia regarding the client’s right to free speech guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution. West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Grover Miller, West Virginia Protective Services Director Kevin Foreman and Capitol Police Officer Van Armstrong are named as defendants in their official capacities in the lawsuit, according to the ACLU-WV.
Because violations of the Open Meetings Act are governed under West Virginia State laws, a separate action naming the West Virginia Senate and the West Virginia Division of Protective Services as the defendants was filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court, the ACLU-WV says. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/aclu-wv-sues-after-citizen-prohibited-from-recording-public-abortion-bill-hearing/ | 2022-08-22T22:29:19 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/aclu-wv-sues-after-citizen-prohibited-from-recording-public-abortion-bill-hearing/ |
ASHLAND, KY (WOWK) – Facing Hunger Foodbank is partnering with Kentucky Power to “Power up the Pantry.”
Members of Facing Hunger Foodbank and Kentucky Power will work with volunteers to set up a collection drive from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 in Ashland’s Central Park to collect canned and non-perishable foods to help stock local food pantries. The park is located at the end of Chuck Woolery Boulevard.
According to Facing Hunger Foodbank, their programs serve Greenup, Boyd, Martin and Lawrence counties in Kentucky.
Volunteers will be working to restock supplies before winter following the recent devastating flooding that hit parts of Eastern Kentucky.
Facing Hunger Foodbank also says their fellow foodbank through Feeding America, God’s Pantry, will be hosting a food drive at the same time that day at ARH Medical Mall near Black Gold Boulevard in Hazard, Kentucky.
Officials say donations can also be dropped off to the Kentucky Power Service Center in Coal Run on Route 23. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/collection-drive-set-to-restock-eastern-kentucky-food-pantries/ | 2022-08-22T22:29:25 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/collection-drive-set-to-restock-eastern-kentucky-food-pantries/ |
PORTSMOUTH, OH (WOWK)—A woman is in custody after an alleged kidnapping attempt in Southeast Ohio.
The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office says that two young children, ages 7 and 10, were approached by a woman as they were walking home on the 2300 block of 17th St. in Portsmouth on Sunday.
The children told deputies that the woman bent over with her hands on her knees to try to get the children’s attention. Deputies say that the children told them the woman then approached the 7-year-old, patted his pants pockets, and then grabbed him by the arm and tried to walk away from him. The woman allegedly told the child “I won’t hurt you.”
The 10-year-old child was able to pull the 7-year-old away from the woman’s grasp, and deputies say that the children ran to a bowling alley for help.
52-year-old Rachael Anne Enriquez, of New Boston, was arrested and charged with one count of kidnapping and a probation violation. She is being held in the Scioto County Jail without bond. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/i-wont-hurt-you-woman-arrested-for-kidnapping-in-portsmouth-ohio/ | 2022-08-22T22:29:31 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/i-wont-hurt-you-woman-arrested-for-kidnapping-in-portsmouth-ohio/ |
CROSS LANES, WV (WOWK)–The body of a Cross Lanes woman was discovered in a backyard freezer on Friday, according to multiple witnesses on the scene.
Neighbors tell 13 News that the padlocked freezer was placed against a fence in the 5000 block of Saulton Drive. They say police arrived in large numbers on Friday and removed a woman’s body from the freezer.
The victim’s name has not been released by investigators, but public records indicate the home is owned by Cynthia Mudd.
Neighbors tell 13 News that Mudd has not been seen in weeks, and one witness says police were called to the scene originally to do a well-being check on the elderly woman.
On Saturday, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office announced that a body had been found at that address, but did not provide further details.
Neighbors say the house was also occupied by two men, but their connection to the incident, if any, is unknown at this time.
A sheriff’s spokesperson said an autopsy was conducted today, but results are pending. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/neighbors-womans-body-found-in-freezer-in-cross-lanes/ | 2022-08-22T22:29:37 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/neighbors-womans-body-found-in-freezer-in-cross-lanes/ |
SOUTH POINT, OH (WOWK) – The Lawrence County, Ohio, Coroner’s Office has confirmed remains found in a wooded area near South Point, Ohio in July were identified as a missing Kentucky man.
The coroner’s office says the remains of Edward Tate, Jr, of Ashland, Kentucky were found Saturday, July 9, 2022, in a wooded area near the Train Bridge along 4th Street in South Point.
Tate had been missing since March 7, 2021. He was 31 years old at the time of his disappearance. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/remains-found-in-south-point-ohio-identified/ | 2022-08-22T22:29:43 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/remains-found-in-south-point-ohio-identified/ |
NICHOLAS COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — The man who pulled the trigger fatally shooting a corporal with the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Department also killed himself, according to courtroom testimony Monday in Summersville.
West Virginia State Police First Sgt. James Mitchell took the stand in the preliminary hearing in the case against Brent Kelly.
Kelly, 28, is charged with first-degree murder in the case of the fallen Corporal Tom Baker.
First Sgt. Mitchell told the court that the other suspect in the case, Richie Holcomb, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound from an AR-15. The nature of the death was confirmed through the state medical examiner’s office. Testimony has also revealed that it was bullets from that AR-15 that also killed Cpl. Baker.
First Sgt. Mitchell testified the evidence revealed Kelly had gunshot residue on his hands, face, and forehead. He could not say whether or not Kelly fired a shot during the standoff that happened in the Birch River area of Nicholas County.
Monday morning, a magistrate ruled there was enough evidence in the case for it to proceed. It will now go to the grand jury.
Deputies originally came to the camper and property on Friday, June 3 for a call about a disturbance related to Holcomb. Holcomb also had an outstanding misdemeanor warrant.
Holcomb, according to testimony, had been evicted from the camper property, and power there had been cut off.
Holcomb was originally tased by other deputies, and he then returned gunfire, hitting another deputy. Corporal Josh Ellison survived the shooting.
Cpl. Baker, who did not go into the camper, was hit several times as he was trying to run for cover investigators say.
13 News has reached out to Kelly’s attorney for comment. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/testimony-suspect-in-nicholas-county-officer-shootings-death-was-self-inflicted/ | 2022-08-22T22:29:49 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/testimony-suspect-in-nicholas-county-officer-shootings-death-was-self-inflicted/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – A man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for a 2019 Rand murder.
According to the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Gerard Maxwell, 36, of Rand, was sentenced to life in prison without mercy for the 2019 murder of 27-year-old Marian Chapman of South Charleston. The prosecuting attorney’s office also says Maxwell was sentenced to an additional five years for a gun charge and one year for a domestic violence charge to be served consecutively.
In a bench trial last December, Maxwell was convicted of murder and other charges in Chapman’s death. According to court documents, Maxwell had requested the bench trial.
Chapman was found gunned down on the porch of a home in the 300 block of Clemson Avenue in Rand in January 2019. Maxwell was arrested in March 2019 near Atlanta, Georgia. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-man-gets-life-in-prison-for-2019-murder/ | 2022-08-22T22:29:55 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-man-gets-life-in-prison-for-2019-murder/ |
HIGH POINT — Authorities are investigating a homicide that occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m. Monday, High Point police said in a news release.
Officers responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call at 4326 Garden Club St. Upon arrival, they found 32-year-old Terrance J. Parms of High Point dead from a gunshot wound.
Authorities had a suspect in custody, but additional information was not immediately released.
Police are continuing to investigate the incident.
Anyone with information about violent crime or illegal activity is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of High Point at 336-889-4000 or report it via the P3 mobile app. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/high-point-man-shot-to-death-monday-afternoon-police-say/article_1d9c4370-225e-11ed-aa0b-ebe9cb275009.html | 2022-08-22T22:30:20 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/high-point-man-shot-to-death-monday-afternoon-police-say/article_1d9c4370-225e-11ed-aa0b-ebe9cb275009.html |
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GREENSBORO — The driver of a stolen vehicle fatally shot by a police officer has been identified as a 17-year-old male, Greensboro police said in a news release.
Two additional male occupants in the vehicle included a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old, police said, adding that other occupants have not yet been identified.
Greensboro police did not identify the teenagers by name and referred all questions to the State Bureau of Investigation.
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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.
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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.
"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/update-17-year-old-fatally-shot-by-officer-sunday-after-the-driver-struck-a-patrol/article_9fb2edec-220d-11ed-ab2f-bfca5b30c8b3.html | 2022-08-22T22:30:26 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/update-17-year-old-fatally-shot-by-officer-sunday-after-the-driver-struck-a-patrol/article_9fb2edec-220d-11ed-ab2f-bfca5b30c8b3.html |
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state.
New positive cases: 604
New deaths: 3
Total positive cases: 2,261,430
Total number of deaths: 31,365
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,191,010
Rate of transmission: 0.86
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 63,734 cases, 975 deaths, 381,684 doses administered
Cape May: 12,702 cases, 269 deaths, 134,712 doses administered
Cumberland: 37,869 cases, 584 deaths, 187,490 doses administered
Ocean: 153,783 cases, 2,900 deaths, 704,851 doses administered
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Source: N.J. Department of Health
Figures as of 5 p.m. Aug. 22 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-604-new-covid-19-cases-3-new-deaths/article_883a475c-225b-11ed-8f55-8312b1df00c1.html | 2022-08-22T22:32:42 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-604-new-covid-19-cases-3-new-deaths/article_883a475c-225b-11ed-8f55-8312b1df00c1.html |
TRENTON — New Jersey is suspending sales taxes on various items for students as they prepare to return to the classroom.
From Aug. 27 to Sept. 5, the state's sales tax will be off limits on school supplies including binders, book bags and calculators. Art supplies, such as paint and paint brushes, are included in the tax holiday.
Even computers on sale for under $3,000 will also not be taxed for the week, according to the state Division of Taxation.
The state is omitting the sales tax while record-high inflation threatens student accessibility to needed school supplies as most begin the academic school year in the coming weeks.
Outside the classroom, materials needed for sports will be tax-free for the week and include swimming goggles, shin guards and shoulder pads, the Division said.
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A full list of items included in the sales tax holiday is available on the Division's website. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-waving-sales-tax-on-school-supplies-beginning-saturday/article_ebf4809c-2246-11ed-b580-4bd037c9c9de.html | 2022-08-22T22:32:49 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-waving-sales-tax-on-school-supplies-beginning-saturday/article_ebf4809c-2246-11ed-b580-4bd037c9c9de.html |
WINTERSET, Iowa — A man who was arrested last week after barricading himself inside an Iowa church has been charged in an arrest warrant with killing his grandmother and great grandmother in Omaha.
Gage Walter, 27, of Omaha, was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 93-year-old Marceline Teeters and 70-year-old Linda Walter, according to online court records. The women's bodies were found Aug. 13 in an Omaha home.
Walter is also charged with attempted murder in the hammer attack of Stephen Regnier of Omaha on Aug. 12, as well as three weapons counts.
Walter was arrested Aug. 14 in Winterset, Iowa, after he barricaded himself inside a church there. Court records say he had been driving a car stolen from the home were his grandmother and great grandmother were killed.
West Des Moines Police Sgt. Jason Heintz said Walter fled when police tried to pull him over as he drove the vehicle in West Des Moines that morning. Walter led officers on a chase for about 45 minutes before abandoning his vehicle and entering St. Paul Lutheran Church in Winterset.
Walter then barricaded himself inside the church for four hours before eventually surrendering peacefully after negotiations with Iowa State Patrol and West Des Moines Police Department. No church parishioners were inside, officials said.
In Iowa, Walter faces charges of possession of a stolen vehicle and fleeing from police. He could also be charged with burglary for entering the church.
Walter is being held in the Polk County Jail in Des Moines until he can be extradited to Nebraska, according to an Omaha PD press release. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/winterset-church-standoff-man-arrested-charged-omaha-nebraska-iowa/524-d971bff4-7d73-41b7-b92a-7ed7abeb2965 | 2022-08-22T22:32:49 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/winterset-church-standoff-man-arrested-charged-omaha-nebraska-iowa/524-d971bff4-7d73-41b7-b92a-7ed7abeb2965 |
We are heading for September, and fishing continues in mid-season form.
The fan-favorite summer founder are hanging in the back bays, inlets and surf while increasing inshore.
Kingfish and spot vie for space and bait in the surf. Sheepshead and triggerfish gather around rockpiles and pilings.
Bluefish and weakfish show up in waves chasing the plentiful bait fish of peanut bunker and spearing.
Sportfishing offshore is also in peak season.
The big-time Mid-Atlantic launched Monday from the two host ports of Canyon Club in Cape May and the Sunset Marina in Ocean City, Maryland.
Tournament director Aaron Hoffman reported Monday afternoon from Cape May that of the 178 sport fishers entered, 78 went off to the blue water on opening day.
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He also said the total purse for the five-day classic now in its 31st season is a sweet $5.2 million.
It wraps up Friday.
The Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club ran its White Marlin Invitational last week.
Steve Palmer from Jingle’s Bait and Tackle in North Beach Haven helped with providing the results.
He said Crisdel was a big winner with $118,876, led by a 194.3-pound tuna.
Code Blu had 900 points for blue marlin and was second overall with $57,783.33. Big Oil took $45,888.33 for third and recorded mahi that weighed 16.7 and 13.8 pounds.
No white marlin were recorded.
And now to the complete opposite end of the fishing spectrum, here’s a report from the Strathmere Fishing and Environmental Club’s youth surf fishing contest held Saturday.
They also counted some impressive numbers.
Tournament director Ed Di Marcantonio said they had 122 young surfcasters sign up. They caught kingfish, spot and sand sharks.
This Saturday and Sunday will feature a creative addition to the local fishing scene: the two-day Atlantic City Surf Fishing Festival that carries a whopping $10,000 heaviest-fish prize.
The fishing part of this endeavor is Sunday on the beaches of Atlantic City from inside the T-Jetty to the inlet side of Steel Pier.
Detailed information, including how to register, is at NJsatfest.com. There are a lot of interesting and fun aspects to this event, including a festival Saturday at the Absecon Lighthouse.
Local fishing activists such as Eleanor Bochenek, a member of New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council; Jim Hutchinson Jr., editor and columnist for The Fisherman’s Magazine; Noel Feliciano of One-Stop Bait and Tackle in Atlantic City; and Dave Showell of Absecon Bay Sportsman’s Center will be among the Saturday honorees.
John Lewis is captain of the Insatiable charter boat and president of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association.
The BHCFA has a Junior Mates program, and the young fishers have been leading the recent deployments of reef balls to replenish artificial reefs in the area mainly off Long Beach Island. They had another addition to a local fishing reef last week.
That’s a super program kept going by area youth.
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Michael Shepherd is the retired sports editor of The Press. His column appears Mondays online and Tuesdays in print.
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A renowned Ocean City native and women’s college basketball coach is poised to become the Ocean City High School girls basketball coach.
The Ocean City Board of Education will vote Wednesday on whether to approve Stephanie Gaitley as the Red Raiders' coach, according to the meeting agenda. Gaitley’s hire would also have to be approved by the interim executive county superintendent, according to the agenda. Gaitley would receive a $6,807 stipend. The board meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the school library.
Gaitley, a 1978 Ocean City graduate, compiled a 684-393 record in 36 seasons as a college coach with LIU Brooklyn, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s University, Monmouth and Fordham. Her hiring would turn heads throughout the state high school basketball community.
Gaitley, 62, parted ways with Fordham this summer. She led the Rams to nine postseason berths and two Atlantic-10 championships in her 11 seasons at the New York City school.
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Gaitley and her family are well-known in the Ocean City community.
At Ocean City High School, Gaitley, then known as Stephanie Vanderslice, was a scoring and rebounding star from 1974-1978 for coach Pat Dougherty, and the team went 100-0 in the Cape-Atlantic League during that time.
After playing her freshman year at the University of Delaware, Gaitley played three years for Villanova University, which won three straight undefeated Big Five championships. The Wildcats advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 1982.
In Ocean City, Gaitley would take over a program that experienced more than its fair share of turmoil last season.
The Ocean City Board of Education voted in May not to reappoint Mike Cappelletti after his one season as head coach. Cappelletti, a longtime Ocean City assistant, coached the Red Raiders to an 18-9 record, the Cape-Atlantic League National Division championship and a berth in the South Jersey Group III semifinals last season.
The board’s decision came after parents of players and the players themselves had appeared at previous board meetings and accused Cappelletti and assistant coach Tim Kelley of mistreating and bullying them. The parents said Cappelletti gave preferential treatment to his daughter, the team’s sophomore guard.
School officials said an independent Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying investigation found no improper conduct. The school administration recommended he be reappointed as head coach. Plenty of Red Raiders alumni spoke out in support of Cappelletti.
This is a developing story. Check back for further coverage. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/renowned-college-basketball-coach-ocean-city-native-set-to-take-over-ochs-girls-team/article_5adb459a-2260-11ed-84a6-7f570fdba940.html | 2022-08-22T22:33:13 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/renowned-college-basketball-coach-ocean-city-native-set-to-take-over-ochs-girls-team/article_5adb459a-2260-11ed-84a6-7f570fdba940.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — Downtown bars Taps and Dolls and 247 Sky Bar have closed, according to the owner.
The popular nightclubs, located on South Meridian Street, officially shut their doors last Thursday.
(NOTE: The video in the player above is from a March 2022 report on IMPD's push to revoke the liquor license of two South Meridian Street bars.)
According to a Facebook post from the bars’ owner, Ryan Greb, “Mucky Duck” will be taking over the space.
Mucky Duck, a south side pub, is owned by the same people who own the Meridian Street building and operate “Johnson Hospitality Group.”
The downtown closure comes just months after the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission denied the bar’s liquor license renewal.
IMPD led the push to take away the licenses from both Taps and Dolls and nearby bar Tiki Bob's. The department said it has dealt with numerous problems and spent heavy resources to keep the area in and around the bars safe.
13News reached out to the owner of the building, Todd Johnson, but has not heard back.
Meanwhile, IMPD shared the following statement:
“IMPD will continue working with the City, businesses, residents and community leaders to ensure Downtown and the entire Indianapolis area remains a safe place for people to live, work, and socialize.” | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-meridian-street-bar-taps-and-dolls-closes/531-6141c818-7f24-4b01-93a2-784f45a33452 | 2022-08-22T22:40:32 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-meridian-street-bar-taps-and-dolls-closes/531-6141c818-7f24-4b01-93a2-784f45a33452 |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Two men have been charged in the fatal shooting that killed 49-year-old Dennis Haynes of Wichita earlier this month.
According to court documents, Caviontay Conway, 21, and Shannon Cavitt Jr., 39, both made their first appearances in the 18th Judicial District Court on Monday, Aug. 22 and were each charged by a judge with the following:
- One count of murder in the 1st degree; In the commission of a felony
- One count of Aggravated burglary, Dwelling for felony, theft, sex
- One count of Aggravated robbery, Armed with a dangerous weapon
- Four counts of Kidnapping; In flight or the commission of any crime
Both are each being held on a $500,000 bond. Their next court date is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 6.
According to police, around 7:50 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, officers were dispatched to the 5200 block of E Gilbert for the report of a shooting.
Upon arrival at the scene, Wichita police say they found Dennis unconscious and not breathing. Officers then began life-saving measures. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
An investigation by the Wichita Police Department revealed that Dennis and several other people were inside a home when two armed men entered and shot Dennis. They then fled on foot, according to Wichita police. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/two-men-charged-for-wichita-murder/ | 2022-08-22T22:41:40 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/two-men-charged-for-wichita-murder/ |
Ground has been cleared and work has started on a Petrifying Springs Park playground relocation project near Pavilion 4 in roughly the center of the park. The work is being done to avoid flooding during heavy rain, and to eliminate sand and debris from the playground from washing into the Pike River.
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A sign for the relocated playground has been set up near Pavilion 4 in Petrifying Springs Park. The work is expected to be completed later this fall.
SOMERS — A playground at Kenosha County’s Petrifying Springs Park is in the process of being moved to higher, dryer ground.
This work, to be completed later this fall, represents the conclusion of the Phase 2 Pike River restoration project that was executed in 2021, according to Kenosha County Parks Director Matthew Collins.
Located near Pavilion 4 in roughly the center of the park, the playground was formerly located in a floodplain area that frequently took on water after significant rainfall.
When that occurred, the playground needed to be closed temporarily, and the health of the river was affected. Collins noted that some 86 tons of sand and gravel from the playground base would wash into the river during each major storm.
“It gave us an opportunity when we were looking at the Pike River restoration to take that existing footprint and move it out of the floodplain,” Collins said. “So we solved an ecological issue as well as a maintenance and a cost issue by relocating it.”
The relocated playground will be across the river from the old site, connected to the rest of the park by a pedestrian bridge that was installed last year.
That bridge, Collins noted, was repurposed from Highway KR, where the state of Wisconsin is widening the roadway to accommodate the Wisconn Valley development across the border in Racine County. The reused bridge was part of a trail system that the state is relocating as part of the highway project.
Collins said the new playground will be under a tree canopy, providing shade for kids and their parents and putting them within the scenic, wooded area that overlooks the river.
“One of the benefits of the Phase 2 Pike restoration was increasing accessibility to the other side of the river, which gives people the opportunity to easily access more of the park’s space that was previously underutilized,” Collins said.
The playground equipment for the new site is mainly new equipment.
Collins said prep work for the new site has been completed by county parks staff. A contractor is expected to install the new equipment in the coming months, with completion anticipated by late fall.
IN PHOTOS AND VIDEO: “Leprechaun & Lederhosen” Beer Run in Somers on Saturday, March 12, 2022
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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.”
Ground has been cleared and work has started on a Petrifying Springs Park playground relocation project near Pavilion 4 in roughly the center of the park. The work is being done to avoid flooding during heavy rain, and to eliminate sand and debris from the playground from washing into the Pike River. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/headed-to-higher-ground-petrifying-springs-park-playground-being-relocated-to-avoid-floods/article_9d40ff24-224c-11ed-9323-4bb2c41a3cc7.html | 2022-08-22T22:44:02 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/headed-to-higher-ground-petrifying-springs-park-playground-being-relocated-to-avoid-floods/article_9d40ff24-224c-11ed-9323-4bb2c41a3cc7.html |
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Storm clouds rolling in over the valley are a welcome site for dry farmlands in Luzerne County.
Ed Charney, the owner of Charney Farms on Pecks Road in Harding, says his crops sure could any rain they can get.
"When you got dry weather, you get advanced maturity, so things come in a little quicker, but what's happening is that it's coming in all over the place. It's not consistent," said Charney.
And that inconsistency is bad for business.
This past weekend Charney chose not to sell any sweet corn or hay.
"I don't have enough corn to pick; the product I have isn't that good. So I really don't want to sell an inferior product," said Charney. "It's dry out in the fields and the woods, so there's a lot of animal pressure too."
With rain earlier in the day, Charney was optimistic about how well it saturated the ground.
According to Charney, after being dry for so long, you only need to dig down a little bit to find some dirt that turns into dust.
Many farmers apply for crop insurance to cover times when ground conditions become tough, but for Charney, that's a road he doesn't want to go down again.
"I had crop insurance, and I tried to make a claim due to dry weather, and they considered a marketable ear of corn to be five inches in length," said Charney. "I probably lost fifty percent of the crop."
Charney says his only option for this season is to harvest what he can now and hope that the corn he planted last month sees enough rain to be ready for Labor Day. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/local-farmers-hot-weather-charney-farms-corn-hay-dry-drought/523-9feededb-4406-4b65-bf19-044827427f36 | 2022-08-22T22:44:16 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/local-farmers-hot-weather-charney-farms-corn-hay-dry-drought/523-9feededb-4406-4b65-bf19-044827427f36 |
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — There are always lots of fans cheering at the Little League World Series. But during each game, one group always stands out — the players' families.
Many parents spend a good portion of their summers traveling with their kids playing in tournaments with the goal of making it to South Williamsport.
"Gather what funds you can do because this is a once-in-a-lifetime, and you're going to make it work whatever it takes," said Kyle George, a parent from the Great Lakes region.
The team representing the Great Lakes region is from Hagerstown, Indiana. George says many of the families were able to come thanks to support from their community.
"I think we've got several tens of thousands of dollars to help fund the families to get here. They've done some fundraisers with t-shirts and different things that way, and most of it's just been from our county and community giving us the money to get here."
Pablo Puente, a Mexico region parent, traveled to South Williamsport from Matamoros, Mexico, with around 30 other people.
"Some of them came in the airplane, some in the car. A lot of people helped us with the money," said Puente.
Some of the teams only had a few days' notice that they were coming to the Little League World Series.
"We got here, had a place, and due to availability, we had to scoot around from one hotel to the next trying to stay as close to the stadium as we could," said Emily Carter, a parent from the Southeast region.
The team representing the southeast region is from Nolensville, Tennessee. Parents are dealing with the issue of return flights.
"We now want to push it back. I pushed my return flight, I think, for the third time. It's the wonderful problem of getting to push it back when your team keeps winning," said Southeast region parent Ashley Daniel.
Despite being far from home, parents tell us they wouldn't miss this for the world. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/little-league-parents-deal-with-travel-troubles-expense-world-series-flights-hotels-traveling/523-d04a5875-8602-47b6-a68b-989dbadc6b4b | 2022-08-22T22:44:22 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/little-league-parents-deal-with-travel-troubles-expense-world-series-flights-hotels-traveling/523-d04a5875-8602-47b6-a68b-989dbadc6b4b |
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — People who attend the Little League World Series are certain of two things: they will see some great baseball, and they will do a lot of walking. There is transportation once you get into the Little League complex, but there wasn't much outside until now.
Steven Southard and Tristan Morrison are from Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They are both pedicab drivers and brought their business to South Williamsport.
"We go to events like this all the time. We thought maybe with the access and this big hill, it would be a lot of fun to give rides," Southard said. "It's pretty tiring, definitely. This is a long hill. But we do have motors, so we're pretty well set up to do it, and our bikes are amazing, and the hill is a blast to ride down."
The two got here last Wednesday and have been giving people rides all week. They charge between $5 and $10, depending on how far people want to go.
"At first, we were really not sure, but now we feel like we're really appreciated," Morrison said.
"South Williamsport has been amazing," Southard added. "The people here are super friendly, and we love them. They've been loving us too, and it's been great."
People were happy to save a few steps and get a ride.
"It was a nice ride. I didn't expect it!" said Fred Veronezi.
Steven and Tristen say they hope to be back for next year's Little League World Series. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/pedal-power-transporting-little-league-fans-world-series-fans-spectators-pedicabs-oklahoma/523-2875d774-4004-45b0-9778-3862f8c79ae5 | 2022-08-22T22:44:28 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/pedal-power-transporting-little-league-fans-world-series-fans-spectators-pedicabs-oklahoma/523-2875d774-4004-45b0-9778-3862f8c79ae5 |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Members of the Williamsport Bureau of Police are working around the clock after a recent string of gun violence.
In the past five days, there have been three shootings across the city.
"Frustrating on our end that we are having these senseless acts of violence take place, but I want everyone to know we are working diligently, our law enforcement officers are working diligently," said Williamsport Mayor Derek Slaughter.
"We actually have our officers out there right now and agents out there right now that are following leads on these incidents," said Williamsport Police Chief Justin Snyder.
Two teenagers were shot outside a home on Boyd Street in the city Sunday night. Neither experienced life-threatening injuries. That location is just a mile away from where Little Leaguers were enjoying the Little League Classic at Bowman Field.
The rise in violence comes at a time when thousands of people are visiting the area.
"it is frustrating when this happens any time of the year, but particularly frustrating when it is during the Little League World Series when the eyes of the world are on Williamsport."
This past Wednesday, a 20-year-old man was shot at Victoria Gardens apartments on Hepburn Street. He later died at the hospital. Police say no arrests have been made yet, but the public is not in danger.
"These actually are isolated incidents involving the three shootings that have occurred. We are identifying those that are involved."
According to police, the shooting Sunday and the shooting on Edwin Street on Friday night both involved teenagers.
"As we are watching the youth and our youngsters play baseball, on this side of things, we are watching youngsters commit felonies our citizens, our community needs to step up, and that includes myself. If you see something, say something."
Police tell Newswatch 16 that they hope to increase patrol units in the city over the coming days.
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HONESDALE, Pa. — Patients who come to Wayne Memorial Hospital's hematology and oncology department are learning that the hospital won't have an oncologist after September 30.
James Pettinato is the hospital's CEO and says they contracted with local oncology groups to borrow an oncologist for their patients, but that is ending. Pettinato says the pool of potential doctors has dwindled despite the increase in the need for care. The hospital isn't having any luck recruiting new specialists to partner with, and unfortunately, those patients are the ones who suffer in this case.
"We've had four changes of physicians and physician practices that have partnered with us to provide that service. Wayne Memorial is not the main provider of the service. While they're in our building and set up office here, and it's done under our header, we've always partnered with a larger hematology and oncology group that had the depth and breadth of resources," Pettinato explained.
Officials with Wayne Memorial say not all is lost for patients who visit the oncology and hematology department at the hospital. Patients can still come to receive treatment.
"They can still come for their treatment if the patient agrees and the physician agrees. We just won't have that one physician component here."
Pettinato says there are anywhere from 10 to 20 patients who will need to be transferred to a new doctor.
"Our staff has been working with patients that are coming in and hopefully transitioning them to a place that's easy for them to get to."
Wayne Memorial officials say they are continuing to search for an oncologist or a group to partner with in the hopes of returning those outpatient services to their patients. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wayne-county/some-specialty-care-at-wayne-memorial-hospital-ending-hematology-oncology-outpatient-specialty/523-b8e6ea3b-965c-48fb-9170-22ec6a40c0d1 | 2022-08-22T22:44:40 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wayne-county/some-specialty-care-at-wayne-memorial-hospital-ending-hematology-oncology-outpatient-specialty/523-b8e6ea3b-965c-48fb-9170-22ec6a40c0d1 |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Officials discovered a literal ton of documents thought to be lost to time earlier this week, revealing parts of local history that likely haven’t been seen for decades.
While working to clear and restore the Ashe Street Courthouse, which was recently transferred into the ownership of The City of Johnson City, crews removed a wall partition that happened to be hiding a vault in the former county seat’s walls.
“In uncovering this vault and finally being able to get the vault open,” said Washington County archivist Ned Irwin. “They discovered this hidden treasure of Washington County records.”
When the vault was opened, crews found 113 books of court records that each weighed around 20 pounds and dated all the way back to 1891. The first case on record, W.M. Simpson vs. Mayor and Aldermen of Johnson City, resulted in a judgment of $96.30 (Roughly $3,135 today) in Simpson’s favor.
The last record found in the vault was dated in 1963, meaning that the documents must have been sealed away sometime after then. The files inside revolved around Johnson City Law Court and the civil cases heard there.
Officials said the documents themselves were in surprisingly good shape, considering they’d been resting in a vault for so long.
“You could lay them on the table, and the dust would just boil out of them,” said Dona Briggs, deputy county archivist. “So we took cloth cotton rags, we cleaned and wiped, and cleaned and wiped… and cleaned and wiped.”
The courthouse has been at the center of development plans for the city for months as the county worked to transfer ownership. In addition to internal and external changes, the city has purchased property surrounding the building to create new parking around the structure. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hidden-vault-of-county-records-found-in-ashe-st-courthouse/ | 2022-08-22T22:45:33 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hidden-vault-of-county-records-found-in-ashe-st-courthouse/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The law firm hired to conduct an independent review of how Johnson City police handle sexual assault cases has established an online portal where citizens can submit their concerns.
According to a release from the city, information can be shared anonymously through the portal and submissions will go directly to the Daigle Law Group. While input may be submitted anonymously, citizens are encouraged to submit their contact information for follow-up purposes.
“Victims and/or anyone with concerns can get in touch with them and I think that … they would love to get names so that they can follow up, but the city in no part will be a part of that,” City Manager Cathy Ball told News Channel 11 Monday afternoon. “This will just be the investigation.”
The portal can be found at https://jcpd.mystagingwebsite.com/.
The city hired the Daigle Law Group to conduct a third-party investigation after a lawsuit was filed by a former special assistant U.S. attorney who said she was fired for pushing the department to further investigate a series of rape allegations made against a Johnson City business owner referred to only as “Robert Voe.”
“They have said that it would take five to six months from the beginning and we’re about three to four weeks into it,” Ball said. “They’re reviewing all the records now and they’re also looking … our protocol, our policies as well as state policies.”
Ball said the law group’s portal fits with her hopes for what can emerge from the filing of the lawsuit, the allegations of which have led to a small but vocal group of concerned citizens calling for Police Chief Karl Turner’s suspension or ouster.
“From the very beginning, it’s been our desire to figure out a way that we could hear the concerns from folks,” Ball said. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/input-sought-on-johnson-city-pds-handling-of-sexual-assault-cases/ | 2022-08-22T22:45:39 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/input-sought-on-johnson-city-pds-handling-of-sexual-assault-cases/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 69-year-old man missing since Saturday, Aug. 20.
Ted Fisher was last seen at the 9600 block of Bear Paw Trail in southeast Austin around 1:15 p.m., police said.
Due to Fisher’s health conditions, there are concerns for his immediate welfare.
He is described as a Black man, 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 155 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes. His left eye has a noticeable cataract.
Fisher was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with red lettering, dark gray slacks, black socks and sandals.
Anyone with any information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911 immediately.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Department of Transportation is launching a campaign to help educate people about impaired driving. The campaign is called Labor Day Impaired.
The goal is to inform drivers of all ages about the dangers of driving impaired, especially over the holiday weekend. Organizers say that “if you feel different, you drive different.”
“About 30% of all traffic crashes in the United States involve drunk drivers,” Gary Herman, KDOT behavioral safety manager, said. “In 2020, one person was killed every 45 minutes in a drunk driving crash on our nation’s highways.”
Herman said that there will be extra law enforcement on Kansas highways over the holiday weekend.
The message is not just for drivers. It is for friends and family members, too. KDOT says that you should never allow anyone to drive impaired.
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GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL)- The wait time for rides at the Appalachain Fair feels like nothing when you get to the Barnyard Nursery where several people wait for hours to see hundreds of ducklings on the “Duck Slide.”
“You can stay in the line for an hour or two hours, and it’s packed the whole time,” said Appalachian Fair Manager, Phil Booher.
The ducklings are just a few days old when they get to Gray.
“It takes a lot of patience to get them to get them going and get them on the right track,” said Zane Malone, the Barnyard Nursery manager and “duck trainer.”
Being the stars of an almost 60-year-old attraction takes some work.
“The tapping is more just a vocal to try to get them moving. The string is more of just a motion thing that keeps them moving,” Malone said as he moved the ducklings along with a red string attached to a pole. “We we give them some feed off at the top. That way it just kind of draws them back in as a little reward every time they go down the slide. By the middle of the week, they’re looking to get in that water and play a little just like any little kid.”
Throughout the week, the ducks will slide in groups in 15-minute increments.
“Right now, they’re so small, they’re not producing any oil for their feathers. And normally, their mother would do that. She would put them under her wing and rub oil on them to keep their feathers kind of water wicking,” Malone said. “So right now we try to get them off about every 15 minutes, get them back under a heat lamp and get them warmed up.”
The 200 or so ducks are up for adoption, with the fees going to the fair scholarships.
“We give three scholarships away in the [Agriculture] Department and the beef, dairy and sheep. And we got original fair scholarships; we give three of those away every year,” Booher said. “A lot of kids around here, it would surprise you don’t know much about [agriculture] either. So that’s one of our main goals is to help people understand where their food comes from.”
The ducklings are a family favorite that makes a lasting impact beyond the fair week.
“Agriculture was a driving force in the nation,” Malone said. “It’s feeding families. It’s putting money in people’s pockets to feed their families.”
The ducks cost $6 each. Fairgoers interested in purchasing them must also get a bag of feed and care instructions. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/what-makes-the-duck-slide-so-popular-at-the-appalachian-fair/ | 2022-08-22T22:53:10 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/what-makes-the-duck-slide-so-popular-at-the-appalachian-fair/ |
PORT HURON, Mich. (WJRT) - Boil water advisories are over and repairs are proceeding 10 days after a 10-foot diameter water pipeline burst near Port Huron.
Crews working for the Great Lakes Water Authority removed a damaged section of the pipe over the weekend. They continued preparing for the delivery of 48 feet of replacement pipe scheduled for delivery Tuesday.
The pipeline leading from the water authority's treatment plant near Lake Huron can return to full service after the replacement section is installed and flushing protocols are completed.
Over the weekend, the Great Lakes Water Authority removed a Boil Water Advisory that was in place for a week covering seven communities with 123,000 residents. That means residents can resume drinking tap water without boiling it first.
Residents in Lapeer, Macomb and St. Clair counties who were under the advisory last week should run cold water through their faucets for five minutes to flush their household plumbing, then do the same with hot water. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/damaged-section-removed-from-10-foot-water-pipeline-that-burst-near-port-huron/article_ffce4820-2267-11ed-b69a-1390956fc1eb.html | 2022-08-22T22:59:01 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/damaged-section-removed-from-10-foot-water-pipeline-that-burst-near-port-huron/article_ffce4820-2267-11ed-b69a-1390956fc1eb.html |
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (WJRT) – Grand Blanc mom Jamie Chapman feels more ready this year sending her three kids back to school because of one simple fix: increased security at Grand Blanc schools.
Grand Blanc Community Schools will have five armed security guards from Premier Security Solutions, in addition to four school resource officers this school year. Parents like Chapman say they feel more at ease.
“I didn't hear anybody have to fight for this, or cause a big stir about it,” Chapman said. “They just went about it and did it without parents having to do that, which was really important.”
Two school resource officers from the city of Grand Blanc will man the high school while two from Grand Blanc Township will be placed at each middle school. The additional security guards will be placed at the elementary schools.
“If there's students in the building our people are there the whole time,” said Jody Grant, director of training at Premier Security Solutions. “The school resource officer might not have that luxury. He might have to be at the police department or at court or doing a home visit.”
Grant said more districts are requesting help from these retired law enforcement officers since the tragedy at Oxford High School and more recently the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
“Our school clients have almost doubled,” Grant said. “We work with schools in Oakland County, Livingston County, Genesee County, St. Clair County.”
The additional help will allow Grand Blanc police officers do their job better where they can focus on specific schools and their students.
“Having armed security that we know is a good company and trustworthy, that will definitely ease a little bit of that pressure on our school resource officer,” Grand Blanc Township Police Sgt. Scott Theede said. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/grand-blanc-schools-increase-security-for-new-year/article_8f81ed14-2263-11ed-aa67-2b222c31b5e6.html | 2022-08-22T22:59:07 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/grand-blanc-schools-increase-security-for-new-year/article_8f81ed14-2263-11ed-aa67-2b222c31b5e6.html |
PELHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The city of Pelham has closed a Travelodge hotel due to health and safety concerns following multiple inspections this month.
The Travelodge by Wyndham Pelham Birmingham, located on 410 Oak Mountain Circle, has received numerous inspections by the City of Pelham and was officially closed on Monday.
On Aug. 12, Pelham’s Fire Marshals inspected the property and ordered an immediate closure of the premises “in order to secure those facilities and prevent harm to the health, safety, and welfare of any occupants, employees, and other citizens.”
On Aug. 15, an additional investigation and inspection of the property was conducted by the City of Pelham Fire Marshal and Building Office. The departments found “[multiple] violations of city codes and ordinances, dangerous conditions, structural issues, and threats to the health, safety, and welfare.”
The City of Pelham found that the Travelodge is not rendered fit for commercial use in its present state and ordered a shutdown of the premises until further notice. The owner of the Travelodge has been notified of both inspections.
The situation will be placed on the agenda for the next Pelham City Council meeting.
The full declaration of emergency, signed by Mayor Gary Waters and Treasurer Tom Seale, is available below. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/pelham-travelodge-shutdown-due-to-health-and-safety-concerns/ | 2022-08-22T23:00:55 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/pelham-travelodge-shutdown-due-to-health-and-safety-concerns/ |
Carlos Pena, missing since Aug. 2, found dead 3 miles away from Yucca residence
Carlos Pena, a Yucca resident who was last seen on Aug. 2, was found dead about 3 miles away from his home on Aug. 13, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.
It appears the 84-year-old man "succumbed to the elements," the Sheriff's Office said. There were no indications of foul play in his death. Pena's body was taken to the Mohave County Medical Examiner's Office.
Officials believe he left his home near Frontage Road and Shep Lane sometime between Aug. 2 and Aug. 5, according to the Sheriff's Office. He was known to go for walks and didn't drive.
"We want to thank everyone that came out to help locate him, as well as the Arizona Department of Public Safety Western Air Rescue Helicopter. Our condolences are with his family," the Sheriff's Office said in a statement on Aug. 14.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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Remains of Arizona soldier killed in Korean War to be buried
The remains of a 19-year-old Arizona soldier who was killed in action during the Korean War in 1950 will be buried next month in Tucson, U.S. Army officials said Monday.
Burial for Pvt. Felix M. Yanez is scheduled for Sept. 3 at South Lawn Cemetery.
Yanez was a native of Douglas, Arizona who served in the Army as a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division.
Army officials said he died on July 16, 1950 while fighting the North Korean People’s Army along the Kum River north of Taejon, South Korea.
Yanez’s body could not be recovered at that time.
Arizona war dead: Nearly 3,000 have died in service to our country
A set of remains recovered in March 1951 that couldn’t be identified were buried in the United Nations Cemetery Tanggok.
Five years later, all 848 unidentified sets of Korean War remains at the Central Identification Unit Kokura in Japan were sent to Hawaii and buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
But in 2019, the Defense Department’s POW/MIA Accounting Agency had some of the unidentified remains disinterred and sent to a laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.
Army officials said Yanez’s remains finally were identified last month through dental and DNA analysis. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/08/22/remains-arizona-soldier-killed-korean-war-buried/7869967001/ | 2022-08-22T23:03:24 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/08/22/remains-arizona-soldier-killed-korean-war-buried/7869967001/ |
Sunset Crater National Monument partially reopens following damage from Tunnel Fire
The National Park Service partially reopened Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument on Thursday after being closed since the Tunnel Fire began burning in mid-April.
Sunset Crater Loop Road, along with the Lava Flow and A’a trails, are open once more, according to the National Park Service’s website. However, the visitor center, along with Lenox Crater Trail, Lava’s Edge Trail and Cinder Hills Overlook, remain closed for now.
“Most of it is open,” said Chief of Visitor Services for National Park Services in Flagstaff Richard Ullmann. He said the Tunnel Fire especially affected the Lenox Crater Trail, which was completely burned over.
The Tunnel Fire burned 60% of the Sunset Cater National Monument earlier this summer, according to the national monument’s Burned Area Emergency Response & Burned Area Rehabilitation Plan.
A main concern with opening the heavily burned trails is hazard trees, Ullmann said, which means “a tree that has a structural defect that makes it likely to fail,” according to the U.S. Forest Service’s website. The fire-damaged trees pose a safety risk to hikers should they fall.
Additionally, the burned area rehabilitation plan states over a mile of the Lenox Crater Trail was marked using logs, which burned in the fire and have left an unmarked trail as a result.
While the visitor center is safe enough to reopen, Ullmann said it still remains closed simply due to staffing shortages. He said he expects the visitor center to reopen sometime in late September.
“We look forward to reopening the visitor's center as soon as possible,” Ullmann said.
Ullmann said he would like to thank the public for being patient while they did “a lot of work behind the scenes” to get the park safe enough for visitors once again.
As for people planning a trip to the area, Ullmann said people should enjoy the monument safely and heed the closures.
Reach breaking news reporter Sam Burdette at sburdette@gannett.com or on Twitter @SuperSafetySam
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2 people dead after car crash in Mesa; suspect arrested
A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter after a fatal traffic collision on U.S. 60 in Mesa on Aug. 17.
Just after 2:30 a.m., a white Mercedes was traveling eastbound on U.S. 60 at a high rate of speed, according to court documents.
A witness claims that the Mercedes struck the left rear of a blue Chevrolet pickup truck as it attempted to cross lanes. After initial impact, the blue pickup rolled and both passengers were ejected from the vehicle.
Court documents said both occupants of the blue pickup were pronounced dead on the scene. Their identities are unknown at this time.
The driver of the Mercedes, identified by police as Kimball Anthony Pardini, 27, was transported to a local hospital and later released.
During an interview with police, Pardini says he was on his way home from a friend's house in Mesa where he had one 12-ounce Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.
He states that while on US 60, a car changed lanes in front of him and struck the right front of his Mercedes.
Approximately three hours after the collision, Pardini was administered a breath test where he had a breath alcohol concentration of 0.097.
He was arrested later that day.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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2 injured in collision involving 3 vehicles, school bus in Phoenix
Angela Cordoba Perez
Arizona Republic
A man and a teenager were injured Monday in a collision involving three vehicles and a school bus near 20th Street and Southern Avenue in Phoenix.
Sgt. Melissa Soliz, a spokesperson with Phoenix police, said there were no children on the bus at the time of the collision. A man with non-life-threatening injuries and a female teenager with life-threatening injuries were taken to the hospital.
The teenager was in stable condition as of Monday around 11:30 a.m., Soliz said in an emailed statement.
It is unclear what led to the crash.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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Man shot, killed by a security guard in downtown Phoenix nightclub
A man was shot and killed by a security guard Sunday night after he tried to force his way into a nightclub at gunpoint, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
The man who was shot was identified by police as Travonte Hayes, 28.
According to police, the incident happened around 8:30 p.m. at Tru Ultra Lounge near Roosevelt Street and Central Avenue.
Officers who arrived found Hayes on the ground with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital where he later died, police said.
Police said the shooting happened after Hayes was kicked out of the establishment for an unknown reason. Hayes later returned with a gun, pointed it at an unidentified security guard and tried to re-enter the establishment, police said.
The security guard then shot Hayes in self-defense, police said. He was released as determined by Phoenix police and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Detectives are still investigating what led to the shooting and the security guard's actions are expected to go through additional review, police said.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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2 hospitalized following apartment shooting in south Phoenix
A teenager was in critical condition and a woman was also in the hospital following a "violent shooting" at a home in south Phoenix, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
Officers were called to an apartment complex near Southern Avenue and Ninth Drive just before 5 p.m. Friday. Police found a man in his late teens and a woman in her 30s with gunshot wounds. Several witnesses were also at the location, police said.
According to police, the shooting happened after a verbal fight at the apartment. Both victims were taken to the hospital, where the teenager remained in critical condition. The woman had injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
Police identified a man as the suspect but he was not in custody, authorities said. No further details were available.
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NAMPA — On Monday, St. Luke’s broke ground on a new community clinic in south Nampa, located near South Middleton Road and Roosevelt Avenue. The new clinic will offer services including urgent care, same-day visits, pediatrics, labs, x-rays, family and internal medicine. The clinic will also have an in-house pharmacy.
“Nampa needs primary care here,” said Terry Ribbens, system medical director over this division. “We don't have primary care or any access point here.”
Nampa doesn't have close access to St. Luke’s,leaving some to attend the nearest location in Meridian, which led to this new clinic.
“The goal here is to collaborate and learn with the community and not have all the answers, stay curious and change with the needs,” Ribbens said.
The new clinic is being built in the hopes of helping Canyon County’s growing population. In the last two years alone, the county’s population has increased nearly 8% with families specifically moving to the Nampa area according to a St. Luke's news release. The hiring process for this location has already started and according to Ribbens, the new clinic is built for growth.
“Our goal is to bring care within 10 minutes of every single rooftop,” Mary Cronin, Vice President of Consumer Access and Experience for St. Luke’s, said in a news release. “We want to reduce consumer effort and provide more choices for patients.”
According to Cronin, this location will specifically test out creating a new way of scheduling — everything is up for redesign.
“This really is creating a new environment for us to just start testing a lot of different things and ideas and seeing what Idahoans value,” Cronin said. “It's really kind of opening with a blank slate, trying to be as flexible as possible and just letting the market drive the design.”
St. Luke’s will offer more telehealth services and an increase in same-day access through the new Nampa clinic and with a pharmacy housed within the clinic.
“We expect to learn a lot from the residents of south Nampa and Canyon County and use that to transform how we deliver care across our footprint. What we learn in this community will help inform what we do at future locations,” Cronin said in the news release.
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WINTER PARK, Fla. – Emily Bader said it was mind over matter when she decided to compete at this year’s Praelium Weightlifting meet in Altamonte Springs.
“I wanted to try to do it so badly. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do this and that I could lift the weights that I set as my goal,” Bader said. “The biggest challenge is when you walk out to lift the weights you have only one chance and if you mess up, you’ve messed up.”
From her Winter Park home, she said her determination only gave her the strength to achieve her goal and win first place in the master’s women 59-kilo weight class and age group of 75 and older.
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“My goal was to lift 50 lbs in what is known as a clean and jerk, which I lifted 51 lbs,” she said. “I was really challenged with the idea of trying to do this and so I started lifting 11 pounds and now I’m lifting 50 pounds.”
The 80-year-old recalled walking into the competition where the majority of competitors were men, was intimidating.
“At first, I thought ‘What am I doing here?’ And then I realized they are so supportive of me, and it was amazing how many bumps I got from those men saying ‘Way to go girl,’” Bader said.
What’s more impressive is that the grandmother of two is lifting 50 pounds while dealing with osteoporosis — a condition in which bones become weak and brittle.
“Most people would say I have osteoporosis, I cannot risk lifting weights,” she said.
To her doctor’s surprise, weightlifting has been a blessing to her health.
“In the last bone density my back is a little bit better than it was before,” she said. “The bloodwork that is done has just been unbelievable. My doctor says I’m more like a 55-year-old than an 80-year-old.”
The change hasn’t just been in her health but her body, too which Blader said her grandson teases her with.
“They say ‘Emi look at your guns’ and I went what? They wanted to see my arms. These are called guns, but I didn’t know that,” she said. “I’ve learned that I could do whatever I set my mind to do, even at 80, and I would like to encourage other women to have that same attitude.”
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SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies responded to a Webster home Saturday evening after a father mistakenly shot and killed his son whom he mistook for a burglar, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
Earlier Saturday evening, deputies had responded to the home at 2550 County Road 673 after 50-year-old Lindsay McGeorge reported seeing three people try to enter his home, one of whom was armed with a handgun, deputies said.
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Deputies said they cleared the scene as “unfounded.”
Later in the evening, deputies again went to the residence after the man mistakenly shot and killed his 19-year-old son, Jaiden McGeorge, who he believed was a burglar, deputies said.
At this time, no charges have been filed against Lindsay McGeorge, though an investigation is active and ongoing, the sheriff’s office said.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at (352) 793-2621 or call CRIMELINE at 1-800-423-8477.
No other information is available at this time. News 6 will provide updates as they become available.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – A video of two men dragging a shark across the New Smyrna Beach shore and stabbing it in the head surfaced Saturday, leaving many social media users stunned and questioning the legality of the practice.
“You should not be doing that with animals,” said the woman in the video shared on Twitter. “Please do not do anything to it... Why are you doing that?”
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One of the men who captured the shark responded that it was “a legal harvest” and “natural”.
“I’m taking it to eat and feed my family,” the other man said.
So, News 6 reached out to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission about the video to ask the question dividing viewers: Is harvesting a shark from the shore legal?
“It is common practice for anglers to euthanize sharks after landing for ethical and safety concerns. This video is not currently under investigation as no violation of state law regarding the method of harvest occurred,” FWC officials said in a statement.
Due to the fact that the two men featured in the video above are not facing charges, News 6 has blurred their faces.
Agency officials also provided a list of harvestable and prohibited sharks, but specified any individual planning to target or keep sharks caught from shore are required to pass a Shark-Smart Fishing educational course to obtain a Shore-based Shark Fishing permit.
The permit is required for all shore-based shark anglers 16 or older, including those normally exempt from needing a fishing license. Wildlife officials added those with a permit are limited to bagging one shark per person per day.
News 6 has reached out to FWC to confirm whether the two men featured in the video obtained a Shore-based Shark Fishing permit, though the agency has not yet replied.
The FWC website also encourages releasing sharks and highlights the importance of shark survival, as the apex predators help maintain the marine ecosystem.
FWC encourages anyone with additional information about the shark stabbing incident to contact the Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-3922.
For more information about shark regulations, click here. To learn more about FWC’s general handling guidelines, visit the Florida Department of State website.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The Space Shuttle — the most complex, but not the most powerful, human-rated spacecraft ever built — rumbled and roared off the launch pad and shook the parking lot at the Kennedy Space Center so hard that car alarms went off. The sound of the shuttle traveled as much as 35, even 40 miles inland, if the wind was right.
But the Space Launch System (SLS) heading for the moon on Monday, Aug. 29 for the Artemis I mission will be the most powerful rocket ever to launch by far. It will have nearly double the power that the Space Shuttle had — 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. The shuttle had just 5.3 million thrust pounds.
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NASA’s last mega-moon rocket, the Saturn V, which delivered astronauts to the moon in 1969, had 7.5 half million pounds of thrust at liftoff.
The SLS’s rocket boosters each have an additional section compared to the Saturn V’s. And the SLS has four main engines compared to the space shuttle’s three (and those four main engines are actually recycled space shuttle engines).
NASA launch commentator Derrol Nail said the sound will carry farther but it’s difficult to predict how far.
“We’ve never had something this powerful launch before, so we’re in an area where we really don’t know,” Nail said. “What we do know is during space shuttle, which was 5.3 million pounds of thrust, it would set off car alarms in the parking lot. You’d hear them chirping off. That’s here [at the Kennedy Space Center] where we’re about three miles as the crow flies to the pad. So you put that on an order of 50% more powerful and what do you get?”
What you get is several more miles of sound travel, said Dr. Mark Archambault, associate professor of aerospace engineering and dean of academics for the College of Engineering and Science at Florida Institute of Technology.
“Let’s say 45 miles give or take,” Archambault said. “It would be very delayed, the rocket would be well into the sky by the time you hear at that distance.”
As the crow flies, drawing a straight line from launchpad 39B, 45 miles is right at the edge of Downtown Orlando.
It’s also 45 miles to Debary (41 to Sanford) and to the edge of Orange City.
St. Cloud is 46 miles away from the launchpad; Daytona Beach is 45 miles away and so is Grant-Valkaria just south of Palm Bay.
But Archambault said there are conditions.
“Are there any obstacles between the vehicle and the observer, what kind of obstacles?” said Archambault. “Trees are going to absorb and reflect sound differently than buildings will.”
Archambault said the wind also matters — the wind must be blowing in from the Atlantic to carry the sound inland into Central Florida.
NASA has three possible launch dates for this first mission for the Artemis program:
- Aug. 29: Two-hour launch window opens at 8:33 a.m., 42-day mission with an Oct. 10 splashdown
- Sept. 2: Two-hour launch window opens at 12:48 p.m., 39-day mission with an Oct. 11 splashdown
- Sept. 5: One and a half-hour launch window opens at 5:12 p.m., 42-day mission with an Oct. 17 splashdown
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Daytona Beach is set to celebrate its 30th annual Biketoberfest motorcycle rally in October, according to city officials.
Officials said the four-day event is expected to attract motorcyclists and enthusiasts to Volusia County with live music, vendors, bike shows, rides along A1A and motorcycle racing at Daytona International Speedway.
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“For three decades, motorcycle enthusiasts have gathered by the thousands in October in Daytona Beach for Biketoberfest, and we’re looking forward to continuing that tradition in 2022,” said Lori Campbell, the executive director for Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitor’s Bureau in a statement. “With venues stretching from iconic Main Street, Daytona International Speedway, Destination Daytona, Midtown and points in-between, riders will be able to explore a variety of activities and experiences during their visit to the destination.”
The Official Biketoberfest Welcome Center will be at the ONE DAYTONA shopping center across from Daytona International Speedway, officials said.
According to the release, the welcome center will have information about the area, free posters, pins, poker chips and helmet stickers for visitors.
Biketoberfest is scheduled to run from Oct. 13 - 16. For more information about Biketoberfest, including a list of vendors, concerts, demo rides and events, visit the event’s website here.
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One woman is dead after her vehicle was swept away by flood water in Mesquite, fire officials confirmed to NBC 5.
Mesquite Fire Department officials said the unidentified woman was inside a vehicle under a bridge on Military Parkway. Officials added that the car was presumably swept off the road at Scyene Road Bridge at the service road of Interstate Highway 635. The vehicle was then discovered by officials as the water receded, according to Mesquite Fire Department officials.
Officials also said the woman was on the phone with family at that time and then lost contact.
Mesquite police and firefighters were on the scene previously when the rescue efforts turned into a recovery.
This story is developing.
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BOISE, Idaho — The United States Department of Justice and the State of Idaho, in a back and forth during a preliminary injunction hearing, seemed to reflect to the presiding judge that the application and enforcement of Idaho's abortion law may be unclear.
"It seems to be just an absolute conflict between EMTALA and Idaho's abortion statute," United States District Judge B. Lynn Winmill said in the courtroom on Monday.
The DOJ sued Idaho over its near-total abortion ban, claiming it violates the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires anyone coming to an emergency room to be stabilized and treated, because health complications and other risks, like preeclampsia, sepsis or organ failure can stem from a pregnancy and require an abortion.
However, health risks are not listed as an exception under Idaho Code 18-622, only what is "necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman" as well as an exception if a pregnant person can provide a police report of rape or incest.
The hearing on Monday was set to request a judge to put a "pause" on the abortion law set to go into effect on Thursday, which will effectively ban most abortions in the state through criminal prosecution of doctors who perform them. DOJ's goal, said Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Netter, is to make Idaho law yield to EMTALA when necessary.
The DOJ is requesting injunctive relief, which would restrain Idaho from applying part of the code that conflicts with EMTALA. In order for Winmill to decline to put a pause on the abortion law, he told the State that they must prove there is no conflict with federal law whatsoever.
Currently, a 6-week abortion ban is in place in Idaho as of Aug. 19, holding providers accountable if they provide abortion care after a patient is 6 weeks pregnant. It is still unclear if the ban would end when the trigger law goes into effect since the trigger law supersedes the 6-week law. KTVB reached out to the Attorney General's office for comment, but they declined to clarify.
Netter said that he found a meeting from the House State Affairs Committee on March 16, 2020, to be "rather telling," an interaction where Rep. Brooke Green, D-Boise, asked Rep. Todd Lakey, R-Nampa, if there would be any exceptions in the abortion bill for the health of the mother. He responded, "it weighs less, yes, than the life of the child."
Idaho Deputy Attorney General Brian Church said he is bound by what the legislature writes -- and that because there is an "affirmative defense" in the statute for doctors providing abortions to do it under "good faith" judgement, there is no conflict with federal law. If a doctor feels the need to provide an abortion, they can do so under good faith without fear of prosecution, he said.
In a criminal proceeding, the state holds the burden of proof to relay to a jury if someone is guilty. In this scenario, Netter said, the roles would be reversed -- the doctor or physician would have the burden of proof to show a jury they should not be thrown in jail for providing abortion care. If they cannot prove they have met the standard of the law, which is extremely narrow, they would face up to five years in prison.
Church said he didn't see much material difference with the problem of an exception versus an affirmative defense, however, even if it came to an ectopic pregnancy, which are not viable and could be life threatening to the pregnant patient because the fetus develops outside the uterus and can cause fallopian tube rupture. Church admitted to Winmill that an ectopic pregnancy is still a pregnancy and thus, applies under the statute.
But, according to the Legislature's attorney Monte Stewart, no prosecuting attorney would be "stupid enough to prosecute an ectopic pregnancy" even though an ectopic pregnancy still falls within the line of the abortion law.
Stewart said "in the real world" if a doctor called him from an emergency room with a potential emergency abortion, "there would be no prosecution," but Winmill said he is bound by what the law text reads, not what "happens in the real world" and that the "legislature would not have adopted the law unless they intended for it to be enforced.”
Winmill, seeking clarification on the scope of how the law would be applied, threw out hypothetical situations he wanted Church to answer, possibly as someone who has a client that would need to perform an emergency abortion and was looking for legal advice.
"Let's say it's preeclampsia. They've tried to control medically and they've been unable to, and the accepted medical practice at that point is an abortion. Basically, her blood pressure's completely out of control," Winmill said. "There is at least a fifty-fiftty likelihood that she will die. She also indicates that she's completely risk averse and does not want to take any chance that she'll be prosecuted, even though she might be able to succeed on an affirmative defense. So as her attorney, do you advise her that she can perform the abortion under the statute without any risk of prosecution?"
Church said he could only advise on what the law would do.
Winmill went on: "The patient will not die, but there's 90% chance she'll suffer a stroke of permanent damage to her vital organs such as her heart or liver, what's your answer that?"
"It's the same answer," Church said, and added that the exceptions for good faith still apply. "I would just be advised as to what the statute says, your honor."
Winmill is expected to issue a written decision in the matter on Tuesday or Wednesday, as the trigger ban goes into effect Thursday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Many KGW viewers shared photos of a string of lights moving above the Oregon sky over the weekend. The lights were a bank of Starlink satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX company.
There's still a chance for people to get a glimpse of the satellites Monday night. The satellites will be visible around 9:37 p.m., but the exact timing may change. People should look up from the west to the southwest sky. A website that tracks when the Starlink satellites are going to be visible at any given time shows a few more viewing opportunities this week.
"For many people, this is the first time they're experiencing it ... because it's fairly new," said Jim Todd, director of space science education at OMSI. "This won't be the first and there'll be more in the future."
Todd gave a piece of advice for anyone unsure of what to look for, or people who may confuse the satellites for another object, such as a plane.
"It moves in a steady point of light. It doesn't blink [and] you can't hear it," he said.
PHOTOS | Starlink satellites
What is Starlink?
Starlink is a satellite network that provides broadband internet in remote and rural areas around the world. Although the satellites appear to the eye as a train of lights, they reflect sunlight and do not emit light on their own. The satellites travel at roughly 17,500mph. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/starlink-satellites-over-oregon/283-775bd78d-5575-441f-ba78-724616081057 | 2022-08-22T23:12:01 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/starlink-satellites-over-oregon/283-775bd78d-5575-441f-ba78-724616081057 |
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Actor Gary Busey allegedly tried to undo a woman’s bra and grabbed the buttocks of two others during a New Jersey horror movie convention this month.
The allegations are detailed in a criminal complaint obtained by NBC10. They involve accusations by two women and the father of another, who allege the actor committed criminal sexual offenses at the annual Monster Mania Convention in Cherry Hill, which took place Aug. 12-14.
Two of the women reported to police that they were having their picture taken with Busey when he put his face near one of the women’s breasts and “asked where she got them” before attempting to unlatch her bra strap, according to the complaint. The second woman said he grabbed her buttocks.
The next day, a man told Cherry Hill police detectives that Busey had assaulted his daughter. Detectives spoke to her and she said Busey also grabbed her buttocks during a photoshoot at the convention, according to the criminal complaint.
Busey committed the alleged acts “for the purpose of sexually arousing or sexually gratifying himself or degrade the victim, using physical force or coercion,” the complaint states.
After detectives contacted the actor, he initially denied groping anyone but then asked the detectives to apologize to the victims and to talk them our of pursuing complaints, according to the complaint.
He also allegedly told detectives “that sometimes it is possible to accidentally touch someone in a specific body part.”
Busey, 78, best known for playing the musician Buddy Holly in the 1978 film “The Buddy Holly Story,” was charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment.
NBC10 reached out to Busey’s representatives, but they have not responded.
The Monster-Mania Convention said in a Facebook post that after attendees complained, an unspecified “celebrity guest was removed from the convention and instructed not to return."
“Monster-Mania also encouraged the attendees to contact the police to file a report," the company said, adding that behavior that compromised the safety and well-being of attendees would not be tolerated. “Monster-Mania will continue to assist the authorities in any and every way possible," it said. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gary-busey-grabbed-womens-buttocks-at-nj-convention-police-complaint-says/3342206/ | 2022-08-22T23:14:56 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gary-busey-grabbed-womens-buttocks-at-nj-convention-police-complaint-says/3342206/ |
MARANA, Ariz. — An iconic Arizona saguaro known as a symbol of the Sonoran Desert has fallen.
The 40-foot cactus known as “Strong-Arm” fell over August 4 in the Tortolita Preserve in the Dove Mountain area, according to the Marana Parks and Recreation Department.
Town officials said age and bacteria contributed to the saguaro’s death.
After the saguaro fell, Parks and Recreation teams worked to make sure the trail surrounding Strong-Arm was cleared for hikers and bikers while also being careful to preserve what is left of the cactus, officials said.
“It was a real treasured part of the skyline here in the preserve and, of course, home to many animals as well as a Great Horned Owl that used it for nesting and many other birds. It was really one of those saguaro motels here in the desert,” said Jason Grodman, Natural Resources Supervisor with the Marana Parks and Recreation Department.
Grodman said maintaining the area surrounding Strong-Arm is essential so the cactus will decompose and breathe new life into the surrounding desert.
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ROANOKE, Va. – The Star City continues to search for solutions after two early morning shootings in downtown Roanoke and still no arrests.
On Saturday morning, a man died at the hospital after he came in with gunshot wounds.
And on Sunday morning, Roanoke City police said a man was shot and drove himself to the hospital after an argument at a Roanoke parking garage.
Councilman Joe Cobb said it’s devastating but not shocking.
“I’m saddened,” Cobb said. “I’m disappointed. I’m angry. I’m frustrated. Along with everybody else.”
Cobb said some business owners tell him they are worried the uptick in gun violence is deterring customers.
“They’ve conveyed some stories to me,” Cobb said. “And it’s important that we hear those stories. It’s also important that we continue to do everything we can with increased lighting and increased camera security.”
Despite these incidents, the Star City hosted back-to-school events throughout the weekend, including Grades Over Guns, a gathering to push the message of gun violence prevention.
As a member of the gun violence task force, Cobb said community involvement and conflict resolution training can help reduce the violence.
“We’re going to see a reduction in violence when we see an increase and a strengthening of our relationships,” Cobb said. “Whether that’s one-on-one with our families, with our neighbors, in our workplaces.”
After talking to Chicago leaders, Cobb said they plan to launch Operation Neighborhood Pinpoint to identify which neighborhoods are impacted the most by gun violence and provide resources to them. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/city-leaders-search-for-solutions-after-weekend-shootings-in-roanoke/ | 2022-08-22T23:17:10 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/city-leaders-search-for-solutions-after-weekend-shootings-in-roanoke/ |
DANVILLE, Va. – Clear The Shelters is in full swing – we’re working for you to try to find these furry friends their forever homes.
These four cats are patiently waiting at the Danville Humane Society for the purrfect person or family to take them home.
Sugar and Spice
Sugar and Spice really do make everything nice.
These two girls love to be comfortable in the Kitty Corner at the Danville Humane Society.
Cuddly and full of love, they’re ready to find the purrfect place to cuddle in at their future forever home.
Frederick
What a stunner.
This handsome fella will turn into a mushy lovebug when he warms up to you.
Robbie
Robbie: the complete cat package!
He’s handsome, sweet, and playful – What more could you ask for?
If you want to meet any of these precious cats, call the Danville Humane Society at (434) 799-0843. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/clear-the-shelters-these-kittens-need-to-find-their-forever-homes/ | 2022-08-22T23:17:16 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/clear-the-shelters-these-kittens-need-to-find-their-forever-homes/ |
DANVILLE, Va. – Grab the tissues, this girl’s story might pull some heartstrings.
Mei has a strong soul – she got caught in a trap in South Boston and chewed her foot free.
Now, her leg will be amputated, which will be done before adoption – leaving Mei with just three legs and a beautiful, resilient personality.
Mei is 37 pounds of love, and is friendly, too. We’re told she settled right in with her foster family, along with their two dogs and three cats.
She’ll stay with her foster family until she has surgery for her leg, but the shelter is taking applications for families to take her home afterwards.
Shelter staff said that Mei is house-broken, walks well on a lease, responds well to verbal and visual cues, is easy when it comes to grooming, and gets along with other dogs and cats.
And the cherry on top? Mei absolutely loves to give kisses.
If you think this sweet pup would be a good fit for your home, contact the Danville Humane Society at (434) 799-0843. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/despite-her-rough-start-mei-has-a-heart-full-of-love/ | 2022-08-22T23:17:22 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/despite-her-rough-start-mei-has-a-heart-full-of-love/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Former Roanoke City Councilman Robert Jeffrey Jr. has been sentenced to more than two years behind bars.
In March, Jeffrey was found guilty of embezzlement after he allegedly used funds meant to help him manage Northwest Neighborhood Environmental Organization (NNEO) to pay for personal expenses.
On Monday, Jeffrey Jr. was sentenced to two years and six months. He was also ordered to pay $216,000 in restitution.
Jeffrey Jr. was taken into custody on Monday. His attorney has already filed an appeal and has asked for Jeffrey Jr. to be released on bond, which the judge denied.
Tonight at 11, hear what the victims of these crimes had to say during this sentencing.
Stick with 10 News as this breaking news story develops. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/former-roanoke-city-councilman-robert-jeffrey-jr-sentenced-to-2-years/ | 2022-08-22T23:17:28 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/former-roanoke-city-councilman-robert-jeffrey-jr-sentenced-to-2-years/ |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – A man was arrested for discharging a firearm in a public area on Sunday morning, according to the Lynchburg Police Department.
Authorities said that on August 21 around 1:02 a.m., officers patrolling the downtown area saw the man shooting a pistol into the air in front of the Greenhaus Beer Garden, located in the 1100-block of Chuch Street.
The man attempted to flee when officers approached him but was taken into custody without incident, according to police.
Police said that Chadwick Turner, 33, was arrested and charged with the following:
- Discharging a firearm in a public place,
- Brandishing a firearm,
- Obstruction of justice,
- Drunk in public.
Turner was taken to the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center and later released on bond, according to the LPD.
Authorities said they recovered the pistol and that there were no injuries or property damage reported as a result of the incident.
The LPD said the incident remains under investigation.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact the Lynchburg Police Department at (434) 455-6041 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 798-5900. You can also enter an anonymous tip online or use the P3 app on a mobile device. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/man-arrested-after-firing-pistol-into-air-in-downtown-lynchburg-police-say/ | 2022-08-22T23:17:34 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/man-arrested-after-firing-pistol-into-air-in-downtown-lynchburg-police-say/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – This article is part of “Solutionaries,” our continuing commitment to solutions journalism, highlighting the creative people in communities working to make the world a better place, one solution at a time. Find out what you can do to help at SolutionariesNetwork.com.
This week, Roanoke City heads back to school and like many other districts, they’re working to beef up security measures.
As we’ve reported, 25 safety recommendations were adopted by the school board, including new classroom door locks, and an additional 15 school resource officers on top of the 11 already on staff.
We’re working for you to explain how they hope one additional measure will save lives.
“Anytime a tragedy happens like Uvalde, Texas everybody wants to do something, and gadgets are not going to help us,” said Chris Perkins, Roanoke City Public Schools Chief Operations Officer.
This school year, student safety is top of mind more than ever. That’s why school systems like Roanoke City are having to rethink the way they do things.
“We’ve got to create ways to build relationships and trust. But most importantly, we’ve got to create ways that if I do see something, I need an avenue to say something so I don’t take ridicule or bullying because I may have told on another person,” said Perkins.
The school system is expanding the bullying hotline. This year students, parents or anyone in the community can call to report anything – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year.
“The research tells us, Secret Service and Department of Education conducted this research, tells us that the K-12 School attacker in approximately 81% of the time is going to tell someone their intention, and approximately 59% of the time that school attacker will tell more than one person,” said Perkins.
Perkins went on to say this doesn’t replace other school safety features but just adds to what they’re doing. If it’s an immediate issue, 911 will be contacted.
“But if it’s something that, you know, ‘I saw something that’s odd, that individual, they’re generally very happy but there’s something wrong’, we can take that information and work with because a lot of the times there’s commonalities with school attackers, there is no specific profile,” said Perkins.
A tip line is something Roanoke County already had in place. Assistant Superintendent of Administration Dr. Rhonda Stegall says they’ve prevented suicides and potentially worse.
“There have been several things that we think that could have potentially taken a path of violence, but maybe we derailed that before it got there,” said Stegall.
They’ve been telling students for years, that if you see something or hear something – say something. It’s been so successful, other school systems across the country have used the same poster Roanoke County is using. The school system told 10 News they purposely left the poster generic, so anyone could use it.
With the increase in social media use, Roanoke County is putting emphasis on not sharing threatening posts.
“What happens there, when we start our investigation, it gets a little bit fuzzy because we’re not sure who originated the post. So the people who repost actually become part of our investigation because we have to go through all those reposts to get to the person who actually originally posted,” said Stegall.
Instead of sharing on social media, report it.
“When we do threat assessments, we will ask our students you know, ‘Did you hear anything about,’ ‘oh, yeah, I saw it. I heard it. I didn’t think they were serious. He does that stuff all the time.’ So it’s getting past that hesitancy to report,” said Stegall. “The concern here is you could be saving the lives of many people.”
Both school districts stress this isn’t about getting people in trouble, this is about getting students the support they need if there’s something going on and they need help.
To report something anonymously in Roanoke County use SPEAK UP – call or text at 540-595-0706 or email speakup@student.rcps.us
The Roanoke City Schools bullying hotline number is (540) 853-1700. When the new tipline number is implemented, the school system says they will be sure to communicate it with families in a variety of ways.
This story is part of a program at WSLS 10, “Solutionaries.” Solutions offer hope and that’s the belief of Solutionaries, a show from our parent company, Graham Media Group, focusing on those who are taking on some of our biggest challenges. Each episode focuses on effective responses to problems and offers viewers ways they can join the effort for positive change.
We tackle one topic at a time, highlighting problems many of us are dealing with and the solutions that are out there. The solution could be in our backyard, or something else that’s working across the country.
You can check out our story on how Danville is fighting record violent crime and gang activity here.
You’ll see new Solutionaries episodes each month on WSLS.com and on your go-to streaming device using the 10 News Now app. And we’d love you to subscribe on YouTube! | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/roanoke-valley-schools-rethink-school-security/ | 2022-08-22T23:17:41 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/roanoke-valley-schools-rethink-school-security/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – “Wheel of Fortune LIVE!” is coming to Roanoke in September, and a celebrity host has been announced.
On Monday, the Berglund Center announced that Mark Walberg, longtime host of Antique Roadshow, will be hosting “Wheel of Fortune LIVE!” in September.
“Like most of America, I’ve been a Wheel fan for decades! Being able to bring America’s Game to your hometown is truly a dream come true,” said Walberg. “I can’t wait to celebrate Wheel of Fortune with fans from all over the country and, as a bonus, help to make you all winners!”
At the show, guests can try out to go on stage and have the chance to spin a replica of the iconic Wheel, the release said.
They will also be able to solve the puzzles on the tour’s puzzle board to win prizes, the release said, including up to $10,000 in cash, a trip to Paris, Hawaii, and more.
The release said the show will be held at the Berglund Center Performing Arts Theatre on September 21 at 7:30 p.m., according to the release.
The release said you can buy tickets online, by phone at 1-866-HDG–TICKETS, and at the Berglund Center Box Office.
Learn more about “Wheel of Fortune LIVE!” here. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/spin-the-wheel-mark-walberg-to-host-wheel-of-fortune-live-in-roanoke/ | 2022-08-22T23:17:47 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/spin-the-wheel-mark-walberg-to-host-wheel-of-fortune-live-in-roanoke/ |
Texas Sky Ranger was over Seagoville Monday afternoon when it captured video of rescue crews helping people, children and pets from an RV surrounded by high waters.
The rescues happened in the 150000 block of Beckett Road.
Two groups of people could be seen guided and sometimes carried through the flood waters to safety.
The video shows a baby and a child being carried by rescuers through the high water. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/crews-rescue-children-residents-and-animals-from-seagoville-rv/3054485/ | 2022-08-22T23:17:48 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/crews-rescue-children-residents-and-animals-from-seagoville-rv/3054485/ |
As the weather is slowly beginning to cool down, we’re starting to look for more ways to be active outside.
Now, we want your input on the best hiking trail in Southwest or Central Virginia – especially those trials with incredible views.
From Roaring Run to McAfee Knob, choose one of the options below or add in your own! | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/survey-whats-the-best-hiking-trail-in-southwestcentral-virginia/ | 2022-08-22T23:17:53 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/survey-whats-the-best-hiking-trail-in-southwestcentral-virginia/ |
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ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. – On day one of the trial into the deadly Rockbridge County gas station explosion, the Commonwealth Attorney stated the defendant overfilled gasoline tanks by more than 800 gallons – an action alleged to have played a role in the 2019 explosion.
Phillip Westmoreland delivered gas to South River Market that May morning and an explosion happened less than an hour later.
Westmoreland was charged with involuntary manslaughter, and now the jury is weighing whether anything he did that day could have caused the blast.
On Monday, the jury heard from Peter McClellan, a mechanical engineer called as an expert for the Commonwealth.
McClellan got into the weeds of combustible energy sources, gasoline tank quantity, and more technicalities.
The defense was hard on McClellan’s investigative work, questioning why certain possibilities weren’t considered and whether he is even qualified to speak on these matters.
“Those are the two possibilities you considered. Was it either an overfill or, in your words, was it simply a matter of it wasn’t vented properly when the tank was being filled,” questioned defense attorney Rob Dean.
Forensic Pathologists also delivered grim news about the deceased fires. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/testimony-continues-in-rockbridge-county-gas-station-explosion/ | 2022-08-22T23:18:00 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/22/testimony-continues-in-rockbridge-county-gas-station-explosion/ |
PORTLAND, Maine — Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and Chef Bo Byrne knows a thing or two about it.
He joined the 207 kitchen at O'Maine Studios in Portland to reveal how to create a spread of sweet and savory pancakes to share. Byrne said the thicker and clumpier the batter, the fluffier and delicious the pancake.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs beaten
Instructions:
- Mix, dry, and wet separately. Then combine and whisk by hand-be sure to leave lumpy for fluffy pancakes.
- Set griddle to 350-375F.
- Start with a test pancake, and adjust heat accordingly if necessary.
- Place small scoops of batter a few inches apart to allow for rising.
- Once the bottom of the pancake begins to curl, it should be ready to flip.
- If you are stuffing the pancakes, now is the time.
- Sprinkle some chocolate chips of a few blueberries onto the “set batter”. Flip as normal.
- Some fillings may contain sugar and may burn faster than others. Be cautious at first to learn how it reacts.
- Add savory ingredients like bacon, scallion, cheddar cheese, and cooked scrambled egg for a delicious bite.
- Boston Cream short stack can be made with homemade pudding layered between pancakes and chocolate ganache over the top. Store-bought pudding and sundae fudge make for an easy store assist.
- The possibilities are almost endless.
- Enjoy! | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/207-recipes/207-recipe-the-perfect-pancake-food/97-5e895fe8-9842-44b5-9904-316faad13f3e | 2022-08-22T23:22:26 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/207-recipes/207-recipe-the-perfect-pancake-food/97-5e895fe8-9842-44b5-9904-316faad13f3e |
PORTLAND, Maine — Each year the Farmers’ Almanac puts out several life hacks, things you can do around your home to make life a little easier.
Peter Geiger joins us in the studio to share some of those tips you can use at home.
PORTLAND, Maine — Each year the Farmers’ Almanac puts out several life hacks, things you can do around your home to make life a little easier.
Peter Geiger joins us in the studio to share some of those tips you can use at home.
Paid Advertisement | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/peter-geiger-of-the-farmers-almanac-shares-a-few-handy-tips-and-tricks-with-207-home-life-hacks/97-31d869c3-55fb-4d7c-90d3-68dace206fba | 2022-08-22T23:22:32 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/peter-geiger-of-the-farmers-almanac-shares-a-few-handy-tips-and-tricks-with-207-home-life-hacks/97-31d869c3-55fb-4d7c-90d3-68dace206fba |
BANGOR, Maine — The federal government is paying $8 million to settle a claim that a federally funded clinic failed to alert a mother or authorities of signs of abuse of a 6-month-old boy.
Alexandria Orduna of Brewer contended medical professionals failed to recognize or report abuse inflicted on her son by a man who was living with her in 2019.
The abuse wasn't noted and reported until her son was taken to a hospital emergency room in Bangor.
The boy is now almost entirely blind, and his brain stopped growing at the time of his attack, the Bangor Daily News reported.
“This little boy couldn’t talk, but his body could, and his health care practitioners didn’t listen to what it was saying,” Terry Garmey, one of the mother's attorneys, told the newspaper.
Orduna sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which funds Medicaid, which paid for the boy’s care.
The settlement sets aside $17,000 a month in a trust account for the rest of the boy’s life to contribute to the cost of his long-term medical needs and accommodations.
The man who inflicted the injuries pleaded guilty last year to aggravated assault and other charges. He was ordered to serve four years in prison. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/clinics-failure-to-note-child-abuse-leads-to-8m-settlement-legal/97-98f995ba-9011-42d0-a381-f4a125423058 | 2022-08-22T23:22:39 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/clinics-failure-to-note-child-abuse-leads-to-8m-settlement-legal/97-98f995ba-9011-42d0-a381-f4a125423058 |
PORTLAND, Maine — Avesta Housing is preparing to open 100 housing units for asylum seekers.
According to the non-profit housing developers President and CEO Dana Totman, the units will be in Portland and South Portland. They hope to move asylum seekers currently staying in hotels into the new units towards the end of the year.
"Having an apartment of one's own with a kitchen and dining area is the way people should be living," Totman said.
Totman estimates that right now, around 300 asylum-seeking families are currently being housed in local hotels.
"As we can imagine, staying in hotels is expensive, and it's costing the city and state a lot of money. So, housing is certainly a less expensive option," Totman said.
Totman could not share where the housing units will be located, but said it will be part of two different developments.
Totman adds that Avesta is currently finalizing contracts and securing financing as part of the project, and hopes to be able to share more specifics about the project in September. Totman expects the first development to be completed by October.
Totman says that for two years, rent will be covered through funds allocated for affordable housing for asylum seekers in the state budget. After two years, once asylum seekers have had time to apply for asylum and work authorization, tenants will pay rent.
Totman says it will be similar to other affordable housing units developed by Avesta.
"Getting this population out of the hotels, into their homes, getting them settled, and then within two years, they can start helping with the labor crisis that we have — that is just as big, frankly, as the housing crisis," Totman said. "And so, if we can secure the housing and get the housing stabilized, they can then start to fill many of the jobs that need to be filled."
"They're educated, they're motivated, they're young, they're willing to work, and that's exactly the community and people that we need so badly here in Maine," Reza Jalali, executive director of the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-immigration/avesta-housing-works-to-develop-100-housing-units-for-asylum-seekers-south-portland-maine/97-03988a92-4184-468e-9eff-084281ffe185 | 2022-08-22T23:22:45 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-immigration/avesta-housing-works-to-develop-100-housing-units-for-asylum-seekers-south-portland-maine/97-03988a92-4184-468e-9eff-084281ffe185 |
CONYERS, Ga. — A church congregation in Conyers is picking up the pieces after a fire destroyed their church building on Friday. Thankfully, no one was hurt.
Pastor K. Francis Smith says they had just purchased new furniture, a new roof and new AC units when it happened, and the Rockdale Fire Department says they think it originated near the sound booth -- on the second level of the sanctuary -- destroying everything inside.
“What I saw when I walked in, it felt like a nuclear holocaust,” Smith said.
Three days later, plastic is melted, chairs are burned, and soot is covering almost every surface of Excel Church on Flat Shoals Road. Smith has been the lead pastor of the church for decades. He says Friday morning’s fire has destroyed it all.
“Everything here- it’s a total loss, total loss, nothing salvageable here,” Smith said.
He says they had to quickly make a plan for worship that Sunday.
“We had 24 hours to pivot and get set up for the gym,” Smith noted.
And they’ll continue to use the gym for services and food distribution until they rebuild. But Smith says they do have hope, as amidst all the the destruction there was one plastic table that was not burned. The words that appeared on top of it: 'Excel Church.'
“And it let me know everything around it got burned except the church, the church is not the building -- the church is the people,” he said.
Smith says it could take six months and $5 million to rebuild, so over the next few weeks they plan on holding a concert and fundraising online. If people would like to donate, click here: https://www.excelchurch.tv/ | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/felt-like-nuclear-holocaust-conyers-pastor-recounts-how-fire-destroyed-building/85-56b35963-03f9-4d02-8b9c-4922a3131520 | 2022-08-22T23:25:12 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/felt-like-nuclear-holocaust-conyers-pastor-recounts-how-fire-destroyed-building/85-56b35963-03f9-4d02-8b9c-4922a3131520 |
ATLANTA — Videos from witnesses showed the shocking and scary moments as police combed through the heart of Atlanta, searching for a suspect who police said targeted three people, shooting and killing two of them.
A third person is still hospitalized, though their condition is unknown.
It all started just around 1:45 p.m. when police got a call to 1280 W. Peachtree St. When officers got there, police said they found two people shot. One of them later died.
While they were investigating that scene, officers were called to 1100 Peachtree St., where another person was reportedly shot. APD said they were taken to the hospital and they also have since died. None of the victims have been identified at this time.
Police said the suspect -- a woman who has not yet been identified -- then ran off after firing the last rounds, just around 2:15 p.m. It prompted a massive police response to the area surrounding Colony Square, a busy mixed-use space with offices, restaurants and residences just blocks from Piedmont Park.
People on scene shared video of the frantic moments police swept through the shops and residences with long guns, searching for the suspect.
Many others took to Twitter to express their shock.
Police put out surveillance videos of the suspect. Just under two hours later, she was apprehended at the Atlanta airport. A photo taken by Brian Moote -- just moments after he deplaned -- showed the suspect handcuffed. She was later escorted to an APD cruiser and placed inside. Her charges have not been outlined at this time.
11Alive spoke to witnesses who lived in the building where the shooting happened who described the moment when building representatives came over the loudspeaker to ask people to stay in their homes. One resident said he was just stepping off the elevator with another person when he heard three gunshots.
“It’s not something I’m used to hearing every day, so I had to just think quick and get up out of there," he said.
Another was shaken by the gunfire in the typically tame Midtown.
“I figured being down here, I would be a lot safer than I would be in other places, but now I have kind of second thoughts,” he told 11Alive's Hope Ford. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/midtown/witness-videos-police-response-colony-square-midtown-shooting/85-5249caa6-4b20-4126-a16d-1ef58a03d5ca | 2022-08-22T23:25:18 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/midtown/witness-videos-police-response-colony-square-midtown-shooting/85-5249caa6-4b20-4126-a16d-1ef58a03d5ca |
CROWN POINT — A 24-year-old who was wanted for questioning in a 79-year-old man's shooting death last week was in custody Monday on a murder charge, court records showed.
Tyree L. Gaines, of Gary, was taken into custody late Friday and told detectives that he knew he killed Cornelius Olive, 79, on Wednesday in the 3200 block of West 21st Place in Gary, according to Lake Criminal Court records.
Gaines has not yet entered a plea.
Gaines, who has mental health issues, told police he remembered walking down the street with a gun in his hand and coming into contact with an older man. He said he blacked out and next remembered fighting with his relative, court records state.
Gaines' relative approached Gary police after they were dispatched about 9:10 p.m. and found Olive dead from a gunshot wound to the head, according to documents.
Olive's family members told police he went out to walk a dog just before 9 p.m., and they heard gunshots minutes later.
Gaines' relative told police he arrived in the 3300 block of West 21st Place just after 9 p.m., was approached by Gaines and fought with Gaines over a gun. Gaines didn't appear to know who the relative was until the relative said Gaines' name, records state.
Gaines eventually walked off with the gun. The relative began to drive away and noticed a man lying in the street, records state. The relative briefly left the scene to ensure the safety of people in his car, but he soon returned and called police.
Gaines' family members told police he has had a mental illness since he suffered head trauma in a car accident. He is prescribed multiple medications but doesn't take them, records allege.
On Thursday, police searched the area between 19th and 21st avenues, east of Burr Street, for Gaines. A K-9 led officers to an abandoned home where clothing was found that matched what Gaines was wearing the night of the homicide, court records state.
Gary police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said Friday evening that Gaines was still wanted for questioning and that Gaines had made threats in emails to Gary and neighboring communities.
Those emails prompted Merrillville officials to close their Town Hall on Friday out of an abundance of caution.
Merrillville Councilman Richard Hardaway said the messages he and other Town Council members received up to five times a day last week were not necessarily threatening but definitely unusual and occasionally laden with pornography.
The Merrillville Community School Corp. also placed its buildings on "lock-in" status, which meant indoor activities continued Friday but no outdoor activities were permitted during the school day.
Gaines' family members helped police take him into custody late Friday, according to court records.
Gaines waived his constitutional rights and agreed to speak with detectives, documents state.
Gaines told police about his mental health issues and said he sometimes blacked out. He admitted he had a 9mm handgun, which matched the caliber of shell casings found at the scene of Olive's homicide, records state.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Brandon Elzinga
Age : 27
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207206
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Montresor Upshaw
Age : 44
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207208
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roderick Kimbrough
Age : 18
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207254
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kacy Hawkins
Age : 41
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207215
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Gage Arms
Age : 18
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207216
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Dawson
Age : 40
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207294
Arrest Date: Aug. 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Earl Rogers Jr.
Age : 51
Residence: Pittsview, AL
Booking Number(s): 2207198
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS (AGGRESSIVE DRIVING/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Aaron McLain
Age : 18
Residence: Midlothian, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207280
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - MACHINE GUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jazmyne Skinner
Age : 27
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207240
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kandia Flewellen
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207209
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andre Edwards
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207144
Arrest Date: Aug. 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jacalyn Wojtowicz
Age : 58
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207287
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Steven Vespo
Age : 30
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207196
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Austin Lucas
Age : 33
Residence: Fairbanks, IA
Booking Number(s): 2207258
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION - STALKING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ebony Hicks
Age : 38
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207130
Arrest Date: Aug. 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eduardo Martinez-Munoz
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207127
Arrest Date: Aug. 15, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Khaidjah Johnson
Age : 27
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207181
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanors
Alejandro Sanchez
Age : 29
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207197
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Jones
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207290
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Reimundo Camarillo
Age : 62
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207199
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shawn Fullgraf
Age : 20
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207289
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeff Fliris
Age : 37
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207178
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lois Smith
Age : 38
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207233
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francesca Brown
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207245
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Paul Garcia
Age : 40
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207133
Arrest Date: Aug. 15, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Rogina
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207165
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Adrian Wyatt
Age : 24
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207282
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: LEAVING THE SCENE OF A CRASH - FATALITY CRASH - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Wells
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207186
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nichole Nieves
Age : 41
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207273
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Scheidt
Age : 51
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207170
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gina Pointer
Age : 47
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207250
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Campero
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207205
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Flores III
Age : 55
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207174
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Montelle Lang
Age : 26
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207214
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Georgus Leflore
Age : 31
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207148
Arrest Date: Aug. 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erick Kegebein
Age : 48
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207292
Arrest Date: Aug. 19, 2022
Offense Description: IMPERSONATION - PUBLIC SERVANT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jon Turner
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207243
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Steven Zambon Jr.
Age : 29
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207189
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mark Ryan
Age : 56
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207153
Arrest Date: Aug. 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deandre Gardner
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207137
Arrest Date: Aug. 15, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dennis Cardwell Sr.
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207213
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Philip Seger
Age : 57
Residence: Kingsford Heights, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207192
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rasean Richardson
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207238
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Allen O'Rourke
Age : 28
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207166
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - DISARMING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Hill
Age : 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207297
Arrest Date: Aug. 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffery Shurlow
Age : 61
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207272
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: HABITUAL TRAFFIC VIOLATORLIFETIME
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Magana
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207173
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tiffany Keller
Age : 33
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207283
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - PARAPHERNALIA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Andrews
Age : 26
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207274
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Wuokko
Age : 31
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207164
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charles Deal
Age : 74
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207261
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kaitlyn Walker
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207275
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Cherry
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207187
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Stokes
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207191
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Patrick Hollins
Age : 55
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207271
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: UNLAWFUL ENTRY INTO CASINO
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Smith
Age : 35
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207285
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brandt Rosolowski
Age : 49
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207262
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tony Pedretti
Age : 48
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207158
Arrest Date: Aug. 15, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Monica Garling
Age : 47
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207217
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Wesley Haggerty
Age : 27
Residence: Delray Beach, FL
Booking Number(s): 2207146
Arrest Date: Aug. 15, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Feltz
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207232
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Douglas McLean
Age : 58
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207171
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Seth Zaluckyj
Age : 21
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207129
Arrest Date: Aug. 15, 2022
Offense Description: SEX CRIME - POSSESS WITH INTENT TO VIEW CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mykal Todd
Age : 28
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207185
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON (SOCIETY IS VICTIM)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jodie Cardine
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207278
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elijah Clark
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207169
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jolynn Bishop
Age : 19
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207161
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Giovanni Gomez
Age : 18
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207179
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Johnson
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207236
Arrest Date: Aug. 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Rodriguez
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207193
Arrest Date: Aug. 16, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryan Oparka
Age : 48
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207291
Arrest Date: Aug. 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Giovonnie Kemp
Age : 24
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207281
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Cook
Age : 38
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207286
Arrest Date: Aug. 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. – The site of the former Zebb’s restaurant in New Hartford may soon be home to a car wash.
Tidal Wave has submitted an application for site plan review with the town planning board, however, the town supervisor says no decisions have officially been made.
The next meeting board meeting is Sept. 12.
The deal to buy the property has not yet closed. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/car-wash-may-be-headed-to-former-zebbs-restaurant-location/article_f6571f1e-2263-11ed-8224-0fe3d87c75e3.html | 2022-08-22T23:27:40 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/car-wash-may-be-headed-to-former-zebbs-restaurant-location/article_f6571f1e-2263-11ed-8224-0fe3d87c75e3.html |
HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) – Marshall University student went back to class Monday without the mask mandate.
During the summer, the campus was under a full mask requirement mandate. The university says they were just following the guidelines of the CDC like they’ve been doing since the start of the pandemic.
Now, since the campus is in the orange category, those masks are optional for students. And one student who was on campus during the recent mask mandate says this is the perfect way to kick off the school year.
“I like it a lot better. I think it gives people more of a choice with what they want to do instead of requiring them to do it,” said sophomore, Braden Copley.
Another student described going to her classes today and seeing everyone as groundbreaking.
“I feel like noses is the new shock. Cause when people show up to class and you know them, you’re seeing their face for the first time ever and you make your own imagination of what this person looks like – so it’s kind of like groundbreaking in a way,” said junior, Jasmine Waite.
Marshall University President Brad Smith says this will provide students with a better experience.
“The entire college experience is about having the opportunity to engage with your peers, to get a chance to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine, attend classes, learn from these amazing faculty and that’s what it’s all about and the college experience is back at Marshall University,” Smith says.
Right now, the CDC show the community level for Marshall University is in the orange – which is a medium level.
So, masks are recommended indoors but not required.
This applies to all of the buildings on campus here except for the health sciences buildings where masks are still required. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/marshall-university-students-have-first-day-back-with-no-mask-mandate/ | 2022-08-22T23:30:42 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/marshall-university-students-have-first-day-back-with-no-mask-mandate/ |
BOONE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – It has been a record breaking summer in West Virginia when it comes to rain, and unfortunately, that has meant tough times for many people in our region.
Even though Monday the water in the Big Ugly community wasn’t nearly as high as it was over the weekend, there was evidence of how high the water was and how fast it was moving.
Kermit Harmon has lived in the area for decades. He said he woke up to the sound of a storm over the weekend. He looked outside to see his neighborhood flooded. There was also a drain that was recently installed that had been damaged.
“They put a new drain pipe in and everything and they fixed it really nice and it just gobbed it up,” Harmon said.
Crews with the West Virginia Division of Highways were out clearing ditches and getting mud out of the road. Neighbors were also clearing debris where they could. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/residents-in-big-ugly-west-virginia-area-cleaning-up-after-flood/ | 2022-08-22T23:30:48 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/residents-in-big-ugly-west-virginia-area-cleaning-up-after-flood/ |
Togo's returning to Redding, will open new location in Placer Heights center
Togo’s is returning to Redding.
The sandwich shop has signed a lease to open in the Placer Heights center on the corner of Placer Street and Buenaventura Boulevard in west Redding.
Togo’s will operate in the old Subway space between Holiday Market and CVS Pharmacy, said Ryan Haedrich of Haedrich & Co. Inc., which represented the shopping center’s ownership group in the lease deal.
This version of Togo’s will be operated by a different franchisee, husband-and-wife team Matt and Samantha Haman of Red Bluff.
The sandwich shop’s first run in Redding ended in 2016, when it closed after 12 years in the Safeway-Lowe’s shopping center at Churn Creek Road and Cypress Avenue. Niu Hawaiian BBQ operates there today.
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Matt Haman grew up in the San Francisco Bay area around the Togo’s brand, so that familiarity helped him decide to open a location in Redding as he was researching other brands.
Haman said he will soon retire from the Red Bluff Police Department as an officer to start his second career.
“I moved up here and I got into law enforcement. I got injured on the job and I was looking for my next career path,” he said. “We‘ve got family members who have gone through the process to become Togo’s franchisees, so we touched bases with them.”
Though the family members did not end up opening a Togo’s, Haman said he liked what he heard.
“So we started looking at the company, started talking to the Togo’s company and we decided it was good match,” Haman added.
Work on converting the former Subway in Placer Heights to Togo’s is expected to start in late September or early October.
"They said initially it would be easier to go through the whole process if you can find an old Subway or old sandwich spot. It would be cheaper to remodel instead of doing a brand-new space or a non-restaurant,” Haman said. “However, with the cost of equipment and everything else is so expensive, I don’t know if that will be the case.”
The Hamans would like to open in December.
They also have a franchise agreement to open two more Togo’s between Red Bluff and Anderson. They want to open a Togo’s on the east side of Redding and a third location somewhere between Anderson and Red Bluff.
“At the end of day, it’s a California brand, and there are no locations north of Chico, or Williams (on Interstate 5). We’re happy with the direction the company is going, and me and my wife have restaurant experience,while in college before we got our careers going. We think there is a need for it,” Haman said.
David Benda covers business, development and anything else that comes up for the USA TODAY Network in Redding. He also writes the weekly "Buzz on the Street" column. He’s part of a team of dedicated reporters that investigate wrongdoing, cover breaking news and tell other stories about your community. Reach him on Twitter @DavidBenda_RS or by phone at 1-530-338-8323. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today. | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/togos-open-new-location-west-redding-placer-heights-center/7870020001/ | 2022-08-22T23:33:33 | 1 | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/togos-open-new-location-west-redding-placer-heights-center/7870020001/ |
Smoke lingers from Six Rivers Complex, Northern California wildfires burning near Redding
Smoke from the complex of fires burning in Trinity and Humboldt counties continues to drift into the greater Redding area.
The Six Rivers Complex, burning near Willow Creek and Salyer along Highway 299, grew overnight to 27,019 acres with containment at 80%, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday.
“Yesterday, the northeast portion of Campbell breached the containment lines. The SRF Complex is expected to have moderate to active fire behavior today,” the U.S. Forest Services said Monday morning.
Smoke is expected to linger in the valley throughout Monday.
Previous wildfire coverage:
- Growth of North State fires grinds to a halt
- Kennedy Fire west of Redding sparks memories of the Carr Fire
The fires started Aug. 5 when a lightning storm moved through the area, igniting 12 separate fires.
Officials said a change to hot and dry weather conditions with gusty winds allowed the Campbell Fire in the complex to move beyond Cedar Creek toward Lone Pine Ridge.
“Today, the greatest potential for increased fire behavior is anticipated with potential for spotting,” the Forest Service said.
Meanwhile, the McKinney Fire, about 15 miles west of Yreka, did not grow and remains at 60,138 cares and 95% containment.
And the Yeti Fire, about 15 miles west of the McKinney Fire, is still at 7,886 acres and 90% contained as of Monday.
While the Yeti Fire was started by lightning, officials have not said what caused the McKinney Fire. The blaze broke out July 29 and went on to destroy 185 structures and kill four people.
A Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response team has arrived in the Klamath National Forest to start post-assessment of the McKinney and Yeti fires.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife will assess the impacts from the fires on species in the Klamath River. The Karuk Tribe has said the McKinney Fire caused the deaths of tens of thousands of fish in the Klamath River.
Though it’s unclear what caused the deaths, biologists with the Karuk believe a flash flood triggered by heavy rains over the burn area caused a massive debris flow that entered the river, Craig Tucker, a spokesman for the Karuk Tribe, told The Associated Press.
In addition to Fish and Wildlife, the Forest Service BAER team will work with the National Resources Conservation Services, the National Weather Service, U.S. Geological Survey and other state and federal agencies.
The Forest Service said the damage assessment should take about two weeks.
David Benda covers business, development and anything else that comes up for the USA TODAY Network in Redding. He also writes the weekly "Buzz on the Street" column. He’s part of a team of dedicated reporters that investigate wrongdoing, cover breaking news and tell other stories about your community. Reach him on Twitter @DavidBenda_RS or by phone at 1-530-338-8323. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today. | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/wildfire-smoke-six-rivers-complex-campbell-fire-yet-mckinney-trinity-humboldt-remains-redding/7867152001/ | 2022-08-22T23:33:39 | 1 | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/wildfire-smoke-six-rivers-complex-campbell-fire-yet-mckinney-trinity-humboldt-remains-redding/7867152001/ |
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — There's a push for a new property tax in Hillsborough County.
In this year's primary election on Aug. 23, voters in Hillsborough County can decide to support a One-Mil Referendum, which would generate approximately $146 million annually.
The money would go towards increasing salaries for teachers and staff along with expanding art, music, physical education and workforce education programs.
Hillsborough County Superintendent Addison Davis says this will help with the ongoing teacher shortage.
“We have over 580 instructional vacancies, and that doubles what our norm historically is at this particular time,” he explained.
Davis is making a final push for the referendum — saying it's a critical step towards staying competitive.
"You have Sarasota, you have Manatee, you have Pinellas. They all have an increased millage, and they're all leveraging and poaching our highly qualified, diverse workforce every single day," Davis said.
The tax hike would generate $146 million annually, and that money would go primarily go to salary increases for staff.
Property values have gone up more than 28 percent in Hillsborough County year-over-year, and the county property appraiser tells us locally Hillsborough County Schools will get more than $ 58 million in additional tax revenue this year. That's on top of the tax revenue coming from the state.
The question from some taxpayers now is: Why is that money not enough?
“Why, as a taxpayer, should I be trusting you to spend more money when I don't even know that you're spending the money you have in a fiscally responsible manner?" community member Alison Fernandez asked during a school board meeting on May 10.
Rob Kriete, president of Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association, says the upside of the referendum is all of the money generated would stay local.
“With this mill referendum, all of these funds would be generated locally and spent locally," Kriete said. "All the other funds and the other increases in property taxes, that's not necessarily so.
"Some of them do stay here, but as a large district and a large local, a lot of these dollars get redistributed across the state by law.”
In order for it to pass, 51 percent of voters have to approve of the referendum or it dies — so what’s the backup plan?
"We’ll continue to follow our financial recovery plan to be able to make some very hard, difficult decisions and make sure we're hitting a threshold outlined by the department of education," Davis said.
The proposed tax would demand an additional dollar for every $1,000 of real estate value for people who live in Hillsborough County. In other words, if a home is assessed at $200,000, the property owner pays $200 after Florida's Homestead Exemption is applied. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/hillsborough-county-voters-decide-new-property-tax/67-a735b04e-2528-4ca8-aa6b-e2fb97f31957 | 2022-08-22T23:34:44 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/hillsborough-county-voters-decide-new-property-tax/67-a735b04e-2528-4ca8-aa6b-e2fb97f31957 |
A federal court judge has sided with the University of Virginia in a free speech lawsuit filed in 2019 that garnered national attention and raised issues about conservative voices on college campuses.
The plaintiff, Kieran Ravi Bhattacharya, sued UVA's administration, claiming he was suspended from the School of Medicine because he publicly questioned professors' claims about microaggressions.
UVA countered that it dismissed Bhattacharya because of his threatening behavior and mental health concerns.
Judge Norman K. Moon ruled Friday that Bhattacharya failed to show evidence that his dismissal stemmed from his comments.
Brian Coy, spokesperson for UVA, said, "The university has and will continue to promote and protect the rights of community members to express their ideas and to challenge ideas with which they disagree."
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A lawyer for Bhattacharya, Michael J. Lockerby, said in an interview the plaintiff has good mental health.
"We believe it is and has been fine," Lockerby said.
He called the idea that Bhattacharya's mental health led to his suspension "pretext."
The following account of Bhattacharya's suspension is based on court records.
In the fall of 2018, Bhattacharya, a UVA medical student at the time, attended a panel discussion on microaggressions. He asked the panel, "Is it a requirement, to be a victim of microaggression, that you are a member of a marginalized group?" No, said Beverly Adams, a professor from the psychology department.
Then he stated, "a microaggression is entirely dependent on how the person who's receiving it is reacting."
Another professor, Dr. Sara Rasmussen, said people might think they are telling harmless jokes, but the recipient of the joke could consider it insensitive.
Bhattacharya kept questioning Adams' research, asking how she developed her opinions and where she collected her evidence. The back and forth lasted 5 minutes.
Afterward, a professor filled out a "concern card," a tool used by the School of Medicine to monitor the professional behavior of students. The school's Academic Standards and Achievement Committee sent him a letter reminding him the important of showing respect to all.
But according to the university, Bhattacharya's mental health was the cause of his suspension.
He was hospitalized for two weeks in 2017 and discharged with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. According to court records doctors determined he had suffered a manic episode with psychosis.
In the fall of 2018, shortly after the microaggressions panel, a professor told Bhattacharya he was concerned for the student's mental health. Bhattacharya visited the school's Student Health Counsel and Psychological Services (CAPS), where a clinician petitioned for an emergency custody order, which was granted.
UVA police escorted him to the medical center for treatment, where he was hospitalized for two days.
Two days afterward, according to court records, Bhattacharya's mother called Charlottesville police, claiming her son was screaming, pounding his fists and exhibiting paranoid behavior, saying the UVA medical school was "out to get him." His then-girlfriend also sought and received a preliminary protective order.
Later, Bhattacharya told a dean "You better watch yourself," which led to a UVA employee calling police and officers taking him to the UVA emergency room. A Charlottesville General District Court judge issued a temporary detention order, and Bhattacharya was transported to Poplar Springs Hospital in Petersburg. He was released five days later.
Bhattacharya claimed he was tranquilized at the UVA emergency room for refusing bloodwork and woke up in the back of a police car while being transported to Poplar Springs. He claimed his girlfriend conspired with UVA administrators to depict him as mentally unstable.
UVA policy requires that students who miss class because of health issues be evaluated before returning to school. Bhattacharya declined to be evaluated, and the Academic Standards and Achievement Committee voted to suspend him for one year, citing what it termed his lack of professionalism and behavior.
A letter regarding his suspension referred to his "aggressive and inappropriate interactions in multiple situations," including the discussion panel, the conversation with the dean and a meeting with the committee.
Bhattacharya posted about his suspension on the website 4Chan and included a photograph of members of the committee. Some 4Chan users suggested he retaliate with violence, leading the UVA threat assessment team to convene and a police officer to order a no trespassing directive against Bhattacharya for four years.
The next summer, the School of Medicine declined his petition for readmission because he was banned on campus. In September 2019, he filed suit against the university.
On Friday, the judge ruled that while Bhattacharya is entitled to free speech, he showed no evidence that the content of his speech led to his suspension.
Lockerby, Bhattacharya's lawyer, declined to comment on the judge's ruling. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/judge-rejects-suit-ex-uva-student-said-he-was-suspended-for-comments-on-microaggressions/article_ea2a9085-39f4-5b09-9d83-8a3d6b4436a1.html | 2022-08-22T23:34:49 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/judge-rejects-suit-ex-uva-student-said-he-was-suspended-for-comments-on-microaggressions/article_ea2a9085-39f4-5b09-9d83-8a3d6b4436a1.html |
PORT RICHEY, Fla. — A child attending a middle school in Pasco County was accused of firing an airsoft gun in the school cafeteria on Monday, deputies say.
The Pasco Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that the 12-year-old student at Chasco Middle School brought the airsoft gun on campus and fired multiple shots into a backpack in the cafeteria
The child was reportedly charged with disruption of a school function.
The sheriff's office says it urges parents and guardians to talk to their children about the consequences of their actions and to report any suspicious activity to a trusted adult.
To report any threats or tips in Pasco County, contact the Pasco County Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/child-accused-firing-airsoft-gun-chasco-middle-school-pasco-county/67-5686bebd-7dba-447e-bbba-0ac89974431d | 2022-08-22T23:34:50 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/child-accused-firing-airsoft-gun-chasco-middle-school-pasco-county/67-5686bebd-7dba-447e-bbba-0ac89974431d |
A Nemaha County prosecutor repeatedly described former Lincoln sportswriter Brian Rosenthal as a predator at his sentencing hearing Monday afternoon, where a judge ordered the 50-year-old to spend the next 14 years in prison.
"In speaking with the victim, it was significant to him that Mr. Rosenthal stay in prison at least through his 65th birthday," Nemaha County Attorney Angelo Ligouri said in a virtual hearing Monday.
"(The victim) felt that he (Rosenthal) is a significant predator. I think every indication shows that he is a predator to the public, to other young people."
Ligouri said Rosenthal, who pleaded no contest to three counts of first-degree sexual assault, used his history as a sportswriter and his prior relationship with the victim's family to initiate a relationship with the boy, then 15.
The victim told authorities last June that Rosenthal watched his basketball games and talked with him about sports.
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After a game in December 2017, Rosenthal asked him to go for a ride in his vehicle, then stopped in rural areas of Nemaha County and made sexual contact with him, according to prosecutors.
Ligouri said Rosenthal had sexual contact with the teen five times before he turned 16.
The victim didn't report the instances to police until Rosenthal used his social media accounts to reach out to the boy's teenage friends, said Ligouri, who cast doubt at Monday's hearing on Rosenthal's remorse.
"(Rosenthal) kind of stated specifically that it was a consensual relationship," the prosecutor said. "He didn't seem to indicate any problem with it."
For his part, Rosenthal's attorney said the Rosenthal "fully understands that what he did was wrong" and had pleaded no contest to protect the victim from the potential trauma of a jury trial.
"Mr. Rosenthal knows that he caused enough pain to this victim already," Justin Kalemkiarian said.
Rosenthal, who worked for the Husker Athletic Department from 2016 to 2020 and previously covered Husker sports, high school sports and horse racing for the Journal Star from 2001 to 2016, did not address the court at Monday's hearing.
His initial charges — four counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child — were reduced as a part of a plea deal.
Ligouri recommended Rosenthal serve 15 years in prison as a part of the deal, which District Judge Stefanie Martinez did not have to follow.
In the end, though, she did, sentencing Rosenthal to 30 to 50 years in prison, meaning he will be parole-eligible in 2036. He gets credit for 390 days in jail. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-lincoln-sportswriter-to-serve-at-least-15-years-in-prison-for-sex-assault/article_d167dfff-ded3-52d1-b721-8fefbc0bd8b5.html | 2022-08-22T23:39:11 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-lincoln-sportswriter-to-serve-at-least-15-years-in-prison-for-sex-assault/article_d167dfff-ded3-52d1-b721-8fefbc0bd8b5.html |
More than seven months after a prominent former Lincoln Police officer sued the city alleging years of discrimination based on her sex and insufficient efforts to investigate her reports, a Lancaster County judge on Monday dismissed the lawsuit.
In a 14-page order, District Judge Kevin McManaman sided with the city on its motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Erin Spilker, who was the agency's lead public information officer and a 20-year veteran of the force when she resigned earlier this year.
Spilker's original complaint included more than 30 pages of detailed allegations, ranging from LPD's handling of alleged sex assaults by male officers to discipline being focused on the women who have come forward alleging misconduct.
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"She is under a microscope, and has been subjected to assaults, harassment, intimidation, threats and retaliation, which affect her ability to do her job," Spilker's attorney, Kelly Brandon, said in the lawsuit filed in January.
Brandon, who did not return a phone call seeking comment Monday afternoon, laid out dozens of incidents where Spilker and other women alleged they were treated differently at LPD, including:
* That Spilker heard male employees at LPD referring to female recruits as "fresh meat" on a consistent basis.
* That a male police sergeant grabbed Spilker's phone to look at photos she'd taken at a lake day event and zoomed in on a photo of another female officer and asked for her to send him the photo, which Spilker declined to do. The same sergeant, in an annual evaluation, referenced Spilker's vagina several times and "made inappropriate comments about her dating life and relationships," according to the lawsuit.
* That a male officer who Spilker alleged sexually assaulted her was allowed to work from home during a suspension while the investigation proceeded. Spilker ultimately was told there was "not enough evidence" to discipline him. After a second complaint was raised about the same officer, he was allowed to medically retire.
But in his order issued Monday, McManaman said Spilker's string of allegations did not sufficiently prove a hostile work environment in part because of the various alleged harassers, timespans and settings she named in the lawsuit.
Instead, McManaman said, Spilker's allegations amount to "an amalgamation of discrete incidents ... and not one unlawful employment practice."
The judge also said Spilker and her attorney failed to show that male officers in similar situations were not met with the same conditions, casting doubt on the former officer's claim that treatment from her supervisors was the result of sexual discrimination.
And McManaman ruled that Spilker's complaint ultimately failed to show her treatment at LPD was the result of retaliation.
The judge's dismissal marks a win for the city in its ongoing legal battle against current and former LPD officers who all have sued on similar grounds.
Officer Melissa Ripley and former Officer Sara Khalil have each sued the city in the last 20 months, alleging sex-based discrimination. Litigation in those cases remains ongoing. Ripley, who filed suit in April 2021, is the only officer to file suit who still works at the department.
In the only lawsuit regarding the police department's workplace culture that has been resolved, the city settled out of court with former Officer Sarah Williams, paying her $65,000.
Spilker has 30 days to file an amended complaint against the city in the wake of Monday's order.
City Attorney Yohance Christie was not available Monday afternoon for comment on the dismissal. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-dismisses-former-lincoln-police-officers-lawsuit-against-city/article_de78765a-f467-5b33-8c43-20cb4ff3f969.html | 2022-08-22T23:39:18 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-dismisses-former-lincoln-police-officers-lawsuit-against-city/article_de78765a-f467-5b33-8c43-20cb4ff3f969.html |
Plans to transform about 7 acres along the MoPac Trail between 66th and 70th streets into a new commercial space and 29 row-style town houses moved forward Monday with the blessing of the Lincoln City Council.
“We think this would clear up the area quite a bit,” said Urban Development Director Dan Marvin. “I think it will improve the corridor for biking and take advantage (of land) along the corridor for people who want to live in the area.”
The area was, for years, home to Finke Gardens & Nursery, a garden center across the street from Gateway Mall and between the bike trail and Deadmans Run.
Owners Rich and Luann Finke retired last year and sold the site, which had been home to the business for 26 years, to the owner of Clocktower Animal Clinic.
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The first phase of the redevelopment will include a new 8,000-square-foot animal clinic on the western part of the 7.1-acre site, next to the existing garden center building.
A second phase will involve rehabbing the existing buildings to attract complementary animal-service tenants, said Andrew Willis, the attorney representing the owners. The third phase will develop the land that runs from 66th Street to 70th Street along the MoPac Trail into row house-style townhomes.
Marvin said the city has had some initial discussions with the developer about making those town houses “missing middle” homes — lower-priced housing such as row houses, townhomes or duplexes common before World War II and that provide walkable neighborhoods in single-family or transitional neighborhoods.
They could also be market-rate housing, he said.
The council unanimously voted that the plan conforms with the Comprehensive Plan. Earlier, the council approved a blight designation for the project, which makes it eligible for tax-increment financing, a tool that allows the developer to use future property taxes generated by the project to pay for certain upfront costs.
The project will cost $16 million-$18 million, including about $3 million in TIF, according to planning documents.
“Overall, this project was designed to enhance the residential area, not touch the trail,” Willis said.
In other action Monday, the council approved redevelopment agreements for two projects:
* An apartment building at 48th and Aylesworth streets for 115 market-rate apartments, the second phase of a project that includes another apartment building just to the south at 48th and Holdrege streets. The agreement includes using $3.2 million in TIF.
* The first phase of the redevelopment of Bishop Heights Shopping Center at 27th Street and Nebraska 2. The first phase includes about 230 luxury apartments and some trail improvements that would use $6.5 million in TIF. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/plans-to-turn-finke-gardens-area-into-animal-clinic-town-houses-move-forward/article_c69605b3-13bf-5956-bb3f-04d5c5c19622.html | 2022-08-22T23:39:21 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/plans-to-turn-finke-gardens-area-into-animal-clinic-town-houses-move-forward/article_c69605b3-13bf-5956-bb3f-04d5c5c19622.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The woman who fell to her death while hiking at Multnomah Falls on Friday has been identified by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials say Minnesota resident Jessica Warejoncas, 62, fell approximately 100 feet while hiking near Wisendanger Falls, past the top of Multnomah Falls.
Bystanders at the scene were reportedly attempting to perform CPR, but sadly, Warejoncas was declared dead at the scene, authorities said.
The manner of death is not considered suspicious, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/officials-id-woman-who-fell-and-died-at-multnomah-falls/ | 2022-08-22T23:48:05 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/officials-id-woman-who-fell-and-died-at-multnomah-falls/ |
SACRAMENTO, Calif — California corrections officials said Monday that there has been a potential exposure of medical information for employees and visitors who were tested for the coronavirus, although they have not found any improper use despite the data breach.
The data was for people who were tested for COVID-19 in the department between June 2020 and last January.
The testing data did not include inmates, but the resulting investigation uncovered the potential release of mental health and financial information for some inmates going back to 2008.
The department's Mental Health Service Delivery System includes inmates' names and treatment information. A system that tracks inmates' financial accounts also may have been breached, and drivers’ license and Social Security numbers for parolees in substance use disorder treatment programs may have also been exposed.
Investigators found in June that “someone or something entered the system without permission,” but said there is no indication anyone viewed or copied the information.
Officials said they are notifying those potentially exposed now that the investigation is completed. It also set up toll-free information numbers and posted information online.
The problem was limited to one computer system and officials don't know who was responsible. They have switched to a new system with more security controls.
Watch more from ABC10: 'Breach of trust' | California gun owners data leak blasted by firearms policy advocates | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-prison-data-breach/103-ef8c785b-d285-4175-8c82-97b59dfb083b | 2022-08-22T23:49:00 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-prison-data-breach/103-ef8c785b-d285-4175-8c82-97b59dfb083b |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California inmate who confessed to killing 13 people in a matter of months during the early 1970s has died of natural causes at age 75, state prison officials said Friday.
Herbert W. Mullin's victims ranged in age from 4 to 73 and included a priest he killed in a confessional booth, according to the Santa Cruz County district attorney’s office.
Mullin died Thursday evening at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton, corrections officials said, and the San Joaquin County medical examiner will determine his exact cause of death.
Mullin was serving two concurrent sentences of life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder from Santa Cruz County and nine terms of five years to life for second-degree murder from Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties.
All were for killings he committed during a four-month period in late 1972 and early 1973.
Prosecutors said Mullin committed two other murders for which he never faced charges.
Mullin was denied parole last year.
At the time, District Attorney Jeff Rosell said that Mullin again admitted to the 13 killings during his parole hearing. But he blamed his poor upbringing and said his parents and sister should be held responsible.
Mullin showed “no true remorse for these brutal murders,” Rosell argued.
Watch more from ABC10: Kiely Rodni: Dive team explains how it found the missing Truckee teen's car | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/herbert-mullin-dies-california-serial-killer/103-02e4f713-dcec-433e-8b7d-9b8dff5fdb2e | 2022-08-22T23:49:06 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/herbert-mullin-dies-california-serial-killer/103-02e4f713-dcec-433e-8b7d-9b8dff5fdb2e |
IDAHO, USA — Before the event of the summer in Idaho was in Garden City, it began in 1897 near the center of town.
The Idaho Agriculture Park, near 21st Street, Idaho Street and State Street, held the first Idaho Intermountain Fair in 1897. The intention was to bring travelers and people from far-away cities to Boise, where they would bring their livestock, crops, pies, quilts and other items.
Some activities even included cowboy contests and horse racing.
In 1902, the fair moved to the Boise Bench near the corner of Orchard Street and Fairview Avenue for more space and more people.
Along with a race track, there was carnival games and rides, including a Ferris wheel that was said to be the first-ever wheel west of the Mississippi. The Future Farmers of America (FFA) and Idaho's 4-H clubs even were apart of the fair in 1912 and 1917.
Even Charles Lindbergh, the famous American aviator, fresh off his flight from across the Atlantic, landed in Boise in 1927.
In 1967, The Idaho Intermountain Fair became the Western Idaho Fair and moved its location to where it stays today, off of Glenwood Road in Garden City -- 240 acres of farm and fair fun.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. — Kiely Rodni was last seen on Aug. 6 after a party with around 200-300 people at Prosser Family Campground in Truckee. Then, 15 days later on Aug. 21, Adventures With Purpose said they found her car and a body in Prosser Creek Reservoir.
Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said Monday, Aug. 22, they believe the body is that of missing teen Kiely Rodni, but have not positively identified her yet.
"It is more than likely where we are today and we wanted to make sure that the family had all of that information first. The last thing we want to do is have them learn information outside of our team," Moon said.
Here's what we know about the disappearance and search for Kiely Rodni.
August 6: The Placer County Sheriff's Office shared a Facebook post about a missing 16-year-old named Kiely Rodni last seen at a party at Prosser Family Campground in Truckee.
August 7: The Placer County Sheriff’s Office set up a tip line for Rodni. Her mother, Lindsey Rodni-Nieman, shared a video message on Facebook through the Placer County Sheriff's Office.
"We just want her home. We're so scared and we miss her so much and we love her so much. And Kiely, we love you and if you see this, please just come home. I want nothing more than to hug you. And if anybody else out there, if you know where she is, if you know anything about where she might be, if you have any ideas or thoughts, please come forward and share them," Lindsey Rodni-Nieman said in part of the video.
At this point in the investigation, a spokesperson from the sheriff's office said they were treating her disappearance as an abduction because Rodni's car hadn't been found.
August 8: The Placer County Sheriff's Office said they coordinated with California Highway Patrol, Truckee Police, FBI, and the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office as they searched for Rodni. Air operations crew flew over the I-80 corridor between Donner Summit and the Nevada state line, and searched around the Prosser Lake area.
August 9: A photo from a surveillance video from a local business in Truckee was released where Rodni was seen on August 5 at 6:08 p.m. before she went missing. Rodni can be seen wearing a black spaghetti strap bodysuit, green Dickies brand pants with a black grommet belt, and black Vans shoes.
August 10: A photo of Rodni's 2013 silver Honda CR-V is released along with a photo of a sweatshirt she was loaned on August 5 the day before she went missing.
August 11: The Placer County Sheriff's Office said they only have information on Rodni's last known location before she went missing. Detectives from local, state, and federal agencies continued to follow leads and conduct interviews to try to find Rodni and her car.
August 14: The Placer County Sheriff's Office said between 200-300 people were at the party on August 6. A video from earlier in the evening of the party shows Rodni in a white and pink sweatshirt, but they are unsure if she was wearing it when she was last seen.
August 15: Adventures With Purpose posted on Facebook saying they were heading to California to help with the search for Rodni.
August 18: As part of the investigation into Rodni's disappearance, Truckee Police Department and the Placer County Sheriff's Office did sex offender sweeps in the Truckee and North Tahoe area.
August 21: Adventures With Purpose posted on Facebook saying they found Kiely Rodni with her car in 14' of water in the Prosser Creek Reservoir. They said they notified the family and law enforcement was on their way. The Placer County Sheriff's Office said they were notified by Adventures With Purpose and had not yet confirmed the identity of the person in the vehicle.
August 22: The Nevada County Sheriff's Office said in a press conference they recovered a car from Prosser Creek Reservoir and believe it is Kiely Rodni's body inside, but they have not positively confirmed it.
The Rodni-Nieman Family also released a statement:
"We are eternally grateful for the love and support you have shown us in the last couple of weeks. We have weathered a storm of unfathomable force, and it is purely thanks to the army of warriors, matriarchs, healers, and helpers holding us up that we continue to stand today. Mr. Rogers famously told a story of “looking for the helpers” whenever he saw scary things in the news. We have not had to look for the helpers, as you have all come to our rescue in full force. We are forever indebted to you.
While we accept this sadness cast under death’s shadow, the rising sun shines light upon us, reminding us not to mourn our loss, but to celebrate Kiely’s spirit and the gift that we all received in knowing her. Kiely will surely remain with us even though we will not get her back.
There are certain occasions when words fail. Perhaps this is why our human nature has given us art, dance, and music, which all are often more effective ways to connect us to each other and our rawest emotions. Kindly excuse us as we retreat and dance privately to life’s song while we celebrate our daughter’s spirit and heal our souls."
RELATED: Kiely Rodni Latest: Car pulled from reservoir, Nevada Sheriff says it's likely missing Truckee teen
August 23: The Placer County Sheriff's Office said an autopsy is scheduled for this date, and a toxicology report would likely take four to six weeks.
Watch more on ABC10 | Kiely Rodni: Missing Truckee teen's body found in Prosser Creek Reservoir, dive team says | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/kiely-rodni-timeline-prosser-reservoir/103-6ac54d3c-6fdf-4d65-989f-bab5d552b447 | 2022-08-22T23:49:12 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/kiely-rodni-timeline-prosser-reservoir/103-6ac54d3c-6fdf-4d65-989f-bab5d552b447 |
Chemical release at Canton Township facility sends workers to the hospital
CANTON TWP. ‒ Several workers were injured by a chemical release at the U.S. Ecology facility at 2050 Central Ave. SE, according to emergency crews.
"It was a hydrogen sulfide release," said Chief Christopher Smith of the township Fire Department.
Those who required medical treatment were employees. There were a total of five victims.
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"We transported four, and one wound up driving himself," Smith said. "We had respiratory (conditions) to just light-headed, and one critical."
The township Fire Department responded shortly before 8 a.m. Monday. The Stark County Hazardous Materials team also responded.
Representatives of the company denied a reporter access to the scene Monday while emergency crew workers remained on-site.
The facility, which is about one mile south of Canton, treats hazardous inorganic wastes materials, according to the company website. Among materials that are treated are wastewater sludge, acids, contaminated soil and caustic materials. Hydrogen sulfide is regarded as toxic to humans and animal life.
Attempts to contact company officials were not successful.
A sludge pit is considered the likely source of the hydrogen sulfide release.
"The processes, everything they do, they are shutting it all down today (Monday)," Smith said.
Company officials allowed the gaseous material to dissipate on its own without the use of blowers or fans.
"The incident was contained to that area," said Doug Wood, deputy director of Stark County Emergency Management Agency. "There were no (neighborhood) evacuations issued." | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/several-injured-by-chemical-release-at-u-s-ecology-in-canton-township/65413735007/ | 2022-08-22T23:50:59 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/08/22/several-injured-by-chemical-release-at-u-s-ecology-in-canton-township/65413735007/ |
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
Such was the sentiment of one framer of the U.S. Constitution, James Madison, as quoted Monday in Fort Wayne by Robert Leming, director of We the People, a civics education organization.
Speaking at the weekly lunchtime meeting of the Downtown Fort Wayne Rotary Club at Parkview Field, Leming said government was seen by Madison as a necessary evil – a guard against the less-than-angelic side of human nature.
“I will argue this is one of the most important statements about government ever written,” Leming said.
The problem, he said, is that it takes “people of civic virtue,” from voters to officials, to get governing right.
Fortunately for the newborn nation, Gen. George Washington was one, Leming said. “George Washington gave up his sword after the Revolution. ... He didn’t just take over.”
But Americans have been debating about how much power government should have “for 250 years,” he said.
When the consitution was being debated and written, “There were a lot of people in the United States who did not want the constitution. It was a very polarizing time, Leming said. They didn’t understand why the nation needed a federal government when it already had state governments, he said.
The events of Jan. 6. 2021, in Washington, D.C., just continued the debate, Leming said.
He said he defends “civil nonviolent protest,” but added: “I wasn’t too happy seeing people trying to force their way in and disrupt the certification of an election,” committing violence also.
“It was a very sad day for me,” he said. “But was it the end of our Republic? No.”
Every generation, Leming said, will face issues about the role of government and the role and the extent of power – sometimes the same ones, generation after generation. Each generation must be taught how to handle the questions about government power that come up. People don’t come by such knowledge naturally.
“It takes a lifetime to learn how government works,” Leming said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/government-exists-because-humans-arent-angels-speaker-says/article_c251527c-2248-11ed-a5ba-c73214902ab7.html | 2022-08-22T23:59:42 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/government-exists-because-humans-arent-angels-speaker-says/article_c251527c-2248-11ed-a5ba-c73214902ab7.html |
Allen County needs a new state-of-art jail that addresses inmates’ mental health and addictions as well as incarceration, Mayor Tom Henry said Monday.
Although city officials won’t decide whether to build a new jail, “we recognize that the current jail will not suffice,” Henry said in a statement.
The Allen County commissioners have proposed building a new 1,100-bed jail on about 70 acres on Adams Center Road near East Paulding Road. The facility is estimated to cost as much as $350 million.
The location has drawn criticism from opponents who have suggested locations other than southeast Fort Wayne would be more appropriate. The commissioners have said they’re open to building elsewhere, but had to answer to a judge’s order.
In late March, U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty ordered the commissioners to develop plans to stop problems that violate detainees’ rights, including overcrowding and understaffing. His ruling was the result of a lawsuit inmate Vincent Morris filed in January 2020.
A hearing on the issue is scheduled Thursday in U.S. District Court.
“It’s imperative that the new jail be a comprehensive, restorative justice facility,” said Henry, who is seeking next year’s Democratic nomination for a fifth term as mayor. “It must be one that addresses mental health, addiction, and life skills as well as incarceration needs.”
Henry said the public deserves a transparent discussion with Allen County officials who will make the final decision.
“The Board of Commissioners is tasked with determining where a new jail will be located, and County Council will have to approve a plan to finance the project,” he said. “This isn’t under the jurisdiction of the city of Fort Wayne.”
Friday, dozens of people gathered outside Citizens Square to protest the commissioners canceling their weekly meeting – a time when they usually talk about the jail.
The mayor said he prefers “a solution and location that best meets the needs of the community while also protecting the quality of life for residents, neighborhoods, and businesses.” He said Fort Wayne is seeing momentum and growth, including new housing and neighborhood infrastructure enhancements.
“We don’t want to see this forward momentum be hindered in any way,” he said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/mayor-says-jail-must-address-more-than-incarceration/article_e44959a6-224d-11ed-946a-5b3c8df350df.html | 2022-08-22T23:59:48 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/mayor-says-jail-must-address-more-than-incarceration/article_e44959a6-224d-11ed-946a-5b3c8df350df.html |
MESQUITE, Texas — A body has been pulled from vehicle after flash flooding in Mesquite, according to officials.
Late Monday afternoon, fire-rescue crews were called to the Scyene Road Bridge at the East service road of Interstate 635. City officials say a car was discovered as the water receded.
Mesquite Fire-Rescue and police recovered the lone female occupant of the car. Her name has not been released at this time.
Friends of the victim told WFAA that the woman was a mother of three. They said she was an Uber driver and she was working Monday morning.
Friends said the victim was on the phone with her husband and that she said she started to feel like "someone was pushing her car."
Record rainfall hit North Texas starting overnight into Monday. Areas in southeast Dallas saw the highest amount at over 15 inches, and Balch Springs had over 12 inches.
Dallas Fire-Rescue crews said they responded to over 190 high-water related incidents, 94 water rescues and more than 300 car accidents.
City officials told WFAA that the incident in Mesquite is under investigation and that more details will be provided as they become available. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/body-pulled-from-car-possibly-swept-off-bridge-mesquite/287-8976454c-d706-4ac3-8abd-228a3a12d2fb | 2022-08-23T00:00:34 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/body-pulled-from-car-possibly-swept-off-bridge-mesquite/287-8976454c-d706-4ac3-8abd-228a3a12d2fb |
UVALDE, Texas — With the start to a delayed school year about two weeks away, Uvalde CISD trustees are providing another chance Monday night for families to ask questions regarding security and protocol after May's mass shooting at Robb Elementary.
The public-comment portion of the meeting will be followed by the school board going into closed session, during which at least some of the private conversation will center around "parent and public grievances" against Superintendent Hal Harrell, according to the public agenda.
The more consequential of this week's school board meetings will come Wednesday, which is when a twice-postponed hearing to determine the future of district Police Chief Pete Arredondo is expected to take place. The meeting is expected to be packed with community members and relatives of Robb victims who have spent most of the summer calling for the district to sever ties with Arredondo, who has been blamed for the failed law enforcement response on May 24.
Part of Monday's closed-door session is also earmarked for "attorney consultation," presumably with Arredondo's legal representation ahead of Wednesday. Harrell recommended his firing last month.
Texas DPS identified the chief as the on-scene commander, and he made the decision to treat the situation as a barricaded suspect, not an active shooter. Even as children called 911 from inside the classroom with the shooter, heavily armed law enforcement waited to breach the room for over an hour.
Legally, the district cannot terminate Arredondo's contract without first detailing their reasons for firing him and allowing him to defend himself. He has been largely out of the public eye since May, and has been on unpaid leave from Uvalde CISD since July 22.
The school year is set to begin Sept. 6. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/uvalde-cisd-meeting-school-robb-massacre-arredondo-harrell/273-1a62aa1e-e6c0-4035-b114-2cad7585a7b3 | 2022-08-23T00:00:40 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/uvalde-cisd-meeting-school-robb-massacre-arredondo-harrell/273-1a62aa1e-e6c0-4035-b114-2cad7585a7b3 |
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